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.buildkite/ci_config.yaml

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 name: vllm_ci
 job_dirs:
   - ".buildkite/image_build"
-  - ".buildkite/test_areas"
-  - ".buildkite/hardware_tests"
 run_all_patterns:
   - "docker/Dockerfile"
   - "CMakeLists.txt"

.buildkite/image_build/image_build.yaml

@@ -5,61 +5,7 @@ steps:
     depends_on: []
     timeout_in_minutes: 600
     commands:
-    - if [[ "$BUILDKITE_BRANCH" == "main" ]]; then .buildkite/image_build/image_build.sh $REGISTRY $REPO $BUILDKITE_COMMIT $BRANCH $IMAGE_TAG $IMAGE_TAG_LATEST; else .buildkite/image_build/image_build.sh $REGISTRY $REPO $BUILDKITE_COMMIT $BRANCH $IMAGE_TAG; fi
-    retry:
-      automatic:
-        - exit_status: -1  # Agent was lost
-          limit: 2
-        - exit_status: -10  # Agent was lost
-          limit: 2
-
-  - label: ":docker: :smoking: Non-root smoke tests"
-    key: image-build-smoke-test
-    depends_on:
-      - image-build
-    commands:
-    # Smoke 1: the default (root) image must still be importable
-    # under a non-root UID via `--user 2000:0`. Validates the `vllm` passwd
-    # entry + group-0-writable /home/vllm + uv path cleanup from #31959.
-    # Uses `import vllm` rather than `vllm serve --help` because the latter
-    # instantiates `VllmConfig` which requires a GPU attached to the
-    # container.
-    - docker run --rm --user 2000:0 --entrypoint python3 "$IMAGE_TAG" -c "import vllm; print(vllm.__version__)"
-    # Smoke 2: assert the non-root enabling invariants are baked
-    # into the image. Runs as UID 2000:0 via a shell so we can verify
-    # filesystem perms + passwd/group file state + wrapper presence without
-    # triggering vLLM's GPU-requiring config-init path. The opt-in
-    # `vllm-openai-nonroot` target adds only `USER vllm`, `WORKDIR
-    # /home/vllm`, and an `ENTRYPOINT` override on top of these invariants;
-    # its build correctness is reviewed at the Dockerfile level. Wrapper
-    # logic is covered separately by the pre-commit hook
-    # `test-nonroot-entrypoint` (see .pre-commit-config.yaml).
-    - |
-      docker run --rm --user 2000:0 --entrypoint /bin/sh "$IMAGE_TAG" -ec '
-        if ! getent passwd 2000 | grep -q ^vllm:; then
-          echo FAIL: UID 2000 != vllm
-          exit 1
-        fi
-        if ! id -gn 2>/dev/null | grep -qx root; then
-          echo FAIL: GID 0 not root group
-          exit 1
-        fi
-        touch /home/vllm/.smoke && rm /home/vllm/.smoke
-        touch /opt/uv/cache/.smoke && rm /opt/uv/cache/.smoke
-        if ! test -x /usr/local/bin/vllm-nonroot-entrypoint.sh; then
-          echo FAIL: wrapper missing
-          exit 1
-        fi
-        if ! test -w /etc/passwd; then
-          echo FAIL: /etc/passwd not group-writable
-          exit 1
-        fi
-        if ! test -w /etc/group; then
-          echo FAIL: /etc/group not group-writable
-          exit 1
-        fi
-        echo non-root invariants OK
-      '
+    - 'echo "Skipping CUDA image build for AMD shadow testing"'
     retry:
       automatic:
         - exit_status: -1  # Agent was lost
@@ -71,7 +17,7 @@ steps:
     key: image-build-cpu
     depends_on: []
     commands:
-    - .buildkite/image_build/image_build_cpu.sh $REGISTRY $REPO $BUILDKITE_COMMIT
+    - 'echo "Skipping CPU image build for AMD shadow testing"'
     env:
       DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
     retry:
@@ -86,7 +32,7 @@ steps:
     depends_on: []
     key: image-build-hpu
     commands:
-    - .buildkite/image_build/image_build_hpu.sh $REGISTRY $REPO $BUILDKITE_COMMIT
+    - 'echo "Skipping HPU image build for AMD shadow testing"'
     env:
       DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
     retry:
@@ -101,7 +47,7 @@ steps:
     depends_on: []
     optional: true
     commands:
-    - .buildkite/image_build/image_build_cpu_arm64.sh $REGISTRY $REPO $BUILDKITE_COMMIT
+    - 'echo "Skipping CPU arm64 image build for AMD shadow testing"'
     env:
       DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
     retry:
@@ -119,7 +65,7 @@ steps:
       - ".buildkite/image_build/image_build_arm64.sh"
       - "docker/Dockerfile"
     commands:
-    - .buildkite/image_build/image_build_arm64.sh $REGISTRY $REPO $BUILDKITE_COMMIT
+    - 'echo "Skipping arm64 image build for AMD shadow testing"'
     env:
       DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
     retry:

.buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-amd-test.sh

@@ -168,6 +168,71 @@ EOF
   return 0
 }
 
+is_native_runtime() {
+  [[ "${AMD_CI_RUNTIME:-}" == "native" || "${NATIVE_CI:-}" == "true" ]]
+}
+
+prepare_native_workspace() {
+  if [[ "${VLLM_CI_USE_ARTIFACTS:-0}" != "1" ]]; then
+    echo "Native CI requires VLLM_CI_USE_ARTIFACTS=1"
+    return 1
+  fi
+  if ! command -v buildkite-agent >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "buildkite-agent not found; cannot download ROCm wheel artifact"
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  local artifact_glob="${VLLM_CI_ARTIFACT_GLOB:-artifacts/vllm-rocm-install/vllm-rocm-install.tar.gz}"
+  local archive=""
+  local wheel_dir=""
+
+  artifact_work_dir=$(mktemp -d -t vllm-rocm-artifact.XXXXXX)
+  wheel_dir="${artifact_work_dir}/wheels"
+  mkdir -p "${wheel_dir}"
+
+  echo "--- Downloading ROCm wheel artifact (native in-pod)"
+  if ! buildkite-agent artifact download "${artifact_glob}" "${artifact_work_dir}"; then
+    echo "Failed to download ${artifact_glob}"
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  archive=$(find "${artifact_work_dir}" -name "vllm-rocm-install.tar.gz" -type f | head -1)
+  if [[ -z "${archive}" || ! -f "${archive}" ]]; then
+    echo "ROCm wheel artifact archive was not found"
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  tar -xzf "${archive}" -C "${wheel_dir}" || return 1
+  if ! ls "${wheel_dir}"/*.whl >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "ROCm wheel artifact did not contain a wheel"
+    return 1
+  fi
+  if [[ ! -d "${wheel_dir}/tests" ]]; then
+    echo "ROCm wheel artifact did not contain the test workspace"
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  echo "--- Installing ROCm wheel into pod environment"
+  python3 -m pip install --no-deps --force-reinstall "${wheel_dir}"/*.whl || return 1
+
+  echo "--- Preparing /vllm-workspace from artifact"
+  rm -rf /vllm-workspace
+  mkdir -p /vllm-workspace
+  tar -C "${wheel_dir}" --exclude='*.whl' -cf - . \
+    | tar -C /vllm-workspace -xf - || return 1
+
+  return 0
+}
+
+run_native_preflight() {
+  mkdir -p "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}" \
+    "${TORCHINDUCTOR_CACHE_DIR:-/tmp/vllm-native/torchinductor}" \
+    "${TRITON_CACHE_DIR:-/tmp/vllm-native/triton}" \
+    "${VLLM_CACHE_ROOT:-/home/buildkite-agent/huggingface/vllm-cache}" \
+    "${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-/tmp/vllm-native/xdg}"
+  python3 -c "import encodings, importlib.metadata as im, importlib.util as iu; [im.version(d) for d in ('transformers', 'torch', 'ray', 'sympy', 'markupsafe', 'vllm')]; missing=[m for m in ('torch.utils.model_zoo', 'transformers.models.nomic_bert', 'ray.dag', 'sympy.physics', 'markupsafe._speedups') if iu.find_spec(m) is None]; assert not missing, missing"
+}
+
 is_multi_node() {
   local cmds="$1"
   # Primary signal: NUM_NODES environment variable set by the pipeline
@@ -354,6 +419,54 @@ re_quote_pytest_markers() {
 echo "--- ROCm info"
 rocminfo
 
+if is_native_runtime; then
+  echo "--- Native in-pod ROCm CI (AMD_CI_RUNTIME=${AMD_CI_RUNTIME:-unset}, NATIVE_CI=${NATIVE_CI:-unset})"
+  artifact_work_dir=""
+
+  cleanup_native_workspace() {
+    if [[ -n "${artifact_work_dir}" ]]; then
+      rm -rf "${artifact_work_dir}"
+    fi
+  }
+  trap cleanup_native_workspace EXIT
+
+  if ! prepare_native_workspace; then
+    echo "Failed to prepare native test workspace"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  if [[ -n "${VLLM_TEST_COMMANDS:-}" ]]; then
+    commands="${VLLM_TEST_COMMANDS}"
+    commands_source="env"
+  else
+    commands="$*"
+    commands_source="argv"
+    if [[ -z "$commands" ]]; then
+      echo "Error: No test commands provided for native CI." >&2
+      exit 1
+    fi
+  fi
+
+  if [[ "$commands_source" == "argv" ]]; then
+    commands=$(re_quote_pytest_markers "$commands")
+  fi
+
+  if is_multi_node "$commands"; then
+    echo "Native CI does not support multi-node jobs yet."
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  export PYTHONPATH="/vllm-workspace"
+  : "${HF_HUB_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT:=300}"
+  : "${HF_HUB_ETAG_TIMEOUT:=60}"
+  export HF_HUB_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT HF_HUB_ETAG_TIMEOUT
+
+  echo "Native test commands: $commands"
+  run_native_preflight
+  /bin/bash -c "${commands}"
+  handle_pytest_exit "$?"
+fi
+
 # --- Docker status ---
 report_docker_usage