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CPU resource discovery already has a synthesized topology fallback, but missing/failing lscpu commands and malformed JSON/schema currently raise before reaching it. Use that fallback when the external topology command fails or returns unusable data, so minimal CPU installations can still initialize. Valid topology data keeps the existing NUMA and s390x grouping behavior.

Duplicate check: searched open PRs for lscpu fallback and _get_cpu_list. #39191 refactors ompmultiprocessing.py, not this CPU resource helper; its changes do not cover these command/JSON failures. Merged #40427 handles RISC-V field parsing, not unavailable commands or malformed JSON.

Validation: .venv/bin/python -m pytest tests/utils_/test_cpu_resource_utils.py -q: 5 passed, covering missing command, nonzero exit, invalid JSON, missing cpus, and invalid entries. Changed-file pre-commit checks passed. No model inference evaluation was run; the tests exercise host topology discovery without loading a model.

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  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved CPU resource detection when system topology commands fail or return incomplete, malformed, or invalid data.
    • Added a fallback to synthesized CPU topology for more reliable CPU information.
    • Improved handling of malformed CPU entries during topology grouping.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for CPU detection fallback scenarios, including command failures and invalid output.

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_get_cpu_list() now handles lscpu execution and parsing failures by returning synthesized CPU topology. Tests cover command errors, malformed JSON, missing CPU data, and invalid CPU entries.

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CPU topology fallback

Layer / File(s) Summary
Topology parser hardening
vllm/utils/cpu_resource_utils.py
_get_cpu_list() catches lscpu failures, validates JSON and CPU data, skips malformed entries, and filters invalid LogicalCPUInfo results.
Fallback behavior tests
tests/utils_/test_cpu_resource_utils.py
Tests verify synthesized topology for lscpu execution errors and unparsable output.

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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 8ad67

This change adds synthesized CPU-topology fallback when lscpu fails or returns unusable data. The behavior has targeted coverage, but those tests may pass on Darwin without exercising the new lscpu fallback paths, leaving a bounded validation gap to address before relying on them across platforms.

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In `@tests/utils_/test_cpu_resource_utils.py`:
- Line 26: Update both tests, including
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subprocess.CalledProcessError(1, "lscpu"),
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def test_get_cpu_list_falls_back_when_lscpu_fails(

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Force the lscpu path in both tests.

On Darwin, _get_cpu_list() returns synthesized topology before it calls subprocess.check_output. Both tests then pass without testing the mocked failure or output. Set cpu_resource_utils.sys.platform to "linux" before each call.

Proposed test change
 def test_get_cpu_list_falls_back_when_lscpu_fails(...):
+    monkeypatch.setattr(cpu_resource_utils.sys, "platform", "linux")
     ...
     assert cpu_resource_utils._get_cpu_list() is synthesized_cpu_list

 def test_get_cpu_list_falls_back_when_lscpu_output_is_unparsable(...):
+    monkeypatch.setattr(cpu_resource_utils.sys, "platform", "linux")
     ...
     assert cpu_resource_utils._get_cpu_list() is synthesized_cpu_list

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In `@tests/utils_/test_cpu_resource_utils.py` at line 26, Update both tests,
including test_get_cpu_list_falls_back_when_lscpu_fails, to set
cpu_resource_utils.sys.platform to "linux" before calling _get_cpu_list().
Preserve the existing mocks and assertions so each test exercises the subprocess
lscpu path rather than Darwin’s synthesized topology path.

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