[None][fix] fix mooncake dynamic load in transfer_agent_binding

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• Performance Improvements

  • Removed unnecessary synchronization during batch completion operations.

• New Features

  • Mooncake support now uses lazy runtime loading instead of static compilation, allowing operation without Mooncake pre-installed.

• Tests

  • Enhanced test coverage with runtime availability checks for optional dependencies.

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Mooncake support is transitioned from static compile-time linking to lazy/runtime loading via DynLibLoader. The build system no longer statically links the mooncake wrapper library. Python bindings for Mooncake classes are removed from module registration and replaced with factory-function-based creation. A minor optimization removes cache synchronization from the transfer status wait method.

Changes

Cohort / File(s)	Summary
Mooncake Lazy Loading Configuration cpp/tensorrt_llm/executor/cache_transmission/nixl_utils/CMakeLists.txt, cpp/tensorrt_llm/executor/cache_transmission/nixl_utils/agentBindings.cpp	Build system no longer statically links mooncake wrapper; Mooncake bindings removed from Python module registration with explanatory comment for runtime lazy loading via factory functions. GIL release guards added to TransferStatus methods for blocking operations.
Transfer Status Optimization cpp/tensorrt_llm/executor/cache_transmission/mooncake_utils/transferAgent.cpp	Removed segment cache synchronization call from MooncakeTransferStatus::wait() method upon batch completion.
Test Suite Updates tests/unittest/bindings/test_transfer_agent_bindings.py	Added runtime availability check for Mooncake library via _is_mooncake_runtime_available(). Mooncake tests refactored to use factory function make_transfer_agent("mooncake", ...) instead of direct class construction and skip based on runtime availability rather than compile-time flag.

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🧹 Nitpick comments (1)

cpp/tensorrt_llm/executor/cache_transmission/nixl_utils/agentBindings.cpp (1)

202-206: Factory-created agents still use the GIL-holding submit binding.

After removing the concrete Mooncake binding, make_transfer_agent("mooncake", ...) returns BaseTransferAgent, so submit_transfer_requests() now goes through the base binding at Line 159 through Line 162. That overload still holds the GIL, unlike the NixlTransferAgent binding below, so factory-created agents lose that concurrency behavior. If submitTransferRequests() can block on engine work, it should probably mirror the base TransferStatus treatment here as well.

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        .def(
            "submit_transfer_requests",
            [](kvc::BaseTransferAgent& self, kvc::TransferRequest const& request)
            { return self.submitTransferRequests(request).release(); },
-            nb::arg("request"), nb::rv_policy::take_ownership)
+            nb::arg("request"), nb::rv_policy::take_ownership,
+            nb::call_guard<nb::gil_scoped_release>())

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Verify each finding against the current code and only fix it if needed.

In `@cpp/tensorrt_llm/executor/cache_transmission/nixl_utils/agentBindings.cpp`
around lines 202 - 206, Factory-created agents returned by
make_transfer_agent("mooncake", ...) end up as BaseTransferAgent so calls to
submit_transfer_requests() use the base binding (submitTransferRequests) which
still holds the GIL; add a GIL-releasing binding for the BaseTransferAgent
submit_transfer_requests (the same pattern used for NixlTransferAgent's
submitTransferRequests) so factory-created agents get the non-blocking
concurrency behavior—locate the submit_transfer_requests/submitTransferRequests
binding and mirror the NixlTransferAgent GIL-release wrapper for
BaseTransferAgent (and ensure TransferStatus/TransferAgent overloads match this
treatment).

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Verify each finding against the current code and only fix it if needed.

Nitpick comments:
In `@cpp/tensorrt_llm/executor/cache_transmission/nixl_utils/agentBindings.cpp`:
- Around line 202-206: Factory-created agents returned by
make_transfer_agent("mooncake", ...) end up as BaseTransferAgent so calls to
submit_transfer_requests() use the base binding (submitTransferRequests) which
still holds the GIL; add a GIL-releasing binding for the BaseTransferAgent
submit_transfer_requests (the same pattern used for NixlTransferAgent's
submitTransferRequests) so factory-created agents get the non-blocking
concurrency behavior—locate the submit_transfer_requests/submitTransferRequests
binding and mirror the NixlTransferAgent GIL-release wrapper for
BaseTransferAgent (and ensure TransferStatus/TransferAgent overloads match this
treatment).

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• cpp/tensorrt_llm/executor/cache_transmission/mooncake_utils/transferAgent.cpp
• cpp/tensorrt_llm/executor/cache_transmission/nixl_utils/CMakeLists.txt
• cpp/tensorrt_llm/executor/cache_transmission/nixl_utils/agentBindings.cpp
• tests/unittest/bindings/test_transfer_agent_bindings.py

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• cpp/tensorrt_llm/executor/cache_transmission/mooncake_utils/transferAgent.cpp

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