[Misc] Log FlashInfer allreduce workspace init failure as error (#55127)

Signed-off-by: NickLucche <nicolo.lucchesi@mistral.ai> Co-authored-by: Harry Mellor <19981378+hmellor@users.noreply.github.com>

Nicolò Lucchesi committed Sep 11, 2026 at 11:35 UTC 8c1d1c2974ee42757ee2e93cc898932edfd9d265
2 files changed +18 -2
vllm/distributed/device_communicators/flashinfer_all_reduce.py
+2 -2
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ def get_fi_ar_workspace(
218 f"with backend={backend}"
219 )
220 else:
221 - logger.warning_once(
221 + logger.error_once(
222 "Failed to initialize FlashInfer Allreduce norm fusion workspace "
223 f"with backend={backend}"
224 )
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ def get_fi_ar_quant_workspace(
292 f"fusion workspace with backend={backend}"
293 )
294 else:
295 - logger.warning_once(
295 + logger.error_once(
296 "Failed to initialize FlashInfer Allreduce norm quantization "
297 f"fusion workspace with backend={backend}"
298 )
vllm/logger.py
+16
@@ -90,6 +90,12 @@ def _print_warning_once(logger: Logger, msg: str, *args: Hashable) -> None:
90 logger.warning(msg, *args, stacklevel=3)
91
92
93 +@lru_cache
94 +def _print_error_once(logger: Logger, msg: str, *args: Hashable) -> None:
95 + # Set the stacklevel to 3 to print the original caller's line info
96 + logger.error(msg, *args, stacklevel=3)
97 +
98 +
99 LogScope = Literal["process", "global", "local"]
100
101
@@ -144,12 +150,22 @@ class _VllmLogger(Logger):
150 return
151 _print_warning_once(self, msg, *args)
152
153 + def error_once(self, msg: str, *args: Hashable, scope: LogScope = "local") -> None:
154 + """
155 + As [`error`][logging.Logger.error], but subsequent calls with
156 + the same message are silently dropped.
157 + """
158 + if not _should_log_with_scope(scope):
159 + return
160 + _print_error_once(self, msg, *args)
161 +
162
163 # Pre-defined methods mapping to avoid repeated dictionary creation
164 _METHODS_TO_PATCH = {
165 "debug_once": _VllmLogger.debug_once,
166 "info_once": _VllmLogger.info_once,
167 "warning_once": _VllmLogger.warning_once,
168 + "error_once": _VllmLogger.error_once,
169 }
170
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