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SnapOtter 19a607454a fix: improve GPU detection diagnostics and fallback for container environments
The GPU detection in gpu.py had two issues preventing GPU usage in
containers (especially rootless podman with CDI):

1. When torch was installed but torch.cuda.is_available() returned
   False, the function returned immediately without trying the
   ONNX Runtime + nvidia-smi fallback. This meant a CPU-only torch
   build (installed before GPU was available) would block all GPU
   detection, even for ONNX-based tools.

2. The failure logged a generic "torch loaded but CUDA not available"
   with no diagnostic information, making it impossible to debug
   whether the issue was a CPU-only build, missing libraries, or
   device permissions.

The fix restructures gpu_available() into three detection tiers
(torch -> ONNX Runtime -> nvidia-smi) that always fall through on
failure. When torch CUDA fails, it now checks torch.version.cuda to
distinguish CPU-only builds from CUDA builds that can't access the
GPU, and logs LD_LIBRARY_PATH, torch.cuda.init() errors, and
nvidia-smi results.

Also fixes two env var passthrough bugs in buildMinimalEnv():
- SNAPOTTER_GPU was never passed to the Python subprocess, so the
  user-facing GPU override env var had no effect
- MODELS_DIR was a dead entry (never set as env var); replaced with
  MODELS_PATH which the Dockerfile sets and Python scripts read

Closes #134
2026-05-14 23:17:21 +08:00

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"""Runtime GPU/CUDA detection utility."""
import functools
import json
import os
import subprocess
import sys
def emit_info(msg):
"""Emit an informational JSON message to stderr for the bridge to capture."""
print(json.dumps({"info": msg}), file=sys.stderr, flush=True)
def _nvidia_smi_gpu_name():
"""Return GPU name from nvidia-smi, or None if unavailable."""
try:
result = subprocess.run(
["nvidia-smi", "--query-gpu=name", "--format=csv,noheader"],
capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=5,
)
if result.returncode == 0 and result.stdout.strip():
return result.stdout.strip()
except (FileNotFoundError, subprocess.TimeoutExpired):
pass
return None
@functools.lru_cache(maxsize=1)
def gpu_available():
"""Return True if a usable CUDA GPU is present at runtime."""
override = os.environ.get("SNAPOTTER_GPU")
if override is not None and override.lower() in ("0", "false", "no"):
return False
# Try torch first -- it probes the hardware directly.
torch_available = _try_torch_cuda()
if torch_available:
return True
# torch either isn't installed or can't use CUDA. Fall through to
# ONNX Runtime + nvidia-smi so ONNX-based tools can still use GPU.
onnx_available = _try_onnx_cuda()
if onnx_available:
return True
# Last resort: check nvidia-smi alone. The GPU is present even if
# neither torch nor ONNX Runtime can use it (e.g. CPU-only packages).
gpu_name = _nvidia_smi_gpu_name()
if gpu_name:
print(f"[gpu] nvidia-smi found GPU ({gpu_name}) but neither torch "
"nor ONNX Runtime can use it -- reinstall AI features for GPU support",
file=sys.stderr, flush=True)
return False
def _try_torch_cuda():
"""Check GPU via torch.cuda. Returns True if CUDA is usable."""
try:
import torch
except ImportError as e:
print(f"[gpu] torch not importable: {e}", file=sys.stderr, flush=True)
return False
if torch.cuda.is_available():
name = torch.cuda.get_device_name(0)
print(f"[gpu] CUDA available via torch: {name}", file=sys.stderr, flush=True)
return True
# CUDA not available -- diagnose why.
cuda_version = getattr(torch.version, "cuda", None)
if not cuda_version:
gpu_name = _nvidia_smi_gpu_name()
if gpu_name:
print(f"[gpu] torch is a CPU-only build but GPU is present ({gpu_name}) "
"-- reinstall AI features to get CUDA support",
file=sys.stderr, flush=True)
else:
print("[gpu] torch is a CPU-only build and no GPU detected",
file=sys.stderr, flush=True)
return False
# torch has CUDA compiled in but can't access the GPU.
diag = [f"torch has CUDA {cuda_version} but cannot access GPU"]
ld_path = os.environ.get("LD_LIBRARY_PATH", "")
diag.append(f"LD_LIBRARY_PATH={'<empty>' if not ld_path else ld_path}")
try:
torch.cuda.init()
except RuntimeError as e:
diag.append(f"torch.cuda.init(): {e}")
gpu_name = _nvidia_smi_gpu_name()
if gpu_name:
diag.append(f"nvidia-smi sees GPU ({gpu_name}) but torch cannot use it")
else:
diag.append("nvidia-smi also cannot find a GPU")
print(f"[gpu] {'; '.join(diag)}", file=sys.stderr, flush=True)
return False
def _try_onnx_cuda():
"""Check GPU via ONNX Runtime CUDAExecutionProvider + nvidia-smi."""
try:
import onnxruntime as _ort
providers = _ort.get_available_providers()
if "CUDAExecutionProvider" not in providers:
return False
gpu_name = _nvidia_smi_gpu_name()
if gpu_name:
print(f"[gpu] CUDA available via ONNX Runtime + nvidia-smi: {gpu_name}",
file=sys.stderr, flush=True)
return True
return False
except (ImportError, FileNotFoundError, subprocess.TimeoutExpired):
return False
def onnx_providers():
"""Return (providers, device) tuple.
providers: ONNX Runtime execution providers in priority order.
device: "cuda" or "cpu" -- reflects which hardware will actually be used.
"""
if gpu_available():
try:
import onnxruntime as _ort
available = _ort.get_available_providers()
if "CUDAExecutionProvider" in available:
return (["CUDAExecutionProvider", "CPUExecutionProvider"], "cuda")
emit_info("GPU detected by torch but CUDAExecutionProvider not available in onnxruntime "
"-- install onnxruntime-gpu for GPU acceleration")
except ImportError:
emit_info("onnxruntime not installed, cannot check CUDA provider")
emit_info("No GPU detected, processing on CPU")
return (["CPUExecutionProvider"], "cpu")
def safe_onnx_session(model_path, providers=None):
"""Create an ONNX Runtime InferenceSession with graceful CUDA EP fallback.
Returns (session, device) where device is "cuda" or "cpu".
"""
import onnxruntime as ort
device = "cpu"
if providers is None:
providers, device = onnx_providers()
try:
session = ort.InferenceSession(model_path, providers=providers)
return session, device
except Exception as e:
if "CUDAExecutionProvider" in providers:
emit_info(f"CUDA init failed ({e}), falling back to CPU")
session = ort.InferenceSession(model_path, providers=["CPUExecutionProvider"])
return session, "cpu"
raise