[Klaud Cold] Forbid inference-engine patches without a filled-out waiver in docs/waiver/ / 禁止未经 docs/waiver/ 豁免的推理引擎补丁

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Summary

Makes "no patches to the inference engine / serving stack" an explicit merge standard, with a documented waiver process as the only exception:

• New docs/waiver/ folder (empty, kept with a .gitkeep): each exception is filed as docs/waiver/<PR_NUMBER>.md — named after the PR that introduces the patch and filed in that same PR — stating what is patched, why the unmodified upstream image cannot run the benchmark, the upstream PR/issue link, and the removal plan.
• docs/PR_REVIEW_CHECKLIST.md / _zh.md: new sign-off item — reviewer verifies the PR introduces no engine patches (pinned image runs as shipped), except ones covered by a filled-out docs/waiver/<PR_NUMBER>.md linked in the additional detail section.
• .github/workflows/codeowner-signoff-verify.yml: new Check 9 so the CI auditor independently verifies it — scans the PR diff for .patch/git apply, inline heredoc patches embedded in benchmark scripts (e.g. a python3 - <<EOF that rewrites installed engine sources before serving, as in Add minimax M3 MXFP8 MI355X vLLM EAGLE3 (related PR for upstreaming patch https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/pull/45546) #1745), site-packages edits, monkey-patching, container-file overwrites, and forked/rebuilt engine wheels; fails unless the patch is covered by the PR-numbered waiver, which must also be linked in the sign-off. Harness/client deps (aiperf, eval tooling) explicitly stay allowed.

The checklist item and Check 9 were updated together per the checklist ↔ verifier sync rule in AGENTS.md. Existing recipes contain no patching today, so the folder starts empty.

Post-merge validation plan (per AGENTS.md): open a throwaway [DO NOT MERGE] PR, post a sign-off, and confirm the verdict comment includes the Check 9 row.

中文说明

将"禁止对推理引擎 / serving 技术栈打补丁"确立为明确的合并标准，唯一例外是走文档化的豁免流程：

• 新增 docs/waiver/ 文件夹（空文件夹，仅含 .gitkeep）：每个例外以 docs/waiver/<PR_NUMBER>.md 形式提交 —— 以引入补丁的 PR 编号命名，并在同一 PR 中提交 —— 写明补丁内容、为何未修改的上游镜像无法运行该基准测试、上游 PR/issue 链接及移除计划。
• docs/PR_REVIEW_CHECKLIST.md / _zh.md：新增签署条目 — 审阅者确认 PR 未引入引擎补丁（锁定镜像必须原样运行），除非已由填写完整并在 Additional detail section 中链接的 docs/waiver/<PR_NUMBER>.md 豁免覆盖。
• .github/workflows/codeowner-signoff-verify.yml：新增 Check 9，由 CI 审计器独立核查 — 扫描 PR diff 中的 .patch/git apply、内嵌在基准测试脚本中的行内 heredoc 补丁（如 Add minimax M3 MXFP8 MI355X vLLM EAGLE3 (related PR for upstreaming patch https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/pull/45546) #1745 中启动服务前用 python3 - <<EOF 改写已安装引擎源码）、site-packages 编辑、monkey-patch、容器文件覆盖、以及 fork/重构建的引擎 wheel；除非补丁已被以 PR 编号命名的豁免覆盖且豁免已在签署中链接，否则判定失败。基准测试工具链与客户端依赖（aiperf、评测工具）明确保持允许。

清单条目与 Check 9 按照 AGENTS.md 中"清单 ↔ 验证器同步"规则在同一 PR 中一并更新。现有 recipe 目前不含任何补丁，因此该文件夹初始为空。

合并后验证计划（按 AGENTS.md）：开一个临时 [DO NOT MERGE] 测试 PR，发布签署评论，确认判定评论中包含 Check 9 一行。

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Additional findings (outside current diff — PR may have been updated during review):

• 🟡 docs/waiver/README.md:57-59 — docs/waiver/README.md lists "Active waivers: None" and the PR body says "Existing recipes contain no patching today," but main already ships multiple inline heredoc engine patches that match Check 9's own detection pattern verbatim — e.g. benchmarks/single_node/fixed_seq_len/minimaxm3_fp8_b200.sh:30-56 rewrites vllm/models/minimax_m3/nvidia/sparse_attention_msa.py via importlib.util.find_spec('vllm') before vllm serve, and benchmarks/multi_node/srt-slurm-recipes/configs/minimax-m3-gb300-vllm-fixes.sh:4-38 patches vllm/distributed/device_communicators/flashinfer_all_reduce.py (collective-comms — unambiguously serving-stack) plus the same sparse-attention file. Grep finds the same shape in ~9 files under benchmarks/** (minimaxm3 mtp/b300/mi325x/mi355x siblings and gb200/base vllm-fixes.sh). Not merge-blocking (Check 9's PASS clause is scoped to what the PR introduces), but worth either (a) filing retroactive WAIVER.md stubs for the minimaxm3 cases in this PR so the "Active waivers" section matches main, or (b) adding one sentence to Check 9 / the README explicitly grandfathering pre-existing patches so a future PR that merely touches one of these heredoc regions doesn't trip the auditor with no waiver on file.

  Extended reasoning...

  The factual mismatch

  Verified directly against main:

  • benchmarks/single_node/fixed_seq_len/minimaxm3_fp8_b200.sh:30-56 — python3 heredoc that uses importlib.util.find_spec('vllm') to rewrite vllm/models/minimax_m3/nvidia/sparse_attention_msa.py (a served-model attention file), adding .contiguous() to the prefill_topk slice, before vllm serve. The in-file comment even names it as a temporary bridge ("Materialize the slice until the image includes this fix") — precisely the class of patch the new waiver policy is designed to cover.
  • benchmarks/multi_node/srt-slurm-recipes/configs/minimax-m3-gb300-vllm-fixes.sh:4-38 — same find_spec('vllm') heredoc, patches both vllm/distributed/device_communicators/flashinfer_all_reduce.py (collective-comms — unambiguously serving stack, not harness) and the same sparse_attention_msa.py.
  • Grep confirms the same shape in ~9 files: the minimaxm3 mtp/b300/mi325x/mi355x fixed_seq_len siblings and the srt-slurm-recipes gb200 / base vllm-fixes.sh siblings.

  Check 9's own language enumerates "INLINE patches embedded in benchmark scripts — the common shape is a heredoc (python3 - <<EOF, ...) that rewrites installed engine sources (e.g. paths resolved via importlib.util.find_spec, ... vLLM/SGLang model files) before vllm serve / SGLang launch." That is a nearly verbatim description of these scripts. So the PR body's "Existing recipes contain no patching today" is factually wrong at merge time.

  Why this is a nit, not a merge blocker

  Fair points from the refutation:

  • "Active waivers: None" is literally accurate — it's a statement about the set of filed waivers, not the set of patches in the tree. No waivers have been filed, so the doc is not lying. The PR description is imprecise, but the description is not merged content.
  • Check 9's PASS clause is forward-looking: "PASS in one line if the PR introduces no such patching." A future PR whose diff only shows unchanged context lines from these heredocs is not "introducing" patching, and the LLM auditor can (and should) apply that distinction.

  So there is a defensible reading of the policy where main-branch state doesn't matter for Check 9 at all, and the fix is a follow-up policy call, not a blocker on this PR.

  Why it's still worth flagging

  Two residual concerns the maintainer should see:

  1. Landmine potential. Check 9's fail clause is worded around "If patching is present" and requires a waiver "that covers exactly this patch." If a future PR legitimately touches a region containing one of these heredocs — e.g. bumps the patch anchor when the upstream image rotates, moves the block, or a rebase carry surfaces the heredoc lines — the diff will show patch-shaped lines with no waiver on file. Whether the LLM auditor correctly parses "unchanged context vs. added" every time is empirical, and the guardrail (an explicit grandfather clause) is one sentence.
  2. Enforcement credibility. The new default branch will explicitly forbid a pattern that the same default branch already ships in ~9 files. That's a visible inconsistency on merge day.

  Step-by-step proof (landmine scenario)

  1. Today: main contains minimaxm3_fp8_b200.sh:30-56 with the heredoc. No waiver.
  2. This PR merges. docs/waiver/README.md says "Active waivers: None." Check 9 is now enforced.
  3. Next month: the pinned vLLM image rotates and the upstream anchor line prefill_topk = topk[:, nd:num_tokens, :] no longer matches. Contributor bumps the anchor string inside the heredoc.
  4. That contributor's PR diff shows added lines: old = "..." / new = "..." inside a python3 - <<EOF heredoc that calls find_spec("vllm") and target.write_text(...) — a textbook Check 9 target on the added lines.
  5. The auditor scans for the pattern, finds it, looks for a waiver at docs/waiver/<slug>/WAIVER.md linked in the sign-off. There is none.
  6. Check 9 FAILs, blocking the contributor on a patch they did not introduce.

  Fix options (cheap, pick one)

  • File retroactive docs/waiver/minimax-m3-msa-contiguity/WAIVER.md (and one for the flashinfer_all_reduce edit) in this same PR, using the template. Update "Active waivers" accordingly. Bonus: exercises the template on the exact case it's designed for.
  • Add one sentence to docs/waiver/README.md and Check 9's fail clause clarifying it applies only to patch content newly added by a PR, and that pre-existing patches on main are grandfathered until they are touched.
  • Rip the existing patches out in a preceding PR — probably the highest cost.

  Not a blocker; leaving to the maintainer's discretion.