[Fix] KVCache: fix result type of group aware kv manager

[DwyaneShi]

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This pull request addresses a critical bug in the KVCache's group-aware key-value manager. The core issue involved an incorrect handling of the result type from distributed collective operations. The fix ensures that the tensor output from these operations is properly converted to a scalar Python value before being used in comparisons and calculations, thereby enhancing the reliability and correctness of the distributed cache's logic for acquiring and managing tokens.

Highlights

• Type Correction for Collective Results: The pull request introduces a fix to correctly handle the result type of collective communication operations within the group-aware KV manager. Specifically, the self._coll_tensor[0] value, which is a tensor, is now explicitly converted to a Python scalar using .item() before being used in conditional logic and arithmetic operations.
• Improved Robustness in Distributed Cache Management: By ensuring the correct scalar conversion of collective results, the change prevents potential type mismatches and ensures accurate evaluation of conditions related to token acquisition and status checks in a distributed environment, leading to more robust cache management.

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Code Review

This pull request addresses an issue in GroupAwareKVCacheManager by changing how the result of a collective operation is handled. Previously, a 0-dimensional tensor from dist.all_reduce was used directly in comparisons and calculations. The change introduces coll_result = self._coll_tensor[0].item() to extract the scalar Python value from the tensor. This is a good practice as it improves readability, avoids potential performance overhead from using tensors where scalars suffice, and ensures correct behavior. The fix is applied consistently in both _group_aware_acquire_impl and get methods. The changes are correct and improve the overall code quality.

[dczhu]

LGTM