Fix ref_count leak + add results/admission_reserve_2025-04-21.json

results/admission_reserve_2025-04-21.json

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+{
+  "experiment": "admission_reserve_sweep",
+  "date": "2025-04-21",
+  "description": "Admission reserve analysis - reserving blocks for burst absorption",
+  
+  "finding_1_constrained": {
+    "setup": {
+      "num_requests": 200,
+      "num_blocks": 128,
+      "workload": "prefix-sharing",
+      "system_prompts": 5,
+      "system_prompt_length": 256
+    },
+    "results": {
+      "0pct_reserve": {
+        "throughput_rps": 5.8,
+        "p99_ttft_ms": 33159,
+        "cache_hit_rate": 0.1643,
+        "preemptions": 118
+      },
+      "10pct_reserve": {
+        "throughput_rps": 8.8,
+        "p99_ttft_ms": 21591,
+        "cache_hit_rate": 0.3292,
+        "preemptions": 118,
+        "throughput_improvement_pct": 52,
+        "ttft_improvement_pct": 35
+      }
+    },
+    "insight": "Under high memory pressure, 10% reserve IMPROVES throughput by 52% and reduces p99 TTFT by 35%. Fewer blocks paradoxically helps because it reduces contention and eviction churn."
+  },
+  
+  "finding_2_underloaded": {
+    "setup": {
+      "num_requests": 100,
+      "num_blocks": 64,
+      "workload": "prefix-sharing-small"
+    },
+    "results": {
+      "0pct_reserve": {
+        "throughput_rps": 48.5,
+        "p99_ttft_ms": 27,
+        "cache_hit_rate": 0.9918,
+        "preemptions": 0
+      },
+      "10pct_reserve": {
+        "throughput_rps": 23.4,
+        "p99_ttft_ms": 3440,
+        "cache_hit_rate": 0.4283,
+        "preemptions": 31
+      }
+    },
+    "insight": "Under light load, any reserve is harmful. With no memory pressure, reducing blocks just reduces cache capacity without benefit."
+  },
+  
+  "key_insights": [
+    "Admission reserve is a CONDITIONAL improvement - only helps at the right operating point",
+    "Under high memory pressure: small reserve (10%) significantly improves throughput and latency",
+    "Under light load: any reserve is harmful (wastes cache capacity)",
+    "The optimal reserve ratio depends on: arrival rate, memory pressure, prefix sharing degree",
+    "APAC needs to ADAPT the reserve dynamically based on observed conditions",
+    "This validates the core thesis: adaptive policy beats any single static setting"
+  ],
+  
+  "implications_for_controller": [
+    "Controller should monitor memory pressure (KV usage, eviction rate)",
+    "When pressure is HIGH: activate admission reserve (5-15%)",
+    "When pressure is LOW: zero reserve, maximize cache",
+    "The transition point is an online estimation problem",
+    "Hysteresis needed to avoid oscillation between states"
+  ]
+}