From 01914445b0513ab355b1275acec2f2e5da4d91d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Harry Mellor <19981378+hmellor@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2026 11:01:01 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Remove `bc-lint` (#35274)

Signed-off-by: Harry Mellor <19981378+hmellor@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .github/.bc-linter.yml        | 24 ----------------
 .github/workflows/bc-lint.yml | 29 -------------------
 vllm/__init__.py              |  6 ----
 vllm/_bc_linter.py            | 54 -----------------------------------
 vllm/v1/core/sched/output.py  |  5 ----
 5 files changed, 118 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 .github/.bc-linter.yml
 delete mode 100644 .github/workflows/bc-lint.yml
 delete mode 100644 vllm/_bc_linter.py

diff --git a/.github/.bc-linter.yml b/.github/.bc-linter.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 443dfa45a..000000000
--- a/.github/.bc-linter.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-# doc: https://github.com/pytorch/test-infra/blob/main/tools/stronghold/docs/bc_linter_config.md
-version: 1
-paths:
-# We temporarily disable globally, and will only enable with `annotations.include`
-# include:
-#   - "vllm/v1/attetion/*.py"
-#   - "vllm/v1/core/*.py"
-exclude:
-  - "**/*.py"
-
-scan:
-  functions: true        # check free functions and methods
-  classes: true          # check classes/dataclasses
-  public_only: true      # ignore names starting with "_" at any level
-
-annotations:
-  include:               # decorators that force‑include a symbol
-    - name: "bc_linter_include"  # matched by simple name or dotted suffix
-      propagate_to_members: false # for classes, include methods/inner classes
-  exclude:               # decorators that force‑exclude a symbol
-    - name: "bc_linter_skip"     # matched by simple name or dotted suffix
-      propagate_to_members: true  # for classes, exclude methods/inner classes
-
-excluded_violations: []  # e.g. ["ParameterRenamed", "FieldTypeChanged"]
diff --git a/.github/workflows/bc-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/bc-lint.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 823695a92..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/bc-lint.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-name: BC Lint
-
-on:
-  pull_request:
-    types:
-      - opened
-      - synchronize
-      - reopened
-      - labeled
-      - unlabeled
-
-jobs:
-  bc_lint:
-    if: github.repository_owner == 'vllm-project'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Run BC Lint Action
-        uses: pytorch/test-infra/.github/actions/bc-lint@main
-        with:
-          repo: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name }}
-          base_sha: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}
-          head_sha: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
-          suppression: ${{ contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'suppress-bc-linter') }}
-          docs_link: 'https://github.com/pytorch/test-infra/wiki/BC-Linter'
-          config_dir: .github
-
-concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.sha }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
diff --git a/vllm/__init__.py b/vllm/__init__.py
index 19b2cdc67..968d1a143 100644
--- a/vllm/__init__.py
+++ b/vllm/__init__.py
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ import typing
 import vllm.env_override  # noqa: F401
 
 MODULE_ATTRS = {
-    "bc_linter_skip": "._bc_linter:bc_linter_skip",
-    "bc_linter_include": "._bc_linter:bc_linter_include",
     "AsyncEngineArgs": ".engine.arg_utils:AsyncEngineArgs",
     "EngineArgs": ".engine.arg_utils:EngineArgs",
     "AsyncLLMEngine": ".engine.async_llm_engine:AsyncLLMEngine",
@@ -62,8 +60,6 @@ if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
     from vllm.pooling_params import PoolingParams
     from vllm.sampling_params import SamplingParams
     from vllm.v1.executor.ray_utils import initialize_ray_cluster
-
-    from ._bc_linter import bc_linter_include, bc_linter_skip
 else:
 
     def __getattr__(name: str) -> typing.Any:
@@ -79,8 +75,6 @@ else:
 
 __all__ = [
     "__version__",
-    "bc_linter_skip",
-    "bc_linter_include",
     "__version_tuple__",
     "LLM",
     "ModelRegistry",
diff --git a/vllm/_bc_linter.py b/vllm/_bc_linter.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 2929a8bce..000000000
--- a/vllm/_bc_linter.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright contributors to the vLLM project
-# vllm/_bc_linter.py
-from collections.abc import Callable
-from typing import Any, TypeVar, overload
-
-T = TypeVar("T")
-
-
-@overload
-def bc_linter_skip(obj: T) -> T: ...
-
-
-@overload
-def bc_linter_skip(*, reason: str | None = ...) -> Callable[[T], T]: ...
-
-
-def bc_linter_skip(obj: Any = None, *, reason: str | None = None):
-    """
-    No-op decorator to mark symbols/files for BC-linter suppression.
-
-    Usage:
-        @bc_linter_skip
-        def legacy_api(...): ...
-    """
-
-    def _wrap(x: T) -> T:
-        return x
-
-    return _wrap if obj is None else obj
-
-
-@overload
-def bc_linter_include(obj: T) -> T: ...
-
-
-@overload
-def bc_linter_include(*, reason: str | None = ...) -> Callable[[T], T]: ...
-
-
-def bc_linter_include(obj: Any = None, *, reason: str | None = None):
-    """
-    Usage:
-        @bc_linter_include
-        def public_api(...): ...
-    """
-
-    def _wrap(x: T) -> T:
-        return x
-
-    return _wrap if obj is None else obj
-
-
-__all__ = ["bc_linter_skip", "bc_linter_include"]
diff --git a/vllm/v1/core/sched/output.py b/vllm/v1/core/sched/output.py
index 7e53f4f2e..0f6ac98fd 100644
--- a/vllm/v1/core/sched/output.py
+++ b/vllm/v1/core/sched/output.py
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ from dataclasses import dataclass
 from functools import cached_property
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
-from vllm._bc_linter import bc_linter_include
-
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     import numpy as np
     import numpy.typing as npt
@@ -29,7 +27,6 @@ else:
     Request = object
 
 
-@bc_linter_include
 @dataclass
 class NewRequestData:
     req_id: str
@@ -109,7 +106,6 @@ class NewRequestData:
         )
 
 
-@bc_linter_include
 @dataclass
 class CachedRequestData:
     req_ids: list[str]
@@ -179,7 +175,6 @@ class CachedRequestData:
         )
 
 
-@bc_linter_include
 @dataclass
 class SchedulerOutput:
     # list of the requests that are scheduled for the first time.