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  • Adds Helix support for CuTe DSL MLA decode.
  • Validates single-token decode and contiguous float32 softmax statistics with shape (q_tokens, num_heads, 2).
  • Adds optional softmax-statistics output to FP8 and FP16/BF16 MLA kernels.
  • Preserves existing behavior when emit_softmax_stats is disabled.
  • Preserves the optional MLA mutation argument.
  • Uses the native MLA decode path to emit softmax statistics.
  • No configuration or test-list files changed.
  • CI completed with failures. Investigate the failed tests before merge.

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  • test_cute_dsl_mla_helix_stats_and_empty_local_kv
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The tests cover split_kv values, empty local KV handling, valid single-token Helix decode, and invalid softmax-statistics contracts.

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CuTe DSL MLA decode now accepts constrained Helix requests and passes validated softmax statistics to native FP8 and FP16/BF16 kernels. The kernels emit statistics through split-KV, reduction, and non-split paths. Tests cover validation, dtypes, split-KV modes, empty caches, and numerical results.

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Helix MLA softmax statistics

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Helix request contract and validation
tensorrt_llm/_torch/attention_backend/fmha/cute_dsl_mla.py, tests/unittest/_torch/attention/test_fmha_page_index.py
Helix support requires single-token decode and contiguous float32 statistics with shape (q_tokens, num_heads, 2). Tests cover valid requests and rejection reasons.
Native FP8 and FP16/BF16 kernel emission
tensorrt_llm/_torch/cute_dsl_kernels/blackwell/attention/mla/mla_decode_fp8.py, tensorrt_llm/_torch/cute_dsl_kernels/blackwell/attention/mla/mla_decode_fp16.py, tests/unittest/_torch/attention/test_cute_dsl_mla_helix.py
Native MLA kernels optionally emit normalized LSE and validity statistics through split-KV, reduction, and epilogue paths. Empty-cache entries receive negative-infinity and zero statistics.
Custom-op and runner integration
tensorrt_llm/_torch/custom_ops/cute_dsl_custom_ops.py
FP8 and FP16/BF16 custom operations validate, tune, compile, pass, and mark optional statistics tensors as mutable. Statistics-enabled execution uses run_with_softmax_stats.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

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The tuning configuration cache does not distinguish runners with different maximum batch sizes, so a larger workload may reuse incomplete tuning data, fall back to a default tactic, and trigger compilation during serving. Merge readiness requires fixing this cache-key mismatch or obtaining explicit owner acceptance of the bounded runtime risk.

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In
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- Around line 65-67: In
tensorrt_llm/_torch/cute_dsl_kernels/blackwell/attention/mla/mla_softmax_stats.py:65-67,
define a precise callable Protocol for the MLA interface and use it to annotate
the mla parameter of __init__. In
tensorrt_llm/_torch/custom_ops/cute_dsl_custom_ops.py:9103-9114, annotate
unique_id with its concrete tuple return type.

In `@tests/unittest/_torch/attention/test_fmha_page_index.py`:
- Around line 215-222: Add a parametrized rejection case to the support-check
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expected reason to contain “contiguous”; preserve the existing softmax
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tensorrt_llm/_torch/custom_ops/cute_dsl_custom_ops.py (1)

9101-9112: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Parenthesize the conditional cache-key expression.

base_id + (True, ) if self.emit_softmax_stats else base_id parses as (base_id + (True,)) if self.emit_softmax_stats else base_id, which is the intended result. The precedence is not obvious at a glance, and this value keys both tuning_config_cache and the kernel cache_key. Explicit parentheses prevent a future edit from silently merging the statistics and non-statistics kernel variants.

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-            return base_id + (True, ) if self.emit_softmax_stats else base_id
+            return (base_id + (True, )) if self.emit_softmax_stats else base_id
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tensorrt_llm/_torch/cute_dsl_kernels/blackwell/attention/mla/mla_decode_fp16.py (1)

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Duplicated kernel-argument lists in both MLA kernels. Both files branch on self.emit_softmax_stats at the call site and repeat the entire 30-plus-argument split_kv_kernel and reduction_kernel invocations. The only difference between the branches is the mLSE argument, which is either lse or (lse, softmax_stats). The shared root cause is branching at the call site instead of on the single differing argument, so any future argument change must be applied in four places across two files.

  • tensorrt_llm/_torch/cute_dsl_kernels/blackwell/attention/mla/mla_decode_fp16.py#L774-L844: bind lse_arg = (lse, softmax_stats) if cutlass.const_expr(self.emit_softmax_stats) else lse, then keep one split_kv_kernel call that passes lse_arg. Apply the same change to the reduction_kernel branches at Lines 853-873.
  • tensorrt_llm/_torch/cute_dsl_kernels/blackwell/attention/mla/mla_decode_fp8.py#L826-L900: bind the same lse_arg and keep one split_kv_kernel call. Apply the same change to the reduction_kernel branches at Lines 909-929.
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around lines 774 - 844, In mla_decode_fp16.py (774-844 and 853-873) and
mla_decode_fp8.py (826-900 and 909-929), replace the duplicated
emit_softmax_stats branches around split_kv_kernel and reduction_kernel with a
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In `@tensorrt_llm/_torch/custom_ops/cute_dsl_custom_ops.py`:
- Around line 9101-9112: Update unique_id so the conditional cache-key
expression is explicitly parenthesized around the full conditional result,
preserving the existing base_id plus (True,) behavior when emit_softmax_stats is
enabled and base_id otherwise.

In
`@tensorrt_llm/_torch/cute_dsl_kernels/blackwell/attention/mla/mla_decode_fp16.py`:
- Around line 774-844: In mla_decode_fp16.py (774-844 and 853-873) and
mla_decode_fp8.py (826-900 and 909-929), replace the duplicated
emit_softmax_stats branches around split_kv_kernel and reduction_kernel with a
single call per kernel. Bind lse_arg from either lse or (lse, softmax_stats)
using the existing compile-time condition, then pass lse_arg while preserving
all other arguments and behavior.

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tensorrt_llm/_torch/custom_ops/cute_dsl_custom_ops.py (1)

9099-9112: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Include max_batch_size in the tuning-config cache key.

CuteDSLNVMlaDecodeBlackwellRunner.get_tuning_config() builds batch buckets from max_batch_size but caches them by unique_id(), which omits that value. If a smaller runner populates the shared cache first, a larger runner can miss tuning coverage for higher batches, fall back to default_tactic, and compile during serving.

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…entry points

The NVIDIA#18131 merge split the kernel entry into __call__ /
run_with_softmax_stats / _run; rebasing the kv_bounds port over that
restructure landed the signature in __call__ but the body references in
_run, so every fp16 CuTe DSL MLA decode traced NameError and the stats
entry points took one fewer argument than the runner passes. Add the
parameter to _run and run_with_softmax_stats (fp8: signature parity,
value deliberately dropped) and forward it from __call__.

Also make the reduction kernel's per-token CP-merge gating fold-aware:
its grid is the folded (H*F, S_q/F, B) geometry, so the true token for
the kv_bounds lookup is chunk * F + row // num_heads; the previous
formula read the wrong token whenever fold_sq_ratio > 1 (latent for
K3 helix, whose H=96 folds at ratio 1).

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