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  • Gemma4 now resolves per-layer head_dim and KV-head counts for heterogeneous and legacy Transformers configurations.
  • The resolved head_dim passes directly to QKNormRoPEAttention.
  • KV-cache sizing and attention metadata use per-layer geometry.
  • FlashInfer FA2 remains the default on non-SM100f GPUs. SM100f routing remains unchanged.
  • The changes are scoped to Gemma4. No dependencies or public API changes were added.
  • No configuration files or test-list files changed.
  • Review focus: validate malformed configurations, layer-index handling, and cache sizing for all heterogeneous layouts.

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  • Added and expanded tests for:
    • test_gemma4_12b_v2_static_sizing_uses_per_layer_geometry
    • test_is_gemma4_hybrid_rejects_non_text_configs
    • Gemma4 KV-head ratio handling in test_pytorch_model_engine.py
    • Heterogeneous geometry, KV-cache layout, backend selection, multimodal inputs, RMSNorm behavior, audio wiring, and batched vision processing in test_modeling_gemma4.py
  • No corresponding entries were found in tests/integration/test_lists/, test-db/, or qa/.
  • Verdict: needs follow-up.

Description

NVBug 6700677 reports that Gemma4 Unified fails during startup with newer
Transformers releases. Transformers now exposes Gemma4's heterogeneous
attention geometry through per_layer_config and rejects ambiguous global
reads of fields such as head_dim and num_key_value_heads.

This PR:

  • resolves Gemma4 head dimensions and KV-head counts from concrete per-layer
    configs while preserving compatibility with the older flat config schema;
  • passes the resolved head dimension explicitly through
    QKNormRoPEAttention, avoiding temporary mutation of the shared model
    config;
  • uses the same per-layer geometry for KV-cache manager construction, V2
    capacity estimation, and attention-metadata GQA sizing; and
  • restores FlashInfer FA2 as the default on non-SM100f GPUs, where Gemma4's
    H512 layers cannot fall back to native MMHA. The existing TRTLLM default on
    SM100f and the FlashInfer metadata requirement for external shared-KV MTP
    remain unchanged.

These changes belong in one PR because fixing only the initial Transformers
exception allows startup to proceed to an independent H512 MMHA failure on
non-SM100f hardware. The production and regression changes together establish
one complete Gemma4-startup fix.

The change is scoped to Gemma4, adds no dependencies or public API, and keeps
the existing datacenter-Blackwell policy unchanged. It restores the
non-SM100f routing previously established by #17557 after the default changed
in #16214.

Test Coverage

  • Transformers 5.16.1 focused regressions on RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell
    Workstation Edition: 10 passed, 6 subtests passed.
  • Exact 12B geometry checks: sliding H256/KV8, full H512/KV1, per-layer V2
    cache sizing, and metadata GQA ratio 16.
  • Negative coverage for Gemma4 composite/audio and unrelated heterogeneous
    configs.
  • Architecture-aware backend-default and dispatch coverage for SM100f and
    non-SM100f paths, including external shared-KV MTP precedence.
  • SM120 (120-real) source build and isolated install with Python/native hash
    provenance.
  • Full google/gemma-4-12B-it startup on RTX PRO 6000 with Transformers
    5.16.1: loaded all weights, completed warmup and CUDA Graph capture, reached
    Application startup complete, and shut down cleanly.
  • pre-commit run --files <changed files> using Python 3.12: all applicable
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Gemma4 attention now resolves heterogeneous per-layer head dimensions and KV-head counts through shared helpers. KV-cache sizing and attention metadata use the same geometry. Backend defaults now depend on Blackwell architecture and external shared-KV MTP requirements.

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Gemma4 attention geometry

Layer / File(s) Summary
Per-layer geometry resolution and attention construction
tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/config_utils.py, tensorrt_llm/_torch/models/modeling_gemma4.py, tensorrt_llm/_torch/modules/qk_norm_attention.py, tests/unittest/_torch/modeling/test_modeling_gemma4.py
Gemma4 helpers resolve per-layer head dimensions and KV-head counts across supported configuration schemas. Attention receives head_dim directly. Tests cover heterogeneous layers.

KV-cache sizing

Layer / File(s) Summary
Per-layer cache geometry and windows
tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/_util.py, tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/kv_cache_manager_v2.py, tests/unittest/_torch/executor/test_kv_cache_estimation.py, tests/unittest/_torch/modeling/test_modeling_gemma4.py
Gemma4 hybrid cache sizing uses per-layer geometry, pipeline mapping, tensor-parallel adjustment, quantization conversion, and mapped attention windows. Regression tests cover cache costs and unsupported hybrid configurations.

Attention metadata

Layer / File(s) Summary
KV-head ratio metadata
tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/model_engine.py, tests/unittest/_torch/executor/test_pytorch_model_engine.py
A shared helper computes the attention-to-KV-head ratio from Gemma4 per-layer KV-head counts. Metadata setup and regression tests use this helper.

Backend defaults

Layer / File(s) Summary
Architecture-dependent backend selection
tensorrt_llm/_torch/models/modeling_gemma4.py, tests/unittest/_torch/modeling/test_modeling_gemma4.py
Gemma4 uses TRTLLM on datacenter Blackwell and FlashInfer on other supported runtimes. External shared-KV MTP uses FlashInfer.

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The production change is localized to Gemma4 geometry and backend selection, but a changed backend-dispatch test still fails when optional FlashInfer is unavailable, creating environment-dependent CI failures; merge should wait for that test to be isolated or for the exception to be explicitly accepted. The added test helpers also need the required type annotations.

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  participant Gemma4Model
  participant config_utils
  participant KVCacheManagerV2
  participant ModelEngine
  Gemma4Model->>config_utils: resolve per-layer attention geometry
  Gemma4Model->>KVCacheManagerV2: use layer geometry for cache sizing
  ModelEngine->>config_utils: resolve per-layer KV-head counts
  ModelEngine->>ModelEngine: set attention metadata ratio
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In `@tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/_util.py`:
- Around line 2269-2272: Update the enclosing function’s head_dim annotation
from Optional[int] to a type that supports both an integer and list[int],
preserving the existing scalar and per-layer list assignments.

In `@tests/unittest/_torch/modeling/test_modeling_gemma4.py`:
- Around line 2790-2791: Patch
tensorrt_llm._torch.attention_backend.utils.IS_FLASHINFER_AVAILABLE to True
around the backend-dispatch test containing get_attention_backend and the
expected_class assertion, ensuring FLASHINFER consistently resolves to the
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Comment thread tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/_util.py
Comment on lines +2790 to +2791
backend_cls = get_attention_backend(defaults["attn_backend"])
self.assertEqual(backend_cls.__name__, expected_class)

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Control FlashInfer availability in this dispatch test.

get_attention_backend("FLASHINFER") returns TrtllmAttention when IS_FLASHINFER_AVAILABLE is false. The non-SM100f assertion therefore fails in environments without FlashInfer. Patch tensorrt_llm._torch.attention_backend.utils.IS_FLASHINFER_AVAILABLE to True for this test.

Proposed fix
             with (
                 self.subTest(is_sm100f=is_sm100f),
                 unittest.mock.patch(
                     "tensorrt_llm._torch.models.modeling_gemma4.is_sm_100f",
                     return_value=is_sm100f,
                 ),
+                unittest.mock.patch(
+                    "tensorrt_llm._torch.attention_backend.utils.IS_FLASHINFER_AVAILABLE",
+                    True,
+                ),
             ):

Test coverage summary: added heterogeneous model-construction and KV-cache geometry tests; modified architecture-default, external shared-KV MTP, and backend-dispatch tests. No tests/integration/test_lists/ file was supplied, so list membership was not assessed. Coverage verdict: insufficient until this optional-backend condition is isolated.

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In `@tests/unittest/_torch/modeling/test_modeling_gemma4.py` around lines 2790 -
2791, Patch tensorrt_llm._torch.attention_backend.utils.IS_FLASHINFER_AVAILABLE
to True around the backend-dispatch test containing get_attention_backend and
the expected_class assertion, ensuring FLASHINFER consistently resolves to the
intended backend regardless of the environment.

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Approving — the comments below are optional touch-ups, not blockers.

The unit tests pin the new-schema behavior well (the strict config doubles that raise on ambiguous global reads are a good regression guard), but the attn_backend default flip on non-SM100f has no integration or test-list coverage — the PR's own notes say no test_lists/ entries changed. This routing regressed once already when #16214 changed the default out from under #17557; a mocked is_sm_100f unit test won't catch the next default-priority change either. Consider adding (or confirming there is) an L0/QA Gemma4 entry on non-SM100 hardware (e.g. l0_* for SM120/Hopper) as a follow-up.

Two small robustness items inline. Everything else checks out: I traced the tightened is_gemma4_hybrid model_type gate through the unified and mm models (both surface the text config via post_config before any caller runs), and the V2 sizing layer_indices construction matches _resolve_num_attention_layers exactly, including the max(.., 1) floor. The gemma4 branch of _create_kv_cache_manager now ignores the num_kv_heads/head_dim caller overrides, but those are only set by the cross-KV encoder-decoder path, which Gemma4 can't reach.


per_layer_attributes = getattr(config, "per_layer_attributes", None)
if per_layer_attributes is not None:
return bool({"head_dim", "num_key_value_heads"} & per_layer_attributes)

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{"head_dim", "num_key_value_heads"} & per_layer_attributes raises TypeError if per_layer_attributes is a list rather than a set — and HF configs round-trip through JSON (to_dict/from_json_file), where a set reloads as a list. That would turn this probe into a crash on any config loaded from disk. not {"head_dim", "num_key_value_heads"}.isdisjoint(per_layer_attributes) accepts any iterable.

raise ValueError(
"Gemma4Attention requires layer_idx with a heterogeneous Transformers config."
)
geometry_layer_idx = next(

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Two nits on this fallback path: (1) next() without a default raises a bare StopIteration if layer_types contains no layer matching is_sliding — pass a sentinel and raise a clear ValueError instead. (2) The guard above checks per_layer_attributes while the geometry helpers key off per_layer_config (_get_gemma4_per_layer_config); a config with per_layer_config but no/empty per_layer_attributes slips past the guard and silently resolves geometry from whichever layer of that type comes first. Gating on per_layer_config too keeps the error condition aligned with what the helpers actually consume.

Resolve Gemma4 attention geometry through concrete per-layer Transformers configs and use it consistently for model construction, KV-cache sizing, and attention metadata.

Preserve flat-config compatibility and route non-SM100f devices to FlashInfer FA2 so H512 layers do not fall through to unsupported native MMHA.

Signed-off-by: Fanrong Li <23290157+lfr-0531@users.noreply.github.com>
Treat either per-layer head dimensions or KV-head counts as heterogeneous Gemma4 geometry so all cache and metadata consumers avoid ambiguous global access.

Reuse the production geometry resolvers in the shared Gemma4 cache test helper and preserve layer_idx inference for homogeneous configs.

Signed-off-by: Fanrong Li <23290157+lfr-0531@users.noreply.github.com>
Update the per-layer head-dimension type annotation, accept iterable heterogeneous attribute collections, and report malformed fallback layer layouts with a clear ValueError.

Exercise list-valued per-layer attribute metadata while preserving the existing FlashInfer test dependency contract.

Signed-off-by: Fanrong Li <23290157+lfr-0531@users.noreply.github.com>
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"num_key_value_heads",
}

def __getattribute__(self, name):

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Add type annotations to every added function.

The added functions do not meet the repository requirement to annotate every function.

  • tests/unittest/_torch/modeling/test_modeling_gemma4.py#L161-L161: annotate name and the return type of __getattribute__.
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  • tests/unittest/_torch/modeling/test_modeling_gemma4.py#L1010-L1010: annotate *args, **kwargs, and the None return type.

As per coding guidelines, "Annotate every function."

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