[Bugfix] Allow grouped weight-only int8 MoE under moe_wna16 (alternative a of 2) - #18
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…essed-tensors **This is alternative (a) of two for the same question; see the linked issue. Do not merge both.** Grouped int8 (`W8A16`) MoE is rejected by two of the three paths that accept the same checkpoints, while `AutoGPTQMoEMethod` -> Marlin loads them today (`auto_gptq.py:480-482` builds `kInt8StaticGroupScale` with no `group_size` restriction). This makes the three paths agree, in the direction vllm-project#47154 already chose for Marlin before vllm-project#44570 reintroduced the assert by consolidating classes. Two changes, and the second is why removing the assert alone is not enough: 1. Drop `assert group_size == -1` from `MoeWNA16Method.__init__` and `CompressedTensorsWNA16MoEMethod.__init__`. 2. Normalise `group_size == -1` (per-channel) to the reduction-axis length in `create_weights`. The existing normalisation loop cannot do it: its condition is `intermediate_size % group_size or hidden_size % group_size`, and `x % -1` is `0` for every `x`, so it exits immediately and leaves `-1` as the divisor for the scale shapes -- `torch.zeros(..., hidden_size // -1, ...)` then raises `RuntimeError: zeros: Dimension size must be non-negative`. So before this change int8 fails at *every* group_size: `> 0` trips the assert, `-1` passes it and then crashes in allocation. Verified on B200 (sm100) and Intel B70 (XPU), identical results on both: | config | before | after | |---|---|---| | int8, group_size=128 | `AssertionError` | method OK, `create_weights` OK, group_size=128 | | int8, group_size=-1 | `RuntimeError` negative dim | method OK, `create_weights` OK, group_size=512 | | int4, group_size=128 | OK | OK (unchanged) | **Not yet validated end to end.** I have no grouped-int8 MoE checkpoint running through a served model, so this carries construction-level evidence only. Real checkpoints exist (`QuantTrio/Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct-GPTQ-Int8`, `88plug/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-W8A16`) and `llm-compressor`'s `W8A16` preset emits `group_size=128` by default, so an eval is the natural next step before merge. Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com> Signed-off-by: Artur Fierka <artur.fierka@intel.com>
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Superseded by #20 and #21 after review. The reviewer found a real bug in this PR: mapping My verification here ("method constructs, create_weights allocates") was inadequate: it confirmed allocation did not raise, not that the shapes were semantically right. Two further problems: this PR conflated two independent bugs, and the grouped case needs only the assert removal — the existing normalisation already yields correct per-axis counts (verified: hidden=2048/intermediate=768, gs=128 → 16 and 6 groups). So the Split as the reviewer recommended:
Also correcting a claim from this PR's description: the test paths I cited were wrong ( |
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The problem
Grouped int8 (
W8A16) MoE is rejected by two of the three code paths that accept the same checkpoints:AutoGPTQMoEMethod→ Marlinauto_gptq.py:480-482buildskInt8StaticGroupScalewith nogroup_sizerestriction)MoeWNA16Methodgroup_sizeCompressedTensorsWNA16MoEMethod-1, but the field is128orNone"Broken at every
group_size" is literal:> 0tripsassert group_size == -1, and-1passes the assert then crashes in allocation.What this PR changes
MoeWNA16Method.__init__andCompressedTensorsWNA16MoEMethod.__init__.group_size == -1(per-channel) to the reduction-axis length increate_weights. Removing the assert alone is not enough: the existing normalisation loop cannot handle-1, because its condition isintermediate_size % group_size or hidden_size % group_sizeandx % -1 == 0for everyx— so it exits immediately and leaves-1as the divisor, andtorch.zeros(..., hidden_size // -1, ...)raisesRuntimeError: zeros: Dimension size must be non-negative.This restores the direction #47154 already chose for Marlin ("allow int8 grouped WNA16 MoE on Marlin") before #44570 reintroduced the assert by consolidating that class into the shared one.
Test plan
Verified on B200 (sm100) and Intel B70 (XPU) — identical results on both:
group_size=128AssertionErrorcreate_weightsOK,group_size=128group_size=-1RuntimeErrornegative dimcreate_weightsOK,group_size=512group_size=128Existing suites unaffected:
test_int8_moe_oracle.py,test_linear_load_weights.pyandtest_fused_moe_kernel_gptq_awq.pyall pass on B70, H200 and B200 with this applied.ruff check+ruff format --checkclean (ruff 0.14.0).What is missing, stated plainly
No end-to-end validation. I have no grouped-int8 MoE checkpoint served through a model, so the evidence here is construction-level: the layer builds and the weights allocate with correct shapes. Real checkpoints exist —
QuantTrio/Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct-GPTQ-Int8,88plug/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-W8A16— andllm-compressor'sW8A16preset emitsgroup_size=128by default, so an accuracy eval on one of those is the natural gate before merge. I did not verify whetherfused_moe_kernel_gptq_awq, which takesgroup_sizeas aconstexprand indexes scales by it, is correct for the normalised per-channel value; that also needs the eval.AI assistance was used (Claude Code); every changed line was reviewed and all tests above were run personally on NVIDIA B200 and Intel B70 hardware.