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CP launch grids currently use the packed token count as the per-sequence bound. For batched inputs this can launch substantially more T, MN, and final-prefill CTAs than any individual sequence requires.

This PR adds an optional max_seqlen hint to chunk_gated_delta_rule and uses it to bound CP launch grids without reading cu_seqlens back to the host.

When max_seqlen is omitted, the CP path falls back to ceil(total_seq_len / num_seqs). That fallback assumes a balanced batch and can under-launch an imbalanced batch, so callers allowing unequal sequence lengths must provide the exact maximum whenever use_cp=True or use_cp=auto may select CP.

The in-repo GDN prefill benchmark now supplies the exact maximum from its host-side sequence specification, and CP tests pass the known maximum for variable-length cases.

Related PR

Split from #4917 so the SM100 kernel optimizations can be reviewed and merged independently of this public interface change.

Tests

  • Focused public CP wrapper coverage: 6 passed.
  • The identical patch passed the complete GDN prefill test selection before the history split: 3087 passed, 864 skipped.
  • CUDA-graph capture and replay were previously verified with the explicit hint.

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  • Tests have been added or updated as needed.
  • Focused tests pass.

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  • New Features

    • Added an optional maximum-sequence-length hint for gated delta-rule prefill operations.
    • Improved context-parallel processing for batches containing sequences of different lengths.
    • When no hint is provided, processing uses a safe launch bound while optimizing based on balanced sequence-length estimates.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved sequence-length handling for more accurate processing across variable-length and empty-sequence batches.

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chunk_gated_delta_rule now accepts an optional max_seqlen hint. It separates the CP launch bound from chunk-length tuning and forwards both to the CP DSL kernel. Benchmarks and tests provide explicit sequence-length bounds.

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GDN context-parallel sequence bounds

Layer / File(s) Summary
Context-parallel bound resolution
flashinfer/gdn_prefill.py
chunk_gated_delta_rule resolves caller-provided or fallback launch and tuning bounds. It selects the CP chunk length with choose_cp_chunk_len_host and passes both values to the CP DSL kernel.
Benchmark sequence-length input
benchmarks/bench_gdn_prefill.py
bench_fi derives sequence start offsets and the largest sequence length from cumulative endpoints, then passes the result to chunk_gated_delta_rule.
Regression call-site updates
tests/gdn/test_prefill_cp_delta_rule.py, tests/gdn/test_prefill_delta_rule.py, tests/gdn/test_prefill_state_indices.py
GDN tests pass explicit maximum sequence lengths for regular, context-parallel, state-index, and zero-length cases.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant BenchmarkOrTest
  participant chunk_gated_delta_rule
  participant choose_cp_chunk_len_host
  participant CP_DSL_kernel
  BenchmarkOrTest->>chunk_gated_delta_rule: pass max_seqlen
  chunk_gated_delta_rule->>choose_cp_chunk_len_host: select CP chunk length
  chunk_gated_delta_rule->>CP_DSL_kernel: pass launch bound and chunk length
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The optional sequence-length hint retains a correctness-safe fallback for callers that omit it, including empty batches. The change is ready to merge.

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In `@flashinfer/gdn_prefill.py`:
- Around line 470-474: Update the cp_max_seqlen fallback in the surrounding
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auto-selected CP cannot under-launch for imbalanced cu_seqlens. Preserve the
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[FAILED] Pipeline #66161498 — 12/17 executed test jobs passed

Compared with nightly #66007281 (different CI configuration).

Unit Tests

GPU CUDA 12.9 CUDA 13.0 Other Notes
B200 ⚠️ Infra ⚠️ Infra Timeout: job timed out before producing test results (2 jobs; CUDA 12.9, CUDA 13.0)
GB200 ✅ Pass ✅ Pass
GB300 ✅ Pass ✅ Pass
H100 ✅ Pass ✅ Pass
RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell ✅ Pass ✅ Pass
VR200 CU134 🟡 Old Old: tests.gdn.test_multistream_overlap (2 failures)

✅ Pass · 🟡 Old failure · ❌ New failure · ⏱ Test timeout · ⚠️ Infrastructure · ❔ Unknown or unclassified · — Not run

Multi-GPU and Multi-Node Tests — 4/6 passed

GPU CUDA 12.9 CUDA 13.0 Other Notes
B300 (multi-GPU) ⚠️ Infra ⚠️ Infra Infrastructure: CI infrastructure failure (2 jobs; CUDA 12.9, CUDA 13.0)
GB200 (multi-node) ✅ Pass ✅ Pass
GB300 (multi-node) ✅ Pass ✅ Pass
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In `@flashinfer/gdn_prefill.py`:
- Line 919: Handle empty batches where cu_seqlens yields num_seqs equal to zero
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[FAILED] Pipeline #67747500 — 12/19 executed test jobs passed

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Unit Tests

GPU CUDA 12.9 CUDA 13.0 CUDA 13.4 Notes
B200 ❌ New ❌ New New: tests.gdn.test_prefill_cudnn_backend (52 failures; CUDA 12.9, CUDA 13.0)
GB200 ❌ New ❌ New New: tests.gdn.test_prefill_cudnn_backend (52 failures; CUDA 12.9, CUDA 13.0)
GB300 ❌ New ❌ New New: tests.gdn.test_prefill_cudnn_backend (52 failures; CUDA 12.9, CUDA 13.0)
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VR200 ❔ Unknown Unknown: script failed before producing a JUnit report (1 job; CUDA 13.4)

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GPU CUDA 12.9 CUDA 13.0 CUDA 13.4 Notes
B300 (multi-GPU) ✅ Pass ✅ Pass
GB200 (multi-node) ✅ Pass ✅ Pass
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    • NotImplementedError: Blackwell GDN prefill is only supported on CUDA 13+

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  • Unknown: script failed before producing a JUnit report — VR200 / CUDA 13.4

Comment thread flashinfer/gdn_prefill.py Outdated
Comment on lines +927 to +932
cp_tuning_max_seqlen = get_cp_max_seqlen(
total_seq_len, num_seqs, max_seqlen
)
cp_launch_max_seqlen = (
max_seqlen if max_seqlen is not None else total_seq_len
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Make get_cp_max_seqlen return a tuple, then document the reason:

  1. tuning for maximizing parallelism
  2. launch to avoiding under-launch.

Use the balanced sequence-length estimate only for chunk-size tuning. When callers omit max_seqlen, retain total_seqlen as the safe grid bound so imbalanced batches cannot under-launch.
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