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At decode batch sizes the trtllm-gen MoE finalize step (finalize::run, non-DeepSeek path) uses finalizeKernel, where each thread reads one scalar element per expert and walks the topK dependent index/data loads serially. For high top-k models this is a large share of a MoE call's fixed cost at one token.

This adds finalizeKernelSmallBatch for the same regime (ceil(hidden/256) * numTokens < 1184, 128-bit aligned hidden, 4 < topK <= 64):

• one CTA per (token, hidden slice), 128-bit loads;
• the topK reduction is split across blockDim.y thread groups so each thread issues at most four independent loads, and partial sums are combined through shared memory;
• the routing permutation and expert weights are read before cudaGridDependencySynchronize() (they come from routing, which has completed before the GEMMs this kernel depends on can start, as finalizeKernelVecLoad already assumes); only the GEMM output is read after the wait;
• programmatic launch completion is triggered at kernel start, so the next kernel can launch while finalize runs.

For topK <= 4 the whole topK fits in one thread group, the shared-memory reduction costs more than it saves, and the previous kernel is kept. The large-batch finalizeKernelVecLoad path and finalizeDeepSeekKernel are unchanged. The new kernel is arch-generic.

Performance

Finalize only (trtllm_moe_run_finalize, PDL on, CUDA graph, median of 3 interleaved rounds), new vs previous kernel over hidden {1024, 2048, 2880, 3584, 4096, 5120, 6144, 7168} x every small-batch token count x bf16/fp32 expert weights. Median speedup per topK (min in parentheses):

topK	SM107 (Rubin)	SM103 (GB300)	SM100 (GB200)
1, 4	kept on previous kernel (would be 0.97-1.00x, min 0.85x)
6	1.26x (1.17)	1.29x (1.17)	1.29x (1.15)
8	1.13x (1.06)	1.13x (1.06)	1.14x (1.06)
10	1.40x (1.36)	1.41x (1.36)	1.42x (1.35)
16	1.40x (1.36)	1.42x (1.34)	1.44x (1.37)
22	1.78x (1.65)	1.79x (1.62)	1.81x (1.64)
32	1.97x (1.75)	1.94x (1.75)	1.99x (1.77)

topK 2 is also faster with the new kernel (~1.06-1.10x median) but is kept on the previous kernel so the rule stays "more than one topK group". Shapes outside the small-batch regime run the unchanged kernel and move within noise (0.98-1.02x).

Whole-op trtllm_fp4_block_scale_moe (NVFP4, PDL on, default tactic, CUDA graph, median of 3 interleaved rounds), H6144/E256/top-8, H2048/E512/top-22 (ReLU2), H3584/E896/top-16:

tokens	top-8 Rubin	top-8 GB300	top-8 GB200	top-22 Rubin	top-22 GB300	top-22 GB200	top-16 Rubin	top-16 GB300	top-16 GB200
1	1.018x	1.015x	1.014x	1.076x	1.084x	1.085x	1.047x	1.062x	1.060x
8	1.004x	1.007x	1.009x	1.053x	1.038x	1.041x	1.029x	1.022x	1.026x
16	1.009x	1.004x	1.006x	1.039x	1.028x	1.030x	1.032x	1.026x	1.026x
32	1.009x	1.000x	1.000x	1.022x	1.017x	1.018x	1.016x	1.013x	1.012x
64	(unchanged path)	0.997x	0.996x	1.021x	1.014x	1.015x	1.025x	1.008x	1.009x
128	—	1.004x	1.004x	1.033x	1.024x	1.027x	—	1.000x	1.001x

Rubin whole-op runs were on a clock-capped board; compare ratios, not absolute times.

PDL ordering (last three commits)

Three ordering-only changes that shorten the decode-time critical path; the arithmetic is unchanged:

1. small-batch finalize reads the routing permutation and expert weights before its grid-dependency wait;
2. small-batch finalize triggers its dependents at kernel start;
3. routingIndicesBlockKernel / routingIndicesDynBlockKernel trigger their dependents right after their own grid-dependency wait instead of after all writes. The batched GEMMs that follow guard every routing-dependent load with a grid dependency (gridWaitForPrimaryRouting), so they launch and run their prologue while routing computes. On its own this is neutral; it helps once (2) lets the routing kernel itself launch early.

Whole-op trtllm_fp4_block_scale_moe (NVFP4, PDL on, best of default / autotuned tactic), this head vs the previous head of this PR:

shape	tokens	SM107 (Rubin), flashinfer_benchmark, 3 GPUs x 3 interleaved rounds	SM103 (GB300), CUDA graph	SM100 (GB200), CUDA graph
H6144/I512/E256/top-8	1	1.038x	1.014x	1.013x
H6144/I512/E256/top-8	8	1.035x	1.021x	1.033x
H2048/I1280/E512/top-22	1	1.058x
H2048/I1280/E512/top-22	8	1.025x

On SM103 / SM100 the top-8 shape improves 1.008-1.055x across 1-16 tokens, with no regression.

Correctness: with PDL on, outputs are bitwise equal to PDL off over 900 routings (1-16 tokens, top-8) on each architecture, and the small-token MoE tests pass (SM107: 211 passed, 0 failed of the 504 selected; SM103 / SM100: 76 passed, 0 failed of a 152-test NvFP4 / MxFP4 subset; the rest skipped by the tests' own filters).

🔍 Related Issues

Follow-up to #6271 (small-batch MoE latency on SM107).

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• Tests have been added or updated as needed. (Covered by existing reference-checked MoE tests.)
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  • Every test in tests/moe/test_trtllm_gen_fused_moe.py and tests/moe/test_prims_ts_fp8_block_scale_moe.py with <= 128 tokens (3264 collected), on SM107 / SM103 / SM100: 463 / 457 / 467 passed, 0 failed (rest skipped by the tests' own compatibility filters). Passes include FP8 block-scale 155, NvFP4 142, MxFP4 85-95, BF16 28, FP8 per-tensor 9, MxInt4 8, Prims-TS staged finalize 1-5 (29 more Prims-TS tests passed on SM100/SM103 in an earlier run).
  • The finalize-only sweep checks every config against a torch reference: max error 3.7e-3 relative to peak (bf16 rounding).

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The change adds a small-batch finalize kernel with dispatcher selection conditions. It also moves PDL completion triggers in the static and dynamic routing kernels to entry synchronization.

Changes: Fused MoE kernel execution

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Routing PDL synchronization csrc/fused_moe/trtllm_backend/trtllm_fused_moe_routing_custom.cuh	The static and dynamic block kernels now trigger PDL completion after entry dependency synchronization. Their end-of-kernel triggers are removed.
Small-batch finalize path csrc/fused_moe/trtllm_backend/trtllm_fused_moe_dev_kernel.cu	The dispatcher selects finalizeKernelSmallBatch when the grid size, top-K, and vector alignment meet its conditions. The kernel accumulates weighted GEMM results and writes the output.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Dispatcher as Non-DeepSeek finalize dispatcher
  participant Kernel as finalizeKernelSmallBatch
  participant RoutingData as Routing indices and expert weights
  participant PrimaryGrid
  participant OutputBuffer
  Dispatcher->>Kernel: Launch when grid, top-K, and alignment conditions match
  Kernel->>RoutingData: Read routing indices and optional expert weights
  Kernel->>Kernel: Signal PDL launch completion
  Kernel->>PrimaryGrid: Wait for grid dependency
  PrimaryGrid-->>Kernel: Dependency synchronization completes
  Kernel->>OutputBuffer: Write accumulated weighted GEMM results

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With PDL enabled, the finalize step can read routing indices before routing has finished writing them. That can corrupt MoE outputs or cause invalid memory access. Fix the ordering before merging.

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Wait for the PDL dependency before reading routing metadata.

With PDL enabled, both routing kernels trigger their dependents before writing mPtrExpandedIdxToPermutedIdx. permuteKernel and activationKernel also trigger before waiting for their own dependencies. Therefore, the finalize kernels can start before the routing grid has completed.

finalizeKernelVecLoad and finalizeKernelSmallBatch read expandedIdxToPermutedIdx before cudaGridDependencySynchronize(). A stale index can select the wrong GEMM row or produce an invalid inPtr address. Move the metadata reads after the dependency wait in both kernels, or restore the routing trigger to the end of each routing kernel after all routing writes.

🐛 Suggested fix

--- a/csrc/fused_moe/trtllm_backend/trtllm_fused_moe_dev_kernel.cu
+++ b/csrc/fused_moe/trtllm_backend/trtllm_fused_moe_dev_kernel.cu
@@
   __shared__ ScalePackedType scaleArrSmem[MaxTopK / TopKUnrollFactor];
   __shared__ IdxPackedType permutedIdxArrSmem[MaxTopK / TopKUnrollFactor];
 
+#if defined(__CUDA_ARCH__) && (__CUDA_ARCH__ >= 900)
+  // Wait before reading routing metadata.
+  if constexpr (KernelParams::UsePdl) {
+    cudaGridDependencySynchronize();
+  }
+#endif
+
   for (int kChunkIdx = threadIdx.x; kChunkIdx < params.topK / TopKUnrollFactor;
        kChunkIdx += blockDim.x) {
@@
-#if defined(__CUDA_ARCH__) && (__CUDA_ARCH__ >= 900)
-  // wait on primary kernel when using PDL
-  if constexpr (KernelParams::UsePdl) {
-    cudaGridDependencySynchronize();
-  }
-#endif
   __syncthreads();
@@
 #if defined(__CUDA_ARCH__) && (__CUDA_ARCH__ >= 900)
   // Let the next kernel launch while this one runs; it waits on this grid before reading the
   // output.
@@
 #endif
 
-  // The permutation and the expert weights come from routing, which completed before the GEMMs
-  // this kernel depends on could start, so they are read before waiting on the primary kernel
-  // (as in finalizeKernelVecLoad). Only the GEMM output is read after the wait.
+#if defined(__CUDA_ARCH__) && (__CUDA_ARCH__ >= 900)
+  // Wait before reading routing metadata.
+  if constexpr (KernelParams::UsePdl) {
+    cudaGridDependencySynchronize();
+  }
+#endif
+
   int permutedIdx[SMALL_BATCH_FINALIZE_MAX_LOADS];
   float scale[SMALL_BATCH_FINALIZE_MAX_LOADS];
@@
-#if defined(__CUDA_ARCH__) && (__CUDA_ARCH__ >= 900)
-  // wait on primary kernel when using PDL
-  if constexpr (KernelParams::UsePdl) {
-    cudaGridDependencySynchronize();
-  }
-#endif
-
   ComputeElem acc;

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Unit Tests

GPU	CUDA 12.9	CUDA 13.0	CUDA 13.4	Notes
GB200	❔ Unknown	❔ Unknown	🟡 Old	Old: tests.moe.test_trtllm_gen_fused_moe (12 failures; CUDA 13.4) Unknown: unknown failure (5 jobs; CUDA 12.9, CUDA 13.0) Unknown: script failed before producing a JUnit report (1 job; CUDA 13.0)
GB300	🟡 Old	❔ Unknown	❔ Unknown	Old: tests.moe.test_unified_moe_fp8 (2 failures; CUDA 12.9) Unknown: unknown failure (5 jobs; CUDA 13.0, CUDA 13.4) Unknown: script failed before producing a JUnit report (1 job; CUDA 13.0)
H100	—	❔ Unknown	—	Unknown: unknown failure (1 job; CUDA 13.0)
RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell	❔ Unknown	❔ Unknown	❔ Unknown	Not compared: tests.moe.test_cudnn_frost_kernels (139 failures; CUDA 12.9) Not compared: tests.moe.test_unified_moe_pack_contract (1 failure; CUDA 12.9) Unknown: unknown failure (2 jobs; CUDA 13.0, CUDA 13.4)
Spark	—	❔ Unknown	—	Unknown: unknown failure (1 job; CUDA 13.0)
VR NVL72	—	—	❔ Unknown	Unknown: unknown failure (2 jobs; CUDA 13.4)

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Failure details

Pre-existing failures

• tests.moe.test_trtllm_gen_fused_moe — 12 failures on GB200 / CUDA 13.4
  • RuntimeError: Error in function 'TrtllmGenBatchedGemmRunner' at csrc/trtllm_batched_gemm_runner.cu:230: SwiGLUStep requires trtllm-gen batched-GEMM cubins with the StepFun epilo…
• tests.moe.test_unified_moe_fp8 — 2 failures on GB300 / CUDA 12.9
  • RuntimeError: Error in function 'TrtllmGenBatchedGemmRunner' at csrc/trtllm_batched_gemm_runner.cu:230: SwiGLUStep requires trtllm-gen batched-GEMM cubins with the StepFun epilo…

Could not compare

• tests.moe.test_cudnn_frost_kernels — 139 failures on RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell / CUDA 12.9
  • NotImplementedError: cuDNN Frost MoE requires PyTorch CUDA Graph resource retention (CUDAGraph.retain_object)
• tests.moe.test_unified_moe_pack_contract — 1 failure on RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell / CUDA 12.9
  • AssertionError: assert 'self._validate_pack_contract(act)' in ''

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• Unknown: script failed before producing a JUnit report — GB200 / CUDA 13.0, GB300 / CUDA 13.0
  • Jobs: unit_test_gb200: [2, cu130], unit_test_gb300: [2, cu130]
• Unknown: unknown failure — GB200 / CUDA 12.9, GB200 / CUDA 13.0, GB300 / CUDA 13.0, GB300 / CUDA 13.4, H100 / CUDA 13.0, RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell / CUDA 13.0, RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell / CUDA 13.4, Spark / CUDA 13.0, VR NVL72 / CUDA 13.4
  • Jobs: unit_test_vr_nvl72: [0, cu134], unit_test_spark: [cu130], unit_test_h100: [0, cu130], unit_test_rtx-pro-6000-blackwell: [cu134], unit_test_rtx-pro-6000-blackwell: [cu130], unit_test_vr_nvl72: [1, cu134]

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