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refactor(moe_ep)!: move the MoE all-to-all ops out of flashinfer.comm into their moe_ep backends; retire backend="trtllm" and the moe_comm bench; SM107 one-sided build fix - #6621

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Follow-up to #6047. Now that flashinfer.moe_ep owns the MoE all-to-all backends, this removes what stayed behind in flashinfer.comm for the old paths, and fixes the NVLink one-sided module on GR100. After it, every MoEEpCommunication backend owns its kernels under flashinfer/moe_ep/backends/split/comm/<backend>/ (as nvlink_one_sided already did), and flashinfer/comm/ keeps no MoE all-to-all code. Five commits:

1. fix(moe_ep): native sm_107a for the NVLink one-sided module

gen_nvlink_one_sided_alltoall_module (then gen_moe_ep_nvlink_one_sided_module) inherited the global JIT arch flags, which map SM107 to sm_100f while the bundled CUTLASS lacks Sm107. The driver rejects that code on GR100 (Mercury Validator: Validation failed for SM 107), so the first launch failed with cudaErrorUnknown. These kernels use no CUTLASS, so the module now passes get_nvcc_flags_list() and builds every target natively. Verified on an 8x GR100 node: fence and CFT both run (bench_moe_ep_comm.py, EP4).

2. refactor(bench)!: remove the moe_a2a_dispatch_combine routine

benchmarks/routines/moe_comm.py timed the functional moe_a2a_* ops with the backend="trtllm" kernels, which no moe_ep backend uses (it was marked deprecated in #6047).

  • benchmarks/moe_ep/core/comm/bench_moe_ep_comm.py covers MoE communication and gains --quant fp8_block_scale (DeepSeek FP8: E4M3 plus one FP32 scale per 128 elements, QuantFormat.DeepSeekFp8). benchmarks/moe_ep/bench_moe_ep.py covers dispatch + MoE + combine.
  • Removed with it: the routine's registration in flashinfer_benchmark.py, its output columns, its README section and sample test-list entries, and four moe_utils.py helpers only it used.
  • Not carried over: --use_lora (a per-token int32 payload). MoEEpCommunication.dispatch() has no extra-payload argument, so the communication bench cannot express it.

3. refactor(comm)!: remove the backend="trtllm" kernels; move the Cake sources

  • The legacy kernels (communicationKernels/moeAlltoAllKernels.cu) are deleted, together with the seven per-phase sources moeAlltoAll{PrepareDispatch,Dispatch,StageCombine,PublishCombine,Combine,QuantizeCombine,Sanitize}.cu, which no module compiled.

  • The Cake sources leave nv_internal and follow the other Cake ops:

    Before After
    csrc/trtllm_moe_alltoall.cu csrc/cake_moe_alltoall.cu
    csrc/nv_internal/.../communicationKernels/moeAlltoAllFusedKernels.cu csrc/cake_moe_alltoall_dispatch.cu
    csrc/nv_internal/.../communicationKernels/moeAlltoAllKernels.h csrc/cake_moe_alltoall_dispatch.cuh
    csrc/nv_internal/tensorrt_llm/thop/moeAlltoAllMeta.h csrc/cake_moe_alltoall_meta.h
    csrc/generated/mnnvl_moe_alltoall_sm10{0,3}.cu csrc/generated/moe_alltoall/cake_moe_alltoall_sm10{0,3}.cu (renamed in commit 7)

4. refactor(moe_ep)!: move the Cake and two-sided all-to-all ops into their backends

The Cake and NVLink two-sided backends still drove their kernels through function layers in flashinfer.comm (trtllm_moe_alltoall.py, trtllm_alltoall.py), left over from before flashinfer.moe_ep. This completes the move announced when MoeAlltoAll / MnnvlMoe were deprecated in #5532 ("their implementations will move into those classes").

  • Cake: cake/kernels.py loads the per-architecture module and holds the kernel-level initialize / dispatch / combine / sanitize_expert_ids / workspace_size_per_rank / wrap_workspace / active_rank_mask operations; CakeAlltoAll calls them directly. Removed: flashinfer/comm/trtllm_moe_alltoall.py, the flashinfer.comm.moe_a2a_* re-exports, the backend argument, and the per-architecture torch custom ops. JIT: gen_moe_alltoall_module → gen_cake_alltoall_module, modules cake_alltoall_sm100a / _sm103a (named in commit 8). Combine-output quantization stays available at the kernel level (kernels.combine(output_dtype=..., output_scales=...)).

  • NVLink two-sided: nvlink_two_sided/kernels.py holds prepare / alltoallv, the workspace sizes and set_max_usable_sm_count; NVLinkTwoSidedAlltoAll calls them directly. Removed: flashinfer/comm/trtllm_alltoall.py, and the moe_comm_prepare_indices / moe_local_gather ops with their kernels, which only their tests used.

    Before After
    csrc/trtllm_alltoall.cu csrc/nvlink_two_sided_alltoall.cu
    csrc/trtllm_alltoall_prepare.cu csrc/nvlink_two_sided_prepare.cu
    include/flashinfer/comm/trtllm_alltoall.cuh csrc/nvlink_two_sided_alltoall.cuh
    include/flashinfer/comm/trtllm_alltoall_prepare.cuh csrc/nvlink_two_sided_prepare.cuh
    namespace flashinfer::trtllm_alltoall flashinfer::nvlink_two_sided
    gen_comm_alltoall_module(), module comm gen_nvlink_two_sided_alltoall_module(), module nvlink_two_sided_alltoall
  • Both backends keep their workspace sharing unchanged (Cake: refcounted per layout; two-sided: per (ep_rank, ep_size) for the process).

  • Kernel-level tests import the new modules. test_trtllm_moe_alltoall.py → test_cake_moe_alltoall.py, test_trtllm_alltoall.py → test_nvlink_two_sided_alltoall.py (same directory, so CI routing is unchanged; task_test_single_node_comm_kernels.sh updated).

5. docs(moe_ep): document the expert-parallel communication backends

New docs/api/moe_ep_communication.rst ("flashinfer.moe_ep: Expert-Parallel Communication") with MoEEpCommunication, create_communication, BootstrapConfig and the three NVLink backends and their configs; the checkpoint/restore notes move there from the removed flashinfer.comm "MNNVL A2A (Throughput Backend)" section. The architecture doc now points at the backends' own kernels and says that instances of one EP group share a workspace per layout.

6. test(comm): name the Cake all-to-all tests and driver after Cake

test_mnnvl_moe_alltoall.py is the multi-GPU MNNVL test of the Cake kernels, the counterpart of the single-GPU test_cake_moe_alltoall.py; it becomes test_cake_moe_alltoall_multi_gpu.py (task_test_multi_node_comm_kernels.sh updated). test_mnnvl_moe_alltoall_fused_adapter.py → test_cake_moe_alltoall_fused_adapter.py, test_moe_a2a_recv_view_cache.py → test_cake_moe_alltoall_recv_view_cache.py, moe_a2a_driver.MoeA2ADriver → cake_a2a_driver.CakeA2ADriver.

7. refactor(comm): give the generated Cake MoE all-to-all sources the cake_ prefix

mnnvl_moe_alltoall_sm10{0,3}.cu → cake_moe_alltoall_sm10{0,3}.cu, matching csrc/generated/dcp_alltoall/cake_* and csrc/generated/ulysses/cake_*. Also benchmarks/README.md now says MoE communication has no flashinfer_benchmark.py routine yet.

8. refactor(moe_ep): name the all-to-all sources and modules after their backends

Drops the moe_ep_ prefix so the names follow NVLinkOneSidedAlltoAll, NVLinkTwoSidedAlltoAll and CakeAlltoAll:

Before After
csrc/moe_ep_nvlink_{one,two}_sided_* csrc/nvlink_{one,two}_sided_* (namespace flashinfer::nvlink_two_sided)
module moe_ep_nvlink_{one,two}_sided_alltoall, gen_moe_ep_nvlink_{one,two}_sided_module module nvlink_{one,two}_sided_alltoall, gen_nvlink_{one,two}_sided_alltoall_module
module moe_ep_cake_alltoall_{sm100a,sm103a}, gen_moe_ep_cake_module module cake_alltoall_{sm100a,sm103a}, gen_cake_alltoall_module
loaders get_nvlink_{one,two}_sided_module, get_cake_module get_nvlink_{one,two}_sided_alltoall_module, get_cake_alltoall_module

9. ci(comm): cover the MoE expert-parallel communication backends

The comm-kernel lanes ran only the Cake kernel tests. task_test_single_node_comm_kernels.sh now also runs tests/comm/test_nvlink_two_sided_alltoall.py and tests/moe_ep/run_tests.sh comm (the MoEEpCommunication multirank test and test_nvlink_one_sided.py, on up to four GPUs). task_test_multi_node_comm_kernels.sh adds tests/moe_ep/test_moe_ep_communication_multirank.py, which can now be started by an MPI launcher (Open MPI, MPICH/Hydra, PMIx) as well as by torchrun: it maps the MPI rank, size and node-local rank to torch.distributed's env:// variables at import.

Also fixed along the way: csrc/cake_moe_alltoall_dispatch.cuh now includes NvInferRuntime.h and <cstdint> itself (after the move it sorted before dataType.h in its includer and the Cake module stopped compiling), and the Cake workspace-size test passes the EPLB argument to moe_a2a_get_aux_data_size.

Migration

Old New
flashinfer.comm.moe_a2a_*(..., backend="trtllm") flashinfer.moe_ep.create_communication(..., NVLinkOneSidedConfig()) (or MoEEpLayer with SplitConfig(comm=NVLinkOneSidedConfig()))
flashinfer.comm.moe_a2a_*(..., backend="cake") flashinfer.moe_ep.create_communication(..., CakeAlltoAllConfig())
flashinfer.comm.trtllm_alltoall.moe_prepare / moe_comm flashinfer.moe_ep.create_communication(..., NVLinkTwoSidedConfig())
flashinfer_benchmark.py --routine moe_a2a_dispatch_combine torchrun ... benchmarks/moe_ep/core/comm/bench_moe_ep_comm.py --backend nvlink_one_sided

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🧪 Tests

Commits 1–3 (test files under their names before commit 6), on 8x B300 (SM103), tekit_rubin container, CUDA 13.5:

  • tests/comm/test_trtllm_moe_alltoall.py: 163 passed.
  • tests/comm/test_mnnvl_moe_alltoall_fused_adapter.py: 25 passed on 1 rank and on mpirun -np 2.
  • tests/comm/test_moe_a2a_recv_view_cache.py: passed.
  • mpirun -np 4 tests/comm/test_mnnvl_moe_alltoall.py: 17 passed per rank.
  • tests/moe_ep/test_communication.py: 31 passed. tests/moe_ep/test_nvlink_one_sided.py -k cake: 8 passed.
  • bench_moe_ep_comm.py --quant fp8_block_scale with nvlink_one_sided at EP2: runs.
  • GR100 (8x GR100, driver 620.04): bench_moe_ep_comm.py fence and CFT at EP4 with commit 1.

On 4x B300 (driver 620.22, CUDA 13.5, IMEX channel), at 0747f5165 and, for the Cake suites, again after the header fix (the later commits change only that header, the CI scripts and tests):

  • tests/comm/test_cake_moe_alltoall.py: 162 passed, plus the fixed workspace-size test.
  • mpirun -np 4 tests/comm/test_cake_moe_alltoall_multi_gpu.py: 17 passed per rank.
  • tests/comm/test_cake_moe_alltoall_fused_adapter.py: 18 passed, 1 skipped on 1 rank; 19 passed on mpirun -np 2.
  • tests/comm/test_cake_moe_alltoall_recv_view_cache.py: 4 passed.
  • tests/comm/test_nvlink_two_sided_alltoall.py: 16 passed.
  • mpirun -np 4 tests/comm/test_mnnvl_memory.py: 2 passed.
  • tests/moe_ep/run_tests.sh comm: multirank 13 passed per rank; test_nvlink_one_sided.py 26 passed, 18 skipped (EP8 cases).
  • mpirun -np 4 tests/moe_ep/test_moe_ep_communication_multirank.py: 13 passed per rank (MPI launch); plain pytest still skips it.
  • tests/moe_ep/test_communication.py: 31 passed.
  • bench_moe_ep_comm.py smoke for cake, nvlink_two_sided and nvlink_one_sided at EP2 and EP4, and nvlink_one_sided --quant fp8_block_scale at EP2: run.
  • pre-commit passes.
  • Multi-node lane (task_test_multi_node_comm_kernels.sh files) at 5bef6e9bc on 2x GB200 nodes (8 ranks, one NVL72 rack, driver 580.126.20, CUDA 13.1, srun --mpi=pmix), all on every rank:
    • test_mnnvl_memory.py: 2 passed.
    • test_trtllm_mnnvl_allreduce.py: 276 passed.
    • test_cake_moe_alltoall_multi_gpu.py: 17 passed.
    • test_trtllm_allreduce_checkpoint.py: 4 passed.
    • test_moe_ep_communication_multirank.py (NVLink one-sided, Cake, two-sided; MPI launch): 13 passed.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added documentation for expert-parallel communication, including backend usage and checkpoint/restore guidance.
    • Added block-scaled FP8 quantization support for dispatch benchmarks.
    • Added dedicated Cake and NVLink two-sided all-to-all kernels for expert-parallel communication.
  • Changes

    • Removed the legacy MoE communication benchmark, its public APIs, and its sample commands.
    • Removed legacy MoE all-to-all communication APIs and related kernel implementations.

The module inherited the global JIT arch flags, which map SM107 to sm_100f
while the bundled CUTLASS lacks Sm107. The driver rejects that code on GR100
(Mercury Validator: Validation failed for SM 107), so the first launch failed
with cudaErrorUnknown. The kernels use no CUTLASS, so build every target
natively.

Signed-off-by: Bo Li <22713281+bobboli@users.noreply.github.com>
benchmarks/routines/moe_comm.py timed the functional moe_a2a_* ops with the
legacy backend="trtllm" kernels, which no flashinfer.moe_ep backend uses.
benchmarks/moe_ep/core/comm/bench_moe_ep_comm.py covers MoE communication and
gains its fp8_block_scale input (DeepSeek FP8, one FP32 scale per 128
elements); bench_moe_ep.py covers dispatch + MoE + combine. The routine's
per-token LoRA id payload has no counterpart, since MoEEpCommunication.dispatch
carries no extra payloads. Also drops the routine's README section, sample
test list entries, output columns and the moe_utils helpers only it used.

Signed-off-by: Bo Li <22713281+bobboli@users.noreply.github.com>
… Cake sources

The functional moe_a2a_* ops kept the TensorRT-LLM one-sided kernels as their
default backend after flashinfer.moe_ep.NVLinkOneSidedAlltoAll moved to the
current TensorRT-LLM kernels. Nothing in FlashInfer uses that backend now:
- Remove backend="trtllm" and its kernels (communicationKernels/moeAlltoAllKernels.cu).
  The ops keep the backend argument with "cake" as its only and default value;
  backend="trtllm" raises and points to NVLinkOneSidedAlltoAll. The "cake"
  custom ops keep their per-architecture names.
- Move the Cake sources out of nv_internal, following the other Cake ops:
  csrc/trtllm_moe_alltoall.cu -> csrc/cake_moe_alltoall.cu,
  moeAlltoAllFusedKernels.cu / moeAlltoAllKernels.h ->
  csrc/cake_moe_alltoall_dispatch.{cu,cuh}, thop/moeAlltoAllMeta.h ->
  csrc/cake_moe_alltoall_meta.h, and the generated kernels to
  csrc/generated/moe_alltoall/.
- Delete the seven per-phase sources (moeAlltoAll{PrepareDispatch,Dispatch,
  StageCombine,PublishCombine,Combine,QuantizeCombine,Sanitize}.cu), which no
  module compiled.

The functional-op tests now run against the Cake kernels and are unchanged
apart from the default backend; the adapter tests drop their legacy cases.

Signed-off-by: Bo Li <22713281+bobboli@users.noreply.github.com>
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This change removes generic TRT-LLM MoE communication APIs and kernels. Cake and NVLink two-sided communication use backend-specific kernel wrappers and JIT modules. The change also removes the legacy MoE communication benchmark and adds block-scale FP8 quantization to the MoE EP benchmark.

Changes: MoE Communication Backend Transition

Layer / File(s) Summary
Replace generic APIs and JIT builders
flashinfer/jit/comm.py, flashinfer/jit/__init__.py, flashinfer/aot.py, flashinfer/comm/*, csrc/nv_internal/tensorrt_llm/kernels/communicationKernels/*, docs/api/comm.rst
JIT builders and exports now use Cake and NVLink two-sided module generators. Generic TRT-LLM all-to-all modules, CUDA implementations, public exports, and communication documentation are removed. The NVLink one-sided builder and loader use all-to-all names.
Implement and validate Cake all-to-all
flashinfer/moe_ep/backends/split/comm/cake/*, csrc/cake_moe_alltoall*, tests/comm/*cake*, tests/moe_ep/test_communication.py, scripts/task_test_*_comm_kernels.sh, docs/api/moe_ep_communication.rst, docs/design_docs/moe_ep_architecture.md
Cake gains architecture-specific module loading and wrappers for workspace setup, dispatch, sanitization, and combine. The Cake adapter, test driver, and tests call these wrappers. The API documentation describes communication and checkpoint/restore operations.
Implement NVLink two-sided communication
flashinfer/moe_ep/backends/split/comm/nvlink_two_sided/*, csrc/nvlink_two_sided_*, tests/comm/test_{mnnvl_memory,nvlink_two_sided_alltoall}.py, tests/moe_ep/test_communication.py, docs/design_docs/moe_ep_architecture.md
NVLink two-sided communication and preparation use backend-specific wrappers and a renamed native namespace. The communication adapter and tests use the new workspace, prepare, and alltoallv operations.

MoE Communication Benchmark Updates

Layer / File(s) Summary
Remove legacy MoE communication benchmark
benchmarks/README.md, benchmarks/flashinfer_benchmark.py, benchmarks/routines/*, benchmarks/samples/sample_testlist.txt
The moe_comm routine is removed from the benchmark CLI, output metadata, documentation, and sample list. Its implementation and related utilities are deleted.
Add block-scale FP8 benchmark quantization
benchmarks/moe_ep/core/comm/bench_moe_ep_comm.py
fp8_block_scale maps to the DeepSeekFp8 dispatch format. The benchmark quantizes activations in 128-element blocks and returns E4M3 values with per-block scales.

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Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~50 minutes

Change: Refactor

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant CakeAlltoAll
  participant CakeKernels
  participant GeneratedCakeModule
  CakeAlltoAll->>CakeKernels: dispatch token payloads
  CakeKernels->>GeneratedCakeModule: run architecture-specific dispatch
  GeneratedCakeModule-->>CakeKernels: return receive views and combine offset
  CakeAlltoAll->>CakeKernels: combine routed payload
  CakeKernels->>GeneratedCakeModule: run combine kernel
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sequenceDiagram
  participant NVLinkTwoSidedAlltoAll
  participant NVLinkKernels
  participant NVLinkJITModule
  NVLinkTwoSidedAlltoAll->>NVLinkKernels: prepare expert routing
  NVLinkKernels->>NVLinkJITModule: allocate buffers and run prepare
  NVLinkJITModule-->>NVLinkKernels: return received routing and index data
  NVLinkTwoSidedAlltoAll->>NVLinkKernels: transfer indexed rows with alltoallv
  NVLinkKernels->>NVLinkJITModule: run two-sided communication
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  • flashinfer-ai/flashinfer#4784: Added the TRT-LLM MNNVL MoE all-to-all kernels and APIs that this change removes and replaces with Cake and NVLink two-sided paths.
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🔇 Additional comments: 7
benchmarks/moe_ep/core/comm/bench_moe_ep_comm.py: 1

54-54: LGTM!

Also applies to: 157-165, 223-224

benchmarks/routines/moe_utils.py: 1

486-486: LGTM!

benchmarks/README.md: 2

57-57: LGTM!


621-621: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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Remove the stale moe_a2a backend legend entry.

This PR removes the moe_a2a_dispatch_combine routine and its support-matrix row. No row in the matrix uses the moe_a2a backend anymore. The legend still describes moe_a2a as an mpirun-based backend. The new MoE communication benchmark runs with torchrun, so this entry gives readers the wrong information.

📝 Proposed fix
-- moe_a2a: MoE All-to-All communication (requires mpirun, Blackwell SM10.0+ with MNNVL)
 - allreduce: AllReduce fusion communication (requires mpirun, Blackwell SM10.0+ with MNNVL)
csrc/cake_moe_alltoall.cu: 1

27-28: LGTM!

csrc/cake_moe_alltoall_dispatch.cu: 1

12-12: LGTM!

csrc/cake_moe_alltoall_dispatch.cuh: 1

257-257: LGTM!


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@yyihuang FYI: this PR moves and renames the generated Cake MoE all-to-all sources, to match csrc/generated/dcp_alltoall/cake_* and csrc/generated/ulysses/cake_*:

  • csrc/generated/mnnvl_moe_alltoall_sm100.cu → csrc/generated/moe_alltoall/cake_moe_alltoall_sm100.cu
  • csrc/generated/mnnvl_moe_alltoall_sm103.cu → csrc/generated/moe_alltoall/cake_moe_alltoall_sm103.cu

The contents are unchanged. gen_cake_alltoall_module in flashinfer/jit/comm.py now builds them into the cake_alltoall_{sm100a,sm103a} modules behind flashinfer.moe_ep.CakeAlltoAll. The rest of the build moves as well: csrc/cake_moe_alltoall.cu, csrc/cake_moe_alltoall_dispatch.cu, and the Python ops in flashinfer/moe_ep/backends/split/comm/cake/kernels.py.

When you regenerate the bundles, please write them to the new paths, or update the generator's output names.

…r their backends

csrc/moe_ep_nvlink_{one,two}_sided_* -> csrc/nvlink_{one,two}_sided_*, the JIT
modules moe_ep_nvlink_{one,two}_sided_alltoall -> nvlink_{one,two}_sided_alltoall
and their generators and loaders to match, aligning them with
NVLinkOneSidedAlltoAll and NVLinkTwoSidedAlltoAll.

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gen_moe_ep_cake_module -> gen_cake_alltoall_module, the JIT modules
moe_ep_cake_alltoall_{sm100a,sm103a} -> cake_alltoall_{sm100a,sm103a} and
the loader get_cake_module -> get_cake_alltoall_module.

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docs/api/moe_ep.rst -> docs/api/moe_ep_communication.rst, titled
"flashinfer.moe_ep: Expert-Parallel Communication", since it documents only
the communication API of flashinfer.moe_ep.

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cake_moe_alltoall_dispatch.cuh uses nvinfer1::DataType and the fixed-width
integer types but relied on its includers to provide them. After the move to
csrc/ it sorts before tensorrt_llm/common/dataType.h in
cake_moe_alltoall_dispatch.cu, so the Cake module stopped compiling.

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The comm-kernel lanes ran only the Cake kernel tests. The single-node lane now
also runs the two-sided kernel test and tests/moe_ep/run_tests.sh comm (the
MoEEpCommunication multirank test and the one-sided test, on up to four GPUs).
The multi-node lane runs the multirank test across nodes, which can now be
launched by an MPI launcher as well as by torchrun.

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moe_a2a_get_aux_data_size of the Cake module takes the EPLB expert count; the
removed trtllm backend did not. Compare against the padded size, as the
workspace lays out its regions.

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…em by allocating (#6734)

## 📌 Description

`MnnvlMemory` and `SymmDeviceMemory` choose between FABRIC handles and
POSIX file descriptors in different ways, and neither checks that FABRIC
handles actually work:

- `MnnvlMemory` AND-reduces a per-rank probe (FABRIC attribute plus NVML
fabric state).
- `SymmDeviceMemory` lets each rank decide on its own, which hangs if
ranks disagree.
- The FABRIC attribute alone is not enough. The user-mode driver 595,
for example, reports 1 without an IMEX channel, and
`cuMemCreate(FABRIC)` then fails with `CUDA_ERROR_NOT_PERMITTED`. Such
failures surface late, on one rank, while the others wait in a
collective.

This PR gives both classes one path, as proposed in the review of #5765.
There is no separate probe: on every allocation, a collective precheck
picks the type and the allocation itself confirms it. Nothing is cached
between allocations, so ranks that allocate over different groups cannot
disagree.

```text
choose_mnnvl_handle_type(comm, dev)     collective, stateless
    gather (host, FABRIC support, NVML fabric cluster UUID) from every rank
    one host:   FABRIC if every GPU supports it, else POSIX
    many hosts: FABRIC if every GPU supports it and all report the same
                non-zero cluster UUID; otherwise raise with each rank's reason + IMEX hint

allocate_mnnvl_handles(comm, dev, make_prop)     on every allocation
    attempt: create + export -> vote -> exchange -> import every peer -> vote
             (errors are collected per rank, nothing is mapped, a failed attempt
              releases everything it created)
    FABRIC failed on one host: warn (once per process) with the per-rank errors,
             retry this allocation with POSIX
    otherwise a failure raises with the per-rank errors (+ IMEX hint for FABRIC)
```

Changes:
- **`MnnvlMemory`**
  - Allocates through `allocate_mnnvl_handles`.
- Records each allocation's handle type; a checkpoint remap
(`remap_mnnvl_memory`) allocates again and records the type it ends
with.
- Sizes allocations with a granularity that fits both handle types,
since it places them in its address reservation before the type is
settled.
- Exposes `MnnvlMemory.uses_fabric_handles(comm, dev_id)` (the precheck)
and `MnnvlMemory(...).fabric_handles` (what an allocation uses).
- Removes `_resolve_fabric_support` / `_probe_fabric_supported` /
`_fabric_supported`, and the duplicated hostname check before the fd
exchange.
- **`SymmDeviceMemory`**
  - Allocates its unicast buffers through the same path.
- Builds the multicast exchange on the type the unicast buffers settled
on.
  - `make_handle_exchanger`, its per-rank decision, is removed.
- **`NVLinkOneSidedAlltoAll` CFT**
- The capability check follows the collective precheck instead of
probing FABRIC per rank.
- `_bind_cft` disables CFT if the workspace fell back to POSIX file
descriptors.
- `is_mnnvl_fabric_supported` is unchanged.
- **Docs**: new `docs/design_docs/symmetric_memory.md` describes what
`MnnvlMemory` and `SymmDeviceMemory` each provide, the allocation
protocol above, and the CFT interaction; linked from `docs/api/comm.rst`
and the moe_ep architecture doc.

Behavior:
- On a single host, FABRIC is still preferred when it works, including
8xB200 nodes whose `clusterUuid` is all zeros.
- On a single host where FABRIC is advertised but unusable, the result
is POSIX with a warning instead of a hang or late error.
- Across hosts without one NVLink domain, there is an early error that
names each rank's problem.

## 🔍 Related Issues

- Alternative to #5765 (see the review there).

## 🧪 Tests

- New `tests/comm/test_mnnvl_handle_type.py` (single process, scripted
peers):
- the choice on one host and across hosts, including each rejection
reason;
- single-host fallback on every allocation (warning once) and the
no-fallback cases;
  - the granularity that fits both handle types;
- the attempt's votes and cleanup, including a failed file descriptor
exchange.
- `tests/moe_ep/test_communication.py`: the CFT gate follows the handle
type.
- On 4x B300 (driver 620.22, CUDA 13.5) at 48f2574, each with and
without the IMEX channel (FABRIC and POSIX respectively, confirmed via
`MnnvlMemory.fabric_handles`):
  - `mpirun -np 4 tests/comm/test_mnnvl_memory.py`: 2 passed.
- `mpirun -np 4 tests/comm/test_trtllm_mnnvl_allreduce.py`
(SymmDeviceMemory with multicast): 276 passed.
  - `mpirun -np 4 tests/comm/test_mnnvl_moe_alltoall.py`: 17 passed.
- `torchrun 4 tests/moe_ep/test_moe_ep_communication_multirank.py`
(includes checkpoint remap): 13 passed.
- `tests/moe_ep/test_nvlink_one_sided.py`: 26 passed, 18 skipped with
FABRIC; 25 passed, 19 skipped with POSIX (the extra skip is the CFT
case).
- Across hosts at `48f257472` on 2x GB200 nodes (8 ranks, one NVL72
rack, driver 580.126.20, CUDA 13.1, `srun --mpi=pmix`), i.e. the
multi-host FABRIC path with a shared cluster UUID, all on every rank:
  - `test_mnnvl_memory.py`: 2 passed.
  - `test_trtllm_mnnvl_allreduce.py`: 276 passed.
  - `test_mnnvl_moe_alltoall.py`: 17 passed.
- `test_moe_ep_communication_multirank.py` (the MPI-launchable copy from
#6621): 13 passed.
- `pre-commit run mypy --all-files` passes.

## Reviewer Notes

- The single-host fallback on a FABRIC failure is unit-tested only. The
machines available here report the FABRIC attribute as 0 when there is
no IMEX channel, so they take the POSIX path directly.
- Like `is_mnnvl_fabric_supported`, the NVML query uses the CUDA device
index.

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## Summary by CodeRabbit

* **Bug Fixes**
* Improved symmetric-memory setup by coordinating handle selection and
allocation across participating ranks, with cleanup of partial
allocations on failure.
* Single-host setups can fall back to POSIX handles if FABRIC allocation
fails. Multi-host setups require compatible FABRIC support and report
rank-specific errors when requirements are not met.
* Prevented CFT from being selected for workspaces using POSIX handles,
and added a warning when CFT is disabled for this reason.
* **Documentation**
* Added guidance on symmetric memory, handle selection, allocation
fallback, and NVLink communication behavior.
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yyihuang added a commit that referenced this pull request Oct 23, 2026
…_norm_combine, cake_ulysses_backend): one source per clone group, one binding, one prelude header (#7054)

> Developed by the **CAKE team**, the kernels in this PR **outperform**
the relevant **SOTA baselines at the time of merge** on the **vast
majority of performance benchmark shapes**, matching them otherwise.

## Summary

This PR is the round-2 deslop of five Cake comm units for SM100 / SM103,
tracked in #6674. The units are `cake_moe_alltoall`,
`cake_trtllm_moe_allreduce_union`, `cake_moe_finalize_allreduce_fusion`,
`cake_fused_norm_combine` and `cake_ulysses_backend`. Commit 1 compiles
both all-to-all targets from one byte-identical source. Commit 2 builds
each of three union pipe clone groups from one kept source through
compile definitions. Commit 3 drops dead route typing from the union
loader and unread tables from the finalize loader. Commit 4 shares one
host binding across the three norm-combine variants. Commit 5 moves the
shared device prelude of the 24 Ulysses kernel TUs into one header.
Every former kernel symbol stays defined for its module. Device code,
module names, routes, launch parameters, message texts and packaging do
not change.

Behaviour changes:
- **Union loader surface.** `exported_arches()` is removed. Its only
caller was one test assertion, which is now written against `ROUTES`.
`Route.kernel` is always one kernel name, because the per-rank tuple
form had no route. The `Kernel` record gains two keyword fields:
`source` (the kept source stem; `None` means the record's own name) and
`defines` (its compile definitions). Both have defaults, so every
positional literal stays valid. `kernel_source(name)` and
`kernel_defines(name)` honour them.
- **Finalize loader surface.** The unread tables `WORLD_SIZES`, `DTYPES`
and `OUTPUT_PROFILES` and the helper `kernel_names()` are removed from
the module and its `__all__`. `HIDDEN_DIM` stays because the benchmark
reads it. (The public `SUPPORTED_COMPUTE_CAPABILITIES` of the Ulysses
package also stays.)
- **Norm-combine.** `VARIANTS[*]` gains a `shim` field, which holds the
host-shim namespace each former binding spelled. When a host-side check
in the fused norm-combine binding fails, the traceback file / line now
names the shared binding (its path and line numbers) instead of the
deleted per-variant file. The error kind, the message text and every
check predicate are unchanged. The kernel symbol inside the
launch-failure message is spelled through `CAKE_STRINGIZE` and comes out
as the former literal.
- **One rebuild on an existing JIT workspace.** Module names stay the
same. Every module whose source text or source path changed rebuilds
once:
  - the 2 all-to-all modules (kernel source path);
- per architecture, the 7 union modules that compile the 3 kept pipe
sources (3 kept + 4 re-pointed);
  - per architecture, the 3 norm-combine modules (shared binding);
- per architecture, the finalize module (one comment line of its
binding);
  - per architecture, the 24 Ulysses libraries (prelude include).

A fresh workspace is not affected. The 48 `closure_sha256` values of the
Ulysses `build.json` are unchanged, so the Ulysses library names do not
change. No in-tree code reproduces the exporter's closure recipe, the
manifest check requires a 64-hex value, and the spec-name suffix stays
stable.
- **No device code changes.** For every kernel symbol, the gates compile
both sides to identical SASS from the loaders' exact compile definitions
(see Validation). The kept MNNVL source is byte-identical to both former
files.

## Changes

Base: upstream main `0602a5b99`. The branch was cut from `f2f5add99`,
and the counts "at the base" below were taken there. Head:
`b2fae49ab2d264bed7ed458fc5ba5c344dc40f7f` (5 commits). 45 files, +394 /
-9,771 (1 added, 7 deleted, 35 modified, 2 renamed).

- **Units.** This PR touches five Cake comm units, all served only on
SM100 (B200, compute capability 10.0) and SM103 (GB300 / B300, compute
capability 10.3). Each one is JIT-compiled lazily per module and
architecture, either through its loader under `flashinfer/jit/` or
through the Ulysses package's own `cake_build` loader.
- `cake_moe_alltoall`, the MoE all-to-all over MNNVL (loader
`flashinfer/jit/comm.py`, generated CUDA under
`csrc/generated/moe_alltoall/`). It has two JIT modules,
`cake_alltoall_sm100a` / `cake_alltoall_sm103a`. Each is compiled from
the host sources plus one generated kernel source.
- `cake_trtllm_moe_allreduce_union`, the MoE all-reduce "union" of 27
generated kernel programs. Its `KERNELS` / `ROUTES` tables are in
`flashinfer/jit/cake_trtllm_moe_allreduce_union.py`, its kernel sources
are under `csrc/cake_trtllm_moe_allreduce_union/kernels/`, and it has
one shared launcher TU. It builds 27 modules per architecture.
- `cake_moe_finalize_allreduce_fusion`, the finalize + all-reduce fusion
(loader `flashinfer/jit/cake_moe_finalize_comm.py`, host binding
`csrc/cake_moe_finalize_allreduce_fusion/cake_moe_finalize_allreduce_fusion_binding.cu`).
It builds one module per architecture.
- `cake_fused_norm_combine`, the fused norm + combine. It has 3
`VARIANTS` in `flashinfer/jit/cake_fused_norm_combine.py`, with kernel
TUs and host bindings under `csrc/cake_fused_norm_combine/`. It builds 3
modules per architecture.
- `cake_ulysses_backend`, the Ulysses all-to-all package
`flashinfer/cake_ulysses_backend/`. It has 24 kernel TUs and 24 bindings
under its `csrc/`, plus a `build.json` manifest with 48 library entries
(24 × 2 architectures), and it is loaded through `cake_build`. It builds
24 modules per architecture.
- **Sharing form.** This PR uses the fold-through-definitions form that
is already merged for the Cake MLA families.
- A kept generated kernel source spells the tokens that differed between
its former clones through compile definitions. Their guarded defaults
equal the file's own former values. As a result, the record that keeps
the file builds with its exact former command line and the former token
stream.
- The loader record of each folded member names the kept source and
carries the member's own values as compile definitions. Only that source
receives them.
- A kept host binding works the same way for the launcher-side
differences: kernel symbol, shim namespace, block size, dynamic shared
memory and cooperative launch.
- Fold arms are literal: `#if NAME == <kept value>`, the former kept
line, `#else`, the former member line, `#endif`. They never sit inside
`__launch_bounds__` or `#pragma unroll`, and they are never keyed on
`__CUDA_ARCH__`.
- **Unchanged.** Every former kernel symbol stays defined for its
module. Every module name, `KERNELS` key, `ROUTES` entry, `VARIANTS`
key, launch parameter, message text and accepted input is unchanged.
Packaging is unchanged.
- **Generated files.** Every edited generated file carries this one-line
statement exactly once, directly after the licence block:
`// Generated by Cake for FlashInfer. Exporter output, hand-edited here
pending exporter support.`

That covers 29 files: the 3 kept union kernel sources, the shared
norm-combine binding (where the statement replaces the "do not edit"
banner), the 24 Ulysses kernel TUs and the new Ulysses prelude header.
The deletions and the byte-identical rename in commit 1 edit no
generated text. `build.json` is exporter data. The finalize binding, the
union launcher, the Python loaders and the tests are hand-written files
and carry no statement.
- **Census corrections to the issue text.** The issue was written before
two upstream changes. At the base, the issue's 59 kernel sources (the
five units plus the two DCP all-to-all kernels) are 68,367 lines. The
issue's figure of 36,269 lines counts the former
`csrc/generated/ulysses/` set of 24 files / 4,982 lines. #6864 replaced
that set with the 24 package TUs (37,080 lines) under
`flashinfer/cake_ulysses_backend/csrc/`. #6621 renamed the MNNVL sources
to `csrc/generated/moe_alltoall/cake_moe_alltoall_sm100.cu` and
`cake_moe_alltoall_sm103.cu`, which the loader table in
`flashinfer/jit/comm.py` selects.

### Commit 1 (77a3fe3) - cake_moe_alltoall: compile both Blackwell
targets from one source (4 files, +6 / -6,545)

- **Duplicate.** The two generated kernel sources,
`csrc/generated/moe_alltoall/cake_moe_alltoall_sm100.cu` and
`cake_moe_alltoall_sm103.cu`, are byte-identical: 6,533 lines, one
sha256, one git blob. The exporter emitted the same text twice. That
text selects its one architecture-specific statement with a
`__CUDA_ARCH__` guard.
- **One file.** The SM100 copy is renamed to
`cake_moe_alltoall_kernels.cu` without changing a byte, and the SM103
copy is deleted. Both targets of the loader table in
`flashinfer/jit/comm.py` now point at the one file.
- **Unchanged:** the module names `cake_alltoall_sm100a` /
`cake_alltoall_sm103a`, the per-target architecture flags, the other
sources and the AOT registration. Each target compiles its own module
from the same bytes, as before.
- **Test.** The all-to-all structure test's four file-name pins follow
the rename. Its 33-kernel, signature and definition checks run unchanged
on the kept file.
- **Disclosure:** none, because no generated text is edited.

### Commit 2 (6cc1808) - cake_trtllm_moe_allreduce_union: build the
pipe clones from one source (9 files, +146 / -2,018)

- **Clones.** Three groups of generated pipe kernels differ only in
three literals each: the launch-bounds minimum-blocks value, the pipe
depth and the unroll factor.
- **Kept sources.** One source is kept per group:
`ws2_bf16_pipe2_u4_b5`, `ws2_f16_pipe2_u4_b5` and
`ws8_bf16_pipe1_u4_b5`. For example, `ws2_bf16_pipe2_u4_b5` means world
size 2, BF16, pipe depth 2, unroll 4 and min blocks 5.
- The differing literals go through `CAKE_UNION_MIN_BLOCKS`,
`CAKE_UNION_PIPE_DEPTH` and `CAKE_UNION_UNROLL`, whose guarded defaults
equal the kept member's values. Every differing site has literal arms,
and no macro sits inside `__launch_bounds__` or `#pragma unroll`.
- The kernel symbol line goes through `CAKE_UNION_KERNEL`. The launcher
already receives that definition for every module.
  - The three kept sources carry the disclosure line.
- **Deleted.** The four clone sources are deleted:
`ws2_bf16_pipe1_u4_b5`, `ws2_bf16_pipe2_u4`, `ws2_f16_pipe1_u4_b5` and
`ws8_bf16_pipe1`. Together they had 2,006 lines at the base (454 + 454 +
448 + 650).
- **Loader.** The four folded `KERNELS` records name the kept source and
carry their values as compile definitions. `KERNELS` keys, `ROUTES`,
spec names and launch parameters are unchanged.
- **Test.** The kernel-symbol pin accepts the `CAKE_UNION_KERNEL(`
spelling when the module's definitions name the symbol.
- **Not folded:** the ws4 pair, which is benchmark-gated, and the bf16 /
f16 twins, which are not clones.

### Commit 3 (2af24a6) - cake comm loaders: drop dead route typing and
unused finalize tables (4 files, +15 / -45)

- **Union loader.** `Route.kernel` becomes `str`. The tuple form, and
its per-rank branch in the kernel-name helper, had no route. The unused
`Union` import is removed. `exported_arches()` and its `__all__` entry
are removed, and the test now derives the architecture set from
`ROUTES`. Two docstring sentences that described the tuple form are
reworded to match the code.
- **Finalize loader.** The unread `WORLD_SIZES` / `DTYPES` /
`OUTPUT_PROFILES` tables, `kernel_names()` and their `__all__` entries
are removed. `HIDDEN_DIM` stays because the benchmark reads it.
- **Not removed:** the Ulysses package's
`SUPPORTED_COMPUTE_CAPABILITIES`, a public constant.
- **Finalize binding.** One comment line now names the current kernel
source file instead of a deleted path. The comment keeps its line count,
so no `__LINE__` of its `TVM_FFI_CHECK` sites moves.
- **Consequence:** no kernel source, module name or flag changes.

### Commit 4 (8106de7) - cake_fused_norm_combine: share one host
launcher across the variants (4 files, +71 / -251)

- **Clones.** The three per-variant host bindings have the same text
except for five things: the kernel symbol, the host-shim namespace, the
block size, the dynamic shared-memory size, and whether the launch is
cooperative.
- **Kept binding.** One binding is kept:
`csrc/cake_fused_norm_combine/cake_fused_norm_combine_binding.cu`. Its
text comes from the former `84f760a6` binding. Git's rename detection
pairs the new file with the former `490c897e` binding instead, so the
rename shown in the diff does not identify where the text came from.
- The five differences go through `CAKE_FUSED_NORM_COMBINE_KERNEL`,
`CAKE_FUSED_NORM_COMBINE_SHIM`, `CAKE_FUSED_NORM_COMBINE_BLOCK`,
`CAKE_FUSED_NORM_COMBINE_DYN_SMEM` and
`CAKE_FUSED_NORM_COMBINE_COOPERATIVE`. These definitions are strict: a
missing definition is a compile error.
- The symbol inside the launch-failure message is spelled through
`CAKE_STRINGIZE`.
  - The disclosure line replaces the former "do not edit" banner.

  The two other bindings are deleted.
- **Loader.** `VARIANTS[*]["sources"][1]` names the shared binding, and
each variant gains its `shim` field. The loader passes the five
definitions to the binding alone through `extra_cuda_cflags_by_source`.
Every kernel TU's command line is therefore byte-identical.
- **Unchanged:** `capacity_receipt` and `COMPILE_FLAGS`, which are
exporter-filled data that the tests read as an oracle, and the exports
(`run` and `max_active_blocks_per_sm`).

### Commit 5 (b2fae49) - cake_ulysses_backend: move the device prelude
into one header (26 files, +156 / -912)

- **Prelude.** All 24 generated kernel TUs of the Ulysses package open
with the same 36-line device prelude.
- **Header.** The new
`flashinfer/cake_ulysses_backend/csrc/cake_ulysses_a2a_prelude.cuh`
holds the licence block, that exact prelude text and the disclosure
line. In every TU, the prelude block is replaced by `#include
"cake_ulysses_a2a_prelude.cuh"` plus the disclosure line. The package
`csrc` is already on the include path.
- **`build.json`.** Exactly the 48 kernel-TU `sha256` values (24 TUs × 2
architecture entries) are regenerated as the digests of the new file
bytes. The `sources` lists, the 48 binding digests and all 48
`closure_sha256` values are unchanged, so every library name is
unchanged.
- **Not here:** the Ulysses dtype fold (24 to 8 TUs, 24 to 3 bindings).

## Validation

These rows are compile-only: the SASS gate, the MNNVL rows, the
preprocessed-text gate, the host gate and the launcher inertness rows.
They run on one CPU node with one CUDA toolkit for both architectures,
and the SASS gate's result gives the toolkit version. Every row compares
the base tree with the branch head. Both sides of a row are compiled
from one staged path in one environment with the loader's exact flag
list. The GPU rows run on three nodes: a B200 node (SM100, 8 GPUs), a
GB300 node (SM103, 4 GPUs) and a B300 node (SM103, 8 GPUs). Both trees
use fresh JIT workspaces.

- SASS gate, 68 rows (34 per architecture: the 7 union pipe kernel
sources touched by the fold (14 rows: the 3 kept sources with their
guarded defaults and the 4 folded members under their compile
definitions, each against its former source at the base), the 3
norm-combine kernel TUs (6), the 24 Ulysses kernel TUs (48); cubin +
SASS + kernel set + resource usage): all 68 rows identical (68 distinct
compiles per side; the 0 coincident kept-route pairs compiled once and
reported under both names; per unit U2 14 / U3 6 / U5a 48; per
architecture sm_100a 34 / sm_103a 34): both sides of every row compiled
from one staged path in one environment with the loader's exact flag
list, the normalised SASS identical for every former kernel symbol (no
symbol mask), exactly the expected kernel function set in every cubin,
resource usage identical; nvcc Build cuda_13.4.r13.4/compiler.38855100_0
(CUDA 13.4)
  - **Pass criteria.** A row passes when all of these hold:
- the SASS is identical for every former kernel symbol, with no symbol
mapping;
    - every cubin has exactly the expected kernel function set;
    - resource usage is identical.
- **Scope.** The other 20 union kernel sources are byte-identical to the
base, and they appear in the module build-and-load row. The SASS
identity of the all-to-all kernel source is covered by the 2 MNNVL rows
below, which are counted separately from the 68.
- MNNVL single source, 2 rows (per architecture the base file against
the kept file): all 2 rows identical: the kept generated source carries
the digest of both former per-architecture files, and for each
architecture the base file and the kept file compiled from one staged
path give identical normalised SASS with exactly the 33 kernel
functions; the device-pass preprocessed text identical after dropping
line markers (the renamed basename is the only raw difference)
- The kept source must hash to the digest of both former files. The SASS
and kernel set must be identical per architecture.
- Preprocessed-text gate, 62 rows (the device pass of every surviving
kernel source at head against its former source at the base): all 62
rows identical: the device-pass preprocessed text of every surviving
kernel source at head against its former source at the base (taken from
the compile of the SASS rows) identical after dropping line markers and
blank lines, with no whitespace, literal or symbol allowance
- The texts must be identical after dropping line markers and blank
lines. No other difference is allowed.
- Host gate, 8 rows (the shared norm-combine binding under each
variant's definitions against that variant's former binding (6 rows:
identical after line markers / blank lines, the one adjacent-literal
join at the launch-failure message and the check macros' file / line
arguments with exactly the expected count per launcher); the finalize
binding at head against the base (2 rows: exact after line markers /
blank lines); compiled host objects): all 8 rows identical: the shared
norm-combine launcher at head under each variant's compile definitions
against that variant's former launcher at the base (6 rows: exact after
line markers / blank lines, the one adjacent-literal join site at the
launch-failure message (two joins per launcher) and the check macros'
file / line arguments with exactly the expected count per launcher) and
the finalize binding at head against the base (2 rows: exact after line
markers / blank lines); the compiled host objects export the same
symbols and reference the same undefined kernel symbol on both sides; no
device code on either side
- The compiled host objects must have identical export sets and
reference the same undefined kernel symbol. Neither side may contain
device code.
- Launcher inertness, 8 rows (the union launcher TU compiled under each
folded member's module flag list, its new definitions appended, against
the kept record's list): all 8 rows identical: the union launcher
compiled under each re-pointed member's module flag list (its new
compile definitions appended) against the kept record's list,
preprocessed host text identical after line markers / blank lines,
export set identical
- The preprocessed host text must be identical after dropping line
markers / blank lines, and the export set must be identical. Together
these show that the definitions are inert for the launcher.
- Launch-bounds rows, 2 informational rows (the (224) vs (224, 5) pairs
of the union family; nothing is dropped in this PR): 2 informational
rows (nothing dropped in this PR):
`lb__ws2_bf16_pipe2_u4__vs__pipe2_u4_b5__sm_100a`: masked SASS differs;
`lb__ws8_bf16_pipe1__vs__pipe1_u4_b5__sm_103a`: masked SASS differs
- The result states whether the masked SASS is identical. If it is, the
owner may drop `ws2_bf16_pipe2_u4_b5` in a follow-up.
- Module build and load through the real loaders (per architecture: 1
all-to-all + 27 union + 3 norm-combine + 1 finalize + 24 Ulysses
modules, 56 per tree per architecture, 112 per tree; both trees, fresh
JIT workspaces, on B200 and on the two SM103 nodes): 56 modules per tree
for sm_100a / 56 modules per tree for sm_103a built and loaded through
the real loaders in fresh JIT workspaces on both trees on B200 (SM100),
GB300 (SM103), B300 (SM103): spec names, export sets and device kernel
sets identical to the base-tree modules, every build cold, the
re-pointed union members rebuilt from the kept source, the finalize
loader's removed names raising on this branch only, the Ulysses kernel
objects' dependency files naming the new header
- Spec names, export sets and device kernel sets must be identical to
those of the base-tree modules.
- Every build must be cold, and the folded union members must be rebuilt
from the kept source.
- The removed names of the finalize loader must raise on this branch
only.
- The dependency files of the Ulysses kernel objects must name the new
header.
- Compile-line check (every gate row's flag list against the loader's
generated build-file compile line of the corresponding object): every
gate row's flag list equals the loader's generated build-file compile
line of the corresponding object (continuation lines joined, common
flags substituted) on B200 (SM100), GB300 (SM103), B300 (SM103) (35 / 35
/ 35 rows)
  - The gate must compile exactly what the loader compiles.
- Loader tables re-read on both trees (import with CUDA hidden; the
union `KERNELS` / `ROUTES` / source and definitions per name / route
selection over a token grid; the norm-combine `VARIANTS` with the added
`shim` field and the variant selection; the all-to-all loader spec
capture with the unknown-target rejection): the 3 resolved-table dumps
(union KERNELS / ROUTES / kernel source and definitions per name / route
selection over the token grid and the specialization rules; norm-combine
VARIANTS with the added shim field and the variant selection sweep; the
all-to-all loader spec capture with the unknown-target rejection)
identical on both trees after masking the checkout roots, imported with
CUDA hidden
- After the checkout roots are masked, the tables must be identical
apart from the declared deltas: the folded records' source / definitions
and the `shim` field.
- Tests on B200, GB300 and B300 (both the base and this branch, fresh
JIT workspaces) and with CUDA hidden: B200 (SM100), 8 GPUs: mnnvl 203
passed / 0 skipped, union_dist 165 passed / 1 skipped, norm_combine 23
passed / 0 skipped, ulysses 18 passed / 0 skipped, finalize 11 passed /
0 skipped identical on both trees; GB300 (SM103), 4 GPUs: mnnvl 203
passed / 0 skipped, union_dist 163 passed / 3 skipped, norm_combine 22
passed / 1 skipped, ulysses 14 passed / 4 skipped, finalize 9 passed / 2
skipped identical on both trees; B300 (SM103), 8 GPUs: mnnvl 203 passed
/ 0 skipped, union_dist 165 passed / 1 skipped, norm_combine 23 passed /
0 skipped, ulysses 18 passed / 0 skipped, finalize 11 passed / 0 skipped
identical on both trees (fresh JIT workspaces per tree; 15 route / group
runs over 5 groups: mnnvl, union_dist, norm_combine, ulysses, finalize);
per id the outcome and the skip reason are identical between the base
and this branch, the id sets identical, 0 failed / 0 errors; skip
classes: 4 skipped identically on both trees because fewer GPUs on the
node than the cell's world size; 3 skipped identically on both trees
because other: 'CUDA graph capture needs a GPU'; 1 skipped identically
on both trees because other: 'requires eight SM100 or eight SM103 GPUs
on one node'; MNNVL cells passed on B200 (SM100) (42 device cells
passed), GB300 (SM103) (42 device cells passed), B300 (SM103) (42 device
cells passed)
  - **The five groups:**
- `tests/comm/test_cake_moe_allreduce_distributed.py`: world sizes 2 / 4
/ 8 × fp16 / bf16. The ws 8 cells for SM103 run on the 8-GPU B300 node.
- `tests/comm/test_cake_fused_norm_combine.py`: the 8-peer cell runs on
the 8-GPU nodes, and the CPU items run everywhere.
- `tests/comm/test_cake_ulysses_a2a.py`: ws 2 / 4 / 6 / 8 × kernel
variants. The registry tests run everywhere.
    - `tests/comm/test_cake_moe_finalize_allreduce.py`: ws 2 / 4 / 8.
- the MNNVL group: `tests/comm/test_cake_moe_alltoall.py` and
`tests/comm/test_cake_moe_alltoall_fused_adapter.py` (two-rank MPI cells
and structure tests), and
`tests/comm/test_cake_moe_alltoall_multi_gpu.py` (four-rank MPI cells).
  - **Both trees.**
- For each test id, the outcome and the skip reason must be identical on
both trees.
    - The id sets must be identical, with 0 failed.
- Cells whose world size exceeds a node's GPU count must skip
identically on both trees. The result reports them.
- **CUDA hidden.** These CPU companions must pass with CUDA hidden on
both trees:
    - `tests/comm/test_cake_moe_allreduce_union.py`;
    - `tests/comm/test_cake_moe_allreduce_api.py`;
    - `tests/comm/test_cake_moe_finalize_dispatch.py`;
    - `tests/comm/test_cake_moe_alltoall_recv_view_cache.py`;
    - the structure and registry tests.
- CPU checks: all 20 rows passed on a CPU node: pre-commit --all-files
on both full checkouts (16 hooks, 15 passed / 0 failed / 1 skipped,
identical per hook, empty patches); the five edits re-applied to a
snapshot of the base reproduce every commit tree and the branch byte for
byte (47 paths; the kept all-to-all source staged under its ignored path
as one index entry), with every unit's text proofs equal to their
recorded results and the proofs re-run at the head; the gate inventory
regenerated from the tree equals the staged one; collection identical on
both trees for the nine CI test files; the host-only items pass with
CUDA hidden on both trees with identical outcomes; no deleted file name
or removed loader name referenced anywhere; the kept all-to-all source
hashes to both former files' digest and is the one entry under its
directory with pairwise-distinct object names for both targets; the
Ulysses manifest check passes and the 48 closure digests are unchanged
with exactly the kernel-source digests regenerated; every edited
generated file carries the disclosure statement once; commit message
checks
- pre-commit runs on both full checkouts, where it must give identical
per-hook results and an empty patch. It also runs on the touched files.
- Re-applying the five edits to a snapshot of the base must reproduce
every commit's tree and the branch byte for byte. The kept all-to-all
source lives under an ignored path and is staged as one index entry.
Each unit's text proofs must equal their recorded results, and the
proofs are re-run at the head.
- The gate inventory regenerated from the tree must equal the staged
one.
- Collection must be identical on both trees for the nine CI test files.
The host-only items must be identical with CUDA hidden.
- No deleted file name or removed loader name may be referenced
anywhere.
- The kept all-to-all source must hash to the digest of both former
files. It must be the only entry under its directory, and the object
names for the two targets must be distinct.
- The Ulysses manifest check must pass. The 48 closure digests must be
unchanged, and exactly the kernel-source digests must be regenerated.
- Every edited generated file must carry the disclosure statement once.
  - Commit message checks.
- Type check: the repository's mypy hook passed on this branch and on
the base, with identical findings
- The repository's mypy hook runs on this branch and on the base, and
both runs must give identical findings.

**Not run.** By design, this PR's validation does not include the
following items. Each item gives its proof of record.
- **Benchmarks.** No benchmark of any family runs. This PR is mechanical
and keeps the SASS of every kernel symbol identical, so there is nothing
new to measure. The ws4 pair, the 18 exact-expert specializations and
the two launch-bounds pairs are left as they are. They are benchmark
decisions for the owner, and the launch-bounds rows above are
informational.
- **H100 / SM90.** No unit of this PR serves SM90, because every loader
maps only compute capability 10.0 and 10.3. Nothing in this PR executes
there.
- **Two-node runs.** Every harness is single-host. The SM103 ws 8,
8-peer and ws 6 cells run on the 8-GPU B300 node instead.
- **Cross-tree tensor comparison.** No comm test saves its outputs. The
identity criterion is therefore identical outcomes per test id, plus the
gate rows: identical SASS, preprocessed text, host text and export /
kernel sets.

## Not in this PR

The numbered exporter requests below are listed in the issue comment.

- **The ws4 pipe pair and the 18 exact-expert union specializations:**
benchmark-gated, so this is the owner's decision.
- **Dropping `ws2_bf16_pipe2_u4_b5` / `ws8_bf16_pipe1_u4_b5` for their
(224) twins:** this PR adds only the gate rows. Dropping them is a
follow-up if the owner wants it.
- **The Ulysses dtype fold** (24 to 8 kernel TUs, and 24 to 3 bindings
with a world-size definition) **and the `MODULES` leaf dedup:** exporter
request 6, or a hand follow-up.
- **`SUPPORTED_COMPUTE_CAPABILITIES` of the Ulysses package:** a public
constant, so it is kept.
- **The DCP all-to-all pair fold** (`csrc/generated/dcp_alltoall/`)
**and the DCP / finalize prelude headers:** the pair differs in renamed
temporaries, not in compile definitions. These are exporter requests 5 /
4.
- **One cross-family `cake_prelude.cuh`:** the per-family preludes
differ in three details. This is exporter request 4.
- **`capacity_receipt` / `COMPILE_FLAGS` of the norm-combine loader:**
these are exporter-filled data that the tests read as an oracle.
- **Host-path items** (`_check_cake_moe_allreduce_arch`, the loader
re-checks, the launcher tensor checks, the finalize caches,
`v_scale_factor`, the SM-count helper): these are behaviour / exporter /
owner changes (#6672).
- **The union benchmark and CI enrollment changes:** these are coverage
additions.
- **Every other comm family** (the #6675 files, `cake_fp4_allreduce`,
`cake_gemm_allreduce`, `cake_fp8_rowwise_gemm_allreduce`, `cake_dsv4`,
`cake_hopper_msa`, `cake_msa_icp_indexer`, the non-Cake comm code):
these belong to other issues or are untouched.
- **The standing-rule files** (`.pre-commit-config.yaml`,
`scripts/check_cake_build_manifests.py`,
`tests/test_helpers/cake_package.py`, any `cake_build.py`): untouched by
rule.
- **Concurrent upstream work:** no commit after the base touches these
families. Some open PRs touch neighbouring comm files:
- #4876 adds a function to `flashinfer/jit/comm.py` next to the loader
table that commit 1 re-points;
- #2389 / #4634 edit `flashinfer/comm/trtllm_ar.py`, which this PR does
not touch;
- #5317 touches `flashinfer/comm/ulysses_experimental.py`, a file that
is not in this tree and that this PR does not touch.

Part of #6674

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## Summary by CodeRabbit

* **Refactor**
* Consolidated several GPU kernel variants to use shared sources and
configurable build settings.
* Standardized shared setup across GPU communication kernels while
keeping their implementations unchanged.
* Updated kernel selection and routing to use a single kernel name per
route.
* **Chores**
  * Refreshed generated-kernel metadata to match the updated sources.
* Updated tests to reflect the revised kernel selection and
shared-source configuration.

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Co-authored-by: Yingyi Huang <averyh@nvidia.com>
Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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