fix(quant): guard the fp8-rounded SF against underflow in block-scale quantization by GowayLee · Pull Request #6996 · flashinfer-ai/flashinfer

GowayLee · 2026-10-22T08:33:28Z

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Five block-scale quantization sites guard vecMax while consuming the fp8-rounded scale factor, so a block whose SF underflows to zero emits NaN and inf instead of quantizing to zeros (#6994). #2441 fixed this construction in cvt_warp_fp16_to_mxfp8 by guarding the post-rounding value, and this PR applies the same change to the five sites that kept the weak guard:

include/flashinfer/gemm/nvfp4_smooth_quantize_sm100.cuh (cvt_warp_fp16_to_fp4, quantizeSmoothed16)
include/flashinfer/norm/fused_dit_layernorm.cuh (two sites, e4m3 and e8m0)
csrc/fp4_kv_quantization.cu (quantize_fp16_to_e2m1_with_scaling)

Each change replaces the vecMax != 0 condition with SFValue != 0 (the post-rounding value already computed on the previous line) and carries a short comment pointing at the #2441 rationale. The strong-guard form this produces is already present in the tree at quantization_utils.cuh:892 and trtllm_moe_allreduce_fusion.cuh:622. Blocks that underflow now get outputScale = 0.0f and quantize to all zeros, matching #2441's fixed semantics. Every block whose SF survives the rounding is unaffected, because the guard only changes behavior when the rounded SF is exactly zero.

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Fixes #6994.

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A regression test needs SM100 hardware to run the affected kernels. The shape that covers the e4m3 sites is nvfp4_kv_quantize on a 32-element block with global_scale = 1.0 and block max 1e-3, asserting the output contains no NaN and the block quantizes to zeros; the same construction feeds #2441's regression test for the mxfp8 sibling.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

Bug Fixes
- Fixed edge cases in FP4 and FP8 quantization where very small values could produce an invalid scale after rounding.
- Quantization now handles values that round to a zero scale without attempting an invalid reciprocal calculation.

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coderabbitai · 2026-10-22T08:34:13Z

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Five NVFP4, MXFP8, and FP4 quantization paths now check the rounded scale value before computing output scaling. When that value is zero, the paths set output scaling to zero instead of calculating a reciprocal.

Changes: Scale underflow handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Guard output scaling with the rounded scale `csrc/fp4_kv_quantization.cu`, `include/flashinfer/gemm/nvfp4_smooth_quantize_sm100.cuh`, `include/flashinfer/norm/fused_dit_layernorm.cuh`	All five paths check the converted scale value. When it is zero, they set output scaling to zero; otherwise, they use the existing reciprocal calculation.

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Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Suggested reviewers: kahyunnam, studyingshao

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 6008d

The change fixes underflow handling for the E4M3 scales but introduces a regression in the MXFP8 (E8M0) path of the fused DiT layernorm. Blocks that are entirely zero, such as padding, can now produce NaN output where they previously produced zeros. Keep the vecMax != 0.f check on that path before merging.

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Description check		The description clearly explains the underflow bug, identifies all five affected sites, references the related issue, documents the checklist status, and describes the required SM100 regression-test s…
Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: guarding the FP8-rounded scale factor against underflow during block-scale quantization.
Linked Issues check		The whole-PR diff implements issue `#6994` at all five listed sites. It changes the guard from `vecMax` to the post-rounding `SFValue` or `sf_value` in `cvt_warp_fp16_to_fp4`, `quantizeSmoothed16`, both…
Out of Scope Changes check		The diff changes only the five quantization guards named by issue `#6994` and adds explanatory comments at the affected conversion sites. It changes no unrelated API, kernel, or behavior.

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The whole-PR diff implements issue #6994 at all five listed sites. It changes the guard from vecMax to the post-rounding SFValue or sf_value in cvt_warp_fp16_to_fp4, quantizeSmoothed16, both fused_dit_layernorm.cuh converters, and quantize_fp16_to_e2m1_with_scaling. A zero rounded scale now selects outputScale = 0.0f, while nonzero rounded scales retain the existing reciprocal path. Issue #6994 has no additional automated-test acceptance criterion.

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Review comments at @include/flashinfer/norm/fused_dit_layernorm.cuh:
- Line 449: Update the outputScale calculation to retain the vecMax zero-block
guard alongside the SFValue check. When vecMax is zero, set outputScale to zero;
otherwise, preserve the existing SFValue check and reciprocal behavior.

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coderabbitai · 2026-10-22T08:39:59Z

-    float outputScale = vecMax != 0.f ? reciprocal_approximate_ftz(SFValue) : 0.0f;
+    // Guard the post-rounding SFValue, not vecMax: the fp8 SF conversion can underflow small
+    // vecMax values to zero, and reciprocal(0) = inf turns zero elements into NaN (see #2441).
+    float outputScale = SFValue != 0.f ? reciprocal_approximate_ftz(SFValue) : 0.0f;


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Preserve the vecMax zero check for the E8M0 path.

For vecMax == 0.f, the conversion uses cudaRoundPosInf and stores E8M0 byte 0. E8M0 byte 0 represents 2^-127, not 0.f or NaN. The FTZ reciprocal flushes this subnormal input to zero and returns infinity. Multiplying zero elements by infinity produces NaNs. Retain the original zero-block guard.

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--- "a/include/flashinfer/norm/fused_dit_layernorm.cuh" +++ "b/include/flashinfer/norm/fused_dit_layernorm.cuh" @@ -444,9 +444,9 @@ tmpSFVal.__x = __nv_cvt_float_to_e8m0(SFValue, __NV_SATFINITE, cudaRoundPosInf); SFValue = static_cast<float>(tmpSFVal); fp8SFVal = tmpSFVal.__x; - // Guard the post-rounding SFValue, not vecMax: the fp8 SF conversion can underflow small - // vecMax values to zero, and reciprocal(0) = inf turns zero elements into NaN (see #2441). - float outputScale = SFValue != 0.f ? reciprocal_approximate_ftz(SFValue) : 0.0f; + // E8M0 has no zero encoding. Preserve zero output for all-zero blocks. + float outputScale = + vecMax != 0.f && SFValue != 0.f ? reciprocal_approximate_ftz(SFValue) : 0.0f; auto SFOffset = cvt_quant_get_sf_out_offset<uint32_t, NUM_THREADS_PER_SF>( batchIdx, rowIdx, colIdx, numRows, numCols / SF_VEC_SIZE, SFout,

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Approving pending CI — thanks for following #2441 through to the remaining sites; the change only affects blocks whose rounded scale is zero, and everything else stays bit-identical.
One correction for the description and release note: the user-visible NaN is in the MXFP8 output of the DiT layernorm (the e8m0 site), while the NVFP4 sites only change raw e2m1 codes under a zero scale byte, which already dequantized to 0.
Please add regression tests for an underflowing block in tests/utils/test_fp4_kv_quantization.py and tests/norm/test_fused_dit_layernorm.py; CI covers SM100/SM103/SM120, so they can run there.
Two non-blocking suggestions are inline, and I will start a scoped CI run once the PR is final.

kahyunnam · 2026-10-22T21:50:16Z

-    float outputScale = vecMax != 0.f ? reciprocal_approximate_ftz(SFValue) : 0.0f;
+    // Guard the post-rounding SFValue, not vecMax: the fp8 SF conversion can underflow small
+    // vecMax values to zero, and reciprocal(0) = inf turns zero elements into NaN (see #2441).
+    float outputScale = SFValue != 0.f ? reciprocal_approximate_ftz(SFValue) : 0.0f;


e8m0 has no zero encoding, so an all-zero block gets byte 0x00 (2^-127, an fp32 denormal), and SFValue != 0.f only treats it as zero because the norm module is built with FTZ; without -ftz the explicit rcp.approx.ftz returns inf and the all-zero block turns into NaN. Guarding on the byte (fp8SFVal != 0) removes the dependence on the compile flag, and this is the site worth a regression test (an all-zero block and a block near 1e-37 with use_mxfp8=True, asserting no NaN codes).

kahyunnam · 2026-10-22T21:50:16Z

-  outputScale = vecMax != 0
+  // Guard the post-rounding SFValue, not vecMax: the fp8 SF conversion can underflow small
+  // vecMax values to zero, and reciprocal(0) = inf turns zero elements into NaN (see #2441).
+  outputScale = SFValue != 0


The stock NVFP4 quantizer still guards vecMax at csrc/nv_internal/tensorrt_llm/kernels/quantization_utils.cuh:505, :723 and :734, so on an underflowing block nvfp4_quantize_smooth now emits zero codes while nvfp4_quantize emits saturated ones, which breaks the bit-equivalence test_nvfp4_quantize_smooth relies on. Could you apply the same guard there in this PR?

kahyunnam · 2026-10-22T21:50:18Z

@flashinfer-bot run tests/norm/test_fused_dit_layernorm.py tests/gemm/test_nvfp4_svdquant_gemm.py tests/utils/test_fp4_kv_quantization.py

kahyunnam · 2026-10-22T21:50:19Z

/bot run tests/norm/test_fused_dit_layernorm.py tests/gemm/test_nvfp4_svdquant_gemm.py tests/utils/test_fp4_kv_quantization.py

flashinfer-bot · 2026-10-22T21:51:08Z

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kahyunnam · 2026-10-26T17:56:40Z

Needs one more codeowner approval covering gemm. @jimmyzho could you please help out?

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…lashInfer 0.7.3 does flashinfer-ai/flashinfer#6996 (in 0.7.3) changed nvfp4_kv_quantize to guard the rounded E4M3 scale instead of the block amax, so a block whose scale underflows to zero now stores an all-zero payload instead of a saturated one. The fused MiniMax-M3.1 KV store reproduces that quantizer bit for bit, so make the same change; test_fused_store_matches_separate_stores failed on its _tiny case. Dequantized values are unchanged: a zero scale reads back as zero either way. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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