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fix(quant): guard the fp8-rounded SF against underflow in block-scale quantization #6996

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4 changes: 3 additions & 1 deletion csrc/fp4_kv_quantization.cu
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Expand Up @@ -122,7 +122,9 @@ __device__ uint32_t quantize_fp16_to_e2m1_with_scaling(InType (&vec)[4], float g
fp8_scale_val = tmp.__x;
sf_value = static_cast<float>(tmp);

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

if (block_scale_out) {
*block_scale_out = fp8_scale_val;
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8 changes: 5 additions & 3 deletions include/flashinfer/gemm/nvfp4_smooth_quantize_sm100.cuh
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Expand Up @@ -230,7 +230,9 @@ __device__ uint32_t cvt_warp_fp16_to_fp4(PackedVec<Type>& vec, float SFScaleVal,
SFValue = static_cast<float>(tmp);
// Get the output scale.
// Recipe: final_scale = reciprocal(fp32(fp8(SFValue * SFScaleVal)) * reciprocal(SFScaleVal))
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

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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?

? reciprocal_approximate_ftz(SFValue * reciprocal_approximate_ftz(SFScaleVal))
: 0.0f;

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -379,8 +381,8 @@ __device__ __forceinline__ uint64_t quantizeSmoothed16(Bf16x8& lo, Bf16x8& hi, B
uint8_t const fp8SFVal = tmp.__x;
SFValue = static_cast<float>(tmp);
float const outputScale =
vecMax != 0 ? reciprocal_approximate_ftz(SFValue * reciprocal_approximate_ftz(SFScaleVal))
: 0.0f;
SFValue != 0 ? reciprocal_approximate_ftz(SFValue * reciprocal_approximate_ftz(SFScaleVal))
: 0.0f;

if (SFout != nullptr) *SFout = fp8SFVal;

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11 changes: 8 additions & 3 deletions include/flashinfer/norm/fused_dit_layernorm.cuh
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Expand Up @@ -360,9 +360,12 @@ struct FP4Converter<
QuantizationSFLayout::SWIZZLED);
*SFOffset = fp8SFVal;

// 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 =
vecMax != 0.f ? reciprocal_approximate_ftz(SFValue * reciprocal_approximate_ftz(SFScaleVal))
: 0.0f;
SFValue != 0.f
? reciprocal_approximate_ftz(SFValue * reciprocal_approximate_ftz(SFScaleVal))
: 0.0f;
float2 fp2Vals[ELTS_PER_THREAD_T / 2];
#pragma unroll
for (int i = 0; i < static_cast<int>(ELTS_PER_THREAD_T); i += 2) {
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tmpSFVal.__x = __nv_cvt_float_to_e8m0(SFValue, __NV_SATFINITE, cudaRoundPosInf);
SFValue = static_cast<float>(tmpSFVal);
fp8SFVal = tmpSFVal.__x;
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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L862@P32: __nv_fp8x2_e5m2
L863@P32: __nv_fp8x2_e5m2 datatype
L864@P32: 3.8. C++ struct for handling vector type of two
L865@P32: scale factors of e8m0 kind.
L866@P32: Structs
L867@P32: __nv_fp8x2_e8m0
L868@P32: __nv_fp8x2_e8m0 datatype
L869@P32: 3.9. FP8 Conversion and Data Movement
L870@P32: To use these functions, include the header file cuda_fp8.h in your program.
L871@P32: Enumerations
L872@P32: __nv_fp8_interpretation_t
L873@P32: Enumerates the possible interpretations of the 8-bit values when referring to them as fp8 types.
L874@P32: __nv_saturation_t
L875@P32: Enumerates the modes applicable when performing a narrowing conversion to fp8 destination
L876@P32: types.
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L878@P32: __host__ __device__ __nv_fp8x2_storage_t __nv_cvt_bfloat162raw_to_e8m0x2(const
L879@P32: __nv_bfloat162_raw x, const __nv_saturation_t saturate, const enum cudaRoundMode
L880@P32: rounding)
L881@P32: Converts a pair of bfloat16 values into a pair of scaling factors of e8m0 kind.
L882@P32: __host__ __device__ __nv_fp8x2_storage_t __nv_cvt_bfloat16raw2_to_fp8x2(const
L883@P32: __nv_bfloat162_raw x, const __nv_saturation_t saturate, const __nv_fp8_interpretation_t
L884@P32: fp8_interpretation)
L885@P32: Converts input vector of two nv_bfloat16 precision numbers packed in __nv_bfloat162_raw
L886@P32: x into a vector of two values of fp8 type of the requested kind using round-to-nearest-even
L887@P32: rounding and requested saturation mode.
L888@P32-33: 3.7. C++ struct for handling vector type of two fp8 values of e5m2 kind. 27CUDA Math API Reference Manual, Release 13.0
L889@P33: __host__ __device__ __nv_fp8_storage_t __nv_cvt_bfloat16raw_to_e8m0(const __nv_bfloat16_raw
L890@P33: x, const __nv_saturation_t saturate, const enum cudaRoundMode rounding)
L891@P33: Converts input bfloat16 input into a scaling factor of e8m0 kind.
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L893@P33: const __nv_saturation_t saturate, const __nv_fp8_interpretation_t fp8_interpretation)
L894@P33: Converts input nv_bfloat16 precision x to fp8 type of the requested kind using round-to�nearest-even rounding and requested saturation mode.
L895@P33: __host__ __device__ __nv_fp8x2_storage_t __nv_cvt_double2_to_e8m0x2(const double2 x, const
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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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Review comment at @include/flashinfer/norm/fused_dit_layernorm.cuh at 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;
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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).


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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