Initialize E8M0 FP8 scale parameters

tests/quantization/test_fp8_scale_parameter.py

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright contributors to the vLLM project
+
+import pytest
+import torch
+
+import vllm.model_executor.parameter as parameter
+from vllm.model_executor.layers.quantization.utils.fp8_utils import (
+    create_fp8_scale_parameter,
+)
+from vllm.model_executor.parameter import BlockQuantScaleParameter
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(
+    not hasattr(torch, "float8_e8m0fnu"),
+    reason="torch does not expose float8_e8m0fnu",
+)
+def test_create_fp8_scale_parameter_initializes_e8m0(monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setattr(parameter, "get_tensor_model_parallel_rank", lambda: 0)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(parameter, "get_tensor_model_parallel_world_size", lambda: 1)
+
+    scale = create_fp8_scale_parameter(
+        BlockQuantScaleParameter,
+        output_partition_sizes=[128],
+        input_size_per_partition=128,
+        block_size=[128, 128],
+        weight_loader=None,
+        scale_dtype=torch.float8_e8m0fnu,
+    )
+
+    assert scale.dtype == torch.float8_e8m0fnu
+    raw_scale = scale.data.view(torch.uint8)
+    assert torch.equal(raw_scale, torch.zeros_like(raw_scale))

vllm/model_executor/layers/quantization/utils/fp8_utils.py

@@ -1231,6 +1231,8 @@ def create_fp8_scale_parameter(
 
     if dtype == torch.float32:
         scale[:] = torch.finfo(torch.float32).min
+    elif dtype == getattr(torch, "float8_e8m0fnu", None):
+        scale[:] = 0
     set_weight_attrs(scale, {"scale_type": "weight_scale"})
     return scale