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fix(mla): support BF16 and FP8 DeepSeek V4 dual-cache prefill - #301

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DSV4 dual-cache prefill accepts 128/512-wide main sections with BF16 QK and 1024/2048-wide main sections with FP8 QK. The 512-wide dispatch preserves the BF16 image-window contract. The FP8 kernel applies the extra-cache base-pointer offset and page geometry to K-RoPE reads, preventing extra-section scores from reading the main cache.

Public signatures and packed-cache layouts are unchanged. Both paths attend over the main/extra union in one online softmax, support 8-aligned head counts and extra page sizes 2/64, and continue rejecting unsupported shapes.

Validation: 40 selected GPU tests passed on RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q with CUTLASS DSL 4.6.2. Coverage includes output/LSE oracles, actual compute-mode assertions, BF16 and FP8 graph replay with mutated inputs, stable addresses and no replay allocation, public plan/bind/run with main/extra cache offsets beyond 2 GiB, and partitioned head tails. Syntax and whitespace checks passed; Ruff was unavailable. No performance claim is made.

Summary

  • Supports DSV4 dual-cache prefill for BF16 topk values 128 and 512, and FP8 topk values 1024 and 2048.
  • Routes supported shapes through the correct partitioned multi-group path.
  • Applies the extra K-RoPE cache base-pointer offset for EXTRA tiles.
  • Preserves the main-cache binding and clears invalid shared-memory V rows before MMA.
  • Uses traits_override for unified prefill execution when provided.
  • Covers BF16 and FP8 extra-cache page sizes, high page IDs, changing inputs, stable pointers, and allocation-free CUDA-graph replay.
  • Validates output and base-2 LSE results with the production pbs_extra=2 contract.

Validation

  • 129 focused tests passed.
  • Oracle and CUDA-graph replay coverage passed for supported top-k widths and head-group counts.
  • Ruff, formatting, and whitespace checks passed.

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DSV4 dual-cache prefill now routes BF16-QK topk values 128 and 512, and FP8-QK topk values 1024 and 2048. EXTRA tiles use extra-cache RoPE addressing. Tests cover masked rows, page sizes, compute modes, high-page offsets, and CUDA-graph replay.

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DSV4 dual-cache prefill

Layer / File(s) Summary
Revised dual-cache dispatch
b12x/attention/_shared/mla/prefill.py
Dispatch routes BF16-QK topk 128 and 512, and FP8-QK topk 1024 and 2048. Unsupported-shape messages use the revised split.
Extra-cache routing and MG execution
b12x/attention/_shared/mla/prefill_mg.py
EXTRA tiles apply extra-cache geometry and a RoPE base-pointer delta. Invalid V rows are cleared before MMA. run_unified_prefill_mg accepts optional trait overrides.
Correctness and replay coverage
tests/attention/test_attention_mla_sm120.py, tests/attention/test_attention_mla_unified_corpus.py, tests/attention/test_dsv4_dual_cache_prefill.py
Tests cover revised top-k dispatch, extra-cache page sizes, compute-mode selection, poisoned tails, high-page offsets, CUDA-graph replay, output, LSE, allocator stability, and pointer stability.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 223f8

This change enables FP8 dual-cache MLA prefill across supported top-k widths and corrects extra-cache K-RoPE addressing. Current coverage includes output, LSE, and CUDA-graph replay scenarios, with no remaining concrete merge-blocking risk.

Suggested reviewers: lukealonso, yatesdr

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sequenceDiagram
  participant run_unified_prefill
  participant DSV4_dispatch
  participant DSV4_tile_loop
  participant Extra_KV_cache
  run_unified_prefill->>DSV4_dispatch: select BF16-QK or FP8-QK dual-cache path
  DSV4_dispatch->>DSV4_tile_loop: execute selected topk configuration
  DSV4_tile_loop->>Extra_KV_cache: read EXTRA-tile RoPE data using rope_delta
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: adding FP8 DeepSeek V4 dual-cache MLA prefill support.
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Context-Independent Repository Prose ✅ Passed PASS — the changed prose is locally understandable. The MLA documentation and errors state supported shapes and fallback behavior directly. The new kernel comment states the pointer-offset invariant a…
Security Claim And Implementation Scope ✅ Passed PASS. The pull request is not security-scoped. Its description and commit subjects present FP8 dual-cache MLA prefill correctness, oracle coverage, and CUDA-graph replay coverage. The PR-range diff ch…
Serving Hot-Path Invariants ✅ Passed PASS. The PR changes dispatch and the MG execution path, so the check applies. The new FP8 dual-cache branch routes directly to the existing partitioned MG launcher and still raises for unsupported sh…
Performance Claim Evidence ✅ Passed PASS: The PR makes no speedup, slowdown, equivalence, no-regression, overhead, or production-performance claim. The authored description explicitly states, “No performance claim is made.” The PR commi…
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PASS — the changed prose is locally understandable. The MLA documentation and errors state supported shapes and fallback behavior directly. The new kernel comment states the pointer-offset invariant and runtime constraint. The added tests state their validation intent. The KDA README records measurement conditions, samples, and conclusions. The PR and commit messages describe implemented behavior, reasons, and validation; temporal words such as “later,” “current,” and “not yet” have explicit local referents or describe the state of the specific commit, not an unexplained object or discussion.

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PASS. The pull request is not security-scoped. Its description and commit subjects present FP8 dual-cache MLA prefill correctness, oracle coverage, and CUDA-graph replay coverage. The PR-range diff changes only two test files and contains no security, vulnerability, attacker, hostile-input, or trust-boundary claim. The security check is therefore not applicable.

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PASS. The PR changes dispatch and the MG execution path, so the check applies. The new FP8 dual-cache branch routes directly to the existing partitioned MG launcher and still raises for unsupported shapes. It does not add a fallback, host synchronization, cache growth, or workspace allocation. The K-RoPE fix uses device-side pointer arithmetic for a fixed extra-cache offset; it does not rebind a tensor or change graph input addresses. The changed graph tests pass caller-owned buffers, verify stable addresses, and verify unchanged allocator counters during replay. The production integration already supplies planned length and output buffers, and the PR does not modify that integration.

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PASS: The PR makes no speedup, slowdown, equivalence, no-regression, overhead, or production-performance claim. The authored description explicitly states, “No performance claim is made.” The PR commit subjects are limited to FP8 dual-cache support and test coverage, and the 694e765..223f88c diff adds no performance-claim prose. Therefore the performance-evidence requirements do not apply.

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In `@tests/attention/test_attention_mla_unified_corpus.py`:
- Around line 711-712: The FP8 DSV4 dual-cache tests cover only topk=512. Update
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Addressed the requested coverage expansion in 91ada9a: the FP8 dual-cache oracle and CUDA-graph replay matrix now exercise top-k widths 512, 1024, and 2048 for one and two head groups. The branch was rebased on the current target head and the full focused suite passes (129 tests).

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- Around line 1222-1235: Retain the second return value from
dsv4_extra_decode_reference in the test, then compare the oracle LSE against lse
using the test’s established numerical comparison pattern. Replace the
finite-only validation while preserving the existing output comparison and
reference-call arguments.

In `@tests/attention/test_attention_mla_unified_corpus.py`:
- Around line 981-986: Update the DSV4 dual-cache graph replay setup around the
kwargs update to construct replay inputs with EXTRA cache page size 2, and pass
that same value through _reference and run_unified_prefill. Keep the
stable-address and no-allocation assertions unchanged while ensuring all replay
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Addressed the two current CodeRabbit findings in 223f88c: the FP8 dual-cache prefill oracle now checks base-2 LSE as well as output, and the DSV4 dual-cache CUDA-graph replay now constructs, references, and launches the extra cache with its production page size (pbs_extra=2). Validation is green: focused oracle 6/6, graph replay 6/6, and combined attention suite 129/129.

@lukealonso lukealonso added area:api Changes externally consumed signatures, behavior, or supported contracts. area:attention Attention, MLA, indexing, and KV pools; `b12x/attention/`. potential:P1 Material improvement on a meaningful production path. readiness:R1 Implementation appears sound; verification or manual API approval remains. type:fix Corrects incorrect behavior or a regression. labels Sep 5, 2026
Cover both supported extra-cache page sizes across FP8 top-k widths and head groups. Exercise public compressed-MLA plan/bind/run with main and extra live pages beyond the signed 32-bit byte-offset boundary, frozen graph capture, changing inputs, stable pointers, and allocation-free replay. Thirty targeted GPU tests and syntax checks pass on SM120.
@lukealonso lukealonso added readiness:R0 Qualified; no unresolved defects, prerequisites, or required API approvals. and removed readiness:R1 Implementation appears sound; verification or manual API approval remains. labels Sep 7, 2026
@lukealonso lukealonso changed the title fix(mla): support FP8 DeepSeek V4 dual-cache prefill fix(mla): support BF16 and FP8 DeepSeek V4 dual-cache prefill Sep 7, 2026
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