perf(kquant): plan W4A16 trellis prefill on wide route blocks

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Summary

Kimi-K3 QSRT trellis MoE layers (kquant_hybrid, W4A16 path) build one b12x plan per layer with w4a16_block_size_m=8 and use it for every launch. The W4A16 fused kernel decodes an expert's trellis weights once per (route block, N tile) work item, so an 8-row block re-decodes each expert ceil(rows_per_expert / 8) times per launch. At the 1,536-token chunked-prefill geometry (896 experts, top-k 16, ~27 routed rows per expert) that is about four decodes per expert, and that decode work — not HBM bandwidth — dominates the launch.

This adds a second W4A16 plan per layer whose route block comes from b12x's own routed-size policy (select_route_block_size_m over the planned capacity: 32 rows at 1,536 tokens), falling back to the next narrower block when the kernel rejects a geometry; VLLM_KQUANT_W4A16_PREFILL_BLOCK_M pins a block (0 disables). It binds for launches above VLLM_KQUANT_W4A16_PREFILL_MIN_M tokens (default 256, above every CUDA-graph capture size so captured decode graphs keep the 8-row plan). Both W4A16 plans bind one shared scratch buffer sized to the larger arena (every bind re-zeroes its grid-barrier state and launches are stream-ordered), so the second plan adds no resident memory; the fp32 output buffer is shared. The W4A8-MX prefill tier (#PR for feat/kimi-k3-w4a8-prefill-20260830), when enabled, keeps precedence for prefill launches.

Stacked on feat(kquant): opt into W4A8 for coupled QSRT prefill (93917b3), which is the code the production image runs; the payload is the single commit 690ea7d.

Evidence

Real-weight layer, one TP8 shard (E=896, K=3584, N=384/rank, balanced routing, CUDA-graph replay, RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell), ms per fused launch:

tokens	block 8	block 16	block 32
16	0.49	0.50	0.53
128	1.77	1.79	1.92
512	3.08	2.10	2.20
1,024	5.27	3.41	2.37
1,536	7.48	4.46	2.85

Outputs of block 32 vs block 8 are bitwise identical at every size (same inputs and routing). 48/64-row blocks are rejected on SM120 by the kernel's register table / the 99 KB shared-memory limit at the pinned 128x128 CTA tile.

Serving (TP8/DCP8 on 8x RTX PRO 6000 Max-Q over PCIe, chunk 1,536, remote DFlash K=3, LMCache):

check	before	after
cold 1,536-token prefill	1.39 s	0.91 s
cold 7,680-token prefill	7.21 s	4.78 s (1,607 tok/s)
8k standalone prefill bench	976–984 tok/s	1,451–1,455 tok/s
decode c1 (20 s)	~48–50 tok/s	44.6 / 48.2 tok/s (ITL 22.1 / 20.4 ms)
GPU KV cache budget	1,078,823 tokens	1,078,823 tokens

Cost: one extra kernel specialization compiled at first apply (~1 min, cached by B12X_COMPILE_CACHE_DIR).

Validation

• tests/quantization/test_kquant_hybrid.py: 24 passed in the production image (new test covers env defaults/validation).
• Post-restart qualification: greedy completions, JSON-schema output, and an 11.8k-token lookup prompt unchanged; no tracebacks/CUDA errors.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Added optional remote Kimi K3 speculative decoding with standalone draft-server support.
  • Added incremental streaming of Kimi K3 tool-call arguments.
  • Added variable-length tensor gathering for more efficient multimodal processing.
  • Added optional KQuant prefill execution modes and Kimi K3 auxiliary attention-residual streaming.
  • Added support for disabling speculative decoding when no draft tokens are needed.

• Bug Fixes

  • Improved structured-output grammar filtering during speculative decoding.
  • Fixed reasoning and tool-marker handling across streamed response chunks.
  • Improved KV-cache, Mamba state, RoPE, and in-place attention-merge correctness.
  • Improved handling of replicated caches, empty inputs, and uneven multimodal workloads.

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This PR adds remote Kimi K3 draft execution, structured-output grammar filtering, Kimi model and vision updates, hybrid KV-cache fixes, optional quantization prefill routes, and CUDA/distributed execution corrections.

Changes

Remote Kimi K3 draft execution

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Standalone runtime and RPC engine vllm/entrypoints/k3_dspark_*.py	Adds standalone draft loading, KV allocation, smoke tests, status serving, CUDA graph capture, and versioned ZMQ operations.
Verifier-side remote speculator vllm/v1/worker/gpu/spec_decode/dspark/remote_speculator.py	Adds remote proposal handling, context planning, prefix restoration, capacity management, and tensor-parallel broadcast.
Draft integration vllm/v1/worker/gpu/spec_decode/*, vllm/model_executor/models/qwen3_dflash.py	Adds remote selection, draft load configuration forwarding, and target RoPE layout propagation.

Structured output and parsing

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Grammar filtering contract vllm/v1/{core/sched,structured_output,worker/gpu}/*	Tracks speculative grammar rows, validates speculative suffixes, handles grammar termination, and updates scheduler state after rejection.
Reasoning prompt and content parsing vllm/reasoning/kimi_k3_reasoning_parser.py, vllm/parser/kimi_k3.py	Distinguishes fresh assistant prompts and filters split XTML markers from streamed content.
Incremental tool streaming vllm/tool_parsers/kimi_k3_tool_parser.py	Streams string arguments as they arrive and buffers incomplete structured arguments.

Kimi model and vision execution

Layer / File(s)	Summary
AttnRes stream and context output reuse vllm/models/kimi_k3/nvidia/*, vllm/envs.py	Adds configurable auxiliary AttnRes capture, preserves final committed blocks, and reuses compact query storage for context outputs.
Vision execution vllm/model_executor/models/kimi_k25_vit.py, vllm/model_executor/models/vision.py	Computes requested RoPE grids on demand, projects images independently, rejects empty input, and gathers variable-length embeddings.

Scheduler and KV-cache correctness

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Scheduler cache policy and invalid blocks vllm/v1/core/sched/*, tests/v1/core/*, tests/v1/kv_connector/unit/*	Separates target-cache EAGLE policy and handles invalid blocks across hybrid cache groups.
DCP and Mamba cache state vllm/v1/kv_cache_interface.py, vllm/v1/attention/backends/flash_attn.py, vllm/v1/worker/cp_utils.py	Refactors DCP shard calculation, treats replicated KV groups as local DCP1, and aligns Mamba state indexing with Mamba block size.
Overlap-safe Mamba copies vllm/v1/worker/mamba_utils.py, tests/v1/worker/test_mamba_utils.py	Makes overlapping convolution and batch copies memmove-safe and adds snapshot-based GPU validation.

KQuant hybrid prefill routes

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Prefill plan construction and dispatch vllm/model_executor/layers/quantization/kquant_hybrid.py, tests/quantization/test_kquant_hybrid.py	Adds environment-controlled W4A8 and wide-block W4A16 prefill plans, route-specific buffers, validation, and dispatch.

CUDA and distributed execution

Layer / File(s)	Summary
In-place attention-state merge csrc/libtorch_stable/attention/merge_attn_states.cu, tests/kernels/attention/test_merge_attn_states.py	Stages LSE values before synchronization and sizes blocks so aliased merge outputs remain safe.
Variable-length gather and graph workspace vllm/distributed/communication_op.py, vllm/distributed/device_communicators/flashinfer_pcie_all_reduce.py, tests/distributed/*	Adds tensor-parallel all-gatherv support and prepares graph workspaces with shape and dtype.

Estimated code review effort: 5 (Critical) | ~120 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to ffadb

The change adds wider-block prefill execution and shared GPU workspace reuse to improve throughput, but the current implementation can route decode-sized launches to the wide path under a zero threshold and assumes concurrent launches do not overlap on different streams, which could cause regressions or corrupted outputs. The PR also retains correctness issues affecting multi-frame video inputs and streamed marker-like text, so it is not merge-ready until these risks are fixed or explicitly accepted.

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vllm/model_executor/models/kimi_k25_vit.py (1)

288-288: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Use Google-style docstrings for the new helpers.

Add Args: and Returns: sections to each helper. Add a Raises: section for mm_projector_forward, because it raises ValueError.

• vllm/model_executor/models/kimi_k25_vit.py#L288-L288: document height, width, device, and the returned frequency tensor.
• vllm/model_executor/models/kimi_k25_vit.py#L843-L843: document inputs, returned projected tensors, and the empty-input ValueError.
• vllm/distributed/communication_op.py#L32-L32: document input_, sizes, dim, and the gathered tensor.

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In `@vllm/model_executor/models/kimi_k25_vit.py` at line 288, Update the new
helper docstrings to Google style: in vllm/model_executor/models/kimi_k25_vit.py
at lines 288-288, document height, width, device, and the returned frequency
tensor with Args and Returns; at lines 843-843, document all inputs and
projected tensors with Args and Returns, plus the empty-input ValueError with
Raises; in vllm/distributed/communication_op.py at lines 32-32, document input_,
sizes, dim, and the gathered tensor with Args and Returns.

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vllm/v1/kv_cache_interface.py (1)

152-157: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add Google-style sections to both new method docstrings.

Both methods accept dcp_world_size, return an int, and can raise ValueError. Add Args:, Returns:, and Raises: sections.

• vllm/v1/kv_cache_interface.py#L152-L157: Document the base cache-spec default behavior and validation.
• vllm/v1/kv_cache_interface.py#L264-L264: Document attention-specific shard selection and validation.

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In `@vllm/v1/kv_cache_interface.py` around lines 152 - 157, Update both method
docstrings in vllm/v1/kv_cache_interface.py:152-157 and
vllm/v1/kv_cache_interface.py:264-264. Add Google-style Args, Returns, and
Raises sections documenting dcp_world_size, the int result, and ValueError
validation; describe the base cache-spec default behavior at 152-157 and
attention-specific shard selection and validation at 264.

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vllm/model_executor/models/qwen3_dflash.py (1)

109-113: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Detect a disagreeing target rotary layout instead of taking the first match.

The loop returns the first module that exposes a boolean is_neox_style. Two cases return a value that is not representative:

• A target whose layers do not all share one rotary layout. The first layer's value then silently defines the layout for every draft layer.
• A non-rotary module that happens to expose an is_neox_style attribute.

The docstring states that a mismatch changes every drafted attention result without raising an error and collapses acceptance. Collecting all values and rejecting a disagreement converts that silent degradation into a startup error.

Note that the draft-side consistency assertion in _build_fused_kv_buffers cannot catch this, because every draft layer now receives the same derived value.

♻️ Proposed fix to reject a disagreeing target layout

-    for module in language_model.modules():
-        style = getattr(module, "is_neox_style", None)
-        if isinstance(style, bool):
-            return style
-    return None
+    styles = {
+        style
+        for module in language_model.modules()
+        if isinstance(style := getattr(module, "is_neox_style", None), bool)
+    }
+    if not styles:
+        return None
+    if len(styles) > 1:
+        raise ValueError(
+            "Target model exposes conflicting rotary layouts "
+            f"({sorted(styles)}); a DFlash draft cannot match all of them."
+        )
+    return styles.pop()

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In `@vllm/model_executor/models/qwen3_dflash.py` around lines 109 - 113, Update
the rotary-layout detection loop to collect boolean is_neox_style values from
all applicable language_model modules and reject conflicting values with a
startup error instead of returning the first match. Preserve the existing None
result when no boolean value is found, and ensure the derived layout is only
returned when all collected values agree.

vllm/entrypoints/k3_dspark_rpc.py (1)

948-954: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🔵 Trivial

Bound the GPU-resident projected context cache against available draft-GPU memory.

ProjectedContextCache is now allocated on self.device with max_tokens=self.prefix_cache_tokens, which defaults to 131072. Each retained request can therefore hold 131072 * hidden_size * 2 bytes on the draft GPU, and one cache is created per active request.

The only validation is the lower bound against window_size at Line 426. On a small dedicated draft GPU, a few concurrent requests can consume most of the free memory and cause an allocation failure during a proposal.

Consider deriving a default from the measured free memory on the draft device, or logging the projected worst-case bytes (max_requests * prefix_cache_tokens * hidden_size * 2) at startup so an operator can size VLLM_K3_DRAFT_PREFIX_CACHE_TOKENS before serving.

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In `@vllm/entrypoints/k3_dspark_rpc.py` around lines 948 - 954, Bound
ProjectedContextCache capacity to available draft-device memory instead of
unconditionally using prefix_cache_tokens for every active request. Update the
initialization around ProjectedContextCache and the prefix-cache configuration
validation to derive or validate a safe per-request token limit using free GPU
memory and the configured maximum request concurrency, while preserving the
existing window-size lower bound.

vllm/model_executor/layers/quantization/kquant_hybrid.py (3)

110-110: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Validate VLLM_KQUANT_W4A16_PREFILL_MIN_M like the block size.

_w4a16_prefill_route_block_m rejects unsupported values, but _w4a16_prefill_route_min_m accepts any integer, including negative values. A negative or very small value makes decode-size launches (m <= 8) bind the wide-route-block prefill plan, which the docstring states must never happen during CUDA-graph capture. Reject values below the decode band.

♻️ Proposed validation

-    return int(os.getenv("VLLM_KQUANT_W4A16_PREFILL_MIN_M", "256"))
+    value = int(os.getenv("VLLM_KQUANT_W4A16_PREFILL_MIN_M", "256"))
+    if value < _B12X_DECODE_M:
+        raise ValueError(
+            "VLLM_KQUANT_W4A16_PREFILL_MIN_M must be at least "
+            f"{_B12X_DECODE_M} so decode launches keep the 8-row plan"
+        )
+    return value

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In `@vllm/model_executor/layers/quantization/kquant_hybrid.py` at line 110, Update
_w4a16_prefill_route_min_m to validate VLLM_KQUANT_W4A16_PREFILL_MIN_M like
_w4a16_prefill_route_block_m, rejecting values below the decode-band threshold
so decode-size launches cannot select the wide-route prefill plan.

---

2016-2020: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Cache the prefill threshold instead of reading the environment on every launch.

_w4a16_prefill_route_min_m() runs inside the per-layer dispatch path. Every MoE layer re-reads and re-parses the environment variable on every forward call. The plan itself is built once in _ensure_runtime from the same value, so the two can drift if the variable changes mid-process. Store the resolved threshold next to state.trellis_w4a16_prefill_plan and read the field here.

♻️ Proposed refactor

             use_w4a16_prefill = (
                 not use_w4a8_prefill
                 and state.trellis_w4a16_prefill_plan is not None
-                and m > _w4a16_prefill_route_min_m()
+                and m > state.trellis_w4a16_prefill_min_m
             )

Set state.trellis_w4a16_prefill_min_m in _ensure_runtime where the plan is built.

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In `@vllm/model_executor/layers/quantization/kquant_hybrid.py` around lines 2016 -
2020, Cache the resolved prefill threshold in _ensure_runtime alongside
state.trellis_w4a16_prefill_plan, using a state field such as
trellis_w4a16_prefill_min_m, then update the use_w4a16_prefill condition to read
that cached field instead of calling _w4a16_prefill_route_min_m().

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2055-2058: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Use a stable B12X API for these helpers. The W4A8 prefill branch imports both helpers from private b12x.moe.fused_moe._impl, but neither appears in B12X’s public fused_moe entry points. Add public exports or pin a B12X build that guarantees these names; otherwise a B12X update may make W4A8 prefill fail during import.

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In `@vllm/model_executor/layers/quantization/kquant_hybrid.py` around lines 2055 -
2058, Stabilize the W4A8 prefill imports in the relevant quantization path by
exposing run_w4a8_coupled_outer_transform and sanitize_w4a8_routing through
B12X’s public fused_moe API, or pinning a B12X version that guarantees those
names; avoid relying on the private b12x.moe.fused_moe._impl module.

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Inline comments:
In `@tests/kernels/attention/test_merge_attn_states.py`:
- Line 104: Replace the direct torch.inference_mode decorator in the test with
current_platform.inference_mode(), reusing the existing current_platform import
and preserving the test’s inference-mode behavior across supported platforms.

In `@vllm/model_executor/models/vision.py`:
- Around line 484-486: Update the Kimi `rope_type == "rope_2d"` output row-count
calculation to use only the spatial patch dimensions, excluding the temporal
dimension pooled by `tpool_patch_merger`; preserve the existing
`patches_per_output_image` calculation for the non-Kimi path so video inputs
retain their current behavior.

In `@vllm/models/kimi_k3/nvidia/model.py`:
- Line 2098: Update the streaming exclusion condition near the auxiliary
attention handling to require both use_attn_res and _aux_attn_res_stream, so the
projector remains enabled when the stream flag is set but AttnRes is disabled;
preserve existing behavior for AttnRes models.

In `@vllm/parser/kimi_k3.py`:
- Around line 58-60: Update the overlap handling around
_pending_content_protocol so that when finished is true, the buffered trailing
overlap is included in emitted rather than discarded; preserve the current
buffering behavior for unfinished chunks.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@vllm/entrypoints/k3_dspark_rpc.py`:
- Around line 948-954: Bound ProjectedContextCache capacity to available
draft-device memory instead of unconditionally using prefix_cache_tokens for
every active request. Update the initialization around ProjectedContextCache and
the prefix-cache configuration validation to derive or validate a safe
per-request token limit using free GPU memory and the configured maximum request
concurrency, while preserving the existing window-size lower bound.

In `@vllm/model_executor/layers/quantization/kquant_hybrid.py`:
- Line 110: Update _w4a16_prefill_route_min_m to validate
VLLM_KQUANT_W4A16_PREFILL_MIN_M like _w4a16_prefill_route_block_m, rejecting
values below the decode-band threshold so decode-size launches cannot select the
wide-route prefill plan.
- Around line 2016-2020: Cache the resolved prefill threshold in _ensure_runtime
alongside state.trellis_w4a16_prefill_plan, using a state field such as
trellis_w4a16_prefill_min_m, then update the use_w4a16_prefill condition to read
that cached field instead of calling _w4a16_prefill_route_min_m().
- Around line 2055-2058: Stabilize the W4A8 prefill imports in the relevant
quantization path by exposing run_w4a8_coupled_outer_transform and
sanitize_w4a8_routing through B12X’s public fused_moe API, or pinning a B12X
version that guarantees those names; avoid relying on the private
b12x.moe.fused_moe._impl module.

In `@vllm/model_executor/models/kimi_k25_vit.py`:
- Line 288: Update the new helper docstrings to Google style: in
vllm/model_executor/models/kimi_k25_vit.py at lines 288-288, document height,
width, device, and the returned frequency tensor with Args and Returns; at lines
843-843, document all inputs and projected tensors with Args and Returns, plus
the empty-input ValueError with Raises; in vllm/distributed/communication_op.py
at lines 32-32, document input_, sizes, dim, and the gathered tensor with Args
and Returns.

In `@vllm/model_executor/models/qwen3_dflash.py`:
- Around line 109-113: Update the rotary-layout detection loop to collect
boolean is_neox_style values from all applicable language_model modules and
reject conflicting values with a startup error instead of returning the first
match. Preserve the existing None result when no boolean value is found, and
ensure the derived layout is only returned when all collected values agree.

In `@vllm/v1/kv_cache_interface.py`:
- Around line 152-157: Update both method docstrings in
vllm/v1/kv_cache_interface.py:152-157 and vllm/v1/kv_cache_interface.py:264-264.
Add Google-style Args, Returns, and Raises sections documenting dcp_world_size,
the int result, and ValueError validation; describe the base cache-spec default
behavior at 152-157 and attention-specific shard selection and validation at
264.

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• csrc/libtorch_stable/attention/merge_attn_states.cu
• tests/distributed/test_flashinfer_pcie_all_reduce.py
• tests/distributed/test_pynccl.py
• tests/kernels/attention/test_merge_attn_states.py
• tests/models/kimi_k3/test_aux_attn_res_stream.py
• tests/models/kimi_k3/test_eagle3.py
• tests/models/kimi_k3/test_mla_padding.py
• tests/models/kimi_k3/test_vision_projector.py
• tests/models/kimi_k3/test_vision_warmup.py
• tests/quantization/test_kquant_hybrid.py
• tests/reasoning/test_kimi_k3_reasoning_parser.py
• tests/tool_use/test_kimi_k3_tool_parser.py
• tests/v1/core/prefix_cache/test_partial_prefix_cache_hits.py
• tests/v1/core/test_dspark_prefix_cache_policy.py
• tests/v1/core/test_kv_cache_utils.py
• tests/v1/core/test_scheduler.py
• tests/v1/kv_connector/unit/test_invalid_blocks_correctness.py
• tests/v1/kv_connector/unit/utils.py
• tests/v1/spec_decode/test_acceptance_length_controller.py
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Use the platform wrapper for inference mode.

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-@torch.inference_mode()
+@current_platform.inference_mode()

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In `@tests/kernels/attention/test_merge_attn_states.py` at line 104, Replace the
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Do not include the temporal dimension in Kimi output row counts.

For rope_type == "rope_2d", tpool_patch_merger pools all temporal frames into one output grid. A grid with t > 1 produces (h // kh) * (w // kw) rows, but this calculation expects t * h * w / (kh * kw) rows. Line 530 then raises ValueError for video inputs.

Compute Kimi row counts from the spatial grid only. Keep the existing calculation for the non-Kimi path.

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-    patches_per_output_image = [
-        patch_size // embed_dim_reduction_factor for patch_size in patches_per_image
-    ]
+    if rope_type == "rope_2d":
+        kh, kw = vision_model.merge_kernel_size
+        patches_per_output_image = [
+            (height // kh) * (width // kw)
+            for _, height, width in grid_thw_list
+        ]
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+            patch_size // embed_dim_reduction_factor
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	(height // kh) * (width // kw)
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`rope_type == "rope_2d"` output row-count calculation to use only the spatial
patch dimensions, excluding the temporal dimension pooled by
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Restrict the streaming exclusion to AttnRes models.

When VLLM_KIMI_K3_AUX_ATTN_RES_STREAM=1 and use_attn_res=False, Line 2098 disables the streaming projector although no AttnRes mixture is needed. The fallback retains every tapped auxiliary tensor until the end of forward, which increases prefill memory use. Gate this exclusion on both settings.

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-            and not self._aux_attn_res_stream
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Flush the held partial marker on the final chunk.

When finished is true and overlap is non-zero, the code clears _pending_content_protocol but still emits pending[:-overlap]. The held tail is then dropped permanently. A response whose last characters only resemble a marker prefix, for example text ending with < or <|, loses those characters. No later chunk can complete the marker after the stream ends.

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+        if overlap and not finished:
             emitted = pending[:-overlap]
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In `@vllm/model_executor/layers/quantization/kquant_hybrid.py`:
- Around line 81-98: Update the docstrings for _w4a16_prefill_route_block_m and
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their return values, and add a Raises: section to _w4a16_prefill_route_block_m
documenting its ValueError condition.
- Around line 2060-2064: Update the use_w4a16_prefill selection so it also
requires not decode, ensuring decode launches continue using the decode plan
even when the W4A16 prefill threshold is zero. Preserve the existing
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Review follow-up (commit ae4a1e9, plus the merge of #566's fix):

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• kquant_hybrid.py ~2064 (keep decode launches on the decode plan): the wide-route W4A16 plan is now never bound for launches in the decode band (m <= 8), whatever VLLM_KQUANT_W4A16_PREFILL_MIN_M says.
• ~110 (validate the threshold): values below 8 raise ValueError when the plan is built; covered by test_w4a16_prefill_route_block_defaults_and_validation.
• ~2016 (cache the threshold): resolved once per layer next to the plan (trellis_w4a16_prefill_min_m); the dispatch path no longer parses the environment per call.
• ~98 (docstrings): Returns:/Raises: sections on both route helpers.

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• ~2055 (private b12x.moe.fused_moe._impl imports for the W4A8 prefill helpers): those imports belong to the W4A8 prefill tier (feat(kquant): opt into W4A8 for coupled QSRT prefill #566), and the helpers are part of the local-inference-lab b12x fork that this stack pins; exporting them publicly is a b12x-side change.

tests/quantization/test_kquant_hybrid.py: 24 passed (SM120 image).