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[BugFix] Keep GDN graph inputs stable across padded speculative replay - #668

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Closed as a duplicate of #667. The existing PR fixes the same graph-storage defect. Our additional transition cases pass against #667; it is the preferred release dependency.

FULL CUDA graph capture can take the uniform speculative metadata path, while padded replay takes the generic path. Those paths used different tensors, so captured graphs retained stale query boundaries, state indices, masks, and accepted-token counts. This reproduced a shared-prefix serving crash on the current development branch.

Both build and update_block_table now stage uniform inputs into the same persistent buffers used by padded replay. Shared accepted-token storage is retained. Tests cover full/padded/full transitions, input aliases, and two builders.

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  • The new CPU test produces 10 failures and 14 passing controls before this fix.
  • All 49 targeted metadata tests pass afterward, including on this standalone PR base.
  • The combined LP27 image passed 952 regressions, three aligned-cache contracts, 25 installed sampling cases, and 14 upstream sampling regressions.
  • Four-GPU DFlash2 K3 serving with the fastpath enabled passed cache reuse, shared prefixes, tools, vision, 491520-token retrieval, 64 agent turns, and finite 8/16/32-client workloads. LP26 was restored afterward.

Full serving evidence also includes the aligned-cache port #669 and #653's independent sampling RNG correction. This PR only changes GDN metadata and its tests. Base tested: b7e3d03.

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The GDN attention backend now uses runner-owned buffers for uniform speculative decode replay. New tests verify that padded CUDA-graph transitions preserve tensor pointers and captured values across configuration variants.

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GDN capture replay

Layer / File(s) Summary
Route replay inputs through fallback buffers
vllm/v1/attention/backends/gdn_attn.py
Uniform speculative decode metadata and accepted tokens now use runner-owned fallback buffers in build and block-table update paths.
Validate padded graph replay
tests/v1/attention/test_gdn_capture_transition.py
Parameterized tests verify pointer and value stability after replay with padded runtime metadata.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to d8b1c

The GDN replay fix appears functionally covered, but the new test has a line-length violation that should be corrected before merge to keep lint checks passing.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant MetadataBuilder
  participant RunnerBuffers
  participant CapturedGraph
  MetadataBuilder->>RunnerBuffers: Store uniform speculative inputs
  MetadataBuilder->>RunnerBuffers: Copy accepted tokens
  RunnerBuffers->>CapturedGraph: Supply replay metadata
  CapturedGraph-->>MetadataBuilder: Reuse captured tensor pointers and values
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Closing as a duplicate of #667, which fixes the same uniform-capture/padded-replay storage defect. Our transition cases plus its metadata and worker tests pass against its exact head: 53 passed, 3 skipped. We will qualify #667 with #669 and #653 and retain any useful additional coverage separately.

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In `@tests/v1/attention/test_gdn_capture_transition.py`:
- Line 47: Shorten the long dotted target string in the test patch configuration
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):
monkeypatch.setenv("VLLM_GDN_SPEC_DECODE_METADATA_FASTPATH", str(int(fastpath)))
monkeypatch.setattr(
"vllm.model_executor.layers.mamba.gdn.qwen_gdn_linear_attn._resolve_gdn_prefill_backend",

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Shorten Line 47 to the 88-character limit.

The dotted target string makes this line 97 characters. The formatter cannot split a single string literal, so lint fails on this line. Bind the module path to a name first.

As per coding guidelines: "Python code must follow an 88-character line length limit."

🔧 Proposed fix for the line length
+    gdn_linear_attn = (
+        "vllm.model_executor.layers.mamba.gdn.qwen_gdn_linear_attn"
+    )
     monkeypatch.setattr(
-        "vllm.model_executor.layers.mamba.gdn.qwen_gdn_linear_attn._resolve_gdn_prefill_backend",
+        f"{gdn_linear_attn}._resolve_gdn_prefill_backend",
         lambda config: ("triton", "triton"),
     )
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"vllm.model_executor.layers.mamba.gdn.qwen_gdn_linear_attn._resolve_gdn_prefill_backend",
gdn_linear_attn = (
"vllm.model_executor.layers.mamba.gdn.qwen_gdn_linear_attn"
)
monkeypatch.setattr(
f"{gdn_linear_attn}._resolve_gdn_prefill_backend",
lambda config: ("triton", "triton"),
)
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In `@tests/v1/attention/test_gdn_capture_transition.py` at line 47, Shorten the
long dotted target string in the test patch configuration by binding the module
path to a local name before constructing the target reference, then use that
name with the attribute suffix. Keep the resolved target unchanged while
ensuring every line stays within the 88-character limit.

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