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[KK] Load EXL3 experts through common B12X trellis preparation - #909
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Load barrier-aligned expert extents through B12X without FP4 repacking or padded expert payloads. Preserve serialized dense weights and existing IQ2_XS, IQ2_XXS and Q8_0 support. Validation: 37 CPU extent, balance, rejection and head-padding cases passed. Full suite collection/execution is blocked by missing runtime dependencies in the audit environment. GPU validation remains pending. Co-authored-by: Martin Vit <martin@voipmonitor.org> Co-authored-by: Codex <noreply@openai.com>
Normalize EXL3 metadata with the public adapter and retain BF16 I/O with explicit FP16 full-rotation arithmetic. Preserve extent assignment and serialized dense precision. CPU extent tests pass; CUDA serving qualification requires the Kimi integration dependencies. Assisted-by: OpenAI Codex
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Navigate logical layers of code changes, visualize relationships, and explore their blast radius. 📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe change adds EXL3 quantization support for routed experts through B12X. It includes manifest-based tensor-parallel extent planning, prepared expert installation, fused-kernel execution, and supporting tests and documentation. ChangesEXL3 routed experts
Priority: ⬇️ Low Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes Change: Feature Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Exl3Config
participant Exl3MoEMethod
participant Manifest
participant B12xExperts
participant FusedMoEKernel
Exl3Config->>Exl3MoEMethod: Select routed-expert method
Exl3MoEMethod->>Manifest: Load manifest and plan rank extent
Exl3MoEMethod->>B12xExperts: Install prepared EXL3 experts
Exl3MoEMethod->>FusedMoEKernel: Build fused kernel
Exl3MoEMethod->>FusedMoEKernel: Delegate routed-expert apply
Suggested reviewers: Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to EXL3 serving at TP10 is blocked by its configured expert width and should be fixed before merge. The conflicting backend guidance should also be corrected. Security Architecture ReviewSecurity architecture risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The new loading path has format, geometry, and topology checks, but its external checkpoint reader and recovery behavior are not fully established. No request-level security bypass was identified. Retained concerns
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In `@docs/features/quantization/b12x.md`:
- Around line 142-171: Update the `--moe-backend b12x` compatible-format list to
include EXL3, matching the supported formats documented in the EXL3 section.
Keep the existing format entries unchanged.
In `@vllm/model_executor/layers/quantization/exl3.py`:
- Around line 197-203: Pad the runtime moe_intermediate_size before constructing
FusedMoEConfig so TP10 accommodates the 12-slot extent assigned by
plan_exl3_extent, using at least 3840 channels for Kimi’s 32 channels per slot.
Preserve the original 3072 checkpoint geometry separately so
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Pad moe_intermediate_size before constructing FusedMoEConfig.
plan_exl3_extent can assign 12 slots to a TP10 rank. Kimi uses 32 channels per slot, so the maximum extent is 12 * 32 = 384 channels. Set the TP10 runtime width to at least 10 * 384 = 3840; 3072 is not divisible by 10, so FusedMoEConfig can raise before Exl3MoEMethod.process_weights_after_loading runs. Keep the original 3072 checkpoint geometry separately from the padded runtime width.
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In `@vllm/model_executor/layers/quantization/exl3.py` around lines 197 - 203, Pad
the runtime moe_intermediate_size before constructing FusedMoEConfig so TP10
accommodates the 12-slot extent assigned by plan_exl3_extent, using at least
3840 channels for Kimi’s 32 channels per slot. Preserve the original 3072
checkpoint geometry separately so Exl3MoEMethod.process_weights_after_loading
still uses the unpadded dimensions.
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Signed-off-by: Luke Alonso <lalonso@gmail.com>
Brings #857, #842, #909, #924 and #925 (Kimi-K3 EXL3 serving and opt-in MLA/DCP/memory options) into beta. One conflict in b12x_pcie_all_reduce._plan_key: keep beta's storage-keyed fused RMSNorm weight (MiMo fused norm sites) and canonical's singleton-stride normalization. Adds a canonical-sync release fragment for #924/#925, which carry none. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Behavior
Load EXL3 routed experts through B12X's public checkpoint adapter and common
TrellisSource/TrellisWeightspreparation API. Each TP rank reads a source-alignedextent and uses its actual intermediate width in FusedMoE configuration. Expert
storage is allocated during preparation, without padded expert payloads. Inputs
and outputs are BF16; full trellis rotations use FP16 arithmetic.
Kimi EXL3 head counts are padded from the checkpoint geometry for the selected TP
size. Checkpoint intermediate dimensions remain unchanged for shared experts.
The prepared-package installation validates the common source type, local width,
activation, and routing contract. Explicit quantization choices take precedence
over EXL3 auto-detection. Dense weights retain their serialized MXFP8/BF16 formats.
This is the common-API alternative to #859
requested in #907. Select
one implementation; the two PRs are not additive. This PR contains no changes to
MoE tuning benchmarks or speculative-decoding policy.
Dependencies and status
Status: research-only, with GPU and model qualification pending.
common trellis API and must be installed from source.
MXFP8/BF16 KDA projections, their checkpoint mapping, and uneven TP weight loading.
BF16 MLA output gate and associated projection handling.
serving dependency set. Optional draft/DCP work from [KK] Preserve parallel-draft precision and mixed DCP cache geometry #858 remains separate;
this PR contains the EXL3 target head-geometry hook itself.
The extent planner accepts TP2 through TP24 without EP/DP. This is a storage
partitioning contract, not an end-to-end serving qualification for every TP size.
The direct
dev/karmic-krakenbase does not yet contain all required projectionimplementations. The loader is integrated before those serving dependencies. End-to-end serving
remains research-only until the dependencies and GPU/model qualification are resolved.
Validation
With this source checkout and B12X
437cead4d902dc549d5c9744630090fc142d9847:55 passed, 1 failed. The failure is
test_exl3_config_preserves_serialized_projection_formats: the direct base lacksuse_split_mixed_precision_input_projectionfrom #857. The test remains enabled.Passing checks cover extent ownership, head geometry, actual local MoE widths at
TP9/TP10/TP16, preservation of shared-expert dimensions, common-trellis installation
validation, format rejection, and explicit quantization selection. CPU installation
and model-construction tests mock GPU preparation and dense layer allocation;
they do not qualify GPU loading or arithmetic.
Commit-time pre-commit hooks pass, including Ruff 0.14.0, mypy, Markdown, SPDX,
and import checks.
git diff --checkalso passes.Tests used the existing vLLM virtualenv, compiled extensions, and generated
FlashMLA wrapper linked into an isolated checkout. The initial checkout lacked
those build artifacts and produced import failures before they were linked.
No GPU preparation, CUDA graph capture/replay, model evaluation, fidelity check,
or performance benchmark was run. Those remain required before serving qualification.
AI assistance: OpenAI Codex; human source review remains required.
Prepared source:
085667b14091c56913963e9a2c15e3f1dcd4bc48, against KK1794dcf18454900263e0c66711af8ea4a1283ac1.Summary by CodeRabbit