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@zianglih zianglih commented Jan 11, 2026

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#16856

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Incrementally add DSA topk indices capturing on top of #12162.

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Hello @zianglih, I'm Gemini Code Assist1! I'm currently reviewing this pull request and will post my feedback shortly. In the meantime, here's a summary to help you and other reviewers quickly get up to speed!

This pull request enhances the SGLang framework by introducing the ability to capture and return Dynamic Sparse Attention (DSA) top-k indices. This feature allows users to explicitly request these indices during generation, providing deeper insights into the model's attention mechanism. The changes involve extending the request and output data structures, implementing a dedicated capturing and buffering system for these indices, and integrating their collection within the model's forward pass and the overall request processing pipeline.

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  • API Extension: Introduced a new return_dsa_topk_indices flag in request input structures (GenerateReqInput, TokenizedGenerateReqInput) to allow users to explicitly request Dynamic Sparse Attention (DSA) top-k indices.
  • Data Structure Enhancement: Extended output data structures (BatchTokenIDOutput, BatchStrOutput) to include output_dsa_topk_indices, enabling the return of these captured indices.
  • DSA Index Capturing Mechanism: Implemented a dedicated system within RoutedExpertsCapturer to allocate and manage device and host buffers for DSA topk indices, including new methods for capturing and synchronizing this data.
  • Model Integration: Integrated the DSA topk index capturing into the deepseek_v2 model's forward_absorb_prepare method, ensuring these indices are collected during the model's execution.
  • System-wide Propagation: Ensured the return_dsa_topk_indices flag and the captured data are correctly propagated and processed through the scheduling, detokenization, and output processing managers.
  • Configuration and Benchmarking Support: Added enable_return_dsa_topk_indices as a server argument for global control and included support for this feature in the benchmarking utility (bench_serving.py).

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@zianglih zianglih marked this pull request as draft January 11, 2026 05:01
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This pull request adds the capability to return DSA topk indices by introducing a return_dsa_topk_indices flag. The changes are mostly additive, plumbing the new flag and data structures through various components from the entrypoint to the model execution layer. My review identifies a critical bug where a parameter shadowing issue prevents the new feature from working correctly, and I've provided a code suggestion to fix it. I also have a medium-severity suggestion to refactor duplicated code for better maintainability.

Comment thread python/sglang/srt/layers/moe/routed_experts_capturer.py
@zianglih zianglih changed the title Add returning DSA topk indices [DSv32] Add returning DSA topk indices Jan 11, 2026
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