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Purpose

After #47327 the MLA wrapper reads num_decodes / num_prefills / num_decode_tokens
from the attention metadata, but the ROCm AITER sparse-MLA metadata
(ROCMAiterMLASparseMetadata) never carried these fields. On gfx950 this raises
AttributeError: 'ROCMAiterMLASparseMetadata' object has no attribute 'num_decodes'
at runtime, so GLM-5.2 (FP8 / MXFP4, DeepSeek Sparse Attention) crashes on the first
forward pass on AMD MI355X.
This PR:

  • Adds the missing num_decodes / num_prefills / num_decode_tokens (plus
    prefill_max_seq_len / prefill) fields to ROCMAiterMLASparseMetadata with
    safe defaults, and populates them in build() via split_decodes_and_prefills.
  • Introduces a supports_dense_mha_prefill capability flag on MLAAttentionImpl
    (default True). The ROCm sparse impl sets it to False, and the MLA layer then
    disables the dense-MHA prefill backend for such impls so it only dispatches the
    implemented top-k MQA path (avoids calling the unimplemented forward_mha).
  • Keeps MTP / speculative decoding working unchanged.

Test Plan

  • Unit: pytest tests/kernels/attention/test_rocm_aiter_mla_sparse_metadata_sync.py
    (new cases cover decode-only and mixed decode+prefill batches).
  • E2E: GLM-5.2-FP8 + sparse MLA + MTP(num_speculative_tokens=5) on MI355X (gfx950) x4,
    TP=4, kv-cache fp8, 115k input / 1k output; plus gsm8k 5-shot accuracy.

Test Result

  • Before: server aborts during the first forward with
    AttributeError: ... has no attribute 'num_decodes'.
  • After:
    • Unit tests pass; metadata fields match split_decodes_and_prefills.
    • Server starts and serves; 115k/1k benchmark runs cleanly
      (out ~71 tok/s, total ~8.1k tok/s, TTFT ~23.6s, TPOT p50 ~28.7ms @ CONC=4).
    • gsm8k 5-shot = 0.96 (192/200) — no accuracy regression.
    • MTP acceptance length ~4.5–5.0 / 6 (pos0 ~0.93) — speculative decoding healthy.

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fanxingran force-pushed the fix/rocm-sparse-mla-num-decodes branch from daf593c to 3b6fedc Compare July 15, 2026 09:33
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Hi @tjtanaa @AndreasKaratzas — could you help take a look and add the ready
label when convenient? This is a small ROCm-only bug fix (GLM-5.2 sparse MLA
crashes with AttributeError: ... 'num_decodes' on gfx950 after #47327).
Status:

  • DCO is now fixed (commit re-signed).
  • The change is guarded to ROCm sparse MLA only; NVIDIA / non-sparse MLA paths
    are unaffected (supports_dense_mha_prefill defaults to True).
  • New unit tests pass locally on MI355X (they are ROCm-gated, so they only run
    on ROCm hardware).
  • Verified E2E: GLM-5.2-FP8 + sparse MLA + MTP on MI355X x4 (TP=4) starts and
    serves 115k/1k with no regression.
    cc @LucasWilkinson (MLA/attention owner) in case you want to sanity-check the
    mla_attention.py prefill-backend guard. Thanks!

@@ -515,6 +515,23 @@ def __init__(
vllm_config=vllm_config,
)

# Sparse MLA impls that only implement the top-k MQA path (e.g. the

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Can we drop/minimize this comment?

@@ -333,6 +335,18 @@ class ROCMAiterMLASparseMetadata(AttentionMetadata):
block_size: int = 1
topk_tokens: int = 2048

# Decode/prefill split consumed by the shared MLA forward wrapper in

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Same here

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Please minimize the comments, else LGTM! Thanks for the fix

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fanxingran force-pushed the fix/rocm-sparse-mla-num-decodes branch from 3b6fedc to f4b9ab8 Compare July 16, 2026 02:39
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Thanks for the review! Good point — I've trimmed these down to 1–2 lines and applied the same cleanup to the other comments added in this PR

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This pull request has merge conflicts that must be resolved before it can be
merged. Please rebase the PR, @fanxingran.

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fanxingran force-pushed the fix/rocm-sparse-mla-num-decodes branch from f4b9ab8 to c37f5b8 Compare July 20, 2026 02:37
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Hi @ColinZ22 @tjtanaa — thanks for the heads-up, and no worries at all about the overlap; happy to see the fix land either way since we clearly hit the same bug independently.

Since #48886 is already approved and covers a superset (the indexer wk per-channel dequant fix is a nice addition), I'm fine consolidating on this one. Before we close #48722, one thing I'd love to carry over: my PR ships a dedicated unit test (tests/kernels/attention/test_rocm_aiter_mla_sparse_metadata_sync.py, ~75 lines) that asserts the num_decodes / num_prefills / num_decode_tokens fields stay in sync with split_decodes_and_prefills for both decode-only and mixed decode+prefill batches. #48886 currently validates the metadata fix via gsm8k e2e only, so adding this test would guard against regressions at the unit level.

Feel free to grab that test file/commit directly from #48722 into your branch. I'd also be glad to share my MTP / speculative-decoding verification (acceptance length ~4.5–5.0/6 on GLM-5.2-FP8 + sparse MLA + MTP, 115k/1k) as an extra data point, since that path isn't covered in the current test plan.

Either way, thanks for the quick turnaround here!

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