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fix(build): correct preprocessor guard for GDN decode to fix Ampere c… - #52743

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fused_gdn_decode_post_conv_mtp was mistakenly placed inside the VLLM_ENABLE_FUSED_KDA_DECODE block in ops.h. Since KDA is restricted to SM90+, this caused compilation to fail on pre-Hopper architectures (like Ampere SM 8.6) which support GDN but not KDA. This commit moves the declaration to the correct VLLM_ENABLE_FUSED_GDN_DECODE guard.

Purpose

Building vLLM from source fails on Ampere (SM 8.6) and other pre-Hopper architectures with the following error:
error: ‘fused_gdn_decode_post_conv_mtp’ was not declared in this scope

This occurs because fused_gdn_decode_post_conv_mtp in csrc/libtorch_stable/ops.h was mistakenly placed inside the #ifdef VLLM_ENABLE_FUSED_KDA_DECODE preprocessor block. Because KDA requires SM90+ (Hopper) or newer, the VLLM_ENABLE_FUSED_KDA_DECODE flag is not defined on Ampere systems. However, GDN is supported on Ampere (VLLM_ENABLE_FUSED_GDN_DECODE=1), so torch_bindings.cpp attempts to bind the GDN function, resulting in a compilation failure since the declaration is missing.

Solution

Separated the declarations. Moved fused_gdn_decode_post_conv_mtp out of the KDA block and placed it under its correct #ifdef VLLM_ENABLE_FUSED_GDN_DECODE preprocessor guard.

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  • Verified that pip install -e . successfully compiles and installs on an Ampere (SM 8.6) system without build errors.

Simple fix to ensure the fused_gdn_decode_post_conv_mtp compiles under all archs and not just post ampere archs by placing the function under VLLM_ENABLE_FUSED_GDN_DECODE preprocessor guard
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fused_gdn_decode_post_conv_mtp was mistakenly placed inside the VLLM_ENABLE_FUSED_KDA_DECODE block in ops.h. Since KDA is restricted to SM90+, this caused compilation to fail on pre-Hopper architectures (like Ampere SM 8.6) which support GDN but not KDA. This commit moves the declaration to the correct VLLM_ENABLE_FUSED_GDN_DECODE guard.

Signed-off-by: prakharP <prakharpant288@gmail.com>
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Same break on SM 8.0, so this fix covers that case too.

Building at TORCH_CUDA_ARCH_LIST="8.0" on 4×A100 fails identically:

csrc/libtorch_stable/torch_bindings.cpp:804:23: error: ‘fused_gdn_decode_post_conv_mtp’ was not declared in this scope
  804 |            TORCH_BOX(&fused_gdn_decode_post_conv_mtp));

Observed at 6259572b2, and the guard pair is unchanged at today's main (bd8865a299): declaration at ops.h:396, inside the #ifdef VLLM_ENABLE_FUSED_KDA_DECODE opened at :384; reference at torch_bindings.cpp:802-804 under VLLM_ENABLE_FUSED_GDN_DECODE. CMakeLists.txt intersects KDA against 9.0a;10.0f;12.0f and GDN against 8.0;8.6;8.9;9.0a;..., so 8.0 is affected for the same reason 8.6 is.

Interim workaround for anyone blocked meanwhile: TORCH_CUDA_ARCH_LIST="8.0;9.0a" compiles — it only makes the KDA define exist, and the A100 still executes SM 8.0 code. Workaround, not a fix.

Found while validating an unrelated PR on a 4×A100 box.

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Also hits Ada / SM 8.9 — L40S, CUDA 13.0, PyTorch 2.13.0+cu130. Patch builds clean. Covers 8.0/8.6/8.9 now.

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@mosafariuk @yafshar The fix should work on all pre 9 hardware
As it puts the declaration under the following -
cuda_archs_loose_intersection(FUSED_GDN_DECODE_ARCHS
"8.0;8.6;8.9;9.0a;10.0f;12.0f" "${CUDA_ARCHS}")

The above archs are defined under FUSED_GDN_DECODE_ARCHS where the function is compiled but the function was declared under the wrong if def that only has the following archs -
cuda_archs_loose_intersection(FUSED_KDA_DECODE_ARCHS
"9.0a;10.0f;12.0f" "${CUDA_ARCHS}")

So the fix works for 8.6, 8.0, and 8.9.
thanks a lot for the confirmation.

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Hitting the exact same problem trying to build from main (commit: 6feafb8) on an Ampere system. Applying the patch described here fixes the build.

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#51674
The above is the commit that added the function under the allegedly incorrect preprocessor definition. Maybe if one of the folks involved in it could ratify the modification we could patch it up quicker for ampere systems.

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#51674 The above is the commit that added the function under the allegedly incorrect preprocessor definition. Maybe if one of the folks involved in it could ratify the modification we could patch it up quicker for ampere systems.

I think it was just a mistake on where the fused_gdn_decode_post_conv_mtp/ifdef guard was inserted that wasn't caught by CI/CD?

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@cfdim No it wasn't caught since the original commit has been merged.
Yes the declaration had the kda decode guard and the definition had the gdn decode guard.

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Thank you for the fix!

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✅ Triggered Buildkite CI #85810 for commit d7e4e7e1a469.

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The FUSED_GDN_DECODE_ARCHS list includes 10.0f and 12.0f but omits 11.0f, so
sm_110 (Jetson Thor / DGX Spark-class Blackwell) never builds the fused GDN
decode kernel and every Gated-DeltaNet layer silently falls back to the Triton
path ("Falling back to the Triton GDN decode path:
fused_gdn_decode_post_conv_mtp is not built"). Seven other arch lists in this
file already carry 11.0f (e.g. FP4_SM100_ARCHS, MLA_ARCHS).

The ops.h declaration-guard mismatch this used to expose was fixed separately
in vllm-project#52743; with that in place, adding the arch is a one-line change.
Related: vllm-project#54084.

Signed-off-by: Adithya Kambat Shankar <adithya@zededa.com>
kotylevskiy pushed a commit to enot-style/vllm that referenced this pull request Sep 6, 2026
vllm-project#52743)

Signed-off-by: prakharP <prakharpant288@gmail.com>
(cherry picked from commit b2a6e9d)
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