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[Bugfix][Kernel] Keep packed GDN decode beta in FP32 - #53877
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The packed GDN decode kernel rounded the FP32 sigmoid(beta) to the input dtype (bf16) before folding it into the FP32 recurrent state. That kernel is the exact decode path Qwen3.8-27B runs on ROCm (the aiter RDNA fast path only serves Qwen3-Next's interleaved GQA layout), and the per-step rounding error compounds with decode length, degrading long-context accuracy for the Qwen3.5-3.8 families. Upstream merged as vllm-project/vllm#53877 (in v0.29.0rc1, absent from v0.28.1rc0); carried as a local patch until a VLLM_REF bump includes it. Verified: git apply --check clean on the v0.28.1rc0 tree; applied result is byte-identical to the v0.29.0rc1 file; upstream regression test (test_packed_decode_keeps_beta_in_fp32) passes on the rebuilt image (8/8). No decode perf regression (tg32/tg128 at baseline); pp2048 reads mid-band (~2810, boot variance band 1950-3280). Deployed via just build && just up. Also records 2026-09-02 update-check findings in AGENTS.md: AITER v0.1.21 stable released (unified-attention refactor #5088, #4329 unfixed, no bump), #54498 sole-fix #54716 open with an unresolved overflow-path review defect, new #54928 (DFlash2+thinking greedy divergence on Qwen3.8-27B, monitor).
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The GDN packed decode kernel and the GDN/KDA linear-replay decode kernel
rounded sigmoid(beta) through the activation dtype:
beta_val = tl.sigmoid(b_val).to(b.dtype.element_ty).to(tl.float32)
The rounded beta feeds the delta-rule update of the persistent SSM state,
so the rounding error enters the state once per decode step and
accumulates with context length: state rel-L2 reaches 1.4e-3 after 1000
decode steps, vs 1e-7 with the round-trip removed. The failure is silent
(outputs stay well-formed, per-op tolerances stay green).
The same line was fixed in vLLM in vllm-project/vllm#53877 (the packed
decode kernel originated there; sglang#20627 imported it pre-fix) but was
never ported. Both sites now keep beta in fp32, mirroring the form the
KDA packed decode kernel in the same file already uses deliberately.
fused_recurrent_linear_replayssm.py:138 sits before the IS_KDA branch, so
this fixes both the GDN and KDA replay paths.
Adds regression tests:
- degenerate single-step checks for both kernels: with zero initial state
and unit inputs the stored state equals sigmoid(b) itself, so the state
pool reads the (non-)round-trip directly; asserted against the fp32
value and away from the activation-dtype-rounded value
- 1000-step packed-decode drift test vs a beta-in-fp32 torch recurrence
(rel-L2 < 1e-4; measured 1.05e-7 after the fix, 1.4e-3 before)
Verified locally on CUDA in bf16 and fp16.
Fixes sgl-project#38975
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The GDN packed decode kernel and the GDN/KDA linear-replay decode kernel
rounded sigmoid(beta) through the activation dtype:
beta_val = tl.sigmoid(b_val).to(b.dtype.element_ty).to(tl.float32)
The rounded beta feeds the delta-rule update of the persistent SSM state,
so the rounding error enters the state once per decode step and accumulates
with context length: after 1000 decode steps the state rel-L2 vs a
beta-in-fp32 recurrence is ~1.6e-3, vs ~1e-7 with the round-trip removed.
The failure is silent -- outputs stay well-formed and per-op tolerances
stay green.
The same line was fixed in vLLM in vllm-project/vllm#53877 (the packed
decode kernel originated there; sglang#20627 imported it pre-fix) but was
never ported. Both sites now keep beta in fp32, matching what the KDA
packed decode kernel in the same file already does.
fused_recurrent_linear_replayssm.py:138 sits before the IS_KDA branch, so
this fixes both the GDN and KDA replay paths.
Regression tests:
- degenerate single-step checks for both kernels: with zero initial state
and unit inputs the stored state equals sigmoid(b) itself, so the state
pool reads the (non-)round-trip directly; asserted against the fp32
value and away from the activation-dtype-rounded value
- 1000-step packed-decode drift test vs a beta-in-fp32 torch recurrence
(assert rel-L2 < 1e-4; measured 1.05e-7 after the fix, 1.65e-3 before)
Verified locally on CUDA in bf16 and fp16.
Fixes sgl-project#38975
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Purpose
The packed GDN decode kernel loads
bin FP32 and computessigmoid(b)inFP32, but then rounds the result to the input dtype before converting it back to
FP32:
For BF16 inputs, this perturbs every recurrent state update and the error
compounds over long decode sequences. The standard fused sigmoid decode path
and the fused prefill preparation path keep beta in FP32.
This affects long-context accuracy for models in the Qwen3.5 through Qwen3.8
families when they use the packed GDN decode path. Because the recurrent state
is reused at every decode step, the beta rounding error accumulates with context
length and can eventually degrade generation accuracy and stability.
This change removes the unnecessary dtype round-trip, updates the existing
packed-vs-reference test to use an FP32 beta, and adds a focused regression test
with BF16 activations and an FP32 recurrent state. On the regression input, the
old kernel produces
0.62109375while the FP32 reference is0.62245935.The fix was first validated downstream in
flagos-ai/vllm-plugin-FL#385.
It is an implementation-level precision fix rather than an NVIDIA-specific
code path; H100 is the validation platform for this PR.
Duplicate-work check
I searched open vLLM PRs for
GDN beta fp32,packed decode precision, and theexact vulnerable sigmoid expression. I did not find an open PR addressing this
precision issue.
change beta precision.
decode kernel currently on
main.There is no linked issue because this fix was discussed directly with the
community before submission.
Test Plan
kernel and passes with this change.
steps with BF16 activations and both FP32 and BF16 recurrent states.
Test Result
Kernel tests
The new focused regression fails on the base commit with:
It passes with this change.
1000-step numerical comparison
Environment and shape:
B=1, H=16, HV=48, K=128, V=128The downstream serving regression reported in
flagos-ai/vllm-plugin-FL#385
also improved strict-loop incidence from 20/42 to 1/42 and answer closure from
8/42 to 39/42.
Static checks
All applicable hooks passed, including Ruff check/format, typos, mypy, SPDX,
and repository-specific validation hooks.
git diff --checkalso passed.AI assistance disclosure
OpenAI Codex was used to review the downstream patch, prepare the minimal
upstream change and regression test, run validation, and draft this PR
description. The human contributor directed the work and will review the final
diff and validation results before marking the PR ready for review.