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Purpose

Resolve #54681 by optimizing MiniMax-M3's fresh-per-layer ROCm decode indexer.
Performance evidence remains from the measured gfx950 TP4 BF16 path, while
kernel dispatch is independent of tensor-parallel world size and decode query
length.

This PR:

  • maps score work according to each request's real block count and shares an
    index-K tile across the configured decode-query tile;
  • fuses decode top-k selection, page-16 sparse-table construction, and sparse
    context-length output;
  • uses a capacity-sized direct selector for supported gfx950 MiniMax-M3 decode
    shapes and a deterministic score-descending/index-ascending total order;
  • preserves CUDA-graph replay, including completion-counter reset and
    pointer-distinct graph inputs; and
  • retains the existing scorer/selector fallback for unqualified architectures,
    dtypes, head dimensions, request counts, and selector capacities.

The scorer and selector have no TP or query-length opt-in flag: local index-head
counts 1, 2, and 4 and runtime/configured query-length variants use the same
optimized kernel path. The optional fused AITER sparse-table output remains a
single-local-head contract because that table has no head axis and the AITER
sparse-attention backend itself requires one local KV head. This does not
constrain the scorer/selector used with the Triton sparse-attention backend.

Scores and top-k are still recomputed on every sparse layer. This PR does not
change or use index_topk_freq, does not modify AITER, and does not require a
new AITER kernel.

Why this is not duplicate work

The duplicate-work searches required by AGENTS.md found no identical PR.
The related open changes take materially different paths:

The full comparison and coordination record is in #54681.

Test Plan

GPU correctness on the rebased branch:

HIP_VISIBLE_DEVICES=0 /home/amd/vllm/.venv/bin/python -m pytest \
  tests/kernels/attention/test_minimax_m3.py -v

Static validation:

/home/amd/vllm/.venv/bin/python -m py_compile \
  vllm/models/minimax_m3/amd/ops/index_topk.py \
  vllm/models/minimax_m3/common/indexer.py \
  tests/kernels/attention/test_minimax_m3.py

/home/amd/vllm/.venv/bin/pre-commit run --files \
  vllm/models/minimax_m3/amd/ops/index_topk.py \
  vllm/models/minimax_m3/common/indexer.py \
  tests/kernels/attention/test_minimax_m3.py

git diff --check upstream/main...HEAD

Serving and kernel performance use fully warmed TP4 servers with KV-cache
offloading disabled. Microbenchmarks validate exact outputs and graph replay
before timing, use balanced provider order, and report TP-rank maximum latency.

Test Result

  • MiniMax-M3 GPU kernel suite: 118 passed, 13 skipped in 63.85 seconds.
    This includes bitwise scorer parity and graph replay for local index-head
    counts 1/2/4 and runtime/max query-length pairs through (3, 5), plus
    multi-head selector total ordering, atomic-counter reset, and graph replay.
  • Scoped pre-commit hooks: passed.
  • Python compilation and git diff --check: passed.

No serving, GSM8K, or end-to-end performance sweep was rerun for the newly
enabled TP and query-length layouts. Instead, a direct gfx950 unit-style kernel
A/B compared the retained generic dispatch with the generalized fast dispatch
for the complete CUDA-graph-captured minimax_m3_index_decode device sequence.
All 12 cases produced exactly equal top-k indices, reset their completion
counters, passed pointer-distinct graph replay, and improved at the median:

TP equivalent Local index heads Requests Query/max query len Generic (us) Fast (us) Paired gain
4 1 1 1/1 29.503 26.365 10.69%
4 1 8 1/4 46.691 30.596 34.39%
4 1 9 4/4 77.917 29.864 61.65%
4 1 11 3/5 187.033 69.758 62.70%
2 2 1 1/1 33.332 32.183 3.45%
2 2 8 1/4 47.083 32.319 31.40%
2 2 9 4/4 79.814 31.504 60.52%
2 2 11 3/5 171.050 71.573 58.16%
1 4 1 1/1 29.244 26.331 9.96%
1 4 8 1/4 47.240 31.898 32.46%
1 4 9 4/4 69.369 31.061 55.25%
1 4 11 3/5 255.786 77.660 69.63%

Timing used 512 alternating warmup pairs and 32 balanced AB/BA samples of 200
graph replays with HIP-backed device events. Compilation, allocation, capture,
and host dispatch were excluded. The narrowest case reproduced at 3.36% in a
separate process. The serving performance and model-evaluation results below
remain the existing TP4 evidence for the optimized implementation.

Fully warmed strict same-session AgentX A/B, full-response ITL:

Concurrency Baseline (ms) Candidate (ms) Improvement
1 4.132963 3.726872 9.826%
5 4.161371 3.738317 10.166%
10 5.043531 4.373850 13.278%
15 4.752461 4.075057 14.254%

Each concurrency currently has one conditioned pair. These serving numbers
were collected on the pre-rebase final candidate 5678bb1a68 against
1dc464d426; they will be reconfirmed on this rebased draft before it is
marked ready.

Graph-real request-balanced scorer median improvements at c1/c5/c10/c15 were
10.724%, 11.108%, 29.549%, and 58.095%. An independent binary repeat of
the capacity-sized selector measured 8.30%, 7.88%, 5.94%, and 37.42%.

Model evaluation

Fully warmed five-shot GSM8K, 1,319 examples per run:

  • fresh baseline: 1254 strict / 1253 flexible;
  • candidate repetition 1: 1247 strict / 1246 flexible;
  • candidate repetition 2: 1252 strict / 1251 flexible.

Against the baseline, exact paired McNemar p-values were 0.4638 and 0.8804.
The result is aggregate-aligned in these runs, but exact-output equivalence and
formal non-inferiority are not claimed. The same candidate commit changed 53
document grades between independent sessions, so both repetitions are
reported rather than selecting the favorable one.

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OpenAI Codex assisted with implementation, benchmarks, validation,
duplicate-work research, and this description.

  • The human submitter has reviewed every changed line and can defend the
    change end-to-end.
  • The warmed serving A/B has been reconfirmed on the rebased head.

This PR remains a draft until both items are complete.


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  • No documentation update is required for this internal optimized path.

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Use measured gfx950 TP4 score budgets and an adaptive fused selector while preserving the deployed fallback for unqualified shapes.

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@mergify mergify Bot added minimax rocm Related to AMD ROCm labels Sep 1, 2026
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Remove the TP4 opt-in and query-length policy gates from the balanced scorer and adaptive selector. Extend kernel coverage across local index-head and decode-query layouts, including graph replay and atomic reset.

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All of these are NITs really .. one thing that I wanted to ask is I know that after a launch we need to synchronize, but I thought that this was done implicitly aka without the need to explicitly define it after the launch (at least in Python) -- from 1 to 10 how wrong am I? 😅

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Do you mind running some accuracy eval (e2e) for reasoning benchmark?

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Do you mind running some accuracy eval (e2e) for reasoning benchmark?

post the reasoning result in #54845

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@zyongye @tjtanaa mind help triggering CIs?

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✅ Triggered Buildkite CI #86993 for commit b2f63eb0ecea.

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✅ Triggered Buildkite CI #87014 for commit 1b15090f28a8.

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Increase the gfx950 BF16 decode score grid for c20-c64 and use the measured two-wave, one-stage launch configuration. Preserve the existing fallback outside that contract and add bitwise graph-replay coverage at the policy boundaries.

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  • New Features

    • Added an optimized ROCm/AMD sparse-attention path for MiniMax M3 decode workloads.
    • Added fused top-k selection and sparse block-table generation for decoding.
    • Added support for stable decode state during repeated executions and graph replay.
  • Performance

    • Improved launch scheduling and workload balancing on AMD gfx950 hardware.
    • Reduced sparse paged-attention overhead by combining related decode operations.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved handling of padded rows, zero-length sequences, and sparse-attention page tables.

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The AMD MiniMax M3 decode path adds gfx950-aware score policies, balanced scoring, and fused top-k selection. The indexer can emit sparse block tables with completion-counter synchronization. AITER sparse attention reuses these tables during decode. ROCm tests cover correctness and CUDA-graph replay.

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ROCm MiniMax M3 decode optimization

Layer / File(s) Summary
Balanced decode score dispatch
vllm/models/minimax_m3/amd/ops/index_topk.py, tests/kernels/attention/test_minimax_m3.py
Adds gfx950-aware launch policies and balanced score mapping. Tests verify coverage, parity, NaN handling, graph replay, and pointer stability.
Fused decode top-k selection
vllm/models/minimax_m3/amd/ops/index_topk.py, vllm/models/minimax_m3/common/indexer.py, tests/kernels/attention/test_minimax_m3.py
Replaces split top-k launches with an adaptive fused kernel. The kernel uses packed keys, completion counters, deterministic ordering, and optional sparse-table output.
Sparse table construction contracts
vllm/models/minimax_m3/amd/ops/sparse_pa.py, vllm/models/minimax_m3/common/indexer.py, vllm/models/minimax_m3/amd/ops/index_topk.py
Exposes allocation and page-stride helpers. Adds fused-output validation and supports prebuilt decode sparse tables.
AMD model attention wiring
vllm/models/minimax_m3/amd/model.py, vllm/models/minimax_m3/amd/sparse_attention_msa.py, tests/kernels/attention/test_minimax_m3.py
Passes fused decode sparse tables and page-stride metadata into AITER sparse paged attention. Tests compare fused and separately constructed tables.

Estimated code review effort: 5 (Critical) | ~120 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to f4558

This update clarifies decode-score policy naming and descriptions without changing dispatch or kernel behavior. No current merge-readiness risk remains.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant MiniMaxM3SparseAttention
  participant MiniMaxM3Indexer
  participant minimax_m3_index_decode
  participant MiniMaxM3SparseAiterPAImpl
  participant minimax_m3_sparse_attn_decode_aiter
  MiniMaxM3SparseAttention->>MiniMaxM3Indexer: request decode top-k and sparse-table outputs
  MiniMaxM3Indexer->>minimax_m3_index_decode: launch fused ROCm decode
  minimax_m3_index_decode-->>MiniMaxM3Indexer: return top-k and sparse tables
  MiniMaxM3SparseAttention->>MiniMaxM3SparseAiterPAImpl: pass decode sparse table
  MiniMaxM3SparseAiterPAImpl->>minimax_m3_sparse_attn_decode_aiter: run sparse decode with prebuilt tables
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tests/kernels/attention/test_minimax_m3.py (1)

1290-1290: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Use the shared seeder in the remaining two new tests. Lines 237 and 1105 now call set_random_seed(0) per earlier review feedback, but two other new tests still call torch.manual_seed(0). set_random_seed also seeds random, numpy, and all accelerator devices, so the two remaining sites seed less state than the rest of the file.

  • tests/kernels/attention/test_minimax_m3.py#L1290-L1290: replace torch.manual_seed(0) with set_random_seed(0) in test_amd_decode_index_topk_end_to_end.
  • tests/kernels/attention/test_minimax_m3.py#L1989-L1989: replace torch.manual_seed(0) with set_random_seed(0) in test_amd_decode_fused_topk_emits_sparse_table.
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In `@tests/kernels/attention/test_minimax_m3.py` at line 1290, Replace
torch.manual_seed(0) with set_random_seed(0) in
test_amd_decode_index_topk_end_to_end at
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test_amd_decode_fused_topk_emits_sparse_table at lines 1989-1989, so both tests
use the shared seeding behavior.
vllm/models/minimax_m3/amd/ops/index_topk.py (1)

561-600: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Consider sharing one scoring body between the two decode score kernels.

_decode_index_score_mapped_range duplicates the per-block scoring loop of _decode_index_score_kernel (Lines 461-495), including the BLOCK_SIZE_HQ == 1 GEMV special case, the init/local forced scores, and the masked store. The two copies must stay bitwise identical, and the parity test at tests/kernels/attention/test_minimax_m3.py Lines 189-471 exists only to detect drift between them.

Call _decode_index_score_mapped_range from _decode_index_score_kernel after it computes chunk_start_block and the chunk width. That removes the second copy and keeps one numerical definition.

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In `@vllm/models/minimax_m3/amd/ops/index_topk.py` around lines 561 - 600,
Refactor _decode_index_score_kernel to call _decode_index_score_mapped_range
after computing chunk_start_block and the chunk width, passing the existing
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In `@tests/kernels/attention/test_minimax_m3.py`:
- Line 1290: Replace torch.manual_seed(0) with set_random_seed(0) in
test_amd_decode_index_topk_end_to_end at
tests/kernels/attention/test_minimax_m3.py lines 1290-1290 and
test_amd_decode_fused_topk_emits_sparse_table at lines 1989-1989, so both tests
use the shared seeding behavior.

In `@vllm/models/minimax_m3/amd/ops/index_topk.py`:
- Around line 561-600: Refactor _decode_index_score_kernel to call
_decode_index_score_mapped_range after computing chunk_start_block and the chunk
width, passing the existing scoring inputs and bounds. Remove its duplicated
per-block scoring loop, including the BLOCK_SIZE_HQ == 1 path, init/local score
overrides, masking, and store logic, while preserving the current behavior
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Fangzhou-Ai and others added 2 commits September 3, 2026 17:38
Rename the generic split-K launch policy and default grid constant so the optimized high-concurrency branch is not described as a fallback. No dispatch or kernel behavior changes.

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