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WalkthroughAdds a configurable QSA tile-union prefill path for Qwen4 experimental attention. The change adds Triton kernels, eligibility and layout helpers, indexer integration, warmup support, environment controls, shared metadata, and CUDA tests against split-K attention. ChangesQSA tile-union prefill
Estimated code review effort: 5 (Critical) | ~120 minutes Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to The new SM121 prefill path is generally mergeable, but some forced configurations may fail during kernel compilation rather than falling back, and layout reuse lacks a regression-sensitive test. These bounded issues should be addressed or explicitly accepted. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Qwen4ExpQSAAttention
participant QSAIndexer
participant qsa_sparse_paged_attention
participant qsa_tile_union_attention
Qwen4ExpQSAAttention->>QSAIndexer: request block selection into workspace
QSAIndexer->>Qwen4ExpQSAAttention: return pre-expansion selection
Qwen4ExpQSAAttention->>qsa_sparse_paged_attention: pass tile-union inputs
qsa_sparse_paged_attention->>qsa_tile_union_attention: dispatch eligible prefill batch
qsa_tile_union_attention->>Qwen4ExpQSAAttention: return attention output
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- Around line 296-301: Update the padding logic in the tile-union kernel to
create the pad range with a power-of-two upper bound, while limiting stores to
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297-302: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
tl.arangestill receives a non-power-of-two length.
Nistriton.next_power_of_2(R * block_topk)andEisblock_topk, soN - R * Eis not a power of two in general. Triton requires a power-of-two range fortl.arange. Use a power-of-two range and mask the store.🐛 Proposed fix
if N > R * E: - pad = tl.arange(0, N - R * E) + pad = tl.arange(0, N) tl.store( packed_ptr + tile * stride_packed + R * E + pad, - tl.full((N - R * E,), _TILE_UNION_SENTINEL, tl.int32), + tl.full((N,), _TILE_UNION_SENTINEL, tl.int32), + mask=pad < N - R * E, )🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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295-295: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low valueDerive the row-bit shifts from
_TILE_UNION_ROW_BITS.The pack kernel hardcodes
<< 3and the build kernel hardcodes// 8and% 8, while_TILE_UNION_ROW_BITSdocuments the same layout. A change to the constant would silently break the packed key. Pass the shift as atl.constexprargument, or reference atl.constexprmodule global for the divisor.Also applies to: 343-344
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In `@vllm/models/qwen4_exp/nvidia/ops/qsa_tile_union.py`:
- Around line 297-302: Update the padding branch around the tl.arange call so
the range length is a power of two, then mask the tl.store to write only the
actual N - R * E padding elements. Preserve the existing sentinel value and
destination offset, and avoid invoking tl.arange with the non-power-of-two
remainder.
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In `@vllm/models/qwen4_exp/nvidia/ops/qsa_tile_union.py`:
- Line 295: Update the pack and build kernels around the key encoding to derive
the row-bit shift, divisor, and remainder from _TILE_UNION_ROW_BITS instead of
hardcoded 3, 8, and 8 values. Use a tl.constexpr argument or module-level
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| assert int(tile_row0[0]) == 0 and int(tile_request[0]) == 0 | ||
| shared = dataclasses.replace(case.inputs, layout=layout) | ||
| expected = case.run(tile_union=False) | ||
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Verify that the supplied layout is used.
Line 289 only compares outputs. The test also passes if the attention path ignores inputs.layout and recalculates the layout. After line 284 creates layout, replace tile_union.qsa_tile_union_layout with a function that raises. The call with shared must still complete.
Proposed test change
-def test_tile_union_shared_layout(tile_union_forced) -> None:
+def test_tile_union_shared_layout(
+ monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, tile_union_forced
+) -> None:
...
layout = tile_union.qsa_tile_union_layout(
case.query_start_loc, case.num_rows, case.num_requests, 2
)
...
shared = dataclasses.replace(case.inputs, layout=layout)
+ def layout_must_not_recompute(*args, **kwargs):
+ raise AssertionError("supplied layout was ignored")
+
+ monkeypatch.setattr(
+ tile_union, "qsa_tile_union_layout", layout_must_not_recompute
+ )
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In `@tests/models/qwen4_exp/test_qsa_tile_union.py` at line 289, Strengthen the
test around the `layout` created near line 284 by replacing
`tile_union.qsa_tile_union_layout` with a raising stub before invoking
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345-346: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low valueDerive the packed-key shift from
_TILE_UNION_ROW_BITS.
_TILE_UNION_ROW_BITSbuilds_SENTINEL_VALUE, but the kernels hardcode the same width as<< 3(line 295),// 8and% 8. A future change to_TILE_UNION_ROW_BITSwould move the sentinel without moving the kernel arithmetic.Expose the derived divisor as a constexpr module global, as already done for
_TILE_UNION_SENTINEL_BLOCK, and use it in all three places.♻️ Proposed refactor
_TILE_UNION_SENTINEL_BLOCK = tl.constexpr(_SENTINEL_BLOCK_VALUE) _TILE_UNION_SENTINEL = tl.constexpr(_SENTINEL_VALUE) +_TILE_UNION_ROW_STRIDE = tl.constexpr(1 << _TILE_UNION_ROW_BITS)- blk = packed // 8 - r = packed % 8 + blk = packed // _TILE_UNION_ROW_STRIDE + r = packed % _TILE_UNION_ROW_STRIDE- keys = tl.where(ids >= 0, (ids << 3) | r, _TILE_UNION_SENTINEL) + keys = tl.where( + ids >= 0, (ids * _TILE_UNION_ROW_STRIDE) | r, _TILE_UNION_SENTINEL + )🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@vllm/models/qwen4_exp/nvidia/ops/qsa_tile_union.py`:
- Around line 451-452: Update qsa_tile_union_eligible and warmup_qsa_tile_union
to validate the derived tl.dot dimensions M = R * GP and BN = BNB * CR before
compilation, rejecting configurations where either is below 16. Ensure runtime
eligibility receives the query head count or computed group size needed for the
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compiling an invalid _qsa_tile_union_attn_kernel.
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In `@vllm/models/qwen4_exp/nvidia/ops/qsa_tile_union.py`:
- Around line 345-346: Derive a constexpr module-level divisor/shift value from
_TILE_UNION_ROW_BITS, alongside _TILE_UNION_SENTINEL_BLOCK, and replace the
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Does Triton tl.dot require all input tile dimensions to be at least 16?
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Yes, Triton tl.dot generally requires input tile dimensions to be at least 16 [1][2][3][4]. When using tl.dot, Triton enforces a constraint that the non-batch dimensions of the input tiles must be 16 or greater [1][2][4]. Attempts to use dimensions smaller than this typically result in an AssertionError during kernel compilation (e.g., "All non-batch values... must be >= 16!") [1][2][3]. This constraint exists primarily because the implementation of tl.dot is highly optimized for specific hardware instructions (such as Tensor Cores/WGMMA) that rely on fixed, block-based data layouts [5][1][6][4]. Because the compiler and backend heuristics are often designed around these standard tile sizes, dimensions smaller than 16 can lead to issues in the underlying layout conversions or instruction selection, such as division-by-zero errors in the compiler or the inability to effectively utilize the required hardware-specific acceleration paths [4]. If your workload requires dimensions smaller than 16, common workarounds include padding the tensors to meet the minimum size requirement or using masking to handle the valid portion of the computation [1][6].
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- 1: GitHub issue 2266 in triton-lang/triton (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
- 2: GitHub issue 4197 in triton-lang/triton (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
- 3: GitHub issue 8426 in triton-lang/triton (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
- 4: GitHub issue 4230 in triton-lang/triton (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
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- 6: GitHub issue 2266 in openai/triton (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
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Guard the tl.dot tile dimensions before compilation.
_qsa_tile_union_attn_kernel uses M = R * GP and BN = BNB * CR as tl.dot dimensions. Triton requires these non-batch dimensions to be at least 16. qsa_tile_union_eligible does not check them, and warmup_qsa_tile_union uses the same unchecked values. Forced configurations can therefore fail during Triton compilation instead of falling back to split-K.
Reject M < 16 or BN < 16 during warmup. Pass the query head count or computed group size to qsa_tile_union_eligible if runtime eligibility must enforce the same check.
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In `@vllm/models/qwen4_exp/nvidia/ops/qsa_tile_union.py` around lines 451 - 452,
Update qsa_tile_union_eligible and warmup_qsa_tile_union to validate the derived
tl.dot dimensions M = R * GP and BN = BNB * CR before compilation, rejecting
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Data point from a different shape than the PR was tuned on, in case it is useful for deciding the default. Setup: 2× DGX Spark (GB10, sm_121) as one TP=2 + EP pair over RoCE, Prefill wall time (same prompts, same box, back-to-back runs; "cold" = no prefix hit, two rounds each):
Decode (k=5) 57–62 tok/s on both, acceptance 0.71 on both. Correctness identical: 145-case strict tool gate 0/145 (thinking on/off), 100 simultaneous-prefill requests clean, NIAH at 131K/307K correct. So on this shape the union path is a wash within run-to-run noise (the 295K row is at most −4 %, and the two rounds straddle the base). Possibly relevant differences from the tuning setup: TP=2 halves the head groups per rank, prefill is chunked at 8192 tokens, and the weights are NVFP4 so the sparse-attention share of prefill time is smaller than in BF16/FP8. If you would like other tile configs tried ( |
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…ill on SM121 Consecutive prefill query rows select nearly the same compressed blocks (Jaccard ~0.9 at 8k context), yet the split-K QSA kernel gathers each row's selection on its own and runs the GQA dot at M = one head group. This adds a tile-union prefill path: R consecutive rows of one request form a tile, the kernel iterates the union of their selected blocks, gathers each block once, and applies a per-row membership mask inside the online softmax; every row still attends exactly its own selection. Prefill only (use_prefill_config), decode and spec-decode keep the split-K kernel. Enabled by default on SM121 (the part it is tuned on: R=2, BN=32, 4 warps, gate 1024 rows / 64 rows per prefill request), measured on a DGX Spark against the same branch with the path disabled: TTFT -2.8% at 7.5k tokens, -1.7% at 29k, mixed-request batches the same, decode and warm turns unchanged. VLLM_QSA_TILE_UNION=1 forces the SM121 tile on any device, "R,BNB,warps,min_rows[,min_rows_per_request]" an explicit one (bring-up), 0 disables. Dataflow: the owner decides eligibility from host metadata before the indexer runs; the indexer writes the compact selection into a per-device workspace and skips the expansion for eligible batches (except for layers the MTP proposer marks as reusing their expanded rows); a row -> tile layout is built once per forward from query_start_loc and shared by all QSA layers (tiles never straddle requests); a fused pack kernel, torch.sort, an in-place build kernel (physical block bases, membership, count, physical tails) and the attention kernel follow. All three kernels are warmed through the existing Qwen4Exp QSA warmup hook. RFC: vllm-project#55394 Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com> Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_011SuBgdp87NbfLbiigmzn1z Signed-off-by: Jürgen Schmied <juergenschmied70@gmail.com>
Single and multi-request batches (odd lengths, a 1-row request, requests at the per-request gate), zero-length requests, padding rows past query_start_loc[-1] in both the synthetic and the production shape, a one-page context with padded selections, invalid-request rows at request boundaries, the gate (decode rows, small and fragmented batches, env off raise), config parsing/validation, static and tensor contracts, the shared per-forward layout, warmup, production dtypes with a spy asserting the path executed, and a negative control proving the tolerance has power. Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com> Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_011SuBgdp87NbfLbiigmzn1z Signed-off-by: Jürgen Schmied <juergenschmied70@gmail.com>
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Implements RFC #55394.
Summary
In prefill, consecutive query rows of Qwen3.8-Flash-Next select nearly the same compressed blocks (Jaccard ~0.9 at 8k), yet the split-K QSA kernel gathers every row's selection on its own and runs the GQA dot at M = one head group. This PR adds a tile-union prefill path: R consecutive rows of one request form a tile, the kernel iterates the union of the tile's selected blocks, gathers each block once, and applies a per-row membership mask inside the online softmax. Every row still attends exactly its own selection; results match the split-K kernel up to summation order.
Enabled by default on SM121 only (the part it is tuned on).
VLLM_QSA_TILE_UNION=1forces the SM121 tile on any device,R,BNB,warps,min_rows[,min_rows_per_request]forces an explicit tile for bring-up elsewhere,0disables. No behaviour change for other GPUs, no persistent memory there.Baseline
The branch is based on main 8369aff, which already includes #54873 (the valid-count-bounded split-K kernel and its prefill tuning; 31a8a26 is 36 commits below the base). Every number below is the tile-union path against that kernel on the same branch — an incremental improvement over #54873, not over the kernel it replaced. The two attack different redundancies: #54873 prunes the padded part of each row's selection, the tile-union shares one gather between neighbouring rows and runs the dot at M = 32 instead of 16; at contexts above the sparse budget every row's selection is full and #54873's pruning has nothing left to prune, which is where the union's gain is measured.
Measured (GB10 / DGX Spark, sm_121, TP1, this branch vs the same branch with the path disabled, two server starts per arm, medians of three, prefix caching off,
--max-num-batched-tokens 4096)Kernel-level on captured selections against #54873's kernel: 1.50× on an 8k chunk and 1.42× on a 7.5k-context chunk (whole path incl. the union build;
tools/qsa_three_way.py); in situ under the torch profiler the attention kernel is 1.45× (11.0 → 7.6 ms per call) with 0.15 ms of host-side idle per call.Design
ops/qsa_tile_union.py: config/dispatch table, host-side eligibility (metadata only, no device reads), row → tile layout fromquery_start_loc(tiles never straddle requests; computed once per forward and shared by all QSA layers), a fused pack kernel (block ids → sort keys),torch.sort, a build kernel that rewrites the sorted keys in place into physical token bases + int8 membership + count and resolves the causal tails, and the attention kernel (union pass + tail pass in one online softmax; no block-table reads).block_indices_outreceives the selection before expansion (one workspace per device shared by all layers);expand=Falseskips the expansion for eligible batches, except for layers the MTP proposer marks as reusing their expanded rows (reuses_selection).num_tokens(both kernels write every row, invalid ones as zeros).Tests
tests/models/qwen4_exp/test_qsa_tile_union.py(14 cases, CUDA): single and multi-request batches with odd lengths and a 1-row request, zero-length requests, padding rows pastquery_start_loc[-1](both synthetic and production-shaped:token_to_req0, position −1, ids −1), a one-page context with padded selections, invalid-request rows at request boundaries, the gate (decode rows, small batch, fragmented batch, env off → error), config parsing and validation, static/tensor contracts, the shared layout, warmup, production dtypes (int64 positions) with a spy asserting the path executed, and a negative control proving the tolerance has power (one swapped block per row moves the output by > 0.05).On the RFC feedback (@gau-nernst)
use_prefill_config; decode and spec-decode rows never see it (batches with decode rows are ineligible and stay on the split-K kernel).logical_positions,query_start_loc,num_decode_tokens,num_prefillscome from the QSA forward metadata; the compact selection comes from the indexer's top-k output before expansion (a per-device workspace), which is not in the metadata today.query_start_locand never straddle requests; measured with two concurrent prompts above and tested with uneven, 1-row and zero-length requests.Not in this PR (follow-ups, in the RFC)
Tiles for batches mixing decode and prefill rows; tuning on SM120 / SM100 / SM90 (the override collects it; table entries need measurements); keys-only segmented sort; skipping the expansion for MTP-reused layers (needs the compact selection to follow the compaction lifecycle).
The code and this description were written with AI assistance (Claude); all measurements were run by me on the hardware named, and I reviewed every line.
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