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…ntized DS-MLA (fp8-ds-mla-nope-sm90 2.1+2.2) head_size=512 (rope-free NoPE models) is only accepted when the kv-cache dtype is a quantized DS-MLA packed format (fp8_ds_mla/nvfp4_ds_mla); the model attention layer serves it via a zero-padded 576/656B envelope with bf16-zero rope bytes [640:768]. bf16/auto NoPE-512 keeps flowing to the FlashInfer/TRITON backends unchanged. Refs openspec change fp8-ds-mla-nope-sm90 Signed-off-by: Leoyzen <leoyzen@gmail.com>
…LA caches (fp8-ds-mla-nope-sm90 3.1+3.2) Shared helper nope_zero_rope_pad in mla_attention.py: when qk_rope_head_dim == 0 and the effective KV dtype is a quantized DS-MLA packed format served by FLASHMLA_SPARSE, MLAAttention promotes its rope dims to the fixed 576/656B geometry and MultiHeadLatentAttentionWrapper's forward injects zero q_pe [T, H, 64] (cat, mirrors the rope>0 path) and a persistent bf16-zero k_pe [T, 1, 64] workspace buffer (re-zeroed per step, CUDA-graph capture stable) ahead of concat_and_cache_mla, so the csrc asserts (kv_lora_rank == 512, pe_dim == 64, 656B row) pass unchanged. rope_dim > 0 model paths are untouched. Refs openspec change fp8-ds-mla-nope-sm90 Signed-off-by: Leoyzen <leoyzen@gmail.com>
…a NoPE-512 (fp8-ds-mla-nope-sm90 4.1) In the SM90 sparse-MLA priority tail, when head_size == 512 and the kv-cache dtype is fp8_ds_mla, order FLASHMLA_SPARSE (packed 656B path with decode LSE for DCP/MTP) ahead of FLASHINFER_MLA_SPARSE_SM90. Plain fp8 keeps selecting FlashInfer (stopgap preserved, no silent dtype reinterpretation); bf16/auto and head_size == 576 priorities are unchanged. Refs openspec change fp8-ds-mla-nope-sm90 Signed-off-by: Leoyzen <leoyzen@gmail.com>
…e runtime layers (fp8-ds-mla-nope-sm90) The NoPE zero-padded-rope shim promotes the rope dim on the MLAAttention layer (kv_lora_rank 512, rope 0 -> padded 576/656B envelope), but SparseMLACommonMetadataBuilder still derived its MLA dims from the raw HF config, allocating the chunked-prefill workspace 512 rows wide. On the fp8_ds_mla context-gather path (cp_gather_and_upconvert_fp8_kv_cache, called from MLACommonImpl._compute_prefill_context) the csrc reads head_dim from the workspace row width and asserts 576, so GLM-5.3-Flash NoPE + fp8_ds_mla on FLASHMLA_SPARSE crashed at cache_kernels.cu:1669 on the first chunked prefill. Derive the builder's mla_dims from the instantiated layers in the static forward context (mirroring MLACommonMetadataBuilder), so the workspace follows the promoted 576 geometry. Raw-config dims are unchanged for every other model (rope>0 and bf16 NoPE paths read the same values from both sources). Zero csrc; zero cache-geometry changes (656B row width was always state_content_bytes-driven). Updates the dcp_direct_a2a_lse_reduce builder test to mock the layer dims on the forward-context layer instead of the (now unused) get_mla_dims hook. Refs openspec change fp8-ds-mla-nope-sm90 (bugfix on 4fcc182) Signed-off-by: Leoyzen <leoyzen@gmail.com>
…te, kernel-equivalence, ragged batch (fp8-ds-mla-nope-sm90 5.1-5.4) - Backend-selection matrix (CPU-eligible): NoPE-512 accepted only for quantized DS-MLA formats; bf16/auto/plain-fp8 keep flowing to FlashInfer/TRITON; 576 unchanged for every dtype. SM90 priority tests pin (512, fp8_ds_mla) -> FlashMLA sparse ahead of FlashInfer SM90, plain fp8/bf16 routings unchanged (skips where the CUDA platform module is unavailable, e.g. non-CUDA hosts). - Cache-write: shim's zero k_pe -> concat_and_cache_mla (fp8_ds_mla) passes the csrc asserts unchanged; rope bytes [640:768] of every 656B row are bf16 zero; NoPE bytes match per-128-block fp8 quantization reference (GPU, auto-skipped without CUDA). - Kernel-equivalence: padded-envelope fp8 vs bf16 NoPE-512 reference within fp8 block-quant noise, with a garbage-rope control proving the test has teeth (GPU, auto-skipped without CUDA/FlashMLA). - Ragged mixed-batch: kpool>1 valid counts incl. 0 and 1 with -1 tails; outputs finite, all-invalid rows neutralize to (0, -inf) per the DCP merge contract (GPU, auto-skipped without CUDA). Refs openspec change fp8-ds-mla-nope-sm90 Signed-off-by: Leoyzen <leoyzen@gmail.com>
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WalkthroughChangesNoPE MLA models using quantized DS-MLA caches now use a zero-padded rope envelope. MLA dimensions come from instantiated layers. FlashMLA and SM90 backend selection support the new geometry, with tests covering routing, cache writes, outputs, and ragged batches. NoPE padding runtime
Geometry and backend routing
Runtime and backend validation
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participant ModelAttention
participant MLAForward
participant ZeroRopePad
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ModelAttention->>MLAForward: execute NoPE MLA forward
MLAForward->>ZeroRopePad: pad q and replace k_pe
ZeroRopePad-->>MLAForward: zero-padded tensors
MLAForward->>FlashMLASparse: run attention with 576/656B envelope
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In `@tests/v1/attention/test_flashmla_nope_sm90_fp8_ds_mla.py`:
- Around line 293-294: Update the convert_indices mock used by
FlashMLASparseImpl._forward_fp8_kv_mixed_batch to return local_indices directly
instead of accessing kwargs["output"], while preserving the existing mocked
index values for the ragged-row assertions.
- Line 238: Update the softmax dimension in the reference probability
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Change the torch.softmax call for ref_probs to use the last dimension (dim=-1),
preserving the existing einsum output and attention semantics.
In `@vllm/model_executor/layers/mla.py`:
- Line 228: Guard the rotary embedding call in MultiHeadLatentAttentionWrapper
around nope_zero_rope_pad so it is skipped when the original qk_rope_head_dim is
zero, even if skip_rope is false; alternatively ensure rotary_emb is None for
that configuration. Add a regression test covering NoPE fp8_ds_mla with
skip_rope=False.
In `@vllm/platforms/cuda.py`:
- Line 151: Update the SM90 fp8_ds_mla sparse backend ordering in the branch
containing sparse_tail.insert so it returns FLASHMLA_SPARSE,
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| ref_scores = ( | ||
| torch.einsum("xhd,wd->xhw", q_latent.float(), kv_c.float()) * softmax_scale | ||
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Normalize reference scores across cache tokens.
ref_scores has shape [query_token, head, cache_token] from torch.einsum("xhd,wd->xhw", ...). dim=1 normalizes across heads, not cache tokens. Use dim=-1 so the reference matches attention semantics.
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| ref_probs = torch.softmax(ref_scores, dim=1) | |
| ref_probs = torch.softmax(ref_scores, dim=-1) |
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In `@tests/v1/attention/test_flashmla_nope_sm90_fp8_ds_mla.py` at line 238, Update
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| def convert_indices(*args, **kwargs): # noqa: ARG001 | ||
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Return the mocked converted indices directly.
FlashMLASparseImpl._forward_fp8_kv_mixed_batch does not pass an output keyword argument. The mock raises KeyError at kwargs["output"] before the ragged-row assertions run. Return local_indices as the converter contract requires a tensor in this call.
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| def convert_indices(*args, **kwargs): # noqa: ARG001 | |
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In `@tests/v1/attention/test_flashmla_nope_sm90_fp8_ds_mla.py` around lines 293 -
294, Update the convert_indices mock used by
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| q, kv_c_normed, k_pe = nope_zero_rope_pad(q, kv_c_normed, k_pe) |
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Skip rotary embedding when the RoPE dimension is zero.
When qk_rope_head_dim == 0 and skip_rope=False, get_rope creates a rotary module with head_size=0. On the fp8_ds_mla path, nope_zero_rope_pad changes the query and key tensors to 64-wide tensors, then MultiHeadLatentAttentionWrapper passes them to that module. Its forward_static reshape uses head_size=0 and cannot process these tensors. Guard the rotary call with the original qk_rope_head_dim != 0, or set rotary_emb=None for the zero-RoPE configuration. Add a regression test for NoPE fp8_ds_mla with skip_rope=False.
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In `@vllm/model_executor/layers/mla.py` at line 228, Guard the rotary embedding
call in MultiHeadLatentAttentionWrapper around nope_zero_rope_pad so it is
skipped when the original qk_rope_head_dim is zero, even if skip_rope is false;
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| # kv_cache_dtype in mla_attention.py, which only promotes | ||
| # fp8 -> fp8_ds_mla for FLASHMLA_SPARSE). | ||
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Reorder the SM90 fp8_ds_mla sparse backends.
This branch returns [FLASH_ATTN_MLA_SPARSE, FLASHMLA_SPARSE, FLASHINFER_MLA_SPARSE_SM90], so FLASH_ATTN_MLA_SPARSE remains ahead of FLASHMLA_SPARSE. The backend-selection test therefore fails when the CUDA platform imports. Return [FLASHMLA_SPARSE, FLASHINFER_MLA_SPARSE_SM90, FLASH_ATTN_MLA_SPARSE] for this case.
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In `@vllm/platforms/cuda.py` at line 151, Update the SM90 fp8_ds_mla sparse
backend ordering in the branch containing sparse_tail.insert so it returns
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Enables
fp8_ds_mlaKV cache for rope-free NoPE sparse-MLA models (qk_rope_head_dim=0, head_dim 512, e.g. GLM-5.3-Flash) on SM90/Hopper via the FlashMLA sparse backend, served through a zero-padded 576/656B envelope.Today on H200, GLM-5.3-Flash must either use bf16 KV (~2x memory) or the plain per-tensor-fp8
FLASHINFER_MLA_SPARSE_SM90backend, which returns no LSE and therefore cannot run DCP (decode context parallel) or compose with the MTP fused-draft path. The only SM90 sparse-MLA backend withfp8_ds_mlasupport (FLASHMLA_SPARSE, #47090) hard-rejects head_dim 512 because the FlashMLA kernels assume the fixed 576 geometry.Approach: keep the 656B packed row layout unchanged and zero-pad the rope section:
q_peis zero-padded to 64 dims. Since RoPE is baked into the cache at write time,q_pe · 0 = 0exactly in IEEE arithmetic — the padding contributes nothing to any logit. This was verified end-to-end with a standalone kernel probe on H20 (SM90): output rel-err vs a bf16 NoPE-512 reference matches the fp8 block-quant noise floor (~2.5e-2), and a garbage-rope control diverges, proving the test has teeth.FLASHMLA_SPARSE.get_supported_head_sizes()→[576, 512];supports_combinationaccepts 512 only for quantized DS-MLA dtypes (fp8_ds_mla/nvfp4_ds_mla), so bf16 NoPE-512 traffic keeps flowing to the FlashInfer/TRITON backends.mla_attention.pypromotes the rope dims of rope-free MLA layers to the padded 576 geometry when the effective KV dtype is quantized DS-MLA onFLASHMLA_SPARSE, emitting persistent zero buffers (CUDA-graph capture stable). Models with rope dims > 0 are untouched.SparseMLACommonMetadataBuildernow derives its MLA dims from the instantiated runtime layers instead of the raw HF config, so the chunked-prefill workspace is sized from the promoted (576) geometry — without this,cp_gather_and_upconvert_fp8_kv_cacheassertshead_dim must be 576(found in e2e).fp8_ds_mla+ head_size 512 now prefersFLASHMLA_SPARSEoverFLASHINFER_MLA_SPARSE_SM90; plainfp8keeps FlashInfer as the documented stopgap (the two fp8 flavors remain distinguishable, no silent dtype reinterpretation).No csrc changes; no cache geometry changes. The existing 576 traffic (DeepSeek family) is bit-identical. DCP mixed-batch LSE merge, MTP spec-decode reshape plumbing and CUDA-graph capture behavior are inherited unchanged (shapes and kernels are identical to the 576 path).
Memory tradeoff (honest accounting): 656B/token vs a hypothetical "true NoPE fp8" 528B = +24% KV footprint; vs bf16 1152B/token it is still a 43% reduction. No SM90 kernel consumes a 512-only packed fp8 layout, so the padded envelope is the only way to get block-scaled fp8 KV on Hopper today.
Not a duplicate of
pe_dim=0); this PR is the SM90 FlashMLA counterpart and cross-references them as siblings of the same technique.FLASHINFER_MLA_SPARSE_SM90plain-fp8 path — remains available and unchanged; it lacks LSE (no DCP) and per-tensor scaling.📋 Tests
tests/v1/attention/test_flashmla_nope_sm90_backend_selection.py— head-size/dtype acceptance matrix + SM90 priority (CPU-runnable): 14 passed, 4 skipped (novllm._C_stable_libtorchon macOS dev host; CI-eligible on Linux CPU runner).tests/v1/attention/test_flashmla_nope_sm90_fp8_ds_mla.py— GPU suite (auto-skip without CUDA): zero-pad helper shape/zero/persistence, cache-write contract (rope bytes 640:768 bf16 zero, NoPE bytes match per-128-block fp8 reference), kernel equivalence vs bf16 NoPE-512 reference (rel-err < 0.08) with garbage-rope control, ragged mixed-batch (valid counts 0/1/partial,-1tails, all-invalid rows → (0, -inf)).E2E (8xH200, GLM-5.3-Flash, TP8/EP8, fp8_ds_mla, FLASHMLA_SPARSE, MTP K=3, chunked prefill, prefix caching, full CUDA graphs):
Using FLASHMLA_SPARSE attention backend; CUDA graph capture 51/51.📝 Notes
pe_dim=0([Bugfix][SM120][MLA] Support NoPE sparse MLA (GLM-5.3-Flash) on the FlashInfer SM120 backend #55277) lands for SM90 later, this shim can be retired.