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Route the QSA sparse core attention to FlashInfer's PrimTS QToken-KvBlock-Sparse kernel behind QSASparseParams.sparse_core_backend (triton | prims_ts | auto, env TLLM_QSA_SPARSE_CORE). PrimTS consumes the indexer's compact block IDs directly, so the Triton token expansion is skipped on that path; the output gate stays on apply_output_gate. Plans are cached per geometry and per layer K/V buffer over one shared workspace, and FP8 caches quantize Q per call with the scale folded into sm_scale. Adds a unit test against qsa_sparse_gqa_reference and a standalone A/B microbenchmark of the two sparse cores. Signed-off-by: Faraz Khoubsirat <58580514+farazkh80@users.noreply.github.com>
Score compressed keys with a task-scheduled tcgen05 kernel instead of the Triton scorer when sparse_core_backend selects PrimTS. The kernel streams the paged index cache with one TMA box per 8-row core group, reduces the four indexer heads in registers and stores fp32 scores directly; tile metadata is built on device so the hot path has no host synchronization. Contract matches triton_qsa_paged_index_scores, including only_visible_blocks, so TopK consumes the logits unchanged. Signed-off-by: Faraz Khoubsirat <58580514+farazkh80@users.noreply.github.com>
The prefill chunk loop passes row slices of packed metadata that start on 4 B boundaries; the scorer's raw-pointer path needs 16 B, so clone misaligned inputs on the host. Signed-off-by: Faraz Khoubsirat <58580514+farazkh80@users.noreply.github.com>
The index-K cache view from the V2 pool is coalesced with K/V (page stride larger than one page), so the PrimTS scorer's alignment helper copied the whole cache on every call (~0.8 ms per layer per step). The kernel's TMA map now takes the page stride as its own dimension and the view is passed through. The sparse core no longer reads request indices back to the host to build qo_indptr; the hook passes boundaries derived from the host seq_lens. Prefill rows are padded to a 256-row bucket so plan-cache misses (~40 ms each) stop recurring on every mixed prefill/decode iteration. Also wires the TLLM_QSA_INDEXER override that selects the indexer scorer independently of the sparse core. Signed-off-by: Faraz Khoubsirat <58580514+farazkh80@users.noreply.github.com>
The FlashInfer QToken wrapper re-prepares its launch, with host readbacks, whenever the qo_indptr storage changes, and a fresh qo_indptr was built for every layer. Route offsets now live in a persistent buffer per route count, shared by all QSA layers of a forward and rewritten only when the request layout changes. Prefill chunks are aligned to the 256-row plan bucket so full chunks need no padding, the core writes into the caller's output slice, request boundaries stay host ints, and the indexer passes raw addresses and scalars to its TVM-FFI entry. auto now gates decode by measured Rubin crossovers: the core runs PrimTS from 2 decode rows (was 64), the indexer from 32 (no gate before). Signed-off-by: Faraz Khoubsirat <58580514+farazkh80@users.noreply.github.com>
…scoring Queue the next chunk's indexer scoring and Top-K before preparing the current chunk's PrimTS launch on the host, so the GPU keeps working while the FlashInfer wrapper runs. Chunks write disjoint Top-K rows, so the reorder changes no results. Signed-off-by: Faraz Khoubsirat <58580514+farazkh80@users.noreply.github.com>
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WalkthroughThe PR adds PrimTS implementations for QSA index scoring and sparse GQA attention. It adds backend configuration and dispatch, supports compressed-block IDs between selection and attention, and adds GPU tests and FP8 KV-cache documentation. ChangesQSA sparse backend
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check()at Lines 350 and 357 only printsMISMATCH.main()still exits with code 0 and reports a speedup. A numerically wrong PrimTS run therefore completes successfully if nobody reads the output. For a script used as evidence in the PR, makemain()return a non-zero exit code when any*_okisFalse.- Verdict: Needs follow-up. The only open items are the CI-list decision and the exit-code gate.
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- Line 82: Normalize the backend selected by TLLM_QSA_INDEXER or
params.sparse_core_backend by stripping whitespace and lowercasing it, then
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- Around line 238-246: Update the sparse backend selection logic for the PrimTS
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…auto Expose QSASparseAttentionConfig.sparse_core_backend (auto | triton | prims_ts) and drop the TLLM_QSA_SPARSE_CORE / TLLM_QSA_INDEXER environment overrides. The default is auto: PrimTS on SM100/SM103/SM107 with Triton kept for small decode batches (core below 2 rows, indexer below 32). QSASparseParams.indexer_backend stays internal for A/B measurements. Regenerates the LLM-args golden manifest and the trtllm-serve schemas for the new field. Signed-off-by: Faraz Khoubsirat <58580514+farazkh80@users.noreply.github.com>
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The sparse core does not run at this commit. requirements.txt still pins flashinfer-python==0.6.18, and that wheel has no QTokenKvBlockSparsePagedTSWrapper / q_token_kv_block_sparse_* under flashinfer/attention/prims_ts/ (checked against an installed 0.6.18; docker/common/ installs from requirements.txt). So _prims_ts_api() returns None, auto resolves to Triton after one warning, and every kernel test in test_qsa_prims_ts_core.py skips. What actually ships as the default is PrimTS indexer (in-tree, no FlashInfer dependency) + Triton core, a combination that appears in none of the perf tables. Please either bump the pin in this PR (and make the core tests fail rather than skip when the pinned version is expected to provide the kernel), or state in the description that the core stays off until the FlashInfer bump lands.
FP8 K/V + decode + CUDA graphs. [prims_ts_core.py:247](https://github.com/NVIDIA/TensorRT-LLM/pull/20714/files#diff-829c9a31bcc4ca73630fbd75c3493fae58523292c287e0f07bbd7b3610873079R247) reads the per-call Q scale back to the host. QSA decode is graph-captured (indexer.py:434), _SUPPORTED_KV_DTYPES includes FP8, and auto has no capture guard on this path, so once the dependency is present this errors at capture (default error mode) or freezes the warmup scale into every replay. The core tests have no FP8 case and no capture test. Details inline.
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- FP8 numerics now differ from the Triton path with no user-reachable opt-out (the cited
glm_kpool/deepseek_v4precedents do not change numerics). Please add accuracy evidence for the FP8 K/V configuration and a note indeployment-guide-for-qwen3.8-flash-next-on-trtllm.md, which lists FP8 KV as supported. prims_ts_indexer/*.pycarry "Copyright (c) 2026 by FlashInfer team" while the description calls the indexer TRT-LLM-local with upstreaming as a follow-up.AGENTS.mdrequires the NVIDIA SPDX header on new files; if this code is derived from FlashInfer, say so in the description.- Existing
test_qsa_sparse.pyFP8 cases constructQSASparseParamswith the defaultauto, so they will switch kernels on SM100+ the moment the pin bumps; check their tolerances or pinsparse_core_backend="triton"there.
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| q_scale = (q.float().abs().amax() / _FP8_MAX).clamp_min(1e-12) | ||
| q = (q.float() / q_scale).to(torch.float8_e4m3fn) | ||
| sm_scale = softmax_scale * float(q_scale) |
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float(q_scale) is a device→host sync and sm_scale goes into the kernel as a Python scalar. QSA decode runs under CUDA-graph capture (indexer.py:434), _SUPPORTED_KV_DTYPES admits FP8, and resolve_sparse_core_backend has no capture guard on this path (the plan and qo_indptr paths do raise under capture). Under the default capture_error_mode this raises at capture; if capture is relaxed, the warmup iteration's scale is baked into the graph and every replay uses a wrong scale for different Q. Options: a static Q scale (BF16 Q for this model fits FP8 range without rescaling, or a fixed per-model scale), a device-side scale if the FlashInfer run API accepts one, or return "triton" from auto for FP8 K/V when is_decode. Please also add an FP8 case to _make_case and a torch.cuda.graph capture/replay test for the core like the indexer has.
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Fixed in ee49a8b. Q is now cast to FP8 with a unit scale (clamped to the E4M3 range) and sm_scale is the model scale, so there is no host readback on this path.
The normed Q of this model sits well inside E4M3 range. Added FP8 K/V prefill and decode tests against qsa_sparse_gqa_reference (atol/rtol 5e-2) and a decode torch.cuda.graph capture/replay test for BF16 and FP8 (test_decode_graph_capture_replay).
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With flashinfer-python==0.6.18 (the current pin) this import fails: that wheel has no QTokenKvBlockSparsePagedTSWrapper. auto then silently resolves to Triton for every user and _requires_prims_ts() skips every core test, so CI cannot catch a regression here. Bump the pin in this PR, and consider failing (not skipping) the core tests when the pinned FlashInfer is expected to provide the kernel.
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Thanks for pointing out @brnguyen2. Upgrading the pin alone is not enough since the vendored QToken wrapper also needs flashinfer.jit.gen_prims_ts_q_token_kv_block_sparse_metadata_module, which 0.6.18 lacks, so with today's pin the core cannot run at all and auto falls back to Triton after one warning. The import now comes from the vendored backends/prims_ts package like the other PrimTS consumers (ee49a8b).
No FlashInfer release contains #5351 yet (next release planned for around end of october); the nightlies from Oct 20 on do. I opened the dependency bump as a draft, #20911, pinned to the 0.7.2.dev20261022 nightly.
It cannot merge alone. The wheel and the vendored tree must move to the same FlashInfer commit, otherwise the QToken metadata kernel mismatches (13 vs 14 arguments after #5351; reproduced on B300). The two ways to land that and their risks are in #20911's description, with @yuxianq pinged since the vendor lock is his.
Until it lands, this PR keeps the core unreachable on main by construction (Triton fallback with a warning) and the description will say so. The core tests now fail rather than skip on a supported GPU when the vendored kernel is expected and missing.
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This kernel is described as TRT-LLM-local with upstreaming as a follow-up, but the header credits the FlashInfer team. New files need the NVIDIA SPDX header per AGENTS.md; if the code is derived from FlashInfer sources, keep their notice and say so in the PR description.
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Fixed in ee49a8b: all three prims_ts_indexer files now carry the NVIDIA SPDX header. The kernel is original work for this PR; it was first written inside a FlashInfer checkout (hence the stale header) and was never upstreamed.
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| softmax_scale = 1.0 / (attention.q_scaling * attention.head_dim**0.5) | ||
| is_decode = attn_metadata.num_contexts == 0 | ||
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resolve_sparse_core_backend is reached for FP8 K/V under graph capture with no guard, so the FP8 quantization sync in [prims_ts_core.py:247](https://github.com/NVIDIA/TensorRT-LLM/pull/20714/files#diff-829c9a31bcc4ca73630fbd75c3493fae58523292c287e0f07bbd7b3610873079R247) lands on the captured decode path. Until the scale is static or device-side, gate FP8 K/V decode to Triton here (or inside resolve_sparse_core_backend) when attn_metadata.is_cuda_graph.
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Fixed in ee49a8b: the per-call scale readback is gone (static unit scale for FP8 Q), so the captured decode path has no host sync. test_decode_graph_capture_replay[fp8] captures and replays this path.
| num_requests = len(query_lens) | ||
| rows = sum(query_lens) | ||
| num_pages = num_requests * PAGES_PER_REQUEST | ||
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All core cases use BF16 K/V, so the FP8 branch in prims_ts_core.py (dynamic Q quantization, scale folded into sm_scale) is untested, and there is no graph capture/replay test for the core. Add an FP8 k_cache parametrization compared against qsa_sparse_gqa_reference, and a capture/replay test mirroring test_prepared_launch_graph_replay in the indexer tests.
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Added in ee49a8b: test_prims_ts_sparse_gqa_fp8_kv_matches_reference (packed prefill and fixed decode, FP8 K/V vs the BF16-upcast reference) and test_decode_graph_capture_replay for BF16 and FP8.
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FP8 K/V accuracy, full GSM8K on B300 at TP1: Triton 95.45, PrimTS 95.45 (QToken JIT build in the log confirms the core ran).
| # suffix gets its own routes and is sliced off the output. | ||
| q = _pad_rows(q, rows, 0) | ||
| block_ids = _pad_rows(block_ids, rows, -1) | ||
| request_indices = _pad_rows(request_indices, rows, 0) |
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why we need pad rows ? prefill support packed input IIUC, and request_indices/query_positions are not needed with latest FI. please check
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Plan-cache optimization on our side, not a kernel need: plan is keyed on the route count and a miss costs ~40 ms per layer, which happened every mixed prefill/decode step. Padding to a 256-row bucket (inert suffix routes, sliced off) bounds the plan set.
On the metadata: seq_lens-only is fixed-Q decode after #6774, not yet in the vendored tree or any release; will drop the two tensors for decode once the dependency moves past it.
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@farazkh80 thanks. the miss cost seems too long as the number of variants (query group size in the range of 1~8) should be small across different number of rows. Or you are referring to the policy-selection cost ? Can you help me investigate it a bit with agents + your local environment. After that, I can fix it from the flashinfer side if needed.
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I did some additional profiling: 36 of the 38 ms per miss is cutlass.utils.hardware_info.get_max_active_clusters, which JIT-compiles its occupancy probe on every plan; the plan itself is ~2 ms. Your flashinfer-ai/flashinfer#6529 already caches that query per device and cluster size (flashinfer/attention/prims_ts/_hardware.py, _query_max_active_clusters).
I am waiting for next flashinfer release to include both flashinfer-ai/flashinfer#5351 and flashinfer-ai/flashinfer#6529 and I can drop row bucketing.
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…e, decode buckets Import the QToken sparse wrapper from the vendored backends/prims_ts package like the other PrimTS consumers, using its seq_len_q plan API. Cast Q to FP8 with unit scale for FP8 caches instead of a per-call dynamic scale, which needed a host readback that CUDA-graph capture forbids. Bucket decode rows to 8 so eager decode batches reuse plans. Gate the PrimTS indexer on page geometry and DSL importability, pass kv_block_size by name, and give the indexer files the NVIDIA header. Tests: FP8 K/V prefill and decode against the reference, decode graph capture and replay, decode plan buckets, independent indexer overrides; the core tests fail instead of skipping when the vendored kernel is missing on a supported GPU. The microbenchmark exits non-zero on a reference mismatch. Signed-off-by: Faraz Khoubsirat <58580514+farazkh80@users.noreply.github.com>
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy liftKeep PrimTS workspaces alive while CUDA graphs exist.
CUDAGraphRunner.capture()stores each graph after its warmup, and later eager QSA prefill calls can request a larger PrimTS workspace._workspace_for()then clears the plans and replaces the only workspace reference. The captured graph still contains the old workspace address, so its next replay can access freed or reused memory.Pre-size the PrimTS workspace for every supported QSA mode before graph capture, or retain each replaced workspace until
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…en wrapper NVIDIA#20911 moved the vendored prims_ts tree to aa709061, where FlashInfer NVIDIA#5351 renamed the QToken wrapper's route width from seq_len_q to group_size and accepts it for fixed decode layouts as well. Signed-off-by: Faraz Khoubsirat <58580514+farazkh80@users.noreply.github.com>
Description
PrimTS kernels for Qwen3.8-Flash-Next QSA attention, selected at runtime like
glm_kpool/deepseek_v4: PrimTS on SM100/103/107 when inputs qualify, Triton otherwise and for small decode batches.QSASparseParams.sparse_core_backend/indexer_backendare internal fields for tests and A/B runs.sparse/qsa/prims_ts_core.py): FlashInfer QToken-KvBlock-Sparse kernel (feat(prims-ts): add QToken-KvBlock-Sparse-Attention flashinfer-ai/flashinfer#4996, v0.20.0 #5351), plans cached per geometry and layer, block IDs consumed directly; FP8 caches quantize Q per call with the scale folded intosm_scale.sparse/qsa/prims_ts_indexer/): tcgen05 task-scheduled kernel replacingtriton_qsa_paged_index_scores, same contract, TopK unchanged; TRT-LLM-local, upstreaming is a follow-up.FlashInfer dependency (after #20911). main pins
flashinfer-python==0.7.2and vendorsprims_tsat aa709061, so the core runs the optimized attention kernel from flashinfer-ai/flashinfer#5351 out of the vendored Python/CuTe DSL tree. The 0.7.2 wheel's metadata csrc predates #5351, so the metadata-side pieces (14-argument launch, head-aware locators, FP8 query-major membership masks) stay off until the next FlashInfer release moves the pin; cost is the metadata kernel only (~20 µs per 4096-row prefill call), the attention kernel is within 1-2% of FlashInfer main.Small-batch decode. PrimTS pays a fixed warp-specialization cost per launch: under CUDA graphs (32K, TP2, Rubin and B300 agree) the core ties Triton at 1 row and leads from 2, the indexer leads from 32 rows, and
autogates on those counts.Performance
Triton = TRT-LLM's QSA kernels; Qwen3.8-Flash-Next-FP8 geometry (D256, 4-token blocks, top-k 512, page 32); kernels under CUDA graphs, cold L2, median, checked against the Torch reference. Rubin ES (SM107) 2026-10-21, B300 (SM103) 2026-10-22, same code and protocol. Measured on FlashInfer main after #5351 (nightly); re-measurement on the merged 0.7.2 + aa709061 stack is in progress and will replace these tables.
Sparse core (
bench_qsa_sparse_core.py, ctx 32K, µs Triton -> PrimTS)Why: warp-specialized TMA/UMMA/TMEM pipelines, persistent scheduler, FP8 MMA instead of upcast. B300's BF16 decode margins are smaller because 64 warps/SM hide more of Triton's gather latency.
Indexer scorer (µs Triton -> PrimTS prepared launch)
Decode sweep crossover is 32 rows on both parts (Rubin B1 8.1 -> 15.0, B32 32.9 -> 29.6, B64 60.3 -> 43.9).
Per op (Nsight, Rubin, one 32K prefill, auto): sparse core per 4096-row call 907 -> 231 µs, QSA-path GPU time 121.1 -> 55.0 ms, prefill wall 627.6 -> 578.6 ms, GPU idle in front of QSA kernels 7.7 vs 8.3 ms.
Host-overhead fixes. A forced-PrimTS first pass lost e2e (TTFT 807 ms, TPOT 16.6 ms vs Triton 656 / 6.7) with no kernel time to blame. Fixed by reading the index cache in place (a 416 MB copy per scorer call), host request boundaries with 256-row plan buckets, one persistent
qo_indptrbuffer (36 -> 0 wrapper re-preparations per forward), measured decode gates, in-place output with raw TVM-FFI args, and queuing the next chunk's scoring before the current core launch; prefill GPU idle in front of attention went 105 -> 8 ms per 32K request, matching Triton.End-to-end (trtllm-bench TP2 EP2, chunked prefill 8192, ISL 32K / OSL 256, 64 requests, concurrency 16)
autoautoTTFT -9 to -10% on both; throughput +5% on Rubin, tie on B300 at concurrency 16 (decode-bound). GSM8K differences are run-to-run spread (B300 reruns 95.00 / 94.92).
Follow-ups (not in this PR)
validate=Falseupstream.Test Coverage
test_qsa_prims_ts_core.py(backend resolution,autogates, parity with the reference, plan buckets, graph replay) andtest_qsa_prims_ts_indexer.py(49 cases over page size, context, requests, decode positions, strided views, graph replay). QSA unit tests (151) pass on Rubin and B300; a Blackwell CI list is pending the vendored QToken kernel.PR Checklist
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QSASparseParamsadds validatedsparse_core_backendandindexer_backendsettings. Backend selection can choose PrimTS or Triton based on availability, input eligibility, and decode row count.QA Engineer Review
Two CUDA-focused test files were added. They cover core and indexer correctness, backend selection, reference agreement, masking, FP8 KV, output reuse, CUDA graph replay, and fallback-related behavior. The supplied evidence does not establish whether these tests are in CI or manual-QA lists. Coverage verdict: needs follow-up.
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tensorrt_llm/_torch/attention/backends/sparse/qsa/module.py— Verify compressed-block handling and that runtime selection preserves the Triton fallback for ineligible inputs. Check chunked prefill behavior.tensorrt_llm/_torch/attention/backends/sparse/qsa/params.py— Verify the new backend defaults and rejection of unsupported values.tensorrt_llm/_torch/attention/backends/sparse/qsa/prims_ts_core.py— Verify hardware and input gates, explicit-error versus fallback behavior, plan reuse, FP8 handling, and CUDA-graph allocation errors.tensorrt_llm/_torch/attention/backends/sparse/qsa/prims_ts_indexer/__init__.py— Verify that both indexer APIs are importable from the package.tensorrt_llm/_torch/attention/backends/sparse/qsa/prims_ts_indexer/api.py— Verify input validation, score initialization, and launch behavior on the current CUDA stream.tensorrt_llm/_torch/attention/backends/sparse/qsa/prims_ts_indexer/kernel.py— Verify score computation, visibility masking, and paged-key loading across supported page layouts.tests/unittest/_torch/attention/sparse/qsa/test_qsa_prims_ts_core.py— Covers backend settings and selection, core/reference agreement, FP8 KV, plan reuse, output reuse, and graph replay. Listing in CI or manual-QA lists is not established.tests/unittest/_torch/attention/sparse/qsa/test_qsa_prims_ts_indexer.py— Covers indexer/reference agreement, visibility masking, varied inputs, deterministic output, and graph replay. Listing in CI or manual-QA lists is not established.docs/source/deployment-guide/deployment-guide-for-qwen3.8-flash-next-on-trtllm.md— Verify that the FP8 KV-cache numerical note accurately describes the PrimTS and Triton paths and the reported GSM8K result.