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[None][fix] Explain K/V pool coalescing failures; test Qwen3.8-Flash-Next QSA layouts and FP8/NVFP4 KV - #20904
Problem. Qwen3.8-Flash-Next has 2 KV heads, head_dim 256 and a 128-dim bf16 QSA index K. With an FP8 KV cache at TP ≥ 2 (one KV head per rank), the FP8 K/V page is the same size as the index-K page. KVCacheManagerV2 coalesces a lifecycle's buffers by page size, so index K landed in the K/V pool. Each QSA layer then put three pages into the K/V slot, and _kv_pool_mapping_offset failed its exact_div for odd layers. NVFP4 collides the same way at two heads per rank (TP1, attention DP). Per-token bytes, with 32 tokens per block:
KV dtype
K (= V), 2 heads/rank
K, 1 head/rank
index K
bf16
1024
512
256
fp8
512
256
256
nvfp4
256
128
256
The fix itself is already on main.#20276 packs the QSA side planes (every local layer's index K plus the position page) into one per-slot buffer whenever a side page could match any K/V or block-scale page size. The QSA cache manager is shared by the built-in (modeling_qwen4_exp.py) and modeling_v2 paths, so that change also fixes the built-in model. #20276 also enables FP8 context FMHA for an NVFP4 KV cache, and adds a separate draft page table for the QSA MTP draft loop.
Descriptive error in KVCacheManagerV2._kv_pool_mapping_offset. It used a bare exact_div assertion, which names nothing and is stripped under python -O; the offset would then be silently wrong. It now raises a RuntimeError naming the cause (another buffer of the same page size coalesced into the K/V pool) and the override point.
Layout tests on the layouts that actually collide.test_qsa_cache_manager_layout.py built every manager at TP1 except in the disaggregation test. So the FP8 one-KV-head layout from the report was never checked against the attention op's addressing. The address and packing tests now run on rank 0 of TP1, TP2, TEP4, ADP2 and ADP4. The aliasing test also covers fp32, fp16 and bf16 SSM state. The disaggregation test spans all five layouts.
Negative test in test_kv_cache_v2_extra_buffers.py: a K/V-sized INDEX_KEY on every layer, without an offset override, must fail with the new error.
Two QA accuracy cases in TestQwen3_8_Flash_Next (added to qa/llm_function_core.txt only), using a new kv_cache_dtype argument. Each covers one collision layout on the NVFP4 checkpoint:
test_nvfp4_tep4_fp8kv_trtllm_ple_offload: TEP4 with FP8 KV, the reported case.
test_nvfp4_adp4_nvfp4kv_trtllm_ple_offload: ADP4 with NVFP4 KV.
Their GSM8K/MMLU references are new references/*.yaml entries.
The QSA cache manager docstring now names the FP8 one-KV-head collision next to the NVFP4 one.
Known limitation (unchanged). The packed side-plane size depends on the number of local QSA layers. Disaggregated peers with different PP splits therefore register different side-plane sizes, as with the existing position role.
Test Coverage
tests/unittest/_torch/attention/sparse/qsa/test_qsa_cache_manager_layout.py (GPU; already in l0_b300.yml through unittest/_torch/attention)
Reproduction. I built the 48-layer rank-0 trunk manager (12 QSA layers, 32 tokens per block) twice: once with the QSA cache manager from before #20276 (3fa0c60), and once with the one on main.
Construction fails for fp8 TEP4, fp8 TP2, nvfp4 TP1 and nvfp4 ADP4. The new error reads: Layer 7's K page starts 24576 B into its pool slot, which is not a multiple of one layer's K/V pages (16384 B) ....
bf16 builds.
On main: all five build, with qsa_side_planes_size = 98688 (12 × 8192 + 384) for fp8/nvfp4, K/V page-index scale 24, and layer offsets 0–11.
End to end (built-in modeling_qwen4_exp.py, LLM API)
retrieves 9/9 passkeys at ~3k/7k/12k tokens and three depths. These lengths are above the 2048-token dense budget, so every rank logs QSA exact sparse attention is active; NVFP4 KV is the exception, using the regular backend as before.
The GSM8K numbers below are on a fixed 250-sample subset, using the same prompt protocol as TestQwen3_8_Flash_Next.
Checkpoint
Layout
SSM
KV fp8
KV nvfp4
KV auto
NVFP4
TEP4
bf16
95.6
95.6
96.4
NVFP4
TEP4
fp32 / fp16
97.0 / 95.4
NVFP4
ADP4
bf16
95.6
95.6
95.0
NVFP4
TP2
bf16
94.0
95.0
NVFP4
TP1
bf16
96.0
94.8
96.4
FP8
TEP4
bf16
96.4
95.0
FP8
TP2
bf16
94.4
95.6
bf16
TEP4
fp32
94.6
97.0
bf16
TEP4
fp16 / bf16
95.0 / 95.8
bf16
ADP4
bf16
94.6
94.6
MTP3, FP8 checkpoint. TEP4 uses a separate draft KV manager; ADP4 folds the draft layer into the target manager. Each cell gives avg_decoded_tokens_per_iter as short context / 8k context, then GSM8K:
Layout
KV fp8
KV auto
TEP4
1.38/1.33, 94.4
1.34/1.34, 94.6
ADP4
1.33/1.35, 96.0
1.30/1.29, 96.0
There is no long-context drop with the separate draft manager, and no illegal memory access.
For comparison, the checkpoint's bf16-KV references are 96.36 / 87.50.
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KVCacheManagerV2._kv_pool_mapping_offset now raises a descriptive RuntimeError when a K-buffer offset is not divisible by the K/V page stride. The error identifies the layer, offset, and stride, and advises using a different page size or overriding the method.
The QSA cache-manager docstring clarifies when index-K pages match K/V page sizes and how side pages affect pool mapping and NVFP4 strides.
The Qwen3.8-Flash-Next evaluation helper accepts a KV-cache dtype and passes it to KvCacheConfig. New accuracy cases cover TEP4 with FP8 KV and ADP4 with NVFP4 KV.
A reported limitation remains: disaggregated peers with different PP splits can register different packed side-plane sizes.
QA Engineer Review
Unit tests expand QSA layout coverage across TP1, TP2, TEP4, ADP2, and ADP4; configurable SSM cache dtypes; transfer-view metadata; and the missing-offset-override error path for K/V-sized INDEX_KEY pages.
Two Qwen3.8-Flash-Next accuracy selectors were added to tests/integration/test_lists/qa/llm_function_core.txt. The available test-db results do not show either new selector, so CI-list coverage is not established.
The supplied objectives report 110 passing cache-manager and extra-buffer tests, 104 passing sparse-QSA and runtime-wiring tests, and two failed CI pipelines. The failing tests are not identified. The reported end-to-end results and accuracy scores were not independently verified.
Coverage verdict: needs follow-up. Investigate the reported CI failures and confirm the new integration cases have appropriate CI coverage.
Per-File QA Perspective
tensorrt_llm/_torch/attention/backends/sparse/qsa/cache_manager.py: The docstring clarifies index-K page sizing and side-page effects. Verify these conditions against supported FP8 and NVFP4 runtime configurations.
tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/kv_cache/kv_cache_manager_v2.py: Misaligned K-buffer offsets now raise RuntimeError. Verify both the error path and valid exact-multiple offsets.
tests/unittest/_torch/attention/sparse/qsa/test_qsa_cache_manager_layout.py: Adds layout, SSM dtype, and transfer-view coverage. This unit test is not listed in the integration CI or manual-QA lists.
tests/unittest/_torch/executor/kv_cache/test_kv_cache_v2_extra_buffers.py: Adds a negative test for K/V-sized INDEX_KEY pages without the offset override. This unit test is not listed in the integration CI or manual-QA lists.
tests/integration/defs/accuracy/test_llm_api_pytorch.py: Adds TEP4/FP8-KV and ADP4/NVFP4-KV accuracy cases and passes the selected KV-cache dtype to KvCacheConfig. Both new selectors are in the manual-QA list; their inclusion in a test-db CI list is not established.
tests/integration/defs/accuracy/references/gsm8k.yaml: Adds GSM8K accuracy references for the new configurations.
tests/integration/defs/accuracy/references/mmlu.yaml: Adds MMLU accuracy references for the new configurations.
tests/integration/test_lists/qa/llm_function_core.txt: Adds both new Qwen3.8-Flash-Next accuracy selectors to the manual-QA list.
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[None][fix] Explain K/V pool coalescing failures and cover QSA cache layouts on TP/TEP/ADP
[None][fix] Explain K/V pool coalescing failures; test Qwen3.8-Flash-Next QSA layouts and FP8/NVFP4 KV
Oct 23, 2026
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The KV cache manager now validates pool-mapping offset alignment and reports layout mismatches. Unit tests cover additional parallel layouts and SSM cache dtypes. Qwen3.8-Flash-Next integration evaluations cover FP8 and NVFP4 KV caches, with added GSM8K and MMLU accuracy references.
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KV cache layout validation
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Summary
KV pool mapping validation tensorrt_llm/_torch/attention/backends/sparse/qsa/cache_manager.py, tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/kv_cache/kv_cache_manager_v2.py, tests/unittest/_torch/executor/kv_cache/test_kv_cache_v2_extra_buffers.py
_kv_pool_mapping_offset now checks that the address offset is divisible by the K/V page stride. It raises a RuntimeError for a non-aligned offset. The class documentation describes page-layout constraints, and a regression test covers the error.
The tests cover TP1, TP2, TEP4, ADP2, and ADP4 layouts. They use layout-specific KV head counts and compare transfer-view metadata across layouts.
Qwen mixed-precision evaluation coverage
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Summary
Qwen evaluation configuration and references tests/integration/defs/accuracy/test_llm_api_pytorch.py, tests/integration/defs/accuracy/references/gsm8k.yaml, tests/integration/defs/accuracy/references/mmlu.yaml, tests/integration/test_lists/qa/llm_function_core.txt
Evaluation helpers accept an explicit KV cache dtype. New Qwen3.8-Flash-Next cases test FP8 KV on TEP4 and NVFP4 KV on ADP4. GSM8K and MMLU accuracy references and integration test-list entries were added.
NVIDIA/Megatron-LM issue 6757: The PR adds Qwen3.8-Flash-Next evaluation cases for FP8 and NVFP4 KV-cache configurations, which adds test coverage related to the issue’s support objective.
Suggested reviewers: juney-nvidia
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ssm_dtype changes the trunk SSM allocation, but the current write/read loop never includes an SSM view. An SSM-to-side-plane overlap can therefore pass. Draft managers have no Mamba layers, so keep only one SSM dtype for draft cases.
Add cm.get_ssm_states(0) for trunk cases. Use a valid slot for each view because the manager sizes SSM and attention pools separately.
Suggested test adjustment
-@pytest.mark.parametrize(- "ssm_dtype",- [torch.float32, torch.float16, torch.bfloat16],- ids=["ssm_fp32", "ssm_fp16", "ssm_bf16"],-)+@pytest.mark.parametrize(+ "draft, ssm_dtype",+ [+ pytest.param(False, torch.float32, id="trunk_ssm_fp32"),+ pytest.param(False, torch.float16, id="trunk_ssm_fp16"),+ pytest.param(False, torch.bfloat16, id="trunk_ssm_bf16"),+ pytest.param(True, torch.float32, id="draft_ssm_fp32"),+ ],+)
@pytest.mark.parametrize("layout", ["tp1", "tep4"])
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("draft", [False, True], ids=["trunk", "draft"])
@pytest.mark.parametrize("dtype", [DataType.BF16, DataType.FP8, DataType.NVFP4])
def test_side_and_main_views_do_not_alias(
dtype: DataType, draft: bool, layout: str, ssm_dtype: torch.dtype
) -> None:
@@
if dtype == DataType.NVFP4:
scales = cm.get_block_scale_buffers(layer, kv_layout="HND")
views += [scales[:, 0], scales[:, 1]]
views.append(cm.get_index_k_buffer(layer))
views.append(cm.get_qsa_position_buffer())
- slots = {view.shape[0] for view in views}- assert len(slots) == 1, f"views disagree on the slot count: {sorted(slots)}"- slot = slots.pop() - 1- as_bytes = [view[slot].view(torch.uint8) for view in views]+ ssm_view = None+ if not draft:+ ssm_view = cm.get_ssm_states(0)+ views.append(ssm_view)+ attention_slots = {view.shape[0] for view in views if view is not ssm_view}+ assert len(attention_slots) == 1+ attention_slot = next(iter(attention_slots)) - 1+ as_bytes = [+ (view[-1] if view is ssm_view else view[attention_slot]).view(torch.uint8)+ for view in views+ ]
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Important — The explicit remainder check enforces a sensitive attention-addressing invariant in shared K/V pool mapping. Invalid layer offsets now trigger an unconditional RuntimeError.
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Assert the effective KV-cache quantization before evaluation.
The current validator maps fp8 and nvfp4 to the requested quantization algorithms, so this is not a current initialization defect. However, _run_evals does not assert the effective KV-cache algorithm. If a future regression leaves it unset, GSM8K or MMLU can select the existing MIXED_PRECISION reference without a KV-cache selector and pass its normal accuracy assertion. Add the effective-algorithm assertion for these two cases.
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Update `_run_evals` to assert the effective KV-cache quantization algorithm is
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…layouts on TP/TEP/ADP
KVCacheManagerV2 coalesces a lifecycle's buffers by page size, so an extra
buffer the size of a K/V page lands in the K/V pool and leaves no uniform
per-layer offset. _kv_pool_mapping_offset checked this with a bare
exact_div assertion, which names nothing and is stripped under python -O.
Raise a RuntimeError that names the cause and the override instead.
Build the Qwen3.8-Flash-Next QSA trunk and draft managers on rank 0 of TP1,
TP2, TEP4, ADP2 and ADP4 in the layout tests, so the FP8 one-KV-head case
(index-K page == K page) is checked against the attention op's addressing,
and cover the fp32/fp16/bf16 SSM state dtypes in the aliasing test. Add a
negative test for the new error, and let TestQwen3_8_Flash_Next choose the
KV cache dtype.
Signed-off-by: Wanli Jiang <35160485+Wanli-Jiang@users.noreply.github.com>
…NVFP4 KV caches
Cover the two layouts where a K/V page is the size of a QSA index-K page:
TEP4 with an FP8 KV cache (one KV head per rank) and attention-DP ADP4
with an NVFP4 KV cache (two KV heads per rank), both on the NVFP4
checkpoint without MTP. The cases go into the QA function list only.
GSM8K and MMLU references were measured on GB300 with
TRTLLM_ACCURACY_NO_REFERENCE=1: 95.49/87.33 for TEP4 FP8 KV and
96.02/87.21 for ADP4 NVFP4 KV.
Signed-off-by: Wanli Jiang <35160485+Wanli-Jiang@users.noreply.github.com>
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Problem. Qwen3.8-Flash-Next has 2 KV heads,
head_dim256 and a 128-dim bf16 QSA index K. With an FP8 KV cache at TP ≥ 2 (one KV head per rank), the FP8 K/V page is the same size as the index-K page.KVCacheManagerV2coalesces a lifecycle's buffers by page size, so index K landed in the K/V pool. Each QSA layer then put three pages into the K/V slot, and_kv_pool_mapping_offsetfailed itsexact_divfor odd layers. NVFP4 collides the same way at two heads per rank (TP1, attention DP). Per-token bytes, with 32 tokens per block:The fix itself is already on main. #20276 packs the QSA side planes (every local layer's index K plus the position page) into one per-slot buffer whenever a side page could match any K/V or block-scale page size. The QSA cache manager is shared by the built-in (
modeling_qwen4_exp.py) and modeling_v2 paths, so that change also fixes the built-in model. #20276 also enables FP8 context FMHA for an NVFP4 KV cache, and adds a separate draft page table for the QSA MTP draft loop.This PR adds what #20276 left out:
KVCacheManagerV2._kv_pool_mapping_offset. It used a bareexact_divassertion, which names nothing and is stripped underpython -O; the offset would then be silently wrong. It now raises aRuntimeErrornaming the cause (another buffer of the same page size coalesced into the K/V pool) and the override point.test_qsa_cache_manager_layout.pybuilt every manager at TP1 except in the disaggregation test. So the FP8 one-KV-head layout from the report was never checked against the attention op's addressing. The address and packing tests now run on rank 0 of TP1, TP2, TEP4, ADP2 and ADP4. The aliasing test also covers fp32, fp16 and bf16 SSM state. The disaggregation test spans all five layouts.test_kv_cache_v2_extra_buffers.py: a K/V-sizedINDEX_KEYon every layer, without an offset override, must fail with the new error.TestQwen3_8_Flash_Next(added toqa/llm_function_core.txtonly), using a newkv_cache_dtypeargument. Each covers one collision layout on the NVFP4 checkpoint:test_nvfp4_tep4_fp8kv_trtllm_ple_offload: TEP4 with FP8 KV, the reported case.test_nvfp4_adp4_nvfp4kv_trtllm_ple_offload: ADP4 with NVFP4 KV.references/*.yamlentries.Known limitation (unchanged). The packed side-plane size depends on the number of local QSA layers. Disaggregated peers with different PP splits therefore register different side-plane sizes, as with the existing position role.
Test Coverage
tests/unittest/_torch/attention/sparse/qsa/test_qsa_cache_manager_layout.py(GPU; already inl0_b300.ymlthroughunittest/_torch/attention)tests/unittest/_torch/executor/kv_cache/test_kv_cache_v2_extra_buffers.py::TestExtraBuffersCacheConfig::test_index_key_coalesced_into_kv_pool_needs_an_offset_overrideaccuracy/test_llm_api_pytorch.py::TestQwen3_8_Flash_Next::test_nvfp4_tep4_fp8kv_trtllm_ple_offload,::test_nvfp4_adp4_nvfp4kv_trtllm_ple_offload(QA)Results (GB300, 4 GPUs per node, this branch on top of 0f3e1d0)
Unit tests
test_qsa_cache_manager_layout.py+test_kv_cache_v2_extra_buffers.py: 110 passed.test_qsa_sparse.py+test_qsa_runtime_wiring.py: 104 passed.Reproduction. I built the 48-layer rank-0 trunk manager (12 QSA layers, 32 tokens per block) twice: once with the QSA cache manager from before #20276 (3fa0c60), and once with the one on main.
Layer 7's K page starts 24576 B into its pool slot, which is not a multiple of one layer's K/V pages (16384 B) ....qsa_side_planes_size= 98688 (12 × 8192 + 384) for fp8/nvfp4, K/V page-index scale 24, and layer offsets 0–11.End to end (built-in
modeling_qwen4_exp.py, LLM API)max_num_tokens8192,max_seq_len16384, block reuse off, PLE host offload.QSA exact sparse attention is active; NVFP4 KV is the exception, using the regular backend as before.TestQwen3_8_Flash_Next.MTP3, FP8 checkpoint. TEP4 uses a separate draft KV manager; ADP4 folds the draft layer into the target manager. Each cell gives
avg_decoded_tokens_per_iteras short context / 8k context, then GSM8K:There is no long-context drop with the separate draft manager, and no illegal memory access.
QA references (full GSM8K / MMLU,
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Dev Engineer Review
KVCacheManagerV2._kv_pool_mapping_offsetnow raises a descriptiveRuntimeErrorwhen a K-buffer offset is not divisible by the K/V page stride. The error identifies the layer, offset, and stride, and advises using a different page size or overriding the method.KvCacheConfig. New accuracy cases cover TEP4 with FP8 KV and ADP4 with NVFP4 KV.QA Engineer Review
INDEX_KEYpages.tests/integration/test_lists/qa/llm_function_core.txt. The available test-db results do not show either new selector, so CI-list coverage is not established.Per-File QA Perspective
tensorrt_llm/_torch/attention/backends/sparse/qsa/cache_manager.py: The docstring clarifies index-K page sizing and side-page effects. Verify these conditions against supported FP8 and NVFP4 runtime configurations.tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/kv_cache/kv_cache_manager_v2.py: Misaligned K-buffer offsets now raiseRuntimeError. Verify both the error path and valid exact-multiple offsets.tests/unittest/_torch/attention/sparse/qsa/test_qsa_cache_manager_layout.py: Adds layout, SSM dtype, and transfer-view coverage. This unit test is not listed in the integration CI or manual-QA lists.tests/unittest/_torch/executor/kv_cache/test_kv_cache_v2_extra_buffers.py: Adds a negative test for K/V-sizedINDEX_KEYpages without the offset override. This unit test is not listed in the integration CI or manual-QA lists.tests/integration/defs/accuracy/test_llm_api_pytorch.py: Adds TEP4/FP8-KV and ADP4/NVFP4-KV accuracy cases and passes the selected KV-cache dtype toKvCacheConfig. Both new selectors are in the manual-QA list; their inclusion in a test-db CI list is not established.tests/integration/defs/accuracy/references/gsm8k.yaml: Adds GSM8K accuracy references for the new configurations.tests/integration/defs/accuracy/references/mmlu.yaml: Adds MMLU accuracy references for the new configurations.tests/integration/test_lists/qa/llm_function_core.txt: Adds both new Qwen3.8-Flash-Next accuracy selectors to the manual-QA list.