[Bugfix] Fix AWQ models batch invariance issues

[YM2132]

Purpose

Enable AWQ quantized models to run with batch invariant mode (VLLM_BATCH_INVARIANT=1).

Fixes #29581

AWQ models currently fail batch invariance because vLLM auto-converts AWQ to the Marlin CUDA kernel, which bypasses the batch-invariant Triton matmul override.

This PR:

• Skips Marlin auto-conversion when VLLM_BATCH_INVARIANT=1 (awq_marlin.py)
• Forces AWQ to always use dequant + torch.matmul path when batch invariant, so the Triton override can intercept it (awq.py)
• Fixes three pre-existing float16 bugs in batch_invariant.py exposed by AWQ using float16 (shared memory overflow on SM 86, unhandled _half_to_float in log_softmax, missing device capability registration)
• Changes test dtype from "bfloat16" to "auto" so tests work with float16-only models like AWQ

Test Plan

# AWQ model
VLLM_TEST_MODEL=Qwen/Qwen3-4B-AWQ .venv/bin/python -m pytest tests/v1/determinism/test_batch_invariance.py -v --timeout=1000    

# Default model (regression check)
.venv/bin/python -m pytest tests/v1/determinism/test_batch_invariance.py -v --timeout=1000

Tested on RTX 3090 (SM 86, 24GB).

Test Result 

  ┌───────────────────────────┬──────────────┬───────────────────┐   
  │           Model           │    Before    │       After       │
  ├───────────────────────────┼──────────────┼───────────────────┤   
  │ Qwen/Qwen3-4B-AWQ         │ 7 failed, 2  │ 9 passed          │
  │                           │ passed       │                   │
  ├───────────────────────────┼──────────────┼───────────────────┤   
  │ Qwen/Qwen3-1.7B (default, │ 9 passed     │ 9 passed (no      │   
  │  bfloat16)                │              │ regression)       │   
  └───────────────────────────┴──────────────┴───────────────────┘   
                        
AI assistance was used (Claude). All changes reviewed and tested manually.

Design notes

This is PR is a first attempt to get batch invariance working with AWQ models. We trade AWQ_Marlin performance for determinism. The dequant + torch.matmul path would be slower than fused Marlin but guarantees batch invariance.

Open to feedback on:

• Whether the Marlin bypass belongs in override_quantization_method or elsewhere
• Whether the float16 batch_invariant.py fixes should be a separate PR
• Import placement (from vllm import envs position in awq files)

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[gemini-code-assist]

Code Review

This pull request updates determinism tests to use automatic data type selection and enhances the batch invariant mode. Key changes include adjusting Triton kernel block sizes for float16 to prevent shared memory overflows, implementing log-softmax for half-to-float conversions, and ensuring AWQ and Marlin quantization kernels are bypassed when batch invariance is enabled. Review feedback identifies a missing block size adjustment in the batched matrix multiplication logic and recommends moving an environment variable import out of a performance-critical path to minimize overhead.

[gemini-code-assist]

The reduction of BLOCK_SIZE_N to 128 for torch.float16 is necessary to avoid shared memory overflow on SM 86 GPUs (like the RTX 3090). However, this change is missing in the configs dictionary within bmm_batch_invariant (line 703), which still uses 256. This will likely cause similar crashes when batched matrix multiplications are performed in batch invariant mode on these GPUs.

[gemini-code-assist]

Importing envs inside the apply method introduces unnecessary overhead in a hot path that is executed for every linear layer in every forward pass. Please move from vllm import envs to the top of the file to ensure it is only executed once during module initialization.