[Bugfix][KV Cache][MLA] Align packed block strides for V3.2 sparse MLA - #55528
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Align block-outermost packed KV strides to the physical row-addressing requirements of V3.2 sparse MLA and its indexer. Preserve integer-row sparse addressing while accounting for the aligned physical stride in allocation and capacity planning. Co-authored-by: OpenAI Codex <codex@openai.com> Signed-off-by: lz <145014769+200lz@users.noreply.github.com>
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WalkthroughThe change adds block-stride alignment to sparse MLA cache specifications, enables packed BLHNC layouts, updates layout-aware KV-cache capacity accounting, and adds coverage for physical addressing, sparse execution, connector registration, and tail padding. ChangesSparse MLA packed cache support
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to Packed sparse MLA cache strides now include required physical-row alignment in allocation and capacity planning, including null-block reservation and layout aliases. The covered admission and allocation paths are consistent, with no remaining merge-blocking risk identified. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant ModelSpec
participant KVCacheConfig
participant SparseBackend
participant KVCacheAllocator
participant NixlConnector
ModelSpec->>SparseBackend: declare supported KV-cache layouts
ModelSpec->>KVCacheConfig: provide block-stride alignment
KVCacheConfig->>KVCacheAllocator: calculate aligned block capacity
KVCacheAllocator->>SparseBackend: bind packed physical rows
SparseBackend->>NixlConnector: register packed region and descriptors
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987-987: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick winUse group-aware bytes for this capacity check.
Line 987 sums logical page bytes. It excludes the aligned tail added by
_get_kv_cache_bytes_per_block. For a BLHNC sparse MLA group, the check can pass with memory for one aligned block plus one logical page, while allocation produces only one block andBlockPoolreserves it as the null block. No usable block remains for the request.Use
_max_memory_usage_bytes_from_groups(vllm_config, groups)here. Also use_estimate_max_model_len_from_groupsfor the reported estimate.Proposed fix
_check_enough_kv_cache_memory( check_memory, - lambda: max_memory_usage_bytes(vllm_config, kv_cache_spec.values()), + partial(_max_memory_usage_bytes_from_groups, vllm_config, groups), vllm_config.model_config.max_model_len, - lambda am: estimate_max_model_len(vllm_config, kv_cache_spec, am), + partial(_estimate_max_model_len_from_groups, vllm_config, groups), )🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@tests/v1/attention/test_sparse_mla_kv_cache_layout.py`:
- Around line 357-359: Update the CUDA test around allocate_kv_cache to check
available GPU memory before allocating the approximately 2 GiB cache, and skip
the test when free memory is insufficient. Preserve execution when enough memory
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In `@vllm/v1/core/kv_cache_utils.py`:
- Line 987: Update the capacity check around max_memory_usage_bytes to use
_max_memory_usage_bytes_from_groups(vllm_config, groups), accounting for aligned
group-aware block sizes. Use _estimate_max_model_len_from_groups for the
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Use the existing group-aware demand and length estimate after reserving the physical null block. Cover admission and estimate boundaries against actual packed FP8 MLA/indexer allocation, and guard the large CUDA test by free memory. Co-authored-by: OpenAI Codex <codex@openai.com> Signed-off-by: lz <145014769+200lz@users.noreply.github.com>
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Thanks — confirmed the aligned-stride admission gap. 3cce9f9 switches both admission callbacks to the existing group-aware demand/length helpers. The allocator-backed FP8 MLA + 132-byte indexer regression reproduces zero usable blocks being accepted and an overestimated maximum length: 2 failed before the fix, 2 passed after. The call-site audit found no other stale physical-admission callers. CPU validation: 390 passed, 11 skipped; Ruff, pre-commit and mypy 3.10–3.13 pass. The CUDA allocation now has a free-memory guard. Allocator geometry and kernel-facing code are unchanged, so the existing B200 evidence still applies. |
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1093-1093: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winResolve the layout before calculating pool bytes.
A pre-resolved
CacheConfigcan retain the legacyNHDorHNDalias. DirectKVCacheLayout[layout_name]then raisesKeyError, because aliases are handled only by_layout_from_name. Useget_resolved_kv_cache_layout()so capacity accounting accepts the same layout as allocation.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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- Line 1093: Update the layout resolution in the capacity-accounting path before
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KVCacheLayout lookup, while preserving the None case. Ensure legacy NHD and HND
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Use the standard layout resolver for pool-byte accounting while preserving unresolved defaults. Cover legacy aliases against real grouping and allocation, plus canonical BLHNC and unresolved-layout behavior. Co-authored-by: OpenAI Codex <codex@openai.com> Signed-off-by: lz <145014769+200lz@users.noreply.github.com>
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Confirmed and fixed in 758accb. Capacity planning now uses the standard KV-cache layout resolver, so pre-set NHD/HND aliases follow the same path as allocation; unresolved defaults are preserved. The regression reproduces both alias KeyErrors before the fix (2 failed, 2 passed) and passes all four cases afterward, including BLHNC and None. The three affected cache-layout suites passed: 178 passed, 9 CUDA skips. Ruff, pre-commit and mypy 3.10–3.13 also pass. |
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Problem
Ordinary V3.2 sparse MLA and its indexer can resolve to
BLHNCeven when the packed block stride is not a whole number of every segment's physical rows. Binding/warmup then asserts; sparse row indexing requires the same invariant. This addresses the ordinary native-64-row allocation problem in #55431 and the geometry prerequisite discussed in #55434.Root cause
The allocator sums logical page bytes without encoding sparse consumers' row-addressing requirements. Physical rows include format metadata: 656 bytes for DS-FP8, 352 for DS-NVFP4, and 132 for the FP8 indexer. A heterogeneous sum need not divide by each row width.
Fix
Declare
MLAAttentionSpec.block_stride_alignment_bytesfrom the physical row widths and align the total packed block stride to their LCM. Carry that stride through allocation, capacity checks, overrides, auto-fit, and PP re-planning; merge requirements by LCM.Preserve logical page sizes, integer-row index units, and layer-compact behavior. Declare BLHNC alongside existing supported layer-compact layouts; retain rejection of other unvalidated block-outermost layouts and unsupported manager/kernel splitting. No kernel, NIXL, or OffloadingConnector implementation changes.
Padding / capacity cost
Padding is inventory-dependent and bounded by one alignment quantum. For a synthetic 51-MLA / 50-indexer inventory, native 64-token blocks, and a fixed 64 GiB allocation budget:
The comparison disables/enables only the row-alignment requirement and subtracts the reserved null block from usable capacity. This inventory is not a measured production GLM configuration. Smaller inventories can cost more: the 2-MLA/1-indexer DS-FP8 regression has 14.62% tail/stride. A projection of the published 61-layer V3.2 backbone using real factories, default PP partitioning, and the allocator reaches 6.81% effective DS-FP8 capacity loss at PP16 with 64 GiB/rank. No arbitrary cap or layout fallback is introduced.
Validation
Canonical red/green regression:
VLLM_TARGET_DEVICE=cpu .venv/bin/python -m pytest -q \ 'tests/v1/attention/test_sparse_mla_kv_cache_layout.py::test_bind_packed_cache_warmup_uses_physical_rows[False-fp8]'It fails on unpatched
f4eccdadefc6at the existing whole-row stride assertion and passes with this change. It uses real factories, allocation, binding, and row views; only the test file was copied to the control checkout.Final rebased/squashed CPU suite below: 420 passed, 36 skipped, 0 failures. Separately,
tests/v1/kv_connector/unit/offloading_connector/test_canonical_mapping.py: 27 passed. Together these reproduce the reviewed 447 passed / 36 skipped baseline; the requested nine-file command omits that canonical-mapping file.Coverage includes allocation versus accepted capacity, tail isolation, split rejection, unchanged defaults, NIXL structural registration, real OffloadingConnector registration/transfer descriptors, and standalone TRTLLM32 row views. The combined CUDA V3.2 MLA/indexer contract remains native 64 rows. Ruff check/format, applicable pre-commit hooks, mypy 3.10–3.13, and diff checks pass.
The production implementation was validated on B200 at
c9cfdcc450e7c43c9c4b4cbe40519c512e48b778: 627 passed, 504 unsupported combinations skipped, 0 failures. This includes real FlashInfer 0.6.18 TRTLLM BF16/ordinary FP8 and FlashMLA BF16/DS-FP8/DS-NVFP4, fragmented BLHNC block tables, reference-output parity, padding isolation, JIT warmup, CUDA graph replay, and >2 GiB native reads/writes. Reference tolerances were unchanged.The final rebased candidate retains the same relevant production semantics and allocator geometry; no additional GPU run is claimed. Relevant source files remain byte-identical and 32 allocator geometry comparisons match the validated checkpoint.
Related work
#55438 provides a fail-fast fix for the previously unsupported geometry. This contribution supplies the physical invariant needed to admit BLHNC. #55219 covers GLM generic packing/kernel re-paging; its current head (
6712aa109b85) does not yet cover ordinary 64-row row alignment. A shared alignment helper may serve both requirements. #53780 covers NIXL per-region geometry, with no connector implementation overlap here. #55449 concerns hybrid MLA page sizing rather than this packed-block row invariant.Limitations
Real multi-GPU NIXL cuda_ipc descriptor/posting measurements were not performed; no transport-performance or end-to-end speedup claim is made. Full-model serving evaluation and SM120 hardware execution were not performed. The NIXL test uses the existing transport mock and demonstrates registration structure only.
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OpenAI Codex assisted with implementation and testing; I reviewed the final
diff and validation results and take responsibility for the contribution.