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[#19861][fix] Keep encoder-decoder cross KV caches in model dtype - #19864
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Reject unsupported cross-attention cache formats in the existing configuration validator, including checkpoint-derived auto settings. Preserve decoder-only and unquantized configurations with focused regression coverage. Fixes NVIDIA#19861. Signed-off-by: Abhijeet Jha <abhijeetjha@microsoft.com> Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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KV quantization selection coverage tests/unittest/_torch/test_model_config.py |
Tests cover explicit quantization overrides, invalid dtype handling, encoder-decoder configurations, simulated SM107 behavior, and preservation of checkpoint quantization and model dtype with "auto". |
Cross-attention pool configuration tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/_util.py, tests/unittest/_torch/executor/kv_cache/test_dual_pool_kv_cache.py |
A helper creates a model-config copy with KV-cache quantization disabled. Cross-attention cost estimation and manager construction use that copy. Tests check pool dtype, cost estimates, estimation mode, and original-config preservation. |
Integration test and documentation tests/integration/defs/llmapi/test_llm_api_pytorch_t5.py, tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_l40s.yml, docs/source/features/quantization.md |
A T5 integration test checks FP8 self-cache and BF16 cross-cache dtypes, then verifies repeated generation results. The test is added to the L40S pre-merge list. Documentation describes encoder-decoder KV-cache quantization behavior. |
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The rejection runs before the SM107 NVFP4→FP8 rewrite, and the tests confirm the config is left unchanged when it raises. Before approving, I'd like to see the following:
- Linux test run: the "Local testing" section describes a mocked Windows harness, which doesn't show how these tests behave in our environment. Please post the pytest output for
tests/unittest/_torch/test_model_config.pyfrom a Linux machine with a TensorRT-LLM build comparable to CI (for example, the dev container from the build docs). We'll also run CI on our side, but a clean local Linux run should come first. - Evidence for the underlying bug: the new tests only check that a hand-built
ModelConfigis rejected. Nothing in the PR shows that an FP8/NVFP4 KV cache on an encoder-decoder model actually overruns the cross-attention pool. Please:- Add the failure from before this change to the PR description: the exact command, model, GPU, and error log.
- Ideally, add an integration test that loads a small encoder-decoder model through the LLM API with
KvCacheConfig(dtype="fp8")and asserts the new error. That way CI checks the real load path instead of relying on a description of it.
- Scope: this rejects every FP8/NVFP4 KV cache on encoder-decoder models, including decoder self-attention, but the bug as described only affects the cross-attention pool. If self-attention FP8 KV works on encoder-decoder models today, users lose that capability. Please show whether that combination works today (a run log or a test), or link a follow-up issue for keeping the cross pool in the model dtype so the restriction can be lifted later.
Report the resolved cache format and whether it came from checkpoint metadata or an explicit dtype override. Explain that auto preserves checkpoint quantization, and cover actionable guidance in existing regression tests. Signed-off-by: Abhijeet Jha <abhijeetjha@microsoft.com> Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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🟡 Minor · Document the SM107 NVFP4 fallback. · quantization.md:46
docs/source/features/quantization.md:46
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winDocument the SM107 NVFP4 fallback.
For decoder-only models on SM107, the validator changes an NVFP4 checkpoint’s KV-cache algorithm to FP8 even when
pyt_kv_cache_dtypeisauto. Qualify this sentence so users know thatautohas this exception.Suggested fix
-setting. `auto` preserves checkpoint quantization; it does not disable it. +setting. For decoder-only models, `auto` preserves checkpoint quantization except for NVFP4 checkpoints on SM107, which fall back to FP8. It does not disable KV-cache quantization.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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- Line 46: Update the `auto` description in the quantization documentation to
clarify that decoder-only models with NVFP4 checkpoints on SM107 fall back to
FP8, while `auto` otherwise preserves checkpoint quantization and does not
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@iamAbhi-916 thanks for the fix and for clarifying the error message. A reminder: @brnguyen2's review from 10-06 still needs replies on two points:
His Linux-run request is covered: the CPU stages in L0 #64204 pass on x86 and arm. The failures there are PrimTS attention tests and unrelated to this PR. |
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Thanks @karljang for confirming the Linux CPU coverage and offering GPU testing help. I agree the current guard is broader than necessary. I’ll investigate following the external-drafter approach to keep the cross-attention pool in the model dtype while preserving FP8/NVFP4 for decoder self-attention and add a small T5 LLM API regression test with KvCacheConfig(dtype="fp8"). I don’t have a supported GPU locally, could you help run that test once the revision is ready? |
Reuse the external-drafter config-copy logic for cross-cache sizing and allocation while preserving decoder self-attention quantization. Remove the broad encoder-decoder rejection and add CPU coverage plus a T5 LLM API regression in L40S CI. Signed-off-by: Abhijeet Jha <abhijeetjha@microsoft.com> Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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Derive the mock engine dtype and its model config dtype from the supplied ModelConfig. This keeps FP16 cases consistent with the dtype read by the KV cache allocator and removes the redundant per-test override. Signed-off-by: Guiju Zhang <7135567+cascade812@users.noreply.github.com>
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Use ModelConfig.torch_dtype for the cross-attention cache notice instead of the nonexistent ModelEngine.dtype attribute. Constrain the test engine mock to ModelEngine and explicitly initialize its CUDA graph capacity so invalid attribute accesses fail in CPU coverage. Signed-off-by: Guiju Zhang <7135567+cascade812@users.noreply.github.com>
Preserve the shared unquantized KV config helper alongside the FP8/NVFP4 external drafter handling from main. Signed-off-by: Guiju Zhang <7135567+cascade812@users.noreply.github.com>
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Merge upstream main at 309426d, retaining the cross-attention model-dtype cache fix and following the unit-test move to _torch/pyexecutor. Signed-off-by: Guiju Zhang <7135567+cascade812@users.noreply.github.com>
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Related to #19861.
Problem
FP8 KV caching on encoder-decoder models can overrun the cross-attention pool, causing CUDA errors or incorrect output. The earlier blanket rejection also disabled quantized decoder self-attention.
Root cause
Cross-attention writes unquantized K/V, but its pool inherited the model's self-attention KV quantization. Allocation and writes therefore disagreed on element size.
Fix
Reuse the external-drafter config-copy logic for cross-cache sizing and allocation, clearing both cached quantization flags on the copy. Cross-attention keeps the model dtype; decoder self-attention retains FP8/NVFP4 and existing hardware restrictions. The original model/per-layer configs are not mutated.
In response to the V1 capacity review, derive each V1 pool's token capacity from its own byte share and actual cache cost, while retaining any explicit user
max_tokenscap. This prevents a quantized self pool from being capped by the larger model-dtype cross-cache cost. The resolved byte budgets already include the free-memory fraction, so V1 does not apply that fraction again after allocating the first pool. V2 continues to consume the split byte budgets directly.A one-time startup message explains when the cross pool uses the model dtype while decoder self-attention retains its KV quantization, addressing the dtype notice review.
Remove the blanket rejection. Add a small T5 LLM API regression with
KvCacheConfig(dtype="fp8"), checking FP8 self-cache, BF16 cross-cache, and three repeated generations; register it in L40S CI. No kernel or public API changes. The corrected cross pool requires more bytes than the incorrectly quantized allocation, so fixed-memory capacity can decrease.Local testing
Latest review follow-up checks on Linux:
unittest/_torch/executorentry inl0_cpu.yml.ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'torch'; no native or GPU execution is claimed.Earlier contributor validation:
Windows source-isolated checks using the repository's actual config/allocator/estimator code, with native imports isolated and GPU-owning constructors mocked:
ea4d1d81, including V1/V2, FP16/BF16, explicit/checkpoint KV quantization, cached flags, and config nonmutation.These are not native TensorRT-LLM or CUDA validation. Native test collection is blocked locally by missing TensorRT-LLM libraries. The new T5 GPU test, original GPU failure reproduction, and CI for this revision remain pending; no performance results are claimed. The existing FP32 byte-estimation mismatch remains outside this fix; sizing checks here cover FP16/BF16.
Dev Engineer Review
The cross-attention KV-cache pool now uses model-dtype sizing and allocation. A shallow
ModelConfigcopy disables KV-cache quantization for that pool without changing the original config or decoder self-attention settings. Decoder self-attention retains FP8/NVFP4 quantization and its existing hardware restrictions.The change removes the encoder-decoder-wide rejection, preserving supported self-attention quantization while correcting the cross-cache allocation mismatch. The documentation describes this behavior for explicit quantization and checkpoint-inherited settings. Fixed-memory capacity may decrease because the correctly sized cross-cache pool uses more bytes. The supplied information reports no kernel or public API changes.
QA Engineer Review
Unit tests cover explicit and automatic KV-cache dtype selection, invalid dtype cases, SM107 NVFP4 downgrade behavior, and preservation of model and quantization settings. Cross-pool tests cover dtype, sizing, estimation mode, and config immutability. The T5 integration test checks FP8 self-cache, BF16 cross-cache, and repeated-generation consistency. It is listed in the L40S pre-merge test list.
The PR description reports successful CPU/component checks and source-isolated lint and validation checks. It also states that native TensorRT-LLM and CUDA validation was not completed, and that the new T5 GPU test and CI for this revision remain pending. Coverage verdict: needs follow-up until hardware-backed validation is available.
Per-File QA Perspective
docs/source/features/quantization.md— Documents that encoder-decoder cross-attention uses model-dtype KV while self-attention retains KV-cache quantization. Verify the documented explicit and checkpoint-inherited FP8/NVFP4 cases.tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/_util.py— Applies an unquantized config copy to cross-cache estimation and manager construction. Verify sizing and allocation while confirming that self-cache settings and the original config remain unchanged.tests/unittest/_torch/test_model_config.py— Covers explicit and automatic dtype choices, invalid inputs, SM107 downgrade behavior, and preservation of unrelated config settings. This unit-test file is not listed in integration test lists.tests/unittest/_torch/executor/kv_cache/test_dual_pool_kv_cache.py— Covers cross-pool dtype, sizing, estimation, and config immutability. This unit-test file is not listed in integration test lists.tests/integration/defs/llmapi/test_llm_api_pytorch_t5.py— Adds a T5 API regression test for self- and cross-cache dtypes and repeated-generation consistency. The test is listed intests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_l40s.yml.tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_l40s.yml— Adds the T5 regression test to the L40S pre-merge CI list. This changes CI test selection; execution for this revision remains pending according to the supplied PR description.