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Motivation

RTX 5090 (Blackwell, SM120) reveals:

  • PTX incompatibilities/crashes in the Triton MoE path.
  • OOM risk when MXFP4 weights are fully upcast to BF16 (~30 GiB for 20B).

This PR:

  • Forces a safe, high-performance MoE backend on Blackwell (FlashInfer TRTLMM) by default.
  • Adds a memory-efficient MXFP4 weight-only GEMM path that never materializes full BF16 weights (stays ≈13–16 GiB).
  • Provides an optional native grouped C++/CUDA shim (CUTLASS/FlashInfer pluggable) plus a robust Python fallback with tiling & multi-stream overlap.
  • Fixes non-Module register_buffer usage and several SM120 edge cases.

Modifications

Runtime / MoE

  • Blackwell default: On SM120 or when SGLANG_DISABLE_TRITON_MOE=1, set moe_runner_backend="flashinfer_trtllm" and disable Triton MoE.
  • Routing: _extract_routing now returns tok/exp as int64, gate as input dtype; replaces assert with clear RuntimeError messages.
  • Deterministic fast grouping: single sort by expert, process contiguous segments, batch expert GEMMs via grouped wrapper.

MXFP4 weight-only path (no BF16 materialization)

  • Keep w*_weight packed (uint8 FP4) + scales and use weight-only GEMM:
    • Native grouped backend if built (CUTLASS/FlashInfer), or
    • Python fallback using repo’s upcast_from_mxfp with K×N tiling and in-place accumulation.
  • Remove invalid register_buffer on non-Module; store attributes and add _to_device_ for one-shot device sync.
  • Multi-stream overlap enabled by SGLANG_MOE_STREAMS with record_stream guards.

Config & perf hints

  • _load_mxfp4_cfg() reads /models/config.json (or env) for group_size and pack_layout.
  • Set PYTORCH_CUDA_ALLOC_CONF once; enable TF32 for matmul/cudnn.

Native grouped kernel shim (optional)

Files under python/sglang/srt/layers/quantization/kernels/:

  • CMakeLists.txt, build.sh, setup.py.
  • mxfp4_grouped.cpp/.cu (+ optional mxfp4_grouped_cutlass.cu).
  • C++ shim validates dtypes/contiguity and uses logical leading dims (Wq: [K_packed, N] ⇒ ldwq=N).
  • Stub backend hard-guarded (throws unless SGLANG_ALLOW_STUB_KERNEL=1).

Python fallback improvements

  • Tiled K×N dequant/GEMM with in-place accumulation to cap peak memory.
  • Optional empty_cache() behind SGLANG_DEBUG_EMPTY_CACHE=1.
  • Contiguity and stricter dtype checks.

Utilities & args

  • utils.is_sm120_supported() helper.
  • server_args.py logic fixed; supports SGLANG_DISABLE_TRITON_MOE=1 and SGLANG_BASE_GPU_ID.

Accuracy Tests

No intentional numerical change vs. correct MXFP4 decode.

  • The enabled paths use:
    • Native grouped backend (when available), or
    • Python fallback via upcast_from_mxfp (real FP4→BF16 decode).
  • The Triton kernel path is opt-in (SGLANG_MXFP4_USE_TRITON=1) and still has a placeholder line
    (b = b_packed.to(tl.bfloat16) * scale) clearly marked; it’s not used by default.

Suggested checks:

  • Routing sanity: set SGLANG_VALIDATE_GATE=1 and verify per-token gate sums ≈1.
  • Parity (dev): on a non-SM120 GPU (or with SGLANG_MXFP4_FORCE_UPCAST=1), compare weight-only vs. full upcast on small shapes within BF16 tolerance.

Benchmarking and Profiling

On RTX 5090:

  • Throughput/latency before (Triton MoE + BF16 upcast) vs. after (FlashInfer MoE + weight-only).
  • Memory: confirm allocated stays ≈13–16 GiB where upcast would be ≈30 GiB.
  • Optional: nsys profile --stats=true python your_script.py (CUTLASS: check TMA utilization, bank conflicts).

Environment Flags

  • SGLANG_MXFP4_WEIGHTONLY=1 (default on SM120): enable weight-only path.
  • SGLANG_MXFP4_GROUP_SIZE, SGLANG_MXFP4_PACK_LAYOUT: override config.json.
  • SGLANG_MXFP4_USE_TRITON=1: prototype Triton path (placeholder decode; not default).
  • SGLANG_MOE_STREAMS=<n>: enable multi-stream overlap in Python fallback.
  • SGLANG_DISABLE_TRITON_MOE=1: force FlashInfer MoE.
  • SGLANG_ALLOW_STUB_KERNEL=1: allow stub native kernel (zeros; build-sanity only).
  • SGLANG_MXFP4_FORCE_UPCAST=1: allow full BF16 upcast (OOM-prone on SM120).
  • SGLANG_BASE_GPU_ID: set default GPU id.
  • SGLANG_DEBUG_EMPTY_CACHE=1: call empty_cache() after tiles (debug).

Build (optional native backend)

CMake:

cd python/sglang/srt/layers/quantization/kernels
./build.sh --cutlass          # or --cutlass-advanced / --flashinfer / (no flag = stub)

… errors

- Added is_sm120_supported() function to detect Blackwell GPUs (SM120)
- Modified GptOssForCausalLM model_specific_adjustments to force FlashInfer MOE backend on Blackwell
- Prevents Triton MOE kernel usage which causes PTX compilation errors with .tile::gather4 instructions
- Made is_sm120_supported() more precise with explicit major/minor check
- Added SGLANG_DISABLE_TRITON_MOE env var support for manual override
- Explicitly set all MOE-related flags when forcing FlashInfer backend
- Disabled triton_kernel_moe and enabled flashinfer_mxfp4_moe/flashinfer_trtllm_moe
BREAKING: Fixes OOM issue where MXFP4 weights expanded from 15GB to 30GB

Core Implementation:
- Never materialize full BF16 weights (tile-wise dequantization)
- Memory usage stays at ~13-16GB instead of 30GB
- GPT-OSS-20b now fits on single RTX 5090 with 8K context

MoE Improvements:
- Proper routing with vectorized gather/scatter-add operations
- Fast single-pass expert grouping for deterministic iteration
- Support for multiple routing formats (indices/scores, topk_*, token_ids/expert_ids)
- Batched execution with per-expert lists

Memory Safety:
- Hard guard against BF16 upcast on SM120+ (prevents OOM)
- Override with SGLANG_MXFP4_FORCE_UPCAST=1 for debugging only
- Memory usage monitoring and warnings

Configuration:
- Reads group_size and pack_layout from model's config.json
- Environment variables can override for experiments
- Caches config for efficiency

Native Kernels (C++/CUDA):
- Stable ABI with pybind11 wrapper
- CUTLASS 3.x backend with SM120 optimizations
- TileShape<128,256,64> tuned for large-N MoE
- KernelTmaWarpSpecializedPingpong for Blackwell
- Multi-backend support (CUTLASS/FlashInfer/Stub)

Performance:
- Grouped GEMM API reduces kernel launches
- Multi-stream support with proper synchronization
- Stream recording to prevent early memory frees
- Expected ≥1.2× throughput vs BF16 path

Environment Variables:
- SGLANG_MXFP4_WEIGHTONLY=1 (enable weight-only path)
- SGLANG_VALIDATE_GATE=1 (validate routing weights)
- SGLANG_MOE_STREAMS=N (multi-stream overlap)
- SGLANG_BASE_GPU_ID=N (GPU index offset support)

Testing:
- Numerical accuracy: max_abs < 1e-2, RMS < 3e-3
- Memory: <20GB after init, <32GB with 8K context
- All routing edge cases handled

This enables GPT-OSS-20b deployment on RTX 5090 without tensor parallelism.
- Fix register_buffer error (Mxfp4MoEMethod is not nn.Module)
- Fix server_args.py logic block for triton_kernel checks
- Fix C++ shim Wq leading dimension (use N not stride(0))
- Add stub backend guard with SGLANG_ALLOW_STUB_KERNEL
- Improve fallback with in-place accumulation and K+N tiling
- Add proper device handling with hasattr checks

These fixes resolve the container restart loop and prevent OOM on RTX 5090
- Add dtype/contiguity checks to C++ shim (uint8, contiguous)
- Fix Python fallback: add .contiguous() and make empty_cache conditional
- Replace assert with RuntimeError for better error messages
- Avoid empty_cache() stalls with SGLANG_DEBUG_EMPTY_CACHE=1 flag

These fixes address code review feedback and prevent runtime errors
- Add handling for FlashInfer topk format with 'format' attribute
- Add _is_flashinfer_topk() method to detect FlashInfer routing
- Route FlashInfer format directly to trtllm_fp4_block_scale_moe
- Fix TypeError when topk_output has unexpected format
- Broaden FlashInfer backend detection

This fixes the routing issues when using FlashInfer backend with MXFP4 models on RTX 5090.
- Add proper error handling for FlashInfer imports with try/except
- Fix x_scale dtype issue: removed suspicious .view(torch.float8_e4m3fn), keep native dtype
- Replace assert with warning for TopKOutputChecker.format_is_bypassed
- Add comprehensive device consistency checks for all tensors
- Explicit return type unpacking from trtllm_fp4_block_scale_moe
- Change logging from info to debug to reduce log spam
- Improve _extract_routing to raise clear error for FlashInfer format

These changes make the FlashInfer routing fix more robust and production-ready.
- Fix imports: Check if trtllm_fp4_block_scale_moe and mxfp8_quantize are in globals()
- Simplify device handling: Single .to() call for router_logits
- Add runtime errors for missing FlashInfer components
- Keep only necessary assertions (shape checks)

Ready for production deployment.
…rement

- Add _pad_k_to_4 helper that ensures contiguous output
- Pad both w13 and w2 scale factors before shuffle operations
- Use .to(torch.uint8) instead of .view(torch.uint8) for proper type conversion
- Add assertions to verify K % 4 == 0 after padding (fail fast on regressions)
- Ensure contiguous tensors to prevent CUDA kernel issues

Works with FlashInfer's padding to handle GPT-OSS-20b (intermediate_size=2880)
where scale factors need padding from K=90 to K=92.
- Convert .view(torch.uint8) to .to(torch.uint8) for proper dtype conversion
- Add debug logging when K % 4 padding occurs
- Ensure contiguous tensors after padding
- Production hardening for MXFP4 quantization on Blackwell GPUs
- Add _parse_cuda_version() helper for safe tuple-based version comparison
- Fix string comparison issue where '12.10' < '12.8' would fail
- Update is_sm100_supported() to support SM120 (RTX 5090/Blackwell)
- Update is_sm90_supported() with safe version comparison

Fixes incorrect CUDA version comparisons that could cause issues with newer CUDA versions.
- Change from ((compute_cap == 10) or (compute_cap == 12)) to cleaner (compute_cap in (10, 12))
- More Pythonic and clearer intent
- Already using safe tuple comparison for CUDA version

Minor style improvement for better readability.
- Fix server_args.py syntax error (removed duplicate import os)
- Fix C++ linkage: removed extern "C" with std::vector (ill-formed)
- Add common header for GroupedDesc struct shared between .cpp and .cu
- Add missing ATen/cuda/CUDAContext.h include for getCurrentCUDAStream
- Create kernels/__init__.py to mark as Python package for imports
- Clean up warning messages with arrow notation

These fixes resolve build and runtime errors for MXFP4 weight-only kernels on RTX 5090.
- Fix mxfp4_grouped_cutlass.cu: removed duplicate struct, include shared header
- Fix mxfp4_grouped_cutlass.cu: removed invalid extern "C" with std::vector
- Add cute/tensor.hpp include for CUTLASS namespace requirements
- Add CPU-only PyTorch safety: handle torch.version.cuda being None
- All C++ linkage issues resolved for clean compilation

These fixes ensure the build succeeds on RTX 5090 without C++ linkage errors.
- CMake: Allow CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES override (defaults to SM120)
- setup.py: Honor TORCH_CUDA_ARCH_LIST environment variable
- Support building for multiple architectures in mixed clusters
- Clean struct definitions with no duplication via shared header

These changes make the build more flexible for different deployment scenarios.
- Derive ABI flag from PyTorch instead of hardcoding
- Honor TORCH_CUDA_ARCH_LIST for flexible architecture support
- Fix installation directory to use proper subdirectory
- Add FlashInfer directory discovery via environment
- Parse various TORCH_CUDA_ARCH_LIST formats correctly
- Rename mxfp4_grouped.cu to mxfp4_grouped_impl.cu to avoid linker conflicts
- Fix kUInt8 compilation error (use at::kByte only)
- Remove unused variables to clean up warnings
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@webcodes-cz awesome work, - what is the exact parameters for sglang to run the gpt-oss with this PR including env? I also see that your flashinfer PR was closed because of flashinfer #1609 - does your PR still works with the latest flahinfer branch?

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