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[TRTLLM-17384][feat] Support shared-prefix attention for n-sample requests in FMHA - #20841

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Requirement from customer Epic (ongoing) - https://claude.ai/artifact/8yaUFWTwgSDvNZ5rtzTaYM?sk=JD21V22LZy9PnZarIhmisA

Perf test compared to vLLM is WIP.

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The patch adds an opt-in sampling_shared_prefix FMHA path for n-sample requests. It adds Triton kernels for shared-prefix and private-tail attention, KV writes, RoPE, and attention-state merging. Planner integration, FMHA cache-key separation, and CUDA graph attention variants connect the path to execution.

The patch also changes Qwen2 inheritance, sampler staging and seed assignment, executor response handling, KV-cache logging, and scheduler checks. These changes extend beyond shared-prefix attention and need compatibility and regression validation. A commit summary reports an SM90 fix for speculative out-of-bounds loads in shared-prefix Triton kernels. No test results are supplied, so correctness, API compatibility, and performance remain unverified.

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The patch adds tests for FMHA registry behavior, executor response handling, sampler staging, seed assignment, Qwen2 EAGLE-3, shared-prefix RoPE, and shared-prefix FMHA. Coverage described in the supplied summary includes reference attention math, planning and grouping, cache writes, CUDA graph replay, speculative decoding, and opt-in behavior.

The available test-list search found test_torch_sampler.py and test_in_graph_sampling.py in tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_a10.yml. It found no entries for the other changed test files in the searched CI or manual-QA lists. No test-list changes are reported. No test results are supplied. Coverage verdict: needs follow-up.

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  • tensorrt_llm/_torch/attention/backends/fmha/manager.py — Verify that the FMHA cache key distinguishes batches planned for shared-prefix attention.
  • tensorrt_llm/_torch/attention/backends/fmha/registry.py — Verify that sampling_shared_prefix remains disabled by default and that environment overrides and is_fmha_lib_enabled behave as expected.
  • tensorrt_llm/_torch/attention/backends/trtllm.py — Verify that planning runs only when the library is enabled and uses prepared metadata.
  • tensorrt_llm/_torch/models/modeling_qwen.py — Verify Qwen2 initialization and forward-call compatibility after the base-class change.
  • tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/cuda_graph_runner.py — Verify graph variant selection, capture keys, and runtime resolution.
  • tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/engine/runners/decoder/graphs.py — Verify that graph capture handles each attention variant and resets variant state.
  • tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/kv_cache/kv_cache_manager_v2.py — Verify draft-token relocation and window-crossing debug logging.
  • tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/llm_request.py — Verify that per-request fast-path eligibility starts unset and is populated as expected.
  • tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/py_executor.py — Verify response suppression, preemption checks, and conditional performance-metric collection.
  • tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/sampler/sampler.py — Verify tier selection, staged-batch reuse and invalidation, padding handling, and stopping checks.
  • tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/sampler/seed_manager.py — Verify seed and offset behavior for seeded, unseeded, and repeated-slot rows.
  • tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/scheduler/scheduler_v2.py — Verify remote-mode eligibility and PEFT pre-claim behavior with and without a cache manager.
  • tensorrt_llm/_torch/attention/backends/fmha/sampling_shared_prefix_fused.py — Verify fused prefix/tail attention, cache writes, state reduction, and supported context-kernel configurations.
  • tensorrt_llm/_torch/attention/backends/fmha/sampling_shared_prefix_kernels.py — Verify KV writes, query gathering, state merging, slot calculation, and RoPE positions.
  • tests/unittest/_torch/attention/test_fmha_registry.py — Covers registry defaults and environment-based enablement. No matching test-list entry was found.
  • tests/unittest/_torch/executor/test_handle_responses_fast_path.py — Covers response suppression, preemption lookup, and conditional metric collection. No matching test-list entry was found.
  • tests/unittest/_torch/sampler/test_in_graph_sampling.py — Covers fast-tier decisions, staged-batch reuse, invalidation, and stopping behavior. Listed in CI at tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_a10.yml.
  • tests/unittest/_torch/sampler/test_torch_sampler.py — Covers row-seed and offset behavior for seeded and unseeded requests. Listed in CI at tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_a10.yml.
  • tests/unittest/_torch/speculative/test_eagle3_qwen2.py — Covers the Qwen2 speculative-decoding base class and an environment-gated GPU generation comparison. No matching test-list entry was found.
  • tests/unittest/_torch/attention/test_sampling_shared_prefix_rope.py — Covers RoPE reference comparisons, supported configurations, CUDA graph replay, and an environment-gated n-sample output comparison. No matching test-list entry was found.
  • tests/unittest/_torch/attention/test_sampling_shared_prefix_fmha.py — Covers shared-prefix planning, attention math, cache writes, CUDA graph replay, and end-to-end generation paths. No matching test-list entry was found.

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@yihwang-nv, could you help to review this PR as trt-llm-torch-attention-devs? Thanks~

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Componentsunmapped (60%); kernels/auxiliary (10%); fmha/orchestration (8%); backends/trtllm (5%); runtime/kv-cache/lifecycle (2%); integration/attention-tests (15%)
Tagsalgorithm:dense (100%); representation:gqa (80%); representation:mha (20%); phase:decode (100%); features:paged-kv (50%); features:cuda-graphs (35%); features:rope (15%); context:llm (100%)
PR effort13 points — Review requires reasoning across shared/private page partitioning, softmax-state recombination, row permutations, current-token KV writes and CUDA graph planning. This warrants the complex algorithm/kernel anchor; substantial implementation and integration details remain unavailable.
ImportanceImportant — Introduces a substantial shared-prefix attention algorithm with custom Triton row/head mapping and direct paged-KV writes. Dispatch now depends on active planning state, and metadata preparation invokes per-step planning, creating sensitive numerical, cache-correctness and graph-execution contracts.
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Walkthrough

This change adds an opt-in shared-prefix FMHA path, including planning, fused attention kernels, rotary helpers, and CUDA graph variants. It also updates sampler staging and seed allocation, executor and scheduler checks, and Qwen2 speculative-decoding support.

Changes

Shared-Prefix FMHA

Layer / File(s) Summary
Register and plan the shared-prefix backend
tensorrt_llm/_torch/attention/backends/fmha/registry.py, tensorrt_llm/_torch/attention/backends/fmha/manager.py, tensorrt_llm/_torch/attention/backends/trtllm.py, tests/unittest/_torch/attention/test_fmha_registry.py
Registers sampling_shared_prefix as opt-in, adds an enablement helper, invokes planning during metadata preparation, and adds plan state to the FMHA cache key. Registry tests cover default and explicit enablement.
Prepare cache rows and rotary queries
tensorrt_llm/_torch/attention/backends/fmha/sampling_shared_prefix_kernels.py, tests/unittest/_torch/attention/test_sampling_shared_prefix_rope.py
Adds Triton cache-write, query-gather, merge, page-length, speculative-step, and rotary helpers. Tests cover rotary results, page boundaries, graph replay, and supported configurations.
Compute fused shared-prefix attention
tensorrt_llm/_torch/attention/backends/fmha/sampling_shared_prefix_fused.py, tests/unittest/_torch/attention/test_sampling_shared_prefix_fmha.py, tests/unittest/_torch/attention/test_sampling_shared_prefix_rope.py
Adds prefix and tail attention, partial-state reduction, and an optional FlashInfer context-kernel path. Tests cover attention outputs, cache writes, speculative steps, graph replay, and end-to-end generation.
Capture attention graph variants
tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/cuda_graph_runner.py, tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/engine/runners/decoder/graphs.py
Adds an attention-variant field to graph keys and captures separate graph passes for available variants.

In-Graph Sampling and Seed Allocation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Cache sampler eligibility and staged batches
tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/llm_request.py, tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/sampler/sampler.py, tests/unittest/_torch/sampler/test_in_graph_sampling.py
Caches per-request FAST-tier eligibility and staged-batch metadata. Reuses staging for matching batches, refreshes live-row seeds, and restages when request IDs or slots change. Tests cover tier selection and staging reuse.
Allocate sampler seeds and offsets
tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/sampler/seed_manager.py, tests/unittest/_torch/sampler/test_torch_sampler.py
Uses NumPy-backed host views and a combined transfer for seed and offset rows. Tests check seeded and unseeded rows, repeated batches, and offset state.

Executor and Scheduler Runtime

Layer / File(s) Summary
Update response and preemption handling
tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/py_executor.py, tests/unittest/_torch/executor/test_handle_responses_fast_path.py
Checks pending preemption before per-request lookups, appends step metrics only when enabled, and suppresses qualifying intermediate non-streaming responses. CPU-only tests cover these conditions.
Adjust cache and scheduler checks
tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/kv_cache/kv_cache_manager_v2.py, tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/scheduler/scheduler_v2.py
Reorders the accepted-draft-token check, caches debug logging state before window lookup, checks context state in remote-mode lookup, and guards PEFT pre-claim iteration on cache-manager presence.

Qwen2 Speculative Decoding

Layer / File(s) Summary
Use the speculative-decoding model base
tensorrt_llm/_torch/models/modeling_qwen.py, tests/unittest/_torch/speculative/test_eagle3_qwen2.py
Changes Qwen2ForCausalLM to inherit from SpecDecOneEngineForCausalLM and adds unit and checkpoint-gated EAGLE-3 generation tests.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Change: Feature

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Metadata as TrtllmAttentionMetadata
  participant Registry as FMHA registry
  participant Planner as Shared-prefix planner
  participant Runner as CUDAGraphRunner
  participant Capture as Decoder graph capture
  Metadata->>Registry: Check shared-prefix library enablement
  Metadata->>Planner: Plan batch when enabled
  Runner->>Runner: Resolve attention graph variant
  Capture->>Runner: Set capture variant
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Merge Risk: Moderate · previous review 04337

The opt-in attention path can produce incorrect results for some models, and important speculative and sampling regressions may escape testing. These risks should be addressed before merge.

Pre-merge checks: Passed 3 · Failed 1

Failed Failed checks: 1 warning

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Description check Warning The description includes the required headings, but the Description and Test Coverage sections are empty. It does not explain the shared-prefix attention design, affected behavior, validation results,… Add a concise Description that states the problem, implementation, scope, and opt-in behavior. List the relevant unit, GPU, CUDA graph, speculative-decoding, and end-to-end tests in Test Coverage, including results or known limitations. Com…
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Title check Passed The title clearly identifies the feature, uses the required ticket and type format, and matches the main shared-prefix FMHA change.
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Actionable comments posted: 5

Nitpick comments: 5
tests/unittest/_torch/executor/test_handle_responses_fast_path.py: 1

79-79: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Test a parked victim alongside an unparked request.

With only a victim in the batch, this test also passes if response handling skips every request whenever any preemption is pending. Add a streaming request whose is_preemption_pending result is false. Assert that it still calls create_response while the victim remains active. As per path instructions, flag “overly weak” assertions that can miss a concrete regression.

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Extend the test around `is_preemption_pending` to include both a parked victim
and an unparked streaming request, configuring their pending-preemption results
accordingly. Assert that `create_response` is called for the unparked request
while the victim remains active, so the test catches implementations that skip
all requests when any preemption is pending.

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tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/sampler/seed_manager.py: 1

139-139: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Test mixed repeated slots.

The repeated-slot path can receive seeded and unseeded rows together. The existing tests cover mixed distinct slots and repeated seeded slots, but not this combination. Add a TestRequestSeed case with seeded slot 0 and unseeded slot 1 in rows [0, 1, 0, 1]. Check the returned pairs and both counters across two calls. This would catch an offset or row-order regression in speculative sampling. As per path instructions, “Leave an INLINE review comment on the smallest relevant changed production-code hunk when a material test coverage gap exists.” (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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Review comment at @tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/sampler/seed_manager.py at
line 139:
Add a mixed seeded/unseeded repeated-slot case to TestRequestSeed using rows [0,
1, 0, 1], with slot 0 seeded and slot 1 unseeded. Across two calls, assert the
returned pairs and both counters to cover row ordering and offset behavior.

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tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/sampler/sampler.py: 1

2470-2483: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Add a test for the new _process_requests read-back shortcut.

Lines 2470-2483 add a new branch. If generation_requests equals staged.requests or staged.live_requests, the branch reuses staged.live_seq_slots_host and staged.single_step_greedy. The else branch re-derives both values from the live requests.

The changed tests call only stage_in_graph_sampling, get_sample_type and resolve_in_graph_sample_type. None of them reaches _process_requests. These cases are untested:

  • The padded-batch match.
  • The live-prefix match.
  • A mismatch that falls through to invalidate_in_graph_sampling().

A wrong cached live_seq_slots_host or single_step_greedy would give wrong destinations or skip the finish-reason kernel. A multi-token stop word would then go undetected. The existing tests would still pass in that case.

Add a CUDA test in tests/unittest/_torch/sampler/test_in_graph_sampling.py. The test should:

  1. Stage a batch.
  2. Call _process_requests with the padded list, the live prefix and a different batch.
  3. Assert the returned seq_slots_host, the single_step_greedy flag, and that the mismatch case clears the staged state.

If _process_requests is already covered in another test file, point to that test.

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Review comment at @tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/sampler/sampler.py around
lines 2470 - 2483:
Add a CUDA test that exercises the `_process_requests` staged read-back branch
after staging a batch: cover both the padded batch and live-prefix matches, and
verify the returned `seq_slots_host` and `single_step_greedy` values. Also
exercise a different batch and verify it falls through to
`invalidate_in_graph_sampling()` and clears the staged state; if
`_process_requests` is already covered elsewhere, extend that test instead.

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tests/unittest/_torch/sampler/test_in_graph_sampling.py: 1

74-74: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Test the draft-token rejection that this field supports.

Line 74 adds py_draft_tokens to _Request. No changed test sets it to a non-empty value. The new rule in resolve_in_graph_sample_type returns SampleType.FULL for a request with draft tokens. That rule is therefore untested. If the check regresses, a speculative batch could be staged for the in-graph path. The tests would not catch it.

Add this test to TestTierSelection:

def test_draft_tokens_force_full(self, sampler):
    req = make_request(py_request_id=1, py_seq_slot=1, py_draft_tokens=[5])
    sampler.admit(req)
    scheduled = SimpleNamespace(generation_requests=[req], num_context_requests=0)
    assert sampler.resolve_in_graph_sample_type(scheduled) is SampleType.FULL

Test coverage summary:

  • File modified: tests/unittest/_torch/sampler/test_in_graph_sampling.py.
  • Added tests:
    • test_per_request_verdict_is_computed_once
    • test_disqualified_request_keeps_its_verdict
    • test_live_request_after_padding_dummy_is_full
    • test_repeated_batch_is_not_restaged_but_seeds_advance
    • test_staged_batch_records_what_the_readback_needs
    • test_multi_token_stop_words_need_the_finish_reason_kernel
    • test_changed_batch_is_restaged[new_request_same_slot|request_moved_slot|request_left]
    • test_direct_param_staging_invalidates_the_repeat_shortcut
  • Covered behavior: the eligibility cache, the dummy-ordering rule, the staging shortcut and its invalidation, and the _StagedBatch contents.
  • Gaps: draft-token rejection and the _process_requests read-back shortcut.
  • CI list: the file already exists. Confirm that a list under tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/ still references it. The TestStaging tests need CUDA, so they belong in a single-GPU list such as l0_b200.yml.
  • Verdict: needs follow-up.
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Review comment at @tests/unittest/_torch/sampler/test_in_graph_sampling.py at
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Add a test to TestTierSelection that admits a request with non-empty
py_draft_tokens and verifies resolve_in_graph_sample_type returns
SampleType.FULL for its scheduled batch.

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tests/unittest/_torch/attention/test_beam_shared_prefix_fmha.py: 1

15-20: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Add coverage for FMHA cache separation and stale CUDA-graph metadata.

The new tests cover planner grouping, dense-reference accuracy, CUDA-graph replay, speculative decoding, eligibility, RoPE, and registry ordering. The attention directory is already included in l0_cpu.yml and GPU lists such as l0_b200.yml.

Two changed behaviors remain untested:

  • Select FMHA once without an active plan and once with an active plan. Assert that _FmhaCacheKey.shared_prefix_plan prevents reuse of the cached selection.
  • Call plan_step with CUDA-graph metadata whose captured plan is no longer eligible. Assert the expected RuntimeError.

The current plan_step tests use is_cuda_graph=False and do not exercise this error branch.

Coverage verdict: needs follow-up.

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Add tests for FMHA cache separation by selecting FMHA without an active plan and
then with one, verifying `_FmhaCacheKey.shared_prefix_plan` prevents reuse of
the cached selection. Also test `plan_step` with CUDA-graph metadata whose
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Review comments at
@tensorrt_llm/_torch/attention/backends/fmha/beam_shared_prefix.py:
- Around line 1921-1923: Update the availability check in `_is_available` to
accept only `learned_absolute` for non-RoPE position types, while retaining
`_fused_rope_supported(attn)` for RoPE variants. This must decline ALiBi,
ChatGLM, and deferred types; add those cases to the existing
`test_library_accepts_supported_rope_and_declines_the_rest` loop.

Review comments at
@tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/kv_cache/kv_cache_manager_v2.py:
- Around line 2995-2997: Update the `_window_log_enabled` guard so it refreshes
when the logger level changes at runtime, rather than retaining the first
capacity-growth result. Cache the level alongside the enabled state or
invalidate that state when `Logger.set_level` changes the level, so crossing
logs and the page-index scan follow the current debug setting.

Review comments at
@tests/unittest/_torch/attention/test_beam_shared_prefix_fmha.py:
- Around line 1432-1435: In both fused attention tests, seed a CUDA generator
and pass it to every random tensor creation for pool, q, k, and v; do not rely
on the CPU generator or global CUDA random state.

Review comments at @tests/unittest/_torch/speculative/test_eagle3_qwen2.py:
- Around line 89-90: Update the comparison in the reference/speculative loop to
check the full generated outputs instead of only the first eight tokens; if
near-tie behavior can cause valid divergence, use reference log probabilities to
verify and allow divergence only at those positions.
- Line 86: Strengthen the checkpoint-backed speculative run assertion: output
lengths do not show that any draft tokens were accepted. Record the
accepted-draft-token count during the run and assert that it is positive,
alongside the existing length check for speculative and PROMPTS.

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Review comments at @tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/sampler/sampler.py:
- Around line 2470-2483: Add a CUDA test that exercises the `_process_requests`
staged read-back branch after staging a batch: cover both the padded batch and
live-prefix matches, and verify the returned `seq_slots_host` and
`single_step_greedy` values. Also exercise a different batch and verify it falls
through to `invalidate_in_graph_sampling()` and clears the staged state; if
`_process_requests` is already covered elsewhere, extend that test instead.

Review comments at @tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/sampler/seed_manager.py:
- Line 139: Add a mixed seeded/unseeded repeated-slot case to TestRequestSeed
using rows [0, 1, 0, 1], with slot 0 seeded and slot 1 unseeded. Across two
calls, assert the returned pairs and both counters to cover row ordering and
offset behavior.

Review comments at
@tests/unittest/_torch/attention/test_beam_shared_prefix_fmha.py:
- Around line 15-20: Add tests for FMHA cache separation by selecting FMHA
without an active plan and then with one, verifying
`_FmhaCacheKey.shared_prefix_plan` prevents reuse of the cached selection. Also
test `plan_step` with CUDA-graph metadata whose captured plan is no longer
eligible and assert it raises the expected `RuntimeError`.

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@tests/unittest/_torch/executor/test_handle_responses_fast_path.py:
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tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/cuda_graph_runner.py: 1

470-470: Trivial · Functional Correctness · Heavy lift

Test both attention variants at one graph batch size.

Add a graph-selection test that uses one batch size first with a qualifying shared prefix and then without one. Assert that lookup selects distinct attn_variant keys and that each key uses matching graph metadata. The existing tests cover resolver outputs and KeyType inequality, but do not exercise this graph lookup and capture-metadata transition.

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without one. Assert that the lookups select distinct attn_variant keys and that
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tests/unittest/_torch/attention/test_fmha_registry.py: 1

62-62: Trivial · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Assert order before flashinfer_trtllm_gen.

flashinfer_trtllm_gen can claim eligible generation batches, so sampling_shared_prefix must precede it in both canonical and enabled orders. The current fallback-only assertions pass if these two libraries are reversed.

Suggested assertions
     names = _canonical_names()
+    assert names.index(SAMPLING_SHARED_PREFIX) < names.index("flashinfer_trtllm_gen")
     assert names.index(SAMPLING_SHARED_PREFIX) < names.index("fallback")
 
...
     enabled = _enabled_names()
     assert SAMPLING_SHARED_PREFIX in enabled
+    assert enabled.index(SAMPLING_SHARED_PREFIX) < enabled.index("flashinfer_trtllm_gen")
     assert enabled.index(SAMPLING_SHARED_PREFIX) < enabled.index("fallback")
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Update the ordering assertions in the test covering `_canonical_names()` and
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tensorrt_llm/_torch/attention/backends/fmha/manager.py: 1

398-398: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Cover the same-shape plan-state transition.

When an eligible active plan becomes inactive, FmhaManager.select must select the regular library instead of reusing the cached shared-prefix selection. Add a test in tests/unittest/_torch/attention/test_fmha_manager.py that calls select for both states with identical shape and key inputs, then asserts the second selection.

The existing tests cover registry ordering and direct has_active_plan results, but not this cache transition. This is additional coverage for currently correct behavior, so classify it as a recommended refactor rather than a functional-correctness issue.

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@hchings hchings changed the title [None][feat] Support shared-prefix attention for n-sample requests in FMHA [TRTLLM-17384][feat] Support shared-prefix attention for n-sample requests in FMHA Oct 27, 2026

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tests/unittest/_torch/attention/test_sampling_shared_prefix_rope.py: 1

82-85: Trivial · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Restore a partial-RoPE case.

All direct rope_qkv_inplace cases use rotary_dim == head_dim, so after[..., rotary_dim:] is empty and the assertion cannot detect rotation of non-RoPE dimensions. Add a case with head_dim=128 and rotary_dim=64.

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         (20, 20, 128, 128, 3, RotaryScalingType.none, 1.0),
+        (20, 20, 128, 64, 3, RotaryScalingType.none, 1.0),
         (14, 2, 64, 64, 1, RotaryScalingType.none, 1.0),
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tests/unittest/_torch/attention/test_sampling_shared_prefix_fmha.py: 2

395-396: Trivial · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Exercise the open-gate path or narrow this test’s contract.

The two n=6 prompt groups have shared prefixes of 600 and 410 tokens. With TLLM_SAMPLING_SHARED_PREFIX_MIN_SHARED_TOKENS="100000", resolve_graph_variant selects the regular-kernel graph variant. The reference and candidate can therefore use the same attention path, so the token assertion can pass without checking shared-prefix output.

The test also enables only cuda_graph=True; its eager behavior is not covered. Add the open-gate case and remove the unsupported eager claim, or narrow the test name and docstring to the gated-off CUDA-graph fallback.

🧪 Suggested fix
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("gate_tokens", ["100000"], ids=["gated_off"])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("gate_tokens", ["100000", "0"], ids=["gated_off", "gate_open"])
 def test_n_sampling_shared_prefix_matches_fallback_e2e(cuda_graph, gate_tokens):
-    """Greedy n-sample requests give the same tokens with and without the
-    library, eager and with every decode step replayed from a CUDA graph. With
+    """Greedy n-sample requests give the same tokens with and without the
+    library, with every decode step replayed from a CUDA graph. With
     the gate closed the library declines every batch (CUDA graphs capture the
     regular-kernel variant); with it open the library variant runs."""
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Update test_n_sampling_shared_prefix_matches_fallback_e2e to include the
open-gate case alongside the gated-off case, so the test exercises the
shared-prefix path. Remove the unsupported eager-execution claim from its
docstring and describe only CUDA-graph behavior.

1337-1342: Trivial · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Add a peaked overshoot case to the fused speculative test.

The parameterized test always uses _fused_spec_case(..., peaked=False). Its random attention inputs and 2e-2 tolerance do not specifically force a wrong private-tail length to change the output. Add one peaked case with host-table overshoot.

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-    "num_heads,num_kv_heads,head_dim,q_len,shuffled,placeholder_rows,overshoot,group_grid",
+    "num_heads,num_kv_heads,head_dim,q_len,shuffled,placeholder_rows,overshoot,group_grid,peaked",
     [
-        (20, 20, 128, 9, True, 2, True, 2),
-        (16, 8, 128, 2, False, 0, False, None),
-        (12, 3, 128, 5, True, 2, True, 2),
+        (20, 20, 128, 9, True, 2, True, 2, False),
+        (16, 8, 128, 2, False, 0, False, None, False),
+        (12, 3, 128, 5, True, 2, True, 2, False),
+        (20, 20, 128, 9, True, 2, True, 2, True),
     ],
 )
 def test_fused_spec_attention_matches_dense_and_writes_kv(
-    num_heads, num_kv_heads, head_dim, q_len, shuffled, placeholder_rows, overshoot, group_grid
+    num_heads, num_kv_heads, head_dim, q_len, shuffled, placeholder_rows, overshoot, group_grid, peaked
 ):
@@
-            num_heads, num_kv_heads, head_dim, q_len, shuffled, placeholder_rows, seed, overshoot
+            num_heads, num_kv_heads, head_dim, q_len, shuffled, placeholder_rows, seed, overshoot,
+            peaked=peaked,
         )
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tensorrt_llm/_torch/attention/backends/fmha/sampling_shared_prefix_kernels.py: 1

256-256: Trivial · Stability & Availability · Quick win

Add a sanitizer-backed SM90 regression test for step_last_len.

No test calls step_last_len directly. The CUDA graph replay test calls step_slots (tests/unittest/_torch/attention/test_sampling_shared_prefix_fmha.py:838), but it does not run under compute-sanitizer and has no SM90 gate. Neither inspected test file contains a sanitizer or SM90 check. An out-of-bounds read of mapped memory does not fail the existing torch.equal or reference assertions, so a pre-fix load could pass unnoticed.

Add a test that calls step_last_len with:

  • a row count that is not a multiple of 256, such as 12;
  • a non-identity perm that contains only valid row indices;
  • a base_len greater than the device KV length, so tail_last_page_len is negative.

Compare the output with kv_lens[perm] - base_len computed in PyTorch. Run the test under compute-sanitizer on SM90.

Do not put invalid entries in perm. The kernel loads kv_lens_ptr + source without a guard. An out-of-range perm entry is an invalid access in the fixed kernel too, so the test would fail for a reason unrelated to the fix.

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grouping is not None
and grouping.num_rows == rows
and grouping.q_len == q_len
and np.array_equal(grouping.table_rows, table_rows)

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Could we invalidate the grouping when the request-id tuple changes, even if IndexMapper returns the same slots? IndexMapper recycles slots after completion. A later n-sample batch can reuse the same cached first prompt page and page-count bucket while owning different private pages. _sampling_table_rows updates state.table_rows_key without invalidating state.grouping, so same_rows remains true and the rebuild is skipped. The next attention step then reads the previous requests' tail pages and writes new K/V through their stale write_page values. Please include request identity or allocation generation in the grouping key, and cover replacement requests with unchanged slots/first pages/lengths but different tails. Required for this PR.

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…graphs, EAGLE-3 and Qwen2

Builds on the opt-in shared-prefix FMHA library (previous commit) and turns it
into an n-sample path, renamed sampling_shared_prefix (enable with
TLLM_FMHA_LIBS=+sampling_shared_prefix):

- n-sample requests: rows whose KV block tables start with identical pages are
  grouped; each group's shared pages are read once and merged with every
  row's private tail. KV cache manager V2 only; beam search is not supported
  and is declined.
- CUDA graphs: the planned step is captured per attention variant; a fused
  Triton kernel does prefix, tail and merge for up to 16 query tokens per row,
  so EAGLE-3 verification steps (K draft tokens + 1) are served too. On SM100
  the shared prefix runs on TRTLLM-Gen's context kernel (q_len >= 4).
- A cost-model gate, fitted to Nsight timings, decides per batch whether
  sharing pays. The library stays off by default with draft tokens.
- Qwen2: fused RoPE inside the library (NeoX RoPE, no or linear scaling), and
  Qwen2ForCausalLM becomes a one-model speculative target (EAGLE-3).
- Correctness fixes: size the eager FlashInfer float workspace from the plan;
  no split-KV in the eager speculative tail plan; regrow the eager fused
  workspace when the split count grows; fix SM90 speculative-load faults in
  the Triton kernels.
- Host overhead: cheaper per-request work in PyExecutor._handle_responses,
  in-graph sampling staging and the V2 scheduler.

Tests: unit tests against dense references for the kernels, planner, gate and
RoPE; end-to-end n-sample tests that diverge from the regular kernel only at
rounding near-ties.

Signed-off-by: Erin Ho <14718778+hchings@users.noreply.github.com>
…brary

- Accept only RoPE variants the library rotates itself, or a module that passes no
  positional embedding; ALiBi, relative, GLM and deferred embeddings are applied inside
  the attention op and are declined.
- Refresh the cached sliding-window crossing-log guard when the logger level changes.
- Draw the random inputs of the fused-kernel tests from seeded CUDA generators.
- The EAGLE-3 acceptance checks read accepted draft tokens in-process (LLM.get_stats
  returns nothing here) and fail when no draft token is reported or accepted.

Signed-off-by: Erin Ho <14718778+hchings@users.noreply.github.com>
…ce, SM90 guard, Triton tuning

Additional SM90 (H100) fixes found during H100 validation of the
shared-prefix library:

1. Pad FlashInfer CUDA graph buffers in _graph_wrappers() (+64 / +1024
   elements) to prevent speculative-load OOB on SM90 (Bug 4 — same root
   cause as Bugs 1–3; FUSED=0 path only).

2. SM90 guard in _sampling_forward(): force Triton fused path (fused=True)
   for spec-decode steps (q_len > 1) on SM90, because FlashInfer 0.6.18's
   pre-compiled SM90 BatchPrefillWithPagedKVCacheWrapper kernel crashes at
   60 rows × q_len=9. FUSED=0 still works for q_len=1 (non-spec) on SM90.

3. SM90 Triton tuning in _prefix_programs: eviction_policy="evict_last" on
   K/V loads (L2 retention for shared prefix pages), num_warps=8 (from 4),
   num_stages=3 (from 2) on SM90. Measured +1.3% gain at L1600.

4. Restore original _graph_float_workspace_bytes formula for spec-decode
   tail (reverts an earlier over-aggressive reduction that caused internal
   FlashInfer OOB on SM90 with FUSED=0).

Measured H100 perf (EAGLE-3, 3x20 rows, cuda-graph 1):
  L600:  off 13935, on 13768 (-1.3%) — gate declines
  L1600: off 9540,  on 9552  (+0.1%)
  L4000: off 6978,  on 7283  (+4.4%)
  L6500: off 4964,  on 5030  (+1.3%)

Signed-off-by: Erin Ho <erinh@nvidia.com>
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…ecoding batches (linear draft)

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…ple library exactly (FlashInfer requires batch_size + 1)

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… decode and linear speculative verification

Adds flash_attn4_generation (TLLM_FMHA_LIBS=+flash_attn4_generation): fused NeoX RoPE,
paged K/V write of the step's tokens and FA4's paged forward (tile 64x128, 256 threads)
on a device-derived page table, CUDA-graph capturable. Declines draft layers, context,
quantized KV, trees, windows and sinks.

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…Attention-4 on SM90

Fa4Prefix runs the shared pages of captured n-sample batches (q_len >= 4) through FA4's
non-causal varlen paged forward on the CtxPrefix request tables (chunks of 128 query
tokens, natural-log LSE converted to base 2 for the merge), with the Triton tail and the
context-kernel merge. Captured batches on this path default to 8 sharing groups.

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…n SM90

The draft forward swaps the draft KV-cache manager and its block offsets into
the attention metadata, so the device page table and the pool view of the
FA4 generation library follow it; declining draft layers left them on the
multi-token XQA kernel. Nsight on H100 (Qwen2.5-7B, 120 rows, 4k-token
prompts): the first draft step (q_len K+1) took 515 us (K=3) / 990 us (K=8)
in XQA against ~190 us for FA4 on the same shape in the target layers, and
each later draft step ~260 us. TLLM_FLASH_ATTN4_GENERATION_DRAFT=0 keeps the
previous behaviour.

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…e context-kernel path

The context-kernel (FA4 prefix on SM90) path launched one tail program per
(row, KV head). With a few rows left at the end of a generation that is a
handful of programs on 132 SMs: Nsight on H100 (Qwen2.5-7B, GQA 28/4,
EAGLE-3 K=3, 4 padded rows) shows the tail launch at 36 us per layer against
18 us for FlashAttention-4 over the whole row. Pick the split count from the
captured batch: split only a grid that fills less than half the SMs, up to
one wave, at most 8 (unchanged at full batch); the merge kernel already
reduces any number of tail slots. Measured on H100 (Qwen2.5-7B, EAGLE-3
K=3): splitting cut the library's target attention per step by 30-60% at
1-15 rows, while 2 splits at 16-60 rows (one to two waves of programs) were
5-8% slower, hence the half-wave threshold.
TLLM_SAMPLING_SHARED_PREFIX_CTX_TAIL_SPLITS fixes the split count.

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…e acceptance test

The test serves 16 rows, below TLLM_SAMPLING_SHARED_PREFIX_SPEC_MIN_ROWS (default 96), so the library
never served a speculative step and the test compared the default path with itself.

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…Attention-4

FmhaManager returned the first library that supports a whole batch, so a
mixed context+generation batch went to FallbackFmha (not phased) before a
CombinedFmha could be formed, and FA4 never served the generation rows of
mixed steps: under continuous request arrival most steps are mixed.

A phased generation library may now opt in (pairs_with_whole_batch_context,
set for flash_attn4_generation) to pair with a whole-batch library that
honours a context-only call (serves_context_only_input, set for FallbackFmha:
the thop op skips its generation stage for AttentionInputType.context_only).
CombinedFmha then runs the thop op on the mixed tensors as context-only and
the phased library on the generation rows. Batches whose generation rows are
not uniform stay on the whole-batch op. Selection without an opted-in
library is unchanged.

Mixed steps run eagerly, and an eager FA4 layer call costs ~110 us of host
time (rope, page table, KV write and FA4 launches) against one attention-op
call; on GSM8K-style traffic (short prompts, continuous arrival) serving the
generation rows of every mixed step with FA4 lowered throughput. The paired
generation library therefore decides per step (serves_mixed_generation_rows):
FA4 takes the rows when their mean KV length reaches
TLLM_FLASH_ATTN4_GENERATION_MIXED_MIN_KV (default 2048; 0 = always).

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TrtllmAttention mixed batches (GQA 28/4, MHA 20/20; q_len 1/4/9; with and
without the n-sample library enabled) against the dense reference, spying on
the libraries to assert that FA4 serves exactly the generation rows and the
regular op only the context requests; the KV-length gate of mixed steps;
selection and CombinedFmha unit tests for the whole-batch pairing. The FMHA
manager test metadata carries fmha_plan_caches, which the selection cache
key reads.

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… block that is never committed

The prefix-aware skip admits one of several context requests that would
contribute the same first new block and defers the rest by one iteration,
expecting the admitted one to commit the block. For the n samples of one
prompt with EAGLE-3 (H100, Qwen2.5-7B, 3 prompts x 40 samples of 4000
tokens) a probe trace shows the same key returned for the remaining samples
iteration after iteration while one sample per prompt is admitted: the
contributor finishes its context without committing that block, so every
deferral is pure delay. The 117 samples joined 3 per iteration over ~16
mixed steps, full batch at +744 ms instead of right after the prompts'
prefill.

Remember the first-chunk contributors of each schedule; when a duplicate
still probes a key whose contributor has left the context phase, mark the
key as not repaid and stop deferring on it (bounded LRU of 4096 keys).

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…Attention-4 on SM90

On SM90 the library's shared prefix already runs through FlashAttention-4
(Fa4Prefix); the rows' private pages went through a Triton tail program per
(row, KV head). Serve them through FA4's paged decode as well (Fa4Tail): once
per step a device kernel builds each row's page table from its group's shared
run onward (batch order) and its KV length past the run; per layer the step's
K/V is written into those pages, FA4 attends them causally and returns the
output and LSE, and one merge kernel joins the prefix and tail states. The
prefix's LSE is merged in FA4's natural-log layout, which drops the per-layer
LSE conversion. TLLM_SAMPLING_SHARED_PREFIX_TAIL_KERNEL=triton keeps the
Triton tail.

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…graphs

cuBLASLt's heuristic picks one algorithm per GEMM shape, and at some token
counts it is far from the best one: on H100 the Qwen2.5-7B MLP down
projection takes 174 us at 576 tokens (64 rows x 9 tokens of an EAGLE-3 K=8
verify step) against 113 us for the fastest cuBLASLt algorithm.

With TLLM_CUDA_GRAPH_GEMM_TUNING=1, PyTorch TunableOp is on around the
generation CUDA-graph passes: the warmup pass benchmarks the cuBLAS/cuBLASLt
candidates of every GEMM shape it runs (unquantized linear layers, LM head),
the capture pass records the selected algorithms in the graphs, and TunableOp
is off again afterwards, so eager steps keep the heuristic. Results stay in
memory; a process that sets PYTORCH_TUNABLEOP_ENABLED keeps its own TunableOp
configuration.

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… KV write, one page table per step

Per layer the FA4 generation library launched RoPE (Q and K in place), the
page-table derivation and the paged KV write before FA4 itself. RoPE and the
KV write are now one kernel (rope_write_kv_paged: Q rotated in place, the
rotated K and V written straight to the pool), and the page table of a
(KV manager, pool, rows) is derived once per forward by the first layer that
needs it and shared by the others through a per-step cache on the attention
metadata (fmha_step_caches, emptied by prepare()). The deriving layer redoes
it in every forward of the step, so a captured graph records it. Two
launches per layer instead of four in captured and eager steps.

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SM90 FA4 has no split-KV: it launches one CTA per (row, KV head, 64-row tile
of the row's packed GQA queries) and walks the row's whole cache in it. A
batch of a few rows (the tail of an n-sample request, a lightly loaded
server) then runs a few dozen CTAs on 132 SMs; on H100 (Qwen2.5-7B, EAGLE-3
K=8, 1-4 rows, ~5k cached tokens) target attention took ~1.9 ms per step.

When the grid fills less than half the SMs, generation_splits cuts every row's
pages before the page of its first step token into up to one wave's worth of
non-causal chunks (at most 16): one FA4 call over rows x splits batch
entries with the queries replicated, one causal call over the rest of the
row (the step's tokens), and a merge kernel. The chunk tables are derived on
the device once per step from the shared page table, so the path is
capturable. TLLM_FLASH_ATTN4_GENERATION_SPLITS=1 turns it off, a larger value
fixes the split count.

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… for RoPE and the tail KV write

Two changes to the library's FlashAttention-4 path (SM90, with Fa4Tail):

* Small batches: the FA4 prefix call launches about one CTA per (request,
  KV head, 128-row query tile) and walks the group's whole prompt in it; a
  captured batch of a few rows ran ~8 CTAs (H100, Qwen2.5-7B, K=8, 4 rows).
  fa4_prefix_splits cuts each group's shared pages into up to one wave's worth
  of runs (at most 8) when the query tiles fill less than half the SMs; the
  queries are gathered once per run (_ctx_tables lays the requests out per
  run) and the FA4-tail merge joins all prefix states with the tail state
  (an empty run has LSE -inf). The private pages of such a batch go through
  the split-KV generation call (generation_splits), which now also returns
  the merged LSE.
* RoPE and the step's K/V write into the rows' private pages are one launch
  (rope_write_kv_paged with page_lens: RoPE at the absolute positions, the
  write at the slot of the private page table), so the tail call no longer
  writes them.

The split-KV merge kernel runs one program per (token, block of 4 heads)
instead of one per token: a split small batch has a few tokens, and each
program walks every split (9 programs took 6.6 us per layer at 1 row, K=8).

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…long

The split counts of small FlashAttention-4 batches are fixed per captured
batch size, so a short cache was cut as finely as a long one: on H100
(Qwen2.5-7B, K=8, 1-4 rows, ~1.6k cached tokens) the split steps were slower
than unsplit ones, while at ~5k tokens they were much faster. Chunks of the
generation split (split_tables, on the device from the actual lengths) and
runs of the library's prefix split (_ctx_tables) now hold at least
MIN_SPLIT_TOKENS (512) tokens, so a short cache uses fewer, non-empty splits
and the rest are empty (their CTAs exit at once and the merges skip them).

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ruff format and import order on the FA4 generation and n-sample library
files and their tests, yapf spacing in linear.py, and a test line split
to stay under 120 columns. No behavior change.

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The planner reused its grouping while the batch kept the same block-table
slots, first pages and page counts. A slot recycled for a new request (or
a request whose pages were released and allocated again, e.g. after
preemption) can match all three while owning different private pages, so
the step read the previous pages and wrote its KV into them. The cache
check now compares every block-table entry the grouping read; entries past
a row's last page are ignored.

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FallbackFmha is a PhasedFmha on main, so CombinedFmha ran every pairing
built from a whole-batch context library phase by phase and skipped the
uniform-rows and TLLM_FLASH_ATTN4_GENERATION_MIXED_MIN_KV checks. Mark
the pairing built by the manager as whole_batch_context: such a batch is
served by the whole-batch library alone unless the generation library
takes its generation rows; otherwise the context phase runs on the
whole-batch library and the generation phase on the phased library.

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manager.layer_to_pool_mapping_dict[manager.layer_offsets[self.attn.layer_idx]]
)
rows = slice(params.seq_offset, params.seq_offset + params.batch_size)
offsets = metadata.kv_cache_block_offsets[pool_index, rows, 0, :]

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When KVCacheManagerV2._use_per_layer_page_tables is true, kv_cache_block_offsets is indexed by local layer, but this lookup still uses the lifecycle group. For example, full-attention layers 1 and 3 can share group 1 with SWA scratch reuse enabled; layer 3 then reads layer 1's converted offsets here, and the new cache also shares that table across both layers. FA4 reads and writes the wrong KV pages. Could we decline per-layer-table managers until table selection and conversion match the layer's get_buffers() view, and cover a nonzero layer in that layout? Required for this PR.

The second CUDA graph per batch size existed for the shared-prefix
library's size gate, which picked the regular kernel or the library per
batch. The gate moves into the library's per-step plan (a group that
does not pay is attended through the tail call), so one graph per batch
size serves both and cuda_graph_runner.py returns to main.

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…red-prefix library

The target deployment (H100, EAGLE-3 n-sampling, CUDA graphs) runs the
shared and the private pages through FlashAttention-4. Remove the paths
it does not use: the FlashInfer prefix/tail calls, the Triton prefix and
tail tiles, the TRTLLM-Gen context-kernel prefix (SM100), check mode,
and the GB200 cost model. Batches without draft tokens, other GPUs and
fp16 take the regular kernel.

The size gate is now a per-group decision inside the step plan, fitted
on H100 (COST_MODEL: KV bytes a group saves per layer, 8 MB for MHA, any
for GQA; TLLM_SAMPLING_SHARED_PREFIX_MIN_SHARED_TOKENS still fixes a
token threshold instead).

Tests: the planner, grouping and FA4 kernel tests follow the FA4 path;
the whole-layer CUDA graph replay test runs through run_generation; the
end-to-end tests run EAGLE-3 n-sampling against FlashAttention-4 alone.

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