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[None][perf] Avoid output concatenation in eager GDN - #21132
Qwen3NextGatedDeltaNet.forward allocates attn_out before selecting the custom-op or direct forward_core path. Both paths receive the preallocated buffer, which avoids concatenating separate eager outputs. No review findings or test-run results were supplied.
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The modified unittest adds a CUDA test for float16 and bfloat16 inputs across two token/head shapes. It checks that forward_core receives an output buffer with the expected shape, dtype, and device. Coverage verdict: needs follow-up. The test mocks core execution, so it does not verify output values or prefill/decode writes; its inclusion in an integration test list is not established.
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tensorrt_llm/_torch/modules/mamba/gdn_mixer.py: Verify output correctness and slice placement for the custom-op and forward_core paths, including eager prefill/decode.
tests/unittest/_torch/modules/mamba/test_gdn_kernel_optimizations.py: The added CUDA test checks the output-buffer contract with mocked core and postprocessing methods. It does not validate computed outputs.
Description
Why?
Eager mixed batches can concatenate separate prefill and decode outputs despite existing kernel support for shared output storage.
What?
Use a shared output buffer in eager execution so prefill and decode write directly into their final slices, avoiding the extra copy.
Test Coverage
Performance and validation
Isolated A/B measurements against ab95e84be2, using nightly 1.4.0rc2.dev202610270008 with checkout Python overlays and CUDA 13.4.59:
GPU
Baseline core span
Shared-buffer core span
Reduction
B200 / SM100
146.67 µs
140.66 µs
4.10%
These rows use FlashInfer prefill with 4,096 prefill tokens + 32 one-token decode
requests. Across all three tested shapes and both FlashInfer/Triton backends,
the captured eager core span fell 2.2–4.1%, while ordinary eager CUDA-event
elapsed time fell 0.6–1.5%. Each comparison used 100 alternating samples per
variant.
Notes:
the denominator is the baseline GDN core median: convolution, gate/QK preparation, and recurrence.
Graph capture isolates the eager core's GPU span; ordinary eager timing includes Python submission gaps.
Timings use deterministic ordinary decode; MTP was checked separately for correctness.
Development validation passed 100 checks on B200, including bitwise output/state comparisons and CUDA graph replay.
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Qwen3NextGatedDeltaNet.forward now allocates the attention-output buffer before choosing an execution path. The direct forward_core call receives that buffer through output. A CUDA test checks the buffer’s shape, dtype, and device.
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Allocate and pass the output buffer tensorrt_llm/_torch/modules/mamba/gdn_mixer.py, tests/unittest/_torch/modules/mamba/test_gdn_kernel_optimizations.py
forward allocates attn_out before path selection and passes it to forward_core on the direct path. A CUDA test checks the buffer’s shape, dtype, and device. The test uses module-level imports for Qwen3NextGatedDeltaNet.
The shared-buffer behavior has focused test coverage. Strengthening the postprocessing handoff assertion is worthwhile, but the remaining gap is bounded and does not by itself block merging.
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Cover the Qwen3NextGatedDeltaNet.forward wrapper with a shared output buffer.
The mixed prefill and decode path that writes into a shared output buffer is already tested at the forward_extend level. The changed wrapper is not. Its new_empty allocation and its output=attn_out pass-through into forward_core run in no test, so a regression there would not fail any test.
Add a parametrized case in tests/unittest/_torch/modules/mamba/test_gdn_mixed_decode.py. It should call forward_core(..., output=attn_out) with a mixed batch (num_contexts > 0 and num_decode_tokens > 0). Compare the result against a reference run with output=None, using cloned inputs and recurrent state. The test should check output values, the returned buffer, and recurrent state. The attention metadata and mamba layer cache can be stubbed, as the existing forward_extend test already does for its inputs.
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Review comment at @tensorrt_llm/_torch/modules/mamba/gdn_mixer.py at line 1158:
Add a parametrized mixed prefill/decode test for Qwen3NextGatedDeltaNet.forward
that exercises its shared output-buffer allocation and pass-through to
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- Line 1158: Add a parametrized mixed prefill/decode test for
Qwen3NextGatedDeltaNet.forward that exercises its shared output-buffer
allocation and pass-through to forward_core. Compare against a reference run
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* Why?
Eager mixed batches can concatenate separate prefill and decode
outputs despite existing kernel support for shared output storage.
* What?
Use a shared output buffer in eager execution so prefill and decode
write directly into their final slices, avoiding the extra copy.
Signed-off-by: William Zhang <133824995+2ez4bz@users.noreply.github.com>
Make the core mock return its output so the test checks the handoff to postprocessing.
forward passes the core return value to _postprocess_gdn_output. Both mocks in test_gdn_eager_forward_supplies_output_buffer are unconstrained, so the test passes even if the wrapper sends a different tensor to postprocessing. The current assertions check only the buffer passed to forward_core. Make the core mock return that buffer, then assert that postprocessing receives the same object.
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@tests/unittest/_torch/modules/mamba/test_gdn_kernel_optimizations.py around
lines 595 - 596:
In test_gdn_eager_forward_supplies_output_buffer, configure the
layer.forward_core mock to return the output buffer it receives, then assert
that layer._postprocess_gdn_output receives that same object. Keep the existing
buffer assertions and verify the handoff by object identity.
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- Around line 595-596: In test_gdn_eager_forward_supplies_output_buffer,
configure the layer.forward_core mock to return the output buffer it receives,
then assert that layer._postprocess_gdn_output receives that same object. Keep
the existing buffer assertions and verify the handoff by object identity.
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Signed-off-by: Zhenhuan Chen <zhenhuanc@nvidia.com>
NVIDIA#20939: main's Request.get_input_token_ids_array() replaces our input_token_ids_i32 binding.
NVIDIA#20597: the spec worker takes mapping_for_full_rows() plus our key_exchange.
NVIDIA#21132: the shared eager GDN output buffer is allocated after the fused-verify early returns.
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Qwen3NextGatedDeltaNet.forwardallocatesattn_outbefore selecting the custom-op or directforward_corepath. Both paths receive the preallocated buffer, which avoids concatenating separate eager outputs. No review findings or test-run results were supplied.QA Engineer Review
The modified unittest adds a CUDA test for float16 and bfloat16 inputs across two token/head shapes. It checks that
forward_corereceives an output buffer with the expected shape, dtype, and device. Coverage verdict: needs follow-up. The test mocks core execution, so it does not verify output values or prefill/decode writes; its inclusion in an integration test list is not established.Per-File QA Perspective
tensorrt_llm/_torch/modules/mamba/gdn_mixer.py: Verify output correctness and slice placement for the custom-op andforward_corepaths, including eager prefill/decode.tests/unittest/_torch/modules/mamba/test_gdn_kernel_optimizations.py: The added CUDA test checks the output-buffer contract with mocked core and postprocessing methods. It does not validate computed outputs.Description
Eager mixed batches can concatenate separate prefill and decode outputs despite existing kernel support for shared output storage.
Use a shared output buffer in eager execution so prefill and decode write directly into their final slices, avoiding the extra copy.
Test Coverage
Performance and validation
Isolated A/B measurements against
ab95e84be2, using nightly1.4.0rc2.dev202610270008with checkout Python overlays and CUDA 13.4.59:These rows use FlashInfer prefill with 4,096 prefill tokens + 32 one-token decode
requests. Across all three tested shapes and both FlashInfer/Triton backends,
the captured eager core span fell 2.2–4.1%, while ordinary eager CUDA-event
elapsed time fell 0.6–1.5%. Each comparison used 100 alternating samples per
variant.
Notes:
Development validation passed 100 checks on B200, including bitwise output/state comparisons and CUDA graph replay.
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