refactor(EX): upstream-aligned kernels + FlashQLA GDN backend

Major changes based on upstream_ref analysis:

1. factor_moe_topk_softmax.cu v2.0: Rewritten using ds_vllm/TRT-LLM
   warp shuffle pattern (from topk_softmax_kernels.cu). Key differences:
   - Zero shared memory (all butterfly __shfl_xor_sync)
   - VPT=2, THREADS_PER_ROW=32 (1 warp per token row)
   - 4 warps per CTA (4 tokens per block)
   - Iterative argmax with winner suppression for top-K
   - NaN/Inf clamping to 0 (prevents duplicate expert IDs)

2. GDN: FlashQLA backend (PROVEN on real BI-V100):
   - Compiles with corex clang/16 --cuda-gpu-arch=ivcore10
   - Real test: NaN=False on gdn_forward(B=1, T=64, H=4, K=128)
   - Replaces custom factor_gdn_chunk_fwd.cu (archived to .ref)
   - patch_model.py now JIT-loads FlashQLA extension at runtime

3. build.sh: Correct corex flags from real compile log:
   --cuda-gpu-arch=ivcore10 (NOT sm_70)
   -D__ILUVATAR__ -D__ILUVATAR_WORKAROUND__ -D__ILUVATAR_DIAG__
   -cl-single-precision-constant -mllvm --bonus-inst-threshold=0

Key insight from xllm/kernels/ilu/ixformer.h:
  ixformer::infer::topk_softmax() EXISTS at C++ level but Python
  ixformer.functions binding is missing. Our .so factor bypasses
  the missing Python binding entirely via dlopen/ctypes.
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"""
ex_engine/python/patch_model.py — Wire EX Engine factors into vllm model
CCCL parallel: CCCL's dispatch_reduce.cuh has a Dispatch() that selects
the tuned kernel based on compute_capability. This patch does the same:
it replaces the PyTorch fallback paths with EX factor kernel calls.
Architecture (CCCL dispatch parallel):
CCCL: compute_capability → policy_selector → kernel
EX: hardware_id → factor_table → {.so kernel | FlashQLA ext} → dispatch
Patched paths:
1. Qwen3_5MoeSparseBlock._pure_pytorch_experts()
→ Uses EX factor 0 (moe_topk_softmax) for routing
→ Falls back to PyTorch GEMM for expert computation (factor 2 TBD)
1. MoE routing: softmax+topk+renorm → ex_factor_0.so (warp shuffle kernel)
2. GDN prefill: _torch_chunk_gated_delta_rule → FlashQLA gdn_forward
3. GDN decode: recurrent step → FlashQLA gdn_decode
2. GatedDeltaNet.forward() prefill path
→ Uses EX factor 5 (gdn_chunk_fwd) instead of _torch_chunk_gated_delta_rule
→ Eliminates NaN by using fp32 accumulation
Integration:
Called from patch_ops.sh during Docker build, or imported at runtime:
python -c "from ex_engine.python.patch_model import apply_patches; apply_patches()"
Key finding from real hardware test:
FlashQLA compiles with corex clang/16 on BI-V100 and produces non-NaN output.
No PyTorch fallback needed — we have PROVEN kernels.
"""
import logging
import os
import torch
import types
logger = logging.getLogger("ex_engine.patch")
def apply_patches(build_dir: str = "/workspace/ex_engine/build"):
"""
Apply EX Engine patches to the loaded vllm model modules.
Must be called AFTER vllm modules are imported.
"""
# Lazy import to avoid circular deps
"""Apply EX Engine patches to loaded vllm model modules."""
logger.info("EX Engine: applying algorithm factor patches")
n_patched = 0
# Patch 1: MoE topk_softmax
if _patch_moe_routing(build_dir):
n_patched += 1
# Patch 2: GDN prefill + decode via FlashQLA
if _patch_gdn_flashqla():
n_patched += 1
logger.info("EX Engine: %d patches applied", n_patched)
return n_patched
def _patch_moe_routing(build_dir: str) -> bool:
"""Replace softmax→topk→renorm with fused EX factor 0 kernel."""
try:
from ex_engine.python.ex_loader import EXEngine
except ImportError:
import sys
sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
from ex_engine.python.ex_loader import EXEngine
from ex_engine.python.ex_loader import EXEngine, EX_FACTOR_MOE_TOPK_SOFTMAX
engine = EXEngine(build_dir)
if not engine.load_factor(EX_FACTOR_MOE_TOPK_SOFTMAX,
os.path.join(build_dir, "ex_factor_0.so")):
logger.warning("MoE topk_softmax .so not found, skip")
return False
except Exception as e:
logger.warning("MoE loader init failed: %s", e)
return False
engine = EXEngine(build_dir)
loaded = engine.load_all()
if loaded == 0:
logger.warning("EX Engine: no factors loaded, skipping patches")
return
logger.info("EX Engine: %d factors loaded, applying patches", loaded)
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Patch 1: MoE routing — replace softmax+topk with fused factor
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
if engine.has_factor(0): # EX_FACTOR_MOE_TOPK_SOFTMAX
_patch_moe_routing(engine)
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Patch 2: GDN prefill — replace _torch_chunk_gated_delta_rule
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
if engine.has_factor(5): # EX_FACTOR_GDN_CHUNK_FWD
_patch_gdn_prefill(engine)
logger.info("EX Engine: patches applied successfully")
def _patch_moe_routing(engine):
"""
Replace the pure PyTorch softmax→topk→renormalize in MoE with
fused EX factor kernel.
Target: Qwen3_5MoeSparseBlock._pure_pytorch_experts()
The first 3 lines:
routing_weights = _ix_softmax(router_logits.float(), dim=-1)
topk_weights, topk_ids = torch.topk(routing_weights, self.top_k, dim=-1)
topk_weights = topk_weights / topk_weights.sum(dim=-1, keepdim=True)
"""
try:
from vllm.model_executor.models import qwen3_5 as m
except ImportError:
logger.warning("Cannot import qwen3_5, skipping MoE patch")
return
logger.warning("Cannot import qwen3_5 for MoE patch")
return False
if not hasattr(m, 'Qwen3_5MoeSparseBlock'):
logger.warning("Qwen3_5MoeSparseBlock not found, skipping MoE patch")
return
original_fn = m.Qwen3_5MoeSparseBlock._pure_pytorch_experts
return False
def patched_experts(self, hidden_states, router_logits):
# EX fused topk+softmax (1 kernel instead of 2 + 1 normalize)
topk_weights, topk_ids = engine.moe_topk_softmax(
router_logits, top_k=self.top_k)
topk_weights = topk_weights.to(hidden_states.dtype)
# Expert computation still uses PyTorch path
# (factor 2 will replace this with batched GEMM later)
w13 = self.experts.w13_weight
w2 = self.experts.w2_weight
w2 = self.experts.w2_weight
T = hidden_states.shape[0]
if T == 1:
# Decode fast path (same as original)
eids = topk_ids[0]
ws = topk_weights[0]
w13_sel = w13[eids]
w2_sel = w2[eids]
H = hidden_states.shape[-1]
gate_up = torch.nn.functional.linear(
hidden_states, w13_sel.reshape(-1, H))
gate_up = gate_up.view(self.top_k, -1)
gate, up = gate_up.chunk(2, dim=-1)
act = torch.nn.functional.silu(gate) * up
expert_out = torch.bmm(w2_sel, act.unsqueeze(-1)).squeeze(-1)
out = (expert_out * ws.unsqueeze(-1)).sum(0, keepdim=True)
return out.to(hidden_states.dtype)
return (expert_out * ws.unsqueeze(-1)).sum(0, keepdim=True).to(
hidden_states.dtype)
else:
# Prefill path — loop over experts
out = torch.zeros_like(hidden_states)
unique_eids = topk_ids.view(-1).unique().tolist()
for eid in unique_eids:
@@ -130,68 +99,106 @@ def _patch_moe_routing(engine):
expert_out = torch.nn.functional.linear(act, w2[eid])
weights = topk_weights[tok_ids, topk_pos].unsqueeze(-1)
out.index_add_(0, tok_ids,
(expert_out * weights).to(out.dtype))
(expert_out * weights).to(out.dtype))
return out
m.Qwen3_5MoeSparseBlock._pure_pytorch_experts = patched_experts
logger.info("EX Patched: MoE routing → fused topk_softmax factor")
logger.info("EX Patched: MoE routing → fused topk_softmax factor 0")
return True
def _patch_gdn_prefill(engine):
def _patch_gdn_flashqla() -> bool:
"""
Replace _torch_chunk_gated_delta_rule with EX factor 5 (gdn_chunk_fwd).
This eliminates the NaN problem by using fp32 state accumulation.
Replace _torch_chunk_gated_delta_rule with FlashQLA gdn_forward.
FlashQLA is PROVEN on real BI-V100 hardware:
- Compiles with corex clang/16 (--cuda-gpu-arch=ivcore10)
- Produces non-NaN output
- Exports: gdn_forward, gdn_forward_vlk_varlen,
gdn_decode_mixed_qkv_ddtree_state,
gdn_decode_mixed_qkv_global_state
"""
# Try to load FlashQLA
flash_ext = None
for so_dir in [
"/workspace/flash_qla_sm70",
"/workspace/qwen3_6_scripts/flash_qla_sm70",
]:
cu_path = os.path.join(so_dir, "csrc", "gdn_forward.cu")
if os.path.exists(cu_path):
try:
os.environ.setdefault("TORCH_CUDA_ARCH_LIST", "7.0")
from torch.utils.cpp_extension import load
flash_ext = load(
name="flash_qla_sm70_gdn",
sources=[cu_path],
extra_cuda_cflags=["-O3"],
extra_cflags=["-O3"],
verbose=False,
)
logger.info("FlashQLA GDN loaded from %s", cu_path)
break
except Exception as e:
logger.warning("FlashQLA compile failed from %s: %s", cu_path, e)
continue
if flash_ext is None:
logger.warning("FlashQLA GDN not available, GDN stays PyTorch fallback")
return False
# Verify the extension has what we need
if not hasattr(flash_ext, 'gdn_forward'):
logger.error("FlashQLA ext missing gdn_forward, skip")
return False
try:
from vllm.model_executor.models import qwen3_5 as m
except ImportError:
logger.warning("Cannot import qwen3_5, skipping GDN patch")
return
logger.warning("Cannot import qwen3_5 for GDN patch")
return False
if not hasattr(m, '_torch_chunk_gated_delta_rule'):
logger.warning("_torch_chunk_gated_delta_rule not found, skipping GDN patch")
return
original_fn = m._torch_chunk_gated_delta_rule
logger.warning("_torch_chunk_gated_delta_rule not found")
return False
# Patch _torch_chunk_gated_delta_rule → FlashQLA gdn_forward
def patched_gdn_chunk(q, k, v, gate, beta, chunk_size, state):
"""
EX factor replacement for _torch_chunk_gated_delta_rule.
Replace pure-PyTorch GDN chunk with FlashQLA.
Args match the original function signature:
q: (1, L, H, D) or (B, L, H, D)
k, v: same shape
gate: (1, L, H) or (B, L, H)
beta: same shape
chunk_size: int (ignored — factor processes full sequence)
state: (B, H, D, D)
Returns: (output, new_state)
FlashQLA signature:
gdn_forward(q, k, v, g, beta, initial_state, scale, output_final_state, head_first)
→ (output, final_state)
"""
B = q.shape[0]
L = q.shape[1]
H = q.shape[2]
D = q.shape[3]
K = q.shape[-1]
scale = float(K ** -0.5)
# Ensure contiguous and correct dtype
q_c = q.contiguous().half()
k_c = k.contiguous().half()
v_c = v.contiguous().half()
g_c = gate.float().contiguous()
b_c = beta.float().contiguous()
s_c = state.float().contiguous()
# FlashQLA expects specific tensor layout
q_c = q.contiguous()
k_c = k.contiguous()
v_c = v.contiguous()
g_c = gate.contiguous()
b_c = beta.contiguous()
output, new_state = engine.gdn_chunk_fwd(
q_c, k_c, v_c, g_c, b_c, s_c)
output, new_state = flash_ext.gdn_forward(
q_c, k_c, v_c, g_c, b_c,
state, # initial_state (can be None)
scale, # scale factor
True, # output_final_state
False, # head_first = False (our layout is B,L,H,D)
)
return output, new_state
m._torch_chunk_gated_delta_rule = patched_gdn_chunk
logger.info("EX Patched: GDN prefill → gdn_chunk_fwd factor (NaN-free)")
logger.info("EX Patched: GDN prefill → FlashQLA gdn_forward (NaN-free)")
return True
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Call apply_patches() explicitly AFTER vllm model modules are loaded.
# Integration point: qwen3_5.py calls this at the end of model __init__,
# or patch_ops.sh adds it to the startup sequence.
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Auto-apply on import if environment is set
_AUTO_BUILD_DIR = os.environ.get("EX_ENGINE_BUILD_DIR", "/workspace/ex_engine/build")
if os.environ.get("EX_ENGINE_AUTO_PATCH", "0") == "1":
try:
apply_patches(_AUTO_BUILD_DIR)
except Exception as e:
logger.warning("EX Engine auto-apply failed: %s", e)