project6-dev
4a91c31ffc
debug: probe base image vllm FusedMoE actual dispatch chain
2026-08-10 06:41:52 +00:00
project6-dev
f265cb8ad3
fix(yaml): align launch params with comp 168 proven config
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- max_model_len: 80000 → 256000 (comp 168 value)
- gpu_memory_utilization: 0.9 → 0.95
- Added: --max-num-batched-tokens 4096, --enable-chunked-prefill
- Removed: VLLM_COREX_*_LIBRARY env vars (those .so don't exist in base image)
- Added ixformer dir to LD_LIBRARY_PATH for runtime symbol resolution
2026-08-10 06:40:48 +00:00
project6-dev
905bf4db2c
feat(moe): wire silu_and_mul through C++ bridge in corex_moe.py
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Now MoE activation uses:
Tier 0: ix_bridge.silu_and_mul (C++ ixformer_torch_ext, verified on BI-V100)
Tier 1: ixformer.functions.silu_and_mul (Python)
Tier 2: F.silu(gate) * up (pure PyTorch)
Verified 7/8 on single BI-V100:
✓ compile, silu_and_mul, rms_norm, fused_add_rms_norm, linear, paged_attn, corex_moe
✗ flash_attn import path (not needed, vllm xformers backend handles it)
2026-08-10 06:36:40 +00:00
project6-dev
7127d18491
refactor(bridge): rewrite ix_full_bridge.cpp for actual base image symbols
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Symbol probe revealed ixformer::infer namespace does NOT exist in base image.
That namespace is xllm's own compiled wrapper layer.
Actual available symbols in base image:
_ixformer_torch.so: silu_and_mul_forward, rms_norm_forward,
fused_add_rms_norm_forward, ixformer_linear, ixformer_linear_ex
libixformer.so: ixinfer_flash_attn_unpad_fwd (different signature)
MoE functions (topk_softmax, group_gemm, moe_expand_input, etc.)
are NOT in any base image .so — MoE must use Python path.
Bridge now only wraps: silu_and_mul, rms_norm, fused_add_rms_norm, linear
These accelerate the per-layer ops that run 200x per token.
2026-08-10 06:34:54 +00:00
project6-dev
b9fd2755d9
debug: probe all ixformer symbol locations
2026-08-10 06:33:14 +00:00
project6-dev
3e7fc565ff
debug: probe script to find silu_and_mul symbol location
2026-08-10 06:32:04 +00:00
project6-dev
a54dbda3bb
fix(bridge): link against libixformer.so for silu_and_mul symbol
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- ix_bridge.py: auto-discover ixformer .so files, pass as extra_ldflags
- ix_moe_bridge.cpp: fix mangled header from bad sed, add #include <optional>
- verify_single_gpu.py: also pass extra_ldflags during JIT compile
The undefined symbol _ZN8ixformer5infer12silu_and_mulERN2at6TensorES3_
lives in libixformer.so — need to explicitly link it.
2026-08-10 06:29:11 +00:00
project6-dev
ac3c8e28eb
fix(bridge): c10::nullopt → typed std::optional{} for CoreX torch compat
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CoreX torch's c10::nullopt cannot implicitly convert to const std::optional<T>&.
Solution: use static typed empty optionals (kNoneTensor, kNoneBool).
Also unified all c10::optional forward decls to std::optional.
Applied same fix to ix_moe_bridge.cpp.
2026-08-10 06:25:15 +00:00
project6-dev
ff0bf8c1d6
fix: total_mem → total_memory (torch API)
2026-08-10 06:21:40 +00:00
project6-dev
c579c75039
test: single-GPU verification script for ix_full_bridge compile + MoE 7-step dispatch chain
2026-08-10 06:21:04 +00:00
project6-dev
d7fa7b0682
docs: update PROJECT_SUMMARY.md — corex rewrite + dispatch chain analysis
2026-08-10 06:17:38 +00:00
project6-dev
d86b39d1ae
refactor(corex): rewrite 3 dlopen modules to use real ixformer::infer dispatch chain
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corex_moe.py:
- Tier 0: ix_bridge.fused_moe_forward (all 7 ixformer::infer steps in C++)
- Tier 1: ix_bridge step-by-step (topk→gen_idx→expand→gemm→silu→gemm→combine)
- Tier 2: Python topk + ixf_F.silu_and_mul + torch.matmul expert loop
corex_gdn.py:
- Gate clamping [-5, 0] (decay only) from real machine logs
- State clamping ±100 prevents inf propagation
corex_fa2.py:
- Tier 0: ix_bridge C++ paged_attention/flash_attn
- Tier 1: ixformer.contrib.vllm_flash_attn Python
- Tier 2: ixf_F.vllm_single_query_cached_kv_attention (V1)
All modules now use: ix_full_bridge.cpp → ixformer::infer → libixattn.so
Matches comp 168 actual dispatch chain from docker log.
2026-08-10 06:16:39 +00:00
EX Engine
33b7327c1d
fix: add error logging to all corex module imports + dtype guard
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Previous: except ImportError: pass (silent failure)
Now: logs WHY import failed so we can diagnose from docker logs
Also includes the matmul dtype guard fix:
_ix_matmul only calls ixformer.matmul for float16 tensors
Prevents stderr spam from GDN float32 accumulation path
2026-08-10 04:51:16 +00:00
project6-dev
7d4edd4ac7
fix(GDN): force fp16 cast before norm+out_proj — ixformer matmul requires kHalf
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matmul.cu:149 'Expected input.dtype() == kHalf' error in competition log.
Root cause: _torch_chunk_gated_delta_rule returns fp32 core_out,
passed directly to self.norm() → self.out_proj() which calls ixformer matmul.
Fix: explicit .to(torch.float16) on core_out and z before norm.
2026-08-10 04:45:32 +00:00
EX Engine
d841c44e55
fix(GDN): dtype guard on _ix_matmul/_ix_bmm — ixformer.matmul requires kHalf
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Root cause from competition platform log:
/opt/apps/ixformer/functions/matmul.cu:149 'Expected input.dtype() == kHalf'
Repeats ~80 times — every GDN layer token pass calls _ix_matmul with float32
GDN chunked delta rule uses float32 accumulation (correct for precision).
_ix_matmul was calling ixformer.matmul on float32 tensors → stderr spam.
The try/except caught it and fell back to torch.matmul, but the stderr
output floods the log and may slow down inference.
Fix: check a.dtype == torch.float16 before calling ixformer.matmul.
Non-half tensors go directly to torch.matmul — zero stderr noise.
2026-08-10 04:45:24 +00:00
EX Engine
41aec33955
fix(GDN): gate clamp [-5,0] (decay only) + state clamp ±100
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Root cause: gate=3.0 → exp(2.0)=7.389 per step → state explodes even with state clamp 65504
- 65504 * 7.389 = 483900 → re-clamped to 65504 → oscillates at max → output inf
Fix: gate_raw ∈ [-5, 0] so exp(gate) ∈ [0.007, 1.0] — pure decay, never grows
GateIsExp path: clamp ≤ 1.0 — same invariant
state ∈ [-100, 100] — tight enough to prevent output overflow
GDN gate is -dt * A_log.exp() where dt>0, A_log>0 → always negative in normal weights.
Clamping to ≤0 enforces this invariant even for pathological inputs.
2026-08-10 04:44:05 +00:00
EX Engine
1ae398eeee
fix(interface): corex_moe accepts w13 merged format + no silent fallback
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corex_moe.py: moe_forward now accepts both formats:
Format A: w1(E,I,H) + w2(E,H,I) + w3(E,I,H) — xllm style, separate gate/up
Format B: w13(E,2*I,H) + w2(E,H,I) + w3=None — vllm style, merged gate_up
Auto-detects by checking if w3 is None, splits w13 internally.
qwen3_5.py:
- Fix corex_moe call: use keyword args (w3=None, topk=self.top_k)
prevents topk integer going to w3 tensor position
- Remove silent fallback on corex_moe failure — raise RuntimeError
with full shape info for diagnosis. Zero score with no error log
is worse than a crash.
2026-08-10 04:36:16 +00:00
project6-dev
44d36e6ccc
build: add MoE topk kernel precompile to patch_ops.sh + Dockerfile pipeline
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patch_ops.sh: step 7 precompiles moe_topk_softmax_v3.cu during Docker build
corex_moe.py: expanded .so/.cu search paths for both pre-compiled and JIT scenarios
Docker build flow:
1. COPY ex_engine/ → /workspace/ex_engine/
2. patch_ops.sh deploys corex_moe.py + corex_gdn.py to vllm models dir
3. patch_ops.sh runs precompile_moe_topk.py → .so cached
4. At runtime, corex_moe.py loads cached .so (no JIT delay)
Competition submission ready.
2026-08-10 04:26:33 +00:00
project6-dev
f32ef97013
feat(MoE): verified CUDA topk_softmax kernel — zero fallback
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moe_topk_softmax_v3.cu: BI-V100 verified (2026-08-10)
- 64 experts, topk=8, warp shuffle, zero shared memory
- renormalize: sum=1.0 ✓, no NaN ✓, no duplicate ids ✓
- 881 token batch ✓
- Compiler: corex clang/16, --cuda-gpu-arch=ivcore10
- Stream: c10::cuda::getCurrentCUDAStream()
corex_moe.py: loads CUDA kernel, NO Python fallback
- Searches pre-compiled .so → JIT compile from source → error
- MoE pipeline: CUDA topk → cublas expert GEMM → ixformer silu_and_mul
precompile_moe_topk.py: Docker build-time compilation + verification
Key finding from real machine probing:
ixformer::infer::topk_softmax is DECLARED in ixformer.h but
NOT IMPLEMENTED in any .so in the base image (nm -D scan: zero hits).
Must compile our own kernel.
2026-08-10 04:21:43 +00:00
EX Engine
2238604bad
test: verify_on_device.py — 真机逐函数验证, 不允许fallback
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6步验证:
1. ixformer Python层现有API确认
2. ix_full_bridge.cpp JIT编译 (关键: 能否链接ixformer::infer)
3. MoE pipeline: topk_softmax → gen_idx → silu_and_mul → fused_moe_forward
4. Attention: paged_attention
5. Norm: rms_norm
6. GDN: flash_qla_sm70 gate clamp验证 (之前abs_mean=inf)
任何步骤失败直接sys.exit(1), 不fallback
2026-08-10 04:06:21 +00:00
EX Engine
f955dd127e
feat(EX): ix_full_bridge — all 14 ixformer::infer functions bridged
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Upstream source: xllm/core/kernels/ilu/ixformer.h (Apache 2.0)
Wrapper patterns: xllm/core/kernels/ilu/{attention,norm,rope,activation,fused_moe,group_gemm}.cpp
Complete bridge (ix_full_bridge.cpp, 331 lines):
MoE: topk_softmax, gen_idx, expand, group_gemm, silu_mul, combine, fused_forward
Attention: paged_attention (decode), flash_attn_prefill (prefill)
Norm: rms_norm, fused_add_rms_norm
RoPE: rotary_embedding
Cache: reshape_and_cache
Linear: ixformer_linear
ix_bridge.py: tries ix_full_bridge first, falls back to ix_moe_bridge
patch_ops.sh: deploys both .cpp files to all JIT search paths
Copied ixformer.h + utils.h headers for reference
2026-08-10 04:01:42 +00:00
project6-dev
5efb0fcc35
feat(EX): corex_fa2.py — third dlopen module from comp 168 AST chain
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Log analysis from dockerrizhi.txt (07-23 Sub168 run) reveals THREE
corex modules, not two:
1. corex_gdn.py — GatedDeltaNet fused kernel (already implemented)
2. corex_moe.py — MoE routing + expert GEMM (already implemented)
3. corex_fa2.py — FlashAttention2 dispatch (NEW)
corex_fa2.py handles 32/36 attention layers with three modes:
:333 → FA2 packed prefill (B=2 Hq=4 Hkv=1 D=256 max_q=2048)
:507 → FA2 paged chunked prefill (B=1 max_q=17 cache_blocks=2)
:225 → FA2 paged decode (B=1 max_k=45455 partition=256)
Wraps ixformer.contrib.vllm_flash_attn + ixf_F.vllm_single_query_cached_kv_attention.
These .so files EXIST in the base image (libixattn.so).
Also: wired corex_fa2 import into qwen3_5.py + deploy script.
2026-08-10 04:01:21 +00:00
project6-dev
f4e2264a83
ref(EX): import upstream ILU kernels + xllm MoE CUDA sources into ex_engine
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Copied from upstream_ref (NOT rewritten — exact upstream code):
ixformer C++ API (the authoritative header):
include/ixformer.h — ixformer::infer namespace: topk_softmax,
moe_compute_token_index_api, moe_w16a16_group_gemm, moe_expand_input,
moe_output_reduce_sum, silu_and_mul, rms_norm, xllm_paged_attention, etc.
include/ilu_ops_api.h — xllm::kernel::ilu namespace: moe_active_topk,
moe_gen_idx, moe_expand_input, group_gemm, moe_combine_result,
batch_prefill, batch_decode, rms_norm, matmul, act_and_mul, etc.
ILU kernel wrappers (call ixformer::infer directly):
csrc/ilu_kernel_fused_moe.cpp — topk routing + gen_idx + expand + combine
csrc/ilu_kernel_group_gemm.cpp — batched expert GEMM
csrc/ilu_kernel_{activation,norm,rope,matmul,attention}.cpp
ILU layer implementations (full pipeline):
csrc/ilu_layer_fused_moe.{cpp,h} — 797 lines, the complete MoE pipeline
that competitor 168 ran as corex_moe.py
csrc/ilu_layer_attention.{cpp,h} — prefill/decode attention dispatch
CUDA MoE kernels (from xllm + ds_vllm):
csrc/moe/moe_topk_softmax_kernels.cuh — CUB BlockReduce + warp topk
csrc/moe/moe_topk_sigmoid_kernels.cuh — sigmoid scoring variant
csrc/moe/moe_topk.cuh + moe_fused_topk.cu — entry points
csrc/moe/moeTopKFuncs.cuh — TRT-LLM derived vllm-compatible topk
csrc/moe/moe_ops.h + moe_align_sum_kernels.cu — alignment kernels
Common layer headers:
csrc/common_fused_moe{,_base}.h + common_moe_fused_topk.{cpp,h}
2026-08-10 03:59:45 +00:00
EX Engine
dba027fded
fix(deploy): wire corex_gdn.py + corex_moe.py into patch_ops.sh
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Deploy to $VLLM/model_executor/models/ so qwen3_5.py import succeeds:
from vllm.model_executor.models import corex_gdn
from vllm.model_executor.models import corex_moe
Dispatch chain now complete:
GDN: corex_gdn (PyTorch fp32) || flash_qla_sm70 (CUDA, gate-clamped) || torch fallback
MoE: ix_fused_moe_forward (C++) || corex_moe || EX CUB topk || torch fallback
2026-08-10 03:39:49 +00:00
EX Engine
8eba1750fa
fix(GDN): clamp gate [-5,2] + state [-65504,65504] to prevent inf/NaN
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Root cause from real machine test: gdn_forward.cu output abs mean = inf
- gate_raw can be positive → exp(gate) > 1 → state grows exponentially
- Over 64 tokens: exp(2.0)^64 = inf
- PyTorch ref clamps g ∈ [-5, 2] but CUDA kernel did not
Fix:
gdn_forward.cu: clamp gate_raw ∈ [-5, 2] before exp (both kernel variants)
gdn_forward.cu: clamp state ∈ [-65504, 65504] after update (fp16 safe range)
qwen3_5.py: clamp g_3d before passing to SM70 kernel (belt + suspenders)
qwen3_5.py: clamp temporal_state after decode update
2026-08-10 03:38:46 +00:00
EX Engine
388f6b2d1a
feat(MoE): wire full ix_fused_moe_forward as Tier 0 dispatch
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ix_bridge.py: expose all 6 ixformer::infer functions + fused_moe_forward()
qwen3_5.py: 4-tier MoE dispatch (fused C++ → CUB topk → ix topk → PyTorch)
patch_ops.sh: deploy ix_moe_bridge.cpp to 4 search paths for JIT
2026-08-10 03:38:46 +00:00
project6-dev
1be9449883
feat(EX): corex_gdn + corex_moe — dlopen dispatch chain from comp 168 log analysis
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From 2d5232c5 docker log analysis:
07-23 (168's docker): corex_gdn.py + corex_moe.py → full fused kernels
08-07 (our docker): missing both → NaN GDN + PyTorch MoE fallback
corex_gdn.py: GDN fused kernel dispatch
- FlashQLA .so loading (gdn_forward.cu pre-compiled)
- PyTorch chunked delta rule with fp32 accum + clamp (no NaN)
- Decode single-step recurrent with state clamping
corex_moe.py: MoE fused pipeline
- topk_softmax: replaces MISSING ixf_F.vllm_moe_topk_softmax
- Per-expert GEMM via torch.matmul (cublas under the hood)
- ixformer.silu_and_mul for activation when available
DLOPEN_DISPATCH_CHAIN.md: complete .so loading chain map
deploy_corex_modules.sh: wire into VLLM/model_executor/models/
2026-08-10 03:37:15 +00:00
EngineX
7839982707
feat(EX): wire xllm CUB topk_softmax kernel into MoE routing
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Upstream: xllm/kernels/cuda/moe/moe_topk_softmax_kernels.cuh (Apache 2.0)
Adapted: CHECK→TORCH_CHECK, include path fix, cuda/functional guard, pybind11
Call chain now:
qwen3_5.py:_pure_pytorch_experts()
→ _ex_moe_topk_softmax (fused CUB kernel, 1 launch)
→ fallback: torch.softmax + torch.topk (3 launches)
Files:
ex_engine/csrc/moe/moe_topk_softmax_kernels.cuh — xllm kernel (adapted)
ex_engine/csrc/moe/device_utils.cuh — xllm device utils
ex_engine/csrc/moe/moe_topk_softmax_ext.cu — pybind11 wrapper
ex_engine/python/moe_topk.py — JIT loader (same pattern as flash_qla_sm70)
qwen3_5.py — import + use in _pure_pytorch_experts()
patch_ops.sh — deploy kernel sources for JIT
2026-08-10 03:10:58 +00:00
EX Engine
d00daa62f6
feat(MoE): full ixformer pipeline — topk → gen_idx → expand → group_gemm → silu → combine
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Port complete MoE pipeline from upstream xllm/layers/ilu/fused_moe.cpp.
All 6 ixformer::infer functions now exposed via ix_moe_bridge.cpp:
1. topk_softmax — fused routing (was: 3 PyTorch ops)
2. moe_compute_token_index_api — build permutation maps
3. moe_expand_input — gather tokens by expert
4. moe_w16a16_group_gemm — batched expert GEMM (was: Python for-loop)
5. silu_and_mul — fused activation
6. moe_output_reduce_sum — weighted scatter-add
qwen3_5.py dispatch order:
1. Try ix_fused_moe_forward (full C++ pipeline, 7 kernel launches)
2. Try ix_topk_softmax only + PyTorch GEMM
3. Pure PyTorch fallback (torch.softmax + torch.topk + for-loop)
ix_bridge.py exposes both individual ops and fused_moe_forward().
No upstream code copied — only forward-declarations of ixformer C++ API
that the base image SDK already contains.
2026-08-10 03:06:14 +00:00
EX Engine
e04a3bace9
fix: fail-fast on ix_bridge failure + probe script for real machine
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1. ix_bridge.py: RuntimeError instead of silent PyTorch fallback
If JIT compile fails, crash immediately with diagnostic message.
0 score with no error log is worse than a visible crash.
2. qwen3_5.py: explicit WARNING log on import failure (not silent)
Shows exact error so we can diagnose from docker log.
3. probe_ixformer_symbols.py: definitive test for real machine
- Finds all ixformer .so files
- nm/objdump for topk_softmax C++ symbol
- Checks Python bindings
- Attempts JIT compile + link (the real test)
- Prints PASS/FAIL with next-step instructions
Run on real machine: python3 probe_ixformer_symbols.py
2026-08-10 03:04:50 +00:00
EX Engine
d21b2505bb
fix: wire MoE topk via ixformer C++ bridge + disable broken flash_qla GDN
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Two call chain breaks fixed:
1. MoE routing (2304 calls/token):
BEFORE: torch.softmax + torch.topk (3 Python GPU ops, no ixformer)
AFTER: ix_bridge.py → ix_moe_bridge.cpp → ixformer::infer::topk_softmax()
Source: upstream_ref/xllm/xllm/core/kernels/ilu/fused_moe.cpp line 46
The C++ API exists in base image SDK (ixformer.h declares it),
only the Python binding (ixformer.functions) was missing.
2. GDN prefill (4 layers, 99.98% NaN):
BEFORE: flash_qla SM70 kernel → abs mean=inf → nan_to_num → zeros
AFTER: skip flash_qla, use _pytorch_forward directly
Source: upstream_ref/xllm qwen3_gated_delta_net_base.cpp uses
identical PyTorch chunked logic (no flash_qla).
Sub168 (working build) never deployed flash_qla either.
Files:
- ex_engine/csrc/ix_moe_bridge.cpp: torch C++ extension calling ixformer C++ API
- ex_engine/python/ix_bridge.py: JIT-compile loader with PyTorch fallback
- qwen3_5.py: import ix_bridge for MoE, disable flash_qla for GDN
- patch_ops.sh: deploy ix_bridge .cpp + .py into vllm model dir
2026-08-10 03:00:35 +00:00
EX Engine
8e6adf20e6
refactor(EX): upstream-aligned kernels + FlashQLA GDN backend
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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.
2026-08-10 02:55:58 +00:00
EX Engine
002f9879b2
ref(upstream): FULL TREE — Deep-Spark xllm (1470) + ds_vllm csrc/models (703)
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Replaces cherry-picked upstream_ref with complete source trees.
xllm/ — Iluvatar official C++ inference engine (15MB, 1470 files)
Complete: kernels → layers → models → runtime → scheduler → api
Excluded: .git, binary images, third_party submodule checkouts
ds_vllm/ — Iluvatar official vllm fork (8MB, 703 files)
Included: csrc/ (ALL CUDA kernels), fused_moe/, qwen3_5 model, _custom_ops
Excluded: tests, benchmarks, docs, examples (not needed for reference)
Critical call chains now fully traceable:
MoE: moe_topk_softmax_kernels.cuh → ixformer.h → fused_moe.cpp → layer
GDN: qwen3_gated_delta_net_base.cpp → qwen3_5_gated_delta_net.cpp
Attention: ixformer.h → xllm_paged_attention → attention.cpp
2026-08-10 02:54:03 +00:00
EngineX
9e4fb3712f
remove enginex/ — duplicate of existing ex_engine/
2026-08-10 02:49:37 +00:00
EX Engine
ea82b00e54
ref(upstream): add Deep-Spark xllm + vllm MoE/GDN reference code
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Sources (Apache 2.0, cloned 2026-08-09):
- Deep-Spark/xllm: Iluvatar's official C++ inference engine
- Deep-Spark/vllm: Iluvatar's vllm fork
Key files for our EX Engine development:
MoE topk_softmax (fixes 2304 calls/token PyTorch fallback):
- xllm/kernels/cuda/moe/moe_topk_softmax_kernels.cuh
CUB-based fused softmax+topk, power-of-2 expert count optimized
For 64 experts: topk_gating_softmax<T,VPT=2,64,WARPS=4,BYTES=4>
- xllm/kernels/ilu/ixformer.h
Official ixformer C++ API: topk_softmax(), paged_attention(), etc.
- xllm/kernels/ilu/fused_moe.cpp
How xllm calls ixformer::infer::topk_softmax()
- ds_vllm/csrc/moe/topk_softmax_kernels.cu
vllm-native topk_softmax (TensorRT-LLM derived, 874 lines)
GatedDeltaNet (fixes NaN in 4 GDN layers):
- xllm/layers/npu_torch/qwen3_gated_delta_net_base.cpp
fp32 state accumulation, proper recurrent update
Complete FusedMoE pipeline reference:
- xllm/layers/ilu/fused_moe.cpp
gate -> topk -> expand -> gemm1 -> act -> gemm2 -> combine
2026-08-10 02:48:23 +00:00
EngineX
b4e055e9a9
feat(enginex): CCCL-style algorithm factor replacement engine — 18 operator dispatch system
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EngineX replaces the missing corex_gdn/corex_moe/corex_fa2 operator chain
that Sub168 has but our BI-V100 image lacks.
Architecture (mirrors CCCL dispatch/tuning/kernel three-layer system):
Registry (policy_selector) → three-tier dispatch:
Tier 1: Native .so via dlopen (libcorex_gdn.so, libixattn.so)
Tier 2: ixformer Python ops (vendor-provided)
Tier 3: PyTorch fallback (always available)
Critical fixes vs comp 168 docker log:
- moe_topk_softmax: replacement for missing ixformer op
- gdn_prefill: NaN-stable chunked impl (chunk_size=16)
- gdn_decode: state clamp prevents NaN accumulation
18 operators, all tests pass.
2026-08-10 02:40:25 +00:00
EX Engine
b75965d4ea
fix(EX): corex ivcore10 build flags + deploy pipeline + topk kernel cleanup
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Real machine log (2d5232c dockerrizhi.txt) shows two AST call chain breaks:
1. EVERY layer EVERY token:
_custom_ops.py:58 'ixformer.functions has no attribute vllm_moe_topk_softmax'
-> FusedMoE falls to PyTorch loop (2304 calls/token)
2. EVERY GDN layer (4 layers):
'NaN in prefill GatedDeltaNet layer N (frac=0.9998-1.0000)'
-> _torch_chunk_gated_delta_rule produces all-NaN
Fixes:
- build.sh: --cuda-gpu-arch=ivcore10, -D__ILUVATAR__ flags from real log
- Dockerfile: add ex_engine build before patch_ops
- patch_ops.sh: deploy .so + python into vllm model dir
- ex_loader.py: search co-located .so paths
- patch_model.py: remove premature auto-apply
- factor_moe_topk_softmax.cu: remove dead parallel branch
2026-08-10 02:31:55 +00:00
EX Engine
fcfb764560
feat(EX): Algorithm Factor Replacement Engine — dlopen-based CUDA kernel dispatch
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Factors: 0 (moe_topk_softmax), 2 (moe_fused_gemm), 5 (gdn_chunk_fwd)
Fixes: topk_softmax fallback (2304x/token), GDN NaN (frac=0.9998-1.0)
2026-08-10 02:25:23 +00:00
Claude
121432f8e9
doc: system design — architecture, file map, data flow, build pipeline
2026-08-10 02:07:43 +00:00
Claude
c077736968
feat(SM70): wire up FlashQLA GDN kernel dispatch in prefill path
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GDN forward dispatch chain:
1. CoreX fused kernel (if packaged) → fastest
2. FlashQLA SM70 CUDA kernel (prefill only) → verified on BI-V100
3. Pure PyTorch with NaN clamp → fallback
FlashQLA SM70 verified on real BI-V100:
- Compiled with clang++ --cuda-gpu-arch=ivcore10
- gdn_forward returns correct shapes, zero NaN
- 4 kernels: prefill, varlen prefill, decode global, decode ddtree
Also: apt ninja-build instead of pip ninja (pip version has no binary)
2026-08-10 01:42:16 +00:00
Claude
47958c4ed2
fix(build): add ninja dependency — required for CUDA kernel compilation
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torch.utils.cpp_extension.load() needs ninja to build .cu → .so
Added to pip install alongside transformers in patch_ops.sh
2026-08-10 01:21:28 +00:00
Claude
20cd2d8904
build(SM70): precompile GDN CUDA kernel to .so during docker build
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precompile_gdn.py: calls torch.utils.cpp_extension.load with build_directory
to produce .so at build time. If build env has no GPU/compiler, fails
gracefully — kernel JIT compiles at runtime instead.
fused_fwd.py: _load_ext() now checks build/ dir for precompiled .so first,
skips 2-minute JIT compilation if found.
2026-08-10 01:08:38 +00:00
Claude
8cf73ad39c
feat(SM70): add 1Cat-vLLM FlashQLA fused GDN CUDA kernel for BI-V100
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Source: github.com/1CatAI/1Cat-vLLM (MIT license)
flash_qla/ops/gated_delta_rule/chunk/sm70/
Files added:
- csrc/gdn_forward.cu (1919 lines) — 4 CUDA kernels for SM70/SM75:
gdn_forward, gdn_forward_vlk_varlen,
gdn_decode_mixed_qkv_global_state, gdn_decode_mixed_qkv_ddtree_state
- fused_fwd.py — Python wrapper, JIT compiles via torch.utils.cpp_extension.load()
- naive_gdn.py — fla reference PyTorch implementation for fallback
- __init__.py — exports chunk_gated_delta_rule_fwd_sm70
Build: JIT compiled at runtime (TORCH_CUDA_ARCH_LIST=7.0;7.5 -O3)
Deploy: patch_ops.sh copies flash_qla_sm70/ to vllm models dir
qwen3_5.py updated to try import flash_qla_sm70 before PyTorch fallback
2026-08-10 01:07:01 +00:00
Claude
3d5f75fefd
fix(d05): remove image_url stripping — model IS multimodal
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Docker log proves: 'prefix-caching not supported for multimodal models'
means base image identifies model as multimodal. Our serving_chat.py was
stripping image_url when _is_mm detection returned False (likely because
our custom model_config doesn't expose is_multimodal_model correctly).
Sub168 d05 PASSED with content[374] — they didn't strip images.
Our Sub508 d05 returned HTTP 400 because stripped images broke
parse_chat_messages_futures.
Fix: remove the strip logic entirely. Let images flow through.
2026-08-10 00:15:06 +00:00
Claude
83d633798f
fix(overflow): chunk_size 64→16 — CCCL counter overflow prevention
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agent_radix_sort_upsweep.cuh (517 lines) key insight:
UNROLL_COUNT = min(64, 255/KEYS_PER_THREAD)
— limits accumulation steps to prevent unsigned char counter overflow
Same principle applied to GatedDeltaNet cumsum:
chunk=64 + pre_clamp_max=2.0 → worst cumsum = 128 → exp(128) = inf
chunk=16 + pre_clamp_max=2.0 → worst cumsum = 32 → clamp(-20,20) safe
This was the remaining NaN source: clamp at [-5,2] before cumsum was
necessary but not sufficient when chunk_size=64.
2026-08-10 00:13:49 +00:00
Claude
0a697f5871
arch(scan): dispatch_scan.cuh Phase 1/Phase 2 separation in GDN chunk loop
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Direct translation of CCCL dispatch_scan.cuh (1469 lines) architecture:
CCCL dispatch_scan has two kernels:
1. DeviceScanInitKernel — initializes tile_state (parallelizable)
2. DeviceScanKernel — sequential scan using tile_state propagation
Our _torch_chunk_gated_delta_rule now separates:
Phase 1 (init, parallelizable): pre-compute ALL chunk-local attn matrices
attn_i[c] = q[c] @ k[c].T * decay[c] — does NOT depend on state
Also pre-compute g.exp() and clamped g once, outside loop
Phase 2 (scan, sequential): only state-dependent ops in the loop
v_prime, v_new, attn_inter, core_out, state update
This matches CCCL's insight: everything that doesn't need tile_state
should be computed before the scan kernel, not interleaved with it.
2026-08-09 10:44:43 +00:00
Claude
a7537ebee0
doc: add functional test FAIL root cause analysis to CODEPATH_MAP
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6 non-crash FAILs traced to root cause:
- 5 are NaN-induced model quality issues (will self-heal with clamp fix)
- 1 is multimodal HTTP 400 (needs separate debug)
- 25 are crash cascade (will self-heal with max-num-seqs=2)
Expected after deployment: 45/51 PASS (88%)
2026-08-09 00:03:45 +00:00
Claude
e87470733d
accel(ixformer): wire BI-V100 hardware primitives into GDN + MoE compute paths
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Before: 9 ixformer ops available, 0 used by our code (100% pure PyTorch).
After: matmul/bmm/softmax wired into every hot path.
Decode path (runs for EVERY generated token):
- 2× torch.bmm → _ix_bmm (kv_mem lookup + output projection)
Chunk scan loop (prefill, runs per 2048-token chunk):
- k_beta @ key.T → _ix_matmul
- attn @ v_beta → _ix_matmul
- attn @ k_beta_exp → _ix_matmul
- 6× matmul inside state update loop → _ix_matmul
MoE routing + expert dispatch:
- torch.softmax → _ix_softmax (router)
- torch.bmm in decode fast-path → _ix_bmm
Also adds CODEPATH_MAP.md — complete source-file-level timing diagram
from HTTP request to GPU kernel, with line numbers.
ixformer.matmul signature: matmul(input, other, out, transa, transb, alpha, beta)
ixformer.softmax signature: softmax(input, dim)
Both fall back to torch if ixformer unavailable.
2026-08-08 22:35:21 +00:00
Claude
5cd2780320
fix(CRITICAL): CCCL overflow guard — clamp before cumsum + max-num-seqs=2
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Three fixes derived from CCCL source code patterns:
1. CCCL accumulator_t pattern (dispatch_segmented_scan.cuh):
- Clamp g to [-5, 2] BEFORE cumsum (was: no pre-clamp, post-clamp ±80)
- Tighten post-cumsum clamp to ±20 (was ±80)
- Clamp A_log to [-8, 4] before exp() (was: unclamped)
- Clamp softplus output to max=10 (was: unclamped)
- Clamp g before exp_() in decode path (was: NO clamp at all)
2. CCCL error isolation pattern:
- Catch-all exception handler around engine.generate()
- max-num-seqs 1→2 to prevent t2_n_2 crash cascade
3. Reduce _DNN_CHUNK 4096→2048 (fewer cumsum steps = less overflow)
Root cause: Sub508/509 scored 0 because t2_n_2 killed engine process.
NaN (99.98-100% per GatedDeltaNet layer) from unclamped cumsum→exp overflow.
2026-08-08 21:49:39 +00:00
Claude
68876acd1b
doc: BI-V100 hardware probe raw data (SSH Aug 8 2026)
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Raw find/ls/python output from real machine. No analysis.
Zero libcorex_*.so. Zero corex_gdn.py. Zero qwen3_5.py in base image.
ixformer available with full API. Clang/16 compiler present.
2026-08-08 18:18:48 +00:00