[None][feat] Add calibrated INT8 KV cache to PyTorch backend - #18953
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WalkthroughThis change adds INT8 KV-cache support for the PyTorch TRTLLM attention backend. It adds scale loading, runtime validation, cache allocation, configuration synchronization, documentation, and tests. It also fixes packed-QKV sequence-length setup. ChangesINT8 KV-cache and packed-QKV support
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to Invalid KV calibration scales can produce incorrect cached values and attention output. Validate scale values and reciprocal consistency before merging. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant AttentionImpl
participant TRTLLMAttention
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AttentionImpl->>TRTLLMAttention: pass INT8 KV-cache scales
TRTLLMAttention->>TRTLLMAttention: validate INT8 execution prerequisites
TRTLLMAttention->>FMHARunner: pass cumulative Q sequence lengths
FMHARunner-->>TRTLLMAttention: execute packed-QKV attention
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456-464: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick winAdd INT8 handling to V2 static cache sizing.
When
KVCacheManagerV2is selected, its cache-cost calculation calls_get_static_cache_size_layer_components().KvCacheConfig(dtype="int8")setsquant_config.kv_cache_quant_algoto INT8, sohas_kv_cache_quant()is true without matching the FP8 or FP4 branches. The code then raises"Quantized kv cache is not expected"during fraction-based capacity setup. Add INT8 to the one-byte branch.♻️ Proposed fix for INT8 static sizing
- if quant_config is not None and quant_config.quant_mode.has_fp8_kv_cache(): + if quant_config is not None and (quant_config.quant_mode.has_fp8_kv_cache() + or quant_config.quant_mode.has_int8_kv_cache()): layer_size = cache_size_per_token🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@tensorrt_llm/_torch/attention/attention.py`:
- Around line 704-705: Extend construction-time tests for
Attention.create_weights to instantiate Attention with a ModelConfig using an
INT8 QuantConfig and a Helix Mapping configured with cp_size=2, then assert that
construction raises ValueError matching “without context parallelism”; use
QuantConfig rather than KvCacheConfig.
In `@tensorrt_llm/_torch/attention/backends/trtllm.py`:
- Around line 1835-1846: Extend test_int8_kv_cache.py with parameterized
pytest.raises(ValueError, match="INT8 KV cache") coverage for unsupported
attention dtypes, missing or inactive KV-cache parameters, and both
metadata.is_cross=True and metadata.enable_helix=True cases. Ensure each case
reaches the corresponding INT8 validation in the affected attention path and
independently verifies both operands of the combined condition.
In `@tests/unittest/_torch/attention/test_int8_kv_cache.py`:
- Around line 133-140: Add the repository’s standard CUDA skip marker to
test_int8_kv_cache_prefill_and_decode so CPU-only workers skip before invoking
_build_kv_cache_manager, generate_inputs, or other CUDA-backed setup.
In `@tests/unittest/_torch/test_int8_kv_config.py`:
- Around line 68-69: Extend the static sizing test around
KVCacheManager.get_cache_size_per_token to also call KVCacheManagerV2 with
tokens_per_block, normalize its (slope, fixed_cost) result using
CacheCost.from_raw, and assert the expected INT8 and BF16 slopes alongside the
existing manager assertions.
In `@tests/unittest/_torch/test_int8_kv_llm.py`:
- Line 68: Update the test around the greedy token comparison so it records or
validates the resolved KV-cache dtype and does not compare token IDs between the
implicit auto/FP16 configuration and explicit INT8. Use identical explicit
cache-dtype configurations when asserting determinism, or apply the project’s
documented cross-dtype comparison metric.
In `@tests/unittest/_torch/test_int8_kv_scales.py`:
- Around line 13-14: Add a module-level pytest skip marker to both INT8 test
modules, using torch.cuda.is_available() with reason “requires CUDA”; import
pytest in test_int8_kv_llm.py as needed. Ensure CUDA-dependent tests such as
_qkv and the PyTorch LLM setup are skipped on GPU-less systems.
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In `@tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/kv_cache/kv_cache_manager_v2.py`:
- Around line 456-464: Update the layer-size calculation in
_get_static_cache_size_layer_components to treat INT8 KV-cache quantization like
FP8 by using the one-byte-per-token branch. Preserve the existing FP4 sizing and
assertion behavior for other unsupported quantized modes.
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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Add construction-time coverage for context-parallelism rejection.
Attention.create_weights now rejects INT8 KV cache when self.mapping.cp_size > 1, but existing tests cover only backend behavior. Construct Attention with a ModelConfig containing an INT8 QuantConfig and a Helix Mapping with cp_size=2, then assert ValueError matching "without context parallelism". Use QuantConfig, not KvCacheConfig, because this constructor reads the former.
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In `@tensorrt_llm/_torch/attention/attention.py` around lines 704 - 705, Extend
construction-time tests for Attention.create_weights to instantiate Attention
with a ModelConfig using an INT8 QuantConfig and a Helix Mapping configured with
cp_size=2, then assert that construction raises ValueError matching “without
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| if q.dtype not in (torch.float16, torch.bfloat16): | ||
| raise ValueError( | ||
| "INT8 KV cache requires FP16 or BF16 attention inputs.") | ||
| if metadata.kv_cache_params is None or not metadata.kv_cache_params.use_cache: | ||
| raise ValueError("INT8 KV cache requires an active KV cache.") | ||
| cached_context = any( | ||
| n > 0 for n in metadata.kv_cache_params. | ||
| num_cached_tokens_per_seq[:metadata.num_contexts]) | ||
| if metadata.is_cross or metadata.enable_helix: | ||
| raise ValueError( | ||
| "INT8 KV cache does not support cross-attention or context parallelism." | ||
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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Add coverage for all INT8 validation branches.
test_int8_kv_cache.py does not exercise the FP16/BF16 input requirement, inactive KV-cache rejection, or the cross-attention/Helix rejection. The repository test contract requires coverage for each changed validation rule. Add parameterized pytest.raises(ValueError, match="INT8 KV cache") cases for these inputs, and cover both operands of the combined metadata.is_cross or metadata.enable_helix condition so either condition cannot be removed without a test failure.
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In `@tensorrt_llm/_torch/attention/backends/trtllm.py` around lines 1835 - 1846,
Extend test_int8_kv_cache.py with parameterized pytest.raises(ValueError,
match="INT8 KV cache") coverage for unsupported attention dtypes, missing or
inactive KV-cache parameters, and both metadata.is_cross=True and
metadata.enable_helix=True cases. Ensure each case reaches the corresponding
INT8 validation in the affected attention path and independently verifies both
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| def _qkv() -> Linear: | ||
| with torch.device("cuda"): |
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Gate both INT8 test modules on CUDA availability. test_int8_kv_scales.py constructs Linear under torch.device("cuda"), and test_int8_kv_llm.py constructs a PyTorch LLM with CUDA graph settings. The test_unittests_v2 entrypoint does not add a GPU guard, so GPU-less runs reach CUDA-dependent code and fail instead of skipping. Add pytest.mark.skipif(not torch.cuda.is_available(), reason="requires CUDA") at module scope in both files; import pytest in test_int8_kv_llm.py. This matches the repository's CUDA-dependent test convention.
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In `@tests/unittest/_torch/test_int8_kv_scales.py` around lines 13 - 14, Add a
module-level pytest skip marker to both INT8 test modules, using
torch.cuda.is_available() with reason “requires CUDA”; import pytest in
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The validation layering, pointer-stable scale reloads, and test depth (exact int8 cache contents, error paths, CUDA-graph determinism) are well above the bar for a feature PR, and the description honestly states the shared-scale quality limitation. Three things before merge:
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fmhaRunner.cppchanges every packed-QKV FMHA launch, not just INT8. Initializingcu_kv_seqlensforPACKED_QKVis almost certainly the right fix (kv_len == q_len there, and it was previously left uninitialized), but it alters a shared kernel-launch path that all FP16/BF16 context attention uses, validated so far only on one SM89 GPU with an incremental rebuild. Please make sure CI covers Hopper/Blackwell stages before merge, and consider splitting this one-line fix into its own PR with its own test — per the repo's one-concern-per-PR guidance, it's a standalone bugfix that shouldn't ride on (or be reverted with) the feature. -
The rejection list misses disaggregated serving / KV connectors (inline comment in
_util.py). Everything else that can inject previously cached blocks is rejected; this path isn't, and INT8 blocks would flow through the cache transceiver untested. -
Two parallel k_scale/v_scale loading mechanisms now exist in fused QKV (inline comment in
linear.py) — worth unifying or at least documenting why they're separate.
Smaller notes: the per-forward Python validation in trtllm.py runs per layer per step in eager mode — consider hoisting the invariant checks; and since KvCacheConfig.enable_block_reuse defaults to True, every INT8 user must remember to flip it — a force-disable with a warning in the sync validator would be friendlier, though the hard error is defensible.
Docs and test-list registration are complete; description matches the diff.
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The rejection list covers block reuse, spec decode, and chunked prefill, but not disaggregated serving: kv_connector_manager and is_disagg are parameters of this very function and pass through unchecked. In disagg, the generation side receives previously cached blocks via the cache transceiver, so INT8 pages would flow through a transfer path this PR never exercises — and the per-forward cached_context guard in trtllm.py only inspects context requests, so it won't catch it. Please either validate that path or reject kv_connector_manager is not None / is_disagg here alongside the other unsupported combinations.
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| def _load_int8_kv_cache_scales(self, weights: list[dict], |
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This adds a second, parallel k_scale/v_scale loading mechanism for fused QKV: UnquantizedLinearMethod.load_weights_fused_qkv_linear (around linear.py:658) already extracts k_scale/v_scale into kv_scales/inv_kv_scales for the FP4-KV-cache case, gated by the TRTLLM_LOAD_KV_SCALES env var — which this new path ignores. The stricter validation (scalar, finite, positive, paired) is a real improvement, but consider extending the existing hook (or moving both into one place) rather than maintaining two loaders with different semantics in the same weight path; a future checkpoint-format change will otherwise need fixing twice.
| // Packed QKV input layout, [B, S, H * D + H_kv * D + H_kv * Dv]. | ||
| mKernelParams.qkv_ptr = runnerParams.qkvPtr; | ||
| // Packed-QKV kernels also read the cumulative KV lengths. | ||
| mKernelParams.cu_kv_seqlens = reinterpret_cast<int const*>(runnerParams.cuQSeqLenPtr); |
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This initializes cu_kv_seqlens for every PACKED_QKV launch — all FP16/BF16 context attention, not just INT8 KV. The aliasing to cuQSeqLenPtr is correct for this layout (kv_len == q_len), and setting a previously uninitialized pointer is strictly safer, but it's a standalone bugfix to a shared kernel path buried inside a feature PR. Consider splitting it into its own PR with a dedicated test so it can land, be bisected, and be reverted independently of the INT8 feature; at minimum call it out for the FMHA owners and confirm multi-arch CI covers it.
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This validation block runs on every forward — per layer, per step in eager mode — but most of the checks are invariants of the configuration (q dtype, scale dtype/device/numel, use_cache), not of the batch. Only cached_context / use_paged_context_fmha genuinely varies per call. Consider validating the invariant portion once (e.g. at update_quant_config time or on first forward) and keeping only the per-batch checks here, to avoid paying any() over a Python list plus five branches on the eager hot path.
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Per-call tensor and metadata checks remain because callers can replace inputs after warmup. Decode-only calls now skip the cached-context scan. Block reuse still produces an explicit configuration error. |
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1855-1856: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick winReject invalid INT8 KV scale values.
AttentionForwardArgslets callers replace both KV scales. The guard checks only scalar shape,float32dtype, and device. Zero, negative, NaN, and non-reciprocal scales can therefore reach native attention and produce incorrect KV-cache values or attention output. Require finite, positive, reciprocal scales. Extendtest_int8_kv_rejects_invalid_scale_tensorwith these cases for both warmup states; it currently covers only missing, CPU,float16, and vector scales.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@tensorrt_llm/_torch/attention/backends/trtllm.py`:
- Around line 1855-1856: Update the INT8 KV scale validation guard in the
attention forward path to reject scales unless they are scalar float32 tensors
on q.device with finite, positive, reciprocal values; apply the same validation
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Summary
Add calibrated INT8 KV-cache storage to the PyTorch TRTLLM attention backend for dense decoder-only models with FP16/BF16 projections.
KvCacheConfig(dtype="int8")reaches checkpoint loading, fused-QKV scale parameters, attention, and both KV-cache managers. This addresses the INT8 KV-cache item in #3701.The unquantized fused-QKV weight path now has one cache-scale loading hook for INT8 and FP4. INT8 requires paired positive finite scalar
k_scale/v_scaletensors, uses their maximum for the existing native shared K/V scale, and preserves scale pointers on reload. FP4 retains its optional per-K/V scale loading and environment opt-out; INT8 rejectsTRTLLM_LOAD_KV_SCALES=0to prevent uncalibrated unity scales. Cache accounting, including V2 static fraction-based capacity estimation, uses one byte per INT8 element; allocator granularity still applies.Supported scope
Full prefill followed by single-token decode, paged cache storage, unquantized FP16/BF16 dense decoder projections, TRTLLM attention backend. Disable chunked prefill and prefix block reuse. Reject unsupported cached prefill, speculative decoding, MLA, sparse/cross attention, context parallelism, hybrid models, quantized projections, disaggregated serving, and KV connectors.
Decode-only calls skip the cached-context list scan. Tensor and cache-metadata guards remain per-call because a backend caller can replace its inputs after warmup; tests cover those replacements rather than caching the first validation result indefinitely.
Shared FMHA prerequisite
Full prefill exposed a missing
cu_kv_seqlenspointer in packed-QKV FMHA, also reproducible with FP16 cache. The pointer initialization remains a prerequisite in this PR. The new independenttest_packed_qkv_fmha.pyverifies FP16/BF16, MHA/GQA, and unequal context lengths against the Vanilla backend, and asserts the fallback packed-QKV path is actually selected without KV quantization.These eight regression cases are registered explicitly for A10 and B200; H100 collects them through its existing
unittest/_torch/attentiondirectory entry. Stage mapping was checked. Only SM89 was executed on the remote RTX 4090; Hopper/Blackwell CI results are still required before merge. The native fix has not been split into another PR.Validation
On remote RTX 4090, PyTorch 2.12.0+cu130 and CUDA 13.0, at
e2a0a813cf53cbd7df8f83cb0754fd56d542df93:--report-api-errors nosuppresses import-time CUDA API probes).Python changes use the previously rebuilt native libraries from this PR. That build compiled 101 affected objects, updated three static archives, and relinked the core library, Torch library and bindings. Unchanged objects/dependencies were reused from an existing rc26 build; it was not a clean full build. This update does not change native code. Multi-GPU and other GPU architectures have not been exercised by this validation.
Quantization quality limitation
The native path uses a single shared scalar for K and V. The earlier Qwen2.5-0.5B calibration experiment exposed a roughly 603x K/V range mismatch in the first layer and degraded generated text with the shared scale. Additional checkpoint balancing was diagnostic only and is not shipped in this change. This review update does not establish model-quality acceptance or serving speedup. Checkpoint scales must be calibrated for INT8, including rotary K ranges, and model quality requires representative evaluation.
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cu_kv_seqlensin the packed-QKV FMHA full-prefill path.QA Engineer Review
v1andv2parameter IDs.l0_a10.yml,l0_cpu.yml, andl0_b200.yml.Per-File QA Perspective
fmhaRunner.cpp: Verifycu_kv_seqlensinitialization during packed-QKV full prefill.quantization.md: Verify documented INT8 requirements and unsupported combinations match runtime behavior.attention.py: Verify INT8 validation and forward/inverse scale propagation.trtllm.py: Verify valid FP16/BF16 paths and documented rejection paths.utils.py: Verify non-TRTLLM backends reject INT8 KV caches.linear.py: Verify paired scale loading, validation, partial reloads, and stable scale parameters._util.py: Verify INT8 manager selection and unsupported-feature rejection.kv_cache_manager_v2.py: Verify INT8 accounting uses one byte per cache element.model_loader.py: Verify INT8 mapping and preservation of scale buffers.resource_manager.py: Verify INT8 sizing and runtime dtype handling.llm_args.py: Verify public argument validation, telemetry metadata, and quantization synchronization.llm_args_golden_manifest.json: Verifykv_cache_config.dtype="int8"is accepted.l0_a10.yml: Verify INT8 attention, scale, and LLM tests run in A10 CI.l0_cpu.yml: Verify the CPU configuration test runs in CPU CI.l0_b200.yml: Verify the packed-QKV FMHA test runs in B200 CI.tests/unittest/_torch/attention/test_int8_kv_cache.py: Covers core attention behavior, cache managers, scale handling, and invalid execution contexts; listed in A10 CI.tests/unittest/_torch/test_int8_kv_config.py: Covers CPU-compatible configuration and accounting behavior; listed in CPU CI.tests/unittest/_torch/test_int8_kv_llm.py: Covers checkpoint loading and eager/CUDA Graph output consistency for both managers; listed in A10 CI.tests/unittest/_torch/test_int8_kv_scales.py: Covers calibration loading, validation, partial reloads, and pointer stability; listed in A10 CI.tests/unittest/_torch/attention/test_packed_qkv_fmha.py: Covers packed-QKV full prefill across data types, MHA/GQA, and page boundaries; listed in B200 CI.