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/*
* Copyright (c) 2020-2025, NVIDIA CORPORATION. All rights reserved.
* Copyright (c) 2020-2026, NVIDIA CORPORATION. All rights reserved.
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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{
// 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.

mKernelParams.q_stride_in_bytes = mKernelParams.k_stride_in_bytes = mKernelParams.v_stride_in_bytes
= get_size_in_bytes(mFixedParams.numQHeads * mFixedParams.headSize
+ mFixedParams.numKvHeads * mFixedParams.headSize
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48 changes: 48 additions & 0 deletions docs/source/torch/features/quantization.md
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Expand Up @@ -16,3 +16,51 @@ git clone https://github.com/NVIDIA/Model-Optimizer.git
cd Model-Optimizer/examples/llm_ptq
scripts/huggingface_example.sh --model <huggingface_model_card> --quant fp8 --export_fmt hf
```

## INT8 KV cache

Dense decoder-only models with FP16 or BF16 weights can store their KV cache in
INT8 using the `TRTLLM` attention backend. The KV tensors use one byte per element,
half the storage of an FP16/BF16 cache with the same number of elements. Allocator
granularity can prevent small pools from reserving exactly half the GPU memory.
Model weights and other runtime allocations are unchanged.

The checkpoint must contain calibrated, positive scalar dequantization scales
`model.layers.<layer>.self_attn.k_proj.k_scale` and
`model.layers.<layer>.self_attn.v_proj.v_scale` for each attention layer (using the
model's corresponding projection paths). The native kernels share one FP32 scale
between K and V, so the loader uses the larger of the two values. Values are stored
as `clamp(round(x / scale), -128, 127)` and read back as `value * scale`. Full
checkpoint loading fails if either scale is missing or invalid. Weight-only
partial reloads preserve the existing scales; scale updates must supply both K
and V scales together. Large differences between the K and V ranges can cause
substantial accuracy loss with a shared scale. Calibrate for INT8's range,
including the effect of rotary
position embeddings on K; FP8 or FP4 scales cannot be reused unchanged.
`TRTLLM_LOAD_KV_SCALES` must remain enabled (`1`, the default) for INT8;
disabling calibrated scale loading raises an error.

```python
from tensorrt_llm import LLM, SamplingParams
from tensorrt_llm.llmapi import KvCacheConfig

with LLM(
model="/path/to/checkpoint-with-int8-kv-scales",
backend="pytorch",
dtype="bfloat16",
attn_backend="TRTLLM",
enable_chunked_prefill=False,
kv_cache_config=KvCacheConfig(dtype="int8", enable_block_reuse=False),
) as llm:
output = llm.generate("Explain the role of a KV cache.", SamplingParams(max_tokens=64))
```

This path supports full prefill followed by single-token decoding with paged KV
storage. It does not support cached/chunked prefill, prefix block reuse,
speculative decoding, MLA, sparse or cross attention, context parallelism,
hybrid attention/state-space models, disaggregated serving, KV connectors,
or quantized projection weights. These
combinations are rejected because they require different kernel paths. Select
`max_num_tokens` large enough to hold the longest complete prompt when chunked
prefill is disabled. Validate model quality with representative calibration and
evaluation data before using the quantized cache in a deployment.
11 changes: 11 additions & 0 deletions tensorrt_llm/_torch/attention/attention.py
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Expand Up @@ -699,6 +699,13 @@ def __init__(
self.create_weights()

def create_weights(self):
if (self.quant_config is not None
and self.quant_config.layer_quant_mode.has_int8_kv_cache()
and (self.attn_backend.upper() != "TRTLLM"
or self.mapping.cp_size > 1)):
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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
context parallelism”; use QuantConfig rather than KvCacheConfig.

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raise ValueError(
"INT8 KV cache requires TRTLLM attention without context parallelism."
)
# self.attn has no weights but has states that are related to quant_config,
# which could be modified after __init__
self.attn.update_quant_config(self.quant_config)
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -895,6 +902,10 @@ def _attn_impl(
):
kv_scale_orig_quant = self.qkv_proj.inv_kv_scales
kv_scale_quant_orig = self.qkv_proj.kv_scales
elif (self.quant_config is not None
and self.quant_config.layer_quant_mode.has_int8_kv_cache()):
kv_scale_orig_quant = self.qkv_proj.inv_kv_cache_scaling_factor
kv_scale_quant_orig = self.qkv_proj.kv_cache_scaling_factor

attn_output = self.attn.forward(
q,
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Expand Up @@ -1531,6 +1531,18 @@ def __init__(
def update_quant_config(self, new_quant_config: Optional[QuantConfig]):
self.quant_config = new_quant_config or QuantConfig()
self.quant_mode = int(self.quant_config.layer_quant_mode)
self.has_int8_kv_cache = self.quant_config.layer_quant_mode.has_int8_kv_cache(
)
if (self.has_int8_kv_cache
and self.quant_config.layer_quant_mode.has_any_quant(
exclude_kv_cache=True)):
raise ValueError(
"INT8 KV cache currently requires unquantized FP16/BF16 projections."
)
if self.has_int8_kv_cache and (self.is_mla_enable
or self.sparse_params is not None):
raise ValueError(
"INT8 KV cache does not support MLA or sparse attention.")

self.has_fp8_qdq = self.has_fp8_kv_cache = self.has_nvfp4 = False
if self.quant_config is not None:
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metadata,
TrtllmAttentionMetadata,
)
if self.has_int8_kv_cache:

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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.

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.")
# Decode-only steps have no context prefixes to inspect. Tensor and
# cache guards remain per-call: backend callers may replace them.
cached_context = metadata.num_contexts > 0 and 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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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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if metadata.use_paged_context_fmha or cached_context:
raise ValueError(
"INT8 KV cache does not support paged context attention or cached prefill."
)
for scale in (forward_args.kv_scale_orig_quant,
forward_args.kv_scale_quant_orig):
if (scale is None or scale.dtype != torch.float32
or scale.device != q.device or scale.numel() != 1):
raise ValueError(
"INT8 KV cache requires scalar float32 KV scales "
"on the attention input device.")
# Cross-attention uses the THOP path; the trtllm-gen backend API does
# not carry encoder K/V tensors yet.

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Expand Up @@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ def create_attention(
if attention_chunk_size is not None and backend_name.upper() != "TRTLLM":
raise ValueError(
f"Backend {backend_name} does not support chunked attention.")
if (quant_config is not None
and quant_config.layer_quant_mode.has_int8_kv_cache()
and backend_name.upper() != "TRTLLM"):
raise ValueError("INT8 KV cache requires the TRTLLM attention backend.")
attn_cls = get_attention_backend(backend_name, sparse_params=sparse_params)

if is_mla_enable:
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96 changes: 78 additions & 18 deletions tensorrt_llm/_torch/modules/linear.py
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Expand Up @@ -640,6 +640,7 @@ def load_weights_fused_qkv_linear(
module: Linear,
weights: List[Dict],
allow_partial_loading: bool = False) -> None:
module._load_kv_cache_scales(weights, allow_partial_loading)
q_weight, k_weight, v_weight = load_weights_fused_qkv_helper(
module, weights, allow_partial_loading=allow_partial_loading)
if not allow_partial_loading:
Expand All @@ -655,24 +656,6 @@ def load_weights_fused_qkv_linear(
copy_weight_shard(module.weight, weight, shard_offset,
shard_size)

if hasattr(module, "kv_scales") and os.environ.get(
"TRTLLM_LOAD_KV_SCALES", "1") == "1":
k_scales = [
w["k_scale"][...].reshape([]) for w in weights if "k_scale" in w
]
v_scales = [
w["v_scale"][...].reshape([]) for w in weights if "v_scale" in w
]
if k_scales:
assert v_scales, "k_scale and v_scale must be loaded together"
copy_weight(
module.kv_scales,
torch.tensor(
[1.0, max(k_scales).item(),
max(v_scales).item()],
dtype=torch.float32))
module.inv_kv_scales.data = 1.0 / module.kv_scales

def load_weights_fused_gate_up_linear(
self,
module: Linear,
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -3919,6 +3902,18 @@ def create_weights(self):
self.out_features, self.has_bias,
self.dtype)

if (self.quant_config is not None
and self.quant_config.layer_quant_mode.has_int8_kv_cache()
and self.weights_loading_config.weight_mode
== WeightMode.FUSED_QKV_LINEAR):
# INT8 kernels share one per-layer scale between K and V.
self.kv_cache_scaling_factor = Parameter(torch.ones(
1, dtype=torch.float32),
requires_grad=False)
self.inv_kv_cache_scaling_factor = Parameter(torch.ones(
1, dtype=torch.float32),
requires_grad=False)

self._weights_created = True
self._weights_transformed = False

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -4114,6 +4109,71 @@ def load_weights(self,
weight_mode,
allow_partial_loading=allow_partial_loading)

def _load_kv_cache_scales(self, weights: list[dict],
allow_partial_loading: bool) -> None:
"""Load unquantized fused-QKV cache scales at one checkpoint hook.

INT8 requires calibrated paired scalars; FP4 retains its optional
per-K/V scales and the existing environment opt-out. INT8 rejects that
opt-out rather than silently running with uncalibrated unity scales.
Weight-only partial reloads leave the existing scale parameters intact.
"""
int8_cache = (self.quant_config is not None and
self.quant_config.layer_quant_mode.has_int8_kv_cache())
if not int8_cache and not hasattr(self, "kv_scales"):
return
if os.environ.get("TRTLLM_LOAD_KV_SCALES", "1") != "1":
if int8_cache:
raise ValueError(
"INT8 KV cache requires TRTLLM_LOAD_KV_SCALES=1 "
"to load calibrated scales.")
return
scales = {
name: [w[name][...] for w in weights if name in w]
for name in ("k_scale", "v_scale")
}
if not int8_cache:
# Preserve the existing optional FP4 scale-loading contract.
if scales["k_scale"]:
assert scales[
"v_scale"], "k_scale and v_scale must be loaded together"
k_scale = max(scale.reshape([])
for scale in scales["k_scale"]).item()
v_scale = max(scale.reshape([])
for scale in scales["v_scale"]).item()
scale = self.kv_scales.new_tensor([1.0, k_scale, v_scale])
copy_weight(self.kv_scales, scale)
copy_weight(self.inv_kv_scales, scale.reciprocal())
return
if allow_partial_loading and not any(scales.values()):
return
if not all(scales.values()):
raise ValueError(
"INT8 KV cache requires calibrated k_scale and v_scale "
"checkpoint tensors; both scales must be loaded together.")
values = []
for tensors in scales.values():
for scale in tensors:
if scale.numel() != 1:
raise ValueError(
"INT8 KV cache scales must be scalar tensors.")
value = scale.item()
if not math.isfinite(value) or value <= 0:
raise ValueError(
"INT8 KV cache scales must be finite and positive.")
values.append(value)
# The largest dequantization scale covers both calibrated ranges.
# Copy into stable parameters so weight reloads preserve graph pointers.
scale = self.kv_cache_scaling_factor.new_tensor([max(values)])
inverse = scale.reciprocal()
if not (torch.isfinite(scale).all() and torch.isfinite(inverse).all()
and (scale > 0).all() and (inverse > 0).all()):
raise ValueError(
"INT8 KV cache scale and reciprocal must be finite and "
"positive in float32.")
copy_weight(self.kv_cache_scaling_factor, scale)
copy_weight(self.inv_kv_cache_scaling_factor, inverse)

def process_weights_after_loading(self):
self.quant_method.process_weights_after_loading(self)

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Expand Up @@ -2465,7 +2465,29 @@ def _create_kv_cache_manager(
# use cache_layer_idx to read from the target layer's cache slot via
# Gemma4Attention. No layer_mask exclusion needed here.

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_int8_kv_cache():

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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.

if is_disagg or kv_connector_manager is not None:
raise ValueError(
"INT8 KV cache does not support disaggregated serving or KV connectors."
)
if is_hybrid_linear(config) or _model_config.is_encoder_decoder:
raise ValueError(
"INT8 KV cache currently supports dense decoder-only models.")
if kv_cache_config.enable_block_reuse:
raise ValueError(
"INT8 KV cache requires kv_cache_config.enable_block_reuse=False; "
"paged context attention does not support INT8 KV cache.")
if spec_config is not None:
raise ValueError(
"INT8 KV cache does not support speculative decoding.")
if (model_engine is not None
and model_engine.attn_runtime_features.chunked_prefill):
raise ValueError(
"INT8 KV cache requires enable_chunked_prefill=False; "
"paged context attention does not support INT8 KV cache.")
kv_cache_dtype = tensorrt_llm.bindings.DataType.INT8
elif quant_config is not None and quant_config.quant_mode.has_fp8_kv_cache(
):
kv_cache_dtype = tensorrt_llm.bindings.DataType.FP8
elif quant_config is not None and quant_config.quant_mode.has_fp4_kv_cache(
):
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Expand Up @@ -453,7 +453,9 @@ def _get_static_cache_size_layer_components(

cache_size_per_token = kv_factor * head_dim
quant_config = model_config.quant_config
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
elif quant_config is not None and quant_config.quant_mode.has_fp4_kv_cache():
layer_size = math.ceil(cache_size_per_token / 2) + math.ceil(cache_size_per_token / 16)
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def get_layer_bytes_per_token(self, local_layer_idx: int, data_role: Role):
if self.dtype not in (
DataType.INT8,
DataType.FP8,
DataType.HALF,
DataType.BF16,
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5 changes: 4 additions & 1 deletion tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/model_loader.py
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Expand Up @@ -55,12 +55,13 @@
resolve_ssm_cache_dtype)

_KV_CACHE_MAP = {
"int8": QuantAlgo.INT8.value,
"fp8": QuantAlgo.FP8.value,
"fp8_ds_mla": QuantAlgo.FP8.value,
"nvfp4": QuantAlgo.NVFP4.value,
"auto": "auto"
}
_VALID_KV_CACHE_DTYPES = ("fp8", "fp8_ds_mla", "nvfp4", "auto")
_VALID_KV_CACHE_DTYPES = ("int8", "fp8", "fp8_ds_mla", "nvfp4", "auto")

# Dense models do not consume the MoE backend or MoE mapping dimensions. Their
# runtime topology remains bounded by the general and attention dimensions.
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -298,6 +299,8 @@ def _get_random_min_max(dtype: torch.dtype) -> Tuple[int, int]:
".inv_input_scale",
".kv_scales",
".inv_kv_scales",
".kv_cache_scaling_factor",
".inv_kv_cache_scaling_factor",
".alpha",
".scalar_alpha",
)
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9 changes: 5 additions & 4 deletions tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/resource_manager.py
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Expand Up @@ -1589,8 +1589,9 @@ def get_cache_size_per_token(model_config: ModelConfigPython,
mem_per_token = kv_factor * num_attention_layers * head_dim
# The data type bytes.
quant_config = model_config.quant_config
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()):
mem_per_token *= 1
elif quant_config is not None and quant_config.quant_mode.has_fp4_kv_cache(
):
Expand All @@ -1615,8 +1616,8 @@ def get_cache_bytes_per_token(self):
cache_size_per_token = self.kv_factor * sum(
self.num_kv_heads_per_layer) * self.head_dim

if self.dtype not in (DataType.FP8, DataType.HALF, DataType.BF16,
DataType.FLOAT, DataType.NVFP4):
if self.dtype not in (DataType.INT8, DataType.FP8, DataType.HALF,
DataType.BF16, DataType.FLOAT, DataType.NVFP4):
raise ValueError(f'Cannot support {self.dtype} KV cache.')

cache_size_bytes_per_token = get_size_in_bytes(cache_size_per_token,
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