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@samremes samremes commented Mar 30, 2026

The AITER CK/CKTile blockscale GEMM path now supports split-K tuning, which matches or exceeds Triton performance across all shapes. Remove the conditional Triton dispatch (is_triton_gemm_w8a8_tuned + triton_gemm_a8w8_blockscale) from the ROCm AITER path and always use the CK-backed gemm_a8w8_blockscale.

This simplifies the dispatch logic, removes the hardcoded tuned-shapes list, and eliminates the Triton-specific quantization path in _run_aiter.

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The AITER CK/CKTile blockscale GEMM path now supports split-K tuning,
which matches or exceeds Triton performance across all shapes. Remove the
conditional Triton dispatch (is_triton_gemm_w8a8_tuned + triton_gemm_a8w8_blockscale)
from the ROCm AITER path and always use the CK-backed gemm_a8w8_blockscale.

This simplifies the dispatch logic, removes the hardcoded tuned-shapes
list, and eliminates the Triton-specific quantization path in _run_aiter.

Signed-off-by: Sami Remes <samremes@amd.com>
Made-with: Cursor
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samremes commented May 8, 2026

@copilot resolve the merge conflicts in this pull request

Resolve merge conflicts between our Triton blockscale dispatch removal and
upstream changes:

- _aiter_ops.py: Keep new preshuffled per-token W8A8 gemm functions from
  main; drop _rocm_aiter_triton_gemm_a8w8_blockscale_impl/fake that our
  PR already removed
- fp8_utils.py: Accept main's version (W8A8BlockFp8LinearOp was refactored
  out in upstream commit 2e9034c)
- kernels/linear/scaled_mm/aiter.py: Remove Triton dispatch in
  AiterFp8BlockScaledMMKernel (use_triton / is_triton_gemm_w8a8_tuned /
  triton_gemm_a8w8_blockscale) — applying the same intent from the original
  PR to the new refactored location

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Copilot AI commented May 8, 2026

@copilot resolve the merge conflicts in this pull request

Merge conflicts resolved in commit 230302e. The key changes:

  • vllm/_aiter_ops.py: Kept the new preshuffled per-token W8A8 gemm functions added in upstream; dropped the _rocm_aiter_triton_gemm_a8w8_blockscale_impl/fake functions that our PR removed.
  • vllm/model_executor/layers/quantization/utils/fp8_utils.py: Accepted upstream's version — the W8A8BlockFp8LinearOp class was refactored out in a separate upstream commit.
  • vllm/model_executor/kernels/linear/scaled_mm/aiter.py: Applied the same Triton dispatch removal intent to the new AiterFp8BlockScaledMMKernel class (where the logic was moved by upstream's refactor), dropping use_triton / is_triton_gemm_w8a8_tuned and always using rocm_aiter_ops.gemm_a8w8_blockscale.

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