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vllm.models.deepseek_v41.nvidia.model

Classes:

Functions:

DeepseekV41LLMForCausalLM

Bases: Module, SupportsPP, SupportsEagle3, SupportsLoRA, DeepseekV4MixtureOfExperts

Methods:

Attributes:

Source code in vllm/models/deepseek_v41/nvidia/model.py
class DeepseekV41LLMForCausalLM(
    nn.Module,
    SupportsPP,
    SupportsEagle3,
    SupportsLoRA,
    DeepseekV4MixtureOfExperts,
):
    model_cls = DeepseekV4Model

    # Default mapper assumes the original FP4-expert checkpoint layout.
    # Overridden per-instance in __init__ when expert_dtype != "fp4".
    hf_to_vllm_mapper = _make_deepseek_v4_weights_mapper("fp4")

    packed_modules_mapping = {
        "gate_up_proj": ["w1", "w3"],
        "fused_wqa_wkv": ["wq_a", "wkv"],
        "fused_wkv_wgate": ["wkv", "wgate"],
    }

    # The MTP draft head is not LoRA-adapted.
    lora_skip_prefixes = ["mtp."]

    def __init__(self, *, vllm_config: VllmConfig, prefix: str = ""):
        super().__init__()

        config = vllm_config.model_config.hf_config
        self.config = config
        expert_dtype = getattr(config, "expert_dtype", "fp4")
        self.hf_to_vllm_mapper = _make_deepseek_v4_weights_mapper(
            expert_dtype, _linear_scale_param_name(vllm_config, expert_dtype)
        )

        self.model = self.model_cls(
            vllm_config=vllm_config, prefix=maybe_prefix(prefix, "model")
        )
        if get_pp_group().is_last_rank:
            self.lm_head = ParallelLMHead(
                config.vocab_size,
                config.hidden_size,
                prefix=maybe_prefix(prefix, "lm_head"),
            )
        else:
            self.lm_head = PPMissingLayer()
        self.logits_processor = LogitsProcessor(config.vocab_size)
        self.make_empty_intermediate_tensors = (  # type: ignore[method-assign]
            self.model.make_empty_intermediate_tensors
        )

        self.set_moe_parameters()

    def set_moe_parameters(self) -> None:
        self.num_expert_groups = getattr(self.config, "n_group", 1)
        self.num_moe_layers = self.config.num_hidden_layers
        self.moe_layers: list[nn.Module] = []
        self.moe_mlp_layers: list[DeepseekV4MoE] = []
        example_moe: DeepseekV4MoE | None = None
        for layer in self.model.layers:
            if isinstance(layer, PPMissingLayer):
                continue
            if not isinstance(layer, DeepseekV4DecoderLayer):
                continue
            if isinstance(layer.ffn, DeepseekV4MoE):
                example_moe = layer.ffn
                self.moe_mlp_layers.append(layer.ffn)
                self.moe_layers.append(layer.ffn.experts)

        self.num_moe_layers = len(self.moe_layers)
        self.extract_moe_parameters(example_moe)

    def embed_input_ids(self, input_ids: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
        return self.model.embed_input_ids(input_ids)

    def compute_logits(
        self,
        hidden_states: torch.Tensor,
    ) -> torch.Tensor | None:
        logits = self.logits_processor(self.lm_head, hidden_states)
        return logits

    def compute_logits_local(
        self,
        hidden_states: torch.Tensor,
    ) -> torch.Tensor:
        return self.logits_processor(self.lm_head, hidden_states, skip_gather=True)

    @staticmethod
    def get_model_state_cls():
        from .model_state import DeepseekV41ModelState

        return DeepseekV41ModelState

    @property
    def token_lookback_depth(self) -> int:
        """Tokens before a chunk start the engram hash needs; the model runner
        passes them as `lookback_token_ids`."""
        engram_hash = self.model.engram_hash
        return engram_hash.lookback_depth if engram_hash is not None else 0

    @property
    def decoder_replay_layers(self) -> DecoderReplayLayers | None:
        return self.model.decoder_replay_layers

    def forward(
        self,
        input_ids: torch.Tensor,
        positions: torch.Tensor,
        intermediate_tensors: IntermediateTensors | None = None,
        inputs_embeds: torch.Tensor | None = None,
        lookback_token_ids: torch.Tensor | None = None,
    ) -> torch.Tensor | IntermediateTensors:
        hidden_states = self.model(
            input_ids,
            positions,
            intermediate_tensors,
            inputs_embeds,
            lookback_token_ids=lookback_token_ids,
        )
        return hidden_states

    def get_mtp_target_hidden_states(self) -> torch.Tensor | None:
        """Pre-collapse residual stream buffer (max_num_batched_tokens,
        hc_mult * hidden_size) for the MTP draft model. Populated by
        forward(); valid after each target step."""
        return getattr(self.model, "_mtp_hidden_buffer", None)

    def load_weights(self, weights: Iterable[tuple[str, torch.Tensor]]) -> set[str]:
        loader = AutoWeightsLoader(self)
        loaded_params = loader.load_weights(weights, mapper=self.hf_to_vllm_mapper)
        self.process_weights_after_loading()
        config = self.model.vllm_config
        if config.engram_config and config.engram_config.use_thp:
            # Loading weights refills the file cache; release it before MADV_COLLAPSE.
            model_config = config.model_config
            drop_checkpoint_cache(
                model_config.model_weights or model_config.model,
                revision=model_config.revision,
                cache_dir=config.load_config.download_dir,
            )
            for layer in islice(
                self.model.layers, self.model.start_layer, self.model.end_layer
            ):
                if layer.engram is not None:
                    layer.engram.embed_tokens.collapse_huge_pages()
        return loaded_params

    def process_weights_after_loading(self) -> None:
        self.model.finalize_mega_moe_weights()
        self.model.finalize_mhc_broadcast_weights()
        self.model.finalize_mega_attn_weights()

    def get_expert_mapping(self) -> list[tuple[str, str, int, str]]:
        return self.model.get_expert_mapping()

token_lookback_depth property

Tokens before a chunk start the engram hash needs; the model runner passes them as lookback_token_ids.

get_mtp_target_hidden_states()

Pre-collapse residual stream buffer (max_num_batched_tokens, hc_mult * hidden_size) for the MTP draft model. Populated by forward(); valid after each target step.

Source code in vllm/models/deepseek_v41/nvidia/model.py
def get_mtp_target_hidden_states(self) -> torch.Tensor | None:
    """Pre-collapse residual stream buffer (max_num_batched_tokens,
    hc_mult * hidden_size) for the MTP draft model. Populated by
    forward(); valid after each target step."""
    return getattr(self.model, "_mtp_hidden_buffer", None)

DeepseekV4MoE

Bases: DeepseekV4MoE

Methods:

  • defer_finalize –

    Leave the routed top-k reduction to the next fused all-reduce + mHC.

  • forward_unfinalized –

    forward with the routed top-k reduction and all-reduce left open.

Source code in vllm/models/deepseek_v41/nvidia/model.py
class DeepseekV4MoE(DeepseekV4MoEBase):
    def __init__(
        self,
        vllm_config: VllmConfig,
        prefix: str = "",
        use_sequence_parallel: bool = False,
        reduce_results: bool = True,
    ):
        config = vllm_config.model_config.hf_config
        n_routed_experts = config.n_routed_experts
        n_activated_experts = config.num_experts_per_tok
        if extract_layer_index(prefix) >= config.num_hidden_layers:
            n_routed_experts = (
                getattr(config, "dspark_n_routed_experts", 0) or n_routed_experts
            )
            n_activated_experts = (
                getattr(config, "dspark_num_experts_per_tok", 0) or n_activated_experts
            )
        super().__init__(
            vllm_config,
            prefix=prefix,
            use_sequence_parallel=use_sequence_parallel,
            n_routed_experts=n_routed_experts,
            n_activated_experts=n_activated_experts,
            num_hash_layers=0,
            reduce_results=reduce_results,
            image_sentinel_lo=IMAGE_SENTINEL_BASE_ID,
        )

    def defer_finalize(self) -> None:
        """Leave the routed top-k reduction to the next fused all-reduce + mHC.

        Only the modular TRTLLM MXFP4 experts can stop after GEMM2; the fused
        kernel takes as many tokens as the mHC overlap path.
        """
        moe_config = self.experts.moe_config
        experts_cls = getattr(
            self.experts.routed_experts.quant_method, "experts_cls", None
        )
        if (
            experts_cls is TrtLlmMxfp4ExpertsModular
            and self.experts.routed_scaling_factor == 1.0
        ):
            moe_config.defer_moe_finalize(MHC_OVERLAP_MAX_TOKENS)
            if moe_config.use_deferred_moe_finalize:
                logger.info_once(
                    "DSV4.1 mHC: MoE top-k finalize fused into the all-reduce for "
                    "up to %d tokens.",
                    MHC_OVERLAP_MAX_TOKENS,
                )

    def defers_finalize(self, num_tokens: int) -> bool:
        return (
            not self.use_native_mega_moe
            and self.experts.moe_config.should_defer_moe_finalize(num_tokens)
        )

    def forward_unfinalized(
        self, hidden_states: torch.Tensor, input_ids: torch.Tensor | None
    ) -> MoEOutput:
        """``forward`` with the routed top-k reduction and all-reduce left open."""
        # The runner's custom op returns tensors only, so run its body directly.
        shared_output, routed = _unpack(
            self.experts._forward_impl(
                hidden_states, hidden_states, hidden_states, input_ids
            )
        )
        assert shared_output is not None
        assert isinstance(routed, UnfinalizedMoEOutput)
        return MoEOutput(routed=routed, shared_output=shared_output)

defer_finalize()

Leave the routed top-k reduction to the next fused all-reduce + mHC.

Only the modular TRTLLM MXFP4 experts can stop after GEMM2; the fused kernel takes as many tokens as the mHC overlap path.

Source code in vllm/models/deepseek_v41/nvidia/model.py
def defer_finalize(self) -> None:
    """Leave the routed top-k reduction to the next fused all-reduce + mHC.

    Only the modular TRTLLM MXFP4 experts can stop after GEMM2; the fused
    kernel takes as many tokens as the mHC overlap path.
    """
    moe_config = self.experts.moe_config
    experts_cls = getattr(
        self.experts.routed_experts.quant_method, "experts_cls", None
    )
    if (
        experts_cls is TrtLlmMxfp4ExpertsModular
        and self.experts.routed_scaling_factor == 1.0
    ):
        moe_config.defer_moe_finalize(MHC_OVERLAP_MAX_TOKENS)
        if moe_config.use_deferred_moe_finalize:
            logger.info_once(
                "DSV4.1 mHC: MoE top-k finalize fused into the all-reduce for "
                "up to %d tokens.",
                MHC_OVERLAP_MAX_TOKENS,
            )

forward_unfinalized(hidden_states, input_ids)

forward with the routed top-k reduction and all-reduce left open.

Source code in vllm/models/deepseek_v41/nvidia/model.py
def forward_unfinalized(
    self, hidden_states: torch.Tensor, input_ids: torch.Tensor | None
) -> MoEOutput:
    """``forward`` with the routed top-k reduction and all-reduce left open."""
    # The runner's custom op returns tensors only, so run its body directly.
    shared_output, routed = _unpack(
        self.experts._forward_impl(
            hidden_states, hidden_states, hidden_states, input_ids
        )
    )
    assert shared_output is not None
    assert isinstance(routed, UnfinalizedMoEOutput)
    return MoEOutput(routed=routed, shared_output=shared_output)

DeepseekV4Model

Bases: Module, EagleModelMixin

Methods:

Source code in vllm/models/deepseek_v41/nvidia/model.py
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class DeepseekV4Model(nn.Module, EagleModelMixin):
    def __init__(self, *, vllm_config: VllmConfig, prefix: str = ""):
        super().__init__()

        config = vllm_config.model_config.hf_config
        quant_config = vllm_config.quant_config
        self.config = config
        self.quant_config = quant_config
        self.parallel_config = vllm_config.parallel_config
        self.use_native_mega_moe = (
            vllm_config.kernel_config.moe_backend in NATIVE_MEGA_MOE_BACKENDS
        )
        self.use_sequence_parallel = _use_sequence_parallel(vllm_config)
        if (
            self.use_native_mega_moe
            and not vllm_config.parallel_config.enable_expert_parallel
        ):
            raise NotImplementedError(
                "DeepSeek V4 MegaMoE currently requires expert parallel. "
                "Enable it with --enable-expert-parallel, or pick a different "
                "moe backend."
            )
        self.vocab_size = config.vocab_size
        self.hc_eps = config.hc_eps
        self.hc_mult = config.hc_mult
        self.hc_dim = self.hc_mult * config.hidden_size
        self.rms_norm_eps = config.rms_norm_eps

        # Three aux streams: one per non-default input GEMM in
        # DeepseekV4Attention._run_parallel_input_projections
        # (compressor kv_score, indexer.weights_proj). fused_wqa_wkv stays on
        # the default stream.
        aux_stream_list = [torch.cuda.Stream() for _ in range(3)]
        # Keep mHC independent of the streams used inside attention.
        mhc_stream = torch.cuda.Stream() if supports_mhc_overlap(vllm_config) else None
        self.fuse_mhc_all_reduce = mhc_stream is not None and supports_mhc_all_reduce(
            vllm_config
        )
        if self.fuse_mhc_all_reduce:
            init_mhc_all_reduce(vllm_config)

        # Reserved topk indices buffer for all Indexer layers to reuse.
        self.topk_indices_buffer = torch.empty(
            vllm_config.scheduler_config.max_num_batched_tokens,
            config.index_topk,
            dtype=torch.int32,
        )

        # Two-level candidate filtering: the indexer at
        # candidate_source_layer_id publishes the top candidate blocks of
        # compressed positions here; later ratio-1 indexers (24/28/32/36)
        # mask their scores with it.
        candidate_source_layer = getattr(config, "candidate_source_layer_id", -1)
        candidate_topk_blocks = getattr(config, "candidate_topk_blocks", 0)
        if candidate_source_layer >= 0 and candidate_topk_blocks > 0:
            self.candidate_block_buffer = torch.empty(
                vllm_config.scheduler_config.max_num_batched_tokens,
                candidate_topk_blocks,
                dtype=torch.int32,
            )
        else:
            self.candidate_block_buffer = None

        if get_pp_group().is_first_rank:
            self.embed_tokens = VocabParallelEmbedding(
                config.vocab_size,
                config.hidden_size,
                quant_config=quant_config,
                prefix=f"{prefix}.embed_tokens",
            )
        else:
            self.embed_tokens = PPMissingLayer()

        self.engram_layout = EngramLayout.from_config(config)
        engram_config = vllm_config.engram_config
        self.vllm_config = vllm_config
        engram_prefetch_stream = (
            torch.cuda.Stream()
            if self.engram_layout is not None
            and engram_config is not None
            and engram_config.cpu_offload
            else None
        )
        if (
            self.engram_layout is not None
            and engram_config is not None
            and engram_config.dp_shared_memory
        ):
            engram_config.dp_shared_memory = can_share_engram_tables(self.engram_layout)

        if self.engram_layout is not None and engram_config and engram_config.use_thp:
            # Release old checkpoint cache before allocating the Engram host tables.
            model_config = vllm_config.model_config
            drop_checkpoint_cache(
                model_config.model_weights or model_config.model,
                revision=model_config.revision,
                cache_dir=vllm_config.load_config.download_dir,
            )

        # GEMM-RS uses NCCL symmetric-memory multicast, which requires all TP
        # ranks to belong to one NVLink domain. Collective: run before layers.
        self.run_gemm_rs = maybe_init_gemm_rs(vllm_config, self.use_sequence_parallel)

        self.start_layer, self.end_layer, self.layers = make_layers(
            config.num_hidden_layers,
            lambda prefix: DeepseekV4DecoderLayer(
                vllm_config,
                prefix=prefix,
                topk_indices_buffer=self.topk_indices_buffer,
                aux_stream_list=aux_stream_list,
                candidate_block_buffer=self.candidate_block_buffer,
                engram_layout=self.engram_layout,
                engram_prefetch_stream=engram_prefetch_stream,
                run_gemm_rs=self.run_gemm_rs,
                mhc_stream=mhc_stream,
                fuse_mhc_all_reduce=self.fuse_mhc_all_reduce,
            ),
            prefix=f"{prefix}.layers",
        )
        if self.fuse_mhc_all_reduce:
            # A MoE's top-k finalize folds into the next layer's first mHC
            # boundary, which the last local layer lacks and an engram layer
            # replaces with its own all-reduce.
            local_layers = list(islice(self.layers, self.start_layer, self.end_layer))
            for layer, successor in zip(local_layers, local_layers[1:]):
                assert isinstance(layer, DeepseekV4DecoderLayer)
                assert isinstance(successor, DeepseekV4DecoderLayer)
                if successor.engram is None:
                    layer.ffn.defer_finalize()

        # Decoder-side SWA bounded replay: in eager prefill steps the layers past
        # the last KV source run on each request's trailing window only
        # (decoder_replay_layers.py).
        self.decoder_replay_layers: DecoderReplayLayers | None = None
        self.decoder_replay_start = self.end_layer
        cut = max(config.kv_source_layer_ids)
        if (
            cut < self.end_layer - 1
            and self._decoder_replay_supported(vllm_config, cut)
            and self.layers[cut].attn.swa_cache_layer.bounded_replay
        ):
            self.decoder_replay_start = cut + 1
            self.decoder_replay_layers = DecoderReplayLayers(
                config.sliding_window,
                self._run_replay_layers,
                [
                    buf
                    for buf in (self.topk_indices_buffer, self.candidate_block_buffer)
                    if buf is not None
                ],
            )
            logger.info_once(
                "Decoder SWA bounded replay: in eager prefill steps, layers "
                "%d-%d run on each request's last %d tokens only.",
                cut + 1,
                self.end_layer - 1,
                config.sliding_window,
            )

        # The n-gram hash needs a slot-keyed rolling store of compressed ids
        # (chunked prefill / decode lookback); key it off the first local
        # layer's sliding-window KV cache. Only PP ranks owning an engram
        # layer need it.
        self.engram_hash: NgramHashState | None = None
        self.engram_dp_shared_memory = bool(
            vllm_config.engram_config and vllm_config.engram_config.dp_shared_memory
        )
        self.engram_swa_prefix: str | None = None
        if self.engram_layout is not None:
            local_engram = any(
                isinstance(layer, DeepseekV4DecoderLayer) and layer.engram is not None
                for layer in islice(self.layers, self.start_layer, self.end_layer)
            )
            if local_engram:
                first_layer = next(
                    iter(islice(self.layers, self.start_layer, self.end_layer))
                )
                swa_cache_module = first_layer.attn.swa_cache_layer
                self.engram_hash = NgramHashState(
                    vllm_config, self.engram_layout, swa_cache_module
                )
                self.engram_swa_prefix = swa_cache_module.prefix

        if get_pp_group().is_last_rank:
            self.norm = RMSNorm(config.hidden_size, self.rms_norm_eps)
        else:
            self.norm = PPMissingLayer()

        spec_config = vllm_config.speculative_config
        needs_mtp_hidden_states = spec_config is not None and (
            spec_config.use_eagle() or spec_config.uses_draft_model()
        )
        if get_pp_group().is_last_rank and needs_mtp_hidden_states:
            self._mtp_hidden_buffer = torch.empty(
                vllm_config.scheduler_config.max_num_batched_tokens,
                self.hc_dim,
                dtype=vllm_config.model_config.dtype,
            )
        else:
            self._mtp_hidden_buffer = None

    def embed_input_ids(self, input_ids: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
        return self.embed_tokens(input_ids)

    def make_empty_intermediate_tensors(
        self,
        batch_size: int,
        dtype: torch.dtype,
        device: torch.device,
    ) -> IntermediateTensors:
        # PP intermediate tensors carry the multi-stream hidden_states
        # of shape (num_tokens, hc_mult, hidden_size) — V4 expands the
        # token embedding to hc_mult streams before the first decoder
        # layer and keeps that shape until the final hc collapse — plus the
        # (num_tokens, hc_mult) pre-mix the next rank's first layer needs
        # for its attention collapse.
        return IntermediateTensors(
            {
                "hidden_states": torch.zeros(
                    (batch_size, self.hc_mult, self.config.hidden_size),
                    dtype=dtype,
                    device=device,
                ),
                "pre_mix": torch.zeros(
                    (batch_size, self.hc_mult),
                    dtype=torch.float32,
                    device=device,
                ),
            }
        )

    def forward(
        self,
        input_ids: torch.Tensor,
        positions: torch.Tensor,
        intermediate_tensors: IntermediateTensors | None,
        inputs_embeds: torch.Tensor | None = None,
        lookback_token_ids: torch.Tensor | None = None,
    ) -> torch.Tensor | IntermediateTensors:
        if get_pp_group().is_first_rank:
            if inputs_embeds is not None:
                hidden_states = inputs_embeds
            else:
                hidden_states = self.embed_input_ids(input_ids)
        else:
            assert intermediate_tensors is not None
            hidden_states = intermediate_tensors["hidden_states"]

        if self.use_native_mega_moe:
            input_ids = input_ids.to(torch.int64)

        # Engram n-gram hashes for the whole (flattened) batch, computed once
        # on the full token stream — before any sequence-parallel sharding —
        # and consumed by the engram layers (1 and 14) below. Skipped on
        # profile runs (KV cache unbound).
        engram_hashes: torch.Tensor | None = None
        engram_mask: torch.Tensor | None = None
        if (
            self.engram_hash is not None
            and input_ids is not None
            and is_forward_context_available()
        ):
            attn_metadata = get_forward_context().attn_metadata
            if isinstance(attn_metadata, list):
                attn_metadata = attn_metadata[dbo_current_ubatch_id()]
            if isinstance(attn_metadata, dict) and self.engram_hash.ensure_cache():
                assert self.engram_swa_prefix is not None
                swa_metadata = typing.cast(
                    "DeepseekSparseSWAMetadata", attn_metadata[self.engram_swa_prefix]
                )
                # Image-span tokens are dead: they break n-grams (hash op
                # takes True=dead) and their gate is zeroed (Engram.forward
                # takes True=keep).
                image_mask = image_sentinel_mask(input_ids)
                engram_mask = ~image_mask
                if lookback_token_ids is None:
                    if not self.engram_hash.use_slot_cache:
                        raise NotImplementedError(
                            "engram needs `lookback_token_ids` from the model "
                            "runner (the DBO/ubatch wrapper drops model kwargs)"
                        )
                    num_reqs = swa_metadata.num_decodes + swa_metadata.num_prefills
                    lookback_token_ids = input_ids.new_full(
                        (num_reqs, self.engram_hash.lookback_depth), -1
                    )
                engram_hashes = self.engram_hash(
                    input_ids,
                    positions,
                    swa_metadata.query_start_loc,
                    image_mask,
                    lookback_token_ids,
                    image_sentinel_mask(lookback_token_ids),
                    swa_metadata.slot_mapping,
                    swa_metadata.block_table,
                )
            elif not self.engram_dp_shared_memory and get_engram_dp_size() > 1:
                # DP-sharded lookups are collective, so a replica skipping the
                # hash still has to reach them.
                engram_hashes, engram_mask = self.engram_hash.dummy_hashes(input_ids)
            if engram_hashes is not None:
                # Gather all Engram rows before entering the decoder layers.
                # One gather feeds every layer sharing the DP-split table.
                gathered_hashes = gather_engram_hashes(
                    engram_hashes, dp_shared_memory=self.engram_dp_shared_memory
                )
                for layer in islice(self.layers, self.start_layer, self.end_layer):
                    engram = getattr(layer, "engram", None)
                    if engram is not None:
                        engram.prepare_embeddings(
                            gathered_hashes[:, engram.layer_hash_index]
                        )

        full_num_tokens = positions.shape[0]
        if self.use_sequence_parallel:
            if envs.VLLM_MOE_SKIP_PADDING and is_forward_context_available():
                forward_context = get_forward_context()
                forward_context.is_padding = sp_padding_mask(
                    forward_context.is_padding, hidden_states
                )
            hidden_states = sp_shard(hidden_states)
            input_ids = sp_shard(input_ids)

        residual, post_mix, res_mix = None, None, None
        pre_mix: torch.Tensor | None = None
        if not get_pp_group().is_first_rank:
            assert intermediate_tensors is not None
            pre_mix = intermediate_tensors["pre_mix"]
        aux_hidden_by_layer: dict[int, torch.Tensor] = {}
        hidden_states, residual, post_mix, res_mix, pre_mix = self._run_layers(
            range(self.start_layer, self.decoder_replay_start),
            hidden_states,
            positions,
            input_ids,
            pre_mix,
            post_mix,
            res_mix,
            residual,
            aux_hidden_by_layer,
            engram_hashes,
            engram_mask,
        )
        late_aux: list[torch.Tensor] = []
        if self.decoder_replay_layers is not None:
            hidden_states, pre_mix, *late_aux = self.decoder_replay_layers(
                hidden_states,
                positions,
                input_ids,
                pre_mix,
                post_mix,
                res_mix,
                residual,
            )
        else:
            hidden_states = self._collapse(
                hidden_states,
                residual,
                post_mix,
                res_mix,
                aux_hidden_by_layer,
                full_num_tokens,
            )

        aux_hidden_states = [
            aux_hidden_by_layer[layer_id]
            for layer_id in self.aux_hidden_state_layers
            if layer_id in aux_hidden_by_layer
        ] + late_aux

        if not get_pp_group().is_last_rank:
            return IntermediateTensors(
                {"hidden_states": hidden_states, "pre_mix": pre_mix}
            )

        # MTP needs full HC states; otherwise collapse and normalize locally
        # before gathering to reduce communication.
        if self._mtp_hidden_buffer is not None:
            if self.use_sequence_parallel:
                hidden_states = sp_all_gather(hidden_states)[:full_num_tokens]
                pre_mix = sp_all_gather(pre_mix)[:full_num_tokens]
            num_tokens = hidden_states.shape[0]
            self._mtp_hidden_buffer[:num_tokens].copy_(hidden_states.flatten(1))

        # Collapse the hc copies with the pre-mix from the last layer's FFN
        # mixes — the mix the reference applies via
        # ``last_layer.hc_pre(h, pre_mix)`` (v4.1 has no learned hc_head).
        assert pre_mix is not None
        hidden_states = hc_collapse_triton(hidden_states, pre_mix)
        hidden_states = self.norm(hidden_states)
        if self.use_sequence_parallel and self._mtp_hidden_buffer is None:
            # Without MTP, gather only the collapsed and normalized hidden states.
            hidden_states = sp_all_gather(hidden_states)[:full_num_tokens]
        if len(aux_hidden_states) > 0:
            return hidden_states, aux_hidden_states
        return hidden_states

    def _mega_gate_metadata(
        self, input_ids: torch.Tensor | None
    ) -> MegaGateRoutingMetadata | None:
        if not self.use_native_mega_moe:
            return None
        assert input_ids is not None
        return prepare_mega_gate_routing_metadata(
            input_ids,
            has_hash_routing=False,
            image_sentinel_base_id=IMAGE_SENTINEL_BASE_ID
            if getattr(self.config, "vision_n_layers", 0) > 0
            else None,
        )

    def _run_layers(
        self,
        layer_ids: range,
        hidden_states: torch.Tensor | MoEOutput,
        positions: torch.Tensor,
        input_ids: torch.Tensor | None,
        pre_mix: torch.Tensor | None,
        post_mix: torch.Tensor | None,
        res_mix: torch.Tensor | None,
        residual: torch.Tensor | None,
        aux_hidden_by_layer: dict[int, torch.Tensor],
        engram_hashes: torch.Tensor | None = None,
        engram_mask: torch.Tensor | None = None,
    ) -> tuple[
        torch.Tensor | MoEOutput, torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor
    ]:
        # Every layer's post runs inside the next layer's fused pre, so aux
        # hidden states are read back from there instead of recomputed.
        full_num_tokens = positions.shape[0]
        mega_gate_metadata = self._mega_gate_metadata(input_ids)
        for idx in layer_ids:
            hidden_states, residual, post_mix, res_mix, pre_mix, previous_aux = (
                self.layers[idx](
                    hidden_states,
                    positions,
                    input_ids,
                    pre_mix,
                    post_mix,
                    res_mix,
                    residual,
                    engram_hashes,
                    engram_mask,
                    capture_previous_aux=idx in self.aux_hidden_state_layers,
                    mega_gate_metadata=mega_gate_metadata,
                )
            )
            if previous_aux is not None:
                # idx is the one-based id of the layer whose post this is.
                if self.use_sequence_parallel:
                    previous_aux = sp_all_gather(previous_aux)[:full_num_tokens]
                aux_hidden_by_layer[idx] = previous_aux
        assert residual is not None and post_mix is not None
        assert res_mix is not None and pre_mix is not None
        return hidden_states, residual, post_mix, res_mix, pre_mix

    def _collapse(
        self,
        hidden_states: torch.Tensor | MoEOutput,
        residual: torch.Tensor,
        post_mix: torch.Tensor,
        res_mix: torch.Tensor,
        aux_hidden_by_layer: dict[int, torch.Tensor],
        full_num_tokens: int,
    ) -> torch.Tensor:
        # Without a successor boundary, the last layer finalized its own MoE.
        assert isinstance(hidden_states, torch.Tensor)
        # The last layer has no successor to fold its post into.
        if self.fuse_mhc_all_reduce:
            hidden_states = tensor_model_parallel_all_reduce(hidden_states)
        hidden_states = mhc_post_tilelang(hidden_states, residual, post_mix, res_mix)
        if self.end_layer in self.aux_hidden_state_layers:
            final_aux = hidden_states.mean(dim=1)
            if self.use_sequence_parallel:
                final_aux = sp_all_gather(final_aux)[:full_num_tokens]
            aux_hidden_by_layer[self.end_layer] = final_aux
        return hidden_states

    def _run_replay_layers(
        self,
        hidden_states: torch.Tensor | MoEOutput,
        positions: torch.Tensor,
        input_ids: torch.Tensor | None,
        pre_mix: torch.Tensor,
        post_mix: torch.Tensor,
        res_mix: torch.Tensor,
        residual: torch.Tensor,
    ) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, ...]:
        """The layers past the last KV source, on whatever rows they are given;
        returns their output, the last FFN's pre-mix and the aux hidden states
        they capture."""
        aux_hidden_by_layer: dict[int, torch.Tensor] = {}
        hidden_states, residual, post_mix, res_mix, pre_mix = self._run_layers(
            range(self.decoder_replay_start, self.end_layer),
            hidden_states,
            positions,
            input_ids,
            pre_mix,
            post_mix,
            res_mix,
            residual,
            aux_hidden_by_layer,
        )
        hidden_states = self._collapse(
            hidden_states,
            residual,
            post_mix,
            res_mix,
            aux_hidden_by_layer,
            positions.shape[0],
        )
        return (
            hidden_states,
            pre_mix,
            *(
                aux_hidden_by_layer[layer_id]
                for layer_id in self.aux_hidden_state_layers
                if layer_id in aux_hidden_by_layer
            ),
        )

    def _decoder_replay_supported(self, vllm_config: VllmConfig, cut: int) -> bool:
        """Whether this rank may trim the layers after ``cut``; warns when not."""
        parallel_config = vllm_config.parallel_config
        spec_config = vllm_config.speculative_config
        draft_config = spec_config.draft_model_config if spec_config else None
        draft_hf_config = getattr(draft_config, "hf_config", None)
        draft_window = getattr(draft_hf_config, "sliding_window", None)
        draft_layer_types = getattr(draft_hf_config, "layer_types", None) or ()
        window = self.config.sliding_window
        if self.start_layer > cut or self.end_layer < self.config.num_hidden_layers:
            reason = (
                "the pipeline stage holding the last KV source layer must also "
                "hold every layer after it"
            )
        elif (
            self.use_sequence_parallel
            or parallel_config.prefill_context_parallel_size > 1
            or parallel_config.use_ubatching
        ):
            reason = (
                "the replay-layer batch shrinks per rank, which sequence and "
                "prefill-context parallelism and microbatching cannot follow"
            )
        elif any(i > cut for i in getattr(self.config, "engram_layer_ids", ())):
            reason = "an Engram layer sits after the last KV source layer"
        elif draft_config is not None and (
            draft_window is None
            or draft_window > window
            or any(t != "sliding_attention" for t in draft_layer_types)
        ):
            reason = (
                f"the drafter (sliding window {draft_window}) reads hidden states "
                f"outside the target's {window}-token window"
            )
        else:
            return True
        logger.warning_once("Decoder SWA bounded replay is off: %s.", reason)
        return False

    def load_weights(self, weights: Iterable[tuple[str, torch.Tensor]]) -> set[str]:
        stacked_params_mapping = [
            # (param_name, shard_name, shard_id)
            ("gate_up_proj", "w1", 0),
            ("gate_up_proj", "w3", 1),
            ("attn.fused_wqa_wkv", "attn.wq_a", 0),
            ("attn.fused_wqa_wkv", "attn.wkv", 1),
            ("compressor.fused_wkv_wgate", "compressor.wkv", 0),
            ("compressor.fused_wkv_wgate", "compressor.wgate", 1),
        ]
        params_dict = dict(self.named_parameters())
        loaded_params: set[str] = set()

        # TP for attention
        tp_size = get_tensor_model_parallel_world_size()
        tp_rank = get_tensor_model_parallel_rank()
        n_head = self.config.num_attention_heads
        n_local_head = n_head // tp_size
        head_rank_start = n_local_head * tp_rank
        head_rank_end = n_local_head * (tp_rank + 1)

        # Pre-compute expert mapping ONCE.
        expert_mapping = self.get_expert_mapping()

        # Block-FP8 shared experts: pad the intermediate up to the TP-uniform
        # block count so the standard loaders below slice it evenly (trailing
        # ranks land on the zero pad). SP / unquantized ones need no padding.
        pad_shared_expert = (
            getattr(self.quant_config, "weight_block_size", None) is not None
            and not self.use_sequence_parallel
        )

        for name, loaded_weight in weights:
            if name.startswith(("vision.", "aligner.", "image_")):
                # Vision weights are loaded by the outer multimodal wrapper.
                logger.warning_once("Skipping non-text weight: %s", name)
                continue
            if pad_shared_expert and ".shared_experts." in name:
                loaded_weight = self._pad_shared_expert_weight(
                    self.quant_config, name, loaded_weight
                )
            for param_name, weight_name, shard_id in stacked_params_mapping:
                # Skip non-stacked layers and experts (experts handled below).
                if ".experts." in name:
                    continue
                if weight_name not in name:
                    continue
                name = name.replace(weight_name, param_name)

                if is_pp_missing_parameter(name, self):
                    break
                if name not in params_dict:
                    head, _, leaf = name.rpartition(".")
                    suffixed = f"{head}.base_layer.{leaf}"
                    if suffixed in params_dict:
                        name = suffixed
                param = params_dict[name]
                weight_loader = param.weight_loader
                weight_loader(param, loaded_weight, shard_id)
                loaded_params.add(name)
                break
            else:
                if ".experts." in name:
                    # E8M0 scales are stored as float8_e8m0fnu in
                    # checkpoints but the MoE param is uint8. copy_()
                    # would do a numeric conversion (e.g. 2^-7 → 0),
                    # destroying the raw exponent bytes.
                    if (
                        "weight_scale" in name
                        and loaded_weight.dtype == torch.float8_e8m0fnu
                    ):
                        loaded_weight = loaded_weight.view(torch.uint8)
                    for mapping in expert_mapping:
                        param_name, weight_name, expert_id, expert_shard_id = mapping
                        if weight_name not in name:
                            continue
                        name_mapped = name.replace(weight_name, param_name)
                        if is_pp_missing_parameter(name_mapped, self):
                            continue
                        param = params_dict[name_mapped]
                        # We should ask the weight loader to return success or not
                        # here since otherwise we may skip experts with other
                        # available replicas.
                        weight_loader = typing.cast(
                            Callable[..., bool], param.weight_loader
                        )
                        success = weight_loader(
                            param,
                            loaded_weight,
                            name_mapped,
                            shard_id=expert_shard_id,
                            expert_id=expert_id,
                            return_success=True,
                        )
                        if success:
                            name = name_mapped
                            break
                    loaded_params.add(name_mapped)
                    continue
                elif "attn_sink" in name:
                    if is_pp_missing_parameter(name, self):
                        continue
                    narrow_weight = loaded_weight[head_rank_start:head_rank_end]
                    n = narrow_weight.shape[0]
                    params_dict[name][:n].copy_(narrow_weight)
                    loaded_params.add(name)
                    continue
                else:
                    if is_pp_missing_parameter(name, self):
                        continue
                    # Non-LoRA params on a LoRA-wrapped module live at
                    # ``<head>.base_layer.<leaf>``; the checkpoint is plain.
                    if name not in params_dict:
                        head, _, leaf = name.rpartition(".")
                        suffixed = f"{head}.base_layer.{leaf}"
                        if suffixed in params_dict:
                            name = suffixed
                    param = params_dict[name]
                    weight_loader = getattr(
                        param, "weight_loader", default_weight_loader
                    )
                    weight_loader(param, loaded_weight)
                    loaded_params.add(name)
                    continue

        return loaded_params

    @staticmethod
    def _pad_shared_expert_weight(
        quant_config: QuantizationConfig | None,
        name: str,
        loaded_weight: torch.Tensor,
    ) -> torch.Tensor:
        """Zero-pad a block-FP8 shared-expert weight/scale on its intermediate
        axis so the standard TP loaders split it into even, block-aligned shards
        (trailing ranks get the zero pad). gate (w1)/up (w3) [I, H] pad dim 0;
        down (w2 -> down_proj) [H, I] pads dim 1.
        """
        block_size = getattr(quant_config, "weight_block_size", None)
        assert block_size is not None
        # Round the intermediate axis up to a whole number of TP shards. The axis
        # is in elements for weights (step = block) and in blocks for scales.
        step = (
            1 if name.endswith(("weight_scale_inv", "weight_scale")) else block_size[0]
        )
        dim = 1 if ".down_proj." in name else 0
        mult = get_tensor_model_parallel_world_size() * step
        pad = cdiv(loaded_weight.shape[dim], mult) * mult - loaded_weight.shape[dim]
        if pad == 0:
            return loaded_weight
        pad_shape = list(loaded_weight.shape)
        pad_shape[dim] = pad
        return torch.cat([loaded_weight, loaded_weight.new_zeros(pad_shape)], dim=dim)

    def get_expert_mapping(self) -> list[tuple[str, str, int, str]]:
        first_layer = next(iter(islice(self.layers, self.start_layer, self.end_layer)))
        if first_layer.ffn.use_native_mega_moe:
            return make_deepseek_v4_expert_params_mapping(self.config.n_routed_experts)
        # Params for weights, fp8 weight scales, fp8 activation scales
        # (param_name, weight_name, expert_id, shard_id)
        return fused_moe_make_expert_params_mapping(
            self,
            ckpt_gate_proj_name="w1",
            ckpt_down_proj_name="w2",
            ckpt_up_proj_name="w3",
            num_experts=self.config.n_routed_experts,
        )

    def finalize_mega_moe_weights(self) -> None:
        for layer in islice(self.layers, self.start_layer, self.end_layer):
            layer.ffn.finalize_mega_moe_weights()

    def finalize_mega_attn_weights(self) -> None:
        """Permute wq_b / wo_a into FlashMLA's mega-attention layouts.

        A no-op for every other attention layer, and idempotent, so a second
        post-load pass cannot permute twice.
        """
        for layer in islice(self.layers, self.start_layer, self.end_layer):
            finalize = getattr(layer.attn, "finalize_loaded_weights", None)
            if finalize is not None:
                finalize()

    def finalize_mhc_broadcast_weights(self) -> None:
        if not get_pp_group().is_first_rank or self.start_layer >= self.end_layer:
            return
        layer = self.layers[self.start_layer]
        if isinstance(layer, DeepseekV4DecoderLayer):
            broadcast = (
                layer.hc_attn_fn.detach()
                .view(-1, layer.hc_mult, layer.hidden_size)
                .sum(dim=1)
            )
            if layer.hc_attn_fn_broadcast is None:
                layer.hc_attn_fn_broadcast = broadcast
            else:
                layer.hc_attn_fn_broadcast.copy_(broadcast)

_decoder_replay_supported(vllm_config, cut)

Whether this rank may trim the layers after cut; warns when not.

Source code in vllm/models/deepseek_v41/nvidia/model.py
def _decoder_replay_supported(self, vllm_config: VllmConfig, cut: int) -> bool:
    """Whether this rank may trim the layers after ``cut``; warns when not."""
    parallel_config = vllm_config.parallel_config
    spec_config = vllm_config.speculative_config
    draft_config = spec_config.draft_model_config if spec_config else None
    draft_hf_config = getattr(draft_config, "hf_config", None)
    draft_window = getattr(draft_hf_config, "sliding_window", None)
    draft_layer_types = getattr(draft_hf_config, "layer_types", None) or ()
    window = self.config.sliding_window
    if self.start_layer > cut or self.end_layer < self.config.num_hidden_layers:
        reason = (
            "the pipeline stage holding the last KV source layer must also "
            "hold every layer after it"
        )
    elif (
        self.use_sequence_parallel
        or parallel_config.prefill_context_parallel_size > 1
        or parallel_config.use_ubatching
    ):
        reason = (
            "the replay-layer batch shrinks per rank, which sequence and "
            "prefill-context parallelism and microbatching cannot follow"
        )
    elif any(i > cut for i in getattr(self.config, "engram_layer_ids", ())):
        reason = "an Engram layer sits after the last KV source layer"
    elif draft_config is not None and (
        draft_window is None
        or draft_window > window
        or any(t != "sliding_attention" for t in draft_layer_types)
    ):
        reason = (
            f"the drafter (sliding window {draft_window}) reads hidden states "
            f"outside the target's {window}-token window"
        )
    else:
        return True
    logger.warning_once("Decoder SWA bounded replay is off: %s.", reason)
    return False

_pad_shared_expert_weight(quant_config, name, loaded_weight) staticmethod

Zero-pad a block-FP8 shared-expert weight/scale on its intermediate axis so the standard TP loaders split it into even, block-aligned shards (trailing ranks get the zero pad). gate (w1)/up (w3) [I, H] pad dim 0; down (w2 -> down_proj) [H, I] pads dim 1.

Source code in vllm/models/deepseek_v41/nvidia/model.py
@staticmethod
def _pad_shared_expert_weight(
    quant_config: QuantizationConfig | None,
    name: str,
    loaded_weight: torch.Tensor,
) -> torch.Tensor:
    """Zero-pad a block-FP8 shared-expert weight/scale on its intermediate
    axis so the standard TP loaders split it into even, block-aligned shards
    (trailing ranks get the zero pad). gate (w1)/up (w3) [I, H] pad dim 0;
    down (w2 -> down_proj) [H, I] pads dim 1.
    """
    block_size = getattr(quant_config, "weight_block_size", None)
    assert block_size is not None
    # Round the intermediate axis up to a whole number of TP shards. The axis
    # is in elements for weights (step = block) and in blocks for scales.
    step = (
        1 if name.endswith(("weight_scale_inv", "weight_scale")) else block_size[0]
    )
    dim = 1 if ".down_proj." in name else 0
    mult = get_tensor_model_parallel_world_size() * step
    pad = cdiv(loaded_weight.shape[dim], mult) * mult - loaded_weight.shape[dim]
    if pad == 0:
        return loaded_weight
    pad_shape = list(loaded_weight.shape)
    pad_shape[dim] = pad
    return torch.cat([loaded_weight, loaded_weight.new_zeros(pad_shape)], dim=dim)

_run_replay_layers(hidden_states, positions, input_ids, pre_mix, post_mix, res_mix, residual)

The layers past the last KV source, on whatever rows they are given; returns their output, the last FFN's pre-mix and the aux hidden states they capture.

Source code in vllm/models/deepseek_v41/nvidia/model.py
def _run_replay_layers(
    self,
    hidden_states: torch.Tensor | MoEOutput,
    positions: torch.Tensor,
    input_ids: torch.Tensor | None,
    pre_mix: torch.Tensor,
    post_mix: torch.Tensor,
    res_mix: torch.Tensor,
    residual: torch.Tensor,
) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, ...]:
    """The layers past the last KV source, on whatever rows they are given;
    returns their output, the last FFN's pre-mix and the aux hidden states
    they capture."""
    aux_hidden_by_layer: dict[int, torch.Tensor] = {}
    hidden_states, residual, post_mix, res_mix, pre_mix = self._run_layers(
        range(self.decoder_replay_start, self.end_layer),
        hidden_states,
        positions,
        input_ids,
        pre_mix,
        post_mix,
        res_mix,
        residual,
        aux_hidden_by_layer,
    )
    hidden_states = self._collapse(
        hidden_states,
        residual,
        post_mix,
        res_mix,
        aux_hidden_by_layer,
        positions.shape[0],
    )
    return (
        hidden_states,
        pre_mix,
        *(
            aux_hidden_by_layer[layer_id]
            for layer_id in self.aux_hidden_state_layers
            if layer_id in aux_hidden_by_layer
        ),
    )

finalize_mega_attn_weights()

Permute wq_b / wo_a into FlashMLA's mega-attention layouts.

A no-op for every other attention layer, and idempotent, so a second post-load pass cannot permute twice.

Source code in vllm/models/deepseek_v41/nvidia/model.py
def finalize_mega_attn_weights(self) -> None:
    """Permute wq_b / wo_a into FlashMLA's mega-attention layouts.

    A no-op for every other attention layer, and idempotent, so a second
    post-load pass cannot permute twice.
    """
    for layer in islice(self.layers, self.start_layer, self.end_layer):
        finalize = getattr(layer.attn, "finalize_loaded_weights", None)
        if finalize is not None:
            finalize()

_linear_scale_param_name(vllm_config, expert_dtype)

Parameter name the linear quant method registers for weight scales.

Native MXFP8 checkpoints ([32, 32] blocks with MXFP4 experts) route linear layers through ModelOptLinearMethod, which registers weight_scale; block-FP8 linear layers register weight_scale_inv.

Source code in vllm/models/deepseek_v41/nvidia/model.py
def _linear_scale_param_name(vllm_config: VllmConfig, expert_dtype: str) -> str:
    """Parameter name the linear quant method registers for weight scales.

    Native MXFP8 checkpoints ([32, 32] blocks with MXFP4 experts) route linear
    layers through ModelOptLinearMethod, which registers ``weight_scale``;
    block-FP8 linear layers register ``weight_scale_inv``.
    """
    use_mxfp8 = (
        getattr(vllm_config.quant_config, "weight_block_size", None) == [32, 32]
        and expert_dtype == "fp4"
    )
    return "weight_scale" if use_mxfp8 else "weight_scale_inv"

_select_dsv4_attn_cls(vllm_config)

Pick the CUDA sparse-MLA attention class for the configured backend.

The generic CUDA backend selector does not instantiate DSv4 layers directly, so map generic sparse-MLA choices to the DSv4-specialized attention class. Without an explicit backend: SM12 takes FlashInfer, SM100 takes mega attention where the topology allows it, and everything else keeps the FlashMLA path.

Source code in vllm/models/deepseek_v41/nvidia/model.py
def _select_dsv4_attn_cls(vllm_config: VllmConfig) -> type[DeepseekV4Attention]:
    """Pick the CUDA sparse-MLA attention class for the configured backend.

    The generic CUDA backend selector does not instantiate DSv4 layers directly,
    so map generic sparse-MLA choices to the DSv4-specialized attention class.
    Without an explicit backend: SM12 takes FlashInfer, SM100 takes mega
    attention where the topology allows it, and everything else keeps the
    FlashMLA path.
    """
    backend = vllm_config.attention_config.backend
    device_capability = current_platform.get_device_capability()
    if backend in (
        AttentionBackendEnum.FLASHINFER_MLA_SPARSE,
        AttentionBackendEnum.FLASHINFER_MLA_SPARSE_SM120,
    ):
        raise ValueError(
            f"{backend.name} is not a DeepSeek V4.1 attention backend. "
            "Use FLASHINFER_MLA_SPARSE_DSV41 for DeepSeek V4.1 FlashInfer "
            "sparse MLA."
        )
    if backend in (
        AttentionBackendEnum.FLASHINFER_MLA_SPARSE_DSV4,
        AttentionBackendEnum.FLASHINFER_MLA_SPARSE_DSV41,
    ):
        if device_capability is not None and device_capability.major == 12:
            return DeepseekV4FlashInferSM120Attention
        return DeepseekV4FlashInferMLAAttention
    if backend is AttentionBackendEnum.FLASHMLA_MEGA_ATTN_DSV41:
        return DeepseekV4MegaAttnAttention
    if backend in (
        AttentionBackendEnum.FLASHMLA_SPARSE,
        AttentionBackendEnum.FLASHMLA_SPARSE_DSV4,
        AttentionBackendEnum.FLASHMLA_SPARSE_DSV41,
    ):
        return DeepseekV4FlashMLAAttention

    if device_capability is not None and device_capability.major == 12:
        return DeepseekV4FlashInferSM120Attention
    # Mega attention is the SM100 default: it fuses Q RoPE, sparse attention,
    # the output's inverse RoPE and its FP8 cast into one launch, and brings
    # the 288 B NVFP4 compressed record -- the format the reference
    # implementation itself stores. It declines topologies it cannot serve
    # (non-SM100, TP that leaves fewer than WV_GROUP_SIZE heads per wo_a
    # group, a build without the kernel), which then fall through to FlashMLA.
    if DeepseekV4MegaAttnAttention.is_available_for(vllm_config):
        return DeepseekV4MegaAttnAttention
    return DeepseekV4FlashMLAAttention

maybe_init_gemm_rs(vllm_config, use_sequence_parallel)

Set up the fused wo_b GEMM + reduce-scatter when opted in.

Sequence parallel is the only topology where wo_b ends in a reduce-scatter, so the kernel is bound to RS mode. The workspace is a process-wide singleton shared with any other model code in this worker (the DSpark drafter reuses it), and its NVLink multicast rendezvous is collective, so every TP rank must take the same decision here.

Source code in vllm/models/deepseek_v41/nvidia/model.py
def maybe_init_gemm_rs(vllm_config: VllmConfig, use_sequence_parallel: bool) -> bool:
    """Set up the fused ``wo_b`` GEMM + reduce-scatter when opted in.

    Sequence parallel is the only topology where ``wo_b`` ends in a
    reduce-scatter, so the kernel is bound to RS mode. The workspace is a
    process-wide singleton shared with any other model code in this worker
    (the DSpark drafter reuses it), and its NVLink multicast rendezvous is
    collective, so every TP rank must take the same decision here.
    """
    if not (use_sequence_parallel and envs.VLLM_ENABLE_GEMM_RS):
        return False

    # The kernel module pulls in cute_dsl, so import it only once opted in.
    from vllm.model_executor.kernels.linear.cute_dsl.gemm_rs_ar import (
        maybe_init_gemm_rs_ar,
    )

    hidden_size = vllm_config.model_config.hf_config.hidden_size
    if not maybe_init_gemm_rs_ar(vllm_config, N=hidden_size, all_reduce=False):
        return False
    logger.info_once("To disable DeepSeek-V4.1 GEMM-RS, set VLLM_ENABLE_GEMM_RS=0.")
    return True