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Two independent Kimi K3 MoE fixes, one commit each. Both are follow-ups to #17865 and both were found while bringing DEP8 up; they are grouped because the second one's test edits land inside the block the first one adds.

1. [None][fix] Kimi K3: bound MegaMoE's expert-weight memory at EP8

Two memory-lifecycle leaks in the same load path. The first fix only moved the OOM, which is how the second was found.

  • Bound the staged expert footprint. NVFP4MegaMoECuteDslMethod never overrode finalize_streamed_expert, so its staged w3_w1 halves accumulated for the whole load instead of being drained per expert the way the CUTLASS method does. EP8 doubles the rank-local expert count that footprint tracks (112 vs 56 at EP16), which is why this only bites there. Draining used to be blocked by the coverage check, which decided which slots a load had populated by counting staged dict entries — so draining would report 0/N and turn a complete load into a spurious "partially covered" error. Coverage now comes from _streamed_expert_slots for a streamed load, which records the same fact and survives draining.
  • Bound the mega-format transform's transient. _build_mega_format_buffers materialized the whole rank-local expert set at once; it is now chunked by slot.

Both are pure memory-lifecycle changes — the transform's output is unchanged.

2. [None][fix] Kimi K3: drop the MoE TP/EP env overrides

Parallelism is configuration, not an environment knob. TLLM_K3_MOE_TP_SIZE / TLLM_K3_MOE_EP_SIZE let the routed-expert split be changed out from under a served config with no record of it in that config.

_select_moe_tp_ep now has two levels instead of three — explicit moe_tensor_parallel_size / moe_expert_parallel_size from the user config (detected via mapping.moe_tp_ep_user_specified, so the auto-resolved moe_tp=tp_size default is not mistaken for a TP request), else the historical EP-only layout.

Behaviour is unchanged for anyone who was not setting the env vars, and nothing in-tree was.

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New tests in tests/unittest/_torch/modules/moe/test_kimi_k3_situ_moe.py, all registered in tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_b300.yml:

  • test_megamoe_streamed_coverage_survives_per_expert_drain — coverage and staging are disentangled; draining no longer reports a complete load as partial.
  • test_megamoe_overrides_finalize_streamed_expert — the override exists and drains the slot it is handed.
  • test_mega_format_transform_is_slot_blockwise — asserts the chunked transform is bitwise identical to the whole-layer transform, including an uneven final chunk.

All three are pure bookkeeping / tensor-equivalence checks: no GPU and no EP rendezvous required.

test_kimi_k3_moe_split_selection loses its monkeypatch fixture along with the two env cases; the config-driven cases it already covered are the whole surface now.

Not covered here: nothing in this PR shows the served model computes correctly at EP8 — that is what a separate GSM8K-through-the-proxy run is for.

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  • Kimi K3 MoE now uses explicit TP/EP configuration.
  • Environment-variable overrides were removed.
  • EP-only behavior remains the fallback.
  • MegaMoE streaming drains staged expert weights after each expert.
  • Streamed coverage uses _streamed_expert_slots.
  • Mega-format transformation uses 16-slot chunks to limit peak memory.
  • Tests verify bitwise-equivalent output, including uneven chunks.
  • No public API or configuration errors were identified.
  • Served-model correctness at EP8 remains untested.

QA Engineer Review

  • Modified CI list: tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_b300.yml.
  • Added CI coverage for streamed coverage, expert draining, finalize overrides, and chunked transformation.
  • Updated test_kimi_k3_moe_split_selection to remove environment-based cases.
  • Added:
    • test_megamoe_streamed_coverage_survives_per_expert_drain
    • test_megamoe_overrides_finalize_streamed_expert
    • test_mega_format_transform_is_slot_blockwise
  • All added tests are registered in test-db/l0_b300.yml.
  • Verdict: sufficient.

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Kimi K3 now uses direct linear attention wiring and mapping-driven MoE sizing. MegaMoE loading resolves streamed expert data, preserves coverage state, and transforms weights in 16-slot chunks. Tests cover these changes.

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Kimi K3 and MegaMoE behavior

Layer / File(s) Summary
Kimi K3 attention wiring
tensorrt_llm/_torch/models/modeling_kimi_linear.py
KDA layers now use KimiKDALinearAttention directly under linear_attn. Dispatch, checkpoint mapping, sharding, finalization, FP8 conversion, and weight loading use the direct module.
Kimi K3 parallelism selection
tensorrt_llm/_torch/models/modeling_kimi_linear.py, tests/unittest/_torch/modules/moe/test_kimi_k3_situ_moe.py
MoE sizing prioritizes explicit mapping values and otherwise uses the EP-only default. Environment-variable overrides and related test setup were removed.
Streamed MegaMoE loading and coverage
tensorrt_llm/_torch/modules/fused_moe/quantization.py, tests/unittest/_torch/modules/moe/test_kimi_k3_situ_moe.py
Shared staged-entry helpers resolve weights and scales, finalize streamed experts, drain slots, and track persistent streamed coverage.
Slot-chunked MegaMoE transformation
tensorrt_llm/_torch/modules/fused_moe/quantization.py, tests/unittest/_torch/modules/moe/test_kimi_k3_situ_moe.py
MegaMoE transformation uses 16-slot chunks and releases intermediate buffers after each chunk. GPU tests compare chunked and whole-layer results, including uneven chunks.
Test registration
tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_b300.yml
The pre-merge list includes the low-M GEMM module and three Kimi K3 SiTU MoE tests.

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The PR bounds expert-weight memory and removes legacy MoE environment overrides, but it is not fully merge-ready because the current tests do not demonstrate that those removed overrides are ignored, leaving a bounded risk of an unverified configuration regression.

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  participant WeightLoader
  Checkpoint->>WeightLoader: map and load KDA checkpoint parameters
  WeightLoader->>LinearAttention: populate direct linear_attn module
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3837-3849: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Serialize the MegaMoE streamed source window.

_load_expert_slices() runs jobs concurrently with num_workers=4. ensure_prepared() releases finalize_lock before expert loading and process_weights_after_loading() shrinks _STREAMED_SOURCE_PARAMS. _streamed_transient_lock protects only load_weights(), which streaming bypasses. Multiple MegaMoE backends can therefore retain full source-parameter sets concurrently and exceed the one-layer memory bound. Extend the lock across preparation through finalization, or enforce an equivalent single-window limit.

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Two independent leaks in the same lifecycle, found one after the other -- the
first fix only moved the OOM, which is how the second was found.

1. Bound the staged expert footprint. MegaMoE never overrode
   finalize_streamed_expert, so its staged w3_w1 halves accumulated for the
   whole load instead of being drained per expert the way CUTLASS does. EP8
   doubles the rank-local expert count that footprint tracks (112 vs 56 at
   EP16), which is why this only bites here. Draining was previously blocked by
   the coverage check, so that accounting moves onto _streamed_expert_slots --
   which also closes a documented open item.

2. Bound the mega-format transform's transient. The transform materialized the
   whole rank-local expert set at once; it is now chunked by slot.

Both are pure memory-lifecycle changes; the transform's output is unchanged and
test_mega_format_transform_is_slot_blockwise asserts that BITWISE, including an
uneven final chunk. Together they are what makes the DEP8 disagg gen worker fit.

Note the tests cover the bookkeeping and the transform's bitwise equivalence,
but nothing here shows the served model computes correctly at EP8 -- that is
what the GSM8K-through-the-proxy run is for.

Signed-off-by: Jonas Li <6110159+longlee0622@users.noreply.github.com>
Parallelism is configuration, not an environment knob: TLLM_K3_MOE_TP_SIZE /
TLLM_K3_MOE_EP_SIZE let the routed-expert split be changed out from under a
served config, with no record of it in that config. Review feedback on !10481.

_select_moe_tp_ep now has two levels instead of three -- explicit
moe_tensor_parallel_size / moe_expert_parallel_size from the user config
(detected via mapping.moe_tp_ep_user_specified, so the auto-resolved
moe_tp=tp_size default is not mistaken for a TP request), else the historical
EP-only layout. Behaviour is unchanged for anyone who was not setting the env
vars, which nothing in-tree was.

test_kimi_k3_moe_split_selection loses its monkeypatch fixture along with the
two env cases; the config-driven cases it already covered are the whole
surface now.

Signed-off-by: Jonas Li <6110159+longlee0622@users.noreply.github.com>
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LGTM

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LGTM in modeling part.

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