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CuTe DSL counterpart of #17550 (same silent-wrong-top-K defect family; separate PR — different implementation and reviewers). The in-tree CuTe DSL GVR decode kernel serves every shape the tiered dispatch rejects (half precision, the calibrated fallback bands, npad > 262144, LB mode). Two terminal states of its threshold search return a silently wrong per-row top-K:

  1. Degenerate hint — all hinted values identical (e.g. an unseeded all-zero prev_topk slot): the kernel emitted identity output, outputIndices[i] = i.
  2. Fail-soft stamps done = 1 on an undershooting threshold — when the R0-miss retry exhausts its budget, the terminal marked the row CONVERGED on a threshold admitting fewer than K candidates, bypassing every repair and leaving the tail at -1.

Caught live: fingerprint instrumentation on a V3.2 e2e run (TEP8, MTP=3, random-token prompts, tiers disabled) flagged 96/96 rows at the MTP draft layer with 2044–2046 of 2048 slots at -1 — the draft layer's ReLU'd indexer logits hold a handful of positives plus an exact-0.0 plateau wider than kC, so no threshold lands in [K, kC] and sparse attention attends a handful of positions instead of K.

Fix

  • Degenerate hint resets to a synthetic bracket and falls through (identity emit removed); the hint may only affect speed.
  • Phase 3 replaces the overflow-only retry-shrink with a two-sided repair: anchor the untested bracket end at a float extreme, bisect on the signed order-key image (provable collapse ≤32 steps); a collapsed tie plateau reuses the existing done = 3 plateau fill.
  • The fail-soft keeps the honest non-converged state (done = 2) so the repair runs.

The converged fast path (done == 1) is untouched.

Validation (B200, kernel-level)

195/195 tie-aware exact vs torch.topk: real DSv4 captures (the #17550 known-bad rows) 9/9 · hostile hints 36/36 · MTP battery (next_n 1–4, per-row N_eff reference) 144/144 · ReLU-sparse plateau 6/6 (previously 2045/2048 -1 slots at n_pos = 3).

Test Coverage

test_cute_dsl_gvr_topk_decode.py (in-tree kernel forced via TRTLLM_GVR_TIERS_DISABLE; asserts no illegal -1, K distinct in-range indices, tie-aware value multiset): hostile_hint (bottom-k / uniform / random × K), relu_sparse_plateau (n_pos ∈ {3, 100, 1000}), mtp_hostile_hint (next_n ∈ {2, 4}, ragged kv_len).

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Dev Engineer Review

  • Updated GVR threshold-search repair in gvr_topk_decode.py.
  • Added signed FP32 order-key conversion and midpoint helpers.
  • Degenerate hints now use a synthetic bracket.
  • Non-converged terminals remain repairable.
  • Phase 3 repairs overfull and undershooting brackets with extreme anchors and ordered-key bisection.
  • Single-CTA and cluster-leader paths now share the Phase 3/4 flow.
  • The converged fast path remains unchanged.
  • No configuration or test-list files changed.
  • Review should focus on bracket invariants, tie-plateau handling, FP32 ordering, and repair-path performance.

QA Engineer Review

  • Added regression coverage in tests/unittest/_torch/attention/sparse/test_cute_dsl_gvr_topk_decode.py.
  • Tests cover hostile hints, ReLU-sparse zero plateaus, MTP row geometry, varying next_n, compressed sequence lengths, exact top-K results, ties, and legal padding.
  • No tests/integration/test_lists/, test-db/, or qa/ entries were modified.
  • Test-list coverage cannot be confirmed from the changed files.
  • Verdict: needs follow-up.

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Walkthrough

The GVR top-K decoder now performs bit-exact bracket repair, preserves non-converged fallback states, shares phase execution across CTA paths, and fills tie plateaus. Tests cover hostile hints, sparse zero plateaus, and MTP row geometry.

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GVR threshold-search repair

Layer / File(s) Summary
Ordered-key bracket repair
tensorrt_llm/_torch/cute_dsl_kernels/blackwell/top_k/gvr_topk_decode.py
Adds signed fp32 order-key conversion and midpoint helpers. Phase 3 repairs invalid or undershooting brackets and detects adjacent-value tie plateaus.
Phase execution and plateau completion
tensorrt_llm/_torch/cute_dsl_kernels/blackwell/top_k/gvr_topk_decode.py
Routes degenerate hints and non-converged R0 fallbacks through repair. Unifies Phase 3 and Phase 4 handling for single-CTA and cluster-leader paths.
Exact top-K regression coverage
tests/unittest/_torch/attention/sparse/test_cute_dsl_gvr_topk_decode.py
Validates exact results, legal padding, hostile hints, sparse zero ties, and MTP row geometry.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to e5c40

The PR repairs silent wrong-top-K results, but affected fallback rows may still perform extra refinement work because stale bracket values can be reused after the synthetic reset. This is a bounded runtime risk requiring owner awareness or follow-up; the change remains mergeable with normal checks.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant GVRPhase2
  participant GVRPhase3
  participant GVRPhase4
  participant OutputRows
  GVRPhase2->>GVRPhase3: pass non-converged bracket or plateau state
  GVRPhase3->>GVRPhase3: repair bracket with ordered-key bisection
  GVRPhase3->>GVRPhase4: pass repaired threshold and plateau state
  GVRPhase4->>OutputRows: fill exact top-K indices and tie plateau
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tensorrt_llm/_torch/cute_dsl_kernels/blackwell/top_k/gvr_topk_decode.py (3)

2177-2178: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Discard the unused midpoint value.

order_key_mid_f32 returns (mid_float, is_adjacent). Only the adjacency flag is used here. Ruff reports mid_chk as an unused unpacked variable (RUF059). Rename it to _mid_chk to keep the lint clean.

♻️ Proposed change
-            mid_chk, adj_chk = order_key_mid_f32(s_thr[1], s_thr[2])
+            _mid_chk, adj_chk = order_key_mid_f32(s_thr[1], s_thr[2])
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In `@tensorrt_llm/_torch/cute_dsl_kernels/blackwell/top_k/gvr_topk_decode.py`
around lines 2177 - 2178, Rename the unused first unpacked result from
order_key_mid_f32 in the surrounding top-k decode logic to _mid_chk, while
preserving adj_chk and the existing condition unchanged.

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4514-4523: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

v_lo / v_hi become stale after the synthetic-bracket reset.

Lines 4514-4515 capture v_lo and v_hi into registers before the reset. When the degenerate branch fires, tid0 rewrites s_thr[1] = -1.0 and s_thr[2] = 1.0, but the registers keep the degenerate values. The R0-miss fb_fix seeding at lines 4641-4642 then uses those stale registers as the default bracket ends (blo = v_lo, bhi = v_hi). If no rung qualifies on a side, the seeded bracket can be inverted (bhi <= blo) or anchored at -FLT_MAX.

The Phase-3 two-sided repair recovers correctness in that case, so this costs iterations rather than exactness. Re-read the bracket from SMEM after the reset so the seed matches the published state.

♻️ Proposed change (fb_fix seed at lines 4641-4642)
-                        blo = v_lo
-                        bhi = v_hi
+                        blo = s_thr[1]
+                        bhi = s_thr[2]
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In `@tensorrt_llm/_torch/cute_dsl_kernels/blackwell/top_k/gvr_topk_decode.py`
around lines 4514 - 4523, Refresh v_lo and v_hi from s_thr after the
synthetic-bracket reset and before the R0-miss fb_fix seed uses them as blo and
bhi. Ensure the seed reflects the published -1.0 and 1.0 bracket when the
degenerate branch executes, while preserving the existing values when no reset
occurs.

4977-5001: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Extract the duplicated plateau fill into one helper.

This block is textually identical to the cluster-leader plateau fill at lines 5094-5118. Two copies of the same tie-completion logic can drift. Extract a @cute.jit helper that takes s_thr, s_iscalars, input_row, N, cand_count_p4, and the output rows, then call it from both paths. @cute.jit helpers inline, so codegen stays unchanged.

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In `@tensorrt_llm/_torch/cute_dsl_kernels/blackwell/top_k/gvr_topk_decode.py`
around lines 4977 - 5001, Extract the duplicated plateau tie-completion loop
into a single `@cute.jit` helper accepting s_thr, s_iscalars, input_row, N,
cand_count_p4, and the output rows. Replace both the current block and the
cluster-leader plateau fill with calls to this helper, preserving the existing
threshold checks, atomic counter initialization, barriers, and output behavior.
tests/unittest/_torch/attention/sparse/test_cute_dsl_gvr_topk_decode.py (1)

1392-1394: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Consider parametrizing the repair regressions over dtype.

Both new tests use fp32 only. The Phase-3 repair path is dtype-independent in logic, but kC, kNumBins, p1b_cache, and p4_exact_tail all resolve differently for bfloat16 and float16. Adding those dtypes to test_cute_dsl_gvr_topk_decode_hostile_hint and test_cute_dsl_gvr_topk_decode_relu_sparse_plateau would cover the 16-bit plateau behavior, where quantization makes tie classes much larger.

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In `@tests/unittest/_torch/attention/sparse/test_cute_dsl_gvr_topk_decode.py`
around lines 1392 - 1394, Parametrize test_cute_dsl_gvr_topk_decode_hostile_hint
and test_cute_dsl_gvr_topk_decode_relu_sparse_plateau over float32, bfloat16,
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In `@tests/unittest/_torch/attention/sparse/test_cute_dsl_gvr_topk_decode.py`:
- Around line 1373-1375: Split the combined assertion in the sparse top-k decode
test into separate assertions for sel.numel() == k_eff and all selected indices
being below n_eff, adding row-specific failure messages to each; preserve the
existing duplicate-index assertion and its message.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@tensorrt_llm/_torch/cute_dsl_kernels/blackwell/top_k/gvr_topk_decode.py`:
- Around line 2177-2178: Rename the unused first unpacked result from
order_key_mid_f32 in the surrounding top-k decode logic to _mid_chk, while
preserving adj_chk and the existing condition unchanged.
- Around line 4514-4523: Refresh v_lo and v_hi from s_thr after the
synthetic-bracket reset and before the R0-miss fb_fix seed uses them as blo and
bhi. Ensure the seed reflects the published -1.0 and 1.0 bracket when the
degenerate branch executes, while preserving the existing values when no reset
occurs.
- Around line 4977-5001: Extract the duplicated plateau tie-completion loop into
a single `@cute.jit` helper accepting s_thr, s_iscalars, input_row, N,
cand_count_p4, and the output rows. Replace both the current block and the
cluster-leader plateau fill with calls to this helper, preserving the existing
threshold checks, atomic counter initialization, barriers, and output behavior.

In `@tests/unittest/_torch/attention/sparse/test_cute_dsl_gvr_topk_decode.py`:
- Around line 1392-1394: Parametrize test_cute_dsl_gvr_topk_decode_hostile_hint
and test_cute_dsl_gvr_topk_decode_relu_sparse_plateau over float32, bfloat16,
and float16, ensuring the generated logits and related expected values use the
selected dtype while preserving existing test behavior.
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Actionable comments posted: 1

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tensorrt_llm/_torch/cute_dsl_kernels/blackwell/top_k/gvr_topk_decode.py (2)

2177-2178: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Drop the unused mid_chk binding.

order_key_mid_f32 returns a tuple, and only adj_chk is used here. Ruff reports RUF059 for the unused unpacked variable. Rename it to _mid_chk so a lint gate does not fail.

♻️ Proposed change
-            mid_chk, adj_chk = order_key_mid_f32(s_thr[1], s_thr[2])
+            _mid_chk, adj_chk = order_key_mid_f32(s_thr[1], s_thr[2])
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In `@tensorrt_llm/_torch/cute_dsl_kernels/blackwell/top_k/gvr_topk_decode.py`
around lines 2177 - 2178, In the unpacking assignment from order_key_mid_f32
within the surrounding top-k decode logic, rename the unused mid_chk binding to
_mid_chk while preserving adj_chk and the existing conditional behavior.

Source: Linters/SAST tools


4928-5045: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Extract the duplicated Phase-4 + plateau-fill block into one helper.

The cluster_size == 1 branch (Lines 4930-4997) and the cluster-leader branch (Lines 5044-5114) now contain the same code: the s_iscalars[6] terminal capture, the cand_count_p4 clamp, the enable_p4_rank_scatter dispatch, and the plateau fill. The two copies must stay in sync for every future change to the terminal flag or the fill window.

Move the shared body into a @cute.jit helper and call it from both branches. The file already uses that pattern for _p4_exact_tail_radix_select, and @cute.jit helpers inline, so codegen does not change.

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In `@tensorrt_llm/_torch/cute_dsl_kernels/blackwell/top_k/gvr_topk_decode.py`
around lines 4928 - 5045, The Phase 4 and plateau-fill logic is duplicated
between the single-CTA path and the cluster leader path. Extract the shared
terminal capture, candidate-count clamp, Phase 4 dispatch, and plateau
completion into one `@cute.jit` helper, following the existing
_p4_exact_tail_radix_select pattern, then invoke it from both branches while
preserving all required arguments and behavior.
tests/unittest/_torch/attention/sparse/test_cute_dsl_gvr_topk_decode.py (2)

1383-1464: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Reuse the module-level _tiers_off fixture.

_tiers_off is autouse and duplicates _intree_only’s environment and cache setup. Remove _intree_only from the new tests.

Test coverage summary:

  • Added 16 parametrized cases across three tests.
  • Added _assert_exact_topk and _intree_only; no tests were modified or removed.
  • The tests are explicitly registered in tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_b300.yml and tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_dgx_b300.yml. No QA entry was found.
  • Coverage verdict: needs follow-up. The cluster-leader plateau-fill path, enable_r0=False secant path, and 16-bit dtypes remain uncovered.
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In `@tests/unittest/_torch/attention/sparse/test_cute_dsl_gvr_topk_decode.py`
around lines 1383 - 1464, Remove the _intree_only fixture parameter from the
three new test functions test_cute_dsl_gvr_topk_decode_hostile_hint,
test_cute_dsl_gvr_topk_decode_relu_sparse_plateau, and
test_cute_dsl_gvr_topk_decode_mtp_hostile_hint; rely on the existing autouse
_tiers_off fixture for the shared environment and cache setup.

Apply the same fix in
`@tests/unittest/_torch/attention/sparse/test_cute_dsl_gvr_topk_decode.py` around
lines 1349 - 1359.

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1424-1438: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add cluster-path coverage for the plateau fill.

With N = 32768, pick_cluster_size returns 1. The test covers only the single-CTA path. Add a parameter with N >= 65536 so the runner selects cluster_size > 1 and exercises Phase 3 aggregation plus the cluster-leader plateau fill.

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In `@tests/unittest/_torch/attention/sparse/test_cute_dsl_gvr_topk_decode.py`
around lines 1424 - 1438, Extend
test_cute_dsl_gvr_topk_decode_relu_sparse_plateau with a parameterized N value
of at least 65536, updating the generated row, logits, sequence lengths, and
expected top-k setup consistently so pick_cluster_size selects cluster_size
greater than 1 and exercises Phase 3 aggregation and cluster-leader plateau
filling while preserving the existing single-CTA case.

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Inline comments:
In `@tensorrt_llm/_torch/cute_dsl_kernels/blackwell/top_k/gvr_topk_decode.py`:
- Around line 4514-4523: After the synthetic reset in the degenerate-bracket
branch, re-read s_thr[1] and s_thr[2] into v_lo and v_hi after the barrier so
the R0-miss fallback at blo = v_lo and bhi = v_hi uses the reset bracket rather
than stale values. Preserve the existing reset and synchronization behavior.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@tensorrt_llm/_torch/cute_dsl_kernels/blackwell/top_k/gvr_topk_decode.py`:
- Around line 2177-2178: In the unpacking assignment from order_key_mid_f32
within the surrounding top-k decode logic, rename the unused mid_chk binding to
_mid_chk while preserving adj_chk and the existing conditional behavior.
- Around line 4928-5045: The Phase 4 and plateau-fill logic is duplicated
between the single-CTA path and the cluster leader path. Extract the shared
terminal capture, candidate-count clamp, Phase 4 dispatch, and plateau
completion into one `@cute.jit` helper, following the existing
_p4_exact_tail_radix_select pattern, then invoke it from both branches while
preserving all required arguments and behavior.

In `@tests/unittest/_torch/attention/sparse/test_cute_dsl_gvr_topk_decode.py`:
- Around line 1383-1464: Remove the _intree_only fixture parameter from the
three new test functions test_cute_dsl_gvr_topk_decode_hostile_hint,
test_cute_dsl_gvr_topk_decode_relu_sparse_plateau, and
test_cute_dsl_gvr_topk_decode_mtp_hostile_hint; rely on the existing autouse
_tiers_off fixture for the shared environment and cache setup.

Apply the same fix in
`@tests/unittest/_torch/attention/sparse/test_cute_dsl_gvr_topk_decode.py` around
lines 1349 - 1359.
- Around line 1424-1438: Extend
test_cute_dsl_gvr_topk_decode_relu_sparse_plateau with a parameterized N value
of at least 65536, updating the generated row, logits, sequence lengths, and
expected top-k setup consistently so pick_cluster_size selects cluster_size
greater than 1 and exercises Phase 3 aggregation and cluster-leader plateau
filling while preserving the existing single-CTA case.
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The single-GPU failures in this run were a CI-wide incident, not PR code: every stage died at Test collection failed ... Cannot proceed without valid test list before any pytest ran, and L0_MergeRequest_PR builds 55909/55911/55913-55917/55920 (unrelated PRs, triggers ~14:00-15:40 UTC) all failed the same [Test-x86_64-Single-GPU] stage identically. Builds triggered after 16:13 no longer show the pattern. Re-triggering. The only named test failure, DGX_B200 PerfSanity gemma4_26b_a4b_nvfp4 at -10.10% vs a 10% threshold, is a borderline flake on a model that does not use the GVR indexer path this PR touches.

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Status note while run #68512 (L0 build 55928) finishes: 48365 tests passed; the single named failure is again DGX_B200 PerfSanity gemma4_26b_a4b_nvfp4_tp1_1k1k (seq throughput -27.6% vs baseline this time, -10.1% in build 55914). Cross-PR evidence that this is environmental: unrelated PR build 55932 failed the exact same test at -28.37% in the same window. gemma4 has no code path through the GVR indexer top-K this PR touches, and this PR's own coverage (48k+ tests incl. the new hostile-hint / ReLU-plateau / MTP regressions) is green.

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Build 55928 finished with 54613 passed / 1 failed — solely the gemma4_26b_a4b_nvfp4_tp1 DGX_B200 PerfSanity throughput check (-27.6%; third occurrence, and unrelated PR build 55932 failed it at -28.37% in the same window, so the baseline/node looks off on main rather than anything this PR touches — gemma4 has no path through the GVR indexer). Re-triggering with stage reuse; if it trips again on an otherwise-green run, requesting a maintainer's call on waiving that perf-sanity cell.

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CuTe DSL counterpart of NVIDIA#17550 (same defect family in the CUDA GVR
kernel). Two terminal states of the in-tree kernel's threshold search
returned a silently wrong per-row top-K:

1. Degenerate hint (every gathered value identical, or none in range):
   Phase 1 built an empty bracket and the kernel emitted identity output,
   outputIndices[i] = i - the head of the row, not a top-K. Reachable
   from an all-uniform prev_topk slot (e.g. zero-initialized and never
   seeded).

2. The R0-miss retry's fail-soft stamped done = 1 on an UNDERSHOOTING
   threshold when the log-falsi budget ran out with the plateau-collapse
   guard disarmed, shipping count(>= thr) valid entries plus a -1 tail
   and bypassing every Phase-3 repair; the Phase-3 retry-shrink itself
   only guarded the overflow side. Caught live in a V3.2 e2e run
   (TEP8, MTP=3, random-token prompts, tiers disabled): 96/96 flagged
   rows were the MTP draft layer emitting 2044-2046 of 2048 slots at -1.
   Mechanism: the draft layer's ReLU'd indexer logits on low-locality
   prompts hold a handful of positives plus an exact-0.0 plateau wider
   than kC, so no threshold admits a count in [K, kC], and the sparse
   attention consumer then attends a handful of positions instead of K.

Fix:
- The degenerate-hint branch resets to a small synthetic bracket and
  falls through (identity emit removed); the hint may only ever affect
  speed, never the answer. cnt_hi is seeded with top_k so Phase 2's
  budget-collapse guard cannot fire on the unmeasured synthetic bracket.
- Phase 3 replaces the overflow-only retry-shrink with a two-sided
  repair: anchor the untested bracket end at a float extreme
  (count(-FLT_MAX) = #finite >= K, count(FLT_MAX) = 0), bisect on the
  signed order-key image (provable collapse to adjacent floats in <= 32
  steps), fall back to val_lo on a collapsed undershoot, and hand a
  collapsed tie plateau to the existing done = 3 terminal so Phase 4's
  plateau fill completes the row from the tie class.
- The fail-soft keeps the honest non-converged state (done = 2), routing
  the row into the repair above.

The converged fast path (done == 1) is untouched: only rows that
previously returned a wrong answer take any new code.

Validation (B200, kernel-level, this branch): real DSv4 decode captures
(the NVIDIA#17550 known-bad rows, hint hit-rate 0.02-0.12) 9/9; hostile hints
(bottom-k / uniform / random x K x N) 36/36; MTP battery (next_n 1-4 x
(K, cr) x hint x batch, per-row N_eff reference) 144/144; ReLU-sparse
plateau (the e2e trigger) 6/6 - all tie-aware exact vs torch.topk
(previously 2045/2048 -1 slots at n_pos = 3).

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tensorrt_llm/_torch/cute_dsl_kernels/blackwell/top_k/gvr_topk_decode.py (1)

2139-2139: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Drop the unused mid_chk binding.

Only the adjacency flag is used here. Ruff reports RUF059 for the unpacked value.

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-            mid_chk, adj_chk = order_key_mid_f32(s_thr[1], s_thr[2])
+            _mid_chk, adj_chk = order_key_mid_f32(s_thr[1], s_thr[2])
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In `@tensorrt_llm/_torch/cute_dsl_kernels/blackwell/top_k/gvr_topk_decode.py` at
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unused first return value while retaining adj_chk for subsequent logic,
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1365-1436: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add the test module to the manual QA list. It is registered in test-db/l0_b300.yml and test-db/l0_dgx_b300.yml, but not under tests/integration/test_lists/qa/. The three new tests cover hostile hints, sparse plateaus, and MTP row geometry. Coverage does not include cluster-leader Phase 4, plateau-fill behavior, or bf16/fp16 inputs. Run pytest tests/unittest/_torch/attention/sparse/test_cute_dsl_gvr_topk_decode.py.

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In `@tests/unittest/_torch/attention/sparse/test_cute_dsl_gvr_topk_decode.py`
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In `@tensorrt_llm/_torch/cute_dsl_kernels/blackwell/top_k/gvr_topk_decode.py`:
- Line 2139: Update the unpacking in the order_key_mid_f32 call to discard the
unused first return value while retaining adj_chk for subsequent logic,
resolving the RUF059 warning.

In `@tests/unittest/_torch/attention/sparse/test_cute_dsl_gvr_topk_decode.py`:
- Around line 1365-1436: Add test_cute_dsl_gvr_topk_decode.py to the manual QA
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NVIDIA#18094 rewrote the same Phase-2/3 region this branch extends. Rather than
merge the text - which mixes two state conventions, since NVIDIA#18094's phase 3 is
written against main's unified _run_phases where the leader's own retry copy is
gone - the kernel file is taken wholesale from this branch and NVIDIA#18094 is ported
semantically, per longcheng-nv's recipe on the PR:

- Port the three order-key helpers (f32_order_key_signed,
  order_key_signed_to_f32, order_key_mid_f32).
- Replace Phase 3's overflow-only 10-iter shrink with the two-sided 48-iter
  bisection: anchor the untested bracket end at a float extreme and bisect on
  the signed order-key image, which collapses provably.
- Clear the block-skip active list at the top of Phase 3's done != 1 block.
  Any dense re-count invalidates it on two grounds: the list is a superset only
  at or above the rung its build probe kept, and the repair anchors below that;
  and the compact stream-write replays the list walk against the smem_ptcnt of
  its matching compact pass, which a dense re-count overwrites. Clearing once at
  block entry keeps the done == 1 hot path on its compact write.
- Stamp done = 2 on the leader's fail-soft arm instead of done = 1. It used to
  recount at the undershoot side and ship a -1-padded row as a "non-convergence
  encoding", which also hid the row from Phase 3 because done == 1 never enters
  the repair. The recount is dropped; the bisection measures anyway.
- Keep _run_phases and the P1r rescue as they are: the rescue and NVIDIA#18094's
  synthetic bracket give the same exact answers on the rows both cover.

Text-merging this file previously took the suite from 5 failures to 83, which
is the two-state-convention problem above.
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…au terminal

The earlier port took NVIDIA#18094's two-sided bisection but stopped at the loop.
The 48 lines after it are load-bearing and were missing:

- On collapse with count < kK, fall back to s_thr[1] and re-count; val_lo
  admits >= kK by construction.
- Re-check adjacency: if count > kCC and the bracket is already adjacent,
  take s_thr[2] and stamp done = 3 - the plateau terminal - then re-count.

That second step is what relu_sparse_plateau was failing on. Without the
done = 3 stamp the Phase-4 plateau fill never fires, so a ReLU-sparse row
shipped its n_pos sure winners and padded the rest with -1 ("3 winners,
2045 pads"). It is also why the three earlier attempts missed: they all
edited the loop, the leader's terminal code, or the active-list flag, and
the missing piece sat directly below the loop.

Whole file on B200, serial, cold: 268 passed, 1 xpassed, 0 failed (48m14s).
The gate longcheng-nv named - hostile_hint, relu_sparse_plateau,
mtp_hostile_hint - passes, as do plateau_terminal and degenerate_preidx.

Method-level diff of base -> main vs base -> this branch shows NVIDIA#18094 touches
exactly two methods, _run_phases and phase3_collect_candidates, plus three new
free functions; both methods are also ones this branch changed. Only phase 3 is
ported here - _run_phases stays as it is, per longcheng-nv: the P1r rescue
covers what the synthetic bracket covers.

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