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[https://nvbugs/6660905][fix] Gate TritonFusedMoE on the SwiGLU activation family, not gpt-oss style - #18255

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  • Root cause: TritonFusedMoE.can_implement rejected any layer with swiglu_gptoss_style=False, a claim that was inert since 02b80bfd58 ([TRTLLM-9111][feat] provide the uniform test framework to test all MoE backends #11128) because create_moe.py instantiated TritonFusedMoE directly and never consulted the gate. When f75a75b179 ([TRTLLM-14956][refactor] make MoE implementation selection reproducible #17532) routed every MoE request through the resolver, that stale claim became load-bearing: an explicit TRITON backend request for Qwen3-30B-A3B W4A16-MXFP4 was rejected on all 48 layers and silently degraded to CutlassFusedMoE, whose WFP4A16 loader indexes weight_scale_inv keys this checkpoint does not ship — raising KeyError: '0.w3.weight_scale_inv' during weight load. The claim was never true: each Triton quant method's apply branches on beta == 1.0, serving gpt-oss via the fused activation and plain SwiGLU via swiglu_torch at the alpha=1.0/beta=0.0 defaults.
  • Fix: Changed the gate to check the activation family (ActivationType.Swiglu, ActivationType.SwigluBias) instead of swiglu_gptoss_style, so plain-SwiGLU MXFP4 checkpoints stay on the backend the user explicitly requested and never reach the Cutlass loader that cannot read their scale spelling. This was preferred over patching the Cutlass WFP4A16 loader to accept the weight_scale spelling: that would have papered over a silent backend substitution and left an explicit TRITON request running on Cutlass. Grading used grep -c "cannot serve this layer" == 0 (down from 96 = 48 layers × 2 sites) rather than exit code, since a Cutlass-side fix would have produced a green MMLU (80.19 vs 77.983 threshold) while measuring the wrong backend. Also updated MOE_DEVELOPER_GUIDE.md and removed the corresponding waiver line.
  • Original test: pytest tests/integration/defs/accuracy/test_llm_api_pytorch.py::TestQwen3_30B_A3B::test_w4a16_mxfp4[latency-TRITON] -v
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  • Verify fix on the same GPU type as the original failure
  • Check for regressions in related tests

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  • TritonFusedMoE.can_implement now accepts ActivationType.Swiglu and ActivationType.SwigluBias.
  • The change keeps plain-SwiGLU and GPT-OSS SwiGLU MXFP4 requests on Triton.
  • Unsupported activations still degrade to Cutlass with ACTIVATION_UNSUPPORTED.
  • The developer guide matches the updated activation-family gating.
  • The related waiver was removed with its NVBUG reference.
  • No correctness, performance, API consistency, configuration, or formatting issues were identified.

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  • Added selection tests for plain SwiGLU, GPT-OSS SwiGLU, GeGLU, and ReLU2 with W4A16_MXFP4 on SM90.
  • The tests verify Triton selection for supported SwiGLU variants.
  • The tests verify Cutlass degradation with ACTIVATION_UNSUPPORTED for unsupported activations.
  • The original Qwen3-30B-A3B W4A16-MXFP4 Triton integration coverage is no longer waived.
  • Test-list coverage is present for the restored integration test.
  • Verdict: sufficient

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Triton MXFP4 MoE resolution now accepts plain SwiGLU and GPT-OSS SwiGLU activations. Unsupported activation families fall back to Cutlass. Documentation and selection-time tests cover the updated behavior.

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Triton MXFP4 activation resolution

Layer / File(s) Summary
Update Triton activation eligibility
tensorrt_llm/_torch/modules/fused_moe/fused_moe_triton.py, tensorrt_llm/_torch/modules/fused_moe/MOE_DEVELOPER_GUIDE.md
Triton accepts Swiglu and SwigluBias without requiring swiglu_gptoss_style=True. Other activation families return ACTIVATION_UNSUPPORTED. The documentation describes the separate plain SwiGLU and GPT-OSS paths.
Validate activation-based resolution
tests/unittest/_torch/modules/moe/test_triton_moe_resolution.py, tests/integration/test_lists/waives.txt
Selection tests verify Triton resolution for plain and GPT-OSS SwiGLU and Cutlass fallback for GeGLU and ReLU2. The related skip waiver is removed.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 8ec48

The backend-selection fix is localized and supported by regression tests; the remaining test-registration and type-annotation follow-up does not indicate a merge-blocking correctness risk.

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In `@tests/unittest/_torch/modules/moe/test_triton_moe_resolution.py`:
- Around line 71-103: Register the Triton MoE resolution test module in the
applicable CI test-db list, and add parameter and return type annotations to
_resolve_triton and the three tests: test_triton_serves_plain_swiglu_mxfp4,
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def test_triton_serves_plain_swiglu_mxfp4():
"""Qwen3-30B-A3B W4A16_MXFP4: no bias, no alpha/beta -> Triton, not Cutlass."""
report = _resolve_triton()
# The regression degraded to Cutlass here and only failed later, at load.
assert impl_class_for(report) is TritonFusedMoE
assert report.selected_by == "pinned"
assert not report.degraded


def test_triton_still_serves_gptoss_swiglu():
"""The gpt-oss package keeps resolving to Triton (the pre-existing case)."""
report = _resolve_triton(
bias=True,
swiglu_alpha=torch.tensor([1.702]),
swiglu_beta=torch.tensor([1.0]),
)
assert impl_class_for(report) is TritonFusedMoE
assert not report.degraded


@pytest.mark.parametrize(
"activation_type",
[
pytest.param(ActivationType.Geglu, id="geglu"),
pytest.param(ActivationType.Relu2, id="relu2"),
],
)
def test_triton_degrades_on_non_swiglu_activation(activation_type):
"""A non-SwiGLU activation has no Triton path and must still degrade."""
report = _resolve_triton(activation_type=activation_type)
assert impl_class_for(report) is CutlassFusedMoE
assert report.degraded
assert report.degraded_from.reason is MoERejectReason.ACTIVATION_UNSUPPORTED

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Register the regression tests and add type annotations.

  • Add tests/unittest/_torch/modules/moe/test_triton_moe_resolution.py to the applicable CI test-db list. No matching CI or QA entry exists, so the regression tests can be omitted.
  • Annotate _resolve_triton and the three test functions with parameter and return types.

Added tests: test_triton_serves_plain_swiglu_mxfp4, test_triton_still_serves_gptoss_swiglu, and test_triton_degrades_on_non_swiglu_activation. Selection coverage is sufficient; the overall coverage verdict is needs follow-up until CI registration is added.

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In `@tests/unittest/_torch/modules/moe/test_triton_moe_resolution.py` around lines
71 - 103, Register the Triton MoE resolution test module in the applicable CI
test-db list, and add parameter and return type annotations to _resolve_triton
and the three tests: test_triton_serves_plain_swiglu_mxfp4,
test_triton_still_serves_gptoss_swiglu, and
test_triton_degrades_on_non_swiglu_activation.

Apply the same fix in
`@tests/unittest/_torch/modules/moe/test_triton_moe_resolution.py` at line 43.

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