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[None][perf] Run the draft layer after attention only on drafting rows - #22008
On draft step 0 the draft layer runs on every row of the target's verify layout: K+1 rows per generation request and every prompt row of a context chunk. Only one row per request is read afterwards (the workers select it with hidden_states[gather_ids] after the layer's forward). The layer's attention must see every row, because it writes the draft KV of each, but everything after it (residual, post-attention norm, MLP / MoE, final norm) is per-token. A draft layer that supports it now runs that post-attention part only on the rows the draft loop reads. Prefill iterations skip the MLP/MoE on whole prompt chunks; decode skips K of every K+1 rows.
Interface (opt-in per layer, backward compatible): a layer sets supports_pick_rows = True and accepts pick_rows in forward. draft_layer_picks_rows(layer, mapping) in speculative/interface.py decides, and also checks that the layer's own forward takes pick_rows (so a subclass overriding forward falls back); a DraftRowPick resolver shared by both workers re-evaluates it when the draft layer's class changes. Layers without support run exactly as before. TLLM_SPEC_DISABLE_DRAFT_ROW_PICK=1 turns it off (documented in docs/source/features/speculative-decoding.md).
Relation to the experimental GLM-5.2 target: modeling_v2's glm_5_2_nvfp4__sm_103__tp8GlmMtpLayer already compacts step 0 to the live rows with its own arm_live_rows / draft_live_row_hop. It inherits from DeepseekV3MTP but declines pick_rows explicitly, so its own mechanism is unchanged; moving it onto pick_rows is a possible follow-up.
Workers:Eagle3OneModelWorker / MTPEagleWorker (linear draft loop; a one-launch step0_gather_ids kernel for the fast-path step-0 epilogue) and MTPWorker. Under attention DP the worker passes the per-request counts (subseq_all_rank_num_tokens) as all_rank_num_tokens.
Declined: CP > 1, vanilla MTP under attention DP, multi-layer Eagle3 drafts; PARD, DFlash, dynamic-tree and shared-KV draft loops are untouched.
Follow-ups: adapt the remaining MTP layers (Qwen3NextMTP first, then ExaoneMoeMTP, NemotronHMTP, Qwen4ExpMTP, Step3p7MTP, DeepseekV4MTP, MistralLarge3DraftModel).
Numerics: for Eagle3 (dense draft layer) draft tokens and per-iteration acceptance are identical with and without picking. For MoE draft layers (DeepSeek-V3-Lite) results are numerically equivalent but not bitwise identical: draft-token agreement is 99.6–100%, within the run-to-run variation of the unchanged path, because the MoE / GEMM kernels round differently at different row counts. Draft tokens only affect acceptance, not output correctness.
Impact (pick on vs TLLM_SPEC_DISABLE_DRAFT_ROW_PICK=1, B200): DeepSeek-V3-0324-FP4 (its MTP layer has 256 BF16 experts), MTP3, TP4/EP4, 4 ABBA rounds on 2 nodes, runs >5% off the point median dropped (4 of 192):
ShareGPT (OSL 1024), concurrency 1–64: +1.2% output throughput per GPU (geomean; +0.3% to +1.5% per concurrency), acceptance length unchanged.
Random ISL 8192 / OSL 256, concurrency 1–16: +0.4% (+0.9% normalized for acceptance length; the c=1 point is acceptance noise, +1.0% normalized), and up to 2% lower TTFT at concurrency 1–2.
No measurable change on DeepSeek-V3-Lite TP1, where the MTP MoE is a small share of compute.
Test Coverage
tests/unittest/_torch/speculative/test_draft_row_pick.py (new, 13 cases): the real draft loop with a toy layer for MTP-Eagle and Eagle3, stock and fast-path epilogue routes (draft tokens, kv_lens and step-1 hidden states match; every row's draft KV is written; post-attention rows drop to one per request); real DeepseekV3MTP / Glm4MTP / Eagle3 forwards with stubbed submodules incl. the fused all-reduce path; unsupported layers unaffected; decision gates.
test_draft_row_pick.py also covers the vanilla MTPWorker draft loop picked vs full, the attention-DP token counts of a picked step 0, MTPWorker declining under attention DP, and the resolver.
tests/unittest/_torch/speculative/test_fused_accept.py (step0_gather_ids and the picked epilogue reusing the picked ids, checked inside the existing test_step0_epilogue_matches_stock, no new cases), tests/unittest/_torch/speculative/test_eagle3.py.
End to end, pick on vs off: Eagle3 Llama-3.1-8B (CUDA graph, overlap scheduler) identical tokens and acceptance; DeepSeek-V3-Lite TP1 / TP2 / TP2+EP2+attention DP / vanilla MTP within run-to-run noise. Re-validated on this branch's exact code over a C++ build of main (Python checked identical to the branch):
Rest of speculative/ + test_modeling_speculative.py: no failure that does not also fail on main.
Eagle3 Llama-3.1-8B: tokens and accepted sequences identical.
DeepSeek-V3-Lite MTP-Eagle TP2 (CUDA graph, overlap scheduler): acceptance length 3.018 picked vs 2.965 / 3.004 for two unpicked runs.
DeepSeek-V3-Lite MTP-Eagle TP1/TP2 (FORCE_DETERMINISTIC=1): tokens identical; accepted-draft differences within the noise above (picked vs full post-attention outputs bitwise equal in 221 of 276 decode calls, max relative difference 3.6e-3, draft tokens 509/509 equal).
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On draft step 0 the draft layer runs on every row of the target's verify
layout (K + 1 rows per generation request, every prompt row of a context
chunk), but only one row per request is read afterwards. Its attention
must see every row (it writes the draft KV of each), while everything
after it (residual, post-attention norm, MLP / MoE, final norm) is
per-token. A draft layer that supports it now runs that post-attention
part only on the rows the draft loop reads: prefill iterations skip the
draft MoE on whole prompt chunks, decode skips K of every K + 1 rows.
Interface (opt-in per draft layer):
- The layer class sets `supports_pick_rows = True` and its `forward`
takes `pick_rows` ([n] row indices into its input). Attention runs on
every input row; the rest on `rows[pick_rows]`; the output has n rows.
- Under attention DP the worker passes the per-rank picked row counts
(`subseq_all_rank_num_tokens`) as `all_rank_num_tokens`.
- `speculative.mtp.draft_layer_picks_rows(layer, mapping)` decides; it
also requires `pick_rows` in the signature of `type(layer).forward`, so
a subclass overriding `forward` without it falls back. Layers without
support are called exactly as before (no new argument).
- `TLLM_SPEC_DISABLE_DRAFT_ROW_PICK=1` turns it off.
Workers:
- Eagle3OneModelWorker (MTP-Eagle and Eagle3 one-model), linear draft
loop: step 0's gather ids are computed before the draft forward and
passed as `pick_rows` (in the step-0 epilogue path by a new one-launch
`step0_gather_ids` kernel; the epilogue reads the picked hidden rows).
Later steps are unchanged.
- MTPWorker (vanilla MTP, several sequential MTP modules): every module
picks the last row of each request (its only rows read: the head input
and the next module's carried hidden state). Declined under attention
DP, where this worker passes no per-rank token counts to the layers.
Supporting layers: DeepseekV3MTP (deepseek_v3 / deepseek_v32 /
glm_moe_dsa), Glm4MTP, and Eagle3DraftModel with one decoder layer.
Context parallelism is declined.
Signed-off-by: ZhaoyangWang <265160349+zhaoyangwang-nvidia@users.noreply.github.com>
- Move draft_layer_picks_rows to speculative/interface.py next to a
DraftRowPick resolver shared by Eagle3OneModelWorker and MTPWorker (the
per-class memo and log were duplicated).
- Eagle3 loop: assert, instead of testing, that the per-request counts are
set whenever the step-0 counts are (both come from
set_spec_metadata_all_rank_num_tokens).
- step0_epilogue takes the picked gather ids: with a picked draft output it
reuses the ids and hidden rows instead of recomputing / gathering them.
- The experimental GLM-5.2 GlmMtpLayer declines pick_rows explicitly: its
step 0 keeps the live rows through its own hop.
- Glm4MTP's LoRA check and Eagle3DraftModel's single-layer check are
asserts (internal invariants).
- Tests: vanilla MTPWorker draft loop picked vs full, the attention-DP
token counts of a picked step 0, MTPWorker declining under attention
DP, the resolver, and the epilogue's metadata writes.
- Document TLLM_SPEC_DISABLE_DRAFT_ROW_PICK.
Signed-off-by: ZhaoyangWang <265160349+zhaoyangwang-nvidia@users.noreply.github.com>
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Walkthrough
This change adds optional row picking to speculative MTP and single-layer EAGLE 3 drafting. Supported layers retain full-row attention and select rows for subsequent computation. Worker logic, step-0 gather handling, tests, and documentation are updated.
Changes
Speculative draft row picking
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Summary
Capability checks and model-layer support tensorrt_llm/_torch/speculative/interface.py, tensorrt_llm/_torch/models/modeling_deepseekv3.py, tensorrt_llm/_torch/models/modeling_glm.py, tensorrt_llm/_torch/models/modeling_speculative.py, tensorrt_llm/_torch/_experimental/modeling_v2/models/glm_moe_dsa/.../layers.py, tests/unittest/_torch/speculative/test_draft_row_pick.py
The capability resolver checks layer support, the pick_rows signature, context parallelism, and the opt-out environment variable. Supported model layers select hidden states and residuals after attention. The experimental GLM MTP layer declares that it does not support this interface. Tests cover capability gates and selected-row layer behavior.
The MTP worker passes last-token row indices to supported layers and uses selected rows for the shared head and carried hidden states. Tests cover picked and full-row execution, including attention-DP handling. The B200 test list adds the row-picking test.
The EAGLE 3 worker selects step-0 rows for compatible draft layers and uses request-ordered outputs for logits and carried hidden states. The fused epilogue accepts precomputed gather IDs and picked hidden rows. Tests compare picked and unpicked paths and check epilogue updates. Documentation describes row selection, its opt-out variable, and the MoE numerical-equivalence caveat.
sequenceDiagram
participant Eagle3Worker
participant Step0GatherIds
participant DraftLayer
participant Step0Epilogue
Eagle3Worker->>Step0GatherIds: Compute request gather IDs
Eagle3Worker->>DraftLayer: Pass IDs as pick_rows
DraftLayer->>DraftLayer: Run attention on all rows, then select rows
Eagle3Worker->>Step0Epilogue: Pass picked hidden rows and gather IDs
Step0Epilogue->>Step0Epilogue: Update positions and metadata
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Possibly related PRs
NVIDIA/TensorRT-LLM#20524: Adds the GLM-5.2 modeling_v2 layer and its arm_live_rows mechanism, which this change explicitly distinguishes from built-in pick_rows.
Merge Risk: Minimal · up to d67ed
The change adds an opt-in, capability-gated optimization with a fallback path and a disable switch. No concrete merge-blocking risk was identified in the supplied review evidence.
Security architecture risk: Low · up to d67ed
The change remains within existing request processing and does not show a new access or privilege boundary. Compatibility checks and an opt-out limit exposure, but distributed execution and failure recovery remain only partially verified.
Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.
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Security Blast Radius
inferred — The directly affected security-relevant scope is a worker's co-scheduled request activations, draft caches and participating distributed ranks. Correct row-to-request mapping remains essential for request separation; the examined change does not establish broader service, credential or infrastructure authority.
Trust Boundaries and Controls
observed — Picking requires both explicit layer support and a forward signature naming pick_rows. Context parallelism is excluded, vanilla MTP declines attention-DP picking, and the EAGLE worker selects per-request distributed counts for picked execution. The metadata producer populates those counts for the relevant one-model modes.
Resilience and Maintainability Implications
inferred — A suspected picked-output capture mismatch is not supported for default one-model construction: draft layer IDs begin after the target layers, while default capture IDs refer to target layers. Capture also explicitly rejects insufficient row capacity. Custom capture configurations and distributed interruption behavior remain outside the demonstrated coverage.
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1263-1264: Trivial · Stability & Availability · Heavy lift
Exercise the picked attention-DP count contract across ranks.
Picked step 0 now supplies subseq_all_rank_num_tokens instead of the full step-0 counts. test_step0_pick_uses_per_request_counts_under_attention_dp checks that argument with a toy layer, but it cannot detect a mismatch in distributed post-attention work. Such a mismatch could stall a draft forward or produce incorrect rows. Add a two-rank case with unequal full-row counts and unequal picked-row counts. Compare picked and unpicked draft tokens and confirm that both ranks complete. Put the case in tests/unittest/_torch/speculative/test_draft_row_pick.py or a focused integration test, then select its multi-GPU execution tier. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
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Add a two-rank attention-DP test for the picked step-0 count path using unequal full-row and picked-row counts; compare picked and unpicked draft tokens and verify both ranks complete. Extend test_step0_pick_uses_per_request_counts_under_attention_dp or add a focused test, and assign it to an appropriate multi-GPU execution tier.
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Recompute eligibility when an instance changes.
DraftRowPick.resolve reuses its decision when layer classes stay the same. Eagle3DraftModel.supports_pick_rows depends on that model's layer count. If a worker receives a single-layer model and then a multi-layer model of the same class, the cached True passes pick_rows to the multi-layer model. Its forward assertion then stops drafting. Include instance eligibility in the cache key, or recompute the decision. Add a resolver test that changes support without changing the class. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
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Test picked rows with multi-axis positions.
The picked epilogue reuses request-ordered hidden rows while it still gathers positions through the original IDs. The existing multi-axis position test covers only the unpicked epilogue. The new picked test uses one-dimensional positions. A regression in multi-axis position selection could therefore change later draft positions without failing either test. Parameterize test_step0_gather_ids_and_picked_epilogue with a multi-axis position_ids case and compare every positions(j) result with the stock epilogue. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
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Cut the cases the draft-layer row pick added from 30 to 13, keeping every
path covered: fewer shape combinations for the draft-loop tests, the
attention-DP and gate tests merged into one test each, one fused-allreduce
setting per MTP layer class, and the picked step-0 epilogue checked inside
test_step0_epilogue_matches_stock instead of in a test of its own.
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On draft step 0 the draft layer runs on every row of the target's verify layout: K+1 rows per generation request and every prompt row of a context chunk. Only one row per request is read afterwards (the workers select it with
hidden_states[gather_ids]after the layer's forward). The layer's attention must see every row, because it writes the draft KV of each, but everything after it (residual, post-attention norm, MLP / MoE, final norm) is per-token. A draft layer that supports it now runs that post-attention part only on the rows the draft loop reads. Prefill iterations skip the MLP/MoE on whole prompt chunks; decode skips K of every K+1 rows.supports_pick_rows = Trueand acceptspick_rowsinforward.draft_layer_picks_rows(layer, mapping)inspeculative/interface.pydecides, and also checks that the layer's ownforwardtakespick_rows(so a subclass overridingforwardfalls back); aDraftRowPickresolver shared by both workers re-evaluates it when the draft layer's class changes. Layers without support run exactly as before.TLLM_SPEC_DISABLE_DRAFT_ROW_PICK=1turns it off (documented indocs/source/features/speculative-decoding.md).glm_5_2_nvfp4__sm_103__tp8GlmMtpLayeralready compacts step 0 to the live rows with its ownarm_live_rows/draft_live_row_hop. It inherits fromDeepseekV3MTPbut declinespick_rowsexplicitly, so its own mechanism is unchanged; moving it ontopick_rowsis a possible follow-up.Eagle3OneModelWorker/MTPEagleWorker(linear draft loop; a one-launchstep0_gather_idskernel for the fast-path step-0 epilogue) andMTPWorker. Under attention DP the worker passes the per-request counts (subseq_all_rank_num_tokens) asall_rank_num_tokens.DeepseekV3MTP(deepseek_v3, deepseek_v32, glm_moe_dsa),Glm4MTP, single-layerEagle3DraftModel.Qwen3NextMTPfirst, thenExaoneMoeMTP,NemotronHMTP,Qwen4ExpMTP,Step3p7MTP,DeepseekV4MTP,MistralLarge3DraftModel).Numerics: for Eagle3 (dense draft layer) draft tokens and per-iteration acceptance are identical with and without picking. For MoE draft layers (DeepSeek-V3-Lite) results are numerically equivalent but not bitwise identical: draft-token agreement is 99.6–100%, within the run-to-run variation of the unchanged path, because the MoE / GEMM kernels round differently at different row counts. Draft tokens only affect acceptance, not output correctness.
Impact (pick on vs
TLLM_SPEC_DISABLE_DRAFT_ROW_PICK=1, B200): DeepSeek-V3-0324-FP4 (its MTP layer has 256 BF16 experts), MTP3, TP4/EP4, 4 ABBA rounds on 2 nodes, runs >5% off the point median dropped (4 of 192):Test Coverage
tests/unittest/_torch/speculative/test_draft_row_pick.py(new, 13 cases): the real draft loop with a toy layer for MTP-Eagle and Eagle3, stock and fast-path epilogue routes (draft tokens, kv_lens and step-1 hidden states match; every row's draft KV is written; post-attention rows drop to one per request); realDeepseekV3MTP/Glm4MTP/ Eagle3 forwards with stubbed submodules incl. the fused all-reduce path; unsupported layers unaffected; decision gates.test_draft_row_pick.pyalso covers the vanillaMTPWorkerdraft loop picked vs full, the attention-DP token counts of a picked step 0,MTPWorkerdeclining under attention DP, and the resolver.tests/unittest/_torch/speculative/test_fused_accept.py(step0_gather_idsand the picked epilogue reusing the picked ids, checked inside the existingtest_step0_epilogue_matches_stock, no new cases),tests/unittest/_torch/speculative/test_eagle3.py.test_draft_row_pick.py+test_fused_accept.py+test_eagle3.py: 70 passed, 4 skipped (need 8 GPUs).speculative/+test_modeling_speculative.py: no failure that does not also fail on main.FORCE_DETERMINISTIC=1): tokens identical; accepted-draft differences within the noise above (picked vs full post-attention outputs bitwise equal in 221 of 276 decode calls, max relative difference 3.6e-3, draft tokens 509/509 equal).PR Checklist
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