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Description

Runtime support that the Kimi K3 NVFP4 modeling_v2 targets on SM107 need from the engine, the KV cache managers, the scheduler, disaggregated serving and the router. No model code. Stacked on #21972: until it merges, the diff also shows its commits; this PR's commits are the 19 after it.

Every behavior change is opt-in: a model declares it through RuntimeHooks (default off for every model today), a cache manager or drafter declares it, or a router argument turns it on. The defaults keep today's behavior, apart from the three fixes and one more INFO log line.

Fixes

1. serve forwards the disaggregated server role to MPI workers (commands/serve.py). launch_server publishes TRTLLM_DISAGG_ROLE in its own environment, but MPI workers started before it (trtllm-llmapi-launch) never see it, so role-dependent cache layouts silently fall back to the full layout. The role now goes through llm_args.env_overrides, which every rank applies.
2. NIXL releases transfer-status handles without the GIL (agentBindings.cpp, nixl/_agent_cpp.py).
3. MLA cached-KV context attention gets K / V of every KV token (attention/backends/fmha/phased.py, fallback.py). The context phase sliced separate K / V to the query-token count, but MLA context attention over a cached prefix passes the K / V of the cached prefix and the new tokens, and the FMHA reads host_total_kv_lens[0] rows of them. With caller-quantized FP8 K / V ([None][feat] Shared drafter KV pools, FP8 MLA context inputs and KV cache V2 copy/memory fixes for hybrid speculative models #21972) the k / v extent check rejected every call with a cached prefix; tests/unittest/_torch/attention/test_mla_fp8_context_inputs.py covers it.

Model-declared runtime hooks (pyexecutor/runtime_hooks.py)
4. torch_mem_safety_margin: device memory the model keeps outside the PyTorch caching-allocator cap.
5. kv_cache_manager_cls: the model declares a subclass of the KV cache manager class the engine resolves (checked with issubclass); draft paths ignore it.
6. kv_balanced_admission_planner: an attention-DP admission planner for enable_kv_balanced_admission.
7. exact_context_demotion: with long-prefill demotion on (TLLM_V2_CTX_DEMOTE_UNCACHED_TOKENS), the KV cache V2 scheduler classifies context requests by the prefix cache (one read-only radix probe per request) instead of the router's estimate alone; a request ordered as short whose first prepare shows a long remainder is retried after the rest of the pass (ScheduleAction.DEFER).
8. hybrid_cache (HybridCachePolicy), passed to MambaHybridCacheManagerV2:

• low_priority_snapshot_prompt_len: short prompts' recurrent-state pages get the lowest eviction priority;
• state_index_upload_kernel: the per-step recurrent state indices upload in one kernel (step_upload_kernels.py).

KV cache manager V2 and the hybrid manager
9. Pending SSM snapshot pages (C++ kvCache.{h,cpp}, nanobind): a recurrent-state snapshot page acquired during a step and committed into the radix tree later (acquire_ssm_snapshot_slot, commit(..., ssm_from_pending=True)), with a gtest and Python tests.
10. Mid-chunk snapshot points: a hybrid cache manager that can store a recurrent-state snapshot inside a context step marks the request (py_midchunk_snapshot_alignment, py_midchunk_pass_point), and the scheduler's chunk sizing then lets the last snapshot point fall inside the final chunk instead of splitting the step there. Requests without the marks chunk as before.
11. Shared drafter KV pool follow-ups (to #21972): a drafter may declare draft_kv_dtype = torch.float8_e4m3fn (FP8 draft layers) and context_kv_only (its resident tensors come out of the KV budget, not the PyTorch headroom); RankInfo carries the draft layers' KV dtype and peers with a different draft dtype are rejected (the field is only on the wire with shared draft layers). The hybrid size estimate reserves the shared drafter's scratch, max_batch_size * (max_draft_len + 1) tokens per attention and draft layer, and the manager logs the draft pool share once.
12. One INFO line a minute with the recurrent snapshot counters (branch, in-flight prefix sharing, mid-chunk), with block reuse on.

Disaggregated serving, sampling and routing
13. Helix generation polls idle transfer status in one int64 all-gather (disaggregation/transceiver.py).
14. The spec sampler's one-launch slot-store scatter also runs on SM 10.7 (kernels/spec_step_copies/op.py).
15. ConversationRouter(new_conversation_follow=...): "specific" (default) keeps today's rule; "always" makes a new conversation follow any match of at least new_conversation_min_match_blocks blocks and counts a server's load as its backlog of estimated uncached prompt tokens (the coordinator routing key then carries the token count). With matching on, the router logs every 256 new conversations how many followed a match.

Test Coverage

• C++: kvCacheManagerV2StatsTest.cpp (pending SSM pages).
• tests/unittest/kv_cache_manager_v2_tests/test_ssm_pending_snapshot.py
• tests/unittest/_torch/pyexecutor/kv_cache/: test_hybrid_snapshot_points.py (new), test_kv_cache_v2_scheduler.py, test_mamba_cache_manager.py, test_kvcm2_integration.py, test_hybrid_unified_draft_kv.py
• tests/unittest/_torch/pyexecutor/: test_kv_cache_manager_cls_hook.py, test_context_kv_only_drafter_reserve.py, test_step_upload_kernels.py, test_adp_router.py, test_torch_mem_fraction.py (new or extended)
• tests/unittest/disaggregated/: test_router.py (both follow modes), test_peer.py, test_rank_info.py, test_agent.py, test_transceiver_helix_idle_probe.py (new)
• tests/unittest/_torch/kernels/test_spec_step_copies.py, tests/unittest/llmapi/test_disagg_worker_role.py (new, l0_cpu)

All are reached by the test lists (directory entries for unittest/_torch/pyexecutor and unittest/disaggregated; the new llmapi file is listed in l0_cpu).

Verification

On the head (one GB300 node, SM103, 4 GPUs):

• This PR's unit tests: pyexecutor/kv_cache scheduler / snapshot points, ADP router, memory fraction and the hook test 590 passed; Mamba / KVCM2 / step uploads / pending SSM pages 1015 passed; shared draft KV, drafter reserve, spec copies and worker role 218 passed; disaggregated/ router, peer, rank info, agent and Helix idle probe 352 passed. Three test_router.py cases that load tokenizers from LLM_MODELS_ROOT did not run on that node.
• tests/unittest/_torch/attention/test_mla_fp8_context_inputs.py: the two match_bf16_inputs cases pass with fix 3 and raise the k / v extent check without it.
• Through the Kimi K3 SM107 targets that use these hooks ([None][feat] Kimi K3 NVFP4 on Rubin (SM107): four modeling_v2 targets #21996): every target's unit tests pass, and the model-level dumps (op sequence and CUDA graphs, MoE outputs, drafter outputs) match the earlier verified state of the same code.

PR Checklist

• Please check this after reviewing the above items as appropriate for this PR.

Dev Engineer Review

• Memory-fraction margin affects all PyTorch runs: _util.py replaces the fixed 32 MiB margin with a configurable safety margin that defaults to 1 GiB and is clamped to currently free memory. This applies to every PyTorch executor run, not only drafter configurations. Verify the clamp on low-memory GPUs.
• Public attribute rename: _dspark_shift_label becomes the public shift_label in modeling_dspark.py, dspark.py, and modeling_dflash.py. Code or fixtures that read or set the old private name will break. The change summary does not describe a compatibility shim.
• Peer compatibility scope change: peer.py removes the prior total-TP and attention-DP matching checks from _check_peer_compatible. It adds validate_draft_layers_compatible, which compares draft-layer counts, draft KV dtypes, and attention TP per DP group. The TP-per-DP check applies only when not both sides use MLA. Confirm that the removed checks do not leave gaps for non-draft peers.
• Wire format: RankInfo.draft_kv_dtype is omitted from serialized data when unset, which keeps the previous wire shape for peers without shared draft layers.
• Disaggregation IDs: Appended draft layers map to twice their global layer ID. Confirm that no ID collides with a target layer in any configuration.
• Kernel limit: The block-offset copy kernel rejects chunk counts above 65,535 because of the z-dimension grid limit. Such launches fail.
• FP8 context MLA: mlaKernels.cu, attentionOp.cpp, and trtllm.py accept caller-quantized FP8 Q, K, and V. Scale semantics tie to kv_scale_orig_quant. Review the quant_q_buf contract and the scale-tensor checks.
• Launcher policy: serve.py allows one-sided shared-draft configurations to pass local checks. It also permits non-unit context parallelism for DSpark with CUTEDSL. Default sharing becomes auto only when both ctx and gen servers are listed and all checks pass. Otherwise it resolves to 0 and logs the reason. Confirm the CUTEDSL tokens_per_block rule against the source.
• Scheduler and cache behavior: scheduler_v2.py adds a DEFER action and exact context demotion. kvCache.cpp and kvCache.h add a pending SSM snapshot slot and change the commit signature. The nanobind binding and .pyi stub match that change. Confirm that all callers pass the new ssmFromPending argument correctly.
• Hybrid estimate: _estimate_mamba_hybrid_cache_cost adds max_batch_size * draft_scratch_tokens * attention_slope to fixed bytes. Confirm that callers without draft scratch see unchanged results.
• Documentation: speculative-decoding.md documents the draft KV dtype and the sharing rules. Confirm that the documented defaults match serve.py.
• Source status: This review uses the supplied change summary and the existing summary. The source was not inspected here. A review comment's assessment says that creator-side dtype resolution, context-only reservation, and peer compatibility patches are absent from its snapshot. Verify these points against the full diff before merge.

QA Engineer Review

Test files changed: 27 Python test files under tests/, plus two test-list YAML files. Test-list changes:

• tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_h100.yml adds test_cache_transceiver_with_draft_layers and test_cache_transceiver_helix_cp_with_draft_layers.
• tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_cpu.yml adds unittest/llmapi/test_disagg_worker_role.py.

Test coverage:

• test_mla_fp8_context_inputs.py (GPU): compares FP8 and BF16 inputs at unit and non-unit kv_scale_orig_quant (0.5). It checks the mixed-dtype RuntimeError and the relative-error bounds against a BF16-cache reference.
• test_context_kv_only_drafter_reserve.py (CUDA): checks a reserve of 25% of resident-tensor bytes when context_kv_only is True and metadata is present. It expects zero otherwise.
• test_torch_mem_fraction.py (CPU): checks the 1 GiB default margin, the no-go-below-reserved behavior, and the model-declared margin with clamping. It also checks runtime_hooks_of.
• test_hybrid_unified_draft_kv.py (CPU): covers unification blockers, draft dtypes and rejection, layout compatibility, appended-layer validation, and pool-ratio calculation.
• test_peer.py, test_rank_info.py, test_disagg_utils.py, and test_cache_transceiver_single_process.py: cover disaggregated compatibility, serialization, launcher defaults, and draft-layer transfers, including helix CP sizes 2, 4, and 8.
• test_kv_cache_manager_v2_device_page_table.py (CUDA): covers the page-offset kernel at row lengths 4, 1024, 1028, and 15584.
• test_ssm_pending_snapshot.py, test_hybrid_snapshot_points.py, test_kv_cache_v2_scheduler.py, test_adp_router.py, test_kv_cache_manager_cls_hook.py, test_step_upload_kernels.py, test_spec_step_copies.py, test_router.py, test_agent.py, and test_transceiver_helix_idle_probe.py: cover the new pending snapshot, scheduler, admission, KV-manager class hook, upload, router, and transfer-status behavior.
• Fixture updates to shift_label and dflash block-table width in the DSpark, DFlash, and Kimi K3 tests.

Test-list status: Only the listed l0_h100.yml and l0_cpu.yml entries are visible in the supplied summary. Whether the other changed test files appear in test-db/ or qa/ is not established. The PR description reports a pending GB300 run of the listed files. No completed CI results are available.

Coverage verdict: needs follow-up. Unit coverage is broad. Confirm the GB300 run, confirm test-list membership for the other new test files, and confirm the public shift_label rename with downstream users.

Per-File QA Perspective

• kvCacheManagerV2Utils.cu: Verify large-batch block-offset copies and the 65,535 chunk-count rejection.
• mlaKernels.cu and mlaKernels.h: Verify FP8 Q and FP8 K/V non-absorption context MLA and BMM scale writes. Covered by test_mla_fp8_context_inputs.py.
• attentionOp.cpp: Verify FP8 K/V validation errors and the sparse MLA scale path.
• speculative-decoding.md: Verify the documented sharing rules against serve.py behavior.
• cache_manager.py (fp4_mla): Verify draft-layer lifecycle, disaggregation IDs, and pool separation.
• interface.py: Documentation-only change to FP8 Q scale semantics.
• trtllm.py: Verify has_fp8_context_mla on SM90, SM100-family, and SM120-family devices.
• peer.py: Verify draft-layer count, dtype, and attention-TP checks. Covered by test_peer.py.
• rank_info.py: Verify draft_kv_dtype is absent when unset. Covered by test_rank_info.py.
• transfer.py: Verify that peer registration triggers draft-layer validation.
• modeling_dflash.py: Verify reads_managed_ctx_pages for supported TRTLLM page sizes. Covered by test_dflash_unified_kv_gate.py.
• modeling_dspark.py: Verify the public shift_label default of True.
• kimi_kda/cache_manager.py: Verify accepts_appended_draft_layers() returns True.
• _util.py: Verify draft dtype handling, the context-KV-only reserve, the model KV-manager class check, and the 1 GiB memory-fraction margin. Covered by test_context_kv_only_drafter_reserve.py, test_torch_mem_fraction.py, and test_kv_cache_manager_cls_hook.py.
• kv_cache_manager_v2.py: Verify appended draft-layer validation and page-priority callbacks.
• mamba_cache_manager/common.py: Verify the added draft scratch bytes in the hybrid estimate.
• mamba_cache_manager_v2.py: Verify draft pool-ratio handling, the HybridCachePolicy path, and paired state-index uploads. Covered by test_mamba_cache_manager.py.
• dspark.py: Verify block width and slot selection with the public shift_label.
• serve.py: Verify one-sided configs, CUTEDSL with context parallelism, and the auto default. Covered by test_disagg_utils.py and test_disagg_worker_role.py.
• scheduler_v2.py and scheduler.py: Verify deferred context requests, exact demotion, and snapshot-aligned chunk sizing. Covered by test_kv_cache_v2_scheduler.py and test_hybrid_snapshot_points.py.
• router.py: Verify new_conversation_follow="always" load accounting and removal on finish. Covered by test_router.py.
• l0_h100.yml: Verify the two added draft-layer transfer tests run in pre-merge CI.
• l0_cpu.yml: Verify test_disagg_worker_role.py runs in the CPU pre-merge list.

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Walkthrough

The pull request adds caller-quantized FP8 MLA context inputs, shared draft-KV support for selected cache managers, and compatibility checks for disaggregated workers. It also changes page-offset copying to process long rows in chunks and adds tests and documentation for these changes.

Changes

Shared draft KV

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Sharing eligibility and draft specifications tensorrt_llm/commands/serve.py, tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/_util.py, tensorrt_llm/_torch/models/*, tensorrt_llm/_torch/speculative/dspark.py, docs/source/features/speculative-decoding.md, tests/unittest/_torch/pyexecutor/kv_cache/test_dflash_unified_kv_gate.py, tests/unittest/disaggregated/test_disagg_utils.py, related DSpark tests	The serving and executor paths resolve sharing based on configured roles, parallelism, page-reading capabilities, and cache layout. They build draft-layer specifications and select declared drafter KV dtypes. The DFlash and DSpark paths use the public shift_label attribute.
Appended draft-layer storage and sizing tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/kv_cache/kv_cache_manager_v2.py, tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/kv_cache/mamba_cache_manager/*, tensorrt_llm/_torch/attention/backends/fp4_mla/cache_manager.py, tensorrt_llm/_torch/modules/kimi_kda/cache_manager.py, tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/_util.py, related cache-manager tests	Opted-in managers incorporate appended draft layers into cache configuration, page mappings, pool views, and byte estimates. Hybrid cache sizing and pool ratios account for draft storage. Capacity configuration also subtracts the calculated context-KV-only drafter reserve.
Disaggregated draft-layer metadata and validation tensorrt_llm/_torch/disaggregation/native/*, tests/unittest/disaggregated/*, tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_h100.yml	Rank metadata includes shared draft-layer count and dtype when applicable. Peer checks validate draft-layer count, dtype, and attention parallelism. Transfer tests cover appended draft layers with and without Helix context parallelism.

FP8 MLA context inputs

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Caller-quantized FP8 context handling cpp/tensorrt_llm/kernels/mlaKernels.*, cpp/tensorrt_llm/thop/attentionOp.cpp, tensorrt_llm/_torch/attention/backends/trtllm.py, tensorrt_llm/_torch/attention/backends/interface.py, tests/unittest/_torch/attention/test_mla_fp8_context_inputs.py	MLA parameters identify pre-quantized FP8 Q and K/V. Validation checks FP8 input layouts and scales, and FMHA uses caller-provided K/V buffers when supplied. Tests compare supported FP8 inputs with BF16 results and check scale-sensitive behavior.

Page-offset kernel chunking

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Chunked row copying cpp/tensorrt_llm/batch_manager/kvCacheManagerV2Utils.cu, tests/unittest/_torch/pyexecutor/kv_cache/test_kv_cache_manager_v2_device_page_table.py	Each CTA now copies a bounded chunk of a row. The launcher sets the z-dimension chunk count and checks its limit. The test covers row lengths, invalid pages, and rows beyond the active batch.

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

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant MPIWorker
  participant ServeConfig
  participant KvCacheCreator
  participant KVCacheManagerV2
  participant PeerRegistrar
  MPIWorker->>ServeConfig: resolve shared-draft-KV mode
  ServeConfig->>KvCacheCreator: pass sharing configuration
  KvCacheCreator->>KVCacheManagerV2: provide appended draft-layer specs
  PeerRegistrar->>PeerRegistrar: validate shared draft-layer metadata

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Suggested reviewers: juney-nvidia, eopxd, chang-l, reasonsolo, brnguyen2

Merge Risk: Moderate · up to 932f2

Shared draft KV and FP8 context MLA inputs work in the main configurations. Before merge, fix the missing device validation on FP8 inputs, the draft-layer ownership label in the transfer partition fallback, and the scratch headroom sizing. The transfer tests also need to fail when draft-layer data is missing, so they can catch regressions.

Security architecture risk: Moderate · up to 932f2

Sharing additional cache state couples correctness and failure containment across serving workers. Compatibility checks and configuration gates reduce exposure, but interrupted-transfer recovery and concurrent cache reuse remain only partly validated.

Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

Security review details

Security Blast Radius

• inferred — The directly evidenced exposure is serving-instance GPU cache state and transfers between paired workers. Request lengths influence shared capacity, while loaded drafter capabilities and launch configuration govern eligibility. A cache-lifetime or mapping failure could affect co-resident requests; cross-tenant reachability and broader deployment exposure were not established.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

• observed — Draft compatibility checks supplement the existing protocol, attention-layout, recurrent-state, and per-view geometry gates; they do not authenticate peers. The relaxed total-TP restriction is counterbalanced by effective per-group rank mapping, per-view head counts, and replicated-data sender ownership. These controls argue against treating the gate relaxation alone as a boundary bypass.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

• observed — The inherited shared-cache transition path records generation growth only after successful resize, makes repeated generation rollback a no-op after bookkeeping is consumed, and provides idempotent cache removal. Disaggregated admission records a readiness event before destination publication; deferred preemption retains pages while connector saves are pending. These are source-level safeguards, not end-to-end proof of allocator atomicity or interruption recovery.

Pre-merge checks: 4

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Title check		The title names the three main themes of the changeset: a drafter-declared draft KV dtype, a context-only drafter reserve, and draft scratch in the hybrid KV estimate. The changes in the summaries cov…
Description check		The description follows the repository template in substance. It gives a numbered description of the three changes and their files, and it states that the change is stacked on #21972. The Test Coverag…
Linked Issues check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
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Major · Return draft ownership for appended layers in the legacy partition… · kv_cache_manager_v2.py:5038

tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/kv_cache/kv_cache_manager_v2.py:5038
Major · Data Integrity & Integration · Quick win

Return draft ownership for appended layers in the legacy partition branch.

The layer_specs is None branch returns TARGET for every local layer that is inside num_kv_heads_per_layer. Appended draft layers can fall into that range. get_layer_owner reports those layers as DRAFT, so this method gives the same layer a different owner. The docstring requires owners to stay in separate transfer views. When a target and a draft buffer share a pool and have the same head count, they can receive the same partition key.

Suggested fix

             local_layer_id = int(layer_id)
             if hasattr(self, "_layer_attn_to_layer_id") or not (
                 0 <= local_layer_id < len(self.num_kv_heads_per_layer)
             ):
                 return None
-            return KVCacheLayerOwner.TARGET.value, self.num_kv_heads_per_layer[local_layer_id]
+            owner = (
+                KVCacheLayerOwner.DRAFT
+                if local_layer_id in self._appended_draft_layer_specs
+                else KVCacheLayerOwner.TARGET
+            )
+            return owner.value, self.num_kv_heads_per_layer[local_layer_id]

Add a partition test for an appended draft layer on a manager with layer_specs is None. The test should assert that the owner is DRAFT and that the layer does not share a partition with a target layer of the same head count.

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Review comment at @tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/kv_cache/kv_cache_manager_v2.py at line 5038:
Update the legacy `layer_specs is None` branch that returns the owner and head-count partition key so appended draft layers use `DRAFT`, consistent with `get_layer_owner`, while other in-range layers remain `TARGET`. Add a partition test for an appended draft layer on a manager with `layer_specs is None`, verifying it is owned by `DRAFT` and does not share a partition with a target layer having the same head count.

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cpp/tensorrt_llm/thop/attentionOp.cpp: 1

2910-2910: Trivial · Stability & Availability · Quick win

Test rejection of a short FP8 KV tensor.

Line 2910 protects the direct FMHA read against a tensor shorter than total_kv_len. The new tests check mismatched dtypes, but not this row boundary. Add a case in tests/unittest/_torch/attention/test_mla_fp8_context_inputs.py that supplies one fewer K row than the cached-context total and asserts the stated error. This test would detect removal or reversal of the out-of-bounds guard. As per path instructions, “Flag material coverage gaps such as ... a new or changed validation rule [with] no meaningful test.” (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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Review comment at @cpp/tensorrt_llm/thop/attentionOp.cpp at line 2910:
Add a test in the attention FP8 context-input tests that provides a K tensor with one fewer row than the cached-context total and asserts the error from the length validation in the attention path. Keep the test focused on the K-row boundary so it detects removal or reversal of the guard checking k.size(0) against p.total_kv_len.

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @cpp/tensorrt_llm/thop/attentionOp.cpp:
- Around line 3530-3533: Update contextWorkspaceLayout and the workspace checks
near the mla.fp8_kv_input branch so FP8 K/V staging buffers are sized and
required only when input quantization is needed. Preserve direct use of
mla.k_buf and mla.v_buf for FP8 input without reserving unused staging space.
- Line 2903: Add device validation in the FP8 MLA context checks before passing
K/V or quant Q buffers to FMHA: require k and v to be CUDA tensors on the device
returned by p.getQueryInput(), and require quantQ to be on that same device.
Preserve the existing dtype, layout, and size checks.

Review comments at @tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/_util.py:
- Around line 2885-2887: Update _declared_draft_kv_dtype to distinguish an
absent declaration from an invalid one: return None only when draft_kv_dtype is
None, return valid torch.dtype values unchanged, and raise the established
configuration error for any other non-None value.
- Line 5544: Update the safety_margin calculation so it remains smaller than
mem_free when less than or equal to 1 GiB is available, preserving capacity for
runtime PyTorch allocations; keep the existing 1 GiB upper bound for larger
free-memory amounts so mem_torch_max does not fall to mem_reserved while GPU
memory remains free.
- Around line 2811-2812: In the helper handling `declared_dtype`, reject or log
when a declared FP16 or BF16 dtype differs from the drafter’s dtype, including
when no inherited KV quantization is present; do not silently accept the
conflicting declaration. Add a mismatched FP16/BF16 declaration case to the
draft-KV dtype tests in `test_hybrid_unified_draft_kv.py`.

Review comments at
@tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/kv_cache/mamba_cache_manager/common.py:
- Line 683: Update the scratch request count used by the attention and draft
intercept terms to include configured gen_preemption_headroom, keeping both
terms consistent with the recurrent-state estimate. Add coverage with positive
headroom asserting each intercept increases by headroom × draft_scratch_tokens ×
its slope.

Review comments at
@tests/unittest/disaggregated/test_cache_transceiver_single_process.py:
- Line 364: Add a mixed-dtype transfer case to
test_cache_transceiver_with_draft_layers with a FLOAT target layer and an FP8
draft layer. Initialize and compare each pool using its corresponding layer
dtype, and keep the existing FLOAT/FLOAT case as a separate baseline.
- Line 1254: In the tests that set num_layers to include draft layers, assert
that expected draft-layer blocks exist for each nonempty prompt before comparing
transferred contents. Ensure this check covers both verify_all_requests and the
Helix verifier so their missing-block skip paths cannot let absent draft data
pass unnoticed.

Review comments at @tests/unittest/disaggregated/test_peer.py:
- Line 1931: Update the asymmetric-TP test cases around make_page_table to
include at least one draft-owned view in each synthetic page table, then assert
its mapping through get_pool_mapping. Preserve the existing five-layer draft
configuration and verify draft-view pairing for both attention-DP and asymmetric
MLA-TP cases.

---

Outside diff comments:
Review comments at
@tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/kv_cache/kv_cache_manager_v2.py:
- Line 5038: Update the legacy `layer_specs is None` branch that returns the
owner and head-count partition key so appended draft layers use `DRAFT`,
consistent with `get_layer_owner`, while other in-range layers remain `TARGET`.
Add a partition test for an appended draft layer on a manager with `layer_specs
is None`, verifying it is owned by `DRAFT` and does not share a partition with a
target layer having the same head count.

---

Nitpick comments:
Review comments at @cpp/tensorrt_llm/thop/attentionOp.cpp:
- Line 2910: Add a test in the attention FP8 context-input tests that provides a
K tensor with one fewer row than the cached-context total and asserts the error
from the length validation in the attention path. Keep the test focused on the
K-row boundary so it detects removal or reversal of the guard checking k.size(0)
against p.total_kv_len.

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• cpp/tensorrt_llm/batch_manager/kvCacheManagerV2Utils.cu
• cpp/tensorrt_llm/kernels/mlaKernels.cu
• cpp/tensorrt_llm/kernels/mlaKernels.h
• cpp/tensorrt_llm/thop/attentionOp.cpp
• docs/source/features/speculative-decoding.md
• tensorrt_llm/_torch/attention/backends/fp4_mla/cache_manager.py
• tensorrt_llm/_torch/attention/backends/interface.py
• tensorrt_llm/_torch/attention/backends/trtllm.py
• tensorrt_llm/_torch/disaggregation/native/peer.py
• tensorrt_llm/_torch/disaggregation/native/rank_info.py
• tensorrt_llm/_torch/disaggregation/native/transfer.py
• tensorrt_llm/_torch/models/modeling_dflash.py
• tensorrt_llm/_torch/models/modeling_dspark.py
• tensorrt_llm/_torch/modules/kimi_kda/cache_manager.py
• tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/_util.py
• tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/kv_cache/kv_cache_manager_v2.py
• tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/kv_cache/mamba_cache_manager/common.py
• tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/kv_cache/mamba_cache_manager/mamba_cache_manager_v2.py
• tensorrt_llm/_torch/speculative/dspark.py
• tensorrt_llm/commands/serve.py
• tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_h100.yml
• tests/unittest/_torch/attention/test_mla_fp8_context_inputs.py
• tests/unittest/_torch/modeling_v2/models/kimi_k3_vl/kimi_k3_mxfp4__sm_100__tp16_moetp4ep4/test_kimi_k3_draft_block_rows.py
• tests/unittest/_torch/pyexecutor/kv_cache/test_dflash_unified_kv_gate.py
• tests/unittest/_torch/pyexecutor/kv_cache/test_hybrid_unified_draft_kv.py
• tests/unittest/_torch/pyexecutor/kv_cache/test_kv_cache_manager_v2_device_page_table.py
• tests/unittest/_torch/pyexecutor/kv_cache/test_mamba_cache_manager.py
• tests/unittest/_torch/pyexecutor/test_context_kv_only_drafter_reserve.py
• tests/unittest/_torch/pyexecutor/test_torch_mem_fraction.py
• tests/unittest/_torch/speculative/hw_agnostic/test_dflash_ctx_block_tables.py
• tests/unittest/_torch/speculative/hw_agnostic/test_dspark_worker.py
• tests/unittest/_torch/speculative/hw_agnostic/test_kimi_k3_dspark_semantics.py
• tests/unittest/disaggregated/test_cache_transceiver_single_process.py
• tests/unittest/disaggregated/test_disagg_utils.py
• tests/unittest/disaggregated/test_peer.py
• tests/unittest/disaggregated/test_rank_info.py

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Major · Stability & Availability · Quick win

Require CUDA tensors on the query device for FP8 MLA context K/V and quant Q buffers.

The FP8 K/V branch passes k and v to FMHA as raw pointers from getK<T>() and getV<T>(). It checks dtype, layout, and row count, but not device. The optional FP8 quant_q_buffer also reaches FMHA through getQuantQBuffer() without a device check. A CPU or wrong-device tensor can pass these checks. The device kernel can then fault on that address, and the CUDA error can leave the context unusable for later requests.

Add the device checks to the FP8 branch:

Suggested fix

                 TORCH_CHECK(k.size(0) >= p.total_kv_len && v.size(0) >= p.total_kv_len,
                     "FP8 MLA context k / v must hold at least total_kv_len (", p.total_kv_len, ") tokens.");
+                TORCH_CHECK(k.is_cuda() && v.is_cuda() && k.device() == p.getQueryInput().device()
+                        && v.device() == p.getQueryInput().device(),
+                    "FP8 MLA context k and v must be CUDA tensors on the query device.");

                     TORCH_CHECK(quantQ.scalar_type() == torch::kFloat8_e4m3fn && quantQ.is_contiguous()
-                            && quantQ.numel() >= p.getQueryInput().numel(),
-                        "The FP8 MLA context quant_q_buffer must be a contiguous FP8 copy of q.");
+                            && quantQ.numel() >= p.getQueryInput().numel()
+                            && quantQ.device() == p.getQueryInput().device(),
+                        "The FP8 MLA context quant_q_buffer must be a contiguous FP8 copy of q on the query device.");

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Review comment at @cpp/tensorrt_llm/thop/attentionOp.cpp at line 2903:
Add device validation in the FP8 MLA context checks before passing K/V or quant Q buffers to FMHA: require k and v to be CUDA tensors on the device returned by p.getQueryInput(), and require quantQ to be on that same device. Preserve the existing dtype, layout, and size checks.

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Major · Performance & Scalability · Heavy lift

Avoid allocating unused K/V staging buffers for FP8 input.

This branch sends caller K/V buffers directly to FMHA. contextWorkspaceLayout still allocates both FP8 staging buffers for every attended KV token, and the checks at Lines 3519-3522 still require them. With 32 heads and 192/128 K/V dimensions, a 100,000-token context retains about 1 GB of unused GPU workspace. Size and require those buffers only when the input needs quantization. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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Review comment at @cpp/tensorrt_llm/thop/attentionOp.cpp around lines 3530 - 3533:
Update contextWorkspaceLayout and the workspace checks near the mla.fp8_kv_input branch so FP8 K/V staging buffers are sized and required only when input quantization is needed. Preserve direct use of mla.k_buf and mla.v_buf for FP8 input without reserving unused staging space.

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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Reject or log a conflicting FP16 or BF16 draft_kv_dtype declaration.

The branch at lines 2811-2812 accepts torch.float16 and torch.bfloat16 declarations. When the drafter has no inherited KV quantization, the helper returns the drafter's model config unchanged (line 2820). A BF16 drafter that declares torch.float16 therefore keeps its BF16 pool. The helper logs nothing for this case.

Choose one of these two behaviors. Either reject a declared FP16 or BF16 dtype that differs from the drafter's dtype, or log that the declaration was ignored. Honoring the FP16 declaration is not the default, because the docstring at lines 2784-2785 says DFlash validates a bf16 pool.

Add a mismatched FP16 or BF16 declaration case to the draft-KV dtype tests in tests/unittest/_torch/pyexecutor/kv_cache/test_hybrid_unified_draft_kv.py.

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Review comment at @tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/_util.py around lines 2811 - 2812:
In the helper handling `declared_dtype`, reject or log when a declared FP16 or BF16 dtype differs from the drafter’s dtype, including when no inherited KV quantization is present; do not silently accept the conflicting declaration. Add a mismatched FP16/BF16 declaration case to the draft-KV dtype tests in `test_hybrid_unified_draft_kv.py`.

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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Reject malformed dtype declarations instead of treating them as absent.

If a drafter declares draft_kv_dtype="fp8", _declared_draft_kv_dtype returns None. The caller silently selects the model-dtype pool instead of reporting an invalid declaration. Raise a configuration error for a non-None value that is not a torch.dtype.

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Review comment at @tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/_util.py around lines 2885 - 2887:
Update _declared_draft_kv_dtype to distinguish an absent declaration from an invalid one: return None only when draft_kv_dtype is None, return valid torch.dtype values unchanged, and raise the established configuration error for any other non-None value.

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Major · Stability & Availability · Quick win

Leave capacity for PyTorch allocations when less than 1 GiB is free.

If mem_free is at most 1 GiB, safety_margin consumes all of it and mem_torch_max equals mem_reserved. If the allocator has no reusable reserved blocks, its next allocation cannot grow the reservation, although GPU memory remains free. The previous 32 MiB margin did not exhaust the free amount in this case. Bound the margin so the process retains capacity for runtime PyTorch allocations.

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Review comment at @tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/_util.py at line 5544:
Update the safety_margin calculation so it remains smaller than mem_free when less than or equal to 1 GiB is available, preserving capacity for runtime PyTorch allocations; keep the existing 1 GiB upper bound for larger free-memory amounts so mem_torch_max does not fall to mem_reserved while GPU memory remains free.

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Minor · Stability & Availability · Quick win

Fund draft scratch for paused GEN requests.

Suspended GEN victims keep their KV pages, and each keeps its speculative capacity. The scratch intercepts still fund only max_batch_size requests, while the recurrent-state estimate already includes gen_preemption_headroom. The attention and draft scratch terms can fall short by gen_preemption_headroom × draft_scratch_tokens × slope. This can reduce effective KV capacity and force extra eviction or re-prefill.

Use the same request count in both scratch terms.

Suggested fix

mamba_cache_manager/common.py:

-    intercept += max_batch_size * draft_scratch_tokens * attention_slope
+    paused_requests = int(kwargs.get("gen_preemption_headroom", 0))
+    intercept += (max_batch_size + paused_requests) * draft_scratch_tokens * attention_slope

mamba_cache_manager/mamba_cache_manager_v2.py:

-        intercept += max_batch_size * draft_scratch_tokens * draft_slope
+        paused_requests = int(kwargs.get("gen_preemption_headroom", 0))
+        intercept += (max_batch_size + paused_requests) * draft_scratch_tokens * draft_slope

Add a test with gen_preemption_headroom > 0. Assert that the intercept grows by headroom × draft_scratch_tokens × slope for both the attention and draft terms.

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Review comment at @tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/kv_cache/mamba_cache_manager/common.py at line 683:
Update the scratch request count used by the attention and draft intercept terms to include configured gen_preemption_headroom, keeping both terms consistent with the recurrent-state estimate. Add coverage with positive headroom asserting each intercept increases by headroom × draft_scratch_tokens × its slope.

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Major · Functional Correctness · Heavy lift

Exercise the declared FP8 draft dtype in a transfer case.

This fixture makes both target and draft layers DataType.FLOAT. The new transfer tests can pass even if a FLOAT target paired with an FP8 drafter transfers draft bytes incorrectly. Add a mixed-dtype case to test_cache_transceiver_with_draft_layers and initialize and compare each pool using its layer dtype. Keep the existing FLOAT case as a separate baseline. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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Review comment at @tests/unittest/disaggregated/test_cache_transceiver_single_process.py at line 364:
Add a mixed-dtype transfer case to test_cache_transceiver_with_draft_layers with a FLOAT target layer and an FP8 draft layer. Initialize and compare each pool using its corresponding layer dtype, and keep the existing FLOAT/FLOAT case as a separate baseline.

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Major · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Require draft-layer data before comparing transferred bytes.

Passing the draft layers to these verifiers does not guarantee that they are checked. verify_all_requests continues when either side has no block data. The Helix verifier continues when the context side has no block data. A regression that leaves a draft layer without pages can therefore pass these new tests. For each nonempty prompt, assert that the expected draft-layer blocks exist before comparing their contents. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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Review comment at @tests/unittest/disaggregated/test_cache_transceiver_single_process.py at line 1254:
In the tests that set num_layers to include draft layers, assert that expected draft-layer blocks exist for each nonempty prompt before comparing transferred contents. Ensure this check covers both verify_all_requests and the Helix verifier so their missing-block skip paths cannot let absent draft data pass unnoticed.

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Major · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Give the asymmetric-TP cases draft pool views.

These cases advertise five draft layers, but make_page_table supplies only layers 0 and 1. Registration can pass without mapping a draft view. A regression in draft-view pairing under attention DP or asymmetric MLA TP would go unnoticed. Add at least one draft-owned view to each synthetic page table and assert its get_pool_mapping result. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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Review comment at @tests/unittest/disaggregated/test_peer.py at line 1931:
Update the asymmetric-TP test cases around make_page_table to include at least one draft-owned view in each synthetic page table, then assert its mapping through get_pool_mapping. Preserve the existing five-layer draft configuration and verify draft-view pairing for both attention-DP and asymmetric MLA-TP cases.

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[yuxianq]

@yihwang-nv, could you help to review this PR as trt-llm-torch-attention-devs? Thanks~

Assignment explanation

Components	runtime/kv-cache/lifecycle (34%); runtime/kv-cache/layout-io (23%); native-ops/attention (18%); kernels/auxiliary (10%); backends/trtllm (4%); backends/shared (2%); integration/attention-tests (9%)
Tags	algorithm:dense (100%); representation:mla (100%); phase:prefill (100%); features:quantization (45%); features:speculative-decoding (35%); features:paged-kv (20%)
PR effort	9 points — The supplied snapshot requires deep reasoning across shared draft-layer ownership, hybrid pool sizing, caller-quantized MLA inputs and parallel page-table copies. These interacting contracts justify 9 points independently of test volume; the assessment includes visible prerequisite changes in the stacked diff.
Importance	Important — Changes correctness-sensitive cache ownership, hybrid capacity allocation and FP8 attention input contracts. The pool-share equation and scratch charge affect available capacity; the native MLA path bypasses quantization under caller-managed scale assumptions, while CUDA page-table copying gains new chunk indexing.
Affinity (0–1)	0.449 component/tag match; 0.337 after PIC preference
Outstanding points at selection	26 → 35 (+9)
Points already reserved on this PR	0
Effective weight	1
Completed review points (preceding 168 hours)	34
Combined points after assignment	69
Demand-derived target	60.00 points (soft share)
Additional fair share before assignment	0.00 points
Share explanation	Whole PR / qualification or coverage constraint exceeds a soft share; assignment is allowed.
Selection rule	affinity with 0.3-share guard
Assignment scope (yihwang-nv)	all

Affinity and workload are snapshots at selection, not live counters. Existing reservations on this PR are counted once.