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Description

Summary. This PR backports FlashInfer commit 0102aa9f (flashinfer-ai/flashinfer#8684) unchanged. That commit fixes a deadlock in the KDA prefill decomposed route. TRT-LLM vendors kda_chunked_bt16.py at FlashInfer b8e81a7, which predates the fix.

Moving the pin past 0102aa9f would also pull in two other commits:

• 02b2bed8, which changes the Q/K L2 normalization.
• 40f281b5, which overlaps the existing compatibility patch.

So this PR carries the fix in the flashinfer-kda-bt16 compatibility patch instead, the same way #21908 carried the Small-BH fence. I regenerated the patch and lock digests with scripts/vendor/manage.py patch flashinfer-kda-bt16 refresh. A later pin bump to FlashInfer main absorbs this hunk.

Symptom. kernel_chain_dv2, the chain kernel of the KDA prefill decomposed route (kda_chunked_bt16.py), can deadlock. When it does, one CTA never finishes and every other TP rank waits at the next collective. The auto route picks the decomposed path whenever 2 * sequences * heads fits the SMs. GLM-5.3-Flash at TP4 (16 KDA heads per rank, FP32 state) hits that range for prefill batches of up to 4 sequences. Under serving load (alternating 1- and 8-request 13K-token prefills on 4x B200) the server hung 3 out of 3 times.

Root cause. Warp 12 commits stateq_done(c) before it waits on the single-slot update_ready barrier for chunk c. Nothing that completes update_ready for chunk c + 1 depends on warp 12 passing that wait. So if warp 12 is delayed between the commit and the wait, the CG warps and warp 13 can finish chunk c + 1 as well. update_ready then completes twice and its phase parity returns to the value warp 12 is waiting on. Warp 12 waits forever, and everything else waits on its stateq_done(c + 1).

A GPU coredump of a hung server matches this exactly. One CTA had all 16 warps in mbarrier try-wait, with these barrier addresses and parities:

• warp 12: update_ready, parity 1;
• CG warps: stateq_done[0], parity 0;
• warp 13: state_input_ready_l, parity 1;
• warps 0-3: qstate_acc_ready[1], parity 1.

That is the state after the interleaving above at chunk c = 4k - 1.

Fix. Give update_ready two slots, indexed by chunk % 2 with parity (chunk // 2) % 2. The CG warps arrive for chunk c + 2 only after stateq_done(c + 1), which warp 12 commits after its wait for chunk c. So a slot cannot complete twice ahead of warp 12. The engine kernel is not affected: its only update_ready waiter also issues the MMA that gates the next chunk's arrivals.

Test Coverage

No unit test is added: the hang needs warp 12 to stall at one specific point, which a test cannot force without instrumenting the kernel (the upstream PR makes the same call). Verified on B200 with the file's standalone checker (--mode decomp --run-kernel, compared against the torch reference).

Forced repro. A local test-only edit makes warp 12 sleep 50 us between its stateq_done commit and its update_ready wait on every 64th chunk.

Case	Before	After
H16 B1 T13312, no delay	pass	pass
H16 B1 T13312, with delay	hangs (on the 64-chunk warm-up launch; killed after 300 s and 600 s)	pass
H16 B1 T4096 and H16 B4 T2048, with delay	—	pass

Correctness of the fixed kernel without the delay (all compared with the reference):

• decomp, FP32 state, H16 B1, T = 1, 15, 16, 17, 33, 100, 1000, 13312, 32768
• decomp, FP32 state, H16 B4, T = 17, 64, 3000
• decomp, FP32 state, H32 B2, T = 100, 8192
• decomp, BF16 state, H16 B2, T = 100, 5000
• decomp with no initial state and an FP32 gate, T = 300, 13312
• auto route: H16 B1 T13312 (decomp) and H64 B4 T2000 (engine)

Timing. Decomposed route, median of 500 runs, three interleaved rounds, in microseconds. The difference is within noise.

Shape	Before	After
H16 B1 T2048	119.3 / 112.4 / 111.8	112.0 / 113.5 / 113.3
H16 B1 T13312	495.0 / 494.9 / 496.3	505.3 / 495.5 / 495.6

Existing CI coverage of this kernel: tests/unittest/_torch/modules/kimi_kda/test_kda_flashinfer_prefill.py and test_kda_prefill_op.py, and tests/unittest/_torch/modeling_v2/models/kimi_k3_vl/ops/ssm/test_modeling_v2_kda_prefill.py.

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Components	kernels/linear (95%); integration/dependencies (5%)
Tags	algorithm:linear (100%); phase:prefill (100%)
PR effort	8 points — The narrow diff changes a cross-warp synchronization contract. Review requires proving safe slot reuse and phase rollover for both waiters, peeled chunk zero, and steady-state producer arrivals; this demands deep concurrency reasoning.
Importance	Important — Sensitive kernel liveness change: replacing a single barrier with two slots and per-slot phase arithmetic addresses a missed-completion deadlock around qstate and delta MMA operations.
Affinity (0–1)	0.349 component/tag match; 0.262 after PIC preference
Outstanding points at selection	39 → 47 (+8)
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Walkthrough

The KDA vendor patch adds indexed recurrent-state access and updates DV2 barrier synchronization. The local DV2 kernel uses a two-slot update-ready barrier, and the vendor lock records updated digests.

Changes

KDA kernel updates

Layer / File(s)	Summary
KDA state access and DV2 barrier synchronization 3rdparty/vendor_patches/flashinfer-kda-bt16.patch, tensorrt_llm/_torch/attention/kernels/blackwell/kimi_k3_kda/kda_chunked_bt16.py, 3rdparty/vendor_sources.lock.yaml	The vendor patch adds indexed recurrent-state access, CUDA graph capture checks, a K1 shared-memory fence, and active-device SM-count scheduling. The DV2 kernel uses two update-ready barrier slots, selected by chunk parity, with phase derived from the chunk. The vendor lock records updated patch and source digests.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant CG0
  participant CG1
  participant update_ready_mbar
  participant warp12
  participant warp13
  CG0->>update_ready_mbar: Publish readiness to slot 0 for chunk 0
  CG1->>update_ready_mbar: Publish readiness to chunk % 2 slot
  warp12->>update_ready_mbar: Wait on chunk % 2 at phase (chunk // 2) % 2
  warp13->>update_ready_mbar: Wait on chunk % 2 at phase (chunk // 2) % 2

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Suggested reviewers: juney-nvidia, jiaganc

Merge Risk: Moderate · up to 48a30

The barrier deadlock fix looks sound. The new indexed recurrent-state path can write past its automatically allocated state output when called directly with an index beyond the batch size. The production caller supplies an explicit pool, so exposure is limited. Fix the allocation or require an explicit output before merging.

Architecture risk: Low · up to 48a30

The change affects 2 systems.

Changed systems: tensorrt_llm, 3rdparty

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Systems and components

• observed — tensorrt_llm (service) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.
• observed — 3rdparty (service) was modified; 2 changed files map to changed impact.

Before / after behavior

• observed — Modified behavior in 3rdparty/vendor_patches/flashinfer-kda-bt16.patch: kernel_chain_dv2 replaces its single update_ready_mbar with two initialized slots. Waits select chunk % 2 and use phase (chunk // 2) % 2; arrivals select the corresponding chunk-parity slot, with peeled chunk-zero arrivals using slot 0. The separate per-waiter phase counters are removed.
• observed — Modified behavior in 3rdparty/vendor_sources.lock.yaml: The flashinfer-kda-bt16 entry’s patch_digest and digest values were updated.
• observed — Modified behavior in tensorrt_llm/_torch/attention/kernels/blackwell/kimi_k3_kda/kda_chunked_bt16.py: kernel_chain_dv2 expands update_ready_mbar from one slot to two, with a comment documenting that warp 12 can see two stateq completions before polling the barrier.
• observed — Modified behavior in tensorrt_llm/_torch/attention/kernels/blackwell/kimi_k3_kda/kda_chunked_bt16.py: Barrier initialization now initializes both update_ready_mbar slots for eight arrivals each, replacing initialization of the single barrier.

Pre-merge checks: 4

Check name	Status	Explanation
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The title names the main change: making update_ready a two-slot (double-buffered) barrier in the KDA decomposed chain kernel to fix a deadlock. It follows the repository's [ticket][type] Summary format using [None][fix]. The title is specific and matches the changeset, which adds the two-slot barrier in the flashinfer-kda-bt16 patch and the kda_chunked_bt16.py kernel.

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The description follows the repository template in substance. It has a Description section that explains the issue (a deadlock in the KDA decomposed chain kernel), its root cause, and the fix (two-slot update_ready barrier, carried via the flashinfer-kda-bt16 patch). It has a Test Coverage section that lists the forced-reproduction results, correctness checks, timing data, and existing CI tests. The PR Checklist is present and checked. The author did not use the template's title format, but the title is not part of the description body. Minor gaps: the description does not state whether the change needs an api-compatible or api-breaking label, and it does not say whether documentation or CODEOWNERS were reviewed. These gaps are not critical.

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Major · Size the automatic state output for indexed slots. · flashinfer-kda-bt16.patch:292

3rdparty/vendor_patches/flashinfer-kda-bt16.patch:292
Major · Data Integrity & Integration · Quick win

Size the automatic state output for indexed slots.

With state_indices set and return_state=True, chunk_kda_fwd_k2 allocates state_output with b rows. The kernel writes the row selected by state_indices[b_idx]. When the selected index is at or beyond b, the write falls outside the allocated tensor. For example, one sequence with state_indices=[1] writes row 1 of a one-row output. The wrapper does not validate the indices against the output size, and direct calls reach this path.

Require an explicit state_output when state_indices is set. Alternatively, size the automatic output from the input pool so it covers every selected slot.

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Review comment at @3rdparty/vendor_patches/flashinfer-kda-bt16.patch at line 292:
Update chunk_kda_fwd_k2 so state_indices cannot cause writes beyond state_output: when return_state is enabled, either require an explicit state_output for indexed slots or size the automatic output to cover every selected index, including indices beyond the batch row count. Preserve safe behavior for direct calls and ensure the chosen approach prevents out-of-bounds writes.

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3rdparty/vendor_patches/flashinfer-kda-bt16.patch: 1

9-13: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Poor tradeoff

Move the upstream barrier fix out of the compatibility patch.

The update_ready_mbar two-slot fix is FlashInfer commit 0102aa9f. This patch carries it. The vendor contract allows a persistent patch only for TensorRT-LLM-specific changes that do not belong upstream.

Advance the flashinfer-kda-bt16 pin to an eligible upstream commit that contains 0102aa9f, using scripts/vendor/manage.py. Then regenerate the patch so it keeps only the TensorRT-LLM-specific changes, such as the Small-BH indexed state-pool changes. If no eligible pin is available, keep the carry only as a documented temporary exception.

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Review comment at @3rdparty/vendor_patches/flashinfer-kda-bt16.patch around lines 9 - 13:
Move the two-slot update_ready_mbar change out of the persistent compatibility patch by advancing the flashinfer-kda-bt16 vendor pin to an eligible upstream commit containing 0102aa9f, then regenerate the patch to retain only TensorRT-LLM-specific changes such as the Small-BH indexed state-pool changes. If no eligible pin is available, keep the change only as a documented temporary exception.

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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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Outside diff comments:
Review comments at @3rdparty/vendor_patches/flashinfer-kda-bt16.patch:
- Line 292: Update chunk_kda_fwd_k2 so state_indices cannot cause writes beyond
state_output: when return_state is enabled, either require an explicit
state_output for indexed slots or size the automatic output to cover every
selected index, including indices beyond the batch row count. Preserve safe
behavior for direct calls and ensure the chosen approach prevents out-of-bounds
writes.

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Nitpick comments:
Review comments at @3rdparty/vendor_patches/flashinfer-kda-bt16.patch:
- Around line 9-13: Move the two-slot update_ready_mbar change out of the
persistent compatibility patch by advancing the flashinfer-kda-bt16 vendor pin
to an eligible upstream commit containing 0102aa9f, then regenerate the patch to
retain only TensorRT-LLM-specific changes such as the Small-BH indexed
state-pool changes. If no eligible pin is available, keep the change only as a
documented temporary exception.

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