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[TRTLLM-15944][feat] Enable SWA scratch reuse for Gemma3/4 with TRTLLM attention - #20971
Enable SWA scratch-slot reuse by default for Gemma3 and Gemma4 text models using the TRTLLM attention backend and KV cache manager V2. Long prefills can reuse temporary KV storage across sliding-window layers, reducing KV memory pressure.
This change corrects per-layer page-table extents so attention can read every valid page. It also avoids uploading the full page table for batches without active scratch slots.
Explicit opt-out remains supported through kv_cache_config.enable_swa_scratch_reuse=False. Defaults remain off for multimodal models and Gemma4 external shared-KV MTP. FlashInfer rejects explicit scratch enablement, and Gemma4 validates shared-KV writer ordering.
Test coverage
Added tests cover:
Scratch ON/OFF output parity across prefill, decode, cached-prefix reuse and CUDA-graph replay.
Page-table conversion and bounds, including full pools, pool resizing and quantized KV caches.
Model defaults, explicit opt-out and unsupported configurations.
GPU coverage is registered in the B200 and H100 L0 test lists.
B200 throughput experiment
Cap total GPU bytes available to the KV cache to create memory pressure. Compare scratch ON versus OFF within each setup:
Cap only: Leave pool_ratio unset and use free_gpu_memory_fraction; the initial pool split assumes an average ISL of 2K.
Cap + pinned ratio: Pin pool_ratio using an expected ISL of 8K.
All five Gemma4 variants use their default TRTLLM attention backend. Percentages show throughput change with scratch ON versus OFF.
Model
Cap only
Cap + pinned ratio
E2B
−0.1%
+59.6%
E4B
−1.2%
+37.9%
12B
+0.8%
+8.6%
26B-A4B
−1.1%
+11.3%
31B
−0.1%
+6.9%
Dev Engineer Review
The change adds bounded per-layer KV page-table conversion and a pinned-host-table copy path for batches without scratch slots. It also adjusts page-index bounds for per-layer tables. Verify converter offsets, pool resizing, and copy behavior when no scratch slots are active.
Gemma3 and Gemma4 text models enable SWA scratch reuse under specified backend and device conditions. Multimodal Gemma4 and external shared-KV MTP keep it disabled. FlashInfer rejects enabled reuse, and Gemma4 validates shared-KV writer ordering. Verify explicit backend overrides and the opt-out. Review severity counts are unavailable. CI reported one successful run and one failed run; failure details were not supplied.
QA Engineer Review
Tests cover per-layer page-table conversion and bounds, scratch-slot behavior, pool resizing, FlashInfer rejection, Gemma4 shared-KV validation, model defaults, and output parity across prefill, decode, cached-prefix reuse, and CUDA-graph replay.
The B200 CI list includes test_swa_scratch_page_tables.py, test_gemma_swa_scratch.py, and test_modeling_gemma4.py. The H100 CI list includes test_gemma_swa_scratch.py. The CPU and A10 CI lists include test_llm_args.py. The supplied search found no manual-QA registration for these changed tests. Coverage verdict: needs follow-up, because the supplied CI results include a failure without failure details. Test execution results for the listed behaviors are unavailable.
cpp/tensorrt_llm/batch_manager/kvCacheManagerV2Utils.h: Declares the conversion function. Verify that the declaration matches the implementation and callers.
cpp/tensorrt_llm/nanobind/batch_manager/kvCacheManagerV2Utils.cpp: Adds the Python binding. Verify tensor and stream argument handling.
tensorrt_llm/_torch/attention/backends/flashinfer.py: Rejects SWA scratch reuse with KV cache manager V2. Verify that metadata initialization raises the intended error.
tensorrt_llm/_torch/attention/backends/fmha/phased.py: Adjusts page-index bounds for per-layer converters. Verify bounds for shared and per-layer tables.
tensorrt_llm/_torch/models/modeling_gemma3.py: Adds model defaults for scratch reuse. Verify backend, device, and opt-out conditions.
tensorrt_llm/_torch/models/modeling_gemma4.py: Adds scratch-reuse defaults and shared-KV writer validation. Verify external shared-KV MTP and explicit backend configurations.
tensorrt_llm/_torch/models/modeling_gemma4mm.py: Disables scratch reuse for multimodal Gemma4. Verify inherited defaults.
tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/kv_cache/kv_cache_manager_v2.py: Adds a direct pinned-host copy path for no-scratch batches and forwards the block limit to conversion. Verify bounded writes and fallback paths.
tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_b200.yml: Adds the page-table, Gemma scratch, and Gemma4 tests to B200 CI.
tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_h100.yml: Adds the Gemma scratch test to H100 CI.
tests/unittest/_torch/attention/test_combined_fmha.py: Sets the test manager to shared-page-table mode for existing page-bound coverage. CI-list registration was not found in the supplied search.
tests/unittest/_torch/attention/test_flashinfer_attention.py: Adds a CPU test for rejecting unsupported FlashInfer configuration. CI-list registration was not found in the supplied search.
tests/unittest/_torch/attention/test_fmha_page_index.py: Adds shared and per-layer bound checks with converter expansion. CI-list registration was not found in the supplied search.
tests/unittest/_torch/attention/test_prims_ts_fmha.py: Sets the test manager to shared-page-table mode. CI-list registration was not found in the supplied search.
tests/unittest/_torch/attention/test_swa_scratch_page_tables.py: Covers conversion, slot bounds, resizing, and bounded writes. Listed in B200 CI.
tests/unittest/_torch/modeling/test_gemma_swa_scratch.py: Covers Gemma scratch-reuse parity across execution modes and cache configurations. Listed in B200 and H100 CI.
tests/unittest/_torch/modeling/test_modeling_gemma4.py: Covers shared-KV writer validation. Listed in B200 CI.
tests/unittest/llmapi/test_llm_args.py: Covers Gemma defaults and opt-out behavior. Listed in CPU and A10 CI.
8 points — Adds a KV transfer path supporting scratch reuse alongside an extent correction and backend validation. Review requires tracing pool-root addressing across CUDA, Python conversion, bindings and FMHA. K/V role mapping, sentinel preservation, expansion and bounded copies warrant deep contract review; omitted wiring limits certainty.
Importance
Important — The new gather changes how attention receives physical KV page indices, while FMHA changes their valid extent using layer_offset * expansion. Incorrect translation or bounds can select invalid KV storage; bypassing full-table uploads also changes a performance-sensitive path.
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The change adds per-layer KV-cache block-offset conversion paths and updates SWA scratch-reuse defaults and checks for Gemma models. New tests cover page-table behavior, attention constraints, Gemma execution, and cache reuse.
A CUDA utility and Python binding convert block offsets using per-layer pool IDs, scales, and offsets. The cache manager stores converter data for the compiled path.
Gemma defaults set scratch reuse according to model variant and attention backend. FlashInfer and unsupported TRT-LLM architectures reject the option, and Gemma 4 checks shared-KV scratch sources. Tests cover defaults and attention constraints.
Gemma tests compare execution with scratch reuse enabled and disabled across prefill, decode, graph capture, cache dtypes, and reused prefixes. Integration lists include the scratch tests.
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Measure repeated host reads in the per-layer kernel.
The kernel reads pinned host indices once for every output layer and role. The selected pool can vary by layer and role, so only entries that select the same pool and row repeat the same source read.
This path can generate substantial host traffic for batches with many layers and long sequences. Measure it on a decode-heavy batch. If it matters, gather each (pool, row, block) once into device memory, then apply the layer-specific scale and offset from device memory.
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Measure host-read traffic in copyPerLayerBlockOffsetsToDeviceKernel on a
decode-heavy batch; if it is significant, gather each unique (pool, row, block)
source value once into device memory, then apply each layer and role’s scale and
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…h TRTLLM attention backend
Enable scratch reuse for Gemma3 and Gemma4 text models using TRTLLM
attention. Preserve explicit overrides and keep multimodal and external
shared-KV MTP defaults disabled.
Use pool-root extents for per-layer attention views and gather page tables
directly from pinned host memory with bounded writes. Reject unsupported
FlashInfer scratch use and validate Gemma4 shared-KV writer ordering.
Add coverage for default resolution, page-table bounds, prefix reuse,
prefill/decode parity, quantized KV caches, and CUDA graph replay.
Register GPU tests on B200 and H100.
Signed-off-by: Yueh-Ting Chen <yuehtingc@nvidia.com>
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Requesting changes on the new scratch default (the page-table code itself looks right): it drops shared-prefix reuse for SWA layers and moves Gemma3 text models to per-layer tables. It also needs a rebase and CI re-run on top of #20736, which merged today.
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Defaulting scratch on also changes prefix reuse. Under the default all_reusable policy, a request sharing only the system prompt with an earlier one reuses up to the fork, but scratch blocks never get a page, so BlockRadixTree::pruneMatch cuts that match to 0 (main's kvcache.md, Branch Snapshots). E.g. window 512 and a 1500-token shared system prompt with different turns: the second request reuses 1472 tokens with scratch off, 0 with it on. The new test only covers a continuation, which is unaffected. Was the default checked on a shared-prefix workload? If not, could it stay opt-in while block reuse is on (Gemma4 too)?
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With the new default, Gemma3 text models move from pooled to per-layer page tables (_use_per_layer_page_tables, L2434), so this becomes their decode path. Two costs the B200 table (Gemma4 only) does not show: this gather reads one int32 from pinned host memory per (layer, K/V, seq, block), about 13 MB per step vs 2 MB pooled (26 layers, 256 seqs at 8K), and the per-layer buffers (kv_cache_block_offsets plus the staging at L2765) take about 1.3 GB for gemma-3-1b-it at default settings vs 32 MB pooled. Could you add gemma-3-1b decode ITL and KV capacity numbers, default on vs off?
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Description
Enable SWA scratch-slot reuse by default for Gemma3 and Gemma4 text models using the TRTLLM attention backend and KV cache manager V2. Long prefills can reuse temporary KV storage across sliding-window layers, reducing KV memory pressure.
This change corrects per-layer page-table extents so attention can read every valid page. It also avoids uploading the full page table for batches without active scratch slots.
Explicit opt-out remains supported through
kv_cache_config.enable_swa_scratch_reuse=False. Defaults remain off for multimodal models and Gemma4 external shared-KV MTP. FlashInfer rejects explicit scratch enablement, and Gemma4 validates shared-KV writer ordering.Test coverage
Added tests cover:
GPU coverage is registered in the B200 and H100 L0 test lists.
B200 throughput experiment
Cap total GPU bytes available to the KV cache to create memory pressure. Compare scratch ON versus OFF within each setup:
pool_ratiounset and usefree_gpu_memory_fraction; the initial pool split assumes an average ISL of 2K.pool_ratiousing an expected ISL of 8K.All five Gemma4 variants use their default TRTLLM attention backend. Percentages show throughput change with scratch ON versus OFF.
Dev Engineer Review
The change adds bounded per-layer KV page-table conversion and a pinned-host-table copy path for batches without scratch slots. It also adjusts page-index bounds for per-layer tables. Verify converter offsets, pool resizing, and copy behavior when no scratch slots are active.
Gemma3 and Gemma4 text models enable SWA scratch reuse under specified backend and device conditions. Multimodal Gemma4 and external shared-KV MTP keep it disabled. FlashInfer rejects enabled reuse, and Gemma4 validates shared-KV writer ordering. Verify explicit backend overrides and the opt-out. Review severity counts are unavailable. CI reported one successful run and one failed run; failure details were not supplied.
QA Engineer Review
Tests cover per-layer page-table conversion and bounds, scratch-slot behavior, pool resizing, FlashInfer rejection, Gemma4 shared-KV validation, model defaults, and output parity across prefill, decode, cached-prefix reuse, and CUDA-graph replay.
The B200 CI list includes
test_swa_scratch_page_tables.py,test_gemma_swa_scratch.py, andtest_modeling_gemma4.py. The H100 CI list includestest_gemma_swa_scratch.py. The CPU and A10 CI lists includetest_llm_args.py. The supplied search found no manual-QA registration for these changed tests. Coverage verdict: needs follow-up, because the supplied CI results include a failure without failure details. Test execution results for the listed behaviors are unavailable.Per-File QA Perspective
cpp/tensorrt_llm/batch_manager/kvCacheManagerV2Utils.cu: Adds bounded device-side per-layer page-table conversion. Verify converter handling, invalid-page preservation, and zero-element behavior.cpp/tensorrt_llm/batch_manager/kvCacheManagerV2Utils.h: Declares the conversion function. Verify that the declaration matches the implementation and callers.cpp/tensorrt_llm/nanobind/batch_manager/kvCacheManagerV2Utils.cpp: Adds the Python binding. Verify tensor and stream argument handling.tensorrt_llm/_torch/attention/backends/flashinfer.py: Rejects SWA scratch reuse with KV cache manager V2. Verify that metadata initialization raises the intended error.tensorrt_llm/_torch/attention/backends/fmha/phased.py: Adjusts page-index bounds for per-layer converters. Verify bounds for shared and per-layer tables.tensorrt_llm/_torch/models/modeling_gemma3.py: Adds model defaults for scratch reuse. Verify backend, device, and opt-out conditions.tensorrt_llm/_torch/models/modeling_gemma4.py: Adds scratch-reuse defaults and shared-KV writer validation. Verify external shared-KV MTP and explicit backend configurations.tensorrt_llm/_torch/models/modeling_gemma4mm.py: Disables scratch reuse for multimodal Gemma4. Verify inherited defaults.tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/kv_cache/kv_cache_manager_v2.py: Adds a direct pinned-host copy path for no-scratch batches and forwards the block limit to conversion. Verify bounded writes and fallback paths.tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_b200.yml: Adds the page-table, Gemma scratch, and Gemma4 tests to B200 CI.tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_h100.yml: Adds the Gemma scratch test to H100 CI.tests/unittest/_torch/attention/test_combined_fmha.py: Sets the test manager to shared-page-table mode for existing page-bound coverage. CI-list registration was not found in the supplied search.tests/unittest/_torch/attention/test_flashinfer_attention.py: Adds a CPU test for rejecting unsupported FlashInfer configuration. CI-list registration was not found in the supplied search.tests/unittest/_torch/attention/test_fmha_page_index.py: Adds shared and per-layer bound checks with converter expansion. CI-list registration was not found in the supplied search.tests/unittest/_torch/attention/test_prims_ts_fmha.py: Sets the test manager to shared-page-table mode. CI-list registration was not found in the supplied search.tests/unittest/_torch/attention/test_swa_scratch_page_tables.py: Covers conversion, slot bounds, resizing, and bounded writes. Listed in B200 CI.tests/unittest/_torch/modeling/test_gemma_swa_scratch.py: Covers Gemma scratch-reuse parity across execution modes and cache configurations. Listed in B200 and H100 CI.tests/unittest/_torch/modeling/test_modeling_gemma4.py: Covers shared-KV writer validation. Listed in B200 CI.tests/unittest/llmapi/test_llm_args.py: Covers Gemma defaults and opt-out behavior. Listed in CPU and A10 CI.