Add nvfp4 quantizer files#907
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This pull request introduces NVFP4 (E2M1) quantization support for MoE expert GEMMs, featuring 1D block scaling and a conversion tool for Hugging Face checkpoints. The review identifies high-severity issues regarding potential division by zero in the quantization logic when processing zero-valued weight blocks, which could lead to NaN values. Other feedback points to potential memory exhaustion (OOM) during global scale collection on GPUs, significant code duplication between the processor and the conversion tool, and the need for better resource management using context managers for file I/O.
| encode_scale = torch.div(1.0, decode_scale.to(torch.float32) * global_decode_scale) | ||
| scaled = weight_blocks * encode_scale |
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Potential division by zero when a block of weights contains only zeros. If vec_max is 0, decode_scale becomes 0, leading to encode_scale being inf and scaled being NaN (since 0 * inf = NaN). This can be fixed by handling the zero case for decode_scale using torch.where.
| encode_scale = torch.div(1.0, decode_scale.to(torch.float32) * global_decode_scale) | |
| scaled = weight_blocks * encode_scale | |
| decode_scale_f32 = decode_scale.to(torch.float32) | |
| encode_scale = torch.where(decode_scale_f32 > 0, 1.0 / (decode_scale_f32 * global_decode_scale), torch.zeros_like(decode_scale_f32)) | |
| scaled = weight_blocks * encode_scale |
| encode_scale = torch.div(1.0, decode_scale.to(torch.float32) * global_decode_scale) | ||
| scaled = weight_blocks * encode_scale |
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Potential division by zero when a block of weights contains only zeros. If vec_max is 0, decode_scale becomes 0, leading to encode_scale being inf and scaled being NaN (since 0 * inf = NaN). This can be fixed by handling the zero case for decode_scale using torch.where.
| encode_scale = torch.div(1.0, decode_scale.to(torch.float32) * global_decode_scale) | |
| scaled = weight_blocks * encode_scale | |
| decode_scale_f32 = decode_scale.to(torch.float32) | |
| encode_scale = torch.where(decode_scale_f32 > 0, 1.0 / (decode_scale_f32 * global_decode_scale), torch.zeros_like(decode_scale_f32)) | |
| scaled = weight_blocks * encode_scale |
| config_path = os.path.join(model_dir, "config.json") | ||
| if not os.path.exists(config_path): | ||
| raise ValueError("config.json is required to use --keep-first-n or --keep-last-n.") | ||
| cfg = json.load(open(config_path)) |
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Use a with statement when opening files to ensure they are properly closed, even if an exception occurs. This applies to other occurrences in this file as well (e.g., lines 463, 465, 473).
| cfg = json.load(open(config_path)) | |
| with open(config_path) as f: | |
| cfg = json.load(f) |
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| def cast_to_fp4x2(x: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor: |
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The quantization logic (cast_to_fp4x2, _quantize_nvfp4_1d, quantize_nvfp4) is duplicated between this file and miles/backends/megatron_utils/megatron_to_hf/processors/quantizer_nvfp4.py. This increases maintenance overhead and the risk of bugs. Consider moving these functions to a shared utility module.
| for filename in safetensors_files: | ||
| with safetensors.safe_open(os.path.join(input_path, filename), framework="pt", device=device) as f: | ||
| for key in f.keys(): | ||
| tensor = f.get_tensor(key) |
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In _collect_shared_global_amax, tensors are loaded onto the specified device (which could be GPU) without explicit memory management. For large models, this can lead to Out-Of-Memory (OOM) errors as the PyTorch caching allocator might not release memory quickly enough. Consider adding del tensor and torch.cuda.empty_cache() inside the loop if the device is CUDA, or performing this calculation on CPU.
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Upload nvfp4 quantizer files from #546 for future NVFP4 integration.
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w1andw3share the same fp32 scales to match SGLang requirement: https://github.com/sgl-project/sglang/blob/c4240218cbf3656862f11748a4530da5dbc30f86/python/sglang/srt/layers/quantization/modelopt_quant.py#L1698-L1705