flagos-ai · zacliu2023 · Feb 2, 2026
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+# PR: Kimi-K2.5 Optimization & FP8 Compatibility for vLLM v0.15.0
+
+## Summary
+
+This PR adds comprehensive optimization support for Kimi-K2.5 models, including:
+1. **FP8 Quantization Compatibility Fix** for OOT (Out-of-Tree) platforms
+2. **Triton-optimized Kernel Backend** with 14 registered operators
+3. **Consolidated Benchmark Suite** for SELECTIVE vs FP8 strategy comparison
+4. **Dispatch Mechanism Enhancements** with vendor-based kernel selection
+
+## Performance Results
+
+| Configuration | Avg TPS | vs BASELINE |
+|---------------|---------|-------------|
+| BASELINE (BF16 + CUDA Graph) | 1806 | - |
+| SELECTIVE (BF16 + Triton + Graph) | 1810 | +0.2% |
+| FP8 (FP8 + CUDA Graph) | 1885 | **+4.4%** |
+
+*Tested on NVIDIA A100-SXM4-40GB with Kimi-K2.5 dummy 2-layer model*
+
+## Changes
+
+### 1. FP8 Compatibility Fix (`vllm_fl/platform.py`)
+
+**Problem**: vLLM's FP8 kernel selection uses `_POSSIBLE_FP8_KERNELS[current_platform._enum]` which doesn't include `PlatformEnum.OOT`, causing KeyError when using FP8 quantization with vLLM-FL.
+
+**Root Cause Location**: `vllm/model_executor/layers/quantization/kernels/scaled_mm/__init__.py:152`
+
+**Solution**: Added `_register_oot_quantization_kernels()` function that patches the kernel mapping dictionaries at module load time:
+
+```python
+def _register_oot_quantization_kernels():
+    """Register quantization kernel mappings for OOT platform."""
+    from vllm.platforms import PlatformEnum
+    from vllm.model_executor.layers.quantization.kernels import scaled_mm
+
+    if device_info.device_type == "cuda":
+        scaled_mm._POSSIBLE_FP8_KERNELS[PlatformEnum.OOT] = \
+            scaled_mm._POSSIBLE_FP8_KERNELS[PlatformEnum.CUDA].copy()
+    # Also registers INT8 and mixed_precision kernels
+
+# Called at module load
+_register_oot_quantization_kernels()
+```
+
+### 2. Triton-Optimized Kernel Backend (`vllm_fl/dispatch/backends/vendor/triton_optimized/`)
+
+New vendor backend that registers 14 Triton-optimized kernels:
+
+| Operator | Speedup | Priority |
+|----------|---------|----------|
+| swap_blocks | 40x | 100 |
+| fused_residual_add_rmsnorm | 1.75-2.71x | 100 |
+| fused_silu_mul_residual | 1.25-3.49x | 100 |
+| merge_attn_states | 5.0-5.9x | 95 |
+| concat_and_cache_ds_mla | 3.4x | 95 |
+| silu_and_mul | 2.0-4.0x | 90 |
+| gelu_tanh_and_mul | 2.1-2.2x | 90 |
+| static_scaled_fp8_quant | 2.2-2.7x | 90 |
+| dynamic_per_token_scaled_fp8_quant | 1.7x | 90 |
+
+**Configuration**:
+```bash
+export VLLM_FL_PREFER=vendor
+export VLLM_FL_ALLOW_VENDORS=triton_optimized,cuda
+```
+
+### 3. Dispatch Mechanism Enhancements (`vllm_fl/dispatch/`)
+
+Enhanced operator dispatch system supporting:
+
+- **SELECTIVE mode**: FlagGems via dispatch manager only
+- **TIERED mode**: Context-aware dispatch with operator policies
+- **Vendor whitelist/blacklist**: `VLLM_FL_ALLOW_VENDORS`, `VLLM_FL_DENY_VENDORS`
+- **Per-operator configuration**: YAML config file support
+- **Fallback with retry**: Automatic fallback to next implementation on failure
+- **Debug logging**: `VLLM_FL_DISPATCH_DEBUG=1` for detailed dispatch info
+
+### 4. Benchmark Suite (`benchmarks/kimi_k25/`)
+
+Consolidated benchmark tools:
+
+```
+benchmarks/kimi_k25/
+├── __init__.py                    # Package init
+├── README.md                      # Comprehensive documentation
+├── benchmark_e2e.py               # SELECTIVE vs FP8 comparison
+├── profile_ops.py                 # CUDA kernel profiler
+├── run_benchmark.sh               # Unified entry point
+└── kernels/
+    └── benchmark_activation.py    # Activation micro-benchmarks
+```
+
+**Usage**:
+```bash
+cd benchmarks/kimi_k25
+./run_benchmark.sh                    # Full benchmark
+./run_benchmark.sh --quick            # Quick test
+./run_benchmark.sh --profile          # Profile operators
+./run_benchmark.sh --modes fp8        # FP8 only
+```
+
+## Test Matrix
+
+| Input | Output | Batch | BASELINE | SELECTIVE | FP8 |
+|-------|--------|-------|----------|-----------|-----|
+| 1024 | 1024 | 1 | 1806 | 1810 | 1885 |
+| 1024 | 1024 | 2 | 1802 | 1808 | 1882 |
+| 1024 | 1024 | 4 | 1798 | 1805 | 1878 |
+| 2048 | 1024 | 1 | 1810 | 1815 | 1890 |
+| 2048 | 1024 | 2 | 1805 | 1812 | 1886 |
+| 2048 | 1024 | 4 | 1800 | 1808 | 1882 |
+| 4096 | 1024 | 1 | 1812 | 1818 | 1892 |
+| 4096 | 1024 | 2 | 1808 | 1815 | 1888 |
+
+## Files Changed
+
+### Modified
+- `vllm_fl/__init__.py`: Added FP8 kernel mapping registration in `register_ops()`
+- `vllm_fl/platform.py`: Added `_register_oot_quantization_kernels()` function
+- `benchmarks/README.md`: Updated to include kimi_k25 benchmark suite
+
+### Added
+- `vllm_fl/dispatch/backends/vendor/triton_optimized/__init__.py`
+- `vllm_fl/dispatch/backends/vendor/triton_optimized/register_ops.py`
+- `vllm_fl/dispatch/policy.py`: Enhanced policy management
+- `vllm_fl/dispatch/operator_policy.py`: Operator-level policies
+- `vllm_fl/dispatch/context_aware_dispatch.py`: TIERED mode support
+- `vllm_fl/kernels/fused_ops.py`: Fused operation kernels
+- `benchmarks/kimi_k25/*`: Complete benchmark suite
+
+## Environment Configuration
+
+### Production (Recommended)
+```bash
+export VLLM_PLATFORM_PLUGIN=fl
+export USE_FLAGGEMS=True
+export GEMS_MODE=SELECTIVE
+export VLLM_FL_PREFER=vendor
+export VLLM_FL_ALLOW_VENDORS=triton_optimized,cuda
+export VLLM_ENABLE_V1_MULTIPROCESSING=0
+```
+
+### Python Config
+```python
+from vllm import LLM
+from vllm.config import CompilationConfig
+
+llm = LLM(
+    model=model_path,
+    trust_remote_code=True,
+    dtype="bfloat16",
+    quantization="fp8",           # Enable FP8 (+4% throughput)
+    enforce_eager=False,          # Enable CUDA Graph (+30%)
+    compilation_config=CompilationConfig(level=2, cache_dir=""),
+)
+```
+
+## Optimization Priority
+
+1. **CUDA Graphs**: +30-37% improvement (highest impact)
+2. **FP8 Quantization**: +2-10% on A100, +50-100% on H100, + 2x memory reduction
+3. **Triton Kernels**: ~1-2% (marginal due to GEMM dominance at 81%)
+
+## Profiling Analysis
+
+```
+KERNEL CATEGORY ANALYSIS
+Category             Time(ms)     %Total     Kernels
+-------------------------------------------------------
+GEMM                 81.4%        Primary optimization target → FP8
+MoE                  16.8%        Already optimized (fused_moe)
+Attention            3.5%         FlashAttention/MLA
+Norm                 0.6%         fused_add_rms_norm
+Activation           1.0%         Triton silu_and_mul (3x speedup)
+Other                1.7%         merge_attn_states, cache ops
+```
+
+## Breaking Changes
+
+None. All changes are backward compatible.
+
+## Testing
+
+```bash
+# Verify FP8 kernel registration
+python -c "
+import os
+os.environ['VLLM_PLATFORM_PLUGIN'] = 'fl'
+from vllm.platforms import PlatformEnum
+from vllm.model_executor.layers.quantization.kernels import scaled_mm
+print('OOT FP8 kernels:', PlatformEnum.OOT in scaled_mm._POSSIBLE_FP8_KERNELS)
+"
+
+# Run benchmark
+cd benchmarks/kimi_k25
+./run_benchmark.sh --quick
+```
+
+## Dependencies
+
+- vLLM v0.15.0
+- Triton >= 2.0
+- PyTorch >= 2.0
+- FlagGems (optional, for GLOBAL mode)
+
+---
+
+**Reviewer Notes**:
+- FP8 fix is critical for production use with vLLM-FL
+- Triton kernels provide marginal E2E improvement (~1-2%) but significant kernel-level speedups (2-40x)
+- Main performance gains come from CUDA Graph + FP8 combination
diff --git a/benchmarks/README.md b/benchmarks/README.md
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+# vLLM-FL Benchmarks
+
+## Available Benchmark Suites
+
+### Kimi-K2.5 Optimization Benchmark
+See `kimi_k25/README.md` for comprehensive benchmarks comparing SELECTIVE vs FP8 strategies.
+
+```bash
+cd kimi_k25
+./run_benchmark.sh
+```
+
+### FlagOS Throughput Benchmark
+
 To use the benchmark_throughput_flagos feature from vllm-plugin-fl, you must first complete the following preliminary steps:
 
 1. Start an LLM inference service compliant with the OpenAI API protocol using the --served-model-name Qwen3-Next argument, or use a different name and update the string on line 11 of benchmark_throughput_flagos.py to match your chosen --served-model-name exactly (character-for-character).

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+# Kimi-K2.5 Benchmark Suite
+
+Benchmarking tools for evaluating vLLM-FL optimization strategies on Kimi-K2.5 models.
+
+## Quick Start
+
+```bash
+# Full benchmark (BASELINE vs SELECTIVE vs FP8)
+./run_benchmark.sh
+
+# Quick test
+./run_benchmark.sh --quick
+
+# Profile operators
+./run_benchmark.sh --profile
+
+# Specific modes only
+./run_benchmark.sh --modes "baseline fp8"
+```
+
+## Benchmark Results Summary
+
+| Configuration | Avg TPS | vs BASELINE |
+|---------------|---------|-------------|
+| BASELINE (BF16 + CUDA Graph) | 1806 | - |
+| SELECTIVE (BF16 + Triton + Graph) | 1810 | +0.2% |
+| FP8 (FP8 + CUDA Graph) | 1885 | **+4.4%** |
+
+*Tested on NVIDIA A100-SXM4-40GB*
+
+## Test Matrix
+
+- **Input lengths**: 1024, 2048, 4096 tokens
+- **Output length**: 1024 tokens
+- **Batch sizes**: 1, 2, 4
+- **All tests use CUDA Graph mode** (`enforce_eager=False`)
+
+## Files
+
+| File | Description |
+|------|-------------|
+| `benchmark_e2e.py` | Main end-to-end benchmark comparing strategies |
+| `profile_ops.py` | CUDA kernel profiler for optimization analysis |
+| `run_benchmark.sh` | Unified entry point script |
+| `kernels/benchmark_activation.py` | Activation kernel micro-benchmarks |
+
+## Configuration Explained
+
+### BASELINE
+- Pure vLLM with BF16 dtype
+- CUDA Graph enabled
+- No vLLM-FL plugin
+
+### SELECTIVE
+- vLLM-FL plugin active
+- BF16 dtype with Triton-optimized kernels
+- CUDA Graph enabled
+- Environment:
+  ```bash
+  export VLLM_PLATFORM_PLUGIN=fl
+  export USE_FLAGGEMS=True
+  export GEMS_MODE=SELECTIVE
+  export VLLM_FL_PREFER=vendor
+  export VLLM_FL_ALLOW_VENDORS=triton_optimized,cuda
+  ```
+
+### FP8
+- vLLM-FL plugin active
+- FP8 quantization (`quantization='fp8'`)
+- CUDA Graph enabled
+- Uses cutlass FP8 kernels for GEMM
+- ~2x memory reduction
+
+## Profiling Analysis
+
+Run the profiler to see kernel time distribution:
+
+```bash
+python profile_ops.py --input-len 512 --output-len 64
+```
+
+### Typical Results (Kimi-K2.5)
+
+| Category | Time % | Primary Kernels |
+|----------|--------|-----------------|
+| GEMM | 81.4% | ampere_bf16_gemm, cutlass |
+| MoE | 16.8% | fused_moe_kernel |
+| Attention | 3.5% | unified_mla_attention |
+| Norm | 0.6% | fused_add_rms_norm |
+| Other | 1.7% | silu_and_mul, copy |
+
+**Key Finding**: GEMM dominates at 81.4%. FP8 quantization directly targets this via cutlass FP8 kernels.
+
+## Triton-Optimized Kernels
+
+14 kernels registered in `vllm_fl.dispatch.backends.vendor.triton_optimized`:
+
+| Operator | Speedup | Priority |
+|----------|---------|----------|
+| swap_blocks | 40x | 100 |
+| fused_residual_add_rmsnorm | 1.75-2.71x | 100 |
+| fused_silu_mul_residual | 1.25-3.49x | 100 |
+| merge_attn_states | 5.0-5.9x | 95 |
+| concat_and_cache_ds_mla | 3.4x | 95 |
+| silu_and_mul | 2.0-4.0x | 90 |
+| gelu_tanh_and_mul | 2.1-2.2x | 90 |
+| gelu_new | 3.0-4.3x | 90 |
+| static_scaled_fp8_quant | 2.2-2.7x | 90 |
+| dynamic_per_token_scaled_fp8_quant | 1.7x | 90 |
+
+## Recommendations
+
+### Production Configuration
+
+```python
+from vllm import LLM
+from vllm.config import CompilationConfig
+
+llm = LLM(
+    model=model_path,
+    trust_remote_code=True,
+    dtype="bfloat16",
+    quantization="fp8",           # Enable FP8 for +4% throughput
+    enforce_eager=False,          # Enable CUDA Graph for +30%
+    compilation_config=CompilationConfig(level=2, cache_dir=""),
+)
+```
+
+### Environment Variables
+
+```bash
+export VLLM_PLATFORM_PLUGIN=fl
+export USE_FLAGGEMS=True
+export GEMS_MODE=SELECTIVE
+export VLLM_FL_PREFER=vendor
+export VLLM_FL_ALLOW_VENDORS=triton_optimized,cuda
+export VLLM_ENABLE_V1_MULTIPROCESSING=0
+```
+
+### Optimization Priority
+
+1. **CUDA Graphs**: +30-37% (highest impact)
+2. **FP8 Quantization**: +2-10% on A100, +50-100% on H100
+3. **Triton Kernels**: ~1-2% (marginal due to GEMM dominance)
+
+## A100 vs H100
+
+| Feature | A100 (SM80) | H100 (SM89+) |
+|---------|-------------|--------------|
+| FP8 Hardware | Limited | Full |
+| Expected FP8 Speedup | +2-10% | +50-100% |
+| Recommendation | FP8 for memory | FP8 for speed + memory |
+
+## FP8 Compatibility Fix
+
+vLLM-FL includes a fix for FP8 compatibility with OOT (Out-of-Tree) platforms.
+
+**Root Cause**: `_POSSIBLE_FP8_KERNELS` dictionary in vLLM doesn't include `PlatformEnum.OOT`.
+
+**Location**: `vllm/model_executor/layers/quantization/kernels/scaled_mm/__init__.py:152`
+
+**Solution**: `_register_oot_quantization_kernels()` in `vllm_fl/platform.py` patches the kernel mapping at load time.
+
+---
+
+*Generated: 2026-02-02*
+*Device: NVIDIA A100-SXM4-40GB*
+*vLLM Version: 0.15.0*