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• Refactors Kimi K3 dense and shared-expert MLP paths to use GatedMLP with SituAndMul.
• Adds conditional tensor-parallel sharding and combined direct-MoE reductions.
• Preserves communication-backed reductions, FP8 weight loading, FP32 router bias handling, and latent materialization before RMSNorm.
• Updates TP-aware KDA and MLA reductions, indexed state pools, FP8 decode finalization, padded MLA head loading, and checkpoint slicing.
• Moves reusable SiTU activation code to tensorrt_llm/_torch/modules/situ.py.
• Moves reference Kimi K3 MLP and routing code into test utilities.
• Removes obsolete production Kimi K3 MLP, RMSNorm, and gate modules.
• Adds validation for unsupported routing configurations.
• Adds the Kimi K3 MLP test to the B200 pre-merge test list.
• Review areas include TP rank and reduction behavior, FP8 loading and decode paths, _Fp8BlockScaleWeightReadLinear API compatibility, normalization ordering, and checkpoint slicing.
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Changed test functions include:

• Added test_gated_mlp_supports_fused_situ.
• Added test_kimi_k3_moe_output_matches_reference_across_parallel_modes.
• Added test_kimi_k3_dense_layer_uses_gated_mlp.
• Renamed test_fused_routing_matches_eager to test_fused_routing_matches_eager_reference.
• Removed test_mutation_controls_disable_fused_routing.
• Removed test_ineligible_configs_disable_fused_routing.
• Added test_invalid_config_rejected_by_production_routing.
• Added coverage for non-contiguous input rejection in situ_and_mul.
• Updated SiTU and MoE routing tests and reference utilities.

Coverage status:

• test_kimi_k3_mlp.py is listed in tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_b200.yml.
• test_kimi_k3_moe_gate.py, test_kimi_k3_situ_and_mul.py, and test_kimi_k3_situ_moe.py are not listed in the reported CI or manual-QA test lists.

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Description

Refactor the Kimi K3 dense and shared-expert MLP paths to reuse TRT-LLM's standard GatedMLP with the K3 SiTU activation instead of maintaining a separate production MLP implementation.

• Tensor-parallelize the first dense MLP and shared experts when attention data parallelism is disabled; keep them replicated when attention data parallelism assigns different tokens to each rank. Dense MLP TP uses a node-local divisor of the intermediate size when the full TP size does not divide it.
• For direct MoE TP, overlap the shared and routed branches, concatenate their partial outputs, and issue one all-reduce before splitting the shared hidden-width result from the routed latent result. Communication-backed MoE paths retain the independent shared-expert reduction.
• Preserve the optional Kimi K3 FP8 weight-read path through a linear-compatible wrapper, keep the router correction bias in FP32, and materialize the routed latent slice before FlashInfer RMSNorm.
• Move SituAndMul into the shared modules package, colocate production Kimi K3 helpers with the model implementation, and move the legacy/reference sparse-MoE implementation into the unit-test tree.

This removes duplicated production MLP code while preserving checkpoint loading, FP8 conversion, attention-DP behavior, and the required ordering around routed-expert normalization and projection.

Test Coverage

• Pre-commit hooks passed on the complete final diff.
• python3 -m py_compile passed for the changed Python modules and tests.
• Clean B200 build passed for CUDA architecture 100-real.
• Changed Kimi K3 unit tests: 64 passed on B200.
• Added or updated behavioral coverage for fused SiTU GatedMLP, dense/shared reduction-mode selection, TP shard loading, FP32 router bias, and the attention-DP replicated paths.

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tensorrt_llm/_torch/models/modeling_kimi_linear.py (1)

942-950: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Consider one helper for both latent projections.

_routed_up_projection and the inline down-projection branch on Lines 1044-1051 repeat the same rule: use dsv3_fused_a_gemm_op only when the module is still nn.Linear and the env switch is off. A shared helper that takes the projection module removes the duplicate condition and keeps both sides aligned when the FP8 conversion changes.

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In `@tensorrt_llm/_torch/models/modeling_kimi_linear.py` around lines 942 - 950,
Introduce a shared projection helper for the latent projection path,
parameterized by the projection module, that uses dsv3_fused_a_gemm_op only when
the disable switch is off and the module is an nn.Linear, otherwise invoking the
module directly. Update _routed_up_projection and the inline down-projection
branch to use this helper so both paths remain consistent.

tensorrt_llm/_torch/modules/situ.py (1)

84-107: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Guard the last-dim stride assumption in the custom op.

The kernel derives only x_stride(0) and then indexes offsets and offsets + d directly. That is correct only when the last dimension is contiguous. torch.ops.trtllm.situ_and_mul is a public op, and SituAndMul.forward passes the result of reshape, which can return a non-contiguous view for an already 2-D input. Add an explicit check so a mis-strided input fails instead of producing wrong numerics.

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     b, n = x.shape
 
     assert n % 2 == 0
+    assert x.stride(1) == 1, "situ_and_mul requires a contiguous last dimension"
     d = n // 2

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In `@tensorrt_llm/_torch/modules/situ.py` around lines 84 - 107, Update the custom
op situ_and_mul to validate that x’s last-dimension stride is contiguous before
launching situ_and_mul_kernel, rejecting mis-strided inputs while preserving the
existing behavior for contiguous packed inputs. Keep the check alongside the
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In `@tensorrt_llm/_torch/models/modeling_kimi_linear.py`:
- Around line 1057-1063: The routed reduction in KimiK3MoERuntime must not
depend on an unverified routed_experts.all_reduce value. In
tensorrt_llm/_torch/models/modeling_kimi_linear.py lines 1057-1063, ensure
direct TP always has a real reduction operator—by confirming
routed_experts.all_reduce is non-None or creating an explicit AllReduce—and
reduce y on that path. In tests/unittest/_torch/modules/moe/test_kimi_k3_mlp.py
lines 219-246, stop injecting fake_moe.all_reduce from expected parameters and
assert the actual create_moe(reduce_results=False) result.

In `@tests/unittest/_torch/modules/moe/test_kimi_k3_mlp.py`:
- Around line 145-185: Add tests/unittest/_torch/modules/moe/test_kimi_k3_mlp.py
to tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_b200.yml so the Kimi K3 MLP tests,
including test_gated_mlp_supports_fused_situ and the related coverage, are
included in the test database.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@tensorrt_llm/_torch/models/modeling_kimi_linear.py`:
- Around line 942-950: Introduce a shared projection helper for the latent
projection path, parameterized by the projection module, that uses
dsv3_fused_a_gemm_op only when the disable switch is off and the module is an
nn.Linear, otherwise invoking the module directly. Update _routed_up_projection
and the inline down-projection branch to use this helper so both paths remain
consistent.

In `@tensorrt_llm/_torch/modules/situ.py`:
- Around line 84-107: Update the custom op situ_and_mul to validate that x’s
last-dimension stride is contiguous before launching situ_and_mul_kernel,
rejecting mis-strided inputs while preserving the existing behavior for
contiguous packed inputs. Keep the check alongside the current shape validation
and do not alter the kernel indexing.

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Walkthrough

Kimi K3 runtime code now uses shared MoE, MLP, routing, activation, and normalization components. It adds explicit reduction control, FP8 compatibility, subgroup-aware checkpoint loading, fused SiTU execution, and expanded runtime validation.

Changes

Kimi K3 runtime consolidation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Routing and normalization tensorrt_llm/_torch/models/modeling_kimi_linear.py, tests/unittest/_torch/modules/moe/kimi_k3_ref_moe/kimi_k3_moe_block.py, tests/unittest/_torch/modules/moe/test_kimi_k3_moe_gate.py, tests/unittest/_torch/modules/moe/test_kimi_k3_situ_moe.py	Kimi K3 routing and RMSNorm use shared infrastructure, validation, and optional FlashInfer execution. Reference routing tests compare production and eager routing behavior.
SiTU activation and MLP references tensorrt_llm/_torch/modules/situ.py, tests/unittest/_torch/modules/moe/kimi_k3_ref_moe/*, tests/unittest/_torch/modules/moe/test_kimi_k3_situ_and_mul.py, tests/unittest/_torch/modules/moe/test_kimi_k3_mlp.py	SiTU now has eager, fused Triton, custom-operator, and fake implementations. Test utilities provide standalone MLP and activation references.
MoE execution and checkpoint loading tensorrt_llm/_torch/models/modeling_kimi_linear.py	The runtime uses GatedMLP, explicit shared and routed reductions, fused latent projection selection, FP8 weight-read compatibility, and model-relative checkpoint shard selection.
Runtime construction validation tests/unittest/_torch/modules/moe/test_kimi_k3_mlp.py, tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_b200.yml	Parameterized tests verify fused activation parity, shared-expert reduction modes, combined all-reduce selection, dense-layer tensor-parallel sizing, and pre-merge test registration.

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

Mergeability Score: ⚪ Minimal · up to ee096

This refactor consolidates the Kimi K3 MLP implementation while preserving the described behavior, and the reported checks and tests pass; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains beyond normal review.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant KimiK3MoERuntime
  participant ConfigurableMoE
  participant GatedMLP
  participant MoEAllReduce
  participant LatentProjection
  KimiK3MoERuntime->>ConfigurableMoE: compute routed experts
  KimiK3MoERuntime->>GatedMLP: compute shared expert
  ConfigurableMoE-->>KimiK3MoERuntime: return routed partial and reduction handle
  KimiK3MoERuntime->>MoEAllReduce: combine shared and routed partials
  MoEAllReduce-->>KimiK3MoERuntime: return reduced outputs
  KimiK3MoERuntime->>LatentProjection: normalize and project routed latent

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Possibly related PRs

• NVIDIA/TensorRT-LLM#17311: Modifies related Kimi K3 KDA projection runtime, fusion, decode, and FP8 handling.
• NVIDIA/TensorRT-LLM#17624: Shares Kimi K3 SiTU and MoE integration changes in modeling_kimi_linear.py.
• NVIDIA/TensorRT-LLM#17635: Shares FP8 block-scale MoE infrastructure.

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tests/unittest/_torch/modules/moe/test_kimi_k3_mlp.py (1)

151-151: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Annotate the new test and helper functions.

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