[https://nvbugs/6604925][fix] Swap the grid axes so N maps to the unbounded grid.x and M to grid.y…

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Summary

• Root cause: The grid put the N tile count on grid.y, which CUDA caps at 65535, so a 248320-wide NVFP4 LM head (124160 tiles) made every cuda_core launch return cudaErrorInvalidArgument.
• Fix: Swap the grid axes so N maps to the unbounded grid.x and M to grid.y (bounded by cudaCoreGemmTemplateMaxM=16), swap the two blockIdx tile-id reads to match, and remove the waiver this bug added.
• Original test: pytest tests/integration/defs/accuracy/test_llm_api_pytorch.py::TestQwen3_5_35B_A3B::test_fp8 "tests/integration/defs/accuracy/test_llm_api_pytorch.py::TestQwen3_6_35B_A3B::test_nvfp4[TRTLLM]" -v
• Automated fix generated by repair-bot

Test plan

• Verify fix on the same GPU type as the original failure
• Check for regressions in related tests

Links

• Bug: https://nvbugs/6604925

Dev Engineer Review

• Swapped CUDA grid mapping in cudaCoreGemmNVFP4.cu.
• N tiles now use unbounded grid.x.
• M tiles now use bounded grid.y.
• Updated blockIdx reads to match the new mapping.
• The change supports NVFP4 LM heads with more than 65,536 N tiles.
• The removed waiver enables the Qwen3 6 35B A3B NVFP4 accuracy test.
• Reported results are bit-exact against nvfp4_gemm_cutlass for M values 1, 4, 8, and 16.
• No public API changes were identified.

QA Engineer Review

• No test code changed.
• tests/integration/test_lists/waives.txt was modified.
• The Qwen3 6 35B A3B NVFP4 TRTLLM accuracy waiver was removed.
• No test-db/ or qa/ files were modified.
• Verdict: needs follow-up because CBTS coverage data is unavailable.

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Walkthrough

The NVFP4 CUDA GEMV kernel now maps N tiles to grid.x and M tiles to grid.y. The Qwen3.6 6 35B A3B NVFP4 accuracy test waiver is removed.

Changes

NVFP4 kernel and integration test coverage

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Grid dimension remapping and test waiver update cpp/tensorrt_llm/kernels/weightOnlyBatchedGemv/cudaCoreGemmNVFP4.cu, tests/integration/test_lists/waives.txt	The kernel uses grid.x for N tiles and grid.y for M tiles. Comments document the dimension-limit rationale. The Qwen3.6 6 35B A3B NVFP4 accuracy test waiver is removed.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Mergeability Score: ⚪ Minimal · up to 7f312

The change fixes grid-axis mapping for large NVFP4 launches; the remaining concern is limited to a minor const-style cleanup, so no actionable merge-blocking risk remains.

Possibly related PRs

• NVIDIA/TensorRT-LLM#17468: Updates a different integration-test waiver entry.
• NVIDIA/TensorRT-LLM#17617: Updates other integration-test waivers.
• NVIDIA/TensorRT-LLM#17640: Modifies the same Qwen3.6 35B A3B NVFP4 waiver entry.

Suggested reviewers: schetlur-nv, rosong11

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Check name	Status	Explanation
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cpp/tensorrt_llm/kernels/weightOnlyBatchedGemv/cudaCoreGemmNVFP4.cu (1)

43-44: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Declare unmodified locals as const.

tile_id_m, tile_id_n, and grid are not reassigned after initialization. Use east-const declarations for these variables.

Proposed fix

-    auto tile_id_m = static_cast<SizeType32>(blockIdx.y * TILE_M);
-    auto tile_id_n = static_cast<SizeType32>(blockIdx.x * TILE_N);
+    auto const tile_id_m = static_cast<SizeType32>(blockIdx.y * TILE_M);
+    auto const tile_id_n = static_cast<SizeType32>(blockIdx.x * TILE_N);

-    dim3 grid(params.n / TILE_N, params.m / TILE_M);
+    dim3 const grid(params.n / TILE_N, params.m / TILE_M);

As per coding guidelines: declare unmodified variables as const and use east-const style.

Also applies to: 188-191

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In `@cpp/tensorrt_llm/kernels/weightOnlyBatchedGemv/cudaCoreGemmNVFP4.cu` around
lines 43 - 44, Declare the unmodified locals tile_id_m, tile_id_n, and grid as
const using east-const style, including their declarations in the additional
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In `@cpp/tensorrt_llm/kernels/weightOnlyBatchedGemv/cudaCoreGemmNVFP4.cu`:
- Around line 43-44: Declare the unmodified locals tile_id_m, tile_id_n, and
grid as const using east-const style, including their declarations in the
additional referenced section. Preserve their existing initialization and
subsequent use.

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