[TRTLLM-14957][refactor] split the MoE base class by responsibility and converge the loader owner gate - #17777
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…nd converge the loader owner gate MoE stated the complete-layer contract and the expert-weight-owner contract in one class, so MoEImplBase could not reuse the weight-owner half without also inheriting forward and layer registration. Move the two blocks an expert-weight owner needs -- execution and the weight lifecycle, and the static EPLB layout -- into impl_blocks.py, and have both MoE and MoEImplBase include them. Nothing moves for existing backends: every member stays reachable at the same name. The loader identified weight owners through 18 isinstance(module, MoE) checks spread over 11 files. Those checks do not decide whether to load; they strip .backend so state_dict keys match checkpoints that predate the wrapper. A backend switching its base class would have turned them False, leaving expert weights silently unloaded. Converge them on is_moe_weight_owner(), which accepts both bases. Signed-off-by: xxi <xxi@nvidia.com>
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WalkthroughThe change centralizes MoE weight ownership in reusable mixins and adds ChangesMoE weight ownership refactor
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to This change separates MoE responsibilities and broadens loader recognition to support both owner bases; the supplied evidence shows no resulting runtime or weight-loading defect. Remaining follow-up is limited to annotations and test-list registration, so no actionable merge-blocking risk remains after normal checks. Suggested reviewers: 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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In `@tests/unittest/_torch/modules/moe/test_moe_weight_owner.py`:
- Around line 126-375: Annotate every function and method in
test_moe_weight_owner.py, including helpers, fake module methods, and all test
functions, with complete parameter and return types. Add this test module to the
applicable QA list referenced by the l0_cpu test database so its coverage runs
in CI. Preserve all existing tests and behavior.
Apply the same fix in
`@tests/unittest/_torch/modules/moe/test_moe_weight_owner.py` around lines 50 -
61.
Apply the same fix in `@tensorrt_llm/_torch/modules/fused_moe/impl_blocks.py`
around lines 53 - 87: The same annotation requirement applies to the moved
weight-processing methods and properties.
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| def test_gate_recognises_an_impl_only_weight_owner(): | ||
| owner = _ImplOnlyOwner(eplb=_binding()) | ||
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| # Fails before the convergence: this is precisely what the 18 open-coded | ||
| # `isinstance(module, MoE)` checks could not see. | ||
| assert is_moe_weight_owner(owner) | ||
| assert not isinstance(owner, MoE) | ||
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| def test_gate_recognises_the_legacy_layer_that_also_owns_weights(): | ||
| assert is_moe_weight_owner(_uninitialised(_LegacyLayerOwner)) | ||
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| @pytest.mark.parametrize( | ||
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| nn.Linear(2, 2), | ||
| nn.LayerNorm(2), | ||
| nn.Module(), | ||
| nn.ModuleList([nn.Linear(2, 2)]), | ||
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| ids=["linear", "layernorm", "bare", "modulelist"], | ||
| ) | ||
| def test_gate_rejects_modules_that_own_no_expert_weights(module: nn.Module): | ||
| assert not is_moe_weight_owner(module) | ||
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| def test_gate_rejects_a_class_rather_than_an_instance(): | ||
| # The loaders pass live submodules; a class slipping through would make the | ||
| # gate accept a module tree that owns nothing. | ||
| assert not is_moe_weight_owner(_ImplOnlyOwner) | ||
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| # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ||
| # Exit criterion: every owner parameter is reached, verified by count | ||
| # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ||
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| class _WrapperWithImplOnlyBackend(nn.Module): | ||
| """The shape the ``.backend`` path rewrite exists for. | ||
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| Checkpoint keys stop at the wrapper, so the loaders drop a trailing | ||
| ``.backend`` before matching. That rewrite is guarded by the same gate, so | ||
| if the gate misses the backend the rewrite never happens and the backend's | ||
| parameters are silently skipped. | ||
| """ | ||
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| def __init__(self): | ||
| super().__init__() | ||
| self.backend = _ImplOnlyOwner(eplb=_binding(), num_params=3) | ||
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| def _parameters_reached_by_the_gate(root: nn.Module) -> set[str]: | ||
| """Parameter names the loaders would visit, using the production gate.""" | ||
| reached: set[str] = set() | ||
| for module_name, module in root.named_modules(): | ||
| if not is_moe_weight_owner(module): | ||
| continue | ||
| for param_name, _ in module.named_parameters(recurse=False): | ||
| reached.add(f"{module_name}.{param_name}" if module_name else param_name) | ||
| return reached | ||
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| def test_every_expert_parameter_of_an_impl_only_owner_is_reached(): | ||
| root = _WrapperWithImplOnlyBackend() | ||
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| expected = {name for name, _ in root.named_parameters()} | ||
| assert len(expected) == 3, "fixture should hold three expert parameters" | ||
| assert _parameters_reached_by_the_gate(root) == expected | ||
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| def test_the_backend_path_rewrite_is_reachable_for_an_impl_only_owner(): | ||
| root = _WrapperWithImplOnlyBackend() | ||
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| # Mirrors the loader condition verbatim: `names[-1] == "backend" and | ||
| # is_moe_weight_owner(module)`. | ||
| rewritten = [ | ||
| name | ||
| for name, module in root.named_modules() | ||
| if name.split(".")[-1] == "backend" and is_moe_weight_owner(module) | ||
| ] | ||
| assert rewritten == ["backend"] | ||
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| # A wrapper that is itself an owner must not be loaded alongside its backend | ||
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| class _OwnerWrapperWithImplOnlyBackend(MoE): | ||
| """The real ``ConfigurableMoE`` shape: wrapper AND backend are both owners. | ||
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| Only ``nn.Module.__init__`` runs, because ``MoE.__init__`` needs a routing | ||
| method, a ``ModelConfig`` and a process group. That is enough for a real | ||
| module tree, and it reproduces the property the loaders lean on: the wrapper | ||
| registers no parameters of its own. | ||
| """ | ||
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| def __init__(self): | ||
| nn.Module.__init__(self) | ||
| self.backend = _ImplOnlyOwner(eplb=_binding(), num_params=3) | ||
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| def forward_impl(self, x, router_logits, **kwargs): | ||
| return x | ||
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| def _modules_the_loader_would_load(root: nn.Module) -> list[str]: | ||
| """Modules the loaders hand weights to, mirroring BOTH of their conditions. | ||
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| Every loader screens on direct parameters before consulting the gate -- | ||
| ``load_single_module`` in ``modeling_utils.py`` and ``load_nvfp4_weights`` | ||
| in ``modeling_gpt_oss.py`` are the two shapes. The gate alone does not | ||
| decide who gets loaded. | ||
| """ | ||
| return [ | ||
| name | ||
| for name, module in root.named_modules() | ||
| if len(module._parameters) > 0 and is_moe_weight_owner(module) | ||
| ] | ||
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| def test_the_parameter_screen_not_the_gate_separates_wrapper_from_backend(): | ||
| root = _OwnerWrapperWithImplOnlyBackend() | ||
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| # Premise: the gate accepts both, and is meant to. | ||
| assert is_moe_weight_owner(root) | ||
| assert is_moe_weight_owner(root.backend) | ||
| assert [name for name, m in root.named_modules() if is_moe_weight_owner(m)] == ["", "backend"] | ||
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| # A wrapper delegates ``load_weights`` to its backend, so handing weights to | ||
| # both would load the same tensors twice. What prevents it is that the | ||
| # wrapper owns no parameters directly -- a load-bearing invariant of the | ||
| # wrapper, not a property of the gate. | ||
| assert len(root._parameters) == 0 | ||
| assert _modules_the_loader_would_load(root) == ["backend"] | ||
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| def test_every_backend_parameter_is_still_reached_through_an_owner_wrapper(): | ||
| root = _OwnerWrapperWithImplOnlyBackend() | ||
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| expected = {name for name, _ in root.named_parameters()} | ||
| assert len(expected) == 3, "fixture should hold three expert parameters" | ||
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| reached: set[str] = set() | ||
| for module_name in _modules_the_loader_would_load(root): | ||
| module = root.get_submodule(module_name) | ||
| for param_name, _ in module.named_parameters(recurse=False): | ||
| reached.add(f"{module_name}.{param_name}" if module_name else param_name) | ||
| assert reached == expected | ||
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| def test_the_path_rewrite_cannot_fire_for_an_owner_wrapper(): | ||
| root = _OwnerWrapperWithImplOnlyBackend() | ||
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| # Independent of the parameter screen: the rewrite also requires the name to | ||
| # end in "backend", so a wrapper at ``...mlp.experts`` can never have its | ||
| # own name shortened even though it passes the gate. | ||
| assert [ | ||
| name | ||
| for name, module in root.named_modules() | ||
| if name.split(".")[-1] == "backend" and is_moe_weight_owner(module) | ||
| ] == ["backend"] | ||
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| # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ||
| # The shared blocks must be shared, and only one of the two bases may enforce | ||
| # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ||
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| _ABSTRACT_METHODS = frozenset( | ||
| {"can_implement", "create_weights", "load_weights", "quantize_input", "run_moe"} | ||
| ) | ||
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| # Every concrete method the split moved out of MoE. A backend changing its base | ||
| # class from MoE to MoEImplBase must resolve each of these to the same function, | ||
| # which is the whole reason they live in a mixin instead of being copied. | ||
| _SHARED_BLOCK_MEMBERS = ( | ||
| "transform_weights", | ||
| "cache_derived_state", | ||
| "post_load_weights", | ||
| "process_weights_after_loading", | ||
| "pre_reload_weights", | ||
| "has_any_quant", | ||
| "has_fp8_qdq", | ||
| "has_deepseek_fp8_block_scales", | ||
| "has_nvfp4", | ||
| "has_nvfp4_activation_quantization", | ||
| "has_w4a8_nvfp4_fp8", | ||
| "has_w4a8_mxfp4_fp8", | ||
| "has_w4a8_mxfp4_mxfp8", | ||
| "has_w4a16_mxfp4", | ||
| "has_mxfp8", | ||
| "expand_intermediate_size_per_partition", | ||
| "_add_raw_shared_weights_for_unmap", | ||
| "_supports_load_balancer", | ||
| "_using_load_balancer", | ||
| "_using_dynamic_load_balancer", | ||
| "register_parameter_weight_slot_fn", | ||
| "register_to_fix_weight_fn", | ||
| "register_all_parameter_slot_and_to_fix_weight_fns", | ||
| ) | ||
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| @pytest.mark.parametrize("member", _SHARED_BLOCK_MEMBERS) | ||
| def test_both_bases_resolve_the_shared_blocks_to_one_definition(member: str): | ||
| from_layer = inspect.getattr_static(MoE, member) | ||
| from_impl = inspect.getattr_static(MoEImplBase, member) | ||
| assert from_layer is from_impl, f"{member} is duplicated instead of shared" | ||
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| def test_the_mixins_carry_no_abstract_markers(): | ||
| # The contract is stated by each base, not by the blocks, because the two | ||
| # contracts differ: MoEImplBase.run_moe is narrower than MoE.run_moe. Were a | ||
| # marker to live in a mixin instead, ABCMeta would not see it through a | ||
| # plain class anyway. | ||
| for mixin in (MoEWeightOwnerMixin, MoEEplbWeightLayoutMixin): | ||
| assert not issubclass(mixin, abc.ABC) | ||
| assert type(mixin) is type | ||
| assert not getattr(mixin, "__abstractmethods__", frozenset()) | ||
| for name in _ABSTRACT_METHODS: | ||
| assert name not in mixin.__dict__ | ||
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| def test_only_the_impl_base_enforces_the_contract(): | ||
| assert MoEImplBase.__abstractmethods__ == _ABSTRACT_METHODS | ||
| # MoE declares the same five names @abstractmethod, but is built by `type` | ||
| # rather than ABCMeta, so the markers stay decorative -- unchanged by the | ||
| # split, and load-bearing: turning them live would break every existing | ||
| # subclass that leaves one of the five to the wrapper. | ||
| assert type(MoE) is type | ||
| assert not getattr(MoE, "__abstractmethods__", frozenset()) | ||
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| def test_a_legacy_subclass_missing_execution_methods_still_constructs(): | ||
| # TritonFusedMoE and the wrapper stay on MoE. Gaining ABCMeta enforcement | ||
| # here would be a behaviour change, so declaring such a class must remain | ||
| # legal. | ||
| legacy = type("LegacyIncomplete", (MoE,), {}) | ||
| assert not getattr(legacy, "__abstractmethods__", frozenset()) | ||
| assert _uninitialised(legacy) is not None | ||
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| @pytest.mark.parametrize("missing", sorted(_ABSTRACT_METHODS)) | ||
| def test_an_owner_missing_an_execution_method_fails_at_construction(missing: str): | ||
| body = {name: _ImplOnlyOwner.__dict__[name] for name in _ABSTRACT_METHODS if name != missing} | ||
| body["descriptor"] = _ImplOnlyOwner.descriptor | ||
| incomplete = type("Incomplete", (MoEImplBase,), body) | ||
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| assert incomplete.__abstractmethods__ == frozenset({missing}) | ||
| with pytest.raises(TypeError, match="abstract"): | ||
| incomplete(eplb=_binding()) |
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Complete the annotation and test-registration follow-up. Annotate every new or moved function and method in this change, including test helpers, fake module methods, test functions, and the moved MoE weight methods, with precise parameter and return types and -> None where applicable. Register tests/unittest/_torch/modules/moe/test_moe_weight_owner.py in the applicable QA list.
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In `@tests/unittest/_torch/modules/moe/test_moe_weight_owner.py` around lines 126
- 375, Annotate every function and method in test_moe_weight_owner.py, including
helpers, fake module methods, and all test functions, with complete parameter
and return types. Add this test module to the applicable QA list referenced by
the l0_cpu test database so its coverage runs in CI. Preserve all existing tests
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61.
Apply the same fix in `@tensorrt_llm/_torch/modules/fused_moe/impl_blocks.py`
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Summary
Stacked on #17532 (already merged), preparing for the backend base-class swap (TRTLLM-14958).
MoEstated the complete-layer contract and the expert-weight-owner contract in one class, soMoEImplBasecould not reuse the weight-owner half without also inheritingforwardand layer registration. Move the two blocks an expert-weight owner needs — execution plus weight lifecycle (MoEWeightOwnerMixin) and the static EPLB layout (MoEEplbWeightLayoutMixin) — intoimpl_blocks.py, and have bothMoEandMoEImplBaseinclude them. Mixins carry concrete shared methods only; the abstract contracts stay restated onMoE/MoEImplBase. Nothing moves for existing backends: every member stays reachable at the same name.isinstance(module, MoE)checks spread over 11 files. Those checks do not decide whether to load — they strip.backendso state_dict keys match checkpoints that predate the wrapper. A backend switching its base class would have turned themFalse, leaving expert weights silently unloaded. Converge them onis_moe_weight_owner(), which accepts both bases.Test Coverage
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tests/unittest/_torch/modules/moe/test_moe_weight_owner.py— coversis_moe_weight_owner()over both bases, the wrapper/backend pair, and the mixin member surface.Runs below were done on the pre-rebase commit; the rebase onto main was a clean replay with an identical diff.
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