[TRTLLM-15917][feat] Integrate Sol-Attn sparse attention into VisualGen

[karljang]

Description

Adds Sol-Attn (arXiv:2607.24027) as a third
sparse-attention algorithm for VisualGen, alongside skip_softmax and VSA. It folds
dynamic block routing, sparse computation, and an approximation-correction term into a
single online-softmax pass.

Configured through SolAttentionConfig, dispatched via create_attention the same
way skip_softmax and vsa are:

attention_config:
  backend: CUTEDSL
  sparse_attention_config:
    algorithm: sol_attn
    tau: 2.0                        # routing threshold; higher routes more blocks sparse
    thresh_type: diag               # diag | exact
    disabled_until_timestep: 0.9090 # dense while normalized t >= cutoff
    dense_layers: "0"               # layers forced dense

disabled_until_timestep follows skip-softmax's field of the same name and the same
sense: dense while the normalized denoising timestep is at or above the cutoff, sparse
below it. The value arrives as a forward kwarg that every VisualGen pipeline already
supplies, so no per-pipeline wiring is needed.

Scope and behaviour

sm100 (B200/GB200) only, head_dim=128, bf16, MHA. Context parallelism and
quantized attention are rejected explicitly, mirroring VSA's guards. An unsupported
shape, dtype or architecture degrades to dense with a warning_once and a
dense_fallback_calls counter; SOL_ATTN_STRICT=1 raises instead.

Non-sparse work stays on the configured backend. Sol-Attn is self-attention only and
does not run its kernel on every step, so three paths do dense attention: the
dense_layers guard, the disabled_until_timestep prefix, and kernel-ineligibility
fallback. All three use cute_dsl_fmha_fwd — the dense kernel of the selected backend —
not torch.nn.functional.scaled_dot_product_attention. Cross-attention (SEPARATE_QKV)
likewise falls back within the backend family rather than to VANILLA.

This matters beyond tidiness: with disabled_until_timestep=0.0001, so the sparse kernel
never fires, Sol-Attn is byte-identical to a plain backend: CUTEDSL run (LPIPS
0.0000). Any measured difference is therefore sparsity and nothing else. The pipeline is
bit-deterministic on this workload — a repeated identical config also scores 0.0000 — so
that is an exact statement, not an approximate one.

Performance

Wan2.2-T2V-A14B, 720x1280x81f, 40 steps (the model default,
models/wan/defaults.py), B200, seed 42, torch.compile enabled (the production
default). Baseline is dense CuTeDSL under the same compile setting.

prompt	baseline	Sol-Attn	speedup	time saved
p01 cat_garden	413.98 s	292.06 s	1.417x	29.5 %
p06 woman_smile	423.65 s	294.59 s	1.438x	30.5 %
p10 market	424.07 s	296.34 s	1.431x	30.1 %
mean	420.6 s	294.3 s	1.429x	30.0 %

Eager, for reference: 474.1 s -> 341.9 s, 1.386x, 27.9 % (single repetition).

Protocol: one warmup generation then two timed repetitions; the figures above are
their mean. Within-run spread is at most 0.13 %. Each prompt's baseline and
candidate were measured in the same allocation, which is what makes the
ratios comparable -- absolute times drift by ~2 % between allocations (different
node, different clock state), while the speedups do not.

Speedup is T_base / T_new; time saved is (1 - T_new / T_base) x 100.

Accuracy

LPIPS against the dense CuTeDSL baseline at the same compile setting, gate 0.25,
worst-prompt governs.

prompt	eager	torch.compile
p01 cat_garden	0.1661	0.1642
p06 woman_smile	0.0654	0.0603
p10 market	0.2015	0.1981
worst-prompt	0.2015 (81 % of gate)	0.1981 (79 % of gate)

KEEP in both modes. Enabling torch.compile does not cost quality at this operating
point -- it is marginally better on every prompt.

Test coverage

tests/unittest/_torch/visual_gen/test_attention_cute_dsl_sol_attn.py, registered in
l0_b200.yml. Covers backend-factory dispatch, cross-attention staying in-family,
context-parallel and quantized-attention rejection, GQA/MQA rejection, the dense_layers
guard, dense-prefix phase semantics either side of the cutoff, fail-open on a missing
timestep, both CUDA-graph key cases, kernel-eligibility reasons, SOL_ATTN_STRICT,
dense-fallback numerics and counters, arch-list drift between SUPPORTED_ARCHS and
_CUTE_BACKENDS, and that both Dynamo-opacity boundaries stay decorated.

34 passed, 1 documented skip in this PR's own suite on B200.

Run together with the VSA and dense CuTeDSL suites -- both touched by the
cross-attention change in modules/attention.py -- the three total 84 passed,
1 skipped, so neither neighbouring backend regresses.

Divergence from upstream

Not a byte-faithful vendoring. sol_attn/THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md records the pin and every
deliberate difference; start there for a currency check.

divergence	why
sm89 / sm90 / sm120 kernels and triton_ref/ not carried	ship only what is validated end to end
_vendor/flash_attn/ not carried	repo already depends on flash-attn-4; verified bit-identical on B200
@torch.compiler.disable on the launch boundary	upstream leaves sol_attn() unguarded; without it Dynamo traces into the CuTe DSL JIT builder
dense paths routed to cute_dsl_fmha_fwd	upstream's dense fallback is torch SDPA
logger.warning_once replaces print()	fallbacks must be suppressible and use the repo logger
dense_fallback_calls, sol_attn_ineligible_reason(), SOL_ATTN_STRICT on the eligibility path	make silent degradation countable and named

sol_attn_backend.py is itself adapted from upstream's file of the same name, which sits
outside the vendored package; only the kernel-wrapper subset is carried. Both projects are
Apache-2.0. Upstream guards the torch.compile path with torch.library.custom_op +
register_fake, which keeps the kernel in the graph rather than breaking at it — a
reasonable follow-up, not adopted here because this PR's measurements were taken with the
disable form.

Dev Engineer Review

• Adds SolAttentionConfig and CUTEDSL dispatch for Sol-Attn.
• Supports SM100 and SM103 Blackwell GPUs with BF16 BTHD inputs and head_dim=128.
• Adds routing thresholds, timestep gating, KV splits, dense prefixes, and forced-dense layers.
• Adds dense fallback, strict-mode errors, fallback statistics, and Dynamo exclusion.
• Reuses SkipSoftmaxScheduler.get_graph_phase_for_timestep for CUDA-graph phase selection.
• Preserves dense and cross-attention execution through the configured backend.
• Adds vendored preprocessing, routing, online-softmax, TMEM, and SM100 kernel components.
• Updates public exports, quantization checks, context-parallel validation, documentation, and third-party notices.
• Removes the public sol_attn_graph_phase helper.
• Reported Wan2.2-T2V-A14B results show 1.429x speedup and 30.0% lower time. Sparse-disabled output matches dense CuTeDSL byte-for-byte.
• CI pipeline #71298 failed before the rebase. A post-rebase run and B200 reconfirmation remain necessary.

QA Engineer Review

• Adds tests/unittest/_torch/visual_gen/test_attention_cute_dsl_sol_attn.py.
• Lists the test in tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_b200.yml and l0_b300.yml.
• Covers dispatch, routing, configuration validation, dense-layer parsing, timestep gating, CUDA-graph phases, architecture eligibility, fallback and strict behavior, Dynamo boundaries, numerical equivalence, and dense delegation.
• Dedicated results report 34 passed and 1 skipped. Later related-suite results report 101 passed and 0 skipped, while H200 validation reports 56 passed and 45 skipped.
• Coverage is needs follow-up because CI failed and the full B200 suite requires reconfirmation.

Per-File QA Perspective

• tests/unittest/_torch/visual_gen/test_attention_cute_dsl_sol_attn.py: Covers Sol-Attn dispatch, validation, fallback, graph phases, kernel behavior, and dense delegation. It is listed in both B200 and B300 CI lists.
• tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_b200.yml: Adds the Sol-Attn test to B200 pre-merge CI.
• tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_b300.yml: Adds the Sol-Attn test to B300 pre-merge CI.
• tensorrt_llm/visual_gen/sparse_attention.py: Adds SolAttentionConfig and validates thresholds, KV splits, dense prefixes, and forced-dense layers.
• tensorrt_llm/visual_gen/args.py: Adds Sol-Attn to the sparse-attention union and quantization compatibility rules.
• tensorrt_llm/visual_gen/__init__.py: Exposes SolAttentionConfig.
• tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/attention_backend/utils.py: Dispatches CUTEDSL Sol-Attn and forwards its configuration.
• tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/attention_backend/__init__.py: Exposes SolAttention.
• tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/attention_backend/cute_dsl/__init__.py: Retains SolAttention and removes the sol_attn_graph_phase export.
• tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/attention_backend/cute_dsl/sol_attn.py: Uses the shared scheduler for timestep gating and graph phases.
• tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/cute_dsl_kernels/blackwell/sol_attn_backend.py: Adds eligibility checks, fallback and strict behavior, counters, and dense delegation.
• tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/cute_dsl_kernels/blackwell/sol_attn/interface.py: Validates BF16 contiguous inputs, supported architectures, sink parameters, and kernel runtime availability.
• tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/cute_dsl_kernels/blackwell/sol_attn/preprocess.py: Adds threshold preprocessing and routing summaries.
• tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/cute_dsl_kernels/blackwell/sol_attn/common/layout_utils.py: Adds CuTe layout transformations used by the kernel.
• tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/cute_dsl_kernels/blackwell/sol_attn/common/runtime.py: Converts tensors to aligned CuTe tensors through DLPack.
• tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/cute_dsl_kernels/blackwell/sol_attn/common/selector.py: Adds routing-mask bit operations and exact-route selection.
• tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/cute_dsl_kernels/blackwell/sol_attn/sm100/mainloop.py: Adds the SM100 forward kernel. QA should verify routing, online softmax, synchronization, and BF16 output.
• tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/cute_dsl_kernels/blackwell/sol_attn/sm100/math.py: Adds the tensor-core GEMM helper.
• tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/cute_dsl_kernels/blackwell/sol_attn/sm100/softmax.py: Adds online-softmax and accumulator-rescaling helpers.
• tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/cute_dsl_kernels/blackwell/sol_attn/sm100/tmem.py: Adds TMEM load, store, wait, and output-copy helpers.
• tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/cute_dsl_kernels/blackwell/sol_attn/__init__.py, common/__init__.py, sm100/__init__.py, and sm100/kernel.py: Add package exports and vendoring metadata.
• tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/cute_dsl_kernels/blackwell/sol_attn/THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md and sm100/LICENSE.flash-attention: Document licensing and provenance. QA should verify packaging and notice compliance.
• tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/models/modeling.py: Adds Sol-Attn CUDA-graph phase-key handling.
• tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/modules/attention.py: Adds Sol-Attn selection and rejects context parallelism.
• docs/source/visual-gen/features/sparse-attention.md: Documents hardware support, inputs, fallback behavior, strict mode, timestep gating, and quantization constraints.

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tensorrt_llm/visual_gen/sparse_attention.py (1)

300-301: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Reject empty dense_layers entries.

The validator skips empty tokens. Therefore dense_layers=",", "0,,2", and " " are accepted and can silently disable forced-dense layers. Raise ValueError for an empty entry instead of continuing.

Proposed fix

         for item in spec.split(","):
             item = item.strip()
             if not item:
-                continue
+                raise ValueError("dense_layers entries cannot be empty")

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In `@tensorrt_llm/visual_gen/sparse_attention.py` around lines 300 - 301, Update
the dense_layers validator around the item-empty check to raise ValueError when
an entry is empty or whitespace-only, rather than continuing. Preserve normal
parsing for non-empty layer tokens and ensure comma-separated inputs such as
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In `@tests/unittest/_torch/visual_gen/test_attention_cute_dsl_sol_attn.py`:
- Around line 429-430: Strengthen the assertions around interface._CUTE_BACKENDS
for architectures (10, 0) and (10, 3) by verifying each registered value is
callable or by asserting _backend_for_arch resolves each key to a usable
backend. Keep the existing architecture-key checks while covering dispatch
usability.
- Around line 450-451: Update the test covering _sol_attn_cute to detect any
hardcoded architecture tuple or literal, not just (10, 0), and verify routing is
driven by _CUTE_BACKENDS for every supported architecture. Prefer an AST or
behavioral assertion that fails when architecture selection bypasses the backend
map.

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In `@tensorrt_llm/visual_gen/sparse_attention.py`:
- Around line 300-301: Update the dense_layers validator around the item-empty
check to raise ValueError when an entry is empty or whitespace-only, rather than
continuing. Preserve normal parsing for non-empty layer tokens and ensure
comma-separated inputs such as leading, trailing, or consecutive separators are
rejected.

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Rebased onto main (the branch had conflicts) and pushed review fixes — force-push, so the SHAs changed.

Addressed: the broad except around the kernel launch, dense_layers accepting empty entries, the duplicated VSA/Sol-Attn context-parallel guards, the SEPARATE_QKV comment moved into _can_serve, the stale VSA row and wording in the docs, and THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md slimmed 119 → 49 lines (attribution and licensing kept; the divergence list moved into sol_attn_backend.py's docstring so a re-sync still finds it next to the code).

Also added the kernel-level accuracy test that was missing — see the reply on that thread.

Replied inline on torch.library.custom_op and the per-layer scheduler; both look right to me as follow-ups rather than part of this PR, but happy to fold either in if you disagree.

Tests: 101 passed, 0 skipped across the Sol-Attn, VSA and dense CuTeDSL suites (was 97 passed, 1 skipped). CI has not run since the rebase.

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tests/unittest/_torch/visual_gen/test_attention_cute_dsl_sol_attn.py (1)

558-558: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Derive tokens from interface.BLOCK_SIZE.

interface.py exports BLOCK_SIZE = 64, so use that constant instead of duplicating the value. This keeps the single-block premise valid if the kernel block size changes.

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In `@tests/unittest/_torch/visual_gen/test_attention_cute_dsl_sol_attn.py` at line
558, Update the test’s tokens assignment to derive its value from
interface.BLOCK_SIZE instead of hardcoding 64, preserving the single-KV-block
premise if the kernel block size changes.

tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/cute_dsl_kernels/blackwell/sol_attn/sm100/softmax.py (1)

122-126: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Hoist the constant factors out of the per-element softmax loop.

This loop runs over every element of the M64xN128 score tile that the thread owns, for every tile in the mainloop. softmax_scale * LOG2E and new_max * LOG2E are loop-invariant. Compute them once before the loop.

♻️ Proposed change

+    scale_log2 = softmax_scale * Float32(LOG2E)
+    max_log2 = new_max * Float32(LOG2E)
     probabilities = cute.make_rmem_tensor(scores.shape, Float32)
     for i in cutlass.range(cute.size(scores), unroll_full=True):
         probabilities[i] = cute.math.exp2(
-            Float32(scores[i]) * softmax_scale * Float32(LOG2E) - new_max * Float32(LOG2E),
+            Float32(scores[i]) * scale_log2 - max_log2,
             fastmath=True,
         )

The compiler may already fold these, so treat this as a readability and predictability improvement first.

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In
`@tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/cute_dsl_kernels/blackwell/sol_attn/sm100/softmax.py`
around lines 122 - 126, Update the softmax computation before the per-element
loop over scores to precompute the loop-invariant scale and maximum terms,
including softmax_scale multiplied by LOG2E and new_max multiplied by LOG2E. Use
those precomputed values in the probabilities assignment within the loop,
preserving the existing exp2 and fastmath behavior.

tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/cute_dsl_kernels/blackwell/sol_attn/preprocess.py (1)

386-391: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Accumulate the second moment in FP32.

kc_bh is bfloat16, so torch.matmul returns a bfloat16 [D, D] tensor and div_(blocks) runs in bfloat16. The second moment sums blocks outer products, and blocks grows with sequence length. Rounding the summed result to bfloat16 (about 8 mantissa bits) and then subtracting raw_mean * raw_mean in _exact_fused_threshold_kernel causes large relative error in variance, because that subtraction cancels most of the magnitude. The tl.maximum(..., 0.0) clamp hides the error instead of reporting it, so the routing threshold drifts and the sparsity decision degrades without any visible failure.

kc_mean already uses dtype=torch.float32. Make the second moment consistent.

♻️ Proposed change

     kc_bh = kc.permute(0, 2, 1, 3)
     kc_mean = kc_bh.mean(dim=2, dtype=torch.float32)
+    kc_f32 = kc_bh.to(torch.float32)
     kc_second_moment = torch.matmul(
-        kc_bh.transpose(-1, -2),
-        kc_bh,
+        kc_f32.transpose(-1, -2),
+        kc_f32,
     )
     kc_second_moment.div_(blocks)

If you keep tl.dot on a bfloat16 operand for throughput, cast only at the kernel boundary and keep the accumulation and division in FP32. Note that tl.dot requires both operands to share a compatible dtype, so changing this tensor to FP32 also changes the q_bar operand dtype for _exact_fused_threshold_kernel. Confirm the pair before merging.

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In
`@tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/cute_dsl_kernels/blackwell/sol_attn/preprocess.py`
around lines 386 - 391, Update the second-moment computation in the
preprocessing flow to accumulate and divide in FP32, matching kc_mean, while
preserving the [D, D] result. Trace kc_second_moment into
_exact_fused_threshold_kernel and ensure its q_bar operand has a compatible
dtype for tl.dot, casting at the kernel boundary only if needed.

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Inline comments:
In
`@tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/cute_dsl_kernels/blackwell/sol_attn_backend.py`:
- Around line 166-190: Add regression tests for _run_sol_attn_bthd by patching
the eligibility check to return None and making _load_sol_attn raise. Verify
RuntimeError invokes dense_fn and increments dense_fallback_calls, while
TypeError propagates, covering the narrowed _degradable_kernel_errors behavior.

In
`@tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/cute_dsl_kernels/blackwell/sol_attn/interface.py`:
- Around line 80-83: Correct the unsupported-architecture fallback description
in the docstring near _run_sol_attn_bthd: state that the integrated path passes
dense_fn and therefore falls back to cute_dsl_fmha_fwd, not dense SDPA via
_dense_bthd. Preserve the deliberate divergence documented in
sol_attn_backend.py.
- Around line 203-236: Bound the `_compiled` kernel cache used by
`sm100.forward` to prevent unbounded retention as token counts vary. Keep
dynamic runtime arguments such as `scale`, `sink_start_block`, and
`sink_end_block` out of the cache key, and add a bounded capacity or eviction
policy while preserving reuse of compiled callables for retained keys.

In
`@tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/cute_dsl_kernels/blackwell/sol_attn/preprocess.py`:
- Around line 437-451: Update prepare to reject any thresh_type other than
"exact" or "diag", and reject inputs whose head dimension exceeds the supported
HEAD_DIM limit of 128 before computing thresholds. Preserve the existing
estimator selection for valid values, and add unit coverage asserting both
invalid thresh_type and head_dim=256 raise.
- Around line 286-293: Initialize Triton’s shared allocator via
triton.set_allocator before the first TensorDescriptor kernel launch in the
surrounding preprocessing flow, ensuring the callback is registered for all five
descriptors and their launches even when no earlier path performed
initialization. Reuse the module’s existing allocator setup mechanism if
available and keep the descriptor construction unchanged.

In `@tests/unittest/_torch/visual_gen/test_attention_cute_dsl_sol_attn.py`:
- Around line 19-22: Update the module docstring to state that GPU
kernel-versus-dense numerical equivalence is covered by
test_cute_kernel_matches_dense_on_a_single_block, and remove the inaccurate
reference to test_cute_kernel_matches_dense_placeholder and its
deferred-coverage explanation.
- Around line 369-382: Update test_ineligible_reason_is_reported so only one CPU
case validates the "not a CUDA tensor" reason, and add CUDA-gated cases using
CUDA tensors that independently assert the head_dim and rank ineligibility
reasons. Ensure the parameterization ids accurately describe the exercised
coverage and retain the sol_attn_supported negative assertions.
- Around line 614-615: Update test_dense_paths_use_cutedsl_backend to skip
unless both CUDA is available and _cute_dense_available() returns true; import
_cute_dense_available from the specified sol_attn module and include it in the
test’s skip condition.

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Nitpick comments:
In
`@tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/cute_dsl_kernels/blackwell/sol_attn/preprocess.py`:
- Around line 386-391: Update the second-moment computation in the preprocessing
flow to accumulate and divide in FP32, matching kc_mean, while preserving the
[D, D] result. Trace kc_second_moment into _exact_fused_threshold_kernel and
ensure its q_bar operand has a compatible dtype for tl.dot, casting at the
kernel boundary only if needed.

In
`@tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/cute_dsl_kernels/blackwell/sol_attn/sm100/softmax.py`:
- Around line 122-126: Update the softmax computation before the per-element
loop over scores to precompute the loop-invariant scale and maximum terms,
including softmax_scale multiplied by LOG2E and new_max multiplied by LOG2E. Use
those precomputed values in the probabilities assignment within the loop,
preserving the existing exp2 and fastmath behavior.

In `@tests/unittest/_torch/visual_gen/test_attention_cute_dsl_sol_attn.py`:
- Line 558: Update the test’s tokens assignment to derive its value from
interface.BLOCK_SIZE instead of hardcoding 64, preserving the single-KV-block
premise if the kernel block size changes.

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