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  • Added per-channel V scaling for QK16PV8 in dense and block-scaled CuTe DSL FMHA kernels.
  • Updated kernel interfaces and scale tensor handling.
  • Applied V-channel scales in TMA-store and direct-global-store paths.
  • Added v_block_size validation and the ("bf16", "fp8", (0, 0, 1)) configuration.
  • Fixed FP8 V scaling reduction conversion order.
  • Added documentation for configuration, validation, hardware requirements, and recommended usage.
  • No test files, test lists, or unrelated configuration files changed.

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  • Per-channel V scaling is both faster and more accurate than per-tensor V scaling.
  • fmha.py and fmha_blockscaled.py now tells a consistent story.
  • Docs updated to cover both configs & recommend per-channel V for QK16PV8.

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Accuracy

Default Cosmos3-Nano (8B) I2V inference, prompts:

  • Image: Cosmos3-Nano HF: assets/example_i2v_input.jpg
  • Text: assets/example_i2v_prompt.json key ["temporal_caption"]

LPIPS score from the first 24 frames

Per-tensor (old) Per-channel (new)
0.2617 0.2145

Performance

Throughput test setup:

  • Wan2.2 self-attention block consisting of toQKV, normQk, selfAttn, and toOut.
  • 16 heads at headDim=128

Results on B300: BatchSize=1

config8K16K24K32K40K
QK16PV8 per-channel (new)14731809173316981669
QK16PV8 per-tensor (before)11511609163616681652
Torch SDPA BF1615251703155714721444
CuTeDSL BF1613761609142014221409
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Results on B300: BatchSize=2

config8K16K24K32K40K
QK16PV8 per-channel (new)16241751165016521631
QK16PV8 per-tensor (before)13931601160716421624
Torch SDPA BF1616141532144614401432
CuTeDSL BF1615151499138613981381
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The change adds configurable per-channel V scaling for CUTEDSL quantized attention, propagates scales through Blackwell FMHA kernels, accepts the corresponding configuration, and documents CUTEDSL and SageAttention recipes.

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Quantized attention scaling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Scaling configuration and routing
tensorrt_llm/visual_gen/args.py, tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/attention_backend/cute_dsl/fmha.py
The validator accepts v_block_size: 1. CUTEDSL validates v_block_size values 0 and 1, prepares V channel scales for dense and block-scaled FMHA, and selects V scaling independently of Q/K block scaling.
Blackwell output scaling
tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/cute_dsl_kernels/blackwell/attention/fmha.py, tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/cute_dsl_kernels/blackwell/attention/fmha_blockscaled.py
Blackwell FMHA passes optional V channel scales through kernel launches and correction epilogues. TMA-store and direct-global-store paths apply the scales after output normalization.
Quantized attention documentation
docs/source/visual-gen/features/quantized-attention.md, docs/source/models/visual-generation.md
The documentation describes supported recipes, configuration fields, backend routing, scaling behavior, hardware requirements, examples, and execution constraints. The overview links to the dedicated guide.

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The change adds per-channel V scaling and updates its documentation; the only current merge-readiness issue is a broken table-of-contents link in the new documentation, which has a bounded usability impact and should receive owner follow-up.

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  participant AttentionConfig
  participant CuTeDSLAttention
  participant BlackwellFMHA
  participant CorrectionEpilog
  AttentionConfig->>CuTeDSLAttention: provide v_block_size and V scales
  CuTeDSLAttention->>BlackwellFMHA: launch FMHA with channel scales
  BlackwellFMHA->>CorrectionEpilog: pass mScaleV_channels
  CorrectionEpilog->>CorrectionEpilog: scale normalized outputs
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491-500: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Use snake_case for the V-channel scale bindings.

Rename mScaleV_channels to m_scale_v_channels. Rename scaleV_ch_h to scale_v_ch_h. Update each propagated reference.

  • tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/cute_dsl_kernels/blackwell/attention/fmha.py#L491-L500: rename the dense-kernel local binding.
  • tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/cute_dsl_kernels/blackwell/attention/fmha.py#L744-L744: rename the dense-kernel parameter.
  • tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/cute_dsl_kernels/blackwell/attention/fmha.py#L3105-L3125: rename the dense-kernel head-scale local.
  • tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/cute_dsl_kernels/blackwell/attention/fmha_blockscaled.py#L624-L626: rename the block-scaled local binding.
  • tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/cute_dsl_kernels/blackwell/attention/fmha_blockscaled.py#L948-L948: rename the block-scaled kernel parameter.
  • tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/cute_dsl_kernels/blackwell/attention/fmha_blockscaled.py#L3601-L3620: rename the block-scaled head-scale local.

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In `@tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/cute_dsl_kernels/blackwell/attention/fmha.py`
around lines 491 - 500, Rename the V-channel scale bindings and all propagated
references to snake_case: use m_scale_v_channels instead of mScaleV_channels and
scale_v_ch_h instead of scaleV_ch_h. Apply the changes at
tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/cute_dsl_kernels/blackwell/attention/fmha.py
lines 491-500, 744-744, and 3105-3125, and fmha_blockscaled.py lines 624-626,
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In `@docs/source/visual-gen/features/quantized-attention.md`:
- Line 12: Fix the dead table-of-contents entry in the document by either
removing the Block-Scaled Q/K link or adding a matching section heading for its
anchor; ensure the final table of contents contains only resolvable links.
- Line 105: Update the SageAttention documentation comparison to use the valid
QuantAttentionConfig field qk_dtype instead of dk_dtype, and clarify that the
FP8 sm_103a comparison is against the INT8 recipe on hardware that supports
INT8, including the stated sm_100a restriction.
- Line 47: Update the v_block_size entry in the quantized-attention
documentation to state that v_block_size: 1 uses one scale per KV head and
channel, represented by an (H, D) scale tensor, rather than implying a scale
shared across all KV heads.

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In `@tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/cute_dsl_kernels/blackwell/attention/fmha.py`:
- Around line 491-500: Rename the V-channel scale bindings and all propagated
references to snake_case: use m_scale_v_channels instead of mScaleV_channels and
scale_v_ch_h instead of scaleV_ch_h. Apply the changes at
tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/cute_dsl_kernels/blackwell/attention/fmha.py
lines 491-500, 744-744, and 3105-3125, and fmha_blockscaled.py lines 624-626,
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Per-channel V scaling is both faster and more accurate than per-tensor V scaling.
fmha.py and fmha_blockscaled.py now tells a consistent story.
Docs updated to cover both configs & recommend per-channel V for QK16PV8.

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