Add Megatron KV cache scale export toggle [OMNIML-5819] - #2298
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThis change adds an optional ChangesMegatron export KV-cache scale control
Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to The new export option preserves existing behavior by default, but opting out of KV-scale clamping currently also hides a warning that can signal potential accuracy impact. This is a bounded observability risk and is mergeable with explicit owner awareness or follow-up. Suggested reviewers: 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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In `@modelopt/torch/export/quant_utils.py`:
- Line 396: Update the FP8 handling around get_kv_cache_dtype so the
large-activation warning remains evaluated whenever the KV cache dtype is
KV_CACHE_FP8, regardless of clamp_fp8_scales. Keep only the torch.max(...)
clamping operation conditional on clamp_fp8_scales, preserving warnings for
factors such as 0.75 when clamping is disabled.
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| # For FP8, we recommend default kv cache scaling factor to be 1. | ||
| if get_kv_cache_dtype(self_attention_module) == KV_CACHE_FP8: | ||
| if clamp_fp8_scales and get_kv_cache_dtype(self_attention_module) == KV_CACHE_FP8: |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Keep the large-activation warning independent of clamping.
Line 396 skips the warning when clamp_fp8_scales=False. For example, an FP8 factor of 0.75 no longer reports the potential accuracy risk. Keep the warning under the FP8 check and make only torch.max(...) conditional on clamp_fp8_scales.
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In `@modelopt/torch/export/quant_utils.py` at line 396, Update the FP8 handling
around get_kv_cache_dtype so the large-activation warning remains evaluated
whenever the KV cache dtype is KV_CACHE_FP8, regardless of clamp_fp8_scales.
Keep only the torch.max(...) clamping operation conditional on clamp_fp8_scales,
preserving warnings for factors such as 0.75 when clamping is disabled.
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| # For FP8, we recommend default kv cache scaling factor to be 1. | ||
| if get_kv_cache_dtype(self_attention_module) == KV_CACHE_FP8: | ||
| if clamp_fp8_scales and get_kv_cache_dtype(self_attention_module) == KV_CACHE_FP8: |
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[SUGGESTION] Gating on clamp_fp8_scales here also suppresses the "Large KV activation detected" diagnostic below (lines 400-404), which is orthogonal to clamping.
That warning fires when factor > 0.5, i.e. the calibrated/learned KV amax exceeds half of the FP8 e4m3 maxbound — a signal that the quantized KV cache is likely to cost accuracy. It is independent of whether the scale is subsequently floored at 1.0, and arguably more valuable on the clamp_fp8_scales=False path: those are exactly the users shipping the learned scale verbatim, with no clamp backstop if the scale is large. As written, export_mcore_gpt_to_hf(..., clamp_kv_cache_scales=False) exports large scales with no diagnostic at all.
Suggest hoisting the warning out of the clamp gate:
if get_kv_cache_dtype(self_attention_module) == KV_CACHE_FP8:
for i, factor in enumerate(scaling_factors):
if factor is None:
continue
if factor.item() > 0.5:
warn(
f"Warning: Large KV activation detected: {factor.item()}, "
"Quantized KV cache may lead to higher accuracy drop."
)
# For FP8, we recommend default kv cache scaling factor to be 1.
if clamp_fp8_scales:
scaling_factors[i] = torch.max(
factor, torch.tensor([1.0], dtype=torch.float, device=factor.device)
)Non-blocking — the default path's behavior is unchanged either way.
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LGTM. Missing cherry-pick-0.47.0 label since changelog is in 0.47 section
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The change is small, backward-compatible, and correctly threads an opt-out flag from the public Megatron export API to FP8 KV-cache scale extraction while retaining the existing clamping default. Tests cover both clamped/unclamped scale behavior and public API forwarding, and the changelog documents the option.
Complex PR: 1 existing test file modified or removed. Looping in a human for approval.
### What does this PR do? Type of change: bug fix Cherry picks for 0.47 release Merge order: #2287, #2219, #2276, #2298, #2296, #2309, #2318, #2332, #2320, #2180, #2358, #2300, #2334. ### Usage ```python # Add a code snippet demonstrating how to use this ``` ### Testing <!-- Mention how have you tested your change if applicable. --> ### Before your PR is "*Ready for review*" Make sure you read and follow [Contributor guidelines](https://github.com/NVIDIA/Model-Optimizer/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) and your commits are signed (`git commit -s -S`). Make sure you read and follow the [Security Best Practices](https://github.com/NVIDIA/Model-Optimizer/blob/main/SECURITY.md#security-coding-practices-for-contributors) (e.g. avoiding hardcoded `trust_remote_code=True`, `torch.load(..., weights_only=False)`, `pickle`, etc.). - Is this change backward compatible?: ✅ / ❌ / N/A <!--- If ❌, explain why. --> - If you copied code from any other sources or added a new PIP dependency, did you follow guidance in `CONTRIBUTING.md`: ✅ / ❌ / N/A <!--- Mandatory --> - Did you write any new necessary tests?: ✅ / ❌ / N/A <!--- Mandatory for new features or examples. --> - Did you update [Changelog](https://github.com/NVIDIA/Model-Optimizer/blob/main/CHANGELOG.rst)?: ✅ / ❌ / N/A <!--- Very short summary of changes only for new features, backward breaking changes, deprecations, or fixes for critical bugs present in previous releases. --> - Did you get Claude approval on this PR?: ✅ / ❌ / N/A <!--- Run `/claude review`. NVIDIA org members can self-trigger for complex changes; orthogonal to CodeRabbit. --> ### Additional Information <!-- E.g. related issue. --> <!-- This is an auto-generated comment: release notes by coderabbit.ai --> ## Summary by CodeRabbit * **New Features** * Added PETR, VoVNet, and FAR3D ONNX post-training quantization and TensorRT evaluation workflows. * Added Qwen3.5-VL export support, expanded multimodal checkpoint loading, and new model-specific quantization recipes. * Added configurable MoE expert layouts and KV-cache scaling controls. * **Bug Fixes** * Improved ONNX Autotune precision selection and fallback behavior. * Fixed checkpoint validation, VLM calibration, expert exports, and KV-cache configuration. * **Documentation** * Clarified recipe locations, model export workflows, and Autotune behavior. * **Breaking Changes** * FAR3D decoder quantization and several deprecated quantization options were removed. <!-- end of auto-generated comment: release notes by coderabbit.ai --> --------- Signed-off-by: Keval Morabia <28916987+kevalmorabia97@users.noreply.github.com> Signed-off-by: Chad Voegele <cvoegele@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by: Shengliang Xu <shengliangx@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by: Jennifer Chen <jennifchen@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by: ajrasane <131806219+ajrasane@users.noreply.github.com> Signed-off-by: realAsma <akuriparambi@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by: Chenjie Luo <chenjiel@nvidia.com> Co-authored-by: Keval Morabia <28916987+kevalmorabia97@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Co-authored-by: Shengliang Xu <106840466+shengliangxu@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Jenny Chen <jennifchen@nvidia.com> Co-authored-by: Ajinkya Rasane <131806219+ajrasane@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Codex <codex@openai.com> Co-authored-by: realAsma <86726418+realAsma@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Chenjie Luo <108829653+cjluo-nv@users.noreply.github.com>
What does this PR do?
Type of change: Bug fix
During QAT/QAD with quantized FP8 KV cache, Megatron export inherits the HF export behavior of clamping FP8 KV scales to 1.0. This throws away any scales learned during QAT/QAD. Instead we add a toggle to enable disabling KV scale clamping during Megatron export.
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