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vllm.models.deepseek_v4_1.nvidia.model

Classes:

DeepseekV41LLMForCausalLM

Bases: Module, SupportsPP, SupportsEagle3, SupportsLoRA, DeepseekV4MixtureOfExperts

Methods:

Attributes:

Source code in vllm/models/deepseek_v4_1/nvidia/model.py
class DeepseekV41LLMForCausalLM(
    nn.Module,
    SupportsPP,
    SupportsEagle3,
    SupportsLoRA,
    DeepseekV4MixtureOfExperts,
):
    model_cls = DeepseekV4Model

    # Default mapper assumes the original FP4-expert checkpoint layout.
    # Overridden per-instance in __init__ when expert_dtype != "fp4".
    hf_to_vllm_mapper = _make_deepseek_v4_weights_mapper("fp4")

    packed_modules_mapping = {
        "gate_up_proj": ["w1", "w3"],
        "fused_wqa_wkv": ["wq_a", "wkv"],
        "fused_wkv_wgate": ["wkv", "wgate"],
    }

    # The MTP draft head is not LoRA-adapted.
    lora_skip_prefixes = ["mtp."]

    def __init__(self, *, vllm_config: VllmConfig, prefix: str = ""):
        super().__init__()

        config = vllm_config.model_config.hf_config
        self.config = config
        expert_dtype = getattr(config, "expert_dtype", "fp4")
        self.hf_to_vllm_mapper = _make_deepseek_v4_weights_mapper(
            expert_dtype, _linear_scale_param_name(vllm_config, expert_dtype)
        )

        self.model = self.model_cls(
            vllm_config=vllm_config, prefix=maybe_prefix(prefix, "model")
        )
        if get_pp_group().is_last_rank:
            self.lm_head = ParallelLMHead(
                config.vocab_size,
                config.hidden_size,
                prefix=maybe_prefix(prefix, "lm_head"),
            )
        else:
            self.lm_head = PPMissingLayer()
        self.logits_processor = LogitsProcessor(config.vocab_size)
        self.make_empty_intermediate_tensors = (  # type: ignore[method-assign]
            self.model.make_empty_intermediate_tensors
        )

        self.set_moe_parameters()

    def set_moe_parameters(self) -> None:
        self.num_expert_groups = getattr(self.config, "n_group", 1)
        self.num_moe_layers = self.config.num_hidden_layers
        self.moe_layers: list[nn.Module] = []
        self.moe_mlp_layers: list[DeepseekV4MoE] = []
        example_moe: DeepseekV4MoE | None = None
        for layer in self.model.layers:
            if isinstance(layer, PPMissingLayer):
                continue
            if not isinstance(layer, DeepseekV4DecoderLayer):
                continue
            if isinstance(layer.ffn, DeepseekV4MoE):
                example_moe = layer.ffn
                self.moe_mlp_layers.append(layer.ffn)
                self.moe_layers.append(layer.ffn.experts)

        self.num_moe_layers = len(self.moe_layers)
        self.extract_moe_parameters(example_moe)

    def embed_input_ids(self, input_ids: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
        return self.model.embed_input_ids(input_ids)

    def compute_logits(
        self,
        hidden_states: torch.Tensor,
    ) -> torch.Tensor | None:
        logits = self.logits_processor(self.lm_head, hidden_states)
        return logits

    def compute_logits_local(
        self,
        hidden_states: torch.Tensor,
    ) -> torch.Tensor:
        return self.logits_processor(self.lm_head, hidden_states, skip_gather=True)

    @staticmethod
    def get_model_state_cls():
        from .model_state import DeepseekV41ModelState

        return DeepseekV41ModelState

    @property
    def token_lookback_depth(self) -> int:
        """Tokens before a chunk start the engram hash needs; the model runner
        passes them as `lookback_token_ids`."""
        engram_hash = self.model.engram_hash
        return engram_hash.lookback_depth if engram_hash is not None else 0

    def forward(
        self,
        input_ids: torch.Tensor,
        positions: torch.Tensor,
        intermediate_tensors: IntermediateTensors | None = None,
        inputs_embeds: torch.Tensor | None = None,
        lookback_token_ids: torch.Tensor | None = None,
    ) -> torch.Tensor | IntermediateTensors:
        hidden_states = self.model(
            input_ids,
            positions,
            intermediate_tensors,
            inputs_embeds,
            lookback_token_ids=lookback_token_ids,
        )
        return hidden_states

    def get_mtp_target_hidden_states(self) -> torch.Tensor | None:
        """Pre-collapse residual stream buffer (max_num_batched_tokens,
        hc_mult * hidden_size) for the MTP draft model. Populated by
        forward(); valid after each target step."""
        return getattr(self.model, "_mtp_hidden_buffer", None)

    def load_weights(self, weights: Iterable[tuple[str, torch.Tensor]]) -> set[str]:
        loader = AutoWeightsLoader(self)
        loaded_params = loader.load_weights(weights, mapper=self.hf_to_vllm_mapper)
        self.process_weights_after_loading()
        return loaded_params

    def process_weights_after_loading(self) -> None:
        self.model.finalize_mega_moe_weights()
        self.model.finalize_mhc_broadcast_weights()

    def get_expert_mapping(self) -> list[tuple[str, str, int, str]]:
        return self.model.get_expert_mapping()

token_lookback_depth property

Tokens before a chunk start the engram hash needs; the model runner passes them as lookback_token_ids.

get_mtp_target_hidden_states()

Pre-collapse residual stream buffer (max_num_batched_tokens, hc_mult * hidden_size) for the MTP draft model. Populated by forward(); valid after each target step.

Source code in vllm/models/deepseek_v4_1/nvidia/model.py
def get_mtp_target_hidden_states(self) -> torch.Tensor | None:
    """Pre-collapse residual stream buffer (max_num_batched_tokens,
    hc_mult * hidden_size) for the MTP draft model. Populated by
    forward(); valid after each target step."""
    return getattr(self.model, "_mtp_hidden_buffer", None)

DeepseekV4Model

Bases: Module, EagleModelMixin

Source code in vllm/models/deepseek_v4_1/nvidia/model.py
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class DeepseekV4Model(nn.Module, EagleModelMixin):
    def __init__(self, *, vllm_config: VllmConfig, prefix: str = ""):
        super().__init__()

        config = vllm_config.model_config.hf_config
        quant_config = vllm_config.quant_config
        self.config = config
        self.quant_config = quant_config
        self.parallel_config = vllm_config.parallel_config
        self.use_mega_moe = vllm_config.kernel_config.moe_backend in MEGA_MOE_BACKENDS
        self.use_sequence_parallel = _use_sequence_parallel(vllm_config)
        if self.use_mega_moe and not vllm_config.parallel_config.enable_expert_parallel:
            raise NotImplementedError(
                "DeepSeek V4 MegaMoE currently requires expert parallel. "
                "Enable it with --enable-expert-parallel, or pick a different "
                "moe backend."
            )
        self.vocab_size = config.vocab_size
        self.hc_eps = config.hc_eps
        self.hc_mult = config.hc_mult
        self.hc_dim = self.hc_mult * config.hidden_size
        self.rms_norm_eps = config.rms_norm_eps

        # Three aux streams: one per non-default input GEMM in
        # DeepseekV4Attention._run_parallel_input_projections
        # (compressor kv_score, indexer.weights_proj). fused_wqa_wkv stays on
        # the default stream.
        aux_stream_list = [torch.cuda.Stream() for _ in range(3)]

        # Reserved topk indices buffer for all Indexer layers to reuse.
        self.topk_indices_buffer = torch.empty(
            vllm_config.scheduler_config.max_num_batched_tokens,
            config.index_topk,
            dtype=torch.int32,
        )

        # Two-level candidate filtering: the indexer at
        # candidate_source_layer_id publishes the top candidate blocks of
        # compressed positions here; later ratio-1 indexers (24/28/32/36)
        # mask their scores with it.
        candidate_source_layer = getattr(config, "candidate_source_layer_id", -1)
        candidate_topk_blocks = getattr(config, "candidate_topk_blocks", 0)
        if candidate_source_layer >= 0 and candidate_topk_blocks > 0:
            self.candidate_block_buffer = torch.empty(
                vllm_config.scheduler_config.max_num_batched_tokens,
                candidate_topk_blocks,
                dtype=torch.int32,
            )
        else:
            self.candidate_block_buffer = None

        if get_pp_group().is_first_rank:
            self.embed_tokens = VocabParallelEmbedding(
                config.vocab_size,
                config.hidden_size,
                quant_config=quant_config,
                prefix=f"{prefix}.embed_tokens",
            )
        else:
            self.embed_tokens = PPMissingLayer()

        self.engram_layout = EngramLayout.from_config(config)

        self.start_layer, self.end_layer, self.layers = make_layers(
            config.num_hidden_layers,
            lambda prefix: DeepseekV4DecoderLayer(
                vllm_config,
                prefix=prefix,
                topk_indices_buffer=self.topk_indices_buffer,
                aux_stream_list=aux_stream_list,
                candidate_block_buffer=self.candidate_block_buffer,
                engram_layout=self.engram_layout,
            ),
            prefix=f"{prefix}.layers",
        )

        # The n-gram hash needs a slot-keyed rolling store of compressed ids
        # (chunked prefill / decode lookback); key it off the first local
        # layer's sliding-window KV cache. Only PP ranks owning an engram
        # layer need it.
        self.engram_hash: NgramHashState | None = None
        self.engram_swa_prefix: str | None = None
        if self.engram_layout is not None:
            local_engram = any(
                isinstance(layer, DeepseekV4DecoderLayer) and layer.engram is not None
                for layer in islice(self.layers, self.start_layer, self.end_layer)
            )
            if local_engram:
                first_layer = next(
                    iter(islice(self.layers, self.start_layer, self.end_layer))
                )
                swa_cache_module = first_layer.attn.swa_cache_layer
                self.engram_hash = NgramHashState(
                    vllm_config, self.engram_layout, swa_cache_module
                )
                self.engram_swa_prefix = swa_cache_module.prefix

        if get_pp_group().is_last_rank:
            self.norm = RMSNorm(config.hidden_size, self.rms_norm_eps)
        else:
            self.norm = PPMissingLayer()

        spec_config = vllm_config.speculative_config
        needs_mtp_hidden_states = spec_config is not None and (
            spec_config.use_eagle() or spec_config.uses_draft_model()
        )
        if get_pp_group().is_last_rank and needs_mtp_hidden_states:
            self._mtp_hidden_buffer = torch.empty(
                vllm_config.scheduler_config.max_num_batched_tokens,
                self.hc_dim,
                dtype=vllm_config.model_config.dtype,
            )
        else:
            self._mtp_hidden_buffer = None

    def embed_input_ids(self, input_ids: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
        return self.embed_tokens(input_ids)

    def make_empty_intermediate_tensors(
        self,
        batch_size: int,
        dtype: torch.dtype,
        device: torch.device,
    ) -> IntermediateTensors:
        # PP intermediate tensors carry the multi-stream hidden_states
        # of shape (num_tokens, hc_mult, hidden_size) — V4 expands the
        # token embedding to hc_mult streams before the first decoder
        # layer and keeps that shape until the final hc collapse — plus the
        # (num_tokens, hc_mult) pre-mix the next rank's first layer needs
        # for its attention collapse.
        return IntermediateTensors(
            {
                "hidden_states": torch.zeros(
                    (batch_size, self.hc_mult, self.config.hidden_size),
                    dtype=dtype,
                    device=device,
                ),
                "pre_mix": torch.zeros(
                    (batch_size, self.hc_mult),
                    dtype=torch.float32,
                    device=device,
                ),
            }
        )

    def forward(
        self,
        input_ids: torch.Tensor,
        positions: torch.Tensor,
        intermediate_tensors: IntermediateTensors | None,
        inputs_embeds: torch.Tensor | None = None,
        lookback_token_ids: torch.Tensor | None = None,
    ) -> torch.Tensor | IntermediateTensors:
        if get_pp_group().is_first_rank:
            if inputs_embeds is not None:
                hidden_states = inputs_embeds
            else:
                hidden_states = self.embed_input_ids(input_ids)
        else:
            assert intermediate_tensors is not None
            hidden_states = intermediate_tensors["hidden_states"]

        if self.use_mega_moe:
            input_ids = input_ids.to(torch.int64)

        # Engram n-gram hashes for the whole (flattened) batch, computed once
        # on the full token stream — before any sequence-parallel sharding —
        # and consumed by the engram layers (1 and 14) below. Skipped on
        # profile runs (KV cache unbound).
        engram_hashes: torch.Tensor | None = None
        engram_mask: torch.Tensor | None = None
        if (
            self.engram_hash is not None
            and input_ids is not None
            and is_forward_context_available()
        ):
            attn_metadata = get_forward_context().attn_metadata
            if isinstance(attn_metadata, list):
                attn_metadata = attn_metadata[dbo_current_ubatch_id()]
            if isinstance(attn_metadata, dict) and self.engram_hash.ensure_cache():
                assert self.engram_swa_prefix is not None
                swa_metadata = typing.cast(
                    "DeepseekSparseSWAMetadata", attn_metadata[self.engram_swa_prefix]
                )
                # Image-span tokens are dead: they break n-grams (hash op
                # takes True=dead) and their gate is zeroed (Engram.forward
                # takes True=keep).
                image_mask = image_sentinel_mask(input_ids)
                engram_mask = ~image_mask
                if lookback_token_ids is None:
                    if not self.engram_hash.use_slot_cache:
                        raise NotImplementedError(
                            "engram needs `lookback_token_ids` from the model "
                            "runner (the DBO/ubatch wrapper drops model kwargs)"
                        )
                    num_reqs = swa_metadata.num_decodes + swa_metadata.num_prefills
                    lookback_token_ids = input_ids.new_full(
                        (num_reqs, self.engram_hash.lookback_depth), -1
                    )
                engram_hashes = self.engram_hash(
                    input_ids,
                    positions,
                    swa_metadata.query_start_loc,
                    image_mask,
                    lookback_token_ids,
                    image_sentinel_mask(lookback_token_ids),
                    swa_metadata.slot_mapping,
                    swa_metadata.block_table,
                )
                # Gather all Engram rows before entering the decoder layers.
                for layer in islice(self.layers, self.start_layer, self.end_layer):
                    engram = getattr(layer, "engram", None)
                    if engram is not None:
                        engram.prepare_embeddings(
                            engram_hashes[:, engram.layer_hash_index]
                        )

        full_num_tokens = positions.shape[0]
        if self.use_sequence_parallel:
            if envs.VLLM_MOE_SKIP_PADDING and is_forward_context_available():
                forward_context = get_forward_context()
                forward_context.is_padding = sp_padding_mask(
                    forward_context.is_padding, hidden_states
                )
            hidden_states = sp_shard(hidden_states)
            input_ids = sp_shard(input_ids)

        residual, post_mix, res_mix = None, None, None
        pre_mix: torch.Tensor | None = None
        if not get_pp_group().is_first_rank:
            assert intermediate_tensors is not None
            pre_mix = intermediate_tensors["pre_mix"]
        aux_hidden_states: list[torch.Tensor] = []
        final_aux_recon: torch.Tensor | None = None  # avoid duplicate mhc_post call
        for idx, layer in enumerate(
            islice(self.layers, self.start_layer, self.end_layer),
            start=self.start_layer,
        ):
            hidden_states, residual, post_mix, res_mix, pre_mix = layer(
                hidden_states,
                positions,
                input_ids,
                pre_mix,
                post_mix,
                res_mix,
                residual,
                engram_hashes,
                engram_mask,
            )
            if idx + 1 in self.aux_hidden_state_layers:
                # Reconstruct the aux hidden state for draft models
                aux_recon = mhc_post_tilelang(
                    hidden_states, residual, post_mix, res_mix
                )
                aux_hidden_state = aux_recon.mean(dim=1)
                if self.use_sequence_parallel:
                    aux_hidden_state = sp_all_gather(aux_hidden_state)[:full_num_tokens]
                aux_hidden_states.append(aux_hidden_state)
                final_aux_recon = aux_recon
        if layer is not None:
            # Reuse if the last layer was captured as an aux hidden state
            if self.end_layer in self.aux_hidden_state_layers:
                hidden_states = final_aux_recon
            else:
                hidden_states = mhc_post_tilelang(
                    hidden_states, residual, post_mix, res_mix
                )

        if not get_pp_group().is_last_rank:
            return IntermediateTensors(
                {"hidden_states": hidden_states, "pre_mix": pre_mix}
            )

        # MTP needs full HC states; otherwise collapse and normalize locally
        # before gathering to reduce communication.
        if self._mtp_hidden_buffer is not None:
            if self.use_sequence_parallel:
                hidden_states = sp_all_gather(hidden_states)[:full_num_tokens]
                pre_mix = sp_all_gather(pre_mix)[:full_num_tokens]
            num_tokens = hidden_states.shape[0]
            self._mtp_hidden_buffer[:num_tokens].copy_(hidden_states.flatten(1))

        # Collapse the hc copies with the pre-mix from the last layer's FFN
        # mixes — the mix the reference applies via
        # ``last_layer.hc_pre(h, pre_mix)`` (v4.1 has no learned hc_head).
        assert pre_mix is not None
        hidden_states = hc_collapse_triton(hidden_states, pre_mix)
        hidden_states = self.norm(hidden_states)
        if self.use_sequence_parallel and self._mtp_hidden_buffer is None:
            # Without MTP, gather only the collapsed and normalized hidden states.
            hidden_states = sp_all_gather(hidden_states)[:full_num_tokens]
        if len(aux_hidden_states) > 0:
            return hidden_states, aux_hidden_states
        return hidden_states

    def load_weights(self, weights: Iterable[tuple[str, torch.Tensor]]) -> set[str]:
        stacked_params_mapping = [
            # (param_name, shard_name, shard_id)
            ("gate_up_proj", "w1", 0),
            ("gate_up_proj", "w3", 1),
            ("attn.fused_wqa_wkv", "attn.wq_a", 0),
            ("attn.fused_wqa_wkv", "attn.wkv", 1),
            ("compressor.fused_wkv_wgate", "compressor.wkv", 0),
            ("compressor.fused_wkv_wgate", "compressor.wgate", 1),
        ]
        params_dict = dict(self.named_parameters())
        loaded_params: set[str] = set()

        # TP for attention
        tp_size = get_tensor_model_parallel_world_size()
        tp_rank = get_tensor_model_parallel_rank()
        n_head = self.config.num_attention_heads
        n_local_head = n_head // tp_size
        head_rank_start = n_local_head * tp_rank
        head_rank_end = n_local_head * (tp_rank + 1)

        # Pre-compute expert mapping ONCE.
        expert_mapping = self.get_expert_mapping()

        # Block-FP8 shared experts: pad the intermediate up to the TP-uniform
        # block count so the standard loaders below slice it evenly (trailing
        # ranks land on the zero pad). SP / unquantized ones need no padding.
        pad_shared_expert = (
            getattr(self.quant_config, "weight_block_size", None) is not None
            and not self.use_sequence_parallel
        )

        for name, loaded_weight in weights:
            if name.startswith(("vision.", "aligner.", "image_")):
                # Vision weights are loaded by the outer multimodal wrapper.
                logger.warning_once("Skipping non-text weight: %s", name)
                continue
            if pad_shared_expert and ".shared_experts." in name:
                loaded_weight = self._pad_shared_expert_weight(
                    self.quant_config, name, loaded_weight
                )
            for param_name, weight_name, shard_id in stacked_params_mapping:
                # Skip non-stacked layers and experts (experts handled below).
                if ".experts." in name:
                    continue
                if weight_name not in name:
                    continue
                name = name.replace(weight_name, param_name)

                if is_pp_missing_parameter(name, self):
                    break
                if name not in params_dict:
                    head, _, leaf = name.rpartition(".")
                    suffixed = f"{head}.base_layer.{leaf}"
                    if suffixed in params_dict:
                        name = suffixed
                param = params_dict[name]
                weight_loader = param.weight_loader
                weight_loader(param, loaded_weight, shard_id)
                loaded_params.add(name)
                break
            else:
                if ".experts." in name:
                    # E8M0 scales are stored as float8_e8m0fnu in
                    # checkpoints but the MoE param is uint8. copy_()
                    # would do a numeric conversion (e.g. 2^-7 → 0),
                    # destroying the raw exponent bytes.
                    if (
                        "weight_scale" in name
                        and loaded_weight.dtype == torch.float8_e8m0fnu
                    ):
                        loaded_weight = loaded_weight.view(torch.uint8)
                    for mapping in expert_mapping:
                        param_name, weight_name, expert_id, expert_shard_id = mapping
                        if weight_name not in name:
                            continue
                        name_mapped = name.replace(weight_name, param_name)
                        if is_pp_missing_parameter(name_mapped, self):
                            continue
                        param = params_dict[name_mapped]
                        # We should ask the weight loader to return success or not
                        # here since otherwise we may skip experts with other
                        # available replicas.
                        weight_loader = typing.cast(
                            Callable[..., bool], param.weight_loader
                        )
                        success = weight_loader(
                            param,
                            loaded_weight,
                            name_mapped,
                            shard_id=expert_shard_id,
                            expert_id=expert_id,
                            return_success=True,
                        )
                        if success:
                            name = name_mapped
                            break
                    loaded_params.add(name_mapped)
                    continue
                elif "attn_sink" in name:
                    if is_pp_missing_parameter(name, self):
                        continue
                    narrow_weight = loaded_weight[head_rank_start:head_rank_end]
                    n = narrow_weight.shape[0]
                    params_dict[name][:n].copy_(narrow_weight)
                    loaded_params.add(name)
                    continue
                else:
                    if is_pp_missing_parameter(name, self):
                        continue
                    # Non-LoRA params on a LoRA-wrapped module live at
                    # ``<head>.base_layer.<leaf>``; the checkpoint is plain.
                    if name not in params_dict:
                        head, _, leaf = name.rpartition(".")
                        suffixed = f"{head}.base_layer.{leaf}"
                        if suffixed in params_dict:
                            name = suffixed
                    param = params_dict[name]
                    weight_loader = getattr(
                        param, "weight_loader", default_weight_loader
                    )
                    weight_loader(param, loaded_weight)
                    loaded_params.add(name)
                    continue

        return loaded_params

    @staticmethod
    def _pad_shared_expert_weight(
        quant_config: QuantizationConfig | None,
        name: str,
        loaded_weight: torch.Tensor,
    ) -> torch.Tensor:
        """Zero-pad a block-FP8 shared-expert weight/scale on its intermediate
        axis so the standard TP loaders split it into even, block-aligned shards
        (trailing ranks get the zero pad). gate (w1)/up (w3) [I, H] pad dim 0;
        down (w2 -> down_proj) [H, I] pads dim 1.
        """
        block_size = getattr(quant_config, "weight_block_size", None)
        assert block_size is not None
        # Round the intermediate axis up to a whole number of TP shards. The axis
        # is in elements for weights (step = block) and in blocks for scales.
        step = (
            1 if name.endswith(("weight_scale_inv", "weight_scale")) else block_size[0]
        )
        dim = 1 if ".down_proj." in name else 0
        mult = get_tensor_model_parallel_world_size() * step
        pad = cdiv(loaded_weight.shape[dim], mult) * mult - loaded_weight.shape[dim]
        if pad == 0:
            return loaded_weight
        pad_shape = list(loaded_weight.shape)
        pad_shape[dim] = pad
        return torch.cat([loaded_weight, loaded_weight.new_zeros(pad_shape)], dim=dim)

    def get_expert_mapping(self) -> list[tuple[str, str, int, str]]:
        first_layer = next(iter(islice(self.layers, self.start_layer, self.end_layer)))
        if first_layer.ffn.use_mega_moe:
            return make_deepseek_v4_expert_params_mapping(self.config.n_routed_experts)
        # Params for weights, fp8 weight scales, fp8 activation scales
        # (param_name, weight_name, expert_id, shard_id)
        return fused_moe_make_expert_params_mapping(
            self,
            ckpt_gate_proj_name="w1",
            ckpt_down_proj_name="w2",
            ckpt_up_proj_name="w3",
            num_experts=self.config.n_routed_experts,
        )

    def finalize_mega_moe_weights(self) -> None:
        for layer in islice(self.layers, self.start_layer, self.end_layer):
            layer.ffn.finalize_mega_moe_weights()

    def finalize_mhc_broadcast_weights(self) -> None:
        if not get_pp_group().is_first_rank or self.start_layer >= self.end_layer:
            return
        layer = self.layers[self.start_layer]
        if isinstance(layer, DeepseekV4DecoderLayer):
            broadcast = (
                layer.hc_attn_fn.detach()
                .view(-1, layer.hc_mult, layer.hidden_size)
                .sum(dim=1)
            )
            if layer.hc_attn_fn_broadcast is None:
                layer.hc_attn_fn_broadcast = broadcast
            else:
                layer.hc_attn_fn_broadcast.copy_(broadcast)

_pad_shared_expert_weight(quant_config, name, loaded_weight) staticmethod

Zero-pad a block-FP8 shared-expert weight/scale on its intermediate axis so the standard TP loaders split it into even, block-aligned shards (trailing ranks get the zero pad). gate (w1)/up (w3) [I, H] pad dim 0; down (w2 -> down_proj) [H, I] pads dim 1.

Source code in vllm/models/deepseek_v4_1/nvidia/model.py
@staticmethod
def _pad_shared_expert_weight(
    quant_config: QuantizationConfig | None,
    name: str,
    loaded_weight: torch.Tensor,
) -> torch.Tensor:
    """Zero-pad a block-FP8 shared-expert weight/scale on its intermediate
    axis so the standard TP loaders split it into even, block-aligned shards
    (trailing ranks get the zero pad). gate (w1)/up (w3) [I, H] pad dim 0;
    down (w2 -> down_proj) [H, I] pads dim 1.
    """
    block_size = getattr(quant_config, "weight_block_size", None)
    assert block_size is not None
    # Round the intermediate axis up to a whole number of TP shards. The axis
    # is in elements for weights (step = block) and in blocks for scales.
    step = (
        1 if name.endswith(("weight_scale_inv", "weight_scale")) else block_size[0]
    )
    dim = 1 if ".down_proj." in name else 0
    mult = get_tensor_model_parallel_world_size() * step
    pad = cdiv(loaded_weight.shape[dim], mult) * mult - loaded_weight.shape[dim]
    if pad == 0:
        return loaded_weight
    pad_shape = list(loaded_weight.shape)
    pad_shape[dim] = pad
    return torch.cat([loaded_weight, loaded_weight.new_zeros(pad_shape)], dim=dim)

_linear_scale_param_name(vllm_config, expert_dtype)

Parameter name the linear quant method registers for weight scales.

Native MXFP8 checkpoints ([32, 32] blocks with MXFP4 experts) route linear layers through ModelOptLinearMethod, which registers weight_scale; block-FP8 linear layers register weight_scale_inv.

Source code in vllm/models/deepseek_v4_1/nvidia/model.py
def _linear_scale_param_name(vllm_config: VllmConfig, expert_dtype: str) -> str:
    """Parameter name the linear quant method registers for weight scales.

    Native MXFP8 checkpoints ([32, 32] blocks with MXFP4 experts) route linear
    layers through ModelOptLinearMethod, which registers ``weight_scale``;
    block-FP8 linear layers register ``weight_scale_inv``.
    """
    use_mxfp8 = (
        getattr(vllm_config.quant_config, "weight_block_size", None) == [32, 32]
        and expert_dtype == "fp4"
    )
    return "weight_scale" if use_mxfp8 else "weight_scale_inv"

_select_dsv4_attn_cls(vllm_config)

Pick the CUDA sparse-MLA attention class for the configured backend.

The generic CUDA backend selector does not instantiate DSv4 layers directly, so map generic sparse-MLA choices to the DSv4-specialized attention class. Without an explicit backend, SM12 defaults to FlashInfer while the other CUDA arches keep the FlashMLA path.

Source code in vllm/models/deepseek_v4_1/nvidia/model.py
def _select_dsv4_attn_cls(vllm_config: VllmConfig) -> type[DeepseekV4Attention]:
    """Pick the CUDA sparse-MLA attention class for the configured backend.

    The generic CUDA backend selector does not instantiate DSv4 layers directly,
    so map generic sparse-MLA choices to the DSv4-specialized attention class.
    Without an explicit backend, SM12 defaults to FlashInfer while the other
    CUDA arches keep the FlashMLA path.
    """
    backend = vllm_config.attention_config.backend
    device_capability = current_platform.get_device_capability()
    if backend in (
        AttentionBackendEnum.FLASHINFER_MLA_SPARSE,
        AttentionBackendEnum.FLASHINFER_MLA_SPARSE_SM120,
    ):
        raise ValueError(
            f"{backend.name} is not a DeepSeek V4.1 attention backend. "
            "Use FLASHINFER_MLA_SPARSE_DSV41 for DeepSeek V4.1 FlashInfer "
            "sparse MLA."
        )
    if backend in (
        AttentionBackendEnum.FLASHINFER_MLA_SPARSE_DSV4,
        AttentionBackendEnum.FLASHINFER_MLA_SPARSE_DSV41,
    ):
        if device_capability is not None and device_capability.major == 12:
            return DeepseekV4FlashInferSM120Attention
        return DeepseekV4FlashInferMLAAttention
    if backend in (
        AttentionBackendEnum.FLASHMLA_SPARSE,
        AttentionBackendEnum.FLASHMLA_SPARSE_DSV4,
        AttentionBackendEnum.FLASHMLA_SPARSE_DSV41,
    ):
        return DeepseekV4FlashMLAAttention

    if device_capability is not None and device_capability.major == 12:
        return DeepseekV4FlashInferSM120Attention
    return DeepseekV4FlashMLAAttention