Consolidate MoE quantization parameters into FusedMoeQuantConfig #19396

rahul-tuli · 2025-06-10T04:21:34Z

Summary

This PR refactors the FusedMoE quantization system by consolidating multiple boolean parameters into a single, type-safe configuration object. This addresses the proliferation of use_* flags across MoE functions and provides a cleaner, more maintainable API.

Problem

The current MoE quantization API suffers from several issues:

Before (❌ Problems):

# Multiple boolean parameters make functions unwieldy
def fused_experts(
    hidden_states, w1, w2, topk_weights, topk_ids,
    use_fp8_w8a8=False,           # 🔴 Too many booleans
    use_int8_w8a8=False,          # 🔴 Unclear which are mutually exclusive  
    use_int8_w8a16=False,         # 🔴 Easy to pass conflicting flags
    use_int4_w4a16=False,         # 🔴 No validation of combinations
    per_channel_quant=False,      # 🔴 Hard to extend with new quantization types
    block_shape=None,             # 🔴 Related parameters scattered
):

Issues:

❌ Parameter explosion: 6+ quantization-related parameters per function
❌ Type safety: No validation preventing conflicting quantization flags
❌ Maintainability: Adding new quantization types requires changing all function signatures
❌ User experience: Unclear which parameters can be used together
❌ Documentation: Behavior with multiple use_*=True flags is undefined

Solution

After (✅ Improvements):

# Clean, type-safe configuration object
def fused_experts(
    hidden_states, w1, w2, topk_weights, topk_ids,
    fused_moe_quant_config: Optional[FusedMoeQuantConfig] = None,  # ✅ Single config object
):

# Type-safe factory methods make intent clear  
config = FusedMoeQuantConfig.create_fp8_w8a8(per_channel_quant=True)
config = FusedMoeQuantConfig.create_int8_w8a16(activation_dtype=torch.bfloat16)

Key Features

🎯 Type-Safe Configuration

@dataclass
class FusedMoeQuantConfig:
    quantization_type: QuantizationType = QuantizationType.NONE
    activation_dtype: Optional[torch.dtype] = None
    per_channel_quant: bool = False
    block_shape: Optional[list[int]] = None

🏭 Factory Methods for Common Patterns

# Clear, self-documenting API
FusedMoeQuantConfig.create_fp8_w8a8()
FusedMoeQuantConfig.create_int8_w8a16(activation_dtype=torch.bfloat16)
FusedMoeQuantConfig.create_int4_w4a16(per_channel_quant=True)

🔒 Built-in Validation

✅ Prevents conflicting quantization types
✅ Validates activation dtypes for each quantization mode
✅ Validates block shapes and parameters
✅ Auto-infers sensible defaults

🔄 Seamless Backward Compatibility

✅ All existing code continues to work unchanged
✅ Automatic migration from legacy boolean flags
✅ Deprecation warnings guide users to new API
✅ Legacy support planned for removal in v0.7.0

# Legacy code still works with deprecation warning
fused_experts(..., use_fp8_w8a8=True, per_channel_quant=True)

# Automatically converts to:
FusedMoeQuantConfig.create_fp8_w8a8(per_channel_quant=True)

⚡ Performance Optimizations

✅ Cached boolean properties for hot paths
✅ No performance regression from refactoring
✅ Reduced parameter passing overhead

Migration Guide

Current users: No action required - your code will continue to work with deprecation warnings.

New users: Use the factory methods for better type safety:

# ❌ Old way (deprecated)
fused_experts(..., use_int8_w8a16=True, per_channel_quant=True)

# ✅ New way (recommended)  
config = FusedMoeQuantConfig.create_int8_w8a16(per_channel_quant=True)
fused_experts(..., fused_moe_quant_config=config)

Functions Refactored

fused_experts() - Core MoE expert computation
invoke_fused_moe_kernel() - Low-level kernel invocation
fused_moe() - High-level MoE interface
TritonExperts.__init__() - Triton-based expert implementation

Impact

🎯 Developer Experience: Cleaner, self-documenting API
🔒 Type Safety: Compile-time validation of quantization settings
🚀 Extensibility: Easy to add new quantization types without breaking changes
📚 Maintainability: Centralized quantization logic and validation
🔄 Migration: Zero-impact upgrade path for existing users

🤖 Generated with Claude Code

Co-Authored-By: Claude noreply@anthropic.com

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vllm/model_executor/layers/fused_moe/fused_moe.py

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…#19303) Signed-off-by: Xiongfei Wei <isaacwxf23@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Rahul Tuli <rahul@neuralmagic.com>

…Config Consolidates multiple boolean quantization parameters (use_fp8_w8a8, use_int8_w8a8, use_int8_w8a16, use_int4_w4a16, per_channel_quant, block_shape) into a single type-safe FusedMoeQuantConfig object across fused_experts, invoke_fused_moe_kernel, and fused_moe functions. Key improvements: - Type-safe configuration with QuantizationType enum - Factory methods for common quantization patterns - Built-in validation preventing conflicting configurations - Seamless backward compatibility with deprecation warnings - Performance optimizations with cached properties - Cleaner, more maintainable API for future extensions 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.ai/code) Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com> Signed-off-by: Rahul Tuli <rahul@neuralmagic.com>

mgoin · 2025-06-10T15:26:50Z

vllm/model_executor/layers/fused_moe/fused_moe.py

+        # Deprecated: keep for backward compatibility
+        use_fp8_w8a8: Optional[bool] = None,
+        use_int8_w8a8: Optional[bool] = None,
+        use_int8_w8a16: Optional[bool] = None,
+        use_int4_w4a16: Optional[bool] = None,
+        per_channel_quant: Optional[bool] = None,
+        block_shape: Optional[list[int]] = None) -> None:


We should just remove these since the interface is internal and we should fix all the usage in the codebase

mgoin · 2025-06-10T15:27:37Z

vllm/model_executor/layers/fused_moe/fused_moe.py

+        top_k: int,
+        config: dict[str, Any],
+        compute_type: tl.dtype,
+        fused_moe_quant_config: Optional[FusedMoeQuantConfig] = None,


We can just name is quant_config

mgoin · 2025-06-10T15:28:44Z

vllm/model_executor/layers/fused_moe/fused_moe.py

+    if fused_moe_quant_config.use_fp8_w8a8 or fused_moe_quant_config.use_int8_w8a8:
        assert B_scale is not None
-        assert (block_shape is None or triton.cdiv(B.shape[-2], block_shape[0])
+        assert (fused_moe_quant_config.block_shape is None or triton.cdiv(
+            B.shape[-2], fused_moe_quant_config.block_shape[0])
                == B_scale.shape[-2])
-        assert (block_shape is None or triton.cdiv(B.shape[-1], block_shape[1])
+        assert (fused_moe_quant_config.block_shape is None or triton.cdiv(
+            B.shape[-1], fused_moe_quant_config.block_shape[1])
                == B_scale.shape[-1])


You can get rid of a lot of these changes by just pulling it out to a local var i.e. block_shape = fused_moe_quant_config.block_shape

mgoin · 2025-06-10T15:32:44Z

vllm/model_executor/layers/fused_moe/fused_moe.py

+            per_channel_quant=per_channel_quant or False,
+            block_shape=block_shape)
+
+    if fused_moe_quant_config.use_fp8_w8a8 or fused_moe_quant_config.use_int8_w8a8:


I think it would be better to have a general check interface for multiple values like quant_config.quant_type in (QuantizationType.FP8_W8A8, QuantizationType.INT8_W8A8)
Separately, maybe we can shorten QuantizationType -> QuantType

mgoin · 2025-06-10T17:28:01Z

vllm/model_executor/layers/fused_moe/fused_moe.py

-            use_fp8_w8a8=use_fp8_w8a8,
-            use_int8_w8a8=use_int8_w8a8,
-            use_int8_w8a16=use_int8_w8a16,
-            use_int4_w4a16=use_int4_w4a16,
-            per_channel_quant=per_channel_quant,
+            use_fp8_w8a8=fused_moe_quant_config.use_fp8_w8a8,
+            use_int8_w8a8=fused_moe_quant_config.use_int8_w8a8,
+            use_int8_w8a16=fused_moe_quant_config.use_int8_w8a16,
+            use_int4_w4a16=fused_moe_quant_config.use_int4_w4a16,
+            per_channel_quant=fused_moe_quant_config.per_channel_quant,


This is an example of an internal usage that we should just be able to pass in quant_config here

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Summary

Problem

Solution

Key Features

🎯 Type-Safe Configuration

🏭 Factory Methods for Common Patterns

🔒 Built-in Validation

🔄 Seamless Backward Compatibility

⚡ Performance Optimizations

Migration Guide

Functions Refactored

Impact

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