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Enable LiLiCorr draft checkpoints through DFlashDecodingConfig, including Nemotron Super 3.5 VL. Adds correlated candidate scoring and metadata-driven quantized loading.

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Adds test_head_matches_reference_scores and focused tests for checkpoint loading, candidate selection, TP normalization, activation dtype, and partial acceptance.

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The changes add LiLiCorr as a DFlash draft model. They add checkpoint loading and model dispatch, integrate LiLiCorr scoring into speculative-logit refinement, and add tests and checkpoint documentation.

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LiLiCorr draft-model support

Layer / File(s) Summary
LiLiCorr head and checkpoint loading
tensorrt_llm/_torch/models/modeling_lilicorr.py, tests/unittest/_torch/speculative/hw_agnostic/test_lilicorr.py
Adds the LiLiCorr scoring head and greedy candidate-path generation. Loads supported checkpoint formats and quantized projections, and transfers target embeddings while retaining a checkpoint-owned LM head. Tests cover reference scores, proposal paths, and checkpoint loading.
Model dispatch and checkpoint integration
tensorrt_llm/_torch/models/modeling_dflash.py, tensorrt_llm/usage/architecture_allowlist.py, docs/source/features/speculative-decoding.md
Detects LiLiCorr declarations and dispatches supported checkpoints to LiLiCorrForCausalLM. Adjusts DFlash projection and selector loading, adds the architecture identifier to the public allowlist, and documents checkpoint compatibility and loading requirements.
Speculative-logit refinement
tensorrt_llm/_torch/speculative/dflash.py, tests/unittest/_torch/speculative/hw_agnostic/test_lilicorr.py
Selects candidates using normalized vocabulary logits, scores a candidate path with draft and anchor hidden states, and places the path scores in the candidate logits. Derives the anchor from the target row for the last accepted token. Tests cover tensor-parallel normalization, dtype selection, and accepted-row selection.

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Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Feature

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sequenceDiagram
  participant DFlashWorker
  participant TensorParallelRanks
  participant LiLiCorrForCausalLM
  DFlashWorker->>TensorParallelRanks: All-gather vocabulary log-normalizers
  DFlashWorker->>LiLiCorrForCausalLM: Pass candidate IDs, log probabilities, draft hidden states, and anchor
  LiLiCorrForCausalLM-->>DFlashWorker: Return greedy candidate-path scores
  DFlashWorker->>DFlashWorker: Scatter path scores into candidate logits
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LiLiCorr draft checkpoint support appears functionally sound. The checks that reject malformed or unsupported quantized checkpoints have no tests, so a future regression could load a bad checkpoint silently. Adding focused tests is recommended, but the gap does not block merging.

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- Around line 2079-2083: When creating DFlashSpecMetadata, reject an explicitly
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  • docs/source/features/speculative-decoding.md
  • tensorrt_llm/_torch/models/modeling_dflash.py
  • tensorrt_llm/_torch/models/modeling_lilicorr.py
  • tensorrt_llm/_torch/speculative/dflash.py
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Comment on lines +2079 to +2083
if getattr(draft_model, "lilicorr", None) is not None:
# The last accepted output is predicted by the corresponding input
# row; the newly committed token itself has no target row yet.
projected_rows = projected_to_store.reshape(num_gens, K_plus_1, -1)
lilicorr_anchor = last_accepted_hidden(projected_rows, gen_num_accepted)

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

🔎 Supported by static analysis

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printf '%s\n' '--- relevant declarations and calls ---'
rg -n 'has_target_features|lilicorr_anchor|_apply_lilicorr|def .*prepare|prepare.*input|set_draft_model|lilicorr' tensorrt_llm/_torch/speculative/dflash.py
printf '%s\n' '--- changed code versus PR base ---'
git diff --unified=5 fc0876cfd6c5d661f186707857a4e5bfeb12bc6f 0f0c705480125c54a06e95fd4f0e57b498a660e -- tensorrt_llm/_torch/speculative/dflash.py
printf '%s\n' '--- LiLiCorr and DFlash callers/tests ---'
rg -n 'lilicorr|LiLiCorr|_prepare_inputs|prepare_inputs|input preparation' tensorrt_llm/_torch/speculative tests --glob '*.py'

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printf '%s\n' '--- feature capture contracts and LiLiCorr model definitions ---'
rg -n -F 'get_hidden_states' tensorrt_llm/_torch
rg -n 'project_target_hidden|hidden_norm|lilicorr|capture.*hidden|hidden.*capture' tensorrt_llm/_torch/speculative tensorrt_llm/_torch/models --glob '*.py'

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printf '%s\n' '--- DFlash metadata and prefill storage ---'
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printf '%s\n' '--- LiLiCorr model inheritance and initialization ---'
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printf '%s\n' '--- DFlash model factory and capture setup ---'
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rg -n 'class .*SpecMetadata|class DFlash|def get_hidden_states|def _store_prefill_context|_store_prefill_context\\(' tensorrt_llm/_torch/speculative
printf '%s\n' '--- DFlash metadata/setup region ---'
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printf '%s\n' '--- prefill-context implementation ---'
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printf '%s\n' '--- generic metadata retrieval definitions ---'
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printf '%s\n' '--- LiLiCorr class inheritance and target projection members ---'
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rg -n -F -- 'target_layer_ids' tensorrt_llm/_torch/speculative/dflash.py tensorrt_llm/_torch/models/modeling_dflash.py
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printf '%s\n' '--- DFlash target-layer config initialization and validation ---'
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rg -n -A180 -B5 'def dflash_forward' tensorrt_llm/_torch/models/modeling_dflash.py
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Reject an empty target-layer list before creating DFlash metadata.

When target_layer_ids=[], checkpoint resolution does not replace the list, and metadata has no hidden-state buffer. Prefill skips context storage, but a generation batch can still reach _apply_lilicorr with lilicorr_anchor=None, which raises RuntimeError. Reject the empty list when creating DFlash metadata.

Suggested fix
         target_layer_ids = getattr(spec_config, 'target_layer_ids', None)
+        if target_layer_ids is not None and not target_layer_ids:
+            raise ValueError("DFlash-backed decoding requires at least one target layer")
         return DFlashSpecMetadata(
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When creating DFlashSpecMetadata, reject an explicitly empty target_layer_ids
list before constructing the metadata; preserve the existing behavior when the
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Enable LiLiCorr checkpoints through DFlashDecodingConfig with correlated candidate scoring and metadata-driven quantized weight loading.

Signed-off-by: Yueh-Ting Chen <[email protected]>
@eopXD eopXD changed the title [None][feat] Add LiLiCorr speculative decoding [None][feat] Support LiLiCorr draft checkpoints in DFlash Oct 5, 2026
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tensorrt_llm/_torch/models/modeling_lilicorr.py (1)

244-259: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add tests for the _load_linear and head-mismatch error paths.

These validation rules have no tests:

  • An unsupported quant_algo must raise NotImplementedError.
  • A missing weight_scale or input_scale must raise ValueError.
  • A uint8 or FP8 weight without quantization metadata must raise ValueError.
  • The LiLiCorr head weight mismatch check at Lines 397-401 must raise on an extra or missing head parameter.

Without these tests, a regression can let a malformed checkpoint load silently with zero or uninitialized weights. Add small parametrized cases that call lili._load_linear directly with CPU tensors. Add one case that drops a lilicorr.* key in the existing checkpoint-loading test. Put them in tests/unittest/_torch/speculative/hw_agnostic/test_lilicorr.py.

As per path instructions: "A new or changed validation rule, error path, fallback ... with no meaningful test."

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Add parametrized CPU-tensor tests for `lili._load_linear` covering unsupported
quantization algorithms, missing `weight_scale` or `input_scale`, and `uint8` or
FP8 weights without quantization metadata. Also test that the LiLiCorr
head-weight mismatch check rejects both extra and missing head parameters by
dropping a `lilicorr.*` key in the existing checkpoint-loading test.

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- Around line 244-259: Add parametrized CPU-tensor tests for `lili._load_linear`
covering unsupported quantization algorithms, missing `weight_scale` or
`input_scale`, and `uint8` or FP8 weights without quantization metadata. Also
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