using torch_library branch of deep_gemm instead of pybind

.buildkite/release-pipeline.yaml

@@ -31,30 +31,54 @@ steps:
       - text: "What is the release version?"
         key: release-version
 
-  - group: "Build Python wheels"
+  - group: "Build CUDA 13.0 Python wheels"
     key: "build-wheels"
     steps:
-      - label: "Build wheel - aarch64 - CUDA 12.9"
+      - label: "Build wheel - aarch64 - CUDA 13.0"
         depends_on: ~
-        id: build-wheel-arm64-cuda-12-9
+        id: build-wheel-arm64-cuda-13-0
         agents:
           queue: arm64_cpu_queue_release
         commands:
-          - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=12.9.1 --build-arg torch_cuda_arch_list=\"${CUDA_ARCH_AARCH64_CU129}\" --build-arg BUILD_OS=manylinux --build-arg BUILD_BASE_IMAGE=pytorch/manylinuxaarch64-builder:cuda12.9 --tag vllm-ci:build-image --target build --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile ."
+          - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=13.0.2 --build-arg torch_cuda_arch_list=\"${CUDA_ARCH_AARCH64}\" --build-arg BUILD_OS=manylinux --build-arg BUILD_BASE_IMAGE=pytorch/manylinuxaarch64-builder:cuda13.0 --tag vllm-ci:build-image --target build --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile ."
           - "mkdir artifacts"
           - "docker run --rm -v $(pwd)/artifacts:/artifacts_host vllm-ci:build-image bash -c 'cp -r dist /artifacts_host && chmod -R a+rw /artifacts_host'"
           - "bash .buildkite/scripts/upload-nightly-wheels.sh"
           - 'bash .buildkite/scripts/annotate-build-artifact.sh "$$BUILDKITE_LABEL" "s3://vllm-wheels/$$BUILDKITE_COMMIT/$(cd artifacts/dist && echo *.whl)" release-wheels'
         env:
           DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
 
-      - label: "Build wheel - aarch64 - CUDA 13.0"
+      - label: "Build wheel - x86_64 - CUDA 13.0"
         depends_on: ~
-        id: build-wheel-arm64-cuda-13-0
+        id: build-wheel-x86-cuda-13-0
+        agents:
+          queue: cpu_queue_release
+        commands:
+          - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=13.0.2 --build-arg torch_cuda_arch_list=\"${CUDA_ARCH_X86}\" --build-arg BUILD_OS=manylinux --build-arg BUILD_BASE_IMAGE=pytorch/manylinux2_28-builder:cuda13.0 --tag vllm-ci:build-image --target build --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile ."
+          - "mkdir artifacts"
+          - "docker run --rm -v $(pwd)/artifacts:/artifacts_host vllm-ci:build-image bash -c 'cp -r dist /artifacts_host && chmod -R a+rw /artifacts_host'"
+          - "bash .buildkite/scripts/upload-nightly-wheels.sh"
+          - 'bash .buildkite/scripts/annotate-build-artifact.sh "$$BUILDKITE_LABEL" "s3://vllm-wheels/$$BUILDKITE_COMMIT/$(cd artifacts/dist && echo *.whl)" release-wheels'
+        env:
+          DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
+
+  - block: "Unblock to build additional Python wheels"
+    depends_on: ~
+    key: block-build-additional-wheels
+    if: build.env("NIGHTLY") != "1"
+
+  - group: "Build additional Python wheels"
+    key: "build-additional-wheels"
+    depends_on: block-build-additional-wheels
+    allow_dependency_failure: true
+    steps:
+      - label: "Build wheel - aarch64 - CUDA 12.9"
+        depends_on: ~
+        id: build-wheel-arm64-cuda-12-9
         agents:
           queue: arm64_cpu_queue_release
         commands:
-          - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=13.0.2 --build-arg torch_cuda_arch_list=\"${CUDA_ARCH_AARCH64}\" --build-arg BUILD_OS=manylinux --build-arg BUILD_BASE_IMAGE=pytorch/manylinuxaarch64-builder:cuda13.0 --tag vllm-ci:build-image --target build --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile ."
+          - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=12.9.1 --build-arg torch_cuda_arch_list=\"${CUDA_ARCH_AARCH64_CU129}\" --build-arg BUILD_OS=manylinux --build-arg BUILD_BASE_IMAGE=pytorch/manylinuxaarch64-builder:cuda12.9 --tag vllm-ci:build-image --target build --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile ."
           - "mkdir artifacts"
           - "docker run --rm -v $(pwd)/artifacts:/artifacts_host vllm-ci:build-image bash -c 'cp -r dist /artifacts_host && chmod -R a+rw /artifacts_host'"
           - "bash .buildkite/scripts/upload-nightly-wheels.sh"
@@ -133,20 +157,6 @@ steps:
         env:
           DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
 
-      - label: "Build wheel - x86_64 - CUDA 13.0"
-        depends_on: ~
-        id: build-wheel-x86-cuda-13-0
-        agents:
-          queue: cpu_queue_release
-        commands:
-          - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=13.0.2 --build-arg torch_cuda_arch_list=\"${CUDA_ARCH_X86}\" --build-arg BUILD_OS=manylinux --build-arg BUILD_BASE_IMAGE=pytorch/manylinux2_28-builder:cuda13.0 --tag vllm-ci:build-image --target build --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile ."
-          - "mkdir artifacts"
-          - "docker run --rm -v $(pwd)/artifacts:/artifacts_host vllm-ci:build-image bash -c 'cp -r dist /artifacts_host && chmod -R a+rw /artifacts_host'"
-          - "bash .buildkite/scripts/upload-nightly-wheels.sh"
-          - 'bash .buildkite/scripts/annotate-build-artifact.sh "$$BUILDKITE_LABEL" "s3://vllm-wheels/$$BUILDKITE_COMMIT/$(cd artifacts/dist && echo *.whl)" release-wheels'
-        env:
-          DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
-
       - label: "Build wheel - x86_64 - CPU"
         depends_on: ~
         id: build-wheel-x86-cpu
@@ -162,12 +172,26 @@ steps:
           DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
 
   - label: "Generate and upload wheel indices"
+    key: generate-wheel-indices
     depends_on: "build-wheels"
     allow_dependency_failure: true
+    if: build.env("NIGHTLY") != "1"
+    agents:
+      queue: cpu_queue_release
+    commands:
+      - "UPDATE_VERSION_INDEX=0 bash .buildkite/scripts/generate-and-upload-nightly-index.sh"
+
+  - label: "Regenerate indices with additional wheels"
+    key: generate-additional-wheel-indices
+    depends_on:
+      - build-wheels
+      - build-additional-wheels
+      - generate-wheel-indices
+    allow_dependency_failure: true
     agents:
       queue: cpu_queue_release
     commands:
-      - "bash .buildkite/scripts/generate-and-upload-nightly-index.sh"
+      - 'UPDATE_NIGHTLY_INDEX="$${NIGHTLY:-0}" bash .buildkite/scripts/generate-and-upload-nightly-index.sh'
 
   - block: "Unblock to build release Docker images"
     depends_on: ~
@@ -566,10 +590,17 @@ steps:
   #
   # =============================================================================
 
+  - block: "Unblock ROCm wheel/image prerequisites"
+    depends_on: ~
+    key: block-build-rocm
+    if: build.env("NIGHTLY") != "1"
+
   # ROCm Job 1: Build ROCm Base Wheels (with S3 caching)
   - label: ":rocm: Build ROCm Base Image & Wheels"
     id: build-rocm-base-wheels
-    depends_on: ~
+    depends_on:
+      - step: block-build-rocm
+        allow_failure: true
     agents:
       queue: cpu_queue_release
     commands:
@@ -974,6 +1005,8 @@ steps:
         depends_on:
           - input-release-version
           - build-wheels
+          - build-additional-wheels
+          - generate-additional-wheel-indices
 
       - label: "Upload release wheels to PyPI"
         depends_on:

.buildkite/scripts/generate-and-upload-nightly-index.sh

@@ -45,8 +45,10 @@ $PYTHON .buildkite/scripts/generate-nightly-index.py --version "$SUBPATH" --curr
 echo "Uploading indices to $S3_COMMIT_PREFIX"
 aws s3 cp --recursive "$INDICES_OUTPUT_DIR/" "$S3_COMMIT_PREFIX"
 
-# copy to /nightly/ only if it is on the main branch and not a PR
-if [[ "$BUILDKITE_BRANCH" == "main" && "$BUILDKITE_PULL_REQUEST" == "false" ]]; then
+# copy to /nightly/ only when enabled for a main branch build that is not a PR
+if [[ "${UPDATE_NIGHTLY_INDEX:-1}" == "1" && \
+      "$BUILDKITE_BRANCH" == "main" && \
+      "$BUILDKITE_PULL_REQUEST" == "false" ]]; then
     echo "Uploading indices to overwrite /nightly/"
     aws s3 cp --recursive "$INDICES_OUTPUT_DIR/" "s3://$BUCKET/nightly/"
 fi
@@ -67,7 +69,7 @@ pure_version="${version%%+*}"
 echo "Pure version (without variant): $pure_version"
 
 # re-generate and copy to /<pure_version>/ only if it does not have "dev" in the version
-if [[ "$version" != *"dev"* ]]; then
+if [[ "${UPDATE_VERSION_INDEX:-1}" == "1" && "$version" != *"dev"* ]]; then
     echo "Re-generating indices for /$pure_version/"
     rm -rf "${INDICES_OUTPUT_DIR:?}"
     mkdir -p "$INDICES_OUTPUT_DIR"

.buildkite/scripts/upload-rocm-wheels.sh

@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ $PYTHON .buildkite/scripts/generate-nightly-index.py \
 echo "Uploading indices to $S3_COMMIT_PREFIX"
 aws s3 cp --recursive "$INDICES_OUTPUT_DIR/" "$S3_COMMIT_PREFIX"
 
-# Update rocm/nightly/ if on main branch and not a PR
-if [[ "$BUILDKITE_BRANCH" == "main" && "$BUILDKITE_PULL_REQUEST" == "false" ]] || [[ "$NIGHTLY" == "1" ]]; then
+# Only scheduled nightly builds should update the moving nightly index.
+if [[ "${NIGHTLY:-0}" == "1" ]]; then
     echo "Updating rocm/nightly/ index..."
     aws s3 cp --recursive "$INDICES_OUTPUT_DIR/" "s3://$BUCKET/rocm/nightly/"
 fi
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ echo ""
 echo "Install command (by commit):"
 echo "  pip install vllm --extra-index-url https://${BUCKET}.s3.amazonaws.com/$ROCM_SUBPATH/"
 echo ""
-if [[ "$BUILDKITE_BRANCH" == "main" ]] || [[ "$NIGHTLY" == "1" ]]; then
+if [[ "${NIGHTLY:-0}" == "1" ]]; then
     echo "Install command (nightly):"
     echo "  pip install vllm --extra-index-url https://${BUCKET}.s3.amazonaws.com/rocm/nightly/"
 fi

.buildkite/test-amd.yaml

@@ -1444,9 +1444,9 @@ steps:
   optional: true
   working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/tests"
   source_file_dependencies:
-  - vllm/model_executor/layers/fla/ops/kda.py
-  - vllm/model_executor/layers/fla/ops/chunk_delta_h.py
-  - vllm/model_executor/layers/fla/ops/l2norm.py
+  - vllm/third_party/flash_linear_attention/ops/kda.py
+  - vllm/third_party/flash_linear_attention/ops/chunk_delta_h.py
+  - vllm/third_party/flash_linear_attention/ops/l2norm.py
   - tests/kernels/test_kda.py
   - vllm/platforms/rocm.py
   commands:
@@ -3234,7 +3234,7 @@ steps:
   - vllm/model_executor/models/qwen3.py
   - vllm/model_executor/models/qwen3_next.py
   - vllm/model_executor/models/qwen3_next_mtp.py
-  - vllm/model_executor/layers/fla/ops/
+  - vllm/third_party/flash_linear_attention/ops/
   - vllm/_aiter_ops.py
   - vllm/platforms/rocm.py
   commands:
@@ -3473,7 +3473,7 @@ steps:
   - vllm/model_executor/models/qwen3.py
   - vllm/model_executor/models/qwen3_next.py
   - vllm/model_executor/models/qwen3_next_mtp.py
-  - vllm/model_executor/layers/fla/ops/
+  - vllm/third_party/flash_linear_attention/ops/
   - vllm/_aiter_ops.py
   - vllm/v1/attention/backends/triton_attn.py
   - vllm/v1/attention/backends/rocm_attn.py

.buildkite/test_areas/disaggregated.yaml

@@ -203,3 +203,25 @@ steps:
   commands:
     - bash /vllm-workspace/.buildkite/scripts/install-kv-connectors.sh
     - bash v1/kv_connector/nixl_integration/run_multi_connector_edge_case_test.sh
+
+# P TP 4 - D DPEP 4 test case for DSv4-Flash
+- label: DSv4-Flash Disaggregated DP EP
+  key: dsv4-flash-disaggregated
+  timeout_in_minutes: 60
+  device: h200
+  optional: true
+  working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/tests"
+  num_devices: 8
+  env:
+    ENABLE_HMA_FLAG: "1"
+    DP_EP: "1"
+    GPU_MEMORY_UTILIZATION: "0.85"
+    PREFILLER_TP_SIZE: "4"
+    DECODER_TP_SIZE: "4"
+    PREFILL_BLOCK_SIZE: "256"
+    DECODE_BLOCK_SIZE: "256"
+    MODEL_NAMES: "deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Flash"
+    VLLM_SERVE_EXTRA_ARGS: "--trust-remote-code,--kv-cache-dtype,fp8"
+  commands:
+    - bash /vllm-workspace/.buildkite/scripts/install-kv-connectors.sh
+    - bash v1/kv_connector/nixl_integration/run_accuracy_test.sh

.buildkite/test_areas/kernels.yaml

@@ -176,9 +176,9 @@ steps:
   timeout_in_minutes: 25
   device: h200_18gb
   source_file_dependencies:
-  - vllm/model_executor/layers/fla/ops/kda.py
-  - vllm/model_executor/layers/fla/ops/chunk_delta_h.py
-  - vllm/model_executor/layers/fla/ops/l2norm.py
+  - vllm/third_party/flash_linear_attention/ops/kda.py
+  - vllm/third_party/flash_linear_attention/ops/chunk_delta_h.py
+  - vllm/third_party/flash_linear_attention/ops/l2norm.py
   - tests/kernels/test_kda.py
   commands:
     - pytest -v -s kernels/test_kda.py

.buildkite/test_areas/lm_eval.yaml

@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ steps:
   - vllm/transformers_utils/configs/qwen3_5_moe.py
   - vllm/model_executor/models/qwen3_next.py
   - vllm/model_executor/models/qwen3_next_mtp.py
-  - vllm/model_executor/layers/fla/ops/
+  - vllm/third_party/flash_linear_attention/ops/
   commands:
   - pytest -s -v evals/gsm8k/test_gsm8k_correctness.py --config-list-file=configs/models-qwen35-blackwell.txt
 

.buildkite/test_areas/models_language.yaml

@@ -103,10 +103,10 @@ steps:
   commands:
     - pytest -v -s models/language/generation_ppl_test
 
-- label: Language Models Test (Extended Pooling)  # 36min
+- label: Language Models Test (Extended Pooling)
   device: h200_35gb
   key: language-models-test-extended-pooling
-  timeout_in_minutes: 70
+  timeout_in_minutes: 120
   optional: true
   source_file_dependencies:
   - vllm/
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ steps:
   mirror:
     amd:
       device: mi325_1
-      timeout_in_minutes: 100
+      timeout_in_minutes: 120
       depends_on:
       - image-build-amd
 

.github/CODEOWNERS

@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ mkdocs.yaml @hmellor
 # Kernels
 /vllm/v1/attention/ops/chunked_prefill_paged_decode.py @tdoublep
 /vllm/v1/attention/ops/triton_unified_attention.py @tdoublep
-/vllm/model_executor/layers/fla @ZJY0516 @vadiklyutiy
+/vllm/third_party/flash_linear_attention @ZJY0516 @vadiklyutiy
 
 # ROCm related: specify owner with write access to notify AMD folks for careful code review
 /vllm/**/*rocm* @tjtanaa @dllehr-amd

.github/workflows/issue_autolabel.yml

@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ jobs:
             // {users} will be replaced with @mentions
             const ccConfig = {
               rocm: {
-                users: ['hongxiayang', 'tjtanaa', 'vllmellm'],
+                users: ['hongxiayang', 'tjtanaa', 'vllmellm', 'giuseppegrossi'],
                 message: 'CC {users} for ROCm-related issue',
               },
               mistral: {

.gitignore

@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ vllm/third_party/deep_gemm/
 # fmha_sm100 vendored package built from source
 vllm/third_party/fmha_sm100/
 
+# tml-fa4 vendored package built from source
+vllm/third_party/tml_fa4/
+
 # triton jit
 .triton
 

.pre-commit-config.yaml

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ repos:
   - id: markdownlint-cli2
     language_version: lts
     args: [--fix]
-    exclude: ^CLAUDE\.md$
+    exclude: (^|/)CLAUDE\.md$
 - repo: https://github.com/rhysd/actionlint
   rev: v1.7.7
   hooks:

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -1408,6 +1408,7 @@ if (VLLM_GPU_LANG STREQUAL "CUDA")
     include(cmake/external_projects/fmha_sm100.cmake)
     include(cmake/external_projects/flashmla.cmake)
     include(cmake/external_projects/qutlass.cmake)
+    include(cmake/external_projects/tml_fa4.cmake)
 
     # vllm-flash-attn should be last as it overwrites some CMake functions
     include(cmake/external_projects/vllm_flash_attn.cmake)

benchmarks/kernels/bench_cp_gather_fp8.py

@@ -69,12 +69,11 @@ def make_inputs(total_tokens, num_reqs, block_size):
     # Output workspace
     dst = torch.zeros(total_tokens, HEAD_DIM, dtype=torch.bfloat16, device="cuda")
 
-    seq_lens_t = torch.tensor(seq_lens, dtype=torch.int32, device="cuda")
     workspace_starts_t = torch.tensor(
         workspace_starts, dtype=torch.int32, device="cuda"
     )
 
-    return cache, dst, block_table, seq_lens_t, workspace_starts_t
+    return cache, dst, block_table, workspace_starts_t
 
 
 def bench_scenario(label, num_reqs, total_tokens_list, save_path):
@@ -94,15 +93,15 @@ def bench_scenario(label, num_reqs, total_tokens_list, save_path):
         )
     )
     def bench_fn(total_tokens, provider, num_reqs):
-        cache, dst, block_table, seq_lens_t, ws_starts = make_inputs(
+        cache, dst, block_table, ws_starts = make_inputs(
             total_tokens, num_reqs, BLOCK_SIZE
         )
 
         quantiles = [0.5, 0.2, 0.8]
 
         ms, min_ms, max_ms = triton.testing.do_bench_cudagraph(
             lambda: ops.cp_gather_and_upconvert_fp8_kv_cache(
-                cache, dst, block_table, seq_lens_t, ws_starts, num_reqs
+                cache, dst, block_table, ws_starts, num_reqs
             ),
             quantiles=quantiles,
             rep=500,