backend.py

# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright contributors to the vLLM project

from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
from dataclasses import dataclass, replace
from enum import Enum
from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, ClassVar, Generic, Protocol, TypeVar, get_args

import numpy as np
import torch
from typing_extensions import deprecated

if TYPE_CHECKING:
    from vllm.config import VllmConfig
    from vllm.config.cache import CacheDType
    from vllm.model_executor.layers.linear import ColumnParallelLinear
    from vllm.model_executor.layers.quantization.utils.quant_utils import QuantKey
    from vllm.platforms.interface import DeviceCapability
    from vllm.v1.attention.backends.utils import KVCacheLayoutType
    from vllm.v1.kv_cache_interface import AttentionSpec


class AttentionType(str, Enum):
    """
    Attention type.
    Use string to be compatible with `torch.compile`.
    """

    DECODER = "decoder"
    """Decoder attention between previous layer Q/K/V."""
    ENCODER = "encoder"
    """Encoder attention between previous layer Q/K/V for encoder-decoder."""
    ENCODER_ONLY = "encoder_only"
    """Encoder attention between previous layer Q/K/V."""
    ENCODER_DECODER = "encoder_decoder"
    """Attention between dec. Q and enc. K/V for encoder-decoder."""


class MultipleOf:
    base: int

    def __init__(self, base: int):
        self.base = base


class AttentionBackend(ABC):
    """Abstract class for attention backends."""

    # For some attention backends, we allocate an output tensor before
    # calling the custom op. When piecewise cudagraph is enabled, this
    # makes sure the output tensor is allocated inside the cudagraph.
    accept_output_buffer: bool = False
    supported_dtypes: ClassVar[list[torch.dtype]] = [torch.float16, torch.bfloat16]
    supported_kv_cache_dtypes: ClassVar[list["CacheDType"]] = ["auto", "bfloat16"]

    # Does attention's forward() include kv cache update?
    forward_includes_kv_cache_update: bool = True

    @staticmethod
    def get_supported_kernel_block_sizes() -> list[int | MultipleOf]:
        return [MultipleOf(1)]

    @staticmethod
    @abstractmethod
    def get_name() -> str:
        raise NotImplementedError

    @staticmethod
    @abstractmethod
    def get_impl_cls() -> type["AttentionImplBase"]:
        raise NotImplementedError

    @staticmethod
    @abstractmethod
    def get_builder_cls():  # -> Type["AttentionMetadataBuilder"]:
        raise NotImplementedError

    @staticmethod
    @abstractmethod
    def get_kv_cache_shape(
        num_blocks: int,
        block_size: int,
        num_kv_heads: int,
        head_size: int,
        cache_dtype_str: str = "auto",
    ) -> tuple[int, ...]:
        raise NotImplementedError

    @staticmethod
    def get_kv_cache_stride_order(
        include_num_layers_dimension: bool = False,
    ) -> tuple[int, ...]:
        """
        Get the physical (memory layout) ordering of the kv cache dimensions.
        e.g. if the KV cache shape is
        [2, num_blocks, block_size, num_heads, head_size],
        and get_kv_cache_stride_order returns (1, 3, 0, 2, 4) then the physical
        ordering of dimensions is
        [num_blocks, num_heads, 2, block_size, head_size].

        If this function is unimplemented / raises NotImplementedError,
        the physical layout of the KV cache will match the logical shape.

        Args:
            include_num_layers_dimension: if True, includes an additional
                num_layers dimension, which is assumed to be prepended
                to the logical KV cache shape.
                With the above example, a return value (2, 4, 0, 1, 3, 5)
                corresponds to
                [num_blocks, num_heads, num_layers, 2, block_size, head_size].

                If an additional dimension is NOT included in the returned
                tuple, the physical layout will not include a layers dimension.

        Returns:
            A tuple of ints which is a permutation of range(len(shape)).
        """
        raise NotImplementedError

    @classmethod
    def full_cls_name(cls) -> tuple[str, str]:
        return (cls.__module__, cls.__qualname__)

    @classmethod
    def get_supported_head_sizes(cls) -> list[int]:
        return []

    @classmethod
    def supports_head_size(cls, head_size: int) -> bool:
        supported_head_sizes = cls.get_supported_head_sizes()
        return (not supported_head_sizes) or head_size in supported_head_sizes

    @classmethod
    def supports_dtype(cls, dtype: torch.dtype) -> bool:
        return dtype in cls.supported_dtypes

    @classmethod
    def supports_kv_cache_dtype(cls, kv_cache_dtype: "CacheDType | None") -> bool:
        if kv_cache_dtype is None:
            return True
        return (not cls.supported_kv_cache_dtypes) or (
            kv_cache_dtype in cls.supported_kv_cache_dtypes
        )

    @classmethod
    def supports_block_size(cls, block_size: int | None) -> bool:
        from vllm.config.cache import BlockSize

        if block_size is None:
            return True

        valid_sizes = get_args(BlockSize)
        if block_size not in valid_sizes:
            return False

        supported_kernel_block_sizes = cls.get_supported_kernel_block_sizes()
        if not supported_kernel_block_sizes:
            return True

        for supported_size in supported_kernel_block_sizes:
            if isinstance(supported_size, MultipleOf):
                supported_size = supported_size.base
            # With hybrid_blocks feature, the framework-level block size
            # only needs to be a multiple of the kernel's requirement,
            # even if the kernel requires a fixed block_size.
            if block_size % supported_size == 0:
                return True
        return False

    @classmethod
    def is_mla(cls) -> bool:
        return False

    @classmethod
    def supports_sink(cls) -> bool:
        return False

    @classmethod
    def supports_alibi_sqrt(cls) -> bool:
        return False

    @classmethod
    def supports_mm_prefix(cls) -> bool:
        return False

    @classmethod
    def is_sparse(cls) -> bool:
        return False

    @classmethod
    def supports_attn_type(cls, attn_type: str) -> bool:
        """Check if backend supports a given attention type.

        By default, only supports decoder attention.
        Backends should override this to support other attention types.
        """
        return attn_type == AttentionType.DECODER

    @classmethod
    def supports_compute_capability(cls, capability: "DeviceCapability") -> bool:
        return True

    @classmethod
    def supports_combination(
        cls,
        head_size: int,
        dtype: torch.dtype,
        kv_cache_dtype: "CacheDType | None",
        block_size: int,
        use_mla: bool,
        has_sink: bool,
        use_sparse: bool,
        device_capability: "DeviceCapability",
    ) -> str | None:
        return None

    @classmethod
    def validate_configuration(
        cls,
        head_size: int,
        dtype: torch.dtype,
        kv_cache_dtype: "CacheDType | None",
        block_size: int,
        use_mla: bool,
        has_sink: bool,
        use_sparse: bool,
        use_mm_prefix: bool,
        device_capability: "DeviceCapability",
        attn_type: str,
    ) -> list[str]:
        invalid_reasons = []
        if not cls.supports_head_size(head_size):
            invalid_reasons.append("head_size not supported")
        if not cls.supports_dtype(dtype):
            invalid_reasons.append("dtype not supported")
        if not cls.supports_kv_cache_dtype(kv_cache_dtype):
            invalid_reasons.append("kv_cache_dtype not supported")
        if not cls.supports_block_size(block_size):
            invalid_reasons.append("block_size not supported")
        if use_mm_prefix and not cls.supports_mm_prefix():
            invalid_reasons.append(
                "partial multimodal token full attention not supported"
            )
        if use_mla != cls.is_mla():
            if use_mla:
                invalid_reasons.append("MLA not supported")
            else:
                invalid_reasons.append("non-MLA not supported")
        if has_sink and not cls.supports_sink():
            invalid_reasons.append("sink setting not supported")
        if use_sparse != cls.is_sparse():
            if use_sparse:
                invalid_reasons.append("sparse not supported")
            else:
                invalid_reasons.append("non-sparse not supported")
        if not cls.supports_compute_capability(device_capability):
            invalid_reasons.append("compute capability not supported")
        if not cls.supports_attn_type(attn_type):
            invalid_reasons.append(f"attention type {attn_type} not supported")
        combination_reason = cls.supports_combination(
            head_size,
            dtype,
            kv_cache_dtype,
            block_size,
            use_mla,
            has_sink,
            use_sparse,
            device_capability,
        )
        if combination_reason is not None:
            invalid_reasons.append(combination_reason)
        return invalid_reasons

    @classmethod
    def get_required_kv_cache_layout(cls) -> "KVCacheLayoutType | None":
        return None


class AttentionMetadata:
    pass


T = TypeVar("T", bound=AttentionMetadata)


@dataclass
class CommonAttentionMetadata:
    """
    Per-batch attention metadata, shared across layers and backends.
    AttentionMetadataBuilder instances use it to construct per-layer metadata.

    For many of the tensors we keep both GPU and CPU versions.
    """

    query_start_loc: torch.Tensor
    query_start_loc_cpu: torch.Tensor
    """(batch_size + 1,), the start location of each request in query Tensor"""

    seq_lens: torch.Tensor
    """(batch_size,), the number of computed tokens for each request"""

    num_reqs: int
    """Number of requests"""
    # TODO(lucas): rename to num_tokens since it may be padded and this is misleading
    num_actual_tokens: int
    """Total number of tokens in batch"""
    max_query_len: int
    """Longest query in batch"""
    max_seq_len: int
    """Longest context length (may be an upper bound)"""

    block_table_tensor: torch.Tensor
    slot_mapping: torch.Tensor

    causal: bool = True

    # Needed by FastPrefillAttentionBuilder
    logits_indices_padded: torch.Tensor | None = None
    num_logits_indices: int | None = None

    # Needed by CrossAttentionBuilder
    encoder_seq_lens: torch.Tensor | None = None
    encoder_seq_lens_cpu: np.ndarray | None = None

    dcp_local_seq_lens: torch.Tensor | None = None
    dcp_local_seq_lens_cpu: torch.Tensor | None = None
    """Sequence lengths of the local rank in decode context parallelism world"""

    # WARNING: Deprecated fields. Will be removed in a future release (v0.15.0)
    _seq_lens_cpu: torch.Tensor | None = None
    _num_computed_tokens_cpu: torch.Tensor | None = None

    _num_computed_tokens_cache: torch.Tensor | None = None

    def batch_size(self) -> int:
        return self.seq_lens.shape[0]

    def naive_query_lens(self) -> torch.Tensor:
        """Naive because it assumes that query ends where the next query starts."""
        return self.query_start_loc[1:] - self.query_start_loc[:-1]

    def replace(self, **kwargs) -> "CommonAttentionMetadata":
        return replace(self, **kwargs)

    @property
    @deprecated(
        """
    Prefer using device seq_lens directly to avoid implicit H<>D sync.
    If a CPU copy is needed, use `seq_lens.cpu()` instead.
    Will be removed in a future release, please migrate as soon as possible.
    """
    )
    def seq_lens_cpu(self) -> torch.Tensor:
        if self._seq_lens_cpu is None:
            self._seq_lens_cpu = self.seq_lens.to("cpu")
        return self._seq_lens_cpu

    @property
    @deprecated(
        """
    Prefer using device seq_lens directly to avoid implicit H<>D sync which breaks full
    async scheduling. If a CPU copy is needed, it can be derived from 
    query_start_loc_cpu and seq_lens.
    Will be removed in a future release, please migrate as soon as possible.
    """
    )
    def num_computed_tokens_cpu(self) -> torch.Tensor:
        if self._num_computed_tokens_cpu is None:
            query_seq_lens = (
                self.query_start_loc_cpu[1:] - self.query_start_loc_cpu[:-1]
            )
            self._num_computed_tokens_cpu = self.seq_lens_cpu - query_seq_lens
        return self._num_computed_tokens_cpu

    def compute_num_computed_tokens(self) -> torch.Tensor:
        """Compute num_computed_tokens on device (seq_lens - query_lens)."""
        if self._num_computed_tokens_cache is None:
            query_lens = self.query_start_loc[1:] - self.query_start_loc[:-1]
            self._num_computed_tokens_cache = self.seq_lens - query_lens
        return self._num_computed_tokens_cache

    # TODO(lucas): remove once we have FULL-CG spec-decode support
    def unpadded(
        self, num_actual_tokens: int, num_actual_reqs: int
    ) -> "CommonAttentionMetadata":
        maybe_slice_reqs = lambda x: x[:num_actual_reqs] if x is not None else None
        return CommonAttentionMetadata(
            query_start_loc=self.query_start_loc[: num_actual_reqs + 1],
            query_start_loc_cpu=self.query_start_loc_cpu[: num_actual_reqs + 1],
            seq_lens=self.seq_lens[:num_actual_reqs],
            _seq_lens_cpu=self._seq_lens_cpu[:num_actual_reqs]
            if self._seq_lens_cpu is not None
            else None,
            _num_computed_tokens_cpu=self._num_computed_tokens_cpu[:num_actual_reqs]
            if self._num_computed_tokens_cpu is not None
            else None,
            num_reqs=num_actual_reqs,
            num_actual_tokens=num_actual_tokens,
            max_query_len=self.max_query_len,
            max_seq_len=self.max_seq_len,
            block_table_tensor=self.block_table_tensor[:num_actual_reqs],
            slot_mapping=self.slot_mapping[:num_actual_tokens],
            causal=self.causal,
            logits_indices_padded=self.logits_indices_padded,
            num_logits_indices=self.num_logits_indices,
            encoder_seq_lens=maybe_slice_reqs(self.encoder_seq_lens),
            encoder_seq_lens_cpu=maybe_slice_reqs(self.encoder_seq_lens_cpu),
            dcp_local_seq_lens=maybe_slice_reqs(self.dcp_local_seq_lens),
            dcp_local_seq_lens_cpu=maybe_slice_reqs(self.dcp_local_seq_lens_cpu),
        )


M = TypeVar("M")


class AttentionCGSupport(Enum):
    """Constants for the cudagraph support of the attention backend
    Here we do not consider the cascade attention, as currently
    it is never cudagraph supported."""

    ALWAYS = 3
    """Cudagraph always supported; supports mixed-prefill-decode"""
    UNIFORM_BATCH = 2
    """Cudagraph supported for batches the only contain query lengths that are
    the same, this can be used for spec-decode
        i.e. "decodes" are 1 + num_speculative_tokens"""
    UNIFORM_SINGLE_TOKEN_DECODE = 1
    """Cudagraph supported for batches the only contain query_len==1 decodes"""
    NEVER = 0
    """NO cudagraph support"""


class AttentionMetadataBuilder(ABC, Generic[M]):
    # Does this backend/builder support CUDA Graphs for attention (default: no).
    # Do not access directly. Call get_cudagraph_support() instead.
    _cudagraph_support: ClassVar[AttentionCGSupport] = AttentionCGSupport.NEVER
    # Does this backend/builder reorder the batch?
    # If not, set this to None. Otherwise set it to the query
    # length that will be pulled into the front of the batch.
    reorder_batch_threshold: int | None = None
    # Does this backend/builder support updating the block table in existing
    # metadata
    supports_update_block_table: bool = False

    @abstractmethod
    def __init__(
        self,
        kv_cache_spec: "AttentionSpec",
        layer_names: list[str],
        vllm_config: "VllmConfig",
        device: torch.device,
    ):
        self.kv_cache_spec = kv_cache_spec
        self.layer_names = layer_names
        self.vllm_config = vllm_config
        self.device = device

    @classmethod
    def get_cudagraph_support(
        cls: type["AttentionMetadataBuilder"],
        vllm_config: "VllmConfig",
        kv_cache_spec: "AttentionSpec",
    ) -> AttentionCGSupport:
        """Get the cudagraph support level of this builder class."""
        return cls._cudagraph_support

    def _init_reorder_batch_threshold(
        self,
        reorder_batch_threshold: int | None = 1,
        supports_spec_as_decode: bool = False,
        supports_dcp_with_varlen: bool = False,
    ) -> None:
        self.reorder_batch_threshold = reorder_batch_threshold
        if self.reorder_batch_threshold is not None and supports_spec_as_decode:
            # If the backend supports spec-as-decode kernels, then we can set
            # the reorder_batch_threshold based on the number of speculative
            # tokens from the config.
            speculative_config = self.vllm_config.speculative_config
            if (
                speculative_config is not None
                and speculative_config.num_speculative_tokens is not None
            ):
                max_num_queries_for_spec = (
                    1
                    + (2 if speculative_config.parallel_drafting else 1)
                    * speculative_config.num_speculative_tokens
                )
                self.reorder_batch_threshold = max(
                    self.reorder_batch_threshold,
                    max_num_queries_for_spec,
                )

        if (
            self.vllm_config.parallel_config.decode_context_parallel_size > 1
            and not supports_dcp_with_varlen
        ):
            self.reorder_batch_threshold = 1

    @abstractmethod
    def build(
        self,
        common_prefix_len: int,
        common_attn_metadata: CommonAttentionMetadata,
        fast_build: bool = False,
    ) -> M:
        """
        Central method that builds attention metadata.
        Some builders (MLA) require reorder_batch to be called prior to build.

        Args:
            common_prefix_len: The length of the common prefix of the batch.
            common_attn_metadata: The common attention metadata.
            fast_build: The meta-data will prioritize speed of building over
                then speed at execution. Can be used for spec-decode where the
                result of a build call may only be used for few layers/iters.
        """
        raise NotImplementedError

    def update_block_table(
        self,
        metadata: M,
        blk_table: torch.Tensor,
        slot_mapping: torch.Tensor,
    ) -> M:
        """
        Update the block table for the attention metadata.
        Faster when theres multiple kv-cache groups that create virtually the
        same metadata but just with different block tables.

        Only needs to be implemented if supports_update_block_table is True.
        """
        raise NotImplementedError

    def build_for_cudagraph_capture(
        self, common_attn_metadata: CommonAttentionMetadata
    ) -> M:
        """
        Build attention metadata for CUDA graph capture. Uses build by default.
        Subclasses that override this method should call self.build or
        super().build_for_cudagraph_capture.
        """
        return self.build(
            common_prefix_len=0, common_attn_metadata=common_attn_metadata
        )

    def build_for_drafting(
        self,
        common_attn_metadata: CommonAttentionMetadata,
        draft_index: int,
    ) -> M:
        """
        Build attention metadata for draft model. Uses build by default.

        Args:
            common_attn_metadata: The common attention metadata.
            draft_index: The index of the current draft operation.
                When speculating a chain of tokens, this index refers to the
                draft attempt for the i-th token.
                For tree-based attention, this index instead refers to the
                draft attempt for the i-th level in the tree of tokens.
        """
        return self.build(
            common_prefix_len=0,
            common_attn_metadata=common_attn_metadata,
            fast_build=True,
        )

    def use_cascade_attention(
        self,
        common_prefix_len: int,
        query_lens: np.ndarray,
        num_query_heads: int,
        num_kv_heads: int,
        use_alibi: bool,
        use_sliding_window: bool,
        use_local_attention: bool,
        num_sms: int,
        dcp_world_size: int,
    ) -> bool:
        return False


class AttentionLayer(Protocol):
    _q_scale: torch.Tensor
    _k_scale: torch.Tensor
    _v_scale: torch.Tensor
    _q_scale_float: float
    _k_scale_float: float
    _v_scale_float: float
    _prob_scale: torch.Tensor

    def forward(
        self,
        query: torch.Tensor,
        key: torch.Tensor,
        value: torch.Tensor,
        kv_cache: torch.Tensor,
        attn_metadata: AttentionMetadata,
    ) -> torch.Tensor: ...


class AttentionImplBase(ABC, Generic[T]):
    """Base class for attention implementations.

    Contains common attributes and initialization logic shared by both
    standard AttentionImpl and MLAAttentionImpl. Does not define a forward
    method - subclasses define their own forward interfaces.
    """

    # Required attributes that all impls should have
    num_heads: int
    head_size: int
    scale: float

    # Whether the attention impl can return the softmax lse for decode.
    # Some features like decode context parallelism require the softmax lse.
    can_return_lse_for_decode: bool = False

    # Whether the attention impl supports Prefill Context Parallelism.
    supports_pcp: bool = False
    # Whether the attention impl(or ops) supports MTP
    # when cp_kv_cache_interleave_size > 1
    supports_mtp_with_cp_non_trivial_interleave_size: bool = False

    # some attention backends might not always want to return lse
    # even if they can return lse (for efficiency reasons)
    need_to_return_lse_for_decode: bool = False

    # Whether this attention implementation supports pre-quantized query input.
    # When True, the attention layer will quantize queries before passing them
    # to this backend, allowing torch.compile to fuse the quantization with
    # previous operations. This is typically supported when using FP8 KV cache
    # with compatible attention kernels (e.g., TRT-LLM).
    # Subclasses should set this in __init__.
    # TODO add support to more backends:
    # https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/issues/25584
    supports_quant_query_input: bool = False
    supports_per_head_quant_scales: bool = False

    dcp_world_size: int
    dcp_rank: int

    pcp_world_size: int
    pcp_rank: int

    total_cp_world_size: int
    total_cp_rank: int

    def __new__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
        # use __new__ so that all subclasses will call this
        self = super().__new__(cls)
        try:
            from vllm.distributed.parallel_state import get_dcp_group

            self.dcp_world_size = get_dcp_group().world_size
            self.dcp_rank = get_dcp_group().rank_in_group
        except AssertionError:
            # DCP might not be initialized in testing
            self.dcp_world_size = 1
            self.dcp_rank = 0
        try:
            from vllm.distributed.parallel_state import get_pcp_group

            self.pcp_world_size = get_pcp_group().world_size
            self.pcp_rank = get_pcp_group().rank_in_group
        except AssertionError:
            self.pcp_world_size = 1
            self.pcp_rank = 0
        self.total_cp_world_size = self.pcp_world_size * self.dcp_world_size
        self.total_cp_rank = self.pcp_rank * self.dcp_world_size + self.dcp_rank

        self.need_to_return_lse_for_decode = (
            self.dcp_world_size > 1 and self.can_return_lse_for_decode
        )
        return self

    def process_weights_after_loading(self, act_dtype: torch.dtype):
        pass


class AttentionImpl(AttentionImplBase[T], Generic[T]):
    """Standard attention implementation with forward method."""

    @abstractmethod
    def __init__(
        self,
        num_heads: int,
        head_size: int,
        scale: float,
        num_kv_heads: int | None = None,
        alibi_slopes: list[float] | None = None,
        sliding_window: int | None = None,
        kv_cache_dtype: str = "auto",
        logits_soft_cap: float | None = None,
        attn_type: str = AttentionType.DECODER,
        kv_sharing_target_layer_name: str | None = None,
    ) -> None:
        raise NotImplementedError

    @abstractmethod
    def forward(
        self,
        layer: AttentionLayer,
        query: torch.Tensor,
        key: torch.Tensor,
        value: torch.Tensor,
        kv_cache: torch.Tensor,
        attn_metadata: T,
        output: torch.Tensor | None = None,
        output_scale: torch.Tensor | None = None,
        output_block_scale: torch.Tensor | None = None,
    ) -> torch.Tensor:
        raise NotImplementedError

    def fused_output_quant_supported(self, quant_key: "QuantKey"):
        """
        Does this attention implementation support fused output quantization.
        This is used by the AttnFusionPass to only fuse output quantization
        onto implementations that support it.

        :param quant_key: QuantKey object that describes the quantization op
        :return: is fusion supported for this type of quantization
        """
        return False

    def fused_rope_kvcache_supported(self):
        """
        Does this attention implementation support RoPE+KVCache fusion.
        This is used by the RopeKVCacheFusionPass to only fuse the RoPE ops
        with the KV cache update for implementations that support it.
        """
        return False

    def do_rope_and_kv_cache_update(
        self,
        layer: AttentionLayer,
        query: torch.Tensor,
        key: torch.Tensor,
        value: torch.Tensor,
        positions: torch.Tensor,
        cos_sin_cache: torch.Tensor,
        is_neox: bool,
        kv_cache: torch.Tensor,
        layer_slot_mapping: torch.Tensor,
    ):
        """
        If `fused_rope_kvcache_supported` returns True, this method will be called
        by torch.ops.vllm.fused_rope_and_unified_kv_cache_update
        to perform the inplace RoPE and KV cache update.
        """
        raise NotImplementedError


class MLAAttentionImpl(AttentionImplBase[T], Generic[T]):
    """MLA attention implementation with forward_mqa and forward_mha methods."""

    @abstractmethod
    def __init__(
        self,
        num_heads: int,
        head_size: int,
        scale: float,
        num_kv_heads: int,
        alibi_slopes: list[float] | None,
        sliding_window: int | None,
        kv_cache_dtype: str,
        logits_soft_cap: float | None,
        attn_type: str,
        kv_sharing_target_layer_name: str | None,
        # MLA Specific Arguments
        q_lora_rank: int | None,
        kv_lora_rank: int,
        qk_nope_head_dim: int,
        qk_rope_head_dim: int,
        qk_head_dim: int,
        v_head_dim: int,
        kv_b_proj: "ColumnParallelLinear",
        indexer: object | None = None,
        q_pad_num_heads: int | None = None,
    ) -> None:
        raise NotImplementedError

    @abstractmethod
    def forward_mha(
        self,
        q: torch.Tensor,
        kv_c_normed: torch.Tensor,
        k_pe: torch.Tensor,
        kv_c_and_k_pe_cache: torch.Tensor,
        attn_metadata: T,
        k_scale: torch.Tensor,
        output: torch.Tensor,
    ) -> None:
        """MHA-style prefill forward pass."""
        raise NotImplementedError

    @abstractmethod
    def forward_mqa(
        self,
        q: torch.Tensor | tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor],
        kv_c_and_k_pe_cache: torch.Tensor,
        attn_metadata: T,
        layer: AttentionLayer,
    ) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor | None]:
        """MQA-style decode forward pass."""
        raise NotImplementedError


class SparseMLAAttentionImpl(AttentionImplBase[T], Generic[T]):
    """Sparse MLA attention implementation with only forward_mqa method.

    Sparse MLA implementations only support decode (MQA-style) attention.
    They do not support prefill (MHA-style) attention.
    """

    @abstractmethod
    def __init__(
        self,
        num_heads: int,
        head_size: int,
        scale: float,
        num_kv_heads: int,
        alibi_slopes: list[float] | None,
        sliding_window: int | None,
        kv_cache_dtype: str,
        logits_soft_cap: float | None,
        attn_type: str,
        kv_sharing_target_layer_name: str | None,
        # MLA Specific Arguments
        q_lora_rank: int | None,
        kv_lora_rank: int,
        qk_nope_head_dim: int,
        qk_rope_head_dim: int,
        qk_head_dim: int,
        v_head_dim: int,
        kv_b_proj: "ColumnParallelLinear",
        indexer: object | None = None,
        q_pad_num_heads: int | None = None,
    ) -> None:
        raise NotImplementedError

    @abstractmethod
    def forward_mqa(
        self,
        q: torch.Tensor | tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor],
        kv_c_and_k_pe_cache: torch.Tensor,
        attn_metadata: T,
        layer: AttentionLayer,
    ) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor | None]:
        """MQA-style decode forward pass."""
        raise NotImplementedError


def is_quantized_kv_cache(kv_cache_dtype: str) -> bool:
    return kv_cache_dtype.startswith("fp8")


def subclass_attention_backend(
    name_prefix: str,
    attention_backend_cls: type[AttentionBackend],
    builder_cls: type[AttentionMetadataBuilder[M]],
) -> type[AttentionBackend]:
    """
    Return a new subclass where `get_builder_cls` returns `builder_cls`.
    """
    name: str = name_prefix + attention_backend_cls.__name__  # type: ignore

    return type(
        name, (attention_backend_cls,), {"get_builder_cls": lambda: builder_cls}
    )


def subclass_attention_backend_with_overrides(
    name_prefix: str,
    attention_backend_cls: type[AttentionBackend],
    overrides: dict[str, Any],
) -> type[AttentionBackend]:
    name: str = name_prefix + attention_backend_cls.__name__  # type: ignore
    return type(name, (attention_backend_cls,), overrides)