[WideEP] Remove pplx all2all backend (#33724)

Signed-off-by: Tyler Michael Smith <tlrmchlsmth@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

.buildkite/test_areas/kernels.yaml

@@ -155,5 +155,14 @@ steps:
   commands:
     - pytest -v -s kernels/moe/test_deepep_deepgemm_moe.py
     - pytest -v -s kernels/moe/test_deepep_moe.py
-    - pytest -v -s kernels/moe/test_pplx_cutlass_moe.py
-    # - pytest -v -s kernels/moe/test_pplx_moe.py - failing on main
+
+- label: Kernels Fp4 MoE Test (B200)
+  timeout_in_minutes: 60
+  device: b200
+  num_devices: 1
+  optional: true
+  commands:
+    - pytest -v -s kernels/moe/test_cutedsl_moe.py
+    - pytest -v -s kernels/moe/test_flashinfer_moe.py
+    - pytest -v -s kernels/moe/test_nvfp4_moe.py
+    - pytest -v -s kernels/moe/test_ocp_mx_moe.py

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ if(VLLM_GPU_LANG STREQUAL "CUDA")
   # CUTLASS MoE kernels
 
   # The MoE kernel cutlass_moe_mm requires CUDA 12.3 or later (and ONLY works
-  # on Hopper). get_cutlass_(pplx_)moe_mm_data should only be compiled
+  # on Hopper). get_cutlass_(batched_)moe_mm_data should only be compiled
   # if it's possible to compile MoE kernels that use its output.
   cuda_archs_loose_intersection(SCALED_MM_ARCHS "9.0a" "${CUDA_ARCHS}")
   if(${CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 12.3 AND SCALED_MM_ARCHS)

csrc/ops.h

@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ void get_cutlass_moe_mm_problem_sizes_from_expert_offsets(
     torch::Tensor& problem_sizes1, torch::Tensor& problem_sizes2,
     const int64_t n, const int64_t k, const bool swap_ab);
 
-void get_cutlass_pplx_moe_mm_data(torch::Tensor& expert_offsets,
+void get_cutlass_batched_moe_mm_data(torch::Tensor& expert_offsets,
                                      torch::Tensor& problem_sizes1,
                                      torch::Tensor& problem_sizes2,
                                      const torch::Tensor& expert_num_tokens,

csrc/quantization/w8a8/cutlass/moe/moe_data.cu

@@ -263,12 +263,10 @@ void get_cutlass_moe_mm_data_caller(
 }
 
 template <bool SWAP_AB>
-__global__ void compute_pplx_data(int32_t* expert_offsets,
-                                  int32_t* problem_sizes1,
-                                  int32_t* problem_sizes2,
-                                  const int32_t* __restrict__ expert_num_tokens,
-                                  const int padded_m, const int n,
-                                  const int k) {
+__global__ void compute_batched_moe_data(
+    int32_t* expert_offsets, int32_t* problem_sizes1, int32_t* problem_sizes2,
+    const int32_t* __restrict__ expert_num_tokens, const int padded_m,
+    const int n, const int k) {
   int expert_idx = threadIdx.x;
   expert_offsets[expert_idx] = expert_idx * padded_m;
 
@@ -289,24 +287,22 @@ __global__ void compute_pplx_data(int32_t* expert_offsets,
   }
 }
 
-void get_cutlass_pplx_moe_mm_data_caller(torch::Tensor& expert_offsets,
-                                         torch::Tensor& problem_sizes1,
-                                         torch::Tensor& problem_sizes2,
-                                         const torch::Tensor& expert_num_tokens,
-                                         const int64_t num_local_experts,
-                                         const int64_t padded_m,
-                                         const int64_t n, const int64_t k) {
+void get_cutlass_batched_moe_mm_data_caller(
+    torch::Tensor& expert_offsets, torch::Tensor& problem_sizes1,
+    torch::Tensor& problem_sizes2, const torch::Tensor& expert_num_tokens,
+    const int64_t num_local_experts, const int64_t padded_m, const int64_t n,
+    const int64_t k) {
   auto stream = at::cuda::getCurrentCUDAStream(expert_offsets.device().index());
 
   if (num_local_experts * padded_m > SWAP_AB_THRESHOLD) {
-    compute_pplx_data<false><<<1, num_local_experts, 0, stream>>>(
+    compute_batched_moe_data<false><<<1, num_local_experts, 0, stream>>>(
         static_cast<int32_t*>(expert_offsets.data_ptr()),
         static_cast<int32_t*>(problem_sizes1.data_ptr()),
         static_cast<int32_t*>(problem_sizes2.data_ptr()),
         static_cast<const int32_t*>(expert_num_tokens.data_ptr()), padded_m, n,
         k);
   } else {
-    compute_pplx_data<true><<<1, num_local_experts, 0, stream>>>(
+    compute_batched_moe_data<true><<<1, num_local_experts, 0, stream>>>(
         static_cast<int32_t*>(expert_offsets.data_ptr()),
         static_cast<int32_t*>(problem_sizes1.data_ptr()),
         static_cast<int32_t*>(problem_sizes2.data_ptr()),

csrc/quantization/w8a8/cutlass/scaled_mm_entry.cu

@@ -82,13 +82,11 @@ void get_cutlass_moe_mm_problem_sizes_from_expert_offsets_caller(
     torch::Tensor& problem_sizes1, torch::Tensor& problem_sizes2,
     const int64_t n, const int64_t k, const bool swap_ab);
 
-void get_cutlass_pplx_moe_mm_data_caller(torch::Tensor& expert_offsets,
-                                         torch::Tensor& problem_sizes1,
-                                         torch::Tensor& problem_sizes2,
-                                         const torch::Tensor& expert_num_tokens,
-                                         const int64_t num_local_experts,
-                                         const int64_t padded_m,
-                                         const int64_t n, const int64_t k);
+void get_cutlass_batched_moe_mm_data_caller(
+    torch::Tensor& expert_offsets, torch::Tensor& problem_sizes1,
+    torch::Tensor& problem_sizes2, const torch::Tensor& expert_num_tokens,
+    const int64_t num_local_experts, const int64_t padded_m, const int64_t n,
+    const int64_t k);
 #endif
 
 void cutlass_scaled_mm_azp_sm75(torch::Tensor& c, torch::Tensor const& a,
@@ -319,7 +317,7 @@ void get_cutlass_moe_mm_problem_sizes_from_expert_offsets(
       version_num, ". Required capability: 90, 100, or 120");
 }
 
-void get_cutlass_pplx_moe_mm_data(torch::Tensor& expert_offsets,
+void get_cutlass_batched_moe_mm_data(torch::Tensor& expert_offsets,
                                      torch::Tensor& problem_sizes1,
                                      torch::Tensor& problem_sizes2,
                                      const torch::Tensor& expert_num_tokens,
@@ -332,16 +330,17 @@ void get_cutlass_pplx_moe_mm_data(torch::Tensor& expert_offsets,
 #if (defined ENABLE_CUTLASS_MOE_SM90 && ENABLE_CUTLASS_MOE_SM90) ||   \
     (defined ENABLE_CUTLASS_MOE_SM100 && ENABLE_CUTLASS_MOE_SM100) || \
     (defined ENABLE_CUTLASS_MOE_SM120 && ENABLE_CUTLASS_MOE_SM120)
-  get_cutlass_pplx_moe_mm_data_caller(expert_offsets, problem_sizes1,
+  get_cutlass_batched_moe_mm_data_caller(expert_offsets, problem_sizes1,
                                          problem_sizes2, expert_num_tokens,
                                          num_local_experts, padded_m, n, k);
   return;
 #endif
-  TORCH_CHECK_NOT_IMPLEMENTED(
-      false,
-      "No compiled get_cutlass_pplx_moe_mm_data: no cutlass_scaled_mm kernel "
+  TORCH_CHECK_NOT_IMPLEMENTED(false,
+                              "No compiled get_cutlass_batched_moe_mm_data: no "
+                              "cutlass_scaled_mm kernel "
                               "for CUDA device capability: ",
-      version_num, ". Required capability: 90, 100, or 120");
+                              version_num,
+                              ". Required capability: 90, 100, or 120");
 }
 
 void cutlass_scaled_mm_azp(torch::Tensor& c, torch::Tensor const& a,

csrc/torch_bindings.cpp

@@ -489,19 +489,19 @@ TORCH_LIBRARY_EXPAND(TORCH_EXTENSION_NAME, ops) {
            &get_cutlass_moe_mm_problem_sizes_from_expert_offsets);
 
   // A function that computes data required to run fused MoE with w8a8 grouped
-  // GEMM and PPLX. It takes expert_num_tokens and non_zero_expert_idxs
+  // GEMM in batched expert format. It takes expert_num_tokens
   // as an input, and computes expert_offsets (token start indices of each
   // expert). In addition to this, it computes problem sizes for each expert's
   // multiplication used by the two mms called from fused MoE operation.
   ops.def(
-      "get_cutlass_pplx_moe_mm_data(Tensor! expert_offsets, "
+      "get_cutlass_batched_moe_mm_data(Tensor! expert_offsets, "
       "                             Tensor! problem_sizes1, "
       "                             Tensor! problem_sizes2, "
       "                             Tensor expert_num_tokens, "
       "                             int num_local_experts, int padded_m, "
       "                             int n, int k) -> ()");
-  ops.impl("get_cutlass_pplx_moe_mm_data", torch::kCUDA,
-           &get_cutlass_pplx_moe_mm_data);
+  ops.impl("get_cutlass_batched_moe_mm_data", torch::kCUDA,
+           &get_cutlass_batched_moe_mm_data);
 
   // Check if cutlass scaled_mm supports block quantization (used by DeepSeekV3)
   ops.def(

docker/Dockerfile

@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/ccache \
 #################### CSRC BUILD IMAGE ####################
 
 #################### EXTENSIONS BUILD IMAGE ####################
-# Build DeepGEMM, pplx-kernels, DeepEP - runs in PARALLEL with csrc-build
+# Build DeepGEMM, DeepEP - runs in PARALLEL with csrc-build
 # This stage is independent and doesn't affect csrc cache
 FROM base AS extensions-build
 ARG CUDA_VERSION
@@ -335,10 +335,9 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv \
 # Ensure the wheel dir exists so COPY won't fail when DeepGEMM is skipped
 RUN mkdir -p /tmp/deepgemm/dist && touch /tmp/deepgemm/dist/.deepgemm_skipped
 
-# Build pplx-kernels and DeepEP wheels
+# Build DeepEP wheels
 COPY tools/ep_kernels/install_python_libraries.sh /tmp/install_python_libraries.sh
 # Defaults moved here from tools/ep_kernels/install_python_libraries.sh for centralized version management
-ARG PPLX_COMMIT_HASH=12cecfd
 ARG DEEPEP_COMMIT_HASH=73b6ea4
 ARG NVSHMEM_VER
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv \
@@ -347,7 +346,6 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv \
     /tmp/install_python_libraries.sh \
         --workspace /tmp/ep_kernels_workspace \
         --mode wheel \
-        ${PPLX_COMMIT_HASH:+--pplx-ref "$PPLX_COMMIT_HASH"} \
         ${DEEPEP_COMMIT_HASH:+--deepep-ref "$DEEPEP_COMMIT_HASH"} \
         ${NVSHMEM_VER:+--nvshmem-ver "$NVSHMEM_VER"} && \
     find /tmp/ep_kernels_workspace/nvshmem -name '*.a' -delete
@@ -676,7 +674,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv \
 # Pytorch now installs NVSHMEM, setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 ENV LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/cuda/lib64:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 
-# Install EP kernels wheels (pplx-kernels and DeepEP) that have been built in the `build` stage
+# Install EP kernels wheels (DeepEP) that have been built in the `build` stage
 RUN --mount=type=bind,from=build,src=/tmp/ep_kernels_workspace/dist,target=/vllm-workspace/ep_kernels/dist \
     --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv \
     uv pip install --system ep_kernels/dist/*.whl --verbose \

docker/versions.json

@@ -52,9 +52,6 @@
     "DEEPGEMM_GIT_REF": {
       "default": "477618cd51baffca09c4b0b87e97c03fe827ef03"
     },
-    "PPLX_COMMIT_HASH": {
-      "default": "12cecfd"
-    },
     "DEEPEP_COMMIT_HASH": {
       "default": "73b6ea4"
     },

docs/design/fused_moe_modular_kernel.md

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Based on the format of the input activations, FusedMoE implementations are broad
 The input activation format completely depends on the All2All Dispatch being used.
 
 * In the Contiguous variant, the All2All Dispatch returns the activations as a contiguous tensor of shape (M, K) along with TopK Ids and TopK weights of shape (M, num_topk). Look at `DeepEPHTPrepareAndFinalize` for an example.
-* In the Batched variant, the All2All Dispatch returns the activations as a tensor of shape (num_experts, max_tokens, K). Here, the activations/tokens that subscribe to the same expert are batched together. Note that not all entries of the tensor are valid. The activations tensor is typically accompanied by an `expert_num_tokens` tensor of size `num_experts`, where `expert_num_tokens[i]` indicates the number of valid tokens that subscribe to the ith expert. Look at `PplxPrepareAndFinalize` or `DeepEPLLPrepareAndFinalize` for an example.
+* In the Batched variant, the All2All Dispatch returns the activations as a tensor of shape (num_experts, max_tokens, K). Here, the activations/tokens that subscribe to the same expert are batched together. Note that not all entries of the tensor are valid. The activations tensor is typically accompanied by an `expert_num_tokens` tensor of size `num_experts`, where `expert_num_tokens[i]` indicates the number of valid tokens that subscribe to the ith expert. Look at `DeepEPLLPrepareAndFinalize` for an example.
 
 The FusedMoE operation is generally made of multiple operations, in both the Contiguous and Batched variants, as described in the diagrams below
 
@@ -132,7 +132,6 @@ class FusedMoEModularKernel:
 
 Typically a FusedMoEPrepareAndFinalize type is backed by an All2All Dispatch & Combine implementation / kernel. For example,
 
-* PplxPrepareAndFinalize type is backed by Pplx All2All kernels,
 * DeepEPHTPrepareAndFinalize type is backed by DeepEP High-Throughput All2All kernels, and
 * DeepEPLLPrepareAndFinalize type is backed by DeepEP Low-Latency All2All kernels.
 
@@ -229,7 +228,7 @@ Doing this will add the new implementation to the test suite.
 ### How To Check `FusedMoEPrepareAndFinalize` & `FusedMoEPermuteExpertsUnpermute` Compatibility
 
 The unit test file [test_modular_kernel_combinations.py](../../tests/kernels/moe/test_modular_kernel_combinations.py) can also be executed as a standalone script.
-Example: `python3 -m tests.kernels.moe.test_modular_kernel_combinations --pf-type PplxPrepareAndFinalize --experts-type BatchedTritonExperts`
+Example: `python3 -m tests.kernels.moe.test_modular_kernel_combinations --pf-type DeepEPLLPrepareAndFinalize --experts-type BatchedTritonExperts`
 As a side effect, this script can be used to test `FusedMoEPrepareAndFinalize` & `FusedMoEPermuteExpertsUnpermute` compatibility. When invoked
 with incompatible types, the script will error.
 
@@ -238,7 +237,7 @@ with incompatible types, the script will error.
 Please take a look at [profile_modular_kernel.py](../../tests/kernels/moe/modular_kernel_tools/profile_modular_kernel.py)
 The script can be used to generate Torch traces for a single `FusedMoEModularKernel::forward()` call for any compatible
 `FusedMoEPrepareAndFinalize` and `FusedMoEPermuteExpertsUnpermute` types.
-Example: `python3 -m tests.kernels.moe.modular_kernel_tools.profile_modular_kernel --pf-type PplxPrepareAndFinalize --experts-type BatchedTritonExperts`
+Example: `python3 -m tests.kernels.moe.modular_kernel_tools.profile_modular_kernel --pf-type DeepEPLLPrepareAndFinalize --experts-type BatchedTritonExperts`
 
 ## FusedMoEPrepareAndFinalize Implementations
 

docs/design/moe_kernel_features.md

@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ th {
 | Backend | Output act. format | Quant. types | Quant. format | Async | Apply Weight On Input | Subclass |
 |---------|--------------------|--------------|---------------|-------|-----------------------|-----------|
 | naive | standard | all<sup>1</sup> | G,A,T | N | <sup>6</sup> | [layer.py][vllm.model_executor.layers.fused_moe.layer.FusedMoE] |
-| pplx | batched | fp8,int8 | G,A,T | Y | Y | [`PplxPrepareAndFinalize`][vllm.model_executor.layers.fused_moe.pplx_prepare_finalize.PplxPrepareAndFinalize] |
 | deepep_high_throughput | standard | fp8 | G(128),A,T<sup>2</sup> | Y | Y | [`DeepEPHTPrepareAndFinalize`][vllm.model_executor.layers.fused_moe.deepep_ht_prepare_finalize.DeepEPHTPrepareAndFinalize] |
 | deepep_low_latency | batched | fp8 | G(128),A,T<sup>3</sup> | Y | Y | [`DeepEPLLPrepareAndFinalize`][vllm.model_executor.layers.fused_moe.deepep_ll_prepare_finalize.DeepEPLLPrepareAndFinalize] |
 | flashinfer_all2allv | standard | nvfp4,fp8 | G,A,T | N | N | [`FlashInferA2APrepareAndFinalize`][vllm.model_executor.layers.fused_moe.flashinfer_a2a_prepare_finalize.FlashInferA2APrepareAndFinalize] |
@@ -68,7 +67,7 @@ Modular kernels are supported by the following `FusedMoEMethodBase` classes.
 
 There are a number of MoE experts kernel implementations for different quantization types and architectures. Most follow the general API of the base Triton [`fused_experts`][vllm.model_executor.layers.fused_moe.fused_moe.fused_experts] function. Many have modular kernel adapters, so they can be used with compatible all2all backends. This table lists each experts kernel and its particular properties.
 
-Each kernel must be provided with one of the supported input activation formats. Some flavors of kernels support both standard and batched formats through different entry points, e.g. `TritonExperts` and `BatchedTritonExperts`. Batched format kernels are currently only needed for matching with certain all2all backends, e.g. `pplx` and `DeepEPLLPrepareAndFinalize`.
+Each kernel must be provided with one of the supported input activation formats. Some flavors of kernels support both standard and batched formats through different entry points, e.g. `TritonExperts` and `BatchedTritonExperts`. Batched format kernels are currently only needed for matching with certain all2all backends, e.g. `DeepEPLLPrepareAndFinalize`.
 
 Similar to the backend kernels, each experts kernel only supports certain quantization formats. For non-modular experts, the activations will be in the original type and quantized internally by the kernel. Modular experts will expect the activations to already be in the quantized format. Both types of experts will yield outputs in the original activation type.
 
@@ -110,5 +109,5 @@ The following table shows "families" of modular kernels that are intended to wor
 | backend | `FusedMoEPrepareAndFinalize` subclasses | `FusedMoEPermuteExpertsUnpermute` subclasses |
 |---------|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
 | deepep_high_throughput | `DeepEPHTPrepareAndFinalize` |  `DeepGemmExperts`,</br>`TritonExperts`,</br>`TritonOrDeepGemmExperts`,</br>`CutlassExpertsFp8`, </br>`MarlinExperts` |
-| deepep_low_latency,</br>pplx | `DeepEPLLPrepareAndFinalize`,</br>`PplxPrepareAndFinalize` |  `BatchedDeepGemmExperts`,</br>`BatchedTritonExperts`,</br>`CutlassBatchedExpertsFp8`,</br>`BatchedMarlinExperts` |
+| deepep_low_latency | `DeepEPLLPrepareAndFinalize` |  `BatchedDeepGemmExperts`,</br>`BatchedTritonExperts`,</br>`CutlassBatchedExpertsFp8`,</br>`BatchedMarlinExperts` |
 | flashinfer | `FlashInferCutlassMoEPrepareAndFinalize` | `FlashInferExperts` |

docs/governance/committers.md

@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ If you have PRs touching the area, please feel free to ping the area owner for r
 - FlashAttention: @LucasWilkinson
 - FlashInfer: @LucasWilkinson, @mgoin, @WoosukKwon
 - Blackwell Kernels: @mgoin, @yewentao256
-- DeepEP/DeepGEMM/pplx: @mgoin, @yewentao256
+- DeepEP/DeepGEMM: @mgoin, @yewentao256
 
 ### Integrations
 

docs/serving/expert_parallel_deployment.md

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ EP is typically coupled with Data Parallelism (DP). While DP can be used indepen
 
 Before using EP, you need to install the necessary dependencies. We are actively working on making this easier in the future:
 
-1. **Install DeepEP and pplx-kernels**: Set up host environment following vLLM's guide for EP kernels [here](../../tools/ep_kernels).
+1. **Install DeepEP**: Set up host environment following vLLM's guide for EP kernels [here](../../tools/ep_kernels).
 2. **Install DeepGEMM library**: Follow the [official instructions](https://github.com/deepseek-ai/DeepGEMM#installation).
 3. **For disaggregated serving**: Install `gdrcopy` by running the [`install_gdrcopy.sh`](../../tools/install_gdrcopy.sh) script (e.g., `install_gdrcopy.sh "${GDRCOPY_OS_VERSION}" "12.8" "x64"`). You can find available OS versions [here](https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/redist/gdrcopy/CUDA%2012.8/).
 
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ vLLM provides multiple communication backends for EP. Use `--all2all-backend` to
 | Backend | Use Case | Features | Best For |
 |---------|----------|----------|----------|
 | `allgather_reducescatter` | Default backend | Standard all2all using allgather/reducescatter primitives | General purpose, works with any EP+DP configuration |
-| `pplx` | Single node | Chunked prefill support, efficient intra-node communication | Single-node deployments, development |
 | `deepep_high_throughput` | Multi-node prefill | Grouped GEMM with continuous layout, optimized for prefill | Prefill-dominated workloads, high-throughput scenarios |
 | `deepep_low_latency` | Multi-node decode | CUDA graph support, masked layout, optimized for decode | Decode-dominated workloads, low-latency scenarios |
 | `flashinfer_all2allv` | MNNVL systems | FlashInfer alltoallv kernels for multi-node NVLink | Systems with NVLink across nodes |
@@ -71,12 +70,11 @@ For example, with `TP=2, DP=4` (8 GPUs total):
 The following command serves a `DeepSeek-V3-0324` model with 1-way tensor parallel, 8-way (attention) data parallel, and 8-way expert parallel. The attention weights are replicated across all GPUs, while the expert weights are split across GPUs. It will work on a H200 (or H20) node with 8 GPUs. For H100, you can try to serve a smaller model or refer to the multi-node deployment section.
 
 ```bash
-# Single node EP deployment with pplx backend
+# Single node EP deployment
 vllm serve deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3-0324 \
     --tensor-parallel-size 1 \       # Tensor parallelism across 1 GPU
     --data-parallel-size 8 \         # Data parallelism across 8 processes
-    --enable-expert-parallel \       # Enable expert parallelism
-    --all2all-backend pplx           # Use pplx communication backend
+    --enable-expert-parallel         # Enable expert parallelism
 ```
 
 ## Multi-Node Deployment
@@ -197,7 +195,6 @@ vllm serve deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3-0324 \
     --tensor-parallel-size 1 \       # Tensor parallelism
     --data-parallel-size 8 \         # Data parallelism
     --enable-expert-parallel \       # Enable EP
-    --all2all-backend pplx \         # Use pplx communication backend
     --enable-eplb \                  # Enable load balancer
     --eplb-config '{"window_size":1000,"step_interval":3000,"num_redundant_experts":2,"log_balancedness":true}'
 ```

examples/online_serving/elastic_ep/serve_deepseek_v2.sh

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ vllm serve "$MODEL_NAME" \
     --enforce-eager \
     --enable-expert-parallel \
     --enable-eplb \
-    --all2all-backend pplx \
+    --all2all-backend allgather_reducescatter \
     --num-redundant-experts "$REDUNDANT_EXPERTS" \
     --trust-remote-code \
     --host "$HOST" \

tests/kernels/moe/modular_kernel_tools/common.py

@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ from vllm.utils.import_utils import (
     has_deep_ep,
     has_deep_gemm,
     has_mori,
-    has_pplx,
 )
 
 from .mk_objects import (
@@ -206,10 +205,6 @@ class Config:
         info = expert_info(self.fused_experts_type)
         return info.needs_deep_gemm
 
-    def needs_pplx(self):
-        info = prepare_finalize_info(self.prepare_finalize_type)
-        return info.backend == "pplx"
-
     def needs_deep_ep(self):
         info = prepare_finalize_info(self.prepare_finalize_type)
         return (
@@ -290,8 +285,6 @@ class Config:
             return False, "Needs DeepEP, but DeepEP not available."
         if self.needs_deep_gemm() and not has_deep_gemm():
             return False, "Needs DeepGEMM, but DeepGEMM not available."
-        if self.needs_pplx() and not has_pplx():  # noqa: SIM103
-            return False, "Needs PPLX, but PPLX not available."
         if self.needs_aiter() and not has_aiter():  # noqa: SIM103
             return False, "Needs Aiter, but Aiter not available."
         if self.needs_mori() and not has_mori():  # noqa: SIM103

tests/kernels/moe/modular_kernel_tools/mk_objects.py

@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ from vllm.utils.import_utils import (
     has_deep_ep,
     has_deep_gemm,
     has_mori,
-    has_pplx,
 )
 
 
@@ -238,19 +237,6 @@ if has_mori():
         supports_apply_weight_on_input=False,
     )
 
-if has_pplx():
-    from vllm.model_executor.layers.fused_moe.pplx_prepare_finalize import (
-        PplxPrepareAndFinalize,
-    )
-
-    register_prepare_and_finalize(
-        PplxPrepareAndFinalize,
-        batched_format,
-        common_float_and_int_types,
-        blocked_quantization_support=True,
-        backend="pplx",
-    )
-
 if has_flashinfer_cutlass_fused_moe() and current_platform.has_device_capability(100):
     from vllm.model_executor.layers.fused_moe.flashinfer_a2a_prepare_finalize import (  # noqa: E501
         FlashInferCutlassMoEPrepareAndFinalize,

tests/kernels/moe/modular_kernel_tools/profile_modular_kernel.py

@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         description=(
             "Run single prepare-finalize & fused-experts combination test"
             "Example : python3 -m tests.kernels.moe.modular_kernel_tools.profile_modular_kernel "  # noqa: E501
-            "--pf-type PplxPrepareAndFinalize --experts-type BatchedTritonExperts"
+            "--pf-type DeepEPLLPrepareAndFinalize --experts-type BatchedTritonExperts"
         )
     )
     args = parser.parse_args()

tests/kernels/moe/test_modular_kernel_combinations.py

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import vllm.model_executor.layers.fused_moe.modular_kernel as mk
 from vllm.config import VllmConfig, set_current_vllm_config
 from vllm.platforms import current_platform
 from vllm.utils.flashinfer import has_flashinfer_cutlass_fused_moe
-from vllm.utils.import_utils import has_deep_ep, has_deep_gemm, has_pplx
+from vllm.utils.import_utils import has_deep_ep, has_deep_gemm
 from vllm.utils.torch_utils import cuda_device_count_stateless, set_random_seed
 from vllm.v1.worker.workspace import init_workspace_manager
 
@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@ from .modular_kernel_tools.parallel_utils import (
 )
 
 has_any_multi_gpu_package = (
-    has_deep_ep() or has_deep_gemm() or has_pplx() or has_flashinfer_cutlass_fused_moe()
+    has_deep_ep() or has_deep_gemm() or has_flashinfer_cutlass_fused_moe()
 )
 
 meets_multi_gpu_requirements = pytest.mark.skipif(
     not has_any_multi_gpu_package,
-    reason="Requires deep_ep or deep_gemm or pplx or flashinfer packages",
+    reason="Requires deep_ep or deep_gemm or flashinfer packages",
 )
 
 if current_platform.is_fp8_fnuz():
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         description=(
             "Run single prepare-finalize & fused-experts combination test"
             "Example : python3 -m tests.kernels.moe.test_modular_kernel_combinations "
-            "--pf-type PplxPrepareAndFinalize --experts-type BatchedTritonExperts"
+            "--pf-type DeepEPLLPrepareAndFinalize --experts-type BatchedTritonExperts"
         )
     )
     args = parser.parse_args()

tests/kernels/moe/test_pplx_cutlass_moe.py

-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright contributors to the vLLM project
-
-
-import pytest
-import torch
-
-from tests.kernels.utils import torch_experts
-from vllm import _custom_ops as ops
-from vllm.config import VllmConfig, set_current_vllm_config
-from vllm.model_executor.layers.fused_moe import fused_topk
-from vllm.model_executor.layers.fused_moe.activation import MoEActivation
-from vllm.model_executor.layers.fused_moe.config import (
-    FusedMoEConfig,
-    FusedMoEParallelConfig,
-    RoutingMethodType,
-    fp8_w8a8_moe_quant_config,
-)
-from vllm.model_executor.layers.fused_moe.cutlass_moe import CutlassBatchedExpertsFp8
-from vllm.model_executor.layers.fused_moe.modular_kernel import FusedMoEModularKernel
-from vllm.platforms import current_platform
-from vllm.utils.math_utils import cdiv
-from vllm.utils.torch_utils import set_random_seed
-from vllm.v1.worker.workspace import init_workspace_manager
-
-from ...utils import multi_gpu_test
-from .parallel_utils import ProcessGroupInfo, parallel_launch
-
-try:
-    from pplx_kernels import AllToAll
-    from pplx_kernels.nvshmem import (
-        nvshmem_alloc_empty_unique_id,
-        nvshmem_finalize,
-        nvshmem_get_unique_id,
-        nvshmem_init,
-    )
-
-    has_pplx = True
-except ImportError:
-    has_pplx = False
-
-requires_pplx = pytest.mark.skipif(
-    not has_pplx,
-    reason="Requires PPLX kernels",
-)
-
-NUM_EXPERTS = [40, 64]
-TOP_KS = [6, 8]
-
-
-def rank_chunk(num, r, w):
-    rem = num % w
-    return (num // w) + (1 if r < rem else 0)
-
-
-def chunk_by_rank(t, r, w):
-    num = t.shape[0]
-    chunk = rank_chunk(num, r, w)
-    rem = num % w
-    if rem == 0 or r < rem:
-        return t[(r * chunk) : (r + 1) * chunk].contiguous()
-    else:
-        long_chunks = (num // w + 1) * rem
-        short_chunks = (r - rem) * chunk
-        start = long_chunks + short_chunks
-        return t[start : start + chunk].contiguous()
-
-
-def pplx_cutlass_moe(
-    pgi: ProcessGroupInfo,
-    dp_size: int,
-    a: torch.Tensor,
-    w1: torch.Tensor,
-    w2: torch.Tensor,
-    w1_scale: torch.Tensor,
-    w2_scale: torch.Tensor,
-    topk_weights: torch.Tensor,
-    topk_ids: torch.Tensor,
-    a1_scale: torch.Tensor,
-    out_dtype,
-    per_act_token: bool,
-    per_out_ch: bool,
-    group_name: str | None,
-):
-    from vllm.model_executor.layers.fused_moe.pplx_prepare_finalize import (
-        PplxPrepareAndFinalize,
-    )
-
-    init_workspace_manager(torch.cuda.current_device())
-
-    assert torch.cuda.current_device() == pgi.local_rank
-
-    num_tokens, hidden_dim = a.shape
-    intermediate_dim = w2.shape[2]
-    num_experts = w1.shape[0]
-    block_size = hidden_dim  # TODO support more cases
-    device = pgi.device
-    rank = pgi.rank
-    world_size = pgi.world_size
-    rank_num_tokens = rank_chunk(num_tokens, rank, world_size)
-    max_num_tokens = rank_chunk(num_tokens, 0, world_size)
-    topk = topk_ids.shape[1]
-
-    if block_size == hidden_dim:
-        scale_elems = 4  # hack to circumvent pplx data format requirements
-    else:
-        scale_elems = (hidden_dim + block_size - 1) // block_size
-
-    args = dict(
-        max_num_tokens=max_num_tokens,
-        num_experts=num_experts,
-        experts_per_token=topk,
-        rank=rank,
-        world_size=world_size,
-        dp_size=dp_size,
-        hidden_dim=hidden_dim,
-        hidden_dim_bytes=hidden_dim,  # because a.dtype.itemsize == 1
-        hidden_dim_scale_bytes=scale_elems * torch.float32.itemsize,
-    )
-
-    if group_name is None:
-        ata = AllToAll.internode(**args)
-    else:
-        args["group_name"] = group_name
-        ata = AllToAll.intranode(**args)
-
-    w1 = w1.to(device)
-    w2 = w2.to(device)
-    w1_scale = w1_scale.to(device)
-    w2_scale = w2_scale.to(device)
-    a1_scale = a1_scale.to(device)
-
-    assert num_experts % world_size == 0
-    num_local_experts = cdiv(num_experts, world_size)
-    num_dispatchers = pgi.world_size // dp_size
-
-    prepare_finalize = PplxPrepareAndFinalize(
-        ata,
-        max_num_tokens=max_num_tokens,
-        num_local_experts=num_local_experts,
-        num_dispatchers=num_dispatchers,
-    )
-
-    def make_moe_config() -> FusedMoEConfig:
-        return FusedMoEConfig(
-            num_experts=num_experts,
-            experts_per_token=topk,
-            hidden_dim=hidden_dim,
-            intermediate_size_per_partition=intermediate_dim,
-            num_local_experts=num_local_experts,
-            num_logical_experts=num_experts,
-            moe_parallel_config=FusedMoEParallelConfig.make_no_parallel(),
-            activation=MoEActivation.SILU,
-            in_dtype=torch.bfloat16,
-            device="cuda",
-            routing_method=RoutingMethodType.Llama4,
-        )
-
-    experts = CutlassBatchedExpertsFp8(
-        moe_config=make_moe_config(),
-        quant_config=fp8_w8a8_moe_quant_config(
-            per_act_token_quant=per_act_token,
-            per_out_ch_quant=per_out_ch,
-            w1_scale=chunk_by_rank(w1_scale, rank, world_size),
-            w2_scale=chunk_by_rank(w2_scale, rank, world_size),
-            a1_scale=chunk_by_rank(a1_scale, rank, world_size)
-            if per_act_token
-            else a1_scale[rank],
-        ),
-        max_num_tokens=max_num_tokens,
-        num_dispatchers=num_dispatchers,
-    )
-
-    fused_cutlass_experts = FusedMoEModularKernel(
-        prepare_finalize,
-        experts,
-        inplace=False,
-    )
-
-    a_chunk = chunk_by_rank(a, rank, world_size).to(device)
-    chunk_topk_weight = chunk_by_rank(topk_weights, rank, world_size).to(device)
-    chunk_topk_ids = (
-        chunk_by_rank(topk_ids, rank, world_size).to(torch.uint32).to(device)
-    )
-
-    out = fused_cutlass_experts(
-        a_chunk,
-        chunk_by_rank(w1, rank, world_size),
-        chunk_by_rank(w2, rank, world_size),
-        chunk_topk_weight,
-        chunk_topk_ids,
-        global_num_experts=num_experts,
-        expert_map=None,  # TODO
-    )
-
-    torch.cuda.synchronize()
-
-    ata.destroy()
-
-    return out[:rank_num_tokens]
-
-
-vllm_config = VllmConfig()
-
-
-def _pplx_moe(
-    pgi: ProcessGroupInfo,
-    dp_size: int,
-    a: torch.Tensor,
-    w1: torch.Tensor,
-    w2: torch.Tensor,
-    w1_scale: torch.Tensor,
-    w2_scale: torch.Tensor,
-    topk_weights: torch.Tensor,
-    topk_ids: torch.Tensor,
-    a1_scale: torch.Tensor,
-    out_dtype,
-    a_full: torch.Tensor,
-    w1_full: torch.Tensor,
-    w2_full: torch.Tensor,
-    per_act_token: bool,
-    per_out_ch: bool,
-    use_internode: bool,
-):
-    try:
-        if use_internode:
-            uid = (
-                nvshmem_get_unique_id()
-                if pgi.rank == 0
-                else nvshmem_alloc_empty_unique_id()
-            )
-            torch.distributed.broadcast(uid, src=0)
-            nvshmem_init(uid, pgi.rank, pgi.world_size)
-        else:
-            group_ranks = list(range(pgi.world_size))
-            cpu_group = torch.distributed.new_group(group_ranks, backend="gloo")
-            group_name = cpu_group.group_name
-
-        with set_current_vllm_config(vllm_config):
-            torch_output = torch_experts(
-                a_full, w1_full, w2_full, topk_weights, topk_ids
-            )
-            pplx_output = pplx_cutlass_moe(
-                pgi,
-                dp_size,
-                a,
-                w1,
-                w2,
-                w1_scale,
-                w2_scale,
-                topk_weights,
-                topk_ids,
-                a1_scale,
-                out_dtype,
-                per_act_token,
-                per_out_ch,
-                group_name,
-            )
-
-            torch_output = chunk_by_rank(torch_output, pgi.rank, pgi.world_size).to(
-                pplx_output.device
-            )
-
-        # Uncomment if more debugging is needed
-        # print("PPLX OUT:", pplx_output)
-        # print("TORCH OUT:", torch_output)
-
-        torch.testing.assert_close(pplx_output, torch_output, atol=0.05, rtol=0)
-    finally:
-        if use_internode:
-            nvshmem_finalize()
-
-
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("m", [2, 224])
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("n", [3072])
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("k", [1536])
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("e", NUM_EXPERTS)
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("topk", TOP_KS)
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("per_act_token", [True, False])
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("per_out_ch", [True, False])
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("world_dp_size", [[2, 1]])  # , [4, 2]])
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("use_internode", [False])
-@multi_gpu_test(num_gpus=2)
-@pytest.mark.skipif(
-    (lambda x: x is None or not ops.cutlass_group_gemm_supported(x.to_int()))(
-        current_platform.get_device_capability()
-    ),
-    reason="Grouped gemm is not supported on this GPU type.",
-)
-@requires_pplx
-def test_cutlass_moe_pplx(
-    m: int,
-    n: int,
-    k: int,
-    e: int,
-    topk: int,
-    per_act_token: bool,
-    per_out_ch: bool,
-    world_dp_size: tuple[int, int],
-    use_internode: bool,
-):
-    set_random_seed(7)
-
-    with set_current_vllm_config(vllm_config):
-        dtype = torch.half
-
-        a = torch.randn((m, k), device="cuda", dtype=dtype) / 10.0
-        w1 = torch.randn((e, 2 * n, k), device="cuda", dtype=dtype) / 10.0
-        w2 = torch.randn((e, k, n), device="cuda", dtype=dtype) / 10.0
-
-        n_b_scales = 2 * n if per_out_ch else 1
-        k_b_scales = k if per_out_ch else 1
-
-        w1_q = torch.empty((e, 2 * n, k), device="cuda", dtype=torch.float8_e4m3fn)
-        w2_q = torch.empty((e, k, n), device="cuda", dtype=torch.float8_e4m3fn)
-        w1_scale = torch.empty((e, n_b_scales, 1), device="cuda", dtype=torch.float32)
-        w2_scale = torch.empty((e, k_b_scales, 1), device="cuda", dtype=torch.float32)
-
-        for expert in range(e):
-            w1_q[expert], w1_scale[expert] = ops.scaled_fp8_quant(
-                w1[expert], use_per_token_if_dynamic=per_out_ch
-            )
-            w2_q[expert], w2_scale[expert] = ops.scaled_fp8_quant(
-                w2[expert], use_per_token_if_dynamic=per_out_ch
-            )
-
-        w1_d = torch.empty_like(w1)
-        w2_d = torch.empty_like(w2)
-        for expert in range(e):
-            w1_d[expert] = (w1_q[expert].float() * w1_scale[expert]).half()
-            w2_d[expert] = (w2_q[expert].float() * w2_scale[expert]).half()
-
-        score = torch.randn((m, e), device="cuda", dtype=dtype)
-        topk_weights, topk_ids, _ = fused_topk(a, score, topk, renormalize=False)
-
-        world_size, dp_size = world_dp_size
-        a_scale1 = (
-            torch.randn(
-                (m if per_act_token else 1, 1), device="cuda", dtype=torch.float32
-            )
-            / 10.0
-        )
-        if not per_act_token:
-            a_scale1 = a_scale1.repeat(world_size, 1)
-
-        parallel_launch(
-            world_size,
-            _pplx_moe,
-            dp_size,
-            a,
-            w1_q,
-            w2_q,
-            w1_scale,
-            w2_scale,
-            topk_weights,
-            topk_ids,
-            a_scale1,
-            dtype,
-            a,
-            w1_d,
-            w2_d,
-            per_act_token,
-            per_out_ch,
-            use_internode,
-        )

tools/ep_kernels/README.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Large-scale cluster-level expert parallel, as described in the [DeepSeek-V3 Tech
 
 Here we break down the requirements in 2 steps:
 
-1. Build and install the Python libraries (both [pplx-kernels](https://github.com/ppl-ai/pplx-kernels) and [DeepEP](https://github.com/deepseek-ai/DeepEP)), including necessary dependencies like NVSHMEM. This step does not require any privileged access. Any user can do this.
+1. Build and install the Python libraries ([DeepEP](https://github.com/deepseek-ai/DeepEP)), including necessary dependencies like NVSHMEM. This step does not require any privileged access. Any user can do this.
 2. Configure NVIDIA driver to enable IBGDA. This step requires root access, and must be done on the host machine.
 
 Step 2 is necessary for multi-node deployment.