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Document test results verifying XAttention density calculation in
GPU-only mode matches independent xattn_estimate calls.

Test results (Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct, threshold=0.9):
- 4k:  Layer 0 density 63.8%, verified 
- 8k:  Layer 0 density 65.0%, verified 
- 16k: Layer 0 density 61.6%, verified 
- 32k: Layer 0 density 50.2%, verified 
- 64k: Layer 0 density 37.0%, verified 

All tests show exact match (attn_sums diff=0, mask exact match).

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GPU-Only Density Alignment Test Results

验证 GPU-only 模式下 xattn_bsa.py 的 density 计算与独立调用 xattn_estimate 的一致性。

测试配置

  • 模型: Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct (32 layers, 32 heads, 8 KV heads, head_dim=128)
  • Threshold: 0.9 (选择覆盖 90% attention 的 blocks)
  • Block Size: 128 tokens (BSA block)
  • Stride: 8
  • 数据集: RULER niah_single_1 (各长度 1 sample)

测试结果

Context Tokens Layer 0 Density Compute Density Min Layer 验证结果
4k 3,692 63.8% 52.9% Layer 3 (31.3%) PASSED
8k 7,892 65.0% 52.5% Layer 5 (27.3%) PASSED
16k 15,689 61.6% 47.8% Layer 5 (23.5%) PASSED
32k 32,485 50.2% 40.1% Layer 5 (18.5%) PASSED
64k 64,891 37.0% 29.6% Layer 5 (12.4%) PASSED

验证指标

对于所有测试长度,验证脚本检查以下指标:

指标 预期 实际结果
attn_sums max diff 0 0.000000e+00
attn_sums mean diff 0 0.000000e+00
mask exact match True True
density diff 0 0.000000

Density 计算公式

Total (分母)

# Causal mask: Q block i 只能看到 K block 0 到 i
causal_mask[i, j] = (j <= i + q_offset_blocks)

# Total = causal 区域内的 block 数 × batch × heads
total = causal_mask.sum() × batch × heads
      = (n × (n+1) / 2) × 1 × 32  # n = valid_q_blocks

Selected (分子)

# 在 causal 区域内,被选中 (mask=True) 的 block 数量
selected = (mask & causal_mask).sum()

Density

density = selected / total

观察

  1. Density 随 context 增长而降低: 4k (63.8%) → 64k (37.0%),这是因为长序列中 attention 更加分散

  2. Layer 5 通常是最稀疏的层: 在所有长度测试中Layer 5 的 density 最低

  3. Layer 0 density 最高: 第一层的 attention pattern 最密集,可能与 sink token 效应有关

  4. Threshold=0.9 对应 ~50% density: 在 32k context 下threshold=0.9 意味着选择覆盖 90% attention 的 blocks实际 density 约 50%

使用方法

Step 1: 启用 debug 保存

# nanovllm/kvcache/sparse/xattn_bsa.py
_DEBUG_SAVE_MASK = True  # 改为 True

Step 2: 运行 GPU-only 推理

CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=0 python tests/test_ruler.py \
    --model ~/models/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct \
    --data-dir tests/data/ruler_32k \
    --datasets niah_single_1 \
    --num-samples 1 \
    --max-model-len 40960 \
    --sparse-policy XATTN_BSA \
    --sparse-threshold 0.9

Step 3: 运行验证脚本

python tests/test_gpuonly_density_alignment.py

相关文件

  • nanovllm/kvcache/sparse/xattn_bsa.py: XAttention BSA Policy 实现
  • nanovllm/ops/xattn.py: xattn_estimate 函数
  • tests/test_gpuonly_density_alignment.py: 验证脚本