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Tyler Michael SmithandClaude Opus 4.6 0d98729a49 [Kernel] Add zero-cost NaN/Inf detection to RMSNorm kernels
Add per-token NaN/Inf detection to all RMSNorm CUDA kernels by
piggybacking on the existing variance reduction. NaN/Inf propagates
through sum-of-squares naturally, so a single isnan(variance) ||
isinf(variance) check on thread 0 after the CUB reduction detects
it -- zero additional kernel launches, memory reads, or register
pressure. Each block writes to its own int8 flag slot (no atomics).

Controlled by VLLM_NAN_DETECT=1. When enabled:
- Bypasses Oink/batch-invariant paths (with warning)
- Reports per-token, per-layer NaN/Inf with layer names
- Distinguishes real-token errors from padding-token warnings
- CUDA-graph compatible (fixed flag buffer address)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Tyler Michael Smith <tlrmchlsmth@gmail.com>
2026-03-28 13:12:28 -04:00
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