Support Nemotron DP attention and MTP (#24955)

Co-authored-by: Jiajun Li <48857426+guapisolo@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Zhichenzzz <northwesterniemsteaching@gmail.com>

python/sglang/srt/batch_overlap/two_batch_overlap.py

@@ -762,6 +762,8 @@ class TboForwardBatchPreparer:
                 tbo_parent_token_range=(start_token_index, end_token_index),
                 tbo_children=None,
                 original_global_num_tokens_cpu=None,
+                _original_batch_size=None,
+                _original_forward_mode=None,
                 global_num_tokens_gpu=None,
                 global_num_tokens_cpu=None,
                 global_dp_buffer_len=global_dp_buffer_len,

python/sglang/srt/layers/attention/flashinfer_backend.py

@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ from sglang.srt.layers.attention.utils import (
     assert_buffer_fits,
     create_flashinfer_kv_indices_triton,
 )
-from sglang.srt.layers.dp_attention import get_attention_tp_size
+from sglang.srt.layers.dp_attention import (
+    get_attention_cp_size,
+    get_attention_tp_size,
+)
 from sglang.srt.layers.radix_attention import AttentionType
 from sglang.srt.mem_cache.base_swa_memory_pool import BaseSWAKVPool
 from sglang.srt.mem_cache.memory_pool import KVWriteLoc
@@ -48,6 +51,7 @@ from sglang.srt.utils import (
     is_flashinfer_available,
     is_sm100_supported,
     next_power_of_2,
+    require_gathered_buffer,
 )
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -56,6 +60,19 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+
+def _cuda_graph_capture_max_bs(server_args, max_bs: int) -> int:
+    """Pad max_bs to the alignment cuda-graph capture uses (see get_batch_sizes_to_capture)."""
+    mul_base = 1
+    if server_args.enable_two_batch_overlap:
+        mul_base *= 2
+    if require_gathered_buffer(server_args):
+        mul_base *= get_attention_tp_size()
+    if mul_base % get_attention_cp_size() != 0:
+        mul_base *= get_attention_cp_size()
+    return (max_bs + mul_base - 1) // mul_base * mul_base
+
+
 if envs.SGLANG_ENABLE_TORCH_COMPILE.get():
     torch._logging.set_logs(dynamo=logging.ERROR)
     torch._dynamo.config.suppress_errors = True
@@ -266,7 +283,9 @@ class FlashInferAttnBackend(AttentionBackend):
             )
         else:
             self.workspace_buffer = global_workspace_buffer
-        max_bs = model_runner.req_to_token_pool.size
+        max_bs = _cuda_graph_capture_max_bs(
+            model_runner.server_args, model_runner.req_to_token_pool.size
+        )
         if kv_indptr_buf is None:
             self.kv_indptr = [
                 torch.zeros(
@@ -1180,7 +1199,7 @@ class FlashInferIndicesUpdaterDecode:
         fixed_split_size: Optional[int] = None,
         disable_split_kv: Optional[bool] = None,
     ):
-        if spec_info is None:
+        if spec_info is None or getattr(spec_info, "kv_indptr", None) is None:
             bs = len(req_pool_indices)
             kv_indptr[1 : bs + 1] = torch.cumsum(paged_kernel_lens, dim=0)
             kv_indptr = kv_indptr[: bs + 1]
@@ -1646,7 +1665,9 @@ class FlashInferMultiStepDraftBackend:
         self.generate_draft_decode_kv_indices = generate_draft_decode_kv_indices
         self.page_size = model_runner.page_size
 
-        max_bs = model_runner.req_to_token_pool.size * self.topk
+        max_bs = _cuda_graph_capture_max_bs(
+            model_runner.server_args, model_runner.req_to_token_pool.size * self.topk
+        )
         self.kv_indptr = torch.zeros(
             (
                 self.speculative_num_steps,

python/sglang/srt/layers/attention/hybrid_attn_backend.py

@@ -140,9 +140,6 @@ class HybridAttnBackend(AttentionBackend):
         return backend.get_indexer_metadata(layer_id, forward_batch)
 
     def update_mamba_state_after_mtp_verify(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        # Forward to whichever sub-backend handled target_verify, since its inner
-        # linear_attn_backend.forward_metadata holds the mamba_cache_indices the
-        # method consumes. Mirrors _select_backend's target_verify branch.
         if self.model_runner.server_args.speculative_attention_mode == "decode":
             backend = self.decode_backend
         else:

python/sglang/srt/layers/attention/hybrid_linear_attn_backend.py

@@ -46,7 +46,12 @@ class MambaAttnBackendBase(AttentionBackend):
 
     def _execute_deferred_mamba_cow_and_clear(self, forward_batch: ForwardBatch):
         """Run deferred clear/COW ops on the forward stream to avoid races."""
-        if not forward_batch.forward_mode.is_extend() or self.is_draft_worker:
+        if (
+            not forward_batch.forward_mode.is_extend()
+            or forward_batch.forward_mode.is_target_verify()
+            or forward_batch.forward_mode.is_draft_extend(include_v2=True)
+            or self.is_draft_worker
+        ):
             return
         if (
             forward_batch.mamba_clear_indices is not None
@@ -81,6 +86,10 @@ class MambaAttnBackendBase(AttentionBackend):
         mamba_cache_indices = self.req_to_token_pool.get_mamba_indices(
             forward_batch.req_pool_indices
         )
+        _real_bs = getattr(forward_batch, "_original_batch_size", None)
+        if _real_bs is not None and _real_bs < mamba_cache_indices.shape[0]:
+            mamba_cache_indices = mamba_cache_indices.clone()
+            mamba_cache_indices[_real_bs:] = -1
 
         if forward_batch.forward_mode.is_decode_or_idle():
             query_start_loc = torch.arange(

python/sglang/srt/layers/attention/mamba/mamba.py

@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ from sglang.srt.layers.attention.mamba.ops import (
     mamba_chunk_scan_combined,
     selective_state_update,
 )
+from sglang.srt.layers.dp_attention import (
+    get_attention_tp_rank,
+    get_attention_tp_size,
+    is_dp_attention_enabled,
+)
 from sglang.srt.layers.linear import (
     ColumnParallelLinear,
     MergedColumnParallelLinear,
@@ -226,8 +231,12 @@ class MambaMixer2(torch.nn.Module):
         #   may be replicated to follow the head shard.
         # - NOTE: currently for the world size DOES NOT divide groups
         #   case, we only support the case when n_groups == 1
-        self.tp_size = get_tensor_model_parallel_world_size()
+        if is_dp_attention_enabled():
-        self.tp_rank = get_tensor_model_parallel_rank()
+            self.tp_size = get_attention_tp_size()
+            self.tp_rank = get_attention_tp_rank()
+        else:
+            self.tp_size = get_tensor_model_parallel_world_size()
+            self.tp_rank = get_tensor_model_parallel_rank()
 
         self.num_heads = num_heads = cache_params.shape.num_heads
         self.head_dim = cache_params.shape.head_dim
@@ -276,6 +285,8 @@ class MambaMixer2(torch.nn.Module):
                 bias=use_conv_bias,
                 quant_config=None,
                 prefix=f"{prefix}.conv1d",
+                tp_rank=self.tp_rank,
+                tp_size=self.tp_size,
             )
 
             self.in_proj = MergedColumnParallelLinear(
@@ -290,6 +301,8 @@ class MambaMixer2(torch.nn.Module):
                 bias=use_bias,
                 quant_config=quant_config,
                 prefix=f"{prefix}.in_proj",
+                tp_rank=self.tp_rank,
+                tp_size=self.tp_size,
             )
         else:
             # This is the n_groups == 1 case,
@@ -301,6 +314,8 @@ class MambaMixer2(torch.nn.Module):
                 bias=use_conv_bias,
                 quant_config=None,
                 prefix=f"{prefix}.conv1d",
+                tp_rank=self.tp_rank,
+                tp_size=self.tp_size,
             )
 
             self.in_proj = ColumnParallelLinear(
@@ -309,6 +324,8 @@ class MambaMixer2(torch.nn.Module):
                 bias=use_bias,
                 quant_config=quant_config,
                 prefix=f"{prefix}.in_proj",
+                tp_rank=self.tp_rank,
+                tp_size=self.tp_size,
             )
 
             # - because in_proj is a concatenation of 3 weights, we
@@ -412,6 +429,9 @@ class MambaMixer2(torch.nn.Module):
             bias=use_bias,
             input_is_parallel=True,
             quant_config=quant_config,
+            tp_rank=self.tp_rank,
+            tp_size=self.tp_size,
+            reduce_results=not is_dp_attention_enabled(),
             prefix=f"{prefix}.out_proj",
         )
 
@@ -447,6 +467,8 @@ class MambaMixer2(torch.nn.Module):
 
         query_start_loc = metadata.query_start_loc
 
+        padded_num_tokens = hidden_states.shape[0]
+
         # 1. Gated MLP's linear projection
         projected_states, _ = self.in_proj(hidden_states)
 
@@ -488,7 +510,12 @@ class MambaMixer2(torch.nn.Module):
         has_prefill = num_prefills > 0
         has_decode = num_decodes > 0
         num_actual_tokens = num_prefill_tokens + num_decode_tokens
-        assert num_actual_tokens == projected_states.shape[0]
+        assert num_actual_tokens <= projected_states.shape[0]
+        hidden_states_B_C = hidden_states_B_C[:num_actual_tokens]
+        dt = dt[:num_actual_tokens]
+
+        local_num_heads = self.num_heads // self.tp_size
+        local_num_groups = self.n_groups // self.tp_size
 
         # NOTE: V0 put prefill before decode
         # Separate prefill and decode by splitting varlen input
@@ -503,12 +530,10 @@ class MambaMixer2(torch.nn.Module):
             [num_prefill_tokens, num_decode_tokens],
             dim=0,
         )
-        # Split along batch dimension
+        state_indices_tensor_p = state_indices_tensor[:num_prefills]
-        state_indices_tensor_p, state_indices_tensor_d = torch.split(
+        state_indices_tensor_d = state_indices_tensor[
-            state_indices_tensor,
+            num_prefills : num_prefills + num_decodes
-            [num_prefills, num_decodes],
+        ]
-            dim=0,
-        )
         query_start_loc_p = query_start_loc[: num_prefills + 1] if has_prefill else None
 
         # Preallocate output tensor to avoid memcpy cost for merging prefill
@@ -522,8 +547,9 @@ class MambaMixer2(torch.nn.Module):
             dtype=hidden_states.dtype,
             device=hidden_states.device,
         )
+        preallocated_ssm_out_active = preallocated_ssm_out[:num_actual_tokens]
         preallocated_ssm_out_p, preallocated_ssm_out_d = torch.split(
-            preallocated_ssm_out,
+            preallocated_ssm_out_active,
             [num_prefill_tokens, num_decode_tokens],
             dim=0,
         )
@@ -580,12 +606,12 @@ class MambaMixer2(torch.nn.Module):
             # NOTE: final output is an in-place update of out tensor
             intermediate_states, varlen_state = mamba_chunk_scan_combined(
                 hidden_states_p.view(
-                    1, num_prefill_tokens, self.num_heads // self.tp_size, self.head_dim
+                    1, num_prefill_tokens, local_num_heads, self.head_dim
                 ),
                 dt_p.unsqueeze(0),
                 self.A,
-                B_p.view(1, num_prefill_tokens, self.n_groups // self.tp_size, -1),
+                B_p.view(1, num_prefill_tokens, local_num_groups, -1),
-                C_p.view(1, num_prefill_tokens, self.n_groups // self.tp_size, -1),
+                C_p.view(1, num_prefill_tokens, local_num_groups, -1),
                 chunk_size=mixed_metadata.chunk_size,
                 D=self.D,
                 z=None,
@@ -608,7 +634,8 @@ class MambaMixer2(torch.nn.Module):
 
             # update ssm states
             # - varlen state is a (num_prefills, nheads, headdim, dstate) tensor
-            ssm_state[state_indices_tensor_p] = varlen_state
+            if varlen_state is not None:
+                ssm_state[state_indices_tensor_p] = varlen_state
 
         # Process decode requests
         if has_decode:
@@ -666,7 +693,7 @@ class MambaMixer2(torch.nn.Module):
             hidden_states_d, B_d, C_d = split_hidden_states_B_C_fn(hidden_states_B_C_d)
 
             # 3. State Space Model sequence transformation
-            n_groups = self.n_groups // self.tp_size
+            n_groups = local_num_groups
             A_d = (
                 self.A[:, None, ...][:, :, None]
                 .expand(-1, self.head_dim, self.ssm_state_size)
@@ -677,9 +704,7 @@ class MambaMixer2(torch.nn.Module):
             D_d = self.D[:, None, ...].expand(-1, self.head_dim)
             B_d = B_d.view(-1, n_groups, B_d.shape[1] // n_groups)
             C_d = C_d.view(-1, n_groups, C_d.shape[1] // n_groups)
-            hidden_states_d = hidden_states_d.view(
+            hidden_states_d = hidden_states_d.view(-1, local_num_heads, self.head_dim)
-                -1, self.num_heads // self.tp_size, self.head_dim
-            )
 
             if is_target_verify:
                 selective_state_update(
@@ -736,12 +761,11 @@ class MambaMixer2(torch.nn.Module):
         # GatedRMSNorm internally applying SiLU to the gate
         # SiLU is applied internally before normalization, unlike standard
         # norm usage
-        hidden_states = self.norm(preallocated_ssm_out, gate[:num_actual_tokens])
+        hidden_states = self.norm(preallocated_ssm_out, gate)
 
-        # 5. Final linear projection
         mixer_out, _ = self.out_proj(hidden_states)
         if output is not None:
-            output[:num_actual_tokens].copy_(mixer_out)
+            output[:padded_num_tokens].copy_(mixer_out)
 
         return mixer_out, intermediate_states
 

python/sglang/srt/layers/attention/mamba/mamba2_metadata.py

@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ class Mamba2Metadata(ForwardMetadata):
         *,
         is_target_verify: bool,
         draft_token_num: int,
+        num_decodes: Optional[int] = None,
     ) -> "Mamba2Metadata":
         """This path is run during CUDA graph capture, i.e. decode only, so `num_prefills` is 0"""
         return Mamba2Metadata(
@@ -177,7 +178,7 @@ class Mamba2Metadata(ForwardMetadata):
             track_ssm_final_src=forward_metadata.track_ssm_final_src,
             track_ssm_final_dst=forward_metadata.track_ssm_final_dst,
             has_mamba_track_mask=forward_metadata.has_mamba_track_mask,
-            num_decodes=len(seq_lens),
+            num_decodes=len(seq_lens) if num_decodes is None else num_decodes,
             num_prefills=0,
             num_prefill_tokens=0,
             is_target_verify=is_target_verify,
@@ -198,28 +199,49 @@ class Mamba2Metadata(ForwardMetadata):
                 if forward_batch.spec_info is not None
                 else 1
             )
+            num_decodes = getattr(forward_batch, "_original_batch_size", None)
+            if num_decodes is None:
+                num_decodes = len(forward_batch.seq_lens)
             return cls.prepare_decode(
                 forward_metadata,
                 forward_batch.seq_lens,
                 is_target_verify=forward_batch.forward_mode.is_target_verify(),
                 draft_token_num=draft_token_num,
+                num_decodes=num_decodes,
             )
-        num_prefills = len(forward_batch.extend_seq_lens)
+        extend_seq_lens_cpu = forward_batch.extend_seq_lens_cpu
-        num_prefill_tokens = forward_batch.extend_num_tokens
+        if extend_seq_lens_cpu is None:
-        num_decodes = len(forward_batch.seq_lens) - num_prefills
+            num_prefills = len(forward_batch.extend_seq_lens)
+        else:
+            num_prefills = len(extend_seq_lens_cpu)
+        if extend_seq_lens_cpu is not None:
+            num_prefill_tokens = int(sum(extend_seq_lens_cpu))
+        else:
+            num_prefill_tokens = int(forward_batch.extend_num_tokens)
+        batch_size = getattr(forward_batch, "_original_batch_size", None)
+        if batch_size is None:
+            batch_size = len(forward_batch.seq_lens)
+        num_decodes = batch_size - num_prefills
         context_lens_tensor = forward_batch.extend_prefix_lens
         assert context_lens_tensor is not None
-        # precompute flag to avoid device syncs later
         has_initial_states = context_lens_tensor > 0
+        mamba_track_mask = getattr(forward_batch, "mamba_track_mask", None)
+        if mamba_track_mask is not None:
+            has_initial_states = (
+                has_initial_states & mamba_track_mask[: has_initial_states.shape[0]]
+            )
         prep_initial_states = torch.any(has_initial_states[:num_prefills]).item()
 
         query_start_loc = forward_metadata.query_start_loc[: num_prefills + 1]
+        _seq_idx_output_size = (
+            num_prefill_tokens if extend_seq_lens_cpu is not None else None
+        )
         seq_idx = torch.repeat_interleave(
             torch.arange(
                 num_prefills, dtype=torch.int32, device=query_start_loc.device
             ),
             query_start_loc.diff(),
-            output_size=num_prefill_tokens,
+            output_size=_seq_idx_output_size,
         )
         seq_idx.unsqueeze_(0)
 
@@ -263,6 +285,6 @@ class Mamba2Metadata(ForwardMetadata):
                 seq_idx=seq_idx,
                 chunk_indices=chunk_indices,
                 chunk_offsets=chunk_offsets,
-                extend_seq_lens_cpu=forward_batch.extend_seq_lens_cpu,
+                extend_seq_lens_cpu=extend_seq_lens_cpu,
             ),
         )

python/sglang/srt/layers/attention/mamba/mixer2_rms_norm_gated.py

@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@ from sglang.srt.distributed.parallel_state import (
     get_tensor_model_parallel_world_size,
 )
 from sglang.srt.layers.attention.fla.layernorm_gated import rms_norm_gated
+from sglang.srt.layers.dp_attention import (
+    attn_tp_all_reduce,
+    get_attention_tp_group,
+    get_attention_tp_rank,
+    get_attention_tp_size,
+    is_dp_attention_enabled,
+)
 from sglang.srt.layers.utils import MultiPlatformOp
 from sglang.srt.model_loader.weight_utils import sharded_weight_loader
 from sglang.srt.utils.common import set_weight_attrs
@@ -25,8 +32,13 @@ class Mixer2RMSNormGated(MultiPlatformOp):
         eps: float = 1e-6,
     ):
         super().__init__()
-        self.tp_size = get_tensor_model_parallel_world_size()
+        self.use_attn_tp_group = is_dp_attention_enabled()
-        self.tp_rank = get_tensor_model_parallel_rank()
+        if self.use_attn_tp_group:
+            self.tp_size = get_attention_tp_size()
+            self.tp_rank = get_attention_tp_rank()
+        else:
+            self.tp_size = get_tensor_model_parallel_world_size()
+            self.tp_rank = get_tensor_model_parallel_rank()
         self.full_hidden_size = full_hidden_size
         self.group_size = full_hidden_size // full_n_groups
         self.per_rank_hidden_size = full_hidden_size // self.tp_size
@@ -68,7 +80,10 @@ class Mixer2RMSNormGated(MultiPlatformOp):
             if self.tp_size > 1:
                 # Compute local sum and then reduce to obtain global sum
                 local_sums = x.pow(2).sum(dim=-1, keepdim=True)
-                global_sums = tensor_model_parallel_all_reduce(local_sums)
+                if self.use_attn_tp_group:
+                    global_sums = attn_tp_all_reduce(local_sums)
+                else:
+                    global_sums = tensor_model_parallel_all_reduce(local_sums)
                 # Calculate the variance
                 count = self.tp_size * x.shape[-1]
                 variance = global_sums / count
@@ -80,7 +95,12 @@ class Mixer2RMSNormGated(MultiPlatformOp):
             redundant_tp: bool = self.n_groups % self.tp_size != 0
             if redundant_tp:
                 # To handle the general case, redundantly apply the variance
-                x = tensor_model_parallel_all_gather(x, -1)
+                if self.use_attn_tp_group:
+                    parts = [torch.empty_like(x) for _ in range(self.tp_size)]
+                    get_attention_tp_group().all_gather(x, output_tensor_list=parts)
+                    x = torch.cat(parts, dim=-1)
+                else:
+                    x = tensor_model_parallel_all_gather(x, -1)
 
             *prefix_dims, hidden_dim = x.shape
             group_count = hidden_dim // self.group_size

python/sglang/srt/layers/communicator.py

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ from sglang.srt.layers.dp_attention import (
     attn_tp_all_gather_into_tensor,
     attn_tp_reduce_scatter_tensor,
     dp_gather_partial,
+    dp_gather_replicate,
     dp_reduce_scatter_tensor,
     dp_scatter,
     get_attention_cp_rank,
@@ -448,6 +449,7 @@ class LayerCommunicator:
         allow_reduce_scatter: bool = False,
         is_last_layer: bool = False,
         qkv_latent_func: Optional[Callable] = None,
+        force_layernorm_before_dp_gather: bool = False,
     ):
         self.layer_scatter_modes = layer_scatter_modes
         self.input_layernorm = input_layernorm
@@ -455,8 +457,12 @@ class LayerCommunicator:
         self.allow_reduce_scatter = allow_reduce_scatter
         self.is_last_layer = is_last_layer
         self.qkv_latent_func = qkv_latent_func
+        self.force_layernorm_before_dp_gather = force_layernorm_before_dp_gather
 
         self._context = CommunicateContext.init_new()
+        self._context.force_layernorm_before_dp_gather = (
+            force_layernorm_before_dp_gather
+        )
         self._post_init_communicate()
         self._speculative_algo = SpeculativeAlgorithm.from_string(
             get_global_server_args().speculative_algorithm
@@ -787,6 +793,7 @@ class CommunicateContext:
     tp_size: int
     cache = None
     tp_rank: int
+    force_layernorm_before_dp_gather: bool = False
 
     def is_same_group_size(self, a: ScatterMode, b: ScatterMode):
         return self.process_group_sizes[a] == self.process_group_sizes[b]
@@ -1029,9 +1036,14 @@ class CommunicateWithAllReduceAndLayerNormFn:
             )
             attn_tp_all_gather_into_tensor(residual, local_residual)
         if context.attn_dp_size != 1:
-            # Perform layernorm on smaller data before comm. Only valid when attn_tp_size is 1 (tp_size == dp_size)
+            use_layer_norm_before_gather = (
-            use_layer_norm_before_gather = context.attn_tp_size == 1
+                context.force_layernorm_before_dp_gather or context.attn_tp_size == 1
+            )
             if use_layer_norm_before_gather and hidden_states.shape[0] != 0:
+                if context.attn_tp_size > 1:
+                    hidden_states = attention_tensor_model_parallel_all_reduce(
+                        hidden_states
+                    )
                 with use_symmetric_memory(
                     get_tp_group(),
                     disabled=not is_allocation_symmetric(),
@@ -1044,7 +1056,10 @@ class CommunicateWithAllReduceAndLayerNormFn:
                 get_global_dp_buffer(get_tp_group()),
                 hidden_states,
             )
-            dp_gather_partial(hidden_states, local_hidden_states, forward_batch)
+            if use_layer_norm_before_gather:
+                dp_gather_replicate(hidden_states, local_hidden_states, forward_batch)
+            else:
+                dp_gather_partial(hidden_states, local_hidden_states, forward_batch)
 
             if not use_layer_norm_before_gather:
                 dp_scatter(residual, hidden_states, forward_batch)

python/sglang/srt/layers/dp_attention.py

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ _ATTN_DP_SIZE: Optional[int] = None
 _LOCAL_ATTN_DP_SIZE: Optional[int] = None
 _LOCAL_ATTN_DP_RANK: Optional[int] = None
 _ENABLE_DP_ATTENTION_FLAG: bool = False
+_DP_MAX_LEN_WITH_IDLE = False
 
 _is_hip = is_hip()
 _USE_ROCM700A_WA = _is_hip and get_bool_env_var("SGLANG_USE_ROCM700A")
@@ -74,6 +75,10 @@ class DpPaddingMode(IntEnum):
         # For dp_size=1, max_len equals sum_len, so prefer MAX_LEN mode
         # to enable symmetric memory optimization (needed for DSA CP, etc.).
         if is_extend_in_batch and dp_size > 1:
+            # Hybrid-SSM models materialize idle ranks via the MAX_LEN
+            # fabricated-row conversion; other models keep mainline SUM_LEN.
+            if _DP_MAX_LEN_WITH_IDLE and min(global_num_tokens) == 0:
+                return DpPaddingMode.MAX_LEN
             return DpPaddingMode.SUM_LEN
 
         # we choose the mode that minimizes the communication cost
@@ -277,6 +282,10 @@ def initialize_dp_attention(
 ):
     global _ATTN_DP_RANK, _ATTN_DP_SIZE
     global _LOCAL_ATTN_DP_SIZE, _LOCAL_ATTN_DP_RANK, _ENABLE_DP_ATTENTION_FLAG
+    global _DP_MAX_LEN_WITH_IDLE
+    _DP_MAX_LEN_WITH_IDLE = (
+        getattr(model_config.hf_config, "hybrid_override_pattern", None) is not None
+    )
     enable_dp_attention = server_args.enable_dp_attention
     dp_size = server_args.dp_size
     moe_dense_tp_size = server_args.moe_dense_tp_size

python/sglang/srt/model_executor/forward_batch_info.py

@@ -406,6 +406,8 @@ class ForwardBatch(ForwardBatchDeepSeekMHAMixin):
 
     # For DP attention (MLP sync sizes)
     original_global_num_tokens_cpu: Optional[List[int]] = None
+    _original_batch_size: Optional[int] = None
+    _original_forward_mode: Optional[ForwardMode] = None
     global_num_tokens_cpu: Optional[List[int]] = None
     global_num_tokens_gpu: Optional[torch.Tensor] = None
     # Has to be None when cuda graph is captured.
@@ -1082,6 +1084,7 @@ class ForwardBatch(ForwardBatchDeepSeekMHAMixin):
         assert self.global_num_tokens_cpu is not None
         assert self.global_num_tokens_for_logprob_cpu is not None
 
+        self._original_batch_size = self.batch_size
         global_num_tokens = self.global_num_tokens_cpu
         sync_group_size = len(global_num_tokens)
         attn_tp_size = get_attention_tp_size()
@@ -1135,20 +1138,68 @@ class ForwardBatch(ForwardBatchDeepSeekMHAMixin):
             or self.forward_mode.is_draft_extend(include_v2=True)
             or self.forward_mode.is_idle()
         ):
-            if self.is_extend_in_batch and dp_padding_mode.is_max_len():
+            # Mamba-hybrid families need the fabricated-row idle conversion
-                setattr(self, "_original_forward_mode", self.forward_mode)
+            # below; this includes their MTP draft workers, whose mamba-less
-                self.forward_mode = ForwardMode.EXTEND
+            # "*E" pattern makes mambaish_config return None.
-                self.extend_num_tokens = bs
+            hybrid_ssm = model_runner.mambaish_config is not None or (
-                self.extend_seq_lens = torch.full_like(self.seq_lens, 1)
+                model_runner.is_draft_worker
-                self.extend_prefix_lens = self.seq_lens - 1
+                and getattr(
-                self.extend_start_loc = torch.arange(
+                    model_runner.model_config.hf_config,
-                    bs, dtype=torch.int32, device=self.seq_lens.device
+                    "mtp_hybrid_override_pattern",
+                    None,
                 )
-                self.extend_prefix_lens_cpu = self.extend_prefix_lens.cpu()
+                is not None
-                self.extend_seq_lens_cpu = self.extend_seq_lens.cpu()
+            )
-                self.extend_logprob_start_lens_cpu = self.extend_prefix_lens_cpu
+            if (
+                hybrid_ssm
+                and self.spec_info is not None
+                and not self.spec_info.is_draft_input()
+            ):
+                if self.forward_mode.is_idle():
+                    self._original_forward_mode = self.forward_mode
+                    self.forward_mode = ForwardMode.TARGET_VERIFY
+                bs = self.batch_size = num_tokens // self.spec_info.num_tokens_per_req
+            elif self.is_extend_in_batch and dp_padding_mode.is_max_len():
+                self._original_forward_mode = self.forward_mode
+                self.forward_mode = ForwardMode.EXTEND
+                if hybrid_ssm:
+                    dev = self.seq_lens.device
+                    assert (
+                        self.seq_lens.shape[0] == 0
+                    ), "extend-idle conversion expects an empty rank"
+                    self.extend_num_tokens = num_tokens
+                    self.extend_seq_lens = torch.tensor(
+                        [num_tokens], dtype=torch.int32, device=dev
+                    )
+                    self.extend_prefix_lens = torch.zeros(
+                        1, dtype=self.seq_lens.dtype, device=dev
+                    )
+                    self.extend_start_loc = torch.zeros(
+                        1, dtype=torch.int32, device=dev
+                    )
+                    self.seq_lens = torch.tensor(
+                        [num_tokens], dtype=self.seq_lens.dtype, device=dev
+                    )
+                    self.seq_lens_sum = int(num_tokens)
+                    if self.seq_lens_cpu is not None:
+                        self.seq_lens_cpu = torch.tensor(
+                            [num_tokens], dtype=self.seq_lens.dtype
+                        )
+                    self.extend_prefix_lens_cpu = [0]
+                    self.extend_seq_lens_cpu = [int(num_tokens)]
+                    self.extend_logprob_start_lens_cpu = [0]
+                    bs = self.batch_size = 1
+                else:
+                    self.extend_num_tokens = bs
+                    self.extend_seq_lens = torch.full_like(self.seq_lens, 1)
+                    self.extend_prefix_lens = self.seq_lens - 1
+                    self.extend_start_loc = torch.arange(
+                        bs, dtype=torch.int32, device=self.seq_lens.device
+                    )
+                    self.extend_prefix_lens_cpu = self.extend_prefix_lens.cpu()
+                    self.extend_seq_lens_cpu = self.extend_seq_lens.cpu()
+                    self.extend_logprob_start_lens_cpu = self.extend_prefix_lens_cpu
             else:
-                setattr(self, "_original_batch_size", self.batch_size)
                 if self.spec_info is not None:
                     bs = self.batch_size = (
                         num_tokens // self.spec_info.num_tokens_per_req
@@ -1277,8 +1328,10 @@ class ForwardBatch(ForwardBatchDeepSeekMHAMixin):
         self._pad_inputs_to_size(model_runner, tokens_padded, self.batch_size)
 
     def post_forward_mlp_sync_batch(self, logits_output: LogitsProcessorOutput):
-        self.forward_mode = getattr(self, "_original_forward_mode", self.forward_mode)
+        if self._original_forward_mode is not None:
-        self.batch_size = getattr(self, "_original_batch_size", self.batch_size)
+            self.forward_mode = self._original_forward_mode
+        if self._original_batch_size is not None:
+            self.batch_size = self._original_batch_size
         bs = self.batch_size
 
         if self.spec_info is not None:

python/sglang/srt/models/nemotron_h.py

@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ from sglang.srt.layers.attention.hybrid_linear_attn_backend import (
     Mamba2AttnBackend,
 )
 from sglang.srt.layers.attention.mamba.mamba import MambaMixer2
+from sglang.srt.layers.dp_attention import (
+    attn_tp_all_reduce,
+    get_attention_tp_rank,
+    get_attention_tp_size,
+    is_dp_attention_enabled,
+)
 from sglang.srt.layers.layernorm import RMSNorm
 from sglang.srt.layers.linear import (
     ColumnParallelLinear,
@@ -74,6 +80,12 @@ from sglang.srt.model_loader.weight_utils import (
     replace_prefix,
     replace_substrings,
 )
+from sglang.srt.models.nemotron_h_utils import (
+    get_real_num_tokens,
+    is_attn_layer,
+    make_layer_communicator,
+    pad_to_original_num_tokens,
+)
 from sglang.srt.models.utils import WeightsMapper
 from sglang.srt.server_args import get_global_server_args
 from sglang.srt.utils import (
@@ -302,7 +314,37 @@ class NemotronHMoE(nn.Module):
         return final_hidden_states.view(num_tokens, hidden_dim)
 
 
-class NemotronHMLPDecoderLayer(nn.Module):
+class NemotronHMLPLikeDecoderLayer(nn.Module):
+    """Shared forward for the dense-MLP / MoE decoder layers."""
+
+    def forward(
+        self,
+        *,
+        hidden_states: torch.Tensor,
+        residual: Optional[torch.Tensor],
+        forward_batch: ForwardBatch,
+    ) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]:
+        if is_dp_attention_enabled():
+            hidden_states, residual = self.layer_communicator.prepare_mlp(
+                hidden_states, residual, forward_batch
+            )
+            hidden_states = self.mixer.forward(hidden_states)
+            hidden_states, residual = self.layer_communicator.postprocess_layer(
+                hidden_states, residual, forward_batch
+            )
+            return hidden_states, residual
+
+        if residual is None:
+            residual = hidden_states
+            hidden_states = self.norm(hidden_states)
+        else:
+            hidden_states, residual = self.norm(hidden_states, residual)
+
+        hidden_states = self.mixer.forward(hidden_states)
+        return hidden_states, residual
+
+
+class NemotronHMLPDecoderLayer(NemotronHMLPLikeDecoderLayer):
     def __init__(
         self,
         config: NemotronHConfig,
@@ -315,6 +357,7 @@ class NemotronHMLPDecoderLayer(nn.Module):
 
         hybrid_override_pattern = config.hybrid_override_pattern
         mlp_index = hybrid_override_pattern[: layer_idx + 1].count("-") - 1
+        self.layer_idx = layer_idx
         if isinstance(config.intermediate_size, list):
             if len(config.intermediate_size) == 1:
                 intermediate_size = config.intermediate_size[0]
@@ -332,25 +375,10 @@ class NemotronHMLPDecoderLayer(nn.Module):
         )
 
         self.norm = RMSNorm(config.hidden_size, eps=config.layer_norm_epsilon)
-
+        self.layer_communicator = make_layer_communicator(self.norm, for_attn=False)
-    def forward(
-        self,
-        *,
-        hidden_states: torch.Tensor,
-        residual: Optional[torch.Tensor],
-        forward_batch: ForwardBatch,
-    ) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]:
-        if residual is None:
-            residual = hidden_states
-            hidden_states = self.norm(hidden_states)
-        else:
-            hidden_states, residual = self.norm(hidden_states, residual)
-
-        hidden_states = self.mixer.forward(hidden_states)
-        return hidden_states, residual
 
 
-class NemotronHMoEDecoderLayer(nn.Module):
+class NemotronHMoEDecoderLayer(NemotronHMLPLikeDecoderLayer):
     def __init__(
         self,
         config: NemotronHConfig,
@@ -361,6 +389,7 @@ class NemotronHMoEDecoderLayer(nn.Module):
         super().__init__()
         layer_config = config.get_nemotron_h_config_for_layer(layer_idx)
 
+        self.layer_idx = layer_idx
         self.mixer = NemotronHMoE(
             layer_config,
             layer_idx=layer_idx,
@@ -369,25 +398,31 @@ class NemotronHMoEDecoderLayer(nn.Module):
         )
 
         self.norm = RMSNorm(config.hidden_size, eps=config.layer_norm_epsilon)
+        self.layer_communicator = make_layer_communicator(self.norm, for_attn=False)
 
-    def forward(
+
+class NemotronHAttnLikeDecoderLayer(nn.Module):
+    """Shared DP-attention input prep for the Mamba / full-attention layers."""
+
+    def _set_prev_layer_is_attn(self, config: NemotronHConfig, layer_idx: int) -> None:
+        self.prev_layer_is_attn = layer_idx > 0 and is_attn_layer(
+            config.hybrid_override_pattern[layer_idx - 1]
+        )
+
+    def _dp_attn_input(
         self,
-        *,
         hidden_states: torch.Tensor,
         residual: Optional[torch.Tensor],
         forward_batch: ForwardBatch,
-    ) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]:
+    ) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, Optional[torch.Tensor]]:
-        if residual is None:
+        if self.prev_layer_is_attn and residual is not None:
-            residual = hidden_states
+            hidden_states = attn_tp_all_reduce(hidden_states)
-            hidden_states = self.norm(hidden_states)
+        return self.layer_communicator.prepare_attn(
-        else:
+            hidden_states, residual, forward_batch
-            hidden_states, residual = self.norm(hidden_states, residual)
+        )
-
-        hidden_states = self.mixer.forward(hidden_states)
-        return hidden_states, residual
 
 
-class NemotronHMambaDecoderLayer(nn.Module):
+class NemotronHMambaDecoderLayer(NemotronHAttnLikeDecoderLayer):
     def __init__(
         self,
         config: NemotronHConfig,
@@ -411,15 +446,22 @@ class NemotronHMambaDecoderLayer(nn.Module):
         )
 
         self.norm = RMSNorm(config.hidden_size, eps=config.layer_norm_epsilon)
+        self.layer_communicator = make_layer_communicator(self.norm, for_attn=True)
+        self._set_prev_layer_is_attn(config, layer_idx)
 
     def _forward_mamba(
         self, hidden_states: torch.Tensor, forward_batch: ForwardBatch
     ) -> torch.Tensor:
-        """Core Mamba forward logic for the eager path; returns the result."""
+        """Core Mamba forward logic, called directly or via split op."""
+        original_num_tokens = hidden_states.shape[0]
+        if forward_batch.forward_mode.is_extend():
+            real_num_tokens = get_real_num_tokens(hidden_states, forward_batch)
+            if real_num_tokens < original_num_tokens:
+                hidden_states = hidden_states[:real_num_tokens]
         attn_backend = get_attn_backend()
         assert isinstance(attn_backend, HybridLinearAttnBackend)
         assert isinstance(attn_backend.linear_attn_backend, Mamba2AttnBackend)
-        return attn_backend.linear_attn_backend.forward(
+        output = attn_backend.linear_attn_backend.forward(
             mixer=self.mixer,
             layer_id=self.layer_id,
             hidden_states=hidden_states,
@@ -427,6 +469,7 @@ class NemotronHMambaDecoderLayer(nn.Module):
             forward_batch=forward_batch,
             use_triton_causal_conv=True,
         )
+        return pad_to_original_num_tokens(output, original_num_tokens)
 
     def forward(
         self,
@@ -435,6 +478,19 @@ class NemotronHMambaDecoderLayer(nn.Module):
         residual: Optional[torch.Tensor],
         forward_batch: ForwardBatch,
     ) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]:
+        if is_dp_attention_enabled():
+            hidden_states, residual = self._dp_attn_input(
+                hidden_states, residual, forward_batch
+            )
+            if (
+                forward_batch.forward_mode.is_idle()
+                or get_real_num_tokens(hidden_states, forward_batch) == 0
+            ):
+                return torch.zeros_like(hidden_states), residual
+
+            output = self._forward_mamba(hidden_states, forward_batch)
+            return output, residual
+
         if residual is None:
             residual = hidden_states
             hidden_states = self.norm(hidden_states)
@@ -465,7 +521,8 @@ class NemotronHAttention(nn.Module):
     ) -> None:
         super().__init__()
         self.hidden_size = config.hidden_size
-        tp_size = get_tensor_model_parallel_world_size()
+        tp_rank = get_attention_tp_rank()
+        tp_size = get_attention_tp_size()
         self.total_num_heads = config.num_attention_heads
         assert self.total_num_heads % tp_size == 0
         self.num_heads = self.total_num_heads // tp_size
@@ -494,6 +551,8 @@ class NemotronHAttention(nn.Module):
             self.total_num_kv_heads,
             bias=False,
             quant_config=quant_config,
+            tp_rank=tp_rank,
+            tp_size=tp_size,
             prefix=f"{prefix}.qkv_proj",
         )
         self.o_proj = RowParallelLinear(
@@ -501,6 +560,9 @@ class NemotronHAttention(nn.Module):
             config.hidden_size,
             bias=False,
             quant_config=quant_config,
+            tp_rank=tp_rank,
+            tp_size=tp_size,
+            reduce_results=not is_dp_attention_enabled(),
             prefix=f"{prefix}.o_proj",
         )
 
@@ -518,14 +580,43 @@ class NemotronHAttention(nn.Module):
     def forward(
         self, hidden_states: torch.Tensor, forward_batch: ForwardBatch
     ) -> torch.Tensor:
+        if not is_dp_attention_enabled():
+            qkv, _ = self.qkv_proj(hidden_states)
+            q, k, v = qkv.split([self.q_size, self.kv_size, self.kv_size], dim=-1)
+            attn_output = self.attn.forward(q, k, v, forward_batch)
+            output, _ = self.o_proj(attn_output)
+            return output
+
+        padded_shape = hidden_states.shape[0]
+        real_tokens = get_real_num_tokens(hidden_states, forward_batch)
+        has_padding = real_tokens < padded_shape
+        keep_q_padded = (
+            forward_batch.forward_mode.is_decode()
+            or forward_batch.forward_mode.is_target_verify()
+            or forward_batch.forward_mode.is_idle()
+            or forward_batch._original_forward_mode is not None
+        )
+        original_out_cache_loc = forward_batch.out_cache_loc
+
         qkv, _ = self.qkv_proj(hidden_states)
         q, k, v = qkv.split([self.q_size, self.kv_size, self.kv_size], dim=-1)
-        attn_output = self.attn.forward(q, k, v, forward_batch)
+        if has_padding and real_tokens > 0:
+            k, v = k[:real_tokens], v[:real_tokens]
+            if original_out_cache_loc is not None:
+                forward_batch.out_cache_loc = original_out_cache_loc[:real_tokens]
+            if not keep_q_padded:
+                q = q[:real_tokens]
+        attn_output = self.attn.forward(
+            q, k, v, forward_batch, save_kv_cache=real_tokens > 0
+        )
+        forward_batch.out_cache_loc = original_out_cache_loc
+
+        attn_output = pad_to_original_num_tokens(attn_output, padded_shape)
         output, _ = self.o_proj(attn_output)
         return output
 
 
-class NemotronHAttentionDecoderLayer(nn.Module):
+class NemotronHAttentionDecoderLayer(NemotronHAttnLikeDecoderLayer):
     def __init__(
         self,
         config: NemotronHConfig,
@@ -544,6 +635,8 @@ class NemotronHAttentionDecoderLayer(nn.Module):
         )
 
         self.norm = RMSNorm(config.hidden_size, eps=config.layer_norm_epsilon)
+        self.layer_communicator = make_layer_communicator(self.norm, for_attn=True)
+        self._set_prev_layer_is_attn(config, layer_idx)
 
     def forward(
         self,
@@ -552,6 +645,15 @@ class NemotronHAttentionDecoderLayer(nn.Module):
         residual: Optional[torch.Tensor],
         forward_batch: ForwardBatch,
     ) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]:
+        if is_dp_attention_enabled():
+            hidden_states, residual = self._dp_attn_input(
+                hidden_states, residual, forward_batch
+            )
+            hidden_states = self.mixer.forward(
+                hidden_states=hidden_states, forward_batch=forward_batch
+            )
+            return hidden_states, residual
+
         if residual is None:
             residual = hidden_states
             hidden_states = self.norm(hidden_states)
@@ -604,6 +706,7 @@ class NemotronHModel(nn.Module):
                 self.vocab_size,
                 config.hidden_size,
                 org_num_embeddings=config.vocab_size,
+                use_attn_tp_group=is_dp_attention_enabled(),
             )
         else:
             self.embed_tokens = PPMissingLayer()
@@ -732,6 +835,7 @@ class NemotronHForCausalLM(nn.Module):
                         else lora_config.lora_vocab_padding_size
                     ),
                     quant_config=quant_config,
+                    use_attn_tp_group=get_global_server_args().enable_dp_lm_head,
                     prefix=add_prefix("lm_head", prefix),
                 )
         else:

python/sglang/srt/models/nemotron_h_mtp.py

@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@ from torch import nn
 
 from sglang.srt.configs import NemotronHConfig
 from sglang.srt.distributed import get_pp_group
+from sglang.srt.layers.dp_attention import (
+    attn_tp_all_reduce,
+    get_attention_tp_group,
+    get_attention_tp_rank,
+    get_attention_tp_size,
+    is_dp_attention_enabled,
+)
 from sglang.srt.layers.layernorm import RMSNorm
 from sglang.srt.layers.linear import ColumnParallelLinear
 from sglang.srt.layers.logits_processor import LogitsProcessor
@@ -33,6 +40,7 @@ from sglang.srt.models.nemotron_h import (
     NemotronHForCausalLM,
     NemotronHMoEDecoderLayer,
 )
+from sglang.srt.models.nemotron_h_utils import is_attn_layer
 from sglang.srt.server_args import get_global_server_args
 from sglang.srt.utils import add_prefix
 
@@ -60,12 +68,14 @@ class NemotronHMTPAttentionDecoderLayer(NemotronHAttentionDecoderLayer):
             self.enorm = RMSNorm(config.hidden_size, eps=config.layer_norm_epsilon)
             self.hnorm = RMSNorm(config.hidden_size, eps=config.layer_norm_epsilon)
 
-            # Fusion layer to combine embeddings with target hidden states
+            _dp_attn = is_dp_attention_enabled()
             self.eh_proj = ColumnParallelLinear(
                 input_size=config.hidden_size * 2,
                 output_size=config.hidden_size,
                 bias=False,
-                gather_output=True,
+                gather_output=not _dp_attn,
+                tp_rank=get_attention_tp_rank() if _dp_attn else None,
+                tp_size=get_attention_tp_size() if _dp_attn else None,
                 params_dtype=(
                     config.dtype if hasattr(config, "dtype") else torch.bfloat16
                 ),
@@ -95,6 +105,10 @@ class NemotronHMTPAttentionDecoderLayer(NemotronHAttentionDecoderLayer):
                 [inputs_embeds_normed, previous_hidden_states_normed], dim=-1
             )
             hidden_states, _ = self.eh_proj(fused)
+            if is_dp_attention_enabled():
+                hidden_states = get_attention_tp_group().all_gather(
+                    hidden_states, dim=-1
+                )
 
         hidden_states, residual = super().forward(
             hidden_states=hidden_states,
@@ -130,16 +144,23 @@ class NemotronHMTPMoEDecoderLayer(NemotronHMoEDecoderLayer):
         )
         self.has_start_projections = has_start_projections
         self.has_end_norm = has_end_norm
+        _pat = config.mtp_hybrid_override_pattern
+        self.prev_layer_is_attn = layer_idx > 0 and is_attn_layer(
+            _pat[(layer_idx - 1) % len(_pat)]
+        )
 
         if has_start_projections:
             self.enorm = RMSNorm(config.hidden_size, eps=config.layer_norm_epsilon)
             self.hnorm = RMSNorm(config.hidden_size, eps=config.layer_norm_epsilon)
 
+            _dp_attn = is_dp_attention_enabled()
             self.eh_proj = ColumnParallelLinear(
                 input_size=config.hidden_size * 2,
                 output_size=config.hidden_size,
                 bias=False,
-                gather_output=True,
+                gather_output=not _dp_attn,
+                tp_rank=get_attention_tp_rank() if _dp_attn else None,
+                tp_size=get_attention_tp_size() if _dp_attn else None,
                 params_dtype=(
                     config.dtype if hasattr(config, "dtype") else torch.bfloat16
                 ),
@@ -169,6 +190,17 @@ class NemotronHMTPMoEDecoderLayer(NemotronHMoEDecoderLayer):
                 [inputs_embeds_normed, previous_hidden_states_normed], dim=-1
             )
             hidden_states, _ = self.eh_proj(fused)
+            if is_dp_attention_enabled():
+                hidden_states = get_attention_tp_group().all_gather(
+                    hidden_states, dim=-1
+                )
+
+        if (
+            is_dp_attention_enabled()
+            and self.prev_layer_is_attn
+            and residual is not None
+        ):
+            hidden_states = attn_tp_all_reduce(hidden_states)
 
         hidden_states, residual = super().forward(
             hidden_states=hidden_states,
@@ -212,6 +244,8 @@ class NemotronHMultiTokenPredictor(nn.Module):
         self.embed_tokens = VocabParallelEmbedding(
             self.vocab_size,
             config.hidden_size,
+            org_num_embeddings=config.vocab_size,
+            use_attn_tp_group=is_dp_attention_enabled(),
         )
 
         # Build flat list of layers

python/sglang/srt/models/nemotron_h_utils.py

@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+"""DP-attention helpers for the Nemotron-H model."""
+
+import torch
+from torch import nn
+
+from sglang.srt.configs.nemotron_h import ATTENTION, MAMBA
+from sglang.srt.layers.communicator import (
+    LayerCommunicator,
+    LayerScatterModes,
+    ScatterMode,
+)
+from sglang.srt.layers.layernorm import RMSNorm
+from sglang.srt.model_executor.forward_batch_info import ForwardBatch
+
+ATTN_LAYERS = (MAMBA, ATTENTION)
+
+
+def is_attn_layer(layer_type: str) -> bool:
+    return layer_type in ATTN_LAYERS
+
+
+def get_real_num_tokens(
+    hidden_states: torch.Tensor, forward_batch: ForwardBatch
+) -> int:
+    """Number of real (non DP-padding) rows in ``hidden_states``."""
+    real_tokens = hidden_states.shape[0]
+    num_token_non_padded_cpu = getattr(forward_batch, "num_token_non_padded_cpu", None)
+    if num_token_non_padded_cpu is not None:
+        real_tokens = min(real_tokens, int(num_token_non_padded_cpu))
+    if (
+        forward_batch.forward_mode.is_extend()
+        and not forward_batch.forward_mode.is_mixed()
+        and forward_batch.extend_seq_lens_cpu is not None
+    ):
+        real_tokens = min(real_tokens, int(sum(forward_batch.extend_seq_lens_cpu)))
+    return real_tokens
+
+
+def pad_to_original_num_tokens(
+    output: torch.Tensor, original_num_tokens: int
+) -> torch.Tensor:
+    if output.shape[0] == original_num_tokens:
+        return output
+    padded = output.new_empty((original_num_tokens, *output.shape[1:]))
+    padded[: output.shape[0]] = output
+    return padded
+
+
+def _build_layer_scatter_modes() -> LayerScatterModes:
+    return LayerScatterModes(
+        layer_input_mode=ScatterMode.TP_ATTN_FULL,
+        attn_mode=ScatterMode.TP_ATTN_FULL,
+        mlp_mode=ScatterMode.FULL,
+        middle_residual_mode=ScatterMode.TP_ATTN_FULL,
+        layer_output_mode=ScatterMode.TP_ATTN_FULL,
+    )
+
+
+def make_layer_communicator(
+    layer_norm: RMSNorm, *, for_attn: bool
+) -> LayerCommunicator:
+    return LayerCommunicator(
+        layer_scatter_modes=_build_layer_scatter_modes(),
+        input_layernorm=layer_norm if for_attn else nn.Identity(),
+        post_attention_layernorm=nn.Identity() if for_attn else layer_norm,
+        force_layernorm_before_dp_gather=True,
+    )