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Type of change: Bug fix

Add narrowly scoped support for diffusion attention modules that delegate Q/K/V tensors to a module-level attention helper. A generated quantized adapter wraps the helper during calibration and eager execution, then routes supported ONNX exports through the existing FP8 SDPA symbolic so attention scaling and the key transpose remain before Q/DQ and both attention MatMuls receive FP8 inputs.

FP8 MHA is enabled automatically only when the Q/K/V and Softmax quantizers are enabled per-tensor FP8, the high-precision dtype is consistently FP16 or BF16, and the head dimension is aligned. Unsupported eligible exports fail with a targeted error instead of silently producing a HALF attention graph. Existing explicit enable/disable behavior remains authoritative.

The implementation is limited to the Diffusers plugin. The generic attention registrar and FP8 ONNX post-processor remain unchanged from main.

Net diff: 346 touched lines across three files (342 additions, 4 deletions):

  • 150 lines in the Diffusers plugin
  • 191 lines of focused regression coverage
  • 1 changelog line

Usage

No public API or default quantization configuration changes. Use the existing diffusion MHA quantization flow, or enable the existing Q/K/V and Softmax quantizers in a custom FP8 configuration.

Testing

  • Focused delegated-attention suite with CUDA hidden: 14 passed.
  • Six focused and adjacent CPU test files with CUDA hidden: 32 passed, 2 skipped.
  • Applicable minimum-Diffusers compatibility lane: 24 passed, 2 skipped.
  • Pre-commit, Ruff lint/format, mypy, Bandit, license, RST, import, and diff checks passed.
  • Raw ONNX validation confirms immediate FP8 Q/DQ on both attention MatMuls, key transpose before Q/DQ, fixed-scale Softmax Q/DQ, preserved output-projection Q/DQ, and a Q/DQ-free FP16 control.
  • GitHub CI passed: 20/20 unit-test jobs, including Torch 2.8 through 2.14, minimum dependencies, Windows, partial installs, and the required aggregate gate; code quality, documentation, DCO, and Codecov also passed.
  • On GB200 with TensorRT 10.13.2.6, the fused FP8 MHA layer received three FP8 inputs while the matched FP16 layer received three HALF inputs. After 50 warmups and across 200 samples, median MHA latency was 1.554 ms FP8 versus 1.923 ms FP16 (0.808x). Outputs were finite; FP8 versus FP16 cosine similarity was 0.99917 with normalized RMSE 0.04088.
  • A current-runtime smoke with TensorRT 10.16.1.11 preserved the three FP8 MHA inputs and finite output; median MHA latency was 1.476 ms FP8 versus 1.958 ms FP16 (0.754x) across 20 samples after 50 warmups.

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  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved FP8 quantization for diffusion-model attention modules that delegate to helper functions.
    • ONNX exports now preserve fusion-ready quantization placement around attention scaling, key transposes, and softmax operations.
    • Added validation to detect when eligible FP8 attention delegation does not reach the expected execution path.
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The change adds FP8 MHA support for delegated Diffusers attention helpers. It validates FP8 eligibility, patches delegated SDPA calls during export, quantizes runtime inputs and outputs, dynamically registers eligible attention classes, and adds ONNX and registration tests.

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Delegated diffusion attention quantization

Layer / File(s) Summary
FP8 eligibility and SDPA export path
modelopt/torch/quantization/plugins/diffusion/diffusers.py
FP8 MHA eligibility now checks quantizer state, precision, tensor dtypes, and head dimensions. SDPA skips input quantization during ONNX export and passes the computed eligibility state to FP8SDPA.
Delegated attention wrapping and registration
modelopt/torch/quantization/plugins/diffusion/diffusers.py, tests/unit/torch/quantization/plugins/test_diffusers_attention.py, CHANGELOG.rst
Delegated helpers are discovered and patched during export. Wrapped attention quantizes runtime QKV values, verifies eligible calls reach SDPA, and supports automatic registration for eligible Diffusers attention classes. Tests cover export graphs, failure handling, eligibility, and registration guards.

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Change: Bug fix

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Disabled FP8 MHA exports may produce graphs without required attention-input Q/DQ nodes, so that export regression should be fixed before merge. The remaining test issues are localized.

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In `@modelopt/torch/quantization/plugins/diffusion/diffusers.py`:
- Around line 158-162: Update _quantized_sdpa so query, key, and value still
pass through q_bmm_quantizer, k_bmm_quantizer, and v_bmm_quantizer during ONNX
export when FP8 MHA is disabled, restoring their Q/DQ nodes while preserving the
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- Line 103: Move the onnx pytest.importorskip guard from _export to module scope
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required; if retained, add a brief inline comment identifying the
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Comment on lines +158 to 162
exporting = torch.onnx.is_in_onnx_export()
if not exporting:
query = self.q_bmm_quantizer(query)
key = self.k_bmm_quantizer(key)
value = self.v_bmm_quantizer(value)

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Restore Q/DQ for disabled FP8 MHA exports.

When disable_fp8_mha=True, export_fp8_mha skips FP8 quantization for query, key, and value and emits a plain MatMul path. _quantized_sdpa also skips all three input quantizers during ONNX export, so the exported graph loses the attention-input Q/DQ nodes. Restore input quantization on this path.

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In `@modelopt/torch/quantization/plugins/diffusion/diffusers.py` around lines 158
- 162, Update _quantized_sdpa so query, key, and value still pass through
q_bmm_quantizer, k_bmm_quantizer, and v_bmm_quantizer during ONNX export when
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def _export(attention_cls):
onnx = pytest.importorskip("onnx")

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Move the onnx guard to module scope or justify it inline.

pytest.importorskip("onnx") runs inside _export, so a missing onnx is reported per test instead of at collection. Line 24 already guards diffusers at module scope. Use the same pattern for onnx, or add a brief comment that names the reason for the in-function import.

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-ModelMixin = pytest.importorskip("diffusers").ModelMixin
+ModelMixin = pytest.importorskip("diffusers").ModelMixin
+onnx = pytest.importorskip("onnx")
 def _export(attention_cls):
-    onnx = pytest.importorskip("onnx")
     model = DelegatedModel(attention_cls).eval()

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onnx = pytest.importorskip("onnx")
ModelMixin = pytest.importorskip("diffusers").ModelMixin
onnx = pytest.importorskip("onnx")
def _export(attention_cls):
model = DelegatedModel(attention_cls).eval()
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assert _fake_attention is helper and F.scaled_dot_product_attention is _SDPA_ALIAS


@pytest.mark.parametrize("case", ["eligible", "fp32", "int8", "misaligned", "explicit"])

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Add focused eligibility cases for disabled quantizers and mixed trt_high_precision_dtype.

_fp8_mha_disabled uses both checks to gate automatic FP8 MHA. Existing tests do not call this helper after disabling one of the four attention quantizers or after assigning different trt_high_precision_dtype values. Add the disabled and mixed_precision cases to protect these branches.

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171, Add focused parameterized cases to the tests for _fp8_mha_disabled covering
a disabled attention quantizer and mixed trt_high_precision_dtype values, and
assert each case’s eligibility result. Extend the existing case list without
changing the behavior of the eligible, fp32, int8, misaligned, or explicit
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