Fix: port the DeepSeek-V4 MoE, hc_pre and prefill fixes to DSpark

[zhangqi-chen]

The dspark directory forked from deepseek_v4_flash_mtp before #893 and
#953 landed, so it still carries the MoE handshake, split-K and indexer
sort behaviour those two fixed. This ports their dspark-applicable
parts; the stacked YaRN RoPE tables from #953 are not included, since
they live in the decode_fwd / prefill_fwd routing dspark does not have
yet.

• Declare dispatch_push -> dispatch_wait and drop the pre-resolve on
  dispatch_gather, so a blocking waiter cannot hold a core group while
  the local notifier still has blocks parked in that core's pending
  slot. Without those edges EP8 prefill deadlocks once a request runs
  enough all-to-all rounds, and dspark runs EP16.
• Publish the MoE combine arrivals from a combine_wait scope gated on
  the whole scatter grid and on dispatch_push, instead of folding one
  notify into each scatter block, so the wait expects moe_epoch rather
  than moe_epoch * N_LOCAL. The combine scatter, its wait and
  shared_routed lose allow_early_resolve, so the cross-rank handshake
  cannot reserve the AIV cores the scatter itself needs. moe.py is now
  identical to the mtp file apart from the EP naming and the
  16-experts-per-rank split.
• Replace the FP32 AtomicAdd accumulation in hc_pre's linear and RMS
  split-K paths with disjoint per-split partial buffers reduced in
  ascending K order, in both the fused and the separate implementation,
  and retire the zero-seed phase the atomics required. AtomicAdd sums
  the partials in task-completion order, which is neither fixed nor
  associative, so the same greedy request can diverge and then compound
  autoregressively over a long decode. The golden follows the same
  ascending order.
• Add the block_len=1024 merge stage to the prefill indexer top-k when
  INDEXER_SCORE_CAP exceeds 256. dspark sizes the cap as
  2 * T / COMPRESS_RATIO, so it is exactly 256 at the checked-in
  PREFILL_SEQ=512 and larger for any longer chunk; past 256 the 64/256
  stages leave the score prefix partially ordered and the top-k
  silently picks the wrong keys. The CP score path already carries this
  stage for its 1024-wide cap.
• Bound the packed sparse CSA rows by what the indexer actually emits,
  WIN + min(max_visible_cmp, IDX_TOPK), so build_tensor_specs stops
  refusing prompts that fit.

The hc_pre reduction costs the determinism it buys: on a2a3, 100 rounds
after 5 warmup, the 512-row prefill case goes from 167.0 to 199.5 us
minimum over two runs, while the 128-row decode case is unchanged.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The PR makes HC pre reductions deterministic, strengthens MoE task ordering, and aligns prefill sparse-attention sizing with indexer top-k output. The indexer also adds sorting support for score prefixes wider than 256 elements.

Changes

HC pre deterministic reductions

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Fused partial buffers and reductions models/deepseek_v4_flash_dspark/hc_pre.py	The fused path stores linear and RMS split-K partials, computes them in Phase A, and reduces them in ascending order before the second barrier.
Separate linear partial reduction models/deepseek_v4_flash_dspark/hc_pre.py	The separate path stores split results in mixes_partials and replaces atomic additions with ordered reduction into mixes_raw.
Golden reduction ordering models/deepseek_v4_flash_dspark/hc_pre.py	The golden reduction documents ascending split accumulation.

MoE task dependency updates

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Dispatch push task propagation models/deepseek_v4_flash_dspark/moe.py	dispatch returns its push task ID. Payload waiting and gather completion use explicit task dependencies.
Combine completion ordering models/deepseek_v4_flash_dspark/moe.py	combine accepts the dispatch push task ID and schedules notification, peer wait, and routed reduction after the required tasks complete.

Prefill indexing and capacity

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Top-k score prefix sorting models/deepseek_v4_flash_dspark/prefill_indexer.py	The indexer applies a 1024-element merge when INDEXER_SCORE_CAP > 256.
Sparse row capacity sizing models/deepseek_v4_flash_dspark/prefill_csa.py	Sparse row capacity uses the lower of visible compressed positions and the indexer top-k limit.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 5f621

The change makes RMS results deterministic, but the reference computation still uses a different accumulation order, so expected outputs may disagree with production results and mask numerical regressions. Merge should wait until both paths match or an owner explicitly accepts the discrepancy.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant dispatch
  participant DispatchPush
  participant combine
  participant CombineScatter
  participant PeerWait
  participant RoutedReduction
  dispatch->>DispatchPush: launch push and capture task ID
  DispatchPush->>dispatch: complete payload push
  dispatch->>combine: pass dispatch push task ID
  combine->>CombineScatter: launch scatter
  CombineScatter->>PeerWait: enable notification and peer wait
  DispatchPush->>PeerWait: provide push completion dependency
  PeerWait->>RoutedReduction: release shared routed reduction

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I’m a rabbit with buffers to tend,
Ordered splits now meet at the end.
Push tasks wait in a tidy queue,
Top-k sorts the wider view.
Sparse rows fit what indices send—
Hop, hop, the kernels mend!

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Actionable comments posted: 1

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models/deepseek_v4_flash_dspark/prefill_indexer.py (1)

342-351: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add regression coverage for the merge-stage boundary.

Test INDEXER_SCORE_CAP == 256 and a value above 256. Include a top-k candidate beyond the first 256 values. Compare cmp_topk_indices with a reference sort.

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In `@models/deepseek_v4_flash_dspark/prefill_indexer.py` around lines 342 - 351,
Add regression tests for the sorting path around INDEXER_SCORE_CAP, covering
exactly 256 and a value greater than 256. Ensure each case includes a top-k
candidate beyond the first 256 entries, then compare cmp_topk_indices results
against a reference sort to verify the appropriate merge stages are used.

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In `@models/deepseek_v4_flash_dspark/hc_pre.py`:
- Around line 169-170: Update golden_hc_pre to match the kernel’s RMS reduction
grouping: accumulate two RMS_K_CHUNK chunks per split, then reduce the 16 split
totals in ascending split order, rather than summing all 32 chunks in one
accumulator.

Apply the same fix in `@models/deepseek_v4_flash_dspark/hc_pre.py` around lines
218 - 260: The fused reduction has the same reference-path mismatch.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@models/deepseek_v4_flash_dspark/prefill_indexer.py`:
- Around line 342-351: Add regression tests for the sorting path around
INDEXER_SCORE_CAP, covering exactly 256 and a value greater than 256. Ensure
each case includes a top-k candidate beyond the first 256 entries, then compare
cmp_topk_indices results against a reference sort to verify the appropriate
merge stages are used.

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Match the RMS reduction grouping in the reference path. The kernel now accumulates per-split RMS partials and reduces the split totals in ascending order, but the reference path still adds all chunks into one accumulator. For HC_DIM=16384, this changes FP32 rounding before rsqrt and can make expected outputs disagree with runtime results. Build per-split RMS partials and reduce them in the same ascending order before rsqrt.

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• models/deepseek_v4_flash_dspark/hc_pre.py#L169-L170 (this comment)
• models/deepseek_v4_flash_dspark/hc_pre.py#L218-L260

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In `@models/deepseek_v4_flash_dspark/hc_pre.py` around lines 169 - 170, Update
golden_hc_pre to match the kernel’s RMS reduction grouping: accumulate two
RMS_K_CHUNK chunks per split, then reduce the 16 split totals in ascending split
order, rather than summing all 32 chunks in one accumulator.

Apply the same fix in `@models/deepseek_v4_flash_dspark/hc_pre.py` around lines
218 - 260: The fused reduction has the same reference-path mismatch.

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