Support Tensorrt-LLM MoE fp4 for low-latency (#21331)

Signed-off-by: Shu Wang <shuw@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Po-Han Huang <pohanh@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Shu Wang. <shuw@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: XIn Li <xinli@nvidia.com>
Co-authored-by: XIn Li <xinli@nvidia.com>

vllm/model_executor/layers/quantization/compressed_tensors/compressed_tensors_moe.py

@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class CompressedTensorsW4A4MoeMethod(CompressedTensorsMoEMethod):
             detect_nvfp4_moe_support)
         _nvfp4 = detect_nvfp4_moe_support(self.__class__.__name__)
         self.cutlass_nvfp4_supported = _nvfp4.cutlass_supported
-        self.allow_flashinfer_cutlass = _nvfp4.allow_flashinfer_cutlass
+        self.allow_flashinfer = _nvfp4.allow_flashinfer
         self.use_marlin = _nvfp4.use_marlin
         self.group_size = 16
         self.fused_experts = None  # type: ignore[assignment]
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ class CompressedTensorsW4A4MoeMethod(CompressedTensorsMoEMethod):
                                              requires_grad=False)
 
         # reorder GEMM1 weights and block scales for FlashInfer CUTLASS kernel.
-        if self.allow_flashinfer_cutlass:
+        if self.allow_flashinfer:
             w, s = reorder_w1w3_to_w3w1(layer.w13_weight.data,
                                         layer.w13_weight_scale.data,
                                         dim=-2)
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ class CompressedTensorsW4A4MoeMethod(CompressedTensorsMoEMethod):
             (layer.w2_input_global_scale), requires_grad=False)
 
     def maybe_swap_experts_impl(self, moe_parallel_config):
-        if not self.allow_flashinfer_cutlass:
+        if not self.allow_flashinfer:
             return
         self.fused_experts = build_flashinfer_fp4_cutlass_moe_kernel(
             moe_parallel_config)
@@ -277,8 +277,7 @@ class CompressedTensorsW4A4MoeMethod(CompressedTensorsMoEMethod):
         from vllm.model_executor.layers.quantization.utils.flashinfer_fp4_moe import (  # noqa: E501
             select_nvfp4_gemm_impl)
 
-        return select_nvfp4_gemm_impl(self.allow_flashinfer_cutlass, moe,
-                                      logger)
+        return select_nvfp4_gemm_impl(self.allow_flashinfer, moe, logger)
 
     def apply(
         self,

vllm/model_executor/layers/quantization/modelopt.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright contributors to the vLLM project
 
+from enum import Enum
 from typing import Any, Callable, Optional, Union
 
 import torch
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ from vllm.model_executor.layers.quantization.utils.w8a8_utils import (
 from vllm.model_executor.parameter import (ModelWeightParameter,
                                            PerTensorScaleParameter)
 from vllm.scalar_type import scalar_types
+from vllm.utils import next_power_of_2
 from vllm.utils.flashinfer import has_flashinfer_moe
 
 logger = init_logger(__name__)
@@ -44,6 +46,11 @@ QUANT_ALGOS = ["FP8", "NVFP4"]
 KV_CACHE_QUANT_ALGOS = ["FP8"]
 
 
+class FlashinferMoeBackend(Enum):
+    TENSORRT_LLM = "TensorRT-LLM"
+    CUTLASS = "CUTLASS"
+
+
 class ModelOptFp8Config(QuantizationConfig):
     """Config class for ModelOpt FP8."""
 
@@ -185,7 +192,7 @@ class ModelOptFp8LinearMethod(LinearMethodBase):
         Args: quant_config: The ModelOpt quantization config.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, quant_config: ModelOptFp8Config):
+    def __init__(self, quant_config: ModelOptFp8Config) -> None:
         self.quant_config = quant_config
         self.fp8_linear = Fp8LinearOp(
             act_quant_static=True, act_quant_group_shape=GroupShape.PER_TENSOR)
@@ -265,7 +272,7 @@ class ModelOptFp8MoEMethod(FusedMoEMethodBase):
         quant_config: The ModelOpt quantization config.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, quant_config: ModelOptFp8Config):
+    def __init__(self, quant_config: ModelOptFp8Config) -> None:
         self.quant_config = quant_config
         from vllm.model_executor.layers.quantization.utils.w8a8_utils import (
             cutlass_fp8_supported)
@@ -670,7 +677,8 @@ class ModelOptNvFp4Config(QuantizationConfig):
         return cls(is_checkpoint_nvfp4_serialized, kv_cache_quant_algo,
                    exclude_modules, group_size)
 
-    def is_layer_excluded(self, prefix: str, exclude_modules: list):
+    def is_layer_excluded(self, prefix: str,
+                          exclude_modules: list[str]) -> bool:
         import regex as re
         for pattern in exclude_modules:
             regex_str = pattern.replace('.', r'\.').replace('*', r'.*')
@@ -714,7 +722,7 @@ class ModelOptNvFp4LinearMethod(LinearMethodBase):
     Args: quant_config: The ModelOpt quantization config.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, quant_config: ModelOptNvFp4Config):
+    def __init__(self, quant_config: ModelOptNvFp4Config) -> None:
         self.quant_config = quant_config
         self.cutlass_nvfp4_supported = cutlass_fp4_supported()
         self.use_marlin = False
@@ -859,6 +867,16 @@ class ModelOptNvFp4LinearMethod(LinearMethodBase):
         return out.view(*output_shape)
 
 
+def _get_tile_tokens_dim(num_tokens: int, top_k: int, num_experts: int) -> int:
+    # Guess tokens per expert assuming perfect expert distribution first.
+    num_tokens_per_expert = (num_tokens * top_k) // num_experts
+    # And pad the number to the next power of 2.
+    tile_tokens_dim = next_power_of_2(num_tokens_per_expert)
+    # Cap to 8-64 tokens per CTA tile as it's the range supported by the kernel.
+    tile_tokens_dim = min(max(tile_tokens_dim, 8), 64)
+    return tile_tokens_dim
+
+
 class ModelOptNvFp4FusedMoE(FusedMoEMethodBase):
     """
     MoE Method for FP4 Quantization.
@@ -866,22 +884,40 @@ class ModelOptNvFp4FusedMoE(FusedMoEMethodBase):
         quant_config: NVFP4 Quant Config
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, quant_config: ModelOptNvFp4Config):
+    def __init__(self, quant_config: ModelOptNvFp4Config) -> None:
         self.quant_config = quant_config
         from vllm.model_executor.layers.quantization.utils.nvfp4_moe_support import (  # noqa: E501
             detect_nvfp4_moe_support)
         _nvfp4 = detect_nvfp4_moe_support(self.__class__.__name__)
         self.cutlass_nvfp4_supported = _nvfp4.cutlass_supported
-        self.allow_flashinfer_cutlass = _nvfp4.allow_flashinfer_cutlass
+        self.allow_flashinfer = _nvfp4.allow_flashinfer
         self.use_marlin = _nvfp4.use_marlin
+        self.flashinfer_moe_backend = None
 
-        self.fused_experts = None  # type: ignore
+        if self.allow_flashinfer:
+            flashinfer_moe_backend = envs.VLLM_FLASHINFER_MOE_BACKEND
+            if flashinfer_moe_backend == "throughput":
+                self.flashinfer_moe_backend = FlashinferMoeBackend.CUTLASS
+                logger.info_once("Using FlashInfer CUTLASS kernels for "
+                                 "ModelOptNvFp4FusedMoE.")
+            elif flashinfer_moe_backend == "latency":
+                self.flashinfer_moe_backend = FlashinferMoeBackend.TENSORRT_LLM
+                logger.info_once("Using FlashInfer TensorRT-LLM kernels for "
+                                 "ModelOptNvFp4FusedMoE.")
+            else:
+                allowed_backends = ["throughput", "latency"]
+                raise ValueError(
+                    f"Unknown flashinfer moe backend: {flashinfer_moe_backend}"
+                    f" expected one of {allowed_backends}")
+
+        self.fused_experts: Optional[
+            mk.FusedMoEModularKernel] = None  # type: ignore[assignment]
 
     def maybe_swap_experts_impl(
         self,
         moe_parallel_config: FusedMoEParallelConfig,
     ):
-        if not self.allow_flashinfer_cutlass:
+        if not self.allow_flashinfer:
             return
         self.fused_experts = build_flashinfer_fp4_cutlass_moe_kernel(
             moe_parallel_config)
@@ -897,8 +933,7 @@ class ModelOptNvFp4FusedMoE(FusedMoEMethodBase):
         from vllm.model_executor.layers.quantization.utils.flashinfer_fp4_moe import (  # noqa: E501
             select_nvfp4_gemm_impl)
 
-        return select_nvfp4_gemm_impl(self.allow_flashinfer_cutlass, moe,
-                                      logger)
+        return select_nvfp4_gemm_impl(self.allow_flashinfer, moe, logger)
 
     def uses_weight_scale_2_pattern(self) -> bool:
         """
@@ -996,14 +1031,101 @@ class ModelOptNvFp4FusedMoE(FusedMoEMethodBase):
                                                  weight_loader=weight_loader)
         layer.register_parameter("w2_input_scale", w2_input_scale)
 
+    def prepare_static_weight_layouts_for_trtllm_moe(
+        self,
+        gemm1_weights: torch.Tensor,
+        gemm2_weights: torch.Tensor,
+        gemm1_scales_linear_fp4_bytes: torch.Tensor,
+        gemm2_scales_linear_fp4_bytes: torch.Tensor,
+        hidden_size: int,
+        intermediate_size: int,
+        num_experts: int,
+    ) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]:
+        """Prepare quantized weights for kernel (done offline with weights)."""
+        from flashinfer import (reorder_rows_for_gated_act_gemm,
+                                shuffle_matrix_a, shuffle_matrix_sf_a)
+        epilogue_tile_m = 128  # FIXME: this depends on the kernel internals
+
+        # Convert quantized weights to proper formats
+        gemm1_weights_fp4 = gemm1_weights.view(torch.float8_e4m3fn).reshape(
+            num_experts, 2 * intermediate_size, hidden_size // 2)  # packed fp4
+        gemm1_scales_linear_fp4 = gemm1_scales_linear_fp4_bytes.view(
+            torch.float8_e4m3fn).reshape(num_experts, 2 * intermediate_size,
+                                         hidden_size //
+                                         16)  # fp8 scaling factors
+
+        gemm2_weights_fp4 = gemm2_weights.view(torch.float8_e4m3fn).reshape(
+            num_experts, hidden_size, intermediate_size // 2)  # packed fp4
+        gemm2_scales_linear_fp4 = gemm2_scales_linear_fp4_bytes.view(
+            torch.float8_e4m3fn).reshape(num_experts, hidden_size,
+                                         intermediate_size //
+                                         16)  # fp8 scaling factors
+
+        # Reorder rows of W1 and scales for fused gated activation
+        gemm1_weights_fp4_interleaved = []
+        gemm1_scales_fp4_interleaved = []
+        for i in range(num_experts):
+            gemm1_weights_fp4_interleaved.append(
+                reorder_rows_for_gated_act_gemm(gemm1_weights_fp4[i].clone()))
+            gemm1_scales_fp4_interleaved.append(
+                reorder_rows_for_gated_act_gemm(
+                    gemm1_scales_linear_fp4[i].clone()))
+
+        # Stack weights and scales for all experts
+        gemm1_weights_fp4_interleaved = torch.stack(
+            gemm1_weights_fp4_interleaved).reshape(num_experts,
+                                                   2 * intermediate_size,
+                                                   hidden_size // 2)
+        gemm1_scales_fp4_interleaved = torch.stack(
+            gemm1_scales_fp4_interleaved).reshape(num_experts,
+                                                  2 * intermediate_size,
+                                                  hidden_size // 16)
+
+        # Shuffle weights and scaling factors for transposed mma output
+        gemm1_weights_fp4_shuffled = []
+        gemm1_scales_fp4_shuffled = []
+        gemm2_weights_fp4_shuffled = []
+        gemm2_scales_fp4_shuffled = []
+        for i in range(num_experts):
+            gemm1_weights_fp4_shuffled.append(
+                shuffle_matrix_a(
+                    gemm1_weights_fp4_interleaved[i].view(torch.uint8),
+                    epilogue_tile_m))
+            gemm1_scales_fp4_shuffled.append(
+                shuffle_matrix_sf_a(
+                    gemm1_scales_fp4_interleaved[i].view(torch.uint8),
+                    epilogue_tile_m))
+
+            gemm2_weights_fp4_shuffled.append(
+                shuffle_matrix_a(gemm2_weights_fp4[i].view(torch.uint8),
+                                 epilogue_tile_m))
+            gemm2_scales_fp4_shuffled.append(
+                shuffle_matrix_sf_a(
+                    gemm2_scales_linear_fp4[i].view(torch.uint8),
+                    epilogue_tile_m))
+
+        # Stack weights for all experts
+        gemm1_weights_fp4_shuffled = torch.stack(gemm1_weights_fp4_shuffled)
+        gemm1_scales_fp4_shuffled = (
+            torch.stack(gemm1_scales_fp4_shuffled).view(
+                torch.float8_e4m3fn).reshape(num_experts,
+                                             2 * intermediate_size,
+                                             hidden_size // 16))
+
+        gemm2_weights_fp4_shuffled = torch.stack(gemm2_weights_fp4_shuffled)
+        gemm2_scales_fp4_shuffled = (
+            torch.stack(gemm2_scales_fp4_shuffled).view(
+                torch.float8_e4m3fn).reshape(num_experts, hidden_size,
+                                             intermediate_size // 16))
+        return (gemm1_weights_fp4_shuffled, gemm1_scales_fp4_shuffled,
+                gemm2_weights_fp4_shuffled, gemm2_scales_fp4_shuffled)
+
     def process_weights_after_loading(self, layer: torch.nn.Module) -> None:
-        # GEMM 1
-        # The FlashInfer Cutlass fused MoE kernel expects the combined weights
-        # to be ordered as [w3, w1], unlike the standard [w1, w3] layout.
+        # GEMM 1 processing
         gemm1_weight = layer.w13_weight.data
         gemm1_weight_scale = layer.w13_weight_scale.data
 
-        if self.allow_flashinfer_cutlass:
+        if self.allow_flashinfer:
             gemm1_weight, gemm1_weight_scale = reorder_w1w3_to_w3w1(
                 gemm1_weight, gemm1_weight_scale, dim=-2)
 
@@ -1011,6 +1133,7 @@ class ModelOptNvFp4FusedMoE(FusedMoEMethodBase):
         layer.w13_weight_scale = Parameter(gemm1_weight_scale,
                                            requires_grad=False)
 
+        # Common processing for w13_weight_scale_2
         if not torch.allclose(layer.w13_weight_scale_2[:, 0],
                               layer.w13_weight_scale_2[:, 1]):
             logger.warning_once(
@@ -1021,26 +1144,18 @@ class ModelOptNvFp4FusedMoE(FusedMoEMethodBase):
         layer.w13_weight_scale_2 = Parameter(w13_weight_scale_2,
                                              requires_grad=False)
 
+        # Common processing for input scales and alphas
         w13_input_scale = layer.w13_input_scale.max(dim=1).values.to(
             torch.float32)
         layer.g1_alphas = Parameter(
             (w13_input_scale * w13_weight_scale_2).to(torch.float32),
             requires_grad=False)
 
-        assert (layer.w13_weight_scale.shape[2] % 16 == 0), (
-            "Expected weight_scale.dim(1) to be divisible by 16")
-        assert (layer.w13_weight_scale.dtype == torch.float8_e4m3fn), (
-            "Weight Blockscale must be represented as FP8-E4M3")
-        w13_blockscale_swizzled = swizzle_blockscale(layer.w13_weight_scale)
-
-        layer.w13_blockscale_swizzled = Parameter(w13_blockscale_swizzled,
-                                                  requires_grad=False)
-
         # This is for quantization, so we need to invert it.
         layer.w13_input_scale_quant = Parameter(
             (1 / w13_input_scale).to(torch.float32), requires_grad=False)
 
-        # GEMM 2
+        # GEMM 2 processing
         layer.g2_alphas = Parameter(
             (layer.w2_input_scale * layer.w2_weight_scale_2).to(torch.float32),
             requires_grad=False)
@@ -1049,15 +1164,63 @@ class ModelOptNvFp4FusedMoE(FusedMoEMethodBase):
         layer.w2_input_scale_quant = Parameter(
             (1 / layer.w2_input_scale).to(torch.float32), requires_grad=False)
 
-        assert (layer.w2_weight_scale.shape[2] % 16 == 0), (
-            "Expected weight_scale.dim(1) to be divisible by 16")
-        assert (layer.w2_weight_scale.dtype == torch.float8_e4m3fn), (
-            "Weight Blockscale must be represented as FP8-E4M3")
-        w2_blockscale_swizzled = swizzle_blockscale(layer.w2_weight_scale)
+        # TensorRT-LLM specific processing
+        if self.allow_flashinfer and \
+            self.flashinfer_moe_backend == FlashinferMoeBackend.TENSORRT_LLM:
+            # Prepare static weights for TRT-LLM kernel
+            (gemm1_weights_fp4_shuffled, gemm1_scales_fp4_shuffled,
+             gemm2_weights_fp4_shuffled, gemm2_scales_fp4_shuffled
+             ) = self.prepare_static_weight_layouts_for_trtllm_moe(
+                 layer.w13_weight,
+                 layer.w2_weight,
+                 layer.w13_weight_scale,
+                 layer.w2_weight_scale,
+                 layer.w2_weight.size(-2),  # hidden_size
+                 layer.w13_weight.size(-2) // 2,  # intermediate_size
+                 layer.w13_weight.size(0),  # num_experts
+             )
 
-        layer.w2_blockscale_swizzled = Parameter(w2_blockscale_swizzled,
-                                                 requires_grad=False)
-        layer.w2_weight = Parameter(layer.w2_weight.data, requires_grad=False)
+            layer.gemm1_weights_fp4_shuffled = Parameter(
+                gemm1_weights_fp4_shuffled, requires_grad=False)
+            layer.gemm2_weights_fp4_shuffled = Parameter(
+                gemm2_weights_fp4_shuffled, requires_grad=False)
+            layer.gemm1_scales_fp4_shuffled = Parameter(
+                gemm1_scales_fp4_shuffled, requires_grad=False)
+            layer.gemm2_scales_fp4_shuffled = Parameter(
+                gemm2_scales_fp4_shuffled, requires_grad=False)
+
+            # Additional parameter needed for TRT-LLM
+            layer.g1_scale_c = Parameter(
+                (layer.w2_input_scale_quant * layer.g1_alphas).to(
+                    torch.float32),
+                requires_grad=False,
+            )
+
+            # Clean up weights that won't be used by TRT-LLM
+            del layer.w2_weight
+            del layer.w2_weight_scale
+            del layer.w13_weight
+            del layer.w13_weight_scale
+        else:
+            # Non-TRT-LLM processing (Cutlass or non-flashinfer)
+            assert (layer.w13_weight_scale.shape[2] % 16 == 0), (
+                "Expected weight_scale.dim(1) to be divisible by 16")
+            assert (layer.w13_weight_scale.dtype == torch.float8_e4m3fn), (
+                "Weight Blockscale must be represented as FP8-E4M3")
+            w13_blockscale_swizzled = swizzle_blockscale(
+                layer.w13_weight_scale)
+            layer.w13_blockscale_swizzled = Parameter(w13_blockscale_swizzled,
+                                                      requires_grad=False)
+
+            assert (layer.w2_weight_scale.shape[2] % 16 == 0), (
+                "Expected weight_scale.dim(1) to be divisible by 16")
+            assert (layer.w2_weight_scale.dtype == torch.float8_e4m3fn), (
+                "Weight Blockscale must be represented as FP8-E4M3")
+            w2_blockscale_swizzled = swizzle_blockscale(layer.w2_weight_scale)
+            layer.w2_blockscale_swizzled = Parameter(w2_blockscale_swizzled,
+                                                     requires_grad=False)
+            layer.w2_weight = Parameter(layer.w2_weight.data,
+                                        requires_grad=False)
 
         if self.use_marlin:
             prepare_moe_fp4_layer_for_marlin(layer)
@@ -1095,6 +1258,60 @@ class ModelOptNvFp4FusedMoE(FusedMoEMethodBase):
                 "EPLB not supported for `ModelOptNvFp4FusedMoE` yet.")
         assert activation == "silu", "Only SiLU activation is supported."
 
+        if self.allow_flashinfer and \
+            self.flashinfer_moe_backend == FlashinferMoeBackend.TENSORRT_LLM:
+            import flashinfer
+
+            from vllm.model_executor.models.llama4 import Llama4MoE
+
+            a1_gscale = layer.w13_input_scale_quant
+            (hidden_states_fp4,
+             hidden_states_scale_linear_fp4) = flashinfer.fp4_quantize(
+                 x,
+                 a1_gscale,
+                 is_sf_swizzled_layout=False,
+             )
+            use_llama4_routing = \
+                custom_routing_function is Llama4MoE.custom_routing_function
+            routing_method_type = flashinfer.RoutingMethodType.DeepSeekV3
+            if use_llama4_routing:
+                routing_method_type = flashinfer.RoutingMethodType.Llama4
+            out = flashinfer.fused_moe.trtllm_fp4_block_scale_moe(
+                routing_logits=router_logits
+                if use_llama4_routing else router_logits.to(torch.float32),
+                routing_bias=e_score_correction_bias,
+                hidden_states=hidden_states_fp4,
+                hidden_states_scale=hidden_states_scale_linear_fp4.view(
+                    torch.float8_e4m3fn).flatten(),
+                gemm1_weights=layer.gemm1_weights_fp4_shuffled.data,
+                gemm1_weights_scale=layer.gemm1_scales_fp4_shuffled.data.view(
+                    torch.float8_e4m3fn),
+                gemm1_bias=None,
+                gemm1_alpha=None,
+                gemm1_beta=None,
+                gemm1_clamp_limit=None,
+                gemm2_weights=layer.gemm2_weights_fp4_shuffled.data,
+                gemm2_weights_scale=layer.gemm2_scales_fp4_shuffled.data.view(
+                    torch.float8_e4m3fn),
+                gemm2_bias=None,
+                output1_scale_scalar=layer.g1_scale_c.data,
+                output1_scale_gate_scalar=layer.g1_alphas.data,
+                output2_scale_scalar=layer.g2_alphas.data,
+                num_experts=global_num_experts,
+                top_k=top_k,
+                n_group=num_expert_group,
+                topk_group=topk_group,
+                intermediate_size=layer.intermediate_size_per_partition,
+                local_expert_offset=layer.ep_rank * layer.local_num_experts,
+                local_num_experts=layer.local_num_experts,
+                routed_scaling_factor=None,
+                tile_tokens_dim=_get_tile_tokens_dim(x.shape[0], top_k,
+                                                     layer.local_num_experts),
+                routing_method_type=routing_method_type,
+                do_finalize=True,
+            )[0]
+            return out
+
         topk_weights, topk_ids = FusedMoE.select_experts(
             hidden_states=x,
             router_logits=router_logits,
@@ -1149,6 +1366,8 @@ class ModelOptNvFp4FusedMoE(FusedMoEMethodBase):
                 expert_map=expert_map,
                 apply_router_weight_on_input=apply_router_weight_on_input)
         else:
+            assert self.allow_flashinfer and \
+               self.flashinfer_moe_backend == FlashinferMoeBackend.CUTLASS
             out = flashinfer_fp4_cutlass_moe_forward(
                 self.fused_experts,
                 layer,
@@ -1160,4 +1379,5 @@ class ModelOptNvFp4FusedMoE(FusedMoEMethodBase):
                 expert_map=expert_map,
                 apply_router_weight_on_input=apply_router_weight_on_input,
             )
+
         return out

vllm/model_executor/layers/quantization/utils/flashinfer_fp4_moe.py

@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ def flashinfer_fp4_cutlass_moe_forward(
 
 
 def select_nvfp4_gemm_impl(
-        allow_flashinfer_cutlass: bool,
+        allow_flashinfer: bool,
         moe,  # FusedMoEConfig
         logger):
     """Return a GEMM *experts* implementation for NV-FP4 fused-MoE layers"""
@@ -137,8 +137,14 @@ def select_nvfp4_gemm_impl(
     all2all_manager = get_ep_group().device_communicator.all2all_manager
     assert all2all_manager is not None
 
-    if allow_flashinfer_cutlass:
-        logger.debug_once("Using FlashInferExperts")
+    if allow_flashinfer:
+        flashinfer_backend = envs.VLLM_FLASHINFER_MOE_BACKEND
+        if flashinfer_backend != "throughput":
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"Only throughput backend is supported for FlashInferExperts, "
+                f"but got {flashinfer_backend}.")
+        logger.debug_once(
+            "Initializing FlashInferExperts with throughput backend.")
         return FlashInferExperts(
             use_nvfp4_w4a4=True,
             use_dp=moe.moe_parallel_config.dp_size > 1,

vllm/model_executor/layers/quantization/utils/nvfp4_moe_support.py

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class NvFp4Support:
     """Result container for NV-FP4 capability probing."""
 
     cutlass_supported: bool
-    allow_flashinfer_cutlass: bool
+    allow_flashinfer: bool
     use_marlin: bool
 
 
@@ -54,6 +54,6 @@ def detect_nvfp4_moe_support(class_name: str = "") -> NvFp4Support:
 
     return NvFp4Support(
         cutlass_supported=cutlass_supported,
-        allow_flashinfer_cutlass=allow_flashinfer,
+        allow_flashinfer=allow_flashinfer,
         use_marlin=use_marlin,
     )