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vllm.model_executor.models.gemma4

Gemma 4 model implementation for vLLM.

Gemma4MoE

Bases: Module

Mixture of Experts for Gemma4 using vLLM's FusedMoE.

Wraps FusedMoE with custom routing. The router projection is external (Gemma4Router) — this class only handles expert dispatch.

Gemma4 routing: softmax over ALL experts → top-k → renormalize. per_expert_scale is folded into routing weights for mathematical correctness with FusedMoE's fused kernel.

Source code in vllm/model_executor/models/gemma4.py
class Gemma4MoE(nn.Module):
    """Mixture of Experts for Gemma4 using vLLM's FusedMoE.

    Wraps FusedMoE with custom routing. The router projection is
    external (Gemma4Router) — this class only handles expert dispatch.

    Gemma4 routing: softmax over ALL experts → top-k → renormalize.
    per_expert_scale is folded into routing weights for mathematical
    correctness with FusedMoE's fused kernel.
    """

    def __init__(
        self,
        config,
        quant_config: QuantizationConfig | None = None,
        prefix: str = "",
    ) -> None:
        super().__init__()
        self.hidden_size = config.hidden_size
        self.num_experts = config.num_experts

        # Per-expert output scale folded into routing weights so that
        # FusedMoE's fused kernel computes: Σ_e (expert_e * w_e * scale_e)
        self.per_expert_scale = nn.Parameter(torch.ones(config.num_experts))

        # Gemma4 routing: softmax over ALL experts → top-k → renormalize.
        # FusedMoE's built-in fused_topk scopes softmax differently, so
        # a custom routing function is needed for numerical correctness.
        per_expert_scale = self.per_expert_scale

        def routing_function(
            hidden_states: torch.Tensor,
            gating_output: torch.Tensor,
            topk: int,
            renormalize: bool,
        ) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]:
            _, topk_ids = torch.topk(gating_output, k=topk, dim=-1)
            router_probabilities = torch.nn.functional.softmax(gating_output, dim=-1)
            indicator = torch.nn.functional.one_hot(
                topk_ids, num_classes=gating_output.size(-1)
            ).sum(dim=-2)
            gate_weights = indicator * router_probabilities
            renorm_factor = torch.sum(gate_weights, dim=-1, keepdim=True)
            renorm_factor = torch.where(renorm_factor > 0.0, renorm_factor, 1.0)
            dispatch_weights = gate_weights / renorm_factor

            topk_weights = dispatch_weights.gather(1, topk_ids)

            # Fold per_expert_scale into routing weights
            expert_scales = per_expert_scale[topk_ids].to(topk_weights.dtype)
            topk_weights = topk_weights * expert_scales
            return topk_weights.to(torch.float32), topk_ids.to(torch.int32)

        # FusedMoE experts with custom Gemma4 routing
        self.experts = FusedMoE(
            num_experts=config.num_experts,
            top_k=config.top_k_experts,
            hidden_size=config.hidden_size,
            intermediate_size=getattr(
                config,
                "moe_intermediate_size",
                getattr(config, "expert_intermediate_size", None),
            ),
            reduce_results=True,
            renormalize=True,
            quant_config=quant_config,
            prefix=f"{prefix}.experts",
            custom_routing_function=routing_function,
            activation="gelu",
        )

    def forward(self, x: torch.Tensor, router_logits: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
        return self.experts(x, router_logits)

Gemma4Model

Bases: Module

Source code in vllm/model_executor/models/gemma4.py
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@support_torch_compile
class Gemma4Model(nn.Module):
    def __init__(self, *, vllm_config: VllmConfig, prefix: str = ""):
        super().__init__()
        config = _get_text_config(vllm_config.model_config.hf_config)
        cache_config = vllm_config.cache_config
        quant_config = vllm_config.quant_config
        self.config = config
        self.quant_config = quant_config

        # PLE config values (default to 0 if not present — disables PLE)
        self.hidden_size_per_layer_input = getattr(
            config, "hidden_size_per_layer_input", 0
        )
        self.vocab_size_per_layer_input = getattr(
            config, "vocab_size_per_layer_input", config.vocab_size
        )

        self.embed_tokens = VocabParallelEmbedding(
            config.vocab_size,
            config.hidden_size,
            quant_config=quant_config,
            prefix=f"{prefix}.embed_tokens",
        )

        # Per-Layer Embedding (PLE) components
        if (
            self.hidden_size_per_layer_input is not None
            and self.hidden_size_per_layer_input > 0
        ):
            total_ple_dim = self.hidden_size_per_layer_input * config.num_hidden_layers
            self.embed_tokens_per_layer = VocabParallelEmbedding(
                self.vocab_size_per_layer_input,
                total_ple_dim,
                quant_config=quant_config,
                prefix=f"{prefix}.embed_tokens_per_layer",
            )
            # Scaled embedding factor (from config, not hardcoded)
            # Register as buffer so it moves to GPU with the model
            # and interacts correctly with torch.compile AOT caching.
            self.register_buffer(
                "embed_scale_per_layer",
                torch.tensor(self.hidden_size_per_layer_input**0.5),
                persistent=False,
            )
            # Projection: hidden_size → total_ple_dim
            # ColumnParallelLinear with gather_output=True
            self.per_layer_model_projection = ColumnParallelLinear(
                config.hidden_size,
                total_ple_dim,
                bias=False,
                gather_output=True,
                return_bias=False,
                quant_config=quant_config,
                prefix=f"{prefix}.per_layer_model_projection",
            )
            # PLE projection norm: output = norm(x) * weight
            self.per_layer_projection_norm = RMSNorm(
                self.hidden_size_per_layer_input,
                eps=config.rms_norm_eps,
            )
            # Scale factor for combining projection + per_layer_inputs
            # Register as buffer so it moves to GPU with the model
            # and interacts correctly with torch.compile AOT caching.
            self.register_buffer(
                "per_layer_input_scale",
                torch.rsqrt(torch.tensor(2.0)),
                persistent=False,
            )
            # Scaled projection: multiply output by hidden_size**-0.5.
            # Register as buffer for GPU placement and torch.compile.
            self.register_buffer(
                "per_layer_projection_scale",
                torch.tensor(config.hidden_size**-0.5),
                persistent=False,
            )
        else:
            self.embed_tokens_per_layer = None
            self.embed_scale_per_layer = None
            self.per_layer_model_projection = None
            self.per_layer_projection_norm = None
            self.per_layer_input_scale = None
            self.per_layer_projection_scale = None

        self.start_layer, self.end_layer, self.layers = make_layers(
            config.num_hidden_layers,
            lambda prefix: Gemma4DecoderLayer(
                config,
                cache_config=cache_config,
                quant_config=quant_config,
                prefix=prefix,
            ),
            prefix=f"{prefix}.layers",
        )
        # Final norm: output = norm(x) * weight
        self.norm = RMSNorm(config.hidden_size, eps=config.rms_norm_eps)

        # Embedding scale = sqrt(hidden_size)
        # Downcast to model dtype (bfloat16 etc.) for numerical parity
        self.register_buffer(
            "normalizer",
            torch.tensor(config.hidden_size**0.5),
            persistent=False,
        )
        # Custom factory that includes per_layer_inputs for PLE-enabled PP.
        # per_layer_inputs has shape (batch, num_layers, per_layer_dim),
        # which differs from the standard (batch, hidden_size) shape,
        # so we can't use the default factory.
        ple_dim = self.hidden_size_per_layer_input
        num_layers = config.num_hidden_layers
        hidden_size = config.hidden_size

        def _make_empty_intermediate_tensors(
            batch_size: int,
            dtype: torch.dtype,
            device: torch.device,
        ) -> IntermediateTensors:
            tensors: dict[str, torch.Tensor] = {
                "hidden_states": torch.zeros(
                    (batch_size, hidden_size),
                    dtype=dtype,
                    device=device,
                ),
                "residual": torch.zeros(
                    (batch_size, hidden_size),
                    dtype=dtype,
                    device=device,
                ),
            }
            if ple_dim and ple_dim > 0:
                tensors["per_layer_inputs"] = torch.zeros(
                    (batch_size, num_layers, ple_dim),
                    dtype=dtype,
                    device=device,
                )
            return IntermediateTensors(tensors)

        self.make_empty_intermediate_tensors = _make_empty_intermediate_tensors

    def embed_input_ids(self, input_ids: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
        return self.embed_tokens(input_ids) * self.normalizer

    def get_per_layer_inputs(self, input_ids: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
        """Get per-layer embeddings from embed_tokens_per_layer.

        Returns:
            Per-layer embeddings (num_tokens, num_layers,
            hidden_size_per_layer_input)
        """
        if self.embed_tokens_per_layer is None:
            return None

        # Handle out-of-vocab tokens for PLE (vocab_size_per_layer_input may
        # be smaller than the main vocab_size).
        per_layer_inputs_mask = torch.logical_and(
            input_ids >= 0,
            input_ids < self.vocab_size_per_layer_input,
        )
        per_layer_inputs_tokens = torch.where(
            per_layer_inputs_mask, input_ids, torch.zeros_like(input_ids)
        )

        # Get packed per-layer embeddings: (num_tokens, total_ple_dim)
        per_layer_embeds = self.embed_tokens_per_layer(per_layer_inputs_tokens)

        # Apply embed_scale (sqrt of per-layer hidden dim)
        per_layer_embeds = per_layer_embeds * self.embed_scale_per_layer

        # Reshape to (num_tokens, num_layers, hidden_size_per_layer_input)
        per_layer_embeds = per_layer_embeds.reshape(
            *input_ids.shape,
            self.config.num_hidden_layers,
            self.hidden_size_per_layer_input,
        )
        return per_layer_embeds

    def project_per_layer_inputs(
        self,
        inputs_embeds: torch.Tensor,
        per_layer_inputs: torch.Tensor | None,
    ) -> torch.Tensor:
        """Project inputs_embeds and combine with per_layer_inputs.

        Steps:
        1. Project inputs_embeds: hidden_size → total_ple_dim
        2. Scale by hidden_size^{-0.5}
        3. Reshape to (num_tokens, num_layers, per_layer_dim)
        4. Normalize with per_layer_projection_norm
        5. Combine: (projection + per_layer_inputs) * 1/sqrt(2)
        """
        if self.per_layer_model_projection is None:
            return None

        # Project from hidden_size to total_ple_dim
        # Scaled projection: output = linear(input, weight) * scale
        per_layer_projection = self.per_layer_model_projection(inputs_embeds)
        per_layer_projection = per_layer_projection * self.per_layer_projection_scale

        # Reshape to (num_tokens, num_layers, hidden_size_per_layer_input)
        per_layer_projection = per_layer_projection.reshape(
            *inputs_embeds.shape[:-1],
            self.config.num_hidden_layers,
            self.hidden_size_per_layer_input,
        )

        # Normalize
        per_layer_projection = self.per_layer_projection_norm(per_layer_projection)

        if per_layer_inputs is None:
            return per_layer_projection

        # Combine: (projection + per_layer_inputs) * scale
        return (per_layer_projection + per_layer_inputs) * self.per_layer_input_scale

    def forward(
        self,
        input_ids: torch.Tensor | None,
        positions: torch.Tensor,
        intermediate_tensors: IntermediateTensors | None,
        inputs_embeds: torch.Tensor | None = None,
        per_layer_inputs: torch.Tensor | None = None,
        **kwargs,
    ) -> torch.Tensor | IntermediateTensors:
        if get_pp_group().is_first_rank:
            if inputs_embeds is not None:
                hidden_states = inputs_embeds
                # When called from the multimodal wrapper, raw PLE
                # embeddings are pre-computed and passed explicitly.
                # Project them through per_layer_model_projection.
                per_layer_inputs = self.project_per_layer_inputs(
                    hidden_states, per_layer_inputs
                )
            else:
                hidden_states = self.embed_input_ids(input_ids)
                # Compute per-layer inputs for PLE
                per_layer_embeds = self.get_per_layer_inputs(input_ids)
                per_layer_inputs = self.project_per_layer_inputs(
                    hidden_states, per_layer_embeds
                )
            residual = None
        else:
            assert intermediate_tensors is not None
            hidden_states = intermediate_tensors["hidden_states"]
            residual = intermediate_tensors["residual"]
            per_layer_inputs = intermediate_tensors.get("per_layer_inputs")

        for layer_idx, layer in enumerate(
            islice(self.layers, self.start_layer, self.end_layer)
        ):
            # Extract the per-layer embedding for this specific layer
            if per_layer_inputs is not None:
                actual_layer_idx = self.start_layer + layer_idx
                layer_per_input = per_layer_inputs[
                    :, actual_layer_idx, :
                ]  # (num_tokens, per_layer_dim)
            else:
                layer_per_input = None
            hidden_states, residual = layer(
                positions,
                hidden_states,
                residual,
                per_layer_input=layer_per_input,
                **kwargs,
            )
        if not get_pp_group().is_last_rank:
            return IntermediateTensors(
                {
                    "hidden_states": hidden_states,
                    "residual": residual,
                    "per_layer_inputs": per_layer_inputs,
                }
            )
        # Gemma4 incorporates residual into hidden_states directly
        # Apply norm without residual fusion when possible.
        if residual is None:
            hidden_states = self.norm(hidden_states)
        else:
            hidden_states, _ = self.norm(hidden_states, residual)
        return hidden_states

    def load_weights(self, weights: Iterable[tuple[str, torch.Tensor]]) -> set[str]:
        stacked_params_mapping = [
            # (param_name, shard_name, shard_id)
            ("qkv_proj", "q_proj", "q"),
            ("qkv_proj", "k_proj", "k"),
            ("qkv_proj", "v_proj", "v"),
            ("gate_up_proj", "gate_proj", 0),
            ("gate_up_proj", "up_proj", 1),
        ]

        # MoE expert weight mapping: checkpoint 3D packed tensors are
        # exploded in _weight_iterator to per-expert 2D weights like:
        #   moe.experts.{id}.gate_proj → FusedMoE w1 (shard of w13)
        #   moe.experts.{id}.up_proj   → FusedMoE w3 (shard of w13)
        #   moe.experts.{id}.down_proj → FusedMoE w2
        # We build the mapping directly since Gemma4 uses bare param
        # names (no .weight suffix) unlike standard MoE checkpoints.
        num_experts = getattr(self.config, "num_experts", None) or 0
        expert_params_mapping = [
            # (param_name, weight_name, expert_id, shard_id)
            (
                "experts.w13_weight"
                if proj_name in ["gate_proj", "up_proj"]
                else "experts.w2_weight",
                f"experts.{expert_id}.{proj_name}",
                expert_id,
                shard_id,
            )
            for expert_id in range(num_experts)
            for shard_id, proj_name in [
                ("w1", "gate_proj"),
                ("w2", "down_proj"),
                ("w3", "up_proj"),
            ]
        ]
        params_dict = dict(self.named_parameters())
        # Include buffers (e.g. layer_scalar) so they can be loaded too
        params_dict.update(dict(self.named_buffers()))
        loaded_params: set[str] = set()
        for name, loaded_weight in weights:
            if self.quant_config is not None and (
                scale_name := self.quant_config.get_cache_scale(name)
            ):
                param = params_dict[scale_name]
                weight_loader = getattr(param, "weight_loader", default_weight_loader)
                loaded_weight = loaded_weight[0]
                weight_loader(param, loaded_weight)
                loaded_params.add(scale_name)
                continue

            if name.endswith((".k_scale", ".v_scale", ".q_scale", ".prob_scale")):
                remapped_name = maybe_remap_kv_scale_name(name, params_dict)
                if remapped_name is not None and remapped_name in params_dict:
                    param = params_dict[remapped_name]
                    weight_loader = getattr(
                        param, "weight_loader", default_weight_loader
                    )
                    weight_loader(param, loaded_weight)
                    loaded_params.add(remapped_name)
                    continue

            for param_name, shard_name, shard_id in stacked_params_mapping:
                if shard_name not in name:
                    continue
                stacked_name = name.replace(shard_name, param_name)
                # k_eq_v layers use separate q_proj/k_proj instead of
                # packed qkv_proj. If the stacked param doesn't exist,
                # skip this mapping and fall through to direct load.
                if stacked_name not in params_dict:
                    continue
                if is_pp_missing_parameter(stacked_name, self):
                    continue
                param = params_dict[stacked_name]
                weight_loader = param.weight_loader
                weight_loader(param, loaded_weight, shard_id)
                loaded_params.add(stacked_name)
                break
            else:
                for (
                    param_name,
                    weight_name,
                    expert_id,
                    shard_id,
                ) in expert_params_mapping:
                    if weight_name not in name:
                        continue
                    moe_name = name.replace(weight_name, param_name)
                    if moe_name not in params_dict:
                        continue
                    if is_pp_missing_parameter(moe_name, self):
                        continue
                    param = params_dict[moe_name]
                    # Expert weights are already in the correct
                    # orientation for FusedMoE after _weight_iterator:
                    #   gate/up: [I, H] → w1/w3 expects [I, H]
                    #   down:    [H, I] → w2 expects [H, I]
                    assert loaded_weight.dim() == 2, (
                        f"Expected 2D expert weight for {weight_name}, "
                        f"got shape {loaded_weight.shape}"
                    )
                    weight_loader = param.weight_loader
                    weight_loader(
                        param,
                        loaded_weight,
                        weight_name + ".weight",
                        shard_id=shard_id,
                        expert_id=expert_id,
                    )
                    loaded_params.add(moe_name)
                    break
                else:
                    if name.endswith(".bias") and name not in params_dict:
                        continue
                    name = maybe_remap_kv_scale_name(name, params_dict)
                    if name is None:
                        continue
                    if is_pp_missing_parameter(name, self):
                        continue
                    param = params_dict[name]
                    weight_loader = getattr(
                        param, "weight_loader", default_weight_loader
                    )
                    weight_loader(param, loaded_weight)
            loaded_params.add(name)

        return loaded_params

get_per_layer_inputs

get_per_layer_inputs(input_ids: Tensor) -> Tensor

Get per-layer embeddings from embed_tokens_per_layer.

Returns:

Type Description
Tensor

Per-layer embeddings (num_tokens, num_layers,

Tensor

hidden_size_per_layer_input)

Source code in vllm/model_executor/models/gemma4.py
def get_per_layer_inputs(self, input_ids: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
    """Get per-layer embeddings from embed_tokens_per_layer.

    Returns:
        Per-layer embeddings (num_tokens, num_layers,
        hidden_size_per_layer_input)
    """
    if self.embed_tokens_per_layer is None:
        return None

    # Handle out-of-vocab tokens for PLE (vocab_size_per_layer_input may
    # be smaller than the main vocab_size).
    per_layer_inputs_mask = torch.logical_and(
        input_ids >= 0,
        input_ids < self.vocab_size_per_layer_input,
    )
    per_layer_inputs_tokens = torch.where(
        per_layer_inputs_mask, input_ids, torch.zeros_like(input_ids)
    )

    # Get packed per-layer embeddings: (num_tokens, total_ple_dim)
    per_layer_embeds = self.embed_tokens_per_layer(per_layer_inputs_tokens)

    # Apply embed_scale (sqrt of per-layer hidden dim)
    per_layer_embeds = per_layer_embeds * self.embed_scale_per_layer

    # Reshape to (num_tokens, num_layers, hidden_size_per_layer_input)
    per_layer_embeds = per_layer_embeds.reshape(
        *input_ids.shape,
        self.config.num_hidden_layers,
        self.hidden_size_per_layer_input,
    )
    return per_layer_embeds

project_per_layer_inputs

project_per_layer_inputs(
    inputs_embeds: Tensor, per_layer_inputs: Tensor | None
) -> Tensor

Project inputs_embeds and combine with per_layer_inputs.

Steps: 1. Project inputs_embeds: hidden_size → total_ple_dim 2. Scale by hidden_size^{-0.5} 3. Reshape to (num_tokens, num_layers, per_layer_dim) 4. Normalize with per_layer_projection_norm 5. Combine: (projection + per_layer_inputs) * 1/sqrt(2)

Source code in vllm/model_executor/models/gemma4.py
def project_per_layer_inputs(
    self,
    inputs_embeds: torch.Tensor,
    per_layer_inputs: torch.Tensor | None,
) -> torch.Tensor:
    """Project inputs_embeds and combine with per_layer_inputs.

    Steps:
    1. Project inputs_embeds: hidden_size → total_ple_dim
    2. Scale by hidden_size^{-0.5}
    3. Reshape to (num_tokens, num_layers, per_layer_dim)
    4. Normalize with per_layer_projection_norm
    5. Combine: (projection + per_layer_inputs) * 1/sqrt(2)
    """
    if self.per_layer_model_projection is None:
        return None

    # Project from hidden_size to total_ple_dim
    # Scaled projection: output = linear(input, weight) * scale
    per_layer_projection = self.per_layer_model_projection(inputs_embeds)
    per_layer_projection = per_layer_projection * self.per_layer_projection_scale

    # Reshape to (num_tokens, num_layers, hidden_size_per_layer_input)
    per_layer_projection = per_layer_projection.reshape(
        *inputs_embeds.shape[:-1],
        self.config.num_hidden_layers,
        self.hidden_size_per_layer_input,
    )

    # Normalize
    per_layer_projection = self.per_layer_projection_norm(per_layer_projection)

    if per_layer_inputs is None:
        return per_layer_projection

    # Combine: (projection + per_layer_inputs) * scale
    return (per_layer_projection + per_layer_inputs) * self.per_layer_input_scale

Gemma4Router

Bases: Module

Router for Gemma4 MoE that preprocesses input before projection.

Applies RMSNorm (no learned weight), root_size scaling (hidden_size^{-0.5}), then a learned per-dimension scale before projecting to expert logits.

This preprocessing is applied ONLY to the router's input, not to the expert MLPs' input.

Source code in vllm/model_executor/models/gemma4.py
class Gemma4Router(nn.Module):
    """Router for Gemma4 MoE that preprocesses input before projection.

    Applies RMSNorm (no learned weight), root_size scaling
    (hidden_size^{-0.5}), then a learned per-dimension scale before
    projecting to expert logits.

    This preprocessing is applied ONLY to the router's input, not to
    the expert MLPs' input.
    """

    def __init__(
        self,
        config,
        quant_config: QuantizationConfig | None = None,
        prefix: str = "",
    ) -> None:
        super().__init__()
        self.hidden_size = config.hidden_size

        # RMSNorm without learned weight — pure normalization only
        self.norm = RMSNorm(self.hidden_size, eps=config.rms_norm_eps, has_weight=False)
        # Per-dimension learned scale, applied after norm + root_size
        self.scale = nn.Parameter(torch.ones(self.hidden_size))
        # Constant 1/sqrt(hidden_size) scaling factor
        self.register_buffer(
            "root_size",
            torch.tensor(self.hidden_size**-0.5),
            persistent=False,
        )
        # Project to expert logits; replicated across TP for consistent routing
        # GateLinear supports bf16 W/A → fp32 output, which is important
        # because the topk kernel often needs fp32 for stable routing.
        self.proj = GateLinear(
            self.hidden_size,
            config.num_experts,
            bias=False,
            out_dtype=torch.float32,
            prefix=f"{prefix}.proj",
        )

    def forward(self, x: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
        """Returns raw router logits [T, E]."""
        x = self.norm(x)
        x = x * self.root_size.to(x.dtype)
        x = x * self.scale.to(x.dtype)
        router_logits, _ = self.proj(x)
        return router_logits

forward

forward(x: Tensor) -> Tensor

Returns raw router logits [T, E].

Source code in vllm/model_executor/models/gemma4.py
def forward(self, x: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
    """Returns raw router logits [T, E]."""
    x = self.norm(x)
    x = x * self.root_size.to(x.dtype)
    x = x * self.scale.to(x.dtype)
    router_logits, _ = self.proj(x)
    return router_logits

_get_text_config

_get_text_config(config)

Dereference text_config if config is a nested Gemma4Config.

Gemma4 checkpoints use architectures=["Gemma4ForConditionalGeneration"] which yields a Gemma4Config with nested text_config. This function transparently returns the text config regardless of nesting.

Source code in vllm/model_executor/models/gemma4.py
def _get_text_config(config):
    """Dereference text_config if config is a nested Gemma4Config.

    Gemma4 checkpoints use architectures=["Gemma4ForConditionalGeneration"]
    which yields a Gemma4Config with nested text_config. This function
    transparently returns the text config regardless of nesting.
    """
    if hasattr(config, "text_config"):
        return config.text_config
    return config