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MiniCPMV4_6VisionModel now passes its configured attention capacity as max_seq_len to _prepare_qwen_vl_vision_attn_metadata. It initializes the capacity from model_config.max_num_tokens and rejects nonpositive updates.

The model now implements MultimodalEncoderMixin, so the engine can update its vision attention capacity through set_attn_max_seq_len. Verify that engine-provided encoder budgets match the intended segment limit. The tests cover capacity updates and over-capacity errors. No current review findings were supplied, so severity counts are unavailable.

Reported CI results are mixed: PR_Github succeeded for commit 5879fd1, while associated L0 runs were reported as FAILURE and UNSTABLE. The author also reported a GB300 pass and an A10 L0 pass.

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The modified test file adds test_minicpmv46_multimodal_forward and test_minicpmv46_vision_attn_capacity_is_stable_across_grids. The CUDA-gated tests cover multimodal output behavior, stable capacity across grids, engine budget updates, and the over-capacity ValueError path.

The test file is listed in tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_a10.yml. No manual-QA list entry was found. Coverage verdict: sufficient for the changed forward and capacity behavior.

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  • tensorrt_llm/_torch/models/modeling_minicpmv4_6.py — Verify metadata uses the configured capacity across grids and rejects segments that exceed it. Verify that MultimodalEncoderMixin propagates the engine’s encoder token budget as intended.
  • tests/unittest/_torch/modeling/test_modeling_minicpmv4_6.py — The new CUDA-gated tests cover multimodal forward behavior and vision attention capacity, including budget updates and the over-capacity error. The file is listed in the CI test list tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_a10.yml; no manual-QA list entry was found.

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MiniCPM-V 4.6 image and video inference fails in the vision encoder:

TypeError: prepare_encoder_attn_metadata() missing 1 required keyword-only argument: 'max_seq_len'

MiniCPMV4_6VisionModel._make_attn_metadata calls _prepare_qwen_vl_vision_attn_metadata(seq_lens, attn_metadata). #16568 made max_seq_len a required keyword-only argument of that helper (prepare_encoder_attn_metadata) and updated the Qwen-VL and Cosmos3 callers, but not MiniCPM-V 4.6 (added in #15976). Every branch of _get_image_features builds its metadata through this call, so every image and video request fails.

This change passes a per-segment capacity through the engine's encoder token budget, like the other vision towers. MiniCPMV4_6VisionModel now opts into MultimodalEncoderMixin, so setup_mm_encoder_attn_metadata hands it encoder_max_num_tokens (which falls back to max_num_tokens) through set_attn_max_seq_len. Until the engine calls it, the capacity defaults to model_config.max_num_tokens. MiniCPM still builds its attention metadata per forward from the live grids, so its setup_attn_metadata is a no-op. The default budget of 8192 covers the processor's normal slices (1024 to 1152 raw patches). A longer segment is rejected with the helper's ValueError.

NVBug: https://nvbugs/7011503

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  • New: tests/unittest/_torch/modeling/test_modeling_minicpmv4_6.py::test_minicpmv46_multimodal_forward. It builds the registered MiniCPMV4_6ForConditionalGeneration (small config, random weights, VANILLA backend), runs image inputs through the real vision tower and language model, and checks that:

    • the logits are finite, with the expected shape and dtype;
    • feeding the vision tower's own embeddings back as an attached multimodal_embedding reproduces the image logits;
    • changing the pixels changes the logits;
    • the logits differ from a decoder-bypassed baseline.

    The file is already listed in l0_a10.yml, so the new test runs in L0.

  • New: tests/unittest/_torch/modeling/test_modeling_minicpmv4_6.py::test_minicpmv46_vision_attn_capacity_is_stable_across_grids. On the TRTLLM backend, it checks that vision attention metadata for two different grid sizes keeps the configured capacity, and that a segment above the capacity raises ValueError. It then runs the engine's setup_mm_encoder_attn_metadata with a larger encoder budget and checks that the larger capacity is used.

  • Without this fix the forward test fails with the TypeError above (LLM_PATCH_CHECKER bloom model still not support In-flight batching and paged kv cache  #134, GB300). With the fix, test_modeling_minicpmv4_6.py passed on GB300 (LLM_PATCH_CHECKER Use 'use_custom_all_reduce' with weight_only_int8, 2tp, getting wrong and unstable answers. #135, commit 0d0d992) and on A10 in L0 (#67053). The follow-up commits passed L0 pre-merge on 5879fd1 (PR_Github #81596); the encoder-budget commit is pending in L0 pre-merge.

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…n attention metadata

MiniCPMV4_6VisionModel._make_attn_metadata called
_prepare_qwen_vl_vision_attn_metadata(seq_lens, attn_metadata) without the
keyword-only max_seq_len that NVIDIA#16568 made required, so every MiniCPM-V 4.6
image or video request failed with a TypeError in the vision encoder. Pass
a fixed per-segment capacity from model_config.max_num_tokens, as the
Qwen-VL and Cosmos3 vision towers do, so the native attention-op cache key
stays stable across image resolutions.

Add a forward test that builds the registered
MiniCPMV4_6ForConditionalGeneration and runs images through the real
vision tower and language model. Without this fix it fails with the
TypeError.

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MiniCPMV4_6VisionModel now uses model_config.max_num_tokens as the attention-metadata sequence-length limit. CUDA-gated tests cover multimodal forward outputs, input sensitivity, precomputed image embeddings, and capacity handling.

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MiniCPM-V 4.6 vision inference

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Set vision attention-metadata capacity
tensorrt_llm/_torch/models/modeling_minicpmv4_6.py
The vision model inherits MultimodalEncoderMixin, initializes its attention sequence-length limit from model_config.max_num_tokens, validates updates to the limit, and passes it to _prepare_qwen_vl_vision_attn_metadata.
Test multimodal forward behavior and capacity
tests/unittest/_torch/modeling/test_modeling_minicpmv4_6.py
CUDA-gated tests check output shape, dtype, and finiteness; compare image-input and precomputed-embedding paths; and verify capacity behavior at lengths 64, 65, and 100 after the token budget changes.

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Image inference works when the encoder capacity is sufficient. Smaller capacities may still require an override; that limitation predates this change.

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Test stable capacity on the native attention path.

The forward test uses VANILLA and one image grid. It does not cover the native TRTLLM metadata path or detect a regression that replaces the fixed capacity with the live grid length. Add a focused test with two different grid lengths and assert that both metadata objects retain the configured max_seq_len.

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Add a focused test for the native TRTLLM attention metadata path that processes
two different grid lengths and verifies both metadata objects retain the
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per-request seq_lens; alternatively, reject processor settings that exceed that
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Address review feedback: pin that vision attention metadata for grids of
different resolutions keeps the configured per-segment capacity on the
TRTLLM backend, and that a segment above it is rejected.

Correct the capacity comment. The metadata is rebuilt per call from the
live grid, so the fixed max_seq_len satisfies the shared encoder helper's
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Test a batch whose total exceeds the capacity.

Both tested batches have totals at or below 64. A regression that limits the batch total instead of each segment would pass. Add a case such as [40, 40] and assert that both lengths are accepted.

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…m the encoder token budget

Opt MiniCPMV4_6VisionModel into MultimodalEncoderMixin so the engine's
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set_attn_max_seq_len, like the other vision towers. Metadata is still
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