Trouble with vLLM kernel
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[Bug]: CUTLASS MoE kernel benchmarks fail with ImportError: cannot import name 'fused_topk'
### Your current environment Not environment-specific: this is an import error in the benchmark scripts themselves, reproducible on any machine with vLLM installed from source (checked on `main` at 32fbfa1). ### 🐛 Describe the bug Three CUTLASS MoE kernel benchmarks crash at...
[Bug][CPU] apply_top_k_top_p_triton drops tokens that top-p must keep (kernel logic; reproduces end to end on V1 and V2)
### Your current environment vLLM main `98b29aa99` (also `e6674262f`, `4056c8ac1`, `015497965`, `8e58ac22a`), CPU build (`VLLM_TARGET_DEVICE=cpu`), torch 2.13.0+cpu, bundled triton-cpu 3.8.0, Python 3.12, Linux x86_64 (Intel Xeon @ 2.10GHz, AVX512). `HAS_TRITON` is true, so...
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2 posts from 2 people in 1 place, about 2 a week over 6 days. Mostly on vllm-project/vllm. Tools named alongside: NVIDIA.
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Posts about vLLM with no known issue, sharing the word "kernel". First post Oct 2, 2026, latest Oct 7, 2026. Unverified: fewer than 3 posts, or one person or place only. Method
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