sglang 0.4.9.post5__tar.gz → 0.4.9.post6__tar.gz

{sglang-0.4.9.post5/sglang.egg-info → sglang-0.4.9.post6}/PKG-INFO

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Metadata-Version: 2.4
 Name: sglang
-Version: 0.4.9.post5
+Version: 0.4.9.post6
 Summary: SGLang is yet another fast serving framework for large language models and vision language models.
 License:                                  Apache License
                                    Version 2.0, January 2004
@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ Requires-Dist: torchvision==0.22.1; extra == "blackwell"
 Requires-Dist: cuda-python; extra == "blackwell"
 Requires-Dist: einops; extra == "blackwell"
 Requires-Dist: flashinfer_python==0.2.9rc2; extra == "blackwell"
+Requires-Dist: tiktoken; extra == "blackwell"
 Provides-Extra: srt-hip
 Requires-Dist: sglang[runtime_common]; extra == "srt-hip"
 Requires-Dist: torch; extra == "srt-hip"

{sglang-0.4.9.post5 → sglang-0.4.9.post6}/pyproject.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "sglang"
-version = "0.4.9.post5"
+version = "0.4.9.post6"
 description = "SGLang is yet another fast serving framework for large language models and vision language models."
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.8"
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ blackwell = [
     "cuda-python",
     "einops",
     "flashinfer_python==0.2.9rc2",
+    "tiktoken",
 ]
 
 # HIP (Heterogeneous-computing Interface for Portability) for AMD

{sglang-0.4.9.post5 → sglang-0.4.9.post6}/sglang/srt/configs/model_config.py

@@ -261,6 +261,9 @@ class ModelConfig:
             self.num_key_value_heads = self.num_attention_heads
         self.hidden_size = self.hf_text_config.hidden_size
         self.num_hidden_layers = self.hf_text_config.num_hidden_layers
+        self.num_nextn_predict_layers = getattr(
+            self.hf_text_config, "num_nextn_predict_layers", None
+        )
         self.vocab_size = self.hf_text_config.vocab_size
 
         # Verify quantization

{sglang-0.4.9.post5 → sglang-0.4.9.post6}/sglang/srt/entrypoints/http_server.py

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import orjson
 import requests
 import uvicorn
 import uvloop
-from fastapi import Depends, FastAPI, Request, UploadFile
+from fastapi import Depends, FastAPI, HTTPException, Request, UploadFile
 from fastapi.exceptions import RequestValidationError
 from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
 from fastapi.responses import ORJSONResponse, Response, StreamingResponse
@@ -174,6 +174,18 @@ app.add_middleware(
 )
 
 
+@app.exception_handler(HTTPException)
+async def validation_exception_handler(request: Request, exc: HTTPException):
+    """Enrich HTTP exception with status code and other details"""
+    error = ErrorResponse(
+        object="error",
+        message=exc.detail,
+        type=str(exc.status_code),
+        code=exc.status_code,
+    )
+    return ORJSONResponse(content=error.model_dump(), status_code=exc.status_code)
+
+
 # Custom exception handlers to change validation error status codes
 @app.exception_handler(RequestValidationError)
 async def validation_exception_handler(request: Request, exc: RequestValidationError):

{sglang-0.4.9.post5 → sglang-0.4.9.post6}/sglang/srt/entrypoints/openai/protocol.py

@@ -317,7 +317,9 @@ class ToolCall(BaseModel):
 
 class ChatCompletionMessageGenericParam(BaseModel):
     role: Literal["system", "assistant", "tool"]
-    content: Union[str, List[ChatCompletionMessageContentTextPart], None]
+    content: Union[str, List[ChatCompletionMessageContentTextPart], None] = Field(
+        default=None
+    )
     tool_call_id: Optional[str] = None
     name: Optional[str] = None
     reasoning_content: Optional[str] = None

{sglang-0.4.9.post5 → sglang-0.4.9.post6}/sglang/srt/entrypoints/openai/serving_base.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import uuid
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from typing import Any, Optional, Union
 
-from fastapi import Request
+from fastapi import HTTPException, Request
 from fastapi.responses import ORJSONResponse, StreamingResponse
 
 from sglang.srt.entrypoints.openai.protocol import ErrorResponse, OpenAIServingRequest
@@ -45,7 +45,10 @@ class OpenAIServingBase(ABC):
                 return await self._handle_non_streaming_request(
                     adapted_request, processed_request, raw_request
                 )
-
+        except HTTPException as e:
+            return self.create_error_response(
+                message=e.detail, err_type=str(e.status_code), status_code=e.status_code
+            )
         except Exception as e:
             logger.exception(f"Error in request: {e}")
             return self.create_error_response(

{sglang-0.4.9.post5 → sglang-0.4.9.post6}/sglang/srt/layers/moe/ep_moe/layer.py

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import logging
-from typing import List, Optional, Tuple
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, List, Optional, Tuple
 
 import torch
 
@@ -50,6 +52,13 @@ from sglang.srt.utils import (
     next_power_of_2,
 )
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from sglang.srt.layers.moe.ep_moe.token_dispatcher import (
+        DeepEPLLOutput,
+        DeepEPNormalOutput,
+        DispatchOutput,
+    )
+
 _is_hip = is_hip()
 _is_npu = is_npu()
 _is_fp8_fnuz = is_fp8_fnuz()
@@ -791,11 +800,24 @@ class DeepEPMoE(EPMoE):
             routed_scaling_factor=routed_scaling_factor,
         )
         self.deepep_mode = deepep_mode
-        if deep_gemm_wrapper.ENABLE_JIT_DEEPGEMM:
-            assert self.use_fp8_w8a8, (
-                "DeepGEMM requires an fp8_w8a8 model; "
-                "alternatively, you can disable DeepGEMM by turning off the ENABLE_JIT_DEEPGEMM environment variable."
-            )
+
+        # TODO: move to the beginning of the file
+        from sglang.srt.distributed.parallel_state import get_tp_group
+        from sglang.srt.managers.schedule_batch import global_server_args_dict
+        from sglang.srt.two_batch_overlap import MaybeTboDeepEPDispatcher
+
+        self.deepep_dispatcher = MaybeTboDeepEPDispatcher(
+            group=get_tp_group().device_group,
+            router_topk=self.top_k,
+            permute_fusion=True,
+            num_experts=self.num_experts,
+            num_local_experts=self.num_local_experts,
+            hidden_size=hidden_size,
+            params_dtype=params_dtype,
+            deepep_mode=deepep_mode,
+            async_finish=True,  # TODO
+            return_recv_hook=True,
+        )
 
         if self.deepep_mode.enable_low_latency():
             assert (
@@ -837,37 +859,128 @@ class DeepEPMoE(EPMoE):
         hidden_states: torch.Tensor,
         topk_idx: torch.Tensor,
         topk_weights: torch.Tensor,
-        reorder_topk_ids: torch.Tensor,
-        seg_indptr: torch.Tensor,
-        masked_m: torch.Tensor,
-        expected_m: int,
-        num_recv_tokens_per_expert: List[int],
         forward_batch: ForwardBatch,
     ):
+        dispatch_output = self.dispatch(
+            hidden_states, topk_idx, topk_weights, forward_batch
+        )
+        hidden_states = self.moe_impl(dispatch_output)
+        hidden_states = self.combine(
+            hidden_states,
+            dispatch_output.topk_idx,
+            dispatch_output.topk_weights,
+            forward_batch,
+        )
+        return hidden_states
+
+    def dispatch(
+        self,
+        hidden_states: torch.Tensor,
+        topk_idx: torch.Tensor,
+        topk_weights: torch.Tensor,
+        forward_batch: ForwardBatch,
+    ):
+        return self.deepep_dispatcher.dispatch(
+            hidden_states=hidden_states,
+            topk_idx=topk_idx,
+            topk_weights=topk_weights,
+            forward_batch=forward_batch,
+        )
+
+    def moe_impl(self, dispatch_output: DispatchOutput):
         if _use_aiter:
             # in forward_aiter, we skip token permutation and unpermutation, which have been fused inside aiter kernel
-            return self.forward_aiter(hidden_states, topk_idx, topk_weights)
-        resolved_deepep_mode = self.deepep_mode.resolve(
-            forward_batch.is_extend_in_batch
-        )
-        if resolved_deepep_mode == DeepEPMode.normal:
-            if deep_gemm_wrapper.ENABLE_JIT_DEEPGEMM:
-                return self.forward_deepgemm_contiguous(
-                    hidden_states, topk_idx, topk_weights, num_recv_tokens_per_expert
-                )
+            return self.forward_aiter(dispatch_output)
+        if dispatch_output.format.is_deepep_normal():
+            if deep_gemm_wrapper.ENABLE_JIT_DEEPGEMM and self.use_fp8_w8a8:
+                return self.forward_deepgemm_contiguous(dispatch_output)
             else:
-                return self.forward_normal(hidden_states, reorder_topk_ids, seg_indptr)
-        elif resolved_deepep_mode == DeepEPMode.low_latency:
-            return self.forward_deepgemm_masked(hidden_states, masked_m, expected_m)
+                return self.forward_normal(dispatch_output)
+        elif dispatch_output.format.is_deepep_ll():
+            return self.forward_deepgemm_masked(dispatch_output)
         else:
             raise ValueError(f"Invalid deepep_mode: {self.deepep_mode}")
 
-    def forward_normal(
+    def combine(
         self,
         hidden_states: torch.Tensor,
-        reorder_topk_ids: torch.Tensor,
-        seg_indptr: torch.Tensor,
+        topk_idx: torch.Tensor,
+        topk_weights: torch.Tensor,
+        forward_batch: ForwardBatch,
     ):
+        return self.deepep_dispatcher.combine(
+            hidden_states=hidden_states,
+            topk_idx=topk_idx,
+            topk_weights=topk_weights,
+            forward_batch=forward_batch,
+        )
+
+    def _prepare_for_normal(
+        self,
+        hidden_states: torch.Tensor,
+        topk_idx: torch.Tensor,
+    ):
+        from sglang.srt.layers.moe.ep_moe.kernels import (
+            deepep_permute_triton_kernel,
+            deepep_run_moe_deep_preprocess,
+        )
+
+        if hidden_states.shape[0] == 0:
+            reorder_topk_ids = torch.empty(
+                (0,), device=hidden_states.device, dtype=torch.int64
+            )
+            seg_indptr = torch.zeros(
+                (self.num_experts + 1,),
+                device=hidden_states.device,
+                dtype=torch.int64,
+            )
+            return reorder_topk_ids, seg_indptr, hidden_states
+        else:
+            if _use_aiter:
+                # skip permutation here as aiter fused_moe has fused inside
+                reorder_topk_ids = torch.empty(
+                    (0,), device=hidden_states.device, dtype=torch.int64
+                )
+                seg_indptr = torch.zeros(
+                    (self.num_experts + 1,),
+                    device=hidden_states.device,
+                    dtype=torch.int64,
+                )
+                return reorder_topk_ids, seg_indptr, hidden_states
+
+            reorder_topk_ids, self.src2dst, seg_indptr = deepep_run_moe_deep_preprocess(
+                topk_idx, self.num_experts
+            )
+            num_total_tokens = reorder_topk_ids.numel()
+            gateup_input = torch.empty(
+                (int(num_total_tokens), hidden_states.shape[1]),
+                device=hidden_states.device,
+                dtype=hidden_states.dtype,
+            )
+            # PreReorder
+            deepep_permute_triton_kernel[(hidden_states.shape[0],)](
+                hidden_states,
+                gateup_input,
+                self.src2dst,
+                topk_idx,
+                None,
+                self.router_topk,
+                hidden_states.shape[1],
+                BLOCK_SIZE=512,
+            )
+            return reorder_topk_ids, seg_indptr, gateup_input
+
+    def forward_normal(
+        self,
+        dispatch_output: DeepEPNormalOutput,
+    ):
+        hidden_states, topk_idx = (
+            dispatch_output.hidden_states,
+            dispatch_output.topk_idx,
+        )
+        reorder_topk_ids, seg_indptr, hidden_states = self._prepare_for_normal(
+            hidden_states, topk_idx
+        )
         hidden_states_dtype = hidden_states.dtype
         hidden_states_device = hidden_states.device
 
@@ -983,10 +1096,13 @@ class DeepEPMoE(EPMoE):
 
     def forward_aiter(
         self,
-        hidden_states: torch.Tensor,
-        topk_idx: torch.Tensor,
-        topk_weights: torch.Tensor,
+        dispatch_output: DeepEPNormalOutput,
     ):
+        hidden_states, topk_idx, topk_weights = (
+            dispatch_output.hidden_states,
+            dispatch_output.topk_idx,
+            dispatch_output.topk_weights,
+        )
         if hidden_states.shape[0] == 0:
             return hidden_states
         # in original deepep, idx == -1 meaning invalid and will not be processed.
@@ -1014,11 +1130,11 @@ class DeepEPMoE(EPMoE):
 
     def forward_deepgemm_contiguous(
         self,
-        hidden_states_fp8: Tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor],
-        topk_idx,
-        topk_weights,
-        num_recv_tokens_per_expert: List[int],
+        dispatch_output: DeepEPNormalOutput,
     ):
+        hidden_states_fp8, topk_idx, topk_weights, num_recv_tokens_per_expert = (
+            dispatch_output
+        )
         hidden_states_fp8, hidden_states_scale = hidden_states_fp8
         assert self.quant_method is not None
         assert self.activation == "silu"
@@ -1138,10 +1254,9 @@ class DeepEPMoE(EPMoE):
 
     def forward_deepgemm_masked(
         self,
-        hidden_states_fp8: Tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor],
-        masked_m: torch.Tensor,
-        expected_m: int,
+        dispatch_output: DeepEPLLOutput,
     ):
+        hidden_states_fp8, _, _, masked_m, expected_m = dispatch_output
         assert self.quant_method is not None
         assert self.activation == "silu"
 
@@ -1268,7 +1383,7 @@ class FlashInferEPMoE(EPMoE):
             topk_group=self.topk_group,
             intermediate_size=self.w2_weight.shape[2],
             local_expert_offset=self.start_expert_id,
-            local_num_experts=self.num_experts_per_partition,
+            local_num_experts=self.num_local_experts,
             routed_scaling_factor=self.routed_scaling_factor,
             tile_tokens_dim=_get_tile_tokens_dim(
                 hidden_states.shape[0], self.top_k, self.num_experts

{sglang-0.4.9.post5 → sglang-0.4.9.post6}/sglang/srt/layers/moe/ep_moe/token_dispatcher.py

@@ -1,7 +1,27 @@
+# TODO(ch-wan): this file will be moved to sglang/srt/layers/moe/token_dispatcher/deepep.py
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import logging
 from dataclasses import dataclass
+from typing import (
+    TYPE_CHECKING,
+    List,
+    NamedTuple,
+    Optional,
+    Protocol,
+    Tuple,
+    Union,
+    runtime_checkable,
+)
 
 from sglang.srt.eplb.expert_distribution import get_global_expert_distribution_recorder
+from sglang.srt.layers.moe.token_dispatcher.base_dispatcher import (
+    BaseDispatcher,
+    BaseDispatcherConfig,
+    DispatchOutput,
+    DispatchOutputFormat,
+)
 from sglang.srt.layers.quantization import deep_gemm_wrapper
 from sglang.srt.managers.schedule_batch import global_server_args_dict
 from sglang.srt.utils import (
@@ -24,7 +44,6 @@ except ImportError:
     use_deepep = False
 
 from enum import Enum, IntEnum, auto
-from typing import Optional, Tuple, Union
 
 import torch
 import torch.distributed as dist
@@ -41,6 +60,37 @@ _use_aiter = get_bool_env_var("SGLANG_USE_AITER") and is_hip()
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
+class DeepEPNormalOutput(NamedTuple):
+    """DeepEP normal dispatch output."""
+
+    hidden_states: torch.Tensor | Tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]
+    topk_idx: torch.Tensor
+    topk_weights: torch.Tensor
+    num_recv_tokens_per_expert: List[int]
+
+    @property
+    def format(self) -> DispatchOutputFormat:
+        return DispatchOutputFormat.deepep_normal
+
+
+class DeepEPLLOutput(NamedTuple):
+    """DeepEP low latency dispatch output."""
+
+    hidden_states_fp8: Tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]
+    topk_idx: torch.Tensor
+    topk_weights: torch.Tensor
+    masked_m: torch.Tensor
+    expected_m: int
+
+    @property
+    def format(self) -> DispatchOutputFormat:
+        return DispatchOutputFormat.deepep_ll
+
+
+assert isinstance(DeepEPNormalOutput, DispatchOutput)
+assert isinstance(DeepEPLLOutput, DispatchOutput)
+
+
 class DeepEPDispatchMode(IntEnum):
     NORMAL = auto()
     LOW_LATENCY = auto()
@@ -107,6 +157,20 @@ class DeepEPBuffer:
         else:
             raise NotImplementedError
 
+        total_num_sms = torch.cuda.get_device_properties(
+            device="cuda"
+        ).multi_processor_count
+        if (
+            (deepep_mode != DeepEPMode.low_latency)
+            and not global_server_args_dict["enable_two_batch_overlap"]
+            and (DeepEPConfig.get_instance().num_sms < total_num_sms // 2)
+        ):
+            logger.warning(
+                f"Only use {DeepEPConfig.get_instance().num_sms} SMs for DeepEP communication. "
+                f"This may result in highly suboptimal performance. "
+                f"Consider using --deepep-config to change the behavior."
+            )
+
         cls._buffer = Buffer(
             group,
             num_nvl_bytes,
@@ -139,7 +203,7 @@ class DeepEPBuffer:
         cls._dispatch_mode = DeepEPDispatchMode.LOW_LATENCY
 
 
-class DeepEPConfig:
+class DeepEPConfig(BaseDispatcherConfig):
     _instance = None
 
     def __init__(self):
@@ -255,63 +319,17 @@ class _DeepEPDispatcherImplNormal(_DeepEPDispatcherImplBase):
         return hidden_states, topk_idx, topk_weights, previous_event
 
     def dispatch_b(self, hidden_states, topk_idx, topk_weights, previous_event):
-        if deep_gemm_wrapper.ENABLE_JIT_DEEPGEMM:
-            (
-                hidden_states,
-                topk_idx,
-                topk_weights,
-                num_recv_tokens_per_expert_list,
-                event,
-            ) = self._dispatch_core(
-                hidden_states, topk_idx, topk_weights, previous_event
-            )
-            event.current_stream_wait() if self.async_finish else ()
-            return (
-                hidden_states,
-                topk_idx,
-                topk_weights,
-                None,
-                num_recv_tokens_per_expert_list,
-                None,
-                None,
-                None,
-            )
-        else:
-            (
-                hidden_states,
-                topk_idx,
-                topk_weights,
-                num_recv_tokens_per_expert_list,
-                event,
-            ) = self._dispatch_core(
-                hidden_states, topk_idx, topk_weights, previous_event
-            )
-            event.current_stream_wait() if self.async_finish else ()
-            if hidden_states.shape[0] > 0:
-                reorder_topk_ids, seg_indptr, hidden_states = self._deepep_permute(
-                    hidden_states, topk_idx, fp8_dtype=hidden_states.dtype
-                )
-            else:
-                reorder_topk_ids = torch.empty(
-                    (0,), device=hidden_states.device, dtype=torch.int64
-                )
-                seg_indptr = torch.zeros(
-                    (self.num_experts + 1,),
-                    device=hidden_states.device,
-                    dtype=torch.int64,
-                )
-
-            masked_m = expected_m = None
-            return (
-                hidden_states,
-                topk_idx,
-                topk_weights,
-                reorder_topk_ids,
-                None,
-                seg_indptr,
-                masked_m,
-                expected_m,
-            )
+        (
+            hidden_states,
+            topk_idx,
+            topk_weights,
+            num_recv_tokens_per_expert,
+            event,
+        ) = self._dispatch_core(hidden_states, topk_idx, topk_weights, previous_event)
+        event.current_stream_wait() if self.async_finish else ()
+        return DeepEPNormalOutput(
+            hidden_states, topk_idx, topk_weights, num_recv_tokens_per_expert
+        )
 
     def _dispatch_core(
         self,
@@ -343,7 +361,7 @@ class _DeepEPDispatcherImplNormal(_DeepEPDispatcherImplBase):
             recv_x,
             recv_topk_idx,
             recv_topk_weights,
-            num_recv_tokens_per_expert_list,
+            num_recv_tokens_per_expert,
             self.handle,
             event,
         ) = buffer.dispatch(
@@ -362,7 +380,7 @@ class _DeepEPDispatcherImplNormal(_DeepEPDispatcherImplBase):
         )
 
         get_global_expert_distribution_recorder().on_deepep_dispatch_normal(
-            num_recv_tokens_per_expert_list,
+            num_recv_tokens_per_expert,
             num_tokens_per_rank=num_tokens_per_rank,
             num_tokens_per_rdma_rank=num_tokens_per_rdma_rank,
             num_tokens_per_expert=num_tokens_per_expert,
@@ -372,58 +390,10 @@ class _DeepEPDispatcherImplNormal(_DeepEPDispatcherImplBase):
             recv_x,
             recv_topk_idx,
             recv_topk_weights,
-            num_recv_tokens_per_expert_list,
+            num_recv_tokens_per_expert,
             event,
         )
 
-    def _deepep_permute(
-        self,
-        hidden_states: torch.Tensor,
-        topk_idx: torch.Tensor,
-        fp8_dtype: Optional[torch.dtype] = None,
-        use_fp8_w8a8: bool = False,
-        use_block_quant: bool = False,
-    ):
-        """
-        Copy from Megatron-Core token_dispatcher MoEFlexTokenDispatcher
-        https://github.com/NVIDIA/Megatron-LM/blob/main/megatron/core/transformer/moe/token_dispatcher.py
-        """
-        if _use_aiter:
-            # skip permutation here as aiter fused_moe has fused inside
-            reorder_topk_ids = torch.empty(
-                (0,), device=hidden_states.device, dtype=torch.int64
-            )
-            seg_indptr = torch.zeros(
-                (self.num_experts + 1,), device=hidden_states.device, dtype=torch.int64
-            )
-            return reorder_topk_ids, seg_indptr, hidden_states
-
-        reorder_topk_ids, self.src2dst, seg_indptr = deepep_run_moe_deep_preprocess(
-            topk_idx, self.num_experts
-        )
-        num_total_tokens = reorder_topk_ids.numel()
-        gateup_input = torch.empty(
-            (int(num_total_tokens), hidden_states.shape[1]),
-            device=hidden_states.device,
-            dtype=(
-                fp8_dtype
-                if (use_fp8_w8a8 and not use_block_quant)
-                else hidden_states.dtype
-            ),
-        )
-        # PreReorder
-        deepep_permute_triton_kernel[(hidden_states.shape[0],)](
-            hidden_states,
-            gateup_input,
-            self.src2dst,
-            topk_idx,
-            None,
-            self.router_topk,
-            hidden_states.shape[1],
-            BLOCK_SIZE=512,
-        )
-        return reorder_topk_ids, seg_indptr, gateup_input
-
     def combine_a(
         self,
         hidden_states: torch.Tensor,
@@ -544,15 +514,10 @@ class _DeepEPDispatcherImplLowLatency(_DeepEPDispatcherImplBase):
             masked_m
         )
 
-        reorder_topk_ids = seg_indptr = None
-
-        return (
+        return DeepEPLLOutput(
             hidden_states,
             topk_idx,
             topk_weights,
-            reorder_topk_ids,
-            None,
-            seg_indptr,
             masked_m,
             expected_m,
         )
@@ -636,7 +601,7 @@ class _Stage(Enum):
     AFTER_COMBINE_A = auto()
 
 
-class DeepEPDispatcher:
+class DeepEPDispatcher(BaseDispatcher):
     def __init__(
         self,
         group: torch.distributed.ProcessGroup,
@@ -676,7 +641,7 @@ class DeepEPDispatcher:
 
         self._stage = _Stage.INITIAL
 
-    def dispatch(self, *args, **kwargs) -> Tuple:
+    def dispatch(self, *args, **kwargs) -> DispatchOutput:
         self.dispatch_a(*args, **kwargs)
         ret = self.dispatch_b()
         return ret