[rahulbatra85]

Motivation

1. mla_decode.py op is not MLA specific. More of generic paged attention decode
2. mla_decode_rope.py has the MLA decode kernel with support for rope as well
3. Missing unit tests, benchmarks, configs and also doesn't break the op and kernels into separate files

Technical Details

Remove duplicate kernel

Test Plan

Test Result

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🔵 Needs a closer look

A stale compatibility entry targets the deleted module and causes attribute checks to raise ModuleNotFoundError.

0 open findings

What changed in this PR

Removes the generic paged-attention decode implementation from the Triton attention package because it is not MLA-specific.

Changes:

• Deletes the decode wrapper, split-K kernels, and CSR-to-dense helper.
• Leaves the existing mla_decode_rope.py implementation unchanged.

File	Description
aiter/​ops/​triton/​attention/​mla_decode.py	Deletes the decode implementation and supporting helpers.

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[azaidy]

LGTM!