Models build their own attention masks and read K/V directly from
the cache's buffers, which ties them to the cache's storage layout.
That blocks multi-sequence batching — right-padded rows need a
query-padding mask composed onto every model — and rules out
variants like paged attention where K/V isn't one contiguous tensor.
Caches now hand back a per-layer KVHistory holding post-update K, V,
and a MaskApplier that merges the cache's storage restrictions into
the model's logical mask. Models describe their mask in logical
terms; SDPA composes model, padding, and applier contributions and
dispatches to the kernel's causal or no-mask fast path when it can.
KVHistory still exposes K, V, and the composed mask for manual
attention paths (e.g. CUDA prefill at head_dim > 128).
Performance for single-sequence inference is unchanged.
Switch RoPE from the scalar-offset kernel (mlx_fast_rope) to the
array-offset one (mlx_fast_rope_dynamic) so each batch row can start
at its own position. The pipeline tracks the current position locally
and passes it to the model through Batch.SeqOffsets; each model
materializes that slice into an int32 array for the RoPE call.
Single-sequence behavior is unchanged; this is the wiring needed
before the runner can batch independent sequences.
Gives a single extension point for per-call context (positions,
sequence IDs, masks) as multi-sequence batching grows, without having
to churn every model's Forward signature again.