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Fix CUDA RNG Tracker#2641

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Dev PR #2640

  1. Let RandomSTE use expert-parallel-rng instead of a private generator.
  2. No matter saved checkpoint in normal rng or graphable rng format, loading to either format is allowed, with the newly added convert_cuda_rng_state() function.
  3. Fix a bug that _get_all_rng_states() get tracker rng in graphable format, but the default cuda rng in normal format. Now we make them return in the same format. Same for _set_all_rng_states().
  4. Fix a bug in nested fork with non-graphble rng - always use the latest state.
  5. Capture graphs in rng context - same as how it works in TransformerBlock.
  6. Add related unit tests.

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buptzyb commented Dec 12, 2025

/ok to test 5de42ca

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buptzyb commented Dec 12, 2025

/ok to test 3cb957f

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buptzyb commented Dec 17, 2025

/ok to test abfc1e6

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buptzyb commented Jan 7, 2026

/ok to test 62e1a28

@buptzyb buptzyb added the Final Review PR is in the "final review" stage label Jan 7, 2026
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