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Summary

Add SiTU-GLU and dSiTU-GLU activation modes to the existing block-scaled grouped GEMM GLU APIs and CuTe DSL kernels.

This activation is used by Kimi K3's Stable LatentMoE routed experts. The architecture and activation are described in the Kimi K3 technical report, Figure 4 and Equation 12.

The forward epilogue computes

$$ T_g = \beta_1\tanh(G/\beta_1)\sigma(G), \qquad T_u = \beta_2\tanh(U/\beta_2), $$

$$ D = p,T_gT_u, $$

with defaults $\beta_1=4$ and $\beta_2=25$.

The backward epilogue uses

$$ \frac{\partial T_g}{\partial G} = (1-\tanh^2(G/\beta_1))\sigma(G) + \beta_1\tanh(G/\beta_1)\sigma(G)(1-\sigma(G)), $$

$$ \frac{\partial T_u}{\partial U}=1-\tanh^2(U/\beta_2), $$

and returns

$$ dG = R,p,T_u\frac{\partial T_g}{\partial G}, \qquad dU = R,p,T_g\frac{\partial T_u}{\partial U}, \qquad dp = R,T_gT_u. $$

Implementation

  • Add act_func="situglu" to grouped GEMM + GLU forward and act_func="dsituglu" to grouped GEMM + dGLU backward.
  • Fuse the additional tanh operations and derivatives directly into the existing CuTe DSL epilogues, without adding an intermediate tensor or kernel launch.
  • Specialize forward situ_beta1 at compile time and include it in the block-scaled GLU cache signature. situ_beta2 remains a runtime FP32 scalar.
  • Keep the existing backward compile-time specialization of both beta values and include them in the dGLU cache signature.
  • For the K3 default $\beta_1=4$, eliminate the separate sigmoid exponential
    exactly. With $a=\tanh(G/4)$:

$$ \sigma(G)=\frac{1}{2}+\frac{a}{1+a^2}. $$

Backward reuses the same reciprocal through

$$ \frac{d}{dG}\left(4a\sigma(G)\right) =(1-a^2)\left(\frac{1}{2}+\frac{2a}{(1+a^2)^2}\right). $$

  • Hoist the beta reciprocals and forward beta product out of the element loop. This replaces repeated floating-point division with multiplication; final generated PTX has no FP32 divide instructions.
  • Pack the default dSiTU-GLU arithmetic into FP32x2 operations independently of the generic vector_f32 knob, while retaining scalar FP32 tanh.approx and reciprocal instructions. The scalar fallback handles non-default situ_beta1 values only.
  • Preserve the general exponential-based path for non-default situ_beta1 values.
  • Validate that beta values are finite and positive, and reject executing a forward kernel with a beta value different from its compiled specialization.
  • Support both dense and discrete expert-weight interfaces with the existing MXFP4, MXFP8, and NVFP4 block-scaled layouts on SM100/SM103.
  • Reject SiTU-GLU explicitly on the BF16 and Rubin backends, where it is not implemented by this change.
  • Add PyTorch numerical references for forward and backward.

Performance

The table reports median GEMM-equivalent throughput for only the two kernels changed by this PR:

  1. grouped FC1 GEMM + GLU forward epilogue; and
  2. grouped FC2 dgrad GEMM + dGLU backward epilogue.

It is not a complete expert-MLP forward/backward measurement; FC2 forward, wgrad, routing, dispatch, and communication are excluded.

Environment:

  • NVIDIA B300 SXM6 AC
  • cuDNN Frontend 1.27.0 source checkout
  • NVIDIA CuTe DSL 4.6.2
  • PyTorch 26.04, CUDA 13.2
  • MXFP4, MXFP8, and NVFP4, all using Kimi's default SiTU-GLU parameters
    (beta1, beta2) = (4, 25)
  • discrete expert weights and probability-weighted activation
  • dynamic tile scheduling, matching Transformer Engine's fused grouped-MLP call site
  • vector_f32=False, matching the current default call path; K3-default dSiTU-GLU still auto-selects its packed FP32x2 specialization
  • EP64-local expert counts with deterministic +/-10% balanced random token splits
  • identical case-specific RNG seed before constructing each activation runner
  • 256-row per-expert padding
  • three independent runs; each run uses 10 warmups and 120 CUDA-event samples per activation
  • each table entry is the median of the three per-run medians

TFLOP/s uses the padded rows actually computed by the kernel. The numerator is
2 * padded_M * K * N: forward uses N=2*expert_intermediate_size, while
backward uses N=expert_intermediate_size. Activation operations are not added
to the conventional GEMM FLOP numerator. "SiTU retention" is
SiTU-GLU TFLOP/s / SwiGLU TFLOP/s; 100% would mean no throughput loss.

Kimi K3 has 896 routed experts, so EP64 gives 14 local experts, with latent expert MLP width 3584 -> 2x3072 -> 3584.

For top-k 16, each EP rank receives approximately microbatch_tokens * 16
routed rows across its 14 local experts after the EP exchange. The table labels
the original tokens per microbatch and shows both routed and padded rows.

Format Tokens / microbatch Routed rows / GPU Padded rows / GPU SwiGLU fwd (TFLOP/s) SiTU-GLU fwd (TFLOP/s) SiTU retention dSwiGLU bwd (TFLOP/s) dSiTU-GLU bwd (TFLOP/s) SiTU retention
MXFP4 4,096 65,536 67,328 5,499.8 5,028.0 91.4% 3,064.5 2,837.0 92.6%
MXFP4 8,192 131,072 132,608 5,676.7 4,962.1 87.4% 3,118.1 2,894.6 92.8%
MXFP4 16,384 262,144 263,680 5,398.8 4,893.4 90.6% 3,219.1 3,014.3 93.6%
MXFP8 4,096 65,536 67,328 2,597.2 2,567.5 98.9% 1,713.3 1,567.8 91.5%
MXFP8 8,192 131,072 132,608 2,626.8 2,558.3 97.4% 1,768.5 1,662.8 94.0%
MXFP8 16,384 262,144 263,680 2,540.3 2,519.4 99.2% 1,767.7 1,705.0 96.5%
NVFP4 4,096 65,536 67,328 5,410.8 5,013.6 92.7% 3,037.4 2,814.4 92.7%
NVFP4 8,192 131,072 132,608 5,491.9 4,896.0 89.1% 3,080.5 2,891.9 93.9%
NVFP4 16,384 262,144 263,680 5,410.2 4,830.5 89.3% 3,193.1 2,996.0 93.8%

Relative to the same MXFP8 benchmark protocol before the reciprocal and FP32x2
changes, SiTU forward throughput improves by 1.59-2.09x and dSiTU backward
improves by 1.44-1.70x across these loads.

Optimization findings

  • cute.math.tanh(..., fastmath=True) already lowers to the native tanh.approx.f32 instruction on SM103; an explicit approximate-tanh route produces the same instruction.
  • PTX supports packed FP16 and BF16 approximate tanh on Blackwell. The evaluated FP16x2 candidate made forward 2.5-3.5% slower and failed the FP32 dprob reference in backward (20/1024 mismatches, maximum absolute error 2.9568), so this PR keeps FP32 tanh.
  • Explicit packed-FP32 forward arithmetic and an alternate packed-FMA derivative identity were numerically correct but did not improve the three-run throughput materially, so they are omitted.
  • Final SM103 PTX contains 64 tanh.approx.f32 instructions in each generated forward/backward specialization, zero FP32 divides, 66/98 approximate reciprocals in forward/backward, and packed FP32 arithmetic in dSiTU backward.

Validation

  • B300, cuDNN Frontend 1.27.0 + CuTe DSL 4.5.0:
    • discrete MXFP4/MXFP8 dSiTU-GLU backward cases passed after validating fragment indexing compatibility
  • B300, cuDNN Frontend 1.27.0 + CuTe DSL 4.6.2:
    • dense MXFP8 forward/backward SiTU-GLU cases passed
    • discrete MXFP4/MXFP8/NVFP4 forward/backward cases passed for (beta1, beta2) = (4, 25) and (2, 8)
    • the final optimized implementation passed all 12 focused discrete forward/backward cases
  • B200, cuDNN Frontend 1.27.0 source + CuTe DSL 4.5.2, after removing the unreachable scalar default-beta branches:
    • all 13 focused dSiTU-GLU backward cases passed
    • coverage includes dense MXFP8 plus discrete MXFP4/MXFP8/NVFP4 for (beta1, beta2) = (4, 25) and (2, 8), each with vector_f32=False and True
    • Black formatting check passed for both changed kernel files

The focused cuDNN Frontend tests used the grouped-GEMM test confcutdir. The container's unrelated Transformer Engine/Quack import path references the removed CuTe DSL 4.6 cutlass.cute.core.ThrMma symbol during global pytest discovery; this does not affect the cuDNN Frontend grouped-GEMM tests or kernels.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added block-scaled SiTU-GLU and dSiTU-GLU support for grouped GEMM operations, including Hadamard fusion.
    • Added configurable situ_beta1 and situ_beta2 parameters with validation and default values.
    • Added post-Hadamard Amax output support.
    • Extended support across compatible MXFP4, MXFP8, SM100, and SM103 configurations.
    • Added validation for unsupported backend, data type, and activation combinations.
  • Documentation

    • Documented equations, parameters, backend availability, output behavior, and gradient calculations.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage across supported formats, vectorization modes, cache behavior, and parameter combinations.

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The PR adds block-scaled SiTU-GLU and dSiTU-GLU support. It adds configurable beta parameters, validation, backend restrictions, cache propagation, kernel implementations, Hadamard output updates, documentation, reference calculations, and dense and discrete wrapper tests.

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SiTU-GLU grouped GEMM support

Layer / File(s) Summary
Activation contracts and documentation
docs/fe-oss-apis/gemm_fusions/grouped_gemm_*.md, python/cudnn/gemm/cutedsl/grouped/glu/_blockscaled_api.py, python/cudnn/gemm/cutedsl/grouped/dglu/_blockscaled_api.py
Documents SiTU-GLU and dSiTU-GLU activation names, beta defaults, formulas, cache behavior, vectorization, validation, backend restrictions, and Hadamard outputs.
Forward GLU API and kernel
python/cudnn/gemm/cutedsl/grouped/glu/...
Adds beta validation and propagation through dense and discrete paths. The kernel computes and dispatches SiTU-GLU.
Backward dGLU API and kernel
python/cudnn/gemm/cutedsl/grouped/dglu/...
Adds dSiTU-GLU validation, cache signatures, beta propagation, derivative computation, and dprob handling.
Reference helpers and wrapper tests
test/python/fe_api/grouped_gemm/*
Adds SiTU reference paths and dense/discrete tests for MXFP4, MXFP8, and NVFP4 layouts with default and alternate beta values.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 354d3

The PR adds fused SiTU/dSiTU-GLU paths, but the current head can use a beta1 specialization different from the value used in gradient math and can reject valid non-default compiled configurations when execute arguments are omitted; empty inputs also bypass beta validation. Documentation and one dense backward test leave smaller contract and validation gaps. These are bounded but concrete merge-readiness issues, so the PR should not merge until the parameter-path fixes are addressed or explicitly accepted.

Possibly related PRs

  • NVIDIA/cudnn-frontend#637: Extends related grouped GEMM GLU/Hadamard block-scaled kernels and APIs with activation-specific behavior.

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In `@docs/fe-oss-apis/gemm_fusions/grouped_gemm_dglu.md`:
- Around line 149-150: Update the backward equations in the grouped GEMM DGLU
documentation to use the contract’s defined GEMM result name, ref, instead of
the undefined R; alternatively, define R before those equations, but keep the
notation consistent with the existing ref definition.

In `@docs/fe-oss-apis/gemm_fusions/grouped_gemm_glu.md`:
- Around line 103-110: Update the SiTU-GLU formula to use configurable β1 and β2
symbols instead of hard-coded 4 and 25 values, and document 4.0 and 25.0 as
their respective defaults near the equation. Keep the existing API terminology
and formula behavior unchanged.

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- Around line 504-505: Update the `situ_beta1` parameter documentation to state
that it is included in the cache key and affects constructor specialization;
remove the incorrect claim that it is intentionally excluded. Keep the existing
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1907-1990: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

dsituglu ignores self.vectorized_f32.

dswiglu and dgeglu gate the packed f32x2 path on self.vectorized_f32. dsituglu enters the packed path whenever beta1 is 4, so the vector_f32 configuration knob has no effect for this activation. Users who disable vector_f32 still get packed arithmetic.

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BF16x2 tanh evaluation (not included in this PR)

I evaluated replacing the two FP32 tanh.approx.f32 operations with packed tanh.approx.bf16x2 on the same B300 / cuDNN Frontend 1.27.0 / CuTe DSL 4.6.2 setup. The temporary implementation converted each FP32 pair to BF16, evaluated packed tanh, converted the results back to FP32, and kept the remaining activation/derivative arithmetic in packed FP32.

Precision:

  • PTX specifies maximum relative error 2^-11 for tanh.approx.f32 and maximum absolute error 2^-8 for tanh.approx.bf16{,x2}. These are different error metrics, but BF16 also quantizes the input and output to a 7-bit mantissa.
  • The full 8-case MXFP4/MXFP8 suite produced 3 failures and 5 passes. The (2, 8) cases passed because they use the unchanged general FP32 fallback.
  • K3's (beta1, beta2) = (4, 25) forward MXFP4 case had 676/262,144 mismatches (0.3%), maximum absolute difference 2.0, and maximum relative difference 2.14%.
  • K3 backward failed the FP32 dprob comparison for both MXFP4 and MXFP8: 354/1024 and 348/1024 mismatches, with maximum absolute differences 108.12 and 100.42 respectively.

Speed (median of three per-run medians, same 10 warmups and 120 samples per activation):

Tokens / microbatch FP32 SiTU fwd BF16x2 SiTU fwd Delta FP32 dSiTU bwd BF16x2 dSiTU bwd Delta
4,096 2,570.584 TFLOP/s 2,534.375 TFLOP/s -1.41% 1,581.497 TFLOP/s 1,522.423 TFLOP/s -3.74%
8,192 2,539.983 TFLOP/s 2,514.728 TFLOP/s -0.99% 1,669.175 TFLOP/s 1,625.267 TFLOP/s -2.63%
16,384 2,524.250 TFLOP/s 2,525.488 TFLOP/s +0.05% 1,705.059 TFLOP/s 1,673.914 TFLOP/s -1.83%

Conclusion: BF16x2 tanh is neither numerically acceptable for K3 backward nor faster in this fused epilogue. The PR therefore retains FP32 tanh.approx.f32; the BF16 experiment has been removed from the branch.

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Enable reference validation for the dense dSiTU-GLU test.

skip_ref makes this test verify only wrapper execution. It does not verify the gate derivative, up derivative, or probability gradient. Compare the dense output with the PyTorch reference and use dtype-appropriate tolerances.

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In `@test/python/fe_api/grouped_gemm/test_grouped_gemm_dglu.py` around lines 866 -
894, The dense dSiTU-GLU smoke test should validate outputs against the PyTorch
reference instead of skipping reference checks. Update
test_grouped_gemm_dglu_dense_wrapper_dsituglu_mxfp8 and its
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Document the dprob reduction.

Line 150 currently states dprob accumulates ref * T_g * T_u, but dprob has shape (valid_m, 1, 1). State that the product is reduced across all output columns or 32-column chunks, consistent with the dSwiGLU description at Line 188.

Proposed wording
- and returns `ref * prob * T_u * dT_g/dG` and
- `ref * prob * T_g * dT_u/dU`. `dprob` accumulates `ref * T_g * T_u`.
+ and returns `ref * prob * T_u * dT_g/dG` and
+ `ref * prob * T_g * dT_u/dU`. `dprob` accumulates the reduction of
+ `ref * T_g * T_u` across the output columns.
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In `@docs/fe-oss-apis/gemm_fusions/grouped_gemm_dglu.md` at line 150, Update the
dprob description near the grouped GEMM backward derivation to state that ref *
T_g * T_u is reduced across all output columns or 32-column chunks, consistent
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In `@docs/fe-oss-apis/gemm_fusions/grouped_gemm_dglu.md`:
- Line 150: Update the dprob description near the grouped GEMM backward
derivation to state that ref * T_g * T_u is reduced across all output columns or
32-column chunks, consistent with the dSwiGLU reduction description. Preserve
the existing formula and clarify the resulting (valid_m, 1, 1) shape.

In `@test/python/fe_api/grouped_gemm/test_grouped_gemm_dglu.py`:
- Around line 866-894: The dense dSiTU-GLU smoke test should validate outputs
against the PyTorch reference instead of skipping reference checks. Update
test_grouped_gemm_dglu_dense_wrapper_dsituglu_mxfp8 and its
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Addressed the latest main-thread review findings in e8407f24:

  • enabled numerical reference validation for the dense MXFP8 dSiTU-GLU backward wrapper and extended the dense PyTorch reference to cover dSiTU-GLU, including dgate, dup, and dprob;
  • documented that dprob reduces ref * T_g * T_u across 32-column chunks to (valid_m, 1, 1);
  • made the optimized backward specialization branch on the same compile-time beta1 value used by the derivative math, removing the constructor/launch consistency risk.

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  • Black and Python compile checks pass.
  • On NVIDIA B200 with cuDNN Frontend 1.27.0 and CuTe DSL 4.5.2: 13 passed for the dSiTU-GLU backward matrix (dense MXFP8 reference plus discrete MXFP4/MXFP8/NVFP4, default and alternate betas, vectorized mode on/off).

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Update in 354d3419: complete the NVFP4 forward path by adding situglu to grouped_gemm_glu_hadamard_wrapper_sm100 and its CuTe DSL epilogue.

The scaling-tensor contract exercised by the regular block-scaled GLU/dGLU path is now BF16 or FP32 for alpha/beta; the NVFP4 GLU-Hadamard path receives FP32 alpha. Scaling values are converted to FP32 for SiTU arithmetic. situ_beta1 remains a compile-time specialization and cache-key component, while situ_beta2 remains a runtime FP32 scalar and reuses the compiled beta1 specialization.

The Hadamard path now computes SiTU-GLU, returns the untransformed BF16 activation, and produces both pre-RHT and post-RHT per-expert amax values for downstream NVFP4 quantization.

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  • CuTe DSL 4.5.2: 3 focused tests passed, covering (beta1, beta2)=(4,25) and (2,8) plus beta1-only cache specialization.
  • CuTe DSL 4.6.2: the same 3 focused tests passed.
  • Strict MCore + Transformer Engine integration passed: TE selected native ScaledSiTUGLU, selected GroupedMLP_CuTeGEMMGLU, called the real cuDNN GLU-Hadamard forward wrapper with act_func="situglu" and FP32 alpha, and called the real dGLU backward wrapper with act_func="dsituglu" and FP32 alpha/beta. The regular grouped-GLU forward wrapper was not called.

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576-601: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Use the compiled beta values as execute() defaults.

When the class is constructed with situ_beta1=2.0, an execute() call that omits both beta arguments supplies 4.0 and 25.0. Line 599 then rejects the valid compiled object. Use None defaults and substitute self.situ_beta1 and self.situ_beta2 before validation.

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-        situ_beta1: float = 4.0,
-        situ_beta2: float = 25.0,
+        situ_beta1: Optional[float] = None,
+        situ_beta2: Optional[float] = None,
         current_stream: Optional[cuda.CUstream] = None,
     ) -> None:
+        if situ_beta1 is None:
+            situ_beta1 = self.situ_beta1
+        if situ_beta2 is None:
+            situ_beta2 = self.situ_beta2
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In `@python/cudnn/gemm/cutedsl/grouped/glu_hadamard/api.py` around lines 576 -
601, Update execute() to use None defaults for situ_beta1 and situ_beta2, then
substitute self.situ_beta1 and self.situ_beta2 before the existing validation in
the situglu path. Preserve explicit caller-provided values and ensure omitted
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In `@python/cudnn/gemm/cutedsl/grouped/glu_hadamard/api.py`:
- Around line 683-684: Move the positive-finite validation for situ_beta1 and
situ_beta2 ahead of the a_tensor.shape[0] == 0 early return in the wrapper, so
invalid zero or NaN values are rejected even for empty inputs; keep the existing
API-object construction and fast-path behavior unchanged for valid values.

In
`@python/cudnn/gemm/cutedsl/grouped/glu_hadamard/moe_blockscaled_grouped_gemm_glu_hadamard.py`:
- Around line 566-570: Update the SiTU-GLU formula documentation near the
`situ_beta1` and `situ_beta2` description to include the `prob` factor, matching
the `mProb` multiplication performed by `situglu_act()`. Preserve the existing
beta, tanh, sigmoid, gate, and up terms and show `prob` multiplying the complete
output.

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In `@python/cudnn/gemm/cutedsl/grouped/glu_hadamard/api.py`:
- Around line 576-601: Update execute() to use None defaults for situ_beta1 and
situ_beta2, then substitute self.situ_beta1 and self.situ_beta2 before the
existing validation in the situglu path. Preserve explicit caller-provided
values and ensure omitted arguments match the values specialized during
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Comment on lines +683 to +684
situ_beta1: float = 4.0,
situ_beta2: float = 25.0,

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Validate SiTU beta values before the empty-input return.

When a_tensor.shape[0] == 0, the wrapper returns at Lines 742-743 before it constructs the API object. Invalid SiTU values such as situ_beta1=0.0 or situ_beta2=nan therefore bypass the documented positive-finite validation. Validate these parameters before the zero-size fast path.

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In `@python/cudnn/gemm/cutedsl/grouped/glu_hadamard/api.py` around lines 683 -
684, Move the positive-finite validation for situ_beta1 and situ_beta2 ahead of
the a_tensor.shape[0] == 0 early return in the wrapper, so invalid zero or NaN
values are rejected even for empty inputs; keep the existing API-object
construction and fast-path behavior unchanged for valid values.

Comment on lines +566 to +570
``situ_beta1`` and ``situ_beta2`` configure SiTU-GLU:

out = beta1 * tanh(gate / beta1) * sigmoid(gate)
* beta2 * tanh(up / beta2)

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Add the prob factor to the SiTU-GLU formula.

The formula omits prob. situglu_act() multiplies the output by mProb at Line 1124. Document out = prob * beta1 * tanh(...) * sigmoid(gate) * beta2 * tanh(...).

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In
`@python/cudnn/gemm/cutedsl/grouped/glu_hadamard/moe_blockscaled_grouped_gemm_glu_hadamard.py`
around lines 566 - 570, Update the SiTU-GLU formula documentation near the
`situ_beta1` and `situ_beta2` description to include the `prob` factor, matching
the `mProb` multiplication performed by `situglu_act()`. Preserve the existing
beta, tanh, sigmoid, gate, and up terms and show `prob` multiplying the complete
output.

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The SiTU-GLU activation (NVIDIA#645) added both to the wrappers after these keys were
written. Both feed the op cache key via activation_cache_signature, so without
them a memo hit serves an op compiled for different betas -- wrong numerics, no
error. Caught by test_memo_key_covers_every_wrapper_parameter on the rebase.
Anerudhan pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Aug 24, 2026
* cutedsl gemm: cache the two lookups every operand pays for

_convert_to_cutlass_data_type and the torch.Tensor class probe are both called
tens of times per launch and both answer from a fixed table, so memoize them.
Process-wide, so every CuTeDSL op benefits, and neither changes what is checked.

* grouped gemm: memoize the per-launch descriptor and stream lookups

execute() rebuilds a canonical TensorDesc for every operand on every launch and
re-resolves the launch stream, both of which are decided entirely by values that
are in the new cache keys. A miss still runs the full check, so no operand is
trusted on account of its identity -- an operand differing in shape, stride,
dtype or device takes a different key. Data-pointer alignment is checked by the
caller on every launch and is not cached.

* grouped gemm: skip the wrapper derivation on a metadata-keyed memo hit

Everything between the wrapper entry and op.execute() -- resolving dtypes,
deriving (m, n, experts), rebuilding the op cache key -- is a pure function of
the operands' metadata plus the scalar config, so memoize on exactly that.

The key is metadata, deliberately not object identity: CPython recycles a
tensor's address as soon as it is freed, so an id-keyed memo answers for tensors
it never saw. A hit still calls op.execute(), which validates every operand
including the data pointers the key omits.

Covers the unfused, GLU and dGLU wrappers.

* grouped gemm: cover situ_beta1/situ_beta2 in the GLU and dGLU memo keys

The SiTU-GLU activation (#645) added both to the wrappers after these keys were
written. Both feed the op cache key via activation_cache_signature, so without
them a memo hit serves an op compiled for different betas -- wrong numerics, no
error. Caught by test_memo_key_covers_every_wrapper_parameter on the rebase.
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