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Summary

Unify the function and sweeping logic for benchmark scripts

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  • New Features

    • Added unified options for configuration sweeps, timing modes, profiling, progress output, and rotating input buffers.
    • Added pooled benchmark data with automatic, memory-aware buffer sizing.
    • Expanded split and unsplit matrix geometry coverage across supported GPU architectures.
    • Improved block-scale, FP4, FP8, and MoE data preparation.
  • Improvements

    • Standardized benchmark results, memory reporting, configuration selection, and profiling output.
    • Enhanced validation and filtering of compatible configurations.

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  • benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_block_scale_matmul.py
  • benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_matmul.py
  • benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_matmul_mixed_input.py
  • benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_matmul_swiglu.py
  • benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_moe_block_scale_matmul.py
  • benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_moe_grouped_matmul.py
  • benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_moe_grouped_matmul_models.py
  • benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_utils.py

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The PR centralizes Frost benchmark utilities for configuration selection, tensor preparation, buffer rotation, timing, Nsight Systems profiling, and reporting. It also expands tile catalogs to support split-M geometries and updates GEMM and MoE benchmarks to use the shared interfaces.

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Tile geometry catalog

Layer / File(s) Summary
MMA-based tile enumeration and validation
python/cudnn/gemm/frost/tile_config.py, test/python/gemm/frost/test_*.py
Catalog generation derives CTA M dimensions from MMA instruction dimensions and instruction counts. Tests cover split and unsplit SM100 and SM107 geometries.

Shared benchmark utilities

Layer / File(s) Summary
Configuration, execution, and data utilities
benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_utils.py
Shared helpers handle configuration resolution, sweep arguments, rotating pools, CUDA timing, Nsight Systems parsing, reference-kernel detection, block-scale conversion, E8M0 generation, and MoE offsets.

Standard and block-scale GEMM benchmarks

Layer / File(s) Summary
GEMM utility migration
benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_matmul*.py, benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_block_scale_matmul*.py
Benchmarks replace local configuration, timing, rotation, profiling, and data helpers with shared utilities. SwiGLU paths use structured pooled datasets and shared timing and rotation.

MoE benchmarks

Layer / File(s) Summary
MoE utility migration and pooled execution
benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_moe_*.py
MoE benchmarks use shared configuration, offset, scale-generation, timing, profiling, and pool helpers. Fused and baseline paths support independently allocated rotating input sets.

Estimated code review effort: 5 (Critical) | ~120 minutes

Suggested labels: orig-nv-eng, cat-enhancements, mod-frost

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  participant Benchmark
  participant benchmark_utils
  participant CUDA
  participant NsightSystems
  Benchmark->>benchmark_utils: select configuration and allocate buffer pool
  Benchmark->>benchmark_utils: launch rotating timed benchmark
  benchmark_utils->>CUDA: execute GEMM or MoE kernel
  Benchmark->>benchmark_utils: request Nsight Systems profiling
  benchmark_utils->>NsightSystems: collect and parse kernel statistics
  benchmark_utils-->>Benchmark: return timing and profiling results
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benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_moe_grouped_matmul_models.py (1)

442-442: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Bind plan and vp as default arguments in the warmup lambda.

Ruff B023 flags that the lambda does not bind the loop variables. time_ms calls it inside the same iteration, so the current code is correct. Every other migrated script in this cohort uses the _plan=plan, _h=h form. Match that form to silence the linter and keep the pattern uniform.

♻️ Proposed refactor
-        ms = time_ms(rotating(plan, vps), lambda: plan(vp), warmup=args.warmup, iters=args.iters, timing=args.timing)
+        ms = time_ms(rotating(plan, vps), lambda _plan=plan, _vp=vp: _plan(_vp), warmup=args.warmup, iters=args.iters, timing=args.timing)
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In `@benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_moe_grouped_matmul_models.py` at line 442,
Update the warmup lambda passed to time_ms in the rotating benchmark loop to
bind plan and vp as default arguments, using the established underscore-prefixed
parameter pattern, while preserving the existing plan(vp) invocation.

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benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_matmul_swiglu.py (1)

178-178: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Consider unpacking the pooled set instead of indexing it.

Line 178 reorders positional slots (s[4] before s[3]) to match _unfused_launch(a, b0, b1, scale, out). Line 213 indexes five slots inline. The mapping is correct today. If _mkdata gains or reorders a field, these call sites break silently rather than at the definition.

The sibling benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_moe_grouped_matmul_swiglu.py solves this by unpacking the set inside a launch helper. Consider the same here.

Also applies to: 213-213

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In `@benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_matmul_swiglu.py` at line 178, Update the
launch call sites around rotating and _unfused_launch to unpack the pooled set
into named or positional variables in a helper, then pass those variables in the
required _unfused_launch(a, b0, b1, scale, out) order. Apply the same change to
both affected call sites and align the approach with the sibling grouped-matmul
benchmark.
benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_matmul.py (1)

203-203: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Five scripts read the hidden worker flag with getattr and a constant name. add_sweep_args registers --_nsys-worker, and argparse derives the destination _nsys_worker, so plain attribute access works. Ruff B009 flags each site. Replace getattr(args, "_nsys_worker") with args._nsys_worker at:

  • benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_matmul.py#L203-L203: use if args._nsys_worker:.
  • benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_block_scale_matmul.py#L334-L334: use if args._nsys_worker:.
  • benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_matmul_mixed_input.py#L233-L233: use if args._nsys_worker:.
  • benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_moe_block_scale_matmul.py#L275-L275: use if args._nsys_worker:.
  • benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_moe_grouped_matmul.py#L235-L235: use if args._nsys_worker:.
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In `@benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_matmul.py` at line 203, Replace the
constant-name getattr calls with direct args._nsys_worker access at
benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_matmul.py:203-203,
benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_block_scale_matmul.py:334-334,
benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_matmul_mixed_input.py:233-233,
benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_moe_block_scale_matmul.py:275-275, and
benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_moe_grouped_matmul.py:235-235; preserve each
existing conditional behavior.

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benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_block_scale_matmul.py (1)

70-72: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Four _build_plan implementations call spec_for twice for one plan build. Each indexes the returned tuple twice (spec_for(...)[1] and spec_for(...)[2]), which repeats the map lookup and the regex fallback. benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_matmul.py#L77 already uses the single-lookup form. Apply that form at each site:

  • benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_block_scale_matmul.py#L70-L72: unpack _, cta_group, scheduler = spec_for(name, _SPEC_MAP) and pass the locals.
  • benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_matmul_mixed_input.py#L99-L101: unpack _, cta_group, scheduler = spec_for(name, _SPEC_MAP) and pass the locals.
  • benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_moe_block_scale_matmul.py#L50-L52: unpack _, cta_group, scheduler = spec_for(name, _SPEC_MAP) and pass the locals.
  • benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_moe_grouped_matmul.py#L52-L54: unpack _, cta_group, scheduler = spec_for(name, _SPEC_MAP) and pass the locals.
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In `@benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_block_scale_matmul.py` around lines 70 - 72,
Update the _build_plan implementations in
benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_block_scale_matmul.py:70-72,
benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_matmul_mixed_input.py:99-101,
benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_moe_block_scale_matmul.py:50-52, and
benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_moe_grouped_matmul.py:52-54 to call
spec_for(name, _SPEC_MAP) once, unpack its result into cta_group and scheduler
locals, and pass those locals to jit_from_cudnn_graph while preserving the
existing plan behavior.
benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_moe_block_scale_matmul.py (1)

185-186: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Three migrated benchmarks size the rotation pool by allocating a throwaway tensor set. Each of these call sites builds a complete device-side data set — packed FP4/FP8 operands plus every blocked scale-factor blob — only to sum numel * element_size, then discards it. The allocation runs before nbuf is resolved, so peak memory transiently carries one extra set and startup pays the full data-prep cost an extra time. benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_matmul.py (analytic _per_set_bytes) and benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_moe_grouped_matmul_models.py#L384 (set_bytes over the already-allocated tensors of d) show the two correct patterns.

  • benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_moe_block_scale_matmul.py#L185-L186: replace the _mkdata call in _per_set_bytes with an analytic byte count from S, N, K, E and the combo's element sizes, or move the sizing after wset is built and pass set_bytes(wset).
  • benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_block_scale_matmul.py#L331-L332: build wset = _mkdata(B, M, N, K, combo) once, derive per_set = set_bytes(wset) from it, and reuse wset as the warmup buffer instead of calling _mkdata again at line 406.
  • benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_moe_block_scale_matmul_swiglu.py#L266-L266: move the wset = _mkdata(...) creation from line 295 up before the sizing and set per_set = set_bytes(wset), so no set is allocated purely to be measured.
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In `@benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_moe_block_scale_matmul.py` around lines 185 -
186, Remove throwaway tensor-set allocations used only for rotation-pool sizing.
In benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_moe_block_scale_matmul.py:185-186, update
_per_set_bytes to calculate analytically or size an already-built wset; in
benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_block_scale_matmul.py:331-332, build wset once,
derive per_set with set_bytes(wset), and reuse it for warmup; in
benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_moe_block_scale_matmul_swiglu.py:266, create wset
before sizing, derive per_set from it, and reuse it instead of allocating again
later.
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Inline comments:
In `@benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_moe_grouped_matmul_models.py`:
- Around line 391-405: Update the baseline label in the print statement
following the baseline timing so it explicitly indicates when buffers do not
rotate, using the existing dtype or buffer-set state to distinguish the
unrotated mxfp8 case while preserving the current label for rotating baselines.

In `@benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_utils.py`:
- Around line 240-244: Update the unit parsing in the benchmark report reader
around cols, med_i, and per_ms to validate that the Med header matches the
expected pattern and that its unit is supported; when validation fails, raise an
error that includes the report text instead of allowing AttributeError or
KeyError to escape.

In `@test/python/gemm/frost/test_block_scale_matmul.py`:
- Line 1853: Update the comment near the num_mma_m description to replace both
Unicode multiplication signs with ASCII “x” characters, preserving the comment’s
meaning and wording otherwise.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_block_scale_matmul.py`:
- Around line 70-72: Update the _build_plan implementations in
benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_block_scale_matmul.py:70-72,
benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_matmul_mixed_input.py:99-101,
benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_moe_block_scale_matmul.py:50-52, and
benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_moe_grouped_matmul.py:52-54 to call
spec_for(name, _SPEC_MAP) once, unpack its result into cta_group and scheduler
locals, and pass those locals to jit_from_cudnn_graph while preserving the
existing plan behavior.

In `@benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_matmul_swiglu.py`:
- Line 178: Update the launch call sites around rotating and _unfused_launch to
unpack the pooled set into named or positional variables in a helper, then pass
those variables in the required _unfused_launch(a, b0, b1, scale, out) order.
Apply the same change to both affected call sites and align the approach with
the sibling grouped-matmul benchmark.

In `@benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_matmul.py`:
- Line 203: Replace the constant-name getattr calls with direct
args._nsys_worker access at benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_matmul.py:203-203,
benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_block_scale_matmul.py:334-334,
benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_matmul_mixed_input.py:233-233,
benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_moe_block_scale_matmul.py:275-275, and
benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_moe_grouped_matmul.py:235-235; preserve each
existing conditional behavior.

In `@benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_moe_block_scale_matmul.py`:
- Around line 185-186: Remove throwaway tensor-set allocations used only for
rotation-pool sizing. In
benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_moe_block_scale_matmul.py:185-186, update
_per_set_bytes to calculate analytically or size an already-built wset; in
benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_block_scale_matmul.py:331-332, build wset once,
derive per_set with set_bytes(wset), and reuse it for warmup; in
benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_moe_block_scale_matmul_swiglu.py:266, create wset
before sizing, derive per_set from it, and reuse it instead of allocating again
later.

In `@benchmark/gemm/frost/benchmark_moe_grouped_matmul_models.py`:
- Line 442: Update the warmup lambda passed to time_ms in the rotating benchmark
loop to bind plan and vp as default arguments, using the established
underscore-prefixed parameter pattern, while preserving the existing plan(vp)
invocation.
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# 2 cta_n × the shared 15-cluster enumeration.
assert len(sm107) == 30
pat = re.compile(r"^CONFIG_sm107_128x(128|256)x128_128x(128|256)x64_cluster\d+x\d+$")
# num_mma_m {1,2} × 2 cta_n × the shared 15-cluster enumeration.

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Replace the Unicode multiplication signs.

Ruff reports RUF003 for both × characters in this comment. Use ASCII x so the lint check does not report ambiguous Unicode characters.

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[warning] 1853-1853: Comment contains ambiguous × (MULTIPLICATION SIGN). Did you mean x (LATIN SMALL LETTER X)?

(RUF003)


[warning] 1853-1853: Comment contains ambiguous × (MULTIPLICATION SIGN). Did you mean x (LATIN SMALL LETTER X)?

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In `@test/python/gemm/frost/test_block_scale_matmul.py` at line 1853, Update the
comment near the num_mma_m description to replace both Unicode multiplication
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