Clean up FROST LA files + bprop optimizations - #708
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe change centralizes FROST pointwise helpers, updates split-K scheduling and workspace terminology, renames GDN, GDN2, and KDA operator internals, changes GDN backward warp configuration, and expands execution and benchmark documentation. ChangesLinear attention execution and validation
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to The PR is broadly mergeable, but owner follow-up is needed for two bounded test issues: verify that the default invocation actually selects the split schedule and restore or confirm the required L0-L4 test marker so repository test selection remains correct. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 3 | ❌ 2❌ Failed checks (2 warnings)
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In `@python/cudnn/linear_attention/frost/gdn2_engine.py`:
- Around line 156-161: Update the plan setup around self.needs_table so
build_split_table is invoked with split=False when self.split is false,
populating the freshly allocated work_items and work_count buffers before
recompute or backward kernels use them; retain the cached compiled split-table
path for split=True.
In `@test/python/linear_attention/test_la.py`:
- Around line 418-419: Assign the repository’s established L0–L4 test markers to
all listed tests in test/python/linear_attention/test_la.py:
test_fwd_split_initial_state (418-419), test_bwd_split_initial_state (638-639),
test_fwd_innermost_contiguous_inputs (741-743),
test_bwd_innermost_contiguous_inputs (761-763), and
test_cutile_rejects_strided_inputs (785-787) should use appropriate fast/parity
levels; test_hang_stress_tile_boundary_pipeline (1608-1612),
test_hang_stress_zero_length_tiles (1619-1623), and
test_hang_stress_initial_state_boundaries (1632-1636) should use a higher level
than the fast parity tests.
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In `@README.md`:
- Around line 71-82: Update the GDN Forward and Bprop, KDA Forward and Bprop,
and GDN-2 Forward and Bprop headings to use level-3 Markdown headings by
changing each leading #### marker to ###, while leaving their content and images
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417-429: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winProve that the default invocation selects the split schedule.
The test compares the default call with
batch_invariant=True, but it never observes which schedule the default call selected. If scheduling falls back to the uncut path, both calls can use the same path and all assertions can still pass. The removedsplit_k.build_split_tableinspection was the only path-selection evidence. Add a supported schedule/work-item assertion or retain a focused scheduler test soSPLIT_Tproves split-K coverage.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@test/python/linear_attention/test_la.py`:
- Around line 417-429: The test test_fwd_split_initial_state must explicitly
verify that the default run selects the split schedule rather than merely
matching batch_invariant=True. Add a supported scheduler or work-item assertion,
or retain a focused split-table inspection, using SPLIT_T to confirm split-K
coverage while preserving the existing numerical comparisons.
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Clean up FROST LA kernels and some bprop optimizations.
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