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…r extent choose_split_kv computed a split and then nothing used it. Two defects, both on the delivery path rather than in the cost model: - _split_points returned [no_split, chosen], so the chosen split landed at plan[1]. build_plans() stops at the first entry that builds and execute() runs _plan_index, so a plain build ALWAYS took the unsplit plan; the split was reachable only through select_plan or an ALL-policy autotune. Return [chosen, no_split] instead — the split leads, and no-split stays reachable behind it. - The model was fed rows_per_tile = tile_m * cga, but an SM100 d128 cluster covers TILES_Q * TILE_M * CTA_MMA Q rows on its CTA pair — twice that. The doubled tile count reads a half-empty machine as full, so the chooser under-splits or declines to split at all. Use _pack_gqa_tile_q, the helper that already answers "Q rows one grid tile covers", and the same extent every test in test_split_kv_heuristic.py already assumed. Flipping the lead moved the split into the base knob set, which exposed a third: the "a split set rides the plain scheduler" coupling lived only in the splits[1:] runner-up loop, so a LEADING split inherited the derived LPT_L2 policy on causal graphs — unbuildable on SM120, which raises on split_kv > 1 under an LPT remap. The coupling now binds whichever leg leads, and scheduler runners ride an unsplit leg. The chooser itself is unchanged, so a grid that already fills the machine still does not split. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe SDPA forward heuristic now derives split-KV candidates from device and KV geometry, includes combine-kernel latency, uses exact launch geometry, and couples split plans to the plain scheduler. Engine capabilities now use a boolean split-support flag. ChangesSDPA split-KV heuristics
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In `@test/python/sdpa/frost/test_split_kv_heuristic.py`:
- Line 264: Add the pytest.mark.L0 decorator to
test_split_points_feeds_the_exact_cluster_extent so this new lightweight
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split_kv had two lists. choose_split_kv scored an implicit power-of-two ladder
bounded by _SPLIT_KV_MAX, while _split_points projected the winner onto
caps.split_kvs and returned usable[-1]. They agreed only because {1,2,4} was a
prefix of the ladder; on any other domain the returned split was one the model
had never scored.
Separate the two roles that field was sharing. Capabilities.split_kvs becomes
split_kv_supported, a boolean gate on whether the row wires the split path at
all — mismatch() checks it in the block that already special-cases
split_kv > 1, rather than in the uniform domain table, and it imposes no upper
bound because the kernels have none. WHICH splits are worth scoring becomes
split_kv_candidates(sm_count, kv_tiles): powers of two up to
2**ceil(log2(sm_count)), bounded by kv_tiles // _SPLIT_KV_MIN_TILES.
choose_split_kv loops exactly that list; _SPLIT_KV_MAX, max_split and the
usable[-1] snap are gone.
A split launches two kernels, so cost(s) is now two latencies summed:
cost(s) = waves(s) * (ceil(kv_tiles/s) + CTA_COST)
+ combine_waves * (s * COMBINE_COST)
combine_waves = ceil(S_q*H_q*B / sm_count), because split_combine_sm100's grid
is (S_q, H, B) — one block per output row, independent of s; only the per-block
work grows with s. Both terms are latency, so the combine cannot double-count
the parallelism the wave factor already divided out. Without it s reached the
model only through waves(s), a step function, leaving a larger split free
between wave boundaries.
_B300_FIT is re-measured for the new model.
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In `@python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/engines.py`:
- Around line 311-315: Update the split_kv eligibility validation before its
existing range checks to reject values that are not actual non-boolean integers,
including 1.5 and True, so invalid knobs cannot reach lowering; preserve the
current handling for valid integer values and add regression coverage for both
cases.
In `@test/python/sdpa/frost/test_split_kv_heuristic.py`:
- Around line 328-335: Add the pytest.mark.L0 decorator to each new heuristic
test, including test_ladder_is_derived_from_the_device and the additional tests
in the same section, while preserving their existing parametrization and test
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| if knobs.split_kv is not None and knobs.split_kv < 1: | ||
| return f"requested split_kv={knobs.split_kv} is not a split count (1 = off)" | ||
| if knobs.split_kv is not None and knobs.split_kv > 1: | ||
| if not capabilities.split_kv_supported: | ||
| return "split_kv > 1 is not wired in this engine's lowering" |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Reject non-integer split counts before lowering.
SdpaFwdKnobs(split_kv=1.5) passes this gate on a split-capable row. True also passes as an unsplit value. Both values violate the Optional[int] knob contract and can reach the adapter instead of making the engine ineligible. Validate an actual non-boolean int before these range checks. Add regression cases for 1.5 and True.
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+ if knobs.split_kv is not None and (
+ not isinstance(knobs.split_kv, int) or isinstance(knobs.split_kv, bool)
+ ):
+ return f"requested split_kv={knobs.split_kv} is not an integer split count"
if knobs.split_kv is not None and knobs.split_kv < 1:
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| if knobs.split_kv is not None and knobs.split_kv < 1: | |
| return f"requested split_kv={knobs.split_kv} is not a split count (1 = off)" | |
| if knobs.split_kv is not None and knobs.split_kv > 1: | |
| if not capabilities.split_kv_supported: | |
| return "split_kv > 1 is not wired in this engine's lowering" | |
| if knobs.split_kv is not None and ( | |
| not isinstance(knobs.split_kv, int) or isinstance(knobs.split_kv, bool) | |
| ): | |
| return f"requested split_kv={knobs.split_kv} is not an integer split count" | |
| if knobs.split_kv is not None and knobs.split_kv < 1: | |
| return f"requested split_kv={knobs.split_kv} is not a split count (1 = off)" | |
| if knobs.split_kv is not None and knobs.split_kv > 1: | |
| if not capabilities.split_kv_supported: | |
| return "split_kv > 1 is not wired in this engine's lowering" |
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In `@python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/engines.py` around lines 311 - 315, Update the split_kv
eligibility validation before its existing range checks to reject values that
are not actual non-boolean integers, including 1.5 and True, so invalid knobs
cannot reach lowering; preserve the current handling for valid integer values
and add regression coverage for both cases.
| @pytest.mark.parametrize("sm_count,top", [(148, 256), (132, 256), (108, 128), (84, 128), (16, 16), (1, 1)]) | ||
| def test_ladder_is_derived_from_the_device(sm_count, top): | ||
| """THE single split list, derived per device rather than declared per row: | ||
| powers of two up to 2**ceil(log2(sm_count)) — you never need more CTA-tiles | ||
| than the machine has SMs.""" | ||
| got = split_kv_candidates(sm_count=sm_count, kv_tiles=1 << 20) | ||
| assert got[0] == 1 and got[-1] == top | ||
| assert got == [1 << i for i in range(len(got))] |
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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Add L0 markers to the new heuristic tests.
These new deterministic tests have no L0 through L4 marker. Add @pytest.mark.L0 to each new test.
As per coding guidelines, “Mark every new Python test with a level from L0 through L4.”
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In `@test/python/sdpa/frost/test_split_kv_heuristic.py` around lines 328 - 335,
Add the pytest.mark.L0 decorator to each new heuristic test, including
test_ladder_is_derived_from_the_device and the additional tests in the same
section, while preserving their existing parametrization and test logic.
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The sm120 CI failure here (job 412040217, `frost:rel:sdpa:sm120`) is a missing `combine_rows` kwarg in `test_sdpa_fwd_split_kv_sm120.py`'s `_expected_split` helper — `choose_split_kv` gained that required keyword-only arg on this branch, and the sm100 test sibling already passes it but sm120's didn't. I rebased this branch onto latest develop (clean, no conflicts) and fixed the sm120 test to match: yanzhuo607#1 |
…758) choose_split_kv gained a required combine_rows keyword-only argument for the combine-pass cost term (#720), but the sm120 expected-split helper wasn't updated to match, unlike its sm100 sibling in test_sdpa_fwd_split_kv_sm100.py which already passes it. The squash-merge of #720 dropped the follow-up fix (yanzhuo607#1), so develop's sm120 CI (frost:rel:sdpa:sm120) is broken again: TypeError: choose_split_kv() missing 1 required keyword-only argument: 'combine_rows' Co-authored-by: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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choose_split_kv computed a split and then nothing used it. Two defects, both on the delivery path rather than in the cost model:
_split_points returned [no_split, chosen], so the chosen split landed at plan[1]. build_plans() stops at the first entry that builds and execute() runs _plan_index, so a plain build ALWAYS took the unsplit plan; the split was reachable only through select_plan or an ALL-policy autotune. Return [chosen, no_split] instead — the split leads, and no-split stays reachable behind it.
The model was fed rows_per_tile = tile_m * cga, but an SM100 d128 cluster covers TILES_Q * TILE_M * CTA_MMA Q rows on its CTA pair — twice that. The doubled tile count reads a half-empty machine as full, so the chooser under-splits or declines to split at all. Use _pack_gqa_tile_q, the helper that already answers "Q rows one grid tile covers", and the same extent every test in test_split_kv_heuristic.py already assumed.
Flipping the lead moved the split into the base knob set, which exposed a third: the "a split set rides the plain scheduler" coupling lived only in the splits[1:] runner-up loop, so a LEADING split inherited the derived LPT_L2 policy on causal graphs — unbuildable on SM120, which raises on split_kv > 1 under an LPT remap. The coupling now binds whichever leg leads, and scheduler runners ride an unsplit leg.
The chooser itself is unchanged, so a grid that already fills the machine still does not split.
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