feat(ci): Update TheRock reference to (c01e3a3 - 10-12-2026) and add skip-ci-config.toml

.github/actions/ci-env/action.yml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ description: "Single source of truth for shared CI constants (TheRock ref, Docke
 outputs:
   therock-ref:
     description: "TheRock commit hash to use"
-    value: "015ba176c2db9bfaf5f9a2e7a774bd3e88b72a74" # 2026-10-09
+    value: "c01e3a3f3f67966dd35612cf363b49964f33cd47" # 2026-10-12
   kpack-ref:
     description: "rocm-systems commit whose shared/kpack provides the rocm_kpack packing tooling"
     # Copied into dnn-providers/hip-kernel-provider/cmake/KpackPython.cmake and
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ outputs:
     value: "a022846cf553c2b135410a5168f97705f1b9c6ac" # 2026-08-22
   baseline-run-id:
     description: "TheRock workflow run ID for prebuilt stage artifacts"
-    value: "37869200457" # Updated by assistant-librarian[bot] on submodule bumps
+    value: "38220501023" # Updated by assistant-librarian[bot] on submodule bumps
   docker-image:
     description: "Docker container image for Linux builds"
     value: "ghcr.io/rocm/therock_build_manylinux_x86_64@sha256:cf4f6d9909056906e4a1c0bc4c245658a0af4c6a6174082a86adfa2d518b7aeb"

.github/skip-ci-config.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+# Skip CI Configuration for rocm-libraries
+#
+# This file defines which file patterns can skip TheRock CI.
+# When all changed files match these patterns, CI can be skipped.
+#
+# These patterns extend TheRock's base patterns in
+# build_tools/github_actions/skip-ci-base.toml.
+#
+# Pattern syntax: fnmatch glob patterns (*, ?, [abc])
+# See https://docs.python.org/3/library/fnmatch.html
+#
+# To add platform-specific skips (e.g., skip Windows CI for Linux-only projects),
+# use the [skip_ci.linux] or [skip_ci.windows] sections.
+
+version = 1
+
+[skip_ci]
+# Common patterns that skip CI on all platforms
+common = [
+    # Documentation and metadata files
+    "*.clinerules",
+    "*.cursorrules",
+    "*.mdc",
+    "*.md",
+    "*.rst",
+    "*.rtf",
+    "*.pre-commit-config.*",
+    "*CODEOWNERS",
+    "*LICENSE",
+    "*/.markdownlint-ci2.yaml",
+    "*/.readthedocs.yaml",
+    "*/.spellcheck.local.yaml",
+    "*/.wordlist.txt",
+    ".github/label*.yml",
+    ".gitignore",
+    "dnn-providers/*/.gitignore",
+    "dnn-providers/*/docs/*",
+    "docs/*",
+    "projects/*/.gitignore",
+    "projects/*/docs/*",
+
+    # Tools are standalone scripts/utilities not part of the build or test pipeline.
+    # Changes here should not trigger CI builds.
+    "projects/hipdnn/tools/*",
+    "shared/*/.gitignore",
+    "shared/*/docs/*",
+
+    # ComposableKernel directories not built by TheRock
+    "projects/composablekernel/Jenkinsfile",
+    "projects/composablekernel/Docker*",
+    "projects/composablekernel/client_example/*",
+    "projects/composablekernel/codegen/*",
+    "projects/composablekernel/dispatcher/*",
+    "projects/composablekernel/example/*",
+    "projects/composablekernel/experimental/*",
+    "projects/composablekernel/profiler/*",
+    "projects/composablekernel/python/*",
+    "projects/composablekernel/rocm_ck/*",
+    "projects/composablekernel/script/*",
+    "projects/composablekernel/test/*",
+    "projects/composablekernel/test_data/*",
+    "projects/composablekernel/tile_engine/*",
+    "projects/composablekernel/tutorial/*",
+    "projects/composablekernel/vars/*",
+    "projects/composablekernel/groovy/*",
+]
+
+# Patterns that skip CI only on Linux (e.g., Windows-only projects)
+linux = []
+
+# Patterns that skip CI only on Windows (e.g., Linux-only projects)
+windows = []

.github/workflows/clang-tidy.yml

@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
         with:
           repository: ROCm/TheRock
-          ref: 015ba176c2db9bfaf5f9a2e7a774bd3e88b72a74 # 2026-10-09
+          ref: c01e3a3f3f67966dd35612cf363b49964f33cd47 # 2026-10-12
           path: TheRock
 
       - name: Install base dependencies

.github/workflows/therock-ci-nightly.yml

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           repository: "ROCm/TheRock"
           path: TheRock
-          ref: ${{ inputs.therock_ref_override || '015ba176c2db9bfaf5f9a2e7a774bd3e88b72a74' }}
+          ref: ${{ inputs.therock_ref_override || 'c01e3a3f3f67966dd35612cf363b49964f33cd47' }}
 
       - name: Log locked TheRock ref
         run: |

.github/workflows/therock-multi-arch-ci-asan-nightly.yml

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   setup:
-    uses: ROCm/TheRock/.github/workflows/setup_multi_arch.yml@015ba176c2db9bfaf5f9a2e7a774bd3e88b72a74 # 2026-10-09
+    uses: ROCm/TheRock/.github/workflows/setup_multi_arch.yml@c01e3a3f3f67966dd35612cf363b49964f33cd47 # 2026-10-12
     with:
       build_variant: "asan"
       linux_amdgpu_families: "gfx94X,gfx950,gfx125X"
@@ -37,8 +37,16 @@ jobs:
       build_pytorch: false
       build_jax: false
       repository: ROCm/TheRock
-      ref: 015ba176c2db9bfaf5f9a2e7a774bd3e88b72a74 # 2026-10-09
-      external_repo: '{"repository":"${{ github.repository }}","ref":"${{ github.sha }}"}'
+      ref: c01e3a3f3f67966dd35612cf363b49964f33cd47 # 2026-10-12
+      # event_name tells TheRock this is a schedule/workflow_dispatch run with no
+      # meaningful diff, so it always runs CI. Without it, TheRock falls back to
+      # `git diff HEAD^` against a depth-1 checkout, which fails.
+      external_repo: >-
+        {
+          "repository": "${{ github.repository }}",
+          "ref": "${{ github.sha }}",
+          "event_name": "${{ github.event_name }}"
+        }
 
   log_therock_ref:
     name: Locked TheRock ref
@@ -64,7 +72,7 @@ jobs:
         needs.setup.outputs.linux_build_config != '' &&
         needs.setup.outputs.enable_build_jobs == 'true'
       }}
-    uses: ROCm/TheRock/.github/workflows/multi_arch_ci_linux.yml@015ba176c2db9bfaf5f9a2e7a774bd3e88b72a74 # 2026-10-09
+    uses: ROCm/TheRock/.github/workflows/multi_arch_ci_linux.yml@c01e3a3f3f67966dd35612cf363b49964f33cd47 # 2026-10-12
     secrets: inherit
     with:
       build_config: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.linux_build_config }}
@@ -75,7 +83,7 @@ jobs:
       test_type: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.test_type }}
       external_repo_config: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.external_repo_config }}
       repository: ROCm/TheRock
-      ref: 015ba176c2db9bfaf5f9a2e7a774bd3e88b72a74 # 2026-10-09
+      ref: c01e3a3f3f67966dd35612cf363b49964f33cd47 # 2026-10-12
     permissions:
       contents: read
       id-token: write
@@ -92,7 +100,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
         with:
           repository: "ROCm/TheRock"
-          ref: 015ba176c2db9bfaf5f9a2e7a774bd3e88b72a74 # 2026-10-09
+          ref: c01e3a3f3f67966dd35612cf363b49964f33cd47 # 2026-10-12
           sparse-checkout: build_tools/github_actions
           sparse-checkout-cone-mode: true
 

.github/workflows/therock-multi-arch-ci-asan.yml

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   setup:
-    uses: ROCm/TheRock/.github/workflows/setup_multi_arch.yml@015ba176c2db9bfaf5f9a2e7a774bd3e88b72a74 # 2026-10-09
+    uses: ROCm/TheRock/.github/workflows/setup_multi_arch.yml@c01e3a3f3f67966dd35612cf363b49964f33cd47 # 2026-10-12
     with:
       build_variant: "asan"
       linux_amdgpu_families: ${{ inputs.linux_amdgpu_families || 'gfx94X,gfx950,gfx125X' }}
@@ -70,8 +70,20 @@ jobs:
       build_pytorch: false
       build_jax: false
       repository: ROCm/TheRock
-      ref: 015ba176c2db9bfaf5f9a2e7a774bd3e88b72a74 # 2026-10-09
-      external_repo: '{"repository":"${{ github.repository }}","ref":"${{ github.sha }}"}'
+      ref: c01e3a3f3f67966dd35612cf363b49964f33cd47 # 2026-10-12
+      # The SHAs, event name, and skip-CI config path let TheRock compute the
+      # changed-file set and skip CI for docs-only changes. Without them it
+      # falls back to `git diff HEAD^` against a depth-1 checkout, which fails.
+      external_repo: >-
+        {
+          "repository": "${{ github.repository }}",
+          "ref": "${{ github.sha }}",
+          "base_sha": "${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha || github.event.before }}",
+          "head_sha": "${{ github.sha }}",
+          "pr_number": ${{ github.event.pull_request.number || 'null' }},
+          "event_name": "${{ github.event_name }}",
+          "skip_ci_config": ".github/skip-ci-config.toml"
+        }
 
   linux_build_and_test:
     name: Linux::${{ fromJSON(needs.setup.outputs.linux_build_config || '{}').build_variant_label || 'skip' }}
@@ -81,7 +93,7 @@ jobs:
         needs.setup.outputs.linux_build_config != '' &&
         needs.setup.outputs.enable_build_jobs == 'true'
       }}
-    uses: ROCm/TheRock/.github/workflows/multi_arch_ci_linux.yml@015ba176c2db9bfaf5f9a2e7a774bd3e88b72a74 # 2026-10-09
+    uses: ROCm/TheRock/.github/workflows/multi_arch_ci_linux.yml@c01e3a3f3f67966dd35612cf363b49964f33cd47 # 2026-10-12
     secrets: inherit
     with:
       build_config: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.linux_build_config }}
@@ -92,7 +104,7 @@ jobs:
       test_type: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.test_type }}
       external_repo_config: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.external_repo_config }}
       repository: ROCm/TheRock
-      ref: 015ba176c2db9bfaf5f9a2e7a774bd3e88b72a74 # 2026-10-09
+      ref: c01e3a3f3f67966dd35612cf363b49964f33cd47 # 2026-10-12
     permissions:
       contents: read
       id-token: write
@@ -109,7 +121,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
         with:
           repository: "ROCm/TheRock"
-          ref: 015ba176c2db9bfaf5f9a2e7a774bd3e88b72a74 # 2026-10-09
+          ref: c01e3a3f3f67966dd35612cf363b49964f33cd47 # 2026-10-12
           sparse-checkout: build_tools/github_actions
           sparse-checkout-cone-mode: true
 

.github/workflows/therock-multi-arch-ci-nightly.yml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 name: TheRock Multi-Arch Nightly CI
 
-# TheRock ref: pinned to ROCm/TheRock commit 015ba176c2db9bfaf5f9a2e7a774bd3e88b72a74.
+# TheRock ref: pinned to ROCm/TheRock commit c01e3a3f3f67966dd35612cf363b49964f33cd47.
 
 on:
   schedule:
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   setup:
-    uses: ROCm/TheRock/.github/workflows/setup_multi_arch.yml@015ba176c2db9bfaf5f9a2e7a774bd3e88b72a74 # 2026-10-09
+    uses: ROCm/TheRock/.github/workflows/setup_multi_arch.yml@c01e3a3f3f67966dd35612cf363b49964f33cd47 # 2026-10-12
     with:
       build_variant: "release"
       # Limit GPU families for nightly CI: gfx94X, gfx950 (Linux) and gfx1151 (Windows).
@@ -48,8 +48,16 @@ jobs:
       prebuilt_stages: ''
       baseline_run_id: ''
       repository: ROCm/TheRock
-      ref: 015ba176c2db9bfaf5f9a2e7a774bd3e88b72a74 # 2026-10-09
-      external_repo: '{"repository":"${{ github.repository }}","ref":"${{ github.sha }}"}'
+      ref: c01e3a3f3f67966dd35612cf363b49964f33cd47 # 2026-10-12
+      # event_name tells TheRock this is a schedule/workflow_dispatch run with no
+      # meaningful diff, so it always runs CI. Without it, TheRock falls back to
+      # `git diff HEAD^` against a depth-1 checkout, which fails.
+      external_repo: >-
+        {
+          "repository": "${{ github.repository }}",
+          "ref": "${{ github.sha }}",
+          "event_name": "${{ github.event_name }}"
+        }
 
   log_therock_ref:
     name: Locked TheRock ref
@@ -75,7 +83,7 @@ jobs:
         needs.setup.outputs.linux_build_config != '' &&
         needs.setup.outputs.enable_build_jobs == 'true'
       }}
-    uses: ROCm/TheRock/.github/workflows/multi_arch_ci_linux.yml@015ba176c2db9bfaf5f9a2e7a774bd3e88b72a74 # 2026-10-09
+    uses: ROCm/TheRock/.github/workflows/multi_arch_ci_linux.yml@c01e3a3f3f67966dd35612cf363b49964f33cd47 # 2026-10-12
     secrets: inherit
     with:
       build_config: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.linux_build_config }}
@@ -88,7 +96,7 @@ jobs:
       # Empty string triggers full test run in downstream workflow
       changed_projects: ''
       repository: ROCm/TheRock
-      ref: 015ba176c2db9bfaf5f9a2e7a774bd3e88b72a74 # 2026-10-09
+      ref: c01e3a3f3f67966dd35612cf363b49964f33cd47 # 2026-10-12
     permissions:
       contents: read
       id-token: write
@@ -101,7 +109,7 @@ jobs:
         needs.setup.outputs.windows_build_config != '' &&
         needs.setup.outputs.enable_build_jobs == 'true'
       }}
-    uses: ROCm/TheRock/.github/workflows/multi_arch_ci_windows.yml@015ba176c2db9bfaf5f9a2e7a774bd3e88b72a74 # 2026-10-09
+    uses: ROCm/TheRock/.github/workflows/multi_arch_ci_windows.yml@c01e3a3f3f67966dd35612cf363b49964f33cd47 # 2026-10-12
     secrets: inherit
     with:
       build_config: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.windows_build_config }}
@@ -112,7 +120,7 @@ jobs:
       # Empty string triggers full test run in downstream workflow
       changed_projects: ''
       repository: ROCm/TheRock
-      ref: 015ba176c2db9bfaf5f9a2e7a774bd3e88b72a74 # 2026-10-09
+      ref: c01e3a3f3f67966dd35612cf363b49964f33cd47 # 2026-10-12
     permissions:
       contents: read
       id-token: write
@@ -130,7 +138,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
         with:
           repository: "ROCm/TheRock"
-          ref: 015ba176c2db9bfaf5f9a2e7a774bd3e88b72a74 # 2026-10-09
+          ref: c01e3a3f3f67966dd35612cf363b49964f33cd47 # 2026-10-12
           sparse-checkout: build_tools/github_actions
           sparse-checkout-cone-mode: true