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Fix GDN MTP intermediate-state cache indexing when a caller reuses a backing cache whose physical token capacity is larger than the current T.

This keeps the public gated_delta_rule_mtp API and semantics unchanged. The caller allocates [B, cache_steps, HV, V, K] and passes the sliced view cache[:, :T, ...], whose logical shape remains [B, T, HV, V, K]. The backend validates contiguous inner modes, derives the physical capacity from stride(0) / (HV * V * K), and creates a zero-copy compact alias over the same storage for the existing kernels. There is no .contiguous() copy, temporary allocation, or public cache_steps argument.

The derived physical capacity is used by the FP32 inline/warp routes and the BF16 ILP4/wide-vector/T1 routes. Dense BF16 cache addressing remains widened to 64-bit. Output, state-update, and valid checkpoint semantics are unchanged.

Related to #4254.

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Exact source: d705bbfbe4c9a266e41a780bcd045d37a1cb65e7; source archive SHA256 6e0547dcf0878b7f82febcb05f68434fb0431a0d2a5c0c917b500079b2a396b5; CUTLASS DSL 4.7.0; Torch 2.13 nightly + CUDA 13.3.

  • B200 / SM100, driver 595.58.03, Slurm job 3762590: 6 passed.
  • B300 SXM6 AC / SM103, driver 580.126.09, Slurm job 276037: 6 passed.
  • Covered routes: FP32 inline, FP32 warp, BF16 ILP4, BF16 wide-vector, BF16 T1 wide-vector, and the >2^31-element dense-cache boundary.
  • Padded-cache cases compare the sliced-capacity view against an exact-T cache at the fixed BF16 tolerance atol=rtol=1e-2 and require hidden trailing slots to remain bit-exact sentinels.

This is a correctness-only addressing repair; it does not make a performance claim.

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MTP intermediate-state buffers now support configurable cache_steps capacity with cache_steps >= T. BF16, warp-specialized, and inline kernels propagate this parameter, use it for cache indexing, widen relevant indices to Int64, and include it in compilation. Tests cover padded caches and BF16 T=1 execution.

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MTP cache stride support

Layer / File(s) Summary
BF16 cache contract and indexing
flashinfer/gdn_decode.py, flashinfer/gdn_kernels/gdn_decode_bf16_state.py
BF16 MTP wrappers and kernels document [B, cache_steps, HV, V, K] buffers, propagate cache_steps, use it for flattened writes, widen batch-based indices to Int64, and include it in compilation keys.
Warp and inline cache indexing
flashinfer/gdn_kernels/gdn_decode_mtp.py
Warp-specialized and inline kernels accept cache_steps, use it for cache strides, and bind it during compilation.
Padded-cache and Int64 regression coverage
tests/gdn/test_decode_delta_rule.py
Parameterized tests cover FP32 and BF16 MTP paths plus BF16 T=1 wide-vector execution. Tests compare outputs and processed cache entries, verify padded sentinel values, and exercise dense-cache addressing beyond 2³¹ elements.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to a1aae

The PR fixes cache addressing for multi-batch requests with extra cache steps, but an open large-batch addressing concern in the same state-update path could still produce incorrect cache contents. Merge should wait for that concern to be fixed or explicitly accepted by the owner.

Possibly related issues

  • flashinfer-ai/flashinfer#4214: Both changes modify GDN CuTe-DSL kernel compilation and cache behavior. This PR specifically adds dynamic cache_steps indexing.

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Suggested reviewers: bkryu, kahyunnam, yzh119

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In `@flashinfer/gdn_kernels/gdn_decode_bf16_state.py`:
- Around line 3625-3631: Update the intermediate_states_buffer documentation to
state that its first dimension must equal B, matching the buffer_size == B
assertion; remove the wording that permits dimensions larger than B.
- Around line 3411-3412: Ensure the T=1 wide-vector path does not misindex
batch-scoped padded caches: either reject cache_steps values different from T in
gated_delta_rule_t1_wide_vec, or propagate cache_steps through
gdn_wide_vec_kernel_t1 and _run_wide_vec_t1 and include it in the compilation
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Pushed df8e4af1 to close the remaining padded-cache hole identified in review.

  • propagates physical cache_steps through the BF16 T=1 wide-vector kernel, launcher, compile arguments, and cache key
  • fixes the flat cache offset to use batch * cache_steps * HV
  • aligns the MTP buffer contract with the existing buffer_size == B assertion
  • adds a direct B=2, T=1, HV=64, cache_steps=4 regression that checks requested cache rows and bit-exact trailing sentinels

Targeted dual-architecture GPU validation used the exact PR source at df8e4af19b43d17bbc1964bdc8ea2e005420c8ab and CUTLASS DSL 4.7.0. Both runners forced the BF16 backend import before pytest, so skipped tests cannot be counted as a pass:

  • B200 / SM100, job 3756633: BF16 T=2 wide-vector + BF16 T=1 wide-vector, 2 passed
  • GB300 / SM103, job 512688: same two cells, 2 passed

The earlier public-main FP32/BF16 padded-cache matrix remains covered by jobs 3727353 / 3727354; this update specifically closes the T=1 wide-vector route that that matrix did not reach.

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775-780: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Widen flat_idx before dense-cache indexing.

The dense expressions remain 32-bit because cute.arch.block_idx() returns cutlass.Int32. With K = V = 128, HV = 64, and cache_steps = 8, the leading offset reaches 2**31 at B = 256. The four dense-cache stores can then address incorrect memory. Cast i_n or the full expression to cutlass.Int64 at all four sites. Change the gdn_wide_vec_kernel predeclaration to cutlass.Int64(0). Add a CUDA regression test for this boundary.

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In `@flashinfer/gdn_kernels/gdn_decode_bf16_state.py` around lines 775 - 780,
Widen dense-cache indexing in gdn_wide_vec_kernel by changing flat_idx’s
predeclaration to cutlass.Int64(0) and casting i_n or the complete flat_idx
expression to cutlass.Int64 at all four dense-cache store sites. Add a CUDA
regression test covering the 2**31 boundary with K=V=128, HV=64, cache_steps=8,
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In `@flashinfer/gdn_kernels/gdn_decode_bf16_state.py`:
- Around line 775-780: Widen dense-cache indexing in gdn_wide_vec_kernel by
changing flat_idx’s predeclaration to cutlass.Int64(0) and casting i_n or the
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HV=64, cache_steps=8, and B=256.

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@yyihuang yyihuang changed the title fix(gdn): honor intermediate cache step strides fix(cake_gdn): honor intermediate cache step strides Aug 19, 2026
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Follow-up 4d38f631ef addresses the review finding on dense BF16 cache address width. All four batch-scoped dense-cache formulas now widen i_n to cutlass.Int64 before multiplying by cache_steps * HV; the dynamic wide-vector predeclaration is Int64 as well.

A direct CUDA regression crosses the first unsafe address at B=257, T=1, cache_steps=8, HV=64, K=V=128 (4.02 GiB cache), and compares the final batch output/cache against a B=1 reference at the fixed BF16 atol=rtol=1e-2. The state pool remains compact, so this tests the actual >2^31-element address without unrelated allocation.

Dual-architecture forced-import qualification:

  • B200 job 3757174, umb-b200-249, NVIDIA B200 CC10.0, driver 595.58.03: 3/3 passed, exit 0:0.
  • GB300 job 512799, nvl72d022-T17, NVIDIA GB300 CC10.3, driver 580.167.08: 3/3 passed, exit 0:0.
  • CUTLASS DSL 4.7.0; source archive SHA256 74148ef2a60a3bc5b68da10b9bffe5b5465e91144b32320d85d6c58b831d2bb8.

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Formatting-only follow-up a1aae91 applies the exact Ruff layout reported by pre-commit. git diff --check and py_compile pass; kernel semantics are unchanged from dual-architecture-qualified parent 4d38f63 (B200 3757174, GB300 512799, 3/3 each).

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@yyihuang yyihuang changed the title fix(cake_gdn): honor intermediate cache step strides fix(gdn): honor intermediate cache step strides Aug 19, 2026
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GitLab MR !1266 has been created, and the CI pipeline #63425231 is currently running. I'll report back once the pipeline job completes.

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I'm trying to understand the motivation of this PR.

Does it mean we allow user to reuse a cached state buffer for different T? It sounds reasonable to me.

I have no problem about updating the backend-specific APIs (e.g. cute-dsl/cake implementations). But I'll be conservative about changing public APIs, if there are more elegant solutions.

For this specific case, I suppose our user-facing API is gated_delta_rule_mtp, we actually don't need to change the API/semantics:

At user side, they can specify a sliced tensor:

cached_state = torch.empty((B, cache_steps, HV, V, K), ...)
sliced_cached_state = cached_state[:, :T, ...] # [B, T, HV, V, K]

sliced_cached_state would carry all the information we need for the underlying implementations (strides would encode size of cache_steps), and it should be compatible with original API.

@yyihuang yyihuang changed the title fix(gdn): honor intermediate cache step strides fix(gdn): honor intermediate cache view strides Aug 19, 2026
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@yzh119 Agreed. I changed the implementation in d705bbfbe4c9a266e41a780bcd045d37a1cb65e7 to preserve the original public API and exactly use the sliced-view contract you described:

cache = torch.empty((B, cache_steps, HV, V, K), ...)
sliced_cache = cache[:, :T, ...]  # logical [B, T, HV, V, K]

The wrapper now derives physical capacity from the view's batch stride, validates contiguous inner modes, and makes a zero-copy compact alias over the same storage for the existing backend. No public cache_steps argument or semantic change remains, and there is no .contiguous() temporary.

I also updated the regressions to pass sliced views and require hidden trailing slots to remain bit-exact. Exact-commit validation passed on both targets:

  • B200 / SM100 job 3762590: 6 passed
  • B300 SXM6 AC / SM103 job 276037: 6 passed

The six cells cover FP32 inline/warp, BF16 ILP4/wide/T1, and the >2^31-element dense-cache boundary.

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[FAILED] Pipeline #63425231 — 14/16 executed test jobs passed

Compared with nightly #63265553.

Unit Tests

GPU CUDA 12.9 CUDA 13.0 Notes
B300 ❔ Unknown ❔ Unknown Unknown: script failed before producing a JUnit report (2 jobs; CUDA 12.9, CUDA 13.0)
GB200 ✅ Pass ✅ Pass
GB300 ✅ Pass ✅ Pass
H100 ✅ Pass ✅ Pass
RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell ✅ Pass ✅ Pass

✅ Pass · 🟡 Old failure · ❌ New failure · ⏱ Test timeout · ⚠️ Infrastructure · ❔ Unknown or unclassified · — Not run

Multi-GPU and Multi-Node Tests — 6/6 passed

GPU CUDA 12.9 CUDA 13.0 Notes
B300 (multi-GPU) ✅ Pass ✅ Pass
GB200 (multi-node) ✅ Pass ✅ Pass
GB300 (multi-node) ✅ Pass ✅ Pass
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