perf(moe): persist the b12x direct-micro CuTe-DSL kernel to the disk cache - #4701
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…cache Extends the on-disk CuTe-DSL kernel cache to the sm12x direct-micro NVFP4 fused-MoE kernel, the path flashinfer-ai#4331 left behind when it covered the static, micro and dynamic kernels. Addresses the remaining half of flashinfer-ai#4317 for the NVFP4 dispatch: a fresh process now JITLinks an exported `.o` instead of re-running the MLIR pipeline. Following the rollout note in docs/design_docs/cute_dsl_kernel_cache.md, the `cute.compile` call becomes a closure passed to `build_and_load_cute_dsl_kernel`, compiled with `--enable-tvm-ffi` against `make_fake_stream(use_tvm_ffi_env_stream=True)`. The launch site drops its stream argument and switches to the TVM-FFI marshalling the three MMA kernels already use (raw `data_ptr()` ints for pointers, torch tensors for fixed-shape operands, plain ints for scalars). Three things this path needed beyond a mechanical port of flashinfer-ai#4331: * A separate disk module (`b12x_moe_direct_micro`). The module `meta.json` holds one `source_sha256` for its whole directory and a mismatch wipes that directory, so sharing `b12x_moe` while hashing a different source list would make the two adopters invalidate each other on every call. * Persisting the launchable-block-dim probe. The probe reads `cute.compile` internals; a kernel reloaded from disk is a bare `tvm_ffi.Function` that exposes none of them, so re-probing a warm start returns False and silently falls back to the MMA micro kernel -- the disk cache would have "worked" while disabling the backend it caches. The result is now recorded beside the artifact at build time and read back on reload. A missing record reads as "cannot launch", keeping the safe fallback. * Repairing the probe itself for TVM-FFI. `.to(None).jit_module` is None for a `--enable-tvm-ffi` compile, so the existing attribute chain raises and is swallowed as an expected introspection miss. It now prefers the public `.library` property, keeping the old chain for non-TVM-FFI compiles. `cute_dsl_module_dir()` is added to the shared JIT layer so the probe record can be anchored inside the module directory, which invalidation wipes as a unit; `JitSpecCuteDsl` now derives its own path from it. Tests cover the naming contract (per-argument perturbation, symbol safety, stability, non-collision with the MMA kernels), pin `fast_math` as non-codegen (the constructor does a literal `del fast_math`), assert the module separation above, and round-trip the persisted probe. Verified without sm12x hardware: TVM-FFI object introspection on a T4, and the DSL's `ExternalBinaryModule` TVM-FFI reload path read from source. The compiled-kernel probe round-trip and the launch ABI still need validation on SM120/SM121; both carry `TODO: verify on sm12x hardware`. AI-assisted (Claude Code). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Xf2Sb9MXyTXbXgJQx2Mn4s
The perturbation sweep asserted the direct-micro artifact name changes with every baseline argument, but max_active_ctas only reaches codegen through m1_fc2_onepass, which configure() gates on m == 1. At the sweep's m=4 the flag is False either way, so that parameter is genuinely non-codegen there and the sweep would have failed spuriously. It now has a dedicated m=1 test straddling the FC2 task count. AI-assisted (Claude Code). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Xf2Sb9MXyTXbXgJQx2Mn4s
compiled.library raises RuntimeError for a compile with no gpu.module instead of returning None, so getattr(compiled, 'library', None) -- which only absorbs AttributeError -- propagated straight out and skipped the non-TVM-FFI fallback. Surfaced by a host-only toy kernel on an H100 while validating the probe hook. AI-assisted (Claude Code). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Xf2Sb9MXyTXbXgJQx2Mn4s
Use _load_cuda_library() when has_gpu_module is available. This allows direct-micro kernel probing to work correctly for TVM-FFI compiles where jit_module is not populated.
This reverts commit 7191098.
A --enable-tvm-ffi compile never populates jit_module -- launches go through the TVM-FFI entry rather than CudaDialectJitModule -- so neither the .library property nor the legacy .to(None).jit_module chain yields a cudaLibrary_t, even though has_gpu_module is True and kernel_info is populated. Measured on an H100: .library raises 'no cudaLibrary_t' for a kernel that demonstrably ran. _load_cuda_library() is how the DSL materializes the library in that state: it reads the engine's cuda_init / cuda_load_to_device symbols and does not touch jit_module. Prefer it when has_gpu_module is set, keeping the property and the legacy chain for non-TVM-FFI compiles. Without this the probe returns False on every compile, so the direct micro backend would be disabled outright rather than merely after a restart. AI-assisted (Claude Code). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Xf2Sb9MXyTXbXgJQx2Mn4s
A --enable-tvm-ffi compile is opaque to introspection. Measured on an H100: prefix is None, artifacts carries no PTX/CUBIN/SASS/MLIR, the engine exposes only lookup, .library raises 'no cudaLibrary_t', and _load_cuda_library() needs a raw_lookup the TVM-FFI engine does not implement. Nothing can read CU_FUNC_ATTRIBUTE_MAX_THREADS_PER_BLOCK off it, so the probe returned False for every compile and would have disabled the direct micro backend outright. The same kernel compiled without the flag does expose .library. Only the host entry ABI differs, so the device code -- and its register allocation -- is identical, making it a valid reference for the measurement. Costs one extra compile, paid once per artifact on a cold cache miss: the result is persisted beside the .o and every later process reads it back. Against the status quo of recompiling on every restart, that is still a decisive win. AI-assisted (Claude Code). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Xf2Sb9MXyTXbXgJQx2Mn4s
… baked TVM-FFI shape The TVM-FFI compile bakes the barrier fake shape [1] into the signature, while launch_sm120_static_moe passes workspace-sized buffers (dm_slots), so call-time validation rejected every direct-micro launch. The barriers must stay DLTensor args: they are the signature's only device-carrying params and anchor the env-stream lookup (a raw-pointer ABI fails at compile in setup_env_stream_params). Length-1 views keep the base address; all device access goes through get_ptr_as_int64 (iterator + offset). Verified on SM120 (RTX 5090): 13 previously-failing forced direct-micro tests green (22/22), 81 naming-contract tests green, CUDA graph capture green, cross-process warm reload green. Signed-off-by: gavinkvx <301998139+gavinkvx@users.noreply.github.com>
fix(moe): launch direct-micro barriers as length-1 views to match the baked TVM-FFI shape
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participant moe_dispatch
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participant CuTe_DSL_cache
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moe_dispatch->>compile_direct_micro_kernel: compile with disk_kernel_name
compile_direct_micro_kernel->>CuTe_DSL_cache: load or build cached artifact
compile_direct_micro_kernel->>CUDA_library_probe: inspect block-dimension support
CUDA_library_probe-->>compile_direct_micro_kernel: return capability
compile_direct_micro_kernel-->>moe_dispatch: return callable and capability
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5082-5085: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winDerive the probe options from the caller's options.
The probe compile always uses the fixed
_PROBE_OPTIONS = "--opt-level 2". The artifact compile usesresolved_options, which a caller can override through theoptionsparameter. If a caller passes a different optimization level, the probe measures a kernel with a different register allocation than the kernel that actually launches. The probe can then reportaccepts_block_dim=Truefor a kernel whoseCU_FUNC_ATTRIBUTE_MAX_THREADS_PER_BLOCKis belowlaunch_block_dim.Build the probe options from
resolved_optionswith--enable-tvm-ffiremoved, so both compiles share every other flag.♻️ Proposed change
- def probe(): + probe_options = " ".join( + tok for tok in resolved_options.split() if tok != "--enable-tvm-ffi" + ) + + def probe(): @@ return compiled_direct_micro_accepts_block_dim( - compile_with(_PROBE_OPTIONS), block_dim + compile_with(probe_options), block_dim )Also applies to: 5219-5244
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In `@flashinfer/fused_moe/cute_dsl/blackwell_sm12x/moe_direct_micro_kernel.py`:
- Around line 5082-5085: Update the probe compilation path in
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- Around line 5265-5267: Update the probed-result handling in
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Use a stable disk filename for equivalent direct-micro compile keys. Match reference probe options to artifact options, excluding TVM-FFI. Distinguish failed probes from unsupported launches, persist only known results, and retry probing when a cached artifact has no probe record. Correct probe documentation and add regression coverage for cache reuse, compiler options, failure recovery, and warm-cache behavior. Validation: 12 isolated host-side tests passed, along with syntax and whitespace checks. Full suite, pre-commit, and GPU validation remain pending.
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📌 Description
Extends the on-disk CuTe-DSL kernel cache introduced in #4331 to the sm12x
direct-micro NVFP4 fused-MoE kernel path.
Previously, direct-micro kernels were only cached in-process and would be
recompiled after every restart. This change routes compilation through
build_and_load_cute_dsl_kernel, allowing kernels to be exported, cached ondisk, and reloaded across processes.
A small probe record is persisted alongside each cached artifact to preserve
the launchability check used by the direct-micro backend.
🔍 Related Issues
This PR addresses the direct-micro portion of #4317.
Builds on the cache infrastructure introduced in #3874, #4029, and #4331.
🚀 Pull Request Checklist
✅ Pre-commit Checks
pre-commitby runningpip install pre-commit(or used your preferred method).pre-commit install.pre-commit run --all-filesand fixed any reported issues.🧪 Tests
Added coverage in
tests/moe/test_b12x_moe_kernel_cache.pyfor:Validated on sm12x hardware (RTX 5090 and GB10) with cold-cache and warm-cache
runs of the direct-micro test suite.
Reviewer Notes
The main design point worth reviewing is the persisted probe record used by the
direct-micro launchability check. Without it, kernels reloaded from disk cannot
be re-probed and would always fall back to the MMA micro kernel after restart.
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