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build(jit): reduce JIT-cache wheel size - #4757

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📌 Description

Reduce JIT-cache wheel size by:

  • Removing SM75 from every cu129, cu130, and cu134 x86_64 and AArch64 JIT-cache architecture list.
  • Removing SM121a from the cu130 and cu134 AArch64 JIT-cache architecture lists while retaining the other newer targets, including Rubin.
  • Adding nvcc --compress-mode=size to every CUDA JIT build while retaining -Xfatbin=-compress-all.
  • Adding focused coverage that verifies both fatbin compression flags remain enabled.

The latest cu134 AArch64 nightly wheel measured 2,382,841,917 bytes, which is 235,358,269 bytes over the GitHub 2 GiB release-asset limit. SM75 accounted for an estimated 125,281,650 bytes of that wheel, and a representative CUDA 13.4 cubin sample was 17.6% smaller with size mode than with the current default compression mode. Removing SM121a provides additional headroom. The release workflow will provide the exact end-to-end measurement.

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  • Explicit assertion that SM75 and SM121a are absent from every JIT-cache architecture list
  • Python syntax compilation for the changed Python files

The local Python 3.14 environment does not include pytest, so the focused unit test was not executed locally. The CUDA wheel size and compatibility require release CI validation.

Reviewer Notes

Please confirm the CUDA driver compatibility expectation for applying --compress-mode=size to every supported CUDA version. The current JIT-cache matrix begins at CUDA 12.9, newer than the CUDA 12.4 driver support boundary for compressed fatbins.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Performance

    • Reduced the size of compiled CUDA binaries through size-optimized compilation.
    • Improved efficiency for applications using generated CUDA extensions.
  • Compatibility

    • Updated supported GPU compilation targets for CUDA 12.9, 13.0, and 13.4 configurations.
    • Aligned release and nightly builds with the updated architecture coverage.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage to verify that size-optimized CUDA compilation is enabled.
    • Confirmed the expected compiler settings are applied during JIT builds.

Drop SM75 from the cu134 wheel targets and enable nvcc's size-optimized fatbin compression for all CUDA JIT builds.
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The JIT compiler now enables size-optimized fatbin compression. A test verifies the generated NVCC flags. CUDA 12.9, 13.0, and 13.4 cache architecture lists remove compute capability 7.5. CUDA 13.0 and 13.4 aarch64 lists also remove 12.1a.

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Size-optimized JIT compression
flashinfer/jit/core.py, tests/jit/test_jit_cpp_ext.py
JIT flags include --compress-mode=size. The test verifies the generated flags.
CUDA cache architectures
ci/cuda-versions.json
CUDA 12.9, 13.0, and 13.4 cache lists remove compute capability 7.5. The CUDA 13.0 and 13.4 aarch64 lists also remove 12.1a.
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.github/workflows/nightly-release.yml, .github/workflows/release.yml
Workflow comments state that size-constrained architecture coverage is centralized in ci/cuda-versions.json.

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The PR removes SM121a from the CUDA 13.0 and 13.4 AArch64 JIT-cache lists while the release workflow still requires that target, creating a risk of omitted artifacts or release validation failure; merge should wait for the configuration to be aligned or explicitly accepted by the release owner.

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Extend the SM75 removal to the cu129 and cu130 x86_64 and AArch64 JIT-cache targets.
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Remove SM121a from the cu130 and cu134 AArch64 JIT-cache architecture lists.

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Replace the stale SM121a retention notes with the centralized size-constrained architecture policy used by both release workflows.
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GitLab MR !1330 has been created, and the CI pipeline #64758784 is currently running. I'll report back once the pipeline job completes.

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[SUCCESS] Pipeline #64758784: 16/16 executed test jobs passed

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## 📌 Description

This PR turns `flashinfer-jit-cache` into a small top-level shim backed
by independently installable, architecture-specific provider wheels. It
retains legacy monolithic cache discovery as a fallback while adding:

- provider package metadata and entry-point discovery
- exact CUDA architecture matching, including suffixed targets such as
`sm90a`, `sm120f`, and `sm121a`
- a default installation mode whose shim dependencies name the complete
published provider set
- a minimal installation mode that selects only an explicitly requested
or locally detected provider, with no implicit SM80 baseline
- provider wheelhouse build, binary inventory, installation, and
JIT-disabled GPU smoke tooling
- AOT capability gating so unsupported modules, currently BGMV MoE on
SM80, are omitted from that provider rather than failing its build

The provider matrix is intentionally independent of the size-pruned
monolithic wheel matrix. Architecture-specific wheels may therefore
preserve useful native targets such as SM121a without adding them back
to every monolithic wheel. Native providers are SASS-only; the shim does
not rely on PTX or an SM80 compatibility baseline.

## 🔍 Related Issues

- Follow-up design to #3265
- Incorporates current-main behavior from #4469, #4527, #4682, #4711,
#4757, and #4760

## 🧪 Validation

### Provider canaries

Two end-to-end CUDA 13.0 canaries have exercised provider build, strict
binary inspection, shim/provider installation, provider discovery,
top-level import without CUTLASS DSL, and a JIT-disabled `silu_and_mul`
numerical smoke:

| System | Target | Provider result |
| --- | --- | --- |
| x86_64 A100 test system | A100 / SM80 | 113.8 MiB; every CUDA-bearing
module SM80-only; zero PTX |
| DGX Spark | aarch64 GB10 / SM121a | 173.0 MiB; 558 modules; every
CUDA-bearing module SM121a-only; zero PTX |

The x86_64 A100 artifact was built before the final BGMV capability
correction and contained 207 modules. Final-branch source-level SM80 AOT
enumeration produces 206 modules with `bgmv_moe` absent, and the
associated focused suite passed 30 tests. A final-head SM80 provider
wheel still needs to be rebuilt to confirm that exact packaged
inventory.

The Spark provider could load its packaged BGMV module, but a BGMV
numerical invocation exceeded the device's dynamic shared-memory limit
(approximately 216 KiB requested versus approximately 101 KiB
available). That is a pre-existing kernel/runtime limitation and is
outside this packaging change; the independent `silu_and_mul` provider
smoke passed.

### Current branch and CI

- CodeRabbit passes and all inline review threads are resolved.
- Pre-commit, documentation, and public API/documentation checks pass.
- The existing monolithic release workflow passes for cu129, cu130, and
cu134 on both x86_64 and aarch64. These jobs validate backward
compatibility, not provider-wheel publication.
- The manually authorized [full PR test
run](https://github.com/flashinfer-ai/flashinfer/actions/runs/33890607699)
passes all four cu129/cu130 x64/arm64 AOT build-import jobs, all five
A10G JIT shards, and the T4 JIT job. The H100 JIT job is still running
as of September 4, 2026.
- After the latest review fixes, the focused provider suite passed on an
x86_64 A100 test system in a disposable container: 25 passed, 1 warning.
`pre-commit`, `bash -n`, and `git diff --check` also pass.

The branch is currently mergeable. It will be rebased onto `main` once
more before merge; intervening main-branch changes reviewed so far do
not alter the provider packaging or AOT capability implementation.

## Remaining Validation

Before enabling provider publication in a release workflow:

- let the current H100 PR test finish and address any real failure
- rebuild the final-head SM80 provider and repeat strict inventory,
install, and GPU smoke validation
- build and inspect a real cu134 provider artifact; current cu134 CI
covers only the legacy wheel and static configuration paths
- validate default all-provider installation plus minimal auto-detected
and explicit-target installation against a multi-provider wheelhouse
- teach `scripts/update_whl_index.py` to recognize provider distribution
names
- add an artifact-only shadow provider matrix to nightly/release
automation and collect size, build-time, homogeneous GPU, and
heterogeneous GPU results before changing the public release format

## Reviewer Notes

The main policy question is the explicit provider coverage matrix for
each CUDA and CPU architecture. The current implementation makes the
conservative choices: exact target matching, literal shim dependencies,
no closest-lower-architecture inference, no implicit SM80 provider, and
normal JIT compilation when no compatible AOT provider is available.

This is ready for human review of the package contract, installation UX,
and release shape. The remaining items above are release-enablement
validation rather than evidence that the architectural split itself has
not been exercised.

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Thank you for contributing to FlashInfer! Before we review your pull
request, please make sure the following items are complete.

### ✅ Pre-commit Checks

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## 🧪 Tests

- [x] Tests have been added or updated as needed.
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## Summary by CodeRabbit

* **New Features**
* Added experimental architecture-specific JIT-cache provider wheels
with automatic discovery and legacy fallback.
* Added `install-jit-cache-wheel` options for full or minimal
installation and CUDA architecture selection.
  * Added tools to build, validate, and smoke-test provider packages.

* **Bug Fixes**
  * Improved architecture-aware AOT module selection and generation.
* Prevented incompatible architectures from being selected
automatically.

* **Documentation**
* Documented provider-wheel configuration, installation modes, and
experimental build options.
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