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feat(cake_fused_qk_rope_append): Cake backend for the fused QK RMSNorm, RoPE, FP8 quantize and paged KV append entry (SM90, SM100) #5956

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"""Benchmark: Cake fused QK RMSNorm + NeoX RoPE + FP8 quantize + paged KV append.

Arms (identical inputs, caller-owned buffers re-created per arm):

- ``cake``: :func:`flashinfer.cake_fused_qk_rope_fp8_append.cake_fused_qk_rmsnorm_rope_quantize_fp8_append_paged_kv_cache`
(one launch).
- ``stable``: the step-wise pipeline from stable FlashInfer / torch ops
(``flashinfer.norm.rmsnorm`` -> ``apply_rope_pos_ids_inplace`` -> torch FP8 quantize
-> ``flashinfer.page.append_paged_kv_cache``), report only: its BF16 intermediates
cannot meet the FP8 contract tolerance and it does not clear the last-page tail.

Timing: ``flashinfer.testing.bench_gpu_time`` (CUPTI, cold L2) over the whole call (the
union of every kernel one public call issues), median over ``--iters`` after ``--warmup``,
arms interleaved per group so clock drift affects all arms alike.

python benchmarks/bench_cake_fused_qk_rope_fp8_append.py --rows P1,P2,H1 --json out.json
"""

from __future__ import annotations

import argparse
import json
import statistics
from dataclasses import dataclass

import torch

import flashinfer
from flashinfer.cake_fused_qk_rope_fp8_append import (
cake_fused_qk_rmsnorm_rope_quantize_fp8_append_paged_kv_cache,
)
from flashinfer.testing.utils import bench_gpu_time

HEAD_DIM = 128
FP8_MAX = 448.0


@dataclass(frozen=True)
class Row:
name: str
hq: int
hkv: int
batch: int
q_len: int
ctx: int
quant: int = 1
norm: int = 2
page_size: int = 64


ROWS = {
r.name: r
for r in (
# decode (B32 / Q1) and prefill (B8 / Q16), both head configurations, both quant policies
Row("D1", 8, 1, 32, 1, 2048, quant=1),
Row("D1n0", 8, 1, 32, 1, 2048, quant=1, norm=0),
Row("D1n1", 8, 1, 32, 1, 2048, quant=1, norm=1),
Row("D2", 8, 1, 32, 1, 2048, quant=2),
Row("P1", 8, 1, 8, 16, 2048, quant=1),
Row("P2", 8, 1, 8, 16, 2048, quant=2),
Row("H1", 64, 8, 32, 1, 2048, quant=1),
Row("H2", 64, 8, 32, 1, 2048, quant=2),
Row("HP1", 64, 8, 8, 16, 2048, quant=1),
Row("HP2", 64, 8, 8, 16, 2048, quant=2),
# dynamic-scale padding boundary (max_seqlen = Q)
Row("E127", 8, 1, 4, 127, 2048, quant=1),
Row("E128", 8, 1, 4, 128, 2048, quant=1),
Row("E129", 8, 1, 4, 129, 2048, quant=1),
# report-only extremes
Row("X1", 8, 1, 1, 1, 2048),
Row("X128", 8, 1, 128, 1, 2048),
Row("X256", 8, 1, 256, 1, 2048),
Row("XP1024", 8, 1, 1, 1024, 2048),
Row("Xpage16", 8, 1, 32, 1, 2048, page_size=16),
Row("Xpage128", 8, 1, 32, 1, 2048, page_size=128),
Row("Xctx32k", 8, 1, 32, 1, 32768),
)
}


def rotary_cos_sin_table(
max_positions: int, device, base: float = 10000.0
) -> torch.Tensor:
half = HEAD_DIM // 2
inv_freq = 1.0 / (
base ** (torch.arange(0, half, dtype=torch.float64, device=device) / half)
)
pos = torch.arange(max_positions, dtype=torch.float64, device=device)
freqs = torch.outer(pos, inv_freq)
return torch.cat([freqs.cos(), freqs.sin()], dim=1).to(torch.float32)


def build_inputs(row: Row, device, seed: int = 893):
g = torch.Generator(device="cpu").manual_seed(seed)
B = row.batch
q_lens = [row.q_len] * B
seq_lens = [row.ctx + row.q_len] * B
pages_per_req = [(s + row.page_size - 1) // row.page_size for s in seq_lens]
max_pages = max(pages_per_req)
total_pages = sum(pages_per_req) + 4
perm = torch.randperm(total_pages, generator=g)
page_indices = torch.zeros((B, max_pages), dtype=torch.int32)
cursor = 0
for b in range(B):
n = pages_per_req[b]
page_indices[b, :n] = perm[cursor : cursor + n].to(torch.int32)
cursor += n
q_indptr = torch.zeros(B + 1, dtype=torch.int32)
q_indptr[1:] = torch.cumsum(torch.tensor(q_lens, dtype=torch.int32), 0)
T = int(q_indptr[-1])
width = (row.hq + 2 * row.hkv) * HEAD_DIM
qkv = (
torch.randn((T, width), generator=g, dtype=torch.float32)
.to(torch.bfloat16)
.to(device)
)
q_w = (torch.rand(HEAD_DIM, generator=g) + 0.5).to(torch.bfloat16)
k_w = (torch.rand(HEAD_DIM, generator=g) + 0.5).to(torch.bfloat16)
positions = torch.cat(
[
torch.arange(row.ctx, row.ctx + row.q_len, dtype=torch.int32)
for _ in range(B)
]
)
batch_indices = torch.repeat_interleave(
torch.arange(B, dtype=torch.int32), row.q_len
)
kv_indptr = torch.zeros(B + 1, dtype=torch.int32)
kv_indptr[1:] = torch.cumsum(torch.tensor(pages_per_req, dtype=torch.int32), 0)
kv_indices = torch.cat([page_indices[b, : pages_per_req[b]] for b in range(B)])
kv_last_page_len = torch.tensor(
[(s - 1) % row.page_size + 1 for s in seq_lens], dtype=torch.int32
)
return {
"row": row,
"T": T,
"is_prefill": row.q_len > 1,
"max_seqlen": row.q_len if row.q_len > 1 else 0,
"qkv": qkv,
"cos_sin": rotary_cos_sin_table(max(seq_lens) + 1, device),
"seq_lens": torch.tensor(seq_lens, dtype=torch.int32, device=device),
"q_indptr": q_indptr.to(device),
"page_indices": page_indices.to(device),
"q_norm_weight": q_w.float().to(device),
"k_norm_weight": k_w.float().to(device),
"q_norm_weight_bf16": q_w.to(device),
"k_norm_weight_bf16": k_w.to(device),
"k_scale": torch.tensor([0.02], dtype=torch.float32, device=device),
"v_scale": torch.tensor([0.03], dtype=torch.float32, device=device),
"q_scale_inv": torch.tensor([1.0 / 0.02], dtype=torch.float32, device=device),
"positions": positions.to(device),
"batch_indices": batch_indices.to(device),
"kv_indptr": kv_indptr.to(device),
"kv_indices": kv_indices.to(device),
"kv_last_page_len": kv_last_page_len.to(device),
"total_pages": total_pages,
}


def fresh_buffers(inp, device):
row = inp["row"]
shape = (inp["total_pages"], row.page_size, row.hkv, HEAD_DIM)
kc = torch.zeros(shape, dtype=torch.float8_e4m3fn, device=device)
vc = torch.zeros(shape, dtype=torch.float8_e4m3fn, device=device)
oq = torch.empty(
(inp["T"], row.hq, HEAD_DIM), dtype=torch.float8_e4m3fn, device=device
)
if row.quant == 2:
qs = torch.empty(0, dtype=torch.float32, device=device)
elif inp["is_prefill"]:
aligned = (inp["max_seqlen"] + 127) // 128 * 128
qs = torch.empty(
(row.batch, row.hq, aligned), dtype=torch.float32, device=device
)
else:
qs = torch.empty((inp["T"], row.hq), dtype=torch.float32, device=device)
flags = torch.zeros((row.batch, row.hkv), dtype=torch.int32, device=device)
return kc, vc, oq, qs, flags


def _fused_kwargs(inp, bufs):
row = inp["row"]
kc, vc, oq, qs, flags = bufs
return dict(
args=(
inp["qkv"],
inp["cos_sin"],
inp["seq_lens"],
inp["q_indptr"],
inp["page_indices"],
(kc, vc),
inp["is_prefill"],
inp["k_scale"],
inp["v_scale"],
row.quant,
),
kwargs=dict(
max_seqlen=inp["max_seqlen"],
upper_max=FP8_MAX,
q_scale_inv=inp["q_scale_inv"] if row.quant == 2 else None,
q_norm_weight=inp["q_norm_weight"] if row.norm else None,
k_norm_weight=inp["k_norm_weight"] if row.norm else None,
qk_norm_policy=row.norm,
out_q=oq,
q_scale=qs,
split_k_flag=flags,
),
)


def make_cake_call(inp, device):
bufs = fresh_buffers(inp, device)
bound = _fused_kwargs(inp, bufs)

def call():
cake_fused_qk_rmsnorm_rope_quantize_fp8_append_paged_kv_cache(
*bound["args"], **bound["kwargs"]
)

return call, bufs


def make_stable_call(inp, device):
"""rmsnorm + apply_rope_pos_ids_inplace + torch FP8 quantize + append_paged_kv_cache."""
row = inp["row"]
kc, vc, oq, qs, flags = bufs = fresh_buffers(inp, device)
T = inp["T"]
q = inp["qkv"][:, : row.hq * HEAD_DIM].view(T, row.hq, HEAD_DIM)
k = inp["qkv"][:, row.hq * HEAD_DIM : (row.hq + row.hkv) * HEAD_DIM].view(
T, row.hkv, HEAD_DIM
)
v = inp["qkv"][:, (row.hq + row.hkv) * HEAD_DIM :].view(T, row.hkv, HEAD_DIM)
tmp_q, tmp_k = torch.empty_like(q), torch.empty_like(k)
norm_q, norm_k = torch.empty_like(q), torch.empty_like(k)
k_fp8 = torch.empty_like(k, dtype=torch.float8_e4m3fn)
v_fp8 = torch.empty_like(v, dtype=torch.float8_e4m3fn)
qw, kw = inp["q_norm_weight_bf16"], inp["k_norm_weight_bf16"]
paged = (kc, vc)
k_inv, v_inv = 1.0 / inp["k_scale"], 1.0 / inp["v_scale"]

def call():
if row.norm == 2:
flashinfer.norm.rmsnorm(
q.reshape(-1, HEAD_DIM), qw, out=norm_q.view(-1, HEAD_DIM)
)
flashinfer.norm.rmsnorm(
k.reshape(-1, HEAD_DIM), kw, out=norm_k.view(-1, HEAD_DIM)
)
flashinfer.rope.apply_rope_pos_ids_inplace(
norm_q, norm_k, inp["positions"], interleave=False
)
q_src, k_src = norm_q, norm_k
elif row.norm == 1:
tmp_q.copy_(q)
tmp_k.copy_(k)
flashinfer.rope.apply_rope_pos_ids_inplace(
tmp_q, tmp_k, inp["positions"], interleave=False
)
flashinfer.norm.rmsnorm(
tmp_q.view(-1, HEAD_DIM), qw, out=norm_q.view(-1, HEAD_DIM)
)
flashinfer.norm.rmsnorm(
tmp_k.view(-1, HEAD_DIM), kw, out=norm_k.view(-1, HEAD_DIM)
)
q_src, k_src = norm_q, norm_k
else:
tmp_q.copy_(q)
tmp_k.copy_(k)
flashinfer.rope.apply_rope_pos_ids_inplace(
tmp_q, tmp_k, inp["positions"], interleave=False
)
q_src, k_src = tmp_q, tmp_k
qf = q_src.float()
if row.quant == 1:
scale = qf.abs().amax(dim=-1, keepdim=True).clamp_min(1e-6) / FP8_MAX
oq.copy_((qf / scale).clamp(-FP8_MAX, FP8_MAX))
if inp["is_prefill"]:
qs.view(row.batch, row.hq, -1)[:, :, : row.q_len].copy_(
scale.view(row.batch, row.q_len, row.hq).permute(0, 2, 1)
)
else:
qs.copy_(scale.view(T, row.hq))
else:
oq.copy_((qf * inp["q_scale_inv"]).clamp(-FP8_MAX, FP8_MAX))
k_fp8.copy_((k_src.float() * k_inv).clamp(-FP8_MAX, FP8_MAX))
v_fp8.copy_((v.float() * v_inv).clamp(-FP8_MAX, FP8_MAX))
flashinfer.page.append_paged_kv_cache(
k_fp8,
v_fp8,
inp["batch_indices"],
inp["positions"],
paged,
inp["kv_indices"],
inp["kv_indptr"],
inp["kv_last_page_len"],
kv_layout="NHD",
)

return call, bufs


def time_arm(call, *, warmup: int, iters: int):
times = bench_gpu_time(
call,
dry_run_iters=warmup,
repeat_iters=iters,
cold_l2_cache=True,
enable_cupti=True,
)
return float(statistics.median(times)) * 1e3 # ms -> us


def main() -> int:
ap = argparse.ArgumentParser()
ap.add_argument("--rows", default=",".join(ROWS), help="comma list of row names")
ap.add_argument("--groups", type=int, default=3)
ap.add_argument("--iters", type=int, default=30)
ap.add_argument("--warmup", type=int, default=10)
ap.add_argument(
"--no-stable", action="store_true", help="skip the stable pipeline arm"
)
ap.add_argument("--json", default=None)
args = ap.parse_args()
device = torch.device("cuda:0")
arms = ["cake"] + ([] if args.no_stable else ["stable"])
results = []
print(f"device {torch.cuda.get_device_name(device)} arms {arms}")
print(
f"{'row':10s} {'cfg':28s} "
+ " ".join(f"{a:>10s}" for a in arms)
+ " speedup vs others"
)
for name in args.rows.split(","):
row = ROWS[name]
inp = build_inputs(row, device)
samples = {a: [] for a in arms}
for _ in range(args.groups):
for arm in arms:
if arm == "cake":
call, _bufs = make_cake_call(inp, device)
else:
call, _bufs = make_stable_call(inp, device)
samples[arm].append(
time_arm(call, warmup=args.warmup, iters=args.iters)
)
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

The cake arm always runs before stable in each group.

The docstring says that per-group interleaving makes clock drift affect all arms alike. The order in each group is always ["cake", "stable"], so cake always runs first and stable always runs second. A fixed order does not cancel drift. Thermal state, clock boost decay, and allocator or JIT warm state change during a run in one direction. That change then biases the stable/cake ratio in one direction. This benchmark produces the PR's speedup claims, so that bias reaches the reported results.

Change the arm order on each group, for example by reversing it on odd groups. Record the order that ran in the JSON output.

♻️ Proposed fix 
-        for _ in range(args.groups):
-            for arm in arms:
+        orders = []
+        for gi in range(args.groups):
+            order = arms if gi % 2 == 0 else list(reversed(arms))
+            orders.append(order)
+            for arm in order:

Also add "orders": orders to each results entry.

Based on learnings: "When a benchmark suite always executes competing implementations in a fixed sequential order ... flag this ... mitigate by alternating or randomizing execution order per sample and recording the executed order alongside raw timings."

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Review comment at @benchmarks/bench_cake_fused_qk_rope_fp8_append.py around
lines 350 - 358:
Update the benchmark loop over args.groups to alternate the arms order between
groups, and record each executed order in the corresponding results entry so the
reported timings can be interpreted alongside run order.

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Source: Learnings

med = {a: statistics.median(samples[a]) for a in arms}
cfg = f"({row.hq},{row.hkv}) B{row.batch} Q{row.q_len} ctx{row.ctx} q{row.quant} n{row.norm} p{row.page_size}"
ratios = " ".join(
f"{a}/cake={med[a] / med['cake']:.3f}" for a in arms if a != "cake"
)
print(
f"{name:10s} {cfg:28s} "
+ " ".join(f"{med[a]:10.2f}" for a in arms)
+ f" {ratios}"
)
results.append(
{"row": name, "config": cfg, "median_us": med, "samples_us": samples}
)
if args.json:
with open(args.json, "w") as f:
json.dump(
{
"device": torch.cuda.get_device_name(device),
"arms": arms,
"rows": results,
},
f,
indent=1,
)
return 0


if __name__ == "__main__":
raise SystemExit(main())
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