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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions .pre-commit-config.yaml
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# The SM120 Cake MegaMoE device source parts, instance wrappers and geometry table are generated
# and sealed by cake_sm120_megamoe_manifest.json; keep their bytes.
# The csrc/ trees of the Cake-exported packages (flashinfer-ai/flashinfer#6553: the rmsnorm
# training backend, cake_dsa_train, cake_kda_train, cake_dsa_indexer, cake_mok_bf16, cake_moe_grouped_gemm,
# training backend, the causal conv1d and ulysses backends, cake_dsa_train, cake_kda_train, cake_dsa_indexer, cake_mok_bf16, cake_moe_grouped_gemm,
# cake_lm_head_loss, dense_projection_gemm, cake_stepfun_moe) are rendered by the Cake exporters and
# digest-checked by their build.json manifests; keep their bytes. The package-root loaders,
# cake_build.py and build.json next to them stay checked.
exclude: ^(?:csrc/kda/ptx/|flashinfer/msa_ops/cute_dsl/sparse_decode_nvfp4_sm100\.py|csrc/(?:cake_trtllm_mla_blackwell/generated/|cake_dsv4/|cake_sampling/generated/|cake_minimax_h3_mxfp8_pre_attention/|cake_minimax_h3_nvfp4_pre_attention/|cake_minimax_h3_qkv_quantize_pack/|kda/flashkda_generated_.*|blackwell_msa/|concat_mla/|cake_all_gather_matmul/|cake_moe_finalize_allreduce_fusion/|cake_fp4_allreduce/.*_kernel\.cu|cake_nvfp4_svdquant_gemm/|cake_selective_state_update/(?:cuda|host)/|cake_mamba_ssd_combined/generated/|cake_trtllm_moe_allreduce_union/|cake_gemm_allreduce/|cake_fused_norm_combine/|cake_msa_icp_indexer/|fused_moe/warp_decode/generated/|kda/cake_flashkda_blackwell_evolution_.*\.cu)|flashinfer/(?:cake_rmsnorm_train_backend/csrc/|cake_causal_conv1d_train_backend/csrc/|experimental/nvfp4_sparse_mla_decode/csrc/cake_nvfp4_sparse_mla_decode/|experimental/(?:cake_mok_bf16|cake_mxfp8_megamoe_ep16|cake_moe_grouped_gemm|sm110_gqa_decode|nvfp4_attention|nvfp4_mla_decode|balanced_gqa_decode|minimax_h3_varlen_attention|kimi_k3_fused_router|msa_nvfp4_decode|cake_lm_head_loss|cake_dsa_train|cake_kda_train|cake_dsa_indexer|dense_projection_gemm|cake_stepfun_moe)/csrc/|moe_ep/kernel_src/(?:(?:sm100/(?:cutedsl_megamoe|next_cutedsl_megamoe)|sm107/next_cutedsl_megamoe|sm90/pull_style_cutedsl_megakernel|sm120/(?:swapab|split)_cutedsl_megakernel)/src/|sm90/cake_bf16_megamoe/src/cake_sm90_bf16_megamoe_|sm120/cake_mxfp4_megamoe/src/cake_sm120_megamoe_(?:kernel.*\.cuh|m(?:128|64)_(?:no)?copier\.cu|geometry\.json)))|csrc/generated/dcp_alltoall/)
exclude: ^(?:csrc/kda/ptx/|flashinfer/msa_ops/cute_dsl/sparse_decode_nvfp4_sm100\.py|csrc/(?:cake_trtllm_mla_blackwell/generated/|cake_dsv4/|cake_sampling/generated/|cake_minimax_h3_mxfp8_pre_attention/|cake_minimax_h3_nvfp4_pre_attention/|cake_minimax_h3_qkv_quantize_pack/|kda/flashkda_generated_.*|blackwell_msa/|concat_mla/|cake_all_gather_matmul/|cake_moe_finalize_allreduce_fusion/|cake_fp4_allreduce/.*_kernel\.cu|cake_nvfp4_svdquant_gemm/|cake_selective_state_update/(?:cuda|host)/|cake_mamba_ssd_combined/generated/|cake_trtllm_moe_allreduce_union/|cake_gemm_allreduce/|cake_fused_norm_combine/|cake_msa_icp_indexer/|fused_moe/warp_decode/generated/|kda/cake_flashkda_blackwell_evolution_.*\.cu)|flashinfer/(?:cake_rmsnorm_train_backend/csrc/|cake_causal_conv1d_train_backend/csrc/|cake_ulysses_backend/csrc/|experimental/nvfp4_sparse_mla_decode/csrc/cake_nvfp4_sparse_mla_decode/|experimental/(?:cake_mok_bf16|cake_mxfp8_megamoe_ep16|cake_moe_grouped_gemm|sm110_gqa_decode|nvfp4_attention|nvfp4_mla_decode|balanced_gqa_decode|minimax_h3_varlen_attention|kimi_k3_fused_router|msa_nvfp4_decode|cake_lm_head_loss|cake_dsa_train|cake_kda_train|cake_dsa_indexer|dense_projection_gemm|cake_stepfun_moe)/csrc/|moe_ep/kernel_src/(?:(?:sm100/(?:cutedsl_megamoe|next_cutedsl_megamoe)|sm107/next_cutedsl_megamoe|sm90/pull_style_cutedsl_megakernel|sm120/(?:swapab|split)_cutedsl_megakernel)/src/|sm90/cake_bf16_megamoe/src/cake_sm90_bf16_megamoe_|sm120/cake_mxfp4_megamoe/src/cake_sm120_megamoe_(?:kernel.*\.cuh|m(?:128|64)_(?:no)?copier\.cu|geometry\.json)))|csrc/generated/dcp_alltoall/)

repos:
# Standard hooks
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122 changes: 84 additions & 38 deletions benchmarks/comm/bench_cake_ulysses_a2a.py
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torchrun --standalone --nproc-per-node=8 \
benchmarks/comm/bench_cake_ulysses_a2a.py --json results.json

Both backends use the same input and caller-owned output tensors. Each sample
includes all four staging-to-output copies. CUPTI unavailability is an error.
Add ``--all-shapes`` to measure every portfolio row of the launched world.
Three arms share the same input and caller-owned output tensors: the Cake
package route of the NVLink backend (``cake``), FlashInfer's portable NVLink
kernel (``portable``) and the NCCL backend (``nccl``). Each sample is one
``PreparedCase.run`` (three ``scatter_heads`` and one ``gather_heads``) and
includes every copy the arm's kernel issues. Every sample starts rank-aligned:
the ranks synchronize their devices and meet at a host-side (gloo) barrier
before each call, so the synchronizing kernels are not timed against another
rank's launch skew; the per-sample statistic is the rank maximum, the row's the
median. CUPTI unavailability is an error. Add ``--all-shapes`` to measure
every portfolio row of the launched world. The ``cake`` arm is reported as
``null`` with a reason where the package delivers no route for the device.
"""

import argparse
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from flashinfer.testing import bench_gpu_time_with_cupti

from tests.comm.cake_ulysses_a2a_fixture import prepare, shapes
from tests.comm.cake_ulysses_a2a_fixture import cake_route_available, prepare, shapes


def _aligned(case, barrier_group):
"""``case.run`` behind a device synchronize and a host barrier: every rank starts the sample together."""

def run():
torch.cuda.synchronize()
dist.barrier(group=barrier_group)
return case.run()

return run


def _measure(case, barrier_group, args):
samples = bench_gpu_time_with_cupti(
_aligned(case, barrier_group),
dry_run_iters=args.warmup_iters,
repeat_iters=args.repeat_iters,
cold_l2_cache=True,
use_cuda_graph=False,
aggregate_op=max,
)
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🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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#!/bin/bash
# Inspect how bench_gpu_time_with_cupti places the L2 flush and fn per iteration,
# and how it computes per-iteration time from CUPTI kernel records.
fd -t f utils.py flashinfer/testing --exec sed -n '1100,1320p' {}
rg -nP -C4 'flush|correlation|start|end|aggregate_op|all_reduce' flashinfer/testing/utils.py | sed -n '1,200p'

Repository: flashinfer-ai/flashinfer

Length of output: 16232

Keep rank alignment outside the timed interval.

bench_gpu_time_with_cupti excludes the L2 flush from the CUPTI interval because it synchronizes after buffer.zero_() and before recording start_cpu. However, _aligned still performs torch.cuda.synchronize() and dist.barrier(group=barrier_group) after start_cpu is recorded. The CUPTI interval is based on launches between the CPU timestamps, so the alignment wait can affect which rank's kernels fall in the interval and can make the measured kernel set depend on cross-rank launch skew.

Move the alignment before the timed callback, or update the timing helper so that the alignment operation is not part of the interval. Keep aggregate_gpu_time_across_ranks(..., aggregate_op=max) after per-iteration GPU spans are computed.

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58:
Move the synchronization and barrier performed by _aligned outside the timed
callback passed to bench_gpu_time_with_cupti, ensuring rank alignment completes
before CPU timing starts. Preserve aggregate_op=max so
aggregate_gpu_time_across_ranks runs after each iteration’s GPU spans are
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return {"median_ms": statistics.median(samples), "samples_ms": samples}


def main():
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started = time.monotonic()
torch.cuda.set_device(int(os.environ["LOCAL_RANK"]))
dist.init_process_group("nccl")
# the rank-alignment barrier is host-side so it adds no GPU activity to a sample
barrier_group = dist.new_group(backend="gloo")
rows = []
try:
world = dist.get_world_size()
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]
if not selected:
raise ValueError(f"no portfolio shapes for world size {world}")
cake_available = cake_route_available(world)
for shape in selected:
nvlink = prepare(shape, backend="nvlink")
portable = prepare(shape, backend="nvlink", nvlink_kernel="portable")
cases = {"portable": portable}
try:
nccl = prepare(
shape, backend="nccl", inputs=nvlink.inputs, outputs=nvlink.outputs
if cake_available:
cases["cake"] = prepare(
shape,
backend="nvlink",
nvlink_kernel="cake",
inputs=portable.inputs,
outputs=portable.outputs,
)
cases["nccl"] = prepare(
shape,
backend="nccl",
inputs=portable.inputs,
outputs=portable.outputs,
)
try:
nvlink.check()
nccl.check()
results = {}
for backend, case in (("nvlink", nvlink), ("nccl", nccl)):
samples = bench_gpu_time_with_cupti(
case.run,
dry_run_iters=args.warmup_iters,
repeat_iters=args.repeat_iters,
cold_l2_cache=True,
use_cuda_graph=False,
aggregate_op=max,
)
results[backend] = {
"median_ms": statistics.median(samples),
"samples_ms": samples,
}
rows.append(
{
"shape": shape,
"correctness": "bit_exact",
"timing_backend": "cupti",
"cold_l2_cache": True,
"rank_aggregation": "max_then_median",
"results": results,
"speedup_over_nccl": results["nccl"]["median_ms"]
/ results["nvlink"]["median_ms"],
}
results = {}
for _name, case in cases.items():
case.check()
for name, case in cases.items():
results[name] = _measure(case, barrier_group, args)
if not cake_available:
results["cake"] = None
row = {
"shape": shape,
"correctness": "bit_exact",
"timing_backend": "cupti",
"cold_l2_cache": True,
"rank_alignment": "device_sync_then_host_barrier_per_sample",
"rank_aggregation": "max_then_median",
"results": results,
"speedup_portable_over_nccl": results["nccl"]["median_ms"]
/ results["portable"]["median_ms"],
}
if cake_available:
row["speedup_cake_over_nccl"] = (
results["nccl"]["median_ms"] / results["cake"]["median_ms"]
)
row["speedup_cake_over_portable"] = (
results["portable"]["median_ms"] / results["cake"]["median_ms"]
)
else:
row["cake_unavailable"] = (
"the package delivers no route for this device and dtype"
)
finally:
nccl.close()
rows.append(row)
finally:
nvlink.close()
for case in reversed(list(cases.values())):
case.close()
if rank == 0:
report = {
"world_size": world,
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