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perf(cake_kda): auto grad, ship the BF16x3 half-width transfer walk on the context-parallel route - #7176
The Cake packed KDA kernels form a chunked training backend for documents packed into one sequence and come in two Cake variants: a single-device packed training variant, and a context-parallel (KCP) variant that splits the sequence over the ranks of a torch.distributed group, passes the recurrent state between ranks through FP32 affine state summaries, and supports contiguous, zigzag and per-document zigzag + ragged partition layouts with saved-context and checkpoint-replay backward. This PR gives the context-parallel variant a faster cross-rank state transfer: the transfer walk, which carries the FP32 recurrent state across fragment boundaries and ranks as the affine product S_out = M * S_in + B, now computes a half-width BF16x3 split product (each FP32 operand split into three BF16 parts, products on the tensor cores, FP32 accumulation) with two CTAs per (segment, head), each covering one half of the state's columns, in place of the previous full-width TF32 hi/lo split product with one CTA per (segment, head). M, B and the states keep FP32 storage, and every other kernel, the single-device path, the partition layouts and both backward modes are unchanged; results differ from the previous version only in the last bits of the transferred state (a different product rounding) and stay inside the family's FP64-referenced precision budgets, and forward and backward are bitwise reproducible run to run. Against the previous Cake version of the same kernels as merged in PR #7117, measured as an interleaved arm in the same sessions with the same protocol, the speedup ranges from 0.9498x to 1.0868x in session 1 and from 0.9812x to 1.0560x in session 2; 89 of 144 rows are faster by more than 2 % in both sessions, 39 of 144 stay within 0.98-1.02 in both, none of the 144 is slower by more than 2 % in both, and the remaining rows change band between the sessions. Two rows are slower than the previous version by more than 2 % in session 1 only and faster in session 2: Q2 CP8 contiguous B1 (0.9498x / 1.0268x) and Q4 CP8 zigzag B3 (0.9576x / 1.0127x). The transfer walk is a forward-side cost, so the gain shows most in B1, the module forward, which ranges from 0.9498x to 1.0868x across both sessions and is above 1.02x in every CP2 row, with the largest single-row ratios and the widest spread at CP8 / CP16, while B3, which adds checkpoint replay and the unchanged backward, ranges from 0.9576x to 1.0233x.
Measured on NVIDIA GB300 (sm_103a) with CUDA 13.0, driver 580.159.03 and NCCL 2.30.7; latency in ms = median over steady iterations of the slowest rank, from two independent sessions s1 / s2 on different nodes, and speedup = previous version ms / this PR ms; CP2 / CP4 on one node of 4 GPUs, CP8 on two nodes, CP16 on four nodes of one NVL72 domain; B1 = module forward (conv halo + conv + KDA state passing + recurrence, communication included), B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward; previous version = the same kernels as merged in PR #7117, run as an interleaved arm in the same sessions with the same protocol.
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this PR ms (s1 / s2)
speedup vs previous version (s1 / s2)
Q1 (249,856 tok / 4 docs)
2
contiguous
B1 = forward
15.956 / 15.927
15.324 / 15.282
1.0412 / 1.0422
Q1 (249,856 tok / 4 docs)
2
contiguous
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
65.367 / 65.321
64.060 / 64.027
1.0204 / 1.0202
Q1 (249,856 tok / 4 docs)
2
zigzag
B1 = forward
16.137 / 16.129
15.524 / 15.487
1.0395 / 1.0415
Q1 (249,856 tok / 4 docs)
2
zigzag
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
65.887 / 65.911
64.677 / 64.681
1.0187 / 1.0190
Q1 (249,856 tok / 4 docs)
2
per-document zigzag + ragged
B1 = forward
16.201 / 16.168
15.565 / 15.529
1.0409 / 1.0411
Q1 (249,856 tok / 4 docs)
2
per-document zigzag + ragged
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
66.019 / 65.997
64.725 / 64.696
1.0200 / 1.0201
Q2 (226,336 tok / 2 docs)
2
contiguous
B1 = forward
14.461 / 14.427
14.105 / 14.081
1.0252 / 1.0246
Q2 (226,336 tok / 2 docs)
2
contiguous
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
58.905 / 58.910
58.258 / 58.203
1.0111 / 1.0121
Q2 (226,336 tok / 2 docs)
2
zigzag
B1 = forward
15.266 / 15.249
14.630 / 14.595
1.0435 / 1.0448
Q2 (226,336 tok / 2 docs)
2
zigzag
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
61.498 / 61.492
60.182 / 60.168
1.0219 / 1.0220
Q2 (226,336 tok / 2 docs)
2
per-document zigzag + ragged
B1 = forward
14.984 / 14.947
14.370 / 14.324
1.0427 / 1.0435
Q2 (226,336 tok / 2 docs)
2
per-document zigzag + ragged
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
60.877 / 60.892
59.645 / 59.585
1.0207 / 1.0219
Q3 (262,048 tok / 6 docs)
2
contiguous
B1 = forward
16.579 / 16.542
15.882 / 15.839
1.0439 / 1.0444
Q3 (262,048 tok / 6 docs)
2
contiguous
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
67.956 / 67.899
66.516 / 66.484
1.0216 / 1.0213
Q3 (262,048 tok / 6 docs)
2
zigzag
B1 = forward
16.392 / 16.370
15.739 / 15.718
1.0415 / 1.0415
Q3 (262,048 tok / 6 docs)
2
zigzag
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
67.568 / 67.537
66.269 / 66.220
1.0196 / 1.0199
Q3 (262,048 tok / 6 docs)
2
per-document zigzag + ragged
B1 = forward
17.197 / 17.184
16.547 / 16.493
1.0393 / 1.0419
Q3 (262,048 tok / 6 docs)
2
per-document zigzag + ragged
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
69.886 / 69.898
68.498 / 68.459
1.0203 / 1.0210
Q4 (240,160 tok / 3 docs)
2
contiguous
B1 = forward
15.074 / 15.056
14.460 / 14.430
1.0425 / 1.0434
Q4 (240,160 tok / 3 docs)
2
contiguous
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
62.207 / 62.171
60.988 / 60.948
1.0200 / 1.0201
Q4 (240,160 tok / 3 docs)
2
zigzag
B1 = forward
15.188 / 15.148
14.636 / 14.592
1.0377 / 1.0381
Q4 (240,160 tok / 3 docs)
2
zigzag
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
62.333 / 62.317
61.361 / 61.251
1.0158 / 1.0174
Q4 (240,160 tok / 3 docs)
2
per-document zigzag + ragged
B1 = forward
15.855 / 15.839
15.208 / 15.190
1.0425 / 1.0427
Q4 (240,160 tok / 3 docs)
2
per-document zigzag + ragged
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
64.450 / 64.483
63.183 / 63.128
1.0201 / 1.0215
Q5 (255,008 tok / 5 docs)
2
contiguous
B1 = forward
16.178 / 16.141
15.442 / 15.433
1.0477 / 1.0459
Q5 (255,008 tok / 5 docs)
2
contiguous
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
66.245 / 66.164
64.833 / 64.774
1.0218 / 1.0215
Q5 (255,008 tok / 5 docs)
2
zigzag
B1 = forward
16.049 / 16.018
15.421 / 15.364
1.0407 / 1.0426
Q5 (255,008 tok / 5 docs)
2
zigzag
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
65.990 / 65.953
64.804 / 64.695
1.0183 / 1.0194
Q5 (255,008 tok / 5 docs)
2
per-document zigzag + ragged
B1 = forward
16.584 / 16.575
15.913 / 15.929
1.0422 / 1.0406
Q5 (255,008 tok / 5 docs)
2
per-document zigzag + ragged
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
67.604 / 67.637
66.273 / 66.279
1.0201 / 1.0205
Q6 (249,856 tok / 2 docs)
2
contiguous
B1 = forward
16.147 / 16.134
15.506 / 15.493
1.0413 / 1.0414
Q6 (249,856 tok / 2 docs)
2
contiguous
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
65.686 / 65.674
64.401 / 64.361
1.0200 / 1.0204
Q6 (249,856 tok / 2 docs)
2
zigzag
B1 = forward
16.419 / 16.407
15.767 / 15.729
1.0414 / 1.0431
Q6 (249,856 tok / 2 docs)
2
zigzag
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
66.615 / 66.596
65.325 / 65.306
1.0197 / 1.0198
Q6 (249,856 tok / 2 docs)
2
per-document zigzag + ragged
B1 = forward
16.909 / 16.879
16.207 / 16.181
1.0433 / 1.0431
Q6 (249,856 tok / 2 docs)
2
per-document zigzag + ragged
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
68.584 / 68.514
67.164 / 67.131
1.0211 / 1.0206
Q1 (249,856 tok / 4 docs)
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contiguous
B1 = forward
8.271 / 8.274
8.000 / 7.999
1.0339 / 1.0344
Q1 (249,856 tok / 4 docs)
4
contiguous
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
33.410 / 33.421
32.889 / 32.899
1.0158 / 1.0159
Q1 (249,856 tok / 4 docs)
4
zigzag
B1 = forward
8.524 / 8.512
8.196 / 8.196
1.0400 / 1.0386
Q1 (249,856 tok / 4 docs)
4
zigzag
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
34.117 / 34.115
33.489 / 33.511
1.0188 / 1.0180
Q1 (249,856 tok / 4 docs)
4
per-document zigzag + ragged
B1 = forward
8.393 / 8.402
8.002 / 7.985
1.0489 / 1.0522
Q1 (249,856 tok / 4 docs)
4
per-document zigzag + ragged
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
33.870 / 33.918
33.142 / 33.163
1.0220 / 1.0228
Q2 (226,336 tok / 2 docs)
4
contiguous
B1 = forward
7.629 / 7.622
7.467 / 7.432
1.0217 / 1.0256
Q2 (226,336 tok / 2 docs)
4
contiguous
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
30.439 / 30.455
30.053 / 30.031
1.0128 / 1.0141
Q2 (226,336 tok / 2 docs)
4
zigzag
B1 = forward
7.864 / 7.862
7.566 / 7.552
1.0394 / 1.0410
Q2 (226,336 tok / 2 docs)
4
zigzag
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
31.234 / 31.295
30.674 / 30.695
1.0183 / 1.0195
Q2 (226,336 tok / 2 docs)
4
per-document zigzag + ragged
B1 = forward
7.796 / 7.778
7.507 / 7.493
1.0385 / 1.0380
Q2 (226,336 tok / 2 docs)
4
per-document zigzag + ragged
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
31.241 / 31.260
30.702 / 30.712
1.0176 / 1.0178
Q3 (262,048 tok / 6 docs)
4
contiguous
B1 = forward
8.671 / 8.666
8.299 / 8.276
1.0448 / 1.0471
Q3 (262,048 tok / 6 docs)
4
contiguous
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
35.034 / 35.045
34.289 / 34.309
1.0217 / 1.0215
Q3 (262,048 tok / 6 docs)
4
zigzag
B1 = forward
8.898 / 8.893
8.544 / 8.571
1.0414 / 1.0376
Q3 (262,048 tok / 6 docs)
4
zigzag
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
35.681 / 35.663
34.991 / 35.085
1.0197 / 1.0165
Q3 (262,048 tok / 6 docs)
4
per-document zigzag + ragged
B1 = forward
8.816 / 8.828
8.475 / 8.997
1.0402 / 0.9812
Q3 (262,048 tok / 6 docs)
4
per-document zigzag + ragged
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
35.656 / 35.676
34.953 / 34.979
1.0201 / 1.0199
Q4 (240,160 tok / 3 docs)
4
contiguous
B1 = forward
8.127 / 8.117
7.904 / 8.269
1.0282 / 0.9816
Q4 (240,160 tok / 3 docs)
4
contiguous
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
32.502 / 32.484
32.022 / 32.023
1.0150 / 1.0144
Q4 (240,160 tok / 3 docs)
4
zigzag
B1 = forward
8.263 / 8.260
7.892 / 7.879
1.0470 / 1.0484
Q4 (240,160 tok / 3 docs)
4
zigzag
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
32.958 / 32.982
32.266 / 32.279
1.0214 / 1.0218
Q4 (240,160 tok / 3 docs)
4
per-document zigzag + ragged
B1 = forward
8.358 / 8.355
8.063 / 8.055
1.0366 / 1.0372
Q4 (240,160 tok / 3 docs)
4
per-document zigzag + ragged
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
33.384 / 33.413
32.778 / 32.813
1.0185 / 1.0183
Q5 (255,008 tok / 5 docs)
4
contiguous
B1 = forward
8.463 / 8.452
8.107 / 8.090
1.0439 / 1.0447
Q5 (255,008 tok / 5 docs)
4
contiguous
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
34.166 / 34.165
33.437 / 33.425
1.0218 / 1.0221
Q5 (255,008 tok / 5 docs)
4
zigzag
B1 = forward
8.716 / 8.725
8.364 / 8.376
1.0421 / 1.0417
Q5 (255,008 tok / 5 docs)
4
zigzag
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
34.942 / 34.970
34.255 / 34.288
1.0201 / 1.0199
Q5 (255,008 tok / 5 docs)
4
per-document zigzag + ragged
B1 = forward
8.604 / 8.609
8.240 / 8.229
1.0442 / 1.0462
Q5 (255,008 tok / 5 docs)
4
per-document zigzag + ragged
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
34.792 / 34.786
34.051 / 34.042
1.0218 / 1.0219
Q6 (249,856 tok / 2 docs)
4
contiguous
B1 = forward
8.336 / 8.308
8.116 / 8.097
1.0271 / 1.0261
Q6 (249,856 tok / 2 docs)
4
contiguous
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
33.469 / 33.474
33.065 / 33.055
1.0122 / 1.0127
Q6 (249,856 tok / 2 docs)
4
zigzag
B1 = forward
8.467 / 8.469
8.199 / 8.202
1.0327 / 1.0326
Q6 (249,856 tok / 2 docs)
4
zigzag
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
33.972 / 34.027
33.421 / 33.425
1.0165 / 1.0180
Q6 (249,856 tok / 2 docs)
4
per-document zigzag + ragged
B1 = forward
8.774 / 8.763
8.435 / 8.402
1.0402 / 1.0430
Q6 (249,856 tok / 2 docs)
4
per-document zigzag + ragged
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
34.970 / 34.969
34.276 / 34.295
1.0202 / 1.0197
Q1 (249,856 tok / 4 docs)
8
contiguous
B1 = forward
4.619 / 4.624
4.443 / 4.450
1.0396 / 1.0391
Q1 (249,856 tok / 4 docs)
8
contiguous
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
17.936 / 17.949
17.616 / 17.632
1.0182 / 1.0180
Q1 (249,856 tok / 4 docs)
8
zigzag
B1 = forward
4.835 / 4.573
4.449 / 4.454
1.0868 / 1.0267
Q1 (249,856 tok / 4 docs)
8
zigzag
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
17.930 / 17.933
17.695 / 17.687
1.0133 / 1.0139
Q1 (249,856 tok / 4 docs)
8
per-document zigzag + ragged
B1 = forward
4.694 / 4.697
4.488 / 4.512
1.0459 / 1.0410
Q1 (249,856 tok / 4 docs)
8
per-document zigzag + ragged
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
18.420 / 18.387
18.075 / 18.023
1.0191 / 1.0202
Q2 (226,336 tok / 2 docs)
8
contiguous
B1 = forward
4.273 / 4.285
4.499 / 4.173
0.9498 / 1.0268
Q2 (226,336 tok / 2 docs)
8
contiguous
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
16.465 / 16.465
16.233 / 16.224
1.0143 / 1.0149
Q2 (226,336 tok / 2 docs)
8
zigzag
B1 = forward
4.230 / 4.219
4.133 / 4.102
1.0235 / 1.0285
Q2 (226,336 tok / 2 docs)
8
zigzag
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
16.404 / 16.410
16.207 / 16.211
1.0122 / 1.0123
Q2 (226,336 tok / 2 docs)
8
per-document zigzag + ragged
B1 = forward
4.282 / 4.236
4.107 / 4.080
1.0426 / 1.0382
Q2 (226,336 tok / 2 docs)
8
per-document zigzag + ragged
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
16.668 / 16.640
16.363 / 16.326
1.0186 / 1.0192
Q3 (262,048 tok / 6 docs)
8
contiguous
B1 = forward
4.794 / 4.804
4.659 / 4.660
1.0290 / 1.0309
Q3 (262,048 tok / 6 docs)
8
contiguous
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
18.693 / 18.715
18.422 / 18.436
1.0147 / 1.0151
Q3 (262,048 tok / 6 docs)
8
zigzag
B1 = forward
4.782 / 4.768
4.837 / 4.648
0.9886 / 1.0258
Q3 (262,048 tok / 6 docs)
8
zigzag
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
18.746 / 18.765
18.490 / 18.520
1.0138 / 1.0132
Q3 (262,048 tok / 6 docs)
8
per-document zigzag + ragged
B1 = forward
4.934 / 4.937
4.738 / 4.747
1.0414 / 1.0400
Q3 (262,048 tok / 6 docs)
8
per-document zigzag + ragged
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
19.315 / 19.331
18.933 / 18.945
1.0202 / 1.0204
Q4 (240,160 tok / 3 docs)
8
contiguous
B1 = forward
4.510 / 4.488
4.312 / 4.301
1.0459 / 1.0435
Q4 (240,160 tok / 3 docs)
8
contiguous
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
17.367 / 17.358
17.030 / 17.006
1.0198 / 1.0207
Q4 (240,160 tok / 3 docs)
8
zigzag
B1 = forward
4.443 / 4.425
4.327 / 4.310
1.0268 / 1.0267
Q4 (240,160 tok / 3 docs)
8
zigzag
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
17.304 / 17.299
18.071 / 17.082
0.9576 / 1.0127
Q4 (240,160 tok / 3 docs)
8
per-document zigzag + ragged
B1 = forward
4.509 / 4.503
4.336 / 4.325
1.0399 / 1.0412
Q4 (240,160 tok / 3 docs)
8
per-document zigzag + ragged
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
17.566 / 17.582
17.214 / 17.212
1.0204 / 1.0215
Q5 (255,008 tok / 5 docs)
8
contiguous
B1 = forward
4.692 / 4.684
4.554 / 4.562
1.0303 / 1.0267
Q5 (255,008 tok / 5 docs)
8
contiguous
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
18.238 / 18.254
17.980 / 17.989
1.0143 / 1.0147
Q5 (255,008 tok / 5 docs)
8
zigzag
B1 = forward
4.677 / 4.670
4.540 / 4.551
1.0302 / 1.0261
Q5 (255,008 tok / 5 docs)
8
zigzag
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
18.322 / 18.347
18.076 / 18.102
1.0136 / 1.0135
Q5 (255,008 tok / 5 docs)
8
per-document zigzag + ragged
B1 = forward
4.896 / 4.876
4.685 / 4.683
1.0450 / 1.0412
Q5 (255,008 tok / 5 docs)
8
per-document zigzag + ragged
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
19.224 / 19.205
18.820 / 18.790
1.0215 / 1.0221
Q6 (249,856 tok / 2 docs)
8
contiguous
B1 = forward
4.628 / 4.605
4.501 / 4.481
1.0282 / 1.0277
Q6 (249,856 tok / 2 docs)
8
contiguous
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
17.946 / 17.930
17.693 / 17.700
1.0143 / 1.0130
Q6 (249,856 tok / 2 docs)
8
zigzag
B1 = forward
4.584 / 4.574
4.457 / 4.458
1.0285 / 1.0260
Q6 (249,856 tok / 2 docs)
8
zigzag
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
17.907 / 17.905
17.677 / 17.680
1.0130 / 1.0127
Q6 (249,856 tok / 2 docs)
8
per-document zigzag + ragged
B1 = forward
4.639 / 4.657
4.482 / 4.497
1.0350 / 1.0356
Q6 (249,856 tok / 2 docs)
8
per-document zigzag + ragged
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
18.302 / 18.314
17.980 / 18.028
1.0179 / 1.0159
Q1 (249,856 tok / 4 docs)
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contiguous
B1 = forward
2.721 / 2.745
2.579 / 2.608
1.0551 / 1.0525
Q1 (249,856 tok / 4 docs)
16
contiguous
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
9.848 / 9.884
9.644 / 9.674
1.0212 / 1.0217
Q1 (249,856 tok / 4 docs)
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zigzag
B1 = forward
2.645 / 2.661
2.578 / 2.595
1.0260 / 1.0254
Q1 (249,856 tok / 4 docs)
16
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B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
9.733 / 9.759
9.605 / 9.625
1.0133 / 1.0139
Q1 (249,856 tok / 4 docs)
16
per-document zigzag + ragged
B1 = forward
2.848 / 2.867
2.740 / 2.774
1.0394 / 1.0335
Q1 (249,856 tok / 4 docs)
16
per-document zigzag + ragged
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
10.391 / 10.428
10.190 / 10.213
1.0197 / 1.0211
Q2 (226,336 tok / 2 docs)
16
contiguous
B1 = forward
2.533 / 2.550
2.478 / 2.481
1.0222 / 1.0278
Q2 (226,336 tok / 2 docs)
16
contiguous
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
9.086 / 9.097
8.969 / 8.980
1.0130 / 1.0130
Q2 (226,336 tok / 2 docs)
16
zigzag
B1 = forward
2.476 / 2.498
2.412 / 2.429
1.0265 / 1.0284
Q2 (226,336 tok / 2 docs)
16
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B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
8.991 / 9.006
8.862 / 8.889
1.0146 / 1.0132
Q2 (226,336 tok / 2 docs)
16
per-document zigzag + ragged
B1 = forward
2.602 / 2.579
2.524 / 2.491
1.0309 / 1.0353
Q2 (226,336 tok / 2 docs)
16
per-document zigzag + ragged
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
9.546 / 9.516
9.397 / 9.361
1.0159 / 1.0166
Q3 (262,048 tok / 6 docs)
16
contiguous
B1 = forward
2.800 / 2.832
2.740 / 2.766
1.0219 / 1.0239
Q3 (262,048 tok / 6 docs)
16
contiguous
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
10.254 / 10.272
10.113 / 10.146
1.0139 / 1.0124
Q3 (262,048 tok / 6 docs)
16
zigzag
B1 = forward
2.871 / 2.771
2.692 / 2.699
1.0665 / 1.0267
Q3 (262,048 tok / 6 docs)
16
zigzag
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
10.139 / 10.162
10.244 / 10.034
0.9898 / 1.0128
Q3 (262,048 tok / 6 docs)
16
per-document zigzag + ragged
B1 = forward
3.034 / 3.060
2.909 / 2.924
1.0430 / 1.0465
Q3 (262,048 tok / 6 docs)
16
per-document zigzag + ragged
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
11.167 / 11.201
10.932 / 10.946
1.0215 / 1.0233
Q4 (240,160 tok / 3 docs)
16
contiguous
B1 = forward
2.670 / 2.661
2.513 / 2.520
1.0625 / 1.0560
Q4 (240,160 tok / 3 docs)
16
contiguous
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
9.534 / 9.561
9.327 / 9.345
1.0222 / 1.0231
Q4 (240,160 tok / 3 docs)
16
zigzag
B1 = forward
2.592 / 2.615
2.530 / 2.543
1.0245 / 1.0283
Q4 (240,160 tok / 3 docs)
16
zigzag
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
9.496 / 9.519
9.486 / 9.385
1.0011 / 1.0143
Q4 (240,160 tok / 3 docs)
16
per-document zigzag + ragged
B1 = forward
2.862 / 2.772
2.672 / 2.659
1.0711 / 1.0425
Q4 (240,160 tok / 3 docs)
16
per-document zigzag + ragged
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
10.150 / 10.116
9.919 / 9.899
1.0233 / 1.0219
Q5 (255,008 tok / 5 docs)
16
contiguous
B1 = forward
2.756 / 2.797
2.695 / 2.728
1.0226 / 1.0253
Q5 (255,008 tok / 5 docs)
16
contiguous
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
10.050 / 10.081
9.913 / 9.942
1.0138 / 1.0140
Q5 (255,008 tok / 5 docs)
16
zigzag
B1 = forward
2.687 / 2.713
2.622 / 2.640
1.0248 / 1.0277
Q5 (255,008 tok / 5 docs)
16
zigzag
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
9.926 / 9.958
9.802 / 9.805
1.0127 / 1.0156
Q5 (255,008 tok / 5 docs)
16
per-document zigzag + ragged
B1 = forward
2.978 / 2.983
2.851 / 2.848
1.0445 / 1.0474
Q5 (255,008 tok / 5 docs)
16
per-document zigzag + ragged
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
10.848 / 10.890
10.615 / 10.655
1.0220 / 1.0221
Q6 (249,856 tok / 2 docs)
16
contiguous
B1 = forward
2.700 / 2.725
2.639 / 2.649
1.0231 / 1.0287
Q6 (249,856 tok / 2 docs)
16
contiguous
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
9.800 / 9.813
9.667 / 9.704
1.0138 / 1.0112
Q6 (249,856 tok / 2 docs)
16
zigzag
B1 = forward
2.649 / 2.679
2.577 / 2.599
1.0279 / 1.0308
Q6 (249,856 tok / 2 docs)
16
zigzag
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
9.727 / 9.769
9.600 / 9.620
1.0132 / 1.0155
Q6 (249,856 tok / 2 docs)
16
per-document zigzag + ragged
B1 = forward
2.777 / 2.782
2.798 / 2.680
0.9925 / 1.0381
Q6 (249,856 tok / 2 docs)
16
per-document zigzag + ragged
B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward
10.315 / 10.329
10.112 / 10.137
1.0201 / 1.0189
The family's other Cake variants, neither changed by this PR, are the single-device packed training variant (forward + backward in saved-context and checkpoint-replay modes) and the halo variant of the width-4 causal conv1d + SiLU training backend that ships beside the context-parallel variant; the family covers sm_100a (B200 / GB200), sm_103a (B300 / GB300) and sm_107a (R200), the new transfer program is built for all three, and the table measures GB300.
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New Features
The default transfer method for experimental KDA training now uses the half-width BF16x3 walk. The TF32 hi/lo walk remains available through explicit test selection.
Added prebuilt KDA training libraries for additional GPU architectures.
Bug Fixes
KDA training now rejects a head count below one with a clear validation error.
The rendered sources follow the pinned kernel tree (the ring-cursor wait
form of the tape, offset, transfer and merge programs); build.json and
build.test.json carry the refreshed entries. No registry or host change.
Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
…xt-parallel route
The KCP transfer walk's shipped record becomes the BF16x3 program at value
width 64 (two CTAs per segment and head, 107520 B of dynamic shared memory);
the TF32 hi/lo walk it replaces moves to the test-only table as
kcp_transfer_walk_tf32_hilo (transfer_walk knob "tf32_hilo"), beside its
static precision_mode forms and the full-width BF16x3 walk. Library names
follow the kernel and its build keywords, so only the manifests move; the
registry's derived leaves are unchanged.
Host: the transfer_walk default is "bf16x3_hw64" (KcpOptions, KcpSaved, the
program provider); a non-zero precision_mode implies the TF32 hi/lo walk and
still refuses a BF16x3 walk beside it. The tests follow the new tables, the
knob order and the defaults; the README names the shipped walk.
Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
build.json lists the half-width BF16x3 transfer walk (cake_kda_train_9a3f306bacf8c8a1547d)
on the three architectures and build.test.json the TF32 hi/lo walk it replaces
(cake_kda_train_1ac972f0cb7cc7b13cf7); the rendered sources already follow the pinned kernel tree.
Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
The KCP default changes from TF32 hi/lo to half-width BF16x3, with precision-mode routing preserved for TF32. The shipped and test-only records and AOT manifests are updated. Several generated CUDA kernels change barrier addressing, BF16 output packing, and tensor-memory deallocation. The binding also rejects num_heads values below one.
Changes: KCP Transfer Walk and Kernel Changes
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Summary
Transfer selection and precision-mode routing flashinfer/experimental/cake_kda_train/cake_kcp.py, cake_kcp_plan.py, tests/experimental/test_cake_kda_train_kcp.py, test_cake_kda_train_kcp_dist.py
The default transfer walk is now bf16x3_hw64. When no walk is specified, nonzero precision modes select tf32_hilo. Tests cover defaults and incompatible combinations.
Transfer records and AOT build metadata flashinfer/experimental/cake_kda_train/README.md, cake_kcp_jit.py, build.json, build.test.json, tests/experimental/test_cake_kda_train_kcp_build.py
The shipped record uses the half-width BF16x3 kernel. TF32 hi/lo and full-width BF16x3 remain test choices. Registry tests and generated build records reflect the updated records and architecture builds.
Kernel barriers and stage addressing flashinfer/experimental/cake_kda_train/csrc/cake_kda_train_1c66573e87150245374b_kernel.cu, cake_kda_train_3808ea4d567b82ea21a4_kernel.cu, cake_kda_train_9a3f306bacf8c8a1547d_kernel.cu
Several kernels remove stage-indexed barrier and descriptor offsets. They use base barriers and stage-zero shared-memory offsets.
BF16 output packing and kernel resource updates flashinfer/experimental/cake_kda_train/csrc/cake_kda_train_*_kernel.cu, cake_kda_train_f227dd21f1f3cb464b29_binding.cu
Several output paths pack BF16 values into vector-store words. Kernel edits pass tensor-memory addresses directly to deallocation calls. The binding rejects num_heads values below one.
sequenceDiagram
participant KcpOptions
participant KernelBackend
participant kcp_transfer_walk
participant BF16x3Kernel
KcpOptions->>KernelBackend: select BF16x3 default or TF32 hi/lo for nonzero precision mode
KernelBackend->>kcp_transfer_walk: resolve transfer record
kcp_transfer_walk->>BF16x3Kernel: launch shipped half-width BF16x3 path
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Issue 6595: The issue tracks CAKE recurrent KDA kernels and context-parallel KDA work; this change updates the KDA training transfer path.
Issue 6919: The issue requests precise KDA context-parallel state passing; this change updates the cross-rank state-transfer walk and its precision-mode routing.
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Run-module-only providers can leave half of a transferred state unwritten. Fix their launch grid before merging; also correct the generated BF16 packing reads.
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- Line 1957: Update the `run_module` fallback in the `transfer_walk` branch to
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half-width kernel, so both required CTAs run per head. Preserve the one-CTA grid
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- Line 319: Update the BF16 packing emitter that generates the _packed_0 store
to avoid reading _bf2 through a uint32_t pointer; use a supported bit conversion
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Use the two-CTA grid in the run_module fallback.
When a provider exposes only run_module, this branch selects the new shipped half-width kernel. KernelBackend._transfer_args supplies only one CTA per segment and head, and the fallback passes that grid through unchanged. For one segment and one head, only one of the required two CTAs runs, so part of the FP32 state remains unwritten. Apply the selected record’s CTA multiplier in this fallback; keep the one-CTA grid for TF32 records.
Proposed fallback adjustment
if program == "transfer_walk":
if precision_mode:
record += {1: "_three_mma", 2: "_plain_tf32"}[int(precision_mode)]
elif transfer_walk != TRANSFER_WALKS[0]:
record += f"_{transfer_walk}"
+ else:+ grid *= 2 # The shipped half-width record needs two CTAs per head.
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Update the `run_module` fallback in the `transfer_walk` branch to apply the
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Remove the incompatible pointer read from BF16 packing.
_bf2 is a __nv_bfloat162, but this expression reads it through a uint32_t*. That read violates C++ strict aliasing and can make packed output depend on compiler optimization. The same new pattern appears in the other three stores in this file, in cake_kda_train_9cfe05bce78410f1304b_kernel.cu, and in cake_kda_train_f227dd21f1f3cb464b29_kernel.cu. Fix the packing emitter so all generated stores use a supported bit conversion or copy the object representation without an incompatible pointer dereference. NVIDIA documents which BF16 component occupies each half of the packed value. (docs.nvidia.com)
Based on learnings, dereferencing an incompatible pointer type to type-pun a value violates strict aliasing; memcpy is an allowed alternative.
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Update the BF16 packing emitter that generates the _packed_0 store to avoid
reading _bf2 through a uint32_t pointer; use a supported bit conversion or copy
its object representation while preserving NVIDIA’s documented component
ordering. Apply the same fix to the other generated BF16 stores so none use
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The Cake packed KDA kernels form a chunked training backend for documents packed into one sequence and come in two Cake variants: a single-device packed training variant, and a context-parallel (KCP) variant that splits the sequence over the ranks of a torch.distributed group, passes the recurrent state between ranks through FP32 affine state summaries, and supports contiguous, zigzag and per-document zigzag + ragged partition layouts with saved-context and checkpoint-replay backward. This PR gives the context-parallel variant a faster cross-rank state transfer: the transfer walk, which carries the FP32 recurrent state across fragment boundaries and ranks as the affine product S_out = M * S_in + B, now computes a half-width BF16x3 split product (each FP32 operand split into three BF16 parts, products on the tensor cores, FP32 accumulation) with two CTAs per (segment, head), each covering one half of the state's columns, in place of the previous full-width TF32 hi/lo split product with one CTA per (segment, head). M, B and the states keep FP32 storage, and every other kernel, the single-device path, the partition layouts and both backward modes are unchanged; results differ from the previous version only in the last bits of the transferred state (a different product rounding) and stay inside the family's FP64-referenced precision budgets, and forward and backward are bitwise reproducible run to run. Against the previous Cake version of the same kernels as merged in PR #7117, measured as an interleaved arm in the same sessions with the same protocol, the speedup ranges from 0.9498x to 1.0868x in session 1 and from 0.9812x to 1.0560x in session 2; 89 of 144 rows are faster by more than 2 % in both sessions, 39 of 144 stay within 0.98-1.02 in both, none of the 144 is slower by more than 2 % in both, and the remaining rows change band between the sessions. Two rows are slower than the previous version by more than 2 % in session 1 only and faster in session 2: Q2 CP8 contiguous B1 (0.9498x / 1.0268x) and Q4 CP8 zigzag B3 (0.9576x / 1.0127x). The transfer walk is a forward-side cost, so the gain shows most in B1, the module forward, which ranges from 0.9498x to 1.0868x across both sessions and is above 1.02x in every CP2 row, with the largest single-row ratios and the widest spread at CP8 / CP16, while B3, which adds checkpoint replay and the unchanged backward, ranges from 0.9576x to 1.0233x.
Measured on NVIDIA GB300 (sm_103a) with CUDA 13.0, driver 580.159.03 and NCCL 2.30.7; latency in ms = median over steady iterations of the slowest rank, from two independent sessions s1 / s2 on different nodes, and speedup = previous version ms / this PR ms; CP2 / CP4 on one node of 4 GPUs, CP8 on two nodes, CP16 on four nodes of one NVL72 domain; B1 = module forward (conv halo + conv + KDA state passing + recurrence, communication included), B3 = forward + checkpoint replay + backward; previous version = the same kernels as merged in PR #7117, run as an interleaved arm in the same sessions with the same protocol.
The family's other Cake variants, neither changed by this PR, are the single-device packed training variant (forward + backward in saved-context and checkpoint-replay modes) and the halo variant of the width-4 causal conv1d + SiLU training backend that ships beside the context-parallel variant; the family covers sm_100a (B200 / GB200), sm_103a (B300 / GB300) and sm_107a (R200), the new transfer program is built for all three, and the table measures GB300.
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