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feat(cake_gdn_kcp): with grad, add non-deterministic context-parallel Cake GDN chunked autograd backend - #8172
This PR adds flashinfer.experimental.cake_gdn_train_kcp, the non-deterministic context-parallel variant of Cake's Gated DeltaNet (GDN) chunked training kernel with gradients. It is reached through flashinfer.cake_gdn_train_kcp with deterministic=False and is the only one of the kernel's four variants not yet on main. The tables give speedup as baseline latency / new latency, so values above 1 mean the new package is faster, against two baselines: the deterministic Cake KCP package exactly as on main, and, per row, the strongest non-Cake implementation that passes the same accuracy budget against an FP64 reference (chosen from FLA 0.6.0 context-parallel kernels, a head-parallel all-to-all around the cuDNN frontend 1.32.1 FROST GDN engine, and FlashQLA 0.1.3, which has no sm_107a build). The current tables cover R200 (sm_107a, 212 SMs) at CP4 and CP2, where the new package is at near parity with the deterministic one (1.00–1.02×) and about 3.7–5.2× faster than the strongest non-Cake implementation on forward+backward and checkpointed steps; B200 and GB300 rows will be added when measured.
R200 (sm_107a, 212 SMs), CUDA 13.0 — CP4
Protocol: eager; CUDA events on every rank, the slowest rank's time counts; 5 groups, in each the implementations run in palindromic order (A … B, B … A) 2 times, each call 12 timed iterations after 10 warm-up, 256 MiB L2 flush before every iteration, no cool-down; latency = median of the timed iterations; speedup = median of the 5 per-group ratios [min, max]; unpaired = ratio of the medians (the non-Cake value ran with another layout); (medians) = backward from the medians (forward+backward − forward).
GPU / architecture
workload (pack, (H, HV), S tokens, CP, layout)
operation
deterministic Cake (ms)
strongest non-Cake (ms, implementation)
new non-deterministic Cake (ms)
speedup vs deterministic Cake
speedup vs non-Cake SOTA
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P1, (16, 48), 241817, CP4, C
forward
2.650
13.583 (FROST head-CP)
2.619
1.012 [1.011, 1.012]
5.185 [5.181, 5.189]
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P1, (16, 48), 241817, CP4, C
backward (= forward+backward − forward)
4.674
18.322 (FROST head-CP)
4.673
1.000 (medians)
3.921 (medians)
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P1, (16, 48), 241817, CP4, C
forward+backward
7.324
31.905 (FROST head-CP)
7.293
1.004 [1.004, 1.005]
4.375 [4.372, 4.376]
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P1, (16, 48), 241817, CP4, C
checkpointed 2×forward+backward
8.282
42.732 (FROST head-CP)
8.209
1.009 [1.008, 1.009]
5.205 [5.204, 5.208]
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P1, (16, 48), 241817, CP4, C
checkpointed with recompute handle (Cake only)
8.107
n/a
8.033
1.009 [1.008, 1.010]
n/a
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P1, (16, 48), 241817, CP4, D
forward
3.249
13.583 (FROST head-CP)
3.205
1.014 [1.013, 1.014]
4.238 unpaired
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P1, (16, 48), 241817, CP4, D
backward (= forward+backward − forward)
5.165
18.322 (FROST head-CP)
5.167
1.000 (medians)
3.546 (medians)
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P1, (16, 48), 241817, CP4, D
forward+backward
8.414
31.905 (FROST head-CP)
8.371
1.005 [1.005, 1.005]
3.811 unpaired
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P1, (16, 48), 241817, CP4, D
checkpointed 2×forward+backward
9.890
42.732 (FROST head-CP)
9.802
1.009 [1.008, 1.010]
4.360 unpaired
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P1, (16, 48), 241817, CP4, D
checkpointed with recompute handle (Cake only)
9.418
n/a
9.332
1.009 [1.009, 1.010]
n/a
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P1, (16, 48), 241817, CP4, Z
forward
2.790
13.583 (FROST head-CP)
2.758
1.012 [1.010, 1.013]
4.924 unpaired
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P1, (16, 48), 241817, CP4, Z
backward (= forward+backward − forward)
4.789
18.322 (FROST head-CP)
4.785
1.001 (medians)
3.829 (medians)
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P1, (16, 48), 241817, CP4, Z
forward+backward
7.579
31.905 (FROST head-CP)
7.543
1.005 [1.003, 1.006]
4.230 unpaired
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P1, (16, 48), 241817, CP4, Z
checkpointed 2×forward+backward
8.537
42.732 (FROST head-CP)
8.467
1.008 [1.007, 1.010]
5.047 unpaired
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P1, (16, 48), 241817, CP4, Z
checkpointed with recompute handle (Cake only)
8.382
n/a
8.309
1.009 [1.009, 1.009]
n/a
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P2, (16, 48), 261987, CP4, C
forward
2.871
12.974 (FROST head-CP)
2.828
1.015 [1.015, 1.017]
4.587 [4.585, 4.591]
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P2, (16, 48), 261987, CP4, C
backward (= forward+backward − forward)
5.081
18.870 (FROST head-CP)
5.080
1.000 (medians)
3.714 (medians)
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P2, (16, 48), 261987, CP4, C
forward+backward
7.952
31.844 (FROST head-CP)
7.908
1.006 [1.005, 1.006]
4.026 [4.025, 4.029]
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P2, (16, 48), 261987, CP4, C
checkpointed 2×forward+backward
9.020
41.826 (FROST head-CP)
8.939
1.009 [1.009, 1.010]
4.679 [4.677, 4.682]
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P2, (16, 48), 261987, CP4, C
checkpointed with recompute handle (Cake only)
8.806
n/a
8.716
1.010 [1.010, 1.011]
n/a
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P2, (16, 48), 261987, CP4, D
forward
2.995
12.974 (FROST head-CP)
2.960
1.012 [1.011, 1.013]
4.382 unpaired
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P2, (16, 48), 261987, CP4, D
backward (= forward+backward − forward)
5.067
18.870 (FROST head-CP)
5.068
1.000 (medians)
3.723 (medians)
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P2, (16, 48), 261987, CP4, D
forward+backward
8.062
31.844 (FROST head-CP)
8.028
1.004 [1.004, 1.005]
3.966 unpaired
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P2, (16, 48), 261987, CP4, D
checkpointed 2×forward+backward
9.281
41.826 (FROST head-CP)
9.210
1.008 [1.008, 1.008]
4.541 unpaired
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P2, (16, 48), 261987, CP4, D
checkpointed with recompute handle (Cake only)
8.997
n/a
8.920
1.009 [1.008, 1.009]
n/a
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P2, (16, 48), 261987, CP4, Z
forward
2.960
12.974 (FROST head-CP)
2.918
1.014 [1.014, 1.015]
4.446 unpaired
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P2, (16, 48), 261987, CP4, Z
backward (= forward+backward − forward)
5.135
18.870 (FROST head-CP)
5.133
1.000 (medians)
3.676 (medians)
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P2, (16, 48), 261987, CP4, Z
forward+backward
8.095
31.844 (FROST head-CP)
8.051
1.005 [1.005, 1.007]
3.955 unpaired
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P2, (16, 48), 261987, CP4, Z
checkpointed 2×forward+backward
9.217
41.826 (FROST head-CP)
9.130
1.010 [1.009, 1.010]
4.581 unpaired
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P2, (16, 48), 261987, CP4, Z
checkpointed with recompute handle (Cake only)
8.982
n/a
8.895
1.010 [1.009, 1.011]
n/a
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P3, (16, 48), 259174, CP4, C
forward
2.836
12.832 (FROST head-CP)
2.806
1.010 [1.010, 1.011]
4.573 [4.570, 4.575]
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P3, (16, 48), 259174, CP4, C
backward (= forward+backward − forward)
4.784
18.686 (FROST head-CP)
4.782
1.000 (medians)
3.908 (medians)
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P3, (16, 48), 259174, CP4, C
forward+backward
7.620
31.518 (FROST head-CP)
7.588
1.004 [1.004, 1.005]
4.154 [4.151, 4.157]
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P3, (16, 48), 259174, CP4, C
checkpointed 2×forward+backward
8.583
41.396 (FROST head-CP)
8.520
1.007 [1.006, 1.008]
4.858 [4.856, 4.862]
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P3, (16, 48), 259174, CP4, C
checkpointed with recompute handle (Cake only)
8.444
n/a
8.376
1.008 [1.008, 1.008]
n/a
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P3, (16, 48), 259174, CP4, D
forward
2.818
12.832 (FROST head-CP)
2.778
1.015 [1.014, 1.015]
4.619 unpaired
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P3, (16, 48), 259174, CP4, D
backward (= forward+backward − forward)
4.772
18.686 (FROST head-CP)
4.771
1.000 (medians)
3.917 (medians)
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P3, (16, 48), 259174, CP4, D
forward+backward
7.591
31.518 (FROST head-CP)
7.549
1.006 [1.004, 1.007]
4.175 unpaired
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P3, (16, 48), 259174, CP4, D
checkpointed 2×forward+backward
8.709
41.396 (FROST head-CP)
8.627
1.009 [1.009, 1.010]
4.799 unpaired
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P3, (16, 48), 259174, CP4, D
checkpointed with recompute handle (Cake only)
8.496
n/a
8.411
1.010 [1.010, 1.011]
n/a
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P3, (16, 48), 259174, CP4, Z
forward
2.876
12.832 (FROST head-CP)
2.841
1.012 [1.011, 1.012]
4.517 unpaired
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P3, (16, 48), 259174, CP4, Z
backward (= forward+backward − forward)
4.817
18.686 (FROST head-CP)
4.814
1.001 (medians)
3.882 (medians)
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P3, (16, 48), 259174, CP4, Z
forward+backward
7.693
31.518 (FROST head-CP)
7.654
1.005 [1.005, 1.005]
4.118 unpaired
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P3, (16, 48), 259174, CP4, Z
checkpointed 2×forward+backward
8.695
41.396 (FROST head-CP)
8.623
1.008 [1.008, 1.009]
4.801 unpaired
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P3, (16, 48), 259174, CP4, Z
checkpointed with recompute handle (Cake only)
8.544
n/a
8.469
1.009 [1.008, 1.010]
n/a
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P4, (16, 48), 254976, CP4, C
forward
2.673
12.514 (FROST head-CP)
2.643
1.011 [1.011, 1.012]
4.734 [4.731, 4.739]
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P4, (16, 48), 254976, CP4, C
backward (= forward+backward − forward)
4.583
18.127 (FROST head-CP)
4.577
1.001 (medians)
3.961 (medians)
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P4, (16, 48), 254976, CP4, C
forward+backward
7.256
30.641 (FROST head-CP)
7.220
1.005 [1.003, 1.006]
4.244 [4.236, 4.247]
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P4, (16, 48), 254976, CP4, C
checkpointed 2×forward+backward
8.194
40.249 (FROST head-CP)
8.129
1.008 [1.007, 1.009]
4.953 [4.950, 4.954]
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P4, (16, 48), 254976, CP4, C
checkpointed with recompute handle (Cake only)
8.080
n/a
8.010
1.009 [1.008, 1.009]
n/a
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P4, (16, 48), 254976, CP4, D
forward
3.074
12.514 (FROST head-CP)
3.035
1.013 [1.012, 1.013]
4.123 unpaired
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P4, (16, 48), 254976, CP4, D
backward (= forward+backward − forward)
5.276
18.127 (FROST head-CP)
5.276
1.000 (medians)
3.436 (medians)
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P4, (16, 48), 254976, CP4, D
forward+backward
8.350
30.641 (FROST head-CP)
8.311
1.005 [1.004, 1.005]
3.687 unpaired
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P4, (16, 48), 254976, CP4, D
checkpointed 2×forward+backward
9.559
40.249 (FROST head-CP)
9.481
1.008 [1.008, 1.009]
4.245 unpaired
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P4, (16, 48), 254976, CP4, D
checkpointed with recompute handle (Cake only)
9.312
n/a
9.231
1.009 [1.009, 1.009]
n/a
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P4, (16, 48), 254976, CP4, Z
forward
2.705
12.514 (FROST head-CP)
2.672
1.012 [1.012, 1.013]
4.683 unpaired
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P4, (16, 48), 254976, CP4, Z
backward (= forward+backward − forward)
4.612
18.127 (FROST head-CP)
4.605
1.001 (medians)
3.936 (medians)
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P4, (16, 48), 254976, CP4, Z
forward+backward
7.317
30.641 (FROST head-CP)
7.277
1.006 [1.004, 1.007]
4.210 unpaired
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P4, (16, 48), 254976, CP4, Z
checkpointed 2×forward+backward
8.299
40.249 (FROST head-CP)
8.231
1.008 [1.008, 1.009]
4.890 unpaired
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P4, (16, 48), 254976, CP4, Z
checkpointed with recompute handle (Cake only)
8.154
n/a
8.072
1.010 [1.010, 1.011]
n/a
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P5, (16, 48), 249856, CP4, C
forward
2.765
12.341 (FROST head-CP)
2.727
1.014 [1.013, 1.015]
4.525 [4.523, 4.527]
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P5, (16, 48), 249856, CP4, C
backward (= forward+backward − forward)
4.756
17.882 (FROST head-CP)
4.755
1.000 (medians)
3.761 (medians)
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P5, (16, 48), 249856, CP4, C
forward+backward
7.521
30.223 (FROST head-CP)
7.482
1.005 [1.005, 1.005]
4.039 [4.038, 4.040]
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P5, (16, 48), 249856, CP4, C
checkpointed 2×forward+backward
8.505
39.718 (FROST head-CP)
8.430
1.009 [1.009, 1.009]
4.711 [4.710, 4.713]
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P5, (16, 48), 249856, CP4, C
checkpointed with recompute handle (Cake only)
8.305
n/a
8.237
1.008 [1.008, 1.009]
n/a
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P5, (16, 48), 249856, CP4, D
forward
2.892
12.341 (FROST head-CP)
2.855
1.013 [1.012, 1.015]
4.322 unpaired
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P5, (16, 48), 249856, CP4, D
backward (= forward+backward − forward)
4.529
17.882 (FROST head-CP)
4.526
1.001 (medians)
3.951 (medians)
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P5, (16, 48), 249856, CP4, D
forward+backward
7.421
30.223 (FROST head-CP)
7.381
1.006 [1.004, 1.007]
4.095 unpaired
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P5, (16, 48), 249856, CP4, D
checkpointed 2×forward+backward
8.806
39.718 (FROST head-CP)
8.733
1.008 [1.008, 1.009]
4.548 unpaired
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P5, (16, 48), 249856, CP4, D
checkpointed with recompute handle (Cake only)
8.235
n/a
8.159
1.010 [1.009, 1.011]
n/a
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P5, (16, 48), 249856, CP4, Z
forward
2.793
12.341 (FROST head-CP)
2.765
1.011 [1.009, 1.011]
4.463 unpaired
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P5, (16, 48), 249856, CP4, Z
backward (= forward+backward − forward)
4.783
17.882 (FROST head-CP)
4.780
1.000 (medians)
3.741 (medians)
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P5, (16, 48), 249856, CP4, Z
forward+backward
7.576
30.223 (FROST head-CP)
7.546
1.004 [1.004, 1.005]
4.005 unpaired
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P5, (16, 48), 249856, CP4, Z
checkpointed 2×forward+backward
8.559
39.718 (FROST head-CP)
8.499
1.007 [1.007, 1.008]
4.674 unpaired
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P5, (16, 48), 249856, CP4, Z
checkpointed with recompute handle (Cake only)
8.394
n/a
8.330
1.008 [1.007, 1.008]
n/a
R200 (sm_107a, 212 SMs), CUDA 13.0 — CP2
Protocol: eager; CUDA events on every rank, the slowest rank's time counts; 5 groups, in each the implementations run in palindromic order (A … B, B … A) 2 times, each call 12 timed iterations after 10 warm-up, 256 MiB L2 flush before every iteration, no cool-down; latency = median of the timed iterations; speedup = median of the 5 per-group ratios [min, max]; unpaired = ratio of the medians (the non-Cake value ran with another layout); (medians) = backward from the medians (forward+backward − forward).
GPU / architecture
workload (pack, (H, HV), S tokens, CP, layout)
operation
deterministic Cake (ms)
strongest non-Cake (ms, implementation)
new non-deterministic Cake (ms)
speedup vs deterministic Cake
speedup vs non-Cake SOTA
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P1, (16, 48), 241817, CP2, C
forward
4.890
22.540 (FROST head-CP)
4.835
1.011 [1.010, 1.012]
4.662 [4.659, 4.663]
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P1, (16, 48), 241817, CP2, C
backward (= forward+backward − forward)
8.600
32.695 (FROST head-CP)
8.610
0.999 (medians)
3.797 (medians)
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P1, (16, 48), 241817, CP2, C
forward+backward
13.490
55.236 (FROST head-CP)
13.446
1.004 [1.002, 1.004]
4.108 [4.107, 4.111]
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P1, (16, 48), 241817, CP2, C
checkpointed 2×forward+backward
15.150
72.198 (FROST head-CP)
15.042
1.007 [1.006, 1.008]
4.800 [4.798, 4.802]
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P1, (16, 48), 241817, CP2, C
checkpointed with recompute handle (Cake only)
14.895
n/a
14.789
1.007 [1.007, 1.008]
n/a
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P1, (16, 48), 241817, CP2, D
forward
5.504
22.540 (FROST head-CP)
5.426
1.014 [1.014, 1.015]
4.154 unpaired
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P1, (16, 48), 241817, CP2, D
backward (= forward+backward − forward)
9.333
32.695 (FROST head-CP)
9.332
1.000 (medians)
3.504 (medians)
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P1, (16, 48), 241817, CP2, D
forward+backward
14.837
55.236 (FROST head-CP)
14.758
1.005 [1.005, 1.006]
3.743 unpaired
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P1, (16, 48), 241817, CP2, D
checkpointed 2×forward+backward
17.045
72.198 (FROST head-CP)
16.881
1.010 [1.009, 1.010]
4.277 unpaired
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P1, (16, 48), 241817, CP2, D
checkpointed with recompute handle (Cake only)
16.558
n/a
16.390
1.010 [1.010, 1.011]
n/a
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P1, (16, 48), 241817, CP2, Z
forward
4.941
22.540 (FROST head-CP)
4.874
1.014 [1.013, 1.014]
4.625 unpaired
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P1, (16, 48), 241817, CP2, Z
backward (= forward+backward − forward)
8.831
32.695 (FROST head-CP)
8.832
1.000 (medians)
3.702 (medians)
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P1, (16, 48), 241817, CP2, Z
forward+backward
13.771
55.236 (FROST head-CP)
13.705
1.005 [1.004, 1.005]
4.030 unpaired
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P1, (16, 48), 241817, CP2, Z
checkpointed 2×forward+backward
15.412
72.198 (FROST head-CP)
15.272
1.009 [1.008, 1.009]
4.727 unpaired
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P1, (16, 48), 241817, CP2, Z
checkpointed with recompute handle (Cake only)
15.227
n/a
15.089
1.009 [1.009, 1.009]
n/a
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P2, (16, 48), 261987, CP2, C
forward
5.097
25.817 (FROST head-CP)
5.032
1.013 [1.012, 1.013]
5.131 [5.128, 5.133]
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P2, (16, 48), 261987, CP2, C
backward (= forward+backward − forward)
9.258
37.431 (FROST head-CP)
9.253
1.001 (medians)
4.045 (medians)
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P2, (16, 48), 261987, CP2, C
forward+backward
14.355
63.249 (FROST head-CP)
14.285
1.005 [1.004, 1.005]
4.428 [4.425, 4.429]
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P2, (16, 48), 261987, CP2, C
checkpointed 2×forward+backward
16.026
83.082 (FROST head-CP)
15.892
1.009 [1.008, 1.009]
5.228 [5.227, 5.230]
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P2, (16, 48), 261987, CP2, C
checkpointed with recompute handle (Cake only)
15.875
n/a
15.740
1.009 [1.008, 1.009]
n/a
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P2, (16, 48), 261987, CP2, D
forward
5.489
25.817 (FROST head-CP)
5.408
1.015 [1.014, 1.015]
4.774 unpaired
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P2, (16, 48), 261987, CP2, D
backward (= forward+backward − forward)
9.778
37.431 (FROST head-CP)
9.777
1.000 (medians)
3.829 (medians)
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P2, (16, 48), 261987, CP2, D
forward+backward
15.267
63.249 (FROST head-CP)
15.185
1.005 [1.005, 1.006]
4.165 unpaired
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P2, (16, 48), 261987, CP2, D
checkpointed 2×forward+backward
17.116
83.082 (FROST head-CP)
16.958
1.009 [1.009, 1.010]
4.899 unpaired
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P2, (16, 48), 261987, CP2, D
checkpointed with recompute handle (Cake only)
16.859
n/a
16.702
1.009 [1.009, 1.010]
n/a
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P2, (16, 48), 261987, CP2, Z
forward
5.338
25.817 (FROST head-CP)
5.257
1.016 [1.015, 1.016]
4.911 unpaired
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P2, (16, 48), 261987, CP2, Z
backward (= forward+backward − forward)
9.499
37.431 (FROST head-CP)
9.490
1.001 (medians)
3.944 (medians)
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P2, (16, 48), 261987, CP2, Z
forward+backward
14.837
63.249 (FROST head-CP)
14.747
1.006 [1.005, 1.007]
4.289 unpaired
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P2, (16, 48), 261987, CP2, Z
checkpointed 2×forward+backward
16.620
83.082 (FROST head-CP)
16.456
1.010 [1.010, 1.010]
5.049 unpaired
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P2, (16, 48), 261987, CP2, Z
checkpointed with recompute handle (Cake only)
16.439
n/a
16.273
1.010 [1.010, 1.011]
n/a
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P3, (16, 48), 259174, CP2, C
forward
5.062
8.001 (FLA KCP, layout C)
4.996
1.013 [1.012, 1.014]
1.601 [1.601, 1.602]
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P3, (16, 48), 259174, CP2, C
backward (= forward+backward − forward)
9.141
36.113 (FROST head-CP)
9.144
1.000 (medians)
3.949 (medians)
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P3, (16, 48), 259174, CP2, C
forward+backward
14.203
60.846 (FROST head-CP)
14.141
1.004 [1.004, 1.005]
4.303 [4.301, 4.304]
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P3, (16, 48), 259174, CP2, C
checkpointed 2×forward+backward
15.933
72.333 (FLA KCP, layout C)
15.805
1.008 [1.008, 1.009]
4.577 [4.575, 4.580]
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P3, (16, 48), 259174, CP2, C
checkpointed with recompute handle (Cake only)
15.761
n/a
15.627
1.008 [1.008, 1.009]
n/a
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P3, (16, 48), 259174, CP2, D
forward
5.417
8.001 (FLA KCP, layout C)
5.342
1.014 [1.013, 1.015]
1.498 unpaired
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P3, (16, 48), 259174, CP2, D
backward (= forward+backward − forward)
9.525
36.113 (FROST head-CP)
9.523
1.000 (medians)
3.792 (medians)
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P3, (16, 48), 259174, CP2, D
forward+backward
14.942
60.846 (FROST head-CP)
14.865
1.005 [1.005, 1.006]
4.093 unpaired
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P3, (16, 48), 259174, CP2, D
checkpointed 2×forward+backward
16.813
72.333 (FLA KCP, layout C)
16.664
1.009 [1.009, 1.009]
4.341 unpaired
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P3, (16, 48), 259174, CP2, D
checkpointed with recompute handle (Cake only)
16.596
n/a
16.445
1.009 [1.009, 1.010]
n/a
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P3, (16, 48), 259174, CP2, Z
forward
5.373
8.001 (FLA KCP, layout C)
5.296
1.015 [1.014, 1.015]
1.511 unpaired
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P3, (16, 48), 259174, CP2, Z
backward (= forward+backward − forward)
9.656
36.113 (FROST head-CP)
9.660
1.000 (medians)
3.738 (medians)
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P3, (16, 48), 259174, CP2, Z
forward+backward
15.029
60.846 (FROST head-CP)
14.956
1.005 [1.004, 1.006]
4.068 unpaired
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P3, (16, 48), 259174, CP2, Z
checkpointed 2×forward+backward
16.946
72.333 (FLA KCP, layout C)
16.799
1.009 [1.008, 1.009]
4.306 unpaired
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P3, (16, 48), 259174, CP2, Z
checkpointed with recompute handle (Cake only)
16.624
n/a
16.463
1.010 [1.009, 1.011]
n/a
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P4, (16, 48), 254976, CP2, C
forward
5.134
24.128 (FROST head-CP)
5.075
1.011 [1.011, 1.012]
4.753 [4.753, 4.756]
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P4, (16, 48), 254976, CP2, C
backward (= forward+backward − forward)
9.154
35.332 (FROST head-CP)
9.153
1.000 (medians)
3.860 (medians)
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P4, (16, 48), 254976, CP2, C
forward+backward
14.288
59.459 (FROST head-CP)
14.229
1.004 [1.004, 1.005]
4.179 [4.178, 4.180]
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P4, (16, 48), 254976, CP2, C
checkpointed 2×forward+backward
15.972
77.755 (FROST head-CP)
15.854
1.007 [1.007, 1.008]
4.904 [4.903, 4.906]
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P4, (16, 48), 254976, CP2, C
checkpointed with recompute handle (Cake only)
15.760
n/a
15.643
1.008 [1.006, 1.008]
n/a
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P4, (16, 48), 254976, CP2, D
forward
5.247
24.128 (FROST head-CP)
5.177
1.014 [1.013, 1.014]
4.661 unpaired
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P4, (16, 48), 254976, CP2, D
backward (= forward+backward − forward)
9.311
35.332 (FROST head-CP)
9.308
1.000 (medians)
3.796 (medians)
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P4, (16, 48), 254976, CP2, D
forward+backward
14.557
59.459 (FROST head-CP)
14.485
1.005 [1.004, 1.006]
4.105 unpaired
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P4, (16, 48), 254976, CP2, D
checkpointed 2×forward+backward
16.412
77.755 (FROST head-CP)
16.270
1.009 [1.008, 1.009]
4.779 unpaired
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P4, (16, 48), 254976, CP2, D
checkpointed with recompute handle (Cake only)
16.180
n/a
16.037
1.009 [1.009, 1.009]
n/a
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P4, (16, 48), 254976, CP2, Z
forward
5.235
24.128 (FROST head-CP)
5.167
1.013 [1.013, 1.013]
4.670 unpaired
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P4, (16, 48), 254976, CP2, Z
backward (= forward+backward − forward)
9.300
35.332 (FROST head-CP)
9.298
1.000 (medians)
3.800 (medians)
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P4, (16, 48), 254976, CP2, Z
forward+backward
14.535
59.459 (FROST head-CP)
14.465
1.005 [1.005, 1.005]
4.111 unpaired
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P4, (16, 48), 254976, CP2, Z
checkpointed 2×forward+backward
16.377
77.755 (FROST head-CP)
16.245
1.008 [1.008, 1.009]
4.786 unpaired
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P4, (16, 48), 254976, CP2, Z
checkpointed with recompute handle (Cake only)
16.142
n/a
16.001
1.009 [1.009, 1.009]
n/a
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P5, (16, 48), 249856, CP2, C
forward
5.059
21.895 (FLA KCP, layout C)
4.985
1.015 [1.015, 1.015]
4.393 [4.390, 4.395]
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P5, (16, 48), 249856, CP2, C
backward (= forward+backward − forward)
9.003
35.550 (FROST head-CP)
9.007
1.000 (medians)
3.947 (medians)
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P5, (16, 48), 249856, CP2, C
forward+backward
14.062
59.614 (FLA KCP, layout C)
13.992
1.005 [1.004, 1.005]
4.261 [4.260, 4.262]
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P5, (16, 48), 249856, CP2, C
checkpointed 2×forward+backward
15.721
79.008 (FROST head-CP)
15.572
1.009 [1.009, 1.011]
5.073 [5.073, 5.075]
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P5, (16, 48), 249856, CP2, C
checkpointed with recompute handle (Cake only)
15.574
n/a
15.424
1.010 [1.010, 1.010]
n/a
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P5, (16, 48), 249856, CP2, D
forward
5.343
21.895 (FLA KCP, layout C)
5.274
1.013 [1.013, 1.014]
4.152 unpaired
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P5, (16, 48), 249856, CP2, D
backward (= forward+backward − forward)
8.486
35.550 (FROST head-CP)
8.485
1.000 (medians)
4.190 (medians)
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P5, (16, 48), 249856, CP2, D
forward+backward
13.829
59.614 (FLA KCP, layout C)
13.758
1.005 [1.004, 1.006]
4.333 unpaired
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P5, (16, 48), 249856, CP2, D
checkpointed 2×forward+backward
16.248
79.008 (FROST head-CP)
16.113
1.008 [1.007, 1.009]
4.903 unpaired
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P5, (16, 48), 249856, CP2, D
checkpointed with recompute handle (Cake only)
15.316
n/a
15.183
1.009 [1.009, 1.009]
n/a
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P5, (16, 48), 249856, CP2, Z
forward
5.123
21.895 (FLA KCP, layout C)
5.047
1.015 [1.014, 1.015]
4.339 unpaired
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P5, (16, 48), 249856, CP2, Z
backward (= forward+backward − forward)
9.125
35.550 (FROST head-CP)
9.124
1.000 (medians)
3.896 (medians)
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P5, (16, 48), 249856, CP2, Z
forward+backward
14.248
59.614 (FLA KCP, layout C)
14.171
1.005 [1.005, 1.006]
4.207 unpaired
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P5, (16, 48), 249856, CP2, Z
checkpointed 2×forward+backward
15.894
79.008 (FROST head-CP)
15.738
1.010 [1.010, 1.010]
5.020 unpaired
R200 sm_107a (212 SMs)
P5, (16, 48), 249856, CP2, Z
checkpointed with recompute handle (Cake only)
15.757
n/a
15.604
1.010 [1.009, 1.010]
n/a
P1–P5: packed variable-length document mixes (documents: P1 6, P2 3, P3 2, P4 1, P5 4; P1–P3 are the packs of issue #7082); (H, HV) = query/key heads and value heads; S = total tokens; layouts C contiguous, Z zigzag, D zigzag per document.
Non-Cake implementations (the fastest one that passed the accuracy check, per row): FROST head-CP = head-parallel all-to-all around the cuDNN frontend 1.32.1 FROST GDN engine; FLA KCP = FLA 0.6.0 context-parallel; n/a = no recompute-handle form; FlashQLA: unsupported (no sm_107a build).
The kernel's other Cake variants, all on main, are the deterministic single-GPU flashinfer.experimental.cake_gdn_det_train, the non-deterministic single-GPU flashinfer.experimental.cake.cake_gdn_train (#8157) and the deterministic context-parallel flashinfer.experimental.cake_gdn_det_train_kcp (flashinfer.cake_gdn_train_kcp with deterministic=True), and the kernel covers sm_100a, sm_103a and sm_107a.
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New Features
Added context-parallel packed GDN training with deterministic and experimental numerical routes, plus configurable checkpointing, recomputation, and replay options.
Added support for querying workspace, saved-state, and communication memory requirements.
Added benchmark coverage for training workflows and optional comparisons with other implementations.
Documentation
Added guidance on the new training backend, supported inputs, options, and known limitations.
Tests
Added correctness and build checks, including coverage for outputs, gradients, replay, and workspace behavior.
…DN training
Adds flashinfer.experimental.cake_gdn_train_kcp and the facade
flashinfer.cake_gdn_train_kcp: context-parallel forward, backward and
checkpoint replay of packed GDN layers, with the API, layouts, precision
classes, accuracy budgets and memory gates of the deterministic KCP package.
The facade takes deterministic: bool = True on every entry; False selects this
package, and torch.use_deterministic_algorithms(True) keeps the deterministic
package with a one-time warning. The package's default segment plan
(fill_small) walks fewer intra-rank segments where segment merges cost more
than they save; a context built with graph_replay=True drops the one-chain
rows of that plan, which only save launches that graph replay removes. Every
path is fixed-order: results are run-to-run reproducible for a fixed plan and
partition and are not bitwise equal to the deterministic package's.
Includes the rendered programs (build.json, build.test.json), the API, build,
single-GPU and multi-GPU tests, and the KCP benchmark with deterministic and
non-Cake context-parallel arms.
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Review comments at @benchmarks/bench_cake_gdn_train_kcp.py:
- Around line 1151-1161: Update the report serialization path so non-finite
float values in the report are converted to JSON-safe values before writing, and
configure json.dumps with allow_nan=False to reject any remaining non-finite
numbers. Preserve recording of non-qualified arms and apply the same handling to
the other report write site noted in the review.
Review comments at @flashinfer/experimental/cake_gdn_train_kcp/cake_options.py:
- Around line 212-217: Keep an unspecified reuse_recompute_tapes value
distinguishable from explicit "auto" in OptionsKcp until make_options has
applied overrides; then resolve the unspecified value to False when the final
graph mode is "replay" before check() and use. Update consumers to read the
resolved value, including the chunk_gdn_kcp path that supplies graph through
over.
Review comments at @flashinfer/experimental/cake_gdn_train_kcp/README.md:
- Line 212: Update the README API descriptions: list `segments` as the public
segment override, clarify that `p_rule` is available only through `test_knobs`
and `walk_seg` is internal table data, and remove both from the `OptionsKcp`
fields. Correct the `gdn_comm_bytes_kcp` return description to use
collective-keyed `{send, recv}` mappings and update the field references below
its signature to match, while noting the additional return values.
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Adds a deterministic and experimental routing facade for packed GDN context-parallel training. The experimental package includes planning, kernel dispatch, CUDA implementations, byte-accounting APIs, and saved or replay execution paths. The change also adds tests and a distributed benchmark.
Changes: Cake GDN KCP Training
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Summary
Public API and planning contracts flashinfer/cake_gdn_train_kcp.py, flashinfer/experimental/cake_gdn_train_kcp/{__init__.py,README.md,cake_options.py,cake_tables.py,cake_bytes.py}
Adds route selection, entry points, option validation, table construction, and communication, saved-state, and workspace byte queries.
Kernel registry and build runtime flashinfer/experimental/cake_gdn_train_kcp/{cake_jit.py,cake_backend.py,cake_build.py,build*.json}, flashinfer/experimental/cake_gdn_train_kcp/csrc/cake_ffi_checks.h, pyproject.toml, scripts/check_cake_build_manifests.py, .github/*
Adds kernel records, architecture selection, manifest-based builds and loading, FFI checks, package data, manifest checks, and ownership and label rules.
Forward and state-update CUDA paths flashinfer/experimental/cake_gdn_train_kcp/csrc/*_kcp_{binding,kernel}.cu
Adds FFI bindings and CUDA kernels for forward projection and recurrent-state updates.
Backward and gradient CUDA paths flashinfer/experimental/cake_gdn_train_kcp/csrc/*_kcp_{binding,kernel}.cu
Adds FFI bindings and CUDA kernels for gradient-state traversal and gradient calculations.
Auxiliary kernels and affine walks flashinfer/experimental/cake_gdn_train_kcp/csrc/*.{cu,h}
Adds auxiliary CUDA paths for gate and output processing, scheduled work, and affine-chain state propagation.
Numerical emulation and validation flashinfer/experimental/cake_gdn_train_kcp/cake_fake_backend.py, tests/experimental/test_cake_gdn_train_kcp_*.py, tests/test_helpers/cake_package.py
Adds a single-process rank emulation and tests for registry and build contracts, reference accuracy, replay, workspace, checkpointing, and stream execution.
sequenceDiagram
participant Caller
participant Facade as cake_gdn_train_kcp
participant Experimental as experimental KCP package
participant Backend as cake_backend.run_module
participant FFI as CUDA FFI entry
Caller->>Facade: build_context_kcp and chunk_gdn_fwd_kcp
Facade->>Experimental: select route and forward call
Experimental->>Backend: dispatch registered kernel
Backend->>FFI: invoke entry on current Torch stream
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The new experimental training path has a few small defects. Combining a default options object with graph replay raises a spurious error. Benchmark reports can contain non-standard JSON. The README misstates some options and a return type. None of these blocks core use, but they should be fixed before or soon after merge.
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Inline comments:
Review comments at @benchmarks/bench_cake_gdn_train_kcp.py:
- Around line 1151-1161: Update the report serialization path so non-finite
float values in the report are converted to JSON-safe values before writing, and
configure json.dumps with allow_nan=False to reject any remaining non-finite
numbers. Preserve recording of non-qualified arms and apply the same handling to
the other report write site noted in the review.
Review comments at @flashinfer/experimental/cake_gdn_train_kcp/cake_options.py:
- Around line 212-217: Keep an unspecified reuse_recompute_tapes value
distinguishable from explicit "auto" in OptionsKcp until make_options has
applied overrides; then resolve the unspecified value to False when the final
graph mode is "replay" before check() and use. Update consumers to read the
resolved value, including the chunk_gdn_kcp path that supplies graph through
over.
Review comments at @flashinfer/experimental/cake_gdn_train_kcp/README.md:
- Line 212: Update the README API descriptions: list `segments` as the public
segment override, clarify that `p_rule` is available only through `test_knobs`
and `walk_seg` is internal table data, and remove both from the `OptionsKcp`
fields. Correct the `gdn_comm_bytes_kcp` return description to use
collective-keyed `{send, recv}` mappings and update the field references below
its signature to match, while noting the additional return values.
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Write the JSON report with only finite numbers.
sota_agreement sets max_err = math.inf whenever a candidate has non-finite values. rel_rms and max_abs_over_max_ref can also become inf or nan. json.dumps then writes the bare tokens Infinity and NaN, which strict JSON parsers reject. Examples are jq, JSON.parse, and most dashboards. This happens exactly for the non-qualified arms that the report must record. Map non-finite floats to strings or null before you write the file. Then pass allow_nan=False so that any regression fails at write time.
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+def _finite_json(v: Any) -> Any:+ if isinstance(v, float) and not math.isfinite(v):+ return str(v) # "inf" / "-inf" / "nan"+ if isinstance(v, dict):+ return {k: _finite_json(x) for k, x in v.items()}+ if isinstance(v, (list, tuple)):+ return [_finite_json(x) for x in v]+ return v+
...
- path.write_text(json.dumps(report, indent=1) + "\n")+ path.write_text(+ json.dumps(_finite_json(report), indent=1, allow_nan=False) + "\n"+ )
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Update the report serialization path so non-finite float values in the report
are converted to JSON-safe values before writing, and configure json.dumps with
allow_nan=False to reject any remaining non-finite numbers. Preserve recording
of non-qualified arms and apply the same handling to the other report write site
noted in the review.
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Resolve the default after applying option overrides.
OptionsKcp() stores the implicit default as "auto" before make_options applies graph="replay". dataclasses.replace preserves that value, and check() then raises because "auto" is incompatible with replay. This also affects chunk_gdn_kcp, which passes its graph override through over.
Keep an unspecified reuse_recompute_tapes value distinguishable from an explicit "auto" value until the final graph mode is known. Resolve the unspecified value to False for graph="replay" before validation and use. Update consumers to read the resolved value.
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Review comment at @flashinfer/experimental/cake_gdn_train_kcp/cake_options.py
around lines 212 - 217:
Keep an unspecified reuse_recompute_tapes value distinguishable from explicit
"auto" in OptionsKcp until make_options has applied overrides; then resolve the
unspecified value to False when the final graph mode is "replay" before check()
and use. Update consumers to read the resolved value, including the
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| `graph` | **`"off"`**, `"replay"` | CUDA-graph replay of the steady state (a static pool per key) |
| `reuse_recompute_tapes` | **`"auto"`**, `True`, `False` | under `torch.utils.checkpoint(use_reentrant=False)` the light backward binds the forward tapes torch's recompute just wrote instead of replaying #1 and the #2 tape walk (bitwise the same gradients, the retention unchanged; a no-op outside that backward; `False` restores the replay form). `"auto"` keeps the tapes only when the GDN node is the last operation of the checkpointed region that saves a tensor (the same checkpoint-frame proof as `recompute_output="auto"`): then its backward is the region's first and the kept tapes die before any other backward runs; with a later saver in the region (an output projection, an MLP) the kept set would live through those operations' backward and raise the region's backward peak by the full tape set (`gdn_saved_bytes_kcp(save_mode="full")` minus the saved states), so `"auto"` takes the replay form there. Measured on one GB300 (torch 2.14.1), 261,987 tokens, `(H_qk, HV) = (2, 6)`: a region of GDN + a 768x768 output projection + a 768->2x2048->768 SwiGLU has a backward peak of 9250.54 MiB with the kept tapes (`True`) and 6927.31 MiB with the replay form (`False` and `"auto"`), at 21.29 vs 22.70 ms per training step of the region; a region the GDN node closes keeps the tapes under `"auto"` (five 240k-262k-token (16, 48) packs: training step and steady peak unchanged against `True`). `True` always keeps the tapes, `False` never. With `graph="replay"`, the one mode that excludes the kept tapes, the default is `False` and an explicit `True` / `"auto"` is refused. One live kept set: in a checkpoint segment with several GDN layers only the last layer skips the replay, the earlier layers replay as before |
| `recompute_output` | **`"auto"`**, `"always"` | under `torch.utils.checkpoint(use_reentrant=False)` torch re-runs the forward inside `.backward()` only to re-save its tensors and discards that run's output; when the GDN node is the last operation of the checkpointed region that saves a tensor, `"auto"` does not launch the output program (#5) of that re-run. The proof is read from torch's checkpoint frame (the node is executable, the remaining saved-tensor holders are exactly this node's, early stop is on, and the torch release -- `torch.__version__` without its local `+cuNNN` build tag (`cake_kcp.torch_release`) -- is one of the verified releases in `cake_kcp.RECOMPUTE_OUTPUT_TORCH_VERSIONS`); any other state -- a later saver in the region such as the next layer or a norm on the output, a non-executable node, a reentrant checkpoint, `graph="replay"`, another torch build -- launches it as before, and `cake_kcp.LAST_CALL["fwd"]["fwd_o_reason"]` records why. Gradients and retained bytes are the same either way; `"always"` is the unconditional launch |
| `p_rule`, `walk_seg` | plan policy / explicit override | how many intra-rank segments a fragment is walked as (`P`); a function of metadata and the SM count only. The shipped policy `fill_small` starts from the deterministic twin's `row_cost_lpt` plan, which costs the three per-rank programs over every rank's fragment table with a crossing-aware model and switches the whole row away from the per-rank default only when an alternative is cheaper by at least its margin (2 % for the `occ` program; 0 % for the `one` program, which has no segment composition and takes a model tie), then lowers `P` as described under "Numerical mode" (faster schedule); the same topology gives the same `P` on every rank |
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printf'%s\n''--- README option context ---'
nl -ba flashinfer/experimental/cake_gdn_train_kcp/README.md | sed -n '178,218p'printf'%s\n''--- OptionsKcp and knob declarations ---'
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nl -ba flashinfer/experimental/cake_gdn_train_kcp/README.md | sed -n '286,300p'printf'%s\n''--- gdn_comm_bytes_kcp declaration and return ---'
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Correct the two README API descriptions.
p_rule is a test_knobs key, and walk_seg is internal walk-table data. Neither is an OptionsKcp field. The public segment override is segments.
gdn_comm_bytes_kcp returns collective-keyed {"send", "recv"} mappings for this context, not {rank: {...}}. Its return value also contains b1_*, padding, B1/B2/B3, and scalar metadata. Update the field references below the signature to use the nested collective keys.
Suggested README fix
-| `p_rule`, `walk_seg` | plan policy / explicit override | how many intra-rank segments a fragment is walked as (`P`); a function of metadata and the SM count only. The shipped policy `fill_small` starts from the deterministic twin's `row_cost_lpt` plan, which costs the three per-rank programs over every rank's fragment table with a crossing-aware model and switches the whole row away from the per-rank default only when an alternative is cheaper by at least its margin (2 % for the `occ` program; 0 % for the `one` program, which has no segment composition and takes a model tie), then lowers `P` as described under "Numerical mode" (faster schedule); the same topology gives the same `P` on every rank |+| `segments` | **`None`**, integer | explicit segment-count override per fragment (`P`); it must equal the context's plan. The plan policy selects `P` from metadata and the SM count. `p_rule` is available only through `test_knobs`; `walk_seg` is internal table data |
@@
-gdn_comm_bytes_kcp(ctx, *, H_qk, HV, C) -> {rank: {c1_send, c1_recv, c2_recv, b1_send, b2_recv, halo_fwd, halo_bwd}}+gdn_comm_bytes_kcp(ctx, *, H_qk, HV, C) -> {c1: {send, recv}, c2: {send, recv}, b1: {send, recv}, b2: {send, recv}, halo_fwd: {send, recv}, halo_bwd: {send, recv}, ...}
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Review comment at @flashinfer/experimental/cake_gdn_train_kcp/README.md at line
212:
Update the README API descriptions: list `segments` as the public segment
override, clarify that `p_rule` is available only through `test_knobs` and
`walk_seg` is internal table data, and remove both from the `OptionsKcp` fields.
Correct the `gdn_comm_bytes_kcp` return description to use collective-keyed
`{send, recv}` mappings and update the field references below its signature to
match, while noting the additional return values.
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feat(cake_gdn_kcp): with grad, add non-deterministic context-parallel Cake GDN chunked training backend
feat(cake_gdn_kcp): with grad, add non-deterministic context-parallel Cake GDN chunked autograd backend
Nov 1, 2026
…0 SM count (#8181)
This PR changes only host-side planning in
`flashinfer.experimental.cake.cake_gdn_train`, the non-deterministic
single-GPU variant of Cake's Gated DeltaNet (GDN) chunked training
kernel with gradients. On sm_107a (R200), it re-plans the scan segment
tables of the forward and adjoint chains for the R200 SM count. It also
adds a per-architecture cost table, `CHAIN_PLAN`, which prices each
candidate scan table for the chain that runs it and takes a deeper (64,
1) split table when that saves at least 2 µs and prices at or below
0.95x the default. Only sm_107a is listed, and no device code changes on
any architecture. The planned tables on B200 (sm_100a) and B300 / GB300
(sm_103a) are byte-identical to main, so those architectures are
unaffected.
Speedup is baseline latency / new latency, so values above 1 mean the
new non-deterministic head is faster. Each speedup is the median of the
paired group ratios measured inside one process, and the bracketed
values are the [min, max] of those ratios. The first baseline is the
deterministic Cake package `flashinfer.experimental.cake_gdn_det_train`
from current main, which already includes the two-stream overlap from
#8161. The second is, per cell, the fastest cuDNN frontend 1.32.1 FROST
GDN arm. In the arm names, ck0 / ck64 keep chunk states every 0 / 64
tokens and bi is batch-invariant mode. ck0 keeps no chunk states and its
backward recomputes them, so ck64 is the like-for-like arm. FROST is the
strongest non-Cake implementation that runs on R200: FLA 0.6.0 (Triton),
measured on the same R200 class earlier in this series, was never the
fastest, and FlashQLA does not support sm_107a. Each row is one packed
variable-length GDN chunked training call on one GPU with head dim 128,
BF16 q/k/v and output gradient, and FP32 g and beta (H = query/key
heads, HV = value heads, T = total tokens). Five shapes have tables
changed by this PR and three are unchanged controls, as the last column
shows. Every changed shape passes the same accuracy budget as the rest
of the series against an FP64 chunked reference: rel-RMS ≤ 1e-2 and
max-abs ≤ 2e-2 of max|ref| on every output and gradient. Worst measured
rel-RMS is 4.17e-03 to 4.18e-03, identical to the deterministic package,
and worst max-abs/max|ref| is 6.55e-03 to 7.68e-03. Results are bitwise
reproducible run to run. All three arms ran in one process on one NVIDIA
R200 (sm_107a, compute capability 10.7, 212 SMs; driver 620.62, CUDA
13.0 runtime, PyTorch 2.14.1+cu130). They were timed in ABBA-paired
groups with 100 warm-up and 300 steady iterations per block under a
sustained-load protocol (group tolerance 1%, drift limit 2%, at least 5
groups for any re-run). No cell needed a re-run and no power-cap
throttling was observed. The operations are fwd, bwd, fwd+bwd and ckpt,
an activation-checkpointed step (two forwards plus one backward).
R200 (sm_107a, 212 SMs), CUDA 13.0, latencies in ms, three arms timed in
one process.
| GPU / architecture | workload / shape / dtype / mode | operation |
deterministic Cake latency | non-Cake SOTA latency | new
non-deterministic Cake latency | speedup vs deterministic Cake | speedup
vs non-Cake SOTA | tables changed by this PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R200 sm_107a (212 SMs) | `r07_1x16384_h8` (H=8, HV=16, T=16384) BF16
packed | fwd | 0.1956 ms | 0.1973 ms FROST ck0 | 0.1728 ms | 1.131
[1.131, 1.132] | 1.142 [1.140, 1.143] | yes |
| R200 sm_107a (212 SMs) | `r07_1x16384_h8` (H=8, HV=16, T=16384) BF16
packed | bwd | 0.2735 ms | 0.6081 ms FROST ck64 | 0.2532 ms | 1.081
[1.079, 1.081] | 2.408 [2.403, 2.410] | yes |
| R200 sm_107a (212 SMs) | `r07_1x16384_h8` (H=8, HV=16, T=16384) BF16
packed | fwd+bwd | 0.4341 ms | 0.8006 ms FROST ck64 | 0.3923 ms | 1.106
[1.106, 1.107] | 2.040 [2.038, 2.044] | yes |
| R200 sm_107a (212 SMs) | `r07_1x16384_h8` (H=8, HV=16, T=16384) BF16
packed | ckpt | 0.6801 ms | 1.2598 ms FROST ck64 | 0.6408 ms | 1.062
[1.058, 1.062] | 1.940 [1.940, 1.946] | yes |
| R200 sm_107a (212 SMs) | `pair_h1_hv3` (H=1, HV=3, T=32768) BF16
packed | fwd | 0.1282 ms | 0.1689 ms FROST ck0 | 0.1098 ms | 1.166
[1.165, 1.170] | 1.543 [1.537, 1.544] | yes |
| R200 sm_107a (212 SMs) | `pair_h1_hv3` (H=1, HV=3, T=32768) BF16
packed | bwd | 0.1820 ms | 0.3924 ms FROST ck64 | 0.1674 ms | 1.087
[1.086, 1.089] | 2.343 [2.338, 2.345] | yes |
| R200 sm_107a (212 SMs) | `pair_h1_hv3` (H=1, HV=3, T=32768) BF16
packed | fwd+bwd | 0.2812 ms | 0.5906 ms FROST ck64 | 0.2452 ms | 1.147
[1.145, 1.149] | 2.408 [2.402, 2.408] | yes |
| R200 sm_107a (212 SMs) | `pair_h1_hv3` (H=1, HV=3, T=32768) BF16
packed | ckpt | 0.5608 ms | 1.0535 ms FROST ck64 | 0.5497 ms | 1.017
[1.017, 1.024] | 1.921 [1.913, 1.922] | yes |
| R200 sm_107a (212 SMs) | `pair_h2_hv6` (H=2, HV=6, T=32768) BF16
packed | fwd | 0.1539 ms | 0.1781 ms FROST ck0 | 0.1400 ms | 1.100
[1.098, 1.101] | 1.274 [1.273, 1.275] | yes |
| R200 sm_107a (212 SMs) | `pair_h2_hv6` (H=2, HV=6, T=32768) BF16
packed | bwd | 0.2484 ms | 0.5046 ms FROST ck64 | 0.2358 ms | 1.052
[1.052, 1.055] | 2.135 [2.133, 2.138] | yes |
| R200 sm_107a (212 SMs) | `pair_h2_hv6` (H=2, HV=6, T=32768) BF16
packed | fwd+bwd | 0.3673 ms | 0.6975 ms FROST ck64 | 0.3419 ms | 1.074
[1.074, 1.075] | 2.038 [2.035, 2.045] | yes |
| R200 sm_107a (212 SMs) | `pair_h2_hv6` (H=2, HV=6, T=32768) BF16
packed | ckpt | 0.6215 ms | 1.1609 ms FROST ck64 | 0.6143 ms | 1.012
[1.008, 1.012] | 1.884 [1.883, 1.887] | yes |
| R200 sm_107a (212 SMs) | `g3_16x4096_h1` (H=1, HV=3, T=65536) BF16
packed | fwd | 0.1359 ms | 0.1685 ms FROST ck0 | 0.1366 ms | 0.995
[0.993, 0.996] | 1.235 [1.234, 1.236] | yes |
| R200 sm_107a (212 SMs) | `g3_16x4096_h1` (H=1, HV=3, T=65536) BF16
packed | bwd | 0.2430 ms | 0.5127 ms FROST ck64 | 0.2273 ms | 1.070
[1.066, 1.071] | 2.257 [2.256, 2.259] | yes |
| R200 sm_107a (212 SMs) | `g3_16x4096_h1` (H=1, HV=3, T=65536) BF16
packed | fwd+bwd | 0.3441 ms | 0.7090 ms FROST ck64 | 0.3299 ms | 1.043
[1.043, 1.043] | 2.147 [2.143, 2.148] | yes |
| R200 sm_107a (212 SMs) | `g3_16x4096_h1` (H=1, HV=3, T=65536) BF16
packed | ckpt | 0.6178 ms | 1.1646 ms FROST ck64 | 0.6074 ms | 1.019
[1.016, 1.021] | 1.912 [1.912, 1.916] | yes |
| R200 sm_107a (212 SMs) | `pair_h16_hv48` (H=16, HV=48, T=32768) BF16
packed | fwd | 0.7692 ms | 0.3369 ms FROST ck0 | 0.7147 ms | 1.076
[1.076, 1.077] | 0.471 [0.471, 0.472] | yes |
| R200 sm_107a (212 SMs) | `pair_h16_hv48` (H=16, HV=48, T=32768) BF16
packed | bwd | 1.3261 ms | 2.1370 ms FROST ck64 | 1.3454 ms | 0.986
[0.985, 0.986] | 1.589 [1.589, 1.590] | yes |
| R200 sm_107a (212 SMs) | `pair_h16_hv48` (H=16, HV=48, T=32768) BF16
packed | fwd+bwd | 2.0534 ms | 2.4677 ms FROST ck64 | 2.0238 ms | 1.015
[1.014, 1.015] | 1.219 [1.219, 1.220] | yes |
| R200 sm_107a (212 SMs) | `pair_h16_hv48` (H=16, HV=48, T=32768) BF16
packed | ckpt | 2.8542 ms | 2.8986 ms FROST ck64 | 2.7720 ms | 1.030
[1.030, 1.030] | 1.046 [1.045, 1.046] | yes |
| R200 sm_107a (212 SMs) | `r01_4x4096_h8` (H=8, HV=16, T=16384) BF16
packed | fwd | 0.1652 ms | 0.1745 ms FROST ck0 bi | 0.1659 ms | 0.996
[0.996, 0.996] | 1.052 [1.051, 1.053] | no |
| R200 sm_107a (212 SMs) | `r01_4x4096_h8` (H=8, HV=16, T=16384) BF16
packed | bwd | 0.2460 ms | 0.6069 ms FROST ck64 | 0.2470 ms | 0.996
[0.996, 0.997] | 2.455 [2.449, 2.458] | no |
| R200 sm_107a (212 SMs) | `r01_4x4096_h8` (H=8, HV=16, T=16384) BF16
packed | fwd+bwd | 0.3773 ms | 0.8021 ms FROST ck64 | 0.3789 ms | 0.996
[0.995, 0.996] | 2.115 [2.107, 2.128] | no |
| R200 sm_107a (212 SMs) | `r01_4x4096_h8` (H=8, HV=16, T=16384) BF16
packed | ckpt | 0.6262 ms | 1.2573 ms FROST ck64 | 0.6326 ms | 0.991
[0.989, 0.991] | 1.989 [1.981, 1.992] | no |
| R200 sm_107a (212 SMs) | `p7074_P1_241817x6_h2` (H=2, HV=6, T=241817)
BF16 packed | fwd | 0.6537 ms | 0.5108 ms FROST ck0 bi | 0.6556 ms |
0.997 [0.996, 0.999] | 0.779 [0.779, 0.780] | no |
| R200 sm_107a (212 SMs) | `p7074_P1_241817x6_h2` (H=2, HV=6, T=241817)
BF16 packed | bwd | 1.1960 ms | 2.4179 ms FROST ck64 bi | 1.1916 ms |
1.004 [1.004, 1.004] | 2.031 [2.030, 2.031] | no |
| R200 sm_107a (212 SMs) | `p7074_P1_241817x6_h2` (H=2, HV=6, T=241817)
BF16 packed | fwd+bwd | 1.8159 ms | 2.9241 ms FROST ck64 bi | 1.8127 ms
| 1.002 [1.002, 1.002] | 1.613 [1.613, 1.613] | no |
| R200 sm_107a (212 SMs) | `p7074_P1_241817x6_h2` (H=2, HV=6, T=241817)
BF16 packed | ckpt | 2.5081 ms | 3.5398 ms FROST ck64 bi | 2.5053 ms |
1.001 [1.001, 1.001] | 1.413 [1.412, 1.413] | no |
| R200 sm_107a (212 SMs) | `pair_h8_hv24` (H=8, HV=24, T=32768) BF16
packed | fwd | 0.3821 ms | 0.3134 ms FROST ck0 | 0.3837 ms | 0.997
[0.996, 0.997] | 0.818 [0.818, 0.819] | no |
| R200 sm_107a (212 SMs) | `pair_h8_hv24` (H=8, HV=24, T=32768) BF16
packed | bwd | 0.7020 ms | 1.5200 ms FROST ck64 bi | 0.7024 ms | 1.000
[0.999, 1.000] | 2.164 [2.163, 2.165] | no |
| R200 sm_107a (212 SMs) | `pair_h8_hv24` (H=8, HV=24, T=32768) BF16
packed | fwd+bwd | 1.0514 ms | 1.7650 ms FROST ck64 | 1.0523 ms | 0.999
[0.999, 0.999] | 1.677 [1.677, 1.678] | no |
| R200 sm_107a (212 SMs) | `pair_h8_hv24` (H=8, HV=24, T=32768) BF16
packed | ckpt | 1.4722 ms | 2.1704 ms FROST ck64 | 1.4726 ms | 1.000
[1.000, 1.000] | 1.474 [1.472, 1.475] | no |
Reading:
- Against deterministic Cake on the changed shapes, fwd+bwd / ckpt are:
`r07_1x16384_h8` 1.106 / 1.062, `pair_h1_hv3` 1.147 / 1.017,
`pair_h2_hv6` 1.074 / 1.012, `g3_16x4096_h1` 1.043 / 1.019 and
`pair_h16_hv48` 1.015 / 1.030. Forward is 1.076 to 1.166 on every
changed shape except `g3_16x4096_h1`. Backward is 1.052 to 1.087 on
every changed shape except `pair_h16_hv48`.
- Two changed-shape cells are below 1 against deterministic Cake.
`pair_h16_hv48` bwd is 0.986: deterministic main gained a two-stream
adjoint grouping on this shape in #8161, and this PR changes only that
shape's forward table. `g3_16x4096_h1` fwd is 0.995, and its forward
table is unchanged.
- The three controls are at parity with deterministic Cake, from 0.991
to 1.004.
- Against FROST, the new head is faster on every bwd, fwd+bwd and ckpt
cell (1.046 to 2.455). Its forward is also faster on `r07_1x16384_h8`,
`pair_h1_hv3`, `pair_h2_hv6`, `g3_16x4096_h1` and `r01_4x4096_h8` (1.052
to 1.543). FROST ck0 is faster on the forward of `pair_h16_hv48`
(0.471), `p7074_P1_241817x6_h2` (0.779, ck0 bi) and `pair_h8_hv24`
(0.818).
Rows for the 216-SM R200 are still being measured and will be added to
this PR as a comment or body edit when they are ready.
The kernel's other Cake variants, all on main, are the deterministic
single-GPU `flashinfer.experimental.cake_gdn_det_train`, the
non-deterministic single-GPU
`flashinfer.experimental.cake.cake_gdn_train` (#8157, which this PR
tunes), the deterministic context-parallel
`flashinfer.experimental.cake_gdn_det_train_kcp` and the
non-deterministic context-parallel
`flashinfer.experimental.cake_gdn_train_kcp` (#8172). The two
context-parallel variants are both reached through
`flashinfer.cake_gdn_train_kcp(deterministic=...)`, and the family ships
on sm_100a, sm_103a and sm_107a.
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## Summary by CodeRabbit
* **New Features**
* Added architecture-aware scan planning that can select deeper forward
and backward tables when estimated savings meet configured thresholds.
* Documented how the new table selections affect segment-boundary
outputs and how to keep results deterministic by pinning scan settings.
* **Bug Fixes**
* Improved validation of selected plans, including checks for accuracy,
repeatability, and compatibility with pinned settings.
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This PR adds
flashinfer.experimental.cake_gdn_train_kcp, the non-deterministic context-parallel variant of Cake's Gated DeltaNet (GDN) chunked training kernel with gradients. It is reached throughflashinfer.cake_gdn_train_kcpwithdeterministic=Falseand is the only one of the kernel's four variants not yet on main. The tables give speedup as baseline latency / new latency, so values above 1 mean the new package is faster, against two baselines: the deterministic Cake KCP package exactly as on main, and, per row, the strongest non-Cake implementation that passes the same accuracy budget against an FP64 reference (chosen from FLA 0.6.0 context-parallel kernels, a head-parallel all-to-all around the cuDNN frontend 1.32.1 FROST GDN engine, and FlashQLA 0.1.3, which has no sm_107a build). The current tables cover R200 (sm_107a, 212 SMs) at CP4 and CP2, where the new package is at near parity with the deterministic one (1.00–1.02×) and about 3.7–5.2× faster than the strongest non-Cake implementation on forward+backward and checkpointed steps; B200 and GB300 rows will be added when measured.R200 (sm_107a, 212 SMs), CUDA 13.0 — CP4
Protocol: eager; CUDA events on every rank, the slowest rank's time counts; 5 groups, in each the implementations run in palindromic order (A … B, B … A) 2 times, each call 12 timed iterations after 10 warm-up, 256 MiB L2 flush before every iteration, no cool-down; latency = median of the timed iterations; speedup = median of the 5 per-group ratios [min, max]; unpaired = ratio of the medians (the non-Cake value ran with another layout); (medians) = backward from the medians (forward+backward − forward).
R200 (sm_107a, 212 SMs), CUDA 13.0 — CP2
Protocol: eager; CUDA events on every rank, the slowest rank's time counts; 5 groups, in each the implementations run in palindromic order (A … B, B … A) 2 times, each call 12 timed iterations after 10 warm-up, 256 MiB L2 flush before every iteration, no cool-down; latency = median of the timed iterations; speedup = median of the 5 per-group ratios [min, max]; unpaired = ratio of the medians (the non-Cake value ran with another layout); (medians) = backward from the medians (forward+backward − forward).
P1–P5: packed variable-length document mixes (documents: P1 6, P2 3, P3 2, P4 1, P5 4; P1–P3 are the packs of issue #7082); (H, HV) = query/key heads and value heads; S = total tokens; layouts C contiguous, Z zigzag, D zigzag per document.
Non-Cake implementations (the fastest one that passed the accuracy check, per row): FROST head-CP = head-parallel all-to-all around the cuDNN frontend 1.32.1 FROST GDN engine; FLA KCP = FLA 0.6.0 context-parallel; n/a = no recompute-handle form; FlashQLA: unsupported (no sm_107a build).
B200 sm_100a (CP2 / CP4 / CP8 / CP16): pending (measurement queued).
GB300 sm_103a: pending (measurement queued).
The kernel's other Cake variants, all on main, are the deterministic single-GPU
flashinfer.experimental.cake_gdn_det_train, the non-deterministic single-GPUflashinfer.experimental.cake.cake_gdn_train(#8157) and the deterministic context-parallelflashinfer.experimental.cake_gdn_det_train_kcp(flashinfer.cake_gdn_train_kcpwithdeterministic=True), and the kernel covers sm_100a, sm_103a and sm_107a.Summary by CodeRabbit
New Features
Documentation
Tests