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28 changes: 28 additions & 0 deletions flashinfer/experimental/dense_projection_det_gemm/README.md
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Expand Up @@ -179,6 +179,34 @@ module's argument plan by keyword (`bind_launch`, fails closed on an unknown
name). Given the same device the result is bitwise identical to the Cake
launcher's.

### The swapped small-token forward

The convenience path (`dense_projection_det_gemm`) runs a batched forward row
that the planner would swap (`swap_small_m`: `L > 1`, `M <= 256`, `N >= 2 M`)
on a program that puts the weight rows in the MMA's M and the tokens in its N
(the `swap_ab_<tile>` templates), when `A` and `B` are K-major, the output is
BF16 without `transposed_out`, `K` is a multiple of 64 and every view's row and
batch strides and start are in 16-byte units. A CTA streams a
`tile_w x 64` weight box per stage through a deep TMA ring (64 rows over 12
stages, or 128 rows over 8) against a 64-token tile, single CTA, no split: each
output element is the one FP32 sum of its whole K, rounded once. The tile is
the narrow one while its `ceil(N / 64) * ceil(M / 64) * L` CTAs fit one wave of
the device's SMs, the wide one while its CTAs fit two waves; a row whose wide
tiles need more than two waves runs the planner's program, which streams the
weights faster there (`swap_ab_template`, `SWAP_MAX_WAVES`). The program
reads the caller's views through tensor maps that carry their strides and
stores at `l * out_l + m * ldo + n`, so the token-major `[T, L, K]` /
`[T, L, N]` views of a grouped projection run without a copy. Every other row,
and every prepared launch, runs the planner's program.

`enable_pdl=True` launches the swapped program as a programmatic dependent
launch: every CTA triggers its dependents at entry, the weight loads start
before `griddepcontrol.wait` and only the token loads wait for the predecessor
grid, so the weight stream overlaps the predecessor's tail. `B` must then not
be written by a kernel still in flight on the stream (a weight is a parameter
of the model). The planner's programs take no PDL wait and launch without the
attribute whatever `enable_pdl` says.

### K2 contract

* `A`, `B`, `out` FP32 2-D views: `A [M, K]` with unit stride on `m` or `k`
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192 changes: 190 additions & 2 deletions flashinfer/experimental/dense_projection_det_gemm/cake_backend.py
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multi-wave problems stay data-parallel) and binds the argument plan of the
registered module (``cake_jit.MODULES`` / ``cake_jit.KERNELS``). The result
is bitwise identical to the Cake launcher's on the same device.
The convenience path runs a batched forward of at most 256 tokens on the
swapped program instead (the weight rows in the MMA's M, at most two waves of
single-CTA tiles over the caller's strided views; :func:`swap_ab_template`),
which takes ``enable_pdl`` per call (:func:`dense_projection_det_gemm`).

K2 -- FP32 router GEMM through split-BF16x3 emulation
----------------------------------------------------
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return out


# --- the swapped small-token forward -------------------------------------------------------
#
# A batched forward row the planner would swap (:func:`swap_small_m`: few tokens against many weight rows) runs on a
# program that puts the weight rows in the MMA's M and the tokens in its N (``swap_ab_<tile>`` templates): the
# weights stream through a deep TMA ring, at most two waves of single-CTA tiles, and every output element is the one FP32 sum
# of its whole K, rounded once (no split, so the bits do not depend on the tile). The program reads ``A`` and the
# K-major ``B`` through tensor maps over the caller's views and stores into ``out`` at
# ``l * out_l + m * ldo + n``, so token-major views run without a copy. Its weight loads run ahead of the PDL wait
# (only the token loads wait): with ``enable_pdl`` the call overlaps its weight stream with the predecessor's tail,
# which requires that no kernel still in flight on the stream writes ``B``.
SWAP_TILE_T = 64 # tokens per CTA of the swapped programs
#: Weight rows per CTA -> the template serving them, in preference order: the narrow tile while its CTAs fit one
#: wave (more CTAs streaming the weights), the wide one otherwise.
SWAP_TEMPLATES: Tuple[Tuple[int, str], ...] = (
(64, "swap_ab_w64_t64_s12"),
(128, "swap_ab_w128_t64_s8"),
)
#: The most waves of single-CTA tiles a swapped forward runs in. Its CTAs each stream their weight rows once; past
#: two waves the planner's pair tiles stream them faster (GB300: 8 x 4096 x 1024 at 64 tokens, 256 CTAs, 17.0 us
#: against 20.5 us; at 128 tokens, 512 CTAs, 25.1 us against 21.7 us).
SWAP_MAX_WAVES = 2


@dataclass(frozen=True)
class _SwapLaunch:
"""A routed swapped forward: the module entry, its grid and the scalars of its argument plan."""

module_name: str
entry: Callable[..., Any] = field(repr=False)
grid: Tuple[int, int, int]
M: int
N: int
K: int
L: int
ldo: int
out_l: int


def _aligned_view(t: torch.Tensor) -> bool:
"""A ``[L, rows, K]`` K-major view the swapped program's tensor maps take: unit K stride, row and batch strides
in whole 16-byte units, a 16-byte aligned start."""
return (
t.stride(2) == 1
and t.stride(1) % 8 == 0
and t.stride(0) % 8 == 0
and t.data_ptr() % 16 == 0
)


def swap_ab_template(L: int, M: int, N: int, sm_count: int, arch: str) -> Optional[str]:
"""The ``swap_ab_<tile>`` template a swapped forward of ``L`` batches of ``M`` tokens against ``N`` weight rows
runs on ``arch``: the first of :data:`SWAP_TEMPLATES` whose CTAs fit one wave of the device's SMs, else the
widest; ``None`` when that one needs more than :data:`SWAP_MAX_WAVES` waves (the planner's program is faster
there) or ``arch`` registers none of them."""
table = KERNELS.get(arch, {})
registered = [(w, t) for w, t in SWAP_TEMPLATES if t in table]
if not registered:
return None
m_tiles = -(-M // SWAP_TILE_T)
for tile_w, template in registered:
if -(-N // tile_w) * m_tiles * L <= sm_count:
return template
tile_w, template = registered[-1]
if -(-N // tile_w) * m_tiles * L > SWAP_MAX_WAVES * sm_count:
return None
return template


def _swap_ab_launch(
A: torch.Tensor, B: torch.Tensor, out: torch.Tensor, transposed_out: bool
) -> Optional[_SwapLaunch]:
"""The swapped launch of a K1 call, or ``None`` when the call stays on the planner: a batched forward
(``A`` K-major, ``B`` K-major, BF16 out, no transposed store) that :func:`swap_small_m` selects, with ``K`` a
multiple of 64, the views' strides and starts in 16-byte units and a registered swapped program."""
if (
transposed_out
or out.dtype != torch.bfloat16
or A.dtype != torch.bfloat16
or B.dtype != torch.bfloat16
or A.dim() != 3
or B.dim() != 3
or out.dim() != 3
):
return None
L, M, K = (int(s) for s in A.shape)
N = int(B.shape[2])
if (
tuple(B.shape) != (L, K, N)
or tuple(out.shape) != (L, M, N)
or not swap_small_m(L, M, N, transposed_out)
or K % BLOCK_K != 0
or N % 8 != 0
):
return None
W = B.transpose(1, 2)
if not (_aligned_view(A) and _aligned_view(W)):
return None
ldo = int(out.stride(1)) if M > 1 else N
out_l = int(out.stride(0))
if (
out.stride(2) != 1
or ldo % 8 != 0
or ldo < N
or out_l % 8 != 0
or out.data_ptr() % 16 != 0
or max(ldo, out_l) > 2**31 - 1
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Major · Data Integrity & Integration · Quick win

Reject output batches that overlap.

If out_l < M * ldo, this check still accepts an aligned output view. For example, an as_strided view can give every batch the same output storage. The swapped kernel uses out_l to address each batch, so CTAs for different batches can overwrite each other and return incorrect results. Require out_l >= M * ldo, as the existing planner path does. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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4393 - 4397:
Update the swapped-kernel output validation condition to reject overlapping
batches by requiring out_l to be at least M * ldo. Preserve the existing
alignment and size checks.

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):
return None
device = _same_cuda_device(A, B, out)
facts = device_facts(device)
if facts.arch is None:
return None
template = swap_ab_template(L, M, N, facts.sm_count, facts.arch)
if template is None:
return None
module_name = select_module(facts.arch, template)
tile_w = dict((t, w) for w, t in SWAP_TEMPLATES)[template]
grid = (-(-N // tile_w), -(-M // SWAP_TILE_T), L)
module = load_cake_dense_projection_det_gemm_module(module_name, facts.arch)
entry = getattr(module, MODULES[module_name]["ffi_entry"])
return _SwapLaunch(module_name, entry, grid, M, N, K, L, ldo, out_l)


_SWAP_CACHE: "OrderedDict[tuple, Union[_SwapLaunch, bool]]" = OrderedDict()


def _swap_ab_cached(
A: torch.Tensor, B: torch.Tensor, out: torch.Tensor, transposed_out: bool
) -> Optional[_SwapLaunch]:
""":func:`_swap_ab_launch` cached by the device and the geometry of the views (a routed launch, or ``False``
for a row that stays on the planner) in a least-recently-used cache of ``CONVENIENCE_CACHE_SIZE`` entries."""
if not (A.is_cuda and B.is_cuda and out.is_cuda):
return None
key = convenience_key(
_cuda_index(out.device), 0, (bool(transposed_out),), A, B, out
)
hit = _cache_get(_SWAP_CACHE, key)
if hit is None:
launch = _swap_ab_launch(A, B, out, transposed_out)
with _PLAN_LOCK:
hit = _cache_put(_SWAP_CACHE, key, launch if launch is not None else False)
return hit or None


def _run_swap_ab(
launch: _SwapLaunch,
A: torch.Tensor,
B: torch.Tensor,
out: torch.Tensor,
enable_pdl: bool,
) -> torch.Tensor:
index = _cuda_index(out.device)
with _ffi_stream_context(index):
launch.entry(
B.transpose(1, 2),
A,
flat_alias(out).view(torch.uint8),
launch.M,
launch.N,
launch.K,
launch.L,
launch.ldo,
launch.out_l,
int(bool(enable_pdl)),
*launch.grid,
)
return out


def dense_projection_det_gemm(
A: torch.Tensor, B: torch.Tensor, out: torch.Tensor, *, transposed_out: bool = False
A: torch.Tensor,
B: torch.Tensor,
out: torch.Tensor,
*,
transposed_out: bool = False,
enable_pdl: bool = False,
) -> torch.Tensor:
"""``out[l, m, n] = sum_k A[l, m, k] B[l, k, n]`` for strided views (the cached convenience path:
planned once per device, stream and view geometry, then rebound and launched)."""
planned once per device, stream and view geometry, then rebound and launched).

A batched forward row of few tokens (:func:`swap_small_m`) runs the swapped program (:func:`swap_ab_template`),
every other row the planner's program. ``enable_pdl`` launches the swapped program as a programmatic dependent
launch: its weight loads start before the predecessor grid completes and its token loads wait for it, so ``B``
must not be written by a kernel still in flight on the stream. The planner's programs take no PDL wait and
always launch without the attribute."""
swap = _swap_ab_cached(A, B, out, transposed_out)
if swap is not None:
return _run_swap_ab(swap, A, B, out, enable_pdl)
return _launch_cached_gemm(A, B, out, transposed_out=transposed_out)


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with _PLAN_LOCK:
_K1_CACHE.clear()
_K2_CACHE.clear()
_SWAP_CACHE.clear()
_ARENAS.clear()


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