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Related issue: #8066

flashinfer.cake_rmsnorm_train is RMSNorm for training. The forward returns y (BF16) and rstd (FP32), and the backward returns dx (BF16) and dw (FP32). The two modes, deterministic=True and deterministic=False, share the forward and differ only in the backward. Both modes support:

• [T, H] rows with BF16 or FP32 weight
• a fused residual add (H6144)
• per-head views [T,24,256] (strided) and [T,4,256] (contiguous), with a shared w[256]

This PR follows #8577, #8626, #8655, #8704, #8810 and #8827. It is the follow-up that #8827 announced for the B200 top windows. It changes only the deterministic=False backward on sm_100a (B200), in the 12 windows below. Since #8827, FlashInfer main runs the TwoSum twin program in these windows. With this PR, the backward there runs a single kernel with blocked FP32 dw sums, which is the kernel kind that #8655 ships on GB300 and R200. Above T 131072, the TwoSum twin stays.

• H1536: T 78785 to 131072 with BF16 weight, T 75777 to 131072 with FP32 weight
• H2048, H4096, H6144 and residual H6144: T 65537 to 131072, both weight dtypes
• H5120: T 56257 to 131072, both weight dtypes

Against the TwoSum twin it replaces (main), the new backward is 1.029x to 1.266x faster on every bwd row (det-anchored, see Measurement). Against det, bwd ranges from 0.99x to 1.23x. Against the strongest in-budget non-Cake SOTA, bwd ranges from 1.01x to 2.29x. Wherever SOTA/new is below 1 on bwd or 2xfwd+bwd, the candidate shown exceeds the dw budget (!).

On 9 rows (marked -), det is faster than new in all 4 sessions, each time by more than the row's A/A floor in that session. On these rows det/new is 0.9876 to 0.9982 before rounding. They are:

• bwd with FP32 weight at H4096 T 130304 and 131072, and at H5120 T 56257, 98304 and 122304
• bwd with BF16 weight at H4096 T 131072 and H5120 T 98304
• 2xfwd+bwd with FP32 weight at H4096 T 130304 and 131072

These rows come from one measurement run and are shown as measured. A follow-up PR re-checks them.

Summary over all rows (39 workloads x 3 ops)

op	det/new geomean [min, max]	det/new < 1	SOTA/new geomean [min, max]	SOTA/new < 1
fwd	1.000x [0.99, 1.00]	18 of 39	1.001x [0.97, 1.05]	20 of 39
bwd	1.037x [0.99, 1.23]	13 of 39	1.186x [1.01, 2.29]	0 of 29
2xfwd+bwd	1.014x [0.99, 1.08]	15 of 39	1.091x [1.00, 1.47]	0 of 29

The "< 1" counts use unrounded ratios, so a row printed as 1.00x can count as < 1. SOTA/new covers only rows with an in-budget SOTA, so the 20 rows marked ! are left out. This PR does not change the forward: det, new and main run the same forward programs, and the fwd ratios are measured values.

Measurement

• Latency: the median of the CUPTI span of one CUDA-graph replay with L2 flushed (cold L2).
  • 4 sessions run in parallel, one per GPU: s1 and s3 in forward order, s2 and s4 in reverse order.
  • Each session times 201 replays per implementation and op, split over 3 interleaved rounds. The median pools the 4 sessions.
  • Each implementation's own setup, reduction, cast and copy kernels are inside the span.
  • The p10-p90 ranges are omitted here.
• Process: each row group runs in one process that holds det, new and every non-Cake candidate. The implementation order rotates, so each implementation takes each position about equally often over sessions x rounds.
• Context (measured on GB300 and B200): on small rows, Cake gains somewhat more than the other non-compile libraries from sharing the process with torch.compile. SOTA/new vs the non-compile candidates is up to about 1.10x higher (GB300) / 1.14x higher (B200) in the one-process measurement than in a process without torch.compile; on large rows the difference is <= 1.02x. Every row here is a large row (T >= 56257). Ratios vs det are unaffected.
• main/new is det-anchored. main was timed in its own process with only det and main, so main/new = (main / det of that process) / (new / det of this PR's process). det runs byte-identical code in both processes, so this removes the drift between processes. The raw ratio, main us / new us, is shown in parentheses.
• Workload: eps 1e-6. For every implementation, y, dx and h_new are BF16, and rstd and dw are FP32.
• det = deterministic Cake (deterministic=True), which this PR does not change. new = this PR's non-deterministic Cake (deterministic=False).
• SOTA = the fastest non-Cake candidate that has these outputs and meets the accuracy budget, taking the worst of 5 seeds. The budget is dx atol = rtol = 1e-2, and dw per element atol 1e-4 + rtol 1e-4 vs FP64. new and det meet it on every row.
  • Candidates: QuACK 0.6.5 (heuristic config and per-shape autotuned), torch.compile (max-autotune-no-cudagraphs and default mode), Liger-Kernel 0.8.5, and Transformer Engine 2.20.2 (run as the FP32 problem).
  • Not candidates: PyTorch's fused rms_norm (dtype error), Apex (not installed) and FlashInfer's inference rmsnorm (forward only).
• Accuracy: in every changed window, no measured point of new's dw exceeds the dw budget (per element atol 1e-4 + rtol 1e-4 vs FP64), and with FP32 weight no point exceeds the dw error of FP32 eager on the same inputs. The worst point, 0.9988 of the budget (FP32-weight H5120, T 113536, 120 seeds), is confirmed <= 1 with 240 seeds. The seed sets are:
  • 3 x 120 seeds (three input families) in all 12 windows
  • fresh seeds 120..239 in the H4096, H5120, H6144 and residual H6144 windows
  • 3 x 240 seeds in all 12 windows: 8 T per window, and in the FP32-weight H5120 window the 32 T of the dense every-64 grid (112512, 114560] around the worst point
• Speedup = baseline latency / new latency (> 1: new is faster). Ratios are computed from unrounded medians, so a few differ in the last digit from the ratio of the printed latencies.
• Rows: for each window, the first T above its lower edge, T 98304 and T 131072. Three more rows come from an earlier screen that showed det faster: H5120 T 128576 (BF16 weight), and H4096 T 130304 and H5120 T 122304 (FP32 weight).

Key:

• form: plain, or res = fused residual add (h_new = BF16(h + u), combined grad). op 2xfwd+bwd = checkpointed step (forward, forward recompute, backward).
• main = this backend on FlashInfer main before this PR, which is the program this PR replaces. Its deterministic=False backward runs the TwoSum twin in these windows (fix(cake_rmsnorm): sm_100a and sm_107a dw-accuracy backward routes #8827), and its forward is the same program as new's.
• • / - after det/new: in each of the 4 sessions, det/new differs from 1 by more than the row's A/A floor in that session, and all 4 sessions agree that new (+) or det (-) is faster. Unmarked rows are within the floor in at least one session, or the sessions disagree on which is faster.
  • Each session also times a second copy of det and of new. A row's A/A floor in a session is the larger |1 - A/A| of its det and new copies in that session.
  • The largest A/A deviation of any row in a session was 0.0125 (s1), 0.0117 (s2), 0.0119 (s3) and 0.0078 (s4).
• ! = no non-Cake candidate meets the dw budget. The table shows the fastest matched candidate, with its dw err/tol in parentheses, and computes SOTA/new against it.
• SOTA names:
  • TC = torch.compile (torch 2.14.1+cu130, inductor mode max-autotune-no-cudagraphs, emulate_precision_casts=True) of the explicit FP32-statistics reference
  • TCd = the same with torch.compile inductor default mode
  • Q = QuACK 0.6.5 (quack-kernels, nvidia-cutlass-dsl 4.8.1), heuristic config
  • QA = QuACK 0.6.5 rmsnorm_fwd_tuned / rmsnorm_bwd_tuned (exhaustive per-shape autotune, cached before timing)
  • Liger = Liger-Kernel 0.8.5 (Triton 3.8.0), casting_mode gemma (FP32 math), offset 0
  • QA+add = torch add + QA (residual form)

B200 (sm_100a): new non-deterministic Cake vs deterministic Cake, strongest non-Cake SOTA and main. Every measured row

• GPU: B200 sm_100a, 148 SMs, compute capability 10.0; driver 580.82.07; one 8-GPU node used exclusively.
• Software: CUDA toolkit Build cuda_13.4.r13.4/compiler.38855100_0; torch 2.14.1+cu130 (CUDA runtime 13.0).
• Builds: new was timed on an earlier build of this branch that runs the same programs on these routes as this PR's head. main was timed on a pre-merge build of fix(cake_rmsnorm): sm_100a and sm_107a dw-accuracy backward routes #8827 that runs the same programs on these routes as its merged head.

workload [T, H] x, w, form	op	det us	SOTA us (name)	new us	det/new	SOTA/new	main us	main/new
[78785, 1536] BF16, w BF16, plain	fwd	69.92	72.86 TC	69.76	1.00x	1.04x	71.26	1.004 (1.022)
[78785, 1536] BF16, w BF16, plain	bwd	122.56	140.26 TC	117.54	1.04x +	1.19x	133.25	1.135 (1.134)
[78785, 1536] BF16, w BF16, plain	2xfwd+bwd	263.55	284.29 TC	258.59	1.02x +	1.10x	274.62	1.063 (1.062)
[98304, 1536] BF16, w BF16, plain	fwd	86.69	90.91 QA	86.66	1.00x	1.05x	88.61	1.001 (1.023)
[98304, 1536] BF16, w BF16, plain	bwd	148.86	157.98 QA	143.90	1.03x +	1.10x	163.68	1.139 (1.137)
[98304, 1536] BF16, w BF16, plain	2xfwd+bwd	322.50	336.37 QA	318.08	1.01x +	1.06x	339.58	1.063 (1.068)
[131072, 1536] BF16, w BF16, plain	fwd	115.52	120.06 QA	115.90	1.00x	1.04x	117.25	0.999 (1.012)
[131072, 1536] BF16, w BF16, plain	bwd	193.58	207.23 TC	189.06	1.02x +	1.10x	214.11	1.131 (1.133)
[131072, 1536] BF16, w BF16, plain	2xfwd+bwd	425.21	444.77 TC	421.63	1.01x +	1.05x	447.74	1.059 (1.062)
[65537, 2048] BF16, w BF16, plain	fwd	76.64	76.96 Q	76.67	1.00x	1.00x	78.78	1.001 (1.028)
[65537, 2048] BF16, w BF16, plain	bwd	133.28	150.94 TC	129.28	1.03x +	1.17x	149.82	1.159 (1.159)
[65537, 2048] BF16, w BF16, plain	2xfwd+bwd	287.58	309.70 TC	284.22	1.01x +	1.09x	305.25	1.074 (1.074)
[98304, 2048] BF16, w BF16, plain	fwd	115.23	115.34 Q	115.30	1.00x	1.00x	117.25	1.000 (1.017)
[98304, 2048] BF16, w BF16, plain	bwd	192.13	216.38 TC	190.53	1.01x +	1.14x	219.52	1.152 (1.152)
[98304, 2048] BF16, w BF16, plain	2xfwd+bwd	422.37	448.89 TC	421.22	1.00x +	1.07x	451.76	1.071 (1.073)
[131072, 2048] BF16, w BF16, plain	fwd	156.86	155.55 TC	157.09	1.00x	0.99x	157.31	0.999 (1.001)
[131072, 2048] BF16, w BF16, plain	bwd	251.04	260.10 TC	251.17	1.00x	1.04x	289.12	1.153 (1.151)
[131072, 2048] BF16, w BF16, plain	2xfwd+bwd	557.39	567.10 TC	558.21	1.00x	1.02x	600.16	1.074 (1.075)
[65537, 4096] BF16, w BF16, plain	fwd	155.74	157.28 QA	156.00	1.00x	1.01x	155.87	0.998 (0.999)
[65537, 4096] BF16, w BF16, plain	bwd	252.90	267.04 TC	250.45	1.01x +	1.07x	257.92	1.029 (1.030)
[65537, 4096] BF16, w BF16, plain	2xfwd+bwd	557.73	580.91 TC	555.93	1.00x	1.04x	567.84	1.021 (1.021)
[98304, 4096] BF16, w BF16, plain	fwd	232.19	234.46 QA	232.09	1.00x	1.01x	232.50	1.000 (1.002)
[98304, 4096] BF16, w BF16, plain	bwd	371.04	456.99 TCd	368.83	1.01x +	1.24x	384.22	1.038 (1.042)
[98304, 4096] BF16, w BF16, plain	2xfwd+bwd	827.45	925.69 TCd	825.98	1.00x	1.12x	846.98	1.022 (1.025)
[131072, 4096] BF16, w BF16, plain	fwd	308.64	310.98 QA	308.10	1.00x	1.01x	309.09	1.002 (1.003)
[131072, 4096] BF16, w BF16, plain	bwd	486.50	494.72 TC	491.42	0.99x -	1.01x	509.33	1.037 (1.036)
[131072, 4096] BF16, w BF16, plain	2xfwd+bwd	1097.09	1115.01 TC	1098.45	1.00x	1.02x	1124.61	1.024 (1.024)
[56257, 5120] BF16, w BF16, plain	fwd	172.03	169.76 TC	172.13	1.00x	0.99x	172.19	0.999 (1.000)
[56257, 5120] BF16, w BF16, plain	bwd	266.21	406.72 TCd	267.26	1.00x	1.52x	332.42	1.244 (1.244)
[56257, 5120] BF16, w BF16, plain	2xfwd+bwd	603.81	752.26 TCd	604.61	1.00x	1.24x	674.08	1.113 (1.115)
[98304, 5120] BF16, w BF16, plain	fwd	296.96	292.10 QA	296.93	1.00x	0.98x	297.06	1.001 (1.000)
[98304, 5120] BF16, w BF16, plain	bwd	454.05	584.62 TC	454.88	1.00x -	1.29x	569.37	1.251 (1.252)
[98304, 5120] BF16, w BF16, plain	2xfwd+bwd	1042.24	1182.69 TC	1043.23	1.00x	1.13x	1161.63	1.112 (1.113)
[128576, 5120] BF16, w BF16, plain	fwd	386.98	381.69 TC	386.75	1.00x	0.99x	386.81	1.001 (1.000)
[128576, 5120] BF16, w BF16, plain	bwd	599.41	596.72 QA! (2.259)	605.18	0.99x	0.99x!	740.40	1.226 (1.223)
[128576, 5120] BF16, w BF16, plain	2xfwd+bwd	1368.11	1358.61 QA! (2.259)	1374.03	1.00x	0.99x!	1511.79	1.101 (1.100)
[131072, 5120] BF16, w BF16, plain	fwd	394.34	389.21 QA	394.18	1.00x	0.99x	394.43	1.000 (1.001)
[131072, 5120] BF16, w BF16, plain	bwd	620.90	607.90 QA! (2.650)	621.01	1.00x	0.98x!	754.78	1.216 (1.215)
[131072, 5120] BF16, w BF16, plain	2xfwd+bwd	1404.16	1383.23 QA! (2.650)	1404.64	1.00x	0.98x!	1541.53	1.097 (1.097)
[65537, 6144] BF16, w BF16, plain	fwd	232.86	232.94 TC	232.90	1.00x	1.00x	233.34	1.000 (1.002)
[65537, 6144] BF16, w BF16, plain	bwd	367.10	411.39 TC	366.75	1.00x	1.12x	393.92	1.074 (1.074)
[65537, 6144] BF16, w BF16, plain	2xfwd+bwd	825.89	874.74 TC	825.73	1.00x	1.06x	854.91	1.034 (1.035)
[98304, 6144] BF16, w BF16, plain	fwd	348.13	347.15 Q	348.03	1.00x	1.00x	348.19	1.000 (1.000)
[98304, 6144] BF16, w BF16, plain	bwd	548.72	604.70 TC	544.42	1.01x +	1.11x	584.25	1.076 (1.073)
[98304, 6144] BF16, w BF16, plain	2xfwd+bwd	1239.23	1326.78 TC	1235.39	1.00x	1.07x	1276.89	1.034 (1.034)
[131072, 6144] BF16, w BF16, plain	fwd	462.74	460.56 QA	462.46	1.00x	1.00x	462.40	1.001 (1.000)
[131072, 6144] BF16, w BF16, plain	bwd	717.60	710.22 QA! (2.919)	717.73	1.00x	0.99x!	774.43	1.080 (1.079)
[131072, 6144] BF16, w BF16, plain	2xfwd+bwd	1637.76	1629.36 QA! (2.919)	1640.48	1.00x	0.99x!	1701.41	1.038 (1.037)
[65537, 6144] BF16, w BF16, res	fwd	470.14	467.14 Liger	470.18	1.00x	0.99x	469.89	1.000 (0.999)
[65537, 6144] BF16, w BF16, res	bwd	586.24	497.70 TC	480.18	1.22x +	1.04x	511.23	1.064 (1.065)
[65537, 6144] BF16, w BF16, res	2xfwd+bwd	1523.92	1440.00 TC	1410.56	1.08x +	1.02x	1448.51	1.027 (1.027)
[98304, 6144] BF16, w BF16, res	fwd	703.01	697.09 Liger	702.96	1.00x	0.99x	703.04	1.000 (1.000)
[98304, 6144] BF16, w BF16, res	bwd	874.13	758.91 TC	709.81	1.23x +	1.07x	770.27	1.081 (1.085)
[98304, 6144] BF16, w BF16, res	2xfwd+bwd	2279.94	2173.25 TC	2111.89	1.08x +	1.03x	2168.99	1.026 (1.027)
[131072, 6144] BF16, w BF16, res	fwd	935.78	928.87 Liger	935.87	1.00x	0.99x	935.74	1.000 (1.000)
[131072, 6144] BF16, w BF16, res	bwd	1154.37	975.91 TCd! (1.241)	940.66	1.23x +	1.04x!	1010.21	1.075 (1.074)
[131072, 6144] BF16, w BF16, res	2xfwd+bwd	3027.64	2866.11 TCd! (1.241)	2797.35	1.08x +	1.02x!	2860.21	1.023 (1.022)
[75777, 1536] BF16, w FP32, plain	fwd	68.99	71.36 TC	69.02	1.00x	1.03x	70.50	1.001 (1.021)
[75777, 1536] BF16, w FP32, plain	bwd	118.85	123.10 QA	113.95	1.04x +	1.08x	128.29	1.125 (1.126)
[75777, 1536] BF16, w FP32, plain	2xfwd+bwd	257.22	269.06 TC	252.99	1.02x +	1.06x	267.74	1.054 (1.058)
[98304, 1536] BF16, w FP32, plain	fwd	89.44	91.68 TC	89.38	1.00x	1.03x	90.98	1.002 (1.018)
[98304, 1536] BF16, w FP32, plain	bwd	148.90	153.86 QA	144.96	1.03x +	1.06x	163.01	1.127 (1.124)
[98304, 1536] BF16, w FP32, plain	2xfwd+bwd	327.84	344.48 TC	324.74	1.01x +	1.06x	343.12	1.055 (1.057)
[131072, 1536] BF16, w FP32, plain	fwd	119.10	121.18 TC	119.36	1.00x	1.02x	120.58	1.000 (1.010)
[131072, 1536] BF16, w FP32, plain	bwd	193.70	207.10 TC	190.69	1.02x +	1.09x	213.38	1.117 (1.119)
[131072, 1536] BF16, w FP32, plain	2xfwd+bwd	432.35	447.01 TC	430.05	1.01x	1.04x	452.83	1.052 (1.053)
[65537, 2048] BF16, w FP32, plain	fwd	79.23	82.08 TC	79.04	1.00x	1.04x	80.22	1.003 (1.015)
[65537, 2048] BF16, w FP32, plain	bwd	133.52	150.30 TC	129.54	1.03x +	1.16x	150.37	1.160 (1.161)
[65537, 2048] BF16, w FP32, plain	2xfwd+bwd	288.32	310.34 TC	284.67	1.01x +	1.09x	307.77	1.079 (1.081)
[98304, 2048] BF16, w FP32, plain	fwd	117.39	119.17 TC	117.18	1.00x	1.02x	118.11	1.004 (1.008)
[98304, 2048] BF16, w FP32, plain	bwd	191.97	207.07 TC	190.03	1.01x +	1.09x	220.35	1.160 (1.160)
[98304, 2048] BF16, w FP32, plain	2xfwd+bwd	422.46	441.38 TC	421.22	1.00x +	1.05x	453.02	1.075 (1.076)
[131072, 2048] BF16, w FP32, plain	fwd	156.25	156.67 TC	155.90	1.00x	1.00x	156.99	1.003 (1.007)
[131072, 2048] BF16, w FP32, plain	bwd	250.78	270.13 TC	250.53	1.00x	1.08x	290.46	1.161 (1.159)
[131072, 2048] BF16, w FP32, plain	2xfwd+bwd	556.66	579.49 TC	556.83	1.00x	1.04x	599.87	1.078 (1.077)
[65537, 4096] BF16, w FP32, plain	fwd	160.35	157.47 TC	160.26	1.00x	0.98x	160.70	1.001 (1.003)
[65537, 4096] BF16, w FP32, plain	bwd	252.32	269.92 TC	249.89	1.01x +	1.08x	258.56	1.036 (1.035)
[65537, 4096] BF16, w FP32, plain	2xfwd+bwd	566.21	581.25 TC	564.37	1.00x +	1.03x	577.31	1.023 (1.023)
[98304, 4096] BF16, w FP32, plain	fwd	237.95	236.51 TCd	237.86	1.00x	0.99x	237.92	1.001 (1.000)
[98304, 4096] BF16, w FP32, plain	bwd	369.92	469.54 TCd	369.09	1.00x	1.27x	384.22	1.035 (1.041)
[98304, 4096] BF16, w FP32, plain	2xfwd+bwd	839.07	939.74 TCd	837.63	1.00x +	1.12x	856.99	1.021 (1.023)
[130304, 4096] BF16, w FP32, plain	fwd	313.34	306.94 TC	313.31	1.00x	0.98x	313.86	1.000 (1.002)
[130304, 4096] BF16, w FP32, plain	bwd	483.10	515.15 QA! (2.333)	489.18	0.99x -	1.05x!	508.38	1.039 (1.039)
[130304, 4096] BF16, w FP32, plain	2xfwd+bwd	1104.14	1131.49 TC! (1.344)	1110.05	0.99x -	1.02x!	1133.31	1.021 (1.021)
[131072, 4096] BF16, w FP32, plain	fwd	315.33	313.41 TC	315.26	1.00x	0.99x	315.36	1.000 (1.000)
[131072, 4096] BF16, w FP32, plain	bwd	485.74	494.62 TC	489.86	0.99x -	1.01x	509.28	1.040 (1.040)
[131072, 4096] BF16, w FP32, plain	2xfwd+bwd	1110.97	1118.27 TC	1114.33	1.00x -	1.00x	1137.85	1.022 (1.021)
[56257, 5120] BF16, w FP32, plain	fwd	170.59	167.04 TC	171.55	0.99x	0.97x	171.39	0.995 (0.999)
[56257, 5120] BF16, w FP32, plain	bwd	267.33	484.96 TCd	270.29	0.99x -	1.79x	337.89	1.251 (1.250)
[56257, 5120] BF16, w FP32, plain	2xfwd+bwd	607.17	816.35 TCd	611.17	0.99x	1.34x	678.91	1.110 (1.111)
[98304, 5120] BF16, w FP32, plain	fwd	298.94	291.90 QA	299.06	1.00x	0.98x	299.58	1.000 (1.002)
[98304, 5120] BF16, w FP32, plain	bwd	457.28	591.65 TC	458.43	1.00x -	1.29x	579.29	1.263 (1.264)
[98304, 5120] BF16, w FP32, plain	2xfwd+bwd	1050.96	1195.52 TC	1052.67	1.00x	1.14x	1177.35	1.118 (1.118)
[122304, 5120] BF16, w FP32, plain	fwd	369.04	357.38 TC	369.74	1.00x	0.97x	371.33	0.999 (1.004)
[122304, 5120] BF16, w FP32, plain	bwd	564.77	565.49 QA! (3.632)	566.93	1.00x -	1.00x!	717.12	1.266 (1.265)
[122304, 5120] BF16, w FP32, plain	2xfwd+bwd	1299.26	1284.44 QA! (3.632)	1303.56	1.00x	0.99x!	1458.62	1.117 (1.119)
[131072, 5120] BF16, w FP32, plain	fwd	397.41	387.30 QA	396.83	1.00x	0.98x	397.21	1.001 (1.001)
[131072, 5120] BF16, w FP32, plain	bwd	619.17	604.53 QA! (2.352)	618.74	1.00x	0.98x!	767.20	1.232 (1.240)
[131072, 5120] BF16, w FP32, plain	2xfwd+bwd	1409.81	1376.67 QA! (2.352)	1408.75	1.00x	0.98x!	1560.91	1.105 (1.108)
[65537, 6144] BF16, w FP32, plain	fwd	234.85	231.23 TC	234.98	1.00x	0.98x	234.91	0.999 (1.000)
[65537, 6144] BF16, w FP32, plain	bwd	368.61	425.98 TC	367.94	1.00x	1.16x	397.09	1.080 (1.079)
[65537, 6144] BF16, w FP32, plain	2xfwd+bwd	833.22	887.36 TC	833.50	1.00x	1.06x	863.84	1.036 (1.036)
[98304, 6144] BF16, w FP32, plain	fwd	349.79	347.55 QA	349.63	1.00x	0.99x	349.57	1.001 (1.000)
[98304, 6144] BF16, w FP32, plain	bwd	551.39	534.72 QA! (1.771)	547.17	1.01x +	0.98x!	588.99	1.077 (1.076)
[98304, 6144] BF16, w FP32, plain	2xfwd+bwd	1248.38	1228.22 QA! (1.771)	1245.65	1.00x	0.99x!	1288.50	1.035 (1.034)
[131072, 6144] BF16, w FP32, plain	fwd	463.97	464.64 QA	464.26	1.00x	1.00x	464.54	0.999 (1.001)
[131072, 6144] BF16, w FP32, plain	bwd	717.82	707.14 QA! (2.585)	720.10	1.00x	0.98x!	780.25	1.083 (1.084)
[131072, 6144] BF16, w FP32, plain	2xfwd+bwd	1647.59	1637.78 QA! (2.585)	1656.51	0.99x	0.99x!	1726.19	1.040 (1.042)
[65537, 6144] BF16, w FP32, res	fwd	468.48	470.72 Liger	468.77	1.00x	1.00x	468.32	0.999 (0.999)
[65537, 6144] BF16, w FP32, res	bwd	575.62	649.28 TC	478.05	1.20x +	1.36x	513.58	1.074 (1.074)
[65537, 6144] BF16, w FP32, res	2xfwd+bwd	1511.01	1596.87 TC	1411.36	1.07x +	1.13x	1447.28	1.026 (1.025)
[98304, 6144] BF16, w FP32, res	fwd	700.43	703.78 Liger	700.74	1.00x	1.00x	701.28	1.000 (1.001)
[98304, 6144] BF16, w FP32, res	bwd	858.85	1625.99 TCd	709.06	1.21x +	2.29x	768.85	1.083 (1.084)
[98304, 6144] BF16, w FP32, res	2xfwd+bwd	2260.73	3089.63 TCd	2108.70	1.07x +	1.47x	2164.19	1.026 (1.026)
[131072, 6144] BF16, w FP32, res	fwd	932.35	935.31 Liger	932.13	1.00x	1.00x	932.41	1.001 (1.000)
[131072, 6144] BF16, w FP32, res	bwd	1132.91	982.43 QA+add! (3.690)	931.18	1.22x +	1.06x!	1013.98	1.088 (1.089)
[131072, 6144] BF16, w FP32, res	2xfwd+bwd	3003.07	3171.44 TC! (1.618)	2792.39	1.08x +	1.14x!	2861.18	1.026 (1.025)

Cake ships both modes of cake_rmsnorm_train, with all the forms above, on sm_100a, sm_103a and sm_107a. This PR does not change the forward, deterministic=True, the sm_103a or sm_107a routes, or any B200 window other than the 12 above.

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• New Features
  • Added RMSNorm training support for additional GPU configurations, including optimized backward processing across more input sizes.
  • Added checks for tensor layouts, dimensions, and launch settings, with clearer errors for invalid inputs.
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  • Improved scheduling for selected workloads, including more targeted processing for larger inputs.
  • Added intermediate processing paths for certain input sizes to better match workloads to available kernels.

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The PR adds SM100a CUDA kernels and FFI launchers for RMSNorm training backward paths. It updates row-count routing and window metadata for selected hidden sizes, adds build records, and changes shared-memory address conversion in two existing kernels for architecture 1000.

Changes: SM100a RMSNorm backward

Layer / File(s)	Summary
CUDA kernels and FFI launchers flashinfer/cake_rmsnorm_train_backend/csrc/*_kernel.cu, flashinfer/cake_rmsnorm_train_backend/csrc/*_binding.cu, flashinfer/cake_rmsnorm_train_backend/build.json	The added kernels calculate RMSNorm gradients, stage input data through shared-memory buffers, and combine weight-gradient partials. The FFI launchers validate tensors and launch parameters before configuring and launching the kernels. The build records include the new SM100a variants and updated hashes. Two existing kernels use inline PTX for shared-memory address conversion on architecture 1000.
Backward route and window selection flashinfer/cake_rmsnorm_train_backend/cake_jit.py, flashinfer/cake_rmsnorm_train_backend/cake_windows.py	Selected SM100a routes for H1536, H2048, H4096, H5120, and H6144 use bounded kblock single-kernel modules through 131072 rows. The routes select TwoSum modules above 131072 rows. Window boundaries, program selections, shared-memory wait data, and rendered tables reflect the splits.

Estimated code review effort: 5 (Critical) | ~90 minutes

Change: Refactor

Possibly related issues

• flashinfer-ai/flashinfer#6598 — The issue tracks RMSNorm training kernel work, and this PR adds kernels and routing for RMSNorm training backward paths.

Possibly related PRs

• flashinfer-ai/flashinfer#8827 — It routes non-deterministic B200 backward through TwoSum variants; this PR adds bounded kblock windows and retains TwoSum routing above 131072 rows.

Merge Risk: Moderate · up to b55d6

This change routes large-T B200 backward passes to new blocked-FP32 kernels for a reported speedup. Before merging, confirm that the minimum CUDA version for the FP32-weight SM100a builds is correct, since CUDA 12.8 builds could fail. Also confirm that the dw accuracy margin holds for cancellation-heavy inputs, and decide whether the binding should reject multi-dimensional grids. The window routing itself looks consistent.

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- Line 528: Raise the min_cuda value for the SM100a records that use either
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Raise the minimum CUDA version for the SM100a records.

When CUDA 12.8 builds either FP32-weight kernel, ptxas cannot assemble ld.global.v8.b32. PTX ISA 8.8 introduced .v8.b32, while CUDA 12.8 ships PTX ISA 8.7. Set these records to CUDA 12.9 or replace the vector loads.

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Raise the min_cuda value for the SM100a records that use either FP32-weight
kernel to 12.9, or replace their v8.b32 vector loads with loads supported by
CUDA 12.8; preserve the existing minimum for unrelated records.

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Preserve per-product compensation for cancellation-sensitive dw inputs.

For the new (65536, 131072] route, one thread accumulates eight rows in FP32 and applies TwoSum only when flushing the block. A sequence such as 65536 + 2^-10 - 65536 loses 2^-10 before compensation. The returned dw can therefore exceed the documented per-element tolerance. Retain the prior TwoSum route for this window or add an equivalent error-free accumulation path.

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Update the `(65536, 131072]` route selected by the `kernel` entry so
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nl -ba flashinfer/cake_rmsnorm_train_backend/csrc/cake_rmsnorm_train_0bdcd2c63a9a4c5cb9d4_binding.cu | sed -n '45,146p'
rg -n 'blockIdx|gridDim|atomic|counters|partial' flashinfer/cake_rmsnorm_train_backend/csrc/cake_rmsnorm_train_0bdcd2c63a9a4c5cb9d4_kernel.cu
nl -ba flashinfer/cake_rmsnorm_train_backend/cake_jit.py | sed -n '17320,17460p'
rg -n -F -e 'launch(' -e 'cake_jit' -e 'grid_y' -- flashinfer/cake_rmsnorm_train_backend tests/norm

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nl -ba flashinfer/cake_rmsnorm_train_backend/cake_jit.py | sed -n '17250,17455p'
rg -n -F -e '0bdcd2c63a9a4c5cb9d4' -e 'launch_kernel(' -e 'launch_cake' -- flashinfer/cake_rmsnorm_train_backend/*.py tests/norm/*.py
rg -n -F -e 'cake_jit.' -e 'from .cake_jit' -e 'import cake_jit' -- flashinfer/cake_rmsnorm_train_backend/*.py
nl -ba flashinfer/cake_rmsnorm_train_backend/csrc/cake_rmsnorm_train_0bdcd2c63a9a4c5cb9d4_kernel.cu | sed -n '125,180p;700,785p;968,985p'

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rg -n '^def launch_grid|def launch_grid|grid_rule|claimed_chunks|0bdcd2c63a9a4c5cb9d4' flashinfer/cake_rmsnorm_train_backend/cake_jit.py
nl -ba flashinfer/cake_rmsnorm_train_backend/cake_jit.py | sed -n '15650,16210p'
nl -ba flashinfer/cake_rmsnorm_train_backend/cake_jit.py | sed -n '5000,5075p'
rg -n 'run_module\(' flashinfer/cake_rmsnorm_train_backend/__init__.py flashinfer/cake_rmsnorm_train_backend/*.py
nl -ba flashinfer/cake_rmsnorm_train_backend/__init__.py | sed -n '1340,1415p'

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nl -ba flashinfer/cake_rmsnorm_train_backend/cake_jit.py | sed -n '17170,17255p'
nl -ba flashinfer/cake_rmsnorm_train_backend/__init__.py | sed -n '900,960p;1100,1160p'
rg -n -F 'def load(' flashinfer/cake_rmsnorm_train_backend/__init__.py flashinfer/cake_rmsnorm_train_backend/cake_jit.py

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Reject non-one-dimensional grids in the binding.

The binding accepts (1, 2, 1) and launches it unchanged. The kernel uses only blockIdx.x and gridDim.x, so CTAs from different y coordinates reuse reduction identities and counter thresholds. Require grid_y == 1 and grid_z == 1 before launch.

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Review comment at
@flashinfer/cake_rmsnorm_train_backend/csrc/cake_rmsnorm_train_0bdcd2c63a9a4c5cb9d4_binding.cu
around lines 104 - 107:
Update the grid validation in the binding before launch to require grid_y and
grid_z to equal 1, in addition to the existing positivity and CUDA-limit checks.
Preserve the current validation for grid_x and reject non-one-dimensional grids
before they reach the kernel.

After applying the fix, consider running `coderabbit review --agent` for local
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[yyihuang]

@flashinfer-bot run tests/norm/test_cake_rmsnorm_det_train_aliases.py tests/norm/test_cake_rmsnorm_train.py tests/norm/test_cake_rmsnorm_train_all_sm.py tests/norm/test_cake_rmsnorm_train_api.py tests/norm/test_cake_rmsnorm_train_ckpt.py tests/norm/test_cake_rmsnorm_train_dist.py tests/norm/test_cake_rmsnorm_train_legacy.py tests/norm/test_cake_rmsnorm_train_pairs.py tests/norm/test_cake_rmsnorm_train_stall.py tests/norm/test_cake_rmsnorm_train_vendored.py tests/norm/test_cake_rmsnorm_train_windows.py