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refactor(cake_gdn_kcp): the GDN KCP facade runs the non-deterministic package only - #8920

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flashinfer.cake_gdn_train_kcp is the context-parallel GDN facade without "det" in its name. It now runs only the non-deterministic package, flashinfer.experimental.cake_gdn_train_kcp, and only with deterministic=False. Any other value, including the default, raises ValueError instead of running the deterministic package. A module without "det" in its name no longer runs the deterministic package silently, and a caller that relied on the old default gets an error instead of being switched silently to the non-deterministic path. The deterministic package keeps its explicit det names in flashinfer.cake_gdn_det_train_kcp.

This PR is stacked on #8916 (base main 3757bab). The branch has two commits: 1d5f7bb (= #8916) and b8a4781 (this change). Please review b8a4781, which is the only commit left once #8916 merges.

Behavior change

Call to a facade entry Before After
deterministic=True (default) Ran the deterministic package ValueError naming the deterministic entry in flashinfer.cake_gdn_det_train_kcp and saying to pass deterministic=False (same for any value other than False)
deterministic=False Non-deterministic package Non-deterministic package
deterministic=False under torch.use_deterministic_algorithms(True) Rerouted to the deterministic package, warned once per process Non-deterministic package, in both strict and warn_only. No reroute, no warning, and no PyTorch deterministic alert, because the package's launches are fixed-order

Nothing is routed to the deterministic package, and nothing falls back to it. Each entry's one-time ExperimentalWarning is unrelated to the mode.

Migration

  • If you relied on the default, call the deterministic entry in flashinfer.cake_gdn_det_train_kcp:
    • partition_kcp → partition_det_kcp
    • build_context_kcp → build_context_det_kcp
    • chunk_gdn_fwd_kcp → chunk_gdn_det_fwd_kcp
    • chunk_gdn_bwd_kcp → chunk_gdn_det_bwd_kcp
    • chunk_gdn_kcp → chunk_gdn_det_kcp
    • gdn_workspace_bytes_kcp → gdn_det_workspace_bytes_kcp
    • gdn_saved_bytes_kcp → gdn_det_saved_bytes_kcp
    • gdn_comm_bytes_kcp → gdn_det_comm_bytes_kcp
    • is_gdn_train_kcp_supported → is_gdn_det_train_kcp_supported
  • If you want the non-deterministic package, pass deterministic=False explicitly.
  • chunk_gdn_bwd_kcp reads only this package's SavedKcp and raises ValueError on a saved set from a deterministic forward. An options instance from the deterministic package is still accepted as a mapping of its fields.
# Before: the default ran the deterministic package. Now it raises ValueError.
from flashinfer.cake_gdn_train_kcp import chunk_gdn_kcp
out = chunk_gdn_kcp(...)

# After: deterministic
from flashinfer.cake_gdn_det_train_kcp import chunk_gdn_det_kcp
out = chunk_gdn_det_kcp(...)

# After: non-deterministic
out = chunk_gdn_kcp(..., deterministic=False)

Changes

  • Facade: every entry keeps the keyword-only deterministic: bool = True and accepts only False. Routing to the deterministic package, the fallback, and the torch.use_deterministic_algorithms reroute and warning are removed.

  • The non-deterministic packages' own refusals now name the entry's deterministic counterpart. These are check_mode in flashinfer.experimental.cake_gdn_train_kcp, and flashinfer.experimental.cake.cake_gdn_train.

  • Docs:

    • A "Mode and dispatch rules" section is added at the top of both non-deterministic READMEs and the facade docstring.
    • Every example passes deterministic=False.
    • A byte-query note no longer says torch's deterministic algorithms must be off.
  • Tests: the facade tests now check:

    • every refused value
    • that no call reaches the deterministic facade
    • that there is no reroute or fallback warning under torch's deterministic algorithms (strict and warn_only), including is_gdn_train_kcp_supported and the autograd node's output and gradients against the package's own forward and backward

    Cross-checks against the deterministic package call its det entries.

  • Bench: the deterministic arm calls the det entries.

  • 11 files, +487/-520 relative to test(cake_gdn): with grad, stop depending on the former no-det names of the deterministic packages #8916.

Testing

  • CPU at b8a4781 (CUDA 13.4 devel image, Python 3.14.9, torch 2.14.1+cu130), running test_cake_gdn_train.py plus the 8 test_cake_gdn_train_kcp*.py files: 579 passed, 352 skipped, 0 failed. This holds both on the head and on a tree with the deterministic packages' former names deleted (simulated removal).
  • pre-commit (mypy, ruff check, ruff format, ...) passes.
  • GPU at the previous revision 75232cc0 (4 x R200 (sm_107a), driver 620.43, torch 2.14.1+cu130, Python 3.14.8, nvcc 13.4), on both trees, 0 failed:
    • test_cake_gdn_train_kcp_api.py: 164 passed
    • test_cake_gdn_train_kcp_l2n.py: 41 passed, 2 skipped (by design)
    • test_cake_gdn_train_kcp_cp1.py: 100 passed
    • test_cake_gdn_train.py -k "names or exports or deterministic": 27 passed, 2 skipped
    • test_cake_gdn_train_kcp_dist.py, multi-GPU rows at world 4 and world 2: 2 passed
  • b8a4781 differs from 75232cc0 only in docs, one facade docstring sentence, and two added test checks, which run and pass on CPU.
  • This change has not run on B200 / B300 GPUs beyond CI. It only changes host-side dispatch; no kernels are touched.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Behavior Changes
    • The GDN training and KCP interfaces now run only when deterministic=False; other values raise an error directing you to the corresponding deterministic entry point.
    • Enabling PyTorch’s deterministic algorithms no longer switches these interfaces to a different route. Use the separate deterministic package when deterministic execution is needed.
    • KCP options and queries follow the same explicit mode requirement.

…er names exist

The non-deterministic GDN tests, bench and READMEs no longer depend on the
former no-det names of the deterministic GDN packages (cake_gdn_det_train,
cake_gdn_det_train_kcp) or on the former KDA package path
(flashinfer.experimental.cake_kda_train), so they stay green before and
after those names are removed:

- test_cake_gdn_train_kcp_api.py: drop the test that the former names
  (flashinfer.gdn_train, flashinfer.experimental.cake_gdn_train and the
  module-level aliases of cake_gdn_det_train_kcp) are the det objects. Keep
  one absence test over a single list of the former spellings, now also on
  cake_backend, cake_build and cake_l2n, and a test that this package's
  entries and types are not the det package's (det names only). The KDA
  hygiene test refuses any import containing "cake_kda".
- test_cake_gdn_train.py: compare this package's entries with the det
  package's det names instead of asserting its former aliases.
- test_cake_gdn_train_kcp.py, test_cake_gdn_train_kcp_build.py: the KDA
  references use cake_kda_det_train_kcp.cake_kcp_plan (partition_det_kcp,
  build_context_det_kcp) and cake_kda_det_train.cake_build.
- bench_cake_gdn_train_kcp.py: read LAST_CALL and graph_cache_clear of both
  routes through the package's cake_kcp module.
- READMEs: the deterministic packages are named by their det names only.
- cake_gdn_train_kcp provenance docstrings (cake_jit.py, cake_kcp.py,
  cake_kcp_plan.py) keep the historical KDA path at the cited commit and
  add the file's current det KDA path (text only).

The former conv1d names used in the same files (bench, dist test, facade
docstring) are migrated by the conv1d owner's own change.
…ic package only

flashinfer.cake_gdn_train_kcp no longer dispatches between the two
numerical modes. Every entry (partition, context, compute, byte queries
and is_gdn_train_kcp_supported) keeps the keyword-only
deterministic: bool = True and runs only with deterministic=False; any
other value raises ValueError that names the deterministic entry in
flashinfer.cake_gdn_det_train_kcp and says to pass deterministic=False.
Nothing is routed to the deterministic package and nothing falls back to
it: torch.use_deterministic_algorithms(True), strict or warn_only, no
longer reroutes a call and no longer warns (the package's launches are
fixed-order, so no call raises PyTorch's alert).

- The facade drops the deterministic routing, the torch fallback and its
  once-per-process warning flag; an options instance of the deterministic
  package is still accepted as the mapping of its fields.
- The non-deterministic packages' refusals (cake_gdn_train_kcp check_mode,
  cake.cake_gdn_train) name the entry's deterministic counterpart.
- Docs: a "Mode and dispatch rules" section at the top of both
  non-deterministic READMEs and of the facade docstring; every example
  passes deterministic=False.
- Tests: the facade tests check the new rule (every refused value, no call
  reaches the deterministic facade, no reroute or fallback warning under
  torch's deterministic algorithms, strict and warn_only, also on the fake
  backend); the cross-checks against the deterministic package call its
  own entries.
- Bench: the deterministic arm's wording and the torch-deterministic
  refusal message match the new rule.
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@flashinfer-bot run tests/experimental/test_cake_gdn_train_kcp_api.py tests/experimental/test_cake_gdn_train.py tests/experimental/test_cake_gdn_train_kcp_l2n.py tests/experimental/test_cake_gdn_train_kcp_cp1.py tests/experimental/test_cake_gdn_train_kcp_dist.py

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The GDN KCP facade and package now expose only the non-deterministic route: calls require deterministic=False and do not switch routes based on PyTorch deterministic-algorithm settings. The deterministic package remains separate. Error messages, benchmark access, documentation, and tests reflect that separation.

Changes: GDN route separation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Non-deterministic KCP API
flashinfer/cake_gdn_train_kcp.py, flashinfer/experimental/cake_gdn_train_kcp/*
KCP entry points reject values other than False and use the non-deterministic package. Documentation and provenance references describe the separate deterministic package.
KCP route and package validation
tests/experimental/test_cake_gdn_train_kcp*, tests/experimental/test_cake_gdn_train_kcp_*
Tests cover mode rejection, package-only routing, option forwarding, saved-set handling, deterministic-algorithm mode, and comparisons with separate deterministic entries.
GDN non-KCP mode contract
flashinfer/experimental/cake/cake_gdn_train/README.md, flashinfer/experimental/cake/cake_gdn_train/cake_chain.py, tests/experimental/test_cake_gdn_train.py
The non-KCP GDN package requires deterministic=False; refusal errors name the matching deterministic entry.
Benchmark route access
benchmarks/bench_cake_gdn_train_kcp.py
The benchmark reads host-module controls and records from cake_kcp. Its deterministic route calls deterministic entries directly.

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LGTM, one nit: the bench now does importlib.import_module(f"{self.pkg.__name__}.cake_kcp") for the det route too. Make sure cake_gdn_det_train_kcp.cake_kcp exists, since the old code used a getattr fallback.

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rg -n 'chunk_gated_delta_rule\s*=|ChunkGatedDeltaRuleFunction\s*=|gdn_chunk_forward\s*=|gdn_chunk_backward\s*=|__all__' flashinfer/experimental/cake_gdn_det_train/cake_chain.py flashinfer/experimental/cake_gdn_det_train/__init__.py

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nl -ba flashinfer/experimental/cake_gdn_det_train/cake_chain.py | sed -n '85,135p;2570,2650p'
git diff 3757bab377c4ea3055f76e67ffafbfd632164a59 b8a47817c0f8d07fa3aef48f2e0984d577e2456d -- flashinfer/experimental/cake/cake_gdn_train/README.md flashinfer/experimental/cake_gdn_det_train/__init__.py flashinfer/experimental/cake_gdn_det_train/cake_chain.py
rg -n -F -e 'legacy alias' -e 'backward compat' -e 'chunk_gated_delta_rule_det' -- flashinfer/experimental/cake_gdn_det_train tests/experimental/test_cake_gdn_train.py

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Document the deterministic package’s compatibility aliases.

The deterministic one-rank package still exports the four no-det names as aliases. The current wording implies callers must migrate those imports. Please distinguish the names by package and document the aliases.

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-The deterministic packages are named by their det names only:
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 The no-det spellings `chunk_gated_delta_rule`, `ChunkGatedDeltaRuleFunction`,
 `gdn_chunk_forward` and `gdn_chunk_backward` name this package's
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+non-deterministic entries. In `flashinfer.experimental.cake_gdn_det_train`,
+the same spellings remain aliases for the corresponding det entries.
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Converting this PR to draft. It is being rescoped per #8928, which removes the deterministic= keyword from every entry point.

Under #8928 this PR becomes the GDN non-deterministic rename:

  • flashinfer.cake_gdn_train_kcp becomes flashinfer.cake_gdn_nondet_train_kcp, with chunk_gdn_kcp renamed to cake_gdn_nondet_kcp.
  • flashinfer.experimental.cake.cake_gdn_train becomes flashinfer.cake_gdn_nondet_train, with cake_gdn_nondet.
  • The backends move under flashinfer/experimental/cake/<module>/.
  • No deterministic= keyword remains, and the old names fail at import.

The deterministic GDN renames are coordinated with the deterministic package owner, and the description will carry the migration table.

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@flashinfer-bot run tests/experimental/test_cake_gdn_train_kcp_api.py tests/experimental/test_cake_gdn_train.py tests/experimental/test_cake_gdn_train_kcp_l2n.py tests/experimental/test_cake_gdn_train_kcp_cp1.py tests/experimental/test_cake_gdn_train_kcp_dist.py

@yyihuang yyihuang changed the title refactor(cake_gdn_train): the GDN KCP facade runs the non-deterministic package only refactor(cake_gdn_kcp): the GDN KCP facade runs the non-deterministic package only Nov 6, 2026
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Sync with main 59d4bcd (flashinfer-ai#8906 conv1d nondet rename, flashinfer-ai#8920, flashinfer-ai#8924, flashinfer-ai#8943,
flashinfer-ai#8948 and others). Two conflicts, both in shared tables:
- .pre-commit-config.yaml exclude: keep this branch's mHC csrc paths
  (experimental/cake/cake_mhc_{det,head_det,nondet}_train/csrc/) and take
  main's experimental/cake/cake_causal_conv1d_nondet_train/csrc/.
- tests/test_helpers/cake_package.py PACKAGES: keep
  "cake.cake_mhc_nondet_train" and take main's
  "cake_causal_conv1d_nondet_train"; drop both former rows.
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