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Summary

The KCP dist test for the non-deterministic GDN KCP package reruns its saved-set forms at a forced segments=2 (P = 2). This makes the full backward read the saved M_seg^T plane on rows whose plan has no segments (P = 1). _p2_group_ok only checked that every rank's fragments can take P = 2, so the forced forms also ran on rows that already plan P > 1, where forcing P = 2 lowers the plan. This change limits the forced forms to rows where every rank plans P = 1. It is test-only (tests/experimental/test_cake_gdn_train_kcp_dist.py, +15 −10) with no package change.

Why the forced form failed

• Row A4 (KCP_TEST_ROWS=int3) plans P = 24 on every rank. Forcing P = 2 gives longer walk chains than the plan, and the forced forms' FP64-judged dbeta max-abs reaches 1.0096 of the A4 budget, which fails.
• The budget is derived at the planned schedule, and both packages pass at the shipped plan (0.8989). The deterministic package gives the same bits at forced P = 2 (the same 1.0096). Its dist test checks the forced P = 2 forms only bitwise (full == light), not against FP64.
• This is not a regression. The forced-P=2 dbeta bits are identical at every commit since feat(cake_gdn_kcp): with grad, in-kernel Q/K L2 norm for the non-deterministic KCP package (#7817) #8316. The non-deterministic test has failed on A4 since the forced forms were added in fix(cake_gdn): keep the segment transfer plane in the full saved set of the KCP GDN package #8542.
• The P sweep on A4 (dbeta ratio_max) is not monotone: P1 0.9694, P2 1.0096, P3 0.9701, P4 1.0208, P6 1.0085, P8 0.9681, P12 0.9258, P16 0.9261, P24 (plan) 0.8989, P32 0.8978, P64 0.9280. The rel-RMS ratio stays flat at 0.9087–0.9104.

Change

• _p2_group_ok now also requires every rank to plan P = 1: int(ctx.heads(HV).P) == 1 and int(ctx.heads(HV, P=2).P) == 2. Docstrings and comments are updated to match.
• On B200, two rows no longer run the forced forms: A4 (P = 24 on all 8 ranks) and C8 (P = 3 on six ranks, P = 1 on two). Their planned full forms still check the saved M_seg plane: all 8 ranks for A4, and the six P = 3 ranks for C8. C8's two P = 1 ranks lose the forced-P=2 read, but they use the same code path as the other six. Every other int1 / int3 row plans P = 1 and keeps the forced forms.

Testing

• B200 (8 GPUs, sm_100a), main cc71fa8 with this change applied (the changed lines are identical), -k "test_l2n_rows or test_multi_gpu_rows or test_poisoned_workspace_pairs":
  • KCP_TEST_ROWS=int1: 29 passed, 0 failed
  • KCP_TEST_ROWS=int3: 15 passed, 0 failed (A4 no longer fails)
• CPU at the commit: ruff check, ruff format and pre-commit pass, and pytest --collect-only on the file collects 55 tests.
• Not run: GB300, R200 and int4 rows.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Tests
  • Clarified test coverage for selecting forced full-save forms based on whether all ranks begin with the same plan.
  • Tightened validation so these forms are accepted only when every rank meets the required initial and forced plan conditions, with the decision applied consistently across the group.

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Walkthrough

The distributed KCP test helper now enables forced P = 2 full-save forms only when every rank’s ordinary plan is P = 1 and its forced plan is P = 2. Documentation and comments describe this condition and distinguish rows that already plan P > 1.

Changes: Forced P = 2 test eligibility

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Group eligibility and test descriptions tests/experimental/test_cake_gdn_train_kcp_dist.py	_p2_group_ok checks that each rank’s ordinary plan is P = 1 and its forced plan is P = 2. The module documentation and comments state that rows already planning P > 1 do not run forced forms.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~8 minutes

Change: Other

Possibly related PRs

• flashinfer-ai/flashinfer#7723: Changes the GDN default segment planner, which determines planned segment counts used by these tests.
• flashinfer-ai/flashinfer#8585: Adds forced P = 2 tests for the deterministic full saved-set contract; this PR changes eligibility for corresponding tests in the non-deterministic package.
• flashinfer-ai/flashinfer#7725: Changes the GDN default segment planner, which determines planned segment counts used by these tests.

Suggested labels: op: linear attention

Suggested reviewers: yzh119

Merge Risk: Low · up to 5f785

The change avoids applying unsuitable accuracy budgets to forced schedules while retaining planned-schedule tests. It is mergeable with follow-up coverage for mixed-plan saved-plane reads and lowering-override enforcement.

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Nitpick comments: 2

tests/experimental/test_cake_gdn_train_kcp_dist.py: 2

2674-2674: Trivial · Functional Correctness · Poor tradeoff

Add forced-P=2 coverage for a mixed-plan row.

On a 148-SM B200, the group guard skips C8’s forced forms. Its planned full form does not exercise saved M_seg reads on the two P=1 ranks. Add mixed-plan coverage with budgets validated for the forced schedule.

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Review comment at @tests/experimental/test_cake_gdn_train_kcp_dist.py at line
2674:
Extend the mixed-plan test around the ctx.heads(HV) assertions to cover the
forced P=2 schedule, with budgets validated for that schedule. Ensure the case
exercises the planned full form’s saved M_seg reads on both P=1 ranks while
retaining the existing P=1 and forced-P=2 checks.

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2674-2674: Trivial · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Keep a gated check for lowering the segment plan.

When the planner accepts P=2 but the forward call or saved set retains a planned P>2, the new guard skips the saved-P check. Add a gated forward-only saved.P check for a valid lowering override, without applying planned-schedule accuracy budgets.

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Review comment at @tests/experimental/test_cake_gdn_train_kcp_dist.py at line
2674:
Update the check around `ctx.heads(HV, P=2)` to add a gated, forward-only
assertion that the saved set has `P=2` when the planner accepts this valid
lowering override. Keep the check independent of planned-schedule accuracy
budgets and preserve the existing guard for other cases.

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Review comments at @tests/experimental/test_cake_gdn_train_kcp_dist.py:
- Line 2674: Extend the mixed-plan test around the ctx.heads(HV) assertions to
cover the forced P=2 schedule, with budgets validated for that schedule. Ensure
the case exercises the planned full form’s saved M_seg reads on both P=1 ranks
while retaining the existing P=1 and forced-P=2 checks.
- Line 2674: Update the check around `ctx.heads(HV, P=2)` to add a gated,
forward-only assertion that the saved set has `P=2` when the planner accepts
this valid lowering override. Keep the check independent of planned-schedule
accuracy budgets and preserve the existing guard for other cases.

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