diff --git a/include/triton/Dialect/TritonGPU/IR/Dialect.h b/include/triton/Dialect/TritonGPU/IR/Dialect.h
index bb323f592cff..c312fb2a8c84 100644
--- a/include/triton/Dialect/TritonGPU/IR/Dialect.h
+++ b/include/triton/Dialect/TritonGPU/IR/Dialect.h
@@ -178,11 +178,11 @@ unsigned getNumCTAs(Attribute layout);
 // len(shape) == rank.
 SmallVector<unsigned> getMatrixOrder(unsigned rank, bool rowMajor);
 
-// Return the order that represents that the dot operand is in kMajor
+// Return the order that represents that the dot operand is in kContig
 // (contiguous in the inner dimension) or it's contiguous on the outer
 // dimension.
 SmallVector<unsigned> getOrderForDotOperand(unsigned opIdx, unsigned rank,
-                                            bool kMajor);
+                                            bool kContig);
 
 bool isExpensiveCat(CatOp cat, Attribute targetEncoding);
 
diff --git a/lib/Dialect/TritonGPU/IR/Dialect.cpp b/lib/Dialect/TritonGPU/IR/Dialect.cpp
index 9153db3309fa..b793c78ce163 100644
--- a/lib/Dialect/TritonGPU/IR/Dialect.cpp
+++ b/lib/Dialect/TritonGPU/IR/Dialect.cpp
@@ -227,15 +227,15 @@ SmallVector<unsigned> getMatrixOrder(unsigned rank, bool rowMajor) {
 }
 
 SmallVector<unsigned> getOrderForDotOperand(unsigned opIdx, unsigned rank,
-                                            bool kMajor) {
-  // kMajor: if true, the matrix is fastest-running on k,
+                                            bool kContig) {
+  // kContig: if true, the matrix is fastest-running on k,
   //         otherwise it is on m (resp. n)
   // opIdx=0: [batch, m, k] if rank == 3 else [m, k]
   // opIdx=1: [batch, k, n] if rank == 3 else [k, n]
   // batch (if rank == 3) is always the slowest running dimension
   assert(rank == 2 || rank == 3);
   assert(opIdx == 0 || opIdx == 1);
-  auto rowMajor = bool(opIdx) != kMajor;
+  auto rowMajor = bool(opIdx) != kContig;
   return getMatrixOrder(rank, rowMajor);
 }
 
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ SmallVector<unsigned> getOrder(Attribute layout) {
   }
   if (auto dotLayout = dyn_cast<DotOperandEncodingAttr>(layout)) {
     auto rank = dotLayout.getWarpsPerCTA().size();
-    return getOrderForDotOperand(dotLayout.getOpIdx(), rank, /*kMajor*/ true);
+    return getOrderForDotOperand(dotLayout.getOpIdx(), rank, /*kContig*/ true);
   }
   if (auto sliceLayout = dyn_cast<SliceEncodingAttr>(layout)) {
     SmallVector<unsigned> parentOrder = getOrder(sliceLayout.getParent());
@@ -987,7 +987,7 @@ SmallVector<unsigned> DotOperandEncodingAttr::getWarpOrder() const {
 }
 SmallVector<unsigned> DotOperandEncodingAttr::getThreadOrder() const {
   return getOrderForDotOperand(getOpIdx(), getWarpsPerCTA().size(),
-                               /*kMajor*/ true);
+                               /*kContig*/ true);
 }
 
 LogicalResult DotOperandEncodingAttr::verify(
@@ -1959,7 +1959,7 @@ SmallVector<unsigned> AMDMfmaEncodingAttr::getRepOrder() const {
 SmallVector<unsigned>
 AMDMfmaEncodingAttr::getRepOrderForOperand(int opIdx) const {
   auto rank = getWarpsPerCTA().size();
-  return getOrderForDotOperand(opIdx, rank, /*kMajor*/ true);
+  return getOrderForDotOperand(opIdx, rank, /*kContig*/ true);
 }
 
 SmallVector<unsigned>
@@ -2027,7 +2027,7 @@ SmallVector<unsigned> AMDWmmaEncodingAttr::getRepOrder() const {
 SmallVector<unsigned>
 AMDWmmaEncodingAttr::getRepOrderForOperand(int opIdx) const {
   auto rank = getWarpsPerCTA().size();
-  return getOrderForDotOperand(opIdx, rank, /*kMajor*/ true);
+  return getOrderForDotOperand(opIdx, rank, /*kContig*/ true);
 }
 
 SmallVector<unsigned>
@@ -2219,7 +2219,7 @@ SmallVector<unsigned> NvidiaMmaEncodingAttr::getSizePerThread() const {
 SmallVector<unsigned>
 NvidiaMmaEncodingAttr::getRepOrderForOperand(int opIdx) const {
   auto rank = getWarpsPerCTA().size();
-  return getOrderForDotOperand(opIdx, rank, /*kMajor*/ true);
+  return getOrderForDotOperand(opIdx, rank, /*kContig*/ true);
 }
 
 SmallVector<unsigned>
diff --git a/third_party/amd/lib/TritonAMDGPUToLLVM/ConvertLayoutOpToLLVM/SharedToDotOperandHelper.cpp b/third_party/amd/lib/TritonAMDGPUToLLVM/ConvertLayoutOpToLLVM/SharedToDotOperandHelper.cpp
index cd8f0db2ca3c..4206705c5175 100644
--- a/third_party/amd/lib/TritonAMDGPUToLLVM/ConvertLayoutOpToLLVM/SharedToDotOperandHelper.cpp
+++ b/third_party/amd/lib/TritonAMDGPUToLLVM/ConvertLayoutOpToLLVM/SharedToDotOperandHelper.cpp
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ Value computeBasePtr(ConversionPatternRewriter &rewriter, Location loc,
   return base;
 }
 
-bool isKMajor(llvm::ArrayRef<unsigned> order, int opIdx) {
+bool isKContig(llvm::ArrayRef<unsigned> order, int opIdx) {
   auto rank = order.size();
   int kdim = opIdx == 0 ? rank - 1 : rank - 2;
   return order[0] == kdim;
@@ -102,9 +102,9 @@ bool isSwizzlePatternFitsIntoBlock(const SharedEncodingAttr sharedLayout,
   const auto swizzleSlowDimSize =
       sharedLayout.getMaxPhase() * sharedLayout.getPerPhase();
   const auto swizzlePatternSizeK =
-      isKMajor(order, opIdx) ? swizzleFastDimSize : swizzleSlowDimSize;
+      isKContig(order, opIdx) ? swizzleFastDimSize : swizzleSlowDimSize;
   const auto swizzlePatternSizeNonK =
-      !isKMajor(order, opIdx) ? swizzleFastDimSize : swizzleSlowDimSize;
+      !isKContig(order, opIdx) ? swizzleFastDimSize : swizzleSlowDimSize;
 
   const auto blockSizeK = mfmaInstrK * reps[reps.size() - 1];
   const auto blockSizeNonK = mfmaInstrNonK * warpsPerBlockNonK;
diff --git a/third_party/amd/lib/TritonAMDGPUToLLVM/ConvertLayoutOpToLLVM/SharedToDotOperandHelper.h b/third_party/amd/lib/TritonAMDGPUToLLVM/ConvertLayoutOpToLLVM/SharedToDotOperandHelper.h
index e691dbbc437f..fe4613606dfc 100644
--- a/third_party/amd/lib/TritonAMDGPUToLLVM/ConvertLayoutOpToLLVM/SharedToDotOperandHelper.h
+++ b/third_party/amd/lib/TritonAMDGPUToLLVM/ConvertLayoutOpToLLVM/SharedToDotOperandHelper.h
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Value computeBasePtr(ConversionPatternRewriter &rewriter, Location loc,
                      const SharedMemoryObject &smemObj,
                      ArrayRef<Value> strides);
 
-bool isKMajor(llvm::ArrayRef<unsigned> order, int opIdx);
+bool isKContig(llvm::ArrayRef<unsigned> order, int opIdx);
 
 using computeTensorElemMappingInBlockT =
     std::function<llvm::SmallVector<llvm::SmallVector<Value>>(
diff --git a/third_party/amd/lib/TritonAMDGPUToLLVM/ConvertLayoutOpToLLVM/SharedToDotOperandMFMA.cpp b/third_party/amd/lib/TritonAMDGPUToLLVM/ConvertLayoutOpToLLVM/SharedToDotOperandMFMA.cpp
index e9fcfffbb86c..e4a683d870f8 100644
--- a/third_party/amd/lib/TritonAMDGPUToLLVM/ConvertLayoutOpToLLVM/SharedToDotOperandMFMA.cpp
+++ b/third_party/amd/lib/TritonAMDGPUToLLVM/ConvertLayoutOpToLLVM/SharedToDotOperandMFMA.cpp
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ Value convertLayout(int opIdx, ConversionPatternRewriter &rewriter,
   Value smemBase;
   auto smemStrides = smemObj.getStrides(aTensorTy, loc, rewriter);
   bool isFastPath =
-      !AMD::isKMajor(order, opIdx) && !hasSwizzleEnabled(sharedLayout);
+      !AMD::isKContig(order, opIdx) && !hasSwizzleEnabled(sharedLayout);
   if (isFastPath) {
     // fast path handles tensors that are not k-major and have swizzling
     // disabled, in which case offsets computation can be simplified
diff --git a/third_party/nvidia/lib/TritonNVIDIAGPUToLLVM/DotOpToLLVM/MMAv2.cpp b/third_party/nvidia/lib/TritonNVIDIAGPUToLLVM/DotOpToLLVM/MMAv2.cpp
index 8af2bb926648..c5ec00097d93 100644
--- a/third_party/nvidia/lib/TritonNVIDIAGPUToLLVM/DotOpToLLVM/MMAv2.cpp
+++ b/third_party/nvidia/lib/TritonNVIDIAGPUToLLVM/DotOpToLLVM/MMAv2.cpp
@@ -498,13 +498,13 @@ LogicalResult convertDot(const LLVMTypeConverter *typeConverter,
   // getValuesFromDotOperandLayoutStruct as both a and b are K-major
   assert(dotOpA.getRepOrder() == getOrderForDotOperand(dotOpA.getOpIdx(),
                                                        aShapePerCTA.size(),
-                                                       /*kMajor=*/true));
+                                                       /*kContig=*/true));
   auto ha = getValuesFromDotOperandLayoutStruct(
       typeConverter, loc, rewriter, loadedA, repBatch, repM, repK, aTensorTy);
 
   assert(dotOpB.getRepOrder() == getOrderForDotOperand(dotOpB.getOpIdx(),
                                                        bShapePerCTA.size(),
-                                                       /*kMajor=*/true));
+                                                       /*kContig=*/true));
   auto hb = getValuesFromDotOperandLayoutStruct(
       typeConverter, loc, rewriter, loadedB, repBatch, repN, repK, bTensorTy);