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[ROCm][Perf] Candidate-only MQA scorer for DSA sparse indexer prefill on gfx950 - #57858
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Adds a new Triton candidate_mqa_logits kernel to candidate_blocks.py that gathers only the candidate columns into the MQA GEMM (O(capacity)/row, flat ~258 us at mean context) instead of scoring the full KV buffer and then masking and top-k'ing it (O(row span), ~817 us at mean context, 3.17x slower; 4.26x at p90). Gated by candidate_scoring_admits() using a row-weighted mean_row_context metric computed host-side in build_prefill_chunk_metadata (no device sync). The gate keys on span/capacity ratio rather than absolute length: at the measured crossover (1.0x-1.5x), the threshold is set to 2.0x for margin. Below the crossover the dense path stays -- chunks of many short requests have span/capacity < 1 and would regress at 0.6x on the compact path. End-to-end on MI355X, TP=4, C=32, agentic-coding benchmark: Baseline: 248.03 tok/s/chip, p90 interactivity 38.87 tok/s/user After B1: 261.60 tok/s/chip, p90 interactivity 42.98 tok/s/user Gain: +5.47% throughput, +10.6% p90 interactivity Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Purpose
Adds a candidate-only MQA logits kernel for the DSA sparse indexer prefill path on AMD gfx950 (MI355X).
Consumer attention layers in DSv4.1-Flash DSA hold a candidate set of at most
n_cand × block_sizecolumns (16 384 here) before scoring. The current code scores the full KV buffer width (up to 1 048 576 columns), masks it, then takes the top-k — three passes proportional torow_span. The newcandidate_mqa_logitsTriton kernel scores only the candidate columns directly: one pass, O(capacity)/row, flat regardless of context length.Gate:
candidate_scoring_admits()uses a row-weightedmean_row_context(new field onDeepseekV32IndexerPrefillChunkMetadata, computed host-side inbuild_prefill_chunk_metadata, no device sync). Gate threshold:span/capacity ≥ 2.0×. Below the measured crossover (~1.0–1.5×) the dense path stays, avoiding a 0.6× regression on chunks of many short requests whose rows are already covered by their candidate set.Added to
candidate_blocks.py:candidate_scoring_admits,candidate_mqa_logits,compact_topk_bounds,remap_compact_indices, and the backing Triton kernel_candidate_mqa_logits_kernel.This is not a duplicate of any open PR.
candidate_mqa_logitsreturns 0 results across all PR searches. PR #57459 ("DSA candidate-block kernels walk each row's live context") is a different optimization that strides the existing dense mask kernel rather than replacing it with a candidate-gather approach. AI assistance was used; every changed line has been reviewed and verified.Test Plan
Test Results
Component (gfx950, n_cand=2048, block_size=8, capacity=16 384):
End-to-end (MI355X, TP=4, C=32, agentic-coding, 600 s — this change in isolation):
supported_models.mdandexamplesfor a new model.