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KDA + GDN-2 bprop support + code cleanup - #556

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Summary

Add supprot for KDA + GDN-2. Perf improvements for GDN. Code cleanup for FROST LA engines, and add FlashKDA as a backend in the benchmarking script.

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  • New Features

    • Added recurrent-state checkpoints and optional final-state gradients for GDN, KDA, and GDN-2.
    • Expanded grouped-head, variable-length, safe-gate, normalization, and backward-operation support.
    • Added FROST backward execution for GDN, KDA, and GDN-2.
    • Added FlashKDA benchmark support with selectable chart axes and bandwidth metrics.
  • Documentation

    • Updated benchmark guidance, backend coverage, state handling, and runnable examples.
  • Tests

    • Added end-to-end coverage for linear-attention operations and execution backends.

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@jhjpark jhjpark added cat-feature Requests for new functionality, APIs, examples, or behavior improvements. orig-nv-eng Reported or requested by NVIDIA engineering. mod-frost labels Aug 11, 2026
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  • benchmark/linear_attention/plot_results.py
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  • python/cudnn/linear_attention/frost/kda_engine.py
  • python/cudnn/linear_attention/frost/kernel/gdn2_bprop_f16.py
  • python/cudnn/linear_attention/frost/kernel/gdn2_prefill_f16.py
  • python/cudnn/linear_attention/frost/kernel/gdn2_recompute_f16.py
  • python/cudnn/linear_attention/frost/kernel/gdn_bprop_f16.py
  • python/cudnn/linear_attention/frost/kernel/gdn_prefill_f16.py
  • python/cudnn/linear_attention/frost/kernel/gdn_recompute_f16.py
  • python/cudnn/linear_attention/frost/kernel/kda_bprop_f16.py
  • python/cudnn/linear_attention/frost/kernel/kda_prefill_f16.py
  • python/cudnn/linear_attention/frost/kernel/kda_recompute_f16.py
  • python/cudnn/linear_attention/ops/gdn2.py
  • python/cudnn/linear_attention/ops/kda.py
  • test/python/linear_attention/reference_gdn2.py
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  • test/python/linear_attention/reference_gdn2.py
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  • python/cudnn/linear_attention/frost/gdn2_engine.py
  • benchmark/linear_attention/plot_results.py
  • python/cudnn/linear_attention/ops/gdn2.py
  • python/cudnn/linear_attention/ops/kda.py
  • python/cudnn/linear_attention/frost/kda_engine.py

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Walkthrough

The change adds checkpoint-aware GDN, KDA, and GDN2 APIs, shared graph analysis, FROST forward and backward plans, cuTile plan refactors, FlashKDA benchmarking, and expanded CUDA validation.

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Linear attention execution stack

Layer / File(s) Summary
Graph contracts and operator execution
python/cudnn/_pygraph.py, python/cudnn/linear_attention/graph_analyzer.py, python/cudnn/linear_attention/ops/*, python/cudnn/engines/*
Adds checkpoint-aware schemas, grouped-head support, safe-gate inputs, shared graph analysis, and cached forward/backward operator graphs for GDN, KDA, and GDN2.
cuTile execution and kernels
python/cudnn/linear_attention/cutile/*
Refactors cuTile engines around public plans, analyzed graph facts, carved workspaces, optional-buffer helpers, renamed state-gradient interfaces, and device-aware autotuning.
FROST execution and kernels
python/cudnn/linear_attention/frost/*
Adds FROST backward and checkpoint-recompute plans, state downcasting, strided reductions, checkpoint descriptors, split-K metadata, MMA support, and kernel configurations.
Benchmarks and plotting
benchmark/linear_attention/*
Adds FlashKDA benchmarking, variant-specific chunk sizes, checkpoint storage, safe-gate handling, state-layout conversion, bandwidth metrics, and selectable chart axes.
Validation and examples
test/python/linear_attention/*
Adds backend-parametrized forward/backward coverage, checkpoint and safe-gate tests, determinism checks, CUDA graph replay checks, and executable FROST examples.

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Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to 9441e

This PR adds KDA and GDN-2 backward support, but valid inputs can still receive incorrect results because checkpoint storage may be undersized, context-parallel execution is ignored, and mixed input dtypes are not validated consistently. These issues should be fixed before merge.

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benchmark/linear_attention/benchmark_single_linear_attention.py (1)

518-563: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

--store_on requests checkpoint outputs but does not retain them.

  • benchmark/linear_attention/benchmark_single_linear_attention.py#L518-L563: return or persist out[2] when checkpointing is enabled.
  • benchmark/linear_attention/benchmark_single_linear_attention.py#L662-L706: return or persist FLA state_checkpoints instead of assigning them to _state_checkpoints.
  • benchmark/linear_attention/benchmark_single_linear_attention.py#L186-L190: keep this CLI promise only after the checkpoint output is observable.
  • benchmark/linear_attention/README.md#L74-L79: keep this usage description only after the benchmark exposes or persists the checkpoint series.
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@benchmark/linear_attention/benchmark_single_linear_attention.py` around lines
518 - 563, Update cudnn_linear_attention in
benchmark/linear_attention/benchmark_single_linear_attention.py:518-563 to
return or persist out[2] when args.store_on enables checkpointing. In
benchmark/linear_attention/benchmark_single_linear_attention.py:662-706, expose
or persist FLA state_checkpoints instead of discarding them via
_state_checkpoints. Keep the --store_on CLI promise at
benchmark/linear_attention/benchmark_single_linear_attention.py:186-190 and the
usage description at benchmark/linear_attention/README.md:74-79 only once
checkpoint outputs are observable.
python/cudnn/linear_attention/cutile/kernels/kda_chunk_cutile.py (1)

3918-3919: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

chunk_kda now silently overrides an explicit state_v_first.

The GDN entry point still rejects the conflict:

if "transpose_state_layout" in kwargs:
    if state_v_first:
        raise ValueError("Cannot pass both `state_v_first` and the deprecated `transpose_state_layout`.")
    state_v_first = kwargs.pop("transpose_state_layout")

chunk_kda drops that guard. A caller that passes both arguments now gets the deprecated value with no diagnostic, and the two entry points behave differently for the same input.

Restore the guard, or state in the docstring that transpose_state_layout wins.

🛠️ Proposed fix
     if "transpose_state_layout" in kwargs:
+        if state_v_first:
+            raise ValueError("Cannot pass both `state_v_first` and the deprecated `transpose_state_layout`.")
         state_v_first = kwargs.pop("transpose_state_layout")
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@python/cudnn/linear_attention/cutile/kernels/kda_chunk_cutile.py` around
lines 3918 - 3919, Update the kwargs handling in chunk_kda so that when
transpose_state_layout is provided while state_v_first is already true, it
raises the same ValueError as the GDN entry point; only pop and assign the
deprecated value when no explicit state_v_first conflict exists.
python/cudnn/linear_attention/cutile/kernels/gdn_chunk_cutile.py (1)

2337-2352: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Add the device ordinal to the l2norm autotune cache keys.

Every other tuned_launch call site in this file appends dev_id(...) to cache_key (for example lines 2617, 2667, 2777, 2865, 2944, 3044, 3114, 3154). The KDA counterpart also does so in l2norm_fwd. These two call sites do not. In a multi-GPU process, LAUNCH_HINT_CACHE then reuses hints tuned on a different device.

🛠️ Proposed fix
-            cache_key=(D, BD, BT, str(x.dtype)),
+            cache_key=(D, BD, BT, str(x.dtype), dev_id(x)),
-            cache_key=(D, BD, BT, str(y.dtype), int(dy2 is not None)),
+            cache_key=(D, BD, BT, str(y.dtype), int(dy2 is not None), dev_id(y)),

Also applies to: 2370-2387

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@python/cudnn/linear_attention/cutile/kernels/gdn_chunk_cutile.py` around
lines 2337 - 2352, Update both l2norm_fwd_kernel tuned_launch call sites in this
section to append the current device ordinal from dev_id(...) to their cache_key
tuples, matching the other tuned_launch calls and the KDA l2norm_fwd
implementation. Preserve the existing cache-key parameters and launch behavior.
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benchmark/linear_attention/plot_results.py (1)

163-163: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Format this argument declaration with Black.

Line 163 exceeds the required 160-character line length. Run Black with the repository configuration.

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@benchmark/linear_attention/plot_results.py` at line 163, Run Black using the
repository configuration to reformat the x-axis parser.add_argument declaration,
keeping its behavior and arguments unchanged.

Source: Coding guidelines

benchmark/linear_attention/Dockerfile (1)

29-31: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Pin the FlashKDA source revision.

git clone checks out the mutable master branch, currently at 1ce47ea3bb22c84eb9cc665028399cf35e8ffb0b. Pin a tested commit or release tag so benchmark image builds remain reproducible.

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@benchmark/linear_attention/Dockerfile` around lines 29 - 31, Update the
FlashKDA clone command in the Dockerfile to check out a tested immutable commit
or release tag instead of the mutable master branch, while preserving the
existing pip installation from /workspace/FlashKDA.
test/python/linear_attention/frost/examples/02_gdn_backward.py (1)

37-41: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

_reference_o unpacks shape values it never uses. Each backward example unpacks total from q.shape, and no line reads it. Ruff reports RUF059 at each site. 02_gdn_backward.py also unpacks _D and then reads q.shape[2] instead.

  • test/python/linear_attention/frost/examples/02_gdn_backward.py#L37-L41: change line 37 to H, D = q.shape[1], q.shape[2] and use D at line 41.
  • test/python/linear_attention/frost/examples/04_kda_backward.py#L38-L42: change line 38 to _total, H, D = q.shape.
  • test/python/linear_attention/frost/examples/06_gdn2_backward.py#L38-L42: change line 38 to _total, H, D = q.shape.
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@test/python/linear_attention/frost/examples/02_gdn_backward.py` around lines
37 - 41, Remove unused shape unpacking in _reference_o across all affected
sites: in test/python/linear_attention/frost/examples/02_gdn_backward.py lines
37-41, unpack H and D directly from q.shape indices and use D when creating S;
in test/python/linear_attention/frost/examples/04_kda_backward.py lines 38-42
and test/python/linear_attention/frost/examples/06_gdn2_backward.py lines 38-42,
rename the unused total value to _total while unpacking H and D.

Source: Linters/SAST tools

test/python/linear_attention/frost/examples/01_gdn_prefill.py (1)

28-30: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

_build_plans is copy-pasted into all six examples and reports plan absence poorly. Each copy calls names.index("<plan>"). When the FROST engine declines the configuration, for example on an unsupported GPU architecture, list.index raises ValueError: '<plan>' is not in list. The message does not name the cause, and the same defect exists six times.

Extract one shared helper, for example test/python/linear_attention/frost/examples/_common.py, that takes the plan name and raises a clear error such as f"{plan} not offered; available plans: {names}".

  • test/python/linear_attention/frost/examples/01_gdn_prefill.py#L28-L30: replace the local _build_plans body with a call to the shared helper for "gdn_frost".
  • test/python/linear_attention/frost/examples/02_gdn_backward.py#L24-L25: call the shared helper for "gdn_frost".
  • test/python/linear_attention/frost/examples/03_kda_prefill.py#L29-L30: call the shared helper for "kda_frost".
  • test/python/linear_attention/frost/examples/04_kda_backward.py#L25-L26: call the shared helper for "kda_frost".
  • test/python/linear_attention/frost/examples/05_gdn2_prefill.py#L29-L30: call the shared helper for "gdn2_frost".
  • test/python/linear_attention/frost/examples/06_gdn2_backward.py#L25-L26: call the shared helper for "gdn2_frost".
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@test/python/linear_attention/frost/examples/01_gdn_prefill.py` around lines
28 - 30, Replace the duplicated _build_plans logic with one shared helper in
test/python/linear_attention/frost/examples/_common.py that accepts a plan name,
lists available plans, selects the requested plan, and raises a clear error
including the missing name and available plans. Update
test/python/linear_attention/frost/examples/01_gdn_prefill.py#L28-L30 and
test/python/linear_attention/frost/examples/02_gdn_backward.py#L24-L25 to use
"gdn_frost"; update
test/python/linear_attention/frost/examples/03_kda_prefill.py#L29-L30 and
test/python/linear_attention/frost/examples/04_kda_backward.py#L25-L26 to use
"kda_frost"; and update
test/python/linear_attention/frost/examples/05_gdn2_prefill.py#L29-L30 and
test/python/linear_attention/frost/examples/06_gdn2_backward.py#L25-L26 to use
"gdn2_frost".
test/python/linear_attention/frost/examples/04_kda_backward.py (1)

85-86: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Bind the kda_bwd outputs explicitly.

kda_bwd returns six outputs, including d_initial_state. The five-entry dtypes tuple causes zip(outs, dtypes) to drop the sixth output silently. Unpack the sixth output separately and bind the five expected gradients explicitly, or assert len(outs) == 6 before slicing.

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@test/python/linear_attention/frost/examples/04_kda_backward.py` around lines
85 - 86, Update the gradient binding near dtypes and grads_t so all six kda_bwd
outputs are handled, including d_initial_state. Unpack the outputs explicitly,
bind the five expected gradients with their existing data types, and bind
d_initial_state separately; alternatively, assert len(outs) == 6 before
intentionally slicing.
python/cudnn/linear_attention/cutile/gdn_engine.py (1)

222-311: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Reduce the duplicated f32 binding in check_support.

Line 264 and line 292 both bind f32 = cudnn.data_type.FLOAT. Keep one binding near the top of the function.

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@python/cudnn/linear_attention/cutile/gdn_engine.py` around lines 222 - 311,
In GdnCuTileEngine.check_support, remove the second redundant f32 assignment
near the output-dtype validation and reuse the existing cudnn.data_type.FLOAT
binding declared earlier in the function.
python/cudnn/linear_attention/cutile/kernels/kda_chunk_cutile.py (2)

64-100: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Log tuning failures in both autotune helpers.

Lines 92-93 and 142-143 catch every exception and set the cached result to None with no record. The GDN counterpart logs a warning in the same situation (logger.warning("launch-hint autotune failed for %s: %s; using default hints", ...)). Without a log, a persistent compiler error or timeout looks like normal operation while every launch runs unhinted.

This module already binds logger at line 29.

♻️ Proposed change
-        except Exception:
-            tuned = None
+        except Exception as exc:  # noqa: BLE001 — any tuning failure falls back to the base kernel
+            logger.warning("launch-hint autotune failed for %s: %s; using default hints", cache_key, exc)
+            tuned = None
-        except Exception:
-            chosen = None
+        except Exception as exc:  # noqa: BLE001 — any tuning failure falls back to bv_choices[0]
+            logger.warning("BV autotune failed for %s: %s; using %s", cache_key, exc, bv_choices[0])
+            chosen = None

Also applies to: 103-148

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@python/cudnn/linear_attention/cutile/kernels/kda_chunk_cutile.py` around
lines 64 - 100, Update the exception handlers in both autotune helpers,
including autotuned_launch and its counterpart, to log a warning through the
existing logger before caching None. Include the cache key and caught exception,
and state that default launch hints will be used, while preserving the current
fallback behavior.

2883-2890: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Two small cleanups in chunk_gated_delta_rule_fwd_h.

  1. Ruff flags line 2886 (RUF005). Use unpacking instead of tuple concatenation.
  2. The if not _bv_choices fallback at lines 2972-2973 is unreachable. max(V, 8) is always at least 8, so the generator always yields 8.
♻️ Proposed change
-    h = reshaped(bufs["state_checkpoints"], (NT, HV) + state_shape[2:])
+    h = reshaped(bufs["state_checkpoints"], (NT, HV, *state_shape[2:]))
     _bv_choices = tuple(bv for bv in (16, 8, 32, 64) if bv <= max(V, 8))
-    if not _bv_choices:
-        _bv_choices = (min(32, V),)

Also applies to: 2968-2974

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@python/cudnn/linear_attention/cutile/kernels/kda_chunk_cutile.py` around
lines 2883 - 2890, In chunk_gated_delta_rule_fwd_h, replace the state_shape
tuple concatenation used to build h with tuple unpacking to satisfy RUF005.
Remove the unreachable _bv_choices fallback around the max(V, 8) generator,
preserving the existing non-empty generated choices.

Source: Linters/SAST tools

python/cudnn/linear_attention/cutile/kernels/gdn_chunk_cutile.py (2)

67-88: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Log the failure instead of swallowing it silently.

Ruff flags this try/except/pass (S110). The helper is best-effort by design, but a silent failure hides the case where exhaustive_search later times out because the driver context was never made current. This module already binds logger.

♻️ Proposed change
-    except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001
-        pass
+    except Exception as exc:  # noqa: BLE001 — best-effort; tuning falls back to default hints
+        logger.debug("could not make a CUDA context current: %s", exc)
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@python/cudnn/linear_attention/cutile/kernels/gdn_chunk_cutile.py` around
lines 67 - 88, Update ensure_cuda_context’s broad exception handler to log the
caught failure through the module’s existing logger before continuing,
preserving the helper’s best-effort non-fatal behavior while eliminating the
silent except/pass.

Source: Linters/SAST tools


2701-2731: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Remove the redundant guard around device_attrs.

device_attrs already catches every exception and returns (0, 0). The outer try/except at lines 2718-2722 can never fire. Ruff also flags line 2701 (RUF005): use unpacking instead of tuple concatenation.

♻️ Proposed change
-    h = reshaped(bufs["state_checkpoints"], (NT, HV) + state_shape[2:])
+    h = reshaped(bufs["state_checkpoints"], (NT, HV, *state_shape[2:]))
     if V % 32 == 0:
-        try:
-            sm_count, cc_major = device_attrs()
-        except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001
-            sm_count = 0
-            cc_major = 0
+        sm_count, cc_major = device_attrs()
         grid_blocks = cdiv(V, 64) * (N * HV)
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@python/cudnn/linear_attention/cutile/kernels/gdn_chunk_cutile.py` around
lines 2701 - 2731, Update the state-shape construction near h to use iterable
unpacking instead of tuple concatenation, satisfying RUF005. In the BV selection
logic, call device_attrs() directly without the redundant try/except or fallback
assignments, while preserving the existing sm_count and cc_major checks and
tuning behavior.

Source: Linters/SAST tools

python/cudnn/linear_attention/cutile/kda_engine.py (1)

76-77: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Remove the unused KDA_BWD o carve. chunk_kda_grad passes compute_o=False, and no backward path reads bufs["o"].

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@python/cudnn/linear_attention/cutile/kda_engine.py` around lines 76 - 77,
Remove the carve of "o" from the NodeType.KDA_BWD branch in the relevant engine
logic, leaving the backward buffer setup unchanged for values that are actually
consumed. Do not alter the forward carve or other KDA_BWD allocations.
python/cudnn/linear_attention/frost/gdn2_engine.py (1)

204-207: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Prefer the node's declared cadence over the kernel tile size.

Line 207 hardcodes checkpoint_every_n_tokens=self.b_t. check_support already restricts the node attribute to 16, and CFG.B_T is 16, so the two agree today. Read node.params["checkpoint_every_n_tokens"] into an attribute in __init__ and pass it, so a future CFG.B_T change cannot silently write a different cadence than the graph declared.

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@python/cudnn/linear_attention/frost/gdn2_engine.py` around lines 204 - 207,
In the engine class’s __init__, store the node’s declared
node.params["checkpoint_every_n_tokens"] value as an instance attribute, then
update the has_state_checkpoints branch constructing ckpt_kwargs to pass that
attribute instead of self.b_t; preserve the existing checkpoint behavior and
argument names.
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The three LA op modules duplicate the same infrastructure.

_TORCH_DTYPE_TO_CUDNN, _fprop_cache, _bprop_cache, _cudnn_handles, _graph_workspace, _get_handle, and _torch_dtype_to_cudnn are byte-identical in python/cudnn/linear_attention/ops/gdn.py (Lines 42-98), python/cudnn/linear_attention/ops/kda.py (Lines 46-99), and this file. _check_dtype differs only in the message prefix. Extract them into one shared module under python/cudnn/linear_attention/ops/, and keep the per-op caches as module-local dictionaries.

Note that the caches must stay per-op: test/python/linear_attention/test_la.py reads mod._fprop_cache per variant.

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In `@python/cudnn/linear_attention/ops/gdn2.py` around lines 43 - 100, The shared
dtype mapping, handle management, workspace helper, and dtype conversion logic
should be extracted from gdn.py, kda.py, and gdn2.py into one common module
under the ops package. Import and reuse those shared helpers in each operation
while keeping _fprop_cache and _bprop_cache defined separately in each op module
so mod._fprop_cache remains variant-specific; retain each module’s existing
_check_dtype message prefix.
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Inline comments:
In `@benchmark/linear_attention/benchmark_single_linear_attention.py`:
- Around line 999-1015: Update the reference setup for `fla_linear_attention`
and its `chunk_kda` dependency so it is initialized for both `args.la_backend ==
"fla"` and `args.la_backend == "flash_kda"` when reference validation runs. Keep
the existing FlashKDA tensor preparation and `fla_linear_attention` call intact,
or route FlashKDA through an equivalent dedicated reference function.
- Around line 629-632: Update the ImportError handling around chunk_gdn2 to
raise the RuntimeError from the caught exception, preserving e as the direct
traceback cause while keeping the existing message.

In `@benchmark/linear_attention/plot_results.py`:
- Around line 33-34: Update the backend configuration in the plotting module so
FlashKDA rows are retained: remove "flash_kda" from UNAVAILABLE_BACKENDS and add
its plotting configuration to BACKEND_CONFIG, preserving the existing
forward-only chart handling.
- Around line 66-68: Add flash_kda to BACKEND_CONFIG and remove any filtering
that excludes its supported kda rows. Update generate_charts and
get_backend_display_name to annotate cudnn_version and batch_sizes as optional,
specifying the batch_sizes element type. Reformat the overlong --x-axis argument
line to comply with Black’s 160-character limit.

In `@python/cudnn/_pygraph.py`:
- Around line 2360-2362: Update the gdn_bwd node definition in the structured
builder configuration so state_checkpoints is appended after d_final_state,
preserving the existing positional order of initial_state and d_final_state for
external callers.

In `@python/cudnn/linear_attention/cutile/gdn_engine.py`:
- Around line 142-144: Update the safe-gate optional dt_bias lookup in
execute_fwd within python/cudnn/linear_attention/cutile/gdn_engine.py:142-144 to
use a non-throwing lookup. Apply the same change in the
raw_gate_kwargs.update(...) path within
python/cudnn/linear_attention/cutile/kda_engine.py:153-160, preserving None when
dt_bias is absent so both engines support safe_gate graphs without that input.

In `@python/cudnn/linear_attention/cutile/kda_engine.py`:
- Around line 268-270: Update the gate_lower_bound validation near the first
graph node to safely retrieve the first node without materializing the full
graph.nodes collection, and handle an empty collection without passing an
invalid value to float(). Align the check with chunk_kda’s contract by rejecting
values outside the valid range [-5, 0), while preserving the existing
NotImplementedError behavior.

In `@python/cudnn/linear_attention/frost/__init__.py`:
- Around line 6-7: Update the module docstring in the frost package to restrict
the cuTile-fallback comparison to GDN and KDA; remove GDN2 from the claim while
preserving the description of the Cutlass-based kernels and their supported
architectures.

In `@python/cudnn/linear_attention/frost/common/downcast.py`:
- Around line 74-78: In the dimension-validation logic containing
threads_per_row and rows_per_cta, reject state V dimensions greater than 1024
with a clear ValueError before calculating the staging geometry. Preserve the
existing multiple-of-8 validation and ensure valid dimensions continue through
the current block calculation.

In `@python/cudnn/linear_attention/frost/common/head_reduce.py`:
- Around line 131-142: In the destination-stride validation near out_row_words,
require dst_strides[-1] to equal 1 and raise ValueError otherwise. Keep the
existing f16/bf16 outer-stride validation and output word calculations
unchanged.

In `@python/cudnn/linear_attention/frost/gdn2_engine.py`:
- Around line 281-283: Update state_checkpoints_rows in
python/cudnn/linear_attention/frost/gdn2_engine.py lines 281-283 to use
max(total // self.b_t + B, 1), while retaining the off_state_checkpoints
allocation. Apply the same state_checkpoints_rows change in
python/cudnn/linear_attention/frost/kda_engine.py lines 284-286.

In `@python/cudnn/linear_attention/frost/kda_engine.py`:
- Around line 236-241: Update the CompiledKdaBwd class docstring to describe the
implemented single-pass chunk_kda_recompute_sm100 regeneration with fixed
checkpoint_every_n_tokens=self.b_t, removing claims about entry-0 device seeding
and shifted checkpoint bounds. Preserve the existing descriptions of the
workspace and GVA/GQA gradient reduction.

In `@python/cudnn/linear_attention/graph_analyzer.py`:
- Around line 167-174: Update the gates_at_ho validation in analyze so gate
tensors are only indexed at dim[1] when they have at least rank 2; treat rank-1
gates as invalid rather than raising IndexError. Preserve the existing handling
for None and empty-dimension tensors, and ensure invalid gate shapes produce the
normal LaGraphFacts invalid result.

In `@python/cudnn/linear_attention/ops/gdn.py`:
- Around line 318-324: Update checkpoint allocation in the shown real and fake
paths to use max(total // ckpt, 1) rather than subtracting N, matching
emit_checkpoint_seq_descs for empty sequences and preventing out-of-bounds
writes. Keep the existing dtype, device, and tensor-shape behavior unchanged.

In `@python/cudnn/linear_attention/ops/gdn2.py`:
- Around line 409-412: The register_fake implementation in
python/cudnn/linear_attention/ops/gdn2.py lines 409-412 must read k.shape[1] as
HK and reject HK values not in (H, HV) with the same ValueError behavior as
_gdn2_fwd. Apply the same validation in python/cudnn/linear_attention/ops/kda.py
lines 450-462, matching _kda_fwd, so unsupported GQA layouts fail during
tracing.
- Around line 278-280: Standardize error-message prefixes in the affected
validation paths to the public API name, gated_delta_net_v2. Update the messages
at the shown cu_seqlens check and the corresponding checks near lines 310, 522,
and 535, while preserving their existing validation behavior.

In `@test/python/linear_attention/frost/examples/03_kda_prefill.py`:
- Around line 107-111: Replace the absolute-tolerance output comparisons with
the existing relative-ratio validation patterns: in
test/python/linear_attention/frost/examples/03_kda_prefill.py lines 107-111 and
test/python/linear_attention/frost/examples/05_gdn2_prefill.py lines 111-115,
compute _rms_ratio(o, o_ref) and assert the matching bound used by
01_gdn_prefill.py; in test/python/linear_attention/test_la.py lines 704-705 and
739 within test_beta_sigmoid_in_kernel, replace assert_close on o_raw/o_eff with
_check("o", o_raw, o_eff.double(), ...) using the established dtype-appropriate
parameters.

In `@test/python/linear_attention/frost/examples/06_gdn2_backward.py`:
- Line 62: Update the beta generation in the backward example to multiply the
sigmoid output by 2.0 before converting to bfloat16, matching the range used by
the forward example and gen_gdn2_gates. Preserve the existing shape, device,
contiguity, and dtype behavior.

In `@test/python/linear_attention/test_la.py`:
- Around line 38-66: Move the module-wide L0 assignment off the large
parameterized tests in the linear-attention test module. Keep only small
representative smoke tests such as test_fwd_output_contract at L0, and add
explicit L1-or-higher markers to sweep-heavy tests including test_fwd_basic,
EDGE_LENS, RAGGED_SEQ_LENS, and test_fwd_many_short_sequences; ensure every test
retains an explicit level marker.
- Around line 894-911: Update test_cuda_graph_replay_fwd to warm up launch()
three times on a dedicated side stream, ordering that stream after input
creation; make the capture stream wait for the warmup stream before entering
torch.cuda.graph, while preserving the existing eager-versus-replayed output
comparisons.

---

Outside diff comments:
In `@benchmark/linear_attention/benchmark_single_linear_attention.py`:
- Around line 518-563: Update cudnn_linear_attention in
benchmark/linear_attention/benchmark_single_linear_attention.py:518-563 to
return or persist out[2] when args.store_on enables checkpointing. In
benchmark/linear_attention/benchmark_single_linear_attention.py:662-706, expose
or persist FLA state_checkpoints instead of discarding them via
_state_checkpoints. Keep the --store_on CLI promise at
benchmark/linear_attention/benchmark_single_linear_attention.py:186-190 and the
usage description at benchmark/linear_attention/README.md:74-79 only once
checkpoint outputs are observable.

In `@python/cudnn/linear_attention/cutile/kernels/gdn_chunk_cutile.py`:
- Around line 2337-2352: Update both l2norm_fwd_kernel tuned_launch call sites
in this section to append the current device ordinal from dev_id(...) to their
cache_key tuples, matching the other tuned_launch calls and the KDA l2norm_fwd
implementation. Preserve the existing cache-key parameters and launch behavior.

In `@python/cudnn/linear_attention/cutile/kernels/kda_chunk_cutile.py`:
- Around line 3918-3919: Update the kwargs handling in chunk_kda so that when
transpose_state_layout is provided while state_v_first is already true, it
raises the same ValueError as the GDN entry point; only pop and assign the
deprecated value when no explicit state_v_first conflict exists.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@benchmark/linear_attention/Dockerfile`:
- Around line 29-31: Update the FlashKDA clone command in the Dockerfile to
check out a tested immutable commit or release tag instead of the mutable master
branch, while preserving the existing pip installation from /workspace/FlashKDA.

In `@benchmark/linear_attention/plot_results.py`:
- Line 163: Run Black using the repository configuration to reformat the x-axis
parser.add_argument declaration, keeping its behavior and arguments unchanged.

In `@python/cudnn/linear_attention/cutile/gdn_engine.py`:
- Around line 222-311: In GdnCuTileEngine.check_support, remove the second
redundant f32 assignment near the output-dtype validation and reuse the existing
cudnn.data_type.FLOAT binding declared earlier in the function.

In `@python/cudnn/linear_attention/cutile/kda_engine.py`:
- Around line 76-77: Remove the carve of "o" from the NodeType.KDA_BWD branch in
the relevant engine logic, leaving the backward buffer setup unchanged for
values that are actually consumed. Do not alter the forward carve or other
KDA_BWD allocations.

In `@python/cudnn/linear_attention/cutile/kernels/gdn_chunk_cutile.py`:
- Around line 67-88: Update ensure_cuda_context’s broad exception handler to log
the caught failure through the module’s existing logger before continuing,
preserving the helper’s best-effort non-fatal behavior while eliminating the
silent except/pass.
- Around line 2701-2731: Update the state-shape construction near h to use
iterable unpacking instead of tuple concatenation, satisfying RUF005. In the BV
selection logic, call device_attrs() directly without the redundant try/except
or fallback assignments, while preserving the existing sm_count and cc_major
checks and tuning behavior.

In `@python/cudnn/linear_attention/cutile/kernels/kda_chunk_cutile.py`:
- Around line 64-100: Update the exception handlers in both autotune helpers,
including autotuned_launch and its counterpart, to log a warning through the
existing logger before caching None. Include the cache key and caught exception,
and state that default launch hints will be used, while preserving the current
fallback behavior.
- Around line 2883-2890: In chunk_gated_delta_rule_fwd_h, replace the
state_shape tuple concatenation used to build h with tuple unpacking to satisfy
RUF005. Remove the unreachable _bv_choices fallback around the max(V, 8)
generator, preserving the existing non-empty generated choices.

In `@python/cudnn/linear_attention/frost/gdn2_engine.py`:
- Around line 204-207: In the engine class’s __init__, store the node’s declared
node.params["checkpoint_every_n_tokens"] value as an instance attribute, then
update the has_state_checkpoints branch constructing ckpt_kwargs to pass that
attribute instead of self.b_t; preserve the existing checkpoint behavior and
argument names.

In `@python/cudnn/linear_attention/ops/gdn2.py`:
- Around line 43-100: The shared dtype mapping, handle management, workspace
helper, and dtype conversion logic should be extracted from gdn.py, kda.py, and
gdn2.py into one common module under the ops package. Import and reuse those
shared helpers in each operation while keeping _fprop_cache and _bprop_cache
defined separately in each op module so mod._fprop_cache remains
variant-specific; retain each module’s existing _check_dtype message prefix.

In `@test/python/linear_attention/frost/examples/01_gdn_prefill.py`:
- Around line 28-30: Replace the duplicated _build_plans logic with one shared
helper in test/python/linear_attention/frost/examples/_common.py that accepts a
plan name, lists available plans, selects the requested plan, and raises a clear
error including the missing name and available plans. Update
test/python/linear_attention/frost/examples/01_gdn_prefill.py#L28-L30 and
test/python/linear_attention/frost/examples/02_gdn_backward.py#L24-L25 to use
"gdn_frost"; update
test/python/linear_attention/frost/examples/03_kda_prefill.py#L29-L30 and
test/python/linear_attention/frost/examples/04_kda_backward.py#L25-L26 to use
"kda_frost"; and update
test/python/linear_attention/frost/examples/05_gdn2_prefill.py#L29-L30 and
test/python/linear_attention/frost/examples/06_gdn2_backward.py#L25-L26 to use
"gdn2_frost".

In `@test/python/linear_attention/frost/examples/02_gdn_backward.py`:
- Around line 37-41: Remove unused shape unpacking in _reference_o across all
affected sites: in
test/python/linear_attention/frost/examples/02_gdn_backward.py lines 37-41,
unpack H and D directly from q.shape indices and use D when creating S; in
test/python/linear_attention/frost/examples/04_kda_backward.py lines 38-42 and
test/python/linear_attention/frost/examples/06_gdn2_backward.py lines 38-42,
rename the unused total value to _total while unpacking H and D.

In `@test/python/linear_attention/frost/examples/04_kda_backward.py`:
- Around line 85-86: Update the gradient binding near dtypes and grads_t so all
six kda_bwd outputs are handled, including d_initial_state. Unpack the outputs
explicitly, bind the five expected gradients with their existing data types, and
bind d_initial_state separately; alternatively, assert len(outs) == 6 before
intentionally slicing.
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Normalize and validate pointer values in data_ptr. If either protocol returns malformed metadata or a non-scalar address, raise a clear TypeError; otherwise return int(address). Current code can return non-scalar values and leaks AttributeError, KeyError, IndexError, or TypeError before downstream pointer arithmetic.

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In `@python/cudnn/frost/buffers.py` around lines 101 - 108, Update data_ptr to
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In `@python/cudnn/frost/buffers.py`:
- Around line 101-108: Update data_ptr to normalize both data_ptr() and
__cuda_array_interface__ address results with int(address). Validate that the
metadata and address are scalar and present, and catch protocol
lookup/index/conversion failures to raise a clear TypeError instead of leaking
AttributeError, KeyError, IndexError, or TypeError; return the normalized
integer address.
- Around line 329-346: Update the distribution-selection logic in the _DSL_STATE
initialization to determine which installed distribution provides the resolved
cutlass module before choosing its version; do not assume the public
nvidia-cutlass-dsl package when both public and internal distributions are
installed, and reject or otherwise handle ambiguous provider resolution rather
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python/cudnn/linear_attention/ops/gdn.py (3)

605-613: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Rename the unused unpacked names.

Ruff flags output_final_state and checkpoint_every_n_tokens as unused (RUF059). The unpack is positional, so a leading underscore keeps the position and clears the warning.

🧹 Proposed fix
-    q, k, v, g, beta, cu_seqlens, scale, initial_state, output_final_state, use_qk_l2norm_in_kernel, checkpoint_every_n_tokens, plan_name = inputs
+    q, k, v, g, beta, cu_seqlens, scale, initial_state, _output_final_state, use_qk_l2norm_in_kernel, _checkpoint_every_n_tokens, plan_name = inputs
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In `@python/cudnn/linear_attention/ops/gdn.py` around lines 605 - 613, Update the
positional unpacking in _gdn_setup_context to rename the unused
output_final_state and checkpoint_every_n_tokens variables with leading
underscores, preserving their positions while clearing Ruff RUF059 warnings.

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337-338: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Confirm that a cache hit still honors plan_name.

select_plan runs only on a cache miss. plan_name is part of the cache key, so each distinct plan_name maps to its own graph entry. This is correct as written. One risk remains: if _build_fprop_graph raises after the dict assignment, or if select_plan raises, the failed entry stays in _fprop_cache and every later call with the same key reuses an unpinned graph.

Assign the built graph to the cache only after select_plan succeeds.

♻️ Proposed fix for the failed-pin cache entry
     if cache_key not in _fprop_cache:
-        _fprop_cache[cache_key] = _build_fprop_graph(
+        entry = _build_fprop_graph(
             total,
             N,
             H,
             HK,
             HV,
             K,
             V,
             _torch_dtype_to_cudnn(q.dtype),
             cudnn.data_type.FLOAT,
             cudnn.data_type.FLOAT,
             cudnn.data_type.FLOAT if state0 is not None else None,
             _torch_dtype_to_cudnn(cu_seqlens.dtype),
             float(scale),
             bool(output_final_state),
             bool(use_qk_l2norm_in_kernel),
             ckpt,
         )
-        select_plan(_fprop_cache[cache_key][0], plan_name)
+        select_plan(entry[0], plan_name)
+        _fprop_cache[cache_key] = entry

Apply the same change to the backward path at Lines 532-551.

Also applies to: 550-551

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In `@python/cudnn/linear_attention/ops/gdn.py` around lines 337 - 338, Update the
forward cache population around _build_fprop_graph and select_plan so the built
graph is inserted into _fprop_cache only after select_plan succeeds; preserve
plan_name-specific cache keys and avoid retaining entries when either operation
raises. Apply the same ordering change to the backward cache population around
the corresponding backward graph construction and select_plan flow.

61-72: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

select_plan is duplicated verbatim in three ops modules. The same helper body, docstring, prefix-match rule, and error message appear in each linear-attention operator module. Any change to the plan-name match rule must be applied three times, and the copies can diverge.

Move the helper into one shared module, for example python/cudnn/linear_attention/ops/_plan.py, and import it from each operator module.

  • python/cudnn/linear_attention/ops/gdn.py#L61-L72: replace the local definition with an import of the shared select_plan.
  • python/cudnn/linear_attention/ops/gdn2.py#L62-L73: replace the local definition with an import of the shared select_plan.
  • python/cudnn/linear_attention/ops/kda.py#L65-L76: replace the local definition with an import of the shared select_plan.
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In `@python/cudnn/linear_attention/ops/gdn.py` around lines 61 - 72, The
select_plan helper is duplicated across three linear-attention operator modules
and should have one shared implementation. Create
python/cudnn/linear_attention/ops/_plan.py with the existing select_plan
behavior, then remove the local definitions and import the shared symbol in
gdn.py lines 61-72, gdn2.py lines 62-73, and kda.py lines 65-76.
test/python/linear_attention/test_la.py (1)

649-649: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Rename the unused unpacked results.

Ruff flags fs (Line 649), o (Lines 660, 671), fs (Line 671), o_p (Line 687), and fs (Line 872) as unused (RUF059). A leading underscore keeps the tuple positions and clears the warnings.

Also applies to: 660-660, 671-671, 687-687, 872-872

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In `@test/python/linear_attention/test_la.py` at line 649, Rename the unused
unpacked results in the affected test cases to leading-underscore names to
satisfy RUF059 while preserving tuple positions: update fs at lines 649, 671,
and 872, o at lines 660 and 671, and o_p at line 687.

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In `@python/cudnn/linear_attention/ops/gdn2.py`:
- Around line 827-829: Correct the documented plan-name examples: update the
plan_name docstring in python/cudnn/linear_attention/ops/gdn2.py lines 827-829
from gdn_frost to gdn2_frost, and update the corresponding docstring in
python/cudnn/linear_attention/ops/kda.py lines 848-850 from gdn_frost to
kda_frost; make no other changes.

In `@test/python/linear_attention/reference_kda.py`:
- Around line 106-107: Update the beta expansion branch in the KDA reference
implementation to use the valid 3-D expansion pattern from reference_gdn.py,
preserving the resulting HO head dimension without passing five sizes to the 4-D
tensor. Add a KDA test covering beta inputs where beta.shape[2] differs from HO.

In `@test/python/linear_attention/test_la.py`:
- Around line 298-305: Replace the module-level pytest.mark.L0 in test_la.py
with explicit per-test markers. Mark the broad parameterized sweeps
test_fwd_basic and test_bwd_parity as L1 or higher, and apply L0 only to small
representative tests, preserving the existing test parameters and behavior.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@python/cudnn/linear_attention/ops/gdn.py`:
- Around line 605-613: Update the positional unpacking in _gdn_setup_context to
rename the unused output_final_state and checkpoint_every_n_tokens variables
with leading underscores, preserving their positions while clearing Ruff RUF059
warnings.
- Around line 337-338: Update the forward cache population around
_build_fprop_graph and select_plan so the built graph is inserted into
_fprop_cache only after select_plan succeeds; preserve plan_name-specific cache
keys and avoid retaining entries when either operation raises. Apply the same
ordering change to the backward cache population around the corresponding
backward graph construction and select_plan flow.
- Around line 61-72: The select_plan helper is duplicated across three
linear-attention operator modules and should have one shared implementation.
Create python/cudnn/linear_attention/ops/_plan.py with the existing select_plan
behavior, then remove the local definitions and import the shared symbol in
gdn.py lines 61-72, gdn2.py lines 62-73, and kda.py lines 65-76.

In `@test/python/linear_attention/test_la.py`:
- Line 649: Rename the unused unpacked results in the affected test cases to
leading-underscore names to satisfy RUF059 while preserving tuple positions:
update fs at lines 649, 671, and 872, o at lines 660 and 671, and o_p at line
687.
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python/cudnn/linear_attention/cutile/kernels/gdn_chunk_cutile.py (1)

3176-3185: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

cp_context is now accepted and silently ignored.

The context-parallel assertions were removed, but chunk_gated_delta_rule_fwd and chunk_gated_delta_rule still accept cp_context and never read it. A caller that passes a context-parallel context now receives non-context-parallel results with no error. If context parallelism is unsupported in this path, raise on a non-None cp_context; if the parameter is dead, remove it from both signatures and from the chunk_gated_delta_rule_fwd call at Line 3492.

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In `@python/cudnn/linear_attention/cutile/kernels/gdn_chunk_cutile.py` around
lines 3176 - 3185, Handle the unused cp_context parameter in both
chunk_gated_delta_rule_fwd and chunk_gated_delta_rule: either reject any
non-None context with an explicit error, or remove the parameter from both
signatures and the chunk_gated_delta_rule_fwd call site. Do not silently accept
and ignore context-parallel inputs.
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python/cudnn/linear_attention/cutile/kernels/kda_chunk_cutile.py (2)

3577-3592: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

The o carve for KDA_BWD is now dead workspace.

chunk_kda_grad passes compute_o=False, so the forward re-run never calls chunk_gla_fwd_o_gk and never writes bufs["o"]. KdaCuTileEngine.node_ws_layout still carves o as (total, HV, V) for KDA_BWD and labels it "discarded output of the forward re-run". Drop that carve to reclaim the workspace.

Also applies to: 3831-3832

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In `@python/cudnn/linear_attention/cutile/kernels/kda_chunk_cutile.py` around
lines 3577 - 3592, Remove the KDA_BWD-specific “o” workspace carve from
KdaCuTileEngine.node_ws_layout, including its discarded-forward-output layout
entry, because chunk_kda_grad invokes the forward path with compute_o=False and
chunk_gla_fwd_o_gk does not write bufs["o"].

92-94: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Log the autotune failure instead of swallowing it.

Both handlers catch every exception and store None without any record. A compiler error, a timeout, or a driver-context problem then degrades performance silently and is not diagnosable. The module already holds logger (Line 29), and the GDN counterpart logs a warning in the same situation. Add a log line in each handler.

♻️ Proposed change
-        except Exception:
-            tuned = None
+        except Exception as e:  # noqa: BLE001
+            logger.warning("launch-hint autotune failed for %s: %s; using default hints", cache_key, e)
+            tuned = None
-        except Exception:
-            chosen = None
+        except Exception as e:  # noqa: BLE001
+            logger.warning("BV autotune failed for %s: %s; using %s", cache_key, e, bv_choices[0])
+            chosen = None

Also applies to: 142-144

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In `@python/cudnn/linear_attention/cutile/kernels/kda_chunk_cutile.py` around
lines 92 - 94, Add warning logging to both autotune exception handlers before
storing None in launch_hint_cache, using the module’s existing logger and
including the caught exception details; preserve the current fallback behavior
after logging.
test/python/linear_attention/frost/examples/04_kda_backward.py (1)

6-7: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Unpack the kda_bwd outputs explicitly.

g.kda_bwd returns six values, including the initial-state gradient; the GDN example on the same node family unpacks dQ, dK, dV, dG, dBeta, _dS0_t. Here zip(outs, dtypes) silently drops any output past the fifth, so an output-count change would not fail loudly. The docstring on Line 7 also lists five outputs. Unpack the tuple explicitly and correct the docstring.

♻️ Proposed change
-    outs = g.kda_bwd(
+    dQ_t, dK_t, dV_t, dG_t, dBeta_t, _dS0_t = g.kda_bwd(
         q=q_t,
@@
-    dtypes = (cudnn.data_type.BFLOAT16,) * 3 + (cudnn.data_type.FLOAT,) * 2
-    grads_t = [out.set_output(True).set_data_type(dt) for out, dt in zip(outs, dtypes)]
+    dtypes = (cudnn.data_type.BFLOAT16,) * 3 + (cudnn.data_type.FLOAT,) * 2
+    grads_t = [out.set_output(True).set_data_type(dt) for out, dt in zip((dQ_t, dK_t, dV_t, dG_t, dBeta_t), dtypes, strict=True)]

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In `@test/python/linear_attention/frost/examples/04_kda_backward.py` around lines
6 - 7, Update the KDA backward example’s documentation to list all six outputs,
including the initial-state gradient, and explicitly unpack the tuple returned
by g.kda_bwd as dQ, dK, dV, dG, dBeta, and _dS0_t instead of relying on
zip(outs, dtypes). Preserve the existing dtype assignment while ensuring an
output-count mismatch fails visibly.
python/cudnn/linear_attention/frost/common/split_k.py (1)

637-641: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Discard the unused fields from gen_item_bounds at line 638.

The gen key branch uses only num_chunks_b. Ruff reports batch_idx, head_idx, batch_start, and batch_end as unused (RUF059).

♻️ Proposed fix
                 if cutlass.const_expr(gen):
-                    batch_idx, head_idx, batch_start, batch_end, num_chunks_b = gen_item_bounds(b_t, n_heads_out, mCuSeqlens, i)
+                    *_, num_chunks_b = gen_item_bounds(b_t, n_heads_out, mCuSeqlens, i)
                     key = num_chunks_b
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In `@python/cudnn/linear_attention/frost/common/split_k.py` around lines 637 -
641, Update the gen branch in the split-k staging logic to discard the unused
values returned by gen_item_bounds and retain only num_chunks_b, preserving the
existing key assignment behavior.

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test/python/linear_attention/test_la.py (1)

103-103: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Clear the Ruff findings in this file.

Ruff reports three fixable items outside the unused-unpack cluster:

  • Line 103: Case.__slots__ is not sorted (RUF023).
  • Line 120: Backend.__slots__ is not sorted (RUF023).
  • Line 566: prefer unpacking over list concatenation (RUF005).

Ruff also reports RUF059 on the unused o / fs / o_p / fs_solo unpacks at lines 659, 670, 681, 697, 709, 720, 904, 937, 1013, 1021, 1075, and 1083. Prefix those with _.

♻️ Proposed fix for line 566
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("H,HV", HEAD_CONFIGS_SMALL + [(16, 64)])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("H,HV", [*HEAD_CONFIGS_SMALL, (16, 64)])

Also applies to: 120-120, 566-566

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In `@test/python/linear_attention/test_la.py` at line 103, Update Case.__slots__
and Backend.__slots__ to use Ruff’s required sorted order, replace the list
concatenation at the line-566 construction with unpacking, and rename the unused
unpacked variables at the listed sites to underscore-prefixed names while
preserving all used values and behavior.

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python/cudnn/linear_attention/ops/gdn.py (1)

61-110: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Extract the shared adapter helpers into one module.

select_plan, _graph_workspace, _get_handle, _torch_dtype_to_cudnn, _check_dtype, and _TORCH_DTYPE_TO_CUDNN are byte-identical in python/cudnn/linear_attention/ops/gdn.py, python/cudnn/linear_attention/ops/gdn2.py, and python/cudnn/linear_attention/ops/kda.py. _graph_workspace also reads three private pygraph attributes (_is_built, _planning_done, selected_engine) and stores _la_ops_workspace on the graph. A change to the private graph API therefore requires three edits.

Move the block into a shared private module, for example python/cudnn/linear_attention/ops/_common.py, and import it from each adapter. Keep the import lazy so the [cutedsl] boundary stays intact.

As per coding guidelines "Keep frontend-only OSS APIs behind the [cutedsl] optional-dependency boundary; do not eagerly import torch or cutlass when importing cudnn".

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In `@python/cudnn/linear_attention/ops/gdn.py` around lines 61 - 110, Extract the
shared helpers select_plan, _graph_workspace, _get_handle,
_torch_dtype_to_cudnn, _check_dtype, and _TORCH_DTYPE_TO_CUDNN into a private
common module, then update gdn.py, gdn2.py, and kda.py to use them instead of
duplicating the implementations. Preserve _graph_workspace’s private
graph-attribute and workspace behavior, and keep the common module imported
lazily so importing cudnn does not eagerly load torch or cutlass across the
[cutedsl] boundary.

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In `@python/cudnn/linear_attention/cutile/kernels/kda_chunk_cutile.py`:
- Around line 2999-3012: Adjust the BV selection near BK and the dH kernel
launch so large K values reduce the tile width: retain BV=64 for smaller K, but
use a smaller supported BV when K reaches the high end (especially K=256).
Ensure the resulting grid and all dependent tile calculations consistently use
the selected BV.

In `@python/cudnn/linear_attention/frost/kernel/gdn2_prefill_config.py`:
- Around line 60-62: Update the SMEM layout documentation associated with
SMEM_STATE_SCALE_DIAG_STAGES to reflect four stages and 16,384 bytes, and remove
or correct the stale SMEM_PAIRWISE_STAGES reference. Keep both checkpoint
configurations within the 227 KiB SM100 limit.

In `@python/cudnn/linear_attention/ops/gdn.py`:
- Around line 395-401: Update the fake implementations around the register_fake
paths in python/cudnn/linear_attention/ops/gdn.py:395-401 and
python/cudnn/linear_attention/ops/gdn2.py:461-467 to match _gdn_fwd and
_gdn2_fwd: validate that cu_seqlens has int32 or int64 dtype and reject
initial_state when its batch dimension differs from N. Apply the same checks at
both sites before graph construction, preserving the existing head-count
validation.
- Around line 338-342: In the GDN and GDN2 execution paths, validate that the Q,
K, and V tensors all have the same dtype before constructing or executing the
cuDNN graph, using the graph’s declared Q dtype as the reference. Reject
mismatches explicitly and preserve the existing behavior for valid inputs;
anchor the changes near the dtype mapping and variant-pack setup in the relevant
forward/operation methods.
- Around line 667-669: In gdn.py lines 667-669, replace the literal 64 in
setup_context with a named module constant and update the
checkpoint_every_n_tokens docstring at lines 783-787 to state that checkpoint
reuse requires the exact cadence. Apply the same change in gdn2.py lines
762-764, replacing 16 with a named module constant and documenting the
exact-cadence requirement at lines 900-904.

Apply the same fix in `@python/cudnn/linear_attention/ops/kda.py` around lines 776
- 778: The KDA adapter has the same cadence mismatch and should use the shared
remediation pattern.

In `@python/cudnn/linear_attention/ops/kda.py`:
- Around line 455-459: Update checkpoint buffer sizing in the main KDA forward
path and _kda_fwd_fake to sum ceil(sequence_length / ckpt) for each sequence
rather than using total // ckpt; preserve the minimum one-row allocation when
appropriate and use the per-sequence size for state_checkpoints.

In `@test/python/linear_attention/frost/examples/06_gdn2_backward.py`:
- Around line 21-28: Update _build_plans and the example setup to check CUDA
availability and device capability before allocating tensors, returning or
skipping cleanly when unsupported. Replace names.index("gdn2_frost") with an
explicit plan lookup that reports the detected device and available plan names
when gdn2_frost is absent, while preserving selection and build behavior when
supported.

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Outside diff comments:
In `@python/cudnn/linear_attention/cutile/kernels/gdn_chunk_cutile.py`:
- Around line 3176-3185: Handle the unused cp_context parameter in both
chunk_gated_delta_rule_fwd and chunk_gated_delta_rule: either reject any
non-None context with an explicit error, or remove the parameter from both
signatures and the chunk_gated_delta_rule_fwd call site. Do not silently accept
and ignore context-parallel inputs.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@python/cudnn/linear_attention/cutile/kernels/kda_chunk_cutile.py`:
- Around line 3577-3592: Remove the KDA_BWD-specific “o” workspace carve from
KdaCuTileEngine.node_ws_layout, including its discarded-forward-output layout
entry, because chunk_kda_grad invokes the forward path with compute_o=False and
chunk_gla_fwd_o_gk does not write bufs["o"].
- Around line 92-94: Add warning logging to both autotune exception handlers
before storing None in launch_hint_cache, using the module’s existing logger and
including the caught exception details; preserve the current fallback behavior
after logging.

In `@python/cudnn/linear_attention/frost/common/split_k.py`:
- Around line 637-641: Update the gen branch in the split-k staging logic to
discard the unused values returned by gen_item_bounds and retain only
num_chunks_b, preserving the existing key assignment behavior.

In `@python/cudnn/linear_attention/ops/gdn.py`:
- Around line 61-110: Extract the shared helpers select_plan, _graph_workspace,
_get_handle, _torch_dtype_to_cudnn, _check_dtype, and _TORCH_DTYPE_TO_CUDNN into
a private common module, then update gdn.py, gdn2.py, and kda.py to use them
instead of duplicating the implementations. Preserve _graph_workspace’s private
graph-attribute and workspace behavior, and keep the common module imported
lazily so importing cudnn does not eagerly load torch or cutlass across the
[cutedsl] boundary.

In `@test/python/linear_attention/frost/examples/04_kda_backward.py`:
- Around line 6-7: Update the KDA backward example’s documentation to list all
six outputs, including the initial-state gradient, and explicitly unpack the
tuple returned by g.kda_bwd as dQ, dK, dV, dG, dBeta, and _dS0_t instead of
relying on zip(outs, dtypes). Preserve the existing dtype assignment while
ensuring an output-count mismatch fails visibly.

In `@test/python/linear_attention/test_la.py`:
- Line 103: Update Case.__slots__ and Backend.__slots__ to use Ruff’s required
sorted order, replace the list concatenation at the line-566 construction with
unpacking, and rename the unused unpacked variables at the listed sites to
underscore-prefixed names while preserving all used values and behavior.
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