frost(sdpa): THD execute with zero host reads on SM100 — device-built metadata, plan-time envelope grid, CUDA-graph capturable (issue #552)

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The #552 endgame on SM100: THD execute now performs zero device-to-host reads — no .tolist() syncs, no host cumsum, no pageable H2D — and is CUDA-graph capturable. Four commits, in dependency order.

1. Over-launched THD grid units are dead by contract

A grid unit past the live total used to fall through _thd_decode with batch 0, aliasing live tile (0,0,0). It now keeps the batch == n_batch sentinel, which neutralizes every consumer through in-bounds metadata reads: _resolve_seqlen_kv reads cu_q[0] == 0 → empty KV range in every role and mask mode; the epilogue's per-sequence Q length goes negative → the LSE predicate never fires; the O-store role skips the TMA store (descriptor slot n_batch — the existing pad slot — is never built). Pinned by a test that pads the grid (+7 units) across zero-length leading/middle sequences and all-KV-zero.

2. Device-built metadata — KV lengths never reach the host

The per-execute setup kernel (the single-thread O-descriptor builder) grows a first phase that builds [kv_lens | cu_q | cu_k] on device from the caller's length tensors — (B,) per-batch lengths (serial cumsum) or the (B+1,) cu prefix-sum form — then builds the O descriptors from the cu values it just wrote. The form rides a runtime bitmask and the fake lens tensors compile with dynamic extents: both forms bind one artifact, no compile key grows (Rule 4). K/V views bind their buffers' capacity (shared floor — one dynamic token symbol); the zero-KV clamp re-keys from packed total to capacity. Knowingly given up: the KV-side cu invariant check — a validation that needs a device read is not a validation (Rule 3).

3. Plan-time envelope grid — zero host reads, capture-legal

The launch grid becomes B * ceil(S_q_declared / CGA_TILE_M) * QH (every length is bounded by the declared S_q), dead units exiting via commit 1's contract. Q/O/Stats bind buffer capacity; the degenerate early-return keys on zero capacity. Pinned by two tests: execute under torch.cuda.set_sync_debug_mode("error"), and a capture/replay test that rewrites the lengths in-place between replays — the replay honors them, proving nothing host-side is baked into the graph.

Dead-tile tax, measured (B200 d128, B=8 QH=8 S_decl=16k): zero at full/near-full declarations, +0.2% at half-length, ~145 ns per exposed dead unit when live work is tiny (64 of 2048 units: 33 µs → 319 µs). Realistic THD prefill declarations pay <0.2%; far-oversized declarations pay the same class of tax as the C++ backend's s_max grid. Follow-up recorded in AGENTS.md: a capped persistent grid reading a device-side live-unit count would bound the tax by resident clusters.

4. Port to d192_d128 / d256 / d512

Mechanical replication of the d128 template (decode sentinel and setup kernel were already shared): O-store dead-unit skip, setup-kernel import swap, _host params + launch swap, compile fakes. All four SM100 f16 THD families now run the zero-sync path. New direct-API d192/d128 THD numerics test (the graph THD harness assumes d_qk == d_v, so that flavor's THD leg had no coverage).

5. Drop the migration seam

The THD_DEVICE_META flag existed so each commit could land atomically (d128 first, the other families still correct — and tested — on the old path). With all four f16 families ported it was dead code: _execute_thd is f16-only (the FP8/MXFP8 executes return before the THD dispatch; SM120 has its own), so the flag, the legacy host-meta branches, and the exact host-computed unit count are removed — one execute path, net −65 lines.

Out of scope / follow-ups

• SM120 f16/fp8: different engine class and grid mechanism (max_sq runtime arg, no clusters, no per-batch O-descriptor array) — needs its own dead-unit contract and setup kernel, validated on SM120 CI. Stays on the legacy host-meta path; tracked on frost(sdpa): THD execute host round-trip — D2H sync, per-total recompile, and CUDA-graph capture #552.
• Capped persistent grid for far-oversized declarations (dead-tile tax bounded by resident clusters instead of the envelope).

Tests

Full SM100 DSL suite (L0+L1) green on a B200/SM100 box across all commits: 480 tests at head (dense + THD, all four flavors, legacy + device-meta paths), including 6 new tests: over-launch, lens-never-reach-host, zero-KV two-shapes, sync-debug, CUDA-graph capture/replay, d192 THD.

Related

• Issue frost(sdpa): THD execute host round-trip — D2H sync, per-total recompile, and CUDA-graph capture #552 (recompile leg landed in frost(sdpa): bind THD host prep to the launch stream; plan-time-only THD compile keys (#552) #543; this PR is the D2H + capture leg on SM100)
• frost(sdpa): cu_seq_len (cu_ragged) form assumes packed strides #538 (cu_seq_len acceptance — the cu form binds directly here)

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• New Features

  • Added improved SM100 THD attention support for dynamic query and key/value sequence lengths.
  • Supports both per-sequence and cumulative length formats at runtime.
  • Enables CUDA Graph replay with changing sequence lengths.
  • Supports zero-capacity or zero-length key/value inputs while producing valid outputs.

• Bug Fixes

  • Prevents invalid work from affecting outputs or statistics during over-provisioned execution.
  • Improved handling of variable-length and empty sequences across supported head dimensions.
  • Improved execution with device-resident sequence-length metadata.
  • Improved scheduler coordination for reliable clustered execution.

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SM100 THD execution now keeps sequence lengths on device, builds metadata and O descriptors in a setup kernel, and launches a plan-time envelope. Dead units preserve sentinels and skip output stores. Scheduler payload reads use cluster-aware coordination. Tests cover dynamic lengths, graph replay, synchronization, and zero-KV inputs.

Changes

SM100 THD device metadata

Layer / File(s)	Summary
THD launch routing and runtime lengths python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/api_dsl.py, python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/kernels/prefill_*_sm100.py	THD launches pass device-resident Q/KV length tensors and a runtime length-form bitmask. Launch sizing uses a plan-time envelope and capacity-based extents.
Device-side THD metadata builder python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/kernels/thd_sm100.py, python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/kernels/prefill_*_f16_sm100.py	The setup kernel normalizes either length form and builds per-batch O tensor-map descriptors.
Cluster-aware scheduler coordination python/cudnn/frost/tile_dsl/scheduler.py, python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/kernels/prefill_*	Scheduler barriers use release ordering. Tile payloads use aligned cluster launch-control decoding and CGA-sized coordination.
Dead-unit output and alias-barrier handling python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/kernels/_common_sm100.py, python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/kernels/prefill_*_f16_sm100.py	Dead units use n_batch as a sentinel. Output stores skip inactive batches while barrier and Q/O alias protocols continue.
Regression coverage and implementation notes test/python/sdpa/frost/test_sdpa_fwd_dsl_sm100.py, python/cudnn/AGENTS.md	Tests cover device-only lengths, synchronization-free execution, length normalization, graph replay, and zero-capacity KV buffers. The note documents the SM100 path and remaining work.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to 000e9

The THD execution changes can still produce out-of-bounds LSE stores or incorrect results for certain storage and scale-factor layouts, while per-execute scratch allocation conflicts with the stated steady-state and CUDA-graph capture contract; merge should wait for these issues to be fixed or explicitly accepted.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant THDLauncher
  participant SetupKernel
  participant Scheduler
  participant THDKernel
  participant OutputStore
  THDLauncher->>SetupKernel: pass device Q/KV lengths and length-form bitmask
  SetupKernel->>THDKernel: build metadata and O descriptors
  THDLauncher->>THDKernel: launch plan-time envelope grid
  THDKernel->>Scheduler: read cluster launch-control payload
  THDKernel->>OutputStore: store active-batch outputs
  THDKernel->>OutputStore: skip stores for sentinel batches

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Possibly related PRs

• NVIDIA/cudnn-frontend#543: Both changes modify SM100 THD execution and device-resident metadata handling.
• NVIDIA/cudnn-frontend#575: Both changes modify SM100 scheduler/barrier behavior and zero-length KV handling.
• NVIDIA/cudnn-frontend#608: Both changes implement the SM100 zero-host-read THD design and related regression coverage.

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Rename the ambiguous loop variable l.

Ruff reports E741 on line 1249. The repository runs Ruff as an error-level gate, so this blocks lint. Line 1345 has the same rule violation for O, but that name mirrors the existing dense-path naming; only the new loop variable needs the rename.

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         cga_tile_m = int(self._k_mod.CGA_TILE_M)
-        return self.h_q * sum((l + cga_tile_m - 1) // cga_tile_m for l in slq_host)
+        return self.h_q * sum((s_q + cga_tile_m - 1) // cga_tile_m for s_q in slq_host)

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In `@python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/api_dsl.py` around lines 1248 - 1249, Rename the
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In `@python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/kernels/thd_sm100.py`:
- Around line 55-59: Normalize the KV prefix in the kv_is_cu metadata path
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In `@python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/api_dsl.py`:
- Around line 1248-1249: Rename the generator-expression variable l in the
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In `@python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/api_dsl.py`:
- Line 1249: In the total calculation returning self.h_q times the sum, rename
the generator expression’s loop variable from l to seq_len and update its
references accordingly, preserving the existing computation.
- Around line 1355-1366: Update the head-major LSE validation in the
thd_stats_head_major path to enforce head_stride >= t_q for both device-metadata
and host-metadata flows. Keep the check based only on capacity metadata, remove
the dev_meta guard around it, and preserve the existing zero-stride compaction
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1239-1255: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Enforce the THD S_q upper bound

_thd_unit_envelope() launches B * ceil(S_q / CGA_TILE_M) * H_q units, but _execute_thd() accepts Q capacity and cu_seq_len_q independently. A declared S_q=4 with a runtime Q length of 5 needs two tiles but launches one, so query work is silently dropped. Enforce cu_q[b+1] - cu_q[b] <= S_q at the producer or API boundary, or compute a safe plan-time envelope. Add a regression test without reading lengths on the execute path.

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In `@python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/api_dsl.py` around lines 1239 - 1255, Enforce the
declared q_desc.shape[2] S_q upper bound before _execute_thd() can launch work,
validating every runtime cu_seq_len_q interval is at most S_q; reject invalid
inputs rather than silently dropping tiles. Preserve the plan-time
_thd_unit_envelope() calculation and avoid reading sequence lengths during
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python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/api_dsl.py (1)

1350-1351: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Rename O to satisfy Ruff E741.

Ruff flags O as an ambiguous variable name on line 1351. Rename it and update the two use sites (the binding at line 1384 area is LSE; O is passed at line 1415).

♻️ Proposed rename

         Q = self._thd_view(q_buf, self.q_desc, t_q)
-        O = self._thd_view(o_buf, self.o_desc, t_q)
+        O_view = self._thd_view(o_buf, self.o_desc, t_q)

Then update the launch argument:

        fn(
            Q,
            K,
            V,
            O_view,
            ...
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In `@python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/api_dsl.py` around lines 1350 - 1351, Rename the
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In `@python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/api_dsl.py`:
- Around line 1350-1351: Rename the ambiguous O local binding in the forward
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Addressing the two review-body findings that have no inline thread:

"Enforce the THD S_q upper bound" (outside-diff, Major) — declining the execute-time check: validating cu_q[b+1] - cu_q[b] <= S_q requires reading the lengths on the execute path, which is the D2H sync this PR exists to remove (AGENTS Rule 3: a validation that needs a device read is not a validation). Lengths bounded by the declared dims are the fundamental cuDNN padding contract, and the envelope grid gives a contract-violating caller the SAME semantics the C++ backend's s_max-sized THD grid has always had: rows past the declared extent are not computed. No memory hazard either way — the decode simply never claims ids past the envelope, and all loads/stores stay inside capacity-bounded views. The contract is recorded in _thd_unit_envelope's docstring and the AGENTS Rule 3 entry.

Rename O (E741, nitpick) — declining: Q/K/V/O/LSE is the pre-existing binding convention throughout this file's execute paths (as the review itself noted for the dense path), and the formatter gate for this repo is black + clang-format, not Ruff.

Inline comments: cu-prefix normalization and the sync-debug restore are fixed in cfcdb75 (both prefixes normalized — Q too, since an unnormalized cu_q[0] would also break the dead-unit sentinel's empty-KV read — with a base-0 vs base-1000 bitwise-equality regression test); the head-major head_stride check and the l rename are answered on their threads.

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The PyTorch function torch.cuda.set_sync_debug_mode is a diagnostic tool designed to help developers identify and debug synchronous (blocking) CUDA operations [1][2][3]. Limitations regarding direct CUDA synchronization calls: 1. Coverage scope: The feature works by instrumenting PyTorch's internal wrapper functions that perform CUDA synchronizations [3][4]. It is explicitly documented as experimental and does not capture all synchronizing operations [1][5][2]. 2. Direct CUDA calls: torch.cuda.set_sync_debug_mode cannot detect or report synchronization calls made directly to the CUDA API (e.g., via extensions, third-party libraries, or custom C++/CUDA code) that bypass PyTorch’s internal wrappers [3]. 3. Namespace gaps: Certain PyTorch internal namespaces, such as torch.distributed and torch.sparse, are currently known to be outside the coverage of this debug mode [1][2]. When enabled using 'warn' or 'error' modes, it provides feedback when PyTorch triggers operations that block the CPU while waiting for the GPU, but users must be aware that the absence of a warning does not guarantee the code is entirely free of synchronous behavior, particularly if external libraries are involved [3][6].

Citations:

• 1: https://docs.pytorch.org/docs/stable/generated/torch.cuda.set_sync_debug_mode.md
• 2: https://docs.pytorch.org/docs/2.3/generated/torch.cuda.set_sync_debug_mode.html
• 3: https://docs.nvidia.com/dl-cuda-graph/latest/torch-cuda-graph/sync-free-code.html
• 4: https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/blob/main/c10/cuda/CUDAFunctions.h
• 5: https://docs.pytorch.org/docs/2.12/generated/torch.cuda.set_sync_debug_mode.html
• 6: https://discuss.pytorch.org/t/how-to-know-if-an-operation-is-blocking-synchronizing-or-not/182685

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Limit the synchronization claim to PyTorch-detectable operations.

torch.cuda.set_sync_debug_mode(2) does not instrument direct CUDA calls from CuTe or FFI code, such as cudaStreamSynchronize and cudaDeviceSynchronize. The test can therefore pass while api.execute still performs a host wait. Narrow the docstring or add extension-level synchronization detection.

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In `@test/python/sdpa/frost/test_sdpa_fwd_dsl_sm100.py` around lines 1166 - 1168,
Update the synchronization assertion around api.execute to cover only operations
observable by PyTorch’s torch.cuda.set_sync_debug_mode(2), and narrow the test’s
documentation/claim accordingly; alternatively, add instrumentation at the
CuTe/FFI extension boundary so direct cudaStreamSynchronize and
cudaDeviceSynchronize calls are detected.

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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🌐 Web query:

PyTorch torch.equal documentation numerical equality NaN signed zero and Tensor.view dtype documentation

💡 Result:

In PyTorch, torch.equal returns True if two tensors have the same size and elements, and False otherwise [1][2]. Regarding numerical specifics: NaN Equality: Tensors containing NaNs are never considered equal to each other by torch.equal [1][3]. This behavior follows standard IEEE 754 floating-point expectations, where NaN is not equal to itself [4]. Consequently, if two tensors are identical but contain NaNs, torch.equal will return False [4][5]. Signed Zero: While not explicitly detailed in the torch.equal documentation, PyTorch generally follows standard floating-point behavior where positive zero (+0.0) and negative zero (-0.0) compare as equal (i.e., +0.0 == -0.0 is True). Data Types: The torch.equal function does not differentiate between the data types of the tensors during comparison [1][3]. For instance, it may return True for an integer tensor and a float tensor if their values and shapes are identical [1][3]. For more rigorous checks that account for data types and numerical tolerances, the use of torch.testing.assert_close is recommended [1][3]. Regarding Tensor.view: The view method returns a new tensor that shares the same data as the original tensor but with a different dtype [6][7]. If the element size of the target dtype differs from the original, the size of the last dimension is scaled proportionally (e.g., doubling the size if the target dtype has half the element size) [6][8]. This operation requires that the tensor be contiguous and imposes specific constraints on the tensor's dimensions, strides, and storage offset when changing element sizes [6][7][9].

Citations:

• 1: https://docs.pytorch.org/docs/2.12/generated/torch.equal.html
• 2: https://docs.pytorch.org/docs/stable/generated/torch.equal.md
• 3: http://docs.pytorch.org/docs/main/generated/torch.equal.html
• 4: torch.equal yields False if tensor contains NaN values. pytorch/pytorch#137337
• 5: Version 2.1 breaks torch.equal when tensors contain nans pytorch/pytorch#111251
• 6: https://docs.pytorch.org/docs/stable/generated/torch.Tensor.view.md
• 7: https://docs.pytorch.org/docs/main/generated/torch.Tensor.view.html
• 8: https://docs.pytorch.org/docs/2.11/generated/torch.Tensor.view.html
• 9: https://docs.pytorch.org/docs/2.12/generated/torch.Tensor.view.html

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Use byte-level comparisons for bitwise claims.

torch.equal compares element values, so it does not prove raw representation identity. Compare contiguous outputs through view(torch.uint8) in both assertions, or change the docstrings to claim value equality.

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In `@test/python/sdpa/frost/test_sdpa_fwd_dsl_sm100.py` at line 1172, Update the
assertions around the SDPA forward test to compare contiguous outputs as byte
views using view(torch.uint8) in both assertions, preserving the test’s
bitwise-identity claim rather than using torch.equal value comparisons.

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python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/api_dsl.py (3)

1280-1292: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Require caller-provided workspace for THD scratch.

When workspace is None, these branches call torch.empty(...) on every execution. This violates the scratch contract and adds allocation work to the steady-state path. Require a workspace with at least scratch_workspace_bytes() bytes, or allocate scratch once before execute() and reuse it.

Proposed fix

-        carver = WorkspaceCarver(workspace, self.scratch_workspace_bytes(), "SdpaFwdDslSm100 (THD)") if workspace is not None else None
+        if workspace is None:
+            raise ValueError("THD execute requires caller workspace")
+        carver = WorkspaceCarver(workspace, self.scratch_workspace_bytes(), "SdpaFwdDslSm100 (THD)")

-            meta = carver.take(3 * b + 2, torch.int32) if carver is not None else torch.empty(3 * b + 2, dtype=torch.int32, device=dev)
+            meta = carver.take(3 * b + 2, torch.int32)

-            o_desc = carver.take(b * 16 + 16, torch.int64) if carver is not None else torch.empty(b * 16 + 16, dtype=torch.int64, device=dev)
+            o_desc = carver.take(b * 16 + 16, torch.int64)

As per coding guidelines: “No per-execute allocations. No torch.empty/torch.zeros inside execute(): scratch is carved from the caller’s workspace.”

Also applies to: 1334-1342

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In `@python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/api_dsl.py` around lines 1280 - 1292, Update the THD
execution paths around WorkspaceCarver in SdpaFwdDslSm100 so scratch storage
always comes from caller-provided workspace. Require workspace to be non-null
and large enough for scratch_workspace_bytes(), or otherwise initialize reusable
scratch before execute(); remove the per-execution torch.empty fallback in both
affected branches.

Source: Coding guidelines

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1435-1459: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Reject non-contiguous scale-factor tensors before _reshape_sf.

_reshape_sf() validates only numel(), then sf.contiguous() copies the logical element order. For opaque F8_128x4 bytes, a non-contiguous view can change the packed byte order and produce incorrect scale factors. The CUDA copy also allocates and runs outside current_stream, before the kernel launch on current_stream.

Require packed, contiguous scale-factor buffers before execute() and use a metadata-only view.

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In `@python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/api_dsl.py` around lines 1435 - 1459, Require
scale-factor inputs to be contiguous packed buffers before execute reaches
_reshape_sf, rejecting non-contiguous tensors instead of copying them. Update
_reshape_sf to preserve the original byte layout with a metadata-only int8 view
and retain the existing size validation and reshape behavior.

Source: Coding guidelines

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1298-1307: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Compute THD capacity from backing storage, not numel()

_thd_check_strides_native() accepts padded token strides, but q_buf.numel() // q_ts and k_buf.numel() // k_ts count logical elements. This can undercount valid storage, bind too few tokens, and trigger the zero-capacity return. Compute capacity from backing-storage bounds, including storage_offset, or reject padded native layouts in check_support().

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In `@python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/api_dsl.py` around lines 1298 - 1307, Update the THD
capacity calculation near _thd_declared to use each buffer’s backing-storage
bounds, including storage_offset, rather than logical numel(); apply this
consistently to Q, K, and any other participating buffers so padded native
strides report their true capacity and do not trigger a false zero-capacity
result. Alternatively, reject padded native layouts in check_support(), but
preserve valid padded-layout support if using the capacity fix.

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Outside diff comments:
In `@python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/api_dsl.py`:
- Around line 1280-1292: Update the THD execution paths around WorkspaceCarver
in SdpaFwdDslSm100 so scratch storage always comes from caller-provided
workspace. Require workspace to be non-null and large enough for
scratch_workspace_bytes(), or otherwise initialize reusable scratch before
execute(); remove the per-execution torch.empty fallback in both affected
branches.
- Around line 1435-1459: Require scale-factor inputs to be contiguous packed
buffers before execute reaches _reshape_sf, rejecting non-contiguous tensors
instead of copying them. Update _reshape_sf to preserve the original byte layout
with a metadata-only int8 view and retain the existing size validation and
reshape behavior.
- Around line 1298-1307: Update the THD capacity calculation near _thd_declared
to use each buffer’s backing-storage bounds, including storage_offset, rather
than logical numel(); apply this consistently to Q, K, and any other
participating buffers so padded native strides report their true capacity and do
not trigger a false zero-capacity result. Alternatively, reject padded native
layouts in check_support(), but preserve valid padded-layout support if using
the capacity fix.

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