frost: fix oversized-SMEM query crashing all frost GEMM on CUDA<13.4 cuda-python - #615
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe oversized shared-memory query now checks the CUDA driver version. It returns ChangesCUDA shared-memory attribute query
Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to The change is intended to prevent oversized shared-memory probing from crashing frost GEMM, but the current implementation may still fail on supported older cuda-python bindings and may mishandle drivers that do not support the attribute, causing GEMM selection failures; device validation also occurs too late. Merge should wait for these corrections. Suggested labels: Suggested reviewers: 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5✅ Passed checks (5 passed)
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139-140: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winCache the driver library on the tile-selection hot path.
Each call creates a new
ctypes.CDLLwrapper and repeats dynamic-library lookup before querying the attribute. Cache the library and function binding once. Cache the per-device value too if its lifetime is stable for the process.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@python/cudnn/frost/device.py`:
- Around line 139-142: Update the CUDA driver loading logic in the surrounding
device-detection function to select the platform-specific library: use
ctypes.WinDLL with nvcuda.dll on Windows and ctypes.CDLL with libcuda.so.1
elsewhere, preserving the existing OSError fallback behavior.
- Around line 144-145: Update the cuDeviceGetAttribute error handling in the
device attribute lookup to return 0 only when the result is
CUDA_ERROR_INVALID_VALUE; propagate or report every other CUresult, including
errors from prior asynchronous work, instead of treating them as an unsupported
attribute.
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In `@python/cudnn/frost/device.py`:
- Around line 139-140: Update the tile-selection logic around the ctypes.CDLL
call to cache the loaded CUDA driver library and bound function instead of
performing dynamic-library lookup on every call. Also cache the per-device
attribute value when its lifetime is stable for the process, while preserving
the existing device-query behavior.
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The NVIDIA CUDA Driver API is implemented in a dynamic library that is installed as part of the NVIDIA GPU display driver, not the CUDA Toolkit [1][2][3]. When interacting with this library via Python's ctypes module, you must use the platform-specific library name: - Linux: libcuda.so.1 [1][4][2] - Windows: nvcuda.dll [1][4][5] These libraries are typically located in standard system paths (e.g., C:\Windows\System32 on Windows or via system-wide linker search paths on Linux) [1][6][5]. When using ctypes, it is recommended to rely on the operating system's default loader mechanisms (e.g., ctypes.CDLL on Linux or ctypes.WinDLL on Windows) to locate these files, rather than hardcoding absolute paths [6]. Official NVIDIA guidance, as reflected in the tools provided by the NVIDIA/cuda-python project, notes that these are driver-level libraries and should be treated differently from CUDA Toolkit libraries [2][6]. If you are working in an environment where these libraries must be loaded dynamically, ensure that the application is running on a system with the appropriate NVIDIA driver installed, as the library will not be present otherwise [1][3].
Citations:
- 1: [FEA]: Support
load_nvidia_dynamic_lib()"cuda","nvml"cuda-python#1288 - 2: feat(pathfinder): support "cuda"/"nvml" driver libs and reject unsupported libnames cuda-python#1602
- 3: https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/cuda-programming-guide/03-advanced/driver-api.html
- 4: https://github.com/NVIDIA/cuda-python/blob/2a2186c8/cuda_pathfinder/cuda/pathfinder/_dynamic_libs/descriptor_catalog.py
- 5: https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/accessing-cuda-driver-functions-via-ctypes-on-windows/35456/2
- 6: https://nvidia.github.io/cuda-python/cuda-pathfinder/latest/generated/cuda.pathfinder.load_nvidia_dynamic_lib.html
Load the CUDA driver library per platform.
The package supports Windows, but this hard-codes Linux’s libcuda.so.1. On Windows, load nvcuda.dll with ctypes.WinDLL; otherwise document FROST as Linux-only.
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In `@python/cudnn/frost/device.py` around lines 139 - 142, Update the CUDA driver
loading logic in the surrounding device-detection function to select the
platform-specific library: use ctypes.WinDLL with nvcuda.dll on Windows and
ctypes.CDLL with libcuda.so.1 elsewhere, preserving the existing OSError
fallback behavior.
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| if lib.cuDeviceGetAttribute(ctypes.byref(value), _ATTR_MAX_OVERSIZED_SHARED_MEMORY_PER_BLOCK, int(_device_handle(device))) != 0: | ||
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The CUDA Driver API function cuDeviceGetAttribute may return various error codes, including those related to the state of the CUDA system and the validity of the requested attribute [1]. Regarding the specific error codes mentioned: CUDA_ERROR_NOT_INITIALIZED: This error occurs if the CUDA driver has not been initialized [2][3][1]. The CUDA Driver API requires explicit initialization (typically via cuInit) before most other driver functions can be successfully called [1]. CUDA_ERROR_INVALID_VALUE: This error typically indicates that an invalid argument was passed to the function [1]. In the context of cuDeviceGetAttribute, this often happens if the specified CUdevice_attribute is not supported by the current driver or hardware, or if it is an invalid enum value for the targeted device [4]. Since CUDA device attribute enums are extended over time, requesting an attribute introduced in a newer CUDA version while using an older driver will frequently trigger this error [4]. Asynchronous Errors: The official NVIDIA CUDA documentation explicitly notes that cuDeviceGetAttribute may return error codes from previous, asynchronous launches [1][5]. CUDA kernel launches are asynchronous with respect to the host [6], and if a kernel encounters an error (such as an illegal memory access), that error may be reported by a subsequent, seemingly unrelated CUDA API call—including functions like cuDeviceGetAttribute—that performs synchronization or checks the status of the device [1][7]. In summary, while cuDeviceGetAttribute is primarily a synchronous query, it acts as a potential checkpoint for reporting asynchronous errors generated by the GPU's execution engine [1][5]. When troubleshooting, distinguish between direct parameter errors (like INVALID_VALUE) and reported errors that originated from prior GPU work [1].
Citations:
- 1: https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/DevZone/docs/html/C/doc/html/group__CUDA__DEVICE_g9c3e1414f0ad901d3278a4d6645fc266.html
- 2: https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/archive/12.6.1/cuda-driver-api/group__CUDA__DEVICE.html
- 3: https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/archive/12.9.2/cuda-driver-api/group__CUDA__DEVICE.html
- 4: Fix device attribute handling cuda-python#1420
- 5: https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/developer-preview/13.4/cuda-driver-api/cuda_driver_api/group__CUDA__DEVICE.html
- 6: https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/cuda-driver-api/api-sync-behavior.html
- 7: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/76787504/at-which-points-are-asynchronous-cuda-errors-synchronized-to-host
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Handle only CUDA_ERROR_INVALID_VALUE as an unsupported attribute.
At python/cudnn/frost/device.py:144, return 0 only for CUDA_ERROR_INVALID_VALUE. Report other CUresult values, including errors propagated from earlier asynchronous work, instead of silently selecting the opt-in shared-memory limit.
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In `@python/cudnn/frost/device.py` around lines 144 - 145, Update the
cuDeviceGetAttribute error handling in the device attribute lookup to return 0
only when the result is CUDA_ERROR_INVALID_VALUE; propagate or report every
other CUresult, including errors from prior asynchronous work, instead of
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Perf note (in case it reads as concerning): this is on the build-time tile-selection path ( |
…cuda-python oversized_shared_memory_per_block() passed a bare attribute ordinal (150, CU_DEVICE_ATTRIBUTE_MAX_OVERSIZED_SHARED_MEMORY_PER_BLOCK, added in CUDA 13.4) to cuda-python's cuDeviceGetAttribute. That binding is strongly typed on the attribute -- it reads attrib.value -- so a bare int (for an enum member the installed cuda-python does not carry; 13.0.2 tops out at 148) raises "'int' object has no attribute 'value'". The query is on the tile-selection hot path (_sm_smem_budget_bytes_of), so this one call took down every frost GEMM kernel: on develop tip the frost gemm suite is 5641 failed / 163 passed, all with that single signature; the query was introduced in NVIDIA#593. Gate on the driver's CUDA version instead: the attribute arrived in 13.4, so a driver older than that has no such mode -> 0 by design (not an error), and the enum member -- which an older cuda-python lacks -- is never touched. From 13.4 the attribute is real, so query it via the proper enum and let a genuine failure raise rather than masking it as 0. This keeps "expected absence" (below 13.4) distinct from an unexpected driver error, and needs no ctypes / bare-ordinal workaround. Validated: frost gemm suite 5804 passed / 0 failed after the fix (was 5641 failed / 163 passed); test_public_execute_flavors.py 30 passed on py3.12 (fe-jax, driver 13.2 -> returns 0). Build-time + lru_cached: 0.38us first call, 50ns cached, never on the execute path. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Updated the fix from the ctypes probe to a driver-version gate (per review): below CUDA 13.4 the attribute does not exist → return 0 by design; from 13.4 query via the proper enum and let a real error raise (no blanket error→0). Cleaner error semantics, stays in cuda-python, and even cheaper — 0.38 µs first call, 50 ns cached, build-time only. |
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In `@python/cudnn/frost/device.py`:
- Line 137: Update the cuDeviceGetAttribute handling in
_sm_smem_budget_bytes_of() so CUDA_ERROR_INVALID_VALUE returns 0, preserving the
no-oversized-shared-memory fallback. Continue passing successful results through
_ck and propagate every other driver error unchanged.
- Line 137: Update the max oversized shared-memory attribute lookup near
cuDeviceGetAttribute so it does not assume
CU_DEVICE_ATTRIBUTE_MAX_OVERSIZED_SHARED_MEMORY_PER_BLOCK exists in the
installed cuda-python binding; use the ctypes/libcuda path or enforce and test a
minimum binding version that defines the enum member, while preserving the
existing integer result.
- Around line 134-135: Update the device-version flow to call
_device_handle(device) before dereferencing drv or applying the version
short-circuit. Preserve the existing RuntimeError for a missing driver and
ensure invalid device ordinals are validated even when the driver version is
below 13040.
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Validate the device before the version short-circuit.
Line 134 dereferences drv before _device_handle(device) can validate it. When _driver() returns None, this raises AttributeError instead of the existing RuntimeError. On an older driver, an invalid device ordinal also returns 0 without validation. Move _device_handle(device) before the version check.
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drv = _driver()
+ handle = _device_handle(device)
# ...
if int(_ck(*drv.cuDriverGetVersion())) < 13040:
return 0
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| if int(_ck(*drv.cuDriverGetVersion())) < 13040: | |
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| drv = _driver() | |
| handle = _device_handle(device) | |
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In `@python/cudnn/frost/device.py` around lines 134 - 135, Update the
device-version flow to call _device_handle(device) before dereferencing drv or
applying the version short-circuit. Preserve the existing RuntimeError for a
missing driver and ensure invalid device ordinals are validated even when the
driver version is below 13040.
| handle = _device_handle(device) | ||
| err, value = drv.cuDeviceGetAttribute(_ATTR_MAX_OVERSIZED_SHARED_MEMORY_PER_BLOCK, handle) | ||
| return int(value) if int(err) == 0 else 0 | ||
| return int(_ck(*drv.cuDeviceGetAttribute(drv.CUdevice_attribute.CU_DEVICE_ATTRIBUTE_MAX_OVERSIZED_SHARED_MEMORY_PER_BLOCK, handle))) |
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Preserve the CUDA_ERROR_INVALID_VALUE fallback.
Line 137 sends every non-zero cuDeviceGetAttribute result to _ck. When the driver reports CUDA_ERROR_INVALID_VALUE because the device has no oversized shared-memory mode, return 0. Otherwise, _sm_smem_budget_bytes_of() cannot use its opt-in fallback and tile selection fails. Propagate all other errors. The CUDA Driver API lists CUDA_ERROR_INVALID_VALUE as a possible result for this call. (docs.nvidia.com)
Proposed error handling
- return int(_ck(*drv.cuDeviceGetAttribute(drv.CUdevice_attribute.CU_DEVICE_ATTRIBUTE_MAX_OVERSIZED_SHARED_MEMORY_PER_BLOCK, handle)))
+ err, value = drv.cuDeviceGetAttribute(
+ drv.CUdevice_attribute.CU_DEVICE_ATTRIBUTE_MAX_OVERSIZED_SHARED_MEMORY_PER_BLOCK, handle
+ )
+ if int(err) == int(drv.CUresult.CUDA_ERROR_INVALID_VALUE):
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In `@python/cudnn/frost/device.py` at line 137, Update the cuDeviceGetAttribute
handling in _sm_smem_budget_bytes_of() so CUDA_ERROR_INVALID_VALUE returns 0,
preserving the no-oversized-shared-memory fallback. Continue passing successful
results through _ck and propagate every other driver error unchanged.
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There is no attribute named CU_DEVICE_ATTRIBUTE_MAX_OVERSIZED_SHARED_MEMORY_PER_BLOCK in the cuda-python library or the underlying CUDA Driver API [1][2][3]. It is likely that this name is a misunderstanding of how CUDA handles shared memory, specifically the distinction between standard shared memory limits and "opt-in" shared memory [1][4][3]. In CUDA, you can request shared memory beyond the standard per-block limit (up to a device-specific maximum) using dynamic shared memory allocation [5][6]. The relevant attributes in cuda-python and the CUDA API are: 1. CU_DEVICE_ATTRIBUTE_MAX_SHARED_MEMORY_PER_BLOCK: The standard maximum amount of shared memory available to a thread block [1][2]. 2. CU_DEVICE_ATTRIBUTE_MAX_SHARED_MEMORY_PER_BLOCK_OPTIN: The absolute maximum amount of shared memory a block can use if you explicitly opt-in to using larger amounts [1][3][7]. 3. CU_DEVICE_ATTRIBUTE_RESERVED_SHARED_MEMORY_PER_BLOCK: The amount of shared memory per block that is reserved by the CUDA driver [1][3][5]. If you are trying to determine the amount of shared memory available for a kernel, you should typically query these attributes and compare them against your kernel's requirements [5][7][8]. Failing to stay within these bounds will generally result in a synchronous kernel launch failure [9].
Citations:
- 1: https://github.com/NVIDIA/cuda-python/blob/37b401a0/cuda_core/cuda/core/experimental/_device.py
- 2: https://github.com/NVIDIA/cuda-python/blob/2a2186c8/cuda_bindings/docs/source/module/driver.rst
- 3: https://github.com/NVIDIA/cuda-python/blob/2a2186c8/cuda_bindings/cuda/bindings/cydriver.pxd.in
- 4: https://github.com/NVIDIA/cuda-python/blob/ece27e44d4aa36a48ce3626bbcf592a8afc8614a/cuda_core/examples/show_device_properties.py
- 5: Extract
__max_dynamic_smem_size_forinto its own CUB-wide utility cccl#6807 - 6: https://github.com/NVIDIA/cub/blob/main/examples/block/example_block_reduce_dyn_smem.cu
- 7: [REQ] Expose device max shared memory as a public Device attribute warp#1243
- 8: https://github.com/NVIDIA/cccl/blob/0d9331dc/cub/cub/util_vsmem.cuh
- 9: CUDA launch failures can leave stale outputs or gradients without raising warp#1535
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CUDA 13.4 CU_DEVICE_ATTRIBUTE_MAX_OVERSIZED_SHARED_MEMORY_PER_BLOCK official cuda.h
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The enumerator CU_DEVICE_ATTRIBUTE_MAX_OVERSIZED_SHARED_MEMORY_PER_BLOCK is included in the CUDA 13.4 Driver API [1]. It is defined in the CUDA header files (cuda.h) to represent the maximum oversized shared memory available per thread block [1]. This attribute is utilized in contexts where applications need to query the maximum allowed shared memory for configurations that exceed standard limitations, often functioning as an alternative or supplementary check to the standard CU_DEVICE_ATTRIBUTE_MAX_SHARED_MEMORY_PER_BLOCK [2][3]. Technical implementations occasionally use this attribute within cuDeviceGetAttribute calls to determine hardware capabilities for dynamic or specialized shared memory allocations [3].
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- 1: https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/developer-preview/13.4/pdf/CUDA_Driver_API.pdf
- 2: https://developer.download.nvidia.cn/compute/DevZone/docs/html/C/doc/html/group__CUDA__TYPES_g3b9f561d2a42733dde99b2cedcaa413a.html
- 3: https://github.com/triton-lang/triton/blob/24fcd59d53e42c7fe7b696c235d12ce039af1015/third_party/nvidia/backend/driver.c
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Do not gate enum availability only on the driver version.
pyproject.toml declares cuda-python without a version floor. A binding that predates this CUDA 13.4 attribute raises AttributeError at line 137 before cuDeviceGetAttribute() runs. Use the ctypes/libcuda path, or add and test a minimum binding version that defines the member.
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In `@python/cudnn/frost/device.py` at line 137, Update the max oversized
shared-memory attribute lookup near cuDeviceGetAttribute so it does not assume
CU_DEVICE_ATTRIBUTE_MAX_OVERSIZED_SHARED_MEMORY_PER_BLOCK exists in the
installed cuda-python binding; use the ctypes/libcuda path or enforce and test a
minimum binding version that defines the enum member, while preserving the
existing integer result.
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…g cannot name it (#635) ### What `DeviceInfo.oversized_shared_memory_per_block` gated the query on BOTH the driver version and whether cuda-python's `CUdevice_attribute` carries `CU_DEVICE_ATTRIBUTE_MAX_OVERSIZED_SHARED_MEMORY_PER_BLOCK`. Those are independent axes: the DRIVER decides whether the mode exists, the BINDING only decides how to ask. Refusing on the second gives up the carveout on a live combination — driver 13.5 with a cuda-python 13.3.1 binding reports 0 although the device really offers 327 KiB. On SM 10.7 block-scale GEMM that costs 3 AB pipeline stages (8 → 5) for nothing. ### Change Keep the driver gate, drop the binding one: name the enum member when the binding has it, else pass its ordinal, which that binding forwards fine. Only bindings old enough to reject a bare int (they read `attrib.value`) genuinely cannot make the query, and those return 0 through a narrow `AttributeError` arm. A real driver failure still raises rather than being masked. ### Test SM 10.7, driver 13050, cuda-python 13.3.1: - the query goes 0 → 334848, back to the ceiling the part reports - `test_device_info` + `test_public_execute_flavors` + `test_build_device` + `test_stream_respect` + `test_tile_select_analytic`: 46 passed / 2 skipped - sm107 block-scale kernels (`-k "sm107 and (128x128 or mixed_cga)"`): 42 passed ### Notes - The `ensure_current_context` fix this branch originally carried landed upstream as #638; that commit was dropped from this PR. - Supersedes #615, which fixed the same class of bug in `frost/device.py` before #612 moved the query into `cudnn/_device.py` — #615 can be closed.
…g cannot name it (NVIDIA#635) ### What `DeviceInfo.oversized_shared_memory_per_block` gated the query on BOTH the driver version and whether cuda-python's `CUdevice_attribute` carries `CU_DEVICE_ATTRIBUTE_MAX_OVERSIZED_SHARED_MEMORY_PER_BLOCK`. Those are independent axes: the DRIVER decides whether the mode exists, the BINDING only decides how to ask. Refusing on the second gives up the carveout on a live combination — driver 13.5 with a cuda-python 13.3.1 binding reports 0 although the device really offers 327 KiB. On SM 10.7 block-scale GEMM that costs 3 AB pipeline stages (8 → 5) for nothing. ### Change Keep the driver gate, drop the binding one: name the enum member when the binding has it, else pass its ordinal, which that binding forwards fine. Only bindings old enough to reject a bare int (they read `attrib.value`) genuinely cannot make the query, and those return 0 through a narrow `AttributeError` arm. A real driver failure still raises rather than being masked. ### Test SM 10.7, driver 13050, cuda-python 13.3.1: - the query goes 0 → 334848, back to the ceiling the part reports - `test_device_info` + `test_public_execute_flavors` + `test_build_device` + `test_stream_respect` + `test_tile_select_analytic`: 46 passed / 2 skipped - sm107 block-scale kernels (`-k "sm107 and (128x128 or mixed_cga)"`): 42 passed ### Notes - The `ensure_current_context` fix this branch originally carried landed upstream as NVIDIA#638; that commit was dropped from this PR. - Supersedes NVIDIA#615, which fixed the same class of bug in `frost/device.py` before NVIDIA#612 moved the query into `cudnn/_device.py` — NVIDIA#615 can be closed.
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What
frost/device.py:oversized_shared_memory_per_block()passed a bare attribute ordinal (150=CU_DEVICE_ATTRIBUTE_MAX_OVERSIZED_SHARED_MEMORY_PER_BLOCK, added in CUDA 13.4) to cuda-python'scuDeviceGetAttribute. That binding is strongly typed on the attribute — internally it readsattrib.value— so a bareint(for an enum member the installed cuda-python does not carry; 13.0.2 tops out at 148) raises'int' object has no attribute 'value'.The query sits on the tile-selection hot path (
_sm_smem_budget_bytes_of), so this one call takes down every frost GEMM kernel.Impact (regression, introduced in #593)
On
developtip, the frost gemm suite is 5641 failed / 163 passed, all with that single error signature. 40 commits earlier (before #593 added this query)test_matmul.pywas 3398 passed / 0 failed on the same venv + the same publicnvidia-cutlass-dsl4.7.0 wheel — so the earlier "public cutlass lacks an nv-internal DSL surface" read was wrong; this is the sole cause.Root cause verified directly: cuda-python 13.0.2
CUdevice_attributemax ordinal = 148 (no 150); the enum member is absent;cuDeviceGetAttribute(150, dev)→ the exactAttributeError.Fix
Gate on the driver's CUDA version. The attribute arrived in CUDA 13.4:
0by design (not an error), and the enum member — which an older cuda-python lacks — is never touched.CUdevice_attributeenum and let a genuine failure raise rather than masking it as0.This keeps "expected absence" (below 13.4) distinct from an unexpected driver error — no blanket error-swallowing — and needs no
ctypes/ bare-ordinal workaround. The one environment that surfaces an error is a driver ≥ 13.4 paired with a cuda-python too old to name the attribute (a mismatched install), which is a real problem worth surfacing, not silently degrading.Validation
test_public_execute_flavors.py, py3.12 (fe-jax, driver 13.2 → returns 0)Cost: build-time (tile selection) +
@lru_cached per device — 0.38 µs first call, 50 ns cached, never on the execute path.note to self: claude::11323ca1-07bc-4fc4-8ec7-ba95d8f061d8 — frost oversized-SMEM cuda-python fix (driver-version gate). cwd /home/scratch.yanxu_libs/cudnn_frontend
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