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56 changes: 55 additions & 1 deletion test/python/test_mhas_v2.py
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SlidingWindowMaskGenerator,
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from sdpa.fp16 import exec_sdpa
from sdpa.fp16 import exec_sdpa, TensorUid
from sdpa.fp8 import exec_sdpa_fp8
from sdpa.mxfp8 import exec_sdpa_mxfp8
from sdpa.blocked import fetch_blocked_tests
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exec_sdpa(test.cfg, request, cudnn_handle)


# # ==================================
# # L0 directed bprop test: rows with very negative LSE (nvbug 6591137)
# # ==================================
#
# The bprop kernels recompute P = exp(scale * S - LSE) while walking KV in tile
# groups whose size can exceed the granularity used to decide whether the
# out-of-bounds KV tail needs masking (on SM90 each CTA covers 2 warp-groups =
# 128 KV rows while the check used the 64-row tile). An unmasked zero-filled
# tail evaluates exp(0 - LSE), which overflows to inf once LSE < -ln(FLT_MAX)
# ~= -88.7 and turns grad_q into NaN through inf * 0 products.
#
# Random inputs can never catch this: randn-like data gives LSE ~= log(s_kv) > 0,
# about 100 away from the overflow threshold, and with benign LSE the unmasked
# garbage only ever multiplies zero-filled K/V/dO operands, so every stored
# output stays bit-identical. This test instead engineers query rows that are
# anti-aligned with every key: all scaled logits are ~= -100, giving
# LSE ~= -100 + log(s_kv) < -88.7. Sequence lengths cover both halves of a
# 128-row KV group (s = 64 mod 128), a multiple of 128, and a non-multiple.
@pytest.mark.parametrize("seq_len", [64, 192, 1216, 1280, 1000], ids=lambda s: f"s{s}")
@pytest.mark.parametrize("data_type", [torch.bfloat16, torch.float16], ids=["bf16", "fp16"])
@pytest.mark.L0
def test_sdpa_negative_lse_bwd_L0(env_info, seq_len, data_type, request, cudnn_handle):

test = SDPATestConfig(**env_info, implementation=cudnn.attention_implementation.AUTO)

cfg = test.cfg
cfg.batches = 1
cfg.h_q = cfg.h_k = cfg.h_v = 2
cfg.s_q = cfg.s_kv = seq_len
cfg.d_qk = cfg.d_v = 64 # attn_scale = 0.125 below relies on d_qk = 64
cfg.data_type = data_type
cfg.is_infer = False
cfg.diag_align = cudnn.diagonal_alignment.TOP_LEFT
cfg.rng_geom_seed = 0
cfg.rng_data_seed = 0
cfg.fill_derived_fields()

test.showConfig((0, 1), request)

def make_negative_lse_inputs(tensors, rng):
q = tensors.get(TensorUid.q)
k = tensors.get(TensorUid.k)
u = torch.nn.functional.normalize(torch.randn(cfg.d_qk, device="cuda", generator=rng), dim=0)
# Keys point along a common direction u with |k . u| ~= 8; the poisoned
# query rows are -100 * u, so every attn_scale-scaled (1/sqrt(64)) logit
# of those rows is ~= -100 and their LSE is ~= -100 + log(s_kv) < -88.7.
noise = torch.randn(k.shape, device="cuda", generator=rng)
k.copy_((8.0 * u + 0.05 * noise).to(k.dtype))
for row in (0, cfg.s_q // 2, cfg.s_q - 1):
q[:, :, row, :] = (-100.0 * u).to(q.dtype)

exec_sdpa(test.cfg, request, cudnn_handle, tensor_initializer=make_negative_lse_inputs)
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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# Find existing capability and backend-version gate patterns for Python SDPA tests.
rg -n -C 4 'get_device_capability|backend_version|pytest\.skip|skipif|supports_.*(bf16|fp16)|bfloat16' test/python

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printf '%s\n' '--- target test and imports ---'
sed -n '1,280p' test/python/test_mhas_v2.py

printf '%s\n' '--- focused gate patterns ---'
rg -n -C 5 --glob '*.py' \
  'test_.*(sm90|SM90)|requires SM90|_require_sm90|backend_version\(\)|get_device_capability\(\)' \
  test/python/gemm test/python/test_mhas_v2.py test/python/fe_api 2>/dev/null | head -n 800

printf '%s\n' '--- relevant references ---'
rg -n -C 6 --glob '*.py' \
  'negative_lse|sdpa.*bwd|SDPA.*backward|implementation=.*AUTO|check_support\(\)' \
  test/python | head -n 800

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printf '%s\n' '--- SDPA execution and support handling ---'
fd -i 'fp16.py' test/python/sdpa --exec sh -c 'echo "### $1"; ast-grep outline "$1"' sh {}
rg -n -C 8 \
  'def exec_sdpa|check_support|backend_version|get_device_capability|data_type|dtype|pytest.skip' \
  test/python/sdpa/fp16.py test/python/sdpa/*.py | head -n 1000

printf '%s\n' '--- all SM90-specific SDPA tests ---'
rg -n -C 8 --glob '*.py' \
  'SM90|sm90|compute capability.*9|capability\(\).*9|major.*9|major == 9|major != 9' \
  test/python | rg -v 'mhas_v2.py:79|mhas_v2.py-79|mhas_v2.py:80|mhas_v2.py-80' | head -n 800

printf '%s\n' '--- exact backend gates in the target file ---'
sed -n '470,515p' test/python/test_mhas_v2.py
sed -n '920,950p' test/python/test_mhas_v2.py

printf '%s\n' '--- repository state summary ---'
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python3 - <<'PY'
import ast
from pathlib import Path

target = Path("test/python/test_mhas_v2.py")
tree = ast.parse(target.read_text())
for node in tree.body:
    if isinstance(node, ast.FunctionDef) and node.name == "test_sdpa_negative_lse_bwd_L0":
        print("target_decorators:", [ast.unparse(d) for d in node.decorator_list])
        assignments = {}
        for child in ast.walk(node):
            if isinstance(child, ast.Assign):
                for name in child.targets:
                    if isinstance(name, ast.Attribute) and isinstance(name.value, ast.Name) and name.value.id == "cfg":
                        assignments[name.attr] = ast.unparse(child.value)
        print("target_cfg_assignments:", assignments)
        break
else:
    raise SystemExit("target test not found")

fp16 = ast.parse(Path("test/python/sdpa/fp16.py").read_text())
for node in fp16.body:
    if isinstance(node, ast.FunctionDef) and node.name in {"validate_config", "exec_sdpa"}:
        print(f"{node.name}_top_level_conditions:")
        for child in node.body:
            if isinstance(child, ast.If):
                print(" ", ast.unparse(child.test))
PY

printf '%s\n' '--- exact execution tail and validation ---'
sed -n '65,132p' test/python/sdpa/fp16.py
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Gate the regression test to SM90.

The SDPA harness already enforces cuDNN 9.10.0+ and skips unsupported graphs. Both parametrized dtypes remain valid inputs. Add only a torch.cuda.get_device_capability() check for SM90.

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents 
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In `@test/python/test_mhas_v2.py` around lines 218 - 251, Add a device-capability
guard at the start of test_sdpa_negative_lse_bwd_L0 so the regression test runs
only when torch.cuda.get_device_capability() identifies SM90; skip or return for
other architectures. Preserve the existing parametrized sequence lengths, data
types, and SDPA setup unchanged.

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# # ==================================
# # L0 fprop tests with s_q=1
# # ==================================
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