sdpa fwd: pick and run a KV split automatically - #675
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Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to Automatic KV splitting currently has paths that can fail compilation for causal SM120 graphs, silently ignore requested split settings, and expose scratch partial buffers to unsafe stream-ordering behavior; the added tests also do not cover LSE recombination or the non-divisible minimum-chunk boundary. These correctness and runtime-safety risks should be addressed before merging. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Adapter
participant Heuristic
participant AttentionKernel
participant SplitCombineKernel
participant Workspace
Adapter->>Heuristic: provide launch geometry and device capacity
Heuristic-->>Adapter: return split_kv
Adapter->>Workspace: allocate or carve split partial buffers
Adapter->>AttentionKernel: launch split attention
AttentionKernel-->>Workspace: write O and LSE partials
Adapter->>SplitCombineKernel: combine partial outputs
SplitCombineKernel-->>Adapter: return recombined O, LSE, and amax
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python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/api_dsl.py (1)
1337-1355: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winReuse one combine dispatch instead of three.
The combine call is written three times with the same argument order: inline here, in
_run_split_combineat Lines 1381-1399, and inline again in the SM120 execute at Lines 2585-2602. The SM120 copy also re-derives the dtype tag ("bf16" if o.dtype == torch.bfloat16 else "f16") that_combine_dtype_tagalready computes.Move
_run_split_combine,_combine_dtype_tag, and_split_partialsto the sharedSdpaFwdDslbase, then call_run_split_combine(o_part, lse_part, O_target, lse_out, None, current_stream)from all three sites. One dispatch keeps the partial layout, the split count, and thehas_lse/has_amaxspecialization in one place.♻️ Proposed change at this site
- combine = _split_combine_module().compile( - b=self.batch_size, - h=self.h_q, - sq=self.s_q_max, - d_v=self.head_dim_v, - splits=self.split_kv, - dtype_o=self._combine_dtype_tag(), - has_lse=lse_out is not None, - ) - combine( - o_part, - lse_part, - O_target, - lse_out, - None, # amax_o: half-precision output, nothing to report - (self.batch_size, self.h_q, self.s_q_max, self.head_dim_v), - cutlass.Int32(self.split_kv), - stream=current_stream, - ) + # amax_o=None: half-precision output, nothing to report. + self._run_split_combine(o_part, lse_part, O_target, lse_out, None, current_stream)Also applies to: 2585-2602
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51-62: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winAdd a causal case, and decouple the split expectations from the SM count.
Every case here is non-causal. A causal SM120 graph takes a different path:
compile()replacesSCHED_NATURALwith an LPT policy, and the SM120 split backstop barssplit_kv > 1under LPT. Add a case withis_causal=Truein the split regime, so the interaction is covered (it currently fails — see the comment onpython/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/api_dsl.pyLines 2345-2365).
assert split > 1andassert split == 1also depend on the device SM count, not only on the policy. Derive the expectation from the reported SM count, or skip when the count differs from the one the case was written for.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/api_dsl.py`:
- Around line 1401-1416: Both `_split_partials` helpers allocate standalone
buffers on the wrong stream. In `python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/api_dsl.py` lines
1401-1416 and 2367-2381, accept the launch stream, wrap each `torch.empty` call
in `_torch_stream_context`, and pass the stream from the dense, MXFP8, FP8, and
SM120 execute call sites; update all affected callers accordingly.
- Around line 2345-2365: Update SM120’s _decide_split_kv and compile() to derive
the effective scheduling policy through a shared _sched_policy() helper, rather
than using self.sched_policy directly in validation. Pass that derived policy to
_sm120_validate_params and reuse the same value when constructing
Sm120TemplateParams, preserving consistent causal window policy and split
validation.
- Around line 1030-1042: In the SM-count lookup near sched_policy, narrow the
exception handler around device_info(...).sm_count to catch only RuntimeError
and ValueError, preserving DeviceInfo.sm_count and the existing
fused_ldtm_stat=False configuration.
In `@python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/engines.py`:
- Around line 430-432: Update the four affected capability rows to advertise
only split_kvs=frozenset({1}) until split_kv is plumbed through
lower_dsl_prefill and SdpaFwdDsl; ensure mismatch keeps requests for other split
values ineligible rather than silently selecting choose_split_kv, including
sink, THD, and FP8-output graphs.
In `@test/python/sdpa/frost/test_sdpa_fwd_split_kv_sm100.py`:
- Around line 851-866: Reduce the cost of the API split tests by using the
smallest KV length that still exercises splitting, or move the
large/reference-heavy coverage to a higher test level while retaining one fast
L0 case. Update the full-chip assertion in test_api_does_not_split_a_full_chip
to derive the expected split behavior from the device SM count or skip
unsupported SM counts, and apply the same level/cost adjustment to the related
coverage near the other API case.
- Around line 820-847: Add per-test CUDA capability skip gates for each helper
family using torch.cuda.get_device_capability(), allowing only supported
SM107–SM119 FP16/BF16 and MXFP8 cases while retaining per-tensor FP8 support on
SM107; use the repository-local MXFP8 quantizer. In the affected test setup,
replace the mk and one local lambdas with named def functions to satisfy Ruff
E731.
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In `@python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/api_dsl.py`:
- Around line 1337-1355: Centralize split-combine dispatch in the shared
SdpaFwdDsl base by moving _run_split_combine, _combine_dtype_tag, and
_split_partials there. Replace the three duplicated combine invocations,
including the SM120 path, with _run_split_combine(o_part, lse_part, O_target,
lse_out, None, current_stream), reusing the centralized dtype, layout,
split-count, and specialization handling.
In `@test/python/sdpa/frost/test_sdpa_fwd_split_kv_sm120.py`:
- Around line 51-62: Add a causal test case to the SM120 split-regime coverage
by passing is_causal=True through _sm120_case, and retain the expected LPT
behavior where split_kv remains 1. Make the split assertions in
test_sm120_splits_a_decode_shape and test_sm120_does_not_split_a_full_part
conditional on the reported device SM count, or skip cases when the count
differs from the assumptions used by those tests.
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| sched_policy = self._sched_policy() | ||
| try: | ||
| cfg, _ = make_cfg(self._template_params(sched_policy, False, 1)) | ||
| except ValueError: | ||
| return 1 | ||
| ctas_per_tile = int(getattr(cfg, "CTA_MMA", 1)) | ||
| rows_per_tile = int(getattr(cfg, "TILES_Q", 1)) * int(cfg.TILE_M) * ctas_per_tile | ||
| dev = getattr(self.q_desc, "device", None) | ||
| ordinal = getattr(dev, "index", None) | ||
| try: | ||
| sm_count = device_info(torch.cuda.current_device() if ordinal is None else ordinal).sm_count | ||
| except Exception: # no driver / odd device: never split rather than guess | ||
| return 1 |
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Narrow both SM-count exception handlers.
DeviceInfo.sm_count is the correct attribute. No make_cfg_* constraint uses fused_ldtm_stat, so the backstop can keep it set to False.
Catch only RuntimeError and ValueError around the SM-count lookup. Do not convert unrelated errors into “no split.”
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In `@python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/api_dsl.py` around lines 1030 - 1042, In the SM-count
lookup near sched_policy, narrow the exception handler around
device_info(...).sm_count to catch only RuntimeError and ValueError, preserving
DeviceInfo.sm_count and the existing fused_ldtm_stat=False configuration.
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| def _split_partials(self, workspace, o_like, device): | ||
| """The split-major (O, LSE) partial buffers, carved from the caller's | ||
| workspace when there is one and torch-allocated otherwise (standalone | ||
| use, matching what the rest of this adapter does).""" | ||
| rows = self.split_kv * self.batch_size | ||
| o_shape = (rows, self.s_q_max, self.h_q, self.head_dim_v) | ||
| lse_shape = (rows, self.h_q, self.s_q_max) | ||
| if workspace is None: | ||
| return ( | ||
| torch.empty(o_shape, dtype=o_like.dtype, device=device), | ||
| torch.empty(lse_shape, dtype=torch.float32, device=device), | ||
| ) | ||
| carver = WorkspaceCarver(workspace, self.scratch_workspace_bytes(), "SdpaFwdDslSm100 (KV split)") | ||
| o_part = carver.take(rows * self.s_q_max * self.h_q * self.head_dim_v, o_like.dtype).view(o_shape) | ||
| lse_part = carver.take(rows * self.h_q * self.s_q_max, torch.float32).view(lse_shape) | ||
| return o_part, lse_part |
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Both _split_partials helpers allocate off the launch stream. The standalone (no-workspace) path calls torch.empty on torch's current stream, while the kernels that write and read the partials run on current_stream. The allocator tags the blocks to the wrong stream, so a later free and reuse are not ordered against those launches. The shared root cause is one missing _torch_stream_context wrapper.
python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/api_dsl.py#L1401-L1416: accept the launch stream inSdpaFwdDslSm100._split_partialsand wrap the twotorch.emptycalls in_torch_stream_context; pass the stream from the dense, MXFP8, and FP8 call sites.python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/api_dsl.py#L2367-L2381: apply the same change toSdpaFwdDslSm120._split_partialsand passcurrent_streamfrom the SM120 execute path.
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In `@python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/api_dsl.py` around lines 1401 - 1416, Both
`_split_partials` helpers allocate standalone buffers on the wrong stream. In
`python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/api_dsl.py` lines 1401-1416 and 2367-2381, accept the
launch stream, wrap each `torch.empty` call in `_torch_stream_context`, and pass
the stream from the dense, MXFP8, FP8, and SM120 execute call sites; update all
affected callers accordingly.
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| try: # the backstop is the authority (it also bars LPT / LPT_L2) | ||
| _sm120_validate_params( | ||
| Sm120TemplateParams( | ||
| dtype_qkv=_SM120_DTYPE_QKV_CODE[self.dtype], | ||
| dtype_o=_SM120_DTYPE_QKV_CODE[self.o_desc.dtype], | ||
| sched_policy=self.sched_policy, | ||
| window_left=self.window_left, | ||
| window_right=self.window_right, | ||
| bottom_right=self.causal_bottom_right, | ||
| seq_q_lens_present=self.seq_q_lens_present, | ||
| seq_kv_lens_present=self.seq_kv_lens_present, | ||
| has_sink=self.has_sink, | ||
| thd_varlen=self.thd, | ||
| q_tile=self.q_tile, | ||
| kv_tile=self.kv_tile, | ||
| split_kv=split, | ||
| ) | ||
| ) | ||
| except ValueError: | ||
| return 1 | ||
| return split |
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SM120 validates the split against the wrong sched_policy.
_decide_split_kv passes sched_policy=self.sched_policy to _sm120_validate_params. compile() at Lines 2392-2402 does not use that value directly: when self.window_right is not None it replaces SCHED_NATURAL with SCHED_LPT or SCHED_LPT_L2.
For a causal SM120 graph in the split regime the two disagree. The backstop accepts split_kv > 1 under SCHED_NATURAL, so _decide_split_kv returns a split. compile() then builds Sm120TemplateParams with the LPT policy and that split, and config_sm120.validate_params rejects the combination ("split_kv > 1 currently requires SCHED_NATURAL"). Compilation fails for a graph that check_support() accepted.
The SM100 adapter already solves this by calling self._sched_policy() in _decide_split_kv. Extract the same derivation on SM120 and use it in both places.
The added tests use non-causal shapes only, so this path is untested.
🐛 Proposed fix: derive the effective policy once and reuse it
+ def _sched_policy(self) -> int:
+ sched_policy = self.sched_policy
+ if sched_policy == SCHED_NATURAL and self.window_right is not None:
+ _, _, s_kv_sched, _ = self.k_desc.shape
+ _, _, _, d_qk_sched = self.q_desc.shape
+ _, _, _, d_v_sched = self.v_desc.shape
+ sched_policy = _causal_sched_policy(s_kv=s_kv_sched, d_qk=d_qk_sched, d_v=d_v_sched, elem_bytes=1 if self._fp8 else 2)
+ return sched_policy
+
def _split_partials(self, workspace, o_like, device): try: # the backstop is the authority (it also bars LPT / LPT_L2)
_sm120_validate_params(
Sm120TemplateParams(
dtype_qkv=_SM120_DTYPE_QKV_CODE[self.dtype],
dtype_o=_SM120_DTYPE_QKV_CODE[self.o_desc.dtype],
- sched_policy=self.sched_policy,
+ sched_policy=self._sched_policy(),Then replace the inline derivation in compile() with sched_policy = self._sched_policy().
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In `@python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/api_dsl.py` around lines 2345 - 2365, Update SM120’s
_decide_split_kv and compile() to derive the effective scheduling policy through
a shared _sched_policy() helper, rather than using self.sched_policy directly in
validation. Pass that derived policy to _sm120_validate_params and reuse the
same value when constructing Sm120TemplateParams, preserving consistent causal
window policy and split validation.
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| # The adapter sizes the split-major O/LSE workspace and launches the | ||
| # combine for this cell, so a split can be honored here. | ||
| split_kvs=frozenset({1, 2, 4, 8, 16}), |
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A requested split_kv is accepted and then dropped.
These four rows advertise split_kvs=frozenset({1, 2, 4, 8, 16}), and mismatch at Line 273 now passes any value in that domain. But lower_dsl_prefill builds the adapter with sched_policy, tile_m, tile_n, and cga only, and SdpaFwdDsl.__init__ has no split_kv parameter. A caller that requests split_kv=8 keeps the engine eligible, and the adapter still picks its own value from choose_split_kv. The knob is silently degraded.
This contradicts the Capabilities.split_kvs comment at Lines 229-233 and the SdpaFwdKnobs contract ("honored or ineligible — never silently degraded").
Choose one of two fixes:
- Plumb the knob: add a
split_kvconstructor argument to the adapters, seedself._split_kvfrom it, and forwardknobs.split_kvinlower_dsl_prefill. - Or keep the split adapter-internal for now: advertise
split_kvs=frozenset({1})on these rows, so a request for anything else makes the engine ineligible.
Also note that these rows advertise split values for graphs the adapter refuses to split (sink graphs, THD, FP8 output dtypes), so the drop is reachable even when the plumbing exists.
♻️ Option 2: keep the domain honest until the knob is plumbed
- # The adapter sizes the split-major O/LSE workspace and launches the
- # combine for this cell, so a split can be honored here.
- split_kvs=frozenset({1, 2, 4, 8, 16}),
+ # The adapter decides the split itself (heuristics.choose_split_kv);
+ # a REQUESTED split is not plumbed through lower_dsl_prefill yet, so
+ # only the no-split request can be honored.
+ split_kvs=frozenset({1}),Also applies to: 481-483, 532-534, 689-691
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In `@python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/engines.py` around lines 430 - 432, Update the four
affected capability rows to advertise only split_kvs=frozenset({1}) until
split_kv is plumbed through lower_dsl_prefill and SdpaFwdDsl; ensure mismatch
keeps requests for other split values ineligible rather than silently selecting
choose_split_kv, including sink, THD, and FP8-output graphs.
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| def _api_case(b, h_q, h_kv, s_q, s_kv, *, with_lse=False, workspace=True): | ||
| """Drive SdpaFwdDslSm100 the way the graph path does; return (split, O, ref).""" | ||
| from cudnn.sdpa.fwd.api_dsl import SdpaFwdDslSm100 | ||
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| d = 128 | ||
| dev = "cuda" | ||
| torch.manual_seed(0) | ||
| q = torch.randn(b, h_q, s_q, d, device=dev, dtype=torch.float16) # BHSD samples | ||
| k = torch.randn(b, h_kv, s_kv, d, device=dev, dtype=torch.float16) | ||
| v = torch.randn(b, h_kv, s_kv, d, device=dev, dtype=torch.float16) | ||
| o = torch.zeros_like(q) | ||
| lse = torch.zeros(b, h_q, s_q, device=dev, dtype=torch.float32) if with_lse else None | ||
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| vb = vb.repeat_interleave(h_q // h_kv, dim=1) | ||
| p = torch.softmax(torch.matmul(qb, kb.transpose(-1, -2)) / math.sqrt(d), dim=-1) | ||
| return split, o.float(), torch.matmul(p, vb), ws_bytes |
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Add per-test architecture gates and replace the local lambdas.
requires_blackwelladmits SM107–SM119, butSdpaFwdDslSm100.check_support()rejects FP16/BF16 and MXFP8 on those devices. Only per-tensor FP8 supports SM107. Addtorch.cuda.get_device_capability()skip markers for each helper family. The MXFP8 quantizer is repository-local.- Replace
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847, Add per-test CUDA capability skip gates for each helper family using
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| def test_api_splits_a_decode_shape_and_is_correct(): | ||
| """8 heads over a 64K KV run cannot fill a Blackwell part: the adapter must | ||
| split on its own, size its own workspace, and still match fp32.""" | ||
| split, got, ref, ws_bytes = _api_case(1, 8, 1, 512, 65536) | ||
| assert split > 1, "a decode-shaped graph must be split by the heuristic" | ||
| assert ws_bytes > 0, "a split needs the split-major O/LSE partials in workspace" | ||
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| split, got, ref, ws_bytes = _api_case(1, 16, 16, 2048, 8192) | ||
| assert split == 1 | ||
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Reduce the L0 cost and remove the SM-count coupling.
Two concerns in these cases:
- Cost.
_api_case(1, 8, 1, 512, 65536)builds an fp32 reference over a (1, 8, 512, 65536) score tensor, so the scores plus the softmax result need about 2 GB of device memory._api_fp8_casethen builds and runs the adapter twice per parametrization. The coding guidelines require L0 tests to stay fast. Either shrinks_kvto the smallest value that still splits, or move these cases to a higher level and keep one small L0 case. - Device coupling.
assert split == 1at Line 864 holds at 148 SMs (base_ctas = 4 * 16 * 2 = 128). On an SM100 part with a smaller SM count the heuristic splits the same shape, and the test fails for a device reason rather than a policy reason. Derive the expectation from the device SM count, or skip when the SM count is not the one the case was written for.
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1315-1355: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winThe split-combine compile-and-launch sequence is written inline in two execute paths.
SdpaFwdDslSm100._run_split_combine(Lines 1376-1399) already encapsulates it, so both inline copies must stay in step on the positional argument order, thedtype_otag, and thehas_lse/has_amaxspecialization.
python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/api_dsl.py#L1315-L1355: replace the inline compile and call withself._run_split_combine(o_part, lse_part, O_target, lse_out, None, current_stream).python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/api_dsl.py#L2599-L2617: add an equivalent_run_split_combineonSdpaFwdDslSm120, or lift the shared launch intoSdpaFwdDsl, and call it here instead of the inline block.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/engines.py`:
- Around line 229-234: Update the affected engine-row split_kvs declarations to
advertise no supported values until split_kv is forwarded through
lower_dsl_prefill and honored by the adapters. Apply this consistently to the
rows identified near the existing declarations, so mismatch rejects every
split_kv request rather than accepting split_kv=1 while choose_split_kv may
select a larger split.
In `@test/python/sdpa/frost/test_sdpa_fwd_split_kv_sm120.py`:
- Around line 57-68: Update the SM120 split tests to derive the expected split
through the existing _expected_split pattern, using ctas_per_tile=1 and the
adapter-selected q_tile and kv_tile instead of fixed split assertions. Modify
_sm120_case to return or expose those tile dimensions, assert each result
against the chooser-derived value, and keep the workspace assertion consistent
with whether the expected split is greater than one.
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In `@python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/api_dsl.py`:
- Around line 1315-1355: Centralize the split-combine compile-and-launch logic
so both execute paths use the same argument order and specialization settings.
In python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/api_dsl.py lines 1315-1355, replace the inline block in
the relevant execute method with _run_split_combine using the existing partials,
targets, and stream. In python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/api_dsl.py lines 2599-2617, add or
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inline block; preserve dtype_o, has_lse, and has_amax behavior.
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KV split was reachable only by building TemplateParams by hand: nothing chose a
split count and the adapters could not execute one, so every graph ran with
split_kv=1.
choose_split_kv picks the count. A CTA holds its tile for the whole KV loop, so
a launch costs whole waves; it minimises, over powers of two,
waves(s) = ceil(base_ctas * s / sm_count)
cost(s) = waves(s) * (ceil(kv_tiles / s) + CTA_COST)
An under-full launch splits until the wave is full; an over-full one with a
partial-wave tail splits finer to smooth it; an exactly balanced one never
splits. Powers of two only, since split_kv is a TemplateParams field and so a
kernel-module cache key.
Both adapters derive the launch geometry from their own config and the SM count
from cudnn._device, then thread the result into TemplateParams; the config
backstop stays the authority, so a split a flavor will not accept falls back to
1. Running one is two launches: scratch_workspace_bytes sizes the split-major O
and LSE partials, the kernel writes those instead of the caller's O, and
split_combine_sm100 reduces them into O and into Stats when asked. The per-chunk
LSE is compiled in whenever split_kv > 1, since it is the weight the combine
reduces with.
Covered: SM100 half precision (d128/d192/d256/d512), SM100 FP8 and MXFP8, and
SM120 half precision. The FP8 family splits only when it stores O in half
precision -- the combine reduces in half, and reducing quantized partials would
lose what the split is meant to be neutral about -- and its amax_o comes from
the combine over the recombined O, since a per-split epilogue sees only its own
partial and over-reports. THD, sink and SM120 FP8 keep split_kv=1; the last has
no kernel support.
Adds split_kv to the knob vocabulary (SdpaFwdKnobs.split_kv, a
Capabilities.split_kvs domain, its mismatch row), advertised by the seven
engines whose lowering can honor it, plus tests for the chooser and for each
adapter path.
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In `@test/python/sdpa/frost/test_sdpa_fwd_split_kv_sm120.py`:
- Around line 103-106: Update _sm120_case to return the produced LSE alongside a
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by requiring split > 1 or skipping when no split is selected, while preserving
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- Around line 123-131: Update test_invariants to include a non-divisible KV-tile
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| def test_sm120_split_writes_the_recombined_lse(): | ||
| split, got, ref, _, expected = _sm120_case(8, 1, 128, 32768, with_lse=True) | ||
| assert split == expected | ||
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Assert the recombined LSE result.
This test passes lse to the adapter but never reads or compares it. A wrong LSE combine can pass because only O is checked. Return the produced LSE and a torch.logsumexp(scores, dim=-1) reference from _sm120_case. Assert them with the LSE tolerance. Also require split > 1, or skip when this device selects no split.
As per coding guidelines, compare test results against a reference implementation using existing reference-module patterns and dtype-appropriate tolerances.
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In `@test/python/sdpa/frost/test_sdpa_fwd_split_kv_sm120.py` around lines 103 -
106, Update _sm120_case to return the produced LSE alongside a
torch.logsumexp(scores, dim=-1) reference, then have
test_sm120_split_writes_the_recombined_lse compare both LSE tensors using the
existing dtype-appropriate tolerance. Ensure the test exercises an actual split
by requiring split > 1 or skipping when no split is selected, while preserving
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| @pytest.mark.parametrize("s_kv", [1024, 4096, 16384, 32768, 131072]) | ||
| @pytest.mark.parametrize("heads", [1, 2, 8, 16, 64]) | ||
| def test_invariants(s_kv, heads): | ||
| kv_tiles = -(-s_kv // 128) | ||
| split = _d128_cga2(128, s_kv, heads, 1) | ||
| assert 1 <= split <= _SPLIT_KV_MAX | ||
| assert split <= kv_tiles, "more splits than KV tiles would leave empty splits" | ||
| if split > 1: | ||
| assert -(-kv_tiles // split) >= _SPLIT_KV_MIN_TILES |
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Test the floor-based minimum-chunk rule.
choose_split_kv rejects a split when kv_tiles // split is below _SPLIT_KV_MIN_TILES. Line 131 uses ceiling division, which can allow the smallest chunk to be too short. The current cases use divisible KV tile counts, so they cannot detect this error.
Add a non-divisible boundary case and assert with floor division.
Proposed test update
- assert -(-kv_tiles // split) >= _SPLIT_KV_MIN_TILES
+ assert kv_tiles // split >= _SPLIT_KV_MIN_TILES
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+def test_thinnest_split_chunk_meets_the_minimum():
+ kv_tiles = 2 * _SPLIT_KV_MIN_TILES - 1
+ assert choose_split_kv(
+ q_tiles=1,
+ heads_q=1,
+ batch=1,
+ kv_tiles=kv_tiles,
+ sm_count=B200_SMS,
+ max_split=2,
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| @pytest.mark.parametrize("s_kv", [1024, 4096, 16384, 32768, 131072]) | |
| @pytest.mark.parametrize("heads", [1, 2, 8, 16, 64]) | |
| def test_invariants(s_kv, heads): | |
| kv_tiles = -(-s_kv // 128) | |
| split = _d128_cga2(128, s_kv, heads, 1) | |
| assert 1 <= split <= _SPLIT_KV_MAX | |
| assert split <= kv_tiles, "more splits than KV tiles would leave empty splits" | |
| if split > 1: | |
| assert -(-kv_tiles // split) >= _SPLIT_KV_MIN_TILES | |
| @pytest.mark.parametrize("s_kv", [1024, 4096, 16384, 32768, 131072]) | |
| @pytest.mark.parametrize("heads", [1, 2, 8, 16, 64]) | |
| def test_invariants(s_kv, heads): | |
| kv_tiles = -(-s_kv // 128) | |
| split = _d128_cga2(128, s_kv, heads, 1) | |
| assert 1 <= split <= _SPLIT_KV_MAX | |
| assert split <= kv_tiles, "more splits than KV tiles would leave empty splits" | |
| if split > 1: | |
| assert kv_tiles // split >= _SPLIT_KV_MIN_TILES | |
| def test_thinnest_split_chunk_meets_the_minimum(): | |
| kv_tiles = 2 * _SPLIT_KV_MIN_TILES - 1 | |
| assert choose_split_kv( | |
| q_tiles=1, | |
| heads_q=1, | |
| batch=1, | |
| kv_tiles=kv_tiles, | |
| sm_count=B200_SMS, | |
| max_split=2, | |
| ) == 1 |
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Update test_invariants to include a non-divisible KV-tile boundary case, and
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…, on the knob route Folds PR NVIDIA#675 (sdpa fwd: pick and run a KV split automatically) into the propose/place knob architecture — the split brain and machinery are NVIDIA#675's, the delivery route is the heuristic's complete knob assignments: - choose_split_kv: the wave-cost model — minimize, over powers of two, waves(s) * (ceil(kv_tiles/s) + CTA_COST) with the empirical CTA_COST=21 KV-tile-equivalents per CTA-tile — replaces the crude underfill rule inside _split_points. What falls out: under-full launches split until the wave is full, over-full ones with a partial-wave tail split finer to smooth it, exactly balanced ones never split. Its full unit suite (invariants, monotonicity, B300 fits) comes along. - The chooser runs in propose(), not the adapter: the value arrives as the explicit split_kv knob and is honored verbatim — no silent compile-time auto-pick. Split sets ride SCHED_NATURAL (the SM120 config bars a split under the LPT remaps; in the underfilled regime a split targets, LPT balancing is moot). - FP8/MXFP8 split (d128 rows, {1,2,4}): requires a bf16/fp16 O (the combine reduces half-precision partials) — gated in mismatch()'s facts x knobs rows AND check_support. The main kernels stand down their in-kernel amax under a split; the plan-time-compiled combine owns the amax of the RECOMBINED O (a max over per-split partials over-reports). - SM120 split ({1,2,4}): the kernel's inline chunking + the shared (arch-agnostic, one-block-per-row) split_combine pass, workspace-carved partials, and the causal contract: derived-LPT + split fails loudly at compile; explicit NATURAL + split matches reference. - _split_partials shared on the adapter base: workspace-carved, or torch-allocated ON the launch stream in standalone use (the caching allocator tags blocks by allocation stream). Validated: B200 86 passed (split template+adapter tiers incl. fp8/mxfp8 amax-of-recombined-O), SM120 box 78 passed (incl. causal contract), A100 117 passed, 201 unit tests. Co-authored-by: Vedaanta Agarwalla <vagarwalla@nvidia.com> Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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…ce) + graph-reachable split-KV (#692) * [SDPA] fwd heuristics: complete knob-set recommendations, propose/place split, graph-reachable split-KV Heuristics now recommend one engine several times with different COMPLETE knob assignments, through a two-layer contract: - propose(kind, facts, offered) — the pure, backend-blind core (also the standalone entry point for wrappers): per-cell rules combine axis generators (tiles, sched_policy, split_kv, softmax_precision, cga) into ordered complete assignments — baseline best-on-every-axis, then one-axis deviations, capped per engine (sum growth, never the cartesian product). Every emitted set re-validates through mismatch(caps, facts, knobs): honored or never listed. - place(modes, ...) — the only backend-aware layer: mode blocks, the _MEASURED_BEHIND lead/trail rule, delegating-entry placement, dedup on (engine_id, knobs), and it STRIPS the mode tag — final plan entries carry (engine_id, knobs[, cpp_index]) only. Knob-schema growth (the five-part axis checklist): SdpaFwdKnobs gains split_kv and softmax_precision; Capabilities gains split_kvs (default {1}) and softmax_precisions (default empty = unserved) plus a facts x knobs gate (split > 1 is dense/unpadded/sink-free). sched_policies widen to {NATURAL, LPT, LPT_L2} on every serving row. Honest sched semantics in the adapters: None = "no preference" (the standalone-wrapper tier; compile() derives, as before), an explicit value — NATURAL included — is honored verbatim. The graph path always arrives with the heuristic's explicit primary, which reproduces exactly what the old internal derivation chose, so first-build behavior is unchanged everywhere. Split-KV becomes graph-reachable on the SM100 f16 rows ({1,2,4}): the adapter forwards the knob into TemplateParams, compiles the split_combine pass at plan time, carves the split-major partial O/LSE slabs from the caller's workspace (scratch_workspace_bytes reports them; standalone use torch-allocates), and launches main + combine on the caller's stream. The no-split plan stays the default winner; the split plan rides behind it for autotune/select_plan until sweeps justify flipping the primary. Validated: B200 frost+fe_api sweep 768 passed (incl. split e2e vs reference on O and Stats); A100 full SM80 suite 117 passed. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> * [SDPA] fwd heuristics: propose/place contract tests + split-KV graph e2e Unit tier (GPU-free): multi-set emission with complete assignments, behavior-preserving primaries, split as structural runner-up, every set admissible, place() strips mode and dedups first-position-wins, FALLBACK is least-demanding. Executable tier (SM100): the ranked list carries knob-suffixed duplicates of one cell; the split_kv=4 plan pinned by name builds, carves workspace, matches the torch reference on O and Stats, and replays through (engine_id, knobs); a runner-up sched set builds and matches too. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> * [SDPA] fwd: choose_split_kv wave-cost model + FP8/MXFP8 + SM120 split, on the knob route Folds PR #675 (sdpa fwd: pick and run a KV split automatically) into the propose/place knob architecture — the split brain and machinery are #675's, the delivery route is the heuristic's complete knob assignments: - choose_split_kv: the wave-cost model — minimize, over powers of two, waves(s) * (ceil(kv_tiles/s) + CTA_COST) with the empirical CTA_COST=21 KV-tile-equivalents per CTA-tile — replaces the crude underfill rule inside _split_points. What falls out: under-full launches split until the wave is full, over-full ones with a partial-wave tail split finer to smooth it, exactly balanced ones never split. Its full unit suite (invariants, monotonicity, B300 fits) comes along. - The chooser runs in propose(), not the adapter: the value arrives as the explicit split_kv knob and is honored verbatim — no silent compile-time auto-pick. Split sets ride SCHED_NATURAL (the SM120 config bars a split under the LPT remaps; in the underfilled regime a split targets, LPT balancing is moot). - FP8/MXFP8 split (d128 rows, {1,2,4}): requires a bf16/fp16 O (the combine reduces half-precision partials) — gated in mismatch()'s facts x knobs rows AND check_support. The main kernels stand down their in-kernel amax under a split; the plan-time-compiled combine owns the amax of the RECOMBINED O (a max over per-split partials over-reports). - SM120 split ({1,2,4}): the kernel's inline chunking + the shared (arch-agnostic, one-block-per-row) split_combine pass, workspace-carved partials, and the causal contract: derived-LPT + split fails loudly at compile; explicit NATURAL + split matches reference. - _split_partials shared on the adapter base: workspace-carved, or torch-allocated ON the launch stream in standalone use (the caching allocator tags blocks by allocation stream). Validated: B200 86 passed (split template+adapter tiers incl. fp8/mxfp8 amax-of-recombined-O), SM120 box 78 passed (incl. causal contract), A100 117 passed, 201 unit tests. Co-authored-by: Vedaanta Agarwalla <vagarwalla@nvidia.com> Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> * [SDPA] fwd heuristics: address CodeRabbit review on the knob-set stack - Split gate now mirrors lower_dsl_prefill's synthesized-KV-padding predicate in BOTH layers (mismatch's facts x knobs rows and _split_points): a ragged S_kv on a skv_tail_via_padding row rides the padded kernel path, which the split cannot — decline at plan time instead of listing a plan that declines at build (and raises under a strict select_plan). Regression test pins both directions (band-covered ragged tails still split). - The heuristics e2e derives its expected split from choose_split_kv on the running device instead of hard-coding 4 (a different SM100 part legitimately chooses 2). - Test capability gates tightened per the adapter's own acceptance: half/mxfp8 split helpers skip on cc10.7 instead of erroring; the per-tensor FP8 arm keeps running there. - The SM120 causal split test now skips when the part is too small to split and otherwise asserts the split actually ran. Validated: 180 unit + heuristics tests, B200 adapter-tier split spot checks, SM120 suite re-run. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> * [SDPA] engines: placement moves to the shared layer; family hook is propose-only The family heuristics hook shrinks from recommend(modes, facts, offered, backend_plans) to propose(kind, facts, offered) — pure, backend-blind. All placement (mode blocks, the delegating entry's rules, dedup, the mode strip) happens ONCE for every family in engines/heuristics._assemble. Python proposals lead the backend's entries inside each mode block by STANDING ASSUMPTION, not measurement: an OSS engine measured behind the backend gets fixed or pulled — or its rule stops proposing for the losing facts-regime — rather than demoted in place. _MEASURED_BEHIND (empty since birth, never fed) is gone with the last family-owned placement code. Note the hook-less families (gemm, gdn/kda/gdn2, sdpa_bwd) are UNCHANGED: _unranked() already put accepting engines ahead of the backend, and still does; the only behavior delta anywhere is dropping the dead _MEASURED_BEHIND branch. Cross-engine order within a proposal batch remains ENGINE_SPECS declaration order — unambiguous today (co-eligible cells are the envelope-overlap family, all lowering to one kernel); the seam for a measured ranking is a score stage inside propose(), documented in the module docstring. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> * [SDPA] heuristics: keep the family hook named recommend Same contract as the propose rename — recommend(kind, facts, offered), pure and backend-blind — under the name the hook has always had, so the manifest row and the reviewer-facing diff stay smaller. Placement remains in engines/heuristics._assemble. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> --------- Co-authored-by: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Co-authored-by: yanzhuoc <yanzhuoc@nvidia.com>
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KV split was reachable only by building TemplateParams by hand: nothing chose a split count and the adapters could not execute one, so every graph ran with split_kv=1.
choose_split_kv picks the count. A CTA holds its tile for the whole KV loop, so a launch costs whole waves; it minimises, over powers of two,
An under-full launch splits until the wave is full; an over-full one with a partial-wave tail splits finer to smooth it; an exactly balanced one never splits. Powers of two only, since split_kv is a TemplateParams field and so a kernel-module cache key.
Both adapters derive the launch geometry from their own config and the SM count from cudnn._device, then thread the result into TemplateParams; the config backstop stays the authority, so a split a flavor will not accept falls back to
Covered: SM100 half precision (d128/d192/d256/d512), SM100 FP8 and MXFP8, and SM120 half precision. The FP8 family splits only when it stores O in half precision -- the combine reduces in half, and reducing quantized partials would lose what the split is meant to be neutral about -- and its amax_o comes from the combine over the recombined O, since a per-split epilogue sees only its own partial and over-reports. THD, sink and SM120 FP8 keep split_kv=1; the last has no kernel support.
Adds split_kv to the knob vocabulary (SdpaFwdKnobs.split_kv, a Capabilities.split_kvs domain, its mismatch row), advertised by the seven engines whose lowering can honor it, plus tests for the chooser and for each adapter path.
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