Benchmark cudnn_oss for kimi_k3/deepseek_v4 and flash_attention (FA2) on Ampere - #852
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kimi_k3 has the same attention geometry as dsv3 (head_dim_qk=192, head_dim_vo=128), whose config already benchmarks cudnn_oss - the backend was simply never added when kimi_k3 was introduced. deepseek_v4 (head_dim=512) is the model class the SM100 d512 forward flavor was built for, but without cudnn_oss in its config that kernel is never exercised by the benchmark. Architectures without a matching kernel record the unsupported combos in the CSV per the existing convention.
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FA4 backward asserts SM90+ (its forward supports SM80), so the Ampere dashboard has no flash-attention backward reference column. FA2 supports the SM80 backward and ships in the base container, so include it as a backend when the visible device is Ampere; on SM90+ FA4 remains the reference and FA2 is not run.
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Moves the Ampere gate into a shared config_types.fa2_on_ampere() helper and applies it uniformly: every training config benchmarks flash_attention when the visible device is SM 8.x, giving the Ampere dashboards a flash-attention backward reference wherever FA2 can serve the shape. Models whose head dims FA2 cannot serve (mismatched Q/KV dims or head_dim > 256) record the unsupported combos as failed rows per the existing convention. SM90+ runs are unchanged.
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In `@benchmark/attention_training/configs/llama.py`:
- Line 24: Update the _IS_AMPERE capability check to compare the complete device
capability tuple and return true only for (8, 0), (8, 6), or (8, 7), excluding
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Restrict FA2 selection to Ampere capabilities.
fa2_on_ampere() checks only the capability major value. This also matches Ada sm_89. Because this line appends the helper result, the Llama configuration enables flash_attention on Ada, outside the Ampere-only contract. Update the shared helper to whitelist the supported Ampere capability tuples.
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In `@benchmark/attention_training/configs/llama.py` at line 34, Update the shared
fa2_on_ampere helper used by the Llama backend configuration to whitelist only
the supported Ampere compute-capability tuples, rather than checking only the
major value. Ensure Ada capability sm_89 is excluded while valid Ampere
capabilities remain selected.
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Two coverage additions to the attention_training benchmark configs.
1. cudnn_oss backend for kimi_k3 and deepseek_v4
2. flash_attention (FA2) backend on Ampere, all configs
FA4 backward asserts SM90+ (flash_attn/cute/interface.py, _flash_attn_bwd) while its forward supports SM80, so the Ampere dashboards had no flash-attention backward reference column at all. FA2 supports the SM80 backward and ships in the base container (2.7.4.post1 in the 26.07 image, verified on an A100), so a shared config_types.fa2_on_ampere() helper appends it to every config, only when the visible device is SM 8.x. SM90+ runs are unchanged: FA4 stays the sole flash-attention reference and no extra runtime is added.
On architectures or shapes a backend cannot serve (no matching OSS kernel; FA2 with mismatched Q/KV head dims or head_dim > 256), the unsupported (backend, pass) combos are recorded as failed rows in the CSV rather than hidden, per the existing convention in these configs.
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