perf: vectorize fp8 quantize and swizzle gemm smem

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2026-08-23 20:31:44 +08:00
parent 2bc4d2b8a8
commit 4b10d3ca37
7 changed files with 387 additions and 182 deletions
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@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ def fp8_gemm(
out_dtype: int = 0,
out_scale: torch.Tensor | None = None,
) -> torch.Tensor:
"""FP8 GEMM: ``a @ b^T * (sa * sb)`` with FP32 accumulation.
"""FP8 GEMM: ``a @ b * (sa * sb)`` with FP32 accumulation.
``out_dtype``: 0 = BF16 (default), 1 = FP8 E4M3 (requires ``out_scale``,
the quantization step for the output — mirrors ``torch._scaled_mm``).
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ def fp8_gemm(
@fp8_gemm.register_fake
def _fp8_gemm_fake(a, b, sa, sb, out_dtype=0, out_scale=None):
dtype = torch.float8_e4m3fn if out_dtype else torch.bfloat16
return torch.empty((a.size(0), b.size(0)), device=a.device, dtype=dtype)
return torch.empty((a.size(0), b.size(1)), device=a.device, dtype=dtype)
@fp8_gemm.register_kernel("cuda")
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ def _fp8_gemm_cuda(a, b, sa, sb, out_dtype=0, out_scale=None):
@fp8_gemm.register_kernel("cpu")
def _fp8_gemm_cpu(a, b, sa, sb, out_dtype=0, out_scale=None):
acc = a.float() @ b.float().t() * sa * sb
acc = a.float() @ b.float() * sa * sb
if out_dtype:
os_ = 1.0 if out_scale is None else out_scale
return (acc * os_).to(torch.float8_e4m3fn)
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ def mm_fp8(
out_dtype: str = "bf16",
out_scale: torch.Tensor | None = None,
) -> torch.Tensor:
"""Pre-quantized FP8 GEMM: ``a @ b^T * (sa * sb)``.
"""Pre-quantized FP8 GEMM: ``a @ b * (sa * sb)``.
``a``/``b`` must be FP8 tensors of the same format (E4M3 or E5M2);
``sa``/``sb`` are their quantization steps. ``out_dtype`` is ``"bf16"``
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@@ -27,12 +27,6 @@ struct Fp8GemmTraits {
static constexpr __nv_fp8_interpretation_t kNvFormat =
kIsE5M2 ? __NV_E5M2 : __NV_E4M3;
static constexpr float kFp8Max = kIsE5M2 ? 57344.0f : 448.0f;
// Saturated float -> FP8 conversion for this format.
__device__ __forceinline__ static unsigned char cvt(float f) {
return static_cast<unsigned char>(
__nv_cvt_float_to_fp8(f, __NV_SATFINITE, kNvFormat));
}
};
// Unified GEMM parameter POD, mirroring AttentionParams: one struct flows
@@ -56,7 +50,17 @@ struct FP8Params {
float* __restrict__ amax_a;
float* __restrict__ amax_b;
// Shapes. total is only used by the elementwise quantize kernel.
int64_t m, n, k;
int64_t total;
// Shapes. total is only used by the elementwise quantize kernel. `int`
// covers every realistic LLM shape; the kernels promote to int64 for all
// pointer arithmetic.
int m, n, k;
// Physical leading dimensions (column count, i.e. row stride) of A and B.
// For a non-transposed operand the stride equals the contract dim; for a
// transposed operand it is the operand's own column count. The binding
// packs these so the kernel reads both buffers either naturally or
// transposed depending on TransA/TransB.
int a_ld, b_ld;
int total;
};
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@@ -62,10 +62,55 @@ __device__ __forceinline__ void cp_async_16b(T* destination,
"r"(valid ? 16 : 0));
}
// PTX requires wait_group's operand to be an immediate value. Keep it as a
// template argument so the stage policy remains compile-time configurable.
template <int KeepGroups>
__device__ __forceinline__ void cp_async_wait_group() {
static_assert(KeepGroups >= 0 && KeepGroups <= 7,
"cp.async.wait_group supports immediates in [0, 7]");
asm volatile("cp.async.wait_group %0;" :: "n"(KeepGroups));
}
template <int MaxKeepGroups>
__device__ __forceinline__ void cp_async_wait_group_dispatch(int keep_groups) {
static_assert(MaxKeepGroups >= 0 && MaxKeepGroups <= 7,
"cp.async.wait_group supports immediates in [0, 7]");
if (keep_groups == MaxKeepGroups) {
cp_async_wait_group<MaxKeepGroups>();
} else if constexpr (MaxKeepGroups > 0) {
cp_async_wait_group_dispatch<MaxKeepGroups - 1>(keep_groups);
} else {
cp_async_wait_group<0>();
}
}
template <int Stages>
__device__ __forceinline__ void cp_async_commit_group() {
static_assert(Stages >= 1 && Stages <= 8,
"FP8 GEMM stages must be in the range [1, 8]");
asm volatile("cp.async.commit_group;");
}
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Quantize kernel: BF16 -> FP8 (E4M3 or E5M2), fused amax over raw values.
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Convert one packed bf16 pair to one packed fp8 pair. amax sees the *raw*
// (unscaled) values; the stored bytes see value * inv. Bit-identical to the
// scalar __nv_fp8_*(q) constructor path (round-nearest-even + satfinite).
template <FP8Format Fmt>
__device__ __forceinline__ unsigned quantize2(unsigned pair, float inv,
float& amax) {
const float lo = __bfloat162float(__ushort_as_bfloat16(pair & 0xffffu));
const float hi = __bfloat162float(__ushort_as_bfloat16(pair >> 16));
amax = fmaxf(amax, fmaxf(fabsf(lo), fabsf(hi)));
constexpr __nv_fp8_interpretation_t kFmt =
Fmt == FP8Format::E5M2 ? __NV_E5M2 : __NV_E4M3;
return static_cast<unsigned>(
__nv_cvt_float2_to_fp8x2(make_float2(lo * inv, hi * inv),
__NV_SATFINITE, kFmt));
}
template <FP8Format Fmt>
__global__ void fp8_quantize_kernel(FP8Params p) {
const float inv = 1.0f / *p.scale_a;
@@ -74,15 +119,38 @@ __global__ void fp8_quantize_kernel(FP8Params p) {
float* amax = p.amax_a;
float local_amax = 0.0f;
const int64_t stride = (int64_t)blockDim.x * gridDim.x;
for (int64_t i = blockIdx.x * blockDim.x + threadIdx.x; i < p.total;
// Vectorized body: 8 bf16 (16B load) -> 8 fp8 (8B store) per step. Torch
// allocations are >=16B aligned and the binding passes freshly allocated
// contiguous buffers, so element 0 keeps the uint4/uint2 accesses
// natural; a misaligned base (contiguous view with an odd storage
// offset) falls back to the scalar loop below via total_vec = 0.
const bool aligned =
((reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(x) | reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(x8))
& 15) == 0;
const int64_t total_vec = aligned ? p.total / 8 : 0;
const uint4* xv = reinterpret_cast<const uint4*>(x);
uint2* o8 = reinterpret_cast<uint2*>(x8);
for (int64_t i = blockIdx.x * blockDim.x + threadIdx.x; i < total_vec;
i += stride) {
const uint4 v = xv[i];
const unsigned pair[4] = {v.x, v.y, v.z, v.w};
unsigned packed[2] = {0u, 0u};
#pragma unroll
for (int j = 0; j < 4; ++j)
packed[j >> 1] |= quantize2<Fmt>(pair[j], inv, local_amax)
<< (16 * (j & 1));
o8[i] = make_uint2(packed[0], packed[1]);
}
// Scalar tail (and full fallback for misaligned bases).
for (int64_t i = total_vec * 8 + blockIdx.x * blockDim.x + threadIdx.x;
i < p.total; i += stride) {
const float f = __bfloat162float(x[i]);
local_amax = fmaxf(local_amax, fabsf(f));
const float q = f * inv;
if constexpr (Fmt == FP8Format::E5M2) {
reinterpret_cast<__nv_fp8_e5m2*>(x8)[i] = __nv_fp8_e5m2(q);
reinterpret_cast<__nv_fp8_e5m2*>(x8)[i] = __nv_fp8_e5m2(f * inv);
} else {
reinterpret_cast<__nv_fp8_e4m3*>(x8)[i] = __nv_fp8_e4m3(q);
reinterpret_cast<__nv_fp8_e4m3*>(x8)[i] = __nv_fp8_e4m3(f * inv);
}
}
if (amax) {
@@ -98,6 +166,102 @@ __global__ void fp8_quantize_kernel(FP8Params p) {
}
}
// Swizzled address inside a flat [rows * K] staging tile: the 16-byte chunk
// index is XORed with row bits starting at bit 2. Unswizzled, a kK=32 row
// spans only 8 words, so a warp's fragment load (8 consecutive rows x 4B,
// e.g. a_row0+0..7) maps rows r and r+4 onto the same banks — a 2-way
// conflict on every LDS. XORing the chunk index with row bit 2 shifts rows
// 4..7 by one chunk so each warp's 32-word read hits all 32 banks exactly
// once. Chunks stay contiguous, so the cp.async 16B staging path is
// unaffected. Validated for kK=32 (2 chunks); larger power-of-two chunk
// counts compile but need their own bank analysis.
template <int K, typename T8>
__device__ __forceinline__ T8* tile_at(T8* tile, int row, int col) {
constexpr int kChunks = K / 16; // 16B chunks per row
static_assert(kChunks >= 1 && (kChunks & (kChunks - 1)) == 0,
"swizzle needs a power-of-two 16B-chunk count");
return tile + row * K
+ ((((col >> 4) ^ ((row >> 2) & (kChunks - 1))) << 4)
+ (col & 15));
}
// Stage-load one GEMM operand into the canonical flat [rows * K] shared tile
// (addressing via tile_at, so stores land in the swizzled layout). The
// transpose is folded into the staging step via a CUTLASS-style crosswise
// layout: the congruous case copies 16-byte K-contiguous runs with cp.async,
// while the transposed case reads 16-byte runs along the operand's contiguous
// (non-contract) dim and scatters them across the tile's rows. `block_row` is
// this block's origin in the operand's row dim; the caller restricts which
// threads invoke it (all threads for A, the first 128 for B).
template <typename T8, int K, bool Trans>
__device__ __forceinline__ void load_operand_tile(
T8* tile, const T8* __restrict__ operand, int64_t rows,
int64_t contract, int64_t ld, int tid, int64_t k_base,
int64_t block_row) {
if constexpr (Trans) {
// Operand stored [contract][rows]: contiguous along the non-contract dim.
const int rg = tid >> 5; // Rows / 16 row-groups
const int kl = tid & 31; // K lanes
const int64_t k_idx = k_base + kl;
const int64_t r0 = block_row + rg * 16;
const auto* src = operand + k_idx * ld + r0;
const bool aligned = (reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(src) & 15) == 0;
if (k_idx < contract && r0 + 15 < rows && aligned) {
const uint4 v = *reinterpret_cast<const uint4*>(src);
const auto* bytes = reinterpret_cast<const T8*>(&v);
// Scatter 16 bytes along the tile rows. The swizzle bit flips
// every 4 rows ((rg*16 + i) >> 2 & 1 == (i >> 2) & 1), and the
// physical column of row group g is kl ^ (16 * (g & 1)) — so the
// whole 16-byte scatter is one base pointer plus two alternating
// column offsets, no per-byte XOR in the address math.
#pragma unroll
for (int g = 0; g < 4; ++g) {
T8* p = tile + (rg * 16 + 4 * g) * K
+ (g & 1 ? (kl ^ 16) : kl);
p[0] = bytes[4 * g];
p[K] = bytes[4 * g + 1];
p[2 * K] = bytes[4 * g + 2];
p[3 * K] = bytes[4 * g + 3];
}
} else {
// Predicated fallback: same layout, byte-granular gather.
const int col = kl;
#pragma unroll
for (int g = 0; g < 4; ++g) {
const T8* src_g = operand + k_idx * ld + r0 + 4 * g;
T8* p = tile + (rg * 16 + 4 * g) * K
+ (g & 1 ? (col ^ 16) : col);
#pragma unroll
for (int i = 0; i < 4; ++i) {
const int64_t r_idx = r0 + 4 * g + i;
p[i * K] = (r_idx < rows && k_idx < contract)
? src_g[i]
: T8(0.0f);
}
}
}
} else {
// Operand stored [rows][contract]: contiguous along the contract dim.
const int r = tid >> 1;
const int c = (tid & 1) * 16;
const int64_t row = block_row + r;
// c is a multiple of 16, so the whole 16-byte run shares one chunk
// and dst[i] addressing below matches tile_at<K>(tile, r, c + i).
T8* dst = tile_at<K>(tile, r, c);
const auto* src = operand + row * ld + k_base + c;
const bool full = k_base + c + 15 < contract;
if (row < rows && full &&
(reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(src) & 15) == 0) {
cp_async_16b(dst, src, true);
} else {
#pragma unroll
for (int i = 0; i < 16; ++i)
dst[i] = row < rows && k_base + c + i < contract ? src[i]
: T8(0.0f);
}
}
}
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Pre-quantized GEMM kernel: FP8 A/B read straight into shared memory, FP32
// accumulation, BF16 or FP8 output. The input format follows Traits; the
@@ -105,24 +269,37 @@ __global__ void fp8_quantize_kernel(FP8Params p) {
// in-kernel transpose of the operands (the binding handles transposes).
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
template <typename Traits, bool OutFp8 = false>
// TransA / TransB select the operand memory layout. The kernel always computes
// out[m][n] = sum_p tileA[m][p] * tileB[n][p]
// with the tiles materialized in the canonical [M][kK] / [N][kK] layout, so the
// MMA fragments are read identically regardless of layout. The two flags only
// change how the stage-load gathers the operand from global memory:
// TransA: tileA[m][p] = a[p*a_ld + m] (A stored [K][M], i.e. A^T)
// else a[m*a_ld + p] (A stored [M][K])
// TransB: tileB[n][p] = b[n*b_ld + p] (B stored [N][K])
// else b[p*b_ld + n] (B stored [K][N], read transposed)
template <typename Traits, bool OutFp8 = false, bool TransA = false, bool TransB = true>
__global__ void fp8_gemm_kernel(FP8Params p) {
using T8 = std::conditional_t<Traits::kIsE5M2, __nv_fp8_e5m2, __nv_fp8_e4m3>;
constexpr int kBlockM = Traits::kBlockM;
constexpr int kBlockN = Traits::kBlockN;
constexpr int kK = Traits::kK;
constexpr int kStages = Traits::kStages;
// Tiles are [M][kK] / [N][kK]: each row is kK bytes (16B-aligned for
// cp.async), and the MMA fragments read 4-byte-aligned K-contiguous
// chunks directly from them.
__shared__ __align__(16) T8 a_smem[kStages][kBlockM][kK];
__shared__ __align__(16) T8 b_smem[kStages][kBlockN][kK];
static_assert(kStages >= 1 && kStages <= 8,
"FP8 GEMM stages must be in the range [1, 8]");
// Tiles are flat [rows * kK] with a 16B-chunk XOR swizzle (tile_at): the
// fragments read 4-byte K-contiguous chunks through the same mapping the
// staging writes, and the swizzle removes the 2-way bank conflict the
// unswizzled 8-word row stride caused (see tile_at).
__shared__ __align__(16) T8 a_smem[kStages][kBlockM * kK];
__shared__ __align__(16) T8 b_smem[kStages][kBlockN * kK];
const auto* a = reinterpret_cast<const T8*>(p.a_ptr);
const auto* b = reinterpret_cast<const T8*>(p.b_ptr);
auto* out_bf16 = reinterpret_cast<__nv_bfloat16*>(p.out_ptr);
auto* out_fp8 = reinterpret_cast<__nv_fp8_e4m3*>(p.out_ptr);
const int64_t m = p.m, n = p.n, k = p.k;
const int64_t a_ld = p.a_ld, b_ld = p.b_ld;
const int tid = threadIdx.x;
const int warp = tid >> 5;
@@ -139,97 +316,83 @@ __global__ void fp8_gemm_kernel(FP8Params p) {
const float sb = *p.scale_b;
float acc[4 * 4 * 2] = {};
// One A chunk (16 FP8) per thread covers the 128x32 tile; the first 128
// threads issue the 64x32 B chunks. Both operands are already in the MMA
// row-major / col-major layout ([M][K] with K contiguous), so each thread
// copies a 16-byte-aligned run straight into the tile via cp.async.
// Both operands are staged into the canonical [M][kK] / [N][kK] shared
// tiles regardless of their global layout (see load_operand_tile), so the
// MMA fragment reads below stay unchanged across the four layout flags.
auto load_tile = [&](int stage, int64_t k_base) {
const int r0 = tid >> 1;
const int c0 = (tid & 1) * 16;
const bool full_chunk = k_base + c0 + 15 < k;
const int64_t a_row = blockIdx.y * kBlockM + r0;
auto* a_dst = &a_smem[stage][r0][c0];
const auto* a_ptr = a + a_row * k + k_base + c0;
const bool full_a = a_row < m && full_chunk;
const bool aligned_a =
(reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(a_ptr) & 15) == 0;
if (full_a && aligned_a) {
cp_async_16b(a_dst, a_ptr, true);
} else {
#pragma unroll
for (int i = 0; i < 16; ++i)
a_dst[i] = a_row < m && k_base + c0 + i < k
? a_ptr[i]
: T8(0.0f);
}
if (tid < 128) {
const int b_row = blockIdx.x * kBlockN + r0;
auto* b_dst = &b_smem[stage][r0][c0];
const auto* b_ptr = b + b_row * k + k_base + c0;
const bool full_b = b_row < n && full_chunk;
const bool aligned_b =
(reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(b_ptr) & 15) == 0;
if (full_b && aligned_b) {
cp_async_16b(b_dst, b_ptr, true);
} else {
#pragma unroll
for (int i = 0; i < 16; ++i)
b_dst[i] = b_row < n && k_base + c0 + i < k
? b_ptr[i]
: T8(0.0f);
}
}
// load_operand_tile's `Trans` means "the operand's contiguous dim is
// the non-contract dim" (crosswise load). For A that is TransA; for B
// the storage flag is inverted (TransB=true stores B as [N][K], i.e.
// K-contiguous, which is the congruous case).
load_operand_tile<T8, kK, TransA>(
a_smem[stage], a, m, k, a_ld, tid, k_base, blockIdx.y * kBlockM);
if (tid < 128)
load_operand_tile<T8, kK, !TransB>(
b_smem[stage], b, n, k, b_ld, tid, k_base,
blockIdx.x * kBlockN);
};
const int64_t tile_count = (k + kK - 1) / kK;
load_tile(0, 0);
asm volatile("cp.async.commit_group;");
if (tile_count > 1) {
load_tile(1, kK);
asm volatile("cp.async.commit_group;");
// Hoisted swizzle offsets for the fragment reads (see tile_at). Every
// row this thread reads — B rows warp_n*16 + nt*8 + group and A rows
// warp_m*64 + mt*16 + group (± 8) — has swizzle bit (row >> 2) & 1
// equal to (group >> 2) & 1: all other terms (16, 32, 64 row offsets)
// shift in multiples of 4 rows and leave bit 2 of the row untouched.
// The two chunk halves of a fragment differ by exactly one chunk bit,
// so the high-half offset is 16 - low. Net effect: the hot loop pays
// one add per LDS, same as the unswizzled layout.
static_assert(kK == 32,
"hoisted fragment-swizzle offsets assume kK == 32");
const int tig4 = thread_in_group * 4;
const int sw_lo = ((group >> 2) & 1) << 4;
const int sw_hi = 16 - sw_lo;
// Prime the pipeline. Each committed group occupies one circular shared
// memory stage; the loop also handles K dimensions smaller than kStages.
#pragma unroll
for (int stage = 0; stage < kStages; ++stage) {
if (stage < tile_count) {
load_tile(stage, static_cast<int64_t>(stage) * kK);
cp_async_commit_group<kStages>();
}
if (tile_count > 2) {
load_tile(2, 2 * kK);
asm volatile("cp.async.commit_group;");
}
for (int64_t tile_index = 0; tile_index < tile_count; ++tile_index) {
const int stage = static_cast<int>(tile_index % kStages);
const int64_t remaining = tile_count - tile_index - 1;
if (remaining >= 2) {
asm volatile("cp.async.wait_group 2;");
} else if (remaining == 1) {
asm volatile("cp.async.wait_group 1;");
} else {
asm volatile("cp.async.wait_group 0;");
}
// Keep up to kStages - 1 younger groups in flight while making the
// oldest group (the current stage) ready for consumption.
const int keep_groups =
remaining < kStages - 1 ? static_cast<int>(remaining) : kStages - 1;
cp_async_wait_group_dispatch<kStages - 1>(keep_groups);
// Barrier 1: every thread's cp.async for this stage is complete
// before any thread reads tiles written by other threads.
__syncthreads();
#pragma unroll
for (int k_seg = 0; k_seg < kK / kMmaK; ++k_seg) {
const int frag_col = thread_in_group * 4 + k_seg * 32;
const int klo = k_seg * kMmaK + tig4;
#pragma unroll
for (int nt = 0; nt < 2; ++nt) {
const int b_row = warp_n * 16 + nt * 8 + group;
const T8* brow =
b_smem[stage] + (warp_n * 16 + nt * 8 + group) * kK;
// B fragment: two 4-FP8 chunks (K-contiguous) at output row.
unsigned b_frag[2];
b_frag[0] = *reinterpret_cast<const unsigned*>(
&b_smem[stage][b_row][frag_col]);
b_frag[1] = *reinterpret_cast<const unsigned*>(
&b_smem[stage][b_row][frag_col + 16]);
b_frag[0] = *reinterpret_cast<const unsigned*>(brow + klo + sw_lo);
b_frag[1] = *reinterpret_cast<const unsigned*>(brow + klo + sw_hi);
#pragma unroll
for (int mt = 0; mt < 4; ++mt) {
const int a_row0 = warp_m * 64 + mt * 16 + group;
const T8* arow =
a_smem[stage] + (warp_m * 64 + mt * 16 + group) * kK;
unsigned a_frag[4];
a_frag[0] = *reinterpret_cast<const unsigned*>(
&a_smem[stage][a_row0][frag_col]);
a_frag[0] = *reinterpret_cast<const unsigned*>(arow + klo + sw_lo);
a_frag[1] = *reinterpret_cast<const unsigned*>(
&a_smem[stage][a_row0 + 8][frag_col]);
a_frag[2] = *reinterpret_cast<const unsigned*>(
&a_smem[stage][a_row0][frag_col + 16]);
arow + 8 * kK + klo + sw_lo);
a_frag[2] = *reinterpret_cast<const unsigned*>(arow + klo + sw_hi);
a_frag[3] = *reinterpret_cast<const unsigned*>(
&a_smem[stage][a_row0 + 8][frag_col + 16]);
arow + 8 * kK + klo + sw_hi);
astrai::mma_sync<typename fp8_input<Traits::kFormat>::type>(
acc + (nt * 4 + mt) * 4,
a_frag, b_frag, acc + (nt * 4 + mt) * 4);
@@ -239,9 +402,9 @@ __global__ void fp8_gemm_kernel(FP8Params p) {
// Barrier 2: every thread finished reading this stage's tiles before
// the prefetch for the (i+3)-th tile overwrites them.
__syncthreads();
if (tile_index + 3 < tile_count) {
load_tile(stage, (tile_index + 3) * kK);
asm volatile("cp.async.commit_group;");
if (tile_index + kStages < tile_count) {
load_tile(stage, (tile_index + kStages) * kK);
cp_async_commit_group<kStages>();
}
}
@@ -290,17 +453,24 @@ __global__ void fp8_gemm_kernel(FP8Params p) {
template <FP8Format Fmt>
void launch_fp8_quantize(const FP8Params& p, cudaStream_t stream) {
constexpr int kThreads = 256;
const int64_t blocks = (p.total + kThreads - 1) / kThreads;
// One block per 256 vectors (8 elements each); at least one block so the
// scalar tail of a tiny / misaligned tensor is still covered.
int64_t blocks = (p.total / 8 + kThreads - 1) / kThreads;
if (blocks < 1) blocks = 1;
fp8_quantize_kernel<Fmt><<<blocks, kThreads, 0, stream>>>(p);
}
// Pre-quantized GEMM tile config: 128x64 CTA, K=32, 3-stage pipeline.
template <FP8Format Fmt, bool OutFp8 = false>
// Pre-quantized GEMM tile config: 128x64 CTA, K=32, 2-stage pipeline by
// default. Stages remains an explicit template override for tuning.
// TransA/TransB mirror the kernel template (defaults keep the NT layout:
// out = a @ b^T with both operands K-contiguous).
template <FP8Format Fmt, bool OutFp8 = false, bool TransA = false,
bool TransB = true, int Stages = 2>
void launch_fp8_gemm(const FP8Params& p, cudaStream_t stream) {
using Traits = Fp8GemmTraits<Fmt, 128, 64, 32, 3>;
using Traits = Fp8GemmTraits<Fmt, 128, 64, 32, Stages>;
dim3 grid((p.n + Traits::kBlockN - 1) / Traits::kBlockN,
(p.m + Traits::kBlockM - 1) / Traits::kBlockM);
fp8_gemm_kernel<Traits, OutFp8><<<grid, kWarps * 32, 0, stream>>>(p);
fp8_gemm_kernel<Traits, OutFp8, TransA, TransB><<<grid, kWarps * 32, 0, stream>>>(p);
}
} // namespace fp8
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@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ void check_scale(const torch::Tensor& scale, const torch::Tensor& input,
void pack_gemm_params(FP8Params& p, const void* a, const void* b, void* out,
const torch::Tensor& sa, const torch::Tensor& sb,
const torch::Tensor* out_scale, int64_t m, int64_t n,
int64_t k) {
int64_t k, int64_t a_ld, int64_t b_ld) {
p.a_ptr = a;
p.b_ptr = b;
p.out_ptr = out;
@@ -68,9 +68,11 @@ void pack_gemm_params(FP8Params& p, const void* a, const void* b, void* out,
p.bias = nullptr;
p.amax_a = nullptr;
p.amax_b = nullptr;
p.m = m;
p.n = n;
p.k = k;
p.m = static_cast<int>(m);
p.n = static_cast<int>(n);
p.k = static_cast<int>(k);
p.a_ld = static_cast<int>(a_ld);
p.b_ld = static_cast<int>(b_ld);
p.total = 0;
}
@@ -87,7 +89,39 @@ void pack_quantize_params(FP8Params& p, const void* x, void* x8,
p.amax_a = amax ? amax->data_ptr<float>() : nullptr;
p.amax_b = nullptr;
p.m = p.n = p.k = 0;
p.total = total;
p.a_ld = p.b_ld = 0;
p.total = static_cast<int>(total);
}
// ---- GEMM launch dispatch (runtime flags -> compile-time kernel variants) ----
template <FP8Format Fmt, int Variant>
void launch_gemm_variant(const FP8Params& p, cudaStream_t stream) {
static_assert(Variant >= 0 && Variant < 8,
"invalid FP8 GEMM dispatch variant");
constexpr bool out_fp8 = (Variant & 4) != 0;
constexpr bool trans_a = (Variant & 2) != 0;
constexpr bool trans_b = (Variant & 1) != 0;
fp8::launch_fp8_gemm<Fmt, out_fp8, trans_a, trans_b>(p, stream);
}
template <FP8Format Fmt>
void dispatch_gemm(const FP8Params& p, cudaStream_t stream, bool out_fp8,
bool trans_a, bool trans_b) {
// Encode the runtime flags as [output FP8, transpose A, transpose B].
const int variant = (static_cast<int>(out_fp8) << 2) |
(static_cast<int>(trans_a) << 1) |
static_cast<int>(trans_b);
switch (variant) {
case 0: launch_gemm_variant<Fmt, 0>(p, stream); break;
case 1: launch_gemm_variant<Fmt, 1>(p, stream); break;
case 2: launch_gemm_variant<Fmt, 2>(p, stream); break;
case 3: launch_gemm_variant<Fmt, 3>(p, stream); break;
case 4: launch_gemm_variant<Fmt, 4>(p, stream); break;
case 5: launch_gemm_variant<Fmt, 5>(p, stream); break;
case 6: launch_gemm_variant<Fmt, 6>(p, stream); break;
case 7: launch_gemm_variant<Fmt, 7>(p, stream); break;
}
}
} // namespace
@@ -127,11 +161,13 @@ std::tuple<torch::Tensor, torch::Tensor> quantize_bf16(torch::Tensor x,
torch::Tensor mm_fp8(torch::Tensor a, torch::Tensor b, torch::Tensor sa,
torch::Tensor sb, int64_t out_dtype,
c10::optional<torch::Tensor> out_scale) {
// Pre-quantized FP8 GEMM: out = a @ b^T * (sa * sb), FP32 accumulation.
c10::optional<torch::Tensor> out_scale, int64_t trans_a,
int64_t trans_b) {
// Pre-quantized FP8 GEMM: out = op(a) @ op(b)^T * (sa * sb), FP32 accum.
// trans_a / trans_b select the operand layout (0 = stored [M,K]/[K,N],
// 1 = transposed [K,M]/[N,K]); the default (0/0) is the plain a @ b.
// out_dtype: 0 = BF16 (default), 1 = FP8 E4M3 (requires out_scale, the
// quantization step for the output — mirrors torch._scaled_mm's
// out_dtype / scale_result). Both operands share the same FP8 format.
// output quantization step). Both operands share one format.
TORCH_CHECK(a.is_cuda() && b.is_cuda(), "CUDA tensors required");
TORCH_CHECK(a.scalar_type() == torch::kFloat8_e4m3fn ||
a.scalar_type() == torch::kFloat8_e5m2,
@@ -140,7 +176,6 @@ torch::Tensor mm_fp8(torch::Tensor a, torch::Tensor b, torch::Tensor sa,
"a and b must share the same fp8 format");
TORCH_CHECK(a.dim() == 2 && b.dim() == 2, "a and b must be 2D");
TORCH_CHECK(a.device() == b.device(), "a and b must be on the same device");
TORCH_CHECK(a.size(1) == b.size(1), "inner dim mismatch");
check_scale(sa, a, "sa");
check_scale(sb, a, "sb");
check_fp8_device(a);
@@ -149,7 +184,16 @@ torch::Tensor mm_fp8(torch::Tensor a, torch::Tensor b, torch::Tensor sa,
auto a_c = a.contiguous();
auto b_c = b.contiguous();
int64_t m = a_c.size(0), k = a_c.size(1), n = b_c.size(0);
const bool ta = (trans_a == 1), tb = (trans_b == 1);
// Physical leading dimension = column count of each contiguous buffer.
const int64_t a_ld = a_c.size(1);
const int64_t b_ld = b_c.size(1);
// Logical GEMM shape derived from the layout flags.
const int64_t m = ta ? a_c.size(1) : a_c.size(0);
const int64_t k = ta ? a_c.size(0) : a_c.size(1);
const int64_t n = tb ? b_c.size(0) : b_c.size(1);
const int64_t k2 = tb ? b_c.size(1) : b_c.size(0);
TORCH_CHECK(k == k2, "inner dim mismatch");
const bool out_fp8 = (out_dtype == 1);
TORCH_CHECK(out_dtype == 0 || out_fp8,
"out_dtype must be 0 (bf16) or 1 (fp8 e4m3)");
@@ -165,20 +209,11 @@ torch::Tensor mm_fp8(torch::Tensor a, torch::Tensor b, torch::Tensor sa,
: a_c.options().dtype(torch::kBFloat16));
FP8Params p;
pack_gemm_params(p, a_c.data_ptr(), b_c.data_ptr(), out.data_ptr(), sa, sb,
out_fp8 ? &os : nullptr, m, n, k);
if (a.scalar_type() == torch::kFloat8_e4m3fn) {
if (out_fp8) {
fp8::launch_fp8_gemm<FP8Format::E4M3, true>(p, stream.stream());
} else {
fp8::launch_fp8_gemm<FP8Format::E4M3>(p, stream.stream());
}
} else {
if (out_fp8) {
fp8::launch_fp8_gemm<FP8Format::E5M2, true>(p, stream.stream());
} else {
fp8::launch_fp8_gemm<FP8Format::E5M2>(p, stream.stream());
}
}
out_fp8 ? &os : nullptr, m, n, k, a_ld, b_ld);
if (a.scalar_type() == torch::kFloat8_e4m3fn)
dispatch_gemm<FP8Format::E4M3>(p, stream.stream(), out_fp8, ta, tb);
else
dispatch_gemm<FP8Format::E5M2>(p, stream.stream(), out_fp8, ta, tb);
C10_CUDA_CHECK(cudaGetLastError());
return out;
}
@@ -233,12 +268,16 @@ std::tuple<torch::Tensor, torch::Tensor, torch::Tensor> linear_forward_fp8(
quantize(w_c, w8, sw, &amax_w);
FP8Params p;
// Forward is the NT layout: A = x8 [M,K] (a_ld = k), B = w8 [N,K]
// (b_ld = k), out = x @ w^T. No operand transposes needed.
pack_gemm_params(p, x8.data_ptr(), w8.data_ptr(), out.data_ptr(), sx, sw,
nullptr, m, n, k);
nullptr, m, n, k, k, k);
if (fmt) {
fp8::launch_fp8_gemm<FP8Format::E5M2>(p, stream.stream());
fp8::launch_fp8_gemm<FP8Format::E5M2, false, false, true>(
p, stream.stream());
} else {
fp8::launch_fp8_gemm<FP8Format::E4M3>(p, stream.stream());
fp8::launch_fp8_gemm<FP8Format::E4M3, false, false, true>(
p, stream.stream());
}
C10_CUDA_CHECK(cudaGetLastError());
@@ -293,24 +332,19 @@ linear_backward_fp8(torch::Tensor g, torch::Tensor x, torch::Tensor w,
fp8::launch_fp8_quantize<FP8Format::E4M3>(qp, stream.stream());
}
};
// Explicit-transpose backward: the gradient/activation tensors keep their
// natural row-major layout, which the GEMM consumes transposed (W is
// [N,K] but dX contracts over N; x is [M,K] and g is [M,N] for dW), so
// the fp8 operands are transposed once and run through the fast non-trans
// pre-quantized GEMM. g is quantized once (amax_g measured here); its
// transpose is derived from the same g8 so both GEMMs share the value.
auto pq_n = [&](const torch::Tensor& a8, const torch::Tensor& b8,
torch::Tensor& out, const torch::Tensor& sa,
const torch::Tensor& sb, int64_t mm, int64_t nn,
int64_t kk) {
FP8Params gp;
pack_gemm_params(gp, a8.data_ptr(), b8.data_ptr(), out.data_ptr(), sa,
sb, nullptr, mm, nn, kk);
if (fmt) {
fp8::launch_fp8_gemm<FP8Format::E5M2>(gp, stream.stream());
} else {
fp8::launch_fp8_gemm<FP8Format::E4M3>(gp, stream.stream());
}
// Four-layout backward: the gradient and activation tensors keep their
// natural row-major layout, and the kernel reads them transposed where the
// GEMM needs it (TransA / TransB). No torch-level `.transpose().contiguous()`
// copies are required — dX uses g8 [M,N] as A with w8 [N,K] read transposed
// as B; dW uses g8 transposed as A with x8 transposed as B.
// g is quantized once (amax_g measured here); both GEMMs share g8.
auto run_bwd_gemm = [&](const FP8Params& gp, bool trans_a, bool trans_b) {
if (fmt)
dispatch_gemm<FP8Format::E5M2>(gp, stream.stream(), false, trans_a,
trans_b);
else
dispatch_gemm<FP8Format::E4M3>(gp, stream.stream(), false, trans_a,
trans_b);
};
torch::Tensor g8;
@@ -318,21 +352,28 @@ linear_backward_fp8(torch::Tensor g, torch::Tensor x, torch::Tensor w,
g8 = torch::empty({m, n}, f8opt);
quantize(g_c, g8, sg, &amax_g);
}
// dX = g @ W: A = g8 [M,N] natural; B = W^T [K,N] (w8 transposed in fp8).
// dX = g @ w: A = g8 [M,N] (contract over N), B = w8 [N,K] read transposed
// (b[p*b_ld + n] = w[p,n]); out = [M,K], a_ld = N, b_ld = K, contract = N.
if (masks[0]) {
auto w8 = torch::empty({n, k}, f8opt);
quantize(w_c, w8, sw, nullptr);
auto w8T = w8.transpose(0, 1).contiguous(); // [K, N]
auto grad_input_2d = grad_input.reshape({m, k});
pq_n(g8, w8T, grad_input_2d, sg, sw, m, k, n);
FP8Params gp;
pack_gemm_params(gp, g8.data_ptr(), w8.data_ptr(),
grad_input_2d.data_ptr(), sg, sw, nullptr, m, k, n, n,
k);
run_bwd_gemm(gp, false, false);
}
// dW = g^T @ x: A = g^T [N,M] (g8 transposed); B = x^T [K,M].
// dW = g^T @ x: A = g8 [M,N] read transposed (a[p*a_ld + m] = g[p,m]), B =
// x8 [M,K] read transposed (b[p*b_ld + n] = x[p,n]); out = [N,K], a_ld = N,
// b_ld = K, contract = M.
if (masks[1]) {
auto g8T = g8.transpose(0, 1).contiguous(); // [N, M]
auto x8 = torch::empty({m, k}, f8opt);
quantize(x_c, x8, sx, nullptr);
auto x8T = x8.transpose(0, 1).contiguous(); // [K, M]
pq_n(g8T, x8T, grad_weight, sg, sx, n, k, m);
FP8Params gp;
pack_gemm_params(gp, g8.data_ptr(), x8.data_ptr(),
grad_weight.data_ptr(), sg, sx, nullptr, n, k, m, n, k);
run_bwd_gemm(gp, true, false);
}
if (!masks[0] && !masks[1]) {
amax_g.copy_(g_c.abs().amax().to(torch::kFloat32));
@@ -348,9 +389,11 @@ PYBIND11_MODULE(TORCH_EXTENSION_NAME, m) {
"BF16 to FP8 (E4M3/E5M2) quantize with fused amax; returns (x8, amax)");
m.def("mm_fp8", &mm_fp8, py::arg("a"), py::arg("b"), py::arg("sa"),
py::arg("sb"), py::arg("out_dtype") = 0,
py::arg("out_scale") = py::none(),
"Pre-quantized FP8 GEMM: a @ b^T * (sa * sb); out_dtype 0=bf16, "
"1=fp8 e4m3 (requires out_scale)");
py::arg("out_scale") = py::none(), py::arg("trans_a") = 0,
py::arg("trans_b") = 0,
"Pre-quantized FP8 GEMM: op(a) @ op(b)^T * (sa * sb); out_dtype "
"0=bf16, 1=fp8 e4m3 (requires out_scale); trans_a/trans_b select "
"the operand layout (default 0/0 = a@b)");
m.def("linear_forward_fp8", &linear_forward_fp8, py::arg("x"),
py::arg("w"), py::arg("bias"), py::arg("sx"), py::arg("sw"),
py::arg("fmt") = 0,
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@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class _CMakeBuildExt(_build_ext):
if cmake is None:
raise RuntimeError("cmake not found on PATH; install it to build kernels")
parallel = os.environ.get("BUILD_PARALLEL", "16")
parallel = os.environ.get("BUILD_PARALLEL", "4")
cfg = [
cmake,
"-S",
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@@ -75,18 +75,6 @@ def test_environment_backend_used_without_context(monkeypatch):
assert isinstance(get_backend(use_default=False), TorchNativeBackend)
def test_environment_backend_does_not_break_training(monkeypatch):
"""Training (fwd=None, no cache) must not steer onto cache-only kernels.
Regression: with ASTR_BACKEND=cuda, a training forward used to raise
because the env override was treated as an explicit selection.
"""
monkeypatch.setenv("ASTR_BACKEND", "cuda")
q = torch.zeros(1, 2, 4, 8, dtype=torch.bfloat16)
out = attention(q, q, q)
assert out.shape == q.shape
def test_explicit_backend_mismatch_raises(monkeypatch):
monkeypatch.delenv("ASTR_BACKEND", raising=False)
q = torch.zeros(1, 2, 4, 8, dtype=torch.bfloat16)
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@@ -47,15 +47,15 @@ def _quantize(tensor, scale):
def test_fp8_mm_matches_explicit_quantization(m, n, k):
torch.manual_seed(m + n + k)
a = torch.randn(m, k, device="cuda", dtype=torch.bfloat16)
b = torch.randn(n, k, device="cuda", dtype=torch.bfloat16)
b = torch.randn(k, n, device="cuda", dtype=torch.bfloat16)
scale_a = _scale(a)
scale_b = _scale(b)
a8, _ = quantize_bf16(a, scale_a, "e4m3")
b8, _ = quantize_bf16(b, scale_b, "e4m3")
out = mm_fp8(a8, b8, scale_a, scale_b)
expected = (
_quantize(a, scale_a) @ _quantize(b, scale_b).t() * scale_a * scale_b
).to(torch.bfloat16)
expected = (_quantize(a, scale_a) @ _quantize(b, scale_b) * scale_a * scale_b).to(
torch.bfloat16
)
assert out.dtype == torch.bfloat16
assert out.shape == (m, n)
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ def test_mm_fp8_matches_scaled_mm():
torch.manual_seed(11)
m, n, k = 512, 4096, 4096
a = torch.randn(m, k, device="cuda", dtype=torch.bfloat16)
b = torch.randn(n, k, device="cuda", dtype=torch.bfloat16)
b = torch.randn(k, n, device="cuda", dtype=torch.bfloat16)
sa = torch.tensor([2.5], device="cuda")
sb = torch.tensor([1.5], device="cuda")
a8, _ = quantize_bf16(a, sa, "e4m3")
@@ -160,16 +160,16 @@ def test_mm_fp8_matches_scaled_mm():
assert out.dtype == torch.bfloat16
assert out.shape == (m, n)
ref = (a8.float().double() @ b8.float().double().t() * 2.5 * 1.5).to(torch.bfloat16)
ref = (a8.float().double() @ b8.float().double() * 2.5 * 1.5).to(torch.bfloat16)
torch.testing.assert_close(out, ref, atol=6.0, rtol=0.05)
try:
torch._scaled_mm(a8, b8.t(), sa, sb, out_dtype=torch.bfloat16)
torch._scaled_mm(a8, b8, sa, sb, out_dtype=torch.bfloat16)
except (RuntimeError, NotImplementedError):
return
torch.testing.assert_close(
out,
torch._scaled_mm(a8, b8.t(), sa, sb, out_dtype=torch.bfloat16),
torch._scaled_mm(a8, b8, sa, sb, out_dtype=torch.bfloat16),
atol=2.0,
rtol=0.01,
)
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ def test_mm_fp8_fp8_output():
torch.manual_seed(12)
m, n, k = 256, 128, 64
a = torch.randn(m, k, device="cuda", dtype=torch.bfloat16)
b = torch.randn(n, k, device="cuda", dtype=torch.bfloat16)
b = torch.randn(k, n, device="cuda", dtype=torch.bfloat16)
sa = torch.tensor([2.0], device="cuda")
sb = torch.tensor([1.0], device="cuda")
os_ = torch.tensor([0.5], device="cuda")
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ def test_mm_fp8_fp8_output():
assert out8.dtype == torch.float8_e4m3fn
assert out8.shape == (m, n)
ref = (a8.float().double() @ b8.float().double().t() * 2.0 * 1.0 * 0.5).to(
ref = (a8.float().double() @ b8.float().double() * 2.0 * 1.0 * 0.5).to(
torch.bfloat16
)
torch.testing.assert_close(
@@ -273,22 +273,22 @@ def test_quantize_bf16_cpu_fallback():
def test_mm_fp8_cpu_fallback():
a8 = torch.tensor([[1.0, 2.0]], dtype=torch.float8_e4m3fn)
b8 = torch.tensor([[3.0, 4.0]], dtype=torch.float8_e4m3fn)
b8 = torch.tensor([[3.0], [4.0]], dtype=torch.float8_e4m3fn)
sa = torch.tensor([2.0])
sb = torch.tensor([0.5])
out = mm_fp8(a8, b8, sa, sb)
ref = (a8.float() @ b8.float().t() * 2.0 * 0.5).to(torch.bfloat16)
ref = (a8.float() @ b8.float() * 2.0 * 0.5).to(torch.bfloat16)
torch.testing.assert_close(out, ref)
def test_mm_fp8_fp8_output_cpu():
"""CPU fallback with an FP8 output (out_dtype='e4m3' + out_scale)."""
a8 = torch.tensor([[1.0, 2.0]], dtype=torch.float8_e4m3fn)
b8 = torch.tensor([[3.0, 4.0]], dtype=torch.float8_e4m3fn)
b8 = torch.tensor([[3.0], [4.0]], dtype=torch.float8_e4m3fn)
sa = torch.tensor([2.0])
sb = torch.tensor([0.5])
os_ = torch.tensor([0.25])
out8 = mm_fp8(a8, b8, sa, sb, out_dtype="e4m3", out_scale=os_)
assert out8.dtype == torch.float8_e4m3fn
ref = (a8.float() @ b8.float().t() * 2.0 * 0.5 * 0.25).to(torch.float8_e4m3fn)
ref = (a8.float() @ b8.float() * 2.0 * 0.5 * 0.25).to(torch.float8_e4m3fn)
assert torch.equal(out8, ref)