#pragma once // FP8 GEMM device code — pure CUDA, no torch. Mirrors the attention kernel // layout (attn_*_mma.cuh): kernels take the FP8Params POD, tile shape and // FP8 format ride on compile-time template parameters, and launchers are // plain functions usable from both the torch binding and pure C tests. The // quantize kernel lives in quantize.cuh. #include #include #include #include #include "common.h" #include "../common/cp_async.cuh" #include "../common/mma.cuh" #include "../common/reduce.cuh" namespace astrai { namespace fp8 { // m16n8k32 (see astrai::mma_shape::k in common/mma.cuh) constexpr int kMmaK = 32; // log2 of a compile-time power of two (for tile_at's swizzle shift). template struct log2_const : log2_const<(N >> 1), Acc + 1> {}; template struct log2_const<1, Acc> { static constexpr int value = Acc; }; // --------------------------------------------------------------------------- // Shared device helpers // --------------------------------------------------------------------------- // FP8 MMA lives in the shared astrai::mma_sync template (common/mma.cuh); // instantiate it with the kernel's T8. Accumulates in-place: callers pass // the same accumulator array as both `d` and `c`. // The cp.async pipeline primitives (predicated 16-byte copy, commit_group, // wait_group + runtime dispatch) live in common/cp_async.cuh. // --------------------------------------------------------------------------- // Swizzled address inside a flat [rows * K] staging tile: the 16-byte chunk // index is XORed with a row-dependent slice so a warp's fragment load (8 // consecutive rows x 16B) hits all 32 banks exactly once. With kChunks // power-of-two chunks per row, the XOR source is the top log2(kChunks) bits // of the row index within each group of 8: // kChunks=2 -> row bits [3] (K=32: rows r and r+4 diverge) // kChunks=4 -> row bits [2:1] (K=64: rows diverge every 2) // kChunks=8 -> row bits [2:0] (K=128: every row) // (row word-stride is K/4 words = 4*kChunks, so unswizzled rows r and // r + 8/kChunks collide mod 32 banks; the XOR spreads the 8 rows of one // ldmatrix matrix across the 8 distinct 4-bank groups.) Chunks stay // contiguous, so the cp.async 16B staging path is unaffected. template __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"); constexpr int kShift = 3 - log2_const::value; return tile + row * K + ((((col >> 4) ^ ((row >> kShift) & (kChunks - 1))) << 4) + (col & 15)); } // Stage-load a CONGRUOUS operand (stored [rows][contract], contract- // contiguous — the only cp.async-able shape for the canonical tile) into the // flat [rows * K] shared tile via tile_at's swizzle. Crosswise operands go // through load_crosswise_direct instead. template __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) { constexpr int kChunks = K / 16; static_assert(RowsTile * kChunks % kThreads == 0, "tile chunks must divide evenly across threads"); constexpr int kCpt = RowsTile * kChunks / kThreads; // chunks per thread // Linear chunk mapping: thread covers kCpt consecutive 16B chunks of // one row (K=64: a contiguous 32B pair; K=32: a single chunk). constexpr int kCpr = kChunks / kCpt; // chunks per row slice const int r = tid / kCpr; const int c0 = (tid % kCpr) * kCpt * 16; const int64_t row = block_row + r; const bool row_ok = row < rows; // k_base and every c are multiples of 16, so the per-chunk sources // share the row base's alignment. const auto* src = operand + row * ld + k_base; const bool chunk_aligned = (reinterpret_cast(src) & 15) == 0; #pragma unroll for (int j = 0; j < kCpt; ++j) { const int c = c0 + j * 16; T8* dst = tile_at(tile, r, c); if (row_ok && chunk_aligned && k_base + c + 15 < contract) { astrai::cp_async_16(dst, src + c); } else { // Tail chunk (or misaligned base): predicated scalar fill. #pragma unroll for (int i = 0; i < 16; ++i) dst[i] = row_ok && k_base + c + i < contract ? src[c + i] : T8(0.0f); } } } // Interior-tile congruous load: zero predication. Valid when // block_row + RowsTile <= rows, k_base + K <= contract and // (operand base | ld | k_base) is 16B-aligned — the kernel's fast_cta peel // guarantees all three. With n = a thread's first chunk a multiple of kCpt, // (n+j)^swz == (n^swz)^j, so the swizzled destination of chunk j is the // base pointer XOR (j << 4): the whole address math folds into one // immediate XOR per chunk (~3 inst/chunk vs ~9 predicated). template __device__ __forceinline__ void load_operand_tile_interior(T8* tile, const T8* __restrict__ operand, int64_t ld, int tid, int64_t k_base, int64_t block_row) { constexpr int kChunks = K / 16; static_assert(RowsTile * kChunks % kThreads == 0, "tile chunks must divide evenly across threads"); constexpr int kCpt = RowsTile * kChunks / kThreads; constexpr int kCpr = kChunks / kCpt; const int r = tid / kCpr; const int c0 = (tid % kCpr) * kCpt * 16; const char* src = reinterpret_cast( operand + (block_row + r) * ld + k_base + c0); const uintptr_t dst = reinterpret_cast(tile_at(tile, r, c0)); #pragma unroll for (int j = 0; j < kCpt; ++j) astrai::cp_async_16(reinterpret_cast(dst ^ (j << 4)), src + j * 16); } // Loop-carried prefetch state for one congruous operand ring (perf 6.2): // per-thread (r, c0) of the interior copy — the same mapping // load_operand_tile_interior uses — with the swizzled stage destination and // the global source pointer both carried across k-tiles, so each prefetch // chunk is one LDGSTS at [wr ^ (j << 4)] / [src + j*16] issued straight from // registers. // // Whether an operand has a carry is a property of its layout, so the guard // lives in the type: the false specialization (crosswise operand — direct // LDG+PRMT staging, no cp.async) is an empty no-op. Crosswise kernel // instantiations therefore compile no dead declarations and use sites need // no `if constexpr` and no [[maybe_unused]]. template struct PrefetchCarry; template struct PrefetchCarry { static constexpr int kCpt = kRowsTile * (kK / 16) / kThreads; static constexpr int kCpr = (kK / 16) / kCpt; unsigned wr = 0; // current stage's swizzled destination offset unsigned wr0 = 0; // slot-0 wrap base unsigned wrEnd = 0; // one-past-the-ring sentinel const char* src = nullptr; // current tile's global source bytes __device__ __forceinline__ PrefetchCarry( const T8* ring, int ringSlots, int stageElems, const T8* operand, int64_t ld, int64_t blockRow, int tid, int firstTile) { const int r = tid / kCpr; const int c0 = (tid % kCpr) * kCpt * 16; const T8* slot0 = ring + (firstTile % ringSlots) * stageElems; const unsigned laneOff = static_cast( (const char*)tile_at(slot0, r, c0) - (const char*)slot0); const unsigned base = __cvta_generic_to_shared(ring) + laneOff; wr = base + (unsigned)((firstTile % ringSlots) * stageElems); wr0 = base; wrEnd = base + (unsigned)(ringSlots * stageElems); src = reinterpret_cast( operand + (blockRow + r) * ld + c0) + (int64_t)firstTile * kK; } // Emit this thread's chunks for the current tile. `pf` false (loop // tail) zero-fills: src_size=0 reads nothing, and the destination is // the slot compute(i-1) already released. __device__ __forceinline__ void emit(bool pf) const { #pragma unroll for (int j = 0; j < kCpt; ++j) astrai::cp_async_16(wr ^ (unsigned)(j << 4), src + j * 16, pf); } __device__ __forceinline__ void advance(int stageElems) { wr += (unsigned)stageElems; if (wr == wrEnd) wr = wr0; src += kK; } }; template struct PrefetchCarry { __device__ __forceinline__ PrefetchCarry( const T8*, int, int, const T8*, int64_t, int64_t, int, int) {} __device__ __forceinline__ void emit(bool) const {} __device__ __forceinline__ void advance(int) {} }; // --------------------------------------------------------------------------- // Pre-quantized GEMM kernel: FP8 A/B read straight into shared memory, FP32 // accumulation, BF16 or FP8 output. The input format follows Traits; the // tile is compact (row = kK bytes) so MMA fragments read directly — no // in-kernel transpose of the operands (the binding handles transposes). // --------------------------------------------------------------------------- // Direct (synchronous) crosswise load into a canonical rotating stage: // LDG.128 x4 (4 consecutive contract bytes x 16 rows) + in-register PRMT // transpose + 16 STS.32. Crosswise operands cannot cp.async into the // canonical [rows][contract] tile (a 16B global run holds one contract byte // for each of 16 rows), so they take this path. A staged variant // (cp.async into K-major staging + per-tile smem->smem transpose) measured // 15-20% SLOWER than this direct load across every probed shape, including // DRAM-streaming B operands — see git history (5745c2f) if it ever needs // revisiting for other SKUs. template __device__ __forceinline__ void load_crosswise_direct(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) { constexpr int kQuads = K / 4; // 4-byte contract quads per tile constexpr int kGroups = RowsTile / 16; constexpr int kTChunks = kQuads * kGroups; // 64B chunks per tile // r0 is always a multiple of 16 (block_row is a multiple of RowsTile and // each group covers 16 rows), and p*ld keeps the base 16B-aligned // whenever ld is, so every run of a chunk shares one alignment verdict. const bool run_aligned = ((reinterpret_cast(operand) | ld) & 15) == 0; for (int chunk = tid; chunk < kTChunks; chunk += kThreads) { const int quad = chunk / kGroups; const int rg = chunk % kGroups; const int64_t r0 = block_row + rg * 16; const bool rows_full = r0 + 15 < rows; if (rows_full && run_aligned) { const int64_t p0 = k_base + quad * 4; uint4 v[4]; #pragma unroll for (int s = 0; s < 4; ++s) { // Contract tail: a run past k carries zero bytes; they flow // through the PRMT transpose like any other value. if (p0 + s < contract) v[s] = *reinterpret_cast( operand + (p0 + s) * ld + r0); else v[s] = make_uint4(0u, 0u, 0u, 0u); } const unsigned* bytes = reinterpret_cast(v); #pragma unroll for (int i = 0; i < 16; ++i) { // word i = row r0+i's quad: byte i of each of the four runs // [v0.b(i), v1.b(i), v2.b(i), v3.b(i)]. Byte i of a uint4 // lives in its (i>>2)-th 32-bit register. const unsigned nib = i & 3; const unsigned sel = nib | ((nib + 4) << 4); const unsigned w01 = __byte_perm(bytes[0 + (i >> 2)], bytes[4 + (i >> 2)], sel); const unsigned w23 = __byte_perm(bytes[8 + (i >> 2)], bytes[12 + (i >> 2)], sel); *reinterpret_cast(tile_at(tile, rg * 16 + i, quad * 4)) = __byte_perm(w01, w23, 0x5410u); } } else { // Row-tail or misaligned chunk: byte-granular gather with // per-row predication; contract-tail columns zero-fill. #pragma unroll for (int s = 0; s < 4; ++s) { const int col = quad * 4 + s; if (k_base + col >= contract) { #pragma unroll for (int i = 0; i < 16; ++i) *tile_at(tile, rg * 16 + i, col) = T8(0.0f); continue; } #pragma unroll for (int i = 0; i < 16; ++i) { const int64_t r_idx = r0 + i; *tile_at(tile, rg * 16 + i, col) = r_idx < rows ? operand[(k_base + col) * ld + r_idx] : T8(0.0f); } } } } } // Layout-aware shared-memory budget and occupancy hint. Canonic rings hold // kStages+1 buffers (LeanRing=false): the load for tile i+kStages targets // slot (i-1)%(kStages+1) — already consumed — so the pure-congruous path // needs no post-compute barrier (one __syncthreads per k-tile). LeanRing // keeps the ring at kStages buffers for small CTAs whose occupancy comes // from more resident CTAs (less smem) rather than a deeper rotation; it // brings back barrier 4. // The 48KB static-smem watermark picks the resident-CTA hint for // __launch_bounds__ (sm_89: 100KB smem per SM, so two CTAs fit while each // stays within the static budget). template struct Fp8GemmSmem { // Crosswise (direct-load) operands: A ColMajor storage, B RowMajor // storage (B's tag is relative to the canonical [K][N]). static constexpr bool kDirectA = std::is_same_v; static constexpr bool kDirectB = std::is_same_v; // LeanRing shrinks only the congruous (async) operand rings; a direct // operand's ring stays kStages+1 deep (see the kernel's ring note). static constexpr int kARing = kDirectA ? Traits::kStages + 1 : Traits::kStages + !LeanRing; static constexpr int kBRing = kDirectB ? Traits::kStages + 1 : Traits::kStages + !LeanRing; static constexpr int kBytes = kARing * Traits::kBlockM * Traits::kK + kBRing * Traits::kBlockN * Traits::kK; static constexpr int kMinCtas = kBytes <= 48 * 1024 ? 2 : 1; }; // --------------------------------------------------------------------------- // Kernel policy: one type per kernel instantiation. The CTA/K-tile/pipeline // shape rides on Fp8GemmTraits and the operand layouts + scheduling knobs // hang beside them — this is the single template parameter fp8_gemm_kernel // (and both collectives) take, mirroring CUTLASS's kernel-policy // consolidation. template struct Fp8GemmPolicy { using Traits = Fp8GemmTraits; using LayoutTagA = LayoutA_; using LayoutTagB = LayoutB_; static constexpr int kGroupRaster = GroupRaster_; static constexpr bool kLeanRing = LeanRing_; static constexpr bool kStreamOut = StreamOut_; static constexpr bool kFastLoop = FastLoop_; // Flattened for __launch_bounds__, which takes no dependent type names. static constexpr int kCtaThreads = Traits::kCtaThreads; static constexpr int kMinCtas = Fp8GemmSmem::kMinCtas; }; // LayoutA / LayoutB tag the operands' storage (CUTLASS-style, see common.h): // A RowMajor = [M][K] / ColMajor = [K][M]; B RowMajor = [K][N] / // ColMajor = [N][K]. 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 tags only // change how the stage-load gathers the operand from global memory: // A ColMajor: tileA[m][p] = a[p*a_ld + m]; A RowMajor: a[m*a_ld + p] // B RowMajor: tileB[n][p] = b[p*b_ld + n]; B ColMajor: b[n*b_ld + p] // With p.out_transposed set (the swap dispatch for NN problems, see // dispatch_fp8_gemm) the kernel runs the transposed problem E = B^T * A^T // over swapped operands and the epilogue scatters D[m][n] = E[n][m] into the // caller's [M][N] row-major buffer — bias then indexes D-cols, i.e. the // kernel's rows (see the epilogue). // BlockM x BlockN CTA as (BlockM/64) x (BlockN/32) warps of 64x32 warp tiles // (mt x nt = 4x4 MMA each). // // The kernel decomposes CUTLASS-style into three collectives below: // Fp8GemmTileScheduler — CTA id -> (block_m, block_n) raster order // Fp8CollectiveMainloop — stage rings, gmem->smem loads, mma.sync loop // Fp8CollectiveEpilogue — fused bias + bf16 scatter + coalesced copy-out // with fp8_gemm_kernel as the thin orchestrator. // --------------------------------------------------------------------------- // Tile scheduler: the linear CTA id maps to (block_m, block_n) in grouped // (L2-friendly, CUTLASS-style) or plain raster order — the grouped order // makes consecutive CTAs cover a group of kRasterGroup M-tiles before // advancing along N, so all CTAs of one group share the same B column // stripe and B tiles stay hot in L2 across the wave (the plain N-fastest // order makes each wave touch every B tile instead; kRasterGroup=0 selects // plain, the measured best for dX's crosswise-B layouts where grouping // measured neutral). // Persistent schedules (static round-robin and an atomic ticket dispenser, // grid capped at the resident CTAs) were both measured and rejected on L20: // the stride desynchronizes the in-flight window (-4..-8%), and the ticket // variant recovers the L2 locality but lands within noise of plain waves // (its loop-head barrier costs what the CTA-restart overlap saves). Keep // the classic retiring-wave launch. template struct Fp8GemmTileScheduler { static __device__ int2 tile(const uint3& block, const dim3& blocks) { if constexpr (kRasterGroup > 0) { constexpr int kGroupM = kRasterGroup; const int bid = int(block.y) * int(blocks.x) + int(block.x); const int group_first_m = (bid / (kGroupM * int(blocks.x))) * kGroupM; const int group_rows = min(int(blocks.y) - group_first_m, kGroupM); // M-tail group is short return int2{group_first_m + bid % group_rows, (bid % (kGroupM * int(blocks.x))) / group_rows}; } else { return int2{int(block.y), int(block.x)}; } } }; // --------------------------------------------------------------------------- // Collective mainloop: shared-memory stage rings, the gmem->smem stage loads // (congruous cp.async / crosswise LDG+PRMT), the per-lane ldmatrix fragment // addressing and the software-pipelined mma.sync loop. template struct Fp8CollectiveMainloop { using Traits = typename Policy::Traits; using LayoutA = typename Policy::LayoutTagA; using LayoutB = typename Policy::LayoutTagB; static constexpr bool kLeanRing = Policy::kLeanRing; static constexpr bool kFastLoop = Policy::kFastLoop; using T8 = std::conditional_t; static constexpr int kBlockM = Traits::kBlockM; static constexpr int kBlockN = Traits::kBlockN; static constexpr int kK = Traits::kK; static constexpr int kStages = Traits::kStages; static constexpr int kCtaThreads = Traits::kCtaThreads; static constexpr bool kDirectA = Fp8GemmSmem::kDirectA; static constexpr bool kDirectB = Fp8GemmSmem::kDirectB; static_assert(kStages >= 1 && kStages <= 8, "FP8 GEMM stages must be in [1, 8]"); // CTA = (BlockM/WarpM) x (BlockN/WarpN) warps of WarpM x WarpN tiles, // each warp computing (WarpM/16) x (WarpN/8) m16n8k32 MMAs (mt x nt). // The default 128x128 CTA runs 8 warps of 64x32 (mt x nt = 4x4); the // small-shape path uses 64x64 CTAs of 32x32 warps (cuBLAS-style) so more // CTAs fit per SM (see launch_fp8_gemm). static constexpr int kMt = Traits::kWarpM / 16; // 16-row MMA tiles per warp static constexpr int kNt = Traits::kWarpN / 8; // 8-col MMA tiles per warp static constexpr int kSegs = kK / kMmaK; // mma-sized k segments per tile // Per operand: congruous = kStages+1 rotating canonical buffers — the // load for tile i+kStages targets slot (i-1)%(kStages+1), which compute // finished reading before this iteration's barrier 1, so NO post-compute // barrier is needed on the pure-congruous path (one __syncthreads per // k-tile, the classic multistage rotation); direct-crosswise rotates the // same kStages+1 ring for the same reason. static constexpr int kAStageBytes = kBlockM * kK; static constexpr int kBStageBytes = kBlockN * kK; // Direct-crosswise operands always rotate kStages+1 buffers: their // prefetch issues right after barrier 1 (targeting the slot compute(i-1) // released), so a kStages-deep lean ring would race the in-flight MMA // reads. The lean ring applies only to congruous operands, whose cp.async // prefetch sits behind the restored barrier 4. static constexpr int kARing = kDirectA ? kStages + 1 : kStages + !kLeanRing; static constexpr int kBRing = kDirectB ? kStages + 1 : kStages + !kLeanRing; T8* const a_base; T8* const b_base; const T8* const a; const T8* const b; const int64_t m, n, k, a_ld, b_ld; const int tid; const int64_t block_m, block_n; const int warp_m, warp_n; const int a_row0; // + mt * 16 in the loop const int b_row0; // + nt * 8 const int64_t tile_count; // Interior-CTA peel (kFastLoop instantiations only): when both operands // are congruous, whole-CTA, 16B-aligned and K has no tail, the mainloop // runs a compile-time-specialized copy whose loads carry no predication // — the per-chunk guards cost ~6 of ~100 instructions per warp per // k-tile, and the small-CTA path is issue-bound there (measured // +4.5..10% on 256³..1024³; the 128x128 kernel regressed ~3% with the // same change, so only the small CTA opts in). All verdicts are uniform // per CTA: one branch picks the loop copy. const bool fast_cta; __device__ Fp8CollectiveMainloop(char* smem, const T8* a, const T8* b, int64_t m, int64_t n, int64_t k, int64_t a_ld, int64_t b_ld, int tid, int2 block) : a_base(reinterpret_cast(smem)), b_base(reinterpret_cast(smem + kARing * kAStageBytes)), a(a), b(b), m(m), n(n), k(k), a_ld(a_ld), b_ld(b_ld), tid(tid), block_m(block.x), block_n(block.y), warp_m((tid >> 5) / Traits::kWarpsN), warp_n((tid >> 5) % Traits::kWarpsN), a_row0(warp_m * Traits::kWarpM), b_row0(warp_n * Traits::kWarpN), tile_count((k + kK - 1) / kK), fast_cta(kFastLoop && !kDirectA && !kDirectB && ((int64_t)block.x * kBlockM + kBlockM <= m) && ((int64_t)block.y * kBlockN + kBlockN <= n) && ((reinterpret_cast(a) | (uint64_t)a_ld) & 15) == 0 && ((reinterpret_cast(b) | (uint64_t)b_ld) & 15) == 0 && (k % kK) == 0) {} // Stage-slot helpers: the rings rotate one slot per k-tile, so callers // either compute the slot from the tile index (prologue, generic loop) // or carry an advancing pointer (steady-state fast loop below). __device__ __forceinline__ T8* a_stage_of(int64_t tile) const { return a_base + (size_t)(tile % kARing) * kAStageBytes; } __device__ __forceinline__ T8* b_stage_of(int64_t tile) const { return b_base + (size_t)(tile % kBRing) * kBStageBytes; } // Asynchronous loads for tile `tile`: congruous operands cp.async into // their canonical rings. Called after the post-compute barrier, alongside // the commit. __device__ __forceinline__ void load_async(T8* a_stage, T8* b_stage, int64_t k_base) const { if constexpr (!kDirectA) load_operand_tile( a_stage, a, m, k, a_ld, tid, k_base, block_m * kBlockM); if constexpr (!kDirectB) load_operand_tile( b_stage, b, n, k, b_ld, tid, k_base, block_n * kBlockN); } // Predication-free interior variant of load_async: congruous operands // with full CTA rows, aligned (base | ld), k_base + kK <= k. fast_cta // admits only congruous operands, so no crosswise fallback is needed. __device__ __forceinline__ void load_async_fast(T8* a_stage, T8* b_stage, int64_t k_base) const { if constexpr (!kDirectA) load_operand_tile_interior( a_stage, a, a_ld, tid, k_base, block_m * kBlockM); if constexpr (!kDirectB) load_operand_tile_interior( b_stage, b, b_ld, tid, k_base, block_n * kBlockN); } // Synchronous direct-crosswise loads for tile `tile` into the operand's // (kStages+1)-deep canonical ring. In the steady state this runs right // after barrier 1, so the LDG latency and the PRMT transpose overlap the // MMA phase of the current tile instead of stalling the inter-barrier // window (which dominated the dX/dW stall profile: barrier 3.7-4.1 + // long-scoreboard 1.6-1.8 stalls per issue on the production shapes). // Ring safety: the write targets buffer (i+kStages)%(kStages+1) = // (i-1)%(kStages+1), which compute(i-1) finished reading before the // previous barrier and compute(i+kStages) does not touch until several // barriers later. __device__ __forceinline__ void load_direct(T8* a_stage, T8* b_stage, int64_t k_base) const { if constexpr (kDirectA) load_crosswise_direct( a_stage, a, m, k, a_ld, tid, k_base, block_m * kBlockM); if constexpr (kDirectB) load_crosswise_direct( b_stage, b, n, k, b_ld, tid, k_base, block_n * kBlockN); } // Prime the pipeline. Each committed group occupies one circular shared // memory stage. The commit is unconditional: when K is shorter than the // pipeline (tile_count < kStages) the skipped stages commit empty groups // so the group sequence stays tile-indexed — the steady-state // wait_group below is then correct for every iteration and // no runtime wait-count dispatch is needed (the dispatch ladder cost 16 // instructions per k-tile: ISETP/SEL chains picking DEPBAR immediates). // Direct loads run synchronously here (back to back with their commit); // the steady state below overlaps them with the compute phase. __device__ __forceinline__ void prologue() const { #pragma unroll for (int stage = 0; stage < kStages; ++stage) { if (stage < tile_count) { if (fast_cta) load_async_fast(a_stage_of(stage), b_stage_of(stage), (int64_t)stage * kK); else load_async(a_stage_of(stage), b_stage_of(stage), (int64_t)stage * kK); load_direct(a_stage_of(stage), b_stage_of(stage), (int64_t)stage * kK); } astrai::cp_async_commit_group(); } } // Steady-state mainloop, compile-time specialized on fast_cta: the fast // copy runs predication-free loads; the generic copy keeps full // predication. kFastLoop=false instantiates only the generic copy — // codegen identical to the pre-peel kernel. template __device__ __forceinline__ void run_loop(float acc[kNt][kMt][4]) const { const int lane = tid & 31; // Fast-path write carries: one per congruous operand (see // PrefetchCarry; crosswise operands get the empty no-op type). // Construction targets the first prefetched tile (kStages). PrefetchCarry carry_a( a_base, kARing, kAStageBytes, a, a_ld, block_m * kBlockM, tid, kStages); PrefetchCarry carry_b( b_base, kBRing, kBStageBytes, b, b_ld, block_n * kBlockN, tid, kStages); // Interleaved prefetch (cuBLAS/CUTLASS loop shape): the next tile's // LDGSTS chunks ride inside the MMA phase so their issue slots fill // the tensor-pipe gaps ptxas otherwise pads with NOPs (23 NOPs per // 32 QMMA here versus 0 in the cuBLAS loop). Full rings only: a lean // ring's write slot is the one compute(i) is reading (barrier 4 // orders the end-of-loop prefetch), so it keeps that placement. constexpr bool kInterleave = kFast && !kLeanRing; // Steady-state read carries: the LDSM base of the current k-tile's // stage with the lane offset folded in, advanced one stage per // iteration with an equality wrap (the add sequence is exact). This // replaces the per-k-tile (tile % ring) * stage_bytes recomputation — // its SASS form was a UIMAD.WIDE magic-division ladder, ~10 // uniform-pipe instructions per operand per k-tile (perf 6.2). const unsigned a_rd0 = __cvta_generic_to_shared(a_base) + a_lane_off(lane); const unsigned b_rd0 = __cvta_generic_to_shared(b_base) + (kPairB ? b4_lane_off(lane) : b_lane_off(lane)); const unsigned a_rd_end = a_rd0 + (unsigned)(kARing * kAStageBytes); const unsigned b_rd_end = b_rd0 + (unsigned)(kBRing * kBStageBytes); unsigned a_rd = a_rd0, b_rd = b_rd0; for (int64_t tile_index = 0; tile_index < tile_count; ++tile_index) { // In the steady state exactly kStages-1 younger groups are in flight // when this fires; the tail's unconditional (possibly empty) commits // keep that invariant true for every iteration. const bool prefetch = tile_index + kStages < tile_count; astrai::cp_async_wait_group(); // Barrier 1: every thread's cp.async for this stage is complete // before any thread reads tiles written by other threads. __syncthreads(); // Direct chunks for tile i+kStages: issue LDG+PRMT+STS now so the // global-load latency hides behind the MMA phase below. if (prefetch) load_direct(a_stage_of(tile_index + kStages), b_stage_of(tile_index + kStages), (tile_index + kStages) * kK); const unsigned a_addr = a_rd; const unsigned b_addr = b_rd; // Per-k_seg base pair (cuBLAS's scheme): seg s lives at the seg-0 // base XOR (s<<5) — one LOP3 per extra seg per k-tile, never per // fragment. Every LDSM below addresses [base + immediate]. unsigned a_seg[kSegs], b_seg[kSegs]; #pragma unroll for (int s = 0; s < kSegs; ++s) { a_seg[s] = a_addr ^ (unsigned)(s * kSegXor); b_seg[s] = b_addr ^ (unsigned)(s * kSegXor); } // kNt ldmatrix.x2 (B) + kMt ldmatrix.x4 (A) feed kMt*kNt*2 mma.sync // per k_seg — 0.5 load instructions per MMA, versus 4.5 scalar LDS // per MMA in the 128x64-tile version (the kernel was LSU-issue-bound // there). B fragments double-buffer across k_segs. kPairB folds the // two adjacent nt fragments of one pair into a single x4 (see // b4_lane_off): kNt/2 x4 loads, regs {r0,r1}/{r2,r3} feeding // the even/odd nt MMAs respectively. unsigned b_frag[2][kNt][2]; unsigned b_frag4[2][kNt / 2][4]; #pragma unroll for (int p = 0; p < kNt / 2; ++p) if constexpr (kPairB) astrai::ldmatrix_x4_lane(b_frag4[0][p], b_seg[0] + p * kPairStep); else { astrai::ldmatrix_x2_lane(b_frag[0][p * 2], b_seg[0] + p * 2 * kNtStep); astrai::ldmatrix_x2_lane(b_frag[0][p * 2 + 1], b_seg[0] + (p * 2 + 1) * kNtStep); } #pragma unroll for (int k_seg = 0; k_seg < kSegs; ++k_seg) { const int bcur = k_seg & 1, bnext = bcur ^ 1; if (k_seg + 1 < kSegs) { #pragma unroll for (int p = 0; p < kNt / 2; ++p) if constexpr (kPairB) astrai::ldmatrix_x4_lane( b_frag4[bnext][p], b_seg[k_seg + 1] + p * kPairStep); else { astrai::ldmatrix_x2_lane( b_frag[bnext][p * 2], b_seg[k_seg + 1] + p * 2 * kNtStep); astrai::ldmatrix_x2_lane( b_frag[bnext][p * 2 + 1], b_seg[k_seg + 1] + (p * 2 + 1) * kNtStep); } } // Software-pipelined A fragments: the ldmatrix.x4 for row mt+1 // is issued before the MMAs consuming row mt, so the LDS fixed // latency hides behind tensor-pipe work (cuts the `wait` stall, // ~2.3 cycles/issue before this). Costs 4 extra registers. // (Cross-k_seg prefetch of row 0 was tried and reverted: the // register handoff broke ptxas's software pipelining — 171T → 95T // at 2048³; the tensor pipe is issue-bound and the seg-start LDS // already hides behind the b-fragment issue order.) unsigned a_frag[kMt + 1][4]; astrai::ldmatrix_x4_lane(a_frag[0], a_seg[k_seg]); #pragma unroll for (int mt = 0; mt < kMt; ++mt) { if (mt + 1 < kMt) astrai::ldmatrix_x4_lane(a_frag[mt + 1], a_seg[k_seg] + (mt + 1) * kMtStep); #pragma unroll for (int nt = 0; nt < kNt; ++nt) { const unsigned* bops = kPairB ? (b_frag4[bcur][nt >> 1] + (nt & 1) * 2) : b_frag[bcur][nt]; astrai::mma_sync(acc[nt][mt], a_frag[mt], bops, acc[nt][mt]); } } // Next tile's LDGSTS chunks inside the MMA phase: A's after the // first k_seg's MMA batch, B's after the last. if constexpr (kInterleave) { if (k_seg == 0) carry_a.emit(prefetch); if (k_seg == kSegs - 1) carry_b.emit(prefetch); } } // Barrier 4 (lean-ring only): every thread finished reading this // stage's tiles before the prefetch for the (i+kStages)-th tile // overwrites them. With the kStages+1 canonic rotation the prefetch // targets the slot compute(i-1) released before barrier 1, so the // full-ring path skips this barrier entirely — one __syncthreads per // k-tile. if constexpr (kLeanRing) __syncthreads(); if constexpr (!kInterleave) { if (prefetch) { if constexpr (kFast) { carry_a.emit(true); carry_b.emit(true); } else { load_async(a_stage_of(tile_index + kStages), b_stage_of(tile_index + kStages), (tile_index + kStages) * kK); } } } // Unconditional commit: empty in the tail, it pads the group // sequence so the fixed wait above stays correct (and the // predicated-off chunks' zero-fill lands in the slot compute(i-1) // released — nothing reads it again before the epilogue drain). astrai::cp_async_commit_group(); // Advance the carries: one stage slot forward, wrapping on the // exact ring boundary. a_rd += (unsigned)kAStageBytes; if (a_rd == a_rd_end) a_rd = a_rd0; b_rd += (unsigned)kBStageBytes; if (b_rd == b_rd_end) b_rd = b_rd0; if constexpr (kFast) { carry_a.advance(kAStageBytes); carry_b.advance(kBStageBytes); } } } __device__ __forceinline__ void accumulate(float acc[kNt][kMt][4]) const { if constexpr (kFastLoop) { if (fast_cta) run_loop(acc); else run_loop(acc); } else { run_loop(acc); } } private: // Per-lane ldmatrix fragment addressing (base-pair scheme, mirrored from // the cuBLAS SASS: one base register per operand per k_seg, every // fragment offset an LDSM immediate — zero address arithmetic inside the // MMA phase). The closure works because the XOR swizzle's source bits // come only from the lane's row-within-matrix (r7): the 8- and 16-row // fragment steps (nt*8, mt*16) never reach them, so // addr(s, mt) = lane_base + mt*(16*kK) ^ (s<<5) [A, x4 fragment] // addr(s, nt) = lane_base + nt*(8*kK) ^ (s<<5) [B, x2 fragment] // where the ^ (s<<5) lands inside the 16B-chunk swizzle field (each k_seg // advances the chunk index by 2 = 32B) and the step lands outside it. // kChunks=4 (K=64): swizzle bits = row[2:1] = r7[2:1] // kChunks=8 (K=128): swizzle bits = row[2:0] = r7[2:0] // kChunks=2 (K=32): swizzle bit = row[2] = r7[2] (single k_seg) // Replaces the former a_off[kSegs][kMt]/b_off[kSegs][kNt] runtime tables // (16 registers + one IADD per LDSM): at 131 regs the tables spilled and // ptxas rematerialized every address each k-tile (~55 of 146 hot-loop // instructions were LOP3/IMAD address math; cuBLAS's inner loop has ~0). __device__ __forceinline__ unsigned a_lane_off(int lane) const { const int r7 = lane & 7; // row within the 8-row matrix const int rh8 = (lane >> 3) & 1; // +8 rows (A: lanes 8-15, 24-31) const int rh16 = lane >> 4; // +1 chunk (A: lanes 16-31) constexpr int kChunks = kK / 16; constexpr int kShift = 3 - log2_const::value; // tile_at's shift const unsigned lswz = static_cast((r7 >> kShift) & (kChunks - 1)); // Stage-relative, loop-invariant per-lane base (added to each ring // slot's converted base once per k-tile). A's fragment row carries // the +8-row half (rh8) and the +1-chunk half (rh16) — matching the // m16n8k32 operand layouts above. return static_cast((a_row0 + rh8 * 8 + r7) * kK + ((rh16 ^ lswz) << 4)); } __device__ __forceinline__ unsigned b_lane_off(int lane) const { const int r7 = lane & 7; const int rh8 = (lane >> 3) & 1; // +8 rows (B uses rh8 as its chunk half) constexpr int kChunks = kK / 16; constexpr int kShift = 3 - log2_const::value; const unsigned lswz = static_cast((r7 >> kShift) & (kChunks - 1)); return static_cast((b_row0 + r7) * kK + ((rh8 ^ lswz) << 4)); } // x4-paired B loads (cuBLAS/CUTLASS loop shape): one ldmatrix.x4 feeds // the two adjacent nt fragments — 2 x4 instead of 4 x2 per k_seg (12 // LDSM per k-tile instead of 16). Lane contract: lanes 0-7 address // rows n0..n7 chunk c, lanes 8-15 rows n0..n7 chunk c+1, lanes 16-23 // rows n8..n15 chunk c, lanes 24-31 rows n8..n15 chunk c+1; regs // {r0,r1} are the even nt's k-halves, {r2,r3} the odd nt's. The +8-row // step never reaches the swizzle source bits for kK <= 64 (kChunks<=4: // bits row[2:1]), so lanes 16-31 reuse the same lswz and each pair // address is the even-nt base + p*(16*kK). kK=128 swizzles on row[2:0] // where +8 flips bits — that config keeps the x2 loads. static constexpr unsigned kMtStep = 16 * kK; // bytes per m-tile row step static constexpr unsigned kNtStep = 8 * kK; // bytes per n-tile row step static constexpr unsigned kSegXor = 32; // chunk-index +2 per k_seg static constexpr bool kPairB = kK / 16 <= 4; static_assert(!kPairB || kNt % 2 == 0, "B pairing needs even kNt"); static constexpr unsigned kPairStep = 16 * kK; // bytes per nt-pair row step __device__ __forceinline__ unsigned b4_lane_off(int lane) const { return b_lane_off(lane) + (lane >> 4) * kPairStep / 2; } }; // --------------------------------------------------------------------------- // Collective epilogue: fused bias, the bf16 scatter of the fp32 accumulators // through the reclaimed operand shared memory, and the coalesced copy-out. template struct Fp8CollectiveEpilogue { using Traits = typename Policy::Traits; static constexpr bool kStreamOut = Policy::kStreamOut; static constexpr int kBlockM = Traits::kBlockM; static constexpr int kBlockN = Traits::kBlockN; static constexpr int kMt = Traits::kWarpM / 16; static constexpr int kNt = Traits::kWarpN / 8; __nv_bfloat16* const tile_out; const float output_scale; const __nv_bfloat16* const bias; const int64_t m, n; const bool t_out; const int row_elems, row_chunks; const int warp_m, warp_n, group, thread_in_group; const int64_t block_m, block_n; __device__ Fp8CollectiveEpilogue(char* smem, const FP8Params& p, int64_t block_m, int64_t block_n, int tid) : tile_out(reinterpret_cast<__nv_bfloat16*>(smem)), output_scale(*p.scale), bias(reinterpret_cast(p.bias_ptr)), m(p.m), n(p.n), t_out(p.out_transposed != 0), row_elems(t_out ? kBlockM : kBlockN), row_chunks(row_elems / 8), warp_m((tid >> 5) / Traits::kWarpsN), warp_n((tid >> 5) % Traits::kWarpsN), group((tid & 31) >> 2), thread_in_group(tid & 3), block_m(block_m), block_n(block_n) {} // Swizzled address of one 16B chunk (row r, chunk c) of the staged tile. // Plain orientation: D-local, kBlockM rows of kBlockN elems. // Out-transposed (swap dispatch): the tile stages D-local rows over the // swapped problem, so it has kBlockN rows of kBlockM — rows and row // length trade places. Both row-chunk counts are powers of two, keeping // the 16B-chunk XOR swizzle well-defined. __device__ __forceinline__ __nv_bfloat16* out_chunk(int r, int c) const { return tile_out + (size_t)r * row_elems + ((c ^ (r & (row_chunks - 1))) * 8); } // Address of one element of the staged tile. __device__ __forceinline__ __nv_bfloat16* out_elem(int r, int v) const { return out_chunk(r, v >> 3) + (v & 7); } // Scatter the accumulators into the staging tile. The direct bf16 // epilogue goes through the operand shared memory: the A/B rings are // dead once the mainloop ends, so their space stages the output tile // (kBlockM x kBlockN bf16, always <= the ring budget). Threads first // scatter their accumulators into the tile (STS.32 of bf16x2 pairs), a // barrier makes the tile coherent, then the whole CTA copies it out in // fully-coalesced 16B chunks. The direct per-thread stores this replaces // hit 8 disjoint 16B segments per warp (rows are n*2 bytes apart), ~50% // write efficiency — measurable at 2048+ where the epilogue is ~8% of // runtime. The 16B-chunk XOR swizzle (chunk index ^ row) keeps both the // scatter and the gather conflict-free: a lane quad's chunk and the 8 // rows of one gather phase map to distinct 4-bank groups. __device__ __forceinline__ void stage(float acc[kNt][kMt][4]) const { // Fused bias (idea B): added to the fp32 accumulator before the // single bf16 rounding — one fewer rounding than the out + bias // elementwise pass this replaces, and no extra kernel launch / m*n // round-trip. The per-lane loads (2 per nt, kMt-times re-read) are // L1 broadcasts; rows past the N edge skip the load (their smem // slots never copy out). Under out_transposed the bias indexes // D-cols = the kernel's rows, so one load per r0 broadcasts across // the row's cols instead. const int local_col0 = warp_n * Traits::kWarpN + thread_in_group * 2; const int64_t bias_col0 = block_n * kBlockN; const int64_t bias_row0 = block_m * kBlockM; if (!t_out) { #pragma unroll for (int nt = 0; nt < kNt; ++nt) { const int col = local_col0 + nt * 8; const int64_t gcol = bias_col0 + col; const float b0 = bias && gcol < n ? __bfloat162float(bias[gcol]) : 0.0f; const float b1 = bias && gcol + 1 < n ? __bfloat162float(bias[gcol + 1]) : 0.0f; #pragma unroll for (int mt = 0; mt < kMt; ++mt) { const int r0 = warp_m * Traits::kWarpM + group + mt * 16; const float* tile_acc = acc[nt][mt]; // Two bf16x2 stores per accumulator tile: rows g and // g+8 of the m16n8 output, columns tig*2 and tig*2+1 // inside one 16B chunk. const int off = col & 7; // element offset in the chunk *reinterpret_cast<__nv_bfloat162*>( out_chunk(r0, col >> 3) + off) = __floats2bfloat162_rn(tile_acc[0] * output_scale + b0, tile_acc[1] * output_scale + b1); *reinterpret_cast<__nv_bfloat162*>( out_chunk(r0 + 8, col >> 3) + off) = __floats2bfloat162_rn(tile_acc[2] * output_scale + b0, tile_acc[3] * output_scale + b1); } } } else { // Transposed scatter: accumulator (kernel row r0, col) is // D[col0_global + col][row0_global + r0], staged at T[col][r0]. // The acc pair spans two staged rows, so these are scalar stores // (4 per (nt, mt) vs the packed bf16x2 pair — the swap path is // the rare NN layout); the row swizzle keeps the quad's stores // bank-spread. OOB elements store dead lanes of the tile, never // copied out. #pragma unroll for (int nt = 0; nt < kNt; ++nt) { const int col = local_col0 + nt * 8; #pragma unroll for (int mt = 0; mt < kMt; ++mt) { const int r0 = warp_m * Traits::kWarpM + group + mt * 16; const int64_t grow = bias_row0 + r0; const float b = bias && grow < m ? __bfloat162float(bias[grow]) : 0.0f; const float* tile_acc = acc[nt][mt]; *out_elem(col, r0) = __float2bfloat16(tile_acc[0] * output_scale + b); *out_elem(col + 1, r0) = __float2bfloat16(tile_acc[1] * output_scale + b); *out_elem(col, r0 + 8) = __float2bfloat16(tile_acc[2] * output_scale + b); *out_elem(col + 1, r0 + 8) = __float2bfloat16(tile_acc[3] * output_scale + b); } } } } // Coalesced copy-out: thread -> one 16B chunk; consecutive threads walk // a row so each global transaction covers a full 128B line. Under the // swap the staged rows are D-rows counted from block_n's stripe while // the row length is kernel m', so row/stride flip to the swapped dims // (D[row][col] = out[row * p.m + col]). __device__ __forceinline__ void store(__nv_bfloat16* out_bf16) const { constexpr int kTotalChunks = kBlockM * (kBlockN / 8); // == kBlockN * (kBlockM/8) const int64_t row0_global = block_m * kBlockM; const int64_t col0_global = block_n * kBlockN; for (int idx = threadIdx.x; idx < kTotalChunks; idx += kCtaThreads) { const int r = idx / row_chunks; const int c = idx % row_chunks; const uint4 v = *reinterpret_cast(out_chunk(r, c)); const int64_t row = t_out ? (int64_t)block_n * kBlockN + r : row0_global + r; const int64_t col = t_out ? row0_global + (int64_t)c * 8 : col0_global + (int64_t)c * 8; const int64_t rows_total = t_out ? n : m; const int64_t row_stride = t_out ? m : n; if (row >= rows_total) break; // rows are consecutive: nothing left auto* dst = out_bf16 + row * row_stride + col; if (col + 8 <= row_stride && (reinterpret_cast(dst) & 15) == 0) { if constexpr (kStreamOut) { // Evict-first streaming store knob. Measured neutral on // L20 squares and -3..4% on rects (the evict-first // policy hurts more than the L2 B-tile protection helps // at these sizes); kept as a template knob for other // SKUs. Default off. __stcs(reinterpret_cast(dst), v); } else { *reinterpret_cast(dst) = v; } } else { // Row-edge chunk or an odd-stride row base: spill the // elements that survive the row edge (and stay aligned). const __nv_bfloat16* elems = reinterpret_cast(&v); for (int e = 0; e < 8 && col + e < row_stride; ++e) dst[e] = elems[e]; } } } __device__ __forceinline__ void run(float acc[kNt][kMt][4], __nv_bfloat16* out_bf16) { stage(acc); __syncthreads(); store(out_bf16); } private: static constexpr int kCtaThreads = Traits::kCtaThreads; }; template __global__ void __launch_bounds__(Policy::kCtaThreads, Policy::kMinCtas) fp8_gemm_kernel(FP8Params p) { using Traits = typename Policy::Traits; using Mainloop = Fp8CollectiveMainloop; using Epilogue = Fp8CollectiveEpilogue; // Tiles are flat [rows * kK] with a 16B-chunk XOR swizzle (tile_at): // ldmatrix reads whole 16B chunks through the same mapping the staging // writes, and the swizzle removes the bank conflict the unswizzled // 8-word row stride caused (see tile_at). The stages live in dynamic // shared memory so deep pipelines (kStages * (kBlockM + kBlockN) * kK > // 48KB static limit) opt in via cudaFuncSetAttribute in the launcher. extern __shared__ __align__(16) char fp8_gemm_smem[]; // Batch slice (grid.z): broadcast operands carry a 0 stride, so the // same pointer serves every batch. using T8 = typename Mainloop::T8; const T8* a = reinterpret_cast(p.a_ptr) + (int64_t)blockIdx.z * p.a_batch_stride; const T8* b = reinterpret_cast(p.b_ptr) + (int64_t)blockIdx.z * p.b_batch_stride; auto* out_bf16 = reinterpret_cast<__nv_bfloat16*>(p.out_ptr) + (int64_t)blockIdx.z * p.out_batch_stride; static_assert(Mainloop::kBlockM * Mainloop::kBlockN * 2 <= Mainloop::kARing * Mainloop::kBlockM * Mainloop::kK + Mainloop::kBRing * Mainloop::kBlockN * Mainloop::kK, "output tile must fit the reclaimed operand smem"); const int2 bn = Fp8GemmTileScheduler::tile(blockIdx, gridDim); Mainloop mainloop(fp8_gemm_smem, a, b, p.m, p.n, p.k, p.a_ld, p.b_ld, threadIdx.x, bn); float acc[Mainloop::kNt][Mainloop::kMt][4] = {}; // [nt][mt][acc] mainloop.prologue(); mainloop.accumulate(acc); // Drain the pipeline before the epilogue reclaims the operand rings for // output staging: the loop's last commits (possibly only zero-filling // predicated-off chunks) are nobody's wait target anymore. astrai::cp_async_wait_all(); Epilogue(fp8_gemm_smem, p, bn.x, bn.y, threadIdx.x).run(acc, out_bf16); } // --------------------------------------------------------------------------- // Launchers — pure CUDA (no torch), usable from the binding and pure C tests. // --------------------------------------------------------------------------- // SM count of the current device (cached per device; benign init race — // every writer stores the same value). Host-side only: feeds the // device-adaptive dispatch thresholds. inline int device_sm_count() { static int cached[64] = {}; int dev = 0; cudaGetDevice(&dev); if (dev < 0 || dev >= 64) { int sms = 0; cudaDeviceGetAttribute(&sms, cudaDevAttrMultiProcessorCount, dev); return sms > 0 ? sms : 1; } if (!cached[dev]) { int sms = 0; cudaDeviceGetAttribute(&sms, cudaDevAttrMultiProcessorCount, dev); cached[dev] = sms > 0 ? sms : 1; } return cached[dev]; } // Launch one kernel instantiation with its shared-memory budget: stages live // in dynamic smem, so budgets beyond the 48KB static limit opt in once per // instantiation via cudaFuncSetAttribute (see AGENTS.md "dynamic shared // memory"). Templated on the kernel *value* (auto NTTP) so every // instantiation owns its own armed flag — same-signature kernels must not // share it (the attribute is per-function). A failed opt-in arms nothing, so // the launch below fails loudly through the caller's error checks instead of // silently running with an undersized stage buffer. template void launch_with_smem(int smem_bytes, dim3 grid, dim3 block, cudaStream_t stream, Args... args) { if (smem_bytes > 48 * 1024) { static bool armed = false; // per instantiation if (!armed) { const cudaError_t err = cudaFuncSetAttribute( Kernel, cudaFuncAttributeMaxDynamicSharedMemorySize, smem_bytes); armed = (err == cudaSuccess); } } Kernel<<>>(args...); } // Pre-quantized GEMM tile config: 128x128 CTA (8 warps x 64x32 warp tiles). // kK selects the K tile (32 / 64 / 128; larger kK halves the __syncthreads // count per K and doubles the MMA work per stage at more smem per stage). // Stages is the cp.async pipeline depth (smem = Stages * (BM + BN) * kK // bytes for congruous layouts; deep pipelines are dynamic-smem backed, 1 // CTA/SM past 48KB). // Crosswise operands always take load_crosswise_direct — the alternative // staging+transpose pipeline measured 15-20% slower everywhere probed // (contract k 2048..32768, DRAM-streaming B included) and was removed. // Padding-driven small-CTA rule. m <= 64 (and n <= 64 symmetric): a 128-row // CTA would waste half its MMA work on predicated-off rows. Divisibility: // a 128x128 CTA that is NOT exactly tiled (m or n not a multiple of 128) // runs its edge tiles on the predicated generic path, and with a single // in-flight wave the runtime is the slowest CTA — the edge tiles drag the // whole shape down (1088^3: 76T vs 93T with the 64x64 CTA, whose grid tiles // exactly and overlaps waves; measured sweep, perf 5.1). When 64 divides // both dims, the 64x64 small CTA wins the non-128-divisible band by // 23..67%. inline bool small_cta_padding(int64_t m, int64_t n) { if (m <= 64 || n <= 64) return true; const bool big_div = (m % 128 == 0) && (n % 128 == 0); const bool small_div = (m % 64 == 0) && (n % 64 == 0); return !big_div && small_div; } // Launch configuration — a pure function of the problem (unit-testable // without a GPU call; the measured crossover rules live in // prefer_small_cta's comment). struct Fp8GemmPlan { enum class Cta { kSmall64, kNarrow128x64, kBig128 }; Cta cta; bool small_s3; // kSmall64 only: cp.async pipeline depth (2 vs 3 stages) bool grouped; // grouped raster order; else plain N-fastest }; inline Fp8GemmPlan plan_gemm(const FP8Params& p, bool grouped) { const int64_t sm = device_sm_count(); const int64_t tiles_128 = (int64_t)p.batch * ((p.m + 127) / 128) * ((p.n + 127) / 128); const auto small = [&](bool s3) { return Fp8GemmPlan{Fp8GemmPlan::Cta::kSmall64, s3, grouped}; }; // Padding rules first: predication waste beats any wave-fill effect. if (small_cta_padding(p.m, p.n)) return small(false); // Past the sub-wave band the 128x128 CTA wins on operand reuse (each A // element multiplies 128 B columns in-CTA) and per-CTA pipeline depth: // forcing the 64x64 CTA there measured 2048^3 123->171 TF on L20 and // 164 vs 308T on sm_120. if (tiles_128 >= sm * 5 / 8) return Fp8GemmPlan{Fp8GemmPlan::Cta::kBig128, false, grouped}; // Sub-wave band: the 128x64 narrow CTA (8 warps of 32x32) fills the // wave with N-tiles at full warp depth — measured sm_120, it beats the // small CTA by +7..77% across the band once the narrow grid passes ~3/8 // of a wave (128x4096 132 vs 123T, 1024^3 174 vs 131T, 4096x384 242 vs // 147T, 8192x128 233 vs 131T); below that fill the plain 64x64 CTA's // extra parallelism wins (2048x128: small 99 vs 87T). const int64_t tiles_narrow = (int64_t)p.batch * ((p.m + 127) / 128) * ((p.n + 63) / 64); if (tiles_narrow >= sm * 3 / 8) return Fp8GemmPlan{Fp8GemmPlan::Cta::kNarrow128x64, false, grouped}; // Full-ring small CTAs — ONE __syncthreads per k-tile, cuBLAS's barrier // structure. Two depths by grid shape: the 24KB 3-slot s2 variant keeps // 4 CTAs/SM while the whole grid stays resident (<= one 3-CTA wave); // past that the 32KB s3 variant's deeper cp.async pipeline wins on // multi-wave grids (measured 1280³: 107T vs 98T; sub-wave grids tie // within +-1%). const int64_t tiles_64 = (int64_t)p.batch * ((p.m + 63) / 64) * ((p.n + 63) / 64); return small(tiles_64 > sm * 3); } // Grid + launch for one concrete Policy — the only place a GEMM kernel // goes to the wire. template void launch_policy(const FP8Params& p, cudaStream_t stream) { using Traits = typename Policy::Traits; constexpr int kBM = Traits::kBlockM; constexpr int kBN = Traits::kBlockN; dim3 grid((p.n + kBN - 1) / kBN, (p.m + kBM - 1) / kBM, p.batch); launch_with_smem>( Fp8GemmSmem::kBytes, grid, dim3(Traits::kCtaThreads), stream, p); } // Plan -> Policy: the production-tuned configs. Big CTA: 128x128 of 8 warps // x 64x32, kK=64, 2-stage full ring, interior fast loop only for // dual-congruous layouts (crosswise instantiations keep the single generic // body — no dead second loop in their I-cache). Small CTA: 64x64 of 4 warps // x 32x32, kK=64, kFastLoop always on (the predication-free interior load // is where the small CTA's issue budget goes). Full rings everywhere: the // lean ring traded a second barrier for a 4th resident CTA and measured // slower (1280³ +5..9%). template void launch_plan(const FP8Params& p, const Fp8GemmPlan& plan, cudaStream_t stream) { constexpr bool kBigFast = !std::is_same_v && !std::is_same_v; switch (plan.cta) { case Fp8GemmPlan::Cta::kBig128: { using Policy = Fp8GemmPolicy; launch_policy(p, stream); break; } case Fp8GemmPlan::Cta::kNarrow128x64: { using Policy = Fp8GemmPolicy; launch_policy(p, stream); break; } case Fp8GemmPlan::Cta::kSmall64: { if (plan.small_s3) { using Policy = Fp8GemmPolicy; launch_policy(p, stream); } else { using Policy = Fp8GemmPolicy; launch_policy(p, stream); } break; } } } // Pure problem rewrite: the dual-N-contiguous problem — trans_a/trans_b // both false — has no dedicated instantiation. It runs as its transpose // E[N][M] = B^T @ A^T (CUTLASS-sm90's is_swapAB): new A = B^T is // M'-contiguous (crosswise load), new B = A^T is K-contiguous (congruous // load), and p.out_transposed makes the epilogue scatter into the caller's // [M][N] row-major buffer. The rewritten trans flags become the layout tags // the launcher instantiates. One instantiation fewer per (format, // tile-config); the NN path pays a scalar-store scatter, which its rare // usage (no LLM-linear operand pair is dual-N-contiguous) makes the right // trade. inline void canonicalize_gemm(FP8Params& p, bool& trans_a, bool& trans_b) { if (!trans_a && !trans_b) { FP8Params s = p; // E = B^T * A^T: swap roles, M <-> N s.m = p.n; s.n = p.m; s.a_ptr = p.b_ptr; s.b_ptr = p.a_ptr; s.a_ld = p.b_ld; s.b_ld = p.a_ld; s.a_batch_stride = p.b_batch_stride; s.b_batch_stride = p.a_batch_stride; s.out_transposed = 1; p = s; trans_a = trans_b = true; } } // Entry point: canonicalize the problem, plan the launch, wire the layout // tags through. (Every reachable tag combination is grouped-raster: the // plain-raster knob stays available through launch_plan for experiments.) template void gemm(FP8Params p, cudaStream_t stream, bool trans_a, bool trans_b) { canonicalize_gemm(p, trans_a, trans_b); const bool grouped = trans_a || trans_b; const Fp8GemmPlan plan = plan_gemm(p, grouped); if (trans_a && trans_b) launch_plan(p, plan, stream); else if (trans_b) launch_plan(p, plan, stream); else launch_plan(p, plan, stream); } } // namespace fp8 } // namespace astrai