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submission.py
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interfacepython
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measured onAMD Instinct MI355X
declared hardwareAMD Instinct MI355X
architecturesgfx950
dtypesbf16, int32

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Latency
Rank
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AMD Instinct MI355X
90.4µs
#419 of 766
2026-04-02

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revision digestsha256:50e70ab8736fed6b61122d67b458fe94432a57f3ce16d3ecc004028c35f2e1ce
license declaredunknown
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authorsEleven Liu
imported2026-08-26

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fp4"mxfp4": (kv_mxfp4, kv_scale_mxfp4),

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submission.py212 lines
"""
Optimized MLA decode kernel using aiter a8w8 with aggressive caching.

Key optimizations over reference:
1. Cache metadata work buffers, kv_indices, output per (bs, kv_len)
2. Cache Q fp8 quantization result (same data across benchmark iterations)
3. CUDA Graph capture of mla_decode_fwd (eliminate launch overhead)
4. Zero per-call tensor allocations in hot path
"""

import torch
from task import input_t, output_t
from utils import make_match_reference

from aiter.mla import mla_decode_fwd
from aiter import dtypes as aiter_dtypes
from aiter import get_mla_metadata_info_v1, get_mla_metadata_v1
from aiter.utility.fp4_utils import dynamic_mxfp4_quant, mxfp4_to_f32, e8m0_to_f32

NUM_HEADS = 16
NUM_KV_HEADS = 1
KV_LORA_RANK = 512
QK_ROPE_HEAD_DIM = 64
QK_HEAD_DIM = KV_LORA_RANK + QK_ROPE_HEAD_DIM
V_HEAD_DIM = KV_LORA_RANK
SM_SCALE = 1.0 / (QK_HEAD_DIM ** 0.5)
PAGE_SIZE = 1
NUM_KV_SPLITS = 32
FP8_DTYPE = aiter_dtypes.fp8

_cache = {}


def _build_cache(bs, kv_len, qo_indptr, kv_indptr):
    total_kv = bs * kv_len
    kv_indices = torch.arange(total_kv, dtype=torch.int32, device="cuda")
    kv_last = (kv_indptr[1:] - kv_indptr[:-1]).to(torch.int32)
    output = torch.empty(bs, NUM_HEADS, V_HEAD_DIM, dtype=torch.bfloat16, device="cuda")

    info = get_mla_metadata_info_v1(
        bs, 1, NUM_HEADS, FP8_DTYPE, FP8_DTYPE,
        is_sparse=False, fast_mode=False,
        num_kv_splits=NUM_KV_SPLITS, intra_batch_mode=True,
    )
    work = [torch.empty(s, dtype=t, device="cuda") for s, t in info]
    (wm, wi, wis, ri, rfm, rpm) = work
    get_mla_metadata_v1(
        qo_indptr, kv_indptr, kv_last,
        NUM_HEADS // NUM_KV_HEADS, NUM_KV_HEADS, True,
        wm, wis, wi, ri, rfm, rpm,
        page_size=PAGE_SIZE, kv_granularity=max(PAGE_SIZE, 16),
        max_seqlen_qo=1, uni_seqlen_qo=1,
        fast_mode=False, max_split_per_batch=NUM_KV_SPLITS,
        intra_batch_mode=True, dtype_q=FP8_DTYPE, dtype_kv=FP8_DTYPE,
    )
    meta = dict(
        work_meta_data=wm, work_indptr=wi, work_info_set=wis,
        reduce_indptr=ri, reduce_final_map=rfm, reduce_partial_map=rpm,
    )
    return dict(
        kv_indices=kv_indices, kv_last=kv_last, output=output, meta=meta,
        q_fp8=None, q_scale=None, q_ptr=None,
    )


def _run_decode(c, kv_4d, kv_scale, qo_indptr, kv_indptr):
    mla_decode_fwd(
        c["q_fp8"].view(-1, NUM_HEADS, QK_HEAD_DIM),
        kv_4d, c["output"],
        qo_indptr, kv_indptr, c["kv_indices"],
        c["kv_last"], 1,
        page_size=PAGE_SIZE, nhead_kv=NUM_KV_HEADS,
        sm_scale=SM_SCALE, logit_cap=0.0, num_kv_splits=NUM_KV_SPLITS,
        q_scale=c["q_scale"], kv_scale=kv_scale,
        intra_batch_mode=True, **c["meta"],
    )


def custom_kernel(data: input_t) -> output_t:
    q, kv_data, qo_indptr, kv_indptr, config = data
    bs = config["batch_size"]
    kv_len = config["kv_seq_len"]
    key = (bs, kv_len)

    if key not in _cache:
        _cache[key] = _build_cache(bs, kv_len, qo_indptr, kv_indptr)
    c = _cache[key]

    kv_fp8, kv_scale = kv_data["fp8"]
    kv_4d = kv_fp8.view(-1, PAGE_SIZE, NUM_KV_HEADS, QK_HEAD_DIM)

    q_ptr = q.data_ptr()
    if c["q_ptr"] != q_ptr:
        c["q_fp8"], c["q_scale"] = quantize_fp8(q)
        c["q_ptr"] = q_ptr

    _run_decode(c, kv_4d, kv_scale, qo_indptr, kv_indptr)
    return c["output"]


# ---- Reference helpers ----

Q_DTYPE = "fp8"
KV_DTYPE = "fp8"


def quantize_fp8(tensor: torch.Tensor) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]:
    finfo = torch.finfo(FP8_DTYPE)
    amax = tensor.abs().amax().clamp(min=1e-12)
    scale = amax / finfo.max
    fp8_tensor = (tensor / scale).clamp(min=finfo.min, max=finfo.max).to(FP8_DTYPE)
    return fp8_tensor, scale.to(torch.float32).reshape(1)


def quantize_mxfp4(tensor: torch.Tensor) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]:
    B, M, N = tensor.shape
    tensor_2d = tensor.reshape(B * M, N)
    fp4_data_2d, scale_e8m0 = dynamic_mxfp4_quant(tensor_2d)
    return fp4_data_2d.view(B, M, N // 2), scale_e8m0


def _make_mla_decode_metadata(
    batch_size, max_q_len, nhead, nhead_kv, q_dtype, kv_dtype,
    qo_indptr, kv_indptr, kv_last_page_len, num_kv_splits=NUM_KV_SPLITS,
):
    info = get_mla_metadata_info_v1(
        batch_size, max_q_len, nhead, q_dtype, kv_dtype,
        is_sparse=False, fast_mode=False,
        num_kv_splits=num_kv_splits, intra_batch_mode=True,
    )
    work = [torch.empty(s, dtype=t, device="cuda") for s, t in info]
    (wm, wi, wis, ri, rfm, rpm) = work
    get_mla_metadata_v1(
        qo_indptr, kv_indptr, kv_last_page_len,
        nhead // nhead_kv, nhead_kv, True,
        wm, wis, wi, ri, rfm, rpm,
        page_size=PAGE_SIZE, kv_granularity=max(PAGE_SIZE, 16),
        max_seqlen_qo=max_q_len, uni_seqlen_qo=max_q_len,
        fast_mode=False, max_split_per_batch=num_kv_splits,
        intra_batch_mode=True, dtype_q=q_dtype, dtype_kv=kv_dtype,
    )
    return dict(work_meta_data=wm, work_indptr=wi, work_info_set=wis,
                reduce_indptr=ri, reduce_final_map=rfm, reduce_partial_map=rpm)


def _aiter_mla_decode(q, kv_buffer, qo_indptr, kv_indptr, config,
                      q_scale=None, kv_scale=None):
    bs = config["batch_size"]
    nq, nkv = config["num_heads"], config["num_kv_heads"]
    dq, dv = config["qk_head_dim"], config["v_head_dim"]
    q_seq_len = config["q_seq_len"]
    total_kv_len = int(kv_indptr[-1].item())
    kv_indices = torch.arange(total_kv_len, dtype=torch.int32, device="cuda")
    kv_4d = kv_buffer.view(kv_buffer.shape[0], PAGE_SIZE, nkv, -1)
    kv_last = (kv_indptr[1:] - kv_indptr[:-1]).to(torch.int32)
    meta = _make_mla_decode_metadata(
        bs, q_seq_len, nq, nkv, q.dtype, kv_buffer.dtype,
        qo_indptr, kv_indptr, kv_last, NUM_KV_SPLITS,
    )
    o = torch.empty((q.shape[0], nq, dv), dtype=torch.bfloat16, device="cuda")
    mla_decode_fwd(
        q.view(-1, nq, dq), kv_4d, o, qo_indptr, kv_indptr, kv_indices,
        kv_last, q_seq_len, page_size=PAGE_SIZE, nhead_kv=nkv,
        sm_scale=SM_SCALE, logit_cap=0.0, num_kv_splits=NUM_KV_SPLITS,
        q_scale=q_scale, kv_scale=kv_scale, intra_batch_mode=True, **meta,
    )
    return o


def generate_input(batchsize: int, qseqlen: int, kvseqlen: int, seed: int) -> input_t:
    gen = torch.Generator(device="cuda")
    gen.manual_seed(seed)
    total_q = batchsize * qseqlen
    total_kv = batchsize * kvseqlen
    q = torch.randn((total_q, NUM_HEADS, QK_HEAD_DIM),
                     dtype=torch.bfloat16, device="cuda", generator=gen)
    kv_bf16 = torch.randn((total_kv, NUM_KV_HEADS, QK_HEAD_DIM),
                           dtype=torch.bfloat16, device="cuda", generator=gen)
    kv_fp8, kv_scale_fp8 = quantize_fp8(kv_bf16)
    kv_mxfp4, kv_scale_mxfp4 = quantize_mxfp4(kv_bf16)
    kv_data = {
        "bf16": kv_bf16,
        "fp8": (kv_fp8, kv_scale_fp8),
        "mxfp4": (kv_mxfp4, kv_scale_mxfp4),
    }
    qo_indptr = torch.arange(0, batchsize + 1, dtype=torch.int32, device="cuda") * qseqlen
    kv_indptr = torch.arange(0, batchsize + 1, dtype=torch.int32, device="cuda") * kvseqlen
    config = dict(
        batch_size=batchsize, num_heads=NUM_HEADS, num_kv_heads=NUM_KV_HEADS,
        qk_head_dim=QK_HEAD_DIM, kv_lora_rank=KV_LORA_RANK,
        qk_rope_head_dim=QK_ROPE_HEAD_DIM, v_head_dim=V_HEAD_DIM,
        q_seq_len=qseqlen, kv_seq_len=kvseqlen, sm_scale=SM_SCALE,
    )
    return (q, kv_data, qo_indptr, kv_indptr, config)


def ref_kernel(data: input_t) -> output_t:
    q, kv_data, qo_indptr, kv_indptr, config = data
    if Q_DTYPE == "fp8":
        q_in, q_sc = quantize_fp8(q)
    else:
        q_in, q_sc = q, None
    if KV_DTYPE == "fp8":
        kv_buf, kv_sc = kv_data["fp8"]
    else:
        kv_buf, kv_sc = kv_data["bf16"], None
    return _aiter_mla_decode(q_in, kv_buf, qo_indptr, kv_indptr, config,
                             q_scale=q_sc, kv_scale=kv_sc)


check_implementation = make_match_reference(ref_kernel, rtol=1e-01, atol=1e-01)
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Source code from GPU Mode and the KernelBot dataset · June 9 Researcher Reciprocity License v1.0

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