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"mxfp4": (Tensor, Tensor) kv_buffer fp4x2 + fp8_e8m0 — block-32 quantizedpersistent-kernel
Decode only — persistent mode with get_mla_metadata_v1.Kernel source
submission.py530 lines
#!POPCORN leaderboard amd-mixed-mla
#!POPCORN gpu MI355X
# gpumode leaderboard reference
"""
Reference implementation for MLA (Multi-head Latent Attention) decode kernel.
Uses aiter MLA kernels (mla_decode_fwd) as the reference.
DeepSeek R1 forward_absorb MLA: absorbed q (576), compressed kv_buffer (576),
output v_head_dim = kv_lora_rank = 512.
The input provides:
q: (total_q, 16, 576) bfloat16 — absorbed query
kv_data: dict with KV cache in three formats:
"bf16": Tensor (total_kv, 1, 576) bfloat16 — highest precision
"fp8": (Tensor, Tensor) kv_buffer fp8 + scalar scale — per-tensor quantized
"mxfp4": (Tensor, Tensor) kv_buffer fp4x2 + fp8_e8m0 — block-32 quantized
The reference quantizes Q to fp8 on-the-fly inside ref_kernel.
The reference kernel quantizes Q to fp8 on-the-fly and uses fp8 KV (a8w8 kernel),
which is ~2-3x faster than bf16 on MI355X with negligible accuracy loss.
Decode only — persistent mode with get_mla_metadata_v1.
"""
import torch
import torch.nn.functional as F
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,
)
try:
from aiter.ops.triton.quant import (
dynamic_per_tensor_quant_fp8_i8 as _dynamic_per_tensor_quant_fp8_i8,
)
except Exception:
_dynamic_per_tensor_quant_fp8_i8 = None
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# DeepSeek R1 latent MQA constants (forward_absorb path)
# https://huggingface.co/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1-0528/blob/main/config.json
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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 # 576
V_HEAD_DIM = KV_LORA_RANK # 512
SM_SCALE = 1.0 / (QK_HEAD_DIM ** 0.5)
PAGE_SIZE = 1
NUM_KV_SPLITS = 32
# FP8 dtype (platform-specific via aiter)
FP8_DTYPE = aiter_dtypes.fp8
# Query dtype for the reference kernel: "fp8" or "bf16"
Q_DTYPE = "fp8"
# KV cache dtype for the reference kernel: "fp8" or "bf16"
KV_DTYPE = "fp8"
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Caches (persistent-mode metadata + small constant tensors)
#
# Leaderboard mode re-generates input tensors every run, but shapes (and indptr
# patterns) are stable per benchmark case. Caching avoids:
# - repeated get_mla_metadata_v1 launches
# - repeated kv_indices / kv_last_page_len allocations
# and removes any accidental host syncs (.item()).
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
_MLA_META_CACHE: dict[tuple, dict] = {}
_MLA_KV_INDICES_CACHE: dict[tuple, torch.Tensor] = {}
_MLA_KV_LAST_PAGE_LEN_CACHE: dict[tuple, torch.Tensor] = {}
_MLA_OUT_CACHE: dict[tuple, torch.Tensor] = {}
def _choose_num_kv_splits(
*,
batch_size: int,
kv_seq_len: int,
nhead: int,
max_q_len: int,
q_dtype: torch.dtype,
cap: int,
) -> int:
return max(1, int(cap))
def _get_kv_indices(total_kv_len: int, device: torch.device) -> torch.Tensor:
key = (device, int(total_kv_len))
cached = _MLA_KV_INDICES_CACHE.get(key)
if cached is not None:
return cached
t = torch.arange(total_kv_len, dtype=torch.int32, device=device)
_MLA_KV_INDICES_CACHE[key] = t
return t
def _get_kv_last_page_len(
batch_size: int, kv_seq_len: int, device: torch.device
) -> torch.Tensor:
key = (device, int(batch_size), int(kv_seq_len))
cached = _MLA_KV_LAST_PAGE_LEN_CACHE.get(key)
if cached is not None:
return cached
t = torch.full((batch_size,), kv_seq_len, dtype=torch.int32, device=device)
_MLA_KV_LAST_PAGE_LEN_CACHE[key] = t
return t
def _get_out_buffer(total_q: int, nhead: int, dv: int, device: torch.device) -> torch.Tensor:
key = (device, int(total_q), int(nhead), int(dv))
cached = _MLA_OUT_CACHE.get(key)
if cached is not None:
return cached
t = torch.empty((total_q, nhead, dv), dtype=torch.bfloat16, device=device)
_MLA_OUT_CACHE[key] = t
return t
def _supports_nonpersistent_fastpath(
*,
batch_size: int,
kv_seq_len: int,
max_q_len: int,
nhead: int,
nhead_kv: int,
q_dtype: torch.dtype,
kv_dtype: torch.dtype,
) -> bool:
return (
batch_size <= 32
and kv_seq_len <= 1024
and
max_q_len == 1
and nhead == 16
and nhead_kv == 1
and q_dtype == FP8_DTYPE
and kv_dtype == FP8_DTYPE
)
def _get_mla_meta_cached(
*,
batch_size: int,
kv_seq_len: int,
max_q_len: int,
nhead: int,
nhead_kv: int,
q_dtype: torch.dtype,
kv_dtype: torch.dtype,
qo_indptr: torch.Tensor,
kv_indptr: torch.Tensor,
kv_last_page_len: torch.Tensor,
num_kv_splits: int,
) -> dict:
key = (
qo_indptr.device,
int(batch_size),
int(kv_seq_len),
int(max_q_len),
int(nhead),
int(nhead_kv),
str(q_dtype),
str(kv_dtype),
int(num_kv_splits),
)
cached = _MLA_META_CACHE.get(key)
if cached is not None:
return cached
meta = _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,
)
_MLA_META_CACHE[key] = meta
return meta
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# FP8 quantization (sglang style: dynamic per-tensor)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def quantize_fp8(tensor: torch.Tensor) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]:
"""
Dynamic per-tensor FP8 quantization (following sglang scaled_fp8_quant).
Args:
tensor: bf16 tensor to quantize
Returns:
(fp8_tensor, scale) where scale is a scalar float32 tensor.
Dequantize: fp8_tensor.to(bf16) * scale
"""
# Fast path: Triton per-tensor quant (computes scale + quantizes in-kernel).
if _dynamic_per_tensor_quant_fp8_i8 is not None and tensor.is_cuda:
orig_shape = tensor.shape
x2d = tensor.contiguous().view(-1, orig_shape[-1])
fp8_tensor = torch.empty_like(x2d, dtype=FP8_DTYPE, device=tensor.device)
scale = torch.zeros(1, dtype=torch.float32, device=tensor.device)
_dynamic_per_tensor_quant_fp8_i8(fp8_tensor, x2d, scale)
return fp8_tensor.view(orig_shape), scale.view(1)
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)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# MXFP4 quantization (aiter native: block-32, fp4x2 + fp8_e8m0 dtypes)
# Uses aiter.utility.fp4_utils.dynamic_mxfp4_quant
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def quantize_mxfp4(tensor: torch.Tensor) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]:
"""
MXFP4 block-wise quantization using aiter's dynamic_mxfp4_quant.
Block size = 32. Each block gets an E8M0 scale factor.
Two FP4 E2M1 values are packed per byte.
Args:
tensor: bf16 tensor of shape [B, M, N] (N must be divisible by 32)
Returns:
(fp4_data, scale_e8m0)
- fp4_data: shape [B, M, N//2] in aiter_dtypes.fp4x2
- scale_e8m0: shape [B*M, ceil(N/32)] padded, in aiter_dtypes.fp8_e8m0
"""
orig_shape = tensor.shape # (B, M, N)
B, M, N = orig_shape
# dynamic_mxfp4_quant expects 2D: (B*M, N)
tensor_2d = tensor.reshape(B * M, N)
fp4_data_2d, scale_e8m0 = dynamic_mxfp4_quant(tensor_2d)
# Reshape fp4_data back to 3D: (B, M, N//2)
fp4_data = fp4_data_2d.view(B, M, N // 2)
return fp4_data, scale_e8m0
def dequantize_mxfp4(
fp4_data: torch.Tensor,
scale_e8m0: torch.Tensor,
orig_shape: tuple,
dtype: torch.dtype = torch.bfloat16,
) -> torch.Tensor:
"""
Dequantize MXFP4 tensor using aiter utilities.
Note: dynamic_mxfp4_quant may pad both row and block dimensions in scale_e8m0.
We trim scales to match the actual data dimensions.
Args:
fp4_data: packed FP4 data, shape [B, M, N//2] in fp4x2 or uint8
scale_e8m0: E8M0 block scale factors (possibly padded) in fp8_e8m0
orig_shape: original (B, M, N) for reshaping
dtype: output dtype
Returns:
Dequantized tensor of shape orig_shape.
"""
B, M, N = orig_shape
num_rows = B * M
block_size = 32
num_blocks = N // block_size # actual blocks needed (e.g. 576/32 = 18)
# Unpack FP4 to float32: mxfp4_to_f32 expects (..., N//2) -> (..., N)
fp4_data_2d = fp4_data.reshape(num_rows, N // 2)
float_vals = mxfp4_to_f32(fp4_data_2d) # (num_rows, N)
# Convert E8M0 scales to float32 and trim padded dimensions
scale_f32 = e8m0_to_f32(scale_e8m0) # (padded_rows, padded_blocks)
scale_f32 = scale_f32[:num_rows, :num_blocks] # (num_rows, num_blocks)
# Apply block scales
float_vals_blocked = float_vals.view(num_rows, num_blocks, block_size)
scaled = float_vals_blocked * scale_f32.unsqueeze(-1)
return scaled.view(B, M, N).to(dtype)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Persistent mode metadata helpers
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def _make_mla_decode_metadata(
batch_size: int,
max_q_len: int,
nhead: int,
nhead_kv: int,
q_dtype: torch.dtype,
kv_dtype: torch.dtype,
qo_indptr: torch.Tensor,
kv_indptr: torch.Tensor,
kv_last_page_len: torch.Tensor,
num_kv_splits: int = NUM_KV_SPLITS,
):
"""Allocate and populate work buffers for persistent mla_decode_fwd."""
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=qo_indptr.device) for s, t in info]
(work_metadata, work_indptr, work_info_set,
reduce_indptr, reduce_final_map, reduce_partial_map) = work
# Populate the metadata buffers
get_mla_metadata_v1(
qo_indptr, kv_indptr, kv_last_page_len,
nhead // nhead_kv, # num_heads_per_head_k
nhead_kv, # num_heads_k
True, # is_causal
work_metadata, work_info_set, work_indptr,
reduce_indptr, reduce_final_map, reduce_partial_map,
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 {
"work_meta_data": work_metadata,
"work_indptr": work_indptr,
"work_info_set": work_info_set,
"reduce_indptr": reduce_indptr,
"reduce_final_map": reduce_final_map,
"reduce_partial_map": reduce_partial_map,
}
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Aiter reference kernel (decode only)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def _aiter_mla_decode(
q: torch.Tensor,
kv_buffer: torch.Tensor,
qo_indptr: torch.Tensor,
kv_indptr: torch.Tensor,
config: dict,
q_scale: torch.Tensor | None = None,
kv_scale: torch.Tensor | None = None,
) -> torch.Tensor:
"""
MLA decode attention using aiter persistent-mode kernel.
Supports multiple Q/KV dtype combinations:
- Q_DTYPE="fp8": fp8 Q + fp8 KV (a8w8) — fastest on MI355X
- Q_DTYPE="bf16": bf16 Q + bf16 KV (a16w16) — highest precision
q: (total_q, num_heads, 576) fp8 or bf16
kv_buffer: (total_kv, 1, 576) fp8 or bf16
q_scale: scalar float32 (required for fp8 Q, None for bf16)
kv_scale: scalar float32 (required for fp8 KV, None for bf16)
"""
batch_size = config["batch_size"]
nq = config["num_heads"]
nkv = config["num_kv_heads"]
dq = config["qk_head_dim"]
dv = config["v_head_dim"]
q_seq_len = config["q_seq_len"]
kv_seq_len = config["kv_seq_len"]
# Reshape kv_buffer to 4D for aiter: (total_kv, page_size, nhead_kv, dim)
kv_buffer_4d = kv_buffer.view(kv_buffer.shape[0], PAGE_SIZE, nkv, kv_buffer.shape[-1])
max_q_len = q_seq_len
num_kv_splits = _choose_num_kv_splits(
batch_size=batch_size,
kv_seq_len=kv_seq_len,
nhead=nq,
max_q_len=max_q_len,
q_dtype=q.dtype,
cap=NUM_KV_SPLITS,
)
# Avoid host syncs: never call `.item()` on CUDA tensors here.
total_kv_len = kv_buffer.shape[0]
kv_indices = _get_kv_indices(total_kv_len, device=kv_buffer.device)
kv_last_page_len = _get_kv_last_page_len(batch_size, kv_seq_len, device=kv_buffer.device)
meta = _get_mla_meta_cached(
batch_size=batch_size,
kv_seq_len=kv_seq_len,
max_q_len=max_q_len,
nhead=nq,
nhead_kv=nkv,
q_dtype=q.dtype,
kv_dtype=kv_buffer.dtype,
qo_indptr=qo_indptr,
kv_indptr=kv_indptr,
kv_last_page_len=kv_last_page_len,
num_kv_splits=num_kv_splits,
)
o = _get_out_buffer(q.shape[0], nq, dv, device=q.device)
mla_decode_fwd(
q.view(-1, nq, dq),
kv_buffer_4d,
o,
qo_indptr,
kv_indptr,
kv_indices,
kv_last_page_len,
max_q_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 _aiter_mla_decode_nonpersistent(
q: torch.Tensor,
kv_buffer: torch.Tensor,
qo_indptr: torch.Tensor,
kv_indptr: torch.Tensor,
config: dict,
q_scale: torch.Tensor | None = None,
kv_scale: torch.Tensor | None = None,
) -> torch.Tensor:
batch_size = config["batch_size"]
nq = config["num_heads"]
nkv = config["num_kv_heads"]
dq = config["qk_head_dim"]
dv = config["v_head_dim"]
q_seq_len = config["q_seq_len"]
total_kv_len = kv_buffer.shape[0]
kv_indices = _get_kv_indices(total_kv_len, device=kv_buffer.device)
kv_last_page_len = _get_kv_last_page_len(
batch_size,
config["kv_seq_len"],
device=kv_buffer.device,
)
kv_buffer_4d = kv_buffer.view(kv_buffer.shape[0], PAGE_SIZE, nkv, kv_buffer.shape[-1])
output = _get_out_buffer(q.shape[0], nq, dv, device=q.device)
mla_decode_fwd(
q.view(-1, nq, dq),
kv_buffer_4d,
output,
qo_indptr,
kv_indptr,
kv_indices,
kv_last_page_len,
q_seq_len,
page_size=PAGE_SIZE,
nhead_kv=nkv,
sm_scale=SM_SCALE,
logit_cap=0.0,
num_kv_splits=None,
q_scale=q_scale,
kv_scale=kv_scale,
intra_batch_mode=True,
)
return output
def custom_kernel(data: input_t) -> output_t:
"""Reference MLA decode attention. Uses Q_DTYPE and KV_DTYPE to select kernel variant."""
q, kv_data, qo_indptr, kv_indptr, config = data
# Resolve Q
if Q_DTYPE == "fp8":
q_input, q_scale = quantize_fp8(q)
else:
q_input, q_scale = q, None
# Resolve KV
if KV_DTYPE == "fp8":
kv_buffer_fp8, kv_scale = kv_data["fp8"]
kv_input = kv_buffer_fp8
else:
kv_input, kv_scale = kv_data["bf16"], None
if _supports_nonpersistent_fastpath(
batch_size=config["batch_size"],
kv_seq_len=config["kv_seq_len"],
max_q_len=config["q_seq_len"],
nhead=config["num_heads"],
nhead_kv=config["num_kv_heads"],
q_dtype=q_input.dtype,
kv_dtype=kv_input.dtype,
):
return _aiter_mla_decode_nonpersistent(
q_input,
kv_input,
qo_indptr,
kv_indptr,
config,
q_scale=q_scale,
kv_scale=kv_scale,
)
return _aiter_mla_decode(
q_input, kv_input, qo_indptr, kv_indptr, config,
q_scale=q_scale, kv_scale=kv_scale,
)
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