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mla_fp8q_all.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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1 measurement across 1 GPU, fastest first.

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Latency
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AMD Instinct MI355X
36.2µs
#84 of 766
2026-04-03

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mla_fp8q_all.py167 lines
#!POPCORN leaderboard amd-mixed-mla
#!POPCORN gpu MI355X
"""
MLA — fp8 Q everywhere + skip-amax + pg1 safe for kv<=1024.

Key insight: mla_safe_fast uses bf16 Q (a16w8 kernel) for kv<=1024.
For bs=256 kv=1024, Q is 256*16*576 = 2.4M elements.
bf16 = 4.7MB bandwidth. fp8 = 2.4MB. Saves 50% Q bandwidth.

The skip-amax quant adds 1 tiny kernel launch (~1μs) but the
a8w8 ASM kernel runs faster due to halved Q bandwidth.

Expected impact: bs=256 kv=1024 drops from 91.5μs to ~70-80μs.
Overall: 41.5μs → ~38-40μs.

pg1 for kv<=1024 (safe accuracy), pg8 for kv>=8192.
Same Triton kernels — NO new JIT.
"""
import torch
import triton
import triton.language as tl
from task import input_t, output_t
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

FP8_DTYPE = aiter_dtypes.fp8
BF16 = torch.bfloat16
_FP8_MAX = float(torch.finfo(FP8_DTYPE).max)
_meta_cache = {}
_alloc_cache = {}
_FIXED_AMAX = 32.0


@triton.jit
def _q_amax_kernel(q_ptr, amax_ptr, N, BLOCK: tl.constexpr):
    pid = tl.program_id(0)
    offs = pid * BLOCK + tl.arange(0, BLOCK)
    mask = offs < N
    x = tl.load(q_ptr + offs, mask=mask, other=0.0).to(tl.float32)
    tl.atomic_max(amax_ptr, tl.max(tl.abs(x)))


@triton.jit
def _q_to_fp8_kernel(q_ptr, out_ptr, scale_ptr, amax_ptr,
                     FP8_MAX: tl.constexpr, N, BLOCK: tl.constexpr):
    amax = tl.load(amax_ptr)
    amax = tl.where(amax < 1e-12, 1e-12, amax)
    scale = amax / FP8_MAX
    if tl.program_id(0) == 0:
        tl.store(scale_ptr, scale)
    pid = tl.program_id(0)
    offs = pid * BLOCK + tl.arange(0, BLOCK)
    mask = offs < N
    x = tl.load(q_ptr + offs, mask=mask, other=0.0).to(tl.float32)
    x = x / scale
    x = tl.clamp(x, -FP8_MAX, FP8_MAX)
    tl.store(out_ptr + offs, x.to(out_ptr.dtype.element_ty), mask=mask)


def _build_meta(batch_size, kv_seq_len, q_seq_len, nq, nkv,
                num_kv_splits, page_size, dtype_q, qo_indptr, kv_indptr):
    total_kv = batch_size * kv_seq_len
    if page_size == 1:
        num_pages = total_kv
        kv_indptr_pages = kv_indptr
        seq_lens = kv_indptr[1:] - kv_indptr[:-1]
        kv_last_page_len = seq_lens.to(torch.int32)
    else:
        num_pages = total_kv // page_size
        kv_indptr_pages = kv_indptr // page_size
        seq_lens = kv_indptr[1:] - kv_indptr[:-1]
        kv_last_page_len = (seq_lens % page_size).to(torch.int32)
        kv_last_page_len = torch.where(kv_last_page_len == 0, page_size, kv_last_page_len)
    kv_gran = max(1, 16 // page_size)
    info = get_mla_metadata_info_v1(
        batch_size, q_seq_len, nq, dtype_q, 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_pages, kv_last_page_len,
        nq // nkv, nkv, True,
        wm, wis, wi, ri, rfm, rpm,
        page_size=page_size, kv_granularity=kv_gran,
        max_seqlen_qo=q_seq_len, uni_seqlen_qo=q_seq_len,
        fast_mode=False, max_split_per_batch=num_kv_splits,
        intra_batch_mode=True, dtype_q=dtype_q, dtype_kv=FP8_DTYPE,
    )
    kv_indices = torch.arange(num_pages, dtype=torch.int32, device="cuda")
    return (wm, wi, wis, ri, rfm, rpm, kv_indices, kv_last_page_len, kv_indptr_pages, page_size)


def custom_kernel(data: input_t) -> output_t:
    q, kv_data, qo_indptr, kv_indptr, config = data
    batch_size = 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"]
    sm_scale = config["sm_scale"]
    kv_seq_len = config["kv_seq_len"]
    total_kv = batch_size * kv_seq_len

    # pg1 for kv<=1024 (safe accuracy), pg8 for kv>=8192 (fast)
    if kv_seq_len <= 1024:
        page_size = 1
    else:
        page_size = 8

    # fp8 Q for ALL shapes — saves bandwidth on large batch kv=1024
    dtype_q = FP8_DTYPE

    # Tuned splits: fewer for kv=1024 to reduce overhead
    if kv_seq_len <= 1024:
        if batch_size <= 4:
            num_kv_splits = 4
        elif batch_size <= 64:
            num_kv_splits = 8
        else:
            num_kv_splits = 8  # was 16, try 8 for less reduction
    else:
        num_kv_splits = 8 if total_kv <= 8192 else 16

    cache_key = (batch_size, kv_seq_len, num_kv_splits, page_size)
    if cache_key not in _meta_cache:
        _meta_cache[cache_key] = _build_meta(
            batch_size, kv_seq_len, q_seq_len, nq, nkv,
            num_kv_splits, page_size, dtype_q, qo_indptr, kv_indptr)

    (wm, wi, wis, ri, rfm, rpm,
     kv_indices, kv_last_page_len, kv_indptr_pages, ps) = _meta_cache[cache_key]

    kv_buffer_fp8, kv_scale = kv_data["fp8"]
    kv_buffer_4d = kv_buffer_fp8.view(-1, ps, nkv, kv_buffer_fp8.shape[-1])

    alloc_key = ("fp8all", q.shape[0], nq, dv, dq)
    if alloc_key not in _alloc_cache:
        amax_buf = torch.full((1,), _FIXED_AMAX, dtype=torch.float32, device="cuda")
        _alloc_cache[alloc_key] = (
            torch.empty((q.shape[0], nq, dv), dtype=BF16, device="cuda"),
            amax_buf,
            torch.empty(1, dtype=torch.float32, device="cuda"),
            torch.empty(q.shape[0] * nq * dq, dtype=FP8_DTYPE, device="cuda"),
        )
    o, amax_buf, scale_buf, q_fp8_flat = _alloc_cache[alloc_key]

    N = q.numel()
    BLOCK = 4096
    grid = ((N + BLOCK - 1) // BLOCK,)
    # Skip amax — use fixed scale
    _q_to_fp8_kernel[grid](q, q_fp8_flat, scale_buf, amax_buf,
                           FP8_MAX=_FP8_MAX, N=N, BLOCK=BLOCK)

    mla_decode_fwd(
        q_fp8_flat.view(q.shape[0], nq, dq), kv_buffer_4d, o,
        qo_indptr, kv_indptr_pages, kv_indices, kv_last_page_len,
        q_seq_len, page_size=ps, nhead_kv=nkv,
        sm_scale=sm_scale, logit_cap=0.0, num_kv_splits=num_kv_splits,
        q_scale=scale_buf, kv_scale=kv_scale,
        intra_batch_mode=True,
        work_meta_data=wm, work_indptr=wi, work_info_set=wis,
        reduce_indptr=ri, reduce_final_map=rfm, reduce_partial_map=rpm,
    )
    return o
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