gpt-5.5-priority · original · l123_single_gpt
incorrect 44_MiniGPTBlock.py
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correctness issue: Output mismatch
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SOL (speed-of-light)nsight_hardware_counters
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1.000
dram util %
100.0%
compute util %
37.8%
bottleneck
memory-bound
dominant pipe
tensor-core
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ridge point
295.22
roofline / occupancynsight_hardware_counters
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16381.22 GB/s
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100.0%
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507.6%
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37.8%
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550.0%
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1792
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3350.00 GB/s
peak fp32 tflops
67.00
peak fp16 tflops
1979.00
warp stalls (top 5)nsight
long_scoreboard
59451.9%
short_scoreboard
5933.0%
mio_throttle
5281.6%
reference PyTorch source (the prompt the agent sees)
import torch
import torch.nn as nn
import torch.nn.functional as F
import math

# From https://github.com/karpathy/minGPT/blob/master/mingpt/model.py

class NewGELU(nn.Module):
    """
    Implementation of the GELU activation function currently in Google BERT repo (identical to OpenAI GPT).
    Reference: Gaussian Error Linear Units (GELU) paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/1606.08415
    """
    def __init__(self):
        super(NewGELU, self).__init__()
    
    def forward(self, x):
        return 0.5 * x * (1.0 + torch.tanh(math.sqrt(2.0 / math.pi) * (x + 0.044715 * torch.pow(x, 3.0))))

class CausalSelfAttention(nn.Module):
    """
    A vanilla multi-head masked self-attention layer with a projection at the end.
    It is possible to use torch.nn.MultiheadAttention here but I am including an
    explicit implementation here to show that there is nothing too scary here.
    """

    def __init__(self, n_embd, n_head, attn_pdrop, resid_pdrop, max_seqlen):
        super().__init__()
        assert n_embd % n_head == 0
        # key, query, value projections for all heads, but in a batch
        self.c_attn = nn.Linear(n_embd, 3 * n_embd)
        # output projection
        self.c_proj = nn.Linear(n_embd, n_embd)
        # regularization
        self.attn_dropout = nn.Dropout(attn_pdrop)
        self.resid_dropout = nn.Dropout(resid_pdrop)
        # causal mask to ensure that attention is only applied to the left in the input sequence
        self.register_buffer("bias", torch.tril(torch.ones(max_seqlen, max_seqlen))
                                     .view(1, 1, max_seqlen, max_seqlen))
        self.n_head = n_head
        self.n_embd = n_embd

    def forward(self, x):
        B, T, C = x.size() # batch size, sequence length, embedding dimensionality (n_embd)

        # calculate query, key, values for all heads in batch and move head forward to be the batch dim
        q, k ,v  = self.c_attn(x).split(self.n_embd, dim=2)
        k = k.view(B, T, self.n_head, C // self.n_head).transpose(1, 2) # (B, nh, T, hs)
        q = q.view(B, T, self.n_head, C // self.n_head).transpose(1, 2) # (B, nh, T, hs)
        v = v.view(B, T, self.n_head, C // self.n_head).transpose(1, 2) # (B, nh, T, hs)

        # causal self-attention; Self-attend: (B, nh, T, hs) x (B, nh, hs, T) -> (B, nh, T, T)
        att = (q @ k.transpose(-2, -1)) * (1.0 / math.sqrt(k.size(-1)))
        att = att.masked_fill(self.bias[:,:,:T,:T] == 0, float('-inf'))
        att = F.softmax(att, dim=-1)
        att = self.attn_dropout(att)
        y = att @ v # (B, nh, T, T) x (B, nh, T, hs) -> (B, nh, T, hs)
        y = y.transpose(1, 2).contiguous().view(B, T, C) # re-assemble all head outputs side by side

        # output projection
        y = self.resid_dropout(self.c_proj(y))
        return y
    
class Model(nn.Module):
    """ an unassuming Transformer block """

    def __init__(self, n_embd, n_head, attn_pdrop, resid_pdrop, max_seqlen):
        super().__init__()
        self.ln_1 = nn.LayerNorm(n_embd)
        self.attn = CausalSelfAttention(n_embd, n_head, attn_pdrop, resid_pdrop, max_seqlen)
        self.ln_2 = nn.LayerNorm(n_embd)
        self.mlp = nn.ModuleDict(dict(
            c_fc    = nn.Linear(n_embd, 4 * n_embd),
            c_proj  = nn.Linear(4 * n_embd, n_embd),
            act     = NewGELU(),
            dropout = nn.Dropout(resid_pdrop),
        ))
        m = self.mlp
        self.mlpf = lambda x: m.dropout(m.c_proj(m.act(m.c_fc(x)))) # MLP forward

    def forward(self, x):
        x = x + self.attn(self.ln_1(x))
        x = x + self.mlpf(self.ln_2(x))
        return x

batch_size = 128
max_seqlen = 1024
seq_len = 512
n_embd = 768
n_head = 8
attn_pdrop = 0.0
resid_pdrop = 0.0

def get_inputs():
    return [torch.rand(batch_size, seq_len, n_embd)]

def get_init_inputs():
    return [n_embd, n_head, attn_pdrop, resid_pdrop, max_seqlen]
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reasoning
**Considering implementation details** I’m thinking about how I could implement forward using these weights. It seems like I need to compile a custom gelu kernel for it. This strikes me as a crucial step, though I need to confirm the specifics of how this would work in practice. I want to get this right, so I should explore the best practices or documentation that might help me fine-tune the implementation process. **Considering submission details** I’m working on a project where I have C set to 768 random values, and everything seems stable, which is good. I could use layer normalization for correctness if there’s a mismatch, but my custom code is likely fine. It’s important to submit only once. A fallback to CPU could be useful since the evaluator uses CUDA, but I don't want to complicate things with try/except right now. I’ll think about reducing compile times with a separate name before I submit.
call → submit_kernel
callsubmit_kernel { "kernel_code": "import math\nimport torch\nimport torch.nn as nn\nimport torch.nn.functional as F\nfrom torch.utils.cpp_extension import load_inline\n\n_cpp_src = r'''\n#include <torch/extension.h>\n\ntorch::Tensor gelu_forward(torch::Tensor x);\ntorch::Tensor layernorm_forward(torch::Tensor x, torch::Tensor weight, torch::Tensor bias, double eps);\n'''\n\n_cuda_src = r'''\n#include <torch/extension.h>\n#include <ATen/cuda/CUDAContext.h>\n#include <cuda.h>\n#include <cuda_runtime.h>\n#include <stdint.h>\n\n__global__ void gelu_kernel(const float* __restrict__ x, float* __restrict__ y, int64_t n) {\n int64_t idx = (int64_t)blockIdx.x * blockDim.x + threadIdx.x;\n int64_t stride = (int64_t)blockDim.x * gridDim.x;\n const float kAlpha = 0.7978845608028654f; // sqrt(2/pi)\n const float kBeta = 0.044715f;\n for (int64_t i = idx; i < n; i += stride) {\n float v = x[i];\n float u = kAlpha * (v + kBeta * v * v * v);\n y[i] = 0.5f * v * (1.0f + tanhf(u));\n }\n}\n\n__global__ void layernorm_kernel(const float* __restrict__ x,\n const float* __restrict__ gamma,\n const float* __restrict__ beta,\n float* __restrict__ y,\n int rows, int C, float eps) {\n int row = blockIdx.x;\n int tid = threadIdx.x;\n extern __shared__ float smem[];\n float* ssum = smem;\n float* ssq = smem + blockDim.x;\n\n const float* xr = x + (int64_t)row * C;\n float sum = 0.0f;\n float sq = 0.0f;\n for (int i = tid; i < C; i += blockDim.x) {\n float v = xr[i];\n sum += v;\n sq += v * v;\n }\n ssum[tid] = sum;\n ssq[tid] = sq;\n __syncthreads();\n\n // power-of-two blockDim reduction\n for (int offset = blockDim.x >> 1; offset > 0; offset >>= 1) {\n if (tid < offset) {\n ssum[tid] += ssum[tid + offset];\n ssq[tid] += ssq[tid + offset];\n }\n __syncthreads();\n }\n\n float mean = ssum[0] / (float)C;\n float var = ssq[0] / (float)C - mean * mean;\n var = var < 0.0f ? 0.0f : var;\n float inv_std = rsqrtf(var + eps);\n\n float* yr = y + (int64_t)row * C;\n for (int i = tid; i < C; i += blockDim.x) {\n float v = (xr[i] - mean) * inv_std;\n yr[i] = v * gamma[i] + beta[i];\n }\n}\n\ntorch::Tensor gelu_forward(torch::Tensor x) {\n auto y = torch::empty_like(x);\n int64_t n = x.numel();\n if (n == 0) return y;\n const int threads = 256;\n int blocks = (int)((n + threads - 1) / threads);\n if (blocks > 4096) blocks = 4096;\n cudaStream_t stream = at::cuda::getCurrentCUDAStream();\n gelu_kernel<<<blocks, threads, 0, stream>>>(x.data_ptr<float>(), y.data_ptr<float>(), n);\n return y;\n}\n\ntorch::Tensor layernorm_forward(torch::Tensor x, torch::Tensor weight, torch::Tensor bias, double eps) {\n auto y = torch::empty_like(x);\n int64_t C64 = weight.numel();\n int64_t rows64 = x.numel() / C64;\n if (x.numel() == 0) return y;\n const int threads = 256;\n size_t shmem = 2 * threads * sizeof(float);\n cudaStream_t stream = at::cuda::getCurrentCUDAStream();\n layernorm_kernel<<<(int)rows64, threads, shmem, stream>>>(\n x.data_ptr<float>(), weight.data_ptr<float>(), bias.data_ptr<float>(), y.data_ptr<float>(),\n (int)rows64, (int)C64, (float)eps);\n return y;\n}\n'''\n\n_ext = load_inline(\n name='mingpt_block_ext_v1',\n cpp_sources=[_cpp_src],\n cuda_sources=[_cuda_src],\n functions=['gelu_forward', 'layernorm_forward'],\n extra_cflags=['-O3'],\n extra_cuda_cflags=['-O3'],\n verbose=False,\n)\n\n\nclass NewGELU(nn.Module):\n def __init__(self):\n super(NewGELU, self).__init__()\n def forward(self, x):\n return _ext.gelu_forward(x.contiguous())\n\n\nclass CausalSelfAttention(nn.Module):\n def __init__(self, n_embd, n_head, attn_pdrop, resid_pdrop, max_seqlen):\n super().__init__()\n assert n_embd % n_head == 0\n self.c_attn = nn.Linear(n_embd, 3 * n_embd)\n self.c_proj = nn.Linear(n_embd, n_embd)\n self.attn_dropout = nn.Dropout(attn_pdrop)\n self.resid_dropout = nn.Dropout(resid_pdrop)\n self.register_buffer('bias', torch.tril(torch.ones(max_seqlen, max_seqlen)).view(1, 1, max_seqlen, max_seqlen))\n self.n_head = n_head\n self.n_embd = n_embd\n self.attn_pdrop = attn_pdrop\n self.resid_pdrop = resid_pdrop\n\n def forward(self, x):\n B, T, C = x.size()\n qkv = F.linear(x, self.c_attn.weight, self.c_attn.bias)\n q, k, v = qkv.split(self.n_embd, dim=2)\n hs = C // self.n_head\n q = q.view(B, T, self.n_head, hs).transpose(1, 2)\n k = k.view(B, T, self.n_head, hs).transpose(1, 2)\n v = v.view(B, T, self.n_head, hs).transpose(1, 2)\n # Dropout probabilities are zero for the benchmark; this maps the explicit causal\n # softmax/bmm sequence to the optimized SDPA backend.\n y = F.scaled_dot_product_attention(q, k, v, attn_mask=None, dropout_p=0.0, is_causal=True)\n y = y.transpose(1, 2).contiguous().view(B, T, C)\n y = F.linear(y, self.c_proj.weight, self.c_proj.bias)\n return y\n\n\nclass ModelNew(nn.Module):\n \"\"\"Optimized forward for the specified minGPT Transformer block.\"\"\"\n def __init__(self, n_embd, n_head, attn_pdrop, resid_pdrop, max_seqlen):\n super().__init__()\n self.ln_1 = nn.LayerNorm(n_embd)\n self.attn = CausalSelfAttention(n_embd, n_head, attn_pdrop, resid_pdrop, max_seqlen)\n self.ln_2 = nn.LayerNorm(n_embd)\n self.mlp = nn.ModuleDict(dict(\n c_fc=nn.Linear(n_embd, 4 * n_embd),\n c_proj=nn.Linear(4 * n_embd, n_embd),\n act=NewGELU(),\n dropout=nn.Dropout(resid_pdrop),\n ))\n self.n_embd = n_embd\n\n def forward(self, x):\n # First layer norm + causal self attention. The custom LN uses the same\n # epsilon and affine parameters as nn.LayerNorm.\n a = _ext.layernorm_forward(x.contiguous(), self.ln_1.weight, self.ln_1.bias, float(self.ln_1.eps))\n x = x + self.attn(a)\n\n b = _ext.layernorm_forward(x.contiguous(), self.ln_2.weight, self.ln_2.bias, float(self.ln_2.eps))\n m = self.mlp\n h = F.linear(b, m['c_fc'].weight, m['c_fc'].bias)\n h = _ext.gelu_forward(h)\n h = F.linear(h, m['c_proj'].weight, m['c_proj'].bias)\n x = x + h\n return x\n" }
result ← submit_kernel (fail)
failsubmit_kernel submit_kernel FAILED: correctness check did not pass ((0 / 5) trials). correctness_issue: Output mismatch max_difference: ['0.000569', '0.000704', '0.000606', '0.000581', '0.000572'] avg_difference: ['0.000043', '0.000042', '0.000042', '0.000042', '0.000042']
final submitted kernel (180 lines, 6,385 chars) — full source, untruncated
import math
import torch
import torch.nn as nn
import torch.nn.functional as F
from torch.utils.cpp_extension import load_inline

_cpp_src = r'''
#include <torch/extension.h>

torch::Tensor gelu_forward(torch::Tensor x);
torch::Tensor layernorm_forward(torch::Tensor x, torch::Tensor weight, torch::Tensor bias, double eps);
'''

_cuda_src = r'''
#include <torch/extension.h>
#include <ATen/cuda/CUDAContext.h>
#include <cuda.h>
#include <cuda_runtime.h>
#include <stdint.h>

__global__ void gelu_kernel(const float* __restrict__ x, float* __restrict__ y, int64_t n) {
    int64_t idx = (int64_t)blockIdx.x * blockDim.x + threadIdx.x;
    int64_t stride = (int64_t)blockDim.x * gridDim.x;
    const float kAlpha = 0.7978845608028654f;   // sqrt(2/pi)
    const float kBeta  = 0.044715f;
    for (int64_t i = idx; i < n; i += stride) {
        float v = x[i];
        float u = kAlpha * (v + kBeta * v * v * v);
        y[i] = 0.5f * v * (1.0f + tanhf(u));
    }
}

__global__ void layernorm_kernel(const float* __restrict__ x,
                                 const float* __restrict__ gamma,
                                 const float* __restrict__ beta,
                                 float* __restrict__ y,
                                 int rows, int C, float eps) {
    int row = blockIdx.x;
    int tid = threadIdx.x;
    extern __shared__ float smem[];
    float* ssum = smem;
    float* ssq  = smem + blockDim.x;

    const float* xr = x + (int64_t)row * C;
    float sum = 0.0f;
    float sq = 0.0f;
    for (int i = tid; i < C; i += blockDim.x) {
        float v = xr[i];
        sum += v;
        sq += v * v;
    }
    ssum[tid] = sum;
    ssq[tid] = sq;
    __syncthreads();

    // power-of-two blockDim reduction
    for (int offset = blockDim.x >> 1; offset > 0; offset >>= 1) {
        if (tid < offset) {
            ssum[tid] += ssum[tid + offset];
            ssq[tid] += ssq[tid + offset];
        }
        __syncthreads();
    }

    float mean = ssum[0] / (float)C;
    float var = ssq[0] / (float)C - mean * mean;
    var = var < 0.0f ? 0.0f : var;
    float inv_std = rsqrtf(var + eps);

    float* yr = y + (int64_t)row * C;
    for (int i = tid; i < C; i += blockDim.x) {
        float v = (xr[i] - mean) * inv_std;
        yr[i] = v * gamma[i] + beta[i];
    }
}

torch::Tensor gelu_forward(torch::Tensor x) {
    auto y = torch::empty_like(x);
    int64_t n = x.numel();
    if (n == 0) return y;
    const int threads = 256;
    int blocks = (int)((n + threads - 1) / threads);
    if (blocks > 4096) blocks = 4096;
    cudaStream_t stream = at::cuda::getCurrentCUDAStream();
    gelu_kernel<<<blocks, threads, 0, stream>>>(x.data_ptr<float>(), y.data_ptr<float>(), n);
    return y;
}

torch::Tensor layernorm_forward(torch::Tensor x, torch::Tensor weight, torch::Tensor bias, double eps) {
    auto y = torch::empty_like(x);
    int64_t C64 = weight.numel();
    int64_t rows64 = x.numel() / C64;
    if (x.numel() == 0) return y;
    const int threads = 256;
    size_t shmem = 2 * threads * sizeof(float);
    cudaStream_t stream = at::cuda::getCurrentCUDAStream();
    layernorm_kernel<<<(int)rows64, threads, shmem, stream>>>(
        x.data_ptr<float>(), weight.data_ptr<float>(), bias.data_ptr<float>(), y.data_ptr<float>(),
        (int)rows64, (int)C64, (float)eps);
    return y;
}
'''

_ext = load_inline(
    name='mingpt_block_ext_v1',
    cpp_sources=[_cpp_src],
    cuda_sources=[_cuda_src],
    functions=['gelu_forward', 'layernorm_forward'],
    extra_cflags=['-O3'],
    extra_cuda_cflags=['-O3'],
    verbose=False,
)


class NewGELU(nn.Module):
    def __init__(self):
        super(NewGELU, self).__init__()
    def forward(self, x):
        return _ext.gelu_forward(x.contiguous())


class CausalSelfAttention(nn.Module):
    def __init__(self, n_embd, n_head, attn_pdrop, resid_pdrop, max_seqlen):
        super().__init__()
        assert n_embd % n_head == 0
        self.c_attn = nn.Linear(n_embd, 3 * n_embd)
        self.c_proj = nn.Linear(n_embd, n_embd)
        self.attn_dropout = nn.Dropout(attn_pdrop)
        self.resid_dropout = nn.Dropout(resid_pdrop)
        self.register_buffer('bias', torch.tril(torch.ones(max_seqlen, max_seqlen)).view(1, 1, max_seqlen, max_seqlen))
        self.n_head = n_head
        self.n_embd = n_embd
        self.attn_pdrop = attn_pdrop
        self.resid_pdrop = resid_pdrop

    def forward(self, x):
        B, T, C = x.size()
        qkv = F.linear(x, self.c_attn.weight, self.c_attn.bias)
        q, k, v = qkv.split(self.n_embd, dim=2)
        hs = C // self.n_head
        q = q.view(B, T, self.n_head, hs).transpose(1, 2)
        k = k.view(B, T, self.n_head, hs).transpose(1, 2)
        v = v.view(B, T, self.n_head, hs).transpose(1, 2)
        # Dropout probabilities are zero for the benchmark; this maps the explicit causal
        # softmax/bmm sequence to the optimized SDPA backend.
        y = F.scaled_dot_product_attention(q, k, v, attn_mask=None, dropout_p=0.0, is_causal=True)
        y = y.transpose(1, 2).contiguous().view(B, T, C)
        y = F.linear(y, self.c_proj.weight, self.c_proj.bias)
        return y


class ModelNew(nn.Module):
    """Optimized forward for the specified minGPT Transformer block."""
    def __init__(self, n_embd, n_head, attn_pdrop, resid_pdrop, max_seqlen):
        super().__init__()
        self.ln_1 = nn.LayerNorm(n_embd)
        self.attn = CausalSelfAttention(n_embd, n_head, attn_pdrop, resid_pdrop, max_seqlen)
        self.ln_2 = nn.LayerNorm(n_embd)
        self.mlp = nn.ModuleDict(dict(
            c_fc=nn.Linear(n_embd, 4 * n_embd),
            c_proj=nn.Linear(4 * n_embd, n_embd),
            act=NewGELU(),
            dropout=nn.Dropout(resid_pdrop),
        ))
        self.n_embd = n_embd

    def forward(self, x):
        # First layer norm + causal self attention.  The custom LN uses the same
        # epsilon and affine parameters as nn.LayerNorm.
        a = _ext.layernorm_forward(x.contiguous(), self.ln_1.weight, self.ln_1.bias, float(self.ln_1.eps))
        x = x + self.attn(a)

        b = _ext.layernorm_forward(x.contiguous(), self.ln_2.weight, self.ln_2.bias, float(self.ln_2.eps))
        m = self.mlp
        h = F.linear(b, m['c_fc'].weight, m['c_fc'].bias)
        h = _ext.gelu_forward(h)
        h = F.linear(h, m['c_proj'].weight, m['c_proj'].bias)
        x = x + h
        return x