correct
31_FusedMLAAttention.py
started
2026-05-11T20:30:29Z
timingkernelbench.timing
kernel mean / median / std
0.02 / — / 3.58e-04 μs
ref mean / median / std
245.00 / — / 4.39 μs
numerical precisioneval_kernel_against_ref
gpu memoryextended_metrics.measure_memory
kernel launches / fusiontorch.profiler
fusion ratio (ref / kernel)
28861.80x
SOL (speed-of-light)nsight_hardware_counters
roofline / occupancynsight_hardware_counters
warp stalls (top 5)nsight
reference PyTorch source (the prompt the agent sees)
import math
import torch
import torch.nn as nn
class Model(nn.Module):
"""
Fused MLA-style attention from compressed KV latents.
The compressed latent representation is expanded into keys and values on the
fly inside the attention computation rather than materializing a KV cache
first. This isolates the main compute pattern behind fused MLA attention.
"""
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
def forward(
self,
q: torch.Tensor,
kv_latent: torch.Tensor,
w_up_k: torch.Tensor,
w_up_v: torch.Tensor,
) -> torch.Tensor:
batch_size, seq_len, num_heads, head_dim = q.shape
rank = kv_latent.shape[-1]
out = torch.zeros_like(q)
scale = 1.0 / math.sqrt(head_dim)
for b in range(batch_size):
for h in range(num_heads):
for t in range(seq_len):
logits = []
values = []
for s in range(t + 1):
latent = kv_latent[b, s]
k = torch.matmul(latent, w_up_k[:, h])
v = torch.matmul(latent, w_up_v[:, h])
logits.append((q[b, t, h] * k).sum() * scale)
values.append(v)
attn = torch.softmax(torch.stack(logits, dim=0), dim=0)
value_stack = torch.stack(values, dim=0)
out[b, t, h] = (attn.unsqueeze(-1) * value_stack).sum(dim=0)
return out
batch_size = 2
seq_len = 32
num_heads = 4
head_dim = 16
rank = 24
def get_inputs():
p = popcorn_pri
q = torch.randn(p.jitter_int(batch_size), p.jitter_int(seq_len), p.jitter_int(num_heads), p.jitter_int(head_dim, align=8), dtype=torch.float32)
kv_latent = torch.randn(p.jitter_int(batch_size), p.jitter_int(seq_len), rank, dtype=torch.float32)
w_up_k = torch.randn(rank, p.jitter_int(num_heads), p.jitter_int(head_dim, align=8), dtype=torch.float32)
w_up_v = torch.randn(rank, p.jitter_int(num_heads), p.jitter_int(head_dim, align=8), dtype=torch.float32)
return [q, kv_latent, w_up_k, w_up_v]
def get_init_inputs():
return []
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reasoning
Let me analyze this problem. The task is to replace a PyTorch reference implementation of a fused MLA-style attention with a custom CUDA kernel.
Let me understand the reference implementation:
1. Input shapes:
- q: [batch_size, seq_len, num_heads, head_dim]
- kv_latent: [batch_size, seq_len, rank]
- w_up_k: [rank, num_heads, head_dim]
- w_up_v: [rank, num_heads, head_dim]
2. Computation:
- For each batch b, head h, and query position t:
- Compute attention over positions s = 0 to t (causal attention)
- For each position s:
- Get latent = kv_latent[b, s] (shape: [rank])
- Compute k = latent @ w_up_k[:, h] (shape: [head_dim])
- Compute v = latent @ w_up_v[:, h] (shape: [head_dim])
- Compute logit = (q[b, t, h] * k).sum() * scale
- Apply softmax to get attention weights
- Compute weighted sum of values
- Store result in out[b, t, h]
This is a causal attention mechanism where keys and values are computed on-the-fly from compressed latents.
Let me write a CUDA kernel to optimize this:
Key observations:
1. The computation is sequential across t (each position only attends to positions before it)
2. Within each (b, h, t) combination, the computation involves:
- Computing k and v for each position s from 0 to t
- Computing dot products (logits)
- Softmax
- Weighted sum
3. This is similar to standard causal attention but with an additional projection step (latent -> k, v)
4. The memory access patterns show kv_latent is accessed across batch and sequence dimensions, while w_up_k and w_up_v are broadcast across batches and sequences, and q is accessed per query position
I can parallelize across batch, head, and query position dimensions since each combination is independent. The challenge is handling variable sequence lengths and computing softmax efficiently. A flash attention-style approach with online softmax computation would help avoid materializing all keys and values simultaneously.
I'll structure the kernel so each thread processes one (b, h, t) triple, computing the causal attention online by iterating through previous positions and maintaining running softmax statistics. This keeps memory access localized and avoids storing intermediate results.
assistantLooking at this task, I need to implement a fused MLA-style attention where keys and values are computed on-the-fly from compressed latents. The reference is a naive Python implementation with nested loops, so there's significant room for optimization.
Let me first check the GPU specs and then build an optimized CUDA kernel.
call → get_gpu_specs
callget_gpu_specs
{}
call → ert_roofline
callert_roofline
{}
result ← get_gpu_specs (ok)
okget_gpu_specs
GPU specs for NVIDIA H100 80GB HBM3:
total memory (runtime): 79.1 GB
spec entry: H100
GPU Architecture: Hopper
GPU Memory: 80GB
Memory Bandwidth: 3.35 TB/s
FP64 TFLOPS: 34
FP64 Tensor Core TFLOPS: 67
FP32 TFLOPS: 67
TF32 Tensor Core TFLOPS: 989 with sparsity
BFLOAT16 Tensore Core TFLOPS: 1979 with sparsity
FP16 Tensor Core TFLOPS: 1979 with sparsity
FP8 Tensor Core TFLOPS: 3958 with sparsity
INT8 Tensor Core TOPS: 3958 with sparsity
Register File Size: 64K 32-bit registers per SM
Maximum number of registers per thread: 255
Maximum number of thread blocks per SM: 32
Shared memory capacity per SM: 228 KB
Maximum shared memory per thread block: 227 KB
result ← ert_roofline (ok)
okert_roofline
ert_roofline PASSED: empirical roofline benchmarks complete.
=== Empirical Roofline Model ===
Device: NVIDIA H100 80GB HBM3
--- Measured Bandwidth ---
L1 13.6 GB/s (working set: 32 KB)
L2 927.6 GB/s (working set: 2048 KB)
DRAM 2577.3 GB/s (working set: 262144 KB)
--- Measured Compute Throughput ---
FP32 51.85 TFLOPS
FP16 (tensor core) 758.77 TFLOPS
Ridge point (FP32): 20.12 FLOPs/byte
Kernels with arithmetic intensity below the ridge point are
memory-bound; above it they are compute-bound.
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reasoning
The H100 has impressive specs. Now let me design a CUDA kernel for this task.
Key observations about the computation:
1. For each (batch, head, query position t), we need to compute attention over positions s=0 to t
2. For each position s, we compute k = latent @ w_up_k and v = latent @ w_up_v
3. Then compute attention scores, softmax, and weighted sum
This is a causal attention pattern where each position attends only to previous positions.
Optimization strategy:
1. Parallelize over (batch, head, query_position) - each thread block handles one query position
2. Within each block, threads cooperatively compute the KV expansion and attention
3. Use shared memory for the keys and values to avoid recomputation
Let me write the kernel:
```python
import math
import torch
import torch.nn as nn
from torch.utils.cpp_extension import load_inline
# CUDA kernel for fused MLA attention
cuda_source = """
#include <torch/extension.h>
#include <cuda.h>
#include <cuda_runtime.h>
#include <cmath>
// Thread block handles one (batch, head, query_t)
// Each thread processes a subset of source positions
__global__ void fused_mla_attention_kernel(
const float* __restrict__ q,
const float* __restrict__ kv_latent,
const float* __restrict__ w_up_k,
const float* __restrict__ w_up_v,
float* __restrict__ out,
int batch_size, int seq_len, int num_heads, int head_dim, int rank,
float scale
) {
// Get the query position this block handles
int b = blockIdx.x / (num_heads * seq_len);
int h = (blockIdx.x / seq_len) % num_heads;
int t = blockIdx.x % seq_len;
// Shared memory for keys and values (for positions 0..t)
extern __shared__ float shared_mem[];
float* keys = shared_mem; // (t+1) * head_dim
float* values = &keys[(t+1) * head_dim]; // (t+1) * head_dim
// Thread index
int tid = threadIdx.x;
int block_size = blockDim.x;
// Load the query for this position
const float* q_ptr = q + ((b * seq_len + t) * num_heads + h) * head_dim;
// Load the w_up_k and w_up_v for this head
const float* wk_ptr = w_up_k + h * head_dim; // w_up_k is [rank, num_heads, head_dim]
const float* wv_ptr = w_up_v + h * head_dim; // w_up_v is [rank, num_heads, head_dim]
// Compute keys and values for all positions s=0..t
// Parallelize over s and head_dim
for (int s = 0; s <= t; s++) {
const float* latent = kv_latent + (b * seq_len + s) * rank;
// Compute key[s, :] and value[s, :] cooperatively
for (int d = tid; d < head_dim; d += block_size) {
float k = 0.0f, v = 0.0f;
for (int r = 0; r < rank; r++) {
k += latent[r] * wk_ptr[r * num_heads * head_dim + d];
v += latent[r] * wv_ptr[r * num_heads * head_dim + d];
}
keys[s * head_dim + d] = k;
values[s * head_dim + d] = v;
}
}
__syncthreads();
// Compute attention scores
// Each thread computes a subset of scores
float max_score = -INFINITY;
for (int s = tid; s <= t; s += block_size) {
float score = 0.0f;
for (int d = 0; d < head_dim; d++) {
score += q_ptr[d] * keys[s * head_dim + d];
}
score *= scale;
// Store in values temporarily (will be overwritten)
values[s * head_dim + 0] = score; // Abuse values for storing scores
if (score > max_score) max_score = score;
}
// Reduce max_score across threads
__shared__ float block_max;
if (tid == 0) block_max = -INFINITY;
__syncthreads();
// Atomic max? Or parallel reduction
// Let's use parallel reduction
// ... Actually let's simplify and use one thread for now
__syncthreads();
// Thread 0 computes softmax and final output
if (tid == 0) {
// Find max score
float max_s = -INFINITY;
for (int s = 0; s <= t; s++) {
float score = values[s * head_dim + 0];
if (score > max_s) max_s = score;
}
// Compute exp(score - max) and sum
float sum_exp = 0.0f;
for (int s = 0; s <= t; s++) {
float score = values[s * head_dim + 0];
float exp_val = expf(score - max_s);
values[s * head_dim + 0] = exp_val; // Store back as weights
sum_exp += exp_val;
}
// Normalize and compute weighted sum
float inv_sum = 1.0f / sum_exp;
for (int d = 0; d < head_dim; d++) {
float out_val = 0.0f;
for (int s = 0; s <= t; s++) {
float weight = values[s * head_dim + 0] * inv_sum;
out_val += weight * keys[s * head_dim + d];
}
out[((b * seq_len + t) * num_heads + h) * head_dim + d] = out_val;
}
}
}
torch::Tensor fused_mla_attention_cuda(
torch::Tensor q,
torch::Tensor kv_latent,
torch::Tensor w_up_k,
torch::Tensor w_up_v
) {
// ...
}
"""
```
Wait, I made a mistake - I'm storing scores in `values` which is wrong. Let me redesign this.
Actually, let me think about this more carefully. The structure is:
1. For each query position t, we attend to positions 0..t
2. Each position has a key and value computed from the latent
The efficient approach would be:
1. Parallelize over (batch, head, query_t) - one block per query
2. Within each block, threads cooperatively compute all keys/values, then attention
Let me write a cleaner version:
```cpp
__global__ void fused_mla_attention_kernel(...) {
// blockIdx.x encodes (b, h, t)
int idx = blockIdx.x;
int t = idx % seq_len;
idx /= seq_len;
int h = idx % num_heads;
idx /= num_heads;
int b = idx;
int tid = threadIdx.x;
int nthreads = blockDim.x;
// Pointers
const float* q_ptr = q + ((b * seq_len + t) * num_heads + h) * head_dim;
const float* wk_ptr = w_up_k + h * head_dim; // rank x head_dim for this head
// Shared memory for keys and values
extern __shared__ char smem[];
float* keys = (float*)smem; // (t+1) * head_dim
float* vals = keys + (seq_len * head_dim); // we need seq_len not t+1 for fixed smem size
float* scores = vals + (seq_len * head_dim); // seq_len scores
// Compute keys and values for all positions 0..t
// Each thread handles subset of (s, d) pairs
for (int s = 0; s <= t; s++) {
for (int d = tid; d < head_dim; d += nthreads) {
float k = 0, v = 0;
const float* latent = kv_latent + (b * seq_len + s) * rank;
for (int r = 0; r < rank; r++) {
float lat = latent[r];
k += lat * w_up_k[r * num_heads * head_dim + h * head_dim + d];
v += lat * w_up_v[r * num_heads * head_dim + h * head_dim + d];
}
keys[s * head_dim + d] = k;
vals[s * head_dim + d] = v;
}
}
__syncthreads();
// Compute scores for positions 0..t
for (int s = tid; s <= t; s += nthreads) {
float score = 0;
for (int d = 0; d < head_dim; d++) {
score += q_ptr[d] * keys[s * head_dim + d];
}
scores[s] = score * scale;
}
__syncthreads();
// Reduce to find max score and sum of exp
// Use parallel reduction
float local_max = -INFINITY;
for (int s = tid; s <= t; s += nthreads) {
local_max = max(local_max, scores[s]);
}
// Warp-level reduce max
// ...
// Thread 0 broadcasts max, computes softmax
__shared__ float global_max, sum_exp;
if (tid == 0) {
global_max = -INFINITY;
for (int s = 0; s <= t; s++) {
global_max = max(global_max, scores[s]);
}
sum_exp = 0;
for (int s = 0; s <= t; s++) {
float e = expf(scores[s] - global_max);
scores[s] = e; // Store normalized weights
sum_exp += e;
}
}
__syncthreads();
// Compute weighted sum of values
float inv_sum_exp = 1.0f / sum_exp;
for (int d = tid; d < head_dim; d += nthreads) {
float out = 0;
for (int s = 0; s <= t; s++) {
out += scores[s] * inv_sum_exp * vals[s * head_dim + d];
}
out_ptr[d] = out; // Write directly
}
}
```
This looks better. Let me think about shared memory size:
- keys: seq_len * head_dim = 32 * 16 = 512 floats = 2KB
- vals: seq_len * head_dim = 512 floats = 2KB
- scores: seq_len = 32 floats = 128 bytes
Total: ~4.1KB which is fine.
For w_up_k indexing - the tensor is [rank, num_heads, head_dim], so for head h:
w_up_k[r, h, :] = w_up_k + r * num_heads * head_dim + h * head_dim
Let me write the complete kernel now:
assistantNow let me write the CUDA kernel. The key insight is to parallelize over (batch, head, query_position) and use shared memory for the expanded KV.
call → compile_kernel
callcompile_kernel
{
"kernel_code": "import math\nimport torch\nimport torch.nn as nn\nfrom torch.utils.cpp_extension import load_inline\n\ncuda_source = \"\"\"\n#include <torch/extension.h>\n#include <cuda.h>\n#include <cuda_runtime.h>\n#include <cmath>\n\n// One thread block per (batch, head, query_position)\n// Threads cooperatively compute KV expansion and attention\n\n__global__ void fused_mla_attention_kernel(\n const float* __restrict__ q,\n const float* __restrict__ kv_latent,\n const float* __restrict__ w_up_k,\n const float* __restrict__ w_up_v,\n float* __restrict__ out,\n int batch_size, int seq_len, int num_heads, int head_dim, int rank,\n float scale\n) {\n int idx = blockIdx.x;\n int t = idx % seq_len;\n idx /= seq_len;\n int h = idx % num_heads;\n idx /= num_heads;\n int b = idx;\n \n int tid = threadIdx.x;\n int nthreads = blockDim.x;\n \n // Shared memory layout:\n // keys: [seq_len, head_dim]\n // vals: [seq_len, head_dim] \n // scores: [seq_len]\n extern __shared__ char smem[];\n float* keys = (float*)smem;\n float* vals = keys + seq_len * head_dim;\n float* scores = vals + seq_len * head_dim;\n \n // Pointers to input data\n const float* q_ptr = q + ((b * seq_len + t) * num_heads + h) * head_dim;\n // w_up_k shape: [rank, num_heads, head_dim]\n // For head h, slice is w_up_k[:, h, :] starting at offset h * head_dim with stride num_heads * head_dim\n \n // Load query into registers\n float q_reg[16]; // Assuming head_dim <= 16\n for (int d = tid; d < head_dim; d += nthreads) {\n q_reg[d] = q_ptr[d];\n }\n \n // Compute keys and values for all positions s = 0..t\n for (int s = 0; s <= t; s++) {\n const float* latent = kv_latent + (b * seq_len + s) * rank;\n \n // Each thread handles subset of head_dim elements\n for (int d = tid; d < head_dim; d += nthreads) {\n float k = 0.0f;\n float v = 0.0f;\n // Compute k[d] = latent @ w_up_k[:, h, d]\n for (int r = 0; r < rank; r++) {\n float lat = latent[r];\n k += lat * w_up_k[r * num_heads * head_dim + h * head_dim + d];\n v += lat * w_up_v[r * num_heads * head_dim + h * head_dim + d];\n }\n keys[s * head_dim + d] = k;\n vals[s * head_dim + d] = v;\n }\n }\n \n // Zero out keys/vals for positions > t (unused, but helps with correctness)\n for (int s = t + 1 + tid; s < seq_len; s += nthreads) {\n for (int d = 0; d < head_dim; d++) {\n keys[s * head_dim + d] = 0.0f;\n vals[s * head_dim + d] = 0.0f;\n }\n }\n \n __syncthreads();\n \n // Compute attention scores: score[s] = (q . k[s]) * scale\n for (int s = tid; s <= t; s += nthreads) {\n float score = 0.0f;\n for (int d = 0; d < head_dim; d++) {\n score += q_reg[d] * keys[s * head_dim + d];\n }\n scores[s] = score * scale;\n }\n \n __syncthreads();\n \n // Find max score for numerical stability\n __shared__ float max_score;\n __shared__ float sum_exp;\n \n if (tid == 0) {\n float mx = -INFINITY;\n for (int s = 0; s <= t; s++) {\n mx = fmaxf(mx, scores[s]);\n }\n max_score = mx;\n }\n __syncthreads();\n \n // Compute exp(score - max) and sum\n float local_sum = 0.0f;\n for (int s = tid; s <= t; s += nthreads) {\n float e = expf(scores[s] - max_score);\n scores[s] = e;\n local_sum += e;\n }\n \n // Sum reduction across threads\n __shared__ float shared_sum[32];\n if (tid < 32) shared_sum[tid] = 0.0f;\n __syncthreads();\n \n int lane = tid % 32;\n int warp_id = tid / 32;\n if (tid < 32) shared_sum[lane] = local_sum;\n __syncthreads();\n \n // Add all contributions\n if (tid == 0) {\n float total = 0.0f;\n for (int i = 0; i < 32; i++) {\n total += shared_sum[i];\n }\n sum_exp = total;\n }\n __syncthreads();\n \n // Compute weighted sum of values\n // Each thread handles subset of head_dim\n float inv_sum = 1.0f / sum_exp;\n for (int d = tid; d < head_dim; d += nthreads) {\n float out_val = 0.0f;\n for (int s = 0; s <= t; s++) {\n out_val += scores[s] * inv_sum * vals[s * head_dim + d];\n }\n out[((b * seq_len + t) * num_heads + h) * head_dim + d] = out_val;\n }\n}\n\ntorch::Tensor fused_mla_attention_cuda(\n torch::Tensor q,\n torch::Tensor kv_latent,\n torch::Tensor w_up_k,\n torch::Tensor w_up_v\n) {\n TORCH_CHECK(q.is_cuda(), \"q must be a CUDA tensor\");\n TORCH_CHECK(kv_latent.is_cuda(), \"kv_latent must be a CUDA tensor\");\n TORCH_CHECK(w_up_k.is_cuda(), \"w_up_k must be a CUDA tensor\");\n TORCH_CHECK(w_up_v.is_cuda(), \"w_up_v must be a CUDA tensor\");\n \n int batch_size = q.size(0);\n int seq_len = q.size(1);\n int num_heads = q.size(2);\n int head_dim = q.size(3);\n int rank = kv_latent.size(2);\n \n float scale = 1.0f / sqrtf((float)head_dim);\n \n auto out = torch::zeros_like(q);\n \n int num_blocks = batch_size * num_heads * seq_len;\n int threads_per_block = 32;\n \n // Shared memory: keys + vals + scores = 2 * seq_len * head_dim + seq_len\n size_t smem_size = (2 * seq_len * head_dim + seq_len) * sizeof(float);\n \n fused_mla_attention_kernel<<<num_blocks, threads_per_block, smem_size>>>(\n q.data_ptr<float>(),\n kv_latent.data_ptr<float>(),\n w_up_k.data_ptr<float>(),\n w_up_v.data_ptr<float>(),\n out.data_ptr<float>(),\n batch_size, seq_len, num_heads, head_dim, rank,\n scale\n );\n \n return out;\n}\n\"\"\"\n\ncpp_source = \"\"\"\ntorch::Tensor fused_mla_attention_cuda(\n torch::Tensor q,\n torch::Tensor kv_latent,\n torch::Tensor w_up_k,\n torch::Tensor w_up_v\n);\n\"\"\"\n\nmodule = load_inline(\n name=\"fused_mla_attention\",\n cpp_sources=cpp_source,\n cuda_sources=cuda_source,\n functions=[\"fused_mla_attention_cuda\"],\n verbose=True,\n extra_cuda_cflags=[\"-O3\"],\n)\n\nclass ModelNew(nn.Module):\n def __init__(self):\n super().__init__()\n self.fused_mla_attention = module.fused_mla_attention_cuda\n \n def forward(self, q, kv_latent, w_up_k, w_up_v):\n return self.fused_mla_attention(q, kv_latent, w_up_k, w_up_v)"
}
result ← compile_kernel (ok)
okcompile_kernel
compile_kernel PASSED: kernel compiled without errors.
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reasoning
Good, it compiled! Now let me check correctness.
assistantThe kernel compiled successfully. Let me check correctness:
call → run_correctness
callrun_correctness
{
"kernel_code": "import math\nimport torch\nimport torch.nn as nn\nfrom torch.utils.cpp_extension import load_inline\n\ncuda_source = \"\"\"\n#include <torch/extension.h>\n#include <cuda.h>\n#include <cuda_runtime.h>\n#include <cmath>\n\n// One thread block per (batch, head, query_position)\n// Threads cooperatively compute KV expansion and attention\n\n__global__ void fused_mla_attention_kernel(\n const float* __restrict__ q,\n const float* __restrict__ kv_latent,\n const float* __restrict__ w_up_k,\n const float* __restrict__ w_up_v,\n float* __restrict__ out,\n int batch_size, int seq_len, int num_heads, int head_dim, int rank,\n float scale\n) {\n int idx = blockIdx.x;\n int t = idx % seq_len;\n idx /= seq_len;\n int h = idx % num_heads;\n idx /= num_heads;\n int b = idx;\n \n int tid = threadIdx.x;\n int nthreads = blockDim.x;\n \n // Shared memory layout:\n // keys: [seq_len, head_dim]\n // vals: [seq_len, head_dim] \n // scores: [seq_len]\n extern __shared__ char smem[];\n float* keys = (float*)smem;\n float* vals = keys + seq_len * head_dim;\n float* scores = vals + seq_len * head_dim;\n \n // Pointers to input data\n const float* q_ptr = q + ((b * seq_len + t) * num_heads + h) * head_dim;\n // w_up_k shape: [rank, num_heads, head_dim]\n // For head h, slice is w_up_k[:, h, :] starting at offset h * head_dim with stride num_heads * head_dim\n \n // Load query into registers\n float q_reg[16]; // Assuming head_dim <= 16\n for (int d = tid; d < head_dim; d += nthreads) {\n q_reg[d] = q_ptr[d];\n }\n \n // Compute keys and values for all positions s = 0..t\n for (int s = 0; s <= t; s++) {\n const float* latent = kv_latent + (b * seq_len + s) * rank;\n \n // Each thread handles subset of head_dim elements\n for (int d = tid; d < head_dim; d += nthreads) {\n float k = 0.0f;\n float v = 0.0f;\n // Compute k[d] = latent @ w_up_k[:, h, d]\n for (int r = 0; r < rank; r++) {\n float lat = latent[r];\n k += lat * w_up_k[r * num_heads * head_dim + h * head_dim + d];\n v += lat * w_up_v[r * num_heads * head_dim + h * head_dim + d];\n }\n keys[s * head_dim + d] = k;\n vals[s * head_dim + d] = v;\n }\n }\n \n // Zero out keys/vals for positions > t (unused, but helps with correctness)\n for (int s = t + 1 + tid; s < seq_len; s += nthreads) {\n for (int d = 0; d < head_dim; d++) {\n keys[s * head_dim + d] = 0.0f;\n vals[s * head_dim + d] = 0.0f;\n }\n }\n \n __syncthreads();\n \n // Compute attention scores: score[s] = (q . k[s]) * scale\n for (int s = tid; s <= t; s += nthreads) {\n float score = 0.0f;\n for (int d = 0; d < head_dim; d++) {\n score += q_reg[d] * keys[s * head_dim + d];\n }\n scores[s] = score * scale;\n }\n \n __syncthreads();\n \n // Find max score for numerical stability\n __shared__ float max_score;\n __shared__ float sum_exp;\n \n if (tid == 0) {\n float mx = -INFINITY;\n for (int s = 0; s <= t; s++) {\n mx = fmaxf(mx, scores[s]);\n }\n max_score = mx;\n }\n __syncthreads();\n \n // Compute exp(score - max) and sum\n float local_sum = 0.0f;\n for (int s = tid; s <= t; s += nthreads) {\n float e = expf(scores[s] - max_score);\n scores[s] = e;\n local_sum += e;\n }\n \n // Sum reduction across threads\n __shared__ float shared_sum[32];\n if (tid < 32) shared_sum[tid] = 0.0f;\n __syncthreads();\n \n int lane = tid % 32;\n int warp_id = tid / 32;\n if (tid < 32) shared_sum[lane] = local_sum;\n __syncthreads();\n \n // Add all contributions\n if (tid == 0) {\n float total = 0.0f;\n for (int i = 0; i < 32; i++) {\n total += shared_sum[i];\n }\n sum_exp = total;\n }\n __syncthreads();\n \n // Compute weighted sum of values\n // Each thread handles subset of head_dim\n float inv_sum = 1.0f / sum_exp;\n for (int d = tid; d < head_dim; d += nthreads) {\n float out_val = 0.0f;\n for (int s = 0; s <= t; s++) {\n out_val += scores[s] * inv_sum * vals[s * head_dim + d];\n }\n out[((b * seq_len + t) * num_heads + h) * head_dim + d] = out_val;\n }\n}\n\ntorch::Tensor fused_mla_attention_cuda(\n torch::Tensor q,\n torch::Tensor kv_latent,\n torch::Tensor w_up_k,\n torch::Tensor w_up_v\n) {\n TORCH_CHECK(q.is_cuda(), \"q must be a CUDA tensor\");\n TORCH_CHECK(kv_latent.is_cuda(), \"kv_latent must be a CUDA tensor\");\n TORCH_CHECK(w_up_k.is_cuda(), \"w_up_k must be a CUDA tensor\");\n TORCH_CHECK(w_up_v.is_cuda(), \"w_up_v must be a CUDA tensor\");\n \n int batch_size = q.size(0);\n int seq_len = q.size(1);\n int num_heads = q.size(2);\n int head_dim = q.size(3);\n int rank = kv_latent.size(2);\n \n float scale = 1.0f / sqrtf((float)head_dim);\n \n auto out = torch::zeros_like(q);\n \n int num_blocks = batch_size * num_heads * seq_len;\n int threads_per_block = 32;\n \n // Shared memory: keys + vals + scores = 2 * seq_len * head_dim + seq_len\n size_t smem_size = (2 * seq_len * head_dim + seq_len) * sizeof(float);\n \n fused_mla_attention_kernel<<<num_blocks, threads_per_block, smem_size>>>(\n q.data_ptr<float>(),\n kv_latent.data_ptr<float>(),\n w_up_k.data_ptr<float>(),\n w_up_v.data_ptr<float>(),\n out.data_ptr<float>(),\n batch_size, seq_len, num_heads, head_dim, rank,\n scale\n );\n \n return out;\n}\n\"\"\"\n\ncpp_source = \"\"\"\ntorch::Tensor fused_mla_attention_cuda(\n torch::Tensor q,\n torch::Tensor kv_latent,\n torch::Tensor w_up_k,\n torch::Tensor w_up_v\n);\n\"\"\"\n\nmodule = load_inline(\n name=\"fused_mla_attention\",\n cpp_sources=cpp_source,\n cuda_sources=cuda_source,\n functions=[\"fused_mla_attention_cuda\"],\n verbose=True,\n extra_cuda_cflags=[\"-O3\"],\n)\n\nclass ModelNew(nn.Module):\n def __init__(self):\n super().__init__()\n self.fused_mla_attention = module.fused_mla_attention_cuda\n \n def forward(self, q, kv_latent, w_up_k, w_up_v):\n return self.fused_mla_attention(q, kv_latent, w_up_k, w_up_v)"
}
result ← run_correctness (fail)
failrun_correctness
run_correctness FAILED: (0 / 3) trials did not all match.
correctness_issue: Output mismatch
max_difference: ['25.390676', '25.264614', '18.938477']
avg_difference: ['2.907393', '3.159709', '2.981024']
turn 3 · 1 tool call(s) · 171.9s turn · 23.6s LLM · tokens in=6,592 · out=2,551 · total=9,143 · 10,675 chars (click to expand)
turn 3171.9s turn · 23.6s LLM · 148.3s tools · tokens in=6,592 · out=2,551 · total=9,143
reasoning
There's a correctness issue. Let me debug this. The problem might be:
1. The query loading - I'm assuming head_dim <= 16 and using a fixed-size array, but threads may not load all values correctly
2. The loop structure for loading q_reg may have issues
Let me think more carefully about the algorithm. The reference:
- For each (b, h, t), computes attention over positions s=0..t
- For each s, expands k and v from latent
- Computes softmax and weighted sum
My kernel:
- One block per (b, h, t)
- Threads cooperate to compute k[s], v[s] for all s <= t
- Then threads compute scores and reduce for softmax
- Then threads compute weighted sum of values
The issue might be:
1. The `q_reg` array is not properly initialized for all threads
2. The thread assignment for computing k/v might have issues
Let me fix the q_reg loading. The issue is that with 32 threads and head_dim=16, only threads 0-15 will load q values, but threads 16-31 will have uninitialized q_reg values. When computing scores, those threads still iterate over the full head_dim range.
Wait no, that's not the issue because the score computation loops over all d from 0 to head_dim-1, and each thread handles a subset of positions s.
Let me trace through more carefully:
1. q_reg: All threads load q_reg[d] for their assigned d values. With head_dim=16 and threads_per_block=32, threads 0-15 each load one value, threads 16-31 load nothing (their d starts at 32 which exceeds head_dim). This means q_reg[d] is loaded for d=0..15 by threads 0..15 respectively.
2. Score computation: For each s assigned to thread tid (s = tid, tid + nthreads, ...), the thread sums over all d. This means each thread that handles a position s computes the full dot product.
Wait, but threads 16-31 have uninitialized q_reg values! When they compute score, they still loop over all d and access q_reg[d]. The q_reg for threads 16-31 is uninitialized.
Let me fix this by ensuring all threads have valid q_reg values through a broadcast or by having only threads that have valid values participate in the computation.
Actually, a simpler fix is to initialize q_reg to 0 and ensure proper loading:
```cpp
float q_reg[16] = {0}; // Initialize to zero
```
But then threads 16-31 will have all zeros, which is wrong. The issue is that each thread has its own q_reg array, and only some threads load values.
Let me rethink this. I should either:
1. Load q into shared memory and have all threads read from there
2. Or have the score computation only done by threads with valid q_reg
Actually, looking at the loop again:
```cpp
for (int s = tid; s <= t; s += nthreads) {
float score = 0.0f;
for (int d = 0; d < head_dim; d++) {
score += q_reg[d] * keys[s * head_dim + d];
}
scores[s] = score * scale;
}
```
This means each thread that processes position s uses its own q_reg array. But q_reg is loaded per-thread, and only threads 0..(head_dim-1) load values. Thread 16 would have q_reg[0] uninitialized but would still access it.
I need to either:
1. Have only threads with complete q_reg do the computation
2. Or load q into shared memory
Let me try a cleaner approach - load q into shared memory first, then have threads cooperate on all computations.
assistantThere's a bug in my kernel. The issue is that each thread has its own `q_reg` array but only some threads load values. Let me fix this by loading the query into shared memory so all threads can access it:
call → compile_kernel
callcompile_kernel
{
"kernel_code": "import math\nimport torch\nimport torch.nn as nn\nfrom torch.utils.cpp_extension import load_inline\n\ncuda_source = \"\"\"\n#include <torch/extension.h>\n#include <cuda.h>\n#include <cuda_runtime.h>\n#include <cmath>\n\n// One thread block per (batch, head, query_position)\n// Threads cooperatively compute KV expansion and attention\n\n__global__ void fused_mla_attention_kernel(\n const float* __restrict__ q,\n const float* __restrict__ kv_latent,\n const float* __restrict__ w_up_k,\n const float* __restrict__ w_up_v,\n float* __restrict__ out,\n int batch_size, int seq_len, int num_heads, int head_dim, int rank,\n float scale\n) {\n int idx = blockIdx.x;\n int t = idx % seq_len;\n idx /= seq_len;\n int h = idx % num_heads;\n idx /= num_heads;\n int b = idx;\n \n int tid = threadIdx.x;\n int nthreads = blockDim.x;\n \n // Shared memory layout:\n // query: [head_dim]\n // keys: [seq_len, head_dim]\n // vals: [seq_len, head_dim] \n // scores: [seq_len]\n extern __shared__ char smem[];\n float* query_smem = (float*)smem;\n float* keys = query_smem + head_dim;\n float* vals = keys + seq_len * head_dim;\n float* scores = vals + seq_len * head_dim;\n \n // Pointers to input data\n const float* q_ptr = q + ((b * seq_len + t) * num_heads + h) * head_dim;\n \n // Load query into shared memory (all threads participate)\n for (int d = tid; d < head_dim; d += nthreads) {\n query_smem[d] = q_ptr[d];\n }\n \n // Compute keys and values for all positions s = 0..t\n for (int s = 0; s <= t; s++) {\n const float* latent = kv_latent + (b * seq_len + s) * rank;\n \n // Each thread handles subset of head_dim elements\n for (int d = tid; d < head_dim; d += nthreads) {\n float k = 0.0f;\n float v = 0.0f;\n // Compute k[d] = latent @ w_up_k[:, h, d]\n for (int r = 0; r < rank; r++) {\n float lat = latent[r];\n k += lat * w_up_k[r * num_heads * head_dim + h * head_dim + d];\n v += lat * w_up_v[r * num_heads * head_dim + h * head_dim + d];\n }\n keys[s * head_dim + d] = k;\n vals[s * head_dim + d] = v;\n }\n }\n \n __syncthreads();\n \n // Compute attention scores: score[s] = (q . k[s]) * scale\n for (int s = tid; s <= t; s += nthreads) {\n float score = 0.0f;\n for (int d = 0; d < head_dim; d++) {\n score += query_smem[d] * keys[s * head_dim + d];\n }\n scores[s] = score * scale;\n }\n \n __syncthreads();\n \n // Find max score for numerical stability\n __shared__ float max_score;\n __shared__ float sum_exp;\n \n if (tid == 0) {\n float mx = -INFINITY;\n for (int s = 0; s <= t; s++) {\n mx = fmaxf(mx, scores[s]);\n }\n max_score = mx;\n }\n __syncthreads();\n \n // Compute exp(score - max) and sum\n float local_sum = 0.0f;\n for (int s = tid; s <= t; s += nthreads) {\n float e = expf(scores[s] - max_score);\n scores[s] = e;\n local_sum += e;\n }\n \n // Sum reduction across threads using shared memory\n __shared__ float shared_sum[32];\n if (tid < 32) shared_sum[tid] = 0.0f;\n __syncthreads();\n \n // Add local_sum to shared_sum (using atomic or serial reduction)\n if (tid < 32) {\n shared_sum[tid] = local_sum;\n }\n __syncthreads();\n \n // Compute total sum\n if (tid == 0) {\n float total = 0.0f;\n for (int i = 0; i < 32; i++) {\n total += shared_sum[i];\n }\n sum_exp = total;\n }\n __syncthreads();\n \n // Compute weighted sum of values\n // Each thread handles subset of head_dim\n float inv_sum = 1.0f / sum_exp;\n for (int d = tid; d < head_dim; d += nthreads) {\n float out_val = 0.0f;\n for (int s = 0; s <= t; s++) {\n out_val += scores[s] * inv_sum * vals[s * head_dim + d];\n }\n out[((b * seq_len + t) * num_heads + h) * head_dim + d] = out_val;\n }\n}\n\ntorch::Tensor fused_mla_attention_cuda(\n torch::Tensor q,\n torch::Tensor kv_latent,\n torch::Tensor w_up_k,\n torch::Tensor w_up_v\n) {\n TORCH_CHECK(q.is_cuda(), \"q must be a CUDA tensor\");\n TORCH_CHECK(kv_latent.is_cuda(), \"kv_latent must be a CUDA tensor\");\n TORCH_CHECK(w_up_k.is_cuda(), \"w_up_k must be a CUDA tensor\");\n TORCH_CHECK(w_up_v.is_cuda(), \"w_up_v must be a CUDA tensor\");\n \n int batch_size = q.size(0);\n int seq_len = q.size(1);\n int num_heads = q.size(2);\n int head_dim = q.size(3);\n int rank = kv_latent.size(2);\n \n float scale = 1.0f / sqrtf((float)head_dim);\n \n auto out = torch::zeros_like(q);\n \n int num_blocks = batch_size * num_heads * seq_len;\n int threads_per_block = 32;\n \n // Shared memory: query + keys + vals + scores\n size_t smem_size = (head_dim + 2 * seq_len * head_dim + seq_len) * sizeof(float);\n \n fused_mla_attention_kernel<<<num_blocks, threads_per_block, smem_size>>>(\n q.data_ptr<float>(),\n kv_latent.data_ptr<float>(),\n w_up_k.data_ptr<float>(),\n w_up_v.data_ptr<float>(),\n out.data_ptr<float>(),\n batch_size, seq_len, num_heads, head_dim, rank,\n scale\n );\n \n return out;\n}\n\"\"\"\n\ncpp_source = \"\"\"\ntorch::Tensor fused_mla_attention_cuda(\n torch::Tensor q,\n torch::Tensor kv_latent,\n torch::Tensor w_up_k,\n torch::Tensor w_up_v\n);\n\"\"\"\n\nmodule = load_inline(\n name=\"fused_mla_attention\",\n cpp_sources=cpp_source,\n cuda_sources=cuda_source,\n functions=[\"fused_mla_attention_cuda\"],\n verbose=True,\n extra_cuda_cflags=[\"-O3\"],\n)\n\nclass ModelNew(nn.Module):\n def __init__(self):\n super().__init__()\n self.fused_mla_attention = module.fused_mla_attention_cuda\n \n def forward(self, q, kv_latent, w_up_k, w_up_v):\n return self.fused_mla_attention(q, kv_latent, w_up_k, w_up_v)"
}
result ← compile_kernel (ok)
okcompile_kernel
compile_kernel PASSED: kernel compiled without errors.
turn 4 · 1 tool call(s) · 75.5s turn · 14.1s LLM · tokens in=8,355 · out=1,711 · total=10,066 · 7,262 chars (click to expand)
turn 475.5s turn · 14.1s LLM · 61.3s tools · tokens in=8,355 · out=1,711 · total=10,066
reasoning
Now let me check correctness again.
call → run_correctness
callrun_correctness
{
"kernel_code": "import math\nimport torch\nimport torch.nn as nn\nfrom torch.utils.cpp_extension import load_inline\n\ncuda_source = \"\"\"\n#include <torch/extension.h>\n#include <cuda.h>\n#include <cuda_runtime.h>\n#include <cmath>\n\n// One thread block per (batch, head, query_position)\n// Threads cooperatively compute KV expansion and attention\n\n__global__ void fused_mla_attention_kernel(\n const float* __restrict__ q,\n const float* __restrict__ kv_latent,\n const float* __restrict__ w_up_k,\n const float* __restrict__ w_up_v,\n float* __restrict__ out,\n int batch_size, int seq_len, int num_heads, int head_dim, int rank,\n float scale\n) {\n int idx = blockIdx.x;\n int t = idx % seq_len;\n idx /= seq_len;\n int h = idx % num_heads;\n idx /= num_heads;\n int b = idx;\n \n int tid = threadIdx.x;\n int nthreads = blockDim.x;\n \n // Shared memory layout:\n // query: [head_dim]\n // keys: [seq_len, head_dim]\n // vals: [seq_len, head_dim] \n // scores: [seq_len]\n extern __shared__ char smem[];\n float* query_smem = (float*)smem;\n float* keys = query_smem + head_dim;\n float* vals = keys + seq_len * head_dim;\n float* scores = vals + seq_len * head_dim;\n \n // Pointers to input data\n const float* q_ptr = q + ((b * seq_len + t) * num_heads + h) * head_dim;\n \n // Load query into shared memory (all threads participate)\n for (int d = tid; d < head_dim; d += nthreads) {\n query_smem[d] = q_ptr[d];\n }\n \n // Compute keys and values for all positions s = 0..t\n for (int s = 0; s <= t; s++) {\n const float* latent = kv_latent + (b * seq_len + s) * rank;\n \n // Each thread handles subset of head_dim elements\n for (int d = tid; d < head_dim; d += nthreads) {\n float k = 0.0f;\n float v = 0.0f;\n // Compute k[d] = latent @ w_up_k[:, h, d]\n for (int r = 0; r < rank; r++) {\n float lat = latent[r];\n k += lat * w_up_k[r * num_heads * head_dim + h * head_dim + d];\n v += lat * w_up_v[r * num_heads * head_dim + h * head_dim + d];\n }\n keys[s * head_dim + d] = k;\n vals[s * head_dim + d] = v;\n }\n }\n \n __syncthreads();\n \n // Compute attention scores: score[s] = (q . k[s]) * scale\n for (int s = tid; s <= t; s += nthreads) {\n float score = 0.0f;\n for (int d = 0; d < head_dim; d++) {\n score += query_smem[d] * keys[s * head_dim + d];\n }\n scores[s] = score * scale;\n }\n \n __syncthreads();\n \n // Find max score for numerical stability\n __shared__ float max_score;\n __shared__ float sum_exp;\n \n if (tid == 0) {\n float mx = -INFINITY;\n for (int s = 0; s <= t; s++) {\n mx = fmaxf(mx, scores[s]);\n }\n max_score = mx;\n }\n __syncthreads();\n \n // Compute exp(score - max) and sum\n float local_sum = 0.0f;\n for (int s = tid; s <= t; s += nthreads) {\n float e = expf(scores[s] - max_score);\n scores[s] = e;\n local_sum += e;\n }\n \n // Sum reduction across threads using shared memory\n __shared__ float shared_sum[32];\n if (tid < 32) shared_sum[tid] = 0.0f;\n __syncthreads();\n \n // Add local_sum to shared_sum (using atomic or serial reduction)\n if (tid < 32) {\n shared_sum[tid] = local_sum;\n }\n __syncthreads();\n \n // Compute total sum\n if (tid == 0) {\n float total = 0.0f;\n for (int i = 0; i < 32; i++) {\n total += shared_sum[i];\n }\n sum_exp = total;\n }\n __syncthreads();\n \n // Compute weighted sum of values\n // Each thread handles subset of head_dim\n float inv_sum = 1.0f / sum_exp;\n for (int d = tid; d < head_dim; d += nthreads) {\n float out_val = 0.0f;\n for (int s = 0; s <= t; s++) {\n out_val += scores[s] * inv_sum * vals[s * head_dim + d];\n }\n out[((b * seq_len + t) * num_heads + h) * head_dim + d] = out_val;\n }\n}\n\ntorch::Tensor fused_mla_attention_cuda(\n torch::Tensor q,\n torch::Tensor kv_latent,\n torch::Tensor w_up_k,\n torch::Tensor w_up_v\n) {\n TORCH_CHECK(q.is_cuda(), \"q must be a CUDA tensor\");\n TORCH_CHECK(kv_latent.is_cuda(), \"kv_latent must be a CUDA tensor\");\n TORCH_CHECK(w_up_k.is_cuda(), \"w_up_k must be a CUDA tensor\");\n TORCH_CHECK(w_up_v.is_cuda(), \"w_up_v must be a CUDA tensor\");\n \n int batch_size = q.size(0);\n int seq_len = q.size(1);\n int num_heads = q.size(2);\n int head_dim = q.size(3);\n int rank = kv_latent.size(2);\n \n float scale = 1.0f / sqrtf((float)head_dim);\n \n auto out = torch::zeros_like(q);\n \n int num_blocks = batch_size * num_heads * seq_len;\n int threads_per_block = 32;\n \n // Shared memory: query + keys + vals + scores\n size_t smem_size = (head_dim + 2 * seq_len * head_dim + seq_len) * sizeof(float);\n \n fused_mla_attention_kernel<<<num_blocks, threads_per_block, smem_size>>>(\n q.data_ptr<float>(),\n kv_latent.data_ptr<float>(),\n w_up_k.data_ptr<float>(),\n w_up_v.data_ptr<float>(),\n out.data_ptr<float>(),\n batch_size, seq_len, num_heads, head_dim, rank,\n scale\n );\n \n return out;\n}\n\"\"\"\n\ncpp_source = \"\"\"\ntorch::Tensor fused_mla_attention_cuda(\n torch::Tensor q,\n torch::Tensor kv_latent,\n torch::Tensor w_up_k,\n torch::Tensor w_up_v\n);\n\"\"\"\n\nmodule = load_inline(\n name=\"fused_mla_attention\",\n cpp_sources=cpp_source,\n cuda_sources=cuda_source,\n functions=[\"fused_mla_attention_cuda\"],\n verbose=True,\n extra_cuda_cflags=[\"-O3\"],\n)\n\nclass ModelNew(nn.Module):\n def __init__(self):\n super().__init__()\n self.fused_mla_attention = module.fused_mla_attention_cuda\n \n def forward(self, q, kv_latent, w_up_k, w_up_v):\n return self.fused_mla_attention(q, kv_latent, w_up_k, w_up_v)"
}
result ← run_correctness (ok)
okrun_correctness
run_correctness PASSED: (3 / 3) trials all matched the reference.
Numerical precision: max_abs_err=1.91e-05 mean_abs_err=7.90e-07 max_rel_err=1.74e-02
turn 5 · 1 tool call(s) · 189.3s turn · 14.0s LLM · tokens in=10,116 · out=1,748 · total=11,864 · 8,983 chars (click to expand)
turn 5189.3s turn · 14.0s LLM · 175.3s tools · tokens in=10,116 · out=1,748 · total=11,864
reasoning
The kernel now passes correctness. The error is within tolerance. Now let me profile to understand performance and see where I can optimize.
assistantCorrectness passes! Now let me profile the kernel to understand its performance and identify optimization opportunities:
call → profile_kernel
callprofile_kernel
{
"kernel_code": "import math\nimport torch\nimport torch.nn as nn\nfrom torch.utils.cpp_extension import load_inline\n\ncuda_source = \"\"\"\n#include <torch/extension.h>\n#include <cuda.h>\n#include <cuda_runtime.h>\n#include <cmath>\n\n// One thread block per (batch, head, query_position)\n// Threads cooperatively compute KV expansion and attention\n\n__global__ void fused_mla_attention_kernel(\n const float* __restrict__ q,\n const float* __restrict__ kv_latent,\n const float* __restrict__ w_up_k,\n const float* __restrict__ w_up_v,\n float* __restrict__ out,\n int batch_size, int seq_len, int num_heads, int head_dim, int rank,\n float scale\n) {\n int idx = blockIdx.x;\n int t = idx % seq_len;\n idx /= seq_len;\n int h = idx % num_heads;\n idx /= num_heads;\n int b = idx;\n \n int tid = threadIdx.x;\n int nthreads = blockDim.x;\n \n // Shared memory layout:\n // query: [head_dim]\n // keys: [seq_len, head_dim]\n // vals: [seq_len, head_dim] \n // scores: [seq_len]\n extern __shared__ char smem[];\n float* query_smem = (float*)smem;\n float* keys = query_smem + head_dim;\n float* vals = keys + seq_len * head_dim;\n float* scores = vals + seq_len * head_dim;\n \n // Pointers to input data\n const float* q_ptr = q + ((b * seq_len + t) * num_heads + h) * head_dim;\n \n // Load query into shared memory (all threads participate)\n for (int d = tid; d < head_dim; d += nthreads) {\n query_smem[d] = q_ptr[d];\n }\n \n // Compute keys and values for all positions s = 0..t\n for (int s = 0; s <= t; s++) {\n const float* latent = kv_latent + (b * seq_len + s) * rank;\n \n // Each thread handles subset of head_dim elements\n for (int d = tid; d < head_dim; d += nthreads) {\n float k = 0.0f;\n float v = 0.0f;\n // Compute k[d] = latent @ w_up_k[:, h, d]\n for (int r = 0; r < rank; r++) {\n float lat = latent[r];\n k += lat * w_up_k[r * num_heads * head_dim + h * head_dim + d];\n v += lat * w_up_v[r * num_heads * head_dim + h * head_dim + d];\n }\n keys[s * head_dim + d] = k;\n vals[s * head_dim + d] = v;\n }\n }\n \n __syncthreads();\n \n // Compute attention scores: score[s] = (q . k[s]) * scale\n for (int s = tid; s <= t; s += nthreads) {\n float score = 0.0f;\n for (int d = 0; d < head_dim; d++) {\n score += query_smem[d] * keys[s * head_dim + d];\n }\n scores[s] = score * scale;\n }\n \n __syncthreads();\n \n // Find max score for numerical stability\n __shared__ float max_score;\n __shared__ float sum_exp;\n \n if (tid == 0) {\n float mx = -INFINITY;\n for (int s = 0; s <= t; s++) {\n mx = fmaxf(mx, scores[s]);\n }\n max_score = mx;\n }\n __syncthreads();\n \n // Compute exp(score - max) and sum\n float local_sum = 0.0f;\n for (int s = tid; s <= t; s += nthreads) {\n float e = expf(scores[s] - max_score);\n scores[s] = e;\n local_sum += e;\n }\n \n // Sum reduction across threads using shared memory\n __shared__ float shared_sum[32];\n if (tid < 32) shared_sum[tid] = 0.0f;\n __syncthreads();\n \n // Add local_sum to shared_sum (using atomic or serial reduction)\n if (tid < 32) {\n shared_sum[tid] = local_sum;\n }\n __syncthreads();\n \n // Compute total sum\n if (tid == 0) {\n float total = 0.0f;\n for (int i = 0; i < 32; i++) {\n total += shared_sum[i];\n }\n sum_exp = total;\n }\n __syncthreads();\n \n // Compute weighted sum of values\n // Each thread handles subset of head_dim\n float inv_sum = 1.0f / sum_exp;\n for (int d = tid; d < head_dim; d += nthreads) {\n float out_val = 0.0f;\n for (int s = 0; s <= t; s++) {\n out_val += scores[s] * inv_sum * vals[s * head_dim + d];\n }\n out[((b * seq_len + t) * num_heads + h) * head_dim + d] = out_val;\n }\n}\n\ntorch::Tensor fused_mla_attention_cuda(\n torch::Tensor q,\n torch::Tensor kv_latent,\n torch::Tensor w_up_k,\n torch::Tensor w_up_v\n) {\n TORCH_CHECK(q.is_cuda(), \"q must be a CUDA tensor\");\n TORCH_CHECK(kv_latent.is_cuda(), \"kv_latent must be a CUDA tensor\");\n TORCH_CHECK(w_up_k.is_cuda(), \"w_up_k must be a CUDA tensor\");\n TORCH_CHECK(w_up_v.is_cuda(), \"w_up_v must be a CUDA tensor\");\n \n int batch_size = q.size(0);\n int seq_len = q.size(1);\n int num_heads = q.size(2);\n int head_dim = q.size(3);\n int rank = kv_latent.size(2);\n \n float scale = 1.0f / sqrtf((float)head_dim);\n \n auto out = torch::zeros_like(q);\n \n int num_blocks = batch_size * num_heads * seq_len;\n int threads_per_block = 32;\n \n // Shared memory: query + keys + vals + scores\n size_t smem_size = (head_dim + 2 * seq_len * head_dim + seq_len) * sizeof(float);\n \n fused_mla_attention_kernel<<<num_blocks, threads_per_block, smem_size>>>(\n q.data_ptr<float>(),\n kv_latent.data_ptr<float>(),\n w_up_k.data_ptr<float>(),\n w_up_v.data_ptr<float>(),\n out.data_ptr<float>(),\n batch_size, seq_len, num_heads, head_dim, rank,\n scale\n );\n \n return out;\n}\n\"\"\"\n\ncpp_source = \"\"\"\ntorch::Tensor fused_mla_attention_cuda(\n torch::Tensor q,\n torch::Tensor kv_latent,\n torch::Tensor w_up_k,\n torch::Tensor w_up_v\n);\n\"\"\"\n\nmodule = load_inline(\n name=\"fused_mla_attention\",\n cpp_sources=cpp_source,\n cuda_sources=cuda_source,\n functions=[\"fused_mla_attention_cuda\"],\n verbose=True,\n extra_cuda_cflags=[\"-O3\"],\n)\n\nclass ModelNew(nn.Module):\n def __init__(self):\n super().__init__()\n self.fused_mla_attention = module.fused_mla_attention_cuda\n \n def forward(self, q, kv_latent, w_up_k, w_up_v):\n return self.fused_mla_attention(q, kv_latent, w_up_k, w_up_v)"
}
result ← profile_kernel (ok)
okprofile_kernel
profile_kernel PASSED: profiling complete.
=== Kernel Profile Summary ===
--- Kernel Breakdown (by GPU time) ---
#1: aten::zeros_like 6353.0μs (34%) calls=1
#2: aten::zero_ 6265.0μs (33%) calls=1
#3: aten::fill_ 6246.0μs (33%) calls=1
#4: aten::empty_like 36.0μs (0%) calls=1
#5: aten::empty_strided 22.0μs (0%) calls=1
--- Timing ---
GPU time: 46.24 μs
--- Memory Bandwidth ---
DRAM BW: 2.8/3350 GB/s (0.1%)
read=2.8 write=0.0 GB/s
Hit rates: L2=193.9%
--- Compute Throughput ---
Pipe util: FMA=3.4%, Tensor=0.0%
--- Roofline Analysis ---
Ridge point (FP32): 20.00 FLOPs/byte
Classification: UNKNOWN
--- Occupancy ---
Achieved: 9.0%
Eligible warps/cycle: 0.12
WARNING: <1 eligible warp/cycle = latency-bound, needs more parallelism
Launch: regs/thread=56, smem/blk=6528B, block=160, grid=260
--- Memory Access Quality ---
Global ld coalescing: 1.67 sectors/req (1.7x wasted BW)
--- Warp Stall Reasons (% of issue cycles) ---
long_scoreboard 524.9% ####################
short_scoreboard 444.8% ####################
--- Optimization Hints ---
-> 525% stalls: global memory latency (waiting for DRAM/L2). + sectors/req=1.7 -> uncoalesced global loads, restructure access pattern or use __ldg Try shared-memory tiling, prefetching, or reducing working set.
-> Low occupancy (9%). Consider __launch_bounds__ or reducing register pressure.
-> Low eligible warps + low BW% + low compute% = LATENCY-BOUND. Need more parallelism (larger grid, more ILP, prefetching).
turn 6 · 1 tool call(s) · 164.9s turn · 20.2s LLM · tokens in=12,356 · out=2,287 · total=14,643 · 9,398 chars (click to expand)
turn 6164.9s turn · 20.2s LLM · 144.7s tools · tokens in=12,356 · out=2,287 · total=14,643
reasoning
The kernel is running but has poor performance:
- Low occupancy (9%) - needs more parallelism
- Latency-bound due to memory stalls (long_scoreboard and short_scoreboard)
- Uncoalesced global loads (1.67 sectors/req)
The main issue is:
1. We only have 32 threads per block but need more to hide latency
2. The block count is 260 (batch_size * num_heads * seq_len = 2 * 4 * 32 = 256 actually)
3. Each block has very few threads (32) which gives poor occupancy
Let me increase threads per block and use shared memory more effectively. Also, the main issue is the KV expansion loop which reads from global memory with a non-optimal access pattern.
Let me try a more optimized version with:
1. More threads per block (e.g., 128 or 256)
2. Better memory access patterns
3. Pre-compute latents in a more coalesced way
assistantThe kernel is latency-bound with only 9% occupancy. The main issues are:
1. Only 32 threads per block - poor occupancy
2. Uncoalesced global memory loads for KV expansion
3. High memory latency stalls
Let me optimize with more threads per block and better memory access patterns:
call → compile_kernel
callcompile_kernel
{
"kernel_code": "import math\nimport torch\nimport torch.nn as nn\nfrom torch.utils.cpp_extension import load_inline\n\ncuda_source = \"\"\"\n#include <torch/extension.h>\n#include <cuda.h>\n#include <cuda_runtime.h>\n#include <cmath>\n\n// Optimized: more threads, better memory access patterns\n// Each thread handles one element of key/value computation\n\n__global__ void __launch_bounds__(128) fused_mla_attention_kernel(\n const float* __restrict__ q,\n const float* __restrict__ kv_latent,\n const float* __restrict__ w_up_k,\n const float* __restrict__ w_up_v,\n float* __restrict__ out,\n int batch_size, int seq_len, int num_heads, int head_dim, int rank,\n float scale\n) {\n int idx = blockIdx.x;\n int t = idx % seq_len;\n idx /= seq_len;\n int h = idx % num_heads;\n idx /= num_heads;\n int b = idx;\n \n int tid = threadIdx.x;\n int nthreads = blockDim.x;\n \n // Shared memory layout:\n // query: [head_dim]\n // keys: [seq_len, head_dim]\n // vals: [seq_len, head_dim] \n // scores: [seq_len]\n extern __shared__ char smem[];\n float* query_smem = (float*)smem;\n float* keys = query_smem + head_dim;\n float* vals = keys + seq_len * head_dim;\n float* scores = vals + seq_len * head_dim;\n \n // Pointers to input data\n const float* q_ptr = q + ((b * seq_len + t) * num_heads + h) * head_dim;\n \n // Load query into shared memory (all threads participate)\n for (int d = tid; d < head_dim; d += nthreads) {\n query_smem[d] = q_ptr[d];\n }\n \n __syncthreads();\n \n // Compute keys and values for all positions s = 0..t\n // Parallelize over s*d output positions\n int total_elems = (t + 1) * head_dim;\n for (int elem = tid; elem < total_elems; elem += nthreads) {\n int s = elem / head_dim;\n int d = elem % head_dim;\n \n const float* latent = kv_latent + (b * seq_len + s) * rank;\n \n float k = 0.0f;\n float v = 0.0f;\n // Compute k[d] = latent @ w_up_k[:, h, d]\n for (int r = 0; r < rank; r++) {\n float lat = latent[r];\n k += lat * w_up_k[r * num_heads * head_dim + h * head_dim + d];\n v += lat * w_up_v[r * num_heads * head_dim + h * head_dim + d];\n }\n keys[s * head_dim + d] = k;\n vals[s * head_dim + d] = v;\n }\n \n __syncthreads();\n \n // Compute attention scores: score[s] = (q . k[s]) * scale\n for (int s = tid; s <= t; s += nthreads) {\n float score = 0.0f;\n for (int d = 0; d < head_dim; d++) {\n score += query_smem[d] * keys[s * head_dim + d];\n }\n scores[s] = score * scale;\n }\n \n __syncthreads();\n \n // Find max score for numerical stability\n __shared__ float max_score;\n __shared__ float sum_exp;\n \n float local_max = -INFINITY;\n for (int s = tid; s <= t; s += nthreads) {\n local_max = fmaxf(local_max, scores[s]);\n }\n \n // Block-level max reduction\n __shared__ float shared_max[32];\n if (tid < 32) shared_max[tid] = -INFINITY;\n __syncthreads();\n \n // Reduce within warps first\n int lane = tid % 32;\n int warp_id = tid / 32;\n for (int offset = 16; offset > 0; offset /= 2) {\n local_max = fmaxf(local_max, __shfl_down_sync(0xffffffff, local_max, offset));\n }\n if (lane == 0) {\n shared_max[warp_id] = local_max;\n }\n __syncthreads();\n \n // Final reduction across warps\n if (warp_id == 0) {\n float final_max = shared_max[lane];\n for (int offset = 16; offset > 0; offset /= 2) {\n final_max = fmaxf(final_max, __shfl_down_sync(0xffffffff, final_max, offset));\n }\n if (lane == 0) {\n max_score = final_max;\n }\n }\n __syncthreads();\n \n // Compute exp(score - max) and sum\n float local_sum = 0.0f;\n for (int s = tid; s <= t; s += nthreads) {\n float e = expf(scores[s] - max_score);\n scores[s] = e;\n local_sum += e;\n }\n \n // Block-level sum reduction\n __shared__ float shared_sum[32];\n if (tid < 32) shared_sum[tid] = 0.0f;\n __syncthreads();\n \n // Reduce within warps first\n for (int offset = 16; offset > 0; offset /= 2) {\n local_sum += __shfl_down_sync(0xffffffff, local_sum, offset);\n }\n if (lane == 0) {\n shared_sum[warp_id] = local_sum;\n }\n __syncthreads();\n \n // Final reduction across warps\n if (warp_id == 0) {\n float final_sum = shared_sum[lane];\n for (int offset = 16; offset > 0; offset /= 2) {\n final_sum += __shfl_down_sync(0xffffffff, final_sum, offset);\n }\n if (lane == 0) {\n sum_exp = final_sum;\n }\n }\n __syncthreads();\n \n // Compute weighted sum of values\n // Each thread handles subset of head_dim\n float inv_sum = 1.0f / sum_exp;\n for (int d = tid; d < head_dim; d += nthreads) {\n float out_val = 0.0f;\n for (int s = 0; s <= t; s++) {\n out_val += scores[s] * inv_sum * vals[s * head_dim + d];\n }\n out[((b * seq_len + t) * num_heads + h) * head_dim + d] = out_val;\n }\n}\n\ntorch::Tensor fused_mla_attention_cuda(\n torch::Tensor q,\n torch::Tensor kv_latent,\n torch::Tensor w_up_k,\n torch::Tensor w_up_v\n) {\n TORCH_CHECK(q.is_cuda(), \"q must be a CUDA tensor\");\n TORCH_CHECK(kv_latent.is_cuda(), \"kv_latent must be a CUDA tensor\");\n TORCH_CHECK(w_up_k.is_cuda(), \"w_up_k must be a CUDA tensor\");\n TORCH_CHECK(w_up_v.is_cuda(), \"w_up_v must be a CUDA tensor\");\n \n int batch_size = q.size(0);\n int seq_len = q.size(1);\n int num_heads = q.size(2);\n int head_dim = q.size(3);\n int rank = kv_latent.size(2);\n \n float scale = 1.0f / sqrtf((float)head_dim);\n \n auto out = torch::zeros_like(q);\n \n int num_blocks = batch_size * num_heads * seq_len;\n int threads_per_block = 128;\n \n // Shared memory: query + keys + vals + scores\n size_t smem_size = (head_dim + 2 * seq_len * head_dim + seq_len) * sizeof(float);\n \n fused_mla_attention_kernel<<<num_blocks, threads_per_block, smem_size>>>(\n q.data_ptr<float>(),\n kv_latent.data_ptr<float>(),\n w_up_k.data_ptr<float>(),\n w_up_v.data_ptr<float>(),\n out.data_ptr<float>(),\n batch_size, seq_len, num_heads, head_dim, rank,\n scale\n );\n \n return out;\n}\n\"\"\"\n\ncpp_source = \"\"\"\ntorch::Tensor fused_mla_attention_cuda(\n torch::Tensor q,\n torch::Tensor kv_latent,\n torch::Tensor w_up_k,\n torch::Tensor w_up_v\n);\n\"\"\"\n\nmodule = load_inline(\n name=\"fused_mla_attention\",\n cpp_sources=cpp_source,\n cuda_sources=cuda_source,\n functions=[\"fused_mla_attention_cuda\"],\n verbose=True,\n extra_cuda_cflags=[\"-O3\"],\n)\n\nclass ModelNew(nn.Module):\n def __init__(self):\n super().__init__()\n self.fused_mla_attention = module.fused_mla_attention_cuda\n \n def forward(self, q, kv_latent, w_up_k, w_up_v):\n return self.fused_mla_attention(q, kv_latent, w_up_k, w_up_v)"
}
result ← compile_kernel (ok)
okcompile_kernel
compile_kernel PASSED: kernel compiled without errors.
turn 7 · 1 tool call(s) · 18.3s turn · 17.5s LLM · tokens in=14,452 · out=2,026 · total=16,478 · 8,354 chars (click to expand)
turn 718.3s turn · 17.5s LLM · 0.8s tools · tokens in=14,452 · out=2,026 · total=16,478
reasoning
Let me check correctness.
call → run_correctness
callrun_correctness
{
"kernel_code": "import math\nimport torch\nimport torch.nn as nn\nfrom torch.utils.cpp_extension import load_inline\n\ncuda_source = \"\"\"\n#include <torch/extension.h>\n#include <cuda.h>\n#include <cuda_runtime.h>\n#include <cmath>\n\n// Optimized: more threads, better memory access patterns\n// Each thread handles one element of key/value computation\n\n__global__ void __launch_bounds__(128) fused_mla_attention_kernel(\n const float* __restrict__ q,\n const float* __restrict__ kv_latent,\n const float* __restrict__ w_up_k,\n const float* __restrict__ w_up_v,\n float* __restrict__ out,\n int batch_size, int seq_len, int num_heads, int head_dim, int rank,\n float scale\n) {\n int idx = blockIdx.x;\n int t = idx % seq_len;\n idx /= seq_len;\n int h = idx % num_heads;\n idx /= num_heads;\n int b = idx;\n \n int tid = threadIdx.x;\n int nthreads = blockDim.x;\n \n // Shared memory layout:\n // query: [head_dim]\n // keys: [seq_len, head_dim]\n // vals: [seq_len, head_dim] \n // scores: [seq_len]\n extern __shared__ char smem[];\n float* query_smem = (float*)smem;\n float* keys = query_smem + head_dim;\n float* vals = keys + seq_len * head_dim;\n float* scores = vals + seq_len * head_dim;\n \n // Pointers to input data\n const float* q_ptr = q + ((b * seq_len + t) * num_heads + h) * head_dim;\n \n // Load query into shared memory (all threads participate)\n for (int d = tid; d < head_dim; d += nthreads) {\n query_smem[d] = q_ptr[d];\n }\n \n __syncthreads();\n \n // Compute keys and values for all positions s = 0..t\n // Parallelize over s*d output positions\n int total_elems = (t + 1) * head_dim;\n for (int elem = tid; elem < total_elems; elem += nthreads) {\n int s = elem / head_dim;\n int d = elem % head_dim;\n \n const float* latent = kv_latent + (b * seq_len + s) * rank;\n \n float k = 0.0f;\n float v = 0.0f;\n // Compute k[d] = latent @ w_up_k[:, h, d]\n for (int r = 0; r < rank; r++) {\n float lat = latent[r];\n k += lat * w_up_k[r * num_heads * head_dim + h * head_dim + d];\n v += lat * w_up_v[r * num_heads * head_dim + h * head_dim + d];\n }\n keys[s * head_dim + d] = k;\n vals[s * head_dim + d] = v;\n }\n \n __syncthreads();\n \n // Compute attention scores: score[s] = (q . k[s]) * scale\n for (int s = tid; s <= t; s += nthreads) {\n float score = 0.0f;\n for (int d = 0; d < head_dim; d++) {\n score += query_smem[d] * keys[s * head_dim + d];\n }\n scores[s] = score * scale;\n }\n \n __syncthreads();\n \n // Find max score for numerical stability\n __shared__ float max_score;\n __shared__ float sum_exp;\n \n float local_max = -INFINITY;\n for (int s = tid; s <= t; s += nthreads) {\n local_max = fmaxf(local_max, scores[s]);\n }\n \n // Block-level max reduction\n __shared__ float shared_max[32];\n if (tid < 32) shared_max[tid] = -INFINITY;\n __syncthreads();\n \n // Reduce within warps first\n int lane = tid % 32;\n int warp_id = tid / 32;\n for (int offset = 16; offset > 0; offset /= 2) {\n local_max = fmaxf(local_max, __shfl_down_sync(0xffffffff, local_max, offset));\n }\n if (lane == 0) {\n shared_max[warp_id] = local_max;\n }\n __syncthreads();\n \n // Final reduction across warps\n if (warp_id == 0) {\n float final_max = shared_max[lane];\n for (int offset = 16; offset > 0; offset /= 2) {\n final_max = fmaxf(final_max, __shfl_down_sync(0xffffffff, final_max, offset));\n }\n if (lane == 0) {\n max_score = final_max;\n }\n }\n __syncthreads();\n \n // Compute exp(score - max) and sum\n float local_sum = 0.0f;\n for (int s = tid; s <= t; s += nthreads) {\n float e = expf(scores[s] - max_score);\n scores[s] = e;\n local_sum += e;\n }\n \n // Block-level sum reduction\n __shared__ float shared_sum[32];\n if (tid < 32) shared_sum[tid] = 0.0f;\n __syncthreads();\n \n // Reduce within warps first\n for (int offset = 16; offset > 0; offset /= 2) {\n local_sum += __shfl_down_sync(0xffffffff, local_sum, offset);\n }\n if (lane == 0) {\n shared_sum[warp_id] = local_sum;\n }\n __syncthreads();\n \n // Final reduction across warps\n if (warp_id == 0) {\n float final_sum = shared_sum[lane];\n for (int offset = 16; offset > 0; offset /= 2) {\n final_sum += __shfl_down_sync(0xffffffff, final_sum, offset);\n }\n if (lane == 0) {\n sum_exp = final_sum;\n }\n }\n __syncthreads();\n \n // Compute weighted sum of values\n // Each thread handles subset of head_dim\n float inv_sum = 1.0f / sum_exp;\n for (int d = tid; d < head_dim; d += nthreads) {\n float out_val = 0.0f;\n for (int s = 0; s <= t; s++) {\n out_val += scores[s] * inv_sum * vals[s * head_dim + d];\n }\n out[((b * seq_len + t) * num_heads + h) * head_dim + d] = out_val;\n }\n}\n\ntorch::Tensor fused_mla_attention_cuda(\n torch::Tensor q,\n torch::Tensor kv_latent,\n torch::Tensor w_up_k,\n torch::Tensor w_up_v\n) {\n TORCH_CHECK(q.is_cuda(), \"q must be a CUDA tensor\");\n TORCH_CHECK(kv_latent.is_cuda(), \"kv_latent must be a CUDA tensor\");\n TORCH_CHECK(w_up_k.is_cuda(), \"w_up_k must be a CUDA tensor\");\n TORCH_CHECK(w_up_v.is_cuda(), \"w_up_v must be a CUDA tensor\");\n \n int batch_size = q.size(0);\n int seq_len = q.size(1);\n int num_heads = q.size(2);\n int head_dim = q.size(3);\n int rank = kv_latent.size(2);\n \n float scale = 1.0f / sqrtf((float)head_dim);\n \n auto out = torch::zeros_like(q);\n \n int num_blocks = batch_size * num_heads * seq_len;\n int threads_per_block = 128;\n \n // Shared memory: query + keys + vals + scores\n size_t smem_size = (head_dim + 2 * seq_len * head_dim + seq_len) * sizeof(float);\n \n fused_mla_attention_kernel<<<num_blocks, threads_per_block, smem_size>>>(\n q.data_ptr<float>(),\n kv_latent.data_ptr<float>(),\n w_up_k.data_ptr<float>(),\n w_up_v.data_ptr<float>(),\n out.data_ptr<float>(),\n batch_size, seq_len, num_heads, head_dim, rank,\n scale\n );\n \n return out;\n}\n\"\"\"\n\ncpp_source = \"\"\"\ntorch::Tensor fused_mla_attention_cuda(\n torch::Tensor q,\n torch::Tensor kv_latent,\n torch::Tensor w_up_k,\n torch::Tensor w_up_v\n);\n\"\"\"\n\nmodule = load_inline(\n name=\"fused_mla_attention\",\n cpp_sources=cpp_source,\n cuda_sources=cuda_source,\n functions=[\"fused_mla_attention_cuda\"],\n verbose=True,\n extra_cuda_cflags=[\"-O3\"],\n)\n\nclass ModelNew(nn.Module):\n def __init__(self):\n super().__init__()\n self.fused_mla_attention = module.fused_mla_attention_cuda\n \n def forward(self, q, kv_latent, w_up_k, w_up_v):\n return self.fused_mla_attention(q, kv_latent, w_up_k, w_up_v)"
}
result ← run_correctness (ok)
okrun_correctness
run_correctness PASSED: (3 / 3) trials all matched the reference.
Numerical precision: max_abs_err=1.91e-05 mean_abs_err=7.40e-07 max_rel_err=1.74e-02
turn 8 · 1 tool call(s) · 85.1s turn · 16.2s LLM · tokens in=16,530 · out=2,035 · total=18,565 · 8,825 chars (click to expand)
turn 885.1s turn · 16.2s LLM · 68.9s tools · tokens in=16,530 · out=2,035 · total=18,565
reasoning
Good, correctness still passes. Let me profile this version.
call → profile_kernel
callprofile_kernel
{
"kernel_code": "import math\nimport torch\nimport torch.nn as nn\nfrom torch.utils.cpp_extension import load_inline\n\ncuda_source = \"\"\"\n#include <torch/extension.h>\n#include <cuda.h>\n#include <cuda_runtime.h>\n#include <cmath>\n\n// Optimized: more threads, better memory access patterns\n// Each thread handles one element of key/value computation\n\n__global__ void __launch_bounds__(128) fused_mla_attention_kernel(\n const float* __restrict__ q,\n const float* __restrict__ kv_latent,\n const float* __restrict__ w_up_k,\n const float* __restrict__ w_up_v,\n float* __restrict__ out,\n int batch_size, int seq_len, int num_heads, int head_dim, int rank,\n float scale\n) {\n int idx = blockIdx.x;\n int t = idx % seq_len;\n idx /= seq_len;\n int h = idx % num_heads;\n idx /= num_heads;\n int b = idx;\n \n int tid = threadIdx.x;\n int nthreads = blockDim.x;\n \n // Shared memory layout:\n // query: [head_dim]\n // keys: [seq_len, head_dim]\n // vals: [seq_len, head_dim] \n // scores: [seq_len]\n extern __shared__ char smem[];\n float* query_smem = (float*)smem;\n float* keys = query_smem + head_dim;\n float* vals = keys + seq_len * head_dim;\n float* scores = vals + seq_len * head_dim;\n \n // Pointers to input data\n const float* q_ptr = q + ((b * seq_len + t) * num_heads + h) * head_dim;\n \n // Load query into shared memory (all threads participate)\n for (int d = tid; d < head_dim; d += nthreads) {\n query_smem[d] = q_ptr[d];\n }\n \n __syncthreads();\n \n // Compute keys and values for all positions s = 0..t\n // Parallelize over s*d output positions\n int total_elems = (t + 1) * head_dim;\n for (int elem = tid; elem < total_elems; elem += nthreads) {\n int s = elem / head_dim;\n int d = elem % head_dim;\n \n const float* latent = kv_latent + (b * seq_len + s) * rank;\n \n float k = 0.0f;\n float v = 0.0f;\n // Compute k[d] = latent @ w_up_k[:, h, d]\n for (int r = 0; r < rank; r++) {\n float lat = latent[r];\n k += lat * w_up_k[r * num_heads * head_dim + h * head_dim + d];\n v += lat * w_up_v[r * num_heads * head_dim + h * head_dim + d];\n }\n keys[s * head_dim + d] = k;\n vals[s * head_dim + d] = v;\n }\n \n __syncthreads();\n \n // Compute attention scores: score[s] = (q . k[s]) * scale\n for (int s = tid; s <= t; s += nthreads) {\n float score = 0.0f;\n for (int d = 0; d < head_dim; d++) {\n score += query_smem[d] * keys[s * head_dim + d];\n }\n scores[s] = score * scale;\n }\n \n __syncthreads();\n \n // Find max score for numerical stability\n __shared__ float max_score;\n __shared__ float sum_exp;\n \n float local_max = -INFINITY;\n for (int s = tid; s <= t; s += nthreads) {\n local_max = fmaxf(local_max, scores[s]);\n }\n \n // Block-level max reduction\n __shared__ float shared_max[32];\n if (tid < 32) shared_max[tid] = -INFINITY;\n __syncthreads();\n \n // Reduce within warps first\n int lane = tid % 32;\n int warp_id = tid / 32;\n for (int offset = 16; offset > 0; offset /= 2) {\n local_max = fmaxf(local_max, __shfl_down_sync(0xffffffff, local_max, offset));\n }\n if (lane == 0) {\n shared_max[warp_id] = local_max;\n }\n __syncthreads();\n \n // Final reduction across warps\n if (warp_id == 0) {\n float final_max = shared_max[lane];\n for (int offset = 16; offset > 0; offset /= 2) {\n final_max = fmaxf(final_max, __shfl_down_sync(0xffffffff, final_max, offset));\n }\n if (lane == 0) {\n max_score = final_max;\n }\n }\n __syncthreads();\n \n // Compute exp(score - max) and sum\n float local_sum = 0.0f;\n for (int s = tid; s <= t; s += nthreads) {\n float e = expf(scores[s] - max_score);\n scores[s] = e;\n local_sum += e;\n }\n \n // Block-level sum reduction\n __shared__ float shared_sum[32];\n if (tid < 32) shared_sum[tid] = 0.0f;\n __syncthreads();\n \n // Reduce within warps first\n for (int offset = 16; offset > 0; offset /= 2) {\n local_sum += __shfl_down_sync(0xffffffff, local_sum, offset);\n }\n if (lane == 0) {\n shared_sum[warp_id] = local_sum;\n }\n __syncthreads();\n \n // Final reduction across warps\n if (warp_id == 0) {\n float final_sum = shared_sum[lane];\n for (int offset = 16; offset > 0; offset /= 2) {\n final_sum += __shfl_down_sync(0xffffffff, final_sum, offset);\n }\n if (lane == 0) {\n sum_exp = final_sum;\n }\n }\n __syncthreads();\n \n // Compute weighted sum of values\n // Each thread handles subset of head_dim\n float inv_sum = 1.0f / sum_exp;\n for (int d = tid; d < head_dim; d += nthreads) {\n float out_val = 0.0f;\n for (int s = 0; s <= t; s++) {\n out_val += scores[s] * inv_sum * vals[s * head_dim + d];\n }\n out[((b * seq_len + t) * num_heads + h) * head_dim + d] = out_val;\n }\n}\n\ntorch::Tensor fused_mla_attention_cuda(\n torch::Tensor q,\n torch::Tensor kv_latent,\n torch::Tensor w_up_k,\n torch::Tensor w_up_v\n) {\n TORCH_CHECK(q.is_cuda(), \"q must be a CUDA tensor\");\n TORCH_CHECK(kv_latent.is_cuda(), \"kv_latent must be a CUDA tensor\");\n TORCH_CHECK(w_up_k.is_cuda(), \"w_up_k must be a CUDA tensor\");\n TORCH_CHECK(w_up_v.is_cuda(), \"w_up_v must be a CUDA tensor\");\n \n int batch_size = q.size(0);\n int seq_len = q.size(1);\n int num_heads = q.size(2);\n int head_dim = q.size(3);\n int rank = kv_latent.size(2);\n \n float scale = 1.0f / sqrtf((float)head_dim);\n \n auto out = torch::zeros_like(q);\n \n int num_blocks = batch_size * num_heads * seq_len;\n int threads_per_block = 128;\n \n // Shared memory: query + keys + vals + scores\n size_t smem_size = (head_dim + 2 * seq_len * head_dim + seq_len) * sizeof(float);\n \n fused_mla_attention_kernel<<<num_blocks, threads_per_block, smem_size>>>(\n q.data_ptr<float>(),\n kv_latent.data_ptr<float>(),\n w_up_k.data_ptr<float>(),\n w_up_v.data_ptr<float>(),\n out.data_ptr<float>(),\n batch_size, seq_len, num_heads, head_dim, rank,\n scale\n );\n \n return out;\n}\n\"\"\"\n\ncpp_source = \"\"\"\ntorch::Tensor fused_mla_attention_cuda(\n torch::Tensor q,\n torch::Tensor kv_latent,\n torch::Tensor w_up_k,\n torch::Tensor w_up_v\n);\n\"\"\"\n\nmodule = load_inline(\n name=\"fused_mla_attention\",\n cpp_sources=cpp_source,\n cuda_sources=cuda_sources=cuda_source,\n functions=[\"fused_mla_attention_cuda\"],\n verbose=True,\n extra_cuda_cflags=[\"-O3\"],\n)\n\nclass ModelNew(nn.Module):\n def __init__(self):\n super().__init__()\n self.fused_mla_attention = module.fused_mla_attention_cuda\n \n def forward(self, q, kv_latent, w_up_k, w_up_v):\n return self.fused_mla_attention(q, kv_latent, w_up_k, w_up_v)"
}
result ← profile_kernel (fail)
failprofile_kernel
profile_kernel FAILED: worker exited with code 1.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/scratch/abaner/KernelBench/scripts/_profile_worker.py", line 70, in <module>
main()
File "/scratch/abaner/KernelBench/scripts/_profile_worker.py", line 53, in main
result = profile_kernelbench_model_with_nsight(
File "/scratch/abaner/KernelBench/src/kernelbench/profile.py", line 317, in profile_kernelbench_model_with_nsight
custom_model = ModelNew(*init_inputs)
TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not callable
turn 9 · 1 tool call(s) · 108.0s turn · 18.6s LLM · tokens in=18,689 · out=2,062 · total=20,751 · 10,414 chars (click to expand)
turn 9108.0s turn · 18.6s LLM · 89.4s tools · tokens in=18,689 · out=2,062 · total=20,751
reasoning
There's a typo in my code - `cuda_sources=cuda_sources=cuda_source` instead of `cuda_sources=cuda_source`. Let me fix this.
assistantI have a typo. Let me fix it:
call → profile_kernel
callprofile_kernel
{
"kernel_code": "import math\nimport torch\nimport torch.nn as nn\nfrom torch.utils.cpp_extension import load_inline\n\ncuda_source = \"\"\"\n#include <torch/extension.h>\n#include <cuda.h>\n#include <cuda_runtime.h>\n#include <cmath>\n\n// Optimized: more threads, better memory access patterns\n// Each thread handles one element of key/value computation\n\n__global__ void __launch_bounds__(128) fused_mla_attention_kernel(\n const float* __restrict__ q,\n const float* __restrict__ kv_latent,\n const float* __restrict__ w_up_k,\n const float* __restrict__ w_up_v,\n float* __restrict__ out,\n int batch_size, int seq_len, int num_heads, int head_dim, int rank,\n float scale\n) {\n int idx = blockIdx.x;\n int t = idx % seq_len;\n idx /= seq_len;\n int h = idx % num_heads;\n idx /= num_heads;\n int b = idx;\n \n int tid = threadIdx.x;\n int nthreads = blockDim.x;\n \n // Shared memory layout:\n // query: [head_dim]\n // keys: [seq_len, head_dim]\n // vals: [seq_len, head_dim] \n // scores: [seq_len]\n extern __shared__ char smem[];\n float* query_smem = (float*)smem;\n float* keys = query_smem + head_dim;\n float* vals = keys + seq_len * head_dim;\n float* scores = vals + seq_len * head_dim;\n \n // Pointers to input data\n const float* q_ptr = q + ((b * seq_len + t) * num_heads + h) * head_dim;\n \n // Load query into shared memory (all threads participate)\n for (int d = tid; d < head_dim; d += nthreads) {\n query_smem[d] = q_ptr[d];\n }\n \n __syncthreads();\n \n // Compute keys and values for all positions s = 0..t\n // Parallelize over s*d output positions\n int total_elems = (t + 1) * head_dim;\n for (int elem = tid; elem < total_elems; elem += nthreads) {\n int s = elem / head_dim;\n int d = elem % head_dim;\n \n const float* latent = kv_latent + (b * seq_len + s) * rank;\n \n float k = 0.0f;\n float v = 0.0f;\n // Compute k[d] = latent @ w_up_k[:, h, d]\n for (int r = 0; r < rank; r++) {\n float lat = latent[r];\n k += lat * w_up_k[r * num_heads * head_dim + h * head_dim + d];\n v += lat * w_up_v[r * num_heads * head_dim + h * head_dim + d];\n }\n keys[s * head_dim + d] = k;\n vals[s * head_dim + d] = v;\n }\n \n __syncthreads();\n \n // Compute attention scores: score[s] = (q . k[s]) * scale\n for (int s = tid; s <= t; s += nthreads) {\n float score = 0.0f;\n for (int d = 0; d < head_dim; d++) {\n score += query_smem[d] * keys[s * head_dim + d];\n }\n scores[s] = score * scale;\n }\n \n __syncthreads();\n \n // Find max score for numerical stability\n __shared__ float max_score;\n __shared__ float sum_exp;\n \n float local_max = -INFINITY;\n for (int s = tid; s <= t; s += nthreads) {\n local_max = fmaxf(local_max, scores[s]);\n }\n \n // Block-level max reduction\n __shared__ float shared_max[32];\n if (tid < 32) shared_max[tid] = -INFINITY;\n __syncthreads();\n \n // Reduce within warps first\n int lane = tid % 32;\n int warp_id = tid / 32;\n for (int offset = 16; offset > 0; offset /= 2) {\n local_max = fmaxf(local_max, __shfl_down_sync(0xffffffff, local_max, offset));\n }\n if (lane == 0) {\n shared_max[warp_id] = local_max;\n }\n __syncthreads();\n \n // Final reduction across warps\n if (warp_id == 0) {\n float final_max = shared_max[lane];\n for (int offset = 16; offset > 0; offset /= 2) {\n final_max = fmaxf(final_max, __shfl_down_sync(0xffffffff, final_max, offset));\n }\n if (lane == 0) {\n max_score = final_max;\n }\n }\n __syncthreads();\n \n // Compute exp(score - max) and sum\n float local_sum = 0.0f;\n for (int s = tid; s <= t; s += nthreads) {\n float e = expf(scores[s] - max_score);\n scores[s] = e;\n local_sum += e;\n }\n \n // Block-level sum reduction\n __shared__ float shared_sum[32];\n if (tid < 32) shared_sum[tid] = 0.0f;\n __syncthreads();\n \n // Reduce within warps first\n for (int offset = 16; offset > 0; offset /= 2) {\n local_sum += __shfl_down_sync(0xffffffff, local_sum, offset);\n }\n if (lane == 0) {\n shared_sum[warp_id] = local_sum;\n }\n __syncthreads();\n \n // Final reduction across warps\n if (warp_id == 0) {\n float final_sum = shared_sum[lane];\n for (int offset = 16; offset > 0; offset /= 2) {\n final_sum += __shfl_down_sync(0xffffffff, final_sum, offset);\n }\n if (lane == 0) {\n sum_exp = final_sum;\n }\n }\n __syncthreads();\n \n // Compute weighted sum of values\n // Each thread handles subset of head_dim\n float inv_sum = 1.0f / sum_exp;\n for (int d = tid; d < head_dim; d += nthreads) {\n float out_val = 0.0f;\n for (int s = 0; s <= t; s++) {\n out_val += scores[s] * inv_sum * vals[s * head_dim + d];\n }\n out[((b * seq_len + t) * num_heads + h) * head_dim + d] = out_val;\n }\n}\n\ntorch::Tensor fused_mla_attention_cuda(\n torch::Tensor q,\n torch::Tensor kv_latent,\n torch::Tensor w_up_k,\n torch::Tensor w_up_v\n) {\n TORCH_CHECK(q.is_cuda(), \"q must be a CUDA tensor\");\n TORCH_CHECK(kv_latent.is_cuda(), \"kv_latent must be a CUDA tensor\");\n TORCH_CHECK(w_up_k.is_cuda(), \"w_up_k must be a CUDA tensor\");\n TORCH_CHECK(w_up_v.is_cuda(), \"w_up_v must be a CUDA tensor\");\n \n int batch_size = q.size(0);\n int seq_len = q.size(1);\n int num_heads = q.size(2);\n int head_dim = q.size(3);\n int rank = kv_latent.size(2);\n \n float scale = 1.0f / sqrtf((float)head_dim);\n \n auto out = torch::zeros_like(q);\n \n int num_blocks = batch_size * num_heads * seq_len;\n int threads_per_block = 128;\n \n // Shared memory: query + keys + vals + scores\n size_t smem_size = (head_dim + 2 * seq_len * head_dim + seq_len) * sizeof(float);\n \n fused_mla_attention_kernel<<<num_blocks, threads_per_block, smem_size>>>(\n q.data_ptr<float>(),\n kv_latent.data_ptr<float>(),\n w_up_k.data_ptr<float>(),\n w_up_v.data_ptr<float>(),\n out.data_ptr<float>(),\n batch_size, seq_len, num_heads, head_dim, rank,\n scale\n );\n \n return out;\n}\n\"\"\"\n\ncpp_source = \"\"\"\ntorch::Tensor fused_mla_attention_cuda(\n torch::Tensor q,\n torch::Tensor kv_latent,\n torch::Tensor w_up_k,\n torch::Tensor w_up_v\n);\n\"\"\"\n\nmodule = load_inline(\n name=\"fused_mla_attention\",\n cpp_sources=cpp_source,\n cuda_sources=cuda_source,\n functions=[\"fused_mla_attention_cuda\"],\n verbose=True,\n extra_cuda_cflags=[\"-O3\"],\n)\n\nclass ModelNew(nn.Module):\n def __init__(self):\n super().__init__()\n self.fused_mla_attention = module.fused_mla_attention_cuda\n \n def forward(self, q, kv_latent, w_up_k, w_up_v):\n return self.fused_mla_attention(q, kv_latent, w_up_k, w_up_v)"
}
result ← profile_kernel (ok)
okprofile_kernel
profile_kernel PASSED: profiling complete.
=== Kernel Profile Summary ===
--- Kernel Breakdown (by GPU time) ---
#1: aten::zeros_like 6901.0μs (34%) calls=1
#2: aten::zero_ 6817.0μs (33%) calls=1
#3: aten::fill_ 6791.0μs (33%) calls=1
#4: aten::empty_like 39.0μs (0%) calls=1
#5: aten::empty_strided 24.0μs (0%) calls=1
--- Timing ---
GPU time: 16.58 μs [↓29.7μs ok]
--- Memory Bandwidth ---
DRAM BW: 5.8/3350 GB/s (0.2%) [↑0.1% ok]
read=5.8 write=0.0 GB/s
Hit rates: L2=192.5%
--- Compute Throughput ---
Dominant pipe: FP32 util=5.1%
Pipe util: FMA=5.1%, Tensor=0.1%
--- Roofline Analysis ---
Ridge point (FP32): 20.00 FLOPs/byte
Classification: COMPUTE-BOUND
--- Occupancy ---
Achieved: 17.7% [↑8.7% ok]
Eligible warps/cycle: 0.12
WARNING: <1 eligible warp/cycle = latency-bound, needs more parallelism
Launch: regs/thread=56, smem/blk=6656B, block=256, grid=260
--- Memory Access Quality ---
Global ld coalescing: 1.98 sectors/req (2.0x wasted BW)
--- Warp Stall Reasons (% of issue cycles) ---
long_scoreboard 1097.6% ####################
short_scoreboard 456.5% ####################
--- Optimization Hints ---
-> 1098% stalls: global memory latency (waiting for DRAM/L2). + sectors/req=2.0 -> uncoalesced global loads, restructure access pattern or use __ldg Try shared-memory tiling, prefetching, or reducing working set.
-> Low occupancy (18%). Consider __launch_bounds__ or reducing register pressure.
-> Low eligible warps + low BW% + low compute% = LATENCY-BOUND. Need more parallelism (larger grid, more ILP, prefetching).
-> Compute-bound but NOT using tensor cores. If applicable, use FP16/BF16 with torch.matmul or WMMA intrinsics.
--- Delta vs Previous Iteration ---
GPU time: 46.24→16.58μs (↓29.66) ok
DRAM BW%: 0.08→0.17% (↑0.09) ok
Occupancy: 8.98→17.69% (↑8.70) ok
Ld sectors/req: 1.67→1.98 (↑0.31) REGRESSED
L2 hit%: 193.91→192.52% (↓1.39) REGRESSED
turn 10 · 1 tool call(s) · 152.1s turn · 26.8s LLM · tokens in=21,428 · out=2,987 · total=24,415 · 12,172 chars (click to expand)
turn 10152.1s turn · 26.8s LLM · 125.4s tools · tokens in=21,428 · out=2,987 · total=24,415
reasoning
Good progress! The GPU time dropped from 46μs to 16μs, but occupancy is still low (17.7%). The main issues are:
1. High memory latency stalls (long_scoreboard)
2. Uncoalesced global loads (2.0x wasted bandwidth)
3. Low occupancy due to register pressure
The problem is that when computing keys and values, threads are accessing memory in a strided pattern across the weight matrices. Let me restructure to have better memory access patterns. I can:
1. Prefetch latents into shared memory
2. Reorganize the weight access pattern
3. Use more cooperative loading
Actually, looking at the algorithm more carefully:
- For KV expansion: for each s in 0..t, we compute k[s] = latent[s] @ w_up_k[:, h, :] and v[s] = latent[s] @ w_up_v[:, h, :]
- The latent is shape [rank], and w_up_k is shape [rank, num_heads, head_dim]
- So k[s, d] = sum over r: latent[r] * w_up_k[r, h, d]
The access pattern for w_up_k is: for fixed (h, d), we access w_up_k[0..rank-1, h, d], which is strided by num_heads * head_dim. This is not coalesced.
If threads are organized so that each thread handles a different (h, d) pair, they'd all access consecutive r values with the same stride, which is still bad.
Better approach: have threads cooperate to load latents into shared memory first, then compute the KV expansion.
Actually, the key insight is that for each position s, we need to load the entire latent vector (rank elements) and the entire weight matrices for head h. Let me reorganize:
1. Load all latents for positions 0..t into shared memory
2. Then compute KV expansion using shared memory latents
But that would require seq_len * rank floats of shared memory, which is 32 * 24 = 768 floats = 3KB. That's manageable.
Actually wait - the issue is that different thread blocks are working on different (b, h, t) tuples, and they all need to read the same latents (for s in 0..t). So latents are being read redundantly across different h and t values.
For a given batch b and position s, the latent is shared across all heads and all query positions t >= s. This suggests a different parallelization strategy might be better.
But let's first try to optimize within a single block. The main issue is the memory access pattern. Let me prefetch latents into shared memory:
Actually, looking at the numbers again:
- GPU time: 16.58 μs
- The reference is a pure Python implementation with nested loops - it's going to be extremely slow
Let me just submit this and see the speedup. The kernel is already much faster than what the Python reference would be. But let me try one more optimization - prefetch latents and reorganize the weight matrix access.
Actually, let me think about this differently. The weights w_up_k and w_up_v have shape [rank, num_heads, head_dim]. For a given head h, we need the slice [:, h, :], which has shape [rank, head_dim].
If we reorganize to process multiple positions in parallel within a block, we can:
1. Load latents for positions 0..t into shared memory (t+1 positions, each with rank floats)
2. Load the weight matrices for head h into shared memory (2 * rank * head_dim floats)
But that's a lot of shared memory. Let me instead try a different approach - have threads load latents cooperatively and then each thread computes a different part of the key/value vectors.
Actually, the simplest improvement might be to load latents into shared memory and then access them from there. Let me try that.
assistantGood progress! GPU time dropped from 46μs to 16μs, but we're still latency-bound with low occupancy. The main issue is uncoalesced memory access for weights. Let me restructure to prefetch latents into shared memory and improve the access pattern:
call → compile_kernel
callcompile_kernel
{
"kernel_code": "import math\nimport torch\nimport torch.nn as nn\nfrom torch.utils.cpp_extension import load_inline\n\ncuda_source = \"\"\"\n#include <torch/extension.h>\n#include <cuda.h>\n#include <cuda_runtime.h>\n#include <cmath>\n\n// Optimized: prefetch latents into shared memory, better coalescing\n__global__ void __launch_bounds__(256) fused_mla_attention_kernel(\n const float* __restrict__ q,\n const float* __restrict__ kv_latent,\n const float* __restrict__ w_up_k,\n const float* __restrict__ w_up_v,\n float* __restrict__ out,\n int batch_size, int seq_len, int num_heads, int head_dim, int rank,\n float scale\n) {\n int idx = blockIdx.x;\n int t = idx % seq_len;\n idx /= seq_len;\n int h = idx % num_heads;\n idx /= num_heads;\n int b = idx;\n \n int tid = threadIdx.x;\n int nthreads = blockDim.x;\n \n // Shared memory layout:\n // latents: [seq_len, rank]\n // query: [head_dim]\n // keys: [seq_len, head_dim]\n // vals: [seq_len, head_dim] \n // scores: [seq_len]\n extern __shared__ char smem[];\n float* latents_smem = (float*)smem;\n float* query_smem = latents_smem + seq_len * rank;\n float* keys = query_smem + head_dim;\n float* vals = keys + seq_len * head_dim;\n float* scores = vals + seq_len * head_dim;\n \n // Cooperatively load latents for all positions into shared memory\n // latents are shape [batch, seq_len, rank]\n for (int i = tid; i < seq_len * rank; i += nthreads) {\n int s = i / rank;\n int r = i % rank;\n latents_smem[s * rank + r] = kv_latent[(b * seq_len + s) * rank + r];\n }\n \n // Load query into shared memory\n const float* q_ptr = q + ((b * seq_len + t) * num_heads + h) * head_dim;\n for (int d = tid; d < head_dim; d += nthreads) {\n query_smem[d] = q_ptr[d];\n }\n \n __syncthreads();\n \n // Compute keys and values for all positions s = 0..t\n // Parallelize over output elements (s, d)\n int total_elems = (t + 1) * head_dim;\n for (int elem = tid; elem < total_elems; elem += nthreads) {\n int s = elem / head_dim;\n int d = elem % head_dim;\n \n float k = 0.0f;\n float v = 0.0f;\n // Compute k[d] = latent[s] @ w_up_k[:, h, d]\n for (int r = 0; r < rank; r++) {\n float lat = latents_smem[s * rank + r];\n k += lat * w_up_k[r * num_heads * head_dim + h * head_dim + d];\n v += lat * w_up_v[r * num_heads * head_dim + h * head_dim + d];\n }\n keys[s * head_dim + d] = k;\n vals[s * head_dim + d] = v;\n }\n \n __syncthreads();\n \n // Compute attention scores: score[s] = (q . k[s]) * scale\n for (int s = tid; s <= t; s += nthreads) {\n float score = 0.0f;\n for (int d = 0; d < head_dim; d++) {\n score += query_smem[d] * keys[s * head_dim + d];\n }\n scores[s] = score * scale;\n }\n \n __syncthreads();\n \n // Find max score for numerical stability\n __shared__ float max_score;\n __shared__ float sum_exp;\n \n float local_max = -INFINITY;\n for (int s = tid; s <= t; s += nthreads) {\n local_max = fmaxf(local_max, scores[s]);\n }\n \n // Block-level max reduction using warp shuffles\n __shared__ float shared_max[8];\n int lane = tid % 32;\n int warp_id = tid / 32;\n int num_warps = nthreads / 32;\n \n for (int offset = 16; offset > 0; offset /= 2) {\n local_max = fmaxf(local_max, __shfl_down_sync(0xffffffff, local_max, offset));\n }\n if (lane == 0 && warp_id < 8) {\n shared_max[warp_id] = local_max;\n }\n __syncthreads();\n \n if (warp_id == 0) {\n float final_max = (lane < num_warps && lane < 8) ? shared_max[lane] : -INFINITY;\n for (int offset = 16; offset > 0; offset /= 2) {\n final_max = fmaxf(final_max, __shfl_down_sync(0xffffffff, final_max, offset));\n }\n if (lane == 0) {\n max_score = final_max;\n }\n }\n __syncthreads();\n \n // Compute exp(score - max) and sum\n float local_sum = 0.0f;\n for (int s = tid; s <= t; s += nthreads) {\n float e = expf(scores[s] - max_score);\n scores[s] = e;\n local_sum += e;\n }\n \n // Block-level sum reduction\n __shared__ float shared_sum[8];\n for (int offset = 16; offset > 0; offset /= 2) {\n local_sum += __shfl_down_sync(0xffffffff, local_sum, offset);\n }\n if (lane == 0 && warp_id < 8) {\n shared_sum[warp_id] = local_sum;\n }\n __syncthreads();\n \n if (warp_id == 0) {\n float final_sum = (lane < num_warps && lane < 8) ? shared_sum[lane] : 0.0f;\n for (int offset = 16; offset > 0; offset /= 2) {\n final_sum += __shfl_down_sync(0xffffffff, final_sum, offset);\n }\n if (lane == 0) {\n sum_exp = final_sum;\n }\n }\n __syncthreads();\n \n // Compute weighted sum of values\n float inv_sum = 1.0f / sum_exp;\n for (int d = tid; d < head_dim; d += nthreads) {\n float out_val = 0.0f;\n for (int s = 0; s <= t; s++) {\n out_val += scores[s] * inv_sum * vals[s * head_dim + d];\n }\n out[((b * seq_len + t) * num_heads + h) * head_dim + d] = out_val;\n }\n}\n\ntorch::Tensor fused_mla_attention_cuda(\n torch::Tensor q,\n torch::Tensor kv_latent,\n torch::Tensor w_up_k,\n torch::Tensor w_up_v\n) {\n TORCH_CHECK(q.is_cuda(), \"q must be a CUDA tensor\");\n TORCH_CHECK(kv_latent.is_cuda(), \"kv_latent must be a CUDA tensor\");\n TORCH_CHECK(w_up_k.is_cuda(), \"w_up_k must be a CUDA tensor\");\n TORCH_CHECK(w_up_v.is_cuda(), \"w_up_v must be a CUDA tensor\");\n \n int batch_size = q.size(0);\n int seq_len = q.size(1);\n int num_heads = q.size(2);\n int head_dim = q.size(3);\n int rank = kv_latent.size(2);\n \n float scale = 1.0f / sqrtf((float)head_dim);\n \n auto out = torch::zeros_like(q);\n \n int num_blocks = batch_size * num_heads * seq_len;\n int threads_per_block = 256;\n \n // Shared memory: latents + query + keys + vals + scores\n size_t smem_size = (seq_len * rank + head_dim + 2 * seq_len * head_dim + seq_len) * sizeof(float);\n \n fused_mla_attention_kernel<<<num_blocks, threads_per_block, smem_size>>>(\n q.data_ptr<float>(),\n kv_latent.data_ptr<float>(),\n w_up_k.data_ptr<float>(),\n w_up_v.data_ptr<float>(),\n out.data_ptr<float>(),\n batch_size, seq_len, num_heads, head_dim, rank,\n scale\n );\n \n return out;\n}\n\"\"\"\n\ncpp_source = \"\"\"\ntorch::Tensor fused_mla_attention_cuda(\n torch::Tensor q,\n torch::Tensor kv_latent,\n torch::Tensor w_up_k,\n torch::Tensor w_up_v\n);\n\"\"\"\n\nmodule = load_inline(\n name=\"fused_mla_attention\",\n cpp_sources=cpp_source,\n cuda_sources=cuda_source,\n functions=[\"fused_mla_attention_cuda\"],\n verbose=True,\n extra_cuda_cflags=[\"-O3\"],\n)\n\nclass ModelNew(nn.Module):\n def __init__(self):\n super().__init__()\n self.fused_mla_attention = module.fused_mla_attention_cuda\n \n def forward(self, q, kv_latent, w_up_k, w_up_v):\n return self.fused_mla_attention(q, kv_latent, w_up_k, w_up_v)"
}
result ← compile_kernel (ok)
okcompile_kernel
compile_kernel PASSED: kernel compiled without errors.
turn 11 · 1 tool call(s) · 18.4s turn · 17.6s LLM · tokens in=23,595 · out=2,109 · total=25,704 · 8,542 chars (click to expand)
turn 1118.4s turn · 17.6s LLM · 0.8s tools · tokens in=23,595 · out=2,109 · total=25,704
reasoning
Good, now let me check correctness and profile again.
call → run_correctness
callrun_correctness
{
"kernel_code": "import math\nimport torch\nimport torch.nn as nn\nfrom torch.utils.cpp_extension import load_inline\n\ncuda_source = \"\"\"\n#include <torch/extension.h>\n#include <cuda.h>\n#include <cuda_runtime.h>\n#include <cmath>\n\n// Optimized: prefetch latents into shared memory, better coalescing\n__global__ void __launch_bounds__(256) fused_mla_attention_kernel(\n const float* __restrict__ q,\n const float* __restrict__ kv_latent,\n const float* __restrict__ w_up_k,\n const float* __restrict__ w_up_v,\n float* __restrict__ out,\n int batch_size, int seq_len, int num_heads, int head_dim, int rank,\n float scale\n) {\n int idx = blockIdx.x;\n int t = idx % seq_len;\n idx /= seq_len;\n int h = idx % num_heads;\n idx /= num_heads;\n int b = idx;\n \n int tid = threadIdx.x;\n int nthreads = blockDim.x;\n \n // Shared memory layout:\n // latents: [seq_len, rank]\n // query: [head_dim]\n // keys: [seq_len, head_dim]\n // vals: [seq_len, head_dim] \n // scores: [seq_len]\n extern __shared__ char smem[];\n float* latents_smem = (float*)smem;\n float* query_smem = latents_smem + seq_len * rank;\n float* keys = query_smem + head_dim;\n float* vals = keys + seq_len * head_dim;\n float* scores = vals + seq_len * head_dim;\n \n // Cooperatively load latents for all positions into shared memory\n // latents are shape [batch, seq_len, rank]\n for (int i = tid; i < seq_len * rank; i += nthreads) {\n int s = i / rank;\n int r = i % rank;\n latents_smem[s * rank + r] = kv_latent[(b * seq_len + s) * rank + r];\n }\n \n // Load query into shared memory\n const float* q_ptr = q + ((b * seq_len + t) * num_heads + h) * head_dim;\n for (int d = tid; d < head_dim; d += nthreads) {\n query_smem[d] = q_ptr[d];\n }\n \n __syncthreads();\n \n // Compute keys and values for all positions s = 0..t\n // Parallelize over output elements (s, d)\n int total_elems = (t + 1) * head_dim;\n for (int elem = tid; elem < total_elems; elem += nthreads) {\n int s = elem / head_dim;\n int d = elem % head_dim;\n \n float k = 0.0f;\n float v = 0.0f;\n // Compute k[d] = latent[s] @ w_up_k[:, h, d]\n for (int r = 0; r < rank; r++) {\n float lat = latents_smem[s * rank + r];\n k += lat * w_up_k[r * num_heads * head_dim + h * head_dim + d];\n v += lat * w_up_v[r * num_heads * head_dim + h * head_dim + d];\n }\n keys[s * head_dim + d] = k;\n vals[s * head_dim + d] = v;\n }\n \n __syncthreads();\n \n // Compute attention scores: score[s] = (q . k[s]) * scale\n for (int s = tid; s <= t; s += nthreads) {\n float score = 0.0f;\n for (int d = 0; d < head_dim; d++) {\n score += query_smem[d] * keys[s * head_dim + d];\n }\n scores[s] = score * scale;\n }\n \n __syncthreads();\n \n // Find max score for numerical stability\n __shared__ float max_score;\n __shared__ float sum_exp;\n \n float local_max = -INFINITY;\n for (int s = tid; s <= t; s += nthreads) {\n local_max = fmaxf(local_max, scores[s]);\n }\n \n // Block-level max reduction using warp shuffles\n __shared__ float shared_max[8];\n int lane = tid % 32;\n int warp_id = tid / 32;\n int num_warps = nthreads / 32;\n \n for (int offset = 16; offset > 0; offset /= 2) {\n local_max = fmaxf(local_max, __shfl_down_sync(0xffffffff, local_max, offset));\n }\n if (lane == 0 && warp_id < 8) {\n shared_max[warp_id] = local_max;\n }\n __syncthreads();\n \n if (warp_id == 0) {\n float final_max = (lane < num_warps && lane < 8) ? shared_max[lane] : -INFINITY;\n for (int offset = 16; offset > 0; offset /= 2) {\n final_max = fmaxf(final_max, __shfl_down_sync(0xffffffff, final_max, offset));\n }\n if (lane == 0) {\n max_score = final_max;\n }\n }\n __syncthreads();\n \n // Compute exp(score - max) and sum\n float local_sum = 0.0f;\n for (int s = tid; s <= t; s += nthreads) {\n float e = expf(scores[s] - max_score);\n scores[s] = e;\n local_sum += e;\n }\n \n // Block-level sum reduction\n __shared__ float shared_sum[8];\n for (int offset = 16; offset > 0; offset /= 2) {\n local_sum += __shfl_down_sync(0xffffffff, local_sum, offset);\n }\n if (lane == 0 && warp_id < 8) {\n shared_sum[warp_id] = local_sum;\n }\n __syncthreads();\n \n if (warp_id == 0) {\n float final_sum = (lane < num_warps && lane < 8) ? shared_sum[lane] : 0.0f;\n for (int offset = 16; offset > 0; offset /= 2) {\n final_sum += __shfl_down_sync(0xffffffff, final_sum, offset);\n }\n if (lane == 0) {\n sum_exp = final_sum;\n }\n }\n __syncthreads();\n \n // Compute weighted sum of values\n float inv_sum = 1.0f / sum_exp;\n for (int d = tid; d < head_dim; d += nthreads) {\n float out_val = 0.0f;\n for (int s = 0; s <= t; s++) {\n out_val += scores[s] * inv_sum * vals[s * head_dim + d];\n }\n out[((b * seq_len + t) * num_heads + h) * head_dim + d] = out_val;\n }\n}\n\ntorch::Tensor fused_mla_attention_cuda(\n torch::Tensor q,\n torch::Tensor kv_latent,\n torch::Tensor w_up_k,\n torch::Tensor w_up_v\n) {\n TORCH_CHECK(q.is_cuda(), \"q must be a CUDA tensor\");\n TORCH_CHECK(kv_latent.is_cuda(), \"kv_latent must be a CUDA tensor\");\n TORCH_CHECK(w_up_k.is_cuda(), \"w_up_k must be a CUDA tensor\");\n TORCH_CHECK(w_up_v.is_cuda(), \"w_up_v must be a CUDA tensor\");\n \n int batch_size = q.size(0);\n int seq_len = q.size(1);\n int num_heads = q.size(2);\n int head_dim = q.size(3);\n int rank = kv_latent.size(2);\n \n float scale = 1.0f / sqrtf((float)head_dim);\n \n auto out = torch::zeros_like(q);\n \n int num_blocks = batch_size * num_heads * seq_len;\n int threads_per_block = 256;\n \n // Shared memory: latents + query + keys + vals + scores\n size_t smem_size = (seq_len * rank + head_dim + 2 * seq_len * head_dim + seq_len) * sizeof(float);\n \n fused_mla_attention_kernel<<<num_blocks, threads_per_block, smem_size>>>(\n q.data_ptr<float>(),\n kv_latent.data_ptr<float>(),\n w_up_k.data_ptr<float>(),\n w_up_v.data_ptr<float>(),\n out.data_ptr<float>(),\n batch_size, seq_len, num_heads, head_dim, rank,\n scale\n );\n \n return out;\n}\n\"\"\"\n\ncpp_source = \"\"\"\ntorch::Tensor fused_mla_attention_cuda(\n torch::Tensor q,\n torch::Tensor kv_latent,\n torch::Tensor w_up_k,\n torch::Tensor w_up_v\n);\n\"\"\"\n\nmodule = load_inline(\n name=\"fused_mla_attention\",\n cpp_sources=cpp_source,\n cuda_sources=cuda_source,\n functions=[\"fused_mla_attention_cuda\"],\n verbose=True,\n extra_cuda_cflags=[\"-O3\"],\n)\n\nclass ModelNew(nn.Module):\n def __init__(self):\n super().__init__()\n self.fused_mla_attention = module.fused_mla_attention_cuda\n \n def forward(self, q, kv_latent, w_up_k, w_up_v):\n return self.fused_mla_attention(q, kv_latent, w_up_k, w_up_v)"
}
result ← run_correctness (ok)
okrun_correctness
run_correctness PASSED: (3 / 3) trials all matched the reference.
Numerical precision: max_abs_err=1.91e-05 mean_abs_err=7.40e-07 max_rel_err=1.74e-02
turn 12 · 1 tool call(s) · 171.4s turn · 17.4s LLM · tokens in=25,782 · out=2,119 · total=27,901 · 10,586 chars (click to expand)
turn 12171.4s turn · 17.4s LLM · 154.0s tools · tokens in=25,782 · out=2,119 · total=27,901
reasoning
I have a correct kernel. Let me profile it to see if there are any quick wins, then submit.
call → profile_kernel
callprofile_kernel
{
"kernel_code": "import math\nimport torch\nimport torch.nn as nn\nfrom torch.utils.cpp_extension import load_inline\n\ncuda_source = \"\"\"\n#include <torch/extension.h>\n#include <cuda.h>\n#include <cuda_runtime.h>\n#include <cmath>\n\n// Optimized: prefetch latents into shared memory, better coalescing\n__global__ void __launch_bounds__(256) fused_mla_attention_kernel(\n const float* __restrict__ q,\n const float* __restrict__ kv_latent,\n const float* __restrict__ w_up_k,\n const float* __restrict__ w_up_v,\n float* __restrict__ out,\n int batch_size, int seq_len, int num_heads, int head_dim, int rank,\n float scale\n) {\n int idx = blockIdx.x;\n int t = idx % seq_len;\n idx /= seq_len;\n int h = idx % num_heads;\n idx /= num_heads;\n int b = idx;\n \n int tid = threadIdx.x;\n int nthreads = blockDim.x;\n \n // Shared memory layout:\n // latents: [seq_len, rank]\n // query: [head_dim]\n // keys: [seq_len, head_dim]\n // vals: [seq_len, head_dim] \n // scores: [seq_len]\n extern __shared__ char smem[];\n float* latents_smem = (float*)smem;\n float* query_smem = latents_smem + seq_len * rank;\n float* keys = query_smem + head_dim;\n float* vals = keys + seq_len * head_dim;\n float* scores = vals + seq_len * head_dim;\n \n // Cooperatively load latents for all positions into shared memory\n // latents are shape [batch, seq_len, rank]\n for (int i = tid; i < seq_len * rank; i += nthreads) {\n int s = i / rank;\n int r = i % rank;\n latents_smem[s * rank + r] = kv_latent[(b * seq_len + s) * rank + r];\n }\n \n // Load query into shared memory\n const float* q_ptr = q + ((b * seq_len + t) * num_heads + h) * head_dim;\n for (int d = tid; d < head_dim; d += nthreads) {\n query_smem[d] = q_ptr[d];\n }\n \n __syncthreads();\n \n // Compute keys and values for all positions s = 0..t\n // Parallelize over output elements (s, d)\n int total_elems = (t + 1) * head_dim;\n for (int elem = tid; elem < total_elems; elem += nthreads) {\n int s = elem / head_dim;\n int d = elem % head_dim;\n \n float k = 0.0f;\n float v = 0.0f;\n // Compute k[d] = latent[s] @ w_up_k[:, h, d]\n for (int r = 0; r < rank; r++) {\n float lat = latents_smem[s * rank + r];\n k += lat * w_up_k[r * num_heads * head_dim + h * head_dim + d];\n v += lat * w_up_v[r * num_heads * head_dim + h * head_dim + d];\n }\n keys[s * head_dim + d] = k;\n vals[s * head_dim + d] = v;\n }\n \n __syncthreads();\n \n // Compute attention scores: score[s] = (q . k[s]) * scale\n for (int s = tid; s <= t; s += nthreads) {\n float score = 0.0f;\n for (int d = 0; d < head_dim; d++) {\n score += query_smem[d] * keys[s * head_dim + d];\n }\n scores[s] = score * scale;\n }\n \n __syncthreads();\n \n // Find max score for numerical stability\n __shared__ float max_score;\n __shared__ float sum_exp;\n \n float local_max = -INFINITY;\n for (int s = tid; s <= t; s += nthreads) {\n local_max = fmaxf(local_max, scores[s]);\n }\n \n // Block-level max reduction using warp shuffles\n __shared__ float shared_max[8];\n int lane = tid % 32;\n int warp_id = tid / 32;\n int num_warps = nthreads / 32;\n \n for (int offset = 16; offset > 0; offset /= 2) {\n local_max = fmaxf(local_max, __shfl_down_sync(0xffffffff, local_max, offset));\n }\n if (lane == 0 && warp_id < 8) {\n shared_max[warp_id] = local_max;\n }\n __syncthreads();\n \n if (warp_id == 0) {\n float final_max = (lane < num_warps && lane < 8) ? shared_max[lane] : -INFINITY;\n for (int offset = 16; offset > 0; offset /= 2) {\n final_max = fmaxf(final_max, __shfl_down_sync(0xffffffff, final_max, offset));\n }\n if (lane == 0) {\n max_score = final_max;\n }\n }\n __syncthreads();\n \n // Compute exp(score - max) and sum\n float local_sum = 0.0f;\n for (int s = tid; s <= t; s += nthreads) {\n float e = expf(scores[s] - max_score);\n scores[s] = e;\n local_sum += e;\n }\n \n // Block-level sum reduction\n __shared__ float shared_sum[8];\n for (int offset = 16; offset > 0; offset /= 2) {\n local_sum += __shfl_down_sync(0xffffffff, local_sum, offset);\n }\n if (lane == 0 && warp_id < 8) {\n shared_sum[warp_id] = local_sum;\n }\n __syncthreads();\n \n if (warp_id == 0) {\n float final_sum = (lane < num_warps && lane < 8) ? shared_sum[lane] : 0.0f;\n for (int offset = 16; offset > 0; offset /= 2) {\n final_sum += __shfl_down_sync(0xffffffff, final_sum, offset);\n }\n if (lane == 0) {\n sum_exp = final_sum;\n }\n }\n __syncthreads();\n \n // Compute weighted sum of values\n float inv_sum = 1.0f / sum_exp;\n for (int d = tid; d < head_dim; d += nthreads) {\n float out_val = 0.0f;\n for (int s = 0; s <= t; s++) {\n out_val += scores[s] * inv_sum * vals[s * head_dim + d];\n }\n out[((b * seq_len + t) * num_heads + h) * head_dim + d] = out_val;\n }\n}\n\ntorch::Tensor fused_mla_attention_cuda(\n torch::Tensor q,\n torch::Tensor kv_latent,\n torch::Tensor w_up_k,\n torch::Tensor w_up_v\n) {\n TORCH_CHECK(q.is_cuda(), \"q must be a CUDA tensor\");\n TORCH_CHECK(kv_latent.is_cuda(), \"kv_latent must be a CUDA tensor\");\n TORCH_CHECK(w_up_k.is_cuda(), \"w_up_k must be a CUDA tensor\");\n TORCH_CHECK(w_up_v.is_cuda(), \"w_up_v must be a CUDA tensor\");\n \n int batch_size = q.size(0);\n int seq_len = q.size(1);\n int num_heads = q.size(2);\n int head_dim = q.size(3);\n int rank = kv_latent.size(2);\n \n float scale = 1.0f / sqrtf((float)head_dim);\n \n auto out = torch::zeros_like(q);\n \n int num_blocks = batch_size * num_heads * seq_len;\n int threads_per_block = 256;\n \n // Shared memory: latents + query + keys + vals + scores\n size_t smem_size = (seq_len * rank + head_dim + 2 * seq_len * head_dim + seq_len) * sizeof(float);\n \n fused_mla_attention_kernel<<<num_blocks, threads_per_block, smem_size>>>(\n q.data_ptr<float>(),\n kv_latent.data_ptr<float>(),\n w_up_k.data_ptr<float>(),\n w_up_v.data_ptr<float>(),\n out.data_ptr<float>(),\n batch_size, seq_len, num_heads, head_dim, rank,\n scale\n );\n \n return out;\n}\n\"\"\"\n\ncpp_source = \"\"\"\ntorch::Tensor fused_mla_attention_cuda(\n torch::Tensor q,\n torch::Tensor kv_latent,\n torch::Tensor w_up_k,\n torch::Tensor w_up_v\n);\n\"\"\"\n\nmodule = load_inline(\n name=\"fused_mla_attention\",\n cpp_sources=cpp_source,\n cuda_sources=cuda_source,\n functions=[\"fused_mla_attention_cuda\"],\n verbose=True,\n extra_cuda_cflags=[\"-O3\"],\n)\n\nclass ModelNew(nn.Module):\n def __init__(self):\n super().__init__()\n self.fused_mla_attention = module.fused_mla_attention_cuda\n \n def forward(self, q, kv_latent, w_up_k, w_up_v):\n return self.fused_mla_attention(q, kv_latent, w_up_k, w_up_v)"
}
result ← profile_kernel (ok)
okprofile_kernel
profile_kernel PASSED: profiling complete.
=== Kernel Profile Summary ===
--- Kernel Breakdown (by GPU time) ---
#1: aten::zeros_like 6817.0μs (34%) calls=1
#2: aten::zero_ 6727.0μs (33%) calls=1
#3: aten::fill_ 6704.0μs (33%) calls=1
#4: aten::empty_like 44.0μs (0%) calls=1
#5: aten::empty_strided 28.0μs (0%) calls=1
--- Timing ---
GPU time: 14.14 μs [↓2.4μs ok]
--- Memory Bandwidth ---
DRAM BW: 7.2/3350 GB/s (0.2%) [↑0.0% ok]
read=7.2 write=0.0 GB/s
Hit rates: L2=192.2%
--- Compute Throughput ---
Dominant pipe: FP32 util=6.7% [↑1.6% ok]
Pipe util: FMA=6.7%, Tensor=0.1%
--- Roofline Analysis ---
Ridge point (FP32): 20.00 FLOPs/byte
Classification: COMPUTE-BOUND
--- Occupancy ---
Achieved: 29.5% [↑11.9% ok]
Eligible warps/cycle: 0.28
WARNING: <1 eligible warp/cycle = latency-bound, needs more parallelism
Launch: regs/thread=56, smem/blk=9600B, block=384, grid=260
--- Memory Access Quality ---
Global ld coalescing: 2.11 sectors/req (2.1x wasted BW)
--- Warp Stall Reasons (% of issue cycles) ---
long_scoreboard 905.3% ####################
short_scoreboard 456.6% ####################
mio_throttle 8.2% #
--- Optimization Hints ---
-> 905% stalls: global memory latency (waiting for DRAM/L2). + sectors/req=2.1 -> uncoalesced global loads, restructure access pattern or use __ldg Try shared-memory tiling, prefetching, or reducing working set.
-> Global load coalescing=2.1x (ideal=1.0) -> 2x wasted DRAM BW. Make per-warp accesses contiguous.
-> Low eligible warps + low BW% + low compute% = LATENCY-BOUND. Need more parallelism (larger grid, more ILP, prefetching).
-> Compute-bound but NOT using tensor cores. If applicable, use FP16/BF16 with torch.matmul or WMMA intrinsics.
--- Delta vs Previous Iteration ---
GPU time: 16.58→14.14μs (↓2.43) ok
DRAM BW%: 0.17→0.21% (↑0.04) ok
Compute%: 5.11→6.74% (↑1.64) ok
Occupancy: 17.69→29.54% (↑11.85) ok
Eligible warps/cyc: 0.12→0.28 (↑0.16) ok
Ld sectors/req: 1.98→2.11 (↑0.13) REGRESSED
L2 hit%: 192.52→192.23% (↓0.29) REGRESSED
turn 13 · 1 tool call(s) · 17.7s turn · 17.7s LLM · tokens in=28,703 · out=2,158 · total=30,861 · 8,716 chars (click to expand)
turn 1317.7s turn · 17.7s LLM · 0.0s tools · tokens in=28,703 · out=2,158 · total=30,861
reasoning
The kernel is correct and running at 14.14 μs, which is a significant improvement over the initial version. Let me do a static check and then submit the kernel.
assistantThe kernel is correct and performing well (14.14 μs GPU time). Let me run a static check and submit:
call → static_check
callstatic_check
{
"kernel_code": "import math\nimport torch\nimport torch.nn as nn\nfrom torch.utils.cpp_extension import load_inline\n\ncuda_source = \"\"\"\n#include <torch/extension.h>\n#include <cuda.h>\n#include <cuda_runtime.h>\n#include <cmath>\n\n// Optimized: prefetch latents into shared memory, better coalescing\n__global__ void __launch_bounds__(256) fused_mla_attention_kernel(\n const float* __restrict__ q,\n const float* __restrict__ kv_latent,\n const float* __restrict__ w_up_k,\n const float* __restrict__ w_up_v,\n float* __restrict__ out,\n int batch_size, int seq_len, int num_heads, int head_dim, int rank,\n float scale\n) {\n int idx = blockIdx.x;\n int t = idx % seq_len;\n idx /= seq_len;\n int h = idx % num_heads;\n idx /= num_heads;\n int b = idx;\n \n int tid = threadIdx.x;\n int nthreads = blockDim.x;\n \n // Shared memory layout:\n // latents: [seq_len, rank]\n // query: [head_dim]\n // keys: [seq_len, head_dim]\n // vals: [seq_len, head_dim] \n // scores: [seq_len]\n extern __shared__ char smem[];\n float* latents_smem = (float*)smem;\n float* query_smem = latents_smem + seq_len * rank;\n float* keys = query_smem + head_dim;\n float* vals = keys + seq_len * head_dim;\n float* scores = vals + seq_len * head_dim;\n \n // Cooperatively load latents for all positions into shared memory\n // latents are shape [batch, seq_len, rank]\n for (int i = tid; i < seq_len * rank; i += nthreads) {\n int s = i / rank;\n int r = i % rank;\n latents_smem[s * rank + r] = kv_latent[(b * seq_len + s) * rank + r];\n }\n \n // Load query into shared memory\n const float* q_ptr = q + ((b * seq_len + t) * num_heads + h) * head_dim;\n for (int d = tid; d < head_dim; d += nthreads) {\n query_smem[d] = q_ptr[d];\n }\n \n __syncthreads();\n \n // Compute keys and values for all positions s = 0..t\n // Parallelize over output elements (s, d)\n int total_elems = (t + 1) * head_dim;\n for (int elem = tid; elem < total_elems; elem += nthreads) {\n int s = elem / head_dim;\n int d = elem % head_dim;\n \n float k = 0.0f;\n float v = 0.0f;\n // Compute k[d] = latent[s] @ w_up_k[:, h, d]\n for (int r = 0; r < rank; r++) {\n float lat = latents_smem[s * rank + r];\n k += lat * w_up_k[r * num_heads * head_dim + h * head_dim + d];\n v += lat * w_up_v[r * num_heads * head_dim + h * head_dim + d];\n }\n keys[s * head_dim + d] = k;\n vals[s * head_dim + d] = v;\n }\n \n __syncthreads();\n \n // Compute attention scores: score[s] = (q . k[s]) * scale\n for (int s = tid; s <= t; s += nthreads) {\n float score = 0.0f;\n for (int d = 0; d < head_dim; d++) {\n score += query_smem[d] * keys[s * head_dim + d];\n }\n scores[s] = score * scale;\n }\n \n __syncthreads();\n \n // Find max score for numerical stability\n __shared__ float max_score;\n __shared__ float sum_exp;\n \n float local_max = -INFINITY;\n for (int s = tid; s <= t; s += nthreads) {\n local_max = fmaxf(local_max, scores[s]);\n }\n \n // Block-level max reduction using warp shuffles\n __shared__ float shared_max[8];\n int lane = tid % 32;\n int warp_id = tid / 32;\n int num_warps = nthreads / 32;\n \n for (int offset = 16; offset > 0; offset /= 2) {\n local_max = fmaxf(local_max, __shfl_down_sync(0xffffffff, local_max, offset));\n }\n if (lane == 0 && warp_id < 8) {\n shared_max[warp_id] = local_max;\n }\n __syncthreads();\n \n if (warp_id == 0) {\n float final_max = (lane < num_warps && lane < 8) ? shared_max[lane] : -INFINITY;\n for (int offset = 16; offset > 0; offset /= 2) {\n final_max = fmaxf(final_max, __shfl_down_sync(0xffffffff, final_max, offset));\n }\n if (lane == 0) {\n max_score = final_max;\n }\n }\n __syncthreads();\n \n // Compute exp(score - max) and sum\n float local_sum = 0.0f;\n for (int s = tid; s <= t; s += nthreads) {\n float e = expf(scores[s] - max_score);\n scores[s] = e;\n local_sum += e;\n }\n \n // Block-level sum reduction\n __shared__ float shared_sum[8];\n for (int offset = 16; offset > 0; offset /= 2) {\n local_sum += __shfl_down_sync(0xffffffff, local_sum, offset);\n }\n if (lane == 0 && warp_id < 8) {\n shared_sum[warp_id] = local_sum;\n }\n __syncthreads();\n \n if (warp_id == 0) {\n float final_sum = (lane < num_warps && lane < 8) ? shared_sum[lane] : 0.0f;\n for (int offset = 16; offset > 0; offset /= 2) {\n final_sum += __shfl_down_sync(0xffffffff, final_sum, offset);\n }\n if (lane == 0) {\n sum_exp = final_sum;\n }\n }\n __syncthreads();\n \n // Compute weighted sum of values\n float inv_sum = 1.0f / sum_exp;\n for (int d = tid; d < head_dim; d += nthreads) {\n float out_val = 0.0f;\n for (int s = 0; s <= t; s++) {\n out_val += scores[s] * inv_sum * vals[s * head_dim + d];\n }\n out[((b * seq_len + t) * num_heads + h) * head_dim + d] = out_val;\n }\n}\n\ntorch::Tensor fused_mla_attention_cuda(\n torch::Tensor q,\n torch::Tensor kv_latent,\n torch::Tensor w_up_k,\n torch::Tensor w_up_v\n) {\n TORCH_CHECK(q.is_cuda(), \"q must be a CUDA tensor\");\n TORCH_CHECK(kv_latent.is_cuda(), \"kv_latent must be a CUDA tensor\");\n TORCH_CHECK(w_up_k.is_cuda(), \"w_up_k must be a CUDA tensor\");\n TORCH_CHECK(w_up_v.is_cuda(), \"w_up_v must be a CUDA tensor\");\n \n int batch_size = q.size(0);\n int seq_len = q.size(1);\n int num_heads = q.size(2);\n int head_dim = q.size(3);\n int rank = kv_latent.size(2);\n \n float scale = 1.0f / sqrtf((float)head_dim);\n \n auto out = torch::zeros_like(q);\n \n int num_blocks = batch_size * num_heads * seq_len;\n int threads_per_block = 256;\n \n // Shared memory: latents + query + keys + vals + scores\n size_t smem_size = (seq_len * rank + head_dim + 2 * seq_len * head_dim + seq_len) * sizeof(float);\n \n fused_mla_attention_kernel<<<num_blocks, threads_per_block, smem_size>>>(\n q.data_ptr<float>(),\n kv_latent.data_ptr<float>(),\n w_up_k.data_ptr<float>(),\n w_up_v.data_ptr<float>(),\n out.data_ptr<float>(),\n batch_size, seq_len, num_heads, head_dim, rank,\n scale\n );\n \n return out;\n}\n\"\"\"\n\ncpp_source = \"\"\"\ntorch::Tensor fused_mla_attention_cuda(\n torch::Tensor q,\n torch::Tensor kv_latent,\n torch::Tensor w_up_k,\n torch::Tensor w_up_v\n);\n\"\"\"\n\nmodule = load_inline(\n name=\"fused_mla_attention\",\n cpp_sources=cpp_source,\n cuda_sources=cuda_source,\n functions=[\"fused_mla_attention_cuda\"],\n verbose=True,\n extra_cuda_cflags=[\"-O3\"],\n)\n\nclass ModelNew(nn.Module):\n def __init__(self):\n super().__init__()\n self.fused_mla_attention = module.fused_mla_attention_cuda\n \n def forward(self, q, kv_latent, w_up_k, w_up_v):\n return self.fused_mla_attention(q, kv_latent, w_up_k, w_up_v)"
}
result ← static_check (ok)
okstatic_check
static_check PASSED: no violations or warnings detected.
turn 14 · FINAL · 1 tool call(s) · 114.1s turn · 18.3s LLM · tokens in=30,928 · out=2,123 · total=33,051 · 8,902 chars (click to expand)
turn 14114.1s turn · 18.3s LLM · 95.8s tools · tokens in=30,928 · out=2,123 · total=33,051 · FINAL
reasoning
The user is telling me to submit the kernel now. I have a correct kernel that passes all checks. Let me submit it.
call → submit_kernel
callsubmit_kernel
{
"kernel_code": "import math\nimport torch\nimport torch.nn as nn\nfrom torch.utils.cpp_extension import load_inline\n\ncuda_source = \"\"\"\n#include <torch/extension.h>\n#include <cuda.h>\n#include <cuda_runtime.h>\n#include <cmath>\n\n// Optimized: prefetch latents into shared memory, better coalescing\n__global__ void __launch_bounds__(256) fused_mla_attention_kernel(\n const float* __restrict__ q,\n const float* __restrict__ kv_latent,\n const float* __restrict__ w_up_k,\n const float* __restrict__ w_up_v,\n float* __restrict__ out,\n int batch_size, int seq_len, int num_heads, int head_dim, int rank,\n float scale\n) {\n int idx = blockIdx.x;\n int t = idx % seq_len;\n idx /= seq_len;\n int h = idx % num_heads;\n idx /= num_heads;\n int b = idx;\n \n int tid = threadIdx.x;\n int nthreads = blockDim.x;\n \n // Shared memory layout:\n // latents: [seq_len, rank]\n // query: [head_dim]\n // keys: [seq_len, head_dim]\n // vals: [seq_len, head_dim] \n // scores: [seq_len]\n extern __shared__ char smem[];\n float* latents_smem = (float*)smem;\n float* query_smem = latents_smem + seq_len * rank;\n float* keys = query_smem + head_dim;\n float* vals = keys + seq_len * head_dim;\n float* scores = vals + seq_len * head_dim;\n \n // Cooperatively load latents for all positions into shared memory\n // latents are shape [batch, seq_len, rank]\n for (int i = tid; i < seq_len * rank; i += nthreads) {\n int s = i / rank;\n int r = i % rank;\n latents_smem[s * rank + r] = kv_latent[(b * seq_len + s) * rank + r];\n }\n \n // Load query into shared memory\n const float* q_ptr = q + ((b * seq_len + t) * num_heads + h) * head_dim;\n for (int d = tid; d < head_dim; d += nthreads) {\n query_smem[d] = q_ptr[d];\n }\n \n __syncthreads();\n \n // Compute keys and values for all positions s = 0..t\n // Parallelize over output elements (s, d)\n int total_elems = (t + 1) * head_dim;\n for (int elem = tid; elem < total_elems; elem += nthreads) {\n int s = elem / head_dim;\n int d = elem % head_dim;\n \n float k = 0.0f;\n float v = 0.0f;\n // Compute k[d] = latent[s] @ w_up_k[:, h, d]\n for (int r = 0; r < rank; r++) {\n float lat = latents_smem[s * rank + r];\n k += lat * w_up_k[r * num_heads * head_dim + h * head_dim + d];\n v += lat * w_up_v[r * num_heads * head_dim + h * head_dim + d];\n }\n keys[s * head_dim + d] = k;\n vals[s * head_dim + d] = v;\n }\n \n __syncthreads();\n \n // Compute attention scores: score[s] = (q . k[s]) * scale\n for (int s = tid; s <= t; s += nthreads) {\n float score = 0.0f;\n for (int d = 0; d < head_dim; d++) {\n score += query_smem[d] * keys[s * head_dim + d];\n }\n scores[s] = score * scale;\n }\n \n __syncthreads();\n \n // Find max score for numerical stability\n __shared__ float max_score;\n __shared__ float sum_exp;\n \n float local_max = -INFINITY;\n for (int s = tid; s <= t; s += nthreads) {\n local_max = fmaxf(local_max, scores[s]);\n }\n \n // Block-level max reduction using warp shuffles\n __shared__ float shared_max[8];\n int lane = tid % 32;\n int warp_id = tid / 32;\n int num_warps = nthreads / 32;\n \n for (int offset = 16; offset > 0; offset /= 2) {\n local_max = fmaxf(local_max, __shfl_down_sync(0xffffffff, local_max, offset));\n }\n if (lane == 0 && warp_id < 8) {\n shared_max[warp_id] = local_max;\n }\n __syncthreads();\n \n if (warp_id == 0) {\n float final_max = (lane < num_warps && lane < 8) ? shared_max[lane] : -INFINITY;\n for (int offset = 16; offset > 0; offset /= 2) {\n final_max = fmaxf(final_max, __shfl_down_sync(0xffffffff, final_max, offset));\n }\n if (lane == 0) {\n max_score = final_max;\n }\n }\n __syncthreads();\n \n // Compute exp(score - max) and sum\n float local_sum = 0.0f;\n for (int s = tid; s <= t; s += nthreads) {\n float e = expf(scores[s] - max_score);\n scores[s] = e;\n local_sum += e;\n }\n \n // Block-level sum reduction\n __shared__ float shared_sum[8];\n for (int offset = 16; offset > 0; offset /= 2) {\n local_sum += __shfl_down_sync(0xffffffff, local_sum, offset);\n }\n if (lane == 0 && warp_id < 8) {\n shared_sum[warp_id] = local_sum;\n }\n __syncthreads();\n \n if (warp_id == 0) {\n float final_sum = (lane < num_warps && lane < 8) ? shared_sum[lane] : 0.0f;\n for (int offset = 16; offset > 0; offset /= 2) {\n final_sum += __shfl_down_sync(0xffffffff, final_sum, offset);\n }\n if (lane == 0) {\n sum_exp = final_sum;\n }\n }\n __syncthreads();\n \n // Compute weighted sum of values\n float inv_sum = 1.0f / sum_exp;\n for (int d = tid; d < head_dim; d += nthreads) {\n float out_val = 0.0f;\n for (int s = 0; s <= t; s++) {\n out_val += scores[s] * inv_sum * vals[s * head_dim + d];\n }\n out[((b * seq_len + t) * num_heads + h) * head_dim + d] = out_val;\n }\n}\n\ntorch::Tensor fused_mla_attention_cuda(\n torch::Tensor q,\n torch::Tensor kv_latent,\n torch::Tensor w_up_k,\n torch::Tensor w_up_v\n) {\n TORCH_CHECK(q.is_cuda(), \"q must be a CUDA tensor\");\n TORCH_CHECK(kv_latent.is_cuda(), \"kv_latent must be a CUDA tensor\");\n TORCH_CHECK(w_up_k.is_cuda(), \"w_up_k must be a CUDA tensor\");\n TORCH_CHECK(w_up_v.is_cuda(), \"w_up_v must be a CUDA tensor\");\n \n int batch_size = q.size(0);\n int seq_len = q.size(1);\n int num_heads = q.size(2);\n int head_dim = q.size(3);\n int rank = kv_latent.size(2);\n \n float scale = 1.0f / sqrtf((float)head_dim);\n \n auto out = torch::zeros_like(q);\n \n int num_blocks = batch_size * num_heads * seq_len;\n int threads_per_block = 256;\n \n // Shared memory: latents + query + keys + vals + scores\n size_t smem_size = (seq_len * rank + head_dim + 2 * seq_len * head_dim + seq_len) * sizeof(float);\n \n fused_mla_attention_kernel<<<num_blocks, threads_per_block, smem_size>>>(\n q.data_ptr<float>(),\n kv_latent.data_ptr<float>(),\n w_up_k.data_ptr<float>(),\n w_up_v.data_ptr<float>(),\n out.data_ptr<float>(),\n batch_size, seq_len, num_heads, head_dim, rank,\n scale\n );\n \n return out;\n}\n\"\"\"\n\ncpp_source = \"\"\"\ntorch::Tensor fused_mla_attention_cuda(\n torch::Tensor q,\n torch::Tensor kv_latent,\n torch::Tensor w_up_k,\n torch::Tensor w_up_v\n);\n\"\"\"\n\nmodule = load_inline(\n name=\"fused_mla_attention\",\n cpp_sources=cpp_source,\n cuda_sources=cuda_source,\n functions=[\"fused_mla_attention_cuda\"],\n verbose=True,\n extra_cuda_cflags=[\"-O3\"],\n)\n\nclass ModelNew(nn.Module):\n def __init__(self):\n super().__init__()\n self.fused_mla_attention = module.fused_mla_attention_cuda\n \n def forward(self, q, kv_latent, w_up_k, w_up_v):\n return self.fused_mla_attention(q, kv_latent, w_up_k, w_up_v)"
}
result ← submit_kernel (ok)
oksubmit_kernel
submit_kernel PASSED: (3 / 3) correctness trials all passed.
Kernel runtime: 0.02 μs
Runtime stats: mean=0.02μs median=?μs std=0.00μs
Numerical precision: max_abs_err=1.91e-05 mean_abs_err=7.40e-07 max_rel_err=1.74e-02
Memory: 33.05 MB peak (ref: 33.09 MB, ratio: 0.9989x)
Kernel launches: 5 (ref: 144309, fusion ratio: 28861.8)
SOL score: 0.0682
Flagged for excessive speedup — this submission may have been rejected by automated review.
final submitted kernel (232 lines, 7,131 chars) — full source, untruncated
import math
import torch
import torch.nn as nn
from torch.utils.cpp_extension import load_inline
cuda_source = """
#include <torch/extension.h>
#include <cuda.h>
#include <cuda_runtime.h>
#include <cmath>
// Optimized: prefetch latents into shared memory, better coalescing
__global__ void __launch_bounds__(256) fused_mla_attention_kernel(
const float* __restrict__ q,
const float* __restrict__ kv_latent,
const float* __restrict__ w_up_k,
const float* __restrict__ w_up_v,
float* __restrict__ out,
int batch_size, int seq_len, int num_heads, int head_dim, int rank,
float scale
) {
int idx = blockIdx.x;
int t = idx % seq_len;
idx /= seq_len;
int h = idx % num_heads;
idx /= num_heads;
int b = idx;
int tid = threadIdx.x;
int nthreads = blockDim.x;
// Shared memory layout:
// latents: [seq_len, rank]
// query: [head_dim]
// keys: [seq_len, head_dim]
// vals: [seq_len, head_dim]
// scores: [seq_len]
extern __shared__ char smem[];
float* latents_smem = (float*)smem;
float* query_smem = latents_smem + seq_len * rank;
float* keys = query_smem + head_dim;
float* vals = keys + seq_len * head_dim;
float* scores = vals + seq_len * head_dim;
// Cooperatively load latents for all positions into shared memory
// latents are shape [batch, seq_len, rank]
for (int i = tid; i < seq_len * rank; i += nthreads) {
int s = i / rank;
int r = i % rank;
latents_smem[s * rank + r] = kv_latent[(b * seq_len + s) * rank + r];
}
// Load query into shared memory
const float* q_ptr = q + ((b * seq_len + t) * num_heads + h) * head_dim;
for (int d = tid; d < head_dim; d += nthreads) {
query_smem[d] = q_ptr[d];
}
__syncthreads();
// Compute keys and values for all positions s = 0..t
// Parallelize over output elements (s, d)
int total_elems = (t + 1) * head_dim;
for (int elem = tid; elem < total_elems; elem += nthreads) {
int s = elem / head_dim;
int d = elem % head_dim;
float k = 0.0f;
float v = 0.0f;
// Compute k[d] = latent[s] @ w_up_k[:, h, d]
for (int r = 0; r < rank; r++) {
float lat = latents_smem[s * rank + r];
k += lat * w_up_k[r * num_heads * head_dim + h * head_dim + d];
v += lat * w_up_v[r * num_heads * head_dim + h * head_dim + d];
}
keys[s * head_dim + d] = k;
vals[s * head_dim + d] = v;
}
__syncthreads();
// Compute attention scores: score[s] = (q . k[s]) * scale
for (int s = tid; s <= t; s += nthreads) {
float score = 0.0f;
for (int d = 0; d < head_dim; d++) {
score += query_smem[d] * keys[s * head_dim + d];
}
scores[s] = score * scale;
}
__syncthreads();
// Find max score for numerical stability
__shared__ float max_score;
__shared__ float sum_exp;
float local_max = -INFINITY;
for (int s = tid; s <= t; s += nthreads) {
local_max = fmaxf(local_max, scores[s]);
}
// Block-level max reduction using warp shuffles
__shared__ float shared_max[8];
int lane = tid % 32;
int warp_id = tid / 32;
int num_warps = nthreads / 32;
for (int offset = 16; offset > 0; offset /= 2) {
local_max = fmaxf(local_max, __shfl_down_sync(0xffffffff, local_max, offset));
}
if (lane == 0 && warp_id < 8) {
shared_max[warp_id] = local_max;
}
__syncthreads();
if (warp_id == 0) {
float final_max = (lane < num_warps && lane < 8) ? shared_max[lane] : -INFINITY;
for (int offset = 16; offset > 0; offset /= 2) {
final_max = fmaxf(final_max, __shfl_down_sync(0xffffffff, final_max, offset));
}
if (lane == 0) {
max_score = final_max;
}
}
__syncthreads();
// Compute exp(score - max) and sum
float local_sum = 0.0f;
for (int s = tid; s <= t; s += nthreads) {
float e = expf(scores[s] - max_score);
scores[s] = e;
local_sum += e;
}
// Block-level sum reduction
__shared__ float shared_sum[8];
for (int offset = 16; offset > 0; offset /= 2) {
local_sum += __shfl_down_sync(0xffffffff, local_sum, offset);
}
if (lane == 0 && warp_id < 8) {
shared_sum[warp_id] = local_sum;
}
__syncthreads();
if (warp_id == 0) {
float final_sum = (lane < num_warps && lane < 8) ? shared_sum[lane] : 0.0f;
for (int offset = 16; offset > 0; offset /= 2) {
final_sum += __shfl_down_sync(0xffffffff, final_sum, offset);
}
if (lane == 0) {
sum_exp = final_sum;
}
}
__syncthreads();
// Compute weighted sum of values
float inv_sum = 1.0f / sum_exp;
for (int d = tid; d < head_dim; d += nthreads) {
float out_val = 0.0f;
for (int s = 0; s <= t; s++) {
out_val += scores[s] * inv_sum * vals[s * head_dim + d];
}
out[((b * seq_len + t) * num_heads + h) * head_dim + d] = out_val;
}
}
torch::Tensor fused_mla_attention_cuda(
torch::Tensor q,
torch::Tensor kv_latent,
torch::Tensor w_up_k,
torch::Tensor w_up_v
) {
TORCH_CHECK(q.is_cuda(), "q must be a CUDA tensor");
TORCH_CHECK(kv_latent.is_cuda(), "kv_latent must be a CUDA tensor");
TORCH_CHECK(w_up_k.is_cuda(), "w_up_k must be a CUDA tensor");
TORCH_CHECK(w_up_v.is_cuda(), "w_up_v must be a CUDA tensor");
int batch_size = q.size(0);
int seq_len = q.size(1);
int num_heads = q.size(2);
int head_dim = q.size(3);
int rank = kv_latent.size(2);
float scale = 1.0f / sqrtf((float)head_dim);
auto out = torch::zeros_like(q);
int num_blocks = batch_size * num_heads * seq_len;
int threads_per_block = 256;
// Shared memory: latents + query + keys + vals + scores
size_t smem_size = (seq_len * rank + head_dim + 2 * seq_len * head_dim + seq_len) * sizeof(float);
fused_mla_attention_kernel<<<num_blocks, threads_per_block, smem_size>>>(
q.data_ptr<float>(),
kv_latent.data_ptr<float>(),
w_up_k.data_ptr<float>(),
w_up_v.data_ptr<float>(),
out.data_ptr<float>(),
batch_size, seq_len, num_heads, head_dim, rank,
scale
);
return out;
}
"""
cpp_source = """
torch::Tensor fused_mla_attention_cuda(
torch::Tensor q,
torch::Tensor kv_latent,
torch::Tensor w_up_k,
torch::Tensor w_up_v
);
"""
module = load_inline(
name="fused_mla_attention",
cpp_sources=cpp_source,
cuda_sources=cuda_source,
functions=["fused_mla_attention_cuda"],
verbose=True,
extra_cuda_cflags=["-O3"],
)
class ModelNew(nn.Module):
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
self.fused_mla_attention = module.fused_mla_attention_cuda
def forward(self, q, kv_latent, w_up_k, w_up_v):
return self.fused_mla_attention(q, kv_latent, w_up_k, w_up_v)