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participant Caller
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Caller->>OpRegistry: Request joint-attention softmax
OpRegistry->>JointAttnSoftmaxCudaOp: Select CUDA backend
Caller->>JointAttnSoftmaxCudaOp: Forward scores
JointAttnSoftmaxCudaOp->>CUDAExtension: Call forward operation
CUDAExtension->>CudaKernel: Launch forward kernel
CudaKernel-->>Caller: Return probabilities
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- Line 220: Remove the PyTorch backend from the default backend list in the
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Keep PyTorch available for explicitly requested runs.
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_TILE_K multiples with -inf for forward and 0 for backward, reshape to [R, T,
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Do not include the PyTorch backend in the default benchmark without CUDA parity coverage.
The benchmark passes CUDA tensors to NativeJointAttnSoftmaxOp and requires byte equality with the CUDA result before timing. The current tests exercise the native reference on CPU only. Eager PyTorch operations can round differently from the explicitly rounded CUDA operations. A mismatch can raise AssertionError before the default benchmark records timings.
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Remove the PyTorch backend from the default backend list in the benchmark’s
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64/128/256/512)joint_attn_softmaxto the unified gtestSummary
Following the Qwen-Image WS1 attention breakdown in #386, this PR implements
joint_attn_softmaxbetween the QK GEMM and AV GEMM:The operator takes the attention scores produced by QK GEMM, applies softmax
along the key dimension, and passes the probabilities to AV GEMM.
The main point here is not just to implement softmax, but also to fix its
floating-point calculation and reduction order. The same row must not produce
different results because of its batch, launch geometry, or selected backend.
This PR includes:
Fixed-order online softmax
right.
softmax states are merged in a fixed order.
output or gradient write.
PyTorch, CUDA, and Triton backends
approximation as CUDA.
Fixed-order backward
Backward uses the standard softmax VJP:
fixed_sum(P * dP)uses the same tile layout and reduction order asforward.
Gradients are calculated in FP32 and converted to the input dtype at the
final write.
Registry and fallback
CUDA -> Triton -> PyTorch.fast-math configuration, dispatch falls through explicitly.
precision, and kernel fingerprint.
I compared fixed tile sizes
64/128/256/512on an RTX 5060. The best sizevaries by backend, but
256gives a reasonable balance across CUDA and Triton,so this PR keeps
TILE_K=256fixed.Files
rl_engine/kernels/ops/pytorch/attention/joint_attn_softmax.pycsrc/cuda/attention/joint_attn_softmax.curl_engine/kernels/ops/cuda/attention/joint_attn_softmax.pyrl_engine/kernels/ops/triton/attention/joint_attn_softmax.pyrl_engine/kernels/registry.py,csrc/ops.cpp,setup.py,rl_engine/_C.pyitests/test_joint_attn_softmax*.pyrl_engine/kernels/gtest/*,tests/test_operator_inputs.pybenchmarks/benchmark_joint_attn_softmax.pydocs/operators/joint-attn-softmax.mdTest
I also ran the unified gtest for all three backends:
Test results
Environment:
Result: 140 passed, 0 skipped, 0 failed.
torch.softmaxand its derivative--check-gradjoint-attn-softmax-v1-tile256-exp7, no fallback-infmasksK=4608,7401, and6544covered[1, 1, K, K]; selected rows also match PyTorchBenchmark
The benchmark checks bytes against CUDA before timing:
--backwardmeasures forward plustorch.autograd.grad, not the isolatedbackward kernel.
I first compared fixed
TILE_K=64/128/256/512builds. The sweep used 16,384rows, the three reference key lengths, BF16 and FP32, 10 warmups and 50 measured
iterations. Each value below is the average of the three shape medians across
three runs. Times are forward + backward kernel latency in milliseconds.
TILE_K128was slightly better for the main CUDA BF16 path, while256was betterfor CUDA FP32. Triton preferred a larger tile, but
512regressed CUDA. Sincethe three backends share one arithmetic contract, this PR keeps
TILE_K=256asthe common choice.
All 36 forward/backward checks per GPU backend matched the PyTorch reference for
the corresponding tile. Different arithmetic tile sizes were not byte-equal to
each other, so the selected tile remains fixed and runtime autotuning is not
used.
Selected
TILE_K=256BF16 results (rows=24, median of five runs, five warmupsand 20 measured iterations):
K=4608)K=7401)K=6544)PyTorch, CUDA and Triton were byte-equal in the selected-tile benchmark.