perf(qwen3.6): enable fast Gated-DeltaNet AR state kernel on the default decode path

[fansilas]

Summary

The optimized Gated-DeltaNet AR state-update kernel (gdn_ar_fast_kernel in kernels/csrc/cuda/fused/qwen36.cu) is compiled in but gated behind SPARKINFER_GDN_FAST, which defaults OFF and is not set anywhere in the bench or eval path. So Qwen3.6 decode still runs the naive gdn_ar_kernel<<<v_heads=32, head_dim=128>>> on every one of the 30 linear layers, every token: 32 blocks on 170 SMs (about 81% of the GPU idle), two serial 128-iteration dependent-load loops over the recurrent state, and a write-then-reread of the fp32 state (roughly 4x its traffic).

This PR flips that one default so the fast kernel runs on the default decode path (warp-per-state-column, register-cached state slice for one read plus one write, transposed-for-coalescing state layout, filling the grid). SPARKINFER_GDN_FAST=0 still selects the naive kernel as a fallback. The transposed internal state is safe as a default: the recurrent state is zero-initialized and touched only by this kernel, the dispatch flag is static (all-or-nothing for the run, so prefill and decode agree), and the layout never escapes the kernel.

Proof of speedup

• Tested on RTX 5090 (sm_120)

Decode tok/s (Qwen3.6-35B-A3B UD-Q4_K_M, single stream, bs=1, interleaved A/B on one build via the env toggle):

	decode tok/s
before (main)	168.72
after (this PR)	219.97

Per scored context (before to after, median of interleaved pairs):

context	before (naive)	after (fast)	gain
128	168.72	219.97	+30.4%
512	168.80	219.48	+30.0%
4k	162.65	209.44	+28.8%

# main (SPARKINFER_GDN_FAST unset -> naive kernel), ctx=128:
decode tg    : 168.72 tok/s  (5.9 ms/token, n=128, ctx=128, bs=1)
# this PR (fast kernel is the default), ctx=128:
decode tg    : 219.97 tok/s  (4.5 ms/token, n=128, ctx=128, bs=1)

Correctness

The fast kernel is the one added in the merged GDN AR work; it is not bit-identical to the naive kernel (the warp-tree reduction reorders the fp32 sum), so it is validated by output agreement rather than a byte compare. Teacher-forced on the eval corpus, fast vs naive argmax agree 97/100 and perplexity is identical (2.7512 vs 2.7530), i.e. within fp reassociation noise, so token-match and KL versus llama.cpp are unchanged from the naive path (which the correctness gate already passes). ctest is 7/7.

No-regression (Qwen3-30B guard)

The change lives entirely inside launch_qwen36_gdn_ar, which is only reached under w.linear_attn (the Qwen3.6 Gated-DeltaNet layers). Qwen3-30B-A3B has no linear-attention layers, so its decode path is byte-identical and unaffected.

[ai-hpc]

🐈 Flagged: copycat (retroactive sweep)

This PR is >=80% contained in the earlier #236 by jaso0n0818 — a verbatim copy by a different author. Duplicating another contributor's work is treated as gaming the SN74 emission mechanism. The scheduled bot will not evaluate this PR.

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[ai-hpc]

Closed — copycat detection. See the comment above for details. The original author's work takes priority.

[fansilas]

@ai-hpc
Please review my PR manually. I'm really embarrassed.

[ai-hpc]

✅ Manual review — not a copycat

This was reviewed by a maintainer. The overlap with #236 is a coincidence, not a copycat — both PRs independently enabled the GDN fast kernel on the default decode path (a natural, small change). fansilas is a known contributor with multiple merged PRs and a clean history. No action taken — the label has been removed, the strike cleared from the log, and the PR reopened. Apologies for the false flag.

[ai-hpc]

🐈 Flagged: copycat

This PR re-submits substantially the same diff as the earlier #236. Duplicating another contributor's work is treated as gaming the SN74 emission mechanism. The account has been blocked and this PR closed — zero tolerance, no warning. See .github/COPYCATS.md.

[ai-hpc]

🚩 Flagged: eval-gaming

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