feat(musa): add native deterministic gemm kernel - #395
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughAdds deterministic BF16 GEMM kernels for MUSA, Python autograd bindings, MUSA extension build support, registry integration, and tests for forward, backward, batching, and linear execution. ChangesMUSA deterministic GEMM
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to Forced MUSA builds may fail without visible hardware, and training through the FP32-output path fails during backward. These paths should be corrected before merge. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Python as MusaDetGemmOp
participant Binding as MUSA extension binding
participant Kernel as det_gemm_kernel
Python->>Binding: Dispatch contiguous BF16 tensors
Binding->>Kernel: Launch selected transpose variant
Kernel-->>Binding: Return GEMM output
Binding-->>Python: Return tensor
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In `@rl_engine/kernels/ops/musa/matmul/det_gemm.py`:
- Around line 23-24: Update the backward logic using ctx.output_fp32 so FP32
outputs cast grad_output to BF16 before passing it to det_gemm_da and
det_gemm_db, while preserving the existing behavior for BF16 outputs. Add
coverage verifying both gradient paths use the correct dtype.
In `@setup.py`:
- Line 32: Update the MUSA build-availability predicate used by
_musa_build_available to also accept envs.env_flag("FORCE_MUSA"), so forcing
MUSA selects the MUSA extension even without a visible device or
TORCH_MUSA_ARCH_LIST; preserve the existing availability checks.
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| grad_a = _C.det_gemm_da(grad_output, b) if ctx.needs_input_grad[0] else None | ||
| grad_b = _C.det_gemm_db(a, grad_output) if ctx.needs_input_grad[1] else None |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
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Cast grad_output to BF16 for FP32-output backward. det_gemm_fwd_fp32 returns FP32, while det_gemm_da and det_gemm_db require BF16 inputs. The current backward path therefore raises a dtype error. Use ctx.output_fp32 to cast grad_output before both calls, and add coverage for both gradients.
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In `@rl_engine/kernels/ops/musa/matmul/det_gemm.py` around lines 23 - 24, Update
the backward logic using ctx.output_fp32 so FP32 outputs cast grad_output to
BF16 before passing it to det_gemm_da and det_gemm_db, while preserving the
existing behavior for BF16 outputs. Add coverage verifying both gradient paths
use the correct dtype.
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| return bool( | ||
| hasattr(torch, "musa") | ||
| and (torch.musa.is_available() or bool(os.environ.get("TORCH_MUSA_ARCH_LIST", "").strip())) |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Honor FORCE_MUSA when selecting the MUSA extension.
When torch_musa is installed, FORCE_MUSA=1, and neither a visible MUSA device nor TORCH_MUSA_ARCH_LIST is available, _musa_build_available returns false. _load_torch_extension_tools selects CUDAExtension, while get_extensions skips the MUSA branch and can fail the required native build. Include envs.env_flag("FORCE_MUSA") in this predicate.
Proposed fix
- and (torch.musa.is_available() or bool(os.environ.get("TORCH_MUSA_ARCH_LIST", "").strip()))
+ and (
+ torch.musa.is_available()
+ or bool(os.environ.get("TORCH_MUSA_ARCH_LIST", "").strip())
+ or envs.env_flag("FORCE_MUSA")
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| and (torch.musa.is_available() or bool(os.environ.get("TORCH_MUSA_ARCH_LIST", "").strip())) | |
| and ( | |
| torch.musa.is_available() | |
| or bool(os.environ.get("TORCH_MUSA_ARCH_LIST", "").strip()) | |
| or envs.env_flag("FORCE_MUSA") | |
| ) |
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In `@setup.py` at line 32, Update the MUSA build-availability predicate used by
_musa_build_available to also accept envs.env_flag("FORCE_MUSA"), so forcing
MUSA selects the MUSA extension even without a visible device or
TORCH_MUSA_ARCH_LIST; preserve the existing availability checks.
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[MUSA][kernels] Add native MUSA deterministic GEMM
Summary
Adds a native MUSA implementation for the deterministic
det_gemmkernel.The MUSA implementation uses a fixed ascending K-order reduction with FP32
accumulation and supports the forward and backward GEMM layouts required by
MusaDetGemmOp. It provides MUSA-native forward, transposed-RHS forward, dA,dB, and canonical transposed dB paths while preserving the existing CUDA, ROCm,
and CPU backends.
csrc/musa/det_gemm.mu)[M, K] @ [N, K]^Twithout materializing the RHS transpose. New.dA = dC @ B^T. New.dB = A^T @ dC. New.[N, K]weight gradients. New.MusaDetGemmOpwith autograd support. New.det_gemmselectsMusaDetGemmOp. New.Implementation
csrc/musa/det_gemm.mu.csrc/musa/ops.cpp.det_gemmentry points through PyBind11.setup.py.MUSAExtensionfor MUSA builds.det_gemmsources in the MUSA path.rl_engine/kernels/ops/musa/matmul/det_gemm.py.MusaDetGemmOp.linear(A, weight[N, K])layout.forward_fp32andforward_accum_fp32.rl_engine/kernels/registry.py.MUSA_DET_GEMMbackend.det_gemmrequests toMusaDetGemmOp.tests/test_musa_det_gemm.py.Validation environment
mp_31Correctness / Tests
Build
MUSA-specific tests
The MUSA-specific tests cover:
[N, K]weight-gradient layout.linear(A, weight[N, K])behavior.The forward reference comparison uses FP32 PyTorch matmul followed by BF16 conversion with a tolerance appropriate for the MUSA reference reduction path. Batch and chunk invariance are checked independently using exact tensor equality.
Registry tests
Python validation
Benchmarks
Single MTT S5000, one GPU, BF16 inputs, 3 warmup iterations and 10 measured iterations for forward, 2 warmup iterations and 5 measured iterations for forward + backward. The native and reference implementations both run on the same MUSA device. The reference uses FP32
torch.mmfollowed by BF16 output conversion.Forward
M x K x N)128 x 128 x 128bfloat16256 x 512 x 512bfloat16512 x 1024 x 1024bfloat16Forward + Backward
The native path uses
MusaDetGemmOpfor forward and native MUSA dA/dB kernels for backward.M x K x N)128 x 128 x 128bfloat16256 x 512 x 512bfloat16512 x 1024 x 1024bfloat16The fixed-order native path is intended to establish the deterministic MUSA execution contract. Its current one-thread-per-output implementation is slower than the optimized MUSA matrix-multiplication reference for medium and large shapes; tiled and hardware-specific optimization is future work.
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csrc/musa/det_gemm.mucsrc/musa/ops.cppsetup.pyrl_engine/kernels/ops/musa/__init__.pyrl_engine/kernels/ops/musa/matmul/__init__.pyrl_engine/kernels/ops/musa/matmul/det_gemm.pyrl_engine/kernels/registry.pytests/test_musa_det_gemm.pyLimitations
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