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# MacOSX Files
.DS_Store
sweep-perf/*
45 changes: 39 additions & 6 deletions cpp/tensorrt_llm/kernels/causalConv1d/causalConv1d.cu
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x, *reinterpret_cast<input_t(*)[kNElts]>(&x_vals_load[kNElts]), seqlen - chunk * kChunkSize);
}
x += kChunkSize;

// Optimization: Use warp shuffle for intra-warp neighbor exchange
// This reduces shared memory traffic by ~97% (only 4/128 threads need smem reads)
int const lane_id = tidx & 31; // tidx % 32
vec_t my_high = reinterpret_cast<vec_t*>(x_vals_load)[1];

__syncthreads();
// Thread kNThreads - 1 don't write yet, so that thread 0 can read
// the last elements of the previous chunk.
if (tidx < kNThreads - 1)
{
smem_exchange[tidx] = reinterpret_cast<vec_t*>(x_vals_load)[1];
smem_exchange[tidx] = my_high;
}
__syncthreads();
reinterpret_cast<vec_t*>(x_vals_load)[0] = smem_exchange[tidx > 0 ? tidx - 1 : kNThreads - 1];

// Get neighbor data: use warp shuffle for most threads, shared memory for warp boundaries
// IMPORTANT: All threads must participate in __shfl_up_sync to avoid hangs
vec_t neighbor;
uint32_t* my_p = reinterpret_cast<uint32_t*>(&my_high);
uint32_t* nbr_p = reinterpret_cast<uint32_t*>(&neighbor);

// All threads execute shuffle (required for sync semantics)
nbr_p[0] = __shfl_up_sync(0xFFFFFFFF, my_p[0], 1);
nbr_p[1] = __shfl_up_sync(0xFFFFFFFF, my_p[1], 1);
nbr_p[2] = __shfl_up_sync(0xFFFFFFFF, my_p[2], 1);
nbr_p[3] = __shfl_up_sync(0xFFFFFFFF, my_p[3], 1);

// Lane 0 of each warp must use shared memory (cross-warp boundary)
// For lane 0, the shuffle returns its own value, so we override it
if (lane_id == 0)
{
neighbor = smem_exchange[tidx > 0 ? tidx - 1 : kNThreads - 1];
}
reinterpret_cast<vec_t*>(x_vals_load)[0] = neighbor;

__syncthreads();
// Now thread kNThreads - 1 can write the last elements of the current chunk.
if (tidx == kNThreads - 1)
{
smem_exchange[tidx] = reinterpret_cast<vec_t*>(x_vals_load)[1];
smem_exchange[tidx] = my_high;
}

// Convert bf16 to fp32 for computation
float x_vals[2 * kNElts];
#pragma unroll
for (int i = 0; i < 2 * kNElts; ++i)
{
x_vals[i] = float(x_vals_load[i]);
}

// Optimization 2: Use explicit __fmaf_rn for better FMA instruction generation
float out_vals[kNElts];
#pragma unroll
for (int i = 0; i < kNElts; ++i)
{
out_vals[i] = bias_val;
float acc = bias_val;
#pragma unroll
for (int w = 0; w < kWidth; ++w)
{
out_vals[i] += weight_vals[w] * x_vals[kNElts + i - (kWidth - w - 1)];
// Explicit FMA: acc = weight * x + acc
acc = __fmaf_rn(weight_vals[w], x_vals[kNElts + i - (kWidth - w - 1)], acc);
}
out_vals[i] = acc;
}

if (params.silu_activation)
{
#pragma unroll
for (int i = 0; i < kNElts; ++i)
{
out_vals[i] = out_vals[i] / (1 + expf(-out_vals[i]));
// SiLU: x * sigmoid(x) = x / (1 + exp(-x))
// Optimization: Use fast math intrinsics
// __expf: fast exp approximation, __frcp_rn: fast reciprocal with round-to-nearest
out_vals[i] = out_vals[i] * __frcp_rn(1.0f + __expf(-out_vals[i]));
}
}

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# limitations under the License.

import re
from typing import Dict, List, Optional
from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Tuple

import torch
from torch import nn
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from tensorrt_llm._torch.models.checkpoints.base_weight_mapper import \
BaseWeightMapper
from tensorrt_llm._torch.modules.mamba.mamba2_metadata import Mamba2Metadata
from tensorrt_llm._torch.utils import ActivationType, relu2
from tensorrt_llm._torch.utils import ActivationType, Fp4QuantizedTensor, relu2

from ..attention_backend import AttentionMetadata
from ..distributed import AllReduce
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from ..modules.mlp import MLP
from ..modules.multi_stream_utils import maybe_execute_in_parallel
from ..modules.rms_norm import RMSNorm
from ..modules.fused_add_rmsnorm import fused_add_add_rmsnorm
from ..speculative import SpecMetadata
from ..utils import AuxStreamType, EventType
from .modeling_deepseekv3 import DeepseekV3MTPHead
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self.event_dict[EventType.Main],
self.event_dict[EventType.MoeShared], self.aux_stream_shared)

final_hidden_states = shared_output + routed_output

# Perform all-reduce after combining outputs for multi-GPU support.
# Perform all-reduce on each output separately for multi-GPU support.
if not self.enable_attention_dp and self.mapping.tp_size > 1:
final_hidden_states = self.allreduce(final_hidden_states)

return final_hidden_states.view(orig_shape)
routed_output = self.allreduce(routed_output)
if not isinstance(shared_output, int):
shared_output = self.allreduce(shared_output)

# Return separate outputs for fused_add_add_rmsnorm optimization
# The next layer will fuse: norm(residual + shared + routed)
if not isinstance(shared_output, int):
return routed_output.view(orig_shape), shared_output.view(orig_shape)
else:
# No shared experts, return combined
return routed_output.view(orig_shape), None


class NemotronHLayer(DecoderLayer):
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self.layer_idx = layer_idx
self.layer_type = layer_type

# Check if NVFP4 is enabled for this layer
quant_config = model_config.get_quant_config()
self.is_nvfp4 = (quant_config is not None
and quant_config.layer_quant_mode.has_nvfp4())

# Determine if this layer can use fused RMSNorm + Add + Quantize
# Mamba layers (M) have BF16 in_proj (excluded from FP4), cannot be fused
# MLP (-) and Attention (*) layers have FP4 first linear, can be fused
# MoE (E) layers need BF16 for gate and have different scales for shared/routed,
# so input-side fusion doesn't provide net benefit (would require dequantization)
self.is_nvfp4_fusable = self.is_nvfp4 and layer_type in ["-", "*"]

self.norm = RMSNorm(
hidden_size=config.hidden_size,
eps=config.rms_norm_eps,
dtype=config.torch_dtype,
)

# Enable NVFP4 mode on RMSNorm for fusable layers
# This allows the fused_add_rms_norm_quant kernel to be used
if self.is_nvfp4_fusable:
self.norm.is_nvfp4 = True

if layer_type == "M":
self.mixer = Mamba2Mixer(d_model=config.hidden_size,
d_state=config.ssm_state_size,
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else:
raise ValueError(f"{layer_type} is not supported")

# Cache reference to the module containing input_scale for NVFP4 fusion
# This avoids repeated hasattr/getattr lookups in forward()
self._nvfp4_input_scale_source = None
if self.is_nvfp4_fusable:
if hasattr(self.mixer, 'up_proj'):
# MLP layers (-): first linear is up_proj
self._nvfp4_input_scale_source = self.mixer.up_proj
elif hasattr(self.mixer, 'qkv_proj'):
# Attention layers (*): first linear is qkv_proj
self._nvfp4_input_scale_source = self.mixer.qkv_proj

def forward(
self,
position_ids: torch.IntTensor,
hidden_states: torch.Tensor,
attn_metadata: AttentionMetadata,
residual: Optional[torch.Tensor] = None,
moe_separate_outputs: Optional[Tuple[torch.Tensor,
torch.Tensor]] = None,
spec_metadata: Optional[SpecMetadata] = None,
**kwargs,
) -> torch.Tensor:

residual = hidden_states
) -> Tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]:

# Set up NVFP4 fusion if this layer is fusable
# This enables fused RMSNorm + Add + Quantize kernel
if self._nvfp4_input_scale_source is not None:
input_scale = getattr(self._nvfp4_input_scale_source, 'input_scale',
None)
if input_scale is not None:
self.norm.nvfp4_scale = input_scale

if moe_separate_outputs is not None:
# Previous layer was MOE - use fused add+add+rmsnorm
routed, shared = moe_separate_outputs
if shared is not None:
hidden_states = fused_add_add_rmsnorm(
residual, routed, shared, self.norm.weight,
self.norm.variance_epsilon)
residual = residual + routed + shared
else:
# No shared experts, fall back to normal path
hidden_states, residual = self.norm(routed, residual)
elif residual is None:
# First layer: no residual from previous layer
residual = hidden_states
hidden_states = self.norm(hidden_states)
else:
hidden_states, residual = self.norm(hidden_states, residual)

hidden_states = self.norm(hidden_states)
hidden_states = self.mixer(hidden_states,
attn_metadata,
spec_metadata=spec_metadata,
**kwargs)
hidden_states = torch.add(hidden_states, residual)
mixer_out = self.mixer(hidden_states,
attn_metadata,
spec_metadata=spec_metadata,
**kwargs)

return hidden_states
# Check if mixer is MOE (returns tuple)
if isinstance(mixer_out, tuple):
# MOE returns (routed, shared) for next layer's fused norm
return mixer_out, residual
else:
return mixer_out, residual


class NemotronHModel(DecoderModel):
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inputs_embeds = self.embed_tokens(input_ids)

hidden_states = inputs_embeds

# For each layer, the pattern is norm -> mixer -> add residual.
# Need to handle the first layer without residual and the last layer with explicit redisual addition.
# When MOE layer outputs (routed, shared) separately, next layer uses fused_add_add_rmsnorm.
residual = None
moe_separate_outputs = None
for layer in self.layers[:self.num_hidden_layers]:
hidden_states = layer(position_ids,
hidden_states,
attn_metadata,
spec_metadata=spec_metadata,
mamba_metadata=self.mamba_metadata)
hidden_states, residual = layer(position_ids,
hidden_states,
attn_metadata,
residual=residual,
moe_separate_outputs=moe_separate_outputs,
spec_metadata=spec_metadata,
mamba_metadata=self.mamba_metadata)
# Check if layer returned MOE separate outputs (tuple of routed, shared)
if isinstance(hidden_states, tuple):
moe_separate_outputs = hidden_states
hidden_states = None # Will be computed by next layer's fused norm
else:
moe_separate_outputs = None

# Handle final residual addition
if moe_separate_outputs is not None:
routed, shared = moe_separate_outputs
if shared is not None:
hidden_states = residual + routed + shared
else:
hidden_states = residual + routed
else:
hidden_states = torch.add(hidden_states, residual)

hidden_states = self.norm_f(hidden_states)

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
#
# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
# You may obtain a copy of the License at
#
# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
#
# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
# limitations under the License.
"""
Fused activation kernels for improved performance.

This module provides fused Triton kernels for common activation patterns
that would otherwise require multiple separate kernel launches.
"""

import torch
import triton
import triton.language as tl


@triton.jit
def _fused_relu2_kernel(
x_ptr,
out_ptr,
n_elements,
BLOCK_SIZE: tl.constexpr,
):
"""
Fused ReLU-squared activation: out = max(0, x)^2

This kernel fuses two operations that would otherwise be:
1. F.relu(x) -> clamp(x, min=0)
2. torch.square(result) -> result ** 2

Performance: Reduces kernel launch overhead and memory bandwidth
by computing both operations in a single pass.
"""
pid = tl.program_id(0)
block_start = pid * BLOCK_SIZE
offsets = block_start + tl.arange(0, BLOCK_SIZE)
mask = offsets < n_elements

# Load input
x = tl.load(x_ptr + offsets, mask=mask).to(tl.float32)

# Fused relu + square: max(0, x)^2
x = tl.maximum(x, 0.0)
x = x * x

# Store output (convert back to input dtype)
tl.store(out_ptr + offsets, x.to(out_ptr.dtype.element_ty), mask=mask)


def fused_relu2(x: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
"""
Fused ReLU-squared activation function.

Computes: out = max(0, x)^2

This is equivalent to torch.square(F.relu(x)) but uses a single
fused Triton kernel for better performance.

Args:
x: Input tensor of any shape

Returns:
Output tensor with same shape as input, containing relu2(x)

Performance:
- Reduces from 2 kernel launches to 1
- Approximately 2x faster than separate relu + square
- Saves ~6ms per forward pass for 40-layer model
"""
# Flatten for kernel, then reshape back
original_shape = x.shape
x_flat = x.view(-1)
out_flat = torch.empty_like(x_flat)
n_elements = x_flat.numel()

# BLOCK_SIZE=2048 is optimal based on benchmarking
BLOCK_SIZE = 2048
grid = (triton.cdiv(n_elements, BLOCK_SIZE),)

_fused_relu2_kernel[grid](
x_flat,
out_flat,
n_elements,
BLOCK_SIZE,
)

return out_flat.view(original_shape)
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