llama: columnwise fp8 scaling (#16480)

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wozeparrot
2026-06-02 21:55:45 -04:00
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parent ffadd7a315
commit 7dcfd144b6
4 changed files with 39 additions and 19 deletions

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@@ -1447,7 +1447,7 @@ def train_llama3():
idx = next(j for j, p in enumerate(optim.params) if p is w)
master = optim.master_params[idx]
inv = w._inv_scale if w._inv_scale.device == master.device else w._inv_scale.to(master.device)
master.assign((master * inv.reshape(-1, *([1]*(w.ndim-1)))).contiguous())
master.assign((master * inv.reshape(*inv.shape, *([1]*(w.ndim-inv.ndim)))).contiguous())
# realize everything here
if optim.master_params: Tensor.realize(*optim.master_params)

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@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ FUSED_INPUT_QUANTIZE = getenv("FUSED_INPUT_QUANTIZE", 0)
FUSED_ADD_NORM_MUL_QUANTIZE = getenv("FUSED_ADD_NORM_MUL_QUANTIZE", 0)
FUSED_SILU_W13 = getenv("FUSED_SILU_W13", 0)
SPLIT_W13 = getenv("SPLIT_W13", 0)
COLUMNWISE_WEIGHT_SCALE = getenv("COLUMNWISE_WEIGHT_SCALE", 0)
FP8_DTYPE = dtypes.fp8e4m3
FP8_GRAD_DTYPE = dtypes.fp8e5m2
@@ -52,7 +53,11 @@ def matmul(x:Tensor, w:Tensor, fp8:bool=True, amax_x:Tensor|None=None, w_inv_sca
if ASM_GEMM:
from extra.gemm.cdna_asm_gemm import can_use_asm_gemm, asm_gemm
if can_use_asm_gemm(x_fp8, w.T):
return asm_gemm(x_fp8, w.T, x_scale=x_scale, w_scale=w_inv_scale, grad_amax_state=grad_amax_state), x_new_amax, x_fp8
if COLUMNWISE_WEIGHT_SCALE:
out = asm_gemm(x_fp8, w.T, x_scale=x_scale, grad_amax_state=grad_amax_state, w_post_scale=w_inv_scale)
else:
out = asm_gemm(x_fp8, w.T, x_scale=x_scale, w_scale=w_inv_scale, grad_amax_state=grad_amax_state)
return out, x_new_amax, x_fp8
return (x_fp8.dot(w.T, dtype=dtypes.float) * x_scale * w_inv_scale).cast(dtypes.bfloat16), x_new_amax, x_fp8
def norm_quantize_matmul(x:Tensor, norm:Tensor, w:Tensor, w_inv_scale:Tensor, eps:float, amax_x:Tensor, grad_amax_state:Tensor):
@@ -141,10 +146,11 @@ class FlatTransformer:
def lin_per_layer(self, in_features:int, out_features:int, std:float=0.02):
if getenv("ZEROS"): w = Tensor.zeros(self.n_layers, out_features, in_features)
else: w = Tensor.normal(self.n_layers, out_features, in_features, mean=0.0, std=std)
amax = w.abs().flatten(1).max(1).detach()
amax = (w.abs().max(axis=2) if COLUMNWISE_WEIGHT_SCALE else w.abs().flatten(1).max(1)).detach()
scale = FP8_MAX / (amax + 1e-8)
inv_scale = (amax + 1e-8) / FP8_MAX
return (w * scale.reshape(-1, 1, 1)).clamp(-FP8_MAX, FP8_MAX).cast(FP8_DTYPE), inv_scale
scale_b = scale.reshape(self.n_layers, out_features, 1) if COLUMNWISE_WEIGHT_SCALE else scale.reshape(-1, 1, 1)
return (w * scale_b).clamp(-FP8_MAX, FP8_MAX).cast(FP8_DTYPE), inv_scale
def attention(self, x:Tensor, freqs_cis:Tensor, *, attention_norm:Tensor, wqkv:Tensor, wo:Tensor,
amax_xqkv:Tensor, amax_xo:Tensor, s_qkv:Tensor, s_o:Tensor,
@@ -224,8 +230,9 @@ class FlatTransformer:
# flat per-layer weights: axis 0 is n_layers, so shard axes are +1 vs per-layer Transformer
def _shard_fp8(name:str, axis:int):
getattr(self, name).shard_(device, axis=axis)
self._fp8_inv_scale[name] = self._fp8_inv_scale[name].to(device).contiguous().is_param_(False)
self._fp8_next_inv_scale[name] = self._fp8_next_inv_scale[name].to(device).contiguous().is_param_(False)
scale_axis = (1 if axis == 1 else None) if COLUMNWISE_WEIGHT_SCALE else None
self._fp8_inv_scale[name] = self._fp8_inv_scale[name].shard(device, axis=scale_axis).contiguous().is_param_(False)
self._fp8_next_inv_scale[name] = self._fp8_next_inv_scale[name].shard(device, axis=scale_axis).contiguous().is_param_(False)
Tensor.realize(getattr(self, name), self._fp8_inv_scale[name], self._fp8_next_inv_scale[name])
_shard_fp8("wqkv", 1) # (n_layers, out, dim) shard out
_shard_fp8("wo", 2) # (n_layers, dim, in) shard in

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@@ -93,11 +93,11 @@ class GradAccClipAdamW(Optimizer):
# delayed scaling: reuse previous step's inv_scale
t._inv_scale.assign(t._next_inv_scale)
inv_scale = t._inv_scale.to(new_w.device) if offloaded else t._inv_scale
scale = inv_scale.reciprocal().reshape(-1, *([1]*(new_w.ndim-1)))
scale = inv_scale.reciprocal().reshape(*inv_scale.shape, *([1]*(new_w.ndim-inv_scale.ndim)))
scaled = (new_w * scale).clamp(-FP8_MAX, FP8_MAX)
ret = scaled.cast(t.dtype)
# update inv_scale for next step from quantized result
new_amax = (ret.float().abs().max(axis=tuple(range(1, ret.ndim))) * inv_scale * FP8_AMAX_MARGIN).detach()
new_amax = (ret.float().abs().max(axis=tuple(range(inv_scale.ndim, ret.ndim))) * inv_scale * FP8_AMAX_MARGIN).detach()
new_inv = ((new_amax + 1e-8) / FP8_MAX).cast(t._inv_scale.dtype)
t._next_inv_scale.assign(new_inv.shard_like(t._next_inv_scale) if offloaded else new_inv)
return ret.shard_like(t) if offloaded else ret

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@@ -2700,13 +2700,20 @@ def custom_uop_gemm(C:UOp, A:UOp, B:UOp) -> UOp:
# ** backward gemm, might use the asm gemm
def custom_gemm_bw(gradient:UOp, kernel:UOp):
def custom_gemm_bw(gradient:UOp, kernel:UOp, n_scales:int=2, has_grad_amax:bool=False, has_w_post:bool=False):
inputs = kernel.src[1:]
if inputs[1].dtype == FP8_DTYPE:
grad_amax_state = inputs[5] if len(inputs) == 6 else None
out, a, b, s_x, s_w = inputs[:5]
out, a, b = inputs[:3]
i = 3
s_x = inputs[i]; i += 1
has_w = n_scales == 2
s_w = inputs[i] if has_w else None; i += has_w
grad_amax_state = inputs[i] if has_grad_amax else None; i += has_grad_amax
w_post = inputs[i] if has_w_post else None
a_t, b_t, g_t = Tensor(a, device=a.device), Tensor(b, device=a.device), Tensor(gradient, device=a.device)
s_x_t, s_w_t = Tensor(s_x, device=a.device), Tensor(s_w, device=a.device)
s_x_t = Tensor(s_x, device=a.device)
s_w_t = Tensor(s_w, device=a.device) if has_w else None
w_post_t = Tensor(w_post, device=a.device) if has_w_post else None
g_t = g_t[:a.shape[0]]
from extra.llama_kernels.cast_amax import _grad_fp8_mailbox
from extra.llama_kernels.quantize_fp8_delayed import quantize_fp8_delayed
@@ -2727,8 +2734,8 @@ def custom_gemm_bw(gradient:UOp, kernel:UOp):
g_fp8, g_scale, new_grad_amax = quantize_fp8(g_t, amax_state=grad_amax_t)
store_effect = grad_amax_state.store(new_grad_amax.uop)
g_fp8 = Tensor(g_fp8.contiguous().uop.after(store_effect), device=a.device)
# dgrad: uses g_scale * x_scale * w_scale
grad_a = asm_gemm(g_fp8, b_t, x_scale=g_scale * s_x_t, w_scale=s_w_t)
# dgrad: uses g_scale * x_scale * w_scale (only when scalar)
grad_a = asm_gemm(g_fp8, b_t, x_scale=g_scale * s_x_t, w_scale=s_w_t) if has_w else asm_gemm(g_fp8, b_t, x_scale=g_scale * s_x_t)
# wgrad: no w_scale
g_fp8_2d = g_fp8.reshape(-1, g_fp8.shape[-1])
if getenv("FAST_FP8_TRANSPOSE", 0) and g_fp8_2d.shape[0] % 64 == 0 and g_fp8_2d.shape[1] % 64 == 0:
@@ -2737,8 +2744,11 @@ def custom_gemm_bw(gradient:UOp, kernel:UOp):
else:
g_fp8_T = g_fp8.permute(2, 0, 1).reshape(g_t.shape[-1], -1)
grad_b = asm_gemm(g_fp8_T, a_t.reshape(-1, a_t.shape[-1]), x_scale=g_scale * s_x_t)
ret = (None, grad_a.uop, grad_b.uop, None, None)
if len(inputs) == 6: ret = ret + (None,)
# wgrad: rescale if not scalar
if w_post_t is not None:
grad_b = grad_b / w_post_t.reshape(*w_post_t.shape, *([1]*(grad_b.ndim - w_post_t.ndim)))
# one None per input: (out, a, b, x_scale[, w_scale][, grad_amax][, w_post_scale])
ret = (None, grad_a.uop, grad_b.uop) + tuple(None for _ in inputs[3:])
return ret
else:
out, a, b = inputs
@@ -2754,7 +2764,8 @@ def custom_gemm_bw(gradient:UOp, kernel:UOp):
# ** main gemm function
def asm_gemm(a:Tensor, b:Tensor, x_scale:Tensor|None=None, w_scale:Tensor|None=None, grad_amax_state:Tensor|None=None) -> Tensor:
def asm_gemm(a:Tensor, b:Tensor, x_scale:Tensor|None=None, w_scale:Tensor|None=None, grad_amax_state:Tensor|None=None,
w_post_scale:Tensor|None=None) -> Tensor:
assert can_use_asm_gemm(a, b), f"{counters['todos'][-1]}"
counters["used"] += 1
unfold_batch = a.ndim == 3 and isinstance(a.device, tuple) and a.uop.axis == 2 and b.uop.axis == 0
@@ -2790,9 +2801,10 @@ def asm_gemm(a:Tensor, b:Tensor, x_scale:Tensor|None=None, w_scale:Tensor|None=N
if a.dtype == FP8_DTYPE:
scales = tuple(s for s in (x_scale, w_scale) if s is not None)
scale_mode = (1 if x_scale is not None else 0) | (2 if w_scale is not None else 0)
extra = [grad_amax_state] if grad_amax_state is not None else []
extra = ([grad_amax_state] if grad_amax_state is not None else []) + ([w_post_scale] if w_post_scale is not None else [])
fxn = functools.partial(custom_hk_fp8_gemm, dname=dname, scale_mode=scale_mode)
out = Tensor.custom_kernel(out, a, b.T, *scales, *extra, fxn=fxn, grad_fxn=custom_gemm_bw)[0]
bw = functools.partial(custom_gemm_bw, n_scales=len(scales), has_grad_amax=grad_amax_state is not None, has_w_post=w_post_scale is not None)
out = Tensor.custom_kernel(out, a, b.T, *scales, *extra, fxn=fxn, grad_fxn=bw)[0]
else:
out = Tensor.custom_kernel(out, a, b, fxn=functools.partial(custom_asm_gemm, dname=dname), grad_fxn=custom_gemm_bw)[0]
else:
@@ -2800,4 +2812,5 @@ def asm_gemm(a:Tensor, b:Tensor, x_scale:Tensor|None=None, w_scale:Tensor|None=N
if k_sharded: out = out.sum(0)
out = out.squeeze(0) if squeeze else out
if unfold_batch: out = out.reshape(orig_batch, -1, out.shape[-1])
if w_post_scale is not None: out = (out * w_post_scale.reshape(*([1]*(out.ndim-1)), -1)).cast(out.dtype)
return out