[CUDA] Keep FP8 vector copies packed - #3276
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Navigate logical layers of code changes, visualize relationships, and explore their blast radius. 📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe CUDA FP8 fixed-vector structs for e4m3, e5m2, and e8m0 now use packed storage types for copy construction and copy assignment. The copy macro checks struct size and alignment against the storage type. ChangesFP8 Vector Copy Operations
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes Change: Bug fix Suggested reviewers: Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to Packed FP8 vector copies rely on undefined object access, so their byte-preserving behavior is not assured. Replace that access and validate the generated copies before merging. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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In `@src/tl_templates/cuda/common.h`:
- Line 438: Replace the `Bits` reinterpret-cast assignment in the FP8 copy path
with a type-safe byte copy from `src` to `dst`, avoiding access through
incompatible `Bits` glvalues. Check the generated PTX to ensure the copy retains
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| static_assert(alignof(T) >= alignof(Bits), "packed store alignment mismatch"); | ||
| static_assert(__is_trivially_copyable(T), | ||
| "packed stores require trivially copyable vectors"); | ||
| *reinterpret_cast<Bits *>(dst) = *reinterpret_cast<const Bits *>(&src); |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift
Copy packed bits without dereferencing an incompatible type.
dst and src point to FP8 vector objects, but Line 438 accesses both objects through Bits glvalues. Matching size, alignment, and trivial copyability do not make that access type-safe. The generated kernels therefore have undefined behavior, and optimization can change the copied bits. Use a type-safe byte copy, then check the generated PTX to retain the packed-store benefit. (eel.is)
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In `@src/tl_templates/cuda/common.h` at line 438, Replace the `Bits`
reinterpret-cast assignment in the FP8 copy path with a type-safe byte copy from
`src` to `dst`, avoiding access through incompatible `Bits` glvalues. Check the
generated PTX to ensure the copy retains the packed-store benefit.
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In `@src/tl_templates/cuda/cuda_fp8.h`:
- Around line 33-34: Update the copy operation in the CUDA FP8 vector macro to
copy the packed bytes without dereferencing the vector as an unrelated Storage
object; preserve the intended packed code generation and validate the generated
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift
Copy the packed bytes without accessing an unrelated Storage object.
The FP8 vector contains FP8 members, not a Storage object. Both Storage dereferences access the vector through an unrelated type. The size and alignment assertions do not make that access valid, so every copy operation generated by this macro has undefined behavior. Use a byte-preserving copy method that preserves the intended packed code generation, and validate the generated copies. (eel.is)
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In `@src/tl_templates/cuda/cuda_fp8.h` around lines 33 - 34, Update the copy
operation in the CUDA FP8 vector macro to copy the packed bytes without
dereferencing the vector as an unrelated Storage object; preserve the intended
packed code generation and validate the generated copies.
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Summary
Define packed copy constructors and assignment operators for CUDA FP8 vector types in
cuda_fp8.h. NVCC can lower their default memberwise copies into redundant unpack/repack instructions, even when the surrounding loads, conversions, and stores are already vectorized.The hooks cover all three supported FP8 families (E4M3, E5M2, and E8M0) at 2/4/8/16/32 lanes. The patch changes only this header; no codegen special cases are needed.
Implementation
A local
TL_FP8_VECTOR_COPY(Type, Storage)macro supplies a default constructor, a copy constructor, and a copy-assignment operator. Copy construction delegates to assignment. Assignment copies the full object through a matching integer carrier:uint16_tuint32_tuint2uint4ulonglong4Size and alignment are checked at compile time, and the macro is undefined after the vector declarations. Both ends use typed accesses: experiments with
memcpycould scalarize vector loads or stores. The existing native 256-bit global load/store helpers are retained.Putting these operations on the types covers ordinary buffer assignments, conditional temporaries such as
condval = value, copy initialization, and copies associated with helper arguments/returns. Optimizing only the final buffer store misses some of those paths. In a 128-bit E4M3 conditional-copy kernel, the baseline has 175PRMTinstructions and the updated header has none, with registers decreasing from 46 to 32. The equivalent 256-bit conditional-copy case retains its instruction counts and native 256-bit accesses. These are static SASS comparisons, not latency measurements for that conditional-copy workload.Conversion workload and measurements
The motivating workload loads eight BF16 values per thread, applies 16 unrolled BF16 scales, converts each round to FP8, and writes each round to shared memory. Only the last round is returned. Its generated CUDA includes:
The original kernel already has vector memory stores. Its overhead comes from register unpacking/repacking across these struct copies. For E4M3 and E5M2, the new copy operations remove 80
PRMT, 16SHF, and 32 packing-relatedLOP3instructions. Both versions still execute 64 BF16x2 multiplies (HMUL2orHFMA2with zero addend), 64 FP8x2 conversions, 16 shared 64-bit stores, and one global 64-bit store per straight-line thread path. Registers decrease from 77 to 71, with no spills in either version. E8M0PRMTcount decreases from 241 to 155; other permutation instructions remain.B300 SXM6 AC, compute capability 10.3, 148 SMs; NVCC 13.1.115,
sm_103a. Configuration: 9,472 blocks, 256 threads, eight values per thread, 16 rounds. Timing usestilelang.profiler.do_bench(warmup=100, rep=500)with its cache flush. Medians below are from five measurements alternating baseline and patched order, compiled from the same kernel using the original and updated headers.float8_e4m3fnfloat8_e5m2float8_e8m0fnufloat4_e2m1fnFP4 is an unchanged control. These measurements apply to this workload and GPU/compiler combination; they do not imply a universal FP8 speedup.
E4M3 reproducer (run on each revision with TILELANG_DISABLE_CACHE=1)
This intentionally synthetic workload returns only the last round. SASS inspection confirmed that all 16 conversion rounds and shared stores survive in both versions, while the final shared load is forwarded from registers.
Other types and compatibility
Validation
cmake --build build -j16,git diff --check, and./format.sh.TILELANG_DISABLE_CACHE=1 python -m pytest -n 4 -q):testing/python/language/test_tilelang_language_vectorized_cast.py,testing/python/language/test_tilelang_language_vectorize.py,testing/python/language/test_tilelang_language_vectorize_matrix.py,testing/python/language/test_tilelang_language_subtype.py, andtesting/python/quantize/test_tilelang_quantize_fp8.py: 236 passed, 1 skipped. The LLVM-only quantization reference test is skipped because this build has no LLVM runtime support. Kernel caches were disabled for validation.sm_80,sm_89, andsm_90awith CUDA 13.1. Execution and performance measurements were onsm_103a.Summary
TL_FP8_VECTOR_COPYfor the 2-, 4-, 8-, 16-, and 32-byte E4M3, E5M2, and E8M0 vector structs.tl::store_packed_vector<Bits>helper, so that objective is not confirmed.Validation
The PR objectives report 236 tests passed and 1 skipped, byte-exact comparisons for tested BF16 inputs, and additional copy-width and sanitizer checks. They also report workload-specific B300 speedups. These results were not independently verified here.
C++ style / lint notes
The change touches C++ code covered by
docs/developer_guide/cpp_style.md. The macro name follows the guide's uppercase snake-case rule for macros. CI has a “C++ API Style Audit (warning only)” step. No audit results were supplied.