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361 changes: 361 additions & 0 deletions benchmarks/attention/benchmark_rope_thd_full_layer.py
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# Copyright (c) 2022-2026, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
#
# See LICENSE for license information.

"""Full TransformerLayer benchmark for token-linear THD fused RoPE.

This benchmark keeps the local packed-token count and RoPE table length fixed
while varying the number of packed THD spans. It compares the old fused RoPE
launch, the new token-linear launch, and the heuristic path on a TE
TransformerLayer using THD input and rotary embeddings. It also measures a
paired RoPE-only operation with the same tensor shape, so the output table can
report both end-to-end layer speedup and the fraction of layer time attributable
to fused RoPE.
"""

from __future__ import annotations

import argparse
import csv
import os
from contextlib import contextmanager
from pathlib import Path
from typing import Callable, Iterable

import torch

import transformer_engine.pytorch as te
from transformer_engine.pytorch.attention.rope import (
RotaryPositionEmbedding,
apply_rotary_pos_emb,
)


@contextmanager
def env(name: str, value: str | None):
prev = os.environ.get(name)
if value is None:
os.environ.pop(name, None)
else:
os.environ[name] = value
try:
yield
finally:
if prev is None:
os.environ.pop(name, None)
else:
os.environ[name] = prev


def build_cu_seqlens(total_tokens: int, n_seqs: int) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, int]:
"""Build balanced packed THD cu_seqlens with an exact total token count."""
per = total_tokens // n_seqs
if per <= 0:
raise ValueError(f"n_seqs={n_seqs} is too large for total_tokens={total_tokens}")
rem = total_tokens - per * n_seqs
lengths = [per + (1 if i < rem else 0) for i in range(n_seqs)]
cu = [0]
max_seqlen = 0
for length in lengths:
cu.append(cu[-1] + length)
max_seqlen = max(max_seqlen, length)
return torch.tensor(cu, dtype=torch.int32), max_seqlen


def zero_grads(params: Iterable[torch.Tensor], x: torch.Tensor) -> None:
if x.grad is not None:
x.grad = None
for p in params:
if p.grad is not None:
p.grad = None


def time_fwd_bwd(fn: Callable[[], torch.Tensor], warmup: int, iters: int) -> tuple[float, float]:
torch.cuda.synchronize()
for _ in range(warmup):
out = fn()
out.sum().backward()
torch.cuda.synchronize()

start = torch.cuda.Event(enable_timing=True)
fwd_end = torch.cuda.Event(enable_timing=True)
bwd_end = torch.cuda.Event(enable_timing=True)
fwd_total = 0.0
full_total = 0.0
for _ in range(iters):
start.record()
out = fn()
fwd_end.record()
out.sum().backward()
bwd_end.record()
torch.cuda.synchronize()
fwd_total += start.elapsed_time(fwd_end)
full_total += start.elapsed_time(bwd_end)
return fwd_total / iters, full_total / iters


def make_layer(args: argparse.Namespace, dtype: torch.dtype) -> te.TransformerLayer:
sigma = 0.02

def init_method(tensor: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
return torch.nn.init.normal_(tensor, mean=0.0, std=sigma)

return te.TransformerLayer(
args.hidden_size,
args.ffn_hidden_size,
args.num_heads,
layernorm_epsilon=1e-5,
hidden_dropout=0.0,
attention_dropout=0.0,
init_method=init_method,
output_layer_init_method=init_method,
layer_number=1,
kv_channels=args.head_dim,
self_attn_mask_type="padding_causal",
tp_group=None,
tp_size=1,
params_dtype=dtype,
get_rng_state_tracker=None,
fuse_wgrad_accumulation=False,
seq_length=args.freqs_len,
micro_batch_size=1,
sequence_parallel=False,
apply_residual_connection_post_layernorm=False,
output_layernorm=False,
layer_type="encoder",
set_parallel_mode=True,
fuse_qkv_params=True,
zero_centered_gamma=False,
qkv_weight_interleaved=True,
bias=True,
attn_input_format="thd",
rotary_pos_interleaved=args.interleaved,
device="cuda",
).to(dtype=dtype, device="cuda")


def main(argv: Iterable[str] | None = None) -> None:
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
parser.add_argument("--total-tokens", type=int, default=65536)
parser.add_argument("--freqs-len", type=int, default=65536)
parser.add_argument("--hidden-size", type=int, default=1536)
parser.add_argument("--ffn-hidden-size", type=int, default=6144)
parser.add_argument("--num-heads", type=int, default=12)
parser.add_argument("--dtype", choices=["bf16", "fp16"], default="bf16")
parser.add_argument("--interleaved", action="store_true")
parser.add_argument("--warmup", type=int, default=2)
parser.add_argument("--iters", type=int, default=5)
# n_seqs=50 is intentionally omitted from the default sweep because the
# balanced-span shape has max_seqlen~=1311 and can hit a cuDNN fused-attn
# execution failure unrelated to RoPE on the tested H100 stack. The high-span
# cases below are the issue-relevant regime where RoPE launch waste dominates.
parser.add_argument("--n-seqs", type=int, nargs="+", default=[128, 512, 1024, 2401])
parser.add_argument("--out-dir", type=Path, default=Path("rope_thd_full_layer_bench"))
args = parser.parse_args(argv)

if not torch.cuda.is_available():
raise SystemExit("CUDA is required")
if args.hidden_size % args.num_heads != 0:
raise SystemExit("--hidden-size must be divisible by --num-heads")
args.head_dim = args.hidden_size // args.num_heads
if args.freqs_len < args.total_tokens:
raise SystemExit("--freqs-len should be >= --total-tokens for this long-context benchmark")

torch.manual_seed(1234)
dtype = {"bf16": torch.bfloat16, "fp16": torch.float16}[args.dtype]
device = torch.device("cuda")

rotary = RotaryPositionEmbedding(args.head_dim, interleaved=args.interleaved)
freqs = rotary(args.freqs_len).to(device=device)

args.out_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
csv_path = args.out_dir / "rope_thd_full_layer_bench.csv"
fields = [
"n_seqs",
"regime",
"max_seqlen",
"layer_fwd_ms",
"layer_fwd_bwd_ms",
"layer_bwd_ms",
"rope_pair_fwd_ms",
"rope_pair_fwd_bwd_ms",
"rope_pair_bwd_ms",
"rope_pair_pct_layer",
"layer_speedup_vs_old",
"rope_pair_speedup_vs_old",
]
rows: list[dict[str, str | int]] = []

print(
"# full-layer THD RoPE benchmark: "
f"T={args.total_tokens} freqs_len={args.freqs_len} hidden={args.hidden_size} "
f"ffn={args.ffn_hidden_size} heads={args.num_heads} dtype={args.dtype}",
flush=True,
)
print(
"# n_seqs regime max_seqlen layer_fwd layer_fwd_bwd rope_pair_fwd_bwd "
"rope_pct layer_speedup",
flush=True,
)

for n_seqs in args.n_seqs:
cu_cpu, max_seqlen = build_cu_seqlens(args.total_tokens, n_seqs)
cu = cu_cpu.to(device=device)
x = torch.randn(
args.total_tokens,
args.hidden_size,
dtype=dtype,
device=device,
requires_grad=True,
)
q = torch.randn(
args.total_tokens,
args.num_heads,
args.head_dim,
dtype=dtype,
device=device,
requires_grad=True,
)
k = torch.randn_like(q, requires_grad=True)
layer = make_layer(args, dtype)
layer.train()
params = tuple(layer.parameters())

layer_old = None
rope_old = None

for regime, override in (("old", "0"), ("new", "1"), ("heuristic", None)):
with env("NVTE_FUSED_ROPE_THD_TOKEN_LINEAR", override):

def layer_fn() -> torch.Tensor:
zero_grads(params, x)
return layer(
x,
rotary_pos_emb=freqs,
cu_seqlens_q=cu,
cu_seqlens_kv=cu,
max_seqlen_q=max_seqlen,
max_seqlen_kv=max_seqlen,
)

def rope_pair_fn() -> torch.Tensor:
if q.grad is not None:
q.grad = None
if k.grad is not None:
k.grad = None
q_out = apply_rotary_pos_emb(
q,
freqs,
tensor_format="thd",
fused=True,
cu_seqlens=cu,
interleaved=args.interleaved,
)
k_out = apply_rotary_pos_emb(
k,
freqs,
tensor_format="thd",
fused=True,
cu_seqlens=cu,
interleaved=args.interleaved,
)
return q_out + k_out

layer_fwd, layer_full = time_fwd_bwd(layer_fn, args.warmup, args.iters)
rope_fwd, rope_full = time_fwd_bwd(rope_pair_fn, args.warmup, args.iters)

if regime == "old":
layer_old = layer_full
rope_old = rope_full
assert layer_old is not None and rope_old is not None
layer_speedup = layer_old / layer_full
rope_speedup = rope_old / rope_full
rope_pct = 100.0 * rope_full / layer_full
rows.append(
{
"n_seqs": n_seqs,
"regime": regime,
"max_seqlen": max_seqlen,
"layer_fwd_ms": f"{layer_fwd:.4f}",
"layer_fwd_bwd_ms": f"{layer_full:.4f}",
"layer_bwd_ms": f"{layer_full - layer_fwd:.4f}",
"rope_pair_fwd_ms": f"{rope_fwd:.4f}",
"rope_pair_fwd_bwd_ms": f"{rope_full:.4f}",
"rope_pair_bwd_ms": f"{rope_full - rope_fwd:.4f}",
"rope_pair_pct_layer": f"{rope_pct:.2f}",
"layer_speedup_vs_old": f"{layer_speedup:.3f}",
"rope_pair_speedup_vs_old": f"{rope_speedup:.3f}",
}
)
print(
f"{n_seqs:>6} {regime:>10} {max_seqlen:>10} "
f"layer_fwd={layer_fwd:8.3f} layer_fwd_bwd={layer_full:8.3f} "
f"rope_pair_fwd_bwd={rope_full:8.3f} rope_pct={rope_pct:6.2f}% "
f"layer_speedup={layer_speedup:6.3f}x",
flush=True,
)

with csv_path.open("w", newline="") as fh:
writer = csv.DictWriter(fh, fieldnames=fields)
writer.writeheader()
writer.writerows(rows)
print(f"\nWrote {csv_path}")

try:
import matplotlib

matplotlib.use("Agg")
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
except ImportError:
print("matplotlib not installed; skipping plot")
return

nseqs = sorted({int(r["n_seqs"]) for r in rows})
by_regime = {regime: [] for regime in ("old", "new", "heuristic")}
pct_by_regime = {regime: [] for regime in ("old", "new", "heuristic")}
for n in nseqs:
for regime in by_regime:
row = next(r for r in rows if int(r["n_seqs"]) == n and r["regime"] == regime)
by_regime[regime].append(float(row["layer_fwd_bwd_ms"]))
pct_by_regime[regime].append(float(row["rope_pair_pct_layer"]))

fig, axes = plt.subplots(1, 3, figsize=(17, 5))
ax = axes[0]
for regime, values in by_regime.items():
ax.plot(nseqs, values, marker="o", label=regime)
ax.set_xscale("log")
ax.set_yscale("log")
ax.set_xlabel("n_seqs")
ax.set_ylabel("TransformerLayer fwd+bwd (ms)")
ax.set_title("Full THD TransformerLayer")
ax.grid(True, which="both", alpha=0.3)
ax.legend()

ax = axes[1]
speedups = [by_regime["old"][i] / by_regime["new"][i] for i in range(len(nseqs))]
ax.plot(nseqs, speedups, marker="o", color="tab:green")
ax.axhline(1.0, color="gray", linestyle="--", alpha=0.5)
ax.set_xscale("log")
ax.set_xlabel("n_seqs")
ax.set_ylabel("Layer speedup (old / new)")
ax.set_title("End-to-end layer speedup")
ax.grid(True, which="both", alpha=0.3)

ax = axes[2]
for regime, values in pct_by_regime.items():
ax.plot(nseqs, values, marker="o", label=regime)
ax.set_xscale("log")
ax.set_xlabel("n_seqs")
ax.set_ylabel("paired RoPE fwd+bwd / layer fwd+bwd (%)")
ax.set_title("RoPE share estimate")
ax.grid(True, which="both", alpha=0.3)
ax.legend()

fig.tight_layout()
png_path = args.out_dir / "rope_thd_full_layer_bench.png"
fig.savefig(png_path, dpi=120)
print(f"Wrote {png_path}")


if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
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