// all cudnn-related functions are in this file, so that they don't need to be recompiled everytime // we change some unrelated piece of the code. // TODO this currently duplicates some of the utilities from the main file #define NOMINMAX #include #include "cudnn_att.h" #include namespace fe = cudnn_frontend; // Specific configurations based on the enabled precision #if defined(ENABLE_FP32) static_assert(false, "cuDNN is not supported in FP32 mode.") // use fp16 (note: this may require gradient scaler, currently not implemented!) #elif defined(ENABLE_FP16) #define CUDNN_16BIT fe::DataType_t::HALF #else // Default to bfloat16 #define CUDNN_16BIT fe::DataType_t::BFLOAT16 #endif static cudnnHandle_t cudnn_handle; static size_t cudnn_workspace_size = 0; // dynamically allocated as needed (up to 256MiB!) static void* cudnn_workspace = NULL; static void cuDNNCheck(cudnnStatus_t error, const char *file, int line) { if (error != CUDNN_STATUS_SUCCESS) { printf("[CUDNN ERROR] at file %s:%d:\n%s\n", file, line, cudnnGetErrorString(error)); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } }; #define cuDNNCheck(err) (cuDNNCheck(err, __FILE__, __LINE__)) static void checkCudnnFE(const fe::error_object& e, const char *file, int line) { if(!e.is_good()) { printf("[CUDNN ERROR] at file %s:%d:\n%s\n", file, line, e.err_msg.c_str()); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } } #define checkCudnnFE(err) checkCudnnFE(err, __FILE__, __LINE__) enum UIDs { Q_UID, K_UID, V_UID, Attn_scale_UID, O_UID, Stats_UID, dO_UID, dQ_UID, dK_UID, dV_UID }; // Need a cache because graph->build_operation_graph() is slow but everything else seems fast using cache_type_fwd = std::map, std::shared_ptr>; using cache_type_bwd = std::map, std::shared_ptr>; // Loosely based on cuDNN frontend samples functions and massively simplified auto lookup_cache_or_build_graph_fwd(int B,int H,int T,int HS, int is_inference_only) { static cache_type_fwd user_maintained_cache_fwd; auto key = std::make_tuple(B, H, T, HS, is_inference_only); auto it = user_maintained_cache_fwd.find(key); if (it != user_maintained_cache_fwd.end()) { return it->second; } auto graph = std::make_shared(); graph->set_io_data_type(CUDNN_16BIT) .set_intermediate_data_type(fe::DataType_t::FLOAT) .set_compute_data_type(fe::DataType_t::FLOAT); // QKV is (B, T, 3, NH, HS) which cuDNN can handle directly without an external permute auto Q = graph->tensor(fe::graph::Tensor_attributes().set_name("Q") .set_dim({B, H, T, HS}) .set_uid(Q_UID) .set_stride({3 * H * HS * T, HS, 3 * H * HS, 1})); auto K = graph->tensor(fe::graph::Tensor_attributes().set_name("K") .set_dim({B, H, T, HS}) .set_uid(K_UID) .set_stride({3 * H * HS * T, HS, 3 * H * HS, 1})); auto V = graph->tensor(fe::graph::Tensor_attributes().set_name("V") .set_dim({B, H, T, HS}) .set_uid(V_UID) .set_stride({3 * H * HS * T, HS, 3 * H * HS, 1})); auto attn_scale = graph->tensor(fe::graph::Tensor_attributes().set_name("attn_scale") .set_dim({1, 1, 1, 1}) .set_stride({1, 1, 1, 1}) .set_uid(Attn_scale_UID) .set_is_pass_by_value(true) .set_data_type(fe::DataType_t::FLOAT)); auto sdpa_options = fe::graph::SDPA_attributes().set_name("flash_attention"); sdpa_options.set_is_inference(is_inference_only); sdpa_options.set_attn_scale(attn_scale); sdpa_options.set_causal_mask(true); // Create the graph operation and get the output tensors back auto [O, stats] = graph->sdpa(Q, K, V, sdpa_options); // Output is (B, T, NH, HS) BF16/FP16 and stats for backward pass is (B, NH, T) FP32 O->set_output(true).set_dim({B, H, T, HS}).set_stride({H * HS * T, HS, H * HS, 1}).set_uid(O_UID); assert(stats == nullptr || is_inference_only == false); if (is_inference_only == false) { stats->set_output(true).set_data_type(fe::DataType_t::FLOAT) .set_dim({B, H, T, 1}) .set_stride({H * T, T, 1, 1}) .set_uid(Stats_UID); } checkCudnnFE(graph->validate()); // Build the operation graph and execution part (this is the VERY SLOW PART) checkCudnnFE(graph->build_operation_graph(cudnn_handle)); auto plans = graph->create_execution_plans({fe::HeurMode_t::A}); checkCudnnFE(graph->check_support(cudnn_handle)); checkCudnnFE(graph->build_plans(cudnn_handle)); // Reallocate the workspace if the required size is greater than the current workspace // In H100 this may be around 16B if (graph->get_workspace_size() > cudnn_workspace_size) { if (cudnn_workspace_size > 0) { cudaCheck(cudaFree(cudnn_workspace)); } cudnn_workspace_size = graph->get_workspace_size(); cudaCheck(cudaMalloc(&cudnn_workspace, cudnn_workspace_size)); } user_maintained_cache_fwd.insert({key, graph}); return graph; } auto lookup_cache_or_build_graph_bwd(int B, int NH, int T, int HS) { static cache_type_bwd user_maintained_cache_bwd; auto key = std::make_tuple(B, NH, T, HS); auto it = user_maintained_cache_bwd.find(key); if (it != user_maintained_cache_bwd.end()) { return it->second; } auto graph = std::make_shared(); graph->set_io_data_type(CUDNN_16BIT) .set_intermediate_data_type(fe::DataType_t::FLOAT) .set_compute_data_type(fe::DataType_t::FLOAT); // (B, N, 3, NH, HS) // must come from inp (which means we also need to convert THAT to FP16) auto Q = graph->tensor(fe::graph::Tensor_attributes().set_name("Q") .set_dim({B, NH, T, HS}) .set_uid(Q_UID) .set_stride({3 * NH * HS * T, HS, 3 * NH * HS, 1})); auto K = graph->tensor(fe::graph::Tensor_attributes().set_name("K") .set_dim({B, NH, T, HS}) .set_uid(K_UID) .set_stride({3 * NH * HS * T, HS, 3 * NH * HS, 1})); auto V = graph->tensor(fe::graph::Tensor_attributes().set_name("V") .set_dim({B, NH, T, HS}) .set_uid(V_UID) .set_stride({3 * NH * HS * T, HS, 3 * NH * HS, 1})); auto O = graph->tensor(fe::graph::Tensor_attributes().set_name("O") .set_dim({B, NH, T, HS}) .set_uid(O_UID) .set_stride({NH * HS * T, HS, NH * HS, 1})); auto dO = graph->tensor(fe::graph::Tensor_attributes().set_name("dO") .set_dim({B, NH, T, HS}) .set_uid(dO_UID) .set_stride({NH * HS * T, HS, NH * HS, 1})); auto stats = graph->tensor(fe::graph::Tensor_attributes().set_name("stats") .set_dim({B, NH, T, 1}) .set_uid(Stats_UID) .set_stride({NH * T, T, 1, 1}) .set_data_type(fe::DataType_t::FLOAT)); auto attn_scale = graph->tensor(fe::graph::Tensor_attributes().set_name("attn_scale") .set_dim({1, 1, 1, 1}) .set_stride({1, 1, 1, 1}) .set_is_pass_by_value(true) .set_uid(Attn_scale_UID) .set_data_type(fe::DataType_t::FLOAT)); auto sdpa_backward_options = fe::graph::SDPA_backward_attributes().set_name("flash_attention_backward") #if CUDNN_FRONTEND_MAJOR_VERSION > 1 || CUDNN_FRONTEND_MINOR_VERSION >= 5 .set_deterministic_algorithm(true) // 1.5+ needs this for determinism #endif .set_causal_mask(true) .set_attn_scale(attn_scale); // Create the graph operation and get the output tensors back auto [dQ, dK, dV] = graph->sdpa_backward(Q, K, V, O, dO, stats, sdpa_backward_options); dQ->set_output(true).set_dim({B, NH, T, HS}).set_stride({3 * NH * HS * T, HS, 3 * NH * HS, 1}).set_uid(dQ_UID); dK->set_output(true).set_dim({B, NH, T, HS}).set_stride({3 * NH * HS * T, HS, 3 * NH * HS, 1}).set_uid(dK_UID); dV->set_output(true).set_dim({B, NH, T, HS}).set_stride({3 * NH * HS * T, HS, 3 * NH * HS, 1}).set_uid(dV_UID); checkCudnnFE(graph->validate()); // Build the operation graph and execution part (this is the VERY SLOW PART) checkCudnnFE(graph->build_operation_graph(cudnn_handle)); auto plans = graph->create_execution_plans({fe::HeurMode_t::A}); checkCudnnFE(graph->check_support(cudnn_handle)); checkCudnnFE(graph->build_plans(cudnn_handle)); // Reallocate the workspace if the required size is greater than the current workspace // By default, cuDNN uses up to 256MiB of workspace, so we don't want to just allocate the maximum if (graph->get_workspace_size() > cudnn_workspace_size) { if (cudnn_workspace_size > 0) { cudaCheck(cudaFree(cudnn_workspace)); } cudnn_workspace_size = graph->get_workspace_size(); cudaCheck(cudaMalloc(&cudnn_workspace, cudnn_workspace_size)); } user_maintained_cache_bwd.insert({key, graph}); return graph; } void attention_forward_cudnn(floatX* out, // output: (B, T, NH, HS) float* stats, // output for backward pass: (B, NH, T) floatX* inp, // input: (B, T, 3, NH, HS) QKV int B, int T, int NH, int C, cudaStream_t stream) { NVTX_RANGE_FN(); int HS = C / NH; // number of features per head bool is_inference_only = (stats == nullptr); cuDNNCheck(cudnnSetStream(cudnn_handle, stream)); // Get graph and tensors from cache (or generate it on first use) auto graph = lookup_cache_or_build_graph_fwd(B, NH, T, HS, is_inference_only); // Prepare all the tensor pointers for executing the graph void* devPtrQ = inp; void* devPtrK = (inp + C); void* devPtrV = (inp + 2 * C); float attn_scale_cpu = 1.0 / sqrtf(HS); void* devPtrO = out; // Build variant pack std::unordered_map variant_pack = { {Q_UID, devPtrQ}, {K_UID, devPtrK}, {V_UID, devPtrV}, {Attn_scale_UID, &attn_scale_cpu}, {O_UID, devPtrO}}; // Add the stats tensor unless we are only doing inference (only needed for backward pass) if (is_inference_only == false) { variant_pack[Stats_UID] = stats; } // Execute graph checkCudnnFE(graph->execute(cudnn_handle, variant_pack, cudnn_workspace)); cudaCheck(cudaGetLastError()); } void attention_backward_cudnn(floatX* dqkvr, // output floatX* dout, floatX* qkvr, floatX* o, float* stats, // inputs int B, int T, int NH, int C, cudaStream_t stream) { NVTX_RANGE_FN(); int HS = C / NH; // number of features per head // Get graph and tensors from cache (or generate it on first use) auto graph = lookup_cache_or_build_graph_bwd(B, NH, T, HS); // Prepare all the tensor pointers for executing the graph void* devPtrQ = qkvr; void* devPtrK = (qkvr + NH * HS); void* devPtrV = (qkvr + 2 * NH * HS); void* devPtrO = o; void* devPtrdO = dout; void* devPtrStats = stats; float attn_scale_cpu = 1.0 / sqrtf(HS); void* devPtrdQ = dqkvr; void* devPtrdK = (dqkvr + NH * HS); void* devPtrdV = (dqkvr + 2 * NH * HS); // Build variant pack that links each tensor to its data pointer std::unordered_map variant_pack = { {Q_UID, devPtrQ}, {K_UID, devPtrK}, {V_UID, devPtrV}, {O_UID, devPtrO}, {dO_UID, devPtrdO}, {Stats_UID, devPtrStats}, {dQ_UID, devPtrdQ}, {dK_UID, devPtrdK}, {dV_UID, devPtrdV}, {Attn_scale_UID, &attn_scale_cpu}}; // Execute graph cuDNNCheck(cudnnSetStream(cudnn_handle, stream)); checkCudnnFE(graph->execute(cudnn_handle, variant_pack, cudnn_workspace)); cudaCheck(cudaGetLastError()); } void create_cudnn() { cuDNNCheck(cudnnCreate(&cudnn_handle)); } void destroy_cudnn() { if (cudnn_workspace != NULL) { cudaCheck(cudaFree(cudnn_workspace)); } cuDNNCheck(cudnnDestroy(cudnn_handle)); }