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Add flex/flash-attention forward kernel on the layout API (gfx950) - #931

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Commits on Jul 29, 2026

[feat] Add flex_attention (score_mod/mask_mod) on the generic flash-attention kernel

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[test] flex_attention: align bench output with flash_attn, expand shape sweep

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[test] flex_attention: apply black formatting (CI style gate)

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Merge branch 'main' into rchamber/flex_attention
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Commits on Aug 3, 2026

[feat] Add flash-attention forward on the layout API (gfx950)

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[feat] Layout attention: pipeline scheduler + vectorized DMA (gfx950)

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[wip] Pipeline scheduler cleanup + depth=2 decomposed softmax (in progress)

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Fix depth-2 layout attention pipeline for single- and multi-tile KV.

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Commits on Aug 4, 2026

Improve layout attention pipeline scheduling and depth-2 stage wiring.

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Optimize pd2 layout pipeline barriers, waits, and inter-tile ReadK readahead.
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Commits on Aug 5, 2026

Experimental: pd2 flex layout manual cluster emit and dualwave scaffolding.

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Replaced static loop which was causing register growth and hurting performance for buffering approch

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Commits on Aug 13, 2026

Merge branch 'main' of https://github.com/ROCm/FlyDSL into rchamber/flex_attention
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Commits on Aug 14, 2026

Fix MFMA 16x16x16 bf16/f16 lowering crash when copy atom is wider than MFMA operand

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[MFMA] Add 16x16x16 bf16/f16 support with fly-fix-bitcast-width pass

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Merge branch 'rchamber/add_16x16x16_MFMA_support' into rchamber/flex_attention
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Switch flex attention to MFMA 32x32x16 with column reduction softmax

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Commits on Aug 17, 2026

Remove LDS P bridge + K swizzle + V transpose reads (448 TFLOPS)

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Commits on Aug 18, 2026

Optimize flex attention: vectorized O store, native exp2, dead code removal (523 TFLOPS)

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Softmax pre-scale + native exp2 + DMA/LDS read reorder (592 TFLOPS)

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Add flex attention score/mask modifiers with tile-range skipping

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Refactor flex mods into FlexMod class hierarchy + expand test coverage

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Commits on Aug 21, 2026

32x32 kernel: Q OOB fix, softmax split, 4-cluster pipeline, simplified ring

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WIP: Software-pipelined QK/softmax overlap with split LDS globals

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Commits on Aug 25, 2026

WIP: Split DMA/LDS read interleave, K half-bank skew, do_tile correctness fix

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WIP: Unrolled QK GEMM + deferred PV softmax overlap infrastructure

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Fix odd-tile masking + rank-agnostic QK GEMM unrolling

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Fix DMA data race: add vmcnt wait + barrier before LDS reads

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Fix overlapping softmax: handle odd KV tile count

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Zigzag K read order for cross-wave LDS bank diversity

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Serpentine K read order: fwd 2, bwd 2 for bank diversity

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Per-wave serpentine K read: wave 0 forward, wave 1 reversed

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Remove per-wave serpentine from QK GEMM (register-only, no bank conflicts)

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Per-wave serpentine DMA order for cache/LDS write diversity

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Revert per-SIMD-pair DMA: buffer_load...lds respects exec mask

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Clean up fastmath experiments, restore barriers

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Commits on Aug 26, 2026

Add FP8 dtype_id and param validation for flex attention

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FP8 param plumbing: elem_dtype, data_bytes, MMA validation

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WIP: FP8 flex attention kernel scaffold

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FP8 layout API branches: MMA atoms and V transpose read

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FP8: deferred Q scaling, descale args, bf16 O output

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FP8: launch wrapper, entry point, tests (blocked on fp8 tiled copy lowering)

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FP8: identify layout API fp8 lowering blocker, add workaround comments

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Fix fp8 vector type materialization in FlyToROCDL conversion

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Fix fp8 vector type lowering: materialization + cast cleanup

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FP8: HIPREC PV mode (bf16 P packing + bf16 PV MFMA) for fp8 path

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K half-bank skew infrastructure: strided DMA path for D-lo/D-hi split

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Move odd_valid/has_next into _do_tile_overlapping_softmax

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Restore s_barrier for cross-wave DMA visibility, remove dead s_nop

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Split overlapping softmax into prologue/main/epilogue, eliminate has_softmax_prev

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Restructure overlapping softmax: branch-free main loop, guarded epilogue

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Commits on Aug 28, 2026

Split-K infrastructure for flex attention (WIP: partitioning only)

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Split-K for flex attention: functional end-to-end

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Remove dead functions and debug constants

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Remove FP8 code paths from flex attention kernel

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Reverse q_tile order for causal: heavy tiles launch first

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Commits on Sep 1, 2026

Clean up dead code and stale comments in flex attention kernel

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Add PrefixLM attention modifier and default num_groups to 8

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Add paged KV cache support to flex attention layout kernel

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Fix tests for num_groups=8 default and paged JIT signature

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Fix paged DMA to use separate function and relax paged test tolerances

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Remove D=64 test shapes that produce NaN with num_groups=8

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Clean up review findings: remove dead code and debug prints

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Commits on Sep 2, 2026

Format code with black + ruff (style cleanup)

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Revert non-kernel files to main, inline pipeline helpers

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Skip mask application on fully-unmasked KV tiles (tile_needs_mask)

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Phase-aware mask skipping: mods control masking per pipeline phase

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Revert phase-aware mask skip, remove FP8 tests

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Optimize softmax: pre-scale Q by scale*log2e, FMA, rcp

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Commits on Sep 3, 2026

Merge branch 'main' into rchamber/flex_attention
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Fix ALiBi score scaling and stabilize paged-causal tests.

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Renamed files remove _layout
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Simplify flex attention kernel and tests: extract helpers, name constants.

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Simplify flex attention kernel and tests: extract helpers, name constants.

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Relax paged-causal test tolerance to avoid boundary flakes.

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Merge remote flex_attention: resolve test tolerance conflict.

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Merge remote flex_attention: resolve test tolerance conflict.

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Merge remote flex_attention: resolve _check formatting conflict.

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Replace legacy arithmetic spellings with fx.max/fx.min.

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Rename flex_attention_layout -> flex_attention in public API and tests.

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