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Make the UnfusedDotProductAttention backend traceable by torch.compile(fullgraph=True, mode="reduce-overhead"), so the forward and backward can be captured into CUDA graphs without graph breaks.

Scope:

  1. bf16/fp16 path (compile-supported): register the TE softmax kernels and THD<->BSHD conversion helpers as torch.library.custom_ops with fake impls and autograd bindings; remove an unbacked-SymInt .item() from the hot path of ConvertBSHDtoTHD.
  2. FP8 is explicitly NOT supported under torch.compile: with fp8=True (emulation) and/or fp8_output=True (Float8Tensor output, a tensor subclass that cannot cross a graph boundary) the backend runs as an eager island — the forward dispatches to a torch._dynamo.disable'd wrapper, the same mechanism DotProductAttention and FusedAttention use module-wide. FP8 attention always involves delayed scaling regardless of the recipe: S and dP are produced inside the kernel, so their amax cannot be known before quantization and they use delayed-scaling quantizers even under Float8CurrentScaling (see DPA.init_fp8_metadata) — and delayed scaling (Float8Quantizer, tensor scale/amax state) is not supported under torch.compile.

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  • Documentation change (change only to the documentation, either a fix or a new content)
  • Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
  • New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
  • Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to not work as expected)
  • Infra/Build change
  • Code refactoring

Changes

  • softmax.py / softmax.cpp: scaled_*_softmax_{forward,backward} as custom ops; C++ backward kernels allocate a fresh output buffer instead of writing in-place into output_grad (custom ops and cudagraph trees forbid input aliasing).
  • utils.py: ConvertTHDtoBSHD / ConvertBSHDtoTHD as custom ops; num_tokens passed by the caller instead of cu_seqlens[-1].item().
  • backends.py: UnfusedDotProductAttention.forward dispatches FP8 calls to an eager (dynamo-disabled) wrapper; the non-FP8 path is traced with no graph breaks.
  • tests/pytorch/test_torch_compile.py: test_unfused_dpa_torch_compile (5 qkv layouts, fullgraph + reduce-overhead, fwd+bwd captured into CUDA graphs and replayed).

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  • I have read and followed the contributing guidelines
  • The functionality is complete
  • I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas
  • I have made corresponding changes to the documentation
  • My changes generate no new warnings
  • I have added tests that prove my fix is effective or that my feature works
  • New and existing unit tests pass locally with my changes

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pggPL added 2 commits June 25, 2026 14:39
…le + CUDA graphs

Refactor TE custom kernels used by the unfused attention path so that
`torch.compile(fullgraph=True, mode="reduce-overhead")` can trace the
forward and backward and capture them into CUDA graphs without graph
breaks.

- softmax.py / softmax.cpp: register all `scaled_*_softmax_{forward,backward}`
  kernels as `torch.library.custom_op`s with fake impls and an autograd
  binding that mirrors the previous `torch.autograd.Function`s. The C++
  backward kernels now allocate a fresh output buffer instead of writing
  in-place into `output_grad`, so the ops no longer alias their inputs
  (required by `torch.library.custom_op` and inductor cudagraph trees).
- utils.py: convert `ConvertTHDtoBSHD` / `ConvertBSHDtoTHD` to
  `torch.library.custom_op`s, with thin wrapper classes that keep the
  existing `.apply(...)` callsite syntax. Drop the
  `int(cu_seqlens[-1].item())` from the hot path of `ConvertBSHDtoTHD.apply`
  -- under `torch.compile` it created an unbacked SymInt, which made the
  Inductor partitioner emit `None` placeholders for output buffers and
  caused `cudagraph_trees` to assert. `num_tokens` is now passed in by
  the caller as a regular (Sym)Int.
- backends.py: in the THD branch of unfused DPA, capture
  `total_tokens_q = query_layer.shape[0]` before overwriting
  `query_layer` with the BSHD form, and thread it back into
  `ConvertBSHDtoTHD.apply` at the end of the forward.
- test_torch_compile.py: add `test_unfused_dpa_torch_compile`,
  parametrized over qkv layouts (`bshd_bshd_bshd`, `sbhd_sbhd_sbhd`,
  `thd_thd_thd`, `bs3hd`, `sbh3d`), that compiles
  `UnfusedDotProductAttention.forward` directly with `fullgraph=True,
  mode="reduce-overhead"` and runs forward+backward several times so the
  CUDA graphs are recorded and replayed.

Signed-off-by: Pawel Gadzinski <pgadzinski@nvidia.com>
Made-with: Cursor
…to unfused_attention_torch_compile

Signed-off-by: Pawel Gadzinski <pgadzinski@nvidia.com>

# Conflicts:
#	tests/pytorch/test_torch_compile.py
@pggPL pggPL requested a review from cyanguwa as a code owner July 8, 2026 15:21
pggPL added 9 commits July 8, 2026 17:23
…DotProductAttention

Make the FP8-emulation path (NVTE_UnfusedDPA_Emulate_FP8=1) of
UnfusedDotProductAttention traceable by torch.compile(fullgraph=True).

- backends.py: register the quantize+dequantize roundtrips used by
  FP8EmulationFunc as torch.library custom ops
  (te_fp8_emu::roundtrip_<QuantizerClass> and
  te_fp8_emu::roundtrip_qkv_<QuantizerClass>) taking the quantizer as a
  value-opaque argument, with fake impls for tracing. Ops are registered
  only for the value-opaque quantizer classes
  (Float8CurrentScalingQuantizer, MXFP8Quantizer); Float8Quantizer
  (delayed scaling) carries scale/amax tensor state, is not
  value-opaque, and deliberately keeps the plain eager path -- FP8
  emulation with delayed scaling is not supported under torch.compile.
- backends.py: dispatch helpers `_fp8_emu_roundtrip{,_qkv}` key on
  `type(quantizer).__qualname__` so they stay traceable for opaque
  quantizer arguments; FP8EmulationFunc forward/backward now call them
  (onnx_forward unchanged).
- backends.py: the joint q/k/v roundtrip clones any output whose
  storage is shared with an input or another output, checking storage
  identity directly -- the dequantized q/k/v can be views into one
  combined buffer, and view metadata (`_base`) is not populated under
  the torch-dispatch mode AOTAutograd runs custom ops with, so a
  `_base`-guarded clone triggered the custom-op aliasing deprecation
  warning under torch.compile.
- UnfusedDotProductAttention.forward: only query
  FP8GlobalStateManager.get_fp8_recipe() when
  fp8_meta["local_recipes"] is absent.
- test_torch_compile.py: add test_unfused_dpa_fp8_emulation_torch_compile
  (current scaling + mxfp8, sbhd/bshd layouts; compiled fullgraph
  forward+backward must match eager) and
  test_unfused_dpa_fp8_emulation_delayed_scaling_eager guarding the
  eager delayed-scaling path after the refactor.

Signed-off-by: Pawel Gadzinski <pgadzinski@nvidia.com>
…output=True

With fp8_output=True the backend returns a Float8Tensor -- a tensor
subclass that cannot cross a torch.compile graph boundary -- so the
forward dispatches to a torch._dynamo.disable'd wrapper, the same
mechanism DotProductAttention and FusedAttention use module-wide.
With fp8_output=False the dispatcher is resolved at trace time and
adds no graph break.

Signed-off-by: Pawel Gadzinski <pgadzinski@nvidia.com>
…cudagraphs)

Parametrize test_unfused_dpa_fp8_emulation_torch_compile over compile
mode (default, reduce-overhead), run 3 iterations so the CUDA graphs
are recorded and replayed. The te_fp8_emu roundtrip ops for current
scaling are pure (no mutated args), so inductor cudagraphs capture
them; verified no cudagraph skips with TORCH_LOGS=cudagraphs.

Signed-off-by: Pawel Gadzinski <pgadzinski@nvidia.com>
…n; run FP8 as an eager island

FP8 in the unfused backend (emulation and Float8Tensor output) is not
supported under torch.compile: the forward dispatcher routes fp8=True
and/or fp8_output=True to a torch._dynamo.disable'd wrapper, same as
DotProductAttention does module-wide. Remove the FP8-emulation compile
tests. The te_fp8_emu::* custom ops taking value-opaque quantizers stay
as the eager implementation of FP8EmulationFunc.

Signed-off-by: Pawel Gadzinski <pgadzinski@nvidia.com>
…Func

The ops existed solely to make the FP8-emulation path traceable by
torch.compile; since FP8 in the unfused backend now always runs as an
eager island, they are dead machinery (plus import-time registration
and output clones the plain eager path never needed).

Signed-off-by: Pawel Gadzinski <pgadzinski@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Pawel Gadzinski <pgadzinski@nvidia.com>
The tex softmax kernels take 'float scale_factor' directly. The 0-D
tensor wrapping was a leftover of the old autograd.Function idiom,
where the float had to be a tensor only to fit save_for_backward;
the custom ops keep the scale on ctx as a plain attribute.

Signed-off-by: Pawel Gadzinski <pgadzinski@nvidia.com>
…the callsite)

Signed-off-by: Pawel Gadzinski <pgadzinski@nvidia.com>
…cate dict, silence W0613

- run black over the four changed files (earlier commits skipped pre-commit)
- drop unused 'import os' in test_torch_compile.py
- drop duplicated module-level _default_causal_mask dict in softmax.py
- del unused 'output' arg in the conversion setup_context helpers

Signed-off-by: Pawel Gadzinski <pgadzinski@nvidia.com>
@pggPL pggPL changed the title [PyTorch] torch.compile + CUDA graphs support for UnfusedDotProductAttention [PyTorch] torch.compile support for UnfusedDotProductAttention Jul 10, 2026
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