frost(sdpa): collapse the per-kernel MASK_FORM constant into tile_dsl.mask.apply_mask_chunk; retire the d128-only-era Rubin skips in the FP8 forward suite; scope its five known e5m2 dataset edges to their O comparison on cc 10.7 - #1209
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…_chunk IS the bit-word mask op NVIDIA#1192 (SM107) and NVIDIA#1197 (SM100) put the register-to-predicate mask behind a per-kernel `MASK_FORM = MASK_FORM_BITS` constant and an `apply_mask_chunk_form` dispatcher so each arch line could be A/B'd and rolled out separately. Both lines ship the bit-word form now, so the selector is dead weight: 27 module constants, 46 `form=MASK_FORM,` kwargs and a dispatcher that could only ever pick one arm. - `tile_dsl/mask.py`: `apply_mask_chunk` takes the bit-word body (band edges -> keep-word per 32 columns via saturating shifts -> one `arith.select` per cell, R2P + FSEL in SASS), same signature, same trace-time `MASK_BOUND_LIMIT` guard (messages now say `apply_mask_chunk:`). `apply_mask_chunk_bits`, `apply_mask_chunk_form`, `MASK_FORM_CELLS` / `MASK_FORM_BITS` / `MASK_FORMS` and the per-cell compare + select body are deleted; the header comment keeps the measured record of the form it replaced. `keep_below_word`, `keep_from_word`, `band_mask_words`, `apply_mask_words`, `MASK_WORD_COLS`, `MASK_BOUND_LIMIT` unchanged. - 26 kernels (12 sm107 prefill, 12 sm100 prefill, sm100 decode d128, bwd d512 stage 2): import `apply_mask_chunk`, drop the constant + its comment block, every site `apply_mask_chunk_form(..., form=MASK_FORM)` -> `apply_mask_chunk(...)` (site counts unchanged: 19 sm107, 25 sm100 prefill, 1 decode, 1 bwd). The five d512 `tcgen05_wait(LOAD)` comments and `config_sm100.canonicalize_d192_lowering` now say "bit-word form" / `apply_mask_chunk` instead of the retired names. - Pins rewritten for the new invariant: `test_sm107_every_mask_site_calls_apply_mask_chunk` / `test_sm100_every_mask_site_calls_apply_mask_chunk` (every masked site is a direct call, no `form=`, no module `MASK_FORM`, migration-table counts kept), `test_the_mask_op_has_one_form` (the vocabulary stays gone), the domain-guard test calls `apply_mask_chunk`. The sm_107a / sm_100a SASS pins (R2P > 0, ISETP / predicate-to-register / spill ceilings) are untouched -- they are form-independent. No behaviour change: the masked fp8 d128 causal+padded specialization trace-compiled on this box before and after is byte-identical -- sm_107a cubin md5 7f37f174467d399c8fcfaad019f28d62 (R2P 32 / ISETP 96), sm_100a cubin md5 e3424f1e441770396c6885a7185ba044 (R2P 32 / ISETP 94). Host tests on the worktree: test_tile_dsl_mask_bits.py + test_import_boundaries.py 59 passed; sm107 mask-site + SASS pins 20 passed; test_sm100_mask_form.py 18 passed. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…sor FP8 forward suite
`_skip_on_rubin` / `_skip_d256_on_rubin` / `_skip_d512_on_rubin` all carried the
reason "sm107 serves d128 only". It has not been true since the Rubin
d192x128 / d256 / d512 per-tensor FP8 kernels landed (api_dsl._SM107_FP8_KERNEL_FILES,
engines._sm100_fp8_spec(arch="sm107") claims all four flavors, THD on all four,
the same envelope floors) -- so 33 decorators plus the runtime twin in
`_check_fp8_strided_stats` were turning 97 cc 10.7 cases into skips, and a
skip is a hole in the decline detector (frost-gotchas: a stale `_skip_on_rubin`
hid the d192 dense fp8 window-sentinel decline on develop).
- The three markers and the runtime skip are gone: the d192x128 masks / wide
SWA / leading-zero-KV / THD / strided-stats tests, every d256 test and the
whole d512 section now run on both arch lines. The d512 section header no
longer says the flavor is sm100-only (nor that no d512 MXFP8 kernel exists).
- TWO Rubin declines are still true and stay as markers with their real reason,
each pinned host-side in test_sdpa_fwd_dsl_sm107.py (no GPU needed):
* `_skip_pack_gqa_wide_on_rubin` -- the sm107 row packs GQA on d128 only
(`pack_gqa_d_shapes = {(128, 128)}`), a DECLARED decline: the packed d192
tests and the d256 param of the packed d128/d256 tests (`_D128_D256_PACK_GQA`;
the THD users keep the plain `_D128_D256`). Pin:
`test_sm107_fp8_pack_gqa_is_d128_only` (packed d192/d256/d512 ineligible with
a reason naming the knob, unpacked eligible, packed d128 eligible).
* `_skip_strided_stats_d256_on_rubin` -- the sm107 fp8 d256 kernel has NOT
ported strided Stats: `compile()` raises NotImplementedError("strided Stats
not ported (contiguous [B, H, S] only)") while the row declares Stats on
every flavor and mismatch()'s generic `dense_layout_ok` admits the layout --
a Capabilities GAP (also the d512 fp8 kernel and all four sm107 MXFP8
kernels; d128 / d192x128 fp8 ported it). Pin:
`test_sm107_fp8_strided_stats_is_not_ported_beyond_d192` (the typed raise on
the d256 / d512 templates under a strided `lse_stride`, no guard on d128 /
d192x128, the per-kernel guard set for fp8 + mxfp8). Follow-up, not this
PR: port it (the d256 f16 sibling's `lse_strides` is the model) or declare
the layout per flavor; then invert the arm and drop the marker.
- The two host-only tests that pinned the sm100 row / (10, 0) shape map alone
now iterate both rows / both device lines (`test_fp8_large_flavors_serve_exact_shapes_only`,
`test_fp8_d512_envelope_floor_declines_straddling_shapes`).
Rubin proof (cc 10.7, 204-SM part, GPU 6, 2026-09-23; develop control first:
the 97 ids all SKIPPED on develop @ 8efd951): 94 of the 97 newly-unskipped ids
PASS; `test_fp8_d256_strided_stats[e4m3|e5m2]` hit the strided-Stats gap above
(now the second marker); `test_fp8_d192_d128_thd[e5m2-True-False]` reads
max|O-ref| 0.0409 vs the shared e5m2 atol 0.0400 -- the same e5m2 dataset-edge
class as the three 0.0404-0.0409 ids already classified on develop's Rubin
gates. The tolerance is NOT widened and the id stays un-skipped; it is
recorded for a decision (frost_dev/mask_sass/pr3/PR3_BODY.md).
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The mask consolidation makes sense; I found no approval-blocking production issue. I independently confirmed the linked xfail concern with fault injection. Please scope the expected failure to the known numerical assertion while retaining the intended data-dependent XPASS policy. Leaving a comment because an effective approval already exists.
- [P2] Still open: Scope expected failures to the known numerical assertion.
Validation: All 26 changed kernel ASTs match the parent after verified elimination of the bits-only selector; all 9 retained mask helpers preserve executable ASTs apart from the diagnostic prefix. Config lowering and test utility executable ASTs are unchanged. Exact-head mask/helper and architecture checks: 186 passed, 34 skipped, 10 deselected. Focused SM100 numerical validation: 40 passed, covering FP8 d192/d256/d512 masks, THD/window cases, bottom-right trimming, MXFP8 sinks, and FP16/BF16 keyless rows. Runtime: DSL 4.7, cuDNN 9.26; source import and native-binding compatibility verified. Independent same-toolchain baseline/head compilation produced byte-identical cubins for SM100 FP8 d128 causal+padded and BF16 d512 causal+SWA specializations. The CPU execute path is unchanged; no new end-to-end timing claim is made. Fault injection through the actual marked test reproduced successful XFAIL exits for unrelated build, Amax, and large-output faults; all three unmarked sibling controls failed. The probe forced only the xfail architecture condition and is a pytest-policy check, not SM107 execution evidence. Existing owner pipeline 69545944 contains the exact reviewed head and is running. Pre-commit passed. No duplicate CI was started.
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…of the per-tensor FP8 forward suite to their O comparison on cc 10.7 The five ids (test_fp8_d192_d128_output_dtypes[e5m2-bf16], test_fp8_pack_gqa_e5m2[d128], test_fp8_thd[True-e5m2], test_fp8_d192_d128_thd[e5m2-True-False], test_fp8_thd_sliding_window[False-e5m2-d128]) read max|O-ref| 0.0404-0.0423 against the shared 4e-2 e5m2 bound on the 204-SM Rubin dataset -- a data-dependent edge, four of them identical on develop, the fifth newly un-skipped here. Instead of a broad xfail, the ids carry a known_e5m2_edge_on_rubin marker and _check turns ONLY their O comparison into an imperative pytest.xfail when the deviation lands inside the measured window (atol, 0.0425]; Amax_O is asserted first, and a build error, a failed run, an Amax_O mismatch, a deviation past the window or any deviation on an unmarked id stay fatal. The bound itself is unchanged. Host pin test_known_e5m2_edge_is_scoped_to_the_o_compare exercises all five outcomes on synthetic tensors. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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The fix is moving in the right direction: independently injected build failures, Amax failures and large O errors now fail normally, while the marked bounded O discrepancy alone xfails. Production code is unchanged from the reviewed head. One narrow nonblocking remnant remains in the linked Stats-assertion comment; please move that independent assertion before the possible xfail. Existing approval is retained.
- [P2] Still open: Run the THD Stats assertion before the possible O xfail.
Validation: Diff since 00eb961 is confined to pytest.ini and the FP8 test file. Production Python/C++ sources are unchanged, so the prior 186 passed/34 skipped host checks, 40 passed SM100 numerical checks, and two identical baseline/head cubins remain applicable to the PR head. Separately checked the clean isolated merge with new develop 0481d6e (#1106): four paged-FP8 causal/window cases and the new exception-scope test passed on SM100. New regression test passed on the exact head. Independent injection through real parametrized test items confirmed: build error, Amax error and O error 100 each fail; O error 0.0405 xfails only for the marked case and fails for an unmarked sibling. The actual marked THD sliding-window item still xfails with O error 0.0405 and Stats error 100; changing only O to a passing result exposes the Stats failure. These are pytest-policy probes with a forced architecture flag, not SM107 kernel execution claims. Current Style passed. Owner pipeline 69552928 is verified against the full current head and is running; no duplicate CI was started. Its SM107 result has 3230 passed, 2011 skipped and only the 12 inherited strict XPASS cases. The SM103 job exited 141 in its initial GPU-property shell pipeline before installing dependencies or starting pytest; that is a CI bootstrap failure, not a numerical result.
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… Rubin cases, NVIDIA#794 torch-free conftest) into yanxu/rule8-core Conflict in sdpa/frost/test_sdpa_fwd_fp8_sm100.py: this branch adds test_fp8_thd_execute_requires_a_workspace directly above test_fp8_thd, whose stacked parametrize NVIDIA#1209 collapsed into _THD_CASES. Kept the new test and took develop's parametrization. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Why` onward + the
Claude Code trailer; two bookkeeping edits in the posted copy only: the PENDING force-push bullet struck as done,
4efc394dannotated"(amended to
00eb961d)". The local rules corpus (.claude/rules/frost-tile-dsl.mds10d,frost-gotchas.mdperf-loss row,.claude/docs/frost-perf-ledger.mds10d status + perf-loss row) was updated to "one op,apply_mask_chunk" at PR-open.)Cleanup TODO (NOT deleted -- classify keep/delete per the frost_dev keep rule once #1209 merges): untracked
frost_devscripts that stillname the retired
apply_mask_chunk_bits/apply_mask_chunk_form/MASK_FORMidentifiers(
/bin/grep -rlE 'apply_mask_chunk_bits|apply_mask_chunk_form|MASK_FORM' frost_dev --include=*.py --include=*.sh, 11 files):frost_dev/mask_sass/bitwise_ab.pyfrost_dev/mask_sass/m1_dump.pyfrost_dev/mask_sass/pr2/cells.shfrost_dev/mask_sass/pr2/measure_row.pyfrost_dev/mask_sass/pr2/tools/dump_sm100.pyfrost_dev/mask_sass/pr2/tools/probe_d192_dense_window_sentinel.pyfrost_dev/mask_sass/pr2/tools/probe_d192_f16_mask_sass.pyfrost_dev/results/d512_mxfp8_waves_2026-09-23/EXP_C_ostream_relchunk_sass/tools/probe.pyfrost_dev/results/d512_mxfp8_waves_2026-09-23/SASS_TAX_sass/tools/probe.pyfrost_dev/results/d512_mxfp8_waves_2026-09-23/gate_bitwise.shfrost_dev/results/d512_mxfp8_waves_2026-09-23/measure_exp.shTitle:
frost(sdpa): collapse the per-kernel MASK_FORM constant into tile_dsl.mask.apply_mask_chunk; retire the d128-only-era Rubin skips in the FP8 forward suite; scope its five known e5m2 dataset edges to their O comparison on cc 10.7Commits (worktree
.worktrees/mask-collapse):3b8b8aa0625fc6d2before the rebase)3c75614226d80584)10f88af14efc394d/00eb961d= a broadxfail(strict=False), re-scoped after the #1209 review as45e2c462; then the Stats assertion oftest_fp8_thd_sliding_windowmoved ahead of_checkon the Codex follow-up)Rebase note (2026-09-23): rebased from
8efd9510onto develop2c3783d7(7 develop commits in between). #1200 (bd1e4832)moved the d512 backward stage-2 kernel
bwd/kernels/bprop_d512_f16_sm100.py->bwd/kernels/sm100/bprop_d512_f16.py(99 % similarity: only its
_common_sm100import and a comment changed), so git's rename detection carried commit 1'scollapse edit (import
apply_mask_chunk, dropMASK_FORM, the one masked site) onto the NEW path with no conflict; the oldpath no longer exists, and #1200 had already re-pointed
test_sm100_mask_form.py::_KERNELS("bwd"row) at the new basename,which
api_dsl._sm100_kernel_path(_SM100_STAGE2_FILE)resolves. Post-rebase grep forbprop_d512_f16_sm100 | apply_mask_chunk_form | MASK_FORMoverpython/+test/: only the retired-vocabulary prose / the pins' negative regexes, plus twoValueError("bprop_d512_f16_sm100: ...")message prefixes in the moved kernel that develop itself kept in #1200 (pre-existing,not this PR's). Both commit messages unchanged.
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Capabilitieschange ->SUPPORT_MATRIX_TRACKER.mduntouched (Rule S2 exempt).Why
#1192 (SM107) and #1197 (SM100) put the register-to-predicate ("bit-word") softmax mask behind a per-kernel
MASK_FORM = MASK_FORM_BITSconstant and anapply_mask_chunk_form(..., form=MASK_FORM)dispatcher, so each arch line couldbe A/B'd and rolled out on its own GPU. Both lines ship the bit-word form now; the selector is dead weight -- 26 module
constants, 49
form=MASK_FORM,kwargs and a dispatcher that only ever picks one arm -- and it is a foot-gun: a kernel couldflip back to the slower lowering with bitwise-identical output, which no numerics test can see. This is the "PR 3: collapse
the constant" step of the plan in
frost_dev/mask_sass/REPORT.mds8.The second commit is the follow-up the #1197 review surfaced:
test_sdpa_fwd_fp8_sm100.pystill carried_skip_on_rubin/_skip_d256_on_rubin/_skip_d512_on_rubin("sm107 serves d128 only") from before the Rubin d192x128 /d256 / d512 per-tensor FP8 kernels existed, so ~97 cc 10.7 cases were skips -- and a stale skip is a hole in the decline
detector (it is how the d192 dense fp8 window-sentinel decline went live on develop for Rubin unnoticed).
What changed
Commit 1 --
tile_dsl/mask.py(python/cudnn/frost/tile_dsl/mask.py)apply_mask_chunktakes the bit-word body: band edges per lane -> one keep-word per 32 columns via two saturating shifts(
keep_below_word/keep_from_word/band_mask_words) -> onearith.selectper cell (apply_mask_words), whichptxas lowers to
R2P+ oneFSELper cell. Same signature, samemask_value/bottom_right/causal_diag/window_rightsemantics, same trace-timeMASK_BOUND_LIMITguard (its messages now readapply_mask_chunk:).apply_mask_chunk_bits,apply_mask_chunk_form,MASK_FORM_CELLS/MASK_FORM_BITS/MASK_FORMS, and theper-cell compare + select body. The header comment keeps the measured record of the form it replaced (3-7 instr/cell,
51-72 % of a masked tile ahead of the exp burst; the 128-live-i1 predicate spill on the mxfp8 d512 SWA build).
MASK_WORD_COLS,MASK_BOUND_LIMIT, the three word builders,apply_mask_words, every tile-level bound helper.Commit 1 -- 26 kernels (12
sm107/prefill_*, 12sm100/prefill_*,sm100/decode_d128_f16.py,bwd/kernels/sm100/bprop_d512_f16.py-- the post-#1200 path): importapply_mask_chunk, drop the constant + its comment block, everyapply_mask_chunk_form(..., form=MASK_FORM)site ->apply_mask_chunk(...). Site counts unchanged (19 sm107 / 28 sm100prefill / 1 decode / 1 bwd -- the migration table in
test_sm100_mask_form.py::_KERNELSstill holds). The five d512tcgen05_wait(LOAD)comments andconfig_sm100.canonicalize_d192_lowering's domain comment say "bit-word form" /apply_mask_chunkinstead of the retired names.Commit 1 -- pins rewritten for the new invariant, SASS pins untouched:
test_sdpa_fwd_dsl_sm107.py::test_sm107_every_mask_site_calls_apply_mask_chunk(replaces..._mask_form_is_the_bits_form..._every_mask_site_takes_the_module_mask_form): every masked site is a directapply_mask_chunk(call, noform=,no
apply_mask_chunk_form/_bits, no moduleMASK_FORM.test_sm100_mask_form.py::test_sm100_every_mask_site_calls_apply_mask_chunk: same, counted against the migration table.test_tile_dsl_mask_bits.py: the domain-guard test callsapply_mask_chunk;test_the_mask_op_has_one_formreplacestest_mask_form_vocabularyand asserts the six retired names stay absent fromtile_dsl.mask. The host emulation ofthe per-cell formula (
mask_cells) stays as the reference the op is pinned against.test_sm107_masked_softmax_sass_is_register_to_predicate,test_sm100_masked_softmax_sass_is_register_to_predicate,test_sm107_fp8_epilogue_and_scheduler_sass_pins: unchanged rows and ceilings (R2P > 0, ISETP / predicate-to-register /spill ceilings) -- they are form-independent; only prose and one assert message moved off the retired vocabulary.
Commit 2 --
test_sdpa_fwd_fp8_sm100.py_check_fp8_strided_statsare gone (33 decorators): d192x128 masks / wide-SWA /leading-zero-KV / THD / strided stats, every d256 test and the whole d512 section now run on cc 10.7 too. The d512 section
header no longer claims the flavor is sm100-only (nor that no d512 MXFP8 kernel exists).
test_sdpa_fwd_dsl_sm107.py:_skip_pack_gqa_wide_on_rubin-- the sm107 fp8 row packs GQA on d128 only (pack_gqa_d_shapes = {(128, 128)}), aDECLARED decline: the packed d192 tests and the d256 param of the packed d128/d256 tests (
_D128_D256_PACK_GQA; the THDusers keep the plain
_D128_D256). Pintest_sm107_fp8_pack_gqa_is_d128_only: packed d192/d256/d512 ineligible with areason naming the knob, unpacked eligible, packed d128 eligible (invert when a wider kernel gains PackGQA).
_skip_strided_stats_d256_on_rubin-- found BY the cc 10.7 run: the sm107 fp8 d256 kernel has not ported strided Stats(
compile()raisesNotImplementedError("strided Stats not ported (contiguous [B, H, S] only)")) while the row declaresStats on every flavor and
mismatch()'s genericdense_layout_okadmits the layout, so the strict engine pin dies atbuild_plans-- a Capabilities gap (the d512 fp8 kernel and all four sm107 MXFP8 kernels carry the same guard; d128 /d192x128 fp8 ported it and pass the strided-Stats tests on cc 10.7). Pin
test_sm107_fp8_strided_stats_is_not_ported_beyond_d192: the typed raise on the d256 / d512 templates under a stridedlse_stride, no guard on d128 / d192x128, and the per-kernel guard set for fp8 + mxfp8. Not fixed here (no engines.pyedit, no port) -- see Follow-ups.
test_fp8_large_flavors_serve_exact_shapes_onlypins the envelope floors on BOTH rows (the table is arch-independent, rule 8b');test_fp8_d512_envelope_floor_declines_straddling_shapeschecks both device lines' shape maps.Commit 3 --
test_sdpa_fwd_fp8_sm100.py(+ one marker line intest/python/pytest.ini): the five known e5m2 dataset edges aretracked as a known issue, SCOPED to their O comparison on cc 10.7
test_fp8_d192_d128_output_dtypes[e5m2-bf16],test_fp8_pack_gqa_e5m2[d128],test_fp8_thd[True-e5m2],test_fp8_thd_sliding_window[False-e5m2-d128],test_fp8_d192_d128_thd[e5m2-True-False]-- carry aknown_e5m2_edge_on_rubinmarker (registered in
pytest.ini; attached per param combo withpytest.param(..., marks=...), the three stackedparametrizedecorators rewritten as one combined list with the SAME ids,test_fp8_pack_gqa_e5m2on its own_D128_D256_PACK_GQA_E5M2list, the d192 THD tuple as apytest.param). An autouse fixture tells_checkwhether the runningitem is marked AND
_SM == 107;_checkthen (i) assertsAmax_OFIRST, (ii) turns ONLY the O comparison into an imperativepytest.xfail(...)whenmax|O-ref|lands inside the measured window(atol, _E5M2_EDGE_MAX = 0.0425], (iii) assertsdiff <= atolas before for everything else. So a build error, a failed
_run/_run_thd, anAmax_Omismatch, a deviation PAST the window,or any deviation on an unmarked id stays FATAL; a pass on another dataset is a plain pass (no XPASS bookkeeping);
_half_atolis untouched. This replaces the broad
xfail(strict=False)of the first push (00eb961d), which would have hidden everyfailure mode of those five tests (review comment by CodeRabbit, confirmed by the Codex bot with fault injection).
max|O-ref|0.0404-0.0423 (0.0406 / 0.0423 / 0.0404 / 0.0409 / 0.0409) against the shared 4e-2 e5m2 bound(
_half_atol, test(sdpa): budget fp8 midpoint flips per d-row; widen e5m2 d512 envelope (sm103 lane) #971) on the 204-SM Rubin dataset, identical to 17 digits on develop and branch (rubin_final_control.logvs
rubin_final_branch.log;pr1/GATES.md) -- the develop full-file control shows the same 4 (4 failed / 114 passed / 117skipped), the branch shows those 4 plus the 5th that commit 2 newly un-skipped. The kernel is untouched by commits 2-3 and
commit 1 is byte-identical, so these are dataset edges (torch's Philox lays draws out by SM count), not regressions. The
user's decision (2026-09-23): track them as a known issue; do NOT widen the bound.
requires_blackwell-gated):test_known_e5m2_edge_is_scoped_to_the_o_comparedrives
_checkon synthetic tensors through all five outcomes -- inside the bound passes; 0.0405 on a marked id ->pytest.xfail;past the window ->
AssertionErroronmax|O-ref|;Amax_Ooff by 0.1 inside the window ->AssertionErroronamax_o;0.0405 on an UNMARKED id ->
AssertionError.--collect-only -m "L0 or L1"yields 236 items (235 + the pin) with the same five ids;-m known_e5m2_edge_on_rubinlists exactly those five; noPytestUnknownMarkWarning.No behaviour change -- byte-identical cubins (commit 1)
The masked per-tensor fp8 d128 causal + padded specialization (the SASS-pin row, production geometry: cga2, S=8K, Stats +
Amax_O) was trace-compiled on the build box before and after the collapse (
CUTE_DSL_ARCHpinned,CUTE_DSL_KEEP=cubin,compiled-plan cache off;
frost_dev/mask_sass/pr3/cubin_probe.py):sm107/prefill_d128_fp8.py)7f37f174467d399c8fcfaad019f28d627f37f174467d399c8fcfaad019f28d62sm100/prefill_d128_fp8.py)e3424f1e441770396c6885a7185ba044e3424f1e441770396c6885a7185ba044Identical bytes -> identical O / LSE / Amax_O for that specialization by construction; the other 24 kernels take the same
one-line site edit and the same op body, and their site counts are pinned.
Tests (host, build box, worktree under
FROST_WORKTREE,-m "L0 or L1")Re-run 2026-09-23 on the REBASED 3-commit tree (
4efc394d;CUDA_PATH= the internal toolkit so the SASS pins find annvdisasmthat decodes sm_107a -- without it the 8 + 2 SASS-pin cases SKIP, they do not fail):sdpa/frost/test_tile_dsl_mask_bits.py+test/python/test_import_boundaries.py(the boundaries file lives attest/python/, not undersdpa/frost/)sdpa/frost/test_sdpa_fwd_dsl_sm107.py -k "mask_form or mask_site or sass_pins or register_to_predicate or pack_gqa_is_d128_only or strided_stats_is_not_ported"sdpa/frost/test_sm100_mask_form.pypytest --collect-only -q sdpa/frost/test_sdpa_fwd_fp8_sm100.py -m "L0 or L1" -o addopts=-m known_e5m2_edge_on_rubinlists exactly those five)Pre-rebase (2-commit tree, same box) for the record: 59 / 20 / 18 passed, plus
-k "pack_gqa_is_d128_only or declines_split_kv_and_pack_gqa or epilogue_gate_declines or gate_row"5 passed and-k "strided_stats_is_not_ported_beyond_d192 or pack_gqa_is_d128_only"2 passed (both now inside the 22 above).black -l 160: 33 files unchanged (commit 3's file re-checked: unchanged). Guardword scangit diff origin/develop | grep -nE 'uumn|FenceCode|/home/scratch|compute_arch|gitlab-master': empty on the rebased tree. SPDX headers untouched.Rubin run (commit 2 proof; cc 10.7, 204-SM part, one GPU, 2026-09-23, logs
frost_dev/mask_sass/pr3/rubin_{control_develop,branch}.log)8efd9510, the 97 ids (control)_skip_strided_stats_d256_on_rubin+ its host pin), 1 = the e5m2 THD tolerance edge belowThe 94 include every d192x128 mask / wide-SWA / leading-zero-KV / THD case, every d256 case but the two strided-Stats ids, the
whole d512 section (masks, output dtypes, sink, GQA, padded KV, stats, multi-tile, THD x7, head-dim envelope x8, floors) and
test_fp8_strided_stats_other_flavors[d192_d128_*].Newly exposed e5m2 THD tolerance edge -- DECIDED 2026-09-23 (commit 3: classified with the other four, known-edge marker scoped to the O comparison, NOT widened):
test_fp8_d192_d128_thd[e5m2-True-False](THD [200, 150] x [200, 150], H 8/8, e5m2, causal top-left) reads
max|O-ref| = 0.0409305 > atol 0.0400on the 204-SMdataset (the e4m3 THD params pass; e5m2 dense d192 passes). Same class as the three e5m2 ids already classified as
pre-existing dataset edges on develop's Rubin gates (
frost_dev/mask_sass/pr1/GATES.md:max|O-ref|0.0404-0.0409 vs 0.0400,identical to 17 digits on develop and branch; the shared e5m2 bound is
_half_atol= 4e-2, tightened by #971). This id wasnever RUN on cc 10.7 before, so it is new coverage, not a regression of this PR (the kernel is untouched by commit 2, and
commit 1 is byte-identical). Options for the lead / user: (a) classify with the other three as an e5m2 dataset edge and
track them together; (b) investigate whether the sm107 d192x128 fp8 THD path carries a real 1-ulp-class deviation (the
signature -- one e5m2 rounding step on a P/O value -- is the
assert_close_fp8_gradmidpoint-flip shape; an fp64 oracle atthis exact THD shape would settle it). Decision taken: (a) -- commit 3 marks all five as a known issue scoped to their O comparison; (b) stays
an optional follow-up.
Owed before ready-for-review
A decision on the e5m2 THD edge above-- TAKEN 2026-09-23 (user): classify all five as a known issue, scoped to the O comparison after the review,no tolerance change (commit 3
45e2c462). The fp64-oracle investigation of the e5m2 edges is an optional follow-up, not ablocker.
One more cc 10.7 pass of the FULL fp8 file on the final (rebased, 3-commit) tree so the counts are seen to land at-- DONE 2026-09-23 on fractal-ts2-128 GPU 1 against the final head208 passed / 22 skipped / 5 xfailed / 0 failed
00eb961d: 208 passed / 22 skipped / 5 xfailed / 0 failed (the 22 Rubin skips = 20 pack_gqa-wide ids + the 2 strided-Statsids), control develop
2c3783d74 failed / 114 passed / 117 skipped (the four known e5m2 ids), plus the sm107-k maskpins14 passed -- table "Rubin final run" below. The 97-id runs and the pre-rebase full-file runs are done (tables above).
00eb961d; after the review the third commit was re-scoped (45e2c462) -> force-push + Rubin re-proof table below, CI re-run.Full-file control (cc 10.7, 204-SM part, pre-rebase tree, logs
rubin_fullfile_{develop,branch}.log): develop8efd9510114 passed / 117 skipped / 4 failed; this branch at commit 2 208 passed / 22 skipped / 5 failed. The 4 develop failures are the known e5m2 0.04-bound dataset edges (d192_d128_output_dtypes[e5m2-bf16],pack_gqa_e5m2[d128],thd[True-e5m2],thd_sliding_window[False-e5m2-d128]); the 5th (d192_d128_thd[e5m2-True-False], 0.0409 > 0.0400) is newly un-skipped and of the same class. Commit 3 tracks exactly these five as a known issue scoped to their O comparison on cc 10.7 (user decision) -- no tolerance change; the final tree should read 208 passed / 22 skipped / 5 xfailed.Rubin final run (2026-09-23, fractal-ts2-128 GPU 1, develop
2c3783d7control, branch00eb961d): the final head is thexfail commit amended with two review nits (comment + reason wording only); the control is
.worktrees/dev-controlat develop2c3783d7. Three lanes, all throughfrost_dev/remote_run.sh(REMOTE_GPU=1,-o addopts= -rfExXs):2c3783d7, fullsdpa/frost/test_sdpa_fwd_fp8_sm100.py4 failed, 114 passed, 117 skipped, 1 warning in 463.06s (0:07:43)(REMOTE_EXIT=1 = the 4 failures)max|O-ref| > 0.0400, the four known e5m2 dataset edges):test_fp8_d192_d128_output_dtypes[e5m2-bf16]0.0406 ·test_fp8_pack_gqa_e5m2[d128]0.0423 ·test_fp8_thd[True-e5m2]0.0404 ·test_fp8_thd_sliding_window[False-e5m2-d128]0.040900eb961d, fullsdpa/frost/test_sdpa_fwd_fp8_sm100.py208 passed, 22 skipped, 5 xfailed, 5 warnings in 577.31s (0:09:37), REMOTE_EXIT=0, 0 failedtest_fp8_d192_d128_thd[e5m2-True-False](every reason = the_xfail_e5m2_edge_on_rubintext). The 22 skips (-rs): 2 x_skip_strided_stats_d256_on_rubin(:821) + 20 x_skip_pack_gqa_wide_on_rubin(:1123 x4, :1166 x10, :1212 x1, :1235 x3, :1261 x1, :1289 x1) -- no other skip reason00eb961d,sdpa/frost/test_sdpa_fwd_dsl_sm107.py -k mask14 passed in 33.09s, REMOTE_EXIT=0test_sm107_every_mask_site_calls_apply_mask_chunk[flavor{0..3}-{f16,fp8,mxfp8}]+ 2 masked-arm SASS pinstest_sm107_masked_softmax_sass_is_register_to_predicate[mxfp8-d512-causal_swa640],[fp8-d128-causal_padded]Logs:
frost_dev/mask_sass/pr3/rubin_final_control.log,frost_dev/mask_sass/pr3/rubin_final_branch.log,frost_dev/mask_sass/pr3/rubin_final_sm107_mask.log. Note on the magnitudes:test_fp8_pack_gqa_e5m2[d128]reads 0.0423on develop and branch alike in every full-file run (
rubin_fullfile_{develop,branch}.log,rubin_final_control.log) -- the"0.0404-0.0409" range quoted above (and in the xfail reason /
pr1/GATES.md, which tabulated the other three ids) covers four ofthe five; the class is unchanged (deterministic, identical on both trees, kernel untouched), the actual range is 0.0404-0.0423.
Rubin re-proof after the review (2026-09-23, fractal-ts2-128 GPU 1, branch
45e2c462= the scoped known-edge mechanism; controlunchanged: develop
2c3783d74 failed / 114 passed / 117 skipped):45e2c462, fullsdpa/frost/test_sdpa_fwd_fp8_sm100.py(-o addopts= -rfExXs)209 passed, 22 skipped, 5 xfailed, 5 warnings in 693.70s (0:11:33), REMOTE_EXIT=0, 0 failed (209 = the 208 of the previous run +test_known_e5m2_edge_is_scoped_to_the_o_compare)test_fp8_d192_d128_output_dtypes[e5m2-bf16]0.0406 ·test_fp8_pack_gqa_e5m2[d128]0.0423 ·test_fp8_thd[True-e5m2]0.0404 ·test_fp8_d192_d128_thd[e5m2-True-False]0.0409 ·test_fp8_thd_sliding_window[False-e5m2-d128]0.0409, allin (0.0400, 0.0425];Amax_Oasserted first on every one of them. The 22 skips are the same 20 pack_gqa-wide + 2 strided-Stats idsLog:
frost_dev/mask_sass/pr3/rubin_final2_branch.log.Codex follow-up (2026-09-24, head
10f88af1): intest_fp8_thd_sliding_windowthe independent Stats assertion(
assert_close(lse, lse_ref, atol=2e-2, rtol=2e-2)) followed_check, so a known-edge xfail would have skipped it; it now runsBEFORE
_check. The other four marked tests end with_check(no trailing assertion). Targeted Rubin re-run (fractal GPU 1,-k thd_sliding_window or known_e5m2_edge_is_scoped or d192_d128_thd or pack_gqa_e5m2 or fp8_thd):29 passed, 1 skipped, 4 xfailed,REMOTE_EXIT=0 -- the sliding-window e5m2 id still xfails on its O compare with Stats having passed first
(
frost_dev/mask_sass/pr3/rubin_final3_targeted.log). frost pipeline 69552928 on45e2c46:manual:frostpassed; the two red jobsare unrelated --
frost-sdpa:cutlass-rel:sm103exited 141 in its GPU-property bootstrap shell before pytest (CI infra), andfrost-sdpa:cutlass-4.8:sm107is the nightly's pre-existing failure (12 inherited strict XPASS ids; 3230 passed / 2011 skipped).Follow-ups (not in this PR)
Today the sm107 fp8 row (and the mxfp8 row) declares Stats on every flavor and
mismatch()has no per-flavor Stats-layoutfield, so a strided dense Stats graph is ADMITTED and then dies with a typed
NotImplementedErroratbuild_plans(a planthat enters the ranked list only to die in the lowering -- contract rules 1 / 8b). Either port the layout (the d256 f16
sibling's
lse_stridespath is the model; d128 / d192x128 fp8 already have it) or add a per-flavorCapabilitiesfield anddeclare it honestly -- with the
SUPPORT_MATRIX_TRACKER.mdrow (Rule S2) and accept + reject tests. Pinned until then bytest_sm107_fp8_strided_stats_is_not_ported_beyond_d192(invert the arm when it lands).the THD [200, 150] e5m2 causal shape would tell a dataset edge from a 1-ulp-class deviation -- not needed for this PR).
.claude/rules/frost-tile-dsl.mds10d) still describes theMASK_FORM = MASK_FORM_BITSper-kernelconstant and
apply_mask_chunk_form(..., form=MASK_FORM); update to "one op,apply_mask_chunk" when the PR merges -- DONE 2026-09-23 at PR-open (see STATUS).predicate_bitmask_belowcopies ontokeep_below_word/apply_mask_words; the mma.sync builders) are separate PRs with their own GPU A/Bs.🤖 Generated with Claude Code