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Mojo struct
MlaMmaOp
struct MlaMmaOp[T: DType, config: MhaConfigV2]
MLA MMA op for MlaPrefillV2 / MlaPrefillV2Core.
Extends MhaMmaOp (re-exporting its shape constants / register-tile
layouts and delegating _swizzle_K_sub / mma_QK / mma_PV /
exp2_inplace_range) with the MLA FP8 32x32x64 fragment loaders
(load_K_frag, precompute_v_lane_base, load_V_from_lane_base,
load_V_frag) that stream K/V through a rotating in-register band
(the reference never materializes the whole V tile).
The split isolates these FP8 extensions from MHA: the
MhaPrefillV2 BF16 prefill path uses MhaMmaOp directly, so an edit
to MLA's FP8 fragment loaders can no longer perturb the MHA kernel's
BF16 load_K / load_V schedule (interleaving FP8 branches into the
shared whole-tile loaders opens a K/V DMA-vs-ds_read vmcnt race
in MhaPrefillV2).
MLA never calls the whole-tile load_K / load_V; it consumes
K/V fragment-at-a-time via the *_frag loaders. The whole-tile
loaders therefore stay on MhaMmaOp only.
Parametersβ
- βT (
DType): Element data type (FP8 e4m3 for the MLA prefill path). - βconfig (
MhaConfigV2): Shape configuration (MhaConfigV2, viaMlaConfigV2.mha()).
Implemented traitsβ
comptime membersβ
ATT_BF16_FULL_LAYOUTβ
comptime ATT_BF16_FULL_LAYOUT = MhaMmaOp[T, config].ATT_BF16_FULL_LAYOUT
ATT_BF16_SUB_LAYOUTβ
comptime ATT_BF16_SUB_LAYOUT = MhaMmaOp[T, config].ATT_BF16_SUB_LAYOUT
ATT_LAYOUTβ
comptime ATT_LAYOUT = MhaMmaOp[T, config].ATT_LAYOUT
DEPTHβ
comptime DEPTH = MhaMmaOp[T, config].DEPTH
FP8_MMA_K_128β
comptime FP8_MMA_K_128 = MhaMmaOp[T, config].FP8_MMA_K_128
FRAG_ELTSβ
comptime FRAG_ELTS = MhaMmaOp[T, config].FRAG_ELTS
K_LAYOUTβ
comptime K_LAYOUT = MhaMmaOp[T, config].K_LAYOUT
K_SUB_COLSβ
comptime K_SUB_COLS = MhaMmaOp[T, config].K_SUB_COLS
K_SUB_ROWSβ
comptime K_SUB_ROWS = MhaMmaOp[T, config].K_SUB_ROWS
KV_BLOCKβ
comptime KV_BLOCK = MhaMmaOp[T, config].KV_BLOCK
MMA_Kβ
comptime MMA_K = MhaMmaOp[T, config].MMA_K
MMA_Mβ
comptime MMA_M = MhaMmaOp[T, config].MMA_M
MMA_Nβ
comptime MMA_N = MhaMmaOp[T, config].MMA_N
O_LAYOUTβ
comptime O_LAYOUT = MhaMmaOp[T, config].O_LAYOUT
O_T_LAYOUTβ
comptime O_T_LAYOUT = MhaMmaOp[T, config].O_T_LAYOUT
PV_A_FRAG_ELTSβ
comptime PV_A_FRAG_ELTS = MhaMmaOp[T, config].PV_A_FRAG_ELTS
Q_BLOCK_SIZEβ
comptime Q_BLOCK_SIZE = MhaMmaOp[T, config].Q_BLOCK_SIZE
Q_LAYOUTβ
comptime Q_LAYOUT = MhaMmaOp[T, config].Q_LAYOUT
ROWL_HALF_LANESβ
comptime ROWL_HALF_LANES = MhaMmaOp[T, config].ROWL_HALF_LANES
ROWL_STRIDEβ
comptime ROWL_STRIDE = MhaMmaOp[T, config].ROWL_STRIDE
V_LAYOUTβ
comptime V_LAYOUT = MhaMmaOp[T, config].V_LAYOUT
V_SUB_COLSβ
comptime V_SUB_COLS = MhaMmaOp[T, config].V_SUB_COLS
V_SUB_ROWSβ
comptime V_SUB_ROWS = MhaMmaOp[T, config].V_SUB_ROWS
Methodsβ
mma_QKβ
static def mma_QK[T_att: DType, layout_att: TensorLayout, layout_k: TensorLayout, layout_q: TensorLayout, //](mut att: TileTensor[T_att, layout_att, MutUntrackedOrigin, address_space=AddressSpace.LOCAL], mut k: TileTensor[T, layout_k, MutUntrackedOrigin, address_space=AddressSpace.LOCAL], mut q: TileTensor[T, layout_q, MutUntrackedOrigin, address_space=AddressSpace.LOCAL])
QK MFMA: delegates to MhaMmaOp.mma_QK (body identical).
Parameters:
- βT_att (
DType): Element data type of the attention accumulatoratt. FP32 for the production path. - βlayout_att (
TensorLayout): Register-tile layout ofatt. Its height and width index output base tiles(n, m). - βlayout_k (
TensorLayout): Register-tile layout ofk. Its height (M-dim) must equallayout_att's height; its width (K-dim) must equallayout_q's width. - βlayout_q (
TensorLayout): Register-tile layout ofq. Its height (N-dim) must equallayout_att's width.
Args:
- βatt (
TileTensor[T_att, layout_att, MutUntrackedOrigin, address_space=AddressSpace.LOCAL]): Output attention accumulator register tile, updated asatt += k @ q^T. - βk (
TileTensor[T, layout_k, MutUntrackedOrigin, address_space=AddressSpace.LOCAL]): K register tile, the A-operand of the MFMA (M-outer). - βq (
TileTensor[T, layout_q, MutUntrackedOrigin, address_space=AddressSpace.LOCAL]): Q register tile, the B-operand of the MFMA (N-outer).
mma_PVβ
static def mma_PV[T_o: DType, layout_o: TensorLayout, layout_v: TensorLayout, layout_p: TensorLayout, //](mut o: TileTensor[T_o, layout_o, MutUntrackedOrigin, address_space=AddressSpace.LOCAL], mut v: TileTensor[T, layout_v, MutUntrackedOrigin, address_space=AddressSpace.LOCAL], mut p: TileTensor[T, layout_p, MutUntrackedOrigin, address_space=AddressSpace.LOCAL])
PV MFMA: delegates to MhaMmaOp.mma_PV (body identical).
Parameters:
- βT_o (
DType): Element data type of the output accumulatoro. FP32 for the production path. - βlayout_o (
TensorLayout): Register-tile layout ofo. Its height and width index output base tiles(n, m). - βlayout_v (
TensorLayout): Register-tile layout ofv. Its height (K-dim) must equallayout_p's height; its width (M-dim) must equallayout_o's height. - βlayout_p (
TensorLayout): Register-tile layout ofp. Its width (N-dim) must equallayout_o's width.
Args:
- βo (
TileTensor[T_o, layout_o, MutUntrackedOrigin, address_space=AddressSpace.LOCAL]): Output accumulator register tile, updated aso += v^T @ p. - βv (
TileTensor[T, layout_v, MutUntrackedOrigin, address_space=AddressSpace.LOCAL]): V register tile, the A-operand of the MFMA (K-outer). - βp (
TileTensor[T, layout_p, MutUntrackedOrigin, address_space=AddressSpace.LOCAL]): P register tile, the B-operand of the MFMA (K-outer, JIT-cast toSelf.Tfromatt_block).
exp2_inplace_rangeβ
static def exp2_inplace_range[T_att: DType, layout: TensorLayout, //, start: Int, end: Int](mut tile: TileTensor[T_att, layout, MutUntrackedOrigin, address_space=AddressSpace.LOCAL])
exp2 over a slice: delegates to MhaMmaOp.exp2_inplace_range.
Parameters:
- βT_att (
DType): Element data type of the attention tile. FP32 in the BF16 attention path; BF16 in the FP8 attention path's BF16 softmax. - βlayout (
TensorLayout): Register-tile layout oftile. Its third static-shape dim is the per-lane fragment width thatstartandendmust align to. - βstart (
Int): Starting per-lane element index of the slice, inclusive. Must be a multiple of the fragment width and lie in[0, total). - βend (
Int): Ending per-lane element index of the slice, exclusive. Must be a multiple of the fragment width and lie in[start, total).
Args:
- βtile (
TileTensor[T_att, layout, MutUntrackedOrigin, address_space=AddressSpace.LOCAL]): Attention register tile exponentiated in place over the[start, end)per-lane slice.
load_K_fragβ
static def load_K_frag[sub_id: Int](src: TileTensor[T, MutAnyOrigin, address_space=AddressSpace.SHARED]) -> SIMD[T, (Int((mul Int(128) if (eq #pop.dtype_to_ui8<#lit.struct.extract<:!lit.struct<_std::_builtin::_dtype::_DType> T, "_mlir_value">>, 73) if (eq #pop.dtype_to_ui8<#lit.struct.extract<:!lit.struct<_std::_builtin::_dtype::_DType> T, "_mlir_value">>, 73) else (eq #pop.dtype_to_ui8<#lit.struct.extract<:!lit.struct<_std::_builtin::_dtype::_DType> T, "_mlir_value">>, 74) or (eq #pop.dtype_to_ui8<#lit.struct.extract<:!lit.struct<_std::_builtin::_dtype::_DType> T, "_mlir_value">>, 75) or (eq #pop.dtype_to_ui8<#lit.struct.extract<:!lit.struct<_std::_builtin::_dtype::_DType> T, "_mlir_value">>, 76) or (eq #pop.dtype_to_ui8<#lit.struct.extract<:!lit.struct<_std::_builtin::_dtype::_DType> T, "_mlir_value">>, 77) or (eq #pop.dtype_to_ui8<#lit.struct.extract<:!lit.struct<_std::_builtin::_dtype::_DType> T, "_mlir_value">>, 78) and config.fp8_mma_k_128 else Int(64) if (eq #pop.dtype_to_ui8<#lit.struct.extract<:!lit.struct<_std::_builtin::_dtype::_DType> T, "_mlir_value">>, 73) if (eq #pop.dtype_to_ui8<#lit.struct.extract<:!lit.struct<_std::_builtin::_dtype::_DType> T, "_mlir_value">>, 73) else (eq #pop.dtype_to_ui8<#lit.struct.extract<:!lit.struct<_std::_builtin::_dtype::_DType> T, "_mlir_value">>, 74) or (eq #pop.dtype_to_ui8<#lit.struct.extract<:!lit.struct<_std::_builtin::_dtype::_DType> T, "_mlir_value">>, 75) or (eq #pop.dtype_to_ui8<#lit.struct.extract<:!lit.struct<_std::_builtin::_dtype::_DType> T, "_mlir_value">>, 76) or (eq #pop.dtype_to_ui8<#lit.struct.extract<:!lit.struct<_std::_builtin::_dtype::_DType> T, "_mlir_value">>, 77) or (eq #pop.dtype_to_ui8<#lit.struct.extract<:!lit.struct<_std::_builtin::_dtype::_DType> T, "_mlir_value">>, 78) else Int(16), Int(16) if (eq #pop.dtype_to_ui8<#lit.struct.extract<:!lit.struct<_std::_builtin::_dtype::_DType> T, "_mlir_value">>, 73) if (eq #pop.dtype_to_ui8<#lit.struct.extract<:!lit.struct<_std::_builtin::_dtype::_DType> T, "_mlir_value">>, 73) else (eq #pop.dtype_to_ui8<#lit.struct.extract<:!lit.struct<_std::_builtin::_dtype::_DType> T, "_mlir_value">>, 74) or (eq #pop.dtype_to_ui8<#lit.struct.extract<:!lit.struct<_std::_builtin::_dtype::_DType> T, "_mlir_value">>, 75) or (eq #pop.dtype_to_ui8<#lit.struct.extract<:!lit.struct<_std::_builtin::_dtype::_DType> T, "_mlir_value">>, 76) or (eq #pop.dtype_to_ui8<#lit.struct.extract<:!lit.struct<_std::_builtin::_dtype::_DType> T, "_mlir_value">>, 77) or (eq #pop.dtype_to_ui8<#lit.struct.extract<:!lit.struct<_std::_builtin::_dtype::_DType> T, "_mlir_value">>, 78) and config.fp8_mma_k_128 else Int(32))) // Int(64))]
Loads ONE K MFMA fragment (sub_id) from the K SMEM sub-view src and returns it as a SIMD value: the single-fragment factoring of the FP8 32x32x64 K-load inner loop.
Returning a SIMD value (rather than writing a register tile)
lets the caller stream fragments through a rotating in-register
band where each slot is a plain SSA value, sidestepping the
strided-register-sub-view write that lands on the wrong VGPRs
when a sub-tile of a larger reg_alloc is the destination at a
non-zero offset. The fragment feeds gpu_mma directly (the QK
A-operand).
sub_id is the K SMEM sub-block index; it enters only as a
comptime ds_read offset: immediate. The two per-lane swizzled
bases are loop-invariant in src.ptr, so across a caller's
unrolled per-fragment stream LLVM CSEs them to a single base
register pair (the reference's v226 single-base K pattern).
Constraints:
FP8 32x32x64 path only (MMA_K == 64).
Parameters:
- βsub_id (
Int): K SMEM sub-block index, entering only as a comptimeds_read offset:immediate.
Args:
- βsrc (
TileTensor[T, MutAnyOrigin, address_space=AddressSpace.SHARED]): K SMEM sub-view holding the swizzled K block, read at the per-lane swizzled offset forsub_id.
Returns:
precompute_v_lane_baseβ
static def precompute_v_lane_base[origin: Origin[mut=origin.mut], //, v_full_v227: Bool = False, v227_layout: Bool = False](v_slot_ptr: Pointer[Scalar[T], origin, address_space=AddressSpace.SHARED, _safe=False]) -> Pointer[Scalar[T], origin, address_space=AddressSpace.SHARED, _safe=False]
Computes the per-lane V LDS base pointer for the FP8 32x32x64 path ONCE per V SMEM slot (caller passes v_smem_<stage>.ptr). Hoisting this base out of the per-fragment readout collapses the per-call lane offset across all invocations from the same slot into ONE shared materialization, mirroring the reference's v227 base carried across the entire main loop. Caller threads the returned pointer into load_V_frag. Origin is propagated from the input slot so the returned pointer carries the slot's lifetime/mutability annotation.
Parameters:
- βorigin (
Origin[mut=origin.mut]): Pointer origin (lifetime / mutability provenance) of the V SMEM slot, propagated to the returned pointer so it carries the slot's annotation (inferred). - βv_full_v227 (
Bool): Referencev227V adapter per-lane READ base (Bool). Default False β byte-identical. When True, replaces the per-lane base ENTIRELY with the reference's exactv227formula (the WHOLE read map), a per-tr8-cycle bank-quadrant bijection that eliminates the V-transpose LDS bank conflict. This is HALF of the adapterR: the caller MUST also passv_full_v227=Truetoload_V_frag(the faithful readout cell) AND run the matching producer (SubTileLoaderLDS_st_8x32[v_full_v227=True]/MlaPrefillV2Core._dma_v[v_full_v227=True], theW); the three compose to the standard PV fragment (numerically equivalent). FP8 32x32x64 only. The default-on V LDS adapter forMlaPrefillV2; production MLA passesv_full_v227=False.-D v_full_v227. - βv227_layout (
Bool): Spell thev_full_v227per-lane READ base via CuTe Layout Algebra (crd2idxover a per-bitCoord) instead of the hand-rolled runtime bit arithmetic (Bool, only consulted whenv_full_v227is True). SAME mapping, different spelling, thev227base is bit-LINEAR over the bit-decomposed lane, so it iscrd2idx(lane, Coord(2,2,2,2,2,2), Coord(8, 0x80, 0x820, 0x1040, 16, 0x410))(the 2-bit field((v0>>2)&3)* 0x820splits to bit20x820 + bit30x1040). Mirrors the WRITE side (SubTileLoaderLDS_st_8x32[_v227_layout]); this is the no-underscore parameter form of the WRITE side's struct field_v227_layout, both driven by-D v227_layout. Numerically equivalent.-D v227_layout.
Args:
- βv_slot_ptr (
Pointer[Scalar[T], origin, address_space=AddressSpace.SHARED, _safe=False]): Base pointer of the V SMEM slot for a given stage (caller passesv_smem_<stage>.ptr). The per-lane read base is computed as an offset from this pointer.
Returns:
Pointer[Scalar[T], origin, address_space=AddressSpace.SHARED, _safe=False]
load_V_from_lane_baseβ
static def load_V_from_lane_base[layout_dst: TensorLayout](mut dst: TileTensor[T, layout_dst, MutUntrackedOrigin, address_space=AddressSpace.LOCAL], v_lane_base: Pointer[Scalar[T], address_space=AddressSpace.SHARED, _safe=False])
FP8 32x32x64 V load consuming a pre-computed per-lane base pointer (hoisted by the caller). Each call site adds ONLY comptime per-cell offsets to v_lane_base: no per-call per-lane base recomputation, no src.ptr indirection.
Collapses the 27 distinct V ds_read base VGPRs at KV=128 (one
per V-load Γ slot toggle) toward the reference's ~3-base pattern
(one per SMEM slot, carried across all calls from that slot).
Codegen-equivalent to the equivalent in-call recomputation
on the K=128 fast path (the AMDGPU backend recovers the same
ds_read offset:imm) but makes the kernel-level hoist explicit at
the source level.
Parameters:
- βlayout_dst (
TensorLayout): Register-tile layout ofdst. Its third static-shape dim must equalFRAG_ELTS.
Args:
- βdst (
TileTensor[T, layout_dst, MutUntrackedOrigin, address_space=AddressSpace.LOCAL]): Destination register tile for V, col_l layout. Written unswizzled. - βv_lane_base (
Pointer[Scalar[T], address_space=AddressSpace.SHARED, _safe=False]): Pre-computed per-lane V LDS base pointer (fromprecompute_v_lane_base), carrying the V SMEM slot's origin. Each call adds only comptime per-cell offsets to this base.
load_V_fragβ
static def load_V_frag[i_strip: Int, j_depth: Int, v_full_v227: Bool = False](v_lane_base: Pointer[Scalar[T], address_space=AddressSpace.SHARED, _safe=False]) -> SIMD[T, (Int((mul Int(128) if (eq #pop.dtype_to_ui8<#lit.struct.extract<:!lit.struct<_std::_builtin::_dtype::_DType> T, "_mlir_value">>, 73) if (eq #pop.dtype_to_ui8<#lit.struct.extract<:!lit.struct<_std::_builtin::_dtype::_DType> T, "_mlir_value">>, 73) else (eq #pop.dtype_to_ui8<#lit.struct.extract<:!lit.struct<_std::_builtin::_dtype::_DType> T, "_mlir_value">>, 74) or (eq #pop.dtype_to_ui8<#lit.struct.extract<:!lit.struct<_std::_builtin::_dtype::_DType> T, "_mlir_value">>, 75) or (eq #pop.dtype_to_ui8<#lit.struct.extract<:!lit.struct<_std::_builtin::_dtype::_DType> T, "_mlir_value">>, 76) or (eq #pop.dtype_to_ui8<#lit.struct.extract<:!lit.struct<_std::_builtin::_dtype::_DType> T, "_mlir_value">>, 77) or (eq #pop.dtype_to_ui8<#lit.struct.extract<:!lit.struct<_std::_builtin::_dtype::_DType> T, "_mlir_value">>, 78) and config.fp8_mma_k_128 else Int(64) if (eq #pop.dtype_to_ui8<#lit.struct.extract<:!lit.struct<_std::_builtin::_dtype::_DType> T, "_mlir_value">>, 73) if (eq #pop.dtype_to_ui8<#lit.struct.extract<:!lit.struct<_std::_builtin::_dtype::_DType> T, "_mlir_value">>, 73) else (eq #pop.dtype_to_ui8<#lit.struct.extract<:!lit.struct<_std::_builtin::_dtype::_DType> T, "_mlir_value">>, 74) or (eq #pop.dtype_to_ui8<#lit.struct.extract<:!lit.struct<_std::_builtin::_dtype::_DType> T, "_mlir_value">>, 75) or (eq #pop.dtype_to_ui8<#lit.struct.extract<:!lit.struct<_std::_builtin::_dtype::_DType> T, "_mlir_value">>, 76) or (eq #pop.dtype_to_ui8<#lit.struct.extract<:!lit.struct<_std::_builtin::_dtype::_DType> T, "_mlir_value">>, 77) or (eq #pop.dtype_to_ui8<#lit.struct.extract<:!lit.struct<_std::_builtin::_dtype::_DType> T, "_mlir_value">>, 78) else Int(16), Int(16) if (eq #pop.dtype_to_ui8<#lit.struct.extract<:!lit.struct<_std::_builtin::_dtype::_DType> T, "_mlir_value">>, 73) if (eq #pop.dtype_to_ui8<#lit.struct.extract<:!lit.struct<_std::_builtin::_dtype::_DType> T, "_mlir_value">>, 73) else (eq #pop.dtype_to_ui8<#lit.struct.extract<:!lit.struct<_std::_builtin::_dtype::_DType> T, "_mlir_value">>, 74) or (eq #pop.dtype_to_ui8<#lit.struct.extract<:!lit.struct<_std::_builtin::_dtype::_DType> T, "_mlir_value">>, 75) or (eq #pop.dtype_to_ui8<#lit.struct.extract<:!lit.struct<_std::_builtin::_dtype::_DType> T, "_mlir_value">>, 76) or (eq #pop.dtype_to_ui8<#lit.struct.extract<:!lit.struct<_std::_builtin::_dtype::_DType> T, "_mlir_value">>, 77) or (eq #pop.dtype_to_ui8<#lit.struct.extract<:!lit.struct<_std::_builtin::_dtype::_DType> T, "_mlir_value">>, 78) and config.fp8_mma_k_128 else Int(32))) // Int(64))]
Loads ONE V MFMA fragment (i_strip, j_depth) from the pre-computed per-lane V LDS base and returns it as a SIMD value: the single-fragment factoring of load_V_from_lane_base's FP8 32x32x64 inner (i, j) cell (the 4 paired-lane ds_read_tr8_b64 joined into one SIMD[FP8, 32]).
Returning a SIMD value (rather than writing a register tile) is
the V counterpart of load_K_frag; it lets the caller stream V
fragments through the SAME rotating in-register band K streamed
through (K and V have disjoint lifetimes: K is consumed in the QK
MFMAs before softmax, V in the PV MFMAs after, so the band's
registers are free for V by PV time). Each slot is then a plain
SSA value, sidestepping the strided-register-sub-view write that
lands on the wrong VGPRs at a non-zero offset, and avoids
materializing the whole 64-VGPR V_LAYOUT tile held live across
the softmax/exp/FP8 clusters (the reference never materializes V;
it transpose-reads V fragment-at-a-time through its reused
v[28:59] band). The fragment feeds mma_PV / gpu_mma
directly (the PV A-operand).
i_strip is the K-direction base tile (i_strip*MMA_K keys per
strip; 0 .. KV_BLOCK/MMA_K); j_depth is the depth tile
(j_depth*MMA_N cols; 0 .. DEPTH/MMA_N). Both enter only as
comptime ds_read_tr8_b64 offset: immediates, so across a
caller's unrolled per-fragment stream LLVM CSEs v_lane_base to
a single base-register set (the reference's v227 single-base V
pattern), the same hoist load_V_from_lane_base already relies
on.
Constraints:
FP8 32x32x64 path only (MMA_K == 64).
Parameters:
- βi_strip (
Int): K-direction base tile index. - βj_depth (
Int): Depth tile index. - βv_full_v227 (
Bool): Referencev227V adapter READ cell (Bool). Default False β OURst_8x32cell decode (byte-identical). When True, uses the faithful reference readout cell offseti_strip*0x2080 + j_depth*0x20 + r*0x100(r = subread 0..3) on top of thev227per-lane base (precompute_v_lane_base[v_full_v227=True]). This is theRof the adapterWβRpair; the producer (SubTileLoaderLDS_st_8x32[v_full_v227=True]/MlaPrefillV2Core._dma_v[v_full_v227=True]) MUST setv_full_v227=Truetoo, or V scrambles. The two compose to the standard PV fragment, bank-conflict-free (v227's per-tr8-cycle bank-quadrant bijection). FP8 32x32x64 only.
Args:
- βv_lane_base (
Pointer[Scalar[T], address_space=AddressSpace.SHARED, _safe=False]): Pre-computed per-lane V LDS base pointer (fromprecompute_v_lane_base), carrying the V SMEM slot's origin. Each call adds only comptime per-cell offsets to this base.
Returns:
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