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Summary

  • Add the public block_sparse_attention_fp8_forward API with lazy exports and a CUTLASS DSL 4.6.1 runtime gate.
  • Add private CuTe DSL kernels that quantize contiguous BF16 BHSD inputs to FP8 E4M3 using the Sage quantization recipe.
  • Extend the SM100/SM103 blk64 kernel with Sage FP8 execution and automatic split-KV selection.
  • Add a dedicated SM120 Sage FP8 blk64 forward kernel with sequence-tail, variable block-count, and batched block-size support.
  • Enable persistent CLC scheduling together with split-KV on the Blackwell blk64 path.
  • Update CUTLASS DSL converter and tcgen05 MMA compatibility, documentation, tests, and customer acknowledgements.

Motivation

BSA did not expose a forward-only Sage FP8 path. In addition, customer testing uncovered issues around split-KV persistent CLC scheduling and
compatibility with newer CUTLASS DSL converter and MMA interfaces.

The existing persistent scheduler did not explicitly encode and decode the split dimension in its work-tile mapping. This change adds that mapping
and updates split-range calculation so split-KV can run correctly with CLC scheduling.

User impact

Callers can pass contiguous BF16 Q, K, and V tensors to the new API. Quantization is performed internally and the API returns a contiguous BF16
output.

The implementation supports:

  • SM100/SM103 with the documented batch, head-count, and sequence-alignment constraints.
  • SM120 with sequence tails, fixed or variable sparse counts, and supported batched block_sizes layouts.

Validation

Run on an NVIDIA B300 SXM6 AC (SM103) with CUTLASS DSL 4.6.1:

  • test_BSA_attention_fp8.py: 19 passed
  • test_bsa_attention_forward_sm100_blk64_split_kv_clc_persistent_tiles: 1 passed
  • Targeted pre-commit hooks: passed
  • Python syntax compilation: passed

The SM120 runtime path was not executed locally because an SM120 GPU was not available.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added FP8 block-sparse attention for compatible NVIDIA GPU architectures.
    • Added a public forward API accepting BF16 or validated FP8 inputs and returning BF16 outputs.
    • Added automatic quantization, scaling, GQA packing, and split-KV execution.
    • Added support for SM100, SM103, SM110, and SM120 configurations.
  • Documentation

    • Expanded guidance on supported architectures, input requirements, runtime requirements, limitations, and output behavior.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved compatibility with newer CUTLASS DSL versions and FP8 operations.
    • Improved scheduling and workspace handling for large-query workloads.

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The pull request adds a public Sage FP8 block-sparse attention API. It quantizes BF16 inputs, dispatches architecture-specific kernels, supports split-KV scheduling, updates CuTe DSL compatibility, adds tests, and documents supported constraints.

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Sage FP8 block-sparse attention

Layer / File(s) Summary
Public API and Sage quantization
python/cudnn/block_sparse_attention/api.py, python/cudnn/block_sparse_attention/_fp8_quant.py, python/cudnn/block_sparse_attention/_interface.py, python/cudnn/block_sparse_attention/__init__.py, python/cudnn/__init__.py
Adds BF16 BHSD validation, Sage Q/K/V quantization, FP8 dispatch, lazy exports, scale handling, and o_tensor output.
SM100/SM110 FP8 kernel integration
python/cudnn/block_sparse_attention/csrc/fwd/sm100_blk64/*
Adds FP8 layouts, scale-aware softmax, E4M3 probability handling, V scaling, split-aware indexing, and output epilogues.
SM120 FP8 kernel
python/cudnn/block_sparse_attention/csrc/fwd/sm120_blk64/bsa_fwd_sm120_fp8.py
Adds the SM120 blk64 FP8 kernel with TMA pipelines, sparse tile loading, online softmax, FP8 GEMM, and BF16 output storage.
Split-KV scheduling and DSL compatibility
python/cudnn/block_sparse_attention/csrc/utils/*
Adds split-KV coordinates to CLC and static scheduling and adapts CuTe DSL and CUTLASS FP8 compatibility.
SM100 blk128 pipeline update
python/cudnn/block_sparse_attention/csrc/fwd/sm100_blk128/bsa_fwd_sm100.py
Issues PV MMA before waiting for the next K tile in the stage loop.
Validation, regression tests, and documentation
test/python/fe_api/bsa/*, docs/fe-oss-apis/bsa.md
Adds tests for exports, version gates, quantization, split selection, numerical accuracy, and deterministic split-KV execution. Updates Sage FP8 support and limitation documentation.

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python/cudnn/block_sparse_attention/_interface.py (1)

88-105: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Treat missing version components as zero.

The parser indexes parts[0..2] unconditionally. A two-component version such as "4.6" raises IndexError, which the handler converts to RuntimeError("Cannot parse CUTLASS DSL version ..."). The caller then sees a parse failure instead of the intended version comparison. Released nvidia-cutlass-dsl builds use three components, so this is robustness only.

♻️ Proposed change to tolerate short version strings
     try:
         parts = str(version).split(".")
         parsed = []
         for index in range(3):
+            if index >= len(parts):
+                parsed.append(0)
+                continue
             digits = ""
             for character in parts[index]:
                 if not character.isdigit():
                     break
                 digits += character
             if not digits:
                 raise ValueError
             parsed.append(int(digits))
         return tuple(parsed)
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@python/cudnn/block_sparse_attention/_interface.py` around lines 88 - 105,
Update _cutlass_dsl_version to treat omitted version components as zero by
safely iterating over the available parts and padding the parsed result to three
integers. Preserve existing validation and RuntimeError behavior for malformed
components.
python/cudnn/block_sparse_attention/csrc/fwd/sm100_blk64/bsa_fwd_helpers.py (1)

454-478: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Extract the shared PTX builders for the exchange-reduce helpers.

load_ops and store_ops here are identical to the generators in smem_exchange_reduce_store_bf16x32 at Lines 388-406. Only scale_load_ops and add_scale_ops are new. Hand-written PTX that is duplicated can drift silently when one copy changes.

Extract the two shared generators into module-level helpers, then build both variants from them.

♻️ Sketch of the shared builders
def _exchange_load_ops() -> str:
    return "\n\t".join(
        f"add.u32 addr_own, own, {group * 32 * 4 * 4};\n\t"
        f"add.u32 addr_partner, partner, {group * 32 * 4 * 4};\n\t"
        f"ld.shared.v4.b32 {{a{group * 4 + 0}, a{group * 4 + 1}, a{group * 4 + 2}, a{group * 4 + 3}}}, [addr_own];\n\t"
        f"ld.shared.v4.b32 {{b{group * 4 + 0}, b{group * 4 + 1}, b{group * 4 + 2}, b{group * 4 + 3}}}, [addr_partner];"
        for group in range(8)
    )


def _exchange_bf16_store_ops() -> str:
    return "\n\t".join(
        f"cvt.rn.satfinite.bf16x2.f32 p0, a{j + 1}, a{j + 0};\n\t"
        f"cvt.rn.satfinite.bf16x2.f32 p1, a{j + 3}, a{j + 2};\n\t"
        f"cvt.rn.satfinite.bf16x2.f32 p2, a{j + 5}, a{j + 4};\n\t"
        f"cvt.rn.satfinite.bf16x2.f32 p3, a{j + 7}, a{j + 6};\n\t"
        f"st.shared.v4.b32 [${2 + j // 8}], {{p0, p1, p2, p3}};"
        for j in range(0, 32, 8)
    )
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Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@python/cudnn/block_sparse_attention/csrc/fwd/sm100_blk64/bsa_fwd_helpers.py`
around lines 454 - 478, Extract the duplicated load and BF16 store PTX
generators into module-level helpers, such as _exchange_load_ops and
_exchange_bf16_store_ops, preserving their existing output exactly. Update both
smem_exchange_reduce_store_bf16x32 and the current scaled exchange-reduce
builder to call these helpers, while keeping scale_load_ops and add_scale_ops
local to the scaled variant.
python/cudnn/block_sparse_attention/csrc/fwd/sm120_blk64/bsa_fwd_sm120_fp8.py (2)

776-788: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Fix two misleading signatures in the helpers.

_convert_c_layout_to_a_layout_fp8 annotates a: cute.Layout, but the caller at Line 799 passes operand_layout_tv.shape[1], and the body calls cute.make_layout(a). The parameter is a shape, not a layout.

_finalize_softmax_fp8 is annotated -> cute.Tensor, but it returns the tuple (final_ratio, lse).

📝 Proposed fix
-def _convert_c_layout_to_a_layout_fp8(c: cute.Layout, a: cute.Layout) -> cute.Layout:
+def _convert_c_layout_to_a_layout_fp8(c: cute.Layout, a: cute.Shape) -> cute.Layout:
 def _finalize_softmax_fp8(
     row_max: cute.Tensor,
     row_sum: cute.Tensor,
     softmax_scale_log2e_m: cute.Tensor,
     exp_scale_log2: cutlass.Float32,
-) -> cute.Tensor:
+) -> Tuple[cute.Tensor, cute.Tensor]:

Also applies to: 1029-1034

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In
`@python/cudnn/block_sparse_attention/csrc/fwd/sm120_blk64/bsa_fwd_sm120_fp8.py`
around lines 776 - 788, Update the helper signatures for accurate types: change
the `a` parameter of `_convert_c_layout_to_a_layout_fp8` to the shape type
passed by its caller while preserving the existing `cute.make_layout(a)` usage,
and change `_finalize_softmax_fp8`’s return annotation from `cute.Tensor` to the
tuple type matching `(final_ratio, lse)`.

44-44: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Share the P quantization constant with the SM100 kernel.

self.softmax_p_scale_log2 = 8.0 encodes the same Sage probability scale as SAGE_P_QUANT_LOG2_SCALE = math.log2(SAGE_P_QUANT_SCALE) in python/cudnn/block_sparse_attention/csrc/fwd/sm100_blk64/bsa_fwd_sm100.py at Lines 50-51. The quantizer in python/cudnn/block_sparse_attention/_fp8_quant.py depends on the same E4M3 range contract. Two independent literals for one contract can drift.

Move the constant to a shared module and import it in both kernels.

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In
`@python/cudnn/block_sparse_attention/csrc/fwd/sm120_blk64/bsa_fwd_sm120_fp8.py`
at line 44, Move the shared Sage probability quantization constant from the
SM100 kernel’s local definition into a common module, then import and use that
symbol in both the SM100 kernel and the SM120 kernel’s softmax scaling setup.
Replace the literal assignment in the SM120 implementation and preserve the
existing log2 scale value and FP8 quantization contract.
python/cudnn/block_sparse_attention/csrc/fwd/sm100_blk64/bsa_fwd_sm100.py (1)

1018-1018: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Size the sVScale view to the whole allocation.

sVScale is allocated with v_scale_cache_size = self.head_dim_v_padded * len(self.correction_warp_ids) (512 entries for Sage FP8), but this view uses a layout of only self.head_dim_v_padded (128) entries. The correction staging at Line 2325 writes sVScale[warp_idx * self.head_dim_v_padded + col], which reaches index 511. The store resolves correctly today only because a rank-1 unit-stride layout maps any coordinate to coord * 1. Any future bounds assertion in the DSL layout call would break this path.

Build the view over the full cache size, and keep v_scale_warp_base for the raw-address reads.

🛠️ Proposed fix
-        sVScale = storage.sVScale.get_tensor(cute.make_layout(self.head_dim_v_padded)) if const_expr(self.is_sage_fp8) else sScale
+        sVScale = (
+            storage.sVScale.get_tensor(cute.make_layout(self.head_dim_v_padded * len(self.correction_warp_ids)))
+            if const_expr(self.is_sage_fp8)
+            else sScale
+        )
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@python/cudnn/block_sparse_attention/csrc/fwd/sm100_blk64/bsa_fwd_sm100.py` at
line 1018, Update the sVScale view construction in the forward setup to use the
full v_scale_cache_size allocation, including all correction warp entries,
instead of only self.head_dim_v_padded. Preserve v_scale_warp_base for
raw-address reads and leave the non-Sage-FP8 sScale path unchanged.
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rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

Inline comments:
In `@docs/fe-oss-apis/bsa.md`:
- Around line 169-178: Update the FP8 architecture documentation and related
support tables to include SM110 wherever the currently documented “SM100/SM103”
contract is referenced. Keep the existing constraints and behavior unchanged,
and align the architecture naming with the runtime/API symbols that identify
this path as SM100/SM110.

In `@python/cudnn/block_sparse_attention/_fp8_quant.py`:
- Around line 148-162: Update the amax reduction in the loop identified by
K_ELEMS_PER_THREAD so padded rows with seq_idx >= seqlen_k do not contribute to
local_amax. Continue computing centered[elem_idx] as needed, but guard the
cute.arch.fmax update with is_valid so block_scale reflects only valid K rows
while preserving the existing behavior for valid elements.

In `@python/cudnn/block_sparse_attention/_interface.py`:
- Around line 1672-1691: The FP8 path passes the heuristic result from
_sm100_blk64_auto_fp8_kv_splits directly as kv_splits, preventing workspace
fallback. Update the bsa_attn_fwd_blk64_cutedsl call to pass the
fallback-enabled form of this internally selected split count, preserving the
heuristic result while allowing it to reduce kv_splits when workspace is
insufficient.

In `@python/cudnn/block_sparse_attention/csrc/fwd/sm100_blk64/bsa_fwd_sm100.py`:
- Around line 1792-1816: Update the synchronization around publish_k_scales and
its consumer softmax_step: retain fence_view_async_shared() before
PipelineUmmaAsync.producer_commit(), then add an explicit CTA-scope acquire
fence after the relaxed mbarrier wait and before reading sKScale. Use the
existing synchronization primitives and ensure the acquire occurs on the
consumer path before generic shared-memory loads.

In
`@python/cudnn/block_sparse_attention/csrc/fwd/sm120_blk64/bsa_fwd_sm120_fp8.py`:
- Line 127: Update the TMA load barriers comment to state that K/V use a
single-stage ring buffer, matching the kv_stage configuration and disabled
second prologue preload.

In `@test/python/fe_api/bsa/test_BSA_attention_forward.py`:
- Around line 284-294: Update the three-way split test around
BSA.block_sparse_attention_forward so attention_reference independently computes
the expected output for this input. Compare both the static result and the CLC
result against that reference using the existing reference-module patterns and
dtype-appropriate tolerances, rather than comparing the two production modes
only.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@python/cudnn/block_sparse_attention/_interface.py`:
- Around line 88-105: Update _cutlass_dsl_version to treat omitted version
components as zero by safely iterating over the available parts and padding the
parsed result to three integers. Preserve existing validation and RuntimeError
behavior for malformed components.

In `@python/cudnn/block_sparse_attention/csrc/fwd/sm100_blk64/bsa_fwd_helpers.py`:
- Around line 454-478: Extract the duplicated load and BF16 store PTX generators
into module-level helpers, such as _exchange_load_ops and
_exchange_bf16_store_ops, preserving their existing output exactly. Update both
smem_exchange_reduce_store_bf16x32 and the current scaled exchange-reduce
builder to call these helpers, while keeping scale_load_ops and add_scale_ops
local to the scaled variant.

In `@python/cudnn/block_sparse_attention/csrc/fwd/sm100_blk64/bsa_fwd_sm100.py`:
- Line 1018: Update the sVScale view construction in the forward setup to use
the full v_scale_cache_size allocation, including all correction warp entries,
instead of only self.head_dim_v_padded. Preserve v_scale_warp_base for
raw-address reads and leave the non-Sage-FP8 sScale path unchanged.

In
`@python/cudnn/block_sparse_attention/csrc/fwd/sm120_blk64/bsa_fwd_sm120_fp8.py`:
- Around line 776-788: Update the helper signatures for accurate types: change
the `a` parameter of `_convert_c_layout_to_a_layout_fp8` to the shape type
passed by its caller while preserving the existing `cute.make_layout(a)` usage,
and change `_finalize_softmax_fp8`’s return annotation from `cute.Tensor` to the
tuple type matching `(final_ratio, lse)`.
- Line 44: Move the shared Sage probability quantization constant from the SM100
kernel’s local definition into a common module, then import and use that symbol
in both the SM100 kernel and the SM120 kernel’s softmax scaling setup. Replace
the literal assignment in the SM120 implementation and preserve the existing
log2 scale value and FP8 quantization contract.
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Comment thread docs/fe-oss-apis/bsa.md
Comment on lines +169 to +178
The architecture-specific FP8 contracts are:

- SM100/SM103 requires `B=1`, `H` equal to 4 or 8, and both sequence lengths
to be multiples of 64. It uses fixed `block_sparse_num` with full 64-token
KV blocks; `q2k_block_nums` and `block_sizes` are not supported. Split-KV is
selected internally, and the public FP8 API does not expose `kv_splits` or
`use_clc`.
- SM120 accepts any positive batch and head counts, non-aligned Q/KV sequence
tails, fixed or per-query-block counts, and `block_sizes` shaped `(N_kv,)`,
`(B, N_kv)`, or `(B, H, N_kv)`. It does not use split-KV.

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Document SM110 alongside SM100/SM103.

The code gates this path on arch // 10 in {10, 11}, so compute-capability major 11 (SM110) is accepted. The runtime errors also name it: api.py line 327 raises "SM100/SM110 Sage FP8 requires B=1 and H in {4, 8}". This section and the forward table at line 227 name only "SM100/SM103". A user on SM110 sees a supported runtime path and an error string that the documentation does not mention.

Align the architecture names in the FP8 section and in the support tables with the names used by the code.

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Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@docs/fe-oss-apis/bsa.md` around lines 169 - 178, Update the FP8 architecture
documentation and related support tables to include SM110 wherever the currently
documented “SM100/SM103” contract is referenced. Keep the existing constraints
and behavior unchanged, and align the architecture naming with the runtime/API
symbols that identify this path as SM100/SM110.

Comment on lines +148 to +162
for elem_idx in cutlass.range_constexpr(self.K_ELEMS_PER_THREAD):
block_offset = local_offset + elem_idx
row_offset = block_offset // self.HEAD_DIM
dim_idx = block_offset - row_offset * self.HEAD_DIM
seq_idx = seq_start + row_offset
is_valid = seq_idx < seqlen_k
raw_value = Float32(0.0)
if is_valid:
raw_value = mK[group_base + seq_idx * self.HEAD_DIM + dim_idx].to(Float32)
centered_value = raw_value - mKMean[group_idx * self.HEAD_DIM + dim_idx]
centered[elem_idx] = centered_value
local_amax = cute.arch.fmax(
local_amax,
cute.arch.fmax(centered_value, -centered_value),
)

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Exclude padded K rows from the block amax.

The loop computes centered_value for every element of the 16-row block. For rows with seq_idx >= seqlen_k, raw_value stays 0.0, so centered_value becomes -mKMean[dim_idx]. That value still enters local_amax and therefore inflates block_scale for the final partial block. The store loop already skips those rows, so the inflated scale only reduces E4M3 resolution for the valid tail rows.

SM100/SM110 requires seqlen_k % 64 == 0, so this path is unaffected. SM120 accepts sequence tails, so a partial 16-row block is reachable there.

🐛 Proposed fix to guard the amax reduction
             centered_value = raw_value - mKMean[group_idx * self.HEAD_DIM + dim_idx]
             centered[elem_idx] = centered_value
-            local_amax = cute.arch.fmax(
-                local_amax,
-                cute.arch.fmax(centered_value, -centered_value),
-            )
+            if is_valid:
+                local_amax = cute.arch.fmax(
+                    local_amax,
+                    cute.arch.fmax(centered_value, -centered_value),
+                )
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for elem_idx in cutlass.range_constexpr(self.K_ELEMS_PER_THREAD):
block_offset = local_offset + elem_idx
row_offset = block_offset // self.HEAD_DIM
dim_idx = block_offset - row_offset * self.HEAD_DIM
seq_idx = seq_start + row_offset
is_valid = seq_idx < seqlen_k
raw_value = Float32(0.0)
if is_valid:
raw_value = mK[group_base + seq_idx * self.HEAD_DIM + dim_idx].to(Float32)
centered_value = raw_value - mKMean[group_idx * self.HEAD_DIM + dim_idx]
centered[elem_idx] = centered_value
local_amax = cute.arch.fmax(
local_amax,
cute.arch.fmax(centered_value, -centered_value),
)
for elem_idx in cutlass.range_constexpr(self.K_ELEMS_PER_THREAD):
block_offset = local_offset + elem_idx
row_offset = block_offset // self.HEAD_DIM
dim_idx = block_offset - row_offset * self.HEAD_DIM
seq_idx = seq_start + row_offset
is_valid = seq_idx < seqlen_k
raw_value = Float32(0.0)
if is_valid:
raw_value = mK[group_base + seq_idx * self.HEAD_DIM + dim_idx].to(Float32)
centered_value = raw_value - mKMean[group_idx * self.HEAD_DIM + dim_idx]
centered[elem_idx] = centered_value
if is_valid:
local_amax = cute.arch.fmax(
local_amax,
cute.arch.fmax(centered_value, -centered_value),
)
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In `@python/cudnn/block_sparse_attention/_fp8_quant.py` around lines 148 - 162,
Update the amax reduction in the loop identified by K_ELEMS_PER_THREAD so padded
rows with seq_idx >= seqlen_k do not contribute to local_amax. Continue
computing centered[elem_idx] as needed, but guard the cute.arch.fmax update with
is_valid so block_scale reflects only valid K rows while preserving the existing
behavior for valid elements.

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cg = pipeline.CooperativeGroup(pipeline.Agent.Thread)

# TMA load barriers. K/V use a 2-stage ring buffer.

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Correct the stale pipeline comment.

The comment states that K/V use a 2-stage ring buffer, but self.kv_stage = 1 at Line 52. The single-stage configuration also removes the second prologue preload at Lines 326-348 through const_expr. Update the comment so the stage count matches the configuration.

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-        # TMA load barriers. K/V use a 2-stage ring buffer.
+        # TMA load barriers. K/V use a `self.kv_stage`-deep ring buffer.
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# TMA load barriers. K/V use a 2-stage ring buffer.
# TMA load barriers. K/V use a `self.kv_stage`-deep ring buffer.
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Comment on lines +284 to +294
reference = BSA.block_sparse_attention_forward(
q,
k,
v,
q2k,
num_kv_blocks,
block_sizes,
sparse_block_size=block_size,
use_clc=False,
kv_splits=kv_splits,
)

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Use an independent attention reference for the three-way split.

reference is a static production result, not a reference implementation. The checks at Lines 321-324 cannot detect an error that affects both scheduler modes or their common split-range logic. Compare the static and CLC results with attention_reference for this input.

Proposed test update
     reference = BSA.block_sparse_attention_forward(
         q,
         k,
         v,
         q2k,
         num_kv_blocks,
         block_sizes,
         sparse_block_size=block_size,
         use_clc=False,
         kv_splits=kv_splits,
     )
+    mask = block_sparse_mask(q2k, num_kv_blocks, block_sizes, seqlen_q, seqlen_k, block_size)
+    o_ref, lse_ref = attention_reference(q, k, v, mask)
+    torch.testing.assert_close(reference["o_tensor"].float(), o_ref, rtol=3e-2, atol=3e-2)
+    torch.testing.assert_close(reference["lse_tensor"], lse_ref, rtol=2e-3, atol=2e-3)
     torch.cuda.synchronize()
@@
     torch.testing.assert_close(actual["o_tensor"], reference["o_tensor"], rtol=3e-2, atol=3e-2)
     torch.testing.assert_close(actual["lse_tensor"], reference["lse_tensor"], rtol=2e-3, atol=2e-3)
+    torch.testing.assert_close(actual["o_tensor"].float(), o_ref, rtol=3e-2, atol=3e-2)
+    torch.testing.assert_close(actual["lse_tensor"], lse_ref, rtol=2e-3, atol=2e-3)

As per coding guidelines, “Compare test results against a reference implementation using existing reference-module patterns and dtype-appropriate tolerances.”

Also applies to: 321-324

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In `@test/python/fe_api/bsa/test_BSA_attention_forward.py` around lines 284 - 294,
Update the three-way split test around BSA.block_sparse_attention_forward so
attention_reference independently computes the expected output for this input.
Compare both the static result and the CLC result against that reference using
the existing reference-module patterns and dtype-appropriate tolerances, rather
than comparing the two production modes only.

Source: Coding guidelines

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