frost(sdpa): serve ragged S_kv tails on the f16 rows via synthesized padding - #581
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe SM100 FP16/BF16 engine now supports uncovered ragged KV tails through synthesized padding. Analyzer and end-to-end tests validate unmasked and widened-causal-band cases. ChangesSM100 ragged KV-tail padding
Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes Mergeability Score: ⚪ Minimal · up to The change enables synthesized padding for ragged S_kv tails on selected SM100 f16/bf16 paths, with reference-exact GPU tests reported. No actionable merge-blocking risk remains; the two new tests only need their required L0 markers added. Suggested labels: Suggested reviewers: 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5✅ Passed checks (5 passed)
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…padding A ragged S_kv (not a multiple of the 128 KV tile) with no mask covering the tail was rejected by the f16/bf16 SM100 rows while the FP8 row has always served it through skv_tail_via_padding: the lowering synthesizes full-length per-batch KV lengths (a workspace-carved (B,) int32) and the kernel's padded path masks the tail — mathematically identical, padded-path overhead only. Flip the same capability on the f16 factory (d128/d192x128/d256/d512 rows); no kernel or lowering changes. test_mhas_v2 routing (paged/bwd_ragged excluded, local pip-9.23 env): 877/2274 graphs on FROST (38.6%), up from 581/2273 (25.6%) — this flip and its combo unlocks account for ~296 graphs. Suite: the uncovered-tail rejection test becomes two served-via-padding tests (no-mask ragged tail per flavor + widened-band uncovered tail), and the analyzer probe test flips to accept; 2010 pass / 0 fail. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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In `@test/python/sdpa/frost/test_sdpa_graph_analyzer.py`:
- Line 517: Add the pytest L0 marker before the new test function
test_probe_accepts_ragged_skv_via_synth_padding in
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the new test in test/python/sdpa/frost/test_sdpa_fwd_dsl_sm100.py at lines
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| def test_probe_rejects_ragged_skv_without_padding_or_causal(): | ||
| # KV tail (S_kv % 128 != 0) is only masked on the padded / causal paths; | ||
| # a dense graph with a ragged S_kv would silently read the tail columns. | ||
| def test_probe_accepts_ragged_skv_via_synth_padding(): |
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Add a test level marker to both new tests.
test/python/sdpa/frost/test_sdpa_graph_analyzer.py#L517-L517: Add@pytest.mark.L0before the test.test/python/sdpa/frost/test_sdpa_fwd_dsl_sm100.py#L304-L306: Add@pytest.mark.L0before the test.
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In `@test/python/sdpa/frost/test_sdpa_graph_analyzer.py` at line 517, Add the
pytest L0 marker before the new test function
test_probe_accepts_ragged_skv_via_synth_padding in
test/python/sdpa/frost/test_sdpa_graph_analyzer.py at lines 517-517, and before
the new test in test/python/sdpa/frost/test_sdpa_fwd_dsl_sm100.py at lines
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One-capability flip, no kernel or lowering changes: the f16/bf16 SM100 rows (d128 / d192x128 / d256 / d512) now opt into
skv_tail_via_padding, the mechanism the FP8 row has always used for a raggedS_kv(not a multiple of the 128 KV tile) whose tail no mask covers — the lowering synthesizes full-length per-batch KV lengths (a workspace-carved(B,)int32) and the kernel's padded path masks the tail. Mathematically identical output; costs only the padded-path overhead.This was the top config-level item from the post-#485/#512 routing census (~207 graphs blocked solely by the tail rule, plus combos).
Routing impact (test_mhas_v2, paged/bwd_ragged excluded for the known local-env native IMA, pip cuDNN 9.23, B200): 877/2274 graphs on FROST (38.6%), up from 581/2273 (25.6%) at the parent commit — ~296 graphs.
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test_dsl_sm100_ragged_skv_tail_via_padding(no-mask ragged tail, per flavor) andtest_dsl_sm100_band_right_uncovered_tail_via_padding(widened band whose last unmasked column reaches pastS_kv— previously rejected, now served through the synthesized padding), both reference-exact on GPU.🤖 Generated with Claude Code
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