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Stacked on #606 — only the last commit (eb268cf4b) is new; the rest is #606's content and will fall out of the diff when it merges.

Port of #606's design to SdpaFwdDslSm120 (f16 + per-tensor FP8): THD execute with zero device-to-host reads, CUDA-graph capturable. This closes the last forward-THD leg of #552_thd_host_lens is deleted from the adapter entirely, and the AGENTS Rule 3 THD known-violation entry is fully RESOLVED.

What made SM120 easy

Its kernels already had the dead-tile contract SM100 needed a decode sentinel for: the grid is per-sequence rectangular (ceil(max_sq/q_tile), B, H), per-sequence lengths are read from device metadata, and a tile past its sequence's real length zeroes its KV work and drains — with the O store predicated per row (store_q_seq_idx < seqlen_q) and the LSE store likewise, so past-the-length tiles write nothing.

The port

  • Envelope grid: thd_max_sq was already a runtime launch argument; it is now fed the PLAN-TIME declared S_q instead of the host-computed max of the live lengths — nothing is read from the length tensors.
  • Device-built metadata: a meta-only setup kernel (the SM100 builder's meta phase, extracted into a shared write_thd_meta body — SM120 has no per-batch O TMA descriptors to build) writes [kv | cu_q | cu_k] from the caller's length tensors, both forms, cu prefixes normalized.
  • Capacity views: _thd_pack loses both .tolist() syncs and the H2D upload; every ragged view binds its buffer's capacity (a token-major LSE joins the Q/O floor — they share one dynamic token symbol); the zero-KV clamp re-keys on capacity; the head-major head_stride cover checks join the caller contract (Rule 3). One _thd_pack serves the f16 and FP8 THD paths alike.

Tests

Mirroring #606: lens-never-reach-host (structural + numerics in both length forms), sync-debug-mode zero-sync execute, CUDA-graph capture/replay with lengths rewritten in-place between replays, cu nonzero-base normalization.

Verified on an RTX 5080 (sm_120, cuDNN 9.24): all 27 THD tests green; full f16+fp8 L0+L1 suites show an empty failure diff against the parent commit (10 pre-existing box failures on both sides, unrelated head_dim_tail_direct fp8 cases). The SM100 suite (481 tests) stays green on a B200 — the shared setup-kernel refactor is covered.

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  • New Features

    • Improved packed (THD) attention on supported NVIDIA architectures, including SM100 and SM120.
    • Supports GPU-resident sequence lengths in per-sequence and cumulative-prefix formats.
    • Supports changing sequence lengths during CUDA Graph replay without rebuilding plans.
    • Added FP8 packed-attention support for GPU-resident length metadata.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved handling of zero-capacity KV buffers and over-provisioned execution ranges.
    • Normalized nonzero-based cumulative sequence prefixes.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for synchronization-free execution, graph capture, dynamic lengths, and numerical correctness.

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THD execution on SM100 and SM120 now constructs sequence metadata on the device. Launch grids use plan-time envelopes, while runtime lengths remain device-resident. Tests cover synchronization, graph replay, normalization, dead units, zero-capacity KV storage, and supported shapes.

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Device-side THD metadata

Layer / File(s) Summary
Metadata contract and construction
python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/kernels/thd_sm100.py, python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/api_dsl.py
THD accepts per-batch lengths or cu-prefix inputs. Device kernels normalize offsets, write KV lengths, and update per-batch output descriptors.
THD packing and execution contract
python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/api_dsl.py
Packed views use device length tensors, capacity floors, runtime form metadata, and plan-time query-length envelopes. Dense calls pass null THD metadata arguments.
SM120 execution and wiring
python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/kernels/prefill_f16_sm120.py, python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/kernels/prefill_fp8_sm120.py
FP16 and FP8 launchers build THD metadata on the CUDA stream and pass dynamic fake tensors and runtime arguments through compilation.
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test/python/sdpa/frost/test_sdpa_fwd_dsl_sm100.py, test/python/sdpa/frost/test_sdpa_fwd_dsl_sm120.py, python/cudnn/AGENTS.md
Tests cover device-only lengths, synchronization-free execution, graph replay, nonzero-base prefixes, dead units, zero-capacity KV buffers, and supported shapes. The known-violations entry is marked resolved.

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This change targets zero-host-read, CUDA-graph-capturable THD execution, but the current code still has an explicit-stream race and FP8 THD paths that can read values back to the host and accept unsupported scale inputs, risking incorrect asynchronous behavior and contract violations. These issues should be fixed before merge.

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  participant Caller
  participant SM120Launcher
  participant THDMetadataBuilder
  participant AttentionKernel
  Caller->>SM120Launcher: device Q/KV lengths and lens_form
  SM120Launcher->>THDMetadataBuilder: launch metadata setup on stream
  THDMetadataBuilder->>AttentionKernel: normalized THD metadata
  SM120Launcher->>AttentionKernel: launch with plan-time envelope
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python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/kernels/prefill_d128_f16_sm100.py (1)

2017-2039: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Stale n_thd_units grid comment in both SM100 THD setup launches. Both flavors carry the copied comment that describes n_thd_units as "the exact flat batch-outermost grid (n_thd_units = Σ_b ceil(S_q_b/CGA_TILE_M)*QH, host-computed)". The adapter now passes SdpaFwdDslSm100._thd_unit_envelope(), which is the plan-time upper bound B * ceil(S_q_declared/CGA_TILE_M) * QH; units past the live total decode to the batch == n_batch sentinel and are dead. The shared root cause is one outdated description of the launch contract.

  • python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/kernels/prefill_d128_f16_sm100.py#L2017-L2039: replace "the exact flat batch-outermost grid ... host-computed" with the plan-time envelope description, and state that units past the live total are dead by kernel contract.
  • python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/kernels/prefill_d192_d128_f16_sm100.py#L2112-L2130: apply the same wording change to the identical comment above _build_thd_meta_o_descs_kernel.

The python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/kernels/prefill_d256_f16_sm100.py and python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/kernels/prefill_d512_f16_sm100.py setup launches keep only the ENVELOPE row-stride note, so they need no change.

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In `@python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/kernels/prefill_d128_f16_sm100.py` around lines 2017 -
2039, Update the launch comments above _build_thd_meta_o_descs_kernel in
python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/kernels/prefill_d128_f16_sm100.py#L2017-L2039 and
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* QH, with units beyond the live total decoding to the batch == n_batch sentinel
and treated as dead by the kernel contract. No direct change is needed in the
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python/cudnn/AGENTS.md (1)

96-99: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Consider moving the resolved item out of the "Known violations" list.

Lines 96-97 introduce the list as "Known violations, all pre-existing". The first bullet now begins with RESOLVED. The audit instruction at lines 132-134 tells a reader to grep this list for live violations. A resolved entry inside that list costs a reader one extra read to classify.

A separate "Resolved (reference implementations)" subsection would keep the violations list actionable and still preserve the porting reference.

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In `@python/cudnn/AGENTS.md` around lines 96 - 99, Move the resolved THD
cu_seqlens host cumsum entry out of the “Known violations” list into a separate
“Resolved (reference implementations)” subsection, preserving its reference
information while keeping the violations list limited to active issues.
test/python/sdpa/frost/test_sdpa_fwd_dsl_sm100.py (2)

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The first CUDA-graph replay assertion is satisfied by stale warm-up output in both graph-capture tests. Each test runs a warm-up execute with lengths [200, 150], which writes the correct output into o. torch.cuda.graph capture records the work without executing it and does not touch o. The first _check([200, 150]) after the first graph.replay() therefore passes even if the replay produced nothing. The shared root cause is one missing output-buffer reset between warm-up and first replay. The second phase in each test (lengths changed to [64, 33]) is load-bearing and does prove the replay honors device-resident lengths.

  • test/python/sdpa/frost/test_sdpa_fwd_dsl_sm100.py#L1278-L1285: add o.zero_() after the capture block and before graph.replay().
  • test/python/sdpa/frost/test_sdpa_fwd_dsl_sm120.py#L1152-L1159: add the same o.zero_() after the capture block and before graph.replay().
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In `@test/python/sdpa/frost/test_sdpa_fwd_dsl_sm100.py` around lines 1278 - 1285,
Reset the output buffer after CUDA graph capture and before the first graph
replay so the assertion cannot pass using warm-up data: add o.zero_() in
test/python/sdpa/frost/test_sdpa_fwd_dsl_sm100.py at lines 1278-1285 and
test/python/sdpa/frost/test_sdpa_fwd_dsl_sm120.py at lines 1152-1159, between
the capture block and graph.replay(). The execute and subsequent length-change
validation flows require no other changes.

1188-1199: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Both cu-prefix normalization tests bind one prefix tensor to both Q and KV, which narrows what they can detect. Each test passes the same cu tensor as seq_q_lens and seq_kv_lens. The tests do catch a one-sided normalization bug, because an un-normalized KV prefix shifts the KV offsets. They cannot catch a cross-wired subtraction, such as normalizing the KV prefix with the Q prefix's element 0, because the two prefixes are identical. Two independent bases close the gap at no extra runtime cost. Based on learnings, build_thd_meta_o_descs_kernel must normalize both the Q and the KV cu-prefix length tensors by subtracting element 0.

  • test/python/sdpa/frost/test_sdpa_fwd_dsl_sm100.py#L1188-L1199: give _run separate base_q and base_kv parameters, build two cu tensors, and add an assertion with distinct bases.
  • test/python/sdpa/frost/test_sdpa_fwd_dsl_sm120.py#L1181-L1192: apply the same separate-base change to this test's _run.
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In `@test/python/sdpa/frost/test_sdpa_fwd_dsl_sm100.py` around lines 1188 - 1199,
Update the `_run` helper in
test/python/sdpa/frost/test_sdpa_fwd_dsl_sm100.py:1188-1199 and
test/python/sdpa/frost/test_sdpa_fwd_dsl_sm120.py:1181-1192 to accept separate
`base_q` and `base_kv` values, construct independent Q and KV prefix tensors,
and add an assertion using distinct bases. Keep the tests validating that both
prefixes are normalized independently for `SdpaFwdDslSm100` and the
corresponding SM120 API.

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python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/kernels/prefill_fp8_sm120.py (1)

1313-1328: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Document the four THD launch parameters.

The docstring omits thd_max_sq, thd_q_lens, thd_kv_lens, and thd_lens_form. The f16 sibling documents all four at python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/kernels/prefill_f16_sm120.py lines 1314-1325. Add the same entries so both SM120 cells describe the identical launch contract.

📝 Proposed docstring addition
         :param o_scale_fused: ``descale_s * descale_v * scale_o``.
+        :param scale_s: cuDNN's Scale_S. Multiplies P before the e4m3 cast.
+        :param thd_max_sq: THD only: the PLAN-TIME declared S_q envelope (it
+            sizes the per-sequence grid without entering the compile cache
+            key; every runtime length is bounded by it, and tiles past a
+            sequence's real length drain without loads or stores); 0 /
+            ignored when dense.
+        :param thd_q_lens: THD only: the CALLER's Q length tensor — (B,)
+            per-batch lengths or (B+1,) cu prefix sums — consumed by the
+            setup kernel's device-side metadata build (issue `#552`). None
+            (folded out of the ABI) when dense.
+        :param thd_kv_lens: THD only: same for the KV side.
+        :param thd_lens_form: THD only: runtime bitmask — bit 0: Q is cu,
+            bit 1: KV is cu.
         :param stream: CUDA stream used for the launch.
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In `@python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/kernels/prefill_fp8_sm120.py` around lines 1313 - 1328,
Update the SM120 per-tensor FP8 FMHA kernel docstring to document thd_max_sq,
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In `@python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/kernels/prefill_d128_f16_sm100.py`:
- Around line 2017-2039: Update the launch comments above
_build_thd_meta_o_descs_kernel in
python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/kernels/prefill_d128_f16_sm100.py#L2017-L2039 and
python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/kernels/prefill_d192_d128_f16_sm100.py#L2112-L2130 to
describe n_thd_units as the plan-time envelope B * ceil(S_q_declared/CGA_TILE_M)
* QH, with units beyond the live total decoding to the batch == n_batch sentinel
and treated as dead by the kernel contract. No direct change is needed in the
d256 or d512 files.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@python/cudnn/AGENTS.md`:
- Around line 96-99: Move the resolved THD cu_seqlens host cumsum entry out of
the “Known violations” list into a separate “Resolved (reference
implementations)” subsection, preserving its reference information while keeping
the violations list limited to active issues.

In `@python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/kernels/prefill_fp8_sm120.py`:
- Around line 1313-1328: Update the SM120 per-tensor FP8 FMHA kernel docstring
to document thd_max_sq, thd_q_lens, thd_kv_lens, and thd_lens_form, matching the
corresponding entries in the f16 sibling’s launch contract.

In `@test/python/sdpa/frost/test_sdpa_fwd_dsl_sm100.py`:
- Around line 1278-1285: Reset the output buffer after CUDA graph capture and
before the first graph replay so the assertion cannot pass using warm-up data:
add o.zero_() in test/python/sdpa/frost/test_sdpa_fwd_dsl_sm100.py at lines
1278-1285 and test/python/sdpa/frost/test_sdpa_fwd_dsl_sm120.py at lines
1152-1159, between the capture block and graph.replay(). The execute and
subsequent length-change validation flows require no other changes.
- Around line 1188-1199: Update the `_run` helper in
test/python/sdpa/frost/test_sdpa_fwd_dsl_sm100.py:1188-1199 and
test/python/sdpa/frost/test_sdpa_fwd_dsl_sm120.py:1181-1192 to accept separate
`base_q` and `base_kv` values, construct independent Q and KV prefix tensors,
and add an assertion using distinct bases. Keep the tests validating that both
prefixes are normalized independently for `SdpaFwdDslSm100` and the
corresponding SM120 API.

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…, declared-S_q envelope grid, CUDA-graph capturable (issue NVIDIA#552)

Port of the SM100 design to SdpaFwdDslSm120 (f16 + per-tensor FP8), whose
kernels made it easy: the grid was already per-sequence rectangular
(ceil(max_sq/q_tile), B, H) with tiles past a sequence's real length
draining without loads or stores — the dead-tile contract SM100 needed a
decode sentinel for was built in.

- thd_max_sq, already a runtime launch argument, is now fed the PLAN-TIME
  declared S_q envelope instead of the host-computed max of the live
  lengths — nothing is read from the length tensors.
- A meta-only setup kernel (the SM100 builder's meta phase, extracted into
  a shared write_thd_meta body; SM120 has no per-batch O TMA descriptors
  to build) writes [kv|cu_q|cu_k] device-side from the caller's length
  tensors, both forms, cu prefixes normalized.
- _thd_pack loses both tolists and the H2D upload; every ragged view binds
  its buffer's capacity (a token-major LSE joins the Q/O floor — they
  share one dynamic token symbol); the zero-KV clamp re-keys on capacity;
  the head-major head_stride cover checks join the caller contract
  (Rule 3). Serves the f16 and FP8 THD paths alike.
- _thd_host_lens is deleted — no forward THD engine reads lengths to the
  host anymore; the AGENTS Rule 3 THD entry is RESOLVED for all of them.

Tests (mirroring SM100): lens-never-reach-host (structural + numerics in
both length forms), sync-debug-mode zero-sync execute, CUDA-graph
capture/replay with lengths rewritten in-place between replays, and the
cu nonzero-base normalization check. Verified on an RTX 5080 (sm_120):
all 27 THD tests green.

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1330-1330: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Resolve the Ruff E741 error.

Line 1330 uses the ambiguous identifier O. Rename it and its local uses to a non-ambiguous name such as o_view.

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In `@python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/api_dsl.py` at line 1330, Rename the ambiguous local
`O` created in the `_thd_view` call to a descriptive name such as `o_view`, and
update every use of that local within the surrounding method consistently.

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In `@python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/api_dsl.py`:
- Around line 2248-2251: In python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/api_dsl.py, update both
execution paths to resolve current_stream before any Torch tensor work: before
dense fallback length tensors near lines 2248-2251 and before FP8 fallback
allocation and Q/K/V conversion near lines 2370-2372. Ensure the resolved stream
is used for subsequent kernel launch ordering.
- Around line 2370-2372: Update the per-tensor FP8 THD path around the execute
arguments and _scalar() so execute() never reads device-resident scale values to
the host; pass supported scales through the device-side kernel ABI or reject
unsupported configurations before engine selection without execute-time
validation reads. Restrict descale_s and scale_s to the exact supported unit
values of 1.0 for SM100 and SM120 kernels.

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In `@python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/api_dsl.py`:
- Line 1330: Rename the ambiguous local `O` created in the `_thd_view` call to a
descriptive name such as `o_view`, and update every use of that local within the
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cutlass.Int32(0), # thd_max_sq: THD-only plan-time envelope grid extent
None, # thd_q_lens / thd_kv_lens / thd_lens_form: THD-only, folded out
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Resolve the launch stream before any Torch work. Both execution paths create or transform tensors before they resolve current_stream. An explicit caller stream can then launch the kernel before initialization on Torch's current stream completes.

  • python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/api_dsl.py#L2248-L2251: resolve the stream before dense fallback length tensors are created.
  • python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/api_dsl.py#L2370-L2372: resolve the stream before FP8 fallback allocation and Q/K/V conversion.
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  • python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/api_dsl.py#L2370-L2372
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In `@python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/api_dsl.py` around lines 2248 - 2251, In
python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/api_dsl.py, update both execution paths to resolve
current_stream before any Torch tensor work: before dense fallback length
tensors near lines 2248-2251 and before FP8 fallback allocation and Q/K/V
conversion near lines 2370-2372. Ensure the resolved stream is used for
subsequent kernel launch ordering.

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Split out deliberately to keep this PR scoped to the THD port: the Rule 5 fix (resolve the launch stream first, run the tensor prep — _to_bshd gather copies, the dummies' first-use zero-fill — and the copy-backs inside _torch_stream_context) ships as a follow-up PR covering both SM120 execute paths and the three SM100 sites with the identical pattern (dense f16, mxfp8, fp8), branch vagarwalla/frost-rule5-stream-order. The THD path this PR adds already resolves the stream before _thd_pack.

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@vedaanta, thanks for the scope clarification.

The THD path resolves the launch stream before _thd_pack. The dense SM120 and SM100 paths still need the Rule 5 stream-order update. I will keep this finding open because this PR does not include that update.

Would you like me to create a GitHub follow-up issue that links this PR and the review comment?

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Comment thread python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/api_dsl.py
…0 fp8 THD launch params (review)

Review follow-ups (CodeRabbit):
- Both CUDA-graph capture tests now clobber O before each replay — the
  warm-up had already produced the first expected answer, so the first
  assertion could be satisfied by stale output even if replay did nothing.
- Both cu-prefix normalization tests now bind DISTINCT Q/KV prefix tensors
  with different lengths and independently different bases (0/0 vs
  1000/7000) — a normalization that subtracts one side's base from the
  other could pass the shared-tensor version by accident.
- prefill_fp8_sm120.py: document the four THD launch parameters
  (thd_max_sq / thd_q_lens / thd_kv_lens / thd_lens_form), matching the
  f16 cell's docstring.

The execute-path stream-ordering comments (Rule 5) are deliberately NOT in
this PR — they touch the dense/fp8 paths beyond the THD port and ship
separately to keep this PR atomic.
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Review follow-ups landed in 847580f:

  • Both CUDA-graph capture tests now clobber O before each replay (the first assertion could previously be satisfied by stale warm-up output).
  • Both cu-prefix normalization tests now bind distinct Q/KV prefix tensors with different lengths and independently different bases (0/0 vs 1000/7000).
  • prefill_fp8_sm120.py: the four THD launch parameters are documented, matching the f16 cell.

Deferred, deliberately, to keep this PR scoped to the THD port:

  • Rule 5 stream-ordering of the dense/fp8 tensor prep → follow-up branch vagarwalla/frost-rule5-stream-order (covers both SM120 paths + the three SM100 sites with the same pattern).
  • fp8 _scalar descale readback → documented Rule 3 known violation; kernel-side device-fold is its own PR.
  • Stale n_thd_units grid comments in the SM100 setup launches + AGENTS.md known-violations bookkeeping → merged-code cosmetics, follow-up.

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🚀 Running mirror pipeline

Branch: cudnn-gh/pr-608-847580f
Pipeline: 62924985
Targets: frost

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Heads-up before this merges: #613 — the buf.numel() // ts token-extent heuristic (the SM120 _thd_pack site here, and the merged SM100 twin from #606) under-claims non-packed THD views (kv-interleaved / gap layouts: extent halves, silently wrong O — the #526 case class). Per the forced-extent matrix in #613, a corrected exact-addressable capacity is not sufficient either: the unit decode is extent-sensitive (ceil(t_q/CGA_TILE_M) must match the real total's), so the decode needs to read the device metadata rather than the extent. Full repro + data in the issue.

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