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Tried to decouple the always cpu <=> c++, cuda <=> triton assumption. Tried to keep it relatively simple by just guarding things more specifically, at the moment.

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Looks good ! sorry I missed this earlier.

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charlie-wt commented Aug 4, 2025

gonna take a look at how recent changes to the inductor config affect this

i've added a bit to try_patch_inductor_backend_config to accommodate the per-device custom configs—i'm presuming people might have their own custom config module, for their custom device with custom backend classes, and would want try_patch to work with that.

however, i still try to patch in the global config module, since all the current codegen stuff for the built-in backends on cpu/cuda will be using those objects too.

Also specify an `inductor_backend` for MTIA
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bump @eellison : does the recent change sound reasonable to you? would be good to have a re-approval before merging

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Reverted #161117 on behalf of https://github.com/atalman due to will need to revert to unblock revert of #151314 ([comment](#161117 (comment)))
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# Summary
This adds a few more render functions available to template writers, specifically get_output and modification. The reasons why are more clear in the next PR in this stack.

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Majority of the new cod is around the OpOverrides for CuTe DSL. It is alot to test and most of the actual testing I have been doing is via score_mods to the flash_attention at the next layer of this stack.

A bunch of score mods that me and Claude came up with , that exercise the actual ops.
``` Py

def causal_mask(score, b, h, q_idx, kv_idx):
    """Causal attention mask."""
    return torch.where(q_idx >= kv_idx, score, float("-inf"))

def relative_bias(score, b, h, token_q, token_kv):
    """Relative position bias."""
    return score + torch.abs(token_q - token_kv)

def relative_bias_v2(score, b, h, token_q, token_kv):
    """Relative position bias with factor of 2."""
    return score + 2 * torch.abs(token_q - token_kv)

def times_two(score, b, h, q_idx, kv_idx):
    """Simple score modification that doubles the score."""
    return score * 2

def alibi_bias(score, b, h, q_idx, kv_idx):
    """ALiBi (Attention with Linear Biases) - used in some modern models."""
    # Different slopes for different heads
    slope = 2 ** (-8 * (h + 1) / 8)  # Simplified version
    return score - slope * torch.abs(q_idx - kv_idx)

def sliding_window(score, b, h, q_idx, kv_idx, window_size=256):
    """Sliding window attention - only attend to nearby tokens."""
    return torch.where(
        torch.abs(q_idx - kv_idx) <= window_size,
        score,
        float("-inf")
    )

def block_diagonal(score, b, h, q_idx, kv_idx, block_size=64):
    """Block diagonal attention pattern."""
    q_block = q_idx // block_size
    kv_block = kv_idx // block_size
    return torch.where(q_block == kv_block, score, float("-inf"))

def additive_bias(score, b, h, q_idx, kv_idx):
    """Test simple addition with position-based bias."""
    return score + (q_idx + kv_idx) * 0.01

def multiplicative_decay(score, b, h, q_idx, kv_idx):
    """Test multiplication with distance-based decay."""
    distance = torch.abs(q_idx - kv_idx)
    return score * torch.exp(-0.1 * distance)

def sine_wave_bias(score, b, h, q_idx, kv_idx):
    """Test trigonometric functions."""
    return score + 0.1 * torch.sin(2 * math.pi * (q_idx - kv_idx) / 64)

def log_distance_penalty(score, b, h, q_idx, kv_idx):
    """Test logarithmic operations."""
    distance = torch.abs(q_idx - kv_idx).float()
    return score - torch.log(1 + distance)

def alternating_mask(score, b, h, q_idx, kv_idx):
    """Test with alternating pattern - good for branch prediction."""
    return torch.where((q_idx + kv_idx) % 2 == 0, score, float("-inf"))

def head_specific_pattern(score, b, h, q_idx, kv_idx):
    """Different behavior per attention head."""
    even_head = h % 2 == 0
    causal = q_idx >= kv_idx
    return torch.where(even_head & causal, score, float("-inf"))

def sparse_strided(score, b, h, q_idx, kv_idx, stride=4):
    """Sparse attention with strided pattern."""
    return torch.where(
        (kv_idx % stride == 0) | (q_idx == kv_idx),
        score,
        float("-inf")
    )

def causal_with_global(score, b, h, q_idx, kv_idx):
    """Causal mask but first few tokens are globally attended."""
    is_causal = q_idx >= kv_idx
    is_global = kv_idx < 4
    return torch.where(is_causal | is_global, score, float("-inf"))

def dilated_attention(score, b, h, q_idx, kv_idx, dilation_rate=2):
    """Dilated attention pattern - exponentially increasing gaps."""
    distance = torch.abs(q_idx - kv_idx)
    is_attended = (distance == 0) | ((distance > 0) & ((distance & (distance - 1)) == 0))
    return torch.where(is_attended, score, float("-inf"))

```

Example outputs:
```
[Test Suite]
Config: batch=4, heads=32, seq_q=8192, seq_kv=8192, dim=128

[Test 1: none]
[No score_mod, flash='enabled'] Found flash_attncute: True
[No score_mod, flash='disabled'] Found flash_attncute: False
✓ Outputs match between flash enabled/disabled
✓ Output matches eager SDPA (rtol=0.001, atol=0.001)

[Test 2: causal]
[With score_mod, flash='enabled'] Found flash_attncute: True
[With score_mod, flash='disabled'] Found flash_attncute: False
✗ Outputs differ between flash modes: Tensor-likes are not close!

Mismatched elements: 17879 / 134217728 (0.0%)
Greatest absolute difference: 0.0078125 at index (0, 15, 15, 60) (up to 0.001 allowed)
Greatest relative difference: 2.5 at index (3, 22, 153, 126) (up to 0.001 allowed)

[Test 3: rel_bias]
[With score_mod, flash='enabled'] Found flash_attncute: True
[With score_mod, flash='disabled'] Found flash_attncute: False
✗ Outputs differ between flash modes: Tensor-likes are not close!

Mismatched elements: 12836 / 134217728 (0.0%)
Greatest absolute difference: 0.015625 at index (0, 3, 2775, 84) (up to 0.001 allowed)
Greatest relative difference: 11.8125 at index (3, 28, 4095, 76) (up to 0.001 allowed)

[Test 4: rel_bias_v2]
```

This is bfloat16 and there are no major differences. The list of pointwise ops here isn't exhaustive but it is fairly covering

Pull Request resolved: #161117
Approved by: https://github.com/mlazos
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Reverted #151314 on behalf of https://github.com/atalman due to sorry change is faling internally ([comment](#151314 (comment)))
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atalman commented Aug 27, 2025

Here is the stack trace of torch that I see

 File "/torch/_inductor/compile_fx.py", line 2135, in compile_fx
    return compile_fx(
           ^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/torch/_inductor/compile_fx.py", line 2569, in compile_fx
    return aot_autograd(
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/torch/_dynamo/backends/common.py", line 117, in __call__
    cg = aot_module_simplified(gm, example_inputs, **self.kwargs)
         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/torch/_functorch/aot_autograd.py", line 1106, in aot_module_simplified
    compiled_fn, _ = aot_stage2_compile(aot_state, aot_graph_capture)
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/torch/_functorch/_aot_autograd/graph_compile.py", line 242, in aot_stage2_compile
    return aot_stage2_inference(aot_state, aot_graph_capture)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/torch/_functorch/_aot_autograd/graph_compile.py", line 315, in aot_stage2_inference
    compiled_fw = compiler(fw_module, updated_flat_args)
                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/torch/_functorch/_aot_autograd/schemas.py", line 1267, in __call__
    return self.compiler_fn(gm, example_inputs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/torch/_inductor/compile_fx.py", line 2423, in fw_compiler_base
    return inner_compile(
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/fbcode/platform010/lib/python3.12/contextlib.py", line 81, in inner
    return func(*args, **kwds)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/torch/_inductor/compile_fx.py", line 779, in compile_fx_inner
    return wrap_compiler_debug(_compile_fx_inner, compiler_name="inductor")(
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/torch/_dynamo/repro/after_aot.py", line 144, in debug_wrapper
    inner_compiled_fn = compiler_fn(gm, example_inputs)
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/torch/_inductor/fb/utils.py", line 167, in newFunction
    return old_func(*args, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/torch/_inductor/compile_fx.py", line 960, in _compile_fx_inner
    mb_compiled_graph = fx_codegen_and_compile(
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/torch/_inductor/compile_fx.py", line 1673, in fx_codegen_and_compile
    return scheme.codegen_and_compile(gm, example_inputs, inputs_to_check, graph_kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/torch/_inductor/compile_fx.py", line 1525, in codegen_and_compile
    compiled_module = graph.compile_to_module()
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/torch/_inductor/graph.py", line 2319, in compile_to_module
    return self._compile_to_module()
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/torch/_inductor/graph.py", line 2325, in _compile_to_module
    self.codegen_with_cpp_wrapper() if self.cpp_wrapper else self.codegen()
                                                             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/torch/_inductor/graph.py", line 2264, in codegen
    self.scheduler.codegen()
  File "/torch/_inductor/scheduler.py", line 4867, in codegen
    else self._codegen(self.nodes)
         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/torch/_inductor/scheduler.py", line 5024, in _codegen
    self.get_backend(device).codegen_node(node)
  File "/torch/_inductor/codegen/simd.py", line 1401, in codegen_node
    return self.codegen_node_schedule(
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/torch/_inductor/codegen/simd.py", line 1450, in codegen_node_schedule
    self.codegen_node_schedule_with_kernel(node_schedule, kernel)
  File "/torch/_inductor/codegen/simd.py", line 1550, in codegen_node_schedule_with_kernel
    node.codegen(index_vars)
  File "/torch/_inductor/scheduler.py", line 1216, in codegen
    self._body(*index_vars)
  File "/torch/_inductor/loop_body.py", line 425, in __call__
    result = self.root_block()
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/torch/_inductor/loop_body.py", line 494, in __call__
    return InterpreterShim(graph, submodules).run(V.get_ops_handler())
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/torch/_inductor/loop_body.py", line 60, in run
    return super().run(*args, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/torch/fx/interpreter.py", line 174, in run
    self.env[node] = self.run_node(node)
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/torch/_inductor/loop_body.py", line 56, in run_node
    return super().run_node(n)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/torch/fx/interpreter.py", line 256, in run_node
    return getattr(self, n.op)(n.target, args, kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/torch/fx/interpreter.py", line 360, in call_method
    return getattr(self_obj, target)(*args_tail, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "<string>", line 359, in sigmoid
  File "/torch/_inductor/ops_handler.py", line 1008, in _default
    return getattr(self._inner, name)(*args, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "<string>", line 359, in sigmoid
  File "/torch/_inductor/codegen/common.py", line 2443, in _default
    backend = get_current_backend()
              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/torch/_inductor/utils.py", line 3165, in get_current_backend
    raise ValueError(f"Couldn't get an Inductor backend for device {device.type}")
ValueError: Couldn't get an Inductor backend for device cpu

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pushed an improvement to a unit test, but what code is being run to cause your failure? are you using a custom DeviceInterface for 'cpu', that isn't the default CpuInterface? if so, you'll need to implement the inductor_backend method on it. afaict i've covered all the instances where register_interface_for_device is currently called

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@atalman do you think this use of a custom type could be the issue? otherwise, would be good to know what's being run to make this fail—i couldn't see anywhere i'd missed adding an inductor_backend implementation in this repo when i checked back

markc-614 pushed a commit to markc-614/pytorch that referenced this pull request Sep 17, 2025
…vice agnostic (pytorch#151314)

Tried to decouple the always cpu <=> c++, cuda <=> triton assumption. Tried to keep it relatively simple by just guarding things more specifically, at the moment.

Pull Request resolved: pytorch#151314
Approved by: https://github.com/eellison
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This reverts commit 1750cc8.

Reverted pytorch#161117 on behalf of https://github.com/atalman due to will need to revert to unblock revert of pytorch#151314 ([comment](pytorch#161117 (comment)))
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… more device agnostic (pytorch#151314)"

This reverts commit 77bc959.

Reverted pytorch#151314 on behalf of https://github.com/atalman due to sorry change is faling internally ([comment](pytorch#151314 (comment)))
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@atalman is there an update to this, or a path by which the interfaces can be updated in sync, assuming that the issue is that you're using a custom device interface that i can't update from here?

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@atalman @eellison this pr isn't stale, though i don't think i have permission to remove the label.

btw, regarding the failure: i don't remember exactly since it's been a while since i did the initial implementation of this pr, but the function that's failing, get_current_backend, isn't technically used by the rest of the pr—i just updated it to use the new 'standardised' inductor_backend device interface method. however, if you don't want to update your internal types immediately (which is what i think caused your failures), i think i could revert get_current_backend back to the current hard-coded solution—though hopefully with an eye to making it use the standardised interface in the future.

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onnx/ops/test_ops.py::NativeOnnxOpsTest::test_attention_export_gqa - AssertionError: Scalars are not equal!—i don't think this relates to the changes

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