…o ExternKernelOut for output buffer reuse"


## Stack Overview

Previous [pr](#171909) enabled torch.compile for symm mem op, but it has issue: "We don't always have the ability to own the allocation of a tensor, e.g. if it is a graph input or allocated by a custom kernel without an out variant. This is going to fail in those cases." This stack resolves the issue. 

The entire stack goal:
- sym memory planning that succeeds when the buffer that needs to be pre-planned is an input to the graph, or other tensor that we dont control allocation of. 
- for cudagraph, it can pre allocate the output for the fallback region in the prior graph


The stack addresses this incrementally:

  #174856 [1/5] ExternKernelOut lowering(this pr) 
    Lower symm_mem ops from FallbackKernel to ExternKernelOut so output buffer is visible to inductor.  Foundation for all subsequent diffs.

  #175449 [2/5] Identity copy for uncontrolled inputs
    When the input is a graph placeholder or comes from a fallback region, auto-insert a Pointwise identity copy to P2P. Also propagate CommBufferLayout upstream through pointwise ops. 
    For graph inupt, this copy to P2P will be optimized out in pr5 layout change(see #138280). For other cases, say inputs come from fallback region, the copy is default to avoid crash.

  #175450 [3/5] CUDAGraph P2P pool handling
    Teach the CUDAGraph tree to detect P2P inputs (non-standard deleter), skip managed-buffer copy for them, and exclude them from pool checks.  Without this, CG tree would copy P2P inputs into its managed pool (losing the P2P property).

  #175476 [4/5] Hoist fallback output allocs into prior CG partition
    Move output buffer allocations from non-CG fallback regions into the prior CG partition for pointer stability during replay.

  #175486 [5/5] Layout allocator approach
    Replace the identity copy (diff 2) with a Layout-based approach for InputBuffer: annotate layout.allocator=SYMM_MEM, generate a persistent P2P buffer at module level + DMA .copy_() in Runner.call(). 

## PR Summary

Functional symm_mem ops (`one_shot_all_reduce`, `one_shot_all_reduce_copy`, `multimem_one_shot_all_reduce`) are lowered via `FallbackKernel`, which has `should_allocate()=False`. This makes their output buffers opaque to Inductor's memory planner. Each collective allocates its own output internally, and Inductor cannot 1) pre-allocate the output buffer within symmetric memory planning, and also cannot 2) reuse buffer(for cpu).

This diff switches the these ops to `ExternKernelOut` (via their corresponding `_out` variants), which has `should_allocate()=True`. The output buffer becomes visible to inductor for following p2p memory planning and buffer reuse. 

This PR is the basis of follow up PRs in the ghstack.

**Result**: 1) In codegen, out buffer is allocated explicitly, instead of in the kernel. 2) In an 8-layer `matmul → one_shot_all_reduce` model, intermediate buffer count drops from 9 to 2 (one P2P + one regular, ping-ponging across all layers).

## Codegen diff (8 layers, hidden=4096, bf16, 2×H100)

**Before** — each all_reduce allocates internally, output immediately freed:
```python
extern_kernels.mm(arg1_1, arg0_1, out=buf0)
buf1 = torch.ops.symm_mem.one_shot_all_reduce.default(buf0, 'sum', '0')  # opaque alloc
buf2 = buf1; del buf1
buf3 = buf0; del buf0  # reuse (P2P only)
extern_kernels.mm(buf2, arg2_1, out=buf3)
del buf2                                                                   # output freed, never reused
```

**After** — all_reduce output is pre-allocated, reused across layers:
```python
extern_kernels.mm(arg1_1, arg0_1, out=buf0)
buf1 = empty_strided_cuda(...)                                             # explicit alloc
torch.ops.symm_mem.one_shot_all_reduce_out.default(buf0, 'sum', '0', out=buf1)
buf2 = buf0; del buf0  # reuse (P2P)
extern_kernels.mm(buf1, arg2_1, out=buf2)
buf3 = buf1; del buf1  # reuse (regular)                                  # ← output reused!
torch.ops.symm_mem.one_shot_all_reduce_out.default(buf2, 'sum', '0', out=buf3)
```

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Two buffers ping-pong across all 8 layers — zero extra allocations.

## Numbers

| Metric | FallbackKernel | ExternKernelOut | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intermediate buffers | 9 (1 P2P + 8 regular) | 2 (1 P2P + 1 regular) | **-78%** |
| Buffer reuses | 7 | 14 | **2×** |
| Total buffer names | 24 | 16 | **-33%** |
| `out=` calls | 8 (mm only) | 16 (mm + allreduce) | **2×** |

## Test Plan

A test is included



cc voznesenskym penguinwu EikanWang jgong5 Guobing-Chen XiaobingSuper zhuhaozhe blzheng wenzhe-nrv jiayisunx ipiszy kadeng muchulee8 amjames chauhang aakhundov coconutruben jataylo

[ghstack-poisoned]

…t for output buffer reuse"


## Stack Overview

Previous [pr](#171909) enabled torch.compile for symm mem op, but it has issue: "We don't always have the ability to own the allocation of a tensor, e.g. if it is a graph input or allocated by a custom kernel without an out variant. This is going to fail in those cases." This stack resolves the issue. 

The entire stack goal:
- sym memory planning that succeeds when the buffer that needs to be pre-planned is an input to the graph, or other tensor that we dont control allocation of. 
- for cudagraph, it can pre allocate the output for the fallback region in the prior graph


The stack addresses this incrementally:

  #174856 [1/5] ExternKernelOut lowering(this pr) 
    Lower symm_mem ops from FallbackKernel to ExternKernelOut so output buffer is visible to inductor.  Foundation for all subsequent diffs.

  #175449 [2/5] Identity copy for uncontrolled inputs
    When the input is a graph placeholder or comes from a fallback region, auto-insert a Pointwise identity copy to P2P. Also propagate CommBufferLayout upstream through pointwise ops. 
    For graph inupt, this copy to P2P will be optimized out in pr5 layout change(see #138280). For other cases, say inputs come from fallback region, the copy is default to avoid crash.

  #175450 [3/5] CUDAGraph P2P pool handling
    Teach the CUDAGraph tree to detect P2P inputs (non-standard deleter), skip managed-buffer copy for them, and exclude them from pool checks.  Without this, CG tree would copy P2P inputs into its managed pool (losing the P2P property).

  #175476 [4/5] Hoist fallback output allocs into prior CG partition
    Move output buffer allocations from non-CG fallback regions into the prior CG partition for pointer stability during replay.

  #175486 [5/5] Layout allocator approach
    Replace the identity copy (diff 2) with a Layout-based approach for InputBuffer: annotate layout.allocator=SYMM_MEM, generate a persistent P2P buffer at module level + DMA .copy_() in Runner.call(). 

## PR Summary

Functional symm_mem ops (`one_shot_all_reduce`, `one_shot_all_reduce_copy`, `multimem_one_shot_all_reduce`) are lowered via `FallbackKernel`, which has `should_allocate()=False`. This makes their output buffers opaque to Inductor's memory planner. Each collective allocates its own output internally, and Inductor cannot 1) pre-allocate the output buffer within symmetric memory planning, and also cannot 2) reuse buffer(for cpu).

This diff switches the these ops to `ExternKernelOut` (via their corresponding `_out` variants), which has `should_allocate()=True`. The output buffer becomes visible to inductor for following p2p memory planning and buffer reuse. 

This PR is the basis of follow up PRs in the ghstack.

**Result**: 1) In codegen, out buffer is allocated explicitly, instead of in the kernel. 2) In an 8-layer `matmul → one_shot_all_reduce` model, intermediate buffer count drops from 9 to 2 (one P2P + one regular, ping-ponging across all layers).

## Codegen diff (8 layers, hidden=4096, bf16, 2×H100)

**Before** — each all_reduce allocates internally, output immediately freed:
```python
extern_kernels.mm(arg1_1, arg0_1, out=buf0)
buf1 = torch.ops.symm_mem.one_shot_all_reduce.default(buf0, 'sum', '0')  # opaque alloc
buf2 = buf1; del buf1
buf3 = buf0; del buf0  # reuse (P2P only)
extern_kernels.mm(buf2, arg2_1, out=buf3)
del buf2                                                                   # output freed, never reused
```

**After** — all_reduce output is pre-allocated, reused across layers:
```python
extern_kernels.mm(arg1_1, arg0_1, out=buf0)
buf1 = empty_strided_cuda(...)                                             # explicit alloc
torch.ops.symm_mem.one_shot_all_reduce_out.default(buf0, 'sum', '0', out=buf1)
buf2 = buf0; del buf0  # reuse (P2P)
extern_kernels.mm(buf1, arg2_1, out=buf2)
buf3 = buf1; del buf1  # reuse (regular)                                  # ← output reused!
torch.ops.symm_mem.one_shot_all_reduce_out.default(buf2, 'sum', '0', out=buf3)
```

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Two buffers ping-pong across all 8 layers — zero extra allocations.

## Numbers

| Metric | FallbackKernel | ExternKernelOut | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intermediate buffers | 9 (1 P2P + 8 regular) | 2 (1 P2P + 1 regular) | **-78%** |
| Buffer reuses | 7 | 14 | **2×** |
| Total buffer names | 24 | 16 | **-33%** |
| `out=` calls | 8 (mm only) | 16 (mm + allreduce) | **2×** |

## Test Plan

A test is included



cc voznesenskym penguinwu EikanWang jgong5 Guobing-Chen XiaobingSuper zhuhaozhe blzheng wenzhe-nrv jiayisunx ipiszy kadeng muchulee8 amjames chauhang aakhundov coconutruben jataylo

[ghstack-poisoned]

…o ExternKernelOut for output buffer reuse"


## Stack Overview

Previous [pr](#171909) enabled torch.compile for symm mem op, but it has issue: "We don't always have the ability to own the allocation of a tensor, e.g. if it is a graph input or allocated by a custom kernel without an out variant. This is going to fail in those cases." This stack resolves the issue. 

The entire stack goal:
- sym memory planning that succeeds when the buffer that needs to be pre-planned is an input to the graph, or other tensor that we dont control allocation of. 
- for cudagraph, it can pre allocate the output for the fallback region in the prior graph


The stack addresses this incrementally:

  #174856 [1/5] ExternKernelOut lowering(this pr) 
    Lower symm_mem ops from FallbackKernel to ExternKernelOut so output buffer is visible to inductor.  Foundation for all subsequent diffs.

  #175449 [2/5] Identity copy for uncontrolled inputs
    When the input is a graph placeholder or comes from a fallback region, auto-insert a Pointwise identity copy to P2P. Also propagate CommBufferLayout upstream through pointwise ops. 
    For graph inupt, this copy to P2P will be optimized out in pr5 layout change(see #138280). For other cases, say inputs come from fallback region, the copy is default to avoid crash.

  #175450 [3/5] CUDAGraph P2P pool handling
    Teach the CUDAGraph tree to detect P2P inputs (non-standard deleter), skip managed-buffer copy for them, and exclude them from pool checks.  Without this, CG tree would copy P2P inputs into its managed pool (losing the P2P property).

  #175476 [4/5] Hoist fallback output allocs into prior CG partition
    Move output buffer allocations from non-CG fallback regions into the prior CG partition for pointer stability during replay.

  #175486 [5/5] Layout allocator approach
    Replace the identity copy (diff 2) with a Layout-based approach for InputBuffer: annotate layout.allocator=SYMM_MEM, generate a persistent P2P buffer at module level + DMA .copy_() in Runner.call(). 

## PR Summary

Functional symm_mem ops (`one_shot_all_reduce`, `one_shot_all_reduce_copy`, `multimem_one_shot_all_reduce`) are lowered via `FallbackKernel`, which has `should_allocate()=False`. This makes their output buffers opaque to Inductor's memory planner. Each collective allocates its own output internally, and Inductor cannot 1) pre-allocate the output buffer within symmetric memory planning, and also cannot 2) reuse buffer(for cpu).

This diff switches the these ops to `ExternKernelOut` (via their corresponding `_out` variants), which has `should_allocate()=True`. The output buffer becomes visible to inductor for following p2p memory planning and buffer reuse. 

This PR is the basis of follow up PRs in the ghstack.

**Result**: 1) In codegen, out buffer is allocated explicitly, instead of in the kernel. 2) In an 8-layer `matmul → one_shot_all_reduce` model, intermediate buffer count drops from 9 to 2 (one P2P + one regular, ping-ponging across all layers).

## Codegen diff (8 layers, hidden=4096, bf16, 2×H100)

**Before** — each all_reduce allocates internally, output immediately freed:
```python
extern_kernels.mm(arg1_1, arg0_1, out=buf0)
buf1 = torch.ops.symm_mem.one_shot_all_reduce.default(buf0, 'sum', '0')  # opaque alloc
buf2 = buf1; del buf1
buf3 = buf0; del buf0  # reuse (P2P only)
extern_kernels.mm(buf2, arg2_1, out=buf3)
del buf2                                                                   # output freed, never reused
```

**After** — all_reduce output is pre-allocated, reused across layers:
```python
extern_kernels.mm(arg1_1, arg0_1, out=buf0)
buf1 = empty_strided_cuda(...)                                             # explicit alloc
torch.ops.symm_mem.one_shot_all_reduce_out.default(buf0, 'sum', '0', out=buf1)
buf2 = buf0; del buf0  # reuse (P2P)
extern_kernels.mm(buf1, arg2_1, out=buf2)
buf3 = buf1; del buf1  # reuse (regular)                                  # ← output reused!
torch.ops.symm_mem.one_shot_all_reduce_out.default(buf2, 'sum', '0', out=buf3)
```

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Two buffers ping-pong across all 8 layers — zero extra allocations.

## Numbers

| Metric | FallbackKernel | ExternKernelOut | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intermediate buffers | 9 (1 P2P + 8 regular) | 2 (1 P2P + 1 regular) | **-78%** |
| Buffer reuses | 7 | 14 | **2×** |
| Total buffer names | 24 | 16 | **-33%** |
| `out=` calls | 8 (mm only) | 16 (mm + allreduce) | **2×** |

## Test Plan

A test is included



cc voznesenskym penguinwu EikanWang jgong5 Guobing-Chen XiaobingSuper zhuhaozhe blzheng wenzhe-nrv jiayisunx ipiszy kadeng muchulee8 amjames chauhang aakhundov coconutruben jataylo

[ghstack-poisoned]

…t for output buffer reuse"


## Stack Overview

Previous [pr](#171909) enabled torch.compile for symm mem op, but it has issue: "We don't always have the ability to own the allocation of a tensor, e.g. if it is a graph input or allocated by a custom kernel without an out variant. This is going to fail in those cases." This stack resolves the issue. 

The entire stack goal:
- sym memory planning that succeeds when the buffer that needs to be pre-planned is an input to the graph, or other tensor that we dont control allocation of. 
- for cudagraph, it can pre allocate the output for the fallback region in the prior graph


The stack addresses this incrementally:

  #174856 [1/5] ExternKernelOut lowering(this pr) 
    Lower symm_mem ops from FallbackKernel to ExternKernelOut so output buffer is visible to inductor.  Foundation for all subsequent diffs.

  #175449 [2/5] Identity copy for uncontrolled inputs
    When the input is a graph placeholder or comes from a fallback region, auto-insert a Pointwise identity copy to P2P. Also propagate CommBufferLayout upstream through pointwise ops. 
    For graph inupt, this copy to P2P will be optimized out in pr5 layout change(see #138280). For other cases, say inputs come from fallback region, the copy is default to avoid crash.

  #175450 [3/5] CUDAGraph P2P pool handling
    Teach the CUDAGraph tree to detect P2P inputs (non-standard deleter), skip managed-buffer copy for them, and exclude them from pool checks.  Without this, CG tree would copy P2P inputs into its managed pool (losing the P2P property).

  #175476 [4/5] Hoist fallback output allocs into prior CG partition
    Move output buffer allocations from non-CG fallback regions into the prior CG partition for pointer stability during replay.

  #175486 [5/5] Layout allocator approach
    Replace the identity copy (diff 2) with a Layout-based approach for InputBuffer: annotate layout.allocator=SYMM_MEM, generate a persistent P2P buffer at module level + DMA .copy_() in Runner.call(). 

## PR Summary

Functional symm_mem ops (`one_shot_all_reduce`, `one_shot_all_reduce_copy`, `multimem_one_shot_all_reduce`) are lowered via `FallbackKernel`, which has `should_allocate()=False`. This makes their output buffers opaque to Inductor's memory planner. Each collective allocates its own output internally, and Inductor cannot 1) pre-allocate the output buffer within symmetric memory planning, and also cannot 2) reuse buffer(for cpu).

This diff switches the these ops to `ExternKernelOut` (via their corresponding `_out` variants), which has `should_allocate()=True`. The output buffer becomes visible to inductor for following p2p memory planning and buffer reuse. 

This PR is the basis of follow up PRs in the ghstack.

**Result**: 1) In codegen, out buffer is allocated explicitly, instead of in the kernel. 2) In an 8-layer `matmul → one_shot_all_reduce` model, intermediate buffer count drops from 9 to 2 (one P2P + one regular, ping-ponging across all layers).

## Codegen diff (8 layers, hidden=4096, bf16, 2×H100)

**Before** — each all_reduce allocates internally, output immediately freed:
```python
extern_kernels.mm(arg1_1, arg0_1, out=buf0)
buf1 = torch.ops.symm_mem.one_shot_all_reduce.default(buf0, 'sum', '0')  # opaque alloc
buf2 = buf1; del buf1
buf3 = buf0; del buf0  # reuse (P2P only)
extern_kernels.mm(buf2, arg2_1, out=buf3)
del buf2                                                                   # output freed, never reused
```

**After** — all_reduce output is pre-allocated, reused across layers:
```python
extern_kernels.mm(arg1_1, arg0_1, out=buf0)
buf1 = empty_strided_cuda(...)                                             # explicit alloc
torch.ops.symm_mem.one_shot_all_reduce_out.default(buf0, 'sum', '0', out=buf1)
buf2 = buf0; del buf0  # reuse (P2P)
extern_kernels.mm(buf1, arg2_1, out=buf2)
buf3 = buf1; del buf1  # reuse (regular)                                  # ← output reused!
torch.ops.symm_mem.one_shot_all_reduce_out.default(buf2, 'sum', '0', out=buf3)
```

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Two buffers ping-pong across all 8 layers — zero extra allocations.

## Numbers

| Metric | FallbackKernel | ExternKernelOut | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intermediate buffers | 9 (1 P2P + 8 regular) | 2 (1 P2P + 1 regular) | **-78%** |
| Buffer reuses | 7 | 14 | **2×** |
| Total buffer names | 24 | 16 | **-33%** |
| `out=` calls | 8 (mm only) | 16 (mm + allreduce) | **2×** |

## Test Plan

A test is included



cc voznesenskym penguinwu EikanWang jgong5 Guobing-Chen XiaobingSuper zhuhaozhe blzheng wenzhe-nrv jiayisunx ipiszy kadeng muchulee8 amjames chauhang aakhundov coconutruben jataylo

[ghstack-poisoned]

…o ExternKernelOut for output buffer reuse"


## Stack Overview

Previous [pr](#171909) enabled torch.compile for symm mem op, but it has issue: "We don't always have the ability to own the allocation of a tensor, e.g. if it is a graph input or allocated by a custom kernel without an out variant. This is going to fail in those cases." This stack resolves the issue. 

The entire stack goal:
- sym memory planning that succeeds when the buffer that needs to be pre-planned is an input to the graph, or other tensor that we dont control allocation of. 
- for cudagraph, it can pre allocate the output for the fallback region in the prior graph


The stack addresses this incrementally:

  #174856 [1/5] ExternKernelOut lowering(this pr) 
    Lower symm_mem ops from FallbackKernel to ExternKernelOut so output buffer is visible to inductor.  Foundation for all subsequent diffs.

  #175449 [2/5] Identity copy for uncontrolled inputs
    When the input is a graph placeholder or comes from a fallback region, auto-insert a Pointwise identity copy to P2P. Also propagate CommBufferLayout upstream through pointwise ops. 
    For graph inupt, this copy to P2P will be optimized out in pr5 layout change(see #138280). For other cases, say inputs come from fallback region, the copy is default to avoid crash.

  #175450 [3/5] CUDAGraph P2P pool handling
    Teach the CUDAGraph tree to detect P2P inputs (non-standard deleter), skip managed-buffer copy for them, and exclude them from pool checks.  Without this, CG tree would copy P2P inputs into its managed pool (losing the P2P property).

  #175476 [4/5] Hoist fallback output allocs into prior CG partition
    Move output buffer allocations from non-CG fallback regions into the prior CG partition for pointer stability during replay.

  #175486 [5/5] Layout allocator approach
    Replace the identity copy (diff 2) with a Layout-based approach for InputBuffer: annotate layout.allocator=SYMM_MEM, generate a persistent P2P buffer at module level + DMA .copy_() in Runner.call(). 

## PR Summary

Functional symm_mem ops (`one_shot_all_reduce`, `one_shot_all_reduce_copy`, `multimem_one_shot_all_reduce`) are lowered via `FallbackKernel`, which has `should_allocate()=False`. This makes their output buffers opaque to Inductor's memory planner. Each collective allocates its own output internally, and Inductor cannot 1) pre-allocate the output buffer within symmetric memory planning, and also cannot 2) reuse buffer(for cpu).

This diff switches the these ops to `ExternKernelOut` (via their corresponding `_out` variants), which has `should_allocate()=True`. The output buffer becomes visible to inductor for following p2p memory planning and buffer reuse. 

This PR is the basis of follow up PRs in the ghstack.

**Result**: 1) In codegen, out buffer is allocated explicitly, instead of in the kernel. 2) In an 8-layer `matmul → one_shot_all_reduce` model, intermediate buffer count drops from 9 to 2 (one P2P + one regular, ping-ponging across all layers).

## Codegen diff (8 layers, hidden=4096, bf16, 2×H100)

**Before** — each all_reduce allocates internally, output immediately freed:
```python
extern_kernels.mm(arg1_1, arg0_1, out=buf0)
buf1 = torch.ops.symm_mem.one_shot_all_reduce.default(buf0, 'sum', '0')  # opaque alloc
buf2 = buf1; del buf1
buf3 = buf0; del buf0  # reuse (P2P only)
extern_kernels.mm(buf2, arg2_1, out=buf3)
del buf2                                                                   # output freed, never reused
```

**After** — all_reduce output is pre-allocated, reused across layers:
```python
extern_kernels.mm(arg1_1, arg0_1, out=buf0)
buf1 = empty_strided_cuda(...)                                             # explicit alloc
torch.ops.symm_mem.one_shot_all_reduce_out.default(buf0, 'sum', '0', out=buf1)
buf2 = buf0; del buf0  # reuse (P2P)
extern_kernels.mm(buf1, arg2_1, out=buf2)
buf3 = buf1; del buf1  # reuse (regular)                                  # ← output reused!
torch.ops.symm_mem.one_shot_all_reduce_out.default(buf2, 'sum', '0', out=buf3)
```

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Two buffers ping-pong across all 8 layers — zero extra allocations.

## Numbers

| Metric | FallbackKernel | ExternKernelOut | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intermediate buffers | 9 (1 P2P + 8 regular) | 2 (1 P2P + 1 regular) | **-78%** |
| Buffer reuses | 7 | 14 | **2×** |
| Total buffer names | 24 | 16 | **-33%** |
| `out=` calls | 8 (mm only) | 16 (mm + allreduce) | **2×** |

## Test Plan

A test is included



cc voznesenskym penguinwu EikanWang jgong5 Guobing-Chen XiaobingSuper zhuhaozhe blzheng wenzhe-nrv jiayisunx ipiszy kadeng muchulee8 amjames chauhang aakhundov coconutruben jataylo mlazos

[ghstack-poisoned]

…t for output buffer reuse"


## Stack Overview

Previous [pr](#171909) enabled torch.compile for symm mem op, but it has issue: "We don't always have the ability to own the allocation of a tensor, e.g. if it is a graph input or allocated by a custom kernel without an out variant. This is going to fail in those cases." This stack resolves the issue. 

The entire stack goal:
- sym memory planning that succeeds when the buffer that needs to be pre-planned is an input to the graph, or other tensor that we dont control allocation of. 
- for cudagraph, it can pre allocate the output for the fallback region in the prior graph


The stack addresses this incrementally:

  #174856 [1/5] ExternKernelOut lowering(this pr) 
    Lower symm_mem ops from FallbackKernel to ExternKernelOut so output buffer is visible to inductor.  Foundation for all subsequent diffs.

  #175449 [2/5] Identity copy for uncontrolled inputs
    When the input is a graph placeholder or comes from a fallback region, auto-insert a Pointwise identity copy to P2P. Also propagate CommBufferLayout upstream through pointwise ops. 
    For graph inupt, this copy to P2P will be optimized out in pr5 layout change(see #138280). For other cases, say inputs come from fallback region, the copy is default to avoid crash.

  #175450 [3/5] CUDAGraph P2P pool handling
    Teach the CUDAGraph tree to detect P2P inputs (non-standard deleter), skip managed-buffer copy for them, and exclude them from pool checks.  Without this, CG tree would copy P2P inputs into its managed pool (losing the P2P property).

  #175476 [4/5] Hoist fallback output allocs into prior CG partition
    Move output buffer allocations from non-CG fallback regions into the prior CG partition for pointer stability during replay.

  #175486 [5/5] Layout allocator approach
    Replace the identity copy (diff 2) with a Layout-based approach for InputBuffer: annotate layout.allocator=SYMM_MEM, generate a persistent P2P buffer at module level + DMA .copy_() in Runner.call(). 

## PR Summary

Functional symm_mem ops (`one_shot_all_reduce`, `one_shot_all_reduce_copy`, `multimem_one_shot_all_reduce`) are lowered via `FallbackKernel`, which has `should_allocate()=False`. This makes their output buffers opaque to Inductor's memory planner. Each collective allocates its own output internally, and Inductor cannot 1) pre-allocate the output buffer within symmetric memory planning, and also cannot 2) reuse buffer(for cpu).

This diff switches the these ops to `ExternKernelOut` (via their corresponding `_out` variants), which has `should_allocate()=True`. The output buffer becomes visible to inductor for following p2p memory planning and buffer reuse. 

This PR is the basis of follow up PRs in the ghstack.

**Result**: 1) In codegen, out buffer is allocated explicitly, instead of in the kernel. 2) In an 8-layer `matmul → one_shot_all_reduce` model, intermediate buffer count drops from 9 to 2 (one P2P + one regular, ping-ponging across all layers).

## Codegen diff (8 layers, hidden=4096, bf16, 2×H100)

**Before** — each all_reduce allocates internally, output immediately freed:
```python
extern_kernels.mm(arg1_1, arg0_1, out=buf0)
buf1 = torch.ops.symm_mem.one_shot_all_reduce.default(buf0, 'sum', '0')  # opaque alloc
buf2 = buf1; del buf1
buf3 = buf0; del buf0  # reuse (P2P only)
extern_kernels.mm(buf2, arg2_1, out=buf3)
del buf2                                                                   # output freed, never reused
```

**After** — all_reduce output is pre-allocated, reused across layers:
```python
extern_kernels.mm(arg1_1, arg0_1, out=buf0)
buf1 = empty_strided_cuda(...)                                             # explicit alloc
torch.ops.symm_mem.one_shot_all_reduce_out.default(buf0, 'sum', '0', out=buf1)
buf2 = buf0; del buf0  # reuse (P2P)
extern_kernels.mm(buf1, arg2_1, out=buf2)
buf3 = buf1; del buf1  # reuse (regular)                                  # ← output reused!
torch.ops.symm_mem.one_shot_all_reduce_out.default(buf2, 'sum', '0', out=buf3)
```

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Two buffers ping-pong across all 8 layers — zero extra allocations.

## Numbers

| Metric | FallbackKernel | ExternKernelOut | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intermediate buffers | 9 (1 P2P + 8 regular) | 2 (1 P2P + 1 regular) | **-78%** |
| Buffer reuses | 7 | 14 | **2×** |
| Total buffer names | 24 | 16 | **-33%** |
| `out=` calls | 8 (mm only) | 16 (mm + allreduce) | **2×** |

## Test Plan

A test is included



cc voznesenskym penguinwu EikanWang jgong5 Guobing-Chen XiaobingSuper zhuhaozhe blzheng wenzhe-nrv jiayisunx ipiszy kadeng muchulee8 amjames chauhang aakhundov coconutruben jataylo mlazos

[ghstack-poisoned]

…t buffer reuse

Stack from [ghstack](https://github.com/ezyang/ghstack) (oldest at bottom):
* #175486
* #175476
* #175450
* #175449
* __->__ #174856

## Stack Overview

Previous [pr](#171909) enabled torch.compile for symm mem op, but it has issue: "We don't always have the ability to own the allocation of a tensor, e.g. if it is a graph input or allocated by a custom kernel without an out variant. This is going to fail in those cases." This stack resolves the issue.

The entire stack goal:
- sym memory planning that succeeds when the buffer that needs to be pre-planned is an input to the graph, or other tensor that we dont control allocation of.
- for cudagraph, it can pre allocate the output for the fallback region in the prior graph


The stack addresses this incrementally:

  #174856 [1/5] ExternKernelOut lowering(this pr)
    Lower symm_mem ops from FallbackKernel to ExternKernelOut so output buffer is visible to inductor.  Foundation for all subsequent diffs.

  #175449 [2/5] Identity copy for uncontrolled inputs
    When the input is a graph placeholder or comes from a fallback region, auto-insert a Pointwise identity copy to P2P. Also propagate CommBufferLayout upstream through pointwise ops.
    For graph inupt, this copy to P2P will be optimized out in pr5 layout change(see #138280). For other cases, say inputs come from fallback region, the copy is default to avoid crash.

  #175450 [3/5] CUDAGraph P2P pool handling
    Teach the CUDAGraph tree to detect P2P inputs (non-standard deleter), skip managed-buffer copy for them, and exclude them from pool checks.  Without this, CG tree would copy P2P inputs into its managed pool (losing the P2P property).

  #175476 [4/5] Hoist fallback output allocs into prior CG partition
    Move output buffer allocations from non-CG fallback regions into the prior CG partition for pointer stability during replay.

  #175486 [5/5] Layout allocator approach
    Replace the identity copy (diff 2) with a Layout-based approach for InputBuffer: annotate layout.allocator=SYMM_MEM, generate a persistent P2P buffer at module level + DMA .copy_() in Runner.call().

## PR Summary

Functional symm_mem ops (`one_shot_all_reduce`, `one_shot_all_reduce_copy`, `multimem_one_shot_all_reduce`) are lowered via `FallbackKernel`, which has `should_allocate()=False`. This makes their output buffers opaque to Inductor's memory planner. Each collective allocates its own output internally, and Inductor cannot 1) pre-allocate the output buffer within symmetric memory planning, and also cannot 2) reuse buffer(for cpu).

This diff switches the these ops to `ExternKernelOut` (via their corresponding `_out` variants), which has `should_allocate()=True`. The output buffer becomes visible to inductor for following p2p memory planning and buffer reuse.

This PR is the basis of follow up PRs in the ghstack.

**Result**: 1) In codegen, out buffer is allocated explicitly, instead of in the kernel. 2) In an 8-layer `matmul → one_shot_all_reduce` model, intermediate buffer count drops from 9 to 2 (one P2P + one regular, ping-ponging across all layers).

## Codegen diff (8 layers, hidden=4096, bf16, 2xH100)

**Before** -- each all_reduce allocates internally, output immediately freed:
```python
extern_kernels.mm(arg1_1, arg0_1, out=buf0)
buf1 = torch.ops.symm_mem.one_shot_all_reduce.default(buf0, 'sum', '0')  # opaque alloc
buf2 = buf1; del buf1
buf3 = buf0; del buf0  # reuse (P2P only)
extern_kernels.mm(buf2, arg2_1, out=buf3)
del buf2                                                                   # output freed, never reused
```

**After** -- all_reduce output is pre-allocated, reused across layers:
```python
extern_kernels.mm(arg1_1, arg0_1, out=buf0)
buf1 = empty_strided_cuda(...)                                             # explicit alloc
torch.ops.symm_mem.one_shot_all_reduce_out.default(buf0, 'sum', '0', out=buf1)
buf2 = buf0; del buf0  # reuse (P2P)
extern_kernels.mm(buf1, arg2_1, out=buf2)
buf3 = buf1; del buf1  # reuse (regular)                                  # <- output reused!
torch.ops.symm_mem.one_shot_all_reduce_out.default(buf2, 'sum', '0', out=buf3)
```

Two buffers ping-pong across all 8 layers -- zero extra allocations.

## Numbers

| Metric | FallbackKernel | ExternKernelOut | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intermediate buffers | 9 (1 P2P + 8 regular) | 2 (1 P2P + 1 regular) | -78% |
| Buffer reuses | 7 | 14 | 2x |
| Total buffer names | 24 | 16 | -33% |
| out= calls | 8 (mm only) | 16 (mm + allreduce) | 2x |

Test Plan:
torchrun --nproc_per_node=2 -m pytest test/distributed/test_symmetric_memory.py::LoweringTest::test_output_buffer_reuse -xvs

cc @voznesenskym @penguinwu @EikanWang @jgong5 @Guobing-Chen @XiaobingSuper @zhuhaozhe @blzheng @wenzhe-nrv @jiayisunx @ipiszy @kadeng @muchulee8 @amjames @chauhang @aakhundov @coconutruben @jataylo

ghstack-source-id: 9027fa2
Pull Request resolved: #174856

Differential Revision: https://phabricator.intern.facebook.com/D93914967

…o ExternKernelOut for output buffer reuse"


## Stack Overview

Previous [pr](#171909) enabled torch.compile for symm mem op, but it has issue: "We don't always have the ability to own the allocation of a tensor, e.g. if it is a graph input or allocated by a custom kernel without an out variant. This is going to fail in those cases." This stack resolves the issue. 

The entire stack goal:
- sym memory planning that succeeds when the buffer that needs to be pre-planned is an input to the graph, or other tensor that we dont control allocation of. 
- for cudagraph, it can pre allocate the output for the fallback region in the prior graph


The stack addresses this incrementally:

  #174856 [1/5] ExternKernelOut lowering(this pr) 
    Lower symm_mem ops from FallbackKernel to ExternKernelOut so output buffer is visible to inductor.  Foundation for all subsequent diffs.

  #175449 [2/5] Identity copy for uncontrolled inputs
    When the input is a graph placeholder or comes from a fallback region, auto-insert a Pointwise identity copy to P2P. Also propagate CommBufferLayout upstream through pointwise ops. 
    For graph inupt, this copy to P2P will be optimized out in pr5 layout change(see #138280). For other cases, say inputs come from fallback region, the copy is default to avoid crash.

  #175450 [3/5] CUDAGraph P2P pool handling
    Teach the CUDAGraph tree to detect P2P inputs (non-standard deleter), skip managed-buffer copy for them, and exclude them from pool checks.  Without this, CG tree would copy P2P inputs into its managed pool (losing the P2P property).

  #175476 [4/5] Hoist fallback output allocs into prior CG partition
    Move output buffer allocations from non-CG fallback regions into the prior CG partition for pointer stability during replay.

  #175486 [5/5] Layout allocator approach
    Replace the identity copy (diff 2) with a Layout-based approach for InputBuffer: annotate layout.allocator=SYMM_MEM, generate a persistent P2P buffer at module level + DMA .copy_() in Runner.call(). 

## PR Summary

Functional symm_mem ops (`one_shot_all_reduce`, `one_shot_all_reduce_copy`, `multimem_one_shot_all_reduce`) are lowered via `FallbackKernel`, which has `should_allocate()=False`. This makes their output buffers opaque to Inductor's memory planner. Each collective allocates its own output internally, and Inductor cannot 1) pre-allocate the output buffer within symmetric memory planning, and also cannot 2) reuse buffer(for cpu).

This diff switches the these ops to `ExternKernelOut` (via their corresponding `.out` variants), which has `should_allocate()=True`. The output buffer becomes visible to inductor for following p2p memory planning and buffer reuse. 

This PR is the basis of follow up PRs in the ghstack.

**Result**: 1) In codegen, out buffer is allocated explicitly, instead of in the kernel. 2) In an 8-layer `matmul → one_shot_all_reduce` model, intermediate buffer count drops from 9 to 2 (one P2P + one regular, ping-ponging across all layers).

## Codegen diff (8 layers, hidden=4096, bf16, 2×H100)

**Before** — each all_reduce allocates internally, output immediately freed:
```python
extern_kernels.mm(arg1_1, arg0_1, out=buf0)
buf1 = torch.ops.symm_mem.one_shot_all_reduce.default(buf0, 'sum', '0')  # opaque alloc
buf2 = buf1; del buf1
buf3 = buf0; del buf0  # reuse (P2P only)
extern_kernels.mm(buf2, arg2_1, out=buf3)
del buf2                                                                   # output freed, never reused
```

**After** — all_reduce output is pre-allocated, reused across layers:
```python
extern_kernels.mm(arg1_1, arg0_1, out=buf0)
buf1 = empty_strided_cuda(...)                                             # explicit alloc
torch.ops.symm_mem.one_shot_all_reduce.out(buf0, 'sum', '0', out=buf1)
buf2 = buf0; del buf0  # reuse (P2P)
extern_kernels.mm(buf1, arg2_1, out=buf2)
buf3 = buf1; del buf1  # reuse (regular)                                  # ← output reused!
torch.ops.symm_mem.one_shot_all_reduce.out(buf2, 'sum', '0', out=buf3)
```

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Two buffers ping-pong across all 8 layers — zero extra allocations.

## Numbers

| Metric | FallbackKernel | ExternKernelOut | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intermediate buffers | 9 (1 P2P + 8 regular) | 2 (1 P2P + 1 regular) | **-78%** |
| Buffer reuses | 7 | 14 | **2×** |
| Total buffer names | 24 | 16 | **-33%** |
| `out=` calls | 8 (mm only) | 16 (mm + allreduce) | **2×** |

## Test Plan

A test is included



cc voznesenskym penguinwu EikanWang jgong5 Guobing-Chen XiaobingSuper zhuhaozhe blzheng wenzhe-nrv jiayisunx ipiszy kadeng muchulee8 amjames chauhang aakhundov coconutruben jataylo mlazos

[ghstack-poisoned]

…t for output buffer reuse"


## Stack Overview

Previous [pr](#171909) enabled torch.compile for symm mem op, but it has issue: "We don't always have the ability to own the allocation of a tensor, e.g. if it is a graph input or allocated by a custom kernel without an out variant. This is going to fail in those cases." This stack resolves the issue. 

The entire stack goal:
- sym memory planning that succeeds when the buffer that needs to be pre-planned is an input to the graph, or other tensor that we dont control allocation of. 
- for cudagraph, it can pre allocate the output for the fallback region in the prior graph


The stack addresses this incrementally:

  #174856 [1/5] ExternKernelOut lowering(this pr) 
    Lower symm_mem ops from FallbackKernel to ExternKernelOut so output buffer is visible to inductor.  Foundation for all subsequent diffs.

  #175449 [2/5] Identity copy for uncontrolled inputs
    When the input is a graph placeholder or comes from a fallback region, auto-insert a Pointwise identity copy to P2P. Also propagate CommBufferLayout upstream through pointwise ops. 
    For graph inupt, this copy to P2P will be optimized out in pr5 layout change(see #138280). For other cases, say inputs come from fallback region, the copy is default to avoid crash.

  #175450 [3/5] CUDAGraph P2P pool handling
    Teach the CUDAGraph tree to detect P2P inputs (non-standard deleter), skip managed-buffer copy for them, and exclude them from pool checks.  Without this, CG tree would copy P2P inputs into its managed pool (losing the P2P property).

  #175476 [4/5] Hoist fallback output allocs into prior CG partition
    Move output buffer allocations from non-CG fallback regions into the prior CG partition for pointer stability during replay.

  #175486 [5/5] Layout allocator approach
    Replace the identity copy (diff 2) with a Layout-based approach for InputBuffer: annotate layout.allocator=SYMM_MEM, generate a persistent P2P buffer at module level + DMA .copy_() in Runner.call(). 

## PR Summary

Functional symm_mem ops (`one_shot_all_reduce`, `one_shot_all_reduce_copy`, `multimem_one_shot_all_reduce`) are lowered via `FallbackKernel`, which has `should_allocate()=False`. This makes their output buffers opaque to Inductor's memory planner. Each collective allocates its own output internally, and Inductor cannot 1) pre-allocate the output buffer within symmetric memory planning, and also cannot 2) reuse buffer(for cpu).

This diff switches the these ops to `ExternKernelOut` (via their corresponding `.out` variants), which has `should_allocate()=True`. The output buffer becomes visible to inductor for following p2p memory planning and buffer reuse. 

This PR is the basis of follow up PRs in the ghstack.

**Result**: 1) In codegen, out buffer is allocated explicitly, instead of in the kernel. 2) In an 8-layer `matmul → one_shot_all_reduce` model, intermediate buffer count drops from 9 to 2 (one P2P + one regular, ping-ponging across all layers).

## Codegen diff (8 layers, hidden=4096, bf16, 2×H100)

**Before** — each all_reduce allocates internally, output immediately freed:
```python
extern_kernels.mm(arg1_1, arg0_1, out=buf0)
buf1 = torch.ops.symm_mem.one_shot_all_reduce.default(buf0, 'sum', '0')  # opaque alloc
buf2 = buf1; del buf1
buf3 = buf0; del buf0  # reuse (P2P only)
extern_kernels.mm(buf2, arg2_1, out=buf3)
del buf2                                                                   # output freed, never reused
```

**After** — all_reduce output is pre-allocated, reused across layers:
```python
extern_kernels.mm(arg1_1, arg0_1, out=buf0)
buf1 = empty_strided_cuda(...)                                             # explicit alloc
torch.ops.symm_mem.one_shot_all_reduce.out(buf0, 'sum', '0', out=buf1)
buf2 = buf0; del buf0  # reuse (P2P)
extern_kernels.mm(buf1, arg2_1, out=buf2)
buf3 = buf1; del buf1  # reuse (regular)                                  # ← output reused!
torch.ops.symm_mem.one_shot_all_reduce.out(buf2, 'sum', '0', out=buf3)
```

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Two buffers ping-pong across all 8 layers — zero extra allocations.

## Numbers

| Metric | FallbackKernel | ExternKernelOut | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intermediate buffers | 9 (1 P2P + 8 regular) | 2 (1 P2P + 1 regular) | **-78%** |
| Buffer reuses | 7 | 14 | **2×** |
| Total buffer names | 24 | 16 | **-33%** |
| `out=` calls | 8 (mm only) | 16 (mm + allreduce) | **2×** |

## Test Plan

A test is included



cc voznesenskym penguinwu EikanWang jgong5 Guobing-Chen XiaobingSuper zhuhaozhe blzheng wenzhe-nrv jiayisunx ipiszy kadeng muchulee8 amjames chauhang aakhundov coconutruben jataylo mlazos

[ghstack-poisoned]

…t buffer reuse (#174856)

## Stack Overview

Previous [pr](#171909) enabled torch.compile for symm mem op, but it has issue: "We don't always have the ability to own the allocation of a tensor, e.g. if it is a graph input or allocated by a custom kernel without an out variant. This is going to fail in those cases." This stack resolves the issue.

The entire stack goal:
- sym memory planning that succeeds when the buffer that needs to be pre-planned is an input to the graph, or other tensor that we dont control allocation of.
- for cudagraph, it can pre allocate the output for the fallback region in the prior graph

The stack addresses this incrementally:

  #174856 [1/5] ExternKernelOut lowering(this pr)
    Lower symm_mem ops from FallbackKernel to ExternKernelOut so output buffer is visible to inductor.  Foundation for all subsequent diffs.

  #175449 [2/5] Identity copy for uncontrolled inputs
    When the input is a graph placeholder or comes from a fallback region, auto-insert a Pointwise identity copy to P2P. Also propagate CommBufferLayout upstream through pointwise ops.
    For graph inupt, this copy to P2P will be optimized out in pr5 layout change(see #138280). For other cases, say inputs come from fallback region, the copy is default to avoid crash.

  #175450 [3/5] CUDAGraph P2P pool handling
    Teach the CUDAGraph tree to detect P2P inputs (non-standard deleter), skip managed-buffer copy for them, and exclude them from pool checks.  Without this, CG tree would copy P2P inputs into its managed pool (losing the P2P property).

  #175476 [4/5] Hoist fallback output allocs into prior CG partition
    Move output buffer allocations from non-CG fallback regions into the prior CG partition for pointer stability during replay.

  #175486 [5/5] Layout allocator approach
    Replace the identity copy (diff 2) with a Layout-based approach for InputBuffer: annotate layout.allocator=SYMM_MEM, generate a persistent P2P buffer at module level + DMA .copy_() in Runner.call().

## PR Summary

Functional symm_mem ops (`one_shot_all_reduce`, `one_shot_all_reduce_copy`, `multimem_one_shot_all_reduce`) are lowered via `FallbackKernel`, which has `should_allocate()=False`. This makes their output buffers opaque to Inductor's memory planner. Each collective allocates its own output internally, and Inductor cannot 1) pre-allocate the output buffer within symmetric memory planning, and also cannot 2) reuse buffer(for cpu).

This diff switches the these ops to `ExternKernelOut` (via their corresponding `.out` variants), which has `should_allocate()=True`. The output buffer becomes visible to inductor for following p2p memory planning and buffer reuse.

This PR is the basis of follow up PRs in the ghstack.

**Result**: 1) In codegen, out buffer is allocated explicitly, instead of in the kernel. 2) In an 8-layer `matmul → one_shot_all_reduce` model, intermediate buffer count drops from 9 to 2 (one P2P + one regular, ping-ponging across all layers).

## Codegen diff (8 layers, hidden=4096, bf16, 2×H100)

**Before** — each all_reduce allocates internally, output immediately freed:
```python
extern_kernels.mm(arg1_1, arg0_1, out=buf0)
buf1 = torch.ops.symm_mem.one_shot_all_reduce.default(buf0, 'sum', '0')  # opaque alloc
buf2 = buf1; del buf1
buf3 = buf0; del buf0  # reuse (P2P only)
extern_kernels.mm(buf2, arg2_1, out=buf3)
del buf2                                                                   # output freed, never reused
```

**After** — all_reduce output is pre-allocated, reused across layers:
```python
extern_kernels.mm(arg1_1, arg0_1, out=buf0)
buf1 = empty_strided_cuda(...)                                             # explicit alloc
torch.ops.symm_mem.one_shot_all_reduce.out(buf0, 'sum', '0', out=buf1)
buf2 = buf0; del buf0  # reuse (P2P)
extern_kernels.mm(buf1, arg2_1, out=buf2)
buf3 = buf1; del buf1  # reuse (regular)                                  # ← output reused!
torch.ops.symm_mem.one_shot_all_reduce.out(buf2, 'sum', '0', out=buf3)
```

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Two buffers ping-pong across all 8 layers — zero extra allocations.

## Numbers

| Metric | FallbackKernel | ExternKernelOut | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intermediate buffers | 9 (1 P2P + 8 regular) | 2 (1 P2P + 1 regular) | **-78%** |
| Buffer reuses | 7 | 14 | **2×** |
| Total buffer names | 24 | 16 | **-33%** |
| `out=` calls | 8 (mm only) | 16 (mm + allreduce) | **2×** |

## Test Plan

A test is included

Pull Request resolved: #174856
Approved by: https://github.com/eellison

…175449)

Summary:
When a symm_mem collective op (e.g., one_shot_all_reduce) receives an
input whose allocation Inductor does not control (graph placeholder,
cudagraph-managed tensor from a prior graph, or output from a fallback
region), memory planning now handles it correctly:

1. _copy_input_to_comm_buffer: auto-inserts a Pointwise identity copy
   allocated in P2P memory via CommBufferLayout, so the collective
   receives valid symm_mem input without requiring the caller to
   pre-allocate.

2. _propagate_comm_layout_to_upstream + MutationLayout: when a
   pointwise op (relu, add) sits between the data source and the
   collective, the upstream buffer is converted to CommBufferLayout
   and the pointwise writes in-place via MutationLayout, fixing the
   "disconnected P2P buffer" bug where the triton kernel would read
   from an uninitialized p2p buffer.

3. _maybe_realize_symm_mem now returns the (possibly replaced)
   TensorBox, with all 22 call sites updated.

4. codegen_reference delegates to mutation target for
   MutationLayoutSHOULDREMOVE buffers.

Test Plan:

Reviewers:

Subscribers:

Tasks:

Tags:

Differential Revision: https://phabricator.intern.facebook.com/D93914965

Pull Request resolved: #175449
Approved by: https://github.com/eellison
ghstack dependencies: #174856

Co-authored-by: Xia-Weiwen <12522207+Xia-Weiwen@users.noreply.github.com>

…t buffer reuse (pytorch#174856)

## Stack Overview

Previous [pr](pytorch#171909) enabled torch.compile for symm mem op, but it has issue: "We don't always have the ability to own the allocation of a tensor, e.g. if it is a graph input or allocated by a custom kernel without an out variant. This is going to fail in those cases." This stack resolves the issue.

The entire stack goal:
- sym memory planning that succeeds when the buffer that needs to be pre-planned is an input to the graph, or other tensor that we dont control allocation of.
- for cudagraph, it can pre allocate the output for the fallback region in the prior graph

The stack addresses this incrementally:

  pytorch#174856 [1/5] ExternKernelOut lowering(this pr)
    Lower symm_mem ops from FallbackKernel to ExternKernelOut so output buffer is visible to inductor.  Foundation for all subsequent diffs.

  pytorch#175449 [2/5] Identity copy for uncontrolled inputs
    When the input is a graph placeholder or comes from a fallback region, auto-insert a Pointwise identity copy to P2P. Also propagate CommBufferLayout upstream through pointwise ops.
    For graph inupt, this copy to P2P will be optimized out in pr5 layout change(see pytorch#138280). For other cases, say inputs come from fallback region, the copy is default to avoid crash.

  pytorch#175450 [3/5] CUDAGraph P2P pool handling
    Teach the CUDAGraph tree to detect P2P inputs (non-standard deleter), skip managed-buffer copy for them, and exclude them from pool checks.  Without this, CG tree would copy P2P inputs into its managed pool (losing the P2P property).

  pytorch#175476 [4/5] Hoist fallback output allocs into prior CG partition
    Move output buffer allocations from non-CG fallback regions into the prior CG partition for pointer stability during replay.

  pytorch#175486 [5/5] Layout allocator approach
    Replace the identity copy (diff 2) with a Layout-based approach for InputBuffer: annotate layout.allocator=SYMM_MEM, generate a persistent P2P buffer at module level + DMA .copy_() in Runner.call().

## PR Summary

Functional symm_mem ops (`one_shot_all_reduce`, `one_shot_all_reduce_copy`, `multimem_one_shot_all_reduce`) are lowered via `FallbackKernel`, which has `should_allocate()=False`. This makes their output buffers opaque to Inductor's memory planner. Each collective allocates its own output internally, and Inductor cannot 1) pre-allocate the output buffer within symmetric memory planning, and also cannot 2) reuse buffer(for cpu).

This diff switches the these ops to `ExternKernelOut` (via their corresponding `.out` variants), which has `should_allocate()=True`. The output buffer becomes visible to inductor for following p2p memory planning and buffer reuse.

This PR is the basis of follow up PRs in the ghstack.

**Result**: 1) In codegen, out buffer is allocated explicitly, instead of in the kernel. 2) In an 8-layer `matmul → one_shot_all_reduce` model, intermediate buffer count drops from 9 to 2 (one P2P + one regular, ping-ponging across all layers).

## Codegen diff (8 layers, hidden=4096, bf16, 2×H100)

**Before** — each all_reduce allocates internally, output immediately freed:
```python
extern_kernels.mm(arg1_1, arg0_1, out=buf0)
buf1 = torch.ops.symm_mem.one_shot_all_reduce.default(buf0, 'sum', '0')  # opaque alloc
buf2 = buf1; del buf1
buf3 = buf0; del buf0  # reuse (P2P only)
extern_kernels.mm(buf2, arg2_1, out=buf3)
del buf2                                                                   # output freed, never reused
```

**After** — all_reduce output is pre-allocated, reused across layers:
```python
extern_kernels.mm(arg1_1, arg0_1, out=buf0)
buf1 = empty_strided_cuda(...)                                             # explicit alloc
torch.ops.symm_mem.one_shot_all_reduce.out(buf0, 'sum', '0', out=buf1)
buf2 = buf0; del buf0  # reuse (P2P)
extern_kernels.mm(buf1, arg2_1, out=buf2)
buf3 = buf1; del buf1  # reuse (regular)                                  # ← output reused!
torch.ops.symm_mem.one_shot_all_reduce.out(buf2, 'sum', '0', out=buf3)
```

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Two buffers ping-pong across all 8 layers — zero extra allocations.

## Numbers

| Metric | FallbackKernel | ExternKernelOut | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intermediate buffers | 9 (1 P2P + 8 regular) | 2 (1 P2P + 1 regular) | **-78%** |
| Buffer reuses | 7 | 14 | **2×** |
| Total buffer names | 24 | 16 | **-33%** |
| `out=` calls | 8 (mm only) | 16 (mm + allreduce) | **2×** |

## Test Plan

A test is included

Pull Request resolved: pytorch#174856
Approved by: https://github.com/eellison

…t buffer reuse (pytorch#174856)

## Stack Overview

Previous [pr](pytorch#171909) enabled torch.compile for symm mem op, but it has issue: "We don't always have the ability to own the allocation of a tensor, e.g. if it is a graph input or allocated by a custom kernel without an out variant. This is going to fail in those cases." This stack resolves the issue.

The entire stack goal:
- sym memory planning that succeeds when the buffer that needs to be pre-planned is an input to the graph, or other tensor that we dont control allocation of.
- for cudagraph, it can pre allocate the output for the fallback region in the prior graph

The stack addresses this incrementally:

  pytorch#174856 [1/5] ExternKernelOut lowering(this pr)
    Lower symm_mem ops from FallbackKernel to ExternKernelOut so output buffer is visible to inductor.  Foundation for all subsequent diffs.

  pytorch#175449 [2/5] Identity copy for uncontrolled inputs
    When the input is a graph placeholder or comes from a fallback region, auto-insert a Pointwise identity copy to P2P. Also propagate CommBufferLayout upstream through pointwise ops.
    For graph inupt, this copy to P2P will be optimized out in pr5 layout change(see pytorch#138280). For other cases, say inputs come from fallback region, the copy is default to avoid crash.

  pytorch#175450 [3/5] CUDAGraph P2P pool handling
    Teach the CUDAGraph tree to detect P2P inputs (non-standard deleter), skip managed-buffer copy for them, and exclude them from pool checks.  Without this, CG tree would copy P2P inputs into its managed pool (losing the P2P property).

  pytorch#175476 [4/5] Hoist fallback output allocs into prior CG partition
    Move output buffer allocations from non-CG fallback regions into the prior CG partition for pointer stability during replay.

  pytorch#175486 [5/5] Layout allocator approach
    Replace the identity copy (diff 2) with a Layout-based approach for InputBuffer: annotate layout.allocator=SYMM_MEM, generate a persistent P2P buffer at module level + DMA .copy_() in Runner.call().

## PR Summary

Functional symm_mem ops (`one_shot_all_reduce`, `one_shot_all_reduce_copy`, `multimem_one_shot_all_reduce`) are lowered via `FallbackKernel`, which has `should_allocate()=False`. This makes their output buffers opaque to Inductor's memory planner. Each collective allocates its own output internally, and Inductor cannot 1) pre-allocate the output buffer within symmetric memory planning, and also cannot 2) reuse buffer(for cpu).

This diff switches the these ops to `ExternKernelOut` (via their corresponding `.out` variants), which has `should_allocate()=True`. The output buffer becomes visible to inductor for following p2p memory planning and buffer reuse.

This PR is the basis of follow up PRs in the ghstack.

**Result**: 1) In codegen, out buffer is allocated explicitly, instead of in the kernel. 2) In an 8-layer `matmul → one_shot_all_reduce` model, intermediate buffer count drops from 9 to 2 (one P2P + one regular, ping-ponging across all layers).

## Codegen diff (8 layers, hidden=4096, bf16, 2×H100)

**Before** — each all_reduce allocates internally, output immediately freed:
```python
extern_kernels.mm(arg1_1, arg0_1, out=buf0)
buf1 = torch.ops.symm_mem.one_shot_all_reduce.default(buf0, 'sum', '0')  # opaque alloc
buf2 = buf1; del buf1
buf3 = buf0; del buf0  # reuse (P2P only)
extern_kernels.mm(buf2, arg2_1, out=buf3)
del buf2                                                                   # output freed, never reused
```

**After** — all_reduce output is pre-allocated, reused across layers:
```python
extern_kernels.mm(arg1_1, arg0_1, out=buf0)
buf1 = empty_strided_cuda(...)                                             # explicit alloc
torch.ops.symm_mem.one_shot_all_reduce.out(buf0, 'sum', '0', out=buf1)
buf2 = buf0; del buf0  # reuse (P2P)
extern_kernels.mm(buf1, arg2_1, out=buf2)
buf3 = buf1; del buf1  # reuse (regular)                                  # ← output reused!
torch.ops.symm_mem.one_shot_all_reduce.out(buf2, 'sum', '0', out=buf3)
```

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Two buffers ping-pong across all 8 layers — zero extra allocations.

## Numbers

| Metric | FallbackKernel | ExternKernelOut | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intermediate buffers | 9 (1 P2P + 8 regular) | 2 (1 P2P + 1 regular) | **-78%** |
| Buffer reuses | 7 | 14 | **2×** |
| Total buffer names | 24 | 16 | **-33%** |
| `out=` calls | 8 (mm only) | 16 (mm + allreduce) | **2×** |

## Test Plan

A test is included

Pull Request resolved: pytorch#174856
Approved by: https://github.com/eellison

…ytorch#175449)

Summary:
When a symm_mem collective op (e.g., one_shot_all_reduce) receives an
input whose allocation Inductor does not control (graph placeholder,
cudagraph-managed tensor from a prior graph, or output from a fallback
region), memory planning now handles it correctly:

1. _copy_input_to_comm_buffer: auto-inserts a Pointwise identity copy
   allocated in P2P memory via CommBufferLayout, so the collective
   receives valid symm_mem input without requiring the caller to
   pre-allocate.

2. _propagate_comm_layout_to_upstream + MutationLayout: when a
   pointwise op (relu, add) sits between the data source and the
   collective, the upstream buffer is converted to CommBufferLayout
   and the pointwise writes in-place via MutationLayout, fixing the
   "disconnected P2P buffer" bug where the triton kernel would read
   from an uninitialized p2p buffer.

3. _maybe_realize_symm_mem now returns the (possibly replaced)
   TensorBox, with all 22 call sites updated.

4. codegen_reference delegates to mutation target for
   MutationLayoutSHOULDREMOVE buffers.

Test Plan:

Reviewers:

Subscribers:

Tasks:

Tags:

Differential Revision: https://phabricator.intern.facebook.com/D93914965

Pull Request resolved: pytorch#175449
Approved by: https://github.com/eellison
ghstack dependencies: pytorch#174856

…ytorch#175449)

Summary:
When a symm_mem collective op (e.g., one_shot_all_reduce) receives an
input whose allocation Inductor does not control (graph placeholder,
cudagraph-managed tensor from a prior graph, or output from a fallback
region), memory planning now handles it correctly:

1. _copy_input_to_comm_buffer: auto-inserts a Pointwise identity copy
   allocated in P2P memory via CommBufferLayout, so the collective
   receives valid symm_mem input without requiring the caller to
   pre-allocate.

2. _propagate_comm_layout_to_upstream + MutationLayout: when a
   pointwise op (relu, add) sits between the data source and the
   collective, the upstream buffer is converted to CommBufferLayout
   and the pointwise writes in-place via MutationLayout, fixing the
   "disconnected P2P buffer" bug where the triton kernel would read
   from an uninitialized p2p buffer.

3. _maybe_realize_symm_mem now returns the (possibly replaced)
   TensorBox, with all 22 call sites updated.

4. codegen_reference delegates to mutation target for
   MutationLayoutSHOULDREMOVE buffers.

Test Plan:

Reviewers:

Subscribers:

Tasks:

Tags:

Differential Revision: https://phabricator.intern.facebook.com/D93914965

Pull Request resolved: pytorch#175449
Approved by: https://github.com/eellison
ghstack dependencies: pytorch#174856

…ytorch#175449)

Summary:
When a symm_mem collective op (e.g., one_shot_all_reduce) receives an
input whose allocation Inductor does not control (graph placeholder,
cudagraph-managed tensor from a prior graph, or output from a fallback
region), memory planning now handles it correctly:

1. _copy_input_to_comm_buffer: auto-inserts a Pointwise identity copy
   allocated in P2P memory via CommBufferLayout, so the collective
   receives valid symm_mem input without requiring the caller to
   pre-allocate.

2. _propagate_comm_layout_to_upstream + MutationLayout: when a
   pointwise op (relu, add) sits between the data source and the
   collective, the upstream buffer is converted to CommBufferLayout
   and the pointwise writes in-place via MutationLayout, fixing the
   "disconnected P2P buffer" bug where the triton kernel would read
   from an uninitialized p2p buffer.

3. _maybe_realize_symm_mem now returns the (possibly replaced)
   TensorBox, with all 22 call sites updated.

4. codegen_reference delegates to mutation target for
   MutationLayoutSHOULDREMOVE buffers.

Test Plan:

Reviewers:

Subscribers:

Tasks:

Tags:

Differential Revision: https://phabricator.intern.facebook.com/D93914965

Pull Request resolved: pytorch#175449
Approved by: https://github.com/eellison
ghstack dependencies: pytorch#174856