Summary:
Replace the Triton identity-copy workaround for graph inputs (InputBuffer)
that need P2P memory with a Layout-based allocator constraint approach.

Three paths in _maybe_realize_symm_mem, in priority order:
1. We control allocation (ComputedBuffer) → CommBufferLayout (zero-copy)
2. Graph placeholder (InputBuffer, static shapes) → mark layout.allocator =
   SYMM_MEM; wrapper generates persistent P2P buffer at module level +
   DMA .copy_() in call(). Runs on copy engine, not compute SMs.
3. Fallback: insert Triton identity copy with CommBufferLayout (original).

Under CUDAGraph, Path 2 eliminates the 2-copy problem: previously CG tree
copied to managed_buf (copy 1) then Triton identity-copied to P2P (copy 2).
Now .copy_() runs outside the CG partition in Runner.call(), and the
persistent P2P buffer is passed directly to the partition. CG tree detects
it as a static P2P input via _has_Standard_Deleter runtime check.

Key changes:
- ir.py: AllocatorType enum (DEFAULT, SYMM_MEM) + Layout.allocator field
- comm_lowering.py: 3-path _maybe_realize_symm_mem with is_symbolic guard
- wrapper.py: codegen_p2p_input_copies() for module-level P2P alloc + .copy_()
- test: updated test_symm_mem_placeholder_auto_copy with Path 2 + Path 3 variant

Test Plan:
torchrun --nproc_per_node=2 -m pytest test/distributed/test_symmetric_memory.py::LoweringTest::test_symm_mem_placeholder_auto_copy -xvs
Verified codegen output shows module-level empty_strided_p2p + .copy_() pattern.

ghstack-source-id: c3c8c73
Pull Request resolved: #175486

…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]

Summary:
Replace the Triton identity-copy workaround for graph inputs (InputBuffer)
that need P2P memory with a Layout-based allocator constraint approach.

Three paths in _maybe_realize_symm_mem, in priority order:
1. We control allocation (ComputedBuffer) → CommBufferLayout (zero-copy)
2. Graph placeholder (InputBuffer, static shapes) → mark layout.allocator =
   SYMM_MEM; wrapper generates persistent P2P buffer at module level +
   DMA .copy_() in call(). Runs on copy engine, not compute SMs.
3. Fallback: insert Triton identity copy with CommBufferLayout (original).

Under CUDAGraph, Path 2 eliminates the 2-copy problem: previously CG tree
copied to managed_buf (copy 1) then Triton identity-copied to P2P (copy 2).
Now .copy_() runs outside the CG partition in Runner.call(), and the
persistent P2P buffer is passed directly to the partition. CG tree detects
it as a static P2P input via _has_Standard_Deleter runtime check.

Key changes:
- ir.py: AllocatorType enum (DEFAULT, SYMM_MEM) + Layout.allocator field
- comm_lowering.py: 3-path _maybe_realize_symm_mem with is_symbolic guard
- wrapper.py: codegen_p2p_input_copies() for module-level P2P alloc + .copy_()
- test: updated test_symm_mem_placeholder_auto_copy with Path 2 + Path 3 variant

Test Plan:
torchrun --nproc_per_node=2 -m pytest test/distributed/test_symmetric_memory.py::LoweringTest::test_symm_mem_placeholder_auto_copy -xvs
Verified codegen output shows module-level empty_strided_p2p + .copy_() pattern.

ghstack-source-id: 8fc5997
Pull Request resolved: #175486

Summary:
Replace the Triton identity-copy workaround for graph inputs (InputBuffer)
that need P2P memory with a Layout-based allocator constraint approach.

Three paths in _maybe_realize_symm_mem, in priority order:
1. We control allocation (ComputedBuffer) → CommBufferLayout (zero-copy)
2. Graph placeholder (InputBuffer, static shapes) → mark layout.allocator =
   SYMM_MEM; wrapper generates persistent P2P buffer at module level +
   DMA .copy_() in call(). Runs on copy engine, not compute SMs.
3. Fallback: insert Triton identity copy with CommBufferLayout (original).

Under CUDAGraph, Path 2 eliminates the 2-copy problem: previously CG tree
copied to managed_buf (copy 1) then Triton identity-copied to P2P (copy 2).
Now .copy_() runs outside the CG partition in Runner.call(), and the
persistent P2P buffer is passed directly to the partition. CG tree detects
it as a static P2P input via _has_Standard_Deleter runtime check.

Key changes:
- ir.py: AllocatorType enum (DEFAULT, SYMM_MEM) + Layout.allocator field
- comm_lowering.py: 3-path _maybe_realize_symm_mem with is_symbolic guard
- wrapper.py: codegen_p2p_input_copies() for module-level P2P alloc + .copy_()
- test: updated test_symm_mem_placeholder_auto_copy with Path 2 + Path 3 variant

Test Plan:
torchrun --nproc_per_node=2 -m pytest test/distributed/test_symmetric_memory.py::LoweringTest::test_symm_mem_placeholder_auto_copy -xvs
Verified codegen output shows module-level empty_strided_p2p + .copy_() pattern.

ghstack-source-id: 3c71d5d
Pull Request resolved: #175486

Summary:
Replace the Triton identity-copy workaround for graph inputs (InputBuffer)
that need P2P memory with a Layout-based allocator constraint approach.

Three paths in _maybe_realize_symm_mem, in priority order:
1. We control allocation (ComputedBuffer) → CommBufferLayout (zero-copy)
2. Graph placeholder (InputBuffer, static shapes) → mark layout.allocator =
   SYMM_MEM; wrapper generates persistent P2P buffer at module level +
   DMA .copy_() in call(). Runs on copy engine, not compute SMs.
3. Fallback: insert Triton identity copy with CommBufferLayout (original).

Under CUDAGraph, Path 2 eliminates the 2-copy problem: previously CG tree
copied to managed_buf (copy 1) then Triton identity-copied to P2P (copy 2).
Now .copy_() runs outside the CG partition in Runner.call(), and the
persistent P2P buffer is passed directly to the partition. CG tree detects
it as a static P2P input via _has_Standard_Deleter runtime check.

Key changes:
- ir.py: AllocatorType enum (DEFAULT, SYMM_MEM) + Layout.allocator field
- comm_lowering.py: 3-path _maybe_realize_symm_mem with is_symbolic guard
- wrapper.py: codegen_p2p_input_copies() for module-level P2P alloc + .copy_()
- test: updated test_symm_mem_placeholder_auto_copy with Path 2 + Path 3 variant

Test Plan:
torchrun --nproc_per_node=2 -m pytest test/distributed/test_symmetric_memory.py::LoweringTest::test_symm_mem_placeholder_auto_copy -xvs
Verified codegen output shows module-level empty_strided_p2p + .copy_() pattern.

ghstack-source-id: 9e54be1
Pull Request resolved: #175486

…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

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

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

Summary:
Replace the Triton identity-copy workaround for graph inputs (InputBuffer)
that need P2P memory with a Layout-based allocator constraint approach.

Three paths in _maybe_realize_symm_mem, in priority order:
1. We control allocation (ComputedBuffer) → CommBufferLayout (zero-copy)
2. Graph placeholder (InputBuffer, static shapes) → mark layout.allocator =
   AllocatorType(kind="symm_mem"); wrapper generates persistent P2P buffer +
   DMA .copy_() inside call(). Runs on copy engine, not compute SMs.
3. Fallback: insert Triton identity copy with CommBufferLayout (original).

Under CUDAGraph, Path 2 eliminates the 2-copy problem: previously CG tree
copied to managed_buf (copy 1) then Triton identity-copied to P2P (copy 2).
Now .copy_() runs outside the CG partition in Runner.call(), and the
persistent P2P buffer is passed directly to the partition. CG tree detects
it as a static P2P input via _has_Standard_Deleter runtime check.

CUDAGraph fix (CUDASymmetricMemory.cu): CUDAPeerAllocInfo's constructor
previously used CUDACachingAllocator::raw_alloc for the device-side pointer
arrays (buffers_dev_, signal_pads_dev_). During CG tree warmup the caching
allocator is redirected to a private pool, so these small, long-lived
infrastructure allocations landed in the CG pool and were flagged as
untracked leaks by check_memory_pool. Replaced with cudaMalloc, which always
allocates from the default CUDA pool regardless of the active pool context.
Also added ~CUDAPeerAllocInfo destructor (the old code never freed these
allocations — a pre-existing leak).

Key changes:
- ir.py: AllocatorType frozen dataclass (kind="default"/"symm_mem",
  group_name) + Layout.allocator field, propagated through as_fixed()/__eq__
- comm_lowering.py: 3-path _maybe_realize_symm_mem with is_symbolic guard
- wrapper.py: codegen_p2p_input_copies() for call-level P2P alloc + .copy_()
- wrapper.py: move proton HookManager import / set_allocator / start() from
  self.header to self.prefix — under CUDAGraph partition mode self.header is
  redirected into call(), but these proton statements must execute on every
  call() invocation, not at module-import time. self.prefix is the correct
  target as it always emits into the call() body.
- CUDASymmetricMemory.cu/hpp: raw_alloc → cudaMalloc + destructor (see above)
- test: Path 2 + Path 3 fallback variant + AllocatorType propagation unit test

Test Plan:
torchrun --nproc_per_node=2 -m pytest test/distributed/test_symmetric_memory.py -k "LoweringTest" -xvs
9 passed (incl. test_symm_mem_upstream_propagation_cudagraph), 1 skipped.

ghstack-source-id: fbce7a6
Pull Request resolved: #175486

…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]

…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]

…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]

…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]

Summary:
Replace the Triton identity-copy workaround for graph inputs (InputBuffer)
that need P2P memory with a Layout-based allocator constraint approach.

Three paths in _maybe_realize_symm_mem, in priority order:
1. We control allocation (ComputedBuffer) → CommBufferLayout (zero-copy)
2. Graph placeholder (InputBuffer, static shapes) → mark layout.allocator =
   AllocatorType(kind="symm_mem"); wrapper generates persistent P2P buffer +
   DMA .copy_() inside call(). Runs on copy engine, not compute SMs.
3. Fallback: insert Triton identity copy with CommBufferLayout (original).

Under CUDAGraph, Path 2 eliminates the 2-copy problem: previously CG tree
copied to managed_buf (copy 1) then Triton identity-copied to P2P (copy 2).
Now .copy_() runs outside the CG partition in Runner.call(), and the
persistent P2P buffer is passed directly to the partition. CG tree detects
it as a static P2P input via _has_Standard_Deleter runtime check.

CUDAGraph fix (CUDASymmetricMemory.cu): CUDAPeerAllocInfo's constructor
previously used CUDACachingAllocator::raw_alloc for the device-side pointer
arrays (buffers_dev_, signal_pads_dev_). During CG tree warmup the caching
allocator is redirected to a private pool, so these small, long-lived
infrastructure allocations landed in the CG pool and were flagged as
untracked leaks by check_memory_pool. Replaced with cudaMalloc, which always
allocates from the default CUDA pool regardless of the active pool context.
Also added ~CUDAPeerAllocInfo destructor (the old code never freed these
allocations — a pre-existing leak).

Key changes:
- ir.py: AllocatorType frozen dataclass (kind="default"/"symm_mem",
  group_name) + Layout.allocator field, propagated through as_fixed()/__eq__
- comm_lowering.py: 3-path _maybe_realize_symm_mem with is_symbolic guard
- wrapper.py: codegen_p2p_input_copies() for call-level P2P alloc + .copy_()
- wrapper.py: move proton HookManager import / set_allocator / start() from
  self.header to self.prefix — under CUDAGraph partition mode self.header is
  redirected into call(), but these proton statements must execute on every
  call() invocation, not at module-import time. self.prefix is the correct
  target as it always emits into the call() body.
- CUDASymmetricMemory.cu/hpp: raw_alloc → cudaMalloc + destructor (see above)
- test: Path 2 + Path 3 fallback variant + AllocatorType propagation unit test

Test Plan:
torchrun --nproc_per_node=2 -m pytest test/distributed/test_symmetric_memory.py -k "LoweringTest" -xvs
9 passed (incl. test_symm_mem_upstream_propagation_cudagraph), 1 skipped.

ghstack-source-id: cae2681
Pull Request resolved: pytorch/pytorch#175486

…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

…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