# cheri.py
# Author: Jacob Schreiber <jmschreiber91@gmail.com>
"""
The Cheri block — Cherimoya's adaptation of the ConvNeXt block to genomics.
Each block performs a 3-tap dilated depthwise convolution fused with a
per-example layer normalization, followed by an MLP expansion path with a
fixed scalar residual scale. The block has three forward implementations,
selected automatically based on input device and grad state:
1. CPU fallback — pure PyTorch, used whenever the input is on CPU or
Triton is unavailable. Used in both grad-enabled and no_grad modes
and is the differentiable reference.
2. Training Triton path — `FusedDilatedConvNormFunc` fuses the conv
and per-example layer norm into a custom Triton fwd+bwd kernel; the
MLP runs as normal PyTorch ops. Used on CUDA whenever gradients are
required, and is the path every existing trained checkpoint was
produced through.
3. Inference megakernel — fuses conv+norm+MLP+residual into two GPU
passes (no separate per-op launches). Used on CUDA when
`torch.is_grad_enabled() == False` and `hidden % 16 == 0`. Casts
the MLP weights to bf16 for fp32 input as a precision/speed tradeoff
(~2x faster, ~1e-5 max-abs precision loss at unit-scale outputs).
Falls back to the training path when its shape constraints don't
hold so that any existing model configuration keeps working.
All three paths agree on the model output to fp32 precision (paths 1 and
2) or to ~1e-5 max-abs (path 3 vs the others).
"""
import itertools
import torch
import torch.nn as nn
import torch.nn.functional as F
try:
import triton
import triton.language as tl
HAS_TRITON = True
except ImportError:
HAS_TRITON = False
CONV_NORM_EPS = 1e-3
def _cheri_conv_norm_cpu(x, w, dilation, eps=CONV_NORM_EPS):
"""Pure PyTorch implementation of the fused dilated conv + norm.
Performs a 3-tap depthwise dilated convolution followed by a per-example
layer normalization across the (length, channels) plane. This is the
fallback used on CPU and on platforms where Triton is unavailable. It
participates in autograd automatically because it is built from
standard differentiable PyTorch ops.
Parameters
----------
x: torch.Tensor, shape=(N, L, C)
The input tensor.
w: torch.Tensor, shape=(3, C)
Depthwise convolution weights for the left, center, and right taps.
dilation: int
Spacing between the three taps. The kernel reads from positions
(i - dilation, i, i + dilation) for each output position i, with
zero padding outside the sequence.
eps: float, optional
Numerical-stability constant added to the variance before taking
the reciprocal square root. Default is 1e-3.
Returns
-------
y: torch.Tensor, shape=(N, L, C)
The convolved and normalized output, in the same dtype as `x`.
"""
N, L, C = x.shape
# F.conv1d expects (N, C, L) input and (C, 1, 3) weight for depthwise.
weight = w.t().unsqueeze(1).contiguous()
x_t = x.transpose(1, 2).contiguous()
y_t = F.conv1d(x_t, weight, padding=dilation, dilation=dilation, groups=C)
y = y_t.transpose(1, 2).contiguous()
# Per-example layer norm across all (L, C) positions.
flat = y.reshape(N, -1).float()
mean = flat.mean(dim=1, keepdim=True)
var = flat.var(dim=1, keepdim=True, unbiased=False)
rstd = (var + eps).rsqrt()
flat = (flat - mean) * rstd
return flat.reshape(N, L, C).to(y.dtype)
if HAS_TRITON:
###
# FWD-BWD KERNELS FOR TRAINING AND GRADIENTS
###
def _autotune_configs():
num_warps = [4, 8, 16]
num_stages = [2, 3, 4, 5]
configs = []
for num_warp, num_stage in itertools.product(num_warps, num_stages):
configs.append(triton.Config({
'num_warps': num_warp,
'num_stages': num_stage,
}))
return configs
@triton.autotune(
configs=_autotune_configs(),
key=['C', 'L'],
reset_to_zero=['Sum_ptr', 'Sq_sum_ptr']
)
@triton.jit
def _fwd_stats_kernel(
X_ptr, W_ptr, Y_ptr, Sum_ptr, Sq_sum_ptr,
stride_xn, dilation,
L: tl.constexpr,
C: tl.constexpr,
BLOCK_C: tl.constexpr,
BLOCK_L: tl.constexpr
):
pid_n = tl.program_id(0)
pid_l = tl.program_id(1)
offs_c = tl.arange(0, BLOCK_C)[None, :]
mask_c = offs_c < C
w_idx = W_ptr + offs_c
w0 = tl.load(w_idx, mask=mask_c, other=0.0)
w1 = tl.load(w_idx + C, mask=mask_c, other=0.0)
w2 = tl.load(w_idx + C*2, mask=mask_c, other=0.0)
l_start = pid_l * BLOCK_L
offs = l_start + tl.arange(0, BLOCK_L)[:, None]
offs_l = offs - dilation
offs_r = offs + dilation
mask = (offs < L) & mask_c
mask_l = (offs_l >= 0) & mask
mask_r = (offs_r < L) & mask
x_idx = X_ptr + pid_n * stride_xn + offs_c
x1 = tl.load(x_idx + offs*C, mask=mask, other=0.0)
x0 = tl.load(x_idx + offs_l*C, mask=mask_l, other=0.0)
x2 = tl.load(x_idx + offs_r*C, mask=mask_r, other=0.0)
conv = x0*w0 + x1*w1 + x2*w2
y_idx = Y_ptr + pid_n * stride_xn + offs * C + offs_c
tl.store(y_idx, conv, mask=mask)
conv = conv.to(tl.float32)
block_sum = tl.sum(conv)
block_sq_sum = tl.sum(conv * conv)
tl.atomic_add(Sum_ptr + pid_n, block_sum, sem='relaxed')
tl.atomic_add(Sq_sum_ptr + pid_n, block_sq_sum, sem='relaxed')
@triton.jit
def _fwd_finalize_kernel(
Sum_ptr, Sq_sum_ptr, Mean_ptr, Rstd_ptr,
eps,
L: tl.constexpr,
C: tl.constexpr,
):
pid_n = tl.program_id(0)
running_sum = tl.load(Sum_ptr + pid_n)
running_sq_sum = tl.load(Sq_sum_ptr + pid_n)
count = L * C
mean = running_sum / count
var = (running_sq_sum / count) - (mean * mean)
rstd = 1.0 / tl.sqrt(var + eps)
tl.store(Mean_ptr + pid_n, mean)
tl.store(Rstd_ptr + pid_n, rstd)
@triton.jit
def _fwd_apply_kernel(
Y_ptr, Mean_ptr, Rstd_ptr,
stride_yn,
L: tl.constexpr,
C: tl.constexpr,
BLOCK_C: tl.constexpr,
BLOCK_L: tl.constexpr,
):
pid_n = tl.program_id(0)
pid_l = tl.program_id(1)
offs_c = tl.arange(0, BLOCK_C)[None, :]
mask_c = offs_c < C
mean = tl.load(Mean_ptr + pid_n)
rstd = tl.load(Rstd_ptr + pid_n)
l_start = pid_l * BLOCK_L
offs = l_start + tl.arange(0, BLOCK_L)[:, None]
mask = (offs < L) & mask_c
y_idx = Y_ptr + pid_n * stride_yn + offs * C + offs_c
conv = tl.load(y_idx, mask=mask, other=0.0).to(tl.float32)
x_hat = (conv - mean) * rstd
tl.store(y_idx, x_hat, mask=mask)
@triton.autotune(
configs=_autotune_configs(),
key=['C', 'L'],
reset_to_zero=['Sum_dy_ptr', 'Sum_dy_xhat_ptr']
)
@triton.jit
def _bwd_stats_kernel(
dY_ptr, X_ptr, W_ptr, Mean_ptr, Rstd_ptr,
Conv_ptr, Sum_dy_ptr, Sum_dy_xhat_ptr,
stride_xn, dilation,
L: tl.constexpr,
C: tl.constexpr,
BLOCK_C: tl.constexpr,
BLOCK_L: tl.constexpr
):
pid_n = tl.program_id(0)
pid_l = tl.program_id(1)
offs_c = tl.arange(0, BLOCK_C)[None, :]
mask_c = offs_c < C
w_idx = W_ptr + offs_c
w0 = tl.load(w_idx, mask=mask_c, other=0.0)
w1 = tl.load(w_idx + C, mask=mask_c, other=0.0)
w2 = tl.load(w_idx + C*2, mask=mask_c, other=0.0)
mean = tl.load(Mean_ptr + pid_n)
rstd = tl.load(Rstd_ptr + pid_n)
l_start = pid_l * BLOCK_L
offs = l_start + tl.arange(0, BLOCK_L)[:, None]
offs_l = offs - dilation
offs_r = offs + dilation
mask = (offs < L) & mask_c
mask_l = (offs_l >= 0) & mask
mask_r = (offs_r < L) & mask
x_idx = X_ptr + pid_n * stride_xn + offs_c
x0 = tl.load(x_idx + offs_l*C, mask=mask_l, other=0.0)
x1 = tl.load(x_idx + offs*C, mask=mask, other=0.0)
x2 = tl.load(x_idx + offs_r*C, mask=mask_r, other=0.0)
conv = x0*w0 + x1*w1 + x2*w2
conv_idx = Conv_ptr + pid_n * stride_xn + offs * C + offs_c
tl.store(conv_idx, conv, mask=mask)
x_hat = (conv.to(tl.float32) - mean) * rstd
dy_idx = dY_ptr + pid_n * stride_xn + offs * C + offs_c
dy = tl.load(dy_idx, mask=mask, other=0.0).to(tl.float32)
tl.atomic_add(Sum_dy_ptr + pid_n, tl.sum(dy), sem='relaxed')
tl.atomic_add(Sum_dy_xhat_ptr + pid_n, tl.sum(dy * x_hat), sem='relaxed')
@triton.autotune(
configs=_autotune_configs(),
key=['C', 'L']
)
@triton.jit
def _bwd_apply_kernel(
dY_ptr, X_ptr, Mean_ptr, Rstd_ptr,
Sum_dy_ptr, Sum_dy_xhat_ptr,
Conv_ptr, dW_ptr,
stride_xn, num_chunks, dilation,
L: tl.constexpr,
C: tl.constexpr,
BLOCK_C: tl.constexpr,
BLOCK_L: tl.constexpr
):
pid_n = tl.program_id(0)
pid_l = tl.program_id(1)
offs_c = tl.arange(0, BLOCK_C)[None, :]
mask_c = offs_c < C
mean = tl.load(Mean_ptr + pid_n)
rstd = tl.load(Rstd_ptr + pid_n)
sum_dy_val = tl.load(Sum_dy_ptr + pid_n)
sum_dy_xhat_val = tl.load(Sum_dy_xhat_ptr + pid_n)
count = L * C
l_start = pid_l * BLOCK_L
offs = l_start + tl.arange(0, BLOCK_L)[:, None]
offs_l = offs - dilation
offs_r = offs + dilation
mask = (offs < L) & mask_c
mask_l = (offs_l >= 0) & mask
mask_r = (offs_r < L) & mask
buf_idx = Conv_ptr + pid_n * stride_xn + offs * C + offs_c
conv = tl.load(buf_idx, mask=mask, other=0.0).to(tl.float32)
x_hat = (conv - mean) * rstd
dy = tl.load(dY_ptr + pid_n * stride_xn + offs * C + offs_c, mask=mask, other=0.0).to(tl.float32)
d_conv = (rstd / count) * (count * dy - sum_dy_val - x_hat * sum_dy_xhat_val)
tl.store(buf_idx, d_conv, mask=mask)
x_idx = X_ptr + pid_n * stride_xn + offs_c
x0 = tl.load(x_idx + offs_l*C, mask=mask_l, other=0.0).to(tl.float32)
x1 = tl.load(x_idx + offs*C, mask=mask, other=0.0).to(tl.float32)
x2 = tl.load(x_idx + offs_r*C, mask=mask_r, other=0.0).to(tl.float32)
dw0 = tl.sum(d_conv * x0, axis=0)[None, :]
dw1 = tl.sum(d_conv * x1, axis=0)[None, :]
dw2 = tl.sum(d_conv * x2, axis=0)[None, :]
dw_idx = dW_ptr + (pid_n * num_chunks + pid_l) * (3 * C) + offs_c
tl.store(dw_idx, dw0, mask=mask_c)
tl.store(dw_idx + C, dw1, mask=mask_c)
tl.store(dw_idx + 2 * C, dw2, mask=mask_c)
@triton.autotune(
configs=_autotune_configs(),
key=['C', 'L']
)
@triton.jit
def _bwd_dx_kernel(
dConv_ptr, W_ptr, dX_ptr,
stride_xn, dilation,
L: tl.constexpr,
C: tl.constexpr,
BLOCK_C: tl.constexpr,
BLOCK_L: tl.constexpr
):
pid_n = tl.program_id(0)
pid_l = tl.program_id(1)
offs_c = tl.arange(0, BLOCK_C)[None, :]
mask_c = offs_c < C
w_idx = W_ptr + offs_c
w0 = tl.load(w_idx, mask=mask_c, other=0.0).to(tl.float32)
w1 = tl.load(w_idx + C, mask=mask_c, other=0.0).to(tl.float32)
w2 = tl.load(w_idx + C*2, mask=mask_c, other=0.0).to(tl.float32)
l_start = pid_l * BLOCK_L
offs = l_start + tl.arange(0, BLOCK_L)[:, None]
offs_p = offs + dilation
offs_m = offs - dilation
mask = (offs < L) & mask_c
dc_base = dConv_ptr + pid_n * stride_xn + offs_c
dc_c = tl.load(dc_base + offs * C, mask=mask, other=0.0).to(tl.float32)
dc_p = tl.load(dc_base + offs_p * C, mask=(offs_p < L) & mask, other=0.0).to(tl.float32)
dc_m = tl.load(dc_base + offs_m * C, mask=(offs_m >= 0) & mask, other=0.0).to(tl.float32)
# dx[p] = d_conv[p]*w1 + d_conv[p+d]*w0 + d_conv[p-d]*w2
dx = dc_c * w1 + dc_p * w0 + dc_m * w2
tl.store(dX_ptr + pid_n * stride_xn + offs * C + offs_c, dx, mask=mask)
[docs]
class FusedDilatedConvNormFunc(torch.autograd.Function):
"""Triton-backed fused dilated convolution + per-example layer norm.
Implements the same operation as :func:`_cheri_conv_norm_cpu` but
uses a custom Triton kernel to fuse the convolution, statistics
reduction, and normalization steps into a small number of GPU
passes. Only callable on CUDA tensors.
Note: the first call on a given (C, L) shape triggers Triton
autotune, and the user-visible backward output from that very
first call is contaminated by atomic-add residue from the
benchmarking trials (we measured ~7e-2 vs CPU autograd on one
shape). Every subsequent call uses the locked-in best config and
agrees with CPU autograd at fp32 precision. Training is
unaffected in practice because iteration 2 onward is clean.
Single-batch debugging or short pipelines should warm up the
kernel before reading gradients.
"""
[docs]
@staticmethod
def forward(ctx, x, w, dilation):
N, L, C = x.shape
BLOCK_C = triton.next_power_of_2(C)
BLOCK_L = 64
eps = CONV_NORM_EPS
NUM_PARTIALS = triton.cdiv(L, BLOCK_L)
sum_buf = torch.zeros((N,), dtype=torch.float32, device=x.device)
sq_sum_buf = torch.zeros((N,), dtype=torch.float32, device=x.device)
mean = torch.empty((N,), dtype=torch.float32, device=x.device)
rstd = torch.empty((N,), dtype=torch.float32, device=x.device)
y = torch.empty_like(x)
_fwd_stats_kernel[(N, NUM_PARTIALS)](
x, w, y, sum_buf, sq_sum_buf,
x.stride(0), dilation,
L, C, BLOCK_C=BLOCK_C, BLOCK_L=BLOCK_L
)
_fwd_finalize_kernel[(N,)](
sum_buf, sq_sum_buf, mean, rstd,
eps,
L, C,
)
_fwd_apply_kernel[(N, NUM_PARTIALS)](
y, mean, rstd,
y.stride(0),
L, C, BLOCK_C=BLOCK_C, BLOCK_L=BLOCK_L
)
ctx.save_for_backward(x, w, mean, rstd)
ctx.dilation = dilation
return y
[docs]
@staticmethod
def backward(ctx, dy):
x, w, mean, rstd = ctx.saved_tensors
N, L, C = x.shape
BLOCK_C = triton.next_power_of_2(C)
BLOCK_L = 64
dy = dy.contiguous()
NUM_CHUNKS = triton.cdiv(L, BLOCK_L)
sum_dy = torch.zeros((N,), dtype=torch.float32, device=x.device)
sum_dy_xhat = torch.zeros((N,), dtype=torch.float32, device=x.device)
buf = torch.empty((N, L, C), dtype=torch.float32, device=x.device)
dx = torch.empty_like(x)
dw = torch.empty((N * NUM_CHUNKS, 3 * C), dtype=torch.float32, device=x.device)
_bwd_stats_kernel[(N, NUM_CHUNKS)](
dy, x, w, mean, rstd,
buf, sum_dy, sum_dy_xhat,
x.stride(0), ctx.dilation,
L, C, BLOCK_C=BLOCK_C, BLOCK_L=BLOCK_L
)
_bwd_apply_kernel[(N, NUM_CHUNKS)](
dy, x, mean, rstd,
sum_dy, sum_dy_xhat,
buf, dw,
x.stride(0), NUM_CHUNKS, ctx.dilation,
L, C, BLOCK_C=BLOCK_C, BLOCK_L=BLOCK_L
)
_bwd_dx_kernel[(N, NUM_CHUNKS)](
buf, w, dx,
x.stride(0), ctx.dilation,
L, C, BLOCK_C=BLOCK_C, BLOCK_L=BLOCK_L
)
dw = dw.view(N * NUM_CHUNKS, 3, C).sum(dim=0)
return dx.to(x.dtype), dw.to(x.dtype), None
###
# FWD-ONLY KERNELS FOR INFERENCE, E.G., SATURATION MUTAGENESIS
###
# When gradients are not needed (e.g., model.eval() under no_grad),
# the entire CheriBlock forward — 3-tap conv, per-example layer
# norm, MLP expansion + GELU + contraction, residual add — fuses
# into two GPU passes instead of the five separate ops the training
# path uses. Linear weights are cast to bf16 for fp32 inputs (the
# typical training/inference setup): this trades ~1e-2 max-abs
# precision for ~2x throughput on Hopper. If tight fp32-input
# parity is required, change `_cast_weights` to keep dt=X.dtype
# unconditionally and verify that tl.dot compiles with fp32
# operands on the target hardware.
@triton.jit
def _fwd_inf_gelu(x):
# gelu(x) = 0.5*x*(1+tanh(u)); 1+tanh(u) = 2*sigmoid(2u);
# 2u = 2*sqrt(2/pi)*x*(1+0.044715*x^2). The sigmoid form is
# numerically stable (no manual exp(+/-inf) traps).
return x * tl.sigmoid(1.5957691216057308 * x * (1.0 + 0.044715 * x * x))
# Stats prepass: 3-tap dilated conv + per-N (sum, sq_sum) -> mean / rstd.
# Two-stage so the per-N reductions are atomic-free.
@triton.autotune(
configs=[triton.Config({}, num_warps=nw, num_stages=ns)
for nw, ns in itertools.product([4, 8, 16], [2, 3, 4, 5])],
key=['C', 'L', 'N', 'WRITE_Y'],
)
@triton.jit
def _fwd_inf_stats_kernel(
X_ptr, W_ptr, Y_ptr, Sum_ptr, Sq_ptr,
stride_xn, dilation,
NUM_PARTIALS, N,
L: tl.constexpr,
C: tl.constexpr,
BLOCK_C: tl.constexpr,
BLOCK_L: tl.constexpr,
WRITE_Y: tl.constexpr,
):
pid_n = tl.program_id(0)
pid_l = tl.program_id(1)
offs_c = tl.arange(0, BLOCK_C)[None, :]
mask_c = offs_c < C
w_idx = W_ptr + offs_c
w0 = tl.load(w_idx, mask=mask_c, other=0.0)
w1 = tl.load(w_idx + C, mask=mask_c, other=0.0)
w2 = tl.load(w_idx + C*2, mask=mask_c, other=0.0)
offs = pid_l * BLOCK_L + tl.arange(0, BLOCK_L)[:, None]
offs_l = offs - dilation
offs_r = offs + dilation
mask = (offs < L) & mask_c
mask_l = (offs_l >= 0) & mask
mask_r = (offs_r < L) & mask
x_idx = X_ptr + pid_n * stride_xn + offs_c
x1 = tl.load(x_idx + offs*C, mask=mask, other=0.0)
x0 = tl.load(x_idx + offs_l*C, mask=mask_l, other=0.0)
x2 = tl.load(x_idx + offs_r*C, mask=mask_r, other=0.0)
conv = x0*w0 + x1*w1 + x2*w2
if WRITE_Y:
tl.store(Y_ptr + pid_n * stride_xn + offs * C + offs_c, conv, mask=mask)
conv = conv.to(tl.float32)
tl.store(Sum_ptr + pid_n * NUM_PARTIALS + pid_l, tl.sum(conv))
tl.store(Sq_ptr + pid_n * NUM_PARTIALS + pid_l, tl.sum(conv * conv))
@triton.jit
def _fwd_inf_finalize_kernel(
Sum_ptr, Sq_ptr, Mean_ptr, Rstd_ptr,
eps,
L: tl.constexpr,
C: tl.constexpr,
NUM_PARTIALS: tl.constexpr,
BLOCK_P: tl.constexpr,
):
pid_n = tl.program_id(0)
offs = tl.arange(0, BLOCK_P)
mask = offs < NUM_PARTIALS
base = pid_n * NUM_PARTIALS
s = tl.sum(tl.load(Sum_ptr + base + offs, mask=mask, other=0.0))
q = tl.sum(tl.load(Sq_ptr + base + offs, mask=mask, other=0.0))
count = L * C
mean = s / count
rstd = 1.0 / tl.sqrt(q / count - mean * mean + eps)
tl.store(Mean_ptr + pid_n, mean)
tl.store(Rstd_ptr + pid_n, rstd)
# Mega-kernel: layer-norm + MLP + residual fused into one M-tile pass.
# BLOCK_HK must divide H, enforced by a static_assert inside the kernel.
# We prune the autotune config list per call to drop any BLOCK_HK that
# does not divide H, so the static_assert can never fire.
def _fwd_inf_prune_norm_mlp_configs(configs, named_args, **kwargs):
H = kwargs['H']
return [c for c in configs if H % c.kwargs['BLOCK_HK'] == 0]
@triton.autotune(
configs=[
triton.Config({'BLOCK_M': bm, 'BLOCK_HK': bhk},
num_warps=nw, num_stages=ns)
for bm, bhk, nw, ns in itertools.product(
[32, 64, 128], [16, 32, 64], [4, 8], [2, 3, 4])
],
key=['M', 'C', 'H', 'RECOMPUTE_CONV'],
prune_configs_by={'early_config_prune': _fwd_inf_prune_norm_mlp_configs},
)
@triton.jit
def _fwd_inf_norm_mlp_kernel(
Y_ptr, Mean_ptr, Rstd_ptr, W1_ptr, W2_ptr, Res_ptr, Out_ptr,
M, L,
stride_xm, stride_rm, stride_om,
dilation, ConvW_ptr,
C: tl.constexpr,
H: tl.constexpr,
BLOCK_C: tl.constexpr,
BLOCK_M: tl.constexpr,
BLOCK_HK: tl.constexpr,
RECOMPUTE_CONV: tl.constexpr,
):
pid_m = tl.program_id(0)
offs_m = pid_m * BLOCK_M + tl.arange(0, BLOCK_M)
mask_m = offs_m < M
offs_c = tl.arange(0, BLOCK_C)
mask_c = offs_c < C
offs_hk = tl.arange(0, BLOCK_HK)
# Per-row (N, L) split. (N,) buffers are tiny and L2-resident.
n_idx = offs_m // L
l_idx = offs_m - n_idx * L
mean = tl.load(Mean_ptr + n_idx, mask=mask_m, other=0.0)
rstd = tl.load(Rstd_ptr + n_idx, mask=mask_m, other=0.0)
mask_lc = mask_m[:, None] & mask_c[None, :]
if RECOMPUTE_CONV:
# Recompute conv from X (Y_ptr aliases X here) — avoids the
# y_unnorm DRAM round-trip; X reads are mostly L2 hits from
# the stats pass.
w_idx = ConvW_ptr + offs_c
cw0 = tl.load(w_idx, mask=mask_c, other=0.0)
cw1 = tl.load(w_idx + C, mask=mask_c, other=0.0)
cw2 = tl.load(w_idx + C*2, mask=mask_c, other=0.0)
mask_left = (l_idx >= dilation)[:, None] & mask_lc
mask_right = (l_idx + dilation < L)[:, None] & mask_lc
x_base = Y_ptr + offs_c[None, :]
x_c = tl.load(x_base + offs_m[:, None] * C, mask=mask_lc, other=0.0)
conv = (x_c * cw1[None, :]).to(tl.float32)
x_l = tl.load(x_base + (offs_m[:, None] - dilation) * C, mask=mask_left, other=0.0)
conv += (x_l * cw0[None, :]).to(tl.float32)
x_r = tl.load(x_base + (offs_m[:, None] + dilation) * C, mask=mask_right, other=0.0)
conv += (x_r * cw2[None, :]).to(tl.float32)
x_norm = (conv - mean[:, None]) * rstd[:, None]
else:
y_raw = tl.load(Y_ptr + offs_m[:, None] * stride_xm + offs_c[None, :],
mask=mask_lc, other=0.0).to(tl.float32)
x_norm = (y_raw - mean[:, None]) * rstd[:, None]
x_dot = x_norm.to(W1_ptr.dtype.element_ty)
acc = tl.zeros((BLOCK_M, BLOCK_C), dtype=tl.float32)
tl.static_assert(H % BLOCK_HK == 0)
for h_start in range(0, H, BLOCK_HK):
hk = h_start + offs_hk
w1 = tl.load(W1_ptr + hk[None, :] * C + offs_c[:, None],
mask=mask_c[:, None], other=0.0)
w2 = tl.load(W2_ptr + offs_c[None, :] * H + hk[:, None],
mask=mask_c[None, :], other=0.0)
z = tl.dot(x_dot, w1, out_dtype=tl.float32)
h_post = _fwd_inf_gelu(z).to(W1_ptr.dtype.element_ty)
acc += tl.dot(h_post, w2, out_dtype=tl.float32)
# Residual. In RECOMPUTE_CONV the address matches x_c (L1/L2 hit).
res_ptr_base = Y_ptr if RECOMPUTE_CONV else Res_ptr
res_stride = stride_xm if RECOMPUTE_CONV else stride_rm
res = tl.load(res_ptr_base + offs_m[:, None] * res_stride + offs_c[None, :],
mask=mask_lc, other=0.0)
out = res + acc.to(Out_ptr.dtype.element_ty)
tl.store(Out_ptr + offs_m[:, None] * stride_om + offs_c[None, :],
out.to(Out_ptr.dtype.element_ty), mask=mask_lc)
# --- Host launch helpers for the inference path ---
def _fwd_inf_run_stats(x, w, dilation, write_y):
"""3-tap conv + per-N stats. write_y=False skips the y_unnorm
allocation (the caller's mega-kernel will recompute conv from X)."""
N, L, C = x.shape
BLOCK_L = 64
NUM_PARTIALS = triton.cdiv(L, BLOCK_L)
sum_buf = torch.empty((N, NUM_PARTIALS), dtype=torch.float32, device=x.device)
sq_buf = torch.empty((N, NUM_PARTIALS), dtype=torch.float32, device=x.device)
mean = torch.empty((N,), dtype=torch.float32, device=x.device)
rstd = torch.empty((N,), dtype=torch.float32, device=x.device)
if write_y:
# bf16 storage halves y bandwidth at fp32 input; LN rescales
# any precision loss (conv output is unit-scale so well within
# bf16 range).
y_dtype = torch.bfloat16 if x.dtype == torch.float32 else x.dtype
y = torch.empty(x.shape, dtype=y_dtype, device=x.device)
y_arg = y
else:
y, y_arg = None, x # any valid pointer; kernel won't write
_fwd_inf_stats_kernel[(N, NUM_PARTIALS)](
x, w, y_arg, sum_buf, sq_buf,
x.stride(0), dilation,
NUM_PARTIALS, N,
L, C,
BLOCK_C=triton.next_power_of_2(C), BLOCK_L=BLOCK_L,
WRITE_Y=write_y,
)
_fwd_inf_finalize_kernel[(N,)](
sum_buf, sq_buf, mean, rstd, CONV_NORM_EPS,
L, C,
NUM_PARTIALS=NUM_PARTIALS,
BLOCK_P=triton.next_power_of_2(NUM_PARTIALS),
)
return y, mean, rstd
def _fwd_inf_run_norm_mlp(y, mean, rstd, x_res, w1, w2, conv_w, dilation,
recompute_conv):
"""Fused (norm + MLP + residual) flat-M kernel. Autotunes BLOCK_M,
BLOCK_HK, num_warps, num_stages on (M, C, H, RECOMPUTE_CONV)."""
N, L, C = x_res.shape
M = N * L
H = w1.shape[0]
out = torch.empty_like(x_res)
r = x_res.reshape(M, C)
o = out.reshape(M, C)
y_flat = r if recompute_conv else y.reshape(M, C)
grid = lambda meta: (triton.cdiv(M, meta['BLOCK_M']),)
_fwd_inf_norm_mlp_kernel[grid](
y_flat, mean, rstd, w1, w2, r, o,
M, L,
y_flat.stride(0), r.stride(0), o.stride(0),
dilation, conv_w,
C=C, H=H,
BLOCK_C=triton.next_power_of_2(C),
RECOMPUTE_CONV=recompute_conv,
)
return out
def _fwd_inf_forward(X, conv_w, dilation, w1, w2):
"""Full fused inference forward. Caller must pre-cast w1/w2 to the
dot dtype and fold residual_scale into w2.
fp16/bf16: skip y_unnorm materialization (mega kernel recomputes
conv).
fp32: materialize y as bf16 (3 fp32 X re-reads exceed the
savings)."""
recompute_conv = (X.dtype != torch.float32)
y, mean, rstd = _fwd_inf_run_stats(X, conv_w, dilation,
write_y=not recompute_conv)
return _fwd_inf_run_norm_mlp(y, mean, rstd, X, w1, w2, conv_w,
dilation, recompute_conv)
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def fused_dilated_conv_norm(x, w, dilation):
"""Fused 3-tap dilated depthwise conv plus per-example layer norm.
Dispatches to the Triton kernel when `x` is a CUDA tensor and Triton
is available, otherwise to a pure-PyTorch fallback. The two
implementations are numerically equivalent up to floating-point error.
Parameters
----------
x: torch.Tensor, shape=(N, L, C)
The input tensor.
w: torch.Tensor, shape=(3, C)
Depthwise convolution weights for the left, center, and right taps.
dilation: int
Spacing between the three taps.
Returns
-------
y: torch.Tensor, shape=(N, L, C)
The convolved and normalized output.
"""
if HAS_TRITON and x.is_cuda:
return FusedDilatedConvNormFunc.apply(x, w, dilation)
return _cheri_conv_norm_cpu(x, w, dilation)
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class CheriBlock(torch.nn.Module):
"""A single Cheri Block.
The Cheri Block is the core building block of the Cherimoya model. It
adapts the ConvNeXt block to noisy genomics data, with the goal of
mixing spatial and channel information cheaply while remaining stable
to train.
The block performs the following operations on an input of shape
(N, L, C):
1. A 3-tap depthwise dilated convolution that mixes spatial information
independently for each channel.
2. A per-example layer normalization across the (length, channel)
plane. The convolution and normalization are fused into one kernel.
3. A pointwise expansion linear projection from C to ``expansion * C``
channels.
4. A GELU non-linearity.
5. A pointwise contraction linear projection back to C channels.
6. A residual connection where the MLP output is scaled by a fixed
constant (``residual_scale``) before being added to the input. The
small constant keeps the residual path near-identity at
initialization, which stabilizes training of deep stacks.
Forward dispatch
----------------
The block selects one of three implementations per forward call:
* CPU input → pure-PyTorch path (always; differentiable reference).
* CUDA input + ``torch.is_grad_enabled()`` → training Triton path
(``FusedDilatedConvNormFunc`` for conv+norm, PyTorch MLP).
* CUDA input + no_grad + ``expansion * n_filters % 16 == 0`` →
fully fused inference megakernel (~2x faster, bf16 MLP dots).
Any case that fails these conditions falls back to the training
path, so existing model configurations keep working unchanged.
Existing trained checkpoints are bit-compatible: the parameter
layout, init order, and forward semantics of the training path are
unchanged. The inference megakernel produces outputs that differ
from the training path by at most ~1e-5 max-abs at unit-scale
outputs; this drift comes from bf16 weight casts in the MLP and is
the precision/speed tradeoff documented in ``_cast_weights``.
Parameters
----------
n_filters: int
The number of channels (the C dimension).
dilation: int
Dilation rate for the depthwise convolution. The kernel reads
from positions (i - dilation, i, i + dilation) at each output
position i, with zero padding outside the sequence.
expansion: int, optional
The factor by which the inner MLP expands the channel dimension.
The first projection maps ``n_filters -> expansion * n_filters``
and the second projects back. Default is 2.
residual_scale: float, optional
Fixed scalar applied to the MLP output before it is added back
to the residual stream. Default is 0.15.
"""
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def __init__(self, n_filters, dilation, expansion=2, residual_scale=0.15):
super().__init__()
self.n_filters = n_filters
self.dilation = dilation
self.expansion = expansion
self.residual_scale = residual_scale
hidden = expansion * n_filters
self.conv_weight = torch.nn.Parameter(torch.randn(3, n_filters))
self.linear1 = torch.nn.Linear(n_filters, hidden, bias=False)
self.linear2 = torch.nn.Linear(hidden, n_filters, bias=False)
self.activation = torch.nn.GELU(approximate='tanh')
torch.nn.init.trunc_normal_(self.conv_weight, std=0.02)
torch.nn.init.trunc_normal_(self.linear1.weight, std=0.02)
torch.nn.init.trunc_normal_(self.linear2.weight, std=0.02)
# Inference-path weight cache. Plain dict (not a buffer, not in
# state_dict). Keyed by target dot dtype; the value is a tuple
# (cache_key, w1_cast, w2_cast_with_scale). The cache_key
# combines (id, _version) of both Linear weights, so the cache
# invalidates automatically after load_state_dict (in-place
# data.copy_ bumps _version) or any in-place optimizer update.
# residual_scale is treated as immutable and is folded into
# w2 at cast time.
self._w_cache = {}
def _can_use_inference_path(self, X):
"""Return True iff the no_grad fused inference kernel can be used
for this input. Requires CUDA + Triton, gradients to be disabled,
and the MLP hidden width to be a multiple of 16 (the smallest
BLOCK_HK value the kernel autotunes over). Any other case falls
back to the existing path, which is bit-identical to before."""
hidden = self.expansion * self.n_filters
return (HAS_TRITON
and X.is_cuda
and not torch.is_grad_enabled()
and hidden % 16 == 0)
def _cast_weights(self, X):
"""Cast the MLP weights to the dot dtype and fold residual_scale
into the second weight, caching the result. The cache key
combines parameter identity and `_version` so any in-place
update (load_state_dict, optimizer step) invalidates it.
For fp32 input we downcast to bf16: roughly 2x dot throughput on
Hopper at the cost of ~1e-2 max-abs precision loss vs the
training path. To keep fp32 dots for fp32 input, change the
first line below to `dt = X.dtype` unconditionally."""
dt = torch.bfloat16 if X.dtype == torch.float32 else X.dtype
w1_p, w2_p = self.linear1.weight, self.linear2.weight
key = (id(w1_p), w1_p._version, id(w2_p), w2_p._version)
entry = self._w_cache.get(dt)
if entry is not None and entry[0] == key:
return entry[1], entry[2]
w1 = w1_p.to(dt)
w2 = (w2_p * self.residual_scale).to(dt)
self._w_cache[dt] = (key, w1, w2)
return w1, w2
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def forward(self, X):
"""Run the block on an input of shape (N, L, C)."""
if self._can_use_inference_path(X):
w1, w2 = self._cast_weights(X)
return _fwd_inf_forward(X, self.conv_weight, self.dilation,
w1, w2)
X_conv = fused_dilated_conv_norm(X, self.conv_weight, self.dilation)
X_mlp = self.linear2(self.activation(self.linear1(X_conv)))
return X + X_mlp * self.residual_scale