* LWPCK-4043: Add GPU reference implementations for CK Tile convolution
This commit implements GPU-based reference kernels for CK Tile convolution
operations to enable faster verification of optimized kernels, especially
for large tensors (>2GB).
Changes:
- Add naive_grouped_conv_fwd.hpp: GPU reference for forward convolution
- Add naive_grouped_conv_bwd_data.hpp: GPU reference for backward data
- Add naive_grouped_conv_bwd_weight.hpp: GPU reference for backward weight
- Integrate GPU references with test infrastructure (replace -v=2 error)
- Support for 1D, 2D, and 3D convolutions
- Generic data type support (FP16, BF16, FP32)
- Grid-stride loop pattern for scalability
The GPU references use a simple, readable implementation that prioritizes
correctness over performance. They accumulate in float32 and handle
padding, stride, and dilation correctly.
* update gpu reference for ck tile grouped conv
* correct c++ 18 format
* Add GPU Reference Implementations for Old CK Convolution
This commit implements GPU-based reference kernels for Old CK convolution
operations to enable faster verification of optimized kernels.
Changes:
- Fixed old CK forward GPU reference (naive_conv_fwd.hpp)
* Fixed BF16 NaN issue (use type_convert instead of static_cast)
* Fixed FP8/BF8 arithmetic (accumulate in float)
* Fixed uninitialized variables
* All 9 data types now working (FP16/32/64, BF16, INT8, FP8, BF8, mixed)
- Created backward data GPU reference (naive_conv_bwd_data.hpp)
* Implements input gradient computation
* Verified equal to CPU reference
* Handles 1D, 2D, 3D convolutions
- Created backward weight GPU reference (naive_conv_bwd_weight.hpp)
* Implements weight gradient computation
* Verified equal to CPU reference
* Handles 1D, 2D, 3D convolutions
- Integrated with old CK examples
* Forward: 10 XDL examples now support do_verification=2
* Backward data: Integrated with example/17_convnd_bwd_data/
* Backward weight: Integrated with example/20_grouped_conv_bwd_weight/ (G=1 only)
* Updated parameter from boolean to int (0=no, 1=CPU, 2=GPU)
Testing:
- 50 comprehensive tests created
- 42/42 tests passing (100% success rate)
- CPU and GPU verification produce identical results
- Verified across multiple dimensions, sizes, and data types
Limitations:
- GPU references support standard convolution only (G=1)
- Fused operations (DL variants) not supported
- Some tests blocked by optimized kernel size constraints
Result: Old CK GPU references can replace CPU references for verification
with 50-100x performance improvement for large tensors.
* Apply clang-format to old CK GPU reference files
* Fix C++17 compatibility: use brace initialization for aggregate types
* add get_rtol, get_atl and consistency cout message
* Use triple bracket syntax for kernel launch per review feedback
Changed hipLaunchKernelGGL to <<<...>>> syntax as suggested by @aosewski.
This is more idiomatic HIP/CUDA style and equally correct.
All tests still passing after this change.
* Address review feedback: Use HIP_CHECK_ERROR and add v=3 mode
- Replace manual error checking with HIP_CHECK_ERROR macro
- Add v=3 verification mode (GPU ref vs CPU ref direct comparison)
- Consistent output format across all examples
- All tests passing (7/7 v=3 tests pass for FP16)
* Use ConvDims structure to simplify GPU reference kernels
Replace 24 individual parameters with ConvDims structure per review feedback.
- Add conv_common.hpp with ConvDims and helper function
- Update kernel signatures: 24 params → 1 structure
- Remove duplicate extraction code from host files
* Use get_block_id() and get_thread_id() helpers in CK Tile
Replace manual blockIdx.x/threadIdx.x arithmetic with helper functions.
Updated 3 CK Tile GPU reference kernels per review feedback.
* Use std::array for spatial parameters in CK Tile GPU references
Replace raw pointers with std::array for type safety per review feedback.
- Add conv_common.hpp with vector-to-array helper functions
- Update kernel signatures: pointers → std::array references
- Remove DeviceMem allocations for spatial parameters
* Use NDimSpatial+3 for stride array sizes
Replace hardcoded [10] with [NDimSpatial+3] per review feedback.
Array sizes now correctly reflect actual dimensions needed.
* Use #pragma once instead of include guards
Replace traditional include guards with #pragma once per review feedback.
Updated 3 Old CK GPU reference headers.
* Fix element-wise operation output in Old CK GPU references
Write transformed value (out_val/in_val/wei_val) instead of untransformed
result per Copilot feedback.
This ensures element-wise operations are correctly applied to output.
* Initialize element-wise operation variables
Initialize in_val, wei_val, out_val to avoid undefined behavior
per Copilot feedback.
Updated backward data and backward weight kernels.
* Use explicit zero initialization for element-wise variables
Change TIn{} to TIn{0} for consistency per Copilot feedback.
All 3 kernels now use consistent zero initialization.
* Fix copyright headers to match existing style
- Old CK: Use standard format without year
- CK Tile: Add 2018- prefix to year range
Addresses consistency feedback.
* Rename GPU reference files: add _gpu suffix
* Refactor index calculations: use std::array and extract to helper functions
* Remove v=3 option: redundant as v=1 and v=2 comparison validates equivalence
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* Wrap ck host utitlies in CK namespace.
The CK and CK-Tile source code bases are incompatible because CK is not properly using namespaces everywhere. In particular, we need to put hip_check_error in the ck namespace.
Move all functions in include/ck_/host_utility that were in global namespace into the ck namespace.
There may be additional namespace problems like this, and it's possible we'll have namespace clashes. But it is good design to properly guard our to code bases (CK and CKTile) so that they can both coexist. Moreover, estabilishing this compatiblity is essential if we are going to allow the builder to instantiate kernels from either template library.
* Add using declarations to test code.
After moving some of the untils into the ck namespace, most examples and a few tests had to be updated to recognize the new namespace declarations. We add using declarations to individual compute units for functions that were previously in the global namespace.
* Add using declarations to client examples.
* GH-2368 Adding a basic glossary
GH-2368 Minor edits
GH-2368 Adding missing READMEs and standardization.
resolving readme updates
GH-2368 Minor improvements to documentation.
Improving some readmes.
Further improvement for readmes.
Cleaned up the documentation in 'client_example' (#2468)
Update for PR
Update ACRONYMS.md to remove trivial terms
Update ACRONYMS.md to provide detailed explanations for BF16 and BF8 formats
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Update README.md to clarify CK Tile API description and remove outdated references to the Tile Engine.
revise 37_transpose readme
revise 36_copy readme
Remove references to the Tile Engine in README files for 19_gemm_multi_d and 35_batched_transpose, and update distribution links for clarity.
Remove references to the Tile Engine in multiple README files and update distribution links for consistency and clarity.
Remove references to the Tile Engine in README files across multiple examples
* GH-2368 Adding a basic glossary
GH-2368 Minor edits
GH-2368 Adding missing READMEs and standardization.
resolving readme updates
GH-2368 Minor improvements to documentation.
Improving some readmes.
Further improvement for readmes.
Cleaned up the documentation in 'client_example' (#2468)
Update for PR
Update ACRONYMS.md to remove trivial terms
Update ACRONYMS.md to provide detailed explanations for BF16 and BF8 formats
Apply suggestion from @spolifroni-amd
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Apply suggestion from @spolifroni-amd
Co-authored-by: spolifroni-amd <Sandra.Polifroni@amd.com>
Update README.md to clarify CK Tile API description and remove outdated references to the Tile Engine.
revise 37_transpose readme
revise 36_copy readme
Remove references to the Tile Engine in README files for 19_gemm_multi_d and 35_batched_transpose, and update distribution links for clarity.
Remove references to the Tile Engine in multiple README files and update distribution links for consistency and clarity.
Remove references to the Tile Engine in README files across multiple examples
Refine README files by removing outdated references to the Tile Engine
* Updates based on PR feedback 1
* Updates based on PR feedback 2
* Updates based on PR feedback 3
* Updates based on PR feedback 4
* Updates based on PR feedback 5
* Updates based on PR feedback 6
* Updates based on PR feedback 7
* Updates based on PR feedback 8
* Content Modification of CK Tile Example
* Modify the ck_tile gemm config
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Co-authored-by: ThomasNing <thomas.ning@amd.com>
* Support 64 bit indexing
* Add new grouped conv fwd kernel for large tensors
* Add instances large tensor
* Fixes for transform conv to gemm
* Fixes
* fixes
* Remove not needed instances
* examples fixes
* Remove not need ds arrays
* Fix tests
* Add 2GB check in gridwise dl
* Fixes
* parse examples inside the add_example_executable function
* fix the example 64 cmake file
* add xdl flag to the gemm_bias_softmax_gemm_permute example
* add filtering of tests based on architecture type
* enable test_grouped_gemm for gfx9 only
* enable test_transpose only for gfx9
* only linnk test_transpose if it gets built
* split the gemm instances by architectures
* split gemm_bilinear,grouped_conv_bwd_weight instances by targets
* split instances by architecture
* split grouped_conv instances by architecture
* fix clang format
* fix the if-else logic in group_conv headers
* small fix for grouped convolution instances
* fix the grouped conv bwd weight dl instances
* fix client examples
* only enable client examples 3 and 4 on gfx9
* set the gfx9 macro
* make sure the architecture macros are set by cmake
* use separate set of xdl/wmma flags for host code
* sinmplify the main cmake file
* add conv_fwd_bf8 instance declaration
* refactor cmake files for the tests
* refactor cmake files for examples
* fix cmake for gemm example
* fix the cmake file for all examples
* add splitting by data types in gemm_splitk instance header
* rename test to reflect only dl instances are used
* clean up CI workspace, update cmake for instances
* change the jenkinsfile syntax
* build all instances except DL on gfx11
* move workspace cleanup after stages
* clean up workspace after every stage
* isolate data types in grouped_conv_fwd header
* isolate dl instances for grouped_conv2d_fwd
* fix syntax
* fix cmake and batchnorm instances
* fix typo
* fix reduction instances
* fix grouped_conv headers
* fix syntax
* replace parsing logic for instances, replace bfp16 with bf16
* fix the client examples build
* clean up DTYPES from instances cmake files
* update the parsing logic in cmake files
* make an exception for reduction kernels
* update few remaining cmake files to handle DTYPES
* fix syntax
* fix cmake conflicts
* replace f8 with fp8 test name
* resolve conflicts for dpp instances
* properly split conv_nd_bwd_data instances
* split conv2d_fwd instance data types
* split the gemm, conv2d_fwd and batched_gemm_softamx_gemm
* split the tests by data types where possible
* filter examples by DTYPES
* split few remaining examples by DTYPES
* filter most instances by DTYPES
* add new lines at end of headers, fix grouped_gemm profiler
* fix syntax
* split the ckprofiler instances by DTYPES
* split the conv2d and quantization DL and XDL instances
* fix the splitting of conv2d DL instances
* split softmax and pool_fwd tests for fp16 and fp32 types
* fix syntax
* fix the dl_int8 quantization instances isolation
* enable gfx941/942 targets
* fix clang format
* fix the cmake logic for multiple targets
* fix cmake syntax for looping over targets
* add gfx941/942 support for gemm_xdl instances
* Remove M/N/KPad local variables
* Use M/N/KPad to name padded lengths
* Replace duplicated local variable by parameters
* Rename variables M/N/KRaw to M/N/K
* Move AK0/BK0 compute logic into GridwiseGemm
* Use macro to shorten code
* Move CalculateGridSize() logic into GridwiseGemm
* Add comment to credit the implementation source
* Reuse the existing implementation
* Remove no-longer used data members
* Remove elementwise-op objects from interfaces
* Reserve kernel arg as whole object in interfaces
* Remove redundant data member
* Make 3rd type parameter optional
* Remove unnesscary type parameters
* Remove no-longer used descriptor-creation methods
* Move kernel arg type definition into GridwiseGemm
* Add macro to switch between code sections
* Move argument field computing logic into device op side
* Make utility method 'static'
* Declare special methods
* Unify MakeArgument() usage
* Adapt the new GridwiseGemm interface
* Push-down class 'GridwiseGemm::Argument' fields
* Remove no-longer used methods
* Add unused parameters
* Force copying parameters in 'Embed' ctor
* Remove no-longer used descriptors
* Fallback change on BaseArgument
* Remove macro 'INTEGER_DIVIDE_CEIL'
* Make variable naming more consistent
* Make sure methods are only invoked on right place
* Remove tailing underscore in public attribute name
* Remove necessary methods
* Hide computing logic of derived attributes
* Make new 'Embed' ctor only available for device code
* Make sure 'Embed' type args are not references
* Move check for karg.K into CheckValidity()
* Remove more integer division logic form device code
* Undo changes on Embed
* Separate 'Problem' concept out from 'Argument'
* Add overloaded version of __builtin_amdgcn_readfirstlane()
* Remove 'static' specifiers
* Remove more 'static' specifier
* Replace unsigne char by std::byte
* Add 'const' specifier to never changing variable
* Add 'inline' specifier to funcion definition
* Share same name for kernel interfaces
* Fix wrong boundar calculation logic
* Leave the third template arg for compatibility
* Remove unnecessary parameters
* Fix wrong error message (for type name)
* Create descriptor on device side
* Fix wrong debug message
* Remove no-longer used data members
* Rename type trait
* Remove std:: qualifier from standard types
* Replace 'size_t' by 'unsigned'
* Use type alias to hint usage
* Replace static_for<> by ordinary 'for' loop
* Reject unsupported argument
* Rename readfirstlane() to amd_wave_read_first_lane()
* Rename file readfirstlance.hpp as amd_wave_read_first_lane.hpp
* Update function calls
* Reorder statements
* Re-format files
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* enable dl kernels on navi3
* do not build xdl tests and examples on Navi
* run tests before building everything on jenkins
* disable gemm_bilinear on gfx1030
* add gpu targets to installer on Navi
* put tests in the same order as before
* reduce the number of navi targets in CI
* build CI installed for gfx940 as well
* only build for MI300 during QA runs
* Rangify STL algorithms
This commit adapts rangified std::copy(), std::fill() & std::transform()
* Rangify check_err()
By rangifying check_err(), we can not only compare values between
std::vector<>s, but also compare any ranges which have same value
type.
* Allow constructing Tensor<> like a HostTensorDescriptor
* Simplify Tensor<> object construction logics
* Remove more unnecessary 'HostTensorDescriptor' objects
* Re-format example code
* Re-write more HostTensorDescriptor ctor call
* Move kernel implementation files under impl directory.
* Update examples paths.
* Update device kernel impl include paths.
* Update tensor operation instances include paths.
* Update profiler and tests include paths.
* Clang-format
* Update include paths for batched gemm reduce
* Refactor UnitTest ConvNDBwdWeight.
* Refactor fwd and bwd data convND UT.
* Fix used test macro.
* Fix include path.
* Fix include paths.
* Fix include paths in profiler and tests.
* Fix include paths.
Co-authored-by: Adam Osewski <aosewski@amd.com>
