[CK Tile] WAVELET pipeline for backward-data grouped
convolution (#8220)
## Motivation
On the RetinaNet shapes (gfx950, fp16) CK Tile backward-data conv was
~18% behind classic
CK, with the gap concentrated in the K=2376 3x3 detection-head family
where bwd_data spends
most of its time. The WAVELET GEMM pipeline already gives uplift for
forward and
backward-weight conv; this ports it to backward-data and consolidates
the now-shared
machinery across all three directions.
## Technical Details
- Backward-data wavelet support in the tile kernel: launch extra load
waves when the
pipeline exposes `LaunchBlockSize`, and split the epilogue into math
waves (run the
CShuffle epilogue) and load waves (`RunBarrierStub`).
- Register 7 WAVELET instances (fp16 and bf16), tuned for
backward-data's tall-skinny GEMM
rather than the forward tile shapes: a big-M `256/128/64` workhorse, a
`VecA=4` variant for
the `K % 8 != 0` shapes, and a `NumGroupsToMerge=32` variant for grouped
(depthwise-style)
shapes.
- Implement the native backward-data instance parser in
`generate_instances.py`.
- Deduplicate the wavelet machinery shared by forward, backward-data,
and backward-weight:
`GroupedConvLaunchBlockSize`, `is_wavelet_pipeline`, and
`RunWaveletAwareEpilogue` in
`grouped_convolution_utils.hpp`; the three native instance parsers
collapse to one
parameterized parser. The three kernels now call the shared helpers.
## Test Plan
- Rebuild the full profiler instance pools for all three directions
(fp16/bf16/fp32,
nhwgc/ndhwgc) to exercise the shared helpers across every instantiation.
- Tile GTests on gfx950: `test_grouped_convnd_fwd_tile`,
`test_grouped_convnd_bwd_data_tile`,
`test_grouped_convnd_bwd_weight_tile`.
- Per-shape sweep of the 35 RetinaNet backward-data shapes vs classic CK
and the
non-wavelet tile pool (`profile_wavelet_bwd_data.py`); correctness
spot-checked with
GPU-reference verification on the new big-M and NumGroupsToMerge
instances.
## Test Result
- GTests pass: forward 9/9, backward-data 6/6, backward-weight 6/6.
- Backward-data perf (3x3 g=1 region, geomean classic/tile): 0.88 ->
1.11, i.e. the tile
path goes from ~12% slower than classic to ~8% faster. The largest
single backward-data
shape (256x100x100->2376) moves from 11% slower than classic to 12.5%
faster.
- The dedup refactor preserves behavior (net -174 lines across the
kernels/generator),
confirmed by the full rebuild and the GTests above.
## Submission Checklist
- [ ] Look over the contributing guidelines at
https://github.com/ROCm/ROCm/blob/develop/CONTRIBUTING.md#pull-requests.
[CK_TILE, CK_BUILDER] Add bwd data to CK Tile profiler (#5516)
## Motivation
We want close the performance gap between old CK and CK Tile for bwd
data convolutions. To achieve this, we need tow things
- Configurations for the old CK kernel instances such that we can map
them into CK Tile instances.
- Support in CK profiler to run the CK Tile instance with the same API
as for old CK instances.
## Technical Details
Extracted kernel configurations from old CK. The codegen python script
for CK Tile convs is extended to support also bwd data. The generated
instances are added to the CMake build (target
`device_grouped_conv_bwd_data_tile_instances`).
A new profiler op (`grouped_conv_bwd_data_tile`) has been added to the
CK Profiler. The API is same as for old CK's profiler op
`grouped_conv_bwd_data`.
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Co-authored-by: Ville Pietilä <>
[CK_TILE] Add CK Tile bwd weight profiler (#4797)
## Motivation
To compare old CK and CK Tile, we need to extend the current CK profiler
to support running also CK Tile instance with the same API. In order to
have the same instance coverage in CK Tile compared to the old CK, I've
added code generation from old CK configurations to CK Tile instances
using the CK Builder.
## Technical Details
- The codegen python script for CK Tile fwd convs is extended to support
also bwd weight and bwd data.
- The generated instances are added to the CMake build (target
`device_grouped_conv_bwd_weight_tile_instance`s).
- A new profiler op (`grouped_conv_bwd_weight_tile`) has been added to
the CK Profiler.
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Co-authored-by: Ville Pietilä <>
Co-authored-by: Bartlomiej Kocot <barkocot@amd.com>
