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[CK_TILE] Add host-side Pack-GQA optimization for FMHA
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[CK_TILE] Add host-side Pack-GQA optimization for FMHA forward

## Motivation

Host-side Pack-GQA optimization for CK-Tile FMHA forward. Reshapes Q
tensor
from `[b, nhead_q, seqlen_q, d]` to `[b, nhead_kv, nhead_ratio *
seqlen_q, d]`
by adjusting strides, so grouped Q-heads sharing the same KV data are
processed
in a single tile. Zero kernel changes — runner-only.

Phase 1: non-causal attention with GQA ratio packing.
Phase 2: extends to dropout and split-kv paths, fixes stride edge cases.

## Technical Details

Modified files (2):
- `example/ck_tile/01_fmha/example_fmha_fwd.cpp` — Pack-GQA flag
plumbing
- `example/ck_tile/01_fmha/fmha_fwd_runner.hpp` — Q tensor reshape
logic,
  stride adjustment for GQA ratio packing

New files (1):
- `example/ck_tile/01_fmha/test_pack_gqa_phase2.sh` — 53 test cases
covering
  non-causal, dropout, split-kv, various GQA ratios

## Dependencies

None — this PR is standalone.

## Test Plan

- GPU validation on MI300X (gfx942, ROCm 6.4.1):
- Command: `./build/bin/tile_example_fmha_fwd -b=2 -h=32 -h_k=8 -s=2048
-d=128 -prec=bf16 -mode=group -v=1 -warmup=1 -repeat=3`
- GPU validation on MI350X (gfx950, ROCm 7.0), 53 parameterized test
cases:
- Command (GQA 4:1): `./build/bin/tile_example_fmha_fwd -b=2 -h=32
-h_k=8 -s=2048 -d=128 -prec=bf16 -mode=group -v=1 -warmup=1 -repeat=3`
- Command (GQA 8:1): `./build/bin/tile_example_fmha_fwd -b=2 -h=64
-h_k=8 -s=2048 -d=128 -prec=bf16 -mode=group -v=1 -warmup=1 -repeat=3`
- Command (decode): `./build/bin/tile_example_fmha_fwd -b=64 -h=32
-h_k=8 -s=1 -s_k=4096 -d=128 -prec=bf16 -mode=group -v=1 -warmup=1
-repeat=3`

## Test Result

Benchmark results (MI350X, gfx950, ROCm 7.0):

| Config | Without Pack | With Pack | Improvement |
|--------|-------------|-----------|-------------|
| GQA 4:1 prefill b=2 h=32 hk=8 s=2048 d=128 bf16 | 690.05 TFlops (0.199
ms) | 695.61 TFlops (0.198 ms) | +0.8% |
| GQA 8:1 prefill b=2 h=64 hk=8 s=2048 d=128 bf16 | 706.25 TFlops (0.389
ms) | 729.35 TFlops (0.377 ms) | +3.3% |
| GQA 8:1 decode b=64 h=32 hk=4 s_k=4096 d=128 bf16 | 305.20 GB/s (1.763
ms) | 1813.41 GB/s (0.297 ms) | **+5.9x** |
| LLaMA-70B decode b=32 h=64 hk=8 s_k=4096 d=128 bf16 | 591.70 GB/s
(0.909 ms) | 1820.65 GB/s (0.295 ms) | **+3.1x** |
| MHA ratio=1 b=2 h=8 s=4096 d=128 bf16 | 695.16 TFlops | 702.72 TFlops
| no regression |

Benchmark results (MI300X, gfx942, ROCm 6.4.1):

No regression on MI300X. Pack-GQA is a runner-only optimization (zero
kernel changes), performance impact is within noise on MI300X.

| Config | TFlops / GB/s | Time (ms) | Delta vs baseline |
|--------|-------------|-----------|-------------------|
| MHA bf16 b=2 h=8 s=4096 d=128 | 336.52 TFlops | 0.408 | -1.7% |
| GQA 4:1 bf16 b=2 h=32 hk=8 s=2048 d=128 | 322.52 TFlops | 0.426 |
-0.7% |
| GQA 8:1 bf16 b=2 h=64 hk=8 s=2048 d=128 | 349.85 TFlops | 0.786 |
+0.5% |
| LLaMA-70B prefill b=1 h=64 hk=8 s=4096 d=128 bf16 | 381.29 TFlops |
1.442 | +1.2% |
| Decode b=64 h=32 hk=8 s_k=4096 d=128 bf16 | 697.32 GB/s | 1.541 |
+0.8% |

All validation tests pass (`valid:y`) on both MI300X and MI350X.

Additional validation:
- 53 parameterized test cases pass (23 phase 1 + 30 phase 2)
- GQA ratios tested: 1:1, 2:1, 4:1, 8:1, 32:1
- No regression on MHA (ratio=1) workloads
- fp16 and bf16 validated
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CK Tile Example Suite

This directory contains a comprehensive suite of examples demonstrating the CK Tile programming model for high-performance GPU kernels. Each example illustrates a key deep learning or HPC operation, implemented using tile-based parallelism, modular pipelines, and data movement policy.


What is CK Tile?

CK Tile is a composable GPU programming API that expresses kernels as a composition of "tiles"—rectangular blocks of computation and data movement. The pipeline & policy orchestrates data movement (global <-> LDS <-> registers), computation, and synchronization, enabling high efficiency and flexibility.


Example Index

Example Operation Description
01_fmha Fused Multi-Head Attention Tile-based FMHA with masking, quantization, and epilogue fusion
02_layernorm2d LayerNorm2D Blockwise layer normalization with fusion and quantization
03_gemm GEMM Matrix multiplication with tilewise parallelism
04_img2col im2col Image-to-column transformation for GEMM-based convolution
05_reduce Reduction Tilewise sum, max, mean reductions
06_permute Permute Generic tensor permutation (up to rank-8)
09_topk_softmax TopK-Softmax Rowwise softmax and top-k selection for MoE gating
10_rmsnorm2d RMSNorm2D Root mean square normalization for LLMs
11_add_rmsnorm2d_rdquant Add + RMSNorm2D + RDQuant Fused add, RMSNorm, and rowwise dynamic quantization
12_smoothquant SmoothQuant Per-channel scaling and quantization for int8 inference
13_moe_sorting MoE Sorting Token-to-expert rearrangement for MoE dispatch
14_moe_smoothquant MoE-SmoothQuant Expert-dependent quantization fused with top-k selection
15_fused_moe Fused MoE End-to-end fused MoE block: sorting, group-GEMM, activation, weighting
16_batched_gemm Batched GEMM Parallel computation of multiple GEMMs
17_grouped_gemm Grouped GEMM Multiple independent GEMMs with different shapes
18_flatmm FLATMM Flattened matrix multiplication for packed layouts
19_gemm_multi_d Multi-D GEMM GEMM with multiple side inputs (bias, residual, etc.)
35_batched_transpose Batched Transpose NCHW <-> NHWC and other layout conversions
36_copy Copy Minimal example for tile-based memory movement
37_transpose Block Transpose High-performance tiled transpose for large tensors

Technical Highlights


How to Build & Run

mkdir build && cd build
sh ../script/cmake-ck-dev.sh ../ <arch>
make -j

Each example produces its own executable in build/bin/.


Learning and Extending


References


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