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Vidyasagar Ananthan 920acd2c12 [rocm-libraries] ROCm/rocm-libraries#5168 (commit 8b5afcb)
[CK] [CK_Tile] Add GroupConv to Kernel Dispatcher

## Motivation

This PR adds CK Tile group convolution (forward, backward-data,
backward-weight) support to the kernel dispatcher, matching and unifying
with the existing dispatcher GEMM infrastructure in architecture and
usability. The dispatcher provides a unified kernel dispatch system with
both C++ and Python frontends, and until now only supported GEMM
operations. This PR enables framework integrators to use the same
declarative kernel workflow for convolutions as they do for GEMM:
declare kernels, build a registry JIT, select kernels within the
registry at runtime, and dispatch to GPU. Future PRs will include
runtime kernel selection heuristics for autotuning of kernel parameters
based on (problem, hardware arch).

## Technical Details

Grouped convolution support has been added to the CK Tile Dispatcher
with generated_conv_backend.hpp enabling dispatcher.run(in, wei, out,
problem) for all 6 conv variants (fwd/bwdd/bwdw x 2D/3D), runtime
heuristic kernel selection, and GroupedConvKernelKey with full
ConvConfigBase fields. Python side adds parallel JIT via
registry.build(max_workers) and heuristic registry.select(). Includes 7
C++ and 6 Python examples covering all directions with CPU reference
validation, and shared infrastructure improvements (BaseRegistry CRTP,
structured exceptions). As a sanity check, JIT compile times for a
single kernel remains the same and for multiple kernels there is better
parallelism:
Kernels | 1 worker | 8 workers
1 | 7.7 s | 7.7 s
2 | 15.9 s | 8.2 s
4 | 33.4 s | 9.7 s
6 | 52.3 s | 10.2 s

## Test Plan

145 ephemeral unit tests have been added to test basic functionality.
All 30 examples/integration tests run end-to-end on gfx950 (MI350): 7
C++ conv, 7 C++ GEMM, 6 Python conv, 10 Python GEMM. CPU reference
validation for forward, backward-data, and backward-weight (2D) in both
C++ and Python examples pass.

## Test Result

30 examples pass. Peak performance: 132 TFLOPS (Batch-32 forward 56x56),
53 TFLOPS (pointwise 1x1). CPU reference accuracy: max_abs_diff < 0.002
for all directions (fp16 vs fp32 reference).

## Submission Checklist

- [x] Look over the contributing guidelines at
https://github.com/ROCm/ROCm/blob/develop/CONTRIBUTING.md#pull-requests.
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CK Tile Dispatcher Examples

Comprehensive examples for GEMM and Grouped Convolution operations with GPU execution.


Quick Start

Step 1: Build

cd /path/to/composable_kernel/dispatcher
mkdir -p build && cd build

cmake .. \
  -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/opt/rocm \
  -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=/opt/rocm/bin/hipcc \
  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
  -DGPU_TARGETS="gfx942" \
  -DBUILD_DISPATCHER_EXAMPLES=ON

# Build everything (C++ examples + Python libraries)
make -j$(nproc)

# Or build ONLY Python libraries (faster)
make python_libs -j$(nproc)

Step 2: Run C++ Examples

cd build/examples

# GEMM
./gemm_01_basic
./gemm_02_multi_size
./gemm_03_benchmark_validation
./gemm_04_heuristics
./gemm_05_json_export
./gemm_06_multi_registry

Step 3: Run Python Examples

cd /path/to/composable_kernel/dispatcher

# GEMM
python3 examples/gemm/python/01_basic_gemm.py
python3 examples/gemm/python/04_validation.py
python3 examples/gemm/python/07_stress_test.py
python3 examples/gemm/python/08_heuristics.py

Directory Structure

examples/
|---- gemm/
|   |---- cpp/           # 6 C++ GEMM examples
|   +---- python/        # 11 Python GEMM examples
|
+---- README.md

GEMM Examples

C++ Examples

# Example Description
01 gemm_01_basic Basic GEMM with declarative API, autofill, autocorrect
02 gemm_02_multi_size Wildcard expansion for multiple configurations
03 gemm_03_benchmark_validation Performance benchmarking with CPU/GPU validation
04 gemm_04_heuristics Heuristic-based kernel selection
05 gemm_05_json_export Registry JSON export for external tools
06 gemm_06_multi_registry Multiple registries with named kernel sets

Details: gemm/cpp/README.md


Python Examples

# Example Description
01 01_basic_gemm.py Basic GEMM with multi-kernel support
02 02_batch_gemm.py Batched GEMM operations
03 03_benchmark.py Performance benchmarking
04 04_validation.py CPU reference validation
05 05_numpy_integration.py NumPy array integration
06 06_json_export.py Registry JSON export
07 07_stress_test.py Multi-kernel stress testing (48 configs)
08 08_heuristics.py Heuristic-based kernel selection (24 configs)
09 09_multi_registry.py Multiple registries
10 10_advanced_benchmark.py Advanced benchmark with full control
11 11_json_import.py Import kernels from JSON

Details: gemm/python/README.md


Key Features

Declarative Kernel API

Both C++ and Python examples use a declarative approach:

C++ (DECL_KERNEL_SET macro):

DECL_KERNEL_SET(my_kernels,
    .add(
        Signature().dtype("fp16").layout("rcr"),
        Algorithm().tile(256, 256, 32).wave(2, 2, 1).warp(32, 32, 16)
                   .pipeline("compv4").scheduler("intrawave"),
        "gfx942"
    )
);

Python (KernelConfig):

config = KernelConfig(
    tile_m=256, tile_n=256, tile_k=32,
    wave_m=2, wave_n=2, wave_k=1,
    warp_tile_m=32, warp_tile_n=32, warp_tile_k=16,
    pipeline="compv4", scheduler="intrawave"
)

Autofill and Autocorrect

The build system automatically:

  • Autofills missing parameters with sensible defaults
  • Autocorrects invalid parameters based on architecture constraints
  • Expands wildcards (*, -1, ANY_INT) to all valid configurations

Architecture Filtering

Kernel configurations are validated against GPU architecture constraints:

  • Tile divisibility requirements
  • Warp tile constraints
  • Pipeline compatibility

Invalid configurations are automatically pruned during code generation.


Validation Examples

C++ Validation

./gemm_03_benchmark_validation --verify 1    # GEMM with CPU reference
./gemm_03_benchmark_validation --verify 2    # GEMM with GPU reference

Python Validation

python3 examples/gemm/python/04_validation.py
python3 examples/gemm/python/07_stress_test.py   # Multi-kernel validation

Troubleshooting

Python: Library not found

# Run from dispatcher directory
cd /path/to/composable_kernel/dispatcher
python3 examples/gemm/python/01_basic_gemm.py

C++: Executables not found

# Build with examples enabled
cmake .. -DBUILD_DISPATCHER_EXAMPLES=ON
make -j$(nproc)

# Run from build/examples
cd build/examples
./gemm_01_basic

GPU not detected

rocminfo | grep "Name:"
# Should show: gfx942, gfx90a, etc.

Grouped Convolution

Grouped convolution support has been re-introduced with a unified infrastructure shared with GEMM.

Infrastructure

The grouped convolution code generation, utilities, and build scripts are available:

Component Location
C++ Headers include/ck_tile/dispatcher/grouped_conv_*.hpp
Python Codegen codegen/unified_grouped_conv_codegen.py
Python Utils python/grouped_conv_utils.py
Build Script scripts/compile_grouped_conv_examples.py

Building Grouped Conv Kernels

# Generate grouped conv kernels
python3 codegen/unified_grouped_conv_codegen.py \
    --output-dir build/generated_kernels \
    --datatype fp16 --variant forward --ndim-spatial 2

# Compile a grouped conv example
python3 scripts/compile_grouped_conv_examples.py my_grouped_conv_example.cpp

See the main README for more details.