""" Vector Addition ================= In this tutorial, you will write a simple vector addition using Triton and learn about: - The basic programming model of Triton. - The `triton.jit` decorator, which is used to define Triton kernels. - The best practices for validating and benchmarking your custom ops against native reference implementations. """ # %% # Compute Kernel # -------------------------- import torch import triton import triton.language as tl @triton.jit def add_kernel( x_ptr, # *Pointer* to first input vector. y_ptr, # *Pointer* to second input vector. output_ptr, # *Pointer* to output vector. n_elements, # Size of the vector. BLOCK_SIZE: tl.constexpr, # Number of elements each program should process. # NOTE: `constexpr` so it can be used as a shape value. ): # There are multiple 'programs' processing different data. We identify which program # we are here: pid = tl.program_id(axis=0) # We use a 1D launch grid so axis is 0. # This program will process inputs that are offset from the initial data. # For instance, if you had a vector of length 256 and block_size of 64, the programs # would each access the elements [0:64, 64:128, 128:192, 192:256]. # Note that offsets is a list of pointers: block_start = pid * BLOCK_SIZE offsets = block_start + tl.arange(0, BLOCK_SIZE) # Create a mask to guard memory operations against out-of-bounds accesses. mask = offsets < n_elements # Load x and y from DRAM, masking out any extra elements in case the input is not a # multiple of the block size. x = tl.load(x_ptr + offsets, mask=mask) y = tl.load(y_ptr + offsets, mask=mask) output = x + y # Write x + y back to DRAM. tl.store(output_ptr + offsets, output, mask=mask) # %% # Let's also declare a helper function to (1) allocate the `z` tensor # and (2) enqueue the above kernel with appropriate grid/block sizes: def add(x: torch.Tensor, y: torch.Tensor): # We need to preallocate the output. output = torch.empty_like(x) assert x.is_cuda and y.is_cuda and output.is_cuda n_elements = output.numel() # The SPMD launch grid denotes the number of kernel instances that run in parallel. # It is analogous to CUDA launch grids. It can be either Tuple[int], or Callable(metaparameters) -> Tuple[int]. # In this case, we use a 1D grid where the size is the number of blocks: grid = lambda meta: (triton.cdiv(n_elements, meta['BLOCK_SIZE']),) # NOTE: # - Each torch.tensor object is implicitly converted into a pointer to its first element. # - `triton.jit`'ed functions can be indexed with a launch grid to obtain a callable GPU kernel. # - Don't forget to pass meta-parameters as keywords arguments. add_kernel[grid](x, y, output, n_elements, BLOCK_SIZE=1024) # We return a handle to z but, since `torch.cuda.synchronize()` hasn't been called, the kernel is still # running asynchronously at this point. return output # %% # We can now use the above function to compute the element-wise sum of two `torch.tensor` objects and test its correctness: torch.manual_seed(0) size = 98432 x = torch.rand(size, device='cuda') y = torch.rand(size, device='cuda') output_torch = x + y output_triton = add(x, y) print(output_torch) print(output_triton) print( f'The maximum difference between torch and triton is ' f'{torch.max(torch.abs(output_torch - output_triton))}' ) # %% # Seems like we're good to go! # %% # Benchmark # ----------- # We can now benchmark our custom op on vectors of increasing sizes to get a sense of how it does relative to PyTorch. # To make things easier, Triton has a set of built-in utilities that allow us to concisely plot the performance of your custom ops. # for different problem sizes. @triton.testing.perf_report( triton.testing.Benchmark( x_names=['size'], # Argument names to use as an x-axis for the plot. x_vals=[ 2 ** i for i in range(12, 28, 1) ], # Different possible values for `x_name`. x_log=True, # x axis is logarithmic. line_arg='provider', # Argument name whose value corresponds to a different line in the plot. line_vals=['triton', 'torch'], # Possible values for `line_arg`. line_names=['Triton', 'Torch'], # Label name for the lines. styles=[('blue', '-'), ('green', '-')], # Line styles. ylabel='GB/s', # Label name for the y-axis. plot_name='vector-add-performance', # Name for the plot. Used also as a file name for saving the plot. args={}, # Values for function arguments not in `x_names` and `y_name`. ) ) def benchmark(size, provider): x = torch.rand(size, device='cuda', dtype=torch.float32) y = torch.rand(size, device='cuda', dtype=torch.float32) if provider == 'torch': ms, min_ms, max_ms = triton.testing.do_bench(lambda: x + y) if provider == 'triton': ms, min_ms, max_ms = triton.testing.do_bench(lambda: add(x, y)) gbps = lambda ms: 12 * size / ms * 1e-6 return gbps(ms), gbps(max_ms), gbps(min_ms) # %% # We can now run the decorated function above. Pass `print_data=True` to see the performance number, `show_plots=True` to plot them, and/or # `save_path='/path/to/results/' to save them to disk along with raw CSV data: benchmark.run(print_data=True, show_plots=True)