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Layer NormalizationΒΆ
Out:
layer-norm:
N Triton Torch Apex
0 1024.0 585.142849 277.694907 468.114273
1 1536.0 630.153868 323.368435 511.999982
2 2048.0 682.666643 337.814445 520.126988
3 2560.0 694.237267 362.477870 512.000013
4 3072.0 712.347810 375.206126 501.551037
5 3584.0 725.873439 384.859062 458.751978
6 4096.0 728.177767 381.023256 455.111095
7 4608.0 670.254540 396.387087 426.173427
8 5120.0 688.403381 397.669909 424.455959
9 5632.0 704.000002 396.969169 411.470331
10 6144.0 702.171410 402.885254 409.600010
11 6656.0 705.271522 400.360920 398.861429
12 7168.0 695.078767 383.571898 382.293315
13 7680.0 682.666656 391.337574 386.415087
14 8192.0 639.375598 391.259714 376.643677
15 8704.0 627.315309 392.292962 381.545190
16 9216.0 609.322328 405.098894 382.010363
17 9728.0 591.817503 408.524944 383.369452
18 10240.0 568.888869 408.578556 382.803739
19 10752.0 551.384634 411.559798 380.601764
20 11264.0 536.380957 402.285709 371.595879
21 11776.0 524.835658 408.711507 377.587162
22 12288.0 517.389457 413.042029 382.505826
23 12800.0 505.679014 409.599981 377.163903
24 13312.0 495.330249 404.159395 376.310952
25 13824.0 482.934503 410.359948 378.739711
26 14336.0 470.997935 401.007000 372.969090
27 14848.0 461.297068 404.715511 374.122832
28 15360.0 454.269882 406.214870 377.511515
29 15872.0 447.887117 410.261713 377.343238
import torch
import triton
import triton.language as tl
try:
# This is https://github.com/NVIDIA/apex, NOT the apex on PyPi, so it
# should not be added to extras_require in setup.py.
import apex
HAS_APEX = True
except ModuleNotFoundError:
HAS_APEX = False
@triton.jit
def _layer_norm_fwd_fused(
Out,
A,
Weight,
Bias,
Mean, Rstd,
stride, N, eps,
BLOCK_SIZE: tl.constexpr,
):
# position of elements processed by this program
row = tl.program_id(0)
Out += row * stride
A += row * stride
# compute mean
mean = 0
_mean = tl.zeros([BLOCK_SIZE], dtype=tl.float32)
for off in range(0, N, BLOCK_SIZE):
cols = off + tl.arange(0, BLOCK_SIZE)
a = tl.load(A + cols, mask=cols < N, other=0., eviction_policy="evict_last").to(tl.float32)
_mean += a
mean = tl.sum(_mean, axis=0) / N
# compute variance
_var = tl.zeros([BLOCK_SIZE], dtype=tl.float32)
for off in range(0, N, BLOCK_SIZE):
cols = off + tl.arange(0, BLOCK_SIZE)
a = tl.load(A + cols, mask=cols < N, other=0., eviction_policy="evict_last").to(tl.float32)
a = tl.where(cols < N, a - mean, 0.)
_var += a * a
var = tl.sum(_var, axis=0) / N
rstd = 1 / tl.sqrt(var + eps)
# write-back mean/rstd
tl.store(Mean + row, mean)
tl.store(Rstd + row, rstd)
# multiply by weight and add bias
for off in range(0, N, BLOCK_SIZE):
cols = off + tl.arange(0, BLOCK_SIZE)
mask = cols < N
weight = tl.load(Weight + cols, mask=mask)
bias = tl.load(Bias + cols, mask=mask)
a = tl.load(A + cols, mask=mask, other=0., eviction_policy="evict_first").to(tl.float32)
a_hat = (a - mean) * rstd
out = a_hat * weight + bias
# # write-back
tl.store(Out + cols, out, mask=mask)
# Backward pass (DA + partial DW + partial DB)
@triton.jit
def _layer_norm_bwd_dx_fused(
_DA,
_DOut,
_A,
Weight,
Mean, Rstd,
stride, NumRows, NumCols, eps,
BLOCK_SIZE_N: tl.constexpr,
):
# position of elements processed by this program
pid = tl.program_id(0)
row = pid
A = _A + row * stride
DOut = _DOut + row * stride
DA = _DA + row * stride
mean = tl.load(Mean + row)
rstd = tl.load(Rstd + row)
# load data to SRAM
_mean1 = tl.zeros([BLOCK_SIZE_N], dtype=tl.float32)
_mean2 = tl.zeros([BLOCK_SIZE_N], dtype=tl.float32)
for off in range(0, NumCols, BLOCK_SIZE_N):
cols = off + tl.arange(0, BLOCK_SIZE_N)
mask = cols < NumCols
a = tl.load(A + cols, mask=mask, other=0).to(tl.float32)
dout = tl.load(DOut + cols, mask=mask, other=0).to(tl.float32)
weight = tl.load(Weight + cols, mask=mask, other=0).to(tl.float32)
a_hat = (a - mean) * rstd
wdout = weight * dout
_mean1 += a_hat * wdout
_mean2 += wdout
mean1 = tl.sum(_mean1, axis=0) / NumCols
mean2 = 0.
mean2 = tl.sum(_mean2, axis=0) / NumCols
for off in range(0, NumCols, BLOCK_SIZE_N):
cols = off + tl.arange(0, BLOCK_SIZE_N)
mask = cols < NumCols
a = tl.load(A + cols, mask=mask, other=0).to(tl.float32)
dout = tl.load(DOut + cols, mask=mask, other=0).to(tl.float32)
weight = tl.load(Weight + cols, mask=mask, other=0).to(tl.float32)
a_hat = (a - mean) * rstd
wdout = weight * dout
da = (wdout - (a_hat * mean1 + mean2)) * rstd
# write-back dx
tl.store(DA + cols, da, mask=mask)
# Backward pass (total DW + total DB)
@triton.jit
def _layer_norm_bwd_dwdb(
A, DOut,
Mean, Var,
DW,
DB,
M, N,
BLOCK_SIZE_M: tl.constexpr,
BLOCK_SIZE_N: tl.constexpr,
):
pid = tl.program_id(0)
cols = pid * BLOCK_SIZE_N + tl.arange(0, BLOCK_SIZE_N)
dw = tl.zeros((BLOCK_SIZE_M, BLOCK_SIZE_N), dtype=tl.float32)
db = tl.zeros((BLOCK_SIZE_M, BLOCK_SIZE_N), dtype=tl.float32)
for i in range(0, M, BLOCK_SIZE_M):
rows = i + tl.arange(0, BLOCK_SIZE_M)
mask = (rows[:, None] < M) & (cols[None, :] < N)
offs = rows[:, None] * N + cols[None, :]
a = tl.load(A + offs, mask=mask, other=0.).to(tl.float32)
dout = tl.load(DOut + offs, mask=mask, other=0.).to(tl.float32)
mean = tl.load(Mean + rows, mask=rows < M, other=0.)
rstd = tl.load(Var + rows, mask=rows < M, other=0.)
a_hat = (a - mean[:, None]) * rstd[:, None]
dw += dout * a_hat
db += dout
sum_dw = tl.sum(dw, axis=0)
sum_db = tl.sum(db, axis=0)
tl.store(DW + cols, sum_dw, mask=cols < N)
tl.store(DB + cols, sum_db, mask=cols < N)
class LayerNorm(torch.autograd.Function):
@staticmethod
def forward(ctx, a, normalized_shape, weight, bias, eps):
# allocate output
out = torch.empty_like(a)
# reshape input data into 2D tensor
a_arg = a.reshape(-1, a.shape[-1])
M, N = a_arg.shape
mean = torch.empty((M,), dtype=torch.float32, device="cuda")
rstd = torch.empty((M,), dtype=torch.float32, device="cuda")
# Less than 64KB per feature: enqueue fused kernel
MAX_FUSED_SIZE = 65536 // a.element_size()
BLOCK_SIZE = min(MAX_FUSED_SIZE, triton.next_power_of_2(N))
BLOCK_SIZE = max(BLOCK_SIZE, 128)
BLOCK_SIZE = min(BLOCK_SIZE, 4096)
# heuristics for number of warps
num_warps = min(max(BLOCK_SIZE // 256, 1), 8)
_layer_norm_fwd_fused[(M,)](
out,
a_arg,
weight,
bias,
mean, rstd,
a_arg.stride(0), N, eps,
BLOCK_SIZE=BLOCK_SIZE,
num_warps=num_warps,
)
ctx.save_for_backward(
a, weight, bias, mean, rstd,
)
ctx.BLOCK_SIZE = BLOCK_SIZE
ctx.num_warps = num_warps
ctx.eps = eps
if hasattr(bias, "config"):
assert bias.config.grad_scale_name == weight.config.grad_scale_name
grad_scale_name = bias.config.grad_scale_name
else:
grad_scale_name = None
ctx.grad_scale_gain_bias_name = grad_scale_name
return out
@staticmethod
def backward(ctx, dout):
assert dout.is_contiguous()
a, weight, bias, mean, var = ctx.saved_tensors
# heuristics for amount of parallel reduction stream for DG/DB
N = weight.shape[0]
# allocate output
da = torch.empty_like(dout)
# enqueue kernel using forward pass heuristics
# also compute partial sums for DW and DB
x_arg = a.reshape(-1, a.shape[-1])
M, N = x_arg.shape
dweight = torch.empty((weight.shape[0],), dtype=weight.dtype, device=weight.device)
dbias = torch.empty((weight.shape[0],), dtype=weight.dtype, device=weight.device)
_layer_norm_bwd_dx_fused[(M,)](
da,
dout,
a,
weight,
mean, var,
x_arg.stride(0), M, N,
ctx.eps,
BLOCK_SIZE_N=ctx.BLOCK_SIZE,
num_warps=ctx.num_warps,
)
# accumulate partial sums in separate kernel
grid = lambda meta: [triton.cdiv(N, meta["BLOCK_SIZE_N"])]
_layer_norm_bwd_dwdb[grid](
a, dout,
mean, var,
dweight,
dbias,
M,
N,
BLOCK_SIZE_M=32,
BLOCK_SIZE_N=128,
)
return (da, None, dweight, dbias, None, None,
None, None, None, None,
None,
None, None, None,
None,
None, None, None,
None, None, None,
None, None, None)
def layer_norm(a, normalized_shape, weight, bias, eps):
return LayerNorm.apply(a, normalized_shape, weight, bias, eps)
def test_layer_norm(M, N, dtype, eps=1e-5, device='cuda'):
torch.manual_seed(0)
# create data
x_shape = (M, N)
w_shape = (x_shape[-1], )
weight = torch.rand(w_shape, dtype=dtype, device='cuda', requires_grad=True)
bias = torch.rand(w_shape, dtype=dtype, device='cuda', requires_grad=True)
x = -2.3 + 0.5 * torch.randn(x_shape, dtype=dtype, device='cuda')
dy = .1 * torch.randn_like(x)
x.requires_grad_(True)
# forward pass
y_tri = layer_norm(x, w_shape, weight, bias, eps)
y_ref = torch.nn.functional.layer_norm(x, w_shape, weight, bias, eps).to(dtype)
# backward pass (triton)
y_tri.backward(dy, retain_graph=True)
dx_tri, dw_tri, db_tri = [_.grad.clone() for _ in [x, weight, bias]]
x.grad, weight.grad, bias.grad = None, None, None
# backward pass (torch)
y_ref.backward(dy, retain_graph=True)
dx_ref, dw_ref, db_ref = [_.grad.clone() for _ in [x, weight, bias]]
# compare
triton.testing.assert_almost_equal(y_tri, y_ref)
triton.testing.assert_almost_equal(dx_tri, dx_ref)
triton.testing.assert_almost_equal(db_tri, db_ref, decimal=1)
triton.testing.assert_almost_equal(dw_tri, dw_ref, decimal=1)
@triton.testing.perf_report(
triton.testing.Benchmark(
x_names=['N'],
x_vals=[512 * i for i in range(2, 32)],
line_arg='provider',
line_vals=['triton', 'torch'] + (['apex'] if HAS_APEX else []),
line_names=['Triton', 'Torch'] + (['Apex'] if HAS_APEX else []),
styles=[('blue', '-'), ('green', '-'), ('orange', '-')],
ylabel='GB/s',
plot_name='layer-norm',
args={'M': 4096, 'dtype': torch.float16, 'mode': 'forward'}
)
)
def bench_layer_norm(M, N, dtype, provider, mode, eps=1e-5, device='cuda'):
# create data
x_shape = (M, N)
w_shape = (x_shape[-1], )
weight = torch.rand(w_shape, dtype=dtype, device='cuda', requires_grad=True)
bias = torch.rand(w_shape, dtype=dtype, device='cuda', requires_grad=True)
x = -2.3 + 0.5 * torch.randn(x_shape, dtype=dtype, device='cuda')
dy = .1 * torch.randn_like(x)
x.requires_grad_(True)
# utility functions
if provider == 'triton':
y_fwd = lambda: layer_norm(x, w_shape, weight, bias, eps)
if provider == 'torch':
y_fwd = lambda: torch.nn.functional.layer_norm(x, w_shape, weight, bias, eps)
if provider == 'apex':
apex_layer_norm = apex.normalization.FusedLayerNorm(w_shape).to(x.device).to(x.dtype)
y_fwd = lambda: apex_layer_norm(x)
# forward pass
if mode == 'forward':
gbps = lambda ms: 2 * x.numel() * x.element_size() / ms * 1e-6
ms, min_ms, max_ms = triton.testing.do_bench(y_fwd, rep=500)
# backward pass
if mode == 'backward':
gbps = lambda ms: 3 * x.numel() * x.element_size() / ms * 1e-6
y = y_fwd()
ms, min_ms, max_ms = triton.testing.do_bench(lambda: y.backward(dy, retain_graph=True),
grad_to_none=[x], rep=500)
return gbps(ms), gbps(max_ms), gbps(min_ms)
# test_layer_norm(1151, 8192, torch.float16)
bench_layer_norm.run(save_path='.', print_data=True)
Total running time of the script: ( 5 minutes 24.150 seconds)