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Layer NormalizationΒΆ
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layer-norm-backward:
N Triton Torch Apex
0 1024.0 311.088617 98.303995 307.200008
1 1536.0 351.085717 134.540150 341.333333
2 2048.0 423.724127 161.684218 325.509933
3 2560.0 465.454542 181.238943 326.808501
4 3072.0 515.580429 192.501302 317.793096
5 3584.0 551.384634 208.271186 311.652167
6 4096.0 568.231237 220.412561 295.207204
7 4608.0 500.416301 232.825259 291.031570
8 5120.0 527.381977 242.845844 287.775181
9 5632.0 542.843364 243.545956 289.438969
10 6144.0 544.118087 248.661056 286.322318
11 6656.0 532.479975 256.000009 286.279570
12 7168.0 505.976473 260.654538 286.242939
13 7680.0 481.253256 262.564106 279.272719
14 8192.0 463.698115 267.130429 284.526763
15 8704.0 417.791980 267.472468 284.987724
16 9216.0 430.319054 272.394084 288.751954
17 9728.0 438.857162 280.278512 289.667485
18 10240.0 447.650282 286.433562 290.153487
19 10752.0 428.651173 247.172406 290.922209
20 11264.0 429.104745 245.760001 286.676558
21 11776.0 423.724129 249.888595 288.981596
22 12288.0 420.102570 254.673582 294.323369
23 12800.0 414.574901 253.674644 288.180121
24 13312.0 412.775186 252.959629 289.916513
25 13824.0 406.090579 257.290415 292.056329
26 14336.0 395.930964 254.485198 286.959121
27 14848.0 386.498925 257.665934 289.481735
28 15360.0 373.495460 257.970599 286.211174
29 15872.0 370.192407 261.626369 290.120338
import torch
import triton.language as tl
import triton
# Forward Pass
@triton.jit
def _layer_norm_fwd_fused(X, Y, W, B, M, V, stride, N, eps, **META):
BLOCK_SIZE = META['BLOCK_SIZE']
# position of elements processed by this program
row = tl.program_id(0)
cols = tl.arange(0, BLOCK_SIZE)
mask = cols < N
# offset data pointers to start at the row of interest
X += row * stride
Y += row * stride
# load data and cast to float32
x = tl.load(X + cols, mask=mask, other=0).to(tl.float32)
# compute mean
mean = tl.sum(x, axis=0) / N
# compute std
xmean = tl.where(mask, x - mean, 0.)
var = tl.sum(xmean * xmean, axis=0) / N
rstd = 1 / tl.sqrt(var + eps)
xhat = xmean*rstd
# write-back mean/rstd
tl.store(M + row, mean)
tl.store(V + row, rstd)
# multiply by weight and add bias
w = tl.load(W + cols, mask=mask)
b = tl.load(B + cols, mask=mask)
y = xhat * w + b
# write-back
tl.store(Y + cols, y, mask=mask)
# Backward pass (DX + partial DW + partial DB)
@triton.jit
def _layer_norm_bwd_dx_fused(DX, DY, DW, DB, X, W, B, M, V, Lock,
stride, N, eps,
**META):
GROUP_SIZE_M = META['GROUP_SIZE_M']
BLOCK_SIZE_N = META['BLOCK_SIZE_N']
# position of elements processed by this program
row = tl.program_id(0)
cols = tl.arange(0, BLOCK_SIZE_N)
mask = cols < N
# offset data pointers to start at the row of interest
X += row * stride
DY += row * stride
DX += row * stride
# offset locks and weight/bias gradient pointer
# each kernel instance accumulates partial sums for
# DW and DB into one of GROUP_SIZE_M independent buffers
# these buffers stay in the L2, which allow this kernel
# to be fast
lock_id = row % GROUP_SIZE_M
Lock += lock_id
Count = Lock + GROUP_SIZE_M
DW = DW + lock_id*N + cols
DB = DB + lock_id*N + cols
# load data to SRAM
x = tl.load(X + cols, mask=mask, other=0).to(tl.float32)
dy = tl.load(DY + cols, mask=mask, other=0).to(tl.float32)
w = tl.load(W + cols, mask=mask).to(tl.float32)
mean = tl.load(M + row)
rstd = tl.load(V + row)
# compute dx
xhat = (x - mean)*rstd
wdy = w * dy
xhat = tl.where(mask, xhat, 0.)
wdy = tl.where(mask, wdy , 0.)
mean1 = tl.sum(xhat * wdy, axis=0) / N
mean2 = tl.sum(wdy, axis=0) / N
dx = (wdy - (xhat*mean1 + mean2))*rstd
# write-back dx
tl.store(DX + cols, dx, mask=mask)
# accumulate partial sums for dw/db
partial_dw = (dy*xhat).to(w.dtype)
partial_db = (dy).to(w.dtype)
while tl.atomic_cas(Lock, 0, 1) == 1:
pass
count = tl.load(Count)
# first store doesn't accumulate
if count == 0:
tl.atomic_xchg(Count, 1)
else:
partial_dw += tl.load(DW, mask=mask)
partial_db += tl.load(DB, mask=mask)
tl.store(DW, partial_dw, mask=mask)
tl.store(DB, partial_db, mask=mask)
# release lock
tl.atomic_xchg(Lock, 0)
# Backward pass (total DW + total DB)
@triton.jit
def _layer_norm_bwd_dwdb(DW, DB, FINAL_DW, FINAL_DB, M, N, **meta):
pid = tl.program_id(0)
BLOCK_SIZE_M = meta['BLOCK_SIZE_M']
BLOCK_SIZE_N = meta['BLOCK_SIZE_N']
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, meta['BLOCK_SIZE_M'])
mask = (rows[:, None] < M) & (cols[None, :] < N)
offs = rows[:, None]*N + cols[None, :]
dw += tl.load(DW + offs, mask=mask, other=0.)
db += tl.load(DB + offs, mask=mask, other=0.)
sum_dw = tl.sum(dw, axis=0)
sum_db = tl.sum(db, axis=0)
tl.store(FINAL_DW + cols, sum_dw, mask=cols<N)
tl.store(FINAL_DB + cols, sum_db, mask=cols<N)
class LayerNorm(torch.autograd.Function):
@staticmethod
def forward(ctx, x, normalized_shape, weight, bias, eps):
# allocate output
y = torch.empty_like(x)
# reshape input data into 2D tensor
x_arg = x.reshape(-1, x.shape[-1])
M, N = x_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 // x.element_size()
BLOCK_SIZE = min(MAX_FUSED_SIZE, triton.next_power_of_2(N))
if N > BLOCK_SIZE:
raise RuntimeError("This layer norm doesn't support feature dim >= 64KB.")
# heuristics for number of warps
num_warps = min(max(BLOCK_SIZE // 256, 1), 8)
# enqueue kernel
_layer_norm_fwd_fused[(M,)](x_arg, y, weight, bias, mean, rstd,
x_arg.stride(0), N, eps,
BLOCK_SIZE=BLOCK_SIZE, num_warps=num_warps)
ctx.save_for_backward(x, weight, bias, mean, rstd)
ctx.BLOCK_SIZE = BLOCK_SIZE
ctx.num_warps = num_warps
ctx.eps = eps
return y
@staticmethod
def backward(ctx, dy):
x, w, b, m, v = ctx.saved_tensors
# heuristics for amount of parallel reduction stream for DG/DB
N = w.shape[0]
GROUP_SIZE_M = 64
if N <= 8192: GROUP_SIZE_M = 96
if N <= 4096: GROUP_SIZE_M = 128
if N <= 1024: GROUP_SIZE_M = 256
# allocate output
locks = torch.zeros(2*GROUP_SIZE_M, dtype=torch.int32, device='cuda')
_dw = torch.empty((GROUP_SIZE_M, w.shape[0]), dtype=x.dtype, device=w.device)
_db = torch.empty((GROUP_SIZE_M, w.shape[0]), dtype=x.dtype, device=w.device)
dw = torch.empty((w.shape[0],), dtype=w.dtype, device=w.device)
db = torch.empty((w.shape[0],), dtype=w.dtype, device=w.device)
dx = torch.empty_like(dy)
# enqueue kernel using forward pass heuristics
# also compute partial sums for DW and DB
x_arg = x.reshape(-1, x.shape[-1])
M, N = x_arg.shape
_layer_norm_bwd_dx_fused[(M,)](dx, dy, _dw, _db, x, w, b, m, v, locks,
x_arg.stride(0), N, ctx.eps,
BLOCK_SIZE_N=ctx.BLOCK_SIZE,
GROUP_SIZE_M=GROUP_SIZE_M,
num_warps=ctx.num_warps)
grid = lambda meta: [triton.cdiv(N, meta['BLOCK_SIZE_N'])]
# accumulate partial sums in separate kernel
_layer_norm_bwd_dwdb[grid](_dw, _db, dw, db, GROUP_SIZE_M, N,
BLOCK_SIZE_M = 32,
BLOCK_SIZE_N = 128)
return dx, None, dw, db, None
layer_norm = LayerNorm.apply
def test_layer_norm(M, N, dtype, 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)
# 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'],
line_names=['Triton', 'Torch', 'Apex'],
styles=[('blue', '-'), ('green', '-'), ('orange', '-')],
ylabel='GB/s',
plot_name='layer-norm-backward',
args={'M': 4096, 'dtype': torch.float16, 'mode': 'backward'}
)
)
def bench_layer_norm(M, N, dtype, provider, mode='backward',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':
import 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)
bench_layer_norm.run(save_path='.', print_data=True)
Total running time of the script: ( 2 minutes 13.353 seconds)