[C/PyTorch] Add FP8 DPA and MHA (#768)

* WIP: fp8 v1 fprop integration
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* WIP: minor fixes
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* add debug info
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* add more debug info
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* fprop working for h1; w/ debug info
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* WIP: add bprop
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* cleanup; bprop running but has mismatches
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* add gitlab frontend as submodule
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* clean up and add back v0.9.2 FE support; fprop/bprop passing with 5e-2 tols
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* fix after merge; add bias_b/h to caching descriptor
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* distinguish fwd/bwd tensor types for bprop
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* minor fix for F16 cases; include added dqkv_type and d_scale_dp
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* adjust out shape for bwd in test
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* add casting from/to FP8 to DPA module
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* WIP: bshd_bshd_bshd layout
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* WIP: support all sbhd/bshd layouts
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* clean up
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* add qkvpacked and kvpacked support in both FusedAttnFunc and C levels
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* remove qkvpacked/kvpacked calls in DPA module (used for testing)
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* remove tp setup; add allow_non_contiguous; update FE; revert to sbh3d in tests; clean up
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* add NVTE_FP8_DPA_BWD to control whether to use FP8 bwd or F16 bwd
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* fix MQA
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* fix MQA/GQA in FP8 v1 API
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* update FE to 705d8e3, with API change
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* test causal mask
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* restrict mha_fill for THD format
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* fix fused attn with CP and comment out is_alibi code
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* clean up FE0.9 vs FE1.0 FP8 implementations, and related unit tests
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* change NVTE_FP8_DPA_BWD default to 1, and fix its use in qkvpacked/kvpacked APIs
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* fix lint and self.tp_size/group in FusedAttention()
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* update FE to 6902c94
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* add FP8 MHA support
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* update to FE v1.3.0
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* minor fixes for FP8 MHA with different configs
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* emit stats regardless of is_training
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* fix linear when input is not Float8Tensor
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* fix d_out type when f16 bprop
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* fix user buffer for layernorm_linear/linear and revert two FP8 casts in MHA
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* add docstring for fp8_dpa/mha in recipe
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* fixes
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* fix backend selection to avoid FA
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* replace transpose with transpose_2d
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* use RMSE for FP8 unit tests
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* replace two more transpose with transpose_2d
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* add FP8 initialization to FusedAttention
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* rm docs
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* Revert "add FP8 initialization to FusedAttention"

This reverts commit 15fffd825d6f23f31ea709b16ba01dfd61efabf8.
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* Change order of ctxs
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* Fixes
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* minor fixes
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* add back docs and mark as beta
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* minor fixes for tests and docs
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Co-authored-by: Kirthi Shankar Sivamani <ksivamani@nvidia.com>

cudnn-frontend @ 1b0b5eac

-Subproject commit a86ad708db725e4d29919bb6fadf8e6cdfa5dc06
+Subproject commit 1b0b5eac540b7f8fd19b18f1e6b8427c95503348

qa/L0_pytorch_unittest/test.sh

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ set -e
 
 : ${TE_PATH:=/opt/transformerengine}
 
-pip install pytest==6.2.5 onnxruntime==1.13.1
+pip install pytest==7.2 onnxruntime==1.13.1
 pytest -v -s $TE_PATH/tests/pytorch/test_sanity.py
 pytest -v -s $TE_PATH/tests/pytorch/test_deferred_init.py
 PYTORCH_JIT=0 NVTE_TORCH_COMPILE=0 NVTE_ALLOW_NONDETERMINISTIC_ALGO=0 pytest -v -s $TE_PATH/tests/pytorch/test_numerics.py

tests/pytorch/test_numerics.py

@@ -1091,7 +1091,7 @@ def test_layernorm_linear_accuracy(dtype, bs, model, normalization, zero_centere
     torch_outputs = _test_granular_accuracy(torch_ln_linear, bs, dtype, config)
 
     # Check output.
-    atol = {torch.float32 : 2e-4,
+    atol = {torch.float32 : 2.5e-4,
             torch.half    : 2e-3,
             torch.bfloat16: 2e-2,
     }

transformer_engine/common/fused_attn/fused_attn.cpp

@@ -85,15 +85,25 @@ NVTE_Fused_Attn_Backend nvte_get_fused_attn_backend(
   NVTE_CHECK(q_dtype == kv_dtype, "Q and KV must have the same data type.");
   NVTE_QKV_Format qkv_format = nvte_get_qkv_format(qkv_layout);
   auto cudnn_runtime_version = cudnnGetVersion();
-  if ((q_dtype == NVTEDType::kNVTEFloat8E4M3) || (q_dtype == NVTEDType::kNVTEFloat8E5M2)
+  if (((q_dtype == NVTEDType::kNVTEFloat8E4M3)
+          || (q_dtype == NVTEDType::kNVTEFloat8E5M2))
       && (sm_arch_ >= 90)
+      && (bias_type == NVTE_Bias_Type::NVTE_NO_BIAS)
+      && (
+          ((cudnn_runtime_version >= 8900)
+              && (qkv_layout == NVTE_QKV_Layout::NVTE_T3HD)
               && (max_seqlen_q == max_seqlen_kv)
-          && (num_attn_heads == num_gqa_groups)
               && (max_seqlen_q <= 512)
               && (head_dim == 64)
-          && (bias_type == NVTE_Bias_Type::NVTE_NO_BIAS)
-          && (attn_mask_type == NVTE_Mask_Type::NVTE_PADDING_MASK)
-          && (qkv_layout == NVTE_QKV_Layout::NVTE_T3HD)) {
+              && (attn_mask_type == NVTE_Mask_Type::NVTE_PADDING_MASK))
+          || ((cudnn_runtime_version >= 90100)
+              && (max_seqlen_q % 128 == 0)
+              && (max_seqlen_kv % 128 == 0)
+              && (head_dim == 128)
+              && ((qkv_format == NVTE_QKV_Format::NVTE_BSHD)
+                  || (qkv_format == NVTE_QKV_Format::NVTE_SBHD))
+              && ((attn_mask_type == NVTE_Mask_Type::NVTE_CAUSAL_MASK)
+                  || (attn_mask_type == NVTE_Mask_Type::NVTE_NO_MASK))))) {
     if (cudnn_runtime_version >= 8900) {
       backend = NVTE_Fused_Attn_Backend::NVTE_FP8;
     } else {
@@ -269,7 +279,7 @@ void nvte_fused_attn_fwd_qkvpacked(
 #if (CUDNN_VERSION >= 8900)
     fused_attn_fp8_fwd_qkvpacked(
             b, h, max_seqlen, d,
-            is_training, attn_scale, dropout, qkv_layout,
+            is_training, attn_scale, dropout, qkv_layout, bias_type, attn_mask_type,
             input_QKV, input_output_S, output_O,
             Aux_CTX_Tensors,
             input_cu_seqlens,
@@ -379,7 +389,7 @@ void nvte_fused_attn_bwd_qkvpacked(
     const Tensor *input_rng_state = reinterpret_cast<const Tensor*>(Aux_CTX_Tensors->tensors[2]);
     fused_attn_fp8_bwd_qkvpacked(
                     b, h, max_seqlen, d,
-                    attn_scale, dropout, qkv_layout,
+                    attn_scale, dropout, qkv_layout, bias_type, attn_mask_type,
                     input_QKV, input_O, input_dO,
                     input_M, input_ZInv,
                     input_S, input_output_dP,
@@ -476,7 +486,18 @@ void nvte_fused_attn_fwd_kvpacked(
       "cuDNN 8.9.3 is required for BF16/FP16 fused attention with arbitrary sequence length. \n");
 #endif
   } else if (fused_attention_backend == NVTE_Fused_Attn_Backend::NVTE_FP8) {
-    NVTE_ERROR("The FP8 fused attention API only supports packed QKV input. \n");
+#if (CUDNN_VERSION >= 8900)
+    fused_attn_fp8_fwd_kvpacked(
+            b, h_q, h_kv, max_seqlen_q, max_seqlen_kv, d,
+            is_training, attn_scale, dropout, qkv_layout, bias_type, attn_mask_type,
+            input_Q, input_KV, input_output_S, output_O,
+            Aux_CTX_Tensors,
+            input_cu_seqlens_q, input_cu_seqlens_kv,
+            input_rng_state,
+            wkspace, stream, handle);
+#else
+    NVTE_ERROR("cuDNN 8.9.0 is required for FP8 fused attention. \n");
+#endif
   } else {
     NVTE_ERROR("Invalid combination of data type and sequence length for fused attention. \n");
   }
@@ -580,7 +601,23 @@ void nvte_fused_attn_bwd_kvpacked(
     NVTE_ERROR(err_msg);
 #endif
   } else if (fused_attention_backend == NVTE_Fused_Attn_Backend::NVTE_FP8) {
-    NVTE_ERROR("The FP8 fused attention API only supports packed QKV input. \n");
+#if (CUDNN_VERSION >= 8900)
+    const Tensor *input_M = reinterpret_cast<const Tensor*>(Aux_CTX_Tensors->tensors[0]);
+    const Tensor *input_ZInv = reinterpret_cast<const Tensor*>(Aux_CTX_Tensors->tensors[1]);
+    const Tensor *input_rng_state = reinterpret_cast<const Tensor*>(Aux_CTX_Tensors->tensors[2]);
+    fused_attn_fp8_bwd_kvpacked(
+                    b, h_q, h_kv, max_seqlen_q, max_seqlen_kv, d,
+                    attn_scale, dropout, qkv_layout, bias_type, attn_mask_type,
+                    input_Q, input_KV, input_O, input_dO,
+                    input_M, input_ZInv,
+                    input_S, input_output_dP,
+                    output_dQ, output_dKV,
+                    input_cu_seqlens_q, input_cu_seqlens_kv,
+                    input_rng_state,
+                    wkspace, stream, handle);
+#else
+    NVTE_ERROR("cuDNN 8.9.0 is required for FP8 fused attention. \n");
+#endif
   } else {
     NVTE_ERROR("Invalid combination of data type and sequence length for fused attention. \n");
   }
@@ -662,8 +699,8 @@ void nvte_fused_attn_fwd(
   } else if (fused_attention_backend == NVTE_Fused_Attn_Backend::NVTE_FP8) {
 #if (CUDNN_VERSION >= 8900)
     fused_attn_fp8_fwd(
-            b, h_q, max_seqlen_q, max_seqlen_kv, d,
-            is_training, attn_scale, dropout, qkv_layout,
+            b, h_q, h_kv, max_seqlen_q, max_seqlen_kv, d,
+            is_training, attn_scale, dropout, qkv_layout, bias_type, attn_mask_type,
             input_Q, input_K, input_V, input_output_S, output_O,
             Aux_CTX_Tensors,
             input_cu_seqlens_q, input_cu_seqlens_kv,
@@ -775,8 +812,8 @@ void nvte_fused_attn_bwd(
     const Tensor *input_ZInv = reinterpret_cast<const Tensor*>(Aux_CTX_Tensors->tensors[1]);
     const Tensor *input_rng_state = reinterpret_cast<const Tensor*>(Aux_CTX_Tensors->tensors[2]);
     fused_attn_fp8_bwd(
-                    b, h_q, max_seqlen_q, max_seqlen_kv, d,
-                    attn_scale, dropout, qkv_layout,
+                    b, h_q, h_kv, max_seqlen_q, max_seqlen_kv, d,
+                    attn_scale, dropout, qkv_layout, bias_type, attn_mask_type,
                     input_Q, input_K, input_V, input_O, input_dO,
                     input_M, input_ZInv,
                     input_S, input_output_dP,

transformer_engine/common/fused_attn/fused_attn_f16_arbitrary_seqlen.cu

@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ void fused_attn_arbitrary_seqlen_fwd_impl(
                                    scaling_factor,      is_training,
                                    dropout_probability, layout,
                                    bias_type,           mask_type,
-                                   tensorType};
+                                   tensorType,          tensorType};
 
         namespace fe = cudnn_frontend;
         using graph_and_tensors = std::tuple<std::shared_ptr<fe::graph::Graph>,
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ void fused_attn_arbitrary_seqlen_fwd_impl(
             fe::graph::SDPA_attributes sdpa_options;
             sdpa_options = fe::graph::SDPA_attributes()
                             .set_name("flash_attention")
-                            .set_is_inference(!is_training)
+                            .set_is_inference(false)
                             .set_causal_mask(is_causal)
                             .set_attn_scale(attn_scale);
 
@@ -199,11 +199,9 @@ void fused_attn_arbitrary_seqlen_fwd_impl(
                     layout, NVTE_QKV_Matrix::NVTE_O_Matrix);
             O->set_output(true).set_dim({b, h, s_q, d}).set_stride(o_stride);
 
-            if (is_training) {
             Stats->set_output(true).set_data_type(fe::DataType_t::FLOAT)
                     .set_dim({b, h, s_q, 1})
                     .set_stride({h * s_q, s_q, 1, 1});
-            }
 
             std::tuple<std::shared_ptr<fe::graph::Tensor_attributes>,  // Q
                     std::shared_ptr<fe::graph::Tensor_attributes>,  // K
@@ -211,7 +209,7 @@ void fused_attn_arbitrary_seqlen_fwd_impl(
                     std::shared_ptr<fe::graph::Tensor_attributes>,  // attn_scale
                     std::shared_ptr<fe::graph::Tensor_attributes> >  // O
             key_tensors_tuple = std::make_tuple(Q, K, V, attn_scale, O);
-            auto Stats_tuple = is_training ? std::make_tuple(Stats) : std::make_tuple(nullptr);
+            auto Stats_tuple = std::make_tuple(Stats);
             auto bias_tuple = is_bias ? std::make_tuple(bias) : std::make_tuple(nullptr);
             auto padding_tuple = is_padding ?
                 std::make_tuple(seq_q, seq_kv) : std::make_tuple(nullptr, nullptr);
@@ -258,11 +256,8 @@ void fused_attn_arbitrary_seqlen_fwd_impl(
             {K, devPtrK},
             {V, devPtrV},
             {attn_scale, &scaling_factor},
-            {O, devPtrO}};
-
-        if (is_training) {
-            variant_pack[Stats] = devPtrSoftmaxStats;
-        }
+            {O, devPtrO},
+            {Stats, devPtrSoftmaxStats}};
 
         if (is_bias) {
             variant_pack[bias] = devPtrBias;
@@ -321,7 +316,7 @@ void fused_attn_arbitrary_seqlen_bwd_impl(
                                    scaling_factor,      true,
                                    dropout_probability, layout,
                                    bias_type,           mask_type,
-                                   tensorType};
+                                   tensorType,          tensorType};
 
         namespace fe = cudnn_frontend;
         using graph_and_tensors = std::tuple<std::shared_ptr<fe::graph::Graph>,

transformer_engine/common/fused_attn/fused_attn_f16_arbitrary_seqlen.h

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ namespace transformer_engine {
 #if (CUDNN_VERSION >= 8900)
 void fused_attn_arbitrary_seqlen_fwd_qkvpacked(
                 size_t batch, size_t num_attn_heads, size_t max_seqlen,
-                size_t head_size, bool is_training, float attn_scale,
+                size_t head_dim, bool is_training, float attn_scale,
                 float p_dropout, NVTE_QKV_Layout qkv_layout,
                 NVTE_Bias_Type bias_type, NVTE_Mask_Type mask_type,
                 const Tensor *input_QKV, const Tensor *input_Bias,

transformer_engine/common/fused_attn/fused_attn_fp8.h

@@ -14,9 +14,10 @@ namespace transformer_engine {
 #if (CUDNN_VERSION >= 8900)
 // fused attention FWD FP8 with packed QKV
 void fused_attn_fp8_fwd_qkvpacked(
-            size_t b, size_t h, size_t max_seqlen, size_t d,
+            size_t batch, size_t num_attn_heads, size_t max_seqlen, size_t head_dim,
             bool is_training, float attn_scale,
             float p_dropout, NVTE_QKV_Layout qkv_layout,
+            NVTE_Bias_Type bias_type, NVTE_Mask_Type mask_type,
             const Tensor *input_QKV,
             Tensor *input_output_S,
             Tensor *output_O,
@@ -29,8 +30,9 @@ void fused_attn_fp8_fwd_qkvpacked(
 
 // fused attention BWD FP8 with packed QKV
 void fused_attn_fp8_bwd_qkvpacked(
-            size_t b, size_t h, size_t max_seqlen, size_t d,
+            size_t batch, size_t num_attn_heads, size_t max_seqlen, size_t head_dim,
             float attn_scale, float p_dropout, NVTE_QKV_Layout qkv_layout,
+            NVTE_Bias_Type bias_type, NVTE_Mask_Type mask_type,
             const Tensor *input_QKV,
             const Tensor *input_O,
             const Tensor *input_dO,
@@ -45,11 +47,55 @@ void fused_attn_fp8_bwd_qkvpacked(
             cudaStream_t stream,
             cudnnHandle_t handle);
 
+// fused attention FWD FP8 with packed KV
+void fused_attn_fp8_fwd_kvpacked(
+            size_t batch, size_t num_attn_heads, size_t num_gqa_groups,
+            size_t max_seqlen_q, size_t max_seqlen_kv, size_t head_dim,
+            bool is_training, float attn_scale,
+            float p_dropout, NVTE_QKV_Layout qkv_layout,
+            NVTE_Bias_Type bias_type, NVTE_Mask_Type mask_type,
+            const Tensor *input_Q,
+            const Tensor *input_KV,
+            Tensor *input_output_S,
+            Tensor *output_O,
+            NVTETensorPack* Aux_CTX_Tensors,
+            const Tensor *cu_seqlens_q,
+            const Tensor *cu_seqlens_kv,
+            const Tensor *rng_state,
+            Tensor *workspace,
+            cudaStream_t stream,
+            cudnnHandle_t handle);
+
+// fused attention BWD FP8 with packed KV
+void fused_attn_fp8_bwd_kvpacked(
+            size_t batch, size_t num_attn_heads, size_t num_gqa_groups,
+            size_t max_seqlen_q, size_t max_seqlen_kv, size_t head_dim,
+            float attn_scale, float p_dropout, NVTE_QKV_Layout qkv_layout,
+            NVTE_Bias_Type bias_type, NVTE_Mask_Type mask_type,
+            const Tensor *input_Q,
+            const Tensor *input_KV,
+            const Tensor *input_O,
+            const Tensor *input_dO,
+            const Tensor *input_M,
+            const Tensor *input_ZInv,
+            const Tensor *input_S,
+            Tensor *input_output_dP,
+            const Tensor *output_dQ,
+            const Tensor *output_dKV,
+            const Tensor *cu_seqlens_q,
+            const Tensor *cu_seqlens_kv,
+            const Tensor *rng_state,
+            Tensor *workspace,
+            cudaStream_t stream,
+            cudnnHandle_t handle);
+
 // fused attention FWD FP8 with separate Q, K, V
 void fused_attn_fp8_fwd(
-            size_t b, size_t h, size_t max_seqlen_q, size_t max_seqlen_kv, size_t d,
+            size_t batch, size_t num_attn_heads, size_t num_gqa_groups,
+            size_t max_seqlen_q, size_t max_seqlen_kv, size_t head_dim,
             bool is_training, float attn_scale,
             float p_dropout, NVTE_QKV_Layout qkv_layout,
+            NVTE_Bias_Type bias_type, NVTE_Mask_Type mask_type,
             const Tensor *input_Q, const Tensor *input_K, const Tensor *input_V,
             Tensor *input_output_S,
             Tensor *output_O,
@@ -63,8 +109,10 @@ void fused_attn_fp8_fwd(
 
 // fused attention BWD FP8 with separate Q, K, V
 void fused_attn_fp8_bwd(
-            size_t b, size_t h, size_t max_seqlen_q, size_t max_seqlen_kv, size_t d,
+            size_t batch, size_t num_attn_heads, size_t num_gqa_groups,
+            size_t max_seqlen_q, size_t max_seqlen_kv, size_t head_dim,
             float attn_scale, float p_dropout, NVTE_QKV_Layout qkv_layout,
+            NVTE_Bias_Type bias_type, NVTE_Mask_Type mask_type,
             const Tensor *input_Q, const Tensor *input_K, const Tensor *input_V,
             const Tensor *input_O,
             const Tensor *input_dO,

transformer_engine/common/fused_attn/utils.h

@@ -111,19 +111,20 @@ struct FADescriptor_v1 {
   NVTE_QKV_Layout layout;
   NVTE_Bias_Type bias_type;
   NVTE_Mask_Type mask_type;
-  cudnn_frontend::DataType_t tensor_type;
+  cudnn_frontend::DataType_t fwd_tensor_type;
+  cudnn_frontend::DataType_t bwd_tensor_type;
 
   bool operator<(const FADescriptor_v1 &rhs) const {
     return std::tie(b, h, hg, s_q, s_kv, d, bias_b, bias_h,
                     attnScale, isTraining, dropoutProbability,
-                    layout, mask_type, bias_type, tensor_type)
+                    layout, mask_type, bias_type, fwd_tensor_type, bwd_tensor_type)
                     < std::tie(
                       rhs.b, rhs.h, rhs.hg, rhs.s_q, rhs.s_kv, rhs.d,
                       rhs.bias_b, rhs.bias_h,
                       rhs.attnScale, rhs.isTraining,
                       rhs.dropoutProbability, rhs.layout,
                       rhs.mask_type, rhs.bias_type,
-                      rhs.tensor_type);
+                      rhs.fwd_tensor_type, rhs.bwd_tensor_type);
   }
 };
 

transformer_engine/common/recipe/__init__.py

@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class DelayedScaling:
 
                                  where `Tensor` is a framework tensor type.
     override_linear_precision: Tuple(bool, bool, bool), default=(False, False, False)
-                              Whether or not the execute the `fprop`, `dgrad`, and `wgrad`
+                              Whether or not to execute the `fprop`, `dgrad`, and `wgrad`
                               GEMMs (respectively) in higher precision when using FP8.
     reduce_amax: bool, default = `True`
                 By default, if `torch.distributed` is initialized, the `amax` value for FP8
@@ -106,6 +106,20 @@ class DelayedScaling:
                 GPU maintains local amaxes and scaling factors. To ensure results are
                 numerically identical across checkpointing boundaries in this case, all
                 ranks must checkpoint in order to store the local tensors.
+    fp8_dpa: bool, default = `False`
+             Whether to enable FP8 dot product attention (DPA). When the model is placed in an
+             `fp8_autocast(enabled=True)` region and `fp8_dpa` is set to `True`, DPA casts the
+             inputs from higher precision to FP8, performs attention in FP8, and casts tensors
+             back to higher precision as outputs. FP8 DPA currently is only supported in the
+             `FusedAttention` backend.
+    fp8_mha: bool, default = `False`
+            Whether to enable FP8 multi-head attention (MHA). When `True`, it removes the casting
+            operations mentioned above at the DPA boundaries. Currently only standard MHA modules
+            i.e. `LayerNormLinear/Linear + DPA + Linear`, are supported for this feature. When
+            `fp8_mha = False, fp8_dpa = True`, a typical MHA module works as
+            `LayerNormLinear (BF16 output) -> (cast to FP8 ) FP8 DPA (cast to BF16) -> Linear`.
+            When `fp8_mha = True, fp8_dpa = True`, it becomes
+            `LayerNormLinear (FP8 output) -> FP8 DPA -> Linear`.
 
     Notes
     -----
@@ -116,6 +130,9 @@ class DelayedScaling:
 
           FP8_MAX = maximum_representable_value(fp8_format)
           new_scaling_factor = (FP8_MAX / amax) / (2 ^ margin)
+
+    * `fp8_dpa` and `fp8_mha` are Beta features, and their API and functionality are
+      subject to change in future Transformer Engine releases.
     """
 
     margin: int = 0
@@ -126,6 +143,8 @@ class DelayedScaling:
     override_linear_precision: _OverrideLinearPrecision = _OverrideLinearPrecision()
     scaling_factor_compute_algo: Optional[Callable] = None
     reduce_amax: bool = True
+    fp8_dpa: bool = False
+    fp8_mha: bool = False
 
     def __post_init__(self) -> None:
         assert self.fp8_format != Format.E5M2, "Pure E5M2 training is not supported."

transformer_engine/pytorch/cpp_extensions/fused_attn.py

@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ def fused_attn_fwd_qkvpacked(
     fused_attention_backend: tex.NVTE_Fused_Attn_Backend,
     attn_bias: torch.Tensor = None,
     d_scale_qkv: torch.Tensor = None,
+    d_scale_s: torch.Tensor = None,
     q_scale_s: torch.Tensor = None,
     q_scale_o: torch.Tensor = None,
     amax_s: torch.Tensor = None,
@@ -119,6 +120,8 @@ def fused_attn_fwd_qkvpacked(
                 shape [1, num_heads, max_seqlen, max_seqlen], same data type as qkv
     d_scale_qkv: torch.Tensor, default = None
                 input tensor for the dequantization of QKV in FP8 computations
+    d_scale_s: torch.Tensor, default = None
+                input tensor for the dequantization of S in FP8 computations, S = Softmax(Q * K.T)
     q_scale_s: torch.Tensor, default = None
                 input tensor for the quantization of S in FP8 computations, S = Softmax(Q * K.T)
     q_scale_o: torch.Tensor, default = None
@@ -206,6 +209,8 @@ def fused_attn_fwd_qkvpacked(
 
         assert (d_scale_qkv is not None
                 ), "d_scale_qkv is required as an input for FP8 fused attention."
+        assert (d_scale_s is not None
+                ), "q_scale_s is required as an input for FP8 fused attention."
         assert (q_scale_s is not None
                 ), "q_scale_s is required as an input for FP8 fused attention."
         assert (q_scale_o is not None
@@ -220,7 +225,7 @@ def fused_attn_fwd_qkvpacked(
             max_seqlen, is_training, attn_scale, dropout, fast_zero_fill,
             QKVLayout[qkv_layout], AttnBiasType[attn_bias_type], AttnMaskType[attn_mask_type],
             cu_seqlens, qkv, qkv_dtype,
-            d_scale_qkv, q_scale_s, q_scale_o, amax_s, amax_o, attn_bias,
+            d_scale_qkv, d_scale_s, q_scale_s, q_scale_o, amax_s, amax_o, attn_bias,
             rng_gen, rng_elts_per_thread,
     )
 
@@ -235,12 +240,14 @@ def fused_attn_bwd_qkvpacked(
     o: torch.Tensor,
     d_o: torch.Tensor,
     qkv_dtype: tex.DType,
+    dqkv_dtype: tex.DType,
     aux_ctx_tensors: List[torch.Tensor],
     fused_attention_backend: tex.NVTE_Fused_Attn_Backend,
     d_scale_qkv: torch.Tensor = None,
     d_scale_s: torch.Tensor = None,
     d_scale_o: torch.Tensor = None,
     d_scale_do: torch.Tensor = None,
+    d_scale_dp: torch.Tensor = None,
     q_scale_s: torch.Tensor = None,
     q_scale_dp: torch.Tensor = None,
     q_scale_dqkv: torch.Tensor = None,
@@ -272,6 +279,8 @@ def fused_attn_bwd_qkvpacked(
                 same shape as Q, i.e. thd, sbhd or bshd (see `qkv_layout` for details)
     qkv_dtype: tex.DType
                 data type of QKV; in tex.DType, not torch.dtype
+    dqkv_dtype: tex.DType
+                data type of dQKV; in tex.DType, not torch.dtype
     aux_ctx_tensors: List[torch.Tensor]
                 auxiliary output tensors of the forward pass when its is_training is True,
                 e.g. aux_ctx_tensors = [M, ZInv, rng_state]
@@ -285,6 +294,8 @@ def fused_attn_bwd_qkvpacked(
                 input tensor for the dequantization of O in FP8 computations
     d_scale_do: torch.Tensor, default = None
                 input tensor for the dequantization of dO in FP8 computations
+    d_scale_dp: torch.Tensor, default = None
+                input tensor for the dequantization of dP in FP8 computations
     q_scale_s: torch.Tensor, default = None
                 input tensor for the quantization of S in FP8 computations
     q_scale_dp: torch.Tensor, default = None
@@ -336,6 +347,7 @@ def fused_attn_bwd_qkvpacked(
         assert (d_scale_s is not None), "d_scale_s is required for FP8 fused attention."
         assert (d_scale_o is not None), "d_scale_o is required for FP8 fused attention."
         assert (d_scale_do is not None), "d_scale_do is required for FP8 fused attention."
+        assert (d_scale_dp is not None), "d_scale_dp is required for FP8 fused attention."
         assert (q_scale_s is not None), "q_scale_s is required for FP8 fused attention."
         assert (q_scale_dp is not None), "q_scale_dp is required for FP8 fused attention."
         assert (q_scale_dqkv is not None), "q_scale_dqkv is required for FP8 fused attention."
@@ -348,8 +360,8 @@ def fused_attn_bwd_qkvpacked(
     output_tensors = tex.fused_attn_bwd_qkvpacked(
             max_seqlen, attn_scale, dropout, fast_zero_fill,
             QKVLayout[qkv_layout], AttnBiasType[attn_bias_type], AttnMaskType[attn_mask_type],
-            cu_seqlens, qkv, o, d_o, qkv_dtype, aux_ctx_tensors,
-            d_scale_qkv, d_scale_s, d_scale_o, d_scale_do,
+            cu_seqlens, qkv, o, d_o, qkv_dtype, dqkv_dtype, aux_ctx_tensors,
+            d_scale_qkv, d_scale_s, d_scale_o, d_scale_do, d_scale_dp,
             q_scale_s, q_scale_dp, q_scale_dqkv, amax_dp, amax_dqkv,
     )
 
@@ -368,6 +380,7 @@ def fused_attn_fwd_kvpacked(
     fused_attention_backend: tex.NVTE_Fused_Attn_Backend,
     attn_bias: torch.Tensor = None,
     d_scale_qkv: torch.Tensor = None,
+    d_scale_s: torch.Tensor = None,
     q_scale_s: torch.Tensor = None,
     q_scale_o: torch.Tensor = None,
     amax_s: torch.Tensor = None,
@@ -410,6 +423,8 @@ def fused_attn_fwd_kvpacked(
                 shape [1, num_heads, max_seqlen_q, max_seqlen_kv], same data type as q and kv
     d_scale_qkv: torch.Tensor, default = None
                 input tensor for the dequantization of QKV in FP8 computations
+    d_scale_s: torch.Tensor, default = None
+                input tensor for the dequantization of S in FP8 computations, S = Softmax(Q * K.T)
     q_scale_s: torch.Tensor, default = None
                 input tensor for the quantization of S in FP8 computations, S = Softmax(Q * K.T)
     q_scale_o: torch.Tensor, default = None
@@ -496,12 +511,25 @@ def fused_attn_fwd_kvpacked(
         rng_elts_per_thread = (max_seqlen_q * max_seqlen_q
                 + BACKEND_F16m512_FP8_THREADS_PER_CTA - 1)//BACKEND_F16m512_FP8_THREADS_PER_CTA
 
+        assert (d_scale_qkv is not None
+                ), "d_scale_qkv is required as an input for FP8 fused attention."
+        assert (d_scale_s is not None
+                ), "q_scale_s is required as an input for FP8 fused attention."
+        assert (q_scale_s is not None
+                ), "q_scale_s is required as an input for FP8 fused attention."
+        assert (q_scale_o is not None
+                ), "q_scale_o is required as an input for FP8 fused attention."
+        assert (amax_s is not None
+                ), "amax_s is required as an input for FP8 fused attention."
+        assert (amax_o is not None
+                ), "amax_o is required as an input for FP8 fused attention."
+
     # execute kernel
     output_tensors = tex.fused_attn_fwd_kvpacked(
             max_seqlen_q, max_seqlen_kv, is_training, attn_scale, dropout, fast_zero_fill,
             QKVLayout[qkv_layout], AttnBiasType[attn_bias_type], AttnMaskType[attn_mask_type],
             cu_seqlens_q, cu_seqlens_kv, q, kv, qkv_dtype,
-            d_scale_qkv, q_scale_s, q_scale_o, amax_s, amax_o,
+            d_scale_qkv, d_scale_s, q_scale_s, q_scale_o, amax_s, amax_o,
             attn_bias, rng_gen, rng_elts_per_thread,
     )
 
@@ -519,12 +547,14 @@ def fused_attn_bwd_kvpacked(
     o: torch.Tensor,
     d_o: torch.Tensor,
     qkv_dtype: tex.DType,
+    dqkv_dtype: tex.DType,
     aux_ctx_tensors: List[torch.Tensor],
     fused_attention_backend: tex.NVTE_Fused_Attn_Backend,
     d_scale_qkv: torch.Tensor = None,
     d_scale_s: torch.Tensor = None,
     d_scale_o: torch.Tensor = None,
     d_scale_do: torch.Tensor = None,
+    d_scale_dp: torch.Tensor = None,
     q_scale_s: torch.Tensor = None,
     q_scale_dp: torch.Tensor = None,
     q_scale_dqkv: torch.Tensor = None,
@@ -562,7 +592,9 @@ def fused_attn_bwd_kvpacked(
                 input tensor dO (gradient of O);
                 same shape as Q, i.e. thd, sbhd or bshd (see `qkv_layout` for details)
     qkv_dtype: tex.DType
-                data type of QKV; in tex.DType, not torch.dtype
+                data type of Q and KV; in tex.DType, not torch.dtype
+    dqkv_dtype: tex.DType
+                data type of dQ and dKV; in tex.DType, not torch.dtype
     aux_ctx_tensors: List[torch.Tensor]
                 auxiliary output tensors of the forward pass when its is_training is True,
                 e.g. aux_ctx_tensors = [M, ZInv, rng_state]
@@ -576,6 +608,8 @@ def fused_attn_bwd_kvpacked(
                 input tensor for the dequantization of O in FP8 computations
     d_scale_do: torch.Tensor, default = None
                 input tensor for the dequantization of dO in FP8 computations
+    d_scale_dp: torch.Tensor, default = None
+                input tensor for the dequantization of dP in FP8 computations
     q_scale_s: torch.Tensor, default = None
                 input tensor for the quantization of S in FP8 computations
     q_scale_dp: torch.Tensor, default = None
@@ -631,6 +665,7 @@ def fused_attn_bwd_kvpacked(
         assert (d_scale_s is not None), "d_scale_s is required for FP8 fused attention."
         assert (d_scale_o is not None), "d_scale_o is required for FP8 fused attention."
         assert (d_scale_do is not None), "d_scale_do is required for FP8 fused attention."
+        assert (d_scale_dp is not None), "d_scale_dp is required for FP8 fused attention."
         assert (q_scale_s is not None), "q_scale_s is required for FP8 fused attention."
         assert (q_scale_dp is not None), "q_scale_dp is required for FP8 fused attention."
         assert (q_scale_dqkv is not None), "q_scale_dqkv is required for FP8 fused attention."
@@ -643,8 +678,8 @@ def fused_attn_bwd_kvpacked(
     output_tensors = tex.fused_attn_bwd_kvpacked(
             max_seqlen_q, max_seqlen_kv, attn_scale, dropout, fast_zero_fill,
             QKVLayout[qkv_layout], AttnBiasType[attn_bias_type], AttnMaskType[attn_mask_type],
-            cu_seqlens_q, cu_seqlens_kv, q, kv, o, d_o, qkv_dtype, aux_ctx_tensors,
-            d_scale_qkv, d_scale_s, d_scale_o, d_scale_do,
+            cu_seqlens_q, cu_seqlens_kv, q, kv, o, d_o, qkv_dtype, dqkv_dtype, aux_ctx_tensors,
+            d_scale_qkv, d_scale_s, d_scale_o, d_scale_do, d_scale_dp,
             q_scale_s, q_scale_dp, q_scale_dqkv, amax_dp, amax_dqkv,
     )
 
@@ -664,6 +699,7 @@ def fused_attn_fwd(
     fused_attention_backend: tex.NVTE_Fused_Attn_Backend,
     attn_bias: torch.Tensor = None,
     d_scale_qkv: torch.Tensor = None,
+    d_scale_s: torch.Tensor = None,
     q_scale_s: torch.Tensor = None,
     q_scale_o: torch.Tensor = None,
     amax_s: torch.Tensor = None,
@@ -710,6 +746,8 @@ def fused_attn_fwd(
                 shape [1, num_heads, max_seqlen_q, max_seqlen_kv], same data type as q, k and v
     d_scale_qkv: torch.Tensor, default = None
                 input tensor for the dequantization of Q, K and V in FP8 computations
+    d_scale_s: torch.Tensor, default = None
+                input tensor for the dequantization of S in FP8 computations, S = Softmax(Q * K.T)
     q_scale_s: torch.Tensor, default = None
                 input tensor for the quantization of S in FP8 computations, S = Softmax(Q * K.T)
     q_scale_o: torch.Tensor, default = None
@@ -798,12 +836,25 @@ def fused_attn_fwd(
         rng_elts_per_thread = (max_seqlen_q * max_seqlen_q
                 + BACKEND_F16m512_FP8_THREADS_PER_CTA - 1)//BACKEND_F16m512_FP8_THREADS_PER_CTA
 
+        assert (d_scale_qkv is not None
+                ), "d_scale_qkv is required as an input for FP8 fused attention."
+        assert (d_scale_s is not None
+                ), "q_scale_s is required as an input for FP8 fused attention."
+        assert (q_scale_s is not None
+                ), "q_scale_s is required as an input for FP8 fused attention."
+        assert (q_scale_o is not None
+                ), "q_scale_o is required as an input for FP8 fused attention."
+        assert (amax_s is not None
+                ), "amax_s is required as an input for FP8 fused attention."
+        assert (amax_o is not None
+                ), "amax_o is required as an input for FP8 fused attention."
+
     # execute kernel
     output_tensors = tex.fused_attn_fwd(
             max_seqlen_q, max_seqlen_kv, is_training, attn_scale, dropout, fast_zero_fill,
             QKVLayout[qkv_layout], AttnBiasType[attn_bias_type], AttnMaskType[attn_mask_type],
             cu_seqlens_q, cu_seqlens_kv, q, k, v, qkv_dtype,
-            d_scale_qkv, q_scale_s, q_scale_o, amax_s, amax_o,
+            d_scale_qkv, d_scale_s, q_scale_s, q_scale_o, amax_s, amax_o,
             attn_bias, rng_gen, rng_elts_per_thread,
     )
 
@@ -822,12 +873,14 @@ def fused_attn_bwd(
     o: torch.Tensor,
     d_o: torch.Tensor,
     qkv_dtype: tex.DType,
+    dqkv_dtype: tex.DType,
     aux_ctx_tensors: List[torch.Tensor],
     fused_attention_backend: tex.NVTE_Fused_Attn_Backend,
     d_scale_qkv: torch.Tensor = None,
     d_scale_s: torch.Tensor = None,
     d_scale_o: torch.Tensor = None,
     d_scale_do: torch.Tensor = None,
+    d_scale_dp: torch.Tensor = None,
     q_scale_s: torch.Tensor = None,
     q_scale_dp: torch.Tensor = None,
     q_scale_dqkv: torch.Tensor = None,
@@ -869,6 +922,8 @@ def fused_attn_bwd(
                 same shape as Q
     qkv_dtype: tex.DType
                 data type of Q, K and V; in tex.DType, not torch.dtype
+    dqkv_dtype: tex.DType
+                data type of dQ, dK and dV; in tex.DType, not torch.dtype
     aux_ctx_tensors: List[torch.Tensor]
                 auxiliary output tensors of the forward pass when its is_training is True,
                 e.g. aux_ctx_tensors = [M, ZInv, rng_state]
@@ -882,6 +937,8 @@ def fused_attn_bwd(
                 input tensor for the dequantization of O in FP8 computations
     d_scale_do: torch.Tensor, default = None
                 input tensor for the dequantization of dO in FP8 computations
+    d_scale_dp: torch.Tensor, default = None
+                input tensor for the dequantization of dP in FP8 computations
     q_scale_s: torch.Tensor, default = None
                 input tensor for the quantization of S in FP8 computations
     q_scale_dp: torch.Tensor, default = None
@@ -941,6 +998,7 @@ def fused_attn_bwd(
         assert (d_scale_s is not None), "d_scale_s is required for FP8 fused attention."
         assert (d_scale_o is not None), "d_scale_o is required for FP8 fused attention."
         assert (d_scale_do is not None), "d_scale_do is required for FP8 fused attention."
+        assert (d_scale_dp is not None), "d_scale_dp is required for FP8 fused attention."
         assert (q_scale_s is not None), "q_scale_s is required for FP8 fused attention."
         assert (q_scale_dp is not None), "q_scale_dp is required for FP8 fused attention."
         assert (q_scale_dqkv is not None), "q_scale_dqkv is required for FP8 fused attention."
@@ -953,8 +1011,8 @@ def fused_attn_bwd(
     output_tensors = tex.fused_attn_bwd(
             max_seqlen_q, max_seqlen_kv, attn_scale, dropout, fast_zero_fill,
             QKVLayout[qkv_layout], AttnBiasType[attn_bias_type], AttnMaskType[attn_mask_type],
-            cu_seqlens_q, cu_seqlens_kv, q, k, v, o, d_o, qkv_dtype, aux_ctx_tensors,
-            d_scale_qkv, d_scale_s, d_scale_o, d_scale_do,
+            cu_seqlens_q, cu_seqlens_kv, q, k, v, o, d_o, qkv_dtype, dqkv_dtype, aux_ctx_tensors,
+            d_scale_qkv, d_scale_s, d_scale_o, d_scale_do, d_scale_dp,
             q_scale_s, q_scale_dp, q_scale_dqkv, amax_dp, amax_dqkv,
     )
 

transformer_engine/pytorch/csrc/comm_gemm_overlap.h

@@ -786,9 +786,7 @@ struct UbufP2PCommOverlap : torch::CustomClassHolder, UbufBase {
     // Get communication and GEMM output chunk sizes
     const int comm_bytes = _ubufs[0].numel() * _ubufs[0].element_size();
     const bool do_gelu = pre_gelu_out.numel() > 0;
-    const int output_chunk_bytes = (do_gelu
-                                    ? (n_chunk * m) * D.element_size()
-                                    : (n_chunk * m) * HALF_BYTES);
+    const int output_chunk_bytes = (n_chunk * m) * D.element_size();
     const int aux_chunk_bytes = do_gelu ? (n_chunk * m) * pre_gelu_out.element_size() : 0;
 
     // Get output and workspace data pointers

transformer_engine/pytorch/csrc/extensions.h

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ std::vector<at::Tensor> fused_attn_fwd_qkvpacked(
                 const at::Tensor QKV,
                 const transformer_engine::DType qkv_type,
                 const c10::optional<at::Tensor> descale_QKV,
+                const c10::optional<at::Tensor> descale_S,
                 const c10::optional<at::Tensor> scale_S,
                 const c10::optional<at::Tensor> scale_O,
                 c10::optional<at::Tensor> amax_S,
@@ -51,11 +52,13 @@ std::vector<at::Tensor> fused_attn_bwd_qkvpacked(
                 const at::Tensor O,
                 const at::Tensor dO,
                 const transformer_engine::DType qkv_type,
+                const transformer_engine::DType dqkv_type,
                 const std::vector<at::Tensor> Aux_CTX_Tensors,
                 const c10::optional<at::Tensor> descale_QKV,
                 const c10::optional<at::Tensor> descale_S,
                 const c10::optional<at::Tensor> descale_O,
                 const c10::optional<at::Tensor> descale_dO,
+                const c10::optional<at::Tensor> descale_dP,
                 const c10::optional<at::Tensor> scale_S,
                 const c10::optional<at::Tensor> scale_dP,
                 const c10::optional<at::Tensor> scale_dQKV,
@@ -74,6 +77,7 @@ std::vector<at::Tensor> fused_attn_fwd_kvpacked(
                 const at::Tensor KV,
                 const transformer_engine::DType qkv_type,
                 const c10::optional<at::Tensor> descale_QKV,
+                const c10::optional<at::Tensor> descale_S,
                 const c10::optional<at::Tensor> scale_S,
                 const c10::optional<at::Tensor> scale_O,
                 c10::optional<at::Tensor> amax_S,
@@ -95,11 +99,13 @@ std::vector<at::Tensor> fused_attn_bwd_kvpacked(
                 const at::Tensor O,
                 const at::Tensor dO,
                 const transformer_engine::DType qkv_type,
+                const transformer_engine::DType dqkv_type,
                 const std::vector<at::Tensor> Aux_CTX_Tensors,
                 const c10::optional<at::Tensor> descale_QKV,
                 const c10::optional<at::Tensor> descale_S,
                 const c10::optional<at::Tensor> descale_O,
                 const c10::optional<at::Tensor> descale_dO,
+                const c10::optional<at::Tensor> descale_dP,
                 const c10::optional<at::Tensor> scale_S,
                 const c10::optional<at::Tensor> scale_dP,
                 const c10::optional<at::Tensor> scale_dQKV,
@@ -119,6 +125,7 @@ std::vector<at::Tensor> fused_attn_fwd(
                 const at::Tensor V,
                 const transformer_engine::DType qkv_type,
                 const c10::optional<at::Tensor> descale_QKV,
+                const c10::optional<at::Tensor> descale_S,
                 const c10::optional<at::Tensor> scale_S,
                 const c10::optional<at::Tensor> scale_O,
                 c10::optional<at::Tensor> amax_S,
@@ -141,11 +148,13 @@ std::vector<at::Tensor> fused_attn_bwd(
                 const at::Tensor O,
                 const at::Tensor dO,
                 const transformer_engine::DType qkv_type,
+                const transformer_engine::DType dqkv_type,
                 const std::vector<at::Tensor> Aux_CTX_Tensors,
                 const c10::optional<at::Tensor> descale_QKV,
                 const c10::optional<at::Tensor> descale_S,
                 const c10::optional<at::Tensor> descale_O,
                 const c10::optional<at::Tensor> descale_dO,
+                const c10::optional<at::Tensor> descale_dP,
                 const c10::optional<at::Tensor> scale_S,
                 const c10::optional<at::Tensor> scale_dP,
                 const c10::optional<at::Tensor> scale_dQKV,

transformer_engine/pytorch/float8_tensor.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 """Tensor class with FP8 data"""
 from __future__ import annotations
-from typing import Any, Dict, Optional
+from typing import Any, Dict, Optional, Tuple, Union
 
 import torch
 from torch.utils._pytree import tree_map
@@ -233,6 +233,87 @@ class _IdentityFunc(torch.autograd.Function):
     def backward(ctx, grad):
         return grad.to(ctx.input_dtype), None
 
+class _ViewFunc(torch.autograd.Function):
+    """View function
+
+    View the Float8Tensor using the provided shape.
+
+    """
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def forward(
+        ctx,
+        tensor: torch.Tensor,
+        shape: Tuple[int] = None,
+    ) -> torch.Tensor:
+
+        # Return input tensor if shape is not provided
+        ctx.shape = tensor.shape
+        if shape is None:
+            return tensor
+
+        # Construct new tensor if shape is provided
+        if isinstance(tensor, Float8Tensor):
+            return Float8Tensor.make_like(
+                tensor,
+                data=tensor._data.view(*shape),
+            )
+        return tensor.view(*shape)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def backward(ctx,
+        grad: torch.Tensor,
+    ) -> Tuple[[torch.Tensor, None], ...]:
+
+        if isinstance(grad, Float8Tensor):
+            dgrad = Float8Tensor.make_like(
+                grad,
+                data=grad._data.view(ctx.shape),
+            )
+            return dgrad, None
+        return grad.view(ctx.shape), None
+
+
+class _ReshapeFunc(torch.autograd.Function):
+    """Reshape function
+
+    Reshape the Float8Tensor using the provided shape.
+
+    """
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def forward(
+        ctx,
+        tensor: torch.Tensor,
+        shape: Tuple[int] = None,
+    ) -> torch.Tensor:
+
+        # Return input tensor if shape is not provided
+        ctx.shape = tensor.shape
+        if shape is None:
+            return tensor
+
+        # Construct new tensor if shape is provided
+        if isinstance(tensor, Float8Tensor):
+            return Float8Tensor.make_like(
+                tensor,
+                data=tensor._data.reshape(*shape),
+            )
+        return tensor.reshape(*shape)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def backward(ctx,
+        grad: torch.Tensor,
+    ) -> Tuple[Union[torch.Tensor, None], ...]:
+
+        if isinstance(grad, Float8Tensor):
+            dgrad = Float8Tensor.make_like(
+                grad,
+                data=grad._data.reshape(ctx.shape),
+            )
+            return dgrad, None
+        return grad.reshape(ctx.shape), None
+
 
 class Float8Tensor(torch.Tensor):
     """Experimental tensor class with FP8 data
@@ -453,6 +534,12 @@ class Float8Tensor(torch.Tensor):
     def clone(self) -> Float8Tensor:
         return _IdentityFunc.apply(self, {"data": self._data.detach().clone()})
 
+    def view(self, *shape: Tuple[int]) -> Float8Tensor:
+        return _ViewFunc.apply(self, shape)
+
+    def reshape(self, *shape: Tuple[int]) -> Float8Tensor:
+        return _ReshapeFunc.apply(self, shape)
+
     def expand_as(self, other: torch.Tensor):
         if other is self:
             # Note: expand_as is hackily used to create dummy autograd nodes

transformer_engine/pytorch/fp8.py

@@ -202,6 +202,11 @@ class FP8GlobalStateManager:
             # `fp8_param_to_autocast`. This is used for keeping track of FP8 weights
             # in an autocasted region and cross reference them in `float8_tensor.py`
             # to perform the forward amax reduction.
+            fp8_meta_tensor_key = cls.get_meta_tensor_key(forward=forward)
+            if fp8_meta_tensor_key not in fp8_meta:
+                # Handles non-parameter FP8 modules, e.g. DPA.
+                continue
+
             if forward and fp8_weights is not None:
                 autocast_key = cls.get_unique_autocast_key(
                                     fp8_meta["recipe"], fp8_meta["fp8_group"])
@@ -217,7 +222,6 @@ class FP8GlobalStateManager:
 
             key = cls.get_key_in_buffer(
                 forward, fp8_weights is not None, fp8_meta["recipe"], fp8_meta["fp8_group"])
-            fp8_meta_tensor_key = cls.get_meta_tensor_key(forward=forward)
 
             if key not in cls.global_amax_buffer:
                 cls.global_amax_buffer[key] = [fp8_meta[fp8_meta_tensor_key].amax_history[0]]

transformer_engine/pytorch/module/base.py

@@ -268,6 +268,9 @@ class TransformerEngineBaseModule(torch.nn.Module, ABC):
             fp8_meta_tensor_keys = ("scaling_fwd" if fwd else "scaling_bwd",)
 
         for meta_key in fp8_meta_tensor_keys:
+            if meta_key not in self.fp8_meta:
+                # Handles non-parameter FP8 modules, e.g. DPA.
+                continue
             curr_len = self.fp8_meta[meta_key].amax_history.shape[0]
             if length == curr_len:
                 continue
@@ -568,6 +571,7 @@ class TransformerEngineBaseModule(torch.nn.Module, ABC):
         inp: torch.Tensor,
         is_first_microbatch: Union[bool, None],
         num_gemms: int = 1,
+        allow_non_contiguous: bool = False,
     ) -> Generator[torch.Tensor, None, None]:
         """Checks and prep for FWD.
         The context manager is needed because there isn't a way for a module to know
@@ -610,7 +614,10 @@ class TransformerEngineBaseModule(torch.nn.Module, ABC):
                 FP8GlobalStateManager.copy_forward_fp8_meta_tensors_for_recompute(self.fp8_meta)
 
         with torch.cuda.nvtx.range(self.__class__.__name__ + " forward"):
+            if not allow_non_contiguous:
                 yield inp.contiguous()
+            else:
+                yield inp
 
         if self.fp8 and in_fp8_activation_recompute_phase():
             FP8GlobalStateManager.restore_fp8_meta_tensors(self.fp8_meta)
@@ -645,8 +652,11 @@ class TransformerEngineBaseModule(torch.nn.Module, ABC):
             R4: bias gradient on R1.
 
         """
+        if isinstance(grad_output, Float8Tensor):
+            grad_output._data = grad_output._data.contiguous()
+        else:
             grad_output = grad_output.contiguous()
-        grad_output_mat = grad_output.view((-1, grad_output.shape[-1]))
+        grad_output_mat = grad_output.view(-1, grad_output.shape[-1])
         gather_grad_output = row_parallel_mode and ctx.sequence_parallel
 
         # No-FP8 case: bgrad is fused with wgrad for this case.
@@ -684,6 +694,7 @@ class TransformerEngineBaseModule(torch.nn.Module, ABC):
                 grad_output_c = ctx.ub_obj_gradout.get_ubuf_output(0)
             else:
                 grad_output_c = torch.empty_like(grad_output_mat, dtype=torch.uint8)
+            if not isinstance(grad_output_mat, Float8Tensor):
                 cast_to_fp8(
                     grad_output_mat,
                     ctx.fp8_meta["scaling_bwd"],
@@ -691,9 +702,14 @@ class TransformerEngineBaseModule(torch.nn.Module, ABC):
                     fp8_dtype_backward,
                     out=grad_output_c,
                 )
+            else:
+                grad_output_c = grad_ouput_mat # pylint: disable=undefined-variable
             if not ctx.ub_overlap_ag:
                 grad_output_c, _ = gather_along_first_dim(grad_output_c, ctx.tp_group)
+                if not isinstance(grad_output_c, Float8Tensor):
                     grad_output_t = tex.fp8_transpose(grad_output_c, fp8_dtype_backward)
+                else:
+                    grad_output_t = grad_output_c.transpose_2d()
             else:
                 grad_output_c = ctx.ub_obj_gradout.get_ubuf_output(1)
                 grad_output_t = None
@@ -702,14 +718,21 @@ class TransformerEngineBaseModule(torch.nn.Module, ABC):
 
         # FP8 case without gather: cast, transpose, bgrad fused
         if ctx.use_bias:
+            grad_output_mat_no_fp8 = grad_output_mat
+            if isinstance(grad_output_mat, Float8Tensor):
+                grad_output_mat_no_fp8 = grad_output_mat.from_float8(grad_output_mat.dtype)
             grad_bias, grad_output_c, grad_output_t = fp8_cast_transpose_bgrad_fused(
-                grad_output_mat,
+                grad_output_mat_no_fp8,
                 ctx.fp8_meta["scaling_bwd"],
                 tex.FP8BwdTensors.GRAD_OUTPUT1,
                 fp8_dtype_backward,
             )
         else:
             if not ctx.fp8_meta["recipe"].override_linear_precision.wgrad:
+                if isinstance(grad_output_mat, Float8Tensor):
+                    grad_output_c = grad_output_mat
+                    grad_output_t = grad_output_c.transpose_2d()
+                else:
                     grad_output_c, grad_output_t = fp8_cast_transpose_fused(
                         grad_output_mat,
                         ctx.fp8_meta["scaling_bwd"],
@@ -718,12 +741,15 @@ class TransformerEngineBaseModule(torch.nn.Module, ABC):
                     )
             else:
                 grad_output_t = None
+                if not isinstance(grad_output_mat, Float8Tensor):
                     grad_output_c = cast_to_fp8(
                         grad_output_mat,
                         ctx.fp8_meta["scaling_bwd"],
                         tex.FP8BwdTensors.GRAD_OUTPUT1,
                         fp8_dtype_backward,
                     )
+                else:
+                    grad_output_c = grad_output_mat
             grad_bias = None
 
         return grad_output_mat, grad_output_c, grad_output_t, grad_bias

transformer_engine/pytorch/module/layernorm_linear.py

@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ from ..jit import no_torch_dynamo
 from ..graph import is_graph_capturing
 from ._common import _apply_normalization, _noop_cat
 from ..float8_tensor import Float8Tensor
+_NVTE_DEBUG = int(os.getenv("NVTE_DEBUG", "0"))
 
 __all__ = ["LayerNormLinear"]
 
@@ -190,6 +191,9 @@ class _LayerNormLinear(torch.autograd.Function):
                         ln_out = ln_out_total
 
         if fp8:
+            if _NVTE_DEBUG:
+                print('[LayerNormLinear]: using FP8 forward')
+
             bias_dtype = (
                 torch.bfloat16
                 if activation_dtype == torch.float32
@@ -230,6 +234,15 @@ class _LayerNormLinear(torch.autograd.Function):
                     )
                     weight_t_fp8 = None
 
+            if fp8_meta["recipe"].fp8_mha:
+                out_index, meta_tensor, output_te_dtype, output_dtype = (
+                    tex.FP8FwdTensors.GEMM1_OUTPUT,
+                    fp8_meta["scaling_fwd"],
+                    fp8_dtype_forward,
+                    torch.uint8)
+            else:
+                out_index, meta_tensor, output_te_dtype, output_dtype = (
+                    None, None, None, activation_dtype)
             out, _ = tex.fp8_gemm(
                 weight_fp8._data,
                 fp8_meta["scaling_fwd"].scale_inv,
@@ -239,7 +252,7 @@ class _LayerNormLinear(torch.autograd.Function):
                 fp8_meta["scaling_fwd"].scale_inv,
                 tex.FP8FwdTensors.GEMM1_INPUT,
                 fp8_dtype_forward,
-                activation_dtype,
+                output_dtype,
                 get_workspace(),
                 bias=bias,
                 use_bias=use_bias,
@@ -247,8 +260,22 @@ class _LayerNormLinear(torch.autograd.Function):
                 ub_algo=ub_algo if ub_overlap_ag else None,
                 ub=ub_obj_lnout if ub_overlap_ag else None,
                 extra_output_tensor=ln_out if ub_overlap_ag else None,
+                out_index=out_index,
+                fp8_meta_tensor=meta_tensor,
+                D_dtype=output_te_dtype,
+            )
+            if output_dtype == torch.uint8:
+                out = Float8Tensor(data=out,
+                    fp8_meta=fp8_meta,
+                    fp8_meta_forward=True,
+                    fp8_meta_index=tex.FP8FwdTensors.GEMM1_OUTPUT,
+                    fp8_dtype=fp8_dtype_forward,
+                    dtype=activation_dtype,
                 )
         else:
+            if _NVTE_DEBUG:
+                print('[LayerNormLinear]: using non-FP8 forward')
+
             # Cast for native AMP
             weight = cast_if_needed(weight, activation_dtype)
             bias = cast_if_needed(bias, activation_dtype) if use_bias else bias
@@ -338,7 +365,6 @@ class _LayerNormLinear(torch.autograd.Function):
 
         # [*, in_features] -> [*, out_features] except first dimension changes for SP
         out = out.view(-1, *inp.shape[1:-1], out.shape[-1])
-
         if return_layernorm_output:
             if return_layernorm_output_gathered:
                 shape = list(inp.shape)
@@ -352,6 +378,10 @@ class _LayerNormLinear(torch.autograd.Function):
     def backward(
         ctx, *grad_outputs: Tuple[torch.Tensor, ...]
     ) -> Tuple[Union[torch.Tensor, None], ...]:
+        if isinstance(grad_outputs[0], Float8Tensor):
+            ctx.fp8_meta["scaling_bwd"].scale_inv[
+                tex.FP8BwdTensors.GRAD_OUTPUT1] = grad_outputs[0]._scale_inv
+
         with torch.cuda.nvtx.range("_LayerNormLinear_backward"):
             (
                 inputmat,
@@ -465,6 +495,9 @@ class _LayerNormLinear(torch.autograd.Function):
                 ub_obj = None
 
             if ctx.fp8:
+                if _NVTE_DEBUG:
+                    print('[LayerNormLinear]: using FP8 backward')
+
                 fp8_dtype_forward = get_fp8_te_dtype(
                     ctx.fp8_meta["recipe"], fprop_tensor=True
                 )
@@ -486,7 +519,8 @@ class _LayerNormLinear(torch.autograd.Function):
                     fwd_scale_inverses,
                     tex.FP8FwdTensors.GEMM1_WEIGHT,
                     fp8_dtype_forward,
-                    grad_output_c,
+                    grad_output_c._data
+                    if isinstance(grad_output_c, Float8Tensor) else grad_output_c,
                     ctx.fp8_meta["scaling_bwd"].scale_inv,
                     tex.FP8BwdTensors.GRAD_OUTPUT1,
                     fp8_dtype_backward,
@@ -503,6 +537,9 @@ class _LayerNormLinear(torch.autograd.Function):
                 )
                 clear_tensor_data(grad_output_c)
             else:
+                if _NVTE_DEBUG:
+                    print('[LayerNormLinear]: using non-FP8 backward')
+
                 # DGRAD: Evaluated unconditionally to feed into Linear backward
                 _, _, _ = tex.gemm(
                     weight,
@@ -551,7 +588,8 @@ class _LayerNormLinear(torch.autograd.Function):
                             fwd_scale_inverses,
                             tex.FP8FwdTensors.GEMM1_INPUT,
                             fp8_dtype_forward,
-                            grad_output_t,
+                            grad_output_t._data
+                            if isinstance(grad_output_t, Float8Tensor) else grad_output_t,
                             ctx.fp8_meta["scaling_bwd"].scale_inv,
                             tex.FP8BwdTensors.GRAD_OUTPUT1,
                             fp8_dtype_backward,