feat(collectives): pull all_to_all_v counts from each rank's window - #2828
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…nts window The builtin.tensor.all_to_all_v kernel published each rank's per-destination count into its peers' recv_counts[my_rank, 0] cell via NotifyOp::Set - N ranks writing word slots of one 64-byte line, the A2/A3 pattern where values concurrently updated from different NPUs must not share a line - and that publication leaned on pto-isa PR hw-native-sys#323 to make Set word-safe. Replace the publish with a peer pull: send_counts is already a window-bound DistributedTensor on the builtin rails, so each rank's window holds its own send vector and peers can read it directly. * kernel.cpp.in (HOST and managed CHIP/L2 rails) - after the barrier each rank TLOADs every peer's send vector (16 x INT32 = 64 B = two 32-byte units, enough columns for kMaxSupportedRanks) straight from that peer's OWN send_counts window, keeps the destination that belongs to it, and stores it at recv_counts[src] - the entry consumers read. - the raw value is clamped two-sided reader-side, the same clamp the sender applies to its transfer, so recv_counts semantics are unchanged. - no rank writes into another rank's array; no NotifyOp::Set anywhere, so nothing depends on the pto-isa Set fix; the delivered counts are flushed (dcci + dsb) for the consuming AIV. - K1 (RFC hw-native-sys#2521): one TPUT per destination - TPUT_IMPL re-chunks the flat [rows * SIZE] block against the staging tile, so the caller-managed per-chunk loop and its pipe_barrier pairs are gone. - recv_counts stays [NR, 1]: no exchange row, no shape change. * docs: op docstrings, the registry description and docs/{en,zh} describe the pull and its one new requirement - every rank's send_counts window must own at least 64 B (16 x INT32) with its [NR] vector at the start, because peers read it with one 64-byte TLOAD. * tests: the two builtin-rail STs size their counts window to 64 B. Validated on 910B2 (NPUs 4-7): trio (L2 / HOST / intrinsic) 34/34 L2 + HOST on the pto-isa pin that still has buggy Set 20/20 L2 + HOST repeat on the fixed pin 20/20
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughChangesAll-to-all-v count handling
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Change: Bug fix Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Caller
participant AllToAllVKernel
participant PeerSendCountsWindow
participant RecvCountsWindow
Caller->>PeerSendCountsWindow: Stage send counts
AllToAllVKernel->>AllToAllVKernel: Synchronize
AllToAllVKernel->>PeerSendCountsWindow: Pull peer vectors
AllToAllVKernel->>RecvCountsWindow: Clamp and store receive counts
AllToAllVKernel->>RecvCountsWindow: Flush stores
Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to Domains above the builtin kernel's supported rank count may complete without exchanging data unless they are rejected earlier. Document or enforce that limit before merging, and correct the protocol guidance so users configure and use the collective correctly. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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🟡 Minor · Update the all_to_all_v protocol description. · 46-lower_host_tensor_collectives.md:192-199
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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winUpdate the
all_to_all_vprotocol description.
builtin.tensor.all_to_all_vusesAtomicAdd(+1), waits withGE(1), and clears each signal cell withAtomicAdd(-1). The signal protocol is reusable. However,MaterializeCommDomainScopesstill rejects HOST calls insidefor/whileloops, so retain that restriction as a compiler limitation, not as a single-use signal property.The kernel derives
MAX_RECVfromtarget.shape[0] / nranks. For an explicit static device subset, HOST lowering only requiressignal.shape[0] >=the participating device count; it does not require an exact match or use the signal shape to deriveMAX_RECV.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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745-749: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winAlign the rail-specific clamp and ownership description.
The InCore lowering uses
pld.system.notifywithNotifyOp::Setto write the peer'srecv_counts[my_rank, 0]. It publishesclamp(send_counts[dest], 0, MAX_RECV), not only an upper-clamped value.The builtin kernel reads each peer's
send_countswindow and stores the clamped value in its localrecv_counts. Update the nearbyLOCAL-onlydescriptions at lines 1276-1279 and 1340-1343 to state that builtin ranks do not remotely writesend_counts; they remotely read peersend_countswindows.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@python/pypto/language/distributed/op/tensor_ops.py`:
- Around line 1045-1046: Document the builtin rank limit NR <= 16 for the
distributed tensor operation, ensuring oversized domains are rejected before
dispatch if documentation alone does not enforce the contract. Update
python/pypto/language/distributed/op/tensor_ops.py at lines 1045-1046 and
1067-1068, python/pypto/ir/op/distributed/tensor_ops.py at lines 477-479,
docs/zh/dev/distributed_ops.md at lines 30 and 379-380, and
docs/zh/dev/passes/46-lower_host_tensor_collectives.md at lines 51-53; reference
the relevant send_counts, pull_tile, and GetValue(my_rank) behavior
consistently.
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In `@docs/en/dev/passes/46-lower_host_tensor_collectives.md`:
- Around line 192-199: Update the all_to_all_v protocol description to state
that builtin.tensor.all_to_all_v uses reusable AtomicAdd(+1)/GE(1)/AtomicAdd(-1)
signaling, while retaining the for/while restriction as a
MaterializeCommDomainScopes compiler limitation. Correct the static
device-subset requirement to signal.shape[0] >= the participating device count
and state that MAX_RECV is derived from target.shape[0] / nranks rather than the
signal shape.
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In `@src/ir/op/distributed/collective.cpp`:
- Around line 745-749: Update the comments near the collective kernel
description and the LOCAL-only sections to accurately describe both paths:
InCore publishes clamp(send_counts[dest], 0, MAX_RECV) via NotifyOp::Set into
recv_counts[my_rank, 0], while the builtin kernel remotely reads each peer’s
send_counts window and stores the clamped value locally; explicitly state that
builtin ranks do not remotely write send_counts.
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Please simplify the counts pull to scalar reads and use two synchronization rounds to protect both count lifetime and receive-window reuse. For the HOST / managed CHIP builtin path, the proposed sequence is: Barrier A serves two purposes: all current send counts are ready, and every rank has finished consuming the previous invocation's receive window before any new payload push can overwrite it. Barrier B ensures all peers have finished reading the counts and pushing payload before a rank returns and reuses its send counts. The current post-push barrier alone does not protect the new post-barrier count reads from a fast rank's subsequent writes. This two-round scheme assumes the next invocation is ordered after the previous local consumer, and preparation before Barrier A only writes local buffers whose previous uses have completed; it must not overwrite a still-live receive window. Under that condition, a separate third entry barrier is unnecessary. Credits can accumulate within the operator: use thresholds 1 and 2, then subtract 2 once at the end. Do not wait for 1 in both rounds, and do not reset the slots to zero: AtomicAdd(-2) preserves any already-arrived notification from the next invocation. All ranks must execute the same round order. The fixed >=64 B send_counts requirement is an artifact of TLOAD-ing 16 INT32s to use only one. Each receiver only needs peer_send_counts[my_rank], so please use a scalar read and remove that fixed-width capacity requirement. Preserve the allocator's existing alignment/cache-line isolation rules and implement the necessary scalar-cache invalidation and producer publication ordering; this does not imply a 4-byte physical interconnect transaction. Validate the scalar path and repeated window reuse with skewed rank progress on hardware. The operand constraints should match this ownership: send_counts must be window-bound on the builtin rails (CHIP lowering currently still accepts a plain Tensor, which cannot be passed to CommRemotePtr). recv_counts is now only written locally, so the builtin algorithm can support a plain Tensor, although relaxing that API requires corresponding lowering/dispatch ABI changes. The unchanged InCore notify-based path still requires distributed recv_counts. |
…all_to_all_v Address review feedback on the builtin all_to_all_v kernel: - Pull send_counts with a scalar ld_dev read instead of a bulk TLOAD, so the counts buffer no longer needs to satisfy the >=64 B staging rule; one INT32 per rank per slot is enough (buffers sized nranks*INT32). - Rework the signal into a two-round credit barrier: Barrier A (round 1) serializes window reuse before counts are pulled, Barrier B (round 2) gates the next invocation's count overwrite. Credits accumulate 1 -> 2 and a single AtomicAdd(-2) epilogue reverts the slot to zero, so no reset write is ever needed. - Reject plain-Tensor send_counts on the managed (L2) rail with a call-site check plus a negative UT; CHIP orchestrator params are unbound at that pass, so the check validates the DistributedTensor type rather than window binding. - Drop the kMaxSupportedRanks cap (the nranks > 16 guard) that was an artifact of the old bulk pull; document the counts-pull protocol and the reuse contract in EN+ZH docs and both docstring layers. - New L3 reuse/skew ST: three straight-line invocations on one window set with changing counts and per-rank skew, with marker/counter asserts proving the skew actually ran; L2/HOST STs refreshed. Validation: distributed ST suite 36/36 on 8x 910B2 (new kernel); old-pin acceptance at the shipped pto-isa pin (3b4faf67) 22/22 (L2+HOST+reuse); unit tests green; kernel source renders byte-identical across the HOST/CHIP rails.
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Thanks for the detailed review — all three changes are implemented in 1) Scalar counts pull (≥64 B rule removed)
2) Two-round credit barrier — implemented exactly as sketched
3) Operand constraints / ownership
Docs (EN+ZH) and both docstring layers were rewritten for the new protocol, including the pass-45 loop restriction as a compiler limitation. Hardware validation (8× 910B2, NPUs 4-7)
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…-ownership comment Address reviewer-guide findings on the counts-pull redesign: - The recv_counts comment claimed "no rank writes into another rank's recv_counts array" for both rails; that is false for the InCore composite rail, which still publishes counts with pld.system.notify (Set) into every peer's recv_counts[my_rank, 0]. Reword: only the builtin rails avoid the cross-rank write. - K1 issues ONE TPUT per destination and relies on TPUT_IMPL re-chunking; the previous ST cases topped out at exactly one staging tile (4 x 64 = 256 elements), so a truncating regression would have stayed invisible. Add a HOST-rail multi-tile case (MAX_RECV = 16, blocks of 0/256/512/768/1024 elements, including 64/128/192-element non-tile tails); passes 12/12 on 8x 910B2.
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Addressed both reviewer-guide focus areas in
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…ounts narrowing Address the second round of reviewer-guide findings: - kernel.cpp.in: `rows` was a leftover from the removed inline TNOTIFY(..., Set) publish; the push path uses rows64/block_numel, so delete the unused local (a -Wunused-variable build break on toolchains that run with -Werror, dead code otherwise). - Document the builtin-rail narrowing the first review round asked for: send_counts must be a window-bound DistributedTensor on the HOST/CHIP builtin rails (peers resolve this rank's entry through CommRemotePtr); a plain Tensor is accepted only on the InCore composite rail. Added to the public op argument help and to the pld.tensor.all_to_all_v operand list in docs/en + docs/zh. Validation: L2 + HOST ST files re-run on 8x 910B2 with the edited kernel (22/22, incl. the multi-tile case); pre-commit green.
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… its rationale Address the standalone reviewer-guide finding on MaterializeCommDomainScopes: - The all_to_all_v args[3] comment still described send_counts as LOCAL only / never cross-rank; since the counts pull, peers READ this window remotely, so the rationale is refreshed to match the new ownership. - send_counts now gets the same device-coverage-inheritance consumer entry as signal and recv_counts — conditionally, through a new TryResolveWindowAlloc, so the InCore composite rail keeps accepting a plain Tensor (written locally only) with no behavior change. Validation: pass-45 + L2-lowering UTs 56/56; L2 + HOST + intrinsic ST files 36/36 on 8x 910B2; pre-commit green.
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Both focus areas addressed in
Validation for this change: pass-45 + L2-lowering UTs 56/56; L2 + HOST + intrinsic ST files 36/36 on hardware; pre-commit green. |
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Summary
Redesigns how
pld.tensor.all_to_all_vdistributes its receive counts, and lands RFC #2521 work item K1 (oneTPUTper destination) with it.Counts now travel by scalar pull:
send_countsis this rank's window-bound send vector, and each receiver reads exactly oneINT32(peer_send_counts[my_rank]) per source rank. The kernel signal is a two-round credit barrier (thresholds 1 → 2, singleAtomicAdd(-2)epilogue, never reset). There is noNotifyOp::Setanywhere, so nothing depends on the pto-isaSetfix (hw-native-sys/pto-isa#323).The first revision of this PR used a bulk 64-byte
TLOADof 16×INT32 per peer with akMaxSupportedRanks = 16cap; review feedback asked for scalar reads plus two synchronization rounds (count lifetime + receive-window reuse), which this revision implements — the ≥64 B capacity rule and the rank cap are gone.Changes
kernel.cpp.in(HOST and managed CHIP/L2 rails):TNOTIFY(+1, AtomicAdd)to each peer's slot,TWAIT ≥ 1) — all send counts of this invocation are published, and every rank has finished consuming the previous invocation's receive window before any new payload push. Doubles as the receive-window reuse guard; no third entry barrier.ld_dev(scalar remote read) per source rank from that rank's ownsend_countswindow; two-sided clamp on the reader side (negative → 0, aboveMAX_RECV→MAX_RECV); store torecv_counts[src], thendcci+dsb(DSB_DDR)publication so cross-AIV consumers see fresh lines.TPUTper destination;TPUT_IMPLre-chunks internally.TNOTIFY(+1, …),TWAIT ≥ 2) — all peers have finished reading counts and their payload is safely staged before this rank returns.AtomicAdd(-2)per local slot; credits revert to zero without a reset write, so an early+1from the next invocation is preserved. All ranks execute the same round order.send_countsis window-boundDistributedTensoron the builtin rails; the managed CHIP lowering now rejects plain-Tensorsend_countswith a call-site check plus a negative UT (the check validates theDistributedTensortype: orchestrator params are unbound at that pass).recv_countsis written only by the local rank now; the builtin algorithm could support a plain Tensor, but as noted in review that needs lowering/dispatch ABI changes — deliberately out of scope. The InCore notify path is unchanged.counts_bufback tonranks × INT32; newtest_l3_host_tensor_all_to_all_v_reuse.pyruns three straight-line invocations on one window set with changing counts and rank-skewed slow consumers (marker + counter asserts prove the skew actually ran; spin is env-tunable).docs/{en,zh}+ both docstring layers): protocol description rewritten (scalar pull, Barrier A/B, credit semantics, caller contract, reuse rules). The pass-45 loop restriction is documented as a compiler limitation.Validation (910B2, NPUs 4-7)
10cde77e3b4faf6710cde77eld_devvs bulk-TLOADcontrol)The old-pin row is the point: the path contains no
Set, so the kernel works on the pin the repository ships.Reviewer notes
dcci) anddsbpublication forrecv_counts.Tensors while call arguments are window-boundDistributedTensors — the L2 call-site check enforces the distinction at the call site.