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21_Sigmoidsigmoid_minimal_sync_base_base

Level 1 • Task 21
import torch
import torch.nn as nn
import torch.nn.functional as F


def module_fn(x: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
    """
    Applies Sigmoid activation to the input tensor.

    Args:
        x (torch.Tensor): Input tensor of any shape.

    Returns:
        torch.Tensor: Output tensor with Sigmoid applied, same shape as input.
    """
    return torch.sigmoid(x)


class Model(nn.Module):
    """
    Simple model that performs a Sigmoid activation.
    """

    def __init__(self):
        super(Model, self).__init__()

    def forward(self, x: torch.Tensor, fn=module_fn) -> torch.Tensor:
        return fn(x)


batch_size = 16
dim = 16384


def get_inputs():
    x = torch.randn(batch_size, dim)
    return [x]


def get_init_inputs():
    return []  # No special initialization inputs needed
import torch
import torch.nn as nn

class Model(nn.Module):
    """
    Simple model that performs a Sigmoid activation.
    """
    def __init__(self):
        super(Model, self).__init__()
    
    def forward(self, x: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
        """
        Applies Sigmoid activation to the input tensor.

        Args:
            x (torch.Tensor): Input tensor of any shape.

        Returns:
            torch.Tensor: Output tensor with Sigmoid applied, same shape as input.
        """
        return torch.sigmoid(x)

batch_size = 16
dim = 16384

def get_inputs():
    x = torch.randn(batch_size, dim)
    return [x]

def get_init_inputs():
    return []  # No special initialization inputs needed

Kernel Information

Related Kernels (Level 1, Task 21 • 21_Sigmoid)

Rank Kernel Name Runtime (ms) Speedup Native Speedup Compile
🥇 sigmoid_shared_mem_optimized_base 0.01 1.11 4.82
🥇 21_sigmoid_modular_device_base 0.01 1.11 4.82
🥇 sigmoid_unroll_optimized_base_base 0.01 1.11 4.82
🥇 sigmoid_min_sync_base_base 0.01 1.11 4.82
🥇 optimized_sigmoid_cuda_base 0.01 1.11 4.82
🥇 optimized_sigmoid_limited_sync_base 0.01 1.11 4.82
🥇 sigmoid_ldg_vectorized_base 0.01 1.11 4.82
🥇 optimized_sigmoid_cuda_base 0.01 1.11 4.82
🥇 optimized_sigmoid_vectorized_combined_edit_1 0.01 1.11 4.82
🥇 21_Sigmoid_optimized_memory_base 0.01 1.11 4.82
🥇 sigmoid_minimal_sync_base_base 0.01 1.11 4.82
🥇 vectorized_ldg_aligned_edit_1 0.01 1.11 4.82
🥇 nondivergent_vectorized_sigmoid_base 0.01 1.11 4.82
🥇 vectorized_no_sync_base 0.01 1.11 4.82
🥇 vectorized_sigmoid_base 0.01 1.11 4.82
🥇 syncthreads_minimal_sigmoid_base 0.01 1.11 4.82
🥇 vectorized_ldg_aligned_base 0.01 1.11 4.82
🥇 optimized_sigmoid_vectorized_combined_base 0.01 1.11 4.82
🥇 optimized_sigmoid_blocksize_tuning_edit_1 0.01 1.11 4.82
🥇 optimized_sigmoid_blocksize_tuning_base 0.01 1.11 4.82
#include <torch/extension.h>
#include <cuda.h>
#include <cuda_runtime.h>

const int THREADS = 256;
const int ELEMENTS_PER_THREAD = 4;
const int SHARED_MEM_SIZE = THREADS * ELEMENTS_PER_THREAD;

template <typename scalar_t>
__forceinline__ __device__ float sigmoid_compute(float x) {
    return 1.0f / (1.0f + expf(-x));
}

template <typename scalar_t>
__global__ void sigmoid_kernel(const scalar_t* __restrict__ input,
                             scalar_t* __restrict__ output,
                             const int64_t size) {
    __shared__ float shared_data[SHARED_MEM_SIZE];
    
    const int tid = threadIdx.x;
    const int block_offset = blockIdx.x * SHARED_MEM_SIZE;
    
    // Load data into shared memory
    #pragma unroll
    for (int i = 0; i < ELEMENTS_PER_THREAD; i++) {
        const int idx = block_offset + tid + i * THREADS;
        if (idx < size) {
            shared_data[tid + i * THREADS] = static_cast<float>(input[idx]);
        }
    }
    
    // Single synchronization point after loading data
    __syncthreads();
    
    // Process and store results directly
    #pragma unroll
    for (int i = 0; i < ELEMENTS_PER_THREAD; i++) {
        const int idx = block_offset + tid + i * THREADS;
        if (idx < size) {
            float val = shared_data[tid + i * THREADS];
            output[idx] = static_cast<scalar_t>(sigmoid_compute<scalar_t>(val));
        }
    }
}

torch::Tensor forward(torch::Tensor input) {
    auto output = torch::empty_like(input);
    const int64_t size = input.numel();
    
    const int blocks = (size + SHARED_MEM_SIZE - 1) / SHARED_MEM_SIZE;
    
    AT_DISPATCH_FLOATING_TYPES(input.scalar_type(), "sigmoid_kernel", [&] {
        const auto* input_data = input.data_ptr<scalar_t>();
        auto* output_data = output.data_ptr<scalar_t>();
        
        sigmoid_kernel<scalar_t><<<blocks, THREADS>>>(input_data, output_data, size);
    });
    
    return output;
}

PYBIND11_MODULE(TORCH_EXTENSION_NAME, m) {
    m.def("forward", &forward, "Sigmoid forward (CUDA)");
}
Performance Metrics
Metric Value Unit Variance Samples
Executed Ipc Active 0.482 inst/cycle 0.000 5
Executed Ipc Elapsed 0.180 inst/cycle 0.000 5
Issue Slots Busy 12.594 % 0.012 5
Issued Ipc Active 0.506 inst/cycle 0.000 5
SM Busy 12.594 % 0.012 5
Memory Throughput 299429146243.824 byte/second 10177224923713652736.000 5
Mem Busy 14.226 % 0.010 5
Max Bandwidth 13.160 % 0.004 5
L1/TEX Hit Rate 0.000 % 0.000 5
L2 Hit Rate 67.032 % 0.047 5
Mem Pipes Busy 4.766 % 0.001 5
Warp Cycles Per Issued Instruction 28.876 cycle 0.044 5
Warp Cycles Per Executed Instruction 30.210 cycle 0.048 5
Avg. Active Threads Per Warp 32.000 0.000 5
Avg. Not Predicated Off Threads Per Warp 31.510 0.000 5
Max Active Clusters 0.000 cluster 0.000 5
Max Cluster Size 8.000 block 0.000 5
Overall GPU Occupancy 0.000 % 0.000 5
Cluster Occupancy 0.000 % 0.000 5
Block Limit SM 32.000 block 0.000 5
Block Limit Registers 16.000 block 0.000 5
Block Limit Shared Mem 20.000 block 0.000 5
Block Limit Warps 8.000 block 0.000 5
Theoretical Active Warps per SM 64.000 warp 0.000 5
Theoretical Occupancy 100.000 % 0.000 5
Achieved Occupancy 22.810 % 0.003 5
Achieved Active Warps Per SM 14.596 warp 0.001 5
Analysis Rules
Rule Description
WRN HighPipeUtilization All compute pipelines are under-utilized. Either this kernel is very small or it doesn't issue enough warps per scheduler. Check the Launch Statistics and Scheduler Statistics sections for further details.
INF CPIStall Check the Warp Stall Sampling (All Cycles) table for the top stall locations in your source based on sampling data. The Kernel Profiling Guide (https://docs.nvidia.com/nsight-compute/ProfilingGuide/index.html#metrics-reference) provides more details on each stall reason.
WRN Occupancy This kernel's theoretical occupancy is not impacted by any block limit. The difference between calculated theoretical (100.0%) and measured achieved occupancy (22.7%) can be the result of warp scheduling overheads or workload imbalances during the kernel execution. Load imbalances can occur between warps within a block as well as across blocks of the same kernel. See the CUDA Best Practices Guide (https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/cuda-c-best-practices-guide/index.html#occupancy) for more details on optimizing occupancy.
Operation / Metric Value Unit
aten::to
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aten::_to_copy
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aten::empty_strided
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cudaDeviceGetStreamPriorityRange
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cudaLaunchKernel
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void sigmoid_kernel<float>(float const*, float*, long)
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cudaEventRecord
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aten::zero_
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aten::fill_
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void at::native::vectorized_elementwise_kernel<4, at::native::FillFunctor<int>, at::detail::Array<char*, 1> >(int, at::native::FillFunctor<int>, at::detail::Array<char*, 1>)
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Device Time 621172.98 μs
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Status: Completed
45280 warnings generated when compiling for host.
Suppressed 45321 warnings (45274 in non-user code, 47 NOLINT).
Use -header-filter=.* to display errors from all non-system headers. Use -system-headers to display errors from system headers as well.
/home/robert_sakana_ai/llm_cuda/experiments/20250202_optimize_b10_s4_e0_sweep/level_1/task_21/b10_s3_sigmoid_minimal_sync_base/base/base.cu:20:21 bugprone-narrowing-conversions
20 | const int tid = threadIdx.x;
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/home/robert_sakana_ai/llm_cuda/experiments/20250202_optimize_b10_s4_e0_sweep/level_1/task_21/b10_s3_sigmoid_minimal_sync_base/base/base.cu:21:30: warning: narrowing conversion from 'unsigned int' to signed type 'int' is implementation-defined [bugprone-narrowing-conversions]
21 | const int block_offset = blockIdx.x * SHARED_MEM_SIZE;
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/home/robert_sakana_ai/llm_cuda/experiments/20250202_optimize_b10_s4_e0_sweep/level_1/task_21/b10_s3_sigmoid_minimal_sync_base/base/base.cu:50:24: warning: narrowing conversion from 'int64_t' (aka 'long') to signed type 'int' is implementation-defined [bugprone-narrowing-conversions]
50 | const int blocks = (size + SHARED_MEM_SIZE - 1) / SHARED_MEM_SIZE;
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/home/robert_sakana_ai/llm_cuda/experiments/20250202_optimize_b10_s4_e0_sweep/level_1/task_21/b10_s3_sigmoid_minimal_sync_base/base/base.cu:52:5: warning: inside a lambda, '__func__' expands to the name of the function call operator; consider capturing the name of the enclosing function explicitly [bugprone-lambda-function-name]
52 | AT_DISPATCH_FLOATING_TYPES(input.scalar_type(), "sigmoid_kernel", [&] {
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/home/robert_sakana_ai/miniconda3/envs/llm2cuda/lib/python3.11/site-packages/torch/include/ATen/Dispatch.h:237:34: note: expanded from macro 'AT_DISPATCH_FLOATING_TYPES'
237 | AT_DISPATCH_SWITCH(TYPE, NAME, AT_DISPATCH_CASE_FLOATING_TYPES(__VA_ARGS__))
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233 | AT_DISPATCH_CASE(at::ScalarType::Double, __VA_ARGS__) \
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74 | AT_PRIVATE_CASE_TYPE_USING_HINT(enum_type, scalar_t, __VA_ARGS__)
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58 | AT_ERROR( \
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711 | C10_EXPAND_MSVC_WORKAROUND(TORCH_CHECK(false, ::c10::str(__VA_ARGS__))); \
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536 | __func__, \
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