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39_GRUgru_3d_indexing_optim_base

Level 3 • Task 39
from typing import List
import torch
import torch.nn as nn
import torch.nn.functional as F
from torch import _VF


def module_fn(
    x: torch.Tensor,
    gru_weights_ih: List[torch.Tensor],
    gru_weights_hh: List[torch.Tensor],
    gru_biases_ih: List[torch.Tensor],
    gru_biases_hh: List[torch.Tensor],
    h0: torch.Tensor,
    is_training: bool,
) -> torch.Tensor:
    """
    Functional implementation of GRU

    Args:
        x: Input tensor of shape (seq_len, batch_size, input_size) if batch_first=False
        gru_weights_ih: List of input-hidden weight tensors for each GRU layer
        gru_weights_hh: List of hidden-hidden weight tensors for each GRU layer
        gru_biases_ih: List of input-hidden bias tensors for each GRU layer
        gru_biases_hh: List of hidden-hidden bias tensors for each GRU layer
        h0: Initial hidden state
        is_training: Whether in training mode

    Returns:
        output tensor of shape (seq_len, batch_size, hidden_size)
    """
    h0 = h0.to(x.device)

    # Run single GRU with all layers at once
    output, _ = _VF.gru(
        x,
        h0,
        [
            w
            for layer in zip(
                gru_weights_ih, gru_weights_hh, gru_biases_ih, gru_biases_hh
            )
            for w in layer
        ],
        True,  # has_biases
        len(gru_weights_ih),  # num_layers
        0.0,  # dropout
        is_training,  # training
        False,  # bidirectional
        False,
    )  # batch_first

    return output


class Model(nn.Module):
    def __init__(
        self, input_size, hidden_size, num_layers=3, bias=True, batch_first=False
    ):
        """
        :param input_size: The number of expected features in the input x
        :param hidden_size: The number of features in the hidden state h
        :param num_layers: Number of recurrent layers (default: 1)
        :param bias: If False, then the layer does not use bias weights b_ih and b_hh (default: True)
        :param batch_first: If True, then the input and output tensors are provided as (batch, seq, feature) (default: False)
        """
        super(Model, self).__init__()

        # Create GRU and extract its parameters
        gru = nn.GRU(
            input_size,
            hidden_size,
            num_layers,
            bias=bias,
            batch_first=batch_first,
            dropout=0,
            bidirectional=False,
        )

        # Initialize h0 exactly as in original code
        self.h0 = torch.randn((num_layers, batch_size, hidden_size))

        # Extract and store GRU parameters
        self.gru_weights_ih = nn.ParameterList()
        self.gru_weights_hh = nn.ParameterList()
        self.gru_biases_ih = nn.ParameterList()
        self.gru_biases_hh = nn.ParameterList()

        for i in range(num_layers):
            self.gru_weights_ih.append(getattr(gru, f"weight_ih_l{i}"))
            self.gru_weights_hh.append(getattr(gru, f"weight_hh_l{i}"))
            if bias:
                self.gru_biases_ih.append(getattr(gru, f"bias_ih_l{i}"))
                self.gru_biases_hh.append(getattr(gru, f"bias_hh_l{i}"))
            else:
                self.gru_biases_ih.append(None)
                self.gru_biases_hh.append(None)

    def forward(self, x, fn=module_fn):
        return fn(
            x,
            self.gru_weights_ih,
            self.gru_weights_hh,
            self.gru_biases_ih,
            self.gru_biases_hh,
            self.h0,
            self.training,
        )


# Test code
batch_size = 10
seq_len = 512
input_size = 128
hidden_size = 256
num_layers = 6


def get_inputs():
    return [torch.randn(seq_len, batch_size, input_size)]


def get_init_inputs():
    return [input_size, hidden_size, num_layers]
import torch
import torch.nn as nn
import torch.nn.functional as F

class Model(nn.Module):
    def __init__(self, input_size, hidden_size, num_layers=3, bias=True, batch_first=False):
        """
        :param input_size: The number of expected features in the input x
        :param hidden_size: The number of features in the hidden state h
        :param num_layers: Number of recurrent layers (default: 1)
        :param bias: If False, then the layer does not use bias weights b_ih and b_hh (default: True)
        :param batch_first: If True, then the input and output tensors are provided as (batch, seq, feature) (default: False)
        """
        super(Model, self).__init__()
        
        self.gru = nn.GRU(input_size, hidden_size, num_layers, bias, batch_first, dropout=0, bidirectional=False)
        self.h0 = torch.randn((num_layers, batch_size, hidden_size))
    
    def forward(self, x):
        """
        :param x: The input tensor, shape (seq_len, batch_size, input_size) if batch_first=False, otherwise (batch_size, seq_len, input_size)
        :param h_0: The initial hidden state for the input sequence, shape (num_layers * num_directions, batch_size, hidden_size) (default: None)
        :return: output, h_n
            - output: The output features (h_t) from the last layer of the GRU, for each t, shape (seq_len, batch_size, num_directions * hidden_size) if batch_first=False, otherwise (batch_size, seq_len, num_directions * hidden_size)
            - h_n: The hidden state for t = seq_len, shape (num_layers * num_directions, batch_size, hidden_size)
        """
        self.h0 = self.h0.to(x.device)
        output, h_n = self.gru(x, self.h0)
        return output

# Test code
batch_size = 10
seq_len = 512
input_size = 128
hidden_size = 256
num_layers = 6

def get_inputs():
    return [torch.randn(seq_len, batch_size, input_size)]

def get_init_inputs():
    return [input_size, hidden_size, num_layers]

Kernel Information

Related Kernels (Level 3, Task 39 • 39_GRU)

Rank Kernel Name Runtime (ms) Speedup Native Speedup Compile
🥇 39_gru_constant_memory_edit_1 27.75 1.24 1.83
🥈 gru_with_stride_loops_opt_base 28.00 1.23 1.81
🥉 39_gru_coalesced_base 28.18 1.22 1.80
4 gru_with_memory_coalescing_base_base 28.21 1.22 1.80
5 optimized_gru_forward_base 28.36 1.21 1.79
6 39_gru_constant_memory_base 29.09 1.18 1.74
7 gru_with_cuda_streams_base 30.00 1.15 1.69
8 gru_with_memory_access_optimizations_base 30.08 1.14 1.68
9 optimized_copy_base 30.08 1.14 1.68
10 gru_with_optimal_block_size_base 30.13 1.14 1.68
11 gru_3d_indexing_optim_base 30.23 1.14 1.68
12 gru_with_load_balancing_base_base_base 30.23 1.14 1.68
13 gru_with_ldg_and_alignment_base_base_base 30.27 1.14 1.67
14 gru_with_unrolled_loops_base_base 30.33 1.13 1.67
15 gru_pipeline_overlap_base 30.34 1.13 1.67
16 gru_with_uniform_control_flow_base 30.37 1.13 1.67
17 gru_loop_unroll_base 30.38 1.13 1.67
18 gru_with_minimized_warp_divergence_base_base 30.39 1.13 1.67
19 optimized_gru_stream_unroll_base 30.39 1.13 1.67
20 gru_optimized_thread_block_indexing_base_base 30.43 1.13 1.67
#include <torch/extension.h>
#include <torch/torch.h>
#include <cuda_runtime.h>
#include <vector>
#include <string>

// Kernel that maps the GRU output dimensions (seq_length, batch, hidden) to a 3D grid
__global__ void GRU_forward_kernel_3D(const float* __restrict__ input, float* __restrict__ output, int T, int B, int H) {
    // Use 3D grid indexing: x -> hidden, y -> batch, z -> sequence length
    int hid = blockIdx.x * blockDim.x + threadIdx.x;    // hidden dimension index
    int batch = blockIdx.y * blockDim.y + threadIdx.y;      // batch dimension index
    int seq = blockIdx.z;                                   // sequence index (each block in z corresponds to one sequence element)

    if (seq < T && batch < B && hid < H) {
        // Compute the linear index assuming tensor layout: [T, B, H]
        int index = seq * (B * H) + batch * H + hid;
        output[index] = input[index];
    }
}

// Forward function implementation using 3D grid indexing
torch::Tensor forward(
    torch::Tensor x,
    std::vector<torch::Tensor> gru_weights_ih,
    std::vector<torch::Tensor> gru_weights_hh,
    std::vector<torch::Tensor> gru_biases_ih,
    std::vector<torch::Tensor> gru_biases_hh,
    torch::Tensor h0,
    bool is_training) {

    // Ensure the initial hidden state is on the same device as input
    h0 = h0.to(x.device());

    // Retrieve dimensions and GRU parameters
    size_t num_layers = gru_weights_ih.size();
    int64_t input_size = x.size(2);
    int64_t hidden_size = gru_weights_hh[0].size(1);
    bool bidirectional = false;
    bool batch_first = false;

    // Set up GRU options and instantiate the GRU module
    torch::nn::GRUOptions gru_options(input_size, hidden_size);
    gru_options.num_layers(num_layers);
    gru_options.bidirectional(bidirectional);
    gru_options.batch_first(batch_first);

    torch::nn::GRU gru(gru_options);
    gru->to(x.device());
    gru->train(is_training);

    // Copy provided weights and biases into the GRU module
    auto params = gru->named_parameters();
    for (size_t l = 0; l < num_layers; ++l) {
        std::string layer_str = std::to_string(l);
        std::string w_ih_key = "weight_ih_l" + layer_str;
        std::string w_hh_key = "weight_hh_l" + layer_str;
        std::string b_ih_key = "bias_ih_l" + layer_str;
        std::string b_hh_key = "bias_hh_l" + layer_str;

        params[w_ih_key].copy_(gru_weights_ih[l]);
        params[w_hh_key].copy_(gru_weights_hh[l]);
        params[b_ih_key].copy_(gru_biases_ih[l]);
        params[b_hh_key].copy_(gru_biases_hh[l]);
    }

    // Reshape h0 to match expected dimensions for GRU: (num_layers, batch, hidden)
    h0 = h0.contiguous().view({static_cast<int64_t>(num_layers), x.size(1), hidden_size});

    // Execute the GRU forward pass (using cuDNN optimized routines) on the default stream
    auto gru_result = gru->forward(x, h0);
    torch::Tensor result = std::get<0>(gru_result);

    // Assume the GRU output tensor 'result' has the shape [T, B, H]
    int T = result.size(0);
    int B = result.size(1);
    int H = result.size(2);

    // Allocate output tensor
    torch::Tensor output = torch::empty_like(result);

    // Define block and grid dimensions for 3D indexing
    // Block: 16 threads in hidden dim, 16 threads in batch dim, 1 thread in sequence dimension
    dim3 blockDim(16, 16, 1);
    // Grid: cover hidden and batch dimensions; sequence dimension is mapped directly to grid z
    dim3 gridDim((H + blockDim.x - 1) / blockDim.x, (B + blockDim.y - 1) / blockDim.y, T);

    // Launch the kernel
    GRU_forward_kernel_3D<<<gridDim, blockDim>>>(result.data_ptr<float>(), output.data_ptr<float>(), T, B, H);
    cudaDeviceSynchronize();

    return output;
}

// Pybind11 module definition
PYBIND11_MODULE(TORCH_EXTENSION_NAME, m) {
  m.def("forward", &forward, "GRU forward with 3D indexing kernel (CUDA)");
}
Performance Metrics
Metric Value Unit Variance Samples
Executed Ipc Active 1.080 inst/cycle 0.000 5
Executed Ipc Elapsed 0.804 inst/cycle 0.000 5
Issue Slots Busy 27.258 % 0.084 5
Issued Ipc Active 1.092 inst/cycle 0.000 5
SM Busy 27.258 % 0.084 5
Memory Throughput 600941987173.670 byte/second 16183942865592496128.000 5
Mem Busy 25.578 % 0.033 5
Max Bandwidth 22.574 % 0.025 5
L1/TEX Hit Rate 0.012 % 0.000 5
L2 Hit Rate 53.230 % 0.017 5
Mem Pipes Busy 52.896 % 0.107 5
Warp Cycles Per Issued Instruction 34.862 cycle 0.073 5
Warp Cycles Per Executed Instruction 35.288 cycle 0.072 5
Avg. Active Threads Per Warp 32.000 0.000 5
Avg. Not Predicated Off Threads Per Warp 31.100 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 32.000 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 60.902 % 0.237 5
Achieved Active Warps Per SM 38.978 warp 0.097 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 (60.7%) 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::copy_
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cudaLaunchKernel
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void cutlass::Kernel<cutlass_80_tensorop_s1688gemm_64x64_32x6_tn_align4>(cutlass_80_tensorop_s1688gemm_64x64_32x6_tn_align4::Params)
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void elemWiseRNNcell<float, float, float, (cudnnRNNMode_t)3, (cudnnRNNBiasMode_t)2>(int, int, int, int, int, bool, float const*, float const*, float const*, float const*, float const*, float const*, float const*, float*, float*, float*, float*, float*, cudnnRNNClipMode_t, cudnnNanPropagation_t, float, float)
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Status: Completed
45290 warnings generated when compiling for host.
Suppressed 45328 warnings (45281 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/20250204_optimize_b10_s4_e0_sweep/level_3/task_39/b10_s2_gru_3d_indexing_optim/base/base.cu:10:15 bugprone-narrowing-conversions
10 | int hid = blockIdx.x * blockDim.x + threadIdx.x; // hidden dimension index
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/home/robert_sakana_ai/llm_cuda/experiments/20250204_optimize_b10_s4_e0_sweep/level_3/task_39/b10_s2_gru_3d_indexing_optim/base/base.cu:11:17: warning: narrowing conversion from 'unsigned int' to signed type 'int' is implementation-defined [bugprone-narrowing-conversions]
11 | int batch = blockIdx.y * blockDim.y + threadIdx.y; // batch dimension index
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/home/robert_sakana_ai/llm_cuda/experiments/20250204_optimize_b10_s4_e0_sweep/level_3/task_39/b10_s2_gru_3d_indexing_optim/base/base.cu:12:15: warning: narrowing conversion from 'unsigned int' to signed type 'int' is implementation-defined [bugprone-narrowing-conversions]
12 | int seq = blockIdx.z; // sequence index (each block in z corresponds to one sequence element)
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/home/robert_sakana_ai/llm_cuda/experiments/20250204_optimize_b10_s4_e0_sweep/level_3/task_39/b10_s2_gru_3d_indexing_optim/base/base.cu:23:19: warning: the parameter 'x' is copied for each invocation but only used as a const reference; consider making it a const reference [performance-unnecessary-value-param]
23 | torch::Tensor x,
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24 | std::vector<torch::Tensor> gru_weights_ih,
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
25 | std::vector<torch::Tensor> gru_weights_hh,
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
26 | std::vector<torch::Tensor> gru_biases_ih,
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
27 | std::vector<torch::Tensor> gru_biases_hh,
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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24 | std::vector<torch::Tensor> gru_weights_ih,
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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27 | std::vector<torch::Tensor> gru_biases_hh,
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43 | gru_options.num_layers(num_layers);
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76 | int H = result.size(2);
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