Avoid unintended FP64 promotion in float kernels - #3133
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Three device-code sites forced double-precision arithmetic into kernels instantiated with float (or with integer output types). FP64 runs at 1/64 the FP32 rate on consumer GPUs, so these dominated the kernels they appeared in. 1. reduce_rows_by_key: the accumulate ternaries used a `0.0` alternative, so the common type of `(cond) ? SumsT(val) : 0.0` was double. Every iteration of the innermost loop of a bandwidth-bound reduction paid four double adds plus float/double conversions. Use `SumsT(0)` / `DataType(0)`. The float path was measurably *slower* than the double path before this change (195 GB/s vs 611 GB/s on the same shape). 2. multi_variable_gaussian: `pow(W[Wi], 0.5)` binds to `double pow(double, double)` regardless of T, which nvcc inlines as a software routine (41 DFMA + MUFU.RCP64H in SASS). `raft::sqrt` is equivalent for the non-negative inputs guarded above it, and is both faster and correctly rounded. The double instantiation benefits too. 3. normalInt: the Box-Muller transform was hardcoded to double no matter how wide the integer output was, so generating int8/int32 normals ran FP64 sqrt/log/sincos. Select the compute type from the output width, keeping double only where float's 24-bit mantissa is insufficient (64-bit integer outputs). Measured on an RTX 5090 (sm_120, CUDA 13.2), 20-50 timed iterations after warmup: reduce_rows_by_key<float> 4.2M x 32, nkeys=4 2.834 -> 1.397 ms 2.03x reduce_rows_by_key<float> 1.0M x 128, nkeys=4 2.522 -> 1.366 ms 1.85x reduce_rows_by_key<float> 16.8M x 8, nkeys=4 3.269 -> 1.022 ms 3.20x reduce_rows_by_key<double> 4.2M x 32, nkeys=4 1.784 -> 1.783 ms 1.00x combined_dot_product<float> dim=1024 0.133 -> 0.010 ms 12.9x combined_dot_product<float> dim=4096 2.058 -> 0.135 ms 15.2x combined_dot_product<double> dim=4096 2.068 -> 0.240 ms 8.6x normalInt<int8_t> n=67.1M 3.563 -> 0.100 ms 35.6x normalInt<int32_t> n=67.1M 3.566 -> 0.183 ms 19.5x normalInt<int64_t> n=67.1M 3.572 -> 3.571 ms 1.00x Verified in SASS (cuobjdump) that no FP64 instructions remain in the float-instantiated kernels, and that the double instantiations are unchanged where they should be. Note: change 3 alters the normalInt random stream for integer types of 32 bits or fewer, since a float draw consumes 32 bits of generator state instead of 64. The distributions are unaffected. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Vj4qbCmCuATAoLSP9XzY31
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In `@cpp/include/raft/random/detail/rng_device.cuh`:
- Line 248: Update the compute_t selection in normalInt so 32-bit integer
parameters retain double precision instead of being converted to float,
preventing rounding above 2^24 before box_muller_transform; preserve any
existing wider-type behavior and add a focused correctness test covering values
in this range.
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Review feedback: with the deviate computed in float for 32-bit outputs,
folding mu into the Box-Muller transform rounds mu itself once it exceeds
float's mantissa.
The damage is larger than just mu, because the deviate is added to mu
inside the transform and then rounded to the spacing at that magnitude.
For int32_t with mu = 2e9 the float spacing is 128, so a sigma of 10
disappears completely and every sample comes back as exactly mu:
mu=2e9 sigma=10, 64K draws, distinct values / observed range
main: 81 [1999999962, 2000000045]
previous commit: 1 [2000000000, 2000000000]
this commit: 81 [1999999959, 2000000040]
Draw a zero-mean deviate instead and shift by mu in the output type. mu
is then exact for every value of IntType, and the deviate keeps the full
resolution the output type can represent. Reverting 32-bit outputs to
double would also fix mu, but gives up the speedup and still rounds the
deviate at 2^53 for 64-bit outputs; this fixes both widths.
The int64_t path is improved for the same reason: mu was previously
rounded to double, which collapses the deviate above 2^53.
This also removes a truncation bias. Casting mu + deviate to an integer
truncates towards zero, biasing the sample away from mu by up to one
unit; casting the deviate alone is symmetric about mu. Sample mean error
over 64K draws at mu = 1e8, sigma = 10: -0.48 before, +0.01 now.
Costs nothing: the generated kernels are unchanged in size (328
instructions for PCGenerator, 480 for PhiloxGenerator) and normalInt
still runs at 0.183 ms / 67.1M int32 samples, versus 3.566 ms on main.
Adds RngNormalIntLargeMu, which pins the invariant that makes this work:
the deviate does not depend on mu, so drawing with mu and with 0 from the
same seed must give identical deviates. That is exact and needs no
statistical tolerance. Verified to fail against the previous commit for
every mu tested, and against main for the 64-bit cases.
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312-314: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winAdd dry-run coverage to
testNormalIntLargeMu.The helper calls the resource-aware raw-pointer
normalIntoverload withoutraft::execute_with_dry_run_check. Wrap one call with the dry-run checker to cover this entry point and its dry-run guard.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@cpp/tests/random/rng_int.cu`:
- Around line 312-314: Update testNormalIntLargeMu to wrap one resource-aware
raw-pointer normalInt invocation with raft::execute_with_dry_run_check,
preserving the existing arguments and coverage while exercising the dry-run
guard for that overload.
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Summary
Three device-code sites force double-precision arithmetic into kernels that are instantiated with
float(or with integer output types). FP64 runs at 1/64 the FP32 rate on consumer GPUs, so in each case the promotion dominated the kernel it appeared in.These were found by compiling ~134 of the test TUs for
sm_120, dumping SASS withcuobjdump, and flagging kernels whose demangled signature contains nodoublebut that emitDADD/DMUL/DFMA/DSETP/F2F.*F64/MUFU.RCP64H. Across ~4000 kernels these are the only three sites; everything else is either legitimately double-instantiated or CUDA's ownsinf/cosfPayne–Hanek slow path.1.
reduce_rows_by_key— ternary promoted the inner loop to FP64The common type of
floatanddoubleisdouble, so withSumsT = floatevery iteration of the innermost loop of a bandwidth-bound reduction paid four double adds plus float↔double conversions (F2F.F64.F32 x5, DADD x4, F2F.F32.F64 x4in SASS). Changed toSumsT(0)/DataType(0).The comment above the loop reads "with floats we can hope something around 2x" — the promotion was eating exactly that. Before this change the float path was slower than the double path on the same shape (195 GB/s vs 611 GB/s), which is the clearest symptom.
Note that plain
x = 0.0assignments andx != 0.0comparisons elsewhere in the same file are already folded by the compiler and emit no FP64; only the mixed-type ternaries needed changing.2.
multi_variable_gaussian—pow(x, 0.5)binds todouble pow(double, double)matrix[m_i] = pow(W[Wi], 0.5) * (matrix[m_i]);Regardless of
T, this selects the double overload, which nvcc inlines as a software routine — 93 FP64 instructions including 41DFMAand aMUFU.RCP64H, in what should be a single instruction.raft::sqrtis equivalent for the non-negative inputs already guarded by the branch above it, is correctly rounded (so if anything more accurate thanpow(x, 0.5)), and helps thedoubleinstantiation too since hardwareDSQRTbeats softwarepow.3.
normalInt— Box-Muller hardcoded todoublecustom_nextforNormalIntDistParams<IntType>useddoublefor the transform no matter how wide the integer output was, so generatingint8/int32normals ran FP64sqrt/log/sincos. The compute type is now selected from the output width, keepingdoubleonly where float's 24-bit mantissa is insufficient (64-bit integer outputs, which are unchanged).Benchmarks
RTX 5090 (sm_120), CUDA 13.2,
-O3 -DNDEBUG, 20–50 timed iterations after warmup:reduce_rows_by_key<float>4.2M x 32, nkeys=4reduce_rows_by_key<float>1.0M x 128, nkeys=4reduce_rows_by_key<float>16.8M x 8, nkeys=4reduce_rows_by_key<double>4.2M x 32, nkeys=4combined_dot_product<float>dim=1024combined_dot_product<float>dim=4096combined_dot_product<double>dim=4096normalInt<int8_t>n=67.1MnormalInt<int32_t>n=67.1MnormalInt<int64_t>n=67.1MnormalIntandreduce_rows_by_keyboth move from FP64-compute-bound to memory-bound after the change.SASS
No FP64 instructions remain in any float-instantiated kernel. Instruction counts:
sum_rows_by_key_small_nkeys_kernel<float, ...>combined_dot_product<float>combined_dot_product<double>rngKernel<int, PCGenerator, NormalIntDistParams<int>>rngKernel<int, PhiloxGenerator, NormalIntDistParams<int>>sum_rows_by_key_small_nkeys_kernel<double, ...>is byte-identical at 768 instructions, as intended.Testing
Existing tests, built for
sm_120and run on an RTX 5090 — 467 tests, all passing:linalg/reduce_rows_by_key— 18random/multi_variable_gaussian— 40random/rng— 89random/rng_int— 32stats/histogram— 288No new tests are added: these are pure precision/performance changes to existing code paths that the current tests already cover, and the SASS diff is the meaningful verification.
Behavioral note for reviewers
normalIntoutput values change:floatdraw consumes 32 bits of generator state where adoubledraw consumed 64. The distributions are unaffected.muis now applied in the output type rather than inside the Box-Muller transform, so it is exact rather than rounded to the mantissa of the compute type. This also removes a truncation bias of up to one unit away frommu(sample mean error over 64K draws atmu = 1e8, sigma = 10:-0.48before,+0.01after).Anyone depending on exact reproducibility of a
normalIntsequence across versions will see different values. Happy to gate the first point behind an opt-in if that is a concern; the second is a correctness fix.One residual, called out deliberately:
sigmais still converted to the compute type, so asigmaabove 2^24 on a 32-bit output is rounded. That is a ~6e-8 relative change to the spread of a random draw, below the granularity the samples already have at that magnitude. Say the word if you would rather it be exact.🤖 Generated with Claude Code
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