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[WS1][CUDA][MiniMax-H3] ws1_one_h3_block: block 0 node-by-node replay…
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[WS1][CUDA][MiniMax-H3] full-model qualification: thresholds, ensembl…
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11 changes: 9 additions & 2 deletions .github/workflows/ci.yml
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on:
push:
branches: [ main, test ]
branches: [ main, test, test-h3 ]
pull_request:
branches: [ main, test ]
branches: [ main, test, test-h3 ]

permissions:
contents: read
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run: |
python -m pytest tests/reference/minimax_h3 tests/runtime/test_h3_sigma_schedule_dispatch.py -q

- name: Run full H3 binding contracts
run: |
python -m pytest -q \
tests/models/minimax_h3/test_h3_full_model.py \
tests/models/minimax_h3/test_h3_full_ensemble_rule.py \
tests/models/minimax_h3/test_h3_generation_resume.py

- name: Run Mocked Hardware Discovery Tests
run: |
python -m pytest tests/runtime/test_dispatch.py -v
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7 changes: 6 additions & 1 deletion csrc/cuda/h3/gate_residual.cu
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}
TORCH_CHECK(tile_begin.numel() == tile_end.numel(), "tile_begin and tile_end differ in length");
const int64_t n = grad.size(1);
TORCH_CHECK(n > 0, "grad must have at least one column");
const int64_t tiles = tile_begin.numel();
const c10::cuda::CUDAGuard guard(grad.device());
auto partial = torch::empty({tiles, n}, grad.options().dtype(at::kFloat));
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" column blocks, more than the grid.y limit of 65535");
const unsigned col_blocks = static_cast<unsigned>(col_blocks64);
// The row and tile lists are caller-built: every row must be a row of grad and every tile must
// lie inside the list before the kernel reads through them.
// lie inside the list before the kernel reads through them. That the tiles also partition the
// list in order (no gap, no repeated row) is the caller's contract and is NOT verified here,
// unlike h3_gate_residual_backward: a gap would drop rows from d_gate. The Python planner
// (sp_norm_adaln._segment_tiles) builds the lists, and the SP tests compare the folded result
// with WS1 bit for bit.
h3_tiles::check_lists(at::cuda::getCurrentCUDAStream(), rows.data_ptr<int64_t>(), rows.numel(),
grad.size(0), tile_begin.data_ptr<int64_t>(), tile_end.data_ptr<int64_t>(),
tiles, nullptr, 0, 0);
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6 changes: 5 additions & 1 deletion csrc/cuda/h3/rmsnorm_modulate.cu
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const int threads = 256;
const unsigned col_blocks = static_cast<unsigned>((n + threads - 1) / threads);
const int64_t tiles = dw_begin.numel();
TORCH_CHECK(2 * n <= std::numeric_limits<int>::max() && (2 * n + threads - 1) / threads <= 65535,
// Only the segment kernels of a modulated call launch over 2N columns (shift and scale partials
// side by side); a plain call launches the dweight kernel over N, so it gets the N bound.
const int64_t grid_columns = mod.index != nullptr ? 2 * n : n;
TORCH_CHECK(grid_columns <= std::numeric_limits<int>::max() &&
(grid_columns + threads - 1) / threads <= 65535,
"N=", n, " is too large for the kernels (int indices, grid.y limit of 65535)");
auto dw_partial = torch::empty({tiles, n}, x.options().dtype(at::kFloat));
// The row and tile lists are caller-built: every row must be a row of x and every tile must lie
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions docs/operators/README.md
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- [MiniMax-H3 Final AdaLN Output](h3-final-adaln-out.md)
- [MiniMax-H3 Tensor-Parallel AdaLN Projection](h3-tp-adaln-3mod.md)
- [MiniMax-H3 Sequence-Parallel Norm and AdaLN](h3-sp-norm-adaln.md)
- [MiniMax-H3 One Block, Forward and Backward](h3-one-block.md)
- [H3 Flash Attention (optional fast backend)](h3-flash-attention.md)
- [Operator Doc Template](../contributing/operator-doc-template.md)
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python benchmarks/models/benchmark_h3_conditioning.py --op final_adaln_out
```

B200, B = 1, T = 3, pinned `norm_out` weights. Backward timings exclude input
and forward-graph setup:
B200, B = 1, T = 3, pinned `norm_out` weights. The `fwd+bwd` columns are the stored B200
measurements, whose timed region includes forward-graph setup: they are not backward-only numbers.
The current benchmark builds the graph outside the timed backward region; these historical
timings are kept as recorded with their original commit and have not been re-measured:

| S | CUDA fwd | diffusers fwd | CUDA fwd+bwd | diffusers fwd+bwd |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
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At small S the backward is dominated by fixed setup: the stable sort for the segment sums and the
projection backward.

The stored timing evidence includes forward graph setup in the columns labeled
`fwd+bwd`; those values are not backward-only measurements. The current benchmark
prepares the graph outside the timed backward region. Historical timings are retained
with their original commit and corrected scope.

## Evidence

![final_adaln_out on B200: latency and backward accuracy](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fusheng-ji/RL-Kernel/6d6193d94a83266d5f5f62bb9d90fb3215716ee3/pr493/reports/experiments/h3-final-adaln-out-b200/figure.png)
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# MiniMax-H3 One Block, Forward and Backward

## Summary

`ws1_one_h3_block` (RFC #420, WS1 closeout) runs **block 0 of the pinned MiniMax-H3 checkpoint**
node by node, forward and backward, and reports where it first departs from diffusers. The block
is a fixed graph of 17 nodes, from the AdaLN projection to the second gated residual. It runs on
packed FL2VA layouts that are **bitwise equal to the pinned diffusers pipeline's** `position_ids`
and modality tags.

On one B200, at S = 264, 925 and 3160:

- **Determinism.** Every node, every gradient reaching a node, and all 14 leaf gradients are
bitwise repeatable.
- **Batch invariance.** Batch row 0 of a two-row batch has the single-row bytes at every node,
forward and backward.
- **Agreement with diffusers.** Every node that promises it is bitwise equal to diffusers on
diffusers' inputs. The first drift from diffusers is `adaln_projection`, the first reduction
whose tree differs from cuBLAS.
- **Accuracy.** The block output is exactly as close to the FP32 golden as diffusers' (relative
error 5.2e-3 / 7.9e-3 / 9.0e-3).

Five of the 17 nodes are bound to this stack's three row operators (AdaLN projection, modulated
RMSNorm for `norm1` / `norm2`, gate residual for the two residual nodes). The other twelve use **interim**
deterministic operators until their own rows land, or the provider replay where no kernel exists
yet (see Bindings). The block-level promises above hold with whatever a node is bound to. Speed
and the exact rounding of interim nodes belong to those operators, not to this row.

## Entry Point

```python
from rl_engine.validation.models.h3_block import CandidateOps, run_block_backward, run_block_case
from rl_engine.validation.models.h3_weights import load_h3_block_weights

weights = load_h3_block_weights("cuda") # conditioning + block-0 tensors, sha256-checked
ops = CandidateOps()
forward = run_block_case(weights, layout="small", ops=ops) # per node, first_*_drift
backward = run_block_backward(weights, layout="small", ops=ops)
```

The CLI writes the JSON evidence and the plot script renders it:

```bash
python tools/weights/prepare_h3_weights.py --out <dir> --block # shard 1 of 14, ~4.8 GB
export RL_KERNEL_H3_WEIGHTS=<dir>
python tools/validation/models/h3_block_replay.py --layouts tiny,small,medium --out report.json
python tools/validation/models/plot_h3_block.py report.json
```

## Graph and Bindings

`rl_engine/validation/models/h3_block.py` `NODES` (graph order):

| Node | Owning RFC row | Binding today |
|---|---|---|
| `adaln_projection` | `adaln_projection_3mod` | **row**: `H3AdaLNProjectionCudaOp` (registry) |
| `norm1`, `norm2` | `h3_rmsnorm` | **row**: `H3RMSNormCudaOp.forward_modulated` (registry) |
| `q_proj`, `k_proj`, `v_proj` | `h3_qkv_gemm` | interim: Triton FP32-accumulate GEMM, one BF16 rounding |
| `q_norm`, `k_norm` | `h3_qk_rmsnorm_d128` | interim: `H3RMSNormCudaOp.forward` on the 128-wide heads |
| `rope_q`, `rope_k` | `h3_mm_rope_3axis_partial` | reference: the provider replay (no kernel exists yet) |
| `attention` | `h3_full_attention` | interim: `DeterministicAttentionOp(causal=False)` |
| `o_proj` | `h3_attention_o_gemm` | interim: Triton FP32-accumulate GEMM |
| `residual_attn`, `residual_mlp` | `adaln_gate_residual` | **row**: `H3GateResidualCudaOp` (registry) |
| `ffn_gate_up` | `h3_ffn_gate_up_gemm` | interim: Triton FP32-accumulate GEMM |
| `swiglu` | `h3_swiglu` | interim: `SwiGLUCudaOp` (FP32 math, one rounding) |
| `ffn_down` | `h3_ffn_down_gemm` | interim: Triton FP32-accumulate GEMM |

When a row lands, replacing its node's `candidate` callable is the whole integration. The node's
report entries then become that operator's block-level evidence.

The interim GEMMs use `_triton_gemm_fp32`, one fixed-order FP32 K loop with no split-K, and round
to BF16 once. They do not use `TritonDetGemmOp.__call__`, whose K tree has BF16 nodes. Measured on
B200:

| Shape | Tree path err | FP32 K loop → BF16 | cuBLAS | Tree | FP32 K loop |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 264 × 5376 → 7168 | 7.0e-3 | 2.4e-3 | 2.4e-3 | 10.4 ms | 1.2 ms |
| 925 × 14336 → 5376 | 7.5e-3 | 2.6e-3 | 2.6e-3 | 47 ms | 2.7 ms |

Both paths are bitwise repeatable and row-invariant. Error is max|err| / max|ref| against FP64.

## What Each Node Reports

Every node runs three ways: the provider replay (`h3_provider`, diffusers@f53d552 op for op), the
candidate (chained, and *isolated* on the provider's inputs), and the FP32 golden
(`rl_engine/reference/minimax_h3/block.py`: FP32 math, TF32 off, no BF16 storage between nodes).

- **Forward:** `repeat_bitwise_equal` and `batch_row_bitwise_equal` (row 0 of a B = 2 batch whose
row 1 has a different input). Also chained and isolated agreement with the provider (bitwise,
max abs, first differing packed row), the candidate's and provider's `max|err| / max|golden|`,
and the sha256 of the node's output.
- **Backward:** for the block input, `temb` and the 12 block parameters: repeat bitwise, and the
candidate's and provider's error against the golden. For the gradient reaching each node's
output, in reverse graph order: repeat bitwise and batch-row bitwise. Parameter gradients sum
over the batch, so only activation gradients take part in the batch check.
- **First drift:** `first_drift`, `first_isolated_drift`, `first_repeat_drift`,
`first_batch_drift`, `first_grad_repeat_drift` and `first_grad_batch_drift` each name the first
node where that comparison stops being bitwise.
- **Permutation probe (control H-C3, reported, not promised):** permute the packed rows together
with positions and AdaLN indices, and compare the output to the permuted original.

Inputs: `temb` comes from the provider's conditioning path (the conditioning rows are checked by
`h3_chain`). The block input is a seeded BF16 stand-in, because the packed input projections are
other rows. Text rows use AdaLN table row 0 and media rows use row 1.

## Evidence

[`report.json`](https://github.com/fusheng-ji/RL-Kernel/blob/6d6193d94a83266d5f5f62bb9d90fb3215716ee3/pr539/reports/experiments/h3-one-block-b200/report.json) was generated from a clean tree
at `41e4293` on an otherwise idle B200 (torch 2.13.0+cu130):

![one-block evidence](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fusheng-ji/RL-Kernel/6d6193d94a83266d5f5f62bb9d90fb3215716ee3/pr539/reports/experiments/h3-one-block-b200/figure.png)

| Layout | S | First drift / first isolated drift | Repeat / batch drift (fwd, grad) | Output err: RL-Kernel / diffusers | Fwd ms: RL-Kernel / diffusers | Fwd+bwd ms |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tiny | 264 | `adaln_projection` / `adaln_projection` | none | 5.21e-3 / 5.21e-3 | 7.4 / 0.61 | 22.7 / 2.8 |
| small | 925 | `adaln_projection` / `adaln_projection` | none | 7.87e-3 / 7.87e-3 | 30.1 / 1.12 | 81.7 / 5.0 |
| medium | 3160 | `adaln_projection` / `adaln_projection` | none | 8.97e-3 / 8.97e-3 | 225 / 3.8 | 577 / 11.5 |

- **Forward accuracy.** Per node, the candidate's error is within 0.93–1.20× diffusers'. The
largest is `attention` at S = 3160, which is the interim attention operator's.
- **Gradient accuracy.** The candidate is better than diffusers on `adaln_proj.weight`,
`adaln_proj.bias` and `temb`, by up to 7×: diffusers' `index_select` backward accumulates the
table gradient in BF16 atomics, while the row operators use FP32 segment sums. The candidate is
within 1.16× on the other leaves, except `attn.norm_q.weight` at S = 3160 (9.5e-3 vs 5.5e-3).
At S = 925 the same leaf is 2× *more* accurate than diffusers (1.3e-2 vs 2.4e-2), so this
128-element gradient's error moves with BF16 rounding rather than favouring one side.
- **Permutation probe (H-C3).** The output changes in 79 / 450 / 2199 of the rows, by at most 8.
Attention sums over keys in packed order, so a consistent permutation is not byte-preserving with
the interim attention operator. This is for `h3_full_attention` to settle.
- **Speed.** The candidate is 12–60× slower than diffusers forward. Almost all of it is the
interim GEMMs and attention (FP32 scores materialised). The three row operators are each
faster than or equal to diffusers in their own evidence.

## Existing implementations (RFC #420 reuse rule)

- **Is there an existing block-level harness?** diffusers' `MiniMaxH3TransformerBlock` is the
executable reference. It is replayed op for op as the provider, so diffusers is not imported and
the replay pins the reference's dtypes and ordering. The Qwen3-8B chain gate from #315
(`rl_engine/validation/models/chain_gate.py`) has per-node token digests and first-drift
localisation, but its graph, shapes and acceptance are Qwen3-specific (causal attention, no
AdaLN). This row reuses its method (per-node digests, graph-ordered first drift) on the H3
`h3_chain` stage pattern.
- **Interim operators.** These are reused from RL-Kernel and are not new code. The only choice
made here is the FP32-accumulate entry of the Triton GEMM instead of its BF16 tree, for the
accuracy and speed measured above.

## Tests

`tests/models/minimax_h3/test_h3_one_block.py`:

- **CPU:**
- the three layouts hash to the pinned diffusers `build_packed_sequence` output;
- the graph is well formed;
- the partial MM-RoPE leaves channels 96–127 unchanged.
- **GPU, `tiny` and `small` forward:**
- every node repeats and is batch-row bitwise;
- promised nodes are isolated-bitwise to diffusers;
- node and output errors are at most 1.25 × diffusers' + 1e-3.
- **GPU, `tiny` backward:**
- every leaf repeats;
- dX is batch-row bitwise;
- no gradient drift;
- leaf errors are at most 1.5 × diffusers' + 5e-3, or, for a BF16 leaf, at most 6 ulps
(of its largest golden element) above diffusers'. A stored gradient's worst element moves
in whole ulps, so the relative rule alone is seed- and torch-version-sensitive;
`tools/validation/models/h3_block_ulp_sweep.py` measured at most +4.15 ulps over
tiny/small × 10 seeds on torch 2.13 and 2.9.1, and +5.15 ulps over 34 single-node
candidate/provider swaps (reports: `reports/experiments/h3-one-block-b200/ulp-sweep-torch*.json`).

```bash
RL_KERNEL_H3_WEIGHTS=<dir> CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=0,1 python -m pytest tests/models/minimax_h3 -q
```

## Known Limitations

- **Single platform.** CUDA only. `DeterministicAttentionOp` and the Triton GEMM also build for
ROCm, but the block has not been run there.
- **Interim nodes.** Twelve of the 17 nodes (ten interim, two reference) are not bound to a row operator. Their speed and
rounding are not the owning rows' final ones, and the MM-RoPE nodes are the provider replay
itself, so they carry no RL-Kernel evidence until `h3_mm_rope_3axis_partial` lands.
- **Stand-in inputs.** The block input is a seeded stand-in and `temb` is the provider's.
Real packed projections arrive with the input-projection rows.
- **Not covered here.** Block 0 only (`ws1_full_h3_transformer` covers 50 blocks and the refiner),
and one sequence per batch row (H3's batch is a replication axis).
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| backward | `(N / 64 / tp) x T x 2688` FP32 | 6.1 MB |

`DeterministicCollective` copies all-gathers whose output is at most 256 KiB with a single-block
byte loop, at about 4 µs per KiB on B200. `ws2_comm.gather_rows` pads such shards just past that
size, where the multi-block path takes about 45 µs. This matters for the forward at small `T`.
byte loop, at about 4 µs per KiB on B200. For a gathered output above 8 KiB (and at most 256 KiB),
`ws2_comm.gather_rows` appends whole zero rows to each shard until the gathered output exceeds
256 KiB, so the temporary buffer is larger than 256 KiB by up to one row of every rank. There the
multi-block path takes a flat 55-65 µs for 2 and 4 ranks (about 90 µs for 8; measured on 8 x B200);
the padding rows are dropped afterwards. Outputs of at most 8 KiB are gathered
unpadded, because the single-block loop is faster there, and outputs already above 256 KiB need no

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Qualify the 8 KiB performance rationale.

ws2_comm.gather_rows leaves outputs at or below 8 KiB unpadded, but the B200 measurement shows that padding is already faster at 8 KiB for 8 ranks. Therefore, “because the single-block loop is faster there” is not true for every rank count. Describe 8 KiB as the selected cutoff, or qualify the reason by rank count. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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Review comment at @docs/operators/h3-tp-adaln-3mod.md at line 75:
Update the performance rationale in the description of ws2_comm.gather_rows to
present 8 KiB as the selected padding cutoff, or qualify the single-block-loop
rationale by rank count; do not imply it is faster at every rank count.

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padding. This matters for the forward at small `T`.

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