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📌 Description

This PR adds the packed hybrid runtime and cost-driven THD planner on top of #136:

• add cuDNN DSA/index-pooling plans and pool-before-CP-gather execution
• isolate logical large-CP emulation under benchmarks/large_cp_emulation
• balance arbitrary packed long/short THD mixtures without changing numerical precision
• default production DSA Top-K to the non-deterministic throughput path
• add automatic SM90 state-probe and SM100+ native-summary Kimi CP backend selection
• preserve block-aligned shards for non-power-of-two CP sizes and bounded DSA scratch

The latest review fixes avoid checkpoint retention in SM90 boundary probes, record index_heads in benchmark JSON, document Hopper state-memory scaling, and add backend-dispatch and wider-value-state tests.

🔍 Related Issues

• Stacked on feat(kda): add cuDNN concatenated-summary Kimi CP #136
• feat(kda): add cuDNN concatenated-summary Kimi CP #136 is stacked on refactor(kernels)!: make CuTeDSL runtime standalone #135

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✅ Pre-commit Checks

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• Ruff lint and format pass for the complete repository.

🧪 Tests

• Tests have been added or updated as needed.
• Local targeted suite passes: 50 tests.
• SM90 remote helper suite passes: 19 tests.
• SM90 real 8-rank CP forward/backward comparison passes on every rank.

⚡ Performance

The validated 128K real CP8 workload with 20 short plus two long samples has a 55.07 ms critical E2E median, stable repeated outputs, and 3.64–4.64 GiB peak allocated memory across ranks. Published older layout tables now state that they used four index heads; new benchmark output records the configured count explicitly.

Reviewer Notes

The stack is deliberate: merge #135, then #136, then this PR. The SM90 state-probe backend is correctness-first. cuDNN state indirection is forward-only, so backward currently requires [N,H,V,K] state rows; the linear memory cost and exact formula are documented.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Added an optional cuDNN hybrid-attention runtime for packed sequences, including distributed index pooling and memory-bounded DSA selection.
  • Added a THD layout planner to balance token and causal workloads across context-parallel ranks.
  • Added automatic KDA backend selection for supported GPU architectures, including Hopper and Blackwell.
• Benchmarks
  • Added benchmarks for hybrid attention, distributed pooling, DSA layouts, and large context-parallel emulation.
• Documentation
  • Added installation and usage guidance, runtime and layout-planning references, and benchmark examples with measured results.

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This pull request adds optional cuDNN-backed packed-THD pooling and DSA selection, a CPU THD layout planner, and KDA context-parallel backend selection. It also adds benchmark-only context-parallel emulation, benchmarks, tests, documentation, and an optional dependency group.

Changes: Hybrid runtime and context-parallel tooling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Index-pooling plans and execution cula/_metadata.py, cula/distributed/plan.py, cula/hybrid/*, tests/test_hybrid_distributed_pool.py, tests/test_hybrid_index_pool_*, pyproject.toml, docs/HYBRID_CUDNN_RUNTIME.md, USAGE.md, README.md, REPO_LAYOUT.md	Adds packed-sequence and shard plans, cuDNN-backed local and distributed pooling, and backward gradient handling. Adds tests, an optional dependency group, exports, and runtime documentation.
Memory-bounded DSA selection cula/hybrid/dsa.py, tests/test_hybrid_dsa_*, docs/HYBRID_CUDNN_RUNTIME.md	Adds candidate-budget planning, query windows, CUDA workspace allocation, and cuDNN selection. Tests cover planning, wrapper loading, default selection behavior, and CUDA Graph replay.
THD planning and query layouts cula/distributed/thd_planner.py, cula/distributed/__init__.py, benchmarks/large_cp_emulation/query_layout.py, benchmarks/large_cp_emulation/bench_thd_planner.py, tests/test_thd_planner.py, tests/test_large_cp_query_layout.py, docs/THD_LAYOUT_PLANNER.md	Adds a CPU THD layout planner and query-layout builders. Tests check sequence coverage, rank ownership, balance, and candidate costs.
KDA backend selection and state probing cula/distributed/kda.py, tests/test_kimi_cp_*, tests/test_kimi_cp_distributed.py, docs/KIMI_CP_RUNTIME.md	Separates basic KDA loading from summary APIs and adds a Hopper state-probe backend with FP32 affine-summary composition. Automatic backend selection uses CUDA capability; tests cover probing, validation, loading, and the single-rank path.
Logical-CP emulation and benchmarks benchmarks/large_cp_emulation/*, benchmarks/bench_*, tests/test_large_cp_emulation.py, docs/KIMI_CP_RUNTIME.md, docs/KDA_CSA_1M_OPTIMIZATION.md	Adds logical-rank planning, ring transport, packed workloads, query-layout and hybrid benchmarks, and compatibility entry points. Benchmarks report correctness metrics, timings, and memory measurements.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Caller
  participant cudnn_index_pool_cp
  participant cuDNN
  participant DistributedCollectives
  Caller->>cudnn_index_pool_cp: submit tensors and shard plan
  cudnn_index_pool_cp->>cuDNN: pool local token rows
  cudnn_index_pool_cp->>DistributedCollectives: gather compressed rows
  DistributedCollectives-->>cudnn_index_pool_cp: return gathered rows
  cudnn_index_pool_cp-->>Caller: return pooled output

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Possibly related PRs

• inclusionAI/cuLA#136: Adds the Kimi CP plan and KDA runtime that this pull request extends with backend selection and state probing.
• inclusionAI/cuLA#135: Establishes the standalone package base used by this pull request’s distributed KDA and hybrid runtime changes.

Suggested reviewers: zheyang0825, cherhh

Merge Risk: Minimal · previous review c8a19

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cula/distributed/kda.py: 1

110-119: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Remove the duplicated _all_gather_into definition.

Lines 110-119 repeat the helper already defined at Lines 98-107. The two bodies are identical. The second definition shadows the first at import time. This adds no behavior and can mislead later edits, because a change to only one copy has no effect or an unexpected one.

Delete the second copy. The monkeypatch.setattr(cp, "_all_gather_into", ...) call in tests/test_kimi_cp_helpers.py still works with a single definition.

♻️ Proposed fix

-def _all_gather_into(
-    output: torch.Tensor,
-    tensor: torch.Tensor,
-    *,
-    group: dist.ProcessGroup | None,
-) -> None:
-    if hasattr(dist, "all_gather_single"):
-        dist.all_gather_single(output, tensor, group=group)
-    else:  # pragma: no cover - compatibility with older PyTorch releases
-        dist.all_gather_into_tensor(output, tensor, group=group)
-

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Review comment at @cula/distributed/kda.py around lines 110 - 119:
Remove the duplicate `_all_gather_into` definition in `cula.distributed.kda`,
keeping the other identical definition intact so callers and
`monkeypatch.setattr` continue to use the single helper.

tests/test_hybrid_distributed_pool.py: 1

118-177: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Add CPU-only tests for the remaining cudnn_index_pool_cp rejection paths.

The suite covers a misaligned seam, the forward gather order, the uneven gather, and the backward gradient routing. It does not cover these new boundary branches in cudnn_index_pool_cp:

• coff=2 with world_size > 1 raises NotImplementedError.
• A rank that owns zero complete blocks raises NotImplementedError.
• The world_size == 1 forward and backward path returns local rows and ungathered gradients.

All three run before any CUDA call, so they need no GPU and add no compile time. The coff=2 and zero-block checks run before _validate_inputs, so the tests need no extra stubs.

✅ Proposed tests

+def test_cp_pool_rejects_overlapping_windows_before_launch(monkeypatch):
+    plan = IndexPoolShardPlan.from_global_cu_seqlens(
+        [0, 16], rank=0, world_size=2, head_dim=4, coff=2, shard_offsets=(0, 8, 16)
+    )
+    monkeypatch.setattr(plan.__class__, "validate_group", lambda self, group: None)
+    with pytest.raises(NotImplementedError, match="coff=1"):
+        distributed_pool.cudnn_index_pool_cp(
+            torch.empty(8, 8),
+            torch.empty(8, 8),
+            torch.empty(4, 8),
+            torch.tensor([0, 8], dtype=torch.int32),
+            torch.tensor([0, 2], dtype=torch.int32),
+            plan=plan,
+            group="cp",
+        )
+
+
+def test_cp_pool_rejects_rank_without_complete_block(monkeypatch):
+    plan = IndexPoolShardPlan.from_global_cu_seqlens(
+        [0, 2, 16], rank=0, world_size=2, head_dim=4, shard_offsets=(0, 2, 16)
+    )
+    monkeypatch.setattr(plan.__class__, "validate_group", lambda self, group: None)
+    with pytest.raises(NotImplementedError, match="at least one complete pooling block"):
+        distributed_pool.cudnn_index_pool_cp(
+            torch.empty(2, 4),
+            torch.empty(2, 4),
+            torch.empty(4, 4),
+            torch.tensor([0, 2], dtype=torch.int32),
+            torch.tensor([0, 0], dtype=torch.int32),
+            plan=plan,
+            group="cp",
+        )

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Review comment at @tests/test_hybrid_distributed_pool.py around lines 118 - 177:
Add CPU-only tests in the existing `cudnn_index_pool_cp` test suite for the
`coff=2` multi-rank rejection and the rank-with-no-complete-block rejection,
asserting each raises `NotImplementedError` before input validation or CUDA
work. Also test that the `world_size == 1` forward path returns local rows and
backward preserves ungathered gradients; stub only the dependencies needed to
exercise that path.

Source: Path instructions

tests/test_hybrid_dsa_helpers.py: 1

9-17: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Cover the loader fallback and the ImportError path.

_load_cudnn_dsa_select has three outcomes:

• It returns the public cudnn.DSA entry point.
• It falls back to cudnn.deepseek_sparse_attention.
• It raises an ImportError with install guidance.

This test covers only the first outcome. A regression in the fallback or the error message would go unnoticed. Both are CPU-only tests that finish quickly.

🧪 Proposed additional tests

+def test_cudnn_dsa_loader_falls_back_to_submodule(monkeypatch):
+    select = object()
+    modules = {
+        "cudnn": SimpleNamespace(),
+        "cudnn.deepseek_sparse_attention": SimpleNamespace(indexer_forward_top_k_wrapper=select),
+    }
+    monkeypatch.setattr(dsa, "import_module", modules.__getitem__)
+    dsa._load_cudnn_dsa_select.cache_clear()
+    try:
+        assert dsa._load_cudnn_dsa_select() is select
+    finally:
+        dsa._load_cudnn_dsa_select.cache_clear()
+
+
+def test_cudnn_dsa_loader_reports_missing_frontend(monkeypatch):
+    def missing(name):
+        raise ImportError(name)
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(dsa, "import_module", missing)
+    dsa._load_cudnn_dsa_select.cache_clear()
+    try:
+        with pytest.raises(ImportError, match="cudnn-hybrid"):
+            dsa._load_cudnn_dsa_select()
+    finally:
+        dsa._load_cudnn_dsa_select.cache_clear()

Add import pytest at the top of the file.

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Review comment at @tests/test_hybrid_dsa_helpers.py around lines 9 - 17:
Extend coverage around _load_cudnn_dsa_select with CPU-only tests for its
fallback to cudnn.deepseek_sparse_attention and its ImportError with install
guidance when both import paths are unavailable. Keep the existing
public-namespace test and clear the loader cache around each test.

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tests/test_thd_planner.py: 1

94-103: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Add tests for the planner's config and rank validation.

_validate_inputs has many rejection paths, but the tests cover only two of them: misaligned sequence lengths and fewer than one block per rank. These paths have no test:

• min_split_tokens that is not block aligned.
• Non-positive or boolean block_size, min_split_tokens, and max_chunks_per_rank.
• Negative, non-finite, or all-zero compute weights.
• world_size values of 0 and True.
• A non-THDPlannerConfig config.
• THDLayoutPlan.for_rank with an out-of-range rank.

Add a small parametrized CPU-only test. It adds no CUDA compilation and negligible runtime.

Example test

+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("config", "world_size", "error"),
+    [
+        (THDPlannerConfig(min_split_tokens=6), 4, ValueError),
+        (THDPlannerConfig(max_chunks_per_rank=0), 4, ValueError),
+        (THDPlannerConfig(block_size=True), 4, TypeError),
+        (THDPlannerConfig(token_weight=float("nan")), 4, ValueError),
+        (THDPlannerConfig(token_weight=0.0, causal_weight=0.0), 4, ValueError),
+        (THDPlannerConfig(), 0, ValueError),
+    ],
+)
+def test_planner_rejects_invalid_config(config, world_size, error):
+    with pytest.raises(error):
+        plan_thd_layout([0, 1 << 20], world_size=world_size, config=config)
+
+
+def test_for_rank_rejects_out_of_range_rank():
+    plan = plan_thd_layout([0, 1 << 20], world_size=4)
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="rank must be in"):
+        plan.for_rank(4)

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Review comment at @tests/test_thd_planner.py around lines 94 - 103:
Extend the tests around test_planner_rejects_invalid_partitions with small
parametrized CPU-only coverage for the uncovered _validate_inputs rejection
cases: misaligned min_split_tokens; non-positive or boolean block_size,
min_split_tokens, and max_chunks_per_rank; negative, non-finite, or all-zero
compute weights; world_size values 0 and True; and a config that is not a
THDPlannerConfig. Add a separate test confirming THDLayoutPlan.for_rank rejects
an out-of-range rank, using the existing expected exception behavior.

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benchmarks/large_cp_emulation/query_layout.py: 1

172-196: Trivial · Performance & Scalability · Quick win

Avoid re-running the planner once per rank.

build_planned_query_layout calls plan_thd_layout on every invocation. bench_dsa_layout.py builds one layout per rank in a loop over range(world_size). For N ranks, the benchmark runs the same deterministic planner N times. The planner evaluates up to six grids, and each grid runs greedy assignment and token rebalancing. At logical CP64, this repeats the work 64 times in benchmark setup.

Plan once and derive every rank from the shared plan. Alternatively, memoize on (tuple(boundaries), world_size, block_size).

Proposed refactor

+from functools import lru_cache
+
+
+@lru_cache(maxsize=8)
+def _cached_plan(boundaries: tuple[int, ...], world_size: int, block_size: int):
+    return plan_thd_layout(
+        boundaries,
+        world_size=world_size,
+        config=THDPlannerConfig(block_size=block_size),
+    )
+
+
 def build_planned_query_layout(
@@
-    plan = plan_thd_layout(
-        global_cu_seqlens,
-        world_size=world_size,
-        config=THDPlannerConfig(block_size=block_size),
-    )
+    plan = _cached_plan(tuple(global_cu_seqlens), world_size, block_size)

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Review comment at @benchmarks/large_cp_emulation/query_layout.py around lines
172 - 196:
Update build_planned_query_layout so constructing layouts for multiple ranks
reuses a single deterministic plan instead of running plan_thd_layout once per
rank; share the plan across the rank loop or reuse a cache keyed by the
normalized boundaries, world_size, and block_size, while preserving each rank’s
existing span selection.

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @benchmarks/large_cp_emulation/bench_dsa_layout.py:
- Around line 104-116: Validate the packed sequence lengths in the workload
setup around `PackedTHDWorkload` before constructing layouts, and reject any
length not divisible by `args.block_size`. Apply the check to the workload’s
sequence lengths so both explicit and generated workloads preserve consistent
block indexing.

Review comments at @benchmarks/large_cp_emulation/bench_hybrid.py:
- Around line 268-275: Copy the rank-local `local_kbar` blocks into this rank’s
`global_kbar` slice before calling `emulate_ring_hops`, since the ring can
overwrite its send buffer on later hops. Then run the ring using `local_kbar` as
scratch, preserving the local pooled output for subsequent selection.

Review comments at @benchmarks/large_cp_emulation/query_layout.py:
- Around line 100-103: Update build_contiguous_query_layout to shard the total
number of blocks using balanced_shards, then scale the selected shard offsets by
block_size to obtain token boundaries. Preserve the existing input validation
and remove the token-alignment error check that is no longer needed with
block-based sharding.

Review comments at @docs/KDA_CSA_1M_OPTIMIZATION.md:
- Around line 78-79: Update the documentation sentence to distinguish the
production THD planner, identified by plan_thd_layout and
build_planned_query_layout, from the query-layout adapter and benchmarks; state
that only the adapter and benchmarks are under the benchmark area, not the CPU
planner.

Review comments at @tests/test_hybrid_dsa_cudnn.py:
- Around line 40-43: The captured graph may leave the eager results in place,
allowing the assertions to pass without replay writing outputs. In the
graph-capture test around CUDAGraph, overwrite workspace.block_ids and
workspace.scores with sentinels after capture and before graph.replay(), so the
assertions verify replay repopulates both buffers.

---

Nitpick comments:
Review comments at @benchmarks/large_cp_emulation/query_layout.py:
- Around line 172-196: Update build_planned_query_layout so constructing layouts
for multiple ranks reuses a single deterministic plan instead of running
plan_thd_layout once per rank; share the plan across the rank loop or reuse a
cache keyed by the normalized boundaries, world_size, and block_size, while
preserving each rank’s existing span selection.

Review comments at @cula/distributed/kda.py:
- Around line 110-119: Remove the duplicate `_all_gather_into` definition in
`cula.distributed.kda`, keeping the other identical definition intact so callers
and `monkeypatch.setattr` continue to use the single helper.

Review comments at @tests/test_hybrid_distributed_pool.py:
- Around line 118-177: Add CPU-only tests in the existing `cudnn_index_pool_cp`
test suite for the `coff=2` multi-rank rejection and the
rank-with-no-complete-block rejection, asserting each raises
`NotImplementedError` before input validation or CUDA work. Also test that the
`world_size == 1` forward path returns local rows and backward preserves
ungathered gradients; stub only the dependencies needed to exercise that path.

Review comments at @tests/test_hybrid_dsa_helpers.py:
- Around line 9-17: Extend coverage around _load_cudnn_dsa_select with CPU-only
tests for its fallback to cudnn.deepseek_sparse_attention and its ImportError
with install guidance when both import paths are unavailable. Keep the existing
public-namespace test and clear the loader cache around each test.

Review comments at @tests/test_thd_planner.py:
- Around line 94-103: Extend the tests around
test_planner_rejects_invalid_partitions with small parametrized CPU-only
coverage for the uncovered _validate_inputs rejection cases: misaligned
min_split_tokens; non-positive or boolean block_size, min_split_tokens, and
max_chunks_per_rank; negative, non-finite, or all-zero compute weights;
world_size values 0 and True; and a config that is not a THDPlannerConfig. Add a
separate test confirming THDLayoutPlan.for_rank rejects an out-of-range rank,
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• README.md
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• benchmarks/bench_hybrid_cp_emulation.py
• benchmarks/bench_hybrid_kda_dsa_e2e.py
• benchmarks/bench_index_pool_cp.py
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• benchmarks/large_cp_emulation/bench_kda.py
• benchmarks/large_cp_emulation/bench_thd_planner.py
• benchmarks/large_cp_emulation/query_layout.py
• benchmarks/large_cp_emulation/topology.py
• benchmarks/large_cp_emulation/transport.py
• benchmarks/large_cp_emulation/workload.py
• cula/_metadata.py
• cula/distributed/__init__.py
• cula/distributed/kda.py
• cula/distributed/plan.py
• cula/distributed/thd_planner.py
• cula/hybrid/__init__.py
• cula/hybrid/distributed_pool.py
• cula/hybrid/dsa.py
• cula/hybrid/index_pool.py
• cula/hybrid/plan.py
• docs/HYBRID_CUDNN_RUNTIME.md
• docs/KDA_CSA_1M_OPTIMIZATION.md
• docs/KIMI_CP_RUNTIME.md
• docs/THD_LAYOUT_PLANNER.md
• pyproject.toml
• tests/test_hybrid_distributed_pool.py
• tests/test_hybrid_dsa_cudnn.py
• tests/test_hybrid_dsa_helpers.py
• tests/test_hybrid_dsa_plan.py
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• tests/test_hybrid_index_pool_plan.py
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Actionable comments posted: 3

Nitpick comments: 3

tests/test_kimi_cp_distributed.py: 1

29-33: Trivial · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Skip by architecture and backend API, not only by initial_state.

The sm100_only marker is gone. cudnn_kda_cp(backend="auto") raises RuntimeError on compute capability below 9.x. On SM100 and newer, a cuDNN build that has initial_state but not preceding_state_update fails with ImportError. Both cases fail the test instead of skipping it.

Skip when torch.cuda.get_device_capability(local_rank)[0] < 9. On capability 10 and above, also require preceding_state_update in the signature.

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Review comment at @tests/test_kimi_cp_distributed.py around lines 29 - 33:
Update the skip checks in the distributed KDA test before invoking `cudnn_kda_cp`: skip when the local device’s compute capability major version is below 9, and on capability 10 or higher also require `preceding_state_update` in the `cudnn_la.kimi_delta_attention` signature. Preserve the existing `initial_state` requirement and skip behavior for unsupported builds.

cula/distributed/kda.py: 1

515-516: Trivial · Performance & Scalability

State buffers grow with the number of local sequences.

initial_state has shape [num_local_sequences, H, V, K] in FP32. Backward allocates d_final_state with the same shape. For H=32 and K=V=128, each sequence needs 2 MiB per tensor. A shard with about 1,000 short samples needs about 2 GiB per tensor. The cuDNN call also returns d_initial_state at that size.

Only sequence 0 (forward) and the last sequence (backward) carry non-zero state. Check the kimi_delta_attention and kimi_delta_attention_bwd state-port contracts. If they allow it, avoid dense per-sequence state for THD mixes with many short samples. Otherwise, document a limit on samples per shard for the SM90 backend.

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Review comment at @cula/distributed/kda.py around lines 515 - 516:
Review the state-port contracts in kimi_delta_attention and kimi_delta_attention_bwd before changing initial_state in the distributed forward path. If they permit compact state, avoid allocating dense per-sequence state, preserving only the non-zero forward initial state and backward final state; otherwise, document a supported sample-count limit for the SM90 backend based on the memory cost of these buffers and returned gradients.

tests/test_kimi_cp_helpers.py: 1

198-230: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Add CPU-only tests for backend dispatch and the Hopper autograd path.

The new tests cover _compose_affine_summaries, _state_probe_summary and the option validator. Nothing covers these behaviors in cudnn_kda_cp:

• backend="auto" selecting a backend by capability (9.x, 10.x, and a lower value raising RuntimeError).
• Rejection of an invalid backend string.
• Rejection of a_log or dt_bias on the Hopper backend.
• The _CudnnKdaCPHopper forward and backward wiring.

The existing mocked patterns here make these cheap to add. Monkeypatch torch.cuda.get_device_capability and the loaders. Also add a probe case with value_dim > key_dim to exercise the zero-padded identity rows. The only end-to-end Hopper coverage is the GPU distributed test.

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Review comment at @tests/test_kimi_cp_helpers.py around lines 198 - 230:
Add CPU-only tests for cudnn_kda_cp backend dispatch and Hopper autograd wiring, using the existing mocked patterns and monkeypatching device capability and backend loaders. Cover auto selection for capabilities 9.x and 10.x, failure for lower capabilities, invalid backend strings, and rejection of a_log or dt_bias on Hopper; verify _CudnnKdaCPHopper forward and backward behavior. Extend _state_probe_summary coverage to include value_dim greater than key_dim and confirm the zero-padded identity rows.

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @benchmarks/large_cp_emulation/bench_dsa_layout.py:
- Line 314: Update the benchmark result serialization to include the configured
index-head count in the JSON outputs for all three affected benchmarks, using
the existing `--index-heads` argument as the source. Also ensure the published
layout measurements record this count so results with different workload shapes
can be distinguished.

Review comments at @cula/distributed/kda.py:
- Around line 506-509: Reformat the affected call and argument layouts around
_validate_boundary_summaries and boundary_summaries to match the repository’s
Ruff formatting, including the other referenced locations; preserve behavior.
- Line 456: Update the kwargs construction for the state-probe calls to use
options.kwargs(None, None), so they do not receive checkpoint_every_n_tokens.
Keep the checkpoint option on the forward call at line 537 unchanged.

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Nitpick comments:
Review comments at @cula/distributed/kda.py:
- Around line 515-516: Review the state-port contracts in kimi_delta_attention
and kimi_delta_attention_bwd before changing initial_state in the distributed
forward path. If they permit compact state, avoid allocating dense per-sequence
state, preserving only the non-zero forward initial state and backward final
state; otherwise, document a supported sample-count limit for the SM90 backend
based on the memory cost of these buffers and returned gradients.

Review comments at @tests/test_kimi_cp_distributed.py:
- Around line 29-33: Update the skip checks in the distributed KDA test before
invoking `cudnn_kda_cp`: skip when the local device’s compute capability major
version is below 9, and on capability 10 or higher also require
`preceding_state_update` in the `cudnn_la.kimi_delta_attention` signature.
Preserve the existing `initial_state` requirement and skip behavior for
unsupported builds.

Review comments at @tests/test_kimi_cp_helpers.py:
- Around line 198-230: Add CPU-only tests for cudnn_kda_cp backend dispatch and
Hopper autograd wiring, using the existing mocked patterns and monkeypatching
device capability and backend loaders. Cover auto selection for capabilities 9.x
and 10.x, failure for lower capabilities, invalid backend strings, and rejection
of a_log or dt_bias on Hopper; verify _CudnnKdaCPHopper forward and backward
behavior. Extend _state_probe_summary coverage to include value_dim greater than
key_dim and confirm the zero-padded identity rows.

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• benchmarks/large_cp_emulation/bench_components.py
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• benchmarks/large_cp_emulation/bench_hybrid.py
• cula/distributed/kda.py
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Review follow-up complete in ac29da1. Accepted fixes: boundary probes no longer retain checkpoints; all affected benchmark JSON records the index-head count; Ruff formatting and the full pre-commit hooks pass; architecture/backend dispatch, wider value states, and unsupported Hopper inputs have CPU coverage. The compact-state suggestion cannot be implemented safely with the current cuDNN contract: state_indices is forward-only, while backward requires one initial-state and final-state-gradient row per local sequence. The exact linear memory formula is now documented instead of imposing a device-specific arbitrary sample limit. Remote SM90 validation passes 19 helper tests and the real 8-rank forward/backward comparison on every rank. The PR description was also updated to the repository template.

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Nitpick comments: 2

cula/distributed/kda.py: 2

398-398: Trivial · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Do not require a global TF32 switch-off for Hopper CP composition.

_compose_affine_summaries raises RuntimeError when torch.backends.cuda.matmul.allow_tf32 is true. Many Hopper training jobs enable TF32 globally, so cudnn_kda_cp fails in those jobs. Users must disable TF32 for the whole process, which also changes the precision of unrelated matmuls.

The check also runs after the boundary all_gather in forward and backward. If TF32 settings differ between ranks, some ranks raise after the collective while others continue.

Scope the IEEE FP32 requirement to the composition. For example, temporarily set allow_tf32 = False in a try/finally around the loop. This keeps the FP32 guarantee without a process-wide mandate.

As per path instructions: "Review CuTe DSL kernels and Python APIs for ... numerical precision, error handling".

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Review comment at @cula/distributed/kda.py at line 398:
Update _compose_affine_summaries to enforce IEEE FP32 only during the summary-composition loop: temporarily disable torch.backends.cuda.matmul.allow_tf32 and restore its prior value in a finally block, including when composition fails. Remove the requirement that callers disable TF32 globally, and avoid introducing rank-dependent failures after the boundary all_gather.

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548-548: Trivial · Performance & Scalability · Quick win

Save only the incoming state instead of the full initial_state.

initial_state has shape (num_local_sequences, heads, value_dim, key_dim) in FP32. Only slot 0 is non-zero. save_for_backward keeps the whole tensor alive from forward to backward in every layer. For packed workloads with many local sequences, this grows with the sample count. The PR explicitly targets bounded memory at million-token scale.

Save incoming_state and rebuild the zero-padded tensor in backward.

Proposed change

-        ctx.save_for_backward(q, k, v, g, beta, cu_seqlens, initial_state, transition_first, state_checkpoints)
+        ctx.save_for_backward(q, k, v, g, beta, cu_seqlens, incoming_state, transition_first, state_checkpoints)

-        q, k, v, g, beta, cu_seqlens, initial_state, transition_first, state_checkpoints = ctx.saved_tensors
+        q, k, v, g, beta, cu_seqlens, incoming_state, transition_first, state_checkpoints = ctx.saved_tensors
         plan = ctx.plan
+        initial_state = incoming_state.new_zeros((plan.num_local_sequences, *incoming_state.shape))
+        initial_state[0].copy_(incoming_state)

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Review comment at @cula/distributed/kda.py at line 548:
Update the state saved by ctx.save_for_backward to retain only incoming_state rather than the full zero-padded initial_state. In backward, rebuild initial_state with the existing local-sequence shape and dtype, copy incoming_state into slot 0, and preserve the remaining slots as zero; retain the existing behavior for valid sequence counts.

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @cula/distributed/kda.py:
- Line 34: Update the cuDNN Frontend KDA state API error hint in the relevant
KDA import or validation path to direct users to the compatible cuDNN Frontend
build instructions in USAGE.md, alongside the existing
cuda-linear-attention[cudnn-cp] installation guidance. Apply this to each
matching user-facing installation hint without changing the underlying checks.

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Nitpick comments:
Review comments at @cula/distributed/kda.py:
- Line 398: Update _compose_affine_summaries to enforce IEEE FP32 only during
the summary-composition loop: temporarily disable
torch.backends.cuda.matmul.allow_tf32 and restore its prior value in a finally
block, including when composition fails. Remove the requirement that callers
disable TF32 globally, and avoid introducing rank-dependent failures after the
boundary all_gather.
- Line 548: Update the state saved by ctx.save_for_backward to retain only
incoming_state rather than the full zero-padded initial_state. In backward,
rebuild initial_state with the existing local-sequence shape and dtype, copy
incoming_state into slot 0, and preserve the remaining slots as zero; retain the
existing behavior for valid sequence counts.

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• benchmarks/large_cp_emulation/bench_components.py
• benchmarks/large_cp_emulation/bench_dsa_layout.py
• benchmarks/large_cp_emulation/bench_hybrid.py
• cula/distributed/kda.py
• docs/KDA_CSA_1M_OPTIMIZATION.md
• docs/KIMI_CP_RUNTIME.md
• docs/THD_LAYOUT_PLANNER.md
• tests/test_kimi_cp_distributed.py
• tests/test_kimi_cp_helpers.py

Files skipped from review as they are similar to previous changes: 3

• docs/THD_LAYOUT_PLANNER.md
• docs/KDA_CSA_1M_OPTIMIZATION.md
• docs/KIMI_CP_RUNTIME.md

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Follow-up on the latest review: 393946e accepts the retained-state optimization and now saves only one incoming boundary row across the forward/backward interval, rebuilding the cuDNN-required dense state at backward entry. It also moves the IEEE FP32 configuration check before any forward collective and to the start of backward. I am not applying the suggested temporary global TF32 toggle: the PyTorch switch is process-global, so changing it inside a try/finally can alter unrelated concurrent matmuls and introduce a precision race. Until a per-operation IEEE merge primitive is available, failing before communication is safer than silently changing process-wide math policy. Remote validation after this change passes 20 helper tests and the real SM90 8-rank forward/backward comparison on every rank. The PyTorch dynamic backend-property test was made version-safe in c8a196e.

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