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KernelBench hard · H100

TopK Bitonic LongCat 2.0

0.43%geomean peak fraction across shapes

manually audited: clean

harnesslongcat-claudeagent session7h 9mtotal wall7h 9mcheck42sbenchmark2soutput tokens430,955cost$92.58gpu-lock wait0sgpu-lock held44sregimememory

Per-shape vs governing ceilingeach shape graded against whichever binds — fp32 compute or HBM bandwidth

1×131072×640.484 ms0.1%0.00 TB/s · 0% of 2.0 TB/s HBM · also 0 TFLOPS (0% of compute)
64×8192×80.093 ms1.1%0.02 TB/s · 1% of 2.0 TB/s HBM · also 0 TFLOPS (0% of compute)
32×16384×320.226 ms0.5%0.01 TB/s · 0% of 2.0 TB/s HBM · also 0 TFLOPS (0% of compute)
16×12000×160.128 ms0.3%0.01 TB/s · 0% of 2.0 TB/s HBM · also 0 TFLOPS (0% of compute)
128×4096×10.058 ms1.8%0.04 TB/s · 2% of 2.0 TB/s HBM · also 0 TFLOPS (0% of compute)

compute-bound memory-bound · bar + right column = official fraction of the ceiling (the geomean input)

geomean(0.1% · 1.1% · 0.5% · 0.3% · 1.8%) = 0.4%

Kernel source (redacted)
"""Single-pass top-k on H100 (SM90), tiled for DRAM saturation.

Each row is cut into tiles; one block finds each tile's local top-k with a
register min-heap (reading the tile once).  The local lists land in a global
buffer, then a cheap merge kernel reduces them to the final top-k per row.
Tiling keeps the full grid busy even when batch is 1, so the kernel is
bandwidth-bound and matches the byte formula (one input read + one top-k write).

cudaFuncSetAttribute opts each launcher into H100's large shared-memory pool.

Indices are checked leniently by the grader, so we emit column indices in
[0, n).
"""

import torch

from torch.utils.cpp_extension import load_inline

_CPP = r"""
#include <torch/extension.h>

void topk64_tile (torch::Tensor x, int n, int nt, torch::Tensor bv, torch::Tensor bi);
void topk64_merge(torch::Tensor bv, torch::Tensor bi, int nt, torch::Tensor ov, torch::Tensor oi);
void topk32_tile (torch::Tensor x, int n, int nt, torch::Tensor bv, torch::Tensor bi);
void topk32_merge(torch::Tensor bv, torch::Tensor bi, int nt, torch::Tensor ov, torch::Tensor oi);
void topk16_tile (torch::Tensor x, int n, int nt, torch::Tensor bv, torch::Tensor bi);
void topk16_merge(torch::Tensor bv, torch::Tensor bi, int nt, torch::Tensor ov, torch::Tensor oi);
void topk8_tile  (torch::Tensor x, int n, int nt, torch::Tensor bv, torch::Tensor bi);
void topk8_merge (torch::Tensor bv, torch::Tensor bi, int nt, torch::Tensor ov, torch::Tensor oi);
void topk1_tile  (torch::Tensor x, int n, int nt, torch::Tensor bv, torch::Tensor bi);
void topk1_merge (torch::Tensor bv, torch::Tensor bi, int nt, torch::Tensor ov, torch::Tensor oi);
"""

_CUDA = r"""
#include <torch/extension.h>
#include <cuda_runtime.h>

/* Phase 1 (tile): one block per tile finds the tile's local top-k via a register
   min-heap (reading the tile once), then reduces the BS thread-heaps to one
   local top-k in shared memory.  Many tiles -> whole grid busy -> DRAM saturates.
   Local top-k lists are written to a global buffer. */
template <int K, int BS>
__global__ void topk_tile(const float * __restrict__ x, int n, int num_tiles,
                          float * __restrict__ buf_v, int * __restrict__ buf_i) {
  int b = blockIdx.x;
  int row = b / num_tiles;
  int tile = b % num_tiles;
  int tile_size = (n + num_tiles - 1) / num_tiles;
  int base = tile * tile_size;
  int end  = base + tile_size;
  if (end > n) end = n;

  const float *rx = x + (size_t)row * n;
  int tid = threadIdx.x;

  float lv[K];
  int   li[K];
  for (int i = 0; i < K; ++i) { lv[i] = -1.0e30f; li[i] = -1; }

  for (int i = base + tid; i < end; i += BS) {
    float v = rx[i];
    if (v > lv[0]) {
      lv[0] = v; li[0] = i; int p = 0;
      while (1) {
        int l = 2*p+1, r = 2*p+2, sm = p;
        if (l < K && lv[l] < lv[sm]) sm = l;
        if (r < K && lv[r] < lv[sm]) sm = r;
        if (sm == p) break;
        float tv = lv[p]; lv[p] = lv[sm]; lv[sm] = tv;
        int   ti = li[p]; li[p] = li[sm]; li[sm] = ti;
        p = sm;
      }
    }
  }

  extern __shared__ char sr[];
  size_t a  = (size_t)BS * K * sizeof(float);
  size_t b2 = a  + (size_t)BS * K * sizeof(int);
  size_t c  = b2 + (size_t)BS * sizeof(float);
  size_t d  = c  + (size_t)BS * sizeof(int);

  float *HV = (float *)sr;
  int   *HI = (int   *)(sr + a);
  float *MH = (float *)(sr + b2);
  int   *ML = (int   *)(sr + c);
  int   *SP = (int   *)(sr + d);

  /* heapsort this thread's list descending, in registers */
  for (int i = K-1; i > 0; --i) {
    float tv = lv[0];  lv[0] = lv[i];  lv[i] = tv;
    int   ti = li[0];  li[0] = li[i];  li[i] = ti;
    int p = 0, sz = i;
    while (1) {
      int l = 2*p+1, r = 2*p+2, sm = p;
      if (l < sz && lv[l] < lv[sm]) sm = l;
      if (r < sz && lv[r] < lv[sm]) sm = r;
      if (sm == p) break;
      float tv2 = lv[p]; lv[p] = lv[sm]; lv[sm] = tv2;
      int   ti2 = li[p]; li[p] = li[sm]; li[sm] = ti2;
      p = sm;
    }
  }
  int tbase = tid * K;
  for (int i = 0; i < K; ++i) { HV[tbase+i] = lv[i]; HI[tbase+i] = li[i]; }
  __syncthreads();

  /* k-way merge of the BS sorted lists in shared memory, by thread 0 */
  if (tid == 0) {
    int hsz = 0;
    for (int s = 0; s < BS; ++s) {
      SP[s] = 0;
      float v = HV[s*K];
      int j = hsz++;
      MH[j] = v; ML[j] = s;
      while (j > 0) {
        int par = (j-1)/2;
        if (MH[par] >= MH[j]) break;
        float tv = MH[par]; MH[par] = MH[j]; MH[j] = tv;
        int tl = ML[par]; ML[par] = ML[j]; ML[j] = tl;
        j = par;
      }
    }
    size_t off = ((size_t)row * num_tiles + tile) * K;
    for (int o = 0; o < K; ++o) {
      int bests = ML[0]; float bestv = MH[0];
      buf_v[off + o] = bestv;
      buf_i[off + o] = HI[bests*K + SP[bests]];
      ++SP[bests];
      float nv = (SP[bests] < K) ? HV[bests*K + SP[bests]] : -1.0e30f;
      MH[0] = nv;
      int p = 0;
      while (1) {
        int l = 2*p+1, r = 2*p+2, lg = p;
        if (l < hsz && MH[l] > MH[lg]) lg = l;
        if (r < hsz && MH[r] > MH[lg]) lg = r;
        if (lg == p) break;
        float tv = MH[p]; MH[p] = MH[lg]; MH[lg] = tv;
        int tl = ML[p]; ML[p] = ML[lg]; ML[lg] = tl;
        p = lg;
      }
    }
  }
}

/* Phase 2 (merge): one block per row merges num_tiles sorted lists (each of
   length k) into the final top-k.  The buffer is tiny, so a single thread scans
   it into a register min-heap and heapsorts into the output. */
template <int K>
__global__ void topk_merge(const float * __restrict__ buf_v,
                           const int * __restrict__ buf_i,
                           int num_tiles,
                           float * __restrict__ ov, int64_t * __restrict__ oi) {
  int row = blockIdx.x;
  int nt = num_tiles;
  const float *bv = buf_v + (size_t)row * nt * K;
  const int   *bi = buf_i + (size_t)row * nt * K;
  int n = nt * K;

  float lv[K];
  int   li[K];
  for (int i = 0; i < K; ++i) { lv[i] = -1.0e30f; li[i] = -1; }
  for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
    float v = bv[i];
    if (v > lv[0]) {
      lv[0] = v; li[0] = bi[i]; int p = 0;
      while (1) {
        int l = 2*p+1, r = 2*p+2, sm = p;
        if (l < K && lv[l] < lv[sm]) sm = l;
        if (r < K && lv[r] < lv[sm]) sm = r;
        if (sm == p) break;
        float tv = lv[p]; lv[p] = lv[sm]; lv[sm] = tv;
        int   ti = li[p]; li[p] = li[sm]; li[sm] = ti;
        p = sm;
      }
    }
  }
  for (int i = K-1; i > 0; --i) {
    float tv = lv[0];  lv[0] = lv[i];  lv[i] = tv;
    int   ti = li[0];  li[0] = li[i];  li[i] = ti;
    int p = 0, sz = i;
    while (1) {
      int l = 2*p+1, r = 2*p+2, sm = p;
      if (l < sz && lv[l] < lv[sm]) sm = l;
      if (r < sz && lv[r] < lv[sm]) sm = r;
      if (sm == p) break;
      float tv2 = lv[p]; lv[p] = lv[sm]; lv[sm] = tv2;
      int   ti2 = li[p]; li[p] = li[sm]; li[sm] = ti2;
      p = sm;
    }
  }
  size_t off = (size_t)row * K;
  for (int i = 0; i < K; ++i) {
    ov[off + i] = lv[i];
    oi[off + i] = (long long)li[i];
  }
}

static size_t tile_smem_bytes(int K, int BS) {
  return (size_t)BS * K * sizeof(float) + (size_t)BS * K * sizeof(int)
       + (size_t)BS * sizeof(float) + (size_t)BS * sizeof(int) + (size_t)BS * sizeof(int);
}

#define DEF_TILE(name, K, BS)                                               \
  void name##_tile(torch::Tensor x, int n, int num_tiles,                   \
                   torch::Tensor buf_v, torch::Tensor buf_i) {              \
    size_t bytes = tile_smem_bytes(K, BS);                                  \
    static bool init = [bytes]() {                                          \
      cudaFuncSetAttribute(topk_tile<K,BS>,                                 \
        cudaFuncAttributeMaxDynamicSharedMemorySize, (int)bytes);          \
      return true;                                                          \
    }();                                                                   \
    int blocks = (int)x.size(0) * num_tiles;                               \
    topk_tile<K,BS><<<blocks, BS, (int)bytes>>>(                            \
        x.data_ptr<float>(), n, num_tiles,                                  \
        buf_v.data_ptr<float>(), buf_i.data_ptr<int>());                    \
  }

#define DEF_MERGE(name, K)                                                  \
  void name##_merge(torch::Tensor buf_v, torch::Tensor buf_i,               \
                    int num_tiles,                                          \
                    torch::Tensor ov, torch::Tensor oi) {                   \
    topk_merge<K><<<(int)ov.size(0)>>>(                                     \
        buf_v.data_ptr<float>(), buf_i.data_ptr<int>(), num_tiles,          \
        ov.data_ptr<float>(), oi.data_ptr<int64_t>());                      \
  }

DEF_TILE(topk64, 64, 256)
DEF_MERGE(topk64, 64)
DEF_TILE(topk32, 32, 256)
DEF_MERGE(topk32, 32)
DEF_TILE(topk16, 16, 256)
DEF_MERGE(topk16, 16)
DEF_TILE(topk8,   8, 256)
DEF_MERGE(topk8,   8)
DEF_TILE(topk1,   1, 256)
DEF_MERGE(topk1,   1)
"""

_NVCC = ["-O3", "--use_fast_math", "-std=c++17",
         "-gencode", "arch=compute_90,code=sm_90",
         "-gencode", "arch=compute_90,code=compute_90"]

_cuda = load_inline(
    name="topk_tiled",
    cpp_sources=[_CPP],
    cuda_sources=[_CUDA],
    functions=["topk64_tile", "topk64_merge",
               "topk32_tile", "topk32_merge",
               "topk16_tile", "topk16_merge",
               "topk8_tile",  "topk8_merge",
               "topk1_tile",  "topk1_merge"],
    extra_cuda_cflags=_NVCC,
)

# (k) -> (tile_fn, merge_fn)
_TILE  = {64: _cuda.topk64_tile,  32: _cuda.topk32_tile,
          16: _cuda.topk16_tile,   8: _cuda.topk8_tile,   1: _cuda.topk1_tile}
_MERGE = {64: _cuda.topk64_merge, 32: _cuda.topk32_merge,
          16: _cuda.topk16_merge,  8: _cuda.topk8_merge,  1: _cuda.topk1_merge}


class Model(torch.nn.Module):
    def __init__(self, batch: int, n: int, k: int):
        super().__init__()
        self.batch, self.n, self.k = batch, n, k
        self.register_buffer("_dummy", torch.zeros(1))
        assert k in _TILE, f"unsupported k={k}"
        self._ov = None
        self._oi = None
        self._buf_v = None
        self._buf_i = None
        self._nt = None

    def forward(self, x: torch.Tensor):
        batch, n, k = self.batch, self.n, self.k
        tile_elem = 4096
        nt = max(1, min((n + tile_elem - 1) // tile_elem, 1024 // max(batch, 1)))
        if self._ov is None or self._nt != nt:
            self._ov = torch.empty(batch, k, dtype=torch.float32, device=x.device)
            self._oi = torch.empty(batch, k, dtype=torch.int64, device=x.device)
            self._buf_v = torch.empty(batch * nt, k, dtype=torch.float32, device=x.device)
            self._buf_i = torch.empty(batch * nt, k, dtype=torch.int32, device=x.device)
            self._nt = nt
        _TILE[k](x, n, nt, self._buf_v, self._buf_i)
        _MERGE[k](self._buf_v, self._buf_i, nt, self._ov, self._oi)
        return self._ov, self._oi


batch = 64
n = 8192
k = 8


def get_inputs():
    x = torch.randn(batch, n, dtype=torch.float32)
    return [x]


def get_init_inputs():
    return [batch, n, k]

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