1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
208
209
210
211
212
213
214
215
216
217
218
219
220
221
222
223
224
225
226
227
228
229
230
231
232
233
234
235
236
237
238
239
240
241
242
243
244
245
246
247
248
249
250
251
252
253
// ADR-029 iter-28 H29 — whole-tensor dequant from block-quantized formats
// to F16, used at model load to materialize an F16 shadow of dense weights
// so the runtime dispatch can use `kernel_mul_mm_f16_f32_*` (peer's
// gemma4 pattern).
//
// See `src/shaders/dequant_to_f16.metal` for the kernel design and the
// per-type instantiation list. Public Rust API: one entry point
// `dispatch_dequant_to_f16(...)` that picks the right kernel via the
// caller-supplied `GgmlType`.
use metal::MTLSize;
use crate::encoder::CommandEncoder;
use crate::error::{MlxError, Result};
use crate::kernel_registry::KernelRegistry;
use crate::buffer::MlxBuffer;
use crate::ops::encode_helpers::KernelArg;
use crate::ops::quantized_matmul_ggml::GgmlType;
use crate::DType;
/// Number of K-quants sub-groups per block_q5_K / block_q4_K / block_q6_K.
/// Matches `QK_NL = 16` in `dequant_to_f16.metal`.
const QK_NL_K: u32 = 16;
/// Number of legacy-block sub-groups per block_q4_0 / block_q8_0 / etc.
/// Matches `nl = 2` in `dequant_to_f16.metal`.
const QK_NL_LEGACY: u32 = 2;
/// Dispatch the whole-tensor dequant-to-F16 kernel.
///
/// `weight` is the source quantized buffer (caller-allocated, holds the
/// GGUF-format bytes for `n_rows × n_cols` elements of `ggml_type`).
/// `f16_shadow` is the destination buffer, must be at least
/// `n_rows * n_cols * 2` bytes (F16 = 2 bytes/elem).
///
/// `n_rows` / `n_cols` are the logical tensor shape; the kernel writes
/// `n_rows * n_cols` F16 values into `f16_shadow` in row-major order
/// (matching the row-major dequant layout the matmul kernels expect).
///
/// Returns InvalidArgument if `ggml_type` is unsupported (F32 / F16 /
/// I16 — no dequant needed) or if buffer sizes don't match.
pub fn dispatch_dequant_to_f16(
encoder: &mut CommandEncoder,
registry: &mut KernelRegistry,
device: &metal::DeviceRef,
weight: &MlxBuffer,
f16_shadow: &MlxBuffer,
n_rows: u32,
n_cols: u32,
ggml_type: GgmlType,
) -> Result<()> {
// Block size + sub-groups-per-block.
let (block_values, qk_nl, kernel_name) = match ggml_type {
GgmlType::Q4_0 => (32u32, QK_NL_LEGACY, "hf2q_dequant_q4_0_to_f16"),
GgmlType::Q8_0 => (32, QK_NL_LEGACY, "hf2q_dequant_q8_0_to_f16"),
GgmlType::Q5_1 => (32, QK_NL_LEGACY, "hf2q_dequant_q5_1_to_f16"),
GgmlType::IQ4_NL => (32, QK_NL_LEGACY, "hf2q_dequant_iq4_nl_to_f16"),
GgmlType::Q4_K => (256, QK_NL_K, "hf2q_dequant_q4_K_to_f16"),
GgmlType::Q5_K => (256, QK_NL_K, "hf2q_dequant_q5_K_to_f16"),
GgmlType::Q6_K => (256, QK_NL_K, "hf2q_dequant_q6_K_to_f16"),
other => {
return Err(MlxError::InvalidArgument(format!(
"dispatch_dequant_to_f16: unsupported ggml_type {:?} \
(only Q4_0 / Q8_0 / Q5_1 / IQ4_NL / Q4_K / Q5_K / Q6_K)",
other
)));
}
};
// Validate shapes and buffer sizes.
if n_rows == 0 || n_cols == 0 {
return Err(MlxError::InvalidArgument(
"dispatch_dequant_to_f16: n_rows and n_cols must be > 0".into(),
));
}
if n_cols % block_values != 0 {
return Err(MlxError::InvalidArgument(format!(
"dispatch_dequant_to_f16: n_cols ({}) must be divisible by block_values ({}) for {:?}",
n_cols, block_values, ggml_type
)));
}
if f16_shadow.dtype() != DType::F16 {
return Err(MlxError::InvalidArgument(format!(
"dispatch_dequant_to_f16: f16_shadow must be DType::F16, got {:?}",
f16_shadow.dtype()
)));
}
let n_elements = (n_rows as u64) * (n_cols as u64);
let needed_bytes = n_elements * 2;
if (f16_shadow.byte_len() as u64) < needed_bytes {
return Err(MlxError::InvalidArgument(format!(
"dispatch_dequant_to_f16: f16_shadow too small ({} bytes; need {})",
f16_shadow.byte_len(),
needed_bytes
)));
}
// Total threads = n_elements / 16. Each thread dequants one 16-elem
// group (= one (block_idx, il) pair).
let n_groups: u32 = (n_elements / 16) as u32;
if (n_elements as u64) != (n_groups as u64) * 16 {
return Err(MlxError::InvalidArgument(format!(
"dispatch_dequant_to_f16: total elements ({}) must be a multiple of 16 \
(got n_rows={}, n_cols={})",
n_elements, n_rows, n_cols
)));
}
let pipeline = registry.get_pipeline(kernel_name, device)?;
// Threadgroup size: pick 256 for good occupancy. Total grid = n_groups
// threadgroups of 256 threads, rounded up.
const TG_SIZE: u64 = 256;
let n_tg = ((n_groups as u64) + TG_SIZE - 1) / TG_SIZE;
let threadgroups = MTLSize::new(n_tg, 1, 1);
let threads_per_tg = MTLSize::new(TG_SIZE, 1, 1);
let n_groups_bytes = n_groups.to_ne_bytes();
encoder.encode_threadgroups_with_args(
pipeline,
&[
(0, KernelArg::Bytes(&n_groups_bytes)),
(1, KernelArg::Buffer(weight)),
(2, KernelArg::Buffer(f16_shadow)),
],
threadgroups,
threads_per_tg,
);
// ABI sanity: silence dead-arg warning when block_values is only used
// in the validation arm above.
let _ = block_values;
let _ = qk_nl;
Ok(())
}
/// One-shot helper: allocate an F16 shadow buffer + dispatch + commit-and-wait.
///
/// Intended for use at model load — caller has the source quantized buffer
/// already on GPU and wants a paired F16 shadow. Returns the new F16
/// buffer. Performs a `commit_and_wait` so the buffer is ready for
/// downstream use by the time this function returns.
pub fn materialize_f16_shadow(
device: &crate::MlxDevice,
registry: &mut KernelRegistry,
weight: &MlxBuffer,
n_rows: u32,
n_cols: u32,
ggml_type: GgmlType,
) -> Result<MlxBuffer> {
let n_elements = (n_rows as usize) * (n_cols as usize);
let f16_shadow = device
.alloc_buffer(n_elements * 2, DType::F16, vec![n_rows as usize, n_cols as usize])
.map_err(|e| MlxError::InvalidArgument(format!("materialize_f16_shadow alloc: {e}")))?;
let mut encoder = device
.command_encoder()
.map_err(|e| MlxError::InvalidArgument(format!("materialize_f16_shadow encoder: {e}")))?;
dispatch_dequant_to_f16(
&mut encoder,
registry,
device.metal_device(),
weight,
&f16_shadow,
n_rows,
n_cols,
ggml_type,
)?;
encoder
.commit_and_wait()
.map_err(|e| MlxError::InvalidArgument(format!("materialize_f16_shadow commit: {e}")))?;
Ok(f16_shadow)
}
#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
use super::*;
use crate::MlxDevice;
/// Round-trip: build a tiny Q8_0 tensor on CPU, dequant it via the
/// kernel, compare against a CPU-side dequant. Confirms the kernel
/// produces correct F16 output for at least one type.
#[test]
fn dequant_q8_0_to_f16_roundtrip() {
// 1 block_q8_0 = 32 elements. We use 2 blocks = 64 elements (1 row).
const N_BLOCKS: usize = 2;
const N_ELEMENTS: usize = N_BLOCKS * 32;
let device = MlxDevice::new().expect("new device");
// Build a block_q8_0 with d=0.5, qs = [0, 1, 2, ..., 31].
// dequant_q8_0_t at il produces 16 elements: qs[16*il + i] * d
// (i ∈ [0, 16))
let block_bytes = 2 + 32; // half (2) + 32 int8
let mut src: Vec<u8> = vec![0u8; N_BLOCKS * block_bytes];
for b in 0..N_BLOCKS {
// half(0.5) = 0x3800
src[b * block_bytes + 0] = 0x00;
src[b * block_bytes + 1] = 0x38;
for i in 0..32 {
src[b * block_bytes + 2 + i] = ((b * 32 + i) % 128) as u8;
}
}
let mut weight = device
.alloc_buffer(src.len(), DType::U8, vec![src.len()])
.expect("alloc src");
weight
.as_mut_slice::<u8>()
.expect("slice src")
.copy_from_slice(&src);
let f16_shadow = device
.alloc_buffer(N_ELEMENTS * 2, DType::F16, vec![N_ELEMENTS])
.expect("alloc f16");
let mut registry = KernelRegistry::new();
let mut encoder = device.command_encoder().expect("encoder");
// Note: this test uses raw row dimensions; the kernel only cares about
// total elements = n_rows * n_cols. We test as a 1×64 tensor.
let res = dispatch_dequant_to_f16(
&mut encoder,
&mut registry,
device.metal_device(),
&weight,
&f16_shadow,
1,
N_ELEMENTS as u32,
GgmlType::Q8_0,
);
// dispatch_dequant_to_f16 returns Ok if the kernel was queued —
// actual GPU execution happens at commit.
res.expect("dispatch ok");
encoder.commit_and_wait().expect("commit");
// Read back and confirm element 0 = d * qs[0] = 0.5 * 0 = 0.
let out: &[u16] = f16_shadow.as_slice().expect("read f16");
// F16 0.0 = 0x0000.
assert_eq!(out[0], 0x0000, "out[0] should be F16 0.0, got 0x{:04X}", out[0]);
// F16(0.5 * 1) = F16(0.5) = 0x3800.
assert_eq!(out[1], 0x3800, "out[1] should be F16 0.5, got 0x{:04X}", out[1]);
// F16(0.5 * 2) = F16(1.0) = 0x3C00.
assert_eq!(out[2], 0x3C00, "out[2] should be F16 1.0, got 0x{:04X}", out[2]);
}
}