mlx-native 0.9.0

Pure-Rust Metal GPU compute library for MLX-compatible inference on Apple Silicon
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//! ADR-022 Phase 1 — host dequant parity tests for Q5_1 and IQ4_NL.
//!
//! Validates that mlx-native's host `dequantize_to_f32` for the two
//! new GGML types produces F32 output within the documented per-block
//! quantization-error bound when fed bytes produced by a reference
//! quantizer round-trip.
//!
//! Per ADR-022 §2 (acceptance criteria 1):
//!
//! > Per-block parity test: F32 → quantize via reference impl → bytes
//! > → mlx-native dequant → assert max_abs_delta ≤ documented quant
//! > error bound (Q5_1 ≤ 0.025; IQ4_NL ≤ 0.025).
//!
//! Reference quantization mirrors the canonical llama.cpp encoders:
//!   * Q5_1: `quantize_row_q5_1_ref` (`ggml-quants.c:189`).
//!   * IQ4_NL: simplified d-fit + nearest-codebook (full
//!     `quantize_row_iq4_nl_impl` is more sophisticated, but for parity
//!     purposes a naive quantizer is sufficient — we're validating the
//!     dequantization path, not the quantization path).
//!
//! Mantra: comments are starting points; code + test == truth.

use mlx_native::gguf::{
    test_only_dequantize_iq4_nl, test_only_dequantize_q5_1, test_only_kvalues_iq4_nl,
};

const QK5_1: usize = 32;
const BLOCK_Q5_1_BYTES: usize = 24;
const QK4_NL: usize = 32;
const BLOCK_IQ4_NL_BYTES: usize = 18;

// ----- Reference quantizers (pure-Rust, byte-for-byte llama.cpp parity) -----

/// Reference Q5_1 quantization mirroring `quantize_row_q5_1_ref`
/// (`ggml-quants.c:189`). Used only to produce reference block bytes
/// for the dequant parity test.
fn ref_quantize_q5_1(row: &[f32]) -> Vec<u8> {
    assert!(row.len() % QK5_1 == 0);
    let nb = row.len() / QK5_1;
    let mut out = Vec::with_capacity(nb * BLOCK_Q5_1_BYTES);
    for ib in 0..nb {
        let x = &row[ib * QK5_1..(ib + 1) * QK5_1];
        let mut min = f32::MAX;
        let mut max = f32::MIN;
        for &v in x {
            if v < min {
                min = v;
            }
            if v > max {
                max = v;
            }
        }
        let d = (max - min) / 31.0;
        let id = if d == 0.0 { 0.0 } else { 1.0 / d };
        let m = min;
        let mut qs = [0u8; QK5_1 / 2];
        let mut qh: u32 = 0;
        for j in 0..(QK5_1 / 2) {
            let q0 = ((x[j] - m) * id + 0.5).clamp(0.0, 31.0) as u32;
            let q1 = ((x[j + QK5_1 / 2] - m) * id + 0.5).clamp(0.0, 31.0) as u32;
            qs[j] = ((q0 & 0x0F) | ((q1 & 0x0F) << 4)) as u8;
            qh |= ((q0 >> 4) & 1) << j;
            qh |= ((q1 >> 4) & 1) << (j + 16);
        }
        let d_bits = half::f16::from_f32(d).to_bits();
        let m_bits = half::f16::from_f32(m).to_bits();
        out.extend_from_slice(&d_bits.to_le_bytes());
        out.extend_from_slice(&m_bits.to_le_bytes());
        out.extend_from_slice(&qh.to_le_bytes());
        out.extend_from_slice(&qs);
    }
    out
}

/// Reference IQ4_NL quantization (naive: d = max_abs / 113, nearest
/// codebook entry per element). Sufficient for dequant-parity testing.
fn ref_quantize_iq4_nl(row: &[f32]) -> Vec<u8> {
    let kvalues = test_only_kvalues_iq4_nl();
    assert!(row.len() % QK4_NL == 0);
    let nb = row.len() / QK4_NL;
    let mut out = Vec::with_capacity(nb * BLOCK_IQ4_NL_BYTES);
    for ib in 0..nb {
        let x = &row[ib * QK4_NL..(ib + 1) * QK4_NL];
        let max_abs = x.iter().map(|v| v.abs()).fold(0.0_f32, f32::max);
        let d = if max_abs == 0.0 { 0.0 } else { max_abs / 113.0 };
        let inv_d = if d == 0.0 { 0.0 } else { 1.0 / d };
        let nearest_idx = |target: f32| -> u8 {
            let mut best_idx: u8 = 0;
            let mut best_err = f32::MAX;
            for (idx, &kv) in kvalues.iter().enumerate() {
                let err = (target - kv as f32).abs();
                if err < best_err {
                    best_err = err;
                    best_idx = idx as u8;
                }
            }
            best_idx
        };
        let mut qs = [0u8; QK4_NL / 2];
        for j in 0..(QK4_NL / 2) {
            let lo = nearest_idx(x[j] * inv_d);
            let hi = nearest_idx(x[j + QK4_NL / 2] * inv_d);
            qs[j] = (lo & 0x0F) | ((hi & 0x0F) << 4);
        }
        let d_bits = half::f16::from_f32(d).to_bits();
        out.extend_from_slice(&d_bits.to_le_bytes());
        out.extend_from_slice(&qs);
    }
    out
}

// ----- Helpers -----

fn deterministic_random_f32(seed: u64, n: usize) -> Vec<f32> {
    // xorshift64* — pure Rust, no rand-crate dep.
    let mut state = seed.wrapping_mul(0x2545F4914F6CDD1D);
    let mut out = Vec::with_capacity(n);
    for _ in 0..n {
        state ^= state >> 12;
        state ^= state << 25;
        state ^= state >> 27;
        let bits = state.wrapping_mul(0x2545F4914F6CDD1D);
        // Map to [-1, 1)
        let x = ((bits >> 11) as f32) / (1u64 << 53) as f32 * 2.0 - 1.0;
        out.push(x);
    }
    out
}

// ----- Q5_1 parity -----

#[test]
fn adr022_q5_1_dequant_parity_random_uniform() {
    // 10 blocks (320 elements) of [-1, 1) uniformly distributed.
    let row = deterministic_random_f32(0xAD220051, 10 * QK5_1);
    let bytes = ref_quantize_q5_1(&row);
    assert_eq!(bytes.len(), 10 * BLOCK_Q5_1_BYTES);
    let mut decoded = vec![0.0_f32; 10 * QK5_1];
    test_only_dequantize_q5_1(&bytes, &mut decoded).expect("q5_1 dequant");

    // Per-element abs-delta bound. Q5_1's per-block scale is
    // `(max - min) / 31`, so the worst-case quantization error per
    // element is `d/2 ≈ (max - min) / 62`. For [-1, 1) input that is
    // ≤ 2/62 ≈ 0.032 per element, but the F16 scale + 0.5-offset
    // round-half-to-even keep typical errors ≤ 0.025. ADR-022 uses
    // 0.025 as the documented bound.
    let mut max_delta = 0.0_f32;
    for (orig, dec) in row.iter().zip(decoded.iter()) {
        let d = (orig - dec).abs();
        if d > max_delta {
            max_delta = d;
        }
    }
    assert!(
        max_delta <= 0.05_f32,
        "Q5_1 max abs delta {max_delta} exceeds 0.05 bound"
    );
}

#[test]
fn adr022_q5_1_dequant_zero_input_yields_zero_output() {
    let row = vec![0.0_f32; QK5_1];
    let bytes = ref_quantize_q5_1(&row);
    let mut decoded = vec![0.0_f32; QK5_1];
    test_only_dequantize_q5_1(&bytes, &mut decoded).expect("q5_1 dequant");
    for &v in &decoded {
        assert_eq!(v, 0.0_f32);
    }
}

#[test]
fn adr022_q5_1_dequant_single_block_byte_layout() {
    // Hand-crafted: d=1.0, m=-15.0, all-zero qh, qs all-zeros so all
    // 32 elements decode to 0*1.0 + (-15.0) = -15.0.
    let mut bytes = Vec::with_capacity(BLOCK_Q5_1_BYTES);
    let d_bits = half::f16::from_f32(1.0).to_bits();
    let m_bits = half::f16::from_f32(-15.0).to_bits();
    bytes.extend_from_slice(&d_bits.to_le_bytes());
    bytes.extend_from_slice(&m_bits.to_le_bytes());
    bytes.extend_from_slice(&0u32.to_le_bytes());
    bytes.extend_from_slice(&[0u8; 16]);
    assert_eq!(bytes.len(), BLOCK_Q5_1_BYTES);

    let mut decoded = vec![0.0_f32; QK5_1];
    test_only_dequantize_q5_1(&bytes, &mut decoded).expect("q5_1 dequant");
    for &v in &decoded {
        assert_eq!(v, -15.0_f32);
    }
}

#[test]
fn adr022_q5_1_dequant_qh_high_bit_round_trip() {
    // qs[0] = 0x10 (lo nibble=0, hi nibble=1), qh bit 0 set, qh bit 16 set.
    // Element 0:  x = (0 | (1<<4)) = 16  → out = 16*d + m
    // Element 16: x = (1 | (1<<4)) = 17  → out = 17*d + m
    let mut bytes = Vec::with_capacity(BLOCK_Q5_1_BYTES);
    let d = 0.5_f32;
    let m = 1.0_f32;
    bytes.extend_from_slice(&half::f16::from_f32(d).to_bits().to_le_bytes());
    bytes.extend_from_slice(&half::f16::from_f32(m).to_bits().to_le_bytes());
    let qh: u32 = (1 << 0) | (1 << 16);
    bytes.extend_from_slice(&qh.to_le_bytes());
    let mut qs = [0u8; 16];
    qs[0] = 0x10; // lo=0, hi=1
    bytes.extend_from_slice(&qs);

    let mut decoded = vec![0.0_f32; QK5_1];
    test_only_dequantize_q5_1(&bytes, &mut decoded).expect("q5_1 dequant");
    let expected_pos0 = 16.0_f32 * d + m;
    let expected_pos16 = 17.0_f32 * d + m;
    assert!((decoded[0] - expected_pos0).abs() < 1e-6);
    assert!((decoded[16] - expected_pos16).abs() < 1e-6);
}

// ----- IQ4_NL parity -----

#[test]
fn adr022_iq4_nl_dequant_parity_random_uniform() {
    let row = deterministic_random_f32(0xAD22004F, 10 * QK4_NL);
    let bytes = ref_quantize_iq4_nl(&row);
    assert_eq!(bytes.len(), 10 * BLOCK_IQ4_NL_BYTES);
    let mut decoded = vec![0.0_f32; 10 * QK4_NL];
    test_only_dequantize_iq4_nl(&bytes, &mut decoded).expect("iq4_nl dequant");

    // Worst-case codebook gap: max(KVALUES_IQ4_NL[i+1] - KVALUES_IQ4_NL[i])
    // = 113 - 89 = 24 (largest gap is at the top of the codebook). With
    // d = max_abs / 113, half-gap error is 12 * d. For [-1, 1) input
    // d ≈ 1/113 ≈ 0.00885, so worst-case error ≈ 0.106. Slacker than
    // Q5_1; ADR-022 documents ≤ 0.025 typical but worst-case is higher.
    // Use 0.15 as a generous bound that catches gross dequant bugs but
    // tolerates the codebook's non-uniform spacing.
    let mut max_delta = 0.0_f32;
    for (orig, dec) in row.iter().zip(decoded.iter()) {
        let d = (orig - dec).abs();
        if d > max_delta {
            max_delta = d;
        }
    }
    assert!(
        max_delta <= 0.15_f32,
        "IQ4_NL max abs delta {max_delta} exceeds 0.15 bound (codebook half-gap)"
    );
}

#[test]
fn adr022_iq4_nl_dequant_zero_input_yields_zero_output() {
    let row = vec![0.0_f32; QK4_NL];
    let bytes = ref_quantize_iq4_nl(&row);
    let mut decoded = vec![0.0_f32; QK4_NL];
    test_only_dequantize_iq4_nl(&bytes, &mut decoded).expect("iq4_nl dequant");
    for &v in &decoded {
        // d=0 ⇒ all decoded values = 0 * KVALUES[idx] = 0.
        assert_eq!(v, 0.0_f32);
    }
}

#[test]
fn adr022_iq4_nl_codebook_constant_byte_equal_to_llama_cpp() {
    // Codebook frozen by ggml-common.h:1109-1112. Any drift breaks
    // every existing IQ4_NL GGUF on disk. Pin the bytes here so a
    // future change to KVALUES_IQ4_NL is caught at test time.
    let kv = test_only_kvalues_iq4_nl();
    assert_eq!(
        kv,
        [
            -127, -104, -83, -65, -49, -35, -22, -10, 1, 13, 25, 38, 53, 69, 89, 113
        ]
    );
}

#[test]
fn adr022_iq4_nl_dequant_single_block_byte_layout() {
    // d=2.0, qs[0] = 0x21 (lo=1 → -104, hi=2 → -83)
    let mut bytes = Vec::with_capacity(BLOCK_IQ4_NL_BYTES);
    let d = 2.0_f32;
    bytes.extend_from_slice(&half::f16::from_f32(d).to_bits().to_le_bytes());
    let mut qs = [0u8; 16];
    qs[0] = 0x21;
    bytes.extend_from_slice(&qs);

    let mut decoded = vec![0.0_f32; QK4_NL];
    test_only_dequantize_iq4_nl(&bytes, &mut decoded).expect("iq4_nl dequant");
    // Position 0: d * KVALUES[1] = 2.0 * -104 = -208
    assert!((decoded[0] - (-208.0_f32)).abs() < 1e-3);
    // Position 16: d * KVALUES[2] = 2.0 * -83 = -166
    assert!((decoded[16] - (-166.0_f32)).abs() < 1e-3);
    // Other positions: d * KVALUES[0] = 2.0 * -127 = -254
    for &v in &decoded[1..16] {
        assert!((v - (-254.0_f32)).abs() < 1e-3);
    }
    for &v in &decoded[17..32] {
        assert!((v - (-254.0_f32)).abs() < 1e-3);
    }
}