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// RLX — versatile ML compiler + runtime.
// Copyright (C) 2026 Eugene Hauptmann, Nataliya Kosmyna.
// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT OR Apache-2.0
//
// CPU thunks execute f32/f64 kernels. Graphs authored in F16/BF16 are
// promoted to F32 at compile time on CPU and GPU backends; boundary dtypes
// are preserved for typed I/O (`run_typed` / `set_param_typed`).
use rlx_ir::{DType, Graph, NodeId, Op, Shape};
use std::collections::HashMap;
/// Declared boundary dtypes from the user graph (before f32 promotion).
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default)]
pub struct IoDtypeManifest {
#[allow(dead_code)]
pub inputs: HashMap<String, DType>,
#[allow(dead_code)]
pub params: HashMap<String, DType>,
pub outputs: Vec<DType>,
}
impl IoDtypeManifest {
pub fn from_graph(g: &Graph) -> Self {
let mut inputs = HashMap::new();
let mut params = HashMap::new();
for node in g.nodes() {
match &node.op {
Op::Input { name } => {
inputs.insert(name.clone(), node.shape.dtype());
}
Op::Param { name } => {
params.insert(name.clone(), node.shape.dtype());
}
_ => {}
}
}
let outputs = g
.outputs
.iter()
.map(|&id| g.node(id).shape.dtype())
.collect();
Self {
inputs,
params,
outputs,
}
}
pub fn output_dtype(&self, idx: usize, fallback: DType) -> DType {
self.outputs.get(idx).copied().unwrap_or(fallback)
}
}
/// Capture boundary dtypes, then promote F16/BF16 graphs to F32 for GPU/CPU exec.
#[allow(dead_code)]
pub fn prepare_f32_exec_graph(graph: Graph) -> (Graph, IoDtypeManifest) {
let manifest = IoDtypeManifest::from_graph(&graph);
let exec = if needs_f32_exec(&graph) {
promote_to_f32(graph)
} else {
graph
};
(exec, manifest)
}
/// Widen integer *control* `Param` nodes (duration carry, masks, trip counts)
/// to F32 so f32-uniform backends don't treat raw i64 uploads as denormals.
///
/// Mirrors Metal's `widen_integer_activations_to_f32` Param branch. Packed
/// U8/I8 weights and floating params are left alone. Callers must also widen
/// matching `set_param_typed` uploads via [`crate::backend::widen_bytes_to_f32`].
#[allow(dead_code)] // mlx_backend only; metal/wgpu widen params in-graph instead
pub fn widen_integer_control_params_to_f32(mut graph: Graph) -> Graph {
for node in graph.nodes_mut() {
if !matches!(node.op, Op::Param { .. }) {
continue;
}
let old = node.shape.dtype();
if matches!(
old,
DType::I32 | DType::I64 | DType::U32 | DType::Bool | DType::I16
) {
node.shape = node.shape.clone().with_dtype(DType::F32);
}
}
graph
}
pub fn needs_f32_exec(g: &Graph) -> bool {
g.nodes().iter().any(|n| {
if !matches!(n.shape.dtype(), DType::F16 | DType::BF16) {
return false;
}
// User-registered `Op::Custom` kernels may execute natively at
// F16/BF16; only built-in ops need the f32 promotion rewrite.
!matches!(
&n.op,
Op::Custom { .. } | Op::Constant { .. } | Op::Input { .. } | Op::Param { .. }
)
})
}
fn promote_dtype(dt: DType) -> DType {
match dt {
DType::F16 | DType::BF16 => DType::F32,
other => other,
}
}
fn promote_shape(shape: &Shape) -> Shape {
shape.clone().with_dtype(promote_dtype(shape.dtype()))
}
fn widen_constant_bytes(data: &[u8], from: DType) -> Vec<u8> {
match from {
DType::F16 => data
.as_chunks::<2>()
.0
.iter()
.flat_map(|c| {
let v = half::f16::from_le_bytes([c[0], c[1]]).to_f32();
v.to_le_bytes()
})
.collect(),
DType::BF16 => data
.as_chunks::<2>()
.0
.iter()
.flat_map(|c| {
let v = half::bf16::from_le_bytes([c[0], c[1]]).to_f32();
v.to_le_bytes()
})
.collect(),
_ => data.to_vec(),
}
}
fn is_lowp_layout_op(op: &Op) -> bool {
matches!(
op,
Op::Concat { .. }
| Op::Narrow { .. }
| Op::Reshape { .. }
| Op::Transpose { .. }
| Op::Expand { .. }
// A single-row copy into the cache it aliases — it moves bits and
// computes nothing, so there is no arithmetic to promote. Promoting
// it split the op from its own buffer: the cache is a boundary
// tensor and keeps its declared F16/BF16, while every backend takes
// the row stride from the KvAppend NODE's dtype, so an F32 node over
// an F16 cache strides a layout it does not have.
| Op::KvAppend { .. }
)
}
/// Rewrite F16/BF16 node shapes (and constant payloads) to F32 for CPU exec.
///
/// Boundary tensors (`Param` / `Input`) keep their declared dtype so Metal (and
/// other backends with native F16 weight paths) can store Linear weights at
/// half width. Pure layout ops that only rearrange F16/BF16 tensors (e.g. the
/// weight `Concat` from shared-input MatMul fusion) stay low-precision too —
/// promoting those would materialize a full F32 copy of every packed weight.
pub fn promote_to_f32(graph: Graph) -> Graph {
if !needs_f32_exec(&graph) {
return graph;
}
let mut out = Graph::new(format!("{}_f32_exec", graph.name));
let mut id_map: HashMap<NodeId, NodeId> = HashMap::new();
// Consumers in the SOURCE graph, to decide whether a boundary may stay
// low-precision. See `boundary_stays_lowp`.
let mut consumers: HashMap<NodeId, Vec<NodeId>> = HashMap::new();
for n in graph.nodes() {
for &i in &n.inputs {
consumers.entry(i).or_default().push(n.id);
}
}
// A low-precision `Input` / `Param` may keep its dtype only while every
// consumer also stays low-precision.
//
// Keeping *every* boundary low-p is load-bearing for one case and wrong for
// the rest. Load-bearing: `KvAppend` aliases its cache input's buffer and
// every backend takes the row stride from the KvAppend node's dtype, so
// promoting the op while the cache stays half-width strides a layout the
// buffer does not have (see the test below). Wrong for the rest: a BF16
// `Input` feeding a promoted F32 `Binary` gets a 2 B/elem slot that the f32
// thunk then reads 4 B/elem from, and the values come back as pairs of
// halves —
//
// [1,2,3,4] into a BF16 input, + 0 -> [2.0038757, 4.007843, 0.0, 0.0]
//
// with no error and no cast anywhere between them. Promoting the boundary
// is what makes producer and consumer agree on the width; the *declared*
// dtype is not lost, because `IoDtypeManifest` records it and
// `CompiledGraph::io_dtypes` narrows at the API edge.
let boundary_stays_lowp = |id: NodeId| -> bool {
match consumers.get(&id) {
// Nothing reads it — nothing to disagree with.
None => true,
Some(cs) => cs.iter().all(|&c| {
let cn = graph.node(c);
is_lowp_layout_op(&cn.op) && matches!(cn.shape.dtype(), DType::F16 | DType::BF16)
}),
}
};
// Node ids in the *source* graph whose dtype we intentionally kept low-p.
let mut kept_lowp: std::collections::HashSet<NodeId> = std::collections::HashSet::new();
for node in graph.nodes() {
let inputs: Vec<NodeId> = node.inputs.iter().map(|i| id_map[i]).collect();
let is_boundary =
matches!(&node.op, Op::Param { .. } | Op::Input { .. }) && boundary_stays_lowp(node.id);
let is_layout_of_lowp = is_lowp_layout_op(&node.op)
&& matches!(node.shape.dtype(), DType::F16 | DType::BF16)
&& !node.inputs.is_empty()
&& node.inputs.iter().all(|&i| {
kept_lowp.contains(&i)
|| matches!(graph.node(i).shape.dtype(), DType::F16 | DType::BF16)
});
let keep_dtype = is_boundary || is_layout_of_lowp;
let shape = if keep_dtype {
node.shape.clone()
} else {
promote_shape(&node.shape)
};
if keep_dtype && matches!(shape.dtype(), DType::F16 | DType::BF16) {
kept_lowp.insert(node.id);
}
let op = match &node.op {
Op::Constant { data } => Op::Constant {
data: widen_constant_bytes(data, node.shape.dtype()),
},
Op::Cast { to } => Op::Cast {
to: promote_dtype(*to),
},
other => other.clone(),
};
let new_id = out.add_node(op, inputs, shape);
id_map.insert(node.id, new_id);
}
out.set_outputs(graph.outputs.iter().map(|o| id_map[o]).collect());
out
}
#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
use super::*;
use rlx_ir::GraphExt;
/// **`KvAppend` must keep the dtype of the cache it writes into.**
///
/// The op aliases its cache input's buffer, and every backend derives the
/// row stride from the KvAppend NODE's dtype. The cache is a boundary
/// tensor, so it keeps its declared F16/BF16 through this pass — promoting
/// the node to F32 while leaving the cache half-width therefore strides a
/// layout the buffer does not have, and the new token lands in the wrong
/// row with nothing to report it.
#[test]
fn a_low_precision_kv_append_is_not_promoted() {
for dt in [DType::F16, DType::BF16] {
let mut g = Graph::new("kv");
let cache = g.input("cache", Shape::new(&[1, 8, 4], dt));
let row = g.input("row", Shape::new(&[1, 1, 4], dt));
let out = g.add_node(
Op::KvAppend { axis: 1, pos: 3 },
vec![cache, row],
Shape::new(&[1, 4, 4], dt),
);
g.set_outputs(vec![out]);
let promoted = promote_to_f32(g);
let node = promoted.node(promoted.outputs[0]);
assert!(
matches!(node.op, Op::KvAppend { .. }),
"{dt:?}: the append itself vanished"
);
assert_eq!(
node.shape.dtype(),
dt,
"{dt:?}: KvAppend was promoted away from its cache's dtype"
);
}
}
/// The other half: a genuinely computed operand still promotes, so this
/// exemption cannot be read as "low precision executes natively".
#[test]
fn arithmetic_over_the_same_operands_still_promotes() {
let mut g = Graph::new("mul");
let a = g.input("a", Shape::new(&[4], DType::F16));
let b = g.input("b", Shape::new(&[4], DType::F16));
let out = g.mul(a, b);
g.set_outputs(vec![out]);
let promoted = promote_to_f32(g);
assert_eq!(promoted.node(promoted.outputs[0]).shape.dtype(), DType::F32);
}
}