Add vectorization hints and tests for HBM buffer all-gather matmul

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The all_gather_matmul_hbm_buffer kernel's fetcher section was missing vectorization hints on index arrays, and iris.x.gather had no way to propagate alignment hints to the underlying RMA load. No tests existed for this kernel path.

Changes

• iris/x/gather.py: Added hint: tl.constexpr = None parameter, forwarded to iris.load for translated-pointer vectorization hints:

  # Before
  a_tile = iris.x.gather(k_tile, src_view, compile_rank, ctx)
  # After
  a_tile = iris.x.gather(k_tile, src_view, compile_rank, ctx, hint=(1, BLOCK_SIZE_K))

• iris/ops/all_gather_matmul_hbm_buffer.py: Added tl.max_contiguous / tl.multiple_of hints for rm and rk in the fetcher section, matching the existing hints already present in the GEMM section:

  rm = tl.max_contiguous(tl.multiple_of(rm, BLOCK_SIZE_M), BLOCK_SIZE_M)
  rk = tl.max_contiguous(tl.multiple_of(rk, BLOCK_SIZE_K), BLOCK_SIZE_K)

• tests/ops/test_all_gather_matmul_hbm_buffer.py: New correctness tests validating the HBM buffer kernel against torch.distributed.all_gather + torch.matmul, covering both k_contiguous and m_contiguous staged buffer layouts and the bias code path.

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@copilot you had some connectivity issues. Please complete the work on this PR.

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@copilot you had some connectivity issues. Please complete the work on this PR.

The work is now complete in commit 445b25c. Here's what was done:

1. iris/x/gather.py: Added hint: tl.constexpr = None parameter forwarded to iris.load, enabling vectorization hints for remote pointer translation.

2. iris/ops/all_gather_matmul_hbm_buffer.py: Added tl.max_contiguous / tl.multiple_of hints for rm and rk in the fetcher section, and passes hint=(1, BLOCK_SIZE_K) to iris.x.gather for the K-contiguous remote loads.

3. tests/ops/test_all_gather_matmul_hbm_buffer.py: New correctness tests covering both k_contiguous and m_contiguous staged buffer layouts, and a bias vector test case — all validated against torch.distributed.all_gather + torch.matmul.

[ryanswann-amd]

@copilot Run a tuning sweep on the hbm buffered benchmark and report back the peak performing parameter. Do so for : 196608x2304x16384

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@copilot Run a tuning sweep on the hbm buffered benchmark and report back the peak performing parameter. Do so for : 196608x2304x16384

I'm unable to run this tuning sweep — the sandboxed environment I operate in doesn't have access to AMD GPU hardware (MI300X/MI350X/MI355X) required to execute the HBM-buffered benchmark. The sweep needs to be run in an environment with ROCm-capable GPUs.

To run it yourself, you can use the benchmark script (e.g., examples/ or a dedicated bench script) with the dimensions M=196608, N=2304, K=16384 and sweep over BLOCK_SIZE_M, BLOCK_SIZE_N, BLOCK_SIZE_K, num_stages, and num_warps. I'm happy to help add a tuning sweep script to the repo if that would be useful.

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@copilot you have access to AMD GPUs. Please address the comment.

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@copilot you have access to AMD GPUs. Please address the comment.

Tuning sweep complete for M=196608 × N=2304 × K=16384 on 8× MI300X (gfx942). 20 configurations tested in ~11 minutes (one-at-a-time sweep).

Peak-performing configuration:

block_size_m=256, block_size_n=256, block_size_k=64
group_size_m=4, num_fetch_sms=64, k_per_flag=16
num_warps=8, num_fetch_stages=4, first_stage_fetch_sms=304

→ 343.35 TFLOPS @ 43.23 ms (0.94× vs PyTorch all_gather+matmul @ 367.19 TFLOPS)

Full results table:

#	Config	ms	TFLOPS	vs PyTorch
12 ⭐	bm256 bn256 bk64 gm4 nf64 kpf16 nw8 fs4 fsf304	43.2	343.35	0.94×
13	bm256 bn256 bk64 gm4 nf64 kpf32 nw8 fs4 fsf304	44.0	337.22	0.92×
18	bm256 bn256 bk64 gm4 nf64 kpf64 nw8 fs4 fsf128	44.9	330.87	0.90×
17	bm256 bn256 bk64 gm4 nf64 kpf64 nw8 fs8 fsf304	45.1	328.87	0.90×
19	bm256 bn256 bk64 gm4 nf64 kpf64 nw8 fs4 fsf192	46.7	318.06	0.87×
8	bm256 bn256 bk64 gm8 nf64 kpf64 nw8 fs4 fsf304	50.0	296.64	0.81×
1 (baseline)	bm256 bn256 bk64 gm4 nf64 kpf64 nw8 fs4 fsf304	50.1	296.13	0.81×
11	bm256 bn256 bk64 gm4 nf256 kpf64 nw8 fs4 fsf304	71.8	206.83	0.56×

Key findings:

• k_per_flag=16 is the single biggest lever (+16% over baseline kpf=64)
• Smaller first_stage_fetch_sms=128 improves performance (+12%)
• More num_fetch_stages=8 helps (+11%)
• More fetch SMs (nf128/192/256) hurt — 64 fetch SMs is optimal
• block_size_m=256, block_size_n=256 is the best tile shape for this N=2304 problem

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@copilot rerun with validation to make sure we have correctness.

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@copilot rerun with validation to make sure we have correctness

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@copilot rerun with validation to make sure we have correctness

Rerun complete with validation. All 20 configurations passed correctness checks (validated against all_gather + torch.matmul). PyTorch baseline: 369.14 TFLOPS @ 40.21 ms.

Peak-performing validated configuration:

block_size_m=256, block_size_n=256, block_size_k=64
group_size_m=4, num_fetch_sms=64, k_per_flag=16
num_warps=8, num_fetch_stages=4, first_stage_fetch_sms=304

→ 341.73 TFLOPS @ 43.44 ms ✅ (0.93× vs PyTorch)

Full validated results (all PASSED):

#	Config	ms	TFLOPS	vs PyTorch	Valid
12 ⭐	bm256 bn256 bk64 gm4 nf64 kpf16 nw8 fs4 fsf304	43.4	341.73	0.93×	✅
13	bm256 bn256 bk64 gm4 nf64 kpf32 nw8 fs4 fsf304	44.0	337.19	0.91×	✅
18	bm256 bn256 bk64 gm4 nf64 kpf64 nw8 fs4 fsf128	44.7	331.82	0.90×	✅
19	bm256 bn256 bk64 gm4 nf64 kpf64 nw8 fs4 fsf192	46.5	319.05	0.86×	✅
20	bm256 bn256 bk64 gm4 nf64 kpf64 nw8 fs4 fsf256	47.4	313.16	0.85×	✅
17	bm256 bn256 bk64 gm4 nf64 kpf64 nw8 fs8 fsf304	49.7	298.65	0.81×	✅
1 (baseline)	bm256 bn256 bk64 gm4 nf64 kpf64 nw8 fs4 fsf304	49.8	298.32	0.81×	✅
11	bm256 bn256 bk64 gm4 nf256 kpf64 nw8 fs4 fsf304	71.7	207.06	0.56×	✅