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broadcast_lane allow to broadcast the value from one lane to all lanes in subgroup.

Supported modes:

  • first_lane - broadcast value from the first active lane in subgroup.
  • lane - broadcast value from the specified lane, lane index must be within subgroup.
  • any_lane - if src value is uniform across all the subgroup lanes return it unchanged, otherwise result is poison. This variant essentially an uniformity hint for the compiler, conveying that specific value is uniform across all subgroup lanes. Dropping any_lane broadcast should not change the code semantics.

`broadcast_lane` allow to broadcast the value from one lane to all lanes in subgroup.

Supported modes:
* `first_lane` - broadcast value from the first active lane in subgroup.
* `lane` - broadcast value from the specified lane, lane index must be withing subgroup.
* `any_lane` - if `src` value is uniform across all the subgroup
lanes return it unchanged, otherwise result is poison. This variant
essentially an uniformity hint for the compiler, conveying that
specific value is uniform across all subgroup lanes. Dropping `any_lane`
broadcast will not change the code semantics.
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llvmbot commented Aug 8, 2025

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Author: Ivan Butygin (Hardcode84)

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broadcast_lane allow to broadcast the value from one lane to all lanes in subgroup.

Supported modes:

  • first_lane - broadcast value from the first active lane in subgroup.
  • lane - broadcast value from the specified lane, lane index must be withing subgroup.
  • any_lane - if src value is uniform across all the subgroup lanes return it unchanged, otherwise result is poison. This variant essentially an uniformity hint for the compiler, conveying that specific value is uniform across all subgroup lanes. Dropping any_lane broadcast will not change the code semantics.

Full diff: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/152808.diff

7 Files Affected:

  • (modified) mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/GPU/IR/GPUOps.td (+43-1)
  • (modified) mlir/lib/Conversion/GPUToROCDL/LowerGpuOpsToROCDLOps.cpp (+24-1)
  • (modified) mlir/lib/Dialect/GPU/IR/GPUDialect.cpp (+37)
  • (modified) mlir/test/Conversion/GPUToROCDL/gpu-to-rocdl.mlir (+17-1)
  • (added) mlir/test/Dialect/GPU/broadcast-speculatability.mlir (+23)
  • (modified) mlir/test/Dialect/GPU/int-range-interface.mlir (+19)
  • (modified) mlir/test/Dialect/GPU/ops.mlir (+14-2)
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/GPU/IR/GPUOps.td b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/GPU/IR/GPUOps.td
index f946bb731e2ca..6592a5c55b0c2 100644
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/GPU/IR/GPUOps.td
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/GPU/IR/GPUOps.td
@@ -1517,7 +1517,7 @@ def GPU_GPUModuleOp : GPU_Op<"module", [
     /// Sets the targets of the module.
     void setTargets(ArrayRef<TargetAttrInterface> targets);
   }];
-  
+
   let hasVerifier = 1;
 }
 
@@ -3212,4 +3212,46 @@ def GPU_WarpExecuteOnLane0Op : GPU_Op<"warp_execute_on_lane_0",
   }];
 }
 
+def GPU_BroadcastType : I32EnumAttr<"BroadcastType",
+    "a lane to broadcast from",
+    [
+      I32EnumAttrCase<"first_lane", 0>,
+      I32EnumAttrCase<"any_lane", 1>,
+      I32EnumAttrCase<"lane", 2>
+    ]>{
+  let genSpecializedAttr = 0;
+  let cppNamespace = "::mlir::gpu";
+}
+def GPU_BroadcastTypeAttr : EnumAttr<GPU_Dialect, GPU_BroadcastType, "broadcast">;
+
+def GPU_BroadcastLaneOp : GPU_Op<"broadcast_lane",
+    [NoMemoryEffect, AllTypesMatch<["result", "src"]>,
+    DeclareOpInterfaceMethods<InferIntRangeInterface, ["inferResultRanges"]>,
+    DeclareOpInterfaceMethods<ConditionallySpeculatable, ["getSpeculatability"]>] #
+    ElementwiseMappable.traits>,
+  Arguments<(ins AnyType:$src,
+                 Optional<I32>:$lane,
+                 GPU_BroadcastTypeAttr:$broadcast_type)> {
+  let summary = "Broadcasts a value from the specific lane across subgroup";
+  let description = [{
+      Broadcasts the value from the one lane to the all lanes in subgroup.
+
+      The possible broadcats types are:
+
+      * `first_lane` - first active lane in subgroup.
+      * `lane` - from the specified lane, lane index must be withing subgroup.
+      * `any_lane` - if `src` value is uniform across all the subgroup
+      lanes return it unchanged, otherwise result is poison. This variant
+      essentially an uniformity hint for the compiler, conveying that
+      specific value is uniform across all subgroup lanes. Dropping `any_lane`
+      broadcast will not change the code semantics.
+      ```
+  }];
+  let results = (outs AnyType:$result);
+  let assemblyFormat = [{
+    $src `,` $broadcast_type ($lane^)?  attr-dict `:` type($result)
+  }];
+  let hasVerifier = 1;
+}
+
 #endif // GPU_OPS
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Conversion/GPUToROCDL/LowerGpuOpsToROCDLOps.cpp b/mlir/lib/Conversion/GPUToROCDL/LowerGpuOpsToROCDLOps.cpp
index d22364e1ef441..4d081cefb5f35 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/Conversion/GPUToROCDL/LowerGpuOpsToROCDLOps.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Conversion/GPUToROCDL/LowerGpuOpsToROCDLOps.cpp
@@ -160,6 +160,27 @@ struct GPUSubgroupSizeOpToROCDL : ConvertOpToLLVMPattern<gpu::SubgroupSizeOp> {
   const amdgpu::Chipset chipset;
 };
 
+struct GPUBroadcastLaneOpToROCDL
+    : public ConvertOpToLLVMPattern<gpu::BroadcastLaneOp> {
+  using ConvertOpToLLVMPattern::ConvertOpToLLVMPattern;
+
+  LogicalResult
+  matchAndRewrite(gpu::BroadcastLaneOp op, OpAdaptor adaptor,
+                  ConversionPatternRewriter &rewriter) const override {
+    Value src = adaptor.getSrc();
+    if (adaptor.getBroadcastType() == gpu::BroadcastType::lane) {
+      rewriter.replaceOpWithNewOp<ROCDL::ReadlaneOp>(op, src.getType(), src,
+                                                     adaptor.getLane());
+    } else { // first_lane or any_lane
+      // any_lane is lowered to readfirstlane too, to force value into scalar
+      // register.
+      rewriter.replaceOpWithNewOp<ROCDL::ReadfirstlaneOp>(op, src.getType(),
+                                                          src);
+    }
+    return success();
+  }
+};
+
 struct GPUShuffleOpLowering : public ConvertOpToLLVMPattern<gpu::ShuffleOp> {
   using ConvertOpToLLVMPattern<gpu::ShuffleOp>::ConvertOpToLLVMPattern;
 
@@ -453,7 +474,9 @@ void mlir::populateGpuToROCDLConversionPatterns(
   // TODO: Add alignment for workgroup memory
   patterns.add<GPUDynamicSharedMemoryOpLowering>(converter);
 
-  patterns.add<GPUShuffleOpLowering, GPULaneIdOpToROCDL>(converter);
+  patterns
+      .add<GPUShuffleOpLowering, GPULaneIdOpToROCDL, GPUBroadcastLaneOpToROCDL>(
+          converter);
   patterns.add<GPUSubgroupSizeOpToROCDL>(converter, chipset);
 
   populateMathToROCDLConversionPatterns(converter, patterns);
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/GPU/IR/GPUDialect.cpp b/mlir/lib/Dialect/GPU/IR/GPUDialect.cpp
index 2503ccb6a2cfe..2b1adc90477af 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/GPU/IR/GPUDialect.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/GPU/IR/GPUDialect.cpp
@@ -2511,6 +2511,43 @@ bool WarpExecuteOnLane0Op::areTypesCompatible(Type lhs, Type rhs) {
       verifyDistributedType(lhs, rhs, getWarpSize(), getOperation()));
 }
 
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+// GPU_BroadcastLaneOp
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+void gpu::BroadcastLaneOp::inferResultRanges(
+    ArrayRef<ConstantIntRanges> argRanges, SetIntRangeFn setResultRange) {
+  setResultRange(getResult(), argRanges.front());
+}
+
+Speculation::Speculatability gpu::BroadcastLaneOp::getSpeculatability() {
+  switch (getBroadcastType()) {
+  case BroadcastType::first_lane:
+    // Cannot speculate first_lane broadcast, because speculating it across
+    // control flow can change the active lanes.
+    return Speculation::NotSpeculatable;
+  case BroadcastType::any_lane:
+    LLVM_FALLTHROUGH;
+  case BroadcastType::lane:
+    return Speculation::Speculatable;
+  }
+}
+
+LogicalResult gpu::BroadcastLaneOp::verify() {
+  switch (getBroadcastType()) {
+  case BroadcastType::first_lane:
+    LLVM_FALLTHROUGH;
+  case BroadcastType::any_lane:
+    if (getLane())
+      return emitOpError() << "lane can only be specified for lane broadcast";
+    return success();
+  case BroadcastType::lane:
+    if (!getLane())
+      return emitOpError() << "lane must be specified for lane broadcast";
+    return success();
+  }
+}
+
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 // GPU KernelMetadataAttr
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
diff --git a/mlir/test/Conversion/GPUToROCDL/gpu-to-rocdl.mlir b/mlir/test/Conversion/GPUToROCDL/gpu-to-rocdl.mlir
index 2b6adffc81f72..ed62e1c689ae3 100644
--- a/mlir/test/Conversion/GPUToROCDL/gpu-to-rocdl.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Conversion/GPUToROCDL/gpu-to-rocdl.mlir
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ gpu.module @test_module {
     // CHECK: %[[#CAST_VALUE:]] = llvm.bitcast %[[#VALUE]] : f32 to i32
     // CHECK: %[[#PERMUTE:]] = rocdl.ds_bpermute %[[#ALIGNED_DST_LANE]], %[[#CAST_VALUE]] : (i32, i32) -> i32
     // CHECK: %[[#CAST_SHFL_VALUE:]] = llvm.bitcast %[[#PERMUTE]] : i32 to f32
-    %shfli, %predi = gpu.shuffle idx %arg0, %arg1, %arg2 : f32 
+    %shfli, %predi = gpu.shuffle idx %arg0, %arg1, %arg2 : f32
     // *** UP mode shuffle ***
     // CHECK: %[[#LANE_ID:]] = rocdl.mbcnt.hi
     // CHECK: %[[#ZERO:]] = llvm.mlir.constant(0 : i32) : i32
@@ -776,3 +776,19 @@ gpu.module @test_module {
     func.return %bDimX : index
   }
 }
+
+// -----
+
+gpu.module @test_module {
+// CHECK-LABEL: func @broadcast
+//  CHECK-SAME:   (%[[ARG:.*]]: i64, %[[IDX:.*]]: i32)
+func.func @broadcast(%arg0 : index, %arg1 : i32) -> (index, index, index) {
+//       CHECK:   %{{.*}} = rocdl.readfirstlane %[[ARG]] : i64
+//       CHECK:   %{{.*}} = rocdl.readfirstlane %[[ARG]] : i64
+//       CHECK:   %{{.*}} = rocdl.readlane %[[ARG]], %[[IDX]] : (i64, i32) -> i64
+  %0 = gpu.broadcast_lane %arg0, first_lane : index
+  %1 = gpu.broadcast_lane %arg0, any_lane : index
+  %2 = gpu.broadcast_lane %arg0, lane %arg1 : index
+  func.return %0, %1, %2 : index, index, index
+}
+}
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/GPU/broadcast-speculatability.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/GPU/broadcast-speculatability.mlir
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..facbe8761c1fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/GPU/broadcast-speculatability.mlir
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// RUN: mlir-opt %s --loop-invariant-code-motion | FileCheck %s
+
+func.func private @side_effect(%arg0 : f32, %arg1 : f32, %arg2 : f32)
+
+// CHECK-LABEL: func @broadcast_hoisting
+//  CHECK-SAME: (%[[ARG:.*]]: f32, %[[IDX:.*]]: i32)
+func.func @broadcast_hoisting(%arg0 : f32, %arg1 : i32) {
+  %c0 = arith.constant 0 : index
+  %c1 = arith.constant 1 : index
+  %c10 = arith.constant 10 : index
+// CHECK: %[[V1:.*]] = gpu.broadcast_lane %[[ARG]], any_lane : f32
+// CHECK: %[[V2:.*]] = gpu.broadcast_lane %[[ARG]], lane %[[IDX]] : f32
+// CHECK: scf.for
+// CHECK: %[[V0:.*]] = gpu.broadcast_lane %[[ARG]], first_lane : f32
+// CHECK: func.call @side_effect(%[[V0]], %[[V1]], %[[V2]])
+  scf.for %i = %c0 to %c10 step %c1 {
+    %0 = gpu.broadcast_lane %arg0, first_lane : f32
+    %1 = gpu.broadcast_lane %arg0, any_lane : f32
+    %2 = gpu.broadcast_lane %arg0, lane %arg1 : f32
+    func.call @side_effect(%0, %1, %2) : (f32, f32, f32) -> ()
+  }
+  func.return
+}
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/GPU/int-range-interface.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/GPU/int-range-interface.mlir
index 1613f83b17bde..cfb99283652a2 100644
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/GPU/int-range-interface.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/GPU/int-range-interface.mlir
@@ -329,3 +329,22 @@ module attributes {gpu.container_module} {
     }
   }
 }
+
+// -----
+
+// CHECK-LABEL: func @broadcast
+func.func @broadcast(%idx: i32) {
+  %0 = test.with_bounds { umin = 0 : index, umax = 10 : index, smin = 0 : index, smax = 10 : index } : index
+  %1 = gpu.broadcast_lane %0, first_lane : index
+  %2 = gpu.broadcast_lane %0, any_lane : index
+  %3 = gpu.broadcast_lane %0, lane %idx : index
+
+  // CHECK: test.reflect_bounds {smax = 10 : index, smin = 0 : index, umax = 10 : index, umin = 0 : index}
+  // CHECK: test.reflect_bounds {smax = 10 : index, smin = 0 : index, umax = 10 : index, umin = 0 : index}
+  // CHECK: test.reflect_bounds {smax = 10 : index, smin = 0 : index, umax = 10 : index, umin = 0 : index}
+
+  %4 = test.reflect_bounds %1 : index
+  %5 = test.reflect_bounds %2 : index
+  %6 = test.reflect_bounds %3 : index
+  return
+}
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/GPU/ops.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/GPU/ops.mlir
index 9cc0bf8f41d5a..95b6d21097a37 100644
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/GPU/ops.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/GPU/ops.mlir
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ module attributes {gpu.container_module} {
       // CHECK-NEXT: %{{.*}} = arith.addf %{{.*}}, %{{.*}} : f32
       // CHECK-NEXT: gpu.yield %{{.*}} : f32
       // CHECK-NEXT: } : (f32) -> f32
-      %sum2 = gpu.all_reduce %one { 
+      %sum2 = gpu.all_reduce %one {
       ^bb(%lhs : f32, %rhs : f32):
         %tmp = arith.addf %lhs, %rhs : f32
         gpu.yield %tmp : f32
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ module attributes {gpu.container_module} {
       %1 = arith.cmpi slt, %arg0, %arg0 : i32
       scf.if %1 {
         gpu.printf ", "
-      } 
+      }
       gpu.return
     }
 
@@ -542,3 +542,15 @@ func.func @warp_operand_result(%laneid: index, %v0 : vector<4xi32>) -> (vector<4
   }
   return %2 : vector<4xi32>
 }
+
+// CHECK-LABEL: func @broadcast_lane
+//  CHECK-SAME: (%[[ARG:.*]]: f32, %[[IDX:.*]]: i32)
+func.func @broadcast_lane(%arg0 : f32, %arg1 : i32) -> (f32, f32, f32) {
+  // CHECK: gpu.broadcast_lane %[[ARG]], first_lane : f32
+  %0 = gpu.broadcast_lane %arg0, first_lane : f32
+  // CHECK: gpu.broadcast_lane %[[ARG]], any_lane : f32
+  %1 = gpu.broadcast_lane %arg0, any_lane : f32
+  // CHECK: gpu.broadcast_lane %[[ARG]], lane %[[IDX]] : f32
+  %2 = gpu.broadcast_lane %arg0, lane %arg1 : f32
+  func.return %0, %1, %2 : f32, f32, f32
+}

return Speculation::NotSpeculatable;
case BroadcastType::any_lane:
LLVM_FALLTHROUGH;
case BroadcastType::lane:
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Hold on, is readlane speculatable?

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From the past discussion #152551 (comment)

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I think structured control flow guarantees that your parents are at least as active as you, so this seems safe for me

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Does speculatability only get used in structured control flow, though?

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You can speculate within a single block for sure, but practically speaking we don'y have anything that speculates across blocks in MLIR AFAIK. This is only being used by LICM.

We can say that any_lane includes active inactive lanes to make this unambiguous.

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technically, CSE can merge ops across blocks

%1 = gpu.broadcast %src, lane %idx
scf.if lane_id < 13 {
    %2 = gpu.broadcast %src, lane %idx
}

not sure if it's a problem, though

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If your op semantics include inactive lanes this is fine

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How is the broadcast first_lane semantics different than gpu.shuffle?

idx example:
%cst0 = arith.constant 0 : i32
%7, %8 = gpu.shuffle idx %0, %cst0, %width : f32
Broadcasts the value from lane 0 to all lanes.

Can broadcast lane semantics be implemented by gpu.shuffle down + gpu.shffle idx?

Why the compiler hint has to be part of broadcast op semantics as "all_lane"?

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How is the broadcast first_lane semantics different than gpu.shuffle?

Unlike gpu.shuffle, result of broadcast is guaranteed to be uniform across the subgroup, which can enable more efficient lowering (e.g. using scalar registers instead of vector on AMDGPU). Regarding any_lane option, it follows the same broadcast logic (take value from some lane and make it uniform across all the subgroup), the only difference is that user guarantees the input value is also uniform, so compiler can choose any lane to take from and still put the result into scalar reg. And unlike first_lane, any_lane provides more relaxed speculation guarantees. first_lane cannot be speculated across the control flow as it can change active lanes, but any_lane can as it knows all inputs are already uniform.

any_lane and speculation was one the original motivations for this op (#152740 (comment) for the technical details)

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grypp commented Aug 9, 2025

As far as I understand, there is a difference between shuffle and broadcast here, but this distinction exists only for AMDGPU. I’m not familiar with Intel GPUs or others, but NVIDIA GPUs don’t have this distinction in PTX level.

I’d recommend implementing this op in the AMD-specific dialect rather than in the target agnostic GPU dialect.

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kuhar commented Aug 9, 2025

Can broadcast lane semantics be implemented by gpu.shuffle down + gpu.shffle idx?

This op is inspired by the operations in the vulkan subgroup extension: https://www.khronos.org/blog/vulkan-subgroup-tutorial#:~:text=T-,subgroupBroadcast,-(T%20value%2C%20uint and meant to have performant lowering that uses much cheaper instructions than shuffles.

Shuffles are not the universally best abstraction for modern chips that have much more performant primitives with narrower semantics (e.g., https://github.com/nod-ai/shark-ai/blob/main/docs/amdgpu_kernel_optimization_guide.md#data-parallel-primitives-and-warp-level-reduction + new v_permlane in CDNA4). If we restrict ourselves to shuffles, we have to do some heavy pattern matching / idiom recognition and make sure that the emitter caters towards these.

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kuhar commented Aug 9, 2025

In my view, broadcasting a lane is a fundamental primitive both at the level of the SIMT programming model and the hardware. It can be emulated with shuffles, but not efficiently without some idiom recognition.

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kuhar commented Aug 9, 2025

As far as I understand, there is a difference between shuffle and broadcast here, but this distinction exists only for AMDGPU. I’m not familiar with Intel GPUs or others, but NVIDIA GPUs don’t have this distinction in PTX level.

I’d recommend implementing this op in the AMD-specific dialect rather than in the target agnostic GPU dialect.

It's portable and exists at the level of Vulkan / SPIR-V: https://www.khronos.org/blog/vulkan-subgroup-tutorial#:~:text=T-,subgroupBroadcast,-(T%20value%2C%20uint . We will implement conversion to SPIR-V in a followup PR.

* `any_lane` - if `src` value is uniform across all the subgroup
lanes return it unchanged, otherwise result is poison. This variant
essentially an uniformity hint for the compiler, conveying that
specific value is uniform across all subgroup lanes. Dropping `any_lane`
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What do you mean by dropping? I think you mean changing to a specific lane or first_lane?


* `first_lane` - first active lane in subgroup.
* `lane` - from the specified lane, lane index must be withing subgroup.
* `any_lane` - if `src` value is uniform across all the subgroup
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I'd say that this returns a value from any lane within the subgroup, active or inactive, assuming uniformity.

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ok, I did reword doc somewhat

}];
let results = (outs AnyType:$result);
let assemblyFormat = [{
$src `,` $broadcast_type ($lane^)? attr-dict `:` type($result)
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Maybe put the enum before the operand like with gpu.subgroup_reduce?

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I choose the current order to be able to do gpu.broadcast_lane %src, lane %idx : f32, i.e. having line index directly after the lane

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The proposed subgroup uniform broadcast operation doesn't have support on Intel GPU. Since it is also unsupported on NVIDIA GPUs, I believe it would be more appropriate to place this operation in the AMDGPU dialect until it is supported by multiple GPU vendors.

subgroup.
* `lane` - broadcasts from the specified lane. The lane index must be
uniform and within the subgroup size. The result is poison if the lane
index is invalid or non-subgroup-uniform.
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What is the semantics if the lane being specified is inactive lane?

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Result will be undefined/posion, I will update docs, thanks.

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Please describe the behavior what if the lane specified is out of range (like larger than subgroup size) also.

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Updated the descricption


The possible broadcast types are:

* `first_lane` - broadcasts the value from the first active lane in the
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when I first read first_lane, I though it is lane 0. I think it is important to keep active in the attribute name. Consider: first_active_lane, specific_lane, and any_lane.

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yeah, makes sence

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done

}
def GPU_BroadcastTypeAttr : EnumAttr<GPU_Dialect, GPU_BroadcastType, "broadcast">;

def GPU_BroadcastLaneOp : GPU_Op<"broadcast_lane",
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consider broadcast_lane to subgroup_uniform_broadcast

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How about just gpu.subgroup_broadcast?

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Agree. uniform is ambiguous term and requires better documentation in the op definition. The corresponding SPIRV function actually have non_uniform, indicating that it doesn't requires all participating lanes being active.

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done

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The proposed subgroup uniform broadcast operation doesn't have support on Intel GPU

I think it does

https://github.com/intel/intel-graphics-compiler/blob/master/IGC/GenISAIntrinsics/generator/input/Intrinsic_definitions.yml#L2467

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The proposed subgroup uniform broadcast operation doesn't have support on Intel GPU

I think it does

https://github.com/intel/intel-graphics-compiler/blob/master/IGC/GenISAIntrinsics/generator/input/Intrinsic_definitions.yml#L2467

The one you refer to is not officially supported interface.

The closest one I identified is the following:
//non-uniform broadcast for a specific lane
https://registry.khronos.org/SPIR-V/specs/unified1/SPIRV.html#OpGroupNonUniformBroadcast

//non-uniform broadcasts the first active value:
https://registry.khronos.org/SPIR-V/specs/unified1/SPIRV.html#OpGroupNonUniformBroadcastFirst

These non-uniform ops only guarantee the result is uniform for all active lanes, not all lanes. SPIRV dialect actually already includes these operations so I assumed these were different.

I may misunderstand the semantics of the proposed broadcast_lane op, as the definition says "broadcast the value from one lane to all lanes in subgroup". Could you please clarify that all lanes refers just to all active lanes?

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I may misunderstand the semantics of the proposed broadcast_lane op, as the definition says "broadcast the value from one lane to all lanes in subgroup". Could you please clarify that all lanes refers just to all active lanes?

Yeah, "broadcast the value from one lane to all active lanes in subgroup" definition will be better. Although I'm not sure it will make any practical difference as we don't have any way to access inactive lanes in gpu dialect currently I think.

GPU_BroadcastTypeAttr:$broadcast_type)> {
let summary = "Broadcasts a value from the specific lane across subgroup";
let description = [{
Broadcasts a value from one lane to all lanes in a subgroup. The
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I suggest to describe the following semantics to explicitly explain:

  1. Does it requires all lanes must be active?
  2. For inactive lanes, how these operation impacts them if at all?

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Updated the description

} else { // first_lane or any_lane
// any_lane is lowered to readfirstlane too, to force value into scalar
// register.
rewriter.replaceOpWithNewOp<ROCDL::ReadfirstlaneOp>(op, src.getType(),
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As the any_lane semantics got lost during lowering, I assume that any_lane is designed to help MLIR optimization at GPU dialect level and target-independent.

Could you please describe what is the optimization passes you plan to do for any_lane, and what is the use case you target for?

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any_lane allows freely speculate across the control flow, see mlir/test/Dialect/GPU/broadcast-speculatability.mlir test

@Hardcode84 Hardcode84 changed the title [mlir][gpu] Add broadcast_lane op [mlir][gpu] Add subgroup_broadcast op Aug 13, 2025
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