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+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import torch
+import torch.distributed as dist
+import torch.distributed._symmetric_memory as symm_mem
+from torch.testing._internal.common_distributed import MultiProcessTestCase
+from torch.testing._internal.common_distributed import skip_if_lt_x_gpu
+from torch.testing._internal.common_utils import instantiate_parametrized_tests
+from torch.testing._internal.common_utils import run_tests
+
+import helion
+from helion._testing import code_and_output
+import helion.language as hl
+
+
+@helion.jit
+def symm_mem_sync_kernel(
+    remote_signal_pad_ptrs: torch.Tensor,
+    local_signal_pad: torch.Tensor,
+    rank: hl.constexpr,
+) -> None:
+    N, world_size = local_signal_pad.size()
+    world_size = hl.specialize(world_size)
+    for n in hl.grid(N):
+        ptr_tile = remote_signal_pad_ptrs[:]
+        multicast_signalpad = hl.multicast_like(local_signal_pad, ptr_tile)
+        hl.signal(multicast_signalpad, [n, rank], signal=1, wait_for=0, scope="sys")
+        for world in hl.tile(world_size, block_size=world_size):
+            hl.wait(local_signal_pad, [n, world], signal=1, update=0, scope="sys")
+
+
+@instantiate_parametrized_tests
+class SymmMemBarrier(MultiProcessTestCase):
+    def setUp(self) -> None:
+        super().setUp()
+        self._spawn_processes()
+
+    @property
+    def world_size(self) -> int:
+        # world_size > 2 is needed to verify accumulation order
+        return 4
+
+    @property
+    def device(self) -> torch.device:
+        return torch.device(f"cuda:{self.rank}")
+
+    def _init_process(self):
+        torch.cuda.set_device(self.device)
+        store = dist.FileStore(self.file_name, self.world_size)
+        dist.init_process_group(
+            backend="nccl",
+            world_size=self.world_size,
+            rank=self.rank,
+            store=store,
+        )
+        torch.manual_seed(42 + self.rank)
+
+    @skip_if_lt_x_gpu(4)
+    def test_symm_mem_barrier(self):
+        self._init_process()
+        t = symm_mem.empty(4096, device=self.device)
+        symm_mem_hdl = symm_mem.rendezvous(t, group=dist.group.WORLD)
+        local_signal_pad_t = symm_mem_hdl.get_signal_pad(
+            symm_mem_hdl.rank, (32, symm_mem_hdl.world_size), dtype=torch.int32
+        )
+        signal_pad_pointers_t = torch.as_tensor(
+            symm_mem_hdl.signal_pad_ptrs, dtype=torch.uint64
+        ).to(self.device)
+
+        code, result = code_and_output(
+            symm_mem_sync_kernel,
+            (
+                signal_pad_pointers_t,
+                local_signal_pad_t,
+                symm_mem_hdl.rank,
+            ),
+        )
+
+        signal_pad = symm_mem_hdl.get_signal_pad(symm_mem_hdl.rank)
+        assert signal_pad.eq(0).all().item()
+
+        dist.destroy_process_group()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    run_tests()