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Summary

• Skip allocation of fused intermediates through a generic ggml allocation interface.
• Fuse CUDA INT8 gate/up projections with SwiGLU and reuse graph storage for packed SwiGLU outputs.
• Eliminate unnecessary CUDA scratch and CuTe attention buffers.
• Preserve external storage identities during workspace measurement to avoid false overlap detection and repeated workspace rebuilds.

Values represent diffusion-model compute buffers, excluding weights, text encoder buffers, and VAE buffers.

Related Issue / Discussion

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Additional Information

Compute buffer comparison (int8 convrot):

Model / Configuration	Backend	master (MiB)	This branch (MiB)	Reduction
Krea2, 512×512, CFG 1	CUDA	337.14	141.70	57.97%
Krea2, 512×512, CFG 1	Vulkan	271.95	141.57	47.94%
MiniMax H3, 864×480×124 frames, CFG 1	CUDA	4752.80	2859.39	39.84%
MiniMax H3, 864×480×124 frames, CFG 1	Vulkan	3450.11	2853.05	17.31%

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Added fused split-branch INT8 SwiGLU execution for compatible inputs, with fallback to the existing path when requirements aren’t met.
  • Improved CUDA attention handling for eligible FP16 inputs and fresh F32 outputs, reducing intermediate conversions.

• Bug Fixes

  • Improved workspace sizing and overlap protection for fresh outputs, views, and externally backed tensors across CUDA operations.
  • Updated fusion and allocation guidance in the documentation.

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Walkthrough

The changes update CUDA workspace measurement and output scratch selection, add direct input and output paths for eligible CuTe attention cases, and add CUTLASS split INT8 GEMM fusion for compatible SwiGLU graphs. The extension documentation describes these behaviors and their constraints.

Changes: CUDA allocation and fusion

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Allocation tracking and skipped tensors docs/ggml_extensions.md, src/core/compute_workspace.cpp, ggml	The documentation describes skipped fused intermediates and allocation-cache invalidation. Workspace measurement now tracks external storage identities and associates external views with their root buffer. The ggml submodule reference is updated.
Output scratch selection docs/ggml_extensions.md, src/core/cuda/convrot.cu, src/core/cuda/i8_gated_residual.cu, src/core/cuda/rms_affine.cu, src/core/cuda/rope.cu	These CUDA paths now select output scratch based on destination allocation and overlap conditions. The documentation describes fresh-output handling and retained overlap protection for existing outputs and views.
CuTe attention direct paths docs/ggml_extensions.md, src/core/cuda/cute_attention.cu	Eligible aligned contiguous FP16 key/value inputs can bypass conversion buffers. Eligible fresh F32 destinations receive output from the attention kernel, with the documented FP16 rounding before scaling. Other destinations retain existing postprocessing paths.
CUTLASS split SwiGLU fusion docs/ggml_extensions.md, src/core/cuda/i8_gemm.cu, src/core/cuda/i8_gemm.h, src/core/cuda/int8.cu	The CUDA INT8 GEMM code adds split gate/up weights and scales, and int8.cu adds matching, preparation, execution, workspace handling, and registration for compatible SwiGLU graphs. The documentation lists fusion constraints and fallback behavior.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~50 minutes

Change: Refactor

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant GGMLGraph
  participant SplitSwiGLUKernel
  participant I8Gemm
  participant CUTLASS
  participant ConvRot
  GGMLGraph->>SplitSwiGLUKernel: Match two INT8 GEMMs and SwiGLU
  SplitSwiGLUKernel->>I8Gemm: Prepare split GEMM plan
  SplitSwiGLUKernel->>I8Gemm: Execute with separate gate and up weights
  I8Gemm->>CUTLASS: Launch split-weight GEMM
  SplitSwiGLUKernel->>ConvRot: Pass allocator-managed SwiGLU output

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Possibly related issues

• leejet/stable-diffusion.cpp issue 907 — The changes affect generic allocation skipping and workspace measurement, but the PR does not report Flux measurements or confirm that it resolves the compute-buffer increase.

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 4b8e9

The change reduces CUDA compute-buffer usage. No concrete merge-blocking defect was established in review, so normal pre-merge validation is sufficient.

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The title "perf: reduce fused compute buffers" matches the main objective of PR #2290. The changeset cuts diffusion-model compute-buffer usage through skipped fused-intermediate allocation, CUDA INT8 SwiGLU fusion, removal of scratch and CuTe attention buffers, and workspace measurement changes. The title is short, uses a conventional prefix, and names the primary effect. It does not name the mechanisms, but that detail is not required.

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• docs/ggml_extensions.md
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• src/core/cuda/cute_attention.cu
• src/core/cuda/i8_gated_residual.cu
• src/core/cuda/i8_gemm.cu
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