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[Ascend] Support batched 3D GM-to-L1 ND2NZ copies - #3689

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Problem

Ascend GM-to-L1 copies currently handle one matrix per DMA descriptor. Copying a batch requires separate copies:

for b in T.serial(B):
    T.copy(src[b, :, :], dst[b, :, :])

This change supports expressing the batch as one copy:

# src and dst represent [B, M, N] regions.
T.copy(src[:, :, :], dst[:, :, :])

Approach

Lower 3D GM-to-L1 copies to batched ND2NZ descriptors, preserving source batch/row strides and deriving destination batch spacing from its physical layout. Batched transpose copies use DN2NZ.

Reuse existing matrix-axis bounds handling. Source batches outside GM bounds are skipped, leaving their destination storage untouched; M/N tail padding applies only to valid batches. Existing 2D and single-matrix behavior is preserved.

The implementation targets the AscendC backend and requires a canonical matrix layout on the L1 destination. PTO support is outside this change.

Validation on Ascend950DT with CANN 9.2:

  • 50 AscendC example tests and 1,733 Ascend unit tests passed.
  • Includes 28 BF16/FP32 device cases covering batch and M/N tails, fully out-of-bounds batches, non-contiguous source strides, larger destination storage, and rectangular transpose copies.
  • CUDA and PTO tests were excluded. The CI image uses CANN 9.3, which was not tested locally.

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Adds batched three-dimensional GM-to-L1 copies for Ascend C. The lowering passes batch parameters to DMA, clamps batch tails, and limits matrix-tail fills to valid batches. Tests and documentation cover this behavior.

Changes: Batched GM-to-L1 Copy

Layer / File(s) Summary
Batched layout and DMA lowering
src/ascend/op/ascend_mte_plan.h, src/ascend/op/copy.cc, src/ascend/op/builtin.cc, src/ascend/codegen/codegen_ascend.cc
Layout normalization supports a leading batch axis. Batched DMA calls include the source batch stride, batch count, and destination matrix size.
Batch bounds and matrix-tail padding
src/ascend/op/oob_padding.cc, src/ascend/op/oob_padding.h, src/ascend/transform/insert_oob_padding.cc, testing/ascend/transform/test_ascend_copy_bounds.py
Batch tails clamp to the remaining source batches. Fully out-of-bounds batches skip DMA and fills. Matrix-tail fills apply only to valid batches. Tests cover bounds, symbolic origins, and single-matrix behavior.
Device validation and documented behavior
testing/ascend/language/test_tilelang_ascend_batched_nd2nz.py, tilelang/ascend/README.md
Device tests check copied values, padding, skipped batches, and untouched destination capacity. The README describes batched-copy layout, tail handling, and target support.

Priority: Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant GMToL1CopyLowering
  participant NormalizeMTE2DLayout
  participant ascend_copy_gm_to_cbuf
  participant EmitGmToL1Copy_
  GMToL1CopyLowering->>NormalizeMTE2DLayout: normalize batched layouts
  GMToL1CopyLowering->>ascend_copy_gm_to_cbuf: pass batch count and source stride
  ascend_copy_gm_to_cbuf->>EmitGmToL1Copy_: pass DMA arguments
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Possibly related PRs

  • tile-ai/tilelang#3543: Groups GM-to-L1 copies with their out-of-bounds fills, which relates to this change’s batch clamping and padding.
  • tile-ai/tilelang#3627: Preserves buffer element offsets in strided views and DMA pointers, related to batched source-stride calculations.
  • tile-ai/tilelang#3623: Changes DMA pointer construction and preserves per-view layouts, which relate to batched DMA descriptors.

Suggested labels: enhancement, documentation, arith, ascend

Merge Risk: Moderate · up to 29a8a

The destination-origin case cannot compile, leaving the Ascend device test suite blocked. Correct the destination region before merging.

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Title check Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: support for batched 3D GM-to-L1 ND2NZ copies on Ascend.
Description check Passed The description directly explains the problem, implementation approach, supported behavior, limitations, and validation for the batched 3D GM-to-L1 copy changes.
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- Around line 549-551: Update the batched-copy classification in the `batched`
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testing/ascend/language/test_tilelang_ascend_batched_nd2nz.py:199-202
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Use a four-batch destination region for the destination-origin case.

target[1, 0, 0] remains a singleton destination range through AscendInsertOOBPadding. GM-to-L1 lowering classifies the copy as batched, then raises ICHECK because the four-batch source exceeds the singleton destination. The device test therefore fails during compilation.

Suggested fix
-                T.copy(source[begin : begin + copy_batches, :32, :32], target[1, 0, 0])
+                T.copy(source[begin : begin + copy_batches, :32, :32], target[1:5, :, :])
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