python3Packages.apex: fix CUDA capabilities selection in setup.py (#525504)

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Connor Baker
2026-06-09 14:03:02 +00:00
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2 changed files with 190 additions and 10 deletions
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
fetchFromGitHub,
# build-system
ninja,
setuptools,
torch,
@@ -49,18 +50,32 @@ buildPythonPackage.override { inherit (torch) stdenv; } (finalAttrs: {
# Fix incompatibility with more recent versions of cudnn to de-vendor it:
# error: throw_if is not a member of cudnn_frontend
./fix-cudnn-frontend-compat.patch
# By default apex's setup.py will taget all capabilities instead of using TORCH_CUDA_ARCH_LIST
# This result in the build failing on recent versions of CUDA.
# Instead, use TORCH_CUDA_ARCH_LIST as the source of truth for selecting capabilities
./fix-cuda-capabilities-selection.patch
];
# Don't use git submodules for cuda dependencies
postPatch = ''
substituteInPlace setup.py \
--replace-fail \
'subprocess.run(["git", "submodule", "update", "--init", "apex/contrib/csrc/multihead_attn/cutlass"])' \
"" \
--replace-fail \
'subprocess.run(["git", "submodule", "update", "--init", "apex/contrib/csrc/cudnn-frontend/"])' \
""
'';
postPatch =
# Don't use git submodules for cuda dependencies
''
substituteInPlace setup.py \
--replace-fail \
'subprocess.run(["git", "submodule", "update", "--init", "apex/contrib/csrc/multihead_attn/cutlass"])' \
"" \
--replace-fail \
'subprocess.run(["git", "submodule", "update", "--init", "apex/contrib/csrc/cudnn-frontend/"])' \
""
''
# Disambiguate apex's local `lerp` from `std::lerp`, which is now reachable through ATen/torch
# headers with CUDA 13's C++20 standard and gcc 15's <cmath>.
+ ''
substituteInPlace apex/contrib/csrc/optimizers/multi_tensor_distopt_adam_kernel.cu \
--replace-fail \
"lerp(" \
"apex_lerp("
'';
env = {
APEX_CPP_EXT = 1;
@@ -87,6 +102,7 @@ buildPythonPackage.override { inherit (torch) stdenv; } (finalAttrs: {
'';
build-system = [
ninja
setuptools
torch
];
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index fa61b72..c31d1e0 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -405,24 +405,8 @@ if has_flag("--cuda_ext", "APEX_CUDA_EXT"):
)
if bare_metal_version >= Version("11.0"):
-
- cc_flag = []
- cc_flag.append("-gencode")
- cc_flag.append("arch=compute_70,code=sm_70")
- cc_flag.append("-gencode")
- cc_flag.append("arch=compute_80,code=sm_80")
- if bare_metal_version >= Version("11.1"):
- cc_flag.append("-gencode")
- cc_flag.append("arch=compute_86,code=sm_86")
- if bare_metal_version >= Version("11.8"):
- cc_flag.append("-gencode")
- cc_flag.append("arch=compute_90,code=sm_90")
- if bare_metal_version >= Version("12.8"):
- cc_flag.append("-gencode")
- cc_flag.append("arch=compute_100,code=sm_100")
- cc_flag.append("-gencode")
- cc_flag.append("arch=compute_120,code=sm_120")
-
+ # Architectures are selected via TORCH_CUDA_ARCH_LIST (torch appends the
+ # matching -gencode flags) instead of a hard-coded list.
ext_modules.append(
CUDAExtension(
name="fused_weight_gradient_mlp_cuda",
@@ -441,7 +425,7 @@ if has_flag("--cuda_ext", "APEX_CUDA_EXT"):
"--expt-relaxed-constexpr",
"--expt-extended-lambda",
"--use_fast_math",
- ] + version_dependent_macros + cc_flag,
+ ] + version_dependent_macros,
},
)
)
@@ -530,14 +514,7 @@ if has_flag("--group_norm", "APEX_GROUP_NORM"):
sys.argv.remove("--group_norm")
raise_if_cuda_home_none("--group_norm")
- # CUDA group norm supports from SM70
- arch_flags = []
- # FIXME: this needs to be done more cleanly
- for arch in [70, 75, 80, 86, 90, 100, 120]:
- arch_flag = f"-gencode=arch=compute_{arch},code=sm_{arch}"
- arch_flags.append(arch_flag)
- arch_flags.append(arch_flag)
-
+ # Architectures are selected via TORCH_CUDA_ARCH_LIST instead of a hard-coded list.
ext_modules.append(
CUDAExtension(
name="group_norm_cuda",
@@ -549,7 +526,7 @@ if has_flag("--group_norm", "APEX_GROUP_NORM"):
"cxx": ["-O3", "-std=c++17"] + version_dependent_macros,
"nvcc": [
"-O3", "-std=c++17", "--use_fast_math", "--ftz=false",
- ] + arch_flags + version_dependent_macros,
+ ] + version_dependent_macros,
},
)
)
@@ -651,22 +628,7 @@ if has_flag("--fast_layer_norm", "APEX_FAST_LAYER_NORM"):
sys.argv.remove("--fast_layer_norm")
raise_if_cuda_home_none("--fast_layer_norm")
- cc_flag = []
- cc_flag.append("-gencode")
- cc_flag.append("arch=compute_70,code=sm_70")
-
- if bare_metal_version >= Version("11.0"):
- cc_flag.append("-gencode")
- cc_flag.append("arch=compute_80,code=sm_80")
- if bare_metal_version >= Version("11.8"):
- cc_flag.append("-gencode")
- cc_flag.append("arch=compute_90,code=sm_90")
- if bare_metal_version >= Version("12.8"):
- cc_flag.append("-gencode")
- cc_flag.append("arch=compute_100,code=sm_100")
- cc_flag.append("-gencode")
- cc_flag.append("arch=compute_120,code=sm_120")
-
+ # Architectures are selected via TORCH_CUDA_ARCH_LIST instead of a hard-coded list.
ext_modules.append(
CUDAExtension(
name="fast_layer_norm",
@@ -689,7 +651,7 @@ if has_flag("--fast_layer_norm", "APEX_FAST_LAYER_NORM"):
"--expt-relaxed-constexpr",
"--expt-extended-lambda",
"--use_fast_math",
- ] + version_dependent_macros + generator_flag + cc_flag,
+ ] + version_dependent_macros + generator_flag,
},
include_dirs=[os.path.join(this_dir, "apex/contrib/csrc/layer_norm")],
)
@@ -703,17 +665,18 @@ if has_flag("--fmha", "APEX_FMHA"):
if bare_metal_version < Version("11.0"):
raise RuntimeError("--fmha only supported on sm_80 and sm_90 GPUs")
+ # The fmha kernels use sm_80 MMA instructions, so select architectures from
+ # TORCH_CUDA_ARCH_LIST but drop anything below 8.0 (torch would otherwise also
+ # try to build the unsupported sm_75 target).
cc_flag = []
- cc_flag.append("-gencode")
- cc_flag.append("arch=compute_80,code=sm_80")
- if bare_metal_version >= Version("11.8"):
- cc_flag.append("-gencode")
- cc_flag.append("arch=compute_90,code=sm_90")
- if bare_metal_version >= Version("12.8"):
- cc_flag.append("-gencode")
- cc_flag.append("arch=compute_100,code=sm_100")
- cc_flag.append("-gencode")
- cc_flag.append("arch=compute_120,code=sm_120")
+ for arch in os.environ["TORCH_CUDA_ARCH_LIST"].replace(" ", ";").split(";"):
+ capability = arch.removesuffix("+PTX")
+ if not capability or Version(capability) < Version("8.0"):
+ continue
+ num = capability.replace(".", "")
+ cc_flag += ["-gencode", f"arch=compute_{num},code=sm_{num}"]
+ if arch.endswith("+PTX"):
+ cc_flag += ["-gencode", f"arch=compute_{num},code=compute_{num}"]
ext_modules.append(
CUDAExtension(
@@ -755,25 +718,7 @@ if has_flag("--fast_multihead_attn", "APEX_FAST_MULTIHEAD_ATTN"):
sys.argv.remove("--fast_multihead_attn")
raise_if_cuda_home_none("--fast_multihead_attn")
- cc_flag = []
- cc_flag.append("-gencode")
- cc_flag.append("arch=compute_70,code=sm_70")
-
- if bare_metal_version >= Version("11.0"):
- cc_flag.append("-gencode")
- cc_flag.append("arch=compute_80,code=sm_80")
- if bare_metal_version >= Version("11.1"):
- cc_flag.append("-gencode")
- cc_flag.append("arch=compute_86,code=sm_86")
- if bare_metal_version >= Version("11.8"):
- cc_flag.append("-gencode")
- cc_flag.append("arch=compute_90,code=sm_90")
- if bare_metal_version >= Version("12.8"):
- cc_flag.append("-gencode")
- cc_flag.append("arch=compute_100,code=sm_100")
- cc_flag.append("-gencode")
- cc_flag.append("arch=compute_120,code=sm_120")
-
+ # Architectures are selected via TORCH_CUDA_ARCH_LIST instead of a hard-coded list.
subprocess.run(["git", "submodule", "update", "--init", "apex/contrib/csrc/multihead_attn/cutlass"])
ext_modules.append(
CUDAExtension(
@@ -800,8 +745,7 @@ if has_flag("--fast_multihead_attn", "APEX_FAST_MULTIHEAD_ATTN"):
"--use_fast_math",
]
+ version_dependent_macros
- + generator_flag
- + cc_flag,
+ + generator_flag,
},
include_dirs=[
os.path.join(this_dir, "apex/contrib/csrc/multihead_attn/cutlass/include/"),