""" Profile RemixedLinear forward pass to precisely identify bottlenecks. Uses torch.profiler to get exact operation-level timing, memory traffic, and GPU utilization breakdown. Usage: python scripts/profile_forward.py \ --checkpoint-dir /path/to/ckpt_remixed-linear/remixed-linear \ --batch-size 64 # Compare dense vs remix side by side: python scripts/profile_forward.py \ --checkpoint-dir /path/to/dense --batch-size 64 --output dense_profile.txt python scripts/profile_forward.py \ --checkpoint-dir /path/to/remix --batch-size 64 --output remix_profile.txt """ from __future__ import annotations import argparse import os import sys import time _SCRIPT_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)) for _candidate in [os.path.dirname(_SCRIPT_DIR), "/root/nanochat", _SCRIPT_DIR]: if os.path.isdir(os.path.join(_candidate, "nanochat")): if _candidate not in sys.path: sys.path.insert(0, _candidate) break import torch from nanochat.checkpoint_manager import build_model, find_last_step from nanochat.common import autodetect_device_type @torch.no_grad() def profile_forward(model, device, batch_size=64, seq_len=2048, warmup=3, profile_steps=5, output_path=None): """Profile the model forward pass and print detailed breakdown.""" model.eval() vocab_size = model.config.vocab_size input_ids = torch.randint(0, vocab_size, (batch_size, seq_len), device=device) # Warmup print(f" Warming up ({warmup} steps)...") for _ in range(warmup): _ = model(input_ids) if device.type == 'cuda': torch.cuda.synchronize() # ── 1. Manual per-op timing with CUDA events ───────────────────────── print(f"\n Profiling with CUDA events ({profile_steps} steps)...") event_times = {} # Hook into key operations hooks = [] op_starts = {} op_ends = {} def make_pre_hook(name): def hook(module, input): if device.type == 'cuda': start = torch.cuda.Event(enable_timing=True) start.record() op_starts[name] = start return hook def make_post_hook(name): def hook(module, input, output): if device.type == 'cuda': end = torch.cuda.Event(enable_timing=True) end.record() op_ends[name] = end if name not in event_times: event_times[name] = [] return hook # Register hooks on all named modules for name, mod in model.named_modules(): # Skip the top-level model depth = name.count('.') if depth > 3: continue # Don't go too deep if name == '': continue hooks.append(mod.register_forward_pre_hook(make_pre_hook(name))) hooks.append(mod.register_forward_hook(make_post_hook(name))) for step in range(profile_steps): op_starts.clear() op_ends.clear() if device.type == 'cuda': torch.cuda.synchronize() _ = model(input_ids) if device.type == 'cuda': torch.cuda.synchronize() # Collect timings for name in op_ends: if name in op_starts: ms = op_starts[name].elapsed_time(op_ends[name]) if name not in event_times: event_times[name] = [] event_times[name].append(ms) # Remove hooks for h in hooks: h.remove() # ── 2. torch.profiler for GPU kernel breakdown ─────────────────────── print(f" Running torch.profiler ({profile_steps} steps)...") activities = [torch.profiler.ProfilerActivity.CPU] if device.type == 'cuda': activities.append(torch.profiler.ProfilerActivity.CUDA) with torch.profiler.profile( activities=activities, record_shapes=True, with_stack=False, profile_memory=True, ) as prof: for _ in range(profile_steps): _ = model(input_ids) if device.type == 'cuda': torch.cuda.synchronize() # ── 3. Report ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── lines = [] def p(msg=""): print(msg) lines.append(msg) tokens_per_step = batch_size * seq_len p(f"\n{'='*80}") p(f"Forward Pass Profile") p(f"{'='*80}") p(f" Batch: {batch_size}, Seq: {seq_len}, Tokens/step: {tokens_per_step:,}") p(f" Device: {device}") if device.type == 'cuda': p(f" GPU: {torch.cuda.get_device_name(0)}") p() # Module-level timing p(f"{'='*80}") p(f"Module-Level Timing (avg over {profile_steps} steps)") p(f"{'='*80}") p(f" {'Module':<55} {'Avg ms':>8} {'% total':>8}") p(f" {'-'*55} {'-'*8} {'-'*8}") # Sort by average time avg_times = {} for name, times in event_times.items(): avg_times[name] = sum(times) / len(times) # Find total forward time (model-level) total_ms = max(avg_times.values()) if avg_times else 1.0 for name, avg_ms in sorted(avg_times.items(), key=lambda x: -x[1])[:30]: pct = 100 * avg_ms / total_ms p(f" {name:<55} {avg_ms:>8.2f} {pct:>7.1f}%") p() # CUDA kernel breakdown from torch.profiler p(f"{'='*80}") p(f"Top CUDA Kernels (by total GPU time)") p(f"{'='*80}") key_averages = prof.key_averages() # Sort by total CUDA time cuda_events = [] for evt in key_averages: cuda_time = evt.cuda_time_total if hasattr(evt, 'cuda_time_total') else 0 if cuda_time > 0: cuda_events.append(evt) cuda_events.sort(key=lambda e: e.cuda_time_total, reverse=True) total_cuda_us = sum(e.cuda_time_total for e in cuda_events) or 1 p(f" {'Kernel':<55} {'CUDA ms':>8} {'%':>6} {'Calls':>6}") p(f" {'-'*55} {'-'*8} {'-'*6} {'-'*6}") for evt in cuda_events[:25]: name = evt.key[:55] ms = evt.cuda_time_total / 1000 pct = 100 * evt.cuda_time_total / total_cuda_us count = evt.count p(f" {name:<55} {ms:>8.2f} {pct:>5.1f}% {count:>6}") p() # Memory summary if device.type == 'cuda': p(f"{'='*80}") p(f"Memory Traffic (from profiler)") p(f"{'='*80}") total_alloc = 0 total_free = 0 for evt in key_averages: alloc = getattr(evt, 'cuda_memory_usage', 0) if alloc > 0: total_alloc += alloc else: total_free += abs(alloc) p(f" Allocated: {total_alloc / 1e9:.2f} GB") p(f" Freed: {total_free / 1e9:.2f} GB") p(f" Net: {(total_alloc - total_free) / 1e9:.2f} GB") # Peak memory peak = torch.cuda.max_memory_allocated() / 1e9 p(f" Peak allocated: {peak:.2f} GB") p() # Compute utilization if device.type == 'cuda': p(f"{'='*80}") p(f"Compute Utilization") p(f"{'='*80}") # Total wall time for profile_steps total_wall_s = sum(avg_times.get(name, 0) for name in avg_times if avg_times[name] == max(avg_times.values())) * profile_steps / 1000 from torch.utils.flop_counter import FlopCounterMode flop_counter = FlopCounterMode(display=False) with flop_counter: _ = model(input_ids) total_flops = flop_counter.get_total_flops() flops_per_step = total_flops measured_tflops = (flops_per_step * profile_steps) / (total_wall_s * 1e12) if total_wall_s > 0 else 0 # H200 peak: ~989 TFLOPS bf16 peak_tflops = 989.0 utilization = 100 * measured_tflops / peak_tflops p(f" FLOPs/step: {flops_per_step:.2e}") p(f" Wall time/step: {total_wall_s*1000/profile_steps:.1f} ms") p(f" Measured TFLOPS: {measured_tflops:.1f}") p(f" H200 peak TFLOPS (bf16): {peak_tflops:.0f}") p(f" Utilization: {utilization:.1f}%") p() if output_path: with open(output_path, 'w') as f: f.write('\n'.join(lines)) print(f"\nProfile saved to {output_path}") def main(): parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Profile forward pass") parser.add_argument("--checkpoint-dir", type=str, required=True) parser.add_argument("--step", type=int, default=None) parser.add_argument("--batch-size", type=int, default=64) parser.add_argument("--seq-len", type=int, default=None) parser.add_argument("--warmup", type=int, default=3) parser.add_argument("--profile-steps", type=int, default=5) parser.add_argument("--tokenizer-dir", type=str, default=None) parser.add_argument("--output", type=str, default=None) args = parser.parse_args() device_type = autodetect_device_type() device = torch.device(device_type) step = args.step or find_last_step(args.checkpoint_dir) print(f"Loading step {step} from {args.checkpoint_dir}") model, tokenizer, meta_data = build_model( args.checkpoint_dir, step, device, phase="eval", tokenizer_dir=args.tokenizer_dir, ) seq_len = args.seq_len or model.config.sequence_len is_remix = model.config.use_remix_linear print(f"Model: {'remix' if is_remix else 'dense'}, n_layer={model.config.n_layer}") profile_forward( model, device, batch_size=args.batch_size, seq_len=seq_len, warmup=args.warmup, profile_steps=args.profile_steps, output_path=args.output, ) if __name__ == "__main__": main()