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We have an internal helper function that unfortunately is public.
To simplify further refactorings we want to move the internal helper into a detailed namespace and add some constraints to it
detail::InternalLoadDirectBlockedVectorized now always assumes it is properly aligned and the responsibility for that lies with LoadDirectBlockedVectorized
This gives us the flexibility to refactor this further to allow wider loads in the future.
It also fixes a minor issue in the old InternalLoadDirectBlockedVectorized where we would silently drop the CacheLoadModifier in the fallback path
We have an internal helper function that unfortunately is public.
To simplify further refactorings we want to move the internal helper into a detailed namespace and add some constraints to it
The `detail::InternalLoadDirectBlockedVectorized` now always assumes it is properly aligned and the responsibility for that lies with `LoadDirectBlockedVectorized`
This gives us the flexibility to refactor this further to allow wider loads in the future.
It also fixes a minor issue in the old `InternalLoadDirectBlockedVectorized` where we would silently drop the `CacheLoadModifier` in the fallback path
Improved vectorized block and warp loads to check memory alignment before using vectorized access, falling back to direct loads when alignment is insufficient.
Preserved cache-modifier behavior when loading from cache-modified iterators, including when direct-load fallback is needed.
Expanded support for safely determining when contiguous inputs are eligible for vectorized loading.
The vectorized load helper now checks iterator eligibility and pointer alignment, and supports cache-load modifiers. BlockLoad and WarpLoad use the updated API. The alignment test includes a cache-modified input.
Changes: Vectorized load path
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Summary
Eligibility and vectorized load API cub/cub/block/block_load.cuh
Adds shared eligibility checks and a modifier-aware loader. Aligned pointers use vector loads; misaligned pointers use direct loads, with the cache modifier preserved for non-default modifiers. The prior internal entry point remains as a deprecated wrapper.
Block and warp loader integration cub/cub/block/block_load.cuh, cub/cub/warp/warp_load.cuh, cub/test/catch2_test_block_load.cu
BlockLoad and WarpLoad call the updated helper. The alignment test adds a CacheModifiedInputIterator case.
Possibly related issues
NVIDIA/cccl issue 12170: The change separates aligned vector loads from the misaligned fallback, but does not add the issue’s striped vectorized load.
NVIDIA/cccl issue 12162: The change refactors InternalLoadDirectBlockedVectorized, but does not change BlockStore.
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cub/test/catch2_test_block_load.cu: 1
211-214: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Heavy lift
suggestion: Check the fallback load instruction, not only output values.
Offsets 1–3 reach the misaligned fallback. REQUIRE(d_input == d_output) checks only loaded values, so it also passes if the fallback uses LOAD_DEFAULT. Add a branch-specific PTX or code-generation assertion to detect whether the fallback retains LOAD_LDG.
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cub/cub/block/block_load.cuh
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TopK keys kernels changed instruction mix DeviceTopKHistogramKernel, DeviceTopKKernel, and DeviceTopKLastFilterKernel add, remove, and replace arithmetic, predicate, and address-generation instructions. This signature occurs on sm_75, sm_80, and sm_90, with a net instruction-count increase on each architecture.
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SM90 histogram removes duplicate address calculation In eight DeviceTopKHistogramKernel instantiations, a 32-bit LDC and an IMAD.U32 address calculation are removed. The existing 64-bit constant load and IMAD.WIDE result supply the predicate and load address, while registers and instruction order change.
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Explanation: The PR modifies CUB vectorized block and warp load paths, and the SASS approval gate found no approval artifact for this commit. This is an intentional policy gate rather than a compilation or test failure.
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According to Claude what is affecting TopK is not any load modifier (none used), but
the additional new __runtime_assume_aligned() (it seems to save a few instructions)
for I128 specifically ipt is 1 and the compiler seems to struggle with the branches doing the same thing. This seems to add instructions. Claude recommends
if (alignof(vector_t) <= alignof(T) || ::cuda::std::is_sufficiently_aligned<alignof(vector_t)>(block_src_ptr))
Other algorithms are simply not affected because they do not use the vectorized policy.
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We have an internal helper function that unfortunately is public.
To simplify further refactorings we want to move the internal helper into a detailed namespace and add some constraints to it
detail::InternalLoadDirectBlockedVectorizednow always assumes it is properly aligned and the responsibility for that lies withLoadDirectBlockedVectorizedThis gives us the flexibility to refactor this further to allow wider loads in the future.
It also fixes a minor issue in the old
InternalLoadDirectBlockedVectorizedwhere we would silently drop theCacheLoadModifierin the fallback path