Perf: fuse HCA merge, inverse RoPE, and packing

[wangqin1723-max]

• Merge raw and compressed softmax, inverse RoPE, and grouped
  packing in 48 cyclic workers
• Let distributed publishers send prepacked groups and let TP1 consume
  the same packed result

Isolated TP4-shaped HCA sparse attention mean 1179.3 -> 829.0 us
(a2a3 device 3, B=16, S=8, 64 compressed rows, fresh golden,
100 rounds after 10 warmup rounds).

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The HCA path now performs stream merging, inverse RoPE, and head packing in one kernel. sparse_attn_hca writes directly to the preallocated grouped output and returns the output with one completion handle.

Changes

HCA merge-pack flow

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Merge-pack kernel and contract models/deepseek_v4_flash_dspark/decode_sparse_attn_hca.py	The kernel accepts o_packed_heads, requires PUBLISH_GROUPS == 2, and combines stream merging, inverse RoPE, and head packing.
Caller and publishing integration models/deepseek_v4_flash_dspark/decode_sparse_attn_hca.py, models/deepseek_v4_flash_dspark/decode_hca.py	Callers use the two-value return contract. The decode path removes intermediate RoPE processing and publishes after heads_tid completes.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to b1e4e

This change fuses internal attention processing and packing stages without introducing an actionable merge-blocking risk; it is merge-ready after normal checks and review.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant sparse_attn_hca_tp1
  participant sparse_attn_hca
  participant hca_stream_merge_pack
  participant decode_hca
  sparse_attn_hca_tp1->>sparse_attn_hca: Pass preallocated o_packed_heads
  sparse_attn_hca->>hca_stream_merge_pack: Launch merge-pack workers
  hca_stream_merge_pack->>hca_stream_merge_pack: Merge streams and apply inverse RoPE
  hca_stream_merge_pack-->>sparse_attn_hca: Return packed output and completion handle
  sparse_attn_hca-->>sparse_attn_hca_tp1: Return o_packed_heads and heads_tid
  sparse_attn_hca_tp1->>decode_hca: Pass packed output and heads_tid
  decode_hca->>decode_hca: Publish after heads_tid completes

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Poem

A rabbit packs heads in a single bright sweep
RoPE turns quietly while branches all sleep
Two groups align in the tensor below
One handle says when the results may go
The old extra steps fade into snow

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the main change: fusing HCA merge, inverse RoPE, and packing for performance.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description directly explains the fused HCA processing, prepacked output behavior, and measured performance improvement.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	Docstring coverage is 100.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 3 functions across 2 files.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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🧹 Nitpick comments (1)

models/deepseek_v4_flash_dspark/decode_sparse_attn_hca.py (1)

559-581: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Hoist the loop-invariant swap index and remove the dead stream_heads round-trip. Each stream_idx maps to a unique merge_state_row, and the only read initializes stream_o before stream_output is computed. Use stream_output directly for stream_bf16 and stream_rope. Build stream_swap_idx once before the loop, with FP32 pl.col_expand_* operands, then cast it to INT32.

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In `@models/deepseek_v4_flash_dspark/decode_sparse_attn_hca.py` around lines 559 -
581, The loop currently performs an unnecessary stream_heads store/load and
rebuilds the invariant swap index per iteration. Hoist stream_swap_idx
construction before the stream_idx loop using FP32 pl.col_expand_* operands,
then cast the result to INT32; replace the stream_heads round-trip so
stream_bf16 and stream_rope read directly from stream_output while preserving
stream_o initialization.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@models/deepseek_v4_flash_dspark/decode_sparse_attn_hca.py`:
- Around line 559-581: The loop currently performs an unnecessary stream_heads
store/load and rebuilds the invariant swap index per iteration. Hoist
stream_swap_idx construction before the stream_idx loop using FP32
pl.col_expand_* operands, then cast the result to INT32; replace the
stream_heads round-trip so stream_bf16 and stream_rope read directly from
stream_output while preserving stream_o initialization.

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