docs: correct the Blackwell/Triton attribution behind the #278 compile fallback - #2085
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… fallback Three comments name Blackwell sm_120 as an architecture Triton/Inductor does not support. Measured on an sm_120 device with the pinned torch 2.8.0+cu128 and triton 3.4.0: torch.compile default and reduce-overhead (the cudagraph_trees path debpalash#278 names), an attention module over growing sequence lengths, and a raw Triton kernel all run, with compiled output matching eager (maxdiff 1.19e-06 and 0.0). The app's own probe agrees — arch_unsupported returns None, so compile is already attempted there. The error text debpalash#278 quotes is also misattributed. "Detected that you are using FX to symbolically trace a dynamo-optimized function" reproduces with CUDA unavailable: Dynamo raises it whenever FX traces a compiled function, regardless of device. It belongs in the compile-stack classifier, not in the evidence for a missing-architecture failure. Comments only. The fallback contract and the arch-list gate are unchanged and still correct: the gate is generic rather than a Blackwell blocklist, and on a build whose arch list lacks the device the described mechanism holds. Only the example and the FX attribution are stale. Signed-off-by: Moep90 <volleyballlive@googlemail.com> Signed-off-by: moep90 <volleyballlive@googlemail.com>
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 The PR appears safe to merge because it changes documentation only and the previous architecture-path inconsistency is fully corrected.
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| `torch.compile` succeeds at load time but the *first generation* dies inside | ||
| the Dynamo/FX/Inductor stack (an AssertionError out of | ||
| torch/_inductor/cudagraph_trees.py) and was mislabeled as an OOM. |
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The revised narrative says a missing architecture reaches first generation and triggers the cudagraph failure, but should_torch_compile() rejects that mismatch before torch.compile() is applied, so this cannot occur during normal execution. Describe the assertion as an independent compile-stack failure, or explicitly limit this scenario to configurations that force compilation past the architecture gate.
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Keep the Unreleased section within the required subsection structure.
The new ### Fixed section still follows the existing ### CI subsection, so Unreleased does not follow the required Highlights → Changed/Added/Docs/Fixed structure. Move the CI entry into an allowed section. As per path instructions, CHANGELOG.md must use that structure and keep each entry as a one-line item with its issue reference and required credit.
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Three comments justify the #278 compile fallback by naming Blackwell
sm_120as an architecture Triton/Inductor does not support. On the pinned build it is supported, and the error text they quote is not an architecture symptom at all.Evidence
Measured on an sm_120 Blackwell GPU (capability
(12, 0)) with the repo's pinned environment,torch 2.8.0+cu128/triton 3.4.0:torch.compiledefault, incl. recompile on a new shapemode="reduce-overhead"×3 — thecudagraph_trees.pypath #278 namesallclose=True, maxdiff1.19e-06and0.0The app's own gate agrees:
arch_unsupported(torch)returnsNoneand_cuda_arch_supported_for_compile()returns(True, ""), so VoiceStudio already attempts compile on sm_120 with the pinned build — and per the table that is fine.The quoted error is device-independent
#278 quotes:
That still reproduces — and reproduces identically with
CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=""and CUDA unavailable. Dynamo raises it unconditionally whenever FX traces a compiled function (torch/_dynamo/eval_frame.py). It is a compile-stack error the classifier should keep catching, but it was never evidence of a missing-architecture problem.What changes
tests/test_compile_fallback.pybackend/services/model_manager.py_is_compile_runtime_failurebackend/services/engine_env.py_cuda_arch_supported_for_compileWhat does not change
No behaviour, no test logic, no gate. The fallback contract — compile is an optimization, never a point of failure — is correct regardless of which architecture exposed it, and the arch-list gate is already generic rather than a Blackwell blocklist. I am not claiming the #278 reports were invalid: on a build whose arch list lacks the device, the described mechanism is exactly right. What is stale is the example and the FX attribution.
Scope limit: the tests exercise synthetic modules, not the shipped TTS engines, and a
cudagraph_treesAssertionError not reproducing here is not proof it cannot occur with a specific model. That is precisely why the fallback stays.Verification
Follows #2084, which corrects the neighbouring claim that the pinned torch lacks sm_120 kernels. Independent of it — different issue (#278 vs #1931), different files, no overlap.
Updated compile-fallback documentation to state that pinned
torch 2.8.0+cu128andtriton 3.4.0support Blackwellsm_120, and that the FX tracing error is device-independent. No behavior or architecture gates changed; review risk is limited to documentation accuracy.