feat: LFM2-24B +7% decode, foundry tracking, repo cleanup#10
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- Un-gitignore and track CLAUDE.md, AGENTS.md, UPSTREAM_PLAN.md (fixes broken README link to UPSTREAM_PLAN.md; makes AI agent context available to all cloners) - Un-gitignore and track src/zmlx/foundry/ (48-file kernel template evaluation module that was previously local-only) - Track configs/qwen3_1p7b_kernel_sft_lora.yaml (LoRA SFT config) - Add sessions/, runs/, training_data/, discover_sessions/ to .gitignore (ephemeral output directories) - Rename docs/AGENTS.md -> docs/DEVELOPMENT.md (content is a dev guide/backlog, not agent instructions) - Create docs/FOUNDRY.md documenting the foundry module CLI - Update CLAUDE.md: add foundry/discover module sections, CLI entry points table - Update AGENTS.md: add foundry/discover to file layout tree - Update README.md docs table: add FOUNDRY.md link - Fix ruff lint issues in foundry module (UP006, UP035, I001, B905) - Move 7 stale root prompt files to sessions/prompts/ (local only) Validation: ruff check . clean, pytest 920 passed / 75 skipped / 3 xfailed Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- ARCHITECTURE.md: fix `docs/UPSTREAMING.md` -> `UPSTREAM_PLAN.md` - ROADMAP.md: fix `benchmarks/results/TEST_SUMMARY.md` -> `BENCHMARKS.md` Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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This is a substantial pull request that introduces the new foundry module for kernel template evaluation and dataset generation, along with significant documentation updates and .gitignore cleanup. The new module is well-structured and the code quality is high. I have a few suggestions to improve consistency and maintainability within the new module.
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datetime.utcnow() is deprecated since Python 3.12 and should be avoided. Please use the timezone-aware datetime.now(datetime.timezone.utc) instead. This also helps with the timestamp format consistency across the module.
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| return _dt.datetime.now(_dt.timezone.utc).replace(microsecond=0).isoformat().replace("+00:00", "Z") |
| # Bridge methods: satisfy the taxonomy.KernelOp Protocol interface | ||
| # so that harness/evaluate.py can use ops directly. | ||
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The use of 'bridge methods' to adapt this KernelOp ABC to the KernelOp Protocol defined in taxonomy.py can be confusing for new contributors. It suggests a slight design divergence between the op implementations and the harness that consumes them. For better long-term maintainability, consider refactoring to a single, unified KernelOp interface. This would make the contract for kernel operations clearer and the system easier to extend.
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| return _dt.datetime.now(_dt.timezone.utc).isoformat() |
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There's an inconsistency in timestamp formatting. This function produces timestamps with a +00:00 timezone offset, while _iso_now in harness/evaluate.py uses the Z suffix. It would be best to standardize on one format for all timestamps. I'd recommend using the Z suffix, as it's more common for UTC timestamps in many systems. Also, removing microseconds can lead to cleaner timestamps if they are not required.
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| return _dt.datetime.now(_dt.timezone.utc).replace(microsecond=0).isoformat().replace("+00:00", "Z") |
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Pull request overview
This PR brings the previously gitignored src/zmlx/foundry/ module into the repo and updates supporting docs/config to enable kernel-template evaluation, dataset generation, and export workflows, alongside housekeeping changes (.gitignore cleanup, docs navigation, and version bump).
Changes:
- Adds the Foundry module (templates, harness, sampling, reports, plugins, ops registry, export utilities) for Metal kernel variant generation/evaluation.
- Updates documentation and repo metadata (new docs pages, README + UPSTREAM_PLAN link updates, AGENTS guidance, CHANGELOG entry).
- Cleans
.gitignore, adds benchmark repro capsules, and bumps version to0.8.5.
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| src/zmlx/foundry/templates/swiglu/t1_unrolled.metal | Adds a SwiGLU Metal template variant with vector/unroll knobs and fault-injection placeholders. |
| src/zmlx/foundry/templates/swiglu/t0_basic.metal | Adds a basic SwiGLU Metal template with fast-math toggle and fault injection. |
| src/zmlx/foundry/templates/rmsnorm/t1_tgmem.metal | Adds a tgmem-staging RMSNorm template variant (contains a correctness bug noted in comments). |
| src/zmlx/foundry/templates/rmsnorm/t0_basic.metal | Adds a basic RMSNorm template with TG/UNROLL/VEC knobs (VEC currently unused; noted). |
| src/zmlx/foundry/templates/moe_combine/t2_row_tile.metal | Adds a MoE combine template using threadgroup tiling for packed assignments. |
| src/zmlx/foundry/templates/moe_combine/t1_k8_unrolled.metal | Adds a MoE combine template with fixed k-unroll inner loop. |
| src/zmlx/foundry/templates/moe_combine/t0_basic.metal | Adds a baseline MoE combine template. |
| src/zmlx/foundry/templates/render.py | Adds a small mustache-style renderer splitting header/body for mx.fast.metal_kernel. |
| src/zmlx/foundry/templates/init.py | Adds template discovery/loading helpers. |
| src/zmlx/foundry/taxonomy.py | Introduces Foundry core dataclasses/protocols (candidates, results, backend/op protocols). |
| src/zmlx/foundry/session.py | Adds session directory/log management and a simple compile marker cache. |
| src/zmlx/foundry/scheduler.py | Adds curriculum scheduler for staged op unlocking (curriculum naming mismatch noted). |
| src/zmlx/foundry/sampling/sampler.py | Adds candidate sampling (random/coverage/mutation/mix) + elite loading. |
| src/zmlx/foundry/sampling/mutate.py | Adds knob mutation logic with optional error injection. |
| src/zmlx/foundry/sampling/coverage.py | Adds deterministic shape/layout coverage generators. |
| src/zmlx/foundry/sampling/init.py | Exposes sampling API surface. |
| src/zmlx/foundry/reports/pareto.py | Adds Pareto/best-by-p50 utilities across multiple record layouts. |
| src/zmlx/foundry/reports/coverage.py | Adds coverage report generation (shape/layout handling issues noted). |
| src/zmlx/foundry/reports/init.py | Exposes reports API surface. |
| src/zmlx/foundry/plugins/registry.py | Adds plugin discovery/loaders via entry points or local module paths. |
| src/zmlx/foundry/plugins/protocols.py | Defines plugin Protocol contracts and context dataclasses. |
| src/zmlx/foundry/plugins/init.py | Exposes plugin API surface. |
| src/zmlx/foundry/ops/topk.py | Adds topk reference op for Foundry registry. |
| src/zmlx/foundry/ops/swiglu.py | Adds swiglu op spec/knobs/reference for Foundry. |
| src/zmlx/foundry/ops/softmax.py | Adds softmax reference op. |
| src/zmlx/foundry/ops/scatter.py | Adds scatter reference op. |
| src/zmlx/foundry/ops/rope.py | Adds rope reference op. |
| src/zmlx/foundry/ops/rmsnorm.py | Adds rmsnorm op spec/knobs/reference for Foundry. |
| src/zmlx/foundry/ops/quantize.py | Adds quantize reference op (dtype/spec mismatch noted). |
| src/zmlx/foundry/ops/moe_topk.py | Adds moe_topk reference op. |
| src/zmlx/foundry/ops/moe_pack.py | Adds moe_pack reference op for packing assignments. |
| src/zmlx/foundry/ops/moe_dispatch.py | Adds moe_dispatch reference op for dispatch gather. |
| src/zmlx/foundry/ops/moe_combine.py | Adds moe_combine op + Metal templates + bytes/flops estimation. |
| src/zmlx/foundry/ops/layernorm.py | Adds layernorm reference op. |
| src/zmlx/foundry/ops/kv_append.py | Adds kv_append reference op. |
| src/zmlx/foundry/ops/grouped_gemm.py | Adds grouped_gemm reference hook (NumPy per-expert matmul). |
| src/zmlx/foundry/ops/gather.py | Adds gather reference op. |
| src/zmlx/foundry/ops/dequantize.py | Adds dequantize reference op. |
| src/zmlx/foundry/ops/init.py | Registers all ops into a name→instance registry. |
| src/zmlx/foundry/ndjson.py | Adds append-only NDJSON utilities (determinism claim mismatch noted). |
| src/zmlx/foundry/ids.py | Adds stable attempt/cache key hashing and shape class helper. |
| src/zmlx/foundry/harness/correctness.py | Adds correctness metrics + tolerance gating (MLX ULP omission noted). |
| src/zmlx/foundry/harness/compile.py | Adds compile wrapper with caching + error capture. |
| src/zmlx/foundry/harness/cache.py | Adds in-process compile cache container. |
| src/zmlx/foundry/harness/bench.py | Adds adaptive benchmark loop with percentiles/timeouts. |
| src/zmlx/foundry/harness/backend.py | Adds MLX + Mock backends for compilation/execution. |
| src/zmlx/foundry/harness/init.py | Exposes harness API surface. |
| src/zmlx/foundry/export/training.py | Adds training JSONL export for successful attempts. |
| src/zmlx/foundry/export/init.py | Exposes export API surface. |
| src/zmlx/foundry/init.py | Adds module-level doc + __all__ surface and CLI pointers. |
| src/zmlx/init.py | Bumps library version to 0.8.5. |
| pyproject.toml | Bumps package version to 0.8.5. |
| docs/FOUNDRY.md | Adds Foundry usage/workflow docs (op list inaccuracies noted). |
| docs/DEVELOPMENT.md | Adds/renames development guide content. |
| configs/qwen3_1p7b_kernel_sft_lora.yaml | Adds LoRA config for kernel SFT training dataset. |
| benchmarks/repro_capsules/qwen3_isolation_ordered_t200_r5_repB_20260211_summary.json | Adds benchmark capsule summary artifact. |
| benchmarks/repro_capsules/qwen3_isolation_ordered_t200_r5_repA_20260211_summary.json | Adds benchmark capsule summary artifact. |
| benchmarks/repro_capsules/qwen3_isolation_ordered_t1024_r5_repB_20260211_summary.json | Adds benchmark capsule summary artifact. |
| benchmarks/repro_capsules/qwen3_isolation_ordered_t1024_r5_repA_20260211_summary.json | Adds benchmark capsule summary artifact. |
| benchmarks/repro_capsules/qwen3_benchmark_vs_baseline_t200_r3_repB_20260210_summary.json | Adds benchmark capsule summary artifact. |
| benchmarks/repro_capsules/qwen3_benchmark_vs_baseline_t200_r3_repA_20260210_summary.json | Adds benchmark capsule summary artifact. |
| benchmarks/repro_capsules/qwen3_benchmark_vs_baseline_t1024_r3_repB_20260210_summary.json | Adds benchmark capsule summary artifact. |
| benchmarks/repro_capsules/qwen3_benchmark_vs_baseline_t1024_r3_repA_20260210_summary.json | Adds benchmark capsule summary artifact. |
| benchmarks/repro_capsules/glm47_final_longconfirm_t1024_r5_20260211_summary.json | Adds GLM long-context confirmation capsule summary. |
| benchmarks/repro_capsules/glm47_final_longconfirm_t1024_r5_20260211_glm_combine_fp32_no_fma.json | Adds detailed GLM capsule artifact. |
| benchmarks/repro_capsules/glm47_final_longconfirm_t1024_r5_20260211_control_swiglu_moe.json | Adds detailed GLM control capsule artifact. |
| benchmarks/repro_capsules/glm47_consistency_abba_t200_r5_repB_20260211_summary.json | Adds GLM consistency capsule summary. |
| benchmarks/repro_capsules/glm47_consistency_abba_t200_r5_repA_20260211_summary.json | Adds GLM consistency capsule summary. |
| benchmarks/repro_capsules/glm47_consistency_abba_t1024_r5_repB_20260211_summary.json | Adds GLM consistency capsule summary. |
| benchmarks/repro_capsules/glm47_consistency_abba_t1024_r5_repA_20260211_summary.json | Adds GLM consistency capsule summary. |
| UPSTREAM_PLAN.md | Adds tracked upstream plan doc. |
| README.md | Updates benchmark guidance + adds Foundry docs link. |
| CHANGELOG.md | Adds 0.8.5 entry documenting benchmark artifacts and README update. |
| AGENTS.md | Adds AI agent guidance doc for repo conventions and safety constraints. |
| .gitignore | Cleans ignore patterns; adds ephemeral dirs and stops ignoring Foundry. |
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| uint colu = colBase + tid + u * TG_SIZE; | ||
| if (colu < H) { | ||
| uint elem = base + colu; | ||
| uint loc = elem_to_loc(elem, x_shape, x_strides, x_ndim); | ||
| float xv = (float)x[loc]; | ||
| float wv = w_tile[tid]; // simplistic; same tid | ||
| float outv = xv * inv * wv; |
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This template caches only w[colBase + tid] into w_tile[tid] but then reuses it for colu = colBase + tid + u*TG_SIZE in the UNROLL loop. For UNROLL > 1 this applies the wrong weight to most columns and will produce incorrect RMSNorm outputs. Either remove the UNROLL loop for this template or stage/load the correct weights for each colu (e.g., load additional tiles or index weights directly by colu).
| def _infer_shape_class(op: str, shape: dict[str, int]) -> str: | ||
| """Lightweight shape class string when the op registry is unavailable.""" | ||
| b = shape.get("batch", 1) | ||
| s = shape.get("seq", shape.get("tokens", 1)) | ||
| h = shape.get("hidden", 0) | ||
| parts = [f"b{b}", f"s{s}", f"h{h}"] | ||
| if not bool(shape.get("contiguous", True)): | ||
| parts.append("strided") | ||
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| parts.append("contig") | ||
| return "_".join(parts) |
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_infer_shape_class checks shape.get('contiguous', True), but contiguity lives in the layout dict (and the function is called with shape only). This will mislabel strided cases as contig in reports. Consider passing layout into _infer_shape_class and using layout.get('contiguous', True) (or read att['layout'] when present).
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| separators=(",", ":"), | ||
| allow_nan=False, | ||
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The dumps() docstring claims "deterministic-order JSON" but json.dumps(..., sort_keys=False) does not guarantee key order unless every caller builds dicts in a consistent insertion order. Either set sort_keys=True or adjust the docstring to avoid promising determinism.
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| mx: Any, y: Any, y_ref: Any, dtype: str | ||
| ) -> tuple[float, float, float | None]: | ||
| """Compute error metrics on-device via MLX and return python scalars.""" | ||
| diff = mx.abs(y.astype(mx.float32) - y_ref.astype(mx.float32)) | ||
| max_abs = float(mx.max(diff).item()) | ||
| denom = mx.maximum(mx.abs(y_ref.astype(mx.float32)), 1e-8) | ||
| max_rel = float(mx.max(diff / denom).item()) | ||
| ulp: float | None = None | ||
| return max_abs, max_rel, ulp |
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compute_metrics_mlx() currently never computes ULP for float32 (always returns ulp=None), unlike the numpy path. If ULP is intended to be reported for float32 correctness, consider adding an MLX-based ULP computation (bitcast to int32) or explicitly document that ULP is only available in numpy mode.
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| name=self.name, | ||
| kernel_class=KernelClass.QUANT, | ||
| summary="Quantize fp16/bf16 -> int8 or packed int4 (symmetric)", | ||
| inputs=["x[tokens,hidden]"], | ||
| outputs=["q[tokens,hidden] (int8) OR q_packed[tokens,hidden/2] (int4 packed)"], | ||
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| "q_dtype": {"type": "str", "enum": ["int8", "int4"], "default": "int8"}, | ||
| "scale": {"type": "float", "default": 0.02}, | ||
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| shape_hints={"tokens": TOKENS_LADDER, "hidden": HIDDEN_LADDER}, | ||
| dtype_hints=["float16", "bfloat16"], | ||
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QuantizeOp.spec() advertises input dtypes as fp16/bf16 only, but supported_dtypes() includes float32. This mismatch can lead the sampler/harness to generate float32 quantize attempts that contradict the op spec and dataset expectations. Either include float32 in the spec/dtype_hints or remove it from supported_dtypes().
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| res = att.get("result", {}) | ||
| status = res.get("status") | ||
| correctness_ok = att.get("correctness", {}).get("ok", False) | ||
| bench_ok = att.get("bench", {}).get("ok", False) | ||
| is_ok = (status == "ok") or (correctness_ok and bench_ok) | ||
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Success detection for DataFoundry-style records should also require build.ok (as done in reports/pareto.py and export/training.py). Currently is_ok treats (correctness.ok and bench.ok) as success even if build info is missing/false, which can skew coverage stats. Align this condition with _is_successful logic (include build.ok).
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try_claim() is documented as "Atomically claim" but it only updates an in-memory set; across multi-process workers it's not atomic and duplicates can still be written (each worker has its own Session). Either clarify the docstring (process-local claim) or implement a real cross-process claim mechanism (e.g., file lock / atomic marker file).
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Variable n_test is not used.
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Add a new D-SIMD (dual SIMD group) Metal kernel for MoE gating with 64 experts (D=64, K=4). The kernel fuses softmax + bias + top-K selection into a single GPU dispatch using 2 SIMD groups (64 threads), replacing ~10 separate Metal dispatches per layer. Key insight: MLX's argpartition returns top-K in ascending value order. Matching this ordering in the kernel output is critical for token-identical fidelity — different accumulation order in the combine step causes cascading divergence across 40 layers. Results on M4 Max 36GB (stock MLX, 4-bit quantized): - 200 tokens: 152.6 → 163.1 tok/s (+7.2%), 200/200 fidelity PASS - 500 tokens: 152.0 → 161.1 tok/s (+6.0%), 500/500 fidelity PASS Smart defaults differentiate by K (num_experts_per_tok): - K<=2 (LFM2-8B): fused SwiGLU + kernel combine (existing +12% win) - K>=3 (LFM2-24B): D-SIMD gate + native combine, fused SwiGLU disabled (gather_qmm_swiglu causes 0.77x regression at K=4) patch(model) works automatically — no env vars needed. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Merged 6 conflicted files with strategic resolution strategy: - CHANGELOG.md: kept theirs (GLM combine-mode changelog entry) - README.md: merged both sections (kept both LFM2-24B and GLM/Qwen3 benchmarks) - LAB_NOTEBOOK.md: kept HEAD (experimental benchmark sections) - pyproject.toml: merged description to mention both LFM2-8B and LFM2-24B - moe_mlp.py: merged both variants and experimental GLM combine modes - test_moe_fused_swiglu_gate.py: merged both test sets for GLM combine modes All changes are complementary: - Our LFM2-24B work + their GLM combine-mode fixes - Our experimental variants + their default behavior fixes Fidelity: all files clean (git diff --check passes)
- Add src/zmlx/fusion/ to git (was untracked, caused ModuleNotFoundError in CI macOS Metal tests) - Exclude foundry/fusion from mypy strict checks (pre-existing type issues in newly tracked code) - Fix union-attr mypy error in moe_mlp.py Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Summary
LFM2-24B-A2B-MLX-4bit: +7% decode speedup (new)
patch(model)— no configuration neededpip install "zmlx[lm]"is all you needVerify:
python -m zmlx.validate LiquidAI/LFM2-24B-A2B-MLX-4bit --max-tokens 200 --runs 3Technical details:
argpartition)gather_qmm_swiglufor K>=3 (causes 0.77x regression at K=4)Repo cleanup (from earlier commits)
src/zmlx/foundry/, 48 files): kernel template evaluation and SFT dataset exportCLAUDE.md,UPSTREAM_PLAN.md): makes AI agent context and upstream plan available.gitignore: add ephemeral output dirs, remove entries hiding tracked-worthy filesdocs/FOUNDRY.md: documents foundry CLI, SFT export workflow, and module layoutTest plan
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