ggml-cpu: fuse RMS_NORM + MUL on CPU backend (#22423)

ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ggml-cpu.c

@@ -2965,6 +2965,45 @@ struct ggml_cplan ggml_graph_plan(
     return cplan;
 }
 
+
+// Try to fuse the current node with subsequent nodes for better performance.
+// Returns the number of nodes skipped by fusion (>=1), or 0 if no fusion was applied.
+static bool ggml_cpu_disable_fusion = false;  // initialized once in ggml_cpu_init(), read-only afterwards
+
+static int ggml_cpu_try_fuse_ops(
+        const struct ggml_cgraph * cgraph,
+        const int node_n,
+        const struct ggml_compute_params * params,
+        const struct ggml_cplan * cplan) {
+
+    if (ggml_cpu_disable_fusion || cplan->use_ref) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    struct ggml_tensor * node = cgraph->nodes[node_n];
+
+    if (node->op == GGML_OP_RMS_NORM) {
+        // RMS_NORM + MUL fusion
+        const enum ggml_op fuse_ops[] = { GGML_OP_RMS_NORM, GGML_OP_MUL };
+        if (ggml_can_fuse(cgraph, node_n, fuse_ops, 2)) {
+            struct ggml_tensor * mul_node = cgraph->nodes[node_n + 1];
+            const struct ggml_tensor * mul_w = (mul_node->src[0] == node)
+                ? mul_node->src[1] : mul_node->src[0];
+            if (node->src[0]->type  == GGML_TYPE_F32 &&
+                mul_node->type      == GGML_TYPE_F32 &&
+                mul_w->type         == GGML_TYPE_F32 &&
+                mul_w->ne[0]        == node->ne[0]   &&
+                mul_w->nb[0]        == sizeof(float)) {
+
+                ggml_compute_forward_rms_norm_mul_fused(params, node, mul_node);
+                return 1;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
 static thread_ret_t ggml_graph_compute_thread(void * data) {
     struct ggml_compute_state * state = (struct ggml_compute_state *) data;
     struct ggml_threadpool    * tp    = state->threadpool;
@@ -3001,7 +3040,14 @@ static thread_ret_t ggml_graph_compute_thread(void * data) {
             continue;
         }
 
+        // TODO: move fused-op detection into ggml_graph_plan so fusion decisions are made once at planning time
+        // Try fused ops, fall back to normal compute
+        const int n_fused = ggml_cpu_try_fuse_ops(cgraph, node_n, &params, cplan);
+        if (n_fused > 0) {
+            node_n += n_fused;
+        } else {
             ggml_compute_forward(&params, node);
+        }
 
         if (state->ith == 0 && cplan->abort_callback &&
                 cplan->abort_callback(cplan->abort_callback_data)) {
@@ -3763,6 +3809,11 @@ void ggml_cpu_init(void) {
         ggml_init_riscv_arch_features();
 #endif
 
+        {
+            const char * env = getenv("GGML_CPU_DISABLE_FUSION");
+            ggml_cpu_disable_fusion = (env != NULL && atoi(env) == 1);
+        }
+
         is_first_call = false;
     }
 

ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ops.cpp

@@ -3713,11 +3713,27 @@ void ggml_compute_forward_norm(
 
 // ggml_compute_forward_group_rms_norm
 
+// fusion kinds that can be combined with the rms_norm computation in a single pass.
+// extend this enum when adding new fused variants (e.g. FUSE_ADD, FUSE_MUL_ADD, ...).
+enum ggml_rms_norm_fuse_op {
+    GGML_RMS_NORM_FUSE_OP_NONE,
+    GGML_RMS_NORM_FUSE_OP_MUL,
+};
+
+template <ggml_rms_norm_fuse_op FUSE_OP>
 static void ggml_compute_forward_rms_norm_f32(
         const ggml_compute_params * params,
-        ggml_tensor * dst) {
+        ggml_tensor * dst_rms_norm,
+        ggml_tensor * dst_fused = nullptr) {
 
-    const ggml_tensor * src0 = dst->src[0];
+    const ggml_tensor * src0 = dst_rms_norm->src[0];
+    const ggml_tensor * src1 = nullptr;
+    ggml_tensor       * dst  = dst_rms_norm;
+
+    if constexpr (FUSE_OP == GGML_RMS_NORM_FUSE_OP_MUL) {
+        src1 = (dst_fused->src[0] == dst_rms_norm) ? dst_fused->src[1] : dst_fused->src[0];
+        dst  = dst_fused;
+    }
 
     GGML_ASSERT(ggml_are_same_shape(src0, dst));
 
@@ -3726,11 +3742,10 @@ static void ggml_compute_forward_rms_norm_f32(
     const int ith = params->ith;
     const int nth = params->nth;
 
-    GGML_TENSOR_UNARY_OP_LOCALS
+    GGML_TENSOR_BINARY_OP_LOCALS
 
     float eps;
-    memcpy(&eps, dst->op_params, sizeof(float));
+    memcpy(&eps, dst_rms_norm->op_params, sizeof(float));
-
     GGML_ASSERT(eps >= 0.0f);
 
     // TODO: optimize
@@ -3740,29 +3755,36 @@ static void ggml_compute_forward_rms_norm_f32(
                 const float * x = (float *) ((char *) src0->data + i01*nb01 + i02*nb02 + i03*nb03);
 
                 ggml_float sum = 0.0;
+                // worth switching to explicit SIMD?
                 for (int64_t i00 = 0; i00 < ne00; i00++) {
                     sum += (ggml_float)(x[i00] * x[i00]);
                 }
 
                 const float mean  = sum/ne00;
-
-                float * y = (float *) ((char *) dst->data + i01*nb1 + i02*nb2 + i03*nb3);
-
-                memcpy(y, x, ne00 * sizeof(float));
-                // for (int i00 = 0; i00 < ne00; i00++) {
-                //     y[i00] = x[i00];
-                // }
-
                 const float scale = 1.0f/sqrtf(mean + eps);
 
                 // if you hit this, likely you got an inf somewhere earlier
                 assert(scale > 0.0f);
 
+                float * y = (float *) ((char *) dst->data + i01*nb1 + i02*nb2 + i03*nb3);
+
+                if constexpr (FUSE_OP == GGML_RMS_NORM_FUSE_OP_MUL) {
+                    const int64_t i11 = i01 % ne11;
+                    const int64_t i12 = i02 % ne12;
+                    const int64_t i13 = i03 % ne13;
+                    const float * w = (float *) ((char *) src1->data + i11*nb11 + i12*nb12 + i13*nb13);
+
+                    for (int64_t i00 = 0; i00 < ne00; i00++) {
+                        y[i00] = x[i00] * scale * w[i00];
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    memcpy(y, x, ne00 * sizeof(float));
                     ggml_vec_scale_f32(ne00, y, scale);
                 }
             }
         }
     }
+}
 
 void ggml_compute_forward_rms_norm(
         const ggml_compute_params * params,
@@ -3773,7 +3795,31 @@ void ggml_compute_forward_rms_norm(
     switch (src0->type) {
         case GGML_TYPE_F32:
             {
-                ggml_compute_forward_rms_norm_f32(params, dst);
+                ggml_compute_forward_rms_norm_f32<GGML_RMS_NORM_FUSE_OP_NONE>(params, dst);
+            } break;
+        default:
+            {
+                GGML_ABORT("fatal error");
+            }
+    }
+}
+
+// Fused RMS_NORM + MUL: computes dst = rms_norm(src0) * src1 in a single pass.
+// This avoids materializing the intermediate rms_norm result in memory.
+void ggml_compute_forward_rms_norm_mul_fused(
+        const ggml_compute_params * params,
+        ggml_tensor * dst_rms_norm,
+        ggml_tensor * dst_mul) {
+
+    GGML_ASSERT(dst_mul != nullptr);
+    GGML_ASSERT(dst_mul->src[0] == dst_rms_norm || dst_mul->src[1] == dst_rms_norm);
+
+    const ggml_tensor * src0 = dst_rms_norm->src[0];
+
+    switch (src0->type) {
+        case GGML_TYPE_F32:
+            {
+                ggml_compute_forward_rms_norm_f32<GGML_RMS_NORM_FUSE_OP_MUL>(params, dst_rms_norm, dst_mul);
             } break;
         default:
             {

ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ops.h

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ void ggml_compute_forward_concat(const struct ggml_compute_params * params, stru
 void ggml_compute_forward_silu_back(const struct ggml_compute_params * params, struct ggml_tensor * dst);
 void ggml_compute_forward_norm(const struct ggml_compute_params * params, struct ggml_tensor * dst);
 void ggml_compute_forward_rms_norm(const struct ggml_compute_params * params, struct ggml_tensor * dst);
+void ggml_compute_forward_rms_norm_mul_fused(const struct ggml_compute_params * params, struct ggml_tensor * dst_rms_norm, struct ggml_tensor * dst_mul);
 void ggml_compute_forward_rms_norm_back(const struct ggml_compute_params * params, struct ggml_tensor * dst);
 void ggml_compute_forward_group_norm(const struct ggml_compute_params * params, struct ggml_tensor * dst);
 void ggml_compute_forward_l2_norm(const struct ggml_compute_params * params, struct ggml_tensor * dst);