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Make CUTLASS cooperative primitives installable as the standalone
cuda-coop-cutlass distribution, imported with import cuda.coop.cutlass as coop.
The package owns its implementation and compiler support; cuda.coop remains a
namespace parent.

The package provides cooperative primitive families, thread payloads, group
queries, shared-storage reservation/release, native CuTe interoperability and typed
scalar callbacks for Reduce and Scan. Runnable examples explain tracing, NVRTC LTO
linking and shared-memory allocation, including a Tensor Core example that composes
TMEM, cooperative TopK and subsequent MMA consumption. See the documentation
preview
and Tensor Core/TopK
walkthrough
.

Validation includes host/unit and strict typing checks, compilation with GPUs
hidden, representative runtime cases through both compiler routes, and the advanced
example on GB300. Those results remain tied to their recorded source. Native ARM Python JIT
now passes the reduction/shared-workspace examples and the FlashInfer norm/model
experiment using matched internal CuTe 4.9 prerelease wheels; this does not qualify
the unavailable stable public dependency. Earlier native CI passed Windows artifacts, while
Linux host/compiler jobs could not obtain the required public CUTLASS DSL version.
The dependency requirement is unchanged.

Explicit launch shared-memory budgets now include deferred cooperative scratch
while preserving larger caller reservations. Diagnostic rewrites preserve branches
that return host values. The fix passes 127 storage tests, six focused cases through
the alternate compiler route, and scoped pre-commit.

Nine CI tests and twelve routing fixtures pass, as does scoped pre-commit.
The ordinary package workflow payloads are preserved.

For draft iteration, an existing matrix override selects five CUTLASS jobs, including
one L4 runtime job gated by CPU compilation. Documentation stays enabled;
compile-time benchmarks, SASS comparison and devcontainer verification are skipped.
The override intentionally blocks aggregate CI until it is cleared for normal
acceptance testing. Package CI configuration stays with this PR; the separate CI
machinery proposal #12414 is closed.

This draft depends only on removal #12296 through
codex/cuda-coop-removal-base-12296, a comparison snapshot combining current main
with the unchanged removal head. Retarget after removal lands. No release packages
are uploaded.

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😬 CI Workflow Results

🟥 Finished in 5h 04m: Pass: 97%/488 | Total: 27d 02h | Max: 5h 03m | Hits: 18%/11369010

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1. CUB warp reduction lambdas rejected by NVRTC JIT · 7 jobs

Explanation: The `static_for` lambdas in `ShuffleReduce` and `FullShuffleReduce` lack execution-space annotations, so NVRTC treats them as host functions even though their enclosing methods are device functions. The identical source locations and NVRTC error cause the C Parallel, cuda.compute, minimal, and examples failures on Linux and Windows.

Evidence:

2026-11-04T01:46:57.2840100Z /home/coder/cccl/cub/cub/warp/specializations/warp_reduce_shfl.cuh(202): error: A function without execution space annotations (__host__/__device__/__global__) is considered a host function, and host functions are not allowed in JIT mode. Consider using -default-device flag to process unannotated functions as __device__ functions in JIT mode
2026-11-04T01:46:57.2933154Z /home/coder/cccl/cub/cub/warp/specializations/warp_reduce_shfl.cuh(192): error: A function without execution space annotations (__host__/__device__/__global__) is considered a host function, and host functions are not allowed in JIT mode. Consider using -default-device flag to process unannotated functions as __device__ functions in JIT mode
2026-11-04T01:46:57.3070152Z EXCEPTION in cccl_device_reduce_compile(): NVRTC error: NVRTC_ERROR_COMPILATION
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Workflow run: https://github.com/NVIDIA/cccl/actions/runs/41754657980
Failure group: CUB warp reduction lambdas rejected by NVRTC JIT
Affected jobs:
- CCCL C Parallel nvcc GCC / g / [CTK12.9 GCC13] Test(amd64, T4): https://github.com/NVIDIA/cccl/actions/runs/41754657980/job/126330465585
- Python nvcc GCC / Y8 / [CTK12.9 GCC13 py3.10] Test cuda.compute(amd64, L4): https://github.com/NVIDIA/cccl/actions/runs/41754657980/job/126333534096
- Python nvcc GCC / ZI / [CTK12.0 GCC13 py3.14] Test cuda.compute(amd64, T4): https://github.com/NVIDIA/cccl/actions/runs/41754657980/job/126333772219
- Python nvcc MSVC / as / [CTK12.9 MSVC14.44 py3.14 ctk-latest] Test cuda.cccl.examples(amd64, L4): https://github.com/NVIDIA/cccl/actions/runs/41754657980/job/126338700932
- Python nvcc MSVC / as / [CTK12.9 MSVC14.44 py3.14 ctk-latest] Test cuda.compute(amd64, L4): https://github.com/NVIDIA/cccl/actions/runs/41754657980/job/126338701054
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Verify the NVRTC failure narrowly, then update both `static_for` lambdas in `cub/cub/warp/specializations/warp_reduce_shfl.cuh` to be explicitly device-callable. The intended patch is to change `[&, value = input, reduction_op](const auto step) mutable` to `[&, value = input, reduction_op] _CCCL_DEVICE(const auto step) mutable`, and `[&](const auto step)` to `[&] _CCCL_DEVICE(const auto step)`. Confirm the annotation syntax against nearby CCCL extended lambdas, add or strengthen a focused NVRTC/JIT regression test if existing coverage does not isolate these paths, and run targeted C Parallel reduce plus cuda.compute compile/JIT validation on representative Linux and Windows configurations.

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2. cuda.coop.cutlass installation cannot resolve nvidia-cutlass-dsl 4.9 · 3 jobs

Explanation: The project wheel builds successfully, but installation stops before tests because its metadata requires `nvidia-cutlass-dsl>=4.9,<5` while the package index exposes no qualifying release for Python 3.10, 3.12, or 3.14. The evidence does not establish whether 4.9 should have been published or whether the repository requirement was advanced prematurely.

Evidence:

2026-11-04T01:35:42.1775560Z ERROR: No matching distribution found for nvidia-cutlass-dsl<5,>=4.9 (from cuda-coop-cutlass)
2026-11-04T01:35:42.1774284Z ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement nvidia-cutlass-dsl<5,>=4.9 (from cuda-coop-cutlass) (from versions: 4.2.0, 4.2.1, 4.3.0.dev0, 4.3.0, 4.3.1, 4.3.2, 4.3.3, 4.3.4, 4.3.5, 4.4.0.dev0, 4.4.0.dev1, 4.4.0, 4.4.1, 4.4.2, 4.5.0.dev0, 4.5.0, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.5.3, 4.6.0.dev0, 4.6.0, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.6.3, 4.7.0, 4.7.1, 4.8.0.dev0, 4.8.0, 4.8.1)
2026-11-04T01:35:41.9357086Z Processing ./wheelhouse/cuda_coop_cutlass-0.1.0.dev1+g595d90270-py3-none-any.whl (from cuda-coop-cutlass==0.1.0.dev1+g595d90270)
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Workflow run: https://github.com/NVIDIA/cccl/actions/runs/41754657980
Failure group: cuda.coop.cutlass installation cannot resolve nvidia-cutlass-dsl 4.9
Affected jobs:
- Python (cuda.coop.cutlass) nvcc GCC / [CTK13.4 GCC13 py3.10] Test cuda.coop.cutlass (host)(amd64): https://github.com/NVIDIA/cccl/actions/runs/41754657980/job/126327993370
- Python (cuda.coop.cutlass) nvcc GCC / [CTK13.4 GCC13 py3.14] Test cuda.coop.cutlass (host)(amd64): https://github.com/NVIDIA/cccl/actions/runs/41754657980/job/126327993426
- Python (cuda.coop.cutlass) nvcc GCC / Ys / [CTK13.4 GCC13 py3.12] Compile cuda.coop.cutlass (GPU hidden)(amd64): https://github.com/NVIDIA/cccl/actions/runs/41754657980/job/126327998557

Reproduce package resolution for the Python 3.10, 3.12, and 3.14 CI environments and verify the intended CUTLASS DSL release contract. If 4.9 is required, ensure that a compatible distribution is published and visible to the CI index; if the implementation remains compatible with 4.8.1, align both `python/cuda_coop_cutlass/pyproject.toml` and `ci/cuda_coop_cutlass_requirements.txt` to a released lower bound such as `>=4.8.1,<5` rather than bypassing dependency checks. Then run the focused host tests for Python 3.10 and 3.14 and the GPU-hidden compile stage for Python 3.12 with `ci/test_cuda_coop_cutlass.sh`.

Jobs:

3. MatX configuration requires missing SciPy package · 1 job

Explanation: MatX configuration checks Python dependencies and treats missing SciPy as fatal, while `ci/matx/build_matx.sh` installs only NumPy. Missing CuPy is reported as optional and is not the decisive failure.

Evidence:

2026-11-04T01:35:32.5850461Z CMake Error at cmake/CheckPythonLibs.cmake:39 (message):
2026-11-04T01:35:32.5850997Z   The scipy Python3 package is not installed.  Please install it using the
2026-11-04T01:35:08.1575198Z Successfully installed numpy-2.5.4
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Failure group: MatX configuration requires missing SciPy package
Affected jobs:
- Build MatX (optional) / Build MatX: https://github.com/NVIDIA/cccl/actions/runs/41754657980/job/126327989943

Verify the dependency requirements of the MatX revision used by CI, then update `ci/matx/build_matx.sh` so its Python environment includes all required MatX test dependencies before CMake configuration. Prefer cloning MatX first and installing its versioned `test/requirements.txt` if that file is the upstream source of truth; otherwise add an explicit SciPy installation alongside NumPy. Reproduce the configure failure narrowly, implement the dependency setup fix, and rerun the focused MatX configure/build workflow.

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Package CUTLASS primitives under their qualified namespace with a
private, matching CCCL header bundle and explicit compiler capability
checks. Keep the parent cuda.coop namespace available for coexistence.

Signed-off-by: Trent Nelson <trent@trent.me>
Preserve thread hierarchy, register and TensorSSA adapters, inferred
payload types, and explicit shared storage reservation and release.
Move CUB planning and compiler-owned linking, caching, and scratch
allocation into CUTLASS-private modules without neutral dispatch.

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Preserve shared sources, storage reuse, alignment and tail controls.
Stage global data with native CuTe copies before returning shared Loads.

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Show the mechanisms cuda.coop.cutlass uses to call CUB from a CuTe kernel
in one self-contained script: a trace-time entry point, exact launch facts,
a cute.ffi call to a symbol compiled later, a trace-finalize hook that
compiles the wrapper with NVRTC to LTO-IR and attaches it through the
gpu.module link-libraries attribute, and shared memory allocated after
NVRTC reports the CUB TempStorage layout.

The accompanying page explains each step, shows the finalized module and
the linked cubin, lists what the package adds beyond the script, and
records the questions open for CUTLASS reviewers. A runtime test runs the
script in an isolated interpreter and checks that it never imports
cuda.coop.cutlass.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Trent Nelson <trent@trent.me>
Add a primer for developers without prior CUTLASS or CuTe DSL experience.
It explains which part of CUTLASS the package depends on, walks through a
CuTe kernel, and describes how the DSL compiles a function: a source-level
AST rewrite of control flow, execution of the body with symbolic values,
and finalize hooks that run before the module hash and device link. It
contrasts that model with PyTorch Dynamo, Numba, and Triton, notes the
optional PyIR mode, and maps each integration need to the DSL facility and
cuda.coop.cutlass module that serves it. It closes with the private
interfaces the package checks for, a reading guide to the DSL sources, and
shared vocabulary.

Link the primer from the overview, the Developer Guide, and the minimal
integration example.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Trent Nelson <trent@trent.me>
Compile typed binary operators to device LTO-IR before kernel tracing.
Give each compiled body a content-based symbol and link it through the
existing CUB provider with matching dtype and target checks.

Expose compile_operator and DeviceOperator, and cover callback results,
ABI validation, cache isolation, retry behavior, and final inlining.
Show host-side callback preparation and its use with Reduce and Scan.
Describe the scalar signature, target matching, associative operator
contract, and explicit initial values for exclusive scans.
Propagate errors from the required Pathfinder dependency instead of
silently selecting headers from another CUDA installation. Keep the
existing fallbacks when discovery returns no usable header directory,
and cover error propagation with a focused regression test.
Use Pathfinder to locate cuobjdump and compute-sanitizer across
supported CUDA installations. Match the runtime CI preflight to the
tests and require the binary-discovery API in the test extra.
Collect implementation includes alongside shared renderer preambles so
load/store bundles avoid unrelated block and warp headers.

Signed-off-by: Trent Nelson <trent@trent.me>
Explain DSL argument adaptation, control-flow staging and launch facts.
Qualify PyIR support and the integration example prerequisites, and
describe how load results become per-thread scalar expressions.

Signed-off-by: Trent Nelson <trent@trent.me>
Limit the standalone example subprocess to three minutes so a
synchronization regression cannot leave the test running indefinitely.

Signed-off-by: Trent Nelson <trent@trent.me>
Describe the per-invocation option copies used by the CUTLASS 4.9
candidate and remove the obsolete request for upstream option resets.
Use CUDA_COOP_CUTLASS names for package and example settings.
Honor provider cache directory changes after in-memory hits so
subsequent compilation uses the selected artifact location.
Display syntax-highlighted source alongside each download and remove
the redundant neighbor-operations navigation stub.
The standalone examples inherited the root 88-column configuration.
Reuse the package rules so Ruff also enforces 80 columns and checks
long lines in the executable documentation.
CuTe normally groups traced kernels in one GPU module. Keep visiting
every GPU module to match its link-library collection, and document
that choice beside both provider registration loops.
Keep independent CuTe helper allocations live while three scratch lanes
interleave cooperative operations and reuse storage in runtime loops.
Document that CuTe places allocations across allocator instances.
Exercise batched MMA windows with cooperative selection between each
Tensor Core operation. Check native tensor-memory roundtrips and the
following accumulator update against independent numerical references.
Use cuda.coop.cutlass directly throughout examples and tests. The old
selectors invoked the same implementation and duplicated test cases.

Keep distinct native payload and output-layout coverage, and update
example names, type aliases and documentation to describe one API.
Add a runnable example that moves MMA accumulators from tensor memory
to registers, selects keys cooperatively, and writes them back for the
next matrix product. Explain layouts, storage and synchronization with
inline source and a downloadable program.

Run the example from the existing runtime test so its numerical checks
and documented implementation stay together.
Describe scalar operations and planner types without references to the
retired common and qualified API split.
Keep the extracted snippet self-contained so copied annotations resolve.
Use the existing project and workflow registrations for standalone
CUTLASS qualification. Track its package inputs and bundled licenses
through the existing change classifier, and remove the package fragment.
Use the existing override while the package is under development.
Keep documentation enabled and restore full coverage before landing.

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Preserve caller shared-memory reservations while including the final
layout required by cooperative primitives. Otherwise an explicit budget
can underallocate after scratch alignment. Refresh size diagnostics only
when their branches do not produce values consumed by host code.
Show the handoffs between CuTe, the example integration, NVRTC, and
nvJitLink so readers can follow tracing, linking, and GPU execution.

Keep the lanes readable through contained scrolling on narrow screens.

Signed-off-by: Trent Nelson <trent@trent.me>
Use the CUDA shared-to-generic intrinsic so NVRTC and LTO retain the
scratch address space and emit shared loads and stores. Opaque inline
assembly hid that information and left generic memory instructions.

Keep the integration example consistent and guard shared-memory codegen
in the existing final-cubin tests.

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