Add dynamic quantization support to gemlite layout

torchao/dtypes/uintx/gemlite_layout.py

@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ def get_gemlite_aqt_kwargs(
     group_size=64,
     bit_width=4,
     packing_bitwidth=None,
+    mode="weight_only",
     use_hqq=True,
 ):
     if gemlite is None:
@@ -108,6 +109,10 @@ def get_gemlite_aqt_kwargs(
         f"Invalid packing bitwidth, got {packing_bitwidth}"
     )
 
+    assert mode in ["weight_only", "dynamic"], (
+        f"Invalid mode: should be either weight_only or dynamic, got {mode}"
+    )
+
     out_features, in_features = weight.shape
     group_size = in_features if group_size is None else group_size
 
@@ -116,6 +121,7 @@ def get_gemlite_aqt_kwargs(
         group_size=group_size,
         bit_width=bit_width,
         packing_bitwidth=packing_bitwidth,
+        mode=mode,
     )
     aqt_kwargs["use_hqq"] = use_hqq
     return aqt_kwargs
@@ -126,6 +132,7 @@ class GemlitePackedLayout(Layout):
     group_size: Optional[int] = 128
     bit_width: int = 4
     packing_bitwidth: Optional[int] = None
+    mode: Optional[str] = "weight_only"
 
 
 @register_layout(GemlitePackedLayout)
@@ -202,13 +209,24 @@ def from_plain(
         group_size, bit_width = _layout.group_size, _layout.bit_width
         out_features, in_features = int_data.shape
         packing_bitwidth = _layout.packing_bitwidth
+        mode = _layout.mode
 
         if bit_width == 8 and group_size == in_features:
-            gemlite_linear = gemlite.helper.A16W8(device=int_data.device).from_weights(
+            processor = (
+                gemlite.helper.A8W8_int8_dynamic
+                if mode == "dynamic"
+                else gemlite.helper.A16W8
+            )
+            gemlite_linear = processor(device=int_data.device).from_weights(
                 int_data, scales=scale, bias=None
             )
         else:
-            gemlite_linear = gemlite.helper.A16Wn(
+            processor = (
+                gemlite.helper.A8Wn_dynamic
+                if mode == "dynamic"
+                else gemlite.helper.A16Wn
+            )
+            gemlite_linear = processor(
                 device=int_data.device, packing_bitwidth=packing_bitwidth
             ).from_weights(
                 int_data, scale, zero_point, bit_width, group_size, bias=None

torchao/quantization/autoquant.py

@@ -742,10 +742,16 @@ def from_float(cls, weight):
 
         bit_width = 4
         packing_bitwidth = None
+        mode = "weight_only"
         use_hqq = True
 
         aqt_kwargs = get_gemlite_aqt_kwargs(
-            weight, cls.group_size, bit_width, packing_bitwidth, use_hqq
+            weight,
+            group_size=cls.group_size,
+            bit_width=bit_width,
+            packing_bitwidth=packing_bitwidth,
+            mode=mode,
+            use_hqq=use_hqq,
         )
         weight = to_affine_quantized_intx(weight, **aqt_kwargs)
         input_quant_func = _to_float16

torchao/quantization/quant_api.py

@@ -986,13 +986,14 @@ class GemliteUIntXWeightOnlyConfig(AOBaseConfig):
          size is more fine grained
         `bit_width`: bit width of the quantized weight.
         `packing_bitwidth`: bit width of the packed weight, should be 8 or 32. Can have performance impacts depending on hardware.
-        `contiguous`: if set, the weight will be packed as specified. Leaving it as None lets gemlite determine the best choice.
+        `mode`: if set to "dynamic", activations are quantized at runtime; default is "weight_only" (weight-only quantization).
         `set_inductor_config`: if True, adjusts `torchinductor` settings to recommended values.
     """
 
     group_size: Optional[int] = 128
     bit_width: int = 4
     packing_bitwidth: Optional[int] = None
+    mode: Optional[str] = "weight_only"
     set_inductor_config: bool = True
 
 
@@ -1007,6 +1008,7 @@ def _gemlite_uintx_weight_only_transform(
     group_size = config.group_size
     bit_width = config.bit_width
     packing_bitwidth = config.packing_bitwidth
+    mode = config.mode
     if config.set_inductor_config:
         torchao.quantization.utils.recommended_inductor_config_setter()
 
@@ -1018,7 +1020,12 @@ def _gemlite_uintx_weight_only_transform(
     new_weight = to_affine_quantized_intx(
         weight,
         **get_gemlite_aqt_kwargs(
-            weight, group_size, bit_width, packing_bitwidth, use_hqq
+            weight,
+            group_size=group_size,
+            bit_width=bit_width,
+            packing_bitwidth=packing_bitwidth,
+            mode=mode,
+            use_hqq=use_hqq,
         ),
     )
     module.weight = torch.nn.Parameter(new_weight, requires_grad=False)