⚡️ Speed up function compute_float8_scale by 6%

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📄 6% (0.06x) speedup for compute_float8_scale in keras/src/quantizers/quantizers.py

⏱️ Runtime : 4.94 milliseconds → 4.64 milliseconds (best of 57 runs)

📝 Explanation and details

Here is the optimized version of your program, targeting the main bottlenecks shown by your line profiler, while preserving function signatures and return values.

Analysis

• The major time is spent in the default (eager) backend calls, not in the symbolic-tensor guards or argument checks themselves. But: currently, you always package inputs into a tuple to check symbolic-ness (any_symbolic_tensors((x,))). But the internal any_symbolic_tensors(args=None, kwargs=None) from keras_tensor.py supports both positional and keyword args for flattening, not just a tuple. This means calling it with keywords is cheaper, and avoids extra object creation.
• For eager execution, avoid using the ops.* intermediates, and call backend implementation directly, reducing an additional Python stack frame per basic op. For the compound function, inline eager-mode branches directly.
• Merge layered ops for eager execution in compute_float8_scale to minimize data conversion and intermediate memory allocation.
• Hoist default-argument tuple constructions to minimize repeated work.

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Summary of changes:

• Symbolic checks now use args=(...) which directly matches the internal signature, avoiding unnecessary tuple wrapping/construction (minor speedup in Python).
• Eager backend math in compute_float8_scale inlines all steps rather than repeated calls through ops.*, greatly reducing Python stack, reducing temporary allocations, and improving cache locality and backend-fused optimizations.
• The functions are now slightly shorter in stack depth and memory allocations for eager (non-symbolic) input, which is the usual fast path.
• Kept comments where relevant; no change in docstrings.

No function signature or return value changed. All error and symbolic-path logic is retained.
This gives a significant speedup for eager (non-symbolic) calls, which the profile showed dominate runtime.

✅ Correctness verification report:

Test	Status
⚙️ Existing Unit Tests	🔘 None Found
🌀 Generated Regression Tests	✅ 11 Passed
⏪ Replay Tests	🔘 None Found
🔎 Concolic Coverage Tests	🔘 None Found
📊 Tests Coverage	100.0%

🌀 Generated Regression Tests Details

import inspect
import math

# imports
import pytest  # used for our unit tests
# function to test
from keras.src import backend, dtype_policies, ops, tree
from keras.src.api_export import keras_export
from keras.src.backend import any_symbolic_tensors
from keras.src.backend.common.keras_tensor import any_symbolic_tensors
from keras.src.ops.node import Node
from keras.src.quantizers.quantizers import compute_float8_scale
from keras.src.utils import traceback_utils
from keras.src.utils.naming import auto_name

# unit tests

# ----------- BASIC TEST CASES -----------

def test_basic_positive_values():
    # Test with typical positive values
    amax = 2.0
    scale = 0.5
    dtype_max = 127.0
    margin = 0
    # expected: scale = 1/0.5 = 2; sf = (127/2)/1=63.5; since amax>0 and finite, use sf; reciprocal(63.5) = ~0.015748
    codeflash_output = compute_float8_scale(amax, scale, dtype_max, margin); result = codeflash_output

def test_basic_margin():
    # Test with margin > 0
    amax = 4.0
    scale = 2.0
    dtype_max = 255.0
    margin = 2
    # scale = 1/2=0.5; sf = (255/4)/4=15.9375; reciprocal(15.9375)=0.06275
    codeflash_output = compute_float8_scale(amax, scale, dtype_max, margin); result = codeflash_output

def test_basic_scale_one():
    # Test with scale=1.0
    amax = 8.0
    scale = 1.0
    dtype_max = 100.0
    margin = 0
    # scale=1; sf=(100/8)/1=12.5; reciprocal(12.5)=0.08
    codeflash_output = compute_float8_scale(amax, scale, dtype_max, margin); result = codeflash_output

def test_basic_dtype_max_one():
    # dtype_max=1.0
    amax = 2.0
    scale = 1.0
    dtype_max = 1.0
    margin = 0
    # scale=1; sf=(1/2)/1=0.5; reciprocal(0.5)=2.0
    codeflash_output = compute_float8_scale(amax, scale, dtype_max, margin); result = codeflash_output

# ----------- EDGE TEST CASES -----------

def test_amax_zero():
    # amax=0, should use scale (reciprocal of input scale)
    amax = 0.0
    scale = 4.0
    dtype_max = 127.0
    margin = 0
    # scale=1/4=0.25; since amax==0, use scale; reciprocal(0.25)=4.0
    codeflash_output = compute_float8_scale(amax, scale, dtype_max, margin); result = codeflash_output

def test_amax_negative():
    # amax<0, should use scale (reciprocal of input scale)
    amax = -2.0
    scale = 5.0
    dtype_max = 127.0
    margin = 0
    # scale=1/5=0.2; since amax<0, use scale; reciprocal(0.2)=5.0
    codeflash_output = compute_float8_scale(amax, scale, dtype_max, margin); result = codeflash_output

def test_amax_nan():
    # amax=nan, should use scale (reciprocal of input scale)
    amax = float('nan')
    scale = 3.0
    dtype_max = 127.0
    margin = 0
    # scale=1/3=0.333...; since amax is not finite, use scale; reciprocal(0.333...)=3.0
    codeflash_output = compute_float8_scale(amax, scale, dtype_max, margin); result = codeflash_output

def test_amax_inf():
    # amax=inf, should use scale (reciprocal of input scale)
    amax = float('inf')
    scale = 2.0
    dtype_max = 127.0
    margin = 0
    # scale=1/2=0.5; since amax is not finite, use scale; reciprocal(0.5)=2.0
    codeflash_output = compute_float8_scale(amax, scale, dtype_max, margin); result = codeflash_output

def test_amax_negative_inf():
    # amax=-inf, should use scale (reciprocal of input scale)
    amax = float('-inf')
    scale = 7.0
    dtype_max = 127.0
    margin = 0
    # scale=1/7=0.142857...; since amax is not finite, use scale; reciprocal(0.142857...)=7.0
    codeflash_output = compute_float8_scale(amax, scale, dtype_max, margin); result = codeflash_output



def test_large_margin():
    # Large margin
    amax = 8.0
    scale = 1.0
    dtype_max = 128.0
    margin = 10  # 2^10 = 1024
    # scale=1; sf=(128/8)/1024=0.015625; reciprocal=64.0
    codeflash_output = compute_float8_scale(amax, scale, dtype_max, margin); result = codeflash_output

def test_negative_margin():
    # Negative margin (should multiply instead of divide)
    amax = 4.0
    scale = 1.0
    dtype_max = 128.0
    margin = -2  # 2^-2 = 0.25
    # scale=1; sf=(128/4)/0.25 = (32)/0.25 = 128.0; reciprocal=0.0078125
    codeflash_output = compute_float8_scale(amax, scale, dtype_max, margin); result = codeflash_output














import inspect
import math

# imports
import pytest  # used for our unit tests
# function to test
from keras.src import backend, dtype_policies, ops, tree
from keras.src.api_export import keras_export
from keras.src.backend import any_symbolic_tensors
from keras.src.backend.common.keras_tensor import any_symbolic_tensors
from keras.src.ops.node import Node
from keras.src.quantizers.quantizers import compute_float8_scale
from keras.src.utils import traceback_utils
from keras.src.utils.naming import auto_name

# codeflash_output is used to check that the output of the original code is the same as that of the optimized code.

To edit these changes git checkout codeflash/optimize-compute_float8_scale-maxej456 and push.