[LinalgExt] Fix attention NaN for fully-masked rows (#24178) Attention softmax normalization produced `NaN` for fully-masked rows. The failing case is: - masked scores are all `-inf` - softmax numerator becomes `0` - softmax denominator becomes `0` - final normalization computes `0 / 0` PyTorch SDPA uses `_safe_softmax`, which explicitly zeroes fully-masked rows, so IREE should produce `0` here instead of `NaN`. This PR handles that in both attention lowering paths: - Standalone `iree_linalg_ext.attention` decomposition clamps the row softmax denominator with `max(sum, 1)` before `P / sum`. - Online attention finalization keeps the existing unmasked `(1 / sum) * x` IR unchanged. - Masked online attention guards the existing finalization loop so `sum == 0` yields `0` instead of `NaN`, avoiding an extra row-level pass. For non-fully-masked rows, the softmax denominator is unchanged: after max subtraction, at least one term is `exp(0) = 1`, so `sum >= 1`. Fixes #24175. --------- Signed-off-by: Keshav Vinayak Jha <keshavvinayakjha@gmail.com>
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| Date | Title | Recording | Slides |
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| 2025-06-10 | Data-Tiling in IREE: Achieving High Performance Through Compiler Design (AsiaLLVM) | recording | slides |
| 2025-05-17 | Introduction to GPU architecture and IREE's GPU CodeGen Pipeline | recording | slides |
| 2025-02-12 | The Long Tail of AI: SPIR-V in IREE and MLIR (Vulkanised) | recording | slides |
| 2024-10-01 | Unveiling the Inner Workings of IREE: An MLIR-Based Compiler for Diverse Hardware | recording | |
| 2021-06-09 | IREE Runtime Design Tech Talk | recording | slides |
| 2020-08-20 | IREE CodeGen (MLIR Open Design Meeting) | recording | slides |
| 2020-03-18 | Interactive HAL IR Walkthrough | recording | |
| 2020-01-31 | End-to-end MLIR Workflow in IREE (MLIR Open Design Meeting) | recording | slides |
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