Add --no_transposed_cache CLI flag for export pipeline

examples/models/llama/export_llama_lib.py

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
 # All rights reserved.
 # Copyright 2025-2026 Arm Limited and/or its affiliates.
@@ -334,6 +334,21 @@
         action="store_true",
         help="Whether to use sdpa_with_kv_cache update op when using kv cache",
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--no_transposed_cache",
+        dest="use_transposed_cache",
+        default=True,
+        action="store_false",
+        help="Disable transposed KV cache layout [B, H, S, D]. By default transposed cache is used for better SDPA performance.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--cache_transpose",
+        type=str,
+        default=None,
+        choices=["none", "all", "v_only", "k_only"],
+        help="Per-cache transpose control. Overrides --no_transposed_cache. "
+             "'v_only' transposes only the V cache for SDPA locality benefits.",
+    )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--disable_dynamic_shape",
         dest="enable_dynamic_shape",
@@ -766,6 +781,7 @@
             ),
             use_sdpa_with_kv_cache=llm_config.model.use_sdpa_with_kv_cache,
             use_transposed_cache=llm_config.model.use_transposed_cache,
+            cache_transpose=llm_config.model.cache_transpose,
             quantize_kv_cache=llm_config.model.quantize_kv_cache,
             use_kv_cache=llm_config.model.use_kv_cache,
             qnn=llm_config.backend.qnn.enabled,
@@ -1605,6 +1621,7 @@
     use_custom_sdpa_with_attention_mask: bool = False,
     use_sdpa_with_kv_cache: bool = False,
     use_transposed_cache: bool = True,
+    cache_transpose: Optional[str] = None,
     quantize_kv_cache: bool = False,
     use_kv_cache: bool = False,
     qnn: bool = False,
@@ -1642,6 +1659,7 @@
         use_custom_sdpa_with_attention_mask: Whether to use custom SDPA with attention mask.
         use_sdpa_with_kv_cache: Whether to use SDPA with KV cache.
         use_transposed_cache: Whether to store KV cache in transposed layout [B, H, S, D].
+        cache_transpose: Per-cache transpose control ('none','all','v_only','k_only'). Overrides use_transposed_cache.
         quantize_kv_cache: Whether to quantize KV cache.
         use_kv_cache: Whether to use KV cache.
         qnn: Whether to use QNN.
@@ -1737,19 +1755,28 @@
     use_attention_mask_for_custom_sdpa = use_custom_sdpa_with_attention_mask
 
     if use_sdpa_with_kv_cache:
+        # Resolve per-cache transpose flags
+        if cache_transpose is not None:
+            transpose_k = cache_transpose in ("all", "k_only")
+            transpose_v = cache_transpose in ("all", "v_only")
+        else:
+            transpose_k = use_transposed_cache
+            transpose_v = use_transposed_cache
+
+        # SDPA uses is_seq_at_dim_2=True when any cache is transposed,
+        # since KVCache always returns [B, H, S, D] for Attention.
+        sdpa_seq_at_dim_2 = transpose_k or transpose_v
+
         transforms.append(
-            partial(replace_kv_cache_with_custom_kv_cache, is_seq_at_dim_2=use_transposed_cache)
+            partial(replace_kv_cache_with_custom_kv_cache, transpose_k=transpose_k, transpose_v=transpose_v)
         )
-        # todo: do this optionally
-        # if use attention mask instead of causal attention
-        # then create partial function that sets use_attention_mask=True
         if use_attention_mask_for_custom_sdpa:
             transforms.append(
-                partial(replace_sdpa_with_custom_op, use_attention_mask=True, is_seq_at_dim_2=use_transposed_cache)
+                partial(replace_sdpa_with_custom_op, use_attention_mask=True, is_seq_at_dim_2=sdpa_seq_at_dim_2)
             )
         else:
             transforms.append(
-                partial(replace_sdpa_with_custom_op, is_seq_at_dim_2=use_transposed_cache)
+                partial(replace_sdpa_with_custom_op, is_seq_at_dim_2=sdpa_seq_at_dim_2)
             )
 
     if quantize_kv_cache:

examples/models/llama/source_transformation/custom_kv_cache.py

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
 # All rights reserved.
 #
@@ -334,31 +334,39 @@
 
 
 class CustomKVCache(nn.Module):
+    """Custom KV cache with independent K/V transpose control.
+
+    Args:
+        transpose_k: If True, K cache is stored as [B, H, S, D] (transposed).
+            If False, stored as [B, S, H, D] (standard).
+        transpose_v: If True, V cache is stored as [B, H, S, D] (transposed).
+            If False, stored as [B, S, H, D] (standard).
+    """
     def __init__(
         self,
         max_batch_size: int,
         max_context_length: int,
         n_heads: int,
         head_dim: int,
         dtype=torch.float32,
-        is_seq_at_dim_2: bool = False,
+        transpose_k: bool = False,
+        transpose_v: bool = False,
     ):
-        self.is_seq_at_dim_2 = is_seq_at_dim_2
         super().__init__()
+        self.transpose_k = transpose_k
+        self.transpose_v = transpose_v
         self.max_context_length = max_context_length
-        if self.is_seq_at_dim_2:
-            cache_shape = (max_batch_size, n_heads, max_context_length, head_dim)
-        else:
-            cache_shape = (max_batch_size, max_context_length, n_heads, head_dim)
-
         self.max_batch_size = max_batch_size
         self.n_heads = n_heads
         self.head_dim = head_dim
+
+        transposed_shape = (max_batch_size, n_heads, max_context_length, head_dim)
+        standard_shape = (max_batch_size, max_context_length, n_heads, head_dim)
         self.register_buffer(
-            "k_cache", torch.zeros(cache_shape, dtype=dtype, device="cpu")
+            "k_cache", torch.zeros(transposed_shape if transpose_k else standard_shape, dtype=dtype, device="cpu")
         )
         self.register_buffer(
-            "v_cache", torch.zeros(cache_shape, dtype=dtype, device="cpu")
+            "v_cache", torch.zeros(transposed_shape if transpose_v else standard_shape, dtype=dtype, device="cpu")
         )
 
     def update(
@@ -368,43 +376,45 @@
         v_val: torch.Tensor,
         indices: Optional[torch.Tensor] = None,
     ) -> Tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]:
-        # input_pos: [S], k_val: [B, H, S, D]
-        if not self.is_seq_at_dim_2:
-            k_val = k_val.transpose(1, 2)
-            v_val = v_val.transpose(1, 2)
+        # input_pos: [S], k_val/v_val: [B, H, S, D] from Attention
         start_pos = input_pos[0].item()
 
+        # Transpose k_val to match cache layout if needed
+        k_for_cache = k_val if self.transpose_k else k_val.transpose(1, 2)
+        v_for_cache = v_val if self.transpose_v else v_val.transpose(1, 2)
+
         if indices is not None:
             _ = torch.ops.llama.update_cache_with_indices(
-                k_val, self.k_cache, start_pos, indices, self.is_seq_at_dim_2
+                k_for_cache, self.k_cache, start_pos, indices, self.transpose_k
             )
             _ = torch.ops.llama.update_cache_with_indices(
-                v_val, self.v_cache, start_pos, indices, self.is_seq_at_dim_2
+                v_for_cache, self.v_cache, start_pos, indices, self.transpose_v
             )
         else:
-            _ = torch.ops.llama.update_cache(k_val, self.k_cache, start_pos, self.is_seq_at_dim_2)
-            _ = torch.ops.llama.update_cache(v_val, self.v_cache, start_pos, self.is_seq_at_dim_2)
+            _ = torch.ops.llama.update_cache(k_for_cache, self.k_cache, start_pos, self.transpose_k)
+            _ = torch.ops.llama.update_cache(v_for_cache, self.v_cache, start_pos, self.transpose_v)
 
-        if not self.is_seq_at_dim_2:
-            return (k_val.transpose(1, 2), v_val.transpose(1, 2))
-        else:
-            return (self.k_cache, self.v_cache)
+        # Return both caches in [B, H, S, D] for Attention
+        k_out = self.k_cache if self.transpose_k else self.k_cache.transpose(1, 2)
+        v_out = self.v_cache if self.transpose_v else self.v_cache.transpose(1, 2)
+        return (k_out, v_out)
 
 
-def replace_kv_cache_with_custom_kv_cache(module, is_seq_at_dim_2=True):
+def replace_kv_cache_with_custom_kv_cache(module, transpose_k=False, transpose_v=False):
     """
     Replace KVCache with CustomKVCache. This modifies the model in place.
-    When is_seq_at_dim_2=True, cache is stored as [B, H, S, D] (transposed),
-    which improves SDPA GEMM performance via better memory locality.
-    When is_seq_at_dim_2=False, cache is stored as [B, S, H, D] (standard).
+    K and V caches can be independently transposed:
+    - transpose_k=True: K cache stored as [B, H, S, D] (transposed)
+    - transpose_v=True: V cache stored as [B, H, S, D] (transposed)
+    - When False, cache is stored as [B, S, H, D] (standard)
     """
     logging.info(
         "Replacing KVCache with CustomKVCache. This modifies the model in place."
     )
-    return _replace_kv_cache_with_custom_kv_cache(module, is_seq_at_dim_2=is_seq_at_dim_2)
+    return _replace_kv_cache_with_custom_kv_cache(module, transpose_k=transpose_k, transpose_v=transpose_v)
 
 
-def _replace_kv_cache_with_custom_kv_cache(module, is_seq_at_dim_2=True):
+def _replace_kv_cache_with_custom_kv_cache(module, transpose_k=False, transpose_v=False):
     for name, child in module.named_children():
         if isinstance(child, KVCache):
             cache_dtype = child.k_cache.dtype
@@ -421,11 +431,12 @@
                     n_heads,
                     head_dim,
                     dtype=cache_dtype,
-                    is_seq_at_dim_2=is_seq_at_dim_2,
+                    transpose_k=transpose_k,
+                    transpose_v=transpose_v,
                 ),
             )
         else:
-            _replace_kv_cache_with_custom_kv_cache(child, is_seq_at_dim_2=is_seq_at_dim_2)
+            _replace_kv_cache_with_custom_kv_cache(child, transpose_k=transpose_k, transpose_v=transpose_v)
     return module
 
 

examples/models/llama/source_transformation/sdpa.py

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
 # All rights reserved.
 #
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
         super().__init__()
         self.dim = dim
         self.use_attention_mask = use_attention_mask
+        # When True, Q/K/V are in [B, H, S, D] and custom_sdpa uses seq_dim=2.
+        # When False, they are transposed to [B, S, H, D] and custom_sdpa uses seq_dim=1.
         self.is_seq_at_dim_2 = is_seq_at_dim_2
 
     def forward(
@@ -40,13 +42,13 @@
         seqlen,
         mask,
     ):
+        # Q, K, V arrive in [B, H, S, D] from Attention.
+        # If is_seq_at_dim_2=False, transpose to [B, S, H, D] for the op.
         if not self.is_seq_at_dim_2:
-            q = q.transpose(1, 2)  # (bs, seqlen, n_local_heads, head_dim)
+            q = q.transpose(1, 2)
             k = k.transpose(1, 2)
             v = v.transpose(1, 2)
 
-        # Custom op only supports float32 currently. Converting to/from float32 is
-        # faster than not having the op.
         input_dtype = q.dtype
         q = q.to(dtype=torch.float)
         k = k.to(dtype=torch.float)
@@ -58,9 +60,9 @@
                 k,
                 v,
                 input_pos[0].item(),
-                mask,  # Attention mask
-                0,  # dropout probability. Ignored by the code
-                False,  # is_causal
+                mask,
+                0,
+                False,
                 scale=None,
                 is_seq_dim_2=self.is_seq_at_dim_2,
             )
@@ -70,9 +72,9 @@
                 k,
                 v,
                 input_pos[0].item(),
-                None,  # Attention mask
-                0,  # dropout probability. Ignored by the code
-                True,  # is_causal
+                None,
+                0,
+                True,
                 scale=None,
                 is_seq_dim_2=self.is_seq_at_dim_2,
             )

extension/llm/export/config/llm_config.py

@@ -178,6 +178,12 @@ class ModelConfig:
             [B, H, S, D] instead of standard [B, S, H, D]. Transposed layout
             improves SDPA performance by enabling contiguous memory access in
             the attn_score @ V GEMM (stride D instead of H*D along seq dim).
+            Controls both K and V caches together. For per-cache control, use
+            cache_transpose instead.
+        cache_transpose: Per-cache transpose control. One of 'none', 'all',
+            'v_only', 'k_only'. Overrides use_transposed_cache when set.
+            'v_only' transposes only the V cache, which may give SDPA locality
+            benefits for the attn @ V GEMM without the overhead of transposing K.
         expand_rope_table: Temporary workaround to expand sin/cos table in head
             dim to take vectorized path in optimized kernels.
         use_attention_sink: Whether to use attention sink to support multi-round
@@ -199,6 +205,7 @@ class ModelConfig:
     use_shared_embedding: bool = False
     use_sdpa_with_kv_cache: bool = False
     use_transposed_cache: bool = True
+    cache_transpose: Optional[str] = None
     expand_rope_table: bool = False
     use_attention_sink: Optional[str] = None
     output_prune_map: Optional[str] = None
@@ -686,6 +693,10 @@ def from_args(cls, args: argparse.Namespace) -> "LlmConfig":  # noqa: C901
             llm_config.model.use_shared_embedding = args.use_shared_embedding
         if hasattr(args, "use_sdpa_with_kv_cache"):
             llm_config.model.use_sdpa_with_kv_cache = args.use_sdpa_with_kv_cache
+        if hasattr(args, "use_transposed_cache"):
+            llm_config.model.use_transposed_cache = args.use_transposed_cache
+        if hasattr(args, "cache_transpose") and args.cache_transpose is not None:
+            llm_config.model.cache_transpose = args.cache_transpose
         if hasattr(args, "expand_rope_table"):
             llm_config.model.expand_rope_table = args.expand_rope_table
         if hasattr(args, "use_attention_sink"):