einsum: Fallback to multiply-and-reduce for integer contractions - #4466
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Curious why we don't place this check before the can_dot call in the einsum function? Because right now, you add two extra parameters to the can_dot function while the purpose is just for checking (?).
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Great point @JasonHonKL! You are completely right—can_dot should remain purely a subscript topology check without requiring tensor instances.
I have updated the implementation so that can_dot keeps its original signature (const std::vector<Subscript>& inputs, const Subscript& output), and the issubdtype(promote_types(...), inexact) check is performed directly at the call site in einsum alongside can_dot. Pushed in commit f4090e0.
Fixes ml-explore#4463 Einsum lowered all contractions with can_dot to batch_tensordot, which invokes matmul. Because matmul requires inexact (floating or complex) dtypes, integer contractions like 'ij,jk->ik' failed with a ValueError. Check operand dtypes before invoking batch_tensordot and route non-inexact contractions to einsum_naive, which performs general multiply-and-reduce across all integer and boolean dtypes.
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Closing per #4463 (comment). @somuai Please do not lie about AI usage. |
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@zcbenz Just a suggestion, I don't know how feasible would that be. Recently I have been seeing, whenever I see an open unassigned issue, by the time I start even digging down or do some analysis, I see someone already raising a PR with code changes. I am in no way saying that we shouldn't use AI for coding. It's just that whoever is working should have full idea about what impact their changes might bring or the whole project would be a big chunk which noone understands. This might make things slow, but keeps things transparent for contributors, maintainers, as well as someone who wants to learn why we did what we did. PS: I have very little idea about project management and I'm very junior so if this doesn't sound logical/feasible, please ignore me 🥲 |
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Strictly speaking we require fully understanding of the problem and code when sending a PR, and for a lot of cases reasonable people should discuss first before asking their agent to send a fix, but we don't really have a good way to enforce that without adding more burdens on management. |
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Fixes #4463
Problem
mx.einsum lowers contractions using can_dot, which selects batch_tensordot (and subsequently matmul). Because matmul rejects non-floating point types, valid integer contractions (such as mx.einsum("ij,jk->ik", x, x)) fail with:
ValueError: [matmul] Only inexact types are supported but int32 and int32 were provided...
Solution
Update can_dot in mlx/einsum.cpp to verify that the promoted operand dtype is an inexact type before selecting the batch_tensordot fast path. When contracting integer or boolean arrays, can_dot evaluates to false, routing the operation to einsum_naive. einsum_naive uses general multiply-and-reduce, which natively supports all integer, unsigned integer, and boolean dtypes with exact mathematical precision.
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