add a benchmark for casting a tensor to MX across dim0 and dim1 (#1787)

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Author: vkuzo

benchmarks/float8/profile_lowp_training.py

@@ -306,8 +306,9 @@ def main(
             "fwd",
             "cast_only",
             "cast_with_to_blocked",
+            "cast_only_dim0_dim1",
         )
-    ), "mode_filter must be one of `fwd_bwd`, `fwd`, `cast_only`, `cast_with_to_blocked`"
+    ), "mode_filter must be one of `fwd_bwd`, `fwd`, `cast_only`, `cast_with_to_blocked`, `cast_only_dim0_dim1`"
     if mode_filter == "cast_only":
         assert experiment_filter == "lowp", "unsupported"
 
@@ -395,6 +396,23 @@ def cast_with_to_blocked(x_hp):
         scale_blocked = to_blocked(x_mx._scale_e8m0.reshape(m, k // config.block_size))
         return x_mx._data, scale_blocked
 
+    # this function is used for cast_only_dim0_dim1
+    def cast_only_dim0_dim1(x_hp):
+        x_hp_t_c = x_hp.t().contiguous()
+        x_mx_dim0 = MXTensor.to_mx(
+            x_hp,
+            config.elem_dtype,
+            config.block_size,
+            gemm_kernel_choice=config.gemm_kernel_choice,
+        )
+        x_mx_dim1 = MXTensor.to_mx(
+            x_hp_t_c,
+            config.elem_dtype,
+            config.block_size,
+            gemm_kernel_choice=config.gemm_kernel_choice,
+        )
+        return x_mx_dim0, x_mx_dim1
+
     print("m_ref", m_ref)
     print("m_lowp", m_lowp)
     print("input_tensor.shape", input_tensor.shape)
@@ -423,6 +441,11 @@ def lowp_forw_backward_wrapper(x):
         elif mode_filter == "cast_with_to_blocked":
             _input_tensor_mx, scale = cast_with_to_blocked(input_tensor)
             return
+        elif mode_filter == "cast_only_dim0_dim1":
+            _input_tensor_mx_dim0, _input_tensor_mx_dim1 = cast_only_dim0_dim1(
+                input_tensor,
+            )
+            return
 
         if enable_activation_checkpointing:
             out = checkpoint(m_lowp, x, use_reentrant=False, context_fn=context_fn)
@@ -437,6 +460,7 @@ def lowp_forw_backward_wrapper(x):
         m_lowp = torch.compile(m_lowp, fullgraph=True)
         to_mx_func = torch.compile(to_mx_func, fullgraph=True)
         cast_with_to_blocked = torch.compile(cast_with_to_blocked, fullgraph=True)
+        cast_only_dim0_dim1 = torch.compile(cast_only_dim0_dim1, fullgraph=True)
 
     # if the `TORCHINDUCTOR_PROFILE` env var is enabled, parse its output
     # to populate triton kernel bandwidth further down in the script