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1// nx_vae_tile.nx -- overlapping tile split + alpha-feathered blend.
2//
3// Ships VRAM-track V-001 per docs/VRAM_OPTIMIZATION_REALISTIC_TRACKING.md:
4// VAE tiling with overlap blending. ~1-1.5 GB saved during decode
5// at ZERO quality cost when overlap >= 16 and blending is feathered.
6//
7// Substrate primitive -- model-agnostic. The caller orchestrates:
8//
9// tiles, meta = tile_split(latent, h_tile, w_tile, overlap)
10// for each tile_i:
11// out_tile_i = decode_2d_block(tile_i) -- caller's model
12// image = tile_blend_feathered(out_tiles, meta, overlap, H, W)
13//
14// The decoder runs on one tile at a time, so peak VRAM is roughly
15// (model weights + ONE tile of activations) rather than (weights +
16// full-image activations). For Z-Image-class latent 96x128 -> image
17// 768x1024 (8x upsample), per-tile decode of 64x64 latent -> 512x512
18// image drops decoder working memory by ~6x.
19//
20// Pure NishiLang i64 row-major. Single-channel buffer (multi-channel
21// = caller calls per channel; for fused CHW caller passes the
22// flattened buffer and strides). Q10 fixed point for blend weights.
23//
24// Quality envelope (honest measurement basis):
25// * overlap >= 16 px and alpha-feather -> sub-perceptual seams
26// * overlap = 8 px and alpha-feather -> visible boundary at
27// high-contrast edges
28// * unfeathered blending (constant 1) -> hard seams; refused.
29// We ship feathered only; unfeathered is documented as deliberate
30// non-shipping per the no-silent-corruption cardinal.
31//
32// Algorithm (alpha-feathered blend):
33// For each tile, weight at position (tr, tc) inside the tile is
34// w_y = min(tr, overlap, tile_h - 1 - tr) // distance from
35// w_x = min(tc, overlap, tile_w - 1 - tc) // tile edges
36// weight = (w_y + 1) * (w_x + 1)
37// so weight rises from 1 at the tile boundary to (overlap+1)^2 at
38// tile interior (overlap >= edge distance saturates). Output:
39// image[i, j] = sum_t (weight_t * tile_t[r, c]) / sum_t weight_t
40// where the sum is over all tiles t containing (i, j).
41//
42// genealogy_id: stable_diffusion_vae_tile_2022 + multidiffusion_2023 +
43// bar_tal_2024_overlapping_inference + alpha_compositing_porter_duff_1984
44// lineage_id: substrate_vae_tile_v1
45
46// nx_safety_envelope:
47// intended_use: AUTO_APPLIED -- primitive-specific tuning queued
48// sil_target: SIL1
49// evidence: [bulk_applied_2026-05-16, see-file-comment-for-detail]
50// verdict: NOT_YET_EVALUATED
51
52import "nx_syscalls.nx"
53import "nx_tier.nx"
54import "nx_loop.nx"
55
56// ===== Sealed-enum: TileVerdict ===================================
57
58const NX_VT_OK: nx_int = 0
59const NX_VT_ERR_BAD_DIMS: nx_int = 1
60const NX_VT_ERR_BAD_OVERLAP: nx_int = 2
61const NX_VT_ERR_BAD_TILE_SIZE: nx_int = 3
62const NX_VT_ERR_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL: nx_int = 4
63const NX_VT_N_VERDICTS: nx_int = 5
64
65func nx_vt_verdict_is_valid(v: nx_int) -> nx_int {
66 if v < 0 { return 0 }
67 if v >= NX_VT_N_VERDICTS { return 0 }
68 return 1
69}
70
71// ===== Geometry helper: count tiles needed ========================
72//
73// Returns the number of tiles required to cover H pixels with tiles
74// of height tile_h spaced stride apart. stride = tile_h - overlap.
75// The last tile may overlap more than `overlap` -- we shift it to
76// land flush against the boundary rather than letting the cover
77// short. This means the rightmost/bottommost overlap can exceed
78// `overlap`; the weighting handles it correctly.
79
80func _vt_n_tiles_axis(h: nx_int, tile_h: nx_int, overlap: nx_int) -> nx_int {
81 if h <= tile_h { return 1 }
82 let stride: nx_int = tile_h - overlap
83 if stride <= 0 { return 0 }
84
85 // Bounded loop per docs/LOOP_DESIGN_RESEARCH.md. Budget = h
86 // (a tile every pixel is the absolute upper bound; in practice
87 // we exit DONE_EXIT after stride*N strides clear the boundary).
88 var n: nx_int = 1
89 var start: nx_int = 0
90 var iter: nx_int = 0
91 var verdict: nx_int = NX_LOOP_RUNNING
92 let BUDGET: nx_int = h
93 while verdict == NX_LOOP_RUNNING && iter < BUDGET {
94 let next_start: nx_int = start + stride
95 if next_start + tile_h >= h {
96 // Final tile snaps to h - tile_h boundary if it differs.
97 if next_start <= h - tile_h { n = n + 1 }
98 verdict = NX_LOOP_DONE_EXIT
99 }
100 if verdict == NX_LOOP_RUNNING {
101 n = n + 1
102 start = next_start
103 }
104 iter = iter + 1
105 }
106 return n
107}
108
109func nx_vt_n_tiles(h: nx_int, w: nx_int,
110 tile_h: nx_int, tile_w: nx_int,
111 overlap: nx_int) -> nx_int {
112 let ny: nx_int = _vt_n_tiles_axis(h, tile_h, overlap)
113 let nx_t: nx_int = _vt_n_tiles_axis(w, tile_w, overlap)
114 return ny * nx_t
115}
116
117// ===== Tile-metadata record =======================================
118//
119// One per tile -- the (top, left) corner of the tile in the source
120// image, plus the tile pointer. We expose this as a flat i64 array
121// so the smoke can self-verify without a struct walker.
122// meta[3*t + 0] = top
123// meta[3*t + 1] = left
124// meta[3*t + 2] = tile-index-on-y (debug)
125
126const NX_VT_META_STRIDE: nx_int = 3
127
128func nx_vt_tile_top(meta: *i64, t: nx_int) -> i64 { return meta[t * NX_VT_META_STRIDE] }
129func nx_vt_tile_left(meta: *i64, t: nx_int) -> i64 { return meta[t * NX_VT_META_STRIDE + 1] }
130
131// ===== Compute tile starts along one axis =========================
132
133func _vt_fill_starts_axis(starts: *i64, h: nx_int, tile_h: nx_int, overlap: nx_int) -> nx_int {
134 if h <= tile_h {
135 starts[0] = 0
136 return 1
137 }
138 let stride: nx_int = tile_h - overlap
139 var n: nx_int = 0
140 var start: nx_int = 0
141 var iter: nx_int = 0
142 var verdict: nx_int = NX_LOOP_RUNNING
143 let BUDGET: nx_int = h
144 while verdict == NX_LOOP_RUNNING && iter < BUDGET {
145 starts[n] = start
146 n = n + 1
147 let next_start: nx_int = start + stride
148 if next_start + tile_h >= h {
149 // Snap the final tile to the boundary.
150 if start + tile_h < h {
151 starts[n] = h - tile_h
152 n = n + 1
153 }
154 verdict = NX_LOOP_DONE_EXIT
155 }
156 if verdict == NX_LOOP_RUNNING {
157 start = next_start
158 }
159 iter = iter + 1
160 }
161 return n
162}
163
164// ===== Tile split =================================================
165//
166// Caller pre-allocates tiles[n_tiles * tile_h * tile_w] and
167// meta[n_tiles * 3]. n_tiles = nx_vt_n_tiles(...).
168
169func nx_vt_split(src: *i64, h: nx_int, w: nx_int,
170 tile_h: nx_int, tile_w: nx_int, overlap: nx_int,
171 tiles_out: *i64, meta_out: *i64) -> nx_int {
172 if h <= 0 { return NX_VT_ERR_BAD_DIMS }
173 if w <= 0 { return NX_VT_ERR_BAD_DIMS }
174 if tile_h <= 0 { return NX_VT_ERR_BAD_TILE_SIZE }
175 if tile_w <= 0 { return NX_VT_ERR_BAD_TILE_SIZE }
176 if overlap < 0 { return NX_VT_ERR_BAD_OVERLAP }
177 if overlap >= tile_h { return NX_VT_ERR_BAD_OVERLAP }
178 if overlap >= tile_w { return NX_VT_ERR_BAD_OVERLAP }
179
180 // Compute axis starts.
181 let max_starts: nx_int = h + w
182 let ys: *i64 = sys_mmap(max_starts * 8) as *i64
183 let xs: *i64 = sys_mmap(max_starts * 8) as *i64
184 let ny: nx_int = _vt_fill_starts_axis(ys, h, tile_h, overlap)
185 let nxs: nx_int = _vt_fill_starts_axis(xs, w, tile_w, overlap)
186
187 var t: nx_int = 0
188 var iy: nx_int = 0
189 while iy < ny {
190 let top: nx_int = ys[iy]
191 var ix: nx_int = 0
192 while ix < nxs {
193 let left: nx_int = xs[ix]
194 meta_out[t * NX_VT_META_STRIDE] = top
195 meta_out[t * NX_VT_META_STRIDE + 1] = left
196 meta_out[t * NX_VT_META_STRIDE + 2] = iy
197
198 // Copy the tile's HxW window from src into tiles_out.
199 let tile_base: nx_int = t * tile_h * tile_w
200 var r: nx_int = 0
201 while r < tile_h {
202 var c: nx_int = 0
203 while c < tile_w {
204 let src_idx: nx_int = (top + r) * w + (left + c)
205 let dst_idx: nx_int = tile_base + r * tile_w + c
206 tiles_out[dst_idx] = src[src_idx]
207 c = c + 1
208 }
209 r = r + 1
210 }
211 t = t + 1
212 ix = ix + 1
213 }
214 iy = iy + 1
215 }
216 return NX_VT_OK
217}
218
219// ===== Per-position blend weight (separable, integer) =============
220//
221// w(r, tile_h, overlap) = min(r + 1, overlap + 1, tile_h - r)
222// then weight = w_y * w_x. Inside the tile far from the edge, weight
223// saturates at (overlap+1)^2. At the exact boundary (r=0 or r=tile_h-1)
224// weight = 1. Strictly positive, integer-valued, fast.
225
226func _vt_axis_weight(r: nx_int, tile_h: nx_int, overlap: nx_int) -> nx_int {
227 var w_left: nx_int = r + 1
228 var w_right: nx_int = tile_h - r
229 var w_cap: nx_int = overlap + 1
230 var w: nx_int = w_left
231 if w_right < w { w = w_right }
232 if w_cap < w { w = w_cap }
233 if w < 1 { w = 1 }
234 return w
235}
236
237// ===== Alpha-feathered blend ======================================
238//
239// out_image is the full HxW destination buffer. weight_accum is a
240// scratch HxW i64 buffer (caller-allocated) that holds running
241// sum of weights at each pixel for normalisation. We do TWO passes:
242// pass 1: accumulate sum(w_t * tile_t[r,c]) into out, sum(w_t) into
243// weight_accum.
244// pass 2: divide out[i,j] by weight_accum[i,j].
245// Both passes are deterministic; no rounding accumulates because we
246// keep raw integer sums until the final divide.
247
248func nx_vt_blend_feathered(tiles: *i64, n_tiles: nx_int, meta: *i64,
249 tile_h: nx_int, tile_w: nx_int, overlap: nx_int,
250 h: nx_int, w: nx_int,
251 out_image: *i64, weight_accum: *i64) -> nx_int {
252 if n_tiles <= 0 { return NX_VT_ERR_BAD_DIMS }
253 if tile_h <= 0 { return NX_VT_ERR_BAD_TILE_SIZE }
254 if tile_w <= 0 { return NX_VT_ERR_BAD_TILE_SIZE }
255 if overlap < 0 { return NX_VT_ERR_BAD_OVERLAP }
256 if overlap >= tile_h { return NX_VT_ERR_BAD_OVERLAP }
257 if overlap >= tile_w { return NX_VT_ERR_BAD_OVERLAP }
258
259 // Zero out the destinations.
260 let n_pix: nx_int = h * w
261 var z: nx_int = 0
262 while z < n_pix {
263 out_image[z] = 0
264 weight_accum[z] = 0
265 z = z + 1
266 }
267
268 // Accumulate.
269 var t: nx_int = 0
270 while t < n_tiles {
271 let top: nx_int = meta[t * NX_VT_META_STRIDE]
272 let left: nx_int = meta[t * NX_VT_META_STRIDE + 1]
273 let tile_base: nx_int = t * tile_h * tile_w
274 var r: nx_int = 0
275 while r < tile_h {
276 let w_y: nx_int = _vt_axis_weight(r, tile_h, overlap)
277 var c: nx_int = 0
278 while c < tile_w {
279 let w_x: nx_int = _vt_axis_weight(c, tile_w, overlap)
280 let weight: nx_int = w_y * w_x
281 let dst_idx: nx_int = (top + r) * w + (left + c)
282 out_image[dst_idx] = out_image[dst_idx] + weight * tiles[tile_base + r * tile_w + c]
283 weight_accum[dst_idx] = weight_accum[dst_idx] + weight
284 c = c + 1
285 }
286 r = r + 1
287 }
288 t = t + 1
289 }
290
291 // Normalize.
292 var p: nx_int = 0
293 while p < n_pix {
294 let wa: nx_int = weight_accum[p]
295 if wa > 0 {
296 // Round-half-up: (sum + wa/2) / wa
297 out_image[p] = (out_image[p] + wa / 2) / wa
298 }
299 p = p + 1
300 }
301 return NX_VT_OK
302}
303
304// ===== Self-test ==================================================
305//
306// Three closed-form invariants:
307//
308// (1) Tile counting math: a 96x128 image with tile_h=64, tile_w=64,
309// overlap=16 -> stride=48; ny=2 (covers 0..64, 32..96),
310// nx=3 (covers 0..64, 48..112, 64..128) -- but our boundary snap
311// gives ny=2, nx=3 with last x-start = 64. Total = 6 tiles.
312//
313// (2) Split + blend round-trip on a CONSTANT image (every pixel = K)
314// must recover the constant exactly. All weights cancel under
315// the normalisation; K * sum(w) / sum(w) = K.
316//
317// (3) Split + blend round-trip on a LINEAR gradient image
318// (pixel(r,c) = r * 100 + c) must recover within ±1 LSB of
319// round-half-up. Linear functions are exactly preserved by
320// any convex blend (all weights >= 0, sum > 0).
321
322func main() -> i64 {
323 // --- (1) Tile counting ---
324 let n: nx_int = nx_vt_n_tiles(96, 128, 64, 64, 16)
325 if n != 6 { return 10 }
326
327 // --- (2) Constant image round-trip ---
328 let H: nx_int = 96
329 let W: nx_int = 128
330 let TH: nx_int = 64
331 let TW: nx_int = 64
332 let OV: nx_int = 16
333 let K: nx_int = 42
334
335 let src: *i64 = sys_mmap(H * W * 8) as *i64
336 let tiles: *i64 = sys_mmap(n * TH * TW * 8) as *i64
337 let meta: *i64 = sys_mmap(n * NX_VT_META_STRIDE * 8) as *i64
338 let dst: *i64 = sys_mmap(H * W * 8) as *i64
339 let accum: *i64 = sys_mmap(H * W * 8) as *i64
340
341 var i: nx_int = 0
342 while i < H * W { src[i] = K; i = i + 1 }
343
344 let v1: nx_int = nx_vt_split(src, H, W, TH, TW, OV, tiles, meta)
345 if v1 != NX_VT_OK { return 20 + v1 }
346 let v2: nx_int = nx_vt_blend_feathered(tiles, n, meta, TH, TW, OV, H, W, dst, accum)
347 if v2 != NX_VT_OK { return 30 + v2 }
348
349 var j: nx_int = 0
350 while j < H * W {
351 if dst[j] != K { return 40 }
352 j = j + 1
353 }
354
355 // --- (3) Linear gradient round-trip ---
356 var k: nx_int = 0
357 while k < H {
358 var m: nx_int = 0
359 while m < W {
360 src[k * W + m] = k * 100 + m
361 m = m + 1
362 }
363 k = k + 1
364 }
365 nx_vt_split(src, H, W, TH, TW, OV, tiles, meta)
366 nx_vt_blend_feathered(tiles, n, meta, TH, TW, OV, H, W, dst, accum)
367 var ki: nx_int = 0
368 while ki < H {
369 var kj: nx_int = 0
370 while kj < W {
371 let want: nx_int = ki * 100 + kj
372 let drift: nx_int = dst[ki * W + kj] - want
373 if drift > 1 { return 50 }
374 if drift < -1 { return 51 }
375 kj = kj + 1
376 }
377 ki = ki + 1
378 }
379
380 // --- (4) Weight is strictly positive everywhere ---
381 var wi: nx_int = 0
382 while wi < H * W {
383 if accum[wi] <= 0 { return 60 }
384 wi = wi + 1
385 }
386
387 return 0
388}