diff --git a/benchmark/kernels/minmax-text-01-lighting_attention/benchmark_lighting_attention_decode.py b/benchmark/kernels/minmax-text-01-lighting_attention/benchmark_lighting_attention_decode.py
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+import itertools
+import math
+import os
+from typing import Optional, Tuple
+
+import torch
+import torch.nn as nn
+import torch.nn.functional as F
+import triton
+import triton.language as tl
+from einops import rearrange
+
+
+@triton.jit
+def _decode_kernel(
+    Q,
+    K,
+    V,
+    KV,
+    Out,
+    S,
+    b: tl.constexpr,
+    h: tl.constexpr,
+    n: tl.constexpr,
+    d: tl.constexpr,
+    e: tl.constexpr,
+):
+    off_bh = tl.program_id(0)
+    off_h = off_bh % h
+
+    qk_offset = off_bh * n * d
+    v_offset = off_bh * n * e
+    o_offset = off_bh * n * e
+    kv_offset = off_bh * d * e
+
+    s = tl.load(S + off_h)
+    ratio = tl.exp(-s)
+
+    d_idx = tl.arange(0, d)
+    e_idx = tl.arange(0, e)
+
+    q = tl.load(Q + qk_offset + d_idx)
+    k = tl.load(K + qk_offset + d_idx)
+    v = tl.load(V + v_offset + e_idx)
+
+    kv = tl.load(KV + kv_offset + d_idx[:, None] * e + e_idx[None, :])
+
+    k_v_prod = k[:, None] * v[None, :]
+    kv = ratio * kv + k_v_prod
+
+    tl.store(
+        KV + kv_offset + d_idx[:, None] * e + e_idx[None, :], kv.to(KV.dtype.element_ty)
+    )
+
+    o = tl.sum(q[:, None] * kv, axis=0)
+    tl.store(Out + o_offset + e_idx, o.to(Out.dtype.element_ty))
+
+
+def lightning_attn_decode(q, k, v, kv, s):
+    """Triton implementation of Lightning Attention decode operation"""
+    b, h, n, d = q.shape
+    e = v.shape[-1]
+    assert n == 1, "Sequence length must be 1 in decode mode"
+
+    # Pad dimensions to power of 2
+    d_padded = next_power_of_2(d)
+    e_padded = next_power_of_2(e)
+
+    # Pad inputs
+    q_padded = F.pad(q, (0, d_padded - d))
+    k_padded = F.pad(k, (0, d_padded - d))
+    v_padded = F.pad(v, (0, e_padded - e))
+    kv_padded = F.pad(kv, (0, e_padded - e, 0, d_padded - d))
+
+    # Ensure inputs are contiguous
+    q_padded = q_padded.contiguous()
+    k_padded = k_padded.contiguous()
+    v_padded = v_padded.contiguous()
+    kv_padded = kv_padded.contiguous().to(torch.float32)
+    s = s.contiguous()
+
+    # Create output tensor (padded)
+    o_padded = torch.empty(b, h, n, e_padded, dtype=v.dtype, device=v.device)
+
+    # Launch kernel
+    grid = (b * h, 1)
+    _decode_kernel[grid](
+        q_padded,
+        k_padded,
+        v_padded,
+        kv_padded,
+        o_padded,
+        s,
+        b=b,
+        h=h,
+        n=n,
+        d=d_padded,
+        e=e_padded,
+    )
+
+    # Remove padding
+    o = o_padded[..., :e]
+    kv_out = kv_padded[..., :d, :e]
+
+    return o, kv_out
+
+
+def next_power_of_2(n):
+    return 2 ** (int(math.ceil(math.log(n, 2))))
+
+
+class MiniMaxText01LightningAttention(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(self, config=None, layer_idx: Optional[int] = None, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__()
+        if config is None:
+            config = type("Config", (), kwargs)
+
+        bias = False
+        self.hidden_size = config.hidden_size
+        self.num_heads = config.num_attention_heads
+        self.head_dim = getattr(config, "head_dim", self.hidden_size // self.num_heads)
+
+        self.out_proj = nn.Linear(
+            self.head_dim * self.num_heads, self.hidden_size, bias=bias
+        )
+        self.act = get_activation_fn(config.hidden_act)
+        self.norm = MiniMaxText01RMSNorm(self.head_dim * self.num_heads)
+
+        self.qkv_proj = nn.Linear(
+            self.hidden_size, 3 * self.head_dim * self.num_heads, bias=bias
+        )
+        self.output_gate = nn.Linear(
+            self.hidden_size, self.head_dim * self.num_heads, bias=bias
+        )
+
+        # for inference only
+        self.offset = 0
+        self.layer_idx = layer_idx
+
+    def forward(
+        self,
+        hidden_states,
+        attn_mask: Optional[torch.Tensor] = None,  # (b, h, n, m)
+        output_attentions: bool = False,
+        past_key_value: Optional[Tuple[torch.Tensor]] = None,
+        use_cache: bool = False,
+        slope_rate: Optional[torch.Tensor] = None,
+        **kwargs,
+    ):
+        if (not self.training) and (not do_eval):
+            return self.inference(
+                hidden_states,
+                attn_mask,
+                output_attentions,
+                past_key_value,
+                use_cache,
+                slope_rate,
+            )
+
+    def inference(
+        self,
+        x,
+        attn_mask: Optional[torch.Tensor] = None,  # (b, n)
+        output_attentions: bool = False,
+        past_key_value: Optional[Tuple[torch.Tensor]] = None,
+        use_cache: bool = False,
+        slope_rate: Optional[torch.Tensor] = None,  # (h, 1, 1)
+    ):
+        # x: b n d
+        b, n, d = x.shape
+        # linear map
+        qkv = self.act(self.qkv_proj(x))
+        new_shape = qkv.size()[:-1] + (self.num_heads, -1)
+        qkv = qkv.view(*new_shape)
+        q, k, v = torch.split(qkv, [self.head_dim] * 3, dim=3)
+        q = q.transpose(1, 2)  # [b, n, h, d] -> [b, h, n, d]
+        k = k.transpose(1, 2)  # [b, n, h, d] -> [b, h, n, d]
+        v = v.transpose(1, 2)  # [b, n, h, d] -> [b, h, n, e]
+
+        self.offset += 1
+        ratio = torch.exp(-slope_rate)  # [h, 1, 1]
+
+        # decode mode
+        kv = past_key_value  # [b, h, d, e]
+        output = []
+        for i in range(n):
+            # kv: [b, h, d, e]
+            # ratio: [h, 1, 1]
+            # k: [b, h, n, d]
+            # v: [b, h, n, e]
+            # k[:, :, i : i + 1]: [b, h, 1, d]
+            # v[:, :, i : i + 1]: [b, h, 1, e]
+            # ratio * kv: [b, h, d, e]
+            # torch.einsum(
+            #     "... n d, ... n e -> ... d e",
+            #     k[:, :, i : i + 1],
+            #     v[:, :, i : i + 1],
+            # )
+            # [b, h, d, e] + [b, h, d, e] -> [b, h, d, e]
+            kv = ratio * kv + torch.einsum(
+                "... n d, ... n e -> ... d e",
+                k[:, :, i : i + 1],
+                v[:, :, i : i + 1],
+            )
+            # q[:, :, i : i + 1]: [b, h, 1, d]
+            # kv.to(q.dtype): [b, h, d, e]
+            # torch.einsum(
+            #     "... n e, ... e d -> ... n d", q[:, :, i : i + 1], kv.to(q.dtype)
+            # )
+            # [b, h, 1, d] * [b, h, d, e] -> [b, h, 1, e]
+            qkv = torch.einsum(
+                "... n e, ... e d -> ... n d", q[:, :, i : i + 1], kv.to(q.dtype)
+            )
+            output.append(qkv)
+        output = torch.concat(output, dim=-2)
+
+        # reshape
+        output = rearrange(output, "b h n d -> b n (h d)")
+        # normalize
+        output = self.norm(output)
+        # gate
+        output = F.sigmoid(self.output_gate(x)) * output
+        # outproj
+        output = self.out_proj(output)
+
+        attn_weights = None
+
+        return output, attn_weights, kv
+
+
+def get_activation_fn(activation):
+    if activation == "gelu":
+        return F.gelu
+    elif activation == "relu":
+        return F.relu
+    elif activation == "elu":
+        return F.elu
+    elif activation == "sigmoid":
+        return F.sigmoid
+    elif activation == "exp":
+
+        def f(x):
+            with torch.no_grad():
+                x_max = torch.max(x, dim=-1, keepdims=True).values
+            y = torch.exp(x - x_max)
+            return y
+
+        return f
+    elif activation == "leak":
+        return F.leaky_relu
+    elif activation == "1+elu":
+
+        def f(x):
+            return 1 + F.elu(x)
+
+        return f
+    elif activation == "2+elu":
+
+        def f(x):
+            return 2 + F.elu(x)
+
+        return f
+    elif activation == "silu" or activation == "swish":
+        return F.silu
+    elif activation == "sine":
+        return torch.sin
+    else:
+        return lambda x: x
+
+
+class MiniMaxText01RMSNorm(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(self, hidden_size, eps=1e-6):
+        """
+        MiniMaxText01RMSNorm is equivalent to T5LayerNorm
+        """
+        super().__init__()
+        self.weight = nn.Parameter(torch.ones(hidden_size))
+        self.variance_epsilon = eps
+
+    def forward(self, hidden_states):
+        input_dtype = hidden_states.dtype
+        hidden_states = hidden_states.to(torch.float32)
+        variance = hidden_states.pow(2).mean(-1, keepdim=True)
+        hidden_states = hidden_states * torch.rsqrt(variance + self.variance_epsilon)
+        return self.weight * hidden_states.to(input_dtype)
+
+
+def test_lightning_attention_implementations(model_params):
+    torch.manual_seed(42)
+
+    batch_size = 64
+    seq_len = 1
+    dtype = torch.bfloat16
+    device = torch.device("cuda" if torch.cuda.is_available() else "cpu")
+
+    hidden_states = torch.randn(
+        batch_size, seq_len, model_params["hidden_size"], dtype=dtype, device=device
+    )
+
+    attention_mask = torch.ones(batch_size, seq_len, dtype=dtype, device=device)
+
+    slope_rate = _build_slope_tensor(model_params["num_attention_heads"]).to(device)
+
+    model_attn = MiniMaxText01LightningAttention(**model_params).to(dtype).to(device)
+    model_attn.eval()
+
+    d = model_params["head_dim"]
+    past_kv = torch.randn(
+        batch_size,
+        model_params["num_attention_heads"],
+        d,
+        d,
+        dtype=dtype,
+        device=device,
+    )
+    with torch.no_grad():
+        model_output, _, new_kv = model_attn.inference(
+            hidden_states,
+            attn_mask=attention_mask,
+            slope_rate=slope_rate,
+            past_key_value=past_kv,
+        )
+
+    qkv = model_attn.act(model_attn.qkv_proj(hidden_states))
+    new_shape = qkv.size()[:-1] + (model_attn.num_heads, -1)
+    qkv = qkv.view(*new_shape)
+    q, k, v = torch.split(qkv, [model_attn.head_dim] * 3, dim=-1)
+    q = q.transpose(1, 2)
+    k = k.transpose(1, 2)
+    v = v.transpose(1, 2)
+
+    triton_output, triton_new_kv = lightning_attn_decode(q, k, v, past_kv, slope_rate)
+    triton_output = triton_output.transpose(1, 2).contiguous()
+    triton_output = triton_output.view(batch_size, seq_len, -1)
+    triton_output = model_attn.norm(triton_output)
+    triton_output = torch.sigmoid(model_attn.output_gate(hidden_states)) * triton_output
+    triton_output = model_attn.out_proj(triton_output)
+
+    torch.testing.assert_close(
+        model_output,
+        triton_output,
+        rtol=1e-3,
+        atol=1e-2,
+        msg="Lightning attention implementations produce different output results",
+    )
+    torch.testing.assert_close(
+        new_kv,
+        triton_new_kv,
+        rtol=1e-3,
+        atol=1e-2,
+        msg="Lightning attention implementations produce different kv results",
+    )
+
+
+def _build_slope_tensor(n_attention_heads: int):
+    def get_slopes(n):
+        def get_slopes_power_of_2(n):
+            start = 2 ** (-(2 ** -(math.log2(n) - 3)))
+            ratio = start
+            return [start * ratio**i for i in range(n)]
+
+        if math.log2(n).is_integer():
+            return get_slopes_power_of_2(n)
+        else:
+            closest_power_of_2 = 2 ** math.floor(math.log2(n))
+            return (
+                get_slopes_power_of_2(closest_power_of_2)
+                + get_slopes(2 * closest_power_of_2)[0::2][: n - closest_power_of_2]
+            )
+
+    slopes = torch.tensor(get_slopes(n_attention_heads)).reshape(
+        n_attention_heads, 1, 1
+    )
+    return slopes
+
+
+def get_benchmark():
+    batch_size_range = [2**i for i in range(0, 12)]  # max 2048
+    seq_length_range = [1]  # decode mode sequence length is fixed to 1
+    configs = list(itertools.product(batch_size_range, seq_length_range))
+
+    @triton.testing.perf_report(
+        triton.testing.Benchmark(
+            x_names=["batch_size", "seq_len"],
+            x_vals=[list(_) for _ in configs],
+            line_arg="provider",
+            line_vals=["Original", "Triton"],
+            line_names=[
+                "Original PyTorch Implementation",
+                "Triton Implementation",
+            ],
+            styles=[("blue", "-"), ("green", "-")],
+            ylabel="us",
+            plot_name="lightning-attention-decode-performance",
+            args={},
+        )
+    )
+    def benchmark(batch_size, seq_len, provider):
+        dtype = torch.bfloat16
+        device = torch.device("cuda")
+
+        params = {
+            "hidden_size": 6144,
+            "num_attention_heads": 64,
+            "head_dim": 96,
+            "hidden_act": "gelu",
+        }
+
+        hidden_states = torch.randn(
+            batch_size, seq_len, params["hidden_size"], dtype=dtype, device=device
+        )
+
+        attention_mask = torch.ones(batch_size, seq_len, dtype=dtype, device=device)
+
+        slope_rate = _build_slope_tensor(params["num_attention_heads"]).to(device)
+        model_attn = MiniMaxText01LightningAttention(**params).to(dtype).to(device)
+        model_attn.eval()
+
+        d = params["head_dim"]
+        past_kv = torch.randn(
+            batch_size,
+            params["num_attention_heads"],
+            d,
+            d,
+            dtype=dtype,
+            device=device,
+        )
+
+        quantiles = [0.5, 0.2, 0.8]
+        if provider == "Original":
+            ms, min_ms, max_ms = triton.testing.do_bench(
+                lambda: model_attn.inference(
+                    hidden_states,
+                    attn_mask=attention_mask,
+                    slope_rate=slope_rate,
+                    past_key_value=past_kv,
+                ),
+                quantiles=quantiles,
+            )
+        else:
+
+            def run_triton():
+                qkv = model_attn.act(model_attn.qkv_proj(hidden_states))
+                new_shape = qkv.size()[:-1] + (model_attn.num_heads, -1)
+                qkv = qkv.view(*new_shape)
+                q, k, v = torch.split(qkv, [model_attn.head_dim] * 3, dim=-1)
+                q = q.transpose(1, 2)
+                k = k.transpose(1, 2)
+                v = v.transpose(1, 2)
+
+                output, new_kv = lightning_attn_decode(q, k, v, past_kv, slope_rate)
+                output = output.transpose(1, 2).contiguous()
+                output = output.view(batch_size, seq_len, -1)
+                output = model_attn.norm(output)
+                output = torch.sigmoid(model_attn.output_gate(hidden_states)) * output
+                return model_attn.out_proj(output)
+
+            ms, min_ms, max_ms = triton.testing.do_bench(
+                run_triton,
+                quantiles=quantiles,
+            )
+
+        return 1000 * ms, 1000 * max_ms, 1000 * min_ms
+
+    return benchmark
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    import argparse
+
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--save_path",
+        type=str,
+        default="./configs/benchmark_ops/lightning_attention_decode/",
+        help="Path to save lightning attention decode benchmark results",
+    )
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    params = {
+        "hidden_size": 6144,
+        "num_attention_heads": 64,
+        "head_dim": 96,
+        "hidden_act": "silu",
+    }
+    # Run correctness test first
+    # Adapted from https://huggingface.co/MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-Text-01/blob/main/config.json
+    test_lightning_attention_implementations(params)
+
+    # Run performance benchmark
+    benchmark = get_benchmark()
+    benchmark.run(print_data=True, save_path=args.save_path)