float KQ_max_scale[cols_per_thread];
#pragma unroll
for (int col = 0; col < cols_per_thread; ++col) {
- KQ_max_scale[col] = expf(KQ_max[col] - KQ_max_new[col]);
+ const float KQ_max_diff = KQ_max[col] - KQ_max_new[col];
+ KQ_max_scale[col] = expf(KQ_max_diff);
KQ_max[col] = KQ_max_new[col];
+ *((uint32_t *) &KQ_max_scale[col]) *= KQ_max_diff >= SOFTMAX_FTZ_THRESHOLD;
+
// Scale previous KQ_rowsum to account for a potential increase in KQ_max:
KQ_rowsum[col] = KQ_max_scale[col]*KQ_rowsum[col] + KQ_rowsum_add[col];
}