Revert "Add layout option to woq int4 api (#670)"

This reverts commit 009f55f.

test/integration/test_integration.py

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 from torchao.quantization.dynamic_quant import (
     DynamicallyPerAxisQuantizedLinear,
 )
-from torchao.dtypes import TensorCoreTiledLayoutType
 from torchao.quantization.quant_api import (
     int4_weight_only,
     int8_weight_only,
@@ -853,20 +852,18 @@ def test_int4_weight_only_quant_subclass_api_grouped(self, device, dtype):
         for test_shape in ([(256, 256, 16)] + ([(256, 256, 8)] if device=='cuda' else [])):
             for groupsize in [64, 32]:
                 for inner_k_tiles in [4, 2]:
-                    kwargs = {"groupsize": groupsize, "layout_type": TensorCoreTiledLayoutType(inner_k_tiles=inner_k_tiles)}
+                    kwargs = {"groupsize": groupsize, "inner_k_tiles": inner_k_tiles}
 
                     def api(mod):
-                        kwargs_copy = kwargs.copy()
                         if TORCH_VERSION_AFTER_2_4:
+                            kwargs_copy = kwargs.copy()
                             kwargs_copy["group_size"] = groupsize
                             del kwargs_copy["groupsize"]
                             quantize_(mod, int4_weight_only(**kwargs_copy))
                             if not TORCH_VERSION_AFTER_2_5:
                                 unwrap_tensor_subclass(mod)
                         else:
-                            kwargs_copy["inner_k_tiles"] = inner_k_tiles
-                            del kwargs_copy["layout_type"]
-                            change_linear_weights_to_int4_woqtensors(mod, **kwargs_copy)
+                            change_linear_weights_to_int4_woqtensors(mod, **kwargs)
 
                     self._test_lin_weight_subclass_api_impl(
                         api,

torchao/quantization/quant_api.py

@@ -21,14 +21,7 @@
 import torch.nn.functional as F
 from typing import Any, Callable, Union, Dict, Optional
 
-from torchao.dtypes.uintx.Uintx import UintxLayoutType
-from torchao.dtypes import (
-    to_affine_quantized, 
-    TensorCoreTiledLayoutType, 
-    PlainLayoutType,
-    AffineQuantizedTensor,
-    SemiSparseLayoutType
-)
+from torchao.dtypes import PlainLayoutType
 from torchao.utils import (
     TORCH_VERSION_AFTER_2_4,
     unwrap_tensor_subclass,
@@ -189,6 +182,9 @@ def _replace_with_custom_fn_if_matches_filter(
 
 
 def _is_linear(mod, *args):
+    # avoid circular dep
+    from torchao.dtypes import AffineQuantizedTensor
+
     # adding weight tensor subclass isinstance check to make sure the weight is only quantized once
     # when it is shared by multiple linear modules
     return (
@@ -332,6 +328,9 @@ def filter_fn(module: nn.Module, fqn: str) -> bool:
     )
 
 def _int8_asymm_per_token_quant(x: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
+    # avoid circular dep
+    from torchao.dtypes import to_affine_quantized
+
     mapping_type = MappingType.ASYMMETRIC
     target_dtype = torch.int8
     return to_affine_quantized(x, mapping_type, _get_per_token_block_size(x), target_dtype)
@@ -340,6 +339,9 @@ def apply_int8_dynamic_activation_int4_weight_quant(weight, group_size=32):
     if weight.shape[-1] % group_size != 0:
         return weight
 
+    # avoid circular dep
+    from torchao.dtypes import to_affine_quantized
+
     # weight settings
     mapping_type = MappingType.SYMMETRIC
     block_size = (1, group_size)
@@ -371,7 +373,7 @@ def insert_subclass(lin):
     return insert_subclass
 
 
-def int4_weight_only(group_size=128, layout_type=TensorCoreTiledLayoutType(inner_k_tiles=8)):
+def int4_weight_only(group_size=128, inner_k_tiles=8):
     """
     Applies uint4 weight-only asymmetric per-group quantization to linear layers, using
     "tensor_core_tiled" layout for speedup with tinygemm kernel
@@ -387,12 +389,16 @@ def int4_weight_only(group_size=128, layout_type=TensorCoreTiledLayoutType(inner
     Args:
         `group_size`: parameter for quantization, controls the granularity of quantization, smaller
          size is more fine grained, choices are [256, 128, 64, 32]
-        `layout_type`: layout type for quantized tensor, default is `TensorCoreTiledLayoutType(inner_k_tiles=8)`
+        `inner_k_tiles`: parameter for int4 mm kernel, choices are [8, 4, 2]
     """
     def apply_int4_weight_only_quant(weight):
         if weight.shape[-1] % group_size != 0:
             return weight
 
+        # avoid circular dep
+        from torchao.dtypes import to_affine_quantized
+        from torchao.dtypes import TensorCoreTiledLayoutType
+
         mapping_type = MappingType.ASYMMETRIC
         block_size = (1, group_size)
         target_dtype = torch.int32
@@ -402,6 +408,7 @@ def apply_int4_weight_only_quant(weight):
         preserve_zero = False
         zero_point_dtype = torch.bfloat16
         zero_point_domain = ZeroPointDomain.FLOAT
+        layout_type = TensorCoreTiledLayoutType(inner_k_tiles=inner_k_tiles)
         return to_affine_quantized(weight, mapping_type, block_size, target_dtype, quant_min, quant_max, eps, zero_point_dtype=zero_point_dtype, preserve_zero=preserve_zero, zero_point_domain=zero_point_domain, layout_type=layout_type)
 
     return _get_linear_subclass_inserter(apply_int4_weight_only_quant)
@@ -412,6 +419,9 @@ def int8_weight_only():
     Applies int8 weight-only symmetric per-channel quantization to linear layers.
     """
     def apply_int8wo_quant(weight):
+        # avoid circular dep
+        from torchao.dtypes import to_affine_quantized
+
         mapping_type = MappingType.SYMMETRIC
         target_dtype = torch.int8
         eps = torch.finfo(torch.float32).eps
@@ -422,6 +432,8 @@ def apply_int8wo_quant(weight):
     return _get_linear_subclass_inserter(apply_int8wo_quant)
 
 def _int8_symm_per_token_reduced_range_quant(x: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
+    # avoid circular dep
+    from torchao.dtypes import to_affine_quantized
     mapping_type = MappingType.SYMMETRIC
     target_dtype = torch.int8
     eps = 1e-5
@@ -441,6 +453,8 @@ def apply_int8_dynamic_activation_int8_weight_quant(weight):
         if in_features <= 16:
             return weight
 
+        # avoid circular dep
+        from torchao.dtypes import to_affine_quantized
         # weight settings
         mapping_type = MappingType.SYMMETRIC
         def get_weight_block_size(x):
@@ -465,6 +479,7 @@ def int8_dynamic_activation_int8_semi_sparse_weight():
     Applies int8 dnynamic symmetric per-token activation and int8 per-channel weight
     quantization + 2:4 sparsity to linear layers.
     """
+    from torchao.dtypes import SemiSparseLayoutType
     return int8_dynamic_activation_int8_weight(layout_type=SemiSparseLayoutType())
 
 
@@ -480,6 +495,8 @@ def uintx_weight_only(bit_width, group_size=64, pack_dim=-1):
         quantize_affine,
         dequantize_affine,
     )
+    from torchao.dtypes.uintx.Uintx import UintxLayoutType
+    from torchao.dtypes import to_affine_quantized
     from torchao.quantization.quant_api import _get_linear_subclass_inserter
     def apply_uintx_weight_only_quant(weight):