Musify MooreThreads

Convert CUDA code to MUSA (Moore Threads GPU) using the musify tool. Use when migrating CUDA codebases to MUSA platform, converting CUDA kernels/APIs to MUSA equivalents, or porting NVIDIA GPU code to Moore Threads GPUs. Supports batch conversion of .cu, .cuh, .cpp, .h files with text-based API mapping.

Musify - CUDA to MUSA Code Conversion

Musify converts CUDA code to MUSA (Moore Threads GPU architecture) using text-based API mapping.

Installation

bash

# Install dependencies
pip install ahocorapy

# musify-text should be available in MUSA toolkit

Basic Usage

bash

# Convert files in-place (CUDA -> MUSA)
musify-text --inplace -- file1.cu file2.cpp

# Convert and create new files (default)
musify-text --create -- a.cu b.cpp

# Print to stdout
musify-text -t -- file.cu

Batch Conversion

bash

# Find and convert all CUDA/C++ files in directory
musify-text --inplace -- $(find /path/to/project -name '*.cu' -o -name '*.cuh' -o -name '*.cpp' -o -name '*.h')

# Using ripgrep (recommended)
musify-text --inplace -- $(rg --files -g '*.cu' -g '*.cuh' -g '*.cpp' -g '*.h' /path/to/project)

Options

Option	Description
-t, --terminal	Print output to stdout
-c, --create	Create new files with converted code (default)
-i, --inplace	Modify files in-place
-d {c2m,m2c}	Conversion direction: c2m (CUDA→MUSA, default), m2c (MUSA→CUDA)
-m <file.json>	Custom API mapping file (can specify multiple)
--clear-mapping	Clear default mapping, use only custom mappings
-l {DEBUG,INFO,WARNING}	Log level

Exclusion Markers

Prevent specific code sections from being converted:

c

// MUSIFY_EXCL_LINE - Exclude this line
char *str = "cudaMalloc"; // MUSIFY_EXCL_LINE

// MUSIFY_EXCL_START - Start exclusion block
char *apis[] = {
    "cudaInit",
    "cudaFree"
};
// MUSIFY_EXCL_STOP - End exclusion block

Common CUDA → MUSA Mappings

CUDA	MUSA
cuda prefix	musa prefix
CUDA	MUSA
cu prefix (driver API)	mu prefix
__cuda	__musa
cudaMalloc	musaMalloc
cudaFree	musaFree
cudaMemcpy	musaMemcpy
cudaLaunchKernel	musaLaunchKernel
__global__	__global__ (unchanged)
__device__	__device__ (unchanged)
__shared__	__shared__ (unchanged)

Workflow

1. Backup code before conversion
2. Run musify on target files
3. Review changes - text-based conversion may need manual fixes
4. Compile with MUSA compiler (mcc) to verify
5. Test on MUSA device

References

• Musify Blog Post
• MUSA Documentation
• Tutorial on MUSA