inductor.config.descriptive_names = False is not actually supported (#145523) (#146051)

exclamaforte · facebook-github-bot · commit 90e4d10470d7 · 2025-04-16T14:48:51.000-07:00
Summary: This config is not supported (it throws an error when set), and doesn't really make sense imo. Approved by: https://github.com/eellison Test Plan: contbuild & OSS CI, see https://hud.pytorch.org/commit/pytorch/pytorch/edf266e9bbbf6063f7c4a336ffb50234e11a0a82 Reviewed By: masnesral Differential Revision: D68846308
diff --git a/torch/_inductor/config.py b/torch/_inductor/config.py
@@ -943,7 +943,7 @@ class cpp:
 
     # similar to config.triton.descriptive_names
     descriptive_names: Union[
-        bool, Literal["torch", "original_aten", "inductor_node"]
+        Literal["torch", "original_aten", "inductor_node"]
     ] = "original_aten"
 
     # how many nodes to allow into a single horizontal fusion
@@ -1114,12 +1114,11 @@ class triton:
     )
 
     # should we put op names in kernel names
-    # False: No special names (just triton__1, triton__2, etc.)
     # "torch": Maps to the fx op in the Dynamo graph (module name, method name, etc.)
     # "original_aten": Maps to the highest-level aten op (i.e. pre-decompositions)
     # "inductor_node": Maps to the node name in the FX graph passed to Inductor
     descriptive_names: Union[
-        bool, Literal["torch", "original_aten", "inductor_node"]
+        Literal["torch", "original_aten", "inductor_node"]
     ] = "original_aten"
 
     # use alternate codegen for smaller reductions
