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Aug 06, 2026, 1 min read

PyTorch Internals

Some useful links to understand how pytorch internals work

Computation graphs https://pytorch.org/blog/overview-of-pytorch-autograd-engine/ https://pytorch.org/blog/computational-graphs-constructed-in-pytorch/ https://pytorch.org/blog/how-computational-graphs-are-executed-in-pytorch/

PyTorch dispatcher

  • https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/wiki/PyTorch-dispatcher-walkthrough

  • https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/blob/main/aten/src/ATen/core/dispatch/Dispatcher.h

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cpp_extensions https://docs.pytorch.org/docs/2.13/cpp_extension.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Derivatives.yaml file

  • https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/blob/e7cd59c7a061c78d8d0265e4308b5933e44f9176/tools/autograd/derivatives.yaml#L840-L843

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