---
library_name: kernels
license: bsd-3-clause
---

> [!CAUTION]
> Starting from September 13, 2026, we will be removing the "model" type repositories of kernels (e.g., kernels-community/flash-attn3). Make sure you're using a latest version of kernels. If you face any disruption, please report them here: https://github.com/huggingface/kernels/issues/new.

This is the repository card of kernels-community/layer-norm that has been pushed on the Hub. It was built to be used with the [`kernels` library](https://github.com/huggingface/kernels). This card was automatically generated.

## How to use

```python
# make sure `kernels` is installed: `pip install -U kernels`
from kernels import get_kernel

kernel_module = get_kernel("kernels-community/layer-norm")
dropout_add_ln_fwd = kernel_module.dropout_add_ln_fwd

dropout_add_ln_fwd(...)
```

## Available functions
- `dropout_add_ln_fwd`
- `dropout_add_ln_bwd`
- `dropout_add_ln_parallel_residual_fwd`
- `dropout_add_ln_parallel_residual_bwd`

## Benchmarks

Benchmarking script is available for this kernel. Run `kernels benchmark kernels-community/layer-norm`.