[Multi Modal] Add FA3 in VIT

tests/entrypoints/openai/test_vision.py

@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@
     ],
     [
         "The image shows a Venn diagram with three over",
-        "The image shows a Venn diagram with three intersect",
+        "This image shows a Venn diagram with three over",
     ],
     [
         "This image displays a gradient of colors ranging from",
-        "The image displays a gradient of colors ranging from",
+        "This image displays a gradient of colors forming a spectrum",
     ],
 ]
 

tests/kernels/attention/test_mha_attn.py

@@ -36,31 +36,52 @@ def test_mha_attn_platform(device: str):
     torch.set_default_dtype(torch.float16)
 
     if device == "cpu":
-        with patch("vllm.attention.selector.current_platform",
-                   CpuPlatform()), \
-             patch("vllm.platforms.current_platform", CpuPlatform()):
+        with patch("vllm.attention.layer.current_platform", CpuPlatform()), \
+             patch("vllm.model_executor.models.vision.current_platform",
+                   CpuPlatform()):
             attn = MultiHeadAttention(16, 64, scale=1)
-            assert attn.attn_backend == _Backend.TORCH_SDPA_VLLM_V1
+            assert attn.attn_backend == _Backend.TORCH_SDPA
     elif device == "hip":
-        with patch("vllm.attention.selector.current_platform",
-                   RocmPlatform()), \
-             patch("vllm.platforms.current_platform", RocmPlatform()), \
-             patch("vllm.attention.layer.current_platform", RocmPlatform()):
+        with patch("vllm.attention.layer.current_platform", RocmPlatform()), \
+             patch("vllm.model_executor.models.vision.current_platform",
+                   RocmPlatform()):
             attn = MultiHeadAttention(16, 64, scale=1)
             assert attn.attn_backend == _Backend.TORCH_SDPA
     else:
-        with patch("vllm.attention.selector.current_platform",
-                   CudaPlatform()), \
-             patch("vllm.platforms.current_platform", CudaPlatform()):
+        # Test CUDA with head_size=64 (divisible by 32)
+        # - should use vLLM's FlashAttention
+        with patch("vllm.attention.layer.current_platform", CudaPlatform()), \
+             patch("vllm.model_executor.models.vision.current_platform",
+                   CudaPlatform()):
             attn = MultiHeadAttention(16, 64, scale=1)
-            assert attn.attn_backend == _Backend.XFORMERS
+            assert attn.attn_backend == _Backend.FLASH_ATTN
 
-        with patch("vllm.attention.selector.current_platform",
+        # Test CUDA with head_size=72 (not divisible by 32)
+        # - with upstream FA not available
+        # - should use xformers
+        with patch("vllm.attention.layer.current_platform", CudaPlatform()), \
+             patch("vllm.model_executor.models.vision.current_platform",
                    CudaPlatform()), \
-             patch("vllm.platforms.current_platform", CudaPlatform()):
+             patch("vllm.attention.layer.check_upstream_fa_availability",
+                   return_value=False):
             attn = MultiHeadAttention(16, 72, scale=1)
             assert attn.attn_backend == _Backend.XFORMERS
 
+        # Test CUDA with head_size=72 (not divisible by 32)
+        # - with upstream FA available
+        # - should use upstream FA
+        with patch("vllm.attention.layer.current_platform", CudaPlatform()), \
+             patch("vllm.model_executor.models.vision.current_platform",
+                   CudaPlatform()), \
+             patch("vllm.attention.layer.check_upstream_fa_availability",
+                   return_value=True), \
+             patch.dict('sys.modules', {'flash_attn': type('MockFlashAttn', (),
+                                                           {
+                 'flash_attn_varlen_func': lambda *args, **kwargs: None
+             })()}):
+            attn = MultiHeadAttention(16, 72, scale=1)
+            assert attn.attn_backend == _Backend.FLASH_ATTN
+
 
 def ref_attention(
     query: torch.Tensor,

vllm/attention/layer.py

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 from vllm.model_executor.layers.quantization.base_config import (
     QuantizationConfig)
 from vllm.model_executor.layers.quantization.kv_cache import BaseKVCacheMethod
+from vllm.model_executor.models.vision import get_vit_attn_backend
 from vllm.platforms import _Backend, current_platform
 from vllm.utils import direct_register_custom_op
 
@@ -55,6 +56,14 @@ def check_xformers_availability():
     return USE_XFORMERS_OPS
 
 
+def check_upstream_fa_availability(dtype: torch.dtype):
+    if dtype in (torch.float16, torch.bfloat16) and current_platform.is_cuda(
+    ) and current_platform.has_device_capability(80):
+        from transformers.utils import is_flash_attn_2_available
+        return is_flash_attn_2_available()
+    return False
+
+
 class Attention(nn.Module, AttentionLayerBase):
     """Attention layer.
 
@@ -349,29 +358,55 @@ def __init__(
             f"divisible by num_kv_heads ({self.num_kv_heads})"
         self.num_queries_per_kv = self.num_heads // self.num_kv_heads
 
+        # During model initialization, the default dtype is set as the model
+        # weight and activation dtype.
         dtype = torch.get_default_dtype()
-        attn_backend = get_attn_backend(head_size,
-                                        dtype,
-                                        kv_cache_dtype=None,
-                                        block_size=16,
-                                        is_attention_free=False)
-        backend = backend_name_to_enum(attn_backend.get_name())
+
+        # Determine the attention backend
+        backend = get_vit_attn_backend(head_size=head_size, dtype=dtype)
+
+        # Some auto-selected backends can be upgraded
+        # to upstream flash attention if available.
+        # If vllm native fa is selected, we use it directly.
+        use_upstream_fa = False
+        if backend != _Backend.FLASH_ATTN and check_upstream_fa_availability(
+                dtype):
+            backend = _Backend.FLASH_ATTN
+            use_upstream_fa = True
+
         if current_platform.is_rocm():
             # currently, only torch_sdpa is supported on rocm
             self.attn_backend = _Backend.TORCH_SDPA
         else:
+
             self.attn_backend = backend if backend in {
                 _Backend.TORCH_SDPA,
                 _Backend.TORCH_SDPA_VLLM_V1,
                 _Backend.XFORMERS,
                 _Backend.PALLAS_VLLM_V1,
                 _Backend.ROCM_AITER_FA,
-            } else current_platform.get_vit_attn_backend()
+                _Backend.FLASH_ATTN,
+                _Backend.FLASH_ATTN_VLLM_V1,
+            } else _Backend.TORCH_SDPA
 
         if (self.attn_backend == _Backend.XFORMERS
                 and not check_xformers_availability()):
             self.attn_backend = _Backend.TORCH_SDPA
 
+        if self.attn_backend in {
+                _Backend.FLASH_ATTN, _Backend.FLASH_ATTN_VLLM_V1
+        }:
+            if use_upstream_fa:
+                from flash_attn import flash_attn_varlen_func
+                self._flash_attn_varlen_func = flash_attn_varlen_func
+            else:
+                from vllm.vllm_flash_attn import flash_attn_varlen_func
+                self._flash_attn_varlen_func = flash_attn_varlen_func
+
+        logger.info_once(
+            f"MultiHeadAttention attn_backend: {self.attn_backend}, "
+            f"use_upstream_fa: {use_upstream_fa}")
+
     def forward(
         self,
         query: torch.Tensor,
@@ -392,7 +427,31 @@ def forward(
             key = torch.repeat_interleave(key, num_repeat, dim=2)
             value = torch.repeat_interleave(value, num_repeat, dim=2)
 
-        if self.attn_backend == _Backend.XFORMERS:
+        if self.attn_backend in {
+                _Backend.FLASH_ATTN,
+                _Backend.FLASH_ATTN_VLLM_V1,
+        }:
+
+            cu_seqlens_q = torch.arange(0, (bsz + 1) * q_len,
+                                        step=q_len,
+                                        dtype=torch.int32,
+                                        device=query.device)
+            cu_seqlens_k = torch.arange(0, (bsz + 1) * kv_len,
+                                        step=kv_len,
+                                        dtype=torch.int32,
+                                        device=key.device)
+
+            out = self._flash_attn_varlen_func(
+                query.flatten(0, 1),
+                key.flatten(0, 1),
+                value.flatten(0, 1),
+                cu_seqlens_q=cu_seqlens_q,
+                cu_seqlens_k=cu_seqlens_k,
+                max_seqlen_q=q_len,
+                max_seqlen_k=kv_len,
+                softmax_scale=self.scale,
+            )
+        elif self.attn_backend == _Backend.XFORMERS:
             from xformers import ops as xops
 
             out = xops.memory_efficient_attention_forward(query,

vllm/model_executor/models/ernie45_vl.py

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 from einops import rearrange, repeat
 from transformers import BatchFeature
 
+from vllm.attention.layer import check_upstream_fa_availability
 from vllm.config import VllmConfig
 from vllm.distributed import parallel_state
 from vllm.distributed import utils as dist_utils
@@ -170,7 +171,16 @@ def __init__(
                                       prefix=f"{prefix}.proj")
 
         # Detect attention implementation.
-        self.attn_backend: _Backend = get_vit_attn_backend(support_fa=True)
+        self.attn_backend = get_vit_attn_backend(
+            head_size=self.hidden_size_per_attention_head,
+            dtype=torch.get_default_dtype())
+
+        self.use_upstream_fa = False
+        if self.attn_backend != _Backend.FLASH_ATTN and \
+            check_upstream_fa_availability(torch.get_default_dtype()):
+            self.attn_backend = _Backend.FLASH_ATTN
+            self.use_upstream_fa = True
+
         if self.attn_backend not in {
                 _Backend.FLASH_ATTN, _Backend.TORCH_SDPA, _Backend.XFORMERS,
                 _Backend.ROCM_AITER_FA
@@ -233,7 +243,10 @@ def forward(
             if self.attn_backend == _Backend.ROCM_AITER_FA:
                 from aiter import flash_attn_varlen_func
             else:
-                from flash_attn import flash_attn_varlen_func
+                if self.use_upstream_fa:
+                    from flash_attn import flash_attn_varlen_func
+                else:
+                    from vllm.vllm_flash_attn import flash_attn_varlen_func
 
             q, k, v = (rearrange(x, "b s ... -> (b s) ...") for x in [q, k, v])
 
@@ -457,7 +470,11 @@ def __init__(
                 ), "vit's config.hidden must be equal to config.embed_dim"
         self.ln = nn.LayerNorm(hidden_size, eps=1e-6)
 
-        self.attn_backend: _Backend = get_vit_attn_backend(support_fa=True)
+        self.attn_backend = get_vit_attn_backend(
+            head_size=head_dim, dtype=torch.get_default_dtype())
+        if self.attn_backend != _Backend.FLASH_ATTN and \
+        check_upstream_fa_availability(torch.get_default_dtype()):
+            self.attn_backend = _Backend.FLASH_ATTN
 
     @property
     def dtype(self) -> torch.dtype:

vllm/model_executor/models/glm4_1v.py

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
     Glm4vVideoProcessor)
 from transformers.video_utils import VideoMetadata
 
+from vllm.attention.layer import check_upstream_fa_availability
 from vllm.config import VllmConfig
 from vllm.distributed import (get_tensor_model_parallel_world_size,
                               parallel_state)
@@ -260,7 +261,15 @@ def __init__(
         )
 
         # Detect attention implementation.
-        self.attn_backend: _Backend = get_vit_attn_backend(support_fa=True)
+        self.attn_backend = get_vit_attn_backend(
+            head_size=self.hidden_size_per_attention_head,
+            dtype=torch.get_default_dtype())
+        self.use_upstream_fa = False
+        if self.attn_backend != _Backend.FLASH_ATTN and \
+            check_upstream_fa_availability(torch.get_default_dtype()):
+            self.attn_backend = _Backend.FLASH_ATTN
+            self.use_upstream_fa = True
+
         if self.attn_backend not in {
                 _Backend.FLASH_ATTN,
                 _Backend.TORCH_SDPA,
@@ -310,7 +319,10 @@ def forward(
         if self.attn_backend == _Backend.FLASH_ATTN:
             # from vllm_flash_attn.flash_attn_interface import (
             #   flash_attn_varlen_func)
-            from flash_attn import flash_attn_varlen_func
+            if self.use_upstream_fa:
+                from flash_attn import flash_attn_varlen_func
+            else:
+                from vllm.vllm_flash_attn import flash_attn_varlen_func
 
             q, k, v = (rearrange(x, "b s ... -> (b s) ...") for x in [q, k, v])
 
@@ -715,7 +727,11 @@ def __init__(
         self.post_layernorm = RMSNorm(vision_config.hidden_size,
                                       eps=vision_config.rms_norm_eps)
 
-        self.attn_backend: _Backend = get_vit_attn_backend(support_fa=True)
+        self.attn_backend = get_vit_attn_backend(
+            head_size=head_dim, dtype=torch.get_default_dtype())
+        if self.attn_backend != _Backend.FLASH_ATTN and \
+            check_upstream_fa_availability(torch.get_default_dtype()):
+            self.attn_backend = _Backend.FLASH_ATTN
 
     @property
     def dtype(self) -> torch.dtype:

vllm/model_executor/models/keye.py

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
                                            BaseModelOutputWithPooling)
 from transformers.utils import torch_int
 
+from vllm.attention.layer import check_upstream_fa_availability
 from vllm.config import VllmConfig
 from vllm.distributed import get_tensor_model_parallel_world_size
 from vllm.logger import init_logger
@@ -374,7 +375,16 @@ def __init__(
         )
 
         # Detect attention implementation.
-        self.attn_backend: _Backend = get_vit_attn_backend(support_fa=True)
+        self.attn_backend = get_vit_attn_backend(
+            head_size=self.head_dim, dtype=torch.get_default_dtype())
+
+        self.use_upstream_fa = False
+        if self.attn_backend != _Backend.FLASH_ATTN and \
+            check_upstream_fa_availability(
+                torch.get_default_dtype()):
+            self.attn_backend = _Backend.FLASH_ATTN
+            self.use_upstream_fa = True
+
         if self.attn_backend not in {_Backend.FLASH_ATTN, _Backend.XFORMERS}:
             raise RuntimeError(
                 f"Keye-VL does not support {self.attn_backend} backend now.")
@@ -428,7 +438,10 @@ def forward(
             )
 
         if self.attn_backend == _Backend.FLASH_ATTN:
-            from flash_attn import flash_attn_varlen_func
+            if self.use_upstream_fa:
+                from flash_attn import flash_attn_varlen_func
+            else:
+                from vllm.vllm_flash_attn import flash_attn_varlen_func
 
             q, k, v = (rearrange(x, "b s ... -> (b s) ...") for x in [q, k, v])
 

vllm/model_executor/models/qwen2_5_vl.py

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 from transformers.models.qwen2_5_vl.configuration_qwen2_5_vl import (
     Qwen2_5_VLConfig, Qwen2_5_VLVisionConfig)
 
+from vllm.attention.layer import check_upstream_fa_availability
 from vllm.config import VllmConfig
 from vllm.distributed import parallel_state
 from vllm.distributed import utils as dist_utils
@@ -298,7 +299,16 @@ def __init__(
                                       disable_tp=use_data_parallel)
 
         # Detect attention implementation.
-        self.attn_backend: _Backend = get_vit_attn_backend(support_fa=True)
+        self.attn_backend = get_vit_attn_backend(
+            head_size=self.hidden_size_per_attention_head,
+            dtype=torch.get_default_dtype())
+        self.use_upstream_fa = False
+        if self.attn_backend != _Backend.FLASH_ATTN and \
+            check_upstream_fa_availability(
+                torch.get_default_dtype()):
+            self.attn_backend = _Backend.FLASH_ATTN
+            self.use_upstream_fa = True
+
         if self.attn_backend not in {
                 _Backend.FLASH_ATTN, _Backend.TORCH_SDPA, _Backend.XFORMERS,
                 _Backend.ROCM_AITER_FA
@@ -359,7 +369,10 @@ def forward(
             if self.attn_backend == _Backend.ROCM_AITER_FA:
                 from aiter import flash_attn_varlen_func
             else:
-                from flash_attn import flash_attn_varlen_func
+                if self.use_upstream_fa:
+                    from flash_attn import flash_attn_varlen_func
+                else:
+                    from vllm.vllm_flash_attn import flash_attn_varlen_func
 
             q, k, v = (rearrange(x, "b s ... -> (b s) ...") for x in [q, k, v])
 
@@ -628,7 +641,12 @@ def __init__(
             prefix=f"{prefix}.merger",
             use_data_parallel=use_data_parallel,
         )
-        self.attn_backend: _Backend = get_vit_attn_backend(support_fa=True)
+        self.attn_backend = get_vit_attn_backend(
+            head_size=head_dim, dtype=torch.get_default_dtype())
+        if self.attn_backend != _Backend.FLASH_ATTN and \
+            check_upstream_fa_availability(
+                torch.get_default_dtype()):
+            self.attn_backend = _Backend.FLASH_ATTN
 
     @property
     def dtype(self) -> torch.dtype: