[Kernel] Support sliding window in flash attention backend (#9403)

tests/kernels/test_attention_selector.py

@@ -20,21 +20,21 @@ def test_env(name: str, device: str, monkeypatch):
 
     if device == "cpu":
         with patch("vllm.attention.selector.is_cpu", return_value=True):
-            backend = which_attn_to_use(16, None, torch.float16, torch.float16,
-                                        16, False)
+            backend = which_attn_to_use(16, torch.float16, torch.float16, 16,
+                                        False)
         assert backend.name == "TORCH_SDPA"
     elif device == "hip":
         with patch("vllm.attention.selector.is_hip", return_value=True):
-            backend = which_attn_to_use(16, None, torch.float16, torch.float16,
-                                        16, False)
+            backend = which_attn_to_use(16, torch.float16, torch.float16, 16,
+                                        False)
         assert backend.name == "ROCM_FLASH"
     elif device == "openvino":
         with patch("vllm.attention.selector.is_openvino", return_value=True):
-            backend = which_attn_to_use(16, None, torch.float16, torch.float16,
-                                        16, False)
+            backend = which_attn_to_use(16, torch.float16, torch.float16, 16,
+                                        False)
         assert backend.name == "OPENVINO"
     else:
-        backend = which_attn_to_use(16, None, torch.float16, torch.float16, 16,
+        backend = which_attn_to_use(16, torch.float16, torch.float16, 16,
                                     False)
         assert backend.name == name
 
@@ -46,37 +46,32 @@ def test_flash_attn(monkeypatch):
 
     # Unsupported CUDA arch
     with patch("torch.cuda.get_device_capability", return_value=(7, 5)):
-        backend = which_attn_to_use(16, None, torch.float16, None, 16, False)
+        backend = which_attn_to_use(16, torch.float16, None, 16, False)
         assert backend.name != STR_FLASH_ATTN_VAL
 
     # Unsupported data type
-    backend = which_attn_to_use(16, None, torch.float8_e4m3fn, None, 16, False)
+    backend = which_attn_to_use(16, torch.float8_e4m3fn, None, 16, False)
     assert backend.name != STR_FLASH_ATTN_VAL
 
     # Unsupported kv cache data type
-    backend = which_attn_to_use(16, None, torch.float16, "fp8", 16, False)
+    backend = which_attn_to_use(16, torch.float16, "fp8", 16, False)
     assert backend.name != STR_FLASH_ATTN_VAL
 
     # Unsupported block size
-    backend = which_attn_to_use(16, None, torch.float16, None, 8, False)
-    assert backend.name != STR_FLASH_ATTN_VAL
-
-    # Unsupported sliding window
-    backend = which_attn_to_use(16, 1, torch.float16, None, 16, False)
+    backend = which_attn_to_use(16, torch.float16, None, 8, False)
     assert backend.name != STR_FLASH_ATTN_VAL
 
     # flash-attn is not installed
     with patch.dict('sys.modules', {'vllm_flash_attn': None}):
-        backend = which_attn_to_use(16, None, torch.float16, None, 16, False)
+        backend = which_attn_to_use(16, torch.float16, None, 16, False)
         assert backend.name != STR_FLASH_ATTN_VAL
 
     # Unsupported head size
-    backend = which_attn_to_use(17, None, torch.float16, None, 16, False)
+    backend = which_attn_to_use(17, torch.float16, None, 16, False)
     assert backend.name != STR_FLASH_ATTN_VAL
 
     # Attention-free models should bypass env and use PlaceholderAttention
-    backend = which_attn_to_use(16, None, torch.float16, torch.float16, 16,
-                                True)
+    backend = which_attn_to_use(16, torch.float16, torch.float16, 16, True)
     assert backend.name != STR_FLASH_ATTN_VAL
 
 
@@ -84,4 +79,4 @@ def test_invalid_env(monkeypatch):
     """Throw an exception if the backend name is invalid."""
     override_backend_env_variable(monkeypatch, STR_INVALID_VAL)
     with pytest.raises(ValueError):
-        which_attn_to_use(16, None, torch.float16, None, 16, False)
+        which_attn_to_use(16, torch.float16, None, 16, False)

tests/kernels/test_flash_attn.py

@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ def ref_paged_attn(
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("dtype", DTYPES)
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("soft_cap", [None, 10.0, 50.0])
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("num_blocks", NUM_BLOCKS)
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("sliding_window", [None, 256])
 @torch.inference_mode()
 def test_flash_attn_with_paged_kv(
     kv_lens: List[int],
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ def test_flash_attn_with_paged_kv(
     block_size: int,
     soft_cap: Optional[float],
     num_blocks: int,
+    sliding_window: Optional[int],
 ) -> None:
     torch.set_default_device("cuda")
     seed_everything(0)
@@ -96,6 +98,8 @@ def test_flash_attn_with_paged_kv(
     assert num_query_heads % num_kv_heads == 0
     max_kv_len = max(kv_lens)
     scale = head_size**-0.5
+    window_size = ((sliding_window - 1, 0) if sliding_window is not None else
+                   (-1, -1))
 
     query = torch.randn(num_seqs, num_query_heads, head_size, dtype=dtype)
     key_cache = torch.randn(num_blocks,
@@ -121,10 +125,10 @@ def test_flash_attn_with_paged_kv(
         block_table=block_tables,
         cache_seqlens=kv_lens_tensor,
         softcap=soft_cap if soft_cap is not None else 0,
+        window_size=window_size,
     ).squeeze(1)
 
-    ref_output = ref_paged_attn(
-        query=query,
+    ref_output = ref_paged_attn(query=query,
                                 key_cache=key_cache,
                                 value_cache=value_cache,
                                 query_lens=[1] * num_seqs,
@@ -132,7 +136,7 @@ def test_flash_attn_with_paged_kv(
                                 block_tables=block_tables,
                                 scale=scale,
                                 soft_cap=soft_cap,
-    )
+                                sliding_window=sliding_window)
     torch.testing.assert_close(output, ref_output, atol=2e-2, rtol=1e-2), \
         f"{torch.max(torch.abs(output - ref_output))}"
 
@@ -141,7 +145,7 @@ def test_flash_attn_with_paged_kv(
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("num_heads", NUM_HEADS)
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("head_size", HEAD_SIZES)
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("block_size", BLOCK_SIZES)
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("sliding_window", [None])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("sliding_window", [None, 256])
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("dtype", DTYPES)
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("soft_cap", [None, 10.0, 50.0])
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("num_blocks", NUM_BLOCKS)
@@ -166,8 +170,7 @@ def test_varlen_with_paged_kv(
     assert num_query_heads % num_kv_heads == 0
     max_query_len = max(query_lens)
     max_kv_len = max(kv_lens)
-    window_size = ((sliding_window,
-                    sliding_window) if sliding_window is not None else
+    window_size = ((sliding_window - 1, 0) if sliding_window is not None else
                    (-1, -1))
     scale = head_size**-0.5
 

vllm/attention/backends/flash_attn.py

@@ -524,8 +524,8 @@ class FlashAttentionImpl(AttentionImpl):
         if alibi_slopes is not None:
             alibi_slopes = torch.tensor(alibi_slopes, dtype=torch.float32)
         self.alibi_slopes = alibi_slopes
-        self.sliding_window = ((sliding_window, sliding_window)
-                               if sliding_window is not None else (-1, -1))
+        self.sliding_window = ((sliding_window - 1,
+                                0) if sliding_window is not None else (-1, -1))
         self.kv_cache_dtype = kv_cache_dtype
         if logits_soft_cap is None:
             # In flash-attn, setting logits_soft_cap as 0 means no soft cap.
@@ -535,12 +535,6 @@ class FlashAttentionImpl(AttentionImpl):
         assert self.num_heads % self.num_kv_heads == 0
         self.num_queries_per_kv = self.num_heads // self.num_kv_heads
 
-        if sliding_window is not None:
-            # NOTE(woosuk): flash-attn's sliding window does not work with
-            # paged KV cache.
-            raise ValueError(
-                "Sliding window is not supported in FlashAttention.")
-
         support_head_sizes = FlashAttentionBackend.get_supported_head_sizes()
         if head_size not in support_head_sizes:
             raise ValueError(
@@ -704,6 +698,7 @@ def unified_flash_attention(
                 max_seqlen_k=max_seq_len,
                 softmax_scale=softmax_scale,
                 causal=True,
+                window_size=window_size,
                 alibi_slopes=alibi_slopes,
                 block_table=prefill_meta.block_tables,
                 softcap=logits_soft_cap,
@@ -725,6 +720,7 @@ def unified_flash_attention(
                 max_seqlen_k=decode_meta.max_decode_seq_len,
                 softmax_scale=softmax_scale,
                 causal=True,
+                window_size=window_size,
                 alibi_slopes=alibi_slopes,
                 softcap=logits_soft_cap,
                 block_table=decode_meta.block_tables,
@@ -739,6 +735,7 @@ def unified_flash_attention(
                 cache_seqlens=decode_meta.seq_lens_tensor,
                 softmax_scale=softmax_scale,
                 causal=True,
+                window_size=window_size,
                 alibi_slopes=alibi_slopes,
                 softcap=logits_soft_cap,
             ).squeeze(1)

vllm/attention/layer.py

@@ -78,10 +78,9 @@ class Attention(nn.Module):
         # 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, sliding_window, dtype,
-                                        kv_cache_dtype, block_size,
-                                        is_attention_free, blocksparse_params
-                                        is not None)
+        attn_backend = get_attn_backend(head_size, dtype, kv_cache_dtype,
+                                        block_size, is_attention_free,
+                                        blocksparse_params is not None)
         impl_cls = attn_backend.get_impl_cls()
         self.impl = impl_cls(num_heads, head_size, scale, num_kv_heads,
                              alibi_slopes, sliding_window, kv_cache_dtype,

vllm/attention/selector.py

@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ def get_global_forced_attn_backend() -> Optional[_Backend]:
 @lru_cache(maxsize=None)
 def get_attn_backend(
     head_size: int,
-    sliding_window: Optional[int],
     dtype: torch.dtype,
     kv_cache_dtype: Optional[str],
     block_size: int,
@@ -105,8 +104,8 @@ def get_attn_backend(
             BlocksparseFlashAttentionBackend)
         return BlocksparseFlashAttentionBackend
 
-    backend = which_attn_to_use(head_size, sliding_window, dtype,
-                                kv_cache_dtype, block_size, is_attention_free)
+    backend = which_attn_to_use(head_size, dtype, kv_cache_dtype, block_size,
+                                is_attention_free)
     if backend == _Backend.FLASH_ATTN:
         from vllm.attention.backends.flash_attn import (  # noqa: F401
             FlashAttentionBackend)
@@ -155,7 +154,6 @@ def get_attn_backend(
 
 def which_attn_to_use(
     head_size: int,
-    sliding_window: Optional[int],
     dtype: torch.dtype,
     kv_cache_dtype: Optional[str],
     block_size: int,
@@ -243,10 +241,6 @@ def which_attn_to_use(
                 "Cannot use FlashAttention-2 backend for block size not "
                 "divisible by 16.")
             selected_backend = _Backend.XFORMERS
-        elif sliding_window is not None:
-            logger.info(
-                "Cannot use FlashAttention-2 backend due to sliding window.")
-            selected_backend = _Backend.XFORMERS
 
     # FlashAttn is valid for the model, checking if the package is installed.
     if selected_backend == _Backend.FLASH_ATTN:

vllm/worker/cache_engine.py

@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ class CacheEngine:
 
         # Get attention backend.
         self.attn_backend = get_attn_backend(self.head_size,
-                                             model_config.get_sliding_window(),
                                              model_config.dtype,
                                              cache_config.cache_dtype,
                                              self.block_size,

vllm/worker/cpu_model_runner.py

@@ -420,7 +420,6 @@ class CPUModelRunner(ModelRunnerBase[ModelInputForCPU]):
         self.block_size = cache_config.block_size
         self.attn_backend = get_attn_backend(
             self.model_config.get_head_size(),
-            self.model_config.get_sliding_window(),
             self.model_config.dtype,
             self.kv_cache_dtype,
             self.block_size,

vllm/worker/cpu_worker.py

@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ class CPUCacheEngine:
         # Get attention backend.
         self.attn_backend = get_attn_backend(
             self.model_config.get_head_size(),
-            self.model_config.get_sliding_window(),
             self.model_config.dtype,
             cache_config.cache_dtype,
             self.block_size,

vllm/worker/model_runner.py

@@ -1011,7 +1011,6 @@ class GPUModelRunnerBase(ModelRunnerBase[TModelInputForGPU]):
 
         self.attn_backend = get_attn_backend(
             self.model_config.get_head_size(),
-            self.model_config.get_sliding_window(),
             self.model_config.dtype,
             self.kv_cache_dtype,
             self.block_size,

vllm/worker/openvino_model_runner.py

@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ class OpenVINOModelRunner:
 
         self.attn_backend = get_attn_backend(
             self.model_config.get_head_size(),
-            self.model_config.get_sliding_window(),
             self.model_config.dtype,
             self.kv_cache_dtype,
             self.block_size,

vllm/worker/openvino_worker.py

@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ class OpenVINOCacheEngine:
         # Get attention backend.
         self.attn_backend = get_attn_backend(
             self.head_size,
-            self.model_config.get_sliding_window(),
             self.model_config.dtype,
             self.cache_config.cache_dtype,
             self.block_size,

vllm/worker/tpu_model_runner.py

@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ class TPUModelRunner(ModelRunnerBase[ModelInputForTPU]):
             dtype=np.int32)
         self.attn_backend = get_attn_backend(
             self.model_config.get_head_size(),
-            self.model_config.get_sliding_window(),
             self.model_config.dtype,
             self.cache_config.cache_dtype,
             self.block_size,

vllm/worker/xpu_model_runner.py

@@ -374,7 +374,6 @@ class XPUModelRunner(ModelRunnerBase[ModelInputForXPUWithSamplingMetadata]):
 
         self.attn_backend = get_attn_backend(
             self.model_config.get_head_size(),
-            self.model_config.get_sliding_window(),
             self.model_config.dtype,
             self.kv_cache_dtype,
             self.block_size,