[VLM] Calculate maximum number of multi-modal tokens by model (#6121)

docs/source/dev/multimodal/adding_multimodal_model.rst

@@ -51,17 +51,16 @@ As usual, follow :ref:`these steps <adding_a_new_model>` to implement the model
 2. Register input mappers
 -------------------------
 
-For each modality type to support, decorate the model class with :meth:`MULTIMODAL_REGISTRY.register_input_mapper <vllm.multimodal.MultiModalRegistry.register_input_mapper>`.
+For each modality type that the model accepts as input, decorate the model class with :meth:`MULTIMODAL_REGISTRY.register_input_mapper <vllm.multimodal.MultiModalRegistry.register_input_mapper>`.
 This decorator accepts a function that maps multi-modal inputs to the keyword arguments you have previously defined in :meth:`~torch.nn.Module.forward`.
 
 .. code-block:: diff
 
-    from vllm.model_executor.models.interfaces import SupportsVision
+      from vllm.model_executor.models.interfaces import SupportsVision
     + from vllm.multimodal import MULTIMODAL_REGISTRY
 
-    + @MULTIMODAL_REGISTRY.register_image_feature_input_mapper()
-    + @MULTIMODAL_REGISTRY.register_image_pixel_input_mapper()
-    class YourModelForImage2Seq(nn.Module, SupportsVision):
+    + @MULTIMODAL_REGISTRY.register_image_input_mapper()
+      class YourModelForImage2Seq(nn.Module, SupportsVision):
 
 A default mapper is available for each modality in the core vLLM library. This input mapper will be used if you do not provide your own function.
 
@@ -69,22 +68,22 @@ A default mapper is available for each modality in the core vLLM library. This i
     :ref:`input_processing_pipeline`
 
 
-3. (Optional) Register dummy data
----------------------------------
+3. Register maximum number of multimodal tokens
+----------------------------------------------------------
 
-During startup, dummy data is passed to the vLLM model to allocate memory. This only consists of text input by default, which may not be applicable to multi-modal models.
-In such cases, you can define your own dummy data by registering a factory method via :meth:`INPUT_REGISTRY.register_dummy_data <vllm.inputs.registry.InputRegistry.register_dummy_data>`.
+For each modality type that the model accepts as input, calculate the maximum possible number of tokens
+and register it via :meth:`INPUT_REGISTRY.register_dummy_data <vllm.inputs.registry.InputRegistry.register_max_multimodal_tokens>`.
 
 .. code-block:: diff
 
-    from vllm.inputs import INPUT_REGISTRY
-    from vllm.model_executor.models.interfaces import SupportsVision
-    from vllm.multimodal import MULTIMODAL_REGISTRY
+      from vllm.inputs import INPUT_REGISTRY
+      from vllm.model_executor.models.interfaces import SupportsVision
+      from vllm.multimodal import MULTIMODAL_REGISTRY
 
-    @MULTIMODAL_REGISTRY.register_image_feature_input_mapper()
-    @MULTIMODAL_REGISTRY.register_image_pixel_input_mapper()
-    + @INPUT_REGISTRY.register_dummy_data(<your_dummy_data_factory>)
-    class YourModelForImage2Seq(nn.Module, SupportsVision):
+      @MULTIMODAL_REGISTRY.register_image_input_mapper()
+    + @MULTIMODAL_REGISTRY.register_max_image_tokens(<your_calculation>)
+      @INPUT_REGISTRY.register_dummy_data(<your_dummy_data_factory>)
+      class YourModelForImage2Seq(nn.Module, SupportsVision):
 
 Here are some examples:
 
@@ -95,7 +94,36 @@ Here are some examples:
     :ref:`input_processing_pipeline`
 
 
-4. (Optional) Register input processor
+4. (Optional) Register dummy data
+---------------------------------
+
+During startup, dummy data is passed to the vLLM model to allocate memory. This only consists of text input by default, which may not be applicable to multi-modal models.
+In such cases, you can define your own dummy data by registering a factory method via :meth:`INPUT_REGISTRY.register_dummy_data <vllm.inputs.registry.InputRegistry.register_dummy_data>`.
+
+.. code-block:: diff
+
+      from vllm.inputs import INPUT_REGISTRY
+      from vllm.model_executor.models.interfaces import SupportsVision
+      from vllm.multimodal import MULTIMODAL_REGISTRY
+
+      @MULTIMODAL_REGISTRY.register_image_input_mapper()
+      @MULTIMODAL_REGISTRY.register_max_image_tokens(<your_calculation>)
+    + @INPUT_REGISTRY.register_dummy_data(<your_dummy_data_factory>)
+      class YourModelForImage2Seq(nn.Module, SupportsVision):
+
+.. note::
+    The dummy data should have the maximum possible number of multi-modal tokens, as described in the previous step.
+
+Here are some examples:
+
+- Image inputs (static feature size): `LLaVA-1.5 Model <https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/blob/main/vllm/model_executor/models/llava.py>`__
+- Image inputs (dynamic feature size): `LLaVA-NeXT Model <https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/blob/main/vllm/model_executor/models/llava_next.py>`__
+
+.. seealso::
+    :ref:`input_processing_pipeline`
+
+
+5. (Optional) Register input processor
 --------------------------------------
 
 Sometimes, there is a need to process inputs at the :class:`~vllm.LLMEngine` level before they are passed to the model executor. 
@@ -104,15 +132,15 @@ You can register input processors via :meth:`INPUT_REGISTRY.register_input_proce
 
 .. code-block:: diff
 
-    from vllm.inputs import INPUT_REGISTRY
-    from vllm.model_executor.models.interfaces import SupportsVision
-    from vllm.multimodal import MULTIMODAL_REGISTRY
+      from vllm.inputs import INPUT_REGISTRY
+      from vllm.model_executor.models.interfaces import SupportsVision
+      from vllm.multimodal import MULTIMODAL_REGISTRY
 
-    @MULTIMODAL_REGISTRY.register_image_feature_input_mapper()
-    @MULTIMODAL_REGISTRY.register_image_pixel_input_mapper()
-    @INPUT_REGISTRY.register_dummy_data(<your_dummy_data_factory>)
+      @MULTIMODAL_REGISTRY.register_image_input_mapper()
+      @MULTIMODAL_REGISTRY.register_max_image_tokens(<your_calculation>)
+      @INPUT_REGISTRY.register_dummy_data(<your_dummy_data_factory>)
     + @INPUT_REGISTRY.register_input_processor(<your_input_processor>)
-    class YourModelForImage2Seq(nn.Module, SupportsVision):
+      class YourModelForImage2Seq(nn.Module, SupportsVision):
 
 A common use case of input processors is inserting placeholder tokens to leverage the vLLM framework for attention mask generation.
 Here are some examples:

docs/source/models/vlm.rst

@@ -25,13 +25,8 @@ To initialize a VLM, the aforementioned arguments must be passed to the ``LLM``
 
 .. important::
     We have removed all vision language related CLI args in the ``0.5.1`` release. **This is a breaking change**, so please update your code to follow
-    the above snippet. Specifically, ``image_feature_size`` is no longer required to be specified, and internally we will construct data structures for
-    every model to perform profiling with.
-
-    This work is still ongoing. In the meantime, we internally hardcode ``image_feature_size = 3000`` through 
-    :meth:`MULTIMODAL_REGISTRY.get_num_input_tokens <vllm.multimodal.MultiModalRegistry.get_num_input_tokens>` 
-    for every model to be conservative in terms of GPU memory consumption. This hardcoded value will be replaced 
-    with a more accurate profiling strategy in the future.
+    the above snippet. Specifically, ``image_feature_size`` is no longer required to be specified as we now calculate that
+    internally for each model.
 
 
 To pass an image to the model, note the following in :class:`vllm.inputs.PromptStrictInputs`:
@@ -104,13 +99,8 @@ Below is an example on how to launch the same ``llava-hf/llava-1.5-7b-hf`` with
 
 .. important::
     We have removed all vision language related CLI args in the ``0.5.1`` release. **This is a breaking change**, so please update your code to follow
-    the above snippet. Specifically, ``image_feature_size`` is no longer required to be specified, and internally we will construct data structures for
-    every model to perform profiling with.
-
-    This work is still ongoing. In the meantime, we internally hardcode ``image_feature_size = 3000`` through 
-    :meth:`MULTIMODAL_REGISTRY.get_num_input_tokens <vllm.multimodal.MultiModalRegistry.get_num_input_tokens>` 
-    for every model to be conservative in terms of GPU memory consumption. This hardcoded value will be replaced 
-    with a more accurate profiling strategy in the future.
+    the above snippet. Specifically, ``image_feature_size`` is no longer required to be specified as we now calculate that
+    internally for each model.
 
 To consume the server, you can use the OpenAI client like in the example below:
 

vllm/inputs/registry.py

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class InputContext:
         additionally checking its type.
 
         Raises:
-            ValueError: If the model is not of the specified type.
+            TypeError: If the model is not of the specified type.
         """
 
         hf_config = self.model_config.hf_config

vllm/model_executor/models/clip.py

@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ def get_clip_image_feature_size(hf_config: CLIPVisionConfig) -> int:
                                 patch_size=hf_config.patch_size)
 
 
+def get_max_clip_image_tokens(hf_config: CLIPVisionConfig) -> int:
+    return get_clip_image_feature_size(hf_config)
+
+
 def dummy_seq_data_for_clip(
     hf_config: CLIPVisionConfig,
     seq_len: int,

vllm/model_executor/models/llava.py

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ from vllm.multimodal import MULTIMODAL_REGISTRY
 from vllm.sequence import IntermediateTensors, SamplerOutput
 
 from .clip import (dummy_image_for_clip, dummy_seq_data_for_clip,
-                   input_processor_for_clip)
+                   get_max_clip_image_tokens, input_processor_for_clip)
 from .interfaces import SupportsVision
 from .utils import merge_vision_embeddings
 
@@ -62,6 +62,17 @@ class LlavaImagePixelInputs(TypedDict):
 LlavaImageInputs = LlavaImagePixelInputs
 
 
+def get_max_llava_image_tokens(ctx: InputContext):
+    hf_config = ctx.get_hf_config(LlavaConfig)
+    vision_config = hf_config.vision_config
+
+    if isinstance(vision_config, CLIPVisionConfig):
+        return get_max_clip_image_tokens(vision_config)
+
+    msg = f"Unsupported vision config: {type(vision_config)}"
+    raise NotImplementedError(msg)
+
+
 def dummy_data_for_llava(ctx: InputContext, seq_len: int):
     hf_config = ctx.get_hf_config(LlavaConfig)
     vision_config = hf_config.vision_config
@@ -102,6 +113,7 @@ def input_processor_for_llava(ctx: InputContext, llm_inputs: LLMInputs):
 
 
 @MULTIMODAL_REGISTRY.register_image_input_mapper()
+@MULTIMODAL_REGISTRY.register_max_image_tokens(get_max_llava_image_tokens)
 @INPUT_REGISTRY.register_dummy_data(dummy_data_for_llava)
 @INPUT_REGISTRY.register_input_processor(input_processor_for_llava)
 class LlavaForConditionalGeneration(nn.Module, SupportsVision):

vllm/model_executor/models/llava_next.py

@@ -127,6 +127,17 @@ def get_llava_next_image_feature_size(
     raise NotImplementedError(msg)
 
 
+def get_max_llava_next_image_tokens(ctx: InputContext):
+    # Result in the max possible feature size (2x2 grid of 336x336px tiles)
+    dummy_height = dummy_width = 448
+
+    return get_llava_next_image_feature_size(
+        ctx.get_hf_config(LlavaNextConfig),
+        input_height=dummy_height,
+        input_width=dummy_width,
+    )
+
+
 def dummy_data_for_llava_next(ctx: InputContext, seq_len: int):
     hf_config = ctx.get_hf_config(LlavaNextConfig)
     vision_config = hf_config.vision_config
@@ -198,6 +209,7 @@ def input_processor_for_llava_next(ctx: InputContext, llm_inputs: LLMInputs):
 
 
 @MULTIMODAL_REGISTRY.register_image_input_mapper()
+@MULTIMODAL_REGISTRY.register_max_image_tokens(get_max_llava_next_image_tokens)
 @INPUT_REGISTRY.register_dummy_data(dummy_data_for_llava_next)
 @INPUT_REGISTRY.register_input_processor(input_processor_for_llava_next)
 class LlavaNextForConditionalGeneration(nn.Module, SupportsVision):

vllm/model_executor/models/phi3v.py

@@ -321,6 +321,17 @@ def get_phi3v_image_feature_size(
         + (new_height // 336 + 1) * 12
 
 
+def get_max_phi3v_image_tokens(ctx: InputContext):
+    # Result in the max possible feature size (h:w = 16:1)
+    dummy_height, dummy_width = 8000, 50
+
+    return get_phi3v_image_feature_size(
+        ctx.get_hf_config(PretrainedConfig),
+        input_height=dummy_height,
+        input_width=dummy_width,
+    )
+
+
 def dummy_data_for_phi3v(ctx: InputContext, seq_len: int):
     # Result in the max possible feature size (h:w = 16:1)
     dummy_height, dummy_width = 8000, 50
@@ -429,6 +440,7 @@ def input_processor_for_phi3v(ctx: InputContext, llm_inputs: LLMInputs):
 
 
 @MULTIMODAL_REGISTRY.register_image_input_mapper()
+@MULTIMODAL_REGISTRY.register_max_image_tokens(get_max_phi3v_image_tokens)
 @INPUT_REGISTRY.register_dummy_data(dummy_data_for_phi3v)
 @INPUT_REGISTRY.register_input_processor(input_processor_for_phi3v)
 class Phi3VForCausalLM(nn.Module, SupportsVision):

vllm/multimodal/base.py

@@ -97,9 +97,19 @@ the corresponding plugin with the same modality key is applied.
 """
 
 MultiModalInputMapper = Callable[[InputContext, object], MultiModalInputs]
-"""Return a dictionary to be passed as keyword arguments to
+"""
+Return a dictionary to be passed as keyword arguments to
 :meth:`~torch.nn.Module.forward`. This is similar in concept to tokenizers
-and processors in HuggingFace Transformers."""
+and processors in HuggingFace Transformers.
+
+If the data is not supported, throw :exc:`TypeError`.
+"""
+
+MultiModalTokensCalc = Union[int, Callable[[InputContext], int]]
+"""
+Calculate the maximum number of multimodal tokens input to the language
+model. This does not include tokens that correspond to the input text.
+"""
 
 N = TypeVar("N", bound=Type[nn.Module])
 
@@ -117,6 +127,7 @@ class MultiModalPlugin(ABC):
 
     def __init__(self) -> None:
         self._input_mappers: Dict[Type[nn.Module], MultiModalInputMapper] = {}
+        self._max_mm_tokens: Dict[Type[nn.Module], MultiModalTokensCalc] = {}
 
     @abstractmethod
     def get_data_key(self) -> str:
@@ -128,9 +139,12 @@ class MultiModalPlugin(ABC):
     @abstractmethod
     def _default_input_mapper(self, ctx: InputContext,
                               data: object) -> MultiModalInputs:
-        """Return a dictionary to be passed as keyword arguments to
+        """
+        Return a dictionary to be passed as keyword arguments to
         :meth:`~torch.nn.Module.forward`. This is similar in concept to
         tokenizers and processors in HuggingFace Transformers.
+
+        If the data is not supported, throw :exc:`TypeError`.
         """
         raise NotImplementedError
 
@@ -140,9 +154,11 @@ class MultiModalPlugin(ABC):
     ):
         """
         Register an input mapper to a model class.
+
         When the model receives input data that matches the modality served by
-        this plugin (see :meth:`get_data_type`), the provided function is
+        this plugin (see :meth:`get_data_key`), the provided function is
         invoked to transform the data into a dictionary of model inputs.
+
         If `None` is provided, then the default input mapper is used instead.
 
         See also:
@@ -170,10 +186,11 @@ class MultiModalPlugin(ABC):
         Apply an input mapper to a data passed
         to the model, transforming the data into a dictionary of model inputs.
 
-        If the data is not something that the mapper expects, throws TypeError.
-
         The model is identified by ``model_config``.
 
+        Raises:
+            TypeError: If the data type is not supported.
+
         See also:
             :ref:`adding_a_new_multimodal_model`
         """
@@ -188,3 +205,79 @@ class MultiModalPlugin(ABC):
                            f"model class {model_cls.__name__}.")
 
         return mapper(InputContext(model_config), data)
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def _default_max_multimodal_tokens(self, ctx: InputContext) -> int:
+        """
+        Calculate the maximum number of multimodal tokens input to the language
+        model. This does not include tokens that correspond to the input text.
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def _validate_max_multimodal_tokens(self, max_mm_tokens: int):
+        if max_mm_tokens < 1:
+            raise ValueError("You should set the number of tokens to a "
+                             f"positive integer. Found: {max_mm_tokens}")
+
+    def register_max_multimodal_tokens(
+        self,
+        max_mm_tokens: Optional[MultiModalTokensCalc] = None,
+    ):
+        """
+        Register the maximum number of multi-modal tokens input to the
+        language model for a model class.
+
+        If `None` is provided, then the default calculation is used instead.
+
+        See also:
+            :ref:`adding_a_new_multimodal_model`
+        """
+
+        def wrapper(model_cls: N) -> N:
+            if model_cls in self._max_mm_tokens:
+                logger.warning(
+                    "Model class %s already calculates maximum number of "
+                    "tokens in %s. It is overwritten by the new one.",
+                    model_cls, self)
+
+            if isinstance(max_mm_tokens, int):
+                self._validate_max_multimodal_tokens(max_mm_tokens)
+
+            self._max_mm_tokens[model_cls] = max_mm_tokens \
+                or self._default_max_multimodal_tokens
+
+            return model_cls
+
+        return wrapper
+
+    def get_max_multimodal_tokens(self, model_config: ModelConfig) -> int:
+        """
+        Get the maximum number of multi-modal tokens
+        for profiling the memory usage of a model.
+
+        If this registry is not applicable to the model, `0` is returned.
+
+        The model is identified by ``model_config``.
+
+        See also:
+            :ref:`adding_a_new_multimodal_model`
+        """
+        # Avoid circular import
+        from vllm.model_executor.model_loader import get_model_architecture
+
+        model_cls, _ = get_model_architecture(model_config)
+
+        if model_cls not in self._input_mappers:
+            return 0
+
+        max_mm_tokens = self._max_mm_tokens.get(model_cls)
+        if max_mm_tokens is None:
+            raise KeyError(f"No maximum number of multi-modal tokens is given "
+                           f"for model class {model_cls.__name__} in {self}.")
+
+        if callable(max_mm_tokens):
+            max_mm_tokens = max_mm_tokens(InputContext(model_config))
+
+        self._validate_max_multimodal_tokens(max_mm_tokens)
+
+        return max_mm_tokens

vllm/multimodal/image.py

@@ -130,3 +130,6 @@ class ImagePlugin(MultiModalPlugin):
             raise NotImplementedError("Embeddings input is not supported yet")
 
         raise TypeError(f"Invalid image type: {type(data)}")
+
+    def _default_max_multimodal_tokens(self, ctx: InputContext) -> int:
+        return 3000

vllm/multimodal/registry.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from vllm.config import ModelConfig
 from vllm.logger import init_logger
 
 from .base import (MultiModalDataDict, MultiModalInputMapper, MultiModalInputs,
-                   MultiModalPlugin)
+                   MultiModalPlugin, MultiModalTokensCalc)
 from .image import ImagePlugin
 
 logger = init_logger(__name__)
@@ -48,28 +48,9 @@ class MultiModalRegistry:
         msg = f"Unknown multi-modal data type: {data_type_key}"
         raise NotImplementedError(msg)
 
-    def register_image_input_mapper(
-        self,
-        mapper: Optional[MultiModalInputMapper] = None,
-    ):
-        """
-        Register an input mapper for image data to a model class.
-
-        See :meth:`MultiModalPlugin.register_input_mapper` for more details.
-        """
-        return self.register_input_mapper("image", mapper)
-
-    def _process_input(self, key: str, value: object,
-                       model_config: ModelConfig) -> MultiModalInputs:
-        plugin = self._plugins.get(key)
-        if plugin:
-            return plugin.map_input(model_config, value)
-        msg = f"Unknown multi-modal data type: {key}"
-        raise NotImplementedError(msg)
-
     def register_input_mapper(
         self,
-        data_type: str,
+        data_type_key: str,
         mapper: Optional[MultiModalInputMapper] = None,
     ):
         """
@@ -77,16 +58,14 @@ class MultiModalRegistry:
 
         See :meth:`MultiModalPlugin.register_input_mapper` for more details.
         """
-        plugin = self._plugins.get(data_type)
-        if not plugin:
-            msg = f"Unknown multi-modal data type: {data_type}"
-            raise NotImplementedError(msg)
-        return plugin.register_input_mapper(mapper)
+        return self._get_plugin(data_type_key).register_input_mapper(mapper)
 
-    def register_image_input(self,
-                             mapper: Optional[MultiModalInputMapper] = None):
+    def register_image_input_mapper(
+        self,
+        mapper: Optional[MultiModalInputMapper] = None,
+    ):
         """
-        Register an input mapper for image pixel data to a model class.
+        Register an input mapper for image data to a model class.
 
         See :meth:`MultiModalPlugin.register_input_mapper` for more details.
         """
@@ -102,8 +81,8 @@ class MultiModalRegistry:
         merged_dict: Dict[str, torch.Tensor] = {}
 
         for data_key, data_value in data.items():
-            input_dict = self._process_input(data_key, data_value,
-                                             model_config)
+            input_dict = self._get_plugin(data_key) \
+                .map_input(model_config, data_value)
 
             for input_key, input_tensor in input_dict.items():
                 if input_key in merged_dict:
@@ -121,9 +100,35 @@ class MultiModalRegistry:
         """
         return functools.partial(self.map_input, model_config)
 
-    def get_num_input_tokens(self):
+    def register_max_multimodal_tokens(
+        self,
+        data_type_key: str,
+        max_mm_tokens: Optional[MultiModalTokensCalc] = None,
+    ):
         """
-        Get the number of input tokens for profiling purposes.
+        Register the maximum number of tokens, belonging to a
+        specific modality, input to the language model for a model class.
         """
-        # TODO: Provide this number on a per model basis.
-        return 3000
+        return self._get_plugin(data_type_key) \
+            .register_max_multimodal_tokens(max_mm_tokens)
+
+    def register_max_image_tokens(
+        self,
+        max_mm_tokens: Optional[MultiModalTokensCalc] = None,
+    ):
+        """
+        Register the maximum number of image tokens
+        input to the language model for a model class.
+        """
+        return self.register_max_multimodal_tokens("image", max_mm_tokens)
+
+    def get_max_multimodal_tokens(self, model_config: ModelConfig) -> int:
+        """
+        Get the maximum number of multi-modal tokens
+        for profiling the memory usage of a model.
+        
+        See :meth:`MultiModalPlugin.get_max_multimodal_tokens` for more details.
+        """
+        return sum(
+            plugin.get_max_multimodal_tokens(model_config)
+            for plugin in self._plugins.values())

vllm/worker/model_runner.py

@@ -820,12 +820,19 @@ class GPUModelRunnerBase(ModelRunnerBase[TModelInputForGPU]):
         model_config = self.model_config
 
         if supports_vision(self.model):
-            max_num_seqs = max(
-                1,
-                min(
-                    max_num_seqs,
-                    int(max_num_batched_tokens /
-                        MULTIMODAL_REGISTRY.get_num_input_tokens())))
+            max_mm_tokens = MULTIMODAL_REGISTRY \
+                .get_max_multimodal_tokens(model_config)
+            max_num_seqs_orig = max_num_seqs
+            max_num_seqs = min(max_num_seqs,
+                               max_num_batched_tokens // max_mm_tokens)
+            if max_num_seqs < 1:
+                expr = (f"min({max_num_seqs_orig}, "
+                        f"{max_num_batched_tokens} // {max_mm_tokens})")
+                logger.warning(
+                    "Computed max_num_seqs (%s) to be less than 1. "
+                    "Setting it to the minimum value of 1.", expr)
+                max_num_seqs = 1
+
         batch_size = 0
         for group_id in range(max_num_seqs):
             seq_len = (max_num_batched_tokens // max_num_seqs +

vllm/worker/xpu_model_runner.py

@@ -168,14 +168,18 @@ class XPUModelRunner(ModelRunnerBase[ModelInputForXPU]):
         model_config = self.model_config
 
         if supports_vision(self.model):
-            # TODO: properly inject these numbers from MultiModalRegistry.
-            # Right now, just use an overly conservative number.
-            max_num_seqs = max(
-                1,
-                min(
-                    max_num_seqs,
-                    int(max_num_batched_tokens /
-                        MULTIMODAL_REGISTRY.get_num_input_tokens())))
+            max_mm_tokens = MULTIMODAL_REGISTRY \
+                .get_max_multimodal_tokens(model_config)
+            max_num_seqs_orig = max_num_seqs
+            max_num_seqs = min(max_num_seqs,
+                               max_num_batched_tokens // max_mm_tokens)
+            if max_num_seqs < 1:
+                expr = (f"min({max_num_seqs_orig}, "
+                        f"{max_num_batched_tokens} // {max_mm_tokens})")
+                logger.warning(
+                    "Computed max_num_seqs (%s) to be less than 1. "
+                    "Setting it to the minimum value of 1.", expr)
+                max_num_seqs = 1
 
         for group_id in range(max_num_seqs):
             seq_len = (max_num_batched_tokens // max_num_seqs +