[FEAT][ROCm] Enable running Flash Attention as ViT attn backend for Qwen-VL models on ROCm platform. (#22069)

Signed-off-by: tjtanaavllm <tunjian.tan@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: vllmellm <vllm.ellm@embeddedllm.com>
Co-authored-by: tjtanaavllm <tunjian.tan@amd.com>

vllm/model_executor/models/qwen2_5_vl.py

@@ -246,11 +246,15 @@ class Qwen2_5_VisionAttention(nn.Module):
         # Detect attention implementation.
         self.attn_backend: _Backend = get_vit_attn_backend(support_fa=True)
         if self.attn_backend not in {
-                _Backend.FLASH_ATTN, _Backend.TORCH_SDPA, _Backend.XFORMERS
+                _Backend.FLASH_ATTN, _Backend.TORCH_SDPA, _Backend.XFORMERS,
+                _Backend.ROCM_AITER_FA
         }:
             raise RuntimeError(
                 f"Qwen2.5-VL does not support {self.attn_backend} backend now."
             )
+        self.is_flash_attn_backend = self.attn_backend in {
+            _Backend.FLASH_ATTN, _Backend.ROCM_AITER_FA
+        }
 
     def split_qkv(self, qkv: torch.Tensor) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, ...]:
         # [s, b, 3 * head * head_dim]
@@ -297,10 +301,13 @@ class Qwen2_5_VisionAttention(nn.Module):
             q = apply_rotary_pos_emb_vision(q, rotary_pos_emb)
             k = apply_rotary_pos_emb_vision(k, rotary_pos_emb)
 
-        if self.attn_backend == _Backend.FLASH_ATTN:
+        if self.is_flash_attn_backend:
             # from vllm_flash_attn.flash_attn_interface import (
             #   flash_attn_varlen_func)
-            from flash_attn import flash_attn_varlen_func
+            if self.attn_backend == _Backend.ROCM_AITER_FA:
+                from aiter import flash_attn_varlen_func
+            else:
+                from flash_attn import flash_attn_varlen_func
 
             q, k, v = (rearrange(x, "b s ... -> (b s) ...") for x in [q, k, v])
 
@@ -311,7 +318,7 @@ class Qwen2_5_VisionAttention(nn.Module):
                                             cu_seqlens_k=cu_seqlens,
                                             max_seqlen_q=max_seqlen,
                                             max_seqlen_k=max_seqlen,
-                                            dropout_p=0,
+                                            dropout_p=0.0,
                                             causal=False)
 
             context_layer = rearrange(output,
@@ -635,7 +642,8 @@ class Qwen2_5_VisionTransformer(nn.Module):
         cu_seqlens: torch.Tensor,
     ) -> tuple[Optional[int], Optional[list[int]]]:
         max_seqlen, seqlens = None, None
-        if self.attn_backend == _Backend.FLASH_ATTN:
+        if (self.attn_backend == _Backend.FLASH_ATTN
+                or self.attn_backend == _Backend.ROCM_AITER_FA):
             max_seqlen = (cu_seqlens[1:] - cu_seqlens[:-1]).max().item()
         elif self.attn_backend == _Backend.XFORMERS:
             seqlens = (cu_seqlens[1:] - cu_seqlens[:-1]).tolist()

vllm/model_executor/models/qwen2_vl.py

@@ -274,10 +274,14 @@ class Qwen2VisionAttention(nn.Module):
         # Detect attention implementation.
         self.attn_backend: _Backend = get_vit_attn_backend(support_fa=True)
         if self.attn_backend not in {
-                _Backend.FLASH_ATTN, _Backend.TORCH_SDPA, _Backend.XFORMERS
+                _Backend.FLASH_ATTN, _Backend.TORCH_SDPA, _Backend.XFORMERS,
+                _Backend.ROCM_AITER_FA
         }:
             raise RuntimeError(
                 f"Qwen2-VL does not support {self.attn_backend} backend now.")
+        self.is_flash_attn_backend = self.attn_backend in {
+            _Backend.FLASH_ATTN, _Backend.ROCM_AITER_FA
+        }
 
     def split_qkv(self, qkv: torch.Tensor) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, ...]:
         # [s, b, 3 * head * head_dim]
@@ -324,10 +328,13 @@ class Qwen2VisionAttention(nn.Module):
             q = apply_rotary_pos_emb_vision(q, rotary_pos_emb)
             k = apply_rotary_pos_emb_vision(k, rotary_pos_emb)
 
-        if self.attn_backend == _Backend.FLASH_ATTN:
+        if self.is_flash_attn_backend:
             # from vllm_flash_attn.flash_attn_interface import (
             #   flash_attn_varlen_func)
-            from flash_attn import flash_attn_varlen_func
+            if self.attn_backend == _Backend.ROCM_AITER_FA:
+                from aiter import flash_attn_varlen_func
+            else:
+                from flash_attn import flash_attn_varlen_func
 
             q, k, v = (rearrange(x, "b s ... -> (b s) ...") for x in [q, k, v])
 
@@ -338,7 +345,7 @@ class Qwen2VisionAttention(nn.Module):
                                             cu_seqlens_k=cu_seqlens,
                                             max_seqlen_q=max_seqlen,
                                             max_seqlen_k=max_seqlen,
-                                            dropout_p=0,
+                                            dropout_p=0.0,
                                             causal=False)
 
             context_layer = rearrange(output,
@@ -620,7 +627,8 @@ class Qwen2VisionTransformer(nn.Module):
             self, cu_seqlens: torch.Tensor
     ) -> tuple[Optional[int], Optional[list[int]]]:
         max_seqlen, seqlens = None, None
-        if self.attn_backend == _Backend.FLASH_ATTN:
+        if (self.attn_backend == _Backend.FLASH_ATTN
+                or self.attn_backend == _Backend.ROCM_AITER_FA):
             max_seqlen = (cu_seqlens[1:] - cu_seqlens[:-1]).max().item()
         elif self.attn_backend == _Backend.XFORMERS:
             seqlens = (cu_seqlens[1:] - cu_seqlens[:-1]).tolist()

vllm/model_executor/models/vision.py

@@ -7,9 +7,7 @@ from typing import Final, Generic, Optional, Protocol, TypeVar, Union
 import torch
 from transformers import PretrainedConfig
 
-import vllm.envs as envs
-from vllm.attention.selector import (backend_name_to_enum,
-                                     get_global_forced_attn_backend)
+from vllm.attention.selector import get_env_variable_attn_backend
 from vllm.logger import init_logger
 from vllm.platforms import _Backend, current_platform
 
@@ -75,32 +73,12 @@ def get_vit_attn_backend(support_fa: bool = False) -> _Backend:
     Get the available attention backend for Vision Transformer.
     """
     # TODO(Isotr0py): Remove `support_fa` after support FA for all ViTs attn.
-    selected_backend: Optional[_Backend] = get_global_forced_attn_backend()
-    if selected_backend is None:
-        backend_by_env_var: Optional[str] = envs.VLLM_ATTENTION_BACKEND
-        if backend_by_env_var is not None:
-            selected_backend = backend_name_to_enum(backend_by_env_var)
-    if selected_backend is None:
-        if current_platform.is_cuda():
-            device_available = current_platform.has_device_capability(80)
-            if device_available and support_fa:
-                from transformers.utils import is_flash_attn_2_available
-                if is_flash_attn_2_available():
-                    selected_backend = _Backend.FLASH_ATTN
-                else:
-                    logger.warning_once(
-                        "Current `vllm-flash-attn` has a bug inside vision "
-                        "module, so we use xformers backend instead. You can "
-                        "run `pip install flash-attn` to use flash-attention "
-                        "backend.")
-                    selected_backend = _Backend.XFORMERS
-            else:
-                # For Volta and Turing GPUs, use xformers instead.
-                selected_backend = _Backend.XFORMERS
-        else:
-            # Default to torch SDPA for other non-GPU platforms.
-            selected_backend = _Backend.TORCH_SDPA
-    return selected_backend
+
+    selected_backend: Optional[_Backend] = get_env_variable_attn_backend()
+    if selected_backend is not None:
+        return selected_backend
+
+    return current_platform.get_vit_attn_backend(support_fa)
 
 
 def resolve_visual_encoder_outputs(

vllm/platforms/cuda.py

@@ -206,6 +206,20 @@ class CudaPlatformBase(Platform):
         torch.cuda.reset_peak_memory_stats(device)
         return torch.cuda.max_memory_allocated(device)
 
+    @classmethod
+    def get_vit_attn_backend(cls, support_fa: bool = False) -> _Backend:
+        if cls.has_device_capability(80) and support_fa:
+            from transformers.utils import is_flash_attn_2_available
+            if is_flash_attn_2_available():
+                return _Backend.FLASH_ATTN
+            logger.warning_once(
+                "Current `vllm-flash-attn` has a bug inside vision "
+                "module, so we use xformers backend instead. You can "
+                "run `pip install flash-attn` to use flash-attention "
+                "backend.")
+        # Fallback for Volta/Turing GPUs or FA not supported
+        return _Backend.XFORMERS
+
     @classmethod
     def get_attn_backend_cls(cls, selected_backend, head_size, dtype,
                              kv_cache_dtype, block_size, use_v1,

vllm/platforms/interface.py

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ class _Backend(enum.Enum):
     ROCM_FLASH = enum.auto()
     ROCM_AITER_MLA = enum.auto()  # Supported by V1
     ROCM_AITER_MLA_VLLM_V1 = enum.auto()
+    ROCM_AITER_FA = enum.auto()  # used for ViT attn backend
     TORCH_SDPA = enum.auto()
     FLASHINFER = enum.auto()
     FLASHINFER_VLLM_V1 = enum.auto()
@@ -186,6 +187,10 @@ class Platform:
         else:
             return device_id
 
+    @classmethod
+    def get_vit_attn_backend(cls, support_fa: bool = False) -> _Backend:
+        return _Backend.TORCH_SDPA
+
     @classmethod
     def get_attn_backend_cls(cls, selected_backend: _Backend, head_size: int,
                              dtype: torch.dtype, kv_cache_dtype: Optional[str],

vllm/platforms/rocm.py

@@ -173,6 +173,18 @@ class RocmPlatform(Platform):
         "quark", "ptpc_fp8"
     ]
 
+    @classmethod
+    def get_vit_attn_backend(cls, support_fa: bool = False) -> _Backend:
+        if support_fa:
+            if (envs.VLLM_ROCM_USE_AITER and envs.VLLM_ROCM_USE_AITER_MHA
+                    and on_gfx9()):
+                # Note: AITER FA is only supported for Qwen-VL models.
+                # TODO: Add support for other VL models in their model class.
+                return _Backend.ROCM_AITER_FA
+            if on_gfx9():
+                return _Backend.FLASH_ATTN
+        return _Backend.TORCH_SDPA
+
     @classmethod
     def get_attn_backend_cls(cls, selected_backend, head_size, dtype,
                              kv_cache_dtype, block_size, use_v1,