vllm.attention.selector

forced_attn_backend module-attribute

forced_attn_backend: Optional[_Backend] = None

logger module-attribute

logger = init_logger(__name__)

_cached_get_attn_backend cached

_cached_get_attn_backend(
    head_size: int,
    dtype: dtype,
    kv_cache_dtype: Optional[str],
    block_size: int,
    is_attention_free: bool,
    is_blocksparse: bool = False,
    use_v1: bool = False,
    use_mla: bool = False,
) -> Type[AttentionBackend]

Source code in vllm/attention/selector.py

@cache
def _cached_get_attn_backend(
    head_size: int,
    dtype: torch.dtype,
    kv_cache_dtype: Optional[str],
    block_size: int,
    is_attention_free: bool,
    is_blocksparse: bool = False,
    use_v1: bool = False,
    use_mla: bool = False,
) -> Type[AttentionBackend]:
    if is_blocksparse:
        logger.info("Using BlocksparseFlashAttention backend.")
        from vllm.attention.backends.blocksparse_attn import (
            BlocksparseFlashAttentionBackend)
        return BlocksparseFlashAttentionBackend

    # If there are no attention layers (e.g. we are running Mamba),
    # use the placeholder NO_ATTENTION
    if is_attention_free:
        from vllm.attention.backends.placeholder_attn import (
            PlaceholderAttentionBackend)
        return PlaceholderAttentionBackend

    # Check whether a particular choice of backend was
    # previously forced.
    #
    # THIS SELECTION OVERRIDES THE VLLM_ATTENTION_BACKEND
    # ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE.
    selected_backend = None
    backend_by_global_setting: Optional[_Backend] = (
        get_global_forced_attn_backend())
    if backend_by_global_setting is not None:
        selected_backend = backend_by_global_setting
    else:
        # Check the environment variable and override if specified
        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)

    # get device-specific attn_backend
    attention_cls = current_platform.get_attn_backend_cls(
        selected_backend, head_size, dtype, kv_cache_dtype, block_size, use_v1,
        use_mla)
    if not attention_cls:
        raise ValueError(
            f"Invalid attention backend for {current_platform.device_name}")
    return resolve_obj_by_qualname(attention_cls)

backend_name_to_enum

backend_name_to_enum(
    backend_name: str,
) -> Optional[_Backend]

Convert a string backend name to a _Backend enum value.

Returns: * _Backend: enum value if backend_name is a valid in-tree type * None: otherwise it's an invalid in-tree type or an out-of-tree platform is loaded.

Source code in vllm/attention/selector.py

def backend_name_to_enum(backend_name: str) -> Optional[_Backend]:
    """
    Convert a string backend name to a _Backend enum value.

    Returns:
    * _Backend: enum value if backend_name is a valid in-tree type
    * None: otherwise it's an invalid in-tree type or an out-of-tree platform is
            loaded.
    """
    assert backend_name is not None
    return _Backend[backend_name] if backend_name in _Backend.__members__ else \
          None

get_attn_backend

get_attn_backend(
    head_size: int,
    dtype: dtype,
    kv_cache_dtype: Optional[str],
    block_size: int,
    is_attention_free: bool,
    is_blocksparse: bool = False,
    use_mla: bool = False,
) -> Type[AttentionBackend]

Selects which attention backend to use and lazily imports it.

Source code in vllm/attention/selector.py

def get_attn_backend(
    head_size: int,
    dtype: torch.dtype,
    kv_cache_dtype: Optional[str],
    block_size: int,
    is_attention_free: bool,
    is_blocksparse: bool = False,
    use_mla: bool = False,
) -> Type[AttentionBackend]:
    """Selects which attention backend to use and lazily imports it."""
    # Accessing envs.* behind an @lru_cache decorator can cause the wrong
    # value to be returned from the cache if the value changes between calls.
    # To avoid this, we read envs.VLLM_USE_V1 here and pass it explicitly to the
    # private function.
    return _cached_get_attn_backend(
        head_size=head_size,
        dtype=dtype,
        kv_cache_dtype=kv_cache_dtype,
        block_size=block_size,
        is_attention_free=is_attention_free,
        is_blocksparse=is_blocksparse,
        use_v1=envs.VLLM_USE_V1,
        use_mla=use_mla,
    )

get_env_variable_attn_backend

get_env_variable_attn_backend() -> Optional[_Backend]

Get the backend override specified by the vLLM attention backend environment variable, if one is specified.

Returns:

• _Backend enum value if an override is specified
• None otherwise

Source code in vllm/attention/selector.py

def get_env_variable_attn_backend() -> Optional[_Backend]:
    '''
    Get the backend override specified by the vLLM attention
    backend environment variable, if one is specified.

    Returns:

    * _Backend enum value if an override is specified
    * None otherwise
    '''
    backend_name = os.environ.get(STR_BACKEND_ENV_VAR)
    return (None
            if backend_name is None else backend_name_to_enum(backend_name))

get_global_forced_attn_backend

get_global_forced_attn_backend() -> Optional[_Backend]

Get the currently-forced choice of attention backend, or None if auto-selection is currently enabled.

Source code in vllm/attention/selector.py

def get_global_forced_attn_backend() -> Optional[_Backend]:
    '''
    Get the currently-forced choice of attention backend,
    or None if auto-selection is currently enabled.
    '''
    return forced_attn_backend

global_force_attn_backend

global_force_attn_backend(
    attn_backend: Optional[_Backend],
) -> None

Force all attention operations to use a specified backend.

Passing None for the argument re-enables automatic backend selection.,

Arguments:

• attn_backend: backend selection (None to revert to auto)

Source code in vllm/attention/selector.py

def global_force_attn_backend(attn_backend: Optional[_Backend]) -> None:
    '''
    Force all attention operations to use a specified backend.

    Passing `None` for the argument re-enables automatic
    backend selection.,

    Arguments:

    * attn_backend: backend selection (None to revert to auto)
    '''
    global forced_attn_backend
    forced_attn_backend = attn_backend

global_force_attn_backend_context_manager

global_force_attn_backend_context_manager(
    attn_backend: _Backend,
) -> Generator[None, None, None]

Globally force a vLLM attention backend override within a context manager, reverting the global attention backend override to its prior state upon exiting the context manager.

Arguments:

• attn_backend: attention backend to force

Returns:

• Generator

Source code in vllm/attention/selector.py

@contextmanager
def global_force_attn_backend_context_manager(
        attn_backend: _Backend) -> Generator[None, None, None]:
    '''
    Globally force a vLLM attention backend override within a
    context manager, reverting the global attention backend
    override to its prior state upon exiting the context
    manager.

    Arguments:

    * attn_backend: attention backend to force

    Returns:

    * Generator
    '''

    # Save the current state of the global backend override (if any)
    original_value = get_global_forced_attn_backend()

    # Globally force the new backend override
    global_force_attn_backend(attn_backend)

    # Yield control back to the enclosed code block
    try:
        yield
    finally:
        # Revert the original global backend override, if any
        global_force_attn_backend(original_value)