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AstrAI/astrai/extension/attention_backend.py
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ViperEkura 41dcf0feb9 feat: SGLang-style paged attention kernels replace page-table path
- PagedAttentionParams uses flat KV pool + req_to_token + kv_indptr/qo_indptr instead of page_table
- MMA split-KV decode and split-Q prefill kernels with indirect ragged-batch addressing
- Prefill kernel accepts 4D mask (causal-aware); decode kernel supports 2D mask
- CudaBackend is inference-only: kv_cache=None raises, no torch fallback
- benchmark.py: required --ckpt, --backend/--compare options
- Parallel build isolates build-temp/build-lib per subprocess
- Standalone test covers decode/prefill with mask, 27 cases pass
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"""Attention backend abstraction with context-manager switching.
The backend encapsulates KV cache I/O and attention computation. The
attention module (GQA/MLA) keeps projections, rotary, QK-norm, gating,
and output projection; the backend handles everything from "write K/V
to cache" through "SDPA output".
Usage — mirroring ``torch.nn.attention.sdpa_kernel``:
from astrai.extension import attn_backend, ATTN_BACKEND
with attn_backend(ATTN_BACKEND.TORCH_NATIVE):
engine.generate("hello")
# or with an instance:
with attn_backend(TorchNativeBackend()):
...
# or the shorthand (instance is itself a context manager):
with TorchNativeBackend():
...
Thread-safe via ``contextvars`` — each scheduler thread gets its own
active backend. ``get_backend()`` returns the active one, falling back
to a process-wide ``TorchNativeBackend`` singleton.
Layout convention: all q/k/v are ``[batch, seq_len, n_heads, head_dim]``
(blhd). The backend returns ``[batch, seq_len, n_heads * head_dim]``.
"""
import contextvars
import enum
from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
from contextlib import contextmanager
from typing import Optional, Union
import torch
import torch.nn.functional as F
from torch import Tensor
from astrai.extension.attention_ops import (
attn_paged_decode,
attn_paged_prefill,
)
from astrai.inference.core.cache import KVCache
_current_backend: contextvars.ContextVar["AttentionBackend"] = contextvars.ContextVar(
"attn_backend"
)
class ATTN_BACKEND(enum.Enum):
"""Backend selector enum, mirroring ``torch.nn.attention.SDPBackend``."""
TORCH_NATIVE = "torch_native"
CUDA = "cuda"
def get_backend() -> "AttentionBackend":
"""Return the active backend for the current thread/context.
Falls back to a ``TorchNativeBackend`` singleton when no backend
has been activated via ``with``.
"""
try:
return _current_backend.get()
except LookupError:
return _default_backend
@contextmanager
def attn_backend(backend: Union[ATTN_BACKEND, "AttentionBackend", type]):
"""Context manager to select an attention backend.
Mirrors ``torch.nn.attention.sdpa_kernel``. Accepts an
``ATTN_BACKEND`` enum value, a backend class, or a backend instance.
Examples::
with attn_backend(ATTN_BACKEND.TORCH_NATIVE):
...
with attn_backend(TorchNativeBackend):
...
with attn_backend(TorchNativeBackend()):
...
"""
if isinstance(backend, ATTN_BACKEND):
instance = _BACKEND_REGISTRY[backend]()
elif isinstance(backend, type) and issubclass(backend, AttentionBackend):
instance = backend()
elif isinstance(backend, AttentionBackend):
instance = backend
else:
raise TypeError(
f"expected ATTN_BACKEND, AttentionBackend type, or instance, "
f"got {type(backend).__name__}"
)
token = _current_backend.set(instance)
try:
yield instance
finally:
_current_backend.reset(token)
def repeat_kv(x: Tensor, n_rep: int) -> Tensor:
"""Expand KV heads to match Q heads for GQA."""
bs, slen, n_heads, head_dim = x.shape
if n_rep == 1:
return x
return (
x[:, :, :, None, :]
.expand(bs, slen, n_heads, n_rep, head_dim)
.reshape(bs, slen, n_heads * n_rep, head_dim)
)
def attention(
q: Tensor,
k: Tensor,
v: Tensor,
kv_cache: Optional[KVCache] = None,
layer_id: int = 0,
attn_mask: Optional[Tensor] = None,
is_causal: bool = False,
) -> Tensor:
"""Functional attention entry point — mirrors ``F.scaled_dot_product_attention``.
Delegates to the active backend (set via ``with attn_backend(...)``).
Handles KV cache I/O, GQA head expansion, and causal masking so the
caller only needs to provide projected q/k/v.
Args:
q: [batch, q_len, n_heads, head_dim] (blhd)
k: [batch, q_len, n_kv_heads, head_dim] (blhd)
v: [batch, q_len, n_kv_heads, head_dim] (blhd)
kv_cache: cache dataclass, or None for training (no cache).
layer_id: transformer layer index for buffer access.
attn_mask: pre-built attention mask (SDPA-compatible).
is_causal: whether to apply causal masking.
Returns:
[batch, q_len, n_heads * head_dim]
"""
backend = get_backend()
return backend.forward(q, k, v, kv_cache, layer_id, attn_mask, is_causal)
class AttentionBackend(ABC):
"""Abstract base for attention computation strategies.
Subclasses implement ``fwd_decode`` (q_len == 1, with cache) and
``fwd_prefill`` (q_len > 1, with or without cache). The public
``forward`` method dispatches based on q_len.
Three equivalent ways to activate a backend::
with attn_backend(ATTN_BACKEND.TORCH_NATIVE): # enum
...
with attn_backend(TorchNativeBackend): # class
...
with TorchNativeBackend(): # instance
...
"""
def __enter__(self) -> "AttentionBackend":
self._token = _current_backend.set(self)
return self
def __exit__(self, *exc) -> None:
_current_backend.reset(self._token)
def forward(
self,
q: Tensor,
k: Tensor,
v: Tensor,
kv_cache: Optional[KVCache],
layer_id: int,
attn_mask: Optional[Tensor] = None,
is_causal: bool = False,
) -> Tensor:
"""Dispatch to decode or extend based on q_len.
Args:
q: [batch, q_len, n_heads, head_dim]
k: [batch, q_len, n_kv_heads, head_dim]
v: [batch, q_len, n_kv_heads, head_dim]
kv_cache: cache dataclass, or None for training (no cache).
layer_id: transformer layer index for buffer access.
attn_mask: pre-built attention mask compatible with SDPA.
is_causal: whether to apply causal masking.
Returns:
[batch, q_len, n_heads * head_dim]
"""
if kv_cache is not None and q.size(1) == 1:
return self.fwd_decode(q, k, v, kv_cache, layer_id, attn_mask, is_causal)
return self.fwd_prefill(q, k, v, kv_cache, layer_id, attn_mask, is_causal)
@abstractmethod
def fwd_decode(
self,
q: Tensor,
k: Tensor,
v: Tensor,
kv_cache: Optional[KVCache],
layer_id: int,
attn_mask: Optional[Tensor] = None,
is_causal: bool = False,
) -> Tensor:
"""Single-token decode with KV cache."""
@abstractmethod
def fwd_prefill(
self,
q: Tensor,
k: Tensor,
v: Tensor,
kv_cache: Optional[KVCache],
layer_id: int,
attn_mask: Optional[Tensor] = None,
is_causal: bool = False,
) -> Tensor:
"""Multi-token prefill or training forward."""
class TorchNativeBackend(AttentionBackend):
"""Reference backend using torch SDPA with indirect KV cache indexing.
Writes new K/V into the cache buffers, gathers the full sequence K/V
via ``req_to_token`` indirect indexing, then calls
``F.scaled_dot_product_attention``.
For training (``kv_cache is None``), skips cache I/O entirely and
runs SDPA directly on the projected q/k/v.
"""
def fwd_decode(
self,
q: Tensor,
k: Tensor,
v: Tensor,
kv_cache: Optional[KVCache],
layer_id: int,
attn_mask: Optional[Tensor] = None,
is_causal: bool = False,
) -> Tensor:
return self._forward(q, k, v, kv_cache, layer_id, attn_mask, is_causal)
def fwd_prefill(
self,
q: Tensor,
k: Tensor,
v: Tensor,
kv_cache: Optional[KVCache],
layer_id: int,
attn_mask: Optional[Tensor] = None,
is_causal: bool = False,
) -> Tensor:
return self._forward(q, k, v, kv_cache, layer_id, attn_mask, is_causal)
def _forward(
self,
q: Tensor,
k: Tensor,
v: Tensor,
kv_cache: Optional[KVCache],
layer_id: int,
attn_mask: Optional[Tensor] = None,
is_causal: bool = False,
) -> Tensor:
if kv_cache is not None:
kv_cache.k_buffer[layer_id, kv_cache.out_cache_loc] = k
kv_cache.v_buffer[layer_id, kv_cache.out_cache_loc] = v
max_len = kv_cache.max_len
if kv_cache.page_table is not None:
indices = kv_cache.page_table
else:
indices = kv_cache.req_to_token[kv_cache.req_pool_indices, :max_len]
if kv_cache.decode_mask is not None:
pos_mask = kv_cache.decode_mask
else:
pos_mask = (
torch.arange(max_len, device=q.device)[None, :]
< kv_cache.seq_lens[:, None]
)
indices = torch.where(pos_mask, indices, torch.zeros_like(indices))
k = kv_cache.k_buffer[layer_id, indices]
v = kv_cache.v_buffer[layer_id, indices]
n_rep = q.size(2) // k.size(2)
if n_rep > 1:
k = repeat_kv(k, n_rep)
v = repeat_kv(v, n_rep)
q = q.permute(0, 2, 1, 3)
k = k.permute(0, 2, 1, 3)
v = v.permute(0, 2, 1, 3)
out = F.scaled_dot_product_attention(q, k, v, attn_mask, is_causal=is_causal)
out = out.permute(0, 2, 1, 3).contiguous().flatten(2)
return out
_default_backend = TorchNativeBackend()
class CudaBackend(AttentionBackend):
"""CUDA kernel backend with direct KV cache access.
Decode path: writes K/V to the flat pool, then calls
``attn_paged_decode`` with req_to_token + kv_indptr.
Prefill path: writes K/V to the flat pool, then calls
``attn_paged_prefill`` with ragged-batch support via qo_indptr +
kv_indptr.
``kv_cache is None`` (training) is not handled — use
``TorchNativeBackend`` for training.
Raises ``RuntimeError`` if the required kernel is not available.
"""
def fwd_decode(
self,
q: Tensor,
k: Tensor,
v: Tensor,
kv_cache: Optional[KVCache],
layer_id: int,
attn_mask: Optional[Tensor] = None,
is_causal: bool = False,
) -> Tensor:
if kv_cache is None:
raise RuntimeError("CudaBackend does not support training (kv_cache=None)")
kv_cache.k_buffer[layer_id, kv_cache.out_cache_loc] = k
kv_cache.v_buffer[layer_id, kv_cache.out_cache_loc] = v
b = q.size(0)
q_3d = q.squeeze(1)
kv_indptr = torch.zeros(b + 1, dtype=torch.int32, device=q.device)
kv_indptr[1:] = kv_cache.seq_lens.cumsum(0).to(torch.int32)
mask = None
if b > 1 and kv_cache.decode_mask is not None:
mask = kv_cache.decode_mask
out = attn_paged_decode(
q_3d,
kv_cache.k_buffer[layer_id],
kv_cache.v_buffer[layer_id],
kv_cache.req_to_token,
kv_cache.req_pool_indices,
kv_indptr,
kv_cache.max_len,
mask=mask,
is_causal=is_causal,
)
return out.unsqueeze(1).flatten(2)
def fwd_prefill(
self,
q: Tensor,
k: Tensor,
v: Tensor,
kv_cache: Optional[KVCache],
layer_id: int,
attn_mask: Optional[Tensor] = None,
is_causal: bool = False,
) -> Tensor:
if kv_cache is None:
raise RuntimeError("CudaBackend does not support training (kv_cache=None)")
kv_cache.k_buffer[layer_id, kv_cache.out_cache_loc] = k
kv_cache.v_buffer[layer_id, kv_cache.out_cache_loc] = v
b = q.size(0)
q_len = q.size(1)
kv_indptr = torch.zeros(b + 1, dtype=torch.int32, device=q.device)
kv_indptr[1:] = kv_cache.seq_lens.cumsum(0).to(torch.int32)
qo_indptr = torch.arange(b + 1, dtype=torch.int32, device=q.device) * q_len
q_flat = q.reshape(b * q_len, q.size(2), q.size(3))
out = attn_paged_prefill(
q_flat,
kv_cache.k_buffer[layer_id],
kv_cache.v_buffer[layer_id],
kv_cache.req_to_token,
kv_cache.req_pool_indices,
kv_indptr,
qo_indptr,
attn_mask,
q_len,
is_causal=is_causal,
)
return out.reshape(b, q_len, q.size(2), q.size(3)).flatten(2)
_BACKEND_REGISTRY: dict[ATTN_BACKEND, type[AttentionBackend]] = {
ATTN_BACKEND.TORCH_NATIVE: TorchNativeBackend,
ATTN_BACKEND.CUDA: CudaBackend,
}