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| - "CUTEDSL": CuTe DSL kernels. create_attention selects dense FMHA or VSA from | ||
| AttentionConfig.sparse_attention_config. | ||
| - "TE": TransformerEngine FP8 attention; requires transformer_engine package |
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Can TE—or this dispatch path—be extended to support MXFP8 relatively easily? (cudnn / te should support both mxfp8/fp8)
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MXFP8 attention works only with fp8_mha=False
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need to add transformer_engine as dependency
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Done: pinned transformer_engine==2.15.0 in requirements.txt.
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WalkthroughAdds the TransformerEngine 2.15.0 dependency and a selectable TE FP8 attention backend for visual-generation models. The backend supports grouped-query attention, causal and full masks, FP8 execution, and cached operators. CUDA-gated tests validate its behavior. ChangesVisual-generation TransformerEngine attention
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to This change adds a TransformerEngine FP8 attention backend for visual generation, but the current head still carries a possible lint-check failure and may not reject unsupported hardware configurations until runtime, creating bounded integration risk; merge should wait for those issues to be addressed or explicitly accepted. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant AttentionConfig
participant TEAttention
participant DotProductAttention
participant fp8_autocast
AttentionConfig->>TEAttention: select backend "TE"
TEAttention->>DotProductAttention: create or reuse mask-specific operator
TEAttention->>fp8_autocast: enter FP8 execution context
fp8_autocast->>DotProductAttention: execute Q, K, and V attention
DotProductAttention-->>TEAttention: return attention output
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test_forward_matches_referenceuses the same sequence length for Q, K, and V. Add a case withS_q != S_kvand compare it with SDPA.TEAttention.forwarddocuments self and cross attention, so this path needs regression coverage.Test coverage summary
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In `@tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/attention_backend/te.py`:
- Around line 69-72: Update TEAttention’s availability guard to require FP8 DPA
hardware support (SM90+ with cuDNN 9+) based on q.device before constructing or
invoking DotProductAttention with fp8_dpa=True; retain the existing import
check. Apply the identical eligibility condition to the skip marker in
tests/unittest/_torch/visual_gen/test_attention_te.py so tests are skipped on
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In `@tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/attention_backend/te.py`:
- Around line 26-27: Complete the annotations in the affected class and
functions, including __init__ and both **kwargs parameters, by adding -> None
where appropriate and replacing Optional/ Tuple with | unions and built-in
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operator, trait, process-group, and configuration types already used by this
module, while preserving existing behavior.
In `@tests/unittest/_torch/visual_gen/test_attention_te.py`:
- Around line 97-114: Add a separate-sequence cross-attention parameter case to
test_forward_matches_reference, using distinct query and key/value lengths while
preserving the existing self-attention and GQA cases. Update the test setup and
reference comparison to generate and validate tensors with S_q != S_kv, ensuring
TEAttention.forward matches SDPA for cross-attention.
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| if not _TE_AVAILABLE: | ||
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| "TransformerEngine is required for the TE attention backend. " | ||
| "Install transformer_engine before using backend='TE'." |
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TransformerEngine 2.15.0 FP8 cuDNN DotProductAttention supported compute capability SM90 cuDNN 9
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In Transformer Engine 2.15.0, support for FP8 DotProductAttention is provided through the cuDNN attention sub-backend 2 [1]. This support is explicitly tied to the use of cuDNN 9.0 or later [1]. Regarding compatibility and compute capability (SM): - With cuDNN 9.0 and newer versions, FP8 attention is supported on architectures with compute capability SM90 and higher (SM90+) [1]. - Under these conditions (cuDNN 9.0+), there are no sequence length restrictions for FP8 attention [1]. - For cuDNN versions prior to 9.0, FP8 attention was restricted to a maximum sequence length of 512 and specifically limited to SM90 hardware [1]. To enable this feature, the FP8 recipe must be configured with DelayedScaling.fp8_dpa=True [1]. The cuDNN attention backend (including FP8 support) is available for both PyTorch and JAX, though FP8 specifically for dot product attention is primarily utilized within the PyTorch API via the FusedAttention module [1][2]. Proper functioning often requires the cudnn-frontend library [1][2].
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- 1: https://docs.nvidia.com/deeplearning/transformer-engine-releases/release-2.15/user-guide/examples/attention/attention.html
- 2: https://github.com/NVIDIA/TransformerEngine/blob/main/docs/examples/attention/attention.ipynb
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Gate TEAttention on FP8 DPA hardware support.
_TE_AVAILABLE only confirms imports. TEAttention.forward() creates DotProductAttention and enables fp8_dpa=True. TransformerEngine 2.15.0 requires SM90+ and cuDNN 9+ for the FP8 cuDNN DPA path. An SM80 device therefore passes the current guard and can reach an unsupported operation during forward(). Check q.device eligibility before creating or calling the operation, and apply the same prerequisite to the test skip marker.
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In `@tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/attention_backend/te.py` around lines 69 - 72,
Update TEAttention’s availability guard to require FP8 DPA hardware support
(SM90+ with cuDNN 9+) based on q.device before constructing or invoking
DotProductAttention with fp8_dpa=True; retain the existing import check. Apply
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In `@tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/attention_backend/te.py`:
- Around line 87-90: Gate backend registration and corresponding test skipping
around the Float8CurrentScaling configuration in the attention backend so it is
enabled only when the target GPU, cuDNN version, and TransformerEngine
environment provide a supported fused or explicitly emulated unfused FP8 DPA
path; otherwise select a supported recipe or leave the backend unavailable,
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| # Current scaling: TE gates delayed scaling's update on grad, so it never calibrates here. | ||
| self.recipe = Float8CurrentScaling(fp8_dpa=True, fp8_mha=True) | ||
| # None = no amax reduction: per-rank scales, no world-wide collective per call. | ||
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Gate current scaling on the actual TransformerEngine prerequisites.
With TransformerEngine 2.15.0, Float8CurrentScaling disables fused attention below SM100 and with cuDNN below 9.14. TransformerEngine also disables unfused FP8 unless NVTE_UnfusedDPA_Emulate_FP8=1. On an H100/SM90 deployment, this backend can construct successfully and then fail on the first forward with No dot product attention backend is available. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
Gate backend registration and test skipping on these prerequisites, or select a recipe supported by the target GPU.
#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail
rg -n 'transformer_engine==2\.15\.0' requirements.txt
NVTE_FLASH_ATTN=0 \
NVTE_FUSED_ATTN=1 \
NVTE_UNFUSED_ATTN=1 \
NVTE_UnfusedDPA_Emulate_FP8=0 \
python - <<'PY'
import torch
import transformer_engine
from transformer_engine.common.recipe import Float8CurrentScaling
from transformer_engine.pytorch import DotProductAttention, fp8_autocast
assert transformer_engine.__version__ == "2.15.0"
assert torch.cuda.get_device_capability() == (9, 0)
q = torch.randn(1, 128, 8, 64, device="cuda", dtype=torch.bfloat16)
k = torch.randn_like(q)
v = torch.randn_like(k)
op = DotProductAttention(8, 64, attn_mask_type="no_mask", qkv_format="bshd")
try:
with torch.no_grad(), fp8_autocast(
enabled=True,
fp8_recipe=Float8CurrentScaling(fp8_dpa=True, fp8_mha=True),
):
op(q, k, v, attention_mask=None)
except ValueError as exc:
assert "No dot product attention backend is available" in str(exc)
else:
raise AssertionError("Expected FP8 current-scaling DPA to be unavailable on SM90")
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In `@tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/attention_backend/te.py` around lines 87 - 90,
Gate backend registration and corresponding test skipping around the
Float8CurrentScaling configuration in the attention backend so it is enabled
only when the target GPU, cuDNN version, and TransformerEngine environment
provide a supported fused or explicitly emulated unfused FP8 DPA path; otherwise
select a supported recipe or leave the backend unavailable, preventing
construction on unsupported SM90 setups from failing during the first forward.
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| self.scale = 1.0 / math.sqrt(head_dim) | ||
| # Current scaling: TE gates delayed scaling's update on grad, so it never calibrates here. | ||
| self.recipe = Float8CurrentScaling(fp8_dpa=True, fp8_mha=True) |
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Not a blocker comment, TE 2.15 has a narrower FP8 DPA support envelope than "transformer_engine is importable". Its own backend-selection logic disables fused current-scaling below sm100, disables FP8 on sm120, and also depends on cuDNN/backend availability; the PR description also calls out head_dim % 16 == 0 and late No dot product attention backend is available failures. Since "TE" is exposed through AttentionConfig, could we validate head_dim/device capability/cuDNN support at construction or first forward and raise a TRTLLM error that names the unsupported condition and a fallback backend?
TE v2.15 support gate: https://github.com/NVIDIA/TransformerEngine/blob/v2.15/transformer_engine/pytorch/attention/dot_product_attention/utils.py#L510-L594
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This rejection is fine for the raw backend, but backend="TE" is now a public VisualGen setting and some normal model paths still pass key_padding_mask into the selected backend, e.g. LTX2 audio self-attention and audio-to-video attention, and Hunyuan prompt masking. With padded audio/prompts, a user can configure TE, get through setup, and then fail at the first masked attention call. Maybe we should reject/fallback TE earlier in those mask-requiring model paths with a clear message?
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Do we need to add this file to test-db?
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I do not add it now since adding every test into test-db and ci test lead to a slow down dev for long term. But if you and @chang-l prefer we add it, I can modify the PR to include that.
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Ruff RUF022 reports that the export list at Lines 40-61 is not sorted. Reorder the complete list with the configured formatter or run ruff check --fix.
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Verifies the softmax partition property that Attention2D relies on: exp(scores - LSE).sum(-1) ≈ 1.0. This is the contract that enables correct combination of partial attention shards across CP ranks. Also checks LSE cosine similarity > 0.99 vs BF16 reference logsumexp. Signed-off-by: Tin-Yin Lai <tinyinl@nvidia.com> [None][fix] Wrap long assert line to pass pre-commit line-length check Signed-off-by: Tin-Yin Lai <tinyinl@nvidia.com> [None][feat] Add forward_with_lse to TEAttention; enable x72 attn2d support Implements forward_with_lse via DotProductAttention(return_softmax_stats=True), returning output [B,S,H,D] and lse [B,H,S] float32. Sets support_lse()=True, unlocking Attention2DAttention (CP degree 9) for the 72-GPU single-stream config (cfg=2 x ulysses=4 x attn2d=[3,3]). Also extracts shared input parsing into _parse_inputs to avoid duplication between forward and forward_with_lse. Signed-off-by: Tin-Yin Lai <tinyinl@nvidia.com> [None][test] Remove cpu_only tests from test_attention_te; GPU-only Signed-off-by: Tin-Yin Lai <tinyinl@nvidia.com> [None][feat] Add TransformerEngine FP8 attention backend for VisualGen Adds a new "TE" attention backend for visual generation (diffusion) models using TransformerEngine's DotProductAttention under fp8_autocast with DelayedScaling(fp8_dpa=True, fp8_mha=True). Changes: - tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/attention_backend/te.py (new): TEAttention class with NHD layout (bshd), @torch.compiler.disable on forward, lazy DotProductAttention rebuild on (heads, dim, gqa, mask) trait change, and _TE_AVAILABLE flag for clean import guard without None sentinels - tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/attention_backend/utils.py: register "TE" in dispatch; TEAttention imported at module level (no lazy import) - tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/attention_backend/__init__.py: export TEAttention - tensorrt_llm/visual_gen/args.py: extend AttentionConfig.backend Literal to include "TE"; existing validator rejects quant_attention_config with "TE" (TE manages FP8 internally via fp8_autocast) - tests/unittest/_torch/visual_gen/test_attention_te.py (new): CPU-only tests for args validation, import guard, and interface contract; GPU tests for output shape, finiteness, cosine similarity vs BF16 SDPA, causal mask, key_padding_mask rejection, and _attn_op trait-change rebuild Signed-off-by: Tin-Yin Lai <tinyinl@nvidia.com>
…a() call PredefinedAttentionMask lives in tensorrt_llm._torch.attention_backend.interface, not in the visual_gen sub-package interface. TEAttention is not an nn.Module so .cuda() is not a valid method on it; GPU execution is driven by the input tensors. Signed-off-by: Tin-Yin Lai <tinyinl@nvidia.com>
TE 2.8.x DotProductAttention.forward() does not expose softmax stats (no return_softmax_stats kwarg). Compute LSE from BF16 Q/K scores via torch.logsumexp -- numerically accurate and satisfies the partition property Attention2D relies on for combining CP shards. Signed-off-by: Tin-Yin Lai <tinyinl@nvidia.com>
- Fix GQA crash in forward_with_lse: expand K heads via repeat_interleave before the manual LSE matmul when num_heads != num_kv_heads - Raise NotImplementedError for unrecognized attention_mask values instead of silently falling through to no_mask - Fix stale class docstring: LSE is computed from BF16 scores, not via return_softmax_stats (which TE 2.8.x does not expose) - Document O(S^2) memory cost of forward_with_lse in method docstring - Add test_forward_with_lse_gqa covering the GQA code path Signed-off-by: Tin-Yin Lai <tinyinl@nvidia.com>
Cover Attention2DAttention with TEAttention as the inner backend, which is the path TEAttention.forward_with_lse exists for: the partial output and LSE it returns are merged by flash_attn_combine across the row group, so an error in either shows up as a mismatch against full-sequence attention. test_attn2d_te_x72_single_stream uses the 3x3 context-parallel mesh of the 72-GPU cfg2 x ulysses4 x Attention2D 3x3 recipe, single stream (batch=1) with 10 heads (40 heads sharded by ulysses_size=4). test_attn2d_te_2x2_mesh runs the same case on a 2x2 mesh so it is reachable on a single 4-GPU node. TE quantizes Q/K/V, so the comparison uses cosine similarity and relative Frobenius error rather than the elementwise assert_close used by the BF16 FlashAttn4 cases. Signed-off-by: Tin-Yin Lai <tinyinl@nvidia.com>
TEAttention kept a single DotProductAttention slot keyed by the last trait tuple, so alternating attention_mask types rebuilt the module on every call and threw away the DelayedScaling amax history with it, restarting FP8 calibration each switch. Key a dict on the traits instead, so each variant keeps its own module and its own amax history. fp8_autocast was called without fp8_group. Under DelayedScaling that reduces amax over the default process group on every autocast exit -- a world-wide collective per attention call at x72 scale, and a hang if ranks ever diverge. Make the group an explicit argument that defaults to no reduction. create_attention forwards quant_attention_config to every backend and TE was absorbing it into **kwargs, so a config that TE cannot honor was silently dropped. Reject it explicitly. Move the TEAttention import in utils.py into the existing lazy-import block so importing the visual-gen attention backends no longer pulls in transformer_engine eagerly. test_attn_op_rebuilt_on_trait_change asserted on the removed _attn_op slot and pinned the rebuild behavior in place; replace it with a test that distinct traits get distinct instances and that switching back reuses the original. Verified on GB300: 15 passed for the TE backend tests, Attention2D + TE passes on both the 2x2 mesh and the 3x3 mesh of the 72-GPU recipe (9 ranks, 3 nodes). Signed-off-by: Tin-Yin Lai <tinyinl@nvidia.com>
TE's DotProductAttention does not expose softmax stats, so forward_with_lse ran the FP8 attention and then recomputed the LSE from a separate BF16 pass, materializing an O(S^2) fp32 score matrix [B, H, S, S]. That is strictly more work than the attention itself, and it never bought anything: TE under Attention2DAttention measured ~74.5 ms against ~6.8 ms for FlashAttention4 on GB300, so the path it enabled was one nobody would select on perf grounds. The fp32 score buffer is also a memory hazard -- ~34 GB at B=1 H=8 S=32k. support_lse() now returns False, so the base-class NotImplementedError applies and Attention2DAttention/RingAttention reject TE at construction with a clear message instead of paying for the extra pass. UlyssesAttention does not use LSE and is unaffected, as is plain TE attention. Drops the Attention2D-with-TE coverage added for that path (the 2x2 and 3x3 x72 meshes) and the now-dead transformer_engine probe in the Attention2D tests. The remaining TE suite is consolidated from ten narrow tests into three covering forward numerics (now parametrized over GQA), mask handling, and the object contract, which asserts support_lse() is False -- the flag Attention2DAttention and RingAttention read to reject TE as an inner backend. Verified on GB300 before the rebase onto main: test_attention_te.py 6 passed; the full test_attn2d_attention.py suite 13 passed on 4 GPUs. Signed-off-by: Tin-Yin Lai <tinyinl@nvidia.com>
The TE attention backend imports transformer_engine.pytorch, but nothing declared it, so pip install tensorrt-llm left TEAttention.__init__ raising ImportError. Every other backend in the visual_gen dispatch table pins its kernel package in requirements.txt -- flash-attn-4 for FA4, nvidia-cutlass-dsl for CUTEDSL, flashinfer-python for TRTLLM -- and TE was the only one missing. Pinned to 2.15.0, the version the GB300 container ships and the one the backend was developed and measured against. This also removes a silent hole in CI: test_attention_te.py is guarded by skipif(not _te_available), so on any runner without TE the whole file skipped and reported green without executing a single test. Addresses review feedback from @zhenhuaw-me on te.py. Signed-off-by: Tin-Yin Lai <tinyinl@nvidia.com>
test_attention_te.py stays a local-only suite for now. Registering it on B200 would have added a stage whose value is unproven: the file is guarded by skipif(not _te_available), and TE's fused-attention path for delayed scaling is gated on cuDNN >= 9.18.0 on arch >= sm100 under determinism, which nobody has confirmed for the B200 CI image. Net effect: l0_b200.yml is untouched by this PR. Signed-off-by: Tin-Yin Lai <tinyinl@nvidia.com>
…ntion DelayedScaling never calibrates in an inference-only backend. TE gates reduce_and_update_fp8_tensors(forward=True) -- the reduction and the scale update -- on torch.is_grad_enabled(), and every diffusion denoising step runs under torch.no_grad(). Verified on GB300: after six forward passes the amax history is populated (max 5.406) but scaling_fwd.scale is still its 1.0 init. The FP8 attention has been running permanently uncalibrated. The damage grows with sequence length, because the post-softmax S tensor is what underflows: relative error against an fp32 SDPA reference went 0.0820 at S=4096 to 0.1028 at S=32760. That is the regime DiT self-attention lives in. Float8CurrentScaling derives the scale from the tensor on every call, so it needs no history and is correct under no_grad. Measured on GB300, B=1 H=10 D=128, fresh DotProductAttention per case: S=4096 DelayedScaling 0.52 ms / 0.0820 CurrentScaling 0.58 ms / 0.0765 S=16384 DelayedScaling 0.95 ms / 0.0908 CurrentScaling 0.96 ms / 0.0792 S=32760 DelayedScaling 2.30 ms / 0.1028 CurrentScaling 2.27 ms / 0.0822 Accuracy improves at every length and stops degrading with S, at parity on throughput. MXFP8 block scaling is more accurate still (0.0539) but requires fp8_mha=False, is 20-40% slower, and asserts s_q % 128 == 0, which S=32760 violates. Also drops the stale amax-history rationale from the per-trait op cache comment: the cache still avoids rebuilding a module per forward, but there is no longer any history worth preserving across denoising steps. Signed-off-by: Tin-Yin Lai <tinyinl@nvidia.com>
The cached modules kept nn.Module's default training=True. cuDNN's FP8 gate (common/fused_attn/fused_attn.cpp) reads: sm < 100 and not is_training -> head_dim <= 256 sm < 100 and is_training -> head_dim == 128 exactly sm >= 100 -> head_dim <= 128 so on Hopper the missing eval() narrows FP8 attention to head_dim exactly 128. The unit tests use head_dim 64 and would hard-fail there with "No dot product attention backend is available", as would any 64-wide head. On sm >= 100 the gate ignores is_training, which is why this stayed latent on GB300. This backend is inference-only -- attention_dropout is 0.0 and no path takes gradients -- so eval() is what the module should have been in regardless. Verified on GB300 that eval() changes nothing where the gate does not apply: head_dim 64, S=1024, rel_err 0.0773 both ways. The Hopper effect is derived from the cuDNN gate, not measured; no sm90 GPU was available. Signed-off-by: Tin-Yin Lai <tinyinl@nvidia.com>
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Document "TE" in the factory arguments.
The selector documentation now lists "TE", but the create_attention docstring still lists only "VANILLA", "TRTLLM", "FA4", and "CUTEDSL" at Line 101. Update that description to include "TE".
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In `@tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/attention_backend/utils.py` around lines 54 -
55, Update the create_attention docstring’s factory-argument description to
include the "TE" selector alongside "VANILLA", "TRTLLM", "FA4", and "CUTEDSL",
keeping the documentation consistent with the selector documentation.
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Description
Adds a new
"TE"attention backend for visual generation (diffusion) models,using TransformerEngine's
DotProductAttentionunderfp8_autocastwithFloat8CurrentScaling(fp8_dpa=True, fp8_mha=True).Files
tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/attention_backend/te.py(new):TEAttentionwith NHD layout,
@torch.compiler.disable, a per-traitDotProductAttentioncache, and the
_TE_AVAILABLEimport flag.tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/attention_backend/utils.py: register"TE"in dispatch;TEAttentionimported at module level.tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/attention_backend/__init__.py: exportTEAttention.tensorrt_llm/visual_gen/args.py: extendAttentionConfig.backendLiteralto include"TE".requirements.txt: pintransformer_engine==2.15.0.tests/unittest/_torch/visual_gen/test_attention_te.py(new): GPU-only tests.Design
NHD layout (
qkv_format="bshd") -- maps directly to TE's native format, no transpose overhead.FP8 always-on via
fp8_autocast; for BF16 useVANILLA.@torch.compiler.disableonforward-- TE FP8 graph-breaks undertorch.compile.Current scaling, not delayed scaling. TE gates
reduce_and_update_fp8_tensors(forward=True)-- the reduction and the scale update --on
torch.is_grad_enabled(), and every denoising step runs undertorch.no_grad().With
DelayedScalingthe amax history fills up but the scale never leaves its1.0init, so the attention runs permanently uncalibrated; verified on GB300 that after six
forwards
scaling_fwd.scaleis still 1.0 whileamax_historyreads 5.406. The damagegrows with sequence length because the post-softmax S tensor underflows E4M3.
Float8CurrentScalingrederives the scale from the tensor on every call, so it needs nohistory and is correct under
no_grad.Modules are constructed in
eval()mode. cuDNN's FP8 gate(
common/fused_attn/fused_attn.cpp) readssm < 100 and is_training -> head_dim == 128exactly, versus
head_dim <= 256when not training. Leavingnn.Module's defaulttraining=Truewould restrict FP8 attention to 128-wide heads on Hopper and reject the64-wide heads this backend is used with. On
sm >= 100the gate ignoresis_training,which is why this is latent on Blackwell. The backend is inference-only
(
attention_dropout=0.0, no path takes gradients), soeval()is correct regardless.Per-trait
DotProductAttentioncache -- instances are keyed on(num_heads, head_dim, num_gqa_groups, attn_mask_type)and reused, so a mask-type orGQA-shape switch does not rebuild the module on every forward.
quant_attention_configis rejected, not ignored --create_attentionforwards itto every backend, but TE drives its own FP8 recipe. Silently absorbing it would hide a
config mistake, so it raises
NotImplementedError.transformer_engineis now a declared dependency -- every other backend in thevisual_gen dispatch table pins its kernel package in
requirements.txt(flash-attn-4for FA4,
nvidia-cutlass-dslfor CUTEDSL,flashinfer-pythonfor TRTLLM) and TE wasthe only one missing, so
pip install tensorrt-llmleftTEAttention.__init__raisingImportError. Pinned to 2.15.0, the version the GB300 container ships and the one thisbackend was developed and measured against.
No LSE support --
support_lse()returnsFalse. TE'sDotProductAttentiondoesnot expose softmax stats, so returning an LSE would mean recomputing it from a separate
BF16 pass over an O(S^2) fp32 score matrix
[B, H, S, S]-- strictly more work than theattention itself, and a memory hazard at long sequence lengths (~34 GB at B=1 H=8 S=32k).
An earlier revision of this PR did exactly that; it was removed after measuring TE under
Attention2DAttentionat ~74.5 ms against ~6.8 ms for FlashAttention4 on GB300, i.e. thepath it enabled was one nobody would select on perf grounds.
Consequence:
Attention2DAttentionandRingAttentionreject TE as an inner backend atconstruction, with a message naming
support_lse().UlyssesAttentiondoes not use LSEand works with TE, as does plain (non-context-parallel) TE attention. Enabling FP8 under
Attention2DAttentionlater is a matter of getting TE to return its softmax stats, notof recomputing them alongside.
Test Coverage
GPU tests in
tests/unittest/_torch/visual_gen/test_attention_te.py(skipped iftransformer_engine absent) -- three tests, each covering one failure mode:
forwardnumerics -- output is[B, S, H, D], finite, and matches a full-precisionSDPA reference. Parametrized over S=64/256/1024 and over GQA (Hkv=2 against H=8), because
the GQA path takes a different branch in
_parse_inputs.FULLandNoneboth mean no mask,CAUSALmasks and differs fromFULL, andkey_padding_mask/ unsupported mask values raiseNotImplementedError.support_fused_qkv()isFalse,support_lse()isFalse(the flagAttention2DAttention/RingAttentionread to reject TE as an innerbackend), per-trait op caching reuses rather than rebuilds, and
quant_attention_configis rejected.
Known limitations
head_dim % 16 == 0is required by TE's FP8 path, so models with other head dims(e.g. GLM-Image at 40) cannot use
backend="TE".sm < 90and onsm120.TEAttentiondoes notpre-check the architecture, so those fail inside TE rather than at construction.
logger.debug, so a rejectedconfiguration surfaces as
ValueError: No dot product attention backend is availablewith the reasons only visible under
NVTE_DEBUG=1 NVTE_DEBUG_LEVEL=2.Checklist
CODING_GUIDELINES.mdgit commit -s(DCO sign-off)"TE"string in the existingLiteralDev Engineer Review
"TE"TransformerEngine FP8 attention backend.TEAttentionand updatesAttentionConfig.transformer_engine==2.15.0.Attention2DandRingAttention.QA Engineer Review
test_forward_matches_reference.test_attention_mask_handling.test_backend_contract.tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/orqa/.