Flash Attention 2 support for RoCm (#27611)

* support FA2

* fix typo

* fix broken tests

* fix more test errors

* left/right

* fix bug

* more test

* typo

* fix layout flash attention falcon

* do not support this case

* use allclose instead of equal

* fix various bugs with flash attention

* bump

* fix test

* fix mistral

* use skiptest instead of return that may be misleading

* add fix causal arg flash attention

* fix copies

* more explicit comment

* still use self.is_causal

* fix causal argument

* comment

* fixes

* update documentation

* add link

* wrong test

* simplify FA2 RoCm requirements

* update opt

* make flash_attn_uses_top_left_mask attribute private and precise comment

* better error handling

* fix copy & mistral

* Update src/transformers/modeling_utils.py

Co-authored-by: amyeroberts <22614925+amyeroberts@users.noreply.github.com>

* Update src/transformers/modeling_utils.py

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* Update src/transformers/modeling_utils.py

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* Update src/transformers/utils/import_utils.py

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* use is_flash_attn_greater_or_equal_2_10 instead of is_flash_attn_greater_or_equal_210

* fix merge

* simplify

* inline args

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Co-authored-by: Felix Marty <felix@hf.co>
Co-authored-by: amyeroberts <22614925+amyeroberts@users.noreply.github.com>

docs/source/en/model_doc/gpt_neo.md

@@ -56,13 +56,9 @@ The `generate()` method can be used to generate text using GPT Neo model.
 
 ## Combining GPT-Neo and Flash Attention 2
 
-First, make sure to install the latest version of Flash Attention 2 to include the sliding window attention feature.
+First, make sure to install the latest version of Flash Attention 2 to include the sliding window attention feature, and make sure your hardware is compatible with Flash-Attention 2. More details are available [here](https://huggingface.co/docs/transformers/perf_infer_gpu_one#flashattention-2) concerning the installation.
 
-```bash
+Make sure as well to load your model in half-precision (e.g. `torch.float16`).
-pip install -U flash-attn --no-build-isolation
-```
-
-Make also sure that you have a hardware that is compatible with Flash-Attention 2. Read more about it in the official documentation of flash-attn repository. Make also sure to load your model in half-precision (e.g. `torch.float16``)
 
 To load and run a model using Flash Attention 2, refer to the snippet below:
 

docs/source/en/perf_infer_gpu_one.md

@@ -38,11 +38,9 @@ FlashAttention-2 is experimental and may change considerably in future versions.
 
 FlashAttention-2 supports inference with Llama, Mistral, Falcon and Bark models. You can request to add FlashAttention-2 support for another model by opening a GitHub Issue or Pull Request.
 
-Before you begin, make sure you have FlashAttention-2 installed (see the [installation](https://github.com/Dao-AILab/flash-attention?tab=readme-ov-file#installation-and-features) guide for more details about prerequisites):
+Before you begin, make sure you have FlashAttention-2 installed. For NVIDIA GPUs, the library is installable through pip: `pip install flash-attn --no-build-isolation`. We strongly suggest to refer to the [detailed installation instructions](https://github.com/Dao-AILab/flash-attention?tab=readme-ov-file#installation-and-features).
 
-```bash
+FlashAttention-2 is also supported on AMD GPUs, with the current support limited to **Instinct MI210 and Instinct MI250**. We strongly suggest to use the following [Dockerfile](https://github.com/huggingface/optimum-amd/tree/main/docker/transformers-pytorch-amd-gpu-flash/Dockerfile) to use FlashAttention-2 on AMD GPUs.
-pip install flash-attn --no-build-isolation
-```
 
 To enable FlashAttention-2, add the `use_flash_attention_2` parameter to [`~AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained`]:
 
@@ -62,7 +60,7 @@ model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(
 
 <Tip>
 
-FlashAttention-2 can only be used when the model's dtype is  `fp16` or `bf16`, and it only runs on Nvidia GPUs. Make sure to cast your model to the appropriate dtype and load them on a supported device before using FlashAttention-2.
+FlashAttention-2 can only be used when the model's dtype is `fp16` or `bf16`. Make sure to cast your model to the appropriate dtype and load them on a supported device before using FlashAttention-2.
   
 </Tip>
 

src/transformers/modeling_utils.py

@@ -1281,17 +1281,31 @@ class PreTrainedModel(nn.Module, ModuleUtilsMixin, GenerationMixin, PushToHubMix
             )
 
         if not is_flash_attn_2_available():
-            raise ImportError(
-                "Flash Attention 2 is not available. Please refer to the documentation of https://github.com/Dao-AILab/flash-attention for"
-                " installing it. Make sure to have at least the version 2.1.0"
-            )
-        else:
             flash_attention_version = version.parse(importlib.metadata.version("flash_attn"))
-            is_flash_greater_than_2 = flash_attention_version >= version.parse("2.1.0")
+
-            if not is_flash_greater_than_2:
+            preface = "FlashAttention2 has been toggled on, but it cannot be used due to the following error:"
-                raise ValueError(
+            install_message = "Please refer to the documentation of https://huggingface.co/docs/transformers/perf_infer_gpu_one#flashattention-2 to install Flash Attention 2."
-                    f"You need flash_attn package version to be greater or equal than 2.1. Make sure to have that version installed - detected version {flash_attention_version}"
+            if torch.version.cuda:
-                )
+                if importlib.util.find_spec("flash_attn") is None:
+                    raise ImportError(f"{preface} the package flash_attn seems to be not installed. {install_message}")
+
+                flash_attention_version = version.parse(importlib.metadata.version("flash_attn"))
+                if flash_attention_version < version.parse("2.1.0"):
+                    raise ImportError(
+                        f"{preface} you need flash_attn package version to be greater or equal than 2.1.0. Detected version {flash_attention_version}. {install_message}"
+                    )
+                else:
+                    raise ImportError(f"{preface} Flash Attention 2 is not available. {install_message}")
+            elif torch.version.hip:
+                if importlib.util.find_spec("flash_attn") is None:
+                    raise ImportError(f"{preface} the package flash_attn seems to be not installed. {install_message}")
+                flash_attention_version = version.parse(importlib.metadata.version("flash_attn"))
+                if flash_attention_version < version.parse("2.0.4"):
+                    raise ImportError(
+                        f"{preface} you need flash_attn package version to be greater or equal than 2.0.4. Make sure to have that version installed - detected version {flash_attention_version}. {install_message}"
+                    )
+                else:
+                    raise ImportError(f"{preface} Flash Attention 2 is not available. {install_message}")
 
         _is_bettertransformer = getattr(cls, "use_bettertransformer", False)
 

src/transformers/models/bark/modeling_bark.py

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ from ...utils import (
     add_start_docstrings_to_model_forward,
     is_accelerate_available,
     is_flash_attn_2_available,
+    is_flash_attn_greater_or_equal_2_10,
     logging,
 )
 from ..auto import AutoModel
@@ -214,6 +215,15 @@ class BarkSelfFlashAttention2(BarkSelfAttention):
     flash attention and deal with padding tokens in case the input contains any of them.
     """
 
+    # Copied from transformers.models.llama.modeling_llama.LlamaFlashAttention2.__init__
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+        # TODO: Should be removed once Flash Attention for RoCm is bumped to 2.1.
+        # flash_attn<2.1 generates top-left aligned causal mask, while what is needed here is bottom-right alignement, that was made default for flash_attn>=2.1. This attribute is used to handle this difference. Reference: https://github.com/Dao-AILab/flash-attention/releases/tag/v2.1.0.
+        # Beware that with flash_attn<2.1, using q_seqlen != k_seqlen (except for the case q_seqlen == 1) produces a wrong mask (top-left).
+        self._flash_attn_uses_top_left_mask = not is_flash_attn_greater_or_equal_2_10()
+
     def _split_heads(self, tensor, num_heads, attn_head_size):
         """
         Splits hidden_size dim into attn_head_size and num_heads
@@ -301,6 +311,12 @@ class BarkSelfFlashAttention2(BarkSelfAttention):
             softmax_scale (`float`, *optional*):
                 The scaling of QK^T before applying softmax. Default to 1 / sqrt(head_dim)
         """
+        if not self._flash_attn_uses_top_left_mask:
+            causal = self.is_causal
+        else:
+            # TODO: Remove the `query_length != 1` check once Flash Attention for RoCm is bumped to 2.1. For details, please see the comment in LlamaFlashAttention2 __init__.
+            causal = self.is_causal and query_length != 1
+
         # Contains at least one padding token in the sequence
         if attention_mask is not None:
             batch_size = query_states.shape[0]
@@ -321,13 +337,13 @@ class BarkSelfFlashAttention2(BarkSelfAttention):
                 max_seqlen_k=max_seqlen_in_batch_k,
                 dropout_p=dropout,
                 softmax_scale=softmax_scale,
-                causal=self.is_causal,
+                causal=causal,
             )
 
             attn_output = pad_input(attn_output_unpad, indices_q, batch_size, query_length)
         else:
             attn_output = flash_attn_func(
-                query_states, key_states, value_states, dropout, softmax_scale=softmax_scale, causal=self.is_causal
+                query_states, key_states, value_states, dropout, softmax_scale=softmax_scale, causal=causal
             )
 
         return attn_output

src/transformers/models/bart/modeling_bart.py

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ from ...utils import (
     add_start_docstrings,
     add_start_docstrings_to_model_forward,
     is_flash_attn_2_available,
+    is_flash_attn_greater_or_equal_2_10,
     logging,
     replace_return_docstrings,
 )
@@ -294,6 +295,15 @@ class BartFlashAttention2(BartAttention):
     flash attention and deal with padding tokens in case the input contains any of them.
     """
 
+    # Copied from transformers.models.llama.modeling_llama.LlamaFlashAttention2.__init__
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+        # TODO: Should be removed once Flash Attention for RoCm is bumped to 2.1.
+        # flash_attn<2.1 generates top-left aligned causal mask, while what is needed here is bottom-right alignement, that was made default for flash_attn>=2.1. This attribute is used to handle this difference. Reference: https://github.com/Dao-AILab/flash-attention/releases/tag/v2.1.0.
+        # Beware that with flash_attn<2.1, using q_seqlen != k_seqlen (except for the case q_seqlen == 1) produces a wrong mask (top-left).
+        self._flash_attn_uses_top_left_mask = not is_flash_attn_greater_or_equal_2_10()
+
     def _reshape(self, tensor: torch.Tensor, seq_len: int, bsz: int):
         return tensor.view(bsz, seq_len, self.num_heads, self.head_dim)
 
@@ -418,6 +428,12 @@ class BartFlashAttention2(BartAttention):
             softmax_scale (`float`, *optional*):
                 The scaling of QK^T before applying softmax. Default to 1 / sqrt(head_dim)
         """
+        if not self._flash_attn_uses_top_left_mask:
+            causal = self.is_causal
+        else:
+            # TODO: Remove the `query_length != 1` check once Flash Attention for RoCm is bumped to 2.1. For details, please see the comment in LlamaFlashAttention2 __init__.
+            causal = self.is_causal and query_length != 1
+
         # Contains at least one padding token in the sequence
         if attention_mask is not None:
             batch_size = query_states.shape[0]
@@ -438,13 +454,13 @@ class BartFlashAttention2(BartAttention):
                 max_seqlen_k=max_seqlen_in_batch_k,
                 dropout_p=dropout,
                 softmax_scale=softmax_scale,
-                causal=self.is_causal,
+                causal=causal,
             )
 
             attn_output = pad_input(attn_output_unpad, indices_q, batch_size, query_length)
         else:
             attn_output = flash_attn_func(
-                query_states, key_states, value_states, dropout, softmax_scale=softmax_scale, causal=self.is_causal
+                query_states, key_states, value_states, dropout, softmax_scale=softmax_scale, causal=causal
             )
 
         return attn_output

src/transformers/models/distilbert/modeling_distilbert.py

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ from ...utils import (
     add_start_docstrings,
     add_start_docstrings_to_model_forward,
     is_flash_attn_2_available,
+    is_flash_attn_greater_or_equal_2_10,
     logging,
     replace_return_docstrings,
 )
@@ -269,6 +270,15 @@ class DistilBertFlashAttention2(MultiHeadSelfAttention):
     API of flash attention and deal with padding tokens in case the input contains any of them.
     """
 
+    # Copied from transformers.models.llama.modeling_llama.LlamaFlashAttention2.__init__
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+        # TODO: Should be removed once Flash Attention for RoCm is bumped to 2.1.
+        # flash_attn<2.1 generates top-left aligned causal mask, while what is needed here is bottom-right alignement, that was made default for flash_attn>=2.1. This attribute is used to handle this difference. Reference: https://github.com/Dao-AILab/flash-attention/releases/tag/v2.1.0.
+        # Beware that with flash_attn<2.1, using q_seqlen != k_seqlen (except for the case q_seqlen == 1) produces a wrong mask (top-left).
+        self._flash_attn_uses_top_left_mask = not is_flash_attn_greater_or_equal_2_10()
+
     def forward(
         self,
         query: torch.Tensor,
@@ -363,6 +373,12 @@ class DistilBertFlashAttention2(MultiHeadSelfAttention):
             softmax_scale (`float`, *optional*):
                 The scaling of QK^T before applying softmax. Default to 1 / sqrt(head_dim)
         """
+        if not self._flash_attn_uses_top_left_mask:
+            causal = self.is_causal
+        else:
+            # TODO: Remove the `query_length != 1` check once Flash Attention for RoCm is bumped to 2.1. For details, please see the comment in LlamaFlashAttention2 __init__.
+            causal = self.is_causal and query_length != 1
+
         # Contains at least one padding token in the sequence
         if attention_mask is not None:
             batch_size = query_states.shape[0]
@@ -383,13 +399,13 @@ class DistilBertFlashAttention2(MultiHeadSelfAttention):
                 max_seqlen_k=max_seqlen_in_batch_k,
                 dropout_p=dropout,
                 softmax_scale=softmax_scale,
-                causal=self.is_causal,
+                causal=causal,
             )
 
             attn_output = pad_input(attn_output_unpad, indices_q, batch_size, query_length)
         else:
             attn_output = flash_attn_func(
-                query_states, key_states, value_states, dropout, softmax_scale=softmax_scale, causal=self.is_causal
+                query_states, key_states, value_states, dropout, softmax_scale=softmax_scale, causal=causal
             )
 
         return attn_output

src/transformers/models/falcon/modeling_falcon.py

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ from ...utils import (
     add_start_docstrings,
     add_start_docstrings_to_model_forward,
     is_flash_attn_2_available,
+    is_flash_attn_greater_or_equal_2_10,
     logging,
 )
 from .configuration_falcon import FalconConfig
@@ -516,6 +517,15 @@ class FalconFlashAttention2(FalconAttention):
     flash attention and deal with padding tokens in case the input contains any of them.
     """
 
+    # Copied from transformers.models.llama.modeling_llama.LlamaFlashAttention2.__init__
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+        # TODO: Should be removed once Flash Attention for RoCm is bumped to 2.1.
+        # flash_attn<2.1 generates top-left aligned causal mask, while what is needed here is bottom-right alignement, that was made default for flash_attn>=2.1. This attribute is used to handle this difference. Reference: https://github.com/Dao-AILab/flash-attention/releases/tag/v2.1.0.
+        # Beware that with flash_attn<2.1, using q_seqlen != k_seqlen (except for the case q_seqlen == 1) produces a wrong mask (top-left).
+        self._flash_attn_uses_top_left_mask = not is_flash_attn_greater_or_equal_2_10()
+
     def forward(
         self,
         hidden_states: torch.Tensor,
@@ -631,6 +641,12 @@ class FalconFlashAttention2(FalconAttention):
             softmax_scale (`float`, *optional*):
                 The scaling of QK^T before applying softmax. Default to 1 / sqrt(head_dim)
         """
+        if not self._flash_attn_uses_top_left_mask:
+            causal = self.is_causal
+        else:
+            # TODO: Remove the `query_length != 1` check once Flash Attention for RoCm is bumped to 2.1. For details, please see the comment in LlamaFlashAttention2 __init__.
+            causal = self.is_causal and query_length != 1
+
         # Contains at least one padding token in the sequence
         if attention_mask is not None:
             batch_size = query_states.shape[0]
@@ -651,13 +667,13 @@ class FalconFlashAttention2(FalconAttention):
                 max_seqlen_k=max_seqlen_in_batch_k,
                 dropout_p=dropout,
                 softmax_scale=softmax_scale,
-                causal=self.is_causal,
+                causal=causal,
             )
 
             attn_output = pad_input(attn_output_unpad, indices_q, batch_size, query_length)
         else:
             attn_output = flash_attn_func(
-                query_states, key_states, value_states, dropout, softmax_scale=softmax_scale, causal=self.is_causal
+                query_states, key_states, value_states, dropout, softmax_scale=softmax_scale, causal=causal
             )
 
         return attn_output

src/transformers/models/gpt_bigcode/modeling_gpt_bigcode.py

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ from ...utils import (
     add_start_docstrings,
     add_start_docstrings_to_model_forward,
     is_flash_attn_2_available,
+    is_flash_attn_greater_or_equal_2_10,
     logging,
 )
 from .configuration_gpt_bigcode import GPTBigCodeConfig
@@ -292,6 +293,15 @@ class GPTBigCodeFlashAttention2(GPTBigCodeAttention):
     API of flash attention and deal with padding tokens in case the input contains any of them.
     """
 
+    # Copied from transformers.models.llama.modeling_llama.LlamaFlashAttention2.__init__
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+        # TODO: Should be removed once Flash Attention for RoCm is bumped to 2.1.
+        # flash_attn<2.1 generates top-left aligned causal mask, while what is needed here is bottom-right alignement, that was made default for flash_attn>=2.1. This attribute is used to handle this difference. Reference: https://github.com/Dao-AILab/flash-attention/releases/tag/v2.1.0.
+        # Beware that with flash_attn<2.1, using q_seqlen != k_seqlen (except for the case q_seqlen == 1) produces a wrong mask (top-left).
+        self._flash_attn_uses_top_left_mask = not is_flash_attn_greater_or_equal_2_10()
+
     def forward(
         self,
         hidden_states: torch.Tensor,
@@ -422,6 +432,12 @@ class GPTBigCodeFlashAttention2(GPTBigCodeAttention):
             softmax_scale (`float`, *optional*):
                 The scaling of QK^T before applying softmax. Default to 1 / sqrt(head_dim)
         """
+        if not self._flash_attn_uses_top_left_mask:
+            causal = self.is_causal
+        else:
+            # TODO: Remove the `query_length != 1` check once Flash Attention for RoCm is bumped to 2.1. For details, please see the comment in LlamaFlashAttention2 __init__.
+            causal = self.is_causal and query_length != 1
+
         # Contains at least one padding token in the sequence
         if attention_mask is not None:
             batch_size = query_states.shape[0]
@@ -442,13 +458,13 @@ class GPTBigCodeFlashAttention2(GPTBigCodeAttention):
                 max_seqlen_k=max_seqlen_in_batch_k,
                 dropout_p=dropout,
                 softmax_scale=softmax_scale,
-                causal=self.is_causal,
+                causal=causal,
             )
 
             attn_output = pad_input(attn_output_unpad, indices_q, batch_size, query_length)
         else:
             attn_output = flash_attn_func(
-                query_states, key_states, value_states, dropout, softmax_scale=softmax_scale, causal=self.is_causal
+                query_states, key_states, value_states, dropout, softmax_scale=softmax_scale, causal=causal
             )
 
         return attn_output

src/transformers/models/gpt_neo/modeling_gpt_neo.py

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ from ...utils import (
     add_start_docstrings,
     add_start_docstrings_to_model_forward,
     is_flash_attn_2_available,
+    is_flash_attn_greater_or_equal_2_10,
     is_torch_fx_available,
     logging,
 )
@@ -299,6 +300,15 @@ class GPTNeoFlashAttention2(GPTNeoSelfAttention):
     flash attention and deal with padding tokens in case the input contains any of them.
     """
 
+    # Copied from transformers.models.llama.modeling_llama.LlamaFlashAttention2.__init__
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+        # TODO: Should be removed once Flash Attention for RoCm is bumped to 2.1.
+        # flash_attn<2.1 generates top-left aligned causal mask, while what is needed here is bottom-right alignement, that was made default for flash_attn>=2.1. This attribute is used to handle this difference. Reference: https://github.com/Dao-AILab/flash-attention/releases/tag/v2.1.0.
+        # Beware that with flash_attn<2.1, using q_seqlen != k_seqlen (except for the case q_seqlen == 1) produces a wrong mask (top-left).
+        self._flash_attn_uses_top_left_mask = not is_flash_attn_greater_or_equal_2_10()
+
     def forward(
         self,
         hidden_states,
@@ -400,6 +410,12 @@ class GPTNeoFlashAttention2(GPTNeoSelfAttention):
             softmax_scale (`float`, *optional*):
                 The scaling of QK^T before applying softmax. Default to 1 / sqrt(head_dim)
         """
+        if not self._flash_attn_uses_top_left_mask:
+            causal = self.is_causal
+        else:
+            # TODO: Remove the `query_length != 1` check once Flash Attention for RoCm is bumped to 2.1. For details, please see the comment in LlamaFlashAttention2 __init__.
+            causal = self.is_causal and query_length != 1
+
         # Contains at least one padding token in the sequence
         if attention_mask is not None:
             batch_size = query_states.shape[0]
@@ -420,13 +436,13 @@ class GPTNeoFlashAttention2(GPTNeoSelfAttention):
                 max_seqlen_k=max_seqlen_in_batch_k,
                 dropout_p=dropout,
                 softmax_scale=softmax_scale,
-                causal=self.is_causal,
+                causal=causal,
             )
 
             attn_output = pad_input(attn_output_unpad, indices_q, batch_size, query_length)
         else:
             attn_output = flash_attn_func(
-                query_states, key_states, value_states, dropout, softmax_scale=softmax_scale, causal=self.is_causal
+                query_states, key_states, value_states, dropout, softmax_scale=softmax_scale, causal=causal
             )
 
         return attn_output

src/transformers/models/llama/modeling_llama.py

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ from ...utils import (
     add_start_docstrings,
     add_start_docstrings_to_model_forward,
     is_flash_attn_2_available,
+    is_flash_attn_greater_or_equal_2_10,
     logging,
     replace_return_docstrings,
 )
@@ -442,6 +443,14 @@ class LlamaFlashAttention2(LlamaAttention):
     flash attention and deal with padding tokens in case the input contains any of them.
     """
 
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+        # TODO: Should be removed once Flash Attention for RoCm is bumped to 2.1.
+        # flash_attn<2.1 generates top-left aligned causal mask, while what is needed here is bottom-right alignement, that was made default for flash_attn>=2.1. This attribute is used to handle this difference. Reference: https://github.com/Dao-AILab/flash-attention/releases/tag/v2.1.0.
+        # Beware that with flash_attn<2.1, using q_seqlen != k_seqlen (except for the case q_seqlen == 1) produces a wrong mask (top-left).
+        self._flash_attn_uses_top_left_mask = not is_flash_attn_greater_or_equal_2_10()
+
     def forward(
         self,
         hidden_states: torch.Tensor,
@@ -491,6 +500,8 @@ class LlamaFlashAttention2(LlamaAttention):
 
         past_key_value = (key_states, value_states) if use_cache else None
 
+        # TODO: These transpose are quite inefficient but Flash Attention requires the layout [batch_size, sequence_length, num_heads, head_dim]. We would need to refactor the KV cache
+        # to be able to avoid many of these transpose/reshape/view.
         query_states = query_states.transpose(1, 2)
         key_states = key_states.transpose(1, 2)
         value_states = value_states.transpose(1, 2)
@@ -555,6 +566,12 @@ class LlamaFlashAttention2(LlamaAttention):
             softmax_scale (`float`, *optional*):
                 The scaling of QK^T before applying softmax. Default to 1 / sqrt(head_dim)
         """
+        if not self._flash_attn_uses_top_left_mask:
+            causal = self.is_causal
+        else:
+            # TODO: Remove the `query_length != 1` check once Flash Attention for RoCm is bumped to 2.1. For details, please see the comment in LlamaFlashAttention2 __init__.
+            causal = self.is_causal and query_length != 1
+
         # Contains at least one padding token in the sequence
         if attention_mask is not None:
             batch_size = query_states.shape[0]
@@ -575,13 +592,13 @@ class LlamaFlashAttention2(LlamaAttention):
                 max_seqlen_k=max_seqlen_in_batch_k,
                 dropout_p=dropout,
                 softmax_scale=softmax_scale,
-                causal=self.is_causal,
+                causal=causal,
             )
 
             attn_output = pad_input(attn_output_unpad, indices_q, batch_size, query_length)
         else:
             attn_output = flash_attn_func(
-                query_states, key_states, value_states, dropout, softmax_scale=softmax_scale, causal=self.is_causal
+                query_states, key_states, value_states, dropout, softmax_scale=softmax_scale, causal=causal
             )
 
         return attn_output

src/transformers/models/mbart/modeling_mbart.py

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ from ...utils import (
     add_start_docstrings,
     add_start_docstrings_to_model_forward,
     is_flash_attn_2_available,
+    is_flash_attn_greater_or_equal_2_10,
     logging,
     replace_return_docstrings,
 )
@@ -289,6 +290,15 @@ class MBartFlashAttention2(MBartAttention):
     flash attention and deal with padding tokens in case the input contains any of them.
     """
 
+    # Copied from transformers.models.llama.modeling_llama.LlamaFlashAttention2.__init__
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+        # TODO: Should be removed once Flash Attention for RoCm is bumped to 2.1.
+        # flash_attn<2.1 generates top-left aligned causal mask, while what is needed here is bottom-right alignement, that was made default for flash_attn>=2.1. This attribute is used to handle this difference. Reference: https://github.com/Dao-AILab/flash-attention/releases/tag/v2.1.0.
+        # Beware that with flash_attn<2.1, using q_seqlen != k_seqlen (except for the case q_seqlen == 1) produces a wrong mask (top-left).
+        self._flash_attn_uses_top_left_mask = not is_flash_attn_greater_or_equal_2_10()
+
     def _reshape(self, tensor: torch.Tensor, seq_len: int, bsz: int):
         return tensor.view(bsz, seq_len, self.num_heads, self.head_dim)
 
@@ -413,6 +423,12 @@ class MBartFlashAttention2(MBartAttention):
             softmax_scale (`float`, *optional*):
                 The scaling of QK^T before applying softmax. Default to 1 / sqrt(head_dim)
         """
+        if not self._flash_attn_uses_top_left_mask:
+            causal = self.is_causal
+        else:
+            # TODO: Remove the `query_length != 1` check once Flash Attention for RoCm is bumped to 2.1. For details, please see the comment in LlamaFlashAttention2 __init__.
+            causal = self.is_causal and query_length != 1
+
         # Contains at least one padding token in the sequence
         if attention_mask is not None:
             batch_size = query_states.shape[0]
@@ -433,13 +449,13 @@ class MBartFlashAttention2(MBartAttention):
                 max_seqlen_k=max_seqlen_in_batch_k,
                 dropout_p=dropout,
                 softmax_scale=softmax_scale,
-                causal=self.is_causal,
+                causal=causal,
             )
 
             attn_output = pad_input(attn_output_unpad, indices_q, batch_size, query_length)
         else:
             attn_output = flash_attn_func(
-                query_states, key_states, value_states, dropout, softmax_scale=softmax_scale, causal=self.is_causal
+                query_states, key_states, value_states, dropout, softmax_scale=softmax_scale, causal=causal
             )
 
         return attn_output

src/transformers/models/mistral/modeling_mistral.py

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ from ...utils import (
     add_start_docstrings,
     add_start_docstrings_to_model_forward,
     is_flash_attn_2_available,
+    is_flash_attn_greater_or_equal_2_10,
     logging,
     replace_return_docstrings,
 )
@@ -312,6 +313,15 @@ class MistralFlashAttention2(MistralAttention):
     flash attention and deal with padding tokens in case the input contains any of them.
     """
 
+    # Copied from transformers.models.llama.modeling_llama.LlamaFlashAttention2.__init__
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+        # TODO: Should be removed once Flash Attention for RoCm is bumped to 2.1.
+        # flash_attn<2.1 generates top-left aligned causal mask, while what is needed here is bottom-right alignement, that was made default for flash_attn>=2.1. This attribute is used to handle this difference. Reference: https://github.com/Dao-AILab/flash-attention/releases/tag/v2.1.0.
+        # Beware that with flash_attn<2.1, using q_seqlen != k_seqlen (except for the case q_seqlen == 1) produces a wrong mask (top-left).
+        self._flash_attn_uses_top_left_mask = not is_flash_attn_greater_or_equal_2_10()
+
     def forward(
         self,
         hidden_states: torch.Tensor,
@@ -470,6 +480,12 @@ class MistralFlashAttention2(MistralAttention):
             use_sliding_windows (`bool`, *optional*):
                 Whether to activate sliding window attention.
         """
+        if not self._flash_attn_uses_top_left_mask:
+            causal = self.is_causal
+        else:
+            # TODO: Remove the `query_length != 1` check once Flash Attention for RoCm is bumped to 2.1. For details, please see the comment in LlamaFlashAttention2 __init__.
+            causal = self.is_causal and query_length != 1
+
         # Contains at least one padding token in the sequence
         if attention_mask is not None:
             batch_size = query_states.shape[0]
@@ -491,7 +507,7 @@ class MistralFlashAttention2(MistralAttention):
                     max_seqlen_k=max_seqlen_in_batch_k,
                     dropout_p=dropout,
                     softmax_scale=softmax_scale,
-                    causal=self.is_causal,
+                    causal=causal,
                 )
             else:
                 attn_output_unpad = flash_attn_varlen_func(
@@ -504,7 +520,7 @@ class MistralFlashAttention2(MistralAttention):
                     max_seqlen_k=max_seqlen_in_batch_k,
                     dropout_p=dropout,
                     softmax_scale=softmax_scale,
-                    causal=self.is_causal,
+                    causal=causal,
                     window_size=(self.config.sliding_window, self.config.sliding_window),
                 )
 
@@ -517,7 +533,7 @@ class MistralFlashAttention2(MistralAttention):
                     value_states,
                     dropout,
                     softmax_scale=softmax_scale,
-                    causal=self.is_causal,
+                    causal=causal,
                 )
             else:
                 attn_output = flash_attn_func(
@@ -526,7 +542,7 @@ class MistralFlashAttention2(MistralAttention):
                     value_states,
                     dropout,
                     softmax_scale=softmax_scale,
-                    causal=self.is_causal,
+                    causal=causal,
                     window_size=(self.config.sliding_window, self.config.sliding_window),
                 )
 

src/transformers/models/opt/modeling_opt.py

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ from ...utils import (
     add_start_docstrings,
     add_start_docstrings_to_model_forward,
     is_flash_attn_2_available,
+    is_flash_attn_greater_or_equal_2_10,
     logging,
     replace_return_docstrings,
 )
@@ -288,6 +289,15 @@ class OptFlashAttention2(OPTAttention):
     attention and deal with padding tokens in case the input contains any of them.
     """
 
+    # Copied from transformers.models.llama.modeling_llama.LlamaFlashAttention2.__init__
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+        # TODO: Should be removed once Flash Attention for RoCm is bumped to 2.1.
+        # flash_attn<2.1 generates top-left aligned causal mask, while what is needed here is bottom-right alignement, that was made default for flash_attn>=2.1. This attribute is used to handle this difference. Reference: https://github.com/Dao-AILab/flash-attention/releases/tag/v2.1.0.
+        # Beware that with flash_attn<2.1, using q_seqlen != k_seqlen (except for the case q_seqlen == 1) produces a wrong mask (top-left).
+        self._flash_attn_uses_top_left_mask = not is_flash_attn_greater_or_equal_2_10()
+
     def forward(
         self,
         hidden_states: torch.Tensor,
@@ -404,6 +414,12 @@ class OptFlashAttention2(OPTAttention):
             softmax_scale (`float`, *optional*):
                 The scaling of QK^T before applying softmax. Default to 1 / sqrt(head_dim)
         """
+        if not self._flash_attn_uses_top_left_mask:
+            causal = self.is_causal
+        else:
+            # TODO: Remove the `query_length != 1` check once Flash Attention for RoCm is bumped to 2.1. For details, please see the comment in LlamaFlashAttention2 __init__.
+            causal = self.is_causal and query_length != 1
+
         # Contains at least one padding token in the sequence
         if attention_mask is not None:
             batch_size = query_states.shape[0]
@@ -424,13 +440,13 @@ class OptFlashAttention2(OPTAttention):
                 max_seqlen_k=max_seqlen_in_batch_k,
                 dropout_p=dropout,
                 softmax_scale=softmax_scale,
-                causal=self.is_causal,
+                causal=causal,
             )
 
             attn_output = pad_input(attn_output_unpad, indices_q, batch_size, query_length)
         else:
             attn_output = flash_attn_func(
-                query_states, key_states, value_states, dropout, softmax_scale=softmax_scale, causal=self.is_causal
+                query_states, key_states, value_states, dropout, softmax_scale=softmax_scale, causal=causal
             )
 
         return attn_output

src/transformers/models/whisper/modeling_whisper.py

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ from ...utils import (
     add_start_docstrings,
     add_start_docstrings_to_model_forward,
     is_flash_attn_2_available,
+    is_flash_attn_greater_or_equal_2_10,
     logging,
     replace_return_docstrings,
 )
@@ -478,6 +479,15 @@ class WhisperFlashAttention2(WhisperAttention):
     flash attention and deal with padding tokens in case the input contains any of them.
     """
 
+    # Copied from transformers.models.llama.modeling_llama.LlamaFlashAttention2.__init__
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+        # TODO: Should be removed once Flash Attention for RoCm is bumped to 2.1.
+        # flash_attn<2.1 generates top-left aligned causal mask, while what is needed here is bottom-right alignement, that was made default for flash_attn>=2.1. This attribute is used to handle this difference. Reference: https://github.com/Dao-AILab/flash-attention/releases/tag/v2.1.0.
+        # Beware that with flash_attn<2.1, using q_seqlen != k_seqlen (except for the case q_seqlen == 1) produces a wrong mask (top-left).
+        self._flash_attn_uses_top_left_mask = not is_flash_attn_greater_or_equal_2_10()
+
     def _reshape(self, tensor: torch.Tensor, seq_len: int, bsz: int):
         return tensor.view(bsz, seq_len, self.num_heads, self.head_dim)
 
@@ -602,6 +612,12 @@ class WhisperFlashAttention2(WhisperAttention):
             softmax_scale (`float`, *optional*):
                 The scaling of QK^T before applying softmax. Default to 1 / sqrt(head_dim)
         """
+        if not self._flash_attn_uses_top_left_mask:
+            causal = self.is_causal
+        else:
+            # TODO: Remove the `query_length != 1` check once Flash Attention for RoCm is bumped to 2.1. For details, please see the comment in LlamaFlashAttention2 __init__.
+            causal = self.is_causal and query_length != 1
+
         # Contains at least one padding token in the sequence
         if attention_mask is not None:
             batch_size = query_states.shape[0]
@@ -622,13 +638,13 @@ class WhisperFlashAttention2(WhisperAttention):
                 max_seqlen_k=max_seqlen_in_batch_k,
                 dropout_p=dropout,
                 softmax_scale=softmax_scale,
-                causal=self.is_causal,
+                causal=causal,
             )
 
             attn_output = pad_input(attn_output_unpad, indices_q, batch_size, query_length)
         else:
             attn_output = flash_attn_func(
-                query_states, key_states, value_states, dropout, softmax_scale=softmax_scale, causal=self.is_causal
+                query_states, key_states, value_states, dropout, softmax_scale=softmax_scale, causal=causal
             )
 
         return attn_output

src/transformers/utils/__init__.py

@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ from .import_utils import (
     is_faiss_available,
     is_flash_attn_2_available,
     is_flash_attn_available,
+    is_flash_attn_greater_or_equal_2_10,
     is_flax_available,
     is_fsdp_available,
     is_ftfy_available,

src/transformers/utils/import_utils.py

@@ -71,9 +71,6 @@ TORCH_FX_REQUIRED_VERSION = version.parse("1.10")
 _accelerate_available, _accelerate_version = _is_package_available("accelerate", return_version=True)
 _apex_available = _is_package_available("apex")
 _bitsandbytes_available = _is_package_available("bitsandbytes")
-_flash_attn_2_available = _is_package_available("flash_attn") and version.parse(
-    importlib.metadata.version("flash_attn")
-) >= version.parse("2.1.0")
 # `importlib.metadata.version` doesn't work with `bs4` but `beautifulsoup4`. For `importlib.util.find_spec`, reversed.
 _bs4_available = importlib.util.find_spec("bs4") is not None
 _coloredlogs_available = _is_package_available("coloredlogs")
@@ -608,10 +605,29 @@ def is_flash_attn_2_available():
     if not is_torch_available():
         return False
 
+    if not _is_package_available("flash_attn"):
+        return False
+
     # Let's add an extra check to see if cuda is available
     import torch
 
-    return _flash_attn_2_available and torch.cuda.is_available()
+    if not torch.cuda.is_available():
+        return False
+
+    if torch.version.cuda:
+        return version.parse(importlib.metadata.version("flash_attn")) >= version.parse("2.1.0")
+    elif torch.version.hip:
+        # TODO: Bump the requirement to 2.1.0 once released in https://github.com/ROCmSoftwarePlatform/flash-attention
+        return version.parse(importlib.metadata.version("flash_attn")) >= version.parse("2.0.4")
+    else:
+        return False
+
+
+def is_flash_attn_greater_or_equal_2_10():
+    if not _is_package_available("flash_attn"):
+        return False
+
+    return version.parse(importlib.metadata.version("flash_attn")) >= version.parse("2.1.0")
 
 
 def is_flash_attn_available():

tests/test_modeling_common.py

@@ -3087,7 +3087,7 @@ class ModelTesterMixin:
                     dummy_input, attention_mask=dummy_attention_mask, max_new_tokens=1, do_sample=False
                 )
 
-                self.assertTrue(torch.equal(out, out_fa))
+                self.assertTrue(torch.allclose(out, out_fa))
 
     @require_flash_attn
     @require_torch_gpu
@@ -3130,7 +3130,7 @@ class ModelTesterMixin:
                     dummy_input, attention_mask=dummy_attention_mask, max_new_tokens=1, do_sample=False
                 )
 
-                self.assertTrue(torch.equal(out, out_fa))
+                self.assertTrue(torch.allclose(out, out_fa))
 
     @require_flash_attn
     @require_torch_gpu