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Add the training-free Sol-Attn method ("sol_attn") to mtsa. Kernels come
from the external sol_attn package (CuTe DSL on SM89/90/100/120, Triton
otherwise), imported lazily like VSA's fastvideo_kernel. Eligible BF16,
head-dim-128, unmasked, non-causal self-attention SDPA calls run Sol-Attn;
everything else stays dense.
Generalize the VSA-only SDPA intercept: SparseAttentionMethod gains a
patches_sdpa flag and a can_replace_sdpa hook, and VSA's eligibility check
moves into VSA.can_replace_sdpa unchanged.
Fix replace_function leaving the patched function installed when the
wrapped body raises (e.g. a missing kernel package), which left
F.scaled_dot_product_attention globally replaced.
Add SolAttnAttributeConfig, SOL_ATTN_DEFAULT, a Wan 2.2 example, and
unit, GPU and example tests.
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- Around line 89-101: Update the Sol-Attn eligibility predicate to reject calls
when gradient tracking is enabled and any of query, key, or value requires
gradients, so those calls use dense SDPA and retain backward behavior.
- Around line 105-108: Update the `kv_splits` selection logic to check whether
the selected backend supports an explicit split value; when it is unsupported,
retain the dense SDPA path instead of forwarding that split to the upstream
kernel. Preserve the current automatic split behavior and supported explicit
values.
- Around line 96-99: Update can_replace_sdpa so eligibility depends on an
explicit self-attention signal rather than inferring self-attention from equal
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| return ( | ||
| attn_mask is None | ||
| and dropout_p == 0.0 | ||
| and not is_causal | ||
| and not enable_gqa | ||
| and not kwargs | ||
| and (scale is None or math.isclose(scale, _HEAD_DIM**-0.5)) | ||
| and query.ndim == 4 | ||
| and query.shape == key.shape == value.shape | ||
| and query.shape[-1] == _HEAD_DIM | ||
| and query.dtype == key.dtype == value.dtype == torch.bfloat16 | ||
| and query.is_cuda | ||
| and torch.cuda.get_device_capability(query.device) >= (8, 0) |
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Use dense SDPA when the call requires gradients.
If gradient tracking is enabled and any Q/K/V tensor requires gradients, this predicate can select Sol-Attn. The released kernel is forward-only, so the replacement cannot preserve SDPA’s backward behavior. Reject gradient-requiring calls here so training retains dense SDPA. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
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Update the Sol-Attn eligibility predicate to reject calls when gradient tracking
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| and query.ndim == 4 | ||
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| and query.shape[-1] == _HEAD_DIM | ||
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
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In the `sol-engine` branch, `techniques/sparse_backends/README.md` says Sol-Attn supports **both**, but through separate integrations:
- `make_sol_attn_dispatch(...)` handles ordinary **self-attention**.
- `make_mmdit_sol_attn_dispatch(...)` handles **joint MMDiT attention**: text K/V blocks are kept exact, while text-query rows use dense attention and image/video-query rows use Sol-Attn. Keeping text K/V exact alone does **not** make text-query rows dense. ([ccn.web.tr](https://ccn.web.tr/web-api/iframe-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2FNVlabs%2FSana%2Ftree%2Fsol-engine%2Ftechniques%2Fsparse_backends))
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Do not infer self-attention from tensor shapes.
SOL_ATTN_DEFAULT applies Sol-Attn to every *attn* module, including cross-attention. An equal-shaped BF16 CUDA cross-attention call can therefore pass can_replace_sdpa and use the sparse kernel instead of dense SDPA. The kernel computes valid attention, but its sparse approximation can differ from dense attention. Restrict the default configuration to identified self-attention layers, or provide an explicit self-attention signal to can_replace_sdpa.
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Update can_replace_sdpa so eligibility depends on an explicit self-attention
signal rather than inferring self-attention from equal tensor shapes; ensure
SOL_ATTN_DEFAULT continues to use dense SDPA for cross-attention and applies
Sol-Attn only to identified self-attention layers.
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| if self.kv_splits != "auto": | ||
| return self.kv_splits | ||
| long_seq = query.shape[2] >= _SM90_KV_SPLIT_MIN_TOKENS | ||
| return 4 if long_seq and sol_attn.get_sol_attn_backend(query.device) == "cute_sm90" else 1 |
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Validate explicit KV splits against the selected backend.
If a caller sets kv_splits=2 or 4 on a non-SM90 backend, this method forwards that value unchanged. The upstream kernel raises instead of producing attention output. Check backend support before routing the call, and retain dense SDPA when the configured split is unsupported. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
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Update the `kv_splits` selection logic to check whether the selected backend
supports an explicit split value; when it is unsupported, retain the dense SDPA
path instead of forwarding that split to the upstream kernel. Preserve the
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What does this PR do?
Type of change: new feature, new example
Adds Sol-Attn (arXiv:2607.24027), a training-free sparse attention method for image and video diffusion models, as a new
mtsamethod"sol_attn". Sol-Attn routes high-scoring KV blocks to exact attention during online softmax and approximates the remaining blocks with proxy scores, so it needs no calibration.Like VSA (which lazily imports
fastvideo_kernel), the kernels are not vendored: they come from the externalsol_attnpackage (CuTe DSL on SM89/SM90/SM100/SM120, Triton fallback on other SM80+ GPUs), imported lazily at runtime.methods/sol_attn.py:SolAttnreplaces eligibleF.scaled_dot_product_attentioncalls (non-causal, unmasked, BF16, head dim 128, Q/K/V same shape, CUDA SM80+); everything else, e.g. text cross-attention, stays on dense SDPA.SolAttnAttributeConfig(tau,thresh_type,kv_splits) and theSOL_ATTN_DEFAULTpreset.method == "vsa"is generalized:SparseAttentionMethodgains apatches_sdpaclass flag and acan_replace_sdpa(...)hook. VSA's existing eligibility check moves intoVSA.can_replace_sdpaunchanged, and_set_attn_implementationuses the flag instead of the method name. No behavior change for VSA.examples/diffusers/sparsity/wan22_sol_attn.pyplus a README section.replace_function(used by the SDPA intercept) did not restore the patched function when the wrapped forward raised, so e.g. a missingfastvideo_kernel/sol_attnpackage leftF.scaled_dot_product_attentionglobally replaced by the sparse kernel for the rest of the process. It now restores in afinally;test_missing_package_raises_install_hintfails without the fix.Usage
pip install "sol-attn @ git+https://github.com/NVlabs/Sana@sol-engine#subdirectory=techniques/sparse_backends"Testing
On 1x H100 (SM90), torch 2.11.0+cu128, triton 3.6.0, nvidia-cutlass-dsl 4.5.2, transformers 5.18.0, diffusers 0.41.0, with
sol-attninstalled from the git URL above (CuTe backendcute_sm90selected):tests/unit/torch/sparsity/attention_sparsity(incl. newtest_sol_attn.py): all passed.tests/gpu/torch/sparsity/attention_sparsity/test_sol_attn_gpu.py: passed, both alone and after the unit tests in the same process. Withtau=-1e4(every KV block exact) the output matches dense SDPA (rel. L2 err 1.1e-3, identical for the CuTe and Triton backends);tau=1takes the sparse path; FP16 inputs fall back to dense.tests/gpu/torch/sparsity/attention_sparsity/test_wan22_skip_softmax.py(VSA/skip-softmax regression for the generalized SDPA path): passed.tests/examples/diffusers/sparsity/test_sparsity.pyincl. newtest_wan22_sol_attn(tiny Wan 2.2, dense fallback since head dim != 128): passed.Not run: SM89/SM100/SM120 GPUs, full-size Wan 2.2 generation quality/speed (kernel-level results are in the Sol-Attn paper/repo), and the CI coverage/instafail pytest plugins.
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CONTRIBUTING.md: N/A (no copied code;sol_attnis an optional runtime dependency installed by the user, not added topyproject.toml. It is Apache-2.0 per the Sana README, and its ownTHIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.mdcovers BSD-3-Clause FlashAttention-derived files)/claude review)Additional Information
Sol-Attn source: https://github.com/NVlabs/Sana/tree/sol-engine/techniques/sparse_backends
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