[Bugfix][Kernel] Fix CUDA 11.8 being broken by FA3 build

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ else()
   FetchContent_Declare(
           vllm-flash-attn
           GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/vllm-project/flash-attention.git
-          GIT_TAG 90eacc1af2a7c3de62ea249e929ed5faccf38954
+          GIT_TAG 0aff05f577e8a10086066a00618609199b25231d
           GIT_PROGRESS TRUE
           # Don't share the vllm-flash-attn build between build types
           BINARY_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/vllm-flash-attn

setup.py

@@ -598,7 +598,10 @@ def _read_requirements(filename: str) -> List[str]:
 
 if _is_cuda():
     ext_modules.append(CMakeExtension(name="vllm.vllm_flash_attn._vllm_fa2_C"))
-    ext_modules.append(CMakeExtension(name="vllm.vllm_flash_attn._vllm_fa3_C"))
+    if envs.VLLM_USE_PRECOMPILED or get_nvcc_cuda_version() >= Version("12.0"):
+        # FA3 requires CUDA 12.0 or later
+        ext_modules.append(
+            CMakeExtension(name="vllm.vllm_flash_attn._vllm_fa3_C"))
     ext_modules.append(CMakeExtension(name="vllm.cumem_allocator"))
 
 if _build_custom_ops():

tests/kernels/test_cascade_flash_attn.py

@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
 from vllm.platforms import current_platform
 from vllm.v1.attention.backends.flash_attn import (cascade_attention,
                                                    merge_attn_states)
-from vllm.vllm_flash_attn import flash_attn_varlen_func
+from vllm.vllm_flash_attn import (fa_version_unsupported_reason,
+                                  flash_attn_varlen_func,
+                                  is_fa_version_supported)
 
 NUM_HEADS = [(4, 4), (8, 2), (16, 2)]
 HEAD_SIZES = [128, 192, 256]
@@ -91,10 +93,9 @@ def test_cascade(
     fa_version: int,
 ) -> None:
     torch.set_default_device("cuda")
-    if fa_version == 3 and (torch.cuda.get_device_capability() == (8, 6)
-                            or torch.cuda.get_device_capability() == (8, 9)):
-        pytest.skip("Flash attention version 3 fails on 8.6 and 8.9 due to "
-                    "insufficient shared memory for some shapes")
+    if not is_fa_version_supported(fa_version):
+        pytest.skip(f"Flash attention version {fa_version} not supported due "
+                    f"to: \"{fa_version_unsupported_reason(fa_version)}\"")
 
     current_platform.seed_everything(0)
 

tests/kernels/test_flash_attn.py

@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@
 import torch
 
 from vllm.platforms import current_platform
-from vllm.vllm_flash_attn import (flash_attn_varlen_func,
-                                  flash_attn_with_kvcache)
+from vllm.vllm_flash_attn import (fa_version_unsupported_reason,
+                                  flash_attn_varlen_func,
+                                  flash_attn_with_kvcache,
+                                  is_fa_version_supported)
 
 NUM_HEADS = [(4, 4), (8, 2), (16, 2)]
 HEAD_SIZES = [128, 256]
@@ -95,10 +97,9 @@ def test_flash_attn_with_paged_kv(
     fa_version: int,
 ) -> None:
     torch.set_default_device("cuda")
-    if fa_version == 3 and (torch.cuda.get_device_capability() == (8, 6)
-                            or torch.cuda.get_device_capability() == (8, 9)):
-        pytest.skip("Flash attention version 3 fails on 8.6 and 8.9 due to "
-                    "insufficient shared memory for some shapes")
+    if not is_fa_version_supported(fa_version):
+        pytest.skip(f"Flash attention version {fa_version} not supported due "
+                    f"to: \"{fa_version_unsupported_reason(fa_version)}\"")
 
     current_platform.seed_everything(0)
     num_seqs = len(kv_lens)
@@ -182,11 +183,9 @@ def test_varlen_with_paged_kv(
     fa_version: int,
 ) -> None:
     torch.set_default_device("cuda")
-    if fa_version == 3 and (torch.cuda.get_device_capability() == (8, 6)
-                            or torch.cuda.get_device_capability() == (8, 9)):
-        pytest.skip("Flash attention version 3 fails on 8.6 and 8.9 due to "
-                    "insufficient shared memory for some shapes")
-
+    if not is_fa_version_supported(fa_version):
+        pytest.skip(f"Flash attention version {fa_version} not supported due "
+                    f"to: \"{fa_version_unsupported_reason(fa_version)}\"")
     current_platform.seed_everything(0)
     num_seqs = len(seq_lens)
     query_lens = [x[0] for x in seq_lens]

vllm/attention/backends/flash_attn.py

@@ -18,17 +18,20 @@
     get_seq_len_block_table_args, is_all_cross_attn_metadata_set,
     is_all_encoder_attn_metadata_set, is_block_tables_empty)
 from vllm.envs import VLLM_FLASH_ATTN_VERSION
+from vllm.logger import init_logger
 from vllm.multimodal import MultiModalPlaceholderMap
 from vllm.platforms import current_platform
 from vllm.utils import async_tensor_h2d, make_tensor_with_pad
+from vllm.vllm_flash_attn import (fa_version_unsupported_reason,
+                                  flash_attn_varlen_func,
+                                  flash_attn_with_kvcache,
+                                  is_fa_version_supported)
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from vllm.worker.model_runner import (ModelInputForGPUBuilder,
                                           ModelInputForGPUWithSamplingMetadata)
 
-from vllm.vllm_flash_attn import (flash_attn_varlen_func,
-                                  flash_attn_with_kvcache,
-                                  is_fa_version_supported)
+logger = init_logger(__name__)
 
 
 class FlashAttentionBackend(AttentionBackend):
@@ -652,6 +655,11 @@ def __init__(
             assert VLLM_FLASH_ATTN_VERSION in [2, 3]
             self.fa_version = VLLM_FLASH_ATTN_VERSION
 
+        if not is_fa_version_supported(self.fa_version):
+            logger.error("Cannot use FA version %d is not supported due to %s",
+                         self.fa_version,
+                         fa_version_unsupported_reason(self.fa_version))
+
         assert is_fa_version_supported(self.fa_version)
 
     def forward(

vllm/v1/attention/backends/flash_attn.py

@@ -10,11 +10,15 @@
 from vllm.attention.backends.abstract import (AttentionBackend, AttentionImpl,
                                               AttentionMetadata, AttentionType)
 from vllm.envs import VLLM_FLASH_ATTN_VERSION
+from vllm.logger import init_logger
 from vllm.platforms import current_platform
 from vllm.utils import cdiv
-from vllm.vllm_flash_attn import (flash_attn_varlen_func,
+from vllm.vllm_flash_attn import (fa_version_unsupported_reason,
+                                  flash_attn_varlen_func,
                                   is_fa_version_supported)
 
+logger = init_logger(__name__)
+
 
 class FlashAttentionBackend(AttentionBackend):
 
@@ -143,6 +147,11 @@ def __init__(
             assert VLLM_FLASH_ATTN_VERSION in [2, 3]
             self.fa_version = VLLM_FLASH_ATTN_VERSION
 
+        if not is_fa_version_supported(self.fa_version):
+            logger.error("Cannot use FA version %d is not supported due to %s",
+                         self.fa_version,
+                         fa_version_unsupported_reason(self.fa_version))
+
         assert is_fa_version_supported(self.fa_version)
 
     def forward(