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vllm.platforms.cuda

Code inside this file can safely assume cuda platform, e.g. importing pynvml. However, it should not initialize cuda context.

CudaPlatformBase

Bases: Platform

Source code in vllm/platforms/cuda.py
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class CudaPlatformBase(Platform):
    _enum = PlatformEnum.CUDA
    device_name: str = "cuda"
    device_type: str = "cuda"
    dispatch_key: str = "CUDA"
    ray_device_key: str = "GPU"
    dist_backend: str = "nccl"
    device_control_env_var: str = "CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES"
    ray_noset_device_env_vars: list[str] = [
        "RAY_EXPERIMENTAL_NOSET_CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES",
    ]

    @property
    def supported_dtypes(self) -> list[torch.dtype]:
        if self.has_device_capability(80):
            # Ampere and Hopper or later NVIDIA GPUs.
            return [torch.bfloat16, torch.float16, torch.float32]
        if self.has_device_capability(60):
            # Pascal, Volta and Turing NVIDIA GPUs, BF16 is not supported
            return [torch.float16, torch.float32]
        # Kepler and Maxwell NVIDIA GPUs, only FP32 is supported,
        # though vLLM doesn't support these GPUs.
        return [torch.float32]

    @classmethod
    def set_device(cls, device: torch.device) -> None:
        """
        Set the device for the current platform.
        """
        torch.cuda.set_device(device)
        # With this trick we can force the device to be set eagerly
        # see https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/issues/155668
        # for why and when it is needed
        _ = torch.zeros(1, device=device)

    @classmethod
    def get_device_capability(cls, device_id: int = 0) -> DeviceCapability | None:
        raise NotImplementedError

    @classmethod
    def get_device_name(cls, device_id: int = 0) -> str:
        raise NotImplementedError

    @classmethod
    def get_device_total_memory(cls, device_id: int = 0) -> int:
        raise NotImplementedError

    @classmethod
    def is_fully_connected(cls, device_ids: list[int]) -> bool:
        raise NotImplementedError

    @classmethod
    def log_warnings(cls):
        pass

    @classmethod
    def check_and_update_config(cls, vllm_config: "VllmConfig") -> None:
        parallel_config = vllm_config.parallel_config
        model_config = vllm_config.model_config

        if parallel_config.worker_cls == "auto":
            parallel_config.worker_cls = "vllm.v1.worker.gpu_worker.Worker"

        cache_config = vllm_config.cache_config
        user_specified_block_size = cache_config.block_size is not None
        if not user_specified_block_size:
            cache_config.block_size = 16

        # Ensure block_size is compatible with the attention backend.
        # Note: model_config may be None during testing.
        # Skip hybrid (attention+mamba) models — their block_size is
        # managed by HybridAttentionMambaModelConfig
        if model_config is not None and not model_config.is_hybrid:
            cls._update_block_size_for_backend(
                vllm_config,
                user_specified_block_size,
            )

        scheduler_config = vllm_config.scheduler_config
        # Note: model_config may be None during testing
        if (
            model_config is not None
            and model_config.is_mm_prefix_lm
            and scheduler_config.is_multimodal_model
            and not scheduler_config.disable_chunked_mm_input
        ):
            logger.warning(
                "Forcing --disable_chunked_mm_input for models "
                "with multimodal-bidirectional attention."
            )
            scheduler_config.disable_chunked_mm_input = True

    @classmethod
    def _update_block_size_for_backend(
        cls,
        vllm_config: "VllmConfig",
        user_specified_block_size: bool,
    ) -> None:
        """Ensure block_size is compatible with the attention backend.

        If the user specified --block-size, the selector validates/filters
        backends by that block size (raising on incompatibility). Otherwise,
        the backend is selected unconstrained and block_size is set to the
        backend's preferred value.
        """
        from vllm.config.vllm import set_current_vllm_config
        from vllm.v1.attention.selector import AttentionSelectorConfig

        model_config = vllm_config.model_config
        cache_config = vllm_config.cache_config

        device_capability = cls.get_device_capability()
        if device_capability is None:
            return

        use_mla = model_config.use_mla
        attn_selector_config = AttentionSelectorConfig(
            head_size=model_config.get_head_size(),
            dtype=model_config.dtype,  # type: ignore[arg-type]
            kv_cache_dtype=cache_config.cache_dtype,
            block_size=cache_config.block_size if user_specified_block_size else None,
            use_mla=use_mla,
            has_sink=False,
            use_sparse=use_mla and hasattr(model_config.hf_config, "index_topk"),
            use_mm_prefix=model_config.is_mm_prefix_lm,
        )

        user_specified_backend = vllm_config.attention_config.backend
        num_heads = model_config.get_num_attention_heads(
            vllm_config.parallel_config,
        )
        with set_current_vllm_config(vllm_config):
            chosen_backend = cls.select_attention_backend(
                selected_backend=user_specified_backend,
                attn_selector_config=attn_selector_config,
                device_capability=device_capability,
                # Don't raise here — we produce better errors below.
                raise_on_invalid=False,
                num_heads=num_heads,
            )

            # If the user's --block-size forced a non-optimal backend,
            # warn them. Only relevant when the user didn't also specify
            # --attention-backend (in which case the choice is explicit).
            if (
                chosen_backend is not None
                and user_specified_block_size
                and user_specified_backend is None
            ):
                optimal = cls.select_attention_backend(
                    selected_backend=None,
                    attn_selector_config=attn_selector_config._replace(
                        block_size=None,
                    ),
                    device_capability=device_capability,
                    raise_on_invalid=False,
                    num_heads=num_heads,
                )
                if optimal is not None and optimal != chosen_backend:
                    logger.warning(
                        "--block-size %d is not supported by the preferred "
                        "%s backend. Using %s instead, which may result "
                        "in reduced performance. Consider removing "
                        "--block-size to auto-select the optimal "
                        "block size.",
                        cache_config.block_size,
                        optimal.name,
                        chosen_backend.name,
                    )

            if chosen_backend is not None:
                if user_specified_block_size:
                    # User's block_size is compatible with the chosen
                    # backend.
                    return
                # User didn't specify --block-size, so auto-select the
                # preferred block size for the chosen backend.
                try:
                    backend_class = chosen_backend.get_class()
                except ImportError:
                    return  # Will fail later with a better error
                preferred = backend_class.get_preferred_block_size(
                    cache_config.block_size,
                )
                if cache_config.block_size != preferred:
                    logger.info(
                        "Setting kv cache block size to %d for %s backend.",
                        preferred,
                        chosen_backend.name,
                    )
                    cache_config.block_size = preferred
                return

            # No valid backend found. If the user didn't constrain the
            # selection, defer the error to get_attn_backend_cls where
            # the full config (including per-layer settings) is
            # available.
            if not user_specified_block_size:
                return

            if user_specified_backend is not None:
                # User specified --block-size and --attention-backend
                # and they are incompatible.
                try:
                    backend_class = user_specified_backend.get_class()
                    supported = backend_class.get_supported_kernel_block_sizes()
                except ImportError:
                    supported = None
                raise ValueError(
                    f"User-specified --block-size "
                    f"{cache_config.block_size} is incompatible with "
                    f"the specified --attention-backend "
                    f"{user_specified_backend.name} (supported kernel "
                    f"block sizes: {supported}). Either remove "
                    f"--block-size to auto-select, or choose a "
                    f"compatible value."
                )
            else:
                # User specified --block-size but no backend supports
                # it.
                _, invalid_reasons = cls.get_valid_backends(
                    device_capability=device_capability,
                    attn_selector_config=attn_selector_config,
                    num_heads=num_heads,
                )
                reasons_str = ", ".join(
                    f"{b.name}: [{', '.join(r)}]" for b, r in invalid_reasons.items()
                )
                raise ValueError(
                    f"No valid attention backend found for "
                    f"--block-size {cache_config.block_size}. "
                    f"Reasons: {{{reasons_str}}}. Either remove "
                    f"--block-size to auto-select, or choose a "
                    f"compatible value."
                )

    @classmethod
    def get_current_memory_usage(
        cls, device: torch.types.Device | None = None
    ) -> float:
        torch.cuda.empty_cache()
        torch.cuda.reset_peak_memory_stats(device)
        return torch.cuda.max_memory_allocated(device)

    @classmethod
    def get_valid_backends(
        cls,
        device_capability: DeviceCapability,
        attn_selector_config: "AttentionSelectorConfig",
        num_heads: int | None = None,
    ) -> tuple[
        list[tuple["AttentionBackendEnum", int]],
        dict["AttentionBackendEnum", list[str]],
    ]:
        valid_backends_priorities = []
        invalid_reasons = {}

        backend_priorities = _get_backend_priorities(
            attn_selector_config.use_mla,
            device_capability,
            num_heads,
        )
        for priority, backend in enumerate(backend_priorities):
            try:
                backend_class = backend.get_class()
                invalid_reasons_i = backend_class.validate_configuration(
                    device_capability=device_capability,
                    **attn_selector_config._asdict(),
                )
            except ImportError:
                invalid_reasons_i = ["ImportError"]
            if invalid_reasons_i:
                invalid_reasons[backend] = invalid_reasons_i
            else:
                valid_backends_priorities.append((backend, priority))

        return valid_backends_priorities, invalid_reasons

    @classmethod
    def select_attention_backend(
        cls,
        selected_backend: "AttentionBackendEnum | None",
        attn_selector_config: "AttentionSelectorConfig",
        device_capability: "DeviceCapability",
        raise_on_invalid: bool = True,
        num_heads: int | None = None,
    ) -> "AttentionBackendEnum | None":
        """Select the best attention backend for the given configuration.

        Args:
            selected_backend: User-specified backend, or None for auto-selection
            attn_selector_config: Configuration for attention selection
            device_capability: Device capability info
            raise_on_invalid: If True, raise ValueError when no valid backend
            num_heads: Number of attention heads per GPU, used for backend
                priority ordering on Blackwell GPUs

        Returns:
            The selected backend enum, or None if no valid backend found
            and raise_on_invalid is False
        """
        # First try checking just the selected backend, if there is one.
        if selected_backend is not None:
            try:
                backend_class = selected_backend.get_class()
                validation_errors = backend_class.validate_configuration(
                    device_capability=device_capability,
                    **attn_selector_config._asdict(),
                )
            except ImportError:
                validation_errors = ["ImportError"]
            if validation_errors:
                if raise_on_invalid:
                    raise ValueError(
                        f"Selected backend {selected_backend} is not valid for "
                        f"this configuration. Reason: {validation_errors}"
                    )
                return None
            return selected_backend

        # No selected backend, so find the best valid one.
        valid_backends_priorities, invalid_reasons = cls.get_valid_backends(
            device_capability=device_capability,
            attn_selector_config=attn_selector_config,
            num_heads=num_heads,
        )

        if len(valid_backends_priorities) == 0:
            if raise_on_invalid:
                reasons_str = (
                    "{"
                    + ", ".join(
                        f"{backend.name}: [{', '.join(reasons)}]"
                        for backend, reasons in invalid_reasons.items()
                    )
                    + "}"
                )
                config_str = attn_selector_config.__repr__()
                raise ValueError(
                    f"No valid attention backend found for {cls.device_name} "
                    f"with {config_str}. Reasons: {reasons_str}."
                )
            return None

        # Select the one with the highest priority (lowest index).
        sorted_backends = sorted(valid_backends_priorities, key=lambda x: x[1])
        return sorted_backends[0][0]

    @classmethod
    def get_attn_backend_cls(
        cls,
        selected_backend: "AttentionBackendEnum | None",
        attn_selector_config: "AttentionSelectorConfig",
        num_heads: int | None = None,
    ) -> str:
        device_capability = cls.get_device_capability()
        assert device_capability is not None

        chosen_backend = cls.select_attention_backend(
            selected_backend=selected_backend,
            attn_selector_config=attn_selector_config,
            num_heads=num_heads,
            device_capability=device_capability,
            raise_on_invalid=True,
        )
        assert chosen_backend is not None  # raise_on_invalid=True guarantees this

        # Log the selection
        if selected_backend is not None:
            logger.info("Using %s backend.", chosen_backend)
        else:
            # Get all valid backends for logging
            valid_backends_priorities, invalid_reasons = cls.get_valid_backends(
                device_capability=device_capability,
                attn_selector_config=attn_selector_config,
                num_heads=num_heads,
            )
            reasons_str = (
                "{"
                + ", ".join(
                    f"{backend.name}: [{', '.join(reasons)}]"
                    for backend, reasons in invalid_reasons.items()
                )
                + "}"
            )
            config_str = attn_selector_config.__repr__()
            logger.debug_once(
                f"Some attention backends are not valid for {cls.device_name} with "
                f"{config_str}. Reasons: {reasons_str}."
            )
            logger.info_once(
                "Using %s attention backend out of potential backends: %s",
                chosen_backend.name,
                tuple(b[0].name for b in valid_backends_priorities),
                scope="local",
            )

        return chosen_backend.get_path()

    @classmethod
    def get_supported_vit_attn_backends(cls) -> list["AttentionBackendEnum"]:
        return [
            AttentionBackendEnum.FLASH_ATTN,
            AttentionBackendEnum.TRITON_ATTN,
            AttentionBackendEnum.TORCH_SDPA,
        ]

    @classmethod
    def get_vit_attn_backend(
        cls,
        head_size: int,
        dtype: torch.dtype,
        backend: "AttentionBackendEnum | None" = None,
    ) -> "AttentionBackendEnum":
        if backend is not None:
            assert backend in cls.get_supported_vit_attn_backends(), (
                f"Backend {backend} is not supported for vit attention. "
                f"Supported backends are: {cls.get_supported_vit_attn_backends()}"
            )
            logger.info_once(f"Using backend {backend} for vit attention")
            return backend

        cc = cls.get_device_capability()
        for vit_attn_backend in cls.get_supported_vit_attn_backends():
            if vit_attn_backend == AttentionBackendEnum.TORCH_SDPA:
                continue
            try:
                backend_class = vit_attn_backend.get_class()
                is_backend_supported = backend_class.supports_head_size(
                    head_size
                ) and backend_class.supports_dtype(dtype)
                if cc is not None:
                    is_backend_supported = (
                        is_backend_supported
                        and backend_class.supports_compute_capability(cc)
                    )
                if is_backend_supported:
                    logger.info_once(
                        f"Using backend {vit_attn_backend} for vit attention"
                    )
                    return vit_attn_backend
            except ImportError:
                pass

        return AttentionBackendEnum.TORCH_SDPA

    @classmethod
    def get_punica_wrapper(cls) -> str:
        return "vllm.lora.punica_wrapper.punica_gpu.PunicaWrapperGPU"

    @classmethod
    def get_device_communicator_cls(cls) -> str:
        return (
            "vllm.distributed.device_communicators.cuda_communicator.CudaCommunicator"  # noqa
        )

    @classmethod
    def supports_fp8(cls) -> bool:
        return cls.has_device_capability(89)

    @classmethod
    def use_custom_allreduce(cls) -> bool:
        return True

    @classmethod
    def opaque_attention_op(cls) -> bool:
        return True

    @classmethod
    def get_static_graph_wrapper_cls(cls) -> str:
        return "vllm.compilation.cuda_graph.CUDAGraphWrapper"

    @classmethod
    def device_count(cls) -> int:
        return cuda_device_count_stateless()

    @classmethod
    def check_if_supports_dtype(cls, dtype: torch.dtype):
        if dtype == torch.bfloat16:  # noqa: SIM102
            if not cls.has_device_capability(80):
                capability = cls.get_device_capability()
                gpu_name = cls.get_device_name()

                if capability is None:
                    compute_str = "does not have a compute capability"
                else:
                    version_str = capability.as_version_str()
                    compute_str = f"has compute capability {version_str}"

                raise ValueError(
                    "Bfloat16 is only supported on GPUs "
                    "with compute capability of at least 8.0. "
                    f"Your {gpu_name} GPU {compute_str}. "
                    "You can use float16 instead by explicitly setting the "
                    "`dtype` flag in CLI, for example: --dtype=half."
                )

    @classmethod
    def insert_blocks_to_device(
        cls,
        src_cache: torch.Tensor,
        dst_cache: torch.Tensor,
        src_block_indices: torch.Tensor,
        dst_block_indices: torch.Tensor,
    ) -> None:
        """Copy blocks from src_cache to dst_cache on GPU."""
        _src_cache = src_cache[:, src_block_indices]
        dst_cache[:, dst_block_indices] = _src_cache.to(dst_cache.device)

    @classmethod
    def swap_out_blocks_to_host(
        cls,
        src_cache: torch.Tensor,
        dst_cache: torch.Tensor,
        src_block_indices: torch.Tensor,
        dst_block_indices: torch.Tensor,
    ) -> None:
        """Copy blocks from GPU to host (CPU)."""
        _src_cache = src_cache[:, src_block_indices]
        dst_cache[:, dst_block_indices] = _src_cache.cpu()

    @classmethod
    def support_hybrid_kv_cache(cls) -> bool:
        return True

    @classmethod
    def support_static_graph_mode(cls) -> bool:
        return True

_update_block_size_for_backend classmethod

_update_block_size_for_backend(
    vllm_config: VllmConfig, user_specified_block_size: bool
) -> None

Ensure block_size is compatible with the attention backend.

If the user specified --block-size, the selector validates/filters backends by that block size (raising on incompatibility). Otherwise, the backend is selected unconstrained and block_size is set to the backend's preferred value.

Source code in vllm/platforms/cuda.py
@classmethod
def _update_block_size_for_backend(
    cls,
    vllm_config: "VllmConfig",
    user_specified_block_size: bool,
) -> None:
    """Ensure block_size is compatible with the attention backend.

    If the user specified --block-size, the selector validates/filters
    backends by that block size (raising on incompatibility). Otherwise,
    the backend is selected unconstrained and block_size is set to the
    backend's preferred value.
    """
    from vllm.config.vllm import set_current_vllm_config
    from vllm.v1.attention.selector import AttentionSelectorConfig

    model_config = vllm_config.model_config
    cache_config = vllm_config.cache_config

    device_capability = cls.get_device_capability()
    if device_capability is None:
        return

    use_mla = model_config.use_mla
    attn_selector_config = AttentionSelectorConfig(
        head_size=model_config.get_head_size(),
        dtype=model_config.dtype,  # type: ignore[arg-type]
        kv_cache_dtype=cache_config.cache_dtype,
        block_size=cache_config.block_size if user_specified_block_size else None,
        use_mla=use_mla,
        has_sink=False,
        use_sparse=use_mla and hasattr(model_config.hf_config, "index_topk"),
        use_mm_prefix=model_config.is_mm_prefix_lm,
    )

    user_specified_backend = vllm_config.attention_config.backend
    num_heads = model_config.get_num_attention_heads(
        vllm_config.parallel_config,
    )
    with set_current_vllm_config(vllm_config):
        chosen_backend = cls.select_attention_backend(
            selected_backend=user_specified_backend,
            attn_selector_config=attn_selector_config,
            device_capability=device_capability,
            # Don't raise here — we produce better errors below.
            raise_on_invalid=False,
            num_heads=num_heads,
        )

        # If the user's --block-size forced a non-optimal backend,
        # warn them. Only relevant when the user didn't also specify
        # --attention-backend (in which case the choice is explicit).
        if (
            chosen_backend is not None
            and user_specified_block_size
            and user_specified_backend is None
        ):
            optimal = cls.select_attention_backend(
                selected_backend=None,
                attn_selector_config=attn_selector_config._replace(
                    block_size=None,
                ),
                device_capability=device_capability,
                raise_on_invalid=False,
                num_heads=num_heads,
            )
            if optimal is not None and optimal != chosen_backend:
                logger.warning(
                    "--block-size %d is not supported by the preferred "
                    "%s backend. Using %s instead, which may result "
                    "in reduced performance. Consider removing "
                    "--block-size to auto-select the optimal "
                    "block size.",
                    cache_config.block_size,
                    optimal.name,
                    chosen_backend.name,
                )

        if chosen_backend is not None:
            if user_specified_block_size:
                # User's block_size is compatible with the chosen
                # backend.
                return
            # User didn't specify --block-size, so auto-select the
            # preferred block size for the chosen backend.
            try:
                backend_class = chosen_backend.get_class()
            except ImportError:
                return  # Will fail later with a better error
            preferred = backend_class.get_preferred_block_size(
                cache_config.block_size,
            )
            if cache_config.block_size != preferred:
                logger.info(
                    "Setting kv cache block size to %d for %s backend.",
                    preferred,
                    chosen_backend.name,
                )
                cache_config.block_size = preferred
            return

        # No valid backend found. If the user didn't constrain the
        # selection, defer the error to get_attn_backend_cls where
        # the full config (including per-layer settings) is
        # available.
        if not user_specified_block_size:
            return

        if user_specified_backend is not None:
            # User specified --block-size and --attention-backend
            # and they are incompatible.
            try:
                backend_class = user_specified_backend.get_class()
                supported = backend_class.get_supported_kernel_block_sizes()
            except ImportError:
                supported = None
            raise ValueError(
                f"User-specified --block-size "
                f"{cache_config.block_size} is incompatible with "
                f"the specified --attention-backend "
                f"{user_specified_backend.name} (supported kernel "
                f"block sizes: {supported}). Either remove "
                f"--block-size to auto-select, or choose a "
                f"compatible value."
            )
        else:
            # User specified --block-size but no backend supports
            # it.
            _, invalid_reasons = cls.get_valid_backends(
                device_capability=device_capability,
                attn_selector_config=attn_selector_config,
                num_heads=num_heads,
            )
            reasons_str = ", ".join(
                f"{b.name}: [{', '.join(r)}]" for b, r in invalid_reasons.items()
            )
            raise ValueError(
                f"No valid attention backend found for "
                f"--block-size {cache_config.block_size}. "
                f"Reasons: {{{reasons_str}}}. Either remove "
                f"--block-size to auto-select, or choose a "
                f"compatible value."
            )

insert_blocks_to_device classmethod

insert_blocks_to_device(
    src_cache: Tensor,
    dst_cache: Tensor,
    src_block_indices: Tensor,
    dst_block_indices: Tensor,
) -> None

Copy blocks from src_cache to dst_cache on GPU.

Source code in vllm/platforms/cuda.py
@classmethod
def insert_blocks_to_device(
    cls,
    src_cache: torch.Tensor,
    dst_cache: torch.Tensor,
    src_block_indices: torch.Tensor,
    dst_block_indices: torch.Tensor,
) -> None:
    """Copy blocks from src_cache to dst_cache on GPU."""
    _src_cache = src_cache[:, src_block_indices]
    dst_cache[:, dst_block_indices] = _src_cache.to(dst_cache.device)

select_attention_backend classmethod

select_attention_backend(
    selected_backend: AttentionBackendEnum | None,
    attn_selector_config: AttentionSelectorConfig,
    device_capability: DeviceCapability,
    raise_on_invalid: bool = True,
    num_heads: int | None = None,
) -> AttentionBackendEnum | None

Select the best attention backend for the given configuration.

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
selected_backend AttentionBackendEnum | None

User-specified backend, or None for auto-selection

required
attn_selector_config AttentionSelectorConfig

Configuration for attention selection

required
device_capability DeviceCapability

Device capability info

required
raise_on_invalid bool

If True, raise ValueError when no valid backend

True
num_heads int | None

Number of attention heads per GPU, used for backend priority ordering on Blackwell GPUs

None

Returns:

Type Description
AttentionBackendEnum | None

The selected backend enum, or None if no valid backend found

AttentionBackendEnum | None

and raise_on_invalid is False

Source code in vllm/platforms/cuda.py
@classmethod
def select_attention_backend(
    cls,
    selected_backend: "AttentionBackendEnum | None",
    attn_selector_config: "AttentionSelectorConfig",
    device_capability: "DeviceCapability",
    raise_on_invalid: bool = True,
    num_heads: int | None = None,
) -> "AttentionBackendEnum | None":
    """Select the best attention backend for the given configuration.

    Args:
        selected_backend: User-specified backend, or None for auto-selection
        attn_selector_config: Configuration for attention selection
        device_capability: Device capability info
        raise_on_invalid: If True, raise ValueError when no valid backend
        num_heads: Number of attention heads per GPU, used for backend
            priority ordering on Blackwell GPUs

    Returns:
        The selected backend enum, or None if no valid backend found
        and raise_on_invalid is False
    """
    # First try checking just the selected backend, if there is one.
    if selected_backend is not None:
        try:
            backend_class = selected_backend.get_class()
            validation_errors = backend_class.validate_configuration(
                device_capability=device_capability,
                **attn_selector_config._asdict(),
            )
        except ImportError:
            validation_errors = ["ImportError"]
        if validation_errors:
            if raise_on_invalid:
                raise ValueError(
                    f"Selected backend {selected_backend} is not valid for "
                    f"this configuration. Reason: {validation_errors}"
                )
            return None
        return selected_backend

    # No selected backend, so find the best valid one.
    valid_backends_priorities, invalid_reasons = cls.get_valid_backends(
        device_capability=device_capability,
        attn_selector_config=attn_selector_config,
        num_heads=num_heads,
    )

    if len(valid_backends_priorities) == 0:
        if raise_on_invalid:
            reasons_str = (
                "{"
                + ", ".join(
                    f"{backend.name}: [{', '.join(reasons)}]"
                    for backend, reasons in invalid_reasons.items()
                )
                + "}"
            )
            config_str = attn_selector_config.__repr__()
            raise ValueError(
                f"No valid attention backend found for {cls.device_name} "
                f"with {config_str}. Reasons: {reasons_str}."
            )
        return None

    # Select the one with the highest priority (lowest index).
    sorted_backends = sorted(valid_backends_priorities, key=lambda x: x[1])
    return sorted_backends[0][0]

set_device classmethod

set_device(device: device) -> None

Set the device for the current platform.

Source code in vllm/platforms/cuda.py
@classmethod
def set_device(cls, device: torch.device) -> None:
    """
    Set the device for the current platform.
    """
    torch.cuda.set_device(device)
    # With this trick we can force the device to be set eagerly
    # see https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/issues/155668
    # for why and when it is needed
    _ = torch.zeros(1, device=device)

swap_out_blocks_to_host classmethod

swap_out_blocks_to_host(
    src_cache: Tensor,
    dst_cache: Tensor,
    src_block_indices: Tensor,
    dst_block_indices: Tensor,
) -> None

Copy blocks from GPU to host (CPU).

Source code in vllm/platforms/cuda.py
@classmethod
def swap_out_blocks_to_host(
    cls,
    src_cache: torch.Tensor,
    dst_cache: torch.Tensor,
    src_block_indices: torch.Tensor,
    dst_block_indices: torch.Tensor,
) -> None:
    """Copy blocks from GPU to host (CPU)."""
    _src_cache = src_cache[:, src_block_indices]
    dst_cache[:, dst_block_indices] = _src_cache.cpu()

NvmlCudaPlatform

Bases: CudaPlatformBase

Source code in vllm/platforms/cuda.py
class NvmlCudaPlatform(CudaPlatformBase):
    @classmethod
    @cache
    @with_nvml_context
    def get_device_capability(cls, device_id: int = 0) -> DeviceCapability | None:
        try:
            physical_device_id = cls.device_id_to_physical_device_id(device_id)
            handle = pynvml.nvmlDeviceGetHandleByIndex(physical_device_id)
            major, minor = pynvml.nvmlDeviceGetCudaComputeCapability(handle)
            return DeviceCapability(major=major, minor=minor)
        except RuntimeError:
            return None

    @classmethod
    @with_nvml_context
    def has_device_capability(
        cls,
        capability: tuple[int, int] | int,
        device_id: int = 0,
    ) -> bool:
        try:
            return super().has_device_capability(capability, device_id)
        except RuntimeError:
            return False

    @classmethod
    @with_nvml_context
    def get_device_name(cls, device_id: int = 0) -> str:
        physical_device_id = cls.device_id_to_physical_device_id(device_id)
        return cls._get_physical_device_name(physical_device_id)

    @classmethod
    @with_nvml_context
    def get_device_uuid(cls, device_id: int = 0) -> str:
        physical_device_id = cls.device_id_to_physical_device_id(device_id)
        handle = pynvml.nvmlDeviceGetHandleByIndex(physical_device_id)
        return pynvml.nvmlDeviceGetUUID(handle)

    @classmethod
    @with_nvml_context
    def get_device_total_memory(cls, device_id: int = 0) -> int:
        physical_device_id = cls.device_id_to_physical_device_id(device_id)
        handle = pynvml.nvmlDeviceGetHandleByIndex(physical_device_id)
        return int(pynvml.nvmlDeviceGetMemoryInfo(handle).total)

    @classmethod
    @with_nvml_context
    def is_fully_connected(cls, physical_device_ids: list[int]) -> bool:
        """
        query if the set of gpus are fully connected by nvlink (1 hop)
        """
        handles = [pynvml.nvmlDeviceGetHandleByIndex(i) for i in physical_device_ids]
        for i, handle in enumerate(handles):
            for j, peer_handle in enumerate(handles):
                if i < j:
                    try:
                        p2p_status = pynvml.nvmlDeviceGetP2PStatus(
                            handle,
                            peer_handle,
                            pynvml.NVML_P2P_CAPS_INDEX_NVLINK,
                        )
                        if p2p_status != pynvml.NVML_P2P_STATUS_OK:
                            return False
                    except pynvml.NVMLError:
                        logger.exception(
                            "NVLink detection failed. This is normal if"
                            " your machine has no NVLink equipped."
                        )
                        return False
        return True

    @classmethod
    def _get_physical_device_name(cls, device_id: int = 0) -> str:
        handle = pynvml.nvmlDeviceGetHandleByIndex(device_id)
        return pynvml.nvmlDeviceGetName(handle)

    @classmethod
    @with_nvml_context
    def log_warnings(cls):
        device_ids: int = pynvml.nvmlDeviceGetCount()
        if device_ids > 1:
            device_names = [cls._get_physical_device_name(i) for i in range(device_ids)]
            if (
                len(set(device_names)) > 1
                and os.environ.get("CUDA_DEVICE_ORDER") != "PCI_BUS_ID"
            ):
                logger.warning(
                    "Detected different devices in the system: %s. Please"
                    " make sure to set `CUDA_DEVICE_ORDER=PCI_BUS_ID` to "
                    "avoid unexpected behavior.",
                    ", ".join(device_names),
                )

is_fully_connected classmethod

is_fully_connected(physical_device_ids: list[int]) -> bool

query if the set of gpus are fully connected by nvlink (1 hop)

Source code in vllm/platforms/cuda.py
@classmethod
@with_nvml_context
def is_fully_connected(cls, physical_device_ids: list[int]) -> bool:
    """
    query if the set of gpus are fully connected by nvlink (1 hop)
    """
    handles = [pynvml.nvmlDeviceGetHandleByIndex(i) for i in physical_device_ids]
    for i, handle in enumerate(handles):
        for j, peer_handle in enumerate(handles):
            if i < j:
                try:
                    p2p_status = pynvml.nvmlDeviceGetP2PStatus(
                        handle,
                        peer_handle,
                        pynvml.NVML_P2P_CAPS_INDEX_NVLINK,
                    )
                    if p2p_status != pynvml.NVML_P2P_STATUS_OK:
                        return False
                except pynvml.NVMLError:
                    logger.exception(
                        "NVLink detection failed. This is normal if"
                        " your machine has no NVLink equipped."
                    )
                    return False
    return True

_get_backend_priorities cached

_get_backend_priorities(
    use_mla: bool,
    device_capability: DeviceCapability,
    num_heads: int | None = None,
) -> list[AttentionBackendEnum]

Get backend priorities with lazy import to avoid circular dependency.

Source code in vllm/platforms/cuda.py
@cache
def _get_backend_priorities(
    use_mla: bool,
    device_capability: DeviceCapability,
    num_heads: int | None = None,
) -> list[AttentionBackendEnum]:
    """Get backend priorities with lazy import to avoid circular dependency."""
    if use_mla:
        if device_capability.major == 10:
            # Prefer FlashInfer at low head counts (FlashMLA uses padding)
            if num_heads is not None and num_heads <= 16:
                sparse_backends = [
                    AttentionBackendEnum.FLASHINFER_MLA_SPARSE,
                    AttentionBackendEnum.FLASHMLA_SPARSE,
                ]
            else:
                sparse_backends = [
                    AttentionBackendEnum.FLASHMLA_SPARSE,
                    AttentionBackendEnum.FLASHINFER_MLA_SPARSE,
                ]
            return [
                AttentionBackendEnum.FLASHINFER_MLA,
                AttentionBackendEnum.CUTLASS_MLA,
                AttentionBackendEnum.FLASH_ATTN_MLA,
                AttentionBackendEnum.FLASHMLA,
                AttentionBackendEnum.TRITON_MLA,
                *sparse_backends,
            ]
        else:
            return [
                AttentionBackendEnum.FLASH_ATTN_MLA,
                AttentionBackendEnum.FLASHMLA,
                AttentionBackendEnum.FLASHINFER_MLA,
                AttentionBackendEnum.TRITON_MLA,
                AttentionBackendEnum.FLASHMLA_SPARSE,
            ]
    else:
        if device_capability.major == 10:
            return [
                AttentionBackendEnum.FLASHINFER,
                AttentionBackendEnum.FLASH_ATTN,
                AttentionBackendEnum.TRITON_ATTN,
                AttentionBackendEnum.FLEX_ATTENTION,
            ]
        else:
            return [
                AttentionBackendEnum.FLASH_ATTN,
                AttentionBackendEnum.FLASHINFER,
                AttentionBackendEnum.TRITON_ATTN,
                AttentionBackendEnum.FLEX_ATTENTION,
            ]