Add configurable attention backend with SageAttention variant support

Replace the auto-detect xformers shim with a runtime dispatcher that
always intercepts xformers.ops.memory_efficient_attention. A new
dropdown on STARModelLoader (and --attention CLI arg) lets users
explicitly select: sdpa (default), xformers, sageattn, or specific
SageAttention kernels (fp16 triton/cuda, fp8 cuda). Only backends
that successfully import appear as options.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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2026-02-15 00:12:26 +01:00
parent cf74b587ec
commit 82d7f4997a
2 changed files with 142 additions and 52 deletions

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@@ -68,34 +68,72 @@ sys.modules["comfy"] = _comfy
sys.modules["comfy.utils"] = _comfy_utils
sys.modules["comfy.model_management"] = _comfy_mm
# ── xformers compatibility shim ──────────────────────────────────────────
# Priority: SageAttention (fastest) > PyTorch native SDPA (always available).
if "xformers" not in sys.modules:
try:
import xformers # noqa: F401
except ImportError:
_xformers = types.ModuleType("xformers")
_xformers_ops = types.ModuleType("xformers.ops")
# ── Attention backend dispatcher ──────────────────────────────────────
import torch.nn.functional as F # noqa: E402
try:
from sageattention import sageattn as _sageattn
_ATTN_BACKENDS = {"sdpa": None}
def _memory_efficient_attention(q, k, v, attn_bias=None, op=None):
return _sageattn(
_real_xformers_mea = None
try:
import xformers.ops
_candidate = xformers.ops.memory_efficient_attention
if not getattr(_candidate, "_is_star_dispatcher", False):
_real_xformers_mea = _candidate
_ATTN_BACKENDS["xformers"] = _real_xformers_mea
except ImportError:
pass
_SAGE_VARIANTS = [
"sageattn",
"sageattn_qk_int8_pv_fp16_triton",
"sageattn_qk_int8_pv_fp16_cuda",
"sageattn_qk_int8_pv_fp8_cuda",
]
for _name in _SAGE_VARIANTS:
try:
_fn = getattr(__import__("sageattention", fromlist=[_name]), _name)
_ATTN_BACKENDS[_name] = _fn
except (ImportError, AttributeError):
pass
_active_attn = "sdpa"
def _set_attn(backend: str):
global _active_attn
if backend not in _ATTN_BACKENDS:
print(f"[STAR] Warning: backend '{backend}' not available, falling back to sdpa")
backend = "sdpa"
_active_attn = backend
print(f"[STAR] Attention backend: {backend}")
def _dispatched_mea(q, k, v, attn_bias=None, op=None):
if _active_attn == "sdpa":
return F.scaled_dot_product_attention(q, k, v, attn_mask=attn_bias)
if _active_attn == "xformers":
return _real_xformers_mea(q, k, v, attn_bias=attn_bias, op=op)
fn = _ATTN_BACKENDS[_active_attn]
return fn(
q.unsqueeze(0), k.unsqueeze(0), v.unsqueeze(0),
tensor_layout="HND", is_causal=False,
).squeeze(0)
except ImportError:
def _memory_efficient_attention(q, k, v, attn_bias=None, op=None):
return torch.nn.functional.scaled_dot_product_attention(
q, k, v, attn_mask=attn_bias,
)
_xformers_ops.memory_efficient_attention = _memory_efficient_attention
_dispatched_mea._is_star_dispatcher = True
if "xformers" in sys.modules:
sys.modules["xformers"].ops.memory_efficient_attention = _dispatched_mea
else:
_xformers = types.ModuleType("xformers")
_xformers_ops = types.ModuleType("xformers.ops")
_xformers_ops.memory_efficient_attention = _dispatched_mea
_xformers.ops = _xformers_ops
sys.modules["xformers"] = _xformers
sys.modules["xformers.ops"] = _xformers_ops
print(f"[STAR] Available attention backends: {list(_ATTN_BACKENDS.keys())}")
# ── Standard imports ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
import argparse # noqa: E402
import json # noqa: E402
@@ -159,6 +197,9 @@ def parse_args():
help="Post-processing color correction")
g.add_argument("--prompt", default="",
help="Text prompt (empty = STAR built-in quality prompt)")
g.add_argument("--attention", default="sdpa",
choices=list(_ATTN_BACKENDS.keys()),
help="Attention backend")
# -- Video output --
g = p.add_argument_group("video output")
@@ -583,6 +624,8 @@ def main():
print(f"[STAR] Model: {model_path}")
star_model = load_model(model_path, args.precision, args.offload, device)
_set_attn(args.attention)
# Create writer and process
writer = make_writer(output_path, fps, w_out, h_out, args, args.input, is_single)
process_and_stream(star_model, input_frames, writer, args)

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@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
import os
import sys
import types
import torch
import torch.nn.functional as F
import folder_paths
import comfy.model_management as mm
@@ -27,42 +29,78 @@ if not os.path.isdir(os.path.join(STAR_REPO, "video_to_video")):
if STAR_REPO not in sys.path:
sys.path.insert(0, STAR_REPO)
# Provide an xformers compatibility shim if xformers is not installed.
# The STAR UNet only uses xformers.ops.memory_efficient_attention.
# Priority: SageAttention (fastest, INT8 quantized) > PyTorch native SDPA (always available).
if "xformers" not in sys.modules:
# ── Attention backend dispatcher ──────────────────────────────────────
# Build a registry of available backends at import time.
# sdpa (PyTorch native) is always available and is the default.
_ATTN_BACKENDS = {"sdpa": None} # None = use F.scaled_dot_product_attention directly
# Try real xformers — guard against capturing our own dispatcher on reload
# or another node's shim by checking for a marker attribute.
_real_xformers_mea = None
try:
import xformers.ops
_candidate = xformers.ops.memory_efficient_attention
if not getattr(_candidate, "_is_star_dispatcher", False):
_real_xformers_mea = _candidate
_ATTN_BACKENDS["xformers"] = _real_xformers_mea
except ImportError:
pass
# Try SageAttention variants
_SAGE_VARIANTS = [
"sageattn",
"sageattn_qk_int8_pv_fp16_triton",
"sageattn_qk_int8_pv_fp16_cuda",
"sageattn_qk_int8_pv_fp8_cuda",
]
for _name in _SAGE_VARIANTS:
try:
import xformers # noqa: F401
except ImportError:
import types
_fn = getattr(__import__("sageattention", fromlist=[_name]), _name)
_ATTN_BACKENDS[_name] = _fn
except (ImportError, AttributeError):
pass
_xformers = types.ModuleType("xformers")
_xformers_ops = types.ModuleType("xformers.ops")
_active_attn = "sdpa"
try:
from sageattention import sageattn as _sageattn
def _memory_efficient_attention(q, k, v, attn_bias=None, op=None):
# STAR UNet passes 3D (B*heads, seq, dim); SageAttention needs 4D.
return _sageattn(
def _set_attn(backend: str):
global _active_attn
if backend not in _ATTN_BACKENDS:
print(f"[STAR] Warning: backend '{backend}' not available, falling back to sdpa")
backend = "sdpa"
_active_attn = backend
print(f"[STAR] Attention backend: {backend}")
def _dispatched_mea(q, k, v, attn_bias=None, op=None):
if _active_attn == "sdpa":
return F.scaled_dot_product_attention(q, k, v, attn_mask=attn_bias)
if _active_attn == "xformers":
return _real_xformers_mea(q, k, v, attn_bias=attn_bias, op=op)
# SageAttention variants: need 4D tensors (batch, heads, seq, dim)
fn = _ATTN_BACKENDS[_active_attn]
return fn(
q.unsqueeze(0), k.unsqueeze(0), v.unsqueeze(0),
tensor_layout="HND", is_causal=False,
).squeeze(0)
print("[STAR] xformers not found — using SageAttention (fast INT8 quantized).")
except ImportError:
def _memory_efficient_attention(q, k, v, attn_bias=None, op=None):
return torch.nn.functional.scaled_dot_product_attention(
q, k, v, attn_mask=attn_bias,
)
print("[STAR] xformers not found — using PyTorch native SDPA as fallback.")
_dispatched_mea._is_star_dispatcher = True
_xformers_ops.memory_efficient_attention = _memory_efficient_attention
# Always install the dispatcher as xformers.ops.memory_efficient_attention
# so the dropdown controls what actually runs regardless of real xformers.
if "xformers" in sys.modules:
sys.modules["xformers"].ops.memory_efficient_attention = _dispatched_mea
else:
_xformers = types.ModuleType("xformers")
_xformers_ops = types.ModuleType("xformers.ops")
_xformers_ops.memory_efficient_attention = _dispatched_mea
_xformers.ops = _xformers_ops
sys.modules["xformers"] = _xformers
sys.modules["xformers.ops"] = _xformers_ops
print(f"[STAR] Available attention backends: {list(_ATTN_BACKENDS.keys())}")
# Known models on HuggingFace that can be auto-downloaded.
HF_REPO = "SherryX/STAR"
HF_MODELS = {
@@ -121,6 +159,12 @@ class STARModelLoader:
"default": "disabled",
"tooltip": "disabled: all on GPU (~39GB). model: swap UNet/VAE/CLIP to CPU when idle (~16GB). aggressive: model offload + single-frame VAE decode (~12GB).",
}),
"attention": (list(_ATTN_BACKENDS.keys()), {
"default": "sdpa",
"tooltip": "Attention backend. sdpa: PyTorch native (default, always available). "
"xformers: original backend. sageattn: SageAttention auto-select. "
"Other sageattn_* variants: specific SageAttention kernels for fine-tuning speed/precision.",
}),
}
}
@@ -130,7 +174,7 @@ class STARModelLoader:
CATEGORY = "STAR"
DESCRIPTION = "Loads the STAR video super-resolution model (UNet+ControlNet, OpenCLIP text encoder, temporal VAE). All components are auto-downloaded on first use."
def load_model(self, model_name, precision, offload="disabled"):
def load_model(self, model_name, precision, offload="disabled", attention="sdpa"):
device = mm.get_torch_device()
dtype_map = {"fp16": torch.float16, "bf16": torch.bfloat16, "fp32": torch.float32}
dtype = dtype_map[precision]
@@ -204,6 +248,7 @@ class STARModelLoader:
"device": device,
"dtype": dtype,
"offload": offload,
"attention": attention,
}
return (star_model,)
@@ -278,6 +323,8 @@ class STARVideoSuperResolution:
color_fix,
segment_size=0,
):
_set_attn(star_model.get("attention", "sdpa"))
kwargs = dict(
star_model=star_model,
images=images,