[Hardware][AMD] Enable FlexAttention backend on ROCm #26439
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Purpose
Enable FlexAttention on ROCm if it is specified e.g. via
VLLM_ATTENTION_BACKEND=FLEX_ATTENTION. This makes progress towards batch invariant inference on AMD.Test Plan
Comparing correctness of default attention backend vs FlexAttention
lm_eval --model local-completions --model_args model=meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B,base_url=http://0.0.0.0:8000/v1/completions,num_concurrent=128,max_retries=5 --tasks gsm8kTest Result
Default:
FlexAttention:
Essential Elements of an Effective PR Description Checklist
supported_models.mdandexamplesfor a new model.