add use_flash_attention_2 to param for Model loader Transformers

README.md

@@ -300,6 +300,7 @@ Optionally, you can use the following command-line flags:
 | `--sdp-attention`                           | Use PyTorch 2.0's SDP attention. Same as above. |
 | `--trust-remote-code`                       | Set `trust_remote_code=True` while loading the model. Necessary for some models. |
 | `--use_fast`                                | Set `use_fast=True` while loading the tokenizer. |
+| `--use_flash_attention_2`                   | Set use_flash_attention_2=True while loading the model. |
 
 #### Accelerate 4-bit
 

modules/loaders.py

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
     'Transformers': [
         'cpu_memory',
         'gpu_memory',
-        'trust_remote_code',
         'load_in_8bit',
         'bf16',
         'cpu',
@@ -21,6 +20,7 @@
         'compute_dtype',
         'trust_remote_code',
         'use_fast',
+        'use_flash_attention_2',
         'alpha_value',
         'rope_freq_base',
         'compress_pos_emb',

modules/models.py

@@ -126,6 +126,10 @@ def huggingface_loader(model_name):
         'torch_dtype': torch.bfloat16 if shared.args.bf16 else torch.float16,
         'use_safetensors': True if shared.args.force_safetensors else None
     }
+
+    if shared.args.use_flash_attention_2:
+        params['use_flash_attention_2'] = True
+
     config = AutoConfig.from_pretrained(path_to_model, trust_remote_code=params['trust_remote_code'])
 
     if 'chatglm' in model_name.lower():

modules/shared.py

@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@
 parser.add_argument('--trust-remote-code', action='store_true', help='Set trust_remote_code=True while loading the model. Necessary for some models.')
 parser.add_argument('--force-safetensors', action='store_true', help='Set use_safetensors=True while loading the model. This prevents arbitrary code execution.')
 parser.add_argument('--use_fast', action='store_true', help='Set use_fast=True while loading the tokenizer.')
+parser.add_argument('--use_flash_attention_2', action='store_true', help='Set use_flash_attention_2=True while loading the model.')
 
 # Accelerate 4-bit
 parser.add_argument('--load-in-4bit', action='store_true', help='Load the model with 4-bit precision (using bitsandbytes).')

modules/ui.py

@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ def list_model_elements():
         'load_in_8bit',
         'trust_remote_code',
         'use_fast',
+        'use_flash_attention_2',
         'load_in_4bit',
         'compute_dtype',
         'quant_type',

modules/ui_model_menu.py

@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ def create_ui():
                             shared.gradio['llama_cpp_seed'] = gr.Number(label='Seed (0 for random)', value=shared.args.llama_cpp_seed)
                             shared.gradio['trust_remote_code'] = gr.Checkbox(label="trust-remote-code", value=shared.args.trust_remote_code, info='To enable this option, start the web UI with the --trust-remote-code flag. It is necessary for some models.', interactive=shared.args.trust_remote_code)
                             shared.gradio['use_fast'] = gr.Checkbox(label="use_fast", value=shared.args.use_fast, info='Set use_fast=True while loading the tokenizer. May trigger a conversion that takes several minutes.')
+                            shared.gradio['use_flash_attention_2'] = gr.Checkbox(label="use_flash_attention_2", value=shared.args.use_flash_attention_2, info='Set use_flash_attention_2=True while loading the model.')
                             shared.gradio['disable_exllama'] = gr.Checkbox(label="disable_exllama", value=shared.args.disable_exllama, info='Disable ExLlama kernel.')
                             shared.gradio['no_flash_attn'] = gr.Checkbox(label="no_flash_attn", value=shared.args.no_flash_attn, info='Force flash-attention to not be used.')
                             shared.gradio['cache_8bit'] = gr.Checkbox(label="cache_8bit", value=shared.args.cache_8bit, info='Use 8-bit cache to save VRAM.')