[core] use kernels to support _flash_3_hub attention backend

src/diffusers/models/attention_dispatch.py

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
     is_flash_attn_3_available,
     is_flash_attn_available,
     is_flash_attn_version,
+    is_kernels_available,
     is_sageattention_available,
     is_sageattention_version,
     is_torch_npu_available,
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@
     is_xformers_available,
     is_xformers_version,
 )
-from ..utils.constants import DIFFUSERS_ATTN_BACKEND, DIFFUSERS_ATTN_CHECKS
+from ..utils.constants import DIFFUSERS_ATTN_BACKEND, DIFFUSERS_ATTN_CHECKS, DIFFUSERS_ENABLE_HUB_KERNELS
 
 
 _REQUIRED_FLASH_VERSION = "2.6.3"
@@ -67,6 +68,17 @@
     flash_attn_3_func = None
     flash_attn_3_varlen_func = None
 
+if DIFFUSERS_ENABLE_HUB_KERNELS:
+    if not is_kernels_available():
+        raise ImportError(
+            "To use FA3 kernel for your hardware from the Hub, the `kernels` library must be installed. Install with `pip install kernels`."
+        )
+    from ..utils.kernels_utils import _get_fa3_from_hub
+
+    flash_attn_interface_hub = _get_fa3_from_hub()
+    flash_attn_3_func_hub = flash_attn_interface_hub.flash_attn_func
+else:
+    flash_attn_3_func_hub = None
 
 if _CAN_USE_SAGE_ATTN:
     from sageattention import (
@@ -129,7 +141,6 @@ def wrap(func):
         return wrap if fn is None else fn
 
     _custom_op = custom_op_no_op
-    _register_fake = register_fake_no_op
 
 
 logger = get_logger(__name__)  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
@@ -153,6 +164,8 @@ class AttentionBackendName(str, Enum):
     FLASH_VARLEN = "flash_varlen"
     _FLASH_3 = "_flash_3"
     _FLASH_VARLEN_3 = "_flash_varlen_3"
+    _FLASH_3_HUB = "_flash_3_hub"
+    # _FLASH_VARLEN_3_HUB = "_flash_varlen_3_hub"  # not supported yet.
 
     # PyTorch native
     FLEX = "flex"
@@ -351,6 +364,13 @@ def _check_attention_backend_requirements(backend: AttentionBackendName) -> None
                 f"Flash Attention 3 backend '{backend.value}' is not usable because of missing package or the version is too old. Please build FA3 beta release from source."
             )
 
+    # TODO: add support Hub variant of FA3 varlen later
+    elif backend in [AttentionBackendName._FLASH_3_HUB]:
+        if not is_kernels_available():
+            raise RuntimeError(
+                f"Flash Attention 3 Hub backend '{backend.value}' is not usable because the `kernels` package isn't available. Please install it with `pip install kernels`."
+            )
+
     elif backend in [
         AttentionBackendName.SAGE,
         AttentionBackendName.SAGE_VARLEN,
@@ -657,6 +677,42 @@ def _flash_attention_3(
     return (out, lse) if return_attn_probs else out
 
 
+@_AttentionBackendRegistry.register(
+    AttentionBackendName._FLASH_3_HUB,
+    constraints=[_check_device, _check_qkv_dtype_bf16_or_fp16, _check_shape],
+)
+def _flash_attention_3_hub(
+    query: torch.Tensor,
+    key: torch.Tensor,
+    value: torch.Tensor,
+    scale: Optional[float] = None,
+    is_causal: bool = False,
+    window_size: Tuple[int, int] = (-1, -1),
+    softcap: float = 0.0,
+    deterministic: bool = False,
+    return_attn_probs: bool = False,
+) -> torch.Tensor:
+    out = flash_attn_3_func_hub(
+        q=query,
+        k=key,
+        v=value,
+        softmax_scale=scale,
+        causal=is_causal,
+        qv=None,
+        q_descale=None,
+        k_descale=None,
+        v_descale=None,
+        window_size=window_size,
+        softcap=softcap,
+        num_splits=1,
+        pack_gqa=None,
+        deterministic=deterministic,
+        sm_margin=0,
+    )
+    lse = None
+    return (out, lse) if return_attn_probs else out
+
+
 @_AttentionBackendRegistry.register(
     AttentionBackendName._FLASH_VARLEN_3,
     constraints=[_check_device, _check_qkv_dtype_bf16_or_fp16, _check_shape],

src/diffusers/utils/constants.py

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 DEFAULT_HF_PARALLEL_LOADING_WORKERS = 8
 HF_ENABLE_PARALLEL_LOADING = os.environ.get("HF_ENABLE_PARALLEL_LOADING", "").upper() in ENV_VARS_TRUE_VALUES
 DIFFUSERS_DISABLE_REMOTE_CODE = os.getenv("DIFFUSERS_DISABLE_REMOTE_CODE", "false").lower() in ENV_VARS_TRUE_VALUES
+DIFFUSERS_ENABLE_HUB_KERNELS = os.environ.get("DIFFUSERS_ENABLE_HUB_KERNELS", "").upper() in ENV_VARS_TRUE_VALUES
 
 # Below should be `True` if the current version of `peft` and `transformers` are compatible with
 # PEFT backend. Will automatically fall back to PEFT backend if the correct versions of the libraries are

src/diffusers/utils/kernels_utils.py

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+from ..utils import get_logger
+from .import_utils import is_kernels_available
+
+
+logger = get_logger(__name__)
+
+
+_DEFAULT_HUB_ID_FA3 = "kernels-community/flash-attn3"
+
+
+def _get_fa3_from_hub():
+    if not is_kernels_available():
+        return None
+    else:
+        from kernels import get_kernel
+
+        try:
+            # TODO: temporary revision for now. Remove when merged upstream into `main`.
+            flash_attn_3_hub = get_kernel(_DEFAULT_HUB_ID_FA3, revision="fake-ops")
+            return flash_attn_3_hub
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.error(f"An error occurred while fetching kernel '{_DEFAULT_HUB_ID_FA3}' from the Hub: {e}")
+            raise