Grouped-query attention

Reference code meta-llama/llama3 @ a0940f9, configuration meta-llama/llama-models @ 0e0b8c5 · checkpoint, tokenizer and tensors not verified · How to read

32 independent transformer blocks › Attention

Retrieved head outputs

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tensoroutput

A weighted combination of values for each query position and head.

shape
HH [B batch, 32 q heads, 1 positions, 128 d_h]
Codemodel.py 175–189
model.py 188–189
        output = torch.matmul(scores, values)  # (bs, n_local_heads, seqlen, head_dim)
        output = output.transpose(1, 2).contiguous().view(bsz, seqlen, -1)
model.py 175–188
        values = repeat_kv(
            values, self.n_rep
        )  # (bs, cache_len + seqlen, n_local_heads, head_dim)

        xq = xq.transpose(1, 2)  # (bs, n_local_heads, seqlen, head_dim)
        keys = keys.transpose(1, 2)  # (bs, n_local_heads, cache_len + seqlen, head_dim)
        values = values.transpose(
            1, 2
        )  # (bs, n_local_heads, cache_len + seqlen, head_dim)
        scores = torch.matmul(xq, keys.transpose(2, 3)) / math.sqrt(self.head_dim)
        if mask is not None:
            scores = scores + mask  # (bs, n_local_heads, seqlen, cache_len + seqlen)
        scores = F.softmax(scores.float(), dim=-1).type_as(xq)
        output = torch.matmul(scores, values)  # (bs, n_local_heads, seqlen, head_dim)
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Contextual evidence

The head outputs are transposed back and flattened before the output projection.

attn-merge · meta-llama/llama3 / llama/model.py
Pinned revision a0940f9cf706 ↗ · lines 188–189

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        output = torch.matmul(scores, values)  # (bs, n_local_heads, seqlen, head_dim)
        output = output.transpose(1, 2).contiguous().view(bsz, seqlen, -1)

Contextual evidence

Attention weights multiply the matching grouped values to produce a field of head outputs.

attn-retrieve · meta-llama/llama3 / llama/model.py
Pinned revision a0940f9cf706 ↗ · lines 175–188

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        values = repeat_kv(
            values, self.n_rep
        )  # (bs, cache_len + seqlen, n_local_heads, head_dim)

        xq = xq.transpose(1, 2)  # (bs, n_local_heads, seqlen, head_dim)
        keys = keys.transpose(1, 2)  # (bs, n_local_heads, cache_len + seqlen, head_dim)
        values = values.transpose(
            1, 2
        )  # (bs, n_local_heads, cache_len + seqlen, head_dim)
        scores = torch.matmul(xq, keys.transpose(2, 3)) / math.sqrt(self.head_dim)
        if mask is not None:
            scores = scores + mask  # (bs, n_local_heads, seqlen, cache_len + seqlen)
        scores = F.softmax(scores.float(), dim=-1).type_as(xq)
        output = torch.matmul(scores, values)  # (bs, n_local_heads, seqlen, head_dim)