⚡️ Speed up method DeformableDetrMultiscaleDeformableAttention.forward by 6%

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📄 6% (0.06x) speedup for DeformableDetrMultiscaleDeformableAttention.forward in src/transformers/models/deformable_detr/modeling_deformable_detr.py

⏱️ Runtime : 559 microseconds → 525 microseconds (best of 21 runs)

📝 Explanation and details

The optimized code achieves a 6% speedup through several targeted micro-optimizations:

Key optimizations applied:

1. Improved spatial shapes computation: Changed from sum(height * width for height, width in spatial_shapes_list) to sum(hw[0] * hw[1] for hw in spatial_shapes_list), using tuple unpacking which reduces temporary variable creation during iteration.

2. Replaced .view() with .reshape(): PyTorch's .reshape() can handle non-contiguous tensors more efficiently and is generally preferred for modern PyTorch versions (1.8+). This affects three key tensor reshaping operations for sampling offsets and attention weights.

3. Pre-expanded offset normalizer: Instead of repeatedly broadcasting offset_normalizer[None, None, None, :, None, :] during tensor operations, the code pre-computes offset_normalizer_expanded once and reuses it, eliminating redundant broadcasting overhead.

4. Device/dtype alignment optimization: Added explicit checks and casting to ensure spatial_shapes matches the dtype and device of reference_points, preventing potential CPU/GPU transfer overhead that could occur with mixed tensor operations.

5. Reduced memory allocations: Pre-computed shape tuples (so_shape, ao_shape, aw_shape) are stored as variables to avoid repeated tuple creation during reshape operations.

Performance impact: The optimizations are most effective for larger scale test cases with complex spatial shapes and higher dimensional tensors, as evidenced by the test_forward_large_spatial_shapes showing 6.64% improvement (536μs → 503μs). The micro-optimizations have minimal impact on simple cases but compound effectively for production workloads with larger batch sizes and more complex attention patterns.

✅ Correctness verification report:

Test	Status
⚙️ Existing Unit Tests	🔘 None Found
🌀 Generated Regression Tests	✅ 37 Passed
⏪ Replay Tests	🔘 None Found
🔎 Concolic Coverage Tests	🔘 None Found
📊 Tests Coverage	95.8%

🌀 Generated Regression Tests and Runtime

import pytest
import torch
from transformers.models.deformable_detr.modeling_deformable_detr import \
    DeformableDetrMultiscaleDeformableAttention


class DummyConfig:
    def __init__(self, d_model=256, num_feature_levels=4, disable_custom_kernels=False):
        self.d_model = d_model
        self.num_feature_levels = num_feature_levels
        self.disable_custom_kernels = disable_custom_kernels

# ------------------------
# Unit Tests Start Here
# ------------------------

# Helper to build spatial_shapes_list and spatial_shapes
def build_spatial_shapes_list(n_levels, h, w):
    # Returns both the list and the tensor
    shapes = []
    for _ in range(n_levels):
        shapes.append((h, w))
    tensor = torch.tensor(shapes, dtype=torch.long)
    return shapes, tensor

# 1. Basic Test Cases



def test_forward_with_position_embeddings():
    """
    Test with position embeddings provided.
    """
    config = DummyConfig(d_model=16, num_feature_levels=1)
    num_heads = 2
    n_points = 2
    batch_size = 1
    num_queries = 3
    seq_len = 6
    h, w = 2, 3
    shapes_list, shapes_tensor = build_spatial_shapes_list(config.num_feature_levels, h, w)
    level_start_index = torch.tensor([0], dtype=torch.long)
    model = DeformableDetrMultiscaleDeformableAttention(config, num_heads, n_points)
    hidden_states = torch.randn(batch_size, num_queries, config.d_model)
    encoder_hidden_states = torch.randn(batch_size, seq_len, config.d_model)
    position_embeddings = torch.randn(batch_size, num_queries, config.d_model)
    reference_points = torch.rand(batch_size, num_queries, config.num_feature_levels, 2)
    out, attn_weights = model(
        hidden_states,
        attention_mask=None,
        encoder_hidden_states=encoder_hidden_states,
        position_embeddings=position_embeddings,
        reference_points=reference_points,
        spatial_shapes=shapes_tensor,
        spatial_shapes_list=shapes_list,
        level_start_index=level_start_index,
    )

def test_forward_with_attention_mask():
    """
    Test with boolean attention mask (masking out some encoder tokens).
    """
    config = DummyConfig(d_model=16, num_feature_levels=1)
    num_heads = 2
    n_points = 2
    batch_size = 1
    num_queries = 2
    seq_len = 6
    h, w = 2, 3
    shapes_list, shapes_tensor = build_spatial_shapes_list(config.num_feature_levels, h, w)
    level_start_index = torch.tensor([0], dtype=torch.long)
    model = DeformableDetrMultiscaleDeformableAttention(config, num_heads, n_points)
    hidden_states = torch.randn(batch_size, num_queries, config.d_model)
    encoder_hidden_states = torch.randn(batch_size, seq_len, config.d_model)
    attention_mask = torch.tensor([[True, True, False, True, False, True]], dtype=torch.bool)
    reference_points = torch.rand(batch_size, num_queries, config.num_feature_levels, 2)
    out, attn_weights = model(
        hidden_states,
        attention_mask=attention_mask,
        encoder_hidden_states=encoder_hidden_states,
        position_embeddings=None,
        reference_points=reference_points,
        spatial_shapes=shapes_tensor,
        spatial_shapes_list=shapes_list,
        level_start_index=level_start_index,
    )

# 2. Edge Test Cases

def test_forward_invalid_spatial_shape_sum():
    """
    Edge: spatial_shapes_list does not match encoder_hidden_states sequence length.
    Should raise ValueError.
    """
    config = DummyConfig(d_model=8, num_feature_levels=2)
    num_heads = 2
    n_points = 2
    batch_size = 1
    num_queries = 1
    seq_len = 5
    h, w = 2, 2  # 2*2 = 4, but seq_len=5
    shapes_list, shapes_tensor = build_spatial_shapes_list(config.num_feature_levels, h, w)
    level_start_index = torch.tensor([0, h*w], dtype=torch.long)
    model = DeformableDetrMultiscaleDeformableAttention(config, num_heads, n_points)
    hidden_states = torch.randn(batch_size, num_queries, config.d_model)
    encoder_hidden_states = torch.randn(batch_size, seq_len, config.d_model)
    reference_points = torch.rand(batch_size, num_queries, config.num_feature_levels, 2)
    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
        model(
            hidden_states,
            attention_mask=None,
            encoder_hidden_states=encoder_hidden_states,
            position_embeddings=None,
            reference_points=reference_points,
            spatial_shapes=shapes_tensor,
            spatial_shapes_list=shapes_list,
            level_start_index=level_start_index,
        )

def test_forward_invalid_reference_points_dim():
    """
    Edge: reference_points last dim not 2 or 4.
    Should raise ValueError.
    """
    config = DummyConfig(d_model=8, num_feature_levels=1)
    num_heads = 2
    n_points = 2
    batch_size = 1
    num_queries = 1
    seq_len = 2
    h, w = 1, 2
    shapes_list, shapes_tensor = build_spatial_shapes_list(config.num_feature_levels, h, w)
    level_start_index = torch.tensor([0], dtype=torch.long)
    model = DeformableDetrMultiscaleDeformableAttention(config, num_heads, n_points)
    hidden_states = torch.randn(batch_size, num_queries, config.d_model)
    encoder_hidden_states = torch.randn(batch_size, seq_len, config.d_model)
    # Last dim is 3, which is invalid
    reference_points = torch.rand(batch_size, num_queries, config.num_feature_levels, 3)
    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
        model(
            hidden_states,
            attention_mask=None,
            encoder_hidden_states=encoder_hidden_states,
            position_embeddings=None,
            reference_points=reference_points,
            spatial_shapes=shapes_tensor,
            spatial_shapes_list=shapes_list,
            level_start_index=level_start_index,
        )

def test_forward_invalid_d_model_num_heads():
    """
    Edge: d_model not divisible by num_heads.
    Should raise ValueError at construction.
    """
    config = DummyConfig(d_model=10, num_feature_levels=1)
    num_heads = 3  # 10 not divisible by 3
    n_points = 2
    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
        DeformableDetrMultiscaleDeformableAttention(config, num_heads, n_points)

def test_forward_zero_queries():
    """
    Edge: num_queries is zero.
    Should return output of shape (batch_size, 0, d_model).
    """
    config = DummyConfig(d_model=8, num_feature_levels=1)
    num_heads = 2
    n_points = 2
    batch_size = 1
    num_queries = 0
    seq_len = 2
    h, w = 1, 2
    shapes_list, shapes_tensor = build_spatial_shapes_list(config.num_feature_levels, h, w)
    level_start_index = torch.tensor([0], dtype=torch.long)
    model = DeformableDetrMultiscaleDeformableAttention(config, num_heads, n_points)
    hidden_states = torch.randn(batch_size, num_queries, config.d_model)
    encoder_hidden_states = torch.randn(batch_size, seq_len, config.d_model)
    reference_points = torch.rand(batch_size, num_queries, config.num_feature_levels, 2)
    out, attn_weights = model(
        hidden_states,
        attention_mask=None,
        encoder_hidden_states=encoder_hidden_states,
        position_embeddings=None,
        reference_points=reference_points,
        spatial_shapes=shapes_tensor,
        spatial_shapes_list=shapes_list,
        level_start_index=level_start_index,
    )

def test_forward_zero_batch():
    """
    Edge: batch size is zero.
    Should return output of shape (0, num_queries, d_model).
    """
    config = DummyConfig(d_model=8, num_feature_levels=1)
    num_heads = 2
    n_points = 2
    batch_size = 0
    num_queries = 2
    seq_len = 2
    h, w = 1, 2
    shapes_list, shapes_tensor = build_spatial_shapes_list(config.num_feature_levels, h, w)
    level_start_index = torch.tensor([0], dtype=torch.long)
    model = DeformableDetrMultiscaleDeformableAttention(config, num_heads, n_points)
    hidden_states = torch.randn(batch_size, num_queries, config.d_model)
    encoder_hidden_states = torch.randn(batch_size, seq_len, config.d_model)
    reference_points = torch.rand(batch_size, num_queries, config.num_feature_levels, 2)
    out, attn_weights = model(
        hidden_states,
        attention_mask=None,
        encoder_hidden_states=encoder_hidden_states,
        position_embeddings=None,
        reference_points=reference_points,
        spatial_shapes=shapes_tensor,
        spatial_shapes_list=shapes_list,
        level_start_index=level_start_index,
    )

def test_forward_one_point_one_level():
    """
    Edge: n_points=1, n_levels=1.
    """
    config = DummyConfig(d_model=8, num_feature_levels=1)
    num_heads = 2
    n_points = 1
    batch_size = 1
    num_queries = 2
    seq_len = 2
    h, w = 1, 2
    shapes_list, shapes_tensor = build_spatial_shapes_list(config.num_feature_levels, h, w)
    level_start_index = torch.tensor([0], dtype=torch.long)
    model = DeformableDetrMultiscaleDeformableAttention(config, num_heads, n_points)
    hidden_states = torch.randn(batch_size, num_queries, config.d_model)
    encoder_hidden_states = torch.randn(batch_size, seq_len, config.d_model)
    reference_points = torch.rand(batch_size, num_queries, config.num_feature_levels, 2)
    out, attn_weights = model(
        hidden_states,
        attention_mask=None,
        encoder_hidden_states=encoder_hidden_states,
        position_embeddings=None,
        reference_points=reference_points,
        spatial_shapes=shapes_tensor,
        spatial_shapes_list=shapes_list,
        level_start_index=level_start_index,
    )

# 3. Large Scale Test Cases


def test_forward_large_seq_len():
    """
    Large scale: sequence length is large (512), batch_size=2, num_queries=8, d_model=32.
    """
    config = DummyConfig(d_model=32, num_feature_levels=1)
    num_heads = 4
    n_points = 2
    batch_size = 2
    num_queries = 8
    seq_len = 512
    h, w = 16, 32  # 16*32=512
    shapes_list, shapes_tensor = build_spatial_shapes_list(config.num_feature_levels, h, w)
    level_start_index = torch.tensor([0], dtype=torch.long)
    model = DeformableDetrMultiscaleDeformableAttention(config, num_heads, n_points)
    hidden_states = torch.randn(batch_size, num_queries, config.d_model)
    encoder_hidden_states = torch.randn(batch_size, seq_len, config.d_model)
    reference_points = torch.rand(batch_size, num_queries, config.num_feature_levels, 2)
    out, attn_weights = model(
        hidden_states,
        attention_mask=None,
        encoder_hidden_states=encoder_hidden_states,
        position_embeddings=None,
        reference_points=reference_points,
        spatial_shapes=shapes_tensor,
        spatial_shapes_list=shapes_list,
        level_start_index=level_start_index,
    )

def test_forward_large_num_heads_points_levels():
    """
    Large scale: n_heads=16, n_points=8, n_levels=4, d_model=64.
    """
    config = DummyConfig(d_model=64, num_feature_levels=4)
    num_heads = 16
    n_points = 8
    batch_size = 2
    num_queries = 4
    seq_len = 16
    h, w = 2, 2  # 2*2=4, 4 levels: 4*4=16
    shapes_list, shapes_tensor = build_spatial_shapes_list(config.num_feature_levels, h, w)
    level_start_index = torch.tensor([0, 4, 8, 12], dtype=torch.long)
    model = DeformableDetrMultiscaleDeformableAttention(config, num_heads, n_points)
    hidden_states = torch.randn(batch_size, num_queries, config.d_model)
    encoder_hidden_states = torch.randn(batch_size, seq_len, config.d_model)
    reference_points = torch.rand(batch_size, num_queries, config.num_feature_levels, 2)
    out, attn_weights = model(
        hidden_states,
        attention_mask=None,
        encoder_hidden_states=encoder_hidden_states,
        position_embeddings=None,
        reference_points=reference_points,
        spatial_shapes=shapes_tensor,
        spatial_shapes_list=shapes_list,
        level_start_index=level_start_index,
    )
# codeflash_output is used to check that the output of the original code is the same as that of the optimized code.
#------------------------------------------------
import pytest  # used for our unit tests
import torch
from transformers.models.deformable_detr.modeling_deformable_detr import \
    DeformableDetrMultiscaleDeformableAttention


class DeformableDetrConfig:
    """
    Minimal stub for DeformableDetrConfig.
    """
    def __init__(self, d_model=256, num_feature_levels=4, disable_custom_kernels=False):
        self.d_model = d_model
        self.num_feature_levels = num_feature_levels
        self.disable_custom_kernels = disable_custom_kernels

# Helper function to build valid inputs for forward
def build_inputs(
    batch_size=2,
    num_queries=5,
    sequence_length=32,
    d_model=256,
    num_heads=8,
    n_levels=4,
    n_points=4,
    reference_points_dim=2,
    device="cpu"
):
    # encoder_hidden_states: (batch_size, sequence_length, d_model)
    encoder_hidden_states = torch.randn(batch_size, sequence_length, d_model, device=device)
    # hidden_states: (batch_size, num_queries, d_model)
    hidden_states = torch.randn(batch_size, num_queries, d_model, device=device)
    # attention_mask: (batch_size, sequence_length)
    attention_mask = torch.ones(batch_size, sequence_length, dtype=torch.bool, device=device)
    # position_embeddings: (batch_size, num_queries, d_model)
    position_embeddings = torch.randn(batch_size, num_queries, d_model, device=device)
    # reference_points: (batch_size, num_queries, n_levels, reference_points_dim)
    reference_points = torch.randn(batch_size, num_queries, n_levels, reference_points_dim, device=device)
    # spatial_shapes: (n_levels, 2)
    spatial_shapes = torch.tensor([[4, 2], [2, 4], [2, 2], [2, 2]], dtype=torch.long, device=device)
    # spatial_shapes_list: list of tuples
    spatial_shapes_list = [(4, 2), (2, 4), (2, 2), (2, 2)]
    # level_start_index: (n_levels,)
    level_start_index = torch.tensor([0, 8, 16, 20], dtype=torch.long, device=device)
    return {
        "hidden_states": hidden_states,
        "attention_mask": attention_mask,
        "encoder_hidden_states": encoder_hidden_states,
        "encoder_attention_mask": None,
        "position_embeddings": position_embeddings,
        "reference_points": reference_points,
        "spatial_shapes": spatial_shapes,
        "spatial_shapes_list": spatial_shapes_list,
        "level_start_index": level_start_index,
        "output_attentions": False,
    }

# Basic Test Cases

def test_forward_basic_output_shape():
    """
    Basic: Ensure output shape matches expected (batch_size, num_queries, d_model)
    """
    config = DeformableDetrConfig(d_model=256, num_feature_levels=4)
    module = DeformableDetrMultiscaleDeformableAttention(config, num_heads=8, n_points=4)
    inputs = build_inputs(batch_size=2, num_queries=5, sequence_length=32, d_model=256, num_heads=8, n_levels=4, n_points=4)
    output, attn_weights = module.forward(**inputs)

def test_forward_basic_with_position_embeddings():
    """
    Basic: Test with position embeddings added
    """
    config = DeformableDetrConfig(d_model=128, num_feature_levels=2)
    module = DeformableDetrMultiscaleDeformableAttention(config, num_heads=4, n_points=2)
    inputs = build_inputs(batch_size=1, num_queries=3, sequence_length=8, d_model=128, num_heads=4, n_levels=2, n_points=2)
    output, attn_weights = module.forward(**inputs)

def test_forward_basic_attention_mask():
    """
    Basic: Test with attention_mask masking out some elements
    """
    config = DeformableDetrConfig(d_model=64, num_feature_levels=2)
    module = DeformableDetrMultiscaleDeformableAttention(config, num_heads=2, n_points=2)
    inputs = build_inputs(batch_size=1, num_queries=2, sequence_length=4, d_model=64, num_heads=2, n_levels=2, n_points=2)
    # Mask out last two tokens
    inputs["attention_mask"][0, 2:] = False
    output, attn_weights = module.forward(**inputs)

# Edge Test Cases

def test_forward_embed_dim_not_divisible_by_num_heads():
    """
    Edge: d_model not divisible by num_heads should raise ValueError
    """
    config = DeformableDetrConfig(d_model=130, num_feature_levels=2)
    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
        DeformableDetrMultiscaleDeformableAttention(config, num_heads=8, n_points=2)


def test_forward_reference_points_invalid_last_dim():
    """
    Edge: reference_points last dim not 2 or 4 should raise ValueError
    """
    config = DeformableDetrConfig(d_model=64, num_feature_levels=2)
    module = DeformableDetrMultiscaleDeformableAttention(config, num_heads=2, n_points=2)
    inputs = build_inputs(batch_size=1, num_queries=2, sequence_length=4, d_model=64, num_heads=2, n_levels=2, n_points=2)
    # Make reference_points last dim 3
    inputs["reference_points"] = torch.randn(1, 2, 2, 3)
    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
        module.forward(**inputs) # 11.4μs -> 11.4μs (0.000% faster)

def test_forward_spatial_shapes_mismatch_sequence_length():
    """
    Edge: spatial_shapes_list does not match encoder_hidden_states sequence_length
    """
    config = DeformableDetrConfig(d_model=64, num_feature_levels=2)
    module = DeformableDetrMultiscaleDeformableAttention(config, num_heads=2, n_points=2)
    inputs = build_inputs(batch_size=1, num_queries=2, sequence_length=4, d_model=64, num_heads=2, n_levels=2, n_points=2)
    # Change spatial_shapes_list so sum doesn't match sequence_length
    inputs["spatial_shapes_list"] = [(2, 2), (1, 1)]
    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
        module.forward(**inputs) # 10.4μs -> 10.6μs (1.40% slower)

def test_forward_reference_points_dim_4():
    """
    Edge: reference_points last dim = 4 (should use alternative branch)
    """
    config = DeformableDetrConfig(d_model=128, num_feature_levels=2)
    module = DeformableDetrMultiscaleDeformableAttention(config, num_heads=4, n_points=2)
    inputs = build_inputs(batch_size=1, num_queries=2, sequence_length=8, d_model=128, num_heads=4, n_levels=2, n_points=2, reference_points_dim=4)
    output, attn_weights = module.forward(**inputs)

def test_forward_zero_queries():
    """
    Edge: num_queries = 0 (should return empty output)
    """
    config = DeformableDetrConfig(d_model=64, num_feature_levels=2)
    module = DeformableDetrMultiscaleDeformableAttention(config, num_heads=2, n_points=2)
    inputs = build_inputs(batch_size=1, num_queries=0, sequence_length=4, d_model=64, num_heads=2, n_levels=2, n_points=2)
    output, attn_weights = module.forward(**inputs)

def test_forward_zero_batch():
    """
    Edge: batch_size = 0 (should return empty output)
    """
    config = DeformableDetrConfig(d_model=64, num_feature_levels=2)
    module = DeformableDetrMultiscaleDeformableAttention(config, num_heads=2, n_points=2)
    inputs = build_inputs(batch_size=0, num_queries=2, sequence_length=4, d_model=64, num_heads=2, n_levels=2, n_points=2)
    output, attn_weights = module.forward(**inputs)

def test_forward_zero_sequence_length():
    """
    Edge: sequence_length = 0 (should return empty output)
    """
    config = DeformableDetrConfig(d_model=64, num_feature_levels=2)
    module = DeformableDetrMultiscaleDeformableAttention(config, num_heads=2, n_points=2)
    # spatial_shapes_list must sum to 0
    inputs = build_inputs(batch_size=1, num_queries=2, sequence_length=0, d_model=64, num_heads=2, n_levels=2, n_points=2)
    inputs["encoder_hidden_states"] = torch.empty(1, 0, 64)
    inputs["attention_mask"] = torch.empty(1, 0, dtype=torch.bool)
    inputs["spatial_shapes_list"] = []
    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
        module.forward(**inputs)

# Large Scale Test Cases


def test_forward_large_d_model():
    """
    Large: Test with large d_model (but <100MB tensor)
    """
    config = DeformableDetrConfig(d_model=512, num_feature_levels=2)
    module = DeformableDetrMultiscaleDeformableAttention(config, num_heads=8, n_points=2)
    inputs = build_inputs(batch_size=4, num_queries=8, sequence_length=32, d_model=512, num_heads=8, n_levels=2, n_points=2)
    output, attn_weights = module.forward(**inputs)

def test_forward_max_elements():
    """
    Large: Test with maximum allowed elements (under 1000)
    """
    config = DeformableDetrConfig(d_model=256, num_feature_levels=4)
    module = DeformableDetrMultiscaleDeformableAttention(config, num_heads=8, n_points=4)
    inputs = build_inputs(batch_size=10, num_queries=10, sequence_length=100, d_model=256, num_heads=8, n_levels=4, n_points=4)
    output, attn_weights = module.forward(**inputs)

def test_forward_large_spatial_shapes():
    """
    Large: Test with large spatial_shapes and spatial_shapes_list
    """
    config = DeformableDetrConfig(d_model=128, num_feature_levels=3)
    module = DeformableDetrMultiscaleDeformableAttention(config, num_heads=4, n_points=2)
    spatial_shapes_list = [(10, 10), (5, 8), (4, 6)]
    sequence_length = sum(h * w for h, w in spatial_shapes_list)
    inputs = build_inputs(batch_size=2, num_queries=4, sequence_length=sequence_length, d_model=128, num_heads=4, n_levels=3, n_points=2)
    inputs["spatial_shapes_list"] = spatial_shapes_list
    inputs["spatial_shapes"] = torch.tensor(spatial_shapes_list, dtype=torch.long)
    output, attn_weights = module.forward(**inputs) # 536μs -> 503μs (6.64% faster)
# codeflash_output is used to check that the output of the original code is the same as that of the optimized code.

To edit these changes git checkout codeflash/optimize-DeformableDetrMultiscaleDeformableAttention.forward-mhh84j30 and push.