Include bfloat16 in the macOS attention-upcast workaround - #15819
Include bfloat16 in the macOS attention-upcast workaround#15819chelsealong wants to merge 3 commits into
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force_upcast_attention_dtype() only maps float16 -> float32 for the known black-image bug on macOS >= 14.5. bfloat16 has fewer mantissa bits than float16 and hits the same failure mode, but was dropped from the map in 96d891c ("Speedup on some models by not upcasting bfloat16 to float32 on mac.") which pre-dates bf16-only checkpoints like LTX 2.5. Fixes Comfy-Org#15818
comfy.model_management has module-level code that calls torch.cuda.current_device() at import time, which raises on a CPU-only torch build (e.g. CI's ubuntu-latest/windows-2022 legs, no CUDA/MPS). This aborted pytest collection for the whole tests-unit/comfy_test session. Guard the import the same way test_seedvr2_dtype.py already does: force cli_args.cpu = True before importing when CUDA isn't available.
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Isolate the CPU override from the pytest process.
When torch.cuda.is_available() is false on MPS, this sets the global cli_args.cpu before importing comfy.model_management, which permanently sets model_management.cpu_state to CPU and can affect later MPS tests. Run this import in an isolated process, or restore both global values and the initialized module state; restoring only cli_args.cpu is insufficient.
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In `@tests-unit/comfy_test/force_upcast_attention_dtype_test.py` around lines 5 -
8, Isolate the comfy.model_management import and CPU override in
force_upcast_attention_dtype_test so changing cli_args.cpu cannot persist into
later MPS tests. Prefer running the setup in a separate process; if retaining
in-process execution, restore cli_args.cpu together with the initialized
model_management.cpu_state after import.
Only override cli_args.cpu when neither CUDA nor MPS is available, so the test doesn't permanently stamp model_management.cpu_state as CPU for the rest of a pytest session run on real MPS hardware.
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Addressed: the CPU override now only fires when neither CUDA nor MPS is available. On real MPS machines it's skipped entirely, so |
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Fixes #15818.
Problem
On macOS (MPS), LTX 2.5 (a bf16-only checkpoint) renders all-black video with
the default attention backend and with
--use-quad-cross-attention.--use-split-cross-attentionis the only workaround.force_upcast_attention_dtype()incomfy/model_management.pyexistsspecifically to work around a known "black image" bug on macOS >= 14.5 by
upcasting attention math to float32. Since commit
96d891cb("Speedup on somemodels by not upcasting bfloat16 to float32 on mac."), the returned map only
contains
torch.float16 -> torch.float32—torch.bfloat16was dropped for aspeed win. That change predates bf16-only models such as LTX 2.5.
bfloat16 has fewer mantissa bits (7) than float16 (10), so it is at least as
susceptible to the same MPS precision bug that this workaround targets. Both
the default backend (
attention_sub_quad) and--use-quad-cross-attentionresolve to the same code path (
comfy/ldm/modules/attention.py, theuse_quad_cross_attentionflag is checked inmodel_management.pyforenabling PyTorch attention but is never read when selecting between
split/sub-quad, so both paths currently fall back to
attention_sub_quad),which is why the report shows both producing black frames while
--use-split-cross-attention(a different, non-upcast-dependentimplementation) does not.
Fix
Add
torch.bfloat16: torch.float32back to the map returned byforce_upcast_attention_dtype(). This only changes behavior on macOS >= 14.5(or with the existing
--force-upcast-attentionflag) — it does not affectCUDA/ROCm/XPU users, since
force_upcast_attention_dtype()is gated onmac_version().Note this reverts the bf16 half of
96d891cb's speedup unconditionally forall bf16 models on affected macOS, not just LTX 2.5 — any other bf16
workflow that previously skipped the upcast for speed on mac >= 14.5 will go
back to being upcast (slower, more memory). That trade-off is the same one
that existed for float16 before 96d891c; given the black-video report, I
think correctness should win here for bf16 too, but flagging the scope
explicitly since the code change itself doesn't limit to LTX.
Test plan
Added
tests-unit/comfy_test/force_upcast_attention_dtype_test.py, whichpatches
mac_version()to a macOS version in the affected range and assertsthe returned dtype map upcasts both
float16andbfloat16. Like thesibling
test_seedvr2_dtype.py, it forcescli_args.cpu = Truebeforeimporting
comfy.model_managementwhen CUDA isn't available, since thatmodule does
torch.cuda.current_device()at import time and otherwiseaborts test collection on a CPU-only torch build (e.g. CI's
ubuntu-latest/windows-2022 legs).
Ran with
torch==2.13.0+cpu(no CUDA), matching CI'spip install torch torchvision torchaudio --index-url .../whl/cpu:Fails without the fix (
git checkout HEAD~1 -- comfy/model_management.py,keeping the new test file):
Passes with the fix applied:
ruff check comfy/model_management.py tests-unit/comfy_test/force_upcast_attention_dtype_test.pypasses with no findings.I do not have access to Apple Silicon hardware, so I could not reproduce the
black-video output directly; this fix is based on tracing the code path
described in the issue back to the specific commit that narrowed the existing
macOS black-image workaround to exclude bfloat16.
This PR was prepared with AI assistance (Claude) and reviewed by a human before submission.