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[masking] fix Aggressive boolean conversion breaking packing implementations#39148
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@kashif kashif commented Jul 1, 2025

What does this PR do?

Fix Aggressive boolean conversion in the masking_utils that is breaking packing implementation

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Pull Request Overview

This PR fixes an aggressive boolean conversion issue in the masking utilities that was breaking packing implementations. The changes include:

  • Adding a regression test to ensure non-binary (fractional) attention masks are preserved.
  • Updating _preprocess_mask_arguments to detect binary masks via unique values and preserve non-binary masks.
  • Adjusting flash_attention_mask to correctly handle boolean and non-boolean masks.

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File Description
tests/utils/test_modeling_utils.py Adds tests for preserving non-binary attention masks and ensuring correct flash attention behavior.
src/transformers/masking_utils.py Updates boolean and non-boolean mask processing in _preprocess_mask_arguments and flash_attention_mask.

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Superseded by #39194! Closing!

@Cyrilvallez Cyrilvallez closed this Jul 7, 2025
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