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[PyTorch] Improve `get_attention_backend`
Description
This PR improves the get_attention_backend()
logic.
Fixes #1195
Type of change
- [ ] Documentation change (change only to the documentation, either a fix or a new content)
- [x] Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
- [ ] New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
- [ ] Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to not work as expected)
- [ ] Infra/Build change
- [ ] Code refractor
Changes
Please list the changes introduced in this PR:
- Improves
get_attention_backend
function.
Checklist:
- [x] I have read and followed the contributing guidelines
- [x] The functionality is complete
- [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas
- [x] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation
- [x] My changes generate no new warnings
- [x] I have added tests that prove my fix is effective or that my feature works
- [x] New and existing unit tests pass locally with my changes