tensorflow/models · error · ValueError

query_shape[-2] must be divisible by src_block_size.

Error message

query_shape[-2] must be divisible by src_block_size.

What it means

Error "query_shape[-2] must be divisible by src_block_size." thrown in tensorflow/models.

Source

Thrown at official/nlp/modeling/layers/block_sparse_attention.py:265

    ):
      logging.info(
          "Computing default attention as block sizes are equal to sequence"
          " lengths."
      )
      # pytype: disable=attribute-error
      return super()._compute_attention(
          query,
          key,
          value,
          attention_mask=attention_mask,
          training=training,
      )
      # pytype: enable=attribute-error
    # src_num_blocks and tgt_num_blocks are the number of blocks in the source
    # and target. Care should be taken to ensure that the number of blocks in
    # the source and target are the same.
    if self._query_shape[-2] % self._src_block_size != 0:
      raise ValueError(
          "query_shape[-2] must be divisible by src_block_size."
      )
    if self._key_shape[-2] % self._tgt_block_size != 0:
      raise ValueError(
          "key_shape[-2] must be divisible by tgt_block_size."
      )
    src_num_blocks = self._query_shape[-2] // self._src_block_size
    tgt_num_blocks = self._key_shape[-2] // self._tgt_block_size

    if src_num_blocks != tgt_num_blocks and tgt_num_blocks != 1:
      raise ValueError(
          "src_num_blocks must be equal to tgt_num_blocks."
      )
    # Convert the query/key/value into blocks to perform block diagonal
    # attention.
    query_blocks = tf.reshape(query, [
        -1,
        self._num_heads,

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at official/nlp/modeling/layers/block_sparse_attention.py:265 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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