Add experimental --async-offload lowvram weight offloading. (#7820)

This should speed up the lowvram mode a bit. It currently is only enabled when --async-offload is used but it will be enabled by default in the future if there are no problems.

comfy/cli_args.py

@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ vram_group.add_argument("--cpu", action="store_true", help="To use the CPU for e
 
 parser.add_argument("--reserve-vram", type=float, default=None, help="Set the amount of vram in GB you want to reserve for use by your OS/other software. By default some amount is reserved depending on your OS.")
 
+parser.add_argument("--async-offload", action="store_true", help="Use async weight offloading.")
 
 parser.add_argument("--default-hashing-function", type=str, choices=['md5', 'sha1', 'sha256', 'sha512'], default='sha256', help="Allows you to choose the hash function to use for duplicate filename / contents comparison. Default is sha256.")
 

comfy/model_management.py

@@ -939,15 +939,56 @@ def force_channels_last():
     #TODO
     return False
 
-def cast_to(weight, dtype=None, device=None, non_blocking=False, copy=False):
+
+STREAMS = {}
+NUM_STREAMS = 1
+if args.async_offload:
+    NUM_STREAMS = 2
+    logging.info("Using async weight offloading with {} streams".format(NUM_STREAMS))
+
+stream_counter = 0
+def get_offload_stream(device):
+    global stream_counter
+    if NUM_STREAMS <= 1:
+        return None
+
+    if device in STREAMS:
+        ss = STREAMS[device]
+        s = ss[stream_counter]
+        stream_counter = (stream_counter + 1) % len(ss)
+        if is_device_cuda(device):
+            ss[stream_counter].wait_stream(torch.cuda.current_stream())
+        return s
+    elif is_device_cuda(device):
+        ss = []
+        for k in range(NUM_STREAMS):
+            ss.append(torch.cuda.Stream(device=device, priority=10))
+        STREAMS[device] = ss
+        s = ss[stream_counter]
+        stream_counter = (stream_counter + 1) % len(ss)
+        return s
+    return None
+
+def sync_stream(device, stream):
+    if stream is None:
+        return
+    if is_device_cuda(device):
+        torch.cuda.current_stream().wait_stream(stream)
+
+def cast_to(weight, dtype=None, device=None, non_blocking=False, copy=False, stream=None):
     if device is None or weight.device == device:
         if not copy:
             if dtype is None or weight.dtype == dtype:
                 return weight
         return weight.to(dtype=dtype, copy=copy)
 
-    r = torch.empty_like(weight, dtype=dtype, device=device)
+    if stream is not None:
-    r.copy_(weight, non_blocking=non_blocking)
+        with stream:
+            r = torch.empty_like(weight, dtype=dtype, device=device)
+            r.copy_(weight, non_blocking=non_blocking)
+    else:
+        r = torch.empty_like(weight, dtype=dtype, device=device)
+        r.copy_(weight, non_blocking=non_blocking)
     return r
 
 def cast_to_device(tensor, device, dtype, copy=False):

comfy/ops.py

@@ -37,20 +37,23 @@ def cast_bias_weight(s, input=None, dtype=None, device=None, bias_dtype=None):
         if device is None:
             device = input.device
 
+    offload_stream = comfy.model_management.get_offload_stream(device)
     bias = None
     non_blocking = comfy.model_management.device_supports_non_blocking(device)
     if s.bias is not None:
         has_function = len(s.bias_function) > 0
-        bias = comfy.model_management.cast_to(s.bias, bias_dtype, device, non_blocking=non_blocking, copy=has_function)
+        bias = comfy.model_management.cast_to(s.bias, bias_dtype, device, non_blocking=non_blocking, copy=has_function, stream=offload_stream)
         if has_function:
             for f in s.bias_function:
                 bias = f(bias)
 
     has_function = len(s.weight_function) > 0
-    weight = comfy.model_management.cast_to(s.weight, dtype, device, non_blocking=non_blocking, copy=has_function)
+    weight = comfy.model_management.cast_to(s.weight, dtype, device, non_blocking=non_blocking, copy=has_function, stream=offload_stream)
     if has_function:
         for f in s.weight_function:
             weight = f(weight)
+
+    comfy.model_management.sync_stream(device, offload_stream)
     return weight, bias
 
 class CastWeightBiasOp: