Fix TPU Splash local sliding window size

src/maxtext/layers/attention_op.py

@@ -1286,7 +1286,7 @@ def create_sa_config(config, query, key, attn_logits_soft_cap):
         raise ValueError("Sliding_window_size must be set if Local Sliding attention type")
       mask &= mask_module.LocalMask(
           shape=(query.shape[2], key.shape[2]),
-          window_size=(self.sliding_window_size, self.sliding_window_size),
+          window_size=(self.sliding_window_size - 1, self.sliding_window_size),
           offset=0,
       )
     elif self.attention_type == AttentionType.CHUNK:

tests/unit/attention_test.py

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 from flax import nnx
 import jax
 import jax.numpy as jnp
+from jax.experimental.pallas.ops.tpu.splash_attention import splash_attention_mask
 from jax.sharding import AxisType, Mesh
 from maxtext.utils import maxtext_utils
 from maxtext.common.gcloud_stub import is_decoupled
@@ -56,6 +57,24 @@
 from tests.utils.test_helpers import get_test_config_path
 
 
+class SplashLocalMaskTest(unittest.TestCase):
+  """Tests for Splash local masks."""
+
+  def test_local_window_matches_dense_mask(self):
+    seq_len = 8
+    window_size = 3
+    mask = splash_attention_mask.CausalMask((seq_len, seq_len)) & splash_attention_mask.LocalMask(
+        (seq_len, seq_len),
+        window_size=(window_size - 1, window_size),
+        offset=0,
+    )
+    q_sequence = np.arange(seq_len)[:, None]
+    kv_sequence = np.arange(seq_len)[None, :]
+    expected_mask = (kv_sequence <= q_sequence) & (kv_sequence > q_sequence - window_size)
+
+    np.testing.assert_array_equal(mask[:, :], expected_mask)
+
+
 class BidirectionalBlockMaskTest(unittest.TestCase):
   """Test for make_bidirectional_block_mask."""