[Bug]: Centos 7 docker 20.10.14, image: ubuntu20.04 - circular import caused core dump

[ouyangde]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• [X] I have searched the existing issues and checked the recent builds/commits

What happened?

When I run: python3 -u webui.py --listen --port 7860 --xformers It core dumped. And I noticed that in modules/sd_vae.py, it imports sd_models, and in modules/sd_models.py it imports sd_vae

Steps to reproduce the problem

from modules import sd_vae Segmentation fault (core dumped)

What should have happened?

Should start normally

Commit where the problem happens

0cc0ee1bcb4c24a8c9715f66cede06601bfc00c8

What platforms do you use to access the UI ?

Linux

What browsers do you use to access the UI ?

Google Chrome

Command Line Arguments

python3 -u webui.py --listen --port 7860 --xformers

List of extensions

No

Console logs

root@b3f1e02a2b24:/stable-diffusion-webui# python3 -u webui.py --listen --port 7860 --xformers
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

Additional information

Centos 7 docker 20.10.14, image: ubuntu20.04 with cuda:11.6.0-cudnn8, python 3.10 (installed via conda )

PS: If I put these two lines before import sd_vae from modules import paths import ldm.modules.encoders.modules Core dump disappeared