diff --git a/flash_dmattn/utils/mask.py b/flash_dmattn/utils/mask.py
index dd73019..e8954f6 100644
--- a/flash_dmattn/utils/mask.py
+++ b/flash_dmattn/utils/mask.py
@@ -17,6 +17,35 @@
 import torch
 
 
+def block_smooth(
+    attention_mask: torch.Tensor,
+    key_len: int,
+    block_size: int,
+):
+    if block_size <= 0:
+        raise ValueError(f"block_size must be a positive integer, got {block_size}.")
+ 
+    if block_size > 1:
+        full_len = (key_len // block_size) * block_size
+
+        if full_len:
+            block_view = attention_mask[..., :full_len]
+            block_shape = (*block_view.shape[:-1], full_len // block_size, block_size)
+            blocks = block_view.view(*block_shape)
+            block_counts = blocks.sum(dim=-1).to(torch.int64)
+            block_keep = (block_counts * 2) > block_size
+            blocks.copy_(block_keep.unsqueeze(-1).expand_as(blocks))
+
+        if key_len > full_len:
+            tail_slice = attention_mask[..., full_len:]
+            tail_len = tail_slice.shape[-1]
+            tail_counts = tail_slice.sum(dim=-1, keepdim=True).to(torch.int64)
+            tail_keep = (tail_counts * 2) > tail_len
+            tail_slice.copy_(tail_keep.expand_as(tail_slice))
+
+    return attention_mask
+    
+
 def topk_mask(
     attention_bias: torch.Tensor,
     attention_mask: Optional[torch.Tensor],
@@ -42,14 +71,11 @@ def topk_mask(
         attention_mask (Tensor): The attention mask tensor of shape
             ({batch_size|1}, {num_heads|num_kv_heads|1}, {query_len|1}, key_len).
     """
-    if block_size is not None:
-        if int(block_size) != block_size or block_size <= 0:
-            raise ValueError(f"block_size must be a positive integer, got {block_size}.")
-        block_size = int(block_size)
+
     attention_bias = attention_bias.detach()
     attention_bias = attention_bias.masked_fill(~attention_mask, min_dtype) if attention_mask is not None else attention_bias
     topk_values, topk_indices = torch.topk(
-        attention_bias.to(torch.float),
+        attention_bias,
         window_size, dim=-1, largest=True, sorted=False
     )
     attention_mask = torch.zeros_like(
@@ -58,22 +84,11 @@ def topk_mask(
 
     if block_size is not None and block_size > 1:
         key_len = attention_mask.shape[-1]
-        full_len = (key_len // block_size) * block_size
-
-        if full_len:
-            block_view = attention_mask[..., :full_len]
-            block_shape = (*block_view.shape[:-1], full_len // block_size, block_size)
-            blocks = block_view.view(*block_shape)
-            block_counts = blocks.sum(dim=-1).to(torch.int32)
-            block_keep = (block_counts * 2) > block_size
-            blocks.copy_(block_keep.unsqueeze(-1).expand_as(blocks))
-
-        if key_len > full_len:
-            tail_slice = attention_mask[..., full_len:]
-            tail_len = tail_slice.shape[-1]
-            tail_counts = tail_slice.sum(dim=-1, keepdim=True).to(torch.int32)
-            tail_keep = (tail_counts * 2) > tail_len
-            tail_slice.copy_(tail_keep.expand_as(tail_slice))
+        attention_mask = block_smooth(
+            attention_mask=attention_mask,
+            key_len=key_len,
+            block_size=block_size
+        )
 
     return attention_mask
 
@@ -101,33 +116,18 @@ def relu_mask(
         attention_mask (Tensor): The attention mask tensor of shape
             ({batch_size|1}, {num_heads|num_kv_heads|1}, {query_len|1}, key_len).
     """
-    if block_size is not None:
-        if int(block_size) != block_size or block_size <= 0:
-            raise ValueError(f"block_size must be a positive integer, got {block_size}.")
-        block_size = int(block_size)
-    
+
     attention_bias = attention_bias.detach()
     attention_bias = attention_bias.masked_fill(~attention_mask, min_dtype) if attention_mask is not None else attention_bias
     attention_mask = attention_bias > 0
 
     if block_size is not None and block_size > 1:
         key_len = attention_mask.shape[-1]
-        full_len = (key_len // block_size) * block_size
-
-        if full_len:
-            block_view = attention_mask[..., :full_len]
-            block_shape = (*block_view.shape[:-1], full_len // block_size, block_size)
-            blocks = block_view.view(*block_shape)
-            block_counts = blocks.sum(dim=-1).to(torch.int32)
-            block_keep = (block_counts * 2) > block_size
-            blocks.copy_(block_keep.unsqueeze(-1).expand_as(blocks))
-
-        if key_len > full_len:
-            tail_slice = attention_mask[..., full_len:]
-            tail_len = tail_slice.shape[-1]
-            tail_counts = tail_slice.sum(dim=-1, keepdim=True).to(torch.int32)
-            tail_keep = (tail_counts * 2) > tail_len
-            tail_slice.copy_(tail_keep.expand_as(tail_slice))
+        attention_mask = block_smooth(
+            attention_mask=attention_mask,
+            key_len=key_len,
+            block_size=block_size
+        )
 
     return attention_mask