0.8.1 version

cicd/multigpu.py

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def run_cmd(cmd: str, run_folder: str):
 @app.function(
     image=cicd_image,
     gpu=GPU_CONFIG,
-    timeout=90 * 60,
+    timeout=60 * 60,
     cpu=8.0,
     memory=131072 * N_GPUS,
     volumes=VOLUME_CONFIG,

examples/llama-4/README.md

@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-# Llama 4 by Meta AI
-
-## Available Examples
-
-### Llama 4 Scout 17Bx16Experts (109B)
-- [Multi-Modal/Vision QLoRA w/ FSDP1](./scout-vision-qlora-fsdp.yaml)
-- [Text Single GPU (H100) QLoRA](./scout-qlora-single-h100.yaml)
-- [Text Multi GPU QLoRA w/ FSDP1](./scout-qlora-fsdp1.yaml)
-
-Our Single GPU implementation for Llama 4 Scout uses only 68.5GB VRAM for post-training with 4k context length @ 546 tokens/second.

examples/llama-4/scout-lora.yaml

@@ -1,28 +1,13 @@
-base_model: axolotl-quants/Llama-4-Scout-17B-16E-Linearized-bnb-nf4-bf16
+base_model: meta-llama/Llama-4-Scout-17B-16E
 model_type: Llama4ForConditionalGeneration
-processor_type: Llama4Processor
   # Automatically upload checkpoint and final model to HF
   # hub_model_id: username/custom_model_name
 
 strict: false
 
-# these 3 lines are needed for now to handle vision chat templates w images
-skip_prepare_dataset: true
-remove_unused_columns: false
-sample_packing: false
+  # torch_compile: true
 
-sequence_len: 4096
-
-plugins:
-  - axolotl.integrations.liger.LigerPlugin
-
-liger_glu_activation: true
-liger_rms_norm: true
-liger_layer_norm: true
-
-llama4_linearized_experts: true  # use Axolotl's customized model
-load_in_4bit: true
-adapter: qlora
+adapter: lora
 lora_r: 32
 lora_alpha: 64
 lora_target_modules:
@@ -30,59 +15,60 @@ lora_target_modules:
   - self_attn.k_proj
   - self_attn.v_proj
   - self_attn.o_proj
-  - shared_expert.gate_proj
-  - shared_expert.up_proj
-  - shared_expert.down_proj
-  - vision_adapter.mlp.fc1
-  - vision_adapter.mlp.fc2
-  # - experts.gate_projs.[0-9]+$
-  # - experts.up_projs.[0-9]+$
-  # - experts.down_projs.[0-9]+$
 lora_modules_to_save:
   - lm_head
   - embed_tokens
 
 chat_template: llama4
 datasets:
-  - path: HuggingFaceH4/llava-instruct-mix-vsft
+  - path: mlabonne/FineTome-100k
     type: chat_template
-    split: train[:1%]
-    field_messages: messages
+    split: train[:20%]
+    field_messages: conversations
+    message_property_mappings:
+      role: from
+      content: value
 
 dataset_prepared_path: last_run_prepared
 val_set_size: 0.0
 output_dir: ./outputs/out
 
+sequence_len: 4096
+sample_packing: true
+pad_to_sequence_len: true
+
 gradient_accumulation_steps: 1
 micro_batch_size: 1
 num_epochs: 1
-optimizer: adamw_torch_4bit
+optimizer: adamw_torch_8bit
 lr_scheduler: cosine
 learning_rate: 2e-5
 
 bf16: true
 tf32: true
 
+# gradient_checkpointing: true
+# gradient_checkpointing_kwargs:
+#   use_reentrant: false
 logging_steps: 1
 flash_attention: true
 
 warmup_steps: 100
-evals_per_epoch: 1
+evals_per_epoch: 2
 saves_per_epoch: 1
 weight_decay: 0.0
 fsdp:
   - auto_wrap
   - full_shard
 fsdp_config:
-  fsdp_transformer_layer_cls_to_wrap: Llama4TextDecoderLayer
-  fsdp_limit_all_gathers: true
-  fsdp_sync_module_states: true
-  fsdp_offload_params: true
-  fsdp_use_orig_params: false
+  fsdp_version: 2
+  fsdp_offload_params: false
   fsdp_cpu_ram_efficient_loading: true
   fsdp_auto_wrap_policy: TRANSFORMER_BASED_WRAP
-  fsdp_state_dict_type: FULL_STATE_DICT
+  fsdp_transformer_layer_cls_to_wrap: Llama4TextDecoderLayer
+  fsdp_state_dict_type: SHARDED_STATE_DICT
   fsdp_sharding_strategy: FULL_SHARD
+  fsdp_reshard_after_forward: true
   fsdp_activation_checkpointing: true
 special_tokens:
   pad_token: <|finetune_right_pad_id|>

examples/llama-4/scout-qlora-single-h100.yaml

@@ -1,86 +0,0 @@
-base_model: axolotl-quants/Llama-4-Scout-17B-16E-Linearized-bnb-nf4-bf16
-model_type: Llama4ForConditionalGeneration
-# Automatically upload checkpoint and final model to HF
-# hub_model_id: username/custom_model_name
-
-strict: false
-
-plugins:
-  - axolotl.integrations.liger.LigerPlugin
-
-liger_glu_activation: true
-liger_rms_norm: true
-liger_layer_norm: true
-
-llama4_linearized_experts: true
-load_in_4bit: true
-adapter: qlora
-lora_r: 32
-lora_alpha: 64
-lora_target_modules:
-  - self_attn.q_proj
-  - self_attn.k_proj
-  - self_attn.v_proj
-  - self_attn.o_proj
-  - shared_expert.gate_proj
-  - shared_expert.up_proj
-  - shared_expert.down_proj
-  # - experts.gate_projs.[0-9]+$
-  # - experts.up_projs.[0-9]+$
-  # - experts.down_projs.[0-9]+$
-lora_modules_to_save:
-  # - lm_head
-  # - embed_tokens
-
-lora_mlp_kernel: true
-lora_qkv_kernel: true
-lora_o_kernel: true
-
-chat_template: llama4
-datasets:
-  - path: mlabonne/FineTome-100k
-    type: chat_template
-    split: train[:20%]
-    field_messages: conversations
-    message_property_mappings:
-      role: from
-      content: value
-
-dataset_prepared_path: last_run_prepared
-val_set_size: 0.0
-output_dir: ./outputs/out
-
-sequence_len: 4096  # up to 8k will work on a single H100
-sample_packing: true
-pad_to_sequence_len: true
-
-wandb_project:
-wandb_entity:
-wandb_watch:
-wandb_name:
-wandb_log_model:
-
-gradient_accumulation_steps: 1
-micro_batch_size: 1
-num_epochs: 1
-optimizer: adamw_torch_4bit
-lr_scheduler: cosine
-learning_rate: 1e-4
-
-bf16: true
-tf32: true
-
-logging_steps: 1
-flash_attention: true
-
-gradient_checkpointing: offload
-gradient_checkpointing_kwargs:
-  use_reentrant: false
-
-warmup_steps: 20
-evals_per_epoch: 1
-saves_per_epoch: 1
-weight_decay: 0.0
-special_tokens:
-  pad_token: <|finetune_right_pad_id|>
-  eos_token: <|eot|>

requirements.txt

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ liger-kernel==0.5.6
 packaging==23.2
 
 peft==0.15.1
-transformers==4.51.1
+transformers==4.51.0
 tokenizers>=0.21.1
 accelerate==1.6.0
 datasets==3.5.0

src/axolotl/__init__.py

@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ import pkgutil
 
 __path__ = pkgutil.extend_path(__path__, __name__)  # Make this a namespace package
 
-__version__ = "0.8.0"
+__version__ = "0.8.1"

src/axolotl/integrations/liger/__init__.py

@@ -185,7 +185,5 @@ class LigerPlugin(BasePlugin):
                 rms_norm=cfg.liger_rms_norm,
                 layer_norm=cfg.liger_layer_norm,
             )
-        else:
-            logging.warning(
-                f"Unsupported model config type: {cfg.model_config_type}. Liger not applied."
-            )
+        elif cfg.model_config_type in ["deepseek_v3"]:
+            raise ValueError(f"Unsupported model config type: {cfg.model_config_type}")

src/axolotl/integrations/liger/models/llama4.py

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ Liger FLCE for llama4
 """
 
 import sys
-from copy import deepcopy
 from typing import List, Optional, Tuple, Union
 
 import torch
@@ -159,16 +158,7 @@ def apply_liger_kernel_to_llama4(
     if rms_norm:
         modeling_llama4.Llama4TextRMSNorm = LigerRMSNorm
     if glu_activation:
-
-        def _liger_swiglu_mlp_wrapper(config, intermediate_size=None, **kwargs):
-            "Accepts intermediate_size to pass to LigerSwiGLUMLP"
-            # clone config to avoid modifying the original
-            config = deepcopy(config)
-            if intermediate_size:
-                setattr(config, "intermediate_size", intermediate_size)
-            return LigerSwiGLUMLP(config, **kwargs)
-
-        modeling_llama4.Llama4TextMLP = _liger_swiglu_mlp_wrapper
+        modeling_llama4.Llama4TextMLP = LigerSwiGLUMLP
     if layer_norm:
         modeling_llama4.nn.LayerNorm = LigerLayerNorm
 

src/axolotl/monkeypatch/attention/flex_attn.py

@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+"""Flex attention monkey patch"""
+
+import sys
+from typing import Optional, Tuple, Union
+
+import torch
+import transformers
+
+
+def patch_flex_wrapper():
+    # TODO remove this patch when transformers#37285 is merged and in a release
+    is_torch_2_6 = torch.__version__.startswith("2.6")
+    is_transformers_below_4_51 = transformers.__version__ < "4.51.0"
+
+    if not (is_torch_2_6 and is_transformers_below_4_51):
+        return
+
+    from torch.nn.attention.flex_attention import flex_attention
+
+    class WrappedFlexAttention:
+        """
+        We are doing a singleton class so that flex attention is compiled once when it's first called.
+        """
+
+        _instance = None
+        _is_flex_compiled = False
+        _compiled_flex_attention = None
+
+        def __new__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
+            if cls._instance is None:
+                # Create a new instance if one doesn't already exist
+                cls._instance = super().__new__(cls)
+            return cls._instance
+
+        @torch.compiler.disable(recursive=False)
+        def __init__(self):
+            """
+            Initialize or update the singleton instance.
+            """
+            if not self._is_flex_compiled:
+                self._compiled_flex_attention = torch.compile(
+                    flex_attention,
+                    dynamic=False,
+                    mode="max-autotune-no-cudagraphs",
+                    fullgraph=True,
+                )
+                self._is_flex_compiled = True
+
+        def __call__(self):
+            return self._compiled_flex_attention
+
+    transformers.integrations.flex_attention.WrappedFlexAttention = WrappedFlexAttention
+
+
+def patch_flex_make_mask():
+    is_torch_2_6 = torch.__version__.startswith("2.6")
+    is_transformers_eq_4_51 = transformers.__version__ == "4.51.0"
+
+    if not (is_torch_2_6 and is_transformers_eq_4_51):
+        return
+
+    from torch.nn.attention.flex_attention import (
+        BlockMask,
+    )
+    from torch.nn.attention.flex_attention import (
+        create_block_mask as create_block_causal_mask_flex,
+    )
+
+    Offset = Union[torch.Tensor, int]
+
+    def patched_make_flex_block_causal_mask(
+        attention_mask_2d: torch.Tensor,
+        attention_chunk_size: Optional[int] = None,
+        query_length=None,
+        key_length=None,
+        offsets: Optional[Tuple[Offset, Offset]] = None,
+    ) -> "BlockMask":
+        """
+        Create a block causal document mask for a batch of sequences, both packed and unpacked.
+        Create Block causal logic and passing it into :func:`torch.nn.attention.flex_attention.create_block_mask`.
+        The resultant BlockMask is a compressed representation of the full block causal
+        mask. BlockMask is essential for performant computation of flex attention.
+        See: https://pytorch.org/blog/flexattention/
+
+        Args:
+            attention_mask_2d (torch.Tensor): Attention mask for packed and padded sequences
+            of shape (batch_size, total_seq_len). e.g.
+
+            For unpacked sequence:
+            [[1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0],
+             [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0]]
+
+            For packed sequence:
+            [[1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 0],
+             [1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3]]
+
+        Returns:
+            BlockMask
+        """
+
+        batch_size, total_seq_len = attention_mask_2d.shape
+        if not key_length:
+            key_length = total_seq_len
+        if not query_length:
+            query_length = total_seq_len
+        attention_mask_2d = torch.nn.functional.pad(
+            attention_mask_2d, value=0, pad=(0, key_length)
+        )
+        device = attention_mask_2d.device
+        document_ids = attention_mask_2d.clone()
+
+        if attention_chunk_size is not None:
+            # we create an arange, then we just // by chunk size to get [0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3]
+            document_ids = (document_ids.fill_(1).cumsum(-1) - 1) // (
+                attention_chunk_size
+            )
+
+        # Instead of passing a tensor mask, flex attention requires a mask_mod function
+        # that determines which elements of QK^T should be included in the attention
+        # computation prior to the softmax. For sample packing, we need both the
+        # logic for both causal mask and document mask. See PyTorch's official
+        # blog post for more details: https://pytorch.org/blog/flexattention/#mask-mods
+        def causal_mask_mod(
+            batch_idx, head_idx, q_idx, kv_idx
+        ):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
+            """
+            Defines the logic of a block causal mask by combining both a standard causal mask
+            and a block diagonal document mask.
+
+            See :func:`~torchtune.modules.attention_utils.create_block_causal_mask`
+            for an illustration.
+            """
+            causal_mask = q_idx >= kv_idx  # not valid when decoding
+            document_mask = (
+                document_ids[batch_idx, q_idx] == document_ids[batch_idx, kv_idx]
+            )
+            padding_mask = attention_mask_2d[batch_idx, q_idx] > 0
+            final_mask = causal_mask & padding_mask & document_mask
+            return final_mask
+
+        if offsets is not None:
+            q_offset = offsets[0]
+            kv_offset = offsets[1]
+
+            def mask_mod(batch_idx, head_idx, q_idx, kv_idx):
+                offset_q = q_idx + q_offset
+                offset_kv = kv_idx + kv_offset
+                return causal_mask_mod(batch_idx, head_idx, offset_q, offset_kv)
+
+        else:
+            mask_mod = causal_mask_mod
+        return create_block_causal_mask_flex(
+            mask_mod=mask_mod,
+            B=batch_size,
+            H=None,  # attention head
+            Q_LEN=query_length,
+            KV_LEN=key_length,
+            device=device,
+            _compile=True,
+        )
+
+    for n in tuple(sys.modules):
+        if ".modeling_" in n and "llama4" not in n:
+            if hasattr(sys.modules[n], "make_flex_block_causal_mask"):
+                sys.modules[n].make_flex_block_causal_mask = (
+                    patched_make_flex_block_causal_mask
+                )
+
+    transformers.integrations.flex_attention.make_flex_block_causal_mask = (
+        patched_make_flex_block_causal_mask
+    )

src/axolotl/utils/models.py

@@ -906,7 +906,20 @@ class ModelLoader:
         """
         sample packing uses custom FA2 patch
         """
-        if self.cfg.flash_attention:
+        if self.cfg.flex_attention:
+            self.model_kwargs["attn_implementation"] = "flex_attention"
+            self.model_config._attn_implementation = (  # pylint: disable=protected-access
+                "flex_attention"
+            )
+            from axolotl.monkeypatch.attention.flex_attn import (
+                patch_flex_make_mask,
+                patch_flex_wrapper,
+            )
+
+            patch_flex_wrapper()
+            patch_flex_make_mask()
+
+        elif self.cfg.flash_attention:
             if not self.cfg.sample_packing and self.cfg.s2_attention:
                 pass
             self.model_kwargs["attn_implementation"] = "flash_attention_2"

src/axolotl/utils/schemas/config.py

@@ -1316,29 +1316,8 @@ class AxolotlConfigWCapabilities(AxolotlInputConfig):
 
             if version.parse(torch_version) < version.parse("2.6.0"):
                 raise ValueError(
-                    "Flex attention is not supported on torch version < 2.6.0."
+                    "Flex attention is not supported on torch version < 2.6.0"
                 )
-            if version.parse(torch_version) < version.parse("2.7.0"):
-                LOG.warning(
-                    f"You are currently using torch version {torch_version}. "
-                    "We recommend using the latest version of torch for flex attention. "
-                    "You may encounter unexpected issues with flex attention on older versions of torch. "
-                    "Please upgrade to the latest stable, or nightly version of torch. "
-                )
-
-            transformers_version = env_capabilities.get("transformers_version")
-            if transformers_version is None:
-                import transformers
-
-                transformers_version = str(transformers.__version__).split(
-                    "+", maxsplit=1
-                )[0]
-
-            if version.parse(transformers_version) < version.parse("4.45.1"):
-                raise ValueError(
-                    "Transformers version < 4.45.1 is not supported with flex attention. "
-                )
-
         return data
 
     @model_validator(mode="before")

tests/e2e/multigpu/test_llama.py

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ from transformers.testing_utils import get_torch_dist_unique_port
 
 from axolotl.utils.dict import DictDefault
 
-from tests.e2e.utils import check_tensorboard, require_torch_2_6_0, require_torch_2_7_0
+from tests.e2e.utils import check_tensorboard, require_torch_2_6_0
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger("axolotl.tests.e2e.multigpu")
 os.environ["WANDB_DISABLED"] = "true"
@@ -459,80 +459,16 @@ class TestMultiGPULlama:
 
     @require_torch_2_6_0
     @pytest.mark.parametrize(
-        "fsdp_reshard_after_forward",
-        [True, False],
+        "attention_backend",
+        ["flash", "flex"],
     )
-    def test_fsdp2_packed_flash(self, temp_dir, fsdp_reshard_after_forward):
-        # pylint: disable=duplicate-code
-        cfg = DictDefault(
-            {
-                "base_model": "HuggingFaceTB/SmolLM2-135M",
-                "sample_packing": True,
-                "pad_to_sequence_len": True,
-                "sequence_len": 2048,
-                "val_set_size": 0.05,
-                "special_tokens": {
-                    "pad_token": "<|endoftext|>",
-                },
-                "datasets": [
-                    {
-                        "path": "tatsu-lab/alpaca",
-                        "type": "alpaca",
-                    },
-                ],
-                "num_epochs": 1,
-                "max_steps": 2,
-                "micro_batch_size": 4,
-                "gradient_accumulation_steps": 2,
-                "gradient_checkpointing": True,
-                "output_dir": temp_dir,
-                "learning_rate": 0.00001,
-                "optimizer": "adamw_torch_8bit",
-                "lr_scheduler": "cosine",
-                "fsdp": [
-                    "auto_wrap",
-                ],
-                "fsdp_config": {
-                    "fsdp_version": 2,
-                    # "fsdp_forward_prefetch": True,  # not yet implemented in accelerate
-                    "fsdp_offload_params": False,
-                    "fsdp_cpu_ram_efficient_loading": False,
-                    "fsdp_transformer_layer_cls_to_wrap": "LlamaDecoderLayer",
-                    "fsdp_state_dict_type": "SHARDED_STATE_DICT",
-                    "fsdp_auto_wrap_policy": "TRANSFORMER_BASED_WRAP",
-                    "fsdp_reshard_after_forward": fsdp_reshard_after_forward,
-                },
-                "use_tensorboard": True,
-                "flash_attention": True,
-            }
-        )
-        # write cfg to yaml file
-        Path(temp_dir).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-        with open(Path(temp_dir) / "config.yaml", "w", encoding="utf-8") as fout:
-            fout.write(yaml.dump(cfg.to_dict(), Dumper=yaml.Dumper))
-
-        execute_subprocess_async(
-            [
-                "axolotl",
-                "train",
-                str(Path(temp_dir) / "config.yaml"),
-                "--num-processes",
-                "2",
-                "--main-process-port",
-                f"{get_torch_dist_unique_port()}",
-            ]
-        )
-
-        check_tensorboard(
-            temp_dir + "/runs", "train/train_loss", 2.1, "Train Loss is too high"
-        )
-
-    @require_torch_2_7_0
     @pytest.mark.parametrize(
         "fsdp_reshard_after_forward",
         [True, False],
     )
-    def test_fsdp2_packed_flex(self, temp_dir, fsdp_reshard_after_forward):
+    def test_fsdp2_packed(
+        self, temp_dir, attention_backend, fsdp_reshard_after_forward
+    ):
         # pylint: disable=duplicate-code
         cfg = DictDefault(
             {
@@ -573,9 +509,13 @@ class TestMultiGPULlama:
                     "fsdp_reshard_after_forward": fsdp_reshard_after_forward,
                 },
                 "use_tensorboard": True,
-                "flex_attention": True,
             }
         )
+        if attention_backend == "flash":
+            cfg.flash_attention = True
+        elif attention_backend == "flex":
+            cfg.flex_attention = True
+
         # write cfg to yaml file
         Path(temp_dir).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
         with open(Path(temp_dir) / "config.yaml", "w", encoding="utf-8") as fout:
@@ -677,6 +617,12 @@ class TestMultiGPULlama:
             temp_dir + "/runs", "train/train_loss", 2.3, "Train Loss is too high"
         )
 
+    # TODO: remove skip once deepspeed regression is fixed
+    # see https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/pull/37324
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(
+        transformers_version_eq("4.51.0"),
+        reason="zero3 is not supported with transformers==4.51.0",
+    )
     @pytest.mark.parametrize(
         "gradient_accumulation_steps",
         [1, 2],

tests/e2e/solo/test_flex.py

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from axolotl.train import train
 from axolotl.utils.config import normalize_config, validate_config
 from axolotl.utils.dict import DictDefault
 
-from ..utils import check_tensorboard, require_torch_2_7_0, with_temp_dir
+from ..utils import check_tensorboard, require_torch_2_6_0, with_temp_dir
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger("axolotl.tests.e2e")
 os.environ["WANDB_DISABLED"] = "true"
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class TestPackedFlex(unittest.TestCase):
     Test case for Packed training of llama models
     """
 
-    @require_torch_2_7_0
+    @require_torch_2_6_0
     @with_temp_dir
     def test_loss_llama(self, temp_dir):
         # pylint: disable=duplicate-code

tests/e2e/utils.py

@@ -33,18 +33,6 @@ def with_temp_dir(test_func):
     return wrapper
 
 
-def require_torch_2_7_0(test_case):
-    """
-    Decorator marking a test that requires torch >= 2.7.0
-    """
-
-    def is_min_2_7_0():
-        torch_version = version.parse(torch.__version__)
-        return torch_version >= version.parse("2.7.0")
-
-    return unittest.skipUnless(is_min_2_7_0(), "test requires torch>=2.7.0")(test_case)
-
-
 def most_recent_subdir(path):
     base_path = Path(path)
     subdirectories = [d for d in base_path.iterdir() if d.is_dir()]