[Prototype] Vision multimodal

Dockerfile

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ COPY --chmod=777 ./fast_llm/__init__.py fast_llm/
 COPY --chmod=777 ./fast_llm/csrc/ fast_llm/csrc/
 
 # Install dependencies within the virtual environment.
-RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --no-build-isolation -e ".[CORE,OPTIONAL,HUGGINGFACE,SSM,GENERATION,DEV]" triton==3.1.0
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --no-build-isolation -e ".[CORE,OPTIONAL,HUGGINGFACE,SSM,VISION,GENERATION,DEV]" triton==3.1.0
 
 # Copy the remaining source code with universal write permissions.
 COPY --chmod=777 ./Megatron-LM Megatron-LM

fast_llm/config.py

@@ -492,6 +492,10 @@ def _validate_element(cls, value, type_, name: str):
                 value = cls._validate_dict(value, type_, name)
             elif origin is type:
                 value = cls._validate_type(value, type_, name)
+            elif issubclass(origin, Config):
+                # TODO: Validate arguments for config generics.
+                cls._validate_element_type(value, type_.__origin__, strict=False)
+                value.validate(_is_validating=True)
             else:
                 raise FieldTypeError(f"Unsupported __origin__ `{origin}`")
         elif not isinstance(type_, type):
@@ -806,17 +810,24 @@ def _from_dict_nested(cls, value, type_, strict: bool):
                 value = cls._from_dict_array(value, type_, strict)
             elif issubclass(origin, dict):
                 value = cls._from_dict_dict(value, type_, strict)
+            elif issubclass(origin, Config):
+                value = cls._from_dict_config(value, type_, strict)
             elif origin is type:
                 pass
             else:
                 raise FieldTypeError(f"Unsupported __origin__ `{origin}`")
         elif not isinstance(type_, type):
             raise FieldTypeError(f"Not a type: {type_}.")
         elif issubclass(type_, Config):
-            if value is MISSING:
-                value = {}
-            if isinstance(value, dict):
-                value = type_._from_dict(value, strict)
+            value = cls._from_dict_config(value, type_, strict)
+        return value
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _from_dict_config(cls, value, type_, strict: bool):
+        if value is MISSING:
+            value = {}
+        if isinstance(value, dict):
+            value = type_._from_dict(value, strict)
         return value
 
     @classmethod
@@ -938,6 +949,7 @@ def __init_subclass__(cls):
         We need to postpone validation until the class has been processed by the dataclass wrapper.
         """
         Assert.eq(cls.__name__, cls.__qualname__)
+        super().__init_subclass__()
         for base_class in cls.__mro__:
             if issubclass(base_class, Config) and base_class is not cls:
                 assert cls.__class_validated__, (
@@ -1006,6 +1018,7 @@ def __init__(self, config: ConfigType, *args, **kwargs):
     def __init_subclass__(cls):
         # Automatically set `config_class` based on the bound type.
         # Make sure `ConfigType` is bound and respects class hierarchy.
+        super().__init_subclass__()
         try:
             config_class = None
             for base in types.get_original_bases(cls):

fast_llm/data/config.py

@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 import enum
 import pathlib
+import typing
 
 from fast_llm.config import Config, Field, FieldHint, check_field, config_class
 from fast_llm.utils import Assert
 
+if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from fast_llm.data.tokenizer import Tokenizer
+
 
 class MultiprocessingContext(str, enum.Enum):
     # Fast but risk of segfaults due to interactions with triton
@@ -29,7 +33,7 @@ class TokenizerConfig(Config):
         hint=FieldHint.deprecated,
         valid=check_field(Assert.eq, TokenizerFromFile),
     )
-    path: pathlib.Path | None = Field(
+    path: pathlib.Path = Field(
         default=None,
         desc="Path to the tokenizer file.",
         hint=FieldHint.core,
@@ -39,3 +43,8 @@ class TokenizerConfig(Config):
         desc="BOS token to use if the tokenizer doesn't define one; must be an existing token.",
         hint=FieldHint.core,
     )
+
+    def get_tokenizer(self) -> "Tokenizer":
+        from fast_llm.data.tokenizer import Tokenizer
+
+        return Tokenizer(self)

fast_llm/data/data/abstract.py

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 from fast_llm.config import Configurable
 from fast_llm.data.data.config import DataConfig
 from fast_llm.data.dataset.config import SamplingParameters
+from fast_llm.data.sample.abstract import Batch
 from fast_llm.engine.distributed.config import DistributedConfig
 from fast_llm.engine.schedule.config import BatchConfig
 
@@ -47,5 +48,5 @@ def get_iterator(
         num_workers: int,
         prefetch_factor: int | None = None,
         timeout: float = 60,
-    ) -> typing.Iterator[typing.Any]:
+    ) -> typing.Iterator[Batch]:
         pass

fast_llm/data/data/gpt/config.py

@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 import logging
+import typing
 
-from fast_llm.config import Field, FieldHint, FieldUpdate, check_field, config_class
-from fast_llm.data.config import MultiprocessingContext, TokenizerConfig
+from fast_llm.config import Field, FieldHint, check_field, config_class
+from fast_llm.data.config import MultiprocessingContext
 from fast_llm.data.data.config import DataConfig
-from fast_llm.data.dataset.gpt.config import GPTSampledDatasetConfig, GPTSamplingConfig
+from fast_llm.data.dataset.config import SampledDatasetConfig
 from fast_llm.utils import Assert
 
+if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from fast_llm.data.sample.language_model import LanguageModelSample
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
@@ -19,17 +22,12 @@ class GPTDataConfig(DataConfig):
 
     _abstract = False
 
-    tokenizer: TokenizerConfig = Field(
-        desc="Configuration for the tokenizer (for FIM).",
-        hint=FieldHint.feature,
-    )
     # TODO: Review field. Move closer to phase definition in training config?
-    datasets: dict[str, GPTSampledDatasetConfig] = Field(
+    datasets: dict[str, SampledDatasetConfig["LanguageModelSample"]] = Field(
         default_factory=dict,
         desc="Configuration for the dataset(s).",
         hint=FieldHint.core,
     )
-    sampling: GPTSamplingConfig = FieldUpdate()
     data_sample_warn_time_ms: float = Field(
         default=1000,
         desc="Warn if a sample takes too long to load.",

fast_llm/data/data/gpt/data.py

@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
-import dataclasses
 import logging
 import pathlib
 import typing
 import warnings
-from functools import partial
 
-import numpy as np
 import torch
 import torch.utils.data
 
@@ -14,60 +11,25 @@
 from fast_llm.data.data.gpt.config import GPTDataConfig
 from fast_llm.data.dataset.abstract import SampledDataset
 from fast_llm.data.dataset.gpt.config import GPTSamplingData, GPTSamplingParameters
-from fast_llm.data.dataset.gpt.sampled import GPTSample
 from fast_llm.data.dataset.monitor import DatasetMonitor
 from fast_llm.data.iterator import SampledDatasetIterator
-from fast_llm.data.tokenizer import Tokenizer
+from fast_llm.data.sample.language_model import LanguageModelBatch
 from fast_llm.engine.config_utils.run import log_main_rank
 from fast_llm.engine.distributed.config import DistributedConfig
 from fast_llm.engine.distributed.distributed import Distributed
-from fast_llm.engine.schedule.config import BatchConfig
+from fast_llm.models.gpt.config import GPTBatchConfig
 from fast_llm.utils import Assert
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-@dataclasses.dataclass
-class GPTBatch:
-    token_ids: torch.Tensor
-    loss_masking_spans: list[torch.Tensor] | None = None
-    sequence_lengths: list[torch.Tensor] | None = None
-    chosen_spans: list[torch.Tensor] | None = None
-    rejected_spans: list[torch.Tensor] | None = None
-
-
-def gpt_data_collate_fn(batch: list[GPTSample], sampling_parameters: GPTSamplingParameters) -> GPTBatch:
-    stacked_ids = np.stack([sample.token_ids for sample in batch])
-    stacked_spans = None
-    sequence_lengths = None
-    stacked_chosen_spans = None
-    stacked_rejected_spans = None
-    if sampling_parameters.use_loss_masking_spans:
-        stacked_spans = [torch.from_numpy(sample.loss_masking_spans) for sample in batch]
-    if sampling_parameters.use_preference_loss_spans:
-        stacked_chosen_spans = [torch.from_numpy(sample.chosen_span) for sample in batch]
-        stacked_rejected_spans = [torch.from_numpy(sample.rejected_span) for sample in batch]
-    if not sampling_parameters.cross_document_attention:
-        sequence_lengths = [torch.tensor(sample.sequence_lengths) for sample in batch]
-    return GPTBatch(
-        token_ids=torch.from_numpy(stacked_ids),
-        loss_masking_spans=stacked_spans,
-        sequence_lengths=sequence_lengths,
-        chosen_spans=stacked_chosen_spans,
-        rejected_spans=stacked_rejected_spans,
-    )
-
-
 class GPTData[ConfigType: GPTDataConfig](Data[ConfigType]):
     """
     A global class for all dataset needs, including loading, splitting, sampling and iteration.
-    Currently hard-coded to a GPT dataset.
-    TODO: Separate generic and GPT classes.
     """
 
     _datasets: dict[str, SampledDataset]
     _sampling_parameters: dict[str, GPTSamplingParameters]
-    _tokenizer: Tokenizer | None
     _is_setup: bool = False
 
     def __init__(
@@ -108,49 +70,37 @@ def setup(
             )
 
         log_main_rank(f"Preparing dataset. This may take several minutes.")
-        self._tokenizer = None if self._config.tokenizer.path is None else Tokenizer(self._config.tokenizer)
 
         if self._cache_directory is None:
             # TODO: Avoid this
             warnings.warn(f"Using the dataset directory for the index cache.")
 
         self._datasets = {}
         for dataset_name, sampling_parameters in self._sampling_parameters.items():
-            if self._tokenizer is not None:
-                # NOTE: Some models like Qwen2-1.5B-Instruct
-                # have vocab_size bigger in model config than in tokenizer
-                # TODO: Still, is it too constraining?
-                Assert.geq(sampling_parameters.vocab_size, self._tokenizer.vocab_size)
             if sampling_parameters.num_samples > 0:
                 sampling = GPTSamplingData(
                     config=self._config.sampling,
                     parameters=sampling_parameters,
                     cache_directory=self._cache_directory,
                     distributed=distributed,
                     dataset_name=dataset_name,
-                    tokenizer=self._tokenizer,
                 )
                 dataset = self._config.datasets[dataset_name].build_and_sample(sampling)
                 self._datasets[dataset_name] = DatasetMonitor(dataset, self._config.data_sample_warn_time_ms)
 
         safe_barrier(self._distributed.world_group, "data_preparation", timeout)
         self._is_setup = True
 
-    @property
-    def tokenizer(self) -> Tokenizer:
-        assert self._is_setup
-        return self._tokenizer
-
     def get_iterator(
         self,
-        batch_config: BatchConfig,
+        batch_config: GPTBatchConfig,
         dataset_name: str,
         *,
         consumed_samples: int,
         num_workers: int,
         prefetch_factor: int | None = None,
         timeout: float = 60,
-    ) -> typing.Iterator[typing.Any]:
+    ) -> typing.Iterator[LanguageModelBatch]:
         assert self._is_setup
 
         # Some dataset names may come from phases and are capitalized,
@@ -175,10 +125,7 @@ def get_iterator(
                 num_workers=num_workers,
                 prefetch_factor=prefetch_factor,
                 pin_memory=True,
-                collate_fn=partial(
-                    gpt_data_collate_fn,
-                    sampling_parameters=sampling_parameters,
-                ),
+                collate_fn=LanguageModelBatch.from_samples,
                 multiprocessing_context=self._config.multiprocessing_context.value if num_workers > 0 else None,
             )
         )

fast_llm/data/dataset/abstract.py

@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 import abc
 import typing
 
+from fast_llm.data.sample.abstract import Sample
+
 if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
     from fast_llm.data.dataset.config import SamplingData
 
 
-class Dataset(abc.ABC):
+class Dataset[SampleType: Sample](abc.ABC):
     """
     A generic dataset class compatible with torch.utils.data.Dataset but with a slightly different signature.
     """
@@ -17,24 +19,32 @@ def name(self) -> str:
         A name for the dataset to facilitate identification and debugging.
         """
 
+    def __getstate__(self):
+        state = super().__getstate__()
+        # Pickling sometimes fails with bound `SampleType`.
+        # This is not needed at runtime, so we just drop it.
+        if "__orig_class__" in state:
+            del state["__orig_class__"]
+        return state
+
 
-class SampledDataset(Dataset):
+class SampledDataset[SampleType: Sample](Dataset[SampleType]):
     """
     A sampled dataset class containing a prepared list of samples to be indexed sequentially (as-is) during training.
     (See the `Sampler` class below.)
     """
 
     @abc.abstractmethod
-    def __getitem__(self, index: int) -> typing.Any:
+    def __getitem__(self, index: int) -> SampleType:
         pass
 
     @abc.abstractmethod
     def __len__(self) -> int:
         pass
 
 
-class SamplableDataset(Dataset):
+class SamplableDataset[SampleType: Sample](Dataset[SampleType]):
 
     @abc.abstractmethod
-    def sample(self, config: "SamplingData") -> SampledDataset:
+    def sample(self, config: "SamplingData") -> SampledDataset[SampleType]:
         pass