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Overview:

Wasn't handling EOS properly, this caused our benchmarks to be off compared to vLLM.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved handling of sampling parameters in text generation, allowing valid falsy values (such as 0 or False) to be set correctly from requests. This ensures more accurate and flexible control over generation options.

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The update changes how the generate method in the DecodeWorkerHandler class processes sampling parameters from incoming requests. Now, parameters with falsy but valid values (such as 0 or False) are accepted, and only those explicitly set to None are skipped. The logic for handling stop conditions is also generalized.

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examples/vllm/components/handlers.py Updated parameter-setting logic in generate to skip only None values, not all falsy values; generalized stop condition handling.

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A handler hopped with nimble care,
Now None alone gets filtered there.
No more skipping zeros or False
Every value gets its due, of course!
With stop conditions handled neat,
This code is now more rabbit-complete. 🐇


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PR: #1626
File: lib/llm/src/preprocessor.rs:238-239
Timestamp: 2025-06-24T20:59:35.725Z
Learning: In lib/llm/src/preprocessor.rs, the sampling_options call in the preprocess_request method is placed in the common section after the match statement on request.prompt_input_type(), meaning it applies to both PromptInput::Tokens and PromptInput::Text request types.

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examples/vllm/components/handlers.py (1)

Learnt from: ishandhanani
PR: #1626
File: lib/llm/src/preprocessor.rs:238-239
Timestamp: 2025-06-24T20:59:35.725Z
Learning: In lib/llm/src/preprocessor.rs, the sampling_options call in the preprocess_request method is placed in the common section after the match statement on request.prompt_input_type(), meaning it applies to both PromptInput::Tokens and PromptInput::Text request types.

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examples/vllm/components/handlers.py (2)

124-126: LGTM! Critical fix for EOS handling.

The change from checking falsy values to only checking for None correctly allows valid parameters like max_tokens=0 or boolean flags set to False to be applied. This fixes the EOS handling issue mentioned in the PR objectives, where previously such valid configurations were incorrectly ignored, leading to benchmark inaccuracies compared to vLLM.


128-130: Excellent generalization of stop conditions handling.

The generalized loop approach is much cleaner than handling specific parameters individually. Consistent with the sampling_options fix above, this ensures all valid stop condition parameters (including falsy ones) are properly applied.


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@alec-flowers alec-flowers enabled auto-merge (squash) July 22, 2025 04:23
@alec-flowers alec-flowers merged commit 4449f3d into main Jul 22, 2025
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@alec-flowers alec-flowers deleted the aflowers/fix-vllm-sampling-params branch July 22, 2025 05:38
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