Add batch size tuning for LLMs

ludwig/models/embedder.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from typing import Callable, Dict, List
+from typing import Callable, Dict, List, Optional
 
 import numpy as np
 import pandas as pd
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def __init__(self):
             self.embedder = embedder.to(self.device)
             self.embedder.eval()
 
-        def step(self, batch_size: int):
+        def step(self, batch_size: int, global_max_sequence_length: Optional[int] = None):
             inputs = {
                 input_feature_name: input_feature.create_sample_input(batch_size=batch_size).to(self.device)
                 for input_feature_name, input_feature in self.embedder.input_features.items()

ludwig/models/retrieval.py

@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ def __init__(self):
             self.model = model.to(get_torch_device())
             self.samples = samples
 
-        def step(self, batch_size: int):
+        def step(self, batch_size: int, global_max_sequence_length: Optional[int] = None):
             self.model.encode(self.samples[:batch_size], batch_size=batch_size, show_progress_bar=False)
 
     return _RetrievalModelEvaluator

ludwig/trainers/trainer.py

@@ -552,6 +552,7 @@ def tune_batch_size(
         snapshot_weights: bool = True,
         on_best_batch_size_updated: Optional[Callable[[int, float, int], None]] = None,
         tune_for_training: bool = True,
+        global_max_sequence_length: Optional[int] = None,
     ) -> int:
         logger.info("Tuning batch size...")
         skip_save_model = self.skip_save_model
@@ -592,7 +593,7 @@ def tune_batch_size(
                 checkpoint.save(os.path.join(tmpdir, "latest.ckpt"), global_step=0)
             try:
                 best_batch_size = evaluator.select_best_batch_size(
-                    len(training_set), max_batch_size, max_trials, self.is_coordinator()
+                    len(training_set), max_batch_size, max_trials, self.is_coordinator(), global_max_sequence_length
                 )
                 best_batch_size = self.distributed.broadcast_object(best_batch_size)
 
@@ -626,7 +627,7 @@ def reset(self):
                 trainer.model.reset_metrics()
                 trainer.optimizer.zero_grad()
 
-            def step(self, batch_size: int):
+            def step(self, batch_size: int, global_max_sequence_length: Optional[int] = None):
                 trainer.distributed.set_batch_size(trainer.dist_model, batch_size)
                 inputs = {
                     input_feature_name: input_feature.create_sample_input(batch_size=batch_size).to(trainer.device)
@@ -648,7 +649,7 @@ def reset(self):
                 trainer.model.reset_metrics()
                 trainer.optimizer.zero_grad()
 
-            def step(self, batch_size: int):
+            def step(self, batch_size: int, global_max_sequence_length: Optional[int] = None):
                 trainer.distributed.set_batch_size(trainer.dist_model, batch_size)
                 inputs = {
                     input_feature_name: input_feature.create_sample_input(batch_size=batch_size).to(trainer.device)

ludwig/trainers/trainer_llm.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import time
 from typing import Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Union
 
+import torch
 from torch.utils.tensorboard import SummaryWriter
 
 from ludwig.constants import MINIMUM_BATCH_SIZE, TEST, TRAINING, VALIDATION
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@
 from ludwig.trainers.trainer import Trainer
 from ludwig.types import ModelConfigDict
 from ludwig.utils import time_utils
+from ludwig.utils.batch_size_tuner import BatchSizeEvaluator
 from ludwig.utils.defaults import default_random_seed
 from ludwig.utils.metric_utils import TrainerMetric
 from ludwig.utils.metrics_printed_table import print_metrics_table
@@ -471,6 +473,82 @@ def evaluation(self, dataset, dataset_name, metrics_log, batch_size, progress_tr
         progress_tracker.llm_eval_examples = llm_eval_examples
         return append_metrics(self.model, dataset_name, metrics, metrics_log, progress_tracker)
 
+    def tune_batch_size(
+        self,
+        config: ModelConfigDict,
+        training_set: Dataset,
+        random_seed: int = default_random_seed,
+        max_trials: int = 20,
+        halving_limit: int = 3,
+        snapshot_weights: bool = True,
+        on_best_batch_size_updated: Optional[Callable[[int, float, int], None]] = None,
+        tune_for_training: bool = True,
+        global_max_sequence_length: Optional[int] = None,
+    ) -> int:
+        if global_max_sequence_length is None:
+            global_max_sequence_length = self.model.global_max_sequence_length
+        return super().tune_batch_size(
+            config,
+            training_set,
+            random_seed,
+            max_trials,
+            halving_limit,
+            snapshot_weights,
+            on_best_batch_size_updated,
+            tune_for_training,
+            global_max_sequence_length,
+        )
+
+    def _create_batch_size_evaluator(self) -> BatchSizeEvaluator:
+        trainer = self
+
+        class _TrainerBatchSizeEvaluator(BatchSizeEvaluator):
+            def __init__(self):
+                self.input_feature_name, self.input_feature = trainer.model.input_features.items()[0]
+                self.output_feature_name, self.output_feature = trainer.model.output_features.items()[0]
+
+                # Get the length of the longest input sequence from the training data
+                self.input_msl = self.input_feature.input_shape[0]
+                # Get the length of the longest output sequence from the training data
+                self.output_msl = self.output_feature.output_shape[0]
+                # max_sequence_length here is the smaller value between the global max sequence length of the model
+                # and the model's context length
+                if trainer.model.config_obj.output_features[0].preprocessing.max_sequence_length:
+                    self.output_msl = trainer.model.config_obj.output_features[0].preprocessing.max_sequence_length
+
+                # This is useful to create the synthetic input and target data which will be a
+                # random sequence of integers between 0 and vocab_size
+                self.vocab_size = len(trainer.model.config_obj.input_features[0].encoder.vocab)
+
+            def reset(self):
+                trainer.model.reset_metrics()
+                trainer.optimizer.zero_grad()
+
+            def step(self, batch_size: int, global_max_sequence_length: int):
+                trainer.distributed.set_batch_size(trainer.dist_model, batch_size)
+
+                input_msl = self.input_msl
+                output_msl = self.output_msl
+                if self.input_msl + self.output_msl > global_max_sequence_length:
+                    # In this case, we just need to make sure that the length of the synthetic data exceeds
+                    # max_sequence_length by at most a small amount
+                    input_msl = global_max_sequence_length // 2 + 1
+                    output_msl = global_max_sequence_length // 2 + 1
+
+                inputs = {
+                    self.input_feature_name: torch.randint(0, self.vocab_size, size=(batch_size, input_msl))
+                    .to(self.input_feature.input_dtype)
+                    .to(trainer.device)
+                }
+                targets = {
+                    self.output_feature_name: torch.randint(0, self.vocab_size, size=(batch_size, output_msl))
+                    .to(self.output_feature.get_output_dtype())
+                    .to(trainer.device)
+                }
+                trainer.train_step(inputs, targets)
+
+        return _TrainerBatchSizeEvaluator()
+
 
 class RemoteLLMTrainer(NoneTrainer):
     def __init__(self, gpus=None, gpu_memory_limit=None, allow_parallel_threads=True, **kwargs):

ludwig/utils/batch_size_tuner.py

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+TOTAL_STEPS = 5
+
 
 @DeveloperAPI
 class BatchSizeEvaluator(ABC):
@@ -21,6 +23,7 @@ def select_best_batch_size(
         max_batch_size: Optional[int] = None,
         max_trials: int = 20,
         is_coordinator: Optional[bool] = True,
+        global_max_sequence_length: Optional[int] = None,
     ) -> int:
         """Returns optimal batch size as measured by throughput (samples / sec)."""
         logger.info("Tuning batch size...")
@@ -51,7 +54,9 @@ def _is_valid_batch_size(batch_size):
             gc.collect()
 
             try:
-                samples_per_sec = self.evaluate(batch_size, total_steps=5)
+                samples_per_sec = self.evaluate(
+                    batch_size, total_steps=TOTAL_STEPS, global_max_sequence_length=global_max_sequence_length
+                )
                 if is_coordinator:
                     logger.info(f"Throughput at batch_size={batch_size}: {samples_per_sec:.5f} samples/s")
                 if samples_per_sec < best_samples_per_sec:
@@ -88,7 +93,9 @@ def _is_valid_batch_size(batch_size):
             logger.info(f"Selected batch_size={best_batch_size}")
         return best_batch_size
 
-    def evaluate(self, batch_size: int, total_steps: int = 5) -> float:
+    def evaluate(
+        self, batch_size: int, total_steps: int = 5, global_max_sequence_length: Optional[int] = None
+    ) -> float:
         """Evaluates throughput of the given batch size.
 
         Return:
@@ -98,7 +105,7 @@ def evaluate(self, batch_size: int, total_steps: int = 5) -> float:
         for _ in range(total_steps):
             self.reset()
             start_ts = time.time()
-            self.step(batch_size)
+            self.step(batch_size, global_max_sequence_length=global_max_sequence_length)
             durations.append(time.time() - start_ts)
 
         med_duration_s = statistics.median(durations)
@@ -111,6 +118,6 @@ def reset(self):
         """Called at the beginning of each evaluation step."""
         pass
 
-    def step(self, batch_size: int):
+    def step(self, batch_size: int, global_max_sequence_length: Optional[int] = None):
         """Called each step to evaluate the given batch size."""
         raise NotImplementedError("`step` must be implemented by concrete evaluator.")

tests/integration_tests/test_llm.py

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import pandas as pd
 import pytest
 import torch
+import yaml
 
 import ludwig.error as ludwig_error
 from ludwig.api import LudwigModel
@@ -1254,6 +1255,39 @@ def test_llm_encoding(llm_encoder_config, adapter, quantization, tmpdir):
     model.train(dataset=dataset_path, output_directory=str(tmpdir))
 
 
+def test_llm_batch_size_tuning():
+    dataset = pd.DataFrame({"instruction": ["a"] * 100, "output": ["a"] * 100})
+    config = yaml.safe_load(
+        """
+    model_type: llm
+    input_features:
+        - name: instruction
+          type: text
+    output_features:
+        - name: output
+          type: text
+    prompt:
+        template: >-
+            {instruction}
+    adapter:
+        type: lora
+    trainer:
+        type: finetune
+        optimizer:
+            type: adam
+        train_steps: 1
+        learning_rate: 0.0002
+        eval_batch_size: 2
+    backend:
+        type: local
+    base_model: HuggingFaceH4/tiny-random-LlamaForCausalLM
+        """
+    )
+    model = LudwigModel(config=config)
+    model.train(dataset=dataset)
+    assert model.config_obj.trainer.batch_size > 1
+
+
 @pytest.mark.llm
 def test_llm_used_tokens(tmpdir):
     input_features = [text_feature(name="input", encoder={"type": "passthrough"})]