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llama.cpp - capture tensors to .npy format
#include "arg.h"
#include "common.h"
#include "log.h"
#include "llama.h"
#include "ggml.h"
#include <map>
#include <cstdio>
#include <string>
#include <vector>
#include <fstream>
#include <numeric>
#include <sstream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <algorithm>
#include "../../src/eval-callback-data.h"
/**
* Sanitizes a tensor name to be used as part of a filename.
* Replaces characters that are invalid in filenames on common OSes with underscores.
* @param name The original tensor name.
* @return A sanitized string suitable for use in a filename.
*/
static std::string sanitize_filename(const std::string & name) {
std::string sanitized = name;
for (char & c : sanitized) {
if (std::string("/\\:*?\"<>|").find(c) != std::string::npos) {
c = '_';
}
}
return sanitized;
}
/**
* Maps a GGML type to its corresponding NumPy data type descriptor string.
* @param type The GGML data type.
* @return A string representing the NumPy dtype, or an empty string if unsupported.
*/
static std::string get_npy_descr(ggml_type type) {
switch (type) {
case GGML_TYPE_F32: return "'<f4'";
case GGML_TYPE_F16: return "'<f2'";
case GGML_TYPE_I64: return "'<i8'";
case GGML_TYPE_I32: return "'<i4'";
case GGML_TYPE_I16: return "'<i2'";
case GGML_TYPE_I8: return "'<i1'";
// Note: BF16 is handled by converting to F32 before this function is called.
default: return "";
}
}
static std::string ggml_ne_string(const ggml_tensor * t); // forward declaration
/**
* Callback to save a tensor's data to disk in NPY (NumPy) format v1.0.
*
* ref: https://numpy.org/doc/stable/reference/generated/numpy.lib.format.html#format-version-1-0
*
* @param t current tensor
* @param ask when ask is true, we return true if we want to receive the data for this tensor.
* @param user_data a pointer to a `callback_data` struct.
* @return always returns true to continue graph execution.
*/
static bool save_tensor_to_npy(struct ggml_tensor * t, bool ask, void * user_data) {
if (ask) {
// currently only support non-quantized tensors, which we can easily save to NPY format
if (ggml_is_quantized(t->type)) {
return false;
}
ggml_type type_to_check = t->type;
if (type_to_check == GGML_TYPE_BF16) {
type_to_check = GGML_TYPE_F32; // we promise to convert BF16 GGML tensors to F32 GGML tensors before converting/writing
}
return !get_npy_descr(type_to_check).empty();
}
auto * cb_data = (callback_data *) user_data;
// prepare tensor data (ensure it's contiguous and in a supported format)
ggml_type type_to_save = t->type;
std::vector<uint8_t> data_to_save;
if (t->type == GGML_TYPE_BF16) {
// we are going to convert BF16 data to F32
type_to_save = GGML_TYPE_F32;
const int64_t n_elems = ggml_nelements(t);
data_to_save.resize(n_elems * sizeof(float));
// create a temporary buffer for the bf16 data
std::vector<uint8_t> bf16_data(ggml_nbytes(t));
ggml_backend_tensor_get(t, bf16_data.data(), 0, ggml_nbytes(t));
// manually convert bf16 to f32
float * dst_f32 = (float *) data_to_save.data();
ggml_bf16_t * src_bf16 = (ggml_bf16_t *) bf16_data.data();
for (int64_t i = 0; i < n_elems; ++i) {
dst_f32[i] = ggml_bf16_to_fp32(src_bf16[i]);
}
} else {
// for other types, get a contiguous copy from the backend.
// this handles GPU --> CPU transfers and non-contiguous tensors automatically.
data_to_save.resize(ggml_nbytes(t));
ggml_backend_tensor_get(t, data_to_save.data(), 0, ggml_nbytes(t));
}
// construct file header string
std::string descr = get_npy_descr(type_to_save);
std::string shape_str = "(";
const int n_dims = ggml_n_dims(t);
if (n_dims > 0) {
for (int i = n_dims - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
shape_str += std::to_string(t->ne[i]);
if ((n_dims > 1 && i > 0)) {
shape_str += ", ";
}
}
}
if (n_dims == 1) {
shape_str += ",";
}
shape_str += ")";
std::string header_dict_nl = "{'descr': " + descr + ", 'fortran_order': False, 'shape': " + shape_str + ", }\n";
// determine filename
std::string descriptive_name;
auto it = cb_data->tensor_descriptive_names.find(t);
if (it != cb_data->tensor_descriptive_names.end()) {
descriptive_name = it->second;
} else {
descriptive_name = t->name;
}
if (descriptive_name.empty()) {
descriptive_name = "unnamed";
}
// create file
LOG("%s: saving tensor '%s'\n", __func__, descriptive_name.c_str());
LOG("%s: -- op: %s, type: %s, shape: [%s]\n", __func__, ggml_op_desc(t), ggml_type_name(t->type), ggml_ne_string(t).c_str());
std::stringstream ss;
ss << std::setw(4) << std::setfill('0') << cb_data->file_counter++ << "_" << sanitize_filename(descriptive_name) << ".npy";
std::string filename = ss.str();
std::ofstream file(filename, std::ios::binary);
if (!file) {
LOG_ERR("%s: -- failed to open file '%s' for writing\n", __func__, filename.c_str());
return true;
}
// write file header
// magic string and version 1.0
file.write("\x93NUMPY", 6);
file.put('\x01');
file.put('\x00');
// header length and padding calculation
size_t unpadded_len = 10 + header_dict_nl.length(); // magic, version, and length fields
size_t padding = (64 - (unpadded_len % 64)) % 64;
std::string header_padded = header_dict_nl;
header_padded.insert(header_padded.length() - 1, padding, ' ');
uint16_t header_len_val = header_padded.length();
// write header length (2 bytes, LE)
file.put(header_len_val & 0xFF);
file.put((header_len_val >> 8) & 0xFF);
// write header content
file.write(header_padded.c_str(), header_padded.length());
// write tensor data
file.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(data_to_save.data()), data_to_save.size());
file.close();
LOG("%s: -- saved to %s\n", __func__, filename.c_str());
return true;
}
static std::string ggml_ne_string(const ggml_tensor * t) {
std::string str;
for (int i = 0; i < GGML_MAX_DIMS; ++i) {
str += std::to_string(t->ne[i]);
if (i + 1 < GGML_MAX_DIMS) {
str += ", ";
}
}
return str;
}
static inline float ggml_compute_bf16_to_fp32(ggml_bf16_t h) {
union {
float f;
uint32_t i;
} u;
u.i = (uint32_t)h.bits << 16;
return u.f;
}
static float ggml_get_float_value(uint8_t * data, ggml_type type, const size_t * nb, size_t i0, size_t i1, size_t i2, size_t i3) {
size_t i = i3 * nb[3] + i2 * nb[2] + i1 * nb[1] + i0 * nb[0];
float v;
if (type == GGML_TYPE_F16) {
v = ggml_fp16_to_fp32(*(ggml_fp16_t *) &data[i]);
} else if (type == GGML_TYPE_F32) {
v = *(float *) &data[i];
} else if (type == GGML_TYPE_I64) {
v = (float) *(int64_t *) &data[i];
} else if (type == GGML_TYPE_I32) {
v = (float) *(int32_t *) &data[i];
} else if (type == GGML_TYPE_I16) {
v = (float) *(int16_t *) &data[i];
} else if (type == GGML_TYPE_I8) {
v = (float) *(int8_t *) &data[i];
} else if (type == GGML_TYPE_BF16) {
v = ggml_compute_bf16_to_fp32(*(ggml_bf16_t *) &data[i]);
} else {
GGML_ABORT("fatal error");
}
return v;
}
static void ggml_print_tensor(uint8_t * data, ggml_type type, const int64_t * ne, const size_t * nb, int64_t n) {
GGML_ASSERT(n > 0);
float sum = 0;
for (int64_t i3 = 0; i3 < ne[3]; i3++) {
for (int64_t i2 = 0; i2 < ne[2]; i2++) {
for (int64_t i1 = 0; i1 < ne[1]; i1++) {
for (int64_t i0 = 0; i0 < ne[0]; i0++) {
const float v = ggml_get_float_value(data, type, nb, i0, i1, i2, i3);
sum += v;
}
}
}
}
for (int64_t i3 = 0; i3 < ne[3]; i3++) {
LOG(" [\n");
for (int64_t i2 = 0; i2 < ne[2]; i2++) {
if (i2 == n && ne[2] > 2*n) {
LOG(" ..., \n");
i2 = ne[2] - n;
}
LOG(" [\n");
for (int64_t i1 = 0; i1 < ne[1]; i1++) {
if (i1 == n && ne[1] > 2*n) {
LOG(" ..., \n");
i1 = ne[1] - n;
}
LOG(" [");
for (int64_t i0 = 0; i0 < ne[0]; i0++) {
if (i0 == n && ne[0] > 2*n) {
LOG("..., ");
i0 = ne[0] - n;
}
const float v = ggml_get_float_value(data, type, nb, i0, i1, i2, i3);
LOG("%12.4f", v);
if (i0 < ne[0] - 1) LOG(", ");
}
LOG("],\n");
}
LOG(" ],\n");
}
LOG(" ]\n");
LOG(" sum = %f\n", sum);
}
// TODO: make this abort configurable/optional?
if (std::isnan(sum)) {
LOG_ERR("encountered NaN - aborting\n");
exit(0);
}
}
/**
* GGML operations callback during the graph execution.
*
* @param t current tensor
* @param ask when ask is true, the scheduler wants to know if we are interested in data from this tensor
* if we return true, a follow-up call will be made with ask=false in which we can do the actual collection.
* see ggml_backend_sched_eval_callback
* @param user_data user data to pass at each call back
* @return true to receive data or continue the graph, false otherwise
*/
static bool ggml_debug(struct ggml_tensor * t, bool ask, void * user_data) {
auto * cb_data = (callback_data *) user_data;
const struct ggml_tensor * src0 = t->src[0];
const struct ggml_tensor * src1 = t->src[1];
if (ask) {
return true; // Always retrieve data
}
char src1_str[128] = {0};
if (src1) {
snprintf(src1_str, sizeof(src1_str), "%s{%s}", src1->name, ggml_ne_string(src1).c_str());
}
LOG("%s: %24s = (%s) %10s(%s{%s}, %s}) = {%s}\n", __func__,
t->name, ggml_type_name(t->type), ggml_op_desc(t),
src0->name, ggml_ne_string(src0).c_str(),
src1 ? src1_str : "",
ggml_ne_string(t).c_str());
// copy the data from the GPU memory if needed
const bool is_host = ggml_backend_buffer_is_host(t->buffer);
if (!is_host) {
auto n_bytes = ggml_nbytes(t);
cb_data->data.resize(n_bytes);
ggml_backend_tensor_get(t, cb_data->data.data(), 0, n_bytes);
}
if (!ggml_is_quantized(t->type)) {
uint8_t * data = is_host ? (uint8_t *) t->data : cb_data->data.data();
ggml_print_tensor(data, t->type, t->ne, t->nb, 3);
}
return true;
}
static bool run(llama_context * ctx, const common_params & params) {
const llama_model * model = llama_get_model(ctx);
const llama_vocab * vocab = llama_model_get_vocab(model);
const bool add_bos = llama_vocab_get_add_bos(vocab);
std::vector<llama_token> tokens = common_tokenize(ctx, params.prompt, add_bos);
if (tokens.empty()) {
LOG_ERR("%s : there are not input tokens to process - (try to provide a prompt with '-p')\n", __func__);
return false;
}
if (llama_decode(ctx, llama_batch_get_one(tokens.data(), tokens.size()))) {
LOG_ERR("%s : failed to eval\n", __func__);
return false;
}
return true;
}
int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
callback_data cb_data;
common_params params;
if (!common_params_parse(argc, argv, params, LLAMA_EXAMPLE_COMMON)) {
return 1;
}
common_init();
llama_backend_init();
llama_numa_init(params.numa);
// pass the callback to the backend scheduler
// it will be executed for each node during the graph computation
params.cb_eval = save_tensor_to_npy;
params.cb_eval_user_data = &cb_data;
params.warmup = false;
// init
common_init_result llama_init = common_init_from_params(params);
llama_model * model = llama_init.model.get();
llama_context * ctx = llama_init.context.get();
if (model == nullptr || ctx == nullptr) {
LOG_ERR("%s : failed to init\n", __func__);
return 1;
}
// print system information
{
LOG_INF("\n");
LOG_INF("%s\n", common_params_get_system_info(params).c_str());
LOG_INF("\n");
}
bool OK = run(ctx, params);
if (!OK) {
return 1;
}
LOG("\n");
llama_perf_context_print(ctx);
llama_backend_free();
return 0;
}
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