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  • When trtllm-serve is configured with the parameter --backend trt:
  • In the call function of the CachedModelLoader class within the llm_utils.py file, the model_format will be set to TLLM_ENGINE.
  • Consequently, _hf_model_dir will be assigned None.
  • When ModelConfig.from_pretrained is called, the passed checkpoint_dir will be None.
  • This leads to repeated access to the invalid URL: /None/resolve/main/config.json.

To address the issue described above, an if check is added to improve code runtime efficiency.

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    • Gracefully handles missing checkpoint directories during model initialization.
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    • Improves stability and robustness when loading pretrained settings without a local checkpoint.

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Introduces a guard in from_pretrained to handle a None checkpoint_dir: skips AutoConfig.from_pretrained, sets pretrained_config to None, model_dir to an empty path, and logs a warning; otherwise, retains existing behavior.

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Model config loading guard
tensorrt_llm/_torch/model_config.py
Added conditional around pretrained config loading in from_pretrained to bypass remote/config fetch when checkpoint_dir is None, setting defaults and logging a warning; unchanged path when checkpoint_dir is provided.

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  autonumber
  participant Caller
  participant ModelConfig as ModelConfig.from_pretrained
  participant HF as transformers.AutoConfig

  Caller->>ModelConfig: from_pretrained(checkpoint_dir)
  alt checkpoint_dir is not None
    ModelConfig->>HF: AutoConfig.from_pretrained(checkpoint_dir)
    HF-->>ModelConfig: pretrained_config
    ModelConfig-->>Caller: model_config (with pretrained_config)
  else checkpoint_dir is None
    Note over ModelConfig: Log warning about missing checkpoint_dir
    ModelConfig-->>Caller: model_config (pretrained_config=None, model_dir="")
  end
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409-413: Improve warning message and model_dir initialization.

If you decide to allow None checkpoint_dir instead of raising an exception:

  1. Path("") is semantically unclear - consider using Path() or a more explicit placeholder like Path("/invalid") with a comment explaining its purpose.
  2. The warning message should be more actionable - explain the context (e.g., "When using TLLM_ENGINE format, checkpoint_dir may be None") and clarify the impact.

Example improvement:

             else:
                 pretrained_config = None
-                model_dir = Path("")
+                model_dir = Path()  # Empty path for TLLM_ENGINE format where HF config is not needed
                 logger.warning(
-                    "checkpoint_dir is None, please check your checkpoint directory path.")
+                    "checkpoint_dir is None (expected for TLLM_ENGINE format). "
+                    "Skipping HuggingFace config loading. Ensure this ModelConfig is only used "
+                    "in contexts that don't require pretrained_config attributes.")
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# When handling the case where model_format is TLLM_ENGINE
# send cyclic requests to the NONE URL.
if checkpoint_dir is not None:
pretrained_config = transformers.AutoConfig.from_pretrained(
checkpoint_dir,
trust_remote_code=trust_remote_code,
)

# Find the cache path by looking for the config.json file which should be in all
# huggingface models
model_dir = Path(
transformers.utils.hub.cached_file(checkpoint_dir,
'config.json')).parent
# Find the cache path by looking for the config.json file which should be in all
# huggingface models
model_dir = Path(
transformers.utils.hub.cached_file(checkpoint_dir,
'config.json')).parent
else:
pretrained_config = None
model_dir = Path("")
logger.warning(
"checkpoint_dir is None, please check your checkpoint directory path.")
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⚠️ Potential issue | 🔴 Critical

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Critical: Downstream code not safe for None pretrained_config.

The guard prevents the invalid URL requests (good), but introducing None for pretrained_config creates runtime errors in properties and methods that assume it's non-null:

  1. Line 183-188: The torch_dtype property will raise AttributeError when accessing self.pretrained_config.torch_dtype if pretrained_config is None.
  2. Lines 439-535: get_bindings_model_config() extensively accesses pretrained_config attributes (num_attention_heads, hidden_size, vocab_size, etc.) without None checks.
  3. Lines 554-572: get_layer_types() and get_num_attention_layers() also access pretrained_config attributes.

Recommended solutions:

  1. Raise an exception instead of logging a warning if checkpoint_dir is None, since the config cannot function properly without a valid pretrained_config.
  2. Add None guards to all properties/methods that access pretrained_config attributes (if None is truly a valid state).
  3. Fix the root cause so that checkpoint_dir is never None when from_pretrained is called.

Apply this diff to raise an exception instead:

-            else:
-                pretrained_config = None
-                model_dir = Path("")
-                logger.warning(
-                    "checkpoint_dir is None, please check your checkpoint directory path.")
+            else:
+                raise ValueError(
+                    "checkpoint_dir is None. Cannot load model config without a valid checkpoint directory."
+                )

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Length of output: 1514


Enforce non-null pretrained_config or guard all accesses

  • Unconditional accesses in methods/properties (torch_dtype at L188; get_bindings_model_config() at L457-470; get_layer_types()/get_num_attention_layers() at L544-573; plus others) will crash if pretrained_config is None.
  • Replace the else branch in from_pretrained to raise instead of assigning None, or add explicit None checks around every access.
-            else:
-                pretrained_config = None
-                model_dir = Path("")
-                logger.warning(
-                    "checkpoint_dir is None, please check your checkpoint directory path.")
+            else:
+                raise ValueError(
+                    "checkpoint_dir is None. Cannot load model config without a valid checkpoint directory."
+                )
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# When handling the case where model_format is TLLM_ENGINE
# send cyclic requests to the NONE URL.
if checkpoint_dir is not None:
pretrained_config = transformers.AutoConfig.from_pretrained(
checkpoint_dir,
trust_remote_code=trust_remote_code,
)
# Find the cache path by looking for the config.json file which should be in all
# huggingface models
model_dir = Path(
transformers.utils.hub.cached_file(checkpoint_dir,
'config.json')).parent
# Find the cache path by looking for the config.json file which should be in all
# huggingface models
model_dir = Path(
transformers.utils.hub.cached_file(checkpoint_dir,
'config.json')).parent
else:
pretrained_config = None
model_dir = Path("")
logger.warning(
"checkpoint_dir is None, please check your checkpoint directory path.")
# When handling the case where model_format is TLLM_ENGINE
# send cyclic requests to the NONE URL.
if checkpoint_dir is not None:
pretrained_config = transformers.AutoConfig.from_pretrained(
checkpoint_dir,
trust_remote_code=trust_remote_code,
)
# Find the cache path by looking for the config.json file which should be in all
# huggingface models
model_dir = Path(
transformers.utils.hub.cached_file(checkpoint_dir,
'config.json')).parent
else:
raise ValueError(
"checkpoint_dir is None. Cannot load model config without a valid checkpoint directory."
)
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In tensorrt_llm/_torch/model_config.py around lines 396 to 413, the current else
branch sets pretrained_config to None which will cause unconditional accesses
later to crash; change the else branch to raise a clear ValueError (or similar)
indicating checkpoint_dir is required, and remove the model_dir = Path("")
fallback so callers never see an invalid model_config; alternatively, if you
prefer nullable, add explicit None checks and raise when any method/property is
invoked without pretrained_config, but pick one approach and apply it
consistently to ensure pretrained_config is never accessed when None.

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