Make loading weights 10-100x faster

This is a breaking change that's going to give you three benefits:

1. Your inference commands should load 100x faster
2. You may be able to safely load models 2x larger
3. You can run many concurrent inference processes

This was accomplished by changing the file format so we can mmap()
weights directly into memory without having to read() or copy them
thereby ensuring the kernel can make its file cache pages directly
accessible to our inference processes; and secondly, that the file
cache pages are much less likely to get evicted (which would force
loads to hit disk) because they're no longer competing with memory
pages that were needlessly created by gigabytes of standard i/o.

The new file format supports single-file models like LLaMA 7b, and
it also supports multi-file models like LLaMA 13B. Our Python tool
now merges the foo.1, foo.2, etc. files back into a single file so
that the C++ code which maps it doesn't need to reshape data every
time. That's made llama.cpp so much simpler. Much of its load code
has now been deleted.

Furthermore, this change ensures that tensors are aligned properly
on a 32-byte boundary. That opens the door to seeing if we can get
additional performance gains on some microprocessors, by using ops
that require memory alignment.

Lastly note that both POSIX and the Windows platform are supported

Fixes ggerganov#91

.gitignore

@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ models/*
 /main
 /quantize
 /server
+/result
+/perplexity
+/embedding
+/Pipfile
 
 arm_neon.h
 compile_commands.json

convert-ggml-to-pth.py

@@ -84,6 +84,11 @@ def read_variables(fin):
         shape = shape[::-1]
         name = fin.read(name_length).decode("utf-8")
 
+        # ensure tensor data is aligned
+        tensor_data_offset = fin.tell()
+        tensor_data_offset = (tensor_data_offset + 31) & -32
+        fin.seek(tensor_data_offset)
+
         if ftype_cur == 2:
             # 4-bit quantized weights
             dtype = np.uint8

convert-gptq-to-ggml.py

@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ def write_header(shape, dst_name, ftype_cur):
     fout.write(struct.pack("i" * len(shape), *shape[::-1]))
     fout.write(sname)
 
+    # ensure tensor data is aligned
+    tensor_data_offset = fout.tell()
+    tensor_data_offset = (tensor_data_offset + 31) & -32
+    fout.seek(tensor_data_offset)
+
 def convert_non_q4(src_name, dst_name):
     v = model[src_name]
     shape = v.shape

convert-pth-to-ggml.py

@@ -24,16 +24,64 @@
 
 from sentencepiece import SentencePieceProcessor
 
-def parse_args():
+QK = 32
+
+GGML_TYPE_Q4_0  = 0
+GGML_TYPE_Q4_1  = 1
+GGML_TYPE_I8    = 2
+GGML_TYPE_I16   = 3
+GGML_TYPE_I32   = 4
+GGML_TYPE_F16   = 5
+GGML_TYPE_F32   = 6
+
+WTYPES = {
+    0: GGML_TYPE_F32,
+    1: GGML_TYPE_F16,
+    2: GGML_TYPE_Q4_0,
+    3: GGML_TYPE_Q4_1,
+}
+
+GGML_BLCK_SIZE = {
+    GGML_TYPE_Q4_0:  QK,
+    GGML_TYPE_Q4_1:  QK,
+    GGML_TYPE_I8:    1,
+    GGML_TYPE_I16:   1,
+    GGML_TYPE_I32:   1,
+    GGML_TYPE_F16:   1,
+    GGML_TYPE_F32:   1,
+}
+
+GGML_TYPE_SIZE = {
+    GGML_TYPE_Q4_0: 4   + QK/2,
+    GGML_TYPE_Q4_1: 4*2 + QK/2,
+    GGML_TYPE_I8:   1,
+    GGML_TYPE_I16:  2,
+    GGML_TYPE_I32:  4,
+    GGML_TYPE_F16:  2,
+    GGML_TYPE_F32:  4,
+}
+
+def ggml_nelements(shape):
+    r = 1
+    for i in shape:
+        r *= i
+    return r
+
+def ggml_nbytes(shape, ftype):
+    x = ggml_nelements(shape)
+    t = WTYPES[ftype]
+    x *= GGML_TYPE_SIZE[t]
+    x //= GGML_BLCK_SIZE[t]
+    return x
 
+def parse_args():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Convert a LLaMA model checkpoint to a ggml compatible file')
     parser.add_argument('dir_model',  help='directory containing the model checkpoint')
     parser.add_argument('ftype',      help='file type (0: float32, 1: float16)', type=int, choices=[0, 1], default=1)
     parser.add_argument('vocab_only', help='only write vocab to file', type=int, default=0, nargs='?')
     return parser.parse_args()
 
 def get_n_parts(dim):
-
     mappings = {4096: 1, 5120: 2, 6656: 4, 8192: 8}
     n_parts = mappings.get(dim)
     if n_parts is None:
@@ -44,30 +92,24 @@ def get_n_parts(dim):
     return n_parts
 
 def load_hparams_and_tokenizer(dir_model):
-
     # `dir_model` is something like `models/7B` or `models/7B/`.
     # "tokenizer.model" is expected under model's parent dir.
     # When `dir_model` is a symlink, f"{dir_model}/../tokenizer.model" would not be found.
     # Let's use the model's parent dir directly.
     model_parent_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.normpath(dir_model))
-
     fname_hparams = f"{dir_model}/params.json"
     fname_tokenizer = f"{model_parent_dir}/tokenizer.model"
-
     with open(fname_hparams, "r") as f:
         hparams = json.load(f)
         print(hparams)
-
     tokenizer = SentencePieceProcessor(fname_tokenizer)
     hparams.update({"vocab_size": tokenizer.vocab_size()})
-
     return hparams, tokenizer
 
 def write_header(fout, hparams, ftype):
-
     keys = ["vocab_size", "dim", "multiple_of", "n_heads", "n_layers"]
     values = [
-        0x67676d66,  # magic: ggmf in hex
+        0x67676a74,  # magic: ggjt in hex
         1, # file version
         *[hparams[key] for key in keys],
         hparams["dim"] // hparams["n_heads"],  # rot (obsolete)
@@ -76,7 +118,6 @@ def write_header(fout, hparams, ftype):
     fout.write(struct.pack("i" * len(values), *values))
 
 def write_tokens(fout, tokenizer):
-
     for i in range(tokenizer.vocab_size()):
         if tokenizer.is_unknown(i):
             text = " \u2047 ".encode("utf-8")
@@ -95,85 +136,141 @@ def write_tokens(fout, tokenizer):
         fout.write(text)
         fout.write(struct.pack("f", tokenizer.get_score(i)))
 
-def process_and_write_variables(fout, model, ftype):
-
+def process_and_write_variables(fout, model, ftype, part_id, n_parts):
     for name, datao in model.items():
-
         if name.endswith("freqs"):
             continue
 
-        shape = datao.shape
-
-        print(f"Processing variable: {name} with shape: {shape} and type: {datao.dtype}")
-
+        # remove dimensions with a single element
         data = datao.numpy().squeeze()
-        n_dims = len(shape)
+        partshape = data.shape
+        n_dims = len(data.shape)
+        assert n_dims in (1, 2)
+
+        print(f"Processing variable: {name} with shape: {partshape} and type: {datao.dtype}")
 
-        # default type is fp16
+        # coerce single-dimensional tensors from float16 to float32
         ftype_cur = 1
         if ftype == 0 or n_dims == 1:
             print("  Converting to float32")
             data = data.astype(np.float32)
             ftype_cur = 0
-
-        # header
+        blck_size = GGML_BLCK_SIZE[WTYPES[ftype_cur]]
+        type_size = GGML_TYPE_SIZE[WTYPES[ftype_cur]]
+
+        # determine dimension along which multipart tensor is sharded
+        #
+        # split_dim 0 regex:
+        #   - output.*
+        #   - layers.*.attention.wq.weight
+        #   - layers.*.attention.wk.weight
+        #   - layers.*.attention.wv.weight
+        #   - layers.*.feed_forward.w1.weight
+        #   - layers.*.feed_forward.w3.weight
+        #
+        # split_dim 1 regex:
+        #   - tok_embeddings.*
+        #   - layers.*.attention.wo.weight
+        #   - layers.*.feed_forward.w2.weight
+        #
+        if n_dims > 1:
+            split_dim = 1
+            if "tok_embeddings" in name:
+                split_dim = 1
+            elif "layers" in name:
+                if "attention.wo.weight" in name:
+                    split_dim = 1
+                elif "feed_forward.w2.weight" in name:
+                    split_dim = 1
+                else:
+                    split_dim = 0
+            elif "output" in name:
+                split_dim = 0
+
+        # output tensor header
+        fullshape = list(partshape)
+        if n_dims > 1:
+            fullshape[split_dim] *= n_parts
         sname = name.encode('utf-8')
-        fout.write(struct.pack("iii", len(data.shape), len(sname), ftype_cur))
-        for dim in reversed(data.shape):
+        fout.write(struct.pack("iii", n_dims, len(sname), ftype_cur))
+        for dim in reversed(fullshape):
             fout.write(struct.pack("i", dim))
         fout.write(sname)
 
-        # data output to file
-        data.tofile(fout)
+        # ensure tensor data is aligned
+        tensor_data_offset = fout.tell()
+        while tensor_data_offset % QK != 0:
+            fout.write(struct.pack("B", 0))
+            tensor_data_offset += 1
+
+        # output unified mappable tensor data
+        if n_dims == 1 or n_parts == 1:
+            # copy tensor which we thankfully received in one piece
+            if part_id == 0:
+                data.tofile(fout)
+        elif split_dim == 0:
+            # reassemble multifile tensor containing some of the rows
+            rows_per_chunk = partshape[0]
+            current_row = part_id * rows_per_chunk
+            bytes_per_row = fullshape[1] // blck_size * type_size
+            offset = current_row * bytes_per_row
+            fout.seek(tensor_data_offset + offset)
+            data.tofile(fout)
+        elif split_dim == 1:
+            # reassemble multifile tensor containing some of the cols
+            cols_per_chunk = partshape[1]
+            current_col = part_id * cols_per_chunk
+            bytes_per_row = fullshape[1] // blck_size * type_size
+            offset_current_col = current_col // blck_size * type_size
+            for row in range(partshape[0]):
+                offset_row = row * bytes_per_row
+                offset = offset_row + offset_current_col
+                fout.seek(tensor_data_offset + offset)
+                data[row].tofile(fout)
+
+        # advance file position to next tensor
+        fout.seek(tensor_data_offset + ggml_nbytes(fullshape, ftype_cur))
 
 def main():
-
     args = parse_args()
     dir_model = args.dir_model
     ftype = args.ftype
     ftype_str = ["f32", "f16"]
-
     hparams, tokenizer = load_hparams_and_tokenizer(dir_model)
 
     print(args)
 
     # if only writing vocab to file
     if args.vocab_only:
-
         fname_model = f"{dir_model}/consolidated.00.pth"
         fname_out = f"{dir_model}/ggml-vocab.bin"
-
         print(f"Extracting only the vocab from '{fname_model}'\n")
-
-
+        model = torch.load(fname_model, map_location="cpu")
         with open(fname_out, "wb") as fout:
             write_header(fout, hparams, ftype)
             write_tokens(fout, tokenizer)
-
-
+        del model
         print(f"Done. Output file: {fname_out}\n")
-
         return
 
     n_parts = get_n_parts(hparams["dim"])
-
-    for p in range(n_parts):
-
-        print(f"Processing part {p+1} of {n_parts}\n")
-
-        fname_model = f"{dir_model}/consolidated.0{p}.pth"
-        fname_out = f"{dir_model}/ggml-model-{ftype_str[ftype]}.bin{'' if p == 0 else '.' + str(p)}"
-
-        model = torch.load(fname_model, map_location="cpu")
-
-        with open(fname_out, "wb") as fout:
-            write_header(fout, hparams, ftype)
-            write_tokens(fout, tokenizer)
-            process_and_write_variables(fout, model, ftype)
-
-        del model
-
-        print(f"Done. Output file: {fname_out}, (part {p})\n")
+    fname_out = f"{dir_model}/ggml-model-{ftype_str[ftype]}.bin"
+
+    # we output a single file for ggml
+    with open(fname_out, "wb") as fout:
+        write_header(fout, hparams, ftype)
+        write_tokens(fout, tokenizer)
+        offset_of_tensors = fout.tell()
+        # the tensors we load could be split across multiple files
+        for part_id in range(n_parts):
+            fout.seek(offset_of_tensors)
+            print(f"Processing part {part_id+1} of {n_parts}\n")
+            fname_model = f"{dir_model}/consolidated.0{part_id}.pth"
+            model = torch.load(fname_model, map_location="cpu")
+            process_and_write_variables(fout, model, ftype, part_id, n_parts)
+            del model
+
+    print(f"Done. Output file: {fname_out}\n")
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     main()