Improve configs - `LoadConfig` (#16422)

Signed-off-by: Harry Mellor <19981378+hmellor@users.noreply.github.com>

vllm/config.py

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ from dataclasses import (MISSING, dataclass, field, fields, is_dataclass,
 from importlib.util import find_spec
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import (TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, ClassVar, Final, Literal,
-                    Optional, Protocol, Union)
+                    Optional, Protocol, TypeVar, Union)
 
 import torch
 from pydantic import BaseModel, Field, PrivateAttr
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ from vllm.utils import (GiB_bytes, LayerBlockType, cuda_device_count_stateless,
                         random_uuid, resolve_obj_by_qualname)
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from _typeshed import DataclassInstance
     from ray.util.placement_group import PlacementGroup
 
     from vllm.executor.executor_base import ExecutorBase
@@ -53,8 +54,11 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from vllm.model_executor.model_loader.loader import BaseModelLoader
     from vllm.transformers_utils.tokenizer_group.base_tokenizer_group import (
         BaseTokenizerGroup)
+
+    Config = TypeVar("Config", bound=DataclassInstance)
 else:
     QuantizationConfig = None
+    Config = TypeVar("Config")
 
 logger = init_logger(__name__)
 
@@ -159,7 +163,7 @@ def get_attr_docs(cls: type[Any]) -> dict[str, str]:
     return out
 
 
-def config(cls: type[Any]) -> type[Any]:
+def config(cls: type[Config]) -> type[Config]:
     """
     A decorator that ensures all fields in a dataclass have default values
     and that each field has a docstring.
@@ -1431,44 +1435,47 @@ class LoadFormat(str, enum.Enum):
     FASTSAFETENSORS = "fastsafetensors"
 
 
+@config
 @dataclass
 class LoadConfig:
-    """
-        download_dir: Directory to download and load the weights, default to the
-            default cache directory of huggingface.
-        load_format: The format of the model weights to load:
-            "auto" will try to load the weights in the safetensors format and
-                fall back to the pytorch bin format if safetensors format is
-                not available.
-            "pt" will load the weights in the pytorch bin format.
-            "safetensors" will load the weights in the safetensors format.
-            "npcache" will load the weights in pytorch format and store
-                a numpy cache to speed up the loading.
-            "dummy" will initialize the weights with random values, which is
-                mainly for profiling.
-            "tensorizer" will use CoreWeave's tensorizer library for
-                fast weight loading.
-            "bitsandbytes" will load nf4 type weights.
-            "sharded_state" will load weights from pre-sharded checkpoint files,
-                supporting efficient loading of tensor-parallel models.
-            "gguf" will load weights from GGUF format files.
-            "mistral" will load weights from consolidated safetensors files used
-                by Mistral models.
-            "runai_streamer" will load weights from RunAI streamer format files.
-        model_loader_extra_config: The extra config for the model loader.
-        ignore_patterns: The list of patterns to ignore when loading the model.
-            Default to "original/**/*" to avoid repeated loading of llama's
-            checkpoints.
-        use_tqdm_on_load: Whether to enable tqdm for showing progress bar during
-            loading. Default to True
-    """
-
-    load_format: Union[str, LoadFormat, "BaseModelLoader"] = LoadFormat.AUTO
+    """Configuration for loading the model weights."""
+
+    load_format: Union[str, LoadFormat,
+                       "BaseModelLoader"] = LoadFormat.AUTO.value
+    """The format of the model weights to load:\n
+    - "auto" will try to load the weights in the safetensors format and fall
+    back to the pytorch bin format if safetensors format is not available.\n
+    - "pt" will load the weights in the pytorch bin format.\n
+    - "safetensors" will load the weights in the safetensors format.\n
+    - "npcache" will load the weights in pytorch format and store a numpy cache
+    to speed up the loading.\n
+    - "dummy" will initialize the weights with random values, which is mainly
+    for profiling.\n
+    - "tensorizer" will use CoreWeave's tensorizer library for fast weight
+    loading. See the Tensorize vLLM Model script in the Examples section for
+    more information.\n
+    - "runai_streamer" will load the Safetensors weights using Run:ai Model
+    Streamer.\n
+    - "bitsandbytes" will load the weights using bitsandbytes quantization.\n
+    - "sharded_state" will load weights from pre-sharded checkpoint files,
+    supporting efficient loading of tensor-parallel models.\n
+    - "gguf" will load weights from GGUF format files (details specified in
+    https://github.com/ggml-org/ggml/blob/master/docs/gguf.md).\n
+    - "mistral" will load weights from consolidated safetensors files used by
+    Mistral models."""
     download_dir: Optional[str] = None
-    model_loader_extra_config: Optional[Union[str, dict]] = field(
-        default_factory=dict)
+    """Directory to download and load the weights, default to the default
+    cache directory of Hugging Face."""
+    model_loader_extra_config: Optional[Union[str, dict]] = None
+    """Extra config for model loader. This will be passed to the model loader
+    corresponding to the chosen load_format. This should be a JSON string that
+    will be parsed into a dictionary."""
     ignore_patterns: Optional[Union[list[str], str]] = None
+    """The list of patterns to ignore when loading the model. Default to
+    "original/**/*" to avoid repeated loading of llama's checkpoints."""
     use_tqdm_on_load: bool = True
+    """Whether to enable tqdm for showing progress bar when loading model
+    weights."""
 
     def compute_hash(self) -> str:
         """

vllm/engine/arg_utils.py

@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ class EngineArgs:
     tokenizer_mode: str = 'auto'
     trust_remote_code: bool = False
     allowed_local_media_path: str = ""
-    download_dir: Optional[str] = None
-    load_format: str = 'auto'
+    download_dir: Optional[str] = LoadConfig.download_dir
+    load_format: str = LoadConfig.load_format
     config_format: ConfigFormat = ConfigFormat.AUTO
     dtype: str = 'auto'
     kv_cache_dtype: str = 'auto'
@@ -174,8 +174,10 @@ class EngineArgs:
     ray_workers_use_nsight: bool = ParallelConfig.ray_workers_use_nsight
     num_gpu_blocks_override: Optional[int] = None
     num_lookahead_slots: int = 0
-    model_loader_extra_config: Optional[dict] = None
-    ignore_patterns: Optional[Union[str, List[str]]] = None
+    model_loader_extra_config: Optional[
+        dict] = LoadConfig.model_loader_extra_config
+    ignore_patterns: Optional[Union[str,
+                                    List[str]]] = LoadConfig.ignore_patterns
     preemption_mode: Optional[str] = None
 
     scheduler_delay_factor: float = 0.0
@@ -213,7 +215,7 @@ class EngineArgs:
     additional_config: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None
     enable_reasoning: Optional[bool] = None
     reasoning_parser: Optional[str] = None
-    use_tqdm_on_load: bool = True
+    use_tqdm_on_load: bool = LoadConfig.use_tqdm_on_load
 
     def __post_init__(self):
         if not self.tokenizer:
@@ -234,9 +236,13 @@ class EngineArgs:
     def add_cli_args(parser: FlexibleArgumentParser) -> FlexibleArgumentParser:
         """Shared CLI arguments for vLLM engine."""
 
+        def is_type_in_union(cls: type[Any], type: type[Any]) -> bool:
+            """Check if the class is a type in a union type."""
+            return get_origin(cls) is Union and type in get_args(cls)
+
         def is_optional(cls: type[Any]) -> bool:
             """Check if the class is an optional type."""
-            return get_origin(cls) is Union and type(None) in get_args(cls)
+            return is_type_in_union(cls, type(None))
 
         def get_kwargs(cls: type[Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
             cls_docs = get_attr_docs(cls)
@@ -255,6 +261,10 @@ class EngineArgs:
                 if is_optional(field.type):
                     kwargs[name]["type"] = nullable_str
                     continue
+                # Handle str in union fields
+                if is_type_in_union(field.type, str):
+                    kwargs[name]["type"] = str
+                    continue
                 kwargs[name]["type"] = field.type
             return kwargs
 
@@ -333,38 +343,23 @@ class EngineArgs:
             "from directories specified by the server file system. "
             "This is a security risk. "
             "Should only be enabled in trusted environments.")
-        parser.add_argument('--download-dir',
-                            type=nullable_str,
-                            default=EngineArgs.download_dir,
-                            help='Directory to download and load the weights.')
-        parser.add_argument(
-            '--load-format',
-            type=str,
-            default=EngineArgs.load_format,
-            choices=[f.value for f in LoadFormat],
-            help='The format of the model weights to load.\n\n'
-            '* "auto" will try to load the weights in the safetensors format '
-            'and fall back to the pytorch bin format if safetensors format '
-            'is not available.\n'
-            '* "pt" will load the weights in the pytorch bin format.\n'
-            '* "safetensors" will load the weights in the safetensors format.\n'
-            '* "npcache" will load the weights in pytorch format and store '
-            'a numpy cache to speed up the loading.\n'
-            '* "dummy" will initialize the weights with random values, '
-            'which is mainly for profiling.\n'
-            '* "tensorizer" will load the weights using tensorizer from '
-            'CoreWeave. See the Tensorize vLLM Model script in the Examples '
-            'section for more information.\n'
-            '* "runai_streamer" will load the Safetensors weights using Run:ai'
-            'Model Streamer.\n'
-            '* "bitsandbytes" will load the weights using bitsandbytes '
-            'quantization.\n'
-            '* "sharded_state" will load weights from pre-sharded checkpoint '
-            'files, supporting efficient loading of tensor-parallel models\n'
-            '* "gguf" will load weights from GGUF format files (details '
-            'specified in https://github.com/ggml-org/ggml/blob/master/docs/gguf.md).\n'
-            '* "mistral" will load weights from consolidated safetensors files '
-            'used by Mistral models.\n')
+        # Model loading arguments
+        load_kwargs = get_kwargs(LoadConfig)
+        load_group = parser.add_argument_group(
+            title="LoadConfig",
+            description=LoadConfig.__doc__,
+        )
+        load_group.add_argument('--load-format',
+                                choices=[f.value for f in LoadFormat],
+                                **load_kwargs["load_format"])
+        load_group.add_argument('--download-dir',
+                                **load_kwargs["download_dir"])
+        load_group.add_argument('--model-loader-extra-config',
+                                **load_kwargs["model_loader_extra_config"])
+        load_group.add_argument('--use-tqdm-on-load',
+                                action=argparse.BooleanOptionalAction,
+                                **load_kwargs["use_tqdm_on_load"])
+
         parser.add_argument(
             '--config-format',
             default=EngineArgs.config_format,
@@ -770,14 +765,6 @@ class EngineArgs:
                             default=1,
                             help=('Maximum number of forward steps per '
                                   'scheduler call.'))
-        parser.add_argument(
-            '--use-tqdm-on-load',
-            dest='use_tqdm_on_load',
-            action=argparse.BooleanOptionalAction,
-            default=EngineArgs.use_tqdm_on_load,
-            help='Whether to enable/disable progress bar '
-            'when loading model weights.',
-        )
 
         parser.add_argument(
             '--multi-step-stream-outputs',
@@ -806,15 +793,6 @@ class EngineArgs:
                             default=None,
                             help='The configurations for speculative decoding.'
                             ' Should be a JSON string.')
-
-        parser.add_argument('--model-loader-extra-config',
-                            type=nullable_str,
-                            default=EngineArgs.model_loader_extra_config,
-                            help='Extra config for model loader. '
-                            'This will be passed to the model loader '
-                            'corresponding to the chosen load_format. '
-                            'This should be a JSON string that will be '
-                            'parsed into a dictionary.')
         parser.add_argument(
             '--ignore-patterns',
             action="append",

vllm/utils.py

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-import argparse
 import asyncio
 import concurrent
 import contextlib
@@ -25,6 +24,7 @@ import socket
 import subprocess
 import sys
 import tempfile
+import textwrap
 import threading
 import time
 import traceback
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ import types
 import uuid
 import warnings
 import weakref
+from argparse import (Action, ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter, ArgumentParser,
+                      ArgumentTypeError)
 from asyncio import FIRST_COMPLETED, AbstractEventLoop, Task
 from collections import UserDict, defaultdict
 from collections.abc import (AsyncGenerator, Awaitable, Generator, Hashable,
@@ -1209,7 +1211,7 @@ def run_once(f: Callable[P, None]) -> Callable[P, None]:
     return wrapper
 
 
-class StoreBoolean(argparse.Action):
+class StoreBoolean(Action):
 
     def __call__(self, parser, namespace, values, option_string=None):
         if values.lower() == "true":
@@ -1221,15 +1223,28 @@ class StoreBoolean(argparse.Action):
                              "Expected 'true' or 'false'.")
 
 
-class SortedHelpFormatter(argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter):
+class SortedHelpFormatter(ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter):
     """SortedHelpFormatter that sorts arguments by their option strings."""
 
+    def _split_lines(self, text, width):
+        """
+        1. Sentences split across lines have their single newlines removed.
+        2. Paragraphs and explicit newlines are split into separate lines.
+        3. Each line is wrapped to the specified width (width of terminal).
+        """
+        # The patterns also include whitespace after the newline
+        single_newline = re.compile("(?<!\n)\n(?!\n)\s*")
+        multiple_newlines = re.compile("\n{2,}\s*")
+        text = single_newline.sub(' ', text)
+        lines = re.split(multiple_newlines, text)
+        return sum([textwrap.wrap(line, width) for line in lines], [])
+
     def add_arguments(self, actions):
         actions = sorted(actions, key=lambda x: x.option_strings)
         super().add_arguments(actions)
 
 
-class FlexibleArgumentParser(argparse.ArgumentParser):
+class FlexibleArgumentParser(ArgumentParser):
     """ArgumentParser that allows both underscore and dash in names."""
 
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
@@ -1280,11 +1295,10 @@ class FlexibleArgumentParser(argparse.ArgumentParser):
             value = int(value)
         except ValueError:
             msg = "Port must be an integer"
-            raise argparse.ArgumentTypeError(msg) from None
+            raise ArgumentTypeError(msg) from None
 
         if not (1024 <= value <= 65535):
-            raise argparse.ArgumentTypeError(
-                "Port must be between 1024 and 65535")
+            raise ArgumentTypeError("Port must be between 1024 and 65535")
 
         return value