add gradient checkpointing for distilbert (#24719)

* add gradient checkpointing for distilbert

* reformatted

src/transformers/models/distilbert/modeling_distilbert.py

@@ -324,6 +324,7 @@ class Transformer(nn.Module):
         super().__init__()
         self.n_layers = config.n_layers
         self.layer = nn.ModuleList([TransformerBlock(config) for _ in range(config.n_layers)])
+        self.gradient_checkpointing = False
 
     def forward(
         self,
@@ -356,9 +357,28 @@ class Transformer(nn.Module):
             if output_hidden_states:
                 all_hidden_states = all_hidden_states + (hidden_state,)
 
+            if self.gradient_checkpointing and self.training:
+
+                def create_custom_forward(module):
+                    def custom_forward(*inputs):
+                        return module(*inputs, output_attentions)
+
+                    return custom_forward
+
+                layer_outputs = torch.utils.checkpoint.checkpoint(
+                    create_custom_forward(layer_module),
+                    hidden_state,
+                    attn_mask,
+                    head_mask[i],
+                )
+            else:
                 layer_outputs = layer_module(
-                x=hidden_state, attn_mask=attn_mask, head_mask=head_mask[i], output_attentions=output_attentions
+                    hidden_state,
+                    attn_mask,
+                    head_mask[i],
+                    output_attentions,
                 )
+
             hidden_state = layer_outputs[-1]
 
             if output_attentions:
@@ -392,6 +412,7 @@ class DistilBertPreTrainedModel(PreTrainedModel):
     config_class = DistilBertConfig
     load_tf_weights = None
     base_model_prefix = "distilbert"
+    supports_gradient_checkpointing = True
 
     def _init_weights(self, module: nn.Module):
         """Initialize the weights."""
@@ -409,6 +430,10 @@ class DistilBertPreTrainedModel(PreTrainedModel):
             module.bias.data.zero_()
             module.weight.data.fill_(1.0)
 
+    def _set_gradient_checkpointing(self, module, value=False):
+        if isinstance(module, Transformer):
+            module.gradient_checkpointing = value
+
 
 DISTILBERT_START_DOCSTRING = r"""