Fix TF input for np.ndarray (#9294)

* Fix input for np.ndarray"

* add a test

* add a test

* Add a test

* Apply style

* Fix test

src/transformers/modeling_tf_utils.py

@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ def input_processing(func, config, input_ids, **kwargs):
     signature.pop("kwargs", None)
     parameter_names = list(signature.keys())
     output = {}
-    allowed_types = (tf.Tensor, bool, int, ModelOutput, tuple, list, dict)
+    allowed_types = (tf.Tensor, bool, int, ModelOutput, tuple, list, dict, np.ndarray)
 
     if "inputs" in kwargs["kwargs_call"]:
         warnings.warn(

tests/test_modeling_tf_common.py

@@ -805,6 +805,27 @@ class TFModelTesterMixin:
 
             model(inputs)
 
+    def test_numpy_arrays_inputs(self):
+        config, inputs_dict = self.model_tester.prepare_config_and_inputs_for_common()
+
+        def prepare_numpy_arrays(inputs_dict):
+            inputs_np_dict = {}
+            for k, v in inputs_dict.items():
+                if tf.is_tensor(v):
+                    inputs_np_dict[k] = v.numpy()
+                else:
+                    inputs_np_dict[k] = np.array(k)
+
+            return inputs_np_dict
+
+        for model_class in self.all_model_classes:
+            model = model_class(config)
+
+            inputs = self._prepare_for_class(inputs_dict, model_class)
+            inputs_np = prepare_numpy_arrays(inputs)
+
+            model(inputs_np)
+
     def test_resize_token_embeddings(self):
         if not self.test_resize_embeddings:
             return