[RFC] Lift freqs_cis as an input of models

torchtitan/models/llama3/model/model.py

@@ -92,8 +92,7 @@ def reshape_for_broadcast(freqs_cis: torch.Tensor, x: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Ten
     This function reshapes the frequency tensor to have the same shape as the target tensor 'x'
     for the purpose of broadcasting the frequency tensor during element-wise operations.
 
-    The input freqs_cis tensor is assumed to be of shape (max_seqlen, dim),
-    and the first seqlen elements will be sliced, but dim must match x.
+    The input freqs_cis tensor is assumed to be of shape (batch_size, seqlen, dim).
 
     Args:
         freqs_cis (torch.Tensor): Frequency tensor to be reshaped.
@@ -104,10 +103,10 @@ def reshape_for_broadcast(freqs_cis: torch.Tensor, x: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Ten
     """
     ndim = x.ndim
     assert ndim > 1
+    batch_size = x.shape[0]
     seqlen = x.shape[1]
-    freqs_cis = freqs_cis[0:seqlen]
-    assert freqs_cis.shape == (seqlen, x.shape[-1])
-    shape = [d if i == 1 or i == ndim - 1 else 1 for i, d in enumerate(x.shape)]
+    assert freqs_cis.shape == (batch_size, seqlen, x.shape[-1])
+    shape = [d if i in (0, 1, ndim - 1) else 1 for i, d in enumerate(x.shape)]
     return freqs_cis.view(*shape)
 
 
@@ -474,9 +473,18 @@ def get_attention_masks(
             and_masks(*mask_mods), B, None, input_batch.shape[1], input_batch.shape[1]
         )
 
+    def get_order_sensitive_buffers(
+        self,
+        batch_size: int,
+        seq_len: int,
+    ) -> tuple[dict[str, torch.Tensor], dict[str, int]]:
+        freqs_cis = self.freqs_cis[:seq_len].repeat(batch_size, 1, 1)
+        return ({"freqs_cis": freqs_cis}, {"freqs_cis": 1})
+
     def forward(
         self,
         tokens: torch.Tensor,
+        freqs_cis: torch.Tensor,
         attention_masks: AttentionMasksType | None = None,
         input_batch: torch.Tensor | None = None,
     ):
@@ -501,7 +509,7 @@ def forward(
         h = self.tok_embeddings(tokens) if self.tok_embeddings else tokens
 
         for layer in self.layers.values():
-            h = layer(h, self.freqs_cis, attention_masks=attention_masks)
+            h = layer(h, freqs_cis, attention_masks=attention_masks)
 
         h = self.norm(h) if self.norm else h
         output = self.output(h) if self.output else h

torchtitan/protocols/model.py

@@ -70,3 +70,10 @@ def get_attention_masks(
         raise NotImplementedError(
             "This model does not support attention masking/Flex Attention."
         )
+
+    def get_order_sensitive_buffers(
+        self,
+        batch_size: int,
+        seq_len: int,
+    ) -> tuple[dict[str, torch.Tensor], dict[str, int]]:
+        return ({}, {})

torchtitan/train.py

@@ -427,6 +427,12 @@ def forward_backward_step(
                 extra_inputs=extra_inputs,
             )
 
+        # Get the order sensitive buffers
+        order_sensitive_buffers = model_parts[0].get_order_sensitive_buffers(
+            inputs.size(0), inputs.size(1)
+        )
+        extra_args.update(order_sensitive_buffers[0])
+
         # apply context parallelism if cp is enabled
         # ensure CP handles the separate freqs_cis buffer for each pp stage
         cp_mesh = parallel_dims.world_mesh["cp"] if parallel_dims.cp_enabled else None
@@ -480,7 +486,11 @@ def forward_backward_step(
             with self.train_context(optional_context_parallel_ctx):
                 assert len(model_parts) == 1
                 with self.maybe_enable_amp:
-                    pred = model_parts[0](inputs, **extra_inputs, **extra_args)
+                    pred = model_parts[0](
+                        inputs,
+                        **extra_inputs,
+                        **extra_args,
+                    )
                     loss = self.loss_fn(pred, labels)
                 # need to free pred before bwd to avoid peaking memory
                 del pred