[Liger] liger DPO support

docs/source/reducing_memory_usage.md

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Sequence lengths in the dataset can vary widely. When data is batched, sequences
 
 To reduce memory usage, it’s important to truncate sequences to a reasonable length. While TRL trainers truncate sequences by default, you may want to adjust the default truncation length to better align with your specific use case.
 
-<hfoptions id="dpo">
+<hfoptions id="truncation">
 <hfoption id="DPO">
 
 DPO truncation is applied first to the prompt and to the completion via the `max_prompt_length` and `max_completion_length` parameters. The `max_length` parameter is then used to truncate the resulting sequence.
@@ -94,6 +94,21 @@ Packing may cause batch contamination, where adjacent sequences influence one an
 
 </Tip>
 
+## Liger for reducing peak memory usage
+
+[To complete]
+
+<hfoptions id="liger">
+<hfoption id="DPO">
+
+To use Liger for reducing peak memory usage, use the following code snippet:
+
+```python
+from trl import DPOConfig
+
+training_args = DPOConfig(..., use_liger_loss=True)
+```
+
 ## Disabling model gathering for generation in online methods
 
 When using DeepSpeed ZeRO-3, model weights are sharded across multiple GPUs. Online methods involve generating completions from the model as part of the training process. During this step, the model weights are temporarily gathered on a single GPU for generation. For very large models, this gathering can lead to out-of-memory (OOM) errors, as described in this issue: [#2250](https://github.com/huggingface/trl/issues/2250#issue-2598304204).

tests/test_dpo_trainer.py

@@ -29,7 +29,12 @@
     PreTrainedTokenizerBase,
     is_vision_available,
 )
-from transformers.testing_utils import require_peft, require_torch_gpu_if_bnb_not_multi_backend_enabled, require_vision
+from transformers.testing_utils import (
+    require_liger_kernel,
+    require_peft,
+    require_torch_gpu_if_bnb_not_multi_backend_enabled,
+    require_vision,
+)
 
 from trl import DPOConfig, DPOTrainer, FDivergenceType
 
@@ -1263,6 +1268,78 @@ def dummy_compute_metrics(*args, **kwargs):
 
             self.assertEqual(trainer.state.log_history[-2]["eval_test"], 0.0)
 
+    @require_liger_kernel
+    @parameterized.expand([(0.1,), (0.5,)])
+    def test_dpo_trainer_with_liger(self, beta):
+        """Test DPO trainer with Liger loss enabled.
+
+        This test verifies that:
+        1. Training runs successfully with Liger loss
+        2. Model parameters update as expected
+        3. Loss values are reasonable and finite
+        4. Training works with both default and custom beta values
+        """
+
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp_dir:
+            training_args = DPOConfig(
+                output_dir=tmp_dir,
+                per_device_train_batch_size=2,
+                do_eval=True,
+                eval_steps=1,
+                max_steps=3,
+                remove_unused_columns=False,
+                gradient_accumulation_steps=1,
+                learning_rate=9e-1,
+                eval_strategy="steps",
+                beta=beta,
+                use_liger_loss=True,  # Enable Liger loss
+                report_to="none",
+            )
+
+            dummy_dataset = load_dataset("trl-internal-testing/zen", "standard_preference")
+
+            trainer = DPOTrainer(
+                model=self.model,
+                ref_model=self.ref_model,  # Add reference model
+                args=training_args,
+                processing_class=self.tokenizer,
+                train_dataset=dummy_dataset["train"],
+                eval_dataset=dummy_dataset["test"],
+            )
+
+            # Store initial parameters
+            previous_trainable_params = {n: param.clone() for n, param in trainer.model.named_parameters()}
+
+            # Train the model
+            train_output = trainer.train()
+
+            # Verify training completed successfully
+            self.assertIsNotNone(train_output)
+            self.assertIsNotNone(trainer.state.log_history[-1]["train_loss"])
+
+            # Verify loss is finite
+            self.assertTrue(np.isfinite(trainer.state.log_history[-1]["train_loss"]))
+
+            # Check parameters have been updated
+            for n, param in previous_trainable_params.items():
+                new_param = trainer.model.get_parameter(n)
+                # Only check non-zero parameters
+                if param.sum() != 0:
+                    self.assertFalse(torch.equal(param, new_param))
+                    # Verify new parameters are finite
+                    self.assertTrue(torch.isfinite(new_param).all())
+
+            # Verify model can still do forward pass after training
+            dummy_batch = next(iter(trainer.get_train_dataloader()))
+            model_inputs = {
+                "input_ids": dummy_batch["prompt_input_ids"],
+                "attention_mask": dummy_batch["prompt_attention_mask"],
+            }
+            with torch.no_grad():
+                output = trainer.model(**model_inputs)
+            self.assertIsNotNone(output)
+            self.assertIsNone(output.loss)
+
 
 @require_vision
 class DPOVisionTrainerTester(unittest.TestCase):

trl/trainer/dpo_config.py

@@ -120,6 +120,11 @@ class DPOConfig(TrainingArguments):
                 - `"apo_zero"`: APO-zero loss from the [APO](https://huggingface.co/papers/2408.06266) paper.
                 - `"apo_down"`: APO-down loss from the [APO](https://huggingface.co/papers/2408.06266) paper.
 
+        use_liger_loss (`bool`, *optional*, defaults to `False`):
+            Whether to use Liger loss.
+        base_model_attribute_name (`str`, *optional*, defaults to `"model"`):
+            Name of the attribute in the model that contains the base model. This is used to get the base model from
+            the model when the model does not have a `get_decoder` method in the case when `use_liger_loss` is `True`.
         beta (`float`, *optional*, defaults to `0.1`):
             Parameter controlling the deviation from the reference model. Higher β means less deviation from the
             reference model. For the IPO loss (`loss_type="ipo"`), β is the regularization parameter denoted by τ in
@@ -303,6 +308,18 @@ class DPOConfig(TrainingArguments):
             ],
         },
     )
+    use_liger_loss: bool = field(
+        default=False,
+        metadata={"help": "Whether to use Liger loss."},
+    )
+    base_model_attribute_name: str = field(
+        default="model",
+        metadata={
+            "help": "Name of the attribute in the model that contains the base model. This is used to get the base "
+            "model  from the model when the model does not have a `get_decoder` method in the case when "
+            "`use_liger_loss` is `True`."
+        },
+    )
     beta: float = field(
         default=0.1,
         metadata={