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"""
Learning-rate sweep for base and CCL (MoE perm) models.
For each depth, runs N training jobs — one per (model_type, lr_scale_factor) pair —
sequentially under DDP via torchrun. After all runs finish, reads the per-step
val_bpb saved in each run's checkpoint meta_*.json files and produces:
• lr_sweep_depth_{D}.png — loss-curve overlay for all candidates
• lr_sweep_depth_{D}.tsv — final/min val_bpb table
Usage:
python -m scripts.lr_sweep --depth 8 --run-dir out/lr_sweep --fp8 --max-shards 170
# or from lr_sweep.sh which handles env setup and calls this per depth.
Equivalent to running research_compare.py but sweeping LR instead of model type.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import argparse
import glob
import json
import os
import shutil
import subprocess
import sys
from pathlib import Path
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
import seaborn as sns
import torch
from scripts._sweep_utils import resolve_runner, estimate_tokens_from_base, model_dims, check_and_prepare_env
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# DDP runner
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
RUNNER = resolve_runner()
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Model sizing
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# estimate_tokens_from_base, model_dims, check_and_prepare_env imported from _sweep_utils
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Per-model-type configuration
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Base LRs for each model type. These are the ×1 reference values.
# Changing these here changes what every scale factor multiplies against.
BASE_LRS: dict[str, dict[str, float]] = {
# "base": {
# "embedding_lr": 0.3,
# "unembedding_lr": 0.004,
# "matrix_lr": 0.02,
# "scalar_lr": 0.5,
# },
"moe_perm": {
# CCL reference: all LR groups set uniformly (matches research_compare.py)
"embedding_lr": 0.05,
"unembedding_lr": 0.05,
"matrix_lr": 0.05,
"scalar_lr": 0.05,
},
"moe_no_perm": {
"embedding_lr": 0.05,
"unembedding_lr": 0.05,
"matrix_lr": 0.05,
"scalar_lr": 0.05,
},
"remixed-linear": {
"embedding_lr": 0.05,
"unembedding_lr": 0.05,
"matrix_lr": 0.05,
"scalar_lr": 0.05,
},
}
MODEL_ARCH_FLAGS: dict[str, list[str]] = {
"base": [],
"moe_perm": [
"--use-moe",
"--use-perm",
"--moe-num-experts", "8",
# --moe-embed-dim and --moe-router-dim appended dynamically in run_lr_sweep()
],
"moe_no_perm": [
"--use-moe",
"--moe-num-experts", "8",
],
"remixed-linear": [
"--use-remix-linear",
],
}
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Loss-curve reader
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def read_loss_curve(checkpoint_dir: Path) -> tuple[list[int], list[float]]:
"""
Read all meta_*.json files saved by base_train's save_checkpoint() and
return parallel lists of (training_token_count, val_bpb).
base_train saves meta_*.json directly into checkpoint_dir (which is
checkpoints_root / model_tag), with keys: step, val_bpb, total_batch_size.
"""
meta_files = sorted(glob.glob(str(checkpoint_dir / "meta_*.json")))
tokens_list: list[int] = []
bpbs_list: list[float] = []
for mf in meta_files:
try:
with open(mf) as f:
data = json.load(f)
bpb = data.get("val_bpb")
if bpb is None:
continue
step = data.get("step", 0)
tbs = data.get("total_batch_size", 524288)
tokens_list.append(step * tbs)
bpbs_list.append(float(bpb))
except Exception:
continue
return tokens_list, bpbs_list
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Main sweep
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def run_lr_sweep(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
check_and_prepare_env(args)
depth = args.depth
run_dir = Path(args.run_dir)
run_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
# Architecture sizing (mirrors research_compare.py exactly)
aspect_ratio, head_dim, model_dim, target_dim = model_dims(depth)
if getattr(args, "research_dim", 0) > 0:
target_dim = args.research_dim
max_seq_len = args.sequence_len
device_batch_size = {8: 32, 16: 16, 24: 8}.get(depth, 16)
if args.device_batch_size > 0:
device_batch_size = args.device_batch_size
total_batch_size = args.total_batch_size if args.total_batch_size > 0 else 262144
print("=" * 64)
print(f"LR Sweep | Depth {depth} | Target tokens: {args.target_tokens:,}")
print(f"Scale factors: {args.lr_scale_factors}")
print(f"Models: {args.models}")
print(f"model_dim={model_dim} target_dim={target_dim} eval_every={args.eval_every}")
print("=" * 64)
# Args shared by every run
common_args = [
"--depth", str(depth),
"--aspect-ratio", str(aspect_ratio),
"--head-dim", str(head_dim),
"--max-seq-len", str(max_seq_len),
"--device-batch-size", str(device_batch_size),
"--total-batch-size", str(total_batch_size),
"--target-tokens", str(args.target_tokens),
"--eval-every", str(args.eval_every),
"--core-metric-every", "0",
"--sample-every", "-1",
"--warmup-ratio", str(args.warmup_ratio),
"--research-warmup-ratio", str(args.research_warmup_ratio),
"--use-onecycle", str(args.use_onecycle),
"--adam-beta2", "0.99",
"--router-context-window", str(getattr(args, 'router_context_window', -1)),
"--remix-use-basis-gate", str(getattr(args, 'remix_use_basis_gate', 1)),
"--remix-use-output-gate", str(getattr(args, 'remix_use_output_gate', 1)),
"--remix-use-context", str(getattr(args, 'remix_use_context', 1)),
"--cclblock-modulation", str(getattr(args, 'cclblock_modulation', 'weight')),
"--cclblock-orth-lambda", str(getattr(args, 'cclblock_orth_lambda', 0.0)),
"--cclblock-context-stream", str(getattr(args, 'cclblock_context_stream', 'local')),
"--cclblock-ema-factor", str(getattr(args, 'cclblock_ema_factor', 0.99)),
"--cclblock-stale-ctx-lag", str(getattr(args, 'cclblock_stale_ctx_lag', 0)),
"--cclblock-sparse-gate-k", str(getattr(args, 'cclblock_sparse_gate_k', 0)),
"--cclblock-gate-temperature", str(getattr(args, 'cclblock_gate_temperature', 1.0)),
"--cclblock-context-bank-size", str(getattr(args, 'cclblock_context_bank_size', 0)),
"--cclblock-per-head-ctx", str(getattr(args, 'cclblock_per_head_ctx', 0)),
"--cclblock-context-source", str(getattr(args, 'cclblock_context_source', 'norm_x')),
"--cclblock-chunk-size", str(getattr(args, 'cclblock_chunk_size', 0)),
"--cclblock-aux-objective", str(getattr(args, 'cclblock_aux_objective', 'none')),
"--cclblock-aux-lambda", str(getattr(args, 'cclblock_aux_lambda', 0.1)),
"--cclblock-boundary-token-id", str(getattr(args, 'cclblock_boundary_token_id', 198)),
"--use-ral", str(getattr(args, 'use_ral', 0)),
"--ral-rank", str(getattr(args, 'ral_rank', 32)),
"--cclblock-film-gate", str(getattr(args, 'cclblock_film_gate', 0)),
"--cclblock-attn-shadow-dim", str(getattr(args, 'cclblock_attn_shadow_dim', 0)),
"--cclblock-dynamic-ratio", str(getattr(args, 'cclblock_dynamic_ratio', 0.25)),
"--cclblock-gate-rank", str(getattr(args, 'cclblock_gate_rank', 8)),
"--cclblock-num-regimes", str(getattr(args, 'cclblock_num_regimes', 8)),
"--cclblock-regime-temperature", str(getattr(args, 'cclblock_regime_temperature', 1.0)),
"--cclblock-poly-order", str(getattr(args, 'cclblock_poly_order', 2)),
"--cclblock-lie-generators", str(getattr(args, 'cclblock_lie_generators', 4)),
"--cclblock-grassmann-bank-size", str(getattr(args, 'cclblock_grassmann_bank_size', 4)),
"--cclblock-tucker-rank", str(getattr(args, 'cclblock_tucker_rank', 32)),
"--cclblock-tucker-modes", str(getattr(args, 'cclblock_tucker_modes', 8)),
"--cclblock-svs-rank", str(getattr(args, 'cclblock_svs_rank', 64)),
"--cclblock-svs-eps", str(getattr(args, 'cclblock_svs_eps', 0.1)),
"--cclblock-vq-codes", str(getattr(args, 'cclblock_vq_codes', 8)),
"--cclblock-vq-temperature", str(getattr(args, 'cclblock_vq_temperature', 1.0)),
"--cclblock-dcu-warmup-steps", str(getattr(args, 'cclblock_dcu_warmup_steps', 0)),
]
if args.compile:
common_args.append("--compile")
else:
common_args.append("--no-compile")
if args.fp8:
common_args.append("--fp8")
if args.tokenizer_dir:
common_args.extend(["--tokenizer-dir", args.tokenizer_dir])
if args.data_dir:
common_args.extend(["--data-dir", args.data_dir])
if args.max_shards > 0:
common_args.extend(["--max-shards", str(args.max_shards)])
env = os.environ.copy()
# results[model_name][scale] = {tokens, bpbs, final_bpb, min_bpb, run_name}
results: dict[str, dict[float, dict]] = {m: {} for m in args.models}
for model_name in args.models:
base_lrs = BASE_LRS[model_name]
arch_flags = list(MODEL_ARCH_FLAGS[model_name])
# Append dynamic dimension args for research branches
if model_name != "base":
arch_flags += [
"--moe-embed-dim", str(target_dim),
"--moe-router-dim", str(target_dim),
]
if model_name == "remixed-linear":
arch_flags += [
"--remix-context-dim", str(target_dim),
"--remix-basis-size", str(target_dim),
]
print(f"\n{'='*64}")
print(f"Model: {model_name}")
print(f"Base LRs: emb={base_lrs['embedding_lr']}, unemb={base_lrs['unembedding_lr']}, "
f"mat={base_lrs['matrix_lr']}, scl={base_lrs['scalar_lr']}")
print(f"{'='*64}")
for scale in args.lr_scale_factors:
run_name = f"{model_name}_lr{scale:.1f}x"
# base_train saves to: checkpoints_root / model_tag
# So checkpoint files sit at: run_dir / ckpt_{run_name} / {run_name} / meta_*.json
ckpts_root = run_dir / f"ckpt_{run_name}"
checkpoint_dir = ckpts_root / run_name # where meta_*.json will live
scaled_lr_args = [
"--embedding-lr", f"{base_lrs['embedding_lr'] * scale:.6g}",
"--unembedding-lr", f"{base_lrs['unembedding_lr'] * scale:.6g}",
"--matrix-lr", f"{base_lrs['matrix_lr'] * scale:.6g}",
"--scalar-lr", f"{base_lrs['scalar_lr'] * scale:.6g}",
]
run_args = (
common_args
+ arch_flags
+ scaled_lr_args
+ [
"--checkpoints-dir", str(ckpts_root),
"--model-tag", run_name,
]
)
cmd = RUNNER + ["-m", "scripts.base_train"] + run_args
print(f"\n--- {run_name}{scale:.1f}) ---")
print(
f" emb={base_lrs['embedding_lr']*scale:.4g} "
f"unemb={base_lrs['unembedding_lr']*scale:.4g} "
f"mat={base_lrs['matrix_lr']*scale:.4g} "
f"scl={base_lrs['scalar_lr']*scale:.4g}"
)
print(f" cmd: {' '.join(cmd)}")
try:
process = subprocess.Popen(
cmd,
stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
text=True,
env=env,
)
if process.stdout:
for line in iter(process.stdout.readline, ""):
print(line, end="", flush=True)
process.communicate()
if process.returncode != 0:
print(f"[lr_sweep] {run_name} failed (exit {process.returncode}), skipping.")
continue
tokens_list, bpbs_list = read_loss_curve(checkpoint_dir)
if bpbs_list:
results[model_name][scale] = {
"tokens": tokens_list,
"bpbs": bpbs_list,
"final_bpb": bpbs_list[-1],
"min_bpb": min(bpbs_list),
"run_name": run_name,
}
print(
f"[lr_sweep] {run_name}: "
f"final_bpb={bpbs_list[-1]:.4f} min_bpb={min(bpbs_list):.4f} "
f"({len(bpbs_list)} eval points)"
)
else:
print(f"[lr_sweep] {run_name}: no val_bpb values found in {checkpoint_dir}")
except Exception as exc:
print(f"[lr_sweep] Exception during {run_name}: {exc}")
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Report
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
_generate_report(results, depth, args.target_tokens, run_dir)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Plotting and TSV
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def _generate_report(
results: dict[str, dict[float, dict]],
depth: int,
target_tokens: int,
run_dir: Path,
) -> None:
models_with_data = [m for m in results if results[m]]
if not models_with_data:
print("[lr_sweep] No results to plot.")
return
print("\n--- Generating Report ---")
sns.set_theme(style="whitegrid")
n_models = len(models_with_data)
fig, axes = plt.subplots(1, n_models, figsize=(9 * n_models, 6), squeeze=False)
palette = sns.color_palette("husl", max(len(results[m]) for m in models_with_data))
for col, model_name in enumerate(models_with_data):
ax = axes[0][col]
model_results = results[model_name]
base_lrs = BASE_LRS[model_name]
sorted_items = sorted(model_results.items()) # sort by scale factor
for i, (scale, data) in enumerate(sorted_items):
x = [t / 1e9 for t in data["tokens"]] # billions of tokens
y = data["bpbs"]
mat_lr = base_lrs["matrix_lr"] * scale
label = f"×{scale:.1f} mat_lr={mat_lr:.4g} final={data['final_bpb']:.4f}"
ax.plot(x, y, color=palette[i], label=label, linewidth=2, marker=".", markersize=4)
ax.set_title(f"{model_name} — Depth {depth}", fontsize=14)
ax.set_xlabel("Training Tokens (Billions)", fontsize=12)
ax.set_ylabel("Validation BPB ↓", fontsize=12)
ax.legend(title="LR Scale Factor", fontsize=9, loc="upper right")
ax.grid(True, alpha=0.3)
fig.suptitle(
f"LR Sweep — Depth {depth} ({target_tokens/1e9:.1f}B tokens each)",
fontsize=15,
)
plt.tight_layout()
plot_path = run_dir / f"lr_sweep_depth_{depth}.png"
plt.savefig(plot_path, dpi=150)
plt.close()
print(f"Saved plot: {plot_path}")
# TSV summary
tsv_path = run_dir / f"lr_sweep_depth_{depth}.tsv"
with open(tsv_path, "w") as f:
f.write("model\tscale_factor\tembedding_lr\tunembedding_lr\tmatrix_lr\tscalar_lr\tfinal_val_bpb\tmin_val_bpb\n")
for model_name in models_with_data:
base_lrs = BASE_LRS[model_name]
for scale, data in sorted(results[model_name].items()):
f.write(
f"{model_name}\t{scale:.1f}"
f"\t{base_lrs['embedding_lr']*scale:.6g}"
f"\t{base_lrs['unembedding_lr']*scale:.6g}"
f"\t{base_lrs['matrix_lr']*scale:.6g}"
f"\t{base_lrs['scalar_lr']*scale:.6g}"
f"\t{data['final_bpb']:.6f}"
f"\t{data['min_bpb']:.6f}\n"
)
print(f"Saved TSV: {tsv_path}")
# Console ranking
print("\n--- Rankings by final val_bpb ---")
for model_name in models_with_data:
base_lrs = BASE_LRS[model_name]
sorted_runs = sorted(results[model_name].items(), key=lambda kv: kv[1]["final_bpb"])
print(f"\n {model_name}:")
for rank, (scale, data) in enumerate(sorted_runs, 1):
winner = " ← WINNER" if rank == 1 else ""
print(
f" #{rank}: ×{scale:.1f} "
f"mat_lr={base_lrs['matrix_lr']*scale:.4g} "
f"final_bpb={data['final_bpb']:.4f} "
f"min_bpb={data['min_bpb']:.4f}{winner}"
)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# CLI
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
if __name__ == "__main__":
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
description="LR sweep for base and CCL models at a given depth"
)
parser.add_argument("--depth", type=int, required=True, help="model depth")
parser.add_argument("--run-dir", type=str, required=True, help="output root directory")
parser.add_argument(
"--target-tokens", type=int, default=1_000_000_000,
help="tokens per LR candidate run (default: 1B)",
)
parser.add_argument(
"--lr-scale-factors", type=float, nargs="+", default=[1.0, 3.0, 5.0, 7.0, 10.0],
help="scale factors applied to each model's base LRs (default: 1 3 5 7 10)",
)
parser.add_argument(
"--models", type=str, nargs="+", default=["base", "moe_perm", "moe_no_perm", "remixed-linear"],
choices=["base", "moe_perm", "moe_no_perm", "remixed-linear"],
help="model types to sweep (default: base moe_perm)",
)
parser.add_argument(
"--eval-every", type=int, default=500,
help="val bpb evaluation cadence in steps (default: 500)",
)
parser.add_argument("--fp8", action="store_true", help="enable FP8 training")
parser.add_argument("--tokenizer-dir", type=str, default=None)
parser.add_argument("--data-dir", type=str, default=None)
parser.add_argument("--max-shards", type=int, default=-1)
parser.add_argument("--sequence-len", type=int, default=2048)
parser.add_argument("--device-batch-size", type=int, default=-1)
parser.add_argument("--total-batch-size", type=int, default=-1)
parser.add_argument("--research-dim", type=int, default=0)
parser.add_argument("--router-context-window", type=int, default=-1)
parser.add_argument("--remix-use-basis-gate", type=int, default=1, choices=[0, 1])
parser.add_argument("--remix-use-output-gate", type=int, default=1, choices=[0, 1])
parser.add_argument("--remix-use-context", type=int, default=1, choices=[0, 1])
parser.add_argument("--cclblock-modulation", type=str, default="weight", choices=["weight", "normalization", "householder", "spectral", "ocd", "lie", "polynomial", "grassmann", "decoupled", "tucker", "svs", "vq", "dcu"])
parser.add_argument("--cclblock-orth-lambda", type=float, default=0.0)
parser.add_argument("--cclblock-context-stream", type=str, default="local", choices=["local", "shifted", "ema", "selective", "multiscale", "ssm", "boundary", "chunk", "predictive_chunk", "evidence_ssm", "dacs", "prefix", "warmup_ema", "dacs_ema", "decay_prefix"])
parser.add_argument("--cclblock-ema-factor", type=float, default=0.99)
parser.add_argument("--cclblock-stale-ctx-lag", type=int, default=0)
parser.add_argument("--cclblock-sparse-gate-k", type=int, default=0)
parser.add_argument("--cclblock-gate-temperature", type=float, default=1.0)
parser.add_argument("--cclblock-context-bank-size", type=int, default=0)
parser.add_argument("--cclblock-per-head-ctx", type=int, default=0, choices=[0, 1])
parser.add_argument("--cclblock-context-source", type=str, default="norm_x", choices=["norm_x", "attn_heads", "attn_geometry"])
parser.add_argument("--cclblock-chunk-size", type=int, default=0)
parser.add_argument("--cclblock-aux-objective", type=str, default="none", choices=["none", "boundary", "entropy"])
parser.add_argument("--cclblock-aux-lambda", type=float, default=0.1)
parser.add_argument("--cclblock-boundary-token-id", type=int, default=198)
parser.add_argument("--use-ral", type=int, default=0, choices=[0, 1])
parser.add_argument("--ral-rank", type=int, default=32)
parser.add_argument("--cclblock-film-gate", type=int, default=0, choices=[0, 1])
parser.add_argument("--cclblock-attn-shadow-dim", type=int, default=0)
parser.add_argument("--cclblock-dynamic-ratio", type=float, default=0.25)
parser.add_argument("--cclblock-gate-rank", type=int, default=8)
parser.add_argument("--cclblock-num-regimes", type=int, default=8)
parser.add_argument("--cclblock-regime-temperature", type=float, default=1.0)
parser.add_argument("--cclblock-poly-order", type=int, default=2)
parser.add_argument("--cclblock-lie-generators", type=int, default=4)
parser.add_argument("--cclblock-grassmann-bank-size", type=int, default=4)
parser.add_argument("--cclblock-tucker-rank", type=int, default=32)
parser.add_argument("--cclblock-tucker-modes", type=int, default=8)
parser.add_argument("--cclblock-svs-rank", type=int, default=64)
parser.add_argument("--cclblock-svs-eps", type=float, default=0.1)
parser.add_argument("--cclblock-vq-codes", type=int, default=8)
parser.add_argument("--cclblock-vq-temperature", type=float, default=1.0)
parser.add_argument("--cclblock-dcu-warmup-steps", type=int, default=0)
parser.add_argument("--warmup-ratio", type=float, default=0.0, help="base warmup ratio")
parser.add_argument("--research-warmup-ratio", type=float, default=0.0, help="research-branch warmup ratio for OneCycle")
parser.add_argument("--use-onecycle", type=int, default=1, choices=[0, 1], help="research branches: 1=OneCycle, 0=base schedule")
parser.add_argument(
"--compile", action=argparse.BooleanOptionalAction, default=True,
help="enable/disable torch.compile (default: enabled)",
)
args = parser.parse_args()
run_lr_sweep(args)