# Getting Started with Abbie This guide covers integrating Abbie into existing PyTorch distributed training scripts. ## Quick Setup Initialize the distributed environment and Device Mesh Manager (DMM): ```python import os import torch import torch.distributed as dist from abbie.device_mesh_manager import DMM # Standard PyTorch distributed setup rank = int(os.environ["RANK"]) local_rank = int(os.environ["LOCAL_RANK"]) world_size = int(os.environ["WORLD_SIZE"]) torch.cuda.set_device(local_rank) dist.init_process_group(backend="nccl", init_method="env://") # Initialize Abbie's device mesh DMM.initialize(pp_size=2, ep_size=1, sp_size=1) ``` - `pp_size`: Pipeline parallelism degree (layers split across ranks) - `ep_size`: Expert parallelism degree (for MoE models) - `sp_size`: Sequence parallelism degree (sequence split within DP) ## Loading a Model ```python from abbie.models import load_pretrained_hf_model model = load_pretrained_hf_model( pretrained_path="path/to/hf_model", max_batch_size=micro_batch_size * num_chunks, max_seq_len=4096, ) ``` Supported models: Qwen2, Qwen3, Qwen3-MoE, Qwen2.5-VL, Qwen3-VL, Qwen3-VL-MoE. Additional options exist for selective recomputation (`recompute_attn`, `recompute_mlp`), activation offloading, and token dispatch methods. ## Creating an Optimizer ```python from abbie.gargantua.causal_lm import make_model_optimizer optimizer = make_model_optimizer( model=model, num_training_steps=10000, num_warmup_steps=500, lr=1e-5, betas=(0.9, 0.999), weight_decay=0.01, lr_schedule="cosine", ) ``` For VL models, `visual_lr` allows a separate learning rate for the vision encoder. The optimizer automatically handles parameter grouping for LLM, experts, and visual components. ## Training Loop Key difference from standard PyTorch: `model.step()` performs both forward and backward passes together. This enables Abbie's overlapped scheduling. ```python for batch in dataloader: input_ids = batch["input_ids"].cuda() attention_mask = batch["attention_mask"].cuda() position_ids = batch["position_ids"].cuda() labels = batch["labels"].cuda() optimizer.zero_grad() outputs = model.step( num_chunks=num_chunks, input_ids=input_ids, attention_mask=attention_mask, position_ids=position_ids, labels=labels, return_outputs=True, ) optimizer.step() if outputs.loss is not None: loss = outputs.loss.sum().item() print(f"Loss: {loss:.4f}") ``` `num_chunks` is the number of microbatches in one training step. The input tensors should contain `micro_batch_size * num_chunks` samples concatenated together. ## Checkpointing ### Saving ```python # Save model in HuggingFace format model.save_pretrained("path/to/checkpoint/hf_model") # Save optimizer state (sharded per rank) torch.save( optimizer.state_dict(), f"path/to/checkpoint/optimizer/{DMM.global_rank}-of-{DMM.world_size}.pt" ) ``` ### Resuming ```python # Load optimizer state optimizer.load_state_dict( torch.load(f"path/to/checkpoint/optimizer/{DMM.global_rank}-of-{DMM.world_size}.pt") ) # Restore model weights from optimizer's FP32 master weights for _, base_optimizer in optimizer.optimizers.items(): base_optimizer.reload_original_from_fp32_param() ``` ## Complete Example ```python import os import torch import torch.distributed as dist from abbie.device_mesh_manager import DMM from abbie.models import load_pretrained_hf_model from abbie.gargantua.causal_lm import make_model_optimizer # Setup rank = int(os.environ["RANK"]) local_rank = int(os.environ["LOCAL_RANK"]) torch.cuda.set_device(local_rank) dist.init_process_group(backend="nccl", init_method="env://") DMM.initialize(pp_size=2, ep_size=1, sp_size=1) # Model and optimizer model = load_pretrained_hf_model( pretrained_path="Qwen/Qwen2-7B", max_batch_size=8, max_seq_len=4096, ) optimizer = make_model_optimizer( model=model, num_training_steps=10000, num_warmup_steps=500, lr=1e-5, ) # Training loop for step, batch in enumerate(dataloader): batch = {k: v.cuda() for k, v in batch.items()} optimizer.zero_grad() outputs = model.step( num_chunks=4, input_ids=batch["input_ids"], attention_mask=batch["attention_mask"], position_ids=batch["position_ids"], labels=batch["labels"], ) optimizer.step() if DMM.is_global_rank0 and step % 10 == 0: loss = outputs.loss.sum().item() if outputs.loss is not None else 0 DMM.log_rank0(f"Step {step}: loss={loss:.4f}") # Cleanup dist.destroy_process_group() ``` Launch with torchrun: ```bash torchrun --nproc_per_node=8 train.py ```