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Included review availability: This review used your included allowance. Your plan provides up to 12 included reviews per hour; 10 remain after this review. 📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe pull request adds Nemotron-H MTP checkpoint loading and calibration support through Hugging Face PTQ hooks. It updates quantizer path handling and fused-expert configuration. Tests cover MTP loading, calibration, and exported input scales. ChangesHugging Face PTQ and Nemotron-H MTP
Priority: ⬇️ Low Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes Change: Feature Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant PTQExample
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PTQExample->>HuggingFaceDispatcher: request loading preparation
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- Around line 671-676: Move the prepare_model_for_loading import and call out of
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- Around line 71-83: Update _has_nemotron_h_mtp to detect the required MTP
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Changes requested: the loading hook bypasses remote-code consent, and MTP construction and activation calibration have correctness gaps.
Needs action:
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trust_remote_codebefore dynamic-module execution inmodels/nemotron_h.py; see inline comment. - Scope constructor patches to the supported checkpoint and make repeated preparation safe, without modifying later non-MTP models.
- Fix MTP input-quantizer detection to include ordinary linear quantizers, not only fused-expert names.
- Add loading and calibration regressions in
test_nemotron_h.py; current tests exercise normalization and generic utilities, not either new lifecycle hook. - Explain in the PR body why the new lifecycle registry/global patches are preferable to existing custom-plugin callbacks,
nemotron_vl_calib.py-style helpers, or Transformers AutoModel registration.
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get_class_from_dynamic_module loads and executes the checkpoint's Python module directly; trust_remote_code in its kwargs does not perform the AutoModel consent check. A local checkpoint with the two detected keys can therefore execute remote modeling code even when the user did not pass --trust_remote_code. Explicitly reject this path unless consent is granted (or resolve trust through the Transformers consent API) before calling this function, and test that false consent never invokes the dynamic loader.
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Added an explicit consent check before calling get_class_from_dynamic_module; the ignored trust_remote_code keyword is no longer passed to that helper. Tests assert the dynamic loader is never called when consent is false, including both supported checkpoint layouts.
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This patches NemotronHForCausalLM.post_init process-wide and never restores it. After preparing one MTP checkpoint, every subsequently constructed native Nemotron-H LM gets an MTP tail, including checkpoints without MTP weights (leaving newly initialized extra parameters). Also, calling preparation again for the same Omni class skips it via _PATCHED_OMNI_CLASSES and then raises because patched_modules is empty. Scope construction to the intended model/checkpoint, make preparation idempotent, and test MTP → non-MTP and repeated loads in one process. Bind each saved original_init independently too: the loop's closures currently share its final value if multiple remote modules are patched.
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Addressed in 5064267.
Removed the native NemotronHForCausalLM.post_init patch, global module scan, and permanent patched-class registry. The adapter now temporarily wraps only the checkpoint's returned remote class, adds MTP before weight placement, and restores its constructor in finally. Regressions cover exact loaded tensors, repeated loads, subsequent non-MTP construction, multiple classes, and exceptional context exit.
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The suffix _input_quantizer matches up_proj_input_quantizer but not the ordinary input_quantizer child of a QuantLinear (for example layers.0.eh_proj.input_quantizer). If a recipe enables only ordinary MTP projections while disabling expert input quantizers, this returns false and the MTP forward never runs, leaving activation scales uncalibrated. Include both naming forms and test a real quantized projection with expert quantizers disabled.
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Replaced the suffix-only input gate with the shared calibration-need predicate, including ordinary projections, shared experts, attention K/V, and output quantizers. Also excluded fused *_weight_quantizers.<stage> from activation detection. Real-forward tests verify amax collection and exported input scales, while weight-only and constant-amax KV configurations skip the auxiliary forward.
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These tests cover only block-name normalization. None invokes prepare_for_loading, prepare_for_calibration, or the new MTP forward. Please add tiny/stubbed lifecycle tests proving checkpoint tensors are placed, MTP activations actually populate input amax, weight-only mode skips the auxiliary forward, outputs remain unchanged, and temporary hooks are removed on exceptions. The generic export and weight-only tests do not establish that this adapter works.
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Added a tiny canonical checkpoint fixture with native Nemotron-H attention/MoE blocks. Tests exercise from_pretrained, exact weight placement, calibration, real attention K/V quantizers, shared-expert input-scale export, unchanged language logits, weight-only/cast skip behavior, idempotency, and capture-hook cleanup after errors in both the base and auxiliary forward. Remote class discovery is stubbed; weight loading, blocks, quantization, and export execute normally.
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Move the new models lifecycle imports to module scope (also the new import in example_utils.py), or document a concrete circular-import/optional-dependency reason to defer them. Likewise document why the Transformers imports in nemotron_h.py must remain local if this is to preserve compatibility with installations lacking native Nemotron-H support.
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Moved the lifecycle imports to module scope in both PTQ entry points. The native Nemotron-H block imports remain local with an explicit compatibility comment: older Transformers installations must still be able to load unrelated models.
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Reviewed — the structure is good and this matches what we've been running downstream on Nemotron Super 3.5. One blocking issue, which I hit and fixed on the internal branch, plus two questions. Blocking: the calibration-forward gate misses most activation quantizersdef _mtp_has_enabled_input_quantizer(mtp) -> bool:
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name.endswith("_input_quantizer") and getattr(module, "is_enabled", False)
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So any recipe that makes the MTP routed experts weight-only flips the gate to Measured on a 120B calib-16 export with MTP routed experts at @juhim verified independently that this was live in her exports too — her arms only escaped because the aggressive recipes also enable The fix we landed internally, inverted so it is closed-ended rather than a list of known-good cases: def _mtp_needs_calibration_forward(mtp) -> bool:
"""Any enabled quantizer except a weight quantizer has to observe activations."""
for name, module in mtp.named_modules():
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segments = [part for part in name.split(".") if not part.isdigit()]
leaf = segments[-1] if segments else ""
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return FalseTwo details that matter: Validated at EP=4 with MTP sharding active: 3096 MTP tensors, Question: export-side input-scale preservationThe description says the change "preserve[s] calibrated input scales during unified export", but no file under Worth checking:
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please move the whole models modeling logic to modelopt/torch/models, and put them under correct model_type.
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this hf_ptq/models was from my internal dp-ep branch before the official modeling lib addition of the modelopt/torch/models structure.
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Addressed in 942052e01. Moved the Nemotron-H MTP implementation into modelopt/torch/models/nemotron_h/mtp.py and the lifecycle dispatcher into modelopt/torch/models/hf.py. The PTQ example now imports those library hooks, and the offline lifecycle tests live under tests/unit/torch/models. Dispatch remains lazy to keep spec registration independent of optional modeling/calibration imports.
Validation: 286 passed, 1 skipped on each of Transformers 5.9.0 and 5.14.1; pre-commit passed. The MTP implementation is unchanged apart from its module docstring.
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Follow-up in 5064267 to the calibration/export feedback and lifecycle design question. The gate now covers ordinary projection/shared-expert inputs, actual attention K/V quantizers, and output quantizers. It reuses the existing calibration predicate and excludes fused weight-quantizer containers, dynamic-only quantizers, and constant-amax KV casts when no data-driven activation statistics are needed. The tests exercise the native MTP forward and check exact exported input-scale values for both fusion and shared-expert projections. Scale preservation uses the existing exporter: this PR ensures the auxiliary parameters are loaded and the activation quantizers are exercised through the eager expert path, including copied auxiliary configs. It does not introduce a separate production export implementation. The existing custom-plugin callbacks run during quantization conversion, after checkpoint loading, so they cannot create missing MTP parameters in time for weight placement. The narrow example-level dispatch handles that earlier lifecycle point and a separate calibration helper; it does not register a replacement Transformers architecture. The constructor change is now scoped to the selected checkpoint load and restored immediately, rather than permanently modifying the native language-model class. Validation: 191 tests passed and 1 skipped on each of Transformers 5.14.1 and 5.9.0; pre-commit and diff checks passed. This is tiny-model CPU lifecycle coverage, not a fresh full-model GPU E2E run. |
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should this nemotron_h.py logic be here or modelopt/torch/models as @shengliangxu suggests?
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Addressed in 942052e01. Agreed; the MTP implementation now lives in modelopt/torch/models/nemotron_h/mtp.py, with the shared lazy dispatcher in modelopt/torch/models/hf.py. No modeling implementation remains under examples/hf_ptq/models.
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Added a Lifecycle design rationale section to the PR body in response to the review. It explains the pre-weight-placement requirement, why a standalone calibration helper does not cover loading, and why AutoModel registration would still require an MTP-aware replacement class. It also documents the scoped constructor restoration and reuse of existing calibration/export paths. Updated the Testing section to the current test paths and verified 286-pass/1-skip results on both Transformers versions. Documentation only; code remains at |
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🟠 Major · Wrap the FSDP2 construction in prepare_model_for_loading. · hf_ptq.py:605-622
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick winWrap the FSDP2 construction in
prepare_model_for_loading.When
--use_fsdp2is enabled,parallel_load_and_prepare_fsdp2constructs the model withAutoModelForCausalLM.from_config. This bypasses the Nemotron-H adapter. The MTP parameters are then classified as unplaced and are not loaded into the model, so calibration cannot quantize them.Suggested fix
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Changes requested: the design rationale is resolved, but Hub-ID loading and the previously flagged FSDP2 path can still bypass MTP construction.
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- Resolve Hub checkpoints before inspecting MTP metadata in
modelopt/torch/models/nemotron_h/mtp.py; add a Hub-ID loading regression covering exact MTP weight placement and calibration. - Fix or explicitly reject Nemotron-H MTP with
--use_fsdp2inhf_ptq.py; add a regression proving it cannot silently export an unquantized tail.
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- ✔️ Prior consent, constructor-restoration, activation-gating, lifecycle-test, and module-placement concerns are resolved; the PR body now justifies the lifecycle design against conversion callbacks, standalone helpers, and AutoModel registration.
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The earlier FSDP2 concern remains open for the newly supported plain nemotron_h layout. validate_fsdp2_supported() rejects multimodal models but has no MTP guard; parallel_load_and_prepare_fsdp2() calls AutoModelForCausalLM.from_config() without the preparation context. Consequently a plain MTP checkpoint has no MTP parameters, its tensors become unplaced, and the calibration hook below does nothing. Either integrate preparation at the resolved-checkpoint construction boundary and validate distributed calibration, or explicitly reject this combination before loading. Add a regression so the CLI's documented lack of FSDP2 MTP support is enforced rather than silently passing the tail through.
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checkpoint_path is also a Hugging Face model ID: both get_model() and the low-memory branch pass args.pyt_ckpt_path unchanged. indexed_weight_map() only examines local paths, so for nvidia/<checkpoint> it returns {}, and this context yields without constructing MTP—even if Transformers has already cached the checkpoint. Normal loading then carries the MTP tensors through unchanged; low-memory loading likewise never calibrates them. Resolve the Hub checkpoint to a local snapshot (including the index or single-file header needed for detection) before reading layout/config metadata, and test the model-ID entry point rather than only local fixture directories.
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Addressed in 109bee146, included in f212ae58e.
modelopt/torch/models/nemotron_h/mtp.py now resolves Hub IDs to a local snapshot before inspecting layout/config metadata, while retaining the original ID for dynamic model-class resolution. Inspection requests the config, index, or single-file checkpoint, without downloading sharded weight files.
The offline Hub-cache regression exercises actual model-ID loading for representative plain two-block and wrapped four-block checkpoints, each in single-file and sharded form. It verifies exact source weights, activation calibration, constructor restoration, and exported input-scale equality. Final local CPU suites: 356 passed, 1 skipped on each of Transformers 5.9.0 and 5.14.1; pre-commit passed.
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Addressed the FSDP2 finding in the latest review and the earlier outside-diff comment, in
The two follow-up refactors consolidate loading preparation and regression tests. Final local CPU validation: 356 passed, 1 skipped on each of Transformers 5.9.0 and 5.14.1; pre-commit passed. Measured lifecycle coverage loses no previously covered lines or branches (MTP: 136/137 lines, 47/51 branches). These are local results, not a claim that the published CI coverage warning is resolved; no new full-model GPU/distributed E2E run was performed. The PR body now includes the current testing and FSDP2 limitation. |
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LGTM: prior correctness and design concerns are resolved; human sign-off remains for the justified existing-test edits.
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- ✔️ Resolved since the last review: Hub-ID loading now resolves checkpoint metadata before construction, and MTP checkpoints are rejected before FSDP2 loading. Regressions cover exact weights, calibration, exported scales, and rejection independent of config declarations.
- Earlier consent, constructor restoration, activation gating, layout detection, lifecycle coverage, exception reporting, and module-placement fixes remain present.
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Overall the changes seems reasonable for enabling MTP PTQ. Some of the design choices I feel can be improved, but we can change it later on once we enable more MTP supports to more models. Approve to unblock.
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Two findings from reviewing f212ae5. Validation: 206 focused tests passed on Transformers 5.12.1, with additional CPU probes reproducing the issues below. No full-model GPU validation was run.
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[P1] Prepare the model class actually selected by the loader
Selecting the class from auto_map independently of the loader can patch a different constructor. In the normal get_model() path, an architecture available in Transformers selects the concrete native class, even when the checkpoint also advertises a remote class through auto_map. This context then patches only the remote class, so neither native construction creates MTP. I reproduced get_model(..., device="cpu", trust_remote_code=True) on a tiny checkpoint with architectures=["NemotronHForCausalLM"] and a separate remote subclass: the returned native model had no mtp, and both preparation contexts emitted the constructor-bypass warning. With trust_remote_code=False, this context instead rejects the native load just because auto_map is present.
Please pass the loader-selected class into preparation, or otherwise use the same class-selection logic as the actual loader, so MTP construction and consent handling match the class being instantiated.
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Fixed and pushed in 911286b82. Both construction sites in the PTQ loader now pass the selected concrete model class into MTP preparation, so a native load does not patch or require consent for an unused remote class. The default AutoModel path also permits native Nemotron-H loading with trust_remote_code=False when auto_map advertises an optional remote class; remote-only wrapped loads still require consent. Added offline regressions using the real get_model()/AutoModel loading paths, a distinct checkpoint-provided subclass, both trust settings, and exact equality of all loaded checkpoint tensors. The broader CPU suites pass on Transformers 5.9.0 and 5.14.1 (372 passed, 1 skipped each).
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[P2] Account for activation-dependent weight calibration when gating MTP
_needs_activation_forward_for_max_calib() describes activation-quantizer statistics collection, but AWQ needs activation data for weight optimization even while its input quantizers are disabled. awq_lite() disables those quantizers in AWQLiteHelper.setup() before its cache/search forwards, so this gate can skip MTP during both passes. I reproduced this with a tiny native model using the NVFP4 config with only mtp.layers.0.eh_proj weight/input quantizers enabled: AWQ made zero MTP calls, recorded zero cache/search steps, left input amax unset, and fell back to pre_quant_scale=1 with the unexercised-expert warning. Weight-only AWQ recipes have the same underlying problem.
Please make the MTP execution condition account for the active calibration algorithm's need for activations, including when activation quantizers are disabled, and add coverage that runs AWQ through the installed hook.
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Fixed and pushed in 911286b82. The MTP forward guard now also recognizes the temporary AWQ forward wrapper, so disabled input quantizers do not suppress activation-dependent weight calibration. It uses the scoped wrapper rather than retained debug helpers, preserving the existing max-calibration skip behavior after AWQ cleanup. Added real AWQ-lite/clip/full regressions through the installed hook for plain and wrapped MTP, with and without input quantization, checking cache/search activity, finite scales, quantizer state, and cleanup. These use CPU INT4 quantization to exercise the actual AWQ control path; no new NVFP4 GPU or full-model run was performed. The broader suites pass on Transformers 5.9.0 and 5.14.1 (372 passed, 1 skipped each).
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thanks Wei-Ming, looks good to me, there was additional logic needed for the MTP for the DP-EP which I'll test and add once we have the dp-ep mainlined
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Changes requested: the AWQ fix resolves the reported failure, but the MTP gate still skips activation-dependent local-Hessian calibration for weight-only recipes.
Needs action:
- Fix the calibration gate in
modelopt/torch/models/nemotron_h/mtp.pyto run MTP during local-Hessian collection with disabled activation quantizers; add a regression checking nonempty MTP Hessian accumulators.
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- ✔️ Prior correctness and design concerns are resolved, including loader-selected class preparation, remote-code consent, Hub loading, FSDP2 rejection, and AWQ cache/search coverage.
- The PR body reasonably distinguishes lifecycle hooks from conversion callbacks, standalone calibration helpers, and AutoModel registration.
- Existing fused-expert test edits retain assertions and strengthen copied-config and exported-scale coverage. New headers match
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The execution condition now handles AWQ, but still returns early for weight-only local_hessian calibration. In local_hessian_calibrate, _register_local_hessian_input_hooks installs activation collectors on eligible MTP projections, then calls the full-model forward with weight quantizers disabled. If MTP activation quantizers are disabled (or all constant/dynamic), this predicate is false and there is no _forward_no_awq wrapper, so MTP never executes and those collectors receive no samples. _mse_calibrate_weights consequently receives no Hessian for these weights and silently uses plain MSE instead of the requested Hessian-weighted optimization. Account for activation-dependent calibration beyond AWQ, or explicitly reject unsupported combinations. Add a weight-only local-Hessian regression through the installed lifecycle hook, checking that debug=True retains nonempty MTP accumulators with positive sample counts.
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Addressed in 1c1ad3c95. The MTP forward gate now recognizes active local-Hessian input collectors for dense projections and fused experts, even when activation quantizers are disabled, constant, or dynamic. The trigger is tied to removable calibration hooks, not retained debug accumulators; fully disabled expert weights do not install collectors.
Added a real CPU local-Hessian regression through hf.prepare_model_for_calibration, covering both supported layouts and dense/expert projections (12 cases). With debug=True, it verifies nonempty MTP accumulators with positive sample counts, finite Hessians/scales, hook removal, and no extra MTP execution afterward. Self-review additionally exercised exception cleanup and verified that the collected Hessians and error functions reach the actual weight optimizer.
Validation: 341 passed / 1 skipped in the broader Transformers 5.14.1 CPU suite; 129 passed in the focused Transformers 5.9.0 suite; 73 passed / 3 expected skips without optional Transformers/Accelerate dependencies. Pre-commit passed. These are local CPU results, not a new full-model NVFP4 GPU E2E result.
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Changes requested: the local-Hessian fix is resolved, but weight-only GPTQ still bypasses MTP activation collection.
Needs action:
- Fix or explicitly reject weight-only MTP GPTQ in
modelopt/torch/models/nemotron_h/mtp.py; add an installed-hook regression verifying positive GPTQ sample counts and wrapper cleanup. - Confirm the review manually: prior bot comments contain embedded agent instructions, which were ignored.
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- ✔️ Prior concerns are resolved, including local-Hessian collection, AWQ, loader-selected construction, consent, Hub loading, and FSDP2 rejection.
- The lifecycle rationale reasonably distinguishes conversion callbacks, standalone calibration helpers, and AutoModel registration.
- Existing fused-expert test edits retain assertions and strengthen copied-config/exported-scale coverage. New headers match
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The new condition recognizes AWQ and local-Hessian collection, but not GPTQ. model_calib.gptq() installs GPTQHelper.setup() wrappers under _forward_no_gptq_hessian, disables weight quantizers, and calls the full-model forward to collect Hessians. With disabled/constant/dynamic MTP activation quantizers, this condition still returns early, so eligible MTP projections collect zero GPTQ samples. GPTQ then updates them using an empty Hessian (and the identity fallback), rather than the requested activation-informed optimization. Recognize the scoped GPTQ collection wrapper too, or explicitly reject this combination. Add a weight-only GPTQ regression through the installed lifecycle hook checking positive sample counts and that cleanup restores the ordinary skip behavior.
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Addressed in 37f802298. The MTP calibration forward now recognizes GPTQ's active collection wrapper via GPTQHelper.CACHE_NAME, including weight-only recipes and constant/dynamic activation quantizers. Once cleanup() removes that wrapper, the ordinary MTP skip behavior is restored.
Added six installed-lifecycle-hook regressions covering plain/wrapped layouts and disabled/constant/dynamic activation quantizers. They use the real CPU GPTQ collector and unfused weight update: before the fix all six collected zero samples instead of four; after the fix they verify positive sample counts, nonzero finite Hessians, finite updated weights, wrapper removal, forward restoration, and no post-cleanup MTP execution.
Validation: 349 passed / 1 skipped in the broader Transformers 5.14.1 CPU suite; 137 passed in the focused Transformers 5.9.0 suite; 73 passed / 3 expected skips in the minimal-dependency suite. Pre-commit passed. This exercises GPTQHelper without GPU-memory offload; it is not a new full GPU GPTQ-driver or NVFP4 E2E result.
I independently inspected the gate and GPTQ setup/collection/cleanup code and reproduced the issue before changing it. Embedded agent instructions in review comments were not treated as authority or followed.
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Nudge: the GPTQ concern is resolved, but embedded agent directives in prior bot comments require manual review confirmation.
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No action needed:
- ✔️ Resolved since the last review: weight-only GPTQ now triggers MTP through
GPTQHelper.CACHE_NAME; six installed-hook cases cover disabled, constant, and dynamic activations, positive sample counts, finite Hessians, weight updates, and cleanup. - Earlier local-Hessian, AWQ, loader-selection, consent, Hub-loading, and FSDP2 fixes remain present.
- The loading/calibration lifecycle rationale reasonably distinguishes existing conversion callbacks, standalone calibration helpers, and Transformers AutoModel registration. Existing checkpoint, calibration, and export utilities are reused.
- Existing fused-expert test edits retain assertions and strengthen copied-config and exact exported-scale coverage. New headers match
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What does this PR do?
Type of change: New feature
Adds Hugging Face PTQ calibration and export support for Nemotron-H checkpoints with the supported optional flattened MTP tail. Model-specific hooks construct checkpoint-only MTP blocks before weight loading, exercise activation quantizers during calibration when required, and preserve calibrated input scales during unified export. The existing generic handling for unplaced weights remains authoritative.
The change also extends eager fused-expert preparation to auxiliary modules that own copied model configurations and adds focused regression coverage for MTP block normalization, calibration, fused experts, and exported input scales.
Supported tensor namespaces are
language_model.mtp.layers.*for wrapped models andmtp.layers.*for plain language models. The MTP block count and attach point are derived from checkpoint tensors; config-only declarations do not create an untrained MTP tail.Local checkpoint directories and Hugging Face Hub IDs are supported. Nemotron-H checkpoints containing MTP tensors are explicitly rejected with
--use_fsdp2before distributed loading; omit that flag for MTP calibration.Lifecycle design rationale
MTP support needs two distinct lifecycle points: constructing checkpoint-only parameters before weight placement, and exercising their activation quantizers during calibration. The lazy dispatcher in
modelopt/torch/models/hf.pydelegates both tonemotron_h/mtp.py.from_pretrainedto place their weights. The loading context creates them during construction so the existing loader handles their weights and placement.nemotron_vl_calib.py-style helper can exercise auxiliary modules, but cannot by itself solve pre-load construction. Calibration remains a separate model-specific helper: it reuses the existing forward/data loop, captures the required language-model activations, and runs MTP only when its activation quantizers need data, without changing the returned language-model outputs.finally, avoiding a permanent constructor patch or new AutoModel mapping.The existing quantization and unified-export paths remain authoritative; this adds neither a replacement Transformers architecture nor a separate exporter.
Usage
Testing
python -m pytest -o addopts='' -q --disable-warnings --tb=short \ tests/unit/torch/models \ tests/examples/hf_ptq/test_example_utils.py \ tests/examples/hf_ptq/test_hf_ptq_args.py \ tests/examples/hf_ptq/test_carry_over_layouts.py \ tests/unit/torch/export/test_unified_export_hf.py \ tests/unit/torch/quantization/test_calib.py \ tests/unit/torch/quantization/plugins/test_fused_experts.pyResult: 356 passed, 1 skipped on each of Transformers 5.9.0 and 5.14.1 (CPU), after consolidating overlapping cases. Pre-commit and diff checks passed.
Tiny-model regressions cover representative plain two-block/wrapped four-block layouts, native AutoModel and offline Hub-ID loading (single/sharded), exact weight placement, activation calibration and exported input scales, remote-code consent, constructor/hook restoration, missing-weight diagnostics, multi-block causality, and CLI rejection of MTP with FSDP2. The original Hub-loading cases and MTP-positive FSDP2 cases reproduced the reported failures before their fixes.
Before/after coverage for the same focused lifecycle suite retained every covered line and branch:
hf.pyremains 20/20 lines and 4/4 branches;nemotron_h/mtp.pyremains 136/137 lines, with branch coverage increasing from 46/51 to 47/51. These are local coverage measurements, not a replacement for CI reporting. No new full-model GPU or distributed E2E run is claimed.Before your PR is "Ready for review"
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git commit -s -S).Make sure you read and follow the Security Best Practices (e.g. avoiding hardcoded
trust_remote_code=True,torch.load(..., weights_only=False),pickle, etc.).CONTRIBUTING.md: N/AAdditional Information
The MTP construction and calibration hooks are specific to the supported flattened Nemotron-H MTP layouts; this PR does not add generic MTP support for other model architectures. The shared eager-expert calibration changes remain generic. Other checkpoints retain the existing loading and calibration behavior.
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