adds epoch-boundary checkpoint saving (#160)

Currently, we save checkpoints:

1. Whenever we pass enough samples, and
2. sometimes at the end of training.

This adds saving per-epoch, so one could set save_samples really high and ONLY
save at the boundary of epochs.

Signed-off-by: James Kunstle <[email protected]>

Author: JamesKunstle

src/instructlab/training/config.py

@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ class TrainingArgs(BaseModel):
     warmup_steps: int
     is_padding_free: bool
     random_seed: int = 42
+    checkpoint_at_epoch: bool = False
 
     mock_data: Optional[bool] = False
     mock_data_len: int = 0

src/instructlab/training/main_ds.py

@@ -463,6 +463,15 @@ def train(args, model, tokenizer, train_loader, grad_accum, metric_logger):
             if local_rank == 0:
                 inner_pb.update(1)
             torch.cuda.empty_cache()
+
+        if args.checkpoint_at_epoch:
+            save_hf_format_ds(
+                args,
+                model,
+                tokenizer,
+                global_step * args.samples_per_gpu * world_size,
+                is_lora=bool(args.lora_r),
+            )
     if args.save_last:
         save_hf_format_ds(
             args,
@@ -615,6 +624,9 @@ def run_training(torch_args: TorchrunArgs, train_args: TrainingArgs) -> None:
         f"--chat-tmpl-path={train_args.chat_tmpl_path}",
     ]
 
+    if train_args.checkpoint_at_epoch:
+        command.append("--checkpoint_at_epoch")
+
     if train_args.mock_data:
         command.append("--mock_data")
         if train_args.mock_len:
@@ -734,6 +746,11 @@ def run_training(torch_args: TorchrunArgs, train_args: TrainingArgs) -> None:
     parser.add_argument(
         "--save_last", action="store_true", help="save after finishing training"
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--checkpoint_at_epoch",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Save a model checkpoint after finishing an epoch.",
+    )
     parser.add_argument("--log_level", type=str, default="INFO")
     parser.add_argument("--seed", type=int, default=42)
     parser.add_argument("--mock_data", action="store_true")