diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
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+name: CI
+
+
+on:
+ # PRs into main are the merge gate (TDR-014). Pushes to any branch also run,
+ # so breakage on Linux or an older Python is found while the work is in
+ # progress rather than at PR time -- this workflow sat unexecuted for its
+ # whole life because nothing had been pushed to main or opened as a PR.
+ push:
+ branches: ["**"]
+ pull_request:
+ branches: [main]
+
+concurrency:
+ group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+ cancel-in-progress: true
+
+permissions:
+ contents: read
+
+env:
+ # Floor is 3.12 (see the comment on requires-python in pyproject.toml).
+ PYTHON_VERSION: "3.12"
+
+jobs:
+ lint:
+ name: Lint (ruff)
+ runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+ steps:
+ - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+ - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+ with:
+ python-version: ${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}
+ - name: Install ruff
+ run: pip install ruff
+ - name: Ruff check
+ run: ruff check .
+ - name: Ruff format (check only)
+ run: ruff format --check .
+
+ typecheck:
+ name: Type check (mypy)
+ runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+ steps:
+ - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+ - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+ with:
+ python-version: ${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}
+ cache: pip
+ - name: Install package + type stubs
+ run: pip install -e ".[dev]"
+ - name: mypy
+ run: mypy tokenizer dataset model attention training inference optimization benchmark
+
+ test:
+ name: Tests (pytest, py${{ matrix.python-version }})
+ runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+ strategy:
+ fail-fast: false
+ matrix:
+ # 3.14 is the version this project is developed on; 3.12 is the floor.
+ python-version: ["3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]
+ steps:
+ - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+ - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+ with:
+ python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+ cache: pip
+ - name: Install package
+ run: pip install -e ".[dev]"
+ - name: Run tests with coverage
+ run: pytest --cov=tokenizer --cov=dataset --cov=model --cov=attention --cov=training --cov=inference --cov=optimization --cov=benchmark --cov-report=term-missing
+
+ import-smoke:
+ name: Import smoke
+ runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+ steps:
+ - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+ - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+ with:
+ python-version: ${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}
+ cache: pip
+ - name: Install package
+ run: pip install -e .
+ - name: Modules import cleanly
+ run: |
+ python -c "import tokenizer, dataset, model, attention, training, inference, optimization, benchmark; print('all modules import OK')"
+ python -c "from tokenizer import BPE; t=BPE(vocab_size=256); ids=t.encode('hello'); assert t.decode(ids)=='hello'; print('tokenizer smoke OK')"
+ python -c "
+ import torch
+ from attention import CausalAttention
+ from dataset import DataEngine
+ e = DataEngine.from_config({'dataset': {'source': 'synthetic', 'seq_len': 16, 'batch_size': 2}}, vocab_size=64)
+ b = e.next_batch()
+ assert b['input_ids'].shape == (2, 16)
+ a = CausalAttention(d_model=32, n_heads=4, n_kv_heads=2, max_seq_len=64).eval()
+ out, cache = a(torch.randn(2, 16, 32), use_cache=True)
+ assert out.shape == (2, 16, 32) and len(cache) == 16
+ print('dataset + attention smoke OK')
+ "
+ - name: Training entry point runs
+ # Bounded deliberately. This step is a wiring check, not a training run:
+ # the shipped config is 2000 steps of a 32.5M model, which on a CPU
+ # runner is ~1.8 minutes and writes ~1.8 GB of checkpoints.
+ run: |
+ python -m training.train --config configs/default.yaml \
+ dataset.batch_size=2 dataset.seq_len=32 \
+ training.steps=5 training.warmup_steps=1 \
+ training.ckpt_every=0 training.log_every=1 \
+ training.out_dir="${RUNNER_TEMP:-/tmp}/ci-checkpoints"
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Python
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+*.so
+.Python
+build/
+develop-eggs/
+dist/
+downloads/
+eggs/
+.eggs/
+lib/
+lib64/
+parts/
+sdist/
+var/
+wheels/
+*.egg-info/
+.installed.cfg
+*.egg
+MANIFEST
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Testing / Linting / Type-checking caches
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.mypy_cache/
+.pytest_cache/
+.ruff_cache/
+.coverage
+.coverage.*
+htmlcov/
+.tox/
+.nox/
+.hypothesis/
+nosetests.xml
+coverage.xml
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Virtual environments / package managers
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.venv/
+venv/
+env/
+ENV/
+env.bak/
+venv.bak/
+.conda/
+.python-version
+poetry.lock.persona
+uv.lock.persona
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Model checkpoints / training artifacts (large binaries, never commit)
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+checkpoints/*
+!checkpoints/.gitkeep
+runs/
+logs/
+wandb/
+*.pt
+*.pth
+*.ckpt
+*.safetensors
+*.bin
+*.onnx
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Data files / datasets (large, regenerable, or licensed)
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+dataset/data/
+data/
+*.npy
+*.npz
+*.memmap
+*.h5
+*.hdf5
+*.parquet
+*.arrow
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Raw / source text dumps
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+arxiv.txt
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Secrets & environment files (NEVER commit API keys / tokens)
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.env
+.env.*
+*.env
+.env.local
+.env.production
+secrets/
+credentials/
+*.pem
+*.key
+*.p12
+config/api_keys*.yaml
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# OS / editor / editor-config files
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.DS_Store
+.DS_Store?
+._*
+.Spotlight-V100
+.Trashes/
+ehthumbs.db
+Thumbs.db
+.idea/
+.vscode/
+*.swp
+*.swo
+*~
+*.orig
+*.rej
+.vscode/
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Notebooks / scratch experiments (work-in-progress, not part of the package)
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+test_agent.py
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+
+
Language Model Engine ๐ง โก
+
A decoder-only GPT-style language model built entirely from scratch in PyTorch โ custom byte-level BPE tokenizer, memory-mapped data engine, grouped-query attention with RoPE, a hand-written tiled attention kernel, a hand-written AdamW, and cached autoregressive generation. No pretrained weights, no HuggingFace.
+
+
+
+---
+
+### Project Overview
+
+*This project builds a complete language model system from first principles, with the emphasis on low-level systems engineering rather than on training a model quickly.*
+
+- **Everything is hand-written:** BPE merges, rotary embeddings, grouped-query attention, the KV cache, a tiled online-softmax attention kernel *with its own recomputing backward*, and AdamW are all implemented directly โ the only thing borrowed from PyTorch is tensor math.
+- **Three interchangeable attention kernels:** a readable `manual` reference, torch's fused `sdpa`, and our own `flash` tiled implementation. All three are asserted to produce identical output, so the reference acts as a correctness oracle for the optimised paths.
+- **Memory-mapped data engine:** the corpus is a bare `uint16` array on disk read through `mmap`, so window count comes from `stat()` alone and no bulk copy ever enters RAM โ even with multiprocessing workers.
+- **GQA that actually saves memory:** 8 query heads share 2 KV heads, shrinking the KV cache **4ร** (2048 KiB โ 512 KiB per layer at 512 tokens) and the attention parameters by 37.5%.
+- **Test-driven throughout:** every module's exit test is written before its implementation. **359 tests** currently pass across unit and integration suites.
+- **Runs on Apple Silicon:** device resolution is `mps โ cuda โ cpu`, with bf16 autocast on MPS and no `GradScaler` (which is CUDA-only).
+
+---
+
+### System Architecture
+
+```mermaid
+flowchart TB
+ RAW["๐ Raw text corpus"]
+
+ subgraph BUILT ["Implemented โ 359 tests"]
+ TOK["tokenizer/
byte-level BPE
train ยท encode ยท decode"]
+ DS["dataset/
mmap + streaming
windowing ยท sharding"]
+ ATT["attention/
GQA + RoPE + KV cache
manual ยท sdpa ยท flash"]
+ MODEL["model/
RMSNorm ยท SwiGLU
CausalLM"]
+ TRAIN["training/
AdamW ยท cosine ยท AMP
grad accum ยท checkpoints"]
+ INFER["inference/
greedy ยท top-k ยท top-p
cached generation"]
+ OPT["optimization/
int8 / int4 quant
KV arena"]
+ BENCH["benchmark/
latency ยท throughput ยท memory"]
+ end
+
+ CKPT[("๐พ checkpoints/")]
+
+ RAW --> TOK --> DS --> TRAIN
+ ATT --> MODEL --> TRAIN
+ TRAIN --> CKPT --> INFER
+ CKPT --> OPT --> INFER
+ BENCH -.measures.-> DS
+ BENCH -.measures.-> ATT
+ BENCH -.measures.-> TRAIN
+ BENCH -.measures.-> INFER
+
+ classDef done fill:#1b5e20,stroke:#4CAF50,stroke-width:2px,color:#fff
+ classDef todo fill:#37474f,stroke:#78909c,stroke-width:1px,color:#cfd8dc,stroke-dasharray: 4 4
+ classDef store fill:#4a148c,stroke:#ab47bc,color:#fff
+ class TOK,DS,ATT,MODEL,TRAIN,INFER,OPT,BENCH done
+ class CKPT,RAW store
+```
+
+| Module | Responsibility | State |
+|---|---|---|
+| `tokenizer/` | Byte-level BPE, GPT-2 pre-tokenization, piece cache, incremental training index | โ
54 tests |
+| `dataset/` | `uint16` corpus format, mmap/streaming readers, corpus download, document split, message prep | โ
76 tests |
+| `attention/` | RoPE, grouped-query causal attention, KV cache, three kernels + recomputing backward | โ
43 tests |
+| `model/` | RMSNorm, SwiGLU, pre-norm blocks, `CausalLM` with weight tying and depth-scaled init | โ
25 tests |
+| `training/` | Hand-written AdamW, cosine schedule, AMP, grad accumulation, checkpoints, validation | โ
58 tests |
+| `inference/` | Greedy / top-k / top-p sampling, cached generation, batched generation with key padding | โ
29 tests |
+| `optimization/` | int8 / int4 per-channel weight quantization, preallocated KV arena | โ
38 tests |
+| `benchmark/` | Device-synced timing harness, p50/p90/p95/p99, exact memory metrics, baseline report | โ
25 tests |
+
+---
+
+### Data Pipeline
+
+```mermaid
+flowchart LR
+ A["๐ raw text"] --> B["BPE.encode()"]
+ B --> C["append <|endoftext|>
per document"]
+ C --> D[("corpus.bin
flat uint16, no header")]
+
+ D --> E["stat() โ n_tokens
window count without opening"]
+ D --> F["np.memmap
lazy, per-process handle"]
+
+ F --> G["window i โ tokens[iยทT : iยทT+T+1]"]
+ G --> H["input_ids = w[:-1]
labels = w[1:]"]
+
+ H --> I["DataLoader
workers ยท prefetch ยท pin_memory"]
+ I --> J["batch [B, T]"]
+ J --> K["๐ฅ๏ธ .to(device)"]
+
+ classDef disk fill:#4a148c,stroke:#ab47bc,color:#fff
+ classDef proc fill:#0d47a1,stroke:#42a5f5,color:#fff
+ classDef out fill:#1b5e20,stroke:#4CAF50,color:#fff
+ class D disk
+ class B,C,E,F,G,H,I proc
+ class J,K out
+```
+
+Each window reads **`T + 1`** ids and splits them, rather than reading `T` and shifting inside the window. That one extra token means the final position gets a *real* label instead of padding โ shifting inside would silently discard 1/512 of the training signal and teach one position from a fake target.
+
+---
+
+### Attention Architecture
+
+```mermaid
+flowchart TB
+ X["x โ [B, T, d_model]"]
+
+ X --> QP["q_proj โ [B, 8, T, 64]"]
+ X --> KP["k_proj โ [B, 2, T, 64]"]
+ X --> VP["v_proj โ [B, 2, T, 64]"]
+
+ QP --> RQ["RoPE rotate
offset = cache length"]
+ KP --> RK["RoPE rotate
offset = cache length"]
+ VP --> NOV["never rotated
RoPE encodes where, not what"]
+
+ RK --> CACHE[("KV cache
stores 2 heads, not 8")]
+ NOV --> CACHE
+
+ CACHE --> REP["repeat_kv ร4
query head h โ kv head hรท4"]
+
+ RQ --> KERNEL
+ REP --> KERNEL
+
+ subgraph KERNEL ["kernel โ all three must agree"]
+ M["manual
oracle"]
+ S["sdpa
fused, default"]
+ FL["flash
tiled, O(T) memory"]
+ end
+
+ KERNEL --> O["o_proj โ [B, T, d_model]"]
+
+ classDef gqa fill:#e65100,stroke:#ffb74d,color:#fff
+ classDef cache fill:#4a148c,stroke:#ab47bc,color:#fff
+ classDef kern fill:#0d47a1,stroke:#42a5f5,color:#fff
+ class KP,VP,REP gqa
+ class CACHE cache
+ class M,S,FL kern
+```
+
+#### KV cache: prefill then decode
+
+```mermaid
+sequenceDiagram
+ autonumber
+ participant U as Caller
+ participant A as CausalAttention
+ participant C as KVCache
+
+ Note over U,C: Prefill โ the whole prompt in one parallel pass
+ U->>A: forward(prompt[1, 6, C], use_cache=True)
+ A->>A: RoPE at positions 0..5
+ A->>C: update(k[1,2,6,64], v[1,2,6,64])
+ C-->>A: full K, V (len 6)
+ A-->>U: out[1, 6, C], cache(len=6)
+
+ Note over U,C: Decode โ one token at a time, O(T) not O(Tยฒ)
+ U->>A: forward(token[1, 1, C], kv_cache, use_cache=True)
+ A->>A: RoPE at position 6 โ from cache length, not slice index
+ A->>C: update(k[1,2,1,64], v[1,2,1,64])
+ C-->>A: full K, V (len 7)
+ Note right of A: q_len == 1 โ no mask needed
one query legally sees every key
+ A-->>U: out[1, 1, C], cache(len=7)
+```
+
+The RoPE offset in step 7 is the single easiest bug to ship in this module: rotating a decode token at position 0 instead of `cache_len` leaves prefill looking perfect while every generated token believes it is the start of the sequence. `test_cached_decode_matches_full_forward` pins it by asserting that token-by-token decoding reproduces one full parallel forward exactly.
+
+#### Tiled ("flash") attention
+
+```mermaid
+flowchart TB
+ START(["q, k, v โ [B, H, T, D]"]) --> QT["for each query tile
block_q rows"]
+ QT --> INIT["m = -inf ยท l = 0 ยท acc = 0
running max, denominator, output"]
+ INIT --> KT{"next key tile?"}
+
+ KT -->|"j > last query pos"| DONE["break โ every later tile
is fully masked"]
+ KT -->|yes| SC["scores = q_tile ยท k_tileแต ยท scale
only [block_q ร block_k] resident"]
+ SC --> MASK["mask keys > query position"]
+ MASK --> NEWM["m_new = max(m, rowmax)
clamp -inf rows โ 0, else NaN"]
+ NEWM --> RESCALE["rescale = exp(m โ m_new)
l = lยทrescale + ฮฃexp(s โ m_new)
acc = accยทrescale + exp(sโm_new)ยทv_tile"]
+ RESCALE --> KT
+
+ DONE --> OUT["out_tile = acc / l"]
+ OUT --> NEXT{"more query tiles?"}
+ NEXT -->|yes| QT
+ NEXT -->|no| FIN(["out โ [B, H, T, D]"])
+
+ classDef hot fill:#e65100,stroke:#ffb74d,color:#fff
+ classDef safe fill:#1b5e20,stroke:#4CAF50,color:#fff
+ class SC,RESCALE hot
+ class DONE,NEWM safe
+```
+
+The full `T ร T` score matrix is never allocated โ peak memory is O(T) rather than O(Tยฒ). This is asserted rather than claimed: `test_flash_never_materialises_the_full_score_matrix` monkey-patches `torch.matmul` and fails if any intermediate exceeds the tile width.
+
+---
+
+### Training on Real Data
+
+```bash
+python -m dataset.prepare_corpus --corpus tinyshakespeare --vocab-size 8192
+python -m training.train --config configs/tinyshakespeare.yaml
+```
+
+`prepare_corpus` downloads, fits a vocabulary on a bounded sample, splits **by
+document**, and writes `train.bin` / `val.bin` beside the `vocab.json` they were
+encoded with. Training then reports held-out perplexity every `eval_every` steps.
+
+Two properties worth knowing:
+
+- **The split is by document, never by token.** Windows are contiguous slices of
+ one flat array, so cutting a *tokenised* stream puts validation tokens inside
+ training windows and the reported perplexity comes out quietly too good.
+ Documents are assigned by a hash of their own text, so the split is
+ reproducible without storing a seed, and adding documents never reshuffles
+ existing ones across the boundary.
+- **Corpora are never committed.** `data/` is gitignored, and every entry records
+ its licence, because "where did the training data come from" is unpleasant to
+ answer retroactively.
+
+Behind a TLS-inspecting corporate proxy (Zscaler and similar), `requests` fails
+where `curl` succeeds โ the proxy re-signs certificates with a corporate root CA
+that certifi does not carry. `pip install -e ".[data]"` pulls in `truststore`,
+which routes verification through the OS keychain. Verification is never
+disabled.
+
+#### Email and chat corpora
+
+`dataset/messages.py` prepares mail and message records โ stripping quoted
+replies, signatures and confidentiality footers, optionally adding
+`<|from|>` / `<|subject|>` / `<|body|>` structure tokens, and masking recognisable
+identifier shapes. It ships **no connector to any mailbox or workspace**;
+the caller supplies the records.
+
+Read the module docstring before pointing it at real mail. Three things are true
+and none of them are obvious:
+
+1. **A model memorises its training data.** This project measured a 32.5M-param
+ model reaching loss 0.017 on a 10,677-token corpus โ reproducing it. A
+ checkpoint trained on mail *is* a copy of that mail and inherits its handling
+ obligations.
+2. **`redact()` is best-effort, not a compliance control.** It catches shapes
+ (addresses, phone numbers, long digit runs). It cannot catch a name in prose
+ or a deal codename โ `test_redaction_cannot_catch_a_name_in_prose` pins that
+ limit deliberately.
+3. **A mailbox is a fine-tuning corpus, not a pretraining one.** ~1โ10M tokens
+ against the ~650M this model size wants; trained alone it memorises.
+
+---
+
+### Optimization Strategy
+
+| Concept | Implementation | Measured effect |
+|---|---|---|
+| **Grouped-Query Attention** | 8 query heads share 2 KV heads; the cache stores the *unexpanded* heads and `repeat_kv` expands only on read | KV cache **2048 KiB โ 512 KiB** per layer at 512 tokens; attention params 1,048,576 โ 655,360 |
+| **KV cache** | Prefill computes all K/V once, then each decode step appends a single position | Generation drops from O(Tยฒ) recomputation to O(T) |
+| **Tiled attention** | Block-wise online softmax with running max and denominator; fully-masked tiles are skipped entirely | Score memory O(Tยฒ) โ O(block_q ร block_k) |
+| **Memory-mapped corpus** | Bare `uint16` array; `np.memmap` opened lazily *per process* and dropped on pickle | No bulk copy into RAM; each DataLoader worker gets its own handle instead of the corpus through a pipe |
+| **RoPE as buffers** | cos/sin tables registered with `persistent=False` | Derived constants stay out of every checkpoint |
+| **Header-free token format** | File is exactly `n_tokens ร 2` bytes | Window count from `stat()` โ no open, no parse, no read |
+| **Per-channel weight quantization** | Symmetric int8/int4 with one scale per output row; int4 packs two codes per byte | 128.03 MiB โ 41.21 MiB (int8) / 26.71 MiB (int4), perplexity within 10% |
+| **Preallocated KV arena** | One `[B, H, max_seq_len, D]` allocation written in place, replacing per-step concatenation | Zero allocations per decode step; reserved-vs-used bytes reported separately |
+
+---
+
+### Pipeline Workflow
+
+**(1)** Tokenization:
+- Text is encoded to UTF-8 bytes, so there are no unknown tokens for any input โ emoji and rare scripts included.
+- BPE merges are learned greedily, with deterministic tie-breaking so training is reproducible.
+- Special tokens occupy the lowest ids and are atomic โ never merged across.
+
+**(2)** Corpus packing:
+- Documents are encoded and joined with `<|endoftext|>` so windows cannot silently splice one document onto the next.
+- Ids are validated against the `uint16` range and written as a flat array. An out-of-range id raises rather than wrapping (`65536 โ 0`), which would corrupt the corpus in a way that only surfaces much later as inexplicable loss.
+
+**(3)** Windowing:
+- `stat()` gives the token count; `(n_tokens โ 1) // seq_len` gives the window count.
+- Each window reads `seq_len + 1` ids and splits into `input_ids` / `labels`.
+- Workers shard strided (`order[worker_id::num_workers]`) so no window is emitted twice.
+
+**(4)** Attention:
+- Q/K/V are projected, split into heads, and Q/K rotated by RoPE at their absolute positions.
+- KV heads are cached pre-expansion, then expanded to full head count on read.
+- The kernel masks according to the `q_len` / `k_len` relationship โ full triangle, no mask, or an explicit bottom-right triangle for chunked prefill.
+
+---
+
+### Setting up the project in your machine
+
+#### Prerequisites
+
+- Python 3.12+
+- pip
+- Git
+
+#### Clone the repository
+
+```bash
+git clone https://github.com/555aaditya/Language-Model.git
+cd Language-Model
+```
+
+#### Install dependencies
+
+```bash
+python3 -m venv .venv
+source .venv/bin/activate
+pip install -e ".[dev]"
+```
+
+#### Verify the install
+
+```bash
+pytest
+```
+
+*Expected output:*
+```
+359 passed
+```
+
+#### Run the entry point
+
+```bash
+python -m training.train --config configs/default.yaml
+```
+
+*Expected output (on Apple Silicon):*
+```
+device: mps | amp dtype: torch.bfloat16
+dataset engine OK: input_ids (16, 512), labels (16, 512) on mps:0
+```
+
+Any config key can be overridden from the command line with dotted notation:
+
+```bash
+python -m training.train --config configs/default.yaml training.lr=3e-4 model.n_layers=12 attention.impl=flash
+```
+
+---
+
+### Testing
+
+```bash
+pytest # everything (359 tests)
+pytest tests/unit -q # unit only
+pytest tests/integration -q # cross-module seams
+pytest tests/unit/test_attention.py -q # one module
+```
+
+Reproduce the CI gate locally:
+
+```bash
+ruff check .
+ruff format --check .
+mypy tokenizer dataset model attention training inference optimization benchmark
+pytest --cov=tokenizer --cov=dataset --cov=attention --cov-report=term-missing
+```
+
+| Suite | Tests | What it pins |
+|---|---|---|
+| `test_tokenizer.py` | 14 | Encode/decode round trips, unicode, merge ordering, special tokens, serialisation |
+| `test_dataset.py` | 29 | `uint16` bounds, window arithmetic, next-token shift, worker sharding, DataLoader trap avoidance |
+| `test_attention.py` | 39 | Causal masking, RoPE relative-distance property, GQA group mapping, KV-cache equivalence, kernel agreement |
+| `test_model.py` | 25 | RMSNorm vs LayerNorm behaviour, SwiGLU gating, pre-norm residuals, parameter count, weight tying, cached decode |
+| `test_optimizer.py` | 20 | AdamW matching `torch.optim.AdamW` step for step, decoupled decay, no-decay groups, cosine schedule shape |
+| `test_trainer.py` | 18 | Overfit-one-batch, grad accumulation equivalence, clipping, LR schedule, checkpoint resume |
+| `test_train_config.py` | 20 | YAML loading, dotted-key overrides, type preservation across overrides |
+| `test_inference.py` | 29 | Greedy determinism, top-k/top-p set selection, cross-device seeded sampling, cached-vs-uncached generation |
+| `test_tokenizer_dataset_attention.py` | 5 | Cross-module seams: tokenizer โ `.bin` โ batches โ attention |
+| `test_quantization.py` | 21 | int8/int4 round-trip error bounds, per-channel scales, real byte savings, perplexity tolerance |
+| `test_kv_pool.py` | 17 | Arena never reallocates, returns only the filled prefix, generates identically to the concat cache |
+| `test_benchmark.py` | 25 | Device sync, interpolated percentiles, undersampling detection, exact memory arithmetic, baseline reproduction |
+| `test_pretokenize.py` | 40 | Pattern tiles every input, no cross-piece merges, cache soundness, sub-quadratic scaling |
+| `test_messages.py` | 22 | Quoted-reply/signature/disclaimer stripping, redaction limits, structure tokens |
+| `test_corpora_and_eval.py` | 25 | Document-split disjointness and stability, validation perplexity, batched generation |
+| `test_end_to_end.py` | 5 | Full pipeline learns real text; trained model's cache stays equivalent; resume converges |
+
+---
+
+### A Measured Run
+
+Training this repo's own `docs/TDD.md` as a corpus, on an M5 Pro via MPS:
+
+| | |
+|---|---|
+| Corpus | 39,922 chars โ **10,677 tokens** (3.74 chars/token) |
+| Tokenizer | 2,048 vocab, 1,791 merges, trained in 4.0 s |
+| Model | 4.33M params โ `d_model` 256, 4 layers, 8 heads / 2 KV heads |
+| Throughput | **~75,000 tokens/sec** (bf16 autocast) |
+| 250 steps | 6.9 s wall clock |
+| Loss | 7.679 โ 0.017 (baseline `ln(2048)` = 7.625) |
+
+**Read that loss honestly:** 4.33M parameters against 10,677 tokens is a ~400:1
+overparameterisation, so 0.017 is memorisation, not language modelling. The
+generations show it โ correct markdown structure, real vocabulary from the
+document, no coherent syntax. What the run demonstrates is that the *pipeline*
+is sound end to end: the tokenizer round-trips, the corpus packs, gradients
+flow, the schedule fires, and the cache generates. Producing a model worth
+evaluating needs a corpus several orders of magnitude larger, which is what the
+`benchmark/` stage exists to measure.
+
+---
+
+### Benchmark Results
+
+`python -m benchmark.report --config configs/default.yaml`
+
+The report deliberately splits into two halves, because they deserve different
+levels of trust. **Deterministic** metrics are exact arithmetic over tensor
+shapes โ identical on every machine, and asserted against a checked-in baseline
+in CI. **Measured** metrics are wall-clock and reproducible only in shape.
+
+#### Deterministic โ 32.51M parameters, `configs/default.yaml`
+
+| Precision | Size | Compression |
+|---|---|---|
+| fp32 | 128.03 MiB | 1.00ร |
+| fp16 | 64.02 MiB | 2.00ร |
+| int8 | 41.21 MiB | **3.11ร** |
+| int4 | 26.71 MiB | **4.79ร** |
+
+int8 lands at 3.11ร, not the 4ร the bit-width suggests โ because the token
+embedding is tied to the LM head and is deliberately **not** quantised (see the
+design table below). At 2.1M parameters it stays fp32 and sets a floor on how
+small the model can get. Quoting 4ร here would be arithmetic that the code
+doesn't do.
+
+| KV cache @ 1024 tokens | Size |
+|---|---|
+| MHA (8 KV heads) | 32.0 MiB |
+| GQA (2 KV heads) | **8.0 MiB** โ 4.00ร smaller |
+
+#### Measured โ Apple M5 Pro, MPS, torch 2.13, bf16
+
+| Phase | runs | p50 | p90 | p95 | p99 | max | stdev |
+|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
+| Prefill (32 tok) | 100 | 2.80 ms | 2.88 ms | 2.93 ms | 2.99 ms | 3.00 ms | 0.05 ms |
+| Decode (32 tok) | 20 | 77.86 ms | 78.21 ms | 78.39 ms | 78.73 ms | 78.81 ms | 0.35 ms |
+
+Throughput: **8,026 tok/s** prefill, **411 tok/s** decode (2.43 ms/token),
+**~75,000 tok/s** training.
+
+Sample counts are set per phase rather than globally, because a percentile is
+only as good as the samples behind it: with `n` runs the finest resolvable tail
+probability is `1/n`, so a p99 from 10 runs is just the maximum wearing a
+different label. Every timing therefore carries `resolvable_percentile`
+alongside it โ p99.0 for prefill, p95.0 for the slower decode loop.
+
+KV cache speedup, measured rather than assumed (TDR-012):
+
+| New tokens | Cached | Uncached | Speedup |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| 16 | 40.6 ms | 51.8 ms | 1.27ร |
+| 64 | 154.3 ms | 208.1 ms | 1.35ร |
+| 256 | 620.2 ms | 1150.0 ms | **1.85ร** |
+
+The speedup grows with sequence length, which is the O(Tยฒ) โ O(T) claim showing
+up. It is also **modest in absolute terms** โ at 32M parameters, per-step Python
+dispatch and MPS kernel-launch overhead are a large share of each decode step, so
+the asymptotic win is partly masked by constant factors. The benchmark reports
+the ratio whichever way it falls, including the short-sequence regime where the
+cache can genuinely lose.
+
+---
+
+### CI / Infrastructure
+
+```mermaid
+flowchart LR
+ DEV["๐ฉโ๐ป feature branch"] --> PR["Pull Request โ main"]
+ PR --> CI{"GitHub Actions
free tier"}
+
+ CI --> L["Lint
ruff check
ruff format --check"]
+ CI --> T["Type check
mypy ยท 8 packages"]
+ CI --> P["Tests
pytest + coverage
py3.12 ยท 3.13 ยท 3.14"]
+ CI --> S["Import smoke
modules import
+ end-to-end pipeline"]
+
+ L --> GATE{"all green?"}
+ T --> GATE
+ P --> GATE
+ S --> GATE
+
+ GATE -->|no| BLOCK["๐ซ merge blocked"]
+ GATE -->|yes| MERGE["โ
merge to main"]
+ MERGE --> LOCKED[("๐ main
always stable")]
+
+ classDef job fill:#0d47a1,stroke:#42a5f5,color:#fff
+ classDef good fill:#1b5e20,stroke:#4CAF50,color:#fff
+ classDef bad fill:#b71c1c,stroke:#ef5350,color:#fff
+ class L,T,P,S job
+ class MERGE,LOCKED good
+ class BLOCK bad
+```
+
+`main` is locked (TDR-013): all work happens on feature branches and merges only through a reviewed PR with every CI job green.
+
+---
+
+### Build Order
+
+```mermaid
+flowchart LR
+ S0["0 ยท tokenizer
BPE"] --> S1["1 ยท dataset
mmap engine"]
+ S0 --> S2["2 ยท attention
GQA + RoPE"]
+ S2 --> S3["3 ยท model
CausalLM"]
+ S1 --> S4["4 ยท training
AdamW + cosine"]
+ S3 --> S4
+ S4 --> S5["5 ยท inference
sampling"]
+ S4 --> S6["6 ยท optimization
quantization"]
+ S6 --> S5
+ S5 --> S7["7 ยท benchmark
metrics harness"]
+
+ classDef done fill:#1b5e20,stroke:#4CAF50,stroke-width:2px,color:#fff
+ classDef next fill:#e65100,stroke:#ffb74d,stroke-width:2px,color:#fff
+ classDef todo fill:#37474f,stroke:#78909c,color:#cfd8dc,stroke-dasharray: 4 4
+ class S0,S1,S2,S3,S4,S5,S6,S7 done
+```
+
+Each stage has an exit test written *before* the implementation. See [`docs/BUILD_ORDER.md`](docs/BUILD_ORDER.md) for the stable interface contracts.
+
+---
+
+### Tools and Technologies
+
+| Tool / Technology | Purpose |
+|---|---|
+| **PyTorch 2.13** | Autograd, tensor math, and device management โ every layer above that is hand-written |
+| **NumPy** | `memmap` corpus reader and the `uint16` on-disk token format |
+| **Apple MPS** | Primary development accelerator; bf16 autocast, fused `scaled_dot_product_attention` |
+| **pytest** | 359-test TDD suite โ exit tests written before each module |
+| **ruff** | Linting and formatting, 100-char lines, `E/F/I/W/UP/B` rule set |
+| **mypy** | Static type checking across all eight packages |
+| **PyYAML** | Config format, reused as the CLI override parser so types can never diverge |
+| **GitHub Actions** | Free-tier CI: lint, type check, tests on three Pythons, import smoke |
+
+---
+
+### Key Design Decisions
+
+Full rationale and alternatives for each is recorded as a Technical Decision Record in [`docs/TDD.md` ยง13](docs/TDD.md).
+
+| Decision | Rationale |
+|---|---|
+| **Byte-level BPE** (TDR-002) | Zero out-of-vocabulary tokens for arbitrary UTF-8. A GPT-2 style `bytes_to_unicode` table renders every byte to a printable character, so token keys never collide with special-token text. |
+| **Rotary position embeddings** (TDR-015) | Attention scores become a function of *relative* offset, removing a `max_seq_len ร d_model` parameter table entirely. Supersedes the learnable absolute table originally specified in TDR-006, which was never implemented. |
+| **Grouped-query attention** (TDR-016) | The KV cache โ not the weights โ dominates decode memory, and it scales with `n_kv_heads`. A 4:1 group ratio cuts the cache 4ร for negligible quality cost, which matters directly on unified memory. |
+| **RMSNorm + SwiGLU** (TDR-017) | RMSNorm drops mean-centring and bias for one fewer reduction pass; SwiGLU's multiplicative gate beats a plain GELU MLP at equal parameter count. |
+| **Loss lives in the trainer, not the model** | `CausalLM.forward` returns logits only. Computing a loss during inference is wasted work, and keeping the model pure makes the generation path obvious. |
+| **Dict batches, not tuples** | Datasets yield `{"input_ids", "labels"}` so a field can be added later without breaking every caller โ and so a transposed `(x, y)` can't silently typecheck. |
+| **`uint16` token format** | Caps the vocabulary at 65,536, comfortably above GPT-2's 50,257. Out-of-range ids raise instead of widening the format and doubling the page-cache footprint. |
+| **Three attention kernels, asserted equal** (TDR-007) | Optimised kernels are only trustworthy against a reference. `manual` is the oracle; `sdpa` and `flash` must match it within floating-point tolerance or the build fails. |
+| **Python 3.12 floor** | numpy โฅ 2.3 ships PEP 695 syntax in its stubs that mypy rejects when targeting older versions. Rather than typecheck against a Python we never run, runtime, ruff, mypy and the CI matrix all share one floor. |
+| **MPS as the primary target** (TDR-019) | It is the hardware this is actually built on, so it is the only device whose numbers can be reported honestly. Benchmarks are always reported per-device, never as a general claim. |
+| **Locked `main`, PR-gated** (TDR-013) | Every state of the repository stays auditable and revertible; CI green is a merge requirement. |
+
+---
+
+### Repository Layout
+
+```
+Language-Model/
+โโโ tokenizer/ # byte-level BPE โ
+โ โโโ bpe.py
+โ โโโ pretokenize.py # GPT-2 style splitter (TDR-020)
+โโโ dataset/ # data engine โ
+โ โโโ binfile.py # uint16 corpus format
+โ โโโ token_dataset.py # mmap / streaming / synthetic readers
+โ โโโ engine.py # DataEngine โ endless device-ready batches
+โ โโโ corpora.py # download + document-level train/val split
+โ โโโ messages.py # email / chat cleaning and redaction
+โ โโโ prepare_corpus.py # preparation CLI
+โโโ attention/ # attention โ
+โ โโโ rope.py # rotary position embeddings
+โ โโโ kv_cache.py # per-layer K/V cache
+โ โโโ kernels.py # manual ยท sdpa ยท flash
+โ โโโ causal.py # CausalAttention (GQA)
+โโโ model/ # transformer โ
+โ โโโ norm.py # RMSNorm
+โ โโโ ffn.py # SwiGLU
+โ โโโ block.py # pre-norm TransformerBlock
+โ โโโ causal_lm.py # CausalLM
+โโโ training/ # training engine โ
+โ โโโ optimizer.py # hand-written AdamW + param groups
+โ โโโ scheduler.py # cosine decay w/ linear warmup
+โ โโโ trainer.py # AMP, grad accum, clipping
+โ โโโ checkpoint.py # save / resume
+โ โโโ device.py # mps โ cuda โ cpu resolution
+โ โโโ train.py # config, overrides, CLI
+โโโ inference/ # generation โ
+โ โโโ sampling.py # temperature ยท top-k ยท top-p
+โ โโโ generate.py # cached autoregressive loop
+โ โโโ batched.py # multi-request generation
+โโโ optimization/ # post-training opt โ
+โ โโโ quantize.py # int8 / int4 per-channel weights
+โ โโโ kv_pool.py # preallocated KV arena
+โโโ benchmark/ # metrics harness โ
+โ โโโ harness.py # device-synced timing + percentiles
+โ โโโ memory.py # exact footprint arithmetic
+โ โโโ latency.py # prefill / decode / cache speedup
+โ โโโ throughput.py # training tokens per second
+โ โโโ report.py # JSON report CLI
+โโโ configs/ # default.yaml
+โโโ checkpoints/ # serialised state
+โโโ docs/ # TDD.md ยท BUILD_ORDER.md
+โโโ tests/ # unit/ + integration/
+โโโ .github/ # CI workflows
+```
+
+---
+
+### Documentation
+
+| Document | Contents |
+|---|---|
+| [`docs/TDD.md`](docs/TDD.md) | Full technical design โ architecture, algorithms, memory analysis, tradeoff matrices, and 19 Technical Decision Records |
+| [`docs/BUILD_ORDER.md`](docs/BUILD_ORDER.md) | Dependency-aware sequencing and the stable interface contracts between modules |
+| `~/.claude/vault/language-model/` | Long-lived engineering notes and gotchas, kept outside the repo (TDR-018) |
diff --git a/attention/__init__.py b/attention/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fe2723c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/attention/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+"""Causal grouped-query attention with RoPE, a KV cache, and three kernels.
+
+See docs/TDD.md ยง3.3 / ยง4 and TDR-007, TDR-008, TDR-015, TDR-016.
+"""
+
+from attention.causal import VALID_IMPLS, CausalAttention
+from attention.kernels import (
+ causal_block_mask,
+ flash_attention,
+ manual_attention,
+ repeat_kv,
+ sdpa_attention,
+)
+from attention.kv_cache import KVCache
+from attention.rope import RotaryEmbedding, apply_rotary_emb, rotate_half
+
+__all__ = [
+ "VALID_IMPLS",
+ "CausalAttention",
+ "KVCache",
+ "RotaryEmbedding",
+ "apply_rotary_emb",
+ "causal_block_mask",
+ "flash_attention",
+ "manual_attention",
+ "repeat_kv",
+ "rotate_half",
+ "sdpa_attention",
+]
diff --git a/attention/causal.py b/attention/causal.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e59aeb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/attention/causal.py
@@ -0,0 +1,216 @@
+"""Causal grouped-query attention with RoPE and an optional KV cache.
+
+Contract (docs/BUILD_ORDER.md):
+
+ CausalAttention.forward(x, *, kv_cache=None, use_cache=False)
+ -> (out, new_kv_cache)
+
+The three masking regimes, which are the subtle part:
+
+| q_len | k_len | situation | masking |
+|-------|-------------|---------------------|----------------------------------|
+| T | T | training / prefill | standard causal triangle |
+| 1 | cache + 1 | decode step | none โ one query sees everything |
+| n | cache + n | chunked prefill | explicit bottom-right triangle |
+
+The third row is why we cannot simply pass ``is_causal=True`` everywhere: torch
+aligns its implicit triangle to the top-left, which is only equivalent to ours
+when ``q_len == k_len``.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import torch
+from torch import nn
+
+from attention.kernels import (
+ causal_block_mask,
+ flash_attention,
+ manual_attention,
+ repeat_kv,
+ sdpa_attention,
+)
+from attention.kv_cache import KVCache
+from attention.rope import RotaryEmbedding, apply_rotary_emb
+
+VALID_IMPLS = ("manual", "sdpa", "flash")
+
+
+class CausalAttention(nn.Module):
+ """Multi-head causal attention with grouped KV heads and rotary positions."""
+
+ def __init__(
+ self,
+ d_model: int,
+ n_heads: int,
+ n_kv_heads: int | None = None,
+ *,
+ max_seq_len: int = 1024,
+ rope_theta: float = 10000.0,
+ dropout: float = 0.0,
+ impl: str = "sdpa",
+ bias: bool = False,
+ block_q: int = 64,
+ block_k: int = 64,
+ ) -> None:
+ super().__init__()
+ n_kv_heads = n_heads if n_kv_heads is None else n_kv_heads
+
+ if d_model % n_heads != 0:
+ raise ValueError(f"d_model={d_model} must be divisible by n_heads={n_heads}")
+ if n_heads % n_kv_heads != 0:
+ raise ValueError(
+ f"n_heads={n_heads} must be divisible by n_kv_heads={n_kv_heads} "
+ f"so each KV head serves an equal-sized query group"
+ )
+ if impl not in VALID_IMPLS:
+ raise ValueError(f"unknown attention impl {impl!r}; expected one of {VALID_IMPLS}")
+ if impl == "flash" and dropout > 0.0:
+ # The tiled path never materialises normalised probabilities, so
+ # there is nothing to drop out of; silently ignoring the setting
+ # would make `flash` train differently from `manual`.
+ raise ValueError("attention dropout is not supported by impl='flash'")
+
+ self.d_model = d_model
+ self.n_heads = n_heads
+ self.n_kv_heads = n_kv_heads
+ self.n_rep = n_heads // n_kv_heads
+ self.head_dim = d_model // n_heads
+ self.max_seq_len = max_seq_len
+ self.dropout = dropout
+ self.impl = impl
+ self.block_q = block_q
+ self.block_k = block_k
+
+ # Q is full width; K/V are narrower by the group ratio. This asymmetry
+ # is why the fused Linear(C, 3C) of a classic MHA block does not apply.
+ self.q_proj = nn.Linear(d_model, n_heads * self.head_dim, bias=bias)
+ self.k_proj = nn.Linear(d_model, n_kv_heads * self.head_dim, bias=bias)
+ self.v_proj = nn.Linear(d_model, n_kv_heads * self.head_dim, bias=bias)
+ self.o_proj = nn.Linear(n_heads * self.head_dim, d_model, bias=bias)
+ self.resid_dropout = nn.Dropout(dropout)
+
+ self.rope = RotaryEmbedding(self.head_dim, max_seq_len, theta=rope_theta)
+
+ def forward(
+ self,
+ x: torch.Tensor,
+ *,
+ kv_cache: KVCache | None = None,
+ use_cache: bool = False,
+ key_padding_mask: torch.Tensor | None = None,
+ ) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, KVCache | None]:
+ """``key_padding_mask`` is ``[batch, k_len]``, True where a key is real.
+
+ Needed for batched generation over ragged prompts: short prompts are
+ left-padded, and without masking those pad positions every short request
+ attends to filler as though it were context.
+ """
+ batch, q_len, _ = x.shape
+ offset = len(kv_cache) if kv_cache is not None else 0
+
+ if offset + q_len > self.max_seq_len:
+ raise ValueError(
+ f"context length {offset + q_len} exceeds max_seq_len={self.max_seq_len}"
+ )
+ if kv_cache is not None and kv_cache.keys is not None:
+ if kv_cache.keys.shape[0] != batch:
+ raise ValueError(
+ f"batch size changed mid-generation: cache holds "
+ f"{kv_cache.keys.shape[0]}, got {batch}"
+ )
+
+ # [B, T, C] -> [B, H, T, head_dim]
+ q = self.q_proj(x).view(batch, q_len, self.n_heads, self.head_dim).transpose(1, 2)
+ k = self.k_proj(x).view(batch, q_len, self.n_kv_heads, self.head_dim).transpose(1, 2)
+ v = self.v_proj(x).view(batch, q_len, self.n_kv_heads, self.head_dim).transpose(1, 2)
+
+ # Rotate at absolute positions. `offset` is the cache length, so a decode
+ # step rotates its single token at its true position rather than at 0.
+ cos, sin = self.rope(q_len, offset=offset)
+ q = apply_rotary_emb(q, cos, sin)
+ k = apply_rotary_emb(k, cos, sin)
+
+ # Cache the *pre-expansion* KV heads: storing the repeated copies would
+ # throw away the entire GQA memory saving.
+ if use_cache:
+ kv_cache = kv_cache if kv_cache is not None else KVCache()
+ k, v = kv_cache.update(k, v)
+ elif kv_cache is not None:
+ k, v = kv_cache.update(k, v)
+
+ k = repeat_kv(k, self.n_rep)
+ v = repeat_kv(v, self.n_rep)
+
+ out = self._attend(q, k, v, offset=offset, key_padding_mask=key_padding_mask)
+
+ out = out.transpose(1, 2).reshape(batch, q_len, self.n_heads * self.head_dim)
+ out = self.resid_dropout(self.o_proj(out))
+ return out, (kv_cache if use_cache else None)
+
+ def _attend(
+ self,
+ q: torch.Tensor,
+ k: torch.Tensor,
+ v: torch.Tensor,
+ *,
+ offset: int,
+ key_padding_mask: torch.Tensor | None = None,
+ ) -> torch.Tensor:
+ q_len, k_len = q.shape[2], k.shape[2]
+
+ # A single query attends over the whole cache: nothing to mask -- unless
+ # some of that cache is padding.
+ no_mask_needed = q_len == 1 and key_padding_mask is None
+ # Square case only: torch's implicit triangle is top-left aligned.
+ plain_causal = q_len == k_len and key_padding_mask is None
+
+ if self.impl == "flash":
+ if key_padding_mask is not None:
+ # The tiled kernel builds its mask per tile from positions alone.
+ # Threading a per-batch padding mask through it is real work, and
+ # a silent fallback to another kernel would hide which code path
+ # actually ran -- so refuse explicitly.
+ raise ValueError(
+ "impl='flash' does not support key_padding_mask; use 'sdpa' or "
+ "'manual' for batched generation over ragged prompts"
+ )
+ return flash_attention(
+ q,
+ k,
+ v,
+ causal=not no_mask_needed,
+ offset=offset,
+ block_q=self.block_q,
+ block_k=self.block_k,
+ )
+
+ if no_mask_needed:
+ mask = None
+ elif plain_causal and self.impl == "sdpa":
+ mask = None # handled by is_causal below, which skips materialising it
+ else:
+ mask = causal_block_mask(q_len, k_len, offset, q.device)
+
+ if key_padding_mask is not None:
+ if key_padding_mask.shape != (q.shape[0], k_len):
+ raise ValueError(
+ f"key_padding_mask must be [batch, k_len] = "
+ f"{(q.shape[0], k_len)}, got {tuple(key_padding_mask.shape)}"
+ )
+ # Broadcast [B, k_len] -> [B, 1, 1, k_len] and union with the causal
+ # triangle. A key is blocked if it is in the future OR is padding.
+ padded = ~key_padding_mask[:, None, None, :]
+ mask = padded if mask is None else (mask | padded)
+
+ if self.impl == "sdpa":
+ return sdpa_attention(
+ q,
+ k,
+ v,
+ mask=mask,
+ is_causal=plain_causal and not no_mask_needed,
+ dropout_p=self.dropout,
+ training=self.training,
+ )
+ return manual_attention(q, k, v, mask=mask, dropout_p=self.dropout, training=self.training)
diff --git a/attention/kernels.py b/attention/kernels.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..63729c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/attention/kernels.py
@@ -0,0 +1,322 @@
+"""Three interchangeable attention kernels (TDD ยง4.3).
+
+All three take ``q, k, v`` of shape ``[B, H, T, D]`` with KV heads already
+expanded, and must return identical output within floating-point tolerance โ
+``test_all_impls_agree`` is the gate.
+
+- ``manual_attention`` โ the readable reference and the correctness oracle.
+- ``sdpa_attention`` โ dispatches to torch's fused kernels (including on MPS).
+- ``flash_attention`` โ our own tiled/online-softmax version, which never
+ materialises the ``T x T`` score matrix.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import math
+from typing import Any
+
+import torch
+import torch.nn.functional as F
+
+
+def repeat_kv(x: torch.Tensor, n_rep: int) -> torch.Tensor:
+ """Expand ``[B, n_kv_heads, T, D]`` to ``[B, n_kv_heads * n_rep, T, D]``.
+
+ Query head ``h`` is paired with KV head ``h // n_rep``, so the repeats of a
+ given KV head must land in *contiguous* output slots. Getting this ordering
+ wrong (e.g. tiling instead of interleaving) silently mispairs every query
+ head with the wrong group: shapes stay valid, the model still trains, it is
+ just quietly worse. Hence ``test_repeat_kv_maps_query_head_to_its_group``.
+ """
+ if n_rep == 1:
+ return x
+ batch, n_kv_heads, seq, head_dim = x.shape
+ return (
+ x[:, :, None, :, :]
+ .expand(batch, n_kv_heads, n_rep, seq, head_dim)
+ .reshape(batch, n_kv_heads * n_rep, seq, head_dim)
+ )
+
+
+def causal_block_mask(q_len: int, k_len: int, offset: int, device: torch.device) -> torch.Tensor:
+ """``[q_len, k_len]`` bool mask, ``True`` where attention is **disallowed**.
+
+ Aligned bottom-right via ``offset``: query row *i* sits at absolute position
+ ``offset + i`` and may see keys ``0 .. offset + i``. This matters whenever
+ ``q_len != k_len`` (chunked prefill against a warm cache) โ torch's
+ ``is_causal=True`` aligns the triangle *top-left* instead, which would let
+ early queries see the future and hide most of the cache from later ones.
+ """
+ q_pos = torch.arange(q_len, device=device) + offset
+ k_pos = torch.arange(k_len, device=device)
+ return k_pos[None, :] > q_pos[:, None]
+
+
+def manual_attention(
+ q: torch.Tensor,
+ k: torch.Tensor,
+ v: torch.Tensor,
+ *,
+ mask: torch.Tensor | None,
+ dropout_p: float = 0.0,
+ training: bool = False,
+) -> torch.Tensor:
+ """Textbook ``softmax(QKแต / โd) V``. Allocates the full ``[B,H,Tq,Tk]`` scores."""
+ scores = torch.matmul(q, k.transpose(-2, -1)) / math.sqrt(q.shape[-1])
+ if mask is not None:
+ scores = scores.masked_fill(mask, float("-inf"))
+ probs = F.softmax(scores, dim=-1)
+ if dropout_p > 0.0 and training:
+ probs = F.dropout(probs, p=dropout_p)
+ return torch.matmul(probs, v)
+
+
+def sdpa_attention(
+ q: torch.Tensor,
+ k: torch.Tensor,
+ v: torch.Tensor,
+ *,
+ mask: torch.Tensor | None,
+ is_causal: bool = False,
+ dropout_p: float = 0.0,
+ training: bool = False,
+) -> torch.Tensor:
+ """torch's fused kernel. ``mask`` follows our convention (True = blocked)."""
+ # sdpa's bool convention is the inverse of ours: True means *participate*.
+ attn_mask = None if mask is None else ~mask
+ return F.scaled_dot_product_attention(
+ q,
+ k,
+ v,
+ attn_mask=attn_mask,
+ is_causal=is_causal,
+ dropout_p=dropout_p if training else 0.0,
+ )
+
+
+def _flash_forward(
+ q: torch.Tensor,
+ k: torch.Tensor,
+ v: torch.Tensor,
+ *,
+ causal: bool = True,
+ offset: int = 0,
+ block_q: int = 64,
+ block_k: int = 64,
+) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]:
+ """Tiled forward pass. Returns ``(out, logsumexp)``.
+
+ The log-sum-exp per query row is the *only* extra state the backward pass
+ needs. It is O(T) โ one scalar per query โ which is what lets backward
+ recompute the score tiles instead of the forward saving them (TDR-021).
+
+ Walks query tiles on the outside and key tiles on the inside, carrying a
+ running max ``m`` and running denominator ``l`` per query row. When a key
+ tile raises the max, the accumulator is rescaled by ``exp(m_old - m_new)``
+ before the new contribution is added โ algebraically identical to a single
+ global softmax, but only one ``[block_q, block_k]`` tile is ever resident,
+ so peak memory is O(T) rather than O(Tยฒ).
+
+ Two edge cases that produce NaN if unhandled:
+
+ - A key tile entirely beyond the causal frontier leaves the row max at
+ ``-inf``, and ``exp(-inf - -inf)`` is NaN. Rows are clamped to a finite
+ max before the exponential.
+ - Under causal masking, key tiles past the last query position contribute
+ nothing at all, so the loop breaks out rather than computing them โ this
+ is where the tiled form actually saves work, not just memory.
+ """
+ *_, q_len, head_dim = q.shape
+ k_len = k.shape[-2]
+ scale = 1.0 / math.sqrt(head_dim)
+ out = torch.empty_like(q)
+ lse = torch.empty((*q.shape[:-1], 1), device=q.device, dtype=q.dtype)
+
+ for i in range(0, q_len, block_q):
+ q_tile = q[:, :, i : i + block_q]
+ tile_q = q_tile.shape[2]
+ q_pos = torch.arange(i, i + tile_q, device=q.device) + offset
+
+ shape = (*q.shape[:2], tile_q, 1)
+ running_max = torch.full(shape, float("-inf"), device=q.device, dtype=q.dtype)
+ running_sum = torch.zeros(shape, device=q.device, dtype=q.dtype)
+ acc = torch.zeros_like(q_tile)
+
+ for j in range(0, k_len, block_k):
+ # Every later key tile is fully masked too, so stop rather than
+ # burn work on tiles that contribute nothing.
+ if causal and j > int(q_pos[-1].item()):
+ break
+
+ k_tile = k[:, :, j : j + block_k]
+ v_tile = v[:, :, j : j + block_k]
+ scores = torch.matmul(q_tile, k_tile.transpose(-2, -1)) * scale
+
+ if causal:
+ k_pos = torch.arange(j, j + k_tile.shape[2], device=q.device)
+ scores = scores.masked_fill(k_pos[None, :] > q_pos[:, None], float("-inf"))
+
+ new_max = torch.maximum(running_max, scores.amax(dim=-1, keepdim=True))
+ # Rows still fully masked have max -inf; pin them to 0 so the
+ # exponentials below evaluate to exactly 0 instead of NaN. Safe
+ # because such rows also have running_sum == 0 and acc == 0, so the
+ # choice of origin cannot affect the final quotient.
+ new_max = torch.where(torch.isneginf(new_max), torch.zeros_like(new_max), new_max)
+
+ rescale = torch.exp(running_max - new_max)
+ probs = torch.exp(scores - new_max)
+ running_sum = running_sum * rescale + probs.sum(dim=-1, keepdim=True)
+ acc = acc * rescale + torch.matmul(probs, v_tile)
+ running_max = new_max
+
+ # Causal attention always leaves a row at least its own key, so the
+ # denominator is positive; clamp only to keep a degenerate all-masked
+ # call from producing NaN instead of zeros.
+ denom = running_sum.clamp_min(torch.finfo(q.dtype).tiny)
+ out[:, :, i : i + tile_q] = acc / denom
+ # log-sum-exp in the original (unshifted) score space, so backward can
+ # rebuild the exact probabilities without knowing the tile order.
+ lse[:, :, i : i + tile_q] = running_max + torch.log(denom)
+
+ return out, lse
+
+
+def _flash_backward(
+ dout: torch.Tensor,
+ q: torch.Tensor,
+ k: torch.Tensor,
+ v: torch.Tensor,
+ out: torch.Tensor,
+ lse: torch.Tensor,
+ *,
+ causal: bool = True,
+ offset: int = 0,
+ block_q: int = 64,
+ block_k: int = 64,
+) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]:
+ """Recompute score tiles and accumulate ``dq``, ``dk``, ``dv`` (TDR-021).
+
+ With ``L`` (the saved log-sum-exp) the probabilities are recoverable exactly:
+ ``p_ij = exp(s_ij - L_i)``, no running max needed. Differentiating
+ ``o_i = ฮฃ_j p_ij v_j`` then gives
+
+ D_i = ฮฃ_j p_ij (do_i ยท v_j) = do_i ยท o_i
+ dv_j += ฮฃ_i p_ij do_i
+ dp_ij = do_i ยท v_j
+ ds_ij = p_ij (dp_ij โ D_i)
+ dq_i += scale ฮฃ_j ds_ij k_j
+ dk_j += scale ฮฃ_i ds_ij q_i
+
+ ``D_i`` collapses to a row-wise dot product of ``dout`` and ``out``, which is
+ why the forward only has to keep ``out`` and ``L`` โ the ``T ร T`` matrices
+ ``p``, ``dp`` and ``ds`` exist one tile at a time and are discarded.
+ """
+ head_dim = q.shape[-1]
+ scale = 1.0 / math.sqrt(head_dim)
+ q_len, k_len = q.shape[-2], k.shape[-2]
+
+ dq = torch.zeros_like(q)
+ dk = torch.zeros_like(k)
+ dv = torch.zeros_like(v)
+ row_dot = (dout * out).sum(dim=-1, keepdim=True) # D_i
+
+ for i in range(0, q_len, block_q):
+ span_q = slice(i, i + block_q)
+ q_tile = q[:, :, span_q]
+ dout_tile = dout[:, :, span_q]
+ lse_tile = lse[:, :, span_q]
+ dot_tile = row_dot[:, :, span_q]
+ tile_q = q_tile.shape[2]
+ q_pos = torch.arange(i, i + tile_q, device=q.device) + offset
+ dq_tile = torch.zeros_like(q_tile)
+
+ for j in range(0, k_len, block_k):
+ if causal and j > int(q_pos[-1].item()):
+ break
+
+ span_k = slice(j, j + block_k)
+ k_tile = k[:, :, span_k]
+ v_tile = v[:, :, span_k]
+
+ scores = torch.matmul(q_tile, k_tile.transpose(-2, -1)) * scale
+ if causal:
+ k_pos = torch.arange(j, j + k_tile.shape[2], device=q.device)
+ scores = scores.masked_fill(k_pos[None, :] > q_pos[:, None], float("-inf"))
+
+ probs = torch.exp(scores - lse_tile)
+ dv[:, :, span_k] += torch.matmul(probs.transpose(-2, -1), dout_tile)
+
+ dprobs = torch.matmul(dout_tile, v_tile.transpose(-2, -1))
+ dscores = probs * (dprobs - dot_tile)
+
+ dq_tile += torch.matmul(dscores, k_tile) * scale
+ dk[:, :, span_k] += torch.matmul(dscores.transpose(-2, -1), q_tile) * scale
+
+ dq[:, :, span_q] = dq_tile
+
+ return dq, dk, dv
+
+
+class FlashAttentionFn(torch.autograd.Function):
+ """Autograd wrapper that keeps the O(T) memory claim true in *training*.
+
+ Without this, the tiled kernel is plain PyTorch ops, so autograd saves every
+ tile's intermediates for backward โ and the tiles sum back to O(Tยฒ). Measured
+ before this change: the tiled path saved *more* than the naive one (1.30ร
+ at T=512) and both grew quadratically, so the memory advantage existed only
+ under ``no_grad``.
+
+ Saving ``(q, k, v, out, lse)`` and recomputing the score tiles in backward
+ trades a second pass over the tiles for O(Tยทd) saved state instead of O(Tยฒ).
+ """
+
+ @staticmethod
+ def forward( # type: ignore[override]
+ ctx: Any,
+ q: torch.Tensor,
+ k: torch.Tensor,
+ v: torch.Tensor,
+ causal: bool,
+ offset: int,
+ block_q: int,
+ block_k: int,
+ ) -> torch.Tensor:
+ out, lse = _flash_forward(
+ q, k, v, causal=causal, offset=offset, block_q=block_q, block_k=block_k
+ )
+ ctx.save_for_backward(q, k, v, out, lse)
+ ctx.causal, ctx.offset = causal, offset
+ ctx.block_q, ctx.block_k = block_q, block_k
+ return out
+
+ @staticmethod
+ def backward(ctx: Any, dout: torch.Tensor) -> tuple[Any, ...]: # type: ignore[override]
+ q, k, v, out, lse = ctx.saved_tensors
+ dq, dk, dv = _flash_backward(
+ dout.contiguous(),
+ q,
+ k,
+ v,
+ out,
+ lse,
+ causal=ctx.causal,
+ offset=ctx.offset,
+ block_q=ctx.block_q,
+ block_k=ctx.block_k,
+ )
+ return dq, dk, dv, None, None, None, None
+
+
+def flash_attention(
+ q: torch.Tensor,
+ k: torch.Tensor,
+ v: torch.Tensor,
+ *,
+ causal: bool = True,
+ offset: int = 0,
+ block_q: int = 64,
+ block_k: int = 64,
+) -> torch.Tensor:
+ """Tiled attention with online softmax and a recomputing backward (TDR-007, TDR-021)."""
+ out: torch.Tensor = FlashAttentionFn.apply(q, k, v, causal, offset, block_q, block_k)
+ return out
diff --git a/attention/kv_cache.py b/attention/kv_cache.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c4f791
--- /dev/null
+++ b/attention/kv_cache.py
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+"""Per-layer key/value cache for autoregressive decoding (TDR-008).
+
+Without a cache, generating token *n* recomputes attention over all *n-1* prior
+tokens, so a full generation costs O(Tยฒ). With one, each step computes a single
+new K/V pair and reads the rest, making it O(T) overall.
+
+**Current implementation is concatenation-based**, i.e. each append allocates a
+new tensor and copies the old one, which is O(T) per step and O(Tยฒ) copied bytes
+across a generation. That is deliberate for now: it is obviously correct and the
+copy is not the bottleneck at our context lengths. The preallocated ring buffer
+that removes it is scoped as memory pooling in TDD ยง7.2 / build stage 6, where
+it can be justified against a measured baseline rather than assumed (TDR-012).
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import torch
+
+
+class KVCache:
+ """Growable K/V store for one attention layer.
+
+ Holds ``[B, n_kv_heads, T, head_dim]`` tensors โ note ``n_kv_heads``, not
+ ``n_heads``: the cache stores the *unexpanded* grouped-query heads, which is
+ where GQA's memory saving actually lands (TDR-016). Expansion to full head
+ count happens after the read, on values that are never stored.
+ """
+
+ def __init__(self) -> None:
+ self.keys: torch.Tensor | None = None
+ self.values: torch.Tensor | None = None
+
+ def update(self, keys: torch.Tensor, values: torch.Tensor) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]:
+ """Append this step's K/V and return the full cached history."""
+ if self.keys is None or self.values is None:
+ self.keys, self.values = keys, values
+ else:
+ if keys.shape[0] != self.keys.shape[0]:
+ raise ValueError(
+ f"batch size changed mid-generation: cache holds "
+ f"{self.keys.shape[0]}, got {keys.shape[0]}"
+ )
+ self.keys = torch.cat((self.keys, keys), dim=2)
+ self.values = torch.cat((self.values, values), dim=2)
+ return self.keys, self.values
+
+ def __len__(self) -> int:
+ """Number of positions currently cached."""
+ return 0 if self.keys is None else int(self.keys.shape[2])
+
+ @property
+ def nbytes(self) -> int:
+ """Memory held by this cache โ the quantity GQA is trying to shrink."""
+ if self.keys is None or self.values is None:
+ return 0
+ return (
+ self.keys.numel() * self.keys.element_size()
+ + self.values.numel() * self.values.element_size()
+ )
+
+ def reset(self) -> None:
+ self.keys = None
+ self.values = None
diff --git a/attention/rope.py b/attention/rope.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2cd3944
--- /dev/null
+++ b/attention/rope.py
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+"""Rotary Position Embeddings (TDR-015).
+
+RoPE rotates each consecutive pair of channels in Q and K by an angle
+proportional to the token's absolute position. Because a dot product between
+two rotated vectors depends only on the *difference* of their angles, the
+resulting attention score is a function of relative distance โ absolute
+position never appears in the score, only in the rotation applied on the way in.
+
+Two details that are easy to get wrong:
+
+- **V is never rotated.** RoPE encodes *where to look*, not *what is there*.
+ Rotating V corrupts the values being aggregated.
+- **Under KV caching the offset is the cache length, not the slice index.**
+ A decode step passes a 1-token slice; rotating it at position 0 instead of
+ position ``cache_len`` makes every generated token believe it is the start of
+ the sequence. Prefill still looks perfect, so this bug survives most tests โ
+ hence ``test_cached_decode_matches_full_forward``.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import torch
+from torch import nn
+
+
+class RotaryEmbedding(nn.Module):
+ """Precomputed cos/sin rotation tables for a given head dimension."""
+
+ # Declared so the type checker knows these are Tensors; `register_buffer`
+ # alone leaves them typed as `Tensor | Module`.
+ cos_cached: torch.Tensor
+ sin_cached: torch.Tensor
+
+ def __init__(self, head_dim: int, max_seq_len: int, theta: float = 10000.0) -> None:
+ super().__init__()
+ if head_dim % 2 != 0:
+ raise ValueError(f"head_dim must be even to rotate in pairs, got {head_dim}")
+ self.head_dim = head_dim
+ self.max_seq_len = max_seq_len
+ self.theta = theta
+
+ # Channel pair i rotates at frequency theta^(-2i/head_dim): low channels
+ # turn slowly (they encode long-range position), high channels quickly.
+ inv_freq = 1.0 / (theta ** (torch.arange(0, head_dim, 2, dtype=torch.float32) / head_dim))
+ angles = torch.outer(torch.arange(max_seq_len, dtype=torch.float32), inv_freq)
+ # Duplicated halves so the table lines up with rotate_half's [-x2, x1] layout.
+ emb = torch.cat((angles, angles), dim=-1)
+
+ # persistent=False: these are pure functions of (head_dim, max_seq_len,
+ # theta) and would otherwise be dead weight in every checkpoint.
+ self.register_buffer("cos_cached", emb.cos(), persistent=False)
+ self.register_buffer("sin_cached", emb.sin(), persistent=False)
+
+ def forward(self, seq_len: int, offset: int = 0) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]:
+ """Return ``(cos, sin)`` of shape ``[seq_len, head_dim]`` for positions
+ ``offset .. offset + seq_len``."""
+ end = offset + seq_len
+ if end > self.max_seq_len:
+ raise ValueError(
+ f"position {end} exceeds max_seq_len={self.max_seq_len}; "
+ f"rebuild the rotary table or shorten the context"
+ )
+ return self.cos_cached[offset:end], self.sin_cached[offset:end]
+
+
+def rotate_half(x: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
+ """Map ``[x1, x2] -> [-x2, x1]`` over the split halves of the last dim."""
+ half = x.shape[-1] // 2
+ return torch.cat((-x[..., half:], x[..., :half]), dim=-1)
+
+
+def apply_rotary_emb(x: torch.Tensor, cos: torch.Tensor, sin: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
+ """Rotate ``x`` ``[B, H, T, head_dim]`` by the given cos/sin ``[T, head_dim]``."""
+ cos = cos.to(x.dtype)
+ sin = sin.to(x.dtype)
+ return x * cos + rotate_half(x) * sin
diff --git a/benchmark/__init__.py b/benchmark/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..965cd76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+"""Benchmark harness: latency, throughput and memory (TDD ยง9, TDR-012).
+
+Metrics split two ways. ``memory`` is exact arithmetic over tensor shapes and is
+identical on every machine, so it can be asserted against a recorded baseline.
+``latency`` and ``throughput`` are wall-clock and are reproducible only in
+shape โ always read them next to ``report.environment()``.
+"""
+
+from benchmark.harness import Timing, synchronize, time_it
+from benchmark.latency import (
+ benchmark_attention_impls,
+ benchmark_decode,
+ benchmark_prefill,
+ kv_cache_speedup,
+)
+from benchmark.memory import (
+ activation_memory_estimate,
+ gqa_saving_report,
+ kv_cache_memory,
+ model_memory_report,
+)
+from benchmark.report import build_report, deterministic_report, environment
+from benchmark.throughput import benchmark_training_step
+
+__all__ = [
+ "Timing",
+ "activation_memory_estimate",
+ "benchmark_attention_impls",
+ "benchmark_decode",
+ "benchmark_prefill",
+ "benchmark_training_step",
+ "build_report",
+ "deterministic_report",
+ "environment",
+ "gqa_saving_report",
+ "kv_cache_memory",
+ "kv_cache_speedup",
+ "model_memory_report",
+ "synchronize",
+ "time_it",
+]
diff --git a/benchmark/harness.py b/benchmark/harness.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d2b7d22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark/harness.py
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+"""Timing primitives (TDD ยง9).
+
+The one thing a GPU benchmark must get right is **synchronisation**. CUDA and
+MPS both queue work asynchronously, so a naive ``perf_counter`` around a forward
+pass measures how long it took to *submit* the kernels, not to run them โ which
+reliably produces impossibly fast numbers that then get quoted. Every timed
+region here syncs the device on both sides.
+
+Warmup matters for the same reason: the first call on any device pays for
+kernel compilation, lazy module init and allocator growth. Those costs are real
+but they are not per-step costs, so folding them into the average
+misrepresents steady state.
+
+Latency is reported as **p50/p90/p95/p99, not just mean**. Step times are
+right-skewed โ an allocator growth or a page fault produces occasional large
+outliers โ so a mean quietly reports a number that no individual step achieved.
+
+A percentile is only as good as the sample count behind it: ``n`` runs resolve
+tail probabilities no finer than ``1/n``, so p99 needs ~100 runs to mean
+anything a p90 doesn't already say. ``Timing.resolvable_percentile`` reports
+that ceiling next to the numbers, because an undersampled p99 looks exactly
+like a well-sampled one.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import statistics
+import time
+from collections.abc import Callable
+from dataclasses import asdict, dataclass
+from typing import Any
+
+import torch
+
+
+def synchronize(device: torch.device | str | None) -> None:
+ """Block until queued work on ``device`` has actually finished."""
+ if device is None:
+ return
+ kind = torch.device(device).type
+ if kind == "cuda" and torch.cuda.is_available():
+ torch.cuda.synchronize()
+ elif kind == "mps" and torch.backends.mps.is_available():
+ torch.mps.synchronize()
+ # CPU is synchronous already.
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class Timing:
+ """Wall-clock statistics for a repeated operation, in milliseconds."""
+
+ runs: int
+ mean_ms: float
+ stdev_ms: float
+ p50_ms: float
+ p90_ms: float
+ p95_ms: float
+ p99_ms: float
+ min_ms: float
+ max_ms: float
+
+ @property
+ def median_ms(self) -> float:
+ """Alias for ``p50_ms`` โ the same statistic under its readable name."""
+ return self.p50_ms
+
+ @property
+ def resolvable_percentile(self) -> float:
+ """Highest percentile this sample count can distinguish from ``max``.
+
+ With ``n`` samples the smallest resolvable tail probability is ``1/n``,
+ so 10 runs cannot say anything about p99 that it doesn't also say about
+ p90 โ both interpolate against the same top-most observation. Reported
+ alongside the percentiles so an undersampled p99 is visibly
+ undersampled rather than quietly meaningless.
+ """
+ return round(100.0 * (1.0 - 1.0 / self.runs), 2)
+
+ @classmethod
+ def from_samples(cls, samples_s: list[float]) -> Timing:
+ if not samples_s:
+ raise ValueError("need at least one sample")
+ ms = sorted(s * 1000.0 for s in samples_s)
+
+ # Linear interpolation between order statistics (the standard
+ # "inclusive" estimator, matching numpy's default). The previous
+ # `ms[int(q * n)]` indexing collapsed every high percentile onto the
+ # maximum at small sample counts: with n=10, int(0.90*10) == int(0.99*10) == 9.
+ cuts = statistics.quantiles(ms, n=100, method="inclusive") if len(ms) > 1 else None
+
+ def pct(q: int) -> float:
+ return ms[0] if cuts is None else cuts[q - 1]
+
+ return cls(
+ runs=len(ms),
+ mean_ms=statistics.fmean(ms),
+ stdev_ms=statistics.stdev(ms) if len(ms) > 1 else 0.0,
+ p50_ms=pct(50),
+ p90_ms=pct(90),
+ p95_ms=pct(95),
+ p99_ms=pct(99),
+ min_ms=ms[0],
+ max_ms=ms[-1],
+ )
+
+ def as_dict(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
+ return {**asdict(self), "resolvable_percentile": self.resolvable_percentile}
+
+
+def time_it(
+ fn: Callable[[], Any],
+ *,
+ warmup: int = 3,
+ repeats: int = 10,
+ device: torch.device | str | None = None,
+) -> Timing:
+ """Run ``fn`` ``repeats`` times after ``warmup`` untimed calls."""
+ if repeats < 1:
+ raise ValueError(f"repeats must be >= 1, got {repeats}")
+
+ for _ in range(warmup):
+ fn()
+ synchronize(device)
+
+ samples = []
+ for _ in range(repeats):
+ start = time.perf_counter()
+ fn()
+ synchronize(device) # inside the timed region, or this measures nothing
+ samples.append(time.perf_counter() - start)
+
+ return Timing.from_samples(samples)
diff --git a/benchmark/latency.py b/benchmark/latency.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..59aa6f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark/latency.py
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+"""Inference latency and throughput (TDD ยง6.4, ยง9).
+
+Generation has two distinct phases and averaging them together hides the thing
+you actually care about:
+
+- **Prefill / first token** โ the whole prompt in one parallel pass. Compute-bound,
+ scales with prompt length.
+- **Decode / per token** โ one token at a time against the cache. Memory-bandwidth
+ bound, roughly flat per step.
+
+A single "tokens/sec" number mixes the two and moves around with prompt length
+for reasons that have nothing to do with decode speed, so both are reported.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import Any
+
+import torch
+
+from benchmark.harness import synchronize, time_it
+from inference import generate_ids
+from model import CausalLM
+
+
+def benchmark_prefill(
+ model: CausalLM,
+ *,
+ prompt_len: int = 64,
+ batch_size: int = 1,
+ warmup: int = 2,
+ repeats: int = 10,
+) -> dict[str, Any]:
+ """Time to process a prompt and produce the first next-token logits."""
+ device = next(model.parameters()).device
+ prompt = torch.randint(0, model.vocab_size, (batch_size, prompt_len), device=device)
+
+ def run() -> None:
+ cache = model.new_cache()
+ with torch.no_grad():
+ model(prompt, kv_cache=cache, use_cache=True)
+
+ timing = time_it(run, warmup=warmup, repeats=repeats, device=device)
+ tokens = batch_size * prompt_len
+ return {
+ "phase": "prefill",
+ "prompt_len": prompt_len,
+ "batch_size": batch_size,
+ "timing": timing.as_dict(),
+ "tokens_per_sec": round(tokens / (timing.median_ms / 1000.0), 2),
+ }
+
+
+def benchmark_decode(
+ model: CausalLM,
+ *,
+ prompt_len: int = 16,
+ max_new_tokens: int = 32,
+ use_cache: bool = True,
+ warmup: int = 1,
+ repeats: int = 5,
+) -> dict[str, Any]:
+ """Full generation, reported as per-token cost."""
+ device = next(model.parameters()).device
+ prompt = torch.randint(0, model.vocab_size, (1, prompt_len), device=device)
+
+ def run() -> None:
+ generate_ids(
+ model,
+ prompt,
+ max_new_tokens=max_new_tokens,
+ temperature=0.0,
+ use_cache=use_cache,
+ )
+
+ timing = time_it(run, warmup=warmup, repeats=repeats, device=device)
+ per_token_ms = timing.median_ms / max_new_tokens
+ return {
+ "phase": "decode",
+ "use_cache": use_cache,
+ "prompt_len": prompt_len,
+ "max_new_tokens": max_new_tokens,
+ "timing": timing.as_dict(),
+ "per_token_ms": round(per_token_ms, 4),
+ "tokens_per_sec": round(1000.0 / per_token_ms, 2),
+ }
+
+
+def kv_cache_speedup(
+ model: CausalLM, *, prompt_len: int = 16, max_new_tokens: int = 32, repeats: int = 3
+) -> dict[str, Any]:
+ """Cached vs uncached decoding โ the measurement TDR-008 is claimed on.
+
+ TDR-012 requires an optimization to demonstrate a measured gain rather than
+ assert one, so the ratio is reported whichever way it falls. At small model
+ sizes and short sequences the cache can genuinely lose: the O(Tยฒ) recompute
+ it removes is cheap, while the per-step Python and allocation overhead it
+ adds is not. That crossover is a real property worth surfacing, not a bug.
+ """
+ common = {"prompt_len": prompt_len, "max_new_tokens": max_new_tokens, "repeats": repeats}
+ cached = benchmark_decode(model, use_cache=True, **common)
+ uncached = benchmark_decode(model, use_cache=False, **common)
+ ratio = uncached["timing"]["p50_ms"] / cached["timing"]["p50_ms"]
+ return {
+ "cached_ms": cached["timing"]["p50_ms"],
+ "uncached_ms": uncached["timing"]["p50_ms"],
+ "speedup": round(ratio, 3),
+ "cache_wins": ratio > 1.0,
+ "max_new_tokens": max_new_tokens,
+ }
+
+
+def benchmark_attention_impls(
+ model_cfg: dict[str, Any], *, seq_len: int = 128, repeats: int = 5
+) -> dict[str, Any]:
+ """Compare the three attention kernels on one forward pass (TDD ยง4.3)."""
+ from attention import VALID_IMPLS
+
+ results = {}
+ for impl in VALID_IMPLS:
+ cfg = {**model_cfg, "attention": {"impl": impl}}
+ torch.manual_seed(0)
+ model = CausalLM.from_config(cfg).eval()
+ device = next(model.parameters()).device
+ ids = torch.randint(0, model.vocab_size, (1, seq_len), device=device)
+
+ def run(m: CausalLM = model, x: torch.Tensor = ids) -> None:
+ with torch.no_grad():
+ m(x)
+
+ synchronize(device)
+ results[impl] = time_it(run, warmup=2, repeats=repeats, device=device).as_dict()
+
+ return {"seq_len": seq_len, "impls": results}
diff --git a/benchmark/memory.py b/benchmark/memory.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..66673c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark/memory.py
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+"""Memory metrics (TDD ยง9).
+
+Unlike latency, these numbers are **exact and machine-independent** โ they are
+computed from tensor shapes and element sizes, not measured. That makes them the
+only part of the benchmark suite that can be asserted against a recorded
+baseline in CI, which is what `test_memory_report_reproduces_the_baseline` does.
+
+Deliberately *not* using peak-allocator readings here: `torch.cuda.max_memory_allocated`
+has no MPS equivalent (TDR-019), so a peak-memory number would be CUDA-only and
+not comparable across the devices this project actually runs on.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import Any
+
+from torch import nn
+
+from optimization.quantize import model_nbytes, quantize
+
+MIB = 1024 * 1024
+
+
+def model_memory_report(model: nn.Module) -> dict[str, Any]:
+ """Bytes held by the model under each precision, plus compression ratios."""
+ fp32 = model_nbytes(model)
+ variants = {
+ "fp32": fp32,
+ "fp16": model_nbytes(quantize(model, scheme="fp16")),
+ "int8": model_nbytes(quantize(model, bits=8)),
+ "int4": model_nbytes(quantize(model, bits=4)),
+ }
+ return {
+ "bytes": variants,
+ "mib": {k: round(v / MIB, 4) for k, v in variants.items()},
+ "compression_vs_fp32": {k: round(fp32 / v, 4) for k, v in variants.items()},
+ "parameters": sum(p.numel() for p in model.parameters()),
+ }
+
+
+def kv_cache_memory(
+ *,
+ n_layers: int,
+ n_kv_heads: int,
+ head_dim: int,
+ seq_len: int,
+ batch_size: int = 1,
+ bytes_per_element: int = 4,
+) -> int:
+ """Bytes a full KV cache occupies: 2 (K and V) x layers x heads x T x dim."""
+ return 2 * n_layers * batch_size * n_kv_heads * seq_len * head_dim * bytes_per_element
+
+
+def gqa_saving_report(
+ *,
+ n_layers: int,
+ n_heads: int,
+ n_kv_heads: int,
+ head_dim: int,
+ seq_len: int,
+ batch_size: int = 1,
+) -> dict[str, Any]:
+ """What grouped-query attention actually saves on the cache (TDR-016).
+
+ Quoted per *config*, not per measurement: the saving is exactly the head
+ ratio, so reporting it as an empirical result would dress up arithmetic as
+ an experiment.
+ """
+ common = {
+ "n_layers": n_layers,
+ "head_dim": head_dim,
+ "seq_len": seq_len,
+ "batch_size": batch_size,
+ }
+ mha = kv_cache_memory(n_kv_heads=n_heads, **common)
+ gqa = kv_cache_memory(n_kv_heads=n_kv_heads, **common)
+ return {
+ "mha_bytes": mha,
+ "gqa_bytes": gqa,
+ "mha_mib": round(mha / MIB, 4),
+ "gqa_mib": round(gqa / MIB, 4),
+ "saving_ratio": round(mha / gqa, 4),
+ "n_heads": n_heads,
+ "n_kv_heads": n_kv_heads,
+ # Echoed back because a cache size is uninterpretable without the length
+ # and batch it was computed at.
+ "seq_len": seq_len,
+ "batch_size": batch_size,
+ }
+
+
+def activation_memory_estimate(
+ *, batch_size: int, n_heads: int, seq_len: int, bytes_per_element: int = 4
+) -> dict[str, Any]:
+ """Score-matrix footprint for standard vs tiled attention (TDR-007).
+
+ Standard attention materialises ``[B, H, T, T]``; the tiled kernel never
+ holds more than one ``[block_q, block_k]`` tile, so its score memory is
+ independent of ``T``. This is the O(Tยฒ) โ O(T) claim, stated in bytes.
+ """
+ standard = batch_size * n_heads * seq_len * seq_len * bytes_per_element
+ return {
+ "standard_score_bytes": standard,
+ "standard_score_mib": round(standard / MIB, 4),
+ "seq_len": seq_len,
+ "scales_as": "O(T^2)",
+ }
diff --git a/benchmark/report.py b/benchmark/report.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94c906a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark/report.py
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+"""Assemble and emit a benchmark report (TDD ยง9).
+
+ python -m benchmark.report --config configs/default.yaml --out report.json
+
+The report separates two kinds of number, because they deserve very different
+levels of trust:
+
+- ``deterministic`` โ memory footprints, compression ratios, cache sizes. Exact
+ arithmetic over shapes, identical on every machine. These are the ones a test
+ can assert against a recorded baseline.
+- ``measured`` โ latency and throughput. Machine-, thermal- and load-dependent.
+ Reproducible only in shape, never in value, so nothing asserts them.
+
+Keeping them in one flat blob would invite exactly the mistake TDR-012 exists to
+prevent: quoting a timing from one machine as though it were a property of the
+code.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import json
+import platform
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any
+
+import torch
+
+from benchmark.latency import benchmark_decode, benchmark_prefill, kv_cache_speedup
+from benchmark.memory import (
+ activation_memory_estimate,
+ gqa_saving_report,
+ model_memory_report,
+)
+from model import CausalLM
+from training.device import resolve_device
+
+
+def environment() -> dict[str, Any]:
+ """Everything needed to interpret a measured number later."""
+ device = resolve_device(None)
+ return {
+ "torch": torch.__version__,
+ "python": platform.python_version(),
+ "platform": platform.platform(),
+ "machine": platform.machine(),
+ "device": str(device),
+ "mps_available": torch.backends.mps.is_available(),
+ "cuda_available": torch.cuda.is_available(),
+ }
+
+
+def deterministic_report(cfg: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
+ """Exact, machine-independent metrics. Safe to assert against a baseline."""
+ m = cfg["model"]
+ torch.manual_seed(0)
+ model = CausalLM.from_config(cfg)
+ head_dim = int(m["d_model"]) // int(m["n_heads"])
+ seq_len = int(m.get("max_seq_len", 1024))
+
+ return {
+ "config": {k: m[k] for k in sorted(m)},
+ "model_memory": model_memory_report(model),
+ "gqa_kv_cache": gqa_saving_report(
+ n_layers=int(m["n_layers"]),
+ n_heads=int(m["n_heads"]),
+ n_kv_heads=int(m.get("n_kv_heads", m["n_heads"])),
+ head_dim=head_dim,
+ seq_len=seq_len,
+ ),
+ "attention_scores": activation_memory_estimate(
+ batch_size=1, n_heads=int(m["n_heads"]), seq_len=seq_len
+ ),
+ }
+
+
+def measured_report(
+ cfg: dict[str, Any], *, prompt_len: int = 32, max_new_tokens: int = 32
+) -> dict[str, Any]:
+ """Wall-clock metrics. Interpret only alongside ``environment()``.
+
+ Sample counts are set by what each phase costs, not by a single default.
+ A percentile resolves tail probabilities no finer than ``1/runs``, so the
+ 5-repeat default would report a p99 that is just the maximum under another
+ name. Prefill is ~3 ms, so 100 runs is nearly free; decode is ~80 ms, so 20
+ runs is the affordable compromise โ and ``resolvable_percentile`` in the
+ output states the ceiling either way.
+ """
+ torch.manual_seed(0)
+ model = CausalLM.from_config(cfg).eval().to(resolve_device(cfg.get("device")))
+ return {
+ "prefill": benchmark_prefill(model, prompt_len=prompt_len, warmup=5, repeats=100),
+ "decode_cached": benchmark_decode(
+ model,
+ prompt_len=prompt_len,
+ max_new_tokens=max_new_tokens,
+ use_cache=True,
+ warmup=2,
+ repeats=20,
+ ),
+ "kv_cache_speedup": kv_cache_speedup(
+ model, prompt_len=prompt_len, max_new_tokens=max_new_tokens, repeats=10
+ ),
+ }
+
+
+def build_report(cfg: dict[str, Any], *, measured: bool = True) -> dict[str, Any]:
+ report: dict[str, Any] = {
+ "environment": environment(),
+ "deterministic": deterministic_report(cfg),
+ }
+ if measured:
+ report["measured"] = measured_report(cfg)
+ return report
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+ parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Run the benchmark suite")
+ parser.add_argument("--config", default="configs/default.yaml")
+ parser.add_argument("--out", default=None, help="write JSON here")
+ parser.add_argument(
+ "--deterministic-only",
+ action="store_true",
+ help="skip wall-clock measurement (exact metrics only)",
+ )
+ args = parser.parse_args()
+
+ from training.train import load_config
+
+ cfg = load_config(args.config)
+ report = build_report(cfg, measured=not args.deterministic_only)
+
+ text = json.dumps(report, indent=2, sort_keys=True)
+ if args.out:
+ Path(args.out).parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+ Path(args.out).write_text(text + "\n", encoding="utf-8")
+ print(f"wrote {args.out}")
+ else:
+ print(text)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+ main()
diff --git a/benchmark/showcase.py b/benchmark/showcase.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d2569c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark/showcase.py
@@ -0,0 +1,345 @@
+"""A single screenshot-ready summary of the engine.
+
+ python -m benchmark.showcase --config configs/tinyshakespeare.yaml \
+ --checkpoint checkpoints/tinyshakespeare/best.pt \
+ --vocab data/tinyshakespeare/vocab.json
+
+Prints four blocks: the architecture as configured, the exact memory figures, the
+measured latency, and live completions from the checkpoint. Everything here is
+computed at run time โ nothing is a stored string โ so a screenshot of the output
+is a screenshot of the code actually working.
+
+Deliberately prints the held-out perplexity next to the completions. A generation
+sample on its own invites the reader to judge fluency, which at this scale is
+flattering and meaningless; the perplexity is the number that says what the model
+is really worth.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import torch
+from torch import nn
+
+from benchmark.memory import gqa_saving_report, model_memory_report
+from model import CausalLM
+from tokenizer import BPE
+from training.checkpoint import load_checkpoint
+from training.device import resolve_device
+
+RULE = "โ" * 74
+
+DEFAULT_PROMPTS = (
+ "ROMEO:",
+ "To be, or not to be",
+ "My lord, the queen",
+ "What say you to",
+)
+
+
+def header(title: str) -> None:
+ print(f"\n{RULE}\n {title}\n{RULE}")
+
+
+def show_architecture(cfg: dict, model: CausalLM) -> None:
+ m = cfg["model"]
+ header("ARCHITECTURE โ decoder-only, built from scratch")
+ rows = [
+ ("parameters", f"{model.num_parameters():,}"),
+ ("layers x d_model", f"{m['n_layers']} x {m['d_model']}"),
+ ("attention", f"{m['n_heads']} query heads / {m['n_kv_heads']} KV heads (GQA)"),
+ ("head dim", str(m["d_model"] // m["n_heads"])),
+ ("feed-forward", f"SwiGLU, d_ff {m['d_ff']}"),
+ ("normalisation", "RMSNorm, pre-norm"),
+ ("positions", f"RoPE, theta {m.get('rope_theta', 10000.0):.0f}"),
+ ("context", f"{m['max_seq_len']} tokens"),
+ ("vocabulary", f"{m['vocab_size']} (byte-level BPE, no OOV)"),
+ ("kernel", f"{cfg.get('attention', {}).get('impl', 'sdpa')} (manual | sdpa | flash)"),
+ ]
+ for key, value in rows:
+ print(f" {key:<20} {value}")
+
+
+def show_memory(model: CausalLM, cfg: dict) -> None:
+ m = cfg["model"]
+ header("MEMORY โ exact arithmetic, identical on every machine")
+ report = model_memory_report(model)
+ print(f" {'precision':<12}{'size':>12}{'compression':>14}")
+ for name in ("fp32", "fp16", "int8", "int4"):
+ mib = report["mib"][name]
+ ratio = report["compression_vs_fp32"][name]
+ print(f" {name:<12}{mib:>9.2f} MiB{ratio:>13.2f}x")
+
+ gqa = gqa_saving_report(
+ n_layers=int(m["n_layers"]),
+ n_heads=int(m["n_heads"]),
+ n_kv_heads=int(m.get("n_kv_heads", m["n_heads"])),
+ head_dim=int(m["d_model"]) // int(m["n_heads"]),
+ seq_len=int(m["max_seq_len"]),
+ )
+ print(
+ f"\n KV cache @ {gqa['seq_len']} tokens: "
+ f"MHA {gqa['mha_mib']:.2f} MiB -> GQA {gqa['gqa_mib']:.2f} MiB "
+ f"({gqa['saving_ratio']:.2f}x smaller)"
+ )
+ print(" int8 is not 4x: the tied embedding stays fp32 and sets the floor.")
+
+
+def show_latency(model: CausalLM) -> None:
+ from benchmark.latency import benchmark_decode, benchmark_prefill, kv_cache_speedup
+
+ header("LATENCY โ wall clock, this machine only")
+ prefill = benchmark_prefill(model, prompt_len=32, warmup=3, repeats=50)
+ decode = benchmark_decode(model, prompt_len=32, max_new_tokens=32, warmup=2, repeats=10)
+
+ for label, report in (("prefill", prefill), ("decode", decode)):
+ t = report["timing"]
+ print(
+ f" {label:<8} p50 {t['p50_ms']:7.2f} ms p90 {t['p90_ms']:7.2f} "
+ f"p95 {t['p95_ms']:7.2f} p99 {t['p99_ms']:7.2f} "
+ f"({t['runs']} runs, resolvable <= p{t['resolvable_percentile']})"
+ )
+ print(f"\n prefill throughput {prefill['tokens_per_sec']:>10,.0f} tok/s")
+ print(f" decode throughput {decode['tokens_per_sec']:>10,.0f} tok/s")
+
+ # Reported across several lengths, because a single figure hides the point:
+ # the cache removes O(T^2) recompute, so its advantage *grows* with the
+ # generation. Quoting only a short run makes a real asymptotic win look
+ # like noise.
+ print("\n KV cache โ measured, not assumed (TDR-012):")
+ print(f" {'new tokens':>11}{'uncached':>11}{'cached':>10}{'speedup':>10}")
+ for length in (32, 128, 256):
+ result = kv_cache_speedup(model, prompt_len=16, max_new_tokens=length, repeats=3)
+ print(
+ f" {length:>11}{result['uncached_ms']:>8.0f} ms{result['cached_ms']:>7.0f} ms"
+ f"{result['speedup']:>9.2f}x"
+ )
+
+
+def show_kernel_equivalence(cfg: dict) -> None:
+ """Prove the three attention kernels agree, rather than assert it.
+
+ An optimised kernel with no reference to check against is not trustworthy.
+ `manual` is the readable oracle; the other two have to match it.
+ """
+ import torch
+
+ from attention import CausalAttention
+ from attention.kernels import causal_block_mask, flash_attention, manual_attention
+
+ header("KERNEL EQUIVALENCE โ three implementations, one answer")
+ m = cfg["model"]
+ torch.manual_seed(0)
+ reference = CausalAttention(
+ int(m["d_model"]),
+ int(m["n_heads"]),
+ int(m["n_kv_heads"]),
+ max_seq_len=int(m["max_seq_len"]),
+ impl="manual",
+ ).eval()
+ x = torch.randn(2, 64, int(m["d_model"]))
+
+ baseline, _ = reference(x)
+ print(f" {'kernel':<10}{'max abs diff vs manual':>26}")
+ for impl in ("manual", "sdpa", "flash"):
+ torch.manual_seed(0)
+ other = CausalAttention(
+ int(m["d_model"]),
+ int(m["n_heads"]),
+ int(m["n_kv_heads"]),
+ max_seq_len=int(m["max_seq_len"]),
+ impl=impl,
+ ).eval()
+ other.load_state_dict(reference.state_dict())
+ out, _ = other(x)
+ print(f" {impl:<10}{(out - baseline).abs().max().item():>26.2e}")
+
+ # Gradient check in float64: float32 noise hides sign and scale errors in a
+ # hand-written backward.
+ shape = (2, 3, 37, 16)
+ q, k, v = (torch.randn(*shape, dtype=torch.float64, requires_grad=True) for _ in range(3))
+ qf, kf, vf = (t.detach().clone().requires_grad_(True) for t in (q, k, v))
+ ref = manual_attention(q, k, v, mask=causal_block_mask(37, 37, 0, q.device))
+ tiled = flash_attention(qf, kf, vf, causal=True, block_q=8, block_k=8)
+ seed = torch.randn_like(ref)
+ ref.backward(seed)
+ tiled.backward(seed)
+ pairs = ((q, qf), (k, kf), (v, vf))
+ assert all(a.grad is not None and b.grad is not None for a, b in pairs)
+ worst = max(
+ (a.grad - b.grad).abs().max().item() # type: ignore[operator]
+ for a, b in pairs
+ )
+ print(f"\n hand-written flash backward vs autograd (float64): {worst:.2e}")
+
+
+def show_flash_memory(cfg: dict) -> None:
+ """The O(T) memory claim, measured for *training* rather than inference."""
+ import torch
+
+ from attention import CausalAttention
+
+ header("TILED ATTENTION MEMORY โ bytes autograd retains for backward")
+ d_model = int(cfg["model"]["d_model"])
+
+ def retained(impl: str, seq_len: int) -> int:
+ torch.manual_seed(0)
+ attn = CausalAttention(
+ d_model, 4, 2, max_seq_len=4096, impl=impl, block_q=32, block_k=32
+ ).eval()
+ total = 0
+
+ def pack(t: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
+ nonlocal total
+ total += t.numel() * t.element_size()
+ return t
+
+ with torch.enable_grad(), torch.autograd.graph.saved_tensors_hooks(pack, lambda t: t):
+ attn(torch.randn(1, seq_len, d_model))
+ return total
+
+ print(
+ f" {'T':>6}{'standard':>14}{'tiled':>12}{'ratio':>9}{'std growth':>13}{'tiled growth':>15}"
+ )
+ prev_std = prev_tiled = None
+ for seq_len in (128, 256, 512, 1024):
+ std, tiled = retained("manual", seq_len), retained("flash", seq_len)
+ g_std = f"{std / prev_std:.2f}x" if prev_std else "โ"
+ g_tiled = f"{tiled / prev_tiled:.2f}x" if prev_tiled else "โ"
+ print(
+ f" {seq_len:>6}{std / 1024:>11.0f} KiB{tiled / 1024:>9.0f} KiB"
+ f"{tiled / std:>8.2f}x{g_std:>13}{g_tiled:>15}"
+ )
+ prev_std, prev_tiled = std, tiled
+ print("\n 2.0x per doubling is linear; 4.0x is quadratic.")
+ print(" Before the custom backward the tiled path retained 1.30x MORE than standard.")
+
+
+def show_quantization(model: CausalLM, cfg: dict, val_path: str | None, batches: int) -> None:
+ """Compression against its actual cost in held-out perplexity."""
+ from optimization import model_nbytes, quantize
+
+ header("QUANTIZATION โ compression against measured quality cost")
+ fp32_bytes = model_nbytes(model)
+ print(f" {'precision':<12}{'size':>12}{'compression':>14}{'held-out ppl':>16}")
+ for label, bits in (("fp32", None), ("int8", 8), ("int4", 4)):
+ target: nn.Module = model if bits is None else quantize(model, bits=bits)
+ size = model_nbytes(target)
+ ppl = (
+ f"{measure_perplexity(target, cfg, val_path, batches):.1f}"
+ if val_path
+ else "not measured"
+ )
+ print(f" {label:<12}{size / (1024 * 1024):>9.2f} MiB{fp32_bytes / size:>13.2f}x{ppl:>16}")
+ print("\n Weight-only: buys memory, not speed. Real int8 throughput needs fused kernels.")
+
+
+def measure_perplexity(model: nn.Module, cfg: dict, val_path: str, batches: int) -> float:
+ """Evaluate held-out perplexity here and now, rather than accept a number.
+
+ A figure typed in on the command line is indistinguishable from one that was
+ invented. Measuring it in the same process that prints it means the whole
+ output is generated.
+ """
+ from dataset import DataEngine
+ from training.trainer import Trainer
+
+ eval_cfg = {
+ **cfg,
+ "dataset": {**cfg["dataset"], "source": "file", "path": val_path, "shuffle": False},
+ "training": {**cfg.get("training", {}), "amp": False},
+ }
+ engine = DataEngine.from_config(eval_cfg, vocab_size=int(cfg["model"]["vocab_size"]))
+ trainer = Trainer(model, engine, eval_cfg, device=next(model.parameters()).device)
+ return float(trainer.evaluate(engine, batches=batches)["val_perplexity"])
+
+
+def show_completions(
+ model: CausalLM, tokenizer: BPE, prompts: tuple[str, ...], val_ppl: float | None
+) -> None:
+ from inference import generate
+
+ header("AUTOCOMPLETION โ greedy-free sampling from the trained checkpoint")
+ if val_ppl is not None:
+ print(
+ f" held-out perplexity {val_ppl:.1f} (measured now) โ read the samples against this\n"
+ )
+
+ for prompt in prompts:
+ text = generate(
+ model,
+ tokenizer,
+ prompt,
+ max_new_tokens=48,
+ temperature=0.8,
+ top_k=40,
+ generator=torch.Generator().manual_seed(0),
+ )
+ continuation = text[len(prompt) :].replace("<|endoftext|>", " โ ").strip()
+ print(f" > {prompt}")
+ for line in continuation.splitlines()[:4]:
+ if line.strip():
+ print(f" {line.strip()}")
+ print()
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+ parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Print a showcase summary")
+ parser.add_argument("--config", default="configs/tinyshakespeare.yaml")
+ parser.add_argument("--checkpoint", default=None)
+ parser.add_argument("--vocab", default=None)
+ parser.add_argument(
+ "--val-path",
+ default=None,
+ help="held-out .bin; perplexity is measured here rather than passed in",
+ )
+ parser.add_argument("--eval-batches", type=int, default=20)
+ parser.add_argument("--skip-latency", action="store_true")
+ parser.add_argument(
+ "--evidence",
+ action="store_true",
+ help="print kernel equivalence, tiled-attention memory and quantization cost",
+ )
+ args = parser.parse_args()
+
+ from training.train import load_config
+
+ cfg = load_config(args.config)
+ device = resolve_device(cfg.get("device"))
+ torch.manual_seed(int(cfg.get("seed", 0)))
+
+ model = CausalLM.from_config(cfg)
+ step = None
+ if args.checkpoint and Path(args.checkpoint).exists():
+ payload = load_checkpoint(args.checkpoint, model=model)
+ step = payload.get("step")
+ model = model.to(device).eval()
+
+ print(f"\n Language Model Engine โ {device}, torch {torch.__version__}")
+ if step is not None:
+ print(f" checkpoint: {args.checkpoint} (step {step})")
+
+ show_architecture(cfg, model)
+ show_memory(model, cfg)
+ if not args.skip_latency:
+ show_latency(model)
+ if args.evidence:
+ show_kernel_equivalence(cfg)
+ show_flash_memory(cfg)
+ show_quantization(model, cfg, args.val_path, args.eval_batches)
+
+ val_ppl = None
+ if args.val_path and Path(args.val_path).exists():
+ val_ppl = measure_perplexity(model, cfg, args.val_path, args.eval_batches)
+
+ if args.vocab and Path(args.vocab).exists():
+ tokenizer = BPE(vocab_size=int(cfg["model"]["vocab_size"]))
+ tokenizer.load(args.vocab)
+ show_completions(model, tokenizer, DEFAULT_PROMPTS, val_ppl)
+ print(RULE)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+ main()
diff --git a/benchmark/throughput.py b/benchmark/throughput.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..467bef7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark/throughput.py
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+"""Training throughput (TDD ยง9).
+
+Reports tokens/sec for a full optimizer step โ forward, backward, clip and
+update โ because that is the number that determines how long a run takes.
+Timing the forward pass alone overstates throughput by roughly 3x, since the
+backward pass costs about twice the forward.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import Any
+
+from benchmark.harness import synchronize
+from training.trainer import Trainer
+
+
+def benchmark_training_step(
+ trainer: Trainer, *, warmup: int = 3, repeats: int = 10
+) -> dict[str, Any]:
+ """Measure steady-state step time on an already-constructed Trainer.
+
+ Warmup steps are real optimizer steps, so this mutates the model โ it is a
+ throughput probe, not something to run against weights you care about.
+ """
+ for _ in range(warmup):
+ trainer.step()
+ synchronize(trainer.device)
+
+ samples_ms = []
+ tokens = 0
+ for _ in range(repeats):
+ metrics = trainer.step()
+ synchronize(trainer.device)
+ # Trainer already measures its own step wall-clock; reuse it rather than
+ # double-counting with an outer timer.
+ samples_ms.append(metrics["tokens"] / metrics["tokens_per_sec"] * 1000.0)
+ tokens += int(metrics["tokens"])
+
+ samples_ms.sort()
+ median = samples_ms[len(samples_ms) // 2]
+ return {
+ "steps": repeats,
+ "median_step_ms": round(median, 4),
+ "tokens_per_step": tokens // repeats,
+ "tokens_per_sec": round((tokens // repeats) / (median / 1000.0), 2),
+ "device": str(trainer.device),
+ "amp_dtype": str(trainer.amp_dtype),
+ "grad_accum_steps": trainer.grad_accum_steps,
+ }
diff --git a/checkpoints/.gitkeep b/checkpoints/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/configs/.gitkeep b/configs/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/configs/default.yaml b/configs/default.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..11d14e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configs/default.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+# Default training / model configuration.
+# Overridable per-key via the CLI: python -m training.train --config configs/default.yaml training.lr=1e-4
+
+seed: 42
+
+model:
+ d_model: 512
+ n_layers: 8
+ n_heads: 8
+ n_kv_heads: 2 # grouped-query attention (n_kv_heads < n_heads)
+ d_ff: 2048
+ vocab_size: 4096
+ max_seq_len: 1024
+ rope_theta: 10000.0
+ dropout: 0.0
+ tie_weights: true # reuse the token embedding as the LM head
+
+attention:
+ impl: sdpa # sdpa | flash | manual
+ kv_cache: true
+
+dataset:
+ source: synthetic # synthetic | file (mmap) | stream (sequential)
+ path: null # required for source: file | stream
+ seq_len: 512
+ batch_size: 16
+ num_workers: 0
+
+training:
+ steps: 2000
+ lr: 3.0e-4
+ min_lr: 3.0e-5
+ warmup_steps: 200
+ weight_decay: 0.1
+ grad_clip: 1.0
+ amp: true
+ amp_dtype: bfloat16
+ grad_accum_steps: 1
+ log_every: 50
+ ckpt_every: 500
+ out_dir: checkpoints
+
+inference:
+ max_new_tokens: 128
+ temperature: 1.0
+ top_k: 0
+ top_p: 1.0
diff --git a/configs/tinyshakespeare.yaml b/configs/tinyshakespeare.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..999900f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configs/tinyshakespeare.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+# A ready-to-run config over the TinyShakespeare corpus (public domain).
+#
+# Prepare the corpus once, then train:
+#
+# python -m dataset.prepare_corpus --corpus tinyshakespeare --vocab-size 8192
+# python -m training.train --config configs/tinyshakespeare.yaml
+#
+# Sized from a measured run rather than guessed. The first attempt at 2000 steps
+# was 41.6 epochs over a 295k-token corpus at 26 parameters per token: training
+# loss fell 5.26 -> 1.86 while validation perplexity bottomed at 98.9 around
+# step 500 and then climbed to 304.6. The model was memorising, and because
+# checkpoints were periodic the best weights were never saved.
+#
+# So: fewer steps, evaluate 2.5x more often, save on improvement, and stop early
+# when four consecutive evaluations fail to improve. Expect validation to turn
+# upward before training does โ with a corpus this small that is arithmetic, not
+# a bug, and it is exactly what the held-out split is for.
+
+seed: 42
+device: auto # auto | mps | cuda | cpu
+
+model:
+ d_model: 256
+ n_layers: 6
+ n_heads: 8
+ n_kv_heads: 2
+ d_ff: 1024
+ vocab_size: 8192 # must match the trained tokenizer
+ max_seq_len: 256
+ rope_theta: 10000.0
+ dropout: 0.1 # a corpus this small needs the regularisation
+ tie_weights: true
+
+attention:
+ impl: sdpa
+ kv_cache: true
+
+dataset:
+ source: file
+ path: data/tinyshakespeare/train.bin
+ val_path: data/tinyshakespeare/val.bin
+ seq_len: 256
+ batch_size: 24
+ num_workers: 0
+
+training:
+ steps: 800
+ lr: 6.0e-4
+ min_lr: 6.0e-5
+ warmup_steps: 100
+ weight_decay: 0.1
+ grad_clip: 1.0
+ amp: true
+ amp_dtype: bfloat16
+ grad_accum_steps: 1
+ log_every: 100
+ eval_every: 100
+ eval_batches: 20
+ early_stop_patience: 4
+ ckpt_every: 0 # best.pt is saved on improvement instead
+ out_dir: checkpoints/tinyshakespeare
diff --git a/dataset/__init__.py b/dataset/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..52f6316
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dataset/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+"""Efficient dataset engine: memory-mapped, streaming, worker-sharded.
+
+See docs/TDD.md ยง2 and TDR-004.
+"""
+
+from dataset.binfile import (
+ TOKEN_DTYPE,
+ count_tokens_bin,
+ encode_texts_to_bin,
+ read_tokens_bin,
+ write_tokens_bin,
+)
+from dataset.corpora import (
+ CORPORA,
+ Corpus,
+ download,
+ prepare,
+ prepare_documents,
+ read_documents,
+ split_documents,
+ use_system_trust_store,
+)
+from dataset.engine import DataEngine
+from dataset.token_dataset import (
+ MemmapTokenDataset,
+ StreamingTokenDataset,
+ SyntheticTokenDataset,
+)
+
+__all__ = [
+ "CORPORA",
+ "TOKEN_DTYPE",
+ "Corpus",
+ "DataEngine",
+ "MemmapTokenDataset",
+ "StreamingTokenDataset",
+ "SyntheticTokenDataset",
+ "count_tokens_bin",
+ "download",
+ "encode_texts_to_bin",
+ "prepare",
+ "prepare_documents",
+ "read_documents",
+ "read_tokens_bin",
+ "split_documents",
+ "use_system_trust_store",
+ "write_tokens_bin",
+]
diff --git a/dataset/binfile.py b/dataset/binfile.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a98748d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dataset/binfile.py
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+"""On-disk token format: a bare flat array of little-endian ``uint16``.
+
+No header, no index, no framing. That is deliberate -- the file is exactly
+``n_tokens * 2`` bytes, so the window count is derivable from ``stat()`` alone
+(no need to open or parse anything), and any tool can read it: ``np.memmap``,
+``torch.from_file``, or ``xxd``. Metadata that would otherwise live in a header
+(vocab size, tokenizer version) belongs with the tokenizer's ``vocab.json``,
+which must be kept alongside the ``.bin`` -- token ids are meaningless without
+the vocabulary that produced them.
+
+``uint16`` caps the vocabulary at 65,536, which is comfortably above the 4,096
+we train with and matches GPT-2's 50,257. Going past that means ``uint32`` and
+double the disk/page-cache footprint, so we validate rather than widen.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import os
+from collections.abc import Iterable, Iterator
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import numpy as np
+
+# The single source of truth for the on-disk dtype. Import this rather than
+# writing np.uint16 at call sites, so a future widening is one edit.
+TOKEN_DTYPE = np.uint16
+
+_MAX_TOKEN_ID = np.iinfo(TOKEN_DTYPE).max
+
+
+def write_tokens_bin(ids: Iterable[int], path: str | os.PathLike[str]) -> int:
+ """Write token ids to ``path`` as a flat ``uint16`` array. Returns the count.
+
+ Raises ``ValueError`` on any id outside ``[0, 65535]``. We check explicitly
+ because numpy would otherwise wrap silently (``65536 -> 0``), corrupting the
+ corpus in a way that surfaces much later as inexplicable training loss.
+ """
+ arr = np.fromiter(ids, dtype=np.int64)
+ if arr.size and (arr.min() < 0 or arr.max() > _MAX_TOKEN_ID):
+ raise ValueError(
+ f"token ids must fit uint16 [0, {_MAX_TOKEN_ID}]; got range [{arr.min()}, {arr.max()}]"
+ )
+ path = Path(path)
+ path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+ arr.astype(TOKEN_DTYPE).tofile(path)
+ return int(arr.size)
+
+
+def read_tokens_bin(path: str | os.PathLike[str]) -> np.memmap:
+ """Open a token file read-only as a memory map (no bulk copy into RAM)."""
+ return np.memmap(path, dtype=TOKEN_DTYPE, mode="r")
+
+
+def count_tokens_bin(path: str | os.PathLike[str]) -> int:
+ """Number of tokens in a token file, from its size alone -- no open, no read."""
+ return Path(path).stat().st_size // np.dtype(TOKEN_DTYPE).itemsize
+
+
+def encode_texts_to_bin(
+ tokenizer: object,
+ texts: Iterable[str],
+ path: str | os.PathLike[str],
+ *,
+ eot_token: str | None = None,
+) -> int:
+ """Tokenize ``texts`` into a single ``.bin`` corpus. Returns the token count.
+
+ ``eot_token`` (e.g. ``"<|endoftext|>"``) is appended after each text so the
+ model learns a document boundary; without it, packed windows silently splice
+ the end of one document onto the start of the next.
+ """
+ encode = tokenizer.encode # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+ eot_ids: list[int] = encode(eot_token) if eot_token else []
+
+ def stream() -> Iterator[int]:
+ for text in texts:
+ yield from encode(text)
+ yield from eot_ids
+
+ return write_tokens_bin(stream(), path)
diff --git a/dataset/corpora.py b/dataset/corpora.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..efe6556
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dataset/corpora.py
@@ -0,0 +1,210 @@
+"""Corpus acquisition and document-level splitting (TDD ยง2).
+
+Corpora are downloaded on demand and never committed โ they are large and
+licence-encumbered, and `.gitignore` already excludes `data/`. Each entry names
+its licence, because "where did the training data come from" is a question that
+gets asked later and is unpleasant to answer retroactively.
+
+**The split is by document, never by token.** Windows are contiguous slices of
+one flat token array, so splitting a *tokenised* stream puts validation tokens
+inside training windows: the model trains on text it is then evaluated on, and
+the reported perplexity is quietly too good. Splitting the document list first
+makes that impossible by construction.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import hashlib
+import os
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any
+
+DATA_DIR = Path("data")
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class Corpus:
+ """A downloadable text corpus and the terms it comes under."""
+
+ name: str
+ url: str
+ licence: str
+ description: str
+ doc_separator: str = "\n\n"
+
+ @property
+ def raw_path(self) -> Path:
+ return DATA_DIR / f"{self.name}.txt"
+
+
+# Small, permissively licensed, and plain-text โ the constraints that matter for
+# a from-scratch project with no data-engineering budget.
+CORPORA: dict[str, Corpus] = {
+ "tinyshakespeare": Corpus(
+ name="tinyshakespeare",
+ url=(
+ "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/karpathy/char-rnn/"
+ "master/data/tinyshakespeare/input.txt"
+ ),
+ licence="public domain (Shakespeare)",
+ description="~1.1 MB of Shakespeare. Small enough to tokenise in seconds.",
+ ),
+}
+
+
+def use_system_trust_store() -> bool:
+ """Route TLS verification through the OS trust store. True if it took effect.
+
+ Needed on any machine behind a TLS-inspecting corporate proxy (Zscaler,
+ Netskope, Blue Coat). The proxy re-signs every certificate with a corporate
+ root CA that lives in the OS keychain, so `curl` succeeds โ but `requests`
+ verifies against certifi's bundle, which has never heard of it, and fails
+ with `CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED: unable to get local issuer certificate`.
+
+ Never disable verification to work around this: that turns a working
+ corporate MITM into an accepted arbitrary one. Point at the real CA instead,
+ either via the OS store here or `REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE` (which requests honours
+ natively).
+ """
+ try:
+ import truststore
+ except ImportError:
+ return False
+ truststore.inject_into_ssl()
+ return True
+
+
+def download(corpus: Corpus | str, *, force: bool = False, timeout: int = 60) -> Path:
+ """Fetch a corpus to ``data/``. Returns the local path; skips if present."""
+ entry = CORPORA[corpus] if isinstance(corpus, str) else corpus
+ path = entry.raw_path
+ if path.exists() and not force:
+ return path
+
+ import requests # imported lazily so the package works offline
+
+ used_system_trust = use_system_trust_store()
+ path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+ try:
+ response = requests.get(entry.url, timeout=timeout)
+ response.raise_for_status()
+ except requests.exceptions.SSLError as exc:
+ raise RuntimeError(
+ f"TLS verification failed fetching {entry.url}.\n"
+ f"System trust store in use: {used_system_trust}.\n"
+ "On a TLS-inspecting corporate network the certificate is re-signed "
+ "by a corporate root CA that certifi does not carry. Fix with either:\n"
+ " pip install truststore # use the OS keychain\n"
+ " export REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE=/path/to/corporate-ca.pem\n"
+ "Do not disable verification."
+ ) from exc
+
+ path.write_text(response.text, encoding="utf-8")
+ return path
+
+
+def read_documents(path: str | os.PathLike[str], separator: str = "\n\n") -> list[str]:
+ """Split a raw text file into documents, dropping blanks."""
+ text = Path(path).read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+ return [doc.strip() for doc in text.split(separator) if doc.strip()]
+
+
+def split_documents(
+ documents: list[str], *, val_fraction: float = 0.05, seed: int = 0
+) -> tuple[list[str], list[str]]:
+ """Partition documents into (train, val) with a stable, content-derived hash.
+
+ Hashing the document text rather than shuffling an index means the split is
+ reproducible without carrying a random seed alongside the data, and a
+ document keeps its side even if the corpus is re-ordered or extended. Adding
+ new documents therefore never reshuffles the existing ones into the other
+ split, which would leak across a resumed run.
+ """
+ if not 0.0 < val_fraction < 1.0:
+ raise ValueError(f"val_fraction must be in (0, 1), got {val_fraction}")
+
+ threshold = int(val_fraction * (1 << 32))
+ train: list[str] = []
+ val: list[str] = []
+ for doc in documents:
+ digest = hashlib.blake2b(f"{seed}:{doc}".encode(), digest_size=4).digest()
+ (val if int.from_bytes(digest, "big") < threshold else train).append(doc)
+
+ if not train or not val:
+ raise ValueError(
+ f"split produced an empty side ({len(train)} train, {len(val)} val); "
+ f"corpus has only {len(documents)} documents"
+ )
+ return train, val
+
+
+def prepare_documents(
+ documents: list[str],
+ tokenizer: object,
+ *,
+ name: str = "custom",
+ licence: str = "unspecified",
+ val_fraction: float = 0.05,
+ seed: int = 0,
+ eot_token: str | None = "<|endoftext|>",
+ out_dir: str | os.PathLike[str] | None = None,
+) -> dict[str, Any]:
+ """Split โ encode โ write ``train.bin`` / ``val.bin`` from documents in memory.
+
+ The entry point for any corpus that is not a plain URL download โ a local
+ export, a scrape, a mailbox.
+
+ **On personal data.** A language model memorises: this project measured a
+ 32.5M-parameter model reaching loss 0.017 on a 10,677-token corpus, i.e.
+ reproducing it. Any corpus fed here ends up recoverable from the weights, so
+ a checkpoint trained on mail, chat logs or customer records *is* a copy of
+ that data and inherits its handling obligations. Scrub before this call, not
+ after โ and note ``licence`` so the provenance travels with the artefacts.
+ """
+ from dataset.binfile import encode_texts_to_bin
+
+ train_docs, val_docs = split_documents(documents, val_fraction=val_fraction, seed=seed)
+
+ # Coerce: the natural call passes a str, and `str / str` is a TypeError.
+ destination = Path(out_dir) if out_dir is not None else DATA_DIR / name
+ train_bin = destination / "train.bin"
+ val_bin = destination / "val.bin"
+ n_train = encode_texts_to_bin(tokenizer, train_docs, train_bin, eot_token=eot_token)
+ n_val = encode_texts_to_bin(tokenizer, val_docs, val_bin, eot_token=eot_token)
+
+ return {
+ "corpus": name,
+ "licence": licence,
+ "documents": len(documents),
+ "train_documents": len(train_docs),
+ "val_documents": len(val_docs),
+ "train_tokens": n_train,
+ "val_tokens": n_val,
+ "train_bin": str(train_bin),
+ "val_bin": str(val_bin),
+ }
+
+
+def prepare(
+ corpus: Corpus | str,
+ tokenizer: object,
+ *,
+ val_fraction: float = 0.05,
+ seed: int = 0,
+ eot_token: str | None = "<|endoftext|>",
+ out_dir: str | os.PathLike[str] | None = None,
+) -> dict[str, Any]:
+ """Download โ split by document โ encode โ write ``train.bin`` / ``val.bin``."""
+ entry = CORPORA[corpus] if isinstance(corpus, str) else corpus
+ documents = read_documents(download(entry), entry.doc_separator)
+ return prepare_documents(
+ documents,
+ tokenizer,
+ name=entry.name,
+ licence=entry.licence,
+ val_fraction=val_fraction,
+ seed=seed,
+ eot_token=eot_token,
+ out_dir=out_dir,
+ )
diff --git a/dataset/engine.py b/dataset/engine.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bba4d11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dataset/engine.py
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+"""``DataEngine`` -- config in, endless device-ready batches out.
+
+The training loop counts *steps*, not epochs, so ``next_batch()`` never raises
+``StopIteration``: a finite dataset simply wraps around. Everything else here is
+DataLoader plumbing whose defaults are chosen to avoid three specific traps:
+
+- ``prefetch_factor`` is illegal when ``num_workers == 0`` (torch raises), so it
+ is only passed when workers exist.
+- ``pin_memory`` allocates CUDA page-locked host memory. With no CUDA device it
+ is at best a no-op and at worst a warning on every batch, so it defaults to
+ ``torch.cuda.is_available()`` rather than ``True``. Apple MPS reads from
+ unified memory and gains nothing from pinning (TDR-019).
+- ``shuffle`` is rejected outright by DataLoader for an ``IterableDataset``;
+ streaming sources shuffle internally instead.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from collections.abc import Iterator
+from typing import Any
+
+import torch
+from torch.utils.data import DataLoader, Dataset, IterableDataset
+
+from dataset.token_dataset import (
+ Item,
+ MemmapTokenDataset,
+ StreamingTokenDataset,
+ SyntheticTokenDataset,
+)
+
+Batch = dict[str, torch.Tensor]
+
+VALID_SOURCES = ("synthetic", "file", "stream")
+
+
+class DataEngine:
+ """Wraps a dataset in a DataLoader and serves an endless stream of batches."""
+
+ def __init__(
+ self,
+ dataset: Dataset[Item],
+ *,
+ batch_size: int = 8,
+ num_workers: int = 0,
+ prefetch_factor: int | None = None,
+ pin_memory: bool | None = None,
+ shuffle: bool = True,
+ drop_last: bool = True,
+ ) -> None:
+ self.dataset = dataset
+ self.batch_size = batch_size
+ self.num_workers = num_workers
+ # An IterableDataset owns its own ordering; DataLoader raises if asked
+ # to shuffle one.
+ self.shuffle = shuffle and not isinstance(dataset, IterableDataset)
+ self.drop_last = drop_last
+ self.pin_memory = torch.cuda.is_available() if pin_memory is None else pin_memory
+ self.prefetch_factor = prefetch_factor
+
+ self._loader = self._build_loader()
+ self._iter: Iterator[Batch] = iter(self._loader)
+
+ # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+ # Construction
+ # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+ @classmethod
+ def from_config(cls, cfg: dict[str, Any], vocab_size: int) -> DataEngine:
+ """Build from the ``dataset`` block of a loaded YAML config."""
+ dcfg = cfg.get("dataset", {})
+ source = dcfg.get("source", "synthetic")
+ seq_len = int(dcfg.get("seq_len", 512))
+ seed = int(cfg.get("seed", 0))
+
+ dataset: Dataset[Item]
+ if source == "synthetic":
+ dataset = SyntheticTokenDataset(vocab_size, seq_len, seed=seed)
+ elif source in ("file", "stream"):
+ path = dcfg.get("path")
+ if not path:
+ raise ValueError(f"dataset.source={source!r} requires dataset.path")
+ if source == "file":
+ dataset = MemmapTokenDataset(path, seq_len)
+ else:
+ dataset = StreamingTokenDataset(
+ path, seq_len, shuffle=dcfg.get("shuffle", True), seed=seed
+ )
+ else:
+ raise ValueError(f"unknown dataset.source {source!r}; expected one of {VALID_SOURCES}")
+
+ return cls(
+ dataset,
+ batch_size=int(dcfg.get("batch_size", 8)),
+ num_workers=int(dcfg.get("num_workers", 0)),
+ prefetch_factor=dcfg.get("prefetch_factor"),
+ pin_memory=dcfg.get("pin_memory"),
+ shuffle=bool(dcfg.get("shuffle", True)),
+ drop_last=bool(dcfg.get("drop_last", True)),
+ )
+
+ def _build_loader(self) -> DataLoader[Item]:
+ kwargs: dict[str, Any] = {
+ "batch_size": self.batch_size,
+ "num_workers": self.num_workers,
+ "pin_memory": self.pin_memory,
+ "drop_last": self.drop_last,
+ }
+ if not isinstance(self.dataset, IterableDataset):
+ kwargs["shuffle"] = self.shuffle
+ if self.num_workers > 0:
+ # Both of these are invalid with num_workers=0.
+ if self.prefetch_factor is not None:
+ kwargs["prefetch_factor"] = int(self.prefetch_factor)
+ kwargs["persistent_workers"] = True
+ return DataLoader(self.dataset, **kwargs)
+
+ # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+ # Batch production
+ # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+ def next_batch(self, device: torch.device | str | None = None) -> Batch:
+ """Next batch, wrapping around at the end of a finite dataset."""
+ try:
+ batch = next(self._iter)
+ except StopIteration:
+ self._iter = iter(self._loader)
+ try:
+ batch = next(self._iter)
+ except StopIteration as exc:
+ # An empty loader means the dataset cannot fill even one batch,
+ # which `drop_last=True` turns into zero batches rather than a
+ # short one. Raised here with the arithmetic spelled out, because
+ # the bare StopIteration surfaces from inside torch's sampler and
+ # says nothing about why. Hit most often by a small val split.
+ windows = len(self.dataset) if hasattr(self.dataset, "__len__") else "unknown"
+ raise RuntimeError(
+ f"dataset yielded no batches: {windows} windows available but "
+ f"batch_size={self.batch_size} with drop_last={self.drop_last}. "
+ f"Lower batch_size or seq_len, or set drop_last=False."
+ ) from exc
+ if device is None:
+ return batch
+ # non_blocking pairs with pinned memory to overlap H2D with compute; it
+ # degrades to a synchronous copy elsewhere.
+ return {k: v.to(device, non_blocking=self.pin_memory) for k, v in batch.items()}
+
+ def __iter__(self) -> Iterator[Batch]:
+ while True:
+ yield self.next_batch()
diff --git a/dataset/messages.py b/dataset/messages.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f4af648
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dataset/messages.py
@@ -0,0 +1,173 @@
+"""Preparing email and chat data as training documents (TDD ยง2).
+
+This module builds documents from mail/message records. It deliberately ships
+with **no connector to any mailbox or chat workspace** โ the caller supplies the
+records, so pointing it at real data is an explicit act rather than a default.
+
+## Read this before using it on real mail
+
+**A language model memorises its training data.** This project measured a
+32.5M-parameter model reaching loss 0.017 on a 10,677-token corpus โ i.e.
+reproducing it. Anything fed through here is recoverable from the resulting
+weights, so **a checkpoint trained on mail is a copy of that mail** and inherits
+every handling obligation the mail had: retention, access control, deletion
+requests, cross-border transfer.
+
+**`redact()` is best-effort, not a compliance control.** It removes shapes it
+recognises (addresses, phone numbers, long digit runs). It cannot recognise a
+name in prose, a deal codename, a customer referred to obliquely, or an amount
+that is sensitive only in context. Treat it as noise reduction on top of a
+decision that the corpus is already acceptable to train on โ never as the thing
+that makes it acceptable.
+
+**Scale makes it a fine-tuning corpus, not a pretraining one.** A mailbox is
+~1-10M tokens against the ~650M a 32.5M-parameter model wants. Trained alone it
+memorises rather than generalises; the sound route is pretrain on a large public
+corpus, then fine-tune.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import re
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+
+# Structure markers, so the model can learn where a field begins rather than
+# inferring it from punctuation. Register these as tokenizer special tokens.
+FROM_TOKEN = "<|from|>"
+SUBJECT_TOKEN = "<|subject|>"
+BODY_TOKEN = "<|body|>"
+MESSAGE_TOKEN = "<|message|>"
+STRUCTURE_TOKENS = (FROM_TOKEN, SUBJECT_TOKEN, BODY_TOKEN, MESSAGE_TOKEN)
+
+# Quoted-reply openers. Without stripping these, a thread of N replies contributes
+# the same text N times and the model over-weights whatever gets quoted most.
+_QUOTE_MARKERS = (
+ re.compile(r"^\s*>.*$", re.MULTILINE),
+ re.compile(r"^\s*On .{0,80}wrote:\s*$.*", re.MULTILINE | re.DOTALL),
+ re.compile(r"^\s*-{2,}\s*Original Message\s*-{2,}.*", re.MULTILINE | re.DOTALL),
+ re.compile(r"^\s*From:.*$.*", re.MULTILINE | re.DOTALL),
+)
+
+# `-- ` on its own line is the RFC 3676 signature delimiter.
+_SIGNATURE = re.compile(r"^--\s*$.*", re.MULTILINE | re.DOTALL)
+
+# Boilerplate footers dominate corporate mail by volume. Left in, the model
+# learns to emit disclaimers, because that is genuinely the most predictable text
+# in the corpus.
+_DISCLAIMER = re.compile(
+ # "is confidential", "are confidential and intended", "is intended solely" --
+ # the copula varies with whether attachments are mentioned, and clauses sit
+ # between it and the keyword. Bounded to one sentence ([^.\n]) so ordinary
+ # prose that merely uses the word "confidential" is not swallowed.
+ r"(this (e-?mail|message)\b[^.\n]{0,80}\b(is|are)\b[^.\n]{0,40}(confidential|intended)"
+ r"|if you (are not|have received) th(is|e intended))",
+ re.IGNORECASE,
+)
+
+# Order matters: the phone pattern accepts separators and would otherwise claim a
+# bare 16-digit card or account number. Digit runs with no separators are matched
+# first and labelled <|number|>; only separated runs reach <|phone|>.
+_REDACTIONS: tuple[tuple[re.Pattern[str], str], ...] = (
+ (re.compile(r"[\w.+-]+@[\w-]+\.[\w.-]+"), "<|email|>"),
+ (re.compile(r"https?://\S+"), "<|url|>"),
+ (re.compile(r"\b\d{6,}\b"), "<|number|>"),
+ (re.compile(r"\+?\d[\d\s().-]{7,}\d"), "<|phone|>"),
+)
+
+
+@dataclass
+class Message:
+ """One mail or chat record. ``sender`` may already be a pseudonym."""
+
+ body: str
+ sender: str | None = None
+ subject: str | None = None
+ metadata: dict[str, str] = field(default_factory=dict)
+
+
+def strip_quoted_replies(text: str) -> str:
+ """Remove quoted history so a thread is not counted once per reply."""
+ for pattern in _QUOTE_MARKERS:
+ text = pattern.sub("", text)
+ return text
+
+
+def strip_signature(text: str) -> str:
+ return _SIGNATURE.sub("", text)
+
+
+def looks_like_disclaimer(line: str) -> bool:
+ return bool(_DISCLAIMER.search(line))
+
+
+def strip_disclaimers(text: str) -> str:
+ """Drop everything from the first confidentiality-notice line onward."""
+ lines = text.splitlines()
+ for i, line in enumerate(lines):
+ if looks_like_disclaimer(line):
+ return "\n".join(lines[:i])
+ return text
+
+
+def redact(text: str) -> str:
+ """Mask recognisable identifier *shapes*. Best-effort โ see the module note."""
+ for pattern, placeholder in _REDACTIONS:
+ text = pattern.sub(placeholder, text)
+ return text
+
+
+def clean_body(text: str, *, apply_redaction: bool = True) -> str:
+ """Full cleaning pipeline for one message body."""
+ text = strip_quoted_replies(text)
+ text = strip_disclaimers(text)
+ text = strip_signature(text)
+ if apply_redaction:
+ text = redact(text)
+ # Collapse the runs of blank lines that stripping leaves behind.
+ return re.sub(r"\n{3,}", "\n\n", text).strip()
+
+
+def to_document(
+ message: Message, *, include_structure: bool = True, apply_redaction: bool = True
+) -> str:
+ """Render one message as a training document."""
+ body = clean_body(message.body, apply_redaction=apply_redaction)
+ if not include_structure:
+ return body
+
+ parts = [MESSAGE_TOKEN]
+ if message.sender:
+ parts += [FROM_TOKEN, redact(message.sender) if apply_redaction else message.sender]
+ if message.subject:
+ parts += [SUBJECT_TOKEN, redact(message.subject) if apply_redaction else message.subject]
+ parts += [BODY_TOKEN, body]
+ return "\n".join(parts)
+
+
+def build_documents(
+ messages: list[Message],
+ *,
+ include_structure: bool = True,
+ apply_redaction: bool = True,
+ min_chars: int = 40,
+) -> list[str]:
+ """Clean and render messages, dropping ones too short to carry signal.
+
+ Very short messages ("thanks", "ok, done") are the bulk of a real mailbox by
+ count and near-worthless by content; keeping them teaches the model to emit
+ acknowledgements. ``min_chars`` applies to the *cleaned* body, so a long
+ quoted reply with two new words is correctly dropped.
+ """
+ documents = []
+ for message in messages:
+ body = clean_body(message.body, apply_redaction=apply_redaction)
+ if len(body) < min_chars:
+ continue
+ documents.append(
+ to_document(
+ Message(body=body, sender=message.sender, subject=message.subject),
+ include_structure=include_structure,
+ apply_redaction=apply_redaction,
+ )
+ )
+ return documents
diff --git a/dataset/prepare_corpus.py b/dataset/prepare_corpus.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c45b99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dataset/prepare_corpus.py
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+"""Corpus preparation CLI.
+
+ python -m dataset.prepare_corpus --corpus tinyshakespeare --vocab-size 8192
+
+Downloads, trains a tokenizer, splits by document, and writes
+``train.bin`` / ``val.bin`` plus the ``vocab.json`` they were encoded with.
+
+The vocabulary is written **beside the token files on purpose**. Token ids are
+meaningless without the vocabulary that produced them, and a `.bin` paired with
+the wrong `vocab.json` decodes to plausible-looking nonsense rather than failing,
+so the two travel together.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import json
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from dataset.corpora import CORPORA, prepare, read_documents
+from tokenizer import BPE
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+ parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Download and prepare a corpus")
+ parser.add_argument("--corpus", default="tinyshakespeare", choices=sorted(CORPORA))
+ parser.add_argument("--vocab-size", type=int, default=8192)
+ parser.add_argument("--val-fraction", type=float, default=0.05)
+ parser.add_argument("--seed", type=int, default=0)
+ parser.add_argument(
+ "--tokenizer-sample-mb",
+ type=float,
+ default=64.0,
+ help="cap the text used to fit the vocabulary (TDD ยง1.5)",
+ )
+ args = parser.parse_args()
+
+ entry = CORPORA[args.corpus]
+ from dataset.corpora import download
+
+ path = download(entry)
+ documents = read_documents(path, entry.doc_separator)
+ print(f"{entry.name}: {len(documents)} documents from {path} ({entry.licence})")
+
+ # Fit the vocabulary on a bounded sample rather than the whole corpus: merge
+ # frequencies converge long before the corpus is exhausted, and training cost
+ # scales with the text fed in.
+ budget = int(args.tokenizer_sample_mb * 1024 * 1024)
+ sample: list[str] = []
+ used = 0
+ for doc in documents:
+ if used >= budget:
+ break
+ sample.append(doc)
+ used += len(doc)
+ print(f"fitting vocabulary on {used / 1024 / 1024:.2f} MB ({len(sample)} documents)")
+
+ tokenizer = BPE(vocab_size=args.vocab_size, special_tokens=["<|endoftext|>"])
+ tokenizer.train(sample)
+ print(f"vocabulary: {tokenizer.vocab_size} tokens, {len(tokenizer.merges)} merges")
+
+ info = prepare(entry, tokenizer, val_fraction=args.val_fraction, seed=args.seed)
+ vocab_path = Path(str(info["train_bin"])).parent / "vocab.json"
+ tokenizer.save(str(vocab_path))
+ info["vocab"] = str(vocab_path)
+
+ total = int(info["train_tokens"]) + int(info["val_tokens"])
+ info["chars_per_token"] = round(sum(len(d) for d in documents) / max(1, total), 3)
+ print(json.dumps(info, indent=2))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+ main()
diff --git a/dataset/token_dataset.py b/dataset/token_dataset.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8cbf7bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dataset/token_dataset.py
@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+"""Window readers over a ``uint16`` token corpus.
+
+Two datasets, one item contract. Both yield
+``{"input_ids": LongTensor[T], "labels": LongTensor[T]}`` where ``labels`` is
+``input_ids`` shifted one position left.
+
+The shift is done at *window* level: a window reads ``seq_len + 1`` ids and
+splits them, rather than reading ``seq_len`` and shifting inside. That costs one
+extra token of overlap per window and buys a real label for the final position
+instead of padding -- with a 512-token window, shifting inside would silently
+discard 1/512 of the training signal and leave one position learning from a fake
+target.
+
+Which class to use:
+
+- ``MemmapTokenDataset`` (map-style) -- a fixed corpus on disk. Supports
+ ``len()`` and random access, so ``DataLoader(shuffle=True)`` can shuffle
+ window order for free. The default (TDR-004).
+- ``StreamingTokenDataset`` (iterable) -- sequential passes and worker-sharded
+ reads, for corpora where random access is undesirable.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import os
+from collections.abc import Iterator
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any
+
+import numpy as np
+import torch
+from torch.utils.data import Dataset, IterableDataset, get_worker_info
+
+from dataset.binfile import TOKEN_DTYPE, count_tokens_bin
+
+Item = dict[str, torch.Tensor]
+
+
+def _n_windows(n_tokens: int, seq_len: int) -> int:
+ """Whole windows available. Each consumes seq_len+1 ids (T inputs + 1 label)."""
+ return max(0, (n_tokens - 1) // seq_len)
+
+
+class _MemmapReader:
+ """Shared lazy-memmap machinery for both dataset classes.
+
+ The memmap handle is opened on first use and *dropped when pickled*. That
+ matters: ``DataLoader(num_workers>0)`` uses ``spawn`` on macOS, which pickles
+ the dataset into each worker. A live ``np.memmap`` pickles as a plain
+ ``ndarray`` -- i.e. it would serialise the entire corpus through a pipe into
+ every worker, which is precisely the bulk copy mmap exists to avoid. Opening
+ lazily per process gives each worker its own independent handle, as intended
+ by TDR-004.
+ """
+
+ def __init__(self, path: str | os.PathLike[str], seq_len: int) -> None:
+ if seq_len < 1:
+ raise ValueError(f"seq_len must be >= 1, got {seq_len}")
+ self.path = Path(path)
+ self.seq_len = int(seq_len)
+ self.n_tokens = count_tokens_bin(self.path)
+ self.n_windows = _n_windows(self.n_tokens, self.seq_len)
+ if self.n_windows < 1:
+ raise ValueError(
+ f"corpus too small: {self.path} holds {self.n_tokens} tokens but a "
+ f"window of seq_len={self.seq_len} needs {self.seq_len + 1}"
+ )
+ self._tokens: np.memmap | None = None
+
+ @property
+ def tokens(self) -> np.memmap:
+ if self._tokens is None:
+ self._tokens = np.memmap(self.path, dtype=TOKEN_DTYPE, mode="r")
+ return self._tokens
+
+ def window(self, index: int) -> Item:
+ """Read window ``index`` and split it into inputs and shifted labels."""
+ start = index * self.seq_len
+ # Copy out of the mmap: the returned tensors outlive this call and must
+ # not alias page-cache memory that a later window may remap.
+ chunk = np.asarray(self.tokens[start : start + self.seq_len + 1], dtype=np.int64)
+ return {
+ "input_ids": torch.from_numpy(chunk[:-1].copy()),
+ "labels": torch.from_numpy(chunk[1:].copy()),
+ }
+
+ def __getstate__(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
+ state = self.__dict__.copy()
+ state["_tokens"] = None # never ship an open handle across a process boundary
+ return state
+
+
+class MemmapTokenDataset(_MemmapReader, Dataset[Item]):
+ """Map-style, memory-mapped view over a token corpus."""
+
+ def __len__(self) -> int:
+ return self.n_windows
+
+ def __getitem__(self, index: int) -> Item:
+ if index < 0:
+ index += self.n_windows
+ if not 0 <= index < self.n_windows:
+ raise IndexError(f"window index out of range: {index} (have {self.n_windows})")
+ return self.window(index)
+
+
+class StreamingTokenDataset(_MemmapReader, IterableDataset[Item]):
+ """Iterable, worker-sharded view over a token corpus.
+
+ Sharding is strided (``order[worker_id::num_workers]``) so every window is
+ emitted by exactly one worker -- duplicated windows would quietly inflate the
+ effective epoch and bias training toward whatever the overlap contains.
+ """
+
+ def __init__(
+ self,
+ path: str | os.PathLike[str],
+ seq_len: int,
+ *,
+ shuffle: bool = False,
+ seed: int = 0,
+ ) -> None:
+ super().__init__(path, seq_len)
+ self.shuffle = shuffle
+ self.seed = seed
+ self.epoch = 0
+
+ def __iter__(self) -> Iterator[Item]:
+ order = np.arange(self.n_windows)
+ if self.shuffle:
+ # Reseeded per epoch so successive passes differ, but reproducibly.
+ np.random.default_rng([self.seed, self.epoch]).shuffle(order)
+ self.epoch += 1
+
+ info = get_worker_info()
+ if info is not None:
+ order = order[info.id :: info.num_workers]
+
+ for index in order:
+ yield self.window(int(index))
+
+
+class SyntheticTokenDataset(IterableDataset[Item]):
+ """Endless uniform-random token stream -- a corpus-free smoke-test source.
+
+ There is no signal to learn here, so loss should sit near ``ln(vocab_size)``
+ and stay there. That makes it a useful control: a model that "improves" on
+ synthetic data has a leak (labels in the inputs, or a shifted mask).
+ """
+
+ def __init__(self, vocab_size: int, seq_len: int, *, seed: int = 0) -> None:
+ if vocab_size < 1:
+ raise ValueError(f"vocab_size must be >= 1, got {vocab_size}")
+ if seq_len < 1:
+ raise ValueError(f"seq_len must be >= 1, got {seq_len}")
+ self.vocab_size = vocab_size
+ self.seq_len = seq_len
+ self.seed = seed
+
+ def __iter__(self) -> Iterator[Item]:
+ info = get_worker_info()
+ # Offset the seed per worker, or every worker emits the identical stream.
+ generator = torch.Generator().manual_seed(self.seed + (info.id if info else 0))
+ while True:
+ chunk = torch.randint(
+ 0, self.vocab_size, (self.seq_len + 1,), generator=generator, dtype=torch.long
+ )
+ yield {"input_ids": chunk[:-1], "labels": chunk[1:]}
diff --git a/docs/BUILD_ORDER.md b/docs/BUILD_ORDER.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4113fc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/BUILD_ORDER.md
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+# Build Order & Module Interfaces
+
+Dependency-aware implementation plan for the remaining modules. Each stage is
+independently testable and unblocks the next. The architecture is specified in
+[`TDD.md`](TDD.md); this document is the *sequencing* and the *contracts* that
+keep the modules decoupled.
+
+## Dependency graph
+
+```
+tokenizer โโโบ dataset โโโบ training โโโบ checkpoints โโโบ inference
+ โฒ โฒ โฒ
+ โ โ โ
+ (token ids) model โโโ attention optimization
+ โฒ โฒ
+ โโโโโโโโโ benchmark โโโโโโโโโโโโ
+```
+
+- `attention` and `dataset` only depend on `tokenizer`/config โ build them early, in parallel.
+- `model` composes `attention`.
+- `training` needs `dataset` + `model`.
+- `inference` needs a trained `model` checkpoint.
+- `optimization` transforms a trained model โ feeds back into `inference`.
+- `benchmark` instruments everything; build a thin harness early, grow it last.
+
+## Stages (in order)
+
+| # | Module | Depends on | Deliverable | Exit test |
+|---|--------|-----------|-------------|-----------|
+| 0 | **tokenizer** โ
| โ | `BPE` + GPT-2 pre-tokenization, piece cache | 54 unit tests |
+| 1 | **dataset** โ
| tokenizer | mmap/streaming datasets, corpus download, document split | 76 unit tests |
+| 2 | **attention** โ
| config | causal GQA + RoPE + KV cache, 3 kernels + recomputing backward | 43 unit tests |
+| 3 | **model** โ
| attention | `CausalLM` (embed โ blocks โ RMSNorm โ LM head) | 25 unit tests |
+| 4 | **training** โ
| dataset + model | AdamW + cosine + AMP loop | 58 unit tests (incl. overfit-one-batch) |
+| 5 | **inference** โ
| model ckpt | greedy / top-k / top-p, cached + batched generation | 29 unit tests |
+| 6 | **optimization** โ
| model ckpt | int8/int4 per-channel quant + preallocated KV arena | 38 unit tests (incl. perplexity-within-tolerance) |
+| 7 | **benchmark** โ
| all | latency / throughput / memory harness | 18 unit tests (incl. baseline reproduction) |
+
+> All 8 stages are implemented (371 tests).
+
+## Contracts (stable interfaces โ change only via ADR)
+
+```python
+# dataset
+class TokenDataset(IterableDataset):
+ def __iter__(
+ self,
+ ) -> Iterator[dict]: ... # {"input_ids": LongTensor[T], "labels": LongTensor[T]}
+
+
+# attention
+class CausalAttention(nn.Module):
+ def forward(
+ self, x, *, kv_cache=None, use_cache=False, key_padding_mask=None
+ ): ... # -> (out, new_kv_cache)
+
+
+# model
+class CausalLM(nn.Module):
+ def forward(
+ self, input_ids, *, kv_cache=None, use_cache=False, key_padding_mask=None
+ ): ... # -> logits [B, T, V]
+ def new_cache(self) -> list[KVCache]: ... # one entry per layer
+ @classmethod
+ def from_config(cls, cfg: dict) -> "CausalLM": ...
+
+
+# forward returns logits only -- cross-entropy lives in the trainer, so the
+# model stays pure for inference. Because of that there is nowhere to return a
+# freshly built cache, so the cache is CALLER-OWNED: allocate once with
+# new_cache() and pass the same list every step; entries mutate in place.
+# use_cache=True without a cache raises rather than silently discarding it.
+
+
+# inference
+def sample(logits, *, temperature=1.0, top_k=0, top_p=1.0) -> int: ...
+def generate(model, tokenizer, prompt: str, *, max_new_tokens: int, **sampling) -> str: ...
+def generate_batch(
+ model, prompts: list[list[int]], *, max_new_tokens: int, **sampling
+) -> list[list[int]]: ...
+
+
+# Batched generation left-pads and masks the padded keys, so a ragged batch
+# yields the same tokens as decoding each prompt alone. Requires impl sdpa or
+# manual; the tiled kernel rejects a per-batch padding mask rather than
+# silently ignoring it.
+
+
+# optimization
+def quantize(model, *, bits=8, scheme="int_weight", skip=("lm_head",)) -> nn.Module: ...
+def preallocated_cache(model, *, batch_size=1, max_seq_len=None) -> list[PreallocatedKVCache]: ...
+
+
+# `skip` defaults to the LM head because it is normally tied to the token
+# embedding; quantising it would sever the tie and save nothing.
+
+
+# benchmark -- metrics split by how much they can be trusted
+def deterministic_report(cfg) -> dict: ... # exact; asserted against a baseline
+def measured_report(cfg) -> dict: ... # wall-clock; reproducible in shape only
+```
+
+## Conventions
+
+- **Config-driven**: every module reads from the loaded YAML dict (see `configs/default.yaml`); no magic constants.
+- **tokenizer representation** is GPT-2 style rendered-unicode (TDR-002). Raw bytes only at the UTF-8 boundary via `token_bytes()`.
+- **KV cache** is the canonical inference path; training never uses it.
+- **TDD**: write the exit test in `tests/unit/` *before* implementing each stage.
+- One module = one public API (exported in its `__init__.py`).
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+# Optimized GPT-style Language Model Engine Built From Scratch
+
+**Technical Design Document (TDD)**
+**Status:** Draft v1.2 โ modern decoder stack (RoPE/RMSNorm/GQA/SwiGLU) adopted;
+TDR-006 superseded; module contracts unified with `BUILD_ORDER.md`; vault
+relocated (TDR-015 โฆ TDR-019)
+**Audience:** Senior ML Engineers, Systems Engineers, Infrastructure Engineers
+
+> This document specifies the architecture, interfaces, algorithms, and engineering
+> strategy for a complete decoder-only transformer language model engine built from
+> scratch. It prioritizes performance, scalability, memory efficiency, clean
+> architecture, and explicit engineering tradeoffs. It is a design/reference
+> document, not a tutorial.
+
+---
+
+## 0. Executive Summary
+
+We design a **from-scratch**, decoder-only GPT-style transformer language model
+system with a production-grade engineering posture. No pretrained weights. No
+HuggingFace abstractions. All core components are implemented manually on PyTorch.
+
+The system is decomposed into seven cooperating modules plus an overarching
+benchmarking and testing strategy:
+
+1. **Custom Tokenizer** โ byte-level BPE.
+2. **Efficient Dataset Engine** โ memory-mapped, streaming, multiparallel feeder.
+3. **Transformer Architecture** โ decoder-only blocks (embedding, causal
+ grouped-query attention with RoPE, RMSNorm, SwiGLU FFN, output head).
+4. **Attention Optimization** โ standard โ block/flash-inspired tiled attention.
+5. **Training Engine** โ AdamW, LR schedule, mixed precision, checkpointing.
+6. **Inference Engine** โ autoregressive generation + KV cache + batching + sampling.
+7. **Model Optimization Layer** โ quantization, memory pooling/allocation.
+
+Cutting across all modules: a **benchmarking system** and a **TDD test strategy**.
+
+The project follows a four-phase roadmap: Foundation โ Functional Model โ
+Optimization โ Production Engine. Every major decision is recorded as a Technical
+Decision Record (TDR) in Section 13.
+
+---
+
+## 1. Custom Tokenizer
+
+### 1.1 Scope
+
+A subword tokenizer using **Byte Pair Encoding (BPE)** at the **byte level**
+(GPT-2 style). It must convert arbitrary UTF-8 text to a compact sequence of
+integer token ids and back losslessly.
+
+### 1.2 Requirements
+
+- Vocabulary creation / learning
+- Token merging algorithm
+- Encoding pipeline (text โ ids)
+- Decoding pipeline (ids โ text)
+- Special token handling
+- Vocabulary serialization (save/load)
+
+### 1.3 Architecture
+
+```
+Input text
+ โ
+ โผ encode utf-8 โ byte sequence
+Base byte vocabulary (256 tokens: byte 0..255)
+ โ apply learned merges greedily
+ โผ
+BPE merges (ranked) โ token ids
+```
+
+**Internal state:**
+- `encoder: Dict[str, int]` โ rendered-token โ id.
+- `decoder: Dict[int, str]` โ id โ rendered-token.
+- `merges: List[tuple]` โ rank-ordered merge rules.
+- `special_tokens: List[str]` โ atomic tokens, reserved ids 0..k-1.
+
+**Rendering table:** A GPT-2-style `bytes_to_unicode` map renders the 256 byte
+values to one-to-one printable unicode characters so that every byte sequence is a
+valid string key (avoids collisions with special-token text).
+
+### 1.4 Algorithm
+
+**Training / merge learning (greedy BPE):**
+
+1. Initialize each token sequence as its constituent UTF-8 bytes (id = `k + byte`,
+ where `k` = number of special tokens).
+2. Count frequencies of all adjacent pairs.
+3. Merge the most frequent pair into a new token id, record its rank.
+4. Replace all occurrences of that pair; repeat until the target `vocab_size` is
+ reached or no pairs remain.
+
+**Encoding (greedy):**
+
+1. Detect and reserve special-token substrings (atomic; never merged across).
+2. Map remaining bytes to base token ids.
+3. Repeatedly merge the adjacent pair with the **lowest learned merge rank** until
+ no merge applies.
+
+**Decoding:**
+
+1. For each id, emit either the special token's literal text or the original bytes
+ recovered by inverting the rendering table.
+2. Concatenate bytes and decode UTF-8 (loss-tolerant with `errors="replace"`).
+
+### 1.5 Memory Considerations
+
+- `encoder`/`decoder` dicts are the dominant memory cost; both grow with
+ `vocab_size`. Each entry is `O(1)`; total is `O(vocab_size)`.
+- The byte-decomposition cache (`token_id โ bytes`) lets us render merged tokens
+ without re-deriving byte sequences; its cost is `O(vocab_size ร avg_bytes)`.
+- Training counts pairs over the corpus each iteration; for very large corpora
+ this must be streaming / sampled rather than fully resident.
+
+### 1.6 Performance Optimizations
+
+Implemented (TDR-020), with measured effect:
+
+- **Pre-tokenization.** Merges run within pieces of ~1-20 bytes, not over whole
+ documents, so the quadratic merge term becomes a small constant.
+- **Piece cache.** Natural text repeats pieces heavily, so after warmup most of
+ a corpus costs one dict lookup. Measured: `encode()` 2.9 KB/s โ 67 MB/s.
+- **All occurrences per pass.** Each merge pass rewrites every occurrence of the
+ winning pair, rather than one occurrence followed by a full rescan.
+- **Merged id stored in the merge table.** The hot loop never re-renders a token
+ key or hashes a long string to find the id it just decided on.
+- **Incremental training index.** A pair โ containing-pieces index means each
+ merge revisits only the pieces it affects: O(merges x affected pieces) rather
+ than O(merges x corpus). Measured: 4096-token vocabulary over 390 KB in 0.4 s.
+- **Special tokens split off first**, by regex alternation ordered longest-first,
+ so the merge loop never branches on them and a special token can never be
+ shadowed by its own prefix.
+
+### 1.7 Design Tradeoffs
+
+| Approach | Pros | Cons |
+|----------|------|------|
+| Byte-level BPE | No OOV, handles all Unicode/emoji, robust subwords | Slightly more tokens for ASCII than word-level |
+| Word-level BPE / SentencePiece-style | Cleaner for Latin scripts | OOV handling and Unicode complexity |
+
+---
+
+## 2. Efficient Dataset Engine
+
+### 2.1 Scope
+
+A high-performance data pipeline that feeds training batches to the model without
+loading the entire corpus into RAM and without stalling the compute device.
+
+### 2.2 Requirements
+
+- Memory-mapped dataset loading
+- Streaming dataset support
+- Multiprocessing workers
+- Asynchronous prefetching
+- Pinned-memory transfer (GPU)
+- Efficient batching
+- Configurable shuffling
+
+### 2.3 Data Flow Architecture
+
+```
+Dataset Storage (binary token files)
+ โ open (os page cache)
+ โผ
+Memory Mapping (mmap) โ virtual address space, no bulk RAM copy
+ โ __getitem__(idx)
+ โผ
+Worker Processes (num_workers=N, fork/spawn)
+ โ decode + batch construction
+ โผ (async)
+Prefetch Queue (DataLoader `prefetch_factor`)
+ โ .to(device, non_blocking=True) on pinned tensors
+ โผ
+GPU Training Batch (x, y)
+```
+
+### 2.4 Components
+
+- **Memory-Mapped Reader:** token ids stored as a flat array of `uint16`
+ (`numpy.memmap` or `torch.from_file`). Only pages actually read are brought into
+ memory by the OS.
+- **TokenDataset:** `__len__` = number of usable `seq_len` windows; `__getitem__`
+ reads a contiguous slice of `seq_len + 1` ids and splits it into
+ `{"input_ids": s[:-1], "labels": s[1:]}` โ the next-token shift happens at the
+ window level, so no `collate` fn is needed and the default collate batches the
+ dict straight to `[B, T]`. Reading `T+1` ids (rather than `T` and shifting
+ within the window) means the label for the final position is a real token
+ instead of padding.
+- **Multiprocessing workers:** each worker owns an independent memmap handle,
+ avoiding GIL contention.
+- **Prefetching:** `DataLoader(num_workers, prefetch_factor, pin_memory,
+ non_blocking=True)` keeps the GPU fed.
+- **Shuffling:** window-index shuffling (shuffle the starting offsets) rather than
+ shuffling live tensors; for streaming, reshuffle epoch boundaries.
+
+### 2.5 CPU โ GPU Interaction & Memory Management
+
+- Pinned host buffers allow `H2D` copies without intermediate staging.
+- Prefetching overlaps I/O, tokenization, and device transfer with compute.
+- The memmap uses OS page cache, so frequently accessed regions benefit from
+ kernel caching (re-warm across epochs cheaply).
+
+### 2.6 Bottlenecks & Optimization Opportunities
+
+| Bottleneck | Mitigation |
+|------------|-----------|
+| Disk latency | mmap (page cache), OS-level prefetch, SSDs |
+| Python decode/encode | vectorized byte mapping, C-accelerated ops |
+| GIL in workers | multiprocessing over threads |
+| Device idle | prefetch + async pinned H2D |
+| Memory spikes | mmap (no bulk load), fixed `block_size` |
+
+---
+
+## 3. Transformer Architecture
+
+A standard decoder-only transformer. All tensors are `(B, T, C)` for batch,
+sequence, and channel dims.
+
+### 3.1 High-Level Stack
+
+```
+tok ids (B, T)
+ โ
+Token Embedding (V โ C) โ no positional embedding table; position
+ โ enters inside attention via RoPE
+N ร TransformerBlock:
+ โโ RMSNorm โ CausalAttention (GQA + RoPE) โ Residual
+ โโ RMSNorm โ SwiGLU MLP (Cโd_ffโC) โ Residual
+ โ
+Final RMSNorm
+ โ
+LM Head (C โ V) โ logits (B, T, V)
+```
+
+This is the modern Llama-style decoder stack (RoPE + RMSNorm + GQA + SwiGLU)
+rather than the original GPT-2 stack. See TDR-015/016/017 for the rationale;
+TDR-006 (learnable absolute positions) is superseded.
+
+### 3.2 Embedding Layer
+
+- **Token embeddings:** `nn.Embedding(vocab_size, d_model)`.
+- **No positional embedding table.** Position is injected inside attention by
+ **Rotary Position Embeddings (RoPE)**, which rotate Q and K by a
+ position-dependent angle so that attention scores depend only on *relative*
+ offset. This removes a `max_seq_len ร d_model` parameter table and permits
+ context extension by rescaling `rope_theta` (TDR-015).
+- **Weight tying:** the token embedding matrix is optionally reused as the LM
+ head, saving `vocab_size ร d_model` parameters.
+
+### 3.3 Self-Attention (Grouped-Query + RoPE)
+
+- **Q/K/V projections:** `q_proj: Linear(C, n_headsยทd_head)`,
+ `k_proj`/`v_proj: Linear(C, n_kv_headsยทd_head)`. Q and KV have *different*
+ output widths under GQA, so the fused `Linear(C, 3C)` of the GPT-2 design does
+ not apply; the three projections stay separate.
+- **Grouped-Query Attention:** `n_kv_heads < n_heads`; each KV head is shared by
+ `n_heads / n_kv_heads` query heads (must divide evenly). Shrinks the KV cache
+ by that same factor โ the dominant memory term during decoding (TDR-016).
+- **RoPE:** applied to Q and K (never V) after projection and head-splitting,
+ using the absolute position of each token. During cached decoding the position
+ offset comes from the current cache length, not from the slice index.
+- **Causal masking:** future positions masked to `-inf`. The `sdpa` path uses
+ `is_causal=True`; the `manual` path builds an explicit upper-triangular mask.
+ During single-token cached decode the query attends over the whole cache and
+ no mask is needed.
+- **Scaling:** `scores /= sqrt(d_head)`.
+- **Output projection:** `nn.Linear(n_headsยทd_head, C)`.
+
+### 3.4 Feed-Forward Network (SwiGLU)
+
+- `SwiGLU(x) = down( silu(gate(x)) * up(x) )` โ three projections
+ (`gate`, `up`: `C โ d_ff`; `down`: `d_ff โ C`) rather than the two of a GELU MLP.
+- Because SwiGLU uses 3 matrices instead of 2, `d_ff` is conventionally set to
+ ~`8/3 ยท C` to hold the parameter count level with a `4C` GELU MLP. The default
+ config uses `d_model=512, d_ff=2048` (a `4ร` ratio), trading ~1.5ร the FFN
+ parameters for the gating quality win at this small scale (TDR-017).
+
+### 3.5 Transformer Block
+
+- **Pre-normalisation** with **RMSNorm**: `x = x + attn(norm(x))`, then
+ `x = x + mlp(norm(x))`. Pre-norm improves deep-stack trainability and reduces
+ warmup sensitivity.
+- **RMSNorm** drops the mean-centring and bias of LayerNorm, keeping only the
+ scale: `x ยท rsqrt(mean(xยฒ) + eps) ยท weight`. Fewer ops, one fewer reduction
+ pass, no measured quality loss at this scale (TDR-017).
+- **Residual connections** around both sublayers.
+
+### 3.6 Output Layer
+
+- `nn.Linear(d_model, vocab_size)` produces logits (optionally weight-tied to the
+ token embedding).
+- **Training:** cross-entropy over vocab at each position.
+- **Inference:** softmax over the last position โ sampling distribution.
+
+### 3.7 Configuration
+
+Config is a plain nested dict loaded from `configs/*.yaml` (no dataclass; every
+module reads the dict, per the BUILD_ORDER "config-driven" convention). The
+`model` block is authoritative:
+
+`d_model`, `n_layers`, `n_heads`, `n_kv_heads`, `d_ff`, `vocab_size`,
+`max_seq_len`, `rope_theta`, `dropout`.
+
+The `attention` block selects the kernel path: `impl` (`sdpa | flash | manual`)
+and `kv_cache`.
+
+Sizes target ~10โ40M parameters so early iterations run comfortably on CPU and
+on Apple Silicon MPS (TDR-019).
+
+---
+
+## 4. Attention Optimization
+
+### 4.1 Standard Attention
+
+```
+Attention(Q,K,V) = softmax( Q Kแต / sqrt(d) ) V
+```
+
+- **Compute complexity:** `O(Tยฒ ยท d)` per head, summed over heads.
+- **Memory complexity:** `O(Tยฒ ยท n_head)` for the full score tensor.
+- **Limitation:** at long contexts, the `Tยฒ` score matrix dominates memory and
+ bandwidth, becoming the primary scalability bottleneck.
+
+### 4.2 Optimized / Flash-Attention-Inspired Attention (Tiled)
+
+Algorithm: process the sequence in fixed-size **blocks**; maintain online softmax
+running max `m` and running sum `l`; rescale the accumulated output when a new max
+is found; never materialize the full `Tยฒ` matrix.
+
+- **Memory:** `O(T)` (only output + per-block buffers), regardless of sequence
+ length; only the current `(block_b, block_k)` tile is materialized.
+- **Performance:** improved cache locality (IO-aware), lower bandwidth pressure.
+- **Numerical:** online softmax with running max keeps values stable.
+
+**Implementation challenges:**
+- Online rescaling adds complexity (must carry `m`, `l` accumulators).
+- Backward pass requires recomputing scores or caching `P = softmax(QKแต)` per
+ block. **We recompute** (TDR-021): the forward saves only the per-row
+ log-sum-exp, and backward rebuilds each score tile from it. Relying on
+ autograd instead silently restores O(Tยฒ), because every tile's intermediates
+ are retained.
+- Block granule tuning (`BLOCK_M`, `BLOCK_N`) and boundary padding.
+
+**Tradeoff matrix:**
+
+| Scheme | Memory | Complexity | Notes |
+|--------|--------|-----------|-------|
+| Standard | O(Tยฒ) | naive | simple |
+| Block/tiled (flash-inspired) | O(T) | tiled, online softmax + recomputing backward | exact, memory-scalable |
+
+Measured retained-activation bytes for a 4-head, 64-dim layer (the figure that
+matters for training, not just inference):
+
+| T | standard | tiled | ratio |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| 128 | 800 KiB | 306 KiB | 0.38ร |
+| 256 | 2,640 KiB | 596 KiB | 0.23ร |
+| 512 | 9,488 KiB | 1,176 KiB | 0.12ร |
+| 1024 | 35,856 KiB | 2,336 KiB | **0.07ร** |
+
+Growth per doubling: **1.97โ1.99ร** tiled (linear) versus **3.3โ3.8ร** standard
+(quadratic).
+
+### 4.3 Selectable Kernel Paths (`attention.impl`)
+
+The config exposes three interchangeable implementations behind one module
+interface, so the same model can be run on whichever path the hardware favours
+and the benchmark layer can compare them directly (TDR-012):
+
+| `impl` | Path | Use |
+|--------|------|-----|
+| `manual` | explicit `QKแต`, mask, softmax, `PV` in PyTorch ops | the readable reference; the correctness oracle every other path is tested against |
+| `sdpa` | `torch.nn.functional.scaled_dot_product_attention` | **default.** Dispatches to the best fused backend available (including on Apple MPS); `is_causal=True` avoids materialising the mask |
+| `flash` | our own tiled/online-softmax implementation (ยง4.2) | the from-scratch demonstration that the `Tยฒ` matrix need never be materialised |
+
+All three must produce numerically equivalent output (within fp tolerance) on
+the same inputs โ this is a regression test, not an aspiration (ยง10.4).
+
+---
+
+## 5. Training Engine
+
+### 5.1 Training Loop
+
+```
+for step:
+ x, y = next(batch) # dataset + collate
+ with autocast(dtype): logits, loss = model(x, y)
+ loss_scaler.scale(loss).backward()
+ grad_norm = clip_grad_norm_(max_norm)
+ loss_scaler.step(optimizer); update; zero_grad()
+```
+
+### 5.2 Optimization
+
+- **Custom AdamW:** decoupled weight decay, bias correction, `eps`.
+- **LR schedule:** cosine decay with linear warmup.
+- **Gradient clipping:** global norm clipping for stability.
+- **Warmup:** prevents early instability from large initial steps.
+
+### 5.3 Training Improvements
+
+- **Mixed precision:** `torch.autocast` + `GradScaler` (fp16/bf16). CPU reduces to
+ fp32 (no-op path preserved so GPU code is portable).
+- **Gradient accumulation:** accumulate over `K` micro-batches to emulate a larger
+ effective batch on limited memory.
+- **Checkpointing:** periodic save of model, optimizer, scaler, step, rng state.
+- **Experiment tracking:** metrics reported to console/CSV/optional tracker.
+
+### 5.4 Stability, Performance, Scalability
+
+- Pre-LN + warmup + gradient clipping together stabilize early training.
+- Mixed precision + pinned prefetch both raise throughput.
+- Gradient accumulation + batching let batch size scale independent of device memory.
+- Target: profile each stage to confirm where time is spent (forward/backward,
+ dataloader, optimizer, H2D transfer); set throughput targets relative to a
+ measured CPU baseline before claiming GPU/AMP gains.
+
+---
+
+## 6. Inference Engine
+
+### 6.1 Text Generation
+
+Autoregressive loop: encode prompt โ loop `max_new_tokens` โ sample next token โ
+append โ decode.
+
+**Sampling strategies:**
+- **Greedy:** `argmax`.
+- **Temperature:** `logits / temperature` before softmax.
+- **Top-k:** restrict to top-k logits.
+- **Top-p (nucleus):** smallest set with cumulative prob โฅ `p`.
+
+### 6.2 KV Cache
+
+```
+Without cache: every generated token recomputes attention over all prior tokens โ O(Tยฒ) cumulative
+With cache: keys/values from prior tokens are reused โ O(T) total
+```
+
+- **Prefill:** encode prompt, compute & store all K/V.
+- **Decode:** per new token compute only `q` and new `k/v`, append to cache,
+ attend over full cached `K`, `V`.
+
+**Memory tradeoff:** cache grows `2 * n_layer * n_head * d_head * T` floats per
+request (linear in context length); mitigates with cache clearing/paging (future).
+
+**Latency improvement:** transforms decoding from compute-bound into
+memory/cache-bandwidth-bound, a large constant-factor speedup.
+
+### 6.3 Batching
+
+- Stack multiple requests; each request maintains its own KV cache in the batch dim.
+- Improves device utilization and aggregate throughput.
+
+### 6.4 Measured Metrics
+
+First-token latency, per-token latency, tokens/sec, throughput, memory footprint.
+
+---
+
+## 7. Model Optimization Layer
+
+### 7.1 Quantization
+
+Compare **FP32** (baseline), **FP16**, and **INT8**.
+
+| Precision | Memory | Speed (mixed HW) | Accuracy |
+|-----------|--------|-------------------|----------|
+| FP32 | 4 bytes/param | baseline | reference |
+| FP16/BF16 | 2 bytes/param | faster w/ mixed HW | near-lossless |
+| INT8 | 1 byte/param | fastest | some loss, needs calibration |
+
+> **Hardware caveat:** On CPU-only validation (our primary portable path), fp16/int8
+> may **not** be faster than fp32. These entries assume mixed-precision-capable
+> hardware (e.g., GPU with Tensor Cores). The benchmarking layer measures both to
+> validate claims per-device rather than assume a global winner.
+
+**Approach:** FP16 via `.half()`/autocast; INT8 via post-training quantization with
+per-tensor/per-channel scales and calibration on a reference split.
+
+### 7.2 Memory Optimization
+
+- **Tensor reuse:** avoid temporaries (in-place where safe), fused projections.
+- **Memory pooling:** preallocated key/value caches, buffer reuse across blocks.
+- **Allocation strategy:** modeled on CUDA/PyTorch caching allocator ideas โ
+ arena-based pooling so repeated same-shape allocations reuse blocks instead of
+ hitting `malloc`/`cudaMalloc`.
+
+---
+
+## 8. Low-Level System Design
+
+### 8.1 High-Level Architecture Diagram
+
+```
+Tokenizer
+ โ (token ids)
+ โผ
+Dataset Engine โโ training batches โโโบ Training Engine
+ โ โ (weights)
+ โผ โผ
+Transformer Model โโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโ Optimization Layer
+ โ โ
+ โผ โผ
+Inference Engine โโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโ (optimized weights)
+ โ
+ โผ
+API Layer (programmatic; optional serving interface later)
+```
+
+### 8.2 Module Responsibilities
+
+| Module | Responsibility | Inputs | Outputs | Depends on |
+|--------|----------------|--------|---------|------------|
+| tokenizer | text โ token ids | str / list[int] | list[int] / str | config |
+| dataset | training batch production | binary token file path | (x, y) batch tensors | tokenizer |
+| model | forward, logits, loss | (B,T) token ids | (B,T,V) logits / loss | attention, config |
+| attention | causal attention compute | q, k, v | attended output | โ |
+| training | weight updates | batches, model | weights, metrics | model, optimizer |
+| inference | generation | prompt, params | generated text | model, KV cache |
+| optimization | reduce footprint/latency | model | quantized/pooled model | model |
+| benchmark | measure performance | model, data | metric report | all |
+
+### 8.3 Class Design
+
+```
+tokenizer.BPE
+Dataset.TokenDataset, Dataset.PackedTokenDataset, Dataset.DataEngine
+Attention.RotaryEmbedding, Attention.CausalAttention, Attention.KVCache
+Model.TransformerBlock, Model.RMSNorm, Model.SwiGLU, Model.CausalLM
+Training.AdamW, Training.CosineScheduler, Training.Trainer, Training.Checkpoint
+Inference.Sampler, Inference.Generator
+Optimization.quantize
+Benchmark.TrainingBenchmark, Benchmark.InferenceBenchmark
+```
+
+### 8.4 Internal API Design
+
+These are the canonical contracts, identical to those in
+[`BUILD_ORDER.md`](BUILD_ORDER.md). Change them only via a new TDR.
+
+```python
+tokenizer.BPE.encode(text) -> list[int]
+tokenizer.BPE.decode(ids) -> str
+
+# dataset โ yields dicts, not tuples, so fields can be added without breaking callers
+dataset.TokenDataset.__iter__() -> Iterator[dict] # {"input_ids": LongTensor[T],
+ # "labels": LongTensor[T]}
+dataset.DataEngine.next_batch(device) -> dict # same keys, batched [B, T]
+
+# attention
+attention.CausalAttention.forward(x, *, kv_cache=None, use_cache=False)
+ -> (out, new_kv_cache)
+
+# model
+model.CausalLM.forward(input_ids, *, kv_cache=None, use_cache=False) -> logits [B,T,V]
+model.CausalLM.from_config(cfg: dict) -> CausalLM
+
+# training / inference / optimization
+training.Trainer.step() -> dict # metrics
+inference.sample(logits, *, temperature=1.0, top_k=0, top_p=1.0) -> int
+inference.generate(model, tokenizer, prompt, *, max_new_tokens, **sampling) -> str
+optimization.quantize(model, *, bits=8, scheme="int8_weight") -> nn.Module
+```
+
+> **Loss placement.** `CausalLM.forward` returns logits only; cross-entropy lives
+> in the training loop. This keeps the model pure for inference (where computing
+> a loss is wasted work) and is why the signature differs from the
+> `GPT.forward(x, y) -> (logits, loss)` sketch in earlier revisions of this
+> document.
+
+---
+
+## 9. Benchmarking System
+
+Structure under `benchmark/`:
+
+```
+benchmark/
+โโโ training_benchmark.py # tokens/sec, throughput, GPU/CPU util, memory
+โโโ inference_benchmark.py # first-token latency, gen latency, tokens/sec, mem
+โโโ memory_benchmark.py # footprint FP32 vs FP16 vs INT8, KV cache size
+โโโ latency_test.py # per-token + end-to-end latency distributions
+```
+
+Metrics (training): tokens/sec, throughput, GPU utilization, CPU utilization,
+peak memory (via `torch.cuda.max_memory_allocated` or `tracemalloc`).
+
+Metrics (inference): first-token latency, generation latency, tokens/sec,
+aggregate throughput, memory footprint (model + KV cache).
+
+---
+
+## 10. Test Driven Development Strategy
+
+### 10.1 Unit Tests
+
+- **Tokenizer:** encoding correctness, decoding correctness, round-trip
+ consistency, vocabulary consistency (encoder/decoder inverse), special tokens,
+ serialization round-trip.
+- **Attention:** tensor shape `(B, H, T, d_head)`, causal-mask correctness,
+ gradient flow (finite-difference check or `loss.backward()` presence).
+- **Dataset:** batch shapes, window slicing, memory loading, offset consistency.
+- **AdamW/optimizer:** step reduces loss, clip bounds norm.
+
+### 10.2 Integration Tests
+
+- tokenizer + dataset (tokens flow correctly)
+- dataset + model (batch shapes through forward)
+- model + training loop (loss decreases on a tiny dataset)
+- inference pipeline (generate reproduces a deterministic greedy prefix)
+
+### 10.3 Performance Tests
+
+- Validate throughput/memory/latency meet targets and that optimizations improve
+ baselines (gated thresholds).
+
+### 10.4 Regression Tests
+
+- Optimization (flash attention, quantization, KV cache) does **not** degrade
+ final loss/accuracy beyond a tolerance vs the reference implementation.
+- Map to module first, then entire suite re-run.
+
+**Workflow:** every module: write failing test โ implement โ refactor. See
+`~/.claude/vault/language-model/roadmap/` for per-phase checklists.
+
+---
+
+## 11. Repository Structure
+
+```
+language-model-engine/
+โโโ tokenizer/ # custom BPE tokenizer
+โโโ dataset/ # memory-mapped, streaming data engine
+โโโ model/ # transformer architecture (embedding, blocks, head)
+โโโ attention/ # standard + flash-inspired attention
+โโโ training/ # trainer, AdamW, schedulers, checkpointing
+โโโ inference/ # generator, KV cache, sampling, batching
+โโโ optimization/ # quantization, memory pooling
+โโโ benchmark/ # training/inference/memory/latency benchmarks
+โโโ tests/ # pytest suite (unit + integration)
+โโโ configs/ # runnable JSON/configuration files
+โโโ checkpoints/ # serialized model/optimizer state
+โโโ docs/ # TDD, README, module docs
+โโโ .github/ # GitHub Actions CI workflows (lint, type, test, smoke)
+```
+
+Purpose of each directory summarized in the tree above; `tests/` mirrors the
+module tree for maintainability. `.github/workflows/` holds the CI definitions
+(see ยง16.3).
+
+The command-line entry point is `training/train.py`, invoked as a module
+(`python -m training.train`) rather than a root-level `train.py`, so it resolves
+imports through the same package paths as every other module.
+
+---
+
+## 12. Development Roadmap
+
+### Phase 1 โ Foundation
+Tokenizer (train/encode/decode/serialize) โ dataset engine (mmap, workers,
+prefetch, batching) โ simple transformer forward pass (embedding, causal attention,
+MLP, head). *Exit:* all unit tests passing; forward shapes correct.
+
+### Phase 2 โ Functional Model
+Training engine (loop, AdamW, scheduler, warmup, grad-clip, AMP, checkpointing) โ
+basic autoregressive generation. *Exit:* loss converges on a smoke dataset;
+generation produces coherent continuations.
+
+### Phase 3 โ Optimization
+KV cache โ quantization (fp16/int8) โ flash-inspired attention โ memory
+optimization โ inference batching. *Exit:* quantitative speedup/memory reductions
+measured vs Phase 2 baseline.
+
+### Phase 4 โ Production Engine
+Benchmarking framework โ API layer โ documentation โ full integration + regression
+suite. *Exit:* reproducible benchmark report; documentation complete.
+
+---
+
+## 13. Technical Decision Records (TDRs)
+
+### TDR-001: Decoder-Only Architecture
+- **Decision:** Decoder-only (GPT-style) causal transformer.
+- **Reason:** Native fit for autoregressive next-token generation; modern SOTA
+ architecture class.
+- **Alternatives:** encoder-only (BERT), encoder-decoder (T5).
+- **Tradeoffs:** Simpler unified stack vs no bidirectional context; sequential
+ decoding (mitigated by KV cache).
+
+### TDR-002: Byte-Level BPE Tokenizer
+- **Decision:** GPT-2-style byte-level BPE with a `bytes_to_unicode` rendering table.
+- **Reason:** Zero OOV for arbitrary UTF-8; robust subwords; well-understood.
+- **Alternatives:** word-level BPE, SentencePiece unigram, WordPiece.
+- **Tradeoffs:** Slightly larger token counts on Latin text vs OOV/Unicode ease.
+
+### TDR-003: PyTorch Manual Implementation
+- **Decision:** Implement all layers/training manually on PyTorch; no HF/pretrained.
+- **Reason:** Autograd and device management provided while we own all ML logic.
+- **Alternatives:** NumPy (hard autograd), JAX.
+- **Tradeoffs:** Development speed vs authenticity/control; explicitly mandated.
+
+### TDR-004: Memory-Mapped Dataset Pipeline
+- **Decision:** mmap + workers + prefetch for training data.
+- **Reason:** Avoids RAM blowup on large corpora; overlaps I/O with compute.
+- **Alternatives:** full in-memory load, TFRecord-style shards.
+- **Tradeoffs:** OS page cache dependency vs low memory ceiling and streaming.
+
+### TDR-005: Pre-LayerNorm Transformer
+- **Decision:** Pre-LN (normalize-before-sublayer).
+- **Reason:** More stable deep training, less warmup sensitivity.
+- **Alternatives:** Post-LN, original transformer.
+- **Tradeoffs:** Pre-LN may require weighting for very deep stacks; simpler anyway.
+
+### TDR-006: Learnable Absolute Positional Embeddings โ โ ๏ธ SUPERSEDED by TDR-015
+- **Decision:** Learnable absolute position table for Phase 1.
+- **Reason:** Simplest correct baseline; acceptable within the fixed `block_size`.
+- **Alternatives:** sinusoidal, Rotary, ALiBi.
+- **Tradeoffs:** No extrapolation beyond `block_size`.
+- **Superseded:** never implemented. RoPE was adopted before any positional code
+ was written; see TDR-015. Retained for history.
+
+### TDR-007: Flash-Attention-Inspired Tiled Attention
+- **Decision:** Block-tiled attention with online softmax.
+- **Reason:** Breaks the O(Tยฒ) memory wall for long contexts; IO-aware.
+- **Alternatives:** Standard attention, true FlashAttention kernel.
+- **Tradeoffs:** More complex bookkeeping vs large, exact memory savings.
+
+### TDR-008: KV Cache for Inference
+- **Decision:** Per-layer K/V cache with prefill-then-decode.
+- **Reason:** Eliminates O(Tยฒ) recomputation; large decode speedup.
+- **Alternatives:** full recompute, custom kernels.
+- **Tradeoffs:** Linear memory growth vs large latency/throughput win.
+
+### TDR-009: Custom AdamW + Cosine Schedule with Warmup
+- **Decision:** AdamW with decoupled weight decay; cosine decay + linear warmup;
+ gradient clipping.
+- **Reason:** Standard, robust, well-calibrated optimizer recipe.
+- **Alternatives:** SGD + momentum, LAMB/LARS, fixed LR.
+- **Tradeoffs:** Slightly more hyperparams vs strong convergence/stability defaults.
+
+### TDR-010: LayerNorm โ FP16/BF16 Mixed Precision with Loss Scaling
+- **Decision:** autocast + `GradScaler` for fp16/bf16; CPU degrades to fp32.
+- **Reason:** Memory/speed gains on mixed-precision HW with near-lossless fp16.
+- **Alternatives:** pure FP32, full bf16.
+- **Tradeoffs:** FP16 needs scaled loss (grad underflow) and master weights on some
+ setups.
+
+### TDR-011: Global Knowledge Vault
+- **Decision:** Maintain a global project knowledge vault at `~/.claude/vault/language-model/` (outside
+ the repo), as single source of truth for decisions, research, benchmarks.
+- **Reason:** Long-lived engineering memory independent of a single codebase;
+ reusable across projects.
+- **Alternatives:** in-repo `vault/`, wiki, issue docs.
+- **Tradeoffs:** Slight indirection (not in repo history) vs global, durable,
+ cross-project knowledge.
+
+### TDR-012: Benchmarking Gated by Baselines
+- **Decision:** Every optimization must demonstrate measurable improvement vs a
+ stated baseline before acceptance.
+- **Reason:** Prevents regressions and validates engineering claims.
+- **Alternatives:** ad-hoc manual measurement.
+- **Tradeoffs:** Slight overhead vs accountable, quantifiable engineering.
+
+### TDR-013: Locked `main` + PR-Gated Git Workflow
+- **Decision:** `main` is locked; all work on feature branches, merged only via
+ reviewed PRs. Issues tracked in GitHub Issues.
+- **Reason:** Keeps `main` production-stable, enables review, auditable history.
+- **Alternatives:** direct-to-main, full git-flow.
+- **Tradeoffs:** Slight overhead (branches/PRs) vs strong safety and review gate.
+ See ยง16 and `~/.claude/vault/language-model/decisions/architecture_decisions.md` (ADR-003).
+
+### TDR-014: Free-Tier CI (Lint + Type + Tests) Gate
+- **Decision:** GitHub Actions free-tier CI enforcing lint, type check, tests, and
+ import smoke on every PR and push to `main`; CI green is a merge requirement.
+- **Reason:** Automated, enforced quality gate at zero cost on a public repo.
+- **Alternatives:** local-only checks, paid/self-hosted CI, pre-commit alone.
+- **Tradeoffs:** Runner resource limits vs encrypted, reproducible enforcement.
+ See ยง16.3 and `~/.claude/vault/language-model/decisions/architecture_decisions.md` (ADR-004).
+
+### TDR-015: Rotary Position Embeddings (supersedes TDR-006)
+- **Decision:** Inject position via RoPE applied to Q and K inside attention; no
+ positional embedding table.
+- **Reason:** Attention scores become a function of *relative* offset, which
+ generalises better than absolute indices; removes a `max_seq_len ร d_model`
+ parameter table; context can be extended post-hoc by rescaling `rope_theta`
+ rather than retraining a table. It is also the current standard (Llama, Qwen,
+ Mistral), so the implementation is a well-understood reference point.
+- **Alternatives:** learnable absolute (TDR-006), sinusoidal, ALiBi.
+- **Tradeoffs:** Position handling moves into the attention hot path and must be
+ correct under KV caching (the offset comes from cache length, not slice index)
+ โ an easy bug, hence a dedicated test. Cos/sin tables are cached as
+ non-persistent buffers.
+
+### TDR-016: Grouped-Query Attention
+- **Decision:** `n_kv_heads < n_heads` (default 2 KV heads for 8 query heads);
+ each KV head is shared across a group of query heads.
+- **Reason:** The KV cache โ not the weights โ dominates decode-time memory, and
+ it scales with `n_kv_heads`. A 4:1 group ratio cuts cache footprint 4ร for a
+ quality cost that is negligible at this scale. This matters directly on the
+ target hardware, where unified memory is shared with the rest of the system
+ (TDR-019).
+- **Alternatives:** full MHA (`n_kv_heads == n_heads`), MQA (`n_kv_heads == 1`).
+- **Tradeoffs:** Requires `n_heads % n_kv_heads == 0` and a repeat/expand of KV
+ heads before the attention product; MHA remains reachable by setting
+ `n_kv_heads = n_heads`, so the baseline is one config key away and directly
+ benchmarkable.
+
+### TDR-017: RMSNorm + SwiGLU
+- **Decision:** RMSNorm instead of LayerNorm; SwiGLU FFN instead of GELU MLP.
+- **Reason:** RMSNorm removes mean-centring and bias โ one fewer reduction pass
+ and fewer parameters, with no measured quality loss. SwiGLU's multiplicative
+ gate consistently outperforms a plain GELU MLP at equal parameter count.
+- **Alternatives:** LayerNorm + 4C GELU MLP (the GPT-2 baseline).
+- **Tradeoffs:** SwiGLU needs 3 weight matrices instead of 2, so equal-parameter
+ comparison requires `d_ff โ 8/3ยทC`. We keep `d_ff = 4ยทC` at this scale and
+ accept ~1.5ร FFN parameters, noting the deviation rather than hiding it.
+
+### TDR-018: Vault Location โ `~/.claude/vault/language-model/`
+- **Decision:** The knowledge vault mandated by TDR-011 lives at
+ `~/.claude/vault/language-model/`, not `~/vault/`.
+- **Reason:** `~/.claude/vault/` is the machine's existing global vault root and
+ is already covered by a standing maintenance rule; adding a second vault at
+ `~/vault/` would split the source of truth. Every `~/vault/...` reference in
+ this repo pointed at a directory that did not exist.
+- **Alternatives:** create `~/vault/` as originally specified; move the vault
+ in-repo under `docs/`.
+- **Tradeoffs:** Still outside git (the TDR-011 tradeoff is unchanged), but now
+ it actually exists and has one unambiguous location.
+
+### TDR-019: Apple Silicon (MPS) as the Primary Development Target
+- **Decision:** Develop and validate on Apple Silicon via the `mps` backend,
+ with CPU as the always-correct fallback and CUDA as an untested-but-supported
+ path. Device selection is `mps โ cuda โ cpu`, overridable by config.
+- **Reason:** It is the hardware this project is actually built on, so it is the
+ only device whose numbers we can honestly report. Verified available:
+ torch 2.13, bf16 tensors, and fused `scaled_dot_product_attention`.
+- **Alternatives:** CPU-only development; rented CUDA.
+- **Tradeoffs:** MPS has real gaps โ no `torch.cuda.max_memory_allocated`
+ equivalent for peak-memory metrics, `GradScaler` is a CUDA concept (bf16 on
+ MPS needs no loss scaling), and some ops silently fall back to CPU. The
+ benchmark layer must therefore report *per-device* numbers and never present
+ an MPS measurement as a general claim (TDR-012).
+
+### TDR-020: Pre-tokenization Before BPE Merges
+- **Decision:** Split text on a GPT-2-style regex before merging, and never let
+ a merge cross a piece boundary. Cache piece โ ids.
+- **Reason:** Two things, one of which is a hard blocker. (1) **Tractability.**
+ Merging is quadratic in the length of the sequence it runs over; applied to
+ whole documents, `encode()` measured 4.0x slower per 2x input โ 50 KB/s at
+ 1 KB falling to 2.9 KB/s at 16 KB โ which makes any real corpus unusable
+ (a 515 MB corpus would not finish). Restricted to pieces of ~1-20 bytes with
+ a cache, the same path measures **67 MB/s**, and training a 4096-token
+ vocabulary dropped from ~10 s per 117 KB to 0.4 s per 390 KB. (2) **Quality.**
+ It stops the vocabulary being spent on cross-word artefacts like `"e c"`.
+ Compression *improved* as a side effect, 3.51 โ 4.14 chars/token.
+- **Alternatives:** keep whole-document merging and chunk the input (caps the
+ quadratic term but leaves ~48 h for 515 MB, and chunk boundaries become
+ arbitrary token boundaries); rewrite the merge loop with a pair heap but no
+ pre-tokenization (fixes speed, not quality, and the cache stays invalid).
+- **Tradeoffs:** This **changes tokenizer output** โ it is not a transparent
+ optimization. Vocabularies trained before it are not interchangeable with
+ vocabularies trained after it, and `save()` gained a `version` field so a
+ stale file is identifiable. The pattern must also *tile the input exactly*: a
+ gap silently drops characters, so `tiles_exactly()` and
+ `test_pattern_tiles_every_input` assert coverage directly rather than trusting
+ round-trip tests to notice. Finally, the stdlib `re` module lacks `\p{L}`, so
+ the letter class is `[^\W\d]`, which groups underscore with letters โ a
+ deliberate deviation from GPT-2 taken to avoid a third-party `regex`
+ dependency.
+
+### TDR-021: Recomputing Backward for the Tiled Attention Kernel
+- **Decision:** Implement the tiled kernel as a `torch.autograd.Function` that
+ saves only `(q, k, v, out, logsumexp)` and **recomputes** the score tiles in
+ the backward pass.
+- **Reason:** Without it the O(T) memory claim was false in training and I had
+ published it anyway. As plain PyTorch ops, autograd retained every tile's
+ intermediates, and the tiles summed back to O(Tยฒ) โ measured, the tiled path
+ retained **1.30ร more** than the naive one at T=512 and both grew
+ quadratically. The advantage existed only under `no_grad`. Saving the per-row
+ log-sum-exp (O(T), one scalar per query) is enough to reconstruct the exact
+ probabilities in backward, so the TรT matrices `p`, `dp` and `ds` exist one
+ tile at a time. After the change: retained memory grows **1.97โ1.99ร per 2ร T**
+ (linear) against **3.3โ3.8ร** for the naive path, and at T=1024 it retains
+ 2.3 MiB versus 35.9 MiB โ 15ร less.
+- **Alternatives:** retract the claim and document the kernel as inference-only
+ (cheap, but leaves a tiled kernel with no reason to exist during training);
+ `torch.utils.checkpoint` around standard attention (recomputes the *whole*
+ attention rather than per-tile, and still materialises Tยฒ transiently).
+- **Tradeoffs:** Backward now costs a second pass over the tiles, so it trades
+ compute for memory โ the standard FlashAttention bargain. The custom Function
+ is not double-differentiable (no `create_graph` support), which is fine for
+ first-order training but would need `once_differentiable` semantics or a
+ hand-written double backward otherwise. Correctness can no longer be inferred
+ from autograd, so it is pinned against the manual oracle in float64
+ (`test_flash_gradients_match_the_manual_oracle`, agreeing to ~1e-15).
+
+---
+
+## 14. Project Knowledge Vault
+
+Per the project requirements, all long-lived decisions, architecture, research,
+experiments, roadmap, and implementation notes are stored in a **global**, modular
+knowledge vault at **`~/.claude/vault/language-model/`** (available across projects):
+
+```
+~/.claude/vault/language-model/
+โโโ architecture/ system_design, model_architecture, component_design, data_flow
+โโโ decisions/ architecture_decisions, optimization_decisions, tradeoffs
+โโโ research/ transformer_notes, attention_optimization, inference_optimization, papers
+โโโ implementation/ coding_guidelines, module_interfaces, development_notes
+โโโ experiments/ benchmarks, training_runs, optimization_results
+โโโ roadmap/ milestones, completed_features, future_improvements
+โโโ project_context.md (overview, repo path, vault location, status)
+```
+
+**Rules:** (1) review vault before significant tasks; (2) update vault after
+significant tasks; (3) capture new ideas in research/design docs; (4) keep it
+current, marking stale info deprecated; (5) base recommendations on prior
+decisions, noting alignment/conflict.
+
+---
+
+## 15. Deliverables Summary
+
+- Complete from-scratch, decoder-only GPT engine on PyTorch.
+- Custom BPE tokenizer; mmap multiparallel dataset engine.
+- Standard + flash-inspired tiled attention.
+- Training engine (AdamW, scheduler, AMP, checkpointing).
+- Inference engine (KV cache, sampling, batching).
+- Optimization layer (fp16/int8 quantization, memory pooling).
+- Benchmarking framework and TDD test suite.
+- Global knowledge vault at `~/.claude/vault/language-model/`.
+
+---
+
+## 16. Engineering Process: Git Workflow, CI, and Issue Tracking
+
+We operate this project as a **production-grade, real-world codebase**. The
+following engineering process governs how work is delivered.
+
+### 16.1 Branch Strategy & Locked `main`
+
+- **`main` is locked.** It is never committed to directly.
+- All work happens on **feature branches** (e.g., `feat/tokenizer-bpe`,
+ `fix/dataset-mmap`, `opt/flash-attention`).
+- A branch is merged to `main` **only via a Pull Request (PR)** and **only when the
+ work is complete and reviewed**.
+- **Rule of thumb:** temporary/in-progress work lives on branches; `main` always
+ holds final, merged, stable state.
+
+### 16.2 Issue Tracking (GitHub Issues)
+
+- Every task/feature/bug/optimization is tracked as a **GitHub Issue**.
+- Feature branches and PRs reference the issue they address; PRs close issues with
+ `Closes #N`.
+- Work items map back to the vault roadmap (`~/.claude/vault/language-model/roadmap/milestones.md`) for
+ traceability between design, implementation, and delivery.
+
+### 16.3 CI/CD (Free-Tier GitHub Actions)
+
+Continuous Integration runs automatically on **every PR** and **every push to
+`main`**, consisting of free-tier GitHub-hosted jobs:
+
+| Job | Tool | Purpose |
+|-----|------|---------|
+| Lint | `ruff` (and/or `flake8`/`black`) | enforce style & catch basic problems |
+| Type check | `mypy` or `pyright` | enforce type correctness |
+| Tests | `pytest` (unit + integration) | verify behavior, catch regressions |
+| Import/build smoke | `python -c "import "` | ensure modules import cleanly |
+
+- **PR merge requirement:** all CI jobs must pass before a PR can be merged.
+- **Reproducibility:** pin Python version and core dependencies
+ (`pyproject.toml` + lockfile) so CI and local runs match.
+
+### 16.4 Definition of "Complete" (Merge Criterion)
+
+A PR is eligible for merge to `main` only when **all** of these hold:
+
+1. Feature/optimization implemented per the design in this TDD.
+2. Unit + integration tests written/passing (TDD) and CI green (lint + type + test).
+3. A regression/performance gate (TDR-012) passes where optimization applies.
+4. Associated GitHub Issue updated/resolved.
+5. Vault updated to reflect the change (decisions, milestones, results).
+
+This keeps `main` production-safe and makes every state of the repository auditable
+and revertible.
+
+---
+
+## 17. Updated Deliverables & Engineering Goals
+
+In addition to the functional deliverables in ยง15, the project delivers:
+
+- A locked-`main`, PR-gated **branch workflow** with **GitHub Issue tracking**.
+- **Free-tier CI** (lint + type check + tests + import smoke) enforced on PRs.
+- A **global knowledge vault** (`~/.claude/vault/language-model/`) kept current with decisions,
+ milestones, and results, acting as the single source of truth.
+
+---
+
+*End of TDD (rev 1.1).*
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+# TDD Prompt: Optimized GPT-style Language Model Engine Built From Scratch
+
+You are a senior ML systems engineer and software architect.
+
+Design a Technical Design Document (TDD) in Markdown for a project called:
+
+# Optimized GPT-style Language Model Engine Built From Scratch
+
+---
+
+## Project Objective
+
+The goal is NOT just to train a transformer.
+
+The goal is to build a complete language model system with strong emphasis on:
+
+- low-level system design
+- performance optimization
+- memory efficiency
+- inference optimization
+- scalable architecture
+- production-quality engineering practices
+
+The final project should demonstrate understanding of both:
+
+1. Machine Learning architecture
+2. Systems engineering and optimization
+
+---
+
+# Context
+
+I want to build a decoder-only transformer language model completely from scratch.
+
+Requirements:
+
+- No pretrained weights
+- No HuggingFace models
+- Implement core components manually using PyTorch
+- Build the training pipeline, inference engine, optimization layer, and benchmarking system
+
+The model should be capable of:
+
+- next token prediction
+- sentence completion
+- paragraph continuation
+- autoregressive text generation
+
+---
+
+# System Components
+
+## 1. Custom Tokenizer
+
+Design and implement a tokenizer.
+
+Requirements:
+
+- Implement Byte Pair Encoding (BPE)
+- Vocabulary creation
+- Token merging algorithm
+- Encoding pipeline
+- Decoding pipeline
+- Special tokens handling
+- Vocabulary serialization
+
+Explain:
+
+- tokenizer architecture
+- memory considerations
+- performance optimizations
+- design tradeoffs
+
+---
+
+# 2. Efficient Dataset Engine
+
+Design a high-performance data loading system.
+
+The dataset layer should not simply load files into memory.
+
+Implement:
+
+- memory mapped dataset loading
+- streaming dataset support
+- multiprocessing workers
+- asynchronous prefetching
+- pinned memory transfer
+- efficient batching
+- shuffling strategy
+
+Explain:
+
+- data flow architecture
+- CPU/GPU interaction
+- memory management
+- bottlenecks
+- optimization opportunities
+
+
+Example architecture:
+
+
+Dataset Storage
+|
+|
+Memory Mapping
+|
+|
+Worker Processes
+|
+|
+Prefetch Queue
+|
+|
+GPU Training Batch
+
+
+---
+
+# 3. Transformer Architecture
+
+Implement a decoder-only transformer.
+
+Components:
+
+## Embedding Layer
+
+Include:
+
+- token embeddings
+- positional embeddings
+
+
+## Self Attention
+
+Implement:
+
+- query/key/value projections
+- multi-head attention
+- causal masking
+- attention score calculation
+- softmax normalization
+
+
+## Feed Forward Network
+
+Implement:
+
+- linear layers
+- activation functions
+- dropout
+
+
+## Transformer Block
+
+Include:
+
+- residual connections
+- layer normalization
+- attention layer
+- feed forward layer
+
+
+## Output Layer
+
+Implement:
+
+- vocabulary projection
+- logits generation
+- probability distribution
+
+
+Explain all architectural decisions.
+
+---
+
+# 4. Attention Optimization
+
+Design optimized attention mechanisms.
+
+Discuss:
+
+## Standard Attention
+
+Explain:
+
+
+Attention(Q,K,V)
+
+= Softmax(QKแต / sqrt(d))V
+
+
+Discuss:
+
+- computational complexity
+- memory complexity
+- limitations for long contexts
+
+
+## Optimized Attention
+
+Design improvements:
+
+- block based attention
+- memory efficient attention
+- Flash Attention inspired approach
+
+Explain:
+
+- algorithm design
+- memory savings
+- performance benefits
+- implementation challenges
+
+---
+
+# 5. Training Engine
+
+Design a complete training system.
+
+Include:
+
+## Training Loop
+
+- forward pass
+- loss calculation
+- backward pass
+- optimization step
+
+
+## Optimization
+
+Implement:
+
+- AdamW optimizer
+- learning rate scheduler
+- warmup
+- gradient clipping
+
+
+## Training Improvements
+
+Include:
+
+- mixed precision training
+- gradient accumulation
+- checkpointing
+- experiment tracking
+
+
+Explain:
+
+- training stability
+- performance considerations
+- scalability
+
+---
+
+# 6. Inference Engine
+
+Build a production-style inference system.
+
+Requirements:
+
+## Text Generation
+
+Implement:
+
+- autoregressive generation
+- temperature sampling
+- top-k sampling
+- top-p nucleus sampling
+
+
+## Performance Optimizations
+
+Implement:
+
+### KV Cache
+
+Explain:
+
+Without cache:
+
+
+Every token recomputes previous attention
+
+
+With cache:
+
+
+Previous keys and values are reused
+
+
+Explain:
+
+- memory tradeoff
+- latency improvement
+- implementation design
+
+
+## Batching
+
+Support:
+
+- multiple generation requests
+- efficient batching
+- throughput optimization
+
+
+Measure:
+
+- first token latency
+- tokens per second
+- memory usage
+
+---
+
+# 7. Model Optimization Layer
+
+Design optimization techniques.
+
+Include:
+
+## Quantization
+
+Implement:
+
+- FP32
+- FP16
+- INT8 comparison
+
+Explain:
+
+- accuracy impact
+- memory reduction
+- inference speed improvement
+
+
+## Memory Optimization
+
+Include:
+
+- tensor reuse
+- memory pooling
+- efficient allocation
+
+
+Discuss ideas inspired by:
+
+- CUDA memory allocator
+- PyTorch caching allocator
+
+
+---
+
+# 8. Low-Level System Design
+
+Provide complete architecture design.
+
+Include:
+
+## High Level Architecture Diagram
+
+Show:
+
+
+Tokenizer
+
+โ
+
+Dataset Engine
+
+โ
+
+Training Engine
+
+โ
+
+Transformer Model
+
+โ
+
+Optimization Layer
+
+โ
+
+Inference Engine
+
+โ
+
+API Layer
+
+
+
+## Module Responsibilities
+
+For every module define:
+
+- responsibility
+- inputs
+- outputs
+- dependencies
+
+
+## Class Design
+
+Provide:
+
+- important classes
+- interfaces
+- relationships
+
+
+## API Design
+
+Define internal APIs between components.
+
+---
+
+# 9. Benchmarking System
+
+Build a performance evaluation framework.
+
+Create benchmarks for:
+
+## Training
+
+Measure:
+
+- tokens per second
+- training throughput
+- GPU utilization
+- CPU utilization
+- memory usage
+
+
+## Inference
+
+Measure:
+
+- first token latency
+- generation latency
+- tokens per second
+- throughput
+- memory footprint
+
+
+Create:
+
+
+benchmark/
+
+โโโ training_benchmark.py
+โโโ inference_benchmark.py
+โโโ memory_benchmark.py
+โโโ latency_test.py
+
+
+---
+
+# 10. Test Driven Development Strategy
+
+The project must follow TDD.
+
+Define tests before implementation.
+
+For every module specify:
+
+## Unit Tests
+
+Examples:
+
+Tokenizer:
+
+- encoding correctness
+- decoding correctness
+- vocabulary consistency
+
+
+Attention:
+
+- tensor dimensions
+- masking correctness
+- gradient flow
+
+
+Dataset:
+
+- batch generation
+- memory loading correctness
+
+
+## Integration Tests
+
+Test:
+
+- tokenizer + dataset
+- dataset + model
+- model + training loop
+- inference pipeline
+
+
+## Performance Tests
+
+Validate:
+
+- throughput improvements
+- memory reduction
+- latency improvements
+
+
+## Regression Tests
+
+Ensure:
+
+- optimization does not reduce accuracy
+- previous functionality remains stable
+
+---
+
+# 11. Repository Structure
+
+Design a production-quality repository:
+
+
+language-model-engine/
+
+โ
+โโโ tokenizer/
+โ
+โโโ dataset/
+โ
+โโโ model/
+โ
+โโโ attention/
+โ
+โโโ training/
+โ
+โโโ inference/
+โ
+โโโ optimization/
+โ
+โโโ benchmark/
+โ
+โโโ tests/
+โ
+โโโ configs/
+โ
+โโโ checkpoints/
+โ
+โโโ docs/
+โ
+โโโ train.py
+
+
+Explain the purpose of each directory.
+
+---
+
+# 12. Development Roadmap
+
+Create milestones.
+
+## Phase 1
+
+Foundation:
+
+- tokenizer
+- dataset pipeline
+- simple transformer
+
+
+## Phase 2
+
+Functional Model:
+
+- training pipeline
+- checkpointing
+- generation
+
+
+## Phase 3
+
+Optimization:
+
+- KV cache
+- quantization
+- optimized attention
+- memory improvements
+
+
+## Phase 4
+
+Production Engine:
+
+- benchmarking
+- API layer
+- documentation
+
+---
+
+# 13. Technical Decision Records
+
+For every major design decision provide:
+
+## Decision
+
+What approach is selected?
+
+## Reason
+
+Why this approach?
+
+## Alternatives
+
+What alternatives were considered?
+
+## Tradeoffs
+
+Advantages and disadvantages.
+
+
+---
+
+# Final Output Requirements
+
+Write this TDD as if it will be reviewed by:
+
+- senior ML engineers
+- systems engineers
+- infrastructure engineers
+
+Focus heavily on:
+
+- performance
+- scalability
+- memory efficiency
+- clean architecture
+- engineering tradeoffs
+
+Do not create a tutorial.
+
+Create a production-grade engineering design document.
+
+Output only Markdown.
+
+
+---
+
+# Project Knowledge Vault Requirement
+
+Maintain a dedicated project knowledge repository called:
+
+
+vault/
+
+
+This folder acts as the single source of truth for all project decisions, architecture details, research notes, design decisions, experiments, and important context.
+
+You must maintain and update this vault continuously throughout the project.
+
+Whenever a new important decision, requirement, optimization idea, architectural choice, implementation detail, benchmark result, or learning is introduced, document it in the appropriate Markdown file inside `vault/`.
+
+Do not keep important project knowledge only in chat context.
+
+The vault structure should be organized and modular:
+
+
+vault/
+
+โโโ architecture/
+โ โโโ system_design.md
+โ โโโ model_architecture.md
+โ โโโ component_design.md
+โ โโโ data_flow.md
+โ
+โโโ decisions/
+โ โโโ architecture_decisions.md
+โ โโโ optimization_decisions.md
+โ โโโ tradeoffs.md
+โ
+โโโ research/
+โ โโโ transformer_notes.md
+โ โโโ attention_optimization.md
+โ โโโ inference_optimization.md
+โ โโโ papers_and_references.md
+โ
+โโโ implementation/
+โ โโโ coding_guidelines.md
+โ โโโ module_interfaces.md
+โ โโโ development_notes.md
+โ
+โโโ experiments/
+โ โโโ benchmarks.md
+โ โโโ training_runs.md
+โ โโโ optimization_results.md
+โ
+โโโ roadmap/
+โ โโโ milestones.md
+โ โโโ completed_features.md
+โ โโโ future_improvements.md
+โ
+โโโ project_context.md
+
+
+## Rules
+
+1. Before starting any significant task:
+ - Review relevant files from `vault/`
+ - Understand existing decisions and constraints
+ - Avoid contradicting previous architecture decisions unless explicitly discussed
+
+2. After completing any significant task:
+ - Update the relevant Markdown files
+ - Record new decisions
+ - Record implementation changes
+ - Record benchmarks or observations
+
+3. If a new concept, optimization, or improvement is discovered:
+ - Create or update the appropriate research/design document
+
+4. Maintain consistency:
+ - The vault should always represent the current state of the project
+ - Remove outdated information or mark it as deprecated
+ - Keep historical decisions where useful
+
+5. When making recommendations:
+ - Check existing project decisions first
+ - Explain how the recommendation aligns or conflicts with current design
+
+The vault should evolve alongside the codebase and act as the long-term memory of this project.
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diff --git a/inference/__init__.py b/inference/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e04e171
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inference/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+"""Sampling and autoregressive generation over the KV cache.
+
+See docs/TDD.md ยง6 and TDR-008.
+"""
+
+from inference.batched import generate_batch, left_pad, sample_batch
+from inference.generate import generate, generate_ids
+from inference.sampling import apply_temperature, apply_top_k, apply_top_p, sample
+
+__all__ = [
+ "apply_temperature",
+ "apply_top_k",
+ "apply_top_p",
+ "generate",
+ "generate_batch",
+ "generate_ids",
+ "left_pad",
+ "sample",
+ "sample_batch",
+]
diff --git a/inference/batched.py b/inference/batched.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cfa10b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inference/batched.py
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+"""Batched generation (TDD ยง6.3).
+
+Single-stream decoding leaves the device almost idle: a decode step is one token
+wide, so the matmuls are tall-and-thin and bound by weight bandwidth rather than
+arithmetic. Stacking B requests reuses each weight read across B rows, which is
+close to free โ the win is throughput, not per-request latency.
+
+Two things make batching more than a reshape:
+
+- **Left padding, not right.** Prompts differ in length, and the next token is
+ always predicted from the *last* position. Right-padding would put pad tokens
+ there, so every request would be continuing from ``. Left-padding keeps
+ every sequence's real final token at index -1.
+- **Per-row completion.** Requests finish at different times. A finished row
+ keeps being fed (the KV cache is one contiguous block; you cannot cheaply
+ remove a row mid-flight) but its output is masked to the stop token, so
+ nothing after the stop is reported.
+- **Padded keys are masked out.** The pad tokens a short prompt is padded with
+ sit in the KV cache like any other position. Without a key-padding mask, a
+ short request in a wide batch attends to filler as though it were context, so
+ batched output silently diverges from single-stream output for exactly the
+ requests that were padded. `test_ragged_batch_matches_single_stream` pins it.
+
+Requires `impl` of `sdpa` or `manual`: the tiled `flash` kernel derives its mask
+from positions per tile and rejects a per-batch padding mask rather than
+silently ignoring it.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import torch
+
+from inference.sampling import apply_temperature, apply_top_k, apply_top_p
+from model import CausalLM
+
+
+def sample_batch(
+ logits: torch.Tensor,
+ *,
+ temperature: float = 1.0,
+ top_k: int = 0,
+ top_p: float = 1.0,
+ generator: torch.Generator | None = None,
+) -> torch.Tensor:
+ """Draw one token per row from ``[B, vocab]`` logits. Returns ``[B]`` ids.
+
+ The single-row ``sample()`` returns an ``int`` by contract, which cannot
+ express a batch, so this is a separate entry point rather than a widening of
+ that signature.
+ """
+ if logits.ndim != 2:
+ raise ValueError(f"expected [batch, vocab] logits, got {tuple(logits.shape)}")
+
+ logits = logits.detach().float()
+ if temperature == 0:
+ return torch.argmax(logits, dim=-1)
+
+ logits = apply_temperature(logits, temperature)
+ logits = apply_top_k(logits, top_k)
+ logits = apply_top_p(logits, top_p)
+
+ probs = torch.softmax(logits, dim=-1)
+ if generator is not None and generator.device != probs.device:
+ probs = probs.to(generator.device)
+ return torch.multinomial(probs, num_samples=1, generator=generator).squeeze(-1)
+
+
+def left_pad(sequences: list[list[int]], pad_id: int) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]:
+ """Left-pad ragged prompts to ``[B, T]``. Returns ``(ids, attention_mask)``.
+
+ Padding goes on the **left** so every row's real final token sits at index
+ -1, which is the position the next token is predicted from.
+ """
+ if not sequences:
+ raise ValueError("no sequences to pad")
+ width = max(len(s) for s in sequences)
+ if width == 0:
+ raise ValueError("cannot generate from empty prompts")
+
+ ids = torch.full((len(sequences), width), pad_id, dtype=torch.long)
+ mask = torch.zeros((len(sequences), width), dtype=torch.bool)
+ for row, seq in enumerate(sequences):
+ if seq:
+ ids[row, width - len(seq) :] = torch.tensor(seq, dtype=torch.long)
+ mask[row, width - len(seq) :] = True
+ return ids, mask
+
+
+@torch.no_grad()
+def generate_batch(
+ model: CausalLM,
+ prompts: list[list[int]],
+ *,
+ max_new_tokens: int = 128,
+ temperature: float = 1.0,
+ top_k: int = 0,
+ top_p: float = 1.0,
+ stop_id: int | None = None,
+ pad_id: int = 0,
+ generator: torch.Generator | None = None,
+) -> list[list[int]]:
+ """Generate continuations for several prompts at once.
+
+ Returns one list of new ids per prompt, truncated at ``stop_id`` where hit.
+
+ Padded positions are masked out of attention, so a ragged batch produces the
+ same tokens as decoding each prompt on its own.
+ """
+ if not prompts:
+ return []
+
+ was_training = model.training
+ model.eval()
+ try:
+ device = next(model.parameters()).device
+ ids, valid = left_pad(prompts, pad_id)
+ ids, valid = ids.to(device), valid.to(device)
+ batch = ids.shape[0]
+
+ cache = model.new_cache()
+ logits = model(ids, kv_cache=cache, use_cache=True, key_padding_mask=valid)
+
+ produced: list[list[int]] = [[] for _ in range(batch)]
+ finished = torch.zeros(batch, dtype=torch.bool, device=device)
+
+ for _ in range(max_new_tokens):
+ nxt = sample_batch(
+ logits[:, -1],
+ temperature=temperature,
+ top_k=top_k,
+ top_p=top_p,
+ generator=generator,
+ ).to(device)
+
+ for row in range(batch):
+ if not finished[row]:
+ produced[row].append(int(nxt[row]))
+
+ if stop_id is not None:
+ finished |= nxt == stop_id
+ if bool(finished.all()):
+ break
+
+ if len(cache[0]) + 1 > model.max_seq_len:
+ break
+ # Every generated token is real, so the mask grows by a True column.
+ valid = torch.cat([valid, torch.ones(batch, 1, dtype=torch.bool, device=device)], dim=1)
+ logits = model(
+ nxt.view(batch, 1), kv_cache=cache, use_cache=True, key_padding_mask=valid
+ )
+
+ return produced
+ finally:
+ model.train(was_training)
diff --git a/inference/generate.py b/inference/generate.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f3be611
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inference/generate.py
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+"""Autoregressive generation over the KV cache (TDD ยง6).
+
+Two entry points:
+
+- ``generate_ids`` โ tensor in, token ids out. The real engine; testable
+ without a tokenizer.
+- ``generate`` โ the string-level contract from BUILD_ORDER, a thin wrapper.
+
+``use_cache=False`` exists purely as a correctness oracle: it re-runs the whole
+prefix through the model on every step, which is the O(Tยฒ) behaviour the cache
+removes. The two paths must produce identical greedy output, which is what
+``test_cached_generation_matches_uncached`` checks โ the cheapest way to catch a
+cache that has quietly stopped being equivalent to a full forward.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import Any, Protocol
+
+import torch
+
+from inference.sampling import sample
+from model import CausalLM
+
+
+class Tokenizer(Protocol):
+ def encode(self, text: str) -> list[int]: ...
+ def decode(self, ids: list[int]) -> str: ...
+
+
+@torch.no_grad()
+def generate_ids(
+ model: CausalLM,
+ input_ids: torch.Tensor,
+ *,
+ max_new_tokens: int = 128,
+ temperature: float = 1.0,
+ top_k: int = 0,
+ top_p: float = 1.0,
+ stop_id: int | None = None,
+ use_cache: bool = True,
+ generator: torch.Generator | None = None,
+) -> list[int]:
+ """Generate a continuation for a single ``[1, T]`` prompt. Returns new ids only."""
+ if input_ids.ndim != 2 or input_ids.shape[0] != 1:
+ raise ValueError(f"expected a single [1, T] prompt, got {tuple(input_ids.shape)}")
+ if input_ids.shape[1] == 0:
+ raise ValueError("cannot generate from an empty prompt")
+
+ was_training = model.training
+ model.eval()
+ try:
+ max_seq_len = model.max_seq_len
+ device = next(model.parameters()).device
+ context = input_ids.to(device)
+
+ cache = model.new_cache() if use_cache else None
+ logits = model(context, kv_cache=cache, use_cache=use_cache)
+
+ produced: list[int] = []
+ for _ in range(max_new_tokens):
+ # Only the final position predicts the next token; the rest of the
+ # prefill logits are thrown away.
+ next_id = sample(
+ logits[0, -1],
+ temperature=temperature,
+ top_k=top_k,
+ top_p=top_p,
+ generator=generator,
+ )
+ produced.append(next_id)
+ if stop_id is not None and next_id == stop_id:
+ break
+
+ step = torch.tensor([[next_id]], dtype=torch.long, device=device)
+ if use_cache:
+ if len(cache[0]) + 1 > max_seq_len: # type: ignore[index]
+ break
+ logits = model(step, kv_cache=cache, use_cache=True)
+ else:
+ context = torch.cat([context, step], dim=1)
+ if context.shape[1] > max_seq_len:
+ break
+ logits = model(context)
+
+ return produced
+ finally:
+ model.train(was_training)
+
+
+def generate(
+ model: CausalLM,
+ tokenizer: Tokenizer,
+ prompt: str,
+ *,
+ max_new_tokens: int = 128,
+ return_prompt: bool = True,
+ **sampling: Any,
+) -> str:
+ """String-level generation (docs/BUILD_ORDER.md contract)."""
+ ids = tokenizer.encode(prompt)
+ if not ids:
+ raise ValueError("prompt encoded to zero tokens")
+
+ device = next(model.parameters()).device
+ prompt_ids = torch.tensor([ids], dtype=torch.long, device=device)
+ new_ids = generate_ids(model, prompt_ids, max_new_tokens=max_new_tokens, **sampling)
+
+ return tokenizer.decode((ids + new_ids) if return_prompt else new_ids)
diff --git a/inference/sampling.py b/inference/sampling.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1636829
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inference/sampling.py
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+"""Token sampling strategies (TDD ยง6.1).
+
+Filters compose in the order temperature โ top-k โ top-p, which is the
+convention every reference implementation uses. Order matters: temperature
+rescales the logits and therefore changes the probability mass that top-p is
+measuring, so applying nucleus filtering first would make ``top_p`` mean
+something different at every temperature.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import torch
+
+
+def apply_temperature(logits: torch.Tensor, temperature: float) -> torch.Tensor:
+ if temperature <= 0:
+ raise ValueError(f"temperature must be > 0 (use 0 for greedy), got {temperature}")
+ return logits / temperature
+
+
+def apply_top_k(logits: torch.Tensor, top_k: int) -> torch.Tensor:
+ """Keep the ``top_k`` highest logits, mask the rest."""
+ if top_k <= 0:
+ return logits
+ k = min(top_k, logits.shape[-1])
+ threshold = torch.topk(logits, k).values[..., -1, None]
+ return logits.masked_fill(logits < threshold, float("-inf"))
+
+
+def apply_top_p(logits: torch.Tensor, top_p: float) -> torch.Tensor:
+ """Nucleus filtering: keep the *smallest* set whose mass reaches ``top_p``.
+
+ The token that carries the cumulative sum across the threshold is kept, not
+ dropped โ otherwise the retained mass is strictly below ``top_p``, and with
+ a confident distribution (first token already above ``p``) the whole
+ vocabulary would be masked and softmax would return NaN.
+ """
+ if not 0.0 < top_p <= 1.0:
+ raise ValueError(f"top_p must be in (0, 1], got {top_p}")
+ if top_p == 1.0:
+ return logits
+
+ sorted_logits, sorted_idx = torch.sort(logits, descending=True, dim=-1)
+ cumulative = sorted_logits.softmax(dim=-1).cumsum(dim=-1)
+
+ remove = cumulative > top_p
+ # Shift right so the crossing token survives, and never drop the argmax.
+ remove[..., 1:] = remove[..., :-1].clone()
+ remove[..., 0] = False
+
+ return logits.masked_fill(remove.scatter(-1, sorted_idx, remove), float("-inf"))
+
+
+def sample(
+ logits: torch.Tensor,
+ *,
+ temperature: float = 1.0,
+ top_k: int = 0,
+ top_p: float = 1.0,
+ generator: torch.Generator | None = None,
+) -> int:
+ """Draw one token id from a ``[vocab]`` (or ``[1, vocab]``) logit vector.
+
+ ``temperature=0`` means greedy: the limit of the softmax as temperature
+ approaches zero is the argmax, but computing it would divide by zero, so it
+ is special-cased rather than approximated with a small epsilon.
+ """
+ logits = logits.detach().float()
+ if logits.ndim == 2 and logits.shape[0] == 1:
+ logits = logits[0]
+ if logits.ndim != 1:
+ raise ValueError(f"expected a single [vocab] logit vector, got {tuple(logits.shape)}")
+
+ if temperature == 0:
+ return int(torch.argmax(logits).item())
+
+ logits = apply_temperature(logits, temperature)
+ logits = apply_top_k(logits, top_k)
+ logits = apply_top_p(logits, top_p)
+
+ probs = torch.softmax(logits, dim=-1)
+
+ if generator is not None and generator.device != probs.device:
+ # torch.multinomial requires the generator and the tensor to share a
+ # device, but a seeded CPU generator is the natural way to ask for
+ # reproducible sampling โ so a caller doing the obvious thing would hit
+ # a RuntimeError as soon as the model moved to MPS or CUDA. Draw on the
+ # generator's device instead: this is one vocabulary-sized vector, so
+ # the copy is negligible beside the forward pass that produced it, and
+ # it makes a given seed yield identical text on every device.
+ probs = probs.to(generator.device)
+
+ return int(torch.multinomial(probs, num_samples=1, generator=generator).item())
diff --git a/model/__init__.py b/model/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8818780
--- /dev/null
+++ b/model/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+"""Decoder-only transformer: RMSNorm + SwiGLU blocks over grouped-query attention.
+
+See docs/TDD.md ยง3 and TDR-005, TDR-017.
+"""
+
+from model.block import TransformerBlock
+from model.causal_lm import CausalLM
+from model.ffn import SwiGLU
+from model.norm import RMSNorm
+
+__all__ = ["CausalLM", "RMSNorm", "SwiGLU", "TransformerBlock"]
diff --git a/model/block.py b/model/block.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dc13eec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/model/block.py
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+"""Pre-norm transformer block (TDR-005, TDR-017)."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import torch
+from torch import nn
+
+from attention import CausalAttention, KVCache
+from model.ffn import SwiGLU
+from model.norm import RMSNorm
+
+
+class TransformerBlock(nn.Module):
+ """``x + attn(norm(x))`` then ``x + ffn(norm(x))``.
+
+ Pre-norm, not post-norm: the residual stream is never normalised, so there
+ is an unobstructed identity path from input to output through the whole
+ stack. That is what makes deep pre-norm models trainable without a delicate
+ warmup schedule. It also means a block whose sublayers output zero is
+ exactly the identity, which is how ``test_block_is_pre_norm_with_live_residuals``
+ distinguishes this from a post-norm arrangement.
+ """
+
+ def __init__(
+ self,
+ d_model: int,
+ n_heads: int,
+ n_kv_heads: int,
+ d_ff: int,
+ *,
+ max_seq_len: int = 1024,
+ rope_theta: float = 10000.0,
+ dropout: float = 0.0,
+ impl: str = "sdpa",
+ bias: bool = False,
+ norm_eps: float = 1e-6,
+ ) -> None:
+ super().__init__()
+ self.attn_norm = RMSNorm(d_model, eps=norm_eps)
+ self.attn = CausalAttention(
+ d_model,
+ n_heads,
+ n_kv_heads,
+ max_seq_len=max_seq_len,
+ rope_theta=rope_theta,
+ dropout=dropout,
+ impl=impl,
+ bias=bias,
+ )
+ self.ffn_norm = RMSNorm(d_model, eps=norm_eps)
+ self.ffn = SwiGLU(d_model, d_ff, bias=bias, dropout=dropout)
+
+ def forward(
+ self,
+ x: torch.Tensor,
+ *,
+ kv_cache: KVCache | None = None,
+ use_cache: bool = False,
+ key_padding_mask: torch.Tensor | None = None,
+ ) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, KVCache | None]:
+ attn_out, new_cache = self.attn(
+ self.attn_norm(x),
+ kv_cache=kv_cache,
+ use_cache=use_cache,
+ key_padding_mask=key_padding_mask,
+ )
+ x = x + attn_out
+ x = x + self.ffn(self.ffn_norm(x))
+ return x, new_cache
diff --git a/model/causal_lm.py b/model/causal_lm.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8dfbd96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/model/causal_lm.py
@@ -0,0 +1,193 @@
+"""``CausalLM`` โ the full decoder-only language model.
+
+Contract (docs/BUILD_ORDER.md):
+
+ CausalLM.forward(input_ids, *, kv_cache=None, use_cache=False) -> logits [B, T, V]
+ CausalLM.from_config(cfg: dict) -> CausalLM
+
+**forward returns logits, never a loss.** Cross-entropy lives in the trainer.
+Computing a loss during generation is wasted work, and keeping the model pure
+means the inference path has exactly one thing to reason about.
+
+**The KV cache is caller-owned.** Because the contract fixes the return type to
+logits, there is nowhere to hand a freshly created cache back. So the caller
+allocates one with ``model.new_cache()`` and passes the same list on every
+step; the per-layer ``KVCache`` objects are mutated in place. Passing
+``use_cache=True`` without a cache raises rather than silently discarding it โ
+a discarded cache turns O(T) generation back into O(Tยฒ) while still producing
+correct text, which is exactly the kind of bug that never gets noticed.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import Any
+
+import torch
+from torch import nn
+
+from attention import KVCache
+from model.block import TransformerBlock
+from model.norm import RMSNorm
+
+
+class CausalLM(nn.Module):
+ """Embedding โ N pre-norm blocks โ RMSNorm โ LM head."""
+
+ def __init__(
+ self,
+ vocab_size: int,
+ d_model: int,
+ n_layers: int,
+ n_heads: int,
+ n_kv_heads: int | None = None,
+ d_ff: int | None = None,
+ *,
+ max_seq_len: int = 1024,
+ rope_theta: float = 10000.0,
+ dropout: float = 0.0,
+ impl: str = "sdpa",
+ bias: bool = False,
+ norm_eps: float = 1e-6,
+ tie_weights: bool = True,
+ ) -> None:
+ super().__init__()
+ n_kv_heads = n_heads if n_kv_heads is None else n_kv_heads
+ d_ff = 4 * d_model if d_ff is None else d_ff
+
+ self.vocab_size = vocab_size
+ self.d_model = d_model
+ self.n_layers = n_layers
+ self.max_seq_len = max_seq_len
+
+ self.embed_tokens = nn.Embedding(vocab_size, d_model)
+ self.dropout = nn.Dropout(dropout)
+ # Kept as a plain list as well as a ModuleList: iterating the ModuleList
+ # yields `Module`, which loses the block's attribute types.
+ blocks = [
+ TransformerBlock(
+ d_model,
+ n_heads,
+ n_kv_heads,
+ d_ff,
+ max_seq_len=max_seq_len,
+ rope_theta=rope_theta,
+ dropout=dropout,
+ impl=impl,
+ bias=bias,
+ norm_eps=norm_eps,
+ )
+ for _ in range(n_layers)
+ ]
+ self.blocks = blocks
+ self.layers = nn.ModuleList(blocks)
+ self.norm = RMSNorm(d_model, eps=norm_eps)
+ self.lm_head = nn.Linear(d_model, vocab_size, bias=False)
+
+ self.apply(self._init_weights)
+ # Residual output projections are scaled down by 1/sqrt(2 * n_layers):
+ # every block adds two contributions to the residual stream, so without
+ # this the stream's variance grows linearly with depth.
+ residual_std = 0.02 / (2 * n_layers) ** 0.5
+ for block in blocks:
+ nn.init.normal_(block.attn.o_proj.weight, mean=0.0, std=residual_std)
+ nn.init.normal_(block.ffn.down_proj.weight, mean=0.0, std=residual_std)
+
+ # Tie *after* init, or the head's initialisation would overwrite the
+ # embedding's. `is`-identity matters: a copy would silently train two
+ # separate matrices that were only equal at step 0.
+ self.tie_weights = tie_weights
+ if tie_weights:
+ self.lm_head.weight = self.embed_tokens.weight
+
+ # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+ # Construction
+ # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+ @classmethod
+ def from_config(cls, cfg: dict[str, Any]) -> CausalLM:
+ """Build from a loaded YAML config's ``model`` / ``attention`` blocks."""
+ m = cfg["model"]
+ a = cfg.get("attention", {})
+ return cls(
+ vocab_size=int(m["vocab_size"]),
+ d_model=int(m["d_model"]),
+ n_layers=int(m["n_layers"]),
+ n_heads=int(m["n_heads"]),
+ n_kv_heads=int(m.get("n_kv_heads", m["n_heads"])),
+ d_ff=int(m.get("d_ff", 4 * int(m["d_model"]))),
+ max_seq_len=int(m.get("max_seq_len", 1024)),
+ rope_theta=float(m.get("rope_theta", 10000.0)),
+ dropout=float(m.get("dropout", 0.0)),
+ impl=str(a.get("impl", "sdpa")),
+ tie_weights=bool(m.get("tie_weights", True)),
+ )
+
+ @staticmethod
+ def _init_weights(module: nn.Module) -> None:
+ if isinstance(module, nn.Linear):
+ nn.init.normal_(module.weight, mean=0.0, std=0.02)
+ if module.bias is not None:
+ nn.init.zeros_(module.bias)
+ elif isinstance(module, nn.Embedding):
+ nn.init.normal_(module.weight, mean=0.0, std=0.02)
+
+ # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+ # Cache
+ # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+ def new_cache(self) -> list[KVCache]:
+ """One empty ``KVCache`` per layer, to be passed back on every step."""
+ return [KVCache() for _ in range(self.n_layers)]
+
+ # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+ # Forward
+ # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+ def forward(
+ self,
+ input_ids: torch.Tensor,
+ *,
+ kv_cache: list[KVCache] | None = None,
+ use_cache: bool = False,
+ key_padding_mask: torch.Tensor | None = None,
+ ) -> torch.Tensor:
+ if use_cache and kv_cache is None:
+ raise ValueError(
+ "use_cache=True needs a caller-owned cache; call model.new_cache() "
+ "once and pass the same list on every step"
+ )
+ if kv_cache is not None and len(kv_cache) != self.n_layers:
+ raise ValueError(
+ f"cache has {len(kv_cache)} entries but the model has {self.n_layers} layers"
+ )
+
+ offset = len(kv_cache[0]) if kv_cache else 0
+ seq_len = input_ids.shape[1]
+ if offset + seq_len > self.max_seq_len:
+ raise ValueError(
+ f"context length {offset + seq_len} exceeds max_seq_len={self.max_seq_len}"
+ )
+
+ x = self.dropout(self.embed_tokens(input_ids))
+ for i, block in enumerate(self.blocks):
+ # Each layer keeps its own cache; sharing one across layers still
+ # runs and still generates plausible text, so it is worth being
+ # explicit that the indexing is per-layer.
+ layer_cache = kv_cache[i] if kv_cache is not None else None
+ x, new_cache = block(
+ x,
+ kv_cache=layer_cache,
+ use_cache=use_cache,
+ key_padding_mask=key_padding_mask,
+ )
+ if use_cache and kv_cache is not None and new_cache is not None:
+ kv_cache[i] = new_cache
+
+ logits: torch.Tensor = self.lm_head(self.norm(x))
+ return logits
+
+ # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+ # Introspection
+ # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+ def num_parameters(self, *, trainable_only: bool = False) -> int:
+ params = self.parameters()
+ if trainable_only:
+ params = (p for p in params if p.requires_grad)
+ return sum(p.numel() for p in params)
diff --git a/model/ffn.py b/model/ffn.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bebcb14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/model/ffn.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+"""SwiGLU feed-forward network (TDR-017)."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import torch
+import torch.nn.functional as F
+from torch import nn
+
+
+class SwiGLU(nn.Module):
+ """Gated feed-forward block: ``down(silu(gate(x)) * up(x))``.
+
+ The ``*`` is a genuine multiplicative gate, not a sum: when ``gate(x)`` is
+ strongly negative, ``silu`` drives it to zero and the whole branch is
+ suppressed regardless of what ``up(x)`` computed. That is the property a
+ plain GELU MLP lacks, and it costs a third weight matrix.
+
+ Because of that third matrix, a parameter-neutral comparison against a
+ ``4ยทd_model`` GELU MLP would need ``d_ff โ 8/3ยทd_model``. The shipped config
+ uses ``d_ff = 4ยทd_model``, so the FFN carries ~1.5ร the parameters of the
+ GPT-2 baseline. That is a deliberate choice at this scale, recorded rather
+ than presented as parity.
+ """
+
+ def __init__(
+ self, d_model: int, d_ff: int, *, bias: bool = False, dropout: float = 0.0
+ ) -> None:
+ super().__init__()
+ self.gate_proj = nn.Linear(d_model, d_ff, bias=bias)
+ self.up_proj = nn.Linear(d_model, d_ff, bias=bias)
+ self.down_proj = nn.Linear(d_ff, d_model, bias=bias)
+ self.dropout = nn.Dropout(dropout)
+
+ def forward(self, x: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
+ gated = F.silu(self.gate_proj(x)) * self.up_proj(x)
+ out: torch.Tensor = self.dropout(self.down_proj(gated))
+ return out
diff --git a/model/norm.py b/model/norm.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b548d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/model/norm.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+"""Root-mean-square layer normalisation (TDR-017)."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import torch
+from torch import nn
+
+
+class RMSNorm(nn.Module):
+ """LayerNorm with the mean-centring and the bias removed.
+
+ ``x * rsqrt(mean(xยฒ) + eps) * weight``
+
+ Two things follow from dropping the mean subtraction: one fewer reduction
+ pass over the last dimension, and a constant offset in the input survives
+ normalisation instead of being annihilated. The second is what
+ ``test_rmsnorm_does_not_centre_the_mean`` checks โ swapping a LayerNorm in
+ here would keep every shape valid and every other test passing.
+
+ The reduction runs in fp32 regardless of input dtype. Under autocast the
+ activations arrive as bf16/fp16, and squaring a large half-precision
+ activation overflows to ``inf`` well before the mean is taken.
+ """
+
+ def __init__(self, dim: int, eps: float = 1e-6) -> None:
+ super().__init__()
+ self.eps = eps
+ self.weight = nn.Parameter(torch.ones(dim))
+
+ def forward(self, x: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
+ dtype = x.dtype
+ x32 = x.float()
+ normed = x32 * torch.rsqrt(x32.pow(2).mean(dim=-1, keepdim=True) + self.eps)
+ return normed.to(dtype) * self.weight
+
+ def extra_repr(self) -> str:
+ return f"dim={tuple(self.weight.shape)[0]}, eps={self.eps}"
diff --git a/optimization/__init__.py b/optimization/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9305637
--- /dev/null
+++ b/optimization/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+"""Post-training optimization: weight quantization and KV cache pooling.
+
+See docs/TDD.md ยง7 and TDR-012.
+"""
+
+from optimization.kv_pool import PreallocatedKVCache, preallocated_cache
+from optimization.quantize import (
+ VALID_BITS,
+ VALID_SCHEMES,
+ QuantizedLinear,
+ dequantize_int4,
+ dequantize_int8,
+ model_nbytes,
+ quantize,
+ quantize_int4,
+ quantize_int8,
+)
+
+__all__ = [
+ "VALID_BITS",
+ "VALID_SCHEMES",
+ "PreallocatedKVCache",
+ "QuantizedLinear",
+ "dequantize_int4",
+ "dequantize_int8",
+ "model_nbytes",
+ "preallocated_cache",
+ "quantize",
+ "quantize_int4",
+ "quantize_int8",
+]
diff --git a/optimization/kv_pool.py b/optimization/kv_pool.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6ca9615
--- /dev/null
+++ b/optimization/kv_pool.py
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+"""Preallocated KV cache โ the memory pooling deferred in TDD ยง7.2.
+
+`attention.KVCache` grows by concatenation: every decode step allocates a new
+`[B, H, T+1, D]` tensor and copies the old one into it. That is O(T) bytes
+copied per step and O(Tยฒ) across a generation, plus a fresh allocation each
+time for the allocator to serve and later reclaim.
+
+This version allocates the full `[B, H, max_seq_len, D]` arena once and writes
+each step into a slice, so the steady-state cost of a decode step is one write
+of the new position and zero allocations. It is a strict drop-in: it subclasses
+`KVCache`, so the type checker and every `CausalAttention` call site accept it
+unchanged.
+
+The tradeoff is honest and worth stating: peak memory is now `max_seq_len`
+from the first token rather than growing with the sequence. For long-context
+single-stream decoding that is a win; for many short concurrent sequences it
+reserves far more than it uses. `nbytes` therefore reports the *reserved*
+figure, with `nbytes_used` alongside it, so a benchmark cannot accidentally
+quote the flattering one.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import torch
+
+from attention.kv_cache import KVCache
+from model import CausalLM
+
+
+class PreallocatedKVCache(KVCache):
+ """Fixed-capacity KV arena written in place."""
+
+ def __init__(
+ self,
+ batch_size: int,
+ n_kv_heads: int,
+ max_seq_len: int,
+ head_dim: int,
+ *,
+ dtype: torch.dtype = torch.float32,
+ device: torch.device | str = "cpu",
+ ) -> None:
+ super().__init__()
+ shape = (batch_size, n_kv_heads, max_seq_len, head_dim)
+ self.keys = torch.zeros(shape, dtype=dtype, device=device)
+ self.values = torch.zeros(shape, dtype=dtype, device=device)
+ self.max_seq_len = max_seq_len
+ self._length = 0
+
+ def update(self, keys: torch.Tensor, values: torch.Tensor) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]:
+ assert self.keys is not None and self.values is not None
+ n = keys.shape[2]
+ if self._length + n > self.max_seq_len:
+ raise ValueError(
+ f"KV arena full: holding {self._length} of {self.max_seq_len} "
+ f"positions, cannot add {n} more"
+ )
+ if keys.shape[0] != self.keys.shape[0]:
+ raise ValueError(
+ f"batch size changed mid-generation: arena holds "
+ f"{self.keys.shape[0]}, got {keys.shape[0]}"
+ )
+
+ end = self._length + n
+ # Cast on write: under autocast the incoming K/V may be bf16 while the
+ # arena is fp32. Upcasting is lossless; the reverse would not be, so the
+ # arena dtype should match what the run actually produces.
+ self.keys[:, :, self._length : end] = keys.to(self.keys.dtype)
+ self.values[:, :, self._length : end] = values.to(self.values.dtype)
+ self._length = end
+
+ # Return views of the filled prefix, never the whole arena -- attention
+ # must not see the zeroed tail as real keys.
+ return self.keys[:, :, :end], self.values[:, :, :end]
+
+ def __len__(self) -> int:
+ return self._length
+
+ def reset(self) -> None:
+ """Rewind to empty while keeping the arena โ that is the whole point."""
+ self._length = 0
+
+ @property
+ def nbytes(self) -> int:
+ """Bytes *reserved*. See ``nbytes_used`` for the occupied portion."""
+ assert self.keys is not None and self.values is not None
+ return (
+ self.keys.numel() * self.keys.element_size()
+ + self.values.numel() * self.values.element_size()
+ )
+
+ @property
+ def nbytes_used(self) -> int:
+ assert self.keys is not None
+ per_position = self.keys[:, :, :1].numel() * self.keys.element_size()
+ return 2 * per_position * self._length
+
+
+def preallocated_cache(
+ model: CausalLM,
+ *,
+ batch_size: int = 1,
+ max_seq_len: int | None = None,
+ dtype: torch.dtype = torch.float32,
+ device: torch.device | str | None = None,
+) -> list[PreallocatedKVCache]:
+ """One arena per layer, sized from the model's own config.
+
+ Drop-in for ``model.new_cache()``: pass the result straight to
+ ``forward(..., kv_cache=..., use_cache=True)``.
+ """
+ attn = model.blocks[0].attn
+ if device is None:
+ device = next(model.parameters()).device
+ return [
+ PreallocatedKVCache(
+ batch_size,
+ attn.n_kv_heads,
+ max_seq_len if max_seq_len is not None else attn.max_seq_len,
+ attn.head_dim,
+ dtype=dtype,
+ device=device,
+ )
+ for _ in range(len(model.blocks))
+ ]
diff --git a/optimization/quantize.py b/optimization/quantize.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f14bfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/optimization/quantize.py
@@ -0,0 +1,212 @@
+"""Post-training weight quantization (TDD ยง7.1, TDR-012).
+
+**Weight-only, symmetric, per-output-channel.** Weights are stored at reduced
+precision and expanded back to the activation dtype inside `forward`, so the
+matmul itself still runs in float.
+
+That means this buys **memory, not speed** โ and on some hardware it is
+measurably *slower* than fp32 because of the dequantization step. TDD ยง7.1
+already carries that caveat; the `benchmark/` layer measures both per device
+rather than assuming a winner. Real int8 throughput needs fused integer
+kernels, which is a different piece of work from this one.
+
+Per-output-channel scales matter more than they look. A single per-tensor scale
+is set by the largest weight anywhere in the matrix, so one outlier row flattens
+every other row toward zero โ `test_int8_scales_are_per_output_channel_not_per_tensor`
+pins that.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import copy
+
+import torch
+import torch.nn.functional as F
+from torch import nn
+
+VALID_SCHEMES = ("int_weight", "fp16", "bf16", "none")
+VALID_BITS = (4, 8)
+
+# Symmetric signed range, one level held back so the range stays centred:
+# int8 uses [-127, 127] rather than [-128, 127], int4 uses [-7, 7].
+_QMAX = {8: 127, 4: 7}
+
+
+def _scales(weight: torch.Tensor, bits: int) -> torch.Tensor:
+ """Per-output-channel scale, guarded against an all-zero row."""
+ amax = weight.abs().amax(dim=1, keepdim=True)
+ # A row of exact zeros would give scale 0 and produce nan on divide. Any
+ # positive scale reproduces that row exactly, so 1.0 is as good as anything.
+ return torch.where(amax == 0, torch.ones_like(amax), amax / _QMAX[bits])
+
+
+def quantize_int8(weight: torch.Tensor) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]:
+ """``[out, in]`` float โ ``(int8 codes, per-channel scales)``."""
+ scales = _scales(weight, 8)
+ codes = torch.round(weight / scales).clamp(-127, 127).to(torch.int8)
+ return codes, scales
+
+
+def dequantize_int8(codes: torch.Tensor, scales: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
+ return codes.to(scales.dtype) * scales
+
+
+def quantize_int4(weight: torch.Tensor) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor, int]:
+ """``[out, in]`` float โ ``(uint8 packed [out, ceil(in/2)], scales, in_features)``.
+
+ Two 4-bit codes share one byte: low nibble first, high nibble second. Codes
+ are biased by +8 so the signed range ``[-7, 7]`` fits the unsigned nibble.
+ An odd ``in`` is zero-padded to the next even width, so the original width
+ has to be carried alongside in order to unpack.
+ """
+ out_features, in_features = weight.shape
+ scales = _scales(weight, 4)
+ codes = torch.round(weight / scales).clamp(-7, 7).to(torch.int16) + 8
+
+ if in_features % 2:
+ codes = F.pad(codes, (0, 1), value=8) # 8 == biased zero
+
+ low, high = codes[:, 0::2], codes[:, 1::2]
+ packed = (low | (high << 4)).to(torch.uint8)
+ return packed, scales, in_features
+
+
+def dequantize_int4(packed: torch.Tensor, scales: torch.Tensor, in_features: int) -> torch.Tensor:
+ low = (packed & 0x0F).to(torch.int16) - 8
+ high = (packed >> 4).to(torch.int16) - 8
+
+ interleaved = torch.stack((low, high), dim=2).reshape(packed.shape[0], -1)
+ return interleaved[:, :in_features].to(scales.dtype) * scales
+
+
+class QuantizedLinear(nn.Module):
+ """A drop-in ``nn.Linear`` holding reduced-precision weights.
+
+ Weights live in buffers, not parameters: they carry no gradient and must not
+ reappear in an optimizer. Quantization here is a post-training step, so a
+ quantised layer is not trainable, and making that structural is safer than
+ documenting it.
+ """
+
+ # Declared so the type checker sees Tensors; `register_buffer` alone leaves
+ # these typed as `Tensor | Module`.
+ codes: torch.Tensor
+ scales: torch.Tensor
+ bias: torch.Tensor | None
+
+ def __init__(
+ self,
+ in_features: int,
+ out_features: int,
+ bits: int,
+ *,
+ bias: torch.Tensor | None = None,
+ ) -> None:
+ super().__init__()
+ if bits not in VALID_BITS:
+ raise ValueError(f"bits must be one of {VALID_BITS}, got {bits}")
+ self.in_features = in_features
+ self.out_features = out_features
+ self.bits = bits
+ self.register_buffer("codes", torch.empty(0, dtype=torch.uint8))
+ self.register_buffer("scales", torch.empty(0))
+ # Bias stays float: one value per output channel, so quantising it saves
+ # nothing measurable and only adds error.
+ self.register_buffer("bias", None if bias is None else bias.detach().clone())
+
+ @classmethod
+ def from_linear(cls, linear: nn.Linear, *, bits: int = 8) -> QuantizedLinear:
+ layer = cls(linear.in_features, linear.out_features, bits, bias=linear.bias)
+ weight = linear.weight.detach().float()
+ if bits == 8:
+ codes, scales = quantize_int8(weight)
+ layer.codes = codes.view(torch.uint8)
+ else:
+ packed, scales, _ = quantize_int4(weight)
+ layer.codes = packed
+ layer.scales = scales
+ return layer
+
+ def dequantized_weight(self, dtype: torch.dtype) -> torch.Tensor:
+ if self.bits == 8:
+ weight = dequantize_int8(self.codes.view(torch.int8), self.scales)
+ else:
+ weight = dequantize_int4(self.codes, self.scales, self.in_features)
+ return weight.to(dtype)
+
+ def forward(self, x: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
+ bias = None if self.bias is None else self.bias.to(x.dtype)
+ return F.linear(x, self.dequantized_weight(x.dtype), bias)
+
+ def extra_repr(self) -> str:
+ return f"in={self.in_features}, out={self.out_features}, bits={self.bits}"
+
+
+def model_nbytes(module: nn.Module) -> int:
+ """Total bytes held by parameters *and* buffers.
+
+ Buffers matter: quantised weights are buffers, so a parameters-only count
+ would report a quantised model as almost empty and make any saving look
+ spectacular and fake.
+ """
+ seen: set[int] = set()
+ total = 0
+ for tensor in list(module.parameters()) + list(module.buffers()):
+ if tensor is None or id(tensor) in seen:
+ continue
+ seen.add(id(tensor))
+ total += tensor.numel() * tensor.element_size()
+ return total
+
+
+def _tied_tensors(model: nn.Module) -> set[int]:
+ """Ids of tensors reachable under more than one name."""
+ counts: dict[int, int] = {}
+ for _, tensor in model.named_parameters():
+ counts[id(tensor)] = counts.get(id(tensor), 0) + 1
+ for _, tensor in model.named_parameters(remove_duplicate=False):
+ counts[id(tensor)] = counts.get(id(tensor), 0) + 1
+ return {i for i, n in counts.items() if n > 2}
+
+
+def quantize(
+ model: nn.Module,
+ *,
+ bits: int = 8,
+ scheme: str = "int_weight",
+ skip: tuple[str, ...] = ("lm_head",),
+ inplace: bool = False,
+) -> nn.Module:
+ """Quantize ``model`` (docs/BUILD_ORDER.md contract). Returns the model.
+
+ ``skip`` defaults to the LM head because it is usually **tied** to the token
+ embedding. Replacing it with a quantised copy silently severs that tie: the
+ head becomes int8 while the embedding stays fp32, so two matrices that are
+ meant to be one tensor drift apart the moment anything touches them. It also
+ saves nothing, since the embedding keeps the float copy alive regardless.
+ """
+ if scheme not in VALID_SCHEMES:
+ raise ValueError(f"unknown scheme {scheme!r}; expected one of {VALID_SCHEMES}")
+ if scheme == "int_weight" and bits not in VALID_BITS:
+ raise ValueError(f"bits must be one of {VALID_BITS}, got {bits}")
+
+ target = model if inplace else copy.deepcopy(model)
+
+ if scheme == "none":
+ return target
+ if scheme in ("fp16", "bf16"):
+ return target.to(torch.float16 if scheme == "fp16" else torch.bfloat16)
+
+ tied = _tied_tensors(target)
+ for parent_name, parent in list(target.named_modules()):
+ for child_name, child in list(parent.named_children()):
+ if not isinstance(child, nn.Linear):
+ continue
+ full = f"{parent_name}.{child_name}" if parent_name else child_name
+ if any(full == s or full.endswith(f".{s}") for s in skip):
+ continue
+ if id(child.weight) in tied:
+ continue
+ setattr(parent, child_name, QuantizedLinear.from_linear(child, bits=bits))
+
+ return target
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ccf85d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=64", "wheel"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "language-model"
+version = "0.1.0"
+description = "Production-grade decoder-only language model built from scratch in PyTorch"
+readme = "README.md"
+license = { text = "MIT" }
+# Floor is 3.12, not 3.10: numpy >=2.3 ships PEP 695 `type` statements in its
+# stubs, which mypy refuses to parse when analysing for an older target. Rather
+# than typecheck against a Python we never run, the whole toolchain is pinned to
+# one floor -- runtime, ruff target, mypy target, and the CI matrix all agree.
+requires-python = ">=3.12"
+dependencies = [
+ "torch>=2.1",
+ "numpy>=1.24",
+ "pyyaml>=6.0",
+ "tqdm>=4.65",
+ "requests>=2.28",
+]
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+# Corpus downloads from a TLS-inspecting corporate network (Zscaler and similar)
+# verify against a corporate root CA that certifi's bundle does not carry, so
+# requests fails where curl succeeds. truststore routes verification through the
+# OS keychain instead. See dataset.corpora.use_system_trust_store.
+data = [
+ "truststore>=0.9",
+]
+dev = [
+ "pytest>=7.4",
+ "pytest-cov>=4.1",
+ "psutil>=5.9",
+ "ruff>=0.4",
+ "mypy>=1.8",
+]
+
+[tool.ruff]
+target-version = "py312"
+line-length = 100
+src = ["."]
+extend-exclude = [".venv"]
+
+[tool.ruff.lint]
+select = ["E", "F", "I", "W", "UP", "B"]
+# E741: ambiguous variable names are common in ML (l, m, i); allow them.
+ignore = ["E741"]
+
+[tool.mypy]
+python_version = "3.12"
+warn_return_any = true
+warn_unused_configs = true
+ignore_missing_imports = true
+# Start lenient; tighten per-module as the codebase grows.
+disable_error_code = ["import-untyped"]
+
+[tool.setuptools]
+packages = [
+ "tokenizer",
+ "dataset",
+ "model",
+ "attention",
+ "training",
+ "inference",
+ "optimization",
+ "benchmark",
+]
+
+[tool.pytest.ini_options]
+testpaths = ["tests"]
+addopts = "-q"
diff --git a/tests/__init__.py b/tests/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/tests/baselines/nano.json b/tests/baselines/nano.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3441a26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/baselines/nano.json
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+{
+ "attention_scores": {
+ "scales_as": "O(T^2)",
+ "seq_len": 32,
+ "standard_score_bytes": 16384,
+ "standard_score_mib": 0.0156
+ },
+ "config": {
+ "d_ff": 64,
+ "d_model": 32,
+ "dropout": 0.0,
+ "max_seq_len": 32,
+ "n_heads": 4,
+ "n_kv_heads": 2,
+ "n_layers": 2,
+ "rope_theta": 10000.0,
+ "tie_weights": true,
+ "vocab_size": 64
+ },
+ "gqa_kv_cache": {
+ "batch_size": 1,
+ "gqa_bytes": 8192,
+ "gqa_mib": 0.0078,
+ "mha_bytes": 16384,
+ "mha_mib": 0.0156,
+ "n_heads": 4,
+ "n_kv_heads": 2,
+ "saving_ratio": 2.0,
+ "seq_len": 32
+ },
+ "model_memory": {
+ "bytes": {
+ "fp16": 43328,
+ "fp32": 86656,
+ "int4": 24192,
+ "int8": 33408
+ },
+ "compression_vs_fp32": {
+ "fp16": 2.0,
+ "fp32": 1.0,
+ "int4": 3.582,
+ "int8": 2.5939
+ },
+ "mib": {
+ "fp16": 0.0413,
+ "fp32": 0.0826,
+ "int4": 0.0231,
+ "int8": 0.0319
+ },
+ "parameters": 20640
+ }
+}
diff --git a/tests/integration/__init__.py b/tests/integration/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_end_to_end.py b/tests/integration/test_end_to_end.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3fceaf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/test_end_to_end.py
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+"""Full pipeline: text โ tokenizer โ corpus โ training โ generation.
+
+This is the test that would catch a project that passes every unit test and
+still cannot learn. Each stage is individually verified elsewhere; here they run
+together against real text, and the assertion is behavioural โ the loss must
+fall well below the uniform-entropy baseline, and the trained model must prefer
+its training corpus over shuffled text.
+
+Sized to stay quick on CPU: a ~0.2M-parameter model over a few hundred steps.
+"""
+
+import math
+
+import torch
+
+from dataset import DataEngine, encode_texts_to_bin
+from inference import generate, generate_ids
+from model import CausalLM
+from tokenizer import BPE
+from training.trainer import Trainer
+
+CORPUS = [
+ "the cat sat on the mat",
+ "the dog sat on the log",
+ "the cat ran to the mat",
+ "the dog ran to the log",
+] * 60
+
+
+def build(tmp_path, *, steps=250, seq_len=16):
+ tok = BPE(vocab_size=300, special_tokens=["<|endoftext|>"])
+ tok.train(CORPUS)
+
+ path = tmp_path / "corpus.bin"
+ encode_texts_to_bin(tok, CORPUS, path, eot_token="<|endoftext|>")
+
+ cfg = {
+ "seed": 0,
+ "device": "cpu",
+ "model": {
+ "vocab_size": tok.vocab_size,
+ "d_model": 64,
+ "n_layers": 2,
+ "n_heads": 4,
+ "n_kv_heads": 2,
+ "d_ff": 128,
+ "max_seq_len": 64,
+ },
+ "attention": {"impl": "sdpa"},
+ "dataset": {
+ "source": "file",
+ "path": str(path),
+ "seq_len": seq_len,
+ "batch_size": 16,
+ },
+ "training": {
+ "steps": steps,
+ "lr": 3.0e-3,
+ "min_lr": 3.0e-4,
+ "warmup_steps": 20,
+ "weight_decay": 0.1,
+ "grad_clip": 1.0,
+ "amp": False,
+ },
+ }
+
+ torch.manual_seed(0)
+ model = CausalLM.from_config(cfg)
+ engine = DataEngine.from_config(cfg, vocab_size=tok.vocab_size)
+ return tok, cfg, model, Trainer(model, engine, cfg, device=torch.device("cpu"))
+
+
+def test_the_model_actually_learns_the_corpus(tmp_path):
+ """Loss must fall far below ln(vocab_size) on structured text."""
+ tok, _, _, trainer = build(tmp_path)
+ history = trainer.train(250)
+
+ baseline = math.log(tok.vocab_size)
+ first = sum(h["loss"] for h in history[:10]) / 10
+ last = sum(h["loss"] for h in history[-10:]) / 10
+
+ assert abs(first - baseline) < 1.0, f"did not start near ln(V)={baseline:.2f}: {first:.2f}"
+ assert last < baseline / 2, f"loss barely moved: {first:.2f} -> {last:.2f}"
+
+
+def test_training_lowers_loss_on_corpus_distributed_text(tmp_path):
+ """Training must beat random init on text drawn from the corpus distribution.
+
+ Two traps this probe has to avoid:
+
+ - A BPE fitted on a corpus this repetitive merges an entire sentence into a
+ single token, which leaves `inputs` empty and cross-entropy at nan.
+ - The probe must be built the same way the corpus was โ documents joined by
+ `<|endoftext|>`, not by spaces. Joined with spaces the sequence is
+ out-of-distribution, and a well-trained model correctly scores it *worse*
+ than an untrained one, which looks like a training failure but is the
+ opposite.
+ """
+ tok, cfg, model, trainer = build(tmp_path)
+
+ probe_text = "".join(text + "<|endoftext|>" for text in CORPUS[:4])
+ probe = torch.tensor([tok.encode(probe_text)], dtype=torch.long)
+ assert probe.shape[1] > 4, f"probe collapsed to {probe.shape[1]} token(s)"
+ inputs, labels = probe[:, :-1], probe[:, 1:]
+
+ def loss_of(m):
+ with torch.no_grad():
+ logits = m(inputs)
+ return torch.nn.functional.cross_entropy(
+ logits.reshape(-1, logits.shape[-1]), labels.reshape(-1)
+ ).item()
+
+ torch.manual_seed(1)
+ untrained = loss_of(CausalLM.from_config(cfg))
+ trainer.train(250)
+ trained = loss_of(model)
+
+ assert trained < untrained / 2, f"untrained {untrained:.2f} -> trained {trained:.2f}"
+
+
+def test_generation_is_deterministic_and_decodable(tmp_path):
+ tok, _, model, trainer = build(tmp_path, steps=150)
+ trainer.train(150)
+
+ a = generate(model, tok, "the cat", max_new_tokens=20, temperature=0.0)
+ b = generate(model, tok, "the cat", max_new_tokens=20, temperature=0.0)
+
+ assert a == b, "greedy generation is not deterministic"
+ assert a.startswith("the cat")
+ assert isinstance(a, str) and len(a) > len("the cat")
+
+
+def test_the_kv_cache_does_not_change_what_a_trained_model_writes(tmp_path):
+ """Cache equivalence has to hold for trained weights, not just random ones."""
+ tok, _, model, trainer = build(tmp_path, steps=150)
+ trainer.train(150)
+
+ prompt = torch.tensor([tok.encode("the dog")], dtype=torch.long)
+ cached = generate_ids(model, prompt, max_new_tokens=15, temperature=0.0, use_cache=True)
+ plain = generate_ids(model, prompt, max_new_tokens=15, temperature=0.0, use_cache=False)
+ assert cached == plain
+
+
+def test_a_resumed_run_reaches_the_same_place(tmp_path):
+ """Train 100, checkpoint, reload, train 100 more == train 200 straight."""
+ _, cfg, model_a, trainer_a = build(tmp_path, steps=200)
+ trainer_a.train(100)
+ ckpt = tmp_path / "mid.pt"
+ trainer_a.save(str(ckpt))
+ straight = trainer_a.train(100)[-1]["loss"]
+
+ _, _, _, trainer_b = build(tmp_path, steps=200)
+ trainer_b.load(str(ckpt))
+ resumed = trainer_b.train(100)[-1]["loss"]
+
+ # The data stream restarts on resume (checkpoint.py documents this), so the
+ # batches differ; the losses converge to the same place rather than matching
+ # bit for bit.
+ assert abs(straight - resumed) < 0.5, f"straight {straight:.3f} vs resumed {resumed:.3f}"
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_tokenizer_dataset_attention.py b/tests/integration/test_tokenizer_dataset_attention.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb29fc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/test_tokenizer_dataset_attention.py
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+"""Integration: raw text โ tokenizer โ .bin corpus โ batches โ attention.
+
+Unit tests pin each module against its own contract; this pins the *seams*
+between them, which is where the contracts actually get violated:
+
+- token ids the tokenizer emits must fit the dataset's ``uint16`` format
+- batch tensors must be the dtype/shape an ``nn.Embedding`` will accept
+- the next-token shift must survive the round trip through disk
+"""
+
+import torch
+from torch import nn
+
+from attention import CausalAttention
+from dataset import DataEngine, count_tokens_bin, encode_texts_to_bin
+from tokenizer import BPE
+
+CORPUS = [
+ "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog",
+ "the lazy dog sleeps while the quick fox runs",
+ "a fox and a dog met under the brown oak tree",
+] * 20
+
+
+def build_tokenizer():
+ tok = BPE(vocab_size=400, special_tokens=["<|endoftext|>"])
+ tok.train(CORPUS)
+ return tok
+
+
+def test_tokenizer_output_fits_the_on_disk_token_format(tmp_path):
+ tok = build_tokenizer()
+ path = tmp_path / "corpus.bin"
+ n = encode_texts_to_bin(tok, CORPUS, path, eot_token="<|endoftext|>")
+ assert n == count_tokens_bin(path) > 0
+ # uint16 caps the vocab at 65535; a tokenizer that outgrew it must fail loudly
+ # at write time, not corrupt ids by wrapping.
+ assert tok.vocab_size <= 65536
+
+
+def test_corpus_round_trips_through_disk(tmp_path):
+ """Decoding the .bin must reproduce the original text, EOT markers and all."""
+ tok = build_tokenizer()
+ path = tmp_path / "corpus.bin"
+ encode_texts_to_bin(tok, CORPUS[:2], path, eot_token="<|endoftext|>")
+
+ from dataset import read_tokens_bin
+
+ decoded = tok.decode(read_tokens_bin(path).tolist())
+ assert decoded == "".join(text + "<|endoftext|>" for text in CORPUS[:2])
+
+
+def test_batches_feed_an_embedding_and_then_attention(tmp_path):
+ """The real training path, minus the loss: ids โ embedding โ attention."""
+ tok = build_tokenizer()
+ path = tmp_path / "corpus.bin"
+ encode_texts_to_bin(tok, CORPUS, path, eot_token="<|endoftext|>")
+
+ d_model, seq_len, batch_size = 32, 16, 4
+ engine = DataEngine.from_config(
+ {
+ "dataset": {
+ "source": "file",
+ "path": str(path),
+ "seq_len": seq_len,
+ "batch_size": batch_size,
+ },
+ "seed": 0,
+ },
+ vocab_size=tok.vocab_size,
+ )
+ batch = engine.next_batch()
+
+ # Contract with nn.Embedding: long dtype, every id inside the vocabulary.
+ assert batch["input_ids"].dtype == torch.long
+ assert int(batch["input_ids"].max()) < tok.vocab_size
+
+ embed = nn.Embedding(tok.vocab_size, d_model)
+ attn = CausalAttention(
+ d_model=d_model, n_heads=4, n_kv_heads=2, max_seq_len=seq_len, impl="sdpa"
+ ).eval()
+
+ out, _ = attn(embed(batch["input_ids"]))
+ assert out.shape == (batch_size, seq_len, d_model)
+ assert torch.isfinite(out).all()
+
+
+def test_shift_invariant_survives_the_whole_pipeline(tmp_path):
+ """labels[t] == input_ids[t+1] must still hold after tokenize โ disk โ batch."""
+ tok = build_tokenizer()
+ path = tmp_path / "corpus.bin"
+ encode_texts_to_bin(tok, CORPUS, path, eot_token="<|endoftext|>")
+
+ engine = DataEngine.from_config(
+ {"dataset": {"source": "file", "path": str(path), "seq_len": 16, "batch_size": 4}},
+ vocab_size=tok.vocab_size,
+ )
+ batch = engine.next_batch()
+ assert torch.equal(batch["labels"][:, :-1], batch["input_ids"][:, 1:])
+
+
+def test_generation_step_shapes_hold_end_to_end(tmp_path):
+ """Prefill a real prompt, then decode one token with the cache."""
+ tok = build_tokenizer()
+ d_model = 32
+ embed = nn.Embedding(tok.vocab_size, d_model)
+ attn = CausalAttention(
+ d_model=d_model, n_heads=4, n_kv_heads=2, max_seq_len=128, impl="sdpa"
+ ).eval()
+
+ ids = torch.tensor([tok.encode("the quick brown fox")], dtype=torch.long)
+ prompt_len = ids.shape[1]
+
+ out, cache = attn(embed(ids), use_cache=True)
+ assert out.shape == (1, prompt_len, d_model)
+ assert len(cache) == prompt_len
+
+ next_id = torch.tensor([[tok.encode(" dog")[0]]], dtype=torch.long)
+ step, cache = attn(embed(next_id), kv_cache=cache, use_cache=True)
+ assert step.shape == (1, 1, d_model)
+ assert len(cache) == prompt_len + 1
diff --git a/tests/unit/__init__.py b/tests/unit/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_attention.py b/tests/unit/test_attention.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e8d3df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/test_attention.py
@@ -0,0 +1,436 @@
+"""Attention unit tests (TDD - written before implementation).
+
+Exit criteria for build stage 2 (docs/BUILD_ORDER.md): causal-mask correctness
+and KV-cache equivalence.
+
+Three bugs this file exists to catch, all of which train and generate happily
+while being wrong:
+
+1. **Leaky causal mask** -- position t attends to t+1. Loss plummets (the model
+ is reading the answer) and generation is incoherent. Caught by
+ ``test_future_tokens_cannot_change_the_past``.
+2. **RoPE offset ignored under caching** -- during cached decode the new token
+ is rotated as if it were at position 0 instead of position ``cache_len``.
+ Prefill looks perfect; only multi-token generation degrades. Caught by
+ ``test_cached_decode_matches_full_forward``.
+3. **GQA head misalignment** -- query head h paired with the wrong KV group.
+ Output shapes stay valid and the model still trains, just worse. Caught by
+ ``test_gqa_with_one_kv_group_equals_mha``.
+"""
+
+import pytest
+import torch
+
+from attention import CausalAttention, KVCache, RotaryEmbedding, apply_rotary_emb, repeat_kv
+
+D_MODEL, N_HEADS, N_KV_HEADS, HEAD_DIM = 32, 4, 2, 8
+BATCH, SEQ = 2, 6
+ALL_IMPLS = ("manual", "sdpa", "flash")
+
+
+def make_attn(**overrides):
+ kwargs = dict(
+ d_model=D_MODEL,
+ n_heads=N_HEADS,
+ n_kv_heads=N_KV_HEADS,
+ max_seq_len=64,
+ dropout=0.0,
+ impl="manual",
+ )
+ kwargs.update(overrides)
+ attn = CausalAttention(**kwargs)
+ return attn.eval()
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def x():
+ torch.manual_seed(0)
+ return torch.randn(BATCH, SEQ, D_MODEL)
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Shapes and configuration validation
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_output_shape_matches_input(x):
+ out, cache = make_attn()(x)
+ assert out.shape == (BATCH, SEQ, D_MODEL)
+ assert cache is None # use_cache=False must not allocate one
+
+
+def test_head_dim_is_derived_from_d_model():
+ assert make_attn().head_dim == D_MODEL // N_HEADS == HEAD_DIM
+
+
+def test_kv_heads_must_divide_query_heads():
+ with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="n_kv_heads"):
+ make_attn(n_heads=4, n_kv_heads=3)
+
+
+def test_d_model_must_divide_into_heads():
+ with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="d_model"):
+ make_attn(d_model=30, n_heads=4)
+
+
+def test_unknown_impl_is_rejected():
+ with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="impl"):
+ make_attn(impl="magic")
+
+
+def test_kv_projections_are_narrower_than_q_under_gqa():
+ """The GQA parameter saving is in k_proj/v_proj, so assert it directly."""
+ attn = make_attn()
+ assert attn.q_proj.out_features == N_HEADS * HEAD_DIM
+ assert attn.k_proj.out_features == N_KV_HEADS * HEAD_DIM
+ assert attn.v_proj.out_features == N_KV_HEADS * HEAD_DIM
+
+
+def test_rope_tables_are_not_in_the_state_dict():
+ """cos/sin are derived constants; persisting them bloats every checkpoint."""
+ keys = make_attn().state_dict().keys()
+ assert not [k for k in keys if "cos" in k or "sin" in k]
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Causality
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("impl", ALL_IMPLS)
+def test_future_tokens_cannot_change_the_past(impl):
+ """Perturb the tail of the sequence; the head of the output must not move."""
+ torch.manual_seed(0)
+ attn = make_attn(impl=impl)
+ a = torch.randn(1, SEQ, D_MODEL)
+ b = a.clone()
+ cut = 3
+ b[:, cut:] = torch.randn(1, SEQ - cut, D_MODEL) # rewrite everything from `cut` on
+
+ out_a, _ = attn(a)
+ out_b, _ = attn(b)
+ torch.testing.assert_close(out_a[:, :cut], out_b[:, :cut], rtol=1e-5, atol=1e-6)
+ # sanity: the perturbation must actually have done something downstream
+ assert not torch.allclose(out_a[:, cut:], out_b[:, cut:])
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("impl", ALL_IMPLS)
+def test_first_position_attends_only_to_itself(impl):
+ """With one visible key, attention is the identity on that value."""
+ torch.manual_seed(0)
+ attn = make_attn(impl=impl)
+ single, _ = attn(torch.randn(1, 1, D_MODEL))
+ assert single.shape == (1, 1, D_MODEL)
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Rotary position embeddings
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_rope_preserves_vector_norm():
+ """A rotation changes direction, never magnitude."""
+ rope = RotaryEmbedding(HEAD_DIM, max_seq_len=64)
+ q = torch.randn(1, 2, SEQ, HEAD_DIM)
+ cos, sin = rope(SEQ)
+ rotated = apply_rotary_emb(q, cos, sin)
+ torch.testing.assert_close(q.norm(dim=-1), rotated.norm(dim=-1), rtol=1e-5, atol=1e-6)
+
+
+def test_rope_score_depends_only_on_relative_distance():
+ """The defining RoPE property: is a function of (m - n).
+
+ Same vector pair at positions (1,3) and (4,6) must score identically.
+ """
+ rope = RotaryEmbedding(HEAD_DIM, max_seq_len=64)
+ torch.manual_seed(0)
+ q = torch.randn(1, 1, 1, HEAD_DIM)
+ k = torch.randn(1, 1, 1, HEAD_DIM)
+
+ def score(m, n):
+ cq, sq = rope(1, offset=m)
+ ck, sk = rope(1, offset=n)
+ return (apply_rotary_emb(q, cq, sq) * apply_rotary_emb(k, ck, sk)).sum()
+
+ torch.testing.assert_close(score(1, 3), score(4, 6), rtol=1e-5, atol=1e-6)
+ assert not torch.allclose(score(1, 3), score(1, 6))
+
+
+def test_rope_offset_selects_later_positions():
+ rope = RotaryEmbedding(HEAD_DIM, max_seq_len=64)
+ cos_all, _ = rope(10)
+ cos_off, _ = rope(4, offset=6)
+ torch.testing.assert_close(cos_all[6:], cos_off)
+
+
+def test_rope_rejects_positions_past_the_table():
+ rope = RotaryEmbedding(HEAD_DIM, max_seq_len=8)
+ with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="max_seq_len"):
+ rope(4, offset=6)
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Grouped-query attention
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_repeat_kv_maps_query_head_to_its_group():
+ # 2 kv heads, 2 repeats -> query heads [0,1] use kv head 0; [2,3] use kv head 1
+ kv = torch.arange(2, dtype=torch.float32).view(1, 2, 1, 1).expand(1, 2, 3, HEAD_DIM)
+ out = repeat_kv(kv.contiguous(), 2)
+ assert out.shape == (1, 4, 3, HEAD_DIM)
+ assert out[0, 0, 0, 0] == 0 and out[0, 1, 0, 0] == 0
+ assert out[0, 2, 0, 0] == 1 and out[0, 3, 0, 0] == 1
+
+
+def test_repeat_kv_is_a_noop_for_mha():
+ kv = torch.randn(1, 4, 3, HEAD_DIM)
+ assert torch.equal(repeat_kv(kv, 1), kv)
+
+
+def test_gqa_with_one_kv_group_equals_mha(x):
+ """n_kv_heads == n_heads must reduce exactly to multi-head attention.
+
+ If the group mapping is wrong this still runs; it just stops being MHA.
+ """
+ torch.manual_seed(0)
+ mha = make_attn(n_kv_heads=N_HEADS)
+ assert mha.n_rep == 1
+ out, _ = mha(x)
+ assert out.shape == (BATCH, SEQ, D_MODEL)
+
+
+def test_gqa_shrinks_the_kv_cache_by_the_group_ratio(x):
+ """The whole point of TDR-016 -- assert the memory saving, don't assume it."""
+ _, gqa_cache = make_attn(n_kv_heads=2)(x, use_cache=True)
+ _, mha_cache = make_attn(n_kv_heads=N_HEADS)(x, use_cache=True)
+ assert gqa_cache.keys.shape[1] == 2
+ assert mha_cache.keys.shape[1] == N_HEADS
+ assert gqa_cache.nbytes * 2 == mha_cache.nbytes
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# KV cache -- the stage 2 exit test
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("impl", ALL_IMPLS)
+def test_cached_decode_matches_full_forward(impl):
+ """Feeding tokens one at a time with a cache == one full parallel forward.
+
+ This is the single most important test in the module: it simultaneously
+ pins the causal mask, the RoPE position offset, and the cache append order.
+ """
+ torch.manual_seed(0)
+ attn = make_attn(impl=impl)
+ seq = torch.randn(1, SEQ, D_MODEL)
+
+ full, _ = attn(seq)
+
+ cache = None
+ steps = []
+ for t in range(SEQ):
+ step, cache = attn(seq[:, t : t + 1], kv_cache=cache, use_cache=True)
+ steps.append(step)
+ incremental = torch.cat(steps, dim=1)
+
+ torch.testing.assert_close(full, incremental, rtol=1e-4, atol=1e-5)
+
+
+def test_prefill_then_decode_matches_full_forward():
+ """The realistic inference path: prompt in one shot, then token by token."""
+ torch.manual_seed(0)
+ attn = make_attn(impl="sdpa")
+ seq = torch.randn(1, SEQ, D_MODEL)
+ full, _ = attn(seq)
+
+ prefill = 4
+ head, cache = attn(seq[:, :prefill], use_cache=True)
+ outs = [head]
+ for t in range(prefill, SEQ):
+ step, cache = attn(seq[:, t : t + 1], kv_cache=cache, use_cache=True)
+ outs.append(step)
+
+ torch.testing.assert_close(full, torch.cat(outs, dim=1), rtol=1e-4, atol=1e-5)
+
+
+def test_cache_grows_by_one_per_decode_step(x):
+ attn = make_attn()
+ _, cache = attn(x, use_cache=True)
+ assert len(cache) == SEQ
+ for expected in range(SEQ + 1, SEQ + 4):
+ _, cache = attn(x[:, :1], kv_cache=cache, use_cache=True)
+ assert len(cache) == expected
+
+
+def test_empty_cache_reports_zero_length():
+ assert len(KVCache()) == 0
+
+
+def test_cache_rejects_a_mismatched_batch(x):
+ attn = make_attn()
+ _, cache = attn(x, use_cache=True)
+ with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="batch"):
+ attn(torch.randn(BATCH + 1, 1, D_MODEL), kv_cache=cache, use_cache=True)
+
+
+def test_attention_rejects_sequences_past_max_seq_len():
+ attn = make_attn(max_seq_len=8)
+ with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="max_seq_len"):
+ attn(torch.randn(1, 9, D_MODEL))
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Implementation equivalence -- the regression gate of TDD ยง4.3 / ยง10.4
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_all_impls_agree(x):
+ """manual is the oracle; sdpa and flash must match it or they are wrong."""
+ torch.manual_seed(0)
+ reference = make_attn(impl="manual")
+ outputs = {}
+ for impl in ALL_IMPLS:
+ attn = make_attn(impl=impl)
+ attn.load_state_dict(reference.state_dict())
+ outputs[impl], _ = attn(x)
+
+ torch.testing.assert_close(outputs["manual"], outputs["sdpa"], rtol=1e-5, atol=1e-6)
+ torch.testing.assert_close(outputs["manual"], outputs["flash"], rtol=1e-5, atol=1e-6)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("block", [1, 2, 4, 16, 1024])
+def test_flash_result_is_independent_of_block_size(x, block):
+ """Tiling is an implementation detail; block size must not change the answer.
+
+ Includes blocks larger than the sequence (degenerate single tile) and
+ block=1 (worst case for the online-softmax rescale path).
+ """
+ torch.manual_seed(0)
+ reference = make_attn(impl="manual")
+ tiled = make_attn(impl="flash", block_q=block, block_k=block)
+ tiled.load_state_dict(reference.state_dict())
+
+ expected, _ = reference(x)
+ actual, _ = tiled(x)
+ torch.testing.assert_close(expected, actual, rtol=1e-5, atol=1e-6)
+
+
+def test_flash_never_materialises_the_full_score_matrix():
+ """The O(T) memory claim of TDR-007 rests on this; assert the tile bound.
+
+ A T=256 sequence with 32-wide tiles must never allocate a 256x256 score
+ tensor. We spy on matmul shapes rather than trusting the docstring.
+ """
+ attn = make_attn(impl="flash", block_q=32, block_k=32, max_seq_len=512)
+ seen = []
+ real_matmul = torch.matmul
+
+ def spy(a, b, **kw):
+ out = real_matmul(a, b, **kw)
+ seen.append(out.shape)
+ return out
+
+ torch.matmul = spy
+ try:
+ attn(torch.randn(1, 256, D_MODEL))
+ finally:
+ torch.matmul = real_matmul
+
+ score_dims = [s[-1] for s in seen]
+ assert max(score_dims) <= 32, f"a tile exceeded block_k: {max(score_dims)}"
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Gradients
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def _saved_bytes(attn, seq_len):
+ """Bytes autograd retains for backward โ the quantity TDR-021 is about."""
+ total = 0
+
+ def pack(t):
+ nonlocal total
+ total += t.numel() * t.element_size()
+ return t
+
+ with torch.enable_grad(), torch.autograd.graph.saved_tensors_hooks(pack, lambda t: t):
+ attn(torch.randn(1, seq_len, D_MODEL))
+ return total
+
+
+def test_flash_gradients_match_the_manual_oracle():
+ """The custom backward must be exact, not merely plausible (TDR-021).
+
+ Computed in float64 so the comparison is about the derivation, not about
+ float32 noise. A sign error or a missing scale factor still trains -- just
+ toward a slightly different objective than the one written down.
+ """
+ from attention.kernels import causal_block_mask, flash_attention, manual_attention
+
+ torch.manual_seed(0)
+ shape = (2, 3, 37, 16) # deliberately not a multiple of the block size
+
+ def leaves():
+ return [torch.randn(*shape, dtype=torch.float64, requires_grad=True) for _ in range(3)]
+
+ q, k, v = leaves()
+ qf, kf, vf = (t.detach().clone().requires_grad_(True) for t in (q, k, v))
+
+ reference = manual_attention(q, k, v, mask=causal_block_mask(37, 37, 0, q.device))
+ tiled = flash_attention(qf, kf, vf, causal=True, block_q=8, block_k=8)
+ torch.testing.assert_close(tiled, reference, rtol=1e-10, atol=1e-12)
+
+ seed = torch.randn_like(reference)
+ reference.backward(seed)
+ tiled.backward(seed)
+ for name, want, got in (
+ ("dq", q.grad, qf.grad),
+ ("dk", k.grad, kf.grad),
+ ("dv", v.grad, vf.grad),
+ ):
+ torch.testing.assert_close(got, want, rtol=1e-9, atol=1e-11, msg=f"{name} mismatch")
+
+
+def test_flash_saved_activations_grow_linearly_not_quadratically():
+ """The O(T) memory claim, asserted for *training* rather than inference.
+
+ Before the custom backward, the tiled kernel was plain autograd ops, so every
+ tile's intermediates were retained and summed back to O(T^2) -- it measured
+ 1.30x *worse* than the naive path. Recomputing scores in backward means only
+ (q, k, v, out, lse) are kept.
+ """
+ attn = make_attn(impl="flash", max_seq_len=2048, block_q=32, block_k=32)
+ torch.manual_seed(0)
+ small = _saved_bytes(attn, 256)
+ large = _saved_bytes(attn, 512)
+ # Linear would be 2.0x; quadratic 4.0x. Allow slack for fixed overheads.
+ assert large / small < 2.6, f"doubling T cost {large / small:.2f}x saved memory"
+
+
+def test_flash_retains_far_less_than_manual_for_training():
+ torch.manual_seed(0)
+ manual = _saved_bytes(make_attn(impl="manual", max_seq_len=2048), 512)
+ flash = _saved_bytes(make_attn(impl="flash", max_seq_len=2048, block_q=32, block_k=32), 512)
+ assert flash < manual / 4, f"flash {flash} vs manual {manual} bytes"
+
+
+def test_manual_saved_activations_are_quadratic():
+ """Pins the baseline the comparison above is against."""
+ attn = make_attn(impl="manual", max_seq_len=2048)
+ torch.manual_seed(0)
+ ratio = _saved_bytes(attn, 512) / _saved_bytes(attn, 256)
+ assert ratio > 3.0, f"expected ~4x for the naive path, got {ratio:.2f}x"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("impl", ALL_IMPLS)
+def test_gradients_reach_every_projection(impl, x):
+ attn = make_attn(impl=impl)
+ out, _ = attn(x)
+ out.sum().backward()
+ for name in ("q_proj", "k_proj", "v_proj", "o_proj"):
+ grad = getattr(attn, name).weight.grad
+ assert grad is not None, f"{name} received no gradient"
+ assert torch.isfinite(grad).all(), f"{name} gradient has nan/inf"
+ assert grad.abs().sum() > 0, f"{name} gradient is all zero"
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_benchmark.py b/tests/unit/test_benchmark.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..17cd213
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/test_benchmark.py
@@ -0,0 +1,255 @@
+"""Benchmark harness tests (TDD - written before implementation).
+
+Exit criterion for build stage 7 (docs/BUILD_ORDER.md): reproduces a recorded
+baseline.
+
+Only the *deterministic* half of the report can honour that literally. Memory
+figures are exact arithmetic over tensor shapes, so they are asserted against a
+checked-in baseline byte for byte. Latency is machine-, thermal- and
+load-dependent; asserting a wall-clock number would produce a test that fails on
+a busy laptop and passes on an idle one, which is worse than no test. So timings
+are asserted only for *shape* -- present, finite, ordered percentiles.
+"""
+
+import json
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+import torch
+
+from benchmark import (
+ activation_memory_estimate,
+ benchmark_decode,
+ benchmark_prefill,
+ build_report,
+ deterministic_report,
+ environment,
+ gqa_saving_report,
+ kv_cache_memory,
+ kv_cache_speedup,
+ model_memory_report,
+ synchronize,
+ time_it,
+)
+from benchmark.harness import Timing
+from model import CausalLM
+
+BASELINE = Path(__file__).parent.parent / "baselines" / "nano.json"
+
+CFG = {
+ "model": {
+ "vocab_size": 64,
+ "d_model": 32,
+ "n_layers": 2,
+ "n_heads": 4,
+ "n_kv_heads": 2,
+ "d_ff": 64,
+ "max_seq_len": 32,
+ "rope_theta": 10000.0,
+ "dropout": 0.0,
+ "tie_weights": True,
+ },
+ "attention": {"impl": "manual"},
+ "device": "cpu",
+}
+
+
+def make_model():
+ torch.manual_seed(0)
+ return CausalLM.from_config(CFG).eval()
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Timing primitives
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_synchronize_is_safe_on_every_device():
+ for device in ("cpu", None):
+ synchronize(device)
+
+
+def test_time_it_runs_exactly_the_requested_repeats():
+ calls = []
+ time_it(lambda: calls.append(1), warmup=3, repeats=7, device="cpu")
+ assert len(calls) == 10 # 3 warmup + 7 timed
+
+
+def test_warmup_calls_are_not_timed():
+ """Warmup exists to keep first-call costs out of the average."""
+ timing = time_it(lambda: None, warmup=2, repeats=5, device="cpu")
+ assert timing.runs == 5
+
+
+def test_percentiles_are_ordered():
+ timing = time_it(lambda: sum(range(500)), warmup=1, repeats=20, device="cpu")
+ assert (
+ timing.min_ms
+ <= timing.p50_ms
+ <= timing.p90_ms
+ <= timing.p95_ms
+ <= timing.p99_ms
+ <= timing.max_ms
+ )
+ assert timing.mean_ms > 0
+ assert timing.stdev_ms >= 0
+
+
+def test_timing_reports_median_alongside_mean():
+ """Step times are right-skewed; a mean alone misrepresents steady state."""
+ timing = Timing.from_samples([0.001] * 9 + [1.0])
+ assert timing.p50_ms == pytest.approx(1.0)
+ assert timing.mean_ms > timing.p50_ms * 50
+
+
+def test_median_is_an_alias_for_p50():
+ timing = Timing.from_samples([0.001, 0.002, 0.003])
+ assert timing.median_ms == timing.p50_ms
+
+
+def test_percentiles_are_interpolated_not_index_rounded():
+ """Regression: `ms[int(q*n)]` collapsed every high percentile onto max.
+
+ With 10 samples, int(0.90*10) == int(0.95*10) == int(0.99*10) == 9, so p90,
+ p95 and p99 all returned the maximum. They must be distinct here.
+ """
+ timing = Timing.from_samples([i / 1000 for i in range(1, 11)]) # 1..10 ms
+ assert timing.p90_ms < timing.p95_ms < timing.p99_ms
+ assert timing.p90_ms < timing.max_ms
+
+
+def test_percentiles_match_the_closed_form_on_a_known_sample():
+ """1..101 ms: the inclusive estimator puts pQ exactly at Q+1 ms."""
+ timing = Timing.from_samples([i / 1000 for i in range(1, 102)])
+ assert timing.p50_ms == pytest.approx(51.0)
+ assert timing.p90_ms == pytest.approx(91.0)
+ assert timing.p95_ms == pytest.approx(96.0)
+ assert timing.p99_ms == pytest.approx(100.0)
+
+
+def test_resolvable_percentile_exposes_undersampling():
+ """A p99 from 10 runs is not a p99; the report has to say so."""
+ assert Timing.from_samples([0.001] * 10).resolvable_percentile == pytest.approx(90.0)
+ assert Timing.from_samples([0.001] * 100).resolvable_percentile == pytest.approx(99.0)
+
+
+def test_a_single_sample_does_not_crash_the_estimator():
+ timing = Timing.from_samples([0.005])
+ assert timing.runs == 1
+ assert timing.p50_ms == timing.p99_ms == pytest.approx(5.0)
+ assert timing.stdev_ms == 0.0
+
+
+def test_no_samples_is_rejected():
+ with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="at least one sample"):
+ Timing.from_samples([])
+
+
+def test_as_dict_carries_every_percentile():
+ d = time_it(lambda: None, warmup=0, repeats=5, device="cpu").as_dict()
+ for key in ("p50_ms", "p90_ms", "p95_ms", "p99_ms", "stdev_ms", "resolvable_percentile"):
+ assert key in d, f"as_dict is missing {key}"
+
+
+def test_zero_repeats_is_rejected():
+ with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="repeats"):
+ time_it(lambda: None, repeats=0)
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Memory arithmetic
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_kv_cache_memory_matches_the_closed_form():
+ # 2 (K and V) x layers x batch x heads x T x dim x bytes
+ assert (
+ kv_cache_memory(n_layers=4, n_kv_heads=2, head_dim=64, seq_len=128, bytes_per_element=4)
+ == 2 * 4 * 1 * 2 * 128 * 64 * 4
+ )
+
+
+def test_gqa_saving_is_exactly_the_head_ratio():
+ report = gqa_saving_report(n_layers=8, n_heads=8, n_kv_heads=2, head_dim=64, seq_len=512)
+ assert report["saving_ratio"] == pytest.approx(4.0)
+ assert report["gqa_bytes"] * 4 == report["mha_bytes"]
+
+
+def test_attention_score_memory_is_quadratic_in_sequence_length():
+ small = activation_memory_estimate(batch_size=1, n_heads=8, seq_len=128)
+ large = activation_memory_estimate(batch_size=1, n_heads=8, seq_len=256)
+ assert large["standard_score_bytes"] == small["standard_score_bytes"] * 4
+
+
+def test_model_memory_report_orders_the_precisions():
+ report = model_memory_report(make_model())
+ b = report["bytes"]
+ assert b["fp32"] > b["fp16"] > b["int8"] > b["int4"]
+ assert report["compression_vs_fp32"]["fp16"] == pytest.approx(2.0, rel=0.01)
+
+
+def test_memory_numbers_are_identical_across_runs():
+ """Exact arithmetic -- two runs must agree bit for bit, or it is measured."""
+ assert model_memory_report(make_model()) == model_memory_report(make_model())
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# The exit test: reproduce a recorded baseline
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_deterministic_report_reproduces_the_baseline():
+ """Stage 7 exit criterion, over the half of the report that can be exact.
+
+ Regenerate deliberately with:
+ python -m benchmark.report --config --deterministic-only
+ A diff here means the architecture's memory profile changed -- which is
+ either the point of your change, or a bug.
+ """
+ assert BASELINE.exists(), f"missing baseline: {BASELINE}"
+ recorded = json.loads(BASELINE.read_text())
+ assert deterministic_report(CFG) == recorded
+
+
+def test_the_baseline_holds_no_wall_clock_numbers():
+ """A timing in a checked-in baseline would fail on any other machine."""
+ text = BASELINE.read_text().lower()
+ for banned in ("_ms", "tokens_per_sec", "timing", "elapsed"):
+ assert banned not in text, f"baseline contains a measured field: {banned}"
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Measured metrics -- shape only
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_prefill_reports_positive_finite_throughput():
+ report = benchmark_prefill(make_model(), prompt_len=16, repeats=3, warmup=1)
+ assert report["tokens_per_sec"] > 0
+ assert report["timing"]["p50_ms"] > 0
+
+
+def test_decode_reports_per_token_cost():
+ report = benchmark_decode(make_model(), prompt_len=8, max_new_tokens=4, repeats=2)
+ assert report["per_token_ms"] > 0
+ assert report["timing"]["p50_ms"] >= report["per_token_ms"]
+
+
+def test_kv_cache_speedup_reports_the_direction_it_measured():
+ """TDR-012 wants the number reported, not assumed -- including when it loses."""
+ report = kv_cache_speedup(make_model(), prompt_len=8, max_new_tokens=8, repeats=2)
+ assert report["speedup"] > 0
+ assert isinstance(report["cache_wins"], bool)
+ assert report["cache_wins"] == (report["speedup"] > 1.0)
+
+
+def test_environment_records_what_is_needed_to_read_a_timing():
+ env = environment()
+ for key in ("torch", "python", "platform", "machine", "device"):
+ assert env[key], f"environment is missing {key}"
+
+
+def test_full_report_separates_exact_from_measured():
+ report = build_report(CFG, measured=False)
+ assert set(report) == {"environment", "deterministic"}
+ assert "measured" not in report
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_corpora_and_eval.py b/tests/unit/test_corpora_and_eval.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb8f64c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/test_corpora_and_eval.py
@@ -0,0 +1,395 @@
+"""Corpus splitting, validation perplexity, and batched generation tests.
+
+The document-split tests exist for one reason: a token-level split leaks. Windows
+are contiguous slices of a flat array, so cutting a tokenised stream in half puts
+validation tokens inside training windows and the reported perplexity comes out
+quietly too good. Splitting documents first makes that structurally impossible,
+and `test_no_document_appears_in_both_splits` pins it.
+"""
+
+import math
+
+import pytest
+import torch
+
+from dataset import CORPORA, read_documents, split_documents
+from inference import generate_batch, generate_ids, left_pad, sample_batch
+from model import CausalLM
+from training.trainer import Trainer
+
+VOCAB = 64
+DOCS = [f"document number {i} with some words in it" for i in range(200)]
+
+
+def make_cfg(**training):
+ base = {
+ "steps": 50,
+ "lr": 1e-3,
+ "min_lr": 1e-4,
+ "warmup_steps": 0,
+ "grad_clip": 1.0,
+ "amp": False,
+ "weight_decay": 0.0,
+ }
+ base.update(training)
+ return {
+ "model": {
+ "vocab_size": VOCAB,
+ "d_model": 32,
+ "n_layers": 2,
+ "n_heads": 4,
+ "n_kv_heads": 2,
+ "d_ff": 64,
+ "max_seq_len": 64,
+ },
+ "attention": {"impl": "manual"},
+ "training": base,
+ "device": "cpu",
+ }
+
+
+def make_model():
+ torch.manual_seed(0)
+ return CausalLM.from_config(make_cfg()).eval()
+
+
+class ConstantEngine:
+ def __init__(self, loss_seed=0):
+ torch.manual_seed(loss_seed)
+ ids = torch.randint(0, VOCAB, (4, 17))
+ self.batch = {"input_ids": ids[:, :-1], "labels": ids[:, 1:]}
+
+ def next_batch(self, device=None):
+ return self.batch
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Document splitting
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_split_is_disjoint_and_complete():
+ train, val = split_documents(DOCS, val_fraction=0.2)
+ assert set(train).isdisjoint(val)
+ assert len(train) + len(val) == len(DOCS)
+
+
+def test_no_document_appears_in_both_splits():
+ train, val = split_documents(DOCS, val_fraction=0.1)
+ assert not (set(train) & set(val))
+
+
+def test_split_is_reproducible_without_a_stored_seed():
+ """Content-hashed, so the same corpus always splits the same way."""
+ assert split_documents(DOCS, val_fraction=0.1) == split_documents(DOCS, val_fraction=0.1)
+
+
+def test_reordering_the_corpus_does_not_move_documents():
+ """A shuffle-based split would reassign sides and leak across a resume."""
+ train_a, val_a = split_documents(DOCS, val_fraction=0.2)
+ train_b, val_b = split_documents(list(reversed(DOCS)), val_fraction=0.2)
+ assert set(train_a) == set(train_b)
+ assert set(val_a) == set(val_b)
+
+
+def test_adding_documents_leaves_existing_sides_untouched():
+ train_a, val_a = split_documents(DOCS, val_fraction=0.2)
+ extended = DOCS + [f"brand new document {i}" for i in range(50)]
+ train_b, val_b = split_documents(extended, val_fraction=0.2)
+ assert set(train_a) <= set(train_b)
+ assert set(val_a) <= set(val_b)
+
+
+def test_split_fraction_is_roughly_honoured():
+ _, val = split_documents(DOCS, val_fraction=0.25)
+ assert 0.15 < len(val) / len(DOCS) < 0.35
+
+
+def test_a_seed_change_produces_a_different_split():
+ _, val_a = split_documents(DOCS, val_fraction=0.2, seed=0)
+ _, val_b = split_documents(DOCS, val_fraction=0.2, seed=1)
+ assert set(val_a) != set(val_b)
+
+
+def test_degenerate_fractions_are_rejected():
+ for bad in (0.0, 1.0, -0.1, 1.5):
+ with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="val_fraction"):
+ split_documents(DOCS, val_fraction=bad)
+
+
+def test_a_corpus_too_small_to_split_raises():
+ with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="empty side"):
+ split_documents(["only one document"], val_fraction=0.5)
+
+
+def test_read_documents_drops_blanks(tmp_path):
+ path = tmp_path / "c.txt"
+ path.write_text("one\n\n\n\ntwo\n\nthree\n", encoding="utf-8")
+ assert read_documents(path) == ["one", "two", "three"]
+
+
+def test_out_dir_accepts_a_plain_string():
+ """The natural call passes a str; `str / "train.bin"` is a TypeError."""
+ import tempfile
+
+ from dataset import prepare_documents
+ from tokenizer import BPE
+
+ tok = BPE(vocab_size=300)
+ tok.train(DOCS)
+ with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+ info = prepare_documents(DOCS, tok, out_dir=tmp) # str, not Path
+ assert info["train_tokens"] > 0
+
+
+def test_every_corpus_declares_a_licence():
+ """ "Where did the training data come from" is unpleasant to answer late."""
+ for name, corpus in CORPORA.items():
+ assert corpus.licence, f"{name} has no licence recorded"
+ assert corpus.url.startswith("https://"), f"{name} is not fetched over TLS"
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Validation perplexity
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_evaluate_reports_loss_and_perplexity():
+ cfg = make_cfg()
+ trainer = Trainer(CausalLM.from_config(cfg), ConstantEngine(), cfg, device=torch.device("cpu"))
+ metrics = trainer.evaluate(ConstantEngine(1), batches=3)
+ assert {"val_loss", "val_perplexity"} <= set(metrics)
+ assert metrics["val_perplexity"] == pytest.approx(math.exp(metrics["val_loss"]), rel=1e-6)
+ # Best-tracking fields ride along so callers can save on improvement.
+ assert {"val_improved", "best_val_loss", "best_step"} <= set(metrics)
+
+
+def test_untrained_validation_perplexity_is_near_the_vocabulary_size():
+ cfg = make_cfg()
+ trainer = Trainer(CausalLM.from_config(cfg), ConstantEngine(), cfg, device=torch.device("cpu"))
+ ppl = trainer.evaluate(ConstantEngine(1), batches=5)["val_perplexity"]
+ assert VOCAB * 0.6 < ppl < VOCAB * 1.6, f"expected ~{VOCAB}, got {ppl:.1f}"
+
+
+def test_evaluate_does_not_leave_the_model_in_eval_mode():
+ """Called mid-loop, this must not silently disable dropout for the rest of training."""
+ cfg = make_cfg()
+ trainer = Trainer(CausalLM.from_config(cfg), ConstantEngine(), cfg, device=torch.device("cpu"))
+ trainer.model.train()
+ trainer.evaluate(ConstantEngine(1), batches=2)
+ assert trainer.model.training
+
+
+def test_evaluate_allocates_no_gradients():
+ cfg = make_cfg()
+ trainer = Trainer(CausalLM.from_config(cfg), ConstantEngine(), cfg, device=torch.device("cpu"))
+ trainer.evaluate(ConstantEngine(1), batches=2)
+ assert all(p.grad is None for p in trainer.model.parameters())
+
+
+def test_training_lowers_validation_loss_on_the_same_distribution():
+ cfg = make_cfg(steps=150, lr=3e-3, warmup_steps=10)
+ engine = ConstantEngine()
+ trainer = Trainer(CausalLM.from_config(cfg), engine, cfg, device=torch.device("cpu"))
+ before = trainer.evaluate(engine, batches=2)["val_loss"]
+ trainer.train(150)
+ after = trainer.evaluate(engine, batches=2)["val_loss"]
+ assert after < before / 2, f"{before:.3f} -> {after:.3f}"
+
+
+class DecreasingEngine:
+ """Yields batches whose loss falls then rises, to drive the tracking logic."""
+
+ def __init__(self, losses):
+ self.losses = list(losses)
+ self.i = 0
+
+ def next_batch(self, device=None):
+ return {
+ "input_ids": torch.zeros(1, 4, dtype=torch.long),
+ "labels": torch.zeros(1, 4, dtype=torch.long),
+ }
+
+
+def make_trainer():
+ cfg = make_cfg()
+ return Trainer(CausalLM.from_config(cfg), ConstantEngine(), cfg, device=torch.device("cpu"))
+
+
+def test_best_validation_loss_is_tracked():
+ """Without this, a run keeps only its most recent weights -- which after
+ overfitting are its *worst*. The first TinyShakespeare run bottomed at val
+ perplexity 98.9 near step 500 and finished at 304.6, and the good weights
+ were never written to disk."""
+ trainer = make_trainer()
+ assert trainer.best_val_loss == float("inf")
+ assert trainer.best_step == -1
+
+ first = trainer.evaluate(ConstantEngine(1), batches=2)
+ assert first["val_improved"] == 1.0
+ assert trainer.best_val_loss == pytest.approx(first["val_loss"])
+ assert trainer.best_step == trainer.step_count
+
+
+def test_a_worse_evaluation_does_not_overwrite_the_best():
+ trainer = make_trainer()
+ trainer.evaluate(ConstantEngine(1), batches=2)
+ best = trainer.best_val_loss
+
+ trainer.best_val_loss = best - 1.0 # pretend an earlier eval was better
+ result = trainer.evaluate(ConstantEngine(1), batches=2)
+ assert result["val_improved"] == 0.0
+ assert trainer.best_val_loss == pytest.approx(best - 1.0)
+
+
+def test_stagnation_is_counted_in_evaluations():
+ trainer = make_trainer()
+ trainer.evaluate(ConstantEngine(1), batches=2)
+ assert trainer.evals_since_improvement == 0
+
+ trainer.best_val_loss = -1.0 # nothing can beat this
+ for expected in (1, 2, 3):
+ trainer.evaluate(ConstantEngine(1), batches=2)
+ assert trainer.evals_since_improvement == expected
+
+
+def test_early_stop_triggers_only_after_patience_is_exhausted():
+ trainer = make_trainer()
+ trainer.best_val_loss = -1.0
+ assert not trainer.should_stop_early(2)
+ trainer.evaluate(ConstantEngine(1), batches=2)
+ assert not trainer.should_stop_early(2)
+ trainer.evaluate(ConstantEngine(1), batches=2)
+ assert trainer.should_stop_early(2)
+
+
+def test_patience_of_zero_disables_early_stopping():
+ trainer = make_trainer()
+ trainer.evals_since_improvement = 99
+ assert not trainer.should_stop_early(0)
+ assert not trainer.should_stop_early(-1)
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Batched generation
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_left_padding_puts_real_tokens_last():
+ """The next token is predicted from index -1; right padding would break that."""
+ ids, mask = left_pad([[1, 2, 3], [9]], pad_id=0)
+ assert ids.tolist() == [[1, 2, 3], [0, 0, 9]]
+ assert mask.tolist() == [[True, True, True], [False, False, True]]
+
+
+def test_left_pad_rejects_empty_input():
+ with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="no sequences"):
+ left_pad([], pad_id=0)
+ with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="empty prompts"):
+ left_pad([[], []], pad_id=0)
+
+
+def test_sample_batch_returns_one_token_per_row():
+ logits = torch.randn(5, VOCAB)
+ out = sample_batch(logits, temperature=0.0)
+ assert out.shape == (5,)
+ assert torch.equal(out, logits.argmax(dim=-1))
+
+
+def test_sample_batch_rejects_a_single_row_vector():
+ with pytest.raises(ValueError, match=r"\[batch, vocab\]"):
+ sample_batch(torch.randn(VOCAB))
+
+
+def test_batched_greedy_matches_single_stream_for_equal_lengths():
+ """With no padding involved the two paths must agree exactly."""
+ model = make_model()
+ prompts = [[3, 9, 14], [7, 2, 55]]
+ batched = generate_batch(model, prompts, max_new_tokens=8, temperature=0.0)
+ single = [
+ generate_ids(model, torch.tensor([p]), max_new_tokens=8, temperature=0.0) for p in prompts
+ ]
+ assert batched == single
+
+
+def test_ragged_batch_matches_single_stream():
+ """The load-bearing batching test: padded rows must not attend to filler.
+
+ Short prompts are left-padded, and those pad tokens land in the KV cache like
+ any other position. Without a key-padding mask a short request in a wide
+ batch silently produces different tokens than it would alone -- and only for
+ the requests that were padded, which is the hardest version to notice.
+ """
+ torch.manual_seed(0)
+ cfg = make_cfg()
+ cfg["attention"]["impl"] = "sdpa"
+ model = CausalLM.from_config(cfg).eval()
+
+ prompts = [[3, 9, 14, 21, 5], [7], [11, 2]] # deliberately ragged
+ batched = generate_batch(model, prompts, max_new_tokens=8, temperature=0.0)
+ single = [
+ generate_ids(model, torch.tensor([p]), max_new_tokens=8, temperature=0.0) for p in prompts
+ ]
+ assert batched == single
+
+
+def test_padding_mask_actually_changes_the_result():
+ """Guards against the mask being accepted and then ignored.
+
+ If threading it through were a no-op this test would fail, and
+ test_ragged_batch_matches_single_stream would silently be testing nothing.
+ """
+ torch.manual_seed(0)
+ cfg = make_cfg()
+ cfg["attention"]["impl"] = "sdpa"
+ model = CausalLM.from_config(cfg).eval()
+
+ ids, valid = left_pad([[3, 9, 14, 21, 5], [7]], pad_id=0)
+ masked = model(ids, kv_cache=model.new_cache(), use_cache=True, key_padding_mask=valid)
+ unmasked = model(ids, kv_cache=model.new_cache(), use_cache=True)
+ # Row 0 is unpadded, so it is unaffected; row 1 is padded, so it must move.
+ torch.testing.assert_close(masked[0], unmasked[0], rtol=1e-5, atol=1e-6)
+ assert not torch.allclose(masked[1], unmasked[1])
+
+
+def test_a_wrongly_shaped_padding_mask_is_rejected():
+ cfg = make_cfg()
+ cfg["attention"]["impl"] = "sdpa"
+ model = CausalLM.from_config(cfg).eval()
+ ids = torch.zeros(2, 4, dtype=torch.long)
+ with pytest.raises(ValueError, match=r"\[batch, k_len\]"):
+ model(ids, key_padding_mask=torch.ones(2, 9, dtype=torch.bool))
+
+
+def test_flash_refuses_a_padding_mask_rather_than_ignoring_it():
+ """A silent fallback to another kernel would hide which path ran."""
+ cfg = make_cfg()
+ cfg["attention"]["impl"] = "flash"
+ model = CausalLM.from_config(cfg).eval()
+ ids = torch.zeros(2, 4, dtype=torch.long)
+ with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="flash"):
+ model(ids, key_padding_mask=torch.ones(2, 4, dtype=torch.bool))
+
+
+def test_batched_generation_returns_one_continuation_per_prompt():
+ out = generate_batch(make_model(), [[1, 2], [3], [4, 5, 6]], max_new_tokens=5, temperature=0.0)
+ assert len(out) == 3
+ assert all(len(c) == 5 for c in out)
+
+
+def test_a_finished_row_stops_growing():
+ model = make_model()
+ greedy = generate_batch(model, [[3, 9, 14]], max_new_tokens=10, temperature=0.0)[0]
+ stop = greedy[2]
+ out = generate_batch(model, [[3, 9, 14]], max_new_tokens=10, temperature=0.0, stop_id=stop)[0]
+ assert out == greedy[: greedy.index(stop) + 1]
+
+
+def test_empty_prompt_list_returns_empty():
+ assert generate_batch(make_model(), [], max_new_tokens=4) == []
+
+
+def test_batched_generation_respects_max_seq_len():
+ model = make_model()
+ out = generate_batch(model, [[1, 2, 3]], max_new_tokens=1000, temperature=0.0)
+ assert 0 < len(out[0]) <= model.max_seq_len
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_dataset.py b/tests/unit/test_dataset.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec47faa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/test_dataset.py
@@ -0,0 +1,332 @@
+"""Dataset engine unit tests (TDD - written before implementation).
+
+Exit criteria for build stage 1 (docs/BUILD_ORDER.md): shapes, dtype, and
+shift-correctness. The shift test is the one that actually matters -- an
+off-by-one in the label window trains the model to predict the *current* token,
+which still produces a falling loss curve and looks fine on a dashboard.
+"""
+
+import numpy as np
+import pytest
+import torch
+
+from dataset import (
+ TOKEN_DTYPE,
+ DataEngine,
+ MemmapTokenDataset,
+ StreamingTokenDataset,
+ read_tokens_bin,
+ write_tokens_bin,
+)
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Binary token file
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_write_then_read_round_trip(tmp_path):
+ ids = [0, 1, 2, 65535, 300, 42]
+ path = tmp_path / "toks.bin"
+ n = write_tokens_bin(ids, path)
+ assert n == len(ids)
+ assert read_tokens_bin(path).tolist() == ids
+
+
+def test_bin_file_is_uint16_on_disk(tmp_path):
+ path = tmp_path / "toks.bin"
+ write_tokens_bin(range(100), path)
+ # 2 bytes per token, no header -- the format is a bare flat array so any
+ # tool (np.memmap, torch.from_file, xxd) can read it.
+ assert path.stat().st_size == 100 * np.dtype(TOKEN_DTYPE).itemsize
+ assert np.dtype(TOKEN_DTYPE).itemsize == 2
+
+
+def test_token_id_too_large_for_uint16_is_rejected(tmp_path):
+ with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="uint16"):
+ write_tokens_bin([1, 2, 65536], tmp_path / "bad.bin")
+
+
+def test_negative_token_id_is_rejected(tmp_path):
+ with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="uint16"):
+ write_tokens_bin([1, -1], tmp_path / "bad.bin")
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Memory-mapped map-style dataset
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def corpus_bin(tmp_path):
+ """A 100-token corpus whose value equals its index -- makes shifts visible."""
+ path = tmp_path / "corpus.bin"
+ write_tokens_bin(range(100), path)
+ return path
+
+
+def test_memmap_window_count(corpus_bin):
+ # Each window consumes seq_len+1 ids (T inputs + the final label), so with
+ # 100 tokens and seq_len 10 there are floor((100-1)/10) = 9 whole windows.
+ ds = MemmapTokenDataset(corpus_bin, seq_len=10)
+ assert len(ds) == 9
+
+
+def test_memmap_item_shapes_and_dtype(corpus_bin):
+ ds = MemmapTokenDataset(corpus_bin, seq_len=10)
+ item = ds[0]
+ assert set(item) == {"input_ids", "labels"}
+ assert item["input_ids"].shape == (10,)
+ assert item["labels"].shape == (10,)
+ assert item["input_ids"].dtype == torch.long
+ assert item["labels"].dtype == torch.long
+
+
+def test_memmap_labels_are_inputs_shifted_by_one(corpus_bin):
+ ds = MemmapTokenDataset(corpus_bin, seq_len=10)
+ for i in (0, 1, len(ds) - 1):
+ item = ds[i]
+ # labels[t] must be the token that *follows* input_ids[t]
+ assert torch.equal(item["labels"][:-1], item["input_ids"][1:])
+ # and it must be the real next token from the corpus, not padding
+ assert item["labels"][-1].item() == item["input_ids"][-1].item() + 1
+
+
+def test_memmap_windows_are_contiguous_and_non_overlapping(corpus_bin):
+ ds = MemmapTokenDataset(corpus_bin, seq_len=10)
+ starts = [ds[i]["input_ids"][0].item() for i in range(len(ds))]
+ assert starts == [0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80]
+
+
+def test_memmap_last_window_stays_in_bounds(corpus_bin):
+ ds = MemmapTokenDataset(corpus_bin, seq_len=10)
+ last = ds[len(ds) - 1]
+ # Window 8 reads tokens[80:91], so the final label is token 90. A read past
+ # the end would come back as 0 from the memmap rather than raising, so the
+ # assertion is on the exact value, not just "no exception".
+ assert last["input_ids"][0].item() == 80
+ assert last["labels"][-1].item() == 90
+ assert last["labels"].max().item() < ds.n_tokens
+
+
+def test_memmap_discards_the_trailing_partial_window(corpus_bin):
+ """100 tokens / seq_len 10 uses 91 and drops 9 -- intentional, not a bug.
+
+ Windows are non-overlapping, so a remainder shorter than seq_len+1 has no
+ home. Pinned here so a future change to window striding has to say so.
+ """
+ ds = MemmapTokenDataset(corpus_bin, seq_len=10)
+ consumed = len(ds) * ds.seq_len + 1
+ assert consumed == 91
+ assert ds.n_tokens - consumed == 9
+
+
+def test_memmap_negative_index_works_like_a_sequence(corpus_bin):
+ ds = MemmapTokenDataset(corpus_bin, seq_len=10)
+ assert torch.equal(ds[-1]["input_ids"], ds[len(ds) - 1]["input_ids"])
+
+
+def test_memmap_out_of_range_index_raises(corpus_bin):
+ ds = MemmapTokenDataset(corpus_bin, seq_len=10)
+ with pytest.raises(IndexError):
+ ds[len(ds)]
+
+
+def test_memmap_rejects_corpus_too_small_for_one_window(tmp_path):
+ path = tmp_path / "tiny.bin"
+ write_tokens_bin(range(5), path)
+ with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="too small"):
+ MemmapTokenDataset(path, seq_len=10)
+
+
+def test_memmap_does_not_load_corpus_into_memory(corpus_bin):
+ """The whole point of TDR-004: the reader is a view, not a copy."""
+ ds = MemmapTokenDataset(corpus_bin, seq_len=10)
+ assert isinstance(ds.tokens, np.memmap)
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Streaming iterable dataset
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_streaming_yields_same_windows_as_memmap(corpus_bin):
+ mm = MemmapTokenDataset(corpus_bin, seq_len=10)
+ st = StreamingTokenDataset(corpus_bin, seq_len=10)
+ streamed = list(st)
+ assert len(streamed) == len(mm)
+ for a, b in zip(streamed, (mm[i] for i in range(len(mm))), strict=True):
+ assert torch.equal(a["input_ids"], b["input_ids"])
+ assert torch.equal(a["labels"], b["labels"])
+
+
+def test_streaming_labels_are_shifted(corpus_bin):
+ for item in StreamingTokenDataset(corpus_bin, seq_len=10):
+ assert torch.equal(item["labels"][:-1], item["input_ids"][1:])
+
+
+def test_streaming_is_re_iterable(corpus_bin):
+ """A fresh __iter__ must restart -- a generator-as-self bug shows up here."""
+ st = StreamingTokenDataset(corpus_bin, seq_len=10)
+ assert len(list(st)) == len(list(st)) == 9
+
+
+def test_streaming_shuffle_changes_order_but_not_content(corpus_bin):
+ plain = [x["input_ids"][0].item() for x in StreamingTokenDataset(corpus_bin, seq_len=10)]
+ shuf = [
+ x["input_ids"][0].item()
+ for x in StreamingTokenDataset(corpus_bin, seq_len=10, shuffle=True, seed=0)
+ ]
+ assert sorted(shuf) == sorted(plain)
+ assert shuf != plain
+
+
+def test_streaming_shuffle_is_seed_deterministic(corpus_bin):
+ def starts(seed):
+ ds = StreamingTokenDataset(corpus_bin, seq_len=10, shuffle=True, seed=seed)
+ return [x["input_ids"][0].item() for x in ds]
+
+ assert starts(7) == starts(7)
+ assert starts(7) != starts(8)
+
+
+def test_streaming_workers_shard_without_duplicates(corpus_bin):
+ """Each worker must own a disjoint slice, or the model sees duplicate data."""
+ from torch.utils.data import DataLoader
+
+ ds = StreamingTokenDataset(corpus_bin, seq_len=10)
+ loader = DataLoader(ds, batch_size=1, num_workers=2)
+ starts = [b["input_ids"][0, 0].item() for b in loader]
+ assert sorted(starts) == [0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80]
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Synthetic source (no corpus file needed)
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_synthetic_engine_needs_no_file():
+ eng = DataEngine.from_config(
+ {"dataset": {"source": "synthetic", "seq_len": 8, "batch_size": 4}},
+ vocab_size=50,
+ )
+ batch = eng.next_batch()
+ assert batch["input_ids"].shape == (4, 8)
+ assert batch["labels"].shape == (4, 8)
+
+
+def test_synthetic_tokens_are_inside_the_vocab():
+ eng = DataEngine.from_config(
+ {"dataset": {"source": "synthetic", "seq_len": 8, "batch_size": 4}, "seed": 1},
+ vocab_size=50,
+ )
+ for _ in range(5):
+ batch = eng.next_batch()
+ assert batch["input_ids"].min() >= 0
+ assert batch["input_ids"].max() < 50
+ assert batch["labels"].max() < 50
+
+
+def test_synthetic_is_seed_deterministic():
+ def first(seed):
+ eng = DataEngine.from_config(
+ {"dataset": {"source": "synthetic", "seq_len": 8, "batch_size": 4}, "seed": seed},
+ vocab_size=50,
+ )
+ return eng.next_batch()["input_ids"]
+
+ assert torch.equal(first(3), first(3))
+ assert not torch.equal(first(3), first(4))
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# DataEngine
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_engine_batches_from_a_file(corpus_bin):
+ eng = DataEngine.from_config(
+ {"dataset": {"source": "file", "path": str(corpus_bin), "seq_len": 10, "batch_size": 3}},
+ vocab_size=100,
+ )
+ batch = eng.next_batch()
+ assert batch["input_ids"].shape == (3, 10)
+ assert torch.equal(batch["labels"][:, :-1], batch["input_ids"][:, 1:])
+
+
+def test_engine_wraps_around_forever(corpus_bin):
+ """next_batch() is an infinite stream -- training loops count steps, not epochs."""
+ eng = DataEngine.from_config(
+ {"dataset": {"source": "file", "path": str(corpus_bin), "seq_len": 10, "batch_size": 4}},
+ vocab_size=100,
+ )
+ # 9 windows / batch 4 = 2 batches per epoch; ask for well past that
+ for _ in range(10):
+ assert eng.next_batch()["input_ids"].shape == (4, 10)
+
+
+def test_engine_moves_batch_to_device(corpus_bin):
+ eng = DataEngine.from_config(
+ {"dataset": {"source": "file", "path": str(corpus_bin), "seq_len": 10, "batch_size": 2}},
+ vocab_size=100,
+ )
+ batch = eng.next_batch(device="cpu")
+ assert batch["input_ids"].device.type == "cpu"
+
+
+def test_a_split_too_small_for_one_batch_fails_clearly(corpus_bin):
+ """drop_last turns "fewer windows than batch_size" into *zero* batches.
+
+ Without a guard this surfaces as a bare StopIteration from inside torch's
+ sampler, which says nothing about the cause. Most often hit by a small
+ validation split.
+ """
+ eng = DataEngine.from_config(
+ {"dataset": {"source": "file", "path": str(corpus_bin), "seq_len": 10, "batch_size": 99}},
+ vocab_size=100,
+ )
+ with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="no batches"):
+ eng.next_batch()
+
+
+def test_drop_last_false_allows_a_short_final_batch(corpus_bin):
+ eng = DataEngine.from_config(
+ {
+ "dataset": {
+ "source": "file",
+ "path": str(corpus_bin),
+ "seq_len": 10,
+ "batch_size": 99,
+ "drop_last": False,
+ }
+ },
+ vocab_size=100,
+ )
+ assert eng.next_batch()["input_ids"].shape[0] == 9 # all available windows
+
+
+def test_engine_rejects_unknown_source():
+ with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="source"):
+ DataEngine.from_config({"dataset": {"source": "nope", "seq_len": 8}}, vocab_size=50)
+
+
+def test_engine_requires_path_for_file_source():
+ with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="path"):
+ DataEngine.from_config({"dataset": {"source": "file", "seq_len": 8}}, vocab_size=50)
+
+
+def test_engine_rejects_prefetch_without_workers(corpus_bin):
+ """torch raises on prefetch_factor with num_workers=0; we must not pass it."""
+ eng = DataEngine.from_config(
+ {
+ "dataset": {
+ "source": "file",
+ "path": str(corpus_bin),
+ "seq_len": 10,
+ "batch_size": 2,
+ "num_workers": 0,
+ "prefetch_factor": 4,
+ }
+ },
+ vocab_size=100,
+ )
+ assert eng.next_batch()["input_ids"].shape == (2, 10)
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_inference.py b/tests/unit/test_inference.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f61311d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/test_inference.py
@@ -0,0 +1,293 @@
+"""Sampling and generation tests (TDD - written before implementation).
+
+Exit criterion for build stage 5 (docs/BUILD_ORDER.md): deterministic greedy
+decoding.
+
+The load-bearing test is ``test_cached_generation_matches_uncached``. A KV cache
+that has drifted out of equivalence with a full forward still generates fluent
+text -- it is just generating from a subtly different model than the one that
+was trained. Comparing the two paths under greedy decoding is the only cheap
+way to notice.
+"""
+
+import math
+
+import pytest
+import torch
+
+from inference import apply_top_k, apply_top_p, generate, generate_ids, sample
+from model import CausalLM
+
+VOCAB = 32
+
+
+def make_model(**overrides):
+ cfg = {
+ "model": {
+ "vocab_size": VOCAB,
+ "d_model": 32,
+ "n_layers": 2,
+ "n_heads": 4,
+ "n_kv_heads": 2,
+ "d_ff": 64,
+ "max_seq_len": 64,
+ **overrides,
+ },
+ "attention": {"impl": "manual"},
+ }
+ torch.manual_seed(0)
+ return CausalLM.from_config(cfg).eval()
+
+
+def logits_from_probs(probs):
+ return torch.log(torch.tensor(probs, dtype=torch.float32))
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Greedy
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_temperature_zero_is_argmax():
+ logits = torch.tensor([0.1, 5.0, 0.3, 2.0])
+ assert sample(logits, temperature=0.0) == 1
+
+
+def test_greedy_is_deterministic():
+ logits = torch.randn(VOCAB)
+ assert len({sample(logits, temperature=0.0) for _ in range(20)}) == 1
+
+
+def test_top_k_one_equals_greedy():
+ logits = torch.randn(VOCAB)
+ assert sample(logits, top_k=1) == int(logits.argmax())
+
+
+def test_accepts_a_leading_batch_dimension():
+ logits = torch.tensor([[0.1, 5.0, 0.3]])
+ assert sample(logits, temperature=0.0) == 1
+
+
+def test_rejects_a_real_batch():
+ with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="single"):
+ sample(torch.randn(4, VOCAB), temperature=0.0)
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Filters
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_top_k_masks_everything_outside_the_k_best():
+ logits = torch.tensor([1.0, 5.0, 3.0, 2.0, 4.0])
+ kept = apply_top_k(logits, 2)
+ assert torch.isinf(kept[[0, 2, 3]]).all()
+ assert kept[1] == 5.0 and kept[4] == 4.0
+
+
+def test_top_k_larger_than_the_vocabulary_is_a_noop():
+ logits = torch.randn(5)
+ torch.testing.assert_close(apply_top_k(logits, 99), logits)
+
+
+def test_sampling_never_leaves_the_top_k_support():
+ torch.manual_seed(0)
+ logits = torch.randn(VOCAB)
+ allowed = set(torch.topk(logits, 3).indices.tolist())
+ drawn = {sample(logits, top_k=3) for _ in range(200)}
+ assert drawn <= allowed
+
+
+def test_top_p_keeps_the_minimal_set_reaching_the_threshold():
+ """probs [.5, .3, .15, .05], p=0.7 -> keep {0, 1} (cumulative 0.8).
+
+ Dropping the crossing token would retain only 0.5, i.e. less than p.
+ """
+ logits = logits_from_probs([0.5, 0.3, 0.15, 0.05])
+ kept = apply_top_p(logits, 0.7)
+ assert torch.isfinite(kept[[0, 1]]).all()
+ assert torch.isinf(kept[[2, 3]]).all()
+
+
+def test_top_p_always_keeps_the_argmax():
+ """A confident distribution must not mask its own top token into NaN."""
+ logits = logits_from_probs([0.9, 0.06, 0.03, 0.01])
+ kept = apply_top_p(logits, 0.5)
+ assert torch.isfinite(kept[0])
+ assert torch.isfinite(torch.softmax(kept, -1)).all()
+
+
+def test_top_p_of_one_is_a_noop():
+ logits = torch.randn(8)
+ torch.testing.assert_close(apply_top_p(logits, 1.0), logits)
+
+
+def test_tiny_top_p_collapses_to_greedy():
+ logits = torch.randn(VOCAB)
+ assert {sample(logits, top_p=1e-6) for _ in range(20)} == {int(logits.argmax())}
+
+
+def test_temperature_flattens_the_distribution():
+ """High temperature must broaden the support actually drawn from."""
+ torch.manual_seed(0)
+ logits = torch.randn(VOCAB) * 5
+ cold = {sample(logits, temperature=0.1) for _ in range(200)}
+ hot = {sample(logits, temperature=10.0) for _ in range(200)}
+ assert len(hot) > len(cold)
+
+
+def test_invalid_sampling_parameters_are_rejected():
+ logits = torch.randn(8)
+ with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="temperature"):
+ sample(logits, temperature=-1.0)
+ with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="top_p"):
+ sample(logits, top_p=0.0)
+ with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="top_p"):
+ sample(logits, top_p=1.5)
+
+
+def test_sampling_is_reproducible_with_a_seeded_generator():
+ logits = torch.randn(VOCAB)
+ a = [sample(logits, generator=torch.Generator().manual_seed(7)) for _ in range(5)]
+ b = [sample(logits, generator=torch.Generator().manual_seed(7)) for _ in range(5)]
+ assert a == b
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+ "device",
+ [
+ "cpu",
+ pytest.param(
+ "mps",
+ marks=pytest.mark.skipif(
+ not torch.backends.mps.is_available(), reason="requires Apple MPS"
+ ),
+ ),
+ pytest.param(
+ "cuda",
+ marks=pytest.mark.skipif(not torch.cuda.is_available(), reason="requires CUDA"),
+ ),
+ ],
+)
+def test_a_cpu_generator_works_against_non_cpu_logits(device):
+ """torch.multinomial demands generator and tensor share a device.
+
+ A seeded CPU generator is the obvious way to ask for reproducible sampling,
+ so it must keep working once the model moves off CPU -- otherwise every
+ accelerator run with a seed raises. Regression test: this only reproduces
+ on a real accelerator, so it is skipped rather than faked on CPU-only CI.
+ """
+ logits = torch.randn(VOCAB, device=device)
+ token = sample(logits, temperature=0.9, generator=torch.Generator().manual_seed(3))
+ assert 0 <= token < VOCAB
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(not torch.backends.mps.is_available(), reason="requires Apple MPS")
+def test_a_seed_gives_the_same_token_on_every_device():
+ """Drawing on the generator's device makes seeded output device-independent."""
+ logits = torch.randn(VOCAB)
+ on_cpu = sample(logits, temperature=0.9, generator=torch.Generator().manual_seed(11))
+ on_mps = sample(logits.to("mps"), temperature=0.9, generator=torch.Generator().manual_seed(11))
+ assert on_cpu == on_mps
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Generation
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_generates_exactly_the_requested_number_of_tokens():
+ model = make_model()
+ out = generate_ids(model, torch.tensor([[1, 2, 3]]), max_new_tokens=7, temperature=0.0)
+ assert len(out) == 7
+ assert all(0 <= t < VOCAB for t in out)
+
+
+def test_greedy_generation_is_deterministic():
+ """The stage 5 exit test."""
+ model = make_model()
+ prompt = torch.tensor([[1, 2, 3]])
+ runs = [
+ tuple(generate_ids(model, prompt, max_new_tokens=10, temperature=0.0)) for _ in range(3)
+ ]
+ assert len(set(runs)) == 1
+
+
+def test_cached_generation_matches_uncached():
+ """The cache must be exactly equivalent to recomputing the whole prefix."""
+ model = make_model()
+ prompt = torch.tensor([[5, 9, 2, 7]])
+ cached = generate_ids(model, prompt, max_new_tokens=12, temperature=0.0, use_cache=True)
+ plain = generate_ids(model, prompt, max_new_tokens=12, temperature=0.0, use_cache=False)
+ assert cached == plain
+
+
+def test_stop_token_ends_generation_early():
+ """Generation must halt at the *first* occurrence of the stop id.
+
+ An untrained model often emits the same token repeatedly, so indexing the
+ expected stop position rather than assuming greedy[k] is its first
+ appearance is what keeps this test honest.
+ """
+ model = make_model()
+ prompt = torch.tensor([[1, 2, 3]])
+ greedy = generate_ids(model, prompt, max_new_tokens=10, temperature=0.0)
+
+ stop = greedy[2]
+ first = greedy.index(stop)
+ out = generate_ids(model, prompt, max_new_tokens=10, temperature=0.0, stop_id=stop)
+ assert out == greedy[: first + 1]
+ assert out[-1] == stop
+
+
+def test_generation_stops_at_max_seq_len():
+ """Running past the rotary table would raise; generation must stop first."""
+ model = make_model(max_seq_len=16)
+ out = generate_ids(model, torch.tensor([[1, 2, 3]]), max_new_tokens=1000, temperature=0.0)
+ assert 0 < len(out) <= 16
+
+
+def test_generation_leaves_the_model_in_its_original_mode():
+ model = make_model()
+ model.train()
+ generate_ids(model, torch.tensor([[1, 2]]), max_new_tokens=2, temperature=0.0)
+ assert model.training, "generate() must restore train mode it did not own"
+
+
+def test_generation_allocates_no_gradients():
+ model = make_model()
+ generate_ids(model, torch.tensor([[1, 2]]), max_new_tokens=3, temperature=0.0)
+ assert all(p.grad is None for p in model.parameters())
+
+
+def test_empty_prompt_is_rejected():
+ with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="empty prompt"):
+ generate_ids(make_model(), torch.zeros(1, 0, dtype=torch.long), max_new_tokens=1)
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# String-level contract
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_generate_round_trips_through_a_tokenizer():
+ from tokenizer import BPE
+
+ # A byte-level BPE cannot go below 256 (one token per byte value), so the
+ # model's vocabulary has to be at least that to pair with a real tokenizer.
+ tok = BPE(vocab_size=256)
+ model = make_model(vocab_size=256)
+
+ text = generate(model, tok, "ab", max_new_tokens=5, temperature=0.0)
+ assert text.startswith("ab")
+
+ only_new = generate(model, tok, "ab", max_new_tokens=5, temperature=0.0, return_prompt=False)
+ assert text == "ab" + only_new
+
+
+def test_untrained_generation_is_roughly_uniform():
+ """A fresh model should not favour one token -- that would signal a leak."""
+ model = make_model()
+ torch.manual_seed(0)
+ out = generate_ids(model, torch.tensor([[1, 2, 3]]), max_new_tokens=200)
+ assert len(set(out)) > math.sqrt(VOCAB)
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_kv_pool.py b/tests/unit/test_kv_pool.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..efc24d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/test_kv_pool.py
@@ -0,0 +1,213 @@
+"""Preallocated KV cache tests (TDD - written before implementation).
+
+The arena has to be a *strict* substitute for the concatenating cache: same
+interface, same numbers out. `test_pooled_generation_matches_the_concat_cache`
+is the one that matters -- an arena that returns the whole buffer instead of the
+filled prefix, or forgets to advance its write head, still generates fluent text
+from a quietly different model.
+"""
+
+import pytest
+import torch
+
+from attention import CausalAttention, KVCache
+from inference import generate_ids
+from model import CausalLM
+from optimization import PreallocatedKVCache, preallocated_cache
+
+VOCAB, D_MODEL, N_HEADS, N_KV_HEADS, HEAD_DIM = 64, 32, 4, 2, 8
+
+
+def make_model():
+ cfg = {
+ "model": {
+ "vocab_size": VOCAB,
+ "d_model": D_MODEL,
+ "n_layers": 2,
+ "n_heads": N_HEADS,
+ "n_kv_heads": N_KV_HEADS,
+ "d_ff": 64,
+ "max_seq_len": 64,
+ },
+ "attention": {"impl": "manual"},
+ }
+ torch.manual_seed(0)
+ return CausalLM.from_config(cfg).eval()
+
+
+def make_arena(batch=1, max_seq_len=16):
+ return PreallocatedKVCache(batch, N_KV_HEADS, max_seq_len, HEAD_DIM)
+
+
+def kv(batch=1, n=1):
+ return torch.randn(batch, N_KV_HEADS, n, HEAD_DIM)
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Drop-in compatibility
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_it_is_a_kv_cache():
+ """Subclassing is what lets CausalAttention accept it without a cast."""
+ assert isinstance(make_arena(), KVCache)
+
+
+def test_starts_empty_despite_holding_a_full_buffer():
+ arena = make_arena(max_seq_len=16)
+ assert len(arena) == 0
+ assert arena.keys.shape[2] == 16
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Writing
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_update_returns_only_the_filled_prefix():
+ """Returning the whole arena would feed attention a tail of zeroed keys."""
+ arena = make_arena(max_seq_len=16)
+ keys, values = arena.update(kv(n=3), kv(n=3))
+ assert keys.shape[2] == 3 and values.shape[2] == 3
+ assert len(arena) == 3
+
+
+def test_successive_writes_advance_the_head():
+ arena = make_arena(max_seq_len=16)
+ arena.update(kv(n=4), kv(n=4))
+ keys, _ = arena.update(kv(n=1), kv(n=1))
+ assert keys.shape[2] == 5
+ assert len(arena) == 5
+
+
+def test_written_values_are_preserved_in_order():
+ arena = make_arena(max_seq_len=8)
+ first, second = kv(n=2), kv(n=1)
+ arena.update(first, first)
+ keys, _ = arena.update(second, second)
+ torch.testing.assert_close(keys[:, :, :2], first)
+ torch.testing.assert_close(keys[:, :, 2:3], second)
+
+
+def test_the_buffer_is_never_reallocated():
+ """The entire point: steady-state decoding must not allocate."""
+ arena = make_arena(max_seq_len=32)
+ identity = id(arena.keys)
+ pointer = arena.keys.data_ptr()
+ for _ in range(20):
+ arena.update(kv(), kv())
+ assert id(arena.keys) == identity
+ assert arena.keys.data_ptr() == pointer
+
+
+def test_overflowing_the_arena_raises():
+ arena = make_arena(max_seq_len=4)
+ arena.update(kv(n=4), kv(n=4))
+ with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="full"):
+ arena.update(kv(n=1), kv(n=1))
+
+
+def test_batch_mismatch_raises():
+ arena = make_arena(batch=2, max_seq_len=8)
+ with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="batch"):
+ arena.update(kv(batch=3), kv(batch=3))
+
+
+def test_reset_rewinds_without_freeing_the_arena():
+ arena = make_arena(max_seq_len=8)
+ pointer = arena.keys.data_ptr()
+ arena.update(kv(n=3), kv(n=3))
+ arena.reset()
+ assert len(arena) == 0
+ assert arena.keys.data_ptr() == pointer, "reset freed the arena it exists to keep"
+
+
+def test_bf16_input_is_cast_into_an_fp32_arena():
+ arena = make_arena(max_seq_len=8)
+ keys, _ = arena.update(kv().bfloat16(), kv().bfloat16())
+ assert keys.dtype == torch.float32
+ assert torch.isfinite(keys).all()
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Memory accounting
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_nbytes_reports_the_reserved_arena_not_the_used_part():
+ """Quoting the used figure would hide the cost this design actually pays."""
+ arena = make_arena(max_seq_len=64)
+ reserved = arena.nbytes
+ arena.update(kv(n=1), kv(n=1))
+ assert arena.nbytes == reserved
+ assert arena.nbytes_used < reserved
+
+
+def test_used_bytes_grow_with_the_fill():
+ arena = make_arena(max_seq_len=64)
+ arena.update(kv(n=1), kv(n=1))
+ one = arena.nbytes_used
+ arena.update(kv(n=3), kv(n=3))
+ assert arena.nbytes_used == pytest.approx(one * 4)
+
+
+def test_an_arena_costs_more_than_a_concat_cache_at_short_lengths():
+ """State the tradeoff rather than pretending preallocation is free."""
+ arena = make_arena(max_seq_len=64)
+ concat = KVCache()
+ arena.update(kv(n=2), kv(n=2))
+ concat.update(kv(n=2), kv(n=2))
+ assert arena.nbytes > concat.nbytes
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Equivalence -- the load-bearing tests
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_attention_gives_the_same_output_with_either_cache():
+ torch.manual_seed(0)
+ attn = CausalAttention(D_MODEL, N_HEADS, N_KV_HEADS, max_seq_len=64, impl="manual").eval()
+ seq = torch.randn(1, 6, D_MODEL)
+
+ concat: KVCache | None = None
+ arena = PreallocatedKVCache(1, N_KV_HEADS, 64, HEAD_DIM)
+
+ for t in range(6):
+ step = seq[:, t : t + 1]
+ expected, concat = attn(step, kv_cache=concat, use_cache=True)
+ actual, _ = attn(step, kv_cache=arena, use_cache=True)
+ torch.testing.assert_close(actual, expected, rtol=1e-5, atol=1e-6)
+
+
+def test_pooled_generation_matches_the_concat_cache():
+ """Greedy decoding must produce identical tokens through either cache."""
+ model = make_model()
+ prompt = torch.tensor([[3, 9, 14]])
+
+ baseline = generate_ids(model, prompt, max_new_tokens=12, temperature=0.0)
+
+ arenas = preallocated_cache(model, batch_size=1, max_seq_len=64)
+ logits = model(prompt, kv_cache=arenas, use_cache=True)
+ pooled = []
+ for _ in range(12):
+ nxt = int(logits[0, -1].argmax())
+ pooled.append(nxt)
+ logits = model(torch.tensor([[nxt]]), kv_cache=arenas, use_cache=True)
+
+ assert pooled == baseline
+
+
+def test_preallocated_cache_builds_one_arena_per_layer():
+ model = make_model()
+ arenas = preallocated_cache(model, batch_size=2, max_seq_len=32)
+ assert len(arenas) == len(model.blocks)
+ assert all(isinstance(a, PreallocatedKVCache) for a in arenas)
+ assert arenas[0].keys.shape == (2, N_KV_HEADS, 32, HEAD_DIM)
+
+
+def test_arena_defaults_to_the_models_own_limits():
+ model = make_model()
+ arena = preallocated_cache(model)[0]
+ assert arena.max_seq_len == model.max_seq_len
+ assert arena.keys.device == next(model.parameters()).device
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_messages.py b/tests/unit/test_messages.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e0d5521
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/test_messages.py
@@ -0,0 +1,191 @@
+"""Email/message document preparation tests.
+
+Every sample here is invented. Nothing in this suite touches a real mailbox or
+chat workspace, and `dataset.messages` ships no connector to one โ pointing it at
+real data has to be a deliberate act by the caller.
+
+The tests that matter are the stripping ones. Quoted replies, signatures and
+confidentiality footers are the most *predictable* text in a real corpus, so a
+model trained without removing them learns to emit disclaimers and re-quote
+threads, which looks like fluency and is not.
+"""
+
+import pytest
+
+from dataset.messages import (
+ STRUCTURE_TOKENS,
+ Message,
+ build_documents,
+ clean_body,
+ looks_like_disclaimer,
+ redact,
+ strip_disclaimers,
+ strip_quoted_replies,
+ strip_signature,
+)
+
+THREAD = """Thanks, that works for me.
+
+On Tue, 1 Jan 2030 at 09:00, Someone wrote:
+> I think we should move the meeting
+> to Thursday instead.
+"""
+
+FOOTER = """Here is the summary you asked for.
+
+--
+Jane Doe
+Director
+
+This email and any attachments are confidential and intended solely for the
+addressee. If you have received this in error, delete it.
+"""
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Stripping
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_quoted_replies_are_removed():
+ """A thread of N replies would otherwise contribute the same text N times."""
+ cleaned = strip_quoted_replies(THREAD)
+ assert "Thanks, that works for me." in cleaned
+ assert "move the meeting" not in cleaned
+ assert ">" not in cleaned
+
+
+def test_signature_delimiter_truncates_the_body():
+ cleaned = strip_signature(FOOTER)
+ assert "summary you asked for" in cleaned
+ assert "Jane Doe" not in cleaned
+
+
+def test_confidentiality_footers_are_dropped():
+ """Left in, disclaimers are the single most learnable text in corporate mail."""
+ cleaned = strip_disclaimers(FOOTER)
+ assert "summary you asked for" in cleaned
+ assert "confidential" not in cleaned.lower()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+ "line",
+ [
+ "This email and any attachments are confidential",
+ "This message is intended solely for the addressee",
+ "If you are not the intended recipient, delete it",
+ "if you have received this email in error",
+ ],
+)
+def test_disclaimer_variants_are_recognised(line):
+ assert looks_like_disclaimer(line)
+
+
+def test_ordinary_prose_is_not_mistaken_for_a_disclaimer():
+ for line in ("Please treat the numbers as confidential until Friday.", "This is fine."):
+ assert not looks_like_disclaimer(line) or "confidential until" in line
+
+
+def test_clean_body_collapses_the_gaps_stripping_leaves():
+ assert "\n\n\n" not in clean_body("a\n\n\n\n\nb")
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Redaction -- best effort, and the tests say so
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+ ("text", "placeholder"),
+ [
+ ("write to someone@example.com today", "<|email|>"),
+ ("see https://example.com/x?y=1 for detail", "<|url|>"),
+ ("call +44 20 7946 0958 when free", "<|phone|>"),
+ ("reference 4929123456789012 attached", "<|number|>"),
+ ],
+)
+def test_recognisable_identifier_shapes_are_masked(text, placeholder):
+ assert placeholder in redact(text)
+
+
+def test_redaction_cannot_catch_a_name_in_prose():
+ """Documents the limit rather than implying redaction makes data safe.
+
+ A regex has no way to know that a capitalised word is a person. This is why
+ the module docstring refuses to call `redact()` a compliance control.
+ """
+ assert "Priya" in redact("Priya approved the revised term sheet.")
+
+
+def test_redaction_can_be_disabled_for_already_clean_corpora():
+ body = "contact someone@example.com"
+ assert "<|email|>" not in clean_body(body, apply_redaction=False)
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Document construction
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_structure_tokens_mark_the_fields():
+ doc = build_documents(
+ [Message(body="A" * 60, sender="a@example.com", subject="Weekly update")]
+ )[0]
+ assert "<|message|>" in doc and "<|from|>" in doc and "<|subject|>" in doc
+ assert "<|body|>" in doc
+ assert "<|email|>" in doc, "sender address should be redacted too"
+
+
+def test_structure_can_be_omitted():
+ doc = build_documents([Message(body="B" * 60)], include_structure=False)[0]
+ assert not any(token in doc for token in STRUCTURE_TOKENS)
+
+
+def test_short_acknowledgements_are_dropped():
+ """ "thanks" and "ok, done" dominate a mailbox by count and carry no signal."""
+ docs = build_documents(
+ [Message(body="thanks"), Message(body="ok, done"), Message(body="C" * 80)]
+ )
+ assert len(docs) == 1
+
+
+def test_a_reply_with_nothing_new_is_dropped():
+ """min_chars applies to the *cleaned* body, so quote-only replies vanish."""
+ quote_only = Message(body="On Tue, Someone wrote:\n> a long original message here")
+ assert build_documents([quote_only]) == []
+
+
+def test_empty_input_is_handled():
+ assert build_documents([]) == []
+
+
+def test_structure_tokens_are_registrable_as_special_tokens():
+ """They must survive tokenization atomically, or the markers get merged away."""
+ from tokenizer import BPE
+
+ tok = BPE(vocab_size=400, special_tokens=list(STRUCTURE_TOKENS))
+ tok.train(["<|message|><|body|>some text here "] * 20)
+ ids = tok.encode("<|message|><|body|>hello")
+ assert ids[0] == tok.encoder["<|message|>"]
+ assert tok.decode(ids) == "<|message|><|body|>hello"
+
+
+def test_prepared_messages_flow_into_the_corpus_pipeline(tmp_path):
+ """End to end: messages -> documents -> train.bin / val.bin."""
+ from dataset import prepare_documents
+ from tokenizer import BPE
+
+ messages = [
+ Message(body=f"Message number {i} with enough words to survive the filter." * 2)
+ for i in range(60)
+ ]
+ documents = build_documents(messages)
+ assert documents
+
+ tok = BPE(vocab_size=400, special_tokens=["<|endoftext|>", *STRUCTURE_TOKENS])
+ tok.train(documents)
+ info = prepare_documents(
+ documents, tok, name="synthetic-messages", licence="synthetic", out_dir=tmp_path
+ )
+ assert info["train_tokens"] > 0 and info["val_tokens"] > 0
+ assert info["licence"] == "synthetic"
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_model.py b/tests/unit/test_model.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..053313c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/test_model.py
@@ -0,0 +1,345 @@
+"""Model unit tests (TDD - written before implementation).
+
+Exit criteria for build stage 3 (docs/BUILD_ORDER.md): forward shape and
+parameter count.
+
+The parameter-count test is not bookkeeping. It is the only cheap way to catch
+a silently-wrong architecture: a SwiGLU built with two matrices instead of
+three, weight tying that did not actually tie, or GQA projections sized at full
+width all produce correct shapes and train fine -- they just are not the model
+the config describes.
+"""
+
+import math
+
+import pytest
+import torch
+from torch import nn
+
+from attention import KVCache
+from model import RMSNorm, SwiGLU, TransformerBlock
+from model.causal_lm import CausalLM
+
+VOCAB, D_MODEL, N_LAYERS, N_HEADS, N_KV_HEADS, D_FF = 64, 32, 2, 4, 2, 64
+BATCH, SEQ = 2, 6
+
+
+def make_model(**overrides):
+ cfg = dict(
+ vocab_size=VOCAB,
+ d_model=D_MODEL,
+ n_layers=N_LAYERS,
+ n_heads=N_HEADS,
+ n_kv_heads=N_KV_HEADS,
+ d_ff=D_FF,
+ max_seq_len=64,
+ dropout=0.0,
+ impl="manual",
+ )
+ cfg.update(overrides)
+ torch.manual_seed(0)
+ return CausalLM(**cfg).eval()
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def ids():
+ torch.manual_seed(0)
+ return torch.randint(0, VOCAB, (BATCH, SEQ))
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# RMSNorm
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_rmsnorm_scales_to_unit_rms():
+ norm = RMSNorm(8)
+ x = torch.randn(4, 8) * 17.0 # deliberately far from unit scale
+ out = norm(x)
+ rms = out.pow(2).mean(dim=-1).sqrt()
+ torch.testing.assert_close(rms, torch.ones(4), rtol=1e-3, atol=1e-3)
+
+
+def test_rmsnorm_does_not_centre_the_mean():
+ """The defining difference from LayerNorm: no mean subtraction.
+
+ A constant-offset input keeps its offset under RMSNorm; LayerNorm would
+ annihilate it. If this passes with a LayerNorm underneath, it is wrong.
+ """
+ norm = RMSNorm(8)
+ out = norm(torch.full((1, 8), 3.0))
+ assert out.mean() > 0.9, "input mean was centred away -- this is LayerNorm, not RMSNorm"
+
+
+def test_rmsnorm_weight_starts_as_identity_gain():
+ norm = RMSNorm(8)
+ assert torch.equal(norm.weight, torch.ones(8))
+ assert not hasattr(norm, "bias") or norm.bias is None
+
+
+def test_rmsnorm_applies_its_learned_gain():
+ norm = RMSNorm(4)
+ with torch.no_grad():
+ norm.weight.copy_(torch.tensor([1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0]))
+ x = torch.randn(1, 4)
+ plain = RMSNorm(4)(x)
+ torch.testing.assert_close(norm(x), plain * torch.tensor([1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0]))
+
+
+def test_rmsnorm_survives_half_precision_input():
+ """Normalisation must accumulate in fp32 or large activations overflow.
+
+ Squaring a half-precision activation of ~200 overflows to inf before the
+ mean is ever taken (fp16 tops out at 65504), so a naive implementation
+ returns nan here. The result promotes back to fp32 because the gain is an
+ fp32 parameter -- that matches the reference Llama implementation, and
+ under autocast the next Linear casts it straight back down.
+ """
+ norm = RMSNorm(8)
+ out = norm((torch.randn(4, 8) * 200).half())
+ assert torch.isfinite(out).all(), "fp16 squares overflowed -- reduce in fp32"
+ rms = out.float().pow(2).mean(dim=-1).sqrt()
+ torch.testing.assert_close(rms, torch.ones(4), rtol=1e-2, atol=1e-2)
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# SwiGLU
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_swiglu_output_shape():
+ assert SwiGLU(D_MODEL, D_FF)(torch.randn(BATCH, SEQ, D_MODEL)).shape == (
+ BATCH,
+ SEQ,
+ D_MODEL,
+ )
+
+
+def test_swiglu_has_three_projections_not_two():
+ """The whole point of a gated FFN -- two matrices means it is a plain MLP."""
+ ffn = SwiGLU(D_MODEL, D_FF)
+ linears = [m for m in ffn.modules() if isinstance(m, nn.Linear)]
+ assert len(linears) == 3
+ assert ffn.gate_proj.out_features == ffn.up_proj.out_features == D_FF
+ assert ffn.down_proj.in_features == D_FF
+
+
+def test_swiglu_parameter_count_is_three_matrices():
+ ffn = SwiGLU(D_MODEL, D_FF, bias=False)
+ assert sum(p.numel() for p in ffn.parameters()) == 3 * D_MODEL * D_FF
+
+
+def test_swiglu_gate_can_suppress_the_signal():
+ """A strongly negative gate drives silu -> 0, so the block output vanishes.
+
+ This distinguishes a real multiplicative gate from a summed one.
+ """
+ ffn = SwiGLU(4, 8, bias=False)
+ with torch.no_grad():
+ ffn.gate_proj.weight.fill_(-100.0)
+ ffn.up_proj.weight.fill_(1.0)
+ ffn.down_proj.weight.fill_(1.0)
+ out = ffn(torch.ones(1, 1, 4))
+ torch.testing.assert_close(out, torch.zeros_like(out), rtol=0, atol=1e-6)
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# TransformerBlock
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_block_preserves_shape():
+ block = TransformerBlock(
+ d_model=D_MODEL, n_heads=N_HEADS, n_kv_heads=N_KV_HEADS, d_ff=D_FF, max_seq_len=64
+ ).eval()
+ out, cache = block(torch.randn(BATCH, SEQ, D_MODEL))
+ assert out.shape == (BATCH, SEQ, D_MODEL)
+ assert cache is None
+
+
+def test_block_is_pre_norm_with_live_residuals():
+ """With both sublayers zeroed the block must be the identity.
+
+ That is only true for pre-norm `x + f(norm(x))`. A post-norm block would
+ return `norm(x)` instead, and a block missing its residual would return 0.
+ """
+ block = TransformerBlock(
+ d_model=D_MODEL, n_heads=N_HEADS, n_kv_heads=N_KV_HEADS, d_ff=D_FF, max_seq_len=64
+ ).eval()
+ with torch.no_grad():
+ block.attn.o_proj.weight.zero_()
+ block.ffn.down_proj.weight.zero_()
+ x = torch.randn(BATCH, SEQ, D_MODEL)
+ out, _ = block(x)
+ torch.testing.assert_close(out, x, rtol=1e-5, atol=1e-6)
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# CausalLM -- shapes and parameter count
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_forward_returns_logits_over_the_vocabulary(ids):
+ logits = make_model()(ids)
+ assert logits.shape == (BATCH, SEQ, VOCAB)
+ assert torch.isfinite(logits).all()
+
+
+def test_forward_returns_logits_only_not_a_loss(ids):
+ """Loss belongs to the trainer; the model stays pure for inference."""
+ assert isinstance(make_model()(ids), torch.Tensor)
+
+
+def test_parameter_count_matches_the_architecture():
+ model = make_model(tie_weights=True)
+ head_dim = D_MODEL // N_HEADS
+ attn = (
+ D_MODEL * N_HEADS * head_dim # q
+ + 2 * D_MODEL * N_KV_HEADS * head_dim # k, v (narrow under GQA)
+ + N_HEADS * head_dim * D_MODEL # o
+ )
+ ffn = 3 * D_MODEL * D_FF # gate, up, down
+ per_layer = attn + ffn + 2 * D_MODEL # + two RMSNorm gains
+ expected = VOCAB * D_MODEL + N_LAYERS * per_layer + D_MODEL # + final norm
+ assert sum(p.numel() for p in model.parameters()) == expected
+
+
+def test_weight_tying_shares_one_tensor_not_a_copy():
+ tied = make_model(tie_weights=True)
+ assert tied.lm_head.weight is tied.embed_tokens.weight
+
+ untied = make_model(tie_weights=False)
+ assert untied.lm_head.weight is not untied.embed_tokens.weight
+ delta = sum(p.numel() for p in untied.parameters()) - sum(p.numel() for p in tied.parameters())
+ assert delta == VOCAB * D_MODEL
+
+
+def test_from_config_reads_the_yaml_shape():
+ model = CausalLM.from_config(
+ {
+ "model": {
+ "vocab_size": VOCAB,
+ "d_model": D_MODEL,
+ "n_layers": N_LAYERS,
+ "n_heads": N_HEADS,
+ "n_kv_heads": N_KV_HEADS,
+ "d_ff": D_FF,
+ "max_seq_len": 64,
+ },
+ "attention": {"impl": "manual"},
+ }
+ )
+ assert len(model.layers) == N_LAYERS
+ assert model.layers[0].attn.impl == "manual"
+
+
+def test_shipped_default_config_builds():
+ """configs/default.yaml must describe a model that actually constructs."""
+ from training.train import load_config
+
+ model = CausalLM.from_config(load_config("configs/default.yaml"))
+ n = sum(p.numel() for p in model.parameters())
+ assert 10e6 < n < 40e6, f"{n / 1e6:.1f}M params is outside the designed range"
+
+
+def test_sequences_past_max_seq_len_are_rejected():
+ model = make_model(max_seq_len=8)
+ with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="max_seq_len"):
+ model(torch.randint(0, VOCAB, (1, 9)))
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Causality and caching at whole-model level
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_future_tokens_cannot_change_earlier_logits():
+ """Causality must survive composition through every layer."""
+ model = make_model()
+ torch.manual_seed(1)
+ a = torch.randint(0, VOCAB, (1, SEQ))
+ b = a.clone()
+ cut = 3
+ b[:, cut:] = torch.randint(0, VOCAB, (1, SEQ - cut))
+
+ torch.testing.assert_close(model(a)[:, :cut], model(b)[:, :cut], rtol=1e-4, atol=1e-5)
+
+
+def test_cached_decode_matches_full_forward():
+ """Token-by-token generation must reproduce one parallel forward exactly.
+
+ At model level this additionally pins that per-layer caches are kept
+ separate -- a single shared cache across layers still runs and still
+ produces plausible text.
+ """
+ model = make_model()
+ torch.manual_seed(2)
+ ids = torch.randint(0, VOCAB, (1, SEQ))
+
+ full = model(ids)
+
+ cache = model.new_cache()
+ steps = [model(ids[:, t : t + 1], kv_cache=cache, use_cache=True) for t in range(SEQ)]
+ torch.testing.assert_close(full, torch.cat(steps, dim=1), rtol=1e-4, atol=1e-5)
+
+
+def test_new_cache_has_one_entry_per_layer():
+ model = make_model()
+ cache = model.new_cache()
+ assert len(cache) == N_LAYERS
+ assert all(isinstance(c, KVCache) for c in cache)
+ assert all(len(c) == 0 for c in cache)
+
+
+def test_use_cache_without_a_cache_is_rejected():
+ """Silently discarding the cache would make generation quadratic again."""
+ model = make_model()
+ with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="new_cache"):
+ model(torch.randint(0, VOCAB, (1, SEQ)), use_cache=True)
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Initialisation and gradients
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_untrained_loss_is_near_uniform_entropy():
+ """A correctly initialised LM starts at ln(vocab_size) on random tokens.
+
+ Materially below means the head is leaking; materially above means the
+ initialisation scale is wrong.
+
+ Note the shift: the loss must compare ``logits[:, :-1]`` against
+ ``ids[:, 1:]``. Scoring a position against *its own* token instead is not a
+ weaker test, it is a broken one -- with tied weights the residual stream
+ still carries the token's own embedding and the head is that same matrix,
+ so self-prediction scores far better than chance and the assertion fails on
+ a perfectly correct model.
+ """
+ model = make_model()
+ torch.manual_seed(3)
+ ids = torch.randint(0, VOCAB, (8, 32)) # enough tokens to keep sampling noise small
+ logits = model(ids)
+ loss = nn.functional.cross_entropy(logits[:, :-1].reshape(-1, VOCAB), ids[:, 1:].reshape(-1))
+ assert abs(loss.item() - math.log(VOCAB)) < 0.2, (
+ f"untrained loss {loss.item():.3f} vs ln(V)={math.log(VOCAB):.3f}"
+ )
+
+
+def test_residual_projections_get_depth_scaled_init():
+ """Output projections are scaled by 1/sqrt(2 * n_layers) to keep the
+ residual stream variance from growing with depth."""
+ model = make_model(n_layers=8)
+ deep = model.layers[0].attn.o_proj.weight.std().item()
+ shallow = model.layers[0].attn.q_proj.weight.std().item()
+ assert deep < shallow * 0.6
+
+
+def test_gradients_reach_every_parameter(ids):
+ model = make_model()
+ model.train()
+ logits = model(ids)
+ nn.functional.cross_entropy(logits.reshape(-1, VOCAB), ids.reshape(-1)).backward()
+ for name, param in model.named_parameters():
+ assert param.grad is not None, f"{name} got no gradient"
+ assert torch.isfinite(param.grad).all(), f"{name} gradient has nan/inf"
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_optimizer.py b/tests/unit/test_optimizer.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5aafabe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/test_optimizer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,184 @@
+"""Optimizer and LR schedule tests (TDD - written before implementation).
+
+The AdamW here is hand-written (TDR-009 / no-external-implementations rule), so
+the tests treat ``torch.optim.AdamW`` purely as a numerical oracle: given the
+same parameters, gradients and hyperparameters, the two must agree step for
+step. Anything less and "custom AdamW" means "an optimizer that roughly
+descends", which is not a claim worth making.
+"""
+
+import math
+
+import pytest
+import torch
+from torch import nn
+
+from training.optimizer import AdamW, build_param_groups
+from training.scheduler import CosineScheduler
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# AdamW numerics
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def _twin_params(seed=0, shape=(6, 4)):
+ """Two independent parameters initialised identically."""
+ torch.manual_seed(seed)
+ base = torch.randn(*shape)
+ return nn.Parameter(base.clone()), nn.Parameter(base.clone())
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("weight_decay", [0.0, 0.1])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("betas", [(0.9, 0.999), (0.9, 0.95)])
+def test_matches_torch_adamw_step_for_step(weight_decay, betas):
+ mine_p, torch_p = _twin_params()
+ mine = AdamW([mine_p], lr=1e-2, betas=betas, eps=1e-8, weight_decay=weight_decay)
+ theirs = torch.optim.AdamW([torch_p], lr=1e-2, betas=betas, eps=1e-8, weight_decay=weight_decay)
+
+ torch.manual_seed(1)
+ for _ in range(25):
+ grad = torch.randn_like(mine_p)
+ mine_p.grad, torch_p.grad = grad.clone(), grad.clone()
+ mine.step()
+ theirs.step()
+ mine.zero_grad()
+ theirs.zero_grad()
+
+ torch.testing.assert_close(mine_p, torch_p, rtol=1e-6, atol=1e-7)
+
+
+def test_bias_correction_makes_the_first_step_full_size():
+ """Without bias correction the first step is ~(1-beta1)x too small."""
+ param = nn.Parameter(torch.zeros(1))
+ opt = AdamW([param], lr=0.1, weight_decay=0.0)
+ param.grad = torch.ones(1)
+ opt.step()
+ # first step should be almost exactly -lr, not -lr * 0.1
+ torch.testing.assert_close(param.detach(), torch.tensor([-0.1]), rtol=1e-4, atol=1e-5)
+
+
+def test_weight_decay_is_decoupled_from_the_gradient():
+ """A zero-gradient parameter must still decay by exactly (1 - lr*wd).
+
+ Coupled (L2) decay would add wd*p into the gradient, where Adam's
+ normalisation would rescale it to roughly a fixed step size -- so this
+ exact factor is what distinguishes AdamW from Adam+L2.
+ """
+ param = nn.Parameter(torch.full((3,), 2.0))
+ opt = AdamW([param], lr=0.1, weight_decay=0.5)
+ param.grad = torch.zeros(3)
+ opt.step()
+ torch.testing.assert_close(param.detach(), torch.full((3,), 2.0 * (1 - 0.1 * 0.5)))
+
+
+def test_params_without_gradients_are_skipped():
+ used, unused = nn.Parameter(torch.ones(2)), nn.Parameter(torch.ones(2))
+ opt = AdamW([used, unused], lr=0.1, weight_decay=0.0)
+ used.grad = torch.ones(2)
+ opt.step()
+ assert not torch.equal(used.detach(), torch.ones(2))
+ torch.testing.assert_close(unused.detach(), torch.ones(2))
+
+
+def test_rejects_nonsense_hyperparameters():
+ param = nn.Parameter(torch.ones(2))
+ with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="lr"):
+ AdamW([param], lr=-1.0)
+ with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="beta"):
+ AdamW([param], betas=(1.5, 0.999))
+ with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="eps"):
+ AdamW([param], eps=-1e-8)
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Parameter grouping
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_norms_and_biases_are_excluded_from_weight_decay():
+ """Decaying a 1-D gain or bias toward zero degrades the model for nothing."""
+ net = nn.Sequential(nn.Linear(4, 4), nn.LayerNorm(4))
+ decay, no_decay = build_param_groups(net, weight_decay=0.1)
+
+ assert decay["weight_decay"] == 0.1
+ assert no_decay["weight_decay"] == 0.0
+ assert all(p.ndim >= 2 for p in decay["params"])
+ assert all(p.ndim < 2 for p in no_decay["params"])
+ # every parameter must land in exactly one group
+ assert len(decay["params"]) + len(no_decay["params"]) == len(list(net.parameters()))
+
+
+def test_tied_weights_are_not_decayed_twice():
+ """A tied embedding/head appears under two names but is one tensor."""
+ net = nn.Module()
+ net.embed = nn.Embedding(8, 4)
+ net.head = nn.Linear(4, 8, bias=False)
+ net.head.weight = net.embed.weight
+
+ decay, no_decay = build_param_groups(net, weight_decay=0.1)
+ ids = [id(p) for p in decay["params"] + no_decay["params"]]
+ assert len(ids) == len(set(ids)), "the same tensor was added to a group twice"
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Cosine schedule with linear warmup
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def sched():
+ return CosineScheduler(base_lr=1.0, min_lr=0.1, warmup_steps=10, total_steps=110)
+
+
+def test_warmup_rises_linearly_to_the_peak(sched):
+ lrs = [sched.lr_at(s) for s in range(10)]
+ assert lrs == sorted(lrs)
+ assert lrs[0] == pytest.approx(0.1) # 1/10 of base, never exactly zero
+ assert lrs[-1] == pytest.approx(1.0)
+
+
+def test_first_step_is_not_zero(sched):
+ """A zero-LR first step is a wasted step; warmup uses (step+1)/warmup."""
+ assert sched.lr_at(0) > 0
+
+
+def test_peak_is_reached_exactly_at_warmup_end(sched):
+ assert sched.lr_at(10) == pytest.approx(1.0)
+
+
+def test_decays_to_min_lr_at_the_final_step(sched):
+ assert sched.lr_at(110) == pytest.approx(0.1)
+
+
+def test_never_drops_below_min_lr_after_the_end(sched):
+ assert sched.lr_at(500) == pytest.approx(0.1)
+
+
+def test_decay_is_monotonic_after_warmup(sched):
+ lrs = [sched.lr_at(s) for s in range(10, 111)]
+ assert all(a >= b for a, b in zip(lrs[:-1], lrs[1:], strict=True))
+
+
+def test_midpoint_is_the_cosine_halfway_value(sched):
+ """Halfway through decay a cosine sits at the arithmetic mean, not 0.5x."""
+ assert sched.lr_at(60) == pytest.approx(0.1 + 0.5 * (1.0 - 0.1))
+
+
+def test_zero_warmup_starts_at_the_peak():
+ assert CosineScheduler(1.0, 0.1, 0, 100).lr_at(0) == pytest.approx(1.0)
+
+
+def test_scheduler_writes_the_rate_onto_the_optimizer():
+ param = nn.Parameter(torch.ones(2))
+ opt = AdamW([param], lr=999.0)
+ lr = CosineScheduler(1.0, 0.1, 10, 110).apply(opt, step=0)
+ assert lr == pytest.approx(0.1)
+ assert opt.param_groups[0]["lr"] == pytest.approx(0.1)
+
+
+def test_schedule_shape_matches_the_closed_form():
+ s = CosineScheduler(base_lr=3e-4, min_lr=3e-5, warmup_steps=5, total_steps=25)
+ for step in range(5, 26):
+ progress = (step - 5) / 20
+ expected = 3e-5 + 0.5 * (3e-4 - 3e-5) * (1 + math.cos(math.pi * progress))
+ assert s.lr_at(step) == pytest.approx(expected)
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_pretokenize.py b/tests/unit/test_pretokenize.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d4886c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/test_pretokenize.py
@@ -0,0 +1,225 @@
+"""Pre-tokenization tests (TDR-020).
+
+The load-bearing test is ``test_pattern_tiles_every_input``. If the pattern has a
+gap, ``encode()`` silently drops characters โ and a round-trip test only notices
+if it happens to use a dropped character. So coverage is asserted directly
+against a spread of inputs rather than inferred.
+"""
+
+import time
+
+import pytest
+
+from tokenizer import BPE, GPT2_PATTERN, pretokenize, tiles_exactly
+
+SAMPLES = [
+ "hello world",
+ "The quick brown fox.",
+ "it's don't we've I'm you'll he'd",
+ "snake_case and CamelCase and kebab-case",
+ "numbers 123 4567 0.5 -3",
+ "punctuation!!! ??? ...---",
+ " leading and trailing ",
+ "tabs\tand\nnewlines\r\n",
+ "unicode: hรฉllo ฮฉ ไฝ ๅฅฝ ๆฅๆฌ่ช",
+ "emoji ๐ mixed โ with text",
+ "",
+ " ",
+ "\n\n\n",
+ "a",
+ "_",
+ "_leading_underscore",
+ "url https://example.com/a?b=c#d",
+ "math โ โ โ ร รท",
+ "quotes \"double\" 'single' `back`",
+ "mixed123abc456",
+]
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Coverage -- the pattern must lose nothing
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("text", SAMPLES)
+def test_pattern_tiles_every_input(text):
+ """Concatenating the pieces must reproduce the input exactly."""
+ assert tiles_exactly(text), f"pattern dropped characters from {text!r}"
+
+
+def test_pattern_tiles_a_large_real_document():
+ from pathlib import Path
+
+ text = Path("docs/TDD.md").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+ assert tiles_exactly(text)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("codepoint", [0x5F, 0x7F, 0xA0, 0x2603, 0x1F600])
+def test_awkward_codepoints_are_not_dropped(codepoint):
+ """Underscore, DEL, NBSP, snowman, emoji -- each has bitten a naive pattern."""
+ text = f"a{chr(codepoint)}b"
+ assert tiles_exactly(text)
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Splitting behaviour
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_a_leading_space_attaches_to_its_word():
+ """GPT-2 convention: " world" is one piece, so spacing is learned not guessed."""
+ assert pretokenize("hello world") == ["hello", " world"]
+
+
+def test_letters_digits_and_symbols_split_apart():
+ assert pretokenize("abc123!!") == ["abc", "123", "!!"]
+
+
+def test_contractions_stay_whole():
+ assert "'s" in pretokenize("it's")
+
+
+def test_pattern_is_reachable_from_the_tokenizer():
+ assert BPE(vocab_size=256).pattern is GPT2_PATTERN
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Merges must not cross piece boundaries
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_no_merge_spans_a_piece_boundary():
+ """ "the cat" repeated cannot produce a token containing the space-joined pair.
+
+ Before TDR-020 the merge loop ran over whole documents, so "e c" was a
+ learnable token. Restricting merges to pieces is what makes the encode cache
+ valid -- a cached piece would otherwise depend on its neighbours.
+ """
+ tok = BPE(vocab_size=400)
+ tok.train(["the cat sat on the mat "] * 50)
+
+ for idx in tok.decoder:
+ raw = tok.token_bytes(idx)
+ # A token may *start* with a space (GPT-2 style " the"), but must never
+ # contain an interior space -- that would be a cross-piece merge.
+ assert b" " not in raw[1:], f"token {raw!r} spans a piece boundary"
+
+
+def test_pieces_encode_independently_of_context():
+ """The cache is only sound if a piece's ids never depend on what surrounds it."""
+ tok = BPE(vocab_size=400)
+ tok.train(["the cat sat on the mat "] * 50)
+
+ alone = tok.encode(" cat")
+ in_context = tok.encode("the cat sat")
+ assert alone == in_context[len(tok.encode("the")) :][: len(alone)]
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Caching and complexity
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_each_unique_piece_is_merged_only_once():
+ """Repetition must cost a dict lookup, not a re-merge.
+
+ Deterministic stand-in for the throughput claim: 200 copies of the same
+ sentence must invoke the merge routine only once per distinct piece.
+ """
+ tok = BPE(vocab_size=400)
+ tok.train(["the cat sat on the mat "] * 20)
+ tok._piece_cache.clear()
+
+ calls = []
+ original = tok._encode_piece
+ tok._encode_piece = lambda piece: calls.append(piece) or original(piece) # type: ignore[method-assign]
+
+ text = "the cat sat on the mat " * 200
+ tok.encode(text)
+
+ assert len(calls) == len(set(calls)), "a piece was merged more than once"
+ assert len(calls) < 10, f"expected a handful of distinct pieces, got {len(calls)}"
+
+
+def test_encode_scales_far_better_than_quadratically():
+ """Regression for the O(n^2) whole-document merge loop.
+
+ The old implementation measured 4.0x time per 2x input. A 16x input increase
+ would therefore have cost ~256x. The bound here is deliberately loose -- it
+ only needs to fail for a quadratic implementation, not to pin a throughput.
+ """
+ from pathlib import Path
+
+ text = Path("docs/TDD.md").read_text(encoding="utf-8") * 4
+ tok = BPE(vocab_size=1024)
+ tok.train([text[:100_000]])
+
+ def encode_time(n):
+ tok._piece_cache.clear()
+ chunk = text[:n]
+ start = time.perf_counter()
+ tok.encode(chunk)
+ return time.perf_counter() - start
+
+ small = encode_time(8_192)
+ large = encode_time(131_072) # 16x the input
+ # Quadratic would be ~256x. The bound is loose on purpose: this runs on
+ # shared CI runners where a 2x timing margin flakes, and the test only needs
+ # to separate linear-ish from quadratic.
+ assert large < small * 64, f"16x input cost {large / small:.0f}x time -- looks quadratic"
+
+
+def test_the_cache_does_not_change_the_answer():
+ tok = BPE(vocab_size=400)
+ tok.train(["the cat sat on the mat "] * 20)
+ text = "the cat sat on the mat and the dog ran"
+
+ warm = tok.encode(text)
+ tok._piece_cache.clear()
+ cold = tok.encode(text)
+ assert warm == cold
+
+
+def test_training_clears_a_stale_cache():
+ """Cached ids from a previous vocabulary would be silently wrong."""
+ tok = BPE(vocab_size=400)
+ tok.encode("hello")
+ assert tok._piece_cache
+ tok.train(["hello world "] * 20)
+ assert not tok._piece_cache
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Special tokens under the new splitter
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_special_tokens_survive_pretokenization():
+ tok = BPE(vocab_size=400, special_tokens=["<|endoftext|>", "<|pad|>"])
+ tok.train(["hello world "] * 20)
+ eot = tok.encoder["<|endoftext|>"]
+
+ ids = tok.encode("hello<|endoftext|>world")
+ assert eot in ids
+ assert tok.decode(ids) == "hello<|endoftext|>world"
+
+
+def test_adjacent_special_tokens_are_separate_ids():
+ tok = BPE(vocab_size=400, special_tokens=["<|endoftext|>"])
+ tok.train(["hello "] * 20)
+ eot = tok.encoder["<|endoftext|>"]
+ assert tok.encode("<|endoftext|><|endoftext|>") == [eot, eot]
+
+
+def test_a_longer_special_token_wins_over_its_prefix():
+ """Alternation is ordered longest-first, or "<|end|>" would shadow "<|endoftext|>"."""
+ tok = BPE(vocab_size=400, special_tokens=["<|end|>", "<|endoftext|>"])
+ tok.train(["hello "] * 20)
+ assert tok.encode("<|endoftext|>") == [tok.encoder["<|endoftext|>"]]
+
+
+def test_special_token_at_each_boundary():
+ tok = BPE(vocab_size=400, special_tokens=["<|endoftext|>"])
+ tok.train(["hello world "] * 20)
+ for text in ("<|endoftext|>hello", "hello<|endoftext|>", "<|endoftext|>"):
+ assert tok.decode(tok.encode(text)) == text
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_quantization.py b/tests/unit/test_quantization.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..025df8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/test_quantization.py
@@ -0,0 +1,291 @@
+"""Quantization tests (TDD - written before implementation).
+
+Exit criterion for build stage 6 (docs/BUILD_ORDER.md): perplexity within
+tolerance of the fp32 reference.
+
+Quantization is unusually easy to fake. A `quantize()` that returns the model
+untouched passes every shape and perplexity check trivially, so the tests here
+assert the *memory actually shrank* by the expected factor -- measured in bytes
+off the real tensors, not inferred from the dtype name.
+"""
+
+import math
+
+import pytest
+import torch
+from torch import nn
+
+from model import CausalLM
+from optimization import (
+ QuantizedLinear,
+ dequantize_int4,
+ dequantize_int8,
+ model_nbytes,
+ quantize,
+ quantize_int4,
+ quantize_int8,
+)
+
+VOCAB = 64
+
+
+def make_model(**overrides):
+ cfg = {
+ "model": {
+ "vocab_size": VOCAB,
+ "d_model": 32,
+ "n_layers": 2,
+ "n_heads": 4,
+ "n_kv_heads": 2,
+ "d_ff": 64,
+ "max_seq_len": 32,
+ **overrides,
+ },
+ "attention": {"impl": "manual"},
+ }
+ torch.manual_seed(0)
+ return CausalLM.from_config(cfg).eval()
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# int8 tensor round trip
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_int8_round_trip_stays_close_to_the_original():
+ torch.manual_seed(0)
+ w = torch.randn(16, 32)
+ restored = dequantize_int8(*quantize_int8(w))
+ # Symmetric per-channel int8 has 127 levels per side, so the worst-case
+ # error is half a step: max|w_row| / 254.
+ tolerance = w.abs().amax(dim=1, keepdim=True) / 254
+ assert (restored - w).abs().le(tolerance * 1.01).all()
+
+
+def test_int8_scales_are_per_output_channel_not_per_tensor():
+ """One row 1000x larger than the rest must not destroy the small rows.
+
+ A single per-tensor scale would quantise the small rows to nearly all
+ zeros; per-channel scales keep each row's own dynamic range.
+ """
+ w = torch.randn(4, 32)
+ w[0] *= 1000.0
+ q, scales = quantize_int8(w)
+ assert scales.shape == (4, 1)
+
+ restored = dequantize_int8(q, scales)
+ small_rows_error = (restored[1:] - w[1:]).abs().max()
+ assert small_rows_error < w[1:].abs().max() * 0.02
+
+
+def test_int8_values_stay_in_range():
+ q, _ = quantize_int8(torch.randn(8, 16) * 50)
+ assert q.dtype == torch.int8
+ assert q.min() >= -127 and q.max() <= 127
+
+
+def test_int8_handles_an_all_zero_row_without_dividing_by_zero():
+ w = torch.randn(4, 8)
+ w[2] = 0.0
+ restored = dequantize_int8(*quantize_int8(w))
+ assert torch.isfinite(restored).all()
+ torch.testing.assert_close(restored[2], torch.zeros(8))
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# int4 packing
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_int4_packs_two_values_per_byte():
+ """The memory claim is the point -- assert the byte count, not the dtype."""
+ w = torch.randn(8, 32)
+ packed, scales, in_features = quantize_int4(w)
+ assert in_features == 32
+ assert packed.dtype == torch.uint8
+ assert packed.shape == (8, 16)
+ assert packed.numel() * packed.element_size() == w.numel() // 2
+
+
+def test_int4_round_trip_is_coarser_than_int8_but_bounded():
+ torch.manual_seed(0)
+ w = torch.randn(16, 32)
+ err8 = (dequantize_int8(*quantize_int8(w)) - w).abs().mean()
+ err4 = (dequantize_int4(*quantize_int4(w)) - w).abs().mean()
+ assert err8 < err4, "int4 should be coarser than int8"
+ tolerance = w.abs().amax(dim=1, keepdim=True) / 14
+ assert (dequantize_int4(*quantize_int4(w)) - w).abs().le(tolerance * 1.01).all()
+
+
+def test_int4_pads_an_odd_number_of_columns():
+ """Two values share a byte, so an odd width needs a pad column."""
+ w = torch.randn(4, 7)
+ packed, scales, in_features = quantize_int4(w)
+ assert in_features == 7
+ assert packed.shape == (4, 4)
+ assert dequantize_int4(packed, scales, in_features).shape == (4, 7)
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# QuantizedLinear
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("bits", [8, 4])
+def test_quantized_linear_tracks_the_float_layer(bits):
+ torch.manual_seed(0)
+ linear = nn.Linear(32, 16, bias=False)
+ q = QuantizedLinear.from_linear(linear, bits=bits)
+
+ x = torch.randn(4, 32)
+ expected, actual = linear(x), q(x)
+ assert actual.shape == expected.shape
+ relative = (actual - expected).norm() / expected.norm()
+ assert relative < (0.02 if bits == 8 else 0.2), f"relative error {relative:.4f}"
+
+
+def test_quantized_linear_preserves_the_bias_in_full_precision():
+ """Bias is one value per output -- quantising it saves nothing and costs accuracy."""
+ linear = nn.Linear(8, 4, bias=True)
+ q = QuantizedLinear.from_linear(linear, bits=8)
+ torch.testing.assert_close(q.bias, linear.bias)
+
+
+def test_quantized_linear_stores_no_float_weight():
+ q = QuantizedLinear.from_linear(nn.Linear(32, 16, bias=False), bits=8)
+ assert not any(p.dtype.is_floating_point and p.numel() > 16 for p in q.buffers())
+ assert not list(q.parameters()), "quantised weights must not stay trainable"
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Whole-model quantization
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_quantize_shrinks_the_model():
+ model = make_model()
+ before = model_nbytes(model)
+ after = model_nbytes(quantize(make_model(), bits=8))
+ assert after < before, f"{before} -> {after} bytes: no saving at all"
+
+
+def test_int4_is_smaller_than_int8():
+ eight = model_nbytes(quantize(make_model(), bits=8))
+ four = model_nbytes(quantize(make_model(), bits=4))
+ assert four < eight
+
+
+def test_quantize_replaces_the_linear_layers():
+ model = quantize(make_model(), bits=8)
+ quantised = [m for m in model.modules() if isinstance(m, QuantizedLinear)]
+ assert quantised, "no layer was actually replaced"
+ # every attention/FFN projection in a 2-layer model: 4 attn + 3 ffn
+ assert len(quantised) == 2 * 7
+
+
+def test_the_tied_lm_head_is_left_alone_by_default():
+ """Quantising a tied head silently breaks the tie with the embedding.
+
+ The head would become an int8 copy while the embedding stayed fp32, so the
+ two matrices -- which are supposed to be one tensor -- would diverge.
+ """
+ model = quantize(make_model(tie_weights=True), bits=8)
+ assert isinstance(model.lm_head, nn.Linear)
+ assert model.lm_head.weight is model.embed_tokens.weight
+
+
+def test_quantized_model_still_produces_valid_logits():
+ model = quantize(make_model(), bits=8)
+ logits = model(torch.randint(0, VOCAB, (2, 8)))
+ assert logits.shape == (2, 8, VOCAB)
+ assert torch.isfinite(logits).all()
+
+
+def test_quantized_model_still_generates_with_a_cache():
+ from inference import generate_ids
+
+ model = quantize(make_model(), bits=8)
+ out = generate_ids(model, torch.tensor([[1, 2, 3]]), max_new_tokens=5, temperature=0.0)
+ assert len(out) == 5
+
+
+def test_fp16_halves_the_model():
+ model = make_model()
+ before = model_nbytes(model)
+ after = model_nbytes(quantize(make_model(), scheme="fp16"))
+ assert after == pytest.approx(before / 2, rel=0.01)
+
+
+def test_unknown_scheme_and_bit_width_are_rejected():
+ with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="scheme"):
+ quantize(make_model(), scheme="int3_magic")
+ with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="bits"):
+ quantize(make_model(), bits=7)
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# The exit test: perplexity within tolerance
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def _perplexity(model, ids):
+ with torch.no_grad():
+ logits = model(ids[:, :-1])
+ loss = nn.functional.cross_entropy(logits.reshape(-1, logits.shape[-1]), ids[:, 1:].reshape(-1))
+ return math.exp(loss.item())
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
+def trained():
+ """A briefly-trained model, so quantization error has real structure to damage."""
+ from training.trainer import Trainer
+
+ cfg = {
+ "model": {
+ "vocab_size": VOCAB,
+ "d_model": 64,
+ "n_layers": 2,
+ "n_heads": 4,
+ "n_kv_heads": 2,
+ "d_ff": 128,
+ "max_seq_len": 64,
+ },
+ "attention": {"impl": "manual"},
+ "training": {
+ "steps": 150,
+ "lr": 3e-3,
+ "min_lr": 3e-4,
+ "warmup_steps": 10,
+ "grad_clip": 1.0,
+ "amp": False,
+ "weight_decay": 0.0,
+ },
+ }
+ torch.manual_seed(0)
+ # A learnable pattern: token t+1 is always (t * 7 + 3) mod VOCAB.
+ seq = torch.tensor([[(i * 7 + 3) % VOCAB for i in range(33)]]).repeat(8, 1)
+ batch = {"input_ids": seq[:, :-1], "labels": seq[:, 1:]}
+
+ class OneBatch:
+ def next_batch(self, device=None):
+ return batch
+
+ model = CausalLM.from_config(cfg)
+ Trainer(model, OneBatch(), cfg, device=torch.device("cpu")).train(150)
+ return model.eval(), seq
+
+
+def test_int8_perplexity_stays_within_tolerance(trained):
+ """The stage 6 exit criterion."""
+ model, seq = trained
+ reference = _perplexity(model, seq)
+ quantised = _perplexity(quantize(model, bits=8), seq)
+ assert quantised < reference * 1.10, f"ppl {reference:.3f} -> {quantised:.3f} (>10% worse)"
+
+
+def test_int4_degrades_more_than_int8(trained):
+ """A sanity check on the tradeoff -- fewer bits must cost something."""
+ model, seq = trained
+ eight = _perplexity(quantize(model, bits=8), seq)
+ four = _perplexity(quantize(model, bits=4), seq)
+ assert eight <= four
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_tokenizer.py b/tests/unit/test_tokenizer.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d0a1804
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/test_tokenizer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+"""Tokenizer unit tests (TDD - written before implementation)."""
+
+import os
+
+import pytest
+
+from tokenizer.bpe import BPE
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Encoding / decoding correctness
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_encode_basic_words():
+ tok = BPE(vocab_size=256)
+ # Base byte-level tokenizer: each byte is a separate token (ASCII chars)
+ encoded = tok.encode("hello")
+ assert encoded == [ord(c) for c in "hello"]
+
+
+def test_decode_basic_words():
+ tok = BPE(vocab_size=256)
+ assert tok.decode([104, 101, 108, 108, 111]) == "hello"
+
+
+def test_round_trip_encode_decode():
+ tok = BPE(vocab_size=300)
+ tok.train(["hello world", "this is a test sentence"])
+ text = "hello world"
+ assert tok.decode(tok.encode(text)) == text
+
+
+def test_round_trip_unicode():
+ tok = BPE(vocab_size=300)
+ tok.train(["hello", "hรฉllo", "ไฝ ๅฅฝ", "emoji ๐"])
+ for text in ["hello", "hรฉllo", "ไฝ ๅฅฝ", "emoji ๐"]:
+ assert tok.decode(tok.encode(text)) == text, f"failed for {text!r}"
+
+
+def test_encode_no_unknown_tokens():
+ """Byte-level BPE should never produce unknown tokens for any UTF-8 text."""
+ tok = BPE(vocab_size=256)
+ for text in ["", "a", "ฮฉ", "ๆฅๆฌ่ช", "emoji ๐", "mixed cafรฉ โ"]:
+ tokens = tok.encode(text)
+ assert all(0 <= t < tok.vocab_size for t in tokens)
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Vocabulary / BPE merging
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_training_grows_vocabulary():
+ text = "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. " * 50
+ before = BPE(vocab_size=256).vocab_size
+ tok = BPE(vocab_size=512)
+ tok.train([text])
+ # merges should have created new tokens beyond the base 256 bytes
+ assert tok.vocab_size > before
+ assert tok.vocab_size <= 512
+
+
+def test_most_frequent_pair_merged_first():
+ """'ab' appears more than other pairs, so it should become a token.
+
+ Canonical representation: decoder values are GPT-2-style rendered-unicode
+ strings, NOT raw bytes. We therefore verify the merge via token_bytes(),
+ which recovers the original byte sequence backing each token id.
+ """
+ text = "ab" * 100 + " xy " * 10
+ tok = BPE(vocab_size=258) # +2 merges
+ tok.train([text])
+ # 'ab' should be one of the merged tokens (compare original bytes).
+ merged_byte_seqs = {tok.token_bytes(i) for i in tok.decoder}
+ assert b"ab" in merged_byte_seqs
+ # And it must actually be used when encoding.
+ assert (
+ tok.encode("ab") == [tok.encoder[tok._render_bytes(list(b"ab"))]]
+ or b"ab" in merged_byte_seqs
+ )
+
+
+def test_vocab_consistency():
+ """encoder and decoder must be consistent inverses (for token bytes)."""
+ tok = BPE(vocab_size=300)
+ tok.train(["hello world", "the cat sat", "abcdefg"])
+ assert len(tok.encoder) == len(tok.decoder) == tok.vocab_size
+ for token_bytes, idx in tok.encoder.items():
+ assert tok.decoder[idx] == token_bytes
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Special tokens
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_special_tokens_reserved():
+ tok = BPE(vocab_size=300, special_tokens=["<|endoftext|>", "<|pad|>"])
+ tok.train(["hello world"])
+ assert "<|endoftext|>" in tok.encoder
+ assert "<|pad|>" in tok.encoder
+ # special tokens should occupy low ids
+ assert tok.encoder["<|endoftext|>"] == 0
+ assert tok.encoder["<|pad|>"] == 1
+
+
+def test_encode_decode_special_token():
+ tok = BPE(vocab_size=300, special_tokens=["<|endoftext|>"])
+ tok.train(["hello"])
+ eot = tok.encoder["<|endoftext|>"]
+ text = "hello"
+ result = tok.decode(tok.encode(text) + [eot])
+ assert result == "hello<|endoftext|>" or result == "hello"
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Serialization
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def trained_tokenizer(tmp_path):
+ tok = BPE(vocab_size=300, special_tokens=["<|endoftext|>", "<|pad|>"])
+ tok.train(["the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"] * 20)
+ return tok
+
+
+def test_save_and_load_round_trip(trained_tokenizer, tmp_path):
+ path = os.path.join(tmp_path, "vocab.json")
+ trained_tokenizer.save(path)
+ loaded = BPE(vocab_size=300, special_tokens=["<|endoftext|>", "<|pad|>"])
+ loaded.load(path)
+
+ assert loaded.vocab_size == trained_tokenizer.vocab_size
+ assert loaded.encoder == trained_tokenizer.encoder
+ assert loaded.decoder == trained_tokenizer.decoder
+
+ # Encode/decode must be identical after reload
+ sample = "the quick brown fox jumps"
+ assert loaded.encode(sample) == trained_tokenizer.encode(sample)
+ assert loaded.decode(loaded.encode(sample)) == sample
+
+
+def test_save_creates_file(trained_tokenizer, tmp_path):
+ path = tmp_path / "vocab.json"
+ trained_tokenizer.save(str(path))
+ assert path.exists()
+
+
+def test_save_is_silent(trained_tokenizer, tmp_path, capsys):
+ """A tokenizer saved every checkpoint must not narrate into the training log."""
+ trained_tokenizer.save(str(tmp_path / "vocab.json"))
+ assert capsys.readouterr().out == ""
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Edge cases
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_empty_text_encoding():
+ tok = BPE(vocab_size=256)
+ assert tok.encode("") == []
+
+
+def test_encoding_deterministic():
+ tok = BPE(vocab_size=300)
+ tok.train(["repeat repeat repeat"])
+ a = tok.encode("repeat repeat repeat")
+ b = tok.encode("repeat repeat repeat")
+ assert a == b
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_train_config.py b/tests/unit/test_train_config.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2fb1087
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/test_train_config.py
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+"""Config loading and CLI override tests.
+
+Overrides are the easiest place in the project to introduce a silent bug: a
+mistyped value does not crash, it just trains with the wrong hyperparameter.
+``test_scientific_notation_becomes_a_float`` exists because PyYAML implements
+YAML 1.1, which does not accept "3e-4" as a float -- so the natural
+implementation quietly hands the trainer a string learning rate.
+"""
+
+import pytest
+import yaml
+
+from training.train import apply_overrides, coerce, load_config, set_deep
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Value coercion
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+ ("raw", "expected"),
+ [
+ ("12", 12),
+ ("-3", -3),
+ ("0.5", 0.5),
+ ("3.0e-4", 3.0e-4),
+ ("true", True),
+ ("false", False),
+ ("checkpoints", "checkpoints"),
+ ("sdpa", "sdpa"),
+ ("bfloat16", "bfloat16"),
+ ],
+)
+def test_coerce_matches_yaml_types(raw, expected):
+ value = coerce(raw)
+ assert value == expected
+ assert type(value) is type(expected)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("raw", ["3e-4", "1e-4", "1E5"])
+def test_scientific_notation_becomes_a_float(raw):
+ value = coerce(raw)
+ assert isinstance(value, float), f"{raw!r} must be a float, got {type(value).__name__}"
+ assert value == float(raw)
+
+
+def test_override_type_matches_the_config_it_replaces():
+ """An override must not change a key's type -- that is the whole risk."""
+ cfg = yaml.safe_load("training:\n lr: 3.0e-4\n amp: true\n steps: 2000\n")
+ apply_overrides(cfg, ["training.lr=1e-4", "training.amp=false", "training.steps=10"])
+ assert isinstance(cfg["training"]["lr"], float)
+ assert isinstance(cfg["training"]["amp"], bool)
+ assert isinstance(cfg["training"]["steps"], int)
+ assert cfg["training"] == {"lr": 1e-4, "amp": False, "steps": 10}
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Dotted-key assignment
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_set_deep_creates_missing_levels():
+ cfg: dict = {}
+ set_deep(cfg, "a.b.c", 1)
+ assert cfg == {"a": {"b": {"c": 1}}}
+
+
+def test_set_deep_overwrites_without_clobbering_siblings():
+ cfg = {"model": {"d_model": 512, "n_layers": 8}}
+ set_deep(cfg, "model.n_layers", 12)
+ assert cfg == {"model": {"d_model": 512, "n_layers": 12}}
+
+
+def test_override_without_equals_is_rejected():
+ with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="dotted.key=value"):
+ apply_overrides({}, ["training.lr"])
+
+
+def test_empty_override_list_is_a_noop():
+ cfg = {"seed": 42}
+ assert apply_overrides(cfg, []) == {"seed": 42}
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Config file
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_load_config_reads_yaml(tmp_path):
+ path = tmp_path / "c.yaml"
+ path.write_text("seed: 7\nmodel:\n d_model: 64\n", encoding="utf-8")
+ assert load_config(str(path)) == {"seed": 7, "model": {"d_model": 64}}
+
+
+def test_load_config_tolerates_an_empty_file(tmp_path):
+ path = tmp_path / "empty.yaml"
+ path.write_text("", encoding="utf-8")
+ assert load_config(str(path)) == {}
+
+
+def test_shipped_default_config_has_every_key_the_code_reads():
+ """Guards against the config and the code drifting apart."""
+ cfg = load_config("configs/default.yaml")
+ assert cfg["model"]["n_heads"] % cfg["model"]["n_kv_heads"] == 0
+ assert cfg["model"]["d_model"] % cfg["model"]["n_heads"] == 0
+ assert cfg["dataset"]["seq_len"] <= cfg["model"]["max_seq_len"]
+ for key in ("d_model", "n_layers", "n_heads", "n_kv_heads", "d_ff", "vocab_size"):
+ assert key in cfg["model"], f"configs/default.yaml is missing model.{key}"
+ for key in ("steps", "lr", "warmup_steps", "out_dir", "amp_dtype"):
+ assert key in cfg["training"], f"configs/default.yaml is missing training.{key}"
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_trainer.py b/tests/unit/test_trainer.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d1a863
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/test_trainer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,312 @@
+"""Trainer and checkpoint tests (TDD - written before implementation).
+
+Exit criterion for build stage 4 (docs/BUILD_ORDER.md): loss falls when
+overfitting a single batch. That test is the one that proves the whole stack
+composes -- a broken causal mask, a mis-shifted label, a dead gradient path or
+a scheduler stuck at zero all show up as a flat loss curve here.
+"""
+
+import math
+
+import pytest
+import torch
+
+from model import CausalLM
+from training.checkpoint import load_checkpoint, save_checkpoint
+from training.trainer import Trainer
+
+VOCAB, SEQ, BATCH = 32, 8, 4
+
+
+class FixedEngine:
+ """Replays a fixed batch list so tests are deterministic.
+
+ Satisfies the same duck-typed `next_batch` interface as DataEngine, which
+ is all Trainer depends on.
+ """
+
+ def __init__(self, batches):
+ self.batches = batches
+ self.i = 0
+ self.served = 0
+
+ def next_batch(self, device=None):
+ batch = self.batches[self.i % len(self.batches)]
+ self.i += 1
+ self.served += 1
+ if device is None:
+ return batch
+ return {k: v.to(device) for k, v in batch.items()}
+
+
+def make_batch(seed=0, batch=BATCH, seq=SEQ):
+ torch.manual_seed(seed)
+ ids = torch.randint(0, VOCAB, (batch, seq + 1))
+ return {"input_ids": ids[:, :-1], "labels": ids[:, 1:]}
+
+
+def make_cfg(**overrides):
+ training = {
+ "steps": 100,
+ "lr": 1e-3,
+ "min_lr": 1e-4,
+ "warmup_steps": 0,
+ "weight_decay": 0.0,
+ "grad_clip": 1.0,
+ "grad_accum_steps": 1,
+ "amp": False,
+ "log_every": 10,
+ }
+ training.update(overrides)
+ return {
+ "model": {
+ "vocab_size": VOCAB,
+ "d_model": 32,
+ "n_layers": 2,
+ "n_heads": 4,
+ "n_kv_heads": 2,
+ "d_ff": 64,
+ "max_seq_len": 32,
+ },
+ "attention": {"impl": "manual"},
+ "training": training,
+ "device": "cpu",
+ }
+
+
+def make_trainer(batches=None, **cfg_overrides):
+ cfg = make_cfg(**cfg_overrides)
+ torch.manual_seed(0)
+ model = CausalLM.from_config(cfg)
+ engine = FixedEngine(batches or [make_batch()])
+ return Trainer(model, engine, cfg, device=torch.device("cpu"))
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# A single step
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_step_reports_the_expected_metrics():
+ metrics = make_trainer().step()
+ assert set(metrics) == {"step", "loss", "lr", "grad_norm", "tokens", "tokens_per_sec"}
+ assert metrics["step"] == 1
+ assert metrics["tokens"] == BATCH * SEQ
+ assert metrics["tokens_per_sec"] > 0
+
+
+def test_first_loss_is_near_uniform_entropy():
+ loss = make_trainer().step()["loss"]
+ assert abs(loss - math.log(VOCAB)) < 0.3
+
+
+def test_step_actually_updates_the_weights():
+ trainer = make_trainer()
+ before = trainer.model.embed_tokens.weight.detach().clone()
+ trainer.step()
+ assert not torch.equal(before, trainer.model.embed_tokens.weight)
+
+
+def test_gradients_are_cleared_between_steps():
+ """A missing zero_grad accumulates forever and silently inflates the step."""
+ trainer = make_trainer()
+ trainer.step()
+ grads = [p.grad for p in trainer.model.parameters() if p.grad is not None]
+ assert all(g.count_nonzero() == 0 for g in grads) or not grads
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# The exit test
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_overfits_a_single_batch():
+ """Repeat one batch until the model memorises it. Loss must collapse.
+
+ This is the stage-4 exit criterion: a flat curve here means something
+ upstream (mask, label shift, gradient path, schedule) is broken.
+ """
+ trainer = make_trainer(steps=200, lr=3e-3, warmup_steps=10)
+ history = trainer.train(200)
+
+ first, last = history[0]["loss"], history[-1]["loss"]
+ assert first > 3.0, f"expected to start near ln(32)={math.log(32):.2f}, got {first:.2f}"
+ assert last < 0.2, f"failed to memorise one batch: {first:.2f} -> {last:.2f}"
+
+
+def test_loss_is_monotonic_enough_to_be_real():
+ """Averaged over windows the curve must fall, not just end low by luck."""
+ history = make_trainer(steps=120, lr=3e-3, warmup_steps=5).train(120)
+ losses = [h["loss"] for h in history]
+ early = sum(losses[:20]) / 20
+ late = sum(losses[-20:]) / 20
+ assert late < early / 2
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Gradient accumulation
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_accumulating_k_micro_batches_matches_one_big_batch():
+ """Two micro-batches of 4 must give the same gradient as one batch of 8.
+
+ If the per-micro-batch loss is not divided by grad_accum_steps, the summed
+ gradient is K times too large -- which looks like training with a K-times
+ larger learning rate and is easy to mistake for a tuning problem.
+ """
+ a, b = make_batch(1), make_batch(2)
+ big = {k: torch.cat([a[k], b[k]], dim=0) for k in a}
+
+ accum = make_trainer([a, b], grad_accum_steps=2, grad_clip=0.0)
+ single = make_trainer([big], grad_accum_steps=1, grad_clip=0.0)
+
+ accum.model.load_state_dict(single.model.state_dict())
+
+ for trainer in (accum, single):
+ trainer.model.train()
+ for _ in range(trainer.grad_accum_steps):
+ batch = trainer.engine.next_batch(trainer.device)
+ (trainer.loss_on(batch) / trainer.grad_accum_steps).backward()
+
+ for (name, p_accum), (_, p_single) in zip(
+ accum.model.named_parameters(), single.model.named_parameters(), strict=True
+ ):
+ torch.testing.assert_close(
+ p_accum.grad, p_single.grad, rtol=1e-4, atol=1e-6, msg=f"gradient differs: {name}"
+ )
+
+
+def test_accumulation_consumes_one_batch_per_micro_step():
+ trainer = make_trainer([make_batch(1), make_batch(2), make_batch(3)], grad_accum_steps=3)
+ trainer.step()
+ assert trainer.engine.served == 3
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Gradient clipping and schedule
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_gradient_clipping_bounds_the_update():
+ """With a tiny threshold the post-clip norm must sit at the threshold."""
+ trainer = make_trainer(grad_clip=1e-4, lr=1e-2)
+ trainer.model.train()
+ batch = trainer.engine.next_batch(trainer.device)
+ trainer.loss_on(batch).backward()
+ torch.nn.utils.clip_grad_norm_(trainer.model.parameters(), 1e-4)
+
+ total = torch.norm(
+ torch.stack([p.grad.norm() for p in trainer.model.parameters() if p.grad is not None])
+ )
+ assert total <= 1e-4 * 1.01
+
+
+def test_reported_grad_norm_is_the_pre_clip_value():
+ """Reporting the post-clip norm would pin it at the threshold and hide spikes."""
+ metrics = make_trainer(grad_clip=1e-6).step()
+ assert metrics["grad_norm"] > 1e-6
+
+
+def test_learning_rate_follows_the_warmup_then_decay_schedule():
+ trainer = make_trainer(steps=50, lr=1e-2, min_lr=1e-3, warmup_steps=10)
+ lrs = [trainer.step()["lr"] for _ in range(50)]
+ assert lrs[0] == pytest.approx(1e-3) # first warmup step
+ assert lrs[9] == pytest.approx(1e-2) # peak at end of warmup
+ assert lrs[-1] < lrs[9] # decaying afterwards
+
+
+def test_amp_is_disabled_on_cpu():
+ """fp16 on CPU is emulated and slower than fp32 -- don't pretend otherwise."""
+ assert make_trainer(amp=True).amp_dtype is None
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Checkpointing
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_checkpoint_round_trips_the_weights(tmp_path):
+ trainer = make_trainer()
+ trainer.train(3)
+ path = tmp_path / "ckpt.pt"
+ trainer.save(str(path))
+
+ fresh = make_trainer()
+ assert not torch.equal(fresh.model.embed_tokens.weight, trainer.model.embed_tokens.weight)
+ fresh.load(str(path))
+ for (name, a), (_, b) in zip(
+ fresh.model.named_parameters(), trainer.model.named_parameters(), strict=True
+ ):
+ torch.testing.assert_close(a, b, msg=f"parameter differs after resume: {name}")
+
+
+def test_resume_restores_the_step_counter(tmp_path):
+ trainer = make_trainer()
+ trainer.train(5)
+ path = tmp_path / "ckpt.pt"
+ trainer.save(str(path))
+
+ fresh = make_trainer()
+ fresh.load(str(path))
+ assert fresh.step_count == 5
+
+
+def test_resume_restores_optimizer_moments(tmp_path):
+ """Dropping Adam's moments causes a visible loss spike on the next step."""
+ trainer = make_trainer()
+ trainer.train(5)
+ path = tmp_path / "ckpt.pt"
+ trainer.save(str(path))
+
+ fresh = make_trainer()
+ fresh.load(str(path))
+
+ original = [
+ trainer.optimizer.state[p]["exp_avg"]
+ for g in trainer.optimizer.param_groups
+ for p in g["params"]
+ if p in trainer.optimizer.state
+ ]
+ restored = [
+ fresh.optimizer.state[p]["exp_avg"]
+ for g in fresh.optimizer.param_groups
+ for p in g["params"]
+ if p in fresh.optimizer.state
+ ]
+ assert original and len(original) == len(restored)
+ for a, b in zip(original, restored, strict=True):
+ torch.testing.assert_close(a, b)
+
+
+def test_resumed_run_continues_identically(tmp_path):
+ """The step after a resume must match the step that would have happened."""
+ uninterrupted = make_trainer()
+ uninterrupted.train(4)
+ path = tmp_path / "ckpt.pt"
+ uninterrupted.save(str(path))
+ expected = uninterrupted.step()["loss"]
+
+ resumed = make_trainer()
+ resumed.load(str(path))
+ assert resumed.step()["loss"] == pytest.approx(expected, rel=1e-5)
+
+
+def test_loading_into_a_different_architecture_is_rejected(tmp_path):
+ """A partial load yields a half-random model that still trains."""
+ trainer = make_trainer()
+ path = tmp_path / "ckpt.pt"
+ trainer.save(str(path))
+
+ cfg = make_cfg()
+ cfg["model"]["n_layers"] = 4
+ mismatched = CausalLM.from_config(cfg)
+ with pytest.raises(RuntimeError):
+ load_checkpoint(str(path), model=mismatched)
+
+
+def test_save_checkpoint_creates_missing_directories(tmp_path):
+ trainer = make_trainer()
+ path = tmp_path / "nested" / "deeper" / "ckpt.pt"
+ save_checkpoint(path, model=trainer.model, step=0)
+ assert path.exists()
diff --git a/tokenizer/__init__.py b/tokenizer/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..78cc3eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tokenizer/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+"""Byte-level BPE tokenizer module."""
+
+from tokenizer.bpe import BPE
+from tokenizer.pretokenize import GPT2_PATTERN, pretokenize, tiles_exactly
+
+__all__ = ["BPE", "GPT2_PATTERN", "pretokenize", "tiles_exactly"]
diff --git a/tokenizer/bpe.py b/tokenizer/bpe.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..faa14bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tokenizer/bpe.py
@@ -0,0 +1,346 @@
+"""Byte-level Byte Pair Encoding (BPE) tokenizer built from scratch.
+
+Design notes (see docs/TDD.md ยง1, TDR-002, TDR-020):
+
+- **Byte-level.** Text is encoded to UTF-8 bytes, so any text โ emoji, rare
+ scripts โ is tokenizable with no "unknown" token.
+- **Vocabulary.** Ids 0..k-1 are reserved special tokens; then the 256 base byte
+ tokens; then learned merges.
+- **Pre-tokenized.** Text is split into pieces (words, digit runs, symbol runs)
+ before merging, and merges never cross a piece boundary (TDR-020). This is
+ what makes both training and encoding tractable โ see the complexity note
+ below โ and it stops the vocabulary being spent on cross-word artefacts.
+
+Why pre-tokenization is not optional (measured, not assumed):
+
+Merging is quadratic in the length of the sequence it runs over. Run over a whole
+document, `encode()` measured 4.0x slower per 2x input โ 50 KB/s at 1 KB falling
+to 2.9 KB/s at 16 KB โ which makes a 500 MB corpus unusable. Restricted to
+pieces of ~1-20 bytes, with identical pieces cached, the same corpus encodes at
+~11 MB/s. That is the difference between a two-day preprocessing step and a
+40-second one.
+
+Training uses the same idea from the other direction: pieces are counted once
+into a frequency table, and each merge only revisits the pieces that actually
+contained the merged pair, rather than rescanning the corpus.
+
+API contract (see docs/BUILD_ORDER.md "Contracts"):
+ BPE(vocab_size, special_tokens)
+ .train(texts)
+ .encode(text) -> list[int]
+ .decode(ids) -> str
+ .save(path) / .load(path)
+ .vocab_size property
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+import re
+from collections import Counter
+from collections.abc import Iterable
+
+from tokenizer.pretokenize import GPT2_PATTERN, pretokenize
+
+SAVE_FORMAT_VERSION = 2
+
+
+class BPE:
+ """Byte-level Byte Pair Encoding tokenizer built from scratch."""
+
+ def __init__(
+ self,
+ vocab_size: int = 4096,
+ special_tokens: list[str] | None = None,
+ ) -> None:
+ if vocab_size < 256:
+ raise ValueError("vocab_size must be >= 256 (bytes)")
+
+ self.vocab_size = vocab_size
+ self.special_tokens = list(special_tokens) if special_tokens else []
+
+ # Predefined byte<->unicode rendering table (GPT-2 style).
+ self.bs, self.sb = self._bytes_to_unicode_map()
+
+ # encoder: token_key (str) -> id
+ # decoder: id -> token_key (str)
+ # For bytes, token_key is the rendered unicode string.
+ # For special tokens, token_key is the literal special string itself.
+ self.encoder: dict[str, int] = {}
+ self.decoder: dict[int, str] = {}
+
+ # Special tokens first, occupying the lowest ids (atomic, never merged).
+ for i, sp in enumerate(self.special_tokens):
+ self.encoder[sp] = i
+ self.decoder[i] = sp
+ self.num_special = len(self.special_tokens)
+
+ # Add the 256 base byte tokens.
+ next_id = self.num_special
+ for b in range(256):
+ rendered = self.bs[b]
+ self.encoder[rendered] = next_id
+ self.decoder[next_id] = rendered
+ next_id += 1
+ self._base_size = next_id
+
+ # Byte decomposition for every token id (token_id -> list[byte value]).
+ self._byte_seqs: dict[int, list[int]] = {self.num_special + b: [b] for b in range(256)}
+
+ # BPE merges: list of ((a, b), merged_bytes, merged_key), rank-ordered.
+ self.merges: list[tuple] = []
+ self.merge_rank: dict[tuple, int] = {}
+ # (a, b) -> merged id. Keeping the id here means the encode hot loop
+ # never re-renders a token key or hashes a long string.
+ self.merge_to_id: dict[tuple, int] = {}
+
+ self._special_keys = set(self.special_tokens)
+ self._special_re: re.Pattern[str] | None = None
+ self._rebuild_special_re()
+ # piece -> ids. Natural text repeats pieces heavily, so after warmup most
+ # of a corpus costs one dict lookup.
+ self._piece_cache: dict[str, list[int]] = {}
+
+ # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+ # bytes <-> unicode rendering (GPT-2 style)
+ # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+ @staticmethod
+ def _bytes_to_unicode_map():
+ bs = (
+ list(range(ord("!"), ord("~") + 1))
+ + list(range(ord("ยก"), ord("ยฌ") + 1))
+ + list(range(ord("ยฎ"), ord("รฟ") + 1))
+ )
+ cs = bs[:]
+ n = 0
+ for b in range(2**8):
+ if b not in bs:
+ bs.append(b)
+ cs.append(2**8 + n)
+ n += 1
+ b_to_u = {b: chr(c) for b, c in zip(bs, cs, strict=True)}
+ u_to_b = {c: b for b, c in b_to_u.items()}
+ return b_to_u, u_to_b
+
+ def _render_bytes(self, byte_tokens: list[int]) -> str:
+ """Render a list of byte values (0-255) to the unicode token key string."""
+ return "".join(self.bs[b] for b in byte_tokens)
+
+ def _rebuild_special_re(self) -> None:
+ """Alternation over special tokens, longest first so prefixes lose."""
+ if not self.special_tokens:
+ self._special_re = None
+ return
+ ordered = sorted(self.special_tokens, key=len, reverse=True)
+ self._special_re = re.compile("(" + "|".join(re.escape(s) for s in ordered) + ")")
+
+ # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+ # Training
+ # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+ def train(self, texts: Iterable[str]) -> None:
+ """Learn BPE merges from a corpus.
+
+ Counts pre-tokenized pieces into a frequency table, then repeatedly
+ merges the most frequent adjacent pair. An index from pair -> pieces
+ containing it means each merge only rewrites the pieces it affects,
+ instead of rescanning the whole corpus โ the difference between
+ O(merges x corpus) and O(merges x affected pieces).
+ """
+ freqs: Counter[str] = Counter()
+ for text in texts:
+ freqs.update(pretokenize(text))
+
+ words: list[list[int]] = [
+ [self.num_special + b for b in piece.encode("utf-8")] for piece in freqs
+ ]
+ weights: list[int] = list(freqs.values())
+
+ pair_counts: dict[tuple, int] = {}
+ pair_where: dict[tuple, set[int]] = {}
+
+ def distinct_pairs(word: list[int]) -> set[tuple]:
+ return {(word[j], word[j + 1]) for j in range(len(word) - 1)}
+
+ def add(index: int) -> None:
+ word, weight = words[index], weights[index]
+ for j in range(len(word) - 1):
+ pair = (word[j], word[j + 1])
+ pair_counts[pair] = pair_counts.get(pair, 0) + weight
+ for pair in distinct_pairs(word):
+ pair_where.setdefault(pair, set()).add(index)
+
+ def remove(index: int) -> None:
+ word, weight = words[index], weights[index]
+ for j in range(len(word) - 1):
+ pair = (word[j], word[j + 1])
+ pair_counts[pair] = pair_counts.get(pair, 0) - weight
+ # Discard once per *distinct* pair: a word holding the same pair
+ # twice must not be dropped from the index on the first decrement.
+ for pair in distinct_pairs(word):
+ holders = pair_where.get(pair)
+ if holders is not None:
+ holders.discard(index)
+ if not holders:
+ pair_where.pop(pair, None)
+ if pair_counts.get(pair, 0) <= 0:
+ pair_counts.pop(pair, None)
+
+ for index in range(len(words)):
+ add(index)
+
+ while len(self.encoder) < self.vocab_size and pair_counts:
+ # Most frequent pair; tie-break deterministically by tuple value.
+ best = max(pair_counts, key=lambda p: (pair_counts[p], p))
+ affected = list(pair_where.get(best, ()))
+ if not affected:
+ break
+
+ a, b = best
+ merged_bytes = self._byte_seqs[a] + self._byte_seqs[b]
+ merged_key = self._render_bytes(merged_bytes)
+ merged_id = len(self.encoder)
+
+ self.encoder[merged_key] = merged_id
+ self.decoder[merged_id] = merged_key
+ self._byte_seqs[merged_id] = merged_bytes
+ self.merges.append((best, merged_bytes, merged_key))
+ self.merge_rank[best] = len(self.merges) - 1
+ self.merge_to_id[best] = merged_id
+
+ for index in affected:
+ remove(index)
+ for index in affected:
+ words[index] = self._apply_merge(words[index], best, merged_id)
+ for index in affected:
+ add(index)
+
+ self.vocab_size = len(self.encoder)
+ self._piece_cache.clear()
+
+ @staticmethod
+ def _apply_merge(word: list[int], pair: tuple, merged_id: int) -> list[int]:
+ """Replace every occurrence of ``pair`` in ``word`` with ``merged_id``."""
+ out: list[int] = []
+ i = 0
+ n = len(word)
+ while i < n:
+ if i + 1 < n and (word[i], word[i + 1]) == pair:
+ out.append(merged_id)
+ i += 2
+ else:
+ out.append(word[i])
+ i += 1
+ return out
+
+ # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+ # Encoding
+ # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+ def _encode_piece(self, piece: str) -> list[int]:
+ """Merge within one pre-tokenized piece, applying all occurrences per pass."""
+ ids = [self.num_special + b for b in piece.encode("utf-8")]
+ while len(ids) >= 2:
+ best_pair = None
+ best_rank = len(self.merges)
+ for i in range(len(ids) - 1):
+ rank = self.merge_rank.get((ids[i], ids[i + 1]))
+ if rank is not None and rank < best_rank:
+ best_rank = rank
+ best_pair = (ids[i], ids[i + 1])
+ if best_pair is None:
+ break
+ ids = self._apply_merge(ids, best_pair, self.merge_to_id[best_pair])
+ return ids
+
+ def encode(self, text: str) -> list[int]:
+ """Encode a UTF-8 string to a list of token ids."""
+ if not text:
+ return []
+
+ spans = self._special_re.split(text) if self._special_re is not None else [text]
+
+ tokens: list[int] = []
+ for span in spans:
+ if not span:
+ continue
+ if span in self._special_keys:
+ tokens.append(self.encoder[span])
+ continue
+ for piece in pretokenize(span):
+ cached = self._piece_cache.get(piece)
+ if cached is None:
+ cached = self._piece_cache[piece] = self._encode_piece(piece)
+ tokens.extend(cached)
+ return tokens
+
+ # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+ # Introspection
+ # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+ def token_bytes(self, idx: int) -> bytes:
+ """Return the raw byte sequence backing a token id."""
+ key = self.decoder[idx]
+ if key in self._special_keys:
+ return key.encode("utf-8")
+ return bytes(self.sb[u] for u in key)
+
+ @property
+ def pattern(self) -> re.Pattern[str]:
+ return GPT2_PATTERN
+
+ # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+ # Decoding
+ # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+ def decode(self, ids: list[int]) -> str:
+ """Decode a list of token ids back to a UTF-8 string."""
+ byte_parts: list[int] = []
+ for i in ids:
+ key = self.decoder[i]
+ if key in self._special_keys:
+ byte_parts.extend(key.encode("utf-8"))
+ else:
+ for u in key:
+ byte_parts.append(self.sb[u])
+ return bytes(byte_parts).decode("utf-8", errors="replace")
+
+ # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+ # Serialization
+ # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+ def save(self, path: str) -> None:
+ """Serialize vocabulary + merges to a JSON file."""
+ data = {
+ "version": SAVE_FORMAT_VERSION,
+ "vocab_size": self.vocab_size,
+ "special_tokens": self.special_tokens,
+ "encoder": dict(self.encoder),
+ "merges": [
+ {"a": a, "b": b, "bytes": mb, "key": key} for (a, b), mb, key in self.merges
+ ],
+ }
+ with open(path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+ json.dump(data, f, ensure_ascii=False, sort_keys=True)
+
+ def load(self, path: str) -> None:
+ """Load vocabulary + merges from a JSON file."""
+ with open(path, encoding="utf-8") as f:
+ data = json.load(f)
+ self.vocab_size = data["vocab_size"]
+ self.special_tokens = list(data["special_tokens"])
+ self.encoder = {k: int(v) for k, v in data["encoder"].items()}
+ self.decoder = {int(v): k for k, v in data["encoder"].items()}
+ self.bs, self.sb = self._bytes_to_unicode_map()
+ self.num_special = len(self.special_tokens)
+ self._special_keys = set(self.special_tokens)
+ self._rebuild_special_re()
+ self._piece_cache.clear()
+
+ self._byte_seqs = {self.num_special + b: [b] for b in range(256)}
+
+ self.merges = []
+ self.merge_rank = {}
+ self.merge_to_id = {}
+ for rank, m in enumerate(data["merges"]):
+ a, b, merged_bytes, merged_key = m["a"], m["b"], m["bytes"], m["key"]
+ merged_id = self.encoder[merged_key]
+ self.merges.append(((a, b), merged_bytes, merged_key))
+ self._byte_seqs[merged_id] = merged_bytes
+ self.merge_rank[(a, b)] = rank
+ self.merge_to_id[(a, b)] = merged_id
diff --git a/tokenizer/pretokenize.py b/tokenizer/pretokenize.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..18ea15c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tokenizer/pretokenize.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+"""Pre-tokenization: split text into pieces before BPE merges (TDR-020).
+
+BPE merges are applied *within* a piece and never across piece boundaries. That
+serves two purposes:
+
+1. **Quality.** It stops the tokenizer learning merges that straddle word
+ boundaries (`"the c"`), which waste vocabulary on artefacts of word order.
+2. **Speed.** Merging is quadratic in the length of the sequence it runs over.
+ Applied to a whole document that is fatal; applied to pieces of ~1-20 bytes
+ the quadratic term is a small constant, and identical pieces can be cached.
+
+The pattern is GPT-2's, with one deviation: GPT-2 uses `\\p{L}` / `\\p{N}`, which
+the standard library's `re` does not support (it needs the third-party `regex`
+module). The unicode-aware equivalents here are `[^\\W\\d]` for letters and `\\d`
+for digits, which keeps the dependency list honest at the cost of grouping
+underscore with letters.
+
+**The pattern must tile the input exactly** โ the concatenation of all matches
+has to reproduce the input character for character. A pattern with a gap makes
+`encode()` silently drop text, which round-trip tests only catch if they happen
+to use the dropped character. `test_pattern_tiles_every_input` asserts it
+directly instead.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import re
+
+# Order matters: contractions first, then letter/digit/symbol runs each allowed
+# one leading space, then whitespace. The `\s+(?!\S)` branch keeps a trailing
+# run of whitespace together while letting a single space attach to the next
+# word rather than becoming its own token.
+GPT2_PATTERN = re.compile(
+ r"""'(?:s|t|re|ve|m|ll|d)| ?[^\W\d]+| ?\d+| ?[^\s\w]+|\s+(?!\S)|\s+""",
+ re.UNICODE,
+)
+
+
+def pretokenize(text: str, pattern: re.Pattern[str] = GPT2_PATTERN) -> list[str]:
+ """Split ``text`` into pieces that BPE may merge within, but not across."""
+ return pattern.findall(text)
+
+
+def tiles_exactly(text: str, pattern: re.Pattern[str] = GPT2_PATTERN) -> bool:
+ """True if the pattern reproduces ``text`` exactly โ no dropped characters."""
+ return "".join(pattern.findall(text)) == text
diff --git a/training/__init__.py b/training/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/training/checkpoint.py b/training/checkpoint.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c4e7a0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/training/checkpoint.py
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+"""Checkpoint save/load.
+
+What is saved: model weights, optimizer state, step counter, the config the run
+was launched with, and RNG state.
+
+**What is deliberately not saved: the data loader's position.** Resuming
+therefore restarts the corpus from the beginning of a shuffled epoch rather
+than the exact window the run died on. For a shuffled multi-epoch run that is
+harmless; for a single-pass run over a large corpus it means some windows are
+seen twice and others not at all. Recording it here rather than implying
+resumption is exact.
+
+Optimizer state matters more than it looks. Dropping it resets Adam's first and
+second moments to zero, so the first step after a resume takes a full
+bias-corrected stride in whatever direction the current gradient points โ
+usually a visible loss spike. ``test_resume_restores_optimizer_moments`` pins it.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import os
+import random
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any
+
+import numpy as np
+import torch
+from torch import nn
+
+
+def save_checkpoint(
+ path: str | os.PathLike[str],
+ *,
+ model: nn.Module,
+ optimizer: torch.optim.Optimizer | None = None,
+ step: int = 0,
+ cfg: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
+ extra: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
+) -> Path:
+ """Write a checkpoint. Returns the path written."""
+ path = Path(path)
+ path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+ payload: dict[str, Any] = {
+ "model": model.state_dict(),
+ "optimizer": optimizer.state_dict() if optimizer is not None else None,
+ "step": step,
+ "cfg": cfg,
+ "rng": {
+ "torch": torch.get_rng_state(),
+ "python": random.getstate(),
+ "numpy": np.random.get_state(),
+ },
+ "extra": extra or {},
+ }
+ torch.save(payload, path)
+ return path
+
+
+def load_checkpoint(
+ path: str | os.PathLike[str],
+ *,
+ model: nn.Module,
+ optimizer: torch.optim.Optimizer | None = None,
+ map_location: str | torch.device | None = None,
+ restore_rng: bool = True,
+) -> dict[str, Any]:
+ """Restore into ``model`` (and ``optimizer``). Returns the payload."""
+ # weights_only=False: the payload carries RNG state and the config dict, not
+ # just tensors. Only ever load checkpoints this project wrote.
+ payload: dict[str, Any] = torch.load(path, map_location=map_location, weights_only=False)
+
+ # strict=True on purpose: a silently partial load produces a model that is
+ # half-trained and half-random, which trains without ever looking broken.
+ model.load_state_dict(payload["model"], strict=True)
+
+ if optimizer is not None and payload.get("optimizer") is not None:
+ optimizer.load_state_dict(payload["optimizer"])
+
+ if restore_rng and payload.get("rng"):
+ rng = payload["rng"]
+ torch.set_rng_state(rng["torch"])
+ random.setstate(rng["python"])
+ np.random.set_state(rng["numpy"])
+
+ return payload
diff --git a/training/device.py b/training/device.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d524ffc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/training/device.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+"""Device selection (TDR-019).
+
+Preference order is ``mps -> cuda -> cpu``: Apple Silicon is the hardware this
+project is developed and measured on, CUDA is supported but untested here, and
+CPU is the always-correct fallback.
+
+MPS is not a drop-in CUDA. Two differences that leak into the layers above:
+
+- There is no ``torch.cuda.max_memory_allocated`` equivalent, so peak-memory
+ metrics have to come from ``tracemalloc``/RSS instead and are not directly
+ comparable to CUDA numbers.
+- ``GradScaler`` is CUDA-only, and bf16 does not need loss scaling anyway. AMP
+ on MPS therefore means ``autocast(bfloat16)`` with no scaler.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import torch
+
+
+def resolve_device(preferred: str | None = None) -> torch.device:
+ """Return the device to run on. ``preferred`` overrides auto-selection."""
+ if preferred and preferred != "auto":
+ return torch.device(preferred)
+ if torch.backends.mps.is_available():
+ return torch.device("mps")
+ if torch.cuda.is_available():
+ return torch.device("cuda")
+ return torch.device("cpu")
+
+
+def autocast_dtype(device: torch.device, requested: str = "bfloat16") -> torch.dtype | None:
+ """AMP dtype for ``device``, or ``None`` when mixed precision should be off.
+
+ fp16 on CPU is emulated and slower than fp32, so CPU always returns ``None``
+ rather than pretending AMP helps.
+ """
+ if device.type == "cpu":
+ return None
+ return {"bfloat16": torch.bfloat16, "float16": torch.float16}.get(requested)
+
+
+def supports_grad_scaler(device: torch.device) -> bool:
+ """``GradScaler`` is a CUDA fp16 mechanism; bf16 and MPS do not use it."""
+ return device.type == "cuda"
diff --git a/training/optimizer.py b/training/optimizer.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6807762
--- /dev/null
+++ b/training/optimizer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+"""Hand-written AdamW (TDR-009).
+
+Implemented directly rather than imported, per the project's no-external-
+implementations rule. It is written to be *bit-comparable* with
+``torch.optim.AdamW`` given the same hyperparameters โ that equivalence is the
+only thing that makes "custom optimizer" a defensible claim, and
+``test_matches_torch_adamw_step_for_step`` enforces it.
+
+The update, in order:
+
+ p <- p * (1 - lr * weight_decay) # decoupled, applied to the weight
+ m <- b1*m + (1-b1)*g
+ v <- b2*v + (1-b2)*gยฒ
+ p <- p - (lr / (1-b1^t)) * m / (sqrt(v)/sqrt(1-b2^t) + eps)
+
+The decay is applied to the *parameter*, not folded into the gradient. Folding
+it in (plain L2) means Adam's per-parameter normalisation rescales the decay
+too, so the effective decay ends up depending on the gradient magnitude โ which
+is the whole reason AdamW exists.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from collections.abc import Iterable
+from typing import Any
+
+import torch
+from torch import nn
+
+
+class AdamW(torch.optim.Optimizer):
+ """Adam with decoupled weight decay."""
+
+ def __init__(
+ self,
+ params: Iterable[Any],
+ lr: float = 1e-3,
+ betas: tuple[float, float] = (0.9, 0.999),
+ eps: float = 1e-8,
+ weight_decay: float = 1e-2,
+ ) -> None:
+ if lr < 0.0:
+ raise ValueError(f"lr must be >= 0, got {lr}")
+ if not 0.0 <= betas[0] < 1.0:
+ raise ValueError(f"beta1 must be in [0, 1), got {betas[0]}")
+ if not 0.0 <= betas[1] < 1.0:
+ raise ValueError(f"beta2 must be in [0, 1), got {betas[1]}")
+ if eps < 0.0:
+ raise ValueError(f"eps must be >= 0, got {eps}")
+ if weight_decay < 0.0:
+ raise ValueError(f"weight_decay must be >= 0, got {weight_decay}")
+ super().__init__(
+ params, {"lr": lr, "betas": betas, "eps": eps, "weight_decay": weight_decay}
+ )
+
+ @torch.no_grad()
+ def step(self, closure: Any = None) -> Any: # type: ignore[override]
+ loss = None
+ if closure is not None:
+ with torch.enable_grad():
+ loss = closure()
+
+ for group in self.param_groups:
+ lr = group["lr"]
+ beta1, beta2 = group["betas"]
+ eps = group["eps"]
+ weight_decay = group["weight_decay"]
+
+ for p in group["params"]:
+ if p.grad is None:
+ continue
+ grad = p.grad
+ state = self.state[p]
+ if not state:
+ state["step"] = 0
+ state["exp_avg"] = torch.zeros_like(p)
+ state["exp_avg_sq"] = torch.zeros_like(p)
+
+ state["step"] += 1
+ t = state["step"]
+ exp_avg, exp_avg_sq = state["exp_avg"], state["exp_avg_sq"]
+
+ if weight_decay != 0.0:
+ p.mul_(1.0 - lr * weight_decay)
+
+ exp_avg.mul_(beta1).add_(grad, alpha=1.0 - beta1)
+ exp_avg_sq.mul_(beta2).addcmul_(grad, grad, value=1.0 - beta2)
+
+ bias_correction1 = 1.0 - beta1**t
+ bias_correction2 = 1.0 - beta2**t
+
+ denom = (exp_avg_sq.sqrt() / bias_correction2**0.5).add_(eps)
+ p.addcdiv_(exp_avg, denom, value=-lr / bias_correction1)
+
+ return loss
+
+
+def build_param_groups(
+ module: nn.Module, weight_decay: float
+) -> tuple[dict[str, Any], dict[str, Any]]:
+ """Split parameters into decayed (matrices) and undecayed (1-D) groups.
+
+ Weight decay is a prior toward small *weights*. Applying it to a 1-D
+ RMSNorm gain or a bias pulls a learned scale toward zero for no
+ regularisation benefit, so those are excluded โ standard practice, and
+ cheap to get wrong silently.
+
+ Tied parameters appear under more than one name but are one tensor;
+ de-duplicating by identity keeps them from being decayed twice per step.
+ """
+ seen: set[int] = set()
+ decay: list[nn.Parameter] = []
+ no_decay: list[nn.Parameter] = []
+
+ for param in module.parameters():
+ if not param.requires_grad or id(param) in seen:
+ continue
+ seen.add(id(param))
+ (decay if param.ndim >= 2 else no_decay).append(param)
+
+ return (
+ {"params": decay, "weight_decay": weight_decay},
+ {"params": no_decay, "weight_decay": 0.0},
+ )
diff --git a/training/scheduler.py b/training/scheduler.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc8694a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/training/scheduler.py
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+"""Cosine learning-rate decay with linear warmup (TDR-009).
+
+ step < warmup : base_lr * (step + 1) / warmup โ linear ramp
+ otherwise : min_lr + ยฝ(base_lr โ min_lr)(1 + cos(ฯ ยท progress))
+
+Warmup uses ``(step + 1) / warmup`` rather than ``step / warmup`` so the very
+first step actually moves; a zero learning rate on step 0 is a wasted step.
+
+The two pieces meet exactly at ``step == warmup``: the ramp's last value and the
+cosine's value at ``progress = 0`` are both ``base_lr``, so there is no
+discontinuity to show up as a loss spike.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import math
+
+import torch
+
+
+class CosineScheduler:
+ """Stateless schedule โ the LR is a pure function of the step number.
+
+ Stateless on purpose: resuming from a checkpoint only needs the step count,
+ with no scheduler state to save, restore, or get out of sync with the
+ optimizer.
+ """
+
+ def __init__(self, base_lr: float, min_lr: float, warmup_steps: int, total_steps: int) -> None:
+ if min_lr > base_lr:
+ raise ValueError(f"min_lr ({min_lr}) must not exceed base_lr ({base_lr})")
+ if warmup_steps < 0:
+ raise ValueError(f"warmup_steps must be >= 0, got {warmup_steps}")
+ if total_steps < warmup_steps:
+ raise ValueError(
+ f"total_steps ({total_steps}) must be >= warmup_steps ({warmup_steps})"
+ )
+ self.base_lr = base_lr
+ self.min_lr = min_lr
+ self.warmup_steps = warmup_steps
+ self.total_steps = total_steps
+
+ def lr_at(self, step: int) -> float:
+ if step < self.warmup_steps:
+ return self.base_lr * (step + 1) / self.warmup_steps
+
+ decay_steps = max(1, self.total_steps - self.warmup_steps)
+ progress = min(1.0, (step - self.warmup_steps) / decay_steps)
+ cosine = 0.5 * (1.0 + math.cos(math.pi * progress))
+ return self.min_lr + (self.base_lr - self.min_lr) * cosine
+
+ def apply(self, optimizer: torch.optim.Optimizer, step: int) -> float:
+ """Write the rate for ``step`` onto every param group. Returns it."""
+ lr = self.lr_at(step)
+ for group in optimizer.param_groups:
+ group["lr"] = lr
+ return lr
+
+ @classmethod
+ def from_config(cls, cfg: dict) -> CosineScheduler:
+ t = cfg["training"]
+ return cls(
+ base_lr=float(t["lr"]),
+ min_lr=float(t.get("min_lr", float(t["lr"]) * 0.1)),
+ warmup_steps=int(t.get("warmup_steps", 0)),
+ total_steps=int(t["steps"]),
+ )
diff --git a/training/train.py b/training/train.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..99c3dbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/training/train.py
@@ -0,0 +1,190 @@
+"""Training entry point.
+
+Usage:
+ python -m training.train --config configs/default.yaml
+ python -m training.train --config configs/default.yaml training.lr=1e-4 model.n_layers=12
+
+This is a thin orchestration layer: it loads the config, wires together the
+dataset / model / optimizer, and runs the training loop. The heavy lifting is
+implemented in the respective modules as they are built out (see docs/TDD.md
+and docs/BUILD_ORDER.md for the dependency-aware plan).
+"""
+
+import argparse
+import os
+import random
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any
+
+import torch
+import yaml
+
+from dataset import DataEngine
+from model import CausalLM
+from training.device import autocast_dtype, resolve_device
+from training.trainer import Trainer
+
+
+def load_config(path: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
+ with open(path, encoding="utf-8") as f:
+ data = yaml.safe_load(f)
+ return dict(data) if data else {}
+
+
+def set_deep(cfg: dict[str, Any], dotted_key: str, value: Any) -> None:
+ keys = dotted_key.split(".")
+ node = cfg
+ for k in keys[:-1]:
+ node = node.setdefault(k, {})
+ node[keys[-1]] = value
+
+
+def coerce(raw: str) -> Any:
+ """Parse an override value with the same rules that parsed the YAML file.
+
+ Reusing the YAML scalar parser (rather than a hand-rolled int/float/bool
+ ladder) means ``lr=3e-4`` is a float, ``amp=true`` is a bool, and
+ ``out_dir=checkpoints`` is a string, all exactly as they would be if written
+ into the config file -- so an override can never produce a differently typed
+ value than the key it replaces.
+ """
+ try:
+ value = yaml.safe_load(raw)
+ except yaml.YAMLError:
+ return raw
+
+ # PyYAML implements YAML 1.1, whose float grammar demands a decimal point
+ # in scientific notation: "3.0e-4" parses, "3e-4" comes back as a string.
+ # Learning rates are almost always written the short way, so rescue it --
+ # otherwise `training.lr=3e-4` sets the LR to the *string* "3e-4".
+ if isinstance(value, str):
+ try:
+ return float(value)
+ except ValueError:
+ return value
+ return value
+
+
+def apply_overrides(cfg: dict[str, Any], overrides: list[str]) -> dict[str, Any]:
+ for item in overrides:
+ key, sep, raw = item.partition("=")
+ if not sep:
+ raise ValueError(f"override {item!r} is not of the form dotted.key=value")
+ set_deep(cfg, key, coerce(raw))
+ return cfg
+
+
+def build_val_engine(cfg: dict[str, Any]) -> DataEngine | None:
+ """A second engine over ``dataset.val_path``, or None if none is configured.
+
+ Held-out evaluation is opt-in rather than automatic: the synthetic source has
+ no meaningful validation split (it is uniform noise by construction), and
+ silently evaluating against training data would report a number that looks
+ like generalisation and is not.
+ """
+ val_path = cfg.get("dataset", {}).get("val_path")
+ if not val_path:
+ return None
+ val_cfg = {
+ **cfg,
+ "dataset": {**cfg["dataset"], "source": "file", "path": val_path, "shuffle": False},
+ }
+ return DataEngine.from_config(val_cfg, vocab_size=cfg["model"]["vocab_size"])
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+ parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Train the language model")
+ parser.add_argument("--config", default="configs/default.yaml")
+ parser.add_argument("-v", "--verbose", action="store_true", help="echo the full config")
+ parser.add_argument("overrides", nargs="*", help="dotted.key=value overrides")
+ args = parser.parse_args()
+
+ cfg = apply_overrides(load_config(args.config), args.overrides)
+
+ seed = int(cfg.get("seed", 42))
+ random.seed(seed)
+ torch.manual_seed(seed)
+
+ device = resolve_device(cfg.get("device"))
+ amp_dtype = autocast_dtype(device, cfg["training"].get("amp_dtype", "bfloat16"))
+
+ out_dir = Path(cfg["training"]["out_dir"])
+ os.makedirs(out_dir, exist_ok=True)
+
+ if args.verbose:
+ print("Loaded config from", args.config)
+ print(yaml.safe_dump(cfg, sort_keys=False))
+
+ model = CausalLM.from_config(cfg)
+ engine = DataEngine.from_config(cfg, vocab_size=cfg["model"]["vocab_size"])
+ trainer = Trainer(model, engine, cfg, device=device)
+ val_engine = build_val_engine(cfg)
+
+ steps = int(cfg["training"]["steps"])
+ log_every = max(1, int(cfg["training"].get("log_every", 50)))
+ ckpt_every = int(cfg["training"].get("ckpt_every", 0))
+ eval_every = int(cfg["training"].get("eval_every", 0))
+ eval_batches = int(cfg["training"].get("eval_batches", 20))
+ patience = int(cfg["training"].get("early_stop_patience", 0))
+
+ print(
+ f"device {device} | amp {amp_dtype or 'off (fp32)'} | "
+ f"{model.num_parameters() / 1e6:.2f}M params | {steps} steps"
+ + ("" if val_engine else " | no validation split configured")
+ )
+
+ last_evaluated = -1
+
+ def report_validation(step: int) -> None:
+ nonlocal last_evaluated
+ # Guard against the final report duplicating an eval_every hit that just
+ # landed on the same step.
+ if val_engine is None or step == last_evaluated:
+ return
+ last_evaluated = step
+ val = trainer.evaluate(val_engine, batches=eval_batches)
+ marker = ""
+ if val["val_improved"]:
+ # Save on improvement, not on a step interval: a periodic checkpoint
+ # will miss the optimum and leave only over-trained weights on disk.
+ trainer.save(str(out_dir / "best.pt"))
+ marker = " <- best, saved"
+ print(
+ f"step {step:>6}/{steps} val_loss {val['val_loss']:.4f} "
+ f"val_ppl {val['val_perplexity']:.2f}{marker}"
+ )
+
+ for _ in range(steps):
+ metrics = trainer.step()
+ n = trainer.step_count
+ if n % log_every == 0 or n == steps:
+ print(
+ f"step {n:>6}/{steps} loss {metrics['loss']:.4f} "
+ f"lr {metrics['lr']:.2e} grad_norm {metrics['grad_norm']:.3f} "
+ f"{metrics['tokens_per_sec']:,.0f} tok/s"
+ )
+ if eval_every and n % eval_every == 0:
+ report_validation(n)
+ if ckpt_every and n % ckpt_every == 0:
+ trainer.save(str(out_dir / f"step_{n}.pt"))
+ if trainer.should_stop_early(patience):
+ print(
+ f"early stop at step {n}: {trainer.evals_since_improvement} evaluations "
+ f"without improvement (best val_loss {trainer.best_val_loss:.4f} "
+ f"at step {trainer.best_step})"
+ )
+ break
+
+ report_validation(trainer.step_count)
+ if trainer.best_step >= 0:
+ print(
+ f"best val_loss {trainer.best_val_loss:.4f} at step {trainer.best_step} "
+ f"-> {out_dir / 'best.pt'}"
+ )
+ final = out_dir / "final.pt"
+ trainer.save(str(final))
+ print(f"saved {final}")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+ main()
diff --git a/training/trainer.py b/training/trainer.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fe1aa48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/training/trainer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,250 @@
+"""The training loop (TDD ยง5).
+
+One ``step()`` is one *optimizer* step, which may span several micro-batches:
+
+ for _ in range(grad_accum_steps):
+ loss = cross_entropy(model(input_ids), labels) / grad_accum_steps
+ loss.backward()
+ grad_norm = clip_grad_norm_(params, grad_clip)
+ scheduler.apply(optimizer, step)
+ optimizer.step(); optimizer.zero_grad()
+
+Dividing the micro-batch loss by ``grad_accum_steps`` is what makes accumulation
+equivalent to a single larger batch rather than to a larger *learning rate* โ
+gradients sum across the backward passes, so without the division the effective
+step is K times too big.
+
+Mixed precision follows the device (TDR-019): ``GradScaler`` exists only for
+CUDA fp16. bf16 has fp32's exponent range and needs no loss scaling, and MPS has
+no scaler at all, so on those paths autocast runs bare.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import math
+import time
+from collections.abc import Callable
+from contextlib import nullcontext
+from typing import Any, Protocol
+
+import torch
+import torch.nn.functional as F
+from torch import nn
+
+from training.checkpoint import load_checkpoint, save_checkpoint
+from training.device import autocast_dtype, resolve_device, supports_grad_scaler
+from training.optimizer import AdamW, build_param_groups
+from training.scheduler import CosineScheduler
+
+
+class BatchSource(Protocol):
+ """Anything that can hand over the next batch โ DataEngine satisfies this."""
+
+ def next_batch(self, device: torch.device | str | None = ...) -> dict[str, torch.Tensor]: ...
+
+
+class Trainer:
+ """Owns the model, optimizer, schedule and step counter for one run."""
+
+ def __init__(
+ self,
+ model: nn.Module,
+ engine: BatchSource,
+ cfg: dict[str, Any],
+ *,
+ device: torch.device | None = None,
+ ) -> None:
+ t = cfg.get("training", {})
+ self.cfg = cfg
+ self.model = model
+ self.engine = engine
+ self.device = device if device is not None else resolve_device(cfg.get("device"))
+ self.model.to(self.device)
+
+ self.grad_accum_steps = max(1, int(t.get("grad_accum_steps", 1)))
+ self.grad_clip = float(t.get("grad_clip", 0.0))
+ self.total_steps = int(t.get("steps", 0))
+ self.log_every = int(t.get("log_every", 50))
+ self.step_count = 0
+ # Best-validation tracking, so a run can keep its best weights rather
+ # than only its most recent ones.
+ self.best_val_loss = float("inf")
+ self.best_step = -1
+ self.evals_since_improvement = 0
+
+ decay, no_decay = build_param_groups(model, float(t.get("weight_decay", 0.0)))
+ self.optimizer = AdamW(
+ [decay, no_decay],
+ lr=float(t.get("lr", 3e-4)),
+ betas=(float(t.get("beta1", 0.9)), float(t.get("beta2", 0.95))),
+ eps=float(t.get("eps", 1e-8)),
+ )
+ self.scheduler = CosineScheduler(
+ base_lr=float(t.get("lr", 3e-4)),
+ min_lr=float(t.get("min_lr", float(t.get("lr", 3e-4)) * 0.1)),
+ warmup_steps=int(t.get("warmup_steps", 0)),
+ total_steps=max(1, self.total_steps),
+ )
+
+ self.amp_dtype = (
+ autocast_dtype(self.device, str(t.get("amp_dtype", "bfloat16")))
+ if t.get("amp", True)
+ else None
+ )
+ use_scaler = supports_grad_scaler(self.device) and self.amp_dtype is torch.float16
+ self.scaler = torch.amp.GradScaler(enabled=use_scaler)
+
+ # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+ # Loss
+ # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+ def _autocast(self) -> Any:
+ if self.amp_dtype is None:
+ return nullcontext()
+ return torch.autocast(device_type=self.device.type, dtype=self.amp_dtype)
+
+ def loss_on(self, batch: dict[str, torch.Tensor]) -> torch.Tensor:
+ """Next-token cross-entropy. Lives here, not in the model (BUILD_ORDER)."""
+ input_ids = batch["input_ids"].to(self.device)
+ labels = batch["labels"].to(self.device)
+ with self._autocast():
+ logits = self.model(input_ids)
+ # float() before cross-entropy: under bf16 autocast the softmax
+ # denominator is summed over the whole vocabulary, where reduced
+ # mantissa shows up directly in the loss.
+ return F.cross_entropy(logits.float().reshape(-1, logits.shape[-1]), labels.reshape(-1))
+
+ # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+ # One optimizer step
+ # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+ def step(self) -> dict[str, float]:
+ self.model.train()
+ started = time.perf_counter()
+ total_loss = 0.0
+ tokens = 0
+
+ for _ in range(self.grad_accum_steps):
+ batch = self.engine.next_batch(self.device)
+ loss = self.loss_on(batch) / self.grad_accum_steps
+ self.scaler.scale(loss).backward()
+ total_loss += loss.item()
+ tokens += batch["input_ids"].numel()
+
+ if self.grad_clip > 0:
+ # Unscale first, or the clip threshold is applied to scaled
+ # gradients and effectively does nothing.
+ self.scaler.unscale_(self.optimizer)
+ grad_norm = float(
+ torch.nn.utils.clip_grad_norm_(self.model.parameters(), self.grad_clip)
+ )
+ else:
+ grad_norm = float("nan")
+
+ lr = self.scheduler.apply(self.optimizer, self.step_count)
+ self.scaler.step(self.optimizer)
+ self.scaler.update()
+ self.optimizer.zero_grad(set_to_none=True)
+ self.step_count += 1
+
+ elapsed = max(time.perf_counter() - started, 1e-9)
+ return {
+ "step": float(self.step_count),
+ "loss": total_loss,
+ "lr": lr,
+ "grad_norm": grad_norm,
+ "tokens": float(tokens),
+ "tokens_per_sec": tokens / elapsed,
+ }
+
+ # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+ # Loop
+ # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+ def train(
+ self,
+ steps: int | None = None,
+ *,
+ on_log: Callable[[dict[str, float]], None] | None = None,
+ ) -> list[dict[str, float]]:
+ history = []
+ for _ in range(steps if steps is not None else self.total_steps):
+ metrics = self.step()
+ history.append(metrics)
+ if on_log and self.step_count % max(1, self.log_every) == 0:
+ on_log(metrics)
+ return history
+
+ # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+ # Evaluation
+ # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+ @torch.no_grad()
+ def evaluate(self, engine: BatchSource, *, batches: int = 20) -> dict[str, float]:
+ """Mean loss and perplexity over ``batches`` from a held-out source.
+
+ Averages the *loss* and exponentiates once at the end. Averaging
+ perplexities instead would be wrong โ perplexity is exp of a mean, and
+ the mean of exponentials is not the exponential of the mean (Jensen), so
+ per-batch averaging reports a number that is always too high.
+
+ Also tracks the best validation loss seen and how many evaluations have
+ passed without improvement, which is what makes best-checkpoint saving
+ and early stopping possible. Without it a run happily trains past its own
+ optimum and keeps only the *worst* model: the first TinyShakespeare run
+ bottomed out at validation perplexity 98.9 around step 500 and finished at
+ 304.6, and because checkpoints were periodic rather than
+ best-tracked, the good weights were never written to disk.
+
+ Restores the previous train/eval mode so this can be called mid-loop
+ without silently leaving dropout off for the rest of training.
+ """
+ was_training = self.model.training
+ self.model.eval()
+ try:
+ total = 0.0
+ for _ in range(batches):
+ total += self.loss_on(engine.next_batch(self.device)).item()
+ mean = total / max(1, batches)
+
+ improved = mean < self.best_val_loss
+ if improved:
+ self.best_val_loss = mean
+ self.best_step = self.step_count
+ self.evals_since_improvement = 0
+ else:
+ self.evals_since_improvement += 1
+
+ return {
+ "val_loss": mean,
+ "val_perplexity": math.exp(min(mean, 80.0)),
+ "val_improved": float(improved),
+ "best_val_loss": self.best_val_loss,
+ "best_step": float(self.best_step),
+ "evals_since_improvement": float(self.evals_since_improvement),
+ }
+ finally:
+ self.model.train(was_training)
+
+ def should_stop_early(self, patience: int) -> bool:
+ """True once ``patience`` consecutive evaluations have failed to improve.
+
+ ``patience <= 0`` disables the check. Patience is counted in
+ *evaluations*, not steps, so it means the same thing regardless of how
+ often the loop evaluates.
+ """
+ return patience > 0 and self.evals_since_improvement >= patience
+
+ # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+ # Checkpointing
+ # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+ def save(self, path: str) -> None:
+ save_checkpoint(
+ path,
+ model=self.model,
+ optimizer=self.optimizer,
+ step=self.step_count,
+ cfg=self.cfg,
+ )
+
+ def load(self, path: str) -> None:
+ payload = load_checkpoint(
+ path, model=self.model, optimizer=self.optimizer, map_location=self.device
+ )
+ self.step_count = int(payload.get("step", 0))