Ensure weight tying is maintained for embed_tokens and lm_head

src/peft/tuners/lora/config.py

@@ -663,6 +663,17 @@ class LoraConfig(PeftConfig):
     arrow_config: Optional[ArrowConfig] = field(
         default=None, metadata={"help": "The necessary config to apply arrow routing on the model."}
     )
+    ensure_weight_tying: bool = field(
+        default=False,
+        metadata={
+            "help": (
+                "Whether to tie weights or not after peft initialization. "
+                "This will ensure that the adapters added to the tied layers "
+                "are also tied. This is only applicable for layers passed via "
+                "`modules_to_save`."
+            )
+        },
+    )
 
     def to_dict(self):
         """
@@ -681,6 +692,10 @@ def __post_init__(self):
         self.exclude_modules = (
             set(self.exclude_modules) if isinstance(self.exclude_modules, list) else self.exclude_modules
         )
+
+        if self.ensure_weight_tying:
+            self.modules_to_tie = None
+
         if isinstance(self.target_parameters, str):
             raise TypeError("`target_parameters` must be a list of strings or None.")
 

src/peft/tuners/tuners_utils.py

@@ -690,6 +690,8 @@ def inject_adapter(
         # in a bad (half-initialized) state.
         self._check_new_adapter_config(peft_config)
 
+        self._check_tied_modules(model, peft_config)
+
         model_config = self.get_model_config(model)
 
         peft_config = self._prepare_adapter_config(peft_config, model_config)
@@ -1154,6 +1156,64 @@ def _get_tied_target_modules(self, model: nn.Module) -> list[str]:
                     tied_target_modules.append(target_module)
         return tied_target_modules
 
+    def _get_tied_weight_keys(self, model: nn.Module, prefix="") -> list[str]:
+        """
+        Get the list of modules that needs to be tied
+
+        For example: For models which have `embed_tokens` and `lm_head` as the tied keys this function will return
+        [`lm_head`]
+
+        From: https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/blob/v4.57.0/src/transformers/modeling_utils.py#L563
+        """
+        tied_weight_keys = []
+        if getattr(model, "_tied_weights_keys", None) is not None:
+            names = [f"{prefix}.{k}" if prefix else k for k in model._tied_weights_keys]
+            tied_weight_keys.extend(names)
+        if getattr(model, "_dynamic_tied_weights_keys", None) is not None:
+            names = [f"{prefix}.{k}" if prefix else k for k in model._dynamic_tied_weights_keys]
+            tied_weight_keys.extend(names)
+        for name, submodule in model.named_children():
+            local_prefix = f"{prefix}.{name}" if prefix else name
+            tied_weight_keys.extend(self._get_tied_weight_keys(submodule, prefix=local_prefix))
+
+        tied_weight_keys = [".".join(n.split(".")[:-1]) for n in tied_weight_keys]
+
+        return tied_weight_keys
+
+    def _check_tied_modules(self, model: nn.Module, peft_config):
+        """
+        Checks if any of the tied layers are targetted via `modules_to_save`
+        Updates the `peft_config.modules_to_tie` with any layers that needs to be tied
+        """
+        modules_to_save = (
+            set(getattr(peft_config, "modules_to_save", [])) if getattr(peft_config, "modules_to_save", []) else set()
+        )
+        is_embedding_to_save = any(m in EMBEDDING_LAYER_NAMES for m in modules_to_save)
+
+        tied_weight_keys = self._get_tied_weight_keys(model)
+
+        if is_embedding_to_save and tied_weight_keys and peft_config.peft_type == PeftType.LORA:
+            missing_keys = set(tied_weight_keys) - modules_to_save
+
+            if getattr(peft_config, "ensure_weight_tying", False):
+                peft_config.modules_to_tie = missing_keys
+            elif not getattr(peft_config, "ensure_weight_tying", False):
+                msg = (
+                    "Model has `tie_word_embeddings=True` and the tied layer is part of the adapter, "
+                    "but `ensure_weight_tying` is not set to True. "
+                    "This can lead to complications, for example when merging the adapter "
+                    "or converting your model to formats other than safetensors. "
+                    "Check the discussion here: https://github.com/huggingface/peft/issues/2777"
+                )
+                warnings.warn(msg)
+        elif (
+            getattr(peft_config, "ensure_weight_tying", False)
+            and not tied_weight_keys
+            and peft_config.peft_type == PeftType.LORA
+        ):
+            warnings.warn("You have requested ensure_weight_tying, but no tied modules were found in the model")
+
+
     def __getattr__(self, name: str):
         """Forward missing attributes to the wrapped module."""
         try:

src/peft/utils/other.py

@@ -508,10 +508,10 @@ class ModulesToSaveWrapper(AuxiliaryTrainingWrapper):
     # All names of layers that may contain adapter (trainable) weights
     adapter_layer_names: tuple[str, ...] = ("modules_to_save",)
 
-    def __init__(self, module_to_save, adapter_name):
-        super().__init__(module_to_save, adapter_name)
+    def __init__(self, module_to_save, adapter_name, tied_module=None):
+        super().__init__(module_to_save, adapter_name, tied_module=tied_module)
 
-    def init_modules(self, adapter_name):
+    def init_modules(self, adapter_name, **kwargs):
         # we treat each adapter separately, so we have multiple adapters, same (copied) module for each
         self.modules_to_save = torch.nn.ModuleDict({})
 
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ def _hasattr_wrapped(self, name, modules):
     def _getattr_wrapped(self, name, modules):
         return getattr(modules["modules_to_save"][self.active_adapters[0]], name)
 
-    def update(self, adapter_name, **kwargs):
+    def update(self, adapter_name, tied_module=None, **kwargs):
         super().update(adapter_name)
 
         context_manager = nullcontext()
@@ -550,7 +550,13 @@ def update(self, adapter_name, **kwargs):
 
         if adapter_name not in self.modules_to_save:
             with context_manager:
-                self.modules_to_save[adapter_name] = copy.deepcopy(self.original_module)
+                if tied_module:
+                    new_linear = torch.nn.Linear(*tied_module.weight.shape, bias=False)
+                    new_linear.weight = tied_module.weight
+
+                    self.modules_to_save[adapter_name] = new_linear
+                else:
+                    self.modules_to_save[adapter_name] = copy.deepcopy(self.original_module)
 
         if hasattr(self.modules_to_save[adapter_name], "_hf_hook"):
             old_hook = self.modules_to_save[adapter_name]._hf_hook
@@ -1402,6 +1408,20 @@ def set_additional_trainable_modules(model, peft_config, model_config, adapter_n
             activate_adapter=activate_adapter,
         )
 
+    if getattr(peft_config, "modules_to_tie", None) is not None:
+        # Tie the modules if any tied layer is passed in `modules_to_save`.
+        # This should always be called after
+        # `_set_trainable` is called for `modules_to_save`.
+        tied_module = getattr(model.get_input_embeddings().modules_to_save, adapter_name)
+        _set_trainable(
+            model,
+            adapter_name,
+            inference_mode=peft_config.inference_mode,
+            module_names=getattr(peft_config, "modules_to_tie", None),
+            activate_adapter=activate_adapter,
+            tied_module=tied_module,
+        )
+
     if getattr(peft_config, "trainable_token_indices", None) is not None:
         if isinstance(peft_config.trainable_token_indices, dict):
             target_layers = peft_config.trainable_token_indices

tests/test_initialization.py

@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
 from peft.tuners.lora.layer import LoraLayer
 from peft.utils import infer_device
 from peft.utils.hotswap import hotswap_adapter, prepare_model_for_compiled_hotswap
+from peft.utils.other import ModulesToSaveWrapper
 
 from .testing_utils import load_dataset_english_quotes, require_deterministic_for_xpu
 
@@ -110,6 +111,45 @@ def forward(self, x):
 
         return MyModule().eval().to(self.torch_device)
 
+    def get_lm_model(self, bias=True, tie_weights=True):
+        # Mimicking a LM with embed_tokens and lm_head layers
+        # to test weight tying of adapters
+        class MyModule(nn.Module):
+            def __init__(self):
+                super().__init__()
+
+                self.embed_tokens = nn.Embedding(1000, 1000)
+                self.linear = nn.Linear(1000, 1000, bias=bias)
+
+            def forward(self, x):
+                return
+
+        class CausalLM(nn.Module):
+            if tie_weights:
+                _tied_weights_keys = ["lm_head.weight"]
+
+            def __init__(self):
+                super().__init__()
+                self.model = MyModule()
+                self.config = {"tie_word_embeddings": tie_weights}
+
+                if tie_weights:
+                    self.lm_head = nn.Linear(1000, 1000, bias=False)
+                    self.lm_head.weight = self.model.embed_tokens.weight
+                else:
+                    self.lm_head = nn.Linear(1000, 1000, bias=bias)
+
+            def forward(self, x):
+                return
+
+            def prepare_inputs_for_generation(self):
+                return
+
+            def get_input_embeddings(self):
+                return self.model.embed_tokens
+
+        return CausalLM().eval().to(self.torch_device)
+
     @pytest.fixture
     def data(self):
         return torch.rand(10, 1000).to(self.torch_device)
@@ -1566,6 +1606,92 @@ def test_multiple_configs_with_bias_raises(self, tmp_path):
         config2 = LoraConfig(target_modules=["linear"], bias="none")
         model.add_adapter("other", config2)  # does not raise
 
+    def test_weight_tying_tied_model(self):
+        # If weight tying is enabled and `embed_tokens`
+        # is passed as a `modules_to_save`, it needs to be ensured
+        # that lm_head is tied to the adapter added to `embed_tokens`
+
+        model = self.get_lm_model()
+        embed_token_config = LoraConfig(
+            modules_to_save=["embed_tokens"],
+            target_modules=["linear"],
+            ensure_weight_tying=True,
+        )
+        model = get_peft_model(model, embed_token_config)
+
+        assert isinstance(model.base_model.model.model.embed_tokens, ModulesToSaveWrapper), (
+            "Embed tokens is not added in Modules to Save"
+        )
+        assert type(model.base_model.model.model.embed_tokens) is type(model.base_model.model.lm_head), (
+            "Embed tokens and LM head types are not same"
+        )
+
+        # Validating that all model parameters are same
+        embed_np = dict(model.base_model.model.model.embed_tokens.named_parameters())
+        lm_head_np = dict(model.base_model.model.lm_head.named_parameters())
+
+        for k in embed_np.keys():
+            assert torch.allclose(embed_np[k], lm_head_np[k])
+            assert embed_np[k] is lm_head_np[k]
+
+    def test_weight_tying_non_tied_model(self):
+        from peft.utils.other import ModulesToSaveWrapper
+
+        model = self.get_lm_model(tie_weights=False)
+        embed_token_config = LoraConfig(
+            modules_to_save=["embed_tokens"],
+            target_modules=["linear"],
+            ensure_weight_tying=True,
+        )
+        with pytest.warns(UserWarning, match="no tied modules were found in the model"):
+            model = get_peft_model(model, embed_token_config)
+
+        assert isinstance(model.base_model.model.model.embed_tokens, ModulesToSaveWrapper), (
+            "Embed tokens is not added in Modules to Save"
+        )
+        assert isinstance(model.base_model.model.lm_head, torch.nn.modules.linear.Linear), (
+            "LM head is not of type nn.linear"
+        )
+
+    def test_not_weight_tying_tied_model(self):
+        from peft.utils.other import ModulesToSaveWrapper
+
+        model = self.get_lm_model()
+        embed_token_config = LoraConfig(
+            modules_to_save=["embed_tokens"],
+            target_modules=["linear"],
+            ensure_weight_tying=False,
+        )
+        with pytest.warns(UserWarning, match="`ensure_weight_tying` is not set to True"):
+            model = get_peft_model(model, embed_token_config)
+
+        assert isinstance(model.base_model.model.model.embed_tokens, ModulesToSaveWrapper), (
+            "Embed tokens is not added in Modules to Save"
+        )
+        assert isinstance(model.base_model.model.lm_head, torch.nn.modules.linear.Linear), (
+            "LM head is not of type nn.linear"
+        )
+
+    def test_weight_tying_tied_model_no_embed(self):
+        model = self.get_lm_model()
+        embed_token_config = LoraConfig(
+            target_modules=["linear"],
+            ensure_weight_tying=True,
+        )
+
+        model = get_peft_model(model, embed_token_config)
+
+        assert isinstance(model.base_model.model.model.embed_tokens, torch.nn.modules.Embedding)
+        assert isinstance(model.base_model.model.lm_head, torch.nn.modules.linear.Linear)
+
+        # Validating that all model parameters are same
+        embed_np = dict(model.base_model.model.model.embed_tokens.named_parameters())
+        lm_head_np = dict(model.base_model.model.lm_head.named_parameters())
+
+        for k in embed_np.keys():
+            assert torch.allclose(embed_np[k], lm_head_np[k])
+            assert embed_np[k] is lm_head_np[k]
+
 
 class TestLokrInitialization:
     torch_device = infer_device()