model-pruning

import torch
from transformers import AutoModelForCausalLM, AutoTokenizer
 
# Load model
model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(
    "meta-llama/Llama-2-7b-hf",
    torch_dtype=torch.float16,
    device_map="cuda"
)
tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained("meta-llama/Llama-2-7b-hf")
 
# Calibration data (small dataset for activation statistics)
calib_data = [
    "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.",
    "Machine learning is transforming the world.",
    "Artificial intelligence powers modern applications.",
]
 
# Wanda pruning function
def wanda_prune(model, calib_data, sparsity=0.5):
    """
    Wanda: Prune by weight magnitude × input activation.
 
    Args:
        sparsity: Fraction of weights to prune (0.5 = 50%)
    """
    # 1. Collect activation statistics
    activations = {}
 
    def hook_fn(name):
        def hook(module, input, output):
            # Store input activation norms
            activations[name] = input[0].detach().abs().mean(dim=0)
        return hook
 
    # Register hooks for all linear layers
    hooks = []
    for name, module in model.named_modules():
        if isinstance(module, torch.nn.Linear):
            hooks.append(module.register_forward_hook(hook_fn(name)))
 
    # Run calibration data
    model.eval()
    with torch.no_grad():
        for text in calib_data:
            inputs = tokenizer(text, return_tensors="pt").to(model.device)
            model(**inputs)
 
    # Remove hooks
    for hook in hooks:
        hook.remove()
 
    # 2. Prune weights based on |weight| × activation
    for name, module in model.named_modules():
        if isinstance(module, torch.nn.Linear) and name in activations:
            W = module.weight.data
            act = activations[name]
 
            # Compute importance: |weight| × activation
            importance = W.abs() * act.unsqueeze(0)
 
            # Flatten and find threshold
            threshold = torch.quantile(importance.flatten(), sparsity)
 
            # Create mask
            mask = importance >= threshold
 
            # Apply mask (prune)
            W *= mask.float()
 
    return model
 
# Apply Wanda pruning (50% sparsity, one-shot, no retraining)
pruned_model = wanda_prune(model, calib_data, sparsity=0.5)
 
# Save
pruned_model.save_pretrained("./llama-2-7b-wanda-50")

from sparsegpt import SparseGPT
 
# Load model
model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained("meta-llama/Llama-2-7b-hf")
 
# Initialize SparseGPT
pruner = SparseGPT(model)
 
# Calibration data
calib_data = load_calibration_data()  # ~128 samples
 
# Prune (one-shot, layer-wise reconstruction)
pruned_model = pruner.prune(
    calib_data=calib_data,
    sparsity=0.5,           # 50% sparsity
    prunen=0,               # Unstructured (0) or N:M structured
    prunem=0,
    percdamp=0.01,          # Damping for Hessian inverse
)
 
# Results: Near-lossless pruning at 50% sparsity

def nm_prune(weight, n=2, m=4):
    """
    N:M pruning: Keep N weights per M consecutive weights.
    Example: 2:4 = keep 2 out of every 4 weights.
 
    Compatible with NVIDIA sparse tensor cores (2:4, 4:8).
    """
    # Reshape weight into groups of M
    shape = weight.shape
    weight_flat = weight.flatten()
 
    # Pad to multiple of M
    pad_size = (m - weight_flat.numel() % m) % m
    weight_padded = F.pad(weight_flat, (0, pad_size))
 
    # Reshape into (num_groups, m)
    weight_grouped = weight_padded.reshape(-1, m)
 
    # Find top-N in each group
    _, indices = torch.topk(weight_grouped.abs(), n, dim=-1)
 
    # Create mask
    mask = torch.zeros_like(weight_grouped)
    mask.scatter_(1, indices, 1.0)
 
    # Apply mask
    weight_pruned = weight_grouped * mask
 
    # Reshape back
    weight_pruned = weight_pruned.flatten()[:weight_flat.numel()]
    return weight_pruned.reshape(shape)
 
# Apply 2:4 sparsity (NVIDIA hardware)
for name, module in model.named_modules():
    if isinstance(module, torch.nn.Linear):
        module.weight.data = nm_prune(module.weight.data, n=2, m=4)
 
# 50% sparsity, 2× speedup on A100 with sparse tensor cores

# Prune weights with smallest absolute values
importance = weight.abs()
threshold = torch.quantile(importance, sparsity)
mask = importance >= threshold

# Importance = |weight| × input_activation
importance = weight.abs() * activation
# Better than magnitude alone (considers usage)

# Uses Hessian (second derivative) for importance
# More accurate but computationally expensive
importance = weight^2 / diag(Hessian)

# Unstructured (random)
# [1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0]
# Pros: Flexible, high quality
# Cons: No speedup
 
# Structured (block)
# [1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0]
# Pros: Hardware friendly
# Cons: More accuracy loss
 
# N:M (semi-structured)
# [1, 0, 1, 0] [1, 1, 0, 0]  (2:4 pattern)
# Pros: Hardware speedup + good quality
# Cons: Requires specific hardware (NVIDIA)

def gradual_prune(model, initial_sparsity=0.0, final_sparsity=0.5, num_steps=100):
    """Gradually increase sparsity during training."""
    for step in range(num_steps):
        # Current sparsity
        current_sparsity = initial_sparsity + (final_sparsity - initial_sparsity) * (step / num_steps)
 
        # Prune at current sparsity
        for module in model.modules():
            if isinstance(module, torch.nn.Linear):
                weight = module.weight.data
                threshold = torch.quantile(weight.abs().flatten(), current_sparsity)
                mask = weight.abs() >= threshold
                weight *= mask.float()
 
        # Train one step
        train_step(model)
 
    return model

def layer_wise_prune(model, sparsity_per_layer):
    """Different sparsity for different layers."""
    # Early layers: Less pruning (more important)
    # Late layers: More pruning (less critical)
 
    sparsity_schedule = {
        "layer.0": 0.3,   # 30% sparsity
        "layer.1": 0.4,
        "layer.2": 0.5,
        "layer.3": 0.6,   # 60% sparsity
    }
 
    for name, module in model.named_modules():
        if isinstance(module, torch.nn.Linear):
            # Find layer index
            for layer_name, sparsity in sparsity_schedule.items():
                if layer_name in name:
                    # Prune at layer-specific sparsity
                    prune_layer(module, sparsity)
                    break
 
    return model

def iterative_prune_finetune(model, target_sparsity=0.5, iterations=5):
    """Prune gradually with fine-tuning between iterations."""
    current_sparsity = 0.0
    sparsity_increment = target_sparsity / iterations
 
    for i in range(iterations):
        # Increase sparsity
        current_sparsity += sparsity_increment
 
        # Prune
        prune_model(model, sparsity=current_sparsity)
 
        # Fine-tune (recover accuracy)
        fine_tune(model, epochs=2, lr=1e-5)
 
    return model
 
# Results: Better accuracy than one-shot at high sparsity

from transformers import Trainer, TrainingArguments
 
def production_pruning_pipeline(
    model_name="meta-llama/Llama-2-7b-hf",
    target_sparsity=0.5,
    method="wanda",  # or "sparsegpt"
):
    # 1. Load model
    model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(model_name, torch_dtype=torch.float16)
    tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(model_name)
 
    # 2. Load calibration data
    calib_dataset = load_dataset("wikitext", "wikitext-2-raw-v1", split="train[:1000]")
 
    # 3. Apply pruning
    if method == "wanda":
        pruned_model = wanda_prune(model, calib_dataset, sparsity=target_sparsity)
    elif method == "sparsegpt":
        pruner = SparseGPT(model)
        pruned_model = pruner.prune(calib_dataset, sparsity=target_sparsity)
 
    # 4. (Optional) Fine-tune to recover accuracy
    training_args = TrainingArguments(
        output_dir="./pruned-model",
        num_train_epochs=1,
        per_device_train_batch_size=4,
        learning_rate=1e-5,
        bf16=True,
    )
 
    trainer = Trainer(
        model=pruned_model,
        args=training_args,
        train_dataset=finetune_dataset,
    )
 
    trainer.train()
 
    # 5. Save
    pruned_model.save_pretrained("./pruned-llama-7b-50")
    tokenizer.save_pretrained("./pruned-llama-7b-50")
 
    return pruned_model
 
# Usage
pruned_model = production_pruning_pipeline(
    model_name="meta-llama/Llama-2-7b-hf",
    target_sparsity=0.5,
    method="wanda"
)

from lm_eval import evaluator
 
# Evaluate pruned vs original model
original_results = evaluator.simple_evaluate(
    model="hf",
    model_args="pretrained=meta-llama/Llama-2-7b-hf",
    tasks=["arc_easy", "hellaswag", "winogrande"],
)
 
pruned_results = evaluator.simple_evaluate(
    model="hf",
    model_args="pretrained=./pruned-llama-7b-50",
    tasks=["arc_easy", "hellaswag", "winogrande"],
)
 
# Compare
print(f"Original: {original_results['results']['arc_easy']['acc']:.3f}")
print(f"Pruned:   {pruned_results['results']['arc_easy']['acc']:.3f}")
print(f"Degradation: {(original_results - pruned_results):.3f}")
 
# Typical results at 50% sparsity:
# - Wanda: <1% accuracy loss
# - SparseGPT: <0.5% accuracy loss
# - Magnitude: 2-3% accuracy loss

# Conservative (safe)
sparsity = 0.3  # 30%, <0.5% loss
 
# Balanced (recommended)
sparsity = 0.5  # 50%, ~1% loss
 
# Aggressive (risky)
sparsity = 0.7  # 70%, 2-5% loss
 
# Extreme (model-dependent)
sparsity = 0.9  # 90%, significant degradation

# One-shot, no retraining → Wanda or SparseGPT
if no_retraining_budget:
    use_method = "wanda"  # Faster
 
# Best quality → SparseGPT
if need_best_quality:
    use_method = "sparsegpt"  # More accurate
 
# Hardware speedup → N:M structured
if need_speedup:
    use_method = "nm_prune"  # 2:4 or 4:8

# ❌ Bad: Pruning without calibration data
prune_random(model)  # No activation statistics
 
# ✅ Good: Use calibration data
prune_wanda(model, calib_data)
 
# ❌ Bad: Too high sparsity in one shot
prune(model, sparsity=0.9)  # Massive accuracy loss
 
# ✅ Good: Gradual or iterative
iterative_prune(model, target=0.9, steps=10)