torchforge-rl-training

# Create environment
conda create -n forge python=3.12
conda activate forge
 
# Install (handles PyTorch nightly + dependencies)
./scripts/install.sh
 
# Verify
python -c "import torch, forge, vllm; print('OK')"

./scripts/install_rocm.sh

python -m apps.sft.main --config apps/sft/llama3_8b.yaml

python -m apps.grpo.main --config apps/grpo/qwen3_1_7b.yaml

# config/grpo_math.yaml
model: "Qwen/Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct"
 
dataset:
  path: "openai/gsm8k"
  split: "train"
  streaming: true
 
training:
  batch_size: 4
  learning_rate: 1e-6
  seq_len: 4096
  dtype: bfloat16
  gradient_accumulation_steps: 4
 
grpo:
  n_samples: 8           # Responses per prompt
  clip_low: 0.2
  clip_high: 0.28
  beta: 0.1              # KL penalty coefficient
  temperature: 0.7
 
services:
  generator:
    procs: 1
    num_replicas: 1
    with_gpus: true
  trainer:
    procs: 1
    num_replicas: 1
    with_gpus: true
  ref_model:
    procs: 1
    num_replicas: 1
    with_gpus: true

# rewards.py
# Reward functions are in forge.data.rewards
from forge.data.rewards import MathReward, ThinkingReward
import re
 
# Or define your own reward function
class CustomMathReward:
    def __call__(self, prompt: str, response: str, target: str) -> float:
        # Extract answer from response
        match = re.search(r'\\boxed{([^}]+)}', response)
        if not match:
            return 0.0
 
        answer = match.group(1).strip()
        return 1.0 if answer == target else 0.0

python -m apps.grpo.main --config config/grpo_math.yaml

# src/forge/losses/custom_loss.py
import torch
import torch.nn as nn
 
class CustomLoss(nn.Module):
    def __init__(self, clip_range: float = 0.2, beta: float = 0.1):
        super().__init__()
        self.clip_range = clip_range
        self.beta = beta
 
    def forward(
        self,
        logprobs: torch.Tensor,
        ref_logprobs: torch.Tensor,
        advantages: torch.Tensor,
        padding_mask: torch.Tensor,
    ) -> torch.Tensor:
        # Compute importance ratio
        ratio = torch.exp(logprobs - ref_logprobs)
 
        # Clipped policy gradient
        clipped_ratio = torch.clamp(
            ratio,
            1 - self.clip_range,
            1 + self.clip_range
        )
        pg_loss = -torch.min(ratio * advantages, clipped_ratio * advantages)
 
        # KL penalty
        kl = ref_logprobs - logprobs
 
        # Apply mask and aggregate
        masked_loss = (pg_loss + self.beta * kl) * padding_mask
        loss = masked_loss.sum() / padding_mask.sum()
 
        return loss

# apps/custom/main.py
from forge.losses.custom_loss import CustomLoss
 
loss_fn = CustomLoss(clip_range=0.2, beta=0.1)
 
# In training loop
loss = loss_fn(
    logprobs=logprobs,
    ref_logprobs=ref_logprobs,
    advantages=advantages,
    padding_mask=padding_mask,
)

# config/distributed.yaml
model: "meta-llama/Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct"
 
parallelism:
  tensor_parallel_degree: 2    # Split model across GPUs
  pipeline_parallel_degree: 1
  data_parallel_shard_degree: 2
 
services:
  generator:
    procs: 2                   # 2 processes for TP=2
    num_replicas: 1
    with_gpus: true
  trainer:
    procs: 2
    num_replicas: 1
    with_gpus: true

# Submit job
sbatch --nodes=2 --gpus-per-node=8 run_grpo.sh

# 8 GPU setup
python -m apps.grpo.main \
    --config config/distributed.yaml \
    --trainer.procs 4 \
    --generator.procs 4

# inputs: list of dicts with torch.Tensor values
inputs = [{"tokens": torch.Tensor}]
 
# targets: list of dicts with training signals
targets = [{
    "response": torch.Tensor,
    "ref_logprobs": torch.Tensor,
    "advantages": torch.Tensor,
    "padding_mask": torch.Tensor
}]
 
# train_step returns loss as float
loss = trainer.train_step(inputs, targets)

@dataclass
class Completion:
    text: str              # Generated text
    token_ids: list[int]   # Token IDs
    logprobs: list[float]  # Log probabilities
    metadata: dict         # Custom metadata

from forge.losses import SimpleGRPOLoss, ReinforceLoss
 
# SimpleGRPOLoss for GRPO training
loss_fn = SimpleGRPOLoss(beta=0.1)
 
# Forward pass
loss = loss_fn(
    logprobs=logprobs,
    ref_logprobs=ref_logprobs,
    advantages=advantages,
    padding_mask=padding_mask
)

from forge.losses.reinforce_loss import ReinforceLoss
 
# With optional importance ratio clipping
loss_fn = ReinforceLoss(clip_ratio=0.2)

# Reduce service requirements
services:
  generator:
    procs: 1
    with_gpus: true
  trainer:
    procs: 1
    with_gpus: true
  # Remove ref_model (uses generator weights)

ref_model:
  with_gpus: false

# Reduce batch size
grpo:
  n_samples: 4  # Reduce from 8
 
# Or reduce sequence length
training:
  seq_len: 2048

# Enable RDMA (if available)
export TORCHSTORE_USE_RDMA=1
 
# Or reduce sync frequency
training:
  sync_interval: 10  # Sync every 10 steps

# Increase KL penalty
grpo:
  beta: 0.2  # Increase from 0.1
 
# Or add entropy bonus
training:
  entropy_coef: 0.01