vllm.model_executor.model_loader.weight_utils ¶
Utilities for downloading and initializing model weights.
Functions:
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atomic_writer–Context manager that provides an atomic file writing routine.
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composed_weight_loader–Create a weight loader that post-processes the weights after loading
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default_weight_loader–Default weight loader.
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download_safetensors_index_file_from_hf–Download hf safetensors index file from Hugging Face Hub.
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download_weights_from_hf–Download model weights from Hugging Face Hub.
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enable_xet_high_performance–Automatically activates xet high performance mode
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fastsafetensors_weights_iterator–Iterate over the weights in the model safetensor files
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filter_files_not_needed_for_inference–Exclude files that are not needed for inference.
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filter_mm_encoder_only_safetensors_files–Drop safetensors shards that only contain language-model weights.
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instanttensor_weights_iterator–Iterate over the weights in the model safetensor files
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maybe_download_from_modelscope–Download model from ModelScope hub if VLLM_USE_MODELSCOPE is True.
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maybe_remap_kv_scale_name–Remap the name of FP8 k/v_scale parameters.
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maybe_remap_moe_expert_param_name–Remap MoE expert parameter names to account for routed_experts hierarchy.
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multi_thread_pt_weights_iterator–Multi-Thread iterate over the weights in the model bin/pt files.
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multi_thread_safetensors_weights_iterator–Multi-Thread iterate over the weights in the model safetensor files.
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np_cache_weights_iterator–Iterate over the weights in the model np files.
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pt_weights_iterator–Iterate over the weights in the model bin/pt files.
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remap_moe_expert_weights–Remap MoE expert parameter names for backward compatibility.
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resolve_mm_encoder_only_lm_prefixes–Resolve vLLM LM module prefixes for
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row_parallel_weight_loader–Load weights that are row-parallelized.
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runai_safetensors_weights_iterator–Iterate over the weights in the model safetensor files.
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safetensors_weights_iterator–Iterate over the weights in the model safetensor files.
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sharded_weight_loader–Create a weight loader that shards the weights along the given axis
_get_available_ram_bytes() ¶
Return available RAM, honoring cgroup limits.
Source code in vllm/model_executor/model_loader/weight_utils.py
_get_checkpoints_size_bytes(files) ¶
Return the total size of the checkpoint files in bytes.
_get_fs_type(files) ¶
Get the filesystem type of the first file in files (Linux only).
Source code in vllm/model_executor/model_loader/weight_utils.py
_mapped_weight_name(weights_mapper, key) ¶
Apply WeightsMapper.map_name when present; else identity.
Source code in vllm/model_executor/model_loader/weight_utils.py
_natural_sort_key(filepath) ¶
Natural sort key for filenames with numeric components, such as model-00001-of-00005.safetensors -> ['model-', 1, '-of-', 5, '.safetensors']
Source code in vllm/model_executor/model_loader/weight_utils.py
_prefetch_all_checkpoints(sorted_files, num_prefetch_threads=DEFAULT_SAFETENSORS_PREFETCH_NUM_THREADS, block_size=DEFAULT_SAFETENSORS_PREFETCH_BLOCK_SIZE) ¶
Start prefetching checkpoint files into page cache in a background thread.
Source code in vllm/model_executor/model_loader/weight_utils.py
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_prefetch_checkpoint(file_path, block_size=DEFAULT_SAFETENSORS_PREFETCH_BLOCK_SIZE) ¶
Prefetch a checkpoint file into the OS page cache.
Reads the file in blocks so the kernel caches its pages before workers load the same file.
Source code in vllm/model_executor/model_loader/weight_utils.py
_shared_hf_root_module_prefixes(lm_module_prefixes, weights_mapper) ¶
Module prefixes that are also an HF root for non-LM weights.
E.g. Molmo/Phi-4-MM/Muse mark LM as model while vision HF keys stay under model.vision_* / model.embed_tokens_extend.*. Detected via WeightsMapper.orig_to_new_prefix (no hard-coded name list).
Source code in vllm/model_executor/model_loader/weight_utils.py
atomic_writer(filepath, mode='w', encoding=None) ¶
Context manager that provides an atomic file writing routine.
The context manager writes to a temporary file and, if successful, atomically replaces the original file.
Parameters:
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(filepath¶str or Path) –The path to the file to write.
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(mode¶str, default:'w') –The file mode for the temporary file (e.g., 'w', 'wb').
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(encoding¶str, default:None) –The encoding for text mode.
Yields:
Source code in vllm/model_executor/model_loader/weight_utils.py
composed_weight_loader(loader, fn) ¶
Create a weight loader that post-processes the weights after loading
Source code in vllm/model_executor/model_loader/weight_utils.py
default_weight_loader(param, loaded_weight) ¶
Default weight loader.
Source code in vllm/model_executor/model_loader/weight_utils.py
download_safetensors_index_file_from_hf(model_name_or_path, index_file, cache_dir, subfolder=None, revision=None) ¶
Download hf safetensors index file from Hugging Face Hub.
Parameters:
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(model_name_or_path¶str) –The model name or path.
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(index_file¶str) –The safetensors index file name
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(cache_dir¶Optional[str]) –The cache directory to store the model weights. If None, will use HF defaults.
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(subfolder¶Optional[str], default:None) –The subfolder within the model repository to download weights from.
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(revision¶Optional[str], default:None) –The revision of the model.
Source code in vllm/model_executor/model_loader/weight_utils.py
download_weights_from_hf(model_name_or_path, cache_dir, allow_patterns, revision=None, subfolder=None, ignore_patterns=None) ¶
Download model weights from Hugging Face Hub.
Parameters:
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(model_name_or_path¶str) –The model name or path.
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(cache_dir¶Optional[str]) –The cache directory to store the model weights. If None, will use HF defaults.
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(allow_patterns¶list[str]) –The allowed patterns for the weight files. Files matched by any of the patterns will be downloaded.
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(revision¶Optional[str], default:None) –The revision of the model.
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(subfolder¶Optional[str], default:None) –The subfolder within the model repository to download weights from.
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(ignore_patterns¶Optional[Union[str, list[str]]], default:None) –The patterns to filter out the weight files. Files matched by any of the patterns will be ignored.
Returns:
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str(str) –The path to the downloaded model weights.
Source code in vllm/model_executor/model_loader/weight_utils.py
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enable_xet_high_performance() ¶
Automatically activates xet high performance mode
fastsafetensors_weights_iterator(hf_weights_files, use_tqdm_on_load) ¶
Iterate over the weights in the model safetensor files using fastsafetensor library.
Uses ParallelLoader for pipelined loading: the producer thread prepares metadata for the next shard while the consumer yields tensors from the current shard.
Source code in vllm/model_executor/model_loader/weight_utils.py
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filter_files_not_needed_for_inference(hf_weights_files) ¶
Exclude files that are not needed for inference.
See https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/blob/v4.34.0/src/transformers/trainer.py#L227-L233
Source code in vllm/model_executor/model_loader/weight_utils.py
filter_mm_encoder_only_safetensors_files(hf_weights_files, hf_folder, index_file, language_model_prefixes, *, weights_mapper=None) ¶
Drop safetensors shards that only contain language-model weights.
Used with --mm-encoder-only so Encoder-only EPD instances avoid reading pure LM shards from disk/DRAM.
Each HF index key is classified by mapping through weights_mapper (when provided) and testing the vLLM name against language_model_prefixes. Without a mapper, HF names are compared directly (identity checkpoint layout, e.g. Kimi language_model.*).
A shard is kept if it contains any non-LM key. Without an index file, returns hf_weights_files unchanged.
Source code in vllm/model_executor/model_loader/weight_utils.py
instanttensor_weights_iterator(hf_weights_files, use_tqdm_on_load) ¶
Iterate over the weights in the model safetensor files using instanttensor library.
Source code in vllm/model_executor/model_loader/weight_utils.py
maybe_download_from_modelscope(model, revision=None, download_dir=None, ignore_patterns=None, allow_patterns=None) ¶
Download model from ModelScope hub if VLLM_USE_MODELSCOPE is True.
Returns the path to the downloaded model, or None if the model is not downloaded from ModelScope.
Source code in vllm/model_executor/model_loader/weight_utils.py
maybe_remap_kv_scale_name(name, params_dict) ¶
Remap the name of FP8 k/v_scale parameters.
This function handles the remapping of FP8 k/v_scale parameter names. It detects if the given name ends with a suffix and attempts to remap it to the expected name format in the model. If the remapped name is not found in the params_dict, a warning is printed and None is returned.
Parameters:
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(name¶str) –The original loaded checkpoint parameter name.
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(params_dict¶dict) –Dictionary containing the model's named parameters.
Returns:
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str(str | None) –The remapped parameter name if successful, or the original name if no remapping is needed.
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None(str | None) –If the remapped name is not found in params_dict.
Source code in vllm/model_executor/model_loader/weight_utils.py
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maybe_remap_moe_expert_param_name(name, params_dict) ¶
Remap MoE expert parameter names to account for routed_experts hierarchy.
This handles the transition from the old FusedMoE structure where weights were directly in the experts module, to the new MoERunner → RoutedExperts structure.
Checkpoint weights have names like
layers.0.mlp.experts.w13_weight layers.0.feed_forward.experts.w2_input_scale
But actual parameters are now: layers.0.mlp.experts.routed_experts.w13_weight layers.0.feed_forward.experts.routed_experts.w2_input_scale
This function inserts 'routed_experts.' into the path when needed.
Parameters:
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(name¶str) –Parameter name from checkpoint
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(params_dict¶dict[str, Parameter]) –Dictionary of model parameters (from named_parameters())
Returns:
Source code in vllm/model_executor/model_loader/weight_utils.py
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multi_thread_pt_weights_iterator(hf_weights_files, use_tqdm_on_load, pt_load_map_location='cpu', max_workers=4) ¶
Multi-Thread iterate over the weights in the model bin/pt files.
Source code in vllm/model_executor/model_loader/weight_utils.py
multi_thread_safetensors_weights_iterator(hf_weights_files, use_tqdm_on_load, max_workers=4) ¶
Multi-Thread iterate over the weights in the model safetensor files.
Source code in vllm/model_executor/model_loader/weight_utils.py
np_cache_weights_iterator(model_name_or_path, cache_dir, hf_folder, hf_weights_files, use_tqdm_on_load) ¶
Iterate over the weights in the model np files.
Will dump the model weights to numpy files if they are not already dumped.
Source code in vllm/model_executor/model_loader/weight_utils.py
pt_weights_iterator(hf_weights_files, use_tqdm_on_load, pt_load_map_location='cpu') ¶
Iterate over the weights in the model bin/pt files.
Source code in vllm/model_executor/model_loader/weight_utils.py
remap_moe_expert_weights(weights, params_dict) ¶
Remap MoE expert parameter names for backward compatibility.
This allows models with custom weight loading to automatically handle both old and new checkpoint formats without needing model-specific remapping code.
Usage
params_dict = dict(model.named_parameters()) for name, weight in remap_moe_expert_weights(weights, params_dict): # name is automatically remapped if needed param = params_dict[name] ...
Parameters:
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(weights¶Iterable[tuple[str, Tensor]]) –Iterator of (name, tensor) tuples from checkpoint
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(params_dict¶dict[str, Parameter]) –Dictionary of model parameters (from named_parameters())
Yields:
Source code in vllm/model_executor/model_loader/weight_utils.py
resolve_mm_encoder_only_lm_prefixes(language_model_names, *, weights_mapper=None) ¶
Resolve vLLM LM module prefixes for --mm-encoder-only shard skip.
Prefixes come from _language_model_names. Classification of HF index keys is done later via optional weights_mapper (see filter_mm_encoder_only_safetensors_files), so this helper does not hard-code Qwen/HF nest lists.
Returns None (leave the safetensors file list unchanged) when _language_model_names is empty/missing, or when a module prefix is a shared HF checkpoint root for both LM and non-LM weights — fail-closed so Molmo / Phi-4-MM / Muse cannot under-load the encoder.
Source code in vllm/model_executor/model_loader/weight_utils.py
row_parallel_weight_loader(param, loaded_weight) ¶
Load weights that are row-parallelized.
Source code in vllm/model_executor/model_loader/weight_utils.py
runai_safetensors_weights_iterator(hf_weights_files, use_tqdm_on_load, is_distributed=False) ¶
Iterate over the weights in the model safetensor files.
Source code in vllm/model_executor/model_loader/weight_utils.py
safetensors_weights_iterator(hf_weights_files, use_tqdm_on_load, safetensors_load_strategy=None, local_expert_ids=None, *, safetensors_prefetch_num_threads=DEFAULT_SAFETENSORS_PREFETCH_NUM_THREADS, safetensors_prefetch_block_size=DEFAULT_SAFETENSORS_PREFETCH_BLOCK_SIZE) ¶
Iterate over the weights in the model safetensor files.
When local_expert_ids is provided, expert weights not belonging to this rank are skipped before reading from disk, which drastically reduces storage I/O for MoE models under EP.
Source code in vllm/model_executor/model_loader/weight_utils.py
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sharded_weight_loader(shard_axis) ¶
Create a weight loader that shards the weights along the given axis