use non lora model as base for RL

unsloth/models/rl.py

@@ -1077,6 +1077,38 @@ def patch_functions(RLTrainer, trainer_file, RLTrainer_name, all_imports, import
         "model = self._prepare_peft_model(model, peft_config, args)\n", "pass\n"
     )
 
+    # Skip add_adapter("ref") for reference model computation
+    # Unsloth: We comment out the "ref" adapter creation because:
+    # 1. We want to use the original BASE MODEL as the reference model, not the SFT/LoRA model
+    # 2. PEFT doesn't allow multiple adapters when target_parameters is used (MoE models)
+    # When "ref" is not in peft_config, GRPO/RLOO fallback uses disable_adapter()
+    # which gives the base model logits - exactly what we want
+    add_adapter_block_pattern = (
+        r'([ \t]*)'  # Capture leading indentation
+        r'if\s+is_peft_available\(\)\s+and\s+is_peft_model\(model\)\s+and\s+args\.beta\s*!=\s*0\.0\s*:'
+        r'(.*?)'  # Match the entire block until ref_param.data.copy_
+        r'ref_param\.data\.copy_\(param\.data\)'
+    )
+    def comment_out_block(match):
+        """Comment out each line in the matched block, preserving indentation."""
+        full_match = match.group(0)
+        indent = match.group(1)
+        lines = full_match.split('\n')
+        commented_lines = []
+        # Add explanation comment first
+        commented_lines.append(f"{indent}# Unsloth: Commented out - use base model as reference, not SFT/LoRA model")
+        # Comment out each line - insert # after leading whitespace to preserve indentation
+        for line in lines:
+            if line.strip():
+                stripped = line.lstrip()
+                leading_ws = line[:len(line) - len(stripped)]
+                commented_lines.append(f"{leading_ws}# {stripped}")
+            else:
+                commented_lines.append(line)
+        return '\n'.join(commented_lines)
+    init = re.sub(add_adapter_block_pattern, comment_out_block, init, flags=re.DOTALL)
+
+
     # Set use_vllm if not set
     if "args.use_vllm" in init and "model" in init and "args" in init:
         # .*? matches first match. .+? matches final match.