unsloth/studio/backend/tests/test_mlx_inference_backend.py
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feat(cli): support MLX distributed inference (#6845)
* feat(cli): detect MLX distributed launch context

* feat(mlx): wire distributed inference backend

* feat(cli): broadcast MLX distributed chat turns

* fix(cli): wait indefinitely for distributed chat turns

* fix(cli): report MLX distributed load errors cleanly

* fix(mlx): route distributed vlm through loader

* fix(cli): detect inline MLX host JSON

* fix(studio): harden distributed object sharing

* fix(studio): select JACCL distributed backend

* fix(cli): abort distributed error paths

* Distinguish real stream errors from model text via GenStreamError in distributed CLI

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* Fail loud when MLX distributed init returns a singleton group

The worker only reaches this block when distributed was explicitly
requested. A singleton (size 1) group means the launch failed to form a
real group (MLX built without distributed support, or an invalid launch
env/hostfile); silently continuing leaves nonzero ranks looping forever
on share_distributed_object. Raise instead so the surrounding handler
returns a clear load error.

* Tighten MLX distributed inference comments

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Co-authored-by: Daniel Han <danielhanchen@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: danielhanchen <unslothai@gmail.com>
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
import sys
import types
from types import SimpleNamespace
import pytest
class _DummyMetal:
@staticmethod
def is_available():
return False
class _DummyMX:
metal = _DummyMetal()
@staticmethod
def set_wired_limit(_limit):
return None
@staticmethod
def device_info():
return {"max_recommended_working_set_size": 1024}
class _DummyTokenizer:
pass
class _DummyProcessor:
tokenizer = _DummyTokenizer()
class _DummyModel:
pass
def _install_fake_mlx(monkeypatch):
mlx_pkg = types.ModuleType("mlx")
mlx_core = types.ModuleType("mlx.core")
mlx_core.metal = _DummyMetal()
mlx_core.set_wired_limit = _DummyMX.set_wired_limit
mlx_core.device_info = _DummyMX.device_info
mlx_pkg.core = mlx_core
monkeypatch.setitem(sys.modules, "mlx", mlx_pkg)
monkeypatch.setitem(sys.modules, "mlx.core", mlx_core)
def _install_fake_fast_mlx(monkeypatch, calls):
class _FastMLXModel:
@staticmethod
def from_pretrained(*args, **kwargs):
calls.append((args, kwargs))
if kwargs["text_only"] is False:
return _DummyModel(), _DummyProcessor()
return _DummyModel(), _DummyTokenizer()
unsloth_zoo_pkg = types.ModuleType("unsloth_zoo")
mlx_pkg = types.ModuleType("unsloth_zoo.mlx")
mlx_loader = types.ModuleType("unsloth_zoo.mlx.loader")
mlx_loader.FastMLXModel = _FastMLXModel
unsloth_zoo_pkg.mlx = mlx_pkg
mlx_pkg.loader = mlx_loader
monkeypatch.setitem(sys.modules, "unsloth_zoo", unsloth_zoo_pkg)
monkeypatch.setitem(sys.modules, "unsloth_zoo.mlx", mlx_pkg)
monkeypatch.setitem(sys.modules, "unsloth_zoo.mlx.loader", mlx_loader)
def test_mlx_inference_text_load_forwards_studio_settings(monkeypatch):
_install_fake_mlx(monkeypatch)
calls = []
_install_fake_fast_mlx(monkeypatch, calls)
from core.inference.mlx_inference import MLXInferenceBackend
backend = MLXInferenceBackend()
config = SimpleNamespace(identifier = "fake/text", is_vision = False, is_lora = False)
assert backend.load_model(
config,
max_seq_length = 4096,
load_in_4bit = False,
hf_token = "hf-token",
trust_remote_code = True,
dtype = "float16",
)
assert calls == [
(
("fake/text",),
{
"max_seq_length": 4096,
"dtype": "float16",
"load_in_4bit": False,
"token": "hf-token",
"trust_remote_code": True,
"text_only": True,
},
)
]
assert backend._is_vlm is False
assert isinstance(backend._tokenizer, _DummyTokenizer)
# Non-LoRA text model: no base_model on the record.
assert backend.models["fake/text"]["base_model"] is None
def test_mlx_text_lora_record_keeps_base_model_for_native_template(monkeypatch):
# A LoRA adapter's own tokenizer often ships no chat template; the native tool-calling template
# lives on the base model.
_install_fake_mlx(monkeypatch)
calls = []
_install_fake_fast_mlx(monkeypatch, calls)
from core.inference.mlx_inference import MLXInferenceBackend
backend = MLXInferenceBackend()
config = SimpleNamespace(
identifier = "fake/text-adapter",
is_vision = False,
is_lora = True,
base_model = "fake/text-base",
)
assert backend.load_model(config, max_seq_length = 4096, hf_token = "hf-token")
record = backend.models["fake/text-adapter"]
assert record["is_lora"] is True
assert record["base_model"] == "fake/text-base"
def test_mlx_inference_vlm_lora_uses_unsloth_loader_without_native_adapter_rewrite(
monkeypatch, tmp_path
):
_install_fake_mlx(monkeypatch)
calls = []
_install_fake_fast_mlx(monkeypatch, calls)
def _native_vlm_load(*_args, **_kwargs):
raise AssertionError("Studio MLX VLM inference must use FastMLXModel")
mlx_vlm = types.ModuleType("mlx_vlm")
mlx_vlm.load = _native_vlm_load
monkeypatch.setitem(sys.modules, "mlx_vlm", mlx_vlm)
adapter_dir = tmp_path / "adapter"
adapter_dir.mkdir()
cfg_path = adapter_dir / "adapter_config.json"
original_cfg = '{"base_model_name_or_path": "fake/base", "rank": 8}\n'
cfg_path.write_text(original_cfg)
from core.inference.mlx_inference import MLXInferenceBackend
backend = MLXInferenceBackend()
config = SimpleNamespace(
identifier = str(adapter_dir),
is_vision = True,
is_lora = True,
base_model = "fake/base",
)
assert backend.load_model(
config,
max_seq_length = 8192,
load_in_4bit = True,
hf_token = "hf-token",
trust_remote_code = True,
)
assert calls == [
(
(str(adapter_dir),),
{
"max_seq_length": 8192,
"dtype": None,
"load_in_4bit": True,
"token": "hf-token",
"trust_remote_code": True,
"text_only": False,
},
)
]
assert cfg_path.read_text() == original_cfg
assert backend._is_vlm is True
assert isinstance(backend._processor, _DummyProcessor)
assert isinstance(backend._tokenizer, _DummyTokenizer)
def test_mlx_inference_distributed_vlm_forwards_group_to_fast_mlx(monkeypatch):
_install_fake_mlx(monkeypatch)
calls = []
_install_fake_fast_mlx(monkeypatch, calls)
from core.inference.mlx_inference import MLXInferenceBackend
group = SimpleNamespace(size = lambda: 2, rank = lambda: 0)
config = SimpleNamespace(identifier = "fake/vlm", is_vision = True, is_lora = False)
for mode, group_key in (("tensor", "tensor_group"), ("pipeline", "pipeline_group")):
calls.clear()
assert MLXInferenceBackend().load_model(config, parallel_mode = mode, distributed_group = group)
_, kwargs = calls.pop()
assert kwargs["text_only"] is False and kwargs[group_key] is group
calls.clear()
singleton = SimpleNamespace(size = lambda: 1, rank = lambda: 0)
assert MLXInferenceBackend().load_model(
config, parallel_mode = "tensor", distributed_group = singleton
)
assert not {"tensor_group", "pipeline_group"} & set(calls.pop()[1])
config = SimpleNamespace(identifier = "fake/adapter", is_vision = False, is_lora = True)
with pytest.raises(ValueError, match = "LoRA adapter repos"):
MLXInferenceBackend().load_model(config, parallel_mode = "tensor", distributed_group = group)
@pytest.mark.parametrize("accepts_backend", (True, False))
def test_mlx_distributed_init_selects_jaccl_backend(monkeypatch, accepts_backend):
_install_fake_mlx(monkeypatch)
from core.inference.mlx_inference import _init_mlx_distributed
group = SimpleNamespace(rank = lambda: 1, size = lambda: 2)
calls = []
def _init(**kwargs):
calls.append(kwargs)
if kwargs and not accepts_backend:
raise TypeError("backend keyword unsupported")
return group
sys.modules["mlx.core"].distributed = SimpleNamespace(init = _init)
monkeypatch.setenv("MLX_JACCL_COORDINATOR", "127.0.0.1:12345")
monkeypatch.setenv("MLX_IBV_DEVICES", "/tmp/devices.json")
assert _init_mlx_distributed() == (group, 1, 2)
assert calls == ([{"backend": "jaccl"}] if accepts_backend else [{"backend": "jaccl"}, {}])
def test_worker_share_object_receives_distributed_payload(monkeypatch):
from core.inference import worker
shared_obj = {"type": "turn", "text": "hi"}
payload = worker._encode_share_object(shared_obj)
def _array(value):
val = value.item() if hasattr(value, "item") else value
return SimpleNamespace(
item = lambda: val,
tolist = lambda: list(val) if hasattr(val, "__iter__") else [val],
)
mlx_pkg = types.ModuleType("mlx")
mlx_core = types.ModuleType("mlx.core")
mlx_core.uint8 = "uint8"
mlx_core.array = _array
mlx_core.zeros = lambda *_a, **_k: _array([])
def _all_sum(value, group = None):
value = value.item() if hasattr(value, "item") else value
return _array(len(payload)) if value == 0 else _array(payload)
mlx_core.distributed = SimpleNamespace(all_sum = _all_sum)
mlx_pkg.core = mlx_core
monkeypatch.setitem(sys.modules, "mlx", mlx_pkg)
monkeypatch.setitem(sys.modules, "mlx.core", mlx_core)
responses = []
worker._handle_share_object(
SimpleNamespace(
_distributed_group = object(),
_distributed_rank = 1,
_distributed_world_size = 2,
),
{"type": "share_object", "request_id": "rid", "object": None},
SimpleNamespace(put = responses.append),
)
response = responses[0]
assert response["object"] == shared_obj
def test_worker_share_object_oversize_notifies_peers(monkeypatch):
from core.inference import worker
calls = []
mlx_pkg = types.ModuleType("mlx")
mlx_core = types.ModuleType("mlx.core")
mlx_core.array = lambda value, **_kwargs: SimpleNamespace(item = lambda: value)
mlx_core.eval = lambda value: value
mlx_core.distributed = SimpleNamespace(
all_sum = lambda value, group = None: calls.append(value.item()) or value
)
mlx_pkg.core = mlx_core
monkeypatch.setitem(sys.modules, "mlx", mlx_pkg)
monkeypatch.setitem(sys.modules, "mlx.core", mlx_core)
monkeypatch.setattr(worker, "_SHARE_OBJECT_MAX_BYTES", 8)
responses = []
worker._handle_share_object(
SimpleNamespace(
_distributed_group = object(),
_distributed_rank = 0,
_distributed_world_size = 2,
),
{"type": "share_object", "request_id": "rid", "object": {"text": "too long"}},
SimpleNamespace(put = responses.append),
)
assert calls == [worker._SHARE_OBJECT_ERROR_SIZE]
assert responses[0]["type"] == "share_error"
# Regression: generate_chat_response must accept the four template kwargs
# (tools / enable_thinking / reasoning_effort / preserve_thinking) so the route
# layer can forward UI toggles. The old signature raised
# "got an unexpected keyword argument 'tools'" on Mac.
def test_mlx_generate_chat_response_accepts_template_kwargs():
import inspect
from core.inference.mlx_inference import MLXInferenceBackend
sig = inspect.signature(MLXInferenceBackend.generate_chat_response)
params = sig.parameters
for name in ("tools", "enable_thinking", "reasoning_effort", "preserve_thinking"):
assert name in params, (
f"MLX.generate_chat_response is missing the {name!r} kwarg; "
"the route layer forwards this and a missing kwarg raises "
"TypeError on Mac"
)
assert (
params[name].default is None
), f"{name!r} must default to None so existing callers stay valid"
def test_mlx_generate_text_forwards_kwargs_into_template_helper(monkeypatch):
"""Mac text path must route through apply_chat_template_for_generation so
reasoning / tool kwargs reach the tokenizer."""
_install_fake_mlx(monkeypatch)
from core.inference.mlx_inference import MLXInferenceBackend
# The text path renders once with tools, then the native-template fallback makes a second no-
# tools probe call (tools=None) to detect whether the template dropped the schema.
captured_calls = []
def _fake_apply(tokenizer, messages, **kwargs):
captured_calls.append({"tokenizer": tokenizer, "messages": messages, "kwargs": kwargs})
return "<rendered prompt>"
monkeypatch.setattr(
"core.inference.chat_template_helpers.apply_chat_template_for_generation",
_fake_apply,
raising = True,
)
# mlx_lm.stream_generate yields response objects with .token; use a
# one-token generator so _generate_text returns without the real stack.
import types as _types
mlx_lm_pkg = _types.ModuleType("mlx_lm")
mlx_lm_sample = _types.ModuleType("mlx_lm.sample_utils")
mlx_lm_sample.make_sampler = lambda **_kw: object()
mlx_lm_sample.make_logits_processors = lambda **_kw: None
class _Resp:
def __init__(self, tok):
self.token = tok
def _stream_generate(_model, _tokenizer, **_kw):
yield _Resp(1)
mlx_lm_pkg.stream_generate = _stream_generate
monkeypatch.setitem(sys.modules, "mlx_lm", mlx_lm_pkg)
monkeypatch.setitem(sys.modules, "mlx_lm.sample_utils", mlx_lm_sample)
class _Tok:
chat_template = "x"
def decode(
self,
ids,
skip_special_tokens = False,
):
return "hi"
backend = MLXInferenceBackend()
backend._model = object()
backend._tokenizer = _Tok()
backend._is_vlm = False
out = list(
backend.generate_chat_response(
messages = [{"role": "user", "content": "ping"}],
tools = [{"function": {"name": "web_search"}}],
enable_thinking = True,
reasoning_effort = "medium",
preserve_thinking = True,
max_new_tokens = 1,
)
)
assert out == ["hi"]
# The toggled kwargs must reach the chat-template helper on the real render
# (one of the calls carries the tools; the fallback probe passes tools=None).
tool_renders = [
c
for c in captured_calls
if c["kwargs"].get("tools") == [{"function": {"name": "web_search"}}]
]
assert tool_renders, captured_calls
render = tool_renders[0]
assert render["kwargs"]["enable_thinking"] is True
assert render["kwargs"]["reasoning_effort"] == "medium"
assert render["kwargs"]["preserve_thinking"] is True