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"""
Basic tests for vLLM Importance Sampling implementation
This test file verifies the core functionality of the vLLM IS correction,
including the IS weight computation and metrics calculation.
Reference: verl/verl/trainer/ppo/rollout_corr_helper.py
"""
import torch
class MockAccelerator:
"""Mock accelerator for testing metrics gathering"""
def __init__(self, device='cpu'):
self.device = device
def gather_for_metrics(self, tensor):
# In testing, just return the tensor as-is
return tensor
class MockGRPOTrainer:
"""Mock GRPO trainer for testing IS methods"""
def __init__(self, mode='token_truncate', threshold=2.0):
self.rollout_importance_sampling_mode = mode
self.rollout_importance_sampling_threshold = threshold
self.accelerator = MockAccelerator()
def _compute_sequence_level_ratios(self, is_ratio: torch.Tensor, completion_mask: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
"""
Helper function to compute sequence-level importance sampling ratios.
Args:
is_ratio: Token-level IS ratios, shape [B, T]
completion_mask: Boolean mask for completion tokens, shape [B, T]
Returns:
Sequence-level ratios as geometric mean of token-level ratios
"""
log_ratio = torch.log(is_ratio.clamp(min=1e-10))
seq_log_ratios = (log_ratio * completion_mask).sum(-1) / completion_mask.sum(-1).clamp(min=1.0)
seq_ratios = torch.exp(seq_log_ratios)
return seq_ratios
def _apply_rollout_importance_sampling(self, rollout_log_ratio: torch.Tensor,
completion_mask: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
"""
Apply vLLM importance sampling correction using one of four modes.
Args:
rollout_log_ratio: log(π_θ / π_rollout) per token, shape [B, T]
completion_mask: Boolean mask for completion tokens, shape [B, T]
Returns:
IS weights to multiply with loss, same shape as rollout_log_ratio
"""
mode = self.rollout_importance_sampling_mode
threshold = self.rollout_importance_sampling_threshold
# Clamp log_ratio to prevent numerical overflow from padding values (-1e10)
# A log_ratio of 20 corresponds to exp(20) ≈ 485 million, which is already extreme
SAFETY_BOUND = 20.0
rollout_log_ratio_safe = torch.clamp(rollout_log_ratio, min=-SAFETY_BOUND, max=SAFETY_BOUND)
# Compute importance sampling ratios: exp(log_ratio)
is_ratio = torch.exp(rollout_log_ratio_safe)
if mode == 'token_truncate':
# Token-level truncated IS: clip ratios from above at threshold
is_weights = torch.clamp(is_ratio, max=threshold)
elif mode == 'token_mask':
# Token-level masked IS: mask out tokens with ratio > threshold
is_weights = torch.where(is_ratio <= threshold, is_ratio, torch.zeros_like(is_ratio))
elif mode == 'sequence_truncate':
# Sequence-level truncated IS: compute sequence-level ratio and clip
seq_ratios = self._compute_sequence_level_ratios(is_ratio, completion_mask)
clipped_seq_ratios = torch.clamp(seq_ratios, max=threshold)
is_weights = clipped_seq_ratios.unsqueeze(-1).expand_as(is_ratio)
elif mode == 'sequence_mask':
# Sequence-level masked IS: mask entire sequences with ratio > threshold
seq_ratios = self._compute_sequence_level_ratios(is_ratio, completion_mask)
seq_mask = (seq_ratios <= threshold).float()
# Apply mask to original token-level ratios
is_weights = is_ratio * seq_mask.unsqueeze(-1)
else:
return is_ratio
return is_weights
def _compute_is_correction_metrics(
self,
vllm_log_ratio: torch.Tensor,
is_weights: torch.Tensor,
completion_mask: torch.Tensor,
) -> dict:
"""
Compute importance sampling correction metrics (ess, clipped_frac, is_weight_mean).
Only called when rollout_importance_sampling_mode is enabled.
Args:
vllm_log_ratio: Log ratio log(π_policy / π_rollout), shape [B, T]
is_weights: Importance sampling weights after correction, shape [B, T]
completion_mask: Boolean mask for completion tokens, shape [B, T]
Returns:
Dictionary with IS-specific metrics:
- is_weight_mean: Mean of IS weights
- ess: Effective Sample Size = 1 / E[(w_i / E[w_i])²]
- clipped_frac: Fraction of clipped/masked samples
"""
metrics = {}
SAFETY_BOUND = 20.0
threshold = self.rollout_importance_sampling_threshold
threshold_lower = 1.0 / threshold # Default lower threshold (reciprocal of upper)
# Helper function for masked mean
def masked_mean(x, mask):
return (x * mask).sum() / mask.sum().clamp(min=1.0)
# Compute IS ratio with safety bounds
log_ratio_safe = torch.clamp(vllm_log_ratio, min=-SAFETY_BOUND, max=SAFETY_BOUND)
is_ratio = torch.exp(log_ratio_safe)
# 1. IS weight statistics
mean_is_weight = masked_mean(is_weights, completion_mask)
metrics['is_weight_mean'] = self.accelerator.gather_for_metrics(mean_is_weight).nanmean().item()
# 2. Compute Effective Sample Size (ESS) for IS weights
# ESS = 1 / E[(w_i / E[w_i])²] (using clamped weights for stability)
# This measures how many "effective" independent samples we have after IS weighting
weights_for_ess = is_weights.clamp(min=threshold_lower, max=threshold)
mean_for_ess = masked_mean(weights_for_ess, completion_mask)
is_weights_normalized = weights_for_ess / (mean_for_ess + 1e-8) # Avoid division by zero
ess = 1.0 / masked_mean(is_weights_normalized.square(), completion_mask).clamp(min=1e-10)
metrics['ess'] = self.accelerator.gather_for_metrics(ess).nanmean().item()
# 3. Fraction of clipped/masked samples
if self.rollout_importance_sampling_mode in ['token_truncate', 'token_mask']:
# Token-level
if self.rollout_importance_sampling_mode == 'token_truncate':
clipped_frac = masked_mean((is_ratio > threshold).float(), completion_mask)
else: # token_mask
clipped_frac = masked_mean((is_weights == 0).float(), completion_mask)
metrics['clipped_frac'] = self.accelerator.gather_for_metrics(clipped_frac).nanmean().item()
else:
# Sequence-level (both truncate and mask)
seq_ratios = self._compute_sequence_level_ratios(is_ratio, completion_mask)
clipped_frac = (seq_ratios > threshold).float().mean()
metrics['clipped_frac'] = self.accelerator.gather_for_metrics(clipped_frac).nanmean().item()
return metrics
class TestVLLMImportanceSampling:
"""Test suite for vLLM Importance Sampling"""
def test_token_truncate_basic(self):
"""Test token-level truncated IS"""
trainer = MockGRPOTrainer(mode='token_truncate', threshold=2.0)
# Create mock data: [batch=2, seq_len=4]
# Log ratios that will produce ratios [0.5, 1.5, 3.0, 5.0]
vllm_log_ratio = torch.log(torch.tensor([[0.5, 1.5, 3.0, 5.0], [0.8, 1.2, 2.5, 4.0]]))
completion_mask = torch.ones_like(vllm_log_ratio)
is_weights = trainer._apply_rollout_importance_sampling(vllm_log_ratio, completion_mask)
# Check truncation at threshold=2.0
assert is_weights.shape == vllm_log_ratio.shape
assert torch.allclose(is_weights[0, 0], torch.tensor(0.5), atol=1e-5)
assert torch.allclose(is_weights[0, 1], torch.tensor(1.5), atol=1e-5)
assert torch.allclose(is_weights[0, 2], torch.tensor(2.0), atol=1e-5) # Truncated
assert torch.allclose(is_weights[0, 3], torch.tensor(2.0), atol=1e-5) # Truncated
def test_token_mask_basic(self):
"""Test token-level masked IS"""
trainer = MockGRPOTrainer(mode='token_mask', threshold=2.0)
vllm_log_ratio = torch.log(torch.tensor([[0.5, 1.5, 3.0, 5.0]]))
completion_mask = torch.ones_like(vllm_log_ratio)
is_weights = trainer._apply_rollout_importance_sampling(vllm_log_ratio, completion_mask)
# Check masking: ratio > threshold should be 0
assert torch.allclose(is_weights[0, 0], torch.tensor(0.5), atol=1e-5)
assert torch.allclose(is_weights[0, 1], torch.tensor(1.5), atol=1e-5)
assert torch.allclose(is_weights[0, 2], torch.tensor(0.0), atol=1e-5) # Masked
assert torch.allclose(is_weights[0, 3], torch.tensor(0.0), atol=1e-5) # Masked
def test_sequence_truncate_basic(self):
"""Test sequence-level truncated IS"""
trainer = MockGRPOTrainer(mode='sequence_truncate', threshold=2.0)
# First sequence has high ratios, second has low ratios
vllm_log_ratio = torch.log(
torch.tensor([
[3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0], # geometric mean=3.0 > 2.0
[1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0]
])) # geometric mean=1.0 < 2.0
completion_mask = torch.ones_like(vllm_log_ratio)
is_weights = trainer._apply_rollout_importance_sampling(vllm_log_ratio, completion_mask)
# First sequence should be truncated to 2.0 for all tokens
assert torch.allclose(is_weights[0, :], torch.tensor(2.0), atol=1e-5)
# Second sequence should remain 1.0
assert torch.allclose(is_weights[1, :], torch.tensor(1.0), atol=1e-5)
def test_sequence_mask_basic(self):
"""Test sequence-level masked IS"""
trainer = MockGRPOTrainer(mode='sequence_mask', threshold=2.0)
vllm_log_ratio = torch.log(
torch.tensor([
[3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0], # geometric mean=3.0 > 2.0
[1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0]
])) # geometric mean=1.0 < 2.0
completion_mask = torch.ones_like(vllm_log_ratio)
is_weights = trainer._apply_rollout_importance_sampling(vllm_log_ratio, completion_mask)
# First sequence should be completely masked (0)
# Note: sequence_mask multiplies is_ratio by 0, so all tokens become 0
assert torch.allclose(is_weights[0, :], torch.tensor(0.0), atol=1e-5)
# Second sequence should keep original ratios (1.0 * 1.0 = 1.0)
assert torch.allclose(is_weights[1, :], torch.tensor(1.0), atol=1e-5)
def test_threshold_sensitivity(self):
"""Test different threshold values"""
vllm_log_ratio = torch.log(torch.tensor([[1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0]]))
completion_mask = torch.ones_like(vllm_log_ratio)
# Test threshold=1.5
trainer_low = MockGRPOTrainer(mode='token_truncate', threshold=1.5)
is_weights_low = trainer_low._apply_rollout_importance_sampling(vllm_log_ratio, completion_mask)
# Test threshold=3.5
trainer_high = MockGRPOTrainer(mode='token_truncate', threshold=3.5)
is_weights_high = trainer_high._apply_rollout_importance_sampling(vllm_log_ratio, completion_mask)
# Lower threshold should truncate more
truncated_low = (is_weights_low < torch.exp(vllm_log_ratio)).sum()
truncated_high = (is_weights_high < torch.exp(vllm_log_ratio)).sum()
assert truncated_low > truncated_high
def test_completion_mask(self):
"""Test that completion mask is respected"""
trainer = MockGRPOTrainer(mode='sequence_truncate', threshold=2.0)
vllm_log_ratio = torch.log(torch.tensor([[3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0]]))
# Mask out last two tokens
completion_mask = torch.tensor([[1.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0]])
is_weights = trainer._apply_rollout_importance_sampling(vllm_log_ratio, completion_mask)
# Should only consider masked tokens for sequence ratio calculation
# With only first two tokens (both 3.0), geometric mean=3.0, truncated to 2.0
assert torch.allclose(is_weights[0, :2], torch.tensor(2.0), atol=1e-5)
def test_edge_cases(self):
"""Test edge cases"""
trainer = MockGRPOTrainer(mode='token_truncate', threshold=2.0)
# Case 1: All ratios below threshold
vllm_log_ratio = torch.log(torch.tensor([[0.5, 1.0, 1.5]]))
completion_mask = torch.ones_like(vllm_log_ratio)
is_weights = trainer._apply_rollout_importance_sampling(vllm_log_ratio, completion_mask)
assert torch.allclose(is_weights, torch.exp(vllm_log_ratio), atol=1e-5)
# Case 2: All ratios above threshold
vllm_log_ratio = torch.log(torch.tensor([[3.0, 4.0, 5.0]]))
is_weights = trainer._apply_rollout_importance_sampling(vllm_log_ratio, completion_mask[:, :3])
assert torch.allclose(is_weights, torch.tensor(2.0), atol=1e-5)
# Case 3: Empty mask
vllm_log_ratio = torch.log(torch.tensor([[1.0, 2.0, 3.0]]))
completion_mask = torch.zeros_like(vllm_log_ratio)
is_weights = trainer._apply_rollout_importance_sampling(vllm_log_ratio, completion_mask)
# Should still compute but result may not be meaningful
assert is_weights.shape == vllm_log_ratio.shape
def test_safety_bound(self):
"""Test that extreme log ratios are clamped"""
trainer = MockGRPOTrainer(mode='token_truncate', threshold=2.0)
# Create extreme log ratios that would overflow without clamping
vllm_log_ratio = torch.tensor([[100.0, -100.0, 0.0]]) # exp(100) would overflow
completion_mask = torch.ones_like(vllm_log_ratio)
is_weights = trainer._apply_rollout_importance_sampling(vllm_log_ratio, completion_mask)
# Should not have inf or nan
assert torch.isfinite(is_weights).all()
# Large positive log_ratio should be clamped to threshold
assert is_weights[0, 0] <= 2.0
# Large negative log_ratio should result in small positive value
assert is_weights[0, 1] > 0
class TestISCorrectionMetrics:
"""Test suite for IS correction metrics"""
def test_ess_uniform_weights(self):
"""Test ESS with uniform weights (should be close to 1.0)"""
trainer = MockGRPOTrainer(mode='token_truncate', threshold=2.0)
# Uniform weights of 1.0
vllm_log_ratio = torch.zeros((2, 4)) # exp(0) = 1.0
completion_mask = torch.ones_like(vllm_log_ratio)
is_weights = torch.ones_like(vllm_log_ratio)
metrics = trainer._compute_is_correction_metrics(vllm_log_ratio, is_weights, completion_mask)
# ESS should be 1.0 for uniform weights
assert abs(metrics['ess'] - 1.0) < 0.01
# Mean weight should be 1.0
assert abs(metrics['is_weight_mean'] - 1.0) < 0.01
# No clipping for uniform weights
assert metrics['clipped_frac'] == 0.0
def test_ess_varied_weights(self):
"""Test ESS with varied weights (should be < 1.0)"""
trainer = MockGRPOTrainer(mode='token_truncate', threshold=2.0)
# Varied weights
vllm_log_ratio = torch.log(torch.tensor([[0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0]]))
completion_mask = torch.ones_like(vllm_log_ratio)
is_weights = torch.tensor([[0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0]])
metrics = trainer._compute_is_correction_metrics(vllm_log_ratio, is_weights, completion_mask)
# ESS should be less than 1.0 for non-uniform weights
assert metrics['ess'] < 1.0
assert metrics['ess'] > 0.0
def test_clipped_frac_token_truncate(self):
"""Test clipped_frac for token_truncate mode"""
trainer = MockGRPOTrainer(mode='token_truncate', threshold=2.0)
# 2 out of 4 tokens exceed threshold
vllm_log_ratio = torch.log(torch.tensor([[0.5, 1.5, 3.0, 5.0]]))
completion_mask = torch.ones_like(vllm_log_ratio)
is_weights = trainer._apply_rollout_importance_sampling(vllm_log_ratio, completion_mask)
metrics = trainer._compute_is_correction_metrics(vllm_log_ratio, is_weights, completion_mask)
# 2/4 = 0.5 tokens clipped
assert abs(metrics['clipped_frac'] - 0.5) < 0.01
def test_clipped_frac_token_mask(self):
"""Test clipped_frac for token_mask mode"""
trainer = MockGRPOTrainer(mode='token_mask', threshold=2.0)
# 2 out of 4 tokens exceed threshold
vllm_log_ratio = torch.log(torch.tensor([[0.5, 1.5, 3.0, 5.0]]))
completion_mask = torch.ones_like(vllm_log_ratio)
is_weights = trainer._apply_rollout_importance_sampling(vllm_log_ratio, completion_mask)
metrics = trainer._compute_is_correction_metrics(vllm_log_ratio, is_weights, completion_mask)
# 2/4 = 0.5 tokens masked (is_weights == 0)
assert abs(metrics['clipped_frac'] - 0.5) < 0.01
def test_clipped_frac_sequence_level(self):
"""Test clipped_frac for sequence-level modes"""
trainer = MockGRPOTrainer(mode='sequence_truncate', threshold=2.0)
# First sequence exceeds threshold, second doesn't
vllm_log_ratio = torch.log(torch.tensor([[3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0], [1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0]]))
completion_mask = torch.ones_like(vllm_log_ratio)
is_weights = trainer._apply_rollout_importance_sampling(vllm_log_ratio, completion_mask)
metrics = trainer._compute_is_correction_metrics(vllm_log_ratio, is_weights, completion_mask)
# 1/2 = 0.5 sequences clipped
assert abs(metrics['clipped_frac'] - 0.5) < 0.01
class TestOffpolicyMetrics:
"""Test suite for off-policy diagnostic metrics"""
def test_kl_divergence_same_policy(self):
"""Test KL divergence when policies are identical"""
# When per_token_logps == rollout_per_token_logps, KL should be 0
per_token_logps = torch.tensor([[-1.0, -2.0, -1.5, -0.5]])
rollout_per_token_logps = per_token_logps.clone()
completion_mask = torch.ones_like(per_token_logps)
# Helper function for masked mean
def masked_mean(x, mask, axis=None):
if axis is None:
return (x * mask).sum() / mask.sum().clamp(min=1.0)
else:
return (x * mask).sum(axis) / mask.sum(axis).clamp(min=1.0)
# KL = E[log(π_rollout) - log(π_training)]
kl = masked_mean(rollout_per_token_logps - per_token_logps, completion_mask)
assert abs(kl.item()) < 1e-6
def test_k3_kl_estimator(self):
"""Test K3 KL estimator"""
per_token_logps = torch.tensor([[-1.0, -2.0, -1.5, -0.5]])
rollout_per_token_logps = torch.tensor([[-1.1, -1.9, -1.6, -0.4]])
completion_mask = torch.ones_like(per_token_logps)
def masked_mean(x, mask, axis=None):
if axis is None:
return (x * mask).sum() / mask.sum().clamp(min=1.0)
else:
return (x * mask).sum(axis) / mask.sum(axis).clamp(min=1.0)
# K3 estimator: E[exp(log_ratio) - log_ratio - 1]
log_ratio = per_token_logps - rollout_per_token_logps
log_ratio *= completion_mask
k3_kl_matrix = torch.exp(log_ratio) - log_ratio - 1
k3_kl = masked_mean(k3_kl_matrix, completion_mask)
# K3 KL should be non-negative
assert k3_kl.item() >= 0
def test_chi2_divergence(self):
"""Test χ² divergence calculation"""
per_token_logps = torch.tensor([[-1.0, -2.0]])
rollout_per_token_logps = torch.tensor([[-1.5, -1.5]])
completion_mask = torch.ones_like(per_token_logps)
def masked_mean(x, mask, axis=None):
if axis is None:
return (x * mask).sum() / mask.sum().clamp(min=1.0)
else:
return (x * mask).sum(axis) / mask.sum(axis).clamp(min=1.0)
SAFETY_BOUND = 20.0
log_ratio = per_token_logps - rollout_per_token_logps
log_ratio_safe = torch.clamp(log_ratio, min=-SAFETY_BOUND, max=SAFETY_BOUND)
rho_token = torch.exp(log_ratio_safe)
rho_squared_token = rho_token.square()
chi2_token = masked_mean(rho_squared_token, completion_mask) - 1.0
# χ² should be >= -1 (can be negative if E[ρ²] < 1)
assert chi2_token.item() >= -1.0
if __name__ == '__main__':
# Run tests manually
import sys
test_classes = [
('TestVLLMImportanceSampling', TestVLLMImportanceSampling),
('TestISCorrectionMetrics', TestISCorrectionMetrics),
('TestOffpolicyMetrics', TestOffpolicyMetrics),
]
failed_tests = []
for class_name, test_class in test_classes:
print(f'\n=== {class_name} ===')
test_instance = test_class()
test_methods = [m for m in dir(test_instance) if m.startswith('test_')]
for method_name in test_methods:
try:
print(f'Running {method_name}...')
getattr(test_instance, method_name)()
print(f'✓ {method_name} passed')
except Exception as e:
print(f'✗ {method_name} failed: {e}')
failed_tests.append(f'{class_name}.{method_name}')
if failed_tests:
print(f'\nFailed tests: {failed_tests}')
sys.exit(1)
else:
print('\nAll tests passed!')