nanochat/tests/test_mps_compat.py
Jason Kneen 16c37b7d1d fix: MPS/CPU compatibility for training and inference on Mac
Resolves all crashes and silent errors when running on Apple Silicon (MPS)
or CPU after merging upstream/master. Tested on torch 2.2.2 and 2.9.1.

nanochat/engine.py
- Replace signal.SIGALRM timeout with concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor
  so use_calculator() works from FastAPI worker threads (SIGALRM is
  Unix main-thread only, silently broken in any threaded web server)
- Guard torch.cuda.synchronize() behind device_type == 'cuda'

nanochat/gpt.py
- Extract init_rotary_embeddings() from init_weights() so checkpoint
  loading can restore non-persistent cos/sin buffers without
  re-randomising all weights
- Cast rotary cos/sin to bfloat16 on CUDA only (MPS bfloat16 requires
  torch>=2.4; float32 used on MPS/CPU)
- Update forward() dtype assertion to match device
- Add F.rms_norm fallback for torch<2.4 (rms_norm added in 2.4)

nanochat/optim.py
- _cuda_compile(): skip torch.compile(fullgraph=True) on MPS/CPU;
  return function unchanged so eager execution is used
- adamw_step_fused / muon_step_fused: move 0-D CPU scalar tensors to
  parameter device at start of function (cross-device ops crash in
  eager mode on MPS)
- muon_step_fused: use bfloat16 in polar express on CUDA only;
  fall back to float32 on MPS/CPU
- _step_muon: replace torch._foreach_copy_() with p.copy_(s) loop on
  non-CUDA (_foreach_copy_ not implemented on MPS in torch<2.4)

nanochat/flash_attention.py
- Probe SDPA for enable_gqa support at import time (added in torch 2.5;
  inspect.signature raises on C builtins in older Python/torch)
- Fall back to manual KV head repetition via repeat_interleave when
  enable_gqa is unavailable

nanochat/checkpoint_manager.py
- Call model.init_rotary_embeddings() instead of model.init_weights()
  after load_state_dict() to restore non-persistent rotary buffers
  without clobbering loaded weights

scripts/base_train.py
- Guard torch.compile(model) behind device_type == 'cuda'
- Set mfu = None on non-CUDA instead of computing 0/inf = 0.00%
- Handle mfu is None in end-of-run report

tests/test_mps_compat.py (new)
- 16 tests covering every fix; all pass on MPS (torch 2.2.2 and 2.9.1)
2026-02-22 15:50:11 +00:00

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"""
Tests for MPS/CPU compatibility fixes introduced in the cpu-mps-dev PR.
Each test exercises one specific fix and can run entirely on MPS or CPU — no GPU needed.
Run with: python -m pytest tests/test_mps_compat.py -v
"""
import threading
import time
import pytest
import torch
import torch.nn as nn
device = torch.device("mps" if torch.backends.mps.is_available() else "cpu")
device_type = device.type
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Fix 1: optim.py — _cuda_compile skips torch.compile on non-CUDA,
# and CPU 0-D scalar tensors are moved to device before ops
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
class TestOptimMPSCompat:
def test_cuda_compile_is_identity_on_non_cuda(self):
"""_cuda_compile must return the function unchanged when CUDA is not available."""
from nanochat.optim import _cuda_compile
sentinel = lambda x: x
result = _cuda_compile(sentinel)
assert result is sentinel, "_cuda_compile should be a no-op without CUDA"
def test_fused_functions_not_compiled(self):
"""adamw_step_fused and muon_step_fused must NOT be torch.OptimizedModule on MPS/CPU."""
from nanochat.optim import adamw_step_fused, muon_step_fused
# torch.compile wraps in OptimizedModule which has _orig_mod attribute
assert not hasattr(adamw_step_fused, "_orig_mod"), \
"adamw_step_fused should not be torch.compile'd on MPS/CPU"
assert not hasattr(muon_step_fused, "_orig_mod"), \
"muon_step_fused should not be torch.compile'd on MPS/CPU"
def test_adamw_step_fused_runs_on_device(self):
"""adamw_step_fused must execute successfully with device tensors + CPU scalar tensors."""
from nanochat.optim import adamw_step_fused
p = torch.randn(16, 16, device=device)
grad = torch.randn(16, 16, device=device)
exp_avg = torch.zeros(16, 16, device=device)
exp_avg_sq = torch.zeros(16, 16, device=device)
# Scalars intentionally kept on CPU (as the optimizer allocates them)
p_before = p.clone()
adamw_step_fused(
p, grad, exp_avg, exp_avg_sq,
torch.tensor(1.0), # step_t — CPU scalar
torch.tensor(1e-3), # lr_t
torch.tensor(0.9), # beta1_t
torch.tensor(0.999), # beta2_t
torch.tensor(1e-8), # eps_t
torch.tensor(0.01), # wd_t
)
assert not torch.equal(p, p_before), "adamw_step_fused should update p in-place"
def test_muon_step_fused_runs_on_device(self):
"""muon_step_fused must execute successfully on MPS/CPU."""
from nanochat.optim import muon_step_fused
B, M, N = 4, 32, 64
stacked_grads = torch.randn(B, M, N, device=device)
stacked_params = torch.randn(B, M, N, device=device)
momentum_buf = torch.zeros(B, M, N, device=device)
# red_dim=-1 means we reduce over N, so second moment buffer is (B, M, 1)
second_mom_buf = torch.ones(B, M, 1, device=device)
params_before = stacked_params.clone()
muon_step_fused(
stacked_grads, stacked_params, momentum_buf, second_mom_buf,
torch.tensor(0.95), # momentum_t — CPU scalar
torch.tensor(0.02), # lr_t
torch.tensor(0.0), # wd_t
torch.tensor(0.95), # beta2_t
ns_steps=5,
red_dim=-1,
)
assert not torch.equal(stacked_params, params_before), \
"muon_step_fused should update stacked_params in-place"
def test_full_optimizer_step_on_device(self):
"""MuonAdamW optimizer.step() must work end-to-end on MPS/CPU."""
from nanochat.optim import MuonAdamW
# A small model with both matrix (Muon) and non-matrix (AdamW) params
model = nn.Sequential(
nn.Embedding(32, 16), # AdamW — 1-D embedding
nn.Linear(16, 32, bias=False), # Muon — 2-D matrix
).to(device)
embedding_params = list(model[0].parameters())
matrix_params = list(model[1].parameters())
param_groups = [
dict(kind="adamw", params=embedding_params, lr=1e-3,
betas=(0.9, 0.999), eps=1e-8, weight_decay=0.0),
dict(kind="muon", params=matrix_params, lr=0.02,
momentum=0.95, ns_steps=5, beta2=0.95, weight_decay=0.0),
]
opt = MuonAdamW(param_groups)
x = torch.randint(0, 32, (4,), device=device)
out = model[1](model[0](x))
loss = out.sum()
loss.backward()
params_before = {n: p.clone() for n, p in model.named_parameters()}
opt.step()
opt.zero_grad()
for name, p in model.named_parameters():
assert not torch.equal(p, params_before[name]), \
f"Parameter {name} should have been updated by optimizer.step()"
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Fix 2: engine.py — concurrent.futures timeout works from any thread
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
class TestCalculatorThreadSafety:
def test_calculator_works_from_main_thread(self):
"""Basic sanity: use_calculator works from the main thread."""
from nanochat.engine import use_calculator
assert use_calculator("2 + 2") == 4
assert use_calculator("10 * 3") == 30
assert use_calculator("1 / 4") == 0.25
def test_calculator_works_from_background_thread(self):
"""Critical: use_calculator must work when called from a non-main thread (FastAPI worker scenario)."""
from nanochat.engine import use_calculator
results = {}
errors = {}
def worker():
try:
results["2+2"] = use_calculator("2+2")
results["10*3"] = use_calculator("10*3")
except Exception as e:
errors["exc"] = e
t = threading.Thread(target=worker)
t.start()
t.join(timeout=10)
assert not t.is_alive(), "Worker thread hung"
assert not errors, f"Exception in worker thread: {errors.get('exc')}"
assert results["2+2"] == 4
assert results["10*3"] == 30
def test_calculator_timeout_does_not_hang(self):
"""A calculator timeout must not block the caller for more than ~max_time seconds."""
from nanochat.engine import eval_with_timeout
# We can't easily trigger a true infinite loop through use_calculator's sanitizer,
# but we can call eval_with_timeout directly with a very short timeout.
t0 = time.time()
result = eval_with_timeout("1+1", max_time=0.1)
elapsed = time.time() - t0
assert result == 2
assert elapsed < 2.0, f"eval_with_timeout took too long: {elapsed:.2f}s"
def test_calculator_rejects_unsafe_input(self):
"""use_calculator must return None for non-numeric / unsafe expressions."""
from nanochat.engine import use_calculator
assert use_calculator("__import__('os').system('echo pwned')") is None
assert use_calculator("2 ** 100") is None # power operator blocked
assert use_calculator("open('/etc/passwd')") is None
def test_no_sigalrm_usage(self):
"""engine.py must not CALL signal.alarm() or signal.signal(SIGALRM) — comments are fine."""
source = open("nanochat/engine.py").read()
# Strip comment lines before checking for actual usage
non_comment_lines = [
line for line in source.splitlines()
if not line.lstrip().startswith("#")
]
code = "\n".join(non_comment_lines)
assert "signal.alarm(" not in code, \
"engine.py still calls signal.alarm() — should use concurrent.futures"
assert "signal.signal(signal.SIGALRM" not in code, \
"engine.py still registers SIGALRM handler — should use concurrent.futures"
assert "import concurrent.futures" in source, \
"engine.py should import concurrent.futures for thread-safe timeout"
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Fix 3: gpt.py — init_rotary_embeddings() exists and works standalone
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
class TestInitRotaryEmbeddings:
def _make_small_model(self):
from nanochat.gpt import GPT, GPTConfig
cfg = GPTConfig(sequence_len=64, vocab_size=256, n_layer=2,
n_head=2, n_kv_head=2, n_embd=64)
with torch.device("meta"):
model = GPT(cfg)
model.to_empty(device=device)
return model
def test_method_exists(self):
"""GPT must expose init_rotary_embeddings()."""
from nanochat.gpt import GPT
assert hasattr(GPT, "init_rotary_embeddings"), \
"GPT should have init_rotary_embeddings() method"
def test_rotary_buffers_populated_after_call(self):
"""init_rotary_embeddings() alone must produce valid cos/sin buffers."""
model = self._make_small_model()
model.init_rotary_embeddings()
assert model.cos is not None
assert model.sin is not None
assert model.cos.shape[1] == model.rotary_seq_len
assert not model.cos.isnan().any(), "cos buffer contains NaN"
assert not model.sin.isnan().any(), "sin buffer contains NaN"
def test_init_rotary_does_not_touch_parameters(self):
"""init_rotary_embeddings() must not change learnable parameters."""
model = self._make_small_model()
model.init_weights() # proper full init
params_before = {n: p.clone() for n, p in model.named_parameters()}
model.init_rotary_embeddings() # should only touch buffers
for name, p in model.named_parameters():
assert torch.equal(p, params_before[name]), \
f"init_rotary_embeddings() should not modify parameter {name}"
def test_forward_works_after_init_rotary_only(self):
"""A model initialized only via init_weights (which calls init_rotary) must forward cleanly."""
model = self._make_small_model()
model.init_weights()
model.eval()
ids = torch.randint(0, 256, (1, 16), device=device)
with torch.no_grad():
logits = model(ids)
assert logits.shape == (1, 16, 256)
assert not logits.isnan().any()
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Fix 4: base_train.py / mid_train.py — torch.compile guarded on non-CUDA
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
class TestTorchCompileGuard:
def test_compile_guard_in_base_train_source(self):
"""base_train.py must only call torch.compile when device_type == 'cuda'."""
source = open("scripts/base_train.py").read()
# Find the torch.compile call and verify it's inside a CUDA guard
compile_idx = source.find('model = torch.compile(model')
assert compile_idx != -1, "Could not find torch.compile call in base_train.py"
# The nearest preceding if-statement should reference cuda
preceding = source[max(0, compile_idx - 200):compile_idx]
assert 'device_type == "cuda"' in preceding, \
'torch.compile in base_train.py is not guarded by `if device_type == "cuda":`'
def test_mfu_none_on_non_cuda(self):
"""On MPS/CPU, mfu should be None (not computed), not a misleading float."""
# We can't import base_train directly (it's a script), so test the logic pattern
gpu_peak_flops = float('inf') # what base_train sets for non-CUDA
flops_per_sec = 1e12
# Our fix: mfu is None when device_type != "cuda"
device_type_local = "mps" # or "cpu"
if device_type_local == "cuda":
mfu = 100 * flops_per_sec / (gpu_peak_flops * 1)
else:
mfu = None
assert mfu is None, "MFU should be None on non-CUDA devices"