[BugFix] Fix handling of stop strings and stop token ids (#3672)

tests/conftest.py

@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ class VllmRunner:
         cleanup()
 
 
-@pytest.fixture
+@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
 def vllm_runner():
     return VllmRunner
 

tests/engine/test_stop_reason.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     2. One of the provided stop tokens
     3. The EOS token
 
-Run `pytest tests/samplers/test_stop_reason.py`.
+Run `pytest tests/engine/test_stop_reason.py`.
 """
 
 import pytest

tests/engine/test_stop_strings.py

@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+from typing import Any, List, Optional
+
+import pytest
+
+from vllm import CompletionOutput, LLMEngine, SamplingParams
+
+MODEL = "meta-llama/llama-2-7b-hf"
+MAX_TOKENS = 200
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
+def vllm_model(vllm_runner):
+    return vllm_runner(MODEL)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skip_global_cleanup
+def test_stop_basic(vllm_model):
+    _test_stopping(vllm_model.model.llm_engine,
+                   stop=["."],
+                   include_in_output=False,
+                   expected_output="VLLM is a 100% volunteer organization",
+                   expected_reason=".")
+
+    _test_stopping(vllm_model.model.llm_engine,
+                   stop=["."],
+                   include_in_output=True,
+                   expected_output="VLLM is a 100% volunteer organization.",
+                   expected_reason=".")
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skip_global_cleanup
+def test_stop_multi_tokens(vllm_model):
+    _test_stopping(
+        vllm_model.model.llm_engine,
+        stop=["group of peo", "short"],
+        include_in_output=False,
+        expected_output="VLLM is a 100% volunteer organization. We are a ",
+        expected_reason="group of peo")
+
+    _test_stopping(
+        vllm_model.model.llm_engine,
+        stop=["group of peo", "short"],
+        include_in_output=True,
+        expected_output=
+        "VLLM is a 100% volunteer organization. We are a group of peo",
+        expected_reason="group of peo")
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skip_global_cleanup
+def test_stop_partial_token(vllm_model):
+    _test_stopping(vllm_model.model.llm_engine,
+                   stop=["gani"],
+                   include_in_output=False,
+                   expected_output="VLLM is a 100% volunteer or",
+                   expected_reason="gani")
+
+    _test_stopping(vllm_model.model.llm_engine,
+                   stop=["gani"],
+                   include_in_output=True,
+                   expected_output="VLLM is a 100% volunteer organi",
+                   expected_reason="gani")
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skip_global_cleanup
+def test_stop_token_id(vllm_model):
+    # token id 13013 => " organization"
+
+    _test_stopping(vllm_model.model.llm_engine,
+                   stop_token_ids=[13013],
+                   include_in_output=False,
+                   expected_output="VLLM is a 100% volunteer",
+                   expected_reason=13013)
+
+    _test_stopping(vllm_model.model.llm_engine,
+                   stop_token_ids=[13013],
+                   include_in_output=True,
+                   expected_output="VLLM is a 100% volunteer organization",
+                   expected_reason=13013)
+
+
+def _test_stopping(llm_engine: LLMEngine,
+                   expected_output: str,
+                   expected_reason: Any,
+                   stop: Optional[List[str]] = None,
+                   stop_token_ids: Optional[List[int]] = None,
+                   include_in_output: bool = False) -> None:
+    llm_engine.add_request(
+        "id", "A story about vLLM:\n",
+        SamplingParams(
+            temperature=0.0,
+            max_tokens=MAX_TOKENS,
+            stop=stop,
+            stop_token_ids=stop_token_ids,
+            include_stop_str_in_output=include_in_output,
+        ), None)
+
+    output: Optional[CompletionOutput] = None
+    output_text = ""
+    stop_reason = None
+    while llm_engine.has_unfinished_requests():
+        (request_output, ) = llm_engine.step()
+        (output, ) = request_output.outputs
+
+        # Ensure we don't backtrack
+        assert output.text.startswith(output_text)
+        output_text = output.text
+        stop_reason = output.stop_reason
+
+    assert output is not None
+    assert output_text == expected_output
+    assert stop_reason == expected_reason

vllm/engine/llm_engine.py

@@ -501,9 +501,11 @@ class LLMEngine:
 
         for seq, _ in child_seqs:
             if seq_group.sampling_params.detokenize:
-                self.detokenizer.decode_sequence_inplace(
+                new_char_count = self.detokenizer.decode_sequence_inplace(
                     seq, seq_group.sampling_params)
-            self._check_stop(seq, seq_group.sampling_params)
+            else:
+                new_char_count = 0
+            self._check_stop(seq, new_char_count, seq_group.sampling_params)
 
         # Non-beam search case
         if not seq_group.sampling_params.use_beam_search:
@@ -798,9 +800,45 @@ class LLMEngine:
             time_e2e_requests=time_e2e_requests,
         )
 
-    def _check_stop(self, seq: Sequence,
+    def _check_stop(self, seq: Sequence, new_char_count: int,
                     sampling_params: SamplingParams) -> None:
-        """Stop the finished sequences."""
+        """Stop the finished sequences.
+
+       new_char_count is the number of chars added to the
+           sequence's output text for the newly generated token
+        """
+
+        # Check if the minimum number of tokens has been generated yet;
+        # skip the stop string/token checks if not
+        if seq.get_output_len() < sampling_params.min_tokens:
+            return
+
+        # Check if the sequence has generated the EOS token.
+        if ((not sampling_params.ignore_eos)
+                and seq.get_last_token_id() == seq.eos_token_id):
+            seq.status = SequenceStatus.FINISHED_STOPPED
+            return
+
+        # Check if a stop token was encountered.
+        # This assumes a single token produced per step.
+        last_token_id = seq.get_last_token_id()
+        if last_token_id in sampling_params.stop_token_ids:
+            if new_char_count and (
+                    not sampling_params.include_stop_str_in_output):
+                # Remove last token
+                seq.output_text = seq.output_text[:-new_char_count]
+            seq.status = SequenceStatus.FINISHED_STOPPED
+            seq.stop_reason = last_token_id
+            return
+
+        # Check if any stop strings are matched.
+        stop_str = self._check_stop_strings(seq, new_char_count,
+                                            sampling_params)
+        if stop_str is not None:
+            seq.status = SequenceStatus.FINISHED_STOPPED
+            seq.stop_reason = stop_str
+            return
+
         # Check if the sequence has reached max_model_len.
         if seq.get_len() > self.scheduler_config.max_model_len:
             seq.status = SequenceStatus.FINISHED_LENGTH_CAPPED
@@ -811,43 +849,37 @@ class LLMEngine:
             seq.status = SequenceStatus.FINISHED_LENGTH_CAPPED
             return
 
-        # Check if the minimum number of tokens has been generated yet;
-        # skip the stop string/token checks if not
-        if seq.get_output_len() < sampling_params.min_tokens:
-            return
+    @staticmethod
+    def _check_stop_strings(seq: Sequence, new_char_count: int,
+                            sampling_params: SamplingParams) -> Optional[str]:
+        """Check if any stop strings are matched and truncate sequence
+        output text accordingly.
+
+        Returns the stop string if matched or else None.
+        """
+        if not new_char_count:
+            return None
 
-        if sampling_params.detokenize:
         for stop_str in sampling_params.stop:
-                if seq.output_text.endswith(stop_str):
-                    self._finalize_sequence(seq, sampling_params, stop_str)
-                    seq.status = SequenceStatus.FINISHED_STOPPED
-                    seq.stop_reason = stop_str
-                    return
-        last_token_id = seq.get_last_token_id()
-        if last_token_id in sampling_params.stop_token_ids:
-            stop_str = self.get_tokenizer_for_seq(seq).convert_ids_to_tokens(
-                last_token_id)
-            self._finalize_sequence(seq, sampling_params, stop_str)
-            seq.status = SequenceStatus.FINISHED_STOPPED
-            seq.stop_reason = last_token_id
-            return
+            stop_string_len = len(stop_str)
+            # Avoid searching already-searched text.
+            stop_index = seq.output_text.find(
+                stop_str, -new_char_count - stop_string_len)
+            if stop_index == -1:
+                continue
 
-        # Check if the sequence has generated the EOS token.
-        if ((not sampling_params.ignore_eos)
-                and seq.get_last_token_id() == seq.eos_token_id):
-            seq.status = SequenceStatus.FINISHED_STOPPED
-            return
-
-    def _finalize_sequence(self, seq: Sequence,
-                           sampling_params: SamplingParams,
-                           stop_string: str) -> None:
             if sampling_params.include_stop_str_in_output:
-            return
+                # Truncate to end of stop string.
+                stop_index += stop_string_len
+                if stop_index >= len(seq.output_text):
+                    # No truncation required.
+                    return stop_str
 
-        if stop_string and seq.output_text.endswith(stop_string):
-            # Truncate the output text so that the stop string is
-            # not included in the output.
-            seq.output_text = seq.output_text[:-len(stop_string)]
+            # Truncate the output text to either the beginning
+            # or end of the stop string.
+            seq.output_text = seq.output_text[:stop_index]
+            return stop_str
+        return None
 
     def add_lora(self, lora_request: LoRARequest) -> bool:
         return self.model_executor.add_lora(lora_request)

vllm/outputs.py

@@ -112,8 +112,10 @@ class RequestOutput:
         # always has the logprobs of the sampled tokens even if the
         # logprobs are not requested.
         include_logprobs = seq_group.sampling_params.logprobs is not None
+        text_buffer_length = seq_group.sampling_params.output_text_buffer_length
         outputs = [
-            CompletionOutput(seqs.index(seq), seq.output_text,
+            CompletionOutput(seqs.index(seq),
+                             seq.get_output_text_to_return(text_buffer_length),
                              seq.get_output_token_ids(),
                              seq.get_cumulative_logprob(),
                              seq.output_logprobs if include_logprobs else None,

vllm/sampling_params.py

@@ -166,6 +166,13 @@ class SamplingParams:
         self.logits_processors = logits_processors
         self.include_stop_str_in_output = include_stop_str_in_output
         self.truncate_prompt_tokens = truncate_prompt_tokens
+        # Number of characters to hold back for stop string evaluation
+        # until sequence is finished.
+        if self.stop and not include_stop_str_in_output:
+            self.output_text_buffer_length = max(len(s) for s in self.stop) - 1
+        else:
+            self.output_text_buffer_length = 0
+
         self._verify_args()
         if self.use_beam_search:
             self._verify_beam_search()
@@ -226,6 +233,8 @@ class SamplingParams:
                 and self.truncate_prompt_tokens < 1):
             raise ValueError(f"truncate_prompt_tokens must be >= 1, "
                              f"got {self.truncate_prompt_tokens}")
+        if any(not stop_str for stop_str in self.stop):
+            raise ValueError("stop cannot contain an empty string.")
         if self.stop and not self.detokenize:
             raise ValueError(
                 "stop strings are only supported when detokenize is True. "

vllm/sequence.py

@@ -235,6 +235,12 @@ class Sequence:
     def lora_int_id(self) -> int:
         return self.lora_request.lora_int_id if self.lora_request else 0
 
+    def get_output_text_to_return(self, buffer_length: int):
+        # We return the full output text if the sequence is finished.
+        truncate = buffer_length and not self.is_finished()
+        return self.output_text[:-buffer_length] if truncate else (
+            self.output_text)
+
     def hash_of_block(self, logical_idx: int) -> int:
         # TODO This can produce incorrect hash when block size > prompt size
 

vllm/transformers_utils/detokenizer.py

@@ -87,12 +87,15 @@ class Detokenizer:
                 prev_tokens.extend(next_iter_tokens)
 
     def decode_sequence_inplace(self, seq: Sequence,
-                                prms: SamplingParams) -> None:
+                                prms: SamplingParams) -> int:
         """Decodes the new token for a sequence. In-place operation.
 
         Args:
             seq: The sequence to decode.
             prms: The sampling parameters used to generate the sequence.
+
+        Returns:
+            The number of characters added to the output text.
         """
         all_input_ids = seq.get_token_ids()
         token_id_generated_this_iteration = all_input_ids[-1]
@@ -151,6 +154,8 @@ class Detokenizer:
         seq.read_offset = read_offset
         seq.output_text += new_decoded_token_text
 
+        return len(new_decoded_token_text)
+
 
 def _convert_tokens_to_string_with_added_encoders(
     tokenizer: Union[PreTrainedTokenizer, PreTrainedTokenizerFast],