[fix]: use valid labels for SP loss normalization

src/lmms_engine/models/qwen2/qwen2_liger.py

@@ -12,10 +12,12 @@
 except:
     print("Liger Kernel is not installed, pip install liger-kernel to use this patch")
 import torch
+import torch.distributed as dist
 
 from lmms_engine.parallel.sequence_parallel.ulysses import (
     calculate_seq_len_per_rank,
     gather_outputs_and_unpad,
+    get_ulysses_sequence_parallel_group,
     get_ulysses_sequence_parallel_world_size,
     pad_to_max_across_ranks,
     slice_input_tensor,
@@ -143,7 +145,14 @@ def qwen2_lce_forward(
             # Pad to max size across ranks, then gather and unpad
             loss, total_padding = pad_to_max_across_ranks(loss, dim=0)
             loss = gather_outputs_and_unpad(loss, gather_dim=0, unpad_dim=0, padding_size=total_padding)
-            loss = torch.sum(loss) / (torch.sum(attention_mask) + 1e-8)
+            # Calculate the actual number of valid tokens (non-ignored labels) across all ranks
+            # shift_labels shape is (num_tokens,) after flatten, -100 means ignore
+            num_valid_tokens = (shift_labels != -100).sum().float()
+            # Gather num_valid_tokens across all SP ranks to get the total count
+            sp_group = get_ulysses_sequence_parallel_group()
+            if sp_group is not None:
+                dist.all_reduce(num_valid_tokens, op=dist.ReduceOp.SUM, group=sp_group)
+            loss = torch.sum(loss) / (num_valid_tokens + 1e-8)
 
         if reduction == "sum":
             loss /= loss_kwargs["num_items_in_batch"]

src/lmms_engine/models/qwen2_5_omni/qwen2_5_omni_liger.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from typing import List, Optional, Tuple, Union
 
 import torch
+import torch.distributed as dist
 from transformers.models.qwen2_5_omni.modeling_qwen2_5_omni import (
     Qwen2_5OmniThinkerCausalLMOutputWithPast,
     Qwen2_5OmniThinkerForConditionalGeneration,
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@
 from lmms_engine.parallel.sequence_parallel.ulysses import (
     calculate_seq_len_per_rank,
     gather_outputs_and_unpad,
+    get_ulysses_sequence_parallel_group,
     get_ulysses_sequence_parallel_world_size,
     pad_to_max_across_ranks,
     slice_input_tensor,
@@ -253,7 +255,14 @@ def lce_forward(
             # Pad to max size across ranks, then gather and unpad
             loss, total_padding = pad_to_max_across_ranks(loss, dim=0)
             loss = gather_outputs_and_unpad(loss, gather_dim=0, unpad_dim=0, padding_size=total_padding)
-            loss = torch.sum(loss) / (torch.sum(attention_mask) + 1e-8)
+            # Calculate the actual number of valid tokens (non-ignored labels) across all ranks
+            # shift_labels shape is (num_tokens,) after flatten, -100 means ignore
+            num_valid_tokens = (shift_labels != -100).sum().float()
+            # Gather num_valid_tokens across all SP ranks to get the total count
+            sp_group = get_ulysses_sequence_parallel_group()
+            if sp_group is not None:
+                dist.all_reduce(num_valid_tokens, op=dist.ReduceOp.SUM, group=sp_group)
+            loss = torch.sum(loss) / (num_valid_tokens + 1e-8)
 
         if reduction == "sum":
             loss /= kwargs["num_items_in_batch"]

src/lmms_engine/models/qwen2_5_vl/qwen2_5_vl_liger.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from typing import List, Optional, Tuple, Union
 
 import torch
+import torch.distributed as dist
 from transformers import Qwen2_5_VLForConditionalGeneration
 from transformers.models.qwen2_5_vl.modeling_qwen2_5_vl import (
     Qwen2_5_VLCausalLMOutputWithPast,
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@
 from lmms_engine.parallel.sequence_parallel.ulysses import (
     calculate_seq_len_per_rank,
     gather_outputs_and_unpad,
+    get_ulysses_sequence_parallel_group,
     get_ulysses_sequence_parallel_world_size,
     pad_to_max_across_ranks,
     slice_input_tensor,
@@ -125,7 +127,14 @@ def lce_forward(
             # Pad to max size across ranks, then gather and unpad
             loss, total_padding = pad_to_max_across_ranks(loss, dim=0)
             loss = gather_outputs_and_unpad(loss, gather_dim=0, unpad_dim=0, padding_size=total_padding)
-            loss = torch.sum(loss) / (torch.sum(attention_mask) + 1e-8)
+            # Calculate the actual number of valid tokens (non-ignored labels) across all ranks
+            # shift_labels shape is (num_tokens,) after flatten, -100 means ignore
+            num_valid_tokens = (shift_labels != -100).sum().float()
+            # Gather num_valid_tokens across all SP ranks to get the total count
+            sp_group = get_ulysses_sequence_parallel_group()
+            if sp_group is not None:
+                dist.all_reduce(num_valid_tokens, op=dist.ReduceOp.SUM, group=sp_group)
+            loss = torch.sum(loss) / (num_valid_tokens + 1e-8)
 
         if reduction == "sum":
             loss /= kwargs["num_items_in_batch"]

src/lmms_engine/models/qwen3/qwen3_liger.py

@@ -12,10 +12,12 @@
 except:
     print("Liger Kernel is not installed, pip install liger-kernel to use this patch")
 import torch
+import torch.distributed as dist
 
 from lmms_engine.parallel.sequence_parallel.ulysses import (
     calculate_seq_len_per_rank,
     gather_outputs_and_unpad,
+    get_ulysses_sequence_parallel_group,
     get_ulysses_sequence_parallel_world_size,
     pad_to_max_across_ranks,
     slice_input_tensor,
@@ -143,7 +145,14 @@ def qwen3_lce_forward(
             # Pad to max size across ranks, then gather and unpad
             loss, total_padding = pad_to_max_across_ranks(loss, dim=0)
             loss = gather_outputs_and_unpad(loss, gather_dim=0, unpad_dim=0, padding_size=total_padding)
-            loss = torch.sum(loss) / (torch.sum(attention_mask) + 1e-8)
+            # Calculate the actual number of valid tokens (non-ignored labels) across all ranks
+            # shift_labels shape is (num_tokens,) after flatten, -100 means ignore
+            num_valid_tokens = (shift_labels != -100).sum().float()
+            # Gather num_valid_tokens across all SP ranks to get the total count
+            sp_group = get_ulysses_sequence_parallel_group()
+            if sp_group is not None:
+                dist.all_reduce(num_valid_tokens, op=dist.ReduceOp.SUM, group=sp_group)
+            loss = torch.sum(loss) / (num_valid_tokens + 1e-8)
 
         if reduction == "sum":
             loss /= loss_kwargs["num_items_in_batch"]

src/lmms_engine/models/qwen3_omni_moe/qwen3_omni_moe_liger.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from typing import List, Optional, Tuple, Union
 
 import torch
+import torch.distributed as dist
 from transformers.models.qwen3_omni_moe.modeling_qwen3_omni_moe import (
     Qwen3OmniMoeThinkerCausalLMOutputWithPast,
     Qwen3OmniMoeThinkerForConditionalGeneration,
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@
 from lmms_engine.parallel.sequence_parallel.ulysses import (
     calculate_seq_len_per_rank,
     gather_outputs_and_unpad,
+    get_ulysses_sequence_parallel_group,
     get_ulysses_sequence_parallel_world_size,
     pad_to_max_across_ranks,
     slice_input_tensor,
@@ -266,7 +268,14 @@ def lce_forward(
             # Pad to max size across ranks, then gather and unpad
             loss, total_padding = pad_to_max_across_ranks(loss, dim=0)
             loss = gather_outputs_and_unpad(loss, gather_dim=0, unpad_dim=0, padding_size=total_padding)
-            loss = torch.sum(loss) / (torch.sum(attention_mask) + 1e-8)
+            # Calculate the actual number of valid tokens (non-ignored labels) across all ranks
+            # shift_labels shape is (num_tokens,) after flatten, -100 means ignore
+            num_valid_tokens = (shift_labels != -100).sum().float()
+            # Gather num_valid_tokens across all SP ranks to get the total count
+            sp_group = get_ulysses_sequence_parallel_group()
+            if sp_group is not None:
+                dist.all_reduce(num_valid_tokens, op=dist.ReduceOp.SUM, group=sp_group)
+            loss = torch.sum(loss) / (num_valid_tokens + 1e-8)
 
         if reduction == "sum":
             loss /= kwargs["num_items_in_batch"]

src/lmms_engine/models/qwen3_vl/qwen3_vl_liger.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from typing import List, Optional, Tuple, Union
 
 import torch
+import torch.distributed as dist
 from loguru import logger
 from transformers import Qwen3VLForConditionalGeneration
 from transformers.cache_utils import Cache
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@
 from lmms_engine.parallel.sequence_parallel.ulysses import (
     calculate_seq_len_per_rank,
     gather_outputs_and_unpad,
+    get_ulysses_sequence_parallel_group,
     get_ulysses_sequence_parallel_world_size,
     pad_to_max_across_ranks,
     slice_input_tensor,
@@ -121,7 +123,14 @@ def qwen3_vl_lce_forward(
             # Pad to max size across ranks, then gather and unpad
             loss, total_padding = pad_to_max_across_ranks(loss, dim=0)
             loss = gather_outputs_and_unpad(loss, gather_dim=0, unpad_dim=0, padding_size=total_padding)
-            loss = torch.sum(loss) / (torch.sum(attention_mask) + 1e-8)
+            # Calculate the actual number of valid tokens (non-ignored labels) across all ranks
+            # shift_labels shape is (num_tokens,) after flatten, -100 means ignore
+            num_valid_tokens = (shift_labels != -100).sum().float()
+            # Gather num_valid_tokens across all SP ranks to get the total count
+            sp_group = get_ulysses_sequence_parallel_group()
+            if sp_group is not None:
+                dist.all_reduce(num_valid_tokens, op=dist.ReduceOp.SUM, group=sp_group)
+            loss = torch.sum(loss) / (num_valid_tokens + 1e-8)
 
         if reduction == "sum":
             loss /= kwargs["num_items_in_batch"]

src/lmms_engine/models/qwen3_vl_moe/qwen3_vl_moe_liger.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from typing import List, Optional, Tuple, Union
 
 import torch
+import torch.distributed as dist
 from transformers.cache_utils import Cache
 from transformers.models.qwen3_vl_moe.modeling_qwen3_vl_moe import (
     Qwen3VLMoeCausalLMOutputWithPast,
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@
 from lmms_engine.parallel.sequence_parallel.ulysses import (
     calculate_seq_len_per_rank,
     gather_outputs_and_unpad,
+    get_ulysses_sequence_parallel_group,
     get_ulysses_sequence_parallel_world_size,
     pad_to_max_across_ranks,
     slice_input_tensor,
@@ -112,7 +114,14 @@ def lce_forward(
             # Pad to max size across ranks, then gather and unpad
             loss, total_padding = pad_to_max_across_ranks(loss, dim=0)
             loss = gather_outputs_and_unpad(loss, gather_dim=0, unpad_dim=0, padding_size=total_padding)
-            loss = torch.sum(loss) / (torch.sum(attention_mask) + 1e-8)
+            # Calculate the actual number of valid tokens (non-ignored labels) across all ranks
+            # shift_labels shape is (num_tokens,) after flatten, -100 means ignore
+            num_valid_tokens = (shift_labels != -100).sum().float()
+            # Gather num_valid_tokens across all SP ranks to get the total count
+            sp_group = get_ulysses_sequence_parallel_group()
+            if sp_group is not None:
+                dist.all_reduce(num_valid_tokens, op=dist.ReduceOp.SUM, group=sp_group)
+            loss = torch.sum(loss) / (num_valid_tokens + 1e-8)
 
         if reduction == "sum":
             loss /= kwargs["num_items_in_batch"]