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vllm.entrypoints.pooling.scoring.io_processor

Classes:

CrossEncoderIOProcessor

Bases: ScoringIOProcessor

Source code in vllm/entrypoints/pooling/scoring/io_processor.py
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class CrossEncoderIOProcessor(ScoringIOProcessor):
    name = "cross-encoder"
    pooling_task: PoolingTask = "classify"

    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)

        if is_mistral_tokenizer(self.tokenizer):
            raise ValueError("MistralTokenizer not supported for cross-encoding")

        from vllm.model_executor.model_loader import get_model_cls
        from vllm.model_executor.models.interfaces import supports_score_template

        model = get_model_cls(self.model_config)
        self.supports_score_template = supports_score_template(model)
        self.model = model if self.supports_score_template else None
        self.use_sep_token = self.model_config.use_sep_token

        self.saved_chat_template: str | None = None
        self.saved_chat_template_kwargs: dict[str, Any] = {}
        if not self.supports_score_template:
            try:
                self.saved_chat_template, self.saved_chat_template_kwargs = (
                    self._get_saved_chat_template()
                )
            except ValueError:
                # An explicit chat template takes precedence anyway.
                if self.chat_template is None:
                    raise

        if (
            getattr(self.model_config.hf_config, "is_original_qwen3_reranker", False)
            and self.chat_template is None
            and self.saved_chat_template is None
        ):
            suggested_template = (
                "examples/pooling/score/template/qwen3_vl_reranker.jinja"
                if self.model_config.is_multimodal_model
                else "examples/pooling/score/template/qwen3_reranker.jinja"
            )
            logger.warning(
                "Serving an original Qwen3 reranker (%s) without a "
                "--chat-template. The model was trained with a specific prompt "
                "template; running without it may produce inaccurate relevance "
                "scores. Consider specifying `--chat-template %s`.",
                self.model_config.model,
                suggested_template,
            )

    def _get_saved_chat_template(self) -> tuple[str | None, dict[str, Any]]:
        """Get the chat template and kwargs declared by the Sentence
        Transformers config, if any."""
        saved_kwargs = get_sentence_transformers_chat_template_kwargs(
            self.model_config.model, self.model_config.revision
        )
        if saved_kwargs is None:
            return None, {}

        saved_kwargs = dict(saved_kwargs)
        name = saved_kwargs.pop("chat_template", None)
        if name == "default":
            name = None
        template = resolve_chat_template(
            self.tokenizer,
            chat_template=name,
            tools=None,
            model_config=self.model_config,
        )
        # Hugging Face returns an unknown template name unchanged.
        if template is None or template == name:
            raise ValueError(
                "The Sentence Transformers config declares message inputs, but "
                f"the checkpoint has no {name or 'default'!r} chat template."
            )

        if self.chat_template is None:
            logger.info_once(
                "Scoring with the %r chat template declared by the Sentence "
                "Transformers config. Its suffix is not restored after "
                "truncation; use max_tokens_per_doc to truncate documents.",
                name or "default",
            )
        return template, saved_kwargs

    #######################################
    # online APIs

    def get_request_factory_online(
        self, ctx: PoolingServeContext
    ) -> Sequence[AnyRenderParam]:
        request = ctx.request
        scoring_data = self.valid_inputs_online(request)
        data_1 = scoring_data.data_1
        data_2 = scoring_data.data_2
        num_requests = len(data_2)

        if len(data_1) == 1:
            data_1 = data_1 * num_requests

        max_tokens_per_query, max_tokens_per_doc = self._get_token_limits(
            request=request
        )

        tok_params = request.build_tok_params(self.model_config)
        seq_lora_requests = self._lora_request_to_seq(ctx.lora_request, num_requests)
        seq_priority = self._priority_to_seq(ctx.priorities, num_requests)

        requests = [
            ScoringRenderParams(
                data_1=data_1[i],
                data_2=data_2[i],
                chat_template=self.chat_template,
                max_tokens_per_query=max_tokens_per_query,
                max_tokens_per_doc=max_tokens_per_doc,
                tok_params=tok_params,
                prompt_extras=ctx.prompt_extras,
                skip_mm_cache=False,
                params=ctx.pooling_params,
                lora_requests=seq_lora_requests[i],
                priorities=seq_priority[i],
            )
            for i in range(num_requests)
        ]

        return requests

    #######################################
    # offline APIs

    def get_request_factory_offline(
        self, ctx: AnyOfflineInputsContext
    ) -> tuple[RequestFactory, int]:
        assert isinstance(ctx, OfflineScoringInputsContext)

        data_1 = ctx.scoring_data.data_1
        data_2 = ctx.scoring_data.data_2
        num_requests = len(data_2)

        if len(data_1) == 1:
            data_1 = data_1 * num_requests

        max_tokens_per_query, max_tokens_per_doc = self._get_token_limits(
            pooling_params=ctx.pooling_params
        )
        tok_params = self.renderer.default_cmpl_tok_params.with_kwargs(
            **(ctx.tokenization_kwargs or {})
        )
        prompt_extras = ctx.pooling_params.extra_kwargs

        seq_lora_requests = self._lora_request_to_seq(ctx.lora_request, num_requests)
        seq_priority = self._priority_to_seq(ctx.priorities, num_requests)

        def request_factory() -> RequestGenerator:
            for i in range(num_requests):
                yield ScoringRenderParams(
                    data_1=data_1[i],
                    data_2=data_2[i],
                    chat_template=(
                        self.chat_template
                        if ctx.chat_template is None
                        else ctx.chat_template
                    ),
                    max_tokens_per_query=max_tokens_per_query,
                    max_tokens_per_doc=max_tokens_per_doc,
                    tok_params=tok_params,
                    prompt_extras=prompt_extras,
                    skip_mm_cache=False,
                    params=ctx.pooling_params,
                    lora_requests=seq_lora_requests[i],
                    priorities=seq_priority[i],
                )

        return request_factory, num_requests

    #######################################
    # helpers

    @cached_property
    def num_post_process_tokens(self) -> int:
        if self.model is None:
            return 0
        probe = TokensPrompt(prompt_token_ids=[])
        self.model.post_process_tokens(probe)
        return len(probe["prompt_token_ids"])

    def render(
        self,
        render_params: EncodeCMPLRenderParams
        | EncodeChatRenderParams
        | ScoringRenderParams,
    ) -> PoolingEngineInput:
        if "data_1" not in render_params:
            raise ValueError(
                f"Unsupported render_params type {render_params.__class__.__name__}"
            )
        render_params = cast(ScoringRenderParams, render_params)

        arrival_time = time.time()

        tok_params = render_params["tok_params"]
        params = render_params["params"]
        prompt_extras = render_params["prompt_extras"]

        # Leave room for the tokens that post_process_tokens appends after
        # truncation (e.g. the JinaVL score token), so the limits count them.
        if self.num_post_process_tokens:
            tok_params = reserve_tokens(tok_params, self.num_post_process_tokens)

        _, engine_prompt = self.get_score_prompt(
            data_1=render_params["data_1"],
            data_2=render_params["data_2"],
            encode_kwargs=tok_params.get_encode_kwargs(),
            chat_template=render_params["chat_template"],
            max_tokens_per_query=render_params["max_tokens_per_query"],
            max_tokens_per_doc=render_params["max_tokens_per_doc"],
            chat_template_kwargs=prompt_extras.get("chat_template_kwargs")
            if prompt_extras
            else None,
        )

        tok_params.apply_post_tokenization(self.tokenizer, engine_prompt)

        if self.model is not None:
            self.model.post_process_tokens(engine_prompt)

        if token_type_ids := engine_prompt.pop("token_type_ids", None):
            params = params.clone()
            compressed = compress_token_type_ids(
                _apply_post_tokenization_to_token_type_ids(
                    self.tokenizer, tok_params, token_type_ids
                )
            )
            params.extra_kwargs = {
                **(params.extra_kwargs or {}),
                "compressed_token_type_ids": compressed,
            }

        engine_prompt_extras = (
            {
                k: v
                for k in ("mm_processor_kwargs", "cache_salt")
                if (v := prompt_extras.get(k)) is not None
            }
            if prompt_extras
            else None
        )

        if engine_prompt_extras:
            target_prompt = extract_target_prompt(self.model_config, engine_prompt)
            target_prompt.update(engine_prompt_extras)

        engine_input = self.renderer.process_for_engine(engine_prompt, arrival_time)

        return PoolingEngineInput(
            prompts=engine_input,
            params=params,
            lora_requests=render_params["lora_requests"],
            priorities=render_params["priorities"],
        )

    def get_score_prompt(
        self,
        data_1: ScoreData,
        data_2: ScoreData,
        encode_kwargs: dict[str, Any],
        chat_template: str | None = None,
        max_tokens_per_query: int = 0,
        max_tokens_per_doc: int = 0,
        chat_template_kwargs: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
    ):
        model_config = self.model_config
        tokenizer = self.tokenizer

        if chat_template is None and self.saved_chat_template is not None:
            chat_template = self.saved_chat_template
            chat_template_kwargs = merge_kwargs(
                self.saved_chat_template_kwargs, chat_template_kwargs
            )

        prompt_1, prompt_2, mm_data, mm_uuids = parse_score_data(
            data_1,
            data_2,
            model_config,
        )

        # Limit the query and document separately before composing them.
        if max_tokens_per_query > 0 and isinstance(prompt_1, str):
            prompt_1 = truncate_text_to_tokens(
                prompt_1, tokenizer, max_tokens_per_query
            )
        if max_tokens_per_doc > 0 and isinstance(prompt_2, str):
            prompt_2 = truncate_text_to_tokens(prompt_2, tokenizer, max_tokens_per_doc)

        def default_tokenizer_encode():
            local_kwargs = encode_kwargs.copy()

            if self.supports_score_template:
                assert self.model is not None
                full_prompt = self.model.get_score_template(prompt_1, prompt_2)
                if full_prompt is None:
                    raise ValueError("Get empty score template from model")

                prompt_inputs = tokenizer(full_prompt, **local_kwargs)
            else:
                if self.use_sep_token:
                    # cross_encoder models defaults to using separating token.
                    if max_tokens_per_doc > 0 and isinstance(prompt_2, str):
                        query_tokens = tokenizer.encode(
                            prompt_1, add_special_tokens=False
                        )
                        num_special = (
                            get_num_special_tokens_for_pair(tokenizer)
                            if local_kwargs.get("add_special_tokens", True)
                            else 0
                        )
                        doc_limit_max_length = (
                            len(query_tokens) + max_tokens_per_doc + num_special
                        )
                        existing_max_length = local_kwargs.get("max_length")
                        if existing_max_length is not None:
                            effective_max_length = min(
                                doc_limit_max_length, existing_max_length
                            )
                        else:
                            effective_max_length = doc_limit_max_length
                        if len(query_tokens) + num_special < effective_max_length:
                            local_kwargs["truncation"] = "only_second"
                            local_kwargs["max_length"] = effective_max_length

                    prompt_inputs = tokenizer(
                        text=prompt_1, text_pair=prompt_2, **local_kwargs
                    )
                    full_prompt = tokenizer.decode(prompt_inputs["input_ids"])
                else:
                    # `llm as reranker` defaults to not using separating token.
                    full_prompt = prompt_1 + prompt_2
                    prompt_inputs = tokenizer(text=full_prompt, **local_kwargs)
            return full_prompt, prompt_inputs

        # FIXME: For now, we only apply a template when one is explicitly provided,
        # either directly or by the Sentence Transformers config.
        # We cannot rely on the tokenizer's chat template because many models
        # inherit junk templates from their base LLM, which breaks both the models
        # and the tests that use them.
        if chat_template is None:
            full_prompt, prompt_inputs = default_tokenizer_encode()
        else:
            # FIXME:
            # Try applying a score template from the CLI arg or tokenizer_config.json
            # If that fails because there is no such template,
            # fall back to the default implementation.
            try:
                _safe_kwargs = chat_template_kwargs or {}
                _reserved = {"chat_template", "tools", "tokenize"}
                _unexpected = _reserved & _safe_kwargs.keys()
                if _unexpected:
                    raise ValueError(
                        "chat_template_kwargs contains reserved keys that "
                        f"conflict with fixed scorer arguments: {_unexpected}"
                    )
                full_prompt = safe_apply_chat_template(
                    model_config,
                    tokenizer,
                    [
                        {"role": "query", "content": prompt_1},
                        {"role": "document", "content": prompt_2},
                    ],
                    chat_template=chat_template,
                    tools=None,
                    tokenize=False,
                    **_safe_kwargs,
                )
                prompt_inputs = tokenizer(full_prompt, **encode_kwargs)
            except ChatTemplateResolutionError:
                full_prompt, prompt_inputs = default_tokenizer_encode()

        engine_prompt = TokensPrompt(prompt_token_ids=prompt_inputs["input_ids"])

        if (token_type_ids := prompt_inputs.get("token_type_ids")) is not None:
            engine_prompt["token_type_ids"] = token_type_ids

        if mm_data is not None:
            engine_prompt["multi_modal_data"] = mm_data
        if mm_uuids is not None:
            engine_prompt["multi_modal_uuids"] = mm_uuids

        return full_prompt, engine_prompt

_get_saved_chat_template()

Get the chat template and kwargs declared by the Sentence Transformers config, if any.

Source code in vllm/entrypoints/pooling/scoring/io_processor.py
def _get_saved_chat_template(self) -> tuple[str | None, dict[str, Any]]:
    """Get the chat template and kwargs declared by the Sentence
    Transformers config, if any."""
    saved_kwargs = get_sentence_transformers_chat_template_kwargs(
        self.model_config.model, self.model_config.revision
    )
    if saved_kwargs is None:
        return None, {}

    saved_kwargs = dict(saved_kwargs)
    name = saved_kwargs.pop("chat_template", None)
    if name == "default":
        name = None
    template = resolve_chat_template(
        self.tokenizer,
        chat_template=name,
        tools=None,
        model_config=self.model_config,
    )
    # Hugging Face returns an unknown template name unchanged.
    if template is None or template == name:
        raise ValueError(
            "The Sentence Transformers config declares message inputs, but "
            f"the checkpoint has no {name or 'default'!r} chat template."
        )

    if self.chat_template is None:
        logger.info_once(
            "Scoring with the %r chat template declared by the Sentence "
            "Transformers config. Its suffix is not restored after "
            "truncation; use max_tokens_per_doc to truncate documents.",
            name or "default",
        )
    return template, saved_kwargs

ScoringIOProcessor

Bases: PoolingIOProcessor

Source code in vllm/entrypoints/pooling/scoring/io_processor.py
class ScoringIOProcessor(PoolingIOProcessor):
    name: str
    pooling_task: PoolingTask

    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)

        self.tokenizer = self.renderer.get_tokenizer()
        self.architecture = self.model_config.architecture
        self.is_multimodal_model = self.model_config.is_multimodal_model
        self.pad_token_id = self.tokenizer.pad_token_id

    def create_pooling_params(self, request):
        return request.to_pooling_params(self.pooling_task)

    def _validate_token_limit(self, value: int, name: str) -> None:
        if value < 0:
            raise ValueError(f"{name} must be a non-negative integer")
        if value >= self.model_config.max_model_len:
            raise ValueError(
                f"{name} ({value}) must be less "
                f"than max_model_len ({self.model_config.max_model_len})."
            )

    def _get_token_limits(
        self,
        request: ScoringRequest | None = None,
        pooling_params: PoolingParams | None = None,
    ) -> tuple[int, int]:
        """Extract and validate token limits from request or pooling_params."""
        if request is not None:
            max_tokens_per_query = getattr(request, "max_tokens_per_query", 0)
            max_tokens_per_doc = getattr(request, "max_tokens_per_doc", 0)
        else:
            extra = (
                (pooling_params.extra_kwargs or {})
                if pooling_params is not None
                else {}
            )
            max_tokens_per_query = extra.get("max_tokens_per_query", 0)
            max_tokens_per_doc = extra.get("max_tokens_per_doc", 0)

        if max_tokens_per_query != 0:
            self._validate_token_limit(max_tokens_per_query, "max_tokens_per_query")
        if max_tokens_per_doc != 0:
            self._validate_token_limit(max_tokens_per_doc, "max_tokens_per_doc")
        return max_tokens_per_query, max_tokens_per_doc

    def _truncate_scoring_data(
        self,
        scoring_data: ScoringData,
        max_tokens_per_query: int = 0,
        max_tokens_per_doc: int = 0,
    ) -> ScoringData:
        """Truncate query/document texts to token limits."""
        data_1 = scoring_data.data_1
        data_2 = scoring_data.data_2
        if max_tokens_per_query > 0:
            data_1 = [
                truncate_text_to_tokens(d, self.tokenizer, max_tokens_per_query)
                if isinstance(d, str)
                else d
                for d in data_1
            ]
        if max_tokens_per_doc > 0:
            data_2 = [
                truncate_text_to_tokens(d, self.tokenizer, max_tokens_per_doc)
                if isinstance(d, str)
                else d
                for d in data_2
            ]
        return ScoringData(data_1=data_1, data_2=data_2)

    def valid_inputs(
        self,
        data_1: ScoreInput | list[ScoreInput],
        data_2: ScoreInput | list[ScoreInput],
    ) -> ScoringData:
        scoring_data = validate_score_input(
            data_1,
            data_2,
            is_multimodal_model=self.is_multimodal_model,
            architecture=self.architecture,
        )
        return scoring_data

    def valid_inputs_online(self, request: AnyPoolingRequest):
        if isinstance(request, ScoreRequest):
            data_1 = request.data_1
            data_2 = request.data_2
        elif isinstance(request, RerankRequest):
            data_1 = request.query
            data_2 = request.documents
        else:
            raise ValueError(f"Invalid {request.__class__.__name__} request type")

        scoring_data = self.valid_inputs(data_1, data_2)
        return scoring_data

    def _pair_error_output(
        self,
        output_1: PoolingRequestOutput,
        output_2: PoolingRequestOutput,
    ) -> PoolingRequestOutput | None:
        failed = output_1 if output_1.error is not None else output_2
        if failed.error is None:
            return None

        padding = [self.pad_token_id] if self.pad_token_id is not None else []
        return PoolingRequestOutput(
            request_id=f"{output_1.request_id}_{output_2.request_id}",
            outputs=failed.outputs,
            prompt_token_ids=(
                output_1.prompt_token_ids + padding + output_2.prompt_token_ids
            ),
            num_cached_tokens=(output_1.num_cached_tokens + output_2.num_cached_tokens),
            finished=failed.finished,
            error=failed.error,
        )

_get_token_limits(request=None, pooling_params=None)

Extract and validate token limits from request or pooling_params.

Source code in vllm/entrypoints/pooling/scoring/io_processor.py
def _get_token_limits(
    self,
    request: ScoringRequest | None = None,
    pooling_params: PoolingParams | None = None,
) -> tuple[int, int]:
    """Extract and validate token limits from request or pooling_params."""
    if request is not None:
        max_tokens_per_query = getattr(request, "max_tokens_per_query", 0)
        max_tokens_per_doc = getattr(request, "max_tokens_per_doc", 0)
    else:
        extra = (
            (pooling_params.extra_kwargs or {})
            if pooling_params is not None
            else {}
        )
        max_tokens_per_query = extra.get("max_tokens_per_query", 0)
        max_tokens_per_doc = extra.get("max_tokens_per_doc", 0)

    if max_tokens_per_query != 0:
        self._validate_token_limit(max_tokens_per_query, "max_tokens_per_query")
    if max_tokens_per_doc != 0:
        self._validate_token_limit(max_tokens_per_doc, "max_tokens_per_doc")
    return max_tokens_per_query, max_tokens_per_doc

_truncate_scoring_data(scoring_data, max_tokens_per_query=0, max_tokens_per_doc=0)

Truncate query/document texts to token limits.

Source code in vllm/entrypoints/pooling/scoring/io_processor.py
def _truncate_scoring_data(
    self,
    scoring_data: ScoringData,
    max_tokens_per_query: int = 0,
    max_tokens_per_doc: int = 0,
) -> ScoringData:
    """Truncate query/document texts to token limits."""
    data_1 = scoring_data.data_1
    data_2 = scoring_data.data_2
    if max_tokens_per_query > 0:
        data_1 = [
            truncate_text_to_tokens(d, self.tokenizer, max_tokens_per_query)
            if isinstance(d, str)
            else d
            for d in data_1
        ]
    if max_tokens_per_doc > 0:
        data_2 = [
            truncate_text_to_tokens(d, self.tokenizer, max_tokens_per_doc)
            if isinstance(d, str)
            else d
            for d in data_2
        ]
    return ScoringData(data_1=data_1, data_2=data_2)