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+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import time, json
+import torch
+import requests
+import numpy as np
+from typing import List, Optional, Union
+import os
+import glob
+from pathlib import Path
+import re
+
+import utils
+from logger import logger
+
+from modeling.inference_model import (
+    GenerationResult,
+    GenerationSettings,
+    InferenceModel,
+    ModelCapabilities,
+)
+
+from modeling.tokenizer import GenericTokenizer
+
+from exllama.model import ExLlama, ExLlamaCache, ExLlamaConfig
+from transformers import LlamaTokenizer
+from exllama.generator import ExLlamaGenerator
+
+import traceback
+
+model_backend_name = "ExLlama"
+
+
+def load_model_gptq_settings(path):
+    try:
+        js = json.load(open(path + "/config.json", "r"))
+    except Exception as e:
+        return False
+
+    gptq_model = False
+    gptq_file = False
+
+    gptq_legacy_files = glob.glob(os.path.join(path, "4bit*.safetensors"))
+    if "gptq_bits" in js:
+        gptq_model = True
+        gptq_file = os.path.join(path, "model.safetensors")
+    elif gptq_legacy_files:
+        gptq_model = True
+        gptq_file = gptq_legacy_files[0]
+        fname = Path(gptq_file).parts[-1]
+        g = re.findall("^(?:4bit)(?:-)(\\d+)(?:g-?)", fname)
+
+    return gptq_model, gptq_file
+
+
+class model_backend(InferenceModel):
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        super().__init__()
+        self.model_config = None
+
+        self.model = None
+        self.tokenizer = None
+
+        self.model_name = None
+        self.path = None
+
+    def is_valid(self, model_name, model_path, menu_path):
+        gptq_model, _ = load_model_gptq_settings(model_path)
+        try:
+            self.model_config = self._load_config(model_name, model_path)
+            return self.model_config and gptq_model
+        except:
+            return False
+
+    def get_local_model_path(self):
+        return self.path or os.path.join("models", self.model_name.replace("/", "_"))
+
+    def _load_config(self, model_name, model_path):
+        if model_path is not None and os.path.exists(model_path):
+            return ExLlamaConfig(os.path.join(model_path, "config.json"))
+        if(os.path.exists("models/{}".format(model_name.replace('/', '_')))):
+            return ExLlamaConfig(os.path.join("models/{}".format(model_name.replace('/', '_')), "config.json"))
+        return False
+
+    def _load(self, save_model: bool, initial_load: bool) -> None:
+        self.model = self._get_model(self.get_local_model_path(), {})
+        self.tokenizer = self._get_tokenizer(os.path.join(self.get_local_model_path(), "tokenizer.model"))
+
+        self.cache = ExLlamaCache(self.model)
+
+        self.generator = ExLlamaGenerator(self.model, self.tokenizer.tokenizer, self.cache)
+
+    def _post_load(self) -> None:
+        # Note: self.tokenizer is a GenericTokenizer, and self.tokenizer.tokenizer is the actual LlamaTokenizer
+        self.tokenizer.add_bos_token = False
+
+        # HF transformers no longer supports decode_with_prefix_space
+        # We work around this by wrapping decode, encode, and __call__
+        # with versions that work around the 'prefix space' misfeature
+        # of sentencepiece.
+        vocab = self.tokenizer.convert_ids_to_tokens(range(self.tokenizer.vocab_size))
+        has_prefix_space = {i for i, tok in enumerate(vocab) if tok.startswith("▁")}
+
+        # Wrap 'decode' with a method that always returns text starting with a space
+        # when the head token starts with a space. This is what 'decode_with_prefix_space'
+        # used to do, and we implement it using the same technique (building a cache of
+        # tokens that should have a prefix space, and then prepending a space if the first
+        # token is in this set.) We also work around a bizarre behavior in which decoding
+        # a single token 13 behaves differently than decoding a squence containing only [13].
+        original_decode = type(self.tokenizer.tokenizer).decode
+        def decode_wrapper(self, token_ids, *args, **kwargs):
+            first = None
+            # Note, the code below that wraps single-value token_ids in a list
+            # is to work around this wonky behavior:
+            #   >>> t.decode(13)
+            #   '<0x0A>'
+            #   >>> t.decode([13])
+            #   '\n'
+            # Not doing this causes token streaming to receive <0x0A> characters
+            # instead of newlines.
+            if isinstance(token_ids, int):
+                first = token_ids
+                token_ids = [first]
+            elif hasattr(token_ids, 'dim'): # Check for e.g. torch.Tensor
+                # Tensors don't support the Python standard of 'empty is False'
+                # and the special case of dimension 0 tensors also needs to be
+                # handled separately.
+                if token_ids.dim() == 0:
+                    first = int(token_ids.item())
+                    token_ids = [first]
+                elif len(token_ids) > 0:
+                    first = int(token_ids[0])
+            elif token_ids is not None and len(token_ids) > 0:
+                first = token_ids[0]
+            result = original_decode(self, token_ids, *args, **kwargs)
+            if first is not None and first in has_prefix_space:
+                result = " " + result
+            return result
+        # GenericTokenizer overrides __setattr__ so we need to use object.__setattr__ to bypass it
+        object.__setattr__(self.tokenizer, 'decode', decode_wrapper.__get__(self.tokenizer))
+
+        # Wrap encode and __call__ to work around the 'prefix space' misfeature also.
+        # The problem is that "Bob" at the start of text is encoded as if it is
+        # " Bob". This creates a problem because it means you can't split text, encode
+        # the pieces, concatenate the tokens, decode them, and get the original text back.
+        # The workaround is to prepend a known token that (1) starts with a space; and
+        # (2) is not the prefix of any other token. After searching through the vocab
+        # " ," (space comma) is the only token containing only printable ascii characters
+        # that fits this bill. By prepending ',' to the text, the original encode
+        # method always returns [1919, ...], where the tail of the sequence is the
+        # actual encoded result we want without the prefix space behavior.
+        original_encode = type(self.tokenizer.tokenizer).encode
+        def encode_wrapper(self, text, *args, **kwargs):
+            if type(text) is str:
+                text = ',' + text
+                result = original_encode(self, text, *args, **kwargs)
+                result = result[1:]
+            else:
+                result = original_encode(self, text, *args, **kwargs)
+            return result
+        object.__setattr__(self.tokenizer, 'encode', encode_wrapper.__get__(self.tokenizer))
+
+        # Since 'encode' is documented as being deprecated, also override __call__.
+        # This doesn't appear to currently be used by KoboldAI, but doing so
+        # in case someone uses it in the future.
+        original_call = type(self.tokenizer.tokenizer).__call__
+        def call_wrapper(self, text, *args, **kwargs):
+            if type(text) is str:
+                text = ',' + text
+                result = original_call(self, text, *args, **kwargs)
+                result = result[1:]
+            else:
+                result = original_call(self, text, *args, **kwargs)
+            return result
+        object.__setattr__(self.tokenizer, '__call__', call_wrapper.__get__(self.tokenizer))
+
+    def _raw_generate(
+        self,
+        prompt_tokens: Union[List[int], torch.Tensor],
+        max_new: int,
+        gen_settings: GenerationSettings,
+        single_line: bool = False,
+        batch_count: int = 1,
+        seed: Optional[int] = None,
+        **kwargs,
+    ) -> GenerationResult:
+        if not isinstance(prompt_tokens, torch.Tensor):
+            gen_in = torch.tensor(prompt_tokens, dtype=torch.long)[None]
+        else:
+            gen_in = prompt_tokens
+
+        self.generator.settings.temperature = max(gen_settings.temp, 0.01)
+        self.generator.settings.top_k = gen_settings.top_k if gen_settings.top_k > 0 else 10000
+        self.generator.settings.top_p = gen_settings.top_p
+        self.generator.settings.min_p = 0.0
+
+        self.generator.gen_begin(gen_in)
+
+        for i in range(max_new):
+            token = self.generator.gen_single_token()
+            if token.item() == self.tokenizer.eos_token_id: break
+
+        return GenerationResult(
+            model=self,
+            out_batches=np.array(
+                self.generator.sequence[:, gen_in.size(1):],
+            ),
+            prompt=prompt_tokens,
+            is_whole_generation=True,
+            single_line=single_line,
+        )
+
+    def _get_model(self, location: str, tf_kwargs: Dict):
+        _, self.model_config.model_path = load_model_gptq_settings(location)
+        return ExLlama(self.model_config)
+
+    def _get_tokenizer(self, location: str):
+        tokenizer = GenericTokenizer(LlamaTokenizer.from_pretrained(location))
+        tokenizer._koboldai_header = tokenizer.encode("")
+        return tokenizer
+
+    def get_requested_parameters(self, model_name, model_path, menu_path, parameters = {}):
+        requested_parameters = []
+        gpu_count = torch.cuda.device_count()
+        layer_count = self.model_config["n_layer"] if isinstance(self.model_config, dict) else self.model_config.num_layers if hasattr(self.model_config, "num_layers") else self.model_config.n_layer if hasattr(self.model_config, "n_layer") else self.model_config.num_hidden_layers if hasattr(self.model_config, 'num_hidden_layers') else None
+        requested_parameters.append({
+                                        "uitype": "Valid Display",
+                                        "unit": "text",
+                                        "label": "Current Allocated Layers: %1/{}".format(layer_count), #%1 will be the validation value
+                                        "id": "valid_layers",
+                                        "max": layer_count,
+                                        "step": 1,
+                                        "check": {"sum": ["{}_Layers".format(i) for i in range(gpu_count)], "value": layer_count, 'check': "="},
+                                        "menu_path": "Layers",
+                                        "extra_classes": "",
+                                        "refresh_model_inputs": False
+                                    })
+        for i in range(gpu_count):
+            requested_parameters.append({
+                                            "uitype": "slider",
+                                            "unit": "int",
+                                            "label": "{} Layers".format(torch.cuda.get_device_name(i)),
+                                            "id": "{}_Layers".format(i),
+                                            "min": 0,
+                                            "max": layer_count,
+                                            "step": 1,
+                                            "check": {"sum": ["{}_Layers".format(i) for i in range(gpu_count)], "value": layer_count, 'check': "="},
+                                            "check_message": "The sum of assigned layers must equal {}".format(layer_count),
+                                            "default": [layer_count if i == 0 else 0],
+                                            "tooltip": "The number of layers to put on {}.".format(torch.cuda.get_device_name(i)),
+                                            "menu_path": "Layers",
+                                            "extra_classes": "",
+                                            "refresh_model_inputs": False
+                                        })
+
+        return requested_parameters
+
+    def set_input_parameters(self, parameters):
+        gpu_count = torch.cuda.device_count()
+        layers = []
+        for i in range(gpu_count):
+            if isinstance(parameters["{}_Layers".format(i)], str) and parameters["{}_Layers".format(i)].isnumeric():
+                layers.append(int(parameters["{}_Layers".format(i)]))
+            elif isinstance(parameters["{}_Layers".format(i)], str):
+                 layers.append(None)
+            else:
+                layers.append(parameters["{}_Layers".format(i)])
+
+        self.layers = layers
+        for i, l in enumerate(layers):
+            if l > 0:
+                self.model_config.device_map.layers.extend([f"cuda:{i}"] * l)
+        self.model_config.device_map.lm_head = "cuda:0"
+        self.model_config.device_map.norm = "cuda:0"
+
+        self.model_name = parameters['custom_model_name'] if 'custom_model_name' in parameters else parameters['id']
+        self.path = parameters['path'] if 'path' in parameters else None