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vllm.model_executor.model_loader.dummy_loader

DummyModelLoader

Bases: BaseModelLoader

Model loader that will set model weights to random values.

Source code in vllm/model_executor/model_loader/dummy_loader.py
class DummyModelLoader(BaseModelLoader):
    """Model loader that will set model weights to random values."""

    def __init__(self, load_config: LoadConfig):
        super().__init__(load_config)
        if load_config.model_loader_extra_config:
            raise ValueError(
                f"Model loader extra config is not supported for "
                f"load format {load_config.load_format}"
            )

    def download_model(self, model_config: ModelConfig) -> None:
        pass  # Nothing to download

    def load_weights(self, model: nn.Module, model_config: ModelConfig) -> None:
        # NOTE(woosuk): For accurate performance evaluation, we assign
        # random values to the weights.
        initialize_dummy_weights(model, model_config)