Add skip_unnecessary_grad_clip to TrainingArguments for optimized gradient clipping #41491
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What does this PR do?
This PR adds an opt-in
skip_unnecessary_grad_clip
argument toTrainingArguments
, optimizing Trainer’s gradient clipping for better efficiency. When enabled, the Trainer computes and logs the gradient norm every step, but skips callingclip_grad_norm_
if the norm is already belowmax_grad_norm
. This prevents unnecessary computation for models/trainers with consistently low gradient norms, while always maintaining logging.Maintainer requests addressed:
False
by default).Motivation:
Dependencies:
Tests added:
tests/trainer/test_gradient_clipping.py
Documentation:
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