#1896 breaks transformers.trainer

[CNSeniorious000]

Describe the Bug

After #1896, transformers.trainer can't be imported directly.

Minimal Steps/Code to Reproduce the Bug

>>> import transformers.trainer
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/root/autodl-tmp/training-llm-on-autodl/.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/transformers/trainer.py", line 193, in <module>
    from apex import amp
ImportError: cannot import name 'amp' from 'apex' (/root/autodl-tmp/training-llm-on-autodl/.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/apex/__init__.py)

Expected Behavior

Environment

Details

PyTorch version: 2.6.0+cu124
Is debug build: False
CUDA used to build PyTorch: 12.4
ROCM used to build PyTorch: N/A

OS: Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS (x86_64)
GCC version: (Ubuntu 11.4.0-1ubuntu1~22.04) 11.4.0
Clang version: Could not collect
CMake version: version 3.22.1
Libc version: glibc-2.35

Python version: 3.12.3 | packaged by Anaconda, Inc. | (main, May  6 2024, 19:46:43) [GCC 11.2.0] (64-bit runtime)
Python platform: Linux-4.19.90-2107.6.0.0192.8.oe1.bclinux.x86_64-x86_64-with-glibc2.35
Is CUDA available: True
CUDA runtime version: 12.4.131
CUDA_MODULE_LOADING set to: LAZY
GPU models and configuration: GPU 0: NVIDIA A800 80GB PCIe
Nvidia driver version: 550.54.14
cuDNN version: Probably one of the following:
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcudnn.so.9.1.0
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcudnn_adv.so.9.1.0
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcudnn_cnn.so.9.1.0
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcudnn_engines_precompiled.so.9.1.0
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcudnn_engines_runtime_compiled.so.9.1.0
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcudnn_graph.so.9.1.0
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcudnn_heuristic.so.9.1.0
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcudnn_ops.so.9.1.0
HIP runtime version: N/A
MIOpen runtime version: N/A
Is XNNPACK available: True

CPU:
Architecture:                    x86_64
CPU op-mode(s):                  32-bit, 64-bit
Address sizes:                   46 bits physical, 57 bits virtual
Byte Order:                      Little Endian
CPU(s):                          112
On-line CPU(s) list:             0-111
Vendor ID:                       GenuineIntel
Model name:                      Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6348 CPU @ 2.60GHz
CPU family:                      6
Model:                           106
Thread(s) per core:              2
Core(s) per socket:              28
Socket(s):                       2
Stepping:                        6
Frequency boost:                 enabled
CPU max MHz:                     2601.0000
CPU min MHz:                     800.0000
BogoMIPS:                        5200.00
Flags:                           fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc art arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc cpuid aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 sdbg fma cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid dca sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm abm 3dnowprefetch cpuid_fault epb cat_l3 invpcid_single ssbd mba ibrs ibpb stibp ibrs_enhanced tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid ept_ad fsgsbase tsc_adjust bmi1 avx2 smep bmi2 erms invpcid cqm rdt_a avx512f avx512dq rdseed adx smap avx512ifma clflushopt clwb intel_pt avx512cd sha_ni avx512bw avx512vl xsaveopt xsavec xgetbv1 xsaves cqm_llc cqm_occup_llc cqm_mbm_total cqm_mbm_local dtherm ida arat pln pts avx512vbmi umip pku ospke avx512_vbmi2 gfni vaes vpclmulqdq avx512_vnni avx512_bitalg tme avx512_vpopcntdq la57 rdpid md_clear pconfig flush_l1d arch_capabilities
Virtualization:                  VT-x
L1d cache:                       2.6 MiB (56 instances)
L1i cache:                       1.8 MiB (56 instances)
L2 cache:                        70 MiB (56 instances)
L3 cache:                        84 MiB (2 instances)
NUMA node(s):                    2
NUMA node0 CPU(s):               0-27,56-83
NUMA node1 CPU(s):               28-55,84-111
Vulnerability Itlb multihit:     Not affected
Vulnerability L1tf:              Not affected
Vulnerability Mds:               Not affected
Vulnerability Meltdown:          Not affected
Vulnerability Mmio stale data:   Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode; SMT vulnerable
Vulnerability Spec store bypass: Mitigation; Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
Vulnerability Spectre v1:        Mitigation; usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Vulnerability Spectre v2:        Vulnerable: eIBRS with unprivileged eBPF
Vulnerability Srbds:             Not affected
Vulnerability Tsx async abort:   Not affected

Versions of relevant libraries:
[pip3] numpy==2.2.5
[pip3] nvidia-cublas-cu12==12.4.5.8
[pip3] nvidia-cuda-cupti-cu12==12.4.127
[pip3] nvidia-cuda-nvrtc-cu12==12.4.127
[pip3] nvidia-cuda-runtime-cu12==12.4.127
[pip3] nvidia-cudnn-cu12==9.1.0.70
[pip3] nvidia-cufft-cu12==11.2.1.3
[pip3] nvidia-curand-cu12==10.3.5.147
[pip3] nvidia-cusolver-cu12==11.6.1.9
[pip3] nvidia-cusparse-cu12==12.3.1.170
[pip3] nvidia-cusparselt-cu12==0.6.2
[pip3] nvidia-nccl-cu12==2.21.5
[pip3] nvidia-nvjitlink-cu12==12.4.127
[pip3] nvidia-nvtx-cu12==12.4.127
[pip3] torch==2.6.0
[pip3] torchaudio==2.6.0
[pip3] torchvision==0.21.0
[pip3] triton==3.2.0
[conda] numpy                     2.2.5                    pypi_0    pypi
[conda] nvidia-cublas-cu12        12.4.5.8                 pypi_0    pypi
[conda] nvidia-cuda-cupti-cu12    12.4.127                 pypi_0    pypi
[conda] nvidia-cuda-nvrtc-cu12    12.4.127                 pypi_0    pypi
[conda] nvidia-cuda-runtime-cu12  12.4.127                 pypi_0    pypi
[conda] nvidia-cudnn-cu12         9.1.0.70                 pypi_0    pypi
[conda] nvidia-cufft-cu12         11.2.1.3                 pypi_0    pypi
[conda] nvidia-curand-cu12        10.3.5.147               pypi_0    pypi
[conda] nvidia-cusolver-cu12      11.6.1.9                 pypi_0    pypi
[conda] nvidia-cusparse-cu12      12.3.1.170               pypi_0    pypi
[conda] nvidia-cusparselt-cu12    0.6.2                    pypi_0    pypi
[conda] nvidia-nccl-cu12          2.21.5                   pypi_0    pypi
[conda] nvidia-nvjitlink-cu12     12.4.127                 pypi_0    pypi
[conda] nvidia-nvtx-cu12          12.4.127                 pypi_0    pypi
[conda] torch                     2.6.0                    pypi_0    pypi
[conda] torchaudio                2.6.0                    pypi_0    pypi
[conda] torchvision               0.21.0                   pypi_0    pypi
[conda] triton                    3.2.0                    pypi_0    pypi

[Rocketknight1]

cc @SunMarc!

[SunMarc]

Fixed here huggingface/transformers#38100

[crcrpar]

Thank you for the report and quick fixing PR. I embarrassingly didn't expect apex.amp to be imported in huggingface libraries.

[SunMarc]

It's something we added a long time ago ;) I think of most our users switched to pytorch amp !