Make cache_length an argument from the Sampler

`max_cache_length` is currently defined in the `TransformerConfig` but this really should be a sampler argument.

This would allow to use the same transformer instance for both training and inference.

PiperOrigin-RevId: 708307065

gemma/sampler.py

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 from collections.abc import Sequence
 import dataclasses
+import warnings
 
 import chex
 from gemma import modules
@@ -110,18 +111,31 @@ def __init__(
       transformer: transformer_lib.Transformer,
       vocab: spm.SentencePieceProcessor,
       params: params_lib.Params,
+      *,
+      cache_length: int | None = None,
   ):
     """Initializes a sampler for a Gemma model.
 
     Args:
       transformer: an instance of the Gemma transformer.
       vocab: vocabulary of the given model.
       params: weights of the model.
+      cache_length: Max length of the cache.
     """
     self.transformer = transformer
     self.vocab = vocab
     self.params = params
     self._compiled_sample_fn = jax.jit(self._sample_fn)
+    if cache_length is None:
+      warnings.warn(
+          'TransformerConfig.max_cache_length is deprecated and will be'
+          ' REMOVED!!! Instead, set the `cache_length` in the `Sampler` class.',
+          DeprecationWarning,
+          stacklevel=2,
+      )
+    self.cache_length = cache_length or transformer.config.max_cache_length
+    if self.cache_length is None:
+      raise ValueError('Sampler `cache_length` should be set.')
 
   @property
   def dtype(self) -> jnp.dtype:
@@ -192,7 +206,11 @@ def _sample_step(
 
   def init_cache(self, bsz) -> dict[str, modules.LayerCache]:
     """Initializes the attention cache for each layer."""
-    return self.transformer.config.init_cache(bsz, dtype=self.dtype)
+    return self.transformer.config.init_cache(
+        bsz,
+        dtype=self.dtype,
+        cache_length=self.cache_length,
+    )
 
   def init_sample_state(
       self,

gemma/transformer.py

@@ -227,10 +227,15 @@ def init_cache(
       self,
       batch_size: int,
       dtype: jnp.dtype = jnp.bfloat16,
+      *,
+      cache_length: int | None = None,
   ) -> Cache:
     """Initializes a new Transformer cache."""
-    if self.max_cache_length is None:
-      raise ValueError('max_cache_length must be set to initialize cache.')
+    cache_length = cache_length or self.max_cache_length
+    if cache_length is None:
+      raise ValueError(
+          'Missing `cache_length=` kwarg when calling `init_cache()`.'
+      )
     cache = {
         f'layer_{i}': modules.Attention.init_cache(
             self.max_cache_length,