Move some safetensors bits in the candle-core crate.

3 files changed, 30 insertions, 31 deletions

diff --git a/candle-core/examples/llama/weights.rs b/candle-core/examples/llama/weights.rs
index 5eff8e21..4ad9b391 100644
--- a/candle-core/examples/llama/weights.rs
+++ b/candle-core/examples/llama/weights.rs
@@ -1,38 +1,10 @@
 use super::*;
 use candle::{Device, Result, Tensor};
-use half::f16;
 use memmap2::MmapOptions;
-use safetensors::{
-    tensor::{Dtype, TensorView},
-    SafeTensors,
-};
+use safetensors::SafeTensors;
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
-fn convert(view: TensorView<'_>, device: &Device) -> Result<Tensor> {
-    match view.dtype() {
-        Dtype::F16 => {
-            let v = view.data();
-            if (v.as_ptr() as usize) % 2 == 0 {
-                // SAFETY This is safe because we just checked that this
-                // was correctly aligned.
-                let data: &[f16] =
-                    unsafe { std::slice::from_raw_parts(v.as_ptr() as *const f16, v.len() / 2) };
-                Tensor::from_slice(data, view.shape(), device)?.to_dtype(DTYPE)
-            } else {
-                let mut c = Vec::with_capacity(v.len() / 2);
-                let mut i = 0;
-                while i < v.len() {
-                    c.push(f16::from_le_bytes([v[i], v[i + 1]]));
-                    i += 2;
-                }
-                Tensor::from_slice(&c, view.shape(), device)?.to_dtype(DTYPE)
-            }
-        }
-        dt => todo!("Unhandled dtype {dt:?}"),
-    }
-}
-
 pub struct VarBuilder<'a> {
     routing: HashMap<String, usize>,
     safetensors: Vec<SafeTensors<'a>>,
@@ -59,8 +31,7 @@ impl<'a> VarBuilder<'a> {
         // Unwrap or 0  just to let the proper error flow.
         let index = self.routing.get(tensor_name).unwrap_or(&0);
         let view = self.safetensors[*index].tensor(tensor_name).unwrap();
-        let tensor = convert(view, &self.device)?;
-        Ok(tensor)
+        candle::safetensors::convert(view, &self.device)?.to_dtype(DTYPE)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/candle-core/src/lib.rs b/candle-core/src/lib.rs
index 6a860116..0d4c2a8d 100644
--- a/candle-core/src/lib.rs
+++ b/candle-core/src/lib.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ mod error;
 mod layout;
 mod npy;
 mod op;
+pub mod safetensors;
 mod shape;
 mod storage;
 mod strided_index;
diff --git a/candle-core/src/safetensors.rs b/candle-core/src/safetensors.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3ed36b64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/candle-core/src/safetensors.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+use crate::{Device, Result, Tensor};
+use half::f16;
+use safetensors::tensor as st;
+
+pub fn convert(view: st::TensorView<'_>, device: &Device) -> Result<Tensor> {
+    match view.dtype() {
+        st::Dtype::F16 => {
+            let v = view.data();
+            if (v.as_ptr() as usize) % 2 == 0 {
+                // SAFETY This is safe because we just checked that this
+                // was correctly aligned.
+                let data: &[f16] =
+                    unsafe { std::slice::from_raw_parts(v.as_ptr() as *const f16, v.len() / 2) };
+                Tensor::from_slice(data, view.shape(), device)
+            } else {
+                let mut c = Vec::with_capacity(v.len() / 2);
+                let mut i = 0;
+                while i < v.len() {
+                    c.push(f16::from_le_bytes([v[i], v[i + 1]]));
+                    i += 2;
+                }
+                Tensor::from_slice(&c, view.shape(), device)
+            }
+        }
+        dt => todo!("Unhandled dtype {dt:?}"),
+    }
+}