3 files changed, 32 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/candle-core/src/error.rs b/candle-core/src/error.rs
index 341fc151..71fd21de 100644
--- a/candle-core/src/error.rs
+++ b/candle-core/src/error.rs
@@ -110,6 +110,10 @@ pub enum Error {
     #[error(transparent)]
     Io(#[from] std::io::Error),
 
+    /// SafeTensor error.
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    SafeTensor(#[from] safetensors::SafeTensorError),
+
     #[error("cannot broadcast {src_shape:?} to {dst_shape:?}")]
     BroadcastIncompatibleShapes { src_shape: Shape, dst_shape: Shape },
 }
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:?}"),
+    }
+}