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Type of change: new feature

Add save_onnx_model, a shared save helper for the upcoming DLA pipeline. It supports inline weights or a configurable external sidecar while retaining the model's IR version. Use ONNX's external-data writer rather than maintaining a custom binary writer. The Windows ONNX ~=1.23.2 dependency and binary-mode fix are inherited from main after #2816; this PR adds no dependency change.

Inline saves embed loaded payloads even when tensors retain EXTERNAL metadata. ONNX performs the inline conversion, and a shared metadata-only journal restores the caller in finally, including on write failures. Tensor payloads are not copied into a second model. Inline serialization is staged in the destination directory before os.replace, so partial writes and replacement failures preserve an existing model file.

Validate loaded tensor payloads and sidecar destinations before mutation. External data must remain inside the output directory, stay distinct from the model, and satisfy ONNX's file-link restrictions. Stage the files and preserve the previous sidecar until model replacement succeeds; replacement failures restore the sidecar and the caller's tensor bytes and storage metadata. Short restoration reads raise an explicit error. Successful external saves retain the documented storage-metadata mutation. Caller payloads remain intact until every ONNX sidecar write and close succeeds; a failed buffered write or close restores metadata without trying to recover bytes from an incomplete sidecar.

Use separate model and payload staging roots so filename aliases cannot overwrite staged weights. Check filesystem identity after installing the sidecar and roll back an alias before writing the model. Reject NTFS alternate data streams before filesystem changes.

Repeated saves also work when the output directory is the working directory. Conversion uses a temporary location; the final sidecar name is assigned while writing the staged payloads. Existing converters and public surgeries retain their implementations.

Usage

import onnx

from modelopt.onnx.graph_surgery.utils.graph_utils import save_onnx_model

model = onnx.load("input.onnx", load_external_data=True)

save_onnx_model(model, "output.onnx", external_data_name="output.weights")

Rebased this PR and the dependent series onto main 35922f1. The Windows ONNX 1.23.2 requirement is now inherited from main, so pyproject.toml is absent from this PR’s diff. The remaining change provides the shared save helper and its regression coverage.

Testing

Windows CPU: Python 3.11.18, ONNX 1.23.2, ONNX Runtime 1.22.0. 1,586 tests pass across the complete restacked graph-surgery and public-compatibility suite on main 35922f1. The save helper continues to delegate payload writes to ONNX while preserving staged replacement, rollback and caller-state checks.

The actual final package is validated with the original save and initializer-conversion implementations. Required hooks pass with Linux CI typing semantics and all commits are signed. The default Windows mypy invocation reports an unchanged upstream os.sched_getaffinity attribute error in prepare_megatron_data_blend.py; the temporary local platform setting retains all other repository typing options. GPU execution, DLA compilation and the complete Linux suite were not run locally; GitHub CI runs separately.

python -m pytest tests/unit/onnx/graph_surgery tests/unit/onnx/test_gqa_graph_surgery.py tests/unit/onnx/quantization/test_dq_transpose_surgery.py --noconftest -o addopts= -p no:cacheprovider -q --tb=short

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  • Backward compatible: yes; existing converters and surgeries retain their behavior.

  • Third-party code/new runtime dependencies: no new runtime dependency; contribution and security guidance reviewed.

  • Necessary tests: included, with regression cases verified before and after each fix.

  • Changelog: public DLA integration is documented in part 16.

  • Commits: signed off and SSH-signed. New helper and test functions have docstrings.

  • Claude approval: pending for the current commits.

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Part 2/17, after PR1 #2831 (merged). The next slice is PR3 #2955. Merge the stack from the bottom upward; public API/CLI integration follows in part 16.

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  • New Features
    • Added the ability to save ONNX models with weights embedded in the model or stored in a separate file. Externalization can be configured with a size threshold.
    • Saving now validates external-data paths and reports errors for unavailable tensor data or invalid destinations, helping protect existing files when a save fails.

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Adds and exports save_onnx_model for inline or external ONNX tensor data. The function validates sidecar destinations, stages files before replacement, and restores file and tensor state when saves fail.

Changes: ONNX model saving

Layer / File(s) Summary
Inline and external save modes
modelopt/onnx/graph_surgery/utils/graph_utils.py, tests/unit/onnx/graph_surgery/test_graph_utils.py
Exports save_onnx_model with inline and external-data options. Storage metadata is restored after inline saves. Tests cover payload round trips and rejection of partially unloaded external tensors.
Sidecar destination validation
modelopt/onnx/graph_surgery/utils/graph_utils.py, tests/unit/onnx/graph_surgery/test_graph_utils.py
Validates sidecar paths and rejects tested path aliases, symlinks, non-files, and multiply hard-linked files. Tests check that rejected destinations leave existing files and caller tensors unchanged.
Staged save and recovery
modelopt/onnx/graph_surgery/utils/graph_utils.py, tests/unit/onnx/graph_surgery/test_graph_utils.py
Stages the model and sidecar before installation. On failures, the code restores existing files or removes newly installed weights and restores tensor metadata. Tests cover write, read, and replacement failures, plus retries.

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  participant Caller
  participant save_onnx_model
  participant Staging
  participant OutputFiles
  Caller->>save_onnx_model: Request model save
  save_onnx_model->>Staging: Write staged model and weights
  Staging->>OutputFiles: Install sidecar and replace model
  OutputFiles-->>save_onnx_model: Report replacement failure
  save_onnx_model->>OutputFiles: Restore backup or remove new weights
  save_onnx_model-->>Caller: Return save result
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This adds a shared ONNX save helper that stages files and restores caller state when a save fails. No unresolved merge-blocking defect remains. The repeated-save failure in the working directory is avoided because the conversion step no longer sees the final sidecar name.

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Local fixes and regression evidence are recorded in the updated Testing section. The custom writer is replaced by the fixed ONNX helper, with staging and caller-state safeguards retained.

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Rebased this PR and the dependent series onto main 35922f1. The Windows ONNX 1.23.2 requirement is now inherited from main, so pyproject.toml is absent from this PR’s diff. The remaining change provides the shared save helper and its regression coverage.

Add a shared graph-surgery saver with staged output replacement and binary
external-weight writing to avoid ONNX 1.21 Windows trailing-0x1A corruption.
Cover FP16, FP32, and INT8 payloads, repeated saves, nested paths, and
invalid-location refusal. Preserve the existing dtype converter and public
surgery implementations.

Signed-off-by: mgohil <mgohil@nvidia.com>
Validate resolved sidecar paths and reject symbolic or multiply linked files. Preserve existing output weights and restore caller tensor data and metadata when replacement fails, while retaining successful-save mutation and avoiding a full weight copy.

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Updated on main 35922f1 at 6a8a2ba. Rebased this PR and the dependent series onto main 35922f1. The Windows ONNX 1.23.2 requirement is now inherited from main, so pyproject.toml is absent from this PR’s diff. The remaining change provides the shared save helper and its regression coverage.

1,586 integration tests pass. The save helper continues to delegate payload writes to ONNX while preserving staged replacement, rollback and caller-state checks.

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Withdrawn as requested: the DLA pipeline now saves directly with onnx.save, matching existing graph surgeries and using the Windows ONNX fix already present on main. The custom save wrapper and its tests are removed from the active series. Remaining PR numbers are retained; #2955 now starts the remaining series directly on main.

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