Add a transform to remove param and buffer shape check from prologue

thunder/tests/test_transforms.py

@@ -624,3 +624,24 @@ def fn():
     assert_close(jfn(), fn())
 
     assert any(("CUDAGraph" in bsym.sym.name) for bsym in thunder.last_traces(jfn)[-1].bound_symbols)
+
+
+def test_disable_params_and_buffer_check():
+    from thunder.tests.litgpt_model import Config
+    from litgpt.model import GPT
+    from thunder.transforms.extraction_only_prologue_transform import ExtractionOnlyPrologueTransform
+
+    model = GPT(Config.from_name("llama1-like", n_layer=1))
+    x = torch.randint(model.max_seq_length, (2, 5))
+    cmodel = thunder.jit(model, transforms=[ExtractionOnlyPrologueTransform()])
+    _ = cmodel(x)
+    prologue_trc = thunder.last_prologue_traces(cmodel)[-1]
+
+    check_bsyms = tuple(
+        filter(
+            lambda bsym: bsym.sym.id == thunder.executors.pythonex.check_tensor_shape_and_metadata.id,
+            prologue_trc.bound_symbols,
+        )
+    )
+
+    assert len(check_bsyms) == 1  # We only have the check for input.

thunder/transforms/extraction_only_prologue_transform.py

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import thunder
+from thunder.core.trace import from_trace
+from thunder.core.proxies import ProxyTag
+
+
+class ExtractionOnlyPrologueTransform(thunder.Transform):
+    def transform_traces_pre_prologue(self, prologue_trace, computation_trace, epilogue_trace, **kwargs):
+        new_prologue_trace = from_trace(prologue_trace)
+        new_bsyms = []
+
+        for bsym in prologue_trace.bound_symbols:
+            # NOTE - We assume TensorProxy's tagged with `STATIC_MEMORY_LOCATION` to
+            #        be Parameters or Buffer. It should be safe to disable check for
+            #        tensors we deem to be static.
+            if (
+                bsym.sym.id == thunder.prims.PrimIDs.CHECK_TENSOR_SHAPE_AND_METADATA
+                and ProxyTag.STATIC_MEMORY_LOCATION in bsym.args[0].tags
+            ):
+                continue
+
+            new_bsyms.append(bsym)
+
+        new_prologue_trace.bound_symbols = new_bsyms
+
+        new_prologue_trace.set_provenance("Extraction only prologue pass")
+        return new_prologue_trace, computation_trace, epilogue_trace