# Helper methods

A collection of helper functions for PEFT.

## Checking if a model is a PEFT model[[peft.helpers.check_if_peft_model]]

#### peft.helpers.check_if_peft_model[[peft.helpers.check_if_peft_model]]

[Source](https://github.com/huggingface/peft/blob/v0.18.0/src/peft/helpers.py#L135)

Check if the model is a PEFT model.

**Parameters:**

model_name_or_path (`str`) : Model id to check, can be local or on the Hugging Face Hub.

**Returns:**

``bool``

True if the model is a PEFT model, False otherwise.

## Temporarily Rescaling Adapter Scale in LoraLayer Modules[[peft.helpers.rescale_adapter_scale]]

#### peft.helpers.rescale_adapter_scale[[peft.helpers.rescale_adapter_scale]]

[Source](https://github.com/huggingface/peft/blob/v0.18.0/src/peft/helpers.py#L156)

Context manager to temporarily rescale the scaling of the LoRA adapter in a model.

The original scaling values are restored when the context manager exits. This context manager works with the
transformers and diffusers models that have directly loaded LoRA adapters.

For LoRA, applying this context manager with multiplier in [0, 1] is strictly equivalent to applying
[wise-ft](https://huggingface.co/papers/2109.01903) (see [#1940](https://github.com/huggingface/peft/issues/1940)
for details). It can improve the performances of the model if there is a distribution shiftbetween the training
data used for fine-tuning, and the test data used during inference.

Warning: It has been reported that when using Apple's MPS backend for PyTorch, it is necessary to add a short sleep
time after exiting the context before the scales are fully restored.

Example:

```python
>>> model = ModelWithLoraLayer()
>>> multiplier = 0.5
>>> with rescale_adapter_scale(model, multiplier):
...     outputs = model(**inputs)  # Perform operations with the scaled model
>>> outputs = model(**inputs)  # The original scaling values are restored here
```

**Parameters:**

model : The model containing `LoraLayer` modules whose scaling is to be adjusted.

multiplier (float or int) : The multiplier that rescales the `scaling` attribute. Must be of type float or int.

## Context manager to disable input dtype casting in the `forward` method of LoRA layers[[peft.helpers.disable_input_dtype_casting]]

#### peft.helpers.disable_input_dtype_casting[[peft.helpers.disable_input_dtype_casting]]

[Source](https://github.com/huggingface/peft/blob/v0.18.0/src/peft/helpers.py#L217)

Context manager disables input dtype casting to the dtype of the weight.

**Parameters:**

model (nn.Module) : The model containing PEFT modules whose input dtype casting is to be adjusted.

active (bool) : Whether the context manager is active (default) or inactive.