Fix sentence transformers ipex support

optimum/intel/ipex/modeling_sentence_transformers.py

@@ -24,15 +24,22 @@
 from transformers import MT5Config, T5Config
 from transformers.dynamic_module_utils import get_class_from_dynamic_module
 
+from ..utils.import_utils import _sentence_transformers_version, is_sentence_transformers_version
 from .modeling_base import IPEXModel
 
 
 class IPEXTransformer(Transformer):
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        if is_sentence_transformers_version("<", "3.4"):
+            raise ImportError(
+                f"Backend: ipex requires sentence-transformers>=3.4 but found {_sentence_transformers_version}. "
+                "You can install it with pip: `pip install --upgrade sentence-transformers`"
+            )
+
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
         self.backend = "ipex"
 
-    def _load_model(self, model_name_or_path, config, cache_dir, backend, **model_args) -> None:
+    def _load_model(self, model_name_or_path, config, cache_dir, backend, is_peft_model, **model_args) -> None:
         self._load_ipex_model(model_name_or_path, config, cache_dir, **model_args)
 
     def _load_ipex_model(self, model_name_or_path, config, cache_dir, **model_args) -> None:

optimum/intel/utils/import_utils.py

@@ -175,11 +175,10 @@
 
 
 _sentence_transformers_available = importlib.util.find_spec("sentence_transformers") is not None
-_sentence_transformers_available = "N/A"
-
+_sentence_transformers_version = "N/A"
 if _sentence_transformers_available:
     try:
-        _sentence_transformers_available = importlib_metadata.version("sentence_transformers")
+        _sentence_transformers_version = importlib_metadata.version("sentence_transformers")
     except importlib_metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
         _sentence_transformers_available = False
 
@@ -449,6 +448,15 @@ def is_datasets_version(operation: str, version: str):
     return compare_versions(parse(_datasets_version), operation, version)
 
 
+def is_sentence_transformers_version(operation: str, version: str):
+    """
+    Compare the current sentence-transformers version to a given reference with an operation.
+    """
+    if not _sentence_transformers_available:
+        return False
+    return compare_versions(parse(_sentence_transformers_version), operation, version)
+
+
 DIFFUSERS_IMPORT_ERROR = """
 {0} requires the diffusers library but it was not found in your environment. You can install it with pip:
 `pip install diffusers`. Please note that you may need to restart your runtime after installation.
@@ -484,6 +492,12 @@ def is_datasets_version(operation: str, version: str):
 `pip install accelerate`. Please note that you may need to restart your runtime after installation.
 """
 
+SENTENCE_TRANSFORMERS_IMPORT_ERROR = """
+{0} requires the sentence-transformers library but it was not found in your environment. You can install it with pip:
+`pip install sentence-transformers`. Please note that you may need to restart your runtime after installation.
+"""
+
+
 BACKENDS_MAPPING = OrderedDict(
     [
         ("diffusers", (is_diffusers_available, DIFFUSERS_IMPORT_ERROR)),
@@ -492,6 +506,7 @@ def is_datasets_version(operation: str, version: str):
         ("openvino", (is_openvino_available, OPENVINO_IMPORT_ERROR)),
         ("neural_compressor", (is_neural_compressor_available, NEURAL_COMPRESSOR_IMPORT_ERROR)),
         ("accelerate", (is_accelerate_available, ACCELERATE_IMPORT_ERROR)),
+        ("sentence_transformers", (is_sentence_transformers_available, SENTENCE_TRANSFORMERS_IMPORT_ERROR)),
     ]
 )