Add new dataset impl designed for streaming

comfy_extras/nodes_dataset.py

@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 import logging
 import os
 import json
+import pickle
 
 import numpy as np
+import safetensors.torch
 import torch
 from PIL import Image
+from safetensors import safe_open
 from typing_extensions import override
 
 import folder_paths
@@ -1235,6 +1238,83 @@ class MergeTextListsNode(TextProcessingNode):
 # ========== Training Dataset Nodes ==========
 
 
+# Sentinel key used in the "skeleton" to mark where a tensor lived in the
+# original nested structure. The skeleton is pickled; tensors live in the
+# accompanying safetensors file under the referenced key.
+_TREF_KEY = "__tref__"
+
+
+def _split_tensors(obj, out_tensors, prefix):
+    """Walk obj recursively. Pull tensors out into out_tensors (keyed by f"{prefix}_{N}")
+    and return a "skeleton" with the same structure but each tensor replaced by
+    {"__tref__": key}. Everything that isn't a tensor / dict / list / tuple
+    (Hook objects, floats, strings, custom extension types, ...) passes through
+    untouched and will be handled by pickle.
+    """
+    if isinstance(obj, torch.Tensor):
+        key = f"{prefix}_{len(out_tensors)}"
+        out_tensors[key] = obj.detach().cpu().clone()
+        return {_TREF_KEY: key}
+    elif isinstance(obj, dict):
+        return {k: _split_tensors(v, out_tensors, prefix) for k, v in obj.items()}
+    elif isinstance(obj, list):
+        return [_split_tensors(v, out_tensors, prefix) for v in obj]
+    elif isinstance(obj, tuple):
+        return tuple(_split_tensors(v, out_tensors, prefix) for v in obj)
+    return obj
+
+
+def _rejoin_tensors(obj, tensor_getter):
+    """Inverse of _split_tensors. Walk skeleton, fetch tensors via tensor_getter(key)
+    wherever a {"__tref__": ...} marker appears.
+    """
+    if isinstance(obj, dict):
+        if len(obj) == 1 and _TREF_KEY in obj:
+            return tensor_getter(obj[_TREF_KEY])
+        return {k: _rejoin_tensors(v, tensor_getter) for k, v in obj.items()}
+    if isinstance(obj, list):
+        return [_rejoin_tensors(v, tensor_getter) for v in obj]
+    if isinstance(obj, tuple):
+        return tuple(_rejoin_tensors(v, tensor_getter) for v in obj)
+    return obj
+
+
+class _ShardReader:
+    """Random-access reader for a single shard.
+
+    Loads the small skeleton pickle eagerly; opens the safetensors file lazily
+    and uses safe_open's per-tensor random access so read_sample(i) only pulls
+    the tensors belonging to sample i.
+
+    This is the unit of streaming. The current full-load LoadTrainingDataset
+    drives it with a `for local_idx in range(len(reader))` loop — swap that
+    loop for index-driven on-demand reads (e.g. a DataLoader / __getitem__)
+    and you get a streaming dataset with no change to this class.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, shard_path, skeleton_path):
+        with open(skeleton_path, "rb") as f:
+            self.skeletons = pickle.load(f)
+        self.shard_path = shard_path
+        self._st = None
+
+    def _open(self):
+        if self._st is None:
+            self._st = safe_open(self.shard_path, framework="pt")
+        return self._st
+
+    def __len__(self):
+        return len(self.skeletons)
+
+    def read_sample(self, local_idx):
+        """Return (latent_dict, conditioning_list) for one sample in this shard."""
+        latent_skel, cond_skel = self.skeletons[local_idx]
+        st = self._open()
+        latent = _rejoin_tensors(latent_skel, st.get_tensor)
+        cond = _rejoin_tensors(cond_skel, st.get_tensor)
+        return latent, cond
+
+
 class ResolutionBucket(io.ComfyNode):
     """Bucket latents and conditions by resolution for efficient batch training."""
 
@@ -1464,7 +1544,8 @@ class SaveTrainingDataset(io.ComfyNode):
         shard_size = shard_size[0]
 
         # latents: list[{"samples": tensor}]
-        # conditioning: list[list[cond]]
+        # conditioning: list[list[[cond_tensor, dict]]]   (encode_from_tokens_scheduled output;
+        #   dicts may contain arbitrary extension types — Hook objects, floats, strings, etc.)
 
         # Validate lengths match
         if len(latents) != len(conditioning):
@@ -1473,45 +1554,53 @@ class SaveTrainingDataset(io.ComfyNode):
                 f"Something went wrong in dataset preparation."
             )
 
-        # Create output directory
         output_dir = os.path.join(folder_paths.get_output_directory(), folder_name)
         os.makedirs(output_dir, exist_ok=True)
 
-        # Prepare data pairs
         num_samples = len(latents)
-        num_shards = (num_samples + shard_size - 1) // shard_size  # Ceiling division
+        num_shards = (num_samples + shard_size - 1) // shard_size
 
         logging.info(
             f"Saving {num_samples} samples to {num_shards} shards in {output_dir}..."
         )
 
-        # Save data in shards
         for shard_idx in range(num_shards):
             start_idx = shard_idx * shard_size
             end_idx = min(start_idx + shard_size, num_samples)
 
-            # Get shard data (list of latent dicts and conditioning lists)
+            # Per shard: one safetensors holding every tensor (bulk bytes, partial-loadable)
-            shard_data = {
+            # plus one .skeleton.pkl holding the nested-structure shells with __tref__ markers.
-                "latents": latents[start_idx:end_idx],
+            shard_tensors = {}
-                "conditioning": conditioning[start_idx:end_idx],
+            shard_skeletons = []  # list of (latent_skeleton, cond_skeleton) per sample
-            }
 
-            # Save shard
+            for local_idx, i in enumerate(range(start_idx, end_idx)):
-            shard_filename = f"shard_{shard_idx:04d}.pkl"
+                latent_skel = _split_tensors(
-            shard_path = os.path.join(output_dir, shard_filename)
+                    latents[i], shard_tensors, f"s{local_idx}_lat"
+                )
+                cond_skel = _split_tensors(
+                    conditioning[i], shard_tensors, f"s{local_idx}_cond"
+                )
+                shard_skeletons.append((latent_skel, cond_skel))
 
-            with open(shard_path, "wb") as f:
+            shard_path = os.path.join(output_dir, f"shard_{shard_idx:04d}.safetensors")
-                torch.save(shard_data, f)
+            skeleton_path = os.path.join(
-
+                output_dir, f"shard_{shard_idx:04d}.skeleton.pkl"
-            logging.info(
+            )
-                f"Saved shard {shard_idx + 1}/{num_shards}: {shard_filename} ({end_idx - start_idx} samples)"
+
+            safetensors.torch.save_file(shard_tensors, shard_path)
+            with open(skeleton_path, "wb") as f:
+                pickle.dump(shard_skeletons, f, protocol=pickle.HIGHEST_PROTOCOL)
+
+            logging.info(
+                f"Saved shard {shard_idx + 1}/{num_shards}: {end_idx - start_idx} samples, "
+                f"{len(shard_tensors)} tensors"
             )
 
-        # Save metadata
         metadata = {
             "num_samples": num_samples,
             "num_shards": num_shards,
             "shard_size": shard_size,
+            "format_version": 2,
         }
         metadata_path = os.path.join(output_dir, "metadata.json")
         with open(metadata_path, "w") as f:
@@ -1555,40 +1644,45 @@ class LoadTrainingDataset(io.ComfyNode):
 
     @classmethod
     def execute(cls, folder_name):
-        # Get dataset directory
         dataset_dir = os.path.join(folder_paths.get_output_directory(), folder_name)
 
         if not os.path.exists(dataset_dir):
             raise ValueError(f"Dataset directory not found: {dataset_dir}")
 
-        # Find all shard files
         shard_files = sorted(
-            [
+            f
-                f
+            for f in os.listdir(dataset_dir)
-                for f in os.listdir(dataset_dir)
+            if f.startswith("shard_") and f.endswith(".safetensors")
-                if f.startswith("shard_") and f.endswith(".pkl")
-            ]
         )
 
         if not shard_files:
-            raise ValueError(f"No shard files found in {dataset_dir}")
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"No shard files found in {dataset_dir} "
+                f"(expected shard_*.safetensors + shard_*.skeleton.pkl)."
+            )
 
         logging.info(f"Loading {len(shard_files)} shards from {dataset_dir}...")
 
-        # Load all shards
+        all_latents = []        # list[{"samples": tensor}]
-        all_latents = []  # list[{"samples": tensor}]
+        all_conditioning = []   # list[list[[cond_tensor, dict]]]
-        all_conditioning = []  # list[list[cond]]
 
         for shard_file in shard_files:
             shard_path = os.path.join(dataset_dir, shard_file)
+            skeleton_path = os.path.join(
+                dataset_dir, shard_file[: -len(".safetensors")] + ".skeleton.pkl"
+            )
 
-            with open(shard_path, "rb") as f:
+            reader = _ShardReader(shard_path, skeleton_path)
-                shard_data = torch.load(f, weights_only=True)
+            # Streaming seam: this per-sample loop is what a streaming dataset
+            # would replace. Same _ShardReader.read_sample(idx) is the read unit
+            # in both modes — full-load iterates all indices up front, streaming
+            # would call it on-demand from a DataLoader / __getitem__.
+            for local_idx in range(len(reader)):
+                latent, cond = reader.read_sample(local_idx)
+                all_latents.append(latent)
+                all_conditioning.append(cond)
 
-            all_latents.extend(shard_data["latents"])
+            logging.info(f"Loaded {shard_file}: {len(reader)} samples")
-            all_conditioning.extend(shard_data["conditioning"])
-
-            logging.info(f"Loaded {shard_file}: {len(shard_data['latents'])} samples")
 
         logging.info(
             f"Successfully loaded {len(all_latents)} samples from {dataset_dir}."