Add inputs_embeds functionality when generating with GPT-Neox (huggin…

…gface#22916)

* support gpt neox generate with inputs embeds

* Update src/transformers/models/gpt_neox/modeling_gpt_neox.py

great thx for the suggestion!

Co-authored-by: Joao Gante <joaofranciscocardosogante@gmail.com>

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Co-authored-by: Lei Li <tobiaslee@qq.com>
Co-authored-by: Joao Gante <joaofranciscocardosogante@gmail.com>

src/transformers/models/gpt_neox/modeling_gpt_neox.py

@@ -697,7 +697,9 @@ def forward(
             attentions=outputs.attentions,
         )
 
-    def prepare_inputs_for_generation(self, input_ids, past_key_values=None, attention_mask=None, **kwargs):
+    def prepare_inputs_for_generation(
+        self, input_ids, past_key_values=None, attention_mask=None, inputs_embeds=None, **kwargs
+    ):
         input_shape = input_ids.shape
 
         # cut decoder_input_ids if past is used
@@ -716,12 +718,21 @@ def prepare_inputs_for_generation(self, input_ids, past_key_values=None, attenti
         if attention_mask is None:
             attention_mask = input_ids.new_ones(input_shape)
 
-        return {
-            "input_ids": input_ids,
-            "attention_mask": attention_mask,
-            "position_ids": position_ids,
-            "past_key_values": past_key_values,
-        }
+        # if `inputs_embeds` are passed, we only want to use them in the 1st generation step
+        if inputs_embeds is not None and past_key_values is None:
+            model_inputs = {"inputs_embeds": inputs_embeds}
+        else:
+            model_inputs = {"input_ids": input_ids}
+
+        model_inputs.update(
+            {
+                "attention_mask": attention_mask,
+                "past_key_values": past_key_values,
+                "position_ids": position_ids,
+            }
+        )
+
+        return model_inputs
 
     def _reorder_cache(self, past_key_values, beam_idx):
         reordered_past = ()