def forward()

in bitsandbytes/nn/modules.py [0:0]


    def forward(self, x: torch.Tensor):
        self.state.is_training = self.training
        if self.weight.CB is not None:
            self.init_8bit_state()

        # weights are cast automatically as Int8Params, but the bias has to be cast manually
        if self.bias is not None and self.bias.dtype != x.dtype:
            self.bias.data = self.bias.data.to(x.dtype)

        out = bnb.matmul(x, self.weight, bias=self.bias, state=self.state)

        if not self.state.has_fp16_weights:
            if self.state.CB is not None and self.state.CxB is not None:
                # we converted 8-bit row major to turing/ampere format in the first inference pass
                # we no longer need the row-major weight
                del self.state.CB
                self.weight.data = self.state.CxB
        return out