def _num_epochs(tokens_per_epoch, seq_length, num_samples):
    """Based on number of samples and sequence lenght, calculate how many
    epochs will be needed."""
    num_epochs = 0
    total_tokens = 0
    while True:
        num_epochs += 1
        total_tokens += tokens_per_epoch
        # -1 is because we need to retrieve seq_length + 1 token each time
        # but the last token will overlap with the first token of the next
        # sample except for the last sample.
        if ((total_tokens - 1) // seq_length) >= num_samples:
            return num_epochs
Based on number of samples and sequence lenght, calculate how many
    epochs will be needed.
training/DeepSpeed-Domino/megatron/data/gpt_dataset.py