code: def gmb_to_df(filepath, encoding="latin1"):
      df = pd.read_csv(filepath, encoding=encoding)
      df = df.fillna(method="ffill")
      return df
  
imports: from ...None import utils
  from ...imports import *
  from ...preprocessor import Preprocessor
  from ..None import preprocessor
  from ..None import textutils
label_desc: Use image node_id 3 for calling a global function with example usage: gmb_to_df(filepath, encoding) and returns: df