[memory] add model data tensor moving api (#503)

colossalai/utils/__init__.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from .common import (clip_grad_norm_fp32, conditional_context, copy_tensor_paral
                      sync_model_param)
 from .data_sampler import DataParallelSampler, get_dataloader
 from .gradient_accumulation import accumulate_gradient
-from .memory import report_memory_usage
+from .memory_utils.memory_monitor import report_memory_usage
 from .timer import MultiTimer, Timer
 from .tensor_detector import TensorDetector
 

colossalai/utils/commons/memory.py

@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-import torch
-from colossalai.utils import get_current_device
-
-
-def col_cuda_memory_capacity():
-    """
-    Get cuda memory capacity of the current cuda.
-    """
-    return torch.cuda.get_device_properties(get_current_device()).total_memory

colossalai/utils/memory_tracer/allocator.py

@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-import torch
-from colossalai.utils.memory_tracer.model_data_memtracer import GLOBAL_MODEL_DATA_TRACER
-
-
-def col_move_to_cpu(t: torch.Tensor):
-    assert isinstance(t, torch.Tensor)
-    if t.device.type == 'cpu':
-        return
-
-    GLOBAL_MODEL_DATA_TRACER.delete_tensor(t)
-    t.data = t.data.cpu()
-
-
-def col_modeldata_allocate(device: torch.device) -> torch.Tensor:
-    pass
-
-
-def col_modeldata_release(t: torch.Tensor):
-    pass

colossalai/utils/memory_tracer/commons.py

@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-from colossalai.zero.sharded_param import ShardedTensor
-from typing import Union
-import torch
-
-
-def col_tensor_mem_usage(t: Union[torch.Tensor, ShardedTensor]) -> int:
-    if isinstance(t, ShardedTensor):
-        target = t.payload
-    else:
-        target = t
-    return target.numel() * target.element_size()

colossalai/utils/memory_tracer/model_data_memtracer.py

@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
 from colossalai.context.singleton_meta import SingletonMeta
-from colossalai.utils.memory_tracer.commons import col_tensor_mem_usage
+from colossalai.zero.sharded_param.sharded_tensor import ShardedTensor
 import torch
+from typing import Union
+
+
+def _col_tensor_mem_usage(t: Union[torch.Tensor, ShardedTensor]) -> int:
+    if isinstance(t, ShardedTensor):
+        target = t.payload
+    else:
+        target = t
+    return target.numel() * target.element_size()
 
 
 class ModelDataTracer(metaclass=SingletonMeta):
@@ -16,12 +25,12 @@ class ModelDataTracer(metaclass=SingletonMeta):
 
     def add_tensor(self, t: torch.Tensor):
         assert isinstance(t, torch.Tensor), f"ModelDataTracer add_tensor() should accept a torch.Tensor"
-        mem_use = col_tensor_mem_usage(t)
+        mem_use = _col_tensor_mem_usage(t)
         self._cuda_usage += mem_use
 
     def delete_tensor(self, t: torch.Tensor):
         assert isinstance(t, torch.Tensor), f"ModelDataTracer delete_tensor() should accept a torch.Tensor"
-        mem_use = col_tensor_mem_usage(t)
+        mem_use = _col_tensor_mem_usage(t)
         self._cuda_usage -= mem_use
 
     @property

colossalai/utils/memory_utils/memory_monitor.py

@@ -63,5 +63,5 @@ def report_memory_usage(message, logger=None, report_cpu=False):
     logger.info(full_log)
 
     # get the peak memory to report correct data, so reset the counter for the next call
-    if hasattr(torch.cuda, "reset_peak_memory_stats"):  # pytorch 1.4+
+    if hasattr(torch.cuda, "reset_peak_memory_stats"):    # pytorch 1.4+
         torch.cuda.reset_peak_memory_stats()

colossalai/utils/memory_utils/utils.py

@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+import torch
+from colossalai.utils import get_current_device
+from colossalai.zero.sharded_param.sharded_tensor import ShardedTensor
+from colossalai.utils.memory_tracer.model_data_memtracer import GLOBAL_MODEL_DATA_TRACER
+
+from typing import Union
+
+
+def colo_cuda_memory_capacity():
+    """
+    Get cuda memory capacity of the current cuda.
+    """
+    return torch.cuda.get_device_properties(get_current_device()).total_memory
+
+
+def colo_model_data_tensor_move(src_t: Union[ShardedTensor, torch.Tensor], tgt_t: Union[ShardedTensor,
+                                                                                        torch.Tensor]) -> None:
+    """ 
+    A colossal API for model data tensor move. 
+    The src and target tensors could be resident on both CPU and GPU.
+    
+    NOTE() The source tensor payload will be removed after this function.
+    
+    The function will record the communication volume between CPU and GPU.
+    Args:
+        t_src (Union[ShardedTensor, torch.Tensor]): source tensor
+        tgt_t (Union[ShardedTensor, torch.Tensor]): target tensor
+    """
+    if isinstance(src_t, ShardedTensor):
+        src_t_payload = src_t.payload
+    else:
+        src_t_payload = src_t.data
+    src_dev = src_t_payload.device
+    if isinstance(tgt_t, ShardedTensor):
+        tgt_t_payload = tgt_t.payload
+    else:
+        tgt_t_payload = tgt_t.data
+    tgt_dev = tgt_t_payload.device
+
+    if src_dev.type == 'cuda' and tgt_dev.type == 'cpu':
+        GLOBAL_MODEL_DATA_TRACER.delete_tensor(src_t_payload)
+    elif src_dev.type == 'cpu' and tgt_dev.type == 'cuda':
+        GLOBAL_MODEL_DATA_TRACER.add_tensor(tgt_t_payload)
+    tgt_t_payload.copy_(src_t_payload)
+
+    # remove payload of src_t
+    if isinstance(src_t, ShardedTensor):
+        src_t.reset_payload(torch.tensor([], device=src_dev, dtype=src_t_payload.dtype))
+    else:
+        src_t.data = torch.tensor([], device=src_dev, dtype=src_t_payload.dtype)
+
+
+def colo_model_data_move_to_cpu(t: torch.Tensor):
+    assert isinstance(t, torch.Tensor)
+    if t.device.type == 'cpu':
+        return
+
+    GLOBAL_MODEL_DATA_TRACER.delete_tensor(t)
+    t.data = t.data.cpu()

colossalai/zero/sharded_model/sharded_model_v2.py

@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ from colossalai.engine.ophooks import register_ophooks_recursively
 from colossalai.engine.ophooks.zero_hook import ZeroHook
 from colossalai.engine.paramhooks import BaseParamHookMgr
 from colossalai.logging import get_dist_logger
-from colossalai.utils.commons.memory import col_cuda_memory_capacity
-from colossalai.utils.memory_tracer.allocator import col_move_to_cpu
+from colossalai.utils.memory_utils.utils import colo_model_data_move_to_cpu, colo_cuda_memory_capacity
 from colossalai.utils.memory_tracer.memstats_collector import MemStatsCollector
 from colossalai.zero.shard_utils import BaseShardStrategy
 from colossalai.zero.sharded_model.reduce_scatter import ReduceScatterBucketer
@@ -152,7 +151,7 @@ class ShardedModelV2(nn.Module):
             # the way to calculate margin space is based on the assumption that
             # model data is fixed in cuda during training.
             # cuda margin space can be used to store OS.
-            self._cuda_margin_space = col_cuda_memory_capacity() - max(self._memstats_collector._overall_cuda)
+            self._cuda_margin_space = colo_cuda_memory_capacity() - max(self._memstats_collector._overall_cuda)
 
         self._iter_cnter += 1
 
@@ -201,7 +200,7 @@ class ShardedModelV2(nn.Module):
             else:
                 grad = cast_tensor_to_fp32(p.col_attr.fp16_grad)
             if p.col_attr.offload_grad:
-                col_move_to_cpu(grad)
+                colo_model_data_move_to_cpu(grad)
             if p.col_attr.fp32_grad is not None:
                 assert not self.reuse_fp16_shard, 'Gradien accumulation is not supported when reuse_fp16_shard=True'
                 p.col_attr.fp32_grad.add_(grad.view_as(p.col_attr.fp32_grad))

colossalai/zero/sharded_optim/sharded_optim_v2.py

@@ -25,8 +25,18 @@ class OptimState(Enum):
 
 
 class ShardedOptimizerV2(ColossalaiOptimizer):
-    """A wrapper for optimizer. `ShardedOptimizerV2` and `ShardedModelV2` implement Zero Redundancy Optimizer (ZeRO) stage 3.
-    You must use `ShardedOptimizerV2` with `ShardedModelV2`.
+    """A wrapper for optimizer. `ShardedOptimizerV2` and `ShardedModelV2` implement Zero Redundancy Optimizer (ZeRO).
+    By default the ZeRO optimizer stage 3 offload Optimizer States on CPU.
+    We apply the Device-aware Operator Placement technique for OS placement from the following paper.
+    PatrickStar: Parallel Training of Pre-trained Models via Chunk-based Memory Management
+    https://arxiv.org/abs/2108.05818
+    GPU margin space is the remaining space after removing peak non-model data from the overall GPU memory,
+    which is detected by a runtime memory tracer. 
+    We place as many OS chunks in the margin space as possible. 
+    The size of margin space can be controlled by `gpu_margin_mem_ratio`
+    If it is set as 0.0, it is the same as classical ZeRO optimizer.
+
+    NOTE() You must use `ShardedOptimizerV2` with `ShardedModelV2`.
 
     Args:
         sharded_model (ShardedModelV2): A sharded model initialized by class ShardedModelV2. The optimizer will use the

tests/test_utils/test_commons.py

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+from colossalai.utils.memory_tracer.model_data_memtracer import GLOBAL_MODEL_DATA_TRACER
+from colossalai.utils.memory_utils.utils import colo_model_data_tensor_move
+from colossalai.utils import free_port
+
+from colossalai.zero.sharded_param import ShardedTensor
+import colossalai
+
+import torch
+
+from functools import partial
+import torch.multiprocessing as mp
+import pytest
+
+
+def run_tensor_move(rank):
+    colossalai.launch(config={}, rank=0, world_size=1, host='localhost', port=free_port(), backend='nccl')
+
+    assert (GLOBAL_MODEL_DATA_TRACER.cuda_usage == 0)
+
+    src_t = torch.ones(2, 3).cuda()
+    GLOBAL_MODEL_DATA_TRACER.add_tensor(src_t)
+    assert (GLOBAL_MODEL_DATA_TRACER.cuda_usage == 24)
+    tgt_t = torch.zeros(2, 3)
+
+    colo_model_data_tensor_move(src_t, tgt_t)
+    assert (GLOBAL_MODEL_DATA_TRACER.cuda_usage == 0)
+    assert (torch.sum(tgt_t) == 6.0), f"{torch.sum(tgt_t.payload)} vs. 6.0"
+
+    src_t = torch.ones(2, 3)
+    tgt_t = torch.zeros(2, 3).cuda().half()
+    colo_model_data_tensor_move(src_t, tgt_t)
+    assert (GLOBAL_MODEL_DATA_TRACER.cuda_usage == 12), f"cuda usage {GLOBAL_MODEL_DATA_TRACER.cuda_usage}"
+    # the src_t has been removed
+    assert (src_t.numel() == 0)
+    assert (torch.sum(tgt_t) == 6.0), f"{torch.sum(tgt_t.payload)} vs. 6.0"
+
+    src_t = ShardedTensor(torch.ones(2, 3))
+    tgt_t = ShardedTensor(torch.zeros(2, 3).cuda().half())
+    colo_model_data_tensor_move(src_t, tgt_t)
+    assert (GLOBAL_MODEL_DATA_TRACER.cuda_usage == 24), f"cuda usage {GLOBAL_MODEL_DATA_TRACER.cuda_usage}"
+    assert (torch.sum(tgt_t.payload) == 6.0), f"{torch.sum(tgt_t.payload)} vs. 6.0"
+
+
+def test_tensor_move():
+    mp.spawn(run_tensor_move, nprocs=1)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    test_tensor_move()