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+import colossalai
+import torch
+from typing import List, Callable, Any, Tuple, Dict, Iterable
+
+try:
+    from torch.fx.node import Node, Argument, map_arg, _type_repr, _get_qualified_name
+    from torch.fx.graph import _Namespace, PythonCode, _custom_builtins, _is_from_torch, _format_target, magic_methods, CodeGen, _origin_type_map, inplace_methods, _CustomBuiltin
+    CODEGEN_AVAILABLE = True
+except:
+    from torch.fx.graph import _Namespace, PythonCode, _custom_builtins, _is_from_torch, _format_target, magic_methods, _origin_type_map, _format_args, _CustomBuiltin
+    from torch.fx.node import Node, Argument, map_arg, _type_repr, _get_qualified_name
+    CODEGEN_AVAILABLE = False
+
+if CODEGEN_AVAILABLE:
+    __all__ = ['ActivationCheckpointCodeGen']
+else:
+    __all__ = ['python_code_with_activation_checkpoint']
+
+
+def _gen_saved_tensors_hooks():
+    """
+    Generate saved tensors hooks
+    """
+
+    pack_hook = """def pack_hook_input(self, x):
+    if getattr(x, "offload", False):
+        return (x.device, x.cpu())
+    else:
+        return x
+ 
+def pack_hook_no_input(self, x):
+    if getattr(x, "offload", True):
+        return (x.device, x.cpu())
+    else:
+        return x
+"""
+
+    unpack_hook = """def unpack_hook(self, packed):
+    if isinstance(packed, tuple):
+        device, tensor = packed
+        return tensor.to(device)
+    else:
+        return packed
+"""
+
+    return pack_hook, unpack_hook
+
+
+def _gen_save_tensors_hooks_context(offload_input=True) -> str:
+    """Generate customized saved_tensors_hooks
+
+    Args:
+        offload_input (bool, optional): whether we need offload input, if offload_input=False, 
+        we will use self.pack_hook_no_input instead. Defaults to True.
+
+    Returns:
+        str: generated context
+    """
+
+    if offload_input:
+        context = "with torch.autograd.graph.saved_tensors_hooks(self.pack_hook_input, self.unpack_hook):\n"
+    else:
+        context = "with torch.autograd.graph.saved_tensors_hooks(self.pack_hook_no_input, self.unpack_hook):\n"
+    return context
+
+
+def _gen_save_on_cpu_context():
+    """
+    Generate save on cpu context
+    """
+
+    context = "with torch.autograd.graph.save_on_cpu(pin_memory=True):\n"
+    return context
+
+
+def _find_input_and_output_nodes(nodes: List[Node]):
+    """
+    Find the input and output node names which are not found in the given list of nodes.
+    """
+    input_nodes = []
+    output_nodes = []
+
+    # if a node has an input node which is not in the node list
+    # we treat that input node as the input of the checkpoint function
+    for node in nodes:
+        for input_node in node._input_nodes.keys():
+            node_repr = repr(input_node)
+            if input_node not in nodes and node_repr not in input_nodes:
+                input_nodes.append(node_repr)
+
+    # if a node has a user node which is not in the node list
+    # we treat that user node as the node receiving the current node output
+    for node in nodes:
+        for output_node in node.users.keys():
+            node_repr = repr(node)
+            if output_node not in nodes and node_repr not in output_nodes:
+                output_nodes.append(node_repr)
+
+    return input_nodes, output_nodes
+
+
+def _find_ckpt_regions(nodes: List[Node]):
+    """
+    Find the checkpoint regions given a list of consecutive nodes. The outputs will be list
+    of tuples, each tuple is in the form of (start_index, end_index).
+    """
+    ckpt_nodes = []
+    ckpt_regions = []
+    start = -1
+    end = -1
+    current_region = None
+
+    for idx, node in enumerate(nodes):
+        if hasattr(node, 'activation_checkpoint'):
+            act_ckpt_label = node.activation_checkpoint
+
+            # this activation checkpoint label is not set yet
+            # meaning this is the first node of the activation ckpt region
+            if current_region is None:
+                current_region = act_ckpt_label
+                start = idx
+
+            # if activation checkpoint has changed
+            # we restart the tracking
+            # e.g. node ckpt states = [ckpt1, ckpt2, ckpt2, ckpt2]
+            if act_ckpt_label != current_region:
+                assert start != -1
+                ckpt_regions.append((start, idx - 1))
+                current_region = act_ckpt_label
+                start = idx
+                end = -1
+        elif current_region is not None and not hasattr(node, 'activation_checkpoint'):
+            # used to check the case below
+            # node ckpt states = [ckpt, ckpt, non-ckpt]
+            end = idx - 1
+            assert start != -1 and end != -1
+            ckpt_regions.append((start, end))
+            start = end = -1
+            current_region = None
+        else:
+            pass
+    return ckpt_regions
+
+
+def _find_offload_regions(nodes: List[Node]):
+    """This function is to find the offload regions
+    In pofo algorithm, during annotation, we will annotate the offload region with the 
+    list in the form of [idx, offload_input, offload_bar]. idx indicates the offload
+    region's index, offload_input is a bool type indicates whether we need to offload
+    the input, offload_bar is a bool type indicates whether we need to offload all the
+    intermediate x_bars of this region.
+    """
+    offload_regions = []
+    offload_labels = []
+    start = -1
+    end = -1
+    current_region = None
+
+    for idx, node in enumerate(nodes):
+        if hasattr(node, 'activation_offload') and isinstance(getattr(node, 'activation_offload', None), Iterable):
+            act_offload_label = node.activation_offload
+
+            if current_region == None:
+                current_region = act_offload_label
+                start = idx
+                offload_labels.append(act_offload_label)
+
+            if act_offload_label != current_region:
+                assert start != -1
+                offload_regions.append((start, idx - 1))
+                offload_labels.append(act_offload_label)
+                current_region = act_offload_label
+                start = idx
+                end = -1
+
+        else:
+            if current_region is not None:
+                end = idx - 1
+                assert start != -1 and end != -1
+                offload_regions.append((start, end))
+                start = end = -1
+                current_region = None
+
+            else:
+                pass
+
+    return offload_regions, offload_labels
+
+
+def _gen_ckpt_fn_def(label, free_vars: List[str]) -> str:
+    """
+    Generate the checkpoint function definition
+    """
+    return f"def checkpoint_{label}({', '.join(['self'] + free_vars)}):"
+
+
+def _gen_ckpt_output(output_vars: List[str]) -> str:
+    """
+    Generate the return statement for checkpoint region
+    """
+    return f"return {', '.join(output_vars)}"
+
+
+def _gen_ckpt_usage(label, activation_offload, input_vars, output_vars, use_reentrant=True):
+    """
+    Generate the checkpoint function call code text
+    """
+    outputs = ', '.join(output_vars)
+    inputs = ', '.join(input_vars)
+    return f'{outputs} = colossalai.utils.activation_checkpoint.checkpoint(self.checkpoint_{label}, {activation_offload}, {inputs}, use_reentrant={use_reentrant})'
+
+
+def _end_of_ckpt(node: Node, check_idx: int) -> bool:
+    """Check if the node could end the ckpt region
+
+    Args:
+        node (Node): torch.fx.Node
+        check_idx (int): the index of checkpoint level for 
+        nested checkpoint
+
+    Returns:
+        bool
+    """
+    if hasattr(node, "activation_checkpoint"):
+        if isinstance(node.activation_checkpoint, list):
+            return node.activation_checkpoint[check_idx] == None
+        else:
+            return False
+    else:
+        return True
+
+
+def _find_nested_ckpt_regions(nodes, check_idx=0):
+    """
+    Find the nested checkpoint regions given a list of consecutive nodes. The outputs 
+    will be list of tuples, each tuple is in the form of (start_index, end_index).
+    """
+    ckpt_regions = []
+    start = -1
+    end = -1
+    current_region = None
+
+    for idx, node in enumerate(nodes):
+        if hasattr(node, 'activation_checkpoint'):
+            if isinstance(getattr(node, 'activation_checkpoint'), int):
+                act_ckpt_label = node.activation_checkpoint
+            else:
+                act_ckpt_label = node.activation_checkpoint[check_idx]
+
+            # this activation checkpoint label is not set yet
+            # meaning this is the first node of the activation ckpt region
+            if current_region is None:
+                current_region = act_ckpt_label
+                start = idx
+
+            # if activation checkpoint has changed
+            # we restart the tracking
+            # e.g. node ckpt states = [ckpt1, ckpt2, ckpt2, ckpt2]
+            if act_ckpt_label != current_region:
+                assert start != -1
+                ckpt_regions.append((start, idx - 1))
+                current_region = act_ckpt_label
+                start = idx
+                end = -1
+        elif current_region is not None and _end_of_ckpt(node, check_idx):
+            # used to check the case below
+            # node ckpt states = [ckpt, ckpt, non-ckpt]
+            end = idx - 1
+            assert start != -1 and end != -1
+            ckpt_regions.append((start, end))
+            start = end = -1
+            current_region = None
+        else:
+            pass
+
+    if current_region is not None:
+        end = len(nodes) - 1
+        ckpt_regions.append((start, end))
+    return ckpt_regions
+
+
+def emit_ckpt_func(body,
+                   ckpt_func,
+                   node_list: List[Node],
+                   emit_node_func,
+                   delete_unused_value_func,
+                   level=0,
+                   in_ckpt=False):
+    """Emit ckpt fuction in nested way
+
+    Args:
+        body: forward code, in recursive calls, this part will be checkpoint
+        functions code
+        ckpt_func: checkpoint functions code, in recursive calls, this part
+        will be a buffer
+        node_list (List[Node]): list of torch.fx.Node
+        emit_node_func: function to emit a node
+        delete_unused_value_func: function to delete unused value
+        level (int, optional): checkpoint level. Defaults to 0.
+        in_ckpt (bool, optional): indicates wether the func is in recursive
+        call. Defaults to False.
+    """
+    inputs, outputs = _find_input_and_output_nodes(node_list)
+
+    # if the current checkpoint function use int as label, using old generation method
+    if isinstance(node_list[0].activation_checkpoint, int):
+        label = node_list[0].activation_checkpoint
+        ckpt_fn_def = _gen_ckpt_fn_def(label, inputs)
+        ckpt_func.append(f'{ckpt_fn_def}\n')
+        for node in node_list:
+            emit_node_func(node, ckpt_func)
+            ckpt_func[-1] = '    ' + ckpt_func[-1]
+            delete_unused_value_func(node, ckpt_func)
+
+        ckpt_func.append('    ' + _gen_ckpt_output(outputs) + '\n\n')
+        activation_offload = getattr(node_list[0], "activation_offload", False)
+        usage = _gen_ckpt_usage(label, activation_offload, inputs, outputs, False)
+        usage += "\n"
+        body.append(usage)
+
+    # use nested ckpt function codegen
+    else:
+        # label given by each layer, e.g. if you are currently at level [0, 1, 1]
+        # the label will be '0_1_1'
+        label = "_".join([str(idx) for idx in node_list[0].activation_checkpoint[:level + 1]])
+        ckpt_fn_def = _gen_ckpt_fn_def(label, inputs)
+        ckpt_func.append(f'{ckpt_fn_def}\n')
+
+        # if there is more level to fetch
+        if level + 1 < len(node_list[0].activation_checkpoint):
+            ckpt_regions = _find_nested_ckpt_regions(node_list, level + 1)
+            start_idx = [item[0] for item in ckpt_regions]
+            end_idx = [item[1] for item in ckpt_regions]
+
+            # use ckpt_func_buffer to store nested checkpoint functions
+            ckpt_func_buffer = []
+            node_idx = 0
+            while 1:
+                if node_idx >= len(node_list):
+                    break
+
+                if node_idx in start_idx:
+                    ckpt_node_list = node_list[node_idx:end_idx[start_idx.index(node_idx)] + 1]
+                    emit_ckpt_func(ckpt_func, ckpt_func_buffer, ckpt_node_list, emit_node_func,
+                                   delete_unused_value_func, level + 1, True)
+                    node_idx += len(ckpt_node_list)
+
+                else:
+                    node = node_list[node_idx]
+                    emit_node_func(node, ckpt_func)
+                    ckpt_func[-1] = '    ' + ckpt_func[-1]
+                    delete_unused_value_func(node, ckpt_func)
+                    node_idx += 1
+
+            ckpt_func.append('    ' + _gen_ckpt_output(outputs) + '\n\n')
+            ckpt_func += ckpt_func_buffer
+            activation_offload = getattr(node_list[0], "activation_offload", False)
+            usage = _gen_ckpt_usage(label, activation_offload, inputs, outputs, False) + '\n'
+            if in_ckpt:
+                usage = '    ' + usage
+            body.append(usage)
+
+        # last level
+        else:
+            for node in node_list:
+                emit_node_func(node, ckpt_func)
+                ckpt_func[-1] = '    ' + ckpt_func[-1]
+                delete_unused_value_func(node, ckpt_func)
+
+            ckpt_func.append('    ' + _gen_ckpt_output(outputs) + '\n\n')
+            activation_offload = getattr(node_list[0], "activation_offload", False)
+            usage = _gen_ckpt_usage(label, activation_offload, inputs, outputs, False) + '\n'
+            if in_ckpt:
+                usage = '    ' + usage
+            body.append(usage)
+
+
+def emit_code_with_nested_activation_checkpoint(body, ckpt_func, nodes, emit_node_func, delete_unused_value_func):
+    """Emit code with nested activation checkpoint
+    When we detect some of the node.activation_checkpoint is a List, we will use
+    this function to emit the activation checkpoint codes.
+
+    Args:
+        body: forward code
+        ckpt_func: checkpoint functions code
+        nodes: graph.nodes
+        emit_node_func: function to emit node
+        delete_unused_value_func: function to remove the unused value
+    """
+    ckpt_regions = _find_nested_ckpt_regions(nodes, 0)
+    start_idx = [item[0] for item in ckpt_regions]
+    end_idx = [item[1] for item in ckpt_regions]
+
+    # find the offload regions
+    offload_regions, offload_labels = _find_offload_regions(nodes)
+    offload_starts = [item[0] for item in offload_regions]
+    offload_ends = [item[1] for item in offload_regions]
+    offload_inputs = []
+    offload_outputs = []
+    within_offload_region = False
+
+    node_list = list(nodes)
+
+    # find the input and output var names for each offload region
+    for idx, (start, end) in enumerate(offload_regions):
+        offload_node_list = node_list[start:end + 1]
+        inputs, outputs = _find_input_and_output_nodes(offload_node_list)
+        offload_inputs.append(inputs)
+        offload_outputs.append(outputs)
+
+    # this flag is to prevent repeated insert of save tensors
+    # hooks definition in ckpt_func
+    is_hook_inserted = False
+    node_idx = 0
+    while 1:
+        # break if we finish the processing all the nodes
+        if node_idx >= len(node_list):
+            break
+
+        # process ckpt_regions
+        if node_idx in start_idx:
+            ckpt_node_list = node_list[node_idx:end_idx[start_idx.index(node_idx)] + 1]
+            emit_ckpt_func(body, ckpt_func, ckpt_node_list, emit_node_func, delete_unused_value_func)
+            node_idx += len(ckpt_node_list)
+
+        # process node in forward function
+        else:
+            node = node_list[node_idx]
+
+            if node_idx in offload_starts:
+                offload_label = offload_labels[offload_starts.index(node_idx)]
+                _, offload_input, offload_bar = offload_label
+                within_offload_region = True
+
+                # insert hook functions if needed
+                if not is_hook_inserted:
+                    pack_hook, unpack_hook = _gen_saved_tensors_hooks()
+                    ckpt_func.insert(0, "\n".join([pack_hook, unpack_hook]) + "\n")
+                    is_hook_inserted = True
+
+                if offload_input and offload_bar:
+                    body.append(_gen_save_on_cpu_context())
+
+                elif offload_input:
+                    for par in offload_inputs[offload_label[0]]:
+                        body.append(f"setattr({par}, 'offload', True)\n")
+                    body.append(_gen_save_tensors_hooks_context(offload_input=True))
+
+                else:
+                    for par in offload_inputs[offload_label[0]]:
+                        body.append(f"setattr({par}, 'offload', False)\n")
+                    body.append(_gen_save_tensors_hooks_context(offload_input=False))
+
+            if within_offload_region:
+                emit_node_func(node, body)
+                body[-1] = '    ' + body[-1]
+                delete_unused_value_func(node, body)
+
+            else:
+                emit_node_func(node, body)
+                delete_unused_value_func(node, body)
+
+            if node_idx in offload_ends:
+                within_offload_region = False
+
+            node_idx += 1
+
+
+def emit_code_with_activation_checkpoint(body, ckpt_func, nodes, emit_node_func, delete_unused_value_func):
+    # find the activation checkpoint regions
+    ckpt_regions = _find_ckpt_regions(nodes)
+    start_idx = [item[0] for item in ckpt_regions]
+    end_idx = [item[1] for item in ckpt_regions]
+    input_vars = []
+    output_vars = []
+    within_ckpt_region = False
+
+    # find the offload regions
+    offload_regions, offload_labels = _find_offload_regions(nodes)
+    offload_starts = [item[0] for item in offload_regions]
+    offload_ends = [item[1] for item in offload_regions]
+    offload_inputs = []
+    offload_outputs = []
+    within_offload_region = False
+
+    node_list = list(nodes)
+
+    # use this variable to avoid inserting hook functions
+    # to ckpt_func repeatedly
+    is_hook_inserted = False
+
+    # find the input and output var names for each region
+    for idx, (start, end) in enumerate(ckpt_regions):
+        ckpt_node_list = node_list[start:end + 1]
+        inputs, outputs = _find_input_and_output_nodes(ckpt_node_list)
+        input_vars.append(inputs)
+        output_vars.append(outputs)
+
+    # find the input and output var names for each offload region
+    for idx, (start, end) in enumerate(offload_regions):
+        offload_node_list = node_list[start:end + 1]
+        inputs, outputs = _find_input_and_output_nodes(offload_node_list)
+        offload_inputs.append(inputs)
+        offload_outputs.append(outputs)
+
+    # append code text to body
+    for idx, node in enumerate(node_list):
+        # if this is the first node of the ckpt region
+        # append the ckpt function defition
+        if idx in start_idx:
+            label = start_idx.index(idx)
+            ckpt_fn_def = _gen_ckpt_fn_def(label, input_vars[label])
+            ckpt_func.append(f'{ckpt_fn_def}\n')
+            within_ckpt_region = True
+
+        if idx in offload_starts:
+            offload_label = offload_labels[offload_starts.index(idx)]
+            _, offload_input, offload_bar = offload_label
+            within_offload_region = True
+
+            # insert hook functions if needed
+            if not is_hook_inserted:
+                pack_hook, unpack_hook = _gen_saved_tensors_hooks()
+                ckpt_func.insert(0, "\n".join([pack_hook, unpack_hook]) + "\n")
+                is_hook_inserted = True
+
+            if offload_input and offload_bar:
+                body.append(_gen_save_on_cpu_context())
+
+            elif offload_input:
+                for par in offload_inputs[offload_label[0]]:
+                    body.append(f"setattr({par}, 'offload', True)\n")
+                body.append(_gen_save_tensors_hooks_context(offload_input=True))
+
+            else:
+                for par in offload_inputs[offload_label[0]]:
+                    body.append(f"setattr({par}, 'offload', False)\n")
+                body.append(_gen_save_tensors_hooks_context(offload_input=False))
+
+        # NOTE: emit_node does not emit a string with newline. It depends
+        # on delete_unused_values to append one
+        # NOTE: currently we separate body and ckpt_func definition
+        if within_ckpt_region:
+            emit_node_func(node, ckpt_func)
+            ckpt_func[-1] = '    ' + ckpt_func[-1]
+            delete_unused_value_func(node, ckpt_func)
+
+        elif within_offload_region:
+            emit_node_func(node, body)
+            body[-1] = '    ' + body[-1]
+            delete_unused_value_func(node, body)
+
+        else:
+            emit_node_func(node, body)
+            delete_unused_value_func(node, body)
+
+        if idx in end_idx:
+            # if this is the last node of the ckpt region
+            # generate return statement
+            label = end_idx.index(idx)
+            return_statement = _gen_ckpt_output(output_vars[label])
+            return_statement = f'    {return_statement}\n\n'
+            ckpt_func.append(return_statement)
+
+            # we need to check if the checkpoint need to offload the input
+            start_node_idx = start_idx[label]
+            if hasattr(node_list[start_node_idx], 'activation_offload'):
+                activation_offload = node_list[start_node_idx].activation_offload
+            else:
+                activation_offload = False
+
+            # we need to check if the checkpoint need use_reentrant=False
+            use_reentrant = True
+            non_leaf_input = 0
+            for var in input_vars[label]:
+                input_node = next(item for item in node_list if item.name == var)
+                if input_node.op != "placeholder":
+                    non_leaf_input = 1
+                for user in input_node.users:
+                    if hasattr(user, "activation_checkpoint"):
+                        if user.activation_checkpoint == label:
+                            if user.op == "call_module":
+                                if hasattr(user.graph.owning_module.get_submodule(user.target), "inplace"):
+                                    use_reentrant = not user.graph.owning_module.get_submodule(user.target).inplace
+
+                            elif user.op == "call_function":
+                                if "inplace" in user.kwargs:
+                                    use_reentrant = not user.kwargs["inplace"]
+
+            # if all the inputs are leaf nodes, we need to set use_reentrant = False
+            if not non_leaf_input:
+                use_reentrant = False
+
+            # generate checkpoint function call in a new line
+            usage = _gen_ckpt_usage(label, activation_offload, input_vars[label], output_vars[label], use_reentrant)
+            usage += '\n'
+            body.append(usage)
+            within_ckpt_region = False
+
+        if idx in offload_ends:
+            within_offload_region = False
+
+
+if CODEGEN_AVAILABLE:
+
+    class ActivationCheckpointCodeGen(CodeGen):
+
+        def _gen_python_code(self, nodes, root_module: str, namespace: _Namespace) -> PythonCode:
+            free_vars: List[str] = []
+            body: List[str] = []
+            globals_: Dict[str, Any] = {}
+            wrapped_fns: Dict[str, None] = {}
+
+            # Wrap string in list to pass by reference
+            maybe_return_annotation: List[str] = ['']
+
+            def add_global(name_hint: str, obj: Any):
+                """Add an obj to be tracked as a global.
+
+                We call this for names that reference objects external to the
+                Graph, like functions or types.
+
+                Returns: the global name that should be used to reference 'obj' in generated source.
+                """
+                if _is_from_torch(obj) and obj != torch.device:    # to support registering torch.device
+                    # HACK: workaround for how torch custom ops are registered. We
+                    # can't import them like normal modules so they must retain their
+                    # fully qualified name.
+                    return _get_qualified_name(obj)
+
+                # normalize the name hint to get a proper identifier
+                global_name = namespace.create_name(name_hint, obj)
+
+                if global_name in globals_:
+                    assert globals_[global_name] is obj
+                    return global_name
+                globals_[global_name] = obj
+                return global_name
+
+            # set _custom_builtins here so that we needn't import colossalai in forward
+            _custom_builtins["colossalai"] = _CustomBuiltin("import colossalai", colossalai)
+
+            # Pre-fill the globals table with registered builtins.
+            for name, (_, obj) in _custom_builtins.items():
+                add_global(name, obj)
+
+            def type_repr(o: Any):
+                if o == ():
+                    # Empty tuple is used for empty tuple type annotation Tuple[()]
+                    return '()'
+
+                typename = _type_repr(o)
+
+                if hasattr(o, '__origin__'):
+                    # This is a generic type, e.g. typing.List[torch.Tensor]
+                    origin_type = _origin_type_map.get(o.__origin__, o.__origin__)
+                    origin_typename = add_global(_type_repr(origin_type), origin_type)
+
+                    if hasattr(o, '__args__'):
+                        # Assign global names for each of the inner type variables.
+                        args = [type_repr(arg) for arg in o.__args__]
+
+                        if len(args) == 0:
+                            # Bare type, such as `typing.Tuple` with no subscript
+                            # This code-path used in Python < 3.9
+                            return origin_typename
+
+                        return f'{origin_typename}[{",".join(args)}]'
+                    else:
+                        # Bare type, such as `typing.Tuple` with no subscript
+                        # This code-path used in Python 3.9+
+                        return origin_typename
+
+                # Common case: this is a regular module name like 'foo.bar.baz'
+                return add_global(typename, o)
+
+            def _format_args(args: Tuple[Argument, ...], kwargs: Dict[str, Argument]) -> str:
+
+                def _get_repr(arg):
+                    # Handle NamedTuples (if it has `_fields`) via add_global.
+                    if isinstance(arg, tuple) and hasattr(arg, '_fields'):
+                        qualified_name = _get_qualified_name(type(arg))
+                        global_name = add_global(qualified_name, type(arg))
+                        return f"{global_name}{repr(tuple(arg))}"
+                    return repr(arg)
+
+                args_s = ', '.join(_get_repr(a) for a in args)
+                kwargs_s = ', '.join(f'{k} = {_get_repr(v)}' for k, v in kwargs.items())
+                if args_s and kwargs_s:
+                    return f'{args_s}, {kwargs_s}'
+                return args_s or kwargs_s
+
+            # Run through reverse nodes and record the first instance of a use
+            # of a given node. This represents the *last* use of the node in the
+            # execution order of the program, which we will use to free unused
+            # values
+            node_to_last_use: Dict[Node, Node] = {}
+            user_to_last_uses: Dict[Node, List[Node]] = {}
+
+            def register_last_uses(n: Node, user: Node):
+                if n not in node_to_last_use:
+                    node_to_last_use[n] = user
+                    user_to_last_uses.setdefault(user, []).append(n)
+
+            for node in reversed(nodes):
+                map_arg(node.args, lambda n: register_last_uses(n, node))
+                map_arg(node.kwargs, lambda n: register_last_uses(n, node))
+
+            # NOTE: we add a variable to distinguish body and ckpt_func
+            def delete_unused_values(user: Node, body):
+                """
+                Delete values after their last use. This ensures that values that are
+                not used in the remainder of the code are freed and the memory usage
+                of the code is optimal.
+                """
+                if user.op == 'placeholder':
+                    return
+                if user.op == 'output':
+                    body.append('\n')
+                    return
+                nodes_to_delete = user_to_last_uses.get(user, [])
+                if len(nodes_to_delete):
+                    to_delete_str = ' = '.join([repr(n) for n in nodes_to_delete] + ['None'])
+                    body.append(f';  {to_delete_str}\n')
+                else:
+                    body.append('\n')
+
+            # NOTE: we add a variable to distinguish body and ckpt_func
+            def emit_node(node: Node, body):
+                maybe_type_annotation = '' if node.type is None else f' : {type_repr(node.type)}'
+                if node.op == 'placeholder':
+                    assert isinstance(node.target, str)
+                    maybe_default_arg = '' if not node.args else f' = {repr(node.args[0])}'
+                    free_vars.append(f'{node.target}{maybe_type_annotation}{maybe_default_arg}')
+                    raw_name = node.target.replace('*', '')
+                    if raw_name != repr(node):
+                        body.append(f'{repr(node)} = {raw_name}\n')
+                    return
+                elif node.op == 'call_method':
+                    assert isinstance(node.target, str)
+                    body.append(
+                        f'{repr(node)}{maybe_type_annotation} = {_format_target(repr(node.args[0]), node.target)}'
+                        f'({_format_args(node.args[1:], node.kwargs)})')
+                    return
+                elif node.op == 'call_function':
+                    assert callable(node.target)
+                    # pretty print operators
+                    if node.target.__module__ == '_operator' and node.target.__name__ in magic_methods:
+                        assert isinstance(node.args, tuple)
+                        body.append(f'{repr(node)}{maybe_type_annotation} = '
+                                    f'{magic_methods[node.target.__name__].format(*(repr(a) for a in node.args))}')
+                        return
+
+                    # pretty print inplace operators; required for jit.script to work properly
+                    # not currently supported in normal FX graphs, but generated by torchdynamo
+                    if node.target.__module__ == '_operator' and node.target.__name__ in inplace_methods:
+                        body.append(f'{inplace_methods[node.target.__name__].format(*(repr(a) for a in node.args))};  '
+                                    f'{repr(node)}{maybe_type_annotation} = {repr(node.args[0])}')
+                        return
+
+                    qualified_name = _get_qualified_name(node.target)
+                    global_name = add_global(qualified_name, node.target)
+                    # special case for getattr: node.args could be 2-argument or 3-argument
+                    # 2-argument: attribute access; 3-argument: fall through to attrib function call with default value
+                    if global_name == 'getattr' and \
+                    isinstance(node.args, tuple) and \
+                    isinstance(node.args[1], str) and \
+                    node.args[1].isidentifier() and \
+                    len(node.args) == 2:
+                        body.append(
+                            f'{repr(node)}{maybe_type_annotation} = {_format_target(repr(node.args[0]), node.args[1])}')
+                        return
+                    body.append(
+                        f'{repr(node)}{maybe_type_annotation} = {global_name}({_format_args(node.args, node.kwargs)})')
+                    if node.meta.get('is_wrapped', False):
+                        wrapped_fns.setdefault(global_name)
+                    return
+                elif node.op == 'call_module':
+                    assert isinstance(node.target, str)
+                    body.append(f'{repr(node)}{maybe_type_annotation} = '
+                                f'{_format_target(root_module, node.target)}({_format_args(node.args, node.kwargs)})')
+                    return
+                elif node.op == 'get_attr':
+                    assert isinstance(node.target, str)
+                    body.append(f'{repr(node)}{maybe_type_annotation} = {_format_target(root_module, node.target)}')
+                    return
+                elif node.op == 'output':
+                    if node.type is not None:
+                        maybe_return_annotation[0] = f" -> {type_repr(node.type)}"
+                    body.append(self.generate_output(node.args[0]))
+                    return
+                raise NotImplementedError(f'node: {node.op} {node.target}')
+
+            # Modified for activation checkpointing
+            ckpt_func = []
+
+            # if any node has a list of labels for activation_checkpoint, we
+            # will use nested type of activation checkpoint codegen
+            if any(isinstance(getattr(node, "activation_checkpoint", None), Iterable) for node in nodes):
+                emit_code_with_nested_activation_checkpoint(body, ckpt_func, nodes, emit_node, delete_unused_values)
+            else:
+                emit_code_with_activation_checkpoint(body, ckpt_func, nodes, emit_node, delete_unused_values)
+
+            if len(body) == 0:
+                # If the Graph has no non-placeholder nodes, no lines for the body
+                # have been emitted. To continue to have valid Python code, emit a
+                # single pass statement
+                body.append('pass\n')
+
+            if len(wrapped_fns) > 0:
+                wrap_name = add_global('wrap', torch.fx.wrap)
+                wrap_stmts = '\n'.join([f'{wrap_name}("{name}")' for name in wrapped_fns])
+            else:
+                wrap_stmts = ''
+
+            if self._body_transformer:
+                body = self._body_transformer(body)
+
+            for name, value in self.additional_globals():
+                add_global(name, value)
+
+            # as we need colossalai.utils.checkpoint, we need to import colossalai
+            # in forward function
+            prologue = self.gen_fn_def(free_vars, maybe_return_annotation[0])
+            prologue = ''.join(ckpt_func) + prologue
+            prologue = prologue
+
+            code = ''.join(body)
+            code = '\n'.join('    ' + line for line in code.split('\n'))
+            fn_code = f"""
+{wrap_stmts}
+
+{prologue}
+{code}"""
+            return PythonCode(fn_code, globals_)
+
+else:
+
+    def python_code_with_activation_checkpoint(self, root_module: str, namespace: _Namespace) -> PythonCode:
+        """
+        This method is copied from the _python_code of torch.fx.graph.Graph. Modifications are made so that it can generate
+        code for activation checkpoint.
+        """
+        free_vars: List[str] = []
+        body: List[str] = []
+        globals_: Dict[str, Any] = {}
+        wrapped_fns: Dict[str, None] = {}
+
+        # Wrap string in list to pass by reference
+        maybe_return_annotation: List[str] = ['']
+
+        def add_global(name_hint: str, obj: Any):
+            """Add an obj to be tracked as a global.
+
+            We call this for names that reference objects external to the
+            Graph, like functions or types.
+
+            Returns: the global name that should be used to reference 'obj' in generated source.
+            """
+            if _is_from_torch(obj) and obj != torch.device:    # to support registering torch.device
+                # HACK: workaround for how torch custom ops are registered. We
+                # can't import them like normal modules so they must retain their
+                # fully qualified name.
+                return _get_qualified_name(obj)
+
+            # normalize the name hint to get a proper identifier
+            global_name = namespace.create_name(name_hint, obj)
+
+            if global_name in globals_:
+                assert globals_[global_name] is obj
+                return global_name
+            globals_[global_name] = obj
+            return global_name
+
+        # set _custom_builtins here so that we needn't import colossalai in forward
+        _custom_builtins["colossalai"] = _CustomBuiltin("import colossalai", colossalai)
+
+        # Pre-fill the globals table with registered builtins.
+        for name, (_, obj) in _custom_builtins.items():
+            add_global(name, obj)
+
+        def type_repr(o: Any):
+            if o == ():
+                # Empty tuple is used for empty tuple type annotation Tuple[()]
+                return '()'
+
+            typename = _type_repr(o)
+
+            # This is a generic type, e.g. typing.List[torch.Tensor]
+            if hasattr(o, '__origin__'):
+                origin_type = _origin_type_map.get(o.__origin__, o.__origin__)
+                origin_typename = add_global(_type_repr(origin_type), origin_type)
+
+                # Assign global names for each of the inner type variables.
+                args = [type_repr(arg) for arg in o.__args__]
+
+                return f'{origin_typename}[{",".join(args)}]'
+
+            # Common case: this is a regular module name like 'foo.bar.baz'
+            return add_global(typename, o)
+
+        # Run through reverse nodes and record the first instance of a use
+        # of a given node. This represents the *last* use of the node in the
+        # execution order of the program, which we will use to free unused
+        # values
+        node_to_last_use: Dict[Node, Node] = {}
+        user_to_last_uses: Dict[Node, List[Node]] = {}
+
+        def register_last_uses(n: Node, user: Node):
+            if n not in node_to_last_use:
+                node_to_last_use[n] = user
+                user_to_last_uses.setdefault(user, []).append(n)
+
+        for node in reversed(self.nodes):
+            map_arg(node.args, lambda n: register_last_uses(n, node))
+            map_arg(node.kwargs, lambda n: register_last_uses(n, node))
+
+        # NOTE: we add a variable to distinguish body and ckpt_func
+        def delete_unused_values(user: Node, body):
+            """
+            Delete values after their last use. This ensures that values that are
+            not used in the remainder of the code are freed and the memory usage
+            of the code is optimal.
+            """
+            if user.op == 'placeholder':
+                return
+            if user.op == 'output':
+                body.append('\n')
+                return
+            nodes_to_delete = user_to_last_uses.get(user, [])
+            if len(nodes_to_delete):
+                to_delete_str = ' = '.join([repr(n) for n in nodes_to_delete] + ['None'])
+                body.append(f';  {to_delete_str}\n')
+            else:
+                body.append('\n')
+
+        # NOTE: we add a variable to distinguish body and ckpt_func
+        def emit_node(node: Node, body):
+            maybe_type_annotation = '' if node.type is None else f' : {type_repr(node.type)}'
+            if node.op == 'placeholder':
+                assert isinstance(node.target, str)
+                maybe_default_arg = '' if not node.args else f' = {repr(node.args[0])}'
+                free_vars.append(f'{node.target}{maybe_type_annotation}{maybe_default_arg}')
+                raw_name = node.target.replace('*', '')
+                if raw_name != repr(node):
+                    body.append(f'{repr(node)} = {raw_name}\n')
+                return
+            elif node.op == 'call_method':
+                assert isinstance(node.target, str)
+                body.append(f'{repr(node)}{maybe_type_annotation} = {_format_target(repr(node.args[0]), node.target)}'
+                            f'({_format_args(node.args[1:], node.kwargs)})')
+                return
+            elif node.op == 'call_function':
+                assert callable(node.target)
+                # pretty print operators
+                if node.target.__module__ == '_operator' and node.target.__name__ in magic_methods:
+                    assert isinstance(node.args, tuple)
+                    body.append(f'{repr(node)}{maybe_type_annotation} = '
+                                f'{magic_methods[node.target.__name__].format(*(repr(a) for a in node.args))}')
+                    return
+                qualified_name = _get_qualified_name(node.target)
+                global_name = add_global(qualified_name, node.target)
+                # special case for getattr: node.args could be 2-argument or 3-argument
+                # 2-argument: attribute access; 3-argument: fall through to attrib function call with default value
+                if global_name == 'getattr' and \
+                   isinstance(node.args, tuple) and \
+                   isinstance(node.args[1], str) and \
+                   node.args[1].isidentifier() and \
+                   len(node.args) == 2:
+                    body.append(
+                        f'{repr(node)}{maybe_type_annotation} = {_format_target(repr(node.args[0]), node.args[1])}')
+                    return
+                body.append(
+                    f'{repr(node)}{maybe_type_annotation} = {global_name}({_format_args(node.args, node.kwargs)})')
+                if node.meta.get('is_wrapped', False):
+                    wrapped_fns.setdefault(global_name)
+                return
+            elif node.op == 'call_module':
+                assert isinstance(node.target, str)
+                body.append(f'{repr(node)}{maybe_type_annotation} = '
+                            f'{_format_target(root_module, node.target)}({_format_args(node.args, node.kwargs)})')
+                return
+            elif node.op == 'get_attr':
+                assert isinstance(node.target, str)
+                body.append(f'{repr(node)}{maybe_type_annotation} = {_format_target(root_module, node.target)}')
+                return
+            elif node.op == 'output':
+                if node.type is not None:
+                    maybe_return_annotation[0] = f" -> {type_repr(node.type)}"
+                if self._pytree_info is None:
+                    body.append(f'return {repr(node.args[0])}')
+                else:
+                    body.append(f'return pytree.tree_unflatten({repr(node.args[0])}, self._out_spec)')
+                return
+            raise NotImplementedError(f'node: {node.op} {node.target}')
+
+        # Modified for activation checkpointing
+        ckpt_func = []
+
+        # if any node has a list of labels for activation_checkpoint, we
+        # will use nested type of activation checkpoint codegen
+        if any(isinstance(getattr(node, "activation_checkpoint", None), Iterable) for node in self.nodes):
+            emit_code_with_nested_activation_checkpoint(body, ckpt_func, self.nodes, emit_node, delete_unused_values)
+        else:
+            emit_code_with_activation_checkpoint(body, ckpt_func, self.nodes, emit_node, delete_unused_values)
+
+        if len(body) == 0:
+            # If the Graph has no non-placeholder nodes, no lines for the body
+            # have been emitted. To continue to have valid Python code, emit a
+            # single pass statement
+            body.append('pass\n')
+        if self._pytree_info is not None:
+            orig_args = self._pytree_info.orig_args
+            has_orig_self = (orig_args[0] == 'self')
+            if has_orig_self:
+                free_vars.insert(0, 'self')
+            if len(free_vars) > 0:    # pytree has placeholders in it
+                body.insert(
+                    0,
+                    f"{', '.join(free_vars)}, = fx_pytree.tree_flatten_spec([{', '.join(orig_args)}], self._in_spec)\n")
+        else:
+            orig_args = free_vars
+
+        if len(wrapped_fns) > 0:
+            wrap_name = add_global('wrap', torch.fx.wrap)
+            wrap_stmts = '\n'.join([f'{wrap_name}("{name}")' for name in wrapped_fns])
+        else:
+            wrap_stmts = ''
+
+        ckpt_func = ''.join(ckpt_func)
+
+        # If the original function didn't have self as its first argument, we
+        # would have added it.
+        if len(orig_args) == 0 or orig_args[0] != 'self':
+            orig_args.insert(0, 'self')
+        code = ''.join(body)
+        code = '\n'.join('    ' + line for line in code.split('\n'))
+
+        # as we need colossalai.utils.checkpoint, we need to import colossalai
+        # in forward function
+        fn_code = f"""
+{wrap_stmts}
+
+{ckpt_func}
+def forward({', '.join(orig_args)}){maybe_return_annotation[0]}:
+{code}"""
+        return PythonCode(fn_code, globals_)
diff --git a/chunk_codegen_run.py b/chunk_codegen_run.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9ac399a29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chunk_codegen_run.py
@@ -0,0 +1,177 @@
+import copy
+import torch
+import torch.nn.functional as F
+import pytest
+import torch.multiprocessing as mp
+from torch.fx import GraphModule
+from colossalai.fx import ColoTracer
+import colossalai
+from colossalai.utils import free_port
+from colossalai.core import global_context as gpc
+from colossalai.fx.graph_module import ColoGraphModule
+
+try:
+    from chunk_codegen import ActivationCheckpointCodeGen
+    with_codegen = True
+except:
+    # fall back to older pytorch version
+    from chunk_codegen import python_code_with_activation_checkpoint
+    with_codegen = False
+
+
+class MyNet(torch.nn.Module):
+
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        super().__init__()
+        self.linear0 = torch.nn.Linear(4, 4)
+        self.linear1 = torch.nn.Linear(4, 4)
+        self.linear2 = torch.nn.Linear(4, 4)
+        self.linear3 = torch.nn.Linear(4, 4)
+        self.linear4 = torch.nn.Linear(4, 4)
+        self.linear5 = torch.nn.Linear(4, 4)
+        self.linear6 = torch.nn.Linear(4, 4)
+
+    def forward(self, x):
+        x = self.linear0(x)
+        x = self.linear1(x)
+        x = self.linear2(x)
+        x = self.linear3(x)
+        x = self.linear4(x)
+        x = self.linear5(x)
+        x = self.linear6(x)
+        return x
+
+
+def _is_all_gradient_close(m: torch.nn.Module, gm: GraphModule) -> bool:
+    for m_p, gm_p in zip(m.parameters(), gm.parameters()):
+        if not torch.allclose(m_p.grad, gm_p.grad):
+            return False
+    return True
+
+
+def _test_fwd_and_bwd(model: torch.nn.Module, gm: ColoGraphModule, data: torch.Tensor):
+
+    # test forward
+    non_fx_out = model(data)
+    fx_out = gm(data)
+    assert torch.equal(non_fx_out, fx_out), "fx_out doesn't comply with original output"
+
+    # test barckward
+    loss0 = non_fx_out.sum()
+    loss0.backward()
+    loss1 = fx_out.sum()
+    loss1.backward()
+    assert _is_all_gradient_close(model, gm), "gm doesn't have the same gradient as original one"
+
+
+def _run_offload_codegen(rank):
+    # launch colossalai to make sure we could execute colossalai.utils.checkpoint currectly
+    colossalai.launch(config={}, rank=rank, world_size=1, host='localhost', port=free_port(), backend='nccl')
+
+    # build model and input
+    model = MyNet().cuda()
+    data = torch.rand(4, 4).cuda()
+
+    # trace the module and replace codegen
+    tracer = ColoTracer(trace_act_ckpt=True)
+    graph = tracer.trace(model)
+    codegen = ActivationCheckpointCodeGen()
+    graph.set_codegen(codegen)
+
+    # annotate the activation offload part
+    # also annotate the activation_checkpoint so we could test both types
+    # of input offload
+    for node in graph.nodes:
+        if node.name == "linear0":
+            setattr(node, "activation_offload", [0, True, False])
+        if node.name == "linear1":
+            setattr(node, "activation_offload", [0, True, False])
+        if node.name == "linear2":
+            setattr(node, "activation_offload", [1, True, True])
+        if node.name == "linear4":
+            setattr(node, "activation_offload", [2, False, True])
+        if node.name == "linear5":
+            setattr(node, "activation_checkpoint", [0])
+            setattr(node, "activation_offload", True)
+
+    gm = ColoGraphModule(copy.deepcopy(model), graph)
+    gm.recompile()
+
+    # assert we have all the components
+    code = graph.python_code("self").src
+    assert "def pack_hook_input(self, x):" in code and \
+    "def unpack_hook(self, packed):" in code and \
+    "def pack_hook_no_input(self, x):" in code and \
+    "setattr(x, 'offload', True)" in code and \
+    "setattr(linear3, 'offload', False)" in code and \
+    "with torch.autograd.graph.saved_tensors_hooks(self.pack_hook_input, self.unpack_hook):" in code and \
+    "with torch.autograd.graph.save_on_cpu(pin_memory=True):" in code and \
+    "with torch.autograd.graph.saved_tensors_hooks(self.pack_hook_no_input, self.unpack_hook):" in code and \
+    "colossalai.utils.activation_checkpoint.checkpoint(self.checkpoint_0, True, linear4, use_reentrant=False)" in code
+
+    _test_fwd_and_bwd(model, gm, data)
+    gpc.destroy()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(not with_codegen, reason='torch version is lower than 1.12.0')
+def test_act_ckpt_codegen():
+    mp.spawn(_run_offload_codegen, nprocs=1)
+
+
+def _run_offload_codegen_torch11(rank):
+    # launch colossalai to make sure we could execute colossalai.utils.checkpoint currectly
+    colossalai.launch(config={}, rank=rank, world_size=1, host='localhost', port=free_port(), backend='nccl')
+
+    # build model and input
+    model = MyNet().cuda()
+    data = torch.rand(4, 4).cuda()
+
+    # trace the module and replace codegen
+    tracer = ColoTracer(trace_act_ckpt=True)
+    graph = tracer.trace(model)
+
+    # replace a bound method of an object
+    graph._python_code = python_code_with_activation_checkpoint.__get__(graph)
+
+    # annotate the activation offload part
+    # also annotate the activation_checkpoint so we could test both types
+    # of input offload
+    for node in graph.nodes:
+        if node.name == "linear0":
+            setattr(node, "activation_offload", [0, True, False])
+        if node.name == "linear1":
+            setattr(node, "activation_offload", [0, True, False])
+        if node.name == "linear2":
+            setattr(node, "activation_offload", [1, True, True])
+        if node.name == "linear4":
+            setattr(node, "activation_offload", [2, False, True])
+        if node.name == "linear5":
+            setattr(node, "activation_checkpoint", [0])
+            setattr(node, "activation_offload", True)
+
+    gm = ColoGraphModule(copy.deepcopy(model), graph)
+    gm.recompile()
+
+    # assert we have all the components
+    code = graph.python_code("self").src
+    assert "def pack_hook_input(self, x):" in code and \
+    "def unpack_hook(self, packed):" in code and \
+    "def pack_hook_no_input(self, x):" in code and \
+    "setattr(x, 'offload', True)" in code and \
+    "setattr(linear3, 'offload', False)" in code and \
+    "with torch.autograd.graph.saved_tensors_hooks(self.pack_hook_input, self.unpack_hook):" in code and \
+    "with torch.autograd.graph.save_on_cpu(pin_memory=True):" in code and \
+    "with torch.autograd.graph.saved_tensors_hooks(self.pack_hook_no_input, self.unpack_hook):" in code and \
+    "colossalai.utils.activation_checkpoint.checkpoint(self.checkpoint_0, True, linear4, use_reentrant=False)" in code
+
+    _test_fwd_and_bwd(model, gm, data)
+    gpc.destroy()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skip(reason="currently torch11 ColoGraphModule is not implemented")
+def test_act_ckpt_python_code_torch11():
+    mp.spawn(_run_offload_codegen_torch11, nprocs=1)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    _run_offload_codegen(0)