#!/usr/bin/env python import torch.distributed as dist from torch._utils import _flatten_dense_tensors, _unflatten_dense_tensors from colossalai.core import global_context as gpc from colossalai.registry import GRADIENT_HANDLER from ._base_gradient_handler import BaseGradientHandler from collections import defaultdict @GRADIENT_HANDLER.register_module class PipelineSharedModuleGradientHandler(BaseGradientHandler): """A helper class to handle all-reduce operations in sub parallel groups. A all-reduce collective communication will be operated in :func:`handle_gradient` among all sub pipeline parallel groups. For better performance, it bucketizes the gradients of all parameters that are the same type to improve the efficiency of communication. """ def handle_gradient(self): """A method running a all-reduce operation in sub pipeline parallel groups. """ if gpc.pipeline_parallel_size > 1: # bucketize and all-reduce buckets = defaultdict(lambda: defaultdict(list)) # Pack the buckets. for param in self._model.parameters(): group = getattr(param, 'pipeline_shared_module_pg', None) if param.requires_grad and param.grad is not None and group is not None: tp = param.data.type() buckets[group][tp].append(param) # For each bucket, all-reduce and copy all-reduced grads. for group, group_buckets in buckets.items(): for tp, bucket in group_buckets.items(): grads = [param.grad.data for param in bucket] coalesced = _flatten_dense_tensors(grads) dist.all_reduce(coalesced, op=dist.ReduceOp.SUM, group=group) for buf, synced in zip(grads, _unflatten_dense_tensors(coalesced, grads)): buf.copy_(synced)