Source code for mindspore.nn.wrap.grad_reducer

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"""grad reducer cell for distributed training"""
from mindspore.nn.cell import Cell
from mindspore.communication.management import GlobalComm, get_group_size
from mindspore.ops import functional as F, composite as C, operations as P
from mindspore.ops.operations.comm_ops import AllReduce, ReduceOp, AllGather
import mindspore.common.dtype as mstype

reduce_opt = C.MultitypeFuncGraph("reduce_opt")

_all_reduce = AllReduce()
_all_gather = None


def _init_optimizer_communication():
    global _all_reduce
    global _all_gather

    _all_reduce = AllReduce(ReduceOp.SUM, GlobalComm.WORLD_COMM_GROUP)
    _all_reduce.add_prim_attr('fusion', 1)
    _all_gather = AllGather(GlobalComm.WORLD_COMM_GROUP)


@reduce_opt.register("Function", "Number", "Bool", "Tensor")
def _tensors_allreduce_mean(mul, degree, allreduce_filter, grad):
    """
    Apply mean and allreduce on gradient. Allreduce is a communication operation used for distributed deep learning.

    Args:
        mul (Primitive): Div operation.
        degree (int): The mean coefficient.
        allreduce_filter (bool): When it is true, allreduce would apply.
        grad (Tensor): The gradient tensor before operation.

    Returns:
        Tensor, the gradient tensor after operation.
    """
    if allreduce_filter:
        degree = F.scalar_cast(degree, F.dtype(grad))
        grad = _all_reduce(grad)
        cast_op = P.Cast()
        return mul(grad, cast_op(F.scalar_to_array(1.0/degree), F.dtype(grad)))
    return grad


@reduce_opt.register("Function", "Number", "Bool", "Tuple")
def _tensors_allreduce_mean_with_sparse(mul, degree, allreduce_filter, grad):
    """
    Apply mean and allgather on gradient instead of allreduce for sparse feature.
    Allgather is a communication operation used for distributed deep learning.

    Args:
        mul (Primitive): Div operation.
        degree (int): The mean coefficient.
        allreduce_filter (bool): When it is true, allgather would apply.
        grad (Tuple): The indices, gradient tensor and tensor_shape before operation.

    Returns:
        Tuple, include indices, the gradient tensor and tensor_shape after operation.
    """
    if allreduce_filter:
        indices = _all_gather(grad[0])
        degree = F.scalar_cast(degree, F.dtype(grad[1]))
        dout = _all_gather(grad[1])
        cast_op = P.Cast()
        dout = mul(dout, cast_op(F.scalar_to_array(1.0 / degree), F.dtype(dout)))
        grad = (indices, dout, grad[2])
    return grad


@reduce_opt.register("Bool", "Tensor")
def _tensors_allreduce(allreduce_filter, grad):
    """
    Apply allreduce on gradient.

    Args:
        allreduce_filter (bool): When it is true, allreduce would apply.
        grad (Tensor): The gradient tensor before operation.

    Returns:
        Tensor, the gradient tensor after operation.
    """
    if allreduce_filter:
        return _all_reduce(grad)
    return grad


@reduce_opt.register("Bool", "Tuple")
def _tensors_allreduce_with_sparse(allreduce_filter, grad):
    """
    Apply mean and allgather on gradient instead of allreduce for sparse feature.
    Allgather is a communication operation used for distributed deep learning.

    Args:
        allreduce_filter (bool): When it is true, allgather would apply.
        grad (Tuple): The indices, gradient tensor and tensor_shape before operation.

    Returns:
        Tuple, include indices, the gradient tensor and tensor_shape after operation.
    """
    if allreduce_filter:
        indices = _all_gather(grad[0])
        dout = _all_gather(grad[1])
        grad = (indices, dout, grad[2])
    return grad


_get_datatype = C.MultitypeFuncGraph("_get_datatype")


@_get_datatype.register("Tensor")
def _tensors_get_datatype(grad):
    """
    Acquire gradient datatype.

    Args:
        grad (Tensor): The gradient tensor before operation.

    Returns:
        mstype, the datatype of gradient.
    """
    return F.dtype(grad)


@_get_datatype.register("Tuple")
def _tensors_get_datatype_with_sparse(grad):
    """
    Acquire gradient datatype.

    Args:
        grad (Tuple): The gradient tensor before operation.

    Returns:
        mstype, the datatype of gradient.
    """
    return F.dtype(grad[1])


_cast_datatype = C.MultitypeFuncGraph("_cast_datatype")


@_cast_datatype.register("TypeType", "Tensor")
def _tensors_cast_datatype(datatype, grad):
    """
    Cast gradient to datatype.

    Args:
        datatype (mstype): the destination datatype of gradient.
        grad (Tensor): The gradient tensor before operation.

    Returns:
        Tensor, the gradient tensor after operation.
    """
    return F.cast(grad, datatype)


@_cast_datatype.register("TypeType", "Tuple")
def _tensors_cast_datatype_with_sparse(datatype, grad):
    """
    Cast gradient to datatype.

    Args:
        datatype (mstype): the destination datatype of gradient.
        grad (Tuple): The gradient tensor before operation.

    Returns:
        Tuple, the gradient tuple after operation.
    """
    dout = F.cast(grad[1], datatype)
    return (grad[0], dout, grad[2])


[docs]class DistributedGradReducer(Cell): """ A distributed optimizer. Constructs a gradient reducer Cell, which applies communication and average operations on single-process gradient values. Args: parameters (list): the parameters to be updated. mean (bool): When mean is true, the mean coefficient (degree) would apply on gradients. Default: False. degree (int): The mean coefficient. Usually it equals to device number. Default: None. Raises: ValueError: If degree is not a int or less than 0. Examples: >>> from mindspore.communication import init, get_group_size >>> from mindspore.ops import composite as C >>> from mindspore.ops import operations as P >>> from mindspore.ops import functional as F >>> from mindspore import context >>> from mindspore import nn >>> from mindspore import ParallelMode, ParameterTuple >>> >>> device_id = int(os.environ["DEVICE_ID"]) >>> context.set_context(mode=context.GRAPH_MODE, device_target="Ascend", save_graphs=True, >>> device_id=int(device_id)) >>> init() >>> context.reset_auto_parallel_context() >>> context.set_auto_parallel_context(parallel_mode=ParallelMode.DATA_PARALLEL) >>> >>> >>> class TrainingWrapper(nn.Cell): >>> def __init__(self, network, optimizer, sens=1.0): >>> super(TrainingWrapper, self).__init__(auto_prefix=False) >>> self.network = network >>> self.network.add_flags(defer_inline=True) >>> self.weights = optimizer.parameters >>> self.optimizer = optimizer >>> self.grad = C.GradOperation('grad', get_by_list=True, sens_param=True) >>> self.sens = sens >>> self.reducer_flag = False >>> self.grad_reducer = None >>> self.parallel_mode = context.get_auto_parallel_context("parallel_mode") >>> if self.parallel_mode in [ParallelMode.DATA_PARALLEL, >>> ParallelMode.HYBRID_PARALLEL]: >>> self.reducer_flag = True >>> if self.reducer_flag: >>> mean = context.get_auto_parallel_context("mirror_mean") >>> if mean.get_device_num_is_set(): >>> degree = context.get_auto_parallel_context("device_num") >>> else: >>> degree = get_group_size() >>> self.grad_reducer = nn.DistributedGradReducer(optimizer.parameters, mean, degree) >>> >>> def construct(self, *args): >>> weights = self.weights >>> loss = self.network(*args) >>> sens = P.Fill()(P.DType()(loss), P.Shape()(loss), self.sens) >>> grads = self.grad(self.network, weights)(*args, sens) >>> if self.reducer_flag: >>> # apply grad reducer on grads >>> grads = self.grad_reducer(grads) >>> return F.depend(loss, self.optimizer(grads)) >>> >>> network = Net() >>> optimizer = nn.Momentum(network.trainable_params(), learning_rate=0.1, momentum=0.9) >>> train_cell = TrainingWrapper(network, optimizer) >>> inputs = Tensor(np.ones([16, 16]).astype(np.float32)) >>> label = Tensor(np.zeros([16, 16]).astype(np.float32)) >>> grads = train_cell(inputs, label) """ def __init__(self, parameters, mean=True, degree=None): super(DistributedGradReducer, self).__init__(auto_prefix=False) self.map_ = C.Map() self.mul = P.Mul() if degree is None: self.degree = get_group_size() else: if not isinstance(degree, int) or degree <= 0: raise ValueError("Parameter 'degree' in DistributedGradReducer should large than 0 and be int") self.degree = degree self.mean = mean self.allreduce_filter = tuple(x.layerwise_parallel is False for x in parameters) _init_optimizer_communication()
[docs] def construct(self, grads): """ In some circumstances, the data precision of grads could be mixed with float16 and float32. Thus, the result of AllReduce is unreliable. To solve the problem, grads should be cast to float32 before AllReduce, and cast back after the operation. Args: grads (Union[Tensor, tuple[Tensor]]): The gradient tensor or tuple before operation. Returns: new_grads (Union[Tensor, tuple[Tensor]]), the gradient tensor or tuple after operation. """ datatypes = self.map_(F.partial(_get_datatype), grads) grads = self.map_(F.partial(_cast_datatype, mstype.float32), grads) if self.mean: new_grad = self.map_(F.partial(reduce_opt, self.mul, self.degree), self.allreduce_filter, grads) else: new_grad = self.map_(F.partial(reduce_opt), self.allreduce_filter, grads) new_grad = self.map_(F.partial(_cast_datatype), datatypes, new_grad) return new_grad