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# flake8: noqa C101
import itertools
from typing import Union, Iterable, Dict, Iterator

import torch
import torch.distributed as dist
# The two imports below are not always available depending on the
# USE_DISTRIBUTED compile flag. Make sure they raise import error
# if we're trying to use them.
from torch.distributed import ProcessGroup, group

__all__ = ["average_parameters", "get_params_to_average", "average_parameters_or_parameter_groups"]

def average_parameters(
    params: Iterator[torch.nn.Parameter], process_group: ProcessGroup
):
    """
    Averages all the given parameters.
    For allreduce efficiency, all the parameters are flattened into a contiguous buffer.
    Thus, it requires extra memory of the same size as the given parameters.
    """
    group_to_use = process_group if process_group is not None else group.WORLD
    # Do not update any parameter if not in the process group.
    if dist._rank_not_in_group(group_to_use):
        return

    params_it1, params_it2 = itertools.tee(params)
    # If the input parameters have different data types,
    # packing these parameters will trigger an implicit type up-casting.
    # The original parameter data types will be restored during the subsequent unpacking.
    flat_params = torch.cat([p.data.reshape(-1) for p in params_it1])
    flat_params /= dist.get_world_size(group_to_use)
    # Make sure the allreduce will not conflict with any other ongoing process group.
    if torch.cuda.is_available():
        torch.cuda.synchronize()
    dist.all_reduce(flat_params, group=group_to_use)

    offset = 0
    for p in params_it2:
        p.data = flat_params[offset : offset + p.numel()].view_as(p).type_as(p)
        offset += p.numel()


def get_params_to_average(params: Union[Iterable[torch.nn.Parameter], Iterable[Dict[str, torch.nn.Parameter]]]):
    """
    Returns a list of parameters that need to average, which filters out the parameters that do not contain any gradients.
    Args:
        params: The parameters of a model or parameter groups of an optimizer.
    """
    filtered_params = []
    for param in params:
        if isinstance(param, torch.nn.Parameter):
            # model.parameters() input
            param_data = param
            if param_data.grad is not None:
                filtered_params.append(param_data)
        elif isinstance(param, dict):
            # optimizer.param_groups input
            for param_data in param["params"]:
                if param_data.grad is not None:
                    filtered_params.append(param_data)
        else:
            raise NotImplementedError(f"Parameter input of type {type(param)} is not supported")
    return filtered_params


def average_parameters_or_parameter_groups(params: Union[Iterable[torch.nn.Parameter], Iterable[Dict[str, torch.nn.Parameter]]], process_group: ProcessGroup):
    """
    Averages parameters of a model or parameter groups of an optimizer.
    """
    average_parameters(iter(get_params_to_average(params)), process_group)