# 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)