* test

* test

* rm test

* update

* update

* update

* add unittest

* update

* update save

* default dist op

* add dist_attr for dist op

* add unitest

* update inputname

* update function name

* add unitest

* update CMakeLists.txt for CI

* fix dis_matmul

* fix compile error

* update matmul to matmul_v2

* unify api

* unify api

* todo

* update distop forward func

* update distop forward func

* auto parallel backward

* update dist op

* autoparallel backward

* add backward for embedding

* temp1

* temp2

* temp3

* temp4

* backward done1

* backward done2

* backward done3

* dist embedding remove mp mode

* dist matmul remove mp mode

* update dist embedding
『

* dist op init1

* dist op init 2

* update unitest

* context remove parallel mode

* partitioner remove parallel mode

* update unitest

* a more general method to support varying mesh in pipeline parallel

* support varying mesh in pipeline parallel

* embedding support varying mesh in pipeline parallel

* matmul support varying mesh in pipeline parallel

* default dist op support varying mesh in pipeline parallel

* dist attribute for startup program

* default dist op support varying mesh in pipeline parallel 2

* partitoner support varying mesh in pipeline parallel

* revise logic for auto compeletion

* revise framework.py

* revise reshard unitest

* revise unitest for parallelize

* chmod

* fixed bug for dist embedding name mapping

* Improve the interface and the underlying mechanisms of auto parallel

* revise completion for backward

* revise completion for update

* revise completion for update

* update unitest

* chmod

* bugfix for grad_op output var's mesh

* Modify codes for pr 36744

* Remove unnecessary comments in framework.py

* Remove unnecessary comments in completion.py
Co-authored-by: NJZ-LIANG <jianzhongliang10@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Nzhaoyingli <zhaoyingli@baidu.com>
Co-authored-by: NJZ-LIANG <38102074+JZ-LIANG@users.noreply.github.com>

* fix bug

* add launch doc

* update, test=develop

* add auto_parallel dir

* mv to paddle.distributed

* add shard_xx api

* add distributed attrs for var

* add ut, test=develop

* add dist

* update

* update

* update

* update

* update

* update, test=develop

* update, test=develop

* update, test=develop

* update, test=develop

* update, test=develop

* update, test=develop

* update, test=develop

* update

* update

* update

* update

* update

* update, test=develop

* update, test=develop

* update

* update

* delete unused proto

* resotre op_desc

* restore type_defs

* update var_desc

* remove dimss_mapping for proto_pybind

* update interface.py

* update framework.py

* update

* update

* add auto_parallel dir

* mv to paddle.distributed

* add shard_xx api

* add distributed attrs for var

* add ut, test=develop

* [WIP] Add the auto completion feature and related codes

* [WIP] Improve the auto completion and related codes

* [WIP] Make the auto completion to support data-parallel

* [WIP] Make the completion support mp and dp+mp

* [WIP] Refactor auto completion unit test for MLP

* [WIP] Refactor the implementation of DistributedOperatorImpl

* [WIP] Improve dims_mapping update rule and fix a bug

* [WIP] Support auto completion for one transformer decoder layer

* [WIP] Add a minor change

* [WIP] Fix a bug within the uint test

* Shard XShape tensor, add embedding completion and refactor code

* Add the distributed_operators dir to setup.py.in

* Improve the completion process and add the unittest for gpt

* fix process_mesh ut

* fix process_mesh ut

* update

* update, test=develop

* Add support for automatically completing distributed attrs of special ops

* update

* update

* update

* fix doc sample codes, test=develop

* improve coverage, test=develop

* add static_mode check, test=develop

* Model the cluster for cost model and physical mapping

* update, test=develop

* add set_placement, test=develop

* Add the check to make sure the candidate tensors' size is great than zero

* update doc, test=develop

* update doc, test=develop

* update doc, test=develop

* update doc, test=develop

* update, test=develop

* Auto mark dist attrs annotated by user

* update ndarray to nested list, test=develop

* update, test=develop

* Add auto-completion module for auto-parallel (based on PR#33804)

* Remove unnecessary files

* Remove unrelated files for the auto completion pr

* Update the unit test to improve the coverage

* Modify codes based on reviews

* Minor changes for CI

* Improve some codes based on new comments

* Fix bugs caused by shallow copy in attributes.py
* Imporve amend_distributed_attr_for_program in context.py
* Other changes for weihang's comments
Co-authored-by: Nsandyhouse <lilong12@baidu.com>

* add auto_parallel apis

* fix entry

* fix distributed lookup table fuse case

* fix entry bug at first time

* move entry from paddle.fluid -> paddle.distributed

* fix ut with paddle.enable_static()
Co-authored-by: Nmalin10 <malin10@baidu.com>

* fix api document

* add dygraph parallel run interface

* polish implement & unified env property name

* add print config arg

* refactor init_parallel_env function

* Compatible with multiprocessing and launch modes

* set default trainer start port

* support run in python 2

* polish python2 support code

* remove python2 support

* refine launch import

* polish dome design details

* refactor api implemention & path

* use new method _set_expected_place

* add spawn unittest framework & mnist test

* add more unittests & doc

* fix unittest failed

* polish english doc

* self review and polish details

* refactor code by reviewer's comments

* fix unittest failed

* fix parallel_env unittest

* fix several typos

* fix error introduced when fixing typos

* add unpublic note for start_processes

* polish details by xiaoguang's comment

* verify correctly when spawn nprocs=-1

* refactor spawn & init_parallel_env design

* polish doc details

* open spawn unittests

* try to fix doc compile error

* try to fix unknown doc format error

* add skip unittest when not gpu

add collective op for cpu using gloo and paddle.distributed.* apis

* add launch mp distributed mode module test=develop

* delete unused file test=develop

* refine usage test=develop

* refine usage test=develop

* move distributed package test=develop

* add to whl package test=develop

* Init slim.

* Remove distillation demo.

* Fix import errors.
test=develop

* Fix some issues.
test=develop

* Fix configs.
test=develop

* Modify API.spec.
test=develop

* Fix format.
test=develop

* Fix format.
test=develop

* Add some comments.

ISSUE=4586495

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