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See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License. */ #pragma once #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include "paddle/math/Matrix.h" #include "paddle/math/Vector.h" #include "paddle/parameter/Parameter.h" #include "paddle/parameter/ParameterOptimizer.h" #include "paddle/utils/Locks.h" #include "paddle/utils/Stat.h" #include "paddle/utils/ThreadLocal.h" #include "paddle/utils/TypeDefs.h" #include "ParameterService.pb.h" #include "ProtoServer.h" P_DECLARE_int32(port); namespace paddle { // @TODO(yanfei): // if armed with high density computation resource per node, pserver could also // utilize GPU to reduce overhead. if this mechanism is used, it could pipeline // network receiving and GPU computation to reduce the network overhead even // further. the pipeline could help to accelerate BIG model training. // @TODO:(yanfei) // for cpu and less/low gpu machine, the time exhausted by forward and backward // could be larger than optimization at pserver. However, if armed with lots of // gpus per node and if the model size is so large enough that limited cpu // computation causes big optmization latency, the GPU may be required by // pserver. /** * Client interface for the parameter server * * it implements several rpc API for remote parameter client usage. * for sync-sgd, client needs one controller thread to build connections * to all pservers, these controller connections do barriers * synchronization with these connections used for transfering data. * each data connection uses block based fine grained synchronization * to gain better scalability. Merging gradients from different trainers * are concurrently executed with block units, so that some network * overhead will be hidden in merging gradient. * for async-sgd, the difference is that pserver will do optimization * immediately if the gradients are ready, so that pserver needs to * prepare separate buffer to store value for sending back to trainer * to prevent from being polluted. */ class ParameterServer2 : public ProtoServer { protected: /// parameter_ mutex. RWLock parameterMutex_; typedef std::pair BlockKey; struct BlockKeyHash { size_t operator()(const BlockKey& key) const { return std::hash()(key.first) + key.second; } }; // TODO(yanfei): // if index data structure is based on parameters instead of blocks, the // lookup performance could be better. In addition, the block memory // access almost exhibits good locality, so index data structure and // block data structure can be refined further, especially if gpu is used // for pserver. /** * all parameters are stored in CpuVector with a blockMap_ data structure * to index block data required by requests. */ typedef std::unordered_map BlockMap; /// <(para, block), global offset(byte) in all parameters> BlockMap blockOffsetMap_; /// <(para, block), global idx [0, nBlocksInAllParameters]> BlockMap blockIdMap_; std::vector vectors_; std::vector matrices_; std::vector dataMems_; // TODO(yanfei): // if storing sparse_remote_update() flag in request instead of // reading configMap_, and storing config within new block wise // overview data structure, the config mapping, block mapping // can be unified in single clean data structure. Use para_id // to index parameters, use offset to index block within parameter // and keep two index into single one. /** * mapping between parameter and config * different parameter allows different config, such as decay_rate. * for each request, it need to read config for adding gradient * and optmization. */ std::unordered_map configMap_; /** * to parallelize the multi-thread and multi-connnection * computation at pserver, it use block unit to reduce * the contention for computation, even further use block * level optimizater control for each block for some special * reason annotated below. */ struct BlockInfo { const ParameterConfig* config; std::unique_ptr lock; /// global offset for all parameters uint64_t offset; /** * * Async sgd in pserver is very different from sync sgd. * Each trainer follows startBatch, update*, finishBatch as in * sync sgd, but all these actions are almost executed by * multi-core and multi-thread simutaneously, so that async * sgd optimization is based on block level in reality, then * per block optimization is necessary indeed. In addition, * per block optimization is also perfered for performance * with multithreads. */ std::unique_ptr optimizer; }; std::vector blockInfos_; typedef std::vector> BlockSegments; /// Because some blocks might not be fully used. We keep a /// record of which segments are used. BlockSegments usedSegments_; /// record pserver status, all status defined in ParameterService.pb PServerStatus status_; /// record all samples processed which could be used by optimizater std::atomic numSamplesProcessed_; double cost_; int mpiSize_; int dataSize_; /// configuration for current parameter optimizer OptimizationConfig config_; /** * The ReadWriteBuffer is based on std::vector, but aligned for avx/sse * compute. And add some helper method to allocate memory aligned blocks. * * @param T type of element. * @param AlignBytes the memory aligned bytes for allocated blocks. */ template class ReadWriteBuffer : public std::vector> { public: static_assert(sizeof(T) % AlignBytes == 0 || AlignBytes % sizeof(T) == 0, "Type T must be able to aligned."); /** * @brief IsTLargerThanAlign compiled time calculated constant for is type * T larger than alignments. */ constexpr static bool IsTLargerThanAlign = sizeof(T) >= AlignBytes; static_assert(std::is_pod::value, "T must be POD type."); /** * @brief if AlignBytes > sizeof(T), then will calcuate how many elements * can be stored in AlignBytes. */ constexpr static size_t AlignElementCount = AlignBytes / sizeof(T); static_assert(AlignElementCount == (AlignElementCount & -AlignElementCount) || AlignBytes > sizeof(T), "AlignElementCount should be exp of 2"); /** * @brief Resize Buffer, with block count that will be allocated. Each block * will be memory aligned in AlignBytes. * @param size The element count in all blocks. * @param alignBlockCount The block count that will be allocated. */ void resizeWithAlignHints(size_t size, size_t alignBlockCount = 1) { if (IsTLargerThanAlign) { //! So, each elements is memory aligned. this->resize(size); } else { //! at most, we need such elements in buffer to make sure each block is //! aligned. this->resize(size + alignBlockCount * (AlignElementCount - 1)); } } /** * @brief reset aligned allocate blocks. */ void resetAlignAlloc() { this->curOffset_ = 0; } /** * @brief get next aligned block address. * @param blockSize is the element count in each block. * @return Aligned block address. */ T* nextBlock(size_t blockSize) { T* r = &this->operator[](curOffset_); curOffset_ += blockSize; if (!IsTLargerThanAlign) { curOffset_ = (curOffset_ + AlignElementCount - 1) & ~(AlignElementCount - 1); } return r; } private: size_t curOffset_; }; /// to buffer the data from network for further processing to /// reduce redundant memory allocation. ThreadLocal> readWriteBuffer_; /// size of the parameter int64_t size_; /// for synchronized training, check details in addGradient() /// and doOperation() ThreadBarrier gradientReadyBarrier_; ThreadBarrier parameterReadyBarrier_; ThreadBarrier passBarrier_; ThreadLocal> requestVec_; ThreadLocal> callbackVec_; std::atomic numPassFinishClients_; bool allClientPassFinish_; std::vector> synchronizeBarriers_; std::atomic serverId_; /** * * for lagged async gradient gradient commit control in Async Sgd. * discard lagged gradients from too slow nodes, whose gradients * exhibits bad quality. * Algorithm: * pserver: * 1. initial asyncUpdaterSteps = 0, asyncTrainerSteps_[N] = 0. * syncUpdaterSteps means * the version of parameter value. * 2. when pull arrives, record asyncUpdateSteps_ into * syncTrainerSteps_[trainer_id] * 3. when push arrives, compare asyncUpdateSteps_ with * syncTrainerSteps_[trainer_id] * if delta > threshold, discard current gradient, else commit * gradient. * 4. reset asyncUpdaterSteps_ and asyncTrainerSteps_[N] when pass * finished * Note: * it can not discard all lag-gradient strictly in some special * condition. part of gradients could be discarded if * ConcurrentRemoteParameterUpdater is sed. * this algorithm is implemented in asynSGD() */ int64_t asyncLaggedThreshold_; std::atomic asyncUpdateSteps_; std::vector asyncTrainerSteps_; size_t asyncLaggedGradientsNum_; /// stat all async update std::vector asyncUpdateStat_; /// stat per trainer_id std::vector asyncTrainerDiscardStat_; /// stat per trainer_id std::vector asyncTrainerCommitStat_; /// only used by controller and other control cmd from trainer number 0 std::unique_ptr syncThreadPool_; /// pserver for sparse remote update parameters bool isSparseServer_; /// barrier performance tuning sync-sgd required std::atomic batchId_; /// the beginning of addGradient without network overhead ThreadLocal addGradBegin_; /** * tuning barrier performance * to better control log for sparse and dense parameter, * we use different log entities for different parameterServer * objects. * it will output lots of performance stats to perceive the * overhead of network, fluctuation of computation from * forwardbackward and network, computation from optimization * at pserver end, barrier overhead, etc. to understand tuning * data, focus on the synchronization between addGradient and * doOperation which indirectly call op_SGD operation controlled * by remote updater controller */ std::unique_ptr statSet_; public: struct Buffer { real* base; size_t size; }; protected: /// async gradient commit control bool asyncGrdientCommitCheckAndStat(const SendParameterRequest& request); void printAsyncGradientCommitStatAndReset(); public: /// disable default parameter for overloading /// @rdmaCpu:the id of cpu core hosting RDMA server(0-N) /// -1 means using TCP transport instead of RDMA ParameterServer2(const std::string& addr, int port, int rdmaCpu = -1); ~ParameterServer2() {} static const std::string kRetMsgInvalidMatrixHandle; static const std::string kRetMsgInvalidVectorHandle; static const std::string kRetMsgUnknownOperation; /// service functions template void reduceAndSendData(const SendDataRequest& request, std::unique_ptr& msgReader, ProtoResponseCallbackEx& callback); void templateReduceSum(const SendDataRequest& request, std::unique_ptr& msgReader, ProtoResponseCallbackEx& callback); /** * @brief framework for sending parameters * * @note different parameter data type can be sent to pserver. * in most case, the api is used to send gradients from * trainer to pserver. * it also can be used to retrieve parameters from pserver */ void sendParameter(const SendParameterRequest& request, std::unique_ptr msgReader, ProtoResponseCallbackEx callback); void sendData(const SendDataRequest& request, std::unique_ptr msgReader, ProtoResponseCallbackEx callback); /** * @brief send config to pserver * * @note it can help pserver to understand the configuration for * optimization, * logging control, duplicated initialization, etc. */ void setConfig(const SetConfigRequest& request, ProtoResponseCallback callback); /** * @brief get status for pserver * * @note used to check if parameters are ready at pserver */ void getStatus(const GetStatusRequest& request, ProtoResponseCallback callback); /** * @brief set status for pserver * * @note used to check if parameters are ready at pserver, since parameters * at pserver are initialized by trainer */ void setStatus(const SetStatusRequest& request, ProtoResponseCallback callback); /** * @brief framework for doing some operation at pserver end * * @note if sync-sgd is used, controller will calling op_SGD action * for gradient optimization. * check avaiable operations in opFuncs[] */ void doOperation(const DoOperationRequest& request, ProtoResponseCallback callback); /// Create a column vector. The size is the dimension of parameter void createVector(const CreateVectorRequest& request, ProtoResponseCallback callback); void releaseVector(const ReleaseVectorRequest& request, ProtoResponseCallback callback); /// Create a column major matrix. The number of rows is the dimension of /// parameter. The number of columns is specifed by num_cols. void createMatrix(const CreateMatrixRequest& request, ProtoResponseCallback callback); void releaseMatrix(const ReleaseMatrixRequest& request, ProtoResponseCallback callback); /** * @brief stateful control for indicationg sync pass start * * @note it is valuable for logging and state control, * especially for sync-sgd control */ void waitPassStart(const WaitPassStartRequest& request, ProtoResponseCallback callback); /** * @brief stateful control for indicationg sync pass end * * @note it is valuable for logging and state control, * especially for sync-sgd control */ void waitPassFinish(const WaitPassFinishRequest& request, ProtoResponseCallback callback); /** * @brief synchronize all distributed trainers * * @note it's general api for synchronizing trainer and pserver */ void synchronize(const SynchronizeRequest& request, ProtoResponseCallback callback); /** * @brief stateful control for indicating async pass is finished * * @note it is valuable for logging control, state reset, etc. */ void asyncFinishPass(const SynchronizeRequest& request, ProtoResponseCallback callback); void loadValueVector(const LoadValueRequest& request, ProtoResponseCallback callback); void saveValueVector(const SaveValueRequest& request, ProtoResponseCallback callback); public: /** * @brief initialize parameter server */ bool init(); /** * @brief set parameters at pserver * * @note do parameter initialization if neccessy. */ void setParameter(const SendParameterRequest& request, std::vector& inputBuffers, SendParameterResponse* response, std::vector* outputBuffers); /** * @brief receive gradients and do optimization for async-sgd * * @note this api asynchronizately receives all data from all * trainers, and immediately do optimization and return * optimizated value for trainer. * this above routine are block based atomic updating, * which means different block could based different stale * gradient. * it will discard some lagged gradients by default for * better convergence. */ void asyncSGD(const SendParameterRequest& request, std::vector& inputBuffers, SendParameterResponse* response, std::vector* outputBuffers); /** * @brief merge gradients from all trainer * * @note this api use block based parallelization as fine grained * parallelization which benifits lock contention and latency * hidden for communication, also can harness multi-core * efficiently. * it also implements the synchronization for sync-sgd */ void addGradient(const SendParameterRequest& request, std::vector& inputBuffers, SendParameterResponse* response, std::vector* outputBuffers); /** * @brief get dense parameters from pserver * * @note for some specified condition, trainer will get parameters from * pservers. * e.g. * if all parameters are stored at perver end for big model training * trainer can use it to retrieve all parameters if necessary. */ void getParameter(const SendParameterRequest& request, std::vector& inputBuffers, SendParameterResponse* response, std::vector* outputBuffers); /** * @brief get sparse value from parameter server * * @note with sparse enabled, pservers own all latest value * while trainer only retrieve value that only are needed. * e.g. * trainer will do prefetch action to retrieve necessary latest * value from pserver for sparse calculation. */ void getParameterSparse(const SendParameterRequest& request, std::vector& inputBuffers, SendParameterResponse* response, std::vector* outputBuffers); protected: void mergeSegments(BlockSegments* segments); /// set the unused segments to zero void clearUnusedSegments(CpuVector* vec); // TODO(yanfei): // if read data and do optimization interleavely block by block, // the performance could be better for gaining less network congestion. /// read all data from connection and store it in static pre-allocated buffer void readAllBlocks(MsgReader* msgReader, std::vector* buffers); const ParameterConfig& getParameterConfig(const ParameterBlock& block) { CHECK_LT(block.para_id(), -1UL) << "invalid parameter id:" << block.para_id(); const auto it = configMap_.find(block.para_id()); CHECK(it != configMap_.end()) << "can not find parameter id: " << block.para_id(); return it->second; } /// it implictly check blockOffsetMap_ while retrieving blockId const ParameterConfig& getParameterConfig(int64_t blockId) const { CHECK(blockId >= 0 && blockId < (int64_t)blockInfos_.size()) << "block idx out of range, id: " << blockId << " info size: " << blockInfos_.size(); return *(blockInfos_[blockId].config); } template bool isValidVectorHandle(int64_t handle, Response* response) { if (handle < 0 || (size_t)handle >= vectors_.size()) { LOG(ERROR) << "Invalid vector handle " << handle; response->set_return_message(kRetMsgInvalidVectorHandle); return false; } return true; } template bool isValidMatrixHandle(int64_t handle, Response* response) { if (handle < 0 || (size_t)handle >= matrices_.size()) { LOG(ERROR) << "Invalid matrix handle " << handle; response->set_return_message(kRetMsgInvalidMatrixHandle); return false; } return true; } /** * @brief get block offset * * @note block.begin_dim is added to the block offset. * return -1 if block cannot be found */ int64_t getBlockOffset(const ParameterBlock& block) const { BlockKey key(block.para_id(), block.block_id()); auto it = blockOffsetMap_.find(key); if (it == blockOffsetMap_.end()) { return -1; } return it->second; } /// return -1 if block cannot be found int64_t getBlockId(const ParameterBlock& block) const { BlockKey key(block.para_id(), block.block_id()); auto it = blockIdMap_.find(key); if (it == blockIdMap_.end()) { return -1; } return it->second; } /** * @brief prepare data for sending back * * @note modify reponse and outputBuffers for sending parameter * back to client. The buffer for socket sending uses * vectors_[parameterType] directly * for dense with sync-sgd */ void sendBackParameter(const ParameterBlock& block, int parameterType, SendParameterResponse* response, std::vector* outputBuffers); /** * @brief prepare data for sending back * * @note modify response and outputBuffers for sending parameter * back to client. The buffer for socket sending uses buffer->base * The parameter values are copied from vectors_[parameterType] * to buffer->base. * for dense with async-sgd */ void sendBackParameter(const ParameterBlock& block, int parameterType, SendParameterResponse* response, Buffer* buffer, std::vector* outputBuffers); /** * @brief prepare data for sending back * * @note specified for sparse */ void sendBackParameterSparse(const ParameterBlock& block, int parameterType, SendParameterResponse* response, Buffer* buffer, size_t width, std::vector* outputBuffers); /** * framework routine for block parallelization * e.g. * for optimization on all blocks at pserver end, this routine can facilitize * the parallelize of do optimization on all blocks with multithreads. */ typedef std::function ExecFunc; void parallelExecForEachBlock(ExecFunc func); void blockTraverse(BlockInfo& info, const ParameterConfig& config, int64_t offset, size_t size, const VectorPtr vecs[], const ParameterOptimizer::TraverseCallback& callback); public: typedef void (ParameterServer2::*OperatorFunction)(const Operation& operation, OperationResult* result); /** * doOperation will call following operations indirectly * e.g. * for sync-sgd control, the controller in remote updater will send op_SGD * command to pserver, then send sendParameter request to pserver immediately. * the two function at pserver end will do cooperation to achieve the sync-sgd * gradient merge and optimization. * the most following operations are specified for owlqn, all operations are * under the context of doOperation function */ static OperatorFunction opFuncs[]; void op_SGD(const Operation& operation, OperationResult* result); void op_RESET(const Operation& operation, OperationResult* result); void op_utv(const Operation& operation, OperationResult* result); void op_au_bv(const Operation& operation, OperationResult* result); void op_COPY(const Operation& operation, OperationResult* result); void op_au(const Operation& operation, OperationResult* result); void op_au_bv_cw(const Operation& operation, OperationResult* result); void op_make_steepest_desc_dir(const Operation& operation, OperationResult* result); void op_fix_dir_signs(const Operation& operation, OperationResult* result); void op_dir_deriv(const Operation& operation, OperationResult* result); void op_fix_omega_signs(const Operation& operation, OperationResult* result); void op_cost(const Operation& operation, OperationResult* result); void op_start_pass(const Operation& operation, OperationResult* result); void op_finish_pass(const Operation& operation, OperationResult* result); void op_apply(const Operation& operation, OperationResult* result); void op_randomize(const Operation& operation, OperationResult* result); void op_load(const Operation& operation, OperationResult* result); void op_save(const Operation& operation, OperationResult* result); /** * @brief output log in at the middle stage of training * * @note flush log histroy and state at the end for sgd */ void tuningSgdMidOutput(); /** * @brief output log in at the end stage of training * * @note flush log histroy and state at the end for sgd. it will also * flush some stateful stat for next pass. */ void tuningSgdFinished(); /** * @brief output log in at the middle stage of training * * @note flush log histroy and state at the end for async-sgd. * it will log some performance log if some lagged node are found */ void tuningAsyncsgdMidOutput(); /** * @brief output log in at the end stage of training * * @note flush log histroy and state at the end for async-sgd. */ void tuningAsyncsgdFinished(); }; } // namespace paddle