communicator.py

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from .executor import global_scope
from . import core
from .framework import Program

__all__ = ['Communicator']


class Communicator(object):
    def __init__(self, program):
        """
        Communicator is used for async distribute training in distribute_transpiler mode.
        It's a wrapper of a cpp class Communicator and should be used inside fleet API.

        Args:
            program(Program): the trainers program after transpile of distribute_transpiler.
            It's used by communicator to extract the information to do communication.

        Returns:
            None

        Examples:
            .. code-block:: python

                import paddle.fluid as fluid

                prog = fluid.Program()
                comm = fluid.communicator.Communicator(prog)
                comm.start()
                comm.stop()
        """
        # set all recv op to not_run mode
        assert isinstance(program, Program)
        for op in program.block(0).ops:
            if op.type == "recv":
                op._set_attr('do_not_run', True)
        self.communicator_ = core.DistCommunicator(program.desc, global_scope())

    def start(self):
        """
        Start communicator. Should call before training process.

        Returns:
            None

        Examples:
            .. code-block:: python

                import paddle.fluid as fluid

                prog = fluid.Program()
                comm = fluid.communicator.Communicator(prog)
                comm.start()
                comm.stop()
        """
        self.communicator_.start()

    def stop(self):
        """
        Stop communicator. Should call after training process.

        Returns:
            None

        Examples:
            .. code-block:: python

                import paddle.fluid as fluid

                prog = fluid.Program()
                comm = fluid.communicator.Communicator(prog)
                comm.start()
                comm.stop()
        """
        self.communicator_.stop()