communicator.cc

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#include "paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/communicator.h"

#include "paddle/fluid/framework/selected_rows.h"
#include "paddle/fluid/framework/tensor_util.h"
#include "paddle/fluid/framework/variable_helper.h"
#include "paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/parameter_recv.h"
#include "paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/parameter_send.h"
#include "paddle/fluid/operators/math/selected_rows_functor.h"

namespace paddle {
namespace operators {
namespace distributed {

static void MergeVars(const std::string &var_name,
                      const std::vector<std::shared_ptr<Variable>> &vars,
                      Scope *scope) {
  PADDLE_ENFORCE(!vars.empty(), "should have value to merge!");
  auto cpu_place = platform::CPUPlace();
  auto &var0 = vars[0];
  auto *out_var = scope->Var(var_name);
  if (var0->IsType<framework::LoDTensor>()) {
    auto *out_t = out_var->GetMutable<framework::LoDTensor>();
    auto *out_ptr = out_t->mutable_data<float>(
        var0->Get<framework::LoDTensor>().dims(), cpu_place);
    auto numel = out_t->numel();
    for (auto i = 0; i < numel; ++i) {
      out_ptr[i] = 0;
      for (auto &var : vars) {
        auto &var_t = var->Get<framework::LoDTensor>();
        PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(var_t.numel(), numel, "should have the same dims");
        out_ptr[i] += var_t.data<float>()[i];
      }
    }
  } else if (var0->IsType<framework::SelectedRows>()) {
    auto *out_slr = out_var->GetMutable<framework::SelectedRows>();
    std::vector<const paddle::framework::SelectedRows *> inputs;
    inputs.reserve(vars.size());
    for (auto &var : vars) {
      inputs.push_back(&var->Get<framework::SelectedRows>());
    }
    math::scatter::MergeAdd<paddle::platform::CPUDeviceContext, float>
        merge_add;
    auto dev_ctx = paddle::platform::CPUDeviceContext();
    merge_add(dev_ctx, inputs, out_slr, false);
  } else {
    PADDLE_THROW("unsupported var type!");
  }
}

void Communicator::SendThread() {
  for (auto &iter : send_varname_to_queue_) {
    auto &var_name = iter.first;
    VLOG(3) << "merge var " << var_name << " and send";
    auto &var_queue = iter.second;
    std::vector<std::shared_ptr<Variable>> vars;
    const size_t max_merge_var_num = 20;
    size_t merged_var_num = 0;
    while (var_queue->Size() > 0 && merged_var_num < max_merge_var_num) {
      vars.push_back(var_queue->Pop());
      merged_var_num++;
    }
    MergeVars(var_name, vars, send_scope_.get());
    // auto send_functor = distributed::ParameterSend<float>();
    // send_functor(var_name, send_varname_to_ctx_[var_name], exe_ctx,
    // send_scope_, true);
  }
}

void Communicator::RecvThread() {
  // parallel run recv graph
  for (auto &iter : recv_varname_to_ctx_) {
    auto &var_name = iter.first;
    VLOG(3) << "recv var " << iter.first;
    // auto recv_functor = distributed::ParameterRecv<float>();
    // recv_functor(var_name, iter.second, exe_ctx, recv_scope_);
  }
}

void Communicator::Send(const std::string &var_name,
                        const framework::Scope &scope) {
  // push var into send queue by var_name
  auto *grad_var = scope.FindVar(var_name);
  PADDLE_ENFORCE(grad_var->IsInitialized(), "grad var should be inited");
  auto tmp_grad_var = std::make_shared<Variable>();
  framework::CopyVariable(*grad_var, tmp_grad_var.get());
  send_varname_to_queue_[var_name]->Push(tmp_grad_var);
}

void Communicator::Start() {
  // start send and recv thread
  send_thread_.reset(
      new std::thread(std::bind(&Communicator::SendThread, this)));
  recv_thread_.reset(
      new std::thread(std::bind(&Communicator::RecvThread, this)));
}

}  // namespace distributed
}  // namespace operators
}  // namespace paddle