parallel_executor.cc

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#include "paddle/fluid/framework/parallel_executor.h"
#include "ThreadPool.h"
#include "lod_tensor.h"
#include "lod_tensor_array.h"
#include "op_registry.h"
#include "paddle/fluid/framework/details/computation_op_handle.h"
#include "paddle/fluid/framework/details/fetch_op_handle.h"
#include "paddle/fluid/framework/details/nccl_all_reduce_op_handle.h"
#include "paddle/fluid/framework/details/op_handle_base.h"
#include "paddle/fluid/framework/details/scale_loss_grad_op_handle.h"
#include "paddle/fluid/framework/details/var_handle.h"
#include "paddle/fluid/platform/nccl_helper.h"

namespace paddle {
namespace framework {

using details::ComputationOpHandle;
using details::DummyVarHandle;
using details::FetchOpHandle;
using details::NCCLAllReduceOpHandle;
using details::OpHandleBase;
using details::ScaleLossGradOpHandle;
using details::VarHandle;
using details::VarHandleBase;

class ParallelExecutorPrivate {
 public:
  explicit ParallelExecutorPrivate(size_t num_threads,
                                   const std::vector<platform::Place> &places)
      : places_(places),
        fetch_dev_ctxs_(places),
        pool_(num_threads <= 1 ? nullptr : new ThreadPool(num_threads)) {
    vars_.resize(places.size());
  }

  std::vector<platform::Place> places_;
  platform::DeviceContextPool fetch_dev_ctxs_;
  std::vector<Scope *> local_scopes_;
  Scope *global_scope_;

  std::unique_ptr<platform::NCCLContextMap> nccl_ctxs_;

  std::vector<std::unordered_map<std::string, std::map<int, VarHandle>>> vars_;

  std::unordered_set<std::unique_ptr<VarHandleBase>> dep_vars_;

  std::vector<std::unique_ptr<OpHandleBase>> ops_;

  // Use a simpler thread pool, might be faster.
  std::unique_ptr<ThreadPool> pool_;

  std::unique_ptr<platform::EnforceNotMet> exception_;

  VarHandle *GetVarHandle(const std::string &each_var_name,
                          const platform::Place &place, size_t place_offset) {
    auto &var_holders = vars_[place_offset];
    auto &var_holder = var_holders[each_var_name];
    VarHandle *var = nullptr;
    if (var_holder.empty()) {
      auto &init_var = var_holder[0];
      init_var.place_ = place;
      init_var.name_ = each_var_name;
      init_var.generated_op_ = nullptr;
      init_var.version_ = 0;
      var = &init_var;
    } else {
      var = &var_holder.rbegin()->second;
    }
    return var;
  }

  void RunOp(
      bool use_event,
      std::unordered_map<VarHandleBase *, std::atomic<bool>> &pending_vars,
      OpHandleBase *op) {
    std::vector<std::atomic<bool> *> *ready_buffer =
        new std::vector<std::atomic<bool> *>();
    for (auto *var : op->outputs_) {
      ready_buffer->emplace_back(&pending_vars[var]);
    }

    auto op_run = [ready_buffer, op, this, use_event] {
      try {
        VLOG(10) << op->DebugString();
        op->Run(use_event);
        for (auto *ready : *ready_buffer) {
          ready->store(true, std::memory_order_release);
        }
        delete ready_buffer;
      } catch (platform::EnforceNotMet ex) {
        exception_.reset(new platform::EnforceNotMet(ex));
      } catch (...) {
        LOG(FATAL) << "Unknown exception catched";
      }
    };
    if (pool_) {
      pool_->enqueue(op_run);
    } else {
      op_run();
    }
  }

  void GenerateVar(OpHandleBase *op_handle, const std::string &each_var_name,
                   const platform::Place &place, size_t place_offset) {
    auto &vars = vars_[place_offset][each_var_name];
    size_t version = vars.size();
    auto &var = vars[version];
    var.version_ = version;
    var.name_ = each_var_name;
    var.place_ = place;
    op_handle->AddOutput(&var);
  }
};

ParallelExecutor::ParallelExecutor(
    size_t num_threads, const std::vector<platform::Place> &places,
    const std::unordered_set<std::string> &params,
    const ProgramDesc &startup_program, const ProgramDesc &main_program,
    const std::string &loss_var_name, Scope *scope)
    : member_(new ParallelExecutorPrivate(num_threads, places)) {
  member_->global_scope_ = scope;

  // Step 1. RunStartupProgram and Bcast the params to devs.
  Executor exe(places[0]);
  exe.Run(startup_program, scope, 0);
  // Create local scopes
  for (size_t i = 0; i < member_->places_.size(); ++i) {
    member_->local_scopes_.push_back(&scope->NewScope());
  }

  // Bcast Parameters to all GPUs
  BuildNCCLCommunicator();
  if (platform::is_gpu_place(places[0]) &&
      member_->local_scopes_.size() != 1) {  // Is CUDA
    BCastParamsToGPUs(startup_program);
  }
  // Startup Program has been run. All local scopes has correct parameters.

  // Step 2. Convert main_program to SSA form and dependency graph. Also, insert
  // ncclOp
  ConstructDependencyGraph(params, main_program, loss_var_name);

  // Step 3. Create vars in each scope;
  for (auto *scope : member_->local_scopes_) {
    for (auto *var : main_program.Block(0).AllVars()) {
      if (scope->FindVar(var->Name()) != nullptr) {
        continue;
      }

      InitializeVariable(scope->Var(var->Name()), var->GetType());
    }
  }
}

void ParallelExecutor::ConstructDependencyGraph(
    const std::unordered_set<std::string> &params,
    const ProgramDesc &main_program, const std::string &loss_var_name) const {
  std::unordered_set<std::string> grads;
  for (auto &each_param : params) {
    grads.insert(each_param + "@GRAD");
  }

  bool is_forwarding = true;
  for (auto *op : main_program.Block(0).AllOps()) {
    bool change_forward = false;
    if (!is_forwarding) {
      // FIXME(yy): Do not hard code like this
      if (op->OutputArgumentNames().size() == 1 &&
          op->OutputArgumentNames()[0] == loss_var_name + "@GRAD") {
        continue;  // Drop fill 1. for backward coeff;
      }
    }

    for (size_t i = 0; i < member_->places_.size(); ++i) {
      auto &p = member_->places_[i];
      auto *s = member_->local_scopes_[i];

      member_->ops_.emplace_back(new ComputationOpHandle(*op, s, p));
      auto *op_handle = member_->ops_.back().get();
      op_handle->dev_ctx_[p] = const_cast<platform::DeviceContext *>(
          platform::DeviceContextPool::Instance().Get(p));

      auto var_names = op->InputArgumentNames();

      for (auto &each_var_name : var_names) {
        VarHandle *var = member_->GetVarHandle(each_var_name, p, i);
        op_handle->AddInput(var);
      }
      var_names = op->OutputArgumentNames();

      for (auto &each_var_name : var_names) {
        member_->GenerateVar(op_handle, each_var_name, p, i);
      }

      if (is_forwarding) {
        if (var_names.size() == 1 && var_names[0] == loss_var_name) {
          // Insert ScaleCost OpHandle
          op_handle =
              new ScaleLossGradOpHandle(this->member_->local_scopes_.size(), s,
                                        p, member_->nccl_ctxs_->DevCtx(p));
          member_->ops_.emplace_back(op_handle);

          // FIXME: Currently ScaleLossGradOp only use device_count as scale
          // factor. So it does not depend on any other operators.
          // VarHandle *loss = GetVarHandle(loss_var_name, place);
          // loss->pending_ops_.emplace_back(op_handle);
          // op_handle->inputs_.emplace_back(loss);

          member_->GenerateVar(op_handle, loss_var_name + "@GRAD", p, i);
          change_forward = true;
        }
      }
    }

    if (change_forward) {
      is_forwarding = false;
    }

    if (!is_forwarding) {
      auto var_names = op->OutputArgumentNames();
      for (auto &og : var_names) {
        if (grads.count(og) != 0) {  // is param grad
          // Insert NCCL AllReduce Op
          member_->ops_.emplace_back(new NCCLAllReduceOpHandle(
              member_->local_scopes_, member_->places_, *member_->nccl_ctxs_));
          auto *op_handle = member_->ops_.back().get();

          for (size_t i = 0; i < member_->places_.size(); ++i) {
            auto &p = member_->places_[i];
            auto &vars = member_->vars_[i][og];

            if (vars.empty()) {  // This device has no data. continue.
              continue;
            }
            auto *prev_grad = &vars[vars.size() - 1];
            op_handle->AddInput(prev_grad);

            auto &var = vars[vars.size()];
            var.place_ = p;
            var.name_ = og;
            var.version_ = vars.size() - 1;

            op_handle->AddOutput(&var);
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }

  /*
    Dependency graph has been constructed. However, there are still data
    harzaeds need to be handled.
   */
  PolishGraphToSupportDataHazards();
}

/**
 * We only handle write after read(WAR), since it should not have a write
 * after write in program. If there are write after write operators, we need
 * prune them.
 *
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazard_(computer_architecture)#Write_after_read_(WAR)
 */
void ParallelExecutor::PolishGraphToSupportDataHazards() const {
  for (auto &var_map : member_->vars_) {
    for (auto &name_pair : var_map) {
      if (name_pair.second.size() <= 1) {
        return;
      }
      auto it_new = name_pair.second.rbegin();
      auto it_old = name_pair.second.rbegin();
      ++it_old;
      for (; it_old != name_pair.second.rend(); it_new = it_old, ++it_old) {
        auto *write_op = it_new->second.generated_op_;
        auto &read_ops = it_old->second.pending_ops_;
        auto *ex_write_op = it_old->second.generated_op_;

        if (ex_write_op == nullptr) {  // Nobody write this var.
          continue;
        }

        for (auto *read_op : read_ops) {
          // Manually add a dependency var from read_op to write_op;
          if (read_op == write_op) {
            // Read Write is the same op.
            continue;
          }

          auto *dep_var = new DummyVarHandle();
          read_op->AddOutput(dep_var);
          write_op->AddInput(dep_var);
          member_->dep_vars_.emplace(dep_var);
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

void ParallelExecutor::BCastParamsToGPUs(
    const ProgramDesc &startup_program) const {
#ifdef PADDLE_WITH_CUDA
  auto *main_scope = member_->local_scopes_[0];

  for (auto *var_desc : startup_program.Block(0).AllVars()) {
    if (var_desc->GetType() == proto::VarType::LOD_TENSOR) {
      auto &main_tensor =
          main_scope->FindVar(var_desc->Name())->Get<LoDTensor>();
      ncclDataType_t data_type = platform::ToNCCLDataType(main_tensor.type());
      auto &dims = main_tensor.dims();
      size_t numel = main_tensor.numel();

      platform::NCCLGroupGuard guard;

      for (size_t i = 0; i < member_->places_.size(); ++i) {
        auto place = member_->places_[i];
        void *buffer;
        if (i == 0) {
          buffer = const_cast<void *>(main_tensor.data<void>());
        } else {
          auto local_scope = member_->local_scopes_[i];
          auto *t = local_scope->Var(var_desc->Name())->GetMutable<LoDTensor>();
          t->Resize(dims);
          buffer = t->mutable_data(place, main_tensor.type());
        }

        auto &nccl_ctx = member_->nccl_ctxs_->at(place);
        platform::dynload::ncclBcast(buffer, numel, data_type, 0,
                                     nccl_ctx.comm_, nccl_ctx.stream());
      }
    }
    member_->nccl_ctxs_->WaitAll();
  }
#else
  PADDLE_THROW("Not compiled with CUDA");
#endif
}

void ParallelExecutor::BuildNCCLCommunicator() const {
#ifdef PADDLE_WITH_CUDA
  member_->nccl_ctxs_.reset(new platform::NCCLContextMap(member_->places_));
#endif
}

void ParallelExecutor::Run(const std::vector<std::string> &fetch_tensors,
                           const std::string &fetched_var_name) {
  bool use_event = true;
  FeedFetchList fetched_data(fetch_tensors.size());
  // Version --> VarHandle
  member_->exception_.reset();
  std::unordered_map<VarHandleBase *, std::atomic<bool>> pending_vars;
  std::unordered_map<OpHandleBase *, size_t> pending_ops;
  std::vector<DummyVarHandle> dummy_vars;

  for (auto &var_map : member_->vars_) {
    for (auto &name_pair : var_map) {
      for (auto &version_pair : name_pair.second) {
        pending_vars[&version_pair.second] =
            version_pair.second.generated_op_ == nullptr;
      }
    }
  }

  for (auto &var : member_->dep_vars_) {
    pending_vars[var.get()] = var->generated_op_ == nullptr;
  }

  std::vector<OpHandleBase *> to_run;

  for (auto &op : member_->ops_) {
    if (op->inputs_.empty()) {  // Special case, Op has no input.
      to_run.emplace_back(op.get());
    } else {
      pending_ops.insert({op.get(), op->inputs_.size()});
    }
  }

  std::unordered_map<std::string, std::vector<VarHandleBase *>> fetched_vars;

  for (auto &fetch_var_name : fetch_tensors) {
    for (auto &var_map : member_->vars_) {
      auto it = var_map.find(fetch_var_name);
      if (it != var_map.end()) {
        fetched_vars[fetch_var_name].push_back(&it->second.rbegin()->second);
      }
    }
  }

  std::vector<FetchOpHandle> fetch_ops;

  for (size_t i = 0; i < fetch_tensors.size(); ++i) {
    auto &var_name = fetch_tensors[i];
    auto &vars = fetched_vars[var_name];
    fetch_ops.emplace_back(&fetched_data, i, &member_->local_scopes_);
    FetchOpHandle *op = &fetch_ops.back();

    // FIXME: Use new device context
    for (auto &p : member_->places_) {
      op->dev_ctx_[p] = member_->fetch_dev_ctxs_.Get(p);
    }

    for (auto *var : vars) {
      op->AddInput(var);
    }

    dummy_vars.emplace_back();
    auto *var = &dummy_vars.back();
    op->AddOutput(var);
    pending_vars[var] = false;

    pending_ops.insert({op, op->inputs_.size()});
  }

  for (auto *op : to_run) {
    member_->RunOp(use_event, pending_vars, op);
  }

  while (!pending_vars.empty()) {
    VarHandleBase *ready_var = nullptr;
    for (auto &pair : pending_vars) {
      if (pair.second.load(std::memory_order_acquire)) {
        ready_var = pair.first;
      }
    }
    if (ready_var == nullptr) {
      // FIXME use conditional var instead of busy wait.
      if (member_->exception_) {
        throw * member_->exception_;
      }
      continue;
    }
    pending_vars.erase(ready_var);
    to_run.clear();
    for (auto *op : ready_var->pending_ops_) {
      auto &deps = pending_ops[op];
      --deps;
      if (deps == 0) {
        to_run.emplace_back(op);
      }
    }
    for (auto *op : to_run) {
      pending_ops.erase(op);
      member_->RunOp(use_event, pending_vars, op);
    }
  }

  for (auto &fetch_op : fetch_ops) {
    fetch_op.WaitAndMergeCPUTensors();
  }

  *member_->global_scope_->Var(fetched_var_name)->GetMutable<FeedFetchList>() =
      fetched_data;
}

}  // namespace framework
}  // namespace paddle