[cherry-pick 2.0] gen nccl id socket (#29746)

* gen nccl id use socket (#29431)

* fix gen_nccl_id_op_helper compile failed, test=develop (#29614)

paddle/fluid/operators/collective/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -28,11 +28,13 @@ foreach(src ${OPS})
     set_source_files_properties(${src} PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS ${COLLECTIVE_COMPILE_FLAGS})
 endforeach()
 
-register_operators(EXCLUDES c_gen_nccl_id_op DEPS ${COLLECTIVE_DEPS})
+register_operators(EXCLUDES c_gen_nccl_id_op gen_nccl_id_op DEPS ${COLLECTIVE_DEPS})
 
 if(WITH_NCCL)
     set(COLLECTIVE_DEPS ${COLLECTIVE_DEPS} nccl_common collective_helper)
-    op_library(c_gen_nccl_id_op DEPS ${COLLECTIVE_DEPS} nccl_common)
+    cc_library(gen_nccl_id_op_helper SRCS gen_nccl_id_op_helper.cc DEPS nccl_common)
+    op_library(c_gen_nccl_id_op DEPS ${COLLECTIVE_DEPS} gen_nccl_id_op_helper)
+    op_library(gen_nccl_id_op DEPS ${COLLECTIVE_DEPS} gen_nccl_id_op_helper)
 endif()
 
 if(WITH_GLOO)

paddle/fluid/operators/collective/c_gen_nccl_id_op.cc

@@ -14,21 +14,17 @@ limitations under the License. */
 #include <string>
 
 #include "glog/logging.h"
-#include "paddle/fluid/framework/executor.h"
 #include "paddle/fluid/framework/op_proto_maker.h"
 #include "paddle/fluid/framework/op_registry.h"
 #include "paddle/fluid/framework/operator.h"
-#include "paddle/fluid/framework/program_desc.h"
 #include "paddle/fluid/framework/scope.h"
 #include "paddle/fluid/framework/var_type_traits.h"
-#include "paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/distributed.h"
-#include "paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/request_handler.h"
-#include "paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/request_handler_impl.h"
-#include "paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/rpc_client.h"
 #include "paddle/fluid/platform/device_context.h"
 #include "paddle/fluid/platform/enforce.h"
 #include "paddle/fluid/platform/place.h"
 
+#include "paddle/fluid/operators/collective/gen_nccl_id_op_helper.h"
+
 namespace paddle {
 namespace operators {
 
@@ -42,80 +38,23 @@ class CGenNCCLIdOp : public framework::OperatorBase {
 
   void RunImpl(const framework::Scope& scope,
                const platform::Place& dev_place) const override {
-    platform::DeviceContextPool& pool = platform::DeviceContextPool::Instance();
-    // put nccl id in CPUPlace
-    auto& dev_ctx = *pool.Get(platform::CPUPlace());
     int rank = Attr<int>("rank");
     framework::Scope& local_scope = scope.NewScope();
 
+    std::function<std::string(size_t)> func = [&](size_t i) -> std::string {
+      return Output("Out");
+    };
+
     if (rank == 0) {
-      GenerateAndSend(&local_scope, dev_ctx);
+      std::vector<std::string> endpoint_list =
+          Attr<std::vector<std::string>>("other_endpoints");
+      SendBroadCastNCCLID(endpoint_list, 1, func, local_scope);
     } else {
-      GetIdByServer(&local_scope, dev_ctx);
+      std::string endpoint = Attr<std::string>("endpoint");
+      RecvBroadCastNCCLID(endpoint, 1, func, local_scope);
     }
     scope.DeleteScope(&local_scope);
   }
-
- private:
-  void GenerateAndSend(framework::Scope* scope,
-                       const platform::DeviceContext& dev_ctx) const {
-    std::string var_name = Output("Out");
-    auto var = scope->FindVar(var_name);
-    PADDLE_ENFORCE_NOT_NULL(
-        var, platform::errors::InvalidArgument("Output can not be Null"));
-    auto id = var->GetMutable<ncclUniqueId>();
-    PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(platform::dynload::ncclGetUniqueId(id), 0,
-                      platform::errors::InvalidArgument(
-                          "ncclGetUniqueId failed with id %s", id));
-
-    std::vector<std::string> endpoint_list =
-        Attr<std::vector<std::string>>("other_endpoints");
-    distributed::RPCClient* client =
-        distributed::RPCClient::GetInstance<RPCCLIENT_T>(0);
-
-    for (auto& ep : endpoint_list) {
-      VLOG(3) << "sending nccl id to " << ep;
-      client->AsyncSendVar(ep, dev_ctx, *scope, var_name);
-    }
-    client->Wait();
-    for (auto& ep : endpoint_list) {
-      client->AsyncSendBatchBarrier(ep);
-    }
-    client->Wait();
-    VLOG(3) << "sending completed...";
-  }
-
-  void GetIdByServer(framework::Scope* scope,
-                     const platform::DeviceContext& dev_ctx) const {
-    std::string endpoint = Attr<std::string>("endpoint");
-    // NOTE: Can not use unique_ptr here because the default
-    // deleter will call GRPC Server's base class's dtor and
-    // that will cause a wired crash.
-    distributed::RequestSendHandler rpc_h(distributed::DistributedMode::kSync);
-    std::unique_ptr<distributed::RPCServer> rpc_service(
-        new RPCSERVER_T(endpoint, 1));
-
-    rpc_service->RegisterRPC(distributed::kRequestSend, &rpc_h);
-    rpc_h.SetRPCServer(rpc_service.get());
-
-    framework::ProgramDesc empty_program;
-    framework::Executor executor(dev_ctx.GetPlace());
-    rpc_h.SetScope(scope);
-    rpc_h.SetDevCtx(&dev_ctx);
-    rpc_h.SetProgram(&empty_program);
-    rpc_h.SetExecutor(&executor);
-
-    std::thread server_thread(
-        std::bind(&distributed::RPCServer::StartServer, rpc_service.get()));
-
-    rpc_service->SetCond(distributed::kRequestSend);
-    VLOG(3) << "start getting nccl id from trainer 0...";
-    rpc_service->WaitBarrier(distributed::kRequestSend);
-    VLOG(3) << "got nccl id and stop server...";
-    rpc_service->ShutDown();
-    VLOG(3) << "rpc server stopped";
-    server_thread.join();
-  }
 };
 
 class CGenNCCLIdOpMaker : public framework::OpProtoAndCheckerMaker {

paddle/fluid/operators/collective/gen_nccl_id_op.cc

+/* Copyright (c) 2020 PaddlePaddle Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License. */
+
+#include <ostream>
+#include <string>
+
+#include "glog/logging.h"
+#include "paddle/fluid/framework/op_proto_maker.h"
+#include "paddle/fluid/framework/op_registry.h"
+#include "paddle/fluid/framework/operator.h"
+#include "paddle/fluid/framework/scope.h"
+#include "paddle/fluid/framework/var_type_traits.h"
+#include "paddle/fluid/platform/device_context.h"
+#include "paddle/fluid/platform/enforce.h"
+#include "paddle/fluid/platform/nccl_helper.h"
+#include "paddle/fluid/platform/place.h"
+#include "paddle/fluid/string/split.h"
+
+#include "paddle/fluid/operators/collective/gen_nccl_id_op_helper.h"
+
+namespace paddle {
+namespace operators {
+
+class GenNCCLIdOp : public framework::OperatorBase {
+ public:
+  GenNCCLIdOp(const std::string& type, const framework::VariableNameMap& inputs,
+              const framework::VariableNameMap& outputs,
+              const framework::AttributeMap& attrs)
+      : OperatorBase(type, inputs, outputs, attrs) {}
+
+  void RunImpl(const framework::Scope& scope,
+               const platform::Place& dev_place) const override {
+    std::vector<std::string> trainers =
+        Attr<std::vector<std::string>>("trainers");
+    int trainer_id = Attr<int>("trainer_id");
+    std::string endpoint = trainers[trainer_id];
+
+    PADDLE_ENFORCE_GE(trainer_id, 0, platform::errors::InvalidArgument(
+                                         "trainer_id %d is less than 0. Its "
+                                         "valid range is [0, trainer_size)"));
+    PADDLE_ENFORCE_LT(
+        trainer_id, static_cast<int>(trainers.size()),
+        platform::errors::OutOfRange("trainer_id %d is out of range. Its valid "
+                                     "range is [0, trainer_size)",
+                                     trainer_id));
+
+    int nccl_comm_num = Attr<int>("nccl_comm_num");
+    int use_hierarchical_allreduce = Attr<bool>("use_hierarchical_allreduce");
+    int inter_nranks = Attr<int>("hierarchical_allreduce_inter_nranks");
+    int inter_trainer_id = -1;
+    int exter_trainer_id = -1;
+
+    if (use_hierarchical_allreduce) {
+      PADDLE_ENFORCE_GT(
+          trainers.size(), 1,
+          platform::errors::PreconditionNotMet(
+              "The number of collective trainers %llu <= 1", trainers.size()));
+      PADDLE_ENFORCE_GT(
+          inter_nranks, 1,
+          platform::errors::PreconditionNotMet(
+              "inter_nranks %d <= 1 while in hierarchical allreduce mode",
+              inter_nranks));
+      PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(
+          trainers.size() % inter_nranks, 0,
+          platform::errors::PreconditionNotMet(
+              "The number of trainers %llu mod inter_nranks %d is not equal 0",
+              trainers.size(), inter_nranks));
+
+      inter_trainer_id = trainer_id % inter_nranks;
+
+      if (trainer_id % inter_nranks == 0) {
+        exter_trainer_id = trainer_id / inter_nranks;
+      }
+    }
+
+    std::ostringstream ss;
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < trainers.size(); i++) {
+      ss << trainers[i] << ",";
+    }
+
+    VLOG(1) << "trainer_id:" << trainer_id
+            << ", use_hierarchical_allreduce:" << use_hierarchical_allreduce
+            << ", nccl_comm_num:" << nccl_comm_num
+            << ", inter_nranks:" << inter_nranks
+            << ", inter_trainer_id:" << inter_trainer_id
+            << ", exter_trainer_id:" << exter_trainer_id
+            << ", trainers:" << ss.str();
+
+    int server_fd = -1;
+
+    /// 1. init flat
+    std::function<std::string(size_t)> func = platform::GetFlatNCCLVarName;
+    if (trainer_id == 0) {
+      // server endpoints
+      std::vector<std::string> flat_endpoints;
+      flat_endpoints.insert(flat_endpoints.begin(), trainers.begin() + 1,
+                            trainers.end());
+      SendBroadCastNCCLID(flat_endpoints, nccl_comm_num, func, scope);
+    } else {
+      server_fd = CreateListenSocket(endpoint);
+      RecvBroadCastNCCLID(server_fd, endpoint, nccl_comm_num, func, scope);
+    }
+
+    /// 2. hierarchical inter ncclid
+    func = platform::GetHierarchicalInterNCCLVarName;
+    if (inter_trainer_id == 0) {
+      std::ostringstream ss;
+      ss << endpoint;
+      std::vector<std::string> inter_endpoints;
+      for (int i = trainer_id + 1; i < trainer_id + inter_nranks &&
+                                   i < static_cast<int>(trainers.size());
+           i++) {
+        ss << ",";
+        inter_endpoints.push_back(trainers[i]);
+        ss << trainers[i];
+      }
+      VLOG(1) << "Hierarchical inter ring endpoints:" << ss.str();
+
+      SendBroadCastNCCLID(inter_endpoints, nccl_comm_num, func, scope);
+    } else if (inter_trainer_id > 0) {
+      VLOG(1) << "Hierarchical inter ring";
+      RecvBroadCastNCCLID(server_fd, endpoint, nccl_comm_num, func, scope);
+    }
+
+    /// 3. hierarchical exter ncclid
+    func = platform::GetHierarchicalExterNCCLVarName;
+    if (exter_trainer_id == 0) {
+      std::ostringstream ss;
+      std::vector<std::string> exter_endpoints;
+      ss << endpoint;
+      for (size_t i = inter_nranks; i < trainers.size(); i += inter_nranks) {
+        ss << ",";
+        exter_endpoints.push_back(trainers[i]);
+        ss << trainers[i];
+      }
+      VLOG(1) << "Hierarchical exter ring endpoints:" << ss.str();
+
+      SendBroadCastNCCLID(exter_endpoints, nccl_comm_num, func, scope);
+    } else if (exter_trainer_id > 0) {
+      VLOG(1) << "Hierarchical exter ring";
+      RecvBroadCastNCCLID(server_fd, endpoint, nccl_comm_num, func, scope);
+    }
+
+    // close socket server
+    if (trainer_id != 0) {
+      CloseSocket(server_fd);
+    }
+  }
+};
+
+class GenNCCLIdOpMaker : public framework::OpProtoAndCheckerMaker {
+ public:
+  void Make() override {
+    AddOutput("NCCLID", "Raw variable contains a NCCL UniqueId instaces.");
+    AddComment(R"DOC(
+GenNCCLId operator
+
+For trainer 0: generate a new UniqueId and send it to all the other trainers.
+For trainer 1~n: start a gRPC server to get the UniqueId, once got, stop the server.
+)DOC");
+    AddAttr<std::vector<std::string>>(
+        "trainers",
+        "['trainer0_ip:port', 'trainer1_ip:port', ...] "
+        "list of all trainer endpoints")
+        .SetDefault({});
+    AddAttr<int>("trainer_id",
+                 "(int) "
+                 "The index of the trainer in distributed training.");
+    AddAttr<int>("nccl_comm_num",
+                 "(int default 1) "
+                 "The number of nccl communicator num.")
+        .SetDefault(1);
+    AddAttr<bool>("use_hierarchical_allreduce",
+                  "(bool default false) "
+                  "Wheter to use hierarchical allreduce.")
+        .SetDefault(false);
+    AddAttr<int>("hierarchical_allreduce_inter_nranks",
+                 "(int default 1) "
+                 "Wheter to use hierarchical allreduce.")
+        .SetDefault(-1);
+  }
+};
+
+}  // namespace operators
+}  // namespace paddle
+
+namespace ops = paddle::operators;
+
+REGISTER_OPERATOR(gen_nccl_id, ops::GenNCCLIdOp, ops::GenNCCLIdOpMaker);

paddle/fluid/operators/collective/gen_nccl_id_op_helper.cc

+/* Copyright (c) 2020 PaddlePaddle Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License. */
+
+#include "paddle/fluid/operators/collective/gen_nccl_id_op_helper.h"
+
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+#include <netdb.h>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <ostream>
+#include <string>
+
+#include "glog/logging.h"
+#include "paddle/fluid/framework/scope.h"
+#include "paddle/fluid/framework/var_type_traits.h"
+#include "paddle/fluid/platform/enforce.h"
+#include "paddle/fluid/string/split.h"
+
+namespace paddle {
+namespace operators {
+
+constexpr char COMM_HEAD[] = "_pd_gen_comm_id_";
+
+// Check system calls, such as socket, bind.
+#define CHECK_SYS_CALL(call, name)          \
+  do {                                      \
+    int retval;                             \
+    CHECK_SYS_CALL_VAL(call, name, retval); \
+  } while (false)
+
+#define CHECK_SYS_CALL_VAL(call, name, retval)                            \
+  do {                                                                    \
+    RETRY_SYS_CALL_VAL(call, name, retval);                               \
+    if (retval == -1) {                                                   \
+      PADDLE_THROW(platform::errors::Unavailable("Call to %s failed: %s", \
+                                                 name, strerror(errno))); \
+    }                                                                     \
+  } while (false)
+
+#define RETRY_SYS_CALL_VAL(call, name, retval)                           \
+  do {                                                                   \
+    retval = (call);                                                     \
+    if (retval == -1 &&                                                  \
+        (errno == EINTR || errno == EWOULDBLOCK || errno == EAGAIN)) {   \
+      LOG(WARNING) << "Call " << name << " returned " << strerror(errno) \
+                   << " retry";                                          \
+    } else {                                                             \
+      break;                                                             \
+    }                                                                    \
+  } while (true)
+
+static int SocketSend(int fd, const char* buffer, int size) {
+  int offset = 0;
+  int bytes = 0;
+  while (offset < size) {
+    bytes = send(fd, buffer + offset, size - offset, 0);
+    if (bytes == -1) {
+      if (errno != EINTR && errno != EWOULDBLOCK && errno != EAGAIN) {
+        // send failed
+        return -1;
+      } else {
+        bytes = 0;
+      }
+    }
+    offset += bytes;
+  }
+  return offset;
+}
+
+static int SocketRecv(int fd, char* buffer, int size) {
+  int offset = 0;
+  int bytes = 0;
+  while (offset < size) {
+    bytes = recv(fd, buffer + offset, size - offset, 0);
+    if (bytes == 0) {
+      // closed by client, maybe probing alive client
+      return 0;
+    }
+    if (bytes == -1) {
+      if (errno != EINTR && errno != EWOULDBLOCK && errno != EAGAIN) {
+        return -1;
+      } else {
+        bytes = 0;
+      }
+    }
+    offset += bytes;
+  }
+  return offset;
+}
+
+static void BindOrConnectFailed(int timeout, int* try_times, int* total_time,
+                                const char* op, const std::string& ep) {
+  PADDLE_ENFORCE_LT(
+      *total_time, timeout,
+      platform::errors::Unavailable("%s addr=%s timeout, failed reason: %s", op,
+                                    ep.c_str(), strerror(errno)));
+  ++(*try_times);
+  int retry_time = std::min(*try_times * 500, 3000);  // max 3 seconds
+  *total_time += retry_time;
+
+  LOG(WARNING) << op << " addr=" << ep << " failed " << *try_times
+               << " times with reason: " << strerror(errno) << " retry after "
+               << retry_time / 1000.0 << " seconds";
+  std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(retry_time));
+}
+
+int CreateListenSocket(const std::string& ep) {
+  auto addr = paddle::string::Split(ep, ':');
+  PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(
+      addr.size(), 2UL,
+      platform::errors::InvalidArgument(
+          "The endpoint should contain host and port, but got %s.", ep));
+  std::string host = addr[0];
+  int port = std::stoi(addr[1]);
+
+  // creating socket fd
+  int server_fd = -1;
+  CHECK_SYS_CALL_VAL(socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0), "socket", server_fd);
+
+  // NOTE. Solutions to `Address already in use`.
+  // 1. Reuse addr&port. Otherwise, once the server closes the socket
+  // before client, the server will enter TIME-WAIT status. If we bind port
+  // again, the error `Address already in use` will appear.
+  // 2. Or we can close the client first to ensure that the server does
+  // not enter the TIME-WAIT state. But this is obviously not as convenient
+  // as the reuse method.
+  int opt = 1;
+#if defined(SO_REUSEPORT)
+  // since Linux kernel 3.9
+  CHECK_SYS_CALL(setsockopt(server_fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR | SO_REUSEPORT,
+                            &opt, sizeof(opt)),
+                 "setsockopt");
+#else
+  CHECK_SYS_CALL(
+      setsockopt(server_fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, &opt, sizeof(opt)),
+      "setsockopt");
+#endif
+
+  struct sockaddr_in address;
+  address.sin_family = AF_INET;
+  address.sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY;
+  address.sin_port = htons(port);
+
+  // TODO(wangxi) Set from env, default 900s=15min
+  int timeout = 900 * 1000;
+  int try_times = 0;
+  int total_time = 0;
+  while (true) {
+    int ret_val = -1;
+    RETRY_SYS_CALL_VAL(
+        bind(server_fd, (struct sockaddr*)&address, sizeof(address)), "bind",
+        ret_val);
+
+    if (ret_val == -1) {
+      BindOrConnectFailed(timeout, &try_times, &total_time, "bind", ep);
+      continue;
+    }
+    break;
+  }
+
+  CHECK_SYS_CALL(listen(server_fd, 3), "listen");
+  LOG(INFO) << "Server listening on: " << ep << " successful.";
+  return server_fd;
+}
+
+void CloseSocket(int fd) { CHECK_SYS_CALL(close(fd), "close"); }
+
+static int SocketAccept(int server_fd, const char* head) {
+  struct sockaddr_in client_addr;
+  socklen_t addr_length = sizeof(client_addr);
+  char buffer[1024] = {0};
+  int conn = -1;
+
+  while (true) {
+    CHECK_SYS_CALL_VAL(
+        accept(server_fd, reinterpret_cast<struct sockaddr*>(&client_addr),
+               &addr_length),
+        "accept", conn);
+
+    int ret_val = SocketRecv(conn, buffer, strlen(head));
+    if (ret_val > 0 && strncmp(buffer, head, strlen(head)) == 0) {
+      break;  // accept client
+    } else {
+      VLOG(3) << "socket read failed with ret_val=" << ret_val;
+      CloseSocket(conn);
+    }
+  }
+  return conn;
+}
+
+static int ConnectAddr(const std::string& ep, const char* head) {
+  auto addr = paddle::string::Split(ep, ':');
+  PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(
+      addr.size(), 2UL,
+      platform::errors::InvalidArgument(
+          "The endpoint should contain host and port, but got %s.", ep));
+  std::string host = addr[0];
+  int port = std::stoi(addr[1]);
+
+  int sock = -1;
+  CHECK_SYS_CALL_VAL(socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0), "socket", sock);
+
+  struct sockaddr_in server_addr;
+  memset(&server_addr, 0, sizeof(server_addr));
+  server_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
+  server_addr.sin_port = htons(port);
+
+  char* ip = NULL;
+  struct hostent* hp = NULL;
+  hp = gethostbyname(host.c_str());
+  PADDLE_ENFORCE_NOT_NULL(hp, platform::errors::InvalidArgument(
+                                  "Fail to get host by name %s.", host));
+
+  int i = 0;
+  while (hp->h_addr_list[i] != NULL) {
+    ip = inet_ntoa(*(struct in_addr*)hp->h_addr_list[i]);
+    VLOG(3) << "gethostbyname  host:" << host << "  ->ip: " << ip;
+    break;
+  }
+
+  PADDLE_ENFORCE_GT(inet_pton(AF_INET, ip, &server_addr.sin_addr), 0,
+                    platform::errors::Unavailable("Open address %s failed: %s",
+                                                  ep, strerror(errno)));
+
+  // TODO(wangxi) Set from env, default 900s=15min
+  int timeout = 900 * 1000;
+  int try_times = 0;
+  int total_time = 0;
+  while (true) {
+    int ret_val = -1;
+    RETRY_SYS_CALL_VAL(
+        connect(sock, (struct sockaddr*)&server_addr, sizeof(server_addr)),
+        "connect", ret_val);
+
+    if (ret_val == -1) {
+      BindOrConnectFailed(timeout, &try_times, &total_time, "connect", ep);
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    CHECK_SYS_CALL(SocketSend(sock, head, strlen(head)), "send");
+    break;
+  }
+  return sock;
+}
+
+static void RecvNCCLID(int conn, ncclUniqueId* nccl_id) {
+  char buffer[1024] = {0};
+  static_assert(NCCL_UNIQUE_ID_BYTES <= 1024,
+                "nccl id bytes must <= buffer size");
+
+  CHECK_SYS_CALL(SocketRecv(conn, buffer, NCCL_UNIQUE_ID_BYTES), "recv ncc id");
+  memcpy(nccl_id, buffer, NCCL_UNIQUE_ID_BYTES);
+}
+
+static void SendNCCLID(int conn, ncclUniqueId* nccl_id) {
+  char buffer[1024] = {0};
+  memcpy(buffer, nccl_id, NCCL_UNIQUE_ID_BYTES);
+
+  CHECK_SYS_CALL(SocketSend(conn, buffer, NCCL_UNIQUE_ID_BYTES),
+                 "send nccl id");
+}
+
+void SendBroadCastNCCLID(std::vector<std::string> servers, int nccl_comm_num,
+                         std::function<std::string(size_t)> func,
+                         const framework::Scope& scope) {
+  // connect with server
+  std::vector<int> connects;
+  for (auto server : servers) {
+    VLOG(3) << "connecting endpoint: " << server;
+    int conn = ConnectAddr(server, COMM_HEAD);
+    connects.push_back(conn);
+  }
+  VLOG(3) << "connecting completed...";
+
+  for (int i = 0; i < nccl_comm_num; ++i) {
+    std::string var_name = func(i);
+    auto var = scope.FindVar(var_name);
+    PADDLE_ENFORCE_NOT_NULL(
+        var, platform::errors::NotFound("Variable with name %s is not found",
+                                        var_name.c_str()));
+    auto nccl_id = var->GetMutable<ncclUniqueId>();
+    PADDLE_ENFORCE_CUDA_SUCCESS(platform::dynload::ncclGetUniqueId(nccl_id));
+
+    int j = 0;
+    for (auto conn : connects) {
+      VLOG(3) << "sending nccl_id_var: " << var_name << " to " << servers[j]
+              << " nccl_comm_no: " << i;
+      SendNCCLID(conn, nccl_id);
+      ++j;
+    }
+    VLOG(3) << "sending completed...";
+  }
+
+  // close client
+  for (auto conn : connects) {
+    CloseSocket(conn);
+  }
+}
+
+void RecvBroadCastNCCLID(std::string endpoint, int nccl_comm_num,
+                         std::function<std::string(size_t)> func,
+                         const framework::Scope& scope) {
+  int server = CreateListenSocket(endpoint);
+  RecvBroadCastNCCLID(server, endpoint, nccl_comm_num, func, scope);
+  CloseSocket(server);
+}
+
+void RecvBroadCastNCCLID(int server_fd, std::string endpoint, int nccl_comm_num,
+                         std::function<std::string(size_t)> func,
+                         const framework::Scope& scope) {
+  int client = SocketAccept(server_fd, COMM_HEAD);
+
+  for (int i = 0; i < nccl_comm_num; ++i) {
+    std::string var_name = func(i);
+    auto var = scope.FindVar(var_name);
+    PADDLE_ENFORCE_NOT_NULL(
+        var, platform::errors::NotFound("Variable with name %s is not found",
+                                        var_name.c_str()));
+    auto nccl_id = var->GetMutable<ncclUniqueId>();
+
+    VLOG(3) << "trainer: " << endpoint << " receiving nccl_id_var: " << var_name
+            << " from trainer 0, nccl_comm_no: " << i;
+    RecvNCCLID(client, nccl_id);
+  }
+  VLOG(3) << "receiving completed...";
+  CloseSocket(client);
+}
+
+}  // namespace operators
+}  // namespace paddle

paddle/fluid/operators/collective/gen_nccl_id_op_helper.h

+/* Copyright (c) 2020 PaddlePaddle Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License. */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <functional>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace paddle {
+namespace framework {
+class Scope;
+}  // namespace framework
+}  // namespace paddle
+
+namespace paddle {
+namespace operators {
+
+int CreateListenSocket(const std::string& ep);
+
+void CloseSocket(int fd);
+
+void SendBroadCastNCCLID(std::vector<std::string> servers, int nccl_comm_num,
+                         std::function<std::string(size_t)> func,
+                         const framework::Scope& scope);
+
+// server listen on endpoint, then recv nccl id
+void RecvBroadCastNCCLID(std::string endpoint, int nccl_comm_num,
+                         std::function<std::string(size_t)> func,
+                         const framework::Scope& scope);
+
+// recv nccl id from socket
+void RecvBroadCastNCCLID(int server_fd, std::string endpoint, int nccl_comm_num,
+                         std::function<std::string(size_t)> func,
+                         const framework::Scope& scope);
+}  // namespace operators
+}  // namespace paddle

paddle/fluid/operators/distributed_ops/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ register_operators(EXCLUDES gen_nccl_id_op DEPS ${DISTRIBUTE_DEPS})
 
 if(WITH_NCCL)
     set(DISTRIBUTE_DEPS ${DISTRIBUTE_DEPS} nccl_common)
-    op_library(gen_nccl_id_op DEPS ${DISTRIBUTE_DEPS} nccl_common)
 endif()
 
 set(OPERATOR_DEPS ${OPERATOR_DEPS} ${DISTRIBUTE_DEPS} PARENT_SCOPE)

python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ list(APPEND DIST_TEST_OPS test_parallel_dygraph_transformer)
 list(APPEND DIST_TEST_OPS test_fleet_pipeline_meta_optimizer)
 list(APPEND DIST_TEST_OPS test_listen_and_serv_op)
 list(APPEND DIST_TEST_OPS test_fleet_graph_execution_meta_optimizer)
+list(APPEND DIST_TEST_OPS test_gen_nccl_id_op)
 set(MIXED_DIST_TEST_OPS ${DIST_TEST_OPS})
 #remove distribute unittests.
 list(APPEND MIXED_DIST_TEST_OPS test_dgc_op)

python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_dist_base.py

@@ -945,7 +945,7 @@ class TestDistBase(unittest.TestCase):
             tr_cmd += " --use_cuda"
             env.update({
                 "FLAGS_selected_gpus": "{}".format(0),
-                "CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES": "{}".format(trainer_id % 2),
+                "CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES": "{}".format(trainer_id),
                 "PADDLE_TRAINERS_NUM": "{}".format(trainer_num),
                 "PADDLE_TRAINER_ID": "{}".format(trainer_id),
                 "PADDLE_TRAINER_ENDPOINTS": self._ps_endpoints,
@@ -960,7 +960,7 @@ class TestDistBase(unittest.TestCase):
         if self._pipeline_mode:
             tr_cmd += " --use_pipeline"
         if self._mp_mode:
-            env = {"FLAGS_selected_gpus": "{}".format(trainer_id % 2)}
+            env = {"FLAGS_selected_gpus": "{}".format(trainer_id)}
 
         if self._nccl_comm_num > 1:
             tr_cmd += " --nccl_comm_num {}".format(self._nccl_comm_num)
@@ -992,6 +992,7 @@ class TestDistBase(unittest.TestCase):
 
             global DIST_UT_PORT
             if DIST_UT_PORT == 0:
+                # NOTE(wangxi). hallreduce test must use 4cards after nccl>=2.7
                 for i in range(0, 4):
                     self._ps_endpoints += "127.0.0.1:%s," % (
                         self._find_free_port())
@@ -1110,7 +1111,8 @@ class TestDistBase(unittest.TestCase):
             required_envs["GLOG_vmodule"] = \
                 "fused_all_reduce_op_handle=10,all_reduce_op_handle=10,alloc_continuous_space_op=10,fuse_all_reduce_op_pass=10," \
                 "alloc_continuous_space_for_grad_pass=10,fast_threaded_ssa_graph_executor=10,executor=10,operator=10," \
-                "sparse_all_reduce_op_handle=10,gen_nccl_id_op=10,nccl_helper=10,grpc_client=10,grpc_server=10,request_handler_impl=10"
+                "sparse_all_reduce_op_handle=10,gen_nccl_id_op=10,gen_nccl_id_op_help=10,nccl_helper=10,grpc_client=10," \
+                "grpc_server=10,request_handler_impl=10"
             required_envs["GLOG_logtostderr"] = "1"
 
         required_envs.update(need_envs)

python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_dist_mnist_hallreduce.py

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ class TestDistMnistNCCL2HAllreduce(TestDistBase):
         self._use_reduce = False
         self._use_reader_alloc = False
         self._nccl2_mode = True
+        # NOTE(wangxi). hallreduce test must use 4cards after nccl>=2.7
         self._use_hallreduce = True
 
     def test_dist_train(self):

python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_gen_nccl_id_op.py

+# Copyright (c) 2020 PaddlePaddle Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import unittest
+import os
+from launch_function_helper import wait, _find_free_port
+from multiprocessing import Pool, Process
+
+os.environ['GLOG_vmodule'] = str("gen_nccl_id_op*=10")
+
+import paddle
+from paddle.fluid import core
+
+paddle.enable_static()
+
+
+def run_gen_ncc_id(attr):
+    nccl_comm_num = attr['nccl_comm_num']
+    use_hallreduce = attr['use_hierarchical_allreduce']
+
+    startup_program = paddle.static.default_startup_program()
+    main_program = paddle.static.default_main_program()
+
+    with paddle.static.program_guard(main_program, startup_program):
+        nccl_id_var = startup_program.global_block().create_var(
+            name="NCCLID", persistable=True, type=core.VarDesc.VarType.RAW)
+
+        for i in range(1, nccl_comm_num):
+            startup_program.global_block().create_var(
+                name="NCCLID_{}".format(i),
+                persistable=True,
+                type=core.VarDesc.VarType.RAW)
+
+        if use_hallreduce:
+            for i in range(0, nccl_comm_num):
+                startup_program.global_block().create_var(
+                    name="Hierarchical_inter_NCCLID_{}".format(i),
+                    persistable=True,
+                    type=core.VarDesc.VarType.RAW)
+                startup_program.global_block().create_var(
+                    name="Hierarchical_exter_NCCLID_{}".format(i),
+                    persistable=True,
+                    type=core.VarDesc.VarType.RAW)
+
+        startup_program.global_block().append_op(
+            type="gen_nccl_id",
+            inputs={},
+            outputs={"NCCLID": nccl_id_var},
+            attrs=attr)
+
+    place = paddle.CPUPlace()
+
+    exe = paddle.static.Executor(place)
+    exe.run(startup_program)
+
+
+class TestGenNcclIdOp(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        try:
+            self._dist_ut_port_0 = int(os.environ["PADDLE_DIST_UT_PORT"])
+        except Exception as e:
+            self._dist_ut_port_0 = _find_free_port(set())
+
+    def gen_nccl_id(self, nranks=2):
+        nccl_comm_num = 1
+        if nranks == 2:
+            use_hallreduce = False
+            hallreduce_inter_nranks = -1
+        elif nranks == 4:
+            use_hallreduce = True
+            hallreduce_inter_nranks = 2
+
+        port = self._dist_ut_port_0
+        trainers = []
+        for i in range(nranks):
+            trainers.append('127.0.0.1:{}'.format(port + i))
+
+        attr = {
+            "trainers": trainers,
+            "trainer_id": 0,
+            "nccl_comm_num": nccl_comm_num,
+            "use_hierarchical_allreduce": use_hallreduce,
+            "hierarchical_allreduce_inter_nranks": hallreduce_inter_nranks,
+        }
+
+        procs = []
+        for i in range(nranks):
+            attr['trainer_id'] = i
+            p = Process(target=run_gen_ncc_id, args=(attr, ))
+            p.start()
+            procs.append(p)
+
+        wait(procs, timeout=120)
+
+    def test_flat(self):
+        print(">>> test gen flat nccl id")
+        self.gen_nccl_id(2)
+        print("<<< end test gen flat nccl id")
+
+    def test_hierarchical(self):
+        print(">>> test gen hierarchical nccl id")
+        self.gen_nccl_id(4)
+        print("<<< end test gen hierarchical nccl id")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()