Dist transpiler support prefetch (#9714)

* init

* add some check

* add dist transpile logic

* add insert op for block

* init change get_pserver_program

* optimize code

* fix a bug

* can run now

* start to do table split

* start to process table gradient

* complete pserver part

* can send_vars now

* revert cpplint

* fix a bug

* optimize code

* move dist test to models

* revert the interface of distribute_transpiler.transpile

* fix prefetch_block

* optimize trainspiler code

* add comment to sum_op

* add warning log

* fix comment

* fix test_send_recv

* fix test_send_recv

* fix train with no distributed table

* optimize GetDims

paddle/fluid/framework/block_desc.h

@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class BlockDesc {
 
   /*
    * Remove Op and its input/output variables.
-   * Note that for either input or ouput variable, if it is also an input or
+   * Note that for either input or output variable, if it is also an input or
    * output variable of other ops, we should remain it.
    */
   void RemoveOp(size_t s, size_t e);

paddle/fluid/framework/operator.cc

@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ proto::VarType::Type GetDataTypeOfVar(const Variable* var) {
   }
 }
 
-static DDim GetDims(const Scope& scope, const std::string& name) {
+static DDim GetDims(const Scope& scope, const std::string& name,
+                    bool get_actual_dim = false) {
   Variable* var = scope.FindVar(name);
   if (var == nullptr) {
     return DDim({-1});
@@ -55,7 +56,11 @@ static DDim GetDims(const Scope& scope, const std::string& name) {
   if (var->IsType<LoDTensor>()) {
     return var->Get<LoDTensor>().dims();
   } else if (var->IsType<SelectedRows>()) {
-    return var->Get<SelectedRows>().GetCompleteDims();
+    if (get_actual_dim) {
+      return var->Get<SelectedRows>().value().dims();
+    } else {
+      return var->Get<SelectedRows>().GetCompleteDims();
+    }
   } else {
     return DDim({-1});
   }
@@ -129,7 +134,7 @@ std::string OperatorBase::DebugStringEx(const Scope* scope) const {
     for (size_t i = 0; i < input.second.size(); ++i) {
       ss << input.second[i];
       if (scope) {
-        ss << "[" << GetDims(*scope, input.second[i]) << "]";
+        ss << "[" << GetDims(*scope, input.second[i], true) << "]";
         ss << "(" << GetLoD(*scope, input.second[i]) << ")";
       }
       if (i != input.second.size() - 1) {
@@ -149,7 +154,7 @@ std::string OperatorBase::DebugStringEx(const Scope* scope) const {
     for (size_t i = 0; i < output.second.size(); ++i) {
       ss << output.second[i];
       if (scope) {
-        ss << "[" << GetDims(*scope, output.second[i]) << "]";
+        ss << "[" << GetDims(*scope, output.second[i], true) << "]";
         ss << "(" << GetLoD(*scope, output.second[i]) << ")";
       }
       if (i != output.second.size() - 1) {

paddle/fluid/operators/concat_op.cc

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License. */
 
 #include "paddle/fluid/operators/concat_op.h"
+
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
@@ -34,7 +35,10 @@ class ConcatOp : public framework::OperatorWithKernel {
     size_t axis = static_cast<size_t>(ctx->Attrs().Get<int>("axis"));
     const size_t n = ins.size();
 
-    PADDLE_ENFORCE_GT(n, 1, "Input tensors count should > 1.");
+    PADDLE_ENFORCE_GT(n, 0, "Input tensors count should > 0.");
+    if (n == 1) {
+      VLOG(3) << "Warning: concat op have only one input, may waste memory";
+    }
 
     auto out_dims = ins[0];
     size_t in_zero_dims_size = out_dims.size();

paddle/fluid/operators/detail/grpc_server.cc

@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ class RequestPrefetch final : public RequestBase {
     ::grpc::ByteBuffer reply;
 
     std::string var_name = request_->OutVarname();
+    VLOG(3) << "prefetch var " << var_name;
     auto var_desc = program_->Block(0).FindVar(var_name);
     framework::Scope* local_scope = &scope_->NewScope();
     auto* var = local_scope->FindVar(var_name);

paddle/fluid/operators/listen_and_serv_op.cc

@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License. */
 
 #include <ostream>
-#include <thread>
+#include <thread>  // NOLINT
+#include <vector>
 
 #include "paddle/fluid/operators/listen_and_serv_op.h"
 
@@ -88,8 +89,9 @@ void ListenAndServOp::RunImpl(const framework::Scope &scope,
 
   auto ins = Inputs("X");
   auto fan_in = Attr<int>("Fanin");
-  auto *block = Attr<framework::BlockDesc *>(kOptimizeBlock);
-  auto *program = block->Program();
+  auto *optimize_block = Attr<framework::BlockDesc *>(kOptimizeBlock);
+  auto *prefetch_block = Attr<framework::BlockDesc *>(kPrefetchBlock);
+  auto *program = optimize_block->Program();
   size_t num_blocks = program->Size();
   PADDLE_ENFORCE_GE(num_blocks, 2,
                     "server program should have at least 2 blocks");
@@ -97,18 +99,25 @@ void ListenAndServOp::RunImpl(const framework::Scope &scope,
   framework::Executor executor(dev_place);
   std::vector<int> block_list;
   for (size_t blkid = 1; blkid < num_blocks; ++blkid) {
-    block_list.push_back(blkid);
+    if (blkid != prefetch_block->ID()) {
+      block_list.push_back(blkid);
+    }
   }
-  auto prepared = executor.Prepare(*program, block_list);
+  auto optimize_prepared = executor.Prepare(*program, block_list);
   // Insert placeholder for block0 which holds current op itself.
-  prepared.insert(prepared.begin(),
-                  std::shared_ptr<framework::ExecutorPrepareContext>(nullptr));
+  optimize_prepared.insert(
+      optimize_prepared.begin(),
+      std::shared_ptr<framework::ExecutorPrepareContext>(nullptr));
 
   rpc_service_->SetScope(&recv_scope);
   rpc_service_->SetDevCtx(&dev_ctx);
   // TODO(qiao) set proper fields for table lookup and update
   rpc_service_->SetExecutor(&executor);
-  rpc_service_->SetPrefetchBlkdId(0);
+  VLOG(3) << "prefetch block id is " << prefetch_block->ID();
+  auto prefetch_prepared = executor.Prepare(*program, prefetch_block->ID());
+  rpc_service_->SetPrefetchBlkdId(prefetch_block->ID());
+  rpc_service_->SetPrefetchPreparedCtx(prefetch_prepared.get());
+  prefetch_prepared.release();
   rpc_service_->SetProgram(program);
   // start the server listening after all member initialized.
   server_thread_.reset(new std::thread(RunServer, rpc_service_));
@@ -166,16 +175,18 @@ void ListenAndServOp::RunImpl(const framework::Scope &scope,
     parallel_blkids.push_back(1);
     double ts = detail::GetTimestamp();
     for (size_t blkid = 2; blkid < num_blocks; ++blkid) {
-      if (program->Block(blkid).Parent() != last_parent_blkid) {
-        ParallelExecuteBlocks(parallel_blkids, &executor, prepared, program,
-                              &recv_scope);
-        parallel_blkids.clear();
-        last_parent_blkid = program->Block(blkid).Parent();
+      if (blkid != prefetch_block->ID()) {
+        if (program->Block(blkid).Parent() != last_parent_blkid) {
+          ParallelExecuteBlocks(parallel_blkids, &executor, optimize_prepared,
+                                program, &recv_scope);
+          parallel_blkids.clear();
+          last_parent_blkid = program->Block(blkid).Parent();
+        }
+        parallel_blkids.push_back(blkid);
       }
-      parallel_blkids.push_back(blkid);
     }
-    ParallelExecuteBlocks(parallel_blkids, &executor, prepared, program,
-                          &recv_scope);
+    ParallelExecuteBlocks(parallel_blkids, &executor, optimize_prepared,
+                          program, &recv_scope);
     VLOG(2) << "run all blocks spent " << detail::GetTimestamp() - ts << "(ms)";
 
     // Reset the received sparse variables, the sum operator would not
@@ -211,6 +222,8 @@ from send_op and send back variables to recv_op.
         .AddCustomChecker([](const std::string &ip) { return !ip.empty(); });
     AddAttr<framework::BlockDesc *>(kOptimizeBlock,
                                     "BlockID to run on server side.");
+    AddAttr<framework::BlockDesc *>(kPrefetchBlock,
+                                    "prefetch block to run on server side.");
     AddAttr<int>("Fanin", "How many clients send to this server.")
         .SetDefault(1);
   }

paddle/fluid/operators/listen_and_serv_op.h

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ limitations under the License. */
 
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <ostream>
+#include <string>
 
 #include "paddle/fluid/framework/executor.h"
 #include "paddle/fluid/framework/lod_tensor.h"
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ namespace paddle {
 namespace operators {
 
 constexpr char kOptimizeBlock[] = "OptimizeBlock";
+constexpr char kPrefetchBlock[] = "PrefetchBlock";
 
 void RunServer(std::shared_ptr<detail::AsyncGRPCServer> service);
 

paddle/fluid/operators/lookup_table_op.cc

@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ class LookupTableOpMaker : public framework::OpProtoAndCheckerMaker {
                   "(boolean, default false) "
                   "Sparse update.")
         .SetDefault(false);
+    AddAttr<bool>("is_distributed",
+                  "(boolean, default false) distributed lookup table.")
+        .SetDefault(false);
     AddAttr<int64_t>("padding_idx",
                      "(int64, default -1) "
                      "If the value is -1, it makes no effect to lookup. "

paddle/fluid/operators/prefetch_op.cc

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ 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 <future>
+#include <future>  // NOLINT
 #include <ostream>
 
 #include "paddle/fluid/framework/data_type.h"
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ class PrefetchOp : public framework::OperatorBase {
 
     for (size_t i = 0; i < ins.size(); i++) {
       if (NeedSend(scope, ins[i])) {
-        VLOG(3) << "sending " << ins[i] << " to " << epmap[i] << "to get "
-                << outs[i] << "back";
+        VLOG(3) << "sending " << ins[i] << " to " << epmap[i] << " to get "
+                << outs[i] << " back";
         rpc_client->AsyncPrefetchVariable(epmap[i], ctx, scope, ins[i],
                                           outs[i]);
       } else {
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class PrefetchOpMaker : public framework::OpProtoAndCheckerMaker {
               "(RPCClient) The RPC client object which will be"
               "initialized at most once.");
     AddOutput("Out",
-              "(SelectedRows) result "
+              "(LoDTensor) result "
               "to be fetched from parameter server")
         .AsDuplicable();
     AddAttr<std::vector<std::string>>(

paddle/fluid/operators/send_recv_op_test.cc

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ limitations under the License. */
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <string>
-#include <thread>
+#include <thread>  // NOLINT
 
 #include "gtest/gtest.h"
 #include "paddle/fluid/framework/op_registry.h"
@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ namespace m = paddle::operators::math;
 std::unique_ptr<f::OperatorBase> listen_and_serv_op;
 int selected_port;
 
-void InitTensorsInScope(f::Scope &scope, p::CPUPlace &place) {
+void InitTensorsInScope(const p::CPUPlace &place, f::Scope *scope) {
   p::CPUDeviceContext ctx(place);
   for (int i = 0; i < 2; ++i) {
     auto var_name = paddle::string::Sprintf("x%d", i);
-    auto var = scope.Var(var_name);
+    auto var = scope->Var(var_name);
     auto tensor = var->GetMutable<f::LoDTensor>();
     tensor->Resize({10, 10});
     float *expect = tensor->mutable_data<float>(place);
@@ -50,20 +50,20 @@ void InitTensorsInScope(f::Scope &scope, p::CPUPlace &place) {
     }
   }
 
-  auto out_var = scope.Var("Out");
+  auto out_var = scope->Var("Out");
   auto out_tensor = out_var->GetMutable<f::LoDTensor>();
   out_tensor->Resize({10, 10});
   out_tensor->mutable_data<float>(place);  // allocate
 }
 
-void InitSelectedRowsInScope(f::Scope &scope, p::CPUPlace &place) {
+void InitSelectedRowsInScope(const p::CPUPlace &place, f::Scope *scope) {
   p::CPUDeviceContext ctx(place);
   int64_t height = 10;
   int64_t row_numel = 10;
   m::SetConstant<p::CPUDeviceContext, float> set_one;
   // init x0
   std::vector<int64_t> rows0{0, 4, 7};
-  auto x0_var = scope.Var("x0");
+  auto x0_var = scope->Var("x0");
   auto x0 = x0_var->GetMutable<f::SelectedRows>();
   x0->set_rows(rows0);
   x0->set_height(height);
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ void InitSelectedRowsInScope(f::Scope &scope, p::CPUPlace &place) {
 
   // init x1
   std::vector<int64_t> rows1{2, 9};
-  auto x1_var = scope.Var("x1");
+  auto x1_var = scope->Var("x1");
   auto x1 = x1_var->GetMutable<f::SelectedRows>();
   x1->set_rows(rows1);
   x1->set_height(height);
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ void InitSelectedRowsInScope(f::Scope &scope, p::CPUPlace &place) {
       f::make_ddim({static_cast<int64_t>(rows1.size()), row_numel}), place);
   set_one(ctx, x1_value, 1.0);
 
-  auto out_var = scope.Var("Out");
+  auto out_var = scope->Var("Out");
   auto out = out_var->GetMutable<f::SelectedRows>();
   auto out_value = out->mutable_value();
   out->set_height(height);
@@ -117,15 +117,16 @@ void StartServerNet(bool is_sparse) {
   f::Scope scope;
   p::CPUPlace place;
   if (is_sparse) {
-    InitSelectedRowsInScope(scope, place);
+    InitSelectedRowsInScope(place, &scope);
   } else {
-    InitTensorsInScope(scope, place);
+    InitTensorsInScope(place, &scope);
   }
 
   // sub program run in listen_and_serv_op, for simple test we use sum
   f::ProgramDesc program;
   const auto &root_block = program.Block(0);
   auto *optimize_block = program.AppendBlock(root_block);
+  auto *prefetch_block = program.AppendBlock(root_block);
   // X for server side tensors, RX for received tensers, must be of same shape.
   AddOp("sum", {{"X", {"x0", "x1"}}}, {{"Out", {"Out"}}}, {}, optimize_block);
 
@@ -135,6 +136,7 @@ void StartServerNet(bool is_sparse) {
   attrs.insert({"ParamList", std::vector<std::string>({"Out"})});
   attrs.insert({"GradList", std::vector<std::string>({"x1"})});
   attrs.insert({"OptimizeBlock", optimize_block});
+  attrs.insert({"PrefetchBlock", prefetch_block});
   listen_and_serv_op =
       f::OpRegistry::CreateOp("listen_and_serv", {{"X", {"x1"}}}, {}, attrs);
   LOG(INFO) << "selected port before run " << selected_port;
@@ -148,7 +150,7 @@ TEST(SendRecvOp, CPUDense) {
   // local net
   f::Scope scope;
   p::CPUPlace place;
-  InitTensorsInScope(scope, place);
+  InitTensorsInScope(place, &scope);
   // create rpc client var
   scope.Var("RPC_CLIENT_VAR");
 
@@ -191,7 +193,7 @@ TEST(SendRecvOp, CPUSparse) {
   f::Scope scope;
   p::CPUPlace place;
   p::CPUDeviceContext ctx(place);
-  InitSelectedRowsInScope(scope, place);
+  InitSelectedRowsInScope(place, &scope);
   scope.Var("RPC_CLIENT_VAR");
   f::AttributeMap attrs;
   selected_port = static_cast<paddle::operators::ListenAndServOp *>(

paddle/fluid/operators/send_vars_op.cc

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ 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 <future>
+#include <future>  // NOLINT
 #include <ostream>
 
 #include "paddle/fluid/framework/data_type.h"
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class SendVarsOp : public framework::OperatorBase {
     auto ins = Inputs("X");
 
     std::vector<std::string> epmap = Attr<std::vector<std::string>>("epmap");
-    int sync_send = Attr<int>("sync_sent");
+    int sync_send = Attr<int>("sync_send");
 
     platform::DeviceContextPool& pool = platform::DeviceContextPool::Instance();
     auto& ctx = *pool.Get(place);

paddle/fluid/operators/sgd_op.cc

@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ class SGDOp : public framework::OperatorWithKernel {
     PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(framework::product(lr_dims), 1,
                       "Learning rate should have 1 element");
     auto param_dim = ctx->GetInputDim("Param");
-    // TODO(qijun): check dimensions of Param and Grad at complie
-    // and run time.
+    // TODO(qijun): check dimensions of Param and Grad at compile
+    // and runtime.
     ctx->SetOutputDim("ParamOut", param_dim);
   }
 

paddle/fluid/operators/split_ids_op.cc

@@ -48,11 +48,11 @@ class SplitIdsOp : public framework::OperatorWithKernel {
     PADDLE_ENFORCE(ctx->HasOutputs("Out"), "SplitIdsOp must has output Out.");
 
     auto ids_var_type = ctx->GetInputsVarType("Ids").front();
-    PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(ids_var_type, framework::proto::VarType::LOD_TENSOR);
-
     auto ids_dims = ctx->GetInputDim("Ids");
-    PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(ids_dims.size(), 2);
-    PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(ids_dims[1], 1);
+    if (ids_var_type == framework::proto::VarType::LOD_TENSOR) {
+      PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(ids_dims.size(), 2);
+      PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(ids_dims[1], 1);
+    }
   }
 };
 
@@ -60,8 +60,9 @@ class SplitIdsOpInferVarType : public framework::VarTypeInference {
  public:
   void operator()(const framework::OpDesc &op_desc,
                   framework::BlockDesc *block) const override {
+    auto *input_var = block->Var(op_desc.Input("Ids")[0]);
     for (auto &out_var : op_desc.Output("Out")) {
-      block->Var(out_var)->SetType(framework::proto::VarType::LOD_TENSOR);
+      block->Var(out_var)->SetType(input_var->GetType());
     }
   }
 };
@@ -73,4 +74,5 @@ namespace ops = paddle::operators;
 REGISTER_OPERATOR(split_ids, ops::SplitIdsOp, ops::SplitIdsOpMaker,
                   ops::SplitIdsOpInferVarType);
 REGISTER_OP_CPU_KERNEL(
-    split_ids, ops::SplitIdsOpKernel<paddle::platform::CPUPlace, int64_t>);
+    split_ids, ops::SplitIdsOpKernel<paddle::platform::CPUPlace, int64_t>,
+    ops::SplitIdsOpKernel<paddle::platform::CPUPlace, float>);

paddle/fluid/operators/split_ids_op.h

@@ -24,35 +24,63 @@ namespace operators {
 template <typename DeviceContext, typename T>
 class SplitIdsOpKernel : public framework::OpKernel<T> {
  public:
-  void Compute(const framework::ExecutionContext& ctx) const override {
+  void Compute(const framework::ExecutionContext &ctx) const override {
     auto place = ctx.GetPlace();
     if (!platform::is_cpu_place(place)) {
       PADDLE_THROW("SplitIds do not support GPU kernel");
     }
 
-    auto& ids_dims = ctx.Input<framework::LoDTensor>("Ids")->dims();
-    const T* ids = ctx.Input<framework::LoDTensor>("Ids")->data<T>();
-    auto outs = ctx.MultiOutput<framework::LoDTensor>("Out");
-    const size_t shard_num = outs.size();
+    const auto *ids_var = ctx.InputVar("Ids");
+    if (ids_var->IsType<framework::LoDTensor>()) {
+      const auto &ids_dims = ctx.Input<framework::LoDTensor>("Ids")->dims();
+      const T *ids = ctx.Input<framework::LoDTensor>("Ids")->data<T>();
+      auto outs = ctx.MultiOutput<framework::LoDTensor>("Out");
+      const size_t shard_num = outs.size();
 
-    std::vector<std::vector<T>> out_ids;
-    out_ids.resize(outs.size());
+      std::vector<std::vector<T>> out_ids;
+      out_ids.resize(outs.size());
 
-    // split id by their shard_num.
-    for (int i = 0; i < ids_dims[0]; ++i) {
-      T id = ids[i];
-      size_t shard_id = static_cast<size_t>(id) % shard_num;
-      out_ids[shard_id].push_back(id);
-    }
+      // split id by their shard_num.
+      for (int i = 0; i < ids_dims[0]; ++i) {
+        T id = ids[i];
+        size_t shard_id = static_cast<size_t>(id) % shard_num;
+        out_ids[shard_id].push_back(id);
+      }
+
+      // create tensor for each shard and send to parameter server
+      for (size_t i = 0; i < out_ids.size(); ++i) {
+        auto *shard_t = outs[i];
+        std::vector<T> ids = out_ids[i];
+        auto *shard_data = shard_t->mutable_data<T>(
+            framework::make_ddim({static_cast<int64_t>(ids.size()), 1}), place);
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < ids.size(); ++i) {
+          shard_data[i] = ids[i];
+        }
+      }
+    } else if (ids_var->IsType<framework::SelectedRows>()) {
+      const auto *ids_selected_rows = ctx.Input<framework::SelectedRows>("Ids");
+      auto &ids_dims = ids_selected_rows->value().dims();
+      PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(ids_dims[0], ids_selected_rows->rows().size(), "");
+      const T *ids = ids_selected_rows->value().data<T>();
+      const auto &ids_rows = ids_selected_rows->rows();
+      auto outs = ctx.MultiOutput<framework::SelectedRows>("Out");
+      const size_t shard_num = outs.size();
+      // get rows for outputs
+      for (auto &id : ids_rows) {
+        size_t shard_id = static_cast<size_t>(id) % shard_num;
+        outs[shard_id]->mutable_rows()->push_back(id);
+      }
 
-    // create tensor for each shard and send to parameter server
-    for (size_t i = 0; i < out_ids.size(); ++i) {
-      auto* shard_t = outs[i];
-      std::vector<T> ids = out_ids[i];
-      auto* shard_data = shard_t->mutable_data<T>(
-          framework::make_ddim({static_cast<int64_t>(ids.size()), 1}), place);
-      for (size_t i = 0; i < ids.size(); ++i) {
-        shard_data[i] = ids[i];
+      int64_t row_width = ids_dims[1];
+      for (auto &out : outs) {
+        out->set_height(ids_selected_rows->height());
+        framework::DDim ddim = framework::make_ddim(
+            {static_cast<int64_t>(out->rows().size()), row_width});
+        T *output = out->mutable_value()->mutable_data<T>(ddim, place);
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < ddim[0]; ++i) {
+          memcpy(output + i * row_width, ids + out->rows()[i] * row_width,
+                 row_width * sizeof(T));
+        }
       }
     }
   }

paddle/fluid/operators/sum_op.cc

@@ -10,9 +10,11 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License. */
 
 #include "paddle/fluid/operators/sum_op.h"
+
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
+
 #include "paddle/fluid/framework/var_type_inference.h"
 #include "paddle/fluid/operators/detail/safe_ref.h"
 
@@ -37,7 +39,10 @@ class SumOp : public framework::OperatorWithKernel {
 
     auto x_dims = ctx->GetInputsDim("X");
     size_t N = x_dims.size();
-    PADDLE_ENFORCE_GT(N, 1, "Input tensors count should > 1.");
+    PADDLE_ENFORCE_GT(N, 0, "Input tensors count should > 0.");
+    if (N == 1) {
+      VLOG(3) << "Warning: sum have only one input, may waste memory";
+    }
 
     framework::DDim in_dim({0});
     for (auto& x_dim : x_dims) {

python/paddle/fluid/layers/nn.py

@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ def fc(input,
 def embedding(input,
               size,
               is_sparse=False,
+              is_distributed=False,
               padding_idx=None,
               param_attr=None,
               dtype='float32'):
@@ -268,8 +269,11 @@ def embedding(input,
         inputs={'Ids': input,
                 'W': w},
         outputs={'Out': tmp},
-        attrs={'is_sparse': is_sparse,
-               'padding_idx': padding_idx})
+        attrs={
+            'is_sparse': is_sparse,
+            'is_distributed': is_distributed,
+            'padding_idx': padding_idx
+        })
     return tmp