# 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. from __future__ import print_function import copy import warnings import paddle from paddle.fluid.framework import dygraph_only from paddle.fluid import compiler from .role_maker import UserDefinedRoleMaker, PaddleCloudRoleMaker, RoleMakerBase from .strategy_compiler import StrategyCompiler from .distributed_strategy import DistributedStrategy from .meta_optimizer_factory import MetaOptimizerFactory from .runtime_factory import RuntimeFactory from paddle.fluid.wrapped_decorator import wrap_decorator from paddle.fluid.dygraph import parallel_helper def _inited_runtime_handler_(func): def __impl__(*args, **kwargs): cls = args[0] if cls._runtime_handle is None: raise ValueError("Fleet can not find suitable runtime handler") return func(*args, **kwargs) return __impl__ def _is_non_distributed_check_(func): def __impl__(*args, **kwargs): cls = args[0] if cls._role_maker is not None and cls._role_maker._is_non_distributed( ) is True: warnings.warn( "%s() function doesn't work when use non_distributed fleet." % (func.__name__)) return return func(*args, **kwargs) return __impl__ inited_runtime_handler = wrap_decorator(_inited_runtime_handler_) is_non_distributed_check = wrap_decorator(_is_non_distributed_check_) class Fleet(object): """ Unified API for distributed training of PaddlePaddle Please reference the https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/FleetX for details Returns: Fleet: A Fleet instance Example for collective training: .. code-block:: python import paddle.distributed.fleet as fleet fleet.init(is_collective=True) strategy = fleet.DistributedStrategy() optimizer = paddle.optimizer.SGD(learning_rate=0.001) optimizer = fleet.distributed_optimizer(optimizer, strategy=strategy) # do distributed training Example for parameter server training: .. code-block:: python import paddle.distributed.fleet as fleet fleet.init() strategy = fleet.DistributedStrategy() optimizer = paddle.optimizer.SGD(learning_rate=0.001) optimizer = fleet.distributed_optimizer(optimizer, strategy=strategy) if fleet.is_first_worker(): print("this is first worker") print("current node index: {}".format(fleet.worker_index())) print("total number of worker num: {}".format(fleet.worker_num())) if fleet.is_worker(): print("this is worker") print("worker endpoints: {}".format(fleet.worker_endpoints(to_string=True))) print("server num: {}".format(fleet.server_num())) print("server endpoints: {}".format(fleet.server_endpoints(to_string=True))) if fleet.is_server(): print("this is server") fleet.stop_worker() """ def __init__(self): self._role_maker = None self.strategy_compiler = None self._is_collective = False self._runtime_handle = None self._util = None self._context = {} def init(self, role_maker=None, is_collective=False): """ Initialize role_maker in Fleet. This function is responsible for the distributed architecture what you want to run your code behind. Args: role_maker (RoleMakerBase, optional): A ``RoleMakerBase`` containing the configuration of environment variables related to distributed training.If you did not initialize the rolemaker by yourself, it will be automatically initialized to PaddleRoleMaker. The default value is None. is_collective (Boolean, optional): A ``Boolean`` variable determines whether the program runs on the CPU or GPU. False means set distributed training using CPU, and True means GPU.The default value is False.The default value is False. Returns: None Examples1: .. code-block:: python import paddle.distributed.fleet as fleet fleet.init() Examples2: .. code-block:: python import paddle.distributed.fleet as fleet fleet.init(is_collective=True) Examples3: .. code-block:: python import paddle.distributed.fleet as fleet role = fleet.PaddleCloudRoleMaker fleet.init(role) """ if role_maker is None: if isinstance(is_collective, bool): self._is_collective = is_collective self._role_maker = PaddleCloudRoleMaker( is_collective=self._is_collective) else: raise ValueError( "`is_collective` should be instance of `bool`, but got {}". format(type(is_collective))) else: if isinstance(role_maker, RoleMakerBase): self._role_maker = role_maker else: raise ValueError( "`role_maker` should be subclass of `RoleMakerBase`, but got {}". format(type(role_maker))) self._role_maker._generate_role() import paddle.distributed.fleet as fleet fleet.util._set_role_maker(self._role_maker) self.strategy_compiler = StrategyCompiler() if self._role_maker._is_non_distributed() and self._is_collective: if paddle.fluid.core.is_compiled_with_cuda(): gpus_num = paddle.fluid.core.get_cuda_device_count() if gpus_num != 1: raise ValueError( "CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES shoule be set only 1 card if you use `python` to launch fleet program." ) if paddle.fluid.framework.in_dygraph_mode(): if self.worker_num() == 1: return if parallel_helper._is_parallel_ctx_initialized(): warnings.warn( "The dygraph parallel environment has been initialized.") else: paddle.distributed.init_parallel_env() def is_first_worker(self): """ Check whether the node is the first instance of worker. Returns: bool: True if this is the first node of worker, False if not. Examples: .. code-block:: python import paddle.distributed.fleet as fleet fleet.init() fleet.is_first_worker() """ return self._role_maker._is_first_worker() def worker_index(self): """ Get current worker index. Returns: int: node id Examples: .. code-block:: python import paddle.distributed.fleet as fleet fleet.init() fleet.worker_index() """ return self._role_maker._worker_index() def worker_num(self): """ Get current total worker number. Returns: int: worker numbers Examples: .. code-block:: python import paddle.distributed.fleet as fleet fleet.init() fleet.worker_num() """ return self._role_maker._worker_num() def is_worker(self): """ Check whether the node is an instance of worker. Returns: bool: True if this is a node of worker, False if not. Examples: .. code-block:: python import paddle.distributed.fleet as fleet fleet.init() fleet.is_worker() """ return self._role_maker._is_worker() def worker_endpoints(self, to_string=False): """ Get current worker endpoints, such as ["127.0.0.1:1001", "127.0.0.1:1002"]. Returns: list/string: server endpoints Examples: .. code-block:: python import paddle.distributed.fleet as fleet fleet.init() fleet.worker_endpoints() """ if to_string: return ",".join(self._role_maker._get_trainer_endpoints()) else: return self._role_maker._get_trainer_endpoints() def server_num(self): """ Get current total worker number. Returns: int: server number Examples: .. code-block:: python import paddle.distributed.fleet as fleet fleet.init() fleet.server_num() """ return len(self._role_maker._get_pserver_endpoints()) def server_index(self): """ Get current server index. Returns: int: node id Examples: .. code-block:: python import paddle.distributed.fleet as fleet fleet.init() fleet.server_index() """ return self._role_maker._server_index() def server_endpoints(self, to_string=False): """ Get current server endpoints, such as ["127.0.0.1:1001", "127.0.0.1:1002"]. Returns: list/string: server endpoints Examples: .. code-block:: python import paddle.distributed.fleet as fleet fleet.init() fleet.server_endpoints() """ if to_string: return ",".join(self._role_maker._get_pserver_endpoints()) else: return self._role_maker._get_pserver_endpoints() def is_server(self): """ Check whether the node is an instance of server. Returns: bool: True if this is a node of server, False if not. Examples: .. code-block:: python import paddle.distributed.fleet as fleet fleet.init() fleet.is_server() """ return self._role_maker._is_server( ) or self._role_maker._is_heter_worker() def barrier_worker(self): """ barrier all workers Returns: None """ self._role_maker._barrier("worker") @is_non_distributed_check @inited_runtime_handler def init_worker(self): """ initialize `Communicator` for parameter server training. Returns: None Examples: .. code-block:: python import paddle.distributed.fleet as fleet fleet.init() # build net # fleet.distributed_optimizer(...) fleet.init_worker() """ self._runtime_handle._init_worker() @is_non_distributed_check @inited_runtime_handler def init_server(self, *args, **kwargs): """ init_server executor to initialize startup program, if the `args` is not empty, it will run load_persistables for increment training. Returns: None Examples: .. code-block:: python import paddle.distributed.fleet as fleet fleet.init() # build net # fleet.distributed_optimizer(...) fleet.init_server() """ self._runtime_handle._init_server(*args, **kwargs) @is_non_distributed_check @inited_runtime_handler def run_server(self): """ run server will run pserver main program with executor. Returns: None Examples: .. code-block:: python import paddle.distributed.fleet as fleet fleet.init() # build net # fleet.distributed_optimizer(...) if fleet.is_server(): fleet.init_server() """ self._runtime_handle._run_server() @is_non_distributed_check @inited_runtime_handler def stop_worker(self): """ stop `Communicator` and give training complete notice to parameter server. Returns: None Examples: .. code-block:: python import paddle.distributed.fleet as fleet fleet.init() # build net # fleet.distributed_optimizer(...) fleet.init_server() """ self._runtime_handle._stop_worker() def save_inference_model(self, executor, dirname, feeded_var_names, target_vars, main_program=None, export_for_deployment=True): """ save inference model for inference. Returns: None Examples: .. code-block:: python import paddle.distributed.fleet as fleet fleet.init() # build net # fleet.distributed_optimizer(...) fleet.init_server() """ self._runtime_handle._save_inference_model( executor, dirname, feeded_var_names, target_vars, main_program, export_for_deployment) def save_persistables(self, executor, dirname, main_program=None, mode=1): """ saves all persistable variables from :code:`main_program` to the folder :code:`dirname`. You can refer to The :code:`dirname` is used to specify the folder where persistable variables are going to be saved. If you would like to save variables in separate files, set :code:`filename` None. Args: executor(Executor): The executor to run for saving persistable variables. You can refer to :ref:`api_guide_executor_en` for more details. dirname(str, optional): The saving directory path. When you need to save the parameter to the memory, set it to None. main_program(Program, optional): The program whose persistbale variables will be saved. Default: None. Returns: None Examples: .. code-block:: text import paddle.distributed.fleet as fleet import paddle.fluid as fluid fleet.init() # build net # fleet.distributed_optimizer(...) exe = fluid.Executor(fluid.CPUPlace()) fleet.save_persistables(exe, "dirname", fluid.default_main_program()) """ self._runtime_handle._save_persistables(executor, dirname, main_program, mode) def distributed_optimizer(self, optimizer, strategy=None): """ Optimizer for distributed training. For the distributed training, this method would rebuild a new instance of DistributedOptimizer. Which has basic Optimizer function and special features for distributed training. Args: optimizer(Optimizer): The executor to run for init server. strategy(DistributedStrategy): Extra properties for distributed optimizer. Returns: Fleet: instance of fleet. Examples: .. code-block:: python import paddle.distributed.fleet as fleet role = fleet.role_maker.PaddleCloudRoleMaker(is_collective=True) fleet.init(role) strategy = fleet.DistributedStrategy() optimizer = paddle.optimizer.SGD(learning_rate=0.001) optimizer = fleet.distributed_optimizer(optimizer, strategy=strategy) """ self.user_defined_optimizer = optimizer if strategy == None: strategy = DistributedStrategy() self._user_defined_strategy = copy.deepcopy(strategy) self._context = {} return self @dygraph_only def distributed_model(self, model): """ Return distributed data parallel model (Only work in dygraph mode) Args: model (Layer): the user-defind model which inherits Layer. Returns: distributed data parallel model which inherits Layer. Examples: .. code-block:: python import paddle import paddle.nn as nn from paddle.distributed import fleet class LinearNet(nn.Layer): def __init__(self): super(LinearNet, self).__init__() self._linear1 = nn.Linear(10, 10) self._linear2 = nn.Linear(10, 1) def forward(self, x): return self._linear2(self._linear1(x)) # 1. enable dynamic mode paddle.disable_static() # 2. initialize fleet environment fleet.init(is_collective=True) # 3. create layer & optimizer layer = LinearNet() loss_fn = nn.MSELoss() adam = paddle.optimizer.Adam( learning_rate=0.001, parameters=layer.parameters()) # 4. get data_parallel model using fleet adam = fleet.distributed_optimizer(adam) dp_layer = fleet.distributed_model(layer) # 5. run layer inputs = paddle.randn([10, 10], 'float32') outputs = dp_layer(inputs) labels = paddle.randn([10, 1], 'float32') loss = loss_fn(outputs, labels) print("loss:", loss.numpy()) loss.backward() adam.step() adam.clear_grad() """ assert model is not None self.model = paddle.DataParallel(model) return self.model @dygraph_only def state_dict(self): """ Get state dict information from optimizer. (Only work in dygraph mode) Returns: state_dict(dict) : dict contains all the Tensor used by optimizer Examples: .. code-block:: python import numpy as np import paddle from paddle.distributed import fleet paddle.disable_static() fleet.init(is_collective=True) value = np.arange(26).reshape(2, 13).astype("float32") a = paddle.fluid.dygraph.to_variable(value) layer = paddle.nn.Linear(13, 5) adam = paddle.optimizer.Adam(learning_rate=0.01, parameters=layer.parameters()) adam = fleet.distributed_optimizer(adam) dp_layer = fleet.distributed_model(layer) state_dict = adam.state_dict() """ # imitate target optimizer retrieval return self.user_defined_optimizer.state_dict() @dygraph_only def set_state_dict(self, state_dict): """ Load optimizer state dict. (Only work in dygraph mode) Args: state_dict(dict) : Dict contains all the Tensor needed by optimizer Returns: None Examples: .. code-block:: python import numpy as np import paddle from paddle.distributed import fleet paddle.disable_static() fleet.init(is_collective=True) value = np.arange(26).reshape(2, 13).astype("float32") a = paddle.fluid.dygraph.to_variable(value) layer = paddle.nn.Linear(13, 5) adam = paddle.optimizer.Adam(learning_rate=0.01, parameters=layer.parameters()) adam = fleet.distributed_optimizer(adam) dp_layer = fleet.distributed_model(layer) state_dict = adam.state_dict() paddle.framework.save(state_dict, "paddle_dy") para_state_dict, opti_state_dict = paddle.framework.load( "paddle_dy") adam.set_state_dict(opti_state_dict) """ # imitate target optimizer retrieval return self.user_defined_optimizer.set_state_dict(state_dict) @dygraph_only def set_lr(self, value): """ Set the value of the learning rate manually in the optimizer. (Only work in dygraph mode) Args: value (float|Tensor): the value of learning rate Returns: None Examples: .. code-block:: python import numpy as np import paddle from paddle.distributed import fleet paddle.disable_static() fleet.init(is_collective=True) value = np.arange(26).reshape(2, 13).astype("float32") a = paddle.fluid.dygraph.to_variable(value) layer = paddle.nn.Linear(13, 5) adam = paddle.optimizer.Adam(learning_rate=0.01, parameters=layer.parameters()) adam = fleet.distributed_optimizer(adam) dp_layer = fleet.distributed_model(layer) lr_list = [0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6] for i in range(5): adam.set_lr(lr_list[i]) lr = adam.get_lr() print("current lr is {}".format(lr)) # Print: # current lr is 0.2 # current lr is 0.3 # current lr is 0.4 # current lr is 0.5 # current lr is 0.6 """ # imitate target optimizer retrieval return self.user_defined_optimizer.set_lr(value) @dygraph_only def get_lr(self): """ Get current step learning rate. (Only work in dygraph mode) Returns: float: The learning rate of the current step. Examples: .. code-block:: python import numpy as np import paddle from paddle.distributed import fleet paddle.disable_static() fleet.init(is_collective=True) value = np.arange(26).reshape(2, 13).astype("float32") a = paddle.fluid.dygraph.to_variable(value) layer = paddle.nn.Linear(13, 5) adam = paddle.optimizer.Adam(learning_rate=0.01, parameters=layer.parameters()) adam = fleet.distributed_optimizer(adam) dp_layer = fleet.distributed_model(layer) lr = adam.get_lr() print(lr) # 0.01 """ # imitate target optimizer retrieval return self.user_defined_optimizer.get_lr() @dygraph_only def step(self): """ Execute the optimizer once. (Only work in dygraph mode) Returns: None Examples: .. code-block:: python import paddle import paddle.nn as nn from paddle.distributed import fleet class LinearNet(nn.Layer): def __init__(self): super(LinearNet, self).__init__() self._linear1 = nn.Linear(10, 10) self._linear2 = nn.Linear(10, 1) def forward(self, x): return self._linear2(self._linear1(x)) # 1. enable dynamic mode paddle.disable_static() # 2. initialize fleet environment fleet.init(is_collective=True) # 3. create layer & optimizer layer = LinearNet() loss_fn = nn.MSELoss() adam = paddle.optimizer.Adam( learning_rate=0.001, parameters=layer.parameters()) # 4. get data_parallel model using fleet adam = fleet.distributed_optimizer(adam) dp_layer = fleet.distributed_model(layer) # 5. run layer inputs = paddle.randn([10, 10], 'float32') outputs = dp_layer(inputs) labels = paddle.randn([10, 1], 'float32') loss = loss_fn(outputs, labels) print("loss:", loss.numpy()) loss.backward() adam.step() adam.clear_grad() """ # imitate target optimizer retrieval return self.user_defined_optimizer.step() @dygraph_only def clear_grad(self): """ Clear the gradients of all optimized parameters for model. (Only work in dygraph mode) Returns: None Examples: .. code-block:: python import paddle import paddle.nn as nn from paddle.distributed import fleet class LinearNet(nn.Layer): def __init__(self): super(LinearNet, self).__init__() self._linear1 = nn.Linear(10, 10) self._linear2 = nn.Linear(10, 1) def forward(self, x): return self._linear2(self._linear1(x)) # 1. enable dynamic mode paddle.disable_static() # 2. initialize fleet environment fleet.init(is_collective=True) # 3. create layer & optimizer layer = LinearNet() loss_fn = nn.MSELoss() adam = paddle.optimizer.Adam( learning_rate=0.001, parameters=layer.parameters()) # 4. get data_parallel model using fleet adam = fleet.distributed_optimizer(adam) dp_layer = fleet.distributed_model(layer) # 5. run layer inputs = paddle.randn([10, 10], 'float32') outputs = dp_layer(inputs) labels = paddle.randn([10, 1], 'float32') loss = loss_fn(outputs, labels) print("loss:", loss.numpy()) loss.backward() adam.step() adam.clear_grad() """ # imitate target optimizer retrieval return self.user_defined_optimizer.clear_grad() def _final_strategy(self): if "valid_strategy" not in self._context: print( "WARNING: You may need to call minimize function before this function is called" ) return {} else: return self._context["valid_strategy"] def minimize(self, loss, startup_program=None, parameter_list=None, no_grad_set=None): """ Add distributed operations to minimize ``loss`` by updating ``parameter_list``. Args: loss (Variable): A ``Variable`` containing the value to minimize. startup_program (Program, optional): :ref:`api_fluid_Program` for initializing parameters in ``parameter_list``. The default value is None, at this time :ref:`api_fluid_default_startup_program` will be used. parameter_list (Iterable, optional): Iterable of ``Variable`` or ``Variable.name`` to update to minimize ``loss``. The default value is None, at this time all parameters will be updated. no_grad_set (set, optional): Set of ``Variable`` or ``Variable.name`` that don't need to be updated. The default value is None. Returns: tuple: tuple (optimize_ops, params_grads), A list of operators appended by minimize and a list of (param, grad) variable pairs, param is ``Parameter``, grad is the gradient value corresponding to the parameter. The returned tuple can be passed to ``fetch_list`` in ``Executor.run()`` to indicate program pruning. If so, the program will be pruned by ``feed`` and ``fetch_list`` before run, see details in ``Executor``. Examples: .. code-block:: python import paddle import paddle.distributed.fleet as fleet fc_1 = paddle.fluid.layers.fc(input=input_x, size=hid_dim, act='tanh') fc_2 = paddle.fluid.layers.fc(input=fc_1, size=hid_dim, act='tanh') prediction = paddle.fluid.layers.fc(input=[fc_2], size=label_dim, act='softmax') cost = paddle.fluid.layers.cross_entropy(input=prediction, label=input_y) avg_cost = paddle.fluid.layers.mean(x=cost) role = fleet.role_maker.PaddleCloudRoleMaker(is_collective=True) fleet.init(role) strategy = fleet.DistributedStrategy() optimizer = paddle.optimizer.SGD(learning_rate=0.001) optimizer = fleet.distributed_optimizer(optimizer, strategy=strategy) optimizer.minimize(avg_cost) # for more examples, please reference https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/FleetX """ context = {} context["user_defined_strategy"] = copy.deepcopy( self._user_defined_strategy) if paddle.fluid.framework.in_dygraph_mode(): # imitate target optimizer retrieval target_opt = self.user_defined_optimizer self._context = context return target_opt.minimize(loss) # cache original feed forward program self.origin_main_program = loss.block.program context["origin_main_program"] = self.origin_main_program context["loss"] = loss if startup_program == None: self.origin_startup_program = \ paddle.static.default_startup_program().clone(for_test=False) startup_program = paddle.static.default_startup_program() else: self.origin_startup_program = \ startup_program.clone(for_test=False) context["origin_startup_program"] = startup_program context["role_maker"] = self._role_maker # compile time distributed_optimizer_list = \ MetaOptimizerFactory()._get_valid_meta_optimizers( self.user_defined_optimizer) context["user_defined_strategy"] = copy.deepcopy( self._user_defined_strategy) copy_user_defined_strategy = copy.deepcopy(self._user_defined_strategy) # trigger the auto-parallel in very strict condition # strategy = DistributedStrategy() # strategy.auto = True # optimizer = paddle.optimizer.SGD(learning_rate=0.1) # optimizer = fleet.distributed_optimizer(optimizer, strategy) if copy_user_defined_strategy._is_strict_auto(): # turn on all the strategy for each optimizer for opt in distributed_optimizer_list: opt._enable_strategy(copy_user_defined_strategy, context) valid_optimizer_list = [] valid_graph_optimizer_list = [] can_not_apply_optimizer_list = [] # recall meta optimizers for ranking for opt in distributed_optimizer_list: opt._set_basic_info(loss, self._role_maker, self.user_defined_optimizer, copy_user_defined_strategy) if opt._can_apply() and not opt._is_graph_out(): valid_optimizer_list.append(opt) elif opt._can_apply() and opt._is_graph_out(): valid_graph_optimizer_list.append(opt) else: can_not_apply_optimizer_list.append(opt) # combine recalled meta optimizers to be a valid meta optimizer meta_optimizer, graph_optimizer = \ self.strategy_compiler.generate_optimizer( loss, self._role_maker, self.user_defined_optimizer, copy_user_defined_strategy, valid_optimizer_list, valid_graph_optimizer_list) valid_strategy = self.strategy_compiler._get_valid_strategy( copy_user_defined_strategy, can_not_apply_optimizer_list) context["valid_strategy"] = copy.deepcopy(valid_strategy) self._context = context self.valid_strategy = valid_strategy self.valid_strategy._enable_env() optimize_ops = [] params_grads = [] if self._role_maker._is_non_distributed() and not self._is_collective: if self._runtime_handle is None: self._runtime_handle = RuntimeFactory()._create_runtime(context) compiled_program = compiler.CompiledProgram( self.origin_main_program).with_data_parallel( loss_name=loss.name, share_vars_from=None) loss.block.program._graph = compiled_program return self.user_defined_optimizer.minimize( loss, startup_program=startup_program, parameter_list=parameter_list, no_grad_set=no_grad_set) if meta_optimizer: optimize_ops, params_grads = meta_optimizer.minimize( loss, startup_program=startup_program, parameter_list=parameter_list, no_grad_set=no_grad_set) default_program = paddle.static.default_main_program() if id(default_program) != id(loss.block.program): paddle.fluid.framework.switch_main_program(loss.block.program) else: optimize_ops, params_grads = self.user_defined_optimizer.minimize( loss, startup_program=startup_program, parameter_list=parameter_list, no_grad_set=no_grad_set) context["program_optimize_ops"] = optimize_ops context["program_params_grads"] = params_grads if graph_optimizer: optimize_ops, params_grads = graph_optimizer.minimize( loss, startup_program=startup_program, parameter_list=parameter_list, no_grad_set=no_grad_set) # since we do not encourage users to use graph operations # if a graph optimizer takes effect, mostly # optimizers_ops and params_grads are None # i.e. users can not modify current computation graph anymore context["graph_optimize_ops"] = optimize_ops context["graph_optimize_grads"] = params_grads if self._runtime_handle is None: self._runtime_handle = RuntimeFactory()._create_runtime(context) import paddle.distributed.fleet as fleet fleet.util._set_strategy(context["valid_strategy"]) return optimize_ops, params_grads