[Auto Parallel-Performance] Sharding Comm Optimization (#48604)

* remove deps and prior comm

* grad comm fuse

* add deps for amp&global norm

* stage2 broadcast prior deps

* stage2 grad overlap

* stream_analyzer bugfix

* overlap enable

* dep op namescope

* depend support multiple inputs

* check finite deps

* stage2 param comm overlap

* Set kD2HStream

* grad comm hierarchical

* grad comm hierarchical

* new unitest
Co-authored-by: Nchenruibiao <chenruibiao@baidu.com>

python/paddle/distributed/auto_parallel/constants.py

@@ -90,8 +90,12 @@ SHARDING = "sharding"
 set_field_default_config(SHARDING, "enable", False)
 set_field_default_config(SHARDING, "stage", 1)
 set_field_default_config(SHARDING, "degree", 8)
-set_field_default_config(SHARDING, "overlap_grad_comm", False)
-set_field_default_config(SHARDING, "bucket_size_numel", -1)
+set_field_default_config(SHARDING, "enable_overlap", False)
+set_field_default_config(SHARDING, "param_comm_stream_num", 1)
+set_field_default_config(SHARDING, "grad_comm_stream_num", 1)
+set_field_default_config(SHARDING, "param_bucket_size_numel", 1)
+set_field_default_config(SHARDING, "grad_bucket_size_numel", 1)
+set_field_default_config(SHARDING, "enable_hierarchical_comm", False)
 set_field_default_config(SHARDING, "partition_algor", "greedy_even")
 set_field_default_config(SHARDING, "enable_tuning", False)
 set_field_default_config(SHARDING, "tuning_range", [])

python/paddle/distributed/auto_parallel/operators/common.py

@@ -45,6 +45,15 @@ class ParallelMode:
     MoEParallel = "auto_parallel/moe_parallel"
 
 
+class SyncMode:
+    """
+    the synchorization mode for communication or auxiliary operator
+    """
+
+    AmpFlagSync = "auto_parallel/amp_flag_synchorization"
+    GlobalNormSync = "auto_parallel/global_norm_synchorization"
+
+
 def is_elementwise_op(op_type):
     if op_type in _g_elementwise_ops:
         return True
@@ -441,7 +450,7 @@ def sync_and_scale_gradients(dist_ctx, op, dp_group, allreduce_var_names):
         dims_mapping = op_dist_attr.get_output_dims_mapping(grad_var.name)
         assert (
             dims_mapping is not None
-        ), "Unexception: dims_mapping of output [{}] of op [{}] is None".format(
+        ), "Unexpected: dims_mapping of output [{}] of op [{}] is None".format(
             grad_var.name, op_dist_attr.op_type
         )
         # NOTE auxiliary op's dist attr should follow dist_op not dist_tensor
@@ -502,6 +511,22 @@ def is_data_parallel_reduce_op(op):
     )
 
 
+def is_amp_flag_sync_op(op):
+    return (
+        op.type == "c_allreduce_max"
+        and op.desc.has_attr("op_namescope")
+        and SyncMode.AmpFlagSync in op.desc.attr("op_namescope")
+    )
+
+
+def is_global_norm_sync_op(op):
+    return (
+        op.type == "c_allreduce_sum"
+        and op.desc.has_attr("op_namescope")
+        and SyncMode.GlobalNormSync in op.desc.attr("op_namescope")
+    )
+
+
 def is_in_backward_phase(dist_ctx):
     # NOTE currently high-order differential in Paddle dose NOT distinguish gradient computation operators
     # in Forward phase and operators in Backward phase (both with op_role=1), which will mislead

python/paddle/distributed/auto_parallel/operators/dist_check_finite_and_unscale.py

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ from ..utils import set_dist_op_desc_original_id, set_var_dist_attr
 from .common import (
     DistributedOperatorImpl,
     DistributedOperatorImplContainer,
+    SyncMode,
     register_distributed_operator_impl,
     register_distributed_operator_impl_container,
 )
@@ -166,6 +167,7 @@ class DistributedCheckFiniteAndUnscaleImpl(DistributedOperatorImpl):
                 OP_ROLE_KEY: OpRole.Optimize,
             },
         )
+        allreduce_op._set_attr('op_namescope', str('/') + SyncMode.AmpFlagSync)
         cast_op2 = main_block.append_op(
             type='cast',
             inputs={'X': inf_var_int32},

python/paddle/distributed/auto_parallel/parallelizer_v2.py

@@ -318,6 +318,16 @@ class Parallelizer:
                 [main_program], [startup_program], self._pass_context
             )
 
+            # deps for newexe
+            config = {}
+            config["dist_context"] = self._dist_context
+            APSED_pass = new_pass(
+                "auto_parallel_supplement_explicit_dependencies", config
+            )
+            APSED_pass.apply(
+                [main_program], [startup_program], self._pass_context
+            )
+
         # gradient_merge is then train-only optimization
         if self._mode == "train" and self._strategy.gradient_merge.enable:
             config = copy.deepcopy(self._strategy.gradient_merge.to_dict())

python/paddle/distributed/auto_parallel/process_group.py

@@ -48,8 +48,10 @@ def clear_all_process_groups():
     _g_process_group_map[0] = ProcessGroup(0, [])
 
 
-def new_process_group(ranks, group_id=None):
+def new_process_group(ranks, group_id=None, force_new_group=False):
+
     global _g_process_group_map
+    if not force_new_group:
         # A key constructed from ranks is used for avoiding duplication
         new_key = ''.join(map(str, sorted(ranks)))
         for pg_id, pg in _g_process_group_map.items():
@@ -137,7 +139,6 @@ class ProcessGroup:
             ]
             strategy.current_endpoint = genv.current_endpoint
             strategy.nrings = 1
-
             if core.is_compiled_with_cuda():
                 place = core.CUDAPlace(genv.device_id)
                 core.NCCLParallelContext(strategy, place).init_with_ring_id(

python/paddle/distributed/auto_parallel/utils.py

@@ -1184,6 +1184,8 @@ def _get_split_indices(
 
 
 def set_grad_var_shape(program, dist_context):
+    from paddle.distributed.fleet.meta_optimizers.common import OpRole
+
     from .operators.common import infer_shape
 
     block = program.global_block()
@@ -1955,6 +1957,9 @@ def set_recompute_segments(model, losses, strategy, program):
             and hasattr(model.gpt, "checkpoints")
         ):
             ckpts = model.gpt.checkpoints
+            # last recompute segment is not need to recompute
+            if len(ckpts) > 2:
+                ckpts.pop()
         else:
             ckpts = recompute.checkpoints
     else:
@@ -2189,6 +2194,7 @@ def insert_dependencies_for_two_ops(
     dist_context,
     is_recompute=False,
     sync=False,
+    op_namescope=None,
 ):
     """
     dependency: prior_op should be run before posterior_op
@@ -2233,49 +2239,74 @@ def insert_dependencies_for_two_ops(
         [block.var(name) for name in posterior_op.input_arg_names]
     )
 
-    return insert_dependencies_for_two_vars(
+    return insert_dependencies_for_vars(
         block,
         idx,
         first_var,
         second_var,
         dist_context,
         OpRole.Backward,
-        prior_op_mesh,
-        is_recompute,
-        sync,
+        process_mesh=prior_op_mesh,
+        is_recompute=is_recompute,
+        sync=sync,
+        op_namescope=op_namescope,
+        use_nop=False,
     )
 
 
-def insert_dependencies_for_two_vars(
+def insert_dependencies_for_vars(
     block,
     idx,
-    prior_var,
-    post_var,
+    prior_vars,
+    post_vars,
     dist_context,
     oprole,
     process_mesh=None,
     is_recompute=False,
     sync=False,
+    op_namescope=None,
+    use_nop=False,
 ):
     """
-    dependency: op that generates prior_var should be run before op that generates post_var
+    dependency: op that generates prior_vars should be run before op that generates post_vars
     """
+
+    if isinstance(prior_vars, Variable):
+        prior_vars = [prior_vars]
+    if isinstance(post_vars, Variable):
+        post_vars = [post_vars]
+    for prior_var in prior_vars:
         assert block.has_var(prior_var.name)
+    for post_var in post_vars:
         assert block.has_var(post_var.name)
+
     if process_mesh is None:
         process_mesh = dist_context.get_tensor_dist_attr_for_program(
-            post_var
+            post_vars[0]
         ).process_mesh
     assert process_mesh is not None
 
+    use_nop = True
+    if use_nop:
         depend_op = block._insert_op_without_sync(
             idx,
             type='nop',
             inputs={
-            "X": prior_var,
+                "X": prior_vars,
             },
-        outputs={"Out": post_var},
+            outputs={"Out": post_vars},
         )
+    else:
+        depend_op = block._insert_op_without_sync(
+            idx,
+            type='depend',
+            inputs={
+                "X": post_vars,
+                "Dep": prior_vars,
+            },
+            outputs={"Out": post_vars},
+        )
+
     # depend_op.desc.set_type("depend")
     depend_op._set_attr(OP_ROLE_KEY, oprole)
     # depend_op.desc.set_input("Dep", [first_var.name])
@@ -2284,6 +2315,8 @@ def insert_dependencies_for_two_vars(
     naive_set_dist_op_attr_for_program_by_mesh(
         depend_op, process_mesh, dist_context, is_recompute
     )
+    if op_namescope is not None:
+        depend_op._set_attr('op_namescope', "/{}".format(op_namescope))
 
     if sync:
         block._sync_with_cpp()
@@ -2291,6 +2324,13 @@ def insert_dependencies_for_two_vars(
     return depend_op
 
 
+def is_dep_skip_op(op):
+    if "c_" in op.type:
+        return True
+
+    return False
+
+
 def use_standalone_executor():
     return os.environ.get('FLAGS_CONVERT_GRAPH_TO_PROGRAM', None) in [
         1,

python/paddle/distributed/passes/__init__.py

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ from .auto_parallel_recompute import *  # noqa: F403
 from .auto_parallel_quantization import *  # noqa: F403
 from .auto_parallel_data_parallel_optimization import *  # noqa: F403
 from .auto_parallel_grad_clip import *  # noqa: F403
+from .auto_parallel_supplement_explicit_dependencies import *  # noqa: F403
 from .cpp_pass import *  # noqa: F403
 from .ps_trainer_pass import *  # noqa: F403
 from .ps_server_pass import *  # noqa: F403

python/paddle/distributed/passes/auto_parallel_data_parallel_optimization.py

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ from paddle.distributed.auto_parallel.operators.common import (
 from paddle.distributed.auto_parallel.utils import (
     find_higher_order_backward_op,
     get_var_numel,
-    insert_dependencies_for_two_vars,
+    insert_dependencies_for_vars,
     is_forward_op,
     is_loss_grad_op,
     is_optimize_op,
@@ -153,12 +153,12 @@ class DataParallelOptimizationPass(PassBase):
                     continue
                 assert op.has_attr(
                     "ring_id"
-                ), "Unexception: comm op [{}] has NOT ring id.".format(str(op))
+                ), "Unexpected: comm op [{}] has NOT ring id.".format(str(op))
                 group = ring_id_to_process_group(op.attr("ring_id"))
 
                 assert (
                     group is not None
-                ), "Unexception: data parallel group of [{}] from op [{}] is None".format(
+                ), "Unexpected: data parallel group of [{}] from op [{}] is None".format(
                     grad_name, str(op)
                 )
 
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ class DataParallelOptimizationPass(PassBase):
                 not_synchronized_grads.append(grad_name)
         assert (
             len(not_synchronized_grads) == 0
-        ), "Unexception: gradients [{}] is scaled BUT NOT synchronized.".format(
+        ), "Unexpected: gradients [{}] is scaled BUT NOT synchronized.".format(
             not_synchronized_grads
         )
 
@@ -251,12 +251,12 @@ class DataParallelOptimizationPass(PassBase):
             ):
                 assert op.has_attr(
                     'rescale_grad'
-                ), "Unexception: op [{}] is supported to have [rescale_grad] attribute.".format(
+                ), "Unexpected: op [{}] is supported to have [rescale_grad] attribute.".format(
                     str(op)
                 )
                 assert (
                     len(op.input("Grad")) == 1
-                ), "Unexception: op [{}] is supported to have only one input grad var.".format(
+                ), "Unexpected: op [{}] is supported to have only one input grad var.".format(
                     str(op)
                 )
 
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ class DataParallelOptimizationPass(PassBase):
 
         assert scaled_grads == set(
             self._grad_name_to_group_map.keys()
-        ), "Unexception: gradients [{}] are unscaled.".format(
+        ), "Unexpected: gradients [{}] are unscaled.".format(
             set(self._grad_name_to_group_map.keys()) - scaled_grads
         )
 
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ class DataParallelOptimizationPass(PassBase):
                 group.coalesce_var = group.gradients[0]
                 continue
 
-            # create coalecse tensor
+            # create coalesce tensor
             group.coalesce_var = block.create_var(
                 name=unique_name.generate(
                     self.coalesce_prefix + '_{}'.format(i)
@@ -508,12 +508,10 @@ class DataParallelOptimizationPass(PassBase):
             for idx in sorted(remove_op_indices, reverse=True):
                 assert (
                     block.ops[idx].type in remove_op_types
-                ), "Unexception: try to remove op {}".format(
-                    str(block.ops[idx])
-                )
+                ), "Unexpected: try to remove op {}".format(str(block.ops[idx]))
                 block._remove_op(idx, False)
 
-            # insert coalecse op
+            # insert coalesce op
             concated_shapes = []
             concated_ranks = []
             for grad_ in group.gradients:
@@ -596,7 +594,7 @@ class DataParallelOptimizationPass(PassBase):
                     not_sync_coalesces.remove(var_name)
         assert (
             len(not_sync_coalesces) == 0
-        ), "Unexception: {} has NOT been add prior Dep before allreduce.".format(
+        ), "Unexpected: {} has NOT been add prior Dep before allreduce.".format(
             not_sync_coalesces
         )
 
@@ -628,7 +626,7 @@ class DataParallelOptimizationPass(PassBase):
 
         assert (
             len(not_sync_coalesces) == 0
-        ), "Unexception: {} has NOT been add post Dep after allreduce.".format(
+        ), "Unexpected: {} has NOT been add post Dep after allreduce.".format(
             not_sync_coalesces
         )
 
@@ -642,7 +640,7 @@ class DataParallelOptimizationPass(PassBase):
         for idx, prior_name, post_name in dep_var_pairs:
             prior_var = block.var(prior_name)
             post_var = block.var(post_name)
-            depend_op = insert_dependencies_for_two_vars(
+            depend_op = insert_dependencies_for_vars(
                 block,
                 idx,
                 prior_var,
@@ -651,9 +649,10 @@ class DataParallelOptimizationPass(PassBase):
                 OpRole.Backward,
                 process_mesh=[
                     -1
-                ],  # hack to avoid initialize the dist attr for coalesc var
+                ],  # hack to avoid initialize the dist attr for coalesce var
                 is_recompute=False,
                 sync=False,
+                op_namescope="data_parallel_overlap_dep",
             )
             depend_op.dist_attr.execution_stream = self.gradient_sync_stream
         block._sync_with_cpp()
@@ -694,16 +693,17 @@ class DataParallelOptimizationPass(PassBase):
             self._logger.addHandler(log_handler)
 
         if len(grad_groups) > 0:
+            self._logger.info("Data Parallel Optimization: ")
             self._logger.info(
-                "origin {} allreduce ops are fused into {} coalecse allreduce ops.".format(
+                " {} Allreduce ops are fused into {} coalesce allreduce ops.".format(
                     len(self._grad_name_to_group_map.keys()), len(grad_groups)
                 )
             )
-            self._logger.info("gradient fusing group are following: ")
+            self._logger.debug("gradient fusing group are following: ")
             fused_grads = set()
             for i, group in enumerate(grad_groups):
-                self._logger.info(
-                    "coalecse gradient [{}] is composed by: {}".format(
+                self._logger.debug(
+                    "coalesce gradient [{}] is composed by: {}".format(
                         i, [grad.name for grad in group.gradients]
                     )
                 )
@@ -711,12 +711,14 @@ class DataParallelOptimizationPass(PassBase):
             individual_grads = set(self._grad_name_to_group_map.keys()) - set(
                 fused_grads
             )
-            self._logger.info(
+            self._logger.debug(
                 "the following [{}] gradients are not fused: ".format(
                     len(individual_grads)
                 )
             )
-            self._logger.info("individual gradient {}".format(individual_grads))
+            self._logger.debug(
+                "individual gradient {}".format(individual_grads)
+            )
 
 
 class GradientsGroup:

python/paddle/distributed/passes/auto_parallel_grad_clip.py

@@ -23,11 +23,12 @@ from ..auto_parallel.dist_attribute import (
     OperatorDistributedAttribute,
     TensorDistributedAttribute,
 )
+from ..auto_parallel.operators.common import SyncMode
 from ..auto_parallel.process_group import get_world_process_group
 from ..auto_parallel.reshard import Resharder
 from ..auto_parallel.utils import (
     _get_comm_group,
-    insert_dependencies_for_two_vars,
+    insert_dependencies_for_vars,
     is_gradient_clip_op,
     is_optimize_op,
     use_standalone_executor,
@@ -372,8 +373,9 @@ class ClipGradByGloblNormPass(PassBase):
                             OP_ROLE_KEY: OpRole.Optimize,
                         },
                     )
+                    # TODO better regular the usage of op namescope
                     allreduce_op._set_attr(
-                        'op_namescope', "/gradient_clip_pass"
+                        'op_namescope', str('/') + SyncMode.GlobalNormSync
                     )
                     self.clip_helper._init_dist_attr(allreduce_op)
 
@@ -394,15 +396,14 @@ class ClipGradByGloblNormPass(PassBase):
                                 prior_op = block.ops[j]
                                 break
                             j -= 1
-                            print("here: ", block.ops[j])
                         assert (
                             prior_op is not None
-                        ), "Unexception: ClipByGlobalNorm could not find priory depend op"
+                        ), "Unexpected: ClipByGlobalNorm could not find priory depend op"
                         prior_var = block.vars[prior_op.output_arg_names[0]]
                         assert (
                             prior_var is not None
-                        ), "Unexception: ClipByGlobalNorm could not find priory depend var"
-                        insert_dependencies_for_two_vars(
+                        ), "Unexpected: ClipByGlobalNorm could not find priory depend var"
+                        insert_dependencies_for_vars(
                             block,
                             idx,
                             prior_var,
@@ -414,6 +415,7 @@ class ClipGradByGloblNormPass(PassBase):
                             ],  # hack to avoid initialize the dist attr for coalesc var
                             is_recompute=False,
                             sync=False,
+                            op_namescope="grad_clip_fill_constant_dep",
                         )
 
         for varname in removed_tmp_var:

python/paddle/distributed/passes/auto_parallel_recompute.py

@@ -474,6 +474,7 @@ class RecomputePass(PassBase):
                                 self._dist_context,
                                 is_recompute=True,
                                 sync=False,
+                                op_namescope="recompute_segment_dep",
                             )
         main_program._sync_with_cpp()
 

python/paddle/distributed/passes/auto_parallel_supplement_explicit_dependencies.py

+# Copyright (c) 2022 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 paddle.distributed.auto_parallel.operators.common import (
+    is_amp_flag_sync_op,
+    is_data_parallel_reduce_op,
+    is_global_norm_sync_op,
+)
+from paddle.distributed.auto_parallel.utils import (
+    OpRole,
+    insert_dependencies_for_vars,
+    use_standalone_executor,
+)
+
+from .auto_parallel_sharding import ShardingPass, _supported_optimizer_type
+from .pass_base import PassBase, register_pass
+
+
+def _sharding_pass_applied(pass_ctx):
+    for applied_pass in pass_ctx.passes:
+        if isinstance(applied_pass, ShardingPass):
+            return True
+    return False
+
+
+# NOTE we add the "auto_parallel" prefix to the pass in order to
+# indicate that this pass should obey some constrains by auto_parallel
+# for example all ops and vars should has dist attr before and after pass
+# should use dist op instead of custom comm op
+@register_pass("auto_parallel_supplement_explicit_dependencies")
+class AutoParalSupplementDepPass(PassBase):
+    """
+    Functional Concern.
+    for strategies like amp & global norm, there is a collective communication to sync gradient inforation in every rank.
+    after partition the gradients to each rank, the order of that collective communication is different in each rank
+    and might cause hang problem in graph based random order executor. here supplement explicit dependencies for those cases.
+
+    TODO Performance Concern.
+    global collective will introduce global synchronization which forces the fast workers to wait for slow ones.
+    therefore we should conduct this collective when all the ranks reach a same stage.
+    BUT the depend API offered by executor could only ensure "conduct-not-before" but not "conduct-right-after".
+    Some ranks might call the colletives first than other ranks while they still some local could be performed to wait for slow peers.
+    IR Pass currently could not have the fully control of time the to perform these global collectives.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.set_attr("dist_context", None)
+
+    def _check_self(self):
+        if self.get_attr("dist_context") is None:
+            return False
+
+        return True
+
+    def _check_conflict(self, other_pass):
+        return True
+
+    def _apply_single_impl(self, main_program, startup_program, context):
+
+        # TODO general this pass for all case.
+        if not use_standalone_executor or not _sharding_pass_applied(context):
+            return
+
+        self._dist_context = self.get_attr("dist_context", None)
+        self.flags_sync_stream = "flags_sync_stream"
+        main_block = main_program.global_block()
+        startup_block = startup_program.global_block()
+
+        # last dp grad communication
+        last_dp_reduce_op_idx = -1
+        last_dp_reduce_varname = None
+        for idx, op in reversed(list(enumerate(main_block.ops))):
+            if is_data_parallel_reduce_op(op):
+                last_dp_reduce_op_idx = idx
+                last_dp_reduce_varname = op.output_arg_names[0]
+                break
+        assert last_dp_reduce_op_idx > 0
+        assert last_dp_reduce_varname is not None
+
+        # analyze deps for amp & global norm
+        deps_map = {}
+        prior_varname = last_dp_reduce_varname
+        for idx, op in enumerate(main_block.ops):
+            if is_amp_flag_sync_op(op) or is_global_norm_sync_op(op):
+                op_namescope = None
+                if is_amp_flag_sync_op(op):
+                    op_namescope = "amp_flag_sync_dep"
+                    op.dist_attr.execution_stream = self.flags_sync_stream
+
+                elif is_global_norm_sync_op(op):
+                    op_namescope = "global_norm_sync_dep"
+                deps_map[idx] = (prior_varname, op.input("X")[0], op_namescope)
+                prior_varname = op.output("Out")[0]
+
+        # analyze deps for check_finite_and_unscale
+        # ensure it is performed after last backward computation, therefore reduce the
+        # straggling of the amp-flag-sync
+        first_check_op = True
+        for idx, op in enumerate(main_block.ops):
+            if op.type == "check_finite_and_unscale":
+                if first_check_op:
+                    last_backward_op = main_block.ops[idx - 1]
+                    prior_varname = last_backward_op.output_arg_names[0]
+                    first_check_op = False
+                deps_map[idx] = (
+                    prior_varname,
+                    op.input("Scale")[0],
+                    "check_finite_dep",
+                )
+
+        # analyze deps for optimizer
+        # optimizers order should be fixed to allow broadcast to overlap with optimizer
+        first_optimizer_op = True
+        for idx, op in enumerate(main_block.ops):
+            if op.type in _supported_optimizer_type:
+                if first_optimizer_op:
+                    first_optimizer_op = False
+                else:
+                    deps_map[idx] = (
+                        prior_varname,
+                        op.input("Param")[0],
+                        "optimizer_order_dep",
+                    )
+                prior_varname = op.output("ParamOut")[0]
+
+        # insert deps
+        indice = sorted(list(deps_map.keys()), reverse=True)
+        for idx in indice:
+            prior_var = main_block.var(deps_map[idx][0])
+            post_var = main_block.var(deps_map[idx][1])
+            op_namescope = deps_map[idx][2]
+            depend_op = insert_dependencies_for_vars(
+                main_block,
+                idx,
+                prior_var,
+                post_var,
+                self._dist_context,
+                OpRole.Optimize,
+                process_mesh=[
+                    -1
+                ],  # hack to avoid initialize the dist attr for coalesc var
+                is_recompute=False,
+                sync=False,
+                op_namescope=op_namescope,
+            )
+
+        main_block._sync_with_cpp()

python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/auto_parallel/sharding_newexe.py

+# Copyright (c) 2022 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 random
+import unittest
+
+import numpy as np
+from get_gpt_model import FakeDataset, generate_model
+
+import paddle
+from paddle.distributed.fleet import auto
+from paddle.fluid.dygraph.parallel import ParallelEnv
+
+paddle.enable_static()
+
+
+def apply_pass(use_sharding=False, use_amp=False, use_recompute=False):
+    strategy = auto.Strategy()
+    strategy.auto_mode = "semi"
+    strategy.reinit = True
+
+    if use_sharding:
+        sharding = strategy.sharding
+        sharding.enable = True
+        sharding.degree = 2
+        sharding.stage = 2
+        sharding.enable_overlap = True
+        sharding.param_comm_stream_num = 2
+        sharding.grad_comm_stream_num = 2
+        sharding.param_bucket_size_numel = 512 * 512
+        sharding.grad_bucket_size_numel = 128 * 128
+        sharding.partition_algor = 'use_order'
+    if use_recompute:
+        recompute = strategy.recompute
+        recompute.enable = True
+    if use_amp:
+        amp = strategy.amp
+        amp.enable = True
+        amp.custom_white_list = [
+            'lookup_table_v2',
+            'lookup_table',
+            'softmax',
+            'layer_norm',
+            'gelu',
+        ]
+        amp.custom_black_list = [
+            'c_softmax_with_cross_entropy',
+            'elementwise_div',
+            'reduce_sum',
+        ]
+        amp.init_loss_scaling = 32768
+        amp.use_fp16_guard = False
+        amp.use_pure_fp16 = True
+        amp.use_optimizer_fp16 = False
+
+    return strategy
+
+
+def reset_prog():
+    paddle.fluid.framework.switch_main_program(paddle.static.Program())
+    paddle.fluid.framework.switch_startup_program(paddle.static.Program())
+
+
+class TestShardingStage2WithNewEXE(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.batch_size = 2
+        self.batch_num = 10
+        self.clip_norm = 0.2
+        self.dataset = FakeDataset(self.batch_size * self.batch_num)
+
+    def init(self, engine):
+        paddle.seed(2022)
+        np.random.seed(2022)
+        random.seed(2022)
+        place = paddle.fluid.CUDAPlace(ParallelEnv().dev_id)
+        engine._executor = paddle.static.Executor(place)
+
+    def get_engine(
+        self, use_sharding=False, use_amp=False, use_recompute=False
+    ):
+        reset_prog()
+
+        strategy = apply_pass(use_sharding, use_amp, use_recompute)
+        clip = paddle.nn.ClipGradByGlobalNorm(self.clip_norm)
+        opt = paddle.optimizer.AdamW(learning_rate=0.00001, grad_clip=clip)
+        model, loss = generate_model("dp")
+        engine = auto.Engine(model, loss, opt, strategy=strategy)
+        self.init(engine)
+        return engine
+
+    def check_param_grad_fuse_overlap(self, program):
+        num_op = 0
+        num_coalesce = 0
+        num_reduce = 0
+        num_broadcast = 0
+        for op in program.global_block().ops:
+            if op.type == "nop" or op.type == "depend":
+                num_op += 1
+            elif op.type == "coalesce_tensor":
+                num_coalesce += 1
+            elif op.type == "c_reduce_sum":
+                num_reduce += 1
+            elif op.type == "c_broadcast":
+                num_broadcast += 1
+
+        if paddle.distributed.get_rank() == 0:
+            self.assertEqual(num_op, 22)
+        else:
+            self.assertEqual(num_op, 54)
+
+        self.assertEqual(num_coalesce, 5)
+        self.assertEqual(num_reduce, 14)
+        self.assertEqual(num_broadcast, 2)
+
+    def test_param_grad_fuse_overlap(self):
+        # dp2
+        dp_engine = self.get_engine()
+        dp_history = dp_engine.fit(
+            self.dataset,
+            3,
+            epochs=1,
+            steps_per_epoch=self.batch_num,
+            log_freq=1,
+            batch_size=self.batch_size,
+        )
+        dp_loss = dp_history.history['loss'][0]
+
+        # sharding2
+        sharding_engine = self.get_engine(use_sharding=True)
+        sharding_history = sharding_engine.fit(
+            self.dataset,
+            3,
+            epochs=1,
+            steps_per_epoch=self.batch_num,
+            log_freq=1,
+            batch_size=self.batch_size,
+        )
+        sharding_loss = sharding_history.history['loss'][0]
+
+        # amp, recompute
+        amp_recompute_engine = self.get_engine(
+            use_sharding=False, use_amp=True, use_recompute=True
+        )
+        amp_recompute_history = amp_recompute_engine.fit(
+            self.dataset,
+            3,
+            epochs=1,
+            steps_per_epoch=self.batch_num,
+            log_freq=1,
+            batch_size=self.batch_size,
+        )
+        amp_recompute_loss = amp_recompute_history.history['loss'][0]
+
+        # sharding2, amp, recompute
+        all_engine = self.get_engine(
+            use_sharding=True, use_amp=True, use_recompute=True
+        )
+        all_history = all_engine.fit(
+            self.dataset,
+            3,
+            epochs=1,
+            steps_per_epoch=self.batch_num,
+            log_freq=1,
+            batch_size=self.batch_size,
+        )
+        all_loss = all_history.history['loss'][0]
+
+        self.check_param_grad_fuse_overlap(sharding_engine.main_program)
+        np.testing.assert_allclose(
+            dp_loss, sharding_loss, rtol=1e-05, atol=1e-08
+        )
+        np.testing.assert_allclose(
+            amp_recompute_loss, all_loss, rtol=1e-05, atol=1e-08
+        )
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()

python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/auto_parallel/test_sharding_with_newexe.py

+# Copyright (c) 2022 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 os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import tempfile
+import unittest
+
+os.environ["FLAGS_CONVERT_GRAPH_TO_PROGRAM"] = str(1)
+os.environ["FLAGS_add_dependency_for_communication_op"] = 'false'
+
+
+class TestShardingWithNewEXE(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_stage2(self):
+        file_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+        launch_model_path = os.path.join(file_dir, "sharding_newexe.py")
+
+        if os.environ.get("WITH_COVERAGE", "OFF") == "ON":
+            coverage_args = ["-m", "coverage", "run", "--branch", "-p"]
+        else:
+            coverage_args = []
+
+        tmp_dir = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory()
+        cmd = (
+            [sys.executable, "-u"]
+            + coverage_args
+            + [
+                "-m",
+                "paddle.distributed.launch",
+                "--devices",
+                "0,1",
+                "--log_dir",
+                tmp_dir.name,
+                launch_model_path,
+            ]
+        )
+
+        process = subprocess.Popen(cmd)
+        process.wait()
+        self.assertEqual(process.returncode, 0)
+
+        tmp_dir.cleanup()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()

python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/auto_parallel/test_strategy.py

@@ -52,9 +52,13 @@ class TestStrategy(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(sharding.enable, False)
         self.assertEqual(sharding.stage, 1)
         self.assertEqual(sharding.degree, 8)
-        self.assertAlmostEqual(sharding.overlap_grad_comm, False)
-        self.assertAlmostEqual(sharding.bucket_size_numel, -1)
+        self.assertAlmostEqual(sharding.enable_overlap, False)
+        self.assertAlmostEqual(sharding.param_comm_stream_num, 1)
+        self.assertAlmostEqual(sharding.grad_comm_stream_num, 1)
         self.assertAlmostEqual(sharding.partition_algor, "greedy_even")
+        self.assertAlmostEqual(sharding.param_bucket_size_numel, 1)
+        self.assertAlmostEqual(sharding.grad_bucket_size_numel, 1)
+        self.assertAlmostEqual(sharding.enable_hierarchical_comm, False)
         self.assertEqual(sharding.enable_tuning, False)
         self.assertEqual(sharding.tuning_range, [])