Add DropLocalExeScopes in ParallelExecutor (#17297)

* reset drop local scope counter
test=develop

paddle/fluid/API.spec

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ paddle.fluid.memory_optimize (ArgSpec(args=['input_program', 'skip_opt_set', 'pr
 paddle.fluid.release_memory (ArgSpec(args=['input_program', 'skip_opt_set'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=(None,)), ('document', 'ac4114d3df16264f1946deb3a8434a6f'))
 paddle.fluid.DistributeTranspilerConfig.__init__ 
 paddle.fluid.ParallelExecutor.__init__ (ArgSpec(args=['self', 'use_cuda', 'loss_name', 'main_program', 'share_vars_from', 'exec_strategy', 'build_strategy', 'num_trainers', 'trainer_id', 'scope'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=(None, None, None, None, None, 1, 0, None)), ('document', '6adf97f83acf6453d4a6a4b1070f3754'))
+paddle.fluid.ParallelExecutor.drop_local_exe_scopes (ArgSpec(args=['self'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=None), ('document', '80d857dc626612e2b2460d0154551e95'))
 paddle.fluid.ParallelExecutor.run (ArgSpec(args=['self', 'fetch_list', 'feed', 'feed_dict', 'return_numpy'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=(None, None, True)), ('document', '33ce6ec50f8eeb05d340e6b114b026fd'))
 paddle.fluid.create_lod_tensor (ArgSpec(args=['data', 'recursive_seq_lens', 'place'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=None), ('document', 'b82ea20e2dc5ff2372e0643169ca47ff'))
 paddle.fluid.create_random_int_lodtensor (ArgSpec(args=['recursive_seq_lens', 'base_shape', 'place', 'low', 'high'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=None), ('document', '74dc6d23185d90a7a50fbac19f5b65fb'))

paddle/fluid/framework/details/op_handle_base.h

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ namespace paddle {
 namespace framework {
 namespace details {
 
-constexpr char kLocalExecScopeName[] = "@LOCAL_SCOPE@";
+constexpr char kLocalExecScopeName[] = "@LOCAL_EXE_SCOPE@";
 
 // Wraps ir::Node and provide helper utilities.
 // It's responsible for populating necessary fields of ir::Node.

paddle/fluid/framework/details/scope_buffered_ssa_graph_executor.cc

@@ -68,15 +68,7 @@ FeedFetchList ScopeBufferedSSAGraphExecutor::Run(
   ++drop_scope_counter_;
 
   if (drop_scope_counter_ == strategy_.num_iteration_per_drop_scope_) {
-    WaitComputationalStreams();
-
-    for (auto &scope : local_scopes_) {
-      auto &local_scope =
-          *scope->Var(details::kLocalExecScopeName)->GetMutable<Scope *>();
-      scope->DeleteScope(local_scope);
-    }
-
-    drop_scope_counter_ = 0;
+    DropLocalExeScopes();
   }
   if (eptr) {
     std::rethrow_exception(eptr);
@@ -84,6 +76,25 @@ FeedFetchList ScopeBufferedSSAGraphExecutor::Run(
     return fetch_data;
   }
 }
+
+void ScopeBufferedSSAGraphExecutor::DropLocalExeScopes() {
+  drop_scope_counter_ = 0;
+  for (auto p : places_) {
+    platform::DeviceContextPool::Instance().Get(p)->Wait();
+  }
+
+  for (auto &scope : local_scopes_) {
+    auto &local_scope =
+        *scope->Var(details::kLocalExecScopeName)->GetMutable<Scope *>();
+    scope->DeleteScope(local_scope);
+    VLOG(3) << "Drop local execution scope: " << local_scope;
+  }
+}
+
+bool ScopeBufferedSSAGraphExecutor::NeedCreateLocalExeScope() {
+  return drop_scope_counter_ == 0;
+}
+
 }  // namespace details
 }  // namespace framework
 }  // namespace paddle

paddle/fluid/framework/details/scope_buffered_ssa_graph_executor.h

@@ -47,17 +47,12 @@ class ScopeBufferedSSAGraphExecutor : public SSAGraphExecutor {
 
   FeedFetchList Run(const std::vector<std::string>& fetch_tensors) override;
 
- private:
-  inline void WaitComputationalStreams() {
-    // Wait All computational streams
-    for (auto p : places_) {
-      platform::DeviceContextPool::Instance().Get(p)->Wait();
-    }
-  }
+  void DropLocalExeScopes();
+
+  bool NeedCreateLocalExeScope();
 
  private:
   size_t drop_scope_counter_{0};
-
   ExecutionStrategy strategy_;
   std::unique_ptr<SSAGraphExecutor> underlying_executor_;
   std::vector<Scope*> local_scopes_;

paddle/fluid/framework/parallel_executor.cc

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ static std::once_flag gProfileOnce;
 #ifdef WITH_GPERFTOOLS
 static bool gProfileStarted = false;
 #endif
+
 class ParallelExecutorPrivate {
  public:
   explicit ParallelExecutorPrivate(const std::vector<platform::Place> &places)
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ class ParallelExecutorPrivate {
         gProfileStarted = true;
 #else
         LOG(WARNING) << "Paddle is not compiled with gperftools. "
-                        "FLAGS_pe_profile_fname will be ignored";
+          "FLAGS_pe_profile_fname will be ignored";
 #endif
       });
     }
@@ -177,6 +178,20 @@ std::vector<Scope *> &ParallelExecutor::GetLocalScopes() {
   return member_->local_scopes_;
 }
 
+void ParallelExecutor::DropLocalExeScopes() {
+  auto executor = dynamic_cast<details::ScopeBufferedSSAGraphExecutor *>(
+      member_->executor_.get());
+  if (executor) {
+    executor->DropLocalExeScopes();
+  }
+}
+
+bool ParallelExecutor::NeedCreateLocalExeScope() {
+  auto executor = dynamic_cast<details::ScopeBufferedSSAGraphExecutor *>(
+      member_->executor_.get());
+  return executor && executor->NeedCreateLocalExeScope();
+}
+
 ParallelExecutor::ParallelExecutor(const std::vector<platform::Place> &places,
                                    const std::vector<std::string> &bcast_vars,
                                    const std::string &loss_var_name,
@@ -342,8 +357,8 @@ ParallelExecutor::ParallelExecutor(const std::vector<platform::Place> &places,
                                  member_->local_scopes_, member_->nranks_,
                                  member_->use_cuda_);
   }
-
 #endif
+
   auto max_memory_size = GetEagerDeletionThreshold();
   VLOG(10) << "Eager Deletion Threshold "
            << static_cast<float>(max_memory_size) / (1 << 30);

paddle/fluid/framework/parallel_executor.h

@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ class ParallelExecutor {
 
   std::vector<Scope *> &GetLocalScopes();
 
+  void DropLocalExeScopes();
+
+  // This API is used to check whether DropLocalExeScopes work.
+  bool NeedCreateLocalExeScope();
+
   /**
    * Feed tensors to local scopes. The size of tensors should be equal to the
    * size of local scopes.

paddle/fluid/pybind/pybind.cc

@@ -1504,6 +1504,9 @@ All parameter, weight, gradient are variables in Paddle.
              return &self.GetLocalScopes();
            },
            py::return_value_policy::reference)
+      .def("drop_local_exe_scopes", &ParallelExecutor::DropLocalExeScopes)
+      .def("_need_create_local_exe_scopes",
+           &ParallelExecutor::NeedCreateLocalExeScope)
       .def("feed_tensors_into_local_scopes",
            &ParallelExecutor::FeedTensorsIntoLocalScopes)
       .def("feed_and_split_tensor_into_local_scopes",

python/paddle/fluid/parallel_executor.py

@@ -288,3 +288,68 @@ class ParallelExecutor(object):
     @property
     def device_count(self):
         return len(self._places)
+
+    def drop_local_exe_scopes(self):
+        """
+        Drop the local execution scope immediately.
+
+        During the execution of the Program, the generate intermediate
+        results are placed in local execution scope, in some model the
+        creation and deletion of those intermediate results are time-consuming.
+        To resolve that problem, ParallelExecutor provides an option in
+        ExecutionStrategy, i.g. num_iteration_per_drop_scope, this option
+        indicates how many iterations to run before dropping the local execution
+        scope. But in some situation, each iteration generates different
+        intermediate results, it will lead to the result that the memory which
+        is needed by local execution scope gradually increase. And if you want
+        to run another program at this time, there may be insufficient storage,
+        At this point you should drop the local execution scope of other Programs.
+
+        Examples:
+            .. code-block:: python
+
+              import paddle.fluid as fluid
+              import numpy
+              import os
+
+              use_cuda = True
+              # NOTE: If you use CPU to run the program, you need
+              # to specify the CPU_NUM, otherwise, fluid will use
+              # all the number of the logic core as the CPU_NUM,
+              # in that case, the batch size of the input should be
+              # greater than CPU_NUM, if not, the process will be
+              # failed by an exception.
+              if not use_cuda:
+                  os.environ['CPU_NUM'] = str(2)
+
+              train_program = fluid.Program()
+              startup_program = fluid.Program()
+              with fluid.program_guard(train_program, startup_program):
+                  data = fluid.layers.data(name='X', shape=[1], dtype='float32')
+                  hidden = fluid.layers.fc(input=data, size=10)
+                  loss = fluid.layers.mean(hidden)
+
+              place = fluid.CUDAPlace(0) if use_cuda else fluid.CPUPlace()
+              exe.run(startup_program)
+
+              parallel_exe = fluid.ParallelExecutor(use_cuda=use_cuda,
+                                                 main_program=train_program,
+                                                 loss_name=loss.name)
+
+              x = numpy.random.random(size=(10, 1)).astype('float32')
+              loss_data, = parallel_exe.run(feed={"X": x},
+                                         fetch_list=[loss.name])
+
+              parallel_exe.drop_local_exe_scopes()
+        """
+        assert isinstance(
+            self._compiled_program._executor,
+            core.ParallelExecutor), "The Executor should be ParallelExecutor."
+        self._compiled_program._executor.drop_local_exe_scopes()
+
+    # This API is used to check whether DropLocalExeScopes can work.
+    def _need_create_local_exe_scopes(self):
+        assert isinstance(
+            self._compiled_program._executor,
+            core.ParallelExecutor), "The Executor should be ParallelExecutor."
+        return self._compiled_program._executor._need_create_local_exe_scopes()

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

+# Copyright (c) 2019 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 unittest
+import paddle.fluid as fluid
+import numpy
+import os
+
+
+class TestParallelExecutorDropExeScope(unittest.TestCase):
+    def check_drop_scope(self, use_cuda=True):
+        place = fluid.CUDAPlace(0) if use_cuda else fluid.CPUPlace()
+
+        if not use_cuda:
+            os.environ['CPU_NUM'] = str(2)
+
+        train_program = fluid.Program()
+        startup_program = fluid.Program()
+        with fluid.program_guard(train_program, startup_program):
+            data = fluid.layers.data(name='X', shape=[1], dtype='float32')
+            hidden = fluid.layers.fc(input=data, size=10)
+            loss = fluid.layers.mean(hidden)
+            test_program = fluid.default_main_program().clone(for_test=True)
+            fluid.optimizer.SGD(learning_rate=0.01).minimize(loss)
+
+        exe = fluid.Executor(place)
+        exe.run(startup_program)
+
+        exec_strateg = fluid.ExecutionStrategy()
+        exec_strateg.num_iteration_per_drop_scope = 10
+
+        train_exe = fluid.ParallelExecutor(
+            use_cuda=use_cuda,
+            main_program=train_program,
+            loss_name=loss.name,
+            exec_strategy=exec_strateg)
+        test_exe = fluid.ParallelExecutor(
+            use_cuda=use_cuda,
+            main_program=test_program,
+            share_vars_from=train_exe,
+            exec_strategy=exec_strateg)
+
+        x = numpy.random.random(size=(10, 1)).astype('float32')
+        train_exe.run(feed={"X": x}, fetch_list=[loss.name])
+        test_exe.run(feed={"X": x}, fetch_list=[loss.name])
+
+        assert train_exe._need_create_local_exe_scopes() == False
+        assert test_exe._need_create_local_exe_scopes() == False
+
+        # drop the local execution scope immediately
+        train_exe.drop_local_exe_scopes()
+        test_exe.drop_local_exe_scopes()
+
+        assert train_exe._need_create_local_exe_scopes()
+        assert test_exe._need_create_local_exe_scopes()
+
+    def test_drop_scope(self):
+        self.check_drop_scope(use_cuda=False)
+        if fluid.core.is_compiled_with_cuda():
+            self.check_drop_scope(use_cuda=True)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()