support offload in sharding stage2 (#37904)

* merge latest develop branch

* fix bugs

* update

* fix bugs for unittest

* modify for less use of gpu mem

* fix bugs of using _reset_grad_inplace_version

* update

* update

* modify for CI-Coverage

* retrick all CIs

python/paddle/distributed/fleet/meta_optimizers/dygraph_optimizer/sharding_optimizer_stage2.py

@@ -27,11 +27,13 @@ from collections import OrderedDict
 import paddle
 import paddle.fluid as fluid
 from paddle import framework
+from paddle.fluid import core
 import paddle.distributed as dist
 from paddle.optimizer import Optimizer
+from paddle.fluid.clip import ClipGradByGlobalNorm
 
 from ...utils.internal_storage import ParamStorage
-from ...meta_parallel.sharding.sharding_utils import Type
+from ...meta_parallel.sharding.sharding_utils import Type, device_guard, ShardingClipGrad
 
 # CUDA alignment 256 bytes
 alignment = {"gpu": 256, }
@@ -99,12 +101,37 @@ class ShardingOptimizerStage2(Optimizer):
 
         self.broadcast_fp16 = broadcast_fp16
         self.param_storages = {}  # {dtype: {rank: InternalStorage}}
+
+        if isinstance(self._optim._grad_clip, ClipGradByGlobalNorm):
+            logging.warning(
+                "While using ClipGradByGlobalNorm in ShardingOptimizer, the grad clip of original optimizer will be changed."
+            )
+            self._optim._grad_clip = ShardingClipGrad(self._optim._grad_clip,
+                                                      group,
+                                                      paddle.get_device())
+
+        if offload:
+            assert self._pfp16, "Only support offload strategy while using \'Adam\', \'AdamW\' and \'Momentum\' optimizer with AMP/Pure FP16"
+
         self.offload = offload  # Using for offload
+        self.offload_device = "cpu"
+
+        self._master_params = {}
 
         # Update optimizer parameters and adjust parameter storage and use according to rank.
         self.update_opt_status()
 
     def _generate_master_params(self, trainable_params):
+        if self.offload:
+            for param in trainable_params:
+                if param.name not in self._master_params.keys():
+                    self._master_params[param.name] = core.VarBase(
+                        name=param.name,
+                        value=param.cast(dtype=Type.fp32.value).numpy(),
+                        place=core.CPUPlace(),
+                        stop_gradient=param.stop_gradient)
+            self._optim._master_weights = self._master_params
+        else:
             for param in trainable_params:
                 if param.dtype == Type.fp16.value:
                     self._optim._master_weights[param.name] = paddle.cast(
@@ -243,6 +270,11 @@ class ShardingOptimizerStage2(Optimizer):
         A wrapper for Optimizer's step function to finish the update operation of the optimizer.
         """
 
+        if self.offload:
+            self._optim._parameter_list = [
+                param for name, param in self._master_params.items()
+            ]
+        else:
             # Synchronize optimizer parameters for the current rank
             if len(self.dtype_rank_params.keys(
             )) == 1 and Type.fp32.value in self.dtype_rank_params.keys():
@@ -258,6 +290,22 @@ class ShardingOptimizerStage2(Optimizer):
                         Type.fp32.value][self.rank]
 
         # Run the optimizer of the current rank step
+        if self.offload:
+            with device_guard(self.rank, self.offload_device):
+                self._optim.step()
+
+                for param in self._optim._parameter_list:
+                    self._master_params[param.name].set_value(param)
+
+            dev_id = 0 if paddle.get_device() == "cpu" else int(
+                paddle.get_device().split(":")[1])
+
+            for param in self._local_params:
+                if param.name in self._master_params.keys():
+                    param.set_value(self._master_params[param.name].cuda(dev_id)
+                                    .cast(dtype=param.dtype))
+                    self._master_params[param.name].clear_gradient(False)
+        else:
             self._optim.step()
 
         # Synchronize all the updated shards in between the ranks

python/paddle/distributed/fleet/meta_parallel/sharding/sharding_stage2.py

@@ -112,6 +112,18 @@ class ShardingStage2(nn.Layer):
         self._has_grad_storage = []
         self._grad_storage_list = []
 
+        # offload
+        # TODO(haohongxiang): Now it's not supported for multi-optimizers using Offload strategy
+        self._offload_optims = list(
+            filter(lambda optim: optim.offload, self._sharding_optimizers))
+        if len(self._offload_optims) > 0:
+            assert len(
+                self._sharding_optimizers
+            ) == 1, "Only support offload strategy for single optimizer"
+
+        self._offload = self._sharding_optimizers[0].offload
+        self._offload_device = "cpu"
+
         # Set backward pass hooks
         self._bw_hooks = []
 
@@ -156,6 +168,7 @@ class ShardingStage2(nn.Layer):
         # Release grad storages
         for dtype in self._grad_storages.keys():
             if self._rank in self._grad_storages[dtype].keys():
+                if not self._offload:
                     self._grad_storages[dtype][self._rank].buffer.zero_()
 
         # Release params
@@ -167,6 +180,13 @@ class ShardingStage2(nn.Layer):
         """
         Before the gradient accumulation, scale the gradient.
         """
+        if self._offload:
+            for param in self._trainable_params:
+                if param.name in self._sharding_optimizers[
+                        0]._master_params.keys():
+                    self._sharding_optimizers[0]._master_params[
+                        param.name].grad.scale_(scale=self._world_size_scaling)
+        else:
             # Scale grad storages
             for dtype in self._grad_storages.keys():
                 if self._rank in self._grad_storages[dtype].keys():
@@ -195,8 +215,14 @@ class ShardingStage2(nn.Layer):
         """
         Synchronously or asynchronously convert the data type of the layer, the device is not supported now.
         """
+        assert isinstance(device, str), "Device must be type str"
         assert device == self._default_device, "New devices are not supported, because of the optimizer state is not sync"
 
+        self._layer.to(device=device, dtype=dtype, blocking=blocking)
+
+        # Re-build the buckets, hooks, etc..
+        self._fresh_trainable()
+
     def _fresh_trainable(self):
         """ Whether to update training parameters. """
 
@@ -289,6 +315,11 @@ class ShardingStage2(nn.Layer):
                     def cleanup():
                         if dst_rank != self._rank:
                             param.clear_gradient(False)
+                        elif self._offload:
+                            self._sharding_optimizers[0]._master_params[
+                                param.name]._copy_gradient_from(param.grad.cpu(
+                                ).cast(dtype=Type.fp32.value))
+                            param.clear_gradient(False)
 
                     # Synchronize the reduce parameter gradient
                     self._tasks_flow.append(
@@ -339,6 +370,15 @@ class ShardingStage2(nn.Layer):
 
                                 grad_storage.buffer.value().get_tensor()._clear(
                                 )
+                            elif self._offload:
+                                grad_storage.to(device=self._offload_device)
+                                for param in grad_storage._params:
+                                    self._sharding_optimizers[0]._master_params[
+                                        param.name]._copy_gradient_from(
+                                            param.grad.cast(
+                                                dtype=Type.fp32.value))
+                                grad_storage.buffer.value().get_tensor()._clear(
+                                )
 
                         # Reduce the bucket
                         grad_storage.sent = True
@@ -478,7 +518,7 @@ class ShardingStage2(nn.Layer):
         # Rebuild fp16/fp32 grad storages
         for dtype in self._grad_storages.keys():
             for dst_rank, grad_storage in self._grad_storages[dtype].items():
-                if dst_rank != self._rank:
+                if self._offload or dst_rank != self._rank:
                     grad_storage.manumal_relase()
                     grad_storage.rebuild()
 

python/paddle/distributed/fleet/meta_parallel/sharding/sharding_utils.py

@@ -17,10 +17,17 @@ import contextlib
 from collections import abc
 from enum import Enum
 from math import inf
+import numpy as np
+from types import MethodType
 
 import paddle
 import paddle.distributed as dist
+from paddle import _C_ops
 from paddle.fluid import core
+from paddle.fluid import layers
+from paddle.fluid.dygraph import to_variable
+from paddle.fluid.framework import dygraph_only
+from paddle.fluid.dygraph import base as imperative_base
 
 
 class Taskflow:
@@ -41,6 +48,88 @@ class Type(Enum):
     fp32 = paddle.float32
 
 
+class ShardingClipGrad:
+    def __init__(self, clip, group, device):
+        self._clip = clip
+        self._group = group
+        self._device = device
+
+    @imperative_base.no_grad
+    def _dygraph_clip(self, params_grads):
+        params_and_grads = []
+
+        sum_square_fp16 = []
+        sum_square_fp32 = []
+
+        for p, g in params_grads:
+            if g is None or getattr(p, 'need_clip', True) is False:
+                continue
+
+            merge_grad = g
+            if g.type == core.VarDesc.VarType.SELECTED_ROWS:
+                merge_grad = layers.get_tensor_from_selected_rows(
+                    layers.merge_selected_rows(g))
+            square = layers.square(merge_grad)
+            sum_square = layers.reduce_sum(square)
+
+            if p.dtype == paddle.float16:
+                sum_square_fp16.append(sum_square)
+            elif p.dtype == paddle.float32:
+                sum_square_fp32.append(sum_square)
+
+        # global norm of non-distributed FP16 params_and_grads
+        if len(sum_square_fp16) == 0:
+            global_norm_fp16 = paddle.to_tensor([0.], dtype=paddle.float32)
+        else:
+            global_norm_fp16 = layers.concat(sum_square_fp16)
+            global_norm_fp16 = layers.reduce_sum(global_norm_fp16)
+            global_norm_fp16 = paddle.cast(
+                global_norm_fp16, dtype=paddle.float32)
+
+        # global norm of non-distributed FP32 params_and_grads
+        global_norm_fp32 = layers.concat(sum_square_fp32) if len(
+            sum_square_fp32) != 0 else paddle.to_tensor(
+                [0.], dtype=paddle.float32)
+        global_norm_fp32 = layers.reduce_sum(global_norm_fp32)
+
+        global_norm_var = global_norm_fp16 + global_norm_fp32
+
+        # add all reduce to get global norm of distributed params_and_grads
+        dev_id = int(self._device.split(":")[1])
+        with device_guard(dev_id, "gpu"):
+            paddle.distributed.all_reduce(global_norm_var, group=self._group)
+
+        global_norm_var = layers.sqrt(global_norm_var)
+        max_global_norm = layers.fill_constant(
+            shape=[1], dtype=global_norm_var.dtype, value=self.clip_norm)
+
+        clip_var = layers.elementwise_div(
+            x=max_global_norm,
+            y=layers.elementwise_max(
+                x=global_norm_var, y=max_global_norm))
+        clip_var_fp16 = paddle.cast(clip_var, paddle.float16)
+
+        for p, g in params_grads:
+            if g is None:
+                continue
+            if getattr(p, 'need_clip', True) is False:
+                params_and_grads.append((p, g))
+                continue
+            if p.dtype == paddle.float16:
+                new_grad = layers.elementwise_mul(x=g, y=clip_var_fp16)
+            else:
+                new_grad = layers.elementwise_mul(x=g, y=clip_var)
+            params_and_grads.append((p, new_grad))
+
+        return params_and_grads
+
+    def __getattr__(self, item):
+        return getattr(self._clip, item)
+
+    def __call__(self, params_grads):
+        return self._dygraph_clip(params_grads)
+
+
 @contextlib.contextmanager
 def device_guard(dev_id, device="cpu"):
     origin_device = paddle.device.get_device()
@@ -52,3 +141,65 @@ def device_guard(dev_id, device="cpu"):
         yield
     finally:
         paddle.set_device(origin_device)
+
+
+@dygraph_only
+def ShardingScaler(scaler, sharding_group):
+    def unscale_method(self, optimizer):
+        if not self._enable:
+            return
+        param_grads = []
+        param_grads_fp16 = []
+        param_grads_fp32 = []
+
+        if getattr(optimizer, '_param_groups', None) and isinstance(
+                optimizer._param_groups[0], dict):
+
+            for group in optimizer._param_groups:
+                for param in group['params']:
+                    if param._grad_ivar() is not None:
+                        param_grads.append(param._grad_ivar())
+                        if param._grad_ivar(
+                        ).dtype == core.VarDesc.VarType.FP16:
+                            param_grads_fp16.append(param._grad_ivar())
+                        else:
+                            param_grads_fp32.append(param._grad_ivar())
+        else:
+            param_grads = [
+                param._grad_ivar() for param in optimizer._parameter_list
+                if param._grad_ivar() is not None
+            ]
+            param_grads_fp16 = [
+                param._grad_ivar() for param in optimizer._parameter_list
+                if (param._grad_ivar() is not None
+                    ) and (param._grad_ivar().dtype == core.VarDesc.VarType.FP16
+                           )
+            ]
+            param_grads_fp32 = [
+                param._grad_ivar() for param in optimizer._parameter_list
+                if (param._grad_ivar() is not None
+                    ) and (param._grad_ivar().dtype == core.VarDesc.VarType.FP32
+                           )
+            ]
+        temp_found_inf_fp16 = to_variable(np.array([0]).astype(np.bool))
+        temp_found_inf_fp32 = to_variable(np.array([0]).astype(np.bool))
+        if len(param_grads_fp16):
+            _C_ops.check_finite_and_unscale(param_grads_fp16, self._scale,
+                                            param_grads_fp16,
+                                            temp_found_inf_fp16)
+        if len(param_grads_fp32):
+            _C_ops.check_finite_and_unscale(param_grads_fp32, self._scale,
+                                            param_grads_fp32,
+                                            temp_found_inf_fp32)
+
+        self._found_inf = 1 if temp_found_inf_fp16 or temp_found_inf_fp32 else 0
+        is_found_inf = paddle.to_tensor([self._found_inf], dtype="int32")
+
+        paddle.distributed.all_reduce(
+            is_found_inf,
+            op=paddle.distributed.ReduceOp.MAX,
+            group=sharding_group)
+        self._found_inf = is_found_inf.numpy()[0]
+
+    scaler._unscale = MethodType(unscale_method, scaler)
+    return scaler

python/paddle/distributed/fleet/utils/internal_storage.py

@@ -50,6 +50,29 @@ class InternalStorage:
         else:
             self.buffer = paddle.zeros(size, dtype=dtype)
 
+    def to(self, device, dtype=None, keep_alignment=True):
+        """
+        Move the underlying buffer
+        """
+        assert self.buffer is not None, "Cannot move a collapsed bucket, please rebuild it"
+        assert (dtype == Type.fp32.value or
+                Type.fp16.value), "Conversion type is not supported now"
+
+        dev_id = 0 if paddle.get_device() == "cpu" else int(paddle.get_device()
+                                                            .split(":")[1])
+
+        if self._device != device:
+            tmp_buffer = self.buffer.cuda(
+                dev_id) if device == "gpu" else self.buffer.cpu()
+            for param in self._params:
+                param.clear_gradient(False)
+                param._gradient_set_empty(False)
+            self.buffer.value().get_tensor()._clear()
+            self.buffer = tmp_buffer
+
+        if dtype is not None:
+            self.buffer = self.buffer.cast(dtype=dtype)
+
 
 class ParamStorage(InternalStorage):
     """
@@ -60,6 +83,16 @@ class ParamStorage(InternalStorage):
         super().__init__(size, dtype, device, convert_cpu=True)
         self.param2align = None
 
+    def to(self, device, dtype=None, keep_alignment=True):
+        """
+        Move the underlying buffer
+        """
+
+        super().to(device, dtype)
+
+        if keep_alignment:
+            self._array_params()
+
     @fluid.dygraph.no_grad
     def add_rank_params(self, trainable_params, param2align):
         """
@@ -78,7 +111,7 @@ class ParamStorage(InternalStorage):
             p_shape = self._add_param_as_view(param, param2align[param.name])
             cpu_param_shape.append(p_shape)
 
-        # buffer covert from cpu to cuda
+        # buffer convert from cpu to cuda
         dev_id = int(paddle.get_device().split(":")[1])
         self.buffer = self.buffer.cuda(dev_id)
         self._fill = 0
@@ -109,7 +142,8 @@ class ParamStorage(InternalStorage):
         param.stop_gradient = origin_state
 
         # Copy the current param value
-        dev_id = int(paddle.get_device().split(":")[1])
+        dev_id = 0 if paddle.get_device() == "cpu" else int(paddle.get_device()
+                                                            .split(":")[1])
         with device_guard(dev_id, "cpu"):
             tmp_var = core.VarBase(tensor=self.buffer._slice(self._fill,
                                                              var_end))
@@ -134,6 +168,18 @@ class ParamStorage(InternalStorage):
 
         self._fill = offset
 
+    @fluid.dygraph.no_grad
+    def _array_params(self):
+        """
+        Given the parameters which have been registered previously, rebuild the whole InternalStorage.
+        """
+        assert len(self._params) > 0
+        assert self.param2align is not None
+
+        self._fill = 0
+        for p in self._params:
+            self._convert_buffer(p, p.shape, self.param2align[p.name])  # modify
+
 
 class GradStorage(InternalStorage):
     """
@@ -171,6 +217,18 @@ class GradStorage(InternalStorage):
             param.shape) + align <= self._max_size and id(
                 param) not in self._param_ids
 
+    def to(self, device, dtype=None, keep_alignment=True):
+        """
+        Move the underlying buffer
+        """
+        if self._release:
+            self.rebuild()
+
+        super().to(device, dtype)
+
+        if keep_alignment:
+            self._array_grads()
+
     @fluid.dygraph.no_grad
     def add_grad(self, param, align):
         """
@@ -206,17 +264,25 @@ class GradStorage(InternalStorage):
         """
         Given the parameter gradients which have been registered previously, rebuild the whole InternalStorage.
         """
-        assert len(self._params) > 0
 
         if self._release:
-            self.buffer = paddle.zeros(
-                [self._max_size], dtype=self._params[0].dtype)
+            self.buffer = paddle.zeros([self._max_size], dtype=self._dtype)
 
             for p in self._params:
                 self._add_grad_as_view(p, self._parm2align[p.name])
 
             self._release = False
 
+    @fluid.dygraph.no_grad
+    def _array_grads(self):
+        """
+        Given the parameters gradients which have been registered previously, rebuild the whole InternalStorage.
+        """
+        if len(self._params) > 0:
+            self._fill = 0
+            for p in self._params:
+                self._add_grad_as_view(p, self._parm2align[p.name])
+
     @fluid.dygraph.no_grad
     def _add_grad_as_view(self, param, align):
         assert np.prod(
@@ -229,8 +295,17 @@ class GradStorage(InternalStorage):
         assert offset <= np.prod(self.buffer.shape)
 
         # Copy the current grad value to InternalStorage
-        assert self._device == "gpu"
+        dev_id = 0 if paddle.get_device() == "cpu" else int(paddle.get_device()
+                                                            .split(":")[1])
+        if self._device == "cpu":
+            with device_guard(dev_id, self._device):
                 tmp_var = core.VarBase(self.buffer._slice(self._fill, grad_end))
                 param._copy_gradient_from(tmp_var)
                 tmp_var.value().get_tensor()._clear()
+
+        elif self._device == "gpu":
+            tmp_var = core.VarBase(self.buffer._slice(self._fill, grad_end))
+            param._copy_gradient_from(tmp_var)
+            tmp_var.value().get_tensor()._clear()
+
         self._fill = offset

python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/dygraph_sharding_stage2.py

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ from paddle.distributed.fleet.meta_parallel.sharding.sharding_stage2 import Shar
 seed = 2021
 epoch = 2
 batch_size = 32
+linear_size = 10000
 
 strategy = fleet.DistributedStrategy()
 strategy.hybrid_configs = {
@@ -45,12 +46,12 @@ paddle.seed(seed)
 
 
 class MLP(fluid.Layer):
-    def __init__(self, param_attr=None, bias_attr=None):
+    def __init__(self, linear_size=10000, param_attr=None, bias_attr=None):
         super(MLP, self).__init__()
 
-        self._linear1 = Linear(10000, 10000)
-        self._linear2 = Linear(10000, 10000)
-        self._linear3 = Linear(10000, 10)
+        self._linear1 = Linear(linear_size, linear_size)
+        self._linear2 = Linear(linear_size, linear_size)
+        self._linear3 = Linear(linear_size, 10)
 
     def forward(self, inputs):
         y = self._linear1(inputs)
@@ -59,10 +60,10 @@ class MLP(fluid.Layer):
         return y
 
 
-def reader_decorator():
+def reader_decorator(linear_size=10000):
     def __reader__():
         for _ in range(100):
-            img = np.random.rand(10000).astype('float32')
+            img = np.random.rand(linear_size).astype('float32')
             label = np.ones(1).astype('int64')
             yield img, label
 
@@ -120,6 +121,9 @@ def train_mlp(model,
         use_multiprocess=True)
     train_loader.set_sample_list_generator(train_reader)
 
+    if sharding_stage == 2:
+        model.to(device="gpu")
+
     for eop in range(epoch):
         model.train()
 
@@ -153,9 +157,6 @@ def train_mlp(model,
             if all_test and batch_id == 2:
                 return model.parameters()
 
-    if sharding_stage == 2:
-        model.to(device="gpu")
-
     return model.parameters()
 
 

python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/dygraph_sharding_stage2_offload.py

+# -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
+
+# Copyright (c) 2021 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 numpy as np
+import argparse
+import ast
+import time
+import paddle
+import paddle.fluid as fluid
+from paddle.fluid.dygraph.nn import Linear
+from paddle.distributed import fleet
+from paddle.fluid.dygraph import nn
+
+from paddle.distributed.fleet.meta_optimizers.dygraph_optimizer.sharding_optimizer_stage2 import ShardingOptimizerStage2
+from paddle.distributed.fleet.meta_parallel.sharding.sharding_stage2 import ShardingStage2
+from paddle.distributed.fleet.meta_parallel.sharding.sharding_utils import ShardingScaler
+
+from dygraph_sharding_stage2 import MLP, reader_decorator, optimizer_setting
+
+seed = 2021
+epoch = 2
+batch_size = 32
+linear_size = 8000
+
+np.random.seed(seed)
+paddle.seed(seed)
+
+
+def train_mlp(model, offload=False):
+    group = paddle.distributed.new_group([0, 1])
+    optimizer = optimizer_setting(model=model, use_pure_fp16=True)
+
+    model = paddle.amp.decorate(models=model, level='O2', save_dtype='float32')
+    scaler = paddle.amp.GradScaler(init_loss_scaling=32768)
+    scaler = ShardingScaler(scaler, group)
+
+    optimizer = ShardingOptimizerStage2(
+        params=model.parameters(),
+        optim=optimizer,
+        group=group,
+        offload=offload)
+    model = ShardingStage2(model, optimizer, group=group, accumulate_grads=True)
+
+    train_reader = paddle.batch(
+        reader_decorator(linear_size), batch_size=batch_size, drop_last=True)
+
+    train_loader = paddle.io.DataLoader.from_generator(
+        capacity=32,
+        use_double_buffer=True,
+        iterable=True,
+        return_list=True,
+        use_multiprocess=True)
+    train_loader.set_sample_list_generator(train_reader)
+
+    for eop in range(epoch):
+        model.train()
+
+        for batch_id, data in enumerate(train_loader()):
+            img, label = data
+            label.stop_gradient = True
+            img.stop_gradient = True
+
+            with paddle.amp.auto_cast(True, level='O2'):
+                out = model(img)
+                loss = paddle.nn.functional.cross_entropy(
+                    input=out, label=label)
+
+            avg_loss = paddle.mean(x=loss.cast(dtype=paddle.float32))
+            scaler.scale(avg_loss).backward()
+
+            model.grad_scale()
+            scaler.step(optimizer)
+            scaler.update()
+            model.clear_gradients()
+
+    for dtype in optimizer.param_storages:
+        for dst_rank, param_storage in optimizer.param_storages[dtype].items():
+            param_storage.to(device="gpu", dtype=dtype)
+
+    return model.parameters()
+
+
+def test_sharding_stage2_offload():
+    mlp = MLP(linear_size)
+    mlp_offload = MLP(linear_size)
+    mlp_offload.set_state_dict(mlp.state_dict())
+
+    mlp_params = train_mlp(mlp, offload=False)
+    mlp_offload_params = train_mlp(mlp_offload, offload=True)
+
+    for i in range(len(mlp_params)):
+        for j in range(len(mlp_offload_params)):
+            if mlp_params[i].name == mlp_offload_params[j].name:
+                np.testing.assert_allclose(
+                    mlp_params[i].numpy(),
+                    mlp_offload_params[j].numpy(),
+                    rtol=1e-6)
+    return
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    test_sharding_stage2_offload()

python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_dygraph_sharding_stage2.py

@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ class TestDygraphShardingStage2(TestMultipleGpus):
     def test_dygraph_sharding_optimizer_stage2(self):
         self.run_mnist_2gpu('dygraph_sharding_stage2.py')
 
+    def test_dygraph_sharding_optimizer_stage2_offload(self):
+        self.run_mnist_2gpu('dygraph_sharding_stage2_offload.py')
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()