fix async worker

paddle/fluid/operators/send_barrier_op.cc

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ class SendBarrierOp : public framework::OperatorBase {
   void RunImpl(const framework::Scope& scope,
                const platform::Place& place) const override {
     std::vector<std::string> eps = Attr<std::vector<std::string>>("endpoints");
+    bool sync_mode = Attr<bool>("sync_mode");
 
     platform::DeviceContextPool& pool = platform::DeviceContextPool::Instance();
     auto& ctx = *pool.Get(place);
@@ -51,12 +52,13 @@ class SendBarrierOp : public framework::OperatorBase {
 
     // need to wait before sending send_barrier message
     PADDLE_ENFORCE(rpc_client->Wait());
-
-    for (auto& ep : eps) {
-      VLOG(3) << "send barrier, ep: " << ep;
-      rpc_client->AsyncSendBatchBarrier(ep);
+    if (sync_mode) {
+      for (auto& ep : eps) {
+        VLOG(3) << "send barrier, ep: " << ep;
+        rpc_client->AsyncSendBatchBarrier(ep);
+      }
+      PADDLE_ENFORCE(rpc_client->Wait());
     }
-    PADDLE_ENFORCE(rpc_client->Wait());
   }
 };
 
@@ -77,6 +79,7 @@ the Parameter Server would knew all variables have been sent.
                                       "(string vector, default 127.0.0.1:6164)"
                                       "Server endpoints to send variables to.")
         .SetDefault({"127.0.0.1:6164"});
+    AddAttr<bool>("sync_mode", "work in sync_mode or not").SetDefault(true);
   }
 };
 

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

@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ class TestDistTranspiler(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_transpiler(self):
         trainer = self.get_trainer()
         pserver, startup = self.get_pserver(self.current_pserver_ep)
-
         self.assertEqual([op.type for op in trainer.global_block().ops],
                          self.get_expect_trainer_ops())
 
@@ -67,7 +66,7 @@ class TestDistTranspiler(unittest.TestCase):
             "fill_constant", "fill_constant", "uniform_random", "uniform_random"
         ])
 
-        # the variable #fc_w will be split into two blocks 
+        # the variable #fc_w will be split into two blocks
         fc_w_var = startup.global_block().var("fc_w.block1")
         self.assertEqual(fc_w_var.shape, (500, 1000))
 
@@ -86,8 +85,12 @@ class TestDistTranspiler(unittest.TestCase):
             optimize_ops, params_grads = self.net_conf()
 
         delete_ops(trainer.global_block(), optimize_ops)
-        return [op.type for op in trainer.global_block().ops
-                ] + ["split_byref", "send", "concat"]
+        ops = [op.type for op in trainer.global_block().ops] + [
+            "split_byref", "send_vars", "send_barrier", "recv", "recv",
+            "fetch_barrier", "concat"
+        ]
+        ops.insert(ops.index("elementwise_add_grad") + 1, "send_vars")
+        return ops
 
     def get_trainer(self):
         return self._transpiler_instance().get_trainer_program()

python/paddle/fluid/transpiler/distribute_transpiler.py

@@ -348,7 +348,10 @@ class DistributeTranspiler:
                 type="send_barrier",
                 inputs={},
                 outputs={"RPCClient": rpc_client_var},
-                attrs={"endpoints": pserver_endpoints})
+                attrs={
+                    "endpoints": pserver_endpoints,
+                    "sync_mode": self.sync_mode
+                })
 
         # step 3.2: insert recv op to receive parameters from parameter server
         recv_vars = []

python/paddle/fluid/transpiler/ps_dispatcher.py

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 class PSDispatcher(object):
     """
-    DistributedSpliter is the base class for dispatching vars
+    PSDispatcher is the base class for dispatching vars
     into different pserver instance.
     You need to implement the `dispatch` inferface.
     """