/* Copyright (c) 2016 Baidu, Inc. All Rights Reserve. 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. */ #pragma once #include #include "paddle/utils/Logging.h" #include namespace paddle { /* * if sparse_remote_updater is used, different ParameterServer could * be assigned with unbalanced gradients. the parameter value from * ParameterServer also be not balanced. the distribution of different * dimensions of sparse ids determines the unbalanced degree of data * distributed among all ParameterServers. Even distribution will * benifits cluster efficiency. * do check the unbalanced degree of gradients at runtime, crash program * if unbalanced distribution exhibts by default. */ class SparseParameterDistribution { public: /// serviceNum means the number of ParameterServers explicit SparseParameterDistribution(size_t serviceNum); ~SparseParameterDistribution() {} /// collect data void probeDistribution(int serverId, size_t data); void checkAndResetDistribution(); private: std::vector data_; std::atomic totBytes_; /// after some batches, stop to check int batchPassed_; /// stat on unbalanced distribution found int unbalanceCnt_; }; } // namespace paddle