async tp

Signed-off-by: inkcherry <[email protected]>

Author: inkcherry

deepspeed/__init__.py

@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ def init_inference(model, config=None, **kwargs):
     return engine
 
 
-def tp_model_init(model, tp_size, dtype):
+def tp_model_init(model, tp_size, dtype, config=None, **kwargs):
     """
     Initialize the model for tensor parallelism.
 
@@ -379,8 +379,9 @@ def tp_model_init(model, tp_size, dtype):
         torch.nn.Module: The initialized model with tensor parallelism.
     """
     # avoid re-entry
-    assert not hasattr(
-        model, 'ds_autotp_parsed'), "ds_autotp_parsed' attribute already exists in the model, re-entry is not allowed."
+    if hasattr(model, 'ds_autotp_parsed'):
+        logger.warning("ds_autotp_parsed' attribute already exists in the model, re-entry is not allowed.")
+        return
 
     set_autotp_mode(training=True)
 

deepspeed/module_inject/layers.py

@@ -80,6 +80,35 @@ def backward(ctx: Any, grad_output: torch.Tensor) -> Tuple[None, torch.Tensor, N
         return None, grad_output, None
 
 
+class AsyncColumnParallel(torch.autograd.Function):
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def forward(ctx: Any, group: dist.ProcessGroup, input: torch.Tensor, weight, bias) -> torch.Tensor:
+        """
+        Forward pass.
+        """
+        ctx.use_bias = bias is not None
+        ctx.group = group
+        output = torch.matmul(input, weight.transpose(-1, -2))
+        if bias is not None:
+            output += bias
+
+        ctx.save_for_backward(input, weight)
+
+        return output
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def backward(ctx: Any, grad_output: torch.Tensor) -> Tuple[None, torch.Tensor]:
+
+        input, weight = ctx.saved_tensors
+        grad_input = grad_output.matmul(weight)
+        handle = dist.all_reduce(grad_input.contiguous(), group=ctx.group, async_op=True)
+        grad_weight = grad_output.view(-1, grad_output.shape[-1]).t().matmul(input.view(-1, input.shape[-1]))
+        grad_bias = grad_output.sum(0) if ctx.use_bias else None
+        handle.wait()
+        return None, grad_input, grad_weight, grad_bias
+
+
 class ColumnParallel(torch.autograd.Function):
     """
     Custom autograd function for column-wise parallelism.
@@ -124,11 +153,17 @@ class TensorParallel_Layer(nn.Module, ABC):
         support_training (bool): Flag indicating whether the layer supports training (default: False).
         name (Optional[str]): The name of the layer, if provided.
     """
+    ##### Initialize Parameter List #####
 
-    # keep_module_on_host is used to keep the module on the host. Checkpoints are loaded to the host first (in some
-    # cases it can be done from the disk even to prevent filling host's memory), thus no need to create a new copy.
+    # keep_module_on_host determines whether to keep the module on the host.
+    # Checkpoints are first loaded to the host (sometimes directly from disk to avoid filling host memory),
+    # so an additional copy is unnecessary.
     keep_module_on_host: bool = False
 
+    ##### Runtime Parameter List #####
+    overlap_comm: bool = False
+    """ Whether to overlap communication with computation. Currently, only allreduce supports overlap. """
+
     def __init__(self, mp_group: Optional[dist.ProcessGroup], **kwargs: Any):
         """
         Initializes the TensorParallel_Layer with optional model parallelism group and layer name.
@@ -260,6 +295,13 @@ def move(self, tensor):
             return cloned_tensor
 
 
+def configure_tensor_parallel_runtime(config):
+    runtime_keys = ['overlap_comm']
+    for key in runtime_keys:
+        if hasattr(config, key):
+            setattr(TensorParallel_Layer, key, getattr(config, key))
+
+
 class GatherReplacedLayerParams:
     """
     A context manager for gathering parameters of a replaced layer, enabling partitioning and gathering functionality
@@ -406,11 +448,15 @@ def __init__(self, module, mp_group=None, skip_partition=False, **kwargs):
             self.config_tp_params(self.bias)
 
     def forward(self, input):
-        if getattr(self, 'mp_group', None) is not None:
-            input = ColumnParallel.apply(self.mp_group, input)
-        output = torch.matmul(input, self.weight.transpose(-1, -2))
-        if self.bias is not None:
-            output += self.bias
+        if not self.__class__.overlap_comm:
+            if getattr(self, 'mp_group', None) is not None:
+                input = ColumnParallel.apply(self.mp_group, input)
+            output = torch.matmul(input, self.weight.transpose(-1, -2))
+            if self.bias is not None:
+                output += self.bias
+        else:
+            output = AsyncColumnParallel.apply(self.mp_group, input, self.weight, self.bias)
+
         return output
 
     @torch.no_grad()

deepspeed/runtime/engine.py

@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@
 from deepspeed.runtime.bf16_optimizer import BF16_Optimizer
 
 from deepspeed.linear.optimized_linear import LoRAOptimizedLinear
-from deepspeed.module_inject.layers import GatherReplacedLayerParams
-
+from deepspeed.module_inject.layers import GatherReplacedLayerParams, configure_tensor_parallel_runtime
 from deepspeed.runtime.config import DEEPSPEED_OPTIMIZERS, \
     ADAGRAD_OPTIMIZER, ADAM_OPTIMIZER, ADAMW_OPTIMIZER, LAMB_OPTIMIZER, ONEBIT_ADAM_OPTIMIZER, ONEBIT_LAMB_OPTIMIZER, \
     TORCH_ADAM_PARAM, ADAM_W_MODE, ADAM_W_MODE_DEFAULT, ZERO_ONE_ADAM_OPTIMIZER, MUADAM_OPTIMIZER, MUADAMW_OPTIMIZER, \
@@ -248,7 +247,7 @@ def __init__(self,
         self._configure_with_arguments(args, mpu)
         self._do_sanity_check()
         if self.autotp_size() > 1:
-            self._configure_tensor_parallel_states(model)
+            self._configure_tensor_parallel(model, self.tensor_parallel_config())
         see_memory_usage(f"DeepSpeed Engine: After args sanity test", force=self.memory_breakdown())
         if mpu is not None:
             if self.elasticity_enabled():
@@ -416,14 +415,17 @@ def _optimized_linear_offload_setup(self):
                 else:
                     p.ds_offload = False
 
+    def _configure_tensor_parallel(self, model, tp_config):
+        self._configure_tensor_parallel_states(model)
+        configure_tensor_parallel_runtime(tp_config)
+
     def _configure_tensor_parallel_states(self, model):
         """
         Configures the tensor parallel states for the model.
         This includes setting up the tensor parallel groups, initializing the TP mesh,
         and registering a pre-hook to ensure that the Dataloader inputs are consistent across ranks.
         """
         self._set_client_model(model)
-
         # sanity check
         # currently, the compatibility between 'autotp' and 'zero > 1' has not been validated
         assert self.zero_optimization_stage(
@@ -902,6 +904,9 @@ def zero_legacy_stage1(self):
     def zero_ignore_unused_parameters(self):
         return self._config.zero_config.ignore_unused_parameters
 
+    def tensor_parallel_config(self):
+        return self._config.tensor_parallel_config
+
     def autotp_size(self):
         return self._config.tensor_parallel_config.autotp_size
 

deepspeed/runtime/tensor_parallel/config.py

@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ class TPTrainingConfig(DeepSpeedConfigModel):
     In automatic tensor-parallelism training, 'tensor_parallel_size'
     When set to 0, indicates that it is disabled.
     """
+    overlap_comm: bool = False
+    """ Whether to overlap communication with computation. Currently, only allreduce supports overlap. """
+
     tensor_parallel: TPConfig = Field({}, alias="tp")
     """
     Configuration for tensor parallelism used to split the model across several

tests/unit/model_parallelism/test_autotp_training.py

@@ -163,11 +163,12 @@ def process_linear_layer(hidden_dim, input):
 
 @pytest.mark.sequential
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("tp_size", [2, 4])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("overlap_comm", [True, False])
 class TestTpLayerFwdBwd(DistributedTest):
     world_size = 4
     reuse_dist_env = True
 
-    def testRowParallel(self, tp_size: int):
+    def testRowParallel(self, tp_size: int, overlap_comm: bool):
         skip_on_device()
         hidden_dim = 128
         batch_size_per_device = 1
@@ -182,7 +183,8 @@ def testRowParallel(self, tp_size: int):
                 }
             },
             "tensor_parallel": {
-                "autotp_size": tp_size
+                "autotp_size": tp_size,
+                "overlap_comm": overlap_comm
             },
             "zero_optimization": {
                 "stage": 0,
@@ -216,7 +218,7 @@ def testRowParallel(self, tp_size: int):
         assert torch.allclose(linear.weight.grad, torch_grad.to(get_accelerator().current_device()), atol=1e-3)
         assert torch.allclose(out, torch_out.to(get_accelerator().current_device()), atol=1e-3)
 
-    def testColumnParallel(self, tp_size: int):
+    def testColumnParallel(self, tp_size: int, overlap_comm: bool):
         skip_on_device()
         hidden_dim = 128
         batch_size_per_device = 1
@@ -231,7 +233,8 @@ def testColumnParallel(self, tp_size: int):
                 }
             },
             "tensor_parallel": {
-                "autotp_size": tp_size
+                "autotp_size": tp_size,
+                "overlap_comm": overlap_comm
             },
             "zero_optimization": {
                 "stage": 0,