Variable batch size and LR scheduler

deepspeed/launcher/runner.py

@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ def main(args=None):
             result = subprocess.check_output(hostname_cmd)
         except subprocess.CalledProcessError as err:
             logger.error(
-                "Unable to detect suitable master address via `hostname -I`, please manually specify one via --master_addr"
+                "Unable to detect suitable master address via 'hostname -I', please manually specify one via --master_addr"
             )
             raise err
         args.master_addr = result.decode('utf-8').split()[0]

deepspeed/runtime/config.py

@@ -801,7 +801,6 @@ def __init__(self, config: Union[str, dict], mpu=None, mesh_device=None):
 
     def _initialize_params(self, param_dict):
         self.train_batch_size = get_train_batch_size(param_dict)
-        #print(f"beginning get_train_batch_size = {get_train_batch_size}")
         self.train_micro_batch_size_per_gpu = get_train_micro_batch_size_per_gpu(param_dict)
         self.gradient_accumulation_steps = get_gradient_accumulation_steps(param_dict)
         self.steps_per_print = get_steps_per_print(param_dict)

deepspeed/runtime/data_pipeline/config.py

@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ def get_data_efficiency_config(param_dict):
     sub_param_dict = param_dict[DATA_EFFICIENCY]
     output[DATA_SAMPLING] = get_data_sampling(sub_param_dict)
     output[DATA_ROUTING] = get_data_routing(sub_param_dict)
-
     return output
 
 
@@ -43,11 +42,13 @@ def get_data_sampling(param_dict):
     output[DATA_SAMPLING_ENABLED] = get_data_sampling_enabled(param_dict)
     output[DATA_SAMPLING_NUM_EPOCHS] = get_data_sampling_num_epochs(param_dict)
     output[DATA_SAMPLING_NUM_WORKERS] = get_data_sampling_num_workers(param_dict)
+    output[DATA_SAMPLING_PIN_MEMORY] = bool(
+        output.get(param_dict[DATA_SAMPLING][DATA_SAMPLING_PIN_MEMORY], DATA_SAMPLING_PIN_MEMORY_DEFAULT))
     if DATA_SAMPLING not in param_dict.keys():
         param_dict[DATA_SAMPLING] = {}
     sub_param_dict = param_dict[DATA_SAMPLING]
     output[CURRICULUM_LEARNING] = get_curriculum_learning(sub_param_dict)
-
+    output[DYNAMIC_BATCHING] = get_dynamic_batching(sub_param_dict)
     return output
 
 
@@ -87,6 +88,26 @@ def get_curriculum_learning(param_dict):
     return output
 
 
+def get_dynamic_batching(param_dict):
+    output = copy.copy(param_dict.get(DYNAMIC_BATCHING, {}))
+    output[DYNAMIC_BATCHING_ENABLED] = bool(output.get(DYNAMIC_BATCHING_ENABLED, DYNAMIC_BATCHING_ENABLED_DEFAULT))
+    output[DYNAMIC_BATCHING_LR_SCALING_METHOD] = str(
+        output.get(DYNAMIC_BATCHING_LR_SCALING_METHOD, DYNAMIC_BATCHING_LR_SCALING_METHOD_DEFAULT))
+    output[DYNAMIC_BATCHING_MIN_BATCH_SIZE] = int(
+        output.get(DYNAMIC_BATCHING_MIN_BATCH_SIZE, DYNAMIC_BATCHING_MIN_BATCH_SIZE_DEFAULT))
+    output[DYNAMIC_BATCHING_MAX_BATCH_SIZE] = int(output[DYNAMIC_BATCHING_MAX_BATCH_SIZE]) \
+        if DYNAMIC_BATCHING_MAX_BATCH_SIZE in output.keys() \
+        else DYNAMIC_BATCHING_MAX_BATCH_SIZE_DEFAULT
+    output[DYNAMIC_BATCHING_SEQUENCE_PICKING_ORDER] = str(
+        output.get(DYNAMIC_BATCHING_SEQUENCE_PICKING_ORDER, DYNAMIC_BATCHING_SEQUENCE_PICKING_ORDER_DEFAULT))
+    if output[DYNAMIC_BATCHING_ENABLED]:
+        assert DYNAMIC_BATCHING_MAX_TOKENS in output.keys(
+        ), f"Dynamic batching is enabled, so {DYNAMIC_BATCHING_MAX_TOKENS} must be specified"
+        output[DYNAMIC_BATCHING_MAX_TOKENS] = int(output[DYNAMIC_BATCHING_MAX_TOKENS])
+    output[DYNAMIC_BATCHING_VERBOSE] = bool(output.get(DYNAMIC_BATCHING_VERBOSE, False))
+    return output
+
+
 def get_curriculum_learning_enabled(param_dict):
     if CURRICULUM_LEARNING in param_dict.keys():
         return get_scalar_param(param_dict[CURRICULUM_LEARNING], CURRICULUM_LEARNING_ENABLED,

deepspeed/runtime/data_pipeline/constants.py

@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 DATA_SAMPLING_NUM_EPOCHS_DEFAULT = 1000
 DATA_SAMPLING_NUM_WORKERS = "num_workers"
 DATA_SAMPLING_NUM_WORKERS_DEFAULT = 0
+DATA_SAMPLING_PIN_MEMORY = "pin_memory"
+DATA_SAMPLING_PIN_MEMORY_DEFAULT = False
 
 #########################################
 # Data efficiency - Data Sampling - Curriculum Learning
@@ -62,6 +64,24 @@
 CURRICULUM_LEARNING_DATA_CLUSTER_CURRENT_POSITION = "data_cluster_current_position"
 CURRICULUM_LEARNING_NP_RNG_STATE = "np_rng_state"
 
+#########################################
+# Data efficiency - Dynamic batching and LR scaling
+#########################################
+DYNAMIC_BATCHING = "dynamic_batching"
+DYNAMIC_BATCHING_ENABLED = "enabled"
+DYNAMIC_BATCHING_ENABLED_DEFAULT = False
+DYNAMIC_BATCHING_METRICS_PATH = "metrics_path"
+DYNAMIC_BATCHING_LR_SCALING_METHOD = "lr_scaling_method"  # "linear" / "sqrt" / "none"
+DYNAMIC_BATCHING_LR_SCALING_METHOD_DEFAULT = "linear"
+DYNAMIC_BATCHING_MIN_BATCH_SIZE = "min_batch_size"
+DYNAMIC_BATCHING_MIN_BATCH_SIZE_DEFAULT = 1
+DYNAMIC_BATCHING_MAX_BATCH_SIZE = "max_batch_size"
+DYNAMIC_BATCHING_MAX_BATCH_SIZE_DEFAULT = None
+DYNAMIC_BATCHING_SEQUENCE_PICKING_ORDER = "sequence_picking_order"  # "random" / "seqlen" / "dataloader"
+DYNAMIC_BATCHING_SEQUENCE_PICKING_ORDER_DEFAULT = "dataloader"  # "random" / "seqlen" / "dataloader"
+DYNAMIC_BATCHING_MAX_TOKENS = "max_tokens"
+DYNAMIC_BATCHING_VERBOSE = "verbose"
+
 #########################################
 # Curriculum Learning legacy implementation
 #########################################

deepspeed/runtime/data_pipeline/data_sampling/data_analyzer.py

@@ -862,8 +862,13 @@ def test_compare_both_data_analyzers(dataset):
         for path in output_paths:
             with open(os.path.join(da.save_path, path), 'rb') as f1, \
                 open(os.path.join(dda.save_path, path), 'rb') as f2:
-                if f1.read() != f2.read():
+                # if files have suffix .bin, they should be identical
+                if path.endswith(".bin"):
+                    assert f1.read() == f2.read(), f"files {path} are not identical."
+                elif f1.read() != f2.read():
                     print(f"files {path} are not identical.")
+    dist.barrier()
+    dist.destroy_process_group()
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":