process_group: add inprocess ProcessGroupNCCL

Author: d4l3k

torchft/process_group.py

@@ -85,21 +85,30 @@ def getBackendName(self) -> str:
         raise NotImplementedError("not implemented")
 
 
-class ProcessGroupGloo(ProcessGroup):
+class ProcessGroupWrapper(ProcessGroup):
+    PG_CLASS: Type[BaseProcessGroup]
     """
-    This is a wrapper around ProcessGroupGloo with a reconfiguration argument.
+    This is a wrapper around any ProcessGroup with a reconfiguration method.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, timeout: float = 60.0) -> None:
+        """
+        Args:
+            timeout: the timeout to use for the process group
+        """
         super().__init__(0, 1)
         self._pg = None
 
     def configure(self, store_addr: str, rank: int, world_size: int) -> None:
+        if self._pg is not None:
+            if hasattr(self._pg, "abort"):
+                self._pg.abort()
+            self._pg = None
+
         store = create_store(store_addr)
 
-        # TODO: set lower timeout
-        # pyre-fixme[16]: no attribute ProcessGroupGloo
-        self._pg = BaseProcessGroupGloo(store, rank, world_size)
+        # TODO: set global timeout
+        self._pg = self.PG_CLASS(store, rank, world_size)
 
     def allreduce(self, tensors: List[torch.Tensor], opts: object) -> Work:
         return self._pg.allreduce(tensors, opts)
@@ -118,10 +127,35 @@ def broadcast(self, tensor_list: List[torch.Tensor], opts: object) -> Work:
     def size(self) -> int:
         return self._pg.size()
 
+
+class ProcessGroupGloo(ProcessGroupWrapper):
+    """
+    This is a reconfigurable version of ProcessGroupGloo.
+    """
+
+    PG_CLASS = BaseProcessGroupGloo
+
     def getBackendName(self) -> str:
         return "torchft-gloo"
 
 
+class ProcessGroupNCCL(ProcessGroupWrapper):
+    """
+    This is a reconfigurable version of ProcessGroupNCCL.
+
+    WARNING: this may result in deadlocks due to NCCL error handling. This is
+    provided for completeness but your mileage may vary.
+
+    TODO: verify shutdown correctness with latest NCCL. This currently will call
+    abort when reconfiguring, we need to ensure this is safe.
+    """
+
+    PG_CLASS = BaseProcessGroupNCCL
+
+    def getBackendName(self) -> str:
+        return "torchft-nccl"
+
+
 class DummyWork(dist._Work):
     def __init__(self, result):
         super().__init__()

torchft/process_group_test.py

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
     ProcessGroupBabyGloo,
     ProcessGroupBabyNCCL,
     ProcessGroupGloo,
+    ProcessGroupNCCL,
     ProcessGroupDummy,
     ProcessGroup,
 )
@@ -41,6 +42,37 @@ def test_gloo(self) -> None:
         m = torch.nn.parallel.DistributedDataParallel(m, process_group=pg)
         m(torch.rand(2, 3))
 
+    @skipUnless(torch.cuda.is_available(), "needs CUDA")
+    def test_nccl(self) -> None:
+        store = TCPStore(
+            host_name="localhost", port=0, is_master=True, wait_for_workers=False
+        )
+        device = "cuda"
+
+        store_addr = f"localhost:{store.port}/prefix"
+        pg = ProcessGroupNCCL()
+        pg.configure(store_addr, 0, 1)
+
+        self.assertEqual(pg.size(), 1)
+
+        at = torch.tensor([2], device=device)
+        a_work = pg.allreduce([at], ReduceOp.SUM)
+        a_work.wait()
+
+        m = nn.Linear(3, 4).to(device)
+        m = torch.nn.parallel.DistributedDataParallel(m, process_group=pg)
+        m(torch.rand(2, 3, device=device))
+
+        # reconfigure
+        store_addr = f"localhost:{store.port}/prefix2"
+        pg.configure(store_addr, 0, 1)
+
+        at = torch.tensor([2], device=device)
+        a_work = pg.allreduce([at], ReduceOp.SUM)
+        a_work.wait()
+
+        torch.cuda.synchronize()
+
     def test_baby_gloo(self) -> None:
         store = TCPStore(
             host_name="localhost", port=0, is_master=True, wait_for_workers=False