!8712 update pipeline parallel interface

From: @yangzhenzhang
Reviewed-by: @kisnwang
Signed-off-by:

mindspore/ccsrc/frontend/parallel/context.cc

@@ -63,8 +63,7 @@ void ParallelContext::Reset() {
   all_reduce_fusion_split_indices_.clear();
   all_reduce_fusion_split_sizes_.clear();
   strategy_search_mode_ = DYNAMIC_PROGRAMMING;
-  stages_.clear();
+  pipeline_stage_split_num_ = 1;
-  pipeline_stage_split_num_ = 0;
 }
 
 void ParallelContext::set_device_num(int64_t device_num) {
@@ -87,8 +86,6 @@ void ParallelContext::set_loss_repeated_mean(bool loss_repeated_mean) { loss_rep
 
 void ParallelContext::set_pipeline_stage_split_num(const int64_t stage_num) { pipeline_stage_split_num_ = stage_num; }
 
-void ParallelContext::set_stage(const std::vector<int64_t> &stages) { stages_ = stages; }
-
 bool ParallelContext::set_parallel_mode(const std::string &parallel_mode) {
   auto iter = std::find(PARALLEL_MODE_LIST.begin(), PARALLEL_MODE_LIST.end(), parallel_mode);
   if (iter == PARALLEL_MODE_LIST.end()) {

mindspore/ccsrc/frontend/parallel/context.h

@@ -70,9 +70,6 @@ class ParallelContext {
   void set_pipeline_stage_split_num(const int64_t stages);
   int64_t pipeline_stage_split_num() const { return pipeline_stage_split_num_; }
 
-  void set_stage(const std::vector<int64_t> &stages);
-  std::vector<int64_t> stage() const { return stages_; }
-
   void set_global_rank(int64_t global_rank);
   int64_t global_rank() const { return global_rank_; }
 
@@ -121,8 +118,7 @@ class ParallelContext {
   int64_t global_rank_;
   std::string parallel_mode_;
   std::string strategy_search_mode_;
-  std::vector<int64_t> stages_;
+  int64_t pipeline_stage_split_num_;
-  int64_t pipeline_stage_split_num_ = 0;
   bool parameter_broadcast_;
   bool device_num_is_set_;
   bool global_rank_is_set_;

mindspore/ccsrc/frontend/parallel/device_manager.cc

@@ -54,44 +54,44 @@ bool InitDevice(int64_t device_num, int64_t global_rank, const std::string &back
     MS_LOG(ERROR) << "Invalid backend: " << backend;
     return false;
   }
+  if (stage.empty()) {
+    MS_LOG(ERROR) << "The size of stage must be positive";
+    return false;
+  }
 
   RankList devices, stage_map;
   for (int64_t i = 0; i < device_num; ++i) {
     devices.push_back(i);
   }
 
-  if (stage.size()) {
+  int64_t summed_value = 0;
-    int64_t summed_value = 0;
+  for (auto begin = stage.begin(); begin != stage.end(); ++begin) {
-    for (auto begin = stage.begin(); begin != stage.end(); ++begin) {
+    if (*begin <= 0) {
-      if (*begin <= 0) {
+      MS_LOG(ERROR) << "The value in the pipeline stages should be positive value";
-        MS_LOG(ERROR) << "The value in the pipeline stages should be positive value";
-        return false;
-      }
-      summed_value += *begin;
-      stage_map.push_back(*begin);
-    }
-
-    if (summed_value != device_num) {
-      MS_LOG(ERROR) << "The sum of the pipeline stage :" << summed_value << " is not equal to the device_num "
-                    << device_num;
       return false;
     }
-  } else {
+    summed_value += *begin;
-    stage_map.push_back(device_num);
+    stage_map.push_back(*begin);
   }
 
-  for (auto &y : stage_map) {
+  if (summed_value != device_num) {
-    MS_LOG(DEBUG) << "Obtained stage id :" << y;
+    MS_LOG(ERROR) << "The sum of the pipeline stage :" << summed_value << " is not equal to the device_num "
+                  << device_num;
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  for (auto &ele : stage_map) {
+    MS_LOG(DEBUG) << "Obtained stage id: " << ele;
   }
 
   g_device_manager = std::make_shared<DeviceManager>();
   if (g_device_manager->Init(devices, global_rank, stage_map, backend) == SUCCESS) {
     MS_LOG(INFO) << "Device initialization succeeds.";
     return true;
-  } else {
-    MS_LOG(ERROR) << "Device initialization fails.";
-    return false;
   }
+
+  MS_LOG(ERROR) << "Device initialization fails.";
+  return false;
 }
 
 void CheckGlobalDeviceManager() {

mindspore/ccsrc/frontend/parallel/step_parallel.cc

@@ -1125,16 +1125,7 @@ OperatorInfoPtr NewOperatorInstance(const PrimitivePtr &prim, const PrimitiveAtt
 StrategyPtr ExtractStrategy(std::unordered_map<std::string, ValuePtr> attrs) {
   ValueTuplePtr var = attrs[STRATEGY]->cast<ValueTuplePtr>();
   StrategyPtr strategyPtr;
-  std::vector<int64_t> stages = ParallelContext::GetInstance()->stage();
+  int64_t stage_id = g_device_manager->stage_id();
-  auto res = attrs.find(STAGE_ATTR);
-  int64_t stage_id = 0;
-  if (res != attrs.end()) {
-    stage_id = GetValue<int64_t>(res->second);
-  }
-  if (stage_id && stages.empty()) {
-    MS_LOG(ERROR) << "Find stage id:" << stage_id << " but the pipeline_stages is 0.";
-    return nullptr;
-  }
 
   MS_LOG(INFO) << "Extract information: strategy " << attrs[STRATEGY]->ToString();
   if (var == nullptr) {
@@ -1152,11 +1143,11 @@ StrategyPtr ExtractStrategy(std::unordered_map<std::string, ValuePtr> attrs) {
                              [](const ValuePtr &value) { return static_cast<int64_t>(GetValue<int64_t>(value)); });
         strategy.push_back(dim);
       } else {
-        MS_LOG(EXCEPTION) << "Failure:Strategy's format is wrong! Need ValueSequence";
+        MS_LOG(EXCEPTION) << "Failure: Strategy's format is wrong! Need ValueSequence";
       }
     }
     if (strategy.empty()) {
-      MS_LOG(EXCEPTION) << "ExtractStrategy:failed to extract strategy";
+      MS_LOG(EXCEPTION) << "ExtractStrategy: failed to extract strategy";
     }
     strategyPtr = NewStrategy(stage_id, strategy);
   }
@@ -1663,30 +1654,6 @@ void SetVirtualDatasetStrategy(const CNodePtr &node) {
     (void)prim->SetAttrs(attrs_temp);
   }
 }
-// This function aims to check the valid rank and stage in the operations
-// If the rank is not valid for the given stage, we chose not to init the strategy of the operation
-// For example stage is [4, 4], and the group_list [[0,1,2,3],[4,5,6,7]]
-// For stage 0, we require the rank_id is in [0,1,2,3]
-Status ValidRankCheck(int32_t global_rank, int32_t strategy_stage) {
-  RankList local_group_list = g_device_manager->GetDeviceListByStageId(strategy_stage);
-  int32_t target = global_rank;
-  if (std::any_of(local_group_list.begin(), local_group_list.end(), [target](int32_t a) { return a == target; })) {
-    return Status::SUCCESS;
-  }
-
-  return Status::FAILED;
-}
-
-Status ValidStageCheck(const std::vector<int64_t> &stages, int32_t strategy_stage) {
-  if (stages.size() > 0) {
-    if (strategy_stage >= 0 && strategy_stage < (int32_t)stages.size()) {
-      return Status::SUCCESS;
-    }
-    return Status::FAILED;
-  } else {
-    return Status::SUCCESS;
-  }
-}
 
 // find previous parallel care node.
 bool FindPreNodes(const AnfNodePtr &node, vector<std::string> *unique_ids) {
@@ -1781,9 +1748,7 @@ void ExtractInformation(const std::vector<AnfNodePtr> &all_nodes, bool is_traini
     FindLastNodesUniqueId(all_nodes, &last_forward_node_ids);
     MS_LOG(INFO) << "there are " << last_forward_node_ids.size() << " output nodes in eval/predict";
   }
-  // Get global rank after the checkpoint?
+
-  int64_t global_rank = ParallelContext::GetInstance()->global_rank();
-  std::vector<int64_t> stages = ParallelContext::GetInstance()->stage();
   for (auto &node : all_nodes) {
     auto cnode = node->cast<CNodePtr>();
     if ((cnode == nullptr) || !IsValueNode<Primitive>(cnode->input(0))) {
@@ -1848,18 +1813,7 @@ void ExtractInformation(const std::vector<AnfNodePtr> &all_nodes, bool is_traini
         if (is_last_nodes && full_batch) {
           SetLastNodeStrategy(strategyPtr);
         }
-        (*operator_).set_stage_id(strategyPtr->GetInputStage());
+        if (operator_->Init(strategyPtr) == FAILED) {
-        MS_LOG(INFO) << "Extract stage id for op " << prim->name() << " is " << (*operator_).stage_id();
-        if (ValidStageCheck(stages, (*operator_).stage_id()) == FAILED) {
-          MS_LOG(ERROR) << "Find stage " << strategyPtr->GetInputStage() << " for operator " << prim->name()
-                        << " exceeds the global stage size " << stages.size() << '.';
-          return;
-        }
-        // If the strategy is not valid for the given global rank, then we skip the Init of the strategy
-        if (ValidRankCheck(global_rank, (*operator_).stage_id()) == FAILED) {
-          MS_LOG(INFO) << "Find global exceeds the range of the stage, skip the strategy init for operator "
-                       << prim->name();
-        } else if (operator_->Init(strategyPtr) == FAILED) {
           MS_LOG(EXCEPTION) << "Failure:operator " << prim->name() << " init failed";
         }
         cnode->set_user_data<OperatorInfo>(operator_);
@@ -2800,7 +2754,6 @@ Status ParallelInit() {
   int64_t device_num = ParallelContext::GetInstance()->device_num();
   int64_t global_rank = ParallelContext::GetInstance()->global_rank();
   int32_t split_stage_num = ParallelContext::GetInstance()->pipeline_stage_split_num();
-  std::vector<int64_t> stages = ParallelContext::GetInstance()->stage();
   std::string parallel_mode = ParallelContext::GetInstance()->parallel_mode();
   auto ms_context = MsContext::GetInstance();
   MS_EXCEPTION_IF_NULL(ms_context);
@@ -2814,28 +2767,14 @@ Status ParallelInit() {
     world_group = NCCL_WORLD_GROUP;
     communication_backend = NCCL_BACKEND;
   } else {
-    MS_LOG(EXCEPTION) << "Invalid communication backend: " << backend;
+    MS_LOG(ERROR) << "Invalid communication backend: " << backend;
-  }
-
-  if (device_num <= 0) {
-    MS_LOG(ERROR) << "Invalid device num " << device_num << " , expected a positive device number";
-    return FAILED;
-  }
-  if (split_stage_num > 0) {
-    if (device_num % split_stage_num != 0) {
-      MS_LOG(ERROR) << "Device num " << device_num << "  can't be divided by stage num " << split_stage_num
-                    << " , as we support only extract devision now";
-      return FAILED;
-    }
-    for (int i = 0; i < split_stage_num; i++) {
-      stages.push_back(device_num / split_stage_num);
-    }
-  } else if (split_stage_num < 0) {
-    MS_LOG(ERROR) << "Invalid stage num " << split_stage_num << " , expected a positive stage number";
     return FAILED;
   }
 
-  ParallelContext::GetInstance()->set_stage(stages);
+  if (split_stage_num <= 0) {
+    MS_LOG(ERROR) << "Invalid stage num " << split_stage_num << ", expected a positive stage number";
+    return FAILED;
+  }
 
   uint32_t world_rank_size = 0;
   if (!ParallelContext::GetInstance()->device_num_is_set()) {
@@ -2855,7 +2794,28 @@ Status ParallelInit() {
     MS_LOG(INFO) << "Get global rank from communication model, the global rank is  " << global_rank;
   }
 
-  if (!stages.empty() && parallel_mode != SEMI_AUTO_PARALLEL) {
+  if ((device_num <= 0) || (device_num > MAX_DEVICE_NUM)) {
+    MS_LOG(ERROR) << "Invalid device num " << device_num;
+    return FAILED;
+  }
+
+  // the device_num maybe get from communication interface
+  if (device_num % split_stage_num != 0) {
+    MS_LOG(ERROR) << "Device num " << device_num << "  can't be divided by stage num " << split_stage_num;
+    return FAILED;
+  }
+
+  if ((global_rank < 0) || (global_rank >= device_num)) {
+    MS_LOG(ERROR) << "Global rank " << global_rank << " is out of range, the device num is " << device_num;
+    return FAILED;
+  }
+
+  std::vector<int64_t> stages;
+  for (int i = 0; i < split_stage_num; i++) {
+    stages.push_back(device_num / split_stage_num);
+  }
+
+  if ((split_stage_num > 1) && (parallel_mode != SEMI_AUTO_PARALLEL)) {
     MS_LOG(ERROR) << "To enable the pipeline parallel, please set the parallel mode to " << SEMI_AUTO_PARALLEL;
     return FAILED;
   }

mindspore/context.py

@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ def set_auto_parallel_context(**kwargs):
         pipeline_stages (int): Set the stage information for pipeline parallel. This indicates how
                         the devices are distributed alone the pipeline. The total devices will be divided into
                         'pipeline_stags' stages. This currently could only be used when
-                        parall mode semi_auto_parallel is enabled.
+                        parallel mode semi_auto_parallel is enabled. Default: 1.
 
     Raises:
         ValueError: If input key is not attribute in auto parallel context.
@@ -444,6 +444,7 @@ def reset_auto_parallel_context():
     - strategy_ckpt_save_file: ''.
     - full_batch: False.
     - enable_parallel_optimizer: False.
+    - pipeline_stages: 1.
     """
     _reset_auto_parallel_context()
 

tests/ut/python/parallel/test_set_auto_parallel_context.py

@@ -107,4 +107,4 @@ def test_reset_auto_parallel_context():
     assert not parameter_broadcast
     assert not device_num_is_set
     assert not parameter_broadcast_is_set
-    assert not stage
+    assert stage == 1