[Auto Parallel] Move reduce to opt stage

python/paddle/distributed/auto_parallel/constants.py

@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@ def set_field_default_config(category, field, default_value):
 set_field_default_config(GRADIENT_MERGE, "enable", False)
 set_field_default_config(GRADIENT_MERGE, "k_steps", 1)
 set_field_default_config(GRADIENT_MERGE, "avg", True)
+set_field_default_config(
+    GRADIENT_MERGE, "dp_gradient_sync_after_accumulate", False
+)
 
 #########################################
 # pipeline configuration

python/paddle/distributed/auto_parallel/static/parallelizer_v2.py

@@ -416,6 +416,12 @@ def _apply_post_optimization(
             )
             dp_pass.apply([main_program], [startup_program], self._pass_context)
 
+        dp_gradient_sync_after_accumulate = (
+            self._strategy.gradient_merge.dp_gradient_sync_after_accumulate
+        )
+        if dp_gradient_sync_after_accumulate:
+            global_params_grads = params_grads
+
         if self._strategy.sharding.enable:
             config = copy.deepcopy(self._strategy.sharding.to_dict())
             config["dist_context"] = self._dist_context
@@ -485,7 +491,10 @@ def _apply_post_optimization(
         if self.is_train and self._strategy.gradient_merge.enable:
             config = copy.deepcopy(self._strategy.gradient_merge.to_dict())
             config["dist_context"] = self._dist_context
-            config["params_grads"] = params_grads
+            if dp_gradient_sync_after_accumulate:
+                config["params_grads"] = global_params_grads
+            else:
+                config["params_grads"] = params_grads
             auto_parallel_gradient_merge_pass = new_pass(
                 "auto_parallel_gradient_merge_pass", config
             )

python/paddle/distributed/passes/auto_parallel_gradient_merge.py

@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
 
 import paddle
 from paddle.distributed.auto_parallel.process_mesh import ProcessMesh
+from paddle.distributed.auto_parallel.static.operators.common import (
+    is_data_parallel_reduce_op,
+    is_data_parallel_scale_op,
+)
 from paddle.distributed.auto_parallel.static.process_group import (
     get_world_process_group,
 )
@@ -260,6 +264,51 @@ def _append_gradient_merge_backward_op(
     return new_params_grads, grad_to_gradient_merge
 
 
+def _move_reduce_to_optimizer_ops_block(
+    main_program, optimize_ops_block, params_grads
+):
+    main_block = main_program.global_block()
+    removed_op_idx = []
+    params_grads_name = [grad.name for _, grad in params_grads]
+
+    for idx, op in list(enumerate(main_block.ops)):
+        if is_data_parallel_reduce_op(op):
+            op_input_names = op.desc.input_arg_names()
+            # NOTE(sonder): When "@RENAME@" is in the input name, it means that the op has been renamed.
+            # Such types input names are caused by shared parameter policy.
+            # Gradient merge should accumulate the gradient of ops without renaming.
+            if "@RENAME" in op_input_names[0]:
+                continue
+
+            reduce_op_desc = optimize_ops_block.desc._insert_op(
+                len(removed_op_idx)
+            )
+            reduce_op_desc.copy_from(op.desc)
+            reduce_op_desc._set_attr(OP_ROLE_KEY, OpRole.Optimize)
+            removed_op_idx.append(idx)
+
+            if op.type in ["c_allreduce_sum", "c_reduce_sum"]:
+                scale_index = idx + 1
+                while scale_index < len(main_block.ops):
+                    if is_data_parallel_scale_op(main_block.ops[scale_index]):
+                        scale_op_desc = optimize_ops_block.desc._insert_op(
+                            len(removed_op_idx)
+                        )
+                        scale_op_desc.copy_from(
+                            main_block.ops[scale_index].desc
+                        )
+                        scale_op_desc._set_attr(OP_ROLE_KEY, OpRole.Optimize)
+                        removed_op_idx.append(scale_index)
+                        break
+                    scale_index += 1
+
+    for idx in removed_op_idx[::-1]:
+        main_block._remove_op(idx, sync=False)
+
+    main_block._sync_with_cpp()
+    return optimize_ops_block
+
+
 def _create_cond_block_and_update_optimizer(
     main_program,
     cond_var,
@@ -390,7 +439,13 @@ def true_apply_gradient():
 
 
 def parse_program(
-    main_program, startup_program, params_grads, k_steps, avg, dist_context
+    main_program,
+    startup_program,
+    params_grads,
+    k_steps,
+    avg,
+    dist_context,
+    dp_gradient_sync_after_accumulate,
 ):
     # 1 remove optimizer_op from main_program
     optimize_ops_block = _remove_and_get_optimizer_op(
@@ -405,10 +460,16 @@ def parse_program(
         main_program, startup_program, params_grads, dist_context
     )
 
-    # 3 create gradient_merge_cond
+    if dp_gradient_sync_after_accumulate:
+        # 3 move reduce op to optimizer_ops_block
+        optimize_ops_block = _move_reduce_to_optimizer_ops_block(
+            main_program, optimize_ops_block, params_grads
+        )
+
+    # 4 create gradient_merge_cond
     cond_var = _get_gm_cond_var(main_program, k_steps, dist_context)
 
-    # 4 create ConditionalBlock and append gradient merge optimizer ops
+    # 5 create ConditionalBlock and append gradient merge optimizer ops
     _create_cond_block_and_update_optimizer(
         main_program,
         cond_var,
@@ -444,6 +505,9 @@ def _apply_single_impl(self, main_program, startup_program, context):
         avg = self.get_attr("avg", False)
         dist_context = self.get_attr("dist_context")
         params_grads = self.get_attr("params_grads")
+        dp_gradient_sync_after_accumulate = self.get_attr(
+            "dp_gradient_sync_after_accumulate", False
+        )
         with paddle.static.program_guard(main_program, startup_program):
             parse_program(
                 main_program,
@@ -452,6 +516,7 @@ def _apply_single_impl(self, main_program, startup_program, context):
                 k_steps,
                 avg,
                 dist_context,
+                dp_gradient_sync_after_accumulate,
             )
 
         main_program._sync_with_cpp()