[Feature] Support PyTorch backend on MLU

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run unittests and generate coverage report
         run: |
           pip install -r requirements/test.txt
-          pytest tests/ --ignore=tests/test_runner --ignore=tests/test_optimizer.py --ignore=tests/test_cnn --ignore=tests/test_parallel.py --ignore=tests/test_ops --ignore=tests/test_load_model_zoo.py --ignore=tests/test_utils/test_logging.py --ignore=tests/test_image/test_io.py --ignore=tests/test_utils/test_registry.py --ignore=tests/test_utils/test_parrots_jit.py --ignore=tests/test_utils/test_trace.py --ignore=tests/test_utils/test_hub.py
+          pytest tests/ --ignore=tests/test_runner --ignore=tests/test_optimizer.py --ignore=tests/test_cnn --ignore=tests/test_parallel.py --ignore=tests/test_ops --ignore=tests/test_load_model_zoo.py --ignore=tests/test_utils/test_logging.py --ignore=tests/test_image/test_io.py --ignore=tests/test_utils/test_registry.py --ignore=tests/test_utils/test_parrots_jit.py --ignore=tests/test_utils/test_trace.py --ignore=tests/test_utils/test_hub.py --ignore=tests/test_device/test_mlu/test_mlu_parallel.py
 
   build_without_ops:
     runs-on: ubuntu-18.04

mmcv/__init__.py

@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@
 # - runner
 # - parallel
 # - op
+# - device

mmcv/device/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Copyright (c) OpenMMLab. All rights reserved.
+from . import mlu
+
+__all__ = ['mlu']

mmcv/device/mlu/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# Copyright (c) OpenMMLab. All rights reserved.
+from .data_parallel import MLUDataParallel
+from .distributed import MLUDistributedDataParallel
+from .scatter_gather import scatter, scatter_kwargs
+from .utils import IS_MLU
+
+__all__ = [
+    'MLUDataParallel', 'MLUDistributedDataParallel', 'scatter',
+    'scatter_kwargs', 'IS_MLU'
+]

mmcv/device/mlu/_functions.py

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Copyright (c) OpenMMLab. All rights reserved.
+import torch
+
+
+def scatter(input, devices):
+    """scatter copies tensor to MLU directly."""
+    if isinstance(input, list):
+        outputs = [scatter(_input, devices) for _input in input]
+        return outputs
+    elif isinstance(input, torch.Tensor):
+        output = input.contiguous()
+        return output.to('mlu') if devices != [-1] else output
+    else:
+        raise Exception(f'Unknown type {type(input)}.')
+
+
+class Scatter:
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def forward(target_mlus, input):
+        outputs = scatter(input, target_mlus)
+        return tuple(outputs) if isinstance(outputs, list) else (outputs, )

mmcv/device/mlu/data_parallel.py

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# Copyright (c) OpenMMLab. All rights reserved.
+
+import torch
+
+from mmcv.parallel import MMDataParallel
+from .scatter_gather import scatter_kwargs
+
+
+class MLUDataParallel(MMDataParallel):
+    """The MLUDataParallel module that supports DataContainer.
+
+    MLUDataParallel is a class inherited from MMDataParall, which supports
+    MLU training and inference only.
+
+    The main differences with MMDataParallel:
+
+    - It only supports single-card of MLU, and only use first card to
+      run training and inference.
+
+    - It uses direct host-to-device copy instead of stream-background
+      scatter.
+
+    .. warning::
+        MLUDataParallel only supports single MLU training, if you need to
+        train with multiple MLUs, please use MLUDistributedDataParallel
+        instead. If you have multiple MLUs, you can set the environment
+        variable ``MLU_VISIBLE_DEVICES=0`` (or any other card number(s))
+        to specify the running device.
+
+    Args:
+        module (:class:`nn.Module`): Module to be encapsulated.
+        dim (int): Dimension used to scatter the data. Defaults to 0.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, dim=0, **kwargs):
+        super(MLUDataParallel, self).__init__(*args, dim=dim, **kwargs)
+        self.device_ids = [0]
+        self.src_device_obj = torch.device('mlu:0')
+
+    def scatter(self, inputs, kwargs, device_ids):
+        return scatter_kwargs(inputs, kwargs, device_ids, dim=self.dim)

mmcv/device/mlu/distributed.py

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Copyright (c) OpenMMLab. All rights reserved.
+
+from mmcv.parallel import MMDistributedDataParallel
+from .scatter_gather import scatter_kwargs
+
+
+class MLUDistributedDataParallel(MMDistributedDataParallel):
+    """The DDP module supports DataContainer.
+
+    MLUDDP has one difference from MMDDP which moves data to MLU with coping
+    instead of scattering.
+    """
+
+    def to_kwargs(self, inputs, kwargs, device_id):
+        # Use `self.to_kwargs` instead of `self.scatter` in pytorch1.8
+        # to move all tensors to device_id
+        return scatter_kwargs(inputs, kwargs, [device_id], dim=self.dim)
+
+    def scatter(self, inputs, kwargs, device_ids):
+        return scatter_kwargs(inputs, kwargs, device_ids, dim=self.dim)

mmcv/device/mlu/scatter_gather.py

@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+# Copyright (c) OpenMMLab. All rights reserved.
+import torch
+
+from mmcv.parallel.data_container import DataContainer
+from ._functions import Scatter
+
+
+def scatter(inputs, target_mlus, dim=0):
+    """Scatter inputs to target mlu.
+
+    The only difference from original :func:`scatter` is to add support for
+    :type:`~mmcv.parallel.DataContainer`.
+    """
+
+    def scatter_map(obj):
+        if isinstance(obj, torch.Tensor):
+            if target_mlus != [-1]:
+                obj = obj.to('mlu')
+                return obj
+            else:
+                # for CPU inference we use self-implemented scatter
+                return Scatter.forward(target_mlus, obj)
+        if isinstance(obj, DataContainer):
+            if obj.cpu_only:
+                return obj.data
+            else:
+                return Scatter.forward(target_mlus, obj.data)
+        if isinstance(obj, tuple) and len(obj) > 0:
+            return list(zip(*map(scatter_map, obj)))
+        if isinstance(obj, list) and len(obj) > 0:
+            out = list(map(list, zip(*map(scatter_map, obj))))
+            return out
+        if isinstance(obj, dict) and len(obj) > 0:
+            out = list(map(type(obj), zip(*map(scatter_map, obj.items()))))
+            return out
+        return [obj for targets in target_mlus]
+
+    # After scatter_map is called, a scatter_map cell will exist. This cell
+    # has a reference to the actual function scatter_map, which has references
+    # to a closure that has a reference to the scatter_map cell (because the
+    # fn is recursive). To avoid this reference cycle, we set the function to
+    # None, clearing the cell
+    try:
+        return scatter_map(inputs)
+    finally:
+        scatter_map = None
+
+
+def scatter_kwargs(inputs, kwargs, target_mlus, dim=0):
+    """Scatter with support for kwargs dictionary."""
+    inputs = scatter(inputs, target_mlus, dim) if inputs else []
+    kwargs = scatter(kwargs, target_mlus, dim) if kwargs else []
+    if len(inputs) < len(kwargs):
+        inputs.extend([() for _ in range(len(kwargs) - len(inputs))])
+    elif len(kwargs) < len(inputs):
+        kwargs.extend([{} for _ in range(len(inputs) - len(kwargs))])
+    inputs = tuple(inputs)
+    kwargs = tuple(kwargs)
+    return inputs, kwargs

mmcv/device/mlu/utils.py

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# Copyright (c) OpenMMLab. All rights reserved.
+def is_mlu_available():
+    try:
+        import torch
+        return (hasattr(torch, 'is_mlu_available')
+                and torch.is_mlu_available())
+    except Exception:
+        return False
+
+
+IS_MLU = is_mlu_available()

mmcv/ops/csrc/common/pytorch_cpp_helper.hpp

@@ -8,13 +8,18 @@ using namespace at;
 
 #define CHECK_CUDA(x) \
   TORCH_CHECK(x.device().is_cuda(), #x " must be a CUDA tensor")
+#define CHECK_MLU(x) \
+  TORCH_CHECK(x.device().type() == at::kMLU, #x " must be a MLU tensor")
 #define CHECK_CPU(x) \
   TORCH_CHECK(!x.device().is_cuda(), #x " must be a CPU tensor")
 #define CHECK_CONTIGUOUS(x) \
   TORCH_CHECK(x.is_contiguous(), #x " must be contiguous")
 #define CHECK_CUDA_INPUT(x) \
   CHECK_CUDA(x);            \
   CHECK_CONTIGUOUS(x)
+#define CHECK_MLU_INPUT(x) \
+  CHECK_MLU(x);            \
+  CHECK_CONTIGUOUS(x)
 #define CHECK_CPU_INPUT(x) \
   CHECK_CPU(x);            \
   CHECK_CONTIGUOUS(x)

mmcv/ops/csrc/common/pytorch_mlu_helper.hpp

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (C) 2021 Cambricon.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
+ * OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+ * MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
+ * IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
+ * CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
+ * TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
+ * SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ *************************************************************************/
+#ifndef PYTORCH_MLU_HELPER_HPP_
+#define PYTORCH_MLU_HELPER_HPP_
+
+#ifdef MMCV_WITH_MLU
+#include "aten.h"
+
+#define NFU_ALIGN_SIZE 128
+
+#define PAD_UP(x, y) (((x) / (y) + (int)((x) % (y) > 0)) * (y))
+
+#define PAD_DOWN(x, y) (((x) / (y)) * (y))
+
+#endif
+
+#endif  // PYTORCH_MLU_HELPER_HPP_

mmcv/runner/dist_utils.py

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 from torch._utils import (_flatten_dense_tensors, _take_tensors,
                           _unflatten_dense_tensors)
 
+from mmcv.device.mlu import IS_MLU
+
 
 def _find_free_port():
     # Copied from https://github.com/facebookresearch/detectron2/blob/main/detectron2/engine/launch.py # noqa: E501
@@ -47,9 +49,18 @@ def init_dist(launcher, backend='nccl', **kwargs):
 def _init_dist_pytorch(backend, **kwargs):
     # TODO: use local_rank instead of rank % num_gpus
     rank = int(os.environ['RANK'])
-    num_gpus = torch.cuda.device_count()
-    torch.cuda.set_device(rank % num_gpus)
-    dist.init_process_group(backend=backend, **kwargs)
+    if IS_MLU:
+        import torch_mlu  # noqa: F401
+        torch.mlu.set_device(rank)
+        dist.init_process_group(
+            backend='cncl',
+            rank=rank,
+            world_size=int(os.environ['WORLD_SIZE']),
+            **kwargs)
+    else:
+        num_gpus = torch.cuda.device_count()
+        torch.cuda.set_device(rank % num_gpus)
+        dist.init_process_group(backend=backend, **kwargs)
 
 
 def _init_dist_mpi(backend, **kwargs):

setup.py

@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@
     if torch.__version__ == 'parrots':
         from parrots.utils.build_extension import BuildExtension
         EXT_TYPE = 'parrots'
+    elif (hasattr(torch, 'is_mlu_available') and torch.is_mlu_available()) or \
+            os.getenv('FORCE_MLU', '0') == '1':
+        from torch_mlu.utils.cpp_extension import BuildExtension
+        EXT_TYPE = 'pytorch'
     else:
         from torch.utils.cpp_extension import BuildExtension
         EXT_TYPE = 'pytorch'
@@ -288,6 +292,20 @@ def get_extensions():
             extension = CUDAExtension
             include_dirs.append(os.path.abspath('./mmcv/ops/csrc/common'))
             include_dirs.append(os.path.abspath('./mmcv/ops/csrc/common/cuda'))
+        elif (hasattr(torch, 'is_mlu_available') and
+                torch.is_mlu_available()) or \
+                os.getenv('FORCE_MLU', '0') == '1':
+            from torch_mlu.utils.cpp_extension import MLUExtension
+            define_macros += [('MMCV_WITH_MLU', None)]
+            mlu_args = os.getenv('MMCV_MLU_ARGS')
+            extra_compile_args['cncc'] = [mlu_args] if mlu_args else []
+            op_files = glob.glob('./mmcv/ops/csrc/pytorch/*.cpp') + \
+                glob.glob('./mmcv/ops/csrc/pytorch/cpu/*.cpp') + \
+                glob.glob('./mmcv/ops/csrc/pytorch/mlu/*.cpp') + \
+                glob.glob('./mmcv/ops/csrc/pytorch/mlu/*.mlu')
+            extension = MLUExtension
+            include_dirs.append(os.path.abspath('./mmcv/ops/csrc/common'))
+            include_dirs.append(os.path.abspath('./mmcv/ops/csrc/common/mlu'))
         else:
             print(f'Compiling {ext_name} without CUDA')
             op_files = glob.glob('./mmcv/ops/csrc/pytorch/*.cpp') + \

tests/test_device/test_mlu/test_mlu_parallel.py

@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+# Copyright (c) OpenMMLab. All rights reserved.
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
+
+import pytest
+import torch
+import torch.nn as nn
+
+from mmcv.device.mlu import IS_MLU, MLUDataParallel, MLUDistributedDataParallel
+from mmcv.device.mlu._functions import Scatter, scatter
+from mmcv.parallel import is_module_wrapper
+
+
+def mock(*args, **kwargs):
+    pass
+
+
+@patch('torch.distributed._broadcast_coalesced', mock)
+@patch('torch.distributed.broadcast', mock)
+@patch('torch.nn.parallel.DistributedDataParallel._ddp_init_helper', mock)
+def test_is_module_wrapper():
+
+    class Model(nn.Module):
+
+        def __init__(self):
+            super().__init__()
+            self.conv = nn.Conv2d(2, 2, 1)
+
+        def forward(self, x):
+            return self.conv(x)
+
+    model = Model()
+    assert not is_module_wrapper(model)
+
+    if IS_MLU:
+        mludp = MLUDataParallel(model)
+        assert is_module_wrapper(mludp)
+
+        mluddp = MLUDistributedDataParallel(model, process_group=MagicMock())
+        assert is_module_wrapper(mluddp)
+
+
+def test_scatter():
+    # if the device is CPU, just return the input
+    input = torch.zeros([1, 3, 3, 3])
+    output = scatter(input=input, devices=[-1])
+    assert torch.allclose(input, output)
+
+    inputs = [torch.zeros([1, 3, 3, 3]), torch.zeros([1, 4, 4, 4])]
+    outputs = scatter(input=inputs, devices=[-1])
+    for input, output in zip(inputs, outputs):
+        assert torch.allclose(input, output)
+
+    # if the device is MLU, copy the input from CPU to MLU
+    if IS_MLU:
+        input = torch.zeros([1, 3, 3, 3])
+        output = scatter(input=input, devices=[0])
+        assert torch.allclose(input.to('mlu'), output)
+
+        inputs = [torch.zeros([1, 3, 3, 3]), torch.zeros([1, 4, 4, 4])]
+        outputs = scatter(input=inputs, devices=[0])
+        for input, output in zip(inputs, outputs):
+            assert torch.allclose(input.to('mlu'), output)
+
+    # input should be a tensor or list of tensor
+    with pytest.raises(Exception):
+        scatter(5, [-1])
+
+
+def test_Scatter():
+    # if the device is CPU, just return the input
+    target_mlus = [-1]
+    input = torch.zeros([1, 3, 3, 3])
+    outputs = Scatter.forward(target_mlus, input)
+    assert isinstance(outputs, tuple)
+    assert torch.allclose(input, outputs[0])
+
+    target_mlus = [-1]
+    inputs = [torch.zeros([1, 3, 3, 3]), torch.zeros([1, 4, 4, 4])]
+    outputs = Scatter.forward(target_mlus, inputs)
+    assert isinstance(outputs, tuple)
+    for input, output in zip(inputs, outputs):
+        assert torch.allclose(input, output)
+
+    # if the device is MLU, copy the input from CPU to MLU
+    if IS_MLU:
+        target_mlus = [0]
+        input = torch.zeros([1, 3, 3, 3])
+        outputs = Scatter.forward(target_mlus, input)
+        assert isinstance(outputs, tuple)
+        assert torch.allclose(input.to('mlu'), outputs[0])
+
+        target_mlus = [0]
+        inputs = [torch.zeros([1, 3, 3, 3]), torch.zeros([1, 4, 4, 4])]
+        outputs = Scatter.forward(target_mlus, inputs)
+        assert isinstance(outputs, tuple)
+        for input, output in zip(inputs, outputs):
+            assert torch.allclose(input.to('mlu'), output[0])