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ZeroRedundancyOptimizer
- class tensorplay.distributed.optim.ZeroRedundancyOptimizer(params, optimizer_class: type[Optimizer], process_group=None, parameters_as_bucket_view: bool = False, overlap_with_ddp: bool = False, **defaults: Any)[source]
Wrap an arbitrary
optim.Optimizerand shards its states across ranks in the group.The sharing is done as described by ZeRO.
The local optimizer instance in each rank is only responsible for updating approximately
1 / world_sizeparameters and hence only needs to keep1 / world_sizeoptimizer states. After parameters are updated locally, each rank will broadcast its parameters to all other peers to keep all model replicas in the same state.ZeroRedundancyOptimizeruses a sorted-greedy algorithm to pack a number of parameters at each rank. Each parameter belongs to a single rank and is not divided among ranks.- Parameters:
params – an
Iterableof tensors or dicts giving all parameters.- Keyword Arguments:
optimizer_class – the class of the local optimizer.
process_group –
ProcessGroup(default:dist.GroupMember.WORLD).parameters_as_bucket_view (bool, optional) – if
True, parameters are packed into buckets to speed up communication.overlap_with_ddp (bool, optional) – if
True, requires a functional optimizer and registering one of the DDP communication hooks fromddp_zero_hook.py.**defaults – forwarded to the local optimizer.
Warning
Currently,
ZeroRedundancyOptimizerrequires that all of the passed-in parameters are the same dense type.Warning
ZeroRedundancyOptimizer is experimental and subject to change.
- add_param_group(param_group: dict[str, Any]) None[source]
Add a parameter group to the
Optimizer’sparam_groups.Warning
This method handles updating the shards on all partitions but needs to be called on all ranks.
- consolidate_state_dict(to: int = 0) None[source]
Consolidate a list of
state_dicts (one per rank) on the target rank.- Parameters:
to (int) – the rank that receives the optimizer states (default: 0).
Warning
This needs to be called on all ranks.
- property join_device
Return default device.
- join_hook(**_kwargs: Any) JoinHook[source]
Return the ZeRO join hook.
It enables training on uneven inputs by shadowing the collective communications in the optimizer step.
Gradients must be properly set before this hook is called.
- property join_process_group: Any
Return process group.
- load_state_dict(state_dict: dict[str, Any]) None[source]
Load the state pertaining to the given rank from the input
state_dict, updating the local optimizer as needed.
- state_dict() dict[str, Any][source]
Return the last global optimizer state known to this rank.
- Raises:
RuntimeError – if this method is called without a preceding call to
consolidate_state_dict().
- step(closure=None, **kwargs: Any) float | None[source]
Perform a single optimizer step and syncs parameters across all ranks.
- Parameters:
closure (Callable) – a closure that re-evaluates the model and returns the loss; optional for most optimizers.
- Returns:
Optional loss depending on the underlying local optimizer.
Note
Any extra parameters are passed to the base optimizer as-is.
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