Run a SageMaker Distributed Model Parallel Training Job with Tensor Parallelism - Amazon SageMaker
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Run a SageMaker Distributed Model Parallel Training Job with Tensor Parallelism

In this section, you learn:

  • How to configure a SageMaker PyTorch estimator and the SageMaker model parallelism option to use tensor parallelism.

  • How to adapt your training script using the extended smdistributed.modelparallel modules for tensor parallelism.

To learn more about the smdistributed.modelparallel modules, see the SageMaker model parallel APIs in the SageMaker Python SDK documentation.

Tensor parallelism alone

The following is an example of a distributed training option to activate tensor parallelism alone, without pipeline parallelism. Configure the mpi_options and smp_options dictionaries to specify distributed training options to the SageMaker PyTorch estimator.

Note

Extended memory-saving features are available through Deep Learning Containers for PyTorch, which implements the SageMaker model parallelism library v1.6.0 or later.

Configure a SageMaker PyTorch estimator

mpi_options = {
    "enabled" : True,
    "processes_per_host" : 8,               # 8 processes
    "custom_mpi_options" : "--mca btl_vader_single_copy_mechanism none "
}
               
smp_options = {
    "enabled":True,
    "parameters": {
        "pipeline_parallel_degree": 1,    # alias for "partitions"
        "placement_strategy": "cluster",
        "tensor_parallel_degree": 4,      # tp over 4 devices
        "ddp": True
    }
}
              
smp_estimator = PyTorch(
    entry_point='your_training_script.py', # Specify
    role=role,
    instance_type='ml.p3.16xlarge',
    sagemaker_session=sagemaker_session,
    framework_version='1.13.1',
    py_version='py36',
    instance_count=1,
    distribution={
        "smdistributed": {"modelparallel": smp_options},
        "mpi": mpi_options
    },
    base_job_name="SMD-MP-demo",
)

smp_estimator.fit('s3://my_bucket/my_training_data/')
Tip

To find a complete list of parameters for distribution, see Configuration Parameters for Model Parallelism in the SageMaker Python SDK documentation.

Adapt your PyTorch training script

The following example training script shows how to adapt the SageMaker model parallelism library to a training script. In this example, it is assumed that the script is named your_training_script.py. 

import torch
import torch.nn as nn
import torch.nn.functional as F
import torch.optim as optim
from torchnet.dataset import SplitDataset
from torchvision import datasets

import smdistributed.modelparallel.torch as smp

class Net(nn.Module):
    def __init__(self):
        super(Net, self).__init__()
        self.conv1 = nn.Conv2d(1, 32, 3, 1)
        self.conv2 = nn.Conv2d(32, 64, 3, 1)
        self.fc1 = nn.Linear(9216, 128)
        self.fc2 = nn.Linear(128, 10)

    def forward(self, x):
        x = self.conv1(x)
        x = F.relu(x)
        x = self.conv2(x)
        x = F.relu(x)
        x = F.max_pool2d(x, 2)
        x = torch.flatten(x, 1)
        x = self.fc1(x)
        x = F.relu(x)
        x = self.fc2(x)
        return F.log_softmax(x, 1)

def train(model, device, train_loader, optimizer):
    model.train()
    for batch_idx, (data, target) in enumerate(train_loader):
        # smdistributed: Move input tensors to the GPU ID used by
        # the current process, based on the set_device call.
        data, target = data.to(device), target.to(device)
        optimizer.zero_grad()
        output = model(data)
        loss = F.nll_loss(output, target, reduction="mean")
        loss.backward()
        optimizer.step()

# smdistributed: Initialize the backend
smp.init()

# smdistributed: Set the device to the GPU ID used by the current process.
# Input tensors should be transferred to this device.
torch.cuda.set_device(smp.local_rank())
device = torch.device("cuda")

# smdistributed: Download only on a single process per instance.
# When this is not present, the file is corrupted by multiple processes trying
# to download and extract at the same time
if smp.local_rank() == 0:
    dataset = datasets.MNIST("../data", train=True, download=False)
smp.barrier()

# smdistributed: Shard the dataset based on data parallel ranks
if smp.dp_size() > 1:
    partitions_dict = {f"{i}": 1 / smp.dp_size() for i in range(smp.dp_size())}
    dataset = SplitDataset(dataset, partitions=partitions_dict)
    dataset.select(f"{smp.dp_rank()}")

train_loader = torch.utils.data.DataLoader(dataset, batch_size=64)

# smdistributed: Enable tensor parallelism for all supported modules in the model
# i.e., nn.Linear in this case. Alternatively, we can use
# smp.set_tensor_parallelism(model.fc1, True)
# to enable it only for model.fc1
with smp.tensor_parallelism():
    model = Net()

# smdistributed: Use the DistributedModel wrapper to distribute the
# modules for which tensor parallelism is enabled
model = smp.DistributedModel(model)

optimizer = optim.AdaDelta(model.parameters(), lr=4.0)
optimizer = smp.DistributedOptimizer(optimizer)

train(model, device, train_loader, optimizer)

Tensor parallelism combined with pipeline parallelism

The following is an example of a distributed training option that enables tensor parallelism combined with pipeline parallelism. Set up the mpi_options and smp_options parameters to specify model parallel options with tensor parallelism when you configure a SageMaker PyTorch estimator.

Note

Extended memory-saving features are available through Deep Learning Containers for PyTorch, which implements the SageMaker model parallelism library v1.6.0 or later.

Configure a SageMaker PyTorch estimator

mpi_options = {
    "enabled" : True,
    "processes_per_host" : 8,               # 8 processes
    "custom_mpi_options" : "--mca btl_vader_single_copy_mechanism none "
}
               
smp_options = {
    "enabled":True,
    "parameters": {
    "microbatches": 4,
        "pipeline_parallel_degree": 2,    # alias for "partitions"
        "placement_strategy": "cluster",
        "tensor_parallel_degree": 2,      # tp over 2 devices
        "ddp": True
    }
}
              
smp_estimator = PyTorch(
    entry_point='your_training_script.py', # Specify
    role=role,
    instance_type='ml.p3.16xlarge',
    sagemaker_session=sagemaker_session,
    framework_version='1.13.1',
    py_version='py36',
    instance_count=1,
    distribution={
        "smdistributed": {"modelparallel": smp_options},
        "mpi": mpi_options
    },
    base_job_name="SMD-MP-demo",
)

smp_estimator.fit('s3://my_bucket/my_training_data/')  

Adapt your PyTorch training script

The following example training script shows how to adapt the SageMaker model parallelism library to a training script. Note that the training script now includes the smp.step decorator: 

import torch
import torch.nn as nn
import torch.nn.functional as F
import torch.optim as optim
from torchnet.dataset import SplitDataset
from torchvision import datasets

import smdistributed.modelparallel.torch as smp

class Net(nn.Module):
    def __init__(self):
        super(Net, self).__init__()
        self.conv1 = nn.Conv2d(1, 32, 3, 1)
        self.conv2 = nn.Conv2d(32, 64, 3, 1)
        self.fc1 = nn.Linear(9216, 128)
        self.fc2 = nn.Linear(128, 10)

    def forward(self, x):
        x = self.conv1(x)
        x = F.relu(x)
        x = self.conv2(x)
        x = F.relu(x)
        x = F.max_pool2d(x, 2)
        x = torch.flatten(x, 1)
        x = self.fc1(x)
        x = F.relu(x)
        x = self.fc2(x)
        return F.log_softmax(x, 1)


# smdistributed: Define smp.step. Return any tensors needed outside.
@smp.step
def train_step(model, data, target):
    output = model(data)
    loss = F.nll_loss(output, target, reduction="mean")
    model.backward(loss)
    return output, loss

def train(model, device, train_loader, optimizer):
    model.train()
    for batch_idx, (data, target) in enumerate(train_loader):
        # smdistributed: Move input tensors to the GPU ID used by
        # the current process, based on the set_device call.
        data, target = data.to(device), target.to(device)
        optimizer.zero_grad()
        # Return value, loss_mb is a StepOutput object
        _, loss_mb = train_step(model, data, target)

        # smdistributed: Average the loss across microbatches.
        loss = loss_mb.reduce_mean()

        optimizer.step()

# smdistributed: Initialize the backend
smp.init()

# smdistributed: Set the device to the GPU ID used by the current process.
# Input tensors should be transferred to this device.
torch.cuda.set_device(smp.local_rank())
device = torch.device("cuda")

# smdistributed: Download only on a single process per instance.
# When this is not present, the file is corrupted by multiple processes trying
# to download and extract at the same time
if smp.local_rank() == 0:
    dataset = datasets.MNIST("../data", train=True, download=False)
smp.barrier()

# smdistributed: Shard the dataset based on data parallel ranks
if smp.dp_size() > 1:
    partitions_dict = {f"{i}": 1 / smp.dp_size() for i in range(smp.dp_size())}
    dataset = SplitDataset(dataset, partitions=partitions_dict)
    dataset.select(f"{smp.dp_rank()}")

# smdistributed: Set drop_last=True to ensure that batch size is always divisible
# by the number of microbatches
train_loader = torch.utils.data.DataLoader(dataset, batch_size=64, drop_last=True)

model = Net()

# smdistributed: enable tensor parallelism only for model.fc1
smp.set_tensor_parallelism(model.fc1, True)

# smdistributed: Use the DistributedModel container to provide the model
# to be partitioned across different ranks. For the rest of the script,
# the returned DistributedModel object should be used in place of
# the model provided for DistributedModel class instantiation.
model = smp.DistributedModel(model)

optimizer = optim.AdaDelta(model.parameters(), lr=4.0)
optimizer = smp.DistributedOptimizer(optimizer)

train(model, device, train_loader, optimizer)