# Copyright (c) 2022-2025, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved. # # See LICENSE for license information. """Sharding utilities for Transformer Engine in JAX. This module provides utilities for managing tensor sharding in distributed training, including support for various parallelism strategies like data parallelism (DP), tensor parallelism (TP), pipeline parallelism (PP), and full-sharded data parallelism (FSDP). It includes functions for sharding constraints, mesh management, and collective operations. """ import os from contextlib import contextmanager from dataclasses import dataclass from enum import Enum from typing import Callable, Optional from jax.interpreters import pxla import jax import jax.numpy as jnp from jax.sharding import PartitionSpec _PXLA_THREAD_RESOURCES = pxla.thread_resources # Axis Names BATCH_AXES = "nvte_batch" SEQLEN_AXES = "nvte_seqlen" SEQLEN_TP_AXES = "nvte_seqlen_tp" SEQLEN_CP_AXES = "nvte_seqlen_cp" HEAD_AXES = "nvte_head" HIDDEN_AXES = "nvte_hidden" HIDDEN_TP_AXES = "nvte_hidden_tp" JOINED_AXES = "nvte_joined" W_NO_SHARD_AXES = "nvte_w_no_shard" W_FSDP_AXES = "nvte_w_fsdp" W_TP_AXES = "nvte_w_tp" W_JOINED_AXES = "nvte_w_joined" def _get_mesh_info(resource: str, mesh: jax.sharding.Mesh): assert resource in mesh.axis_names, f"{resource} is not in the axis_names of Mesh {mesh}." return mesh.shape[resource], resource def get_sharding_map_logic_axis_to_mesh_axis(): """ Generate a dict to map logical axes to mesh axes. """ gsr = global_mesh_resource() IS_FSDP_OUTER = bool(int(os.environ.get("NVTE_OUTER_BATCH_FSDP_DIM", False))) batch_resources = ( [gsr.fsdp_resource, gsr.dp_resource] if IS_FSDP_OUTER else [gsr.dp_resource, gsr.fsdp_resource] ) batch_dim_rule = [] for resource in batch_resources: if resource is not None and resource not in batch_dim_rule: batch_dim_rule.append(resource) if len(batch_dim_rule) <= 0: batch_dim_rule = None elif len(batch_dim_rule) == 1: batch_dim_rule = batch_dim_rule[0] else: batch_dim_rule = tuple(batch_dim_rule) te_logical_axis_to_mesh_axis = { BATCH_AXES: batch_dim_rule, SEQLEN_AXES: None, SEQLEN_TP_AXES: gsr.tp_resource, SEQLEN_CP_AXES: gsr.cp_resource, HEAD_AXES: gsr.tp_resource, HIDDEN_AXES: None, HIDDEN_TP_AXES: gsr.tp_resource, JOINED_AXES: None, W_NO_SHARD_AXES: None, W_FSDP_AXES: gsr.fsdp_resource, W_TP_AXES: gsr.tp_resource, W_JOINED_AXES: None, } return te_logical_axis_to_mesh_axis def generate_pspec(logical_axis_names): """ Convert logical axes to PartitionSpec """ rules = get_sharding_map_logic_axis_to_mesh_axis() # mesh_axis_names = [rules[name] for name in logical_axis_names] mesh_axis_names = [] for name in logical_axis_names: axis_name = rules[name] if name in rules else None mesh_axis_names.append(axis_name) pspec = jax.sharding.PartitionSpec(*mesh_axis_names) return pspec def with_sharding_constraint(x: jnp.array, pspec: PartitionSpec): """ A wrapper function to jax.lax.with_sharding_constraint to support the case that Mesh is empty. """ if pspec is None: return x mesh = _PXLA_THREAD_RESOURCES.env.physical_mesh if mesh.empty: return x return jax.lax.with_sharding_constraint(x, pspec) def with_sharding_constraint_by_logical_axes( x: jnp.array, logical_axis_names: Optional[tuple | list] ): """ A wrapper function to jax.lax.with_sharding_constraint to accept logical axes. If logical_axis_names = None, this means no sharding constraint is applied. If logical_axis_names = (None, None, ...), this means a sharding constraint is applied and the tensor is replicated across all devices. Args: x: Input tensor to apply sharding constraint logical_axis_names: Logical axis names to apply sharding constraint Returns: Tensor with sharding constraint applied, or the original tensor if no logical axes are provided. """ if not logical_axis_names: return x assert len(x.shape) == len(logical_axis_names) pspec = generate_pspec(logical_axis_names) return with_sharding_constraint(x, pspec) def get_all_mesh_axes(): """ Get all name of mesh axes """ mesh = _PXLA_THREAD_RESOURCES.env.physical_mesh return mesh.axis_names def get_padded_spec(spec, ndim): """ Get padded spec for partitioning from arguments' information """ if spec is None: return (None,) * ndim assert len(spec) <= ndim return spec + (None,) * (ndim - len(spec)) def lax_paral_op( x: jnp.array, ops: Callable, mesh_resource: str, mesh: jax.sharding.Mesh, **kwargs ): """ A wrapper function to invoke lax.p* operations, like psum. """ if mesh_resource is not None: _, resource = _get_mesh_info(mesh_resource, mesh) return ops(x, resource, **kwargs) return x def num_of_devices(): """ Get total number of detected devices """ return len(jax.devices()) def get_mesh_axis_size(axis, mesh=None): """ Get the axis size of the given mesh. If the mesh is None, it would be replaced by the global mesh. """ if mesh is None: mesh = _PXLA_THREAD_RESOURCES.env.physical_mesh if axis is None: return 1 assert axis in mesh.shape, f"{axis} is not a axis of the given mesh {mesh.shape}" return mesh.shape[axis] def get_mesh_axis_rank(axis: str, mesh=None): """ Gets the local axis rank of the `axis` of the array. If the mesh is None the rank is 0. """ if mesh is None: return 0 _, axis_name = _get_mesh_info(axis, mesh) return jax.lax.axis_index(axis_name) @dataclass class MeshResource: """A data container for managing mesh resources in distributed training. This class defines the mapping between logical axes and physical mesh axes for different types of parallelism in distributed training. Attributes: dp_resource: Axis name for data parallelism (batch sharding), default is None tp_resource: Axis name for tensor parallelism (hidden dimension sharding), default is None fsdp_resource: Axis name for full-sharded data parallelism, default is None pp_resource: Axis name for pipeline parallelism (layer sharding), default is None cp_resource: Axis name for context parallelism (sequence sharding), default is None """ dp_resource: str = None tp_resource: str = None fsdp_resource: str = None pp_resource: str = None cp_resource: str = None _GLOBAL_MESH_RESOURCE = MeshResource() @contextmanager def global_shard_guard(resource: MeshResource): """Context manager for setting global sharding configuration. This context manager allows temporarily setting the global mesh resource configuration for sharding operations. Args: resource: MeshResource instance defining the sharding configuration """ global _GLOBAL_MESH_RESOURCE old_resources = _GLOBAL_MESH_RESOURCE try: _GLOBAL_MESH_RESOURCE = resource yield finally: _GLOBAL_MESH_RESOURCE = old_resources def global_mesh_resource() -> MeshResource: """Get the current global mesh resource configuration. Returns: The current MeshResource instance """ return _GLOBAL_MESH_RESOURCE def all_reduce_sum_along_dp_fsdp(x: jnp.array, mesh: jax.sharding.Mesh): """Perform all-reduce sum operation along data parallelism and FSDP axes. Args: x: Input tensor to reduce mesh: JAX mesh for distributed computation Returns: Reduced tensor """ x = lax_paral_op(x, jax.lax.psum, global_mesh_resource().dp_resource, mesh) return lax_paral_op(x, jax.lax.psum, global_mesh_resource().fsdp_resource, mesh) def all_reduce_max_along_all_axes_except_PP(x: jnp.array, mesh: jax.sharding.Mesh): """Perform all-reduce max operation along all axes except pipeline parallelism. Args: x: Input tensor to reduce mesh: JAX mesh for distributed computation Returns: Reduced tensor """ all_axes = get_all_mesh_axes() for axis in all_axes: if axis != global_mesh_resource().pp_resource: x = lax_paral_op(x, jax.lax.pmax, axis, mesh) return x # Deprecating Items --------------------------------------------------------------- ShardingResource = MeshResource global_shard_resource = global_mesh_resource class MajorShardingType(Enum): """Enumeration of major sharding types for distributed training. This enum defines the basic sharding patterns available for distributed training. Note that this class is deprecated and will be removed in the future. Values: SINGLE: Single process training DP: Data parallel training TP: Standard tensor parallel training DPTP: Data and standard tensor parallel training """ SINGLE = 0 DP = 1 TP = 2 DPTP = 3 class ShardingType(Enum): """Enumeration of detailed sharding types for distributed training. This enum defines specific sharding patterns for distributed training, including combinations of data parallelism and different tensor parallelism strategies. Note that this class is deprecated and will be removed in the future. Values: SINGLE: No sharding DP: Sharding along data parallelism TP_COL: Sharding along column-split tensor parallelism TP_ROW: Sharding along row-split tensor parallelism DP_TP_COL: Sharding along data and column-split tensor parallelism DP_TP_ROW: Sharding along data and row-split tensor parallelism """ SINGLE = (MajorShardingType.SINGLE, "single") DP = (MajorShardingType.DP, "dp") TP_COL = (MajorShardingType.TP, "tp_col") TP_ROW = (MajorShardingType.TP, "tp_row") DP_TP_COL = (MajorShardingType.DPTP, "dp_tp_col") DP_TP_ROW = (MajorShardingType.DPTP, "dp_tp_row") def get_non_contracting_logical_axes( ndim, logical_axes: tuple[Optional[str]], contracting_dims ) -> tuple[Optional[str]]: """Get logical axes for non-contracting dimensions. Args: ndim: Number of dimensions in the tensor. logical_axes: Tuple of logical axes for each dimension. contracting_dims: Set of dimensions that are being contracted. Returns: Tuple of logical axes for non-contracting dimensions. """ assert logical_axes is not None, "Logical axes must be a tuple and cannot be None." assert len(logical_axes) == ndim, "Logical axes must match the number of dimensions." non_contracting_dims = [i for i in range(ndim) if i not in contracting_dims] non_contracting_logical_axes = tuple(logical_axes[i] for i in non_contracting_dims) return non_contracting_logical_axes