added gpu initialization and option to avoid master values

megatron/arguments.py

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 import argparse
 import os
 
+import torch
+
 
 def parse_args(extra_args_provider=None, defaults={},
                ignore_unknown_args=False):
@@ -62,6 +64,15 @@ def parse_args(extra_args_provider=None, defaults={},
     if args.loss_scale is None:
         args.dynamic_loss_scale = True
 
+    # Parameters dtype.
+    args.params_dtype = torch.float
+    if args.fp16:
+        args.params_dtype = torch.half
+    if args.rank == 0:
+        print('using {} for parameters ...'.format(args.params_dtype),
+              flush=True)
+
+
     # Set input defaults.
     for key in defaults:
         # For default to be valid, it should not be provided in the

megatron/mpu/__init__.py

@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ from .initialize import model_parallel_is_initialized
 
 from .layers import LayerNorm
 from .layers import ColumnParallelLinear
-from .layers import ParallelEmbedding
 from .layers import RowParallelLinear
 from .layers import VocabParallelEmbedding
 

megatron/mpu/layers.py

@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ try:
     _ = LayerNorm(8, eps=1e-5)
 
 except Exception as e:
-    print('WARNING: APEX is not installed, using torch.nn.LayerNorm instead of apex.normalization.FusedLayerNorm!')
+    print('WARNING: APEX is not installed, using torch.nn.LayerNorm '
+          'instead of apex.normalization.FusedLayerNorm!')
     from torch.nn import LayerNorm
 
 from .initialize import get_model_parallel_rank
@@ -44,11 +45,28 @@ from .random import get_cuda_rng_tracker
 from .utils import divide
 from .utils import split_tensor_along_last_dim
 from .utils import VocabUtility
+from megatron import get_args
 
 
-def _initialize_affine_weight(weight, output_size, input_size,
-                              per_partition_size, partition_dim, init_method,
-                              stride=1, return_master_weight=False):
+_USE_CPU_INITIALIZATION = False
+
+
+def _initialize_affine_weight_gpu(weight, init_method,
+                                  partition_dim, stride=1):
+    """Initialize affine weight for model parallel on GPU."""
+
+    weight.model_parallel = True
+    weight.partition_dim = partition_dim
+    weight.partition_stride = stride
+
+    with get_cuda_rng_tracker().fork():
+        init_method(weight)
+
+
+def _initialize_affine_weight_cpu(weight, output_size, input_size,
+                                  per_partition_size, partition_dim,
+                                  init_method, stride=1,
+                                  return_master_weight=False):
     """Initialize affine weight for model parallel.
 
     Build the master weight on all processes and scatter
@@ -56,7 +74,7 @@ def _initialize_affine_weight(weight, output_size, input_size,
 
     weight.model_parallel = True
     weight.partition_dim = partition_dim
-    weight.stride = stride
+    weight.partition_stride = stride
 
     # If we only use 1 process for model parallelism, bypass scatter.
     world_size = get_model_parallel_world_size()
@@ -68,9 +86,11 @@ def _initialize_affine_weight(weight, output_size, input_size,
 
     # Initialize master weight
     master_weight = torch.empty(output_size, input_size,
-                                dtype=weight.dtype,
+                                dtype=torch.float,
                                 requires_grad=False)
     init_method(master_weight)
+    args = get_args()
+    master_weight = master_weight.to(dtype=args.params_dtype)
 
     # Split and copy
     per_partition_per_stride_size = divide(per_partition_size, stride)
@@ -119,13 +139,21 @@ class VocabParallelEmbedding(torch.nn.Module):
         self.num_embeddings_per_partition = self.vocab_end_index - \
             self.vocab_start_index
 
-        # Allocate weights.
-        self.weight = Parameter(torch.Tensor(self.num_embeddings_per_partition,
-                                             self.embedding_dim))
-        # And initialize.
-        _initialize_affine_weight(
+        # Allocate weights and initialize.
+        args = get_args()
+        if _USE_CPU_INITIALIZATION:
+            self.weight = Parameter(torch.empty(
+                self.num_embeddings_per_partition, self.embedding_dim,
+                dtype=args.params_dtype))
+            _initialize_affine_weight_cpu(
                 self.weight, self.num_embeddings, self.embedding_dim,
                 self.num_embeddings_per_partition, 0, init_method)
+        else:
+            self.weight = Parameter(torch.empty(
+                self.num_embeddings_per_partition, self.embedding_dim,
+                device=torch.cuda.current_device(), dtype=args.params_dtype))
+            _initialize_affine_weight_gpu(self.weight, init_method,
+                                          partition_dim=0, stride=1)
 
     def forward(self, input_):
         if self.model_parallel_size > 1:
@@ -150,55 +178,6 @@ class VocabParallelEmbedding(torch.nn.Module):
         return output
 
 
-class ParallelEmbedding(torch.nn.Module):
-    """Embedding parallelized in the embedding dimension.
-
-    This is mainly adapted from torch.nn.Embedding and all the default
-    values are kept.
-    Arguments:
-        num_embeddings: vocabulary size.
-        embedding_dim: size of hidden state.
-        init_method: method to initialize weights.
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self, num_embeddings, embedding_dim,
-                 init_method=init.xavier_normal_,
-                 keep_master_weight_for_test=False):
-        super(ParallelEmbedding, self).__init__()
-        # Keep the input dimensions.
-        self.num_embeddings = num_embeddings
-        self.embedding_dim = embedding_dim
-        # Set some detauls for compatibility.
-        self.padding_idx = None
-        self.max_norm = None
-        self.norm_type = 2.
-        self.scale_grad_by_freq = False
-        self.sparse = False
-        self._weight = None
-        # Divide the weight matrix along the embedding dimension.
-        world_size = get_model_parallel_world_size()
-        self.embedding_dim_per_partition = divide(self.embedding_dim,
-                                                  world_size)
-
-        # Allocate weights.
-        self.weight = Parameter(torch.Tensor(self.num_embeddings,
-                                             self.embedding_dim_per_partition))
-        # And initialize.
-        _initialize_affine_weight(
-            self.weight, self.num_embeddings, self.embedding_dim,
-            self.embedding_dim_per_partition, 1, init_method,
-            stride=1, return_master_weight=False)
-
-    def forward(self, input_):
-        input_parallel = copy_to_model_parallel_region(input_)
-        output_parallel = F.embedding(input_parallel, self.weight,
-                                      self.padding_idx, self.max_norm,
-                                      self.norm_type, self.scale_grad_by_freq,
-                                      self.sparse)
-        output = gather_from_model_parallel_region(output_parallel)
-        return output
-
-
 class ColumnParallelLinear(torch.nn.Module):
     """Linear layer with column parallelism.
 
@@ -236,10 +215,32 @@ class ColumnParallelLinear(torch.nn.Module):
         # Parameters.
         # Note: torch.nn.functional.linear performs XA^T + b and as a result
         # we allocate the transpose.
-        self.weight = Parameter(torch.Tensor(self.output_size_per_partition,
-                                             self.input_size))
+        # Initialize weight.
+        args = get_args()
+        if _USE_CPU_INITIALIZATION:
+            self.weight = Parameter(torch.empty(self.output_size_per_partition,
+                                                self.input_size,
+                                                dtype=args.params_dtype))
+            self.master_weight = _initialize_affine_weight_cpu(
+                self.weight, self.output_size, self.input_size,
+                self.output_size_per_partition, 0, init_method,
+                stride=stride, return_master_weight=keep_master_weight_for_test)
+        else:
+            self.weight = Parameter(torch.empty(
+                self.output_size_per_partition, self.input_size,
+                device=torch.cuda.current_device(), dtype=args.params_dtype))
+            _initialize_affine_weight_gpu(self.weight, init_method,
+                                          partition_dim=0, stride=stride)
+            
         if bias:
-            self.bias = Parameter(torch.Tensor(self.output_size_per_partition))
+            if _USE_CPU_INITIALIZATION:
+                self.bias = Parameter(torch.empty(
+                    self.output_size_per_partition, dtype=args.params_dtype))
+            else:
+                self.bias = Parameter(torch.empty(
+                    self.output_size_per_partition,
+                    device=torch.cuda.current_device(),
+                    dtype=args.params_dtype))
             self.bias.model_parallel = True
             self.bias.partition_dim = 0
             self.bias.stride = stride
@@ -249,11 +250,7 @@ class ColumnParallelLinear(torch.nn.Module):
         else:
             self.register_parameter('bias', None)
 
-        # Initialize weight.
-        self.master_weight = _initialize_affine_weight(
-            self.weight, self.output_size, self.input_size,
-            self.output_size_per_partition, 0, init_method,
-            stride=stride, return_master_weight=keep_master_weight_for_test)
+
 
     def forward(self, input_):
         # Set up backprop all-reduce.
@@ -312,21 +309,37 @@ class RowParallelLinear(torch.nn.Module):
         # Parameters.
         # Note: torch.nn.functional.linear performs XA^T + b and as a result
         # we allocate the transpose.
-        self.weight = Parameter(torch.Tensor(self.output_size,
-                                             self.input_size_per_partition))
+        # Initialize weight.
+        args = get_args()
+        if _USE_CPU_INITIALIZATION:
+            self.weight = Parameter(torch.empty(self.output_size,
+                                                self.input_size_per_partition,
+                                                dtype=args.params_dtype))
+            self.master_weight = _initialize_affine_weight_cpu(
+                self.weight, self.output_size, self.input_size,
+                self.input_size_per_partition, 1, init_method,
+                stride=stride, return_master_weight=keep_master_weight_for_test)
+        else:
+            self.weight = Parameter(torch.empty(
+                self.output_size, self.input_size_per_partition,
+                device=torch.cuda.current_device(), dtype=args.params_dtype))
+            _initialize_affine_weight_gpu(self.weight, init_method,
+                                          partition_dim=1, stride=stride)
         if bias:
-            self.bias = Parameter(torch.Tensor(self.output_size))
+            if _USE_CPU_INITIALIZATION:
+                self.bias = Parameter(torch.empty(self.output_size,
+                                                  dtype=args.params_dtype))
+            else:
+                self.bias = Parameter(torch.empty(
+                    self.output_size, device=torch.cuda.current_device(),
+                    dtype=args.params_dtype))
             # Always initialize bias to zero.
             with torch.no_grad():
                 self.bias.zero_()
         else:
             self.register_parameter('bias', None)
 
-        # Initialize weight.
-        self.master_weight = _initialize_affine_weight(
-            self.weight, self.output_size, self.input_size,
-            self.input_size_per_partition, 1, init_method,
-            stride=stride, return_master_weight=keep_master_weight_for_test)
+
 
     def forward(self, input_):
         # Set up backprop all-reduce.