Merge branch 'interleaved_schedule_assertion_fix' into 'main'

Fix interleaved schedule assertion

See merge request ADLR/megatron-lm!237

megatron/arguments.py

@@ -123,9 +123,6 @@ def parse_args(extra_args_provider=None, defaults={},
         args.virtual_pipeline_model_parallel_size = \
             (args.num_layers // args.pipeline_model_parallel_size) // \
             args.num_layers_per_virtual_pipeline_stage
-        assert args.global_batch_size % args.pipeline_model_parallel_size == 0, \
-            'global batch size is not divisible by pipeline parallel size when ' \
-            'using interleaved schedule'
     else:
         args.virtual_pipeline_model_parallel_size = None
 

megatron/training.py

@@ -339,6 +339,9 @@ def train_step(forward_step_func, data_iterator,
     if mpu.get_pipeline_model_parallel_world_size() > 1:
         if args.virtual_pipeline_model_parallel_size is not None:
             forward_backward_func = forward_backward_pipelining_with_interleaving
+            assert get_num_microbatches() % args.pipeline_model_parallel_size == 0, \
+                'number of microbatches is not divisible by pipeline-parallel ' \
+                'size when using interleaved schedule'
         else:
             forward_backward_func = forward_backward_pipelining_without_interleaving
     else: