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pytorch/torch/distributed/tensor/_utils.py
Dzmitry Huba 5e58420dff LocalTensor (#164537)
A LocalTensor is a tensor subclass which simulates a tensor that is
distributed across SPMD ranks.  A LocalTensor might be size N, but in fact
there are world_size shards/replicas of it stored internally.  When you do a
plain PyTorch operation on it, we apply the operation to each shard; when you
do a collective, we do the mathematically equivalent operation on the local
shards.  A LocalTensor is associated with a list of ranks which specify
which ranks it holds local tensors for.

NB, this is NOT a DataParallel like abstraction where you can run operations
on multiple different GPUs. It is intended purely for *debugging* purposes,
the overhead is almost certainly too high to keep eight GPUs (even the C++
autograd needs multithreading to keep up!)  (It might potentially be possible
to trace through this with torch.compile and then compile it with CUDA graphs
but this is currently a non-goal.)

In order to handle MPMD, we provide a helper decorator that allows you to
run a function with no side effects for each LocalTensor shard and combine
results back into LocalTensor or LocalIntNode.

Note: This PR convert all DTensor ops and some DTensor tests to illustrate
intended usage and ensure conrrectness. In subsequent PR more tests will be
converted. DUring test conversion we aim to share as much as possible of
test logic between multi-process / multi-threaded and local tensor tests.
We would like to developers to be able to run both flavors of the tests.

Note: This work is based on the original proposal
by @ezyang (WIP PR https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/pull/162753).

Pull Request resolved: https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/pull/164537
Approved by: https://github.com/ezyang
2025-10-12 20:06:41 +00:00

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from collections import defaultdict
from collections.abc import Sequence
from typing import cast, Optional
import torch
import torch.distributed._functional_collectives as funcol
import torch.distributed.tensor._api as dtensor
from torch._prims_common import ShapeType
from torch.distributed.device_mesh import DeviceMesh
from torch.distributed.tensor._dtensor_spec import DTensorSpec
from torch.distributed.tensor.placement_types import (
_StridedShard,
Partial,
Placement,
Replicate,
Shard,
)
from torch.utils._typing_utils import not_none
def _explicit_order_placements(
mesh_shape: ShapeType, placements: Sequence[Placement]
) -> Sequence[tuple[int, Placement]]:
"""
Replace Strided Shards with regular shards in an adjusted order.
Returns a list of (mesh_dim, placement) tuples where the list order is the sharding order.
ex.
[Shard(0), _StridedShard(0, split_factor=2), Shard(0)] ->
[(0, Shard(0)), (2, Shard(0)), (1, Shard(0))]
"""
if not len(placements) == len(mesh_shape):
raise RuntimeError(
"Expected one placement per mesh dim, "
f"but found {len(placements)} placements and {len(mesh_shape)} mesh dims."
)
ordered = []
deferred_strided_placements = defaultdict(list)
strided_part_ended_for_dim = set()
for mesh_dim, p in enumerate(placements):
if isinstance(p, _StridedShard):
# validate the stride is the correct multiple of the meshdim and the earlier shard
deferred_strided_placements[p.dim].append((mesh_dim, p))
else:
ordered.append((mesh_dim, p))
if isinstance(p, Shard):
if p.dim in strided_part_ended_for_dim:
raise NotImplementedError(
f"Strided sharding does not allow Shard() to appear after "
f"the strided part has ended. {p} at mesh dim {mesh_dim} in "
f"{placements} violates this assumption."
)
if p.dim in deferred_strided_placements:
strided_part_ended_for_dim.add(p.dim)
strided_placements = deferred_strided_placements.pop(p.dim)
aggregate_size = mesh_shape[mesh_dim]
while len(strided_placements) > 0:
strided_mesh_dim, strided = strided_placements.pop()
if not strided.split_factor == aggregate_size:
raise RuntimeError(
f"Can only convert _StridedShard to ordered Shard if split_factor({strided.split_factor})"
f" == aggregate mesh size ({aggregate_size})"
)
aggregate_size *= mesh_shape[strided_mesh_dim]
ordered.append((strided_mesh_dim, Shard(p.dim)))
return ordered
def compute_local_shape_and_global_offset(
global_shape: ShapeType, mesh: DeviceMesh, placements: Sequence[Placement]
) -> tuple[tuple[int, ...], tuple[int, ...]]:
"""
Compute the local tensor shape and the global offsets into the original tensor
of a DTensor on its current global rank. This is useful for checkpointing purpose.
Example:
global_tensor = [[0, 1, 2, 3, 4], sharded on mesh (DP=2, TP=2) with (Shard(1), Shard(1))
[10, 11, 12, 13, 14]]
This table shows the return value of local_shape and global_offset for each rank.
(`local_tensor` is for illustration only).
Note how the first coordinate of global_offset is always 0, corresponding to tensor dim 0 being replicated.
Rank local_tensor local_shape global_offset
-------------------------------------------------------------
0 [[0, 1], (2, 2) (0, 0)
[10, 11]]
1 [[2], (2, 1) (0, 2)
[12]]
2 [[3], (2, 1) (0, 3)
[13]]
3 [[4], (2, 1) (0, 4)
[14]]
Args:
global_shape (ShapeType): The global shape of the DTensor.
mesh (:class:`DeviceMesh`): The device mesh this DTensor is distributed on.
placements (Sequence[:class:`Placement`]]): The placements of the DTensor.
Return:
local_shape: the shape of the DTensor's _local_tensor on the current rank.
global_offset: a tuple of offsets for each dimension of the global tensor shape,
identifying how this shard fits into the global tensor in each dimension.
"""
return _compute_local_shape_and_global_offset(
global_shape, mesh.shape, mesh.get_coordinate(), placements
)
# accept 'plain data types' to enable simpler unit testing without creating device mesh
def _compute_local_shape_and_global_offset(
global_shape: ShapeType,
mesh_shape: ShapeType,
my_coordinate: Optional[list[int]],
placements: Sequence[Placement],
) -> tuple[tuple[int, ...], tuple[int, ...]]:
"""
Suppose you have a full tensor with size global_shape, and you have sharded
it according to placements for mesh_shape. This function returns, for a
specific coordinate my_coordinate in the device mesh:
- The size of your local shard WITHOUT padding (i.e., if you have
an uneven split, your size might be smaller than the other entries
in your dim), and
- Where the data for your shard begins, in the full tensor.
This function is fairly simple if your tensor is evenly sharded; the complication
is around uneven splits. There is also some complication for handling StridedShard,
which changes the order you should apply sharding.
"""
if my_coordinate is None:
# if rank not in the mesh, return empty offset
return ((0,), ())
# StridedShard implies a non-standard order to apply shards; get the
# correct order to start applying splits
ordered_placements = _explicit_order_placements(mesh_shape, placements)
local_shape = list(global_shape)
# We'll compute the data for where the shard begins on a per-dim basis.
# However, a single dim can be sharded multiple times, so we will end up
# doing a Sum(size*stride) like computation to determine the location of our
# shard for each of the shardings on that dim.
global_offset = [0] * len(global_shape)
for mesh_dim, placement in ordered_placements:
mesh_dim_size = mesh_shape[mesh_dim]
if isinstance(placement, Shard):
shard_dim = placement.dim
assert shard_dim < len(local_shape), (
f"Sharding dim {shard_dim} greater than tensor ndim {len(local_shape)}"
)
shard_size, shard_offset = placement._local_shard_size_and_offset(
local_shape[shard_dim],
mesh_dim_size,
my_coordinate[mesh_dim],
)
local_shape[shard_dim] = shard_size
shard_global_offset = global_offset[shard_dim] + not_none(shard_offset)
zero_global_offset = global_shape[shard_dim]
if isinstance(shard_global_offset, torch.SymInt) and not isinstance(
zero_global_offset, torch.SymInt
):
zero_global_offset = torch.SymInt(zero_global_offset)
global_offset[shard_dim] = torch.sym_ite(
shard_size == 0,
# Special case to fill in a standardized non-garbage value for
# the global_offset of zero-sized shards. This value is out
# of bounds of the tensor, so it won't conflict with any real
# offsets. DCP may rely on this value to de-duplicate shards.
# Note that you can end up with zero-size shards that are
# still otherwise in bounds for the tensor (TODO: give an
# example).
zero_global_offset,
# As we successively shard the same dimension, we keep
# advancing our pointer beyond our original offset until we
# get to the final chunk start.
shard_global_offset,
)
# NOTE: the offset compute relies on the local shard index and it has no
# problem when strided sharding is not present. To correctly compute, we assume
# that the ``_StridedShard.split_factor`` field encodes how many partitions
# each local tensor will be further split into when sharding on higher mesh
# dimensions. However, this number is only correct if the DTensor is not
# sharded after the strided sharding completes. For example,
# [Shard(0), _StridedShard(0, split_factor=2), Shard(0)] is the placements
# where the DTensor's dim-0 is first sharded on device mesh dim-0, then on
# device mesh dim-2, and last on mesh dim-1. We define the
# "_StridedShard(0, split_factor=2), Shard(0)" part as the strided sharding
# part because strided sharding happens on mesh dim-1 and it was caused by
# the fact that sharding on dim-2 occurred ahead. In this case, there's no
# further sharding after this strided sharding part and ``split_factor``
# correctly encodes the number. Another example is
# [_StridedShard(0, split_factor=2), Shard(0), Shard(0)] where the DTensor's
# dim-0 is first sharded on mesh dim-1, then on mesh dim-0, and last on mesh
# dim-2. This violates our assumption that no further sharding shall occur
# after the strided sharding part and ``split_factor`` won't correctly
# encode the number of further split. So far, the only case where _StridedShard
# placement would appear is FSDP2 + TP on 2D mesh and the above case could only
# happen on mesh of 3 or more dimensions.
# TODO: change this function to correctly address this.
# TODO: this logic can be applied to contiguous sharding as well
return tuple(local_shape), tuple(global_offset)
def compute_global_tensor_info(
tensor: torch.Tensor, mesh: DeviceMesh, placements: Sequence[Placement]
) -> tuple[list[int], list[int]]:
"""
Compute the global size and stride of a DTensor from the given local tensor.
The local size is multiplited by `world_size` per Sharding dim.
The local stride is multiplited by `world_size` per Sharding dim, as long as the
dimension is outside sharding dim.
For example, if we have a local tensor with size (4, 8, 2) and stride (16, 1, 8).
If the DTensor placements are [Shard(2)] and world_size is 2;
then the global size is (4, 8, 4) and stride is (16 * 2, 1, 8).
Args:
tensor (:class:`torch.Tensor`):
Local tensor which DTensor will be constructed from.
mesh (:class:`DeviceMesh`):
Object which describes the mesh topology
of devices for the DTensor.
placements (Sequence[:class:`Placement`]]):
The attribute of the DTensor that describes its layout
on the mesh topology.
Return:
tensor_shape: A List of int which specifies the size of DTensor which build
on top of the local tensor.
tensor_stride: A List of int which specifies the stride of DTensor.
"""
tensor_shape = list(tensor.size())
tensor_stride = list(tensor.stride())
for idx, placement in enumerate(placements):
mesh_dim_size = mesh.size(idx)
if placement.is_shard():
shard_placement = cast(Shard, placement)
if shard_placement.dim < 0:
raise AssertionError(
"Shard placements should have negative dims normalized in "
f"the user-facing APIs: {shard_placement}"
)
shard_dim = shard_placement.dim
assert shard_dim < tensor.ndim, (
f"Sharding dim {shard_dim} greater than tensor ndim {tensor.ndim} for placement number {idx}."
)
local_dim_size = tensor_shape[shard_dim]
tensor_shape[shard_dim] = local_dim_size * mesh_dim_size
# recover tensor stride by modifying the stride that larger than
# the current stride on the shard_dim
for i in range(len(tensor_stride)):
if i != shard_dim and tensor_stride[i] >= tensor_stride[shard_dim]:
# rescale the stride by the shard size
tensor_stride[i] = tensor_stride[i] * mesh_dim_size
elif not isinstance(placement, (Replicate, Partial)):
raise RuntimeError(f"placement type {type(placement)} not supported!")
return tensor_shape, tensor_stride
def compute_local_tensor_info(
global_tensor: torch.Tensor,
mesh: DeviceMesh,
placements: Sequence[Placement],
) -> tuple[list[int], list[int]]:
"""
Compute the local size and stride of a DTensor from the given global tensor info.
For example, if we have a global tensor with size (4, 8, 4) and stride (32, 1, 8).
If the DTensor placements are [Shard(2)] and world_size is 2;
then the local size is (4, 8, 2) and stride is (16, 1, 8).
Args:
tensor (:class:`torch.Tensor`):
Global tensor which DTensor will distribute
mesh (:class:`DeviceMesh`):
Object which describes the mesh topology
of devices for the DTensor.
placements (Sequence[:class:`Placement`]):
The attribute of the DTensor that describes its layout
on the mesh topology.
Returns:
local_shape: A List of int which specifies the size of the local tensor.
local_stride: A List of int which specifies the stride of the local tensor.
"""
local_shape = list(global_tensor.size())
local_stride = list(global_tensor.stride())
for idx, placement in enumerate(placements):
mesh_dim_size = mesh.size(idx)
if placement.is_shard():
shard_placement = cast(Shard, placement)
if shard_placement.dim < 0:
raise AssertionError(
"Shard placements should have negative dims normalized in "
f"the user-facing APIs: {shard_placement}"
)
shard_dim = shard_placement.dim
assert shard_dim < len(local_shape), (
f"Sharding dim {shard_dim} greater than tensor ndim {len(local_shape)} "
f"for placement number {idx}."
)
global_dim_size = local_shape[shard_dim]
assert global_dim_size % mesh_dim_size == 0, (
f"Global dim {global_dim_size} not divisible by mesh size {mesh_dim_size}"
)
local_shape[shard_dim] = global_dim_size // mesh_dim_size
# shrink strides that were scaled up globally
for i in range(len(local_stride)):
if (
i != shard_dim
and local_stride[i] >= local_stride[shard_dim] * mesh_dim_size
):
local_stride[i] = local_stride[i] // mesh_dim_size
elif not isinstance(placement, (Replicate, Partial)):
raise RuntimeError(f"placement type {type(placement)} not supported!")
return local_shape, local_stride
def compute_global_tensor_shape(
shape: torch.Size, mesh: DeviceMesh, placements: Sequence[Placement]
) -> torch.Size:
"""
Compute the global size of a DTensor from the given local tensor shape,
the mesh and placements. Different from `compute_global_tensor_info`,
which assumes sharding is even, this util allgathers local shards' shapes
from all ranks and thus can support uneven sharding.
NOTE: Currently this function only supports 1D mesh.
Args:
shape (:class:`torch.Size`):
Shape of the local tensor
mesh (:class:`DeviceMesh`):
Object which describes the mesh topology
of devices for the DTensor.
placements (Sequence[:class:`Placement`]]):
The attribute of the DTensor that describes its layout
on the mesh topology.
Return:
tensor_shape: Shape of the global DTensor.
"""
if len(placements) != 1:
raise NotImplementedError(
"compute_global_tensor_shape only supports 1 placement for now."
)
if len(placements) != mesh.ndim:
raise RuntimeError(
"Expected one placement per mesh dim, "
f"but found {len(placements)} placements and {mesh.ndim} mesh dims."
)
if isinstance(placements[0], Replicate):
return shape
elif isinstance(placements[0], Shard):
local_shape = torch.tensor(list(shape), device=mesh.device_type)
gathered_shaped_tensors = [
torch.empty_like(local_shape, device=local_shape.device)
for _ in range(mesh.size())
]
funcol.all_gather_inplace(gathered_shaped_tensors, local_shape, mesh)
sharded_dim_sum = 0
shard_dim = placements[0].dim
other_dims = [d for d in range(mesh.ndim) if d != shard_dim]
for shape_tensor in gathered_shaped_tensors:
if not torch.equal(local_shape[other_dims], shape_tensor[other_dims]):
raise RuntimeError(
"Non-sharded dimensions should have identical size across ranks."
)
shape_tensor_list = shape_tensor.tolist()
sharded_dim_sum += shape_tensor_list[shard_dim]
global_shape = list(shape)
global_shape[placements[0].dim] = sharded_dim_sum
return torch.Size(global_shape)
else:
raise NotImplementedError(
f"Placement type {type(placements[0])} not supported."
)
def try_find_mesh_from_args(
op_call: torch._ops.OpOverload, args: Sequence[object]
) -> DeviceMesh:
"""
Find the device mesh object from args.
It returns None if no mesh is found.
NOTE: we can optimize this search if needed
"""
for arg in args:
if isinstance(arg, (dtensor.DTensor, DTensorSpec)):
return arg.device_mesh
elif (
isinstance(arg, (list, tuple))
and len(arg) > 0
and isinstance(arg[0], (dtensor.DTensor, DTensorSpec))
):
return arg[0].device_mesh
raise ValueError(f"Cannot find device mesh from args for op : {op_call}.")
def compute_local_stride(
global_stride: ShapeType, mesh: DeviceMesh, placements: Sequence[Placement]
) -> tuple[int, ...]:
"""
Compute the stride of a local tensor shard, given the global stride of the DTensor.
NOTE: Currently this function is assuming the DTensor is evenly shardable.
"""
stride_divisors = [1] * len(global_stride)
for mesh_idx, p in enumerate(placements):
if p.is_shard():
i = cast(Shard, p).dim
# tensor dimension i is sharded on mesh dimension mesh_idx,
# so we need to divide all the strides larger than stride[i]
# (by the submesh size)
for j in range(len(global_stride)):
if global_stride[j] > global_stride[i]:
stride_divisors[j] *= mesh.size(mesh_idx)
return tuple(
global_stride[i] // stride_divisors[i] for i in range(len(global_stride))
)
def normalize_to_torch_size(size) -> torch.Size: # type: ignore[no-untyped-def]
"""
Unify variable types of size argument to torch.Size
Acceptable types include:
int, Sequence[int], Tuple[int], Tuple[Sequence[int]],
or torch.Size
"""
if isinstance(size, torch.Size):
return size
if isinstance(size, int):
torch_size = [size]
elif len(size) == 1 and isinstance(size[0], Sequence):
torch_size = list(size[0])
else:
torch_size = list(size)
return torch.Size(torch_size)