[源码解析] PyTorch 分布式之弹性训练---Rendezvous 引擎

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[源码解析] PyTorch 分布式之弹性训练(5)---Rendezvous 引擎

0x00 摘要

在前面的文章之中,我们已经学习了PyTorch 分布式的基本模块,介绍了官方的几个例子,我们接下来会介绍PyTorch的弹性训练,本文是第五篇,看看Rendezvous 的内部引擎,比如如何处理节点加入,节点离开,等待,心跳等等。

弹性训练系列文章如下:

[源码解析] PyTorch 分布式之弹性训练(1) --- 总体思路

[源码解析] PyTorch 分布式之弹性训练(2)---启动&单节点流程

[源码解析] PyTorch 分布式之弹性训练(3)---代理

[源码解析] PyTorch 分布式之弹性训练(4)---Rendezvous 架构和逻辑

0x01 前言

1.1 总体系统

弹性训练可以理解为在 Rendezvous 基础之上的一个运行系统。

  • Agent 偏重具体节点上的逻辑

    • Agent 负责具体业务逻辑相关操作,比如启动进程执行用户程序,监控用户程序运行情况,如果有异常就通知 Rendezvous。
    • Agent 是一个 worker manager,负责启动/管理 workers 进程,组成一个 worker group,监控 workers 运行状态,捕获失效 workers,如果有故障/新加入worker,则重启 worker group。
    • Agent负责维护 WORLD_SIZE 以及 RANK 信息。用户不需要再手动提供,Agent会自动处理这些。
    • Agent 是具体节点上的后台进程,是独立个体。Agent自己无法实现整体上的弹性训练,所以需要一个机制来完成 worker 之间的相互发现,变更同步等等(WORLD_SIZE 和 RANK 这些信息其实也需要多个节点同步才能确定),这就是下面的 Rendezvous 概念。
  • Rendezvous 负责

    集群逻辑

    ,保证节点之间对于""有哪些节点参与训练"达成强一致共识。

    • 每一个 Agent 内部包括一个 Rendezvous handler,这些 handler 总体上构成了一个 Rendezvous 集群,从而构成了一个 Agent 集群。
    • Rendezvous 完成之后,会创建一个共享键值存储(shared key-value store),这个store实现了一个torch.distributed.Store API。此存储仅由已完成Rendezvous的成员共享,它旨在让Torch Distributed Elastic在初始化作业过程之中交换控制和数据信息。
    • Rendezvous 负责在每个agent之上维护当前 group 所有相关信息。每个 agent 之上有一个 rendezvous,它们会互相通信,总体维护一套信息,这些信息存储在上面提到的Store 之中。
    • Rendezvous 负责集群逻辑相关,比如新加入节点,移除节点,分配rank等等。

1.2 Rendezvous

目前为止,Rendezvous 信息如下,DynamicRendezvousHandler 属于动态逻辑,其中,_RendezvousStateHolder 是状态等元信息存储(静态结构),大家会发现图中还有一个 _RendezvousOpExecutor 没有介绍,这就是运行时引擎,所以我们本文看看 _RendezvousOpExecutor 如何处理。

+-----------------------------+      +------------------------------------------------+
| LocalElasticAgent           |      | WorkerSpec                                     |
|                             |      |                                                |
| +------------------------+  |      |   rdzv_handler = DynamicRendezvousHandler -------+
| |WorkerGroup             |  |      |                                                |   |
| |            spec +--------------> |   entry = worker_fn                            |   |
| |            workers     |  |      |                                                |   |
| |            store       |  |      |   role = str \'trainer\'                       |   |
| |            group_rank  |  |      |                                                |   |
| |       group_world_size |  |      +------------------------------------------------+   |
| |                        |  |                                                           |
| +------------------------+  |                                                           |
|                             |                                                           |
| rdzv_run_id                 |                                                           |
| store                       |            +-----------------------------------------+    |
|                             |            |DynamicRendezvousHandler                 |    |
+-----------------------------+            |                                         |    |
                                           |                                         |    |
                                           |   _settings: RendezvousSettings         | <--+
                                           |                                         |
                                           |   _store: Store                         |
                                           |                                         |
                                           |   _state_holder: _RendezvousStateHolder |
                                           |                                         |
                                           |   _op_executor: _RendezvousOpExecutor   |
                                           |                                         |
                                           +-----------------------------------------+

1.3 解耦

_RendezvousOpExecutor 把功能分割解耦:

  • 业务逻辑被抽象成为一系列算子,比如 _RendevzousJoinOp
  • Rendezvous 内部维护了一套由业务函数组成的状态机,比如函数 _add_to_participants 用来添加参与者。
  • _RendezvousOpExecutor 引擎来执行各种算子,依据算子结果,得到一个 Action,再利用 Action 调用业务函数进行操作。

本文主要介绍C10d 后端对应的 Rendezvous 引擎。

0x02 引擎实现

2.1 基类

_RendezvousOpExecutor 是引擎的基类,只是定义了run这个虚函数。

class _RendezvousOpExecutor(ABC):
    """Executes rendezvous operations."""

    @abstractmethod
    def run(
        self, state_handler: Callable[[_RendezvousContext, float], _Action], deadline: float
    ) -> None:
        """Executes a rendezvous operation.

        An operation is run inside a state machine and is expected to transition
        the rendezvous from one state to another.

        Args:
            state_handler:
                A callable that is expected to return the next state transition
                action based on the current state of the rendezvous.
            deadline:
                The time, in seconds, at which the operation will be considered
                timed-out.
        """

这里用到了 _RendezvousContext,其作用是把 Rendezvous 的各种信息封装了起来,提供给操作引擎。这里就有了 _RendezvousState 和 RendezvousSettings 的使用。

class _RendezvousContext:
    """Holds the context of the rendezvous.

    Attributes:
        node:
            The node descriptor associated with the current rendezvous handler
            instance.
        state:
            The current state of the rendezvous.
        settings:
            The rendezvous settings.
    """

    node: _NodeDesc
    state: _RendezvousState
    settings: RendezvousSettings

    def __init__(
        self, node: _NodeDesc, state: _RendezvousState, settings: RendezvousSettings
    ) -> None:
        self.node = node
        self.state = state
        self.settings = settings

2.2 分布式操作引擎

_DistributedRendezvousOpExecutor 拓展了 _RendezvousOpExecutor,是 ElasticTorch 的实际执行者。类似于 Looper,负责消息分发,调用业务,状态维护

2.2.1 定义

与其基类相比,_DistributedRendezvousOpExecutor 加入了比如节点信息,状态,配置这样的成员变量。

class _DistributedRendezvousOpExecutor(_RendezvousOpExecutor):
    """Executes rendezvous operations using a shared state.

    Args:
        node:
            The node descriptor associated with the current rendezvous handler
            instance.
        state_holder:
            The ``RendezvousStateHolder`` to use to sync the rendezvous state
            with other nodes.
        settings:
            The rendezvous settings.
    """

    _node: _NodeDesc
    _state: _RendezvousState
    _state_holder: _RendezvousStateHolder
    _settings: RendezvousSettings

    def __init__(
        self,
        node: _NodeDesc,
        state_holder: _RendezvousStateHolder,
        settings: RendezvousSettings,
    ) -> None:
        self._node = node
        self._state_holder = state_holder
        self._settings = settings

逻辑如下:

+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| _DistributedRendezvousOpExecutor                              |
|                                                               |
|                     +------------------------+                |
|        _state +---> | _RendezvousState       |                |
|                     |                        |                |
|                     |       participants     |                |
|                     |       wait_list        |                |
|                     |       last_heartbeats  |                |
|                     |       deadline         |                |
|                     +------------------------+                |
|                                                               |
|                     +-------------------------+               |
|      _settings +--> | RendezvousSettings      |               |
|                     |                         |               |
|                     +-------------------------+               |
|                                                               |
|                     +--------------------------------------+  |
| _state_holder +---> | _BackendRendezvousStateHolder        |  |
|                     |                                      |  |
|                     |        _backend: RendezvousBackend   |  |
|                     |        _state: _RendezvousState      |  |
|                     |        _settings: RendezvousSettings |  |
|                     |                                      |  |
|                     +--------------------------------------+  |
|                     +--------------------------------------+  |
|                     | _NodeDesc                            |  |
|     _node +-------> |              fqdn: str               |  |
|                     |              pid: int                |  |
|                     |              local_id: int           |  |
|                     |                                      |  |
|                     +--------------------------------------+  |
+---------------------------------------------------------------+

2.2.2 调用

我们举出几个例子来看看如何调用引擎,可以看到都是先设置算子,然后调用引擎的run函数。

2.2.2.1 _RendezvousKeepAliveOp
def _keep_alive(self) -> None:
    self._heartbeat_lock.acquire()
    op = _RendezvousKeepAliveOp() # 设置算子
    deadline = self._get_deadline(self._settings.timeout.heartbeat)
    self._op_executor.run(op, deadline) # 调用
2.2.2.2 _RendezvousCloseOp
def _close(self) -> None:
    op = _RendezvousCloseOp() # 设置算子
    deadline = self._get_deadline(self._settings.timeout.close)
    self._op_executor.run(op, deadline) # 调用
2.2.2.3 _RendezvousJoinOp
def next_rendezvous(self) -> Tuple[Store, int, int]:
    """See base class."""

    self._stop_heartbeats()

    # Delay the execution for a small random amount of time if this is our
    # first run. This will slightly skew the rendezvous attempts across the
    # nodes and reduce the load on the backend.
    if self._state_holder.state.round == 0:
        _delay(seconds=(0, 0.3))

    exit_op = _RendezvousExitOp() # 设置算子
    join_op = _RendezvousJoinOp() # 设置算子

    deadline = self._get_deadline(self._settings.timeout.join)

    self._op_executor.run(exit_op, deadline) # 这里会进行调用
    self._op_executor.run(join_op, deadline) # 调用

    self._start_heartbeats()

    rank, world_size = self._get_world()
    store = self._get_store()

    return store, rank, world_size

2.2.3 功能

_DistributedRendezvousOpExecutor 之中,run 函数实现了基础逻辑,就是依据 action 类型进行各种操作。

2.2.3.1 主体循环

run 具体代码如下:

    def run(
        self, state_handler: Callable[[_RendezvousContext, float], _Action], deadline: float
    ) -> None:
        """See base class."""
        action = None

        while action != _Action.FINISH: # 循环,一直到获得一个FINISH action 为止
            # Reads or writes the latest rendezvous state shared by all nodes in
            # the rendezvous. Note that our local changes might get overridden
            # by another node if that node synced its changes before us.
            
            # 这里很重要,在所有node之间做信息同步
            has_set = self._state_holder.sync() # 因为最新状态在 rendezvous。

            self._state = self._state_holder.state

            ctx = _RendezvousContext(self._node, self._state, self._settings)

            # Determine the next action to take based on the current state of
            # the rendezvous.
            action = state_handler(ctx, deadline) # 决定下一个操作,state_handler 就是算子

            if action == _Action.FINISH:
                continue

            if action == _Action.ERROR_CLOSED:
                raise RendezvousClosedError()

            if action == _Action.ERROR_TIMEOUT:
                raise RendezvousTimeoutError()

            if action == _Action.SYNC:
                # Delay the execution by one second to avoid overloading the
                # backend if we are asked to poll for state changes.
                _delay(seconds=1)
            else:
                if action == _Action.KEEP_ALIVE:
                    self._keep_alive()
                elif action == _Action.ADD_TO_PARTICIPANTS:
                    self._add_to_participants()
                elif action == _Action.ADD_TO_WAIT_LIST:
                    self._add_to_wait_list()
                elif action == _Action.REMOVE_FROM_PARTICIPANTS:
                    self._remove_from_participants()
                elif action == _Action.REMOVE_FROM_WAIT_LIST:
                    self._remove_from_wait_list()
                elif action == _Action.MARK_RENDEZVOUS_COMPLETE:
                    self._mark_rendezvous_complete()
                elif action == _Action.MARK_RENDEZVOUS_CLOSED:
                    self._mark_rendezvous_closed()

                # Attempt to sync our changes back to other nodes.
                self._state_holder.mark_dirty()

具体如下图。

+-----------------------------------------+                          +---------------------------------------------------------------+
|DynamicRendezvousHandler                 |                          | _DistributedRendezvousOpExecutor                              |
|                                         |                          |                                                               |
|                                         |                          |                     +------------------------+                |
|   _settings: RendezvousSettings         |                          |        _state +---> | _RendezvousState       |                |
|                                         |                          |                     |                        |                |
|                                         |                          |                     |       participants     |                |
|   _store: Store                         |                          |                     |       wait_list        |                |
|                                         |                          |                     |       last_heartbeats  |                |
|                                         |                          |                     |       deadline         |                |
|   _state_holder: _RendezvousStateHolder |                          |                     +------------------------+                |
|                                         | run(_RendezvousJoinOp()) |                     +-------------------------+               |
|                                         |                          |      _settings +--> | RendezvousSettings      |               |
|   _op_executor  +------------------------------------------------> |                     |                         |               |
|                                         |                          |                     +-------------------------+               |
|                                         |                          |                     +--------------------------------------+  |
+-----------------------------------------+                          | _state_holder +---> | _BackendRendezvousStateHolder        |  |
                                                                     |                     |                                      |  |
                                                                     |                     |        _backend: RendezvousBackend   |  |
                                                                     |                     |        _state: _RendezvousState      |  |
                                                                     |                     |        _settings: RendezvousSettings |  |
                                                                     |                     |                                      |  |
                                                                     |                     +--------------------------------------+  |
                                                                     |                     +--------------------------------------+  |
                                                                     |                     | _NodeDesc                            |  |
                                                                     |     _node +-------> |              fqdn: str               |  |
                                                                     |                     |              pid: int                |  |
                                                                     |                     |              local_id: int           |  |
                                                                     |                     |                                      |  |
                                                                     |                     +--------------------------------------+  |
                                                                     +---------------------------------------------------------------+

手机如下:

2.2.3.2 同步

在 run 函数之中,需要注意的是:在执行各种算子操作之前,会调用 self._state_holder.sync() 在各个 worker 之间进行一个状态同步,达成共识 (consensus)

def sync(self) -> Optional[bool]:
    """See base class."""
    state_bits: Optional[bytes] = None
    token = None
    has_set: Optional[bool]

    if self._dirty: # 如果本node状态变化了
        has_set = False
        state_bits = pickle.dumps(self._state)
        # 把自己的状态设置到backend之中
        set_response = self._backend.set_state(state_bits, self._token)
        if set_response is not None:
            state_bits, token, has_set = set_response
    else: # 自己没变化,只能从后端获取
        has_set = None
        if self._cache_duration > 0:
            # Avoid overloading the backend if we are asked to retrieve the
            # state repeatedly. Try to serve the cached state.
            if self._last_sync_time >= max(time.monotonic() - self._cache_duration, 0):
                return None
        get_response = self._backend.get_state() # 从backend获取其他节点最新状态
        if get_response is not None:
            state_bits, token = get_response

    if state_bits is not None:
        try:
            self._state = pickle.loads(state_bits) # 用后端状态更新本身的状态
        except pickle.PickleError as exc:
            raise RendezvousStateError(
                "The rendezvous state is corrupt. See inner exception for details."
            ) from exc
    else:
        self._state = _RendezvousState()

    if has_set and self._dead_nodes and log.isEnabledFor(logging.DEBUG):
        node_list = ", ".join(f"\'dead_node\'" for dead_node in self._dead_nodes)
        msg = (
            f"As part of the sync operation the node(s) node_list have been removed from the "
            f"rendezvous \'self._settings.run_id\' since they had no heartbeat."
        )
        self._record(message=msg)

    self._token = token
    self._dirty = False
    self._last_sync_time = time.monotonic()
    self._sanitize()

    return has_set
后端

torch/distributed/elastic/rendezvous/c10d_rendezvous_backend.py 之中是对应后端代码。

后端这里使用 store 作为一个集中式存储,是master。每个 node 是 client,会去master更新自己状态,并且获取其他node状态。这样所有node就会互通有无,达成共识。这里也会定期删除不更新元数据的clients。

get_state 就是简单的从 store 提取。

def get_state(self) -> Optional[Tuple[bytes, Token]]:
    """See base class."""
    base64_state: bytes = self._call_store("get", self._key)

    return self._decode_state(base64_state)

set_state 会做一个compare set,其返回new state和是否更新了state。

def set_state(
    self, state: bytes, token: Optional[Token] = None
) -> Optional[Tuple[bytes, Token, bool]]:
    """See base class."""
    base64_state_str: str = b64encode(state).decode()

    if token:
        # Shortcut if we know for sure that the token is not valid.
        if not isinstance(token, bytes):
            result = self.get_state()
            if result is not None:
                tmp = *result, False
                # Python 3.6 does not support tuple unpacking in return
                # statements.
                return tmp
            return None

        token = token.decode()
    else:
        token = self._NULL_SENTINEL

    base64_state: bytes = self._call_store("compare_set", self._key, token, base64_state_str)

    state_token_pair = self._decode_state(base64_state)
    if state_token_pair is None:
        return None

    new_state, new_token = state_token_pair

    # C10d Store\'s compare_set method does not offer an easy way to find out
    # whether our write attempt was successful. As a brute-force solution we
    # perform a bitwise comparison of our local state and the remote state.
    return new_state, new_token, new_state == state
_sanitize

_sanitize 方法用来依据其他节点消息做处理,比如清理故障节点。即,如果上一次的心跳时间超过了一定阈值范围,则会把这些节点标记为dead_node,并且从 participant或者wait list中清除这些节点。

def _sanitize(self) -> None:
    state = self._state

    expire_time = datetime.utcnow() - (
        self._settings.keep_alive_interval * self._settings.keep_alive_max_attempt
    )

    # Filter out the dead nodes.
    self._dead_nodes = [
        node
        for node, last_heartbeat in state.last_heartbeats.items()
        if last_heartbeat < expire_time
    ]

    participant_removed = False

    for dead_node in self._dead_nodes:
        del state.last_heartbeats[dead_node] # 移除故障节点

        try:
            del state.participants[dead_node] # 移除故障节点

            participant_removed = True
        except KeyError:
            pass

        try:
            state.wait_list.remove(dead_node) # 移除故障节点
        except KeyError:
            pass

    if participant_removed:
        # Common epilogue shared with the _remove_from_participants()
        # function of _DistributedRendezvousOpExecutor.
        _remove_participant_epilogue(state, self._settings)

介绍完毕如何运行引擎,我们接下来看看具体算子。

0x03 算子

_RendezvousOpExecutor 引擎的业务逻辑被分成两层:用户操作 和 内部业务逻辑。用户操作和内部业务机制之间被解耦。

  • 用户操作被分成各种算子,包括:心跳,Join,关闭,结束。比如Join 算子就是 _RendevzousJoinOp

  • 内部业务逻辑被分成各种业务函数,比如 _add_to_participants 方法从等待列表中移除节点,往 participants 加入这个节点。

  • 算子和内部业务逻辑并不是一一对应,需要一个类似状态机的机制来控制。

    • 比如,心跳操作算子的结果可能是:超时/keep alive/正常结束,所以应该根据这个结果调用不同的内部业务函数。这种对应关系逻辑就是通过 Action 来完成的
    • 各种算子联合起来,聚合成了一个状态机。
    • 算子内部就是生成各种 Action,决定了状态机的下一步操作。
  • 引擎内部就是根据 Action 来执行具体业务逻辑,或者可以说,是通过 Action 进行解耦。

具体如下,引擎从逻辑上可以分成三层:最上面是算子层,中间是 Action 层,下面是业务函数层。

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                                                                                         |
| _RendezvousKeepAliveOp    _RendezvousCloseOp    _RendezvousExitOp    _RendezvousJoinOp  |
|                                                                                         |
+-------------+---------------------+--------------------+------------------+-------------+
              |                     |                    |                  |
              |                     |                    |                  |
              |                     |                    |                  |
              |                     |                    |                  |
              v                     v                    v                  v

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                                                                                         |
| KEEP_ALIVE   ADD_TO_PARTICIPANTS   ADD_TO_WAIT_LIST   REMOVE_FROM_WAIT_LIST   ......    |
|                                                                                         |
+-------------+----------+----------+----------+---------+---------+---------+------------+
              |          |          |          |         |         |         |
              |          |          |          |         |         |         |
              |          |          |          |         |         |         |
              |          |          |          |         |         |         |
              v          v          v          v         v         v         v

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                                                                                         |
| _add_to_participants    _remove_from_participants     _add_to_wait_list        ......   |
|                                                                                         |
|                                                                                         |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

我们逐一解析。

3.1 操作

先来解析中间层 Action,看看有多少 Action。基于 rendezvous 的状态,引擎的actions具体如下。代码位于 torch/distributed/elastic/rendezvous/dynamic_rendezvous.py

class _Action(Enum):
    """Specifies the possible actions based on the state of the rendezvous."""

    KEEP_ALIVE = 1
    ADD_TO_PARTICIPANTS = 2
    ADD_TO_WAIT_LIST = 3
    REMOVE_FROM_PARTICIPANTS = 4
    REMOVE_FROM_WAIT_LIST = 5
    MARK_RENDEZVOUS_COMPLETE = 6
    MARK_RENDEZVOUS_CLOSED = 7
    SYNC = 8
    ERROR_CLOSED = 9
    ERROR_TIMEOUT = 10
    FINISH = 11

3.2 算子

引擎之中实现了一些算子,基本上,一个操作对应一个算子,我们给出几个操作算子的例子,算子就是依据rendezvous的状态来设置操作类型

3.2.1 心跳

3.2.1.1 检查心跳

_RendezvousKeepAliveOp 的作用是:依据当前状态和时间来确定下一步Action。主要是定期检查本Node是否故障。

class _RendezvousKeepAliveOp:
    """Represents a rendezvous keep-alive update operation."""

    def __call__(self, ctx: _RendezvousContext, deadline: float) -> _Action:
        if _should_keep_alive(ctx):
            if time.monotonic() > deadline:
                return _Action.ERROR_TIMEOUT
            return _Action.KEEP_ALIVE
        return _Action.FINISH

_should_keep_alive 方法为:

def _should_keep_alive(ctx: _RendezvousContext) -> bool:
    """Determines whether a keep-alive heartbeat should be sent."""
    try:
        last_heartbeat = ctx.state.last_heartbeats[ctx.node]
    except KeyError:
        return False

    return last_heartbeat <= datetime.utcnow() - ctx.settings.keep_alive_interval
3.2.1.2 定期调用

这里要注意的是,因为做任何算子之前,都要调用 sync 操作,而 sync 会在 node 之间同步状态,因为心跳是定期的,所以同步状态也是定期的。

DynamicRendezvousHandler 之中会启动一个timer,定期调用_keep_alive_weak方法。

def _start_heartbeats(self) -> None:
    self._keep_alive_timer = _PeriodicTimer(
        self._settings.keep_alive_interval, self._keep_alive_weak, weakref.ref(self)
    )

    self._keep_alive_timer.set_name(f"RendezvousKeepAliveTimer_self._this_node.local_id")
    self._keep_alive_timer.start()

其次,_keep_alive_weak 会调用 self._keep_alive()

@staticmethod
def _keep_alive_weak(weak_self) -> None:
    self = weak_self()
    if self is not None:
        self._keep_alive()

_keep_alive 会调用 _RendezvousKeepAliveOp。

def _keep_alive(self) -> None:
    self._heartbeat_lock.acquire()
    op = _RendezvousKeepAliveOp()
    deadline = self._get_deadline(self._settings.timeout.heartbeat)

    try:
        self._op_executor.run(op, deadline)
        msg = (
            f"The node \'self._this_node\' has sent a keep-alive heartbeat to the rendezvous "
            f"\'self._settings.run_id\'."
        )
        self._record(message=msg)
        log.debug(msg)
    except RendezvousError as ex:
        msg = (
            f"The node \'self._this_node\' has failed to send a keep-alive heartbeat to the "
            f"rendezvous \'self._settings.run_id\' due to an error of type type(ex).__name__."
        )
        self._record(message=msg, node_state=NodeState.FAILED)
    finally:
        self._heartbeat_lock.release()
3.2.1.2 设置心跳

另外,_DistributedRendezvousOpExecutor 有一个 _keep_alive 同名函数,是用来实现内部逻辑,我们后续会讲到。

3.2.2 关闭

_RendezvousCloseOp 会依据当前状态和时间来确定下一步Action。

class _RendezvousCloseOp:
    """Represents a rendezvous close operation."""

    def __call__(self, ctx: _RendezvousContext, deadline: float) -> _Action:
        if ctx.state.closed:
            return _Action.FINISH
        if time.monotonic() > deadline:
            return _Action.ERROR_TIMEOUT
        return _Action.MARK_RENDEZVOUS_CLOSED

3.2.3 结束

_RendezvousExitOp 依据当前状态和时间来确定下一步Action。如果本Node不在participants之中,不处理。否则返回一个从 participants 列表删除的下一步Action。如果超时则返回对应Action。

class _RendezvousExitOp:
    """Represents a rendezvous exit operation."""

    def __call__(self, ctx: _RendezvousContext, deadline: float) -> _Action:
        if ctx.node in ctx.state.participants:
            if time.monotonic() > deadline:
                return _Action.ERROR_TIMEOUT
            return _Action.REMOVE_FROM_PARTICIPANTS
        return _Action.FINISH

3.2.4 Join

_RendezvousJoinOp 这里依据系统状态不同,做不同处理,比如试图把本Node加入到participant,或者 waiting list,或者继续等待,具体可以参见代码注释。

  • 从上下文之中提取 _RendezvousState 状态,把结果存放在 state 之中。
  • 如果状态是closed,则说明此时rendezvous已经结束,则返回_Action.ERROR_CLOSED。
  • 看看是不是参与者,把结果存放在is_participant。
  • 如果状态已经结束,且本节点已经是参与者,则说明 rendezvous 可以结束,返回 _Action.FINISH。
  • 获取当前时间 now。
  • 如果 now > deadline,说明已经超时。
    • 如果还有时间做 rollback,说明本节点要返回之前的状态。
      • 如果本节点已经是参与者,说明此时总节点数目没有达到 min,虽然已经是参与者,但是需要从参与者列表移除,所以返回 _Action.REMOVE_FROM_PARTICIPANTS。
      • 如果本节点在等待列表之中,说明此时总节点数目没有达到 max,虽然在等待列表之中,但是需要从等待列表移除,所以返回_Action.REMOVE_FROM_WAIT_LIST。
    • 否则返回_Action.ERROR_TIMEOUT。
  • 否则没有超时,继续处理。
    • 如果state.complete 并且本节点不是参与者(如果节点是参与者,前面已经处理过了),说明rendezvous 已经结束,如果还没有达到最大节点数目,并且当前node不在等待列表之中,就需要添加到等待节点列表,等待下次监控周期到的时候,重新做rendezvous,就可以把等待列表中的节点加入到参与列表之中。所以返回_Action.ADD_TO_WAIT_LIST。
    • 如果本节点是参与者并且state不是complete状态(如果是complete状态,前面已经处理过了),如果已经达到了最小节点数 & 已经超时了,则说明rendezvous 已经结束,则返回_Action.MARK_RENDEZVOUS_COMPLETE。
    • 否则说明没结束,本节点也不是参与者,则直接加入到参与者列表,返回_Action.ADD_TO_PARTICIPANTS。
  • 如果需要保持心跳,就返回 _Action.KEEP_ALIVE。
  • 否则返回_Action.SYNC。
class _RendezvousJoinOp:
    """Represents a rendezvous join operation."""

    def __call__(self, ctx: _RendezvousContext, deadline: float) -> _Action:
        state = ctx.state # 从上下文之中提取 _RendezvousState 状态

        # A closed rendezvous means that it no longer accepts new nodes.
        if state.closed:
            return _Action.ERROR_CLOSED # 如果已经结束,就返回 _Action.ERROR_CLOSED

        is_participant = ctx.node in state.participants # 看看是不是参与者

        # If we are part of the rendezvous and it is already complete there is
        # no further action to take.
        if state.complete and is_participant: # 如果是参与者且状态是结束,就返回 _Action.FINISH
            return _Action.FINISH

        now = time.monotonic()
        if now > deadline: # 如果已经超时
            rollback_period = 5  # 5 seconds

            # If we still have time to rollback (a short period on top of the
            # operation deadline), try to remove ourself from the rendezvous.
            # It is okay if we can\'t though as our keep-alive will eventually
            # expire.
            if now <= deadline + rollback_period: # 如果还有时间来 rollback
                # If we are part of the rendezvous, it means we couldn\'t find
                # enough participants to complete it on time.
                if is_participant: # 此时尚未达到min,虽然已经是参与者,但是需要移除
                    return _Action.REMOVE_FROM_PARTICIPANTS # 需要从参与者列表移除
                # If we are in the wait list, it means we couldn\'t wait till the
                # next round of the rendezvous.
                if ctx.node in state.wait_list: # 此时已经达到 max,虽然已经在等待列表之中,需要移除
                    return _Action.REMOVE_FROM_WAIT_LIST # 需要从等待列表移除
            return _Action.ERROR_TIMEOUT # 返回超时

        if state.complete: # 如果 rendezvous 已经结束
            # If we are here, it means we are not part of the rendezvous. In
            # case the rendezvous has capacity for additional participants add
            # ourself to the wait list for the next round.
            if len(state.participants) < ctx.settings.max_nodes: # 如果还没有达到最大节点数
                if ctx.node not in state.wait_list: # 如果当前node不在等待列表之中
                    return _Action.ADD_TO_WAIT_LIST # 就加入到等待列表,发送一个等待action
        elif is_participant: # 如果已经在参与者列表
            # If the rendezvous has enough number of participants including us,
            # check whether we have passed the rendezvous deadline. If yes,
            # complete it.
            if len(state.participants) >= ctx.settings.min_nodes: # 如果达到了最小节点数
                if cast(datetime, state.deadline) < datetime.utcnow(): # 如果达到了超时
                    return _Action.MARK_RENDEZVOUS_COMPLETE # 标示 rendezvous 已经结束
        else: # 否则就直接加入到参与者
            # The rendezvous is not complete yet and we are not part of it. Try
            # to join.
            return _Action.ADD_TO_PARTICIPANTS

        if _should_keep_alive(ctx): # 如果需要保持心跳,就返回 _Action.KEEP_ALIVE
            return _Action.KEEP_ALIVE

        # At this point either the rendezvous is not complete, but we are part
        # of it, which means we have to wait for other participants to join; or
        # the rendezvous is complete, but we are not part of it, which means we
        # have to wait for the next round.
        return _Action.SYNC # 否则返回同步状态 _Action.SYNC

具体逻辑如下:

                           state.closed
                        +-------------------------->   _Action.ERROR_CLOSED
                        |
                        |
                        |  complete & participant
                        +-------------------------->   _Action.FINISH
                        |
                        |
                        |  timeout & participant
                        +-------------------------->   _Action.REMOVE_FROM_PARTICIPANTS
                        |
                        |
                        |  timeout & wait
                        +-------------------------->   _Action.REMOVE_FROM_WAIT_LIST
                        |
+-------------------+   |
|                   |   |  timeout
| _RendezvousJoinOp +------------------------------>   _Action.ERROR_TIMEOUT
|                   |   |
+-------------------+   |  complete & < max & not wait
                        |
                        +-------------------------->   _Action.ADD_TO_WAIT_LIST
                        |
                        |  complete & participant & > min & deadline
                        |
                        +-------------------------->   _Action.MARK_RENDEZVOUS_COMPLETE
                        |
                        |  not complete & not participant
                        |
                        +-------------------------->   _Action.ADD_TO_PARTICIPANTS
                        |
                        |  _should_keep_alive
                        |
                        +-------------------------->   _Action.KEEP_ALIVE
                        |
                        |  else
                        |
                        +-------------------------->   _Action.SYNC

以下是源码之中 ETCD 后端 Rendezvous 状态描述图,我们可以大致参考比对 c10d的状态。

可见,etcd 后端的Join可以分为4个阶段:

  • setup 阶段,会往固定目录写一个值,这是一个排他锁,如果写失败,说明目前正有一个 rendezvous 过程在进行中。
  • join(joinable) 阶段。如果写值成功,则进入join 阶段。如果在等待时间结束或者参与训练的节点达到了最大值,则进入 frozen 阶段。
  • frozen(confirm)阶段。需要所有节点都确认,进入最后的 final 阶段。
  • final 阶段。分配rank,RANK 0 的实例成为 master。

仿照上图,我们把 c10d 拓展如下。

      +
      |
      |
      v
+-----+------+
|            |
|   closed   +---------------> ERROR_CLOSED
|            |
+-----+------+
      |
      |
      v
+-----+------+  is_participant
|            |
|  complete  +---------------> FINISH
|            |
+-----+------+
      |                                                                                 is_participant
      |
      v                                                                                +----> REMOVE_FROM_PARTICIPANTS
+-----+-------+  now > deadline  +-----------+    now < rollback     +-----------+     |
|             |                  |           |                       |           |     |
|    join     +----------------> |  timeout  +---------------------->+ rollback  +-----+
|             |                  |           |                       |           |     |
+-----+-------+                  +----+------+                       +-----------+     |
      |                               |                                                | in state.wait_list
      |                               |    now > rollback                              |
      |  now < deadline               |                                                +----> REMOVE_FROM_WAIT_LIST
      |                               +---------->  ERROR_TIMEOUT
      |
      |   complete && not is_participant && < max && not in state.wait_list
      |
      +------------------------------------------------------------------>  ADD_TO_WAIT_LIST
      |
      |   not complete && is_participant && > min && > deadline
      |
      +------------------------------------------------------------------>  MARK_RENDEZVOUS_COMPLETE
      |
      |   not complete && not is_participant
      |
      +----------------------------------------->  ADD_TO_PARTICIPANTS
      |
      |   _should_keep_alive
      |
      +--------------------------->  KEEP_ALIVE
      |
      |
      v
     SYNC

手机如下:

0x04 业务操作

_DistributedRendezvousOpExecutor.run 的内部就是依据 action 选择不同的业务函数来执行。

            if action == _Action.KEEP_ALIVE:
                self._keep_alive()
            elif action == _Action.ADD_TO_PARTICIPANTS:
                self._add_to_participants()
            elif action == _Action.ADD_TO_WAIT_LIST:
                self._add_to_wait_list()
            elif action == _Action.REMOVE_FROM_PARTICIPANTS:
                self._remove_from_participants()
            elif action == _Action.REMOVE_FROM_WAIT_LIST:
                self._remove_from_wait_list()
            elif action == _Action.MARK_RENDEZVOUS_COMPLETE:
                self._mark_rendezvous_complete()
            elif action == _Action.MARK_RENDEZVOUS_CLOSED:
                self._mark_rendezvous_closed()

我们接下来就看看具体这些内部函数逻辑。

4.1 加入参与者

接受到 ADD_TO_PARTICIPANTS 之后,调用 _add_to_participants 从等待列表中移除节点,往 participants 加入这个节点。

    def _add_to_participants(self) -> None:

        state = self._state

        try:
            state.wait_list.remove(self._node)
        except KeyError:
            pass

        # The ranks of the participants will be set once the rendezvous is
        # complete.
        state.participants[self._node] = 0

        self._keep_alive()

        if len(state.participants) == self._settings.min_nodes:
            state.deadline = datetime.utcnow() + self._settings.timeout.last_call

        if len(state.participants) == self._settings.max_nodes:
            self._mark_rendezvous_complete()

4.2 移除参与者

接受到 REMOVE_FROM_PARTICIPANTS 之后,调用 _remove_from_participants 从 participants 和 last_heartbeats 中删除参与者。

    def _remove_from_participants(self) -> None:

        state = self._state
        del state.participants[self._node]
        del state.last_heartbeats[self._node]

        if state.complete:
            # If we do not have any participants left, move to the next round.
            if not state.participants:
                state.complete = False
                state.round += 1
        else:
            if len(state.participants) < self._settings.min_nodes:
                state.deadline = None

4.3 加入等待序列

接受到 ADD_TO_WAIT_LIST 之后,调用 _add_to_wait_list 网 wait_list 中加入节点。

    def _add_to_wait_list(self) -> None:
        self._state.wait_list.add(self._node)
        self._keep_alive()

4.4 移除等待序列

接受到 REMOVE_FROM_WAIT_LIST 之后,调用 _remove_from_wait_list 从 wait_list 移除节点。

    def _remove_from_wait_list(self) -> None:
        self._state.wait_list.remove(self._node)
        del self._state.last_heartbeats[self._node]

4.5 设置结束

接受到 MARK_RENDEZVOUS_COMPLETE 之后,当 rendezvous 聚合操作结束之后,给每一个参与者设置 rank。

每个节点上都是按照同样算法排序,所以rank在每个节点上都是一样的。

    def _mark_rendezvous_complete(self) -> None:
        state = self._state

        state.complete = True
        state.deadline = None

        # Assign the ranks.
        for rank, node in enumerate(sorted(state.participants)):
            state.participants[node] = rank

    def _mark_rendezvous_closed(self) -> None:
        self._state.closed = True

4.6 心跳

接收到 KEEP_ALIVE action之后,会调用到 _keep_alive 来维持心跳。另外,keep_alive 也会在 _add_to_participants等方法内被调用,会更新本地state之中的last heartbeats,下一次 sync 时候,会把 last_heartbeats 写入键值存储,这样其他Node就可以知道这个节点的状态了。而本地则会在 _sanitize 之中依据 last_heartbeats 做处理,我们之前提到过。

def _keep_alive(self) -> None:
    msg = (
        f"The node \'self._node\' updated its keep-alive heartbeat time for the rendezvous "
        f"\'self._settings.run_id\'. Pending sync."
    )
    self._record(message=msg)
    self._state.last_heartbeats[self._node] = datetime.utcnow()

_record 方法如下:

def _record(self, message: str, node_state: NodeState = NodeState.RUNNING) -> None:
    construct_and_record_rdzv_event(
        name=f"self.__class__.__name__.get_method_name()",
        run_id=self._settings.run_id,
        message=message,
        node_state=node_state,
        hostname=self._node.fqdn,
        pid=self._node.pid,
        local_id=self._node.local_id,
    )

其就是调用如下代码记录log。

def record_rdzv_event(event: RdzvEvent) -> None:
    _get_or_create_logger("dynamic_rendezvous").info(event.serialize())

def construct_and_record_rdzv_event(
    run_id: str,
    message: str,
    node_state: NodeState,
    name: str = "",
    hostname: str = "",
    pid: Optional[int] = None,
    master_endpoint: str = "",
    local_id: Optional[int] = None,
    rank: Optional[int] = None,
) -> None:
    # We don\'t want to perform an extra computation if not needed.
    if isinstance(get_logging_handler("dynamic_rendezvous"), logging.NullHandler):
        return

    # Set up parameters.
    if not hostname:
        hostname = socket.getfqdn()
    if not pid:
        pid = os.getpid()

    # Determines which file called this function.
    callstack = inspect.stack()
    filename = "no_file"
    if len(callstack) > 1:
        stack_depth_1 = callstack[1]
        filename = os.path.basename(stack_depth_1.filename)
        if not name:
            name = stack_depth_1.function

    # Delete the callstack variable. If kept, this can mess with python\'s
    # garbage collector as we are holding on to stack frame information in
    # the inspect module.
    del callstack

    # Set up error trace if this is an exception
    if node_state == NodeState.FAILED:
        error_trace = traceback.format_exc()
    else:
        error_trace = ""

    # Initialize event object
    event = RdzvEvent(
        name=f"filename:name",
        run_id=run_id,
        message=message,
        hostname=hostname,
        pid=pid,
        node_state=node_state,
        master_endpoint=master_endpoint,
        rank=rank,
        local_id=local_id,
        error_trace=error_trace,
    )

    # Finally, record the event.
    record_rdzv_event(event)

至此,引擎部分也已经分析完毕,下一篇我们看看是否可以从整体角度再做一下全面梳理。

0xFF 参考

[源码解析] PyTorch 分布式之弹性训练(1) --- 总体思路

[源码解析] PyTorch 分布式之弹性训练(2)---启动&单节点流程

[源码解析] PyTorch 分布式之弹性训练(3)---代理

[源码解析] PyTorch 分布式之弹性训练(4)---Rendezvous 架构和逻辑

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