import collections
import contextlib
import functools
import inspect
import logging
import numbers
import threading
from typing import Generic, TypeVar
import torch
import torch.distributed as dist
from . import (
PyRRef,
RemoteProfilerManager,
RpcBackendOptions,
WorkerInfo,
_cleanup_python_rpc_handler,
_delete_all_user_and_unforked_owner_rrefs,
_destroy_rref_context,
_get_current_rpc_agent,
_invoke_remote_builtin,
_invoke_remote_python_udf,
_invoke_remote_torchscript,
_invoke_rpc_builtin,
_invoke_rpc_python_udf,
_invoke_rpc_torchscript,
_is_current_rpc_agent_set,
_reset_current_rpc_agent,
_set_and_start_rpc_agent,
backend_registry,
)
from .internal import (
PythonUDF,
RPCExecMode,
_internal_rpc_pickler,
_build_rpc_profiling_key,
)
from .constants import UNSET_RPC_TIMEOUT
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
# NB: Ignoring RRef leaks during shutdown. Without this, applications have to
# make sure there is no references to any RRef in the application code and
# Python GC has done its job to delete those RRefs. This is could result in bad
# debugging experiences especially when for large applications. Therefore, by
# default, we are going to ignore RRef leaks during shutdown. This is usually
# fine as shutdown means applications have done training and no longer care
# about states.
#
# To enable RRef leak checking, set this _ignore_rref_leak to False
_ignore_rref_leak = True
_default_pickler = _internal_rpc_pickler
@contextlib.contextmanager
def _use_rpc_pickler(rpc_pickler):
r"""
rpc_pickler: (.internal._InternalRPCPickler) Overrides the default RPC pickler
"""
global _default_pickler
_default_pickler = rpc_pickler
try:
yield
finally:
_default_pickler = _internal_rpc_pickler
def _require_initialized(func):
@functools.wraps(func)
def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
if not _is_current_rpc_agent_set():
raise RuntimeError(
"RPC has not been initialized. Call "
"torch.distributed.rpc.init_rpc first."
)
return func(*args, **kwargs)
return wrapper
class WaitAllWorkersStates(object):
def __init__(self):
# Each `intent_worker_names` is an empty set at beginning.
# It's only used by leader worker. Leader worker is user-specified or
# elected as the first worker in a sorted worker name list.
# Whenever there is a worker showing shutdown intention to the leader, by
# calling `_wait_all_workers()`, the leader adds this worker's name to the set.
# The leader also adds itself's name to the set on calling
# `_wait_all_workers()`. We need this because, we confine `_wait_all_workers()`
# to be called only once, by examing if leader's name has been added to the set.
self.intent_worker_names = set()
# Once `intent_worker_names == _ALL_WORKER_NAMES`,
# we flip `_SHUTDOWN_PROCEED_SIGNAL` on the leader, and leader will send RPCs
# to follower workers to flip their `_SHUTDOWN_PROCEED_SIGNAL`s.
self.proceed_signal = threading.Event()
# States used by `def _wait_all_workers()`.
# `_ALL_WORKER_NAMES` is initialized on initiaizing RPC layer.
_ALL_WORKER_NAMES = None
_wait_all_workers_dict_lock = threading.RLock()
_wait_all_workers_sequence_id = 0
_wait_all_workers_sequence_id_to_states = collections.defaultdict(WaitAllWorkersStates)
def _on_leader_follower_report_shutdown_intent(sequence_id, worker_name):
with _wait_all_workers_dict_lock:
assert (
worker_name in _ALL_WORKER_NAMES
), "{worker_name} is not expected by leader.".format(worker_name=worker_name)
intent_worker_names = _wait_all_workers_sequence_id_to_states[
sequence_id
].intent_worker_names
assert (
worker_name not in intent_worker_names
), "{worker_name} reported intent sequence id {sequence_id} twice. ".format(
worker_name=worker_name, sequence_id=sequence_id
)
intent_worker_names.add(worker_name)
if _ALL_WORKER_NAMES == intent_worker_names:
_set_proceed_shutdown_signal(sequence_id)
def _set_proceed_shutdown_signal(sequence_id):
with _wait_all_workers_dict_lock:
proceed_signal = _wait_all_workers_sequence_id_to_states[
sequence_id
].proceed_signal
assert (
not proceed_signal.is_set()
), "Termination signal sequence id {} got set twice.".format(sequence_id)
proceed_signal.set()
@_require_initialized
def _wait_all_workers():
r"""
Block until all local and remote RPC processes reach this method and wait
for all outstanding work to complete. Every RPC process must call this
method before exit to perform a graceful shutdown. This should be used to
terminate the RPC framework, and there is no guarantee that the RPC
framework will work after this method returns.
"""
assert (
_ALL_WORKER_NAMES is not None
), "`_ALL_WORKER_NAMES` is not initialized for `def _wait_all_workers`."
leader_worker_name = sorted(_ALL_WORKER_NAMES)[0]
self_worker_name = _get_current_rpc_agent().get_worker_info().name
global _wait_all_workers_sequence_id
with _wait_all_workers_dict_lock:
sequence_id = _wait_all_workers_sequence_id
_wait_all_workers_sequence_id += 1
is_leader_worker = leader_worker_name == self_worker_name
# Set a long enough timeout for all shutdown messages to be processed.
timeout = 5 # seconds
# Phase 1: Followers send intents.
# All followers report intents to the leader.
if is_leader_worker:
_on_leader_follower_report_shutdown_intent(sequence_id, self_worker_name)
else:
rpc_sync(
leader_worker_name,
_on_leader_follower_report_shutdown_intent,
args=(sequence_id, self_worker_name,),
timeout=timeout,
)
with _wait_all_workers_dict_lock:
proceed_signal = _wait_all_workers_sequence_id_to_states[
sequence_id
].proceed_signal
proceed_signal.wait()
# Phase 2: Leader asks followers to proceed.
# Leader's signal is the first to be unblocked,
# after receiving all followers' intents.
if is_leader_worker:
# The leader sends out proceeed signals to all followers.
worker_name_to_response_future_dict = dict()
for follower_worker_name in _ALL_WORKER_NAMES - {leader_worker_name}:
fut = rpc_async(follower_worker_name, _set_proceed_shutdown_signal,
args=(sequence_id,), timeout=timeout)
worker_name_to_response_future_dict[follower_worker_name] = fut
for follower_worker_name, fut in worker_name_to_response_future_dict.items():
try:
fut.wait()
except RuntimeError as ex:
logger.error(
"{worker_name} failed to respond to 'Shutdown Proceed.' request in {timeout}".format(
worker_name=follower_worker_name, timeout=timeout
)
)
[docs]@_require_initialized
def shutdown(graceful=True):
r"""
Perform a shutdown of the RPC agent, and then destroy the RPC agent. This
stops the local agent from accepting outstanding requests, and shuts
down the RPC framework by terminating all RPC threads. If ``graceful=True``,
this will block until all local and remote RPC processes reach this method
and wait for all outstanding work to complete. Otherwise, if
``graceful=False``, this is a local shutdown, and it does not wait for other
RPC processes to reach this method.
.. warning::
For :class:`~torch.futures.Future` objects returned by
:meth:`~torch.distributed.rpc.rpc_async`, ``future.wait()`` should not
be called after ``shutdown()``.
Arguments:
graceful (bool): Whether to do a graceful shutdown or not. If True,
this will 1) wait until there is no pending system
messages for ``UserRRefs`` and delete them; 2) block
until all local and remote RPC processes have reached
this method and wait for all outstanding work to
complete.
Example::
Make sure that ``MASTER_ADDR`` and ``MASTER_PORT`` are set properly
on both workers. Refer to :meth:`~torch.distributed.init_process_group`
API for more details. For example,
>>> export MASTER_ADDR=localhost
>>> export MASTER_PORT=5678
Then run the following code in two different processes:
>>> # On worker 0:
>>> import torch
>>> import torch.distributed.rpc as rpc
>>> rpc.init_rpc("worker0", rank=0, world_size=2)
>>> # do some work
>>> result = rpc.rpc_sync("worker1", torch.add, args=(torch.ones(1), 1))
>>> # ready to shutdown
>>> rpc.shutdown()
>>> # On worker 1:
>>> import torch.distributed.rpc as rpc
>>> rpc.init_rpc("worker1", rank=1, world_size=2)
>>> # wait for worker 0 to finish work, and then shutdown.
>>> rpc.shutdown()
"""
if graceful:
_wait_all_workers()
_delete_all_user_and_unforked_owner_rrefs()
_get_current_rpc_agent().join()
try:
# This raises a `TORCH_CHECK()` exception on RRef leak detected.
_destroy_rref_context(_ignore_rref_leak)
finally:
_get_current_rpc_agent().shutdown()
# clean up python rpc handler in shutdown(), see comments in
# PythonRpcHandler::cleanup(), call it in python API because the
# cleanup() function has python dependency, it assumes python
# interpreter exists.
# No matter if RRef leak exception is raised, this clean-up code
# must run to avoid destruction segfault in Python 3.5.
#
# future.wait() should not be called after shutdown().
# pythonRpcHandler is cleaned up in shutdown(), after
# shutdown(), python objects returned from rpc python call can not be
# resolved.
_cleanup_python_rpc_handler()
_reset_current_rpc_agent()
# TODO: add a context manager to wrap _init_rpc_backend and shutdown
def _init_rpc_backend(
backend=backend_registry.BackendType.PROCESS_GROUP,
store=None,
name=None,
rank=-1,
world_size=-1,
rpc_backend_options=None,
):
_validate_rpc_args(backend, store, name, rank, world_size, rpc_backend_options)
if _is_current_rpc_agent_set():
raise RuntimeError("RPC is already initialized")
# Initialize RPC.
rpc_agent = backend_registry.init_backend(
backend,
store=store,
name=name,
rank=rank,
world_size=world_size,
rpc_backend_options=rpc_backend_options,
)
worker_infos = rpc_agent.get_worker_infos()
global _ALL_WORKER_NAMES
_ALL_WORKER_NAMES = {worker_info.name for worker_info in worker_infos}
_set_and_start_rpc_agent(rpc_agent)
[docs]@_require_initialized
def get_worker_info(worker_name=None):
r"""
Get :class:`~torch.distributed.rpc.WorkerInfo` of a given worker name.
Use this :class:`~torch.distributed.rpc.WorkerInfo` to avoid passing an
expensive string on every invocation.
Arguments:
worker_name (str): the string name of a worker. If ``None``, return the
the id of the current worker. (default ``None``)
Returns:
:class:`~torch.distributed.rpc.WorkerInfo` instance for the given
``worker_name`` or :class:`~torch.distributed.rpc.WorkerInfo` of the
current worker if ``worker_name`` is ``None``.
"""
if worker_name:
return _get_current_rpc_agent().get_worker_info(worker_name)
else:
return _get_current_rpc_agent().get_worker_info()
def _to_worker_info(name_or_info):
if isinstance(name_or_info, WorkerInfo):
return name_or_info
elif isinstance(name_or_info, str):
return get_worker_info(name_or_info)
else:
raise ValueError("Cannot get WorkerInfo from name {}".format(name_or_info))
def _validate_rpc_args(backend, store, name, rank, world_size, rpc_backend_options):
type_mapping = {
backend: backend_registry.BackendType,
store: dist.Store,
name: str,
rank: numbers.Integral,
world_size: numbers.Integral,
rpc_backend_options: RpcBackendOptions,
}
for arg, arg_type in type_mapping.items():
if not isinstance(arg, arg_type):
raise RuntimeError(
"Argument {} must be of type {} but got type {}".format(
arg, arg_type, type(arg)
)
)
T = TypeVar("T")
GenericWithOneTypeVar = Generic[T]
try:
# Combine the implementation class and the type class.
class RRef(PyRRef, GenericWithOneTypeVar):
pass
except TypeError as exc:
# TypeError: metaclass conflict: the metaclass of a derived class
# must be a (non-strict) subclass of the metaclasses of all its bases
class RRefMeta(PyRRef.__class__, GenericWithOneTypeVar.__class__):
pass
# Combine the implementation class and the type class.
[docs] class RRef(PyRRef, GenericWithOneTypeVar, metaclass=RRefMeta):
pass
# Install docstrings from `PyRRef` to `RRef`.
#
# This is for the fact that pybind11 generates the parameter
# `self` as type `rpc.PyRRef`, so a `:inherited-members:`
# under `.. autoclass:: RRef` does not work.
# we have to do the following process to replacee `rpc.PyRRef` with `rpc.RRef`.
#
def method_factory(method_name, docstring):
def method(self, *args, **kwargs):
return getattr(super(RRef, self), method_name)(*args, **kwargs)
method.__doc__ = docstring
return method
for method_name, method in inspect.getmembers(PyRRef):
# Ignore magic methods, except "__str__".
if method_name.startswith("_") and method_name != "__str__":
continue
# Get pybind11 generated docstring.
# It's like,
"""
to_here(self: torch.distributed.rpc.PyRRef, timeout: float=-1.0) -> object
Blocking call that copies the value of the RRef from the owner
to the local node and returns it. If the current node is the
owner, returns a reference to the local value.
"""
docstring = getattr(method, "__doc__", None)
assert docstring is not None, "RRef user-facing methods should all have docstrings."
# Do surgery on pybind11 generated docstrings.
docstring = docstring.replace("torch.distributed.rpc.PyRRef", "torch.distributed.rpc.RRef")
# Attach user-facing RRef method with modified docstring.
new_method = method_factory(method_name, docstring)
setattr(RRef, method_name, new_method)
[docs]@_require_initialized
def remote(to, func, args=None, kwargs=None, timeout=UNSET_RPC_TIMEOUT):
r"""
Make a remote call to run ``func`` on worker ``to`` and return an
:class:`~torch.distributed.rpc.RRef` to the result value immediately.
Worker ``to`` will be the owner of the returned
:class:`~torch.distributed.rpc.RRef`, and the worker calling ``remote`` is
a user. The owner manages the global reference count of its
:class:`~torch.distributed.rpc.RRef`, and the owner
:class:`~torch.distributed.rpc.RRef` is only destructed when globally there
are no living references to it.
Arguments:
to (str or WorkerInfo): id or name of the destination worker.
func (callable): a callable function, such as Python callables, builtin
operators (e.g. :meth:`~torch.add`) and annotated
TorchScript functions.
args (tuple): the argument tuple for the ``func`` invocation.
kwargs (dict): is a dictionary of keyword arguments for the ``func``
invocation.
timeout (float, optional): timeout in seconds for this remote call. If the
creation of this
:class:`~torch.distributed.rpc.RRef` on worker
``to`` is not successfully processed on this
worker within this timeout, then the next time
there is an attempt to use the RRef (such as
``to_here()``), a timeout will be raised
indicating this failure. A value of 0 indicates
an infinite timeout, i.e. a timeout error will
never be raised. If not provided, the default
value set during initialization or with
``_set_rpc_timeout`` is used.
Returns:
A user :class:`~torch.distributed.rpc.RRef` instance to the result
value. Use the blocking API :meth:`torch.distributed.rpc.RRef.to_here`
to retrieve the result value locally.
.. warning ::
Using GPU tensors as arguments or return values of ``func`` is not
supported since we don't support sending GPU tensors over the wire. You
need to explicitly copy GPU tensors to CPU before using them as
arguments or return values of ``func``.
.. warning ::
The ``remote`` API does not copy storages of argument tensors until
sending them over the wire, which could be done by a different thread
depending on the RPC backend type. The caller should make sure that the
contents of those tensors stay intact until the returned RRef is
confirmed by the owner, which can be checked using the
:meth:`torch.distributed.rpc.RRef.confirmed_by_owner` API.
.. warning ::
Errors such as timeouts for the ``remote`` API are handled on a
best-effort basis. This means that when remote calls initiated by
``remote`` fail, such as with a timeout error, we take a best-effort
approach to error handling. This means that errors are handled and set
on the resulting RRef on an asynchronous basis. If the RRef has not been
used by the application before this handling (such as ``to_here`` or
fork call), then future uses of the ``RRef`` will appropriately raise
errors. However, it is possible that the user application will use the
``RRef`` before the errors are handled. In this case, errors may not be
raised as they have not yet been handled.
Example::
Make sure that ``MASTER_ADDR`` and ``MASTER_PORT`` are set properly
on both workers. Refer to :meth:`~torch.distributed.init_process_group`
API for more details. For example,
>>> export MASTER_ADDR=localhost
>>> export MASTER_PORT=5678
Then run the following code in two different processes:
>>> # On worker 0:
>>> import torch
>>> import torch.distributed.rpc as rpc
>>> rpc.init_rpc("worker0", rank=0, world_size=2)
>>> rref1 = rpc.remote("worker1", torch.add, args=(torch.ones(2), 3))
>>> rref2 = rpc.remote("worker1", torch.add, args=(torch.ones(2), 1))
>>> x = rref1.to_here() + rref2.to_here()
>>> rpc.shutdown()
>>> # On worker 1:
>>> import torch.distributed.rpc as rpc
>>> rpc.init_rpc("worker1", rank=1, world_size=2)
>>> rpc.shutdown()
Below is an example of running a TorchScript function using RPC.
>>> # On both workers:
>>> @torch.jit.script
>>> def my_script_add(t1, t2):
>>> return torch.add(t1, t2)
>>> # On worker 0:
>>> import torch.distributed.rpc as rpc
>>> rpc.init_rpc("worker0", rank=0, world_size=2)
>>> rref = rpc.remote("worker1", my_script_add, args=(torch.ones(2), 3))
>>> rref.to_here()
>>> rpc.shutdown()
>>> # On worker 1:
>>> import torch.distributed.rpc as rpc
>>> rpc.init_rpc("worker1", rank=1, world_size=2)
>>> rpc.shutdown()
"""
qualified_name = torch.jit._find_builtin(func)
dst_worker_info = _to_worker_info(to)
should_profile = torch.autograd._profiler_enabled()
ctx_manager = contextlib.suppress()
if should_profile:
# Create appropriate string representation based on type of func
# (builtin, script, python)
if qualified_name is None:
func_name = (
torch.jit._qualified_name(func)
if isinstance(func, torch.jit.ScriptFunction)
else func.__qualname__
)
else:
func_name = qualified_name
# Build RPC profiling key.
rpc_profiling_key = _build_rpc_profiling_key(
RPCExecMode.REMOTE,
func_name,
get_worker_info().name,
dst_worker_info.name,
)
RemoteProfilerManager.set_current_profiling_key(rpc_profiling_key)
ctx_manager = torch.autograd.profiler.record_function(rpc_profiling_key)
with ctx_manager as rf:
args = args if args else ()
kwargs = kwargs if kwargs else {}
is_async_exec = hasattr(func, "_wrapped_async_rpc_function")
if is_async_exec:
wrapped = func._wrapped_async_rpc_function
if isinstance(wrapped, torch.jit.ScriptFunction):
func = wrapped
if qualified_name is not None:
rref = _invoke_remote_builtin(dst_worker_info, qualified_name, timeout, *args, **kwargs)
elif isinstance(func, torch.jit.ScriptFunction):
rref = _invoke_remote_torchscript(
dst_worker_info.name,
torch._jit_internal._qualified_name(func),
timeout,
is_async_exec,
*args,
**kwargs,
)
else:
(pickled_python_udf, tensors) = _default_pickler.serialize(
PythonUDF(func, args, kwargs)
)
rref = _invoke_remote_python_udf(
dst_worker_info,
pickled_python_udf,
tensors,
timeout,
is_async_exec
)
# attach profiling information
if should_profile:
assert torch.autograd._profiler_enabled()
assert rf is not None
fut = rf._call_end_callbacks_on_future(rref._get_future())
rref._set_profiling_future(fut)
return rref
def _invoke_rpc(to, func, rpc_type, args=None, kwargs=None, rpc_timeout=UNSET_RPC_TIMEOUT):
if not callable(func):
raise TypeError("function should be callable.")
qualified_name = torch.jit._find_builtin(func)
dst_worker_info = _to_worker_info(to)
# TODO: profiling logic does not really belong in invoke_rpc, it should be
# added as part of a context manager or helper (https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/issues/36360)
should_profile = torch.autograd._profiler_enabled()
ctx_manager = contextlib.suppress()
if should_profile:
# Create appropriate string representation based on type of func
# (builtin, script, python)
if qualified_name is None:
func_name = (
torch.jit._qualified_name(func)
if isinstance(func, torch.jit.ScriptFunction)
else func.__qualname__
)
else:
func_name = qualified_name
# Build RPC profiling key.
rpc_profiling_key = _build_rpc_profiling_key(
rpc_type,
func_name,
get_worker_info().name,
dst_worker_info.name,
)
RemoteProfilerManager.set_current_profiling_key(rpc_profiling_key)
ctx_manager = torch.autograd.profiler.record_function(rpc_profiling_key)
with ctx_manager as rf:
args = args if args else ()
kwargs = kwargs if kwargs else {}
is_async_exec = hasattr(func, "_wrapped_async_rpc_function")
if is_async_exec:
wrapped = func._wrapped_async_rpc_function
if isinstance(wrapped, torch.jit.ScriptFunction):
func = wrapped
if qualified_name is not None:
fut = _invoke_rpc_builtin(
dst_worker_info,
qualified_name,
rpc_timeout,
*args,
**kwargs
)
elif isinstance(func, torch.jit.ScriptFunction):
fut = _invoke_rpc_torchscript(
dst_worker_info.name,
torch.jit._qualified_name(func),
args,
kwargs,
rpc_timeout,
is_async_exec
)
else:
(pickled_python_udf, tensors) = _default_pickler.serialize(
PythonUDF(func, args, kwargs)
)
fut = _invoke_rpc_python_udf(
dst_worker_info,
pickled_python_udf,
tensors,
rpc_timeout,
is_async_exec
)
if should_profile:
assert torch.autograd._profiler_enabled()
assert rf is not None
# Schedule profiling callbacks to run when the future completes.
# This returns a future that is completed when the original future
# completes and the profiling callbacks have been completed as well,
# to guarantee that fut.wait() completes the profiling. This new
# future will contain the same value as the original future.
fut = rf._call_end_callbacks_on_future(fut)
return fut
[docs]@_require_initialized
def rpc_sync(to, func, args=None, kwargs=None, timeout=UNSET_RPC_TIMEOUT):
r"""
Make a blocking RPC call to run function ``func`` on worker ``to``. RPC
messages are sent and received in parallel to execution of Python code. This
method is thread-safe.
Arguments:
to (str or WorkerInfo): id or name of the destination worker.
func (callable): a callable function, such as Python callables, builtin
operators (e.g. :meth:`~torch.add`) and annotated
TorchScript functions.
args (tuple): the argument tuple for the ``func`` invocation.
kwargs (dict): is a dictionary of keyword arguments for the ``func``
invocation.
timeout (float, optional): timeout in seconds to use for this RPC. If
the RPC does not complete in this amount of
time, an exception indicating it has
timed out will be raised. A value of 0
indicates an infinite timeout, i.e. a timeout
error will never be raised. If not provided,
the default value set during initialization
or with ``_set_rpc_timeout`` is used.
Returns:
Returns the result of running ``func`` with ``args`` and ``kwargs``.
.. warning ::
Using GPU tensors as arguments or return values of ``func`` is not
supported since we don't support sending GPU tensors over the wire. You
need to explicitly copy GPU tensors to CPU before using them as
arguments or return values of ``func``.
Example::
Make sure that ``MASTER_ADDR`` and ``MASTER_PORT`` are set properly
on both workers. Refer to :meth:`~torch.distributed.init_process_group`
API for more details. For example,
>>> export MASTER_ADDR=localhost
>>> export MASTER_PORT=5678
Then run the following code in two different processes:
>>> # On worker 0:
>>> import torch
>>> import torch.distributed.rpc as rpc
>>> rpc.init_rpc("worker0", rank=0, world_size=2)
>>> ret = rpc.rpc_sync("worker1", torch.add, args=(torch.ones(2), 3))
>>> rpc.shutdown()
>>> # On worker 1:
>>> import torch.distributed.rpc as rpc
>>> rpc.init_rpc("worker1", rank=1, world_size=2)
>>> rpc.shutdown()
Below is an example of running a TorchScript function using RPC.
>>> # On both workers:
>>> @torch.jit.script
>>> def my_script_add(t1, t2):
>>> return torch.add(t1, t2)
>>> # On worker 0:
>>> import torch.distributed.rpc as rpc
>>> rpc.init_rpc("worker0", rank=0, world_size=2)
>>> ret = rpc.rpc_sync("worker1", my_script_add, args=(torch.ones(2), 3))
>>> rpc.shutdown()
>>> # On worker 1:
>>> import torch.distributed.rpc as rpc
>>> rpc.init_rpc("worker1", rank=1, world_size=2)
>>> rpc.shutdown()
"""
fut = _invoke_rpc(to, func, RPCExecMode.SYNC, args, kwargs, timeout)
return fut.wait()
[docs]@_require_initialized
def rpc_async(to, func, args=None, kwargs=None, timeout=UNSET_RPC_TIMEOUT):
r"""
Make a non-blocking RPC call to run function ``func`` on worker ``to``. RPC
messages are sent and received in parallel to execution of Python code. This
method is thread-safe. This method will immediately return a
:class:`~torch.futures.Future` that can be awaited on.
Arguments:
to (str or WorkerInfo): id or name of the destination worker.
func (callable): a callable function, such as Python callables, builtin
operators (e.g. :meth:`~torch.add`) and annotated
TorchScript functions.
args (tuple): the argument tuple for the ``func`` invocation.
kwargs (dict): is a dictionary of keyword arguments for the ``func``
invocation.
timeout (float, optional): timeout in seconds to use for this RPC. If
the RPC does not complete in this amount of
time, an exception indicating it has
timed out will be raised. A value of 0
indicates an infinite timeout, i.e. a timeout
error will never be raised. If not provided,
the default value set during initialization
or with ``_set_rpc_timeout`` is used.
Returns:
Returns a :class:`~torch.futures.Future` object that can be waited
on. When completed, the return value of ``func`` on ``args`` and
``kwargs`` can be retrieved from the :class:`~torch.futures.Future`
object.
.. warning ::
Using GPU tensors as arguments or return values of ``func`` is not
supported since we don't support sending GPU tensors over the wire. You
need to explicitly copy GPU tensors to CPU before using them as
arguments or return values of ``func``.
.. warning ::
The ``rpc_async`` API does not copy storages of argument tensors until
sending them over the wire, which could be done by a different thread
depending on the RPC backend type. The caller should make sure that the
contents of those tensors stay intact until the returned
:class:`~torch.futures.Future` completes.
Example::
Make sure that ``MASTER_ADDR`` and ``MASTER_PORT`` are set properly
on both workers. Refer to :meth:`~torch.distributed.init_process_group`
API for more details. For example,
>>> export MASTER_ADDR=localhost
>>> export MASTER_PORT=5678
Then run the following code in two different processes:
>>> # On worker 0:
>>> import torch
>>> import torch.distributed.rpc as rpc
>>> rpc.init_rpc("worker0", rank=0, world_size=2)
>>> fut1 = rpc.rpc_async("worker1", torch.add, args=(torch.ones(2), 3))
>>> fut2 = rpc.rpc_async("worker1", min, args=(1, 2))
>>> result = fut1.wait() + fut2.wait()
>>> rpc.shutdown()
>>> # On worker 1:
>>> import torch.distributed.rpc as rpc
>>> rpc.init_rpc("worker1", rank=1, world_size=2)
>>> rpc.shutdown()
Below is an example of running a TorchScript function using RPC.
>>> # On both workers:
>>> @torch.jit.script
>>> def my_script_add(t1, t2):
>>> return torch.add(t1, t2)
>>> # On worker 0:
>>> import torch.distributed.rpc as rpc
>>> rpc.init_rpc("worker0", rank=0, world_size=2)
>>> fut = rpc.rpc_async("worker1", my_script_add, args=(torch.ones(2), 3))
>>> ret = fut.wait()
>>> rpc.shutdown()
>>> # On worker 1:
>>> import torch.distributed.rpc as rpc
>>> rpc.init_rpc("worker1", rank=1, world_size=2)
>>> rpc.shutdown()
"""
return _invoke_rpc(to, func, RPCExecMode.ASYNC, args, kwargs, timeout)
