STT-tensorflow/tensorflow/python/distribute/collective_util.py

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"""Utilities for collectives."""
from __future__ import absolute_import
from __future__ import division
from __future__ import print_function
from tensorflow.python.util.tf_export import tf_export
@tf_export("distribute.experimental.CollectiveHints")
class Hints(object):
"""Hints for collective operations like AllReduce.
This can be passed to methods like
`tf.distribute.get_replica_context().all_reduce()` to optimize collective
operation performance. Note that these are only hints, which may or may not
change the actual behavior. Some options only apply to certain strategy and
are ignored by others.
One common optimization is to break gradients all-reduce into multiple packs
so that weight updates can overlap with gradient all-reduce.
Example:
```python
hints = tf.distribute.experimental.CollectiveHints(
bytes_per_pack=50 * 1024 * 1024)
grads = tf.distribute.get_replica_context().all_reduce(
'sum', grads, experimental_hints=hints)
optimizer.apply_gradients(zip(grads, vars),
experimental_aggregate_gradients=False)
```
"""
def __init__(self, bytes_per_pack=0):
"""Creates a CollectiveHints.
Args:
bytes_per_pack: A non-negative integer. Breaks collective operations into
packs of certain size. If it's zero, the value is determined
automatically. This only applies to all-reduce with
`MultiWorkerMirroredStrategy` currently.
Raises:
ValueError: When arguments have invalid value.
"""
if bytes_per_pack < 0:
raise ValueError("bytes_per_pack must be non-negative")
self.bytes_per_pack = bytes_per_pack