#pragma once #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #define CUDACHECK(cmd) \ do { \ cudaError_t e = cmd; \ if (e != cudaSuccess) { \ printf("Failed: Cuda error %s:%d '%s'\n", __FILE__, __LINE__, \ cudaGetErrorString(e)); \ exit(EXIT_FAILURE); \ } \ } while (0) namespace aphrodite { constexpr int kMaxBlocks = 36; // Counter may overflow, but it's fine since unsigned int overflow is // well-defined behavior. using FlagType = uint32_t; struct Signal { alignas(128) FlagType self_counter[kMaxBlocks][8]; // Two sets of peer counters are needed for two syncs. The reason is that // it's possible for peer GPU block to arrive at the second sync point while // the current GPU block haven't passed the first sync point. Thus, peer GPU // may write counter+1 while current GPU is busy waiting for counter. We use // alternating counter array to avoid this possibility. alignas(128) FlagType peer_counter[2][kMaxBlocks][8]; }; struct __align__(16) RankData { const void* __restrict__ ptrs[8]; }; struct __align__(16) RankSignals { Signal* signals[8]; }; // like std::array, but aligned template struct __align__(alignof(T) * sz) array_t { T data[sz]; using type = T; static constexpr int size = sz; }; // use packed type to maximize memory efficiency // goal: generate ld.128 and st.128 instructions template struct packed_t { // the (P)acked type for load/store using P = array_t; // the (A)ccumulator type for reduction using A = array_t; }; #define DINLINE __device__ __forceinline__ // scalar cast functions DINLINE float upcast_s(half val) { return __half2float(val); } template DINLINE T downcast_s(float val); template <> DINLINE half downcast_s(float val) { return __float2half(val); } // scalar add functions // for some reason when compiling with Pytorch, the + operator for half and // bfloat is disabled so we call the intrinsics directly DINLINE half& assign_add(half& a, half b) { a = __hadd(a, b); return a; } DINLINE float& assign_add(float& a, float b) { return a += b; } #if (__CUDA_ARCH__ >= 800 || !defined(__CUDA_ARCH__)) DINLINE float upcast_s(nv_bfloat16 val) { return __bfloat162float(val); } template <> DINLINE nv_bfloat16 downcast_s(float val) { return __float2bfloat16(val); } DINLINE nv_bfloat16& assign_add(nv_bfloat16& a, nv_bfloat16 b) { a = __hadd(a, b); return a; } #endif template DINLINE array_t& packed_assign_add(array_t& a, array_t b) { #pragma unroll for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) { assign_add(a.data[i], b.data[i]); } return a; } template DINLINE array_t upcast(array_t val) { if constexpr (std::is_same::value) { return val; } else { array_t out; #pragma unroll for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) { out.data[i] = upcast_s(val.data[i]); } return out; } } template DINLINE O downcast(array_t val) { if constexpr (std::is_same::value) { return val; } else { O out; #pragma unroll for (int i = 0; i < O::size; i++) { out.data[i] = downcast_s(val.data[i]); } return out; } } static DINLINE void st_flag_release(FlagType* flag_addr, FlagType flag) { asm volatile("st.release.sys.global.u32 [%1], %0;" ::"r"(flag), "l"(flag_addr)); } static DINLINE FlagType ld_flag_acquire(FlagType* flag_addr) { FlagType flag; asm volatile("ld.acquire.sys.global.u32 %0, [%1];" : "=r"(flag) : "l"(flag_addr)); return flag; } static DINLINE void st_flag_volatile(FlagType* flag_addr, FlagType flag) { asm volatile("st.volatile.global.u32 [%1], %0;" ::"r"(flag), "l"(flag_addr)); } static DINLINE FlagType ld_flag_volatile(FlagType* flag_addr) { FlagType flag; asm volatile("ld.volatile.global.u32 %0, [%1];" : "=r"(flag) : "l"(flag_addr)); return flag; } // is_start: whether this is the very first synchronization barrier. // need_fence: whether a memory fence is needed. If true, a release-acquire // semantic is used to enforce memory access order before and after this // barrier. template DINLINE void multi_gpu_barrier(const RankSignals& sg, Signal* self_sg, int rank) { if constexpr (!is_start) __syncthreads(); static_assert( !(is_start && need_fence)); // Start barrier shouldn't need fence. if (threadIdx.x < ngpus) { // Increment the counter. Technically we only need one counter, but we use // multiple per block to eliminate the need to share the counter via smem. auto val = self_sg->self_counter[blockIdx.x][threadIdx.x] += 1; // Write the expected counter value to peer and wait for correct value from // peer. auto peer_counter_ptr = &sg.signals[threadIdx.x]->peer_counter[val % 2][blockIdx.x][rank]; auto self_counter_ptr = &self_sg->peer_counter[val % 2][blockIdx.x][threadIdx.x]; if constexpr (need_fence) { st_flag_release(peer_counter_ptr, val); while (ld_flag_acquire(self_counter_ptr) != val); } else { st_flag_volatile(peer_counter_ptr, val); while (ld_flag_volatile(self_counter_ptr) != val); } } if constexpr (is_start || need_fence) __syncthreads(); } template DINLINE P packed_reduce(const P* ptrs[], int idx) { A tmp = upcast(ptrs[0][idx]); #pragma unroll for (int i = 1; i < ngpus; i++) { packed_assign_add(tmp, upcast(ptrs[i][idx])); } return downcast

(tmp); } template __global__ void __launch_bounds__(512, 1) cross_device_reduce_1stage(RankData* _dp, RankSignals sg, Signal* self_sg, T* __restrict__ result, int rank, int size) { using P = typename packed_t::P; using A = typename packed_t::A; // note: we don't reorder the address so the accumulation order is the same // for all ranks, ensuring bitwise identical results auto dp = *_dp; multi_gpu_barrier(sg, self_sg, rank); // do the actual reduction for (int idx = blockIdx.x * blockDim.x + threadIdx.x; idx < size; idx += gridDim.x * blockDim.x) { ((P*)result)[idx] = packed_reduce((const P**)&dp.ptrs[0], idx); } multi_gpu_barrier(sg, self_sg, rank); } template DINLINE P* get_tmp_buf(Signal* sg) { return (P*)(((Signal*)sg) + 1); } template __global__ void __launch_bounds__(512, 1) cross_device_reduce_2stage(RankData* _dp, RankSignals sg, Signal* self_sg, T* __restrict__ result, int rank, int size) { int tid = blockIdx.x * blockDim.x + threadIdx.x; int stride = gridDim.x * blockDim.x; using P = typename packed_t::P; using A = typename packed_t::A; int part = size / ngpus; int start = rank * part; int end = rank == ngpus - 1 ? size : start + part; int largest_part = part + size % ngpus; const P* ptrs[ngpus]; P* tmps[ngpus]; #pragma unroll for (int i = 0; i < ngpus; i++) { int target = (rank + i) % ngpus; ptrs[i] = (const P*)_dp->ptrs[target]; tmps[i] = get_tmp_buf

(sg.signals[target]); } auto tmp_out = tmps[0]; multi_gpu_barrier(sg, self_sg, rank); // stage 1: reduce scatter for (int idx = start + tid; idx < end; idx += stride) { tmp_out[idx - start] = packed_reduce(ptrs, idx); } multi_gpu_barrier(sg, self_sg, rank); // stage 2: allgather. Note: it's important to match the tid between // the two stages, because visibility across devices is only guaranteed // between threads that have the same tid. If thread i computes the sum of // start + i in the first stage, then thread i also gathers start + i from all // ranks. for (int idx = tid; idx < largest_part; idx += stride) { #pragma unroll for (int i = 0; i < ngpus; i++) { int gather_from_rank = ((rank + i) % ngpus); if (gather_from_rank == ngpus - 1 || idx < part) { int dst_idx = gather_from_rank * part + idx; ((P*)result)[dst_idx] = tmps[i][idx]; } } } } using IPC_KEY = std::array; static_assert(sizeof(IPC_KEY) == sizeof(cudaIpcMemHandle_t)); static_assert(alignof(IPC_KEY) == alignof(cudaIpcMemHandle_t)); class CustomAllreduce { public: int rank_; int world_size_; bool full_nvlink_; // below are device pointers RankSignals sg_; std::unordered_map buffers_; Signal* self_sg_; // stores the registered device pointers from all ranks RankData *d_rank_data_base_, *d_rank_data_end_; std::vector graph_unreg_buffers_; // a map from IPC handles to opened IPC pointers std::map ipc_handles_; /** * meta is a pointer to device metadata and temporary buffer for allreduce. * * There's a total of sizeof(Signal) of prefix before the actual data, * so meta + 1 points to actual temporary buffer. * * note: this class does not own any device memory. Any required buffers * are passed in from the constructor */ CustomAllreduce(Signal* meta, void* rank_data, size_t rank_data_sz, const cudaIpcMemHandle_t* handles, const std::vector& offsets, int rank, bool full_nvlink = true) : rank_(rank), world_size_(offsets.size()), full_nvlink_(full_nvlink), self_sg_(meta), d_rank_data_base_(reinterpret_cast(rank_data)), d_rank_data_end_(d_rank_data_base_ + rank_data_sz / sizeof(RankData)) { for (int i = 0; i < world_size_; i++) { Signal* rank_sg; if (i != rank_) { char* handle = open_ipc_handle(&handles[i]); handle += offsets[i]; rank_sg = (Signal*)handle; } else { rank_sg = self_sg_; } sg_.signals[i] = rank_sg; } } char* open_ipc_handle(const void* ipc_handle) { auto [it, new_handle] = ipc_handles_.insert({*((IPC_KEY*)ipc_handle), nullptr}); if (new_handle) { char* ipc_ptr; CUDACHECK(cudaIpcOpenMemHandle((void**)&ipc_ptr, *((const cudaIpcMemHandle_t*)ipc_handle), cudaIpcMemLazyEnablePeerAccess)); it->second = ipc_ptr; } return it->second; } std::pair, std::vector> get_graph_buffer_ipc_meta() { auto num_buffers = graph_unreg_buffers_.size(); auto handle_sz = sizeof(cudaIpcMemHandle_t); std::vector handles(handle_sz * num_buffers, 0); std::vector offsets(num_buffers); for (int i = 0; i < num_buffers; i++) { auto ptr = graph_unreg_buffers_[i]; void* base_ptr; // note: must share the base address of each allocation, or we get wrong // address if (cuPointerGetAttribute(&base_ptr, CU_POINTER_ATTRIBUTE_RANGE_START_ADDR, (CUdeviceptr)ptr) != CUDA_SUCCESS) throw std::runtime_error("failed to get pointer attr"); CUDACHECK(cudaIpcGetMemHandle( (cudaIpcMemHandle_t*)&handles[i * handle_sz], base_ptr)); offsets[i] = ((char*)ptr) - ((char*)base_ptr); } return std::make_pair(handles, offsets); } void check_rank_data_capacity(size_t num = 1) { if (d_rank_data_base_ + num > d_rank_data_end_) throw std::runtime_error( "Rank data buffer is overflowed by " + std::to_string(d_rank_data_base_ + num - d_rank_data_end_)); } void register_buffer(const std::vector& handles, const std::vector& offsets, void* self) { check_rank_data_capacity(); RankData data; for (int i = 0; i < world_size_; i++) { if (i != rank_) { char* handle = open_ipc_handle(handles[i].data()); handle += offsets[i]; data.ptrs[i] = handle; } else { data.ptrs[i] = self; } } auto d_data = d_rank_data_base_++; CUDACHECK( cudaMemcpy(d_data, &data, sizeof(RankData), cudaMemcpyHostToDevice)); buffers_[self] = d_data; } // note: when registering graph buffers, we intentionally choose to not // deduplicate the addresses. That means if the allocator reuses some // addresses, they will be registered again. This is to account for the remote // possibility of different allocation patterns between ranks. For example, // rank 1 may get the same input address for the second allreduce, but rank 2 // got a different address. IPC handles have internal reference counting // mechanism so overhead should be small. void register_graph_buffers( const std::vector& handles, const std::vector>& offsets) { auto num_buffers = graph_unreg_buffers_.size(); check_rank_data_capacity(num_buffers); std::vector rank_data(num_buffers); for (int i = 0; i < num_buffers; i++) { auto self_ptr = graph_unreg_buffers_[i]; auto& rd = rank_data[i]; for (int j = 0; j < world_size_; j++) { if (j != rank_) { char* handle = open_ipc_handle(&handles[j][i * sizeof(cudaIpcMemHandle_t)]); handle += offsets[j][i]; rd.ptrs[j] = handle; } else { rd.ptrs[j] = self_ptr; } } } CUDACHECK(cudaMemcpy(d_rank_data_base_, rank_data.data(), sizeof(RankData) * num_buffers, cudaMemcpyHostToDevice)); d_rank_data_base_ += num_buffers; graph_unreg_buffers_.clear(); } /** * This is the result after careful grid search. Using 36 blocks give the best * or close to the best runtime on the devices I tried: A100, A10, A30, T4, * V100. You'll notice that NCCL kernels also only take a small amount of SMs. * Not quite sure the underlying reason, but my guess is that too many SMs * will cause contention on NVLink bus. */ template void allreduce(cudaStream_t stream, T* input, T* output, int size, int threads = 512, int block_limit = 36) { auto d = packed_t::P::size; if (size % d != 0) throw std::runtime_error( "custom allreduce currently requires input length to be multiple " "of " + std::to_string(d)); if (block_limit > kMaxBlocks) throw std::runtime_error("max supported block limit is " + std::to_string(kMaxBlocks) + ". Got " + std::to_string(block_limit)); RankData* ptrs; cudaStreamCaptureStatus status; CUDACHECK(cudaStreamIsCapturing(stream, &status)); if (status == cudaStreamCaptureStatusActive) { ptrs = d_rank_data_base_ + graph_unreg_buffers_.size(); graph_unreg_buffers_.push_back(input); } else { auto it = buffers_.find(input); if (it == buffers_.end()) throw std::runtime_error( "buffer address " + std::to_string(reinterpret_cast(input)) + " is not registered!"); ptrs = it->second; } size /= d; auto bytes = size * sizeof(typename packed_t::P); int blocks = std::min(block_limit, (size + threads - 1) / threads); #define KL(ngpus, name) \ name<<>>(ptrs, sg_, self_sg_, output, \ rank_, size); // TODO(hanzhi713): Threshold is different for A100 and H100. // Add per device threshold. #define REDUCE_CASE(ngpus) \ case ngpus: { \ if (world_size_ == 2) { \ KL(ngpus, cross_device_reduce_1stage); \ } else if (full_nvlink_) { \ if ((world_size_ <= 4 && bytes < 512 * 1024) || \ (world_size_ <= 8 && bytes < 256 * 1024)) { \ KL(ngpus, cross_device_reduce_1stage); \ } else { \ KL(ngpus, cross_device_reduce_2stage); \ } \ } \ break; \ } switch (world_size_) { REDUCE_CASE(2) REDUCE_CASE(4) REDUCE_CASE(6) REDUCE_CASE(8) default: throw std::runtime_error( "custom allreduce only supports num gpus in (2,4,6,8). Actual num " "gpus = " + std::to_string(world_size_)); } #undef REDUCE_CASE #undef KL } ~CustomAllreduce() { for (auto [_, ptr] : ipc_handles_) { CUDACHECK(cudaIpcCloseMemHandle(ptr)); } } }; /** * To inspect PTX/SASS, copy paste this header file to compiler explorer and add a template instantiation: * template void aphrodite::CustomAllreduce::allreduce(cudaStream_t, half *, half *, int, int, int); */ } // namespace aphrodite