Data Parallel (optional reading)
Authors: Sung Kim and Jenny Kang
In this tutorial, we will learn how DataParallelto use multiple GPU.
PyTorch is very easy to use multiple GPUs. Put a model on the GPU in the following way:
device = torch.device("cuda:0")
model.to(device)
GPU:
Then copy all the tensors to the GPU:
mytensor = my_tensor.to(device)
Please note that the call only my_tensor.to(device)does not copy the tensor to the GPU, but returns a copy. So you need to assign it to a new tensor and use this tensor on the GPU.
It is natural to perform forward and backward propagation on multiple GPUs.
But PyTorch will only use one GPU by default.
The DataParallelmodel can be easily run on multiple GPUs in parallel.
model = nn.DataParallel(model)
This is the core of this tutorial, and we will introduce it in more detail next.
Import and parameters
Import the PyTorch module and define the parameters.
import torch
import torch.nn as nn
from torch.utils.data import Dataset, DataLoader
# Parameters and DataLoaders
input_size = 5
output_size = 2
batch_size = 30
data_size = 100
Device
device = torch.device("cuda:0" if torch.cuda.is_available() else "cpu")
Virtual data set
To make a virtual (random) data set,
you only need to implement__getitem__
class RandomDataset(Dataset):
def __init__(self, size, length):
self.len = length
self.data = torch.randn(length, size)
def __getitem__(self, index):
return self.data[index]
def __len__(self):
return self.len
rand_loader = DataLoader(dataset=RandomDataset(input_size, data_size),
batch_size=batch_size, shuffle=True)
Simple model
As a demonstration, our model only accepts one input, performs a linear operation, and then gets the result.
Note: It DataParallelcan be used on any model (CNN, RNN, Capsule Net, etc.).
We placed a print statement inside the model to print the size of the input and output vectors.
Please pay attention to the content printed when the batch rank is 0.
class Model(nn.Module):
# Our model
def __init__(self, input_size, output_size):
super(Model, self).__init__()
self.fc = nn.Linear(input_size, output_size)
def forward(self, input):
output = self.fc(input)
print("\tIn Model: input size", input.size(),
"output size", output.size())
return output
Create a model and data parallel
This is the core part of this tutorial.
First, we need to create a model instance and check whether we have multiple GPUs.
If there are multiple GPUs, use nn.DataParallelto wrap our model.
Then by model.to(device)putting the model on the GPU.
model = Model(input_size, output_size)
if torch.cuda.device_count() > 1:
print("Let's use", torch.cuda.device_count(), "GPUs!")
# dim = 0 [30, xxx] -> [10, ...], [10, ...], [10, ...] on 3 GPUs
model = nn.DataParallel(model)
model.to(device)
Model(
(fc): Linear(in_features=5, out_features=2, bias=True)
)
Run the model
Now you can see the size of the input and output tensors.
for data in rand_loader:
input = data.to(device)
output = model(input)
print("Outside: input size", input.size(),
"output_size", output.size())
In Model: input size torch.Size([30, 5]) output size torch.Size([30, 2])
Outside: input size torch.Size([30, 5]) output_size torch.Size([30, 2])
In Model: input size torch.Size([30, 5]) output size torch.Size([30, 2])
Outside: input size torch.Size([30, 5]) output_size torch.Size([30, 2])
In Model: input size torch.Size([30, 5]) output size torch.Size([30, 2])
Outside: input size torch.Size([30, 5]) output_size torch.Size([30, 2])
In Model: input size torch.Size([10, 5]) output size torch.Size([10, 2])
Outside: input size torch.Size([10, 5]) output_size torch.Size([10, 2])
result
When there is no or only one GPU, batch processing of 30 inputs and outputs will get 30 inputs and outputs as expected, but if you have multiple GPUs, you will get the following results.
2 GPUs
~
If you have 2, you will see:
… code:: bash
# on 2 GPUs
Let's use 2 GPUs!
In Model: input size torch.Size([15, 5]) output size torch.Size([15, 2])
In Model: input size torch.Size([15, 5]) output size torch.Size([15, 2])
Outside: input size torch.Size([30, 5]) output_size torch.Size([30, 2])
In Model: input size torch.Size([15, 5]) output size torch.Size([15, 2])
In Model: input size torch.Size([15, 5]) output size torch.Size([15, 2])
Outside: input size torch.Size([30, 5]) output_size torch.Size([30, 2])
In Model: input size torch.Size([15, 5]) output size torch.Size([15, 2])
In Model: input size torch.Size([15, 5]) output size torch.Size([15, 2])
Outside: input size torch.Size([30, 5]) output_size torch.Size([30, 2])
In Model: input size torch.Size([5, 5]) output size torch.Size([5, 2])
In Model: input size torch.Size([5, 5]) output size torch.Size([5, 2])
Outside: input size torch.Size([10, 5]) output_size torch.Size([10, 2])
3 GPUs
~
If you have 3 GPUs, you will see:
… code:: bash
Let's use 3 GPUs!
In Model: input size torch.Size([10, 5]) output size torch.Size([10, 2])
In Model: input size torch.Size([10, 5]) output size torch.Size([10, 2])
In Model: input size torch.Size([10, 5]) output size torch.Size([10, 2])
Outside: input size torch.Size([30, 5]) output_size torch.Size([30, 2])
In Model: input size torch.Size([10, 5]) output size torch.Size([10, 2])
In Model: input size torch.Size([10, 5]) output size torch.Size([10, 2])
In Model: input size torch.Size([10, 5]) output size torch.Size([10, 2])
Outside: input size torch.Size([30, 5]) output_size torch.Size([30, 2])
In Model: input size torch.Size([10, 5]) output size torch.Size([10, 2])
In Model: input size torch.Size([10, 5]) output size torch.Size([10, 2])
In Model: input size torch.Size([10, 5]) output size torch.Size([10, 2])
Outside: input size torch.Size([30, 5]) output_size torch.Size([30, 2])
In Model: input size torch.Size([4, 5]) output size torch.Size([4, 2])
In Model: input size torch.Size([4, 5]) output size torch.Size([4, 2])
In Model: input size torch.Size([2, 5]) output size torch.Size([2, 2])
Outside: input size torch.Size([10, 5]) output_size torch.Size([10, 2])
8 GPUs
~~
If you have 8, you will see:
… code:: bash
Let's use 8 GPUs!
In Model: input size torch.Size([4, 5]) output size torch.Size([4, 2])
In Model: input size torch.Size([4, 5]) output size torch.Size([4, 2])
In Model: input size torch.Size([2, 5]) output size torch.Size([2, 2])
In Model: input size torch.Size([4, 5]) output size torch.Size([4, 2])
In Model: input size torch.Size([4, 5]) output size torch.Size([4, 2])
In Model: input size torch.Size([4, 5]) output size torch.Size([4, 2])
In Model: input size torch.Size([4, 5]) output size torch.Size([4, 2])
In Model: input size torch.Size([4, 5]) output size torch.Size([4, 2])
Outside: input size torch.Size([30, 5]) output_size torch.Size([30, 2])
In Model: input size torch.Size([4, 5]) output size torch.Size([4, 2])
In Model: input size torch.Size([4, 5]) output size torch.Size([4, 2])
In Model: input size torch.Size([4, 5]) output size torch.Size([4, 2])
In Model: input size torch.Size([4, 5]) output size torch.Size([4, 2])
In Model: input size torch.Size([4, 5]) output size torch.Size([4, 2])
In Model: input size torch.Size([4, 5]) output size torch.Size([4, 2])
In Model: input size torch.Size([2, 5]) output size torch.Size([2, 2])
In Model: input size torch.Size([4, 5]) output size torch.Size([4, 2])
Outside: input size torch.Size([30, 5]) output_size torch.Size([30, 2])
In Model: input size torch.Size([4, 5]) output size torch.Size([4, 2])
In Model: input size torch.Size([4, 5]) output size torch.Size([4, 2])
In Model: input size torch.Size([4, 5]) output size torch.Size([4, 2])
In Model: input size torch.Size([4, 5]) output size torch.Size([4, 2])
In Model: input size torch.Size([4, 5]) output size torch.Size([4, 2])
In Model: input size torch.Size([4, 5]) output size torch.Size([4, 2])
In Model: input size torch.Size([4, 5]) output size torch.Size([4, 2])
In Model: input size torch.Size([2, 5]) output size torch.Size([2, 2])
Outside: input size torch.Size([30, 5]) output_size torch.Size([30, 2])
In Model: input size torch.Size([2, 5]) output size torch.Size([2, 2])
In Model: input size torch.Size([2, 5]) output size torch.Size([2, 2])
In Model: input size torch.Size([2, 5]) output size torch.Size([2, 2])
In Model: input size torch.Size([2, 5]) output size torch.Size([2, 2])
In Model: input size torch.Size([2, 5]) output size torch.Size([2, 2])
Outside: input size torch.Size([10, 5]) output_size torch.Size([10, 2])
to sum up
DataParallel will automatically divide the data and send the job to multiple models on multiple GPUs.
And after each model completes the job, collect the merged results and return.
For more information, please see here:
https://pytorch.org/tutorials/beginner/former_torchies/parallelism_tutorial.html.