Add ParameterServerController for parameter server python api

demo/quick_start/cluster/cluster_train.sh

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ log_file="$bin_dir/train.log"
 pushd "$home_dir"
 cfg=trainer_config.lr.py
 paddle train \
+  --start_pserver=false \
   --config=$cfg \
   --save_dir=${model_dir} \
   --trainer_count=4 \

paddle/pserver/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -24,13 +24,15 @@ set(PSERVER_SOURCES
     BaseClient.cpp
     ParameterClient2.cpp
     ParameterServer2.cpp
-    SparseParameterDistribution.cpp)
+    SparseParameterDistribution.cpp
+    ParameterServerController.cpp)
 
 set(PSERVER_HEADERS
     BaseClient.h
     ParameterClient2.h
     ParameterServer2.h
-    SparseParameterDistribution.h)
+    SparseParameterDistribution.h
+    ParameterServerController.h)
 
 add_library(paddle_pserver STATIC
     ${PSERVER_SOURCES})

paddle/pserver/ParameterServer2Main.cpp

@@ -13,66 +13,17 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License. */
 
 #include <fstream>
-#include "paddle/utils/StringUtil.h"
-#include "paddle/utils/Util.h"
-
-#include "ParameterServer2.h"
-#include "RDMANetwork.h"
-#include "paddle/utils/Flags.h"
+#include "ParameterServerController.h"
 
 using namespace paddle;  // NOLINT
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv) {
   initMain(argc, argv);
 
-  std::vector<std::string> devices;
-  std::vector<std::shared_ptr<ParameterServer2>> pservers;
-
-  // round robin to loadbalance RDMA server ENGINE
-  int rdmaCpu = 0;
-  int onlineCpus = rdma::numCpus();
-  int numPorts = FLAGS_ports_num + FLAGS_ports_num_for_sparse;
-  if (FLAGS_nics.empty()) {
-    pservers.resize(numPorts);
-    for (int i = 0; i < numPorts; ++i) {
-      if (FLAGS_rdma_tcp == "rdma") {
-        pservers[i].reset(
-            new ParameterServer2(std::string(), FLAGS_port + i, rdmaCpu++));
-        rdmaCpu = rdmaCpu % onlineCpus;
-      } else {
-        pservers[i].reset(new ParameterServer2(std::string(), FLAGS_port + i));
-      }
-      CHECK(pservers[i]->init()) << "Fail to initialize parameter server"
-                                 << FLAGS_port + i;
-      LOG(INFO) << "pserver started : " << FLAGS_port + i;
-      pservers[i]->start();
-    }
-  } else {
-    str::split(FLAGS_nics, ',', &devices);
-    pservers.resize(devices.size() * numPorts);
-    for (int i = 0; i < numPorts; ++i) {
-      for (size_t j = 0; j < devices.size(); ++j) {
-        if (FLAGS_rdma_tcp == "rdma") {
-          pservers[i * devices.size() + j].reset(new ParameterServer2(
-              getIpAddr(devices[j]), FLAGS_port + i, rdmaCpu++));
-          rdmaCpu = rdmaCpu % onlineCpus;
-        } else {
-          pservers[i * devices.size() + j].reset(
-              new ParameterServer2(getIpAddr(devices[j]), FLAGS_port + i));
-        }
-        CHECK(pservers[i * devices.size() + j]->init())
-            << "Fail to initialize parameter server" << devices[j]
-            << FLAGS_port + i;
-        LOG(INFO) << "pserver started : " << devices[j] << ":"
-                  << FLAGS_port + i;
-        pservers[i * devices.size() + j]->start();
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  for (auto& pserver : pservers) {
-    pserver->join();
-  }
+  std::unique_ptr<ParameterServerController> pServerPtr(
+      paddle::ParameterServerController::createByGflags());
+  pServerPtr->start();
+  pServerPtr->join();
 
   return 0;
 }

paddle/pserver/ParameterServerController.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+/* Copyright (c) 2016 PaddlePaddle Authors. All Rights Reserve.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License. */
+
+#include "ParameterServerController.h"
+
+namespace paddle {
+
+ParameterServerController::ParameterServerController(
+    const ParameterServerConfig& config) {
+  // round robin to load balance RDMA server ENGINE
+  std::vector<std::string> devices;
+  int rdmaCpu = 0;
+  int onlineCpus = rdma::numCpus();
+  int numPorts = config.ports_num() + config.ports_num_for_sparse();
+
+  if (config.nics().empty()) {
+    pservers_.resize(numPorts);
+    for (int i = 0; i < numPorts; ++i) {
+      if (config.rdma_tcp() == "rdma") {
+        pservers_[i].reset(
+            new ParameterServer2(std::string(), config.port() + i, rdmaCpu++));
+        rdmaCpu = rdmaCpu % onlineCpus;
+      } else {
+        pservers_[i].reset(
+            new ParameterServer2(std::string(), config.port() + i));
+      }
+      CHECK(pservers_[i]->init()) << "Fail to initialize parameter server"
+                                  << config.port() + i;
+    }
+  } else {
+    str::split(config.nics(), ',', &devices);
+    pservers_.resize(devices.size() * numPorts);
+    for (int i = 0; i < numPorts; ++i) {
+      for (size_t j = 0; j < devices.size(); ++j) {
+        if (config.rdma_tcp() == "rdma") {
+          pservers_[i * devices.size() + j].reset(new ParameterServer2(
+              getIpAddr(devices[j]), config.port() + i, rdmaCpu++));
+          rdmaCpu = rdmaCpu % onlineCpus;
+        } else {
+          pservers_[i * devices.size() + j].reset(
+              new ParameterServer2(getIpAddr(devices[j]), config.port() + i));
+        }
+        CHECK(pservers_[i * devices.size() + j]->init())
+            << "Fail to initialize parameter server" << devices[j]
+            << config.port() + i;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+ParameterServerController::~ParameterServerController() { this->join(); }
+
+ParameterServerController* ParameterServerController::createByGflags() {
+  ParameterServerConfig config;
+
+  config.set_nics(FLAGS_nics);
+  config.set_rdma_tcp(FLAGS_rdma_tcp);
+  config.set_port(FLAGS_port);
+  config.set_ports_num(FLAGS_ports_num);
+  config.set_ports_num_for_sparse(FLAGS_ports_num_for_sparse);
+
+  return create(config);
+}
+
+ParameterServerController* ParameterServerController::create(
+    const ParameterServerConfig& config) {
+  return new ParameterServerController(config);
+}
+
+void ParameterServerController::start() {
+  LOG(INFO) << "pserver sizes : " << pservers_.size();
+  int i = 0;
+  for (const auto& pserver : pservers_) {
+    LOG(INFO) << "pserver started : " << i;
+    pserver->start();
+    i++;
+  }
+}
+
+void ParameterServerController::join() {
+  LOG(INFO) << "pserver sizes : " << pservers_.size();
+  int i = 0;
+  for (const auto& pserver : pservers_) {
+    LOG(INFO) << "pserver join : " << i;
+    pserver->join();
+    i++;
+  }
+}
+
+}  // namespace paddle

paddle/pserver/ParameterServerController.h

@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/* Copyright (c) 2016 PaddlePaddle Authors. All Rights Reserve.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License. */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "ParameterServer2.h"
+#include "ParameterServerConfig.pb.h"
+#include "RDMANetwork.h"
+#include "paddle/utils/StringUtil.h"
+
+namespace paddle {
+
+class ParameterServerController final {
+public:
+  DISABLE_COPY(ParameterServerController);
+
+  /**
+   * @brief Ctor, Create a ParameterServerController from ParameterServerConfig.
+   */
+  explicit ParameterServerController(const ParameterServerConfig& config);
+
+  /**
+   * @brief Dtor.
+   */
+  ~ParameterServerController();
+
+  /**
+   * @brief create ParameterServerController from gflags, this is used for
+   * compatibility with the old usage of configuration by gflags.
+   */
+  static ParameterServerController* createByGflags();
+
+  /**
+   * @brief create ParameterServerController with ParameterServerConfig, remove
+   * gflags from ParameterServer. Init all pservers thread according to the
+   * config.
+   */
+  static ParameterServerController* create(const ParameterServerConfig& config);
+
+  /**
+   * @brief start all pserver thread in this ParameterServerController.
+   */
+  void start();
+
+  /**
+   * @brief join and wait for all pserver thread in this
+   * ParameterServerController.
+   */
+  void join();
+
+private:
+  std::vector<std::unique_ptr<ParameterServer2>> pservers_;
+};
+
+}  // namespace paddle

paddle/trainer/TrainerMain.cpp

@@ -12,14 +12,12 @@ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License. */
 
-#include "paddle/pserver/ParameterServer2.h"
-#include "paddle/utils/Common.h"
+#include <fenv.h>
+#include "paddle/pserver/ParameterServerController.h"
 #include "paddle/utils/PythonUtil.h"
-#include "paddle/utils/StringUtil.h"
 
 #include "ParamUtil.h"
 #include "Trainer.h"
-#include "paddle/pserver/RDMANetwork.h"
 
 DEFINE_bool(start_pserver, false, "Whether to start pserver");
 DECLARE_int32(gpu_id);
@@ -38,54 +36,10 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
   initMain(argc, argv);
   initPython(argc, argv);
 
-  std::vector<std::unique_ptr<ParameterServer2>> pservers;
-  std::vector<std::string> devices;
-
+  std::unique_ptr<ParameterServerController> pServerPtr(nullptr);
   if (FLAGS_start_pserver) {
-    // round robin to loadbalance RDMA server ENGINE
-    int rdmaCpu = 0;
-    int onlineCpus = rdma::numCpus();
-    int numPorts = FLAGS_ports_num + FLAGS_ports_num_for_sparse;
-    if (FLAGS_nics.empty()) {
-      pservers.resize(numPorts);
-      for (int i = 0; i < numPorts; ++i) {
-        if (FLAGS_rdma_tcp == "rdma") {
-          pservers[i].reset(
-              new ParameterServer2(std::string(), FLAGS_port + i, rdmaCpu++));
-          rdmaCpu = rdmaCpu % onlineCpus;
-        } else {
-          pservers[i].reset(
-              new ParameterServer2(std::string(), FLAGS_port + i));
-        }
-
-        CHECK(pservers[i]->init()) << "Fail to initialize parameter server"
-                                   << FLAGS_port + i;
-        LOG(INFO) << "pserver started : " << FLAGS_port + i;
-        pservers[i]->start();
-      }
-    } else {
-      str::split(FLAGS_nics, ',', &devices);
-      pservers.resize(devices.size() * numPorts);
-      for (int i = 0; i < numPorts; ++i) {
-        for (size_t j = 0; j < devices.size(); ++j) {
-          if (FLAGS_rdma_tcp == "rdma") {
-            pservers[i * devices.size() + j].reset(new ParameterServer2(
-                getIpAddr(devices[j]), FLAGS_port + i, rdmaCpu++));
-            rdmaCpu = rdmaCpu % onlineCpus;
-          } else {
-            pservers[i * devices.size() + j].reset(
-                new ParameterServer2(getIpAddr(devices[j]), FLAGS_port + i));
-          }
-
-          CHECK(pservers[i * devices.size() + j]->init())
-              << "Fail to initialize parameter server" << devices[j]
-              << FLAGS_port + i;
-          LOG(INFO) << "pserver started : " << devices[j] << ":"
-                    << FLAGS_port + i;
-          pservers[i * devices.size() + j]->start();
-        }
-      }
-    }
+    pServerPtr.reset(paddle::ParameterServerController::createByGflags());
+    pServerPtr->start();
   }
   Trainer trainer;
   auto config = TrainerConfigHelper::createFromFlags();

proto/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ set(proto_filenames
     ModelConfig.proto
     ParameterConfig.proto
     ParameterService.proto
-    TrainerConfig.proto)
+    TrainerConfig.proto
+    ParameterServerConfig.proto)
 
 set(PROTO_GEN)
 set(PROTO_GEN_PY)

proto/ParameterServerConfig.proto

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/* Copyright (c) 2016 PaddlePaddle Authors. All Rights Reserve.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License. */
+syntax = "proto2";
+
+package paddle;
+
+message ParameterClientConfig {
+  required int32 trainer_id = 1;
+}
+
+message ParameterServerConfig {
+  // The ports number for parameter send,
+  // increment based on default port number
+  required int32 ports_num = 1 [default = 1];
+  // The ports number for parameter send,
+  // increment based on default (port + ports_num
+  required int32 ports_num_for_sparse = 2 [default = 0];
+  // network device name for pservers
+  required string nics = 3 [default = "xgbe0,xgbe1"];
+  required string rdma_tcp = 4 [default = "tcp"];
+  // Listening port for pserver
+  required int32 port = 5 [default = 20134];
+  // number of gradient servers
+  required int32 num_gradient_servers = 6 [default = 1];
+  // number of threads for sync op exec
+  required int32 pserver_num_threads = 7 [default = 1];
+  // control config_.async_lagged_grad_discard_ratio() min value
+  required double async_lagged_ratio_min = 8 [default = 1.0];
+  // if async_lagged_grad_discard_ratio is not set in trainer_config.conf
+  // use it as defalut value
+  required double async_lagged_ratio_default = 9 [default = 1.5];
+}