Add distributed fallback by blockwise (#1179)

Signed-off-by: Kaihui-intel <kaihui.tang@intel.com>

neural_compressor/strategy/basic.py

@@ -43,8 +43,9 @@ def distributed_next_tune_cfg_lst(self, comm):
         """Generate and yield the next tuning config list with below order.
 
             1. OP Type Wise Tuning
-            2. Fallback OP One by One
-            3. Fallback Multiple OPs Accumulated
+            2. Fallback OPs Block by Block
+            3. Fallback OP One by One
+            4. Fallback Multiple OPs Accumulated
 
         Yields:
             tuning_config_list (list): A list containing dicts of the tuning configuration for quantization.
@@ -62,6 +63,18 @@ def distributed_next_tune_cfg_lst(self, comm):
             quant_ops = quant_mode_wise_items['static'] if 'static' in quant_mode_wise_items else []
             quant_ops += quant_mode_wise_items['dynamic'] if 'dynamic' in quant_mode_wise_items else []
             stage1_max = 1e9  # TODO set a more appropriate value
+            if not self.cur_best_tuning_cfg:
+                self.cur_best_tuning_cfg = deepcopy(initial_op_tuning_cfg)
+
+            # try to tune sq alpha
+            op_tuning_cfg_lst_stage_sq = []
+            if self._should_tuning_sq_alpha(self.config.recipes):
+                for tune_cfg in self.tuning_sq_alpha(tuning_space, \
+                    deepcopy(self.cur_best_tuning_cfg), self.config.recipes):
+                    op_tuning_cfg_lst_stage_sq.append(tune_cfg)
+            yield op_tuning_cfg_lst_stage_sq
+
+            # op type-wise tuning
             op_type_wise_tuning_sampler = OpTypeWiseTuningSampler(tuning_space, [], [],
                                                              op_item_dtype_dict, initial_op_tuning_cfg)
             # stage 1: yield op_tune_cfg_lst
@@ -83,6 +96,7 @@ def distributed_next_tune_cfg_lst(self, comm):
             else:
                 self.cur_best_tuning_cfg = comm.bcast(cur_best_tuning_cfg, root=0)
 
+
             # stage 2: yield new_op_tuning_cfg_lst (length of stage 1)
             # Fallback the ops supported both static and dynamic from static to dynamic
             # Tuning items: None
@@ -113,12 +127,25 @@ def distributed_next_tune_cfg_lst(self, comm):
             best_op_tuning_cfg_stage1 = deepcopy(self.cur_best_tuning_cfg)
 
             # Fallback
+            # Fallback block after stage (1, 2) and before stage (3, 4)
             # stage 3, 4: yield op_tuning_cfg_lst
+            op_tuning_cfg_lst_stage_block = []
             op_tuning_cfg_lst_stage_3 = []
             op_tuning_cfg_lst_stage_4 = []
-            for target_dtype in ['bf16', 'fp32']:
+            for target_dtype in PRECISION_LIST:
                 target_type_lst = set(tuning_space.query_items_by_quant_mode(target_dtype))
                 fallback_items_lst = [item for item in quant_ops if item in target_type_lst]
+
+                # Fallback block by block
+                for op_tuning_cfg in self.fallback_by_block(fallback_items_lst, best_op_tuning_cfg_stage1,
+                                                             target_dtype,
+                                                             tuning_space,
+                                                            calib_sampling_size):
+                    op_tuning_cfg_lst_stage_block.append(deepcopy(op_tuning_cfg))
+                logger.info("yield op_tuning_cfg_lst_stage_block with length {}"\
+                      .format(len(op_tuning_cfg_lst_stage_block)))
+                yield op_tuning_cfg_lst_stage_block
+
                 if fallback_items_lst:
                     logger.info(f"Start to fallback op to {target_dtype} one by one.")
                     self._fallback_started()
@@ -273,8 +300,6 @@ def next_tune_cfg(self):
                 op_item_dtype_dict, initial_op_tuning_cfg)
 
             for index, op_tuning_cfg in enumerate(op_type_wise_tuning_sampler):
-                if not self.cur_best_tuning_cfg:
-                    self.cur_best_tuning_cfg = deepcopy(initial_op_tuning_cfg)
                 op_tuning_cfg['calib_sampling_size'] = calib_sampling_size
                 # try to quantizing ops into lower bits, such as int4,
                 # if accuracy meets the requirements after first trial and max_trials > 1

neural_compressor/strategy/strategy.py

@@ -446,13 +446,17 @@ def traverse(self):
             from mpi4py import MPI
             if MPI.COMM_WORLD.Get_size() > 2:
                 logger.info("Use distributed tuning on {} nodes".format(MPI.COMM_WORLD.Get_size()))
-                return self.distributed_traverse()
             elif MPI.COMM_WORLD.Get_size() == 2:
                 logger.info("Use distributed tuning on {} nodes, will be fallback to normal tuning."\
                     .format(MPI.COMM_WORLD.Get_size()))
+            MPI_INSTALLED=True
         except (ImportError, AttributeError) as e:
             logger.warning("[Strategy] Please install `mpi4py` correctly if using distributed tuning;" + \
                 " otherwise, ignore this warning.")
+            MPI_INSTALLED=False
+        if MPI_INSTALLED:
+            if MPI.COMM_WORLD.Get_size() > 2:
+                return self.distributed_traverse()
         self._setup_pre_tuning_algo_scheduler()
         self._prepare_tuning()
         # import pdb;pdb.set_trace()