mpi backend: master should be the last in hostfile
#20
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It is because normal typical usecase uses only workers in distributed learning.
we keep master in
hostfile
just for the rare scenario which user uses all the pods (master and workers) for distributed learning.before
Under this
hostfile
, master pod always attend tompiexec
. But most users want to make only workers attend to it. There is no easy way for users to exclude master inmpiexec
.after
This is easier for users. user can do in both cases by adjusting
mpiexec
parameters. With-n 2
, only workers will attend to distributed learning. With-n 3
, all the pods(master and workers) will attend to it.This change is