Fix bug in process_group_name when there is duplicate pgs

test/distributed/test_c10d_common.py

@@ -1417,6 +1417,43 @@ def _test_new_group_local_sync_sanity_check(self, backend):
         ]
         self.assertEqual(output_tensor_list, expected)
 
+    def _test_new_group_local_sync_duplicate_pg(self, backend):
+        """
+        We should support users create multiple PGs with the same set of
+        members, and no conflict in group name
+        """
+        store = dist.FileStore(self.file_name, self.world_size)
+        dist.init_process_group(
+            backend,
+            world_size=self.world_size,
+            rank=self.rank,
+            store=store,
+        )
+        rank = dist.get_rank()
+
+        # split the world in 2 PGs
+        rank = dist.get_rank()
+        pg_idx = rank // 2
+        ranks_in = [pg_idx * 2, pg_idx * 2 + 1]
+        new_pgs = []
+        for _ in range(2):
+            new_pgs.append(
+                dist.new_group(ranks=ranks_in, use_local_synchronization=True)
+            )
+
+        input_tensor = torch.tensor([pg_idx, rank], device=self.device)
+        for new_pg in new_pgs:
+            output_tensor_list = [
+                torch.tensor([-1, -1], device=self.device,) for _ in range(new_pg.size())
+            ]
+            dist.all_gather(output_tensor_list, input_tensor, group=new_pg)
+
+            expected = [
+                torch.tensor([pg_idx, ranks_in[0]], device=self.device),
+                torch.tensor([pg_idx, ranks_in[1]], device=self.device)
+            ]
+            self.assertEqual(output_tensor_list, expected)
+
 
 class CommTest(AbstractCommTest, MultiProcessTestCase):
     def setUp(self):

test/distributed/test_c10d_gloo.py

@@ -2511,6 +2511,10 @@ def test_new_group_local_sync(self):
     def test_new_group_local_sync_sanity_check(self):
         self._test_new_group_local_sync_sanity_check(backend="gloo")
 
+    @requires_gloo()
+    def test_new_group_local_sync_duplicate_pg(self):
+        self._test_new_group_local_sync_duplicate_pg(backend="gloo")
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     assert (
         not torch.cuda._initialized

test/distributed/test_c10d_nccl.py

@@ -3043,6 +3043,11 @@ def test_new_group_local_sync(self):
     def test_new_group_local_sync_sanity_check(self):
         self._test_new_group_local_sync_sanity_check(backend="nccl")
 
+    @requires_nccl()
+    @skip_if_lt_x_gpu(4)
+    def test_new_group_local_sync_duplicated_pg(self):
+        self._test_new_group_local_sync_duplicate_pg(backend="nccl")
+
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":

torch/distributed/distributed_c10d.py

@@ -3635,7 +3635,7 @@ def _process_group_name(ranks, use_hashed_name):
     global _world
     if use_hashed_name:
         pg_name = hashlib.sha1(bytes("_".join(map(str, ranks)), "utf-8")).hexdigest()
-        while pg_name in _world.pg_names:
+        while pg_name in _world.pg_names.values():
             pg_name = hashlib.sha1(bytes(pg_name + "_", "utf-8")).hexdigest()
     else:
         pg_name = str(_world.group_count)