Model ALLTOALL as a single operator in cost model; scale the ALLTOALL,

ALLGATHER, and REDUCESCATTER with different factors; change the BETA and
GAMMA value in cost model.

mindspore/ccsrc/parallel/auto_parallel/graph_costmodel.h

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ namespace parallel {
 #define OPERATOR_TO_OPERATOR_CONNECTOR "-"
 #define DEFAULT_DEVICE_MEMORY_CAPACITY (1024.0 * 1024.0 * 1024.0 * 16.0)
 #define DEFAULT_COST_MODEL_ALPHA 1.0
-#define DEFAULT_COST_MODEL_BETA 260.0
+#define DEFAULT_COST_MODEL_BETA 400.0
 #define DEFAULT_COST_MODEL_GAMMA 0.001
 #define DEFAULT_COST_MODEL_SIMPLIFY_CALCULATION true
 #define DEFAULT_COST_MODEL_COMMUNI_THRESHOLD 2048.0

mindspore/ccsrc/parallel/tensor_layout/redistribution_operator_infer.cc

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 namespace mindspore {
 namespace parallel {
 Status RedistributionOperatorInfer::Init(const TensorLayout& tensor_layout, const Map& out_tensor_map,
-                                         RankList dev_list) {
+                                         RankList dev_list, bool is_cost_model) {
   in_tensor_map_ = tensor_layout.tensor_map();
   dev_mat_ = tensor_layout.device_arrangement();
 
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ Status RedistributionOperatorInfer::Init(const TensorLayout& tensor_layout, cons
   for (int32_t item : map) {
     map_[key++] = item;
   }
+
+  is_cost_model_ = is_cost_model;
   return Status::SUCCESS;
 }
 
@@ -130,15 +132,26 @@ Status RedistributionOperatorInfer::InferPermuteByAxis() {
         std::any_of(map_.begin(), map_.end(),
                     [out_dim](const RedistributionOperatorMap::value_type& a) { return a.second == out_dim; })) {
       int32_t cat_dim = in_tensor_map_.GetIndexByValue(out_dim);
-      Args args_allconcat = {cat_dim, out_dim, dev_mat_.GetDimByReverseIdx(IntToUint(out_dim))};
-      Args args_allsplit = {dev_mat_.GetDimByReverseIdx(IntToUint(out_dim)), UintToInt(index), out_dim};
-      if (InsertOperator(CONCAT_BY_AXIS, args_allconcat) == Status::FAILED) {
-        MS_LOG(ERROR) << "Insert ConcatByAxis Error!";
-        return Status::FAILED;
-      }
-      if (InsertOperator(SPLIT_BY_AXIS, args_allsplit) == Status::FAILED) {
-        MS_LOG(ERROR) << "Insert SplitByAxis Error!";
-        return Status::FAILED;
+      int32_t dev_num = dev_mat_.GetDimByReverseIdx(IntToUint(out_dim));
+      if (is_cost_model_) {
+        int32_t dev_dim = in_tensor_map_.GetDimByIdx(IntToUint(cat_dim));
+        Args args_alltoall = {dev_mat_.GetDimByReverseIdx(IntToUint(dev_dim)), UintToInt(index), cat_dim, dev_dim,
+                              dev_num};
+        if (InsertOperator(PERMUTE_BY_AXIS, args_alltoall) == Status::FAILED) {
+          MS_LOG(ERROR) << "Insert PermuteByAxis Error!";
+          return Status::FAILED;
+        }
+      } else {
+        Args args_allconcat = {cat_dim, out_dim, dev_num};
+        Args args_allsplit = {dev_num, UintToInt(index), out_dim};
+        if (InsertOperator(CONCAT_BY_AXIS, args_allconcat) == Status::FAILED) {
+          MS_LOG(ERROR) << "Insert ConcatByAxis Error!";
+          return Status::FAILED;
+        }
+        if (InsertOperator(SPLIT_BY_AXIS, args_allsplit) == Status::FAILED) {
+          MS_LOG(ERROR) << "Insert SplitByAxis Error!";
+          return Status::FAILED;
+        }
       }
       (void)map_.erase(iter++);
       map_[IntToSize(cat_dim)] = NONE;

mindspore/ccsrc/parallel/tensor_layout/redistribution_operator_infer.h

@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ class RedistributionOperatorInfer {
  public:
   const int NONE = -1;
   explicit RedistributionOperatorInfer(bool construct_op_flag = true) : construct_op_flag_(construct_op_flag) {}
-  Status Init(const TensorLayout& tensor_layout, const Map& out_tensor_map, RankList dev_list);
+  Status Init(const TensorLayout& tensor_layout, const Map& out_tensor_map, RankList dev_list,
+              bool is_cost_model = false);
   ~RedistributionOperatorInfer() = default;
   OperatorList operator_list() const { return operator_list_; }
   OperatorVector operator_vector() const { return operator_vector_; }
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ class RedistributionOperatorInfer {
   ConstructOperator constructor_;
   RankList dev_list_;
   bool construct_op_flag_;
+  bool is_cost_model_;
 };
 }  // namespace parallel
 }  // namespace mindspore

mindspore/ccsrc/parallel/tensor_layout/tensor_redistribution.cc

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Status TensorRedistribution::Init(const TensorLayout& from, const TensorLayout&
   return Status::SUCCESS;
 }
 
-RedistributionOpListPtr TensorRedistribution::InferTensorRedistributionOperatorList() {
+RedistributionOpListPtr TensorRedistribution::InferTensorRedistributionOperatorList(bool is_cost_model) {
   // Step 1: Match device arrangement between from_ and to_
   RedistributionLayoutTransfer layout_transfer;
   Status status = layout_transfer.Init(from_, to_);
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ RedistributionOpListPtr TensorRedistribution::InferTensorRedistributionOperatorL
   MS_LOG(DEBUG) << "reshape to_ " << to_.ToString();
   // Step 2: Infer redistribution and insert operators
   RedistributionOperatorInfer operator_infer(construct_op_flag_);
-  if (operator_infer.Init(from_layout, to_layout.tensor_map(), dev_list_) == Status::FAILED) {
+  if (operator_infer.Init(from_layout, to_layout.tensor_map(), dev_list_, is_cost_model) == Status::FAILED) {
     MS_LOG(ERROR) << "Init operatorInfer failed!";
     return nullptr;
   }
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ Status TensorRedistribution::InferReshape(const TensorLayout& from_layout, const
 }
 
 Status TensorRedistribution::ComputeCost() {
-  RedistributionOpListPtr redistribution_oplist_ptr = InferTensorRedistributionOperatorList();
+  RedistributionOpListPtr redistribution_oplist_ptr = InferTensorRedistributionOperatorList(true);
   if (redistribution_oplist_ptr == nullptr) {
     MS_LOG(ERROR) << "Failure: InferTensorRedistribution failed";
     return Status::FAILED;
@@ -151,14 +151,22 @@ Status TensorRedistribution::ComputeCost() {
       std::accumulate(slice_shape.begin(), slice_shape.end(), static_cast<double>(1.0), std::multiplies<double>());
     std::string str = op.first;
     if (str == PERMUTE_BY_AXIS) {
-      // The shape does not change after PermuteByAxis operation.
-      // communication cost = all_to_all + all_to_all = 2 * slice_shape
-      // computation cost = slice_shape
-      forward_comm_cost_ += prod;
-      backward_comm_cost_ += prod;
-      comm_cost_ += 2.0 * prod;
-      computation_cost_ += prod;
-      memory_cost_ += prod;
+      // Since AlltoAll is a virtual operator, the expanded operators are used here to compute cost.
+      // communication cost = all_gather + reduce_scatter = before_slice_shape + after_slice_shape
+      forward_comm_cost_ += prod * ALLTOALL_SCALE_FACTOR;
+      backward_comm_cost_ += prod * ALLTOALL_SCALE_FACTOR;
+      comm_cost_ += 2.0 * prod * ALLTOALL_SCALE_FACTOR;
+      int32_t concat_dim = op.second[2];
+      if (concat_dim == 0) {
+        // memory cost = all_gather
+        computation_cost_ += prod;
+        memory_cost_ += prod;
+      } else {
+        // memory cost = all_gather + split + concat
+        int32_t dev_num = op.second[4];
+        computation_cost_ += (prod + prod * dev_num + prod * dev_num);
+        memory_cost_ += (prod * dev_num + prod * dev_num + prod);
+      }
     } else if (str == CONCAT_BY_AXIS) {
       // communication cost = all_gather + reduce_scatter = before_slice_shape + after_slice_shape
       // computation cost = before_slice_shape
@@ -168,9 +176,9 @@ Status TensorRedistribution::ComputeCost() {
       }
       double dev_num = op.second[2];
       // here, communication cost = all_gather + reduce_scatter
-      forward_comm_cost_ += prod * dev_num;
-      backward_comm_cost_ += prod;
-      comm_cost_ += prod * (dev_num + 1.0);
+      forward_comm_cost_ += prod * dev_num * ALLGATHER_REDUCESCATTER_SCALE_FACTOR;
+      backward_comm_cost_ += prod * ALLGATHER_REDUCESCATTER_SCALE_FACTOR;
+      comm_cost_ += prod * (dev_num + 1.0) * ALLGATHER_REDUCESCATTER_SCALE_FACTOR;
       int32_t concat_dim = op.second[0];
       if (concat_dim == 0) {
         // computation cost = all_gather

mindspore/ccsrc/parallel/tensor_layout/tensor_redistribution.h

@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
 
 namespace mindspore {
 namespace parallel {
+constexpr double ALLTOALL_SCALE_FACTOR = 2.0;
+constexpr double ALLGATHER_REDUCESCATTER_SCALE_FACTOR = 0.5;
 class TensorRedistribution {
  public:
   explicit TensorRedistribution(bool construct_op_flag = true, bool keep_reshape = false)
@@ -46,7 +48,7 @@ class TensorRedistribution {
         keep_reshape_(keep_reshape) {}
   Status Init(const TensorLayout& from, const TensorLayout& to, const RankList& dev_list);
   ~TensorRedistribution() = default;
-  RedistributionOpListPtr InferTensorRedistributionOperatorList();
+  RedistributionOpListPtr InferTensorRedistributionOperatorList(bool is_cost_model = false);
   OperatorList operator_list() const { return operator_list_; }
   bool reshape_flag() const { return reshape_flag_; }
   Status ComputeCost();

tests/ut/python/parallel/test_auto_parallel_resnet.py

@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ def train_32k_8p(epoch_size=3, batch_size=32, num_classes=32768):
 
 
 def test_train_32k_8p_fusion1(epoch_size=3, batch_size=32, num_classes=32768): #1048576 #131072 #32768 #8192
-    cost_model_context.set_cost_model_context(costmodel_gamma=0.001, costmodel_beta=260.0)
+    cost_model_context.set_cost_model_context(costmodel_gamma=0.001, costmodel_beta=400.0)
     cost_model_context.set_cost_model_context(costmodel_allreduce_fusion_algorithm=1)
     cost_model_context.set_cost_model_context(costmodel_allreduce_fusion_times=2)
     cost_model_context.set_cost_model_context(costmodel_allreduce_fusion_tail_percent=0.5)
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ def test_train_32k_8p_fusion2(epoch_size=3, batch_size=32, num_classes=32768): #
 def test_train_64k_8p(epoch_size=3, batch_size=32, num_classes=65536): #1048576 #131072 #32768 #8192
     dev_num = 8
     context.set_auto_parallel_context(parallel_mode=ParallelMode.AUTO_PARALLEL, device_num=dev_num)
-    cost_model_context.set_cost_model_context(costmodel_gamma=0.001, costmodel_beta=260.0)
+    cost_model_context.set_cost_model_context(costmodel_gamma=0.001, costmodel_beta=400.0)
     set_algo_parameters(elementwise_op_strategy_follow=True)
     resset_op_id()
     np.random.seed(6)

tests/ut/python/parallel/test_auto_parallel_two_matmul.py

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ def test_two_matmul():
     costmodel_alpha = cost_model_context.get_cost_model_context("costmodel_alpha")
     assert costmodel_alpha == 1.0
     costmodel_beta = cost_model_context.get_cost_model_context("costmodel_beta")
-    assert costmodel_beta == 260.0
+    assert costmodel_beta == 400.0
     costmodel_gamma = cost_model_context.get_cost_model_context("costmodel_gamma")
     assert costmodel_gamma == 0.001
     costmodel_communi_threshold = cost_model_context.get_cost_model_context("costmodel_communi_threshold")