remove CastInfo from CNODE

mindspore/ccsrc/frontend/parallel/auto_parallel/edge_costmodel.cc

@@ -529,8 +529,11 @@ bool Edge::CheckStrategyConsistency(StrategyPtr prev_stra, StrategyPtr next_stra
                        "different sharding strategies. These operators are: ";
       auto const &succ_edges = prev_op_->succ_edges();
       for (auto const &succ_edge : succ_edges) {
+        if (succ_edge->next_operator()->cnodes().empty()) {
+          MS_LOG(EXCEPTION) << "No CNODE info has been set in operator: " << succ_edge->next_operator()->name();
+        }
         MS_LOG(ERROR) << succ_edge->next_operator()->name() << ", the corresponding fullname is: "
-                      << succ_edge->next_operator()->cnode()->fullname_with_scope();
+                      << succ_edge->next_operator()->cnodes()[0]->fullname_with_scope();
       }
       MS_LOG(EXCEPTION) << "Configure these operators with consistent sharding strategies.";
     }

mindspore/ccsrc/frontend/parallel/ops_info/operator_info.cc

@@ -1770,10 +1770,7 @@ void OperatorInfo::set_swc_index(int64_t swc, int64_t depth) {
   swc_index_ = swc;
 }
 
-CNodePtr OperatorInfo::cnode() {
-  MS_EXCEPTION_IF_NULL(cnode_);
-  return cnode_;
-}
+std::vector<CNodePtr> OperatorInfo::cnodes() { return cnodes_; }
 
 double OperatorInfo::GetForwardMemoryCostFromCNode() {
   return operator_cost()->GetForwardComputationCost(inputs_tensor_info_, outputs_tensor_info_, 0);

mindspore/ccsrc/frontend/parallel/ops_info/operator_info.h

@@ -167,8 +167,11 @@ class OperatorInfo {
   void set_input_value(const std::vector<ValuePtr> &input_value) { input_value_ = input_value; }
   const std::vector<ValuePtr> &input_value() const { return input_value_; }
   void set_outputs_dtype(const TypePtr &dtype) { outputs_dtype_ = dtype; }
-  void set_cnode(const CNodePtr &cnode) { cnode_ = cnode; }
-  CNodePtr cnode();
+  void set_cnode(const CNodePtr &cnode) {
+    cnode_ = cnode;
+    cnodes_.push_back(cnode);
+  }
+  std::vector<CNodePtr> cnodes();
   bool is_alive() const { return is_alive_; }
   void SetNotAlive() { is_alive_ = false; }
   StrategyPtr strategy() const { return strategy_; }
@@ -299,6 +302,7 @@ class OperatorInfo {
   std::vector<bool> split_flag_list_;
   std::string refkey_parameter_name_;
   CNodePtr cnode_;
+  std::vector<CNodePtr> cnodes_;
   int64_t used_devices_ = -1;
   // the repeated_calc_num_ will be inserted to the last dimension of dev matrix in default
   bool repeated_num_in_dev_matrix_right_ = true;

mindspore/ccsrc/frontend/parallel/step_auto_parallel.cc

@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ bool IsOperatorsInTwoSeparateLoops(const CNodePtr &a_cnode, const CNodePtr &b_cn
 
 // 'configured_stra_ops_' includes all operators that are configured sharding strategies.
 std::map<OperatorInfoPtr, StrategyPtr, OpsPtrCompare> configured_stra_ops_;
+std::set<OperatorInfoPtr> ignore_candidate_;
 void InitCostGraph() {
   if (entire_costgraph == nullptr) {
     entire_costgraph = std::make_shared<CostGraph>();
@@ -241,6 +242,7 @@ void InitCostGraph() {
   CostModelContext::GetInstance()->PrintCostModel();
   entire_costgraph->Init();
   configured_stra_ops_.clear();
+  ignore_candidate_.clear();
 }
 
 void SetStrategyToOperator(const OperatorInfoPtr &operator_info, const PrimitivePtr &prim,
@@ -297,6 +299,13 @@ void ApplyApproximationForNode(const OperatorInfoPtr &operator_info) {
   }
 }
 
+void AddOperatorToIgnoreCandidates(const PrimitivePtr &prim, const OperatorInfoPtr &operator_info) {
+  if (prim->name() == CAST) {
+    // add CAST into ignore_candidate
+    ignore_candidate_.insert(operator_info);
+  }
+}
+
 OperatorInfoPtr CreateTheOperatorInfo(const PrimitivePtr &prim, const CNodePtr &cnode, bool is_last_nodes,
                                       StrategyMap *stra_map) {
   MS_EXCEPTION_IF_NULL(prim);
@@ -344,6 +353,8 @@ OperatorInfoPtr CreateTheOperatorInfo(const PrimitivePtr &prim, const CNodePtr &
   operator_info->set_input_value(input_value);
   operator_info->set_outputs_dtype(cnode->Type());
   operator_info->set_cnode(cnode);
+
+  AddOperatorToIgnoreCandidates(prim, operator_info);
   // key of strategy map
   std::string strategy_key_name = "";
   auto param_names = NodeParameterName(cnode, -1, 0);
@@ -968,6 +979,17 @@ void ReshapeCostCompute(const std::vector<AnfNodePtr> &all_nodes) {
   }
 }
 
+Status IgnoreOperatorsInCostGraph() {
+  for (const auto &op : ignore_candidate_) {
+    auto cnodes = op->cnodes();
+    for (auto &cnode : cnodes) {
+      MS_EXCEPTION_IF_NULL(cnode);
+      cnode->set_user_data<OperatorInfo>(nullptr);
+    }
+  }
+  return SUCCESS;
+}
+
 Status ParallelStrategySearch(const std::vector<AnfNodePtr> &all_nodes, const FuncGraphPtr &root) {
   // There are 4 meta-steps to determine the parallelization strategy for the ANF graph.
   // Step 1: Traverse the ANF graph, and create NODEs for costgraph:
@@ -1035,7 +1057,6 @@ Status ParallelStrategySearch(const std::vector<AnfNodePtr> &all_nodes, const Fu
                 (ParallelContext::GetInstance()->sharding_propagation());
   if (use_sp) {
     entire_costgraph->StrategyPropagate(configured_stra_ops_);
-    configured_stra_ops_.clear();
   } else if (GetStrategy(entire_costgraph) != SUCCESS) {
     MS_LOG(ERROR) << "Strategy search for cost-graph fails";
     return FAILED;
@@ -1054,7 +1075,12 @@ Status ParallelStrategySearch(const std::vector<AnfNodePtr> &all_nodes, const Fu
     MS_LOG(INFO) << op->name() << " : The strategy is:";
     PrintStrategy(s_strategy);
   }
+  // Remove some operatorInfo from the CNODEs
+  IgnoreOperatorsInCostGraph();
+
   ops_in_a_loop_.clear();
+  configured_stra_ops_.clear();
+  ignore_candidate_.clear();
 
   return SUCCESS;
 }

mindspore/ccsrc/frontend/parallel/step_auto_parallel.h

@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ void ConstructCostGraphEdges(const std::vector<AnfNodePtr> &all_nodes);
 
 void AugmentCostGraph(const std::vector<AnfNodePtr> &all_nodes);
 
+Status IgnoreOperatorsInCostGraph();
+
 Status ParallelStrategySearch(const std::vector<AnfNodePtr> &all_nodes, const FuncGraphPtr &root);
 
 Status ParallelStrategyRecSearch(const std::vector<AnfNodePtr> &all_nodes, const FuncGraphPtr &root);

tests/ut/python/parallel/test_auto_parallel_cast.py

@@ -84,9 +84,7 @@ def test_double_star_graph():
     net.set_train()
     _cell_graph_executor.compile(net, x, y, z, w, phase='train')
     strategies = _cell_graph_executor._get_shard_strategy(net)
-    expected_strategies = {'Default/network-Net/Cast-op1': [[8, 1]],
-                           'Default/network-Net/Cast-op3': [[1, 8]],
-                           'Default/network-Net/MatMul-op2': [[8, 1], [1, 1]],
+    expected_strategies = {'Default/network-Net/MatMul-op2': [[8, 1], [1, 1]],
                            'Default/network-Net/MatMul-op4': [[1, 1], [1, 8]],
                            'Default/network-Net/MatMul-op0': [[1, 8], [8, 1]]}
     assert strategies == expected_strategies