Sync amax & AWQ-Lite act_scale in context parallel/data parallel [OMNIML-2813]

examples/nemo_run/qat/README.md

@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ In order to train using QAD, launch the example with `python qat/nemo_qat_flow.p
 To perform QAD training, run:
 
 ```bash
-python qat/nemo_qat_flow.py --distill --log-dir /my/log/dir --experiment qad_experiment
+python qat/nemo_qat_flow.py --distill --log-dir /my/log/dir --experiment qad_experiment --tensor_parallelism 4
 ```
 
 ## Supported models

modelopt/torch/quantization/model_calib.py

@@ -80,21 +80,22 @@ def max_calibrate(model: nn.Module, forward_loop: ForwardLoop | None = None, dis
     if not distributed_sync:
         return
 
-    def sync_quantizer_amax_across_dp(quantizer, parallel_state):
+    def sync_quantizer_amax_across_dp_cp(quantizer, parallel_state):
+        """Synchronize the amax across all ranks in the data parallel and context parallel groups."""
         if isinstance(quantizer, SequentialQuantizer):
             for _q in quantizer:
-                sync_quantizer_amax_across_dp(_q, parallel_state)
+                sync_quantizer_amax_across_dp_cp(_q, parallel_state)
             return
         if getattr(quantizer, "_amax", None) is not None:
             quantizer.sync_amax_across_distributed_group(parallel_state.data_parallel_group)
+            quantizer.sync_amax_across_distributed_group(parallel_state.context_parallel_group)
         # TODO: create sync_bias_across_distributed_group
 
     for name, module in model.named_modules():
         if isinstance(module, QuantModule):
             for child in module.children():
                 if isinstance(child, (TensorQuantizer, SequentialQuantizer)):
-                    sync_quantizer_amax_across_dp(child, module.parallel_state)
-
+                    sync_quantizer_amax_across_dp_cp(child, module.parallel_state)
     # TP sync:
     # Objective: the quantization parameters when TP = 8 then changed to TP=4 then back to TP=8 should be the same
 
@@ -598,17 +599,36 @@ def forward(self, input, *args, **kwargs):
     # This will also perform distributed amax sync for input_quantizers
     max_calibrate(model, lambda model: None)
 
+    def sync_act_scale_across_dp_cp(module, data_parallel_group, context_parallel_group):
+        # Sync across Data Parallel (DP)
+        if data_parallel_group.is_initialized():
+            dist.all_reduce(
+                module.awq_lite.act_scale, op=dist.ReduceOp.AVG, group=data_parallel_group.group
+            )
+        # Sync across Context Parallel (CP)
+        if context_parallel_group.is_initialized():
+            dist.all_reduce(
+                module.awq_lite.act_scale, op=dist.ReduceOp.AVG, group=context_parallel_group.group
+            )
+
     for name, module in model.named_modules():
         if (
             is_quantized_linear(module)
             and hasattr(module, "awq_lite")
             and module.awq_lite.num_cache_steps > 0
         ):
             module.awq_lite.act_scale = module.awq_lite.act_scale / module.awq_lite.num_cache_steps
+
             if torch.any(torch.isnan(module.awq_lite.act_scale)) or torch.any(
                 torch.isnan(module.awq_lite.weight_scale)
             ):
                 module.awq_lite.is_enabled = False
+
+            sync_act_scale_across_dp_cp(
+                module,
+                module.parallel_state.data_parallel_group,
+                module.parallel_state.context_parallel_group,
+            )
             # Hack: MoEs forward all tokens through all experts if _if_calib is True
             module._if_calib = True
 

modelopt/torch/quantization/plugins/megatron.py

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import megatron.core.tensor_parallel.layers as megatron_parallel
 import megatron.core.transformer.mlp as megatron_mlp
 import torch
+from megatron.core.parallel_state import get_data_parallel_group
 from megatron.core.tensor_parallel.mappings import gather_from_sequence_parallel_region
 from megatron.core.transformer import MegatronModule
 from megatron.core.transformer.utils import make_sharded_tensors_for_checkpoint
@@ -217,9 +218,15 @@ class _MegatronParallelLinear(_ParallelLinear):
     ]
 
     def _setup(self):
+        data_parallel_group = None
+        try:
+            data_parallel_group = get_data_parallel_group(with_context_parallel=True)
+        except AssertionError:
+            data_parallel_group = get_data_parallel_group()
         self.parallel_state = ParallelState(
-            getattr(mcore_parallel, "get_expert_data_parallel_group", "get_data_parallel_group")(),
+            data_parallel_group,
             mcore_parallel.get_tensor_model_parallel_group(),
+            mcore_parallel.get_context_parallel_group(),
         )
         super()._setup()
 

modelopt/torch/utils/distributed.py

@@ -241,13 +241,19 @@ def __init__(
         self,
         data_parallel_group: torch.distributed.ProcessGroup | int | None = None,
         tensor_parallel_group: torch.distributed.ProcessGroup | int | None = -1,
+        context_parallel_group: torch.distributed.ProcessGroup | int | None = -1,
     ):
         """Initialize the parallel state."""
         self.data_parallel_group = DistributedProcessGroup(data_parallel_group)
         self.tensor_parallel_group = DistributedProcessGroup(tensor_parallel_group)
+        self.context_parallel_group = DistributedProcessGroup(context_parallel_group)
 
     def __repr__(self) -> str:
-        return f"data_parallel_group: {self.data_parallel_group}, tensor_parallel_group: {self.tensor_parallel_group}"
+        return (
+            f"data_parallel_group: {self.data_parallel_group}, "
+            f"tensor_parallel_group: {self.tensor_parallel_group}, "
+            f"context_parallel_group: {self.context_parallel_group}"
+        )
 
 
 def get_group(ranks: list[int]):

tests/_test_utils/torch_dist/plugins/megatron_common.py

@@ -83,9 +83,10 @@
 
 
 class MegatronModel(MegatronModule):
-    def __init__(self, tp_size: int = 1, use_te_norm: bool = False):
+    def __init__(self, tp_size: int = 1, cp_size: int = 1, use_te_norm: bool = False):
         config = TransformerConfig(
             tensor_model_parallel_size=tp_size,
+            context_parallel_size=cp_size,
             pipeline_model_parallel_size=1,
             normalization="LayerNorm",
             # Unused parameters below are set to avoid ZeroDivisionError in __post_init__
@@ -383,13 +384,17 @@ def run_mcore_inference_with_dummy_input(
 
 
 def initialize_for_megatron(
-    tensor_model_parallel_size=1, pipeline_model_parallel_size=1, seed=1234
+    tensor_model_parallel_size=1, pipeline_model_parallel_size=1, context_parallel_size=1, seed=1234
 ):
     """Initialize Megatron model parallelism.
 
     NOTE: If used in a non-spawned process, make sure to call `megatron.core.parallel_state.destroy_model_parallel()`.
     """
-    initialize_model_parallel(tensor_model_parallel_size, pipeline_model_parallel_size)
+    initialize_model_parallel(
+        tensor_model_parallel_size,
+        pipeline_model_parallel_size,
+        context_parallel_size=context_parallel_size,
+    )
     model_parallel_cuda_manual_seed(seed)
 
 

tests/_test_utils/torch_quantization/quantize_common.py

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import modelopt.torch.opt as mto
 import modelopt.torch.quantization as mtq
 from modelopt.torch.quantization.backends.gemm_registry import enable_real_quant_gemm
+from modelopt.torch.quantization.nn.modules.tensor_quantizer import SequentialQuantizer
 from modelopt.torch.quantization.utils import is_quantized_linear
 from modelopt.torch.utils import torch_to
 
@@ -116,8 +117,8 @@ def save_restore_test(model_cls, device, quant_config, compress=False, version=N
         mto.restore_from_modelopt_state(model_ref, state_dict)
 
 
-def tensor_parallel_test_helper(model, config, tp_group, dp_group):
-    # The input to fist layer, the column parallel should be the same across all tp ranks
+def tensor_parallel_test_helper(model, config, tp_group):
+    # The input to first layer, the column parallel should be the same across all tp ranks
     calib_data = model.get_dummy_input().cuda()
     dist.all_reduce(calib_data, op=dist.ReduceOp.AVG, group=tp_group)
 
@@ -150,6 +151,72 @@ def forward_loop(model):
     dist.destroy_process_group()
 
 
+def dp_cp_parallel_test_helper(model, config, group):
+    calib_data = model.get_dummy_input().cuda()
+
+    def forward_loop(model):
+        model(calib_data)
+
+    model = mtq.quantize(model, config, forward_loop)
+
+    def reduce_amax(quantizer):
+        amax = quantizer.amax.clone()
+        dist.all_reduce(amax, op=dist.ReduceOp.MAX, group=group)
+        assert torch.allclose(amax, quantizer.amax)
+
+    # Input quantizer amax
+    if config not in [mtq.INT4_BLOCKWISE_WEIGHT_ONLY_CFG, mtq.INT4_AWQ_CFG]:
+        reduce_amax(model.fc1.input_quantizer)
+        reduce_amax(model.fc2.input_quantizer)
+
+    # Weight quantizer amax
+    if isinstance(model.fc1.weight_quantizer, SequentialQuantizer):
+        for quantizer in model.fc1.weight_quantizer:
+            reduce_amax(quantizer)
+    else:
+        reduce_amax(model.fc1.weight_quantizer)
+    if isinstance(model.fc2.weight_quantizer, SequentialQuantizer):
+        for quantizer in model.fc2.weight_quantizer:
+            reduce_amax(quantizer)
+    else:
+        reduce_amax(model.fc2.weight_quantizer)
+
+
+def data_tensor_context_parallel_test_helper(model, config, dp_group, tp_group, cp_group):
+    calib_data = model.get_dummy_input().cuda()
+    # data should be same across each TP rank
+    dist.all_reduce(calib_data, op=dist.ReduceOp.AVG, group=tp_group)
+
+    def forward_loop(model):
+        model(calib_data)
+
+    model = mtq.quantize(model, config, forward_loop)
+
+    def reduce_amax(quantizer):
+        amax = quantizer.amax.clone()
+        dist.all_reduce(amax, op=dist.ReduceOp.MAX, group=tp_group)
+        dist.all_reduce(amax, op=dist.ReduceOp.MAX, group=cp_group)
+        dist.all_reduce(amax, op=dist.ReduceOp.MAX, group=dp_group)
+        assert torch.allclose(amax, quantizer.amax)
+
+    # Input quantizer amax
+    if config not in [mtq.INT4_BLOCKWISE_WEIGHT_ONLY_CFG, mtq.INT4_AWQ_CFG]:
+        reduce_amax(model.fc1.input_quantizer)
+        reduce_amax(model.fc2.input_quantizer)
+
+    if isinstance(model.fc1.weight_quantizer, SequentialQuantizer):
+        for quantizer in model.fc1.weight_quantizer:
+            reduce_amax(quantizer)
+    else:
+        reduce_amax(model.fc1.weight_quantizer)
+
+    if isinstance(model.fc2.weight_quantizer, SequentialQuantizer):
+        for quantizer in model.fc2.weight_quantizer:
+            reduce_amax(quantizer)
+    else:
+        reduce_amax(model.fc2.weight_quantizer)
+
+
 def auto_quantize_helper(model):
     model, search_state = mtq.auto_quantize(
         model,

tests/gpu/torch/conftest.py

@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@ def need_2_gpus():
         pytest.skip("Need at least 2 GPUs to run this test")
 
 
+@pytest.fixture
+def need_8_gpus():
+    if torch.cuda.device_count() < 8:
+        pytest.skip("Need at least 8 GPUs to run this test")
+
+
 @pytest.fixture(scope="module")
 def set_torch_dtype(request):
     orig_dtype = torch.get_default_dtype()

tests/gpu/torch/quantization/plugins/test_megatron.py

@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
 from _test_utils.torch_quantization.quant_utils import get_model_size
 from _test_utils.torch_quantization.quantize_common import (
     auto_quantize_helper,
+    data_tensor_context_parallel_test_helper,
+    dp_cp_parallel_test_helper,
     tensor_parallel_test_helper,
 )
 from packaging.version import Version
@@ -40,6 +42,7 @@
 import megatron.core
 from megatron.core.parallel_state import (
     destroy_model_parallel,
+    get_context_parallel_group,
     get_data_parallel_group,
     get_tensor_model_parallel_group,
 )
@@ -92,13 +95,12 @@ def test_convert_megatron_parallel_linear(distributed_setup_size_1):
     destroy_model_parallel()
 
 
+# 1. Tensor Parallel Test
 def _test_tensor_parallel_helper(config, rank, size):
     initialize_for_megatron(tensor_model_parallel_size=2, seed=SEED)
-    model = MegatronModel(size).cuda()
+    model = MegatronModel(tp_size=size).cuda()
 
-    tensor_parallel_test_helper(
-        model, config, get_tensor_model_parallel_group(), get_data_parallel_group()
-    )
+    tensor_parallel_test_helper(model, config, get_tensor_model_parallel_group())
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
@@ -119,6 +121,89 @@ def test_tensor_parallel(need_2_gpus, config):
     )
 
 
+# 2. Data Parallel Test
+def _test_data_parallel_helper(config, rank, size):
+    # TODO does this model automatically get copied to both DP ranks?
+    initialize_for_megatron(seed=SEED)
+    model = MegatronModel().cuda()
+
+    dp_cp_parallel_test_helper(model, config, get_data_parallel_group())
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "config",
+    [
+        mtq.INT8_DEFAULT_CFG,
+        mtq.FP8_DEFAULT_CFG,
+        mtq.W4A8_AWQ_BETA_CFG,
+        mtq.INT8_SMOOTHQUANT_CFG,
+        mtq.INT4_BLOCKWISE_WEIGHT_ONLY_CFG,
+        mtq.INT4_AWQ_CFG,
+        mtq.NVFP4_DEFAULT_CFG,
+    ],
+)
+def test_data_parallel(need_2_gpus, config):
+    spawn_multiprocess_job(size=2, job=partial(_test_data_parallel_helper, config), backend="nccl")
+
+
+# 3. Context Parallel Test
+def _test_context_parallel_helper(config, rank, size):
+    initialize_for_megatron(context_parallel_size=size, seed=SEED)
+    model = MegatronModel(cp_size=size).cuda()
+
+    dp_cp_parallel_test_helper(model, config, get_context_parallel_group())
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "config",
+    [
+        mtq.INT8_DEFAULT_CFG,
+        mtq.FP8_DEFAULT_CFG,
+        mtq.W4A8_AWQ_BETA_CFG,
+        mtq.INT8_SMOOTHQUANT_CFG,
+        mtq.INT4_BLOCKWISE_WEIGHT_ONLY_CFG,
+        mtq.INT4_AWQ_CFG,
+        mtq.NVFP4_DEFAULT_CFG,
+    ],
+)
+def test_context_parallel(need_2_gpus, config):
+    spawn_multiprocess_job(
+        size=2, job=partial(_test_context_parallel_helper, config), backend="nccl"
+    )
+
+
+# 4. DP=2 + TP=2 + CP=2 Test (on 2*2*2=8 GPUs)
+def _test_data_tensor_context_parallel_helper(config, rank, size):
+    initialize_for_megatron(tensor_model_parallel_size=2, context_parallel_size=2, seed=SEED)
+    model = MegatronModel(tp_size=2, cp_size=2).cuda()
+
+    data_tensor_context_parallel_test_helper(
+        model,
+        config,
+        get_data_parallel_group(),
+        get_tensor_model_parallel_group(),
+        get_context_parallel_group(),
+    )
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "config",
+    [
+        mtq.INT8_DEFAULT_CFG,
+        mtq.FP8_DEFAULT_CFG,
+        mtq.W4A8_AWQ_BETA_CFG,
+        mtq.INT8_SMOOTHQUANT_CFG,
+        mtq.INT4_BLOCKWISE_WEIGHT_ONLY_CFG,
+        mtq.INT4_AWQ_CFG,
+        mtq.NVFP4_DEFAULT_CFG,
+    ],
+)
+def test_data_tensor_context_parallel(need_8_gpus, config):
+    spawn_multiprocess_job(
+        size=8, job=partial(_test_data_tensor_context_parallel_helper, config), backend="nccl"
+    )
+
+
 def _gpt_model_provider(tp_size: int, hidden_size=256, vocab_size=64, meta_device=False):
     """Build the model."""