add eval support to distributed sync (#847)

Summary:
Pull Request resolved: #847

Support also eval

Reviewed By: diego-urgell

Differential Revision: D58855082

fbshipit-source-id: b2ed61e27d1d8a786ba3352f14437b48097a2e4d

Author: galrotem

tests/framework/callbacks/test_periodic_distributed_sync.py

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 import unittest
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
 
-from torchtnt.framework._test_utils import DummyPredictUnit
+from torchtnt.framework._test_utils import DummyEvalUnit, DummyPredictUnit
 
 from torchtnt.framework.callbacks.periodic_distributed_sync import (
     PeriodicDistributedSync,
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 class PeriodicDistributedSyncTest(unittest.TestCase):
     @patch("torchtnt.framework.callbacks.periodic_distributed_sync.barrier")
-    def test_frequency(self, barrier_mock: MagicMock) -> None:
+    def test_frequency_predict(self, barrier_mock: MagicMock) -> None:
         pds = PeriodicDistributedSync(sync_every_n_steps=2)
         unit = DummyPredictUnit(2)
         state = State(entry_point=EntryPoint.PREDICT)
@@ -31,3 +31,16 @@ def test_frequency(self, barrier_mock: MagicMock) -> None:
         unit.predict_progress.increment_step()  # 2 steps completed
         pds.on_predict_step_end(state, unit)
         barrier_mock.assert_called_once()
+
+    @patch("torchtnt.framework.callbacks.periodic_distributed_sync.barrier")
+    def test_frequency_evaluate(self, barrier_mock: MagicMock) -> None:
+        pds = PeriodicDistributedSync(sync_every_n_steps=2)
+        unit = DummyEvalUnit(2)
+        state = State(entry_point=EntryPoint.EVALUATE)
+        unit.eval_progress.increment_step()  # 1 step completed
+        pds.on_eval_step_end(state, unit)
+        barrier_mock.assert_not_called()
+
+        unit.eval_progress.increment_step()  # 2 steps completed
+        pds.on_eval_step_end(state, unit)
+        barrier_mock.assert_called_once()

torchtnt/framework/callbacks/periodic_distributed_sync.py

@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 
 from torchtnt.framework.callback import Callback
 from torchtnt.framework.state import State
-from torchtnt.framework.unit import TPredictUnit
-from torchtnt.utils.distributed import barrier
+from torchtnt.framework.unit import TEvalUnit, TPredictUnit
+from torchtnt.utils.distributed import barrier, get_global_rank
 
 logger: logging.Logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -20,17 +20,24 @@ class PeriodicDistributedSync(Callback):
     """
     A callback to sync all distributed workers at a given frequency.
     Helpful when using distributed without DDP/FSDP but would still like to ensure that the workers are in sync with each other, for example large predict jobs.
-    Note that only predict is supported at the moment.
+    Both predict and evaluate are supported.
 
     Args:
         sync_every_n_steps: the frequency at which to sync the workers.
     """
 
     def __init__(self, sync_every_n_steps: int = 1000) -> None:
         self.sync_every_n_steps = sync_every_n_steps
+        self._global_rank: int = get_global_rank()
 
     def on_predict_step_end(self, state: State, unit: TPredictUnit) -> None:
         num_steps = unit.predict_progress.num_steps_completed
         if num_steps % self.sync_every_n_steps == 0:
-            logger.info(f"Barrier at step {num_steps}")
+            logger.info(f"Barrier at step {num_steps} on rank {self._global_rank}")
+            barrier()
+
+    def on_eval_step_end(self, state: State, unit: TEvalUnit) -> None:
+        num_steps = unit.eval_progress.num_steps_completed
+        if num_steps % self.sync_every_n_steps == 0:
+            logger.info(f"Barrier at step {num_steps} on rank {self._global_rank}")
             barrier()