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vllm.distributed.device_communicators.custom_all_reduce

Classes:

CustomAllreduce

Methods:

  • __init__

    Args:

  • all_reduce

    Performs an out-of-place all reduce.

  • capture

    The main responsibility of this context manager is the

  • custom_all_reduce

    The main allreduce API that provides support for cuda graph.

Source code in vllm/distributed/device_communicators/custom_all_reduce.py
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class CustomAllreduce:
    _SUPPORTED_WORLD_SIZES = [2, 4, 6, 8, 16]
    _DEFAULT_ALL_GATHER_MAX_SIZE = 2 * 1024 * 1024
    _DEFAULT_MNNVL_ALL_GATHER_MAX_SIZES = {
        2: 8 * 1024 * 1024,
        4: 4 * 1024 * 1024,
        6: 2 * 1024 * 1024,
        8: 2 * 1024 * 1024,
        16: 2 * 1024 * 1024,
    }
    _DEFAULT_REDUCE_SCATTER_MAX_SIZE = 16 * 1024 * 1024
    _DEFAULT_MNNVL_REDUCE_SCATTER_MAX_SIZE = 16 * 1024 * 1024

    # max_size: max supported allreduce size
    def __init__(
        self,
        group: ProcessGroup,
        device: int | str | torch.device,
        max_size=8192 * 1024,
        max_all_gather_size=_DEFAULT_ALL_GATHER_MAX_SIZE,
        max_mnnvl_all_gather_size=None,
        max_reduce_scatter_size=_DEFAULT_REDUCE_SCATTER_MAX_SIZE,
        max_mnnvl_reduce_scatter_size=_DEFAULT_MNNVL_REDUCE_SCATTER_MAX_SIZE,
        symm_mem_enabled=False,
    ) -> None:
        """
        Args:
            group: the process group to work on. If None, it will use the
                default process group.
            device: the device to bind the CustomAllreduce to. If None,
                it will be bound to f"cuda:{local_rank}".
        It is the caller's responsibility to make sure each communicator
        is bind to a unique device, and all communicators in this group
        are in the same node.
        """
        self._IS_CAPTURING = False
        self._ptr = 0
        self.disabled = True
        self.mnnvl_buffer = None
        self.mnnvl_handle = None
        self.mnnvl_peer_buffers: list[torch.Tensor] | None = None
        self.mnnvl_multicast_ptr = 0
        self.mnnvl_buffer_size = 0
        self.mnnvl_lamport_ag_local_ptr = 0
        self.mnnvl_lamport_ag_multicast_ptr = 0
        self.mnnvl_lamport_rs_local_ptr = 0
        self.mnnvl_lamport_epochs = None
        self.mnnvl_lamport_ag_epoch_ptr = 0
        self.mnnvl_lamport_rs_epoch_ptr = 0
        self.mnnvl_only = False

        if not custom_ar:
            # disable because of missing custom allreduce library
            # e.g. in a non-GPU environment
            logger.info_once(
                "Custom allreduce is disabled because "
                "of missing custom allreduce library"
            )
            return

        self.group = group

        assert dist.get_backend(group) != dist.Backend.NCCL, (
            "CustomAllreduce should be attached to a non-NCCL group."
        )

        same_node = all(in_the_same_node_as(group, source_rank=0))
        self.mnnvl_only = not same_node

        rank = dist.get_rank(group=self.group)
        self.rank = rank
        world_size = dist.get_world_size(group=self.group)
        if world_size == 1:
            # No need to initialize custom allreduce for single GPU case.
            return

        if world_size not in CustomAllreduce._SUPPORTED_WORLD_SIZES:
            logger.warning_once(
                "Custom allreduce is disabled due to an unsupported world"
                " size: %d. Supported world sizes: %s. To silence this "
                "warning, specify disable_custom_all_reduce=True explicitly.",
                world_size,
                str(CustomAllreduce._SUPPORTED_WORLD_SIZES),
            )
            return

        if isinstance(device, int):
            device = torch.device(f"cuda:{device}")
        elif isinstance(device, str):
            device = torch.device(device)
        # now `device` is a `torch.device` object
        assert isinstance(device, torch.device)
        self.device = device
        device_capability = current_platform.get_device_capability()
        if (
            current_platform.is_cuda()
            and symm_mem_enabled
            and device_capability is not None
        ):
            device_capability_str = device_capability.as_version_str()
            if (
                device_capability_str in CUSTOM_ALL_REDUCE_MAX_SIZES
                and world_size in CUSTOM_ALL_REDUCE_MAX_SIZES[device_capability_str]
            ):
                max_size = min(
                    CUSTOM_ALL_REDUCE_MAX_SIZES[device_capability_str][world_size],
                    max_size,
                )
        # device.index is a visible ordinal, not a logical local ID.
        fully_connected = False
        if same_node:
            physical_device_id = (
                current_platform.visible_device_id_to_physical_device_id(device.index)
            )
            tensor = torch.tensor([physical_device_id], dtype=torch.int, device="cpu")
            gather_list = [
                torch.tensor([0], dtype=torch.int, device="cpu")
                for _ in range(world_size)
            ]
            dist.all_gather(gather_list, tensor, group=self.group)
            physical_device_ids = [t.item() for t in gather_list]
            assert current_platform.is_cuda_alike()
            fully_connected = current_platform.is_fully_connected(physical_device_ids)
        if same_node and world_size > 2 and not fully_connected:
            logger.warning(
                "Custom allreduce is disabled because it's not supported on"
                " more than two PCIe-only GPUs. To silence this warning, "
                "specify disable_custom_all_reduce=True explicitly."
            )
            return
        # test P2P capability, this checks software/cudaruntime support
        # this is expensive to compute at the first time
        # then we cache the result
        # On AMD GPU, p2p is always enabled between XGMI connected GPUs
        if (
            same_node
            and not current_platform.is_rocm()
            and not _can_p2p(rank, world_size)
        ):
            logger.warning(
                "Custom allreduce is disabled because your platform lacks "
                "GPU P2P capability or P2P test failed. To silence this "
                "warning, specify disable_custom_all_reduce=True explicitly."
            )
            return

        self.disabled = False
        # Buffers memory are owned by this Python class and passed to C++.
        # Metadata composes of two parts: metadata for synchronization and a
        # temporary buffer for storing intermediate allreduce results.
        if same_node:
            self.meta_ptrs = self.create_shared_buffer(
                ops.meta_size() + max_size, group=group, uncached=True
            )
        else:
            meta_ptr, _ = ops.allocate_shared_buffer_and_handle(ops.meta_size())
            self.meta_ptrs = [meta_ptr] * world_size
        # This is a pre-registered IPC buffer. In eager mode, input tensors
        # are first copied into this buffer before the operation is performed
        legacy_buffer_size = max(max_size, max_all_gather_size, max_reduce_scatter_size)
        if same_node:
            self.buffer_ptrs = self.create_shared_buffer(
                legacy_buffer_size,
                group=group,
            )
        else:
            buffer_ptr, _ = ops.allocate_shared_buffer_and_handle(legacy_buffer_size)
            self.buffer_ptrs = [buffer_ptr] * world_size
        # This stores tuples of pointers to IPC buffers from all ranks.
        # Each registered tuple contains at most 16 addresses.
        # Allocating 8MB is enough for 65536 such tuples. The largest model uses
        # fewer than 10000 registered tuples.
        self.rank_data = torch.empty(
            8 * 1024 * 1024, dtype=torch.uint8, device=self.device
        )
        self.max_size = max_size
        self.max_all_gather_size = max_all_gather_size
        if max_mnnvl_all_gather_size is None:
            max_mnnvl_all_gather_size = self._DEFAULT_MNNVL_ALL_GATHER_MAX_SIZES[
                world_size
            ]
        self.max_mnnvl_all_gather_size = max_mnnvl_all_gather_size
        self.max_reduce_scatter_size = max_reduce_scatter_size
        self.max_mnnvl_reduce_scatter_size = max_mnnvl_reduce_scatter_size
        self.rank = rank
        self.world_size = world_size
        self.fully_connected = fully_connected
        self._ptr = ops.init_custom_ar(
            self.meta_ptrs, self.rank_data, rank, self.fully_connected
        )
        ops.register_buffer(self._ptr, self.buffer_ptrs)
        self._init_mnnvl_buffer(
            max(
                max_mnnvl_all_gather_size * world_size,
                max_mnnvl_reduce_scatter_size,
            )
        )
        if not same_node and not self.mnnvl_multicast_ptr:
            logger.warning(
                "Custom collectives are disabled because this multi-node "
                "group does not support MNNVL multicast."
            )
            self.close()
            self.disabled = True

    def _init_mnnvl_buffer(self, stage_size: int) -> None:
        if torch_symm_mem is None or not current_platform.is_cuda():
            return
        try:
            buffer_size = stage_size * 6
            buffer = torch_symm_mem.empty(
                buffer_size, dtype=torch.uint8, device=self.device
            )
            handle = torch_symm_mem.rendezvous(buffer, self.group.group_name)
            if handle.multicast_ptr == 0:
                return
            peer_buffers = [
                handle.get_buffer(
                    peer,
                    (buffer_size,),
                    torch.uint8,
                    storage_offset=0,
                )
                for peer in range(self.world_size)
            ]
            ptrs = [peer_buffer.data_ptr() for peer_buffer in peer_buffers]
            lamport_ag_offset = 0
            lamport_rs_offset = stage_size * 3
            lamport_ag_ptrs = [ptr + lamport_ag_offset for ptr in ptrs]
            lamport_rs_ptrs = [ptr + lamport_rs_offset for ptr in ptrs]
            ops.register_buffer(self._ptr, lamport_ag_ptrs)
            ops.register_buffer(self._ptr, lamport_rs_ptrs)

            buffer.view(torch.int32).fill_(-2147483648)
            epochs = torch.zeros(
                (2, 32),
                dtype=torch.int32,
                device=self.device,
            )
            torch.accelerator.synchronize()
            dist.barrier(group=self.group)

            self.mnnvl_buffer = buffer
            self.mnnvl_handle = handle
            self.mnnvl_peer_buffers = peer_buffers
            self.mnnvl_multicast_ptr = handle.multicast_ptr
            self.mnnvl_buffer_size = stage_size
            self.mnnvl_lamport_ag_local_ptr = lamport_ag_ptrs[self.rank]
            self.mnnvl_lamport_ag_multicast_ptr = (
                handle.multicast_ptr + lamport_ag_offset
            )
            self.mnnvl_lamport_rs_local_ptr = lamport_rs_ptrs[self.rank]
            self.mnnvl_lamport_epochs = epochs
            self.mnnvl_lamport_ag_epoch_ptr = epochs[0].data_ptr()
            self.mnnvl_lamport_rs_epoch_ptr = epochs[1].data_ptr()
        except RuntimeError as error:
            logger.debug("MNNVL AG/RS initialization failed: %s", error)

    @contextmanager
    def capture(self):
        """
        The main responsibility of this context manager is the
        `register_graph_buffers` call at the end of the context.
        It records all the buffer addresses used in the CUDA graph.
        """
        try:
            self._IS_CAPTURING = True
            yield
        finally:
            self._IS_CAPTURING = False
            if not self.disabled:
                self.register_graph_buffers()

    def register_graph_buffers(self):
        handle, offset = ops.get_graph_buffer_ipc_meta(self._ptr)
        logger.debug("Registering %d cuda graph addresses", len(offset))
        # We cannot directly use `dist.all_gather_object` here
        # because it is incompatible with `gloo` backend under inference mode.
        # see https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/issues/126032 for details.
        all_data: list[list[list[int] | None]]
        all_data = [[None, None] for _ in range(dist.get_world_size(group=self.group))]
        all_data[self.rank] = [handle, offset]
        ranks = sorted(dist.get_process_group_ranks(group=self.group))
        for i, rank in enumerate(ranks):
            dist.broadcast_object_list(
                all_data[i], src=rank, group=self.group, device="cpu"
            )
        # Unpack list of tuples to tuple of lists.
        handles = cast(list[list[int]], [d[0] for d in all_data])
        offsets = cast(list[list[int]], [d[1] for d in all_data])
        ops.register_graph_buffers(self._ptr, handles, offsets)

    def should_custom_ar(self, inp: torch.Tensor):
        if self.disabled or self.world_size > 8:
            return False
        inp_size = inp.numel() * inp.element_size()
        # custom allreduce requires input byte size to be multiples of 16
        if inp_size % 16 != 0:
            return False
        if not is_weak_contiguous(inp):
            return False
        # for 4 or more non NVLink-capable GPUs, custom allreduce provides
        # little performance improvement over NCCL.
        if self.world_size == 2 or self.fully_connected:
            return inp_size < self.max_size
        return False

    def all_reduce(
        self, inp: torch.Tensor, *, out: torch.Tensor = None, registered: bool = False
    ):
        """Performs an out-of-place all reduce.

        If registered is True, this assumes inp's pointer is already
        IPC-registered. Otherwise, inp is first copied into a pre-registered
        buffer.
        """
        if out is None:
            out = torch.empty_like(inp)
        if registered:
            ops.all_reduce(self._ptr, inp, out, 0, 0)
        else:
            ops.all_reduce(
                self._ptr, inp, out, self.buffer_ptrs[self.rank], self.max_size
            )
        return out

    def custom_all_reduce(self, input: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor | None:
        """The main allreduce API that provides support for cuda graph."""
        # When custom allreduce is disabled, this will be None.
        if self.disabled or not self.should_custom_ar(input):
            return None
        if self._IS_CAPTURING:
            if torch.cuda.is_current_stream_capturing():
                return self.all_reduce(input, registered=True)
            else:
                # If warm up, mimic the allocation pattern since custom
                # allreduce is out-of-place.
                return torch.empty_like(input)
        else:
            # Note: outside of cuda graph context, custom allreduce incurs a
            # cost of cudaMemcpy, which should be small (<=1% of overall
            # latency) compared to the performance gain of using custom kernels
            return self.all_reduce(input, registered=False)

    def should_custom_all_gather(self, inp: torch.Tensor) -> bool:
        if self.disabled or not current_platform.is_cuda():
            return False
        if self.world_size == 16 and not self.mnnvl_only:
            return False
        inp_size = inp.nbytes
        if inp.dtype not in (
            torch.float32,
            torch.float16,
            torch.bfloat16,
        ):
            return False
        max_size = (
            self.max_mnnvl_all_gather_size
            if self.mnnvl_multicast_ptr
            else self.max_all_gather_size
        )
        return (
            0 < inp_size <= max_size
            and inp_size % 16 == 0
            and is_weak_contiguous(inp)
            and (self.fully_connected or bool(self.mnnvl_multicast_ptr))
        )

    def custom_all_gather(self, inp: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor | None:
        if not self.should_custom_all_gather(inp):
            return None
        out_shape = (inp.shape[0] * self.world_size,) + inp.shape[1:]
        if self.mnnvl_multicast_ptr:
            logger.info_once(
                "Using the MNNVL Lamport all-gather kernel.",
                scope="global",
            )
            out = torch.empty(out_shape, dtype=inp.dtype, device=inp.device)
            ops.mnnvl_lamport_all_gather(
                self._ptr,
                inp,
                out,
                self.mnnvl_lamport_ag_local_ptr,
                self.mnnvl_lamport_ag_multicast_ptr,
                self.mnnvl_lamport_ag_epoch_ptr,
                self.mnnvl_buffer_size,
            )
        else:
            out = torch.empty(out_shape, dtype=inp.dtype, device=inp.device)
            ops.custom_all_gather(
                self._ptr,
                inp,
                out,
                self.buffer_ptrs[self.rank],
                self.max_all_gather_size,
            )
        return out

    def should_custom_reduce_scatter(self, inp: torch.Tensor) -> bool:
        if self.disabled or not current_platform.is_cuda():
            return False
        if self.world_size == 16 and not self.mnnvl_only:
            return False
        inp_size = inp.nbytes
        if inp.dtype not in (torch.float32, torch.float16, torch.bfloat16):
            return False
        if inp.shape[0] % self.world_size != 0:
            return False
        output_size = inp_size // self.world_size
        max_size = (
            self.max_mnnvl_reduce_scatter_size
            if self.mnnvl_multicast_ptr
            else self.max_reduce_scatter_size
        )
        return (
            0 < inp_size <= max_size
            and output_size % 16 == 0
            and is_weak_contiguous(inp)
            and (self.fully_connected or bool(self.mnnvl_multicast_ptr))
        )

    def custom_reduce_scatter(self, inp: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor | None:
        if not self.should_custom_reduce_scatter(inp):
            return None
        out_shape = (inp.shape[0] // self.world_size,) + inp.shape[1:]
        out = torch.empty(out_shape, dtype=inp.dtype, device=inp.device)
        if self.mnnvl_multicast_ptr:
            logger.info_once(
                "Using the MNNVL Lamport reduce-scatter kernel.",
                scope="global",
            )
            ops.mnnvl_lamport_reduce_scatter(
                self._ptr,
                inp,
                out,
                self.mnnvl_lamport_rs_local_ptr,
                self.mnnvl_lamport_rs_epoch_ptr,
                self.mnnvl_buffer_size,
            )
        else:
            ops.custom_reduce_scatter(
                self._ptr,
                inp,
                out,
                self.buffer_ptrs[self.rank],
                self.max_reduce_scatter_size,
            )
        return out

    def close(self):
        if not self.disabled and self._ptr:
            if ops is not None:
                ops.dispose(self._ptr)
            self._ptr = 0
            self.free_shared_buffer(self.meta_ptrs, rank=self.rank)
            self.free_shared_buffer(self.buffer_ptrs, rank=self.rank)
            self.mnnvl_peer_buffers = None
            self.mnnvl_handle = None
            self.mnnvl_buffer = None
            self.mnnvl_lamport_epochs = None

    def __del__(self):
        self.close()

    @staticmethod
    def create_shared_buffer(
        size_in_bytes: int,
        group: ProcessGroup | None = None,
        uncached: bool | None = False,
    ) -> list[int]:
        pointer, handle = ops.allocate_shared_buffer_and_handle(size_in_bytes)

        world_size = dist.get_world_size(group=group)
        rank = dist.get_rank(group=group)
        handles = [None] * world_size
        dist.all_gather_object(handles, handle, group=group)

        pointers: list[int] = []
        for i, h in enumerate(handles):
            if i == rank:
                pointers.append(pointer)  # type: ignore
            else:
                pointers.append(ops.open_mem_handle(h))
        return pointers

    @staticmethod
    def free_shared_buffer(
        pointers: list[int],
        group: ProcessGroup | None = None,
        rank: int | None = None,
    ) -> None:
        if rank is None:
            rank = dist.get_rank(group=group)
        if ops is not None:
            ops.free_shared_buffer(pointers[rank])

__init__(group, device, max_size=8192 * 1024, max_all_gather_size=_DEFAULT_ALL_GATHER_MAX_SIZE, max_mnnvl_all_gather_size=None, max_reduce_scatter_size=_DEFAULT_REDUCE_SCATTER_MAX_SIZE, max_mnnvl_reduce_scatter_size=_DEFAULT_MNNVL_REDUCE_SCATTER_MAX_SIZE, symm_mem_enabled=False)

Parameters:

  • group

    (ProcessGroup) –

    the process group to work on. If None, it will use the default process group.

  • device

    (int | str | device) –

    the device to bind the CustomAllreduce to. If None, it will be bound to f"cuda:{local_rank}".

It is the caller's responsibility to make sure each communicator is bind to a unique device, and all communicators in this group are in the same node.

Source code in vllm/distributed/device_communicators/custom_all_reduce.py
def __init__(
    self,
    group: ProcessGroup,
    device: int | str | torch.device,
    max_size=8192 * 1024,
    max_all_gather_size=_DEFAULT_ALL_GATHER_MAX_SIZE,
    max_mnnvl_all_gather_size=None,
    max_reduce_scatter_size=_DEFAULT_REDUCE_SCATTER_MAX_SIZE,
    max_mnnvl_reduce_scatter_size=_DEFAULT_MNNVL_REDUCE_SCATTER_MAX_SIZE,
    symm_mem_enabled=False,
) -> None:
    """
    Args:
        group: the process group to work on. If None, it will use the
            default process group.
        device: the device to bind the CustomAllreduce to. If None,
            it will be bound to f"cuda:{local_rank}".
    It is the caller's responsibility to make sure each communicator
    is bind to a unique device, and all communicators in this group
    are in the same node.
    """
    self._IS_CAPTURING = False
    self._ptr = 0
    self.disabled = True
    self.mnnvl_buffer = None
    self.mnnvl_handle = None
    self.mnnvl_peer_buffers: list[torch.Tensor] | None = None
    self.mnnvl_multicast_ptr = 0
    self.mnnvl_buffer_size = 0
    self.mnnvl_lamport_ag_local_ptr = 0
    self.mnnvl_lamport_ag_multicast_ptr = 0
    self.mnnvl_lamport_rs_local_ptr = 0
    self.mnnvl_lamport_epochs = None
    self.mnnvl_lamport_ag_epoch_ptr = 0
    self.mnnvl_lamport_rs_epoch_ptr = 0
    self.mnnvl_only = False

    if not custom_ar:
        # disable because of missing custom allreduce library
        # e.g. in a non-GPU environment
        logger.info_once(
            "Custom allreduce is disabled because "
            "of missing custom allreduce library"
        )
        return

    self.group = group

    assert dist.get_backend(group) != dist.Backend.NCCL, (
        "CustomAllreduce should be attached to a non-NCCL group."
    )

    same_node = all(in_the_same_node_as(group, source_rank=0))
    self.mnnvl_only = not same_node

    rank = dist.get_rank(group=self.group)
    self.rank = rank
    world_size = dist.get_world_size(group=self.group)
    if world_size == 1:
        # No need to initialize custom allreduce for single GPU case.
        return

    if world_size not in CustomAllreduce._SUPPORTED_WORLD_SIZES:
        logger.warning_once(
            "Custom allreduce is disabled due to an unsupported world"
            " size: %d. Supported world sizes: %s. To silence this "
            "warning, specify disable_custom_all_reduce=True explicitly.",
            world_size,
            str(CustomAllreduce._SUPPORTED_WORLD_SIZES),
        )
        return

    if isinstance(device, int):
        device = torch.device(f"cuda:{device}")
    elif isinstance(device, str):
        device = torch.device(device)
    # now `device` is a `torch.device` object
    assert isinstance(device, torch.device)
    self.device = device
    device_capability = current_platform.get_device_capability()
    if (
        current_platform.is_cuda()
        and symm_mem_enabled
        and device_capability is not None
    ):
        device_capability_str = device_capability.as_version_str()
        if (
            device_capability_str in CUSTOM_ALL_REDUCE_MAX_SIZES
            and world_size in CUSTOM_ALL_REDUCE_MAX_SIZES[device_capability_str]
        ):
            max_size = min(
                CUSTOM_ALL_REDUCE_MAX_SIZES[device_capability_str][world_size],
                max_size,
            )
    # device.index is a visible ordinal, not a logical local ID.
    fully_connected = False
    if same_node:
        physical_device_id = (
            current_platform.visible_device_id_to_physical_device_id(device.index)
        )
        tensor = torch.tensor([physical_device_id], dtype=torch.int, device="cpu")
        gather_list = [
            torch.tensor([0], dtype=torch.int, device="cpu")
            for _ in range(world_size)
        ]
        dist.all_gather(gather_list, tensor, group=self.group)
        physical_device_ids = [t.item() for t in gather_list]
        assert current_platform.is_cuda_alike()
        fully_connected = current_platform.is_fully_connected(physical_device_ids)
    if same_node and world_size > 2 and not fully_connected:
        logger.warning(
            "Custom allreduce is disabled because it's not supported on"
            " more than two PCIe-only GPUs. To silence this warning, "
            "specify disable_custom_all_reduce=True explicitly."
        )
        return
    # test P2P capability, this checks software/cudaruntime support
    # this is expensive to compute at the first time
    # then we cache the result
    # On AMD GPU, p2p is always enabled between XGMI connected GPUs
    if (
        same_node
        and not current_platform.is_rocm()
        and not _can_p2p(rank, world_size)
    ):
        logger.warning(
            "Custom allreduce is disabled because your platform lacks "
            "GPU P2P capability or P2P test failed. To silence this "
            "warning, specify disable_custom_all_reduce=True explicitly."
        )
        return

    self.disabled = False
    # Buffers memory are owned by this Python class and passed to C++.
    # Metadata composes of two parts: metadata for synchronization and a
    # temporary buffer for storing intermediate allreduce results.
    if same_node:
        self.meta_ptrs = self.create_shared_buffer(
            ops.meta_size() + max_size, group=group, uncached=True
        )
    else:
        meta_ptr, _ = ops.allocate_shared_buffer_and_handle(ops.meta_size())
        self.meta_ptrs = [meta_ptr] * world_size
    # This is a pre-registered IPC buffer. In eager mode, input tensors
    # are first copied into this buffer before the operation is performed
    legacy_buffer_size = max(max_size, max_all_gather_size, max_reduce_scatter_size)
    if same_node:
        self.buffer_ptrs = self.create_shared_buffer(
            legacy_buffer_size,
            group=group,
        )
    else:
        buffer_ptr, _ = ops.allocate_shared_buffer_and_handle(legacy_buffer_size)
        self.buffer_ptrs = [buffer_ptr] * world_size
    # This stores tuples of pointers to IPC buffers from all ranks.
    # Each registered tuple contains at most 16 addresses.
    # Allocating 8MB is enough for 65536 such tuples. The largest model uses
    # fewer than 10000 registered tuples.
    self.rank_data = torch.empty(
        8 * 1024 * 1024, dtype=torch.uint8, device=self.device
    )
    self.max_size = max_size
    self.max_all_gather_size = max_all_gather_size
    if max_mnnvl_all_gather_size is None:
        max_mnnvl_all_gather_size = self._DEFAULT_MNNVL_ALL_GATHER_MAX_SIZES[
            world_size
        ]
    self.max_mnnvl_all_gather_size = max_mnnvl_all_gather_size
    self.max_reduce_scatter_size = max_reduce_scatter_size
    self.max_mnnvl_reduce_scatter_size = max_mnnvl_reduce_scatter_size
    self.rank = rank
    self.world_size = world_size
    self.fully_connected = fully_connected
    self._ptr = ops.init_custom_ar(
        self.meta_ptrs, self.rank_data, rank, self.fully_connected
    )
    ops.register_buffer(self._ptr, self.buffer_ptrs)
    self._init_mnnvl_buffer(
        max(
            max_mnnvl_all_gather_size * world_size,
            max_mnnvl_reduce_scatter_size,
        )
    )
    if not same_node and not self.mnnvl_multicast_ptr:
        logger.warning(
            "Custom collectives are disabled because this multi-node "
            "group does not support MNNVL multicast."
        )
        self.close()
        self.disabled = True

all_reduce(inp, *, out=None, registered=False)

Performs an out-of-place all reduce.

If registered is True, this assumes inp's pointer is already IPC-registered. Otherwise, inp is first copied into a pre-registered buffer.

Source code in vllm/distributed/device_communicators/custom_all_reduce.py
def all_reduce(
    self, inp: torch.Tensor, *, out: torch.Tensor = None, registered: bool = False
):
    """Performs an out-of-place all reduce.

    If registered is True, this assumes inp's pointer is already
    IPC-registered. Otherwise, inp is first copied into a pre-registered
    buffer.
    """
    if out is None:
        out = torch.empty_like(inp)
    if registered:
        ops.all_reduce(self._ptr, inp, out, 0, 0)
    else:
        ops.all_reduce(
            self._ptr, inp, out, self.buffer_ptrs[self.rank], self.max_size
        )
    return out

capture()

The main responsibility of this context manager is the register_graph_buffers call at the end of the context. It records all the buffer addresses used in the CUDA graph.

Source code in vllm/distributed/device_communicators/custom_all_reduce.py
@contextmanager
def capture(self):
    """
    The main responsibility of this context manager is the
    `register_graph_buffers` call at the end of the context.
    It records all the buffer addresses used in the CUDA graph.
    """
    try:
        self._IS_CAPTURING = True
        yield
    finally:
        self._IS_CAPTURING = False
        if not self.disabled:
            self.register_graph_buffers()

custom_all_reduce(input)

The main allreduce API that provides support for cuda graph.

Source code in vllm/distributed/device_communicators/custom_all_reduce.py
def custom_all_reduce(self, input: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor | None:
    """The main allreduce API that provides support for cuda graph."""
    # When custom allreduce is disabled, this will be None.
    if self.disabled or not self.should_custom_ar(input):
        return None
    if self._IS_CAPTURING:
        if torch.cuda.is_current_stream_capturing():
            return self.all_reduce(input, registered=True)
        else:
            # If warm up, mimic the allocation pattern since custom
            # allreduce is out-of-place.
            return torch.empty_like(input)
    else:
        # Note: outside of cuda graph context, custom allreduce incurs a
        # cost of cudaMemcpy, which should be small (<=1% of overall
        # latency) compared to the performance gain of using custom kernels
        return self.all_reduce(input, registered=False)