[compiled autograd] Compiled autograd configs in TLS (pytorch#137821)

Multithreaded doesn't work yet, this adds python side TLS only for the python side state

Pull Request resolved: pytorch#137821
Approved by: https://github.com/jansel, https://github.com/yf225
ghstack dependencies: pytorch#137953

test/distributed/_composable/fsdp/test_fully_shard_compile.py

@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ def _check_count(copy_count, resize_count):
                 f"Unexpected number of `inductor.resize_storage_bytes_` ops (expected {resize_count}, got {actual_resize_count}) in graph: {graph}",  # noqa: B950
             )
 
-        if not torch._dynamo.compiled_autograd.in_compiled_autograd_region:
+        if not torch._dynamo.compiled_autograd.local.get("in_compiled_autograd_region"):
             _check_count(fwd_copy_count, fwd_resize_count)  # fwd graph
         else:
             _check_count(bwd_copy_count, bwd_resize_count)  # bwd graph

test/dynamo/test_activation_checkpointing.py

@@ -86,7 +86,9 @@ def match_rng_op(node, op):
 
 
 def collect_fwd_graph_outputs(graph: torch.fx.Graph, *, fwd_outputs: Set[str]):
-    if not torch._dynamo.compiled_autograd.in_compiled_autograd_region:  # fwd graph
+    if not torch._dynamo.compiled_autograd.local.get(
+        "in_compiled_autograd_region"
+    ):  # fwd graph
         return_node = list(graph.nodes)[-1]
         assert return_node.target == "output"
         for x in return_node.args[0]:

test/inductor/test_compiled_autograd.py

@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@
 import itertools
 import logging
 import os
+import queue
 import re
 import subprocess
 import sys
+import threading
 import unittest
 from importlib.machinery import SourceFileLoader
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -2405,6 +2407,39 @@ def test_logs(self):
             not in logs.getvalue()
         )
 
+    def test_multithreading_tls(self):
+        def train(errors, model, x):
+            try:
+                out = model(x)
+                with compiled_autograd.enable(compiler_fn):
+                    self.assertEqual(compiled_autograd.local.enabled(), True)
+                    self.assertEqual(compiled_autograd.local.get("next_ctx_id"), 1)
+            except Exception as e:
+                print(f"Found error: {e}")
+                errors.put(1)
+                raise
+
+        model = torch.nn.Sequential(
+            torch.nn.Linear(4, 4),
+            torch.nn.ReLU(),
+            torch.nn.Linear(4, 4),
+            torch.nn.ReLU(),
+        )
+        x = torch.randn([2, 4])
+
+        threads = []
+        errors = queue.Queue()
+        with compiled_autograd.enable(compiler_fn):
+            for i in range(4):
+                thread = threading.Thread(target=train, args=(errors, model, x))
+                threads.append(thread)
+                thread.start()
+
+        for thread in threads:
+            thread.join()
+
+        assert errors.empty()
+
     def test_verbose_logs_graph(self):
         def fn():
             model = torch.nn.Sequential(

torch/_C/_dynamo/compiled_autograd.pyi

@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 from typing import Callable
 
-from torch._dynamo.compiled_autograd import AutogradCompilerInstance
-
-def set_autograd_compiler(
-    autograd_compiler: Callable[[], AutogradCompilerInstance] | None,
-) -> Callable[[], AutogradCompilerInstance] | None: ...
+def notify_autograd_engine() -> None: ...
 def clear_cache() -> None: ...
 def is_cache_empty() -> bool: ...
 def set_verbose_logger(fn: Callable[[str], None] | None) -> bool: ...

torch/_dynamo/compiled_autograd.py

@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 # mypy: allow-untyped-defs
 import contextlib
 import functools
-from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, TYPE_CHECKING, Union
+import threading
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from logging import Logger
+from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, TYPE_CHECKING, Union
 
 import torch
 from torch._dynamo.external_utils import (
@@ -38,14 +41,90 @@
 verbose_log = getArtifactLogger(__name__, "compiled_autograd_verbose")
 
 
-def snapshot_verbose_logging_enabled():
-    return torch._logging._internal.log_state.is_artifact_enabled(
-        "compiled_autograd_verbose"
-    )
+@dataclass
+class CompiledAutogradTLS:
+    next_ctx_id: int = 0
+    in_compiled_autograd_region: bool = False
+    compiler: Optional["AutogradCompilerInstance"] = None
+    vlogger: Optional[Logger] = None
+
+
+class TLSWrapper:
+    tls_key = "compiled_autograd_state"
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self._local = threading.local()
+
+    def _get_tls(self) -> CompiledAutogradTLS:
+        if hasattr(self._local, self.tls_key):
+            # first look in python
+            state = getattr(self._local, self.tls_key)
+        if torch._C._is_key_in_tls(self.tls_key):
+            # then look in cpp
+            state = torch._C._get_obj_in_tls(self.tls_key)
+        else:
+            # init new thread created outside of autograd
+            # TODO: what if context manager wrapped outside of thread?
+            setattr(self._local, self.tls_key, CompiledAutogradTLS())
+            state = getattr(self._local, self.tls_key)
+            torch._C._stash_obj_in_tls(self.tls_key, state)
+        return state
+
+    # queries on the object stored in TLS
+    def get(self, name):
+        return getattr(self._get_tls(), name)
+
+    def set_tls(self, **kwargs) -> Callable[[], None]:
+        priors: Dict[str, Any] = {}
+        for k, v in kwargs.items():
+            state = self._get_tls()
+            priors[k] = getattr(state, k)
+            setattr(state, k, v)
+
+        torch._C._dynamo.compiled_autograd.notify_autograd_engine()
+
+        def revert():
+            self.set_tls(**priors)
+
+        return revert
+
+    def enabled(self) -> bool:
+        return self.get("compiler") is not None
+
+    def enter_ctx(self) -> Callable[[], None]:
+        state = self._get_tls()
+        state.next_ctx_id += 1
+        id = state.next_ctx_id
+
+        def exit():
+            assert (
+                state is self._get_tls()
+            ), "Runtime must begin and end on the same thread"
+            assert state.next_ctx_id == id, (
+                "Error nesting compiled autograd context managers: "
+                "inner context managers must have shorter lifetime than the outer context manager"
+            )
+            state.next_ctx_id -= 1
+
+        return exit
+
+    def enter_compiled_region(self) -> Callable[[], None]:
+        state = self._get_tls()
+        prior = state.in_compiled_autograd_region
+        state.in_compiled_autograd_region = True
+        assert prior is False, "Nested compiled autograd regions are not supported"
+
+        def exit():
+            assert (
+                state is self._get_tls()
+            ), "Runtime must begin and end on the same thread"
+            assert state.in_compiled_autograd_region is True
+            state.in_compiled_autograd_region = prior
+
+        return exit
 
 
-def snapshot_cudagraph_enabled():
-    return torch._inductor.config.triton.cudagraphs
+local = TLSWrapper()
 
 
 def maybe_clone(x):
@@ -307,7 +386,7 @@ def end_capture(self, outputs):
         self.rename_aot_dispatcher_nodes()
         self.reorder_accumulate_grad_nodes()
         runtime_inputs_to_move: List[int] = []
-        if snapshot_cudagraph_enabled():
+        if torch._inductor.config.triton.cudagraphs:
             runtime_inputs_to_move = self.move_graph_nodes_to_cuda(self.fx_tracer.graph)
 
         graph = GraphModule(
@@ -329,16 +408,15 @@ def end_capture(self, outputs):
         )
 
         def runtime_wrapper(compiled_fn, inputs, sizes, scalars, hooks):
-            global in_compiled_autograd_region
             try:
-                in_compiled_autograd_region = True
+                exit_compiled_region = local.enter_compiled_region()
                 for i in runtime_inputs_to_move:
                     inputs[i] = inputs[i].pin_memory().cuda(non_blocking=True)
 
                 with disable():
                     return compiled_fn(inputs, sizes, scalars, hooks)
             finally:
-                in_compiled_autograd_region = False
+                exit_compiled_region()
 
         return runtime_wrapper, self.compiler_fn(graph)
 
@@ -510,15 +588,9 @@ def set_node_origin(
         set_stack_trace(new_stack_trace)
 
 
-# state of the autograd engine dispatch, kept in sync by enable/disable context managers
-compiled_autograd_enabled = False
-
 # global flag to check if compiled autograd is enabled but Dynamo stance is "force_eager"
 compiled_autograd_enabled_force_eager = False
 
-# global flag to check if we are processing graphs produced from a compiled autograd graph
-in_compiled_autograd_region = False
-
 
 @contextlib.contextmanager
 def enable(compiler_fn):
@@ -538,39 +610,42 @@ def enable(compiler_fn):
         # we need to lazily import it, because of circular dependencies
         import torch._inductor.cudagraph_trees
 
-        prior = torch._C._dynamo.compiled_autograd.set_autograd_compiler(
-            functools.partial(AutogradCompilerInstance, compiler_fn)
+        exit_ctx = local.enter_ctx()
+        revert_tls = local.set_tls(
+            compiler=functools.partial(AutogradCompilerInstance, compiler_fn),
+            vlogger=verbose_log
+            if torch._logging._internal.log_state.is_artifact_enabled(
+                "compiled_autograd_verbose"
+            )
+            else None,
         )
-        if snapshot_verbose_logging_enabled():
-            torch._C._dynamo.compiled_autograd.set_verbose_logger(verbose_log)
-        global compiled_autograd_enabled
-        compiled_autograd_enabled = True
         try:
             with torch.autograd.set_multithreading_enabled(False):
                 yield
         finally:
-            if not prior:
-                compiled_autograd_enabled = False
-            torch._C._dynamo.compiled_autograd.set_autograd_compiler(prior)
+            revert_tls()
+            exit_ctx()
 
 
 @contextlib.contextmanager
 def disable():
-    prior = torch._C._dynamo.compiled_autograd.set_autograd_compiler(None)
-    global compiled_autograd_enabled
-    compiled_autograd_enabled = False
+    exit_ctx = local.enter_ctx()
+    revert_tls = local.set_tls(
+        compiler=None,
+        vlogger=None,
+    )
     try:
         yield
     finally:
-        if prior:
-            compiled_autograd_enabled = True
-        torch._C._dynamo.compiled_autograd.set_autograd_compiler(prior)
+        revert_tls()
+        exit_ctx()
 
 
 # return to starting state of a new process
 def reset() -> None:
-    global compiled_autograd_enabled
-    compiled_autograd_enabled = False
-    assert not in_compiled_autograd_region
-    torch._C._dynamo.compiled_autograd.set_autograd_compiler(None)
-    torch._C._dynamo.compiled_autograd.set_verbose_logger(None)
+    assert local.get("next_ctx_id") == 0
+    assert local.get("in_compiled_autograd_region") is False
+    local.set_tls(
+        compiler=None,
+        vlogger=None,
+    )

torch/_dynamo/config.py

@@ -472,6 +472,11 @@ def default_debug_dir_root():
 # Overrides torch.compile() kwargs for Compiled Autograd:
 compiled_autograd_kwargs_override: Dict[str, Any] = {}
 
+# Compiled Autograd will attempt to automatically wrap C++ autograd functions found in the autograd graph,
+# and make them opaque to the compiler. This does not work when the C++ backward implementation involves
+# other dispatcher subsystems e.g. custom subclasses, autocast, vmap.
+compiled_autograd_opaque_cpp_node = False
+
 # Enables use of collectives *during* compilation to synchronize behavior
 # across ranks.  Today, this is used solely to modify automatic_dynamic_shapes
 # behavior, making it so that we infer that if an input is dynamic by

torch/_dynamo/utils.py

@@ -3051,7 +3051,7 @@ def flatten_graph_inputs(gm: torch.fx.GraphModule, inputs, compile_gm):
         if node.op == "placeholder" and node.meta.get("steal_arg", False)
     ]
 
-    if torch._dynamo.compiled_autograd.in_compiled_autograd_region:
+    if torch._dynamo.compiled_autograd.local.get("in_compiled_autograd_region"):
         # fast path, avoid pytree overhead
         # compiled autograd inputs are always a list of tensors, maybe followed by symints
         assert inputs_idx_to_clear == [0]

torch/_dynamo/variables/distributed.py

@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ def create(
         user_hooks: VariableTracker,
         user_pre_hooks: VariableTracker,
     ):
-        if not compiled_autograd.compiled_autograd_enabled:
+        if not compiled_autograd.local.enabled():
             unimplemented("module-level backwards hooks require compiled autograd")
 
         def _in_graph_bw_hooks(bw_state: BackwardState):

torch/_dynamo/variables/misc.py

@@ -929,7 +929,7 @@ def call_method(
         kwargs: "Dict[str, VariableTracker]",
     ) -> "VariableTracker":
         if name == "queue_callback":
-            if torch._dynamo.compiled_autograd.in_compiled_autograd_region:
+            if torch._dynamo.compiled_autograd.local.get("in_compiled_autograd_region"):
                 assert (
                     tx.one_graph
                 ), "queue_callback() is only supported when Compiled Autograd is enabled with fullgraph=True"

torch/_dynamo/variables/tensor.py

@@ -1007,7 +1007,7 @@ def _method_register_hook(self, name: str, hook: VariableTracker):
         tx = InstructionTranslator.current_tx()
 
         if not self.source:
-            if not compiled_autograd.compiled_autograd_enabled:
+            if not compiled_autograd.local.enabled():
                 # TODO(voz):
                 # We can relax this by speculating the callable and ensuring that it doesn't modify arbitrary
                 # python state.

torch/_functorch/_aot_autograd/autograd_cache.py

@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ def check_cacheable(gm: torch.fx.GraphModule):
     Checks that the graph module only uses supported operators
     """
     nodes = gm.graph.nodes
-    if torch._dynamo.compiled_autograd.in_compiled_autograd_region:
+    if torch._dynamo.compiled_autograd.local.get("in_compiled_autograd_region"):
         raise BypassAOTAutogradCache(
             "Cannot cache a graph with compiled autograd enabled"
         )

torch/_functorch/_aot_autograd/collect_metadata_analysis.py

@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ def view_avoid_dupes_with_primals(t):
         traced_tangent_memory_formats = [t[1] for t in tangents_and_memory_formats]
         nonlocal static_input_indices
         static_input_indices = static_input_indices or []
-        if torch._dynamo.compiled_autograd.in_compiled_autograd_region:
+        if torch._dynamo.compiled_autograd.local.get("in_compiled_autograd_region"):
             passed_indices = set(static_input_indices)
             static_input_indices = [
                 i

torch/_functorch/_aot_autograd/jit_compile_runtime_wrappers.py

@@ -760,7 +760,7 @@ def aot_dispatch_autograd(
             # becomes the lazy version again. One example is when dynamic shape is enabled
             # upfront, the bw_compiler will be called above which can cause extra
             # graph module recompilation on bw_module.
-            if torch._dynamo.compiled_autograd.in_compiled_autograd_region:
+            if torch._dynamo.compiled_autograd.local.get("in_compiled_autograd_region"):
                 from torch.fx._lazy_graph_module import _LazyGraphModule
 
                 _LazyGraphModule.force_recompile(bw_module)