fix a sharding bug in IPU backend (#251)

backends/c-gc/schedule/standard/default.py

@@ -16,19 +16,13 @@ def schedule(attrs):
     for i in range(len(output.op.axis)):
       ax_name = 'axis_%d' % i
       cfg.define_split(ax_name, attrs.get_extent(output.op.axis[i]), num_outputs=2)
-
-    num_cores, align_width = 1216, 64
-    cfg.define_knob('start_core', [x * align_width for x in range(num_cores // align_width)])
+    # num_cores, align_width = 1216, 64
+    # cfg.define_knob('start_core', [x * align_width for x in range(num_cores // align_width)])
     return
 
-  loop_axes = []
-  for i in range(len(output.op.axis)):
-    lo, li = s[output].split(output.op.axis[i], nparts=1)
-    if i == 0:
-      s[output].bind(lo, te.thread_axis('blockIdx.x'))
-    else:
-      li = s[output].fuse(lo, li)
-    s[output].bind(li, te.thread_axis('vthread'))
-    loop_axes.append(li)
+  la = [s[output].split(x, nparts=1) for x in output.op.axis]
+  s[output].bind(la[0][0], te.thread_axis('blockIdx.x'))
+  la = [ax[1] for ax in la]
 
-  s[output].reorder(*reversed(loop_axes))
+  la = la + [x for x in output.op.reduce_axis]
+  s[output].reorder(*la)

lang/pass/100_auto_shard.py

@@ -143,3 +143,11 @@ def run_pass_v2(ast_seq, global_input_dict, global_output_dict):
   ast['props']['shard']['local_shape'] = [x['range'] for x in ast['props']['data_axes']]
   with open(local_get_dir_file('range_book.json'), 'w') as fp:
     json.dump(ast['props']['shard'], fp)
+  for k in global_input_dict:
+    if k in ast['props']['input_dict']:
+      global_input_dict[k] = ast['props']['input_dict'][k]
+
+  assert len(global_output_dict) == 1
+  for k in global_output_dict:
+    global_output_dict[k]['shape'] = [x['range'] for x in ast['props']['data_axes']]
+    break

public/ipu_onnxrt.py

@@ -15,8 +15,10 @@ sess = onnxruntime.InferenceSession(model_path)
 
 space_input, space_output = {}, {}
 for it in sess.get_inputs():
+  print('input:', it)
   space_input[it.name] = np.array([1.0] * np.product(it.shape), dtype=np.float32)
 for it in sess.get_outputs():
+  print('output:', it)
   space_output[it.name] = popart.AnchorReturnType("ALL")
 
 if 'PROF' in os.environ:
@@ -40,11 +42,16 @@ stepio = popart.PyStepIO(space_input, anchors)
 
 session.run(stepio)
 import time
-t1 = time.time()
-step = 100
-for i in range(step):
-  session.run(stepio)
-t2 = time.time()
+
+def run(step):
+  t1 = time.time()
+  for i in range(step):
+    session.run(stepio)
+  t2 = time.time()
+  return (t2 - t1) / step
 
 print("=>", anchors)
-print('Time:', (t2 - t1) / step)
+print('Time:', run(1))
+print('Time:', run(1))
+print('Time:', run(10))
+print('Time:', run(100))