#define TESTING #include "train_gpt2.cu" // poor man's tensor checker int check_tensor(float *a, float *b, int n, const char* label, float threshold=1e-0) { // a is the calculated tensor, b is the reference tensor int print_upto = 10; int ok = 1; float max_diff = 0.0f; float max_rel_error = 0.0f; float max_to_threshold = 0.f; float max_a = 0.0f; float max_b = 0.0f; float epsilon = 0.079; // BF16 epsilon value printf("---\n"); printf("checking tensor: %s\n", label); for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) { float t_eff = threshold + fabs(b[i]) * epsilon; float diff = fabsf(a[i] - b[i]); max_to_threshold = max(max_to_threshold, diff / t_eff); if (diff > max_diff) { max_diff = diff; float denom = fabsf(b[i]); max_rel_error = (denom == 0.0f) ? 0.0f : diff / denom; max_a = a[i]; max_b = b[i]; } if (diff > t_eff) { ok = 0; } // print the first few elements so we can visually assess the "proof" of the comparison if (i < print_upto) { printf(diff <= t_eff ? "OK " : "NOT OK "); printf("%f %f\n", a[i], b[i]); } } // print the final result if (ok) { printf("TENSOR OK, max diff: %.3e, with rel error: %.3e (calculated=%10f, ref=%10f), %.2f%% of maximum error\n", max_diff, max_rel_error, max_a, max_b, max_to_threshold*100); } else { printf("TENSOR NOT OK, max diff: %.3e, with rel error: %.3e (calculated=%10f, ref=%10f), %.2f%% of maximum error\n", max_diff, max_rel_error, max_a, max_b, max_to_threshold*100); } return ok; } // the same tensors as in the train file, but in float, which are used as reference typedef struct { float* wte; // (Vp, C) float* wpe; // (maxT, C) float* ln1w; // (L, C) float* ln1b; // (L, C) float* qkvw; // (L, 3*C, C) float* qkvb; // (L, 3*C) float* attprojw; // (L, C, C) float* attprojb; // (L, C) float* ln2w; // (L, C) float* ln2b; // (L, C) float* fcw; // (L, 4*C, C) float* fcb; // (L, 4*C) float* fcprojw; // (L, C, 4*C) float* fcprojb; // (L, C) float* lnfw; // (C) float* lnfb; // (C) } FloatParameterTensors; static_assert(sizeof(FloatParameterTensors) == NUM_PARAMETER_TENSORS * sizeof(void*), "Inconsistent sizes!"); // malloc_and_point, but in float and on CPU, because we use this data to check correctness on CPU float* float_cpu_malloc_and_point_parameters(FloatParameterTensors* params, size_t* param_sizes) { // calculate the total number of parameters size_t num_parameters = 0; for (int i = 0; i < NUM_PARAMETER_TENSORS; i++) { num_parameters += param_sizes[i]; } // everything is float so number of bytes to allocate is a simple multiplication float* params_memory = (float*)mallocCheck(num_parameters * sizeof(float)); float** ptrs[] = { ¶ms->wte, ¶ms->wpe, ¶ms->ln1w, ¶ms->ln1b, ¶ms->qkvw, ¶ms->qkvb, ¶ms->attprojw, ¶ms->attprojb, ¶ms->ln2w, ¶ms->ln2b, ¶ms->fcw, ¶ms->fcb, ¶ms->fcprojw, ¶ms->fcprojb, ¶ms->lnfw, ¶ms->lnfb }; float* params_memory_iterator = params_memory; for (int i = 0; i < NUM_PARAMETER_TENSORS; i++) { *(ptrs[i]) = params_memory_iterator; params_memory_iterator += param_sizes[i]; } return params_memory; } int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { char nccl_init_method[256] = "mpi"; // "tcp" or "fs" or "mpi" int num_processes = -1; // doesn't matter when using MPI int process_rank = -1; // doesn't matter when using MPI int gpus_per_node = -1; // doesn't matter when using MPI char server_ip[256] = ""; // doesn't matter when using MPI char fs_path[256] = ""; // doesn't matter when using MPI multi_gpu_config = multi_gpu_config_init(num_processes, process_rank, gpus_per_node, server_ip, fs_path, nccl_init_method); common_start(false, true); // set the right paths #if defined(ENABLE_BF16) const char* load_filename = "gpt2_124M_bf16.bin"; #else const char* load_filename = "gpt2_124M.bin"; #endif // build the GPT-2 model from a checkpoint GPT2 model; gpt2_init_common(&model); gpt2_build_from_checkpoint(&model, load_filename); size_t V = model.config.vocab_size; size_t Vp = model.config.padded_vocab_size; size_t maxT = model.config.max_seq_len; size_t L = model.config.num_layers; size_t C = model.config.channels; for (int i = 1; i < argc; i+=2) { if (i + 1 >= argc) { exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } // must have arg after flag if (argv[i][0] != '-') { exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } // must start with dash if (argv[i][1] == 'w') { model.use_master_weights = atoi(argv[i+1]); } else if (argv[i][1] == 'r') { model.recompute = atoi(argv[i+1]); } } // load additional information that we will use for debugging and error checking FILE *state_file = fopenCheck("gpt2_124M_debug_state.bin", "rb"); int state_header[256]; freadCheck(state_header, sizeof(int), 256, state_file); if (state_header[0] != 20240327) { fprintf(stderr, "Bad magic state file\n"); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } if (state_header[1] != 2) { fprintf(stderr, "Bad version in state file\n"); fprintf(stderr, "---> HINT: try to re-run `python train_gpt2.py`\n"); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } int B = state_header[2]; // batch size, e.g. 4 int T = state_header[3]; // time / sequence length (e.g. 64, up to maxT) assert(0 <= T && T <= maxT); printf("[State]\n"); printf("batch_size: %d\n", B); printf("seq_len: %d\n", T); set_zero_configs(&multi_gpu_config, 0, model.num_parameters); // read reference information from the file saved from Python/PyTorch side // 1) input x and y int* x = (int*)mallocCheck(B * T * sizeof(int)); int* y = (int*)mallocCheck(B * T * sizeof(int)); freadCheck(x, sizeof(int), B*T, state_file); freadCheck(y, sizeof(int), B*T, state_file); // 2) results of forward pass (logits and loss) float* expected_logits = (float*) mallocCheck(B * T * V * sizeof(float)); float* expected_loss = (float*) mallocCheck(1 * sizeof(float)); freadCheck(expected_logits, sizeof(float), B*T*V, state_file); freadCheck(expected_loss, sizeof(float), 1, state_file); // 3) results of backward pass (parameter gradients) FloatParameterTensors expected_grads; // will be read from file. right now: all in fp32 float* expected_grads_memory = float_cpu_malloc_and_point_parameters(&expected_grads, model.param_elements); freadCheck(expected_grads_memory, sizeof(float), model.num_parameters, state_file); fcloseCheck(state_file); // this memory will be used to do one single copy of all (mixed precision) GPU grads to CPU grads void* grads_memory_cpu = mallocCheck(model.num_parameters_bytes); float* grads_memory_cpu_float = (float*)mallocCheck(model.num_parameters * sizeof(float)); // overall OK signal for the test int allok = 1; // First, do target-free forward pass to validate logits gpt2_forward(&model, x, B, T); // at this point, target should be equal to expected_logits, let's compare // copy logits to CPU so we can compare them floatX* logits_cpu_raw = (floatX*)mallocCheck(B * T * Vp * sizeof(floatX)); float* logits_cpu = (float*)mallocCheck(B * T * Vp * sizeof(float)); cudaCheck(cudaMemcpy(logits_cpu_raw, model.acts.output, B * T * Vp * sizeof(floatX), cudaMemcpyDeviceToHost)); for (int i = 0; i < B * T * Vp; i++) { logits_cpu[i] = (float)logits_cpu_raw[i]; } float logit_accuracy_threshold = 1e-3f; float loss_diff_threshold = 1e-5f; // FP16 and lower require very high tolerances unfortunately. TODO look into more #if defined(ENABLE_BF16) || defined(ENABLE_F16) logit_accuracy_threshold = 25.0f; // 15.0f was too low even without cuDNN?! :( loss_diff_threshold = 0.05f; #endif // compare the output logits from the forward pass // also careful that we don't access and compare the padded columns of logits int logits_ok = 1; float max_diff = 0.0f; for (int bt = 0; bt < B*T; bt++) { for (int v = 0; v < V; v++) { int i = bt * Vp + v; // linearized index if (i < 10) { printf("%f, %f\n", expected_logits[i], logits_cpu[i]); } float diff = fabsf(expected_logits[bt*V + v] - logits_cpu[i]); max_diff = fmaxf(max_diff, diff); if (diff >= logit_accuracy_threshold) { printf("MISMATCH AT INDEX %d,%d: ", bt, v); printf("%f %f\n", expected_logits[bt*V + v], logits_cpu[i]); logits_ok = 0; bt = B*T; // to break out of both loops break; } } } allok = allok && logits_ok; if(!logits_ok) { printf("NOT "); } printf("OK (LOGITS)\n"); printf("logit max diff: %f\n", max_diff); // let's do 10 training iterations, following the pytorch code float losses[10]; for (int step = 0; step < 10; step++) { struct timespec start, end; clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &start); gpt2_forward(&model, x, B, T); gpt2_zero_grad(&model); gpt2_backward_and_reduce(&model, x, y, 1, 0); clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &end); double time_elapsed_s = (end.tv_sec - start.tv_sec) + (end.tv_nsec - start.tv_nsec) / 1e9; if (step == 0) { // error checking at step 0 for reference activations // move the (mixed precision) grads from GPU to CPU cudaCheck(cudaMemcpy(grads_memory_cpu, model.grads_memory, model.num_parameters_bytes, cudaMemcpyDeviceToHost)); // convert all gradients to float on the CPU char* src_iterator = (char*)grads_memory_cpu; // can be lower precision, so we use char* float* dst_iterator = (float*)grads_memory_cpu_float; // float* float* exp_iterator = expected_grads_memory; // float* of expected gradients from Python float* tensors1[NUM_PARAMETER_TENSORS]; float* tensors2[NUM_PARAMETER_TENSORS]; for (int i = 0; i < NUM_PARAMETER_TENSORS; i++) { if (model.param_sizeof[i] == sizeof(float)) { // float tensor => copy over directly memcpy(dst_iterator, src_iterator, model.param_elements[i] * sizeof(float)); } else { // low-precision tensor => convert to float assert(model.param_sizeof[i] == sizeof(floatX)); // floatX is the single non-float supported atm for (size_t j = 0; j < model.param_elements[i]; j++) { dst_iterator[j] = ((floatX*)src_iterator)[j]; // convert to float } } // for convenience record the position of comparison for reality vs. expectation tensors1[i] = dst_iterator; // reality tensors2[i] = exp_iterator; // expectation // advance the iterators src_iterator += model.param_elements[i] * model.param_sizeof[i]; dst_iterator += model.param_elements[i]; exp_iterator += model.param_elements[i]; } // compare the gradients on the parameters all at once, in fp32 // I set the tolerances manually by inspecting the gradient differences for // a few elements of each tensor. bf16 looks ok but not amazing here. // It's possible we have bugs lurking, or maybe it is bf16. Not 100% sure. // Also, if code changes and some of these get tripped, it could be ok if it's not by too much, // because our use of stochastic rounding is adding some non-determinism "pepper noise". // In that case it's ok to extend the tolerance by a bit, after a manual review. // Also, different GPUs may use different matrix multiplication algorithms, so the // actual errors can be hardware specific. float grad_thresholds[NUM_PARAMETER_TENSORS] = {5e-1f, 4e-3f, 1e-1f, 3.5e-2f, 2e-2f, 3e-2f, 5e-2f, 5e-2f, 5e-2f, 1.5e-2f, 5e-4f, 8e-3f, 1.5e-3f, 2.5e-3f, 1e-1f, 2e-2f}; #if defined(ENABLE_FP32) for (int i = 0; i < NUM_PARAMETER_TENSORS; i++) { grad_thresholds[i] = 1e-6f; // we can be much more precise in FP32 } #endif allok = allok & check_tensor(tensors1[0], tensors2[0], V * C, "wte", grad_thresholds[0]); allok = allok & check_tensor(tensors1[1], tensors2[1], maxT * C, "wpe", grad_thresholds[1]); allok = allok & check_tensor(tensors1[2], tensors2[2], L * 3*C * C, "qkvw", grad_thresholds[2]); allok = allok & check_tensor(tensors1[3], tensors2[3], L * 3*C, "qkvb", grad_thresholds[3]); allok = allok & check_tensor(tensors1[4], tensors2[4], L * C * C, "attprojw", grad_thresholds[4]); allok = allok & check_tensor(tensors1[5], tensors2[5], L * C, "attprojb", grad_thresholds[5]); allok = allok & check_tensor(tensors1[6], tensors2[6], L * 4*C * C, "fcw", grad_thresholds[6]); allok = allok & check_tensor(tensors1[7], tensors2[7], L * 4*C, "fcb", grad_thresholds[7]); allok = allok & check_tensor(tensors1[8], tensors2[8], L * C * 4*C, "fcprojw", grad_thresholds[8]); allok = allok & check_tensor(tensors1[9], tensors2[9], L * C, "fcprojb", grad_thresholds[9]); allok = allok & check_tensor(tensors1[10], tensors2[10], L * C, "ln1w", grad_thresholds[10]); allok = allok & check_tensor(tensors1[11], tensors2[11], L * C, "ln1b", grad_thresholds[11]); allok = allok & check_tensor(tensors1[12], tensors2[12], L * C, "ln2w", grad_thresholds[12]); allok = allok & check_tensor(tensors1[13], tensors2[13], L * C, "ln2b", grad_thresholds[13]); allok = allok & check_tensor(tensors1[14], tensors2[14], C, "lnfw", grad_thresholds[14]); allok = allok & check_tensor(tensors1[15], tensors2[15], C, "lnfb", grad_thresholds[15]); } float grad_norm = gpt2_calculate_grad_norm(&model, &multi_gpu_config); float grad_scale = (grad_norm > 1.0f) ? 1.0f / grad_norm : 1.0f; gpt2_update(&model, 1e-4f, 0.9f, 0.95f, 1e-8f, 0.0f, grad_scale, step+1, &multi_gpu_config); // print the timing information at the end printf("step %d: loss %f (took %f ms)\n", step+1, model.mean_loss, time_elapsed_s * 1000); // the expected losses from PyTorch were copied over after the print formatting rounded // them to 6 decimal places, so we do the same here float rounded_loss = roundf(model.mean_loss * 1000000) / 1000000; losses[step] = rounded_loss; } // expected losses are as follows, from Python float expected_losses[10] = { 5.270009, 4.060681, 3.320085, 2.717550, 2.181066, 1.653923, 1.168050, 0.736873, 0.401021, 0.187493 }; // compare for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) { if (fabsf(losses[i] - expected_losses[i]) >= loss_diff_threshold) { printf("LOSS MISMATCH AT STEP %d: %f %f\n", i+1, losses[i], expected_losses[i]); allok = 0; } else { printf("loss ok at step %d: %f %f\n", i+1, losses[i], expected_losses[i]); } } // Finally, let's check determinism gpt2_write_to_checkpoint(&model, "test_gpt2cu_model.ckpt"); DataLoader loader; dataloader_init(&loader, "dev/data/tinyshakespeare/tiny_shakespeare_val.bin", B, T, multi_gpu_config.process_rank, multi_gpu_config.num_processes, 1); save_state("test_gpt2cu_state.ckpt", 10, &model, &loader); int tokens[10]; for (int step = 0; step < 10; step++) { dataloader_next_batch(&loader); gpt2_forward(&model, loader.inputs, B, T); gpt2_zero_grad(&model); gpt2_backward_and_reduce(&model, loader.inputs, loader.targets, 1, 0); gpt2_update(&model, 1e-4f, 0.9f, 0.95f, 1e-8f, 0.0f, 1.0f, step+11, &multi_gpu_config); losses[step] = model.mean_loss; tokens[step] = loader.inputs[0]; } // reload gpt2_free(&model); gpt2_build_from_checkpoint(&model, "test_gpt2cu_model.ckpt"); int ld_step; load_state(&ld_step, &model, &loader, "test_gpt2cu_state.ckpt"); for (int step = 0; step < 10; step++) { dataloader_next_batch(&loader); gpt2_forward(&model, loader.inputs, B, T); gpt2_zero_grad(&model); gpt2_backward_and_reduce(&model, loader.inputs, loader.targets, 1, 0); gpt2_update(&model, 1e-4f, 0.9f, 0.95f, 1e-8f, 0.0f, 1.0f, step+11, &multi_gpu_config); if(loader.inputs[0] != tokens[step]) { printf("Nondeterminism! Token mismatch at step %d: %d vs %d\n", step, tokens[step], loader.inputs[0]); allok = false; break; } if(losses[step] != model.mean_loss) { printf("Nondeterminism! Loss mismatch at step %d: %.15f vs %.15f\n", step, losses[step], model.mean_loss); allok = false; break; } else { printf("loss ok at step %d: %f %f\n", step, losses[step], model.mean_loss); } } // final approval printf("overall okay: %d\n", allok); // delete intermediate test files remove("test_gpt2cu_model.ckpt"); remove("test_gpt2cu_state.ckpt"); // free everything dataloader_free(&loader); gpt2_free(&model); common_free(model); free(x); free(y); free(logits_cpu_raw); free(logits_cpu); free(expected_logits); free(expected_loss); free(expected_grads_memory); free(grads_memory_cpu); free(grads_memory_cpu_float); return allok ? EXIT_SUCCESS : EXIT_FAILURE; }