tf.experimental.dtensor.Mesh

Represents a Mesh configuration over a certain list of Mesh Dimensions.

tf.experimental.dtensor.Mesh(
    dim_names: List[str],
    global_device_ids: np.ndarray,
    local_device_ids: List[int],
    local_devices: List[tf.compat.v1.DeviceSpec],
    mesh_name: str = '',
    global_devices: Optional[List[tf_device.DeviceSpec]] = None
)

A mesh consists of named dimensions with sizes, which describe how a set of devices are arranged. Defining tensor layouts in terms of mesh dimensions allows us to efficiently determine the communication required when computing an operation with tensors of different layouts.

A mesh provides information not only about the placement of the tensors but also the topology of the underlying devices. For example, we can group 8 TPUs as a 1-D array for data parallelism or a 2x4 grid for (2-way) data parallelism and (4-way) model parallelism.

Note: the utilities dtensor.create_mesh and dtensor.create_distributed_mesh provide a simpler API to create meshes for single- or multi-client use cases.

Args
dim_names	A list of strings indicating dimension names.
global_device_ids	An ndarray of global device IDs is used to compose DeviceSpecs describing the mesh. The shape of this array determines the size of each mesh dimension. Values in this array should increment sequentially from 0. This argument is the same for every DTensor client.
local_device_ids	A list of local device IDs equal to a subset of values in global_device_ids. They indicate the position of local devices in the global mesh. Different DTensor clients must contain distinct local_device_ids contents. All local_device_ids from all DTensor clients must cover every element in global_device_ids.
local_devices	The list of devices hosted locally. The elements correspond 1:1 to those of local_device_ids.
mesh_name	The name of the mesh. Currently, this is rarely used, and is mostly used to indicate whether it is a CPU, GPU, or TPU-based mesh. global_devices (optional): The list of global devices. Set when multiple device meshes are in use.

Attributes
dim_names
name
size

Methods

as_proto

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as_proto() -> layout_pb2.MeshProto

Returns mesh protobuffer.

contains_dim

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contains_dim(
    dim_name: str
) -> bool

Returns True if a Mesh contains the given dimension name.

device_type

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device_type() -> str

Returns the device_type of a Mesh.

dim_size

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dim_size(
    dim_name: str
) -> int

Returns the size of a dimension.

from_proto

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@staticmethod
from_proto(
    proto: layout_pb2.MeshProto
) -> 'Mesh'

Construct a mesh instance from input proto.

from_string

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@staticmethod
from_string(
    mesh_str: str
) -> 'Mesh'

Construct a mesh instance from input proto.

host_mesh

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host_mesh()

Returns the 1-1 mapped host mesh.

is_remote

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is_remote() -> bool

Returns True if a Mesh contains only remote devices.

local_device_ids

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local_device_ids() -> List[int]

Returns a list of local device IDs.

local_device_locations

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local_device_locations() -> List[Dict[str, int]]

Returns a list of local device locations.

A device location is a dictionary from dimension names to indices on those dimensions.

local_devices

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local_devices() -> List[str]

Returns a list of local device specs represented as strings.

min_global_device_id

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min_global_device_id() -> int

Returns the minimum global device ID.

num_local_devices

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num_local_devices() -> int

Returns the number of local devices.

shape

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shape() -> List[int]

Returns the shape of the mesh.

to_string

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to_string() -> str

Returns string representation of Mesh.

unravel_index

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unravel_index()

Returns a dictionary from device ID to {dim_name: dim_index}.

For example, for a 3x2 mesh, return this:

{ 0: {'x': 0, 'y', 0},
  1: {'x': 0, 'y', 1},
  2: {'x': 1, 'y', 0},
  3: {'x': 1, 'y', 1},
  4: {'x': 2, 'y', 0},
  5: {'x': 2, 'y', 1} }

__contains__

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__contains__(
    dim_name: str
) -> bool

__eq__

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__eq__(
    other
)

Return self==value.

__getitem__

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__getitem__(
    dim_name: str
) -> MeshDimension