Rework core for NVIDIA Trusted Computing
* Compress work structs so that they are shared between channels
* Utilize the full amount of kernel argument space permitted (4k)
before resorting to work fifo.
* Rework the task preprocessing phase.
* Use a separate abortDevFlag which is kept in sync with abortFlag
using cudaMemcpy operations.
* Rename src/include/align.h to src/include/bitops.h
Add lazy connection establishment for collective operations
* Move buffer allocation and connection establishment to the first
collective operation using that algorithm.
* Accelerate init time and reduce memory usage.
* Avoid allocating NVLS buffers if all calls are registered.
* Compute algo/proto in ncclLaunchCollTasksInfo early on.
* Connect peers in ncclCollPreconnectFunc if not connected already.
* Also move shared buffer creation to the first send/recv call.
Accelerate intra-node NVLink detection
* Make each rank only detect NVLinks attached to its GPU.
* Fuse XMLs to reconstruct the full NVLink topology
Add init profiling to report time spend in different init phases.
* Report timings of bootstrap, allgather, search, connect, etc.
* Add new "PROFILE" category for NCCL_DEBUG_SUBSYS.
Add support for PCI p2p on split PCI switches
* Detect split PCI switches through a kernel module exposing
switch information.
* Update the topology XML and graph to add those inter-switch
connections.
Add cost estimation API
* Add a new ncclGroupEndSimulate primitive to return the estimated
time a group would take.
Net/IB: Add separate traffic class for fifo messages
* Add NCCL_IB_FIFO_TC to control the traffic class of fifo messages
independently from NCCL_IB_TC.
Merges PR #1194
Net/IB: Add support for IB router
* Use flid instead of lid if subnets do not match
* Warn if flid is 0
Optimizations and fixes for device network offload (unpack)
* Double the default number of channels
* Cache netDeviceType
* Fix save/increment head logic to enable Tree support.
Support ncclGroupStart/End for ncclCommAbort/Destroy
* Allow Abort/Destroy to be called within a group when managing
multiple GPUs with a single process.
Improve Tuner API
* Provide to the plugin the original cost table so that the plugin
can leave unknown or disabled algo/proto combinations untouched.
* Remove nvlsSupport and collnetSupport.
Do not print version to stdout when using a debug file
* Also print version from all processes with INFO debug level.
Fixes issue #1271
Fix clang warnings in NVTX headers
* Update NVTX headers to the latest version
Fixes issue #1270
Disable port fusion in heterogeneous systems
* Do not fuse ports if a mix of multi-port and single port are detected.
Fix NVLS graphs search for dual NICs.
* Fix NVLS graph search when we have more than one NIC per GPU.
Fix crash with collnetDirect
* Add separate graph search for collnetDirect, testing alltoall paths
and working similarly to the NVLS search.
Fix hang when nodes have different CPU types
* Add the CPU type to the rank peer info.
* Align all ranks on the CPU type after the first allgather.
* Only use the aligned CPU type for all tuning operations.
Fixes issue #1136
Fixes issue #1184
Fix performance of registered send/recv operations
* Allow for single full size operations
* Add INFO to confirm the registration of send/recv buffers.
Move all sync ops to finalize stage
* Ensure ncclCommDestroy is non-blocking if ncclCommFinalize has
been called.
Improve error reporting during SHM segment creation
Improve support of various compilers
Merges PR #1177
Merges PR #1228
Allow net and tuner plugins to be statically linked
* Search for ncclNet or ncclTuner symbols in the main binary.
Merges PR #979
Plugin examples includes cleanup
* Harmonize err.h and common.h usage.
* Add mixed plugin with both net and tuner.
Add support for IB SHARP 1PPN operation with user buffers.
Improve support for MNNVL, add NVLS support and multi-clique support.
* Detect the NVLS clique through NVML
* Exchange XML between peers in the same NVLS clique and fuse XMLs
before creating the topology graph.
* Rework bootstrap allgather algorithms to allow for large allgather
operations intra-node (XML exchange).
Net/IB: add support for dynamic GID detection.
* Automatically select RoCEv2/IPv4 interface by default. Allow to
select IPv6 or even the network/mask.
Reduce NVLS memory usage.
* Add stepSize as property of a connection to allow for different
sizes on different peers; set it to 128K for NVLink SHARP.
Improve tuner loading
* Look for more paths, be more consistent with the network device
plugin.
* Also search for tuner support inside the net plugin.
Improve tuner API
* Add context to support multi-device per process.
Add magic number around comm object to detect comm corruption.
* Add some basic check around communicators so that we can report a
problem when a communicator gets corrupted or a wrong comm pointer
is passed to NCCL.
Fix net/IB error path. Github PR #1164
Fix collnet rail mapping with split comm.
Fix packet reordering issue causing bootstrap mismatch
* Use a different tag in ncclTransportP2pSetup for the connectInfo
exchange and the following barrier.
Fix hang when crossNic is inconsistent between ranks.
Fix minCompCap/maxCompCap computation. Github issue #1184
Add support for alternating rings, allow for cross-nic rings without
cross-rail communication.
Add support for user buffer registration for network send/recv.
Optimize aggregated operations to better utilize all channels.
Add flattening for BCM PCI gen5 switches.
Add support for inter-node NVLink communication
Add support for port fusion in NET/IB.
Add support for ReduceScatter and AllGather using Collnet.
Update net API to v8.
Fix hang during A2A connection.
Add local user buffer registration for NVLink SHARP.
Add tuning plugin support.
Increase net API to v7 to allow for device-side packet reordering;
remove support for v4 plugins.
Add support for RoCE ECE.
Add support for C2C links.
Better detect SHM allocation failures to avoid crash with Bus Error.
Fix missing thread unlocks in bootstrap (Fixes#936).
Disable network flush by default on H100.
Move device code from src/collectives/device to src/device.
Fix NVLS search (issue #931).
Increase max IB NICs to 32.
Fix inconsistent device ordering (issue #820).
Try to use different devices for different GPUs in systems with
more than one NIC per GFU.
Add support for IB SHARP to NVLS (NVLink SHARP algorithm).
Add NVLS+Tree algorithm.
Add support for memory management using cuMem* functions.
Use all NICs for Send/Receive operations on systems with more than
one NIC per GPU (#804).
Add ncclCommSplit primitive, with resource sharing option in config.
Fix alltoallv hang (#788)
Increase number of channels on H100 when we're not limited by NVLink.
Improve error reporting in case of IB failure, printing local and
remote ID (#779).
Add build option to allow compilation against RDMA includes instead
of dynamically loading IB verbs symbols (#802).
Fix context creation for progress thread (#803).
NET/IB: add option to use multiple QPs in round-robin mode.
Fix tree performance issue when NVB is disabled on HCM topologies.
Add new NVLS algorithm for allreduce using NVLink SHARP (intra-node only).
Add new config options: cgaClusterSize, minCTAs, maxCTAs, netName.
Enable LL128 when we use PXN to close rings.
NVTX3 includes update.
Fix crash when one CollNet (SHARP) rail fails to initialize.
Add support for CUDA 12.0, drop Kepler (sm_35).
Support for H100 features.
Make socket code more robust and protected. Solves #555.
Improve performance on large CUDA graphs, reducing dependencies.
Reduce inter-socket bandwidth on AMD CPUs to favor better paths.
Various fixes to ncclCommAbort.
Make service thread polling resistant to EINTR.
Compile with profiling API by default.
Extend NVTX instrumentation with call arguments.
Add support for improved fault tolerance: non-blocking mode, new
init function with config, and ncclCommFinalize function.
Reintroduce collnet+chain algorithm, alongside collnet+direct.
Add LL protocol for intra-node P2P (on by default) and network
communication (off by default).
Use network instead of shared memory when performance is better.
Fix: wait for CUDA graph destroy before destroying comm with linked
graph resources.
Remove aggressive polling during enqueue.
Fix DMABUF fallback on MOFED 5.4 and earlier.
Optimize CUDA graph launch; avoid launching a CPU callback for
intra-node operations.
Simplify kernel common code to improve the latency of send/recv
operations.
Strengthen CUDA streams semantics.
Change NET API to v6, to add dmabuf support.
Add ncclGetLastError() function.
Add ncclRemoteError code and use it for remote network errors.
Support the use of a different NCCL_NET parameter per communicator.
Add support for SHM and P2P transfers using cudaMemcpy.
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