Error installing Apex

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#1,645 opened on Apr 19, 2023 12 comments 2 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

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Difficulty: 3/5
Estimated time: 1-2 days
Newbie friendliness: 35/100

Issue type: Bug
Clarity: Mostly clear
Activity status: Stale
Tech stack: cpp, python, pytorch
Domain: build-system, machine-learning

Research direction

Reproduce the Apex installation with the reported Python 3.10 and PyTorch environment, then inspect csrc/fused_dense.cpp around line 159 alongside the compiler output. The work is complete when the Apex extension builds and installs without the reported compilation error.

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bug

Describe the Bug

 csrc/fused_dense.cpp: In lambda function:
  csrc/fused_dense.cpp:159:94: warning: ‘at::DeprecatedTypeProperties& at::Tensor::type() const’ is deprecated: Tensor.type() is deprecated. Instead use Tensor.options(), which in many cases (e.g. in a constructor) is a drop-in replacement. If you were using data from type(), that is now available from Tensor itself, so instead of tensor.type().scalar_type(), use tensor.scalar_type() instead and instead of tensor.type().backend() use tensor.device(). [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
    159 |   AT_DISPATCH_FLOATING_TYPES_AND2(at::ScalarType::Half, at::ScalarType::BFloat16, input.type(), "linear_bias_backward", [&] {
        |                                                                                              ^
  /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/c10/util/Exception.h:260:39: note: in definition of macro ‘C10_EXPAND_MSVC_WORKAROUND’
    260 | #define C10_EXPAND_MSVC_WORKAROUND(x) x
        |                                       ^
  /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/c10/util/Exception.h:465:9: note: in expansion of macro ‘TORCH_CHECK_MSG’
    465 |         TORCH_CHECK_MSG(cond, "", ##__VA_ARGS__)); \
        |         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/c10/util/Exception.h:637:32: note: in expansion of macro ‘TORCH_CHECK’
    637 |     C10_EXPAND_MSVC_WORKAROUND(TORCH_CHECK(false, ::c10::str(__VA_ARGS__))); \
        |                                ^~~~~~~~~~~
  /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/ATen/Dispatch.h:330:9: note: in expansion of macro ‘AT_ERROR’
    330 |         AT_ERROR(#NAME, " not implemented for '", toString(TYPE), "'");     \
        |         ^~~~~~~~
  csrc/fused_dense.cpp:159:3: note: in expansion of macro ‘AT_DISPATCH_FLOATING_TYPES_AND2’
    159 |   AT_DISPATCH_FLOATING_TYPES_AND2(at::ScalarType::Half, at::ScalarType::BFloat16, input.type(), "linear_bias_backward", [&] {
        |   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  In file included from /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/ATen/core/Tensor.h:3,
                   from /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/ATen/DeviceGuard.h:4,
                   from /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/ATen/ATen.h:11,
                   from /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/torch/csrc/api/include/torch/types.h:3,
                   from /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/torch/csrc/api/include/torch/data/dataloader_options.h:4,
                   from /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/torch/csrc/api/include/torch/data/dataloader/base.h:3,
                   from /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/torch/csrc/api/include/torch/data/dataloader/stateful.h:3,
                   from /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/torch/csrc/api/include/torch/data/dataloader.h:3,
                   from /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/torch/csrc/api/include/torch/data.h:3,
                   from /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/torch/csrc/api/include/torch/all.h:8,
                   from /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/torch/extension.h:4,
                   from csrc/fused_dense.cpp:1:
  /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/ATen/core/TensorBody.h:213:30: note: declared here
    213 |   DeprecatedTypeProperties & type() const {
        |                              ^~~~
  In file included from /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/c10/core/Device.h:5,
                   from /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/c10/core/Allocator.h:6,
                   from /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/ATen/ATen.h:7,
                   from /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/torch/csrc/api/include/torch/types.h:3,
                   from /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/torch/csrc/api/include/torch/data/dataloader_options.h:4,
                   from /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/torch/csrc/api/include/torch/data/dataloader/base.h:3,
                   from /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/torch/csrc/api/include/torch/data/dataloader/stateful.h:3,
                   from /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/torch/csrc/api/include/torch/data/dataloader.h:3,
                   from /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/torch/csrc/api/include/torch/data.h:3,
                   from /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/torch/csrc/api/include/torch/all.h:8,
                   from /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/torch/extension.h:4,
                   from csrc/fused_dense.cpp:1:
  /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/ATen/Dispatch.h:330:51: error: ‘toString’ was not declared in this scope
    330 |         AT_ERROR(#NAME, " not implemented for '", toString(TYPE), "'");     \
        |                                                   ^~~~~~~~
  /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/c10/util/Exception.h:260:39: note: in definition of macro ‘C10_EXPAND_MSVC_WORKAROUND’
    260 | #define C10_EXPAND_MSVC_WORKAROUND(x) x
        |                                       ^
  /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/c10/util/Exception.h:465:9: note: in expansion of macro ‘TORCH_CHECK_MSG’
    465 |         TORCH_CHECK_MSG(cond, "", ##__VA_ARGS__)); \
        |         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/c10/util/Exception.h:637:32: note: in expansion of macro ‘TORCH_CHECK’
    637 |     C10_EXPAND_MSVC_WORKAROUND(TORCH_CHECK(false, ::c10::str(__VA_ARGS__))); \
        |                                ^~~~~~~~~~~
  /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/ATen/Dispatch.h:330:9: note: in expansion of macro ‘AT_ERROR’
    330 |         AT_ERROR(#NAME, " not implemented for '", toString(TYPE), "'");     \
        |         ^~~~~~~~
  csrc/fused_dense.cpp:159:3: note: in expansion of macro ‘AT_DISPATCH_FLOATING_TYPES_AND2’
    159 |   AT_DISPATCH_FLOATING_TYPES_AND2(at::ScalarType::Half, at::ScalarType::BFloat16, input.type(), "linear_bias_backward", [&] {
        |   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/ATen/Dispatch.h:330:51: note: suggested alternatives:
    330 |         AT_ERROR(#NAME, " not implemented for '", toString(TYPE), "'");     \
        |                                                   ^~~~~~~~
  /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/c10/util/Exception.h:260:39: note: in definition of macro ‘C10_EXPAND_MSVC_WORKAROUND’
    260 | #define C10_EXPAND_MSVC_WORKAROUND(x) x
        |                                       ^
  /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/c10/util/Exception.h:465:9: note: in expansion of macro ‘TORCH_CHECK_MSG’
    465 |         TORCH_CHECK_MSG(cond, "", ##__VA_ARGS__)); \
        |         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/c10/util/Exception.h:637:32: note: in expansion of macro ‘TORCH_CHECK’
    637 |     C10_EXPAND_MSVC_WORKAROUND(TORCH_CHECK(false, ::c10::str(__VA_ARGS__))); \
        |                                ^~~~~~~~~~~
  /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/ATen/Dispatch.h:330:9: note: in expansion of macro ‘AT_ERROR’
    330 |         AT_ERROR(#NAME, " not implemented for '", toString(TYPE), "'");     \
        |         ^~~~~~~~
  csrc/fused_dense.cpp:159:3: note: in expansion of macro ‘AT_DISPATCH_FLOATING_TYPES_AND2’
    159 |   AT_DISPATCH_FLOATING_TYPES_AND2(at::ScalarType::Half, at::ScalarType::BFloat16, input.type(), "linear_bias_backward", [&] {
        |   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  In file included from /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/ATen/core/op_registration/infer_schema.h:8,
                   from /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/torch/library.h:61,
                   from /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/torch/csrc/api/include/torch/types.h:12,
                   from /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/torch/csrc/api/include/torch/data/dataloader_options.h:4,
                   from /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/torch/csrc/api/include/torch/data/dataloader/base.h:3,
                   from /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/torch/csrc/api/include/torch/data/dataloader/stateful.h:3,
                   from /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/torch/csrc/api/include/torch/data/dataloader.h:3,
                   from /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/torch/csrc/api/include/torch/data.h:3,
                   from /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/torch/csrc/api/include/torch/all.h:8,
                   from /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/torch/extension.h:4,
                   from csrc/fused_dense.cpp:1:
  /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/ATen/core/function_schema.h:522:20: note:   ‘c10::toString’
    522 | inline std::string toString(const FunctionSchema& schema) {
        |                    ^~~~~~~~
  In file included from /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/torch/csrc/jit/ir/ir.h:3,
                   from /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/torch/csrc/jit/api/function_impl.h:4,
                   from /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/torch/csrc/jit/api/method.h:7,
                   from /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/torch/csrc/jit/api/object.h:6,
                   from /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/torch/csrc/jit/api/module.h:4,
                   from /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/torch/csrc/api/include/torch/serialize/input-archive.h:7,
                   from /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/torch/csrc/api/include/torch/serialize/archive.h:3,
                   from /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/torch/csrc/api/include/torch/data/samplers/serialize.h:4,
                   from /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/torch/csrc/api/include/torch/data/samplers.h:8,
                   from /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/torch/csrc/api/include/torch/data/datasets/chunk.h:7,
                   from /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/torch/csrc/api/include/torch/data/datasets.h:4,
                   from /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/torch/csrc/api/include/torch/data.h:4,
                   from /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/torch/csrc/api/include/torch/all.h:8,
                   from /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/torch/extension.h:4,
                   from csrc/fused_dense.cpp:1:
  /home/max410011/.conda/envs/nvidia/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/include/torch/csrc/jit/ir/attributes.h:35:27: note:   ‘torch::jit::toString’
     35 | static inline const char* toString(AttributeKind kind) {
        |                           ^~~~~~~~
  error: command '/usr/bin/gcc' failed with exit code 1
  error: subprocess-exited-with-error

  × Running setup.py install for apex did not run successfully.
  │ exit code: 1
  ╰─> See above for output.

Minimal Steps/Code to Reproduce the Bug

conda create --name nvidia_apex python=3.10
conda install pytorch==1.12.1 torchvision==0.13.1 torchaudio==0.12.1 cudatoolkit=11.3 -c pytorch
git clone https://github.com/NVIDIA/apex
cd apex
pip install -v --disable-pip-version-check --no-cache-dir --global-option="--cpp_ext" --global-option="--cuda_ext" ./

Environment

ubuntu 20.04 LTS
python==3.10
pytorch==1.12.1
cudatoolkit=11.3.1
cuda==11.3

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