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Building with cpp and cuda causes distrbuted to crash

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Hi,

I can successfully build and use python only apex however when I compile with cpp and cuda, the compilation is successful but the simple example crashes with the error.

File "//anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/torch/distributed/launch.py", line 235, in
main()
File "//anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/torch/distributed/launch.py", line 231, in main cmd=process.args)

subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['//bin/python', '-u', 'distributed_data_parallel.py', '--local_rank=0']' died with <Signals.SIGSEGV: 11>.

or is it the case the case for pytorch > 4.0, we should not be building with cuda_ext and cpp_ext and simple python is sufficient.

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Start by reproducing the crash with the cpp and CUDA build using the mentioned distributed_data_parallel.py example, then compare it with the Python-only build. Read the torch.distributed.launch traceback and determine whether the supported build configuration is documented. Done means identifying the cause or documenting the correct build requirements.

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Tech stack
cpp, python, pytorch
Domain
build-system, distributed-systems, machine-learning
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Bug
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