deepspeedai / deepspeedai/DeepSpeed

max_grad_norm is ignored in FP16 training

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Description

I am currently fighting with a dynamic loss scale that is constantly decreasing due to gradient overflows. Setting max_grad_norm in the JSON config has no effect since it is overidden in deepspeed_light.py https://github.com/microsoft/DeepSpeed/blob/13fd3dca2abb6d6a6af62d46457fff8a1a678a4a/deepspeed/pt/deepspeed_light.py#L407-L408:

I think this modification should be removed.

Kind regards

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Start in deepspeed/pt/deepspeed_light.py around lines 407-408 and trace how max_grad_norm from the JSON config is handled during FP16 training. Remove the override described in the issue, then verify that the configured value is honored and no longer causes the reported loss-scale behavior.

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Tech stack
python
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machine-learning
Issue type
Bug
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2/5
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1-3 hours
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