deepspeedai / deepspeedai/DeepSpeed
[BUG] z3+compile+gradient checkpoint uses more memory
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Description
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Introduced in #6726
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reading issue #6726 and investigating the z3, compile, and gradient-checkpointing combination described here. Reproduce the memory increase against a baseline, then identify the regression and verify that the affected configuration no longer uses more memory.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- machine-learning, performance
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 10/100