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ZeRO 3: IndexError: Dimension out of range (expected to be in range of [-1, 0], but got 1)

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Description

If I use the following snippet in BingBERT example with ZeRO 3, I received IndexError: Dimension out of range (expected to be in range of [-1, 0], but got 1) no matter if Transformer CUDA layer is enabled or not.

    with deepspeed.zero.Init(remote_device='cpu', pin_memory=True, enabled=True):
        model = BertMultiTask(args)

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Start by reproducing the issue in the BingBERT example with ZeRO 3 and the shown BertMultiTask construction inside zero.Init. Compare behavior with Transformer CUDA enabled and disabled, then trace the reported dimension error. Done means the snippet no longer raises the IndexError in either configuration.

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Tech stack
python, pytorch
Domain
distributed-systems, machine-learning
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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