megatron-core 0.12.0rc2__tar.gz → 0.12.1__tar.gz

{megatron_core-0.12.0rc2/megatron_core.egg-info → megatron_core-0.12.1}/PKG-INFO

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Metadata-Version: 2.4
 Name: megatron-core
-Version: 0.12.0rc2
+Version: 0.12.1
 Summary: Megatron Core - a library for efficient and scalable training of transformer based models
 Home-page: https://github.com/NVIDIA/Megatron-LM/megatron/core
 Download-URL: https://github.com/NVIDIA/Megatron-LM/releases

{megatron_core-0.12.0rc2 → megatron_core-0.12.1}/megatron/core/dist_checkpointing/strategies/async_utils.py

@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ class AsyncCaller(ABC):
         logger.info(f"AsyncCaller: {torch.distributed.get_rank()}, Destroying Async Caller")
 
     def __del__(self):
-        self.close()
+        raise NotImplementedError("This should be implemented")
 
 
 class TemporalAsyncCaller(AsyncCaller):
@@ -227,12 +227,22 @@ class TemporalAsyncCaller(AsyncCaller):
         is_alive = int(self.process.is_alive()) if self.process is not None else 0
         is_done = not is_alive if no_dist else self.sync_all_async_calls(is_alive)
 
-        if not is_done and blocking:
+        if is_done or blocking:
+            # Process join is called in the following cases
+            # 1. blocking == True -> regardless of is_done
+            # 2. blocking == False (non-blocking)
+            #    -> is_done == True: async requests on all ranks are identified to be finished
+            #    `self.close()` makes sure the async callers terminated
             self.close()
             is_done = True
         return is_done
 
     def close(self):
+        """For TemporalAsyncCaller, this method is called explictly in `is_current_async_calls_done`
+
+        This method make sure the TemporalAsyncCaller terminated
+        with all its assigned async request completed
+        """
         if self.process:
             logger.debug(f"rank: {torch.distributed.get_rank()}, joining self.process")
             self.process.join()
@@ -243,6 +253,9 @@ class TemporalAsyncCaller(AsyncCaller):
             )
             self.start_time = None
 
+    def __del__(self):
+        pass
+
 
 class PersistentAsyncCaller(AsyncCaller):
     """Wrapper around mp.Process that ensures correct semantic of distributed finalization.
@@ -376,6 +389,10 @@ class PersistentAsyncCaller(AsyncCaller):
         return is_done
 
     def close(self):
+        """Wait on the left async requests and terminate the PersistentAsyncCaller
+
+        Signals the PersistentAsyncCaller by sending a 'DONE' message to make it terminated
+        """
         logger.info(
             f"PersistentAsyncCaller: {torch.distributed.get_rank()}, Destroying Async Caller"
         )
@@ -385,6 +402,9 @@ class PersistentAsyncCaller(AsyncCaller):
             self.process.join()
             self.process = None
 
+    def __del__(self):
+        self.close()
+
     @staticmethod
     @_disable_gc()
     def async_loop(
@@ -492,13 +512,11 @@ class AsyncCallsQueue:
         # Backward compatibility for local checkpointing built with the old AsyncRequest
         if len(async_request._fields) != len(AsyncRequest._fields):
             async_request = AsyncRequest(**async_request._asdict())
-
-        async_request = async_request._replace(call_idx=self.call_idx)
-        finalize_fns = async_request.finalize_fns
-        async_request = async_request._replace(finalize_fns=None)
         async_request = async_request.freeze()
-        async_caller.schedule_async_call(async_request)
-        self.async_calls.append(_ActiveAsyncRequest(self.call_idx, async_caller, finalize_fns))
+        async_caller.schedule_async_call(
+            async_request._replace(call_idx=self.call_idx, finalize_fns=[])
+        )
+        self.async_calls.append(_ActiveAsyncRequest(self.call_idx, async_caller, async_request))
         return self.call_idx
 
     def maybe_finalize_async_calls(self, blocking=False, no_dist=False) -> List[int]:
@@ -522,13 +540,13 @@ class AsyncCallsQueue:
             if not next_async_done:
                 break
             with debug_time("finalize", logger):
-                call_idx, _, finalize_fns = self.async_calls.popleft()
+                call_idx, _, async_request = self.async_calls.popleft()
+                for finalize_fn in async_request.finalize_fns:
+                    finalize_fn()
                 ten = torch.tensor([call_idx], dtype=torch.int, device=torch.cuda.current_device())
                 torch.distributed.all_reduce(ten, op=torch.distributed.ReduceOp.MAX)
                 assert ten.item() == call_idx, 'Unmatched async calls. '
                 'That probably means not all ranks are participating in async finalization'
-                for finalize_fn in finalize_fns:
-                    finalize_fn()
                 call_idx_finalized.append(call_idx)
         return call_idx_finalized
 

{megatron_core-0.12.0rc2 → megatron_core-0.12.1}/megatron/core/distributed/custom_fsdp/fully_sharded_data_parallel.py

@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ from megatron.core.distributed.custom_fsdp.param_and_grad_buffer import (
 from megatron.core.distributed.data_parallel_base import _BaseDataParallel
 from megatron.core.distributed.distributed_data_parallel_config import DistributedDataParallelConfig
 from megatron.core.fp8_utils import is_float8tensor
-from megatron.core.models.common.embeddings.language_model_embedding import LanguageModelEmbedding
 from megatron.core.transformer.transformer_config import TransformerConfig
 from megatron.core.transformer.transformer_layer import TransformerLayer
 from megatron.core.utils import is_submodule, log_single_rank
@@ -77,7 +76,10 @@ class FullyShardedDataParallel(_BaseDataParallel):
         module: Underlying model.
         fsdp_unit_modules: List of modules that should be treated as FSDP Unit,
             i.e., the minimum releasable model unit. If not provided, defaults to
-            [TransformerLayer, LanguageModelEmbedding] for GPT-like models.
+            [TransformerLayer, LanguageModelEmbedding] for GPT-like models. In
+            addition to this, it affects the granularity of the communication
+            parameter grouping and triggers aggregate collective communication
+            in fp8 mixed precision training.
         disable_bucketing: If true, force assign all parameters to a single bucket. If false,
             use standard bucketing policy: assign parameters to smaller buckets and all-reduce
             per bucket.
@@ -123,9 +125,10 @@ class FullyShardedDataParallel(_BaseDataParallel):
         if fsdp_unit_modules is not None:
             self.fsdp_unit_modules = fsdp_unit_modules
         else:
-            self.fsdp_unit_modules = [TransformerLayer]
-            if not getattr(self.module, "share_embeddings_and_output_weights", False):
-                self.fsdp_unit_modules.append(LanguageModelEmbedding)
+            if self.ddp_config.data_parallel_sharding_strategy == "optim_grads_params":
+                self.fsdp_unit_modules = [TransformerLayer]
+            else:
+                self.fsdp_unit_modules = []
         self.main_weights = True
         self.data_parallel_group = parallel_state.get_data_parallel_group(
             with_context_parallel=True
@@ -180,14 +183,7 @@ class FullyShardedDataParallel(_BaseDataParallel):
             self.module,
             bucketing_policy=BucketingPolicy(
                 suggested_bucket_size=self.bucket_size,
-                fsdp_unit_modules=(
-                    # Only when model weights need to be sharded, we need to
-                    # identify the minimum releasable model unit, which is the
-                    # FSDP Unit Module.
-                    self.fsdp_unit_modules
-                    if self.data_parallel_sharding_strategy == "optim_grads_params"
-                    else []
-                ),
+                fsdp_unit_modules=self.fsdp_unit_modules,
                 data_parallel_sharding_strategy=self.data_parallel_sharding_strategy,
             ),
             data_parallel_group=self.data_parallel_group,
@@ -211,8 +207,24 @@ class FullyShardedDataParallel(_BaseDataParallel):
         # Initialize the all-gather pipeline.
         self.all_gather_pipeline = AllGatherPipeline(self.param_and_grad_buffer)
 
-        self.suggested_RS_queue_capacity = self.ddp_config.suggested_communication_unit_size
-        self.suggested_AG_prefetch_size = self.ddp_config.suggested_communication_unit_size
+        suggested_communication_unit_size = self.ddp_config.suggested_communication_unit_size
+        if suggested_communication_unit_size is None:
+            if self.data_parallel_sharding_strategy == "optim_grads_params":
+                total_param_elements = 0
+                total_fsdp_module = 0
+                for module in self.module.modules():
+                    if isinstance(module, tuple(self.fsdp_unit_modules)):
+                        total_fsdp_module += 1
+                        total_param_elements += sum(p.numel() for p in module.parameters())
+                # The suggested size is twice the number of elements in the FSDP modules.
+                # This ensures we process the current FSDP module and attempt to prefetch
+                # the next FSDP module, making the flow of communication better.
+                suggested_communication_unit_size = total_param_elements // total_fsdp_module * 2
+            elif self.bucket_size is not None:
+                suggested_communication_unit_size = self.bucket_size * 2
+
+        self.suggested_RS_queue_capacity = suggested_communication_unit_size
+        self.suggested_AG_prefetch_size = suggested_communication_unit_size
 
     def _register_fsdp_hooks(self, root_module):
         """Register necessary hooks for Fully Sharded Data Parallel (FSDP) execution on the model.
@@ -222,8 +234,7 @@ class FullyShardedDataParallel(_BaseDataParallel):
             - Pre-forward hook: Unshards parameters before forward pass
             - Post-forward hook: Reshards parameters after forward pass
             - Pre-backward hook: Unshards parameters before backward pass
-            - Post-backward hook: Reshards parameters after backward pass
-            - Gradient accumulation hook: Handles gradient accumulation and reduction across devices
+            - Post-backward hook: Reshards parameters and reduces gradients after backward pass
 
         Args:
             root_module: The PyTorch module to register FSDP hooks on
@@ -257,10 +268,7 @@ class FullyShardedDataParallel(_BaseDataParallel):
         `optim` and `optim_grads` do not require FSDP units because they do not
         shard model parameters.
         """
-        if self.data_parallel_sharding_strategy != "optim_grads_params":
-            fsdp_unit_modules = []
-        else:
-            fsdp_unit_modules = self.fsdp_unit_modules
+        fsdp_unit_modules = self.fsdp_unit_modules
 
         def release_module_parameters(module, *unused):
             for param in module.parameters():
@@ -283,27 +291,74 @@ class FullyShardedDataParallel(_BaseDataParallel):
             prefetch_order=PrefetchOrder.FORWARD_PASS_ORDER,
             wait_bucket_ready=True,
         ):
-            wait_list = []
             ag_pipeline = self.all_gather_pipeline
-            for param in module.parameters():
-                bucket_id = self.param_and_grad_buffer.param_to_param_group[param]
-                ag_pipeline.queue_bucket_to_all_gather(
-                    bucket_id,
-                    prefetch=prefetch,
-                    prefetch_order=prefetch_order,
-                    suggested_AG_prefetch_size=self.suggested_AG_prefetch_size,
-                )
-                wait_list.append(bucket_id)
-
+            ag_pipeline.all_gather_params(
+                params=list(module.parameters()),
+                prefetch=prefetch,
+                prefetch_order=prefetch_order,
+                suggested_AG_prefetch_size=self.suggested_AG_prefetch_size,
+            )
             if wait_bucket_ready:
-                for bucket_id in wait_list:
+                for param in module.parameters():
+                    bucket_id = self.param_and_grad_buffer.param_to_param_group[param]
                     ag_pipeline.wait_bucket_ready(bucket_id)
 
+        def _grad_acc(param):
+            """
+            Accumulate the gradient in the main_grad buffer.
+            """
+            group_id = self.param_and_grad_buffer.param_to_param_group[param]
+            group = self.param_and_grad_buffer.parameter_groups[group_id]
+            if not group.requires_grad:
+                return
+
+            overwrite_main_grad = self.ddp_config.data_parallel_sharding_strategy in [
+                "optim_grads",
+                "optim_grads_params",
+            ]
+            if overwrite_main_grad:
+                if not param.grad_added_to_main_grad:
+                    if param.grad is not None:
+                        param.main_grad.copy_(param.grad)
+                        del param.grad
+                    else:
+                        param.main_grad.zero_()
+            else:
+                if not param.grad_added_to_main_grad:
+                    if param.grad is not None:
+                        param.main_grad.add_(param.grad)
+                        del param.grad
+            # Reset the grad accumulate flag.
+            param.grad_added_to_main_grad = False
+
+        self._params_require_handle_grad = set()
+
         def _post_backward(module, *unused):
-            release_module_parameters(module)
-            module._training_state = TrainingState.IDLE
+            if isinstance(module, tuple(fsdp_unit_modules)):
+                if self.ddp_config.data_parallel_sharding_strategy == "optim_grads_params":
+                    release_module_parameters(module)
+                    module._training_state = TrainingState.IDLE
+                param_list = list(module.parameters())
+            else:
+                param_list = list(module.parameters(recurse=False))
+
+            for param in param_list:
+                _grad_acc(param)
+                self._params_require_handle_grad.discard(param)
+
+            grad_reduce_every_bprop = self.ddp_config.data_parallel_sharding_strategy in [
+                "optim_grads",
+                "optim_grads_params",
+            ]
+            if grad_reduce_every_bprop or self.is_last_microbatch:
+                self.grad_reduce_pipeline.reduce_gradients(
+                    param_list, suggested_queue_capacity=self.suggested_RS_queue_capacity
+                )
 
-        def _pre_forward(module: nn.Module, args: Tuple[Any, ...], kwargs: Dict[str, Any]):
+        def _pre_forward_param_unshard(
+            module: nn.Module, args: Tuple[Any, ...], kwargs: Dict[str, Any]
+        ):
+            # Unshard the parameters before the forward pass.
             input_training_state = module._training_state
             fsdp_forward_prefetch = True
             if input_training_state == TrainingState.PRE_BACKWARD:
@@ -313,72 +368,104 @@ class FullyShardedDataParallel(_BaseDataParallel):
                 module._training_state = TrainingState.FORWARD
 
             if isinstance(module, tuple(fsdp_unit_modules)):
-                wait_list = []
-                for param in module.parameters():
+                param_list = list(module.parameters())
+                self.all_gather_pipeline.all_gather_params(
+                    params=param_list,
+                    prefetch=fsdp_forward_prefetch,
+                    suggested_AG_prefetch_size=self.suggested_AG_prefetch_size,
+                )
+                for param in param_list:
                     bucket_id = self.param_and_grad_buffer.param_to_param_group[param]
-                    self.all_gather_pipeline.queue_bucket_to_all_gather(
-                        bucket_id,
-                        prefetch=fsdp_forward_prefetch,
-                        suggested_AG_prefetch_size=self.suggested_AG_prefetch_size,
-                    )
-                    wait_list.append(bucket_id)
-                for bucket_id in wait_list:
                     self.all_gather_pipeline.wait_bucket_ready(bucket_id)
-
-                if not torch.is_grad_enabled():
-                    return args, kwargs
-
-                # Register the backward function to release the parameters.
-                args_list, args_spec = tree_flatten(args)
-                kwargs_list, kwargs_spec = tree_flatten(kwargs)
-                args_kwargs_list = list(args_list) + list(kwargs_list)
-                inp_tensor_indices: List[int] = []
-                inp_tensors: List[torch.Tensor] = []
-                for i, obj in enumerate(args_kwargs_list):
-                    if torch.is_tensor(obj) and obj.requires_grad:
-                        inp_tensor_indices.append(i)
-                        inp_tensors.append(obj)
-                if len(inp_tensors) == 0:
-                    return args, kwargs
-                inp_tensors = RegisterFSDPBackwardFunction.apply(
-                    functools.partial(_post_backward, module), *inp_tensors
-                )
-                for inp_tensor_idx, inp_tensor in zip(inp_tensor_indices, inp_tensors):
-                    args_kwargs_list[inp_tensor_idx] = inp_tensor
-                args_list = args_kwargs_list[: len(args_list)]
-                kwargs_list = args_kwargs_list[len(args_list) :]
-                args = tree_unflatten(args_list, args_spec)
-                kwargs = tree_unflatten(kwargs_list, kwargs_spec)
-
-                return args, kwargs
             else:
                 # All-gather the parameters in every forward pass for FSDP.
-                for param in module.parameters(recurse=False):
-                    bucket_id = self.param_and_grad_buffer.param_to_param_group[param]
-                    self.all_gather_pipeline.queue_bucket_to_all_gather(
-                        bucket_id,
-                        prefetch=fsdp_forward_prefetch,
-                        suggested_AG_prefetch_size=self.suggested_AG_prefetch_size,
-                    )
-                for param in module.parameters(recurse=False):
+                param_list = list(module.parameters(recurse=False))
+                self.all_gather_pipeline.all_gather_params(
+                    params=param_list,
+                    prefetch=fsdp_forward_prefetch,
+                    suggested_AG_prefetch_size=self.suggested_AG_prefetch_size,
+                )
+                for param in param_list:
                     bucket_id = self.param_and_grad_buffer.param_to_param_group[param]
                     self.all_gather_pipeline.wait_bucket_ready(bucket_id)
+            return args, kwargs
+
+        def _register_post_backward_hook(
+            post_backward_hook: callable,
+            module: nn.Module,
+            args: Tuple[Any, ...],
+            kwargs: Dict[str, Any],
+        ):
+            # Register the backward function to reduce gradients after the backward pass.
+            # And for optim_grads_params, we need to release the parameters after the backward pass.
+            if not torch.is_grad_enabled():
+                return args, kwargs
+
+            args_list, args_spec = tree_flatten(args)
+            kwargs_list, kwargs_spec = tree_flatten(kwargs)
+            args_kwargs_list = list(args_list) + list(kwargs_list)
+            inp_tensor_indices: List[int] = []
+            inp_tensors: List[torch.Tensor] = []
+            for i, obj in enumerate(args_kwargs_list):
+                if torch.is_tensor(obj) and obj.requires_grad:
+                    inp_tensor_indices.append(i)
+                    inp_tensors.append(obj)
+
+            if len(inp_tensors) == 0:
+                return args, kwargs
+
+            inp_tensors = RegisterFSDPBackwardFunction.apply(
+                functools.partial(post_backward_hook, module), *inp_tensors
+            )
+
+            for inp_tensor_idx, inp_tensor in zip(inp_tensor_indices, inp_tensors):
+                args_kwargs_list[inp_tensor_idx] = inp_tensor
+            args_list = args_kwargs_list[: len(args_list)]
+            kwargs_list = args_kwargs_list[len(args_list) :]
+            args = tree_unflatten(args_list, args_spec)
+            kwargs = tree_unflatten(kwargs_list, kwargs_spec)
 
             return args, kwargs
 
-        if self.ddp_config.overlap_param_gather:
-            fsdp_modules = []
-            for name, module in root_module.named_modules():
-                if self.ddp_config.data_parallel_sharding_strategy == "optim_grads_params":
-                    if any(is_submodule(module, fsdp_module) for fsdp_module in fsdp_modules):
-                        continue
+        fsdp_modules = []
+        for name, module in root_module.named_modules():
+            if any(is_submodule(module, fsdp_module) for fsdp_module in fsdp_modules):
+                continue
 
-                    if isinstance(module, tuple(fsdp_unit_modules)):
-                        fsdp_modules.append(module)
+            if isinstance(module, tuple(fsdp_unit_modules)):
+                fsdp_modules.append(module)
+
+            self.forward_pre_hooks[f'module {name} parameter unshard'] = (
+                module.register_forward_pre_hook(
+                    _pre_forward_param_unshard, prepend=True, with_kwargs=True
+                )
+            )
+            self.forward_pre_hooks[f"module {name} register post-backward hook"] = (
+                module.register_forward_pre_hook(
+                    functools.partial(_register_post_backward_hook, _post_backward),
+                    with_kwargs=True,
+                )
+            )
 
-                self.forward_pre_hooks[f'module {name} parameter all-gather'] = (
-                    module.register_forward_pre_hook(_pre_forward, prepend=True, with_kwargs=True)
+        def _root_post_backward(*unused):
+            # Make sure all the gradients are handled.
+            for param in self._params_require_handle_grad:
+                _grad_acc(param)
+
+            # Reduce the remain gradients.
+            grad_reduce_every_bprop = self.ddp_config.data_parallel_sharding_strategy in [
+                "optim_grads",
+                "optim_grads_params",
+            ]
+            if grad_reduce_every_bprop or self.is_last_microbatch:
+                self.grad_reduce_pipeline.reduce_gradients(
+                    list(self._params_require_handle_grad),
+                    suggested_queue_capacity=self.suggested_RS_queue_capacity,
                 )
+                self.grad_reduce_pipeline.reset()
+
+            # Reset root_pre_backward_hook_issued flag.
+            self._root_pre_backward_hook_issued = False
 
         def _pre_backward(module: nn.Module, *unused):
             module._training_state = TrainingState.PRE_BACKWARD
@@ -387,6 +474,8 @@ class FullyShardedDataParallel(_BaseDataParallel):
                     module, prefetch_order=PrefetchOrder.BACKWARD_PASS_ORDER
                 )
 
+        self._root_pre_backward_hook_issued = False
+
         def _root_pre_backward(module: nn.Module, *unused):
             """Marks the module's training state as 'pre_backward' before the
             backprop, this function is registered on the root module.
@@ -395,13 +484,26 @@ class FullyShardedDataParallel(_BaseDataParallel):
             perform reshard/unshard operations in activation recomputation
             scenarios.
             """
-            for module in root_module.modules():
-                if isinstance(module, tuple(fsdp_unit_modules)):
-                    module._training_state = TrainingState.PRE_BACKWARD
-                    for param in module.parameters():
-                        bucket_id = self.param_and_grad_buffer.param_to_param_group[param]
-                        self.all_gather_pipeline.wait_bucket_ready(bucket_id, empty_ok=True)
-                        self.all_gather_pipeline.release_bucket(bucket_id)
+            if self._root_pre_backward_hook_issued:
+                return
+            self._root_pre_backward_hook_issued = True
+
+            if self.ddp_config.data_parallel_sharding_strategy == "optim_grads_params":
+                for module in root_module.modules():
+                    if isinstance(module, tuple(fsdp_unit_modules)):
+                        module._training_state = TrainingState.PRE_BACKWARD
+                        for param in module.parameters():
+                            bucket_id = self.param_and_grad_buffer.param_to_param_group[param]
+                            self.all_gather_pipeline.wait_bucket_ready(bucket_id, empty_ok=True)
+                            self.all_gather_pipeline.release_bucket(bucket_id)
+            self._params_require_handle_grad = set()
+            for param_group in self.param_and_grad_buffer.parameter_groups:
+                if not param_group.requires_grad:
+                    continue
+                self._params_require_handle_grad |= set(param_group.params)
+                for param in param_group.params:
+                    param.grad_added_to_main_grad = False
+            torch.autograd.Variable._execution_engine.queue_callback(_root_post_backward)
 
         def _post_forward(module: nn.Module, input: Any, output: Any):
             # When composing with module-hook-based activation checkpointing, the
@@ -417,7 +519,7 @@ class FullyShardedDataParallel(_BaseDataParallel):
         def _release_module_fp8_transpose_cache(module: nn.Module, *unused):
             release_params_fp8_transpose_cache(module.parameters(recurse=False))
 
-        if self.data_parallel_sharding_strategy == "optim_grads_params":
+        if len(fsdp_unit_modules) != 0:
             fsdp_modules = []
             for name, module in root_module.named_modules():
                 if any(is_submodule(module, fsdp_module) for fsdp_module in fsdp_modules):
@@ -437,68 +539,20 @@ class FullyShardedDataParallel(_BaseDataParallel):
                             _release_module_fp8_transpose_cache, prepend=False
                         )
                     )
-            self._root_pre_backward_hook_handle = root_module.register_full_backward_pre_hook(
-                _root_pre_backward
-            )
-
-        def _make_param_hook(param: torch.nn.Parameter):
-            """
-            Creates the all-reduce / reduce-scatter hook for backprop.
-            """
 
-            wait_previous_grad_reduce = not self.is_delay_grad_reduce
-
-            # FIXME: Use insert forward op to replace grad acc hook, which will
-            # be lost after parameter data movement. For example, module.cuda()
-            # will cause the registered grad acc hook to be lost.
-            def param_hook(*unused):
-                if param.requires_grad:
-                    if self.ddp_config.overlap_grad_reduce:
-                        assert (
-                            param.grad is not None
-                        ), 'param.grad being None is not safe when overlap_grad_reduce is True'
-
-                    if param.grad is not None and (
-                        not param.grad_added_to_main_grad or getattr(param, 'zero_out_wgrad', False)
-                    ):
-                        if self.is_delay_grad_reduce:
-                            param.main_grad.add_(param.grad.data)
-                        else:
-                            param.main_grad.copy_(param.grad.data)
-                    param.grad = None
-
-                    if self.ddp_config.overlap_grad_reduce and (
-                        not self.is_delay_grad_reduce or self.is_last_microbatch
-                    ):
-                        gr_pipeline = self.grad_reduce_pipeline
-                        bucket_id = self.param_and_grad_buffer.param_to_param_group[param]
-                        gr_pipeline.place_bucket(bucket_id)
-                        go_rs = gr_pipeline.mark_item_ready(param, async_rs=True)
-                        if go_rs and wait_previous_grad_reduce:
-                            gr_pipeline.wait_for_previous_grad_reduce(
-                                recommeded_queue_capacity=self.suggested_RS_queue_capacity
-                            )
+        # Registering all models with all parameters is to handle some special cases
+        # where the forward function of root_module is not called, but the forward
+        # functions of these equivalent modules are called instead.
+        for name, module in root_module.named_modules():
+            if len(list(module.parameters())) != len(list(root_module.parameters())):
+                continue
 
-            return param_hook
-
-        # Register backward gradient accumulation hook for each parameter.
-        self.grad_accs = []
-        for param in root_module.parameters():
-            bucket_id = self.param_and_grad_buffer.param_to_param_group[param]
-            wbuf = self.param_and_grad_buffer.parameter_groups[bucket_id].model_weight_buffer
-            if param.requires_grad:
-                if wbuf and wbuf.is_data_distributed:
-                    wbuf.fetch_bucket(and_allocate_params_data=True)
-
-                # Expand so we get access to grad_fn.
-                param_tmp = param.expand_as(param)
-                # Get the gradient accumulator function.
-                grad_acc = param_tmp.grad_fn.next_functions[0][0]
-                grad_acc.register_hook(_make_param_hook(param))
-                self.grad_accs.append(grad_acc)
-
-                if wbuf and wbuf.is_data_distributed:
-                    wbuf.free_bucket_storage()
+            self.backward_pre_hooks[f"{name} _root_pre_backward"] = (
+                module.register_full_backward_pre_hook(_root_pre_backward)
+            )
+        self._root_pre_backward_hook_handle = root_module.register_full_backward_pre_hook(
+            _root_pre_backward
+        )
 
     @contextmanager
     def no_sync(self):
@@ -529,7 +583,8 @@ class FullyShardedDataParallel(_BaseDataParallel):
         """
         if not force_sync and self.ddp_config.overlap_param_gather:
             # All-gather the first bucket before the forward pass.
-            self.all_gather_pipeline.queue_bucket_to_all_gather(bucket_id=0, prefetch=False)
+            first_param = list(self.module.parameters())[0]
+            self.all_gather_pipeline.all_gather_params(params=[first_param], prefetch=False)
         else:
             self.all_gather_pipeline.reset()
             for bucket_id in range(self.all_gather_pipeline.num_buckets):