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cuda: enable checkpoint support for paused tasks #2517

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@rst0git rst0git commented Nov 12, 2024

If a CUDA process is already in a "locked" or "checkpointed" state during criu dump, the CUDA plugin fails with an error because it attempts an unnecessary "lock" action using the cuda-checkpoint tool. This pull request extends the CUDA plugin to handle such case by first checking the original state of the CUDA process and skipping unnecessary "lock" and "checkpoint" actions if the process was already locked or checkpointed before CRIU was invoked.

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LGTM

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avagin commented Nov 12, 2024

Is there any real use-case for that?

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rst0git commented Nov 12, 2024

Is there any real use-case for that?

The use-case is similar to #2514 -- the CUDA tasks may be in a "locked" or "checkpointed" state before criu dump is invoked to ensure consistent checkpoint/restore, particularly in distributed model training where multiple containers are running across different cluster nodes.

If a CUDA process is already in a "locked" or "checkpointed" state
during criu dump, the CUDA plugin currently fails with an error because
it attempts an unnecessary "lock" action using the cuda-checkpoint tool.

This patch extends the CUDA plugin to handle such cases by first
verifying the initial state of the CUDA processes and skipping
unnecessary "lock" and "checkpoint" actions when a process has been
locked or checkpointed before CRIU is invoked.

In particular, CUDA tasks may already be in a "locked" or "checkpointed"
state to ensure consistent checkpoint/restore for distributed workloads,
such as model training, where multiple containers run across different
cluster nodes.

Another use case for this functionality is optimizing resource
utilization, where CUDA tasks with low-priority are preempted
immediately to release GPU resources needed by high-priority
tasks, and the paused workloads are later resumed or migrated
to another node.

Signed-off-by: Radostin Stoyanov <[email protected]>
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rst0git commented Nov 13, 2024

@avagin I've updated the commit message with a brief description of the use-cases for this functionality.

@avagin avagin merged commit dd6b580 into checkpoint-restore:criu-dev Nov 13, 2024
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