fr-analysis
Phân tích các bản ghi flight-recorder (FR) NCCL của PyTorch để xác định các lần treo hoạt động tập thể và cô lập các rank chịu trách nhiệm bằng CollectiveAnalyzer. Sử dụng khi một…
npx skills add https://github.com/nvidia/nvidia-resiliency-ext --skill fr-analysisSkill: fr_analysis
Analyze PyTorch NCCL flight-recorder (FR) dumps to identify the collective operation hang
and isolate the ranks responsible, using CollectiveAnalyzer.
Script: scripts/fr_attribution.py → attribution/trace_analyzer/fr_attribution.py
What it does
- Loads all FR dump files matching a glob pattern under
--fr-path. - Parses each dump into
Collectiverecords (op type, ranks, process group, timing, state). - Groups collectives by process group and sequence ID across ranks to detect mismatches.
- Identifies the wavefront — the process group boundary where collectives diverge — and returns the missing ranks at that boundary as the root-cause suspects.
- Optionally runs an LLM pass (
--llm-analyze) over the structured findings for a human-readable summary.
CLI
python scripts/fr_attribution.py \
--fr-path /path/to/fr_dumps/ \
[-p "_dump_*"] \
[--verbose] \
[--health-check] \
[--llm-analyze] \
[--model MODEL] \
[--debug]
| Flag | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
--fr-path | required | Path to a directory (or single file) containing FR dump files |
--pattern, -p | _dump_* | Glob pattern for dump files within --fr-path |
--verbose, -v | off | Print detailed per-rank collective tables |
--health-check, -c | off | Include node health check results in output |
--llm-analyze, -l | off | Pass structured findings to the LLM for a narrative summary |
--model, -m | nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b | LLM model (only used with --llm-analyze) |
--debug | off | Convert binary trace files to JSON for inspection |
Programmatic API
from nvidia_resiliency_ext.attribution.trace_analyzer.fr_attribution import CollectiveAnalyzer
analyzer = CollectiveAnalyzer({
"fr_path": "/path/to/fr_dumps/",
"pattern": "_dump_*",
"verbose": False,
"health_check": False,
"llm_analyze": False,
"model": "nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b",
})
results = analyzer.run_sync({
"fr_path": "/path/to/fr_dumps/",
})
# results: tuple[FRAnalysisResult | str, AttributionState]
Output
Returns (result, AttributionState) where result is the FR analysis table and describes:
- The selected wavefront/front process group
- Missing ranks at that process group (root-cause suspects)
- Per-rank collective status tables (when
--verbose) - Node health summary (when
--health-check) - LLM narrative (when
--llm-analyze)
AttributionState.STOP indicates the hang is unrecoverable; CONTINUE indicates the job
may be restartable after isolating the identified ranks.
Dump file formats
| Format | Notes |
|---|---|
_dump_* files | PyTorch FR dump prefix pattern used by the feedback loop |
| Binary pickle / JSON payloads | Detected automatically; use --debug to convert binary traces to JSON |
FR dumps are typically written to the directory specified by TORCH_NCCL_DEBUG_INFO_TEMP_FILE
or triggered automatically on NCCL timeout.
Prerequisites
- FR dump files produced by PyTorch NCCL (set
TORCH_NCCL_TRACE_BUFFER_SIZE> 0) LLM_API_KEYrequired only when using--llm-analyzelangchain-openairequired only when using--llm-analyzeFR_DEBUG=1env var enables verbose debug logging in the script