Fix `is_interactive_compatible` logic after AcceleratorConnector rewrite (#12008)

* fix is_interactive_compatible

* improve tests

* update message

* address review

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pytorch_lightning/strategies/launchers/base.py

@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ class _Launcher(ABC):
     cluster environment, hardware, strategy, etc.
     """
 
+    @property
+    @abstractmethod
+    def is_interactive_compatible(self) -> bool:
+        """Returns whether this launcher can work in interactive environments such as Jupyter notebooks."""
+
     @abstractmethod
     def launch(self, function: Callable, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
         """Launches the processes."""

pytorch_lightning/strategies/launchers/spawn.py

@@ -49,6 +49,13 @@ class _SpawnLauncher(_Launcher):
         self._strategy = strategy
         self._start_method = "spawn"
 
+    @property
+    def is_interactive_compatible(self) -> bool:
+        # The start method 'spawn' is currently the only one that works with DDP and CUDA support
+        # The start method 'fork' is the only one supported in Jupyter environments but not compatible with CUDA
+        # For more context, see https://github.com/PyTorchLightning/pytorch-lightning/issues/7550
+        return self._start_method == "fork" and self._strategy.root_device.type != "cuda"
+
     def launch(self, function: Callable, *args: Any, trainer: Optional["pl.Trainer"] = None, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
         """Spawns processes that run the given function in parallel.
 

pytorch_lightning/strategies/launchers/subprocess_script.py

@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ class _SubprocessScriptLauncher(_Launcher):
         num_nodes: The total number of nodes that participate in this process group.
     """
 
+    @property
+    def is_interactive_compatible(self) -> bool:
+        return False
+
     def __init__(self, cluster_environment: ClusterEnvironment, num_processes: int, num_nodes: int) -> None:
         super().__init__()
         self.cluster_environment = cluster_environment

pytorch_lightning/strategies/launchers/xla_spawn.py

@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ class _XLASpawnLauncher(_SpawnLauncher):
         super().__init__(strategy)
         self._start_method = "fork"
 
+    @property
+    def is_interactive_compatible(self) -> bool:
+        return True
+
     def launch(self, function: Callable, *args: Any, trainer: Optional["pl.Trainer"] = None, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
         """Spawns processes that run the given function in parallel.
 

pytorch_lightning/trainer/connectors/accelerator_connector.py

@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ from pytorch_lightning.strategies import (
     TPUSpawnStrategy,
 )
 from pytorch_lightning.utilities import (
+    _StrategyType,
     AMPType,
     device_parser,
     LightningEnum,
@@ -734,19 +735,12 @@ class AcceleratorConnector:
 
         from pytorch_lightning.utilities import _IS_INTERACTIVE
 
-        # TODO move is_compatible logic to strategy API
-        interactive_compatible_strategy = (
-            DataParallelStrategy.strategy_name,
-            DDPSpawnStrategy.strategy_name,
-            DDPSpawnShardedStrategy.strategy_name,
-            TPUSpawnStrategy.strategy_name,
-        )
-        if _IS_INTERACTIVE and self.strategy.strategy_name not in interactive_compatible_strategy:
+        if _IS_INTERACTIVE and self.strategy.launcher and not self.strategy.launcher.is_interactive_compatible:
             raise MisconfigurationException(
                 f"`Trainer(strategy={self.strategy.strategy_name!r})` or"
                 f" `Trainer(accelerator={self.strategy.strategy_name!r})` is not compatible with an interactive"
-                " environment. Run your code as a script, or choose one of the compatible backends:"
-                f" {', '.join(interactive_compatible_strategy)}."
+                " environment. Run your code as a script, or choose one of the compatible strategies:"
+                f" Trainer(strategy=None|{'|'.join(_StrategyType.interactive_compatible_types())})."
                 " In case you are spawning processes yourself, make sure to include the Trainer"
                 " creation inside the worker function."
             )

pytorch_lightning/utilities/enums.py

@@ -254,8 +254,6 @@ class _StrategyType(LightningEnum):
         """Returns a list containing interactive compatible _StrategyTypes."""
         return [
             _StrategyType.DP,
-            _StrategyType.DDP_SPAWN,
-            _StrategyType.DDP_SHARDED_SPAWN,
             _StrategyType.TPU_SPAWN,
         ]
 

tests/accelerators/test_accelerator_connector.py

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import pytest
 import torch
 import torch.distributed
 
+import pytorch_lightning
 from pytorch_lightning import Trainer
 from pytorch_lightning.accelerators.accelerator import Accelerator
 from pytorch_lightning.accelerators.cpu import CPUAccelerator
@@ -392,19 +393,31 @@ def test_dist_backend_accelerator_mapping(*_):
     assert trainer.strategy.local_rank == 0
 
 
-@mock.patch("pytorch_lightning.utilities._IS_INTERACTIVE", return_value=True)
 @mock.patch("torch.cuda.device_count", return_value=2)
-def test_ipython_incompatible_backend_error(*_):
+def test_ipython_incompatible_backend_error(_, monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setattr(pytorch_lightning.utilities, "_IS_INTERACTIVE", True)
     with pytest.raises(MisconfigurationException, match=r"strategy='ddp'\)`.*is not compatible"):
         Trainer(strategy="ddp", gpus=2)
 
     with pytest.raises(MisconfigurationException, match=r"strategy='ddp2'\)`.*is not compatible"):
         Trainer(strategy="ddp2", gpus=2)
 
+    with pytest.raises(MisconfigurationException, match=r"strategy='ddp_spawn'\)`.*is not compatible"):
+        Trainer(strategy="ddp_spawn")
 
-@mock.patch("pytorch_lightning.utilities._IS_INTERACTIVE", return_value=True)
-def test_ipython_compatible_backend(*_):
-    Trainer(strategy="ddp_spawn", num_processes=2)
+    with pytest.raises(MisconfigurationException, match=r"strategy='ddp_sharded_spawn'\)`.*is not compatible"):
+        Trainer(strategy="ddp_sharded_spawn")
+
+    with pytest.raises(MisconfigurationException, match=r"strategy='ddp'\)`.*is not compatible"):
+        # Edge case: AcceleratorConnector maps dp to ddp if accelerator != gpu
+        Trainer(strategy="dp")
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("trainer_kwargs", [{}, dict(strategy="dp", accelerator="gpu"), dict(accelerator="tpu")])
+def test_ipython_compatible_backend(trainer_kwargs, monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setattr(pytorch_lightning.utilities, "_IS_INTERACTIVE", True)
+    trainer = Trainer(**trainer_kwargs)
+    assert trainer.strategy.launcher is None or trainer.strategy.launcher.is_interactive_compatible
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(["accelerator", "plugin"], [("ddp_spawn", "ddp_sharded"), (None, "ddp_sharded")])