multiprocess-synchronizer 0.0.1rc0

A library to synchronize multiple processes in a distributed system.

Synchronizer

This is a synchronization library used to synchronize multiple processes in distributed systems.

Install

You can install this package with pip using the following command:

pip install multiprocess-synchronizer

Usage

from synchronizer import FileSystemSynchronizer
from multiprocessing import Process


def main(num_processes):
    fs_sync = FileSystemSynchronizer('test', rank, world_size)
    fs_sync.barrier()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

FileSystemSynchronizer

FileSystemSynchronizer(shared_dir, rank, world_size)

Parameters:

• shared_dir: A directory on a shared file system that can be accessed by all processes; this directory must be empty.
• rank: Rank id of the current process
• world_size: Total number of processes.