PyProf 20.11 Release Notes

Description

PyProf release for 20.11, is available in the NVIDIA PyTorch NGC containers and directly from the PyProf GitHub page, and as a Python Wheel on the NVIDIA PY Index.

New Features

The key features of PyProf v3.6.0 / r20.11 are:

• Latest PyProf version supports PyTorch 1.5.0 (PyTorch 1.6.0 with DLProf) and Nsight Systems 2020.3.2.
• Latest PyProf version is compatible with DLProf v0.17.0 / r20.11.
• PyProf overhead was reduced to improve runtime performance:
  • Improved database query from Nsight Systems
  • Refactored nvmarker.py

Known Issues

• This software only supports PyTorch 1.5.
• Forward-Backward kernel correlation heuristics do not work correctly with PyTorch 1.6. Recommended work arounds include:
  • Use with PyTorch 1.5.
  • Use the 20.11-py3 PyTorch NGC container:
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    docker pull nvcr.io/nvidia/pytorch:20.11-py3
            

  • Use DLProf in the 20.11 NGC PyTorch container.

Resolved Issues

• None