Denis - added. On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 1:40 PM Davydenko, Denis < dzianis.davydze...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I suggest to include this issue into tracked ones for the release: > https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/issues/12255. It has proven to > be a problem with MXNet start up time and it will cause even more problems > down the line with Elastic Training, EIA where MXNet is a commodity rather > than statically running process. Also it already causes noticeable issues > with MMS (MXNet Model Server [1]). MMS users already noticed significant > lag with MMS start up time, especially on beefy instances like C5.18xl with > 72 vCPUs. MMS spins up multiple MXNet instances during its start up to > ensure full utilization of CPU or GPU resources on the host. By default it > spins up as many MXNet instances as there are cores (either CPU or GPU > cores) and the bigger the host the more MXNet instances are spun up. And > the more MXNet instances spun up - the more each instance takes time to > start. For example, on C5.4xl users reported waiting for as long as 2 > minutes to have just 8 MXNet instances spun up with MXNet 1.3. Same efforts > with MXNet 1.1 take less than 0.5 sec. > > This is quite a significant regression in MXNet when it comes to start up > experience. I suggest to consider this as a blocker for 1.4. > > [1] https://github.com/awslabs/mxnet-model-server > > On 11/29/18, 12:51 PM, "Steffen Rochel" <steffenroc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > added to 1.4.0 tracking list > < > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MXNET/Apache+MXNet+%28incubating%29+1.4.0+Release+Plan+and+Status#ApacheMXNet(incubating)1.4.0ReleasePlanandStatus-OpenPRstotrack > > > . > Steffen > > On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 9:32 AM Zheng, Da <dzz...@amazon.com.invalid> > wrote: > > > Hello Steffen, > > > > Can this bug be fixed in 1.4.0 release? It's a significant > performance > > regression on sparse matrix multiplication. > > https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/issues/13449 > > > > Thanks, > > Da > > > > On 11/26/18, 6:42 AM, "Steffen Rochel" <steffenroc...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Dear MXNet community, > > > > I will be the release manager for the upcoming Apache MXNet 1.4.0 > > release. > > Sergey Kolychev will be co-managing the release and providing > help > > from the > > committers side. > > A release candidate will be cut on November 29, 2018 and voting > will > > start > > December 7, 2018. Release notes have been drafted here [1]. If > you > > have any > > additional features in progress and would like to include it in > this > > release, please assure they have been merged by November 27, > 2018. > > Release > > schedule is available here [2]. > > > > Feel free to add any other comments/suggestions. Please help to > review > > and > > merge outstanding PR's and resolve issues impacting the quality > of the > > 1.4.0 release. > > > > Regards, > > > > Steffen > > > > [1] > > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MXNET/Apache+MXNet+%28incubating%29+1.4.0+Release+Notes > > > > [2] > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MXNET/Apache+MXNet+%28incubating%29+1.4.0+Release+Plan+and+Status > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Nov 20, 2018 at 7:15 PM kellen sunderland < > > kellen.sunderl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Spoke too soon[1], looks like others have been adding Turing > support > > as > > > well (thanks to those helping with this). I believe there's > still a > > few > > > changes we'd have to make to claim support though (mshadow > CMake > > changes, > > > PyPi package creation tweaks). > > > > > > 1: > > > > > > > > > https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/commit/2c3357443ec3d49a11e93c89f278264ce10c2f08 > > > > > > On Tue, Nov 20, 2018 at 7:00 PM kellen sunderland < > > > kellen.sunderl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Hey Steffen, I'd like to be able to merge this PR for > version 1.4: > > > > https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/pull/13310 . It > fixes a > > > > regression in master which causes incorrect feature vectors > to be > > output > > > > when using the TensorRT feature. (Thanks to Nathalie for > helping > > me > > > track > > > > down the root cause of the issue). I'm currently blocked > on a CI > > issue > > > I > > > > haven't seen before, but hope to have it resolved by EOW. > > > > > > > > One call-out I would make is that we currently don't support > Turing > > > > architecture (sm_75). I've been slowly trying to add > support, but > > I > > > don't > > > > think I'd have capacity to do this done by EOW. Does anyone > feel > > > strongly > > > > we need this in the 1.4 release? From my perspective this > will > > already > > > be > > > > a strong release without it. > > > > > > > > On Tue, Nov 20, 2018 at 6:42 PM Steffen Rochel < > > steffenroc...@gmail.com> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > >> Thanks Patrick, lets target to get the PR's merged this > week. > > > >> > > > >> Call for contributions from the community: Right now we > have 10 PR > > > >> awaiting > > > >> merge > > > >> < > > > >> > > > > > > https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/pulls?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Apr+is%3Aopen+label%3Apr-awaiting-merge+ > > > >> > > > > >> and > > > >> we have 61 open PR awaiting review. > > > >> < > > > >> > > > > > > https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/pulls?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Apr+is%3Aopen+label%3Apr-awaiting-review > > > >> > > > > >> I would appreciate if you all can help to review the open > PR and > > the > > > >> committers can drive the merge before code freeze for 1.4.0. > > > >> > > > >> The contributors on the Java API are making progress, but > not all > > > >> performance issues are resolved. With some luck it should be > > possible to > > > >> code freeze towards end of this week. > > > >> > > > >> Are there other critical features/bugs/PR you think need to > be > > included > > > in > > > >> 1.4.0? If so, please communicate as soon as possible. > > > >> > > > >> Regards, > > > >> Steffen > > > >> > > > >> On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 8:26 PM Zhao, Patric < > > patric.z...@intel.com> > > > >> wrote: > > > >> > > > >> > Thanks, Steffen. I think there is NO open issue to block > the > > MKLDNN to > > > >> GA > > > >> > now. > > > >> > > > > >> > BTW, several quantization related PRs (#13297,#13260) are > under > > the > > > >> review > > > >> > and I think it can be merged in this week. > > > >> > > > > >> > Thanks, > > > >> > > > > >> > --Patric > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > -----Original Message----- > > > >> > > From: Steffen Rochel [mailto:steffenroc...@gmail.com] > > > >> > > Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2018 2:57 AM > > > >> > > To: dev@mxnet.incubator.apache.org > > > >> > > Subject: Re: [Announce] Upcoming Apache MXNet > (incubating) > > 1.4.0 > > > >> release > > > >> > > > > > >> > > On Friday the contributors working on Java API > discovered a > > > potential > > > >> > > performance problem with inference using Java API vs. > Python. > > > >> > Investigation > > > >> > > is ongoing. > > > >> > > As the Java API is one of the main features for the > upcoming > > > release, > > > >> I > > > >> > > suggest to post-pone the code freeze towards end of > this week. > > > >> > > > > > >> > > Please provide feedback and concern about the change in > dates > > for > > > code > > > >> > > freeze and 1.4.0 release. I will provide updates on > progress > > > resolving > > > >> > the > > > >> > > potential performance problem. > > > >> > > > > > >> > > Patrick - do you think it is possible to resolve the > remaining > > > issues > > > >> on > > > >> > MKL- > > > >> > > DNN this week, so we can consider GA for MKL-DNN with > 1.4.0? > > > >> > > > > > >> > > Regards, > > > >> > > Steffen > > > >> > > > > > >> > > On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 5:26 AM Anton Chernov < > > mecher...@gmail.com> > > > >> > > wrote: > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > I'd like to remind everyone that 'code freeze' would > mean > > cutting > > > a > > > >> > > > v1.4.x release branch and all following fixes would > need to > > be > > > >> > backported. > > > >> > > > Development on master can be continued as usual. > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > Best > > > >> > > > Anton > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > ср, 14 нояб. 2018 г. в 6:04, Steffen Rochel < > > > >> steffenroc...@gmail.com>: > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > Dear MXNet community, > > > >> > > > > the agreed plan was to establish code freeze for > 1.4.0 > > release > > > >> > > > > today. As the 1.3.1 patch release is still ongoing I > > suggest to > > > >> > > > > post-pone the code freeze to Friday 16th November > 2018. > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > Sergey Kolychev has agreed to act as co-release > manager > > for all > > > >> > > > > tasks > > > >> > > > which > > > >> > > > > require committer privileges. If anybody is > interested to > > > >> volunteer > > > >> > > > > as release manager - now is the time to speak up. > > Otherwise I > > > will > > > >> > > > > manage > > > >> > > > the > > > >> > > > > release. > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > Regards, > > > >> > > > > Steffen > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
