select_gpu.py

import subprocess
import logging

def select_gpu():
    nvidia_info = subprocess.run('nvidia-smi', stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
    gpu_info = False
    gpu_info_line = 0
    proc_info = False
    gpu_mem = []
    gpu_occupied = set()
    for line in nvidia_info.stdout.split(b'\n'):
        line = line.decode().strip()
        if gpu_info:
            gpu_info_line += 1
            if line == '':
                gpu_info = False
                continue
            if gpu_info_line % 3 == 2:
                mem_info = line.split('|')[2]
                used_mem_mb = int(mem_info.strip().split()[0][:-3])
                gpu_mem.append(used_mem_mb)
        if proc_info:
            if line == '|  No running processes found                                                 |':
                continue
            if line == '+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+':
                proc_info = False
                continue
            proc_gpu = int(line.split()[1])
            #proc_type = line.split()[3]
            gpu_occupied.add(proc_gpu)
        if line == '|===============================+======================+======================|':
            gpu_info = True
        if line == '|=============================================================================|':
            proc_info = True
    for i in range(len(gpu_mem)):
        if i not in gpu_occupied:
            logging.info('Automatically selected GPU %d because it is vacant.', i)
            return i
    for i in range(len(gpu_mem)):
        if gpu_mem[i] == min(gpu_mem):
            logging.info('All GPUs are occupied. Automatically selected GPU %d because it has the most free memory.', i)
            return i

if __name__ == '__main__':
    print(select_gpu())