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clip_grad_norm applied to scaled gradients #64

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fpgaminer opened this issue Jan 3, 2023 · 0 comments
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clip_grad_norm applied to scaled gradients #64

fpgaminer opened this issue Jan 3, 2023 · 0 comments

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On this line, grad clipping occurs:

torch.nn.utils.clip_grad_norm_(unet.parameters(), 1.0)

However, if fp16 is enabled then the clipping would be applied to the scaled gradients, due to GradScaler.

According to PyTorch documentation (https://pytorch.org/docs/master/notes/amp_examples.html#gradient-clipping), the gradients should be unscaled before clipping.

So, this appears to be a bug and could cause fp16 training to result in worse performance than it otherwise should.

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