get_group_rank_from_world_rank

Description

Obtains the group rank ID of the process in the group using the world rank ID.

Prototype

def get_group_rank_from_world_rank(world_rank_id, group)

Parameters

Parameter

Input/Output

Description

world_rank_id

Input

An int.

Rank ID of the process in hccl_world_group.

group

Input

A string containing a maximum of 128 bytes, including the end character.

Group name, which can be a user-defined value or hccl_world_group.

Returns

An int for the rank ID of a process in a group

Constraints

  • This API must be called after the initialization of collective communication is complete.
  • The caller rank must be within the range defined by the group argument passed to this API call. Otherwise, the API call fails.
  • After the create_group call, call this API to convert the world rank ID to the group rank ID.

Applicability

Atlas Training Series Product

Example

The following is only a code snippet and cannot be executed. For details about how to call the HCCL Python APIs to perform collective communication, see Sample Code.

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from npu_bridge.npu_init import *
create_group("myGroup", 4, [0, 1, 2, 3])
groupRankId = get_group_rank_from_world_rank(8, "myGroup")