[Feature] Support mmseg with NPU backend. (#2768)

## Motivation

Added ascending device support in mmseg.

## Modification

The main modification points are as follows:
We added an NPU device in the DDP scenario and DP scenario when using
the NPU.

## BC-breaking (Optional)

None

## Use cases (Optional)

We tested
[fcn_unet_s5-d16_4x4_512x1024_160k_cityscapes.py](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmsegmentation/blob/master/configs/unet/fcn_unet_s5-d16_4x4_512x1024_160k_cityscapes.py)
.

mmseg/apis/train.py

@@ -136,6 +136,11 @@ def train_segmentor(model,
             logger=logger,
             meta=meta))
 
+    if cfg.device == 'npu':
+        optimiter_config = dict(type='Fp16OptimizerHook', loss_scale='dynamic')
+        cfg.optimizer_config = optimiter_config if \
+            not cfg.optimizer_config else cfg.optimizer_config
+
     # register hooks
     runner.register_training_hooks(cfg.lr_config, cfg.optimizer_config,
                                    cfg.checkpoint_config, cfg.log_config,
@@ -187,7 +192,11 @@ def train_segmentor(model,
         resume_from = find_latest_checkpoint(cfg.work_dir)
         if resume_from is not None:
             cfg.resume_from = resume_from
+
     if cfg.resume_from:
+        if cfg.device == 'npu':
+            runner.resume(cfg.resume_from, map_location='npu')
+        else:
             runner.resume(cfg.resume_from)
     elif cfg.load_from:
         runner.load_checkpoint(cfg.load_from)

mmseg/utils/util_distribution.py

@@ -33,6 +33,14 @@ def build_dp(model, device='cuda', dim=0, *args, **kwargs):
         dp_factory['mlu'] = MLUDataParallel
         model = model.mlu()
 
+    elif device == 'npu':
+        assert digit_version(mmcv.__version__) >= digit_version('1.7.0'), \
+                'Please use MMCV >= 1.7.0 for NPU training!'
+        from mmcv.device.npu import NPUDataParallel
+        torch.npu.set_compile_mode(jit_compile=False)
+        dp_factory['npu'] = NPUDataParallel
+        model = model.npu()
+
     return dp_factory[device](model, dim=dim, *args, **kwargs)
 
 
@@ -53,7 +61,8 @@ def build_ddp(model, device='cuda', *args, **kwargs):
         .. [1] https://pytorch.org/docs/stable/generated/torch.nn.parallel.
                      DistributedDataParallel.html
     """
-    assert device in ['cuda', 'mlu'], 'Only available for cuda or mlu devices.'
+    assert device in ['cuda', 'mlu', 'npu'], 'Only available for cuda, '\
+                                             'npu or mlu devices.'
     if device == 'cuda':
         model = model.cuda()
     elif device == 'mlu':
@@ -63,6 +72,14 @@ def build_ddp(model, device='cuda', *args, **kwargs):
         ddp_factory['mlu'] = MLUDistributedDataParallel
         model = model.mlu()
 
+    elif device == 'npu':
+        assert digit_version(mmcv.__version__) >= digit_version('1.7.0'), \
+            'Please use MMCV >= 1.7.0 for NPU training!'
+        from mmcv.device.npu import NPUDistributedDataParallel
+        torch.npu.set_compile_mode(jit_compile=False)
+        ddp_factory['npu'] = NPUDistributedDataParallel
+        model = model.npu()
+
     return ddp_factory[device](model, *args, **kwargs)
 
 
@@ -71,11 +88,17 @@ def is_mlu_available():
     return hasattr(torch, 'is_mlu_available') and torch.is_mlu_available()
 
 
+def is_npu_available():
+    """Returns a bool indicating if NPU is currently available."""
+    return hasattr(torch, 'npu') and torch.npu.is_available()
+
+
 def get_device():
-    """Returns an available device, cpu, cuda or mlu."""
+    """Returns an available device, cpu, npu, cuda or mlu."""
     is_device_available = {
+        'npu': is_npu_available(),
         'cuda': torch.cuda.is_available(),
         'mlu': is_mlu_available()
     }
     device_list = [k for k, v in is_device_available.items() if v]
-    return device_list[0] if len(device_list) == 1 else 'cpu'
+    return device_list[0] if len(device_list) >= 1 else 'cpu'

tests/test_utils/test_util_distribution.py

@@ -46,6 +46,13 @@ def test_build_dp():
             mludp = build_dp(model, 'mlu')
             assert isinstance(mludp, MLUDataParallel)
 
+    if digit_version(mmcv.__version__) >= digit_version('1.7.0'):
+        from mmcv.device.npu import NPUDataParallel
+        from mmcv.utils import IS_NPU_AVAILABLE
+        if IS_NPU_AVAILABLE:
+            npu_dp = model.npu(model, 'npu')
+            assert isinstance(npu_dp, NPUDataParallel)
+
 
 @patch('torch.distributed._broadcast_coalesced', mock)
 @patch('torch.distributed.broadcast', mock)
@@ -66,3 +73,11 @@ def test_build_ddp():
             mluddp = build_ddp(
                 model, 'mlu', device_ids=[0], process_group=MagicMock())
             assert isinstance(mluddp, MLUDistributedDataParallel)
+
+    if digit_version(mmcv.__version__) >= digit_version('1.7.0'):
+        from mmcv.device.npu import NPUDistributedDataParallel
+        from mmcv.utils import IS_NPU_AVAILABLE
+        if IS_NPU_AVAILABLE:
+            npu_ddp = build_ddp(
+                model, 'npu', device_ids=[0], process_group=MagicMock())
+            assert isinstance(npu_ddp, NPUDistributedDataParallel)