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Source code for mmselfsup.models.utils.gather_layer

# Copyright (c) OpenMMLab. All rights reserved.
import torch
import torch.distributed as dist


class GatherLayer(torch.autograd.Function):
    """Gather tensors from all process, supporting backward propagation."""

    @staticmethod
    def forward(ctx, input):
        ctx.save_for_backward(input)
        output = [
            torch.zeros_like(input) for _ in range(dist.get_world_size())
        ]
        dist.all_gather(output, input)
        return tuple(output)

    @staticmethod
    def backward(ctx, *grads):
        input, = ctx.saved_tensors
        grad_out = torch.zeros_like(input)
        grad_out[:] = grads[dist.get_rank()]
        return grad_out