pytorch system_error ai_generated partial

RuntimeError: DataLoader worker (pid 12345) received signal 11 (Segmentation fault). Possible causes: shared memory exhausted

ID: pytorch/dataloader-worker-segfault-shared-memory

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75%Fix Rate
82%Confidence
1Evidence
2024-07-10First Seen

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
pytorch>=1.10.0 active — — —
linux active — — —

Root Cause

The shared memory (/dev/shm) is full or too small to accommodate the data being transferred from DataLoader workers, often due to large batch sizes or high-resolution images.

generic

中文

共享内存（/dev/shm）已满或太小，无法容纳 DataLoader 工作进程传输的数据，通常由于批量大小过大或高分辨率图像。

Official Documentation

https://pytorch.org/docs/stable/data.html#multi-process-data-loading

Workarounds

  1. 90% success Increase the size of /dev/shm by remounting with a larger size. In Docker, use --shm-size=8g. On bare metal, edit /etc/fstab or use mount -o remount,size=8G /dev/shm. 
    Increase the size of /dev/shm by remounting with a larger size. In Docker, use --shm-size=8g. On bare metal, edit /etc/fstab or use mount -o remount,size=8G /dev/shm.
  2. 80% success Reduce the batch size or use pin_memory=False in DataLoader to avoid copying tensors to pinned memory, which uses shared memory. 
    Reduce the batch size or use pin_memory=False in DataLoader to avoid copying tensors to pinned memory, which uses shared memory.

中文步骤

  1. 通过重新挂载增加 /dev/shm 的大小。在 Docker 中使用 --shm-size=8g。在裸机上编辑 /etc/fstab 或使用 mount -o remount,size=8G /dev/shm。
  2. 减少批量大小或在 DataLoader 中使用 pin_memory=False，避免将张量复制到固定内存，这使用共享内存。

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. 40% fail

    This is a workaround that changes behavior, but it doesn't fix the underlying shared memory limit.

  2. 90% fail

    Larger batches increase shared memory usage, exacerbating the issue.

  3. 70% fail

    Shared memory is recreated at boot, but the limit remains the same; it will fill up again.