Improve mlx.distributed_config

python/mlx/_distributed_utils/config.py

@@ -295,6 +295,8 @@ def tb_connectivity_to_dot(hosts, tb_hosts, uuid_reverse_index):
         for p in h.ports:
             if not p.connected_to:
                 continue
+            if p.connected_to not in uuid_reverse_index:
+                continue
             dst = uuid_reverse_index[p.connected_to]
             if dst[0] < i:
                 continue
@@ -365,7 +367,7 @@ def check_valid_ring(hosts, rings, strict=True):
     return has_ring
 
 
-def check_ssh_connections(hosts):
+def check_ssh_connections(hosts, ignore_unreachable=False):
     results = [None] * len(hosts)
 
     def _check(hostname, i):
@@ -417,7 +419,7 @@ def _check(hostname, i):
     for t in threads:
         t.join()
 
-    if not all(results):
+    if not all(results) and not ignore_unreachable:
         log_error("Could not ssh to the following hosts:")
         for i, h in enumerate(hosts):
             if not results[i]:
@@ -493,13 +495,13 @@ def configure_jaccl_ring(args, hosts, ips, ring, sshinfo):
         peer_left = ring[i - 1]
         peer_right = ring[(i + 1) % num_nodes]
         rdmas = []
-        for j in range(len(hosts)):
-            if j not in (peer_left, peer_right):
+        for other in ring:
+            if other not in (peer_left, peer_right):
                 rdmas.append(None)
             else:
                 rdma = []
                 for c in range(count):
-                    rdma.append(f"rdma_{ips.ips[i, j][c][0]}")
+                    rdma.append(f"rdma_{ips.ips[node, other][c][0]}")
                 rdmas.append(rdma[0] if count == 1 else rdma)
         jaccl_hosts.append(Host(i, h.ssh_hostname, h.ips, rdmas))
     hostfile = Hostfile(jaccl_hosts, "jaccl-ring", args.env)
@@ -573,6 +575,11 @@ def main():
     parser.add_argument(
         "--hosts", default="127.0.0.1", help="A comma separated list of hosts"
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--ignore-unreachable",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Ignore hosts that are not reachable via ssh",
+    )
     parser.add_argument("--hostfile", help="The file containing the hosts")
     parser.add_argument(
         "--over",
@@ -619,7 +626,9 @@ def main():
         args.verbose,
         f"Checking for ssh access for {', '.join(h.ssh_hostname for h in hosts)}",
     )
-    sshinfo = check_ssh_connections(hosts)
+    sshinfo = check_ssh_connections(hosts, args.ignore_unreachable)
+    hosts = [h for r, h in zip(sshinfo, hosts) if r]
+    sshinfo = [r for r in sshinfo if r]
 
     # Prepare a hostfile for communication over ethernet using the ips of the
     # provided hostnames