[hybrid parallel] Optimize pipeline memory#34230
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Do we have another way to distinguish whether the input of ops (send_v2 or partial_send op) is the variable to send? I mean it is discouraged to set variable name as attribute. I prefer to add a bool attribute to indicate this case.
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Done. Remove pipeline_send_var attr. Find the backward send var directly.
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Describe
优化流水线并行显存占用。
优化前显存会随着global batch size增大而增大，优化后显存不会随gbs增大而增大，保持不变。
原PR #34214 。原PR中存在一个bug，当反向过程使用到了前向send var时（如recompute)，由于存在提前gc情况，会导致反向使用这个var时出现 tensor为null的情况。
为解决这个问题，本PR采用最开始的 #34086 nop_op来hold住前向send var，通过gc管理用完即时释放就好。当然也可在c++端加入拓扑依赖判断，但工程实现上麻烦些。
最终Pipeline的send变量显存管理方式：
详见PR [hybrid performance] Optimize pipeline send wait #34086
拓扑依赖如下图，当前stage的FB前向recv完成，那么前两个FB的反向send也一定完成了，这个时候可以将反向send的变量释放。(TODO：PR中为编码方便，将释放放到了Forward结束后，可优化为在Forward recv之后)
测试
V100 32GB 单机8卡。
gpt2-medium-en 345MB模型，pipeline_stage=8， micro_batch=4,
测试结果
PR极大降低了显存，显存不随global batch size增大而增大，理论可增大到无穷。