"""Minimal Ray Data GPU profiling example (the shape used in the article). The GPU work runs *inside* Ray Data — a `map_batches` call whose UDF is a callable class placed on a GPU actor (`num_gpus=1`). Nsight is attached only to that actor via `runtime_env`, so the .nsys-rep captures the GPU stage and not the driver or the CPU operators. Run (a machine with one NVIDIA GPU, Ray + PyTorch + the `nsys` CLI on PATH): python example_min.py # split: CPU load op -> GPU actor python example_min.py --inline # load fused into the GPU UDF Then export the report nsys wrote under the Ray session for analysis: rep=$(ls -t /tmp/ray/session_*/logs/nsight/*.nsys-rep | head -1) nsys export --type sqlite --include-blobs=true -o out.sqlite "$rep" nsys-ai skill run gpu_idle_gaps out.sqlite -p device=0 --format json Note: on Ray <= a version without the #66094 fix, launch with the venv on PATH (activate it, or `export PATH=/bin:$PATH`) so the profiled worker's bare `python` resolves; and let the driver stay alive until the report is written (this example does), otherwise teardown can truncate it (ray#60904). """ import argparse import time import numpy as np import ray import torch ROWS, WIDTH, BATCHES, ITERS = 2048, 8192, 32, 9 # ~64 MiB/batch, ~39 ms GPU/batch LOAD_MS = 40 # stand-in for real decode/IO; ~matches the GPU time on purpose def load_batch(batch): """CPU data prep. In `split` mode this is its own Ray Data operator.""" time.sleep(LOAD_MS / 1000) return {"x": np.ones((ROWS, WIDTH), dtype=np.float32)} class Predict: """The GPU stage. A callable class so Ray Data runs it on a GPU actor.""" def __init__(self, inline): torch.cuda.set_device(0) self.inline = inline self.weight = torch.eye(WIDTH, device="cuda") (torch.ones((ROWS, WIDTH), device="cuda") @ self.weight).cpu() # warm up def __call__(self, batch): if self.inline: # data prep fused into the GPU UDF (serial load->compute) batch = load_batch(batch) x = torch.tensor(batch["x"], device="cuda") # H2D for _ in range(ITERS): x = x @ self.weight return {"out": x[:, 0].cpu().numpy()} # D2H def main(): ap = argparse.ArgumentParser() ap.add_argument("--inline", action="store_true", help="fuse load into the GPU UDF") ap.add_argument("--profile", action="store_true", help="attach Nsight to the actor") args = ap.parse_args() ray.init(num_cpus=8, num_gpus=1, include_dashboard=False) ds = ray.data.range(ROWS * BATCHES, override_num_blocks=BATCHES) if not args.inline: # CPU prep as its own operator, so it can run ahead ds = ds.map_batches( load_batch, batch_size=ROWS, batch_format="numpy", compute=ray.data.TaskPoolStrategy(size=4), num_cpus=1, ) gpu_kwargs = dict( batch_size=ROWS, batch_format="numpy", fn_constructor_args=(args.inline,), compute=ray.data.ActorPoolStrategy(size=1, max_tasks_in_flight_per_actor=4), num_cpus=1, num_gpus=1, # <-- the GPU work is a Ray Data actor ) if args.profile: gpu_kwargs["runtime_env"] = { "nsight": {"t": "cuda,nvtx", "sample": "none", "cpuctxsw": "none", "stop-on-exit": "true"} } ds = ds.map_batches(Predict, **gpu_kwargs) t0 = time.perf_counter() ds.materialize() print(f"mode={'inline' if args.inline else 'split'} " f"E2E={time.perf_counter() - t0:.2f}s") ray.shutdown() if __name__ == "__main__": main()