d variance, and when set to ``False``, this module does not track such statistics, and initializes statistics buffers :attr:`running_mean` and :attr:`running_var` as ``None``. When these buffers are ``None``, this module always uses batch statistics. in both training and eval modes. Default: ``True`` process_group: synchronization of stats happen within each process group individually. Default behavior is synchronization across the whole world Shape: - Input: :math:`(N, C, +)` - Output: :math:`(N, C, +)` (same shape as input) .. note:: Synchronization of batchnorm statistics occurs only while training, i.e. synchronization is disabled when ``model.eval()`` is set or if ``self.training`` is otherwise ``False``. Examples:: >>> # xdoctest: +SKIP >>> # With Learnable Parameters >>> m = nn.SyncBatchNorm(100) >>> # creating process group (optional) >>> # ranks is a list of int identifying rank ids. >>> ranks = list(range(8)) >>> r1, r2 = ranks[:4], ranks[4:] >>> # Note: every rank calls into new_group for every >>> # process group created, even if that rank is not >>> # part of the group. >>> process_groups = [torch.distributed.new_group(pids) for pids in [r1, r2]] >>> process_group = process_groups[0 if dist.get_rank() <= 3 else 1] >>> # Without Learnable Parameters >>> m = nn.BatchNorm3d(100, affine=False, process_group=process_group) >>> input = torch.randn(20, 100, 35, 45, 10) >>> output = m(input) >>> # network is nn.BatchNorm layer >>> sync_bn_network = nn.SyncBatchNorm.convert_sync_batchnorm(network, process_group) >>> # only single gpu per process is currently supported >>> ddp_sync_bn_network = torch.nn.parallel.DistributedDataParallel( >>> sync_bn_network, >>> device_ids=[args.local_rank], >>> output_device=args.local_rank) r