Disable JAX GPU preallocation by default#1
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…y-preallocation-by-default Disable JAX GPU preallocation by default
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Summary
Disable JAX GPU memory preallocation by default for MGW.
Motivation
MGW uses both PyTorch and JAX/OTT. By default, JAX preallocates a large fraction of GPU memory on first use, even when the actual working set is much smaller. This can make MGW appear to consume excessive GPU memory and may cause unnecessary conflicts with PyTorch, other processes, or shared-GPU environments.
Disabling preallocation makes GPU memory usage more proportional to the actual workload while preserving the existing MGW algorithm and benchmark behavior.
Changes
XLA_PYTHON_CLIENT_PREALLOCATE=falsebefore JAX/OTT initialization.os.environ.setdefault(...)so user-provided allocator settings are not overwritten.Test plan