We now have two types of functionalization, C++ Functionalization (through the `Functionalize` dispatch key), and python functionalization (through the `FunctionalTensorMode` torch_dispatch mode).
This means that all higher order ops need custom functionalization rules for the python variant too. I added them here, as well as a helper function `dispatch_functionalize()` - equivalent to `torch.func.functionalize()`, except that it uses `FunctionalTensorMode`.
In theory we could have secretly switched `torch.func.functionalize` to use `FunctionalTensorMode`. This would be BC-breaking, though, since `FunctionalTensorMode` isn't composable with the other functorch transforms (the functorch layer-mode stack doesn't know how to re-order torch_dispatch modes arbitrarily).
Pull Request resolved: https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/pull/108656
Approved by: https://github.com/zou3519
ghstack dependencies: #109024, #109248
Reland - the previous PR was reverted by internal with this error:
```
File "/data/sandcastle/boxes/eden-trunk-hg-fbcode-fbsource/buck-out/v2/gen/fbcode/363cd7e240f5d021/caffe2/torch/fb/trainer/data_modules/tests/__test_dataloader__/test_dataloader#link-tree/torch/__init__.py", line 29, in <module>
from ._utils_internal import _functionalize_sync as _sync
ImportError: cannot import name '_functionalize_sync' from 'torch._utils_internal'
```
I couldn't figure out why internal was unhappy with the import. One potential reason is that I see a build rule for *another* `_utils_internal.py` in the fb folder here ([link](https://www.internalfb.com/code/fbsource/[30ed85cd88409af98b7490be137aaa5dfd7afd01]/fbcode/caffe2/TARGETS?lines=444))
Rather than burn more time investigating, I confirmed internally that the error goes away if I move the util from `torch/_utils_internal.py` to `torch/_utils.py`.
Pull Request resolved: https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/pull/109518
Approved by: https://github.com/albanD
Added two new utils to help with turning python functionalization on in AOTAutograd (next PR):
(1) updated `torch._sync()`. Previously, this API could only handle `torch.Tensor` instances that had a `FunctionalTensorWrapper` TensorImpl. It now needs to handle python `FunctionalTensor`'s. In theory I can probably break BC and change this API (since it's private?), but I decided not to do it in this PR stack do minimize the chance of reverts. Instead of updating that API directly (which is in C++), I just added a python shim that first tries to unwrap the python `FunctionalTensor` if there is one, then calls the existing C++ logic
(2) `mirror_autograd_meta` is now a standalone API that tries to mirror the `requires_grad` and `is_leaf` autograd metadata from one tensor to another. Previously this was hardcoded into `torch._to_functional_tensor()`. But I now need to use it in a more standalone way: later in AOTAutograd when we unwrap and re-wrap a tensor subclasses, we need to manually mirror the autograd metadata from the original to the updated version of the subclass.
Pull Request resolved: https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/pull/107917
Approved by: https://github.com/ezyang
ghstack dependencies: #106404
This PR adds a new `FunctionalTensor` subclass, and `FunctionalTensorMode` torch dispatch mode. Together, this class/mode are a lightweight wrapper around our existing C++ functionalization logic.
This idea came from Ed - later in the stack, I want to be able to run functionalization **underneath** torch_dispatch, when performing tracing in AOTAutograd. I can't do this easily with vanilla C++ functionalization, because it has a dedicated dispatch key that always runs before TorchDispatch. However, by adding a torch_dispatch mode shim around functionalization, we can use functionalization as a torch_dispatch mode, which will make it easier to run underneath other modes later.
This PR provides the basic new classes, and some light testing.
Pull Request resolved: https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/pull/106404
Approved by: https://github.com/ezyang
