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[Dev] fix(offloading): Accuracy mismatch when offloading and recomputing same module - #2123

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[Dev] fix(offloading): Accuracy mismatch when offloading and recomputing same module#2123
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What does this PR do ?

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This PR is to fix an accuracy issue that when offloading and recomputing the same module, the loss will have some discrepancy with the baseline.

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@yanring yanring changed the title [Bug fix] Accuracy mismatch when offloading and recomputing same module [Dev] fix(offloading): Accuracy mismatch when offloading and recomputing same module Nov 4, 2025
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@lhb8125 Could you add some explanation for this in the desc? thanks!

lhb8125 and others added 2 commits November 4, 2025 19:49
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/ok to test 5001e2b

Signed-off-by: Hongbin Liu <hongbinl@nvidia.com>
@Victarry Victarry added the dev branch Dev branch related issues and development label Nov 7, 2025
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/ok to test 4d83f69

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