def METHOD_NAME(self):
    """
    This function must be called explicitly after backward to reduce
    gradients. There is no automatic hook like c10d.
    """
    def all_reduce_params(params):
        buffer = self.buffer
        nonzero_buffer = False
        if len(params) > 1:
            offset = 0
            for p in params:
                sz = p.numel()
                if p.grad is not None:
                    buffer[offset : offset + sz].copy_(p.grad.data.view(-1))
                    nonzero_buffer = True
                else:
                    buffer[offset : offset + sz].zero_()
                offset += sz
        else:
            # we only have a single grad to all-reduce
            p = params[0]
            if p.grad is not None:
                buffer = p.grad.data
                nonzero_buffer = True
            elif p.numel() <= self.buffer.numel():
                buffer = buffer[: p.numel()]
                buffer.zero_()
            else:
                buffer = torch.zeros_like(p)
        if nonzero_buffer:
            buffer.div_(self.world_size)
        distributed_utils.all_reduce(buffer, self.process_group)
        # copy all-reduced grads back into their original place
        offset = 0
        for p in params:
            sz = p.numel()
            if p.grad is not None:
                p.grad.data.copy_(buffer[offset : offset + sz].view_as(p))
            else:
                p.grad = buffer[offset : offset + sz].view_as(p).clone()
            offset += sz
    def reduction_fn():
        # This function only needs to be called once
        if self.accumulate_grads:
            return
        if self.buffer is None:
            self.buffer = next(self.module.parameters()).new(self.buffer_size)
        for params in self.per_device_params:
            # All-reduce the gradients in buckets
            offset = 0
            buffered_params = []
            for param in params:
                if not param.requires_grad:
                    continue
                if param.grad is None:
                    param.grad = torch.zeros_like(param)
                if param.grad.requires_grad:
                    raise RuntimeError(
                        "DistributedDataParallel only works "
                        "with gradients that don't require "
                        "grad"
                    )
                sz = param.numel()
                if sz > self.buffer.numel():
                    # all-reduce big params directly
                    all_reduce_params([param])
                else:
                    if offset + sz > self.buffer.numel():
                        all_reduce_params(buffered_params)
                        offset = 0
                        buffered_params.clear()
                    buffered_params.append(param)
                    offset += sz
            if len(buffered_params) > 0:
                all_reduce_params(buffered_params)
    reduction_fn()