def reduce_dict(input_dict, average=True):
    """
    Args:
        input_dict (dict): all the values will be reduced
        average (bool): whether to do average or sum
    Reduce the values in the dictionary from all processes so that process with rank
    0 has the averaged results. Returns a dict with the same fields as
    input_dict, after reduction.
    """
    world_size = get_world_size()
    if world_size < 2:
        return input_dict
    with torch.no_grad():
        names = []
        values = []
        # sort the keys so that they are consistent across processes
        for k in sorted(input_dict.keys()):
            names.append(k)
            values.append(input_dict[k])
        values = torch.stack(values, dim=0)
        dist.reduce(values, dst=0)
        if dist.get_rank() == 0 and average:
            # only main process gets accumulated, so only divide by
            # world_size in this case
            values /= world_size
        reduced_dict = {k: v for k, v in zip(names, values)}
    return reduced_dict