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  --- BEGIN ISSUE ---
  [rllib] PyTorch and SampleAsync validation
  <!--Please include [tune], [rllib], [autoscaler] etc. in the issue title if relevant-->
  
  ### What is the problem?
  
  PyTorch is supposed to be thread-safe, as long as you don't write a tensor using multiple threads. Please see https://discuss.pytorch.org/t/is-pytorch-supposed-to-be-thread-safe/36540/2 
  
  It might be worth removing the validation of sample_async and use_pytorch for A3C (and maybe others?).
  
  Ray Version 0.9.0dev (but this applies to any ray version actually)
  
  ### Reproduction (REQUIRED)
  Please provide a script that can be run to reproduce the issue. The script should have **no external library dependencies** (i.e., use fake or mock data / environments):
  
  If we cannot run your script, we cannot fix your issue.
  
  - [x] I have verified my script runs in a clean environment and reproduces the issue.
  - [x] I have verified the issue also occurs with the [latest wheels](https://docs.ray.io/en/latest/installation.html).
  
  [rllib] PyTorch and SampleAsync validation
  <!--Please include [tune], [rllib], [autoscaler] etc. in the issue title if relevant-->
  
  ### What is the problem?
  
  PyTorch is supposed to be thread-safe, as long as you don't write a tensor using multiple threads. Please see https://discuss.pytorch.org/t/is-pytorch-supposed-to-be-thread-safe/36540/2 
  
  It might be worth removing the validation of sample_async and use_pytorch for A3C (and maybe others?).
  
  Ray Version 0.9.0dev (but this applies to any ray version actually)
  
  ### Reproduction (REQUIRED)
  Please provide a script that can be run to reproduce the issue. The script should have **no external library dependencies** (i.e., use fake or mock data / environments):
  
  If we cannot run your script, we cannot fix your issue.
  
  - [x] I have verified my script runs in a clean environment and reproduces the issue.
  - [x] I have verified the issue also occurs with the [latest wheels](https://docs.ray.io/en/latest/installation.html).
  
  
  --- END ISSUE ---
  
  Below are some code segments, each from a relevant file. One or more of these files may contain bugs.
  --- BEGIN FILES ---
  Path: `rllib/agents/a3c/a3c.py`
  Content:
  ```
  1 import logging
  2 
  3 from ray.rllib.agents.a3c.a3c_tf_policy import A3CTFPolicy
  4 from ray.rllib.agents.trainer import with_common_config
  5 from ray.rllib.agents.trainer_template import build_trainer
  6 from ray.rllib.execution.rollout_ops import AsyncGradients
  7 from ray.rllib.execution.train_ops import ApplyGradients
  8 from ray.rllib.execution.metric_ops import StandardMetricsReporting
  9 
  10 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
  11 
  12 # yapf: disable
  13 # __sphinx_doc_begin__
  14 DEFAULT_CONFIG = with_common_config({
  15     # Should use a critic as a baseline (otherwise don't use value baseline;
  16     # required for using GAE).
  17     "use_critic": True,
  18     # If true, use the Generalized Advantage Estimator (GAE)
  19     # with a value function, see https://arxiv.org/pdf/1506.02438.pdf.
  20     "use_gae": True,
  21     # Size of rollout batch
  22     "rollout_fragment_length": 10,
  23     # GAE(gamma) parameter
  24     "lambda": 1.0,
  25     # Max global norm for each gradient calculated by worker
  26     "grad_clip": 40.0,
  27     # Learning rate
  28     "lr": 0.0001,
  29     # Learning rate schedule
  30     "lr_schedule": None,
  31     # Value Function Loss coefficient
  32     "vf_loss_coeff": 0.5,
  33     # Entropy coefficient
  34     "entropy_coeff": 0.01,
  35     # Min time per iteration
  36     "min_iter_time_s": 5,
  37     # Workers sample async. Note that this increases the effective
  38     # rollout_fragment_length by up to 5x due to async buffering of batches.
  39     "sample_async": True,
  40 })
  41 # __sphinx_doc_end__
  42 # yapf: enable
  43 
  44 
  45 def get_policy_class(config):
  46     if config["use_pytorch"]:
  47         from ray.rllib.agents.a3c.a3c_torch_policy import \
  48             A3CTorchPolicy
  49         return A3CTorchPolicy
  50     else:
  51         return A3CTFPolicy
  52 
  53 
  54 def validate_config(config):
  55     if config["entropy_coeff"] < 0:
  56         raise DeprecationWarning("entropy_coeff must be >= 0")
  57     if config["sample_async"] and config["use_pytorch"]:
  58         config["sample_async"] = False
  59         logger.warning(
  60             "The sample_async option is not supported with use_pytorch: "
  61             "Multithreading can be lead to crashes if used with pytorch.")
  62 
  63 
  64 def execution_plan(workers, config):
  65     # For A3C, compute policy gradients remotely on the rollout workers.
  66     grads = AsyncGradients(workers)
  67 
  68     # Apply the gradients as they arrive. We set update_all to False so that
  69     # only the worker sending the gradient is updated with new weights.
  70     train_op = grads.for_each(ApplyGradients(workers, update_all=False))
  71 
  72     return StandardMetricsReporting(train_op, workers, config)
  73 
  74 
  75 A3CTrainer = build_trainer(
  76     name="A3C",
  77     default_config=DEFAULT_CONFIG,
  78     default_policy=A3CTFPolicy,
  79     get_policy_class=get_policy_class,
  80     validate_config=validate_config,
  81     execution_plan=execution_plan)
  82
  ```
  --- END FILES ---
  
  Please first localize the bug based on the issue statement, and then generate a patch according to the `git diff` format fenced by three backticks.
  
  Here is an example:
  
  ```diff
  diff --git a/examples/server_async.py b/examples/server_async.py
  --- a/examples/server_async.py
  +++ b/examples/server_async.py
  @@ -313,4 +313,4 @@
   
   
   if __name__ == "__main__":
  -    asyncio.run(run_async_server("."), debug=True)
  +    asyncio.run(run_async_server(), debug=True)
  diff --git a/examples/server_sync.py b/examples/server_sync.py
  --- a/examples/server_sync.py
  +++ b/examples/server_sync.py
  @@ -313,5 +313,5 @@
   
   
   if __name__ == "__main__":
  -    server = run_sync_server(".")
  +    server = run_sync_server()
       server.shutdown()
  
  ```
  
golden_diff: diff --git a/rllib/agents/a3c/a3c.py b/rllib/agents/a3c/a3c.py
  --- a/rllib/agents/a3c/a3c.py
  +++ b/rllib/agents/a3c/a3c.py
  @@ -54,11 +54,6 @@
   def validate_config(config):
       if config["entropy_coeff"] < 0:
           raise DeprecationWarning("entropy_coeff must be >= 0")
  -    if config["sample_async"] and config["use_pytorch"]:
  -        config["sample_async"] = False
  -        logger.warning(
  -            "The sample_async option is not supported with use_pytorch: "
  -            "Multithreading can be lead to crashes if used with pytorch.")
   
   
   def execution_plan(workers, config):
  
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Please see https://discuss.pytorch.org/t/is-pytorch-supposed-to-be-thread-safe/36540/2 \r\n\r\nIt might be worth removing the validation of sample_async and use_pytorch for A3C (and maybe others?).\r\n\r\nRay Version 0.9.0dev (but this applies to any ray version actually)\r\n\r\n### Reproduction (REQUIRED)\r\nPlease provide a script that can be run to reproduce the issue. The script should have **no external library dependencies** (i.e., use fake or mock data / environments):\r\n\r\nIf we cannot run your script, we cannot fix your issue.\r\n\r\n- [x] I have verified my script runs in a clean environment and reproduces the issue.\r\n- [x] I have verified the issue also occurs with the [latest wheels](https://docs.ray.io/en/latest/installation.html).\r\n\n[rllib] PyTorch and SampleAsync validation\n<!--Please include [tune], [rllib], [autoscaler] etc. in the issue title if relevant-->\r\n\r\n### What is the problem?\r\n\r\nPyTorch is supposed to be thread-safe, as long as you don't write a tensor using multiple threads. 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The script should have **no external library dependencies** (i.e., use fake or mock data / environments):\r\n\r\nIf we cannot run your script, we cannot fix your issue.\r\n\r\n- [x] I have verified my script runs in a clean environment and reproduces the issue.\r\n- [x] I have verified the issue also occurs with the [latest wheels](https://docs.ray.io/en/latest/installation.html).\r\n\n", "before_files": [{"content": "import logging\n\nfrom ray.rllib.agents.a3c.a3c_tf_policy import A3CTFPolicy\nfrom ray.rllib.agents.trainer import with_common_config\nfrom ray.rllib.agents.trainer_template import build_trainer\nfrom ray.rllib.execution.rollout_ops import AsyncGradients\nfrom ray.rllib.execution.train_ops import ApplyGradients\nfrom ray.rllib.execution.metric_ops import StandardMetricsReporting\n\nlogger = logging.getLogger(__name__)\n\n# yapf: disable\n# __sphinx_doc_begin__\nDEFAULT_CONFIG = with_common_config({\n    # Should use a critic as a baseline (otherwise don't use value baseline;\n    # required for using GAE).\n    \"use_critic\": True,\n    # If true, use the Generalized Advantage Estimator (GAE)\n    # with a value function, see https://arxiv.org/pdf/1506.02438.pdf.\n    \"use_gae\": True,\n    # Size of rollout batch\n    \"rollout_fragment_length\": 10,\n    # GAE(gamma) parameter\n    \"lambda\": 1.0,\n    # Max global norm for each gradient calculated by worker\n    \"grad_clip\": 40.0,\n    # Learning rate\n    \"lr\": 0.0001,\n    # Learning rate schedule\n    \"lr_schedule\": None,\n    # Value Function Loss coefficient\n    \"vf_loss_coeff\": 0.5,\n    # Entropy coefficient\n    \"entropy_coeff\": 0.01,\n    # Min time per iteration\n    \"min_iter_time_s\": 5,\n    # Workers sample async. Note that this increases the effective\n    # rollout_fragment_length by up to 5x due to async buffering of batches.\n    \"sample_async\": True,\n})\n# __sphinx_doc_end__\n# yapf: enable\n\n\ndef get_policy_class(config):\n    if config[\"use_pytorch\"]:\n        from ray.rllib.agents.a3c.a3c_torch_policy import \\\n            A3CTorchPolicy\n        return A3CTorchPolicy\n    else:\n        return A3CTFPolicy\n\n\ndef validate_config(config):\n    if config[\"entropy_coeff\"] < 0:\n        raise DeprecationWarning(\"entropy_coeff must be >= 0\")\n    if config[\"sample_async\"] and config[\"use_pytorch\"]:\n        config[\"sample_async\"] = False\n        logger.warning(\n            \"The sample_async option is not supported with use_pytorch: \"\n            \"Multithreading can be lead to crashes if used with pytorch.\")\n\n\ndef execution_plan(workers, config):\n    # For A3C, compute policy gradients remotely on the rollout workers.\n    grads = AsyncGradients(workers)\n\n    # Apply the gradients as they arrive. We set update_all to False so that\n    # only the worker sending the gradient is updated with new weights.\n    train_op = grads.for_each(ApplyGradients(workers, update_all=False))\n\n    return StandardMetricsReporting(train_op, workers, config)\n\n\nA3CTrainer = build_trainer(\n    name=\"A3C\",\n    default_config=DEFAULT_CONFIG,\n    default_policy=A3CTFPolicy,\n    get_policy_class=get_policy_class,\n    validate_config=validate_config,\n    execution_plan=execution_plan)\n", "path": "rllib/agents/a3c/a3c.py"}], "after_files": [{"content": "import logging\n\nfrom ray.rllib.agents.a3c.a3c_tf_policy import A3CTFPolicy\nfrom ray.rllib.agents.trainer import with_common_config\nfrom ray.rllib.agents.trainer_template import build_trainer\nfrom ray.rllib.execution.rollout_ops import AsyncGradients\nfrom ray.rllib.execution.train_ops import ApplyGradients\nfrom ray.rllib.execution.metric_ops import StandardMetricsReporting\n\nlogger = logging.getLogger(__name__)\n\n# yapf: disable\n# __sphinx_doc_begin__\nDEFAULT_CONFIG = with_common_config({\n    # Should use a critic as a baseline (otherwise don't use value baseline;\n    # required for using GAE).\n    \"use_critic\": True,\n    # If true, use the Generalized Advantage Estimator (GAE)\n    # with a value function, see https://arxiv.org/pdf/1506.02438.pdf.\n    \"use_gae\": True,\n    # Size of rollout batch\n    \"rollout_fragment_length\": 10,\n    # GAE(gamma) parameter\n    \"lambda\": 1.0,\n    # Max global norm for each gradient calculated by worker\n    \"grad_clip\": 40.0,\n    # Learning rate\n    \"lr\": 0.0001,\n    # Learning rate schedule\n    \"lr_schedule\": None,\n    # Value Function Loss coefficient\n    \"vf_loss_coeff\": 0.5,\n    # Entropy coefficient\n    \"entropy_coeff\": 0.01,\n    # Min time per iteration\n    \"min_iter_time_s\": 5,\n    # Workers sample async. Note that this increases the effective\n    # rollout_fragment_length by up to 5x due to async buffering of batches.\n    \"sample_async\": True,\n})\n# __sphinx_doc_end__\n# yapf: enable\n\n\ndef get_policy_class(config):\n    if config[\"use_pytorch\"]:\n        from ray.rllib.agents.a3c.a3c_torch_policy import \\\n            A3CTorchPolicy\n        return A3CTorchPolicy\n    else:\n        return A3CTFPolicy\n\n\ndef validate_config(config):\n    if config[\"entropy_coeff\"] < 0:\n        raise DeprecationWarning(\"entropy_coeff must be >= 0\")\n\n\ndef execution_plan(workers, config):\n    # For A3C, compute policy gradients remotely on the rollout workers.\n    grads = AsyncGradients(workers)\n\n    # Apply the gradients as they arrive. We set update_all to False so that\n    # only the worker sending the gradient is updated with new weights.\n    train_op = grads.for_each(ApplyGradients(workers, update_all=False))\n\n    return StandardMetricsReporting(train_op, workers, config)\n\n\nA3CTrainer = build_trainer(\n    name=\"A3C\",\n    default_config=DEFAULT_CONFIG,\n    default_policy=A3CTFPolicy,\n    get_policy_class=get_policy_class,\n    validate_config=validate_config,\n    execution_plan=execution_plan)\n", "path": "rllib/agents/a3c/a3c.py"}]}