diff --git a/example/dgl/common_config.py b/example/dgl/common_config.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eabd26c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/dgl/common_config.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import os
+
+def get_default_timeout():
+    # In seconds
+    return 300
+
+def wait_and_join(processes):
+    ret = os.waitpid(-1, 0)
+    if os.WEXITSTATUS(ret[1]) != 0:
+        print("Detect pid {:} error exit".format(ret[0]))
+        for p in processes:
+            p.kill()
+        
+    for p in processes:
+            p.join()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/example/dgl/multi_gpu/common_config.py b/example/dgl/multi_gpu/common_config.py
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..e98e6dd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/dgl/multi_gpu/common_config.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../common_config.py
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/example/dgl/multi_gpu/train_gcn.py b/example/dgl/multi_gpu/train_gcn.py
index d4ce89b8..e0ca60ac 100644
--- a/example/dgl/multi_gpu/train_gcn.py
+++ b/example/dgl/multi_gpu/train_gcn.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 - Code: https://github.com/tkipf/gcn
 """
 import argparse
+import datetime
 import torch
 import torch.nn as nn
 import torch.optim as optim
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@
 from torch.nn.parallel import DistributedDataParallel
 import math
 import sys
-
+from common_config import *
 
 class GCN(nn.Module):
     def __init__(self,
@@ -225,7 +226,8 @@ def run(worker_id, run_config):
         torch.distributed.init_process_group(backend="nccl",
                                              init_method=dist_init_method,
                                              world_size=world_size,
-                                             rank=worker_id)
+                                             rank=worker_id,
+                                             timeout=datetime.timedelta(seconds=get_default_timeout()))
 
     dataset = run_config['dataset']
     g = run_config['g'].to(sample_device)
@@ -317,6 +319,9 @@ def run(worker_id, run_config):
 
             if not run_config['pipelining']:
                 sync_device()
+                if num_worker > 1:
+                    torch.distributed.barrier()
+
 
             num_samples.append(sum([block.num_edges() for block in blocks]))
             num_nodes.append(blocks[0].num_src_nodes())
@@ -325,9 +330,6 @@ def run(worker_id, run_config):
             batch_labels = None
             blocks = None
 
-            if num_worker > 1:
-                torch.distributed.barrier()
-
             t4 = time.time()
 
             sample_times.append(t1 - t0)
@@ -394,5 +396,6 @@ def run(worker_id, run_config):
             p = mp.Process(target=run, args=(worker_id, run_config))
             p.start()
             workers.append(p)
-        for p in workers:
-            p.join()
+        
+        wait_and_join(workers)
+
diff --git a/example/dgl/multi_gpu/train_graphsage.py b/example/dgl/multi_gpu/train_graphsage.py
index 1a0cdeb2..435630ff 100644
--- a/example/dgl/multi_gpu/train_graphsage.py
+++ b/example/dgl/multi_gpu/train_graphsage.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import argparse
+import datetime
 import dgl
 import torch
 import dgl.nn.pytorch as dglnn
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@
 import numpy as np
 import math
 import sys
+from common_config import *
 
 
 class SAGE(nn.Module):
@@ -207,7 +209,8 @@ def run(worker_id, run_config):
         torch.distributed.init_process_group(backend="nccl",
                                              init_method=dist_init_method,
                                              world_size=world_size,
-                                             rank=worker_id)
+                                             rank=worker_id,
+                                             timeout=datetime.timedelta(seconds=get_default_timeout()))
 
     dataset = run_config['dataset']
     g = run_config['g'].to(sample_device)
@@ -299,6 +302,8 @@ def run(worker_id, run_config):
 
             if not run_config['pipelining']:
                 sync_device()
+                if num_worker > 1:
+                    torch.distributed.barrier()
 
             num_samples.append(sum([block.num_edges() for block in blocks]))
             num_nodes.append(blocks[0].num_src_nodes())
@@ -307,9 +312,6 @@ def run(worker_id, run_config):
             batch_labels = None
             blocks = None
 
-            if num_worker > 1:
-                torch.distributed.barrier()
-
             t4 = time.time()
 
             sample_times.append(t1 - t0)
@@ -375,5 +377,5 @@ def run(worker_id, run_config):
             p = mp.Process(target=run, args=(worker_id, run_config))
             p.start()
             workers.append(p)
-        for p in workers:
-            p.join()
+        
+        wait_and_join(workers)
diff --git a/example/dgl/multi_gpu/train_pinsage.py b/example/dgl/multi_gpu/train_pinsage.py
index 20e8a386..67743592 100644
--- a/example/dgl/multi_gpu/train_pinsage.py
+++ b/example/dgl/multi_gpu/train_pinsage.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import argparse
+import datetime
 import dgl
 import torch
 import torch.optim as optim
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@
 import numpy as np
 import math
 import sys
+from common_config import *
 
 """
   We have made the following modification(or say, simplification) on PinSAGE,
@@ -256,7 +258,8 @@ def run(worker_id, run_config):
         torch.distributed.init_process_group(backend="nccl",
                                              init_method=dist_init_method,
                                              world_size=world_size,
-                                             rank=worker_id)
+                                             rank=worker_id,
+                                             timeout=datetime.timedelta(seconds=get_default_timeout()))
 
     dataset = run_config['dataset']
     g = run_config['g']
@@ -342,6 +345,8 @@ def run(worker_id, run_config):
 
             if not run_config['pipelining']:
                 sync_device()
+                if num_worker > 1:
+                    torch.distributed.barrier()
 
             num_samples.append(sum([block.num_edges() for block in blocks]))
             num_nodes.append(blocks[0].num_src_nodes())
@@ -350,8 +355,6 @@ def run(worker_id, run_config):
             batch_labels = None
             blocks = None
 
-            if num_worker > 1:
-                torch.distributed.barrier()
             t4 = time.time()
 
             sample_times.append(t1 - t0)
@@ -418,5 +421,5 @@ def run(worker_id, run_config):
             p = mp.Process(target=run, args=(worker_id, run_config))
             p.start()
             workers.append(p)
-        for p in workers:
-            p.join()
+
+        wait_and_join(workers)