ParameterUpdater.h

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#pragma once

#include "paddle/utils/Thread.h"
#include "paddle/utils/Util.h"

#include "paddle/parameter/AverageOptimizer.h"
#include "paddle/parameter/FirstOrderOptimizer.h"
#include "paddle/parameter/OptimizerFunctions.h"
#include "paddle/parameter/OptimizerWithRegularizer.h"
#include "paddle/parameter/Parameter.h"
#include "paddle/parameter/ParameterUpdaterBase.h"

#include "TrainerConfig.pb.h"
#include "paddle/gserver/layers/Layer.h"

#include <memory>
#include <vector>

namespace paddle {

/**
 * @brief Parameter Updater for SGD, and local(not cluster) run.
 */
class SgdLocalUpdater : public ParameterUpdater {
 public:
  /**
   * @brief Ctor. Initialize optimizer locally by optConfig.
   * @param optConfig optimization config.
   * @param withAverager with average optimizer or not, default is true.
   */
  explicit SgdLocalUpdater(const OptimizationConfig& optConfig,
                           bool withAverager = true)
      : numSamplesProcessed_(0) {
    auto baseOptimizer = ParameterOptimizer::create(optConfig);
    optimizer_.reset(withAverager
                         ? AverageOptimizer::create(optConfig, baseOptimizer)
                         : baseOptimizer);
    CHECK(optimizer_) << "fail to create optimizer: "
                      << optConfig.learning_method();
    auto types = optimizer_->getParameterTypes();
    for (auto type : types) {
      addParameterType(type);
    }
  }

  /**
   * @brief Initialize parameters and optimizer_.
   *        For example,
   *           If optimizer need hassien vector, then parameter's hassien will
   *           be initialized.
   * @param parameters The parameter need to be initialized.
   */
  virtual void init(const std::vector<ParameterPtr>& parameters) {
    ParameterUpdater::init(parameters);
    optimizer_->init(parameters_.size(), nullptr);
    // check no L1 decay in parameter configs
    CHECK(std::find_if(parameters.begin(),
                       parameters.end(),
                       [](const ParameterPtr& para) {
                         return para->getConfig().decay_rate_l1() > 0.0f;
                       }) == parameters.end())
        << "SgdLocalUpdater cannot support L1 decay in parameter";
  }

  /**
   * @brief Start a batch with current mini-batch size
   * @param current mini-batch size.
   * @return Always PASS_TRAIN.
   */
  virtual PassType startBatch(int64_t batchSize) {
    numSamplesProcessed_ += batchSize;
    optimizer_->startBatch(numSamplesProcessed_);
    return PASS_TRAIN;
  }

  /**
   * @brief finish a mini-batch.
   */
  virtual void finishBatch(real cost) { optimizer_->finishBatch(); }

  /**
   * @brief start a pass.
   */
  virtual void startPass() { optimizer_->startPass(); }

  /**
   * @brief finish a pass.
   * @param cost sum cost during one pass.
   * @return true if accept (used for owlqn).
   */
  virtual bool finishPass() {
    optimizer_->finishPass();
    return ParameterUpdater::finishPass();
  }

  /**
   * @brief apply model average.
   */
  virtual void apply() {
    if (auto callback = optimizer_->apply()) {
      for (auto para : parameters_) {
        SetDevice device(para->getDeviceId());
        callback(para->getBufs(), para->getConfig(), -1UL);
      }
    }
  }

  /**
   * @brief restore parameter value before model average
   */
  virtual void restore() {
    if (auto callback = optimizer_->restore()) {
      for (auto para : parameters_) {
        SetDevice device(para->getDeviceId());
        callback(para->getBufs(), para->getConfig(), -1UL);
      }
    }
  }

 protected:
  /**
   * @brief update method. Update value from gradient.
   * @param para parameter that will be updated.
   */
  virtual void updateImpl(Parameter* para) {
    optimizer_->update(para->getBufs(), para->getConfig());
    if (auto callback = optimizer_->needSpecialTraversal(para->getConfig())) {
      callback(para->getBufs(), para->getConfig(), -1UL);
    }

    para->setValueUpdated();
    para->getBuf(PARAMETER_GRADIENT)->zeroMem();
  }

  std::unique_ptr<ParameterOptimizer> optimizer_;

  /**
   * @brief total number of samples processed.
   */
  int64_t numSamplesProcessed_;
};

/**
 * @brief SgdCpuUpdater is used only in recursive neural network
 * @deprecated
 */
class SgdCpuUpdater : public SgdLocalUpdater, public Deprecated {
 public:
  explicit SgdCpuUpdater(const OptimizationConfig& optConfig)
      : SgdLocalUpdater(optConfig),
        Deprecated(
            "SgdCpuUpdater is used only in recursive neural network, "
            "and recursive neural network is deprecated in paddle. "
            "Use it all by your own.") {}

  /**
   * @brief update all parameter on finish batch.
   * @param cost
   */
  virtual void finishBatch(real cost) {
    for (auto para : parameters_) {
      SgdLocalUpdater::update(para.get());
    }
    optimizer_->finishBatch();
  }

 protected:
  /**
   * @brief do nothing.
   * @param para
   */
  virtual void updateImpl(Parameter* para) {}
};

/**
 * @brief Sgd Local Updater With average in cpu.
 *
 * It will do model average in cpu to reduce gpu memory comsuption.
 */
class SgdUpdaterWithCpuAverager : public SgdLocalUpdater {
 public:
  /**
   * @brief Ctor.
   *
   * SgdUpdaterWithCpuAverager will do everything as a
   * SgdLocalUpdater, then copy parameter from GPU to CPU, and do model
   * average in cpu.
   */
  explicit SgdUpdaterWithCpuAverager(const OptimizationConfig& optConfig);
  ~SgdUpdaterWithCpuAverager();

  /**
   * @brief init. Initialize cpu parameters, model average optimizer.
   * @param parameters
   */
  virtual void init(const std::vector<ParameterPtr>& parameters);

  virtual PassType startBatch(int64_t batchSize) {
    averager_->startBatch(-1UL);
    return SgdLocalUpdater::startBatch(batchSize);
  }
  virtual void finishBatch(real cost);

  virtual void startPass() {
    averager_->startPass();
    SgdLocalUpdater::startPass();
  }
  virtual bool finishPass() {
    averager_->finishPass();
    return SgdLocalUpdater::finishPass();
  }

  /// apply the averaged parameter to PARAMETER_VALUE
  /// use PARAETER_GRADIENT for backing up PARAMETER_VALUE
  virtual void apply();

  /**
   * @brief Restore parameter before apply().
   */
  virtual void restore();

 protected:
  virtual void updateImpl(Parameter* para);

  void updateFunc(Parameter* para);

 protected:
  std::unique_ptr<ParameterOptimizer> averager_;

  /**
   * @brief The thread worker which do model average.
   *
   * For each parameter, GPU->CPU parameter is async, and do model average in
   * another thread. Because the training process don't need model average while
   * training, and model average only used in evaluation stage and saving stage.
   * So the model average is totally async.
   */
  ThreadWorker updateWorker_;

  /**
   * @brief The parameter mirror in cpu.
   */
  std::vector<ParameterPtr> cpuParameters_;

  /**
   * @brief GPU -> CPU copy event. Model average will wait after copy done.
   */
  std::vector<hl_event_t> copyEvents_;
};

}  // namespace paddle