backward.cc

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#include "paddle/framework/backward.h"

#include <list>
#include <memory>

#include "paddle/framework/op_registry.h"
#include "paddle/operators/net_op.h"
#include "paddle/operators/recurrent_op.h"

namespace paddle {
namespace framework {

template <typename Map, typename T>
static void ForEachVarName(const Map& names, T callback) {
  for (auto& name : names) {
    for (auto& n : name.second) {
      if (callback(n)) return;
    }
  }
}

// return whether all the names + suffixes in the set
static bool AllInSet(
    const std::map<std::string, std::vector<std::string>>& names,
    const std::string& suffix, const std::unordered_set<std::string>& set) {
  bool all_in_set = true;
  ForEachVarName(names, [&all_in_set, &set, &suffix](const std::string& n) {
    all_in_set = set.find(n + suffix) != set.end();
    return !all_in_set;
  });
  return all_in_set;
}

static std::unique_ptr<OperatorBase> NOP() {
  auto net_op = new operators::NetOp();
  net_op->SetType("@NOP@");
  net_op->CompleteAddOp();
  return std::unique_ptr<OperatorBase>(net_op);
}

//  Get backward operator from a forward operator, a recursive implementation.
//
//  no_grad_names the gradient variable names without gradient calculating.
//
//  uniq_id is a unique index used inside recursively calling
//  BackwardRecursive. use `uid = uniq_id++;` to get the unique index, and
//  pass `uniq_id` through recursive calling.
//
//  returns The backward operator. In a simple situation, it may be a simple
//  operator, in a complex situation, it maybe a NetOp.
//
//  See Backward.h for details
static std::unique_ptr<OperatorBase> BackwardRecursive(
    const OperatorBase& forwardOp,
    std::unordered_set<std::string>& no_grad_names, size_t& uniq_id) {
  //  If all input gradients of forwarding operator do not need to calculate,
  //  just return an NOP. Not return null ptr because NOP does not take
  //  too much time for calculation, but it is useful for simplifying logic.
  if (AllInSet(forwardOp.Inputs() /*names*/, kGradVarSuffix /*suffix*/,
               no_grad_names /*set*/)) {
    return NOP();
  }

  //  All output gradients of forwarding operator do not need to calculate.
  //  Then all input gradients cannot be computed at all, and we put them into
  //  `no_grad_names` set. Return an NOP.
  if (AllInSet(forwardOp.Outputs() /*names*/, kGradVarSuffix /*suffix*/,
               no_grad_names /*set*/)) {
    ForEachVarName(forwardOp.Inputs(),
                   [&no_grad_names](const std::string& name) -> bool {
                     no_grad_names.insert(GradVarName(name));
                     return false;
                   });
    return NOP();
  }

  // Returned gradient network
  auto net = std::unique_ptr<operators::NetOp>(new operators::NetOp());

  if (forwardOp.IsNetOp()) {
    // Because forwardOp is a net op, it can static_cast.
    auto& forwardNet = static_cast<const operators::NetOp&>(forwardOp);

    // Map from output gradient variable name to operator's indices in
    // backward net's ops_. That operator generates that variable.
    std::unordered_map<std::string, std::vector<size_t>> dup_output_ops;

    size_t local_op_id = 0;
    // reversely travel forwardNet and collect all duplicate outputs.
    for (auto it = forwardNet.ops_.rbegin(); it != forwardNet.ops_.rend();
         ++it, ++local_op_id) {
      auto& fwd = *it;
      auto bwd = BackwardRecursive(*fwd, no_grad_names, uniq_id);
      ForEachVarName(bwd->Outputs(),
                     [&dup_output_ops, local_op_id](const std::string& out) {
                       dup_output_ops[out].emplace_back(local_op_id);
                       return false;
                     });
      net->AppendOp(std::move(bwd));
    }
    // Get unique ID for this method.
    auto uid = uniq_id++;
    // TODO(dzh): more comment
    // multiple operators which have the same output (y for example) may
    // overwrite the same y variable when backward, special operations are token
    // to handle this case. For each duplicate output, rename it to an alias
    // (original name with a offset), append an `add` op for its operator,
    // and finally sum all the alias variable to the final output variable y.
    using Pos = std::pair<size_t, std::unique_ptr<OperatorBase>>;
    std::list<Pos> insert_position;
    for (auto& dup_output_op : dup_output_ops) {
      const std::string& name = dup_output_op.first;
      // duplicate @Empty@ don't need to be added
      if (name == kEmptyVarName) continue;

      auto& dup_op = dup_output_op.second;
      // no duplicate output
      if (dup_op.size() == 1) continue;

      // process the duplicate outputs
      std::vector<std::string> dup_outputs;
      for (size_t i = 0; i < dup_op.size(); ++i) {
        // rename each duplicate output to an alias
        auto op_offset = dup_op[i];
        dup_outputs.push_back(name + "@RENAME@" + std::to_string(uid) + "@" +
                              std::to_string(i));
        net->ops_[op_offset]->Rename(name, dup_outputs.back());
      }
      // collect all the offset to append `add` op for each alias
      //
      // one variable is shared between multiple operators.
      // insert add operator one by one, then add it to output
      if (dup_outputs.size() == 2) {
        insert_position.push_back(
            {dup_op.back(),
             OpRegistry::CreateOp(
                 "add", {{"X", {dup_outputs[0]}}, {"Y", {dup_outputs[1]}}},
                 {{"Out", {name}}}, {})});
      } else {
        for (size_t output_idx = 0; output_idx < dup_outputs.size() - 1;
             ++output_idx) {
          auto insert_add_x = dup_outputs[output_idx];
          auto insert_add_y = dup_outputs[output_idx];
          auto insert_add_out = name + "@SHARED@" + std::to_string(output_idx);
          // first add op inserted
          if (output_idx == dup_outputs.size() - 1) {
            insert_add_out = name;
          }
          if (output_idx != 0) {
            insert_add_y = name + "@SHARED@" + std::to_string(output_idx-1);
          }
          insert_position.push_back(
              {dup_op.back(),
               OpRegistry::CreateOp(
                   "add", {{"X", {insert_add_x}}, {"Y", {insert_add_y}}},
                   {{"Out", {insert_add_out}}}, {})});
        }
      }
    }

    // make sure the inserted `add` ops follow the BFS order.
    insert_position.sort(
        [](const Pos& l, const Pos& r) { return l.first > r.first; });

    for (auto& pos : insert_position) {
      net->InsertOp(pos.first + 1, std::move(pos.second));
    }
  } else {
    std::unique_ptr<OperatorBase> grad_op(OpRegistry::CreateGradOp(forwardOp));

    ForEachVarName(grad_op->Inputs(), [&no_grad_names, &net, &grad_op](
                                          const std::string& grad_input) {
      if (no_grad_names.count(grad_input)) {
        // +1 for \0
        std::string prefix = grad_input.substr(
            0, grad_input.size() - sizeof(kGradVarSuffix) / sizeof(char) + 1);
        grad_op->Rename(grad_input, prefix + kZeroVarSuffix);

        // If part of input gradient of that operator is not calculated, fill
        // zero variables to that input gradient.
        net->AppendOp(OpRegistry::CreateOp("fill_zeros_like", {{"X", {prefix}}},
                                           {{"Y", {grad_input}}}, {}));
      }
      return false;
    });

    ForEachVarName(grad_op->Outputs(),
                   [&no_grad_names, &grad_op](const std::string& grad_output) {
                     if (no_grad_names.count(grad_output)) {
                       grad_op->Rename(grad_output, kEmptyVarName);
                     }
                     return false;
                   });

    // process recurrent gradient op as a special operator.
    if (forwardOp.Type() == "recurrent") {
      // NOTE clean up cycle call somewhere (RNN's stepnet constains itself), or
      // this will result in infinite loop.
      const auto& rnnop =
          *static_cast<const operators::RecurrentOp*>(&forwardOp);
      auto rnn_grad_op =
          static_cast<operators::RecurrentGradientOp*>(grad_op.get());
      const auto& stepnet_op =
          *static_cast<const OperatorBase*>(&rnnop.stepnet());
      // create stepnet's gradient op
      rnn_grad_op->set_stepnet(
          BackwardRecursive(stepnet_op, no_grad_names, uniq_id));
    }

    if (net->ops_.empty()) {  // Current no aux op is added to network
      return grad_op;
    }
    net->AppendOp(std::move(grad_op));
  }
  net->SetType("@GENERATED_BACKWARD@");
  net->CompleteAddOp();
  return std::unique_ptr<OperatorBase>(
      static_cast<OperatorBase*>(net.release()));
}

// See header for comments
std::unique_ptr<OperatorBase> Backward(
    const OperatorBase& forwardOp,
    const std::unordered_set<std::string>& no_grad_vars) {
  std::unordered_set<std::string> no_grad_names;
  no_grad_names.reserve(no_grad_vars.size() + 1);

  no_grad_names.insert(std::string(kEmptyVarName) + kGradVarSuffix);

  for (auto& name : no_grad_vars) {
    no_grad_names.insert(name + kGradVarSuffix);
  }
  size_t uid = 0;
  return BackwardRecursive(forwardOp, no_grad_names, uid);
}

}  // namespace framework
}  // namespace paddle