Merge branch 'develop' of github.com:PaddlePaddle/Paddle into parallel_bcast

benchmark/fluid/models/resnet.py

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import functools
 import numpy as np
 import time
 import os
+import math
 
 import cProfile, pstats, StringIO
 
@@ -27,128 +28,120 @@ import paddle
 import paddle.fluid as fluid
 import paddle.fluid.core as core
 import paddle.fluid.profiler as profiler
-# from recordio_converter import imagenet_train, imagenet_test
 from imagenet_reader import train, val
 
+train_parameters = {
+    "input_size": [3, 224, 224],
+    "input_mean": [0.485, 0.456, 0.406],
+    "input_std": [0.229, 0.224, 0.225],
+    "learning_strategy": {
+        "name": "piecewise_decay",
+        "batch_size": 256,
+        "epochs": [30, 60, 90],
+        "steps": [0.1, 0.01, 0.001, 0.0001]
+    }
+}
+
+
+class ResNet():
+    def __init__(self, layers=50, is_train=True):
+        self.params = train_parameters
+        self.layers = layers
+        self.is_train = is_train
+
+    def net(self, input, class_dim=1000):
+        layers = self.layers
+        supported_layers = [50, 101, 152]
+        assert layers in supported_layers, \
+            "supported layers are {} but input layer is {}".format(supported_layers, layers)
+
+        if layers == 50:
+            depth = [3, 4, 6, 3]
+        elif layers == 101:
+            depth = [3, 4, 23, 3]
+        elif layers == 152:
+            depth = [3, 8, 36, 3]
+        num_filters = [64, 128, 256, 512]
+
+        conv = self.conv_bn_layer(
+            input=input, num_filters=64, filter_size=7, stride=2, act='relu')
+        conv = fluid.layers.pool2d(
+            input=conv,
+            pool_size=3,
+            pool_stride=2,
+            pool_padding=1,
+            pool_type='max')
+
+        for block in range(len(depth)):
+            for i in range(depth[block]):
+                conv = self.bottleneck_block(
+                    input=conv,
+                    num_filters=num_filters[block],
+                    stride=2 if i == 0 and block != 0 else 1)
+
+        pool = fluid.layers.pool2d(
+            input=conv, pool_size=7, pool_type='avg', global_pooling=True)
+        stdv = 1.0 / math.sqrt(pool.shape[1] * 1.0)
+        out = fluid.layers.fc(input=pool,
+                              size=class_dim,
+                              act='softmax',
+                              param_attr=fluid.param_attr.ParamAttr(
+                                  initializer=fluid.initializer.Uniform(-stdv,
+                                                                        stdv)))
+        return out
 
-def conv_bn_layer(input,
-                  ch_out,
+    def conv_bn_layer(self,
+                      input,
+                      num_filters,
                       filter_size,
-                  stride,
-                  padding,
-                  act='relu',
-                  is_train=True):
-    conv1 = fluid.layers.conv2d(
+                      stride=1,
+                      groups=1,
+                      act=None):
+        conv = fluid.layers.conv2d(
             input=input,
+            num_filters=num_filters,
             filter_size=filter_size,
-        num_filters=ch_out,
             stride=stride,
-        padding=padding,
+            padding=(filter_size - 1) // 2,
+            groups=groups,
             act=None,
             bias_attr=False)
-    return fluid.layers.batch_norm(input=conv1, act=act, is_test=not is_train)
+        return fluid.layers.batch_norm(
+            input=conv, act=act, is_test=not self.is_train)
 
-
-def shortcut(input, ch_out, stride, is_train=True):
-    ch_in = input.shape[1]  # if args.data_format == 'NCHW' else input.shape[-1]
-    if ch_in != ch_out:
-        return conv_bn_layer(
-            input, ch_out, 1, stride, 0, None, is_train=is_train)
+    def shortcut(self, input, ch_out, stride):
+        ch_in = input.shape[1]
+        if ch_in != ch_out or stride != 1:
+            return self.conv_bn_layer(input, ch_out, 1, stride)
         else:
             return input
 
+    def bottleneck_block(self, input, num_filters, stride):
+        conv0 = self.conv_bn_layer(
+            input=input, num_filters=num_filters, filter_size=1, act='relu')
+        conv1 = self.conv_bn_layer(
+            input=conv0,
+            num_filters=num_filters,
+            filter_size=3,
+            stride=stride,
+            act='relu')
+        conv2 = self.conv_bn_layer(
+            input=conv1, num_filters=num_filters * 4, filter_size=1, act=None)
 
-def basicblock(input, ch_out, stride, is_train=True):
-    short = shortcut(input, ch_out, stride, is_train=is_train)
-    conv1 = conv_bn_layer(input, ch_out, 3, stride, 1, is_train=is_train)
-    conv2 = conv_bn_layer(conv1, ch_out, 3, 1, 1, act=None, is_train=is_train)
-    return fluid.layers.elementwise_add(x=short, y=conv2, act='relu')
-
-
-def bottleneck(input, ch_out, stride, is_train=True):
-    short = shortcut(input, ch_out * 4, stride, is_train=is_train)
-    conv1 = conv_bn_layer(input, ch_out, 1, stride, 0, is_train=is_train)
-    conv2 = conv_bn_layer(conv1, ch_out, 3, 1, 1, is_train=is_train)
-    conv3 = conv_bn_layer(
-        conv2, ch_out * 4, 1, 1, 0, act=None, is_train=is_train)
-    return fluid.layers.elementwise_add(x=short, y=conv3, act='relu')
-
-
-def layer_warp(block_func, input, ch_out, count, stride):
-    res_out = block_func(input, ch_out, stride)
-    for i in range(1, count):
-        res_out = block_func(res_out, ch_out, 1)
-    return res_out
-
-
-def resnet_imagenet(input,
-                    class_dim,
-                    depth=50,
-                    data_format='NCHW',
-                    is_train=True):
-
-    cfg = {
-        18: ([2, 2, 2, 1], basicblock),
-        34: ([3, 4, 6, 3], basicblock),
-        50: ([3, 4, 6, 3], bottleneck),
-        101: ([3, 4, 23, 3], bottleneck),
-        152: ([3, 8, 36, 3], bottleneck)
-    }
-    stages, block_func = cfg[depth]
-    conv1 = conv_bn_layer(input, ch_out=64, filter_size=7, stride=2, padding=3)
-    pool1 = fluid.layers.pool2d(
-        input=conv1, pool_type='avg', pool_size=3, pool_stride=2)
-    res1 = layer_warp(block_func, pool1, 64, stages[0], 1)
-    res2 = layer_warp(block_func, res1, 128, stages[1], 2)
-    res3 = layer_warp(block_func, res2, 256, stages[2], 2)
-    res4 = layer_warp(block_func, res3, 512, stages[3], 2)
-    pool2 = fluid.layers.pool2d(
-        input=res4,
-        pool_size=7,
-        pool_type='avg',
-        pool_stride=1,
-        global_pooling=True)
-    out = fluid.layers.fc(input=pool2, size=class_dim, act='softmax')
-    return out
-
-
-def resnet_cifar10(input, class_dim, depth=32, data_format='NCHW'):
-    assert (depth - 2) % 6 == 0
-
-    n = (depth - 2) // 6
+        short = self.shortcut(input, num_filters * 4, stride)
 
-    conv1 = conv_bn_layer(
-        input=input, ch_out=16, filter_size=3, stride=1, padding=1)
-    res1 = layer_warp(basicblock, conv1, 16, n, 1)
-    res2 = layer_warp(basicblock, res1, 32, n, 2)
-    res3 = layer_warp(basicblock, res2, 64, n, 2)
-    pool = fluid.layers.pool2d(
-        input=res3, pool_size=8, pool_type='avg', pool_stride=1)
-    out = fluid.layers.fc(input=pool, size=class_dim, act='softmax')
-    return out
+        return fluid.layers.elementwise_add(x=short, y=conv2, act='relu')
 
 
 def _model_reader_dshape_classdim(args, is_train):
-    model = resnet_cifar10
+    model = None
     reader = None
-    if args.data_set == "cifar10":
-        class_dim = 10
-        if args.data_format == 'NCHW':
-            dshape = [3, 32, 32]
-        else:
-            dshape = [32, 32, 3]
-        model = resnet_cifar10
-        if is_train:
-            reader = paddle.dataset.cifar.train10()
-        else:
-            reader = paddle.dataset.cifar.test10()
-    elif args.data_set == "flowers":
+    if args.data_set == "flowers":
         class_dim = 102
         if args.data_format == 'NCHW':
             dshape = [3, 224, 224]
         else:
             dshape = [224, 224, 3]
-        model = resnet_imagenet
         if is_train:
             reader = paddle.dataset.flowers.train()
         else:
@@ -159,7 +152,6 @@ def _model_reader_dshape_classdim(args, is_train):
             dshape = [3, 224, 224]
         else:
             dshape = [224, 224, 3]
-        model = resnet_imagenet
         if not args.data_path:
             raise Exception(
                 "Must specify --data_path when training with imagenet")
@@ -173,12 +165,11 @@ def _model_reader_dshape_classdim(args, is_train):
                 reader = train(xmap=False)
             else:
                 reader = val(xmap=False)
-    return model, reader, dshape, class_dim
+    return reader, dshape, class_dim
 
 
 def get_model(args, is_train, main_prog, startup_prog):
-    model, reader, dshape, class_dim = _model_reader_dshape_classdim(args,
-                                                                     is_train)
+    reader, dshape, class_dim = _model_reader_dshape_classdim(args, is_train)
 
     pyreader = None
     trainer_count = int(os.getenv("PADDLE_TRAINERS"))
@@ -198,7 +189,8 @@ def get_model(args, is_train, main_prog, startup_prog):
                 label = fluid.layers.data(
                     name='label', shape=[1], dtype='int64')
 
-            predict = model(input, class_dim, is_train=is_train)
+            model = ResNet(is_train=is_train)
+            predict = model.net(input, class_dim=class_dim)
             cost = fluid.layers.cross_entropy(input=predict, label=label)
             avg_cost = fluid.layers.mean(x=cost)
 
@@ -216,15 +208,14 @@ def get_model(args, is_train, main_prog, startup_prog):
                 total_images = 1281167 / trainer_count
 
                 step = int(total_images / args.batch_size + 1)
-                epochs = [30, 60, 80, 90]
+                epochs = [30, 60, 90]
                 bd = [step * e for e in epochs]
                 base_lr = args.learning_rate
                 lr = []
                 lr = [base_lr * (0.1**i) for i in range(len(bd) + 1)]
                 optimizer = fluid.optimizer.Momentum(
-                    learning_rate=base_lr,
-                    #learning_rate=fluid.layers.piecewise_decay(
-                    #    boundaries=bd, values=lr),
+                    learning_rate=fluid.layers.piecewise_decay(
+                        boundaries=bd, values=lr),
                     momentum=0.9,
                     regularization=fluid.regularizer.L2Decay(1e-4))
                 optimizer.minimize(avg_cost)

paddle/fluid/inference/api/api_impl.cc

@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ void NativePaddlePredictor::GetFetchOne(const framework::LoDTensor &fetch,
   if (buffer.empty() || buffer.length() < sizeof(T) * data.size()) {
     buffer.Resize(sizeof(T) * data.size());
   }
-  std::memcpy(buffer.data(), data.data(), buffer.length());
+  std::memcpy(buffer.data(), data.data(), sizeof(T) * data.size());
   // copy LoD
   for (const auto &level : fetch.lod()) {
     output->lod.emplace_back(level);

paddle/fluid/inference/tests/api/analyzer_lac_tester.cc

@@ -117,34 +117,6 @@ void GetOneBatch(std::vector<PaddleTensor> *input_slots, DataRecord *data,
   input_slots->assign({input_tensor});
 }
 
-void BenchAllData(const std::string &model_path, const std::string &data_file,
-                  const int batch_size, const int repeat) {
-  NativeConfig config;
-  config.model_dir = model_path;
-  config.use_gpu = false;
-  config.device = 0;
-  config.specify_input_name = true;
-  std::vector<PaddleTensor> input_slots, outputs_slots;
-  DataRecord data(data_file, batch_size);
-  auto predictor =
-      CreatePaddlePredictor<NativeConfig, PaddleEngineKind::kNative>(config);
-  GetOneBatch(&input_slots, &data, batch_size);
-  for (int i = 0; i < FLAGS_burning; i++) {
-    predictor->Run(input_slots, &outputs_slots);
-  }
-  Timer timer;
-  double sum = 0;
-  for (int i = 0; i < repeat; i++) {
-    for (size_t bid = 0; bid < data.batched_datas.size(); ++bid) {
-      GetOneBatch(&input_slots, &data, batch_size);
-      timer.tic();
-      predictor->Run(input_slots, &outputs_slots);
-      sum += timer.toc();
-    }
-  }
-  PrintTime(batch_size, repeat, 1, 0, sum / repeat);
-}
-
 const int64_t lac_ref_data[] = {24, 25, 25, 25, 38, 30, 31, 14, 15, 44, 24, 25,
                                 25, 25, 25, 25, 44, 24, 25, 25, 25, 36, 42, 43,
                                 44, 14, 15, 44, 14, 15, 44, 14, 15, 44, 38, 39,

paddle/fluid/operators/conv_mkldnn_op.cc

@@ -130,12 +130,13 @@ class ConvMKLDNNHandler : public platform::MKLDNNHandler {
 
   std::shared_ptr<mkldnn::memory> AcquireWeightsMemoryFromPrimitive(
       const std::shared_ptr<mkldnn::memory> user_weights_memory_p,
-      std::vector<mkldnn::primitive>& pipeline) {  // NOLINT
+      std::vector<mkldnn::primitive>& pipeline,  // NOLINT
+      bool is_persistent = false) {
     auto user_weights_pd = user_weights_memory_p->get_primitive_desc();
     auto weights_pd = conv_pd_->weights_primitive_desc();
     return this->AcquireMemory(weights_pd, user_weights_pd,
                                user_weights_memory_p, "@weights_mem_p",
-                               pipeline);
+                               pipeline, is_persistent);
   }
 
   std::shared_ptr<mkldnn::memory> AcquireBiasMemoryFromPrimitive(
@@ -266,6 +267,8 @@ class ConvMKLDNNOpKernel : public paddle::framework::OpKernel<T> {
     PADDLE_ENFORCE(paddle::platform::is_cpu_place(ctx.GetPlace()),
                    "It must use CPUPlace.");
 
+    const bool is_test = ctx.Attr<bool>("is_test");
+
     auto& dev_ctx =
         ctx.template device_context<paddle::platform::MKLDNNDeviceContext>();
     const auto& mkldnn_engine = dev_ctx.GetEngine();
@@ -296,6 +299,7 @@ class ConvMKLDNNOpKernel : public paddle::framework::OpKernel<T> {
     std::vector<int> strides = ctx.Attr<std::vector<int>>("strides");
     std::vector<int> paddings = ctx.Attr<std::vector<int>>("paddings");
     std::vector<int> dilations = ctx.Attr<std::vector<int>>("dilations");
+    bool fuse_relu = ctx.Attr<bool>("fuse_relu");
     int groups = ctx.Attr<int>("groups");
 
     // TODO(pzelazko-intel) add support for group convolution and dilation
@@ -348,11 +352,12 @@ class ConvMKLDNNOpKernel : public paddle::framework::OpKernel<T> {
       bias_tz = paddle::framework::vectorize2int(bias->dims());
       auto bias_md = platform::MKLDNNMemDesc(
           bias_tz, platform::MKLDNNGetDataType<T>(), memory::format::x);
-      conv_pd = ConvFwdPrimitiveDesc(src_md, weights_md, bias_md, dst_md,
-                                     strides, paddings, mkldnn_engine);
+      conv_pd =
+          ConvFwdPrimitiveDesc(src_md, weights_md, bias_md, dst_md, strides,
+                               paddings, mkldnn_engine, fuse_relu);
     } else {
       conv_pd = ConvFwdPrimitiveDesc(src_md, weights_md, dst_md, strides,
-                                     paddings, mkldnn_engine);
+                                     paddings, mkldnn_engine, fuse_relu);
     }
     // Save conv_pd/src_memory/weights_memory for backward pass
     dev_ctx.SetBlob(key_conv_pd, conv_pd);
@@ -371,7 +376,7 @@ class ConvMKLDNNOpKernel : public paddle::framework::OpKernel<T> {
     auto src_memory_p =
         handler.AcquireSrcMemoryFromPrimitive(user_src_memory_p, pipeline);
     auto weights_memory_p = handler.AcquireWeightsMemoryFromPrimitive(
-        user_weights_memory_p, pipeline);
+        user_weights_memory_p, pipeline, is_test);
     auto dst_memory_p =
         handler.AcquireDstMemoryFromPrimitive(to_void_cast<T>(output_data));
 
@@ -402,11 +407,26 @@ class ConvMKLDNNOpKernel : public paddle::framework::OpKernel<T> {
   }
 
  private:
+  mkldnn::primitive_attr AddRelu() const {
+    // Fusion with ReLU layer is executed through the PostOps feature. Create a
+    // PostOps object and configure it to execute an eltwise relu operation.
+    mkldnn::primitive_attr conv_attr;
+    constexpr float scale = 1.0f;
+    constexpr float negative_slope = 0.0f;
+    constexpr float placeholder = 0.0f;
+    mkldnn::post_ops post_operations;
+    post_operations.append_eltwise(scale, mkldnn::algorithm::eltwise_relu,
+                                   negative_slope, placeholder);
+    conv_attr.set_post_ops(post_operations);
+    return conv_attr;
+  }
+
   std::unique_ptr<mkldnn::convolution_forward::primitive_desc>
   ConvFwdPrimitiveDesc(const memory::desc& src, const memory::desc& weights,
                        const memory::desc& dst, const std::vector<int>& strides,
                        const std::vector<int>& paddings,
-                       const mkldnn::engine& engine) const {
+                       const mkldnn::engine& engine,
+                       const bool fuse_relu) const {
     memory::dims stride_dims = {strides[0], strides[1]};
     memory::dims padding_dims = {paddings[0], paddings[1]};
 
@@ -415,8 +435,13 @@ class ConvMKLDNNOpKernel : public paddle::framework::OpKernel<T> {
         dst, stride_dims, padding_dims, padding_dims,
         mkldnn::padding_kind::zero);
 
-    auto p_conv_pd =
-        new mkldnn::convolution_forward::primitive_desc(conv_desc, engine);
+    mkldnn::primitive_attr conv_attr;
+    if (fuse_relu) {
+      conv_attr = AddRelu();
+    }
+
+    auto p_conv_pd = new mkldnn::convolution_forward::primitive_desc(
+        conv_desc, conv_attr, engine);
 
     return std::unique_ptr<mkldnn::convolution_forward::primitive_desc>(
         p_conv_pd);
@@ -427,7 +452,8 @@ class ConvMKLDNNOpKernel : public paddle::framework::OpKernel<T> {
                        const memory::desc& bias, const memory::desc& dst,
                        const std::vector<int>& strides,
                        const std::vector<int>& paddings,
-                       const mkldnn::engine& engine) const {
+                       const mkldnn::engine& engine,
+                       const bool fuse_relu) const {
     memory::dims stride_dims = {strides[0], strides[1]};
     memory::dims padding_dims = {paddings[0], paddings[1]};
 
@@ -436,8 +462,13 @@ class ConvMKLDNNOpKernel : public paddle::framework::OpKernel<T> {
         bias, dst, stride_dims, padding_dims, padding_dims,
         mkldnn::padding_kind::zero);
 
-    auto p_conv_pd =
-        new mkldnn::convolution_forward::primitive_desc(conv_desc, engine);
+    mkldnn::primitive_attr conv_attr;
+    if (fuse_relu) {
+      conv_attr = AddRelu();
+    }
+
+    auto p_conv_pd = new mkldnn::convolution_forward::primitive_desc(
+        conv_desc, conv_attr, engine);
 
     return std::unique_ptr<mkldnn::convolution_forward::primitive_desc>(
         p_conv_pd);

paddle/fluid/operators/conv_op.cc

@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ framework::OpKernelType ConvOp::GetExpectedKernelType(
 }
 
 void Conv2DOpMaker::Make() {
+  AddAttr<bool>("is_test", "").SetDefault(false);
   AddInput(
       "Input",
       "(Tensor) The input tensor of convolution operator. "
@@ -161,6 +162,8 @@ void Conv2DOpMaker::Make() {
   AddAttr<bool>("use_mkldnn",
                 "(bool, default false) Only used in mkldnn kernel")
       .SetDefault(false);
+  AddAttr<bool>("fuse_relu", "(bool, default false) Only used in mkldnn kernel")
+      .SetDefault(false);
   AddAttr<std::string>(
       "data_format",
       "(string, default NCHW) Only used in "

paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ if(WITH_GRPC)
     DEPS grpc++_unsecure grpc_unsecure gpr cares zlib protobuf sendrecvop_grpc scope profiler math_function SERIAL)
   cc_test(rpc_server_test SRCS rpc_server_test.cc
     DEPS sendrecvop_grpc grpc++_unsecure grpc_unsecure gpr cares zlib protobuf executor  proto_desc lookup_sparse_table_op SERIAL)
+  cc_test(varhandle_test SRCS varhandle_test.cc)
   return()
 endif()
 

paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/grpc_client.cc

@@ -59,40 +59,32 @@ GRPCClient::~GRPCClient() {
     }
     channels_.clear();
   }
-
   client_thread_->join();
 }
 
-bool GRPCClient::AsyncSendVar(const std::string& ep,
+VarHandlePtr GRPCClient::AsyncSendVar(const std::string& ep,
                                       const platform::DeviceContext& ctx,
                                       const framework::Scope& scope,
-                              const std::string& var_name, int64_t time_out) {
+                                      const std::string& var_name,
+                                      int64_t time_out) {
   const platform::DeviceContext* p_ctx = &ctx;
   const std::string ep_val = ep;
   const std::string var_name_val = var_name;
   const framework::Scope* p_scope = &scope;
   const auto ch = GetChannel(ep_val);
+  SendProcessor* s = new SendProcessor(ch);
+  VarHandlePtr h(new VarHandle(ep, "Send", var_name_val, p_ctx, p_scope));
+  s->Prepare(h, time_out);
 
-  framework::AsyncIO([var_name_val, p_ctx, ep_val, p_scope, time_out, ch,
-                      this] {
+  framework::AsyncIO([var_name_val, p_scope, p_ctx, s, this] {
     auto* var = p_scope->FindVar(var_name_val);
 
     ::grpc::ByteBuffer req;
     SerializeToByteBuffer(var_name_val, var, *p_ctx, &req);
 
-    // varhandle
-    VarHandle var_h;
-    var_h.ep = ep_val;
-    var_h.scope = p_scope;
-    var_h.name = var_name_val;
-    var_h.ctx = p_ctx;
-    var_h.method = "Send";
-
-    VLOG(3) << var_h.String() << " begin";
+    VLOG(3) << s->GetVarHandlePtr()->String() << " begin";
 
     // stub context
-    SendProcessor* s = new SendProcessor(ch);
-    s->Prepare(var_h, time_out);
     s->response_call_back_ = nullptr;
 
     auto call = s->stub_g_.PrepareUnaryCall(
@@ -102,13 +94,13 @@ bool GRPCClient::AsyncSendVar(const std::string& ep,
   });
   req_count_++;
 
-  return true;
+  return h;
 }
 
 void ProcGetResponse(const VarHandle& var_h,
                      const ::grpc::ByteBuffer& ret_msg) {
   framework::Variable* outvar = nullptr;
-  DeserializeFromByteBuffer(ret_msg, *var_h.ctx, var_h.scope, &outvar);
+  DeserializeFromByteBuffer(ret_msg, *var_h.ctx(), var_h.scope(), &outvar);
 }
 
 template <typename T>
@@ -119,37 +111,30 @@ void RequestToByteBuffer(const T& proto, ::grpc::ByteBuffer* result) {
   result->Swap(&tmp);
 }
 
-bool GRPCClient::AsyncGetVar(const std::string& ep,
+VarHandlePtr GRPCClient::AsyncGetVar(const std::string& ep,
                                      const platform::DeviceContext& ctx,
                                      const framework::Scope& scope,
-                             const std::string& var_name, int64_t time_out) {
+                                     const std::string& var_name,
+                                     int64_t time_out) {
   const platform::DeviceContext* p_ctx = &ctx;
   const std::string ep_val = ep;
   const std::string var_name_val = var_name;
   const framework::Scope* p_scope = &scope;
   const auto ch = GetChannel(ep_val);
+  GetProcessor* s = new GetProcessor(ch);
+  VarHandlePtr h(new VarHandle(ep, "Get", var_name_val, p_ctx, p_scope));
+  s->Prepare(h, time_out);
 
-  framework::AsyncIO([var_name_val, ep_val, p_scope, p_ctx, time_out, ch,
-                      this] {
+  framework::AsyncIO([var_name_val, p_scope, p_ctx, s, this] {
     // prepare input
     sendrecv::VariableMessage req;
     req.set_varname(var_name_val);
     ::grpc::ByteBuffer buf;
     RequestToByteBuffer<sendrecv::VariableMessage>(req, &buf);
 
-    // var handle
-    VarHandle var_h;
-    var_h.ep = ep_val;
-    var_h.scope = p_scope;
-    var_h.name = var_name_val;
-    var_h.ctx = p_ctx;
-    var_h.method = "Get";
-
-    VLOG(3) << var_h.String() << " begin";
+    VLOG(3) << s->GetVarHandlePtr()->String() << " begin";
 
     // stub context
-    GetProcessor* s = new GetProcessor(ch);
-    s->Prepare(var_h, time_out);
     s->response_call_back_ = ProcGetResponse;
 
     auto call = s->stub_g_.PrepareUnaryCall(
@@ -160,10 +145,10 @@ bool GRPCClient::AsyncGetVar(const std::string& ep,
 
   req_count_++;
 
-  return true;
+  return h;
 }
 
-bool GRPCClient::AsyncPrefetchVar(const std::string& ep,
+VarHandlePtr GRPCClient::AsyncPrefetchVar(const std::string& ep,
                                           const platform::DeviceContext& ctx,
                                           const framework::Scope& scope,
                                           const std::string& in_var_name,
@@ -175,27 +160,21 @@ bool GRPCClient::AsyncPrefetchVar(const std::string& ep,
   const std::string out_var_name_val = out_var_name;
   const framework::Scope* p_scope = &scope;
   const auto ch = GetChannel(ep_val);
+  GetProcessor* s = new GetProcessor(ch);
+  VarHandlePtr h(
+      new VarHandle(ep, "Prefetch", out_var_name_val, p_ctx, p_scope));
+  s->Prepare(h, time_out);
 
   framework::AsyncIO([in_var_name_val, out_var_name_val, ep_val, p_scope, p_ctx,
-                      time_out, ch, this] {
+                      time_out, s, this] {
     auto* var = p_scope->FindVar(in_var_name_val);
 
     ::grpc::ByteBuffer req;
     SerializeToByteBuffer(in_var_name_val, var, *p_ctx, &req, out_var_name_val);
 
-    // var handle
-    VarHandle var_h;
-    var_h.ep = ep_val;
-    var_h.scope = p_scope;
-    var_h.name = out_var_name_val;
-    var_h.ctx = p_ctx;
-    var_h.method = "Prefetch";
-
-    VLOG(3) << var_h.String() << " begin";
+    VLOG(3) << s->GetVarHandlePtr()->String() << " begin";
 
     // stub context
-    GetProcessor* s = new GetProcessor(ch);
-    s->Prepare(var_h, time_out);
     s->response_call_back_ = ProcGetResponse;
 
     auto call = s->stub_g_.PrepareUnaryCall(
@@ -206,56 +185,68 @@ bool GRPCClient::AsyncPrefetchVar(const std::string& ep,
   });
 
   req_count_++;
-  return true;
+  return h;
 }
 
-void GRPCClient::AsyncSendBatchBarrier(const std::string& ep,
+VarHandlePtr GRPCClient::AsyncSendBatchBarrier(const std::string& ep,
                                                int64_t time_out) {
   const auto ch = GetChannel(ep);
 
   BatchBarrierProcessor* s = new BatchBarrierProcessor(ch);
-  s->Prepare(time_out);
+  VarHandlePtr h(new VarHandle(ep, "BatchBarrier", BATCH_BARRIER_MESSAGE,
+                               nullptr, nullptr));
+  s->Prepare(h, time_out);
 
   sendrecv::VariableMessage req;
   req.set_varname(BATCH_BARRIER_MESSAGE);
   auto rpc = s->stub_->AsyncSendVariable(s->context_.get(), req, &cq_);
   rpc->Finish(&s->reply_, &s->status_, reinterpret_cast<void*>(s));
   req_count_++;
+  return h;
 }
 
-void GRPCClient::AsyncSendFetchBarrier(const std::string& ep,
+VarHandlePtr GRPCClient::AsyncSendFetchBarrier(const std::string& ep,
                                                int64_t time_out) {
   const auto ch = GetChannel(ep);
   FetchBarrierProcessor* s = new FetchBarrierProcessor(ch);
-  s->Prepare(time_out);
+  VarHandlePtr h(new VarHandle(ep, "FetchBarrier", FETCH_BARRIER_MESSAGE,
+                               nullptr, nullptr));
+  s->Prepare(h, time_out);
 
   sendrecv::VariableMessage req;
   req.set_varname(FETCH_BARRIER_MESSAGE);
   auto rpc = s->stub_->AsyncGetVariable(s->context_.get(), req, &cq_);
   rpc->Finish(&s->reply_, &s->status_, reinterpret_cast<void*>(s));
   req_count_++;
+  return h;
 }
 
-void GRPCClient::AsyncSendComplete(const std::string& ep, int64_t time_out) {
+VarHandlePtr GRPCClient::AsyncSendComplete(const std::string& ep,
+                                           int64_t time_out) {
   const auto ch = GetChannel(ep);
 
   BatchBarrierProcessor* s = new BatchBarrierProcessor(ch);
-  s->Prepare(time_out);
+  VarHandlePtr h(
+      new VarHandle(ep, "SendComplete", COMPLETE_MESSAGE, nullptr, nullptr));
+  s->Prepare(h, time_out);
 
   sendrecv::VariableMessage req;
   req.set_varname(COMPLETE_MESSAGE);
   auto rpc = s->stub_->AsyncSendVariable(s->context_.get(), req, &cq_);
   rpc->Finish(&s->reply_, &s->status_, reinterpret_cast<void*>(s));
   req_count_++;
+  return h;
 }
 
-void GRPCClient::AsyncCheckpointNotify(const std::string& ep,
+VarHandlePtr GRPCClient::AsyncCheckpointNotify(const std::string& ep,
                                                const std::string& dir,
                                                int64_t time_out) {
   const auto ch = GetChannel(ep);
 
   CheckpointNotifyProcessor* s = new CheckpointNotifyProcessor(ch);
-  s->Prepare(time_out);
+  VarHandlePtr h(new VarHandle(ep, "CheckPointNotify", CHECKPOINT_SAVE_MESSAGE,
+                               nullptr, nullptr));
+  s->Prepare(h, time_out);
 
   sendrecv::VariableMessage req;
   req.set_varname(CHECKPOINT_SAVE_MESSAGE);
@@ -264,6 +255,7 @@ void GRPCClient::AsyncCheckpointNotify(const std::string& ep,
   auto rpc = s->stub_->AsyncCheckpointNotify(s->context_.get(), req, &cq_);
   rpc->Finish(&s->reply_, &s->status_, reinterpret_cast<void*>(s));
   req_count_++;
+  return h;
 }
 
 bool GRPCClient::Wait() {
@@ -276,25 +268,28 @@ void GRPCClient::Proceed() {
   void* tag = nullptr;
   bool ok = false;
 
+  VLOG(3) << "GRPCClient Proceed begin";
   while (!stopped_ && cq_.Next(&tag, &ok)) {
     BaseProcessor* c = static_cast<BaseProcessor*>(tag);
     GPR_ASSERT(ok);
     PADDLE_ENFORCE(c);
     if (c->status_.ok()) {
-      VLOG(3) << c->var_h_.String() << " process";
+      VLOG(3) << c->GetVarHandlePtr()->String() << " process";
       c->Process();
     } else if (c->status_.error_code() == grpc::StatusCode::DEADLINE_EXCEEDED) {
-      LOG(ERROR) << c->var_h_.String()
+      LOG(ERROR) << c->GetVarHandlePtr()->String()
                  << " meets grpc error:" << c->status_.error_message();
       {
         std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lk(sync_mutex_);
         ok_ = false;
       }
-      sync_cond_.notify_all();
+      c->Finish(false);
     } else {
-      LOG(FATAL) << c->var_h_.String()
+      LOG(FATAL) << c->GetVarHandlePtr()->String()
                  << " meets grpc error:" << c->status_.error_message();
+      c->Finish(false);
     }
+
     delete c;
     {
       std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lk(sync_mutex_);
@@ -302,6 +297,7 @@ void GRPCClient::Proceed() {
     }
     sync_cond_.notify_all();
   }
+  VLOG(3) << "GRPCClient Proceed end";
 }
 
 std::shared_ptr<grpc::Channel> GRPCClient::GetChannel(const std::string& ep) {

paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/grpc_client.h

@@ -53,15 +53,14 @@ void ProcGetResponse(const VarHandle& var_h, const grpc::ByteBuffer& msg);
 
 class BaseProcessor {
  public:
-  explicit BaseProcessor(std::shared_ptr<grpc::Channel> ch) {
-    context_ = nullptr;
-  }
+  BaseProcessor() { context_ = nullptr; }
 
   virtual ~BaseProcessor() {}
 
-  virtual void Prepare(const VarHandle& var_info, int64_t time_out) {
+  virtual void Prepare(VarHandlePtr h, int64_t time_out) {
+    var_h_ = h;
+
     context_.reset(new grpc::ClientContext());
-    var_h_ = var_info;
     context_->set_wait_for_ready(true);
     if (time_out) {
       std::chrono::system_clock::time_point deadline =
@@ -71,21 +70,21 @@ class BaseProcessor {
     }
   }
 
-  virtual void Prepare(int64_t time_out) {
-    context_.reset(new grpc::ClientContext());
-    context_->set_wait_for_ready(true);
-
-    std::chrono::system_clock::time_point deadline =
-        std::chrono::system_clock::now() + std::chrono::milliseconds(time_out);
-
-    context_->set_deadline(deadline);
+  void Process() {
+    ProcessImpl();
+    var_h_->Finish(true);
   }
 
-  virtual void Process() = 0;
+  VarHandlePtr GetVarHandlePtr() { return var_h_; }
+  bool Wait() { return var_h_->Wait(); }
+  void Finish(bool ok) { return var_h_->Finish(ok); }
+  virtual void ProcessImpl() = 0;
 
   std::unique_ptr<grpc::ClientContext> context_;
   grpc::Status status_;
-  VarHandle var_h_;
+
+ protected:
+  VarHandlePtr var_h_;
 };
 
 typedef std::function<void(const VarHandle&, const ::grpc::ByteBuffer&)>
@@ -94,13 +93,13 @@ typedef std::function<void(const VarHandle&, const ::grpc::ByteBuffer&)>
 class SendProcessor : public BaseProcessor {
  public:
   explicit SendProcessor(std::shared_ptr<grpc::Channel> ch)
-      : BaseProcessor(ch), stub_g_(ch) {}
+      : BaseProcessor(), stub_g_(ch) {}
 
   virtual ~SendProcessor() {}
 
-  virtual void Process() {
+  void ProcessImpl() override {
     if (response_call_back_) {
-      response_call_back_(var_h_, reply_);
+      response_call_back_(*var_h_.get(), reply_);
     }
   }
 
@@ -115,13 +114,13 @@ typedef std::function<void(const VarHandle&, const ::grpc::ByteBuffer&)>
 class GetProcessor : public BaseProcessor {
  public:
   explicit GetProcessor(std::shared_ptr<grpc::Channel> ch)
-      : BaseProcessor(ch), stub_g_(ch) {}
+      : BaseProcessor(), stub_g_(ch) {}
 
   virtual ~GetProcessor() {}
 
-  virtual void Process() {
+  void ProcessImpl() override {
     if (response_call_back_) {
-      response_call_back_(var_h_, reply_);
+      response_call_back_(*var_h_.get(), reply_);
     }
   }
 
@@ -133,13 +132,13 @@ class GetProcessor : public BaseProcessor {
 class BatchBarrierProcessor : public BaseProcessor {
  public:
   explicit BatchBarrierProcessor(std::shared_ptr<grpc::Channel> ch)
-      : BaseProcessor(ch) {
+      : BaseProcessor() {
     stub_ = sendrecv::SendRecvService::NewStub(ch);
   }
 
   virtual ~BatchBarrierProcessor() {}
 
-  virtual void Process() {}
+  void ProcessImpl() override {}
   sendrecv::VoidMessage reply_;
   std::unique_ptr<sendrecv::SendRecvService::Stub> stub_;
 };
@@ -147,13 +146,13 @@ class BatchBarrierProcessor : public BaseProcessor {
 class FetchBarrierProcessor : public BaseProcessor {
  public:
   explicit FetchBarrierProcessor(std::shared_ptr<grpc::Channel> ch)
-      : BaseProcessor(ch) {
+      : BaseProcessor() {
     stub_ = sendrecv::SendRecvService::NewStub(ch);
   }
 
   virtual ~FetchBarrierProcessor() {}
 
-  virtual void Process() {}
+  void ProcessImpl() override {}
   sendrecv::VariableMessage reply_;
   std::unique_ptr<sendrecv::SendRecvService::Stub> stub_;
 };
@@ -161,13 +160,13 @@ class FetchBarrierProcessor : public BaseProcessor {
 class CheckpointNotifyProcessor : public BaseProcessor {
  public:
   explicit CheckpointNotifyProcessor(std::shared_ptr<grpc::Channel> ch)
-      : BaseProcessor(ch) {
+      : BaseProcessor() {
     stub_ = sendrecv::SendRecvService::NewStub(ch);
   }
 
   virtual ~CheckpointNotifyProcessor() {}
 
-  virtual void Process() {}
+  void ProcessImpl() override {}
   sendrecv::VoidMessage reply_;
   std::unique_ptr<sendrecv::SendRecvService::Stub> stub_;
 };
@@ -177,32 +176,37 @@ class GRPCClient : public RPCClient {
   GRPCClient() : ok_(true), completed_(false), stopped_(false) {}
   virtual ~GRPCClient();
 
-  bool AsyncSendVar(const std::string& ep, const platform::DeviceContext& ctx,
-                    const framework::Scope& scope, const std::string& var_name,
+  VarHandlePtr AsyncSendVar(const std::string& ep,
+                            const platform::DeviceContext& ctx,
+                            const framework::Scope& scope,
+                            const std::string& var_name,
                             int64_t time_out = FLAGS_rpc_deadline) override;
 
-  bool AsyncGetVar(const std::string& ep, const platform::DeviceContext& ctx,
-                   const framework::Scope& scope, const std::string& var_name,
+  VarHandlePtr AsyncGetVar(const std::string& ep,
+                           const platform::DeviceContext& ctx,
+                           const framework::Scope& scope,
+                           const std::string& var_name,
                            int64_t time_out = FLAGS_rpc_deadline) override;
 
-  bool AsyncPrefetchVar(const std::string& ep,
+  VarHandlePtr AsyncPrefetchVar(const std::string& ep,
                                 const platform::DeviceContext& ctx,
                                 const framework::Scope& scope,
                                 const std::string& in_var_name,
                                 const std::string& out_var_name,
                                 int64_t time_out = FLAGS_rpc_deadline) override;
 
-  void AsyncSendBatchBarrier(const std::string& ep,
-                             int64_t time_out = FLAGS_rpc_deadline) override;
+  VarHandlePtr AsyncSendBatchBarrier(
+      const std::string& ep, int64_t time_out = FLAGS_rpc_deadline) override;
 
-  void AsyncSendFetchBarrier(const std::string& ep,
-                             int64_t time_out = FLAGS_rpc_deadline) override;
+  VarHandlePtr AsyncSendFetchBarrier(
+      const std::string& ep, int64_t time_out = FLAGS_rpc_deadline) override;
 
-  void AsyncCheckpointNotify(const std::string& ep, const std::string& dir,
+  VarHandlePtr AsyncCheckpointNotify(
+      const std::string& ep, const std::string& dir,
       int64_t time_out = FLAGS_rpc_deadline) override;
 
-  void AsyncSendComplete(const std::string& ep,
-                         int64_t time_out = FLAGS_rpc_deadline) override;
+  VarHandlePtr AsyncSendComplete(
+      const std::string& ep, int64_t time_out = FLAGS_rpc_deadline) override;
 
   bool Wait() override;
 

paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/request_handler.h

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "paddle/fluid/framework/scope.h"
 #include "paddle/fluid/framework/selected_rows.h"
 #include "paddle/fluid/framework/var_type.h"
+#include "paddle/fluid/platform/macros.h"
 
 namespace paddle {
 namespace operators {
@@ -49,23 +50,77 @@ constexpr char kRequestPassBarrier[] = "RequestPassBarrier";
 
 class RPCServer;
 
-struct VarHandle {
-  // RPC endpoint.
-  std::string ep;
-  const platform::DeviceContext* ctx;
-  const framework::Scope* scope;
-  // Variable name.
-  std::string name;
-  // RPC method name.
-  std::string method;
+class VarHandle {
+ public:
+  VarHandle(const std::string ep, const std::string& method,
+            const std::string& name,
+            const platform::DeviceContext* p_ctx = nullptr,
+            const framework::Scope* p_scope = nullptr)
+      : ok_(kVarHandleDefaultState) {
+    ep_ = ep;
+    ctx_ = p_ctx;
+    scope_ = p_scope;
+    name_ = name;
+    method_ = method;
+  }
+
+  virtual ~VarHandle() {}
+
+ public:
+  bool Wait() {
+    {
+      std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lk(sync_mutex_);
+      wait_cond_.wait(lk, [this] { return ok_ != kVarHandleDefaultState; });
+    }
+    VLOG(7) << "VarHandle wait:" << ok_;
+    return ok_ != 0;
+  }
+
+  void Finish(bool ok) {
+    {
+      std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lk(sync_mutex_);
+      ok_ = ok;
+    }
+    VLOG(7) << "VarHandle finish:" << ok;
+    wait_cond_.notify_all();
+  }
 
   std::string String() const {
     std::ostringstream s;
-    s << method << " name:[" << name << "], ep:[" << ep << "]";
+    s << method_ << " name:[" << name_ << "], ep:[" << ep_ << "], ok:[" << ok_
+      << "]";
     return s.str();
   }
+
+  std::string ep() const { return ep_; }
+  const platform::DeviceContext* ctx() const { return ctx_; }
+  const framework::Scope* scope() const { return scope_; }
+  std::string name() const { return name_; }
+  std::string method() const { return method_; }
+
+ protected:
+  // RPC endpoint.
+  std::string ep_;
+  const platform::DeviceContext* ctx_;
+  const framework::Scope* scope_;
+  // Variable name.
+  std::string name_;
+  // RPC method name.
+  std::string method_;
+
+ protected:
+  std::mutex sync_mutex_;
+  std::condition_variable wait_cond_;
+  int ok_;
+
+  static const int kVarHandleDefaultState = -1;
+
+ private:
+  DISABLE_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(VarHandle);
 };
 
+typedef std::shared_ptr<VarHandle> VarHandlePtr;
+
 class RequestHandler {
  public:
   explicit RequestHandler(bool sync_mode)

paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/rpc_client.h

@@ -14,12 +14,14 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
+#include <condition_variable>  // NOLINT
 #include <string>
 #include "gflags/gflags.h"
 
 #include "paddle/fluid/framework/data_type.h"
 #include "paddle/fluid/framework/lod_tensor.h"
 #include "paddle/fluid/framework/scope.h"
+#include "paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/request_handler.h"
 
 DECLARE_int32(rpc_deadline);
 
@@ -31,37 +33,36 @@ class RPCClient {
  public:
   RPCClient() {}
   virtual ~RPCClient() {}
-  virtual bool AsyncSendVar(const std::string& ep,
+  virtual VarHandlePtr AsyncSendVar(const std::string& ep,
                                     const platform::DeviceContext& ctx,
                                     const framework::Scope& scope,
                                     const std::string& var_name,
                                     int64_t time_out = FLAGS_rpc_deadline) = 0;
 
-  virtual bool AsyncGetVar(const std::string& ep,
+  virtual VarHandlePtr AsyncGetVar(const std::string& ep,
                                    const platform::DeviceContext& ctx,
                                    const framework::Scope& scope,
                                    const std::string& var_name,
                                    int64_t time_out = FLAGS_rpc_deadline) = 0;
 
-  virtual bool AsyncPrefetchVar(const std::string& ep,
-                                const platform::DeviceContext& ctx,
-                                const framework::Scope& scope,
-                                const std::string& in_var_name,
+  virtual VarHandlePtr AsyncPrefetchVar(
+      const std::string& ep, const platform::DeviceContext& ctx,
+      const framework::Scope& scope, const std::string& in_var_name,
       const std::string& out_var_name,
       int64_t time_out = FLAGS_rpc_deadline) = 0;
 
-  virtual void AsyncSendBatchBarrier(const std::string& ep,
-                                     int64_t time_out = FLAGS_rpc_deadline) = 0;
+  virtual VarHandlePtr AsyncSendBatchBarrier(
+      const std::string& ep, int64_t time_out = FLAGS_rpc_deadline) = 0;
 
-  virtual void AsyncSendFetchBarrier(const std::string& ep,
-                                     int64_t time_out = FLAGS_rpc_deadline) = 0;
+  virtual VarHandlePtr AsyncSendFetchBarrier(
+      const std::string& ep, int64_t time_out = FLAGS_rpc_deadline) = 0;
 
-  virtual void AsyncCheckpointNotify(const std::string& ep,
-                                     const std::string& dir,
+  virtual VarHandlePtr AsyncCheckpointNotify(
+      const std::string& ep, const std::string& dir,
       int64_t time_out = FLAGS_rpc_deadline) = 0;
 
-  virtual void AsyncSendComplete(const std::string& ep,
-                                 int64_t time_out = FLAGS_rpc_deadline) = 0;
+  virtual VarHandlePtr AsyncSendComplete(
+      const std::string& ep, int64_t time_out = FLAGS_rpc_deadline) = 0;
 
   // Complete tells all the pserver instances that finishe the training,
   // the pserver can reduce it's barrier count, and continue to train

paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/varhandle_test.cc

+/* Copyright (c) 2016 PaddlePaddle Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License. */
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <string>
+#include <thread>  // NOLINT
+
+#include "google/protobuf/text_format.h"
+#include "gtest/gtest.h"
+#include "paddle/fluid/operators/distributed/request_handler.h"
+
+using paddle::operators::distributed::VarHandlePtr;
+using paddle::operators::distributed::VarHandle;
+
+void WaitTrue(VarHandlePtr s) { EXPECT_TRUE(s->Wait()); }
+
+void WaitFalse(VarHandlePtr s) { EXPECT_FALSE(s->Wait()); }
+
+TEST(VarHandle, Run) {
+  std::vector<VarHandlePtr> a;
+  for (int i = 0; i < 12; i++) {
+    VarHandlePtr s(new VarHandle("", "", "", nullptr, nullptr));
+    a.push_back(s);
+  }
+
+  std::vector<std::unique_ptr<std::thread>> t;
+  for (int i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
+    t.emplace_back(new std::thread(WaitFalse, a[i]));
+  }
+
+  for (int i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
+    a[i]->Finish(false);
+    t[i]->join();
+  }
+
+  for (int i = 6; i < 12; i++) {
+    t.emplace_back(new std::thread(WaitTrue, a[i]));
+  }
+
+  for (int i = 6; i < 12; i++) {
+    a[i]->Finish(true);
+    t[i]->join();
+  }
+}

paddle/fluid/operators/prefetch_op.cc

@@ -44,16 +44,20 @@ class PrefetchOp : public framework::OperatorBase {
     distributed::RPCClient* rpc_client =
         distributed::RPCClient::GetInstance<RPCCLIENT_T>();
 
+    std::vector<distributed::VarHandlePtr> rets;
     for (size_t i = 0; i < ins.size(); i++) {
       if (NeedSend(scope, ins[i])) {
         VLOG(3) << "sending " << ins[i] << " to " << epmap[i] << " to get "
                 << outs[i] << " back";
-        rpc_client->AsyncPrefetchVar(epmap[i], ctx, scope, ins[i], outs[i]);
+        rets.push_back(rpc_client->AsyncPrefetchVar(epmap[i], ctx, scope,
+                                                    ins[i], outs[i]));
       } else {
         VLOG(3) << "don't send no-initialied variable: " << ins[i];
       }
     }
-    PADDLE_ENFORCE(rpc_client->Wait(), "internal error in RPCClient");
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < rets.size(); i++) {
+      PADDLE_ENFORCE(rets[i]->Wait(), "internal error in RPCClient");
+    }
   }
 };
 

paddle/fluid/operators/recv_op.cc

@@ -44,12 +44,15 @@ class RecvOp : public framework::OperatorBase {
     distributed::RPCClient* rpc_client =
         distributed::RPCClient::GetInstance<RPCCLIENT_T>();
 
+    std::vector<distributed::VarHandlePtr> rets;
     for (size_t i = 0; i < outs.size(); i++) {
       VLOG(3) << "getting " << outs[i] << " from " << epmap[i];
-      rpc_client->AsyncGetVar(epmap[i], ctx, scope, outs[i]);
+      rets.push_back(rpc_client->AsyncGetVar(epmap[i], ctx, scope, outs[i]));
     }
     if (sync_mode) {
-      PADDLE_ENFORCE(rpc_client->Wait(), "internal error in RPCClient");
+      for (size_t i = 0; i < rets.size(); i++) {
+        PADDLE_ENFORCE(rets[i]->Wait(), "internal error in RPCClient");
+      }
     }
   }
 };

paddle/fluid/operators/send_op.cc

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ limitations under the License. */
 #include <future>  // NOLINT
 #include <ostream>
 
+#include "paddle/fluid/framework/blocking_queue.h"
 #include "paddle/fluid/framework/data_type.h"
 #include "paddle/fluid/framework/lod_tensor.h"
 #include "paddle/fluid/framework/op_registry.h"
@@ -45,18 +46,19 @@ class SendOp : public framework::OperatorBase {
     distributed::RPCClient* rpc_client =
         distributed::RPCClient::GetInstance<RPCCLIENT_T>();
 
+    std::vector<distributed::VarHandlePtr> rets;
     for (size_t i = 0; i < ins.size(); i++) {
       if (NeedSend(scope, ins[i])) {
         VLOG(3) << "sending " << ins[i] << " to " << epmap[i];
-        // TODO(Yancey1989): we need to use an IO threadpool which has
-        // a larger number of threads than the computing threadpool.
-        rpc_client->AsyncSendVar(epmap[i], ctx, scope, ins[i]);
+        rets.push_back(rpc_client->AsyncSendVar(epmap[i], ctx, scope, ins[i]));
       } else {
         VLOG(3) << "don't send no-initialied variable: " << ins[i];
       }
     }
     if (sync_send) {
-      PADDLE_ENFORCE(rpc_client->Wait(), "internal error in RPCClient");
+      for (size_t i = 0; i < rets.size(); i++) {
+        PADDLE_ENFORCE(rets[i]->Wait(), "internal error in RPCClient");
+      }
     }
   }
 };

paddle/fluid/platform/mkldnn_helper.h

@@ -192,7 +192,8 @@ class MKLDNNHandler {
       mkldnn::memory::primitive_desc& user_mpd,  // NOLINT
       const std::shared_ptr<mkldnn::memory> user_memory_p,
       const std::string& suffix,
-      std::vector<mkldnn::primitive>& pipeline) {  // NOLINT
+      std::vector<mkldnn::primitive>& pipeline,  // NOLINT
+      bool is_persistent = false) {
     // create reorder primitive if the input format is not the preferred one
     auto local_key = key_ + suffix;
     auto key_reorder_p = key_ + suffix + "reorder_p";
@@ -213,7 +214,7 @@ class MKLDNNHandler {
         pipeline.push_back(*reorder_p);
       }
       dev_ctx_.SetBlob(local_key, target_memory_p);
-    } else {
+    } else if (!is_persistent) {
       // Make reorder if needed
       auto reorder_p = std::static_pointer_cast<mkldnn::reorder>(
           dev_ctx_.GetBlob(key_reorder_p));

python/paddle/fluid/parallel_executor.py

@@ -128,6 +128,13 @@ class ParallelExecutor(object):
                     os.environ.get('CPU_NUM', multiprocessing.cpu_count()))
                 exec_strategy.num_threads = cpu_num * 2
 
+        # Set 1 thread num under nccl2 distribute 
+        #   env to make sure all gpus run ops in same order.
+        if num_trainers > 1:
+            assert (use_cuda)
+            # FIXME(gongwb): avoid this set.
+            exec_strategy.num_threads = 1
+
         if build_strategy is None:
             build_strategy = BuildStrategy()
 

python/paddle/fluid/transpiler/inference_transpiler.py

@@ -60,12 +60,46 @@ class InferenceTranspiler(object):
         if not isinstance(scope, core.Scope):
             raise TypeError("scope should be as Scope type or None")
         use_mkldnn = bool(os.getenv("FLAGS_use_mkldnn", False))
+
         self._fuse_batch_norm(program, place, scope)
         if use_mkldnn:
-            self._fuse_relu_mkldnn(program)
             self._fuse_conv_bias_mkldnn(program)
+            self._fuse_conv_relu_mkldnn(program)
+            self._fuse_bn_relu_mkldnn(program)
+
+    def _fuse_conv_relu_mkldnn(self, program):
+        '''
+        Transpile the program by fused relu activation for MKLDNN program.
+        Relu activation following convolution OP can be fused by adding
+        'fuse_relu' attribute to convolution OP.
+        The result of fuse is:
+            - before:
+                - conv->relu->any_other_op
+            - after:
+                - conv->any_other_op
+        :param program: program to transpile
+        :type program: Program
+        '''
+        self.block = program.block(0)
+
+        i = 0
+        while i < len(self.block.ops):
+            current_op = self.block.ops[i]
+            if current_op.type in ['conv2d']:
+                next_op = self.block.ops[i + 1]
+                if next_op.type == 'relu':
+                    # modify conv OP to include relu
+                    current_op.set_attr("fuse_relu", True)
+                    # remove conv OP
+                    self.block._remove_op(i + 1)
+            i = i + 1
 
-    def _fuse_relu_mkldnn(self, program):
+        # TODO(luotao): use clone() method to flush the program.desc in force,
+        # since some large program.desc will not be flushed immediately.
+        # And a better solution will be considered later.
+        program = program.clone()
+
+    def _fuse_bn_relu_mkldnn(self, program):
         '''
         Transpile the program by fused relu activation for MKLDNN program.
 
@@ -160,7 +194,6 @@ class InferenceTranspiler(object):
                 self.block._remove_op(i + 1)  # Remove old conv
                 self.block._remove_op(i + 1)  # Remove elementwise_add
             i = i + 1
-            i = i + 1
 
         self._remove_unused_var()
         # TODO(luotao): use clone() method to flush the program.desc in force,