recurrent_op.h

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#pragma once

#include "paddle/framework/operator.h"
#include "paddle/operators/net_op.h"
#include "paddle/operators/rnn/recurrent_op_utils.h"

namespace paddle {
namespace operators {

// The sequence format in RecurrentOp is Tensor<seq_len, batch_size, dim> now.
// TODO(Superjom)
// 1. No-padding computing for sequences with indifinite length in one batch.
// 2. Hierarchical RNN for sequence with sub-sequence.
// 3. Internal Memory.
// 4. More Complex RNN architecture, such as Gated Feedback RNN.
//    Refer to: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1502.02367.pdf

class RecurrentAlgorithm {
 public:
  void Run(const framework::Scope& scope,
           const platform::DeviceContext& dev_ctx) const;

  void Init(rnn::Argument* arg,
            std::unique_ptr<framework::OperatorBase>* stepnet) {
    PADDLE_ENFORCE_NOT_NULL(stepnet, "stepnet should be set before.");
    arg_ = arg;
    stepnet_ = stepnet;
  }

 protected:
  /*
   * The step scopes will be stored in the father scope as a variable.
   *
   * NOTE the scopes are reused in both the forward and backward, so just
   * create once and expand its size if more steps need.
   */
  void CreateScopes(const framework::Scope& scope) const;

  const std::vector<framework::Scope*>& GetStepScopes(
      const framework::Scope& scope) const {
    return *scope.FindVar(arg_->step_scopes)
                ->GetMutable<std::vector<framework::Scope*>>();
  }

  void InitMemories(framework::Scope* step_scopes) const;

 private:
  std::unique_ptr<framework::OperatorBase>* stepnet_;
  rnn::Argument* arg_;
  mutable size_t seq_len_;
};

class RecurrentGradientAlgorithm {
  /**
   * RNN's backward alogorithm.
   *
   * To accelerate the development of RecurrentGradientOp, we decouple RNN's
   * algorithm and `OperatorBase`'s implementation, the former contains the core
   * implementation of a RNN, and will keep stable even if the framework changes
   * a
   * lot, and the latter is a wrapper acts like an dapter for it to make RNN an
   * operator.
   */
 public:
  void Init(rnn::Argument* arg,
            std::unique_ptr<framework::OperatorBase>* stepnet) {
    PADDLE_ENFORCE_NOT_NULL(stepnet, "stepnet should be set before.");
    arg_ = std::move(arg);
    stepnet_ = stepnet;
  }

  void Run(const framework::Scope& scope,
           const platform::DeviceContext& dev_ctx) const;

  void LinkBootMemoryGradients(framework::Scope* step_scopes) const;

 protected:
  inline const std::vector<framework::Scope*>& GetStepScopes(
      const framework::Scope& scope) const {
    return *scope.FindVar(arg_->step_scopes)
                ->GetMutable<std::vector<framework::Scope*>>();
  }

 private:
  rnn::Argument* arg_;
  mutable size_t seq_len_;
  std::unique_ptr<framework::OperatorBase>* stepnet_;
};

class RecurrentOp : public framework::OperatorBase {
 public:
  RecurrentOp(const std::string& type, const framework::VariableNameMap& inputs,
              const framework::VariableNameMap& outputs,
              const framework::AttributeMap& attrs);

  RecurrentOp(const RecurrentOp& o)
      : framework::OperatorBase(
            static_cast<const framework::OperatorBase&>(o)) {
    // TODO(yuyang18): Implement copy ctor well.
    PADDLE_THROW("Not implemented");
  }

  void Run(const framework::Scope& scope,
           const platform::DeviceContext& dev_ctx) const override {
    alg_.Run(scope, dev_ctx);
  }

  void set_stepnet(std::unique_ptr<OperatorBase> net) {
    stepnet_ = std::move(net);
  }

  const OperatorBase& stepnet() const { return *stepnet_; }

  static const rnn::ArgumentName kArgName;

 private:
  RecurrentAlgorithm alg_;
  rnn::Argument arg_;
  std::unique_ptr<OperatorBase> stepnet_;
};

class RecurrentGradientOp : public framework::OperatorBase {
 public:
  RecurrentGradientOp(const std::string& type,
                      const framework::VariableNameMap& inputs,
                      const framework::VariableNameMap& outputs,
                      const framework::AttributeMap& attrs);

  RecurrentGradientOp(const RecurrentGradientOp& o)
      : framework::OperatorBase(
            static_cast<const framework::OperatorBase&>(o)) {
    // TODO(yuyang18): Implement Copy ctor.
    PADDLE_THROW("Not Implemented");
  }

  void Run(const framework::Scope& scope,
           const platform::DeviceContext& dev_ctx) const override {
    alg_.Run(scope, dev_ctx);
  }

  static const rnn::ArgumentName kArgName;

  /*
   * set a stepnet that is created according to a RecurrentOp's stepnet.
   */
  void set_stepnet(std::unique_ptr<OperatorBase> net) {
    stepnet_ = std::move(net);
  }
  const OperatorBase& stepnet() const { return *stepnet_; }

 private:
  RecurrentGradientAlgorithm alg_;
  std::unique_ptr<OperatorBase> stepnet_;
  rnn::Argument arg_;
};

}  // namespace operators
}  // namespace paddle