Merge pull request #15831 from velconia/imperative_engine

Imperative training network to the end

paddle/fluid/framework/block_desc.cc

@@ -163,6 +163,20 @@ std::vector<OpDesc *> BlockDesc::AllOps() const {
   return res;
 }
 
+void BlockDesc::Clear() {
+  // clear all ops
+  ops_.clear();
+
+  // clear all vars which are not persistable
+  for (auto it = vars_.begin(); it != vars_.end();) {
+    if (it->second->Persistable()) {
+      ++it;
+    } else {
+      vars_.erase(it++);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 void BlockDesc::Flush() {
   for (auto &op_desc : ops_) {
     op_desc->Flush();

paddle/fluid/framework/block_desc.h

@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ class BlockDesc {
 
   std::vector<OpDesc *> AllOps() const;
 
+  void Clear();
+
   size_t OpSize() const { return ops_.size(); }
 
   OpDesc *Op(int idx) const { return ops_.at(idx).get(); }

paddle/fluid/imperative/layer.h

@@ -114,23 +114,23 @@ class VarBase {
  public:
   VarBase() : VarBase(new framework::Variable(), new VarBase(true)) {}
 
-  // Owns `var` and `grad`
+  explicit VarBase(bool stop_gradient)
+      : VarBase(new framework::Variable(),
+                stop_gradient ? nullptr : new VarBase(true), stop_gradient) {}
+
   VarBase(framework::Variable* var, VarBase* grad)
+      : VarBase(var, grad, false) {}
+
+ private:
+  VarBase(framework::Variable* var, VarBase* grad, bool stop_gradient)
       : var_desc_(nullptr),
         var_(var),
         grads_(grad),
-        stop_gradient_(false),
-        pre_op_(nullptr),
-        pre_op_out_idx_(-1) {}
-
-  explicit VarBase(bool stop_gradient)
-      : var_desc_(nullptr),
-        var_(new framework::Variable()),
-        grads_(stop_gradient ? nullptr : new VarBase(true)),
         stop_gradient_(stop_gradient),
         pre_op_(nullptr),
         pre_op_out_idx_(-1) {}
 
+ public:
   virtual ~VarBase() {
     if (var_) {
       delete var_;
@@ -141,11 +141,13 @@ class VarBase {
     }
   }
 
-  OpBase* PreOp() const { return pre_op_; }
-  int PreOpOutIdx() const { return pre_op_out_idx_; }
+  inline OpBase* PreOp() const { return pre_op_; }
+  inline int PreOpOutIdx() const { return pre_op_out_idx_; }
 
-  void SetStopGradient(bool stop_gradient) { stop_gradient_ = stop_gradient; }
-  bool IsStopGradient() const { return stop_gradient_; }
+  inline void SetStopGradient(bool stop_gradient) {
+    stop_gradient_ = stop_gradient;
+  }
+  inline bool IsStopGradient() const { return stop_gradient_; }
 
   void RunBackward();
 

paddle/fluid/imperative/tracer.cc

@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 
 #include "paddle/fluid/imperative/tracer.h"
 
+#include <set>
+
 #include "paddle/fluid/operators/math/math_function.h"
 #include "paddle/fluid/platform/device_context.h"
 #include "paddle/fluid/platform/enforce.h"
@@ -66,8 +68,9 @@ platform::Place GetExpectedPlace(platform::Place place, VarBasePtrMap inputs) {
   return result;
 }
 
-void Tracer::Trace(OpBase* op, const VarBasePtrMap& inputs,
-                   const VarBasePtrMap& outputs, framework::BlockDesc* block,
+std::set<std::string> Tracer::Trace(OpBase* op, const VarBasePtrMap& inputs,
+                                    const VarBasePtrMap& outputs,
+                                    framework::BlockDesc* block,
                                     const platform::Place expected_place,
                                     const bool stop_gradient) {
   std::map<std::string, VarBase*> vars;
@@ -76,6 +79,7 @@ void Tracer::Trace(OpBase* op, const VarBasePtrMap& inputs,
   VLOG(3) << "tracer tracing " << op_desc->Type();
   op_desc->InferShape(*block);
   op_desc->InferVarType(block);
+
   std::unique_ptr<framework::OperatorBase> op_base =
       framework::OpRegistry::CreateOp(*op_desc);
 
@@ -92,7 +96,7 @@ void Tracer::Trace(OpBase* op, const VarBasePtrMap& inputs,
 
       invars.emplace_back(inp->var_);
       vars[inp->var_desc_->Name()] = inp;
-      if (inp->PreOp()) {
+      if (inp->PreOp() && !inp->IsStopGradient()) {
         op->pre_ops_[it.first].push_back(inp->PreOp());
         op->pre_ops_out_idx_[it.first].push_back(inp->PreOpOutIdx());
       } else {
@@ -142,6 +146,8 @@ void Tracer::Trace(OpBase* op, const VarBasePtrMap& inputs,
       framework::ExecutionContext(prepared_op.op, scope, *prepared_op.dev_ctx,
                                   prepared_op.ctx, prepared_op.kernel_configs));
 
+  std::set<std::string> vars_saved_for_backward;
+
   if (!stop_gradient) {
     std::unique_ptr<std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string>> grad_to_var(
         new std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string>());
@@ -161,6 +167,7 @@ void Tracer::Trace(OpBase* op, const VarBasePtrMap& inputs,
             PADDLE_ENFORCE(fwd_var_it != vars.end());
             // Forward inputs or outputs.
             grad_in_vars.push_back(fwd_var_it->second->var_);
+            vars_saved_for_backward.insert(it.first);
           } else {
             VarBase* var = vars[var_it->second];
             if (!var->grads_->var_->IsInitialized()) {
@@ -194,6 +201,7 @@ void Tracer::Trace(OpBase* op, const VarBasePtrMap& inputs,
   }
 
   op->block_ = block;
+  return vars_saved_for_backward;
 }
 
 std::vector<VarBase*> Tracer::PyTrace(OpBase* op,
@@ -203,7 +211,7 @@ std::vector<VarBase*> Tracer::PyTrace(OpBase* op,
   op->input_vars_[PyLayer::kFwdInp] = inputs;
   op->output_vars_[PyLayer::kFwdOut] = PyLayer::Apply(op->forward_id_, inputs);
   for (VarBase* inp : inputs) {
-    if (inp->PreOp()) {
+    if (inp->PreOp() && !inp->IsStopGradient()) {
       op->pre_ops_[PyLayer::kFwdInp].push_back(inp->PreOp());
       op->pre_ops_out_idx_[PyLayer::kFwdInp].push_back(inp->PreOpOutIdx());
     } else {

paddle/fluid/imperative/tracer.h

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <map>
+#include <set>
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
@@ -43,8 +44,9 @@ class Tracer {
 
   virtual ~Tracer() {}
 
-  void Trace(OpBase* op, const VarBasePtrMap& inputs,
-             const VarBasePtrMap& outputs, framework::BlockDesc* block,
+  std::set<std::string> Trace(OpBase* op, const VarBasePtrMap& inputs,
+                              const VarBasePtrMap& outputs,
+                              framework::BlockDesc* block,
                               const platform::Place expected_place,
                               const bool stop_gradient = false);
 

paddle/fluid/pybind/imperative.cc

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ void BindTracer(pybind11::module* m) {
               framework::BlockDesc* block,
               const platform::CPUPlace expected_place,
               const bool stop_gradient = false) {
-             self.Trace(op, inputs, outputs, block, expected_place,
+             return self.Trace(op, inputs, outputs, block, expected_place,
                                stop_gradient);
            })
       .def("trace",
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ void BindTracer(pybind11::module* m) {
               framework::BlockDesc* block,
               const platform::CUDAPlace expected_place,
               const bool stop_gradient = false) {
-             self.Trace(op, inputs, outputs, block, expected_place,
+             return self.Trace(op, inputs, outputs, block, expected_place,
                                stop_gradient);
            })
       .def("py_trace", &imperative::Tracer::PyTrace,

paddle/fluid/pybind/protobuf.cc

@@ -189,6 +189,8 @@ void BindBlockDesc(pybind11::module *m) {
              return self.HasVar(name);
            },
            pybind11::return_value_policy::reference)
+      .def("_clear_block", [](pd::BlockDesc &self) { return self.Clear(); },
+           pybind11::return_value_policy::reference)
       .def("_rename_var",
            [](pd::BlockDesc &self, const pybind11::bytes &byte_name,
               const pybind11::bytes &byte_name_new) {

python/paddle/fluid/framework.py

@@ -387,16 +387,19 @@ class Variable(object):
                 # get_capacity is implemented
                 pass
 
-        self.block.vars[name] = self
-        self.op = None
-        self.stop_gradient = stop_gradient
-        self.is_data = is_data
         if _in_imperative_mode():
+            # record vars in tracer rather than blocks
             self._ivar = kwargs.get("ivar", None)
             if not self._ivar:
-                self._ivar = core.VarBase()
+                self._ivar = core.VarBase(stop_gradient)
             self._ivar.desc = self.desc
-            self._ivar.stop_gradient = stop_gradient
+            if persistable:
+                self.block.vars[name] = self
+        else:
+            self.block.vars[name] = self
+        self.op = None
+        self.stop_gradient = stop_gradient
+        self.is_data = is_data
 
     def _numpy(self):
         new_ivar = self._ivar._copy_to(core.CPUPlace(), True)
@@ -739,6 +742,7 @@ class Operator(object):
         if _in_imperative_mode():
             self.iop = core.OpBase()
             self.iop.desc = self.desc
+
             self.inputs = defaultdict(list)
             if inputs is not None:
                 for k, v in six.iteritems(inputs):
@@ -746,6 +750,7 @@ class Operator(object):
                         self.inputs[k].append(v._ivar)
                     elif isinstance(v, list) or isinstance(v, tuple):
                         self.inputs[k].extend([var._ivar for var in v])
+
             self.outputs = defaultdict(list)
             if outputs is not None:
                 for k, v in six.iteritems(outputs):
@@ -1195,6 +1200,15 @@ class Block(object):
         else:
             raise ValueError("Var {0} is not found recursively".format(name))
 
+    def _clear_block(self):
+        # TODO(minqiyang): move this to backward_hooks
+        self.desc._clear_block()
+
+        for name in self.vars.keys():
+            assert self.vars[name].persistable
+
+        del self.ops[:]
+
     def all_parameters(self):
         return list(self.iter_parameters())
 
@@ -1325,18 +1339,31 @@ class Block(object):
             inputs=kwargs.get("inputs", None),
             outputs=kwargs.get("outputs", None),
             attrs=kwargs.get("attrs", None))
-        self.ops.append(op)
 
-        # TODO(minqiyang): add stop_gradient support in static mode too.
+        if _in_imperative_mode():
+            # record ops in tracer rather than blocks
+            #
+            # TODO(minqiyang): add op stop_gradient support in static mode too.
             # currently, we only support stop_gradient in imperative mode.
             self._trace_op(op, kwargs.get("stop_gradient", False))
+        self.ops.append(op)
+
         return op
 
     def _trace_op(self, op, stop_gradient=False):
-        if _in_imperative_mode():
-            _imperative_tracer().trace(op.iop, op.inputs, op.outputs, self.desc,
-                                       _imperative_current_expected_place_,
-                                       stop_gradient)
+        backward_refs = _imperative_tracer().trace(
+            op.iop, op.inputs, op.outputs, self.desc,
+            _imperative_current_expected_place_, stop_gradient)
+
+        # TODO(minqiyang): support backward_hooks to eager remove backward_refs
+        op.backward_refs = defaultdict(list)
+        for k, v in six.iteritems(op.inputs):
+            if k in backward_refs:
+                op.backward_refs[k] = op.inputs[k]
+
+        for k, v in six.iteritems(op.outputs):
+            if k in backward_refs:
+                op.backward_refs[k] = op.outputs[k]
 
     def _insert_op(self, index, *args, **kwargs):
         """
@@ -1391,6 +1418,7 @@ class Block(object):
             outputs=kwargs.get("outputs", None),
             attrs=kwargs.get("attrs", None))
         self.ops.insert(0, op)
+        if _in_imperative_mode():
             self._trace_op(op, kwargs.get("stop_gradient", False))
         return op
 

python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_imperative_optimizer.py

@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class MNIST(fluid.imperative.Layer):
 class TestImperativeMnist(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_mnist_float32(self):
         seed = 90
-        batch_num = 2
+        epoch_num = 1
         with fluid.imperative.guard():
             fluid.default_startup_program().random_seed = seed
             fluid.default_main_program().random_seed = seed
@@ -113,17 +113,16 @@ class TestImperativeMnist(unittest.TestCase):
             mnist = MNIST("mnist")
             sgd = SGDOptimizer(learning_rate=1e-3)
             train_reader = paddle.batch(
-                paddle.dataset.mnist.train(), batch_size=128)
+                paddle.dataset.mnist.train(), batch_size=128, drop_last=True)
 
             dy_param_init_value = {}
+            for epoch in range(epoch_num):
                 for batch_id, data in enumerate(train_reader()):
-                if batch_id >= batch_num:
-                    break
-
                     dy_x_data = np.array(
-                    [x[0].reshape(1, 28, 28) for x in data]).astype('float32')
-                y_data = np.array([x[1] for x in data]).astype('int64').reshape(
-                    128, 1)
+                        [x[0].reshape(1, 28, 28)
+                         for x in data]).astype('float32')
+                    y_data = np.array(
+                        [x[1] for x in data]).astype('int64').reshape(128, 1)
 
                     img = to_variable(dy_x_data)
                     label = to_variable(y_data)
@@ -132,19 +131,21 @@ class TestImperativeMnist(unittest.TestCase):
                     cost = mnist(img)
                     loss = fluid.layers.cross_entropy(cost, label)
                     avg_loss = fluid.layers.mean(loss)
+
                     dy_out = avg_loss._numpy()
 
-                if batch_id == 0:
-                    for param in fluid.default_main_program().global_block(
-                    ).all_parameters():
+                    if epoch == 0 and batch_id == 0:
+                        for param in mnist.parameters():
                             dy_param_init_value[param.name] = param._numpy()
 
                     avg_loss._backward()
                     sgd.minimize(avg_loss)
                     mnist.clear_gradients()
+
+                    fluid.default_main_program().global_block()._clear_block()
+
                     dy_param_value = {}
-                for param in fluid.default_main_program().global_block(
-                ).all_parameters():
+                    for param in mnist.parameters():
                         dy_param_value[param.name] = param._numpy()
 
         with new_program_scope():
@@ -157,7 +158,7 @@ class TestImperativeMnist(unittest.TestCase):
             mnist = MNIST("mnist")
             sgd = SGDOptimizer(learning_rate=1e-3)
             train_reader = paddle.batch(
-                paddle.dataset.mnist.train(), batch_size=128)
+                paddle.dataset.mnist.train(), batch_size=128, drop_last=True)
 
             img = fluid.layers.data(
                 name='pixel', shape=[1, 28, 28], dtype='float32')
@@ -170,8 +171,7 @@ class TestImperativeMnist(unittest.TestCase):
             # initialize params and fetch them
             static_param_init_value = {}
             static_param_name_list = []
-            for param in fluid.default_startup_program().global_block(
-            ).all_parameters():
+            for param in mnist.parameters():
                 static_param_name_list.append(param.name)
 
             out = exe.run(fluid.default_startup_program(),
@@ -180,18 +180,18 @@ class TestImperativeMnist(unittest.TestCase):
             for i in range(len(static_param_name_list)):
                 static_param_init_value[static_param_name_list[i]] = out[i]
 
+            for epoch in range(epoch_num):
                 for batch_id, data in enumerate(train_reader()):
-                if batch_id >= batch_num:
-                    break
-
                     static_x_data = np.array(
-                    [x[0].reshape(1, 28, 28) for x in data]).astype('float32')
-                y_data = np.array([x[1] for x in data]).astype('int64').reshape(
-                    [128, 1])
+                        [x[0].reshape(1, 28, 28)
+                         for x in data]).astype('float32')
+                    y_data = np.array(
+                        [x[1] for x in data]).astype('int64').reshape([128, 1])
 
                     fetch_list = [avg_loss.name]
                     fetch_list.extend(static_param_name_list)
-                out = exe.run(fluid.default_main_program(),
+                    out = exe.run(
+                        fluid.default_main_program(),
                         feed={"pixel": static_x_data,
                               "label": y_data},
                         fetch_list=fetch_list)
@@ -199,7 +199,10 @@ class TestImperativeMnist(unittest.TestCase):
                     static_param_value = {}
                     static_out = out[0]
                     for i in range(1, len(out)):
-                    static_param_value[static_param_name_list[i - 1]] = out[i]
+                        static_param_value[static_param_name_list[i - 1]] = out[
+                            i]
+
+        self.assertTrue(np.allclose(dy_x_data.all(), static_x_data.all()))
 
         for key, value in six.iteritems(static_param_init_value):
             self.assertTrue(np.allclose(value, dy_param_init_value[key]))
@@ -207,7 +210,7 @@ class TestImperativeMnist(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertTrue(np.allclose(static_out, dy_out))
 
         for key, value in six.iteritems(static_param_value):
-            self.assertTrue(np.allclose(value, dy_param_value[key]))
+            self.assertTrue(np.allclose(value, dy_param_value[key], atol=1e-5))
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':

python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_imperative_resnet.py

@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ class TestImperativeResnet(unittest.TestCase):
         seed = 90
 
         batch_size = train_parameters["batch_size"]
-        batch_num = 1
+        batch_num = 2
         with fluid.imperative.guard():
             fluid.default_startup_program().random_seed = seed
             fluid.default_main_program().random_seed = seed
@@ -286,6 +286,8 @@ class TestImperativeResnet(unittest.TestCase):
                 optimizer.minimize(avg_loss)
                 resnet.clear_gradients()
 
+                fluid.default_main_program().global_block()._clear_block()
+
                 dy_param_value = {}
                 for param in resnet.parameters():
                     dy_param_value[param.name] = param._numpy()
@@ -319,11 +321,9 @@ class TestImperativeResnet(unittest.TestCase):
             static_param_init_value = {}
             static_param_name_list = []
             static_grad_name_list = []
-            for param in fluid.default_startup_program().global_block(
-            ).all_parameters():
+            for param in resnet.parameters():
                 static_param_name_list.append(param.name)
-            for param in fluid.default_main_program().global_block(
-            ).all_parameters():
+            for param in resnet.parameters():
                 if not param.stop_gradient:
                     static_grad_name_list.append(param.name +
                                                  core.grad_var_suffix())