diff --git a/paddle/fluid/framework/CMakeLists.txt b/paddle/fluid/framework/CMakeLists.txt
index 397c9f739452e5130dad28a763b92cf76720ec61..ec252929d5584c211cea7fa52004ecdfdf586a85 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/framework/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/paddle/fluid/framework/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ cc_test(lod_tensor_test SRCS lod_tensor_test.cc DEPS lod_tensor memory)
 nv_test(lod_tensor_gpu_test SRCS lod_tensor_test.cu DEPS lod_tensor)
 
 cc_library(reader SRCS reader.cc DEPS lod_tensor ddim)
+cc_test(reader_test SRCS reader_test.cc DEPS reader)
 
 cc_test(variable_test SRCS variable_test.cc)
 
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/framework/reader.cc b/paddle/fluid/framework/reader.cc
index 9939797f4c6fb4c7fa6dc8851d830cb4180790a9..f8877e5cb0e1463fb4e57877b35c713461251e00 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/framework/reader.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/framework/reader.cc
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 // limitations under the License.
 
 #include "paddle/fluid/framework/reader.h"
+#include <deque>
 
 namespace paddle {
 namespace framework {
@@ -23,6 +24,33 @@ void ReaderBase::ReadNext(std::vector<LoDTensor> *out) {
   ReadNextImpl(out);
 }
 
+void ReaderBase::InsertDecoratedReader(
+    const std::shared_ptr<ReaderBase> &decorated_reader) {
+  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> guard(mu_));
+  decorated_readers_.emplace_back(decorated_reader);
+}
+
+std::unordered_set<ReaderBase *> ReaderBase::GetEndPoints() {
+  std::unordered_set<ReaderBase *> result;
+  std::deque<ReaderBase *> queue;
+  queue.emplace_back(this);
+  while (!queue.empty()) {  // BFS search
+    auto *front = queue.front();
+    queue.pop_front();
+    if (front->decorated_readers_.empty()) {
+      result.emplace(front);
+    } else {
+      for (auto &reader : front->decorated_readers_) {
+        if (auto *reader_ptr = reader.lock().get()) {
+          queue.emplace_back(reader_ptr);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  return result;
+}
+
 void ReaderBase::Shutdown() {
   std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mu_);
   if (status_ != ReaderStatus::kStopped) {
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/framework/reader.h b/paddle/fluid/framework/reader.h
index 95af7b12562d15430988b34923a968f8c4c23eb4..93cd6243ff2137292e69964a8b23a79315e27b18 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/framework/reader.h
+++ b/paddle/fluid/framework/reader.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <memory>
+#include <unordered_set>
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "paddle/fluid/framework/ddim.h"
@@ -34,6 +35,10 @@ class ReaderBase {
 
   void Start();
 
+  // Return the readers which are the end of decorating chain. Basically
+  // they are readers just before read op.
+  std::unordered_set<ReaderBase*> GetEndPoints();
+
   virtual ~ReaderBase();
 
  protected:
@@ -46,15 +51,29 @@ class ReaderBase {
   ReaderStatus status_{kRunning};
 
   mutable std::mutex mu_;
+
+ private:
+  friend class DecoratedReader;
+  // These methods can be only invoked inside DecoratedReader to record the
+  // decorating chain.
+  void InsertDecoratedReader(
+      const std::shared_ptr<ReaderBase>& decorated_reader);
+  // A set of which readers that decorated this reader.
+  std::vector<std::weak_ptr<ReaderBase>> decorated_readers_;
 };
 
-class DecoratedReader : public ReaderBase {
+class DecoratedReader : public ReaderBase,
+                        public std::enable_shared_from_this<DecoratedReader> {
  public:
   explicit DecoratedReader(const std::shared_ptr<ReaderBase>& reader)
       : ReaderBase(), reader_(reader) {
     PADDLE_ENFORCE_NOT_NULL(reader_);
   }
 
+  void RegisterDecorateChain() {
+    reader_->InsertDecoratedReader(shared_from_this());
+  }
+
  protected:
   void ShutdownImpl() override { reader_->Shutdown(); }
 
@@ -70,9 +89,14 @@ class FileReader : public ReaderBase {};
 // making it easier to access different type reader in Variables.
 class ReaderHolder {
  public:
-  void Reset(ReaderBase* reader) { reader_.reset(reader); }
+  template <typename T>
+  void Reset(const std::shared_ptr<T>& reader) {
+    auto reader_base = std::dynamic_pointer_cast<ReaderBase>(reader);
+    PADDLE_ENFORCE_NOT_NULL(reader_base);
+    reader_ = reader_base;
+  }
 
-  std::shared_ptr<ReaderBase> Get() const { return reader_; }
+  const std::shared_ptr<ReaderBase>& Get() const { return reader_; }
 
   void ReadNext(std::vector<LoDTensor>* out) {
     PADDLE_ENFORCE_NOT_NULL(reader_);
@@ -93,9 +117,18 @@ class ReaderHolder {
     reader_->Start();
   }
 
+  operator const std::shared_ptr<ReaderBase>&() const { return this->reader_; }
+
  private:
   std::shared_ptr<ReaderBase> reader_;
 };
 
+template <typename T, typename... ARGS>
+inline std::shared_ptr<DecoratedReader> MakeDecoratedReader(ARGS&&... args) {
+  std::shared_ptr<DecoratedReader> reader(new T(std::forward<ARGS>(args)...));
+  reader->RegisterDecorateChain();
+  return reader;
+}
+
 }  // namespace framework
 }  // namespace paddle
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/framework/reader_test.cc b/paddle/fluid/framework/reader_test.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c05be86706f4c8ac804cab149a9510c1102c36cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/paddle/fluid/framework/reader_test.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2018 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 "paddle/fluid/framework/reader.h"
+#include <memory>
+#include "gtest/gtest.h"
+
+class StubDecoratedReader : public paddle::framework::DecoratedReader {
+ public:
+  explicit StubDecoratedReader(const std::shared_ptr<ReaderBase> &reader)
+      : DecoratedReader(reader) {}
+
+  void ReadNext(std::vector<paddle::framework::LoDTensor> *out) override {}
+};
+
+class StubRootReader : public paddle::framework::ReaderBase {
+ public:
+  void ReadNext(std::vector<paddle::framework::LoDTensor> *out) override {}
+  void ReInit() override {}
+};
+
+TEST(READER, decorate_chain) {
+  auto root = std::make_shared<StubRootReader>();
+  auto end_point1 =
+      paddle::framework::MakeDecoratedReader<StubDecoratedReader>(root);
+  auto end_point2 =
+      paddle::framework::MakeDecoratedReader<StubDecoratedReader>(root);
+
+  {
+    auto endpoints = root->GetEndPoints();
+    ASSERT_EQ(endpoints.size(), 2U);
+    ASSERT_NE(endpoints.count(end_point1.get()), 0);
+    ASSERT_NE(endpoints.count(end_point2.get()), 0);
+  }
+
+  {
+    auto end_point3 =
+        paddle::framework::MakeDecoratedReader<StubDecoratedReader>(root);
+    ASSERT_EQ(root->GetEndPoints().size(), 3U);
+  }
+  { ASSERT_EQ(root->GetEndPoints().size(), 2U); }
+}
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_batch_reader_op.cc b/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_batch_reader_op.cc
index e5b69dabcbd864cc8cc6804e392ea36355e4215f..1dbafd23e92732bdaf0d263a01e267227786d839 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_batch_reader_op.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_batch_reader_op.cc
@@ -50,8 +50,9 @@ class CreateBatchReaderOp : public framework::OperatorBase {
     }
     const auto& underlying_reader = scope.FindVar(Input("UnderlyingReader"))
                                         ->Get<framework::ReaderHolder>();
-    out->Reset(new BatchReader(underlying_reader.Get(), Attr<int>("batch_size"),
-                               Attr<bool>("discard_leftover")));
+    out->Reset(framework::MakeDecoratedReader<BatchReader>(
+        underlying_reader, Attr<int>("batch_size"),
+        Attr<bool>("discard_leftover")));
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_custom_reader_op.cc b/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_custom_reader_op.cc
index a53dceced323a9cc10f7e1b195b579669f5a9e6d..85394b336fc967fc6973131fbedda4c796825185 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_custom_reader_op.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_custom_reader_op.cc
@@ -60,10 +60,10 @@ class CreateCustomReaderOp : public framework::OperatorBase {
     }
     const auto& underlying_reader = scope.FindVar(Input("UnderlyingReader"))
                                         ->Get<framework::ReaderHolder>();
-    out->Reset(
-        new CustomReader(underlying_reader.Get(), *sub_block,
-                         Attr<std::vector<std::string>>("source_var_names"),
-                         Attr<std::vector<std::string>>("sink_var_names")));
+    out->Reset(framework::MakeDecoratedReader<CustomReader>(
+        underlying_reader, *sub_block,
+        Attr<std::vector<std::string>>("source_var_names"),
+        Attr<std::vector<std::string>>("sink_var_names")));
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_double_buffer_reader_op.cc b/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_double_buffer_reader_op.cc
index 1bf6a86a5ad6bd308f53dacd6bab4be8723aeccd..7b14370f4fd64e8fd5b8d9038006494b88d671dc 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_double_buffer_reader_op.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_double_buffer_reader_op.cc
@@ -118,7 +118,8 @@ class CreateDoubleBufferReaderOp : public framework::OperatorBase {
       place = platform::CUDAPlace(static_cast<int>(num));
     }
 
-    out->Reset(new DoubleBufferReader(underlying_reader.Get(), place));
+    out->Reset(framework::MakeDecoratedReader<DoubleBufferReader>(
+        underlying_reader, place));
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_multi_pass_reader_op.cc b/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_multi_pass_reader_op.cc
index f26a470c258b3d737e9d7c653750115bc7991857..0a225597d34f43c7fb82aeae2552cdf16c8ba566 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_multi_pass_reader_op.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_multi_pass_reader_op.cc
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ class CreateMultiPassReaderOp : public framework::OperatorBase {
     const auto& underlying_reader = scope.FindVar(Input("UnderlyingReader"))
                                         ->Get<framework::ReaderHolder>();
     int pass_num = Attr<int>("pass_num");
-    out->Reset(new MultiPassReader(underlying_reader.Get(), pass_num));
+    out->Reset(framework::MakeDecoratedReader<MultiPassReader>(
+        underlying_reader, pass_num));
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_py_reader_op.cc b/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_py_reader_op.cc
index fb7a96cb73d12a37e98fd064b3daf719e2c26bb2..d41124279930e92138e7e6a5ab045659a415eb6d 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_py_reader_op.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_py_reader_op.cc
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class CreatePyReaderOp : public framework::OperatorBase {
     auto* queue_holder =
         queue_holder_var->template GetMutable<LoDTensorBlockingQueueHolder>();
 
-    out->Reset(new PyReader(queue_holder->GetQueue()));
+    out->Reset(std::make_shared<PyReader>(queue_holder->GetQueue()));
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_random_data_generator_op.cc b/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_random_data_generator_op.cc
index 9f7e3fd2d8718c1c4b25e4f95a134b6c7de37299..e5c116dfcd71ef40597ca19d1da0b51038baaad1 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_random_data_generator_op.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_random_data_generator_op.cc
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ class CreateRandomDataGeneratorOp : public framework::OperatorBase {
     std::vector<framework::DDim> shapes = RestoreShapes(shape_concat, ranks);
     auto* out = scope.FindVar(Output("Out"))
                     ->template GetMutable<framework::ReaderHolder>();
-    out->Reset(new RandomDataGenerator<T>(shapes, Attr<float>("low"),
-                                          Attr<float>("high")));
+    out->Reset(std::make_shared<RandomDataGenerator<T>>(
+        shapes, Attr<float>("low"), Attr<float>("high")));
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_recordio_file_reader_op.cc b/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_recordio_file_reader_op.cc
index 61d94cfbd38bc0e43997f053de7a5d6fe4065a23..b32f09b22524c8b67ce57cc6022ef46efc2e828d 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_recordio_file_reader_op.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_recordio_file_reader_op.cc
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ class CreateRecordIOReaderOp : public framework::OperatorBase {
     std::string filename = Attr<std::string>("filename");
     auto* out = scope.FindVar(Output("Out"))
                     ->template GetMutable<framework::ReaderHolder>();
-    out->Reset(new RecordIOFileReader<true>(filename));
+
+    out->Reset(std::make_shared<RecordIOFileReader<true>>(filename));
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_shuffle_reader_op.cc b/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_shuffle_reader_op.cc
index 1d3d85b9e4e1a5974e69a516ebf26d3aa1376b10..4b308abc290c10a8a5846672e719b503dfc79b21 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_shuffle_reader_op.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_shuffle_reader_op.cc
@@ -97,9 +97,8 @@ class CreateShuffleReaderOp : public framework::OperatorBase {
     }
     const auto& underlying_reader = scope.FindVar(Input("UnderlyingReader"))
                                         ->Get<framework::ReaderHolder>();
-    out->Reset(
-        new ShuffleReader(underlying_reader.Get(),
-                          static_cast<size_t>(Attr<int>("buffer_size"))));
+    out->Reset(framework::MakeDecoratedReader<ShuffleReader>(
+        underlying_reader, static_cast<size_t>(Attr<int>("buffer_size"))));
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/open_files_op.cc b/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/open_files_op.cc
index c657ffc5359605b0513498f4a92944f797ea3a9f..9a8d203672fa2d560440d063d93fa5f8523690ef 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/open_files_op.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/open_files_op.cc
@@ -178,7 +178,8 @@ class OpenFilesOp : public framework::OperatorBase {
 
     auto* out = scope.FindVar(Output("Out"))
                     ->template GetMutable<framework::ReaderHolder>();
-    out->Reset(new MultiFileReader(file_names, thread_num, buffer_size));
+    out->Reset(
+        std::make_shared<MultiFileReader>(file_names, thread_num, buffer_size));
   }
 };