Trainer.h

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#pragma once

#include "paddle/utils/Util.h"

#include <stdio.h>

#include "hl_gpu.h"
#include "paddle/gserver/dataproviders/DataProvider.h"
#include "paddle/gserver/gradientmachines/GradientMachine.h"

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <fstream>
#include "ParamUtil.h"
#include "ParameterUpdater.h"
#include "Tester.h"
#include "TrainerConfigHelper.h"
#include "TrainerInternal.h"

DECLARE_int32(num_passes);

namespace paddle {

/**
 * Trainer Class
 *
 * Trainer combines GradientMachine, ParameterUpdater, DataProvider together to
 * train/test a NeuralNetwork.
 */
class Trainer {
 public:
  /**
   * Ctor.
   * @return
   */
  Trainer() : acceptedPassId_(0) {}

  virtual ~Trainer() {}

  /**
   * initialize a new trainer using config
   *
   * @param config TrainerConfig.
   * @param testing true if only for testing
   * @param gradientMachine GradientMachine that will be trained.
   *                        nullptr if create from config.
   * @param dataProvider Train Data Provider. null if create from config.
   * @param testDataProvider Test Data Provider. null if create from config.
   */
  virtual void init(
      const std::shared_ptr<TrainerConfigHelper>& config,
      bool testing = false,
      const std::shared_ptr<GradientMachine>& gradientMachine = nullptr,
      const std::shared_ptr<DataProvider>& dataProvider = nullptr,
      const std::shared_ptr<DataProvider>& testDataProvider = nullptr);

  /**
   * Train until num_passes reached.
   * One pass means neural network train through all training data.
   *
   * @param numPasses the number of traning pass.
   * @note Durning neural network training, the num passes may set a very large
   * value, and kill training process when result is good enough.
   */
  void train(size_t numPasses = (size_t)FLAGS_num_passes);

  /**
   * compare the gradient from bp with finite difference
   * @return  the maximal difference
   */
  real checkGradient();

  void startTrain();
  void finishTrain();
  void startTrainPass();
  void finishTrainPass();
  void trainOneDataBatch(DataBatch& dataBatch);
  void time();

  /**
   * given a dataBatch and the current parameter value
   * calculate its gradient and return the cost.
   *
   * TODO(yuyang18): I think this method is deprecated and buggy. Should it be
   * removed?
   */
  real calcGradient(const DataBatch& dataBatch,
                    const Vector& value,
                    Vector& gradient);

  /**
   * Get Trainer Config.
   */
  const TrainerConfig& getConfig() const { return config_->getConfig(); }

  /**
   * Get Train Data Provider
   */
  const DataProviderPtr& getDataProvider() { return dataProvider_; }

  /**
   * Get Gradient Machine.
   */
  const GradientMachinePtr& getGradientMachine() {
    return trainerInternal_.getGradientMachine();
  }

  /**
   * Get batch size in optimization config.
   * @note This method didn't return the actual batch size. Just batch size
   * set in the optimization config. The actual batch size in one trainer may
   * less than batch size in config due to there are not enough data.
   */
  int getBatchSize();

  /**
   * Do test job
   */
  void test();

  /**
   * Get parameter util ptr
   *
   * TODO(yuyang18): Make it return a smart pointer.
   */
  ParameterUtil* getParameterUtilPtr();

 protected:
  /**
   * Train one pass of data.
   *
   * SGD Method.
   */
  void trainOnePass();

  /**
   * Train one pass in one batch.
   *
   */
  void trainOnePassBatch(int passId);

  /**
   * set parameter gradient to zero
   */
  void clearGradient();

  void createTester();

 private:
  std::unique_ptr<TesterConfig> createTesterConfig();

 protected:
  std::shared_ptr<TrainerConfigHelper> config_;
  std::shared_ptr<TrainerStats> stats_;

  DataProviderPtr dataProvider_;
  DataProviderPtr testDataProvider_;
  MachineState trainState_;
  MachineState testState_;

  struct TrainPassContext {
    int64_t batchId;
    real avgTestCost;
    int64_t numAvgTests;
    int passId;
    int passInnerId;
  };
  std::vector<paddle::Argument> forwardOutput_;

  TrainPassContext trainPassContext_;

  std::unique_ptr<Evaluator> evaluator_;
  std::unique_ptr<Evaluator> currentEvaluator_;
  std::unique_ptr<Evaluator> averageEvaluator_;
  // training mode
  // used to decide which GradientMachine and ParameterUpdater to create
  GradientMachine::CreateMode mode_;
  int testing_;
  int acceptedPassId_;

  // trainer tester
  std::unique_ptr<Tester> tester_;

  // parameter util
  std::unique_ptr<ParameterUtil> paramUtil_;

  // trainer Internal
  TrainerInternal trainerInternal_;
};

}  // namespace paddle