recurrent_op.cc

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#include "paddle/fluid/operators/recurrent_op.h"

#include <algorithm>
#include "paddle/fluid/string/string_helper.h"

namespace paddle {
namespace operators {

using StepScopeVar = std::vector<framework::Scope *>;

const char RecurrentBase::kInputs[] = "inputs";
const char RecurrentBase::kInitialStates[] = "initial_states";
const char RecurrentBase::kParameters[] = "parameters";
const char RecurrentBase::kOutputs[] = "outputs";
const char RecurrentBase::kStepScopes[] = "step_scopes";
const char RecurrentBase::kHasStates[] = "has_states";
const char RecurrentBase::kExStates[] = "ex_states";
const char RecurrentBase::kStates[] = "states";
const char RecurrentBase::kStepBlock[] = "sub_block";
const char RecurrentBase::kReverse[] = "reverse";
const char RecurrentBase::kIsTrain[] = "is_train";
const char RecurrentBase::kSkipEagerDeletionVars[] = "skip_eager_deletion_vars";
#define GRAD_SUFFIX "@GRAD"
const char RecurrentBase::kInputGrads[] = "inputs" GRAD_SUFFIX;
const char RecurrentBase::kOutputGrads[] = "outputs" GRAD_SUFFIX;
const char RecurrentBase::kParamGrads[] = "parameters" GRAD_SUFFIX;
const char RecurrentBase::kInitStateGrads[] = "initial_states" GRAD_SUFFIX;

static void ClearStepScopes(const platform::DeviceContext &dev_ctx,
                            framework::Scope *parent_scope,
                            StepScopeVar *step_scopes) {
  if (step_scopes->empty()) return;

  dev_ctx.Wait();

  for (auto *sub_scope : *step_scopes) {
    if (parent_scope->HasKid(sub_scope)) {
      parent_scope->DeleteScope(sub_scope);
    }
  }

  step_scopes->clear();
}

StepScopes::StepScopes(const platform::DeviceContext &dev_ctx,
                       const framework::Scope &parent, StepScopeVar *scopes,
                       bool is_train, size_t seq_len, bool is_backward)
    : counter_(is_backward ? seq_len - 1 : 0UL),
      scopes_(scopes),
      is_train_(is_train),
      is_backward_(is_backward) {
  size_t num_step_scopes = is_train ? seq_len : 2;
  PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(is_train || !is_backward, true,
                    "Cannot backward when is not training");
  if (!is_backward_) {
    ClearStepScopes(dev_ctx, const_cast<framework::Scope *>(&parent), scopes);
    scopes->reserve(static_cast<size_t>(num_step_scopes));
    for (size_t i = 0; i < num_step_scopes; ++i) {
      scopes->emplace_back(&parent.NewScope());
    }
  }
}

framework::Scope &StepScopes::CurScope() { return GetScope(counter_); }

framework::Scope &StepScopes::ExScope() {
  auto &scope = GetScope(is_backward_ ? counter_ + 1 : counter_ - 1);
  return scope;
}

void StepScopes::BackwardNext(const platform::DeviceContext &dev_ctx,
                              framework::Scope *parent_scope) {
  PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(is_backward_, true,
                    "Cannot get backward next scope when is forward");
  if (counter_ + 2 == scopes_->size()) {
    parent_scope->DeleteScope((*scopes_)[counter_ + 1]);
    scopes_->pop_back();
    VLOG(3) << "Deleted scope at " << counter_ + 1;
  }
  --counter_;
}

void StepScopes::ForwardNext() {
  PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(is_backward_, false,
                    "Cannot get forward next scope when is backward");
  ++counter_;
}

framework::Scope &StepScopes::GetScope(size_t scope_id) const {
  if (!is_train_) {
    scope_id %= 2;
  }
  PADDLE_ENFORCE_LT(scope_id, scopes_->size());
  return *(*scopes_)[scope_id];
}

RecurrentBase::RecurrentBase(const std::string &type,
                             const framework::VariableNameMap &inputs,
                             const framework::VariableNameMap &outputs,
                             const framework::AttributeMap &attrs)
    : OperatorBase(type, inputs, outputs, attrs) {}

// Get SequenceLength from Scope
//   The sequence length is got from input tensor. The input tensor's
//   dimension should be [SEQ_LEN, ..., ...]. The first of the tensor's shape
//   is SEQ_LEN. The second of the tensor's shape could be the batch size or
//   nested sequence length.
int64_t RecurrentBase::GetSequenceLength(const framework::Scope &scope) const {
  // Dim format SEQ_LEN, BATCH_SIZE, ...
  int64_t seq_len = -1;
  auto &all_inputs = Inputs(kInputs);
  PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(all_inputs.empty(), false);
  for (auto &iname : all_inputs) {
    auto *var = scope.FindVar(iname);
    PADDLE_ENFORCE_NOT_NULL(var);
    PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(var->IsType<framework::LoDTensor>(), true);
    auto &dim = var->Get<framework::LoDTensor>().dims();
    if (seq_len == -1) {
      seq_len = dim[0];
    } else {
      PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(seq_len, dim[0]);
    }
  }
  return seq_len;
}

// for src_tensor, dst_tensor in zip(map(src_scope.FindVar, src_vars),
//                                   map(dst_scope.Var, dst_vars)):
//   dst_tensor.ShareDataWith(src_tensor)
void RecurrentBase::LinkTensor(const framework::Scope &src_scope,
                               const std::vector<std::string> &src_vars,
                               framework::Scope *dst_scope,
                               const std::vector<std::string> &dst_vars) {
  LinkTensorWithCallback(
      src_scope, src_vars, dst_scope, dst_vars,
      [&](const framework::Tensor &src, framework::Tensor *dst) {
        dst->ShareDataWith(src);
      });
}

// (seq_len, shape) -> return [seq_len] + list(shape)
framework::DDim RecurrentBase::PrependDims(size_t seq_len,
                                           const framework::DDim &src) {
  auto dims = framework::vectorize(src);
  dims.insert(dims.begin(), static_cast<int64_t>(seq_len));
  return framework::make_ddim(dims);
}

RecurrentOp::RecurrentOp(const std::string &type,
                         const framework::VariableNameMap &inputs,
                         const framework::VariableNameMap &outputs,
                         const framework::AttributeMap &attrs)
    : RecurrentBase(type, inputs, outputs, attrs) {}

void RecurrentOp::RunImpl(const framework::Scope &scope,
                          const platform::Place &place) const {
  bool has_state = Attr<bool>(kHasStates);
  auto seq_len = static_cast<size_t>(this->GetSequenceLength(scope));

  // get device context from pool
  platform::DeviceContextPool &pool = platform::DeviceContextPool::Instance();
  auto &dev_ctx = *pool.Get(place);

  VLOG(3) << "Static RNN input sequence length = " << seq_len;
  StepScopes scopes = CreateStepScopes(dev_ctx, scope, seq_len);
  auto reverse = Attr<bool>(kReverse);

  framework::Executor executor(place);
  auto *block = Attr<framework::BlockDesc *>(kStepBlock);

  auto *program = block->Program();
  auto ctx = executor.Prepare(
      *program, block->ID(), Attr<std::vector<std::string>>(
                                 kSkipEagerDeletionVars) /*skip_ref_cnt_vars*/);

  for (size_t i = 0; i < seq_len; ++i) {
    size_t seq_offset = reverse ? seq_len - i - 1 : i;
    VLOG(3) << "Recurrent operate at the time step " << seq_offset;

    auto &cur_scope = scopes.CurScope();

    // Link outside::input --> inside::input
    //   inside::input = outside::input[seq_offset: seq_offset+1]
    LinkTensorWithCallback(
        scope, Inputs(kInputs), &cur_scope, Inputs(kInputs),
        [&seq_offset](const framework::Tensor &outside,
                      framework::Tensor *inside) {
          inside->ShareDataWith(outside.Slice(seq_offset, seq_offset + 1));
          auto dims = framework::vectorize(inside->dims());
          dims.erase(dims.begin());
          inside->Resize(framework::make_ddim(dims));
        });

    if (has_state) {
      if (i == 0) {
        // Link initial states  --> ex_states
        LinkTensor(scope, Inputs(kInitialStates), &cur_scope,
                   Attr<std::vector<std::string>>(kExStates));
      } else {
        auto &ex_scope = scopes.ExScope();
        // Link ex_scope::state --> cur_scope::ex_state
        LinkTensor(ex_scope, Attr<std::vector<std::string>>(kStates),
                   &cur_scope, Attr<std::vector<std::string>>(kExStates));
      }
    }

    // Link inside::output -> outside::output
    //   outside::output[seq_offset: seq_offset + 1] = inside::output
    executor.CreateVariables(ctx->prog_, &cur_scope, ctx->block_id_);
    if (i > 0) {
      LinkTensorWithCallback(scope, Outputs(kOutputs), cur_scope,
                             Outputs(kOutputs),
                             [&](const framework::LoDTensor &src_tensor,
                                 framework::LoDTensor *dst_tensor) {
                               framework::Tensor src_slice =
                                   src_tensor.Slice(seq_offset, seq_offset + 1);
                               dst_tensor->ShareDataWith(src_slice);
                             });
    }

    // Linked now, execute!
    executor.RunPreparedContext(ctx.get(), &cur_scope,
                                false /*create_local_scope*/,
                                false /*create_vars*/, true /* keep_kids */);
    if (i == 0) {
      LinkTensorWithCallback(
          cur_scope, Outputs(kOutputs), scope, Outputs(kOutputs),
          [&](const framework::LoDTensor &src_tensor,
              framework::LoDTensor *dst_tensor) {
            // create output tensor at begin
            dst_tensor->Resize(PrependDims(seq_len, src_tensor.dims()));
            dst_tensor->mutable_data(place, src_tensor.type());

            auto dst_out = dst_tensor->Slice(seq_offset, seq_offset + 1);
            // Explicit copy output since the local RNN scope can be destroyed
            // early.
            framework::TensorCopy(src_tensor, place, dev_ctx, &dst_out);
          });
    }

    scopes.ForwardNext();
  }
}

StepScopes RecurrentOp::CreateStepScopes(const platform::DeviceContext &dev_ctx,
                                         const framework::Scope &scope,
                                         size_t seq_len) const {
  auto *var = scope.FindVar(Output(kStepScopes));
  PADDLE_ENFORCE_NOT_NULL(var);
  return StepScopes(dev_ctx, scope, var->GetMutable<StepScopeVar>(),
                    Attr<bool>(kIsTrain), seq_len);
}

RecurrentGradOp::RecurrentGradOp(const std::string &type,
                                 const framework::VariableNameMap &inputs,
                                 const framework::VariableNameMap &outputs,
                                 const framework::AttributeMap &attrs)
    : RecurrentBase(type, inputs, outputs, attrs) {}

void RecurrentGradOp::RunImpl(const framework::Scope &scope,
                              const platform::Place &place) const {
  bool has_state = Attr<bool>(kHasStates);
  const size_t seq_len = static_cast<size_t>(GetSequenceLength(scope));

  // get device context from pool
  platform::DeviceContextPool &pool = platform::DeviceContextPool::Instance();
  auto &dev_ctx = *pool.Get(place);

  StepScopes scopes = CreateStepScopes(dev_ctx, scope, seq_len);
  auto reverse = Attr<bool>(kReverse);

  framework::Executor executor(place);
  auto *block = Attr<framework::BlockDesc *>(kStepBlock);
  auto *program = block->Program();
  auto ctx = executor.Prepare(
      *program, block->ID(), Attr<std::vector<std::string>>(
                                 kSkipEagerDeletionVars) /*skip_ref_cnt_vars*/);

  for (size_t step_id = 0; step_id < seq_len; ++step_id) {
    size_t seq_offset = reverse ? step_id : seq_len - step_id - 1;
    VLOG(3) << "Recurrent backward operate at the time step " << seq_offset;
    auto &cur_scope = scopes.CurScope();

    // Link outside::output_grads --> inside::output_grads
    //   inside::output_grad = outside::output_grad[seq_offset:seq_offset+1]
    LinkTensorWithCallback(
        scope, Inputs(kOutputGrads), &cur_scope, Inputs(kOutputGrads),
        [&](const framework::Tensor &outside, framework::Tensor *inside) {
          inside->ShareDataWith(outside.Slice(seq_offset, seq_offset + 1));
          auto dims = framework::vectorize(inside->dims());
          dims.erase(dims.begin());
          inside->Resize(framework::make_ddim(dims));
        },
        true /*is_backward*/);
    auto og_set = List2Set(Inputs(kOutputGrads));

    if (VLOG_IS_ON(10)) {
      std::ostringstream sout;
      std::copy(og_set.begin(), og_set.end(),
                std::ostream_iterator<std::string>(sout, ","));
      VLOG(10) << " RNN output gradients = [" << sout.str() << "]";
    }

    if (has_state) {
      // Link states
      //   if cur_scope::cur_state_grad in out_grads:
      //     cur_scope::cur_state_grad += ex_scope::ex_state_grad
      //   else:
      //     ex_scope::ex_state_grad --> cur_scope::cur_state_grad
      if (step_id != 0) {  // not at beginning
        auto &ex_scope = scopes.ExScope();
        auto ex_state_grads =
            GradVarLists(Attr<std::vector<std::string>>(kExStates));
        auto cur_state_grads =
            GradVarLists(Attr<std::vector<std::string>>(kStates));

        PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(ex_state_grads.size(), cur_state_grads.size());
        for (size_t i = 0; i < ex_state_grads.size(); ++i) {
          auto &cur_grad = cur_state_grads[i];
          auto &ex_grad = ex_state_grads[i];
          auto &ex_grad_tensor =
              ex_scope.FindVar(ex_grad)->Get<framework::LoDTensor>();

          VLOG(10) << " RNN link " << cur_grad << " from " << ex_grad;
          auto *cur_grad_var = cur_scope.Var(cur_grad);
          framework::LoDTensor *cur_grad_tensor =
              cur_grad_var->GetMutable<framework::LoDTensor>();
          cur_grad_tensor->ShareDataWith(ex_grad_tensor);
        }
      }
    }

    // Link inside::output -> outside::output
    //   outside::output[seq_offset: seq_offset + 1] = inside::output
    executor.CreateVariables(ctx->prog_, &cur_scope, ctx->block_id_);
    if (step_id > 0) {
      LinkTensorWithCallback(scope, Outputs(kInputGrads), cur_scope,
                             GradVarLists(Inputs(kInputs)),
                             [&](const framework::LoDTensor &src_tensor,
                                 framework::LoDTensor *dst_tensor) {
                               if (src_tensor.memory_size() ==
                                   0) {  // Inside Gradient is not created.
                                 return;
                               }
                               framework::Tensor src_slice =
                                   src_tensor.Slice(seq_offset, seq_offset + 1);
                               dst_tensor->ShareDataWith(src_slice);
                             },
                             true /*is_backward*/);
    }

    VLOG(5) << "Recurrent memory linking finished ";
    // Run step block with cur_scope
    executor.RunPreparedContext(ctx.get(), &cur_scope,
                                false /*create_local_scope*/,
                                false /*create_vars*/, true /* keep_kids */);

    VLOG(5) << "executor.Run finished ";

    auto local_var_names = LocalVarNames(cur_scope);

    // Accumulate params
    //   if (step == 0):
    //      outside::param_grad = 0.0
    //   outside::param_grad += inside::param_grad
    {
      auto &pg_names = Outputs(kParamGrads);
      auto &p_names = Inputs(kParameters);
      PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(pg_names.size(), p_names.size());

      for (size_t param_id = 0; param_id < pg_names.size(); ++param_id) {
        auto inside_grad_name = framework::GradVarName(p_names[param_id]);

        // If does not compute gradient of that variable inside rnn, just
        // continue
        if (local_var_names.find(inside_grad_name) == local_var_names.end()) {
          continue;
        }

        // zero gradient variable in step 0
        if (step_id == 0) {
          auto &inside_tensor =
              cur_scope.FindVar(inside_grad_name)->Get<framework::LoDTensor>();
          framework::AttributeMap attrs;
          attrs["dtype"] = inside_tensor.type();
          attrs["shape"] = framework::vectorize<int>(inside_tensor.dims());
          attrs["value"] = 0.0f;

          auto zero_op = framework::OpRegistry::CreateOp(
              "fill_constant", framework::VariableNameMap{},
              {{"Out", {pg_names[param_id]}}}, attrs);
          zero_op->Run(scope, place);
        }

        auto new_inside_name = cur_scope.Rename(inside_grad_name);

        // sum gradient
        auto sum_op = framework::OpRegistry::CreateOp(
            "sum", {{"X", {pg_names[param_id], new_inside_name}}},
            {{"Out", {pg_names[param_id]}}},
            framework::AttributeMap{{"use_mkldnn", {false}}});
        sum_op->Run(cur_scope, place);

        cur_scope.Rename(new_inside_name, inside_grad_name);
      }
    }
    VLOG(5) << "Accumulate Parameter finished ";

    // Copy input gradient from inside to outside
    //   outside::input_grad[seq_offset: seq_offset + 1] = inside::input_grad
    if (step_id == 0) {
      LinkTensorWithCallback(
          cur_scope, GradVarLists(Inputs(kInputs)), scope, Outputs(kInputGrads),
          [&](const framework::LoDTensor &inside,
              framework::LoDTensor *outside) {
            if (inside.memory_size() == 0) {  // IG is not created.
              return;
            }
            // Alloc outside memory
            outside->Resize(PrependDims(seq_len, inside.dims()));
            outside->mutable_data(place, inside.type());

            auto dst = outside->Slice(seq_offset, seq_offset + 1);
            framework::TensorCopy(inside, place, dev_ctx, &dst);
          },
          true /*is_backward*/);
    }
    VLOG(5) << "Link outside gradient finished ";

    if (has_state) {
      if (step_id + 1 == seq_len) {  // at_end
        // copy initialize states gradient from inside to outside
        LinkTensorWithCallback(
            cur_scope, GradVarLists(Attr<std::vector<std::string>>(kExStates)),
            scope, Outputs(kInitStateGrads),
            [&](const framework::LoDTensor &inside,
                framework::LoDTensor *outside) {
              outside->Resize(inside.dims());
              outside->mutable_data(place, inside.type());
              framework::TensorCopy(inside, place, dev_ctx, outside);
            },
            true /*is_backward*/);
        VLOG(5) << "Link initialize state gradient finished ";
      }
    }
    scopes.BackwardNext(dev_ctx, const_cast<framework::Scope *>(&scope));
  }
  // Delete the scope of StepScopes
  auto *var = scope.FindVar(Input(kStepScopes));
  PADDLE_ENFORCE_NOT_NULL(var);
  auto *step_scopes = var->GetMutable<StepScopeVar>();
  ClearStepScopes(dev_ctx, const_cast<framework::Scope *>(&scope), step_scopes);
}

StepScopes RecurrentGradOp::CreateStepScopes(
    const platform::DeviceContext &dev_ctx, const framework::Scope &scope,
    size_t seq_len) const {
  auto *var = scope.FindVar(Input(kStepScopes));
  PADDLE_ENFORCE_NOT_NULL(var);
  return StepScopes(dev_ctx, scope, var->GetMutable<StepScopeVar>(),
                    Attr<bool>(kIsTrain), seq_len, true /*is_backward*/);
}

std::unordered_set<std::string> RecurrentGradOp::List2Set(
    const std::vector<std::string> &list) const {
  std::unordered_set<std::string> local_var_name_set;
  local_var_name_set.reserve(list.size());
  for (auto &each : list) {
    local_var_name_set.insert(each);
  }
  return local_var_name_set;
}

std::unordered_set<std::string> RecurrentGradOp::LocalVarNames(
    const framework::Scope &scope) const {
  return this->List2Set(scope.LocalVarNames());
}

std::vector<std::string> RecurrentGradOp::GradVarLists(
    const std::vector<std::string> &var_names) {
  std::vector<std::string> retv;
  retv.reserve(var_names.size());
  std::transform(var_names.begin(), var_names.end(), std::back_inserter(retv),
                 framework::GradVarName);
  return retv;
}

class RecurrentOpProtoMaker : public framework::OpProtoAndCheckerMaker {
 public:
  void Make() override {
    AddInput(RecurrentBase::kInputs, "rnn inputs").AsDuplicable();
    AddInput(RecurrentBase::kInitialStates, "rnn initial states")
        .AsDuplicable();
    AddInput(RecurrentBase::kParameters,
             "Parameters are used by step block as its input. However, the "
             "input is not a sequence tensor. Every time step, each operator "
             "in step block just use the parameter directly.")
        .AsDuplicable();
    AddOutput(RecurrentBase::kOutputs,
              "The output sequence of RNN. The sequence length must be same.")
        .AsDuplicable();
    AddOutput(RecurrentBase::kStepScopes,
              "StepScopes contain all local variables in each time step.");
    AddAttr<bool>(RecurrentBase::kHasStates, "Whether has states.")
        .SetDefault(false);
    AddAttr<std::vector<std::string>>(
        RecurrentBase::kExStates,
        string::Sprintf(
            R"DOC(The ex-state variable names.
The ex-state means the state value in the ex-timestep or the previous time step
[%s, %s, %s] must be the same order)DOC",
            RecurrentBase::kExStates, RecurrentBase::kStates,
            RecurrentBase::kInitStateGrads));
    AddAttr<std::vector<std::string>>(
        RecurrentBase::kStates,
        string::Sprintf(
            "The state variable names. [%s, %s, %s] must be the same order",
            RecurrentBase::kExStates, RecurrentBase::kStates,
            RecurrentBase::kInitStateGrads));
    AddAttr<framework::BlockDesc *>(RecurrentBase::kStepBlock,
                                    "The step block inside RNN");
    AddAttr<bool>(RecurrentBase::kReverse, R"DOC(Calculate RNN reversely or not.
By default reverse=False

Assume the input data is [A, B, C, D]

if reverse is False:
  the computation of RNN is like
      A          B          C         D
      |          |          |         |
      v          v          v         v
     rnn -----> rnn -----> rnn ----> rnn
      |          |          |         |
      v          v          v         v
      o          o          o         o

if reverse is True
  the computation of RNN is like
      A          B          C         D
      |          |          |         |
      v          v          v         v
     rnn <----- rnn <----- rnn <---- rnn
      |          |          |         |
      v          v          v         v
      o          o          o         o
)DOC").SetDefault(false);
    AddAttr<bool>(RecurrentBase::kIsTrain, "").SetDefault(true);
    AddAttr<std::vector<std::string>>(RecurrentBase::kSkipEagerDeletionVars,
                                      "Vars that would skip eager deletion."
                                      "Users should not set this manually.")
        .SetDefault(std::vector<std::string>());

    AddComment(R"DOC(
Static Length Recurrent Operator.

The static length recurrent operator can only operate on fixed size sequence
data, i.e. in each mini-batch, the sequence length of all inputs are the same.

)DOC");
  }
};

template <typename T>
class RecurrentGradOpMaker : public framework::SingleGradOpMaker<T> {
 public:
  using framework::SingleGradOpMaker<T>::SingleGradOpMaker;

 protected:
  virtual std::unique_ptr<T> Apply() const {
    auto *grad = new T();
    grad->SetType("recurrent_grad");
    for (auto &input_param : this->InputNames()) {
      grad->SetInput(input_param, this->Input(input_param));
      grad->SetOutput(framework::GradVarName(input_param),
                      this->InputGrad(input_param, false));
    }

    for (auto &output_param : this->OutputNames()) {
      if (output_param == RecurrentBase::kStepScopes) {
        grad->SetInput(output_param, this->Output(output_param));
        grad->SetInput(framework::GradVarName(output_param),
                       this->Output(output_param));
      } else {
        grad->SetInput(output_param, this->Output(output_param));
        grad->SetInput(framework::GradVarName(output_param),
                       this->OutputGrad(output_param));
      }
    }
    grad->SetAttrMap(this->Attrs());
    grad->SetBlockAttr(RecurrentBase::kStepBlock, this->grad_block_[0]);

    return std::unique_ptr<T>(grad);
  }
};

class RecurrentGradOpShapeInference : public framework::InferShapeBase {
 public:
  void operator()(framework::InferShapeContext *ctx) const override {
    std::vector<std::string> output{RecurrentBase::kOutputs};

    // In some case the kInitialStates is empty.
    // If the kInitialStates is empty, all the states should be empty.
    if (!ctx->HasInputs(RecurrentBase::kInitialStates)) {
      PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(
          ctx->Attrs()
              .Get<std::vector<std::string>>(RecurrentBase::kExStates)
              .size(),
          0, "The Attr(%s) should be empty.", RecurrentBase::kExStates);
      PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(
          ctx->Attrs()
              .Get<std::vector<std::string>>(RecurrentBase::kStates)
              .size(),
          0, "The Attr(%s) should be empty.", RecurrentBase::kStates);
    }

    PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(ctx->HasInputs(RecurrentBase::kInputs), true,
                      "The input(%s) should not be empty.",
                      RecurrentBase::kInputs);
    PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(ctx->HasInputs(RecurrentBase::kOutputs), true,
                      "The input(%s) should not be empty.",
                      RecurrentBase::kOutputs);

    // In some case the kInitialStates is empty.
    if (ctx->HasInputs(RecurrentBase::kInitialStates) &&
        ctx->HasOutputs(
            framework::GradVarName(RecurrentBase::kInitialStates))) {
      ctx->SetOutputsDim(framework::GradVarName(RecurrentBase::kInitialStates),
                         ctx->GetInputsDim(RecurrentBase::kInitialStates));
    }

    PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(
        ctx->HasOutputs(framework::GradVarName(RecurrentBase::kInputs)), true,
        "The output of(%s) should not be empty.",
        framework::GradVarName(RecurrentBase::kInputs));
    ctx->SetOutputsDim(framework::GradVarName(RecurrentBase::kInputs),
                       ctx->GetInputsDim(RecurrentBase::kInputs));

    // In some case the kParameters is empty.
    if (ctx->HasInputs(RecurrentBase::kParameters)) {
      PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(
          ctx->HasOutputs(framework::GradVarName(RecurrentBase::kParameters)),
          true, "The output of(%s) should not be empty.",
          framework::GradVarName(RecurrentBase::kParameters));
      ctx->SetOutputsDim(framework::GradVarName(RecurrentBase::kParameters),
                         ctx->GetInputsDim(RecurrentBase::kParameters));
    }
  }
};

}  // namespace operators
}  // namespace paddle

REGISTER_OPERATOR(
    recurrent, paddle::operators::RecurrentOp,
    paddle::operators::RecurrentOpProtoMaker,
    paddle::operators::RecurrentGradOpMaker<paddle::framework::OpDesc>);
REGISTER_OPERATOR(recurrent_grad, paddle::operators::RecurrentGradOp,
                  paddle::operators::RecurrentGradOpShapeInference);