uniform_random_op.cu

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#include <thrust/random.h>
#include <thrust/transform.h>
#include "paddle/framework/op_registry.h"
#include "paddle/framework/operator.h"

namespace paddle {
namespace operators {

template <typename T>
struct UniformGenerator {
  T min_, max_;
  unsigned int seed_;

  __host__ __device__ UniformGenerator(T min, T max, int seed)
      : min_(min), max_(max), seed_(seed) {}

  __host__ __device__ T operator()(const unsigned int n) const {
    thrust::minstd_rand rng;
    rng.seed(seed_);
    thrust::uniform_real_distribution<T> dist(min_, max_);
    rng.discard(n);
    return dist(rng);
  }
};

// It seems that Eigen::Tensor::random in GPU will SEGFAULT.
// Use std::random and thrust::random(thrust is a std library in CUDA) to
// implement uniform random.
template <typename T>
class GPUUniformRandomKernel : public framework::OpKernel<T> {
 public:
  void Compute(const framework::ExecutionContext& context) const override {
    auto* tensor = context.Output<framework::Tensor>("Out");
    T* data = tensor->mutable_data<T>(context.GetPlace());
    unsigned int seed = static_cast<unsigned int>(context.Attr<int>("seed"));
    if (seed == 0) {
      std::random_device rd;
      seed = rd();
    }
    T min = static_cast<T>(context.Attr<float>("min"));
    T max = static_cast<T>(context.Attr<float>("max"));
    thrust::counting_iterator<unsigned int> index_sequence_begin(0);
    int64_t size = tensor->numel();
    thrust::transform(index_sequence_begin, index_sequence_begin + size,
                      thrust::device_ptr<T>(data),
                      UniformGenerator<T>(min, max, seed));
  }
};

}  // namespace operators
}  // namespace paddle

REGISTER_OP_CUDA_KERNEL(uniform_random,
                        paddle::operators::GPUUniformRandomKernel<float>,
                        paddle::operators::GPUUniformRandomKernel<double>);