Disable in_place in batch_norm API. (#12736) (#12875)

* Disable in_place in batch_norm API.

paddle/fluid/operators/batch_norm_op.cc

@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ class BatchNormOpMaker : public framework::OpProtoAndCheckerMaker {
     AddInput("Variance",
              "The global variance (for training) "
              "or estimated Variance (for testing)");
-    AddOutput("Y", "result after normalization").Reuse("X");
+    AddOutput("Y", "result after normalization");
     AddOutput("MeanOut",
               "Share memory with Mean. "
               "Store the global mean when training")

python/paddle/fluid/layers/nn.py

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ from . import utils
 import random
 from .. import unique_name
 from functools import reduce
+import warnings
 
 __all__ = [
     'fc',
@@ -2045,7 +2046,7 @@ def batch_norm(input,
         param_attr(ParamAttr): The parameter attribute for Parameter `scale`.
         bias_attr(ParamAttr): The parameter attribute for Parameter `bias`.
         data_layout(string, default NCHW): NCHW|NHWC
-        in_place(bool, Default False): Make the input and output of batch norm reuse memory.
+        in_place(bool, Default False): This argument is deprecated since 0.15.0.
         use_mkldnn(bool, Default false): ${use_mkldnn_comment}
         name(string, Default None): A name for this layer(optional). If set None, the layer
             will be named automatically.
@@ -2067,6 +2068,10 @@ def batch_norm(input,
     helper = LayerHelper('batch_norm', **locals())
     dtype = helper.input_dtype()
 
+    if in_place:
+        raise warnings.warn("The argument in_place is deprecated since 0.15.0, "
+                            "please do not set it True.")
+
     input_shape = input.shape
     if data_layout == 'NCHW':
         channel_num = input_shape[1]
@@ -2116,7 +2121,7 @@ def batch_norm(input,
     saved_mean = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype=dtype, stop_gradient=True)
     saved_variance = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype=dtype, stop_gradient=True)
 
-    batch_norm_out = input if in_place else helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype)
+    batch_norm_out = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype)
 
     helper.append_op(
         type="batch_norm",

python/paddle/fluid/nets.py

@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ def img_conv_group(input,
             use_mkldnn=use_mkldnn)
 
         if conv_with_batchnorm[i]:
-            tmp = layers.batch_norm(input=tmp, act=conv_act, in_place=True)
+            tmp = layers.batch_norm(input=tmp, act=conv_act)
             drop_rate = conv_batchnorm_drop_rate[i]
             if abs(drop_rate) > 1e-5:
                 tmp = layers.dropout(x=tmp, dropout_prob=drop_rate)

python/paddle/fluid/tests/book/test_image_classification.py

@@ -256,6 +256,9 @@ def main(net_type, use_cuda, is_local=True):
     save_dirname = "image_classification_" + net_type + ".inference.model"
 
     train(net_type, use_cuda, save_dirname, is_local)
+
+    # There is bug in fluid.InferenceTranspiler for VGG.
+    if net_type == "resnet":
         infer(use_cuda, save_dirname)