diff --git a/paddle/fluid/framework/operator.cc b/paddle/fluid/framework/operator.cc
index 371c2fad97b1efd06eea9ac631122f194e65d656..1dddfcdd2e10ad91dc80aefaaf54bab04f15240b 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/framework/operator.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/framework/operator.cc
@@ -445,15 +445,7 @@ class RuntimeInferShapeContext : public InferShapeContext {
   }
 
   std::vector<DDim> GetRepeatedDims(const std::string& name) const override {
-    Variable* var = scope_.FindVar(name);
-    if (var->IsType<ReaderHolder>()) {
-      return var->Get<ReaderHolder>().shapes();
-    } else {
-      PADDLE_THROW(
-          "Only ReaderHolder support 'GetRepeatedDims', but Variable %s's "
-          "type_id is %s.",
-          name, var->Type().name());
-    }
+    PADDLE_THROW("Only compile time support this method");
   }
 
   void SetDim(const std::string& name, const DDim& dim) override {
@@ -470,15 +462,7 @@ class RuntimeInferShapeContext : public InferShapeContext {
 
   void SetRepeatedDims(const std::string& name,
                        const std::vector<DDim>& dims) override {
-    Variable* var = scope_.FindVar(name);
-    if (var->IsType<ReaderHolder>()) {
-      var->GetMutable<ReaderHolder>()->set_shapes(dims);
-    } else {
-      PADDLE_THROW(
-          "Only ReaderHolder support 'SetRepeatedDims', but Variable %s's "
-          "type_id is %s.",
-          name, var->Type().name());
-    }
+    PADDLE_THROW("Only compile time support this method");
   }
 
   proto::VarType::Type GetVarType(const std::string& name) const override {
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/framework/reader.cc b/paddle/fluid/framework/reader.cc
index 91879d6d45868bb37ca44baafb8b0e8677cd6d1a..fa00c08e0d5791ee1187aed38b4d140564b7c97d 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/framework/reader.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/framework/reader.cc
@@ -16,14 +16,22 @@
 
 namespace paddle {
 namespace framework {
+ReaderBase::~ReaderBase() {}
 
-DDim ReaderBase::shape(size_t idx) const {
-  PADDLE_ENFORCE_LT(
-      idx, shapes_.size(),
-      "Cannot get the %d'th shape, 'shapes_' only has %d elements.", idx,
-      shapes_.size());
-  return shapes_[idx];
-}
+FileReader::FileReader(const std::vector<DDim> &dims) : dims_(dims) {}
+
+void FileReader::ReadNext(std::vector<LoDTensor> *out) {
+  ReadNextImpl(out);
+  PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(out->size(), dims_.size());
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < dims_.size(); ++i) {
+    auto &actual = out->at(i).dims();
+    auto &expect = dims_[i];
 
+    PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(actual.size(), expect.size());
+    for (int j = 0; j < actual.size(); ++j) {
+      PADDLE_ENFORCE(actual[i] == expect[i] || expect[i] == -1);
+    }
+  }
+}
 }  // namespace framework
 }  // namespace paddle
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/framework/reader.h b/paddle/fluid/framework/reader.h
index 18064ddc669aad7dda98d502119e56e7ddedcff3..3573b99becf6d657c680c5fec0bda4bdde5dd7a2 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/framework/reader.h
+++ b/paddle/fluid/framework/reader.h
@@ -16,40 +16,29 @@
 
 #include "paddle/fluid/framework/ddim.h"
 #include "paddle/fluid/framework/lod_tensor_array.h"
+#include "paddle/fluid/platform/place.h"
+
+#include <memory>
+#include <thread>
+#include <vector>
 
 namespace paddle {
 namespace framework {
 
 class ReaderBase {
  public:
-  explicit ReaderBase(const std::vector<DDim>& shapes) : shapes_(shapes) {
-    PADDLE_ENFORCE(!shapes_.empty());
-  }
   virtual void ReadNext(std::vector<LoDTensor>* out) = 0;
 
   virtual void ReInit() = 0;
 
-  DDim shape(size_t idx) const;
-  std::vector<DDim> shapes() const { return shapes_; }
-  void set_shapes(const std::vector<DDim>& shapes) { shapes_ = shapes; }
-
   virtual bool HasNext() const = 0;
 
-  virtual ~ReaderBase() {}
-
- protected:
-  std::vector<DDim> shapes_;
-};
-
-class FileReader : public ReaderBase {
- public:
-  explicit FileReader(const std::vector<DDim>& shapes) : ReaderBase(shapes) {}
+  virtual ~ReaderBase();
 };
 
 class DecoratedReader : public ReaderBase {
  public:
-  explicit DecoratedReader(ReaderBase* reader)
-      : ReaderBase(reader->shapes()), reader_(reader) {
+  explicit DecoratedReader(ReaderBase* reader) : ReaderBase(), reader_(reader) {
     PADDLE_ENFORCE_NOT_NULL(reader_);
   }
 
@@ -61,6 +50,19 @@ class DecoratedReader : public ReaderBase {
   ReaderBase* reader_;
 };
 
+class FileReader : public ReaderBase {
+ public:
+  explicit FileReader(const std::vector<DDim>& dims);
+
+  void ReadNext(std::vector<LoDTensor>* out) override;
+
+ protected:
+  virtual void ReadNextImpl(std::vector<LoDTensor>* out) = 0;
+
+ private:
+  std::vector<DDim> dims_;
+};
+
 // The ReaderHolder is used as reader' unified wrapper,
 // making it easier to access different type reader in Variables.
 class ReaderHolder {
@@ -78,19 +80,6 @@ class ReaderHolder {
     reader_->ReInit();
   }
 
-  DDim shape(size_t idx) const {
-    PADDLE_ENFORCE_NOT_NULL(reader_);
-    return reader_->shape(idx);
-  }
-  std::vector<DDim> shapes() const {
-    PADDLE_ENFORCE_NOT_NULL(reader_);
-    return reader_->shapes();
-  }
-  void set_shapes(const std::vector<DDim>& shapes) {
-    PADDLE_ENFORCE_NOT_NULL(reader_);
-    reader_->set_shapes(shapes);
-  }
-
   bool HasNext() const { return reader_->HasNext(); }
 
  private:
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 ba08ea12e2486aaba8c57a9fe23592bd1738592d..d0de092947eb04a1b7d06dedea919f6b1094dd06 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_double_buffer_reader_op.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_double_buffer_reader_op.cc
@@ -24,11 +24,31 @@ static constexpr size_t kDoubleBufferSize = 2;
 
 class DoubleBufferReader : public framework::DecoratedReader {
  public:
-  explicit DoubleBufferReader(ReaderBase* reader)
-      : DecoratedReader(reader),
-        buffer_(framework::MakeChannel<std::vector<framework::LoDTensor>>(
-            kDoubleBufferSize)) {
-    std::thread prefetch(&DoubleBufferReader::PrefetchThreadFunc, this);
+  struct Item {
+    Item() : ctx_(nullptr) {}
+
+    std::vector<framework::LoDTensor> payloads_;
+    platform::DeviceContext* ctx_;
+  };
+
+  explicit DoubleBufferReader(
+      ReaderBase* reader, platform::Place target_place = platform::CPUPlace())
+      : DecoratedReader(reader), place_(target_place) {
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < kDoubleBufferSize; ++i) {
+      if (platform::is_gpu_place(place_)) {
+#ifdef PADDLE_WITH_CUDA
+        ctxs_.emplace_back(new platform::CUDADeviceContext(
+            boost::get<platform::CUDAPlace>(place_)));
+#endif
+      }
+    }
+
+    start_thread();
+  }
+
+  void start_thread() {
+    buffer_ = framework::MakeChannel<Item>(kDoubleBufferSize);
+    std::thread prefetch([this] { PrefetchThreadFunc(); });
     prefetch.detach();
   }
 
@@ -42,7 +62,10 @@ class DoubleBufferReader : public framework::DecoratedReader {
  private:
   void PrefetchThreadFunc();
 
-  framework::Channel<std::vector<framework::LoDTensor>>* buffer_;
+  framework::Channel<Item>* buffer_;
+  platform::Place place_;
+  std::vector<std::unique_ptr<platform::DeviceContext>> ctxs_;
+  mutable Item local_buffer_;
 };
 
 class CreateDoubleBufferReaderOp : public framework::OperatorBase {
@@ -56,7 +79,20 @@ class CreateDoubleBufferReaderOp : public framework::OperatorBase {
                                         ->Get<framework::ReaderHolder>();
     auto* out = scope.FindVar(Output("Out"))
                     ->template GetMutable<framework::ReaderHolder>();
-    out->Reset(new DoubleBufferReader(underlying_reader.Get()));
+
+    auto place_str = Attr<std::string>("place");
+    platform::Place place;
+    if (place_str == "CPU") {
+      place = platform::CPUPlace();
+    } else {
+      std::istringstream sin(place_str);
+      sin.seekg(std::string("CUDA:").size(), std::ios::beg);
+      size_t num;
+      sin >> num;
+      place = platform::CUDAPlace(static_cast<int>(num));
+    }
+
+    out->Reset(new DoubleBufferReader(underlying_reader.Get(), place));
   }
 };
 
@@ -71,44 +107,73 @@ class CreateDoubleBufferReaderOpMaker : public DecoratedReaderMakerBase {
       It launches another thread to execute the 'underlying reader' asynchronously, 
       which prevents reading process from blocking subsequent training.
     )DOC");
+    std::unordered_set<std::string> enum_range;
+    constexpr size_t kMaxCUDADevs = 128;
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < kMaxCUDADevs; ++i) {
+      enum_range.insert(string::Sprintf("CUDA:%d", i));
+    }
+    enum_range.insert("CPU");
+    AddAttr<std::string>("place", "The double buffer place, default is CPU")
+        .SetDefault("CPU")
+        .InEnum({enum_range});
   }
 };
 
 void DoubleBufferReader::ReadNext(std::vector<framework::LoDTensor>* out) {
-  out->clear();
-  buffer_->Receive(out);
+  if (local_buffer_.payloads_.empty()) {
+    buffer_->Receive(&local_buffer_);
+  }
+
+  *out = local_buffer_.payloads_;
+  local_buffer_.payloads_.clear();
+  if (local_buffer_.ctx_) {
+    local_buffer_.ctx_->Wait();
+  }
 }
 
 void DoubleBufferReader::ReInit() {
   reader_->ReInit();
   buffer_->Close();
-  // The existing prefetch thread will terminate for the buffer_ is closed.
-  buffer_ = framework::MakeChannel<std::vector<framework::LoDTensor>>(
-      kDoubleBufferSize);
-  std::thread prefetch(&DoubleBufferReader::PrefetchThreadFunc, this);
-  prefetch.detach();
+  start_thread();
 }
 
 void DoubleBufferReader::PrefetchThreadFunc() {
   VLOG(5) << "A new prefetch thread starts.";
-  while (true) {
-    std::vector<framework::LoDTensor> batch;
-    reader_->ReadNext(&batch);
-    if (batch.empty()) {
-      // EOF
-      buffer_->Close();
-      VLOG(5) << "Reached the end of the file. The prefetch thread terminates.";
-      break;
+  size_t gpu_ctx_offset = 0;
+  while (reader_->HasNext()) {
+    Item batch;
+    reader_->ReadNext(&batch.payloads_);
+    if (platform::is_gpu_place(place_)) {
+      std::vector<framework::LoDTensor> gpu_batch;
+      auto& gpu_ctx = this->ctxs_[gpu_ctx_offset++];
+      gpu_ctx_offset %= this->ctxs_.size();
+      gpu_batch.resize(batch.payloads_.size());
+      for (size_t i = 0; i < batch.payloads_.size(); ++i) {
+        framework::TensorCopy(batch.payloads_[i], place_, *gpu_ctx,
+                              &gpu_batch[i]);
+        gpu_batch[i].set_lod(batch.payloads_[i].lod());
+      }
+      batch.ctx_ = gpu_ctx.get();
+      std::swap(gpu_batch, batch.payloads_);
     }
+
     if (!buffer_->Send(&batch)) {
       VLOG(5) << "WARNING: The double buffer channel has been closed. The "
                  "prefetch thread terminates.";
       break;
     }
   }
+  buffer_->Close();
 }
 
-bool DoubleBufferReader::HasNext() const { PADDLE_THROW("Not Implemented"); }
+bool DoubleBufferReader::HasNext() const {
+  if (local_buffer_.payloads_.empty()) {
+    bool ok = buffer_->Receive(&local_buffer_);
+    return ok;
+  } else {
+    return true;
+  }
+}
 
 }  // namespace reader
 }  // namespace operators
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 e62f952d0e89561c3eed56112dc9d1d78801b59e..95d8674c08b63e872926ff8708d0c734da33684c 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_random_data_generator_op.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_random_data_generator_op.cc
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ namespace operators {
 namespace reader {
 
 template <typename T>
-class RandomDataGenerator : public framework::FileReader {
+class RandomDataGenerator : public framework::ReaderBase {
  public:
   RandomDataGenerator(const std::vector<framework::DDim>& shapes, float min,
                       float max)
-      : FileReader(shapes), min_(min), max_(max) {
+      : framework::ReaderBase(), min_(min), max_(max), shapes_(shapes) {
     PADDLE_ENFORCE_LE(
         min, max, "'min' shouldn't be greater than 'max'.(%f vs %f)", min, max);
     unsigned int seed = std::random_device()();
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ class RandomDataGenerator : public framework::FileReader {
   float max_;
   std::minstd_rand engine_;
   std::uniform_real_distribution<float> dist_;
+  std::vector<framework::DDim> shapes_;
 };
 
 template <typename T>
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 c3eb247bbe2041ae5a673c4fd3c1284c71276f91..c4aa29c7206dbd3fe6a99b2a6c5ac6f083621944 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_recordio_file_reader_op.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_recordio_file_reader_op.cc
@@ -20,21 +20,22 @@ namespace operators {
 namespace reader {
 class RecordIOFileReader : public framework::FileReader {
  public:
-  RecordIOFileReader(const std::string& filename,
-                     const std::vector<framework::DDim>& shapes)
-      : FileReader(shapes),
+  explicit RecordIOFileReader(const std::string& filename,
+                              const std::vector<framework::DDim>& dims)
+      : FileReader(dims),
         scanner_(filename),
         dev_ctx_(*platform::DeviceContextPool::Instance().Get(
             platform::CPUPlace())) {}
 
-  void ReadNext(std::vector<framework::LoDTensor>* out) override {
-    *out = framework::ReadFromRecordIO(scanner_, dev_ctx_);
-  }
-
   bool HasNext() const override { return scanner_.HasNext(); }
 
   void ReInit() override { scanner_.Reset(); }
 
+ protected:
+  void ReadNextImpl(std::vector<framework::LoDTensor>* out) override {
+    *out = framework::ReadFromRecordIO(scanner_, dev_ctx_);
+  }
+
  private:
   recordio::Scanner scanner_;
   const platform::DeviceContext& dev_ctx_;
@@ -54,12 +55,12 @@ class CreateRecordIOReaderOp : public framework::OperatorBase {
                       int(shape_concat.size()),
                       "The accumulate of all ranks should be equal to the "
                       "shape concat's length.");
-    std::vector<framework::DDim> shapes = RestoreShapes(shape_concat, ranks);
     std::string filename = Attr<std::string>("filename");
 
     auto* out = scope.FindVar(Output("Out"))
                     ->template GetMutable<framework::ReaderHolder>();
-    out->Reset(new RecordIOFileReader(filename, shapes));
+    out->Reset(
+        new RecordIOFileReader(filename, RestoreShapes(shape_concat, ranks)));
   }
 };
 
@@ -85,3 +86,5 @@ namespace reader = paddle::operators::reader;
 REGISTER_FILE_READER_OPERATOR(create_recordio_file_reader,
                               reader::CreateRecordIOReaderOp,
                               reader::CreateRecordIOReaderOpMaker);
+
+REGISTER_FILE_READER(recordio, reader::RecordIOFileReader);
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_shuffle_reader_op.cc b/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_shuffle_reader_op.cc
index 4dac3831109beeed660d32f08fb27c7adf62ac2b..70e2f587dc414a850ddc341b98f26ae54636755c 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_shuffle_reader_op.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/create_shuffle_reader_op.cc
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
+#include <random>
+#include "glog/logging.h"
+#include "paddle/fluid/operators/detail/safe_ref.h"
 #include "paddle/fluid/operators/reader/reader_op_registry.h"
 
 namespace paddle {
@@ -20,43 +23,53 @@ namespace reader {
 
 class ShuffleReader : public framework::DecoratedReader {
  public:
-  ShuffleReader(ReaderBase* reader, int buffer_size)
-      : DecoratedReader(reader), buffer_size_(buffer_size), iteration_pos_(0) {
-    buffer_.reserve(buffer_size);
+  ShuffleReader(ReaderBase* reader, size_t buffer_size, size_t seed = 0)
+      : DecoratedReader(reader), buffer_size_(buffer_size), seed_(seed) {
+    VLOG(10) << "Create shuffle reader of " << reader_;
+    if (seed_ == 0) {
+      std::random_device device;
+      seed_ = device();
+    }
+    ReadIntoBuffers();
   }
 
-  void ReadNext(std::vector<framework::LoDTensor>* out) override;
+  void ReadNext(std::vector<framework::LoDTensor>* out) override {
+    if (iteration_pos_ >= buffer_.size()) {
+      VLOG(10) << "Resetting shuffle buffer";
+      ReadIntoBuffers();
+    }
+    *out = buffer_[iteration_pos_++];
+  }
 
- private:
-  int buffer_size_;
-  std::vector<std::vector<framework::LoDTensor>> buffer_;
-  size_t iteration_pos_;
-};
+  bool HasNext() const override {
+    return iteration_pos_ < buffer_.size() || reader_->HasNext();
+  }
 
-void ShuffleReader::ReadNext(std::vector<framework::LoDTensor>* out) {
-  if (iteration_pos_ >= buffer_.size()) {
-    // Reload buffer with new data
+ private:
+  void ReadIntoBuffers() {
     buffer_.clear();
     buffer_.reserve(buffer_size_);
-    for (int i = 0; i < buffer_size_; ++i) {
-      buffer_.push_back(std::vector<framework::LoDTensor>());
-      reader_->ReadNext(&buffer_.back());
-      if (buffer_.back().empty()) {
-        buffer_.pop_back();
+    iteration_pos_ = 0;
+    PADDLE_ENFORCE(reader_->HasNext());
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < buffer_size_; ++i) {
+      if (!reader_->HasNext()) {
         break;
       }
+      buffer_.emplace_back();
+      reader_->ReadNext(&buffer_.back());
     }
-    // TODO(fengjiayi): 'std::random_shuffle' can be very slow. It needs to be
-    // optimize.
-    std::random_shuffle(buffer_.begin(), buffer_.end());
-    iteration_pos_ = 0;
+    std::mt19937 g(seed_);
+    std::shuffle(buffer_.begin(), buffer_.end(), g);
+    seed_ = g();  // update seed_;
+    VLOG(10) << "random buffer size = " << buffer_.size();
   }
-  out->clear();
-  if (!buffer_.empty()) {
-    std::swap(*out, buffer_[iteration_pos_++]);
-  }
-  // if buffer_ is empty, the 'out' will return as an empty vector.
-}
+
+  size_t buffer_size_;
+  std::vector<std::vector<framework::LoDTensor>> buffer_;
+
+  size_t iteration_pos_;
+  size_t seed_;
+};
 
 class CreateShuffleReaderOp : public framework::OperatorBase {
  public:
@@ -67,10 +80,10 @@ class CreateShuffleReaderOp : public framework::OperatorBase {
                const platform::Place& dev_place) const override {
     const auto& underlying_reader = scope.FindVar(Input("UnderlyingReader"))
                                         ->Get<framework::ReaderHolder>();
-    auto* out = scope.FindVar(Output("Out"))
-                    ->template GetMutable<framework::ReaderHolder>();
-    out->Reset(
-        new ShuffleReader(underlying_reader.Get(), Attr<int>("buffer_size")));
+    auto& var = detail::Ref(scope.FindVar(Output("Out")));
+    var.GetMutable<framework::ReaderHolder>()->Reset(
+        new ShuffleReader(underlying_reader.Get(),
+                          static_cast<size_t>(Attr<int>("buffer_size"))));
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/reader_op_registry.cc b/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/reader_op_registry.cc
index 33d4ff4099a509daeaab83032c5d382718904dc7..0ba4f3854431742eb354f8c90eb395f5d7b32b2e 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/reader_op_registry.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/reader_op_registry.cc
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ std::vector<framework::DDim> RestoreShapes(const std::vector<int>& shape_concat,
   return res;
 }
 
+std::unordered_map<std::string, FileReaderCreator>& FileReaderRegistry() {
+  static std::unordered_map<std::string, FileReaderCreator> regs;
+  return regs;
+}
+
 FileReaderMakerBase::FileReaderMakerBase(
     framework::OpProtoAndCheckerMaker::OpProto* op_proto,
     framework::OpAttrChecker* op_checker)
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/reader_op_registry.h b/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/reader_op_registry.h
index d1f0498f4692247cda72fbcbdd5070ddfaa11553..58f9b4ba35546571fd3b1d0c3ce128f18e248f01 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/reader_op_registry.h
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/reader/reader_op_registry.h
@@ -21,6 +21,20 @@ namespace paddle {
 namespace operators {
 namespace reader {
 
+using FileReaderCreator = std::function<framework::ReaderBase*(
+    const std::string&, const std::vector<framework::DDim>&)>;
+
+std::unordered_map<std::string, FileReaderCreator>& FileReaderRegistry();
+
+template <typename Reader>
+int RegisterFileReader(const std::string& filetype) {
+  FileReaderRegistry()[filetype] = [](
+      const std::string& fn, const std::vector<paddle::framework::DDim>& dim) {
+    return new Reader(fn, dim);
+  };
+  return 0;
+}
+
 extern std::vector<framework::DDim> RestoreShapes(
     const std::vector<int>& shape_concat, const std::vector<int>& ranks);
 
@@ -73,3 +87,15 @@ class DecoratedReaderMakerBase : public framework::OpProtoAndCheckerMaker {
                     paddle::operators::reader::DecoratedReaderInferShape, \
                     paddle::framework::EmptyGradOpMaker,                  \
                     paddle::operators::reader::DecoratedReaderInferVarType)
+
+#define REGISTER_FILE_READER(_filetype, _reader)            \
+  STATIC_ASSERT_GLOBAL_NAMESPACE(                           \
+      _reg_file_reader_##_filetype,                         \
+      "Must use REGISTER_FILE_READER in global namespace"); \
+  int TouchFileReader##_filetype() { return 0; }            \
+  int _reg_file_reader_entry_##filetype =                   \
+      paddle::operators::reader::RegisterFileReader<_reader>(#_filetype)
+
+#define USE_FILE_READER(filetype)         \
+  extern int TouchFileReader##filetype(); \
+  static int _use_##filetype = TouchFileReader##filetype()
diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/layers/io.py b/python/paddle/fluid/layers/io.py
index f1b2af70205ab40f08c11061a683b567f5bcbb7b..9c91f395e7c9d7ca76c1a5cc310bc3bbc06daec9 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/layers/io.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/layers/io.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ from ..executor import global_scope
 
 __all__ = [
     'data', 'BlockGuardServ', 'ListenAndServ', 'Send', 'open_recordio_file',
-    'read_file'
+    'read_file', 'create_shuffle_reader', 'create_double_buffer_reader'
 ]
 
 
@@ -245,6 +245,8 @@ def monkey_patch_reader_methods(reader):
 
     reader.eof = eof
     reader.reset = reset
+    reader.stop_gradient = True
+    reader.persistable = True
     return reader
 
 
@@ -285,6 +287,33 @@ def open_recordio_file(filename, shapes, lod_levels, dtypes):
                              startup_var)
 
 
+def __create_decorated_reader__(op_type, reader, attrs):
+    var_name = unique_name(op_type)
+    startup_blk = default_startup_program().current_block()
+    startup_var = startup_blk.create_var(name=var_name)
+    startup_blk.append_op(
+        type=op_type,
+        inputs={'UnderlyingReader': reader},
+        outputs={'Out': [startup_var]},
+        attrs=attrs)
+    startup_var.persistable = True
+    return _copy_reader_var_(default_main_program().current_block(),
+                             startup_var)
+
+
+def create_shuffle_reader(reader, buffer_size):
+    return __create_decorated_reader__('create_shuffle_reader', reader,
+                                       {'buffer_size': int(buffer_size)})
+
+
+def create_double_buffer_reader(reader, place=None):
+    attrs = dict()
+    if place is not None:
+        attrs['place'] = str(place).upper()
+    return __create_decorated_reader__('create_double_buffer_reader', reader,
+                                       attrs)
+
+
 def read_file(file_obj):
     helper = LayerHelper('read_file')
     out = [
diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/recordio_writer.py b/python/paddle/fluid/recordio_writer.py
index 9735df8c06113230af9695f76a7589ea9f50e527..5accaacd5361165d30b92c71ae4fd62e23e44e07 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/recordio_writer.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/recordio_writer.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ def convert_reader_to_recordio_file(
         feed_order=None):
     if feed_order is None:
         feed_order = feeder.feed_names
+    counter = 0
     with create_recordio_writer(filename, compressor,
                                 max_num_records) as writer:
         for batch in reader_creator():
@@ -43,3 +44,5 @@ def convert_reader_to_recordio_file(
             for each in feed_order:
                 writer.append_tensor(res[each])
             writer.complete_append_tensor()
+            counter += 1
+    return counter
diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_recordio_reader.py b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_recordio_reader.py
index d249742bd30ec41749f16beaa7076f7c6e8f063c..24a0074d9b9621d902d12eb8cb29d9b65be22ed3 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_recordio_reader.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_recordio_reader.py
@@ -13,9 +13,10 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 import unittest
+
 import paddle.fluid as fluid
-import paddle.v2.dataset.mnist as mnist
 import paddle.v2 as paddle
+import paddle.v2.dataset.mnist as mnist
 
 
 class TestRecordIO(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -31,10 +32,10 @@ class TestRecordIO(unittest.TestCase):
                         name='label', shape=[1], dtype='int64'),
                 ],
                 place=fluid.CPUPlace())
-            fluid.recordio_writer.convert_reader_to_recordio_file(
+            self.num_batches = fluid.recordio_writer.convert_reader_to_recordio_file(
                 './mnist.recordio', reader, feeder)
 
-    def test_main(self):
+    def test_main(self, decorator_callback=None):
         # use new program
         with fluid.program_guard(fluid.Program(), fluid.Program()):
             data_file = fluid.layers.open_recordio_file(
@@ -42,6 +43,8 @@ class TestRecordIO(unittest.TestCase):
                 shapes=[[-1, 784], [-1, 1]],
                 lod_levels=[0, 0],
                 dtypes=['float32', 'int64'])
+            if decorator_callback is not None:
+                data_file = decorator_callback(data_file)
             img, label = fluid.layers.read_file(data_file)
 
             hidden = fluid.layers.fc(input=img, size=100, act='tanh')
@@ -51,14 +54,28 @@ class TestRecordIO(unittest.TestCase):
 
             fluid.optimizer.Adam(learning_rate=1e-3).minimize(avg_loss)
 
-            exe = fluid.Executor(fluid.CPUPlace())
+            if fluid.core.is_compiled_with_cuda():
+                place = fluid.CUDAPlace(0)
+            else:
+                place = fluid.CPUPlace()
+
+            exe = fluid.Executor(place)
             exe.run(fluid.default_startup_program())
             avg_loss_np = []
 
             # train a pass
+            batch_id = 0
             while not data_file.eof():
                 tmp, = exe.run(fetch_list=[avg_loss])
                 avg_loss_np.append(tmp)
+                batch_id += 1
             data_file.reset()
-
+            self.assertEqual(batch_id, self.num_batches)
             self.assertLess(avg_loss_np[-1], avg_loss_np[0])
+
+    def test_shuffle_reader(self):
+        self.test_main(decorator_callback=lambda reader: fluid.layers.create_shuffle_reader(reader, buffer_size=200))
+
+    def test_double_buffer_reader(self):
+        self.test_main(decorator_callback=lambda reader: fluid.layers.create_double_buffer_reader(reader,
+                                                                                                  place='cuda:0' if fluid.core.is_compiled_with_cuda() else 'cpu'))