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README.md

@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 
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@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Please refer to our [release announcement](https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/Paddl
     examples:
 
       - Optimized math operations through SSE/AVX intrinsics, BLAS libraries
-      (e.g. MKL, ATLAS, cuBLAS) or customized CPU/GPU kernels.
+      (e.g. MKL, OpenBLAS, cuBLAS) or customized CPU/GPU kernels.
       - Highly optimized recurrent networks which can handle **variable-length**
       sequence without padding.
       - Optimized local and distributed training for models with high dimensional

cmake/cblas.cmake

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # It will search MKLML, atlas, OpenBlas, reference-cblas in order.
 #
 # If any cblas implementation found, the following variable will be set.
-#    CBLAS_PROVIDER  # one of MKLML, ATLAS, OPENBLAS, REFERENCE
+#    CBLAS_PROVIDER  # one of MKLML, OPENBLAS, REFERENCE
 #    CBLAS_INC_DIR   # the include directory for cblas.
 #    CBLAS_LIBS      # a list of libraries should be linked by paddle.
 #                    # Each library should be full path to object file.
@@ -25,42 +25,6 @@ if(WITH_MKLML AND MKLML_INC_DIR AND MKLML_LIB)
   return()
 endif()
 
-## Then find atlas.
-set(ATLAS_ROOT $ENV{ATLAS_ROOT} CACHE PATH "Folder contains Atlas")
-set(ATLAS_INCLUDE_SEARCH_PATHS
-        ${ATLAS_ROOT}/include
-        /usr/include
-        /usr/include/atlas)
-set(ATLAS_LIB_SEARCH_PATHS
-        ${ATLAS_ROOT}/lib
-        /usr/lib
-        /usr/lib/blas/atlas
-        /usr/lib/atlas
-        /usr/lib/atlas-base   # special for ubuntu 14.04.
-    )
-find_path(ATLAS_INC_DIR NAMES cblas.h
-  PATHS ${ATLAS_INCLUDE_SEARCH_PATHS})
-find_path(ATLAS_CLAPACK_INC_DIR NAMES clapack.h
-  PATHS ${ATLAS_INCLUDE_SEARCH_PATHS})
-find_library(ATLAS_CBLAS_LIB NAMES cblas libcblas.so.3
-  PATHS ${ATLAS_LIB_SEARCH_PATHS})
-find_library(ATLAS_CLAPACK_LIB NAMES lapack_atlas liblapack_atlas.so.3
-  PATHS ${ATLAS_LIB_SEARCH_PATHS})
-
-if(ATLAS_CLAPACK_INC_DIR AND ATLAS_INC_DIR AND ATLAS_CBLAS_LIB AND ATLAS_CLAPACK_LIB)
-  set(CBLAS_FOUND ON)
-  set(CBLAS_PROVIDER ATLAS)
-  set(CBLAS_INC_DIR ${ATLAS_INC_DIR} ${ATLAS_CLAPACK_INC_DIR})
-  set(CBLAS_LIBRARIES ${ATLAS_CLAPACK_LIB} ${ATLAS_CBLAS_LIB})
-
-  add_definitions(-DPADDLE_USE_ATLAS)
-  add_definitions(-DLAPACK_FOUND)
-
-  message(STATUS "Found ATLAS (include: ${ATLAS_INC_DIR}, library: ${CBLAS_LIBRARIES})")
-  message(STATUS "Found lapack in ATLAS (include: ${ATLAS_CLAPACK_INC_DIR})")
-  return()
-endif()
-
 ## Then find openblas.
 set(OPENBLAS_ROOT $ENV{OPENBLAS_ROOT} CACHE PATH "Folder contains Openblas")
 set(OPENBLAS_INCLUDE_SEARCH_PATHS

doc/design/fluid.md

+# Design Doc: PaddlePaddle Fluid
+
+## Why Fluid
+
+When Baidu developed PaddlePaddle in 2013, the only well-known open source deep learning system at the time was Caffe.  However, when PaddlePaddle was open-sourced in 2016, many other choices were available. There was a challenge -- what is the need for open sourcing yet another deep learning framework?
+
+Fluid is the answer.  Fluid is similar to PyTorch and TensorFlow Eager Execution, which describes the "process" of training or inference using the concept of a model.  In fact in PyTorch, TensorFlow Eager Execution and Fluid, there is no  concept of a model at all. The details are covered in the sections below. Fluid is currently more extreme in the above mentioned idea than PyTorch and Eager Execution, and we are trying to push Fluid towards the directions of a compiler and a new programming language for deep learning.
+
+## The Evolution of Deep Learning Systems
+
+Deep learning infrastructure is one of the fastest evolving technologies. Within four years, there have already been three generations of technologies invented.
+
+| Existed since | model as sequence of layers | model as graph of operators | No model |
+|--|--|--|--|
+| 2013 | Caffe, Theano, Torch, PaddlePaddle | | |
+| 2015 | | TensorFlow, MxNet, Caffe2, ONNX, n-graph | |
+| 2016 | | | PyTorch, TensorFlow Eager Execution, PaddlePaddle Fluid |
+
+From the above table, we see that the deep learning technology is evolving towards getting rid of the concept of a model.  To understand the reasons behind this direction, a comparison of the *programming paradigms* or the ways to program deep learning applications using these systems, would be helpful. The following section goes over these.
+
+## Deep Learning Programming Paradigms
+
+With the systems listed as the first or second generation, e.g., Caffe or TensorFlow, an AI application training program looks like the following:
+
+```python
+x = layer.data("image")
+l = layer.data("label")
+f = layer.fc(x, W)
+s = layer.softmax(f)
+c = layer.mse(l, s)
+
+for i in xrange(1000): # train for 1000 iterations
+    m = read_minibatch()
+    forward({input=x, data=m}, minimize=c)
+    backward(...)
+
+print W # print the trained model parameters.
+```
+
+The above program includes two parts:
+
+1. The first part describes the model, and
+2. The second part describes the training process (or inference process) for the model.
+
+This paradigm has a well-known problem that limits the productivity of programmers. If the programmer made a mistake in configuring the model, the error messages wouldn't show up until the second part is executed and `forward` and `backward` propagations are performed. This makes it difficult for the programmer to debug and locate a mistake that is located blocks away from the actual error prompt.
+
+This problem of being hard to debug and re-iterate fast on a program is the primary reason that programmers, in general,  prefer PyTorch over the older systems.  Using PyTorch, we would write the above program as following:
+
+```python
+W = tensor(...)
+
+for i in xrange(1000): # train for 1000 iterations
+    m = read_minibatch()
+    x = m["image"]
+    l = m["label"]
+    f = layer.fc(x, W)
+    s = layer.softmax(f)
+    c = layer.mse(l, s)
+    backward()
+
+print W # print the trained model parameters.
+```
+
+We can see that the main difference is the moving the model configuration part (the first step) into the training loop.  This change would allow the mistakes in model configuration to be reported where they actually appear in the programming block.  This change also represents the model better, or its forward pass, by keeping the configuration process in the training loop.
+
+## Describe Arbitrary Models for the Future
+
+Describing the process instead of the model also brings Fluid, the flexibility to define different non-standard models that haven't been invented yet.
+
+As we write out the program for the process, we can write an RNN as a loop, instead of an RNN as a layer or as an operator.  A PyTorch example would look like the following:
+
+```python
+for i in xrange(1000):
+    m = read_minibatch()
+    x = m["sentence"]
+    for t in xrange x.len():
+        h[t] = the_step(x[t])
+```        
+
+With Fluid, the training loop and the RNN in the above program are not really Python loops, but just a "loop structure" provided by Fluid and implemented in C++ as the following:
+
+```python
+train_loop = layers.While(cond)
+with train_loop.block():
+  m = read_minibatch()
+  x = m["sentence"]
+  rnn = layers.While(...)
+  with rnn.block():
+    h[t] = the_step(input[t])
+```    
+
+An actual Fluid example is described  [here](https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/Paddle/blob/a91efdde6910ce92a78e3aa7157412c4c88d9ee8/python/paddle/v2/fluid/tests/test_while_op.py#L36-L44).
+
+From the example, the Fluid programs look very similar to their PyTorch equivalent programs, except that Fluid's loop structure, wrapped with Python's `with` statement, could run much faster than just a Python loop.
+
+We have more examples of the [`if-then-else`](https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/Paddle/blob/develop/doc/design/if_else_op.md) structure of Fluid.
+
+## Turing Completeness
+
+In computability theory, a system of data-manipulation rules, such as a programming language, is said to be Turing complete if it can be used to simulate any Turing machine.  For a programming language, if it provides if-then-else and loop, it is Turing complete.  From the above examples, Fluid seems to be Turing complete; however, it is noteworthy to notice that there  is a slight difference between the `if-then-else` of Fluid and that of a programming language. The difference being that the former runs both of its branches and splits the input mini-batch into two -- one for the True condition and another for the False condition. This hasn't been researched in depth if this is equivalent to the `if-then-else` in programming languages that makes them Turing-complete.  Based on a conversation with [Yuang Yu](https://research.google.com/pubs/104812.html), it seems to be the case but this needs to be looked into in-depth.
+
+## The Execution of a Fluid Program
+
+There are two ways to execute a Fluid program.  When a program is executed, it creates a protobuf message [`ProgramDesc`](https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/Paddle/blob/a91efdde6910ce92a78e3aa7157412c4c88d9ee8/paddle/framework/framework.proto#L145) that describes the process and is conceptually like an [abstract syntax tree](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract_syntax_tree).
+
+There is a C++ class [`Executor`](https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/Paddle/blob/develop/paddle/framework/executor.h), which runs a `ProgramDesc`, similar to how an interpreter runs a Python program.
+
+Fluid is moving towards the direction of a compiler, which is explain in more detail later in this article.
+
+## Backward Compatibility of Fluid
+
+Given all the advantages from the removal of the concept of a *model*, hardware manufacturers might still prefer the existence of the concept of a model, so it would be easier for them to support multiple frameworks all at once and could run a trained model during inference.  For example, Nervana, a startup company acquired by Intel, has been working on an XPU that reads the models in the format known as [n-graph](https://github.com/NervanaSystems/ngraph).  Similarly, [Movidius](https://www.movidius.com/) is producing a mobile deep learning chip that reads and runs graphs of operators.  The well-known [ONNX](https://github.com/onnx/onnx) is also a file format of graphs of operators.
+
+For Fluid, we can write a converter that extracts the parts in the `ProgramDesc` protobuf message, converts them into a graph of operators, and exports the graph into the ONNX or n-graph format.
+
+## Towards a Deep Learning Language and the Compiler
+
+We can change the `if-then-else` and loop structure a little bit in the above Fluid example programs, to make it into a new programming language, different than Python.
+
+Even if we do not invent a new language, as long as we get the `ProgramDesc` message filled in, we can write a transpiler, which translates each invocation to an operator, into a C++ call to a kernel function of that operator. For example, a transpiler that weaves the CUDA kernels outputs an NVIDIA-friendly C++ program, which can be built using `nvcc`.  Another transpiler could generate MKL-friendly code that should be built using `icc` from Intel.  More interestingly, we can translate a Fluid program into its distributed version of two `ProgramDesc` messages, one for running on the trainer process, and the other one for the parameter server.  For more details of the last example, the [concurrent programming design](concurrent_programming.md) document would be a good pointer.  The following figure explains the proposed two-stage process:
+
+![](fluid-compiler.png)

doc/design/paddle_nccl.md

+# Design Doc: NCCL support in Paddle Fluid
+
+## Abstract
+
+This Design Doc refers to the NCCL feature in  paddle.  We propose an approach to support NCCL library both on a single machine and multiple machines. We wrapper the NCCL primitives `Broadcast`, `Allreduce`, `Reduce` as operators to utilize Multi-GPU powers in one script.
+
+
+## Motivation
+
+[NCCL](https://developer.nvidia.com/nccl) is a NVIDIA library support Multi-GPU communicating and optimized for NVIDIA GPUs, it provides routines such as all-gather, all-reduce, broadcast, reduce, reduce-scatter, that can achieve high bandwidth over PCIe and NVLink high-speed interconnect. With NCCL library, we can easily accelerate the training in parallel. 
+
+- Pros
+1. easily plug-in with [NCCL2](https://developer.nvidia.com/nccl) library.
+1. high performance in NVIDIA GPUs.
+1. MPI like primitives, which have low learning cost for users.
+
+- Cons
+1. Only design for NVIDIA GPUs, not a general multi-device solution.
+1. Although NCCL1 is opensourced under BSD license, but NCCL2 is not opensourced anymore.
+
+At the beginning of training, the framework needs to distribute the same parameters to every GPU, and merge the gradients at any time user interests.
+
+As a result, during training, we need the operations of peer to peer copy between different GPUs, aggregating gradients/parameters from GPUs, and broadcasting parameters to GPUs. Every GPU only need to run the operator with correct place information.
+
+Besides, it needs interfaces to synchronize model update with each different GPU Cards. 
+
+## Implementation
+
+As mentioned above, we wrap the NCCL routines as several kinds of operators. Need to note that NCCL need to create Communicator between gpu at the beginning, so there is a NCCLInit operator created.
+
+### Transpiler
+
+To be compatible with [parameter server design doc](https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/Paddle/blob/develop/doc/design/ops/dist_train.md), the transpiler compiles the user defined operation graph into sub-graphs to be executed on different devices.
+
+1. The user-defined model will be a single device program
+
+2. Broadcast/Reduce operators between GPUs will be inserted into the program, even for the multi-node, may insert the `Send`, `Recv` operator.
+
+   *Broadcast, AllReduce in a single machine. And Broadcast, AllReduce, [Send, Recv](https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/Paddle/blob/develop/doc/design/ops/dist_train.md#graph-converter) in multiple machines*
+
+   <img src="images/multigpu_before_convert.png" width="300"/>
+
+After compiling, the graph as shows
+
+<img src="images/multigpu_allreduce.png" width="1000"/>
+
+Operators are added to the sub-graphs. Every GPU assigned a role of `rank0`, `rank1` etc. 
+
+- **Broadcast**. Broadcast operator distribute initialized parameter to all the GPUs from the GPU who owns it. e.g. from`rank0` GPU.
+- **AllReduce**. AllReduce operator synchronizes parameters/gradients between GPUs. AllReduce implemented in the Ring-Based  communicating method, avoid of the bottle neck in a single GPU.
+
+Need to notice that AllReduce operator force GPUs synchronized at that point. The whole training process in asynchronous or synchronous mode depends on the AllReduce point in the graph.
+
+As it shown in the picture, when each GPU compute the gradient of `W`, followed with a `AllReduce` operator, accumulate the `dW` to full batch of data, then run the optimize process individually and apply the gradient to its `W`.
+
+- **AllReduce**
+  Need to note that our AllReduce operator is a ring-base AllReduce implementation. If we use the NCCL2 AllReduce primitive, every GPU optimized full batch of data, wasted (n-1) GPU compute resources. In addition, NCCL2 built-in AllReduce will only utilize the communicating resource during synchronization, then update the gradient will be a subsequent phase. In fact, we can amortize the update gradient time cost into the communicating phase. The process is
+1. Every parameter has its root card. That card will responsible for aggregating the gradients from GPUs.
+2. The whole model's parameter will be hashed to different root card, ensure the load balance between GPUs.
+3. Logically neighberhood card will start send parameter to the next one. After one round, the parameter main card will aggregate the full gradients.
+4. Then the root card will optimize the parameter.
+5. This parameter card will send its optimized result to its neighberhood, then the neighberhood will send parameter to its next one.
+6. Finish the sychronization round.
+
+The total time cost will be 2 * (n-1) * per-parameter-send-time, we reach the goal of amortize the upgrade time into communicating phase.

doc/design/support_new_device.md

+# Design Doc: Supporting new Device/Library
+
+## Background
+
+Deep learning has a high demand for computing resources. New high-performance devices and computing libraries are appearing very frequently. Deep learning frameworks have to integrate these high-performance devices and computing libraries flexibly and efficiently.
+
+On one hand, hardware and computing libraries usually do not have a one-to-one correspondence. For example,Intel CPUs support Eigen and MKL computing libraries while Nvidia GPUs support Eigen and cuDNN computing libraries. We have to implement operator specific kernels for each computing library.
+
+On the other hand, users usually do not want to care about the low-level hardware and computing libraries when writing a neural network configuration. In Fluid, `Layer` is exposed in `Python`, and `Operator` is exposed in `C++`. Both `Layer` and `Operator` are hardware independent.
+
+So, how to support a new Device/Library in Fluid becomes a challenge.
+
+
+## Basic: Integrate A New Device/Library
+
+For a general overview of fluid, please refer to the [overview doc](https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/Paddle/blob/develop/doc/howto/read_source.md).
+
+There are mainly three parts that we have to consider while integrating a new device/library:
+
+- Place and DeviceContext: indicates the device id and manages hardware resources
+
+- Memory and Tensor: malloc/free data on certain device
+
+- Math Functor and OpKernel: implement computing unit on certain devices/libraries
+
+### Place and DeviceContext
+
+
+#### Place
+Fluid uses class [Place](https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/Paddle/blob/develop/paddle/platform/place.h#L55) to represent different devices and computing libraries. There are inheritance relationships between different kinds of `Place`.
+
+```
+        |   CPUPlace   --> MKLDNNPlace
+Place --|   CUDAPlace  --> CUDNNPlace
+        |   FPGAPlace
+```
+
+And `Place` is defined as follows:
+
+```
+typedef boost::variant<CUDAPlace, CPUPlace, FPGAPlace> Place;
+```
+
+#### DeviceContext
+
+Fluid uses class [DeviceContext](https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/Paddle/blob/develop/paddle/platform/device_context.h#L30) to manage the resources in different hardwares, such as CUDA stream in `CDUADeviceContext`. There are also inheritance relationships between different kinds of `DeviceContext`.
+
+
+```
+                /->  CPUDeviceContext   --> MKLDeviceContext
+DeviceContext ---->  CUDADeviceContext  --> CUDNNDeviceContext
+                \->  FPGADeviceContext
+```
+
+An example of Nvidia GPU is as follows:
+
+- DeviceContext
+
+
+```
+class DeviceContext {
+  virtual Place GetPlace() const = 0;
+};  
+```
+
+
+- CUDADeviceContext
+
+
+```
+class CUDADeviceContext : public DeviceContext {
+  Place GetPlace() const override { return place_; }
+private:
+  CUDAPlace place_;
+  cudaStream_t stream_; 
+  cublasHandle_t cublas_handle_;
+  std::unique_ptr<Eigen::GpuDevice> eigen_device_;  // binds with stream_
+};
+```
+
+- CUDNNDeviceContext
+
+```
+class CUDNNDeviceContext : public CUDADeviceContext {
+  private:
+    cudnnHandle_t cudnn_handle_;
+};
+```
+
+
+### Memory and Tensor
+
+
+#### memory module
+
+Fluid provides the following [memory interfaces](https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/Paddle/blob/develop/paddle/memory/memory.h#L36):
+
+```
+template <typename Place>
+void* Alloc(Place place, size_t size);
+
+template <typename Place>
+void Free(Place place, void* ptr);
+
+template <typename Place>
+size_t Used(Place place);
+```
+
+To implementing these interfaces, we have to implement MemoryAllocator for different Devices
+
+
+#### Tensor
+
+[Tensor](https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/Paddle/blob/develop/paddle/framework/tensor.h#L36) holds data with some shape in a specific Place.
+
+```cpp
+class Tensor {
+ public:
+  /*! Return a pointer to mutable memory block. */
+  template <typename T>
+  inline T* data();
+
+  /**
+   * @brief   Return a pointer to mutable memory block.
+   * @note    If not exist, then allocation.
+   */
+  template <typename T>
+  inline T* mutable_data(platform::Place place);
+
+  /**
+   * @brief     Return a pointer to mutable memory block.
+   *
+   * @param[in] dims    The dimensions of the memory block.
+   * @param[in] place   The place of the memory block.
+   *
+   * @note      If not exist, then allocation.
+   */
+  template <typename T>
+  inline T* mutable_data(DDim dims, platform::Place place);
+
+  /*! Resize the dimensions of the memory block. */
+  inline Tensor& Resize(const DDim& dims);
+
+  /*! Return the dimensions of the memory block. */
+  inline const DDim& dims() const;
+
+ private:
+  /*! holds the memory block if allocated. */
+  std::shared_ptr<Placeholder> holder_;
+
+  /*! points to dimensions of memory block. */
+  DDim dim_;
+};
+```
+
+`Placeholder` is used to delay memory allocation; that is, we can first define a tensor, using `Resize` to configure its shape, and then call `mutuable_data` to allocate the actual memory.
+
+```cpp
+paddle::framework::Tensor t;
+paddle::platform::CPUPlace place;
+// set size first
+t.Resize({2, 3});
+// allocate memory on CPU later
+t.mutable_data(place);
+```
+
+
+
+### Math Functor and OpKernel
+
+Fluid implements computing units based on different DeviceContexts. Some computing units are shared between operators. This common part will be put in operators/math directory as basic Functors.
+
+Let's take [MaxOutFunctor](https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/Paddle/blob/develop/paddle/operators/math/maxouting.h#L27) as an example:
+
+The interface is defined in header file.
+
+```
+template <typename DeviceContext, typename T>
+class MaxOutFunctor {
+ public:
+  void operator()(const DeviceContext& context, const framework::Tensor& input,
+                  framework::Tensor* output, int groups);
+};
+```
+
+CPU implemention is in .cc file
+
+```
+template <typename T>
+class MaxOutFunctor<platform::CPUDeviceContext, T> {
+  public:
+  void operator()(const platform::CPUDeviceContext& context,
+                  const framework::Tensor& input, framework::Tensor* output,
+                  int groups) {
+                  ...
+                  }
+};
+```
+
+CUDA implemention is in .cu file
+
+```
+template <typename T>
+class MaxOutFunctor<platform::CUDADeviceContext, T> {
+ public:
+  void operator()(const platform::CUDADeviceContext& context,
+                  const framework::Tensor& input, framework::Tensor* output,
+                  int groups) {
+                  ...
+                  }
+};                  
+```
+
+
+We get computing handle from a concrete DeviceContext, and make compution on tensors.
+
+The implemention of `OpKernel` is similar to math functors, the extra thing we need to do is to register the OpKernel in a global map.
+
+Fluid provides different register interfaces in op_registry.h
+
+
+Let's take [Crop](https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/Paddle/blob/develop/paddle/operators/crop_op.cc#L134) operator as an example:
+
+In .cc file:
+
+```
+REGISTER_OP_CPU_KERNEL(crop, ops::CropKernel<float>);
+REGISTER_OP_CPU_KERNEL(
+    crop_grad, ops::CropGradKernel<paddle::platform::CPUDeviceContext, float>);
+```
+
+In .cu file:
+
+```
+REGISTER_OP_CUDA_KERNEL(crop, ops::CropKernel<float>);
+REGISTER_OP_CUDA_KERNEL(
+    crop_grad, ops::CropGradKernel<paddle::platform::CUDADeviceContext, float>);
+```
+
+
+## Advanced topics: How to switch between different Device/Library
+
+Generally, we will impelement OpKernel for all Device/Library of an Operator. We can easily train a Convolutional Neural Network in GPU. However, some OpKernel is not sutibale on a specific Device. For example, crf operator can only run on CPU, whereas most other operators can run at GPU. To achieve high performance in such circumstance, we have to switch between different Device/Library.
+
+
+We will discuss how to implement an efficient OpKernel switch policy. 
+
+- TBD

doc/faq/build_and_install/index_cn.rst

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
     $ export CUDA_SO="$(\ls usr/lib64/libcuda* | xargs -I{} echo '-v {}:{}') $(\ls /usr/lib64/libnvidia* | xargs -I{} echo '-v {}:{}')"
     $ export DEVICES=$(\ls /dev/nvidia* | xargs -I{} echo '--device {}:{}')
-    $ docker run ${CUDA_SO} ${DEVICES} -it paddledev/paddlepaddle:latest-gpu
+    $ docker run ${CUDA_SO} ${DEVICES} -it paddlepaddle/paddle:latest-gpu
 
 更多关于Docker的安装与使用, 请参考 `PaddlePaddle Docker 文档 <http://www.paddlepaddle.org/doc_cn/build_and_install/install/docker_install.html>`_ 。
 

doc/getstarted/build_and_install/docker_install_cn.rst

@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ PaddlePaddle Book是为用户和开发者制作的一个交互式的Jupyter Note
 
   .. code-block:: bash
 
-     nvidia-docker run -it -v $PWD:/work paddledev/paddle:latest-gpu /bin/bash
+     nvidia-docker run -it -v $PWD:/work paddlepaddle/paddle:latest-gpu /bin/bash
 
 **注: 如果没有安装nvidia-docker，可以尝试以下的方法，将CUDA库和Linux设备挂载到Docker容器内：**
 
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ PaddlePaddle Book是为用户和开发者制作的一个交互式的Jupyter Note
 
      export CUDA_SO="$(\ls /usr/lib64/libcuda* | xargs -I{} echo '-v {}:{}') $(\ls /usr/lib64/libnvidia* | xargs -I{} echo '-v {}:{}')"
      export DEVICES=$(\ls /dev/nvidia* | xargs -I{} echo '--device {}:{}')
-     docker run ${CUDA_SO} ${DEVICES} -it paddledev/paddle:latest-gpu
+     docker run ${CUDA_SO} ${DEVICES} -it paddlepaddle/paddle:latest-gpu
 
 **关于AVX：**
 

doc/getstarted/build_and_install/docker_install_en.rst

@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ GPU driver installed before move on.
 
   .. code-block:: bash
 
-     nvidia-docker run -it -v $PWD:/work paddledev/paddle:latest-gpu /bin/bash
+     nvidia-docker run -it -v $PWD:/work paddlepaddle/paddle:latest-gpu /bin/bash
 
 **NOTE: If you don't have nvidia-docker installed, try the following method to mount CUDA libs and devices into the container.**
 
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ GPU driver installed before move on.
 
      export CUDA_SO="$(\ls /usr/lib64/libcuda* | xargs -I{} echo '-v {}:{}') $(\ls /usr/lib64/libnvidia* | xargs -I{} echo '-v {}:{}')"
      export DEVICES=$(\ls /dev/nvidia* | xargs -I{} echo '--device {}:{}')
-     docker run ${CUDA_SO} ${DEVICES} -it paddledev/paddle:latest-gpu
+     docker run ${CUDA_SO} ${DEVICES} -it paddlepaddle/paddle:latest-gpu
 
 **About AVX:**
 

doc/howto/dev/contribute_to_paddle_cn.md

@@ -76,18 +76,18 @@ no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")
 
 ## 构建和测试
 
-编译 PaddlePaddle 的源码以及生成文档需要多种开发工具。为了方便大家，我们的标准开发流程是把这些工具都装进一个Docker image，称为*开发镜像*，通常名字是 `paddle:dev`。然后所有用 `cmake && make` 的地方（比如IDE配置里）都用 `docker run paddle:dev`来代替。
+编译 PaddlePaddle 的源码以及生成文档需要多种开发工具。为了方便大家，我们的标准开发流程是把这些工具都装进一个Docker image，称为*开发镜像*，通常名字是 `paddle:latest-dev` 或者 `paddle:[version tag]-dev` 如 `paddle:0.11.0-dev`。然后所有用 `cmake && make` 的地方（比如IDE配置里）都用 `docker run paddle:latest-dev`来代替。
 
 如要build这个开发镜像，在源码目录树的根目录中运行：
 
 ```bash
-➜  docker build -t paddle:dev .
+➜  docker build -t paddle:latest-dev .
 ```
 
 随后可以用这个开发镜像开始build PaddlePaddle的源码。比如如果要build一个不依赖GPU，但是支持AVX指令集，并且包括unit tests的PaddlePaddle，可以：
 
 ```bash
-➜  docker run -v $(pwd):/paddle -e "WITH_GPU=OFF" -e "WITH_AVX=ON" -e "WITH_TEST=ON" paddle:dev
+➜  docker run -v $(pwd):/paddle -e "WITH_GPU=OFF" -e "WITH_AVX=ON" -e "WITH_TESTING=ON" paddle:latest-dev
 ```
 
 这个过程除了编译PaddlePaddle为 `./build/libpaddle.so`，并且输出一个 `./build/paddle.deb`文件之外，还会输出一个 `build/Dockerfile`。我们只需要运行下面命令把编译好的PaddlePaddle打包成一个*生产镜像*（`paddle:prod`）：
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")
 如果要运行所有的单元测试，可以用如下命令：
 
 ```bash
-➜  docker run -it -v $(pwd):/paddle paddle:dev bash -c "cd /paddle/build && ctest"
+➜  docker run -it -v $(pwd):/paddle paddle:latest-dev bash -c "cd /paddle/build && ctest"
 ```
 
 关于构建和测试的更多信息，请参见[这篇文档](https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/Paddle/blob/develop/doc/getstarted/build_and_install/docker_install_cn.rst)。

doc/howto/dev/new_op_cn.md

 # 如何写新的Operator
 
  - [概念简介](#概念简介)
- - [实现C++类](#实现C++类)
-   - [定义ProtoMaker类](#定义ProtoMaker类)
-   - [定义Operator类](#定义Operator类)
-   - [定义OpKernel类](#定义OpKernel类)
-   - [注册Operator](#注册Operator)
+ - [实现C++类](#实现c类)
+   - [定义ProtoMaker类](#定义protomaker类)
+   - [定义Operator类](#定义operator类)
+   - [定义OpKernel类](#定义opkernel类)
+   - [注册Operator](#注册operator)
    - [编译](#编译)
- - [绑定Python](#绑定Python)
+ - [绑定Python](#绑定python)
  - [实现单元测试](#实现单元测试)
-   - [前向Operator单测](#前向Operator单测)
-   - [反向Operator单测](#反向Operator单测)
+   - [前向Operator单测](#前向operator单测)
+   - [反向Operator单测](#反向operator单测)
    - [编译和执行](#编译和执行)
+ - [注意事项](#注意事项)
 
 
 ## 概念简介
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ Kernel实现       | CPU、CUDA共享Kernel实现在`.h`文件中，否则，CPU
 ## 实现C++类
 
 
-### 1. 定义ProtoMaker类
+### 定义ProtoMaker类
 
 矩阵乘法的公式：$Out = X * Y$, 可见该计算由两个输入，一个输出组成。
 
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ The equation is: Out = scale*X
 - `AddAttr<AttrType>("scale", "...").SetDefault(1.0);` : 增加`scale`系数，作为参数属性，并且设置默认值为1.0。
 
 
-### 2. 定义Operator类
+### 定义Operator类
 
 下面的点实现了MulOp的定义：
 
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ MulOp(const std::string &type, const framework::VariableNameMap &inputs,
 
 通常`OpProtoMaker`和`Op`类的定义写在`.cc`文件中，和下面将要介绍的注册函数一起放在`.cc`中
 
-### 3. 定义OpKernel类
+### 定义OpKernel类
 
 `MulKernel`继承自`framework::OpKernel`，带有下面两个模板参数:
 
@@ -177,6 +178,7 @@ MulOp(const std::string &type, const framework::VariableNameMap &inputs,
     math::matmul<DeviceContext, T>(*X, false, *Y, false, 1, Z, 0, device_context);
   }
   };
+  ```
 
 需要注意：**不同设备(CPU、CUDA)共享一个Op定义，是否则共享同一个`OpKernel`，取决于`Compute`调用的函数是否支持不同设备。**
 
@@ -188,7 +190,7 @@ MulOp(const std::string &type, const framework::VariableNameMap &inputs,
 到此，前向Op实现完成。接下来，需要在`.cc`文件中注册该op和kernel。
 反向Op类的定义，反向OpKernel的定义与前向Op类似，这里不再赘述。**但需注意反向Op没有`ProtoMaker`**。
 
-### 4. 注册Operator
+### 注册Operator
 
 - 在`.cc`文件中注册前向、反向Op类，注册CPU Kernel。
 
@@ -220,7 +222,7 @@ MulOp(const std::string &type, const framework::VariableNameMap &inputs,
                            ops::MulGradKernel<paddle::platform::CUDADeviceContext, float>);
     ```
 
-### 5. 编译
+### 编译
 
 运行下面命令可以进行编译：
 
@@ -236,6 +238,7 @@ make mul_op
 
 单测包括对比前向Op不同设备(CPU、CUDA)的实现、对比反向OP不同设备(CPU、CUDA)的实现、反向Op的梯度测试。下面介绍介绍[`MulOp`的单元测试](https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/Paddle/blob/develop/python/paddle/v2/framework/tests/test_mul_op.py)。
 
+### 前向Operator单测
 
 Op单元测试继承自`OpTest`。各项更加具体的单元测试在`TestMulOp`里完成。测试Operator，需要：
 
@@ -273,8 +276,7 @@ Op单元测试继承自`OpTest`。各项更加具体的单元测试在`TestMulOp
       def test_check_grad_ingore_y(self):
           self.check_grad(
               ['X'], 'Out', max_relative_error=0.5, no_grad_set=set('Y'))
-
-    ```
+  ```
 
 上面的代码首先导入依赖的包，下面是对`setUp`函数中操作的重要变量的详细解释：
 
@@ -282,6 +284,8 @@ Op单元测试继承自`OpTest`。各项更加具体的单元测试在`TestMulOp
 - `self.inputs` : 定义输入，类型为`numpy.array`，并初始化。
 - `self.outputs` : 定义输出，并在Python脚本中完成与operator同样的计算逻辑，返回Python端的计算结果。
 
+### 反向operator单测
+
 而反向测试中：
 - `test_check_grad_normal`中调用`check_grad`使用数值法检测梯度正确性和稳定性。
   - 第一个参数`["X", "Y"]` : 指定对输入变量`X`、`Y`做梯度检测。
@@ -290,7 +294,7 @@ Op单元测试继承自`OpTest`。各项更加具体的单元测试在`TestMulOp
 - `test_check_grad_ingore_x`和`test_check_grad_ingore_y`分支用来测试只需要计算一个输入梯度的情况。
 
 
-### 编译和执行单元测试
+### 编译和执行
 
 `python/paddle/v2/framework/tests` 目录下新增的 `test_*.py` 单元测试会被自动加入工程进行编译。
 

doc/howto/dev/new_op_en.md

 # How to write a new operator
 
  - [Background](#background)
- - [Implementing C++ Types](#implementing-c++-types)
-   - [Defining ProtoMaker](#defining-protoMaker)
+ - [Implementing C++ Types](#implementing-c-types)
+   - [Defining ProtoMaker](#defining-protomaker)
    - [Defining Operator](#defining-operator)
    - [Registering Operator](#registering-operator)
    - [Compilation](#compilation)
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Let's take matrix multiplication operator, [MulOp](https://github.com/PaddlePadd
 ## Implementing C++ Types
 
 
-### 1. Defining Class ProtoMaker
+### Defining ProtoMaker
 
 Matrix Multiplication can be written as $Out = X * Y$, meaning that the operation consists of two inputs and pne output.
 
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ There are two changes in this example:
 - `AddAttr<AttrType>("scale", "...").SetDefault(1.0);`  adds `scale`constant as an attribute, and sets the default value to 1.0.
 
 
-### 2. Defining Operator
+### Defining Operator
 
 The following code defines the interface for MulOp:
 
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ MulOp(const std::string &type, const framework::VariableNameMap &inputs,
 
 Usually `OpProtoMaker` and `Op`'s type definitions are written in `.cc` files, which also include the registration methods introduced later.
 
-### 3. Defining OpKernel
+### Defining OpKernel
 
 `MulKernel` inherits `framework::OpKernel`, which includes the following templates:
 
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ This concludes the forward implementation of an operator. Next its operation and
 
 The definition of its corresponding backward operator, if applicable, is similar to that of an forward operator. **Note that a backward operator does not include a `ProtoMaker`**.
 
-### 4. Registering Operator
+### Registering Operator
 
 - In `.cc` files, register forward and backward operator classes and the CPU kernel.
 
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ The definition of its corresponding backward operator, if applicable, is similar
                            ops::MulGradKernel<paddle::platform::CUDADeviceContext, float>);
     ```
 
-### 5. Compilation
+### Compilation
 
 Run the following commands to compile.
 
@@ -284,8 +284,7 @@ A forward operator unit test inherits `unittest.TestCase` and defines metaclass
       def test_check_grad_ingore_y(self):
           self.check_grad(
               ['X'], 'Out', max_relative_error=0.5, no_grad_set=set('Y'))
-
-    ```
+  ```
 Get its output, and compare it with the forward operator's own output.
 
 The code above first loads required packages. In addition, we have
@@ -294,6 +293,8 @@ The code above first loads required packages. In addition, we have
 - `self.inputs` defines input, with type `numpy.array` and initializes it.
 - `self.outputs` defines output and completes the same operator computation in the Python script, and returns its result from the Python script.
 
+### Testing Backward Operators
+
 Some key points in checking gradient above include:
 
 - `test_normal` calls `check_grad` to validate scaling tests' correctness and stability through numeric methods.

doc/howto/read_source.md

+# PaddlePaddle Fluid Source Code Overview
+
+Examples: https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/Paddle/tree/develop/python/paddle/v2/fluid/tests/book
+
+Core: https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/Paddle/tree/develop/paddle/framework
+
+Operator: https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/Paddle/tree/develop/paddle/operators
+
+Optimizer: https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/Paddle/tree/develop/paddle/optimizer
+
+Memory: https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/Paddle/tree/develop/paddle/memory
+
+# Compile Time
+
+The following **defines** the NN. The definition goes into this [protocol buffer](https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/Paddle/blob/develop/paddle/framework/framework.proto).
+
+```python
+x = fluid.layers.data(name='x', shape=[13], dtype='float32')
+y = fluid.layers.data(name='y', shape=[1], dtype='float32')
+
+y_predict = fluid.layers.fc(input=x, size=1, act=None)
+cost = fluid.layers.square_error_cost(input=y_predict, label=y)
+avg_cost = fluid.layers.mean(x=cost)
+
+sgd_optimizer = fluid.optimizer.SGD(learning_rate=0.001)
+sgd_optimizer.minimize(avg_cost)
+```
+
+- Variables: `x`,  `y`, `y_predict`, `cost` and `avg_cost`. [Python](https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/Paddle/blob/develop/python/paddle/v2/fluid/framework.py#L93)
+- Layers: `fluid.layers.data`, `fluid.layers.fc` and `fluid.layers.mean` are layers. [Python](https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/Paddle/blob/develop/python/paddle/v2/fluid/layers.py)
+  - Every Layer has one or more operators and variables/parameters
+    - All the operators are defined at [`paddle/operators/`](https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/Paddle/tree/develop/paddle/operators). Other worth-looking files:
+      - Base class: [`paddle/framework/operator.h`](https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/Paddle/blob/develop/paddle/framework/operator.h)
+      - Operator Registration: [`paddle/framework/op_registry.h`](https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/Paddle/blob/develop/paddle/framework/op_registry.h) 
+      - Operator Lookup: [`paddle/framework/op_info.h`](https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/Paddle/blob/develop/paddle/framework/op_info.h)
+- Optimizer: `fluid.optimizer.SGD`. It does the following
+  - Add backward operators. [[Python](https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/Paddle/blob/develop/python/paddle/v2/fluid/backward.py), [C++](https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/Paddle/blob/develop/paddle/framework/backward.cc)]
+  - Add optimizer operators. [[Python](https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/Paddle/blob/develop/python/paddle/v2/fluid/optimizer.py), [C++](https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/Paddle/tree/develop/paddle/optimizer)]
+
+# Run Time
+
+The following **evaluates** the NN. Instantiates all the variables, operators.
+
+```python
+place = fluid.CPUPlace()
+feeder = fluid.DataFeeder(place=place, feed_list=[x, y])
+exe = fluid.Executor(place)
+
+# Allocate memory. Initialize Parameter.
+exe.run(fluid.default_startup_program())
+
+# Allocate memory. Do computation.
+exe.run(fluid.default_main_program(),
+        feed=feeder.feed(data),
+        fetch_list=[avg_cost])
+```
+
+- Place: `place`. one of CPU, GPU or FPGA. [C++](https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/Paddle/blob/develop/paddle/platform/place.h)
+  - The device handle are at [paddle/platform/device_context.h](https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/Paddle/blob/develop/paddle/platform/device_context.h)
+- Executor: `fluid.Executor(place)`. [[Python](https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/Paddle/blob/develop/python/paddle/v2/fluid/executor.py), [C++](https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/Paddle/blob/develop/paddle/framework/executor.cc)]
+  - Feeds the data: `feed=feeder.feed(data)`
+  - Evaluates all the operators
+  - Fetches the result: `fetch_list=[avg_cost]`
+- Other worth looking files:
+  - Scope: [paddle/framework/scope.h](https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/Paddle/blob/develop/paddle/framework/scope.h). Where all the variables live
+    - Variable: [paddle/framework/variable.h](https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/Paddle/blob/develop/paddle/framework/variable.h). Where all the data (most likely tensors) live
+      - Tensor: [paddle/framework/tensor.h](https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/Paddle/blob/develop/paddle/framework/tensor.h). Where we allocate memory through [`paddle/memory/`](https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/Paddle/tree/develop/paddle/memory)

paddle/capi/error.cpp

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ limitations under the License. */
 
 #include "error.h"
 
-const char* paddle_error_string(paddle_error err) {
+extern "C" const char* paddle_error_string(paddle_error err) {
   switch (err) {
     case kPD_NULLPTR:
       return "nullptr error";

paddle/capi/error.h

@@ -29,9 +29,17 @@ typedef enum {
   kPD_UNDEFINED_ERROR = -1,
 } paddle_error;
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
 /**
  * Error string for Paddle API.
  */
 PD_API const char* paddle_error_string(paddle_error err);
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
 #endif

paddle/framework/backward.cc

@@ -430,14 +430,14 @@ std::vector<std::unique_ptr<OpDescBind>> MakeBlockBackward(
     std::vector<std::unique_ptr<OpDescBind>> op_grads;
 
     if ((*it)->Type() == "recurrent" || (*it)->Type() == "while") {
-      int step_block_idx = (*it)->GetBlockAttr("step_block");
+      int step_block_idx = (*it)->GetBlockAttr("sub_block");
       BlockDescBind* backward_block = CreateStepBlock(
           program_desc, no_grad_vars, grad_to_var, step_block_idx);
       op_grads = MakeOpGrad(*it, no_grad_vars, grad_to_var, {backward_block});
     } else if ((*it)->Type() == "conditional_block") {
       BlockDescBind* backward_block =
           CreateStepBlock(program_desc, no_grad_vars, grad_to_var,
-                          (*it)->GetBlockAttr("block"));
+                          (*it)->GetBlockAttr("sub_block"));
       op_grads = MakeOpGrad(*it, no_grad_vars, grad_to_var, {backward_block});
     } else {
       op_grads = MakeOpGrad(*it, no_grad_vars, grad_to_var);

paddle/math/tests/test_matrixCompare.cpp

@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ TEST(Matrix, unary) {
     LOG(WARNING) << "This version of PaddlePaddle was not built with LAPACK"
                  << "support so we cannot test matrix inverse. To test "
                  << "matrix inverse, please install LAPACKE "
-                 << "and MKL/Openblas/ATLAS, and re-build PaddlePaddle.";
+                 << "and MKL/Openblas, and re-build PaddlePaddle.";
 #endif
   }
 }

paddle/operators/cast_op.cc

@@ -74,4 +74,5 @@ REGISTER_OP_WITH_KERNEL(cast, ops::CastOpGradMaker, ops::CastOpInferShape,
 REGISTER_OP_CPU_KERNEL(cast, ops::CastOpKernel<CPU, float>,
                        ops::CastOpKernel<CPU, double>,
                        ops::CastOpKernel<CPU, int>,
-                       ops::CastOpKernel<CPU, int64_t>);
+                       ops::CastOpKernel<CPU, int64_t>,
+                       ops::CastOpKernel<CPU, bool>);

paddle/operators/cast_op.cu

@@ -19,4 +19,5 @@ using CastOpKernel =
     paddle::operators::CastOpKernel<paddle::platform::CUDADeviceContext, T>;
 
 REGISTER_OP_CUDA_KERNEL(cast, CastOpKernel<float>, CastOpKernel<double>,
-                        CastOpKernel<int>, CastOpKernel<int64_t>);
+                        CastOpKernel<int>, CastOpKernel<int64_t>,
+                        CastOpKernel<bool>);

paddle/operators/conditional_block_op.cc

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class ConditionalBlockOp : public ConditionalOp {
       scopes->front() = &scope.NewScope();
       auto &cur_scope = *scopes->front();
 
-      auto *block = Attr<framework::BlockDescBind *>("block");
+      auto *block = Attr<framework::BlockDescBind *>("sub_block");
       framework::Executor exec(dev_ctx);
       exec.Run(*block->Program(), &cur_scope, block->ID(), false);
     }
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class ConditionalBlockOpProtoMaker : public framework::OpProtoAndCheckerMaker {
               "unify the conditional block, rnn and while op, the type of "
               "scope is std::vector<Scope*>");
     AddAttr<framework::BlockDescBind *>(
-        "block", "The step block of conditional block operator");
+        "sub_block", "The step block of conditional block operator");
     AddComment(R"DOC(Conditional block operator
 
 Run the sub-block if X is not empty. Params is the other inputs and Out is the
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ class ConditionalBlockGradOp : public ConditionalOp {
       auto &scopes = scope_var->Get<std::vector<framework::Scope *>>();
       framework::Scope &cur_scope = *scopes[0];
 
-      auto *block = Attr<framework::BlockDescBind *>("block");
+      auto *block = Attr<framework::BlockDescBind *>("sub_block");
       framework::Executor exec(dev_ctx);
       exec.Run(*block->Program(), &cur_scope, block->ID(), false);
 
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ class ConditionalBlockGradMaker : public framework::SingleGradOpDescMaker {
     grad_op->SetInput("Scope", Output("Scope"));
     grad_op->SetOutput(framework::GradVarName("X"), InputGrad("X"));
     grad_op->SetOutput(framework::GradVarName("Params"), InputGrad("Params"));
-    grad_op->SetBlockAttr("block", *this->grad_block_[0]);
+    grad_op->SetBlockAttr("sub_block", *this->grad_block_[0]);
     return std::unique_ptr<framework::OpDescBind>(grad_op);
   }
 };

paddle/operators/conv_op.h

@@ -261,8 +261,12 @@ class GemmConvGradKernel : public framework::OpKernel<T> {
 
     if (input_grad) {
       input_grad->mutable_data<T>(context.GetPlace());
-      set_zero(dev_ctx, input_grad, static_cast<T>(0));
 
+      // if is_expand is false, the operation of set_zero is unnecessary,
+      // because math::matmul will reset input_grad.
+      if (is_expand) {
+        set_zero(dev_ctx, input_grad, static_cast<T>(0));
+      }
       math::Col2VolFunctor<DeviceContext, T> col2vol;
       math::Col2ImFunctor<math::ColFormat::kCFO, DeviceContext, T> col2im;
 

paddle/operators/conv_transpose_op.h

@@ -225,7 +225,6 @@ class GemmConvTransposeGradKernel : public framework::OpKernel<T> {
 
       if (input_grad) {
         input_grad->mutable_data<T>(context.GetPlace());
-        set_zero(dev_ctx, input_grad, static_cast<T>(0));
       }
       if (filter_grad) {  // filter size (m, c, k_h, k_w)
         filter_grad->mutable_data<T>(context.GetPlace());

paddle/operators/math/math_function.cc

@@ -277,6 +277,14 @@ void set_constant_with_place<platform::CPUPlace>(
                            TensorSetConstantCPU(tensor, value));
 }
 
+template <>
+void set_constant_with_place<platform::MKLDNNPlace>(
+    const platform::DeviceContext& context, framework::Tensor* tensor,
+    float value) {
+  framework::VisitDataType(framework::ToDataType(tensor->type()),
+                           TensorSetConstantCPU(tensor, value));
+}
+
 struct TensorSetConstantWithPlace : public boost::static_visitor<void> {
   TensorSetConstantWithPlace(const platform::DeviceContext& context,
                              framework::Tensor* tensor, float value)

paddle/operators/math/math_function.cu

@@ -273,6 +273,13 @@ void set_constant_with_place<platform::GPUPlace>(
                            TensorSetConstantGPU(context, tensor, value));
 }
 
+template <>
+void set_constant_with_place<platform::CudnnPlace>(
+    const platform::DeviceContext& context, framework::Tensor* tensor,
+    float value) {
+  set_constant_with_place<platform::GPUPlace>(context, tensor, value);
+}
+
 template struct RowwiseAdd<platform::CUDADeviceContext, float>;
 template struct RowwiseAdd<platform::CUDADeviceContext, double>;
 template struct ColwiseSum<platform::CUDADeviceContext, float>;

paddle/operators/recurrent_op.cc

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ constexpr char kOutputs[] = "outputs";
 constexpr char kStepScopes[] = "step_scopes";
 constexpr char kExStates[] = "ex_states";
 constexpr char kStates[] = "states";
-constexpr char kStepBlock[] = "step_block";
+constexpr char kStepBlock[] = "sub_block";
 constexpr char kReverse[] = "reverse";
 constexpr char kIsTrain[] = "is_train";
 #define GRAD_SUFFIX "@GRAD"

paddle/operators/reduce_op.cc

@@ -37,18 +37,23 @@ class ReduceOp : public framework::OperatorWithKernel {
     PADDLE_ENFORCE_LT(
         dim, x_rank,
         "The dim should be in the range [-rank(input), rank(input)).");
-    bool keep_dim = ctx->Attrs().Get<bool>("keep_dim");
-    auto dims_vector = vectorize(x_dims);
-    if (keep_dim || x_rank == 1) {
-      dims_vector[dim] = 1;
+    bool reduce_all = ctx->Attrs().Get<bool>("reduce_all");
+    if (reduce_all) {
+      ctx->SetOutputDim("Out", {1});
     } else {
-      dims_vector.erase(dims_vector.begin() + dim);
-    }
-    auto out_dims = framework::make_ddim(dims_vector);
-    ctx->SetOutputDim("Out", out_dims);
-    if (dim != 0) {
-      // Only pass LoD when not reducing on the first dim.
-      ctx->ShareLoD("X", /*->*/ "Out");
+      bool keep_dim = ctx->Attrs().Get<bool>("keep_dim");
+      auto dims_vector = vectorize(x_dims);
+      if (keep_dim || x_rank == 1) {
+        dims_vector[dim] = 1;
+      } else {
+        dims_vector.erase(dims_vector.begin() + dim);
+      }
+      auto out_dims = framework::make_ddim(dims_vector);
+      ctx->SetOutputDim("Out", out_dims);
+      if (dim != 0) {
+        // Only pass LoD when not reducing on the first dim.
+        ctx->ShareLoD("X", /*->*/ "Out");
+      }
     }
   }
 };
@@ -95,11 +100,16 @@ class ReduceOpMaker : public framework::OpProtoAndCheckerMaker {
                   "(bool, default false) "
                   "If true, retain the reduced dimension with length 1.")
         .SetDefault(false);
+    AddAttr<bool>("reduce_all",
+                  "(bool, default false) "
+                  "If true, output a scalar reduced along all dimensions.")
+        .SetDefault(false);
     comment_ = R"DOC(
 {ReduceOp} Operator.
 
 This operator computes the {reduce} of input tensor along the given dimension. 
 The result tensor has 1 fewer dimension than the input unless keep_dim is true.
+If reduce_all is true, just reduce along all dimensions and output a scalar.
 
 )DOC";
     AddComment(comment_);

paddle/operators/reduce_op.h

@@ -26,10 +26,12 @@ using DDim = framework::DDim;
 template <typename T, size_t D, int MajorType = Eigen::RowMajor,
           typename IndexType = Eigen::DenseIndex>
 using EigenTensor = framework::EigenTensor<T, D, MajorType, IndexType>;
-
 template <typename T, int MajorType = Eigen::RowMajor,
           typename IndexType = Eigen::DenseIndex>
 using EigenScalar = framework::EigenScalar<T, MajorType, IndexType>;
+template <typename T, int MajorType = Eigen::RowMajor,
+          typename IndexType = Eigen::DenseIndex>
+using EigenVector = framework::EigenVector<T, MajorType, IndexType>;
 
 struct SumFunctor {
   template <typename DeviceContext, typename X, typename Y, typename Dim>
@@ -95,26 +97,41 @@ template <typename DeviceContext, typename T, typename Functor>
 class ReduceKernel : public framework::OpKernel<T> {
  public:
   void Compute(const framework::ExecutionContext& context) const override {
-    int rank = context.Input<Tensor>("X")->dims().size();
-    switch (rank) {
-      case 1:
-        ReduceCompute<1>(context);
-        break;
-      case 2:
-        ReduceCompute<2>(context);
-        break;
-      case 3:
-        ReduceCompute<3>(context);
-        break;
-      case 4:
-        ReduceCompute<4>(context);
-        break;
-      case 5:
-        ReduceCompute<5>(context);
-        break;
-      case 6:
-        ReduceCompute<6>(context);
-        break;
+    bool reduce_all = context.Attr<bool>("reduce_all");
+    if (reduce_all) {
+      // Flatten and reduce 1-D tensor
+      auto* input = context.Input<Tensor>("X");
+      auto* output = context.Output<Tensor>("Out");
+      output->mutable_data<T>(context.GetPlace());
+      auto x = EigenVector<T>::Flatten(*input);
+      auto out = EigenScalar<T>::From(*output);
+      auto& place =
+          *context.template device_context<DeviceContext>().eigen_device();
+      auto reduce_dim = Eigen::array<int, 1>({{0}});
+      Functor functor;
+      functor(place, x, out, reduce_dim);
+    } else {
+      int rank = context.Input<Tensor>("X")->dims().size();
+      switch (rank) {
+        case 1:
+          ReduceCompute<1>(context);
+          break;
+        case 2:
+          ReduceCompute<2>(context);
+          break;
+        case 3:
+          ReduceCompute<3>(context);
+          break;
+        case 4:
+          ReduceCompute<4>(context);
+          break;
+        case 5:
+          ReduceCompute<5>(context);
+          break;
+        case 6:
+          ReduceCompute<6>(context);
+          break;
+      }
     }
   }
 
@@ -157,26 +174,46 @@ template <typename DeviceContext, typename T, typename Functor>
 class ReduceGradKernel : public framework::OpKernel<T> {
  public:
   void Compute(const framework::ExecutionContext& context) const override {
-    int rank = context.Input<Tensor>("X")->dims().size();
-    switch (rank) {
-      case 1:
-        ReduceGradCompute<1>(context);
-        break;
-      case 2:
-        ReduceGradCompute<2>(context);
-        break;
-      case 3:
-        ReduceGradCompute<3>(context);
-        break;
-      case 4:
-        ReduceGradCompute<4>(context);
-        break;
-      case 5:
-        ReduceGradCompute<5>(context);
-        break;
-      case 6:
-        ReduceGradCompute<6>(context);
-        break;
+    bool reduce_all = context.Attr<bool>("reduce_all");
+    if (reduce_all) {
+      auto* input0 = context.Input<Tensor>("X");
+      auto* input1 = context.Input<Tensor>("Out");
+      auto* input2 = context.Input<Tensor>(framework::GradVarName("Out"));
+      auto* output = context.Output<Tensor>(framework::GradVarName("X"));
+      output->mutable_data<T>(context.GetPlace());
+      auto x = EigenVector<T>::Flatten(*input0);
+      auto x_reduce = EigenVector<T>::From(*input1);
+      auto x_reduce_grad = EigenVector<T>::From(*input2);
+      auto x_grad = EigenVector<T>::Flatten(*output);
+      auto& place =
+          *context.template device_context<DeviceContext>().eigen_device();
+      auto broadcast_dim =
+          Eigen::array<int, 1>({{static_cast<int>(input0->numel())}});
+      Functor functor;
+      functor(place, x, x_reduce, x_grad, x_reduce_grad, broadcast_dim,
+              broadcast_dim[0]);
+    } else {
+      int rank = context.Input<Tensor>("X")->dims().size();
+      switch (rank) {
+        case 1:
+          ReduceGradCompute<1>(context);
+          break;
+        case 2:
+          ReduceGradCompute<2>(context);
+          break;
+        case 3:
+          ReduceGradCompute<3>(context);
+          break;
+        case 4:
+          ReduceGradCompute<4>(context);
+          break;
+        case 5:
+          ReduceGradCompute<5>(context);
+          break;
+        case 6:
+          ReduceGradCompute<6>(context);
+          break;
+      }
     }
   }
 

paddle/operators/reshape_op.cc

@@ -84,9 +84,9 @@ Given a 2-D tensor X with 2 rows and 2 columns
     [[1, 2], [3, 4]]
 
 and target shape = [1, 4], the reshape operator will transform
-the tensor X into a 1-D tensor:
+the tensor X into a 2-D tensor:
 
-    [1, 2, 3, 4]
+    [[1, 2, 3, 4]]
 
 )DOC");
   }

paddle/operators/while_op.cc

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ namespace operators {
 using StepScopeVar = std::vector<framework::Scope *>;
 using LoDTensor = framework::LoDTensor;
 
-constexpr char kStepBlock[] = "step_block";
+constexpr char kStepBlock[] = "sub_block";
 constexpr char kCondition[] = "Condition";
 constexpr char kStepScopes[] = "StepScopes";
 constexpr char kParameters[] = "X";

paddle/platform/device_context.cc

@@ -125,6 +125,22 @@ cudnnHandle_t CUDADeviceContext::cudnn_handle() const { return cudnn_handle_; }
 
 cudaStream_t CUDADeviceContext::stream() const { return stream_; }
 
+CudnnDeviceContext::CudnnDeviceContext(CudnnPlace place)
+    : CUDADeviceContext(place), place_(place) {
+  PADDLE_ENFORCE(dynload::cudnnCreate(&cudnn_handle_));
+  PADDLE_ENFORCE(dynload::cudnnSetStream(cudnn_handle_, stream()));
+}
+
+CudnnDeviceContext::~CudnnDeviceContext() {
+  SetDeviceId(place_.device);
+  Wait();
+  PADDLE_ENFORCE(dynload::cudnnDestroy(cudnn_handle_));
+}
+
+Place CudnnDeviceContext::GetPlace() const { return CudnnPlace(); }
+
+cudnnHandle_t CudnnDeviceContext::cudnn_handle() const { return cudnn_handle_; }
+
 #endif
 
 }  // namespace platform

paddle/platform/device_context.h

@@ -86,6 +86,22 @@ class CUDADeviceContext : public DeviceContext {
   cublasHandle_t cublas_handle_;
 };
 
+class CudnnDeviceContext : public CUDADeviceContext {
+ public:
+  explicit CudnnDeviceContext(CudnnPlace place);
+  virtual ~CudnnDeviceContext();
+
+  /*! \brief  Return place in the device context. */
+  Place GetPlace() const final;
+
+  /*! \brief  Return cudnn  handle in the device context. */
+  cudnnHandle_t cudnn_handle() const;
+
+ private:
+  cudnnHandle_t cudnn_handle_;
+  CudnnPlace place_;
+};
+
 #endif
 
 }  // namespace platform

paddle/platform/device_context_test.cc

@@ -46,3 +46,19 @@ TEST(Device, CUDADeviceContext) {
     delete device_context;
   }
 }
+
+TEST(Device, CudnnDeviceContext) {
+  using paddle::platform::CudnnDeviceContext;
+  using paddle::platform::CudnnPlace;
+  if (paddle::platform::dynload::HasCUDNN()) {
+    int count = paddle::platform::GetCUDADeviceCount();
+    for (int i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
+      CudnnDeviceContext* device_context =
+          new CudnnDeviceContext(CudnnPlace(i));
+      cudnnHandle_t cudnn_handle = device_context->cudnn_handle();
+      ASSERT_NE(nullptr, cudnn_handle);
+      ASSERT_NE(nullptr, device_context->stream());
+      delete device_context;
+    }
+  }
+}

paddle/platform/place.cc

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ class PlacePrinter : public boost::static_visitor<> {
  public:
   explicit PlacePrinter(std::ostream &os) : os_(os) {}
   void operator()(const CPUPlace &) { os_ << "CPUPlace"; }
+  void operator()(const MKLDNNPlace &) { os_ << "MKLDNNPlace"; }
   void operator()(const GPUPlace &p) { os_ << "GPUPlace(" << p.device << ")"; }
 
  private:
@@ -38,12 +39,17 @@ const Place &get_place() { return the_default_place; }
 
 const GPUPlace default_gpu() { return GPUPlace(0); }
 const CPUPlace default_cpu() { return CPUPlace(); }
+const MKLDNNPlace default_mkldnn() { return MKLDNNPlace(); }
 
 bool is_gpu_place(const Place &p) {
   return boost::apply_visitor(IsGPUPlace(), p);
 }
 bool is_cpu_place(const Place &p) {
-  return !boost::apply_visitor(IsGPUPlace(), p);
+  return !is_gpu_place(p) && !is_mkldnn_place(p);
+}
+
+bool is_mkldnn_place(const Place &p) {
+  return boost::apply_visitor(IsMKLDNNPlace(), p);
 }
 
 bool places_are_same_class(const Place &p1, const Place &p2) {

paddle/platform/place.h

@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ struct CPUPlace {
   inline bool operator!=(const CPUPlace &) const { return false; }
 };
 
+struct MKLDNNPlace {
+  MKLDNNPlace() {}
+
+  // needed for variant equality comparison
+  inline bool operator==(const MKLDNNPlace &) const { return true; }
+  inline bool operator!=(const MKLDNNPlace &) const { return false; }
+};
+
 struct GPUPlace {
   GPUPlace() : GPUPlace(0) {}
   explicit GPUPlace(int d) : device(d) {}
@@ -43,16 +51,28 @@ struct GPUPlace {
   int device;
 };
 
+struct CudnnPlace : public GPUPlace {
+  CudnnPlace() : GPUPlace() {}
+  explicit CudnnPlace(int d) : GPUPlace(d) {}
+};
+
 struct IsGPUPlace : public boost::static_visitor<bool> {
   bool operator()(const CPUPlace &) const { return false; }
+  bool operator()(const MKLDNNPlace &) const { return false; }
   bool operator()(const GPUPlace &gpu) const { return true; }
 };
 
+struct IsMKLDNNPlace : public boost::static_visitor<bool> {
+  bool operator()(const MKLDNNPlace &) const { return true; }
+  bool operator()(const CPUPlace &) const { return false; }
+  bool operator()(const GPUPlace &) const { return false; }
+};
+
 // Define the max number of Place in bit length. i.e., the max number of places
 // should be less equal than 2^(NUM_PLACE_TYPE_LIMIT_IN_BIT)
 #define NUM_PLACE_TYPE_LIMIT_IN_BIT 4
 
-typedef boost::variant<GPUPlace, CPUPlace> Place;
+typedef boost::variant<CudnnPlace, GPUPlace, CPUPlace, MKLDNNPlace> Place;
 
 // static check number of place types is less equal than
 // 2^(NUM_PLACE_TYPE_LIMIT_IN_BIT)
@@ -65,9 +85,11 @@ const Place &get_place();
 
 const GPUPlace default_gpu();
 const CPUPlace default_cpu();
+const MKLDNNPlace default_mkldnn();
 
 bool is_gpu_place(const Place &);
 bool is_cpu_place(const Place &);
+bool is_mkldnn_place(const Place &);
 bool places_are_same_class(const Place &, const Place &);
 
 std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &, const Place &);

paddle/platform/place_test.cc

@@ -21,9 +21,15 @@ TEST(Place, Default) {
   EXPECT_TRUE(paddle::platform::is_gpu_place(paddle::platform::get_place()));
   EXPECT_TRUE(paddle::platform::is_gpu_place(paddle::platform::default_gpu()));
   EXPECT_TRUE(paddle::platform::is_cpu_place(paddle::platform::default_cpu()));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(
+      paddle::platform::is_mkldnn_place(paddle::platform::default_mkldnn()));
 
   paddle::platform::set_place(paddle::platform::CPUPlace());
   EXPECT_TRUE(paddle::platform::is_cpu_place(paddle::platform::get_place()));
+
+  paddle::platform::set_place(paddle::platform::MKLDNNPlace());
+  EXPECT_FALSE(paddle::platform::is_cpu_place(paddle::platform::get_place()));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(paddle::platform::is_mkldnn_place(paddle::platform::get_place()));
 }
 
 TEST(Place, Print) {

paddle/pybind/pybind.cc

@@ -282,6 +282,23 @@ All parameter, weight, gradient are variables in Paddle.
     }
     return ret_values;
   });
+  m.def("get_grad_op_descs",
+        [](const OpDescBind &op_desc,
+           const std::unordered_set<std::string> &no_grad_set,
+           std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string> &grad_to_var,
+           const std::vector<BlockDescBind *> &grad_sub_block) {
+          std::vector<std::unique_ptr<OpDescBind>> grad_op_descs =
+              framework::OpInfoMap::Instance()
+                  .Get(op_desc.Type())
+                  .GradOpMaker()(op_desc, no_grad_set, &grad_to_var,
+                                 grad_sub_block);
+          std::vector<OpDescBind *> grad_op_desc_ptrs(grad_op_descs.size());
+          std::transform(
+              grad_op_descs.begin(), grad_op_descs.end(),
+              grad_op_desc_ptrs.begin(),
+              [](std::unique_ptr<OpDescBind> &p) { return p.release(); });
+          return grad_op_desc_ptrs;
+        });
   m.def("prune", [](const ProgramDescBind &origin,
                     const std::vector<std::array<size_t, 2>> &targets) {
     ProgramDescBind prog_with_targets(origin);

paddle/scripts/cluster_train_v2/openmpi/docker_cluster/Dockerfile

 # Build this image:  docker build -t mpi .
 #
 
-FROM paddledev/paddle:0.10.0rc3
+FROM paddlepaddle/paddle:0.10.0rc3
 
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND noninteractive
 

paddle/scripts/docker/README.md

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ binaries.
 
 ## Run The Build
 
-### Build Evironments
+### Build Environments
 
 The pre-built build environment images are:
 
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ For developers who are interested in the C++ source code, please use -e "WOBOQ=O
 - The following command builds PaddlePaddle, generates HTML pages from C++ source code, and writes HTML pages into `$HOME/woboq_out` on the host:
 
 ```bash
-docker run -v $PWD:/paddle -v $HOME/woboq_out:/woboq_out -e "WITH_GPU=OFF" -e "WITH_AVX=ON" -e "WITH_TEST=ON" -e "WOBOQ=ON" paddlepaddle/paddle:latest-dev
+docker run -v $PWD:/paddle -v $HOME/woboq_out:/woboq_out -e "WITH_GPU=OFF" -e "WITH_AVX=ON" -e "WITH_TESTING=ON" -e "WOBOQ=ON" paddlepaddle/paddle:latest-dev
 ```
 
 - You can open the generated HTML files in your Web browser. Or, if you want to run a Nginx container to serve them for a wider audience, you can run:

paddle/scripts/tools/build_docs/build_docs.sh

@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ docker run --rm \
        -e "WITH_AVX=ON" \
        -e "WITH_DOC=ON" \
        -e "WOBOQ=ON" \
-       ${1:-"paddledev/paddle:dev"}
+       ${1:-"paddlepaddle/paddle:latest-dev"}

python/paddle/v2/fluid/layers/__init__.py

+import ops
+from ops import *
+import nn
+from nn import *
+import io
+from io import *
+import tensor
+from tensor import *
+import control_flow
+from control_flow import *
+
+__all__ = []
+__all__ += nn.__all__
+__all__ += io.__all__
+__all__ += tensor.__all__
+__all__ += control_flow.__all__
+__all__ += ops.__all__

python/paddle/v2/fluid/layers.py → python/paddle/v2/fluid/layers/control_flow.py

-import core
-import proto.framework_pb2 as framework_pb2
-from framework import OpProtoHolder, Variable, Program, Operator
-from initializer import Constant, Normal, Xavier, Initializer
-from paddle.v2.fluid.layer_helper import LayerHelper, unique_name
-import re
-import cStringIO
-from param_attr import ParamAttr
+from ..layer_helper import LayerHelper, unique_name
+from ..framework import Program, Variable, Operator
+from .. import core
+from tensor import assign, fill_constant
 import contextlib
 
 __all__ = [
-    'fc', 'data', 'cross_entropy', 'conv2d', 'pool2d', 'embedding', 'concat',
-    'StaticRNN', 'cast', 'sequence_conv', 'sequence_pool', 'sums', 'cos_sim',
-    'batch_norm', 'accuracy', 'split_lod_tensor', 'While'
+    'split_lod_tensor', 'merge_lod_tensor', 'BlockGuard', 'StaticRNNGuard',
+    'StaticRNNMemoryLink', 'WhileGuard', 'While', 'lod_rank_table',
+    'max_sequence_len', 'topk', 'lod_tensor_to_array', 'array_to_lod_tensor',
+    'increment', 'array_write', 'create_array', 'less_than', 'array_read',
+    'shrink_memory', 'array_length', 'IfElse', 'DynamicRNN', 'ConditionalBlock',
+    'StaticRNN'
 ]
 
 
-def fc(input,
-       size,
-       num_flatten_dims=1,
-       param_attr=None,
-       bias_attr=None,
-       act=None,
-       name=None,
-       main_program=None,
-       startup_program=None):
-    """
-    Fully Connected Layer.
-
-    Args:
-       input: The input tensor to the function
-       size: The size of the layer
-       num_flatten_dims: Number of columns in input
-       param_attr: The parameters/weights to the FC Layer
-       param_initializer: Initializer used for the weight/parameter. If None, XavierInitializer() is used
-       bias_attr: The bias parameter for the FC layer
-       bias_initializer: Initializer used for the bias. If None, then ConstantInitializer() is used
-       act: Activation to be applied to the output of FC layer
-       name: Name/alias of the function
-       main_program: Name of the main program that calls this
-       startup_program: Name of the startup program
-
-    This function can take in multiple inputs and performs the Fully Connected
-    function (linear transformation) on top of each of them.
-    So for input x, the output will be : Wx + b. Where W is the parameter,
-    b the bias and x is the input.
-
-    The function also applies an activation (non-linearity) on top of the
-    output, if activation is passed in the input.
-
-    All the input variables of this function are passed in as local variables
-    to the LayerHelper constructor.
-
-    """
-    helper = LayerHelper('fc', **locals())
-
-    dtype = helper.input_dtype()
-
-    mul_results = []
-    for input_var, param_attr in helper.iter_inputs_and_params():
-        input_shape = input_var.shape
-        param_shape = [
-            reduce(lambda a, b: a * b, input_shape[num_flatten_dims:], 1)
-        ] + [size]
-        w = helper.create_parameter(
-            attr=param_attr, shape=param_shape, dtype=dtype, is_bias=False)
-        tmp = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype)
-        helper.append_op(
-            type="mul",
-            inputs={
-                "X": input_var,
-                "Y": w,
-            },
-            outputs={"Out": tmp},
-            attrs={'x_num_col_dims': num_flatten_dims,
-                   'y_num_col_dims': 1})
-        mul_results.append(tmp)
-
-    # sum
-    if len(mul_results) == 1:
-        pre_bias = mul_results[0]
-    else:
-        pre_bias = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype)
-        helper.append_op(
-            type="sum", inputs={"X": mul_results}, outputs={"Out": pre_bias})
-    # add bias
-    pre_activation = helper.append_bias_op(pre_bias)
-    # add activation
-    return helper.append_activation(pre_activation)
-
-
-def embedding(input,
-              size,
-              is_sparse=False,
-              param_attr=None,
-              dtype='float32',
-              main_program=None,
-              startup_program=None):
-    """
-    Embedding Layer.
-
-    Args:
-       param_initializer:
-       input: The input to the function
-       size: The size of the layer
-       is_sparse: A flag that decleares whether the input is sparse
-       param_attr: Parameters for this layer
-       dtype: The type of data : float32, float_16, int etc
-       main_program: Name of the main program that calls this
-       startup_program: Name of the startup program
-
-    This function can take in the input (which is a vector of IDs) and
-    performs a lookup in the lookup_table using these IDs, to result into
-    the embedding of each ID in the input.
-
-    All the input variables of this function are passed in as local variables
-    to the LayerHelper constructor.
-
-    """
-
-    helper = LayerHelper('embedding', **locals())
-    w = helper.create_parameter(
-        attr=helper.param_attr, shape=size, dtype=dtype, is_bias=False)
-    tmp = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype)
-    helper.append_op(
-        type='lookup_table',
-        inputs={'Ids': input,
-                'W': w},
-        outputs={'Out': tmp},
-        attrs={'is_sparse': is_sparse})
-    return tmp
-
-
-# TODO(qijun): expose H0 and C0
-def dynamic_lstm(input,
-                 size,
-                 param_attr=None,
-                 bias_attr=None,
-                 use_peepholes=True,
-                 is_reverse=False,
-                 gate_activation='sigmoid',
-                 cell_activation='tanh',
-                 candidate_activation='tanh',
-                 dtype='float32',
-                 main_program=None,
-                 startup_program=None):
-    helper = LayerHelper('lstm', **locals())
-    size = size / 4
-    weight = helper.create_parameter(
-        attr=helper.param_attr, shape=[size, 4 * size], dtype=dtype)
-    bias_size = [1, 7 * size]
-    if not use_peepholes:
-        bias_size[1] = 4 * size
-    bias = helper.create_parameter(
-        attr=helper.bias_attr, shape=bias_size, dtype=dtype, is_bias=True)
-
-    hidden = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype)
-    cell = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype)
-    batch_gate = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype)
-    batch_cell_pre_act = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype)
-
-    helper.append_op(
-        type='lstm',
-        inputs={'Input': input,
-                'Weight': weight,
-                'Bias': bias},
-        outputs={
-            'Hidden': hidden,
-            'Cell': cell,
-            'BatchGate': batch_gate,
-            'BatchCellPreAct': batch_cell_pre_act
-        },
-        attrs={
-            'use_peepholes': use_peepholes,
-            'is_reverse': is_reverse,
-            'gate_activation': gate_activation,
-            'cell_activation': cell_activation,
-            'candidate_activation': candidate_activation
-        })
-    return hidden, cell
-
-
-def gru_unit(input,
-             hidden,
-             size,
-             weight=None,
-             bias=None,
-             activation='tanh',
-             gate_activation='sigmoid',
-             main_program=None,
-             startup_program=None):
-    """
-    GRUUnit Operator implements partial calculations of the GRU unit as following:
-
-    $$
-    update \ gate: u_t = actGate(xu_t + W_u * h_{t-1} + b_u) \\
-    reset \ gate: r_t = actGate(xr_t + W_r * h_{t-1} + b_r)  \\
-    output \ candidate: {h}_t = actNode(xc_t + W_c * dot(r_t, h_{t-1}) + b_c) \\
-    output: h_t = dot((1 - u_t), h_{t-1}) + dot(u_t, {h}_t)
-    $$
-
-    which is same as one time step of GRU Operator.
-
-    @note To implement the complete GRU unit, fully-connected operator must be
-    used before to feed xu, xr and xc as the Input of GRUUnit operator.
-
-    TODO(ChunweiYan) add more document here
-    """
-    activation_dict = dict(
-        identity=0,
-        sigmoid=1,
-        tanh=2,
-        relu=3, )
-    activation = activation_dict[activation]
-    gate_activation = activation_dict[gate_activation]
-
-    helper = LayerHelper('gru_unit', **locals())
-    dtype = helper.input_dtype()
-    size = size / 3
-
-    # create weight
-    if weight is None:
-        weight = helper.create_parameter(
-            attr=helper.param_attr, shape=[size, 3 * size], dtype=dtype)
-
-    # create bias
-    if bias is None:
-        bias_size = [1, 3 * size]
-        bias = helper.create_parameter(
-            attr=helper.bias_attr, shape=bias_size, dtype=dtype, is_bias=True)
-
-    gate = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype)
-    reset_hidden_pre = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype)
-    updated_hidden = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype)
-
-    helper.append_op(
-        type='gru_unit',
-        inputs={'Input': input,
-                'HiddenPrev': hidden,
-                'Weight': weight},
-        outputs={
-            'Gate': gate,
-            'ResetHiddenPrev': reset_hidden_pre,
-            'Hidden': updated_hidden,
-        },
-        attrs={
-            'activation': 0,
-            'gate_activation': 1,
-        })
-
-    return updated_hidden, reset_hidden_pre, gate
-
-
-def data(name,
-         shape,
-         append_batch_size=True,
-         dtype='float32',
-         lod_level=0,
-         type=core.VarDesc.VarType.LOD_TENSOR,
-         main_program=None,
-         startup_program=None,
-         stop_gradient=True):
-    """
-    Data Layer.
-
-    Args:
-       name: The name/alias of the function
-       shape: Tuple declaring the shape.
-       append_batch_size: Whether or not to append the data as a batch.
-       dtype: The type of data : float32, float_16, int etc
-       type: The output type. By default it is LOD_TENSOR.
-       lod_level(int): The LoD Level. 0 means the input data is not a sequence.
-       main_program: Name of the main program that calls this
-       startup_program: Name of the startup program
-       stop_gradient: A boolean that mentions whether gradient should flow.
-
-    This function takes in input and based on whether data has
-    to be returned back as a minibatch, it creates the global variable using
-    the helper functions. The global variables can be accessed by all the
-    following operations and layers in the graph.
-
-    All the input variables of this function are passed in as local variables
-    to the LayerHelper constructor.
-
-    """
-    helper = LayerHelper('data', **locals())
-    shape = list(shape)
-    for i in xrange(len(shape)):
-        if shape[i] is None:
-            shape[i] = -1
-            append_batch_size = False
-        elif shape[i] < 0:
-            append_batch_size = False
-
-    if append_batch_size:
-        shape = [-1] + shape  # append batch size as -1
-
-    return helper.create_global_variable(
-        name=name,
-        shape=shape,
-        dtype=dtype,
-        type=type,
-        stop_gradient=stop_gradient,
-        lod_level=lod_level)
-
-
-def create_tensor(dtype, name=None, main_program=None, startup_program=None):
-    helper = LayerHelper("create_tensor", **locals())
-    return helper.create_variable(name=helper.name, dtype=dtype)
-
-
-def _convert_(name):
-    """
-    Formatting.
-
-    Args:
-       name: The name/alias
-
-    This function takes in a name and converts it to a standard format of
-    group1_group2. Where as per the regular expression, group1 can have
-    alphabets and numbers and group2 has capital alphabets.
-
-    """
-    s1 = re.sub('(.)([A-Z][a-z]+)', r'\1_\2', name)
-    return re.sub('([a-z0-9])([A-Z])', r'\1_\2', s1).lower()
-
-
-def _generate_doc_string_(op_proto):
-    """
-    Generate docstring by OpProto
-
-    Args:
-        op_proto (framework_pb2.OpProto): a protobuf message typed OpProto
-
-    Returns:
-        str: the document string
-    """
-
-    def _type_to_str_(tp):
-        return framework_pb2.AttrType.Name(tp)
-
-    if not isinstance(op_proto, framework_pb2.OpProto):
-        raise TypeError("OpProto should be `framework_pb2.OpProto`")
-
-    buf = cStringIO.StringIO()
-    buf.write(op_proto.comment)
-    buf.write('\nArgs:\n')
-    for each_input in op_proto.inputs:
-        line_begin = '    {0}: '.format(_convert_(each_input.name))
-        buf.write(line_begin)
-        buf.write(each_input.comment)
-        buf.write('\n')
-        buf.write(' ' * len(line_begin))
-        buf.write('Duplicable: ')
-        buf.write(str(each_input.duplicable))
-        buf.write('  Optional: ')
-        buf.write(str(each_input.dispensable))
-        buf.write('\n')
-
-    for each_attr in op_proto.attrs:
-        buf.write('    ')
-        buf.write(each_attr.name)
-        buf.write(' (')
-        buf.write(_type_to_str_(each_attr.type))
-        buf.write('): ')
-        buf.write(each_attr.comment)
-        buf.write('\n')
-
-    if len(op_proto.outputs) != 0:
-        buf.write('\nReturns:\n')
-        buf.write('    ')
-        for each_opt in op_proto.outputs:
-            if not each_opt.intermediate:
-                break
-        buf.write(each_opt.comment)
-
-    return buf.getvalue()
-
-
-def _create_op_func_(op_type):
-    """
-    Create an Operator for a Function.
-
-    Args:
-       op_type: The name of the operator to be created
-
-    This function takes in the operator type (sigmoid, mean , average etc) and
-    creates the operator functionality.
-
-    """
-    op_proto = OpProtoHolder.instance().get_op_proto(op_type)
-    not_intermediate_outputs = \
-        filter(lambda output: not output.intermediate, op_proto.outputs)
-    intermediate_outputs = \
-        filter(lambda output: output.intermediate, op_proto.outputs)
-
-    if len(not_intermediate_outputs) != 1:
-        raise ValueError("Only one non intermediate output operator can be",
-                         "automatically generated")
-
-    if not_intermediate_outputs[0].duplicable:
-        raise ValueError(
-            "Only non duplicable op can be automatically generated")
-
-    for output in intermediate_outputs:
-        if output.duplicable:
-            raise ValueError("The op can be automatically generated only when ",
-                             "all intermediate ops are not duplicable")
-
-    o_name = not_intermediate_outputs[0].name
-    intermediate_output_names = [output.name for output in intermediate_outputs]
-
-    def infer_and_check_dtype(op_proto, **kwargs):
-        """
-        This function performs the sanity check for dtype and
-        instance type.
-        """
-        dtype = None
-        for ipt in op_proto.inputs:
-            name = _convert_(ipt.name)
-            val = kwargs.pop(name, [])
-            if not isinstance(val, list) and not isinstance(val, tuple):
-                val = [val]
-            for each in val:
-                if not isinstance(each, Variable):
-                    raise ValueError("input of {0} must be variable".format(
-                        op_type))
-
-                if dtype is None:
-                    dtype = each.dtype
-                elif dtype != each.dtype:
-                    raise ValueError(
-                        "operator {0} must input same dtype. {1} vs {2}".format(
-                            op_type, dtype, each.dtype))
-
-        return dtype
-
-    def func(**kwargs):
-        helper = LayerHelper(op_type, **kwargs)
-
-        dtype = infer_and_check_dtype(op_proto, **kwargs)
-
-        inputs = dict()
-        for ipt in op_proto.inputs:
-            name = _convert_(ipt.name)
-            val = kwargs.pop(name, [])
-            if not isinstance(val, list) and not isinstance(val, tuple):
-                val = [val]
-            inputs[ipt.name] = val
-
-        outputs = dict()
-        out = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype=dtype)
-        outputs[o_name] = [out]
-        for name in intermediate_output_names:
-            outputs[name] = [helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype=dtype)]
-        helper.append_op(
-            type=op_type, inputs=inputs, outputs=outputs, attrs=kwargs)
-        return helper.append_activation(out)
-
-    func.__name__ = op_type
-    globals()[op_type] = func
-    func.__doc__ = _generate_doc_string_(op_proto)
-    global __all__
-    __all__.append(op_type)
-
-
-_create_op_func_('mean')
-_create_op_func_('mul')
-_create_op_func_('elementwise_add')
-_create_op_func_('elementwise_div')
-_create_op_func_('dropout')
-_create_op_func_('reshape')
-_create_op_func_('sigmoid')
-_create_op_func_('scale')
-_create_op_func_('reshape')
-_create_op_func_('transpose')
-_create_op_func_('sigmoid_cross_entropy_with_logits')
-
-
-def cast(x, dtype, main_program=None):
-    """
-    This function takes in the input with input_dtype
-    and casts it to the output_dtype as the output.
-    """
-    helper = LayerHelper('cast', **locals())
-    out = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype=dtype)
-    helper.append_op(
-        type='cast',
-        inputs={'X': [x]},
-        outputs={'Out': [out]},
-        attrs={'in_dtype': x.dtype,
-               'out_dtype': out.dtype})
-    return out
-
-
-def concat(input, axis, main_program=None, startup_program=None):
-    """
-    This function concats the input along the axis mentioned
-    and returns that as the output.
-    """
-    helper = LayerHelper('concat', **locals())
-    out = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype=helper.input_dtype())
-    helper.append_op(
-        type='concat',
-        inputs={'X': input},
-        outputs={'Out': [out]},
-        attrs={'axis': axis})
-    return out
-
-
-def sums(input, out=None, main_program=None, startup_program=None):
-    """
-    This function takes in the input and performs the sum operation on it
-    and returns that as the output.
-    """
-    helper = LayerHelper('sum', **locals())
-    if out is None:
-        out = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype=helper.input_dtype())
-    helper.append_op(type='sum', inputs={'X': input}, outputs={'Out': out})
-    return out
-
-
-def linear_chain_crf(input,
-                     label,
-                     param_attr=None,
-                     main_program=None,
-                     startup_program=None):
-    helper = LayerHelper('linear_chain_crf', **locals())
-    size = input.shape[1]
-    transition = helper.create_parameter(
-        attr=helper.param_attr,
-        shape=[size + 2, size],
-        dtype=helper.input_dtype())
-    alpha = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype=helper.input_dtype())
-    emission_exps = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype=helper.input_dtype())
-    transition_exps = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype=helper.input_dtype())
-    log_likelihood = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype=helper.input_dtype())
-    helper.append_op(
-        type='linear_chain_crf',
-        inputs={"Emission": [input],
-                "Transition": transition,
-                "Label": label},
-        outputs={
-            "Alpha": [alpha],
-            "EmissionExps": [emission_exps],
-            "TransitionExps": transition_exps,
-            "LogLikelihood": log_likelihood
-        })
-
-    return log_likelihood
-
-
-def crf_decoding(input,
-                 param_attr,
-                 label=None,
-                 main_program=None,
-                 startup_program=None):
-    helper = LayerHelper('crf_decoding', **locals())
-    transition = helper.get_parameter(param_attr.name)
-    viterbi_path = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype=helper.input_dtype())
-    helper.append_op(
-        type='crf_decoding',
-        inputs={"Emission": [input],
-                "Transition": transition,
-                "Label": label},
-        outputs={"ViterbiPath": [viterbi_path]})
-
-    return viterbi_path
-
-
-def assign(input, output, main_program=None, startup_program=None):
-    helper = LayerHelper('assign', **locals())
-    helper.append_op(
-        type='scale',
-        inputs={'X': [input]},
-        outputs={'Out': [output]},
-        attrs={'scale': 1.0})
-    return output
-
-
 def split_lod_tensor(input,
                      mask,
                      level=0,
@@ -618,404 +54,6 @@ def merge_lod_tensor(in_true,
     return out
 
 
-def cos_sim(X, Y, **kwargs):
-    """
-    This function performs the cosine similarity between two tensors
-    X and Y and returns that as the output.
-    """
-    helper = LayerHelper('cos_sim', **kwargs)
-    out = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype=X.dtype)
-    xnorm = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype=X.dtype)
-    ynorm = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype=X.dtype)
-    helper.append_op(
-        type='cos_sim',
-        inputs={'X': [X],
-                'Y': [Y]},
-        outputs={'Out': [out],
-                 'XNorm': [xnorm],
-                 'YNorm': [ynorm]})
-    return out
-
-
-def cross_entropy(input, label, **kwargs):
-    """
-    This function computes cross_entropy using the input and label.
-    """
-    helper = LayerHelper('cross_entropy', **kwargs)
-    out = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype=input.dtype)
-    helper.append_op(
-        type='cross_entropy',
-        inputs={'X': [input],
-                'Label': [label]},
-        outputs={'Y': [out]},
-        attrs=kwargs)
-    return out
-
-
-def square_error_cost(input, label, **kwargs):
-    """
-    This functions returns the squared error cost using the input and label.
-    The output is appending the op to do the above.
-    """
-    helper = LayerHelper('square_error_cost', **kwargs)
-    minus_out = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype=input.dtype)
-    helper.append_op(
-        type='elementwise_sub',
-        inputs={'X': [input],
-                'Y': [label]},
-        outputs={'Out': [minus_out]})
-
-    square_out = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype=input.dtype)
-    helper.append_op(
-        type='square', inputs={'X': [minus_out]}, outputs={'Y': [square_out]})
-    return square_out
-
-
-def accuracy(input, label, k=1, correct=None, total=None, **kwargs):
-    """
-    This function computes the accuracy using the input and label.
-    The output is the top_k inputs and their indices.
-    """
-    helper = LayerHelper("accuracy", **kwargs)
-    topk_out = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype=input.dtype)
-    topk_indices = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype="int64")
-    helper.append_op(
-        type="top_k",
-        inputs={"X": [input]},
-        outputs={"Out": [topk_out],
-                 "Indices": [topk_indices]},
-        attrs={"k": k})
-    acc_out = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype="float32")
-    if correct is None:
-        correct = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype="int64")
-    if total is None:
-        total = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype="int64")
-    helper.append_op(
-        type="accuracy",
-        inputs={
-            "Out": [topk_out],
-            "Indices": [topk_indices],
-            "Label": [label]
-        },
-        outputs={
-            "Accuracy": [acc_out],
-            "Correct": [correct],
-            "Total": [total],
-        })
-    return acc_out
-
-
-def chunk_eval(input,
-               label,
-               chunk_scheme,
-               num_chunk_types,
-               excluded_chunk_types=None,
-               **kwargs):
-    """
-    This function computes the accuracy using the input and label.
-    The output is the top_k inputs and their indices.
-    """
-    helper = LayerHelper("chunk_eval", **kwargs)
-
-    # prepare output
-    precision = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype="float32")
-    recall = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype="float32")
-    f1_score = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype="float32")
-
-    helper.append_op(
-        type="chunk_eval",
-        inputs={"Inference": [input],
-                "Label": [label]},
-        outputs={
-            "Precision": [precision],
-            "Recall": [recall],
-            "F1-Score": [f1_score]
-        },
-        attrs={
-            "num_chunk_types": num_chunk_types,
-            'chunk_scheme': chunk_scheme,
-            'excluded_chunk_types': excluded_chunk_types or []
-        })
-    return precision, recall, f1_score
-
-
-def sequence_conv(input,
-                  num_filters,
-                  filter_size=3,
-                  filter_stride=1,
-                  padding=None,
-                  bias_attr=None,
-                  param_attr=None,
-                  act=None,
-                  main_program=None,
-                  startup_program=None):
-    """
-    This function creates the op for sequence_conv, using the inputs and
-    other convolutional configurations for the filters and stride as given
-    in the input parameters to the function.
-    """
-
-    # FIXME(dzh) : want to unify the argument of python layer
-    # function. So we ignore some unecessary attributes.
-    # such as, padding_trainable, context_start.
-
-    helper = LayerHelper('sequence_conv', **locals())
-    dtype = helper.input_dtype()
-    filter_shape = [filter_size * input.shape[1], num_filters]
-    filter_param = helper.create_parameter(
-        attr=helper.param_attr, shape=filter_shape, dtype=dtype)
-    pre_bias = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype)
-
-    helper.append_op(
-        type='sequence_conv',
-        inputs={
-            'X': [input],
-            'Filter': [filter_param],
-        },
-        outputs={"Out": pre_bias},
-        attrs={
-            'contextStride': filter_stride,
-            'contextStart': -int(filter_size / 2),
-            'contextLength': filter_size
-        })
-    pre_act = helper.append_bias_op(pre_bias)
-    return helper.append_activation(pre_act)
-
-
-def conv2d(input,
-           num_filters,
-           filter_size,
-           stride=None,
-           padding=None,
-           groups=None,
-           param_attr=None,
-           bias_attr=None,
-           act=None,
-           name=None,
-           main_program=None,
-           startup_program=None):
-    """
-    This function creates the op for a 2-dimensional Convolution.
-    This is performed using the parameters of filters(size, dimensionality etc)
-    , stride and other configurations for a Convolution operation.
-    This funciton can also append an activation on top of the
-    conv-2d output, if mentioned in the input parameters.
-    """
-
-    if stride is None:
-        stride = [1, 1]
-    helper = LayerHelper('conv2d', **locals())
-    dtype = helper.input_dtype()
-
-    num_channels = input.shape[1]
-    if groups is None:
-        num_filter_channels = num_channels
-    else:
-        if num_channels % groups != 0:
-            raise ValueError("num_channels must be divisible by groups.")
-        num_filter_channels = num_channels / groups
-
-    if isinstance(filter_size, int):
-        filter_size = [filter_size, filter_size]
-    if isinstance(stride, int):
-        stride = [stride, stride]
-    if isinstance(padding, int):
-        padding = [padding, padding]
-
-    input_shape = input.shape
-    filter_shape = [num_filters, num_filter_channels] + filter_size
-
-    def _get_default_param_initializer():
-        std = (2.0 / (filter_size[0]**2 * num_channels))**0.5
-        return Normal(0.0, std, 0)
-
-    filter_param = helper.create_parameter(
-        attr=helper.param_attr,
-        shape=filter_shape,
-        dtype=dtype,
-        default_initializer=_get_default_param_initializer())
-
-    pre_bias = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype)
-
-    helper.append_op(
-        type='conv2d_cudnn',
-        inputs={
-            'Input': input,
-            'Filter': filter_param,
-        },
-        outputs={"Output": pre_bias},
-        attrs={'strides': stride,
-               'paddings': padding,
-               'groups': groups})
-
-    pre_act = helper.append_bias_op(pre_bias, dim_start=1, dim_end=2)
-
-    return helper.append_activation(pre_act)
-
-
-def sequence_pool(input, pool_type, **kwargs):
-    """
-    This function add the operator for sequence pooling.
-    This is applied on top of the input using pool_type mentioned
-    in the parameters.
-    """
-    helper = LayerHelper('sequence_pool', input=input, **kwargs)
-    dtype = helper.input_dtype()
-    pool_out = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype)
-    max_index = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype)
-
-    helper.append_op(
-        type="sequence_pool",
-        inputs={"X": input},
-        outputs={"Out": pool_out,
-                 "MaxIndex": max_index},
-        attrs={"pooltype": pool_type.upper()})
-
-    return pool_out
-
-
-def pool2d(input,
-           pool_size,
-           pool_type,
-           pool_stride=None,
-           pool_padding=None,
-           global_pooling=False,
-           main_program=None,
-           startup_program=None):
-    """
-    This function adds the operator for pooling in 2 dimensions, using the
-    pooling configurations mentioned in input parameters.
-    """
-    if pool_padding is None:
-        pool_padding = [0, 0]
-    if pool_stride is None:
-        pool_stride = [1, 1]
-    if pool_type not in ["max", "avg"]:
-        raise ValueError(
-            "Unknown pool_type: '%s'. It can only be 'max' or 'avg'.",
-            str(pool_type))
-    if isinstance(pool_size, int):
-        pool_size = [pool_size, pool_size]
-    if isinstance(pool_stride, int):
-        pool_stride = [pool_stride, pool_stride]
-    if isinstance(pool_padding, int):
-        pool_padding = [pool_padding, pool_padding]
-
-    helper = LayerHelper('pool2d', **locals())
-    dtype = helper.input_dtype()
-    pool_out = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype)
-
-    helper.append_op(
-        type="pool2d",
-        inputs={"X": input},
-        outputs={"Out": pool_out},
-        attrs={
-            "pooling_type": pool_type,
-            "ksize": pool_size,
-            "global_pooling": global_pooling,
-            "strides": pool_stride,
-            "paddings": pool_padding
-        })
-
-    return pool_out
-
-
-def batch_norm(input,
-               act=None,
-               is_test=False,
-               momentum=0.9,
-               epsilon=1e-05,
-               param_attr=None,
-               bias_attr=None,
-               data_layout='NCHW',
-               main_program=None,
-               startup_program=None):
-    """
-    This function helps create an operator to implement
-    the BatchNorm layer using the configurations from the input parameters.
-    """
-    helper = LayerHelper('batch_norm', **locals())
-    dtype = helper.input_dtype()
-
-    input_shape = input.shape
-    if data_layout == 'NCHW':
-        channel_num = input_shape[1]
-    else:
-        if data_layout == 'NHWC':
-            channel_num = input_shape[-1]
-        else:
-            raise ValueError("unsupported data layout:" + data_layout)
-
-    param_shape = [channel_num]
-
-    # create parameter
-    scale = helper.create_parameter(
-        attr=helper.param_attr,
-        shape=param_shape,
-        dtype=dtype,
-        default_initializer=Constant(1.0))
-
-    bias = helper.create_parameter(
-        attr=helper.param_attr, shape=param_shape, dtype=dtype, is_bias=True)
-
-    mean = helper.create_global_variable(
-        dtype=input.dtype, shape=param_shape, persistable=True)
-    helper.set_variable_initializer(var=mean, initializer=Constant(0.0))
-
-    variance = helper.create_global_variable(
-        dtype=input.dtype, shape=param_shape, persistable=True)
-    helper.set_variable_initializer(var=variance, initializer=Constant(1.0))
-
-    # create output
-    # mean and mean_out share the same memory
-    mean_out = mean
-    # variance and variance out share the same memory
-    variance_out = variance
-    saved_mean = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype)
-    saved_variance = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype)
-
-    batch_norm_out = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype)
-
-    helper.append_op(
-        type="batch_norm",
-        inputs={
-            "X": input,
-            "Scale": scale,
-            "Bias": bias,
-            "Mean": mean,
-            "Variance": variance
-        },
-        outputs={
-            "Y": batch_norm_out,
-            "MeanOut": mean_out,
-            "VarianceOut": variance_out,
-            "SavedMean": saved_mean,
-            "SavedVariance": saved_variance
-        },
-        attrs={"momentum": momentum,
-               "epsilon": epsilon,
-               "is_test": is_test})
-
-    return helper.append_activation(batch_norm_out)
-
-
-def beam_search_decode(ids, scores, main_program=None, startup_program=None):
-    helper = LayerHelper('beam_search_decode', **locals())
-    sentence_ids = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype=ids.dtype)
-    sentence_scores = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype=ids.dtype)
-
-    helper.append_op(
-        type="beam_search_decode",
-        inputs={"Ids": ids,
-                "Scores": scores},
-        outputs={
-            "SentenceIds": sentence_ids,
-            "SentenceScores": sentence_scores
-        })
-
-    return sentence_ids, sentence_scores
-
-
 class BlockGuard(object):
     """
     BlockGuard class.
@@ -1288,7 +326,7 @@ class StaticRNN(object):
             attrs={
                 'ex_states': pre_memories,
                 'states': memories,
-                'step_block': rnn_block
+                'sub_block': rnn_block
             })
 
 
@@ -1365,51 +403,7 @@ class While(object):
             },
             outputs={'Out': out_vars,
                      'StepScopes': [step_scope]},
-            attrs={'step_block': while_block})
-
-
-def lstm(x,
-         c_pre_init,
-         hidden_dim,
-         forget_bias=None,
-         main_program=None,
-         startup_program=None):
-    """
-    This function helps create an operator for the LSTM (Long Short Term
-    Memory) cell that can be used inside an RNN.
-    """
-    helper = LayerHelper('lstm_unit', **locals())
-    rnn = StaticRNN()
-    with rnn.step():
-        c_pre = rnn.memory(init=c_pre_init)
-        x_t = rnn.step_input(x)
-
-        before_fc = concat(
-            input=[x_t, c_pre],
-            axis=1,
-            main_program=main_program,
-            startup_program=startup_program)
-        after_fc = fc(input=before_fc,
-                      size=hidden_dim * 4,
-                      main_program=main_program,
-                      startup_program=startup_program)
-
-        dtype = x.dtype
-        c = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype)
-        h = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype)
-
-        helper.append_op(
-            type='lstm_unit',
-            inputs={"X": after_fc,
-                    "C_prev": c_pre},
-            outputs={"C": c,
-                     "H": h},
-            attrs={"forget_bias": forget_bias})
-
-        rnn.update_memory(c_pre, c)
-        rnn.output(h)
-
-    return rnn()
+            attrs={'sub_block': while_block})
 
 
 def lod_rank_table(x, level=0, main_program=None):
@@ -1489,72 +483,6 @@ def array_to_lod_tensor(x, table, main_program=None, startup_program=None):
     return tmp
 
 
-def fill_constant(shape,
-                  dtype,
-                  value,
-                  out=None,
-                  main_program=None,
-                  startup_program=None):
-    """
-    This function creates a tensor , with shape as mentioned in the input and
-    specified dtype and fills this up with a constant value that
-    comes in the input. It also sets the stop_gradient to be True.
-    """
-    helper = LayerHelper("fill_constant", **locals())
-    if out is None:
-        out = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype=dtype)
-    helper.append_op(
-        type='fill_constant',
-        inputs={},
-        outputs={'Out': [out]},
-        attrs={'shape': shape,
-               'dtype': out.dtype,
-               'value': float(value)})
-    out.stop_gradient = True
-    return out
-
-
-def fill_constant_batch_size_like(input,
-                                  shape,
-                                  dtype,
-                                  value,
-                                  input_dim_idx=0,
-                                  output_dim_idx=0,
-                                  main_program=None,
-                                  startup_program=None):
-    helper = LayerHelper("fill_constant_batch_size_like", **locals())
-    out = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype=dtype)
-    helper.append_op(
-        type='fill_constant_batch_size_like',
-        inputs={'Input': input},
-        outputs={'Out': [out]},
-        attrs={
-            'shape': shape,
-            'dtype': out.dtype,
-            'value': float(value),
-            'input_dim_idx': input_dim_idx,
-            'output_dim_idx': output_dim_idx
-        })
-    out.stop_gradient = True
-    return out
-
-
-def ones(shape, dtype, main_program=None):
-    """
-    This function performs the same function as fill_constant() declared above
-    with the constant value being 1.0.
-    """
-    return fill_constant(value=1.0, **locals())
-
-
-def zeros(shape, dtype, main_program=None):
-    """
-    This function performs the same function as fill_constant() declared above
-    with the constant value being 0.0.
-    """
-    return fill_constant(value=0.0, **locals())
-
-
 def increment(x,
               value=1.0,
               in_place=True,
@@ -1666,95 +594,6 @@ def array_length(array, main_program=None):
     return tmp
 
 
-def conv2d_transpose(input,
-                     num_filters,
-                     output_size=None,
-                     filter_size=None,
-                     padding=None,
-                     stride=None,
-                     param_attr=None,
-                     main_program=None,
-                     startup_program=None):
-    """
-    The transpose of conv2d layer.
-
-    This layer is also known as deconvolution layer.
-
-    Args:
-        input(Variable): The input image with [N, C, H, W] format.
-        num_filters(int): The number of filter. It is as same as the output
-            image channel.
-        output_size(int|tuple|None): The output image size. If output size is a
-            tuple, it must contain two integers, (image_H, image_W). This
-            parameter only works when filter_size is None.
-        filter_size(int|tuple|None): The filter size. If filter_size is a tuple,
-            it must contain two integers, (filter_size_H, filter_size_W).
-            Otherwise, the filter will be a square.  None if use output size to
-            calculate filter_size
-        padding(int|tuple): The padding size. If padding is a tuple, it must
-            contain two integers, (padding_H, padding_W). Otherwise, the
-            padding_H = padding_W = padding.
-        stride(int|tuple): The stride size. If stride is a tuple, it must
-            contain two integers, (stride_H, stride_W). Otherwise, the
-            stride_H = stride_W = stride.
-        param_attr: Parameter Attribute.
-        main_program(Program): the main program
-        startup_program(Program): the startup program
-
-    Returns:
-        Variable: Output image.
-    """
-    helper = LayerHelper("conv2d_transpose", **locals())
-    if not isinstance(input, Variable):
-        raise TypeError("Input of conv2d_transpose must be Variable")
-    input_channel = input.shape[1]
-
-    op_attr = dict()
-
-    if isinstance(padding, int):
-        op_attr['paddings'] = [padding, padding]
-    elif padding is not None:
-        op_attr['paddings'] = padding
-
-    if isinstance(stride, int):
-        op_attr['strides'] = stride
-    elif stride is not None:
-        op_attr['strides'] = stride
-
-    if filter_size is None:
-        if output_size is None:
-            raise ValueError("output_size must be set when filter_size is None")
-        if isinstance(output_size, int):
-            output_size = [output_size, output_size]
-
-        padding = op_attr.get('paddings', [0, 0])
-        stride = op_attr.get('strides', [1, 1])
-
-        h_in = input.shape[2]
-        w_in = input.shape[3]
-        filter_size_h = output_size[0] - \
-            (h_in - 1) * stride[0] + 2 * padding[0]
-        filter_size_w = output_size[1] - \
-            (w_in - 1) * stride[1] + 2 * padding[1]
-        filter_size = [filter_size_h, filter_size_w]
-    elif isinstance(filter_size, int):
-        filter_size = [filter_size, filter_size]
-
-    filter_shape = [input_channel, num_filters] + filter_size
-    img_filter = helper.create_parameter(
-        dtype=input.dtype, shape=filter_shape, attr=helper.param_attr)
-
-    out = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype=input.dtype)
-    helper.append_op(
-        type='conv2d_transpose',
-        inputs={'Input': [input],
-                'Filter': [img_filter]},
-        outputs={'Output': out},
-        attrs=op_attr)
-
-    return out
-
-
 class ConditionalBlockGuard(BlockGuard):
     def __init__(self, block):
         if not isinstance(block, ConditionalBlock):
@@ -1829,7 +668,7 @@ class ConditionalBlock(object):
             },
             outputs={'Out': out_list,
                      'Scope': [step_scope]},
-            attrs={'block': inside_block})
+            attrs={'sub_block': inside_block})
 
 
 class IfElseBlockGuard(object):

python/paddle/v2/fluid/layers/io.py

+from .. import core
+from ..layer_helper import LayerHelper
+
+__all__ = ['data']
+
+
+def data(name,
+         shape,
+         append_batch_size=True,
+         dtype='float32',
+         lod_level=0,
+         type=core.VarDesc.VarType.LOD_TENSOR,
+         main_program=None,
+         startup_program=None,
+         stop_gradient=True):
+    """
+    Data Layer.
+
+    Args:
+       name: The name/alias of the function
+       shape: Tuple declaring the shape.
+       append_batch_size: Whether or not to append the data as a batch.
+       dtype: The type of data : float32, float_16, int etc
+       type: The output type. By default it is LOD_TENSOR.
+       lod_level(int): The LoD Level. 0 means the input data is not a sequence.
+       main_program: Name of the main program that calls this
+       startup_program: Name of the startup program
+       stop_gradient: A boolean that mentions whether gradient should flow.
+
+    This function takes in input and based on whether data has
+    to be returned back as a minibatch, it creates the global variable using
+    the helper functions. The global variables can be accessed by all the
+    following operations and layers in the graph.
+
+    All the input variables of this function are passed in as local variables
+    to the LayerHelper constructor.
+
+    """
+    helper = LayerHelper('data', **locals())
+    shape = list(shape)
+    for i in xrange(len(shape)):
+        if shape[i] is None:
+            shape[i] = -1
+            append_batch_size = False
+        elif shape[i] < 0:
+            append_batch_size = False
+
+    if append_batch_size:
+        shape = [-1] + shape  # append batch size as -1
+
+    return helper.create_global_variable(
+        name=name,
+        shape=shape,
+        dtype=dtype,
+        type=type,
+        stop_gradient=stop_gradient,
+        lod_level=lod_level)

python/paddle/v2/fluid/layers/nn.py

+"""
+All layers just related to the neural network.
+"""
+
+from ..layer_helper import LayerHelper
+from ..initializer import Normal, Constant
+from ..framework import Variable
+
+__all__ = [
+    'fc', 'embedding', 'dynamic_lstm', 'gru_unit', 'linear_chain_crf',
+    'crf_decoding', 'cos_sim', 'cross_entropy', 'square_error_cost', 'accuracy',
+    'chunk_eval', 'sequence_conv', 'conv2d', 'sequence_pool', 'pool2d',
+    'batch_norm', 'beam_search_decode', 'conv2d_transpose'
+]
+
+
+def fc(input,
+       size,
+       num_flatten_dims=1,
+       param_attr=None,
+       bias_attr=None,
+       act=None,
+       name=None,
+       main_program=None,
+       startup_program=None):
+    """
+    Fully Connected Layer.
+
+    Args:
+       input: The input tensor to the function
+       size: The size of the layer
+       num_flatten_dims: Number of columns in input
+       param_attr: The parameters/weights to the FC Layer
+       param_initializer: Initializer used for the weight/parameter. If None, XavierInitializer() is used
+       bias_attr: The bias parameter for the FC layer
+       bias_initializer: Initializer used for the bias. If None, then ConstantInitializer() is used
+       act: Activation to be applied to the output of FC layer
+       name: Name/alias of the function
+       main_program: Name of the main program that calls this
+       startup_program: Name of the startup program
+
+    This function can take in multiple inputs and performs the Fully Connected
+    function (linear transformation) on top of each of them.
+    So for input x, the output will be : Wx + b. Where W is the parameter,
+    b the bias and x is the input.
+
+    The function also applies an activation (non-linearity) on top of the
+    output, if activation is passed in the input.
+
+    All the input variables of this function are passed in as local variables
+    to the LayerHelper constructor.
+
+    """
+    helper = LayerHelper('fc', **locals())
+
+    dtype = helper.input_dtype()
+
+    mul_results = []
+    for input_var, param_attr in helper.iter_inputs_and_params():
+        input_shape = input_var.shape
+        param_shape = [
+            reduce(lambda a, b: a * b, input_shape[num_flatten_dims:], 1)
+        ] + [size]
+        w = helper.create_parameter(
+            attr=param_attr, shape=param_shape, dtype=dtype, is_bias=False)
+        tmp = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype)
+        helper.append_op(
+            type="mul",
+            inputs={
+                "X": input_var,
+                "Y": w,
+            },
+            outputs={"Out": tmp},
+            attrs={'x_num_col_dims': num_flatten_dims,
+                   'y_num_col_dims': 1})
+        mul_results.append(tmp)
+
+    # sum
+    if len(mul_results) == 1:
+        pre_bias = mul_results[0]
+    else:
+        pre_bias = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype)
+        helper.append_op(
+            type="sum", inputs={"X": mul_results}, outputs={"Out": pre_bias})
+    # add bias
+    pre_activation = helper.append_bias_op(pre_bias)
+    # add activation
+    return helper.append_activation(pre_activation)
+
+
+def embedding(input,
+              size,
+              is_sparse=False,
+              param_attr=None,
+              dtype='float32',
+              main_program=None,
+              startup_program=None):
+    """
+    Embedding Layer.
+
+    Args:
+       param_initializer:
+       input: The input to the function
+       size: The size of the layer
+       is_sparse: A flag that decleares whether the input is sparse
+       param_attr: Parameters for this layer
+       dtype: The type of data : float32, float_16, int etc
+       main_program: Name of the main program that calls this
+       startup_program: Name of the startup program
+
+    This function can take in the input (which is a vector of IDs) and
+    performs a lookup in the lookup_table using these IDs, to result into
+    the embedding of each ID in the input.
+
+    All the input variables of this function are passed in as local variables
+    to the LayerHelper constructor.
+
+    """
+
+    helper = LayerHelper('embedding', **locals())
+    w = helper.create_parameter(
+        attr=helper.param_attr, shape=size, dtype=dtype, is_bias=False)
+    tmp = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype)
+    helper.append_op(
+        type='lookup_table',
+        inputs={'Ids': input,
+                'W': w},
+        outputs={'Out': tmp},
+        attrs={'is_sparse': is_sparse})
+    return tmp
+
+
+# TODO(qijun): expose H0 and C0
+def dynamic_lstm(input,
+                 size,
+                 param_attr=None,
+                 bias_attr=None,
+                 use_peepholes=True,
+                 is_reverse=False,
+                 gate_activation='sigmoid',
+                 cell_activation='tanh',
+                 candidate_activation='tanh',
+                 dtype='float32',
+                 main_program=None,
+                 startup_program=None):
+    helper = LayerHelper('lstm', **locals())
+    size = size / 4
+    weight = helper.create_parameter(
+        attr=helper.param_attr, shape=[size, 4 * size], dtype=dtype)
+    bias_size = [1, 7 * size]
+    if not use_peepholes:
+        bias_size[1] = 4 * size
+    bias = helper.create_parameter(
+        attr=helper.bias_attr, shape=bias_size, dtype=dtype, is_bias=True)
+
+    hidden = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype)
+    cell = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype)
+    batch_gate = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype)
+    batch_cell_pre_act = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype)
+
+    helper.append_op(
+        type='lstm',
+        inputs={'Input': input,
+                'Weight': weight,
+                'Bias': bias},
+        outputs={
+            'Hidden': hidden,
+            'Cell': cell,
+            'BatchGate': batch_gate,
+            'BatchCellPreAct': batch_cell_pre_act
+        },
+        attrs={
+            'use_peepholes': use_peepholes,
+            'is_reverse': is_reverse,
+            'gate_activation': gate_activation,
+            'cell_activation': cell_activation,
+            'candidate_activation': candidate_activation
+        })
+    return hidden, cell
+
+
+def gru_unit(input,
+             hidden,
+             size,
+             weight=None,
+             bias=None,
+             activation='tanh',
+             gate_activation='sigmoid',
+             main_program=None,
+             startup_program=None):
+    """
+    GRUUnit Operator implements partial calculations of the GRU unit as following:
+
+    $$
+    update \ gate: u_t = actGate(xu_t + W_u * h_{t-1} + b_u) \\
+    reset \ gate: r_t = actGate(xr_t + W_r * h_{t-1} + b_r)  \\
+    output \ candidate: {h}_t = actNode(xc_t + W_c * dot(r_t, h_{t-1}) + b_c) \\
+    output: h_t = dot((1 - u_t), h_{t-1}) + dot(u_t, {h}_t)
+    $$
+
+    which is same as one time step of GRU Operator.
+
+    @note To implement the complete GRU unit, fully-connected operator must be
+    used before to feed xu, xr and xc as the Input of GRUUnit operator.
+
+    TODO(ChunweiYan) add more document here
+    """
+    activation_dict = dict(
+        identity=0,
+        sigmoid=1,
+        tanh=2,
+        relu=3, )
+    activation = activation_dict[activation]
+    gate_activation = activation_dict[gate_activation]
+
+    helper = LayerHelper('gru_unit', **locals())
+    dtype = helper.input_dtype()
+    size = size / 3
+
+    # create weight
+    if weight is None:
+        weight = helper.create_parameter(
+            attr=helper.param_attr, shape=[size, 3 * size], dtype=dtype)
+
+    # create bias
+    if bias is None:
+        bias_size = [1, 3 * size]
+        bias = helper.create_parameter(
+            attr=helper.bias_attr, shape=bias_size, dtype=dtype, is_bias=True)
+
+    gate = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype)
+    reset_hidden_pre = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype)
+    updated_hidden = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype)
+
+    helper.append_op(
+        type='gru_unit',
+        inputs={'Input': input,
+                'HiddenPrev': hidden,
+                'Weight': weight},
+        outputs={
+            'Gate': gate,
+            'ResetHiddenPrev': reset_hidden_pre,
+            'Hidden': updated_hidden,
+        },
+        attrs={
+            'activation': 0,
+            'gate_activation': 1,
+        })
+
+    return updated_hidden, reset_hidden_pre, gate
+
+
+def linear_chain_crf(input,
+                     label,
+                     param_attr=None,
+                     main_program=None,
+                     startup_program=None):
+    helper = LayerHelper('linear_chain_crf', **locals())
+    size = input.shape[1]
+    transition = helper.create_parameter(
+        attr=helper.param_attr,
+        shape=[size + 2, size],
+        dtype=helper.input_dtype())
+    alpha = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype=helper.input_dtype())
+    emission_exps = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype=helper.input_dtype())
+    transition_exps = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype=helper.input_dtype())
+    log_likelihood = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype=helper.input_dtype())
+    helper.append_op(
+        type='linear_chain_crf',
+        inputs={"Emission": [input],
+                "Transition": transition,
+                "Label": label},
+        outputs={
+            "Alpha": [alpha],
+            "EmissionExps": [emission_exps],
+            "TransitionExps": transition_exps,
+            "LogLikelihood": log_likelihood
+        })
+
+    return log_likelihood
+
+
+def crf_decoding(input,
+                 param_attr,
+                 label=None,
+                 main_program=None,
+                 startup_program=None):
+    helper = LayerHelper('crf_decoding', **locals())
+    transition = helper.get_parameter(param_attr.name)
+    viterbi_path = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype=helper.input_dtype())
+    helper.append_op(
+        type='crf_decoding',
+        inputs={"Emission": [input],
+                "Transition": transition,
+                "Label": label},
+        outputs={"ViterbiPath": [viterbi_path]})
+
+    return viterbi_path
+
+
+def cos_sim(X, Y, **kwargs):
+    """
+    This function performs the cosine similarity between two tensors
+    X and Y and returns that as the output.
+    """
+    helper = LayerHelper('cos_sim', **kwargs)
+    out = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype=X.dtype)
+    xnorm = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype=X.dtype)
+    ynorm = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype=X.dtype)
+    helper.append_op(
+        type='cos_sim',
+        inputs={'X': [X],
+                'Y': [Y]},
+        outputs={'Out': [out],
+                 'XNorm': [xnorm],
+                 'YNorm': [ynorm]})
+    return out
+
+
+def cross_entropy(input, label, **kwargs):
+    """
+    This function computes cross_entropy using the input and label.
+    """
+    helper = LayerHelper('cross_entropy', **kwargs)
+    out = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype=input.dtype)
+    helper.append_op(
+        type='cross_entropy',
+        inputs={'X': [input],
+                'Label': [label]},
+        outputs={'Y': [out]},
+        attrs=kwargs)
+    return out
+
+
+def square_error_cost(input, label, **kwargs):
+    """
+    This functions returns the squared error cost using the input and label.
+    The output is appending the op to do the above.
+    """
+    helper = LayerHelper('square_error_cost', **kwargs)
+    minus_out = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype=input.dtype)
+    helper.append_op(
+        type='elementwise_sub',
+        inputs={'X': [input],
+                'Y': [label]},
+        outputs={'Out': [minus_out]})
+
+    square_out = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype=input.dtype)
+    helper.append_op(
+        type='square', inputs={'X': [minus_out]}, outputs={'Y': [square_out]})
+    return square_out
+
+
+def accuracy(input, label, k=1, correct=None, total=None, **kwargs):
+    """
+    This function computes the accuracy using the input and label.
+    The output is the top_k inputs and their indices.
+    """
+    helper = LayerHelper("accuracy", **kwargs)
+    topk_out = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype=input.dtype)
+    topk_indices = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype="int64")
+    helper.append_op(
+        type="top_k",
+        inputs={"X": [input]},
+        outputs={"Out": [topk_out],
+                 "Indices": [topk_indices]},
+        attrs={"k": k})
+    acc_out = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype="float32")
+    if correct is None:
+        correct = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype="int64")
+    if total is None:
+        total = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype="int64")
+    helper.append_op(
+        type="accuracy",
+        inputs={
+            "Out": [topk_out],
+            "Indices": [topk_indices],
+            "Label": [label]
+        },
+        outputs={
+            "Accuracy": [acc_out],
+            "Correct": [correct],
+            "Total": [total],
+        })
+    return acc_out
+
+
+def chunk_eval(input,
+               label,
+               chunk_scheme,
+               num_chunk_types,
+               excluded_chunk_types=None,
+               **kwargs):
+    """
+    This function computes the accuracy using the input and label.
+    The output is the top_k inputs and their indices.
+    """
+    helper = LayerHelper("chunk_eval", **kwargs)
+
+    # prepare output
+    precision = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype="float32")
+    recall = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype="float32")
+    f1_score = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype="float32")
+
+    helper.append_op(
+        type="chunk_eval",
+        inputs={"Inference": [input],
+                "Label": [label]},
+        outputs={
+            "Precision": [precision],
+            "Recall": [recall],
+            "F1-Score": [f1_score]
+        },
+        attrs={
+            "num_chunk_types": num_chunk_types,
+            'chunk_scheme': chunk_scheme,
+            'excluded_chunk_types': excluded_chunk_types or []
+        })
+    return precision, recall, f1_score
+
+
+def sequence_conv(input,
+                  num_filters,
+                  filter_size=3,
+                  filter_stride=1,
+                  padding=None,
+                  bias_attr=None,
+                  param_attr=None,
+                  act=None,
+                  main_program=None,
+                  startup_program=None):
+    """
+    This function creates the op for sequence_conv, using the inputs and
+    other convolutional configurations for the filters and stride as given
+    in the input parameters to the function.
+    """
+
+    # FIXME(dzh) : want to unify the argument of python layer
+    # function. So we ignore some unecessary attributes.
+    # such as, padding_trainable, context_start.
+
+    helper = LayerHelper('sequence_conv', **locals())
+    dtype = helper.input_dtype()
+    filter_shape = [filter_size * input.shape[1], num_filters]
+    filter_param = helper.create_parameter(
+        attr=helper.param_attr, shape=filter_shape, dtype=dtype)
+    pre_bias = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype)
+
+    helper.append_op(
+        type='sequence_conv',
+        inputs={
+            'X': [input],
+            'Filter': [filter_param],
+        },
+        outputs={"Out": pre_bias},
+        attrs={
+            'contextStride': filter_stride,
+            'contextStart': -int(filter_size / 2),
+            'contextLength': filter_size
+        })
+    pre_act = helper.append_bias_op(pre_bias)
+    return helper.append_activation(pre_act)
+
+
+def conv2d(input,
+           num_filters,
+           filter_size,
+           stride=None,
+           padding=None,
+           groups=None,
+           param_attr=None,
+           bias_attr=None,
+           act=None,
+           name=None,
+           main_program=None,
+           startup_program=None):
+    """
+    This function creates the op for a 2-dimensional Convolution.
+    This is performed using the parameters of filters(size, dimensionality etc)
+    , stride and other configurations for a Convolution operation.
+    This funciton can also append an activation on top of the
+    conv-2d output, if mentioned in the input parameters.
+    """
+
+    if stride is None:
+        stride = [1, 1]
+    helper = LayerHelper('conv2d', **locals())
+    dtype = helper.input_dtype()
+
+    num_channels = input.shape[1]
+    if groups is None:
+        num_filter_channels = num_channels
+    else:
+        if num_channels % groups != 0:
+            raise ValueError("num_channels must be divisible by groups.")
+        num_filter_channels = num_channels / groups
+
+    if isinstance(filter_size, int):
+        filter_size = [filter_size, filter_size]
+    if isinstance(stride, int):
+        stride = [stride, stride]
+    if isinstance(padding, int):
+        padding = [padding, padding]
+
+    input_shape = input.shape
+    filter_shape = [num_filters, num_filter_channels] + filter_size
+
+    def _get_default_param_initializer():
+        std = (2.0 / (filter_size[0]**2 * num_channels))**0.5
+        return Normal(0.0, std, 0)
+
+    filter_param = helper.create_parameter(
+        attr=helper.param_attr,
+        shape=filter_shape,
+        dtype=dtype,
+        default_initializer=_get_default_param_initializer())
+
+    pre_bias = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype)
+
+    helper.append_op(
+        type='conv2d_cudnn',
+        inputs={
+            'Input': input,
+            'Filter': filter_param,
+        },
+        outputs={"Output": pre_bias},
+        attrs={'strides': stride,
+               'paddings': padding,
+               'groups': groups})
+
+    pre_act = helper.append_bias_op(pre_bias, dim_start=1, dim_end=2)
+
+    return helper.append_activation(pre_act)
+
+
+def sequence_pool(input, pool_type, **kwargs):
+    """
+    This function add the operator for sequence pooling.
+    This is applied on top of the input using pool_type mentioned
+    in the parameters.
+    """
+    helper = LayerHelper('sequence_pool', input=input, **kwargs)
+    dtype = helper.input_dtype()
+    pool_out = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype)
+    max_index = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype)
+
+    helper.append_op(
+        type="sequence_pool",
+        inputs={"X": input},
+        outputs={"Out": pool_out,
+                 "MaxIndex": max_index},
+        attrs={"pooltype": pool_type.upper()})
+
+    return pool_out
+
+
+def pool2d(input,
+           pool_size,
+           pool_type,
+           pool_stride=None,
+           pool_padding=None,
+           global_pooling=False,
+           main_program=None,
+           startup_program=None):
+    """
+    This function adds the operator for pooling in 2 dimensions, using the
+    pooling configurations mentioned in input parameters.
+    """
+    if pool_padding is None:
+        pool_padding = [0, 0]
+    if pool_stride is None:
+        pool_stride = [1, 1]
+    if pool_type not in ["max", "avg"]:
+        raise ValueError(
+            "Unknown pool_type: '%s'. It can only be 'max' or 'avg'.",
+            str(pool_type))
+    if isinstance(pool_size, int):
+        pool_size = [pool_size, pool_size]
+    if isinstance(pool_stride, int):
+        pool_stride = [pool_stride, pool_stride]
+    if isinstance(pool_padding, int):
+        pool_padding = [pool_padding, pool_padding]
+
+    helper = LayerHelper('pool2d', **locals())
+    dtype = helper.input_dtype()
+    pool_out = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype)
+
+    helper.append_op(
+        type="pool2d",
+        inputs={"X": input},
+        outputs={"Out": pool_out},
+        attrs={
+            "pooling_type": pool_type,
+            "ksize": pool_size,
+            "global_pooling": global_pooling,
+            "strides": pool_stride,
+            "paddings": pool_padding
+        })
+
+    return pool_out
+
+
+def batch_norm(input,
+               act=None,
+               is_test=False,
+               momentum=0.9,
+               epsilon=1e-05,
+               param_attr=None,
+               bias_attr=None,
+               data_layout='NCHW',
+               main_program=None,
+               startup_program=None):
+    """
+    This function helps create an operator to implement
+    the BatchNorm layer using the configurations from the input parameters.
+    """
+    helper = LayerHelper('batch_norm', **locals())
+    dtype = helper.input_dtype()
+
+    input_shape = input.shape
+    if data_layout == 'NCHW':
+        channel_num = input_shape[1]
+    else:
+        if data_layout == 'NHWC':
+            channel_num = input_shape[-1]
+        else:
+            raise ValueError("unsupported data layout:" + data_layout)
+
+    param_shape = [channel_num]
+
+    # create parameter
+    scale = helper.create_parameter(
+        attr=helper.param_attr,
+        shape=param_shape,
+        dtype=dtype,
+        default_initializer=Constant(1.0))
+
+    bias = helper.create_parameter(
+        attr=helper.param_attr, shape=param_shape, dtype=dtype, is_bias=True)
+
+    mean = helper.create_global_variable(
+        dtype=input.dtype, shape=param_shape, persistable=True)
+    helper.set_variable_initializer(var=mean, initializer=Constant(0.0))
+
+    variance = helper.create_global_variable(
+        dtype=input.dtype, shape=param_shape, persistable=True)
+    helper.set_variable_initializer(var=variance, initializer=Constant(1.0))
+
+    # create output
+    # mean and mean_out share the same memory
+    mean_out = mean
+    # variance and variance out share the same memory
+    variance_out = variance
+    saved_mean = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype)
+    saved_variance = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype)
+
+    batch_norm_out = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype)
+
+    helper.append_op(
+        type="batch_norm",
+        inputs={
+            "X": input,
+            "Scale": scale,
+            "Bias": bias,
+            "Mean": mean,
+            "Variance": variance
+        },
+        outputs={
+            "Y": batch_norm_out,
+            "MeanOut": mean_out,
+            "VarianceOut": variance_out,
+            "SavedMean": saved_mean,
+            "SavedVariance": saved_variance
+        },
+        attrs={"momentum": momentum,
+               "epsilon": epsilon,
+               "is_test": is_test})
+
+    return helper.append_activation(batch_norm_out)
+
+
+def beam_search_decode(ids, scores, main_program=None, startup_program=None):
+    helper = LayerHelper('beam_search_decode', **locals())
+    sentence_ids = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype=ids.dtype)
+    sentence_scores = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype=ids.dtype)
+
+    helper.append_op(
+        type="beam_search_decode",
+        inputs={"Ids": ids,
+                "Scores": scores},
+        outputs={
+            "SentenceIds": sentence_ids,
+            "SentenceScores": sentence_scores
+        })
+
+    return sentence_ids, sentence_scores
+
+
+def conv2d_transpose(input,
+                     num_filters,
+                     output_size=None,
+                     filter_size=None,
+                     padding=None,
+                     stride=None,
+                     param_attr=None,
+                     main_program=None,
+                     startup_program=None):
+    """
+    The transpose of conv2d layer.
+
+    This layer is also known as deconvolution layer.
+
+    Args:
+        input(Variable): The input image with [N, C, H, W] format.
+        num_filters(int): The number of filter. It is as same as the output
+            image channel.
+        output_size(int|tuple|None): The output image size. If output size is a
+            tuple, it must contain two integers, (image_H, image_W). This
+            parameter only works when filter_size is None.
+        filter_size(int|tuple|None): The filter size. If filter_size is a tuple,
+            it must contain two integers, (filter_size_H, filter_size_W).
+            Otherwise, the filter will be a square.  None if use output size to
+            calculate filter_size
+        padding(int|tuple): The padding size. If padding is a tuple, it must
+            contain two integers, (padding_H, padding_W). Otherwise, the
+            padding_H = padding_W = padding.
+        stride(int|tuple): The stride size. If stride is a tuple, it must
+            contain two integers, (stride_H, stride_W). Otherwise, the
+            stride_H = stride_W = stride.
+        param_attr: Parameter Attribute.
+        main_program(Program): the main program
+        startup_program(Program): the startup program
+
+    Returns:
+        Variable: Output image.
+    """
+    helper = LayerHelper("conv2d_transpose", **locals())
+    if not isinstance(input, Variable):
+        raise TypeError("Input of conv2d_transpose must be Variable")
+    input_channel = input.shape[1]
+
+    op_attr = dict()
+
+    if isinstance(padding, int):
+        op_attr['paddings'] = [padding, padding]
+    elif padding is not None:
+        op_attr['paddings'] = padding
+
+    if isinstance(stride, int):
+        op_attr['strides'] = stride
+    elif stride is not None:
+        op_attr['strides'] = stride
+
+    if filter_size is None:
+        if output_size is None:
+            raise ValueError("output_size must be set when filter_size is None")
+        if isinstance(output_size, int):
+            output_size = [output_size, output_size]
+
+        padding = op_attr.get('paddings', [0, 0])
+        stride = op_attr.get('strides', [1, 1])
+
+        h_in = input.shape[2]
+        w_in = input.shape[3]
+        filter_size_h = output_size[0] - \
+                        (h_in - 1) * stride[0] + 2 * padding[0]
+        filter_size_w = output_size[1] - \
+                        (w_in - 1) * stride[1] + 2 * padding[1]
+        filter_size = [filter_size_h, filter_size_w]
+    elif isinstance(filter_size, int):
+        filter_size = [filter_size, filter_size]
+
+    filter_shape = [input_channel, num_filters] + filter_size
+    img_filter = helper.create_parameter(
+        dtype=input.dtype, shape=filter_shape, attr=helper.param_attr)
+
+    out = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype=input.dtype)
+    helper.append_op(
+        type='conv2d_transpose',
+        inputs={'Input': [input],
+                'Filter': [img_filter]},
+        outputs={'Output': out},
+        attrs=op_attr)
+
+    return out

python/paddle/v2/fluid/layers/ops.py

+from ..registry import register_layer
+__all__ = [
+    'mean', 'mul', 'dropout', 'reshape', 'sigmoid', 'scale', 'transpose',
+    'sigmoid_cross_entropy_with_logits', 'elementwise_add', 'elementwise_div',
+    'elementwise_sub', 'elementwise_mul', 'clip', 'abs'
+]
+
+for _OP in set(__all__):
+    globals()[_OP] = register_layer(_OP)

python/paddle/v2/fluid/layers/tensor.py

+from ..layer_helper import LayerHelper
+
+__all__ = [
+    'create_tensor', 'cast', 'concat', 'sums', 'assign',
+    'fill_constant_batch_size_like', 'fill_constant', 'ones', 'zeros'
+]
+
+
+def create_tensor(dtype, name=None, main_program=None, startup_program=None):
+    helper = LayerHelper("create_tensor", **locals())
+    return helper.create_variable(name=helper.name, dtype=dtype)
+
+
+def cast(x, dtype, main_program=None):
+    """
+    This function takes in the input with input_dtype
+    and casts it to the output_dtype as the output.
+    """
+    helper = LayerHelper('cast', **locals())
+    out = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype=dtype)
+    helper.append_op(
+        type='cast',
+        inputs={'X': [x]},
+        outputs={'Out': [out]},
+        attrs={'in_dtype': x.dtype,
+               'out_dtype': out.dtype})
+    return out
+
+
+def concat(input, axis, main_program=None, startup_program=None):
+    """
+    This function concats the input along the axis mentioned
+    and returns that as the output.
+    """
+    helper = LayerHelper('concat', **locals())
+    out = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype=helper.input_dtype())
+    helper.append_op(
+        type='concat',
+        inputs={'X': input},
+        outputs={'Out': [out]},
+        attrs={'axis': axis})
+    return out
+
+
+def sums(input, out=None, main_program=None, startup_program=None):
+    """
+    This function takes in the input and performs the sum operation on it
+    and returns that as the output.
+    """
+    helper = LayerHelper('sum', **locals())
+    if out is None:
+        out = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype=helper.input_dtype())
+    helper.append_op(type='sum', inputs={'X': input}, outputs={'Out': out})
+    return out
+
+
+def assign(input, output, main_program=None, startup_program=None):
+    helper = LayerHelper('assign', **locals())
+    helper.append_op(
+        type='scale',
+        inputs={'X': [input]},
+        outputs={'Out': [output]},
+        attrs={'scale': 1.0})
+    return output
+
+
+def fill_constant(shape,
+                  dtype,
+                  value,
+                  out=None,
+                  main_program=None,
+                  startup_program=None):
+    """
+    This function creates a tensor , with shape as mentioned in the input and
+    specified dtype and fills this up with a constant value that
+    comes in the input. It also sets the stop_gradient to be True.
+    """
+    helper = LayerHelper("fill_constant", **locals())
+    if out is None:
+        out = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype=dtype)
+    helper.append_op(
+        type='fill_constant',
+        inputs={},
+        outputs={'Out': [out]},
+        attrs={'shape': shape,
+               'dtype': out.dtype,
+               'value': float(value)})
+    out.stop_gradient = True
+    return out
+
+
+def fill_constant_batch_size_like(input,
+                                  shape,
+                                  dtype,
+                                  value,
+                                  input_dim_idx=0,
+                                  output_dim_idx=0,
+                                  main_program=None,
+                                  startup_program=None):
+    helper = LayerHelper("fill_constant_batch_size_like", **locals())
+    out = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype=dtype)
+    helper.append_op(
+        type='fill_constant_batch_size_like',
+        inputs={'Input': input},
+        outputs={'Out': [out]},
+        attrs={
+            'shape': shape,
+            'dtype': out.dtype,
+            'value': float(value),
+            'input_dim_idx': input_dim_idx,
+            'output_dim_idx': output_dim_idx
+        })
+    out.stop_gradient = True
+    return out
+
+
+def ones(shape, dtype, main_program=None):
+    """
+    This function performs the same function as fill_constant() declared above
+    with the constant value being 1.0.
+    """
+    return fill_constant(value=1.0, **locals())
+
+
+def zeros(shape, dtype, main_program=None):
+    """
+    This function performs the same function as fill_constant() declared above
+    with the constant value being 0.0.
+    """
+    return fill_constant(value=0.0, **locals())

python/paddle/v2/fluid/param_attr.py

@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ class ParamAttr(object):
     def to_attr(arg):
         if arg is None:
             return ParamAttr()
+        elif isinstance(arg, list) or isinstance(arg, tuple):
+            return [ParamAttr.to_attr(a) for a in arg]
         elif isinstance(arg, ParamAttr):
             return arg
         elif isinstance(arg, str) or isinstance(arg, unicode):

python/paddle/v2/fluid/registry.py

+import re
+import cStringIO
+import warnings
+import functools
+import inspect
+
+import proto.framework_pb2 as framework_pb2
+from framework import OpProtoHolder, Variable, Program, Operator
+from paddle.v2.fluid.layer_helper import LayerHelper, unique_name
+
+__all__ = ['deprecated', 'register_layer']
+
+
+def _convert_(name):
+    """
+    Formatting.
+
+    Args:
+       name: The name/alias
+
+    This function takes in a name and converts it to a standard format of
+    group1_group2. Where as per the regular expression, group1 can have
+    alphabets and numbers and group2 has capital alphabets.
+
+    """
+    s1 = re.sub('(.)([A-Z][a-z]+)', r'\1_\2', name)
+    return re.sub('([a-z0-9])([A-Z])', r'\1_\2', s1).lower()
+
+
+def _generate_doc_string_(op_proto):
+    """
+    Generate docstring by OpProto
+
+    Args:
+        op_proto (framework_pb2.OpProto): a protobuf message typed OpProto
+
+    Returns:
+        str: the document string
+    """
+
+    def _type_to_str_(tp):
+        return framework_pb2.AttrType.Name(tp)
+
+    if not isinstance(op_proto, framework_pb2.OpProto):
+        raise TypeError("OpProto should be `framework_pb2.OpProto`")
+
+    buf = cStringIO.StringIO()
+    buf.write(op_proto.comment)
+    buf.write('\nArgs:\n')
+    for each_input in op_proto.inputs:
+        line_begin = '    {0}: '.format(_convert_(each_input.name))
+        buf.write(line_begin)
+        buf.write(each_input.comment)
+        buf.write('\n')
+        buf.write(' ' * len(line_begin))
+        buf.write('Duplicable: ')
+        buf.write(str(each_input.duplicable))
+        buf.write('  Optional: ')
+        buf.write(str(each_input.dispensable))
+        buf.write('\n')
+
+    for each_attr in op_proto.attrs:
+        buf.write('    ')
+        buf.write(each_attr.name)
+        buf.write(' (')
+        buf.write(_type_to_str_(each_attr.type))
+        buf.write('): ')
+        buf.write(each_attr.comment)
+        buf.write('\n')
+
+    if len(op_proto.outputs) != 0:
+        buf.write('\nReturns:\n')
+        buf.write('    ')
+        for each_opt in op_proto.outputs:
+            if not each_opt.intermediate:
+                break
+        buf.write(each_opt.comment)
+
+    return buf.getvalue()
+
+
+def register_layer(op_type):
+    """
+    Register an Python layer for an Operator
+
+    Args:
+       op_type: The name of the operator to be created
+
+    This function takes in the operator type (sigmoid, mean , average etc) and
+    creates the operator functionality.
+
+    """
+    op_proto = OpProtoHolder.instance().get_op_proto(op_type)
+    not_intermediate_outputs = \
+        filter(lambda output: not output.intermediate, op_proto.outputs)
+    intermediate_outputs = \
+        filter(lambda output: output.intermediate, op_proto.outputs)
+
+    if len(not_intermediate_outputs) != 1:
+        raise ValueError("Only one non intermediate output operator can be",
+                         "automatically generated")
+
+    if not_intermediate_outputs[0].duplicable:
+        raise ValueError(
+            "Only non duplicable op can be automatically generated")
+
+    for output in intermediate_outputs:
+        if output.duplicable:
+            raise ValueError("The op can be automatically generated only when ",
+                             "all intermediate ops are not duplicable")
+
+    o_name = not_intermediate_outputs[0].name
+    intermediate_output_names = [output.name for output in intermediate_outputs]
+
+    def infer_and_check_dtype(op_proto, **kwargs):
+        """
+        This function performs the sanity check for dtype and
+        instance type.
+        """
+        dtype = None
+        for ipt in op_proto.inputs:
+            name = _convert_(ipt.name)
+            val = kwargs.pop(name, [])
+            if not isinstance(val, list) and not isinstance(val, tuple):
+                val = [val]
+            for each in val:
+                if not isinstance(each, Variable):
+                    raise ValueError("input of {0} must be variable".format(
+                        op_type))
+
+                if dtype is None:
+                    dtype = each.dtype
+                elif dtype != each.dtype:
+                    raise ValueError(
+                        "operator {0} must input same dtype. {1} vs {2}".format(
+                            op_type, dtype, each.dtype))
+
+        return dtype
+
+    def func(**kwargs):
+        helper = LayerHelper(op_type, **kwargs)
+
+        dtype = infer_and_check_dtype(op_proto, **kwargs)
+
+        inputs = dict()
+        for ipt in op_proto.inputs:
+            name = _convert_(ipt.name)
+            val = kwargs.pop(name, [])
+            if not isinstance(val, list) and not isinstance(val, tuple):
+                val = [val]
+            inputs[ipt.name] = val
+
+        outputs = dict()
+        out = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype=dtype)
+        outputs[o_name] = [out]
+        for name in intermediate_output_names:
+            outputs[name] = [helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype=dtype)]
+        helper.append_op(
+            type=op_type, inputs=inputs, outputs=outputs, attrs=kwargs)
+        return helper.append_activation(out)
+
+    func.__name__ = op_type
+    func.__doc__ = _generate_doc_string_(op_proto)
+    return func
+
+
+def deprecated(func_or_class):
+    """
+    Deprecated warning decorator. It will result a warning message.
+    Should be used before class or function, member function
+    """
+
+    @functools.wraps(func)
+    def func_wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Wrap func with deprecated warning
+        """
+        warnings.simplefilter('always', DeprecationWarning)  #turn off filter
+        warnings.warn(
+            "Call to deprecated function {}.".format(func.__name__),
+            category=DeprecationWarning,
+            stacklevel=2)
+        warnings.simplefilter('default', DeprecationWarning)  #reset filter
+        return func(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    return func_wrapper

python/paddle/v2/fluid/tests/book/test_image_classification_train.py

 from __future__ import print_function
 
-import numpy as np
+import sys
+
 import paddle.v2 as paddle
 import paddle.v2.fluid as fluid
-import sys
 
 
 def resnet_cifar10(input, depth=32):

python/paddle/v2/fluid/tests/book/test_understand_sentiment_lstm.py

 import numpy as np
 import paddle.v2 as paddle
 import paddle.v2.fluid as fluid
+from paddle.v2.fluid.layer_helper import LayerHelper
+
+
+def lstm(x,
+         c_pre_init,
+         hidden_dim,
+         forget_bias=None,
+         main_program=None,
+         startup_program=None):
+    """
+    This function helps create an operator for the LSTM (Long Short Term
+    Memory) cell that can be used inside an RNN.
+    """
+    helper = LayerHelper('lstm_unit', **locals())
+    rnn = fluid.layers.StaticRNN()
+    with rnn.step():
+        c_pre = rnn.memory(init=c_pre_init)
+        x_t = rnn.step_input(x)
+
+        before_fc = fluid.layers.concat(
+            input=[x_t, c_pre],
+            axis=1,
+            main_program=main_program,
+            startup_program=startup_program)
+        after_fc = fluid.layers.fc(input=before_fc,
+                                   size=hidden_dim * 4,
+                                   main_program=main_program,
+                                   startup_program=startup_program)
+
+        dtype = x.dtype
+        c = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype)
+        h = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype)
+
+        helper.append_op(
+            type='lstm_unit',
+            inputs={"X": after_fc,
+                    "C_prev": c_pre},
+            outputs={"C": c,
+                     "H": h},
+            attrs={"forget_bias": forget_bias})
+
+        rnn.update_memory(c_pre, c)
+        rnn.output(h)
+
+    return rnn()
 
 
 def lstm_net(dict_dim, class_dim=2, emb_dim=32, seq_len=80, batch_size=50):
@@ -23,8 +68,7 @@ def lstm_net(dict_dim, class_dim=2, emb_dim=32, seq_len=80, batch_size=50):
     c_pre_init = fluid.layers.fill_constant(
         dtype=emb.dtype, shape=[batch_size, emb_dim], value=0.0)
     c_pre_init.stop_gradient = False
-    layer_1_out = fluid.layers.lstm(
-        emb, c_pre_init=c_pre_init, hidden_dim=emb_dim)
+    layer_1_out = lstm(emb, c_pre_init=c_pre_init, hidden_dim=emb_dim)
     layer_1_out = fluid.layers.transpose(x=layer_1_out, axis=[1, 0, 2])
 
     prediction = fluid.layers.fc(input=layer_1_out,

python/paddle/v2/fluid/tests/test_layers.py

@@ -29,7 +29,10 @@ class TestBook(unittest.TestCase):
             label = layers.data(name='label', shape=[1], dtype='int32')
             hidden1 = layers.fc(input=images, size=128, act='relu')
             hidden2 = layers.fc(input=hidden1, size=64, act='relu')
-            predict = layers.fc(input=hidden2, size=10, act='softmax')
+            predict = layers.fc(input=[hidden2, hidden1],
+                                size=10,
+                                act='softmax',
+                                param_attr=["sftmax.w1", "sftmax.w2"])
             cost = layers.cross_entropy(input=predict, label=label)
             avg_cost = layers.mean(x=cost)
             self.assertIsNotNone(avg_cost)

python/paddle/v2/fluid/tests/test_reduce_op.py

@@ -85,5 +85,19 @@ class Test1DReduce(OpTest):
         self.check_grad(['X'], 'Out')
 
 
+class TestReduceAll(OpTest):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.op_type = "reduce_sum"
+        self.inputs = {'X': np.random.random((5, 6, 2, 10)).astype("float32")}
+        self.attrs = {'reduce_all': True}
+        self.outputs = {'Out': self.inputs['X'].sum()}
+
+    def test_check_output(self):
+        self.check_output()
+
+    def test_check_grad(self):
+        self.check_grad(['X'], 'Out')
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()

python/paddle/v2/fluid/tests/test_registry.py

+import unittest
+import warnings
+
+import paddle.v2.fluid as fluid
+import paddle.v2.fluid.framework as framework
+import paddle.v2.fluid.layers as layers
+import paddle.v2.fluid.registry as registry
+
+
+class TestRegistry(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_registry_layer(self):
+        self.layer_type = "mean"
+        program = framework.Program()
+
+        x = fluid.layers.data(name='X', shape=[10, 10], dtype='float32')
+        output = layers.mean(x)
+        place = fluid.CPUPlace()
+        exe = fluid.Executor(place)
+
+        X = np.random.random((10, 10)).astype("float32")
+        mean_out = exe.run(program, feed={"X": X}, fetch_list=[output])
+        self.assertAlmostEqual(np.mean(X), mean_out)

python/paddle/v2/parameters.py

@@ -383,19 +383,22 @@ class Parameters(object):
             params.deserialize(param_name, f)
         return params
 
-    def init_from_tar(self, f):
+    def init_from_tar(self, f, exclude_params=[]):
         """
         Different from `from_tar`, this interface can be used to
         init partial network parameters from another saved model.
 
         :param f: the initialized model file.
         :type f: tar file
+        :param exclude_params: the names of parameters that should  
+            not be initialized from the model file.
+        :type exclude_params: list of strings
         :return: Nothing.
         """
 
         tar_param = Parameters.from_tar(f)
         for pname in tar_param.names():
-            if pname in self.names():
+            if pname in self.names() and pname not in exclude_params:
                 self.set(pname, tar_param.get(pname))
 
 

python/setup.py.in

@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ packages=['paddle',
           'paddle.v2.plot',
           'paddle.v2.fluid',
           'paddle.v2.fluid.proto',
+          'paddle.v2.fluid.layers',
           'py_paddle']
 
 with open('@PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR@/python/requirements.txt') as f: