* replace Backend by Place in C++ API

* fix left code

* fix test_to_api bug

* add out_size shape for graph_send_recv

* fix bug in register kernel: no const int& support

* add out_size in infermeta

* change unittest

* fix unittest

* fix out_size default value

* fix doc

* delete arg mapping

* add sig

* move -1 to 0

* move -1 to 0

* modify out and out_grad order in reduce_grad_kernel

* delete unsed boolReduceKernel

* fix conflict

* support inplace in eager_final state

* little change

* little bug

* fix group_norm address misalignment

* fix vectorize

* fix code

* fix vectorize length

* optimize code

* add sep line for conflict; test=document_fix

* revert

* add sep; test=document_fix

* Refine to_tensor for eager mode

* support gpu_pinned

* refine code

* support gpu_pinned copy_to

* fix layer.__setattr__

* support to_tensor for gpu_pinned

* fix unit test

* refine gpu_pinned

* restore the original code

* add is_gup_pinned() and refine eager.Tensor._copy_to()

* update readme test=document_fix

* update details

* update details,test=document_fix

* Support MaskedSelectGrad op with Kernel Primitive API

* remove duplicate code;

* add some line; test=document_fix

* switch eager mode and change it

* set default is eager

* set default is eager

* fix error; test=develop

* fix some error; test=develop

* update

* upd

* update code; test=develop

* update

* fix some bug; test=develop

* fix bug; test=develop

* fix bug; test=develop

* fix bug; test=develop

* fix error; test=develop

* format; test=develop
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* add pad3d kernel into phi

* add pad3d infermeta

* fix build error

* remove raw pad3d infershape function

* add phi device context pool

* change year

* fix compile error

* fix operator = error

* refine init impl

* polish details

* refine init impl

* Move conv-transpose OPs to phi

* Fix CI errors

* Fix CI errors

* gpu ps graph engine

* remove logs

* Add neighbor sampling method

* Add actual_sample_size and offset for sampling

* Delete Chinese comment

* Fix code style
Co-authored-by: seemingwang <zsasuke@qq.com>

* add more ops

* add authors
Co-authored-by: NXiaobing Wang <xiaobingw@graphcore.ai>
Co-authored-by: NAllen Guo <alleng@graphcore.ai>
Co-authored-by: NZhixin Yao <zhixiny@graphcore.ai>
Co-authored-by: NZhaorui Chen <zhaoruic@graphcore.ai>
Co-authored-by: NHan Zhao <hanzhao@graphcore.ai>

* rm ipu_strategy.check()

* fix UT fail

* fix typo
Co-authored-by: NXiaobing Wang <xiaobingw@graphcore.ai>
Co-authored-by: NZhixin Yao <zhixiny@graphcore.ai>
Co-authored-by: NZhaorui Chen <zhaoruic@graphcore.ai>
Co-authored-by: NHan Zhao <hanzhao@graphcore.ai>

* sync changes

* copy sOpNamescope

* fix UTs

* add authors
Co-authored-by: NXiaobing Wang <xiaobingw@graphcore.ai>
Co-authored-by: NAllen Guo <alleng@graphcore.ai>
Co-authored-by: NZhixin Yao <zhixiny@graphcore.ai>
Co-authored-by: NZhaorui Chen <zhaoruic@graphcore.ai>
Co-authored-by: NHan Zhao <hanzhao@graphcore.ai>

* fix code-format

* fix compile error

* add comments for feed_op
Co-authored-by: NXiaobing Wang <xiaobingw@graphcore.ai>
Co-authored-by: NZhixin Yao <zhixiny@graphcore.ai>
Co-authored-by: NZhaorui Chen <zhaoruic@graphcore.ai>
Co-authored-by: NHan Zhao <hanzhao@graphcore.ai>

* add batch norm infer kernel

* fix value error

* fix is_test error

* fix test failed

* add fuse false cond

* add infermeta

* revert mutable_data change

* Refactor partial_grad/backward logic

* Add DuplicateCheck and polish code

* Refactor partial_grad/backward more clearly

* Refactor GeneralGrad by SingleInstance

* add add yaml

* add elementwise add yaml; test=develop

* add norm

* update

* add some yaml config; test=develop

* fix bug; test=develop

* fix compare error; test=develop

* revert erger_gen.py

* update; test=deveop

* remove usless code; test=deveop

* fix bug; test=develop

* fix test error; test=develop

* remove int_type; test=develop

* fix type error; test=develop

* format; test=develop

* remove type register; test=develop

* polish code; test=develop

* fix ci error; test=develop

* call sparse api from python

* add infer meta; test=develop

* add histogram infer meta; test=develop

* fix unitest bug; test=develop

* format; test=develop

* format; test=develop

* bn not use new infer meta; test=develop

* add infer meta; test=develop

* fixbug; test=develop

* fix bug;

* recover unitest; test=develop

* [Eager] Support eager grad interface, draft version

* Support eager grad interface with allow_unused and multi startup_op

* Fix code format

* Fix allow_unused case, return PyNone if tensor not initialize

* Support output's stop_gradient related to create_graph

* Support grad exception case in eager mode, fix coverage CI

* Update ToPyObject, return PyNone if not initialize

* AccumulationNode add FLAGS_retain_grad_for_all_tensor

* Fix ci issue

* Fix CI issue

* fix, use core.eager.Tensor

* Add func SetBufferSlotRankZeros for GradTensorHolder

* Support retain_graph by using ClearTensorWrappers

* Support retain_graph by using ClearTensorWrappers

* Update retain_graph and no_grad_vars related test case

* Update code gen logic for ClearTensorWrappers

* Fix by override statement

* fix override func args

* Support retain_graph, update unit tests

* Updated ClearTensorWrappers logic

* fix grad python interface

* Use deep copy and update unit tests

* Polish code

* Polish code

* Fix CI issue, Deep copy only use when user set grad_tensors

* Fix CI, use Backward instead RunBackward

* Fix CI, Declare kernel explicitly in test file

* Polish, remove vector of TensorWrapper

* Refactor the logic of grad/backward, polish codes

* Update code after merge upstream develop

* Polish after merge upstream develop

* Update to adapt new GradNodeBase superclass

* Fix error introduced during conflict resolution

* support inplace strategy in eager_fluid state

* solve conflict

* nothing

* Update purify potential_startup_nodes logic

* Fix errors

* Polish code

* Remove useless args for ToPyObject

* Remove useless TensorWrappersSet

* fix record conflict

* Fix code-format, re-install pre-commit

* fix tensor_wrapper bug

* Fix pre-process logic for potential_startup_ops

* Update unit tests, use eager mode

* Fix conflicts

* fix unittest timeout

* little change
Co-authored-by: NWeilong Wu <veyron_wu@163.com>

sparse maxpool; kernel_registry support sparse tensor