Merge branch 'develop' of github.com:baidu/Paddle into feature/fill_constant_force_cpu

benchmark/paddle/image/resnet.py

+#!/usr/bin/env python
+from paddle.trainer_config_helpers import *
+
+height = 224
+width = 224
+num_class = 1000
+batch_size = get_config_arg('batch_size', int, 64)
+layer_num = get_config_arg("layer_num", int, 50)
+is_test = get_config_arg("is_test", bool, False)
+
+args = {'height': height, 'width': width, 'color': True, 'num_class': num_class}
+define_py_data_sources2(
+    "train.list", None, module="provider", obj="process", args=args)
+
+settings(
+    batch_size=batch_size,
+    learning_rate=0.01 / batch_size,
+    learning_method=MomentumOptimizer(0.9),
+    regularization=L2Regularization(0.0005 * batch_size))
+
+
+#######################Network Configuration #############
+def conv_bn_layer(name,
+                  input,
+                  filter_size,
+                  num_filters,
+                  stride,
+                  padding,
+                  channels=None,
+                  active_type=ReluActivation()):
+    """
+    A wrapper for conv layer with batch normalization layers.
+    Note:
+    conv layer has no activation.
+    """
+
+    tmp = img_conv_layer(
+        name=name + "_conv",
+        input=input,
+        filter_size=filter_size,
+        num_channels=channels,
+        num_filters=num_filters,
+        stride=stride,
+        padding=padding,
+        act=LinearActivation(),
+        bias_attr=False)
+    return batch_norm_layer(
+        name=name + "_bn", input=tmp, act=active_type, use_global_stats=is_test)
+
+
+def bottleneck_block(name, input, num_filters1, num_filters2):
+    """
+    A wrapper for bottlenect building block in ResNet.
+    Last conv_bn_layer has no activation.
+    Addto layer has activation of relu.
+    """
+    last_name = conv_bn_layer(
+        name=name + '_branch2a',
+        input=input,
+        filter_size=1,
+        num_filters=num_filters1,
+        stride=1,
+        padding=0)
+    last_name = conv_bn_layer(
+        name=name + '_branch2b',
+        input=last_name,
+        filter_size=3,
+        num_filters=num_filters1,
+        stride=1,
+        padding=1)
+    last_name = conv_bn_layer(
+        name=name + '_branch2c',
+        input=last_name,
+        filter_size=1,
+        num_filters=num_filters2,
+        stride=1,
+        padding=0,
+        active_type=LinearActivation())
+
+    return addto_layer(
+        name=name + "_addto", input=[input, last_name], act=ReluActivation())
+
+
+def mid_projection(name, input, num_filters1, num_filters2, stride=2):
+    """
+    A wrapper for middile projection in ResNet.
+    projection shortcuts are used for increasing dimensions,
+    and other shortcuts are identity
+    branch1: projection shortcuts are used for increasing
+    dimensions, has no activation.
+    branch2x: bottleneck building block, shortcuts are identity.
+    """
+    # stride = 2
+    branch1 = conv_bn_layer(
+        name=name + '_branch1',
+        input=input,
+        filter_size=1,
+        num_filters=num_filters2,
+        stride=stride,
+        padding=0,
+        active_type=LinearActivation())
+
+    last_name = conv_bn_layer(
+        name=name + '_branch2a',
+        input=input,
+        filter_size=1,
+        num_filters=num_filters1,
+        stride=stride,
+        padding=0)
+    last_name = conv_bn_layer(
+        name=name + '_branch2b',
+        input=last_name,
+        filter_size=3,
+        num_filters=num_filters1,
+        stride=1,
+        padding=1)
+
+    last_name = conv_bn_layer(
+        name=name + '_branch2c',
+        input=last_name,
+        filter_size=1,
+        num_filters=num_filters2,
+        stride=1,
+        padding=0,
+        active_type=LinearActivation())
+
+    return addto_layer(
+        name=name + "_addto", input=[branch1, last_name], act=ReluActivation())
+
+
+img = data_layer(name='image', size=height * width * 3)
+
+
+def deep_res_net(res2_num=3, res3_num=4, res4_num=6, res5_num=3):
+    """
+    A wrapper for 50,101,152 layers of ResNet.
+    res2_num: number of blocks stacked in conv2_x
+    res3_num: number of blocks stacked in conv3_x
+    res4_num: number of blocks stacked in conv4_x
+    res5_num: number of blocks stacked in conv5_x
+    """
+    # For ImageNet
+    # conv1: 112x112
+    tmp = conv_bn_layer(
+        "conv1",
+        input=img,
+        filter_size=7,
+        channels=3,
+        num_filters=64,
+        stride=2,
+        padding=3)
+    tmp = img_pool_layer(name="pool1", input=tmp, pool_size=3, stride=2)
+
+    # conv2_x: 56x56
+    tmp = mid_projection(
+        name="res2_1", input=tmp, num_filters1=64, num_filters2=256, stride=1)
+    for i in xrange(2, res2_num + 1, 1):
+        tmp = bottleneck_block(
+            name="res2_" + str(i), input=tmp, num_filters1=64, num_filters2=256)
+
+    # conv3_x: 28x28
+    tmp = mid_projection(
+        name="res3_1", input=tmp, num_filters1=128, num_filters2=512)
+    for i in xrange(2, res3_num + 1, 1):
+        tmp = bottleneck_block(
+            name="res3_" + str(i),
+            input=tmp,
+            num_filters1=128,
+            num_filters2=512)
+
+    # conv4_x: 14x14
+    tmp = mid_projection(
+        name="res4_1", input=tmp, num_filters1=256, num_filters2=1024)
+    for i in xrange(2, res4_num + 1, 1):
+        tmp = bottleneck_block(
+            name="res4_" + str(i),
+            input=tmp,
+            num_filters1=256,
+            num_filters2=1024)
+
+    # conv5_x: 7x7
+    tmp = mid_projection(
+        name="res5_1", input=tmp, num_filters1=512, num_filters2=2048)
+    for i in xrange(2, res5_num + 1, 1):
+        tmp = bottleneck_block(
+            name="res5_" + str(i),
+            input=tmp,
+            num_filters1=512,
+            num_filters2=2048)
+
+    tmp = img_pool_layer(
+        name='avgpool',
+        input=tmp,
+        pool_size=7,
+        stride=1,
+        pool_type=AvgPooling())
+
+    return fc_layer(input=tmp, size=num_class, act=SoftmaxActivation())
+
+
+if layer_num == 50:
+    resnet = deep_res_net(3, 4, 6, 3)
+elif layer_num == 101:
+    resnet = deep_res_net(3, 4, 23, 3)
+elif layer_num == 152:
+    resnet = deep_res_net(3, 8, 36, 3)
+else:
+    print("Wrong layer number.")
+
+lbl = data_layer(name="label", size=num_class)
+loss = cross_entropy(name='loss', input=resnet, label=lbl)
+inputs(img, lbl)
+outputs(loss)

benchmark/paddle/image/run_mkldnn.sh

@@ -5,22 +5,23 @@ function train() {
   export OMP_DYNAMIC="FALSE"
   export KMP_AFFINITY="granularity=fine,compact,0,0"
   topology=$1
-  bs=$2
-  use_mkldnn=$3
-  if [ $3 == "True" ]; then
+  layer_num=$2
+  bs=$3
+  use_mkldnn=$4
+  if [ $4 == "True" ]; then
     thread=1
-    log="logs/${topology}-mkldnn-${bs}.log"
-  elif [ $3 == "False" ]; then
+    log="logs/${topology}-${layer_num}-mkldnn-${bs}.log"
+  elif [ $4 == "False" ]; then
     thread=`nproc`
     # each trainer_count use only 1 core to avoid conflict
     export OMP_NUM_THREADS=1
     export MKL_NUM_THREADS=1
-    log="logs/${topology}-${thread}mklml-${bs}.log"
+    log="logs/${topology}-${layer_num}-${thread}mklml-${bs}.log"
   else
     echo "Wrong input $3, use True or False."
     exit 0
   fi
-  args="batch_size=${bs}"
+  args="batch_size=${bs},layer_num=${layer_num}"
   config="${topology}.py"
   paddle train --job=time \
     --config=$config \
@@ -40,12 +41,9 @@ if [ ! -d "logs" ]; then
   mkdir logs
 fi
 
-#========== mkldnn ==========#
-train vgg 64 True
-train vgg 128 True
-train vgg 256 True
-
-#========== mklml ===========#
-train vgg 64 False
-train vgg 128 False
-train vgg 256 False
+for use_mkldnn in True False; do
+  for batchsize in 64 128 256; do
+    train vgg 19 $batchsize $use_mkldnn
+    train resnet 50  $batchsize $use_mkldnn
+  done
+done

doc/design/float16.md

@@ -55,6 +55,6 @@ After float16 class is available, some of the future items are below:
 
 - Update pybind/tensor_py.h to bind c++ float16 with numpy float16. 
 
-- Modify `IndicateDataType()` method in `framework/operator.h` to make it compatible with float16.
+- Modify `GetKernelType()` method in `framework/operator.h` to make it compatible with float16.
 
 - Create a type-casting operator that can convert the data type in tensor between float16 and other types.

paddle/framework/ddim.cc

@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ int64_t DDim::operator[](int idx) const {
   return boost::apply_visitor(DynamicConstIndexer(idx), var);
 }
 
-int64_t DDim::size() const { return arity(*this); }
+int DDim::size() const { return arity(*this); }
 
 bool DDim::operator==(DDim d) const {
   if (var.which() != d.getVar().which()) {

paddle/framework/ddim.h

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ struct DDim {
 
   DDim operator*(DDim d) const;
 
-  int64_t size() const;
+  int size() const;
 };
 
 /**

paddle/framework/lod_rank_table.cc

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ void LoDRankTable::Reset(const LoD& lod, size_t level) {
     TableItem item;
     item.index = i;
     item.length = vec[i + 1] - vec[i];
+    VLOG(10) << "Add item to rank table " << item.index << " " << item.length;
     items_.emplace_back(item);
   }
   // NOTE(yuyang18):

paddle/framework/lod_tensor.cc

@@ -27,6 +27,20 @@
 namespace paddle {
 namespace framework {
 
+std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const LoD& lod) {
+  os << "{";
+  for (auto& v : lod) {
+    os << "{";
+    for (auto& i : v) {
+      os << i << ",";
+    }
+    os << "}";
+  }
+  os << "}";
+
+  return os;
+}
+
 LoD SliceLevels(const LoD& in, size_t level_begin, size_t level_end) {
   LoD new_lod;
   new_lod.reserve(level_end - level_begin);
@@ -136,37 +150,35 @@ void LoDTensor::ShrinkInLevel(size_t level, size_t elem_begin,
   ShareDataWith(Slice(begin, end));
 }
 
-void GetFineGrainedLoDLength(const LoD& lod, size_t start_idx, size_t end_idx,
-                             std::vector<std::vector<size_t>>* lod_length,
-                             size_t* start_offset) {
-  lod_length->clear();
-  PADDLE_ENFORCE(start_idx < lod.size() - 1,
-                 "start_idx should be >= 0 and < lod.size() - 1.");
-  PADDLE_ENFORCE(end_idx < lod.size(),
-                 "end_idx should be >= 0 and < lod.size().");
-  PADDLE_ENFORCE_LE(start_idx, end_idx,
-                    "start_idx should be less than end_idx.");
-  for (size_t level_idx = 0; level_idx < lod.size(); ++level_idx) {
+using LoDAndOffset = std::pair<LoD, std::pair<size_t, size_t>>;
+LoDAndOffset GetSubLoDAndAbsoluteOffset(const LoD& lod, size_t start_idx,
+                                        size_t end_idx, size_t start_level) {
+  LoD sub_lod;
+
+  for (size_t level_idx = start_level; level_idx < lod.size(); ++level_idx) {
+    PADDLE_ENFORCE_LE(start_idx, end_idx);
+    PADDLE_ENFORCE_LT(end_idx, lod[level_idx].size());
     std::vector<size_t> level_lens;
     for (size_t i = start_idx; i < end_idx; ++i) {
       level_lens.push_back(lod[level_idx][i + 1] - lod[level_idx][i]);
     }
-    lod_length->emplace_back(level_lens);
+    sub_lod.emplace_back(level_lens);
     start_idx = lod[level_idx][start_idx];
     end_idx = lod[level_idx][end_idx];
   }
-  *start_offset = start_idx;
+
+  return LoDAndOffset{sub_lod, {start_idx, end_idx}};
 }
 
-void AppendLoD(LoD* lod, const std::vector<std::vector<size_t>>& lod_length) {
-  PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(
-      lod->size(), lod_length.size(),
+void AppendLoD(LoD* lod, const LoD& lod_length) {
+  PADDLE_ENFORCE(
+      lod->empty() || lod->size() == lod_length.size(),
       "The lod_length should has the same size with the appended lod.");
+  if (lod->empty()) {
+    *lod = LoD(lod_length.size(), std::vector<size_t>({0}));
+  }
   for (size_t i = 0; i < lod->size(); ++i) {
     auto& level = (*lod)[i];
-    if (level.empty()) {
-      level.push_back(0);
-    }
     for (size_t len : lod_length[i]) {
       level.push_back(level.back() + len);
     }

paddle/framework/lod_tensor.h

@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ using Vector = thrust::host_vector<
  */
 using LoD = std::vector<Vector<size_t>>;
 
+std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const LoD& lod);
+
 /*
  * Slice levels from a LoD.
  * NOTE the lowest level should always be the absolute offsets of the underlying
@@ -181,11 +183,10 @@ LoDTensor LodExpand(const LoDTensor& source, const LoD& lod, size_t level,
   return tensor;
 }
 
-void GetFineGrainedLoDLength(const LoD& lod, size_t start_idx, size_t end_idx,
-                             std::vector<std::vector<size_t>>* lod_length,
-                             size_t* start_offset);
+std::pair<LoD, std::pair<size_t, size_t>> GetSubLoDAndAbsoluteOffset(
+    const LoD& lod, size_t start_idx, size_t end_idx, size_t start_level);
 
-void AppendLoD(LoD* lod, const std::vector<std::vector<size_t>>& lod_length);
+void AppendLoD(LoD* lod, const LoD& lod_length);
 
 }  // namespace framework
 }  // namespace paddle

paddle/framework/lod_tensor_test.cc

@@ -146,43 +146,44 @@ TEST(LodExpand, test) {
 
 TEST(LoD, GetFineGrainedLoDLength) {
   LoD lod;
-  lod.push_back(std::vector<size_t>{0, 2, 4, 5});
-  lod.push_back(std::vector<size_t>{0, 1, 6, 8, 10, 11});
+  lod.push_back(std::vector<size_t>({0, 2, 4, 5}));
+  lod.push_back(std::vector<size_t>({0, 1, 6, 8, 10, 11}));
   lod.push_back(
-      std::vector<size_t>{0, 2, 5, 7, 10, 12, 15, 17, 20, 24, 26, 29});
+      std::vector<size_t>({0, 2, 5, 7, 10, 12, 15, 17, 20, 24, 26, 29}));
 
-  std::vector<std::vector<size_t>> lod_length;
-  size_t start_offset;
-  paddle::framework::GetFineGrainedLoDLength(lod, 1, 2, &lod_length,
-                                             &start_offset);
+  auto lod_and_offset =
+      paddle::framework::GetSubLoDAndAbsoluteOffset(lod, 1, 2, 0);
+  LoD lod_length = lod_and_offset.first;
+  size_t start_offset = lod_and_offset.second.first;
+  size_t end_offset = lod_and_offset.second.second;
 
-  std::vector<std::vector<size_t>> expected;
+  LoD expected;
   expected.push_back(std::vector<size_t>{2});
   expected.push_back(std::vector<size_t>{2, 2});
   expected.push_back(std::vector<size_t>{2, 3, 4, 2});
   EXPECT_EQ(lod_length, expected);
   EXPECT_EQ(start_offset, 15UL);
+  EXPECT_EQ(end_offset, 26UL);
 }
 
 TEST(LoD, AppendLoD) {
-  std::vector<std::vector<size_t>> lod_lens;
-  lod_lens.push_back(std::vector<size_t>{2});
-  lod_lens.push_back(std::vector<size_t>{2, 2});
-  lod_lens.push_back(std::vector<size_t>{2, 3, 4, 2});
+  LoD lod_lens;
+  lod_lens.push_back(std::vector<size_t>({2}));
+  lod_lens.push_back(std::vector<size_t>({2, 2}));
+  lod_lens.push_back(std::vector<size_t>({2, 3, 4, 2}));
 
   LoD origin;
-  origin.push_back(std::vector<size_t>{0, 2});
-  origin.push_back(std::vector<size_t>{0, 1, 6});
-  origin.push_back(std::vector<size_t>{0, 2, 5, 7, 10, 12, 15});
+  origin.push_back(std::vector<size_t>({0, 2}));
+  origin.push_back(std::vector<size_t>({0, 1, 6}));
+  origin.push_back(std::vector<size_t>({0, 2, 5, 7, 10, 12, 15}));
 
   paddle::framework::AppendLoD(&origin, lod_lens);
 
   LoD expected;
-  expected.push_back(std::vector<size_t>{0, 2, 4});
-  expected.push_back(std::vector<size_t>{0, 1, 6, 8, 10});
+  expected.push_back(std::vector<size_t>({0, 2, 4}));
+  expected.push_back(std::vector<size_t>({0, 1, 6, 8, 10}));
   expected.push_back(
-      std::vector<size_t>{0, 2, 5, 7, 10, 12, 15, 17, 20, 24, 26});
-
+      std::vector<size_t>({0, 2, 5, 7, 10, 12, 15, 17, 20, 24, 26}));
   EXPECT_EQ(origin, expected);
 }
 

paddle/framework/op_registry.h

@@ -92,8 +92,7 @@ struct OpKernelRegistrarFunctor<PlaceType, false, I, KernelTypes...> {
 
   void operator()(const char* op_type) const {
     using T = typename KERNEL_TYPE::ELEMENT_TYPE;
-    OperatorWithKernel::OpKernelKey key(ToDataType(std::type_index(typeid(T))),
-                                        PlaceType());
+    OpKernelType key(ToDataType(std::type_index(typeid(T))), PlaceType());
     OperatorWithKernel::AllOpKernels()[op_type][key].reset(new KERNEL_TYPE);
 
     constexpr auto size = std::tuple_size<std::tuple<KernelTypes...>>::value;

paddle/framework/operator.cc

@@ -254,8 +254,7 @@ std::vector<Tensor*> ExecutionContext::MultiOutput<Tensor>(
   return res;
 }
 
-std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os,
-                         const OperatorWithKernel::OpKernelKey& kernel_key) {
+std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const OpKernelType& kernel_key) {
   os << "place[" << kernel_key.place_ << "]:data_type[" << kernel_key.data_type_
      << "]";
   return os;
@@ -432,7 +431,7 @@ void OperatorWithKernel::Run(const Scope& scope,
 
   // check if op[type] have kernel for kernel_key
   OpKernelMap& kernels = kernels_iter->second;
-  auto kernel_key = OpKernelKey(IndicateDataType(ctx), dev_ctx);
+  auto kernel_key = GetKernelType(ctx);
   auto kernel_iter = kernels.find(kernel_key);
 
   if (kernel_iter == kernels.end()) {
@@ -444,6 +443,38 @@ void OperatorWithKernel::Run(const Scope& scope,
   // throws errors if have.
   dev_ctx.Finish();
 }
+OpKernelType OperatorWithKernel::GetKernelType(
+    const ExecutionContext& ctx) const {
+  return OpKernelType(IndicateDataType(ctx), ctx.device_context());
+}
+DataType OperatorWithKernel::IndicateDataType(
+    const ExecutionContext& ctx) const {
+  auto& scope = ctx.scope();
+  int data_type = -1;
+  for (auto& input : this->inputs_) {
+    for (auto& ipt_name : input.second) {
+      auto* var = scope.FindVar(ipt_name);
+      if (var != nullptr) {
+        const Tensor* t = nullptr;
+        if (var->IsType<Tensor>()) {
+          t = &var->Get<Tensor>();
+        } else if (var->IsType<LoDTensor>()) {
+          t = &var->Get<LoDTensor>();
+        } else if (var->IsType<SelectedRows>()) {
+          t = &(var->Get<SelectedRows>().value());
+        }
+        if (t != nullptr) {
+          int tmp = static_cast<int>(ToDataType(t->type()));
+          PADDLE_ENFORCE(tmp == data_type || data_type == -1,
+                         "DataType of Paddle Op %s must be the same.", Type());
+          data_type = tmp;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  PADDLE_ENFORCE(data_type != -1, "DataType should be indicated by input");
+  return static_cast<DataType>(data_type);
+}
 
 }  // namespace framework
 }  // namespace paddle

paddle/framework/operator.h

@@ -345,38 +345,38 @@ class OpKernel : public OpKernelBase {
   using ELEMENT_TYPE = T;
 };
 
-class OperatorWithKernel : public OperatorBase {
- public:
-  struct OpKernelKey {
+struct OpKernelType {
+  struct Hash {
+    std::hash<int> hash_;
+    size_t operator()(const OpKernelType& key) const {
+      int place = key.place_.which();
+      int data_type = static_cast<int>(key.data_type_);
+      int pre_hash = data_type << NUM_PLACE_TYPE_LIMIT_IN_BIT |
+                     (place & ((1 << NUM_PLACE_TYPE_LIMIT_IN_BIT) - 1));
+      return hash_(pre_hash);
+    }
+  };
+
   platform::Place place_;
   DataType data_type_;
 
-    OpKernelKey(DataType data_type, platform::Place place)
+  OpKernelType(DataType data_type, platform::Place place)
       : place_(place), data_type_(data_type) {}
 
-    OpKernelKey(DataType data_type, const platform::DeviceContext& dev_ctx)
+  OpKernelType(DataType data_type, const platform::DeviceContext& dev_ctx)
       : place_(dev_ctx.GetPlace()), data_type_(data_type) {}
 
-    bool operator==(const OpKernelKey& o) const {
+  bool operator==(const OpKernelType& o) const {
     return platform::places_are_same_class(place_, o.place_) &&
            data_type_ == o.data_type_;
   }
-  };
-
-  struct OpKernelHash {
-    std::hash<int> hash_;
-    size_t operator()(const OpKernelKey& key) const {
-      int place = key.place_.which();
-      int data_type = static_cast<int>(key.data_type_);
-      int pre_hash = data_type << NUM_PLACE_TYPE_LIMIT_IN_BIT |
-                     (place & ((1 << NUM_PLACE_TYPE_LIMIT_IN_BIT) - 1));
-      return hash_(pre_hash);
-    }
-  };
+};
 
+class OperatorWithKernel : public OperatorBase {
+ public:
   using OpKernelMap =
-      std::unordered_map<OpKernelKey, std::unique_ptr<OpKernelBase>,
-                         OpKernelHash>;
+      std::unordered_map<OpKernelType, std::unique_ptr<OpKernelBase>,
+                         OpKernelType::Hash>;
 
   OperatorWithKernel(const std::string& type, const VariableNameMap& inputs,
                      const VariableNameMap& outputs, const AttributeMap& attrs)
@@ -404,40 +404,15 @@ class OperatorWithKernel : public OperatorBase {
   }
 
  protected:
+  virtual OpKernelType GetKernelType(const ExecutionContext& ctx) const;
+
+ private:
   // indicate kernel DataType by input data. Defaultly all input data must be
   // same.
-  virtual DataType IndicateDataType(const ExecutionContext& ctx) const {
-    auto& scope = ctx.scope();
-    int data_type = -1;
-    for (auto& input : this->inputs_) {
-      for (auto& ipt_name : input.second) {
-        auto* var = scope.FindVar(ipt_name);
-        if (var != nullptr) {
-          const Tensor* t = nullptr;
-          if (var->IsType<Tensor>()) {
-            t = &var->Get<Tensor>();
-          } else if (var->IsType<LoDTensor>()) {
-            t = &var->Get<LoDTensor>();
-          } else if (var->IsType<SelectedRows>()) {
-            t = &(var->Get<SelectedRows>().value());
-          }
-          if (t != nullptr) {
-            int tmp = static_cast<int>(ToDataType(t->type()));
-            PADDLE_ENFORCE(tmp == data_type || data_type == -1,
-                           "DataType of Paddle Op %s must be the same.",
-                           Type());
-            data_type = tmp;
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    }
-    PADDLE_ENFORCE(data_type != -1, "DataType should be indicated by input");
-    return static_cast<DataType>(data_type);
-  }
+  DataType IndicateDataType(const ExecutionContext& ctx) const;
 };
 
-std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os,
-                         const OperatorWithKernel::OpKernelKey& kernel_key);
+std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const OpKernelType& kernel_key);
 
 extern bool OpSupportGPU(const std::string& op_type);
 

paddle/framework/operator_test.cc

@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ class OpWithKernelTest : public OperatorWithKernel {
 
  protected:
   void InferShape(framework::InferShapeContext* ctx) const override {}
-  DataType IndicateDataType(const ExecutionContext& ctx) const override {
-    return DataType::FP32;
+  OpKernelType GetKernelType(const ExecutionContext& ctx) const override {
+    return OpKernelType(DataType::FP32, ctx.device_context());
   }
 };
 

paddle/framework/var_desc.cc

@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ void VarDescBind::SetLoDLevel(int32_t lod_level) {
       desc_.mutable_tensor_array()->set_lod_level(lod_level);
       break;
     default:
-      PADDLE_THROW("Tensor type=%d does not support LoDLevel", desc_.type());
+      PADDLE_THROW("Tensor type=%d does not support LoDLevel",
+                   desc_.tensor_array().lod_level());
   }
 }
 
@@ -56,7 +57,8 @@ int32_t VarDescBind::GetLodLevel() const {
     case VarDesc::LOD_TENSOR_ARRAY:
       return desc_.tensor_array().lod_level();
     default:
-      PADDLE_THROW("Tensor type=%d does not support LoDLevel", desc_.type());
+      PADDLE_THROW("Tensor type=%d does not support LoDLevel",
+                   desc_.tensor_array().lod_level());
   }
 }
 

paddle/gserver/layers/MKLDNNFcLayer.cpp

@@ -60,18 +60,16 @@ void MKLDNNFcLayer::convertWeightsFromPaddle() {
   }
 
   CHECK(wgtVal_) << "should have been initialized";
-  bool hasNoSpatial_ = ih_ == 1 && iw_ == 1;
   auto targetDim = wgtVal_->getDims();
-  auto srcFmt = hasNoSpatial_ ? format::io : format::ihwo;
+  auto srcFmt = targetDim.size() == 2 ? format::io : format::ihwo;
   wgtVal_->reorderDataFrom(wgtVal_, srcFmt, targetDim);
   hasInitedWgt_ = true;
 }
 
 void MKLDNNFcLayer::convertWeightsToPaddle() {
   CHECK(wgtVal_) << "should have been initialized";
-  bool hasNoSpatial_ = ih_ == 1 && iw_ == 1;
   auto targetDim = wgtVal_->getDims();
-  auto dstFmt = hasNoSpatial_ ? format::io : format::ihwo;
+  auto dstFmt = targetDim.size() == 2 ? format::io : format::ihwo;
   wgtVal_->reorderDataTo(wgtVal_, dstFmt, targetDim);
 }
 

paddle/gserver/layers/MKLDNNLayer.cpp

@@ -181,21 +181,17 @@ void MKLDNNLayer::resetInValue(
   auto extPD = MKLDNNMatrix::createPrimitiveDesc(
       {bs_, ic_, ih_, iw_}, format::nchw, engine_);
   const MatrixPtr& inMat = inputLayers_[inputIdx]->getOutputValue();
-  in = std::dynamic_pointer_cast<MKLDNNMatrix>(inMat);
-  CHECK_EQ(inputIsOnlyMKLDNN(), in != nullptr);
-  if (in == nullptr || in->getFormat() == format::nc) {
-    in = MKLDNNMatrix::create(extPD, inMat);
-  }
-  extInVal_ = isPaddleFormat(in->getFormat()) ? in : nullptr;
-  if (in->getFormat() == format::nc) {
-    CHECK(ih_ == 1 && iw_ == 1);
+  extInVal_ = std::dynamic_pointer_cast<MKLDNNMatrix>(inMat);
+  CHECK_EQ(inputIsOnlyMKLDNN(), extInVal_ != nullptr);
+  if (extInVal_ == nullptr || extInVal_->getFormat() == format::nc) {
+    extInVal_ = MKLDNNMatrix::create(extPD, inMat);
   }
+  in = extInVal_;
   if (nullptr == intPD || in->getPrimitiveDesc() == *intPD) {
     return;
   }
   // need create reorder
   in = MKLDNNMatrix::create(*intPD);
-  extInVal_ = extInVal_ ? extInVal_ : MKLDNNMatrix::create(extPD, inMat);
   cvtInVal_ = MKLDNNMatrix::createReorder(extInVal_, in);
   CHECK(cvtInVal_) << "should not be emptry";
 }

paddle/operators/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -170,6 +170,8 @@ set(DEPS_OPS
     sequence_conv_op
     sequence_pool_op
     lod_rank_table_op
+    lod_tensor_to_array_op
+    array_to_lod_tensor_op
     lstm_op
     tensor_array_read_write_op
     gru_op)
@@ -182,6 +184,8 @@ op_library(sum_op DEPS net_op selected_rows_functor)
 op_library(pool_op DEPS pooling)
 op_library(pool_with_index_op DEPS pooling)
 op_library(lod_rank_table_op SRCS lod_rank_table_op.cc DEPS lod_rank_table)
+op_library(lod_tensor_to_array_op SRCS lod_tensor_to_array_op.cc DEPS lod_rank_table_op)
+op_library(array_to_lod_tensor_op SRCS array_to_lod_tensor_op.cc DEPS lod_rank_table_op)
 op_library(tensor_array_read_write_op SRCS tensor_array_read_write_op.cc)
 if(WITH_GPU)
 op_library(nccl_op DEPS nccl_common)
@@ -191,8 +195,13 @@ op_library(sequence_pool_op DEPS sequence_pooling)
 op_library(lstm_op DEPS sequence2batch lstm_compute)
 op_library(conv_transpose_op DEPS vol2col)
 op_library(gru_op DEPS sequence2batch gru_compute)
-op_library(dynamic_recurrent_op SRCS dynamic_recurrent_op.cc rnn/recurrent_op_utils.cc
+if(WITH_TESTING)
+    op_library(dynamic_recurrent_op SRCS dynamic_recurrent_op.cc rnn/recurrent_op_utils.cc
+        DEPS net_op tensor_array gtest)
+else()
+    op_library(dynamic_recurrent_op SRCS dynamic_recurrent_op.cc rnn/recurrent_op_utils.cc
             DEPS net_op tensor_array)
+endif()
 op_library(recurrent_op SRCS recurrent_op.cc DEPS executor)
 
 list(REMOVE_ITEM GENERAL_OPS ${DEPS_OPS})

paddle/operators/accuracy_op.cc

@@ -47,10 +47,11 @@ class AccuracyOp : public framework::OperatorWithKernel {
   }
 
  protected:
-  // IndicateDataType
-  framework::DataType IndicateDataType(
+  framework::OpKernelType GetKernelType(
       const framework::ExecutionContext &ctx) const override {
-    return framework::ToDataType(ctx.Input<Tensor>("Out")->type());
+    return framework::OpKernelType(
+        framework::ToDataType(ctx.Input<Tensor>("Out")->type()),
+        ctx.device_context());
   }
 };
 

paddle/operators/array_to_lod_tensor_op.cc

+/* Copyright (c) 2016 PaddlePaddle Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+
+   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+   You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+   limitations under the License. */
+#include <numeric>
+#include "paddle/framework/lod_rank_table.h"
+#include "paddle/framework/lod_tensor_array.h"
+#include "paddle/framework/op_registry.h"
+#include "paddle/memory/memcpy.h"
+
+namespace paddle {
+namespace operators {
+
+using LoD = framework::LoD;
+
+class ArrayToLoDTensorOp : public framework::OperatorBase {
+ public:
+  ArrayToLoDTensorOp(const std::string &type,
+                     const framework::VariableNameMap &inputs,
+                     const framework::VariableNameMap &outputs,
+                     const framework::AttributeMap &attrs)
+      : OperatorBase(type, inputs, outputs, attrs) {}
+  void Run(const framework::Scope &scope,
+           const platform::DeviceContext &dev_ctx) const override {
+    auto &x = scope.FindVar(Input("X"))->Get<framework::LoDTensorArray>();
+    auto &rank_table =
+        scope.FindVar(Input("RankTable"))->Get<framework::LoDRankTable>();
+    auto *out =
+        scope.FindVar(Output("Out"))->GetMutable<framework::LoDTensor>();
+
+    // Check dims, place and data type of input's elements and infer output's
+    // dim
+    PADDLE_ENFORCE(!x.empty(), "There's no element in the input array.");
+    int rank = x[0].dims().size();
+    platform::Place place = x[0].place();
+    std::type_index data_type = x[0].type();
+    framework::DDim ins_dims = framework::slice_ddim(x[0].dims(), 1, rank);
+    int64_t batch_size = x[0].dims()[0];
+    for (size_t i = 1; i < x.size(); ++i) {
+      PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(framework::slice_ddim(x[i].dims(), 1, rank), ins_dims,
+                        "The dimension of the %zu'th element in LoDTensorArray "
+                        "differs from previous ones.",
+                        i);
+      PADDLE_ENFORCE(platform::places_are_same_class(x[i].place(), place),
+                     "The place class of the %zu'th element in LoDTensorArray "
+                     "differs from previous ones.",
+                     i);
+      PADDLE_ENFORCE(x[i].type() == data_type,
+                     "The date type of the %zu'th element in LoDTensorArray "
+                     "differs from previous ones.",
+                     i);
+      batch_size += x[i].dims()[0];
+    }
+    auto ins_dim_vec = framework::vectorize(ins_dims);
+    ins_dim_vec.insert(ins_dim_vec.begin(), batch_size);
+    framework::DDim out_dims = framework::make_ddim(ins_dim_vec);
+    out->Resize(out_dims);
+    out->mutable_data(place, data_type);
+
+    auto &table_items = rank_table.items();
+    std::vector<size_t> table_item_idx(table_items.size());
+    // table_item_idx = range(table_items_idx.size())
+    std::iota(table_item_idx.begin(), table_item_idx.end(), 0);
+    std::sort(table_item_idx.begin(), table_item_idx.end(),
+              [&](size_t a, size_t b) {
+                return table_items[a].index < table_items[b].index;
+              });
+
+    // Build LoDTensor `out`
+    framework::LoD *out_lod = out->mutable_lod();
+    out_lod->clear();
+    size_t out_offset = 0;
+    auto prefix_lod = rank_table.coarse_lod();
+    prefix_lod.emplace_back();
+    auto &cur_level_lod = prefix_lod.back();
+    cur_level_lod.push_back(0);
+    for (size_t idx : table_item_idx) {
+      cur_level_lod.push_back(cur_level_lod.back() + table_items[idx].length);
+      for (size_t x_idx = 0; x_idx < table_items[idx].length; ++x_idx) {
+        auto lod_and_offset = framework::GetSubLoDAndAbsoluteOffset(
+            x[x_idx].lod(), idx, idx + 1, 0);
+
+        auto &lod_length = lod_and_offset.first;
+        framework::AppendLoD(out_lod, lod_length);
+
+        size_t start_offset = lod_and_offset.second.first;
+        size_t end_offset = lod_and_offset.second.second;
+        VLOG(10) << "idx=" << idx << " x_idx=" << x_idx << " ["
+                 << ", " << end_offset << "]";
+        // Copy data
+        PADDLE_ENFORCE_GE(end_offset, start_offset);
+        size_t len = end_offset - start_offset;
+        if (len == 0) {
+          continue;
+        }
+        out->Slice(out_offset, out_offset + len)
+            .CopyFrom(x[x_idx].Slice(start_offset, end_offset), place, dev_ctx);
+        out_offset += len;
+      }
+    }
+    out_lod->insert(out_lod->begin(), prefix_lod.begin(), prefix_lod.end());
+  }
+};
+
+class ArrayToLoDTensorOpProtoMaker : public framework::OpProtoAndCheckerMaker {
+ public:
+  ArrayToLoDTensorOpProtoMaker(framework::OpProto *proto,
+                               framework::OpAttrChecker *op_checker)
+      : OpProtoAndCheckerMaker(proto, op_checker) {
+    AddInput("X",
+             "(std::vector<LodTensor>) A vector of tensors that is going to "
+             "be casted to a big LoDTensor.");
+    AddInput("RankTable",
+             "(LoDRankTable) RankTable provides the coarse lod infomation to "
+             "build the output LoDTensor. See "
+             "'paddle/framework/lod_rank_table.h' for more details.");
+    AddOutput("Out", "(LoDTensor) The LoDTensor formed by input tensor array.");
+    AddComment(
+        R"DOC(This Op build a big LoDTensor from a std::vector<LoDTensor> 
+          and a LoDRankTable. It is supposed to be used in getting dynamic RNN's
+          outputs back to a normal LoDTensor. The std::vector<LoDTensor> 
+          would be the output of RNN Op and the LoDRankTable would be build 
+          with RNN's input.)DOC");
+  }
+};
+
+class ArrayToLoDTensorInferShape : public framework::InferShapeBase {
+ public:
+  void operator()(framework::InferShapeContext *context) const override {
+    PADDLE_ENFORCE(context->HasInput("X"),
+                   "ArrayToLoDTensorOp must has input X.");
+    PADDLE_ENFORCE(context->HasInput("RankTable"),
+                   "ArrayToLoDTensorOp must has input RankTable.");
+  }
+};
+
+}  // namespace operators
+}  // namespace paddle
+
+namespace ops = paddle::operators;
+REGISTER_OPERATOR(array_to_lod_tensor, ops::ArrayToLoDTensorOp,
+                  ops::ArrayToLoDTensorOpProtoMaker,
+                  ops::ArrayToLoDTensorInferShape);

paddle/operators/auc_op.cc

@@ -39,10 +39,11 @@ class AucOp : public framework::OperatorWithKernel {
   }
 
  protected:
-  // IndicateDataType
-  framework::DataType IndicateDataType(
+  framework::OpKernelType GetKernelType(
       const framework::ExecutionContext &ctx) const override {
-    return framework::ToDataType(ctx.Input<Tensor>("Out")->type());
+    return framework::OpKernelType(
+        framework::ToDataType(ctx.Input<Tensor>("Out")->type()),
+        ctx.device_context());
   }
 };
 

paddle/operators/batch_norm_op.cc

@@ -303,7 +303,8 @@ class BatchNormGradOp : public framework::OperatorWithKernel {
     ctx->SetOutputDim(framework::GradVarName("Bias"), {C});
   }
 
-  framework::DataType IndicateDataType(
+ protected:
+  framework::OpKernelType GetKernelType(
       const framework::ExecutionContext &ctx) const override {
     const auto *var = ctx.InputVar(framework::GradVarName("Y"));
     if (var == nullptr) {
@@ -318,7 +319,8 @@ class BatchNormGradOp : public framework::OperatorWithKernel {
     if (t == nullptr) {
       PADDLE_THROW("can't find Y@GRAD");
     }
-    return framework::ToDataType(t->type());
+    return framework::OpKernelType(framework::ToDataType(t->type()),
+                                   ctx.device_context());
   }
 };
 

paddle/operators/crf_decoding_op.cc

@@ -120,9 +120,11 @@ class CRFDecodingOp : public framework::OperatorWithKernel {
   }
 
  protected:
-  framework::DataType IndicateDataType(
+  framework::OpKernelType GetKernelType(
       const framework::ExecutionContext& ctx) const override {
-    return framework::ToDataType(ctx.Input<LoDTensor>("Emission")->type());
+    return framework::OpKernelType(
+        framework::ToDataType(ctx.Input<LoDTensor>("Emission")->type()),
+        ctx.device_context());
   }
 };
 }  // namespace operators

paddle/operators/cross_entropy_op.cc

@@ -51,9 +51,11 @@ class CrossEntropyOp : public framework::OperatorWithKernel {
  protected:
   // Explicitly set that the data type of computation kernel of cross_entropy
   // is determined by its input "X".
-  framework::DataType IndicateDataType(
+  framework::OpKernelType GetKernelType(
       const framework::ExecutionContext& ctx) const override {
-    return framework::ToDataType(ctx.Input<Tensor>("X")->type());
+    return framework::OpKernelType(
+        framework::ToDataType(ctx.Input<Tensor>("X")->type()),
+        ctx.device_context());
   }
 };
 
@@ -98,9 +100,11 @@ class CrossEntropyGradientOp : public framework::OperatorWithKernel {
  protected:
   // Explicitly set that the data type of computation kernel of cross_entropy
   // is determined by its input "X".
-  framework::DataType IndicateDataType(
+  framework::OpKernelType GetKernelType(
       const framework::ExecutionContext& ctx) const override {
-    return framework::ToDataType(ctx.Input<Tensor>("X")->type());
+    return framework::OpKernelType(
+        framework::ToDataType(ctx.Input<Tensor>("X")->type()),
+        ctx.device_context());
   }
 };
 

paddle/operators/fill_constant_batch_size_like_op.cc

@@ -49,9 +49,11 @@ class FillConstantBatchSizeLikeOp : public framework::OperatorWithKernel {
   }
 
  protected:
-  framework::DataType IndicateDataType(
+  framework::OpKernelType GetKernelType(
       const framework::ExecutionContext &ctx) const override {
-    return static_cast<framework::DataType>(ctx.Attr<int>("data_type"));
+    return framework::OpKernelType(
+        static_cast<framework::DataType>(ctx.Attr<int>("data_type")),
+        ctx.device_context());
   }
 };
 

paddle/operators/gather_op.cc

@@ -40,9 +40,11 @@ class GatherOp : public framework::OperatorWithKernel {
   }
 
  protected:
-  framework::DataType IndicateDataType(
+  framework::OpKernelType GetKernelType(
       const framework::ExecutionContext& ctx) const override {
-    return framework::ToDataType(ctx.Input<Tensor>("X")->type());
+    return framework::OpKernelType(
+        framework::ToDataType(ctx.Input<Tensor>("X")->type()),
+        ctx.device_context());
   }
 };
 
@@ -55,9 +57,11 @@ class GatherGradOp : public framework::OperatorWithKernel {
   }
 
  protected:
-  framework::DataType IndicateDataType(
+  framework::OpKernelType GetKernelType(
       const framework::ExecutionContext& ctx) const override {
-    return framework::ToDataType(ctx.Input<Tensor>("X")->type());
+    return framework::OpKernelType(
+        framework::ToDataType(ctx.Input<Tensor>("X")->type()),
+        ctx.device_context());
   }
 };
 

paddle/operators/gaussian_random_op.cc

@@ -57,9 +57,11 @@ class GaussianRandomOp : public framework::OperatorWithKernel {
   }
 
  protected:
-  framework::DataType IndicateDataType(
+  framework::OpKernelType GetKernelType(
       const framework::ExecutionContext& ctx) const override {
-    return static_cast<framework::DataType>(ctx.Attr<int>("data_type"));
+    return framework::OpKernelType(
+        static_cast<framework::DataType>(ctx.Attr<int>("data_type")),
+        ctx.device_context());
   }
 };
 

paddle/operators/linear_chain_crf_op.cc

@@ -183,9 +183,11 @@ class LinearChainCRFOp : public framework::OperatorWithKernel {
  protected:
   // Explicitly set that the data type of computation kernel of linear_chain_crf
   // is determined by its input "Emission".
-  framework::DataType IndicateDataType(
+  framework::OpKernelType GetKernelType(
       const framework::ExecutionContext& ctx) const override {
-    return framework::ToDataType(ctx.Input<LoDTensor>("Emission")->type());
+    return framework::OpKernelType(
+        framework::ToDataType(ctx.Input<LoDTensor>("Emission")->type()),
+        ctx.device_context());
   }
 };
 
@@ -240,10 +242,13 @@ class LinearChainCRFGradOp : public framework::OperatorWithKernel {
  protected:
   // Explicitly set that the data type of output of the linear_chain_crf_grad
   // operator is determined by its input: gradients of LogLikelihood.
-  framework::DataType IndicateDataType(
+  framework::OpKernelType GetKernelType(
       const framework::ExecutionContext& ctx) const override {
-    return framework::ToDataType(
-        ctx.Input<LoDTensor>(framework::GradVarName("LogLikelihood"))->type());
+    return framework::OpKernelType(
+        framework::ToDataType(
+            ctx.Input<LoDTensor>(framework::GradVarName("LogLikelihood"))
+                ->type()),
+        ctx.device_context());
   }
 };
 

paddle/operators/lod_rank_table_op.cc

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ class LoDRankTableOp : public framework::OperatorBase {
     auto x = scope.FindVar(Input("X"))->Get<framework::LoDTensor>();
     auto *out =
         scope.FindVar(Output("Out"))->GetMutable<framework::LoDRankTable>();
+    VLOG(10) << "Level = " << static_cast<size_t>(Attr<int>("level"));
     out->Reset(x.lod(), static_cast<size_t>(Attr<int>("level")));
   }
 };

paddle/operators/lod_tensor_to_array_op.cc

+/* Copyright (c) 2016 PaddlePaddle Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+
+   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+   You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+   limitations under the License. */
+#include "paddle/framework/lod_rank_table.h"
+#include "paddle/framework/lod_tensor_array.h"
+#include "paddle/framework/op_registry.h"
+
+namespace paddle {
+namespace operators {
+
+struct CopyRange {
+  size_t begin;
+  size_t end;
+};
+
+class LoDTensorToArrayOp : public framework::OperatorBase {
+ public:
+  LoDTensorToArrayOp(const std::string &type,
+                     const framework::VariableNameMap &inputs,
+                     const framework::VariableNameMap &outputs,
+                     const framework::AttributeMap &attrs)
+      : OperatorBase(type, inputs, outputs, attrs) {}
+  void Run(const framework::Scope &scope,
+           const platform::DeviceContext &dev_ctx) const override {
+    auto &x = scope.FindVar(Input("X"))->Get<framework::LoDTensor>();
+    auto &rank_table =
+        scope.FindVar(Input("RankTable"))->Get<framework::LoDRankTable>();
+    auto &out =
+        *scope.FindVar(Output("Out"))->GetMutable<framework::LoDTensorArray>();
+
+    auto &items = rank_table.items();
+    auto max_seq_len = items[0].length;
+    auto rank_level = rank_table.level();
+    out.resize(max_seq_len);
+    std::vector<std::vector<CopyRange>> copy_ranges(max_seq_len);
+
+    // set out[i] lod
+    for (size_t t = 0; t < max_seq_len; t++) {
+      auto &lod = *out[t].mutable_lod();
+      lod.clear();
+      for (auto &item : items) {
+        if (t >= item.length) {
+          break;
+        }
+        size_t start_idx = x.lod()[rank_level][item.index] + t;
+        auto lod_and_offset = framework::GetSubLoDAndAbsoluteOffset(
+            x.lod(), start_idx, start_idx + 1, rank_level + 1);
+
+        auto &lod_length = lod_and_offset.first;
+        framework::AppendLoD(&lod, lod_length);
+
+        size_t start_offset = lod_and_offset.second.first;
+        size_t end_offset = lod_and_offset.second.second;
+        copy_ranges[t].emplace_back(CopyRange{start_offset, end_offset});
+      }
+    }
+
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < max_seq_len; ++i) {
+      auto &ranges = copy_ranges[i];
+      size_t height = std::accumulate(
+          ranges.begin(), ranges.end(), 0UL,
+          [](size_t a, const CopyRange &b) { return a + b.end - b.begin; });
+      auto x_dim = x.dims();
+      x_dim[0] = static_cast<int64_t>(height);
+      out[i].Resize(x_dim);
+      out[i].mutable_data(x.place(), x.type());
+      size_t offset = 0;
+      for (auto &each_range : ranges) {
+        size_t len = each_range.end - each_range.begin;
+        if (len == 0) {
+          continue;
+        }
+        // out[i][offset: offset+len] = x[each_range.begin: each_range.end]
+        out[i]
+            .Slice(static_cast<int>(offset), static_cast<int>(offset + len))
+            .CopyFrom(x.Slice(static_cast<int>(each_range.begin),
+                              static_cast<int>(each_range.end)),
+                      x.place(), dev_ctx);
+        offset += len;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+};
+
+class LoDTensorToArrayOpProtoMaker : public framework::OpProtoAndCheckerMaker {
+ public:
+  LoDTensorToArrayOpProtoMaker(framework::OpProto *proto,
+                               framework::OpAttrChecker *op_checker)
+      : OpProtoAndCheckerMaker(proto, op_checker) {
+    AddInput("X", "");
+    AddInput("RankTable", "");
+    AddOutput("Out", "");
+    AddComment("");
+  }
+};
+
+class LoDTensorToArrayInferShape : public framework::InferShapeBase {
+ public:
+  void operator()(framework::InferShapeContext *context) const override {
+    PADDLE_ENFORCE(context->HasInput("X"),
+                   "Input(X) of LoDTensorToArrayOp should not be null.");
+    PADDLE_ENFORCE(
+        context->HasInput("RankTable"),
+        "Input(RankTable) of LoDTensorToArrayOp should not be null.");
+
+    PADDLE_ENFORCE(context->HasOutput("Out"),
+                   "Output(Out) of LoDTensorToArrayOp should not be null.");
+
+    auto x_dim = context->GetInputDim("X");
+    // The first dim of each LoDTensor in Output can only be set at run-time.;
+    // We still have to Resize each LoDTensor in Output.
+    context->SetOutputDim("Out", x_dim);
+  }
+};
+
+class LoDTensorToArrayInferVarType : public framework::VarTypeInference {
+ public:
+  void operator()(const framework::OpDescBind &op_desc,
+                  framework::BlockDescBind *block) const override {
+    for (auto &out_var : op_desc.Output("Out")) {
+      block->Var(out_var)->SetType(framework::VarDesc::LOD_TENSOR_ARRAY);
+    }
+  }
+};
+
+}  // namespace operators
+}  // namespace paddle
+
+namespace ops = paddle::operators;
+REGISTER_OPERATOR(lod_tensor_to_array, ops::LoDTensorToArrayOp,
+                  ops::LoDTensorToArrayOpProtoMaker,
+                  ops::LoDTensorToArrayInferShape,
+                  ops::LoDTensorToArrayInferVarType);

paddle/operators/lookup_table_op.cc

@@ -41,9 +41,11 @@ class LookupTableOp : public framework::OperatorWithKernel {
   }
 
  protected:
-  framework::DataType IndicateDataType(
+  framework::OpKernelType GetKernelType(
       const framework::ExecutionContext& ctx) const override {
-    return framework::ToDataType(ctx.Input<LoDTensor>("W")->type());
+    return framework::OpKernelType(
+        framework::ToDataType(ctx.Input<LoDTensor>("W")->type()),
+        ctx.device_context());
   }
 };
 
@@ -97,9 +99,11 @@ class LookupTableOpGrad : public framework::OperatorWithKernel {
   }
 
  protected:
-  framework::DataType IndicateDataType(
+  framework::OpKernelType GetKernelType(
       const framework::ExecutionContext& ctx) const override {
-    return framework::ToDataType(ctx.Input<LoDTensor>("W")->type());
+    return framework::OpKernelType(
+        framework::ToDataType(ctx.Input<LoDTensor>("W")->type()),
+        ctx.device_context());
   }
 };
 

paddle/operators/lstm_op.cc

@@ -84,10 +84,11 @@ class LSTMOp : public framework::OperatorWithKernel {
   }
 
  protected:
-  framework::DataType IndicateDataType(
+  framework::OpKernelType GetKernelType(
       const framework::ExecutionContext& ctx) const override {
-    return framework::ToDataType(
-        ctx.Input<framework::LoDTensor>("Input")->type());
+    return framework::OpKernelType(
+        framework::ToDataType(ctx.Input<framework::LoDTensor>("Input")->type()),
+        ctx.device_context());
   }
 };
 
@@ -245,10 +246,11 @@ class LSTMGradOp : public framework::OperatorWithKernel {
   }
 
  protected:
-  framework::DataType IndicateDataType(
+  framework::OpKernelType GetKernelType(
       const framework::ExecutionContext& ctx) const override {
-    return framework::ToDataType(
-        ctx.Input<framework::LoDTensor>("Input")->type());
+    return framework::OpKernelType(
+        framework::ToDataType(ctx.Input<framework::LoDTensor>("Input")->type()),
+        ctx.device_context());
   }
 };
 

paddle/operators/multiplex_op.cc

@@ -51,9 +51,11 @@ class MultiplexOp : public framework::OperatorWithKernel {
   }
 
  protected:
-  framework::DataType IndicateDataType(
+  framework::OpKernelType GetKernelType(
       const framework::ExecutionContext& ctx) const override {
-    return framework::ToDataType(ctx.MultiInput<Tensor>("X")[0]->type());
+    return framework::OpKernelType(
+        framework::ToDataType(ctx.MultiInput<Tensor>("X")[0]->type()),
+        ctx.device_context());
   }
 };
 
@@ -107,9 +109,11 @@ class MultiplexGradOp : public framework::OperatorWithKernel {
   }
 
  protected:
-  framework::DataType IndicateDataType(
+  framework::OpKernelType GetKernelType(
       const framework::ExecutionContext& ctx) const override {
-    return framework::ToDataType(ctx.MultiInput<Tensor>("X")[0]->type());
+    return framework::OpKernelType(
+        framework::ToDataType(ctx.MultiInput<Tensor>("X")[0]->type()),
+        ctx.device_context());
   }
 };
 

paddle/operators/positive_negative_pair_op.cc

@@ -85,9 +85,11 @@ class PositiveNegativePairOp : public framework::OperatorWithKernel {
   }
 
  protected:
-  framework::DataType IndicateDataType(
+  framework::OpKernelType GetKernelType(
       const framework::ExecutionContext &ctx) const override {
-    return framework::ToDataType(ctx.Input<Tensor>("Score")->type());
+    return framework::OpKernelType(
+        framework::ToDataType(ctx.Input<Tensor>("Score")->type()),
+        ctx.device_context());
   }
 };
 

paddle/operators/precision_recall_op.cc

@@ -80,9 +80,11 @@ class PrecisionRecallOp : public framework::OperatorWithKernel {
   }
 
  protected:
-  framework::DataType IndicateDataType(
+  framework::OpKernelType GetKernelType(
       const framework::ExecutionContext &ctx) const override {
-    return framework::ToDataType(ctx.Input<Tensor>("MaxProbs")->type());
+    return framework::OpKernelType(
+        framework::ToDataType(ctx.Input<Tensor>("MaxProbs")->type()),
+        ctx.device_context());
   }
 };
 

paddle/operators/scatter_op.cc

@@ -49,9 +49,11 @@ class ScatterOp : public framework::OperatorWithKernel {
   }
 
  protected:
-  framework::DataType IndicateDataType(
+  framework::OpKernelType GetKernelType(
       const framework::ExecutionContext& ctx) const override {
-    return framework::ToDataType(ctx.Input<Tensor>("Ref")->type());
+    return framework::OpKernelType(
+        framework::ToDataType(ctx.Input<Tensor>("Ref")->type()),
+        ctx.device_context());
   }
 };
 
@@ -66,9 +68,11 @@ class ScatterGradOp : public framework::OperatorWithKernel {
   }
 
  protected:
-  framework::DataType IndicateDataType(
+  framework::OpKernelType GetKernelType(
       const framework::ExecutionContext& ctx) const override {
-    return framework::ToDataType(ctx.Input<Tensor>("Ref")->type());
+    return framework::OpKernelType(
+        framework::ToDataType(ctx.Input<Tensor>("Ref")->type()),
+        ctx.device_context());
   }
 };
 

paddle/operators/sequence_pool_op.cc

@@ -107,9 +107,11 @@ class SequencePoolGradOp : public framework::OperatorWithKernel {
   }
 
  protected:
-  framework::DataType IndicateDataType(
+  framework::OpKernelType GetKernelType(
       const framework::ExecutionContext& ctx) const override {
-    return framework::ToDataType(ctx.Input<Tensor>("X")->type());
+    return framework::OpKernelType(
+        framework::ToDataType(ctx.Input<Tensor>("X")->type()),
+        ctx.device_context());
   }
 };
 

paddle/operators/softmax_with_cross_entropy_op.cc

@@ -121,9 +121,11 @@ class SoftmaxWithCrossEntropyOp : public framework::OperatorWithKernel {
   }
 
  protected:
-  framework::DataType IndicateDataType(
+  framework::OpKernelType GetKernelType(
       const framework::ExecutionContext& ctx) const override {
-    return framework::ToDataType(ctx.Input<Tensor>("Logits")->type());
+    return framework::OpKernelType(
+        framework::ToDataType(ctx.Input<Tensor>("Logits")->type()),
+        ctx.device_context());
   }
 };
 
@@ -160,10 +162,12 @@ class SoftmaxWithCrossEntropyOpGrad : public framework::OperatorWithKernel {
   }
 
  protected:
-  framework::DataType IndicateDataType(
+  framework::OpKernelType GetKernelType(
       const framework::ExecutionContext& ctx) const override {
-    return framework::ToDataType(
-        ctx.Input<Tensor>(framework::GradVarName("Loss"))->type());
+    return framework::OpKernelType(
+        framework::ToDataType(
+            ctx.Input<Tensor>(framework::GradVarName("Loss"))->type()),
+        ctx.device_context());
   }
 };
 

paddle/operators/sum_op.cc

@@ -47,20 +47,24 @@ class SumOp : public framework::OperatorWithKernel {
   }
 
  protected:
-  framework::DataType IndicateDataType(
+  framework::OpKernelType GetKernelType(
       const framework::ExecutionContext& ctx) const override {
     auto x_vars = ctx.MultiInputVar("X");
     if (x_vars[0]->IsType<framework::LoDTensor>()) {
-      return framework::ToDataType(
-          x_vars[0]->Get<framework::LoDTensor>().type());
+      return framework::OpKernelType(
+          framework::ToDataType(x_vars[0]->Get<framework::LoDTensor>().type()),
+          ctx.device_context());
     } else if (x_vars[0]->IsType<framework::SelectedRows>()) {
-      return framework::ToDataType(
-          x_vars[0]->Get<framework::SelectedRows>().value().type());
+      return framework::OpKernelType(
+          framework::ToDataType(
+              x_vars[0]->Get<framework::SelectedRows>().value().type()),
+          ctx.device_context());
     } else if (x_vars[0]->IsType<framework::LoDTensorArray>()) {
       auto& array = x_vars[0]->Get<framework::LoDTensorArray>();
       for (auto& each : array) {
         if (each.numel() != 0) {
-          return framework::ToDataType(each.type());
+          return framework::OpKernelType(framework::ToDataType(each.type()),
+                                         ctx.device_context());
         }
       }
     }

paddle/operators/uniform_random_op.cc

@@ -63,9 +63,11 @@ class UniformRandomOp : public framework::OperatorWithKernel {
   }
 
  protected:
-  framework::DataType IndicateDataType(
+  framework::OpKernelType GetKernelType(
       const framework::ExecutionContext& ctx) const override {
-    return static_cast<framework::DataType>(ctx.Attr<int>("data_type"));
+    return framework::OpKernelType(
+        static_cast<framework::DataType>(ctx.Attr<int>("data_type")),
+        ctx.device_context());
   }
 };
 

python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/layers.py

@@ -6548,26 +6548,27 @@ def switch_order_layer(input,
 @layer_support()
 def crop_layer(input, offset, axis=2, shape=None, name=None, layer_attr=None):
     """
-    This layer crops images by offset and shape. User can set crop shape by
-    args 'shape' explicitly or by reference input layer.
+    This layer crops images according to the offset and shape. Users can set
+    the crop shape through the argument 'shape' explicitly or by specifying a
+    reference input layer.
 
     The example usage is:
 
     .. code-block:: python
     crop = crop_layer(input=[image_input, reference_input], axis=2, offset=[2, 3])
 
-    :param input: The input of this layer. If two inputs are given, the second input
-                  will be regarded as reference input.
+    :param input: The input of this layer. If two inputs are given, the second one
+                  will be regarded as the reference.
     :type input: LayerOutput | Sequence
     :param offset: The crop offset.
     :type offset: Sequence
-    :param axis: start axis to be cropped. To image input layer:
+    :param axis: The start axis to be cropped. For image input layer:
         - 0: batch size
         - 1: channels
         - 2: height
         - 3: width
-    :type partial_sum: int
-    :param shape: The shape to be cropped. Default is None.
+    :type axis: int
+    :param shape: The shape to be cropped to. Default is None.
     :type shape: Sequence | None
     :param name: The name of this layer. It is optional.
     :type name: basestring
@@ -6702,9 +6703,9 @@ def seq_slice_layer(input, starts, ends, name=None):
     :type name: basestring
     :param input: The input of this layer, which should be a sequence.
     :type input: LayerOutput
-    :param starts: start indices to slice the input sequence.
+    :param starts: The start indices to slice the input sequence.
     :type starts: LayerOutput | None
-    :param ends: end indices to slice the input sequence.
+    :param ends: The end indices to slice the input sequence.
     :type ends: LayerOutput | None
     :return: LayerOutput object.
     :rtype: LayerOutput
@@ -6744,7 +6745,7 @@ def seq_slice_layer(input, starts, ends, name=None):
 @layer_support()
 def kmax_seq_score_layer(input, name=None, beam_size=1):
     """
-    This layer accepts one input which are scores over a sequence or a nested
+    This layer accepts one input which is scores over a sequence or a nested
     sequence, and returns indices of beam_size sequences with highest scores.
 
     .. code-block:: python
@@ -6754,11 +6755,11 @@ def kmax_seq_score_layer(input, name=None, beam_size=1):
 
     :param name: The name of this layer. It is optional.
     :type name: basestring
-    :param input: The input of this layer. It stores scores over a sequence or a nested
-        sequence and its size must be 1.
+    :param input: The input of this layer. It stores scores over a sequence or
+                  a nested sequence and its size must be 1.
     :type input: LayerOutput
-    :param beam_size: sequence indices with top beam_size scores are returned.
-    :type beam_size: double
+    :param beam_size: The indices of the sequences with top beam_size scores are returned.
+    :type beam_size: int
     :return: LayerOutput object.
     :rtype: LayerOutput
     """
@@ -6814,38 +6815,42 @@ def img_conv3d_layer(input,
     :type name: basestring
     :param input: The input of this layer.
     :type input: LayerOutput
-    :param filter_size: The x dimension of a filter kernel. Or input a list.
+    :param filter_size: The dimensions of the filter kernel along three axises. If the parameter
+                        is set to one integer, the three dimensions will be same.
     :type filter_size: int | tuple | list
-    :param num_filters: Each filter group's number of filter
+    :param num_filters: The number of filters in each group.
+    :type num_filters: int
     :param act: Activation type. ReluActivation is the default.
     :type act: BaseActivation
-    :param groups: Group size of filters.
+    :param groups: The number of the filter groups.
     :type groups: int
-    :param stride: The x dimension of the stride. Or input a tuple for two image
-                   dimension.
+    :param stride: The strides of the convolution along three axises. If the parameter
+                   is set to one integer, the three strides will be same.
     :type stride: int | tuple | list
-    :param padding: The x dimension of the padding. Or input a tuple for two
-                    image dimension
+    :param padding: The numbers of padding along three axises. If the parameter is set to
+                    one integer, they will be same.
     :type padding: int | tuple | list
-    :param bias_attr: Convolution bias attribute. None means default bias.
-                      False means no bias.
+    :param bias_attr: The Bias Attribute. If the parameter is set to
+                      False or something not type of ParameterAttribute,
+                      no bias is defined. If the parameter is set to
+                      True, the bias is initialized to zero.
     :type bias_attr: ParameterAttribute | None | bool | Any
-    :param num_channels: number of input channels. If None will be set
-                        automatically from previous output.
+    :param num_channels: The number of input channels. If the parameter is not set or
+                         set to None,  its actual value will be automatically set to
+                         the channels number of the input .
     :type num_channels: int
-    :param param_attr: Convolution param attribute. None means default attribute
+    :param param_attr: The parameter attribute of the convolution.
     :type param_attr: ParameterAttribute
-    :param shared_biases: Is biases will be shared between filters or not.
+    :param shared_biases: Whether biases will be shared between filters or not.
     :type shared_biases: bool
-    :param layer_attr: Layer Extra Attribute.
+    :param layer_attr: Extra layer attributes.
     :type layer_attr: ExtraLayerAttribute
-    :param trans: true if it is a convTransLayer, false if it is a convLayer
+    :param trans: True if it is a convTransLayer, False if it is a convLayer
     :type trans: bool
-    :param layer_type: specify the layer_type, default is None. If trans=True,
-                       layer_type has to be "exconvt" or "cudnn_convt",
-                       otherwise layer_type has to be either "exconv" or
-                       "cudnn_conv"
-    :type layer_type: String
+    :param layer_type: Specify the layer_type. If the parameter is set, it must be "deconv3d"
+                       when trans=True. If not set, it will be automatically set to "deconv3d"
+                       when trans=True and "conv3d" when trans=False.
+    :type layer_type: basestring
     :return: LayerOutput object.
     :rtype: LayerOutput
     """
@@ -6927,7 +6932,7 @@ def img_conv3d_layer(input,
 def scale_shift_layer(input, name=None, param_attr=None, bias_attr=None):
     """
     A layer applies a linear transformation to each element in each row of
-    the input matrix. For each element, the layer first re-scale it and then
+    the input matrix. For each element, the layer first re-scales it and then
     adds a bias to it.
 
     This layer is very like the SlopeInterceptLayer, except the scale and
@@ -7001,12 +7006,12 @@ def sub_seq_layer(input, offsets, sizes, act=None, bias_attr=None, name=None):
     :type name: basestring
     :param input: The input of this layer, which should be sequence.
     :type input: LayerOutput
-    :param offsets: offset indices to slice the input sequence, which should be
-                    sequence type.
+    :param offsets: The offset indices to slice the input sequence, which should
+                    be sequence type.
     :type offsets: LayerOutput
-    :param sizes: sizes of the sub-sequences, which should be sequence type.
+    :param sizes: The sizes of the sub-sequences, which should be sequence type.
     :type sizes: LayerOutput
-    :param act: Layer activation, default is LinearActivation
+    :param act: Activation type, LinearActivation is the default.
     :type act: BaseActivation.
     :param bias_attr: The Bias Attribute. If the parameter is set to
                       False or something not type of ParameterAttribute,

python/paddle/v2/framework/layers.py

@@ -775,6 +775,30 @@ def lod_rank_table(x, level=0, main_program=None):
     return table
 
 
+def lod_tensor_to_array(x, table, main_program=None):
+    helper = LayerHelper("lod_tensor_to_array", **locals())
+    array = helper.create_variable(
+        name=unique_name("lod_tensor_to_array"),
+        type=core.VarDesc.VarType.LOD_TENSOR_ARRAY)
+    helper.append_op(
+        type='lod_tensor_to_array',
+        inputs={'X': x,
+                'RankTable': table},
+        outputs={'Out': array})
+    return array
+
+
+def array_to_lod_tensor(x, table, main_program=None):
+    helper = LayerHelper("array_to_lod_tensor", **locals())
+    tmp = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype=x.data_type)
+    helper.append_op(
+        type="array_to_lod_tensor",
+        inputs={'X': x,
+                'RankTable': table},
+        outputs={'Out': tmp})
+    return tmp
+
+
 def fill_constant(shape, dtype, value, main_program=None):
     helper = LayerHelper("ones", **locals())
     out = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype=dtype)

python/paddle/v2/framework/tests/test_lod_rank_table.py

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ class TestLoDRankTable(unittest.TestCase):
         tensor = core.LoDTensor()
         tensor.set(numpy.random.random(size=(17, 100)), cpu)
         tensor.set_lod([[0, 1, 3], [0, 5, 6, 7], [0, 3, 4, 9, 10, 13, 16, 17]])
-
         exe.run(g_main_program, scope=scope, feed={'x': tensor})
         var = scope.find_var(rank_table.name)
         table = var.get_lod_rank_table()

python/paddle/v2/framework/tests/test_lod_tensor_array_ops.py

+import unittest
+import paddle.v2.framework.core as core
+import numpy
+import paddle.v2.framework.layers as layers
+from paddle.v2.framework.framework import Program
+from paddle.v2.framework.executor import Executor
+
+
+class TestCPULoDTensorArrayOps(unittest.TestCase):
+    def place(self):
+        return core.CPUPlace()
+
+    def test_lod_tensor_to_array_level_0(self):
+        tensor = core.LoDTensor()
+        tensor.set(
+            numpy.arange(10).reshape(10, 1).astype('int32'), self.place())
+        tensor.set_lod([[0, 3, 9, 10]])
+        expect = map(lambda x: numpy.array(x).astype('int32'),
+                     [[3, 0, 9], [4, 1], [5, 2], [6], [7], [8]])
+        self.main(tensor=tensor, expect_array=expect, expect_lod=[] * 6)
+
+    def test_lod_tensor_to_array_level_0_empty_seq(self):
+        tensor = core.LoDTensor()
+        tensor.set(
+            numpy.arange(10).reshape(10, 1).astype('int32'), self.place())
+        tensor.set_lod([[0, 3, 9, 9, 10]])
+        expect = map(lambda x: numpy.array(x).astype('int32'),
+                     [[3, 0, 9], [4, 1], [5, 2], [6], [7], [8]])
+        self.main(tensor=tensor, expect_array=expect, expect_lod=[] * 6)
+
+    def test_lod_tensor_to_array_level_1(self):
+        tensor = core.LoDTensor()
+        tensor.set(
+            numpy.arange(20).reshape(20, 1).astype('int32'), self.place())
+        tensor.set_lod([[0, 2, 5], [0, 3, 9, 11, 17, 20]])
+
+        expect = [
+            numpy.array(
+                [9, 10, 0, 1, 2], dtype='int32'), numpy.array(
+                    [11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8], dtype='int32'),
+            numpy.array(
+                [17, 18, 19], dtype='int32')
+        ]
+
+        lod = [[[0, 2, 5]], [[0, 6, 12]], [[0, 3]]]
+        self.main(tensor=tensor, expect_array=expect, expect_lod=lod)
+
+    def test_lod_tensor_to_array_level_1_empty_seq(self):
+        tensor = core.LoDTensor()
+        tensor.set(
+            numpy.arange(31).reshape(31, 1).astype('int32'), self.place())
+
+        tensor.set_lod([[0, 3, 5, 9, 11],
+                        [0, 3, 7, 11, 11, 12, 17, 19, 21, 23, 30, 31]])
+
+        expect = [
+            numpy.array(
+                item, dtype='int32')
+            for item in [[
+                12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 0, 1, 2, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29
+            ], [17, 18, 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 30], [19, 20, 7, 8, 9, 10], [21, 22]]
+        ]
+
+        lod = [[[0, 5, 8, 8, 15]], [[0, 2, 6, 7, 8]], [[0, 2, 6]], [[0, 2]]]
+        self.main(tensor=tensor, expect_array=expect, expect_lod=lod)
+
+    def test_lod_tensor_to_array_level_2(self):
+        tensor = core.LoDTensor()
+        tensor.set(
+            numpy.arange(50).reshape(50, 1).astype('int32'), self.place())
+        tensor.set_lod([[0, 2, 5, 6], [0, 2, 5, 6, 10, 12, 13],
+                        [0, 3, 7, 11, 17, 21, 22, 23, 27, 31, 39, 45, 46, 50]])
+
+        expect = [
+            numpy.array(
+                item, dtype='int32')
+            for item in [[21, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 46, 47, 48, 49], range(
+                22, 39) + range(7, 21), range(39, 46)]
+        ]
+        lod = [[[0, 1, 3, 4], [0, 1, 4, 8, 12]],
+               [[0, 4, 7], [0, 1, 5, 9, 17, 21, 27, 31]], [[0, 2], [0, 6, 7]]]
+        self.main(tensor=tensor, expect_array=expect, expect_lod=lod)
+
+    def test_lod_tensor_to_array_level_2_skip_level(self):
+        tensor = core.LoDTensor()
+        tensor.set(
+            numpy.arange(50).reshape(50, 1).astype('int32'), self.place())
+        tensor.set_lod([[0, 2, 5, 6], [0, 2, 5, 6, 10, 12, 13],
+                        [0, 3, 7, 11, 17, 21, 22, 23, 27, 31, 39, 45, 46, 50]])
+        self.main(tensor=tensor, expect_array=None, expect_lod=None, level=1)
+
+    def main(self, tensor, expect_array, expect_lod, level=0):
+        place = self.place()
+        program = Program()
+        x = layers.data(name='x', shape=[10], main_program=program)
+        x.persistable = True
+        table = layers.lod_rank_table(x, level=level, main_program=program)
+        array = layers.lod_tensor_to_array(x, table, main_program=program)
+        array.persistable = True
+
+        result = layers.array_to_lod_tensor(array, table, main_program=program)
+        result.persistable = True
+        exe = Executor(place)
+        scope = core.Scope()
+        exe.run(program, feed={'x': tensor}, scope=scope)
+        var = scope.find_var(array.name)
+        array = var.get_lod_tensor_array()
+        if expect_array is not None and expect_lod is not None:
+            self.check_array_same(array, expect_array, expect_lod)
+        self.check_tensor_same(scope.find_var(result.name).get_tensor(), tensor)
+
+    def check_array_same(self, array, expect_tensor, expect_lod):
+        self.assertEqual(len(expect_tensor), len(array))
+        for i, exp in enumerate(zip(expect_tensor, expect_lod)):
+            exp_tensor, exp_lod = exp
+            exp_tensor = numpy.expand_dims(exp_tensor, axis=1)
+            self.assertTrue(numpy.allclose(exp_tensor, numpy.array(array[i])))
+            self.assertEqual(exp_lod, array[i].lod())
+
+    def check_tensor_same(self, actual, expect):
+        self.assertTrue(
+            numpy.allclose(numpy.array(actual), numpy.array(expect)))
+        self.assertEqual(actual.lod(), expect.lod())
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()