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-
-/* Copyright (c) 2016 PaddlePaddle Authors. All Rights Reserve. 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. */
-
-syntax = "proto3";
-package sendrecv;
-
-option cc_generic_services = false;
-
-service SendRecvService {
-  // For parameter server round-robin like hashing, do not split tensors.
-  // Send and recv only one tensor
-  // TODO(typhoonzero): add streaming API
-  rpc SendVariable(VariableMessage) returns (VoidMessage) {}
-  // Argument VariableMessage for GetVariable should only contain varname.
-  rpc GetVariable(VariableMessage) returns (VariableMessage) {}
-  // pre-fetch variable by given variable name and Ids
-  rpc PrefetchVariable(VariableMessage) returns (VariableMessage) {}
-
-  rpc CheckpointNotify(VariableMessage) returns (VoidMessage) {}
-}
-
-// VariableMessage is serialized paddle variable message.
-// It can be:
-// LoDTensor
-// SelectedRows
-enum VarType {
-  LOD_TENSOR = 0;
-  SELECTED_ROWS = 1;
-  NCCL_ID = 2;
-}
-
-// NOTICE(gongwb):don't modify this proto if you are not
-//   not familar with how we serialize in sendrecvop_utils.h
-//   and deserilize it in  variable_response.h.
-message VariableMessage {
-  enum Type {
-    // Pod Types
-    BOOL = 0;
-    INT16 = 1;
-    INT32 = 2;
-    INT64 = 3;
-    FP16 = 4;
-    FP32 = 5;
-    FP64 = 6;
-  }
-
-  message LodData { repeated int64 lod_data = 1; }
-  string varname = 1;
-  // TODO(Yancey1989): reference framework::proto::VarDesc::VarType
-  VarType type = 2;
-  // bool persistable is not needed for sending.
-  // tensor info:
-  Type data_type = 3;
-  repeated int64 dims = 4;
-
-  // lod details:
-  int64 lod_level = 5;
-  repeated LodData lod = 6;
-  // selected_rows height, aka. original dim0
-  int64 slr_height = 7;
-  // tensor data
-  bytes serialized = 8;
-  // selected_rows data
-  bytes rows = 9;
-  // Look up table block execution output variable name.
-  string out_varname = 10;
-  // If 1, the ps server will start profiling, the ps
-  // server stops profiling and generates a profile to /tmp/profile_ps_*
-  // when profile switches from 1 to 2.
-  int64 profile = 11;
-}
-
-message VoidMessage {}