append_backward return map to python

paddle/framework/backward.cc

@@ -412,8 +412,8 @@ std::vector<std::unique_ptr<OpDescBind>> MakeBlockBackward(
   return backward_descs;
 }
 
-std::unordered_map<std::string /*fwd_var_name*/, GradVarInfo /*grad_var_info*/>
-AppendBackward(ProgramDescBind& program_desc, const VarDescBind& target,
+ParamGradInfoMap AppendBackward(
+    ProgramDescBind& program_desc, const VarDescBind& target,
     const std::unordered_set<std::string>& no_grad_vars) {
   std::unordered_set<std::string> no_grad_var_names;
   no_grad_var_names.reserve(no_grad_vars.size() + 1);

paddle/framework/backward.h

@@ -36,10 +36,11 @@ struct GradVarInfo {
   int op_idx_;
 };
 
-// TODO(jiayi): Add target as parameter and generate backward op
-// according to target.
-std::unordered_map<std::string /*fwd_var_name*/, GradVarInfo /*grad_var_info*/>
-AppendBackward(ProgramDescBind& program_desc, const VarDescBind& target,
+using ParamGradInfoMap = std::unordered_map<std::string /*fwd_var_name*/,
+                                            GradVarInfo /*grad_var_info*/>;
+
+ParamGradInfoMap AppendBackward(
+    ProgramDescBind& program_desc, const VarDescBind& target,
     const std::unordered_set<std::string>& no_grad_vars);
 
 }  // namespace framework

paddle/pybind/protobuf.cc

@@ -120,7 +120,19 @@ void BindProgramDesc(py::module &m) {
       .def("append_backward",
            [](ProgramDescBind &program_desc, const VarDescBind &target,
               const std::unordered_set<std::string> &no_grad_vars) {
+             ParamGradInfoMap param_grad_map =
                  AppendBackward(program_desc, target, no_grad_vars);
+             std::unordered_map<
+                 std::string, std::tuple<std::string /* grad_var_name */,
+                                         int /* block_idx */, int /* op_idx */>>
+                 retv;
+             for (auto it = param_grad_map.begin(); it != param_grad_map.end();
+                  ++it) {
+               const auto &grad_info = it->second;
+               retv[it->first] = std::make_tuple(
+                   grad_info.name_, grad_info.block_idx_, grad_info.op_idx_);
+             }
+             return retv;
            })
       .def("block", &ProgramDescBind::Block, py::return_value_policy::reference)
       .def("num_blocks", &ProgramDescBind::Size)

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

@@ -57,8 +57,16 @@ class TestProgram(unittest.TestCase):
             "mul", "elementwise_add", "fill_constant", "elementwise_add_grad",
             "mul_grad"
         ]
+
+        def grad_name(name):
+            return name + "@GRAD"
+
         actual_ops = []
-        prog.append_backward(target, set())
+        param_to_grad = prog.append_backward(target, set())
+        for var_name in ("x1", "y1", "out1", "b1"):
+            self.assertEqual(param_to_grad[var_name][0], grad_name(var_name))
+            self.assertEqual(param_to_grad[var_name][1], 0)
+
         for op in block.all_ops():
             actual_ops.append(op.type())
         print(actual_ops)