Merge pull request #12384 from JiayiFeng/dev_update_save_inference_model

update inference_optimize() to support program with readers

paddle/fluid/framework/block_desc.h

@@ -88,9 +88,8 @@ class BlockDesc {
   OpDesc *InsertOp(size_t index);
 
   /*
-   * Remove Op and its input/output variables.
-   * Note that for either input or output variable, if it is also an input or
-   * output variable of other ops, we should remain it.
+   * Only remove op itself,
+   * do nothing to its input and output variables
    */
   void RemoveOp(size_t s, size_t e);
 

python/paddle/fluid/framework.py

@@ -1540,7 +1540,12 @@ class Program(object):
 
     def inference_optimize(self):
         """
-        This method will create a new program and change the :code:`is_test`
+        This method will create a new program and do following adjustments on it:
+        1. Remove all reader variables and their creator ops if exist.
+
+        2. Remove the :code:`read_op` if exists.
+
+        3. change the :code:`is_test` 
         attribute of operators to :code:`True`. All the :code:`Parameter`
         information will be lost.
 
@@ -1554,6 +1559,22 @@ class Program(object):
         # core.inference_optimize being fixed.
         res = Program()
         res.desc = core.ProgramDesc(self.desc)
+
+        # remove all readers and the read_op if exist
+        read_op_idx = 0
+        root_block = res.desc.block(0)
+        while True:
+            if read_op_idx >= root_block.op_size() or root_block.op(
+                    read_op_idx).type() == 'read':
+                break
+            read_op_idx += 1
+        if read_op_idx < root_block.op_size():
+            root_block._remove_op(0, read_op_idx + 1)
+        for var in root_block.all_vars():
+            if var.type() == core.VarDesc.VarType.READER:
+                root_block._remove_var(var.name())
+
+        # change all `is_test` attributes to True
         for i in xrange(res.desc.num_blocks()):
             block = res.desc.block(i)
             for j in xrange(block.op_size()):

python/paddle/fluid/layers/io.py

@@ -443,9 +443,6 @@ def random_data_generator(low, high, shapes, lod_levels, for_parallel=True):
     main_prog_var = _copy_reader_var_(default_main_program().current_block(),
                                       startup_var)
 
-    if for_parallel:
-        main_prog_var = parallel(reader=main_prog_var)
-
     return monkey_patch_reader_methods(main_prog_var)