Revert AsyncDataReader to avoid using shared memory.

fluid/DeepASR/data_utils/async_data_reader.py

@@ -15,13 +15,12 @@ from multiprocessing import Manager, Process
 import data_utils.augmentor.trans_mean_variance_norm as trans_mean_variance_norm
 import data_utils.augmentor.trans_add_delta as trans_add_delta
 from data_utils.util import suppress_complaints, suppress_signal
-from data_utils.util import SharedNDArray, SharedMemoryPoolManager
-from data_utils.util import DaemonProcessGroup, batch_to_ndarray
-from data_utils.util import CriticalException, ForceExitWrapper, EpochEndSignal
+from data_utils.util import CriticalException, ForceExitWrapper
 
 
 class SampleInfo(object):
     """SampleInfo holds the necessary information to load a sample from disk.
+
     Args:
         feature_bin_path (str): File containing the feature data.
         feature_start (int): Start position of the sample's feature data.
@@ -54,6 +53,7 @@ class SampleInfoBucket(object):
     data, sample start position, sample byte number etc.) to access samples'
     feature data and the same with the label description file. SampleInfoBucket
     is the minimum unit to do shuffle.
+
     Args:
         feature_bin_paths (list|tuple): Files containing the binary feature
                                         data.
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ class SampleInfoBucket(object):
         split_sentence_threshold(int): Sentence whose length larger than
                                 the value will trigger split operation.
         split_sub_sentence_len(int): sub-sentence length is equal to
-                                    (split_sub_sentence_len + \
-                                     rand() % split_perturb).
+                                    (split_sub_sentence_len
+                                     + rand() % split_perturb).
     """
 
     def __init__(self,
@@ -160,9 +160,14 @@ class SampleInfoBucket(object):
         return sample_info_list
 
 
+class EpochEndSignal():
+    pass
+
+
 class AsyncDataReader(object):
     """DataReader provides basic audio sample preprocessing pipeline including
     data loading and data augmentation.
+
     Args:
         feature_file_list (str): File containing paths of feature data file and
                                  corresponding description file.
@@ -206,17 +211,12 @@ class AsyncDataReader(object):
         self.generate_bucket_list(True)
         self._order_id = 0
         self._manager = Manager()
+        self._sample_buffer_size = sample_buffer_size
+        self._sample_info_buffer_size = sample_info_buffer_size
         self._batch_buffer_size = batch_buffer_size
         self._proc_num = proc_num
-        if self._proc_num <= 2:
-            raise ValueError("Value of `proc_num` should be greater than 2.")
-        self._sample_proc_num = self._proc_num - 2
         self._verbose = verbose
         self._force_exit = ForceExitWrapper(self._manager.Value('b', False))
-        # buffer queue
-        self._sample_info_queue = self._manager.Queue(sample_info_buffer_size)
-        self._sample_queue = self._manager.Queue(sample_buffer_size)
-        self._batch_queue = self._manager.Queue(batch_buffer_size)
 
     def generate_bucket_list(self, is_shuffle):
         if self._block_info_list is None:
@@ -250,21 +250,13 @@ class AsyncDataReader(object):
     def set_transformers(self, transformers):
         self._transformers = transformers
 
-    def recycle(self, *args):
-        for shared_ndarray in args:
-            if not isinstance(shared_ndarray, SharedNDArray):
-                raise Value("Only support recycle SharedNDArray object.")
-            shared_ndarray.recycle(self._pool_manager.pool)
-
-    def _start_async_processing(self):
+    def _sample_generator(self):
+        sample_info_queue = self._manager.Queue(self._sample_info_buffer_size)
+        sample_queue = self._manager.Queue(self._sample_buffer_size)
         self._order_id = 0
 
         @suppress_complaints(verbose=self._verbose, notify=self._force_exit)
         def ordered_feeding_task(sample_info_queue):
-            if self._verbose == 0:
-                signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, suppress_signal)
-                signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, suppress_signal)
-
             for sample_info_bucket in self._bucket_list:
                 try:
                     sample_info_list = \
@@ -277,14 +269,13 @@ class AsyncDataReader(object):
                         sample_info_queue.put((sample_info, self._order_id))
                         self._order_id += 1
 
-            for i in xrange(self._sample_proc_num):
+            for i in xrange(self._proc_num):
                 sample_info_queue.put(EpochEndSignal())
 
-        feeding_proc = DaemonProcessGroup(
-            proc_num=1,
-            target=ordered_feeding_task,
-            args=(self._sample_info_queue, ))
-        feeding_proc.start_all()
+        feeding_thread = Thread(
+            target=ordered_feeding_task, args=(sample_info_queue, ))
+        feeding_thread.daemon = True
+        feeding_thread.start()
 
         @suppress_complaints(verbose=self._verbose, notify=self._force_exit)
         def ordered_processing_task(sample_info_queue, sample_queue, out_order):
@@ -312,11 +303,12 @@ class AsyncDataReader(object):
                                            sample_info.feature_size)
 
                 assert sample_info.feature_frame_num \
-                       * sample_info.feature_dim * 4 == len(feature_bytes), \
-                       (sample_info.feature_bin_path,
-                        sample_info.feature_frame_num,
-                        sample_info.feature_dim,
-                        len(feature_bytes))
+                       * sample_info.feature_dim * 4 \
+                        == len(feature_bytes), \
+                        (sample_info.feature_bin_path,
+                         sample_info.feature_frame_num,
+                         sample_info.feature_dim,
+                         len(feature_bytes))
 
                 label_bytes = read_bytes(sample_info.label_bin_path,
                                          sample_info.label_start,
@@ -360,83 +352,83 @@ class AsyncDataReader(object):
             sample_queue.put(EpochEndSignal())
 
         out_order = self._manager.list([0])
-        args = (self._sample_info_queue, self._sample_queue, out_order)
-        sample_proc = DaemonProcessGroup(
-            proc_num=self._sample_proc_num,
-            target=ordered_processing_task,
-            args=args)
-        sample_proc.start_all()
+        args = (sample_info_queue, sample_queue, out_order)
+        workers = [
+            Process(
+                target=ordered_processing_task, args=args)
+            for _ in xrange(self._proc_num)
+        ]
 
-    def batch_iterator(self, batch_size, minimum_batch_size):
-        @suppress_complaints(verbose=self._verbose, notify=self._force_exit)
-        def batch_assembling_task(sample_queue, batch_queue, pool):
-            def conv_to_shared(ndarray):
-                while self._force_exit == False:
-                    try:
-                        (name, shared_ndarray) = pool.popitem()
-                    except Exception as e:
-                        time.sleep(0.001)
-                    else:
-                        shared_ndarray.copy(ndarray)
-                        return shared_ndarray
+        for w in workers:
+            w.daemon = True
+            w.start()
 
-            if self._verbose == 0:
-                signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, suppress_signal)
-                signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, suppress_signal)
+        finished_proc_num = 0
 
-            batch_samples = []
-            lod = [0]
-            done_num = 0
-            while done_num < self._sample_proc_num:
-                sample = sample_queue.get()
+        while self._force_exit == False:
+            try:
+                sample = sample_queue.get_nowait()
+            except Queue.Empty:
+                time.sleep(0.001)
+            else:
                 if isinstance(sample, EpochEndSignal):
-                    done_num += 1
-                else:
-                    batch_samples.append(sample)
-                    lod.append(lod[-1] + sample[0].shape[0])
-                    if len(batch_samples) == batch_size:
-                        feature, label = batch_to_ndarray(batch_samples, lod)
-
-                        feature = conv_to_shared(feature)
-                        label = conv_to_shared(label)
-                        lod = conv_to_shared(np.array(lod).astype('int64'))
+                    finished_proc_num += 1
+                    if finished_proc_num >= self._proc_num:
+                        break
+                    else:
+                        continue
 
-                        batch_queue.put((feature, label, lod))
-                        batch_samples = []
-                        lod = [0]
+                yield sample
 
-            if len(batch_samples) >= minimum_batch_size:
-                (feature, label) = batch_to_ndarray(batch_samples, lod)
+    def batch_iterator(self, batch_size, minimum_batch_size):
+        def batch_to_ndarray(batch_samples, lod):
+            assert len(batch_samples)
+            frame_dim = batch_samples[0][0].shape[1]
+            batch_feature = np.zeros((lod[-1], frame_dim), dtype="float32")
+            batch_label = np.zeros((lod[-1], 1), dtype="int64")
+            start = 0
+            for sample in batch_samples:
+                frame_num = sample[0].shape[0]
+                batch_feature[start:start + frame_num, :] = sample[0]
+                batch_label[start:start + frame_num, :] = sample[1]
+                start += frame_num
+            return (batch_feature, batch_label)
 
-                feature = conv_to_shared(feature)
-                label = conv_to_shared(label)
-                lod = conv_to_shared(np.array(lod).astype('int64'))
+        @suppress_complaints(verbose=self._verbose, notify=self._force_exit)
+        def batch_assembling_task(sample_generator, batch_queue):
+            batch_samples = []
+            lod = [0]
+            for sample in sample_generator():
+                batch_samples.append(sample)
+                lod.append(lod[-1] + sample[0].shape[0])
+                if len(batch_samples) == batch_size:
+                    (batch_feature, batch_label) = batch_to_ndarray(
+                        batch_samples, lod)
+                    batch_queue.put((batch_feature, batch_label, lod))
+                    batch_samples = []
+                    lod = [0]
 
-                batch_queue.put((feature, label, lod))
+            if len(batch_samples) >= minimum_batch_size:
+                (batch_feature, batch_label) = batch_to_ndarray(batch_samples,
+                                                                lod)
+                batch_queue.put((batch_feature, batch_label, lod))
 
             batch_queue.put(EpochEndSignal())
 
-        self._start_async_processing()
+        batch_queue = Queue.Queue(self._batch_buffer_size)
 
-        self._pool_manager = SharedMemoryPoolManager(self._batch_buffer_size *
-                                                     3, self._manager)
-
-        assembling_proc = DaemonProcessGroup(
-            proc_num=1,
+        assembling_thread = Thread(
             target=batch_assembling_task,
-            args=(self._sample_queue, self._batch_queue,
-                  self._pool_manager.pool))
-        assembling_proc.start_all()
+            args=(self._sample_generator, batch_queue))
+        assembling_thread.daemon = True
+        assembling_thread.start()
 
         while self._force_exit == False:
             try:
-                batch_data = self._batch_queue.get_nowait()
+                batch_data = batch_queue.get_nowait()
             except Queue.Empty:
                 time.sleep(0.001)
             else:
                 if isinstance(batch_data, EpochEndSignal):
                     break
                 yield batch_data
-
-        # clean the shared memory
-        del self._pool_manager

fluid/DeepASR/data_utils/util.py

 from __future__ import absolute_import
 from __future__ import division
 from __future__ import print_function
-import sys, time
+import sys
 from six import reraise
 from tblib import Traceback
-from multiprocessing import Manager, Process
-import posix_ipc, mmap
 
 import numpy as np
 
@@ -37,147 +35,10 @@ def lodtensor_to_ndarray(lod_tensor):
     return ret, lod_tensor.lod()
 
 
-def batch_to_ndarray(batch_samples, lod):
-    frame_dim = batch_samples[0][0].shape[1]
-    batch_feature = np.zeros((lod[-1], frame_dim), dtype="float32")
-    batch_label = np.zeros((lod[-1], 1), dtype="int64")
-    start = 0
-    for sample in batch_samples:
-        frame_num = sample[0].shape[0]
-        batch_feature[start:start + frame_num, :] = sample[0]
-        batch_label[start:start + frame_num, :] = sample[1]
-        start += frame_num
-    return (batch_feature, batch_label)
-
-
-def split_infer_result(infer_seq, lod):
-    infer_batch = []
-    for i in xrange(0, len(lod[0]) - 1):
-        infer_batch.append(infer_seq[lod[0][i]:lod[0][i + 1]])
-    return infer_batch
-
-
-class DaemonProcessGroup(object):
-    def __init__(self, proc_num, target, args):
-        self._proc_num = proc_num
-        self._workers = [
-            Process(
-                target=target, args=args) for _ in xrange(self._proc_num)
-        ]
-
-    def start_all(self):
-        for w in self._workers:
-            w.daemon = True
-            w.start()
-
-    @property
-    def proc_num(self):
-        return self._proc_num
-
-
-class EpochEndSignal(object):
-    pass
-
-
 class CriticalException(Exception):
     pass
 
 
-class SharedNDArray(object):
-    """SharedNDArray utilizes shared memory to avoid data serialization when
-    data object shared among different processes. We can reconstruct the
-    `ndarray` when memory address, shape and dtype provided.
-
-    Args:
-        name (str): Address name of shared memory.
-        whether_verify (bool): Whether to validate the writing operation.
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self, name, whether_verify=False):
-        self._name = name
-        self._shm = None
-        self._buf = None
-        self._array = np.zeros(1, dtype=np.float32)
-        self._inited = False
-        self._whether_verify = whether_verify
-
-    def zeros_like(self, shape, dtype):
-        size = int(np.prod(shape)) * np.dtype(dtype).itemsize
-        if self._inited:
-            self._shm = posix_ipc.SharedMemory(self._name)
-        else:
-            self._shm = posix_ipc.SharedMemory(
-                self._name, posix_ipc.O_CREAT, size=size)
-        self._buf = mmap.mmap(self._shm.fd, size)
-        self._array = np.ndarray(shape, dtype, self._buf, order='C')
-
-    def copy(self, ndarray):
-        size = int(np.prod(ndarray.shape)) * np.dtype(ndarray.dtype).itemsize
-        self.zeros_like(ndarray.shape, ndarray.dtype)
-        self._array[:] = ndarray
-        self._buf.flush()
-        self._inited = True
-
-        if self._whether_verify:
-            shm = posix_ipc.SharedMemory(self._name)
-            buf = mmap.mmap(shm.fd, size)
-            array = np.ndarray(ndarray.shape, ndarray.dtype, buf, order='C')
-            np.testing.assert_array_equal(array, ndarray)
-
-    @property
-    def ndarray(self):
-        return self._array
-
-    def recycle(self, pool):
-        self._buf.close()
-        self._shm.close_fd()
-        self._inited = False
-        pool[self._name] = self
-
-    def __getstate__(self):
-        return (self._name, self._array.shape, self._array.dtype, self._inited,
-                self._whether_verify)
-
-    def __setstate__(self, state):
-        self._name = state[0]
-        self._inited = state[3]
-        self.zeros_like(state[1], state[2])
-        self._whether_verify = state[4]
-
-
-class SharedMemoryPoolManager(object):
-    """SharedMemoryPoolManager maintains a multiprocessing.Manager.dict object.
-    All available addresses are allocated once and will be reused. Though this
-    class is not process-safe, the pool can be shared between processes. All
-    shared memory should be unlinked before the main process exited.
-
-    Args:
-        pool_size (int): Size of shared memory pool.
-        manager (dict): A multiprocessing.Manager object, the pool is
-                        maintained by the proxy process.
-        name_prefix (str): Address prefix of shared memory.
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self, pool_size, manager, name_prefix='/deep_asr'):
-        self._names = []
-        self._dict = manager.dict()
-        self._time_prefix = time.strftime('%Y%m%d%H%M%S')
-
-        for i in xrange(pool_size):
-            name = name_prefix + '_' + self._time_prefix + '_' + str(i)
-            self._dict[name] = SharedNDArray(name)
-            self._names.append(name)
-
-    @property
-    def pool(self):
-        return self._dict
-
-    def __del__(self):
-        for name in self._names:
-            # have to unlink the shared memory
-            posix_ipc.unlink_shared_memory(name)
-
-
 def suppress_signal(signo, stack_frame):
     pass
 

fluid/DeepASR/infer.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import paddle.fluid as fluid
 import data_utils.augmentor.trans_mean_variance_norm as trans_mean_variance_norm
 import data_utils.augmentor.trans_add_delta as trans_add_delta
 import data_utils.augmentor.trans_splice as trans_splice
-import data_utils.data_reader as reader
+import data_utils.async_data_reader as reader
 from data_utils.util import lodtensor_to_ndarray
 from data_utils.util import split_infer_result
 
@@ -79,12 +79,13 @@ def infer(args):
         trans_splice.TransSplice()
     ]
 
-    infer_data_reader = reader.DataReader(args.infer_feature_lst,
-                                          args.infer_label_lst)
+    infer_data_reader = reader.AsyncDataReader(args.infer_feature_lst,
+                                               args.infer_label_lst)
     infer_data_reader.set_transformers(ltrans)
 
     feature_t = fluid.LoDTensor()
     one_batch = infer_data_reader.batch_iterator(args.batch_size, 1).next()
+
     (features, labels, lod) = one_batch
     feature_t.set(features, place)
     feature_t.set_lod([lod])

fluid/DeepASR/infer_by_ckpt.py

@@ -162,12 +162,10 @@ def infer_from_ckpt(args):
                                              args.minimum_batch_size)):
         # load_data
         (features, labels, lod) = batch_data
-        feature_t.set(features.ndarray, place)
-        feature_t.set_lod([lod.ndarray])
-        label_t.set(labels.ndarray, place)
-        label_t.set_lod([lod.ndarray])
-
-        infer_data_reader.recycle(features, labels, lod)
+        feature_t.set(features, place)
+        feature_t.set_lod([lod])
+        label_t.set(labels, place)
+        label_t.set_lod([lod])
 
         results = exe.run(infer_program,
                           feed={"feature": feature_t,

fluid/DeepASR/tools/profile.py

@@ -169,14 +169,12 @@ def profile(args):
                 frames_seen = 0
             # load_data
             (features, labels, lod) = batch_data
-            feature_t.set(features.ndarray, place)
-            feature_t.set_lod([lod.ndarray])
-            label_t.set(labels.ndarray, place)
-            label_t.set_lod([lod.ndarray])
+            feature_t.set(features, place)
+            feature_t.set_lod([lod])
+            label_t.set(labels, place)
+            label_t.set_lod([lod])
 
-            frames_seen += lod.ndarray[-1]
-
-            data_reader.recycle(features, labels, lod)
+            frames_seen += lod[-1]
 
             outs = exe.run(fluid.default_main_program(),
                            feed={"feature": feature_t,

fluid/DeepASR/train.py

@@ -193,12 +193,10 @@ def train(args):
                                                 args.minimum_batch_size)):
             # load_data
             (features, labels, lod) = batch_data
-            feature_t.set(features.ndarray, place)
-            feature_t.set_lod([lod.ndarray])
-            label_t.set(labels.ndarray, place)
-            label_t.set_lod([lod.ndarray])
-
-            test_data_reader.recycle(features, labels, lod)
+            feature_t.set(features, place)
+            feature_t.set_lod([lod])
+            label_t.set(labels, place)
+            label_t.set_lod([lod])
 
             cost, acc = exe.run(test_program,
                                 feed={"feature": feature_t,
@@ -221,12 +219,10 @@ def train(args):
                                                  args.minimum_batch_size)):
             # load_data
             (features, labels, lod) = batch_data
-            feature_t.set(features.ndarray, place)
-            feature_t.set_lod([lod.ndarray])
-            label_t.set(labels.ndarray, place)
-            label_t.set_lod([lod.ndarray])
-
-            train_data_reader.recycle(features, labels, lod)
+            feature_t.set(features, place)
+            feature_t.set_lod([lod])
+            label_t.set(labels, place)
+            label_t.set_lod([lod])
 
             to_print = batch_id > 0 and (batch_id % args.print_per_batches == 0)
             outs = exe.run(fluid.default_main_program(),