framework.proto

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syntax = "proto2";
option optimize_for = LITE_RUNTIME;
package paddle.framework.proto;

enum AttrType {
  INT = 0;
  FLOAT = 1;
  STRING = 2;
  INTS = 3;
  FLOATS = 4;
  STRINGS = 5;
  BOOLEAN = 6;
  BOOLEANS = 7;
  BLOCK = 8;
  LONG = 9;
}

// OpDesc describes an instance of a C++ framework::OperatorBase
// derived class type.
message OpDesc {

  message Attr {
    required string name = 1;
    required AttrType type = 2;
    optional int32 i = 3;
    optional float f = 4;
    optional string s = 5;
    repeated int32 ints = 6;
    repeated float floats = 7;
    repeated string strings = 8;
    optional bool b = 10;
    repeated bool bools = 11;
    optional int32 block_idx = 12;
    optional int64 l = 13;
  };

  message Var {
    required string parameter = 1;
    repeated string arguments = 2;
  };

  required string type = 3;
  repeated Var inputs = 1;
  repeated Var outputs = 2;
  repeated Attr attrs = 4;
  optional bool is_target = 5 [ default = false ];
};

// OpProto describes a C++ framework::OperatorBase derived class.
message OpProto {

  // VarProto describes the C++ type framework::Variable.
  message Var {
    required string name = 1;
    required string comment = 2;

    optional bool duplicable = 3 [ default = false ];
    optional bool intermediate = 4 [ default = false ];
    optional bool dispensable = 5 [ default = false ];
  }

  // AttrProto describes the C++ type Attribute.
  message Attr {
    required string name = 1;
    required AttrType type = 2;
    required string comment = 3;
    // If that attribute is generated, it means the Paddle third
    // language binding has responsibility to fill that
    // attribute. End-User should not set that attribute.
    optional bool generated = 4 [ default = false ];
  }

  required string type = 1;
  repeated Var inputs = 2;
  repeated Var outputs = 3;
  repeated Attr attrs = 4;
  required string comment = 5;
}

message VarType {
  enum Type {
    // Pod Types
    BOOL = 0;
    INT16 = 1;
    INT32 = 2;
    INT64 = 3;
    FP16 = 4;
    FP32 = 5;
    FP64 = 6;
    // Tensor<size_t> is used in C++.
    SIZE_T = 19;

    // Other types that may need additional descriptions
    LOD_TENSOR = 7;
    SELECTED_ROWS = 8;
    FEED_MINIBATCH = 9;
    FETCH_LIST = 10;
    STEP_SCOPES = 11;
    LOD_RANK_TABLE = 12;
    LOD_TENSOR_ARRAY = 13;
    PLACE_LIST = 14;
    READER = 15;
    CHANNEL = 16;
    // Any runtime decided variable type is raw
    // raw variables should manage their own allocations
    // in operators like nccl_op
    RAW = 17;
    TUPLE = 18;
  }

  required Type type = 1;

  message TensorDesc {
    // Should only be PODType. Is enforced in C++
    required Type data_type = 1;
    repeated int64 dims = 2; // [UNK, 640, 480] is saved as [-1, 640, 480]
  }
  optional TensorDesc selected_rows = 2;

  message LoDTensorDesc {
    required TensorDesc tensor = 1;
    optional int32 lod_level = 2 [ default = 0 ];
  }
  optional LoDTensorDesc lod_tensor = 3;

  message LoDTensorArrayDesc {
    required TensorDesc tensor = 1;
    optional int32 lod_level = 2 [ default = 0 ];
  }
  optional LoDTensorArrayDesc tensor_array = 4;

  message ReaderDesc { repeated LoDTensorDesc lod_tensor = 1; }
  optional ReaderDesc reader = 5;

  message ChannelDesc {
    required Type data_type = 1;
    required int64 capacity = 2;
  }
  optional ChannelDesc channel = 6;

  message Tuple { repeated Type element_type = 1; }
  optional Tuple tuple = 7;
}

message VarDesc {
  required string name = 1;
  required VarType type = 2;
  optional bool persistable = 3 [ default = false ];
}

message BlockDesc {
  required int32 idx = 1;
  required int32 parent_idx = 2;
  repeated VarDesc vars = 3;
  repeated OpDesc ops = 4;
  optional int32 forward_block_idx = 5 [ default = -1 ];
}

// Please refer to
// https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/Paddle/blob/develop/doc/design/program.md
// for more details.
// TODO(panyx0718): A model can have multiple programs. Need a
// way to distinguish them. Maybe ID or name?
message ProgramDesc { repeated BlockDesc blocks = 1; }