Remove unused inputs for some operators (#22284)

* remove unused inputs, test=develop

* remove unused inputs, test=develop

* update dtype, test=develop

* remove unused inputs, test=develop

* update op_use_default_grad_op_maker, tese=develop

* resolve conflicts, test=develop

* follow comments, test=develop

* update center_loss_grad, test=develop

paddle/fluid/framework/unused_var_check.cc

@@ -26,41 +26,35 @@ DEFINE_bool(enable_unused_var_check, false,
             "Checking whether operator contains unused inputs, "
             "especially for grad operator. It should be in unittest.");
 
+// NOTE(zhiqiu): Currently, there are some operators which involves unused
+// inputs and cannot be removed from the white_list below.
+// They can be mainly divided into four categories:
+// 0: the inputs of which are only used in if branch, or used in cuda kernel but
+// not in cpu kernel;
+// 1: the inputs of which are used to indicate dtype of outputs;
+// 2: the inputs of which are used in fused operators.
+// 3: specical operators, like ngraph_engine.
+// The category number is presented in the comments after each operator.
+
 const std::unordered_set<std::string> op_has_unsed_vars_white_list = {
-    "auc",
-    "batch_norm",
-    "batch_norm_grad",
-    "fused_batch_norm_act",
-    "fused_batch_norm_act_grad",
-    "sync_batch_norm_grad",
-    "center_loss_grad",
-    "crop",
-    "cvm",
-    "cos_sim_grad",
-    "dgc_momentum",
-    "fake_quantize_range_abs_max",
-    "fill_zeros_like",
-    "fusion_seqpool_cvm_concat",
-    "reshape2_grad_grad",
-    "reshape2_grad",
-    "gru_grad",
-    "hierarchical_sigmoid_grad",
-    "nce_grad",
-    "roi_perspective_transform_grad",
-    "sequence_conv_grad",
-    "gru_unit_grad",
-    "affine_grid_grad",
-    "fill_any_like",
-    "precision_recall",
-    "unsqueeze_grad",
-    "kldiv_loss_grad",
-    "cvm_grad",
-    "stack_grad",
-    "warpctc_grad",
-    "sync_batch_norm",
-    "match_matrix_tensor_grad",
-    "ngraph_engine",
-    "rmsprop"};
+    "batch_norm",                      // 0
+    "batch_norm_grad",                 // 0
+    "sync_batch_norm",                 // 0
+    "sync_batch_norm_grad",            // 0
+    "dgc_momentum",                    // 0
+    "fake_quantize_range_abs_max",     // 0
+    "rmsprop",                         // 0
+    "sequence_conv_grad",              // 0
+    "roi_perspective_transform_grad",  // 0
+    "fill_zeros_like",                 // 1
+    "fill_any_like",                   // 1
+    "nce_grad",                        // 1
+    "precision_recall",                // 1
+    "fusion_seqpool_cvm_concat",       // 2
+    "fused_batch_norm_act",            // 2
+    "fused_batch_norm_act_grad",       // 2
+    "ngraph_engine",                   // 3
+};
 
 namespace paddle {
 namespace framework {

paddle/fluid/operators/affine_grid_op.cc

@@ -191,9 +191,10 @@ class AffineGridOpGrad : public framework::OperatorWithKernel {
       library_ = framework::LibraryType::kCUDNN;
     }
 #endif
-    return framework::OpKernelType(
-        OperatorWithKernel::IndicateVarDataType(ctx, "Theta"), ctx.GetPlace(),
-        framework::DataLayout::kAnyLayout, library_);
+    return framework::OpKernelType(OperatorWithKernel::IndicateVarDataType(
+                                       ctx, framework::GradVarName("Output")),
+                                   ctx.GetPlace(),
+                                   framework::DataLayout::kAnyLayout, library_);
   }
 };
 
@@ -206,7 +207,6 @@ class AffineGridGradMaker : public framework::SingleGradOpMaker<T> {
   std::unique_ptr<T> Apply() const override {
     auto* op = new T();
     op->SetType("affine_grid_grad");
-    op->SetInput("Theta", this->Input("Theta"));
     op->SetInput("OutputShape", this->Input("OutputShape"));
     op->SetInput(framework::GradVarName("Output"), this->OutputGrad("Output"));
 

paddle/fluid/operators/center_loss_op.cc

@@ -141,6 +141,9 @@ class CenterLossOpGradMaker : public framework::SingleGradOpMaker<T> {
     return retv;
   }
 };
+
+DECLARE_NO_NEED_BUFFER_VARS_INFERENCE(CenterLossGradNoNeedBufVarsInferer, "X");
+
 }  // namespace operators
 }  // namespace paddle
 
@@ -151,7 +154,8 @@ REGISTER_OPERATOR(center_loss, ops::CenterLossOp, ops::CenterLossOpMaker,
                   ops::CenterLossOpGradMaker<paddle::framework::OpDesc>,
                   ops::CenterLossOpGradMaker<paddle::imperative::OpBase>);
 
-REGISTER_OPERATOR(center_loss_grad, ops::CenterLossGradOp);
+REGISTER_OPERATOR(center_loss_grad, ops::CenterLossGradOp,
+                  ops::CenterLossGradNoNeedBufVarsInferer);
 
 REGISTER_OP_CPU_KERNEL(center_loss, ops::CenterLossKernel<CPUCtx, float>,
                        ops::CenterLossKernel<CPUCtx, double>);

paddle/fluid/operators/cos_sim_op.cc

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License. */
 
 #include "paddle/fluid/operators/cos_sim_op.h"
+#include <memory>
 
 namespace paddle {
 namespace operators {
@@ -165,14 +166,35 @@ class CosSimOpGrad : public framework::OperatorWithKernel {
   }
 };
 
+template <typename T>
+class CosSimGradOpMaker : public framework::SingleGradOpMaker<T> {
+ public:
+  using framework::SingleGradOpMaker<T>::SingleGradOpMaker;
+
+ protected:
+  std::unique_ptr<T> Apply() const override {
+    auto* grad_op = new T();
+    grad_op->SetType("cos_sim_grad");
+    grad_op->SetInput("X", this->Input("X"));
+    grad_op->SetInput("Y", this->Input("Y"));
+    grad_op->SetInput("XNorm", this->Output("XNorm"));
+    grad_op->SetInput("YNorm", this->Output("YNorm"));
+    grad_op->SetInput("Out", this->Output("Out"));
+    grad_op->SetInput(framework::GradVarName("Out"), this->OutputGrad("Out"));
+    grad_op->SetOutput(framework::GradVarName("X"), this->InputGrad("X"));
+    grad_op->SetOutput(framework::GradVarName("Y"), this->InputGrad("Y"));
+    grad_op->SetAttrMap(this->Attrs());
+    return std::unique_ptr<T>(grad_op);
+  }
+};
+
 }  // namespace operators
 }  // namespace paddle
 
 namespace ops = paddle::operators;
-REGISTER_OPERATOR(
-    cos_sim, ops::CosSimOp, ops::CosSimOpMaker,
-    paddle::framework::DefaultGradOpMaker<paddle::framework::OpDesc, true>,
-    paddle::framework::DefaultGradOpMaker<paddle::imperative::OpBase, true>);
+REGISTER_OPERATOR(cos_sim, ops::CosSimOp, ops::CosSimOpMaker,
+                  ops::CosSimGradOpMaker<paddle::framework::OpDesc>,
+                  ops::CosSimGradOpMaker<paddle::imperative::OpBase>);
 REGISTER_OPERATOR(cos_sim_grad, ops::CosSimOpGrad);
 REGISTER_OP_CPU_KERNEL(
     cos_sim, ops::CosSimKernel<paddle::platform::CPUDeviceContext, float>);

paddle/fluid/operators/crop_op.cc

@@ -201,13 +201,16 @@ class CropGradOpMaker : public framework::SingleGradOpMaker<T> {
   }
 };
 
+DECLARE_NO_NEED_BUFFER_VARS_INFERENCE(GropNoNeedBufferVarInference, "Y");
+
 }  // namespace operators
 }  // namespace paddle
 
 namespace ops = paddle::operators;
 REGISTER_OPERATOR(crop, ops::CropOp, ops::CropOpMaker,
                   ops::CropGradOpMaker<paddle::framework::OpDesc>,
-                  ops::CropGradOpMaker<paddle::imperative::OpBase>);
+                  ops::CropGradOpMaker<paddle::imperative::OpBase>,
+                  ops::GropNoNeedBufferVarInference);
 REGISTER_OPERATOR(crop_grad, ops::CropOpGrad);
 REGISTER_OP_CPU_KERNEL(
     crop, ops::CropKernel<paddle::platform::CPUDeviceContext, float>,

paddle/fluid/operators/cvm_op.cc

@@ -94,9 +94,9 @@ class CVMGradientOp : public framework::OperatorWithKernel {
   // is determined by its input "X".
   framework::OpKernelType GetExpectedKernelType(
       const framework::ExecutionContext& ctx) const override {
-    return framework::OpKernelType(
-        OperatorWithKernel::IndicateVarDataType(ctx, "X"),
-        ctx.device_context());
+    return framework::OpKernelType(OperatorWithKernel::IndicateVarDataType(
+                                       ctx, framework::GradVarName("Y")),
+                                   ctx.device_context());
   }
 };
 
@@ -134,8 +134,8 @@ class CVMGradOpMaker : public framework::SingleGradOpMaker<T> {
   std::unique_ptr<T> Apply() const override {
     std::unique_ptr<T> op(new T());
     op->SetType("cvm_grad");
-    op->SetInput("X", this->Input("X"));
     op->SetInput("CVM", this->Input("CVM"));
+    op->SetInput("X", this->Input("X"));
     op->SetInput(framework::GradVarName("Y"), this->OutputGrad("Y"));
     op->SetOutput(framework::GradVarName("X"), this->InputGrad("X"));
     op->SetAttrMap(this->Attrs());
@@ -143,15 +143,20 @@ class CVMGradOpMaker : public framework::SingleGradOpMaker<T> {
   }
 };
 
+DECLARE_NO_NEED_BUFFER_VARS_INFERENCE(CVMNoNeedBufferVarInference, "CVM");
+DECLARE_NO_NEED_BUFFER_VARS_INFERENCE(CVMGradNoNeedBufferVarInference, "X");
+
 }  // namespace operators
 }  // namespace paddle
 
 namespace ops = paddle::operators;
 REGISTER_OPERATOR(cvm, ops::CVMOp, ops::CVMOpMaker,
                   ops::CVMGradOpMaker<paddle::framework::OpDesc>,
-                  ops::CVMGradOpMaker<paddle::imperative::OpBase>);
+                  ops::CVMGradOpMaker<paddle::imperative::OpBase>,
+                  ops::CVMNoNeedBufferVarInference);
 
-REGISTER_OPERATOR(cvm_grad, ops::CVMGradientOp);
+REGISTER_OPERATOR(cvm_grad, ops::CVMGradientOp,
+                  ops::CVMGradNoNeedBufferVarInference);
 
 REGISTER_OP_CPU_KERNEL(cvm, ops::CVMOpKernel<float>, ops::CVMOpKernel<double>);
 

paddle/fluid/operators/gru_op.cc

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License. */
 
 #include "paddle/fluid/operators/gru_op.h"
+#include <memory>
 #include <string>
 #include "paddle/fluid/operators/math/blas.h"
 #include "paddle/fluid/operators/math/detail/gru_cpu_kernel.h"
@@ -221,6 +222,13 @@ class GRUGradOp : public framework::OperatorWithKernel {
     if (ctx->HasOutput(weight_grad_name))
       ctx->SetOutputDim(weight_grad_name, weight_dims);
   }
+
+  framework::OpKernelType GetExpectedKernelType(
+      const framework::ExecutionContext& ctx) const override {
+    return framework::OpKernelType(OperatorWithKernel::IndicateVarDataType(
+                                       ctx, framework::GradVarName("Hidden")),
+                                   ctx.device_context());
+  }
 };
 
 template <typename T>
@@ -376,15 +384,53 @@ class GRUCPUKernel : public framework::OpKernel<T> {
   }
 };
 
+template <typename T>
+class GRUGradOpMaker : public framework::SingleGradOpMaker<T> {
+ public:
+  using framework::SingleGradOpMaker<T>::SingleGradOpMaker;
+
+ protected:
+  std::unique_ptr<T> Apply() const override {
+    auto* grad_op = new T();
+    grad_op->SetType("gru_grad");
+    grad_op->SetInput("Input", this->Input("Input"));
+    grad_op->SetInput("H0", this->Input("H0"));
+    grad_op->SetInput("Bias", this->Input("Bias"));
+    grad_op->SetInput("Weight", this->Input("Weight"));
+
+    grad_op->SetInput("BatchGate", this->Output("BatchGate"));
+    grad_op->SetInput("BatchResetHiddenPrev",
+                      this->Output("BatchResetHiddenPrev"));
+    grad_op->SetInput("BatchHidden", this->Output("BatchHidden"));
+    grad_op->SetInput("Hidden", this->Output("Hidden"));
+
+    grad_op->SetInput(framework::GradVarName("Hidden"),
+                      this->OutputGrad("Hidden"));
+
+    grad_op->SetOutput(framework::GradVarName("H0"), this->InputGrad("H0"));
+    grad_op->SetOutput(framework::GradVarName("Input"),
+                       this->InputGrad("Input"));
+    grad_op->SetOutput(framework::GradVarName("Weight"),
+                       this->InputGrad("Weight"));
+    grad_op->SetOutput(framework::GradVarName("Bias"), this->InputGrad("Bias"));
+
+    grad_op->SetAttrMap(this->Attrs());
+    return std::unique_ptr<T>(grad_op);
+  }
+};
+
+DECLARE_NO_NEED_BUFFER_VARS_INFERENCE(GRUGradOpNoNeedBufferVarInference,
+                                      "Input", "Bias");
+
 }  // namespace operators
 }  // namespace paddle
 
 namespace ops = paddle::operators;
-REGISTER_OPERATOR(
-    gru, ops::GRUOp, ops::GRUOpMaker,
-    paddle::framework::DefaultGradOpMaker<paddle::framework::OpDesc, true>,
-    paddle::framework::DefaultGradOpMaker<paddle::imperative::OpBase, true>)
-REGISTER_OPERATOR(gru_grad, ops::GRUGradOp);
+REGISTER_OPERATOR(gru, ops::GRUOp, ops::GRUOpMaker,
+                  ops::GRUGradOpMaker<paddle::framework::OpDesc>,
+                  ops::GRUGradOpMaker<paddle::imperative::OpBase>);
+REGISTER_OPERATOR(gru_grad, ops::GRUGradOp,
+                  ops::GRUGradOpNoNeedBufferVarInference);
 REGISTER_OP_CPU_KERNEL(gru, ops::GRUCPUKernel<float>,
                        ops::GRUCPUKernel<double>);
 REGISTER_OP_CPU_KERNEL(

paddle/fluid/operators/gru_unit_op.cc

@@ -155,8 +155,6 @@ class GRUUnitGradOp : public framework::OperatorWithKernel {
     PADDLE_ENFORCE(ctx->HasInput("ResetHiddenPrev"),
                    "Input(%s) of GRUUnitGradOp should not be null.",
                    "ResetHiddenPrev");
-    PADDLE_ENFORCE(ctx->HasInput("Hidden"),
-                   "Input(%s) of GRUUnitGradOp should not be null.", "Hidden");
     PADDLE_ENFORCE(ctx->HasInput(framework::GradVarName("Hidden")),
                    "Input(%s@GRAD) of GRUUnitGradOp should not be null.",
                    "Hidden");
@@ -199,6 +197,13 @@ class GRUUnitGradOp : public framework::OperatorWithKernel {
     if (ctx->HasOutput(weight_grad_name))
       ctx->SetOutputDim(weight_grad_name, weight_dims);
   }
+
+  framework::OpKernelType GetExpectedKernelType(
+      const framework::ExecutionContext& ctx) const override {
+    return framework::OpKernelType(OperatorWithKernel::IndicateVarDataType(
+                                       ctx, framework::GradVarName("Hidden")),
+                                   ctx.device_context());
+  }
 };
 
 template <typename T>
@@ -216,7 +221,6 @@ class GRUUnitGradOpMaker : public framework::SingleGradOpMaker<T> {
     op->SetInput("Weight", this->Input("Weight"));
     op->SetInput("Bias", this->Input("Bias"));
 
-    op->SetInput("Hidden", this->Output("Hidden"));
     op->SetInput("Gate", this->Output("Gate"));
     op->SetInput("ResetHiddenPrev", this->Output("ResetHiddenPrev"));
     op->SetInput(framework::GradVarName("Hidden"), this->OutputGrad("Hidden"));
@@ -232,6 +236,9 @@ class GRUUnitGradOpMaker : public framework::SingleGradOpMaker<T> {
   }
 };
 
+DECLARE_NO_NEED_BUFFER_VARS_INFERENCE(GRUUnitGradOpNoNeedBufferVarInference,
+                                      "Bias");
+
 }  // namespace operators
 }  // namespace paddle
 
@@ -240,7 +247,8 @@ namespace ops = paddle::operators;
 REGISTER_OPERATOR(gru_unit, ops::GRUUnitOp, ops::GRUUnitOpMaker,
                   ops::GRUUnitGradOpMaker<paddle::framework::OpDesc>,
                   ops::GRUUnitGradOpMaker<paddle::imperative::OpBase>);
-REGISTER_OPERATOR(gru_unit_grad, ops::GRUUnitGradOp);
+REGISTER_OPERATOR(gru_unit_grad, ops::GRUUnitGradOp,
+                  ops::GRUUnitGradOpNoNeedBufferVarInference);
 
 REGISTER_OP_CPU_KERNEL(
     gru_unit, ops::GRUUnitKernel<paddle::platform::CPUDeviceContext, float>,

paddle/fluid/operators/hierarchical_sigmoid_op.cc

@@ -290,6 +290,9 @@ class HierarchicalSigmoidGradOpGradVarTypeInference
   }
 };
 
+DECLARE_NO_NEED_BUFFER_VARS_INFERENCE(
+    HierarchicalSigmoidGradOpNoNeedBufferVarInference, "Bias");
+
 }  // namespace operators
 }  // namespace paddle
 
@@ -300,7 +303,8 @@ REGISTER_OPERATOR(
     ops::HierarchicalSigmoidGradMaker<paddle::framework::OpDesc>,
     ops::HierarchicalSigmoidGradMaker<paddle::imperative::OpBase>);
 REGISTER_OPERATOR(hierarchical_sigmoid_grad, ops::HierarchicalSigmoidGradOp,
-                  ops::HierarchicalSigmoidGradOpGradVarTypeInference);
+                  ops::HierarchicalSigmoidGradOpGradVarTypeInference,
+                  ops::HierarchicalSigmoidGradOpNoNeedBufferVarInference);
 REGISTER_OP_CPU_KERNEL(
     hierarchical_sigmoid,
     ops::HierarchicalSigmoidOpKernel<paddle::platform::CPUDeviceContext, float>,

paddle/fluid/operators/kldiv_loss_op.cc

@@ -136,8 +136,9 @@ class KLDivLossOpGrad : public framework::OperatorWithKernel {
  protected:
   framework::OpKernelType GetExpectedKernelType(
       const framework::ExecutionContext& ctx) const override {
-    return framework::OpKernelType(
-        OperatorWithKernel::IndicateVarDataType(ctx, "X"), ctx.GetPlace());
+    return framework::OpKernelType(OperatorWithKernel::IndicateVarDataType(
+                                       ctx, framework::GradVarName("Loss")),
+                                   ctx.GetPlace());
   }
 };
 
@@ -161,6 +162,9 @@ class KLDivLossOpGradMaker : public framework::SingleGradOpMaker<T> {
   }
 };
 
+DECLARE_NO_NEED_BUFFER_VARS_INFERENCE(KLDivLossGradNoNeedBufferVarInference,
+                                      "X");
+
 }  // namespace operators
 }  // namespace paddle
 
@@ -168,7 +172,8 @@ namespace ops = paddle::operators;
 REGISTER_OPERATOR(kldiv_loss, ops::KLDivLossOp, ops::KLDivLossOpMaker,
                   ops::KLDivLossOpGradMaker<paddle::framework::OpDesc>,
                   ops::KLDivLossOpGradMaker<paddle::imperative::OpBase>);
-REGISTER_OPERATOR(kldiv_loss_grad, ops::KLDivLossOpGrad);
+REGISTER_OPERATOR(kldiv_loss_grad, ops::KLDivLossOpGrad,
+                  ops::KLDivLossGradNoNeedBufferVarInference);
 REGISTER_OP_CPU_KERNEL(
     kldiv_loss, ops::KLDivLossKernel<paddle::platform::CPUDeviceContext, float>,
     ops::KLDivLossKernel<paddle::platform::CPUDeviceContext, double>);

paddle/fluid/operators/match_matrix_tensor_op.cc

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ limitations under the License. */
 #include <fstream>
 #include <iomanip>
 #include <iostream>
+#include <memory>
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "paddle/fluid/operators/match_matrix_tensor_op.h"
@@ -313,6 +314,28 @@ class CPUMatchMatrixTensorOPGradKernel : public framework::OpKernel<T> {
   }
 };
 
+template <typename T>
+class MatchMatrixTensorGradOpMaker : public framework::SingleGradOpMaker<T> {
+ public:
+  using framework::SingleGradOpMaker<T>::SingleGradOpMaker;
+
+ protected:
+  std::unique_ptr<T> Apply() const override {
+    auto* grad_op = new T();
+    grad_op->SetType("match_matrix_tensor_grad");
+    grad_op->SetInput("X", this->Input("X"));
+    grad_op->SetInput("Y", this->Input("Y"));
+    grad_op->SetInput("W", this->Input("W"));
+    grad_op->SetInput("Tmp", this->Output("Tmp"));
+    grad_op->SetInput(framework::GradVarName("Out"), this->OutputGrad("Out"));
+    grad_op->SetOutput(framework::GradVarName("X"), this->InputGrad("X"));
+    grad_op->SetOutput(framework::GradVarName("Y"), this->InputGrad("Y"));
+    grad_op->SetOutput(framework::GradVarName("W"), this->InputGrad("W"));
+    grad_op->SetAttrMap(this->Attrs());
+    return std::unique_ptr<T>(grad_op);
+  }
+};
+
 }  // namespace operators
 }  // namespace paddle
 
@@ -320,8 +343,8 @@ namespace ops = paddle::operators;
 REGISTER_OPERATOR(
     match_matrix_tensor, ops::MatchMatrixTensorOP,
     ops::MatchMatrixTensorOpMaker,
-    paddle::framework::DefaultGradOpMaker<paddle::framework::OpDesc, true>,
-    paddle::framework::DefaultGradOpMaker<paddle::imperative::OpBase, true>)
+    ops::MatchMatrixTensorGradOpMaker<paddle::framework::OpDesc>,
+    ops::MatchMatrixTensorGradOpMaker<paddle::imperative::OpBase>);
 REGISTER_OPERATOR(match_matrix_tensor_grad, ops::MatchMatrixTensorOpGrad);
 
 REGISTER_OP_CPU_KERNEL(match_matrix_tensor,

paddle/fluid/operators/metrics/precision_recall_op.cc

@@ -183,8 +183,10 @@ Output(AccumStatesInfo) is metrics of accumulation data.
 }  // namespace paddle
 
 namespace ops = paddle::operators;
-REGISTER_OP_WITHOUT_GRADIENT(precision_recall, ops::PrecisionRecallOp,
-                             ops::PrecisionRecallOpMaker);
+REGISTER_OPERATOR(
+    precision_recall, ops::PrecisionRecallOp, ops::PrecisionRecallOpMaker,
+    paddle::framework::EmptyGradOpMaker<paddle::framework::OpDesc>,
+    paddle::framework::EmptyGradOpMaker<paddle::imperative::OpBase>);
 REGISTER_OP_CPU_KERNEL(
     precision_recall,
     ops::PrecisionRecallKernel<paddle::platform::CPUPlace, float>,

paddle/fluid/operators/nce_op.cc

@@ -224,7 +224,6 @@ class NCEGradOpMaker : public framework::SingleGradOpMaker<T> {
     op->SetInput("Label", this->Input("Label"));
     op->SetInput("Bias", this->Input("Bias"));
     op->SetInput("Weight", this->Input("Weight"));
-    op->SetInput("Cost", this->Output("Cost"));
     op->SetInput("SampleLogits", this->Output("SampleLogits"));
     op->SetInput("SampleLabels", this->Output("SampleLabels"));
     op->SetInput("SampleWeight", this->Input("SampleWeight"));
@@ -247,7 +246,6 @@ class NCEOpGrad : public framework::OperatorWithKernel {
   void InferShape(framework::InferShapeContext *ctx) const override {
     PADDLE_ENFORCE(ctx->HasInput("Input"));
     PADDLE_ENFORCE(ctx->HasInput("Weight"));
-    PADDLE_ENFORCE(ctx->HasInput("Cost"));
     PADDLE_ENFORCE(ctx->HasInput("SampleLogits"));
     PADDLE_ENFORCE(ctx->HasInput("SampleLabels"));
     PADDLE_ENFORCE(ctx->HasInput(framework::GradVarName("Cost")),
@@ -301,6 +299,9 @@ class NCEOpGradVarTypeInference : public framework::VarTypeInference {
   }
 };
 
+DECLARE_NO_NEED_BUFFER_VARS_INFERENCE(NCEGradOpNoNeedBufferVarInference,
+                                      "Bias");
+
 }  // namespace operators
 }  // namespace paddle
 
@@ -308,7 +309,8 @@ namespace ops = paddle::operators;
 REGISTER_OPERATOR(nce, ops::NCEOp, ops::NCEOpMaker,
                   ops::NCEGradOpMaker<paddle::framework::OpDesc>,
                   ops::NCEGradOpMaker<paddle::imperative::OpBase>);
-REGISTER_OPERATOR(nce_grad, ops::NCEOpGrad, ops::NCEOpGradVarTypeInference);
+REGISTER_OPERATOR(nce_grad, ops::NCEOpGrad, ops::NCEOpGradVarTypeInference,
+                  ops::NCEGradOpNoNeedBufferVarInference);
 REGISTER_OP_CPU_KERNEL(nce, ops::NCEKernel<paddle::platform::CPUPlace, float>,
                        ops::NCEKernel<paddle::platform::CPUPlace, double>);
 REGISTER_OP_CPU_KERNEL(nce_grad,

paddle/fluid/operators/reshape_op.cc

@@ -438,9 +438,6 @@ class Reshape2GradMaker : public framework::SingleGradOpMaker<T> {
     auto *grad_op = new T();
     grad_op->SetType("reshape2_grad");
     grad_op->SetInput("XShape", this->Output("XShape"));
-    if (this->HasInput("ShapeTensor")) {
-      grad_op->SetInput("ShapeTensor", this->Input("ShapeTensor"));
-    }
     grad_op->SetInput(framework::GradVarName("Out"), this->OutputGrad("Out"));
     grad_op->SetOutput(framework::GradVarName("X"), this->InputGrad("X"));
     grad_op->SetAttrMap(this->Attrs());
@@ -456,11 +453,8 @@ class Reshape2DoubleGradMaker : public framework::SingleGradOpMaker<T> {
   std::unique_ptr<T> Apply() const override {
     auto *grad_op = new T();
     grad_op->SetType("reshape2_grad_grad");
-
-    grad_op->SetInput("ShapeTensor", this->Input("ShapeTensor"));
     grad_op->SetInput("DOut", this->Input(framework::GradVarName("Out")));
     grad_op->SetInput("DDX", this->OutputGrad(framework::GradVarName("X")));
-
     grad_op->SetOutput("DDOut", this->InputGrad(framework::GradVarName("Out")));
     grad_op->SetAttrMap(this->Attrs());
     return std::unique_ptr<T>(grad_op);
@@ -546,6 +540,8 @@ DECLARE_INPLACE_OP_INFERER(ReshapeGradInplaceInToOut,
                            {framework::GradVarName("Out"),
                             framework::GradVarName("X")});
 DECLARE_INPLACE_OP_INFERER(ReshapeDoubleGradInplaceInToOut, {"DDX", "DDOut"});
+DECLARE_NO_NEED_BUFFER_VARS_INFERENCE(
+    ReshapeDoubleGradOpNoNeedBufferVarInference, "DOut");
 
 }  // namespace operators
 }  // namespace paddle
@@ -576,7 +572,8 @@ REGISTER_OPERATOR(reshape2_grad, ops::Reshape2GradOp,
                   ops::Reshape2DoubleGradMaker<paddle::imperative::OpBase>,
                   ops::ReshapeGradInplaceInToOut);
 REGISTER_OPERATOR(reshape2_grad_grad, ops::Reshape2DoubleGradOp,
-                  ops::ReshapeDoubleGradInplaceInToOut);
+                  ops::ReshapeDoubleGradInplaceInToOut,
+                  ops::ReshapeDoubleGradOpNoNeedBufferVarInference);
 
 REGISTER_OP_CPU_KERNEL_FUNCTOR(reshape2, float, ops::ReshapeKernel, double,
                                ops::ReshapeKernel, int8_t, ops::ReshapeKernel,

paddle/fluid/operators/tensor_array_to_tensor_op.cc

@@ -250,14 +250,13 @@ class LoDTensorArray2TensorGradOp : public framework::OperatorBase {
 
     auto use_stack = Attr<bool>("use_stack");
 
-    auto grad_op =
-        use_stack
-            ? framework::OpRegistry::CreateOp(
-                  "stack_grad", {{"X", names}, {"Y@GRAD", {dout_name}}},
-                  {{"X@GRAD", grad_names}}, attrs)
-            : framework::OpRegistry::CreateOp(
-                  "concat_grad", {{"X", names}, {"Out@GRAD", {dout_name}}},
-                  {{"X@GRAD", grad_names}}, attrs);
+    auto grad_op = use_stack ? framework::OpRegistry::CreateOp(
+                                   "stack_grad", {{"Y@GRAD", {dout_name}}},
+                                   {{"X@GRAD", grad_names}}, attrs)
+                             : framework::OpRegistry::CreateOp(
+                                   "concat_grad",
+                                   {{"X", names}, {"Out@GRAD", {dout_name}}},
+                                   {{"X@GRAD", grad_names}}, attrs);
 
     grad_op->Run(scope, place);
 

paddle/fluid/operators/unsqueeze_op.cc

@@ -182,6 +182,29 @@ class UnsqueezeGradOp : public framework::OperatorWithKernel {
     ctx->SetOutputDim(framework::GradVarName("X"), ctx->GetInputDim("X"));
     ctx->ShareLoD("X", framework::GradVarName("X"));
   }
+
+  framework::OpKernelType GetExpectedKernelType(
+      const framework::ExecutionContext &ctx) const override {
+    return framework::OpKernelType(OperatorWithKernel::IndicateVarDataType(
+                                       ctx, framework::GradVarName("Out")),
+                                   ctx.device_context());
+  }
+};
+
+template <typename T>
+class UnsqueezeGradOpMaker : public framework::SingleGradOpMaker<T> {
+ public:
+  using framework::SingleGradOpMaker<T>::SingleGradOpMaker;
+
+  std::unique_ptr<T> Apply() const override {
+    auto *grad_op = new T();
+    grad_op->SetType("unsqueeze_grad");
+    grad_op->SetInput("X", this->Input("X"));
+    grad_op->SetInput(framework::GradVarName("Out"), this->OutputGrad("Out"));
+    grad_op->SetOutput(framework::GradVarName("X"), this->InputGrad("X"));
+    grad_op->SetAttrMap(this->Attrs());
+    return std::unique_ptr<T>(grad_op);
+  }
 };
 
 // FIXME(zcd): unsqueeze2 adds an intermediate output(XShape) based on
@@ -263,15 +286,17 @@ DECLARE_INPLACE_OP_INFERER(UnsqueezeInplaceInferer, {"X", "Out"});
 DECLARE_INPLACE_OP_INFERER(UnsqueezeGradInplaceInferer,
                            {framework::GradVarName("Out"),
                             framework::GradVarName("X")});
+DECLARE_NO_NEED_BUFFER_VARS_INFERENCE(UnsqueezeGradOpNoNeedBufferVarInference,
+                                      "X");
 }  // namespace operators
 }  // namespace paddle
 
 namespace ops = paddle::operators;
-REGISTER_OPERATOR(
-    unsqueeze, ops::UnsqueezeOp, ops::UnsqueezeOpMaker,
-    paddle::framework::DefaultGradOpMaker<paddle::framework::OpDesc, true>,
-    paddle::framework::DefaultGradOpMaker<paddle::imperative::OpBase, true>);
-REGISTER_OPERATOR(unsqueeze_grad, ops::UnsqueezeGradOp);
+REGISTER_OPERATOR(unsqueeze, ops::UnsqueezeOp, ops::UnsqueezeOpMaker,
+                  ops::UnsqueezeGradOpMaker<paddle::framework::OpDesc>,
+                  ops::UnsqueezeGradOpMaker<paddle::imperative::OpBase>);
+REGISTER_OPERATOR(unsqueeze_grad, ops::UnsqueezeGradOp,
+                  ops::UnsqueezeGradOpNoNeedBufferVarInference);
 
 REGISTER_OPERATOR(unsqueeze2, ops::Unsqueeze2Op, ops::Unsqueeze2OpMaker,
                   ops::Unsqueeze2GradOpMaker<paddle::framework::OpDesc>,

paddle/fluid/operators/warpctc_op.cc

@@ -175,12 +175,15 @@ class WarpCTCGradOp : public framework::OperatorWithKernel {
  protected:
   framework::OpKernelType GetExpectedKernelType(
       const framework::ExecutionContext& ctx) const override {
-    return framework::OpKernelType(
-        OperatorWithKernel::IndicateVarDataType(ctx, "Logits"),
-        ctx.device_context());
+    return framework::OpKernelType(OperatorWithKernel::IndicateVarDataType(
+                                       ctx, framework::GradVarName("Loss")),
+                                   ctx.device_context());
   }
 };
 
+DECLARE_NO_NEED_BUFFER_VARS_INFERENCE(WarpCTCGradOpNoNeedBufferVarInference,
+                                      "Logits");
+
 }  // namespace operators
 }  // namespace paddle
 
@@ -188,7 +191,8 @@ namespace ops = paddle::operators;
 REGISTER_OPERATOR(warpctc, ops::WarpCTCOp, ops::WarpCTCOpMaker,
                   ops::WarpCTCGradOpMaker<paddle::framework::OpDesc>,
                   ops::WarpCTCGradOpMaker<paddle::imperative::OpBase>);
-REGISTER_OPERATOR(warpctc_grad, ops::WarpCTCGradOp);
+REGISTER_OPERATOR(warpctc_grad, ops::WarpCTCGradOp,
+                  ops::WarpCTCGradOpNoNeedBufferVarInference);
 REGISTER_OP_CPU_KERNEL(
     warpctc, ops::WarpCTCKernel<paddle::platform::CPUDeviceContext, float>);
 REGISTER_OP_CPU_KERNEL(