recurrent_op.h

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#pragma once

#include "paddle/framework/operator.h"
#include "paddle/operators/rnn/recurrent_op_utils.h"

namespace paddle {
namespace operators {

// The sequence format in RecurrentOp is Tensor<seq_len, batch_size, dim> now.
// TODO(Yan Chunwei):
// 1. No-padding computing for sequences with indifinite length in one batch.
// 2. Hierarchical RNN for sequence with sub-sequence.
// 3. Internal Memory.
// 4. More Complex RNN architecture, such as Gated Feedback RNN.
//    Refer to: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1502.02367.pdf

class RecurrentAlgorithm {
 public:
  void Run(const framework::Scope& scope,
           const platform::DeviceContext& dev_ctx) const;

  void Init(std::unique_ptr<rnn::Argument> arg) { arg_ = std::move(arg); }

  /**
   * InferShape must be called before Run.
   */
  void InferShape(const framework::Scope& scope) const;

 protected:
  /*
   * The step scopes will be stored in the father scope as a variable.
   *
   * NOTE the scopes are reused in both the forward and backward, so just
   * create once and expand its size if more steps need.
   */
  void CreateScopes(const framework::Scope& scope) const;

  const std::vector<framework::Scope*>& GetStepScopes(
      const framework::Scope& scope) const {
    return *scope.FindVar(arg_->step_scopes)
                ->GetMutable<std::vector<framework::Scope*>>();
  }

  void InitMemories(framework::Scope* step_scopes, bool infer_shape_mode) const;

 private:
  std::unique_ptr<rnn::Argument> arg_;
  mutable size_t seq_len_;
};

class RecurrentGradientAlgorithm {
  /**
   * RNN's backward alogorithm.
   *
   * To accelerate the development of RecurrentGradientOp, we decouple RNN's
   * algorithm and `OperatorBase`'s implementation, the former contains the core
   * implementation of a RNN, and will keep stable even if the framework changes
   * a
   * lot, and the latter is a wrapper acts like an dapter for it to make RNN an
   * operator.
   */
 public:
  void Init(std::unique_ptr<rnn::Argument> arg) { arg_ = std::move(arg); }

  void Run(const framework::Scope& scope,
           const platform::DeviceContext& dev_ctx) const;

  void LinkBootMemoryGradients(framework::Scope* step_scopes,
                               bool infer_shape_mode) const;

  /**
   * InferShape must be called before Run.
   */
  void InferShape(const framework::Scope& scope) const;

 protected:
  inline const std::vector<framework::Scope*>& GetStepScopes(
      const framework::Scope& scope) const {
    return *scope.FindVar(arg_->step_scopes)
                ->GetMutable<std::vector<framework::Scope*>>();
  }

 private:
  std::unique_ptr<rnn::Argument> arg_;
  mutable size_t seq_len_;
};

class RecurrentOp final : public framework::OperatorBase {
 public:
  DEFINE_OPERATOR_CTOR(RecurrentOp, framework::OperatorBase);

  void Init() override;

  /**
   * InferShape must be called before Run.
   */
  void InferShape(const framework::Scope& scope) const override {
    alg_.InferShape(scope);
  }

  void Run(const framework::Scope& scope,
           const platform::DeviceContext& dev_ctx) const override {
    alg_.Run(scope, dev_ctx);
  }

  static const rnn::ArgumentName kArgName;

 private:
  RecurrentAlgorithm alg_;
};

class RecurrentGradientOp final : public framework::OperatorBase {
 public:
  DEFINE_OPERATOR_CTOR(RecurrentGradientOp, framework::OperatorBase)
  void Init() override;

  /**
   * InferShape must be called before Run.
   */
  void InferShape(const framework::Scope& scope) const override {
    alg_.InferShape(scope);
  }

  void Run(const framework::Scope& scope,
           const platform::DeviceContext& dev_ctx) const override {
    alg_.Run(scope, dev_ctx);
  }

  static const rnn::ArgumentName kArgName;

 private:
  RecurrentGradientAlgorithm alg_;
};

}  // namespace operators
}  // namespace paddle