Merge pull request #2610 from dzhwinter/go_optimizer

Go optimizer: integrate Go with optimizer library

go/pserver/cclient/CMakeLists.txt

+cc_library(paddle_go_optimizer DEPS paddle_optimizer paddle_proto glog gflags protobuf)
 go_library(paddle_pserver_cclient STATIC)
-
-add_subdirectory(test)
+if(WITH_TESTING)
+  add_subdirectory(test)
+endif()

go/pserver/cclient/test/CMakeLists.txt

-
-cc_binary(main SRCS main.c DEPS paddle_pserver_cclient)
 cc_test(test_cclient SRCS test_cclient.c DEPS paddle_pserver_cclient)
+add_style_check_target(test_cclient test_cclient.c)

go/pserver/cclient/test/main.c

-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-
-#include "libpaddle_pserver_cclient.h"
-
-// TODO(helin): Fix: gtest using cmake is not working, using this
-// hacky way for now.
-#define fail()                                          \
-  fprintf(stderr, "info: %s:%d: ", __FILE__, __LINE__); \
-  exit(-1);
-
-void sendGrads(paddle_pserver_client c) {
-  unsigned char grad_a[2000] = {2};
-  unsigned char grad_b[3000] = {3};
-  paddle_gradient grad1 = {
-      "param_a", PADDLE_ELEMENT_TYPE_FLOAT32, grad_a, 2000};
-  paddle_gradient grad2 = {
-      "param_b", PADDLE_ELEMENT_TYPE_FLOAT32, grad_b, 3000};
-  paddle_gradient* grads[2] = {&grad1, &grad2};
-  if (paddle_send_grads(c, grads, 2)) {
-    fail();
-  }
-}
-
-void getParams(paddle_pserver_client c) {
-  paddle_parameter param_a;
-  paddle_parameter param_b;
-  char name_a[] = "param_a";
-  char name_b[] = "param_b";
-  // Must pre-allocate the prameter content before calling paddle_get_params.
-  unsigned char content_a[2000] = {};
-  unsigned char content_b[3000] = {};
-  param_a.element_type = PADDLE_ELEMENT_TYPE_FLOAT32;
-  param_a.name = name_a;
-  param_a.content = content_a;
-  param_a.content_len = 2000;
-  param_b.element_type = PADDLE_ELEMENT_TYPE_FLOAT32;
-  param_b.name = name_b;
-  param_b.content = content_b;
-  param_b.content_len = 3000;
-
-  paddle_parameter* params[2] = {&param_a, &param_b};
-  if (paddle_get_params(c, params, 2)) {
-    fail();
-  }
-}
-
-int main() {
-  char addr[] = "localhost:3000";
-  paddle_pserver_client c = paddle_new_pserver_client(addr, 1);
-retry:
-  if (paddle_begin_init_params(c)) {
-    paddle_parameter param;
-    char name_a[] = "param_a";
-    char name_b[] = "param_b";
-    unsigned char content_a[2000] = {1};
-    unsigned char content_b[3000] = {0};
-    param.element_type = PADDLE_ELEMENT_TYPE_FLOAT32;
-    param.name = name_a;
-    param.content = content_a;
-    param.content_len = 2000;
-    int error = paddle_init_param(c, param, NULL, 0);
-    if (error != 0) {
-      goto retry;
-    }
-
-    param.element_type = PADDLE_ELEMENT_TYPE_FLOAT32;
-    param.name = name_b;
-    param.content = content_b;
-    param.content_len = 3000;
-    error = paddle_init_param(c, param, NULL, 0);
-    if (error != 0) {
-      goto retry;
-    }
-
-    error = paddle_finish_init_params(c);
-    if (error != 0) {
-      goto retry;
-    }
-  }
-
-  int i;
-  for (i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
-    sendGrads(c);
-    getParams(c);
-  }
-
-  if (paddle_save_model(c, "/tmp/")) {
-    fail();
-  }
-
-  return 0;
-}

go/pserver/cclient/test/test_cclient.c

@@ -3,113 +3,101 @@
 
 #include "libpaddle_pserver_cclient.h"
 
-typedef float real;
-
-void fail() {
-  // TODO(helin): fix: gtest using cmake is not working, using this
-  // hacky way for now.
-  printf("test failed.\n");
+// TODO(helin): Fix: gtest using cmake is not working, using this
+// hacky way for now.
+#define fail()                                          \
+  fprintf(stderr, "info: %s:%d: ", __FILE__, __LINE__); \
   exit(-1);
+
+void sendGrads(paddle_pserver_client c) {
+  unsigned char grad_a[2000] = {2};
+  unsigned char grad_b[3000] = {3};
+  paddle_gradient grad1 = {
+      "param_a", PADDLE_ELEMENT_TYPE_FLOAT32, grad_a, 2000};
+  paddle_gradient grad2 = {
+      "param_b", PADDLE_ELEMENT_TYPE_FLOAT32, grad_b, 3000};
+  paddle_gradient *grads[2] = {&grad1, &grad2};
+  if (paddle_send_grads(c, grads, 2)) {
+    fail();
+  }
 }
 
-void print_parameter(paddle_gradient* param) {
-  if (param == NULL) {
-    printf("param is NULL!!\n");
-  } else {
-    printf("==== parameter ====\n");
-    printf("name: %s\n", param->name);
-    printf("content_len: %d\n", param->content_len);
-    printf("content_type: %d\n", param->element_type);
-    int i;
-    for (i = 0; i < param->content_len / (int)sizeof(real); ++i) {
-      printf("%f ", ((float*)param->content)[i]);
-    }
-    printf("\n\n");
+void getParams(paddle_pserver_client c) {
+  paddle_parameter param_a;
+  paddle_parameter param_b;
+  char name_a[] = "param_a";
+  char name_b[] = "param_b";
+  // Must pre-allocate the prameter content before calling paddle_get_params.
+  unsigned char content_a[2000] = {};
+  unsigned char content_b[3000] = {};
+  param_a.element_type = PADDLE_ELEMENT_TYPE_FLOAT32;
+  param_a.name = name_a;
+  param_a.content = content_a;
+  param_a.content_len = 2000;
+  param_b.element_type = PADDLE_ELEMENT_TYPE_FLOAT32;
+  param_b.name = name_b;
+  param_b.content = content_b;
+  param_b.content_len = 3000;
+
+  paddle_parameter *params[2] = {&param_a, &param_b};
+  if (paddle_get_params(c, params, 2)) {
+    fail();
   }
 }
 
 int main() {
   char addr[] = "localhost:3000";
   paddle_pserver_client c = paddle_new_pserver_client(addr, 1);
-
-  char* names[] = {"param_a", "param_b"};
-
+  char *config_proto;
+  size_t config_proto_len = 0;
+  ssize_t nread;
+  FILE *fp = fopen("testdata/optimizer.pb.txt", "r");
+  if (!fp) {
+    fail();
+  }
+  while ((nread = getline(&config_proto, &config_proto_len, fp)) != -1) {
+    printf("%s", config_proto);
+  }
+  fclose(fp);
 retry:
-  printf("init parameter to pserver:\n");
-
-  real param_content1[] = {0.1, 0.2, 0.3};
-  real param_content2[] = {0.4, 0.5, 0.6};
-  paddle_parameter** params =
-      (paddle_parameter**)malloc(sizeof(paddle_parameter*) * 2);
-  params[0] = (paddle_parameter*)malloc(sizeof(paddle_parameter));
-  params[0]->name = names[0];
-  params[0]->content = (unsigned char*)param_content1;
-  params[0]->content_len = 3 * sizeof(real);
-  params[0]->element_type = PADDLE_ELEMENT_TYPE_FLOAT32;
-
-  params[1] = (paddle_parameter*)malloc(sizeof(paddle_parameter));
-  params[1]->name = names[1];
-  params[1]->content = (unsigned char*)param_content2;
-  params[1]->content_len = 3 * sizeof(real);
-  params[1]->element_type = PADDLE_ELEMENT_TYPE_INT32;
-
   if (paddle_begin_init_params(c)) {
-    if (paddle_init_param(c, *params[0], NULL, 0) != 0) {
+    paddle_parameter param;
+    char name_a[] = "param_a";
+    char name_b[] = "param_b";
+    unsigned char content_a[2000] = {1};
+    unsigned char content_b[3000] = {0};
+    param.element_type = PADDLE_ELEMENT_TYPE_FLOAT32;
+    param.name = name_a;
+    param.content = content_a;
+    param.content_len = 2000;
+    int error =
+        paddle_init_param(c, param, (void *)config_proto, config_proto_len);
+    if (error != 0) {
       goto retry;
     }
-    if (paddle_init_param(c, *params[1], NULL, 0) != 0) {
+
+    param.element_type = PADDLE_ELEMENT_TYPE_FLOAT32;
+    param.name = name_b;
+    param.content = content_b;
+    param.content_len = 3000;
+    error = paddle_init_param(c, param, (void *)config_proto, config_proto_len);
+    if (error != 0) {
       goto retry;
     }
-    if (paddle_finish_init_params(c) != 0) {
+
+    error = paddle_finish_init_params(c);
+    if (error != 0) {
       goto retry;
     }
-  } else {
-    fail();
-  }
-
-  printf("get inited parameters from pserver:\n");
-  // get parameters again by reusing the allocated parameter buffers.
-  if (paddle_get_params(c, params, 2) != 0) {
-    fail();
-  }
-  print_parameter(params[0]);
-  print_parameter(params[1]);
-
-  printf("send gradient to pserver:\n");
-  real gradient_content1[] = {0.01, 0.02, 0.03};
-  real gradinet_content2[] = {0.04, 0.05, 0.06};
-
-  paddle_gradient** grads =
-      (paddle_gradient**)malloc(sizeof(paddle_gradient*) * 2);
-  grads[0] = (paddle_gradient*)malloc(sizeof(paddle_gradient));
-  grads[0]->name = names[0];
-  grads[0]->content = (unsigned char*)gradient_content1;
-  grads[0]->content_len = 3 * sizeof(real);
-  grads[0]->element_type = PADDLE_ELEMENT_TYPE_FLOAT32;
-
-  grads[1] = (paddle_gradient*)malloc(sizeof(paddle_gradient));
-  grads[1]->name = names[1];
-  grads[1]->content = (unsigned char*)gradinet_content2;
-  grads[1]->content_len = 3 * sizeof(real);
-  grads[1]->element_type = PADDLE_ELEMENT_TYPE_INT32;
-
-  printf("print gradient sent to pserver:\n");
-  print_parameter(grads[0]);
-  print_parameter(grads[1]);
-
-  if (paddle_send_grads(c, grads, 2) != 0) {
-    fail();
   }
 
-  printf("get updated parameters from pserver:\n");
-  // get parameters again by reusing the allocated parameter buffers.
-  if (paddle_get_params(c, params, 2) != 0) {
-    fail();
+  int i;
+  for (i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
+    sendGrads(c);
+    getParams(c);
   }
-  print_parameter(params[0]);
-  print_parameter(params[1]);
 
-  if (paddle_save_model(c, "/tmp/") != 0) {
+  if (paddle_save_model(c, "/tmp/")) {
     fail();
   }
 

go/pserver/cclient/test/test_train.py

@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ def main():
     # create optimizer
     optimizer = paddle.optimizer.Momentum(momentum=0)
 
+    #TODO(zhihong) : replace optimizer with new OptimizerConfig
+
     trainer = paddle.trainer.SGD(cost=cost,
                                  parameters=parameters,
                                  update_equation=optimizer,

go/pserver/client_test.go

 package pserver_test
 
 import (
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/rpc"
@@ -74,18 +75,22 @@ func TestClientFull(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	const numParameter = 100
+	config, err := ioutil.ReadFile("./cclient/test/testdata/optimizer.pb.txt")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("read optimizer proto failed")
+	}
 	for i := 0; i < numParameter; i++ {
 		var p pserver.Parameter
 		p.Name = "p_" + strconv.Itoa(i)
 		p.ElementType = pserver.Float32
 		p.Content = make([]byte, (i+1)*100)
-		err := c.InitParam(pserver.ParameterWithConfig{Param: p})
+		err := c.InitParam(pserver.ParameterWithConfig{Param: p, Config: config})
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
 	}
 
-	err := c.FinishInitParams()
+	err = c.FinishInitParams()
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}

go/pserver/optimizer.c

-#include <stdlib.h>
-
-#include "optimizer.h"
-
-typedef int (*update_func)(void*, void*, paddle_element_type, const void*, int);
-typedef void (*release_func)(void*);
-
-typedef struct paddle_optimizer {
-  update_func update;
-  release_func release;
-  void* optimizer;
-} paddle_optimizer;
-
-void paddle_release_optimizer(paddle_optimizer* o) {
-  o->release(o->optimizer);
-  free(o);
-}
-
-int paddle_update_parameter(paddle_optimizer* o,
-                            void* buffer,
-                            paddle_element_type element_type,
-                            const void* gradient,
-                            int num_bytes) {
-  return o->update(o->optimizer, buffer, element_type, gradient, num_bytes);
-}
-
-typedef struct { double learning_rate; } SGD_optimizer;
-
-int update_SGD(void* optimizer,
-               void* buffer,
-               paddle_element_type element_type,
-               const void* gradient,
-               int num_bytes) {
-  SGD_optimizer* o = (SGD_optimizer*)optimizer;
-  float* parameter = (float*)buffer;
-  float* grad = (float*)gradient;
-
-  int i;
-  for (i = 0; i < num_bytes / sizeof(float); ++i) {
-    parameter[i] -= o->learning_rate * grad[i];
-  }
-  return 0;
-}
-
-void release_SGD(void* optimizer) {
-  SGD_optimizer* o = (SGD_optimizer*)optimizer;
-  // nothing allocated on heap
-}
-
-paddle_optimizer* paddle_create_SGD_optimizer(double learning_rate) {
-  SGD_optimizer* impl = (SGD_optimizer*)malloc(sizeof(SGD_optimizer));
-  impl->learning_rate = learning_rate;
-  paddle_optimizer* opt = (paddle_optimizer*)malloc(sizeof(paddle_optimizer));
-  opt->update = update_SGD;
-  opt->release = release_SGD;
-  opt->optimizer = impl;
-  return opt;
-}

go/pserver/optimizer.go

 package pserver
 
-/*
-#include "optimizer.h"
-*/
+// #cgo CFLAGS: -I ../../
+// //FIXME: ldflags contain "build" path
+// #cgo LDFLAGS: ../../build/go/pserver/cclient/libpaddle_go_optimizer.a -lstdc++
+// #include "paddle/optimizer/optimizer.h"
+// #include <stdlib.h>
+// #include <string.h>
 import "C"
+
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"unsafe"
-)
-
-type optimizerType int
 
-const (
-	sgd optimizerType = iota
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
 var nullPtr = unsafe.Pointer(uintptr(0))
 
 type optimizer struct {
-	opt *C.struct_paddle_optimizer
+	opt         *C.struct_paddle_optimizer
+	elementType ElementType
 }
 
-func newOptimizer(t optimizerType, learning_rate float64) *optimizer {
+func cArrayToSlice(p unsafe.Pointer, len int) []byte {
+	if p == nullPtr {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// create a Go clice backed by a C array, reference:
+	// https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/cgo#turning-c-arrays-into-go-slices
+	//
+	// Go garbage collector will not interact with this data, need
+	// to be freed properly.
+	return (*[1 << 30]byte)(p)[:len:len]
+}
+
+func newOptimizer(paramWithConfigs ParameterWithConfig) *optimizer {
 	o := &optimizer{}
-	o.opt = C.paddle_create_SGD_optimizer(C.double(learning_rate))
+	o.elementType = paramWithConfigs.Param.ElementType
+	p := paramWithConfigs.Param
+	c := paramWithConfigs.Config
+	log.WithFields(log.Fields{
+		"ElementType": p.ElementType,
+		"ParamSize":   len(p.Content),
+		"ConfigSize":  len(c),
+	}).Info("New Optimizer Created with config:")
+	var cbuffer unsafe.Pointer
+	cbuffer = C.malloc(C.size_t(len(p.Content)))
+	C.memcpy(cbuffer, unsafe.Pointer(&p.Content[0]), C.size_t(len(p.Content)))
+	o.opt = C.paddle_create_optimizer((*C.uchar)(&c[0]), C.int(len(c)),
+		C.paddle_element_type(p.ElementType), cbuffer, C.int(len(p.Content)/C.sizeof_float),
+		(*C.char)(nullPtr), 0)
 	return o
 }
 
-func (o *optimizer) UpdateParameter(p Parameter, g Gradient) error {
-	if len(p.Content) != len(g.Content) {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Name: %s, parameter and gradient length not match, parameter: %d, gradient: %d", p.Name, len(p.Content), len(g.Content))
-	}
+func (o *optimizer) GetWeights() []byte {
+	var buffer unsafe.Pointer
+	buffer_len := C.paddle_optimizer_get_weights(o.opt, &buffer)
+	return cArrayToSlice(buffer, int(buffer_len)*C.sizeof_float)
+}
 
-	if p.ElementType != g.ElementType {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Name: %s, parameter and gradient element type not match, parameter: %v, gradient: %v", p.Name, p.ElementType, g.ElementType)
+func (o *optimizer) UpdateParameter(g Gradient) error {
+	if o.elementType != g.ElementType {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Name: %s, parameter and gradient element type not match, parameter: %v, gradient: %v", g.Name, o.elementType, g.ElementType)
 	}
 
-	r := C.paddle_update_parameter(o.opt, unsafe.Pointer(&p.Content[0]), C.paddle_element_type(p.ElementType), unsafe.Pointer(&g.Content[0]), C.int(len(g.Content)))
+	r := C.paddle_update_parameter(o.opt, C.paddle_element_type(g.ElementType), unsafe.Pointer(&g.Content[0]), C.int(len(g.Content))/C.sizeof_float)
 	if r != 0 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("optimizer update returned error code: %d", r)
 	}

go/pserver/optimizer.h

-#ifndef PADDLE_PSERVER_OPTIMIZER_H
-#define PADDLE_PSERVER_OPTIMIZER_H
-
-typedef enum {
-  PADDLE_ELEMENT_TYPE_INT32 = 0,
-  PADDLE_ELEMENT_TYPE_UINT32 = 1,
-  PADDLE_ELEMENT_TYPE_INT64 = 2,
-  PADDLE_ELEMENT_TYPE_UINT64 = 3,
-  PADDLE_ELEMENT_TYPE_FLOAT32 = 4,
-  PADDLE_ELEMENT_TYPE_FLOAT64 = 5,
-} paddle_element_type;
-
-struct paddle_optimizer;
-struct paddle_optimizer* paddle_create_SGD_optimizer(double learning_rate);
-void paddle_release_optimizer(struct paddle_optimizer* o);
-int paddle_update_parameter(struct paddle_optimizer* o,
-                            void* buffer,
-                            paddle_element_type element_type,
-                            const void* gradient,
-                            int num_bytes);
-
-#endif /* PADDLE_PSERVER_OPTIMIZER_H */

go/pserver/optimizer_test.go

 package pserver
 
-import "testing"
+import (
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"testing"
+)
 
-func TestSGDCreateRelease(t *testing.T) {
-	o := newOptimizer(sgd, 1)
+func TestOptimizerCreateRelease(t *testing.T) {
+	p := Parameter{
+		Name:        "a",
+		ElementType: Int32,
+	}
+	p.Content = []byte{1, 3}
+	config, err := ioutil.ReadFile("./cclient/test/testdata/optimizer.pb.txt")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("read optimizer proto failed")
+	}
+	param := ParameterWithConfig{
+		Param:  p,
+		Config: config,
+	}
+	o := newOptimizer(param)
 	o.Cleanup()
 }

go/pserver/service.go

@@ -48,9 +48,8 @@ type Service struct {
 	initialized chan struct{}
 	idx         int
 
-	mu       sync.Mutex
-	opt      *optimizer
-	paramMap map[string]Parameter
+	mu     sync.Mutex
+	optMap map[string]*optimizer
 }
 
 // NewService creates a new service, will bypass etcd registration if no
@@ -58,9 +57,8 @@ type Service struct {
 func NewService(idx int) (*Service, error) {
 	s := &Service{
 		idx: idx,
-		opt: newOptimizer(sgd, 0.005),
 	}
-	s.paramMap = make(map[string]Parameter)
+  s.optMap = make(map[string]*optimizer)
 	s.initialized = make(chan struct{})
 	return s, nil
 }
@@ -81,7 +79,7 @@ func (s *Service) InitParam(paramWithConfigs ParameterWithConfig, dummy *int) er
 	// TODO(helin): check if paramWithConfigs.Param.Content is
 	// properly memory aligned, if not, make copy to a memory
 	// aligned region.
-	s.paramMap[paramWithConfigs.Param.Name] = paramWithConfigs.Param
+	s.optMap[paramWithConfigs.Param.Name] = newOptimizer(paramWithConfigs)
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -110,12 +108,12 @@ func (s *Service) SendGrad(g Gradient, dummy *int) error {
 	s.mu.Lock()
 	defer s.mu.Unlock()
 
-	p, ok := s.paramMap[g.Name]
+	o, ok := s.optMap[g.Name]
 	if !ok {
 		return fmt.Errorf("parameter: %s does not exist", g.Name)
 	}
 
-	return s.opt.UpdateParameter(p, g)
+	return o.UpdateParameter(g)
 }
 
 // GetParam gets parameters from the parameter server.
@@ -124,7 +122,7 @@ func (s *Service) GetParam(name string, parameter *Parameter) error {
 	s.mu.Lock()
 	defer s.mu.Unlock()
 
-	p, ok := s.paramMap[name]
+	opt, ok := s.optMap[name]
 	if !ok {
 		return fmt.Errorf("parameter: %s does not exist", name)
 	}
@@ -136,7 +134,9 @@ func (s *Service) GetParam(name string, parameter *Parameter) error {
 	// nature. This race condition is allowed deliberately
 	// to save the program from making a copy of the
 	// paramter content.
-	*parameter = p
+	parameter.Name = name
+	parameter.ElementType = opt.elementType
+	parameter.Content = opt.GetWeights()
 	return nil
 }
 

go/pserver/service_test.go

 package pserver_test
 
 import (
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"reflect"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/PaddlePaddle/Paddle/go/pserver"
 )
 
-func TestFull(t *testing.T) {
+func TestServiceFull(t *testing.T) {
 	s, err := pserver.NewService(0)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Error(err)
@@ -18,7 +19,12 @@ func TestFull(t *testing.T) {
 	p.Name = "param_a"
 	p.Content = []byte{1, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 3, 0, 0, 0}
 	p.ElementType = pserver.Int32
-	err = s.InitParam(pserver.ParameterWithConfig{Param: p, Config: nil}, nil)
+	config, err := ioutil.ReadFile("./cclient/test/testdata/optimizer.pb.txt")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("read optimizer proto failed")
+	}
+
+	err = s.InitParam(pserver.ParameterWithConfig{Param: p, Config: config}, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.FailNow()
 	}
@@ -27,7 +33,7 @@ func TestFull(t *testing.T) {
 	p1.Name = "param_b"
 	p1.Content = []byte{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}
 	p1.ElementType = pserver.Float32
-	err = s.InitParam(pserver.ParameterWithConfig{Param: p1, Config: nil}, nil)
+	err = s.InitParam(pserver.ParameterWithConfig{Param: p1, Config: config}, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.FailNow()
 	}
@@ -48,6 +54,7 @@ func TestFull(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	g1, g2 := pserver.Gradient(p1), pserver.Gradient(p)
+
 	err = s.SendGrad(g1, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.FailNow()
@@ -142,7 +149,12 @@ func TestBlockUntilInitialized(t *testing.T) {
 	p.Name = "param_a"
 	p.Content = []byte{1, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 3, 0, 0, 0}
 	p.ElementType = pserver.Int32
-	err = s.InitParam(pserver.ParameterWithConfig{Param: p, Config: nil}, nil)
+	config, err := ioutil.ReadFile("./cclient/test/testdata/optimizer.pb.txt")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("read optimizer proto failed")
+	}
+	err = s.InitParam(pserver.ParameterWithConfig{Param: p, Config: config}, nil)
+
 	if err != nil {
 		t.FailNow()
 	}

paddle/optimizer/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ set(OPITMIZER_SRCS
 add_library(paddle_optimizer STATIC ${OPITMIZER_SRCS})
 add_dependencies(paddle_optimizer paddle_proto ${external_project_dependencies})
 
+
 if(WITH_TESTING)
   add_simple_unittest(serialization_test)
   add_simple_unittest(parameter_optimizer_test)

python/paddle/v2/optimizer.py

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import paddle.trainer_config_helpers.optimizers as v1_optimizers
 """
 Optimizers(update equation) for SGD method.
 
+TODO(zhihong) : create new optimizer with proto config, add new optimizer here
+
 TODO(yuyang18): Complete comments.
 """