refactor model.py _train_multi_device

python/mxnet/executor.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # coding: utf-8
-# pylint: disable=invalid-name, protected-access, too-many-locals
+# pylint: disable=invalid-name, protected-access, too-many-locals, too-many-arguments
 """Symbolic Executor component of MXNet."""
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 from .base import mx_uint, NDArrayHandle, ExecutorHandle
 from .base import check_call, c_array, py_str
 from .ndarray import NDArray
+from . import ndarray as nd
+from .context import cpu
+import logging
 
 class Executor(object):
     """ Executor is the actual executing object of MXNet."""
@@ -216,3 +219,211 @@ def debug_str(self):
         check_call(_LIB.MXExecutorPrint(
             self.handle, ctypes.byref(debug_str)))
         return py_str(debug_str.value)
+
+def _split_input_slice(batch_size, work_load_list):
+    """Get input slice from the input shape.
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    batch_size : int
+        The number of samples in a mini-batch.
+    work_load_list : list of float or int, optional
+        The list of work load for different devices,
+        in the same order as ctx
+    Returns
+    -------
+    slices : list of slice
+        The split slices to get a specific slice.
+    Raises
+    ------
+    ValueError
+        If there are two many splits such that some slice can be empty.
+    """
+    total_work_load = sum(work_load_list)
+    batch_num_list = [round(work_load * batch_size / total_work_load)
+                      for work_load in work_load_list]
+    batch_num_sum = sum(batch_num_list)
+    if batch_num_sum < batch_size:
+        batch_num_list[-1] += batch_size - batch_num_sum
+    slices = []
+    end = 0
+    for batch_num in batch_num_list:
+        begin = int(min((end, batch_size)))
+        end = int(min((begin + batch_num, batch_size)))
+        if begin >= end:
+            raise ValueError('Too many slices such that some splits are empty')
+        slices.append(slice(begin, end))
+    return slices
+
+def _check_arguments(symbol):
+    """Check the argument names of symbol.
+    This function checks the duplication of arguments in Symbol.
+    The check is done for feedforward net for now.
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    symbol : Symbol
+        The network configuration
+    """
+    arg_set = set()
+    arg_names = symbol.list_arguments()
+    for name in arg_names:
+        if name in arg_set:
+            raise ValueError(('Find duplicated argument name \"%s\", ' +
+                              'please make the weight name non-duplicated(using name arguments), ' +
+                              'arguments are %s') % (name, str(arg_names)))
+        arg_set.add(name)
+
+    aux_set = set()
+    aux_names = symbol.list_auxiliary_states()
+    for name in aux_names:
+        if name in aux_set:
+            raise ValueError(
+                ('Find duplicated auxiliary param name \"%s\", ' +
+                 'please make the weight name non-duplicated(using name arguments), ' +
+                 'arguments are %s, auxiliary params are %s'
+                ) % (name, str(arg_names), str(aux_names)))
+        aux_set.add(name)
+
+def _load_general(data, targets):
+    """Load a list of arrays into a list of arrays specified by slices"""
+    for d_src, d_targets in zip(data, targets):
+        if isinstance(d_targets, nd.NDArray):
+            d_src.copyto(d_targets)
+        else:
+            for slice_idx, d_dst in d_targets:
+                d_src[slice_idx].copyto(d_dst)
+
+def _load_data(batch, targets):
+    """Load data into sliced arrays"""
+    _load_general(batch.data, targets)
+
+def _load_label(batch, targets):
+    """Load label into sliced arrays"""
+    _load_general(batch.label, targets)
+
+class DataParallelExecutorManager(object):
+    """ Helper class to manage multiple executors for data parallelism.
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    symbol : Symbol
+        output symbol
+    ctx : list of Context
+        devices to run on
+    param_names: list of str
+        Name of all trainable parameters of the network.
+    arg_names: list of str
+        Name of all arguments of the network.
+    aux_names: list of str
+        Name of all auxiliary states of the network.
+    train_data : DataIter
+        Training data iterator.
+    work_load_list : list of float or int, optional
+        The list of work load for different devices,
+        in the same order as ctx
+    logger : logging logger
+        When not specified, default logger will be used.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, symbol, ctx, train_data,
+                 param_names, arg_names, aux_names,
+                 work_load_list=None, logger=None):
+        if logger is None:
+            logger = logging
+        # preparation
+        num_device = len(ctx)
+        logger.info('Start training with %s', str(ctx))
+
+        # make sure the architecture is valid
+        _check_arguments(symbol)
+
+        if work_load_list is None:
+            work_load_list = [1] * num_device
+        assert isinstance(work_load_list, list) and len(work_load_list) == num_device, \
+            "Invalid settings for work load. "
+
+        slices = _split_input_slice(train_data.batch_size, work_load_list)
+        self.slices = slices
+
+        self.train_execs = []
+        for i in range(len(ctx)):
+            data_shapes = {k: tuple([slices[i].stop-slices[i].start] + list(v[1:]))
+                           for k, v in train_data.provide_data}
+            train_exec = symbol.simple_bind(ctx[i], 'write', **data_shapes)
+            self.train_execs.append(train_exec)
+
+        # data structure
+        self.data_names = [x[0] for x in train_data.provide_data]
+        self.label_names = [x[0] for x in train_data.provide_label]
+        self.aux_names = aux_names
+
+        self.data_arrays = [[(slices[i], e.arg_dict[name]) for i, e in enumerate(self.train_execs)]
+                            for name in self.data_names]
+        self.label_arrays = [[(slices[i], e.arg_dict[name]) for i, e in enumerate(self.train_execs)]
+                             for name in self.label_names]
+
+        self.param_idx = [i for i in range(len(arg_names)) if arg_names[i] in param_names]
+        self.param_names = [arg_names[i] for i in self.param_idx]
+        self.param_arrays = [[e.arg_arrays[i] for e in self.train_execs]
+                             for i in self.param_idx]
+        self.grad_arrays = [[e.grad_arrays[i] for e in self.train_execs]
+                            for i in self.param_idx]
+
+        self.aux_arrays = [[e.aux_arrays[i] for e in self.train_execs]
+                           for i in range(len(aux_names))]
+
+        batch_size = train_data.batch_size
+
+        output_shapes = [tuple([batch_size]+list(x.shape[1:])) for x in self.train_execs[0].outputs]
+        self.cpu_output_arrays = [nd.zeros(s) for s in output_shapes]
+
+    def install_monitor(self, monitor):
+        """ Install monitor on all executors """
+        for train_exec in self.train_execs:
+            monitor.install(train_exec)
+
+    def set_params(self, arg_params, aux_params):
+        """ set parameter and aux values
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        arg_params : list of NDArray
+            source parameter arrays
+        aux_params : list of NDArray
+            source aux arrays
+        """
+
+        for texec in self.train_execs:
+            texec.copy_params_from(arg_params, aux_params)
+
+    def copy_to(self, arg_params, aux_params):
+        """ Copy data from each executor to `arg_params` and `aux_params`
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        arg_params : list of NDArray
+            target parameter arrays
+        aux_params : list of NDArray
+            target aux arrays
+        Notes
+        -----
+        - This function will inplace update the NDArrays in arg_params and aux_params.
+        """
+        for name, block in zip(self.param_names, self.param_arrays):
+            weight = sum(w.copyto(cpu()) for w in block) / len(block)
+            weight.copyto(arg_params[name])
+        for name, block in zip(self.aux_names, self.aux_arrays):
+            weight = sum(w.copyto(cpu()) for w in block) / len(block)
+            weight.copyto(aux_params[name])
+
+    def load_data_batch(self, data_batch):
+        """ load data and labels into arrays """
+        _load_data(data_batch, self.data_arrays)
+        _load_label(data_batch, self.label_arrays)
+
+    def forward(self, is_train=False):
+        """ Perform a forward pass on each executor """
+        for texec, islice in zip(self.train_execs, self.slices):
+            texec.forward(is_train=is_train)
+            for cpu_out, dev_out in zip(self.cpu_output_arrays, texec.outputs):
+                dev_out.copyto(cpu_out[islice])
+
+    def backward(self):
+        """ Perform a backward pass on each executor """
+        for texec in self.train_execs:
+            texec.backward()