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Helin Wang 7 years ago
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The *session* object encapsulates the environment in which the
computation graph is executed.
We will have *local* session and *remote* session, they offer the
We will have the *local* session and *remote* session, they offer the
same [interface](#interface). The local session encapsulates the local
runtime environment and the remote session encapsulates the cluster
runtime envrionment.
runtime environment.
The local runtime envrionment contains:
The local runtime environment contains:
1. computation devices (i.e., CPU, GPU) handles, and
1. the [scope](../scope.md) which holds all variables.
The remote runtime envrionment contains:
The remote runtime environment contains:
1. computation devices (i.e., CPU and GPU on node 0, 1) in a cluster,
and
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## Background
The current design has an implicit global session on which
The current design has an implicit global session in which
`paddle.eval()` is executed. The pain point is:
Since the user is not able to explicitly switch between runtime
environments such as the scope and the device contexts, the user
cannot run a topology in two independent environments.
environments, the user cannot run a topology in two independent
environments.
For example, in reinforcement learning, the user may want to have a
stale model for inference and a fresh model for training, and only
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## Session
A session is an object that owns the runtime environment. All
computations are executed through `session.eval`.
computations are executed through `session.eval()`.
### Interface
```
```python
eval(
targets,
feed_dict=None,
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Evaluates the target Operations or Variables in `targets`.
- *targets*: the evaluation targets. Can be a single Operation or
Variable, or a list with the Operations or Variables as elements.
The value returned by `eval()` has the same shape as the `target`
argument.
The computation graph is implicitly inferred from the targets.
Variable, or a list with the Operations or Variables as
elements. The value returned by `eval()` has the same shape as the
`target` argument.
The PaddlePaddle program is represented by
the [ProgramDesc](../design/program.md), `eval()` will infer the
ProgramDesc from the given targets and run the PaddlePaddle
program. Please
see
[this graph](./distributed_architecture.md#local-training-architecture) for
the detailed illustration for the local session
and
[this graph](./distributed_architecture.md#distributed-training-architecture) for
the detailed illustration for the remote session.
- *feed_dict*: a dictionary that contains the tensors which overrides
- *feed_dict*: a dictionary that contains the tensors which override
the edges of the computation graph.
feed_dict not only can provide the input data, it can override any
OP's input as well:
```python
a = pd.constant(1.0, name="a")
b = pd.constant(2.0)
c = pd.mul(a,b)
sess.eval(targets=c, feed_dict={"a":3.0}) # returns 6.0
```
```python
close()
```
Closes the session. Calling this method releases the scope.
Closes the session and releases the scope that the session owns.
### Create a Local Session
```
```python
session(
gpu_ids=None
devices=None
)
```
Creates a new session. One session owns one scope, so creating
multiple sessions will create different scopes.
- *gpu_ids*: a single `int` or a list of `int` of the GPU IDs to be
used as the computation devices. If not specified, all avaiable GPUs
will be used.
- *devices*: a single `string` or a list of `string` of device names,
the corresponding devices will be the computation devices for
`eval()`. If not specified, all available devices (e.g., all GPUs)
will be used. The user doesn't need to specify the CPU device since
it will be always used.
#### Example
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a = paddle.constant(1.0)
b = paddle.constant(2.0)
c = a + b
sess = paddle.session(gpu_ids=[0,1])
sess = paddle.session(devices=["gpu:0", "gpu:1", "fpga:0"])
sess.eval(c)
sess.close()
```
### Create a Remote Session
```
```python
create_cloud_job(
name,
num_trainer,
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Creates a Paddle Cloud job. Fails if the job name exists.
```
```python
get_cloud_job(
name
)
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Gets a Paddle Cloud job.
```
```python
remote_session(
job
)

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