Add update method for ema (#17812)

paddle/fluid/API.spec

@@ -528,6 +528,7 @@ paddle.fluid.optimizer.LambOptimizer.minimize (ArgSpec(args=['self', 'loss', 'st
 paddle.fluid.optimizer.ExponentialMovingAverage.__init__ (ArgSpec(args=['self', 'decay', 'thres_steps', 'name'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=(0.999, None, None)), ('document', '6adf97f83acf6453d4a6a4b1070f3754'))
 paddle.fluid.optimizer.ExponentialMovingAverage.apply (ArgSpec(args=['self', 'executor', 'need_restore'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=(True,)), ('document', '30f494752ac8921dc5835a63637f453a'))
 paddle.fluid.optimizer.ExponentialMovingAverage.restore (ArgSpec(args=['self', 'executor'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=None), ('document', '8c8a1791608b02a1ede53d6dd3a4fcec'))
+paddle.fluid.optimizer.ExponentialMovingAverage.update (ArgSpec(args=['self'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=None), ('document', 'ea10f08af6d7aac3b7974aa976e4085f'))
 paddle.fluid.backward.append_backward (ArgSpec(args=['loss', 'parameter_list', 'no_grad_set', 'callbacks'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=(None, None, None)), ('document', '08a5dd9f6f376ff3d55e0b1d92115cbd'))
 paddle.fluid.regularizer.L1DecayRegularizer.__init__ (ArgSpec(args=['self', 'regularization_coeff'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=(0.0,)), ('document', '6adf97f83acf6453d4a6a4b1070f3754'))
 paddle.fluid.regularizer.L2DecayRegularizer.__init__ (ArgSpec(args=['self', 'regularization_coeff'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=(0.0,)), ('document', '6adf97f83acf6453d4a6a4b1070f3754'))

python/paddle/fluid/optimizer.py

@@ -2333,10 +2333,10 @@ class ExponentialMovingAverage(object):
 
 	\\text{EMA}_t & = \\text{decay} * \\text{EMA}_{t-1} + (1 - \\text{decay}) * \\theta_t
 
-    The average results will be saved in temporary variables which are created 
+    The average results calculated by **update()** method will be saved in 
-    and maintained by the object, and can be applied to parameters of current 
+    temporary variables which are created and maintained by the object, and can 
-    model by calling **apply()** method. And the **restore()** method is used to 
+    be applied to parameters of current model by calling **apply()** method. And 
-    restore the parameters.
+    the **restore()** method is used to restore the parameters.
 
     **Bias correction**. All EMAs are initialized to :math:`0` and hence they will be 
     zero biased, which can be corrected by divided by a factor 
@@ -2382,6 +2382,7 @@ class ExponentialMovingAverage(object):
 
              global_steps = fluid.layers.learning_rate_scheduler._decay_step_counter()
              ema = fluid.optimizer.ExponentialMovingAverage(0.999, thres_steps=global_steps)
+             ema.update()
 
 	     # pseudo code
 	     for pass_id in range(args.pass_num):
@@ -2407,7 +2408,7 @@ class ExponentialMovingAverage(object):
         self._name = name if name is not None else ''
         self._decay_var = self._get_ema_decay()
 
-        self.params_tmps = []
+        self._params_tmps = []
         for param in default_main_program().global_block().all_parameters():
             if param.do_model_average != False:
                 tmp = param.block.create_var(
@@ -2416,22 +2417,22 @@ class ExponentialMovingAverage(object):
                     dtype=param.dtype,
                     persistable=False,
                     stop_gradient=True)
-                self.params_tmps.append((param, tmp))
+                self._params_tmps.append((param, tmp))
 
-        ema_vars = {}
+        self._ema_vars = {}
-        for param, tmp in self.params_tmps:
+        for param, tmp in self._params_tmps:
             with param.block.program._optimized_guard(
                 [param, tmp]), name_scope('moving_average'):
-                ema_vars[param.name] = self._append_ema_ops(param)
+                self._ema_vars[param.name] = self._create_ema_vars(param)
 
         self.apply_program = Program()
         block = self.apply_program.global_block()
         with program_guard(main_program=self.apply_program):
             decay_pow = self._get_decay_pow(block)
-            for param, tmp in self.params_tmps:
+            for param, tmp in self._params_tmps:
                 param = block._clone_variable(param)
                 tmp = block._clone_variable(tmp)
-                ema = block._clone_variable(ema_vars[param.name])
+                ema = block._clone_variable(self._ema_vars[param.name])
                 layers.assign(input=param, output=tmp)
                 # bias correction
                 ema = ema / (1.0 - decay_pow)
@@ -2440,7 +2441,7 @@ class ExponentialMovingAverage(object):
         self.restore_program = Program()
         block = self.restore_program.global_block()
         with program_guard(main_program=self.restore_program):
-            for param, tmp in self.params_tmps:
+            for param, tmp in self._params_tmps:
                 tmp = block._clone_variable(tmp)
                 param = block._clone_variable(param)
                 layers.assign(input=tmp, output=param)
@@ -2472,7 +2473,7 @@ class ExponentialMovingAverage(object):
         decay_pow_acc = layers.elementwise_pow(decay_var, global_steps + 1)
         return decay_pow_acc
 
-    def _append_ema_ops(self, param):
+    def _create_ema_vars(self, param):
         param_ema = layers.create_global_var(
             name=unique_name.generate(self._name + param.name + '_ema'),
             shape=param.shape,
@@ -2480,10 +2481,21 @@ class ExponentialMovingAverage(object):
             dtype=param.dtype,
             persistable=True)
 
-        ema_t = param_ema * self._decay_var + param * (1 - self._decay_var)
-        layers.assign(input=ema_t, output=param_ema)
         return param_ema
 
+    def update(self):
+        """ 
+        Update Exponential Moving Average. Should only call this method in 
+        train program.
+        """
+        for param, tmp in self._params_tmps:
+            with param.block.program._optimized_guard(
+                [param, tmp]), name_scope('moving_average'):
+                param_ema = self._ema_vars[param.name]
+                ema_t = param_ema * self._decay_var + param * (1 -
+                                                               self._decay_var)
+                layers.assign(input=ema_t, output=param_ema)
+
     @signature_safe_contextmanager
     def apply(self, executor, need_restore=True):
         """