Paddle/paddle/framework/backward.cc

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#include "paddle/framework/backward.h"
#include "paddle/operators/net_op.h"

#include <deque>
#include <list>
#include <memory>

#include "paddle/framework/block_desc.h"
#include "paddle/framework/op_registry.h"
#include "paddle/operators/dynamic_recurrent_op.h"
#include "paddle/operators/net_op.h"
#include "paddle/operators/recurrent_op.h"

namespace paddle {
namespace framework {

static inline std::unique_ptr<OperatorBase> CreateGradOp(
    const OperatorBase& op, const std::unordered_set<std::string>& no_grad_set,
    std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string>* grad_to_var) {
  OpDescBind op_desc;
  op_desc.SetInputMap(op.Inputs());
  op_desc.SetOutputMap(op.Outputs());
  op_desc.SetType(op.Type());
  op_desc.SetAttrMap(op.Attrs());
  auto& info = OpInfoMap::Instance().Get(op.Type());
  auto grad_descs = info.GradOpMaker()(op_desc, no_grad_set, grad_to_var);
  std::vector<std::unique_ptr<OperatorBase>> grad_ops;
  grad_ops.reserve(grad_descs.size());
  std::transform(grad_descs.begin(), grad_descs.end(),
                 std::back_inserter(grad_ops),
                 [](const std::unique_ptr<OpDescBind>& grad_desc) {
                   return OpRegistry::CreateOp(*grad_desc);
                 });
  PADDLE_ENFORCE(!grad_ops.empty());
  if (grad_ops.size() == 1) {
    return std::move(grad_ops[0]);
  } else {
    auto net_op = new operators::NetOp();
    for (auto& grad_op : grad_ops) {
      net_op->AppendOp(std::move(grad_op));
    }
    net_op->CompleteAddOp();
    return std::unique_ptr<OperatorBase>(net_op);
  }
}

template <typename Map, typename T>
static void ForEachVarName(const Map& names, T callback) {
  for (auto& name : names) {
    for (auto& n : name.second) {
      if (callback(n)) return;
    }
  }
}

// return whether all the names + suffixes in the set
static bool AllInSet(
    const std::map<std::string, std::vector<std::string>>& names,
    const std::string& suffix, const std::unordered_set<std::string>& set) {
  bool all_in_set = true;
  ForEachVarName(names, [&all_in_set, &set, &suffix](const std::string& n) {
    all_in_set = set.find(n + suffix) != set.end();
    return !all_in_set;
  });
  return all_in_set;
}

static std::unique_ptr<OperatorBase> NOP() {
  auto net_op = new operators::NetOp();
  net_op->SetType("@NOP@");
  net_op->CompleteAddOp();
  return std::unique_ptr<OperatorBase>(net_op);
}

//  Get backward operator from a forward operator, a recursive implementation.
//
//  no_grad_names the gradient variable names without gradient calculating.
//
//  uniq_id is a unique index used inside recursively calling
//  BackwardRecursive. use `uid = uniq_id++;` to get the unique index, and
//  pass `uniq_id` through recursive calling.
//
//  returns The backward operator. In a simple situation, it may be a simple
//  operator, in a complex situation, it maybe a NetOp.
//
//  See Backward.h for details
static std::unique_ptr<OperatorBase> BackwardRecursive(
    const OperatorBase& forwardOp,
    std::unordered_set<std::string>& no_grad_names,
    std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string>* grad_to_var,
    size_t& uniq_id) {
  //  If all input gradients of forwarding operator do not need to calculate,
  //  just return an NOP. Not return null ptr because NOP does not take
  //  too much time for calculation, but it is useful for simplifying logic.
  if (AllInSet(forwardOp.Inputs() /*names*/, kGradVarSuffix /*suffix*/,
               no_grad_names /*set*/)) {
    return NOP();
  }

  //  All output gradients of forwarding operator do not need to calculate.
  //  Then all input gradients cannot be computed at all, and we put them into
  //  `no_grad_names` set. Return an NOP.
  if (AllInSet(forwardOp.Outputs() /*names*/, kGradVarSuffix /*suffix*/,
               no_grad_names /*set*/)) {
    ForEachVarName(forwardOp.Inputs(),
                   [&no_grad_names](const std::string& name) -> bool {
                     no_grad_names.insert(GradVarName(name));
                     return false;
                   });
    return NOP();
  }

  // Returned gradient network
  auto net = std::unique_ptr<operators::NetOp>(new operators::NetOp());

  if (forwardOp.IsNetOp()) {
    // Because forwardOp is a net op, it can static_cast.
    auto& forwardNet = static_cast<const operators::NetOp&>(forwardOp);

    // Map from output gradient variable name to operator's indices in
    // backward net's ops_. That operator generates that variable.
    std::unordered_map<std::string, std::vector<size_t>> dup_output_ops;

    size_t local_op_id = 0;
    // reversely travel forwardNet and collect all duplicate outputs.
    for (auto it = forwardNet.ops_.rbegin(); it != forwardNet.ops_.rend();
         ++it, ++local_op_id) {
      auto& fwd = *it;
      auto bwd = BackwardRecursive(*fwd, no_grad_names, grad_to_var, uniq_id);
      ForEachVarName(bwd->Outputs(),
                     [&dup_output_ops, local_op_id](const std::string& out) {
                       dup_output_ops[out].emplace_back(local_op_id);
                       return false;
                     });
      net->AppendOp(std::move(bwd));
    }
    // Get unique ID for this method.
    auto uid = uniq_id++;
    // TODO(dzh): more comment
    // multiple operators which have the same output (y for example) may
    // overwrite the same y variable when backward, special operations are token
    // to handle this case. For each duplicate output, rename it to an alias
    // (original name with a offset), append an `add` op for its operator,
    // and finally sum all the alias variable to the final output variable y.
    using Pos = std::pair<size_t, std::unique_ptr<OperatorBase>>;
    std::list<Pos> insert_position;
    for (auto& dup_output_op : dup_output_ops) {
      const std::string& name = dup_output_op.first;
      // duplicate @Empty@ don't need to be added
      if (name == kEmptyVarName) continue;

      auto& dup_op = dup_output_op.second;
      // no duplicate output
      if (dup_op.size() == 1) continue;

      // process the duplicate outputs
      std::vector<std::string> dup_outputs;
      for (size_t i = 0; i < dup_op.size(); ++i) {
        // rename each duplicate output to an alias
        auto op_offset = dup_op[i];
        dup_outputs.push_back(name + "@RENAME@" + std::to_string(uid) + "@" +
                              std::to_string(i));
        net->ops_[op_offset]->Rename(name, dup_outputs.back());
      }
      // collect all the offset for each alias,
      // insert a sum operator to add all aliases to output
      insert_position.push_back(
          {dup_op.back(), OpRegistry::CreateOp("sum", {{"X", dup_outputs}},
                                               {{"Out", {name}}}, {})});
    }

    // make sure the inserted `sum` ops follow the BFS order.
    insert_position.sort(
        [](const Pos& l, const Pos& r) { return l.first > r.first; });

    for (auto& pos : insert_position) {
      net->InsertOp(pos.first + 1, std::move(pos.second));
    }
  } else {
    std::unique_ptr<OperatorBase> grad_op(
        CreateGradOp(forwardOp, no_grad_names, grad_to_var));

    ForEachVarName(grad_op->Inputs(), [&no_grad_names, &net, &grad_op](
                                          const std::string& grad_input) {
      if (no_grad_names.count(grad_input)) {
        // +1 for \0
        std::string prefix = grad_input.substr(
            0, grad_input.size() - sizeof(kGradVarSuffix) / sizeof(char) + 1);
        grad_op->Rename(grad_input, prefix + kZeroVarSuffix);

        // If part of input gradient of that operator is not calculated, fill
        // zero variables to that input gradient.
        net->AppendOp(OpRegistry::CreateOp("fill_zeros_like", {{"X", {prefix}}},
                                           {{"Y", {grad_input}}}, {}));
      }
      return false;
    });

    ForEachVarName(grad_op->Outputs(),
                   [&no_grad_names, &grad_op](const std::string& grad_output) {
                     if (no_grad_names.count(grad_output)) {
                       grad_op->Rename(grad_output, kEmptyVarName);
                     }
                     return false;
                   });

    // process recurrent gradient op as a special operator.
    if (forwardOp.Type() == "recurrent") {
      // NOTE clean up cycle call somewhere (RNN's stepnet constains itself),
      // or this will result in infinite loop.
      const auto& rnnop =
          *static_cast<const operators::RecurrentOp*>(&forwardOp);
      auto rnn_grad_op =
          static_cast<operators::RecurrentGradientOp*>(grad_op.get());
      const auto& stepnet_op =
          *static_cast<const OperatorBase*>(&rnnop.stepnet());
      // create stepnet's gradient op
      rnn_grad_op->set_stepnet(
          BackwardRecursive(stepnet_op, no_grad_names, grad_to_var, uniq_id));
    } else if (forwardOp.Type() == "dynamic_recurrent") {
      // NOTE clean up cycle call somewhere (RNN's stepnet constains itself),
      // or this will result in infinite loop.
      const auto& rnnop =
          *static_cast<const operators::DynamicRecurrentOp*>(&forwardOp);
      auto rnn_grad_op =
          static_cast<operators::DynamicRecurrentGradientOp*>(grad_op.get());
      const auto& stepnet_op =
          *static_cast<const OperatorBase*>(&rnnop.rnn.GetStepUnit());
      // create stepnet's gradient op
      rnn_grad_op->rnn.SetStepUnit(
          BackwardRecursive(stepnet_op, no_grad_names, grad_to_var, uniq_id));
    }

    if (net->ops_.empty()) {  // Current no aux op is added to network
      return grad_op;
    }
    net->AppendOp(std::move(grad_op));
  }
  net->SetType("@GENERATED_BACKWARD@");
  net->CompleteAddOp();
  return std::unique_ptr<OperatorBase>(
      static_cast<OperatorBase*>(net.release()));
}

// See header for comments
std::unique_ptr<OperatorBase> Backward(
    const OperatorBase& forwardOp,
    const std::unordered_set<std::string>& no_grad_vars) {
  std::unordered_set<std::string> no_grad_names;
  no_grad_names.reserve(no_grad_vars.size() + 1);

  no_grad_names.insert(std::string(kEmptyVarName) + kGradVarSuffix);

  for (auto& name : no_grad_vars) {
    no_grad_names.insert(name + kGradVarSuffix);
  }
  size_t uid = 0;
  std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string> grad_to_var;
  return BackwardRecursive(forwardOp, no_grad_names, &grad_to_var, uid);
}

// ====================================  //

static bool AllGradInSet(const std::vector<std::string>& names,
                         const std::unordered_set<std::string>& set) {
  for (const std::string& name : names) {
    if (!set.count(GradVarName(name))) {
      return false;
    }
  }
  return true;
}

static void CreateGradVarInBlock(
    size_t grad_op_start_index,
    const std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string>& param_name_map,
    BlockDescBind* block_desc,
    std::unordered_map<std::string, GradVarInfo>* grad_var_record) {
  auto ops = block_desc->AllOps();
  for (size_t op_index = grad_op_start_index; op_index < ops.size();
       ++op_index) {
    bool need_infer_shape = false;
    ForEachVarName(ops[op_index]->Outputs(),
                   [&](const std::string& grad_var_name) {
                     if (block_desc->HasVar(grad_var_name)) {
                       return false;
                     }
                     need_infer_shape = true;
                     auto var = block_desc->Var(grad_var_name);
                     // FIXME(qiao) infer the datatype
                     var->SetDataType(framework::DataType::FP32);
                     auto it = param_name_map.find(grad_var_name);
                     if (it == param_name_map.end()) {
                       return false;
                     }
                     auto param_var_name = it->second;
                     auto& grad_record = (*grad_var_record)[param_var_name];
                     grad_record.name_ = grad_var_name;
                     grad_record.block_idx_ = block_desc->ID();
                     grad_record.op_idx_ = static_cast<int>(op_index);
                     return false; /* not break */
                   });
    if (need_infer_shape) {
      ops[op_index]->InferShape(*block_desc);
    }
  }
}

std::vector<std::unique_ptr<OpDescBind>> MakeOpGrad(
    const OpDescBind* op_desc, std::unordered_set<std::string>* no_grad_vars,
    std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string>* grad_to_var) {
  std::vector<std::unique_ptr<OpDescBind>> grad_op_descs;
  // All input gradients of forwarding operator do not need to calculate.
  const std::vector<std::string>& inputs = op_desc->InputArgumentNames();
  if (AllGradInSet(inputs, *no_grad_vars)) {
    return grad_op_descs;  // empty vector
  }
  // All output gradients of forwarding operator do not need to calculate.
  const std::vector<std::string>& outputs = op_desc->OutputArgumentNames();
  if (AllGradInSet(outputs, *no_grad_vars)) {
    for (const std::string& name : inputs) {
      no_grad_vars->insert(GradVarName(name));
    }
    return grad_op_descs;  // empty vector
  }

  grad_op_descs = OpInfoMap::Instance()
                      .Get(op_desc->Type())
                      .GradOpMaker()(*op_desc, *no_grad_vars, grad_to_var);

  std::list<std::unique_ptr<OpDescBind>> pending_fill_zeros_ops;
  for (auto& desc : grad_op_descs) {
    for (const std::string& in_name : desc->InputArgumentNames()) {
      if (no_grad_vars->count(in_name)) {
        std::string prefix = in_name.substr(
            0, in_name.size() - sizeof(kGradVarSuffix) / sizeof(char) + 1);
        std::string new_name = prefix + kZeroVarSuffix;
        desc->Rename(in_name, new_name);
        std::unique_ptr<OpDescBind> fill_zeros_op(new OpDescBind(
            "fill_zeros_like", {{"X", {prefix}}}, {{"Y", {new_name}}}, {}));
        pending_fill_zeros_ops.push_back(std::move(fill_zeros_op));
      }
    }
  }

  for (auto& p : pending_fill_zeros_ops) {
    grad_op_descs.insert(grad_op_descs.begin(), std::move(p));
  }
  return grad_op_descs;
}

std::vector<std::unique_ptr<OpDescBind>> MakeBlockBackward(
    ProgramDescBind& program_desc, int block_idx,
    std::unordered_set<std::string>* no_grad_vars,
    std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string>* grad_to_var) {
  BlockDescBind* cur_block = program_desc.Block(block_idx);
  std::vector<OpDescBind*> op_descs = cur_block->AllOps();
  std::unordered_map<std::string, std::vector<size_t>> dup_out_ops;
  size_t grad_desc_idx = 0;
  std::vector<std::unique_ptr<OpDescBind>> backward_descs;

  for (auto it = op_descs.rbegin(); it != op_descs.rend(); ++it) {
    std::vector<std::unique_ptr<OpDescBind>> op_grads =
        MakeOpGrad(*it, no_grad_vars, grad_to_var);

    if ((*it)->Type() == "recurrent") {
      PADDLE_ENFORCE_EQ(
          op_grads.size(), static_cast<size_t>(1),
          "rnn_op's gradient process should contain only one op.");
      int step_block_idx = (*it)->GetBlockAttr("step_block");
      auto backward_block_op_descs = MakeBlockBackward(
          program_desc, step_block_idx, no_grad_vars, grad_to_var);
      BlockDescBind* backward_block = program_desc.AppendBlock(*cur_block);
      for (auto& ptr : backward_block_op_descs) {
        backward_block->AppendAllocatedOp(std::move(ptr));
      }
      op_grads[0]->SetBlockAttr("step_block", *backward_block);
    }

    for (const auto& desc : op_grads) {
      for (const std::string& out_name : desc->OutputArgumentNames()) {
        dup_out_ops[out_name].emplace_back(grad_desc_idx);
      }
      ++grad_desc_idx;
    }
    std::transform(
        op_grads.begin(), op_grads.end(), std::back_inserter(backward_descs),
        [](std::unique_ptr<OpDescBind>& ptr) { return std::move(ptr); });
  }
  // Check whether some variables are written more than once
  std::list<std::pair<size_t, std::unique_ptr<OpDescBind>>> pending_sum_ops;
  for (const auto& dup : dup_out_ops) {
    const std::string& out_name = dup.first;
    const std::vector<size_t> dup_op = dup.second;
    if (out_name != kEmptyVarName && dup_op.size() > 1) {
      std::vector<std::string> sum_op_inputs;
      for (size_t i = 0; i < dup_op.size(); ++i) {
        std::string new_name = out_name + "@RENAME@" + std::to_string(i);
        backward_descs[dup_op[i]]->Rename(out_name, new_name);
        sum_op_inputs.emplace_back(new_name);
      }
      std::unique_ptr<OpDescBind> sum_op(new OpDescBind(
          "sum", {{"X", sum_op_inputs}}, {{"Out", {out_name}}}, {}));
      pending_sum_ops.push_back({dup_op.back(), std::move(sum_op)});
    }
  }
  pending_sum_ops.sort(
      [](const std::pair<size_t, std::unique_ptr<OpDescBind>>& a,
         const std::pair<size_t, std::unique_ptr<OpDescBind>>& b) {
        return a.first > b.first;
      });
  for (auto& p : pending_sum_ops) {
    backward_descs.insert(backward_descs.begin() + p.first + 1,
                          std::move(p.second));
  }

  return backward_descs;
}

ParamGradInfoMap AppendBackward(
    ProgramDescBind& program_desc, const VarDescBind& target,
    const std::unordered_set<std::string>& no_grad_vars) {
  std::unordered_set<std::string> no_grad_var_names;
  no_grad_var_names.reserve(no_grad_vars.size() + 1);
  no_grad_var_names.insert(std::string(kEmptyVarName) + kGradVarSuffix);
  for (auto& name : no_grad_vars) {
    no_grad_var_names.insert(GradVarName(name));
  }

  const int root_block_idx = 0;
  auto root_block = program_desc.Block(root_block_idx);

  // insert fill one op for target
  // TODO(qiao) add some check to the target.
  std::string fill_one_op_out = GradVarName(target.Name());
  std::vector<int64_t> target_shape_desc = target.Shape();
  std::vector<int> target_shape;
  std::transform(target_shape_desc.begin(), target_shape_desc.end(),
                 std::back_inserter(target_shape),
                 [](int64_t dim) { return static_cast<int>(dim); });
  std::unique_ptr<OpDescBind> fill_one_op(
      new OpDescBind("fill_constant", {}, {{"Out", {fill_one_op_out}}},
                     {{"shape", target_shape},
                      {"value", static_cast<float>(1.0)},
                      {"data_type", framework::DataType::FP32}}));
  root_block->AppendAllocatedOp(std::move(fill_one_op));
  size_t forward_op_num = root_block->OpSize();
  size_t forward_block_num = program_desc.Size();

  // Insert backward operators
  std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string> grad_to_var;
  auto backward_op_descs = MakeBlockBackward(program_desc, root_block_idx,
                                             &no_grad_var_names, &grad_to_var);

  for (auto& ptr : backward_op_descs) {
    root_block->AppendAllocatedOp(std::move(ptr));
  }
  // Create Variable

  // Create target gradient variable
  std::unordered_map<std::string, GradVarInfo> retv;

  auto var = root_block->Var(fill_one_op_out);
  // FIXME(qiao) infer the data type
  var->SetDataType(framework::DataType::FP32);
  var->SetShape(target.Shape());
  auto& target_grad = retv[target.Name()];
  target_grad.name_ = fill_one_op_out;
  target_grad.block_idx_ = root_block_idx;
  target_grad.op_idx_ = static_cast<int>(forward_op_num);

  // create grad_var for all blocks in this program
  CreateGradVarInBlock(forward_op_num, grad_to_var, root_block, &retv);
  for (size_t block_index = forward_block_num;
       block_index < program_desc.Size(); ++block_index) {
    CreateGradVarInBlock(0, grad_to_var, program_desc.Block(block_index),
                         &retv);
  }
  return retv;
}

}  // namespace framework
}  // namespace paddle