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TPU distribution strategy implementation.
Inherits From: Strategy
tf.distribute.experimental.TPUStrategy(
tpu_cluster_resolver=None, device_assignment=None
)
Args | |
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tpu_cluster_resolver
|
A tf.distribute.cluster_resolver.TPUClusterResolver, which provides information about the TPU cluster. |
device_assignment
|
Optional tf.tpu.experimental.DeviceAssignment to
specify the placement of replicas on the TPU cluster. Currently only
supports the usecase of using a single core within a TPU cluster.
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Attributes | |
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extended
|
tf.distribute.StrategyExtended with additional methods.
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num_replicas_in_sync
|
Returns number of replicas over which gradients are aggregated. |
Methods
experimental_assign_to_logical_device
experimental_assign_to_logical_device(
tensor, logical_device_id
)
Adds annotation that tensor
will be assigned to a logical device.
# Initializing TPU system with 2 logical devices and 4 replicas.
resolver = tf.distribute.cluster_resolver.TPUClusterResolver(tpu='')
tf.config.experimental_connect_to_cluster(resolver)
topology = tf.tpu.experimental.initialize_tpu_system(resolver)
device_assignment = tf.tpu.experimental.DeviceAssignment.build(
topology,
computation_shape=[1, 1, 2],
num_replicas=4)
strategy = tf.distribute.experimental.TPUStrategy(
resolver, device_assignment=device_assignment)
iterator = iter(inputs)
@tf.function()
def step_fn(inputs):
output = tf.add(inputs, inputs)
// Add operation will be executed on logical device 0.
output = strategy.experimental_assign_to_logical_device(output, 0)
return output
strategy.run(step_fn, args=(next(iterator),))
Args | |
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tensor
|
Input tensor to annotate. |
logical_device_id
|
Id of the logical core to which the tensor will be assigned. |
Raises | |
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ValueError
|
The logical device id presented is not consistent with total number of partitions specified by the device assignment. |
Returns | |
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Annotated tensor with idential value as tensor .
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experimental_distribute_dataset
experimental_distribute_dataset(
dataset
)
Distributes a tf.data.Dataset instance provided via dataset
.
The returned distributed dataset can be iterated over similar to how regular datasets can. NOTE: Currently, the user cannot add any more transformations to a distributed dataset.
The following is an example:
strategy = tf.distribute.MirroredStrategy()
# Create a dataset
dataset = dataset_ops.Dataset.TFRecordDataset([
"/a/1.tfr", "/a/2.tfr", "/a/3.tfr", "/a/4.tfr"])
# Distribute that dataset
dist_dataset = strategy.experimental_distribute_dataset(dataset)
# Iterate over the distributed dataset
for x in dist_dataset:
# process dataset elements
strategy.run(train_step, args=(x,))
We will assume that the input dataset is batched by the global batch size. With this assumption, we will make a best effort to divide each batch across all the replicas (one or more workers).
In a multi-worker setting, we will first attempt to distribute the dataset by attempting to detect whether the dataset is being created out of ReaderDatasets (e.g. TFRecordDataset, TextLineDataset, etc.) and if so, attempting to shard the input files. Note that there has to be at least one input file per worker. If you have less than one input file per worker, we suggest that you should disable distributing your dataset using the method below.
If that attempt is unsuccessful (e.g. the dataset is created from a
Dataset.range), we will shard the dataset evenly at the end by appending a
.shard
operation to the end of the processing pipeline. This will cause
the entire preprocessing pipeline for all the data to be run on every
worker, and each worker will do redundant work. We will print a warning
if this method of sharding is selected.
You can disable dataset sharding across workers using the
auto_shard_policy
option in tf.data.experimental.DistributeOptions
.
Within each worker, we will also split the data among all the worker devices (if more than one a present), and this will happen even if multi-worker sharding is disabled using the method above.
If the above batch splitting and dataset sharding logic is undesirable,
please use experimental_distribute_datasets_from_function
instead, which
does not do any automatic splitting or sharding.
You can also use the element_spec
property of the distributed dataset
returned by this API to query the tf.TypeSpec
of the elements returned
by the iterator. This can be used to set the input_signature
property
of a tf.function
.
strategy = tf.distribute.MirroredStrategy()
# Create a dataset
dataset = dataset_ops.Dataset.TFRecordDataset([
"/a/1.tfr", "/a/2.tfr", "/a/3.tfr", "/a/4.tfr"])
# Distribute that dataset
dist_dataset = strategy.experimental_distribute_dataset(dataset)
@tf.function(input_signature=[dist_dataset.element_spec])
def train_step(inputs):
# train model with inputs
return
# Iterate over the distributed dataset
for x in dist_dataset:
# process dataset elements
strategy.run(train_step, args=(x,))
Args | |
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dataset
|
tf.data.Dataset that will be sharded across all replicas using
the rules stated above.
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Returns | |
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A "distributed Dataset ", which acts like a tf.data.Dataset except
it produces "per-replica" values.
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experimental_distribute_datasets_from_function
experimental_distribute_datasets_from_function(
dataset_fn
)
Distributes tf.data.Dataset
instances created by calls to dataset_fn
.
dataset_fn
will be called once for each worker in the strategy. Each
replica on that worker will dequeue one batch of inputs from the local
Dataset
(i.e. if a worker has two replicas, two batches will be dequeued
from the Dataset
every step).
This method can be used for several purposes. For example, where
experimental_distribute_dataset
is unable to shard the input files, this
method might be used to manually shard the dataset (avoiding the slow
fallback behavior in experimental_distribute_dataset
). In cases where the
dataset is infinite, this sharding can be done by creating dataset replicas
that differ only in their random seed.
experimental_distribute_dataset
may also sometimes fail to split the
batch across replicas on a worker. In that case, this method can be used
where that limitation does not exist.
The dataset_fn
should take an tf.distribute.InputContext
instance where
information about batching and input replication can be accessed:
def dataset_fn(input_context):
batch_size = input_context.get_per_replica_batch_size(global_batch_size)
d = tf.data.Dataset.from_tensors([[1.]]).repeat().batch(batch_size)
return d.shard(
input_context.num_input_pipelines, input_context.input_pipeline_id)
inputs = strategy.experimental_distribute_datasets_from_function(dataset_fn)
for batch in inputs:
replica_results = strategy.run(replica_fn, args=(batch,))
To query the tf.TypeSpec
of the elements in the distributed dataset
returned by this API, you need to use the element_spec
property of the
distributed iterator. This tf.TypeSpec
can be used to set the
input_signature
property of a tf.function
.
# If you want to specify `input_signature` for a `tf.function` you must
# first create the iterator.
iterator = iter(inputs)
@tf.function(input_signature=[iterator.element_spec])
def replica_fn_with_signature(inputs):
# train the model with inputs
return
for _ in range(steps):
strategy.run(replica_fn_with_signature,
args=(next(iterator),))
Args | |
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dataset_fn
|
A function taking a tf.distribute.InputContext instance and
returning a tf.data.Dataset .
|
Returns | |
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A "distributed Dataset ", which acts like a tf.data.Dataset except
it produces "per-replica" values.
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experimental_distribute_values_from_function
experimental_distribute_values_from_function(
value_fn
)
Generates tf.distribute.DistributedValues
from value_fn
.
This function is to generate tf.distribute.DistributedValues
to pass
into run
, reduce
, or other methods that take
distributed values when not using datasets.
Args | |
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value_fn
|
The function to run to generate values. It is called for
each replica with tf.distribute.ValueContext as the sole argument. It
must return a Tensor or a type that can be converted to a Tensor.
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Returns | |
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A tf.distribute.DistributedValues containing a value for each replica.
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Example usage:
- Return constant value per replica:
strategy = tf.distribute.MirroredStrategy()
def value_fn(ctx):
return tf.constant(1.)
distributed_values = (
strategy.experimental_distribute_values_from_function(
value_fn))
local_result = strategy.experimental_local_results(distributed_values)
local_result
(<tf.Tensor: shape=(), dtype=float32, numpy=1.0>,)
- Distribute values in array based on replica_id:
strategy = tf.distribute.MirroredStrategy()
array_value = np.array([3., 2., 1.])
def value_fn(ctx):
return array_value[ctx.replica_id_in_sync_group]
distributed_values = (
strategy.experimental_distribute_values_from_function(
value_fn))
local_result = strategy.experimental_local_results(distributed_values)
local_result
(3.0,)
- Specify values using num_replicas_in_sync:
strategy = tf.distribute.MirroredStrategy()
def value_fn(ctx):
return ctx.num_replicas_in_sync
distributed_values = (
strategy.experimental_distribute_values_from_function(
value_fn))
local_result = strategy.experimental_local_results(distributed_values)
local_result
(1,)
- Place values on devices and distribute:
strategy = tf.distribute.TPUStrategy()
worker_devices = strategy.extended.worker_devices
multiple_values = []
for i in range(strategy.num_replicas_in_sync):
with tf.device(worker_devices[i]):
multiple_values.append(tf.constant(1.0))
def value_fn(ctx):
return multiple_values[ctx.replica_id]
distributed_values = strategy.
experimental_distribute_values_from_function(
value_fn)
experimental_local_results
experimental_local_results(
value
)
Returns the list of all local per-replica values contained in value
.
Args | |
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value
|
A value returned by experimental_run() , run() ,
extended.call_for_each_replica() , or a variable created in scope .
|
Returns | |
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A tuple of values contained in value . If value represents a single
value, this returns (value,).
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experimental_make_numpy_dataset
experimental_make_numpy_dataset(
numpy_input
)
Makes a tf.data.Dataset
for input provided via a numpy array.
This avoids adding numpy_input
as a large constant in the graph,
and copies the data to the machine or machines that will be processing
the input.
Note that you will likely need to use experimental_distribute_dataset
with the returned dataset to further distribute it with the strategy.
Example:
numpy_input = np.ones([10], dtype=np.float32)
dataset = strategy.experimental_make_numpy_dataset(numpy_input)
dist_dataset = strategy.experimental_distribute_dataset(dataset)
Args | |
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numpy_input
|
A nest of NumPy input arrays that will be converted into a
dataset. Note that lists of Numpy arrays are stacked, as that is normal
tf.data.Dataset behavior.
|
Returns | |
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A tf.data.Dataset representing numpy_input .
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experimental_replicate_to_logical_devices
experimental_replicate_to_logical_devices(
tensor
)
Adds annotation that tensor
will be replicated to all logical devices.
# Initializing TPU system with 2 logical devices and 4 replicas.
resolver = tf.distribute.cluster_resolver.TPUClusterResolver(tpu='')
tf.config.experimental_connect_to_cluster(resolver)
topology = tf.tpu.experimental.initialize_tpu_system(resolver)
device_assignment = tf.tpu.experimental.DeviceAssignment.build(
topology,
computation_shape=[1, 1, 2],
num_replicas=4)
strategy = tf.distribute.experimental.TPUStrategy(
resolver, device_assignment=device_assignment)
iterator = iter(inputs)
@tf.function()
def step_fn(inputs):
images, labels = inputs
images = strategy.experimental_split_to_logical_devices(
inputs, [1, 2, 4, 1])
// model() function will be executed on 8 logical devices with `inputs`
// split 2 * 4 ways.
output = model(inputs)
// For loss calculation, all logical devices share the same logits
// and labels.
labels = strategy.experimental_replicate_to_logical_devices(labels)
output = strategy.experimental_replicate_to_logical_devices(output)
loss = loss_fn(labels, output)
return loss
strategy.run(step_fn, args=(next(iterator),))
Args: tensor: Input tensor to annotate.
Returns | |
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Annotated tensor with idential value as tensor .
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experimental_split_to_logical_devices
experimental_split_to_logical_devices(
tensor, partition_dimensions
)
Adds annotation that tensor
will be split across logical devices.
For example, for system with 8 logical devices, if tensor
is an image
tensor with shape (batch_size, width, height, channel) and
partition_dimensions
is [1, 2, 4, 1], then tensor
will be split
2 in width dimension and 4 way in height dimension and the split
tensor values will be fed into 8 logical devices.
# Initializing TPU system with 8 logical devices and 1 replica.
resolver = tf.distribute.cluster_resolver.TPUClusterResolver(tpu='')
tf.config.experimental_connect_to_cluster(resolver)
topology = tf.tpu.experimental.initialize_tpu_system(resolver)
device_assignment = tf.tpu.experimental.DeviceAssignment.build(
topology,
computation_shape=[2, 2, 2],
num_replicas=1)
strategy = tf.distribute.experimental.TPUStrategy(
resolver, device_assignment=device_assignment)
iterator = iter(inputs)
@tf.function()
def step_fn(inputs):
inputs = strategy.experimental_split_to_logical_devices(
inputs, [1, 2, 4, 1])
// model() function will be executed on 8 logical devices with `inputs`
// split 2 * 4 ways.
output = model(inputs)
return output
strategy.run(step_fn, args=(next(iterator),))
Args:
tensor: Input tensor to annotate.
partition_dimensions: An unnested list of integers with the size equal to
rank of tensor
specifying how tensor
will be partitioned. The
product of all elements in partition_dimensions
must be equal to the
total number of logical devices per replica.
Raises | |
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ValueError
|
1) If the size of partition_dimensions does not equal to rank
of |
Returns | |
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Annotated tensor with idential value as tensor .
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reduce
reduce(
reduce_op, value, axis
)
Reduce value
across replicas.
Given a per-replica value returned by run
, say a
per-example loss, the batch will be divided across all the replicas. This
function allows you to aggregate across replicas and optionally also across
batch elements. For example, if you have a global batch size of 8 and 2
replicas, values for examples [0, 1, 2, 3]
will be on replica 0 and
[4, 5, 6, 7]
will be on replica 1. By default, reduce
will just
aggregate across replicas, returning [0+4, 1+5, 2+6, 3+7]
. This is useful
when each replica is computing a scalar or some other value that doesn't
have a "batch" dimension (like a gradient). More often you will want to
aggregate across the global batch, which you can get by specifying the batch
dimension as the axis
, typically axis=0
. In this case it would return a
scalar 0+1+2+3+4+5+6+7
.
If there is a last partial batch, you will need to specify an axis so
that the resulting shape is consistent across replicas. So if the last
batch has size 6 and it is divided into [0, 1, 2, 3] and [4, 5], you
would get a shape mismatch unless you specify axis=0
. If you specify
tf.distribute.ReduceOp.MEAN
, using axis=0
will use the correct
denominator of 6. Contrast this with computing reduce_mean
to get a
scalar value on each replica and this function to average those means,
which will weigh some values 1/8
and others 1/4
.
Args | |
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reduce_op
|
A tf.distribute.ReduceOp value specifying how values should
be combined.
|
value
|
A "per replica" value, e.g. returned by run to
be combined into a single tensor.
|
axis
|
Specifies the dimension to reduce along within each
replica's tensor. Should typically be set to the batch dimension, or
None to only reduce across replicas (e.g. if the tensor has no batch
dimension).
|
Returns | |
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A Tensor .
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run
run(
fn, args=(), kwargs=None, options=None
)
See base class.
scope
scope()
Returns a context manager selecting this Strategy as current.
Inside a with strategy.scope():
code block, this thread
will use a variable creator set by strategy
, and will
enter its "cross-replica context".
Returns | |
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A context manager. |