burn-autodiff 0.21.0

Automatic differentiation backend for the Burn framework
Documentation
use burn_backend::{
    Backend, TensorMetadata, TensorPrimitive,
    tensor::{FloatTensor, TensorContainer},
};

#[cfg(feature = "distributed")]
use crate::distributed::DistributedRegistration;
#[cfg(feature = "distributed")]
use burn_backend::distributed::DistributedBackend;

use crate::{
    NodeId,
    graph::{NodeRef, Requirement},
    tensor::AutodiffTensor,
};

/// Gradient identifier.
pub type GradID = u64;

/// Gradients container used during the backward pass.
pub struct Gradients {
    container: TensorContainer<GradID>,
    #[cfg(feature = "distributed")]
    distributed_registration: Option<Box<dyn DistributedRegistration + Send + Sync>>,
}

impl Gradients {
    #[cfg(not(feature = "distributed"))]
    /// Creates a new gradients container.
    pub fn new<B: Backend>(root_node: NodeRef, root_tensor: FloatTensor<B>) -> Self {
        let mut gradients = Self {
            container: TensorContainer::new(),
        };
        gradients.register::<B>(
            root_node.id,
            B::float_ones(
                root_tensor.shape(),
                &B::float_device(&root_tensor),
                root_tensor.dtype().into(),
            ),
        );
        gradients
    }

    #[cfg(feature = "distributed")]
    /// Creates a new gradients container.
    pub fn new<B: Backend>(
        root_node: NodeRef,
        root_tensor: FloatTensor<B>,
        distributed_registration: Option<Box<dyn DistributedRegistration + Send + Sync>>,
    ) -> Self {
        let mut gradients = Self {
            container: TensorContainer::new(),
            distributed_registration,
        };
        gradients.register::<B>(
            root_node.id,
            B::float_ones(
                root_tensor.shape(),
                &B::float_device(&root_tensor),
                root_tensor.dtype().into(),
            ),
        );
        gradients
    }

    /// Consumes the gradients for a given tensor.
    ///
    /// Each tensor should be consumed exactly 1 time if its gradients are only required during the
    /// backward pass, otherwise, it may be consume multiple times.
    pub fn consume<B: Backend>(&mut self, node: &NodeRef) -> FloatTensor<B> {
        match node.requirement {
            Requirement::Grad => self
                .container
                .get::<B>(&node.id.value)
                .map(|tensor| tensor.tensor())
                .expect("Can't consume the gradients before they are registered at least once."),
            Requirement::GradInBackward => self
                .container
                .remove::<B>(&node.id.value)
                .map(|tensor| tensor.tensor())
                .expect("Can't consume the gradients before they are registered at least once."),
            Requirement::None => panic!("Trying to consume the gradients for an untracked tensor"),
        }
    }

    /// Removes a grad tensor from the container.
    pub fn remove<B: Backend>(&mut self, tensor: &AutodiffTensor<B>) -> Option<FloatTensor<B>> {
        self.container
            .remove::<B>(&tensor.node.id.value)
            .map(|tensor| tensor.tensor())
    }

    /// Gets a grad tensor from the container.
    pub fn get<B: Backend>(&self, tensor: &AutodiffTensor<B>) -> Option<FloatTensor<B>> {
        self.container
            .get::<B>(&tensor.node.id.value)
            .map(|tensor| tensor.tensor())
    }

    /// Register a grad tensor in the container.
    ///
    /// If the tensor already exists, add both tensors together before saving the result.
    ///
    /// If the registered tensor is distributed, launches a syncing operation on the gradients.
    pub fn register<B: Backend>(&mut self, node_id: NodeId, value: FloatTensor<B>) {
        let out = if let Some(tensor_old) = self.container.remove::<B>(&node_id.value) {
            B::float_add(value, tensor_old.tensor())
        } else {
            value
        };

        self.container
            .register::<B>(node_id.value, TensorPrimitive::Float(out));

        #[cfg(feature = "distributed")]
        if self.is_distributed() {
            self.distributed_registration
                .as_mut()
                .unwrap()
                .on_register(&node_id, &mut self.container);
        }
    }

    #[cfg(feature = "distributed")]
    /// returns true if the gradients are distributed across devices.
    pub fn is_distributed(&self) -> bool {
        self.distributed_registration.is_some()
    }

    #[cfg(feature = "distributed")]
    /// For distributed models, waits for collective operations to be completed so the gradients are synced across devices.
    pub fn sync_collective<B: DistributedBackend>(&self, device: &B::Device) {
        if self.is_distributed() {
            B::submit_sync_collective(device);
        }
    }
}