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import torch
import torch._C as _C
from torch._C import _functions
import torch.utils.hooks as hooks
from torch._six import with_metaclass
import functools
import warnings
from collections import OrderedDict
from typing import Any, List, Optional

# Formerly known as: _ContextMethodMixin
class FunctionCtx(object):

    def save_for_backward(self, *tensors: torch.Tensor):
        r"""Saves given tensors for a future call to :func:`~Function.backward`.

        **This should be called at most once, and only from inside the**
        :func:`forward` **method. This should only be called with input or
        output tensors**

        In :func:`backward`, saved tensors can be accessed through the :attr:`saved_tensors`
        attribute. Before returning them to the user, a check is made to ensure
        they weren't used in any in-place operation that modified their content.

        Arguments can also be ``None``. This is a no-op.

        See :ref:`extending-autograd` for more details on how to use this method.

        Example::
            >>> class Func(Function):
            >>>     @staticmethod
            >>>     def forward(ctx, x: torch.Tensor, y: torch.Tensor, z: int):
            >>>         w = x * y * z
            >>>         out = x * y + y * z + w
            >>>         ctx.save_for_backward(x, y, out)
            >>>         ctx.z = z  # z is not a tensor
            >>>         ctx.w = w  # w is neither input nor output
            >>>         return out
            >>>
            >>>     @staticmethod
            >>>     def backward(ctx, grad_out):
            >>>         x, y, out = ctx.saved_tensors
            >>>         z = ctx.z
            >>>         gx = grad_out * (y + y * z)
            >>>         gy = grad_out * (x + z + x * z)
            >>>         gz = None
            >>>         return gx, gy, gz
            >>>
            >>> a = torch.tensor(1., requires_grad=True, dtype=torch.double)
            >>> b = torch.tensor(2., requires_grad=True, dtype=torch.double)
            >>> c = 4
            >>> d = Func.apply(a, b, c)

        """
        self.to_save = tensors

    def mark_dirty(self, *args: torch.Tensor):
        r"""Marks given tensors as modified in an in-place operation.

        **This should be called at most once, only from inside the**
        :func:`forward` **method, and all arguments should be inputs.**

        Every tensor that's been modified in-place in a call to :func:`forward`
        should be given to this function, to ensure correctness of our checks.
        It doesn't matter whether the function is called before or after
        modification.

        Examples::
            >>> class Inplace(Function):
            >>>     @staticmethod
            >>>     def forward(ctx, x):
            >>>         x_npy = x.numpy() # x_npy shares storage with x
            >>>         x_npy += 1
            >>>         ctx.mark_dirty(x)
            >>>         return x
            >>>
            >>>     @staticmethod
            >>>     @once_differentiable
            >>>     def backward(ctx, grad_output):
            >>>         return grad_output
            >>>
            >>> a = torch.tensor(1., requires_grad=True, dtype=torch.double).clone()
            >>> b = a * a
            >>> Inplace.apply(a)  # This would lead to wrong gradients!
            >>>                   # but the engine would not know unless we mark_dirty
            >>> b.backward() # RuntimeError: one of the variables needed for gradient
            >>>              # computation has been modified by an inplace operation

        """
        self.dirty_tensors = args

    def mark_shared_storage(self, *pairs):
        warnings.warn(
            'mark_shared_storage is deprecated. '
            'Tensors with shared storages are automatically tracked. Note '
            'that calls to `set_()` are not tracked')

    def mark_non_differentiable(self, *args: torch.Tensor):
        r"""Marks outputs as non-differentiable.

        **This should be called at most once, only from inside the**
        :func:`forward` **method, and all arguments should be tensor outputs.**

        This will mark outputs as not requiring gradients, increasing the
        efficiency of backward computation. You still need to accept a gradient
        for each output in :meth:`~Function.backward`, but it's always going to
        be a zero tensor with the same shape as the shape of a corresponding
        output.

        This is used e.g. for indices returned from a sort. See example::
            >>> class Func(Function):
            >>>     @staticmethod
            >>>     def forward(ctx, x):
            >>>         sorted, idx = x.sort()
            >>>         ctx.mark_non_differentiable(idx)
            >>>         ctx.save_for_backward(x, idx)
            >>>         return sorted, idx
            >>>
            >>>     @staticmethod
            >>>     @once_differentiable
            >>>     def backward(ctx, g1, g2):  # still need to accept g2
            >>>         x, idx = ctx.saved_tensors
            >>>         grad_input = torch.zeros_like(x)
            >>>         grad_input.index_add_(0, idx, g1)
            >>>         return grad_input

        """
        self.non_differentiable = args

    def set_materialize_grads(self, value: bool):
        r"""Sets whether to materialize output grad tensors. Default is ``True``.

        **This should be called only from inside the** :func:`forward` **method**

        If ``True``, undefined output grad tensors will be expanded to tensors full
        of zeros prior to calling the :func:`backward` method.

        Example::
            >>> class SimpleFunc(Function):
            >>>     @staticmethod
            >>>     def forward(ctx, x):
            >>>         return x.clone(), x.clone()
            >>>
            >>>     @staticmethod
            >>>     @once_differentiable
            >>>     def backward(ctx, g1, g2):
            >>>         return g1 + g2  # No check for None necessary
            >>>
            >>> # We modify SimpleFunc to handle non-materialized grad outputs
            >>> class Func(Function):
            >>>     @staticmethod
            >>>     def forward(ctx, x):
            >>>         ctx.set_materialize_grads(False)
            >>>         ctx.save_for_backward(x)
            >>>         return x.clone(), x.clone()
            >>>
            >>>     @staticmethod
            >>>     @once_differentiable
            >>>     def backward(ctx, g1, g2):
            >>>         x, = ctx.saved_tensors
            >>>         grad_input = torch.zeros_like(x)
            >>>         if g1 is not None:  # We must check for None now
            >>>             grad_input += g1
            >>>         if g2 is not None:
            >>>             grad_input += g2
            >>>         return grad_input
            >>>
            >>> a = torch.tensor(1., requires_grad=True)
            >>> b, _ = Func.apply(a)  # induces g2 to be undefined

        """
        self.materialize_grads = value

# DO NOT USE: This is only defined to be able to load old serialized models
_ContextMethodMixin = FunctionCtx

class _HookMixin(object):

    @staticmethod
    def _register_hook(backward_hooks, hook):
        if backward_hooks is None:
            backward_hooks = OrderedDict()
        handle = hooks.RemovableHandle(backward_hooks)
        backward_hooks[handle.id] = hook
        return backward_hooks, handle


class BackwardCFunction(_C._FunctionBase, FunctionCtx, _HookMixin):
    def apply(self, *args):
        # _forward_cls is defined by derived class
        # The user should define either backward or vjp but never both.
        backward_fn = self._forward_cls.backward  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
        vjp_fn = self._forward_cls.vjp  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
        if backward_fn is not Function.backward and vjp_fn is not Function.vjp:
            raise RuntimeError("Implementing both 'backward' and 'vjp' for a custom "
                               "Function is not allowed. You should only implement one "
                               "of them.")
        user_fn = vjp_fn if vjp_fn is not Function.vjp else backward_fn
        return user_fn(self, *args)

    def apply_jvp(self, *args):
        # _forward_cls is defined by derived class
        return self._forward_cls.jvp(self, *args)  # type: ignore[attr-defined]


class FunctionMeta(type):
    """Function metaclass.

    This metaclass sets up the following properties:
        _backward_cls: The Function class corresponding to the differentiated
            version of this function (which is generated on the fly by this
            metaclass).
    """
    def __init__(cls, name, bases, attrs):
        backward_fn = type(name + 'Backward', (BackwardCFunction,), {'_forward_cls': cls})
        cls._backward_cls = backward_fn

        super(FunctionMeta, cls).__init__(name, bases, attrs)


# mypy doesn't understand `with_metaclass` from torch._six
[docs]class Function(with_metaclass(FunctionMeta, _C._FunctionBase, FunctionCtx, _HookMixin)): # type: ignore[misc] r"""Base class to create custom `autograd.Function` To create a custom `autograd.Function`, subclass this class and implement the :meth:`forward` and :meth`backward` static methods. Then, to use your custom op in the forward pass, call the class method ``apply``. Do not call :meth:`forward` directly. To ensure correctness and best performance, make sure you are calling the correct methods on ``ctx`` and validating your backward function using :func:`torch.autograd.gradcheck`. See :ref:`extending-autograd` for more details on how to use this class. Examples:: >>> class Exp(Function): >>> @staticmethod >>> def forward(ctx, i): >>> result = i.exp() >>> ctx.save_for_backward(result) >>> return result >>> >>> @staticmethod >>> def backward(ctx, grad_output): >>> result, = ctx.saved_tensors >>> return grad_output * result >>> >>> # Use it by calling the apply method: >>> output = Exp.apply(input) """ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs): cls = self.__class__ warnings.warn(f"{cls} should not be instantiated. Methods on autograd functions" "are all static, so you should invoke them on the class itself. " "Instantiating an autograd function will raise an " "error in a future version of PyTorch.", DeprecationWarning) def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs): raise RuntimeError( "Legacy autograd function with non-static forward method is deprecated. " "Please use new-style autograd function with static forward method. " "(Example: https://pytorch.org/docs/stable/autograd.html#torch.autograd.Function)") # for the tracer is_traceable = False @staticmethod def forward(ctx: Any, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Any: r"""Performs the operation. This function is to be overridden by all subclasses. It must accept a context ctx as the first argument, followed by any number of arguments (tensors or other types). The context can be used to store arbitrary data that can be then retrieved during the backward pass. """ raise NotImplementedError("You must implement the forward function for custom" " autograd.Function.") @staticmethod def backward(ctx: Any, *grad_outputs: Any) -> Any: r"""Defines a formula for differentiating the operation with backward mode automatic differentiation. This function is to be overridden by all subclasses. It must accept a context :attr:`ctx` as the first argument, followed by as many outputs as the :func:`forward` returned (None will be passed in for non tensor outputs of the forward function), and it should return as many tensors, as there were inputs to :func:`forward`. Each argument is the gradient w.r.t the given output, and each returned value should be the gradient w.r.t. the corresponding input. If an input is not a Tensor or is a Tensor not requiring grads, you can just pass None as a gradient for that input. The context can be used to retrieve tensors saved during the forward pass. It also has an attribute :attr:`ctx.needs_input_grad` as a tuple of booleans representing whether each input needs gradient. E.g., :func:`backward` will have ``ctx.needs_input_grad[0] = True`` if the first input to :func:`forward` needs gradient computated w.r.t. the output. """ raise NotImplementedError("You must implement either the backward or vjp method for " "your custom autograd.Function to use it with backward " "mode AD.") # vjp and backward are alias of each other vjp = backward @staticmethod def jvp(ctx: Any, *grad_inputs: Any) -> Any: r"""Defines a formula for differentiating the operation with forward mode automatic differentiation. This function is to be overridden by all subclasses. It must accept a context :attr:`ctx` as the first argument, followed by as many inputs as the :func:`forward` got (None will be passed in for non tensor inputs of the forward function), and it should return as many tensors as there were outputs to :func:`forward`. Each argument is the gradient w.r.t the given input, and each returned value should be the gradient w.r.t. the corresponding output. If an output is not a Tensor or the function is not differentiable with respect to that output, you can just pass None as a gradient for that input. You can use the :attr:`ctx` object to pass any value from the forward to this functions. """ raise NotImplementedError("You must implement the jvp function for custom " "autograd.Function to use it with forward mode AD.")
def once_differentiable(fn): @functools.wraps(fn) def wrapper(ctx, *args): with torch.no_grad(): outputs = fn(ctx, *args) if not torch.is_grad_enabled(): return outputs # If any of the inputs have requires_grad=True, we force the outputs # to have requires_grad=True but point to a grad_fn which throws an # error message during (double) back-propagation. # XXX: this is only an approximation of requires_grad - there's no way # to figure out if fn didn't use ctx.saved_tensors and as a result # some Tensors might require grad, even if no args do. # Unfortunately, this leads to unexpected error messages ("no nodes # require computing gradients"), but I don't have a better idea. # These functions would raise an error in backward anyway. requires_grad = any(isinstance(arg, torch.Tensor) and arg.requires_grad for arg in args) if not requires_grad: return outputs if not isinstance(outputs, tuple): outputs = (outputs,) err_fn = _functions.DelayedError( b"trying to differentiate twice a function that was marked " b"with @once_differentiable", len(outputs)) # Create aliases of each output that has requires_grad=True. We need # at least one of the inputs to err_fn to require grad so that the # output will have a grad_fn. def fake_requires_grad(var): if var is not None: var = var.detach() var.requires_grad = True return var return err_fn(*[fake_requires_grad(v) for v in outputs]) return wrapper def traceable(fn_cls): r"""Marks Function as traceable for the JIT. Traceable functions have additional restrictions - they can't pass any data-dependent values to backward (e.g. Prod passes the output, which makes it non-traceable), and their backward should be implemented entirely in terms of operations on autograd Tensors in all cases. DON'T USE THIS DECORATOR. IT IS FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY AND SHOULD BE HANDLED WITH CARE (or can give incorrect results otherwise). """ fn_cls.is_traceable = True return fn_cls class InplaceFunction(Function): def __init__(self, inplace=False): super(InplaceFunction, self).__init__() self.inplace = inplace def _nested_map(condition, fn, condition_msg=None): def _map(obj): if condition(obj): return fn(obj) elif obj is None: return None elif isinstance(obj, (list, tuple)): mapped = (_map(x) for x in obj) if hasattr(obj, '_fields'): # obj is namedtuple return type(obj)(*mapped) return type(obj)(mapped) elif isinstance(obj, dict): return {x : _map(obj[x]) for x in obj} else: raise ValueError("Auto nesting doesn't know how to process " "an input object of type " + torch.typename(obj) + (". Accepted types: " + condition_msg + ", or lists/tuples of them" if condition_msg else "")) return _map def _jit_unwrap_structured(obj): if hasattr(obj, "_jit_unwrap"): return obj._jit_unwrap() return obj def _iter_filter(condition, allow_unknown=False, condition_msg=None, conversion=None): def _iter(obj): if conversion is not None: obj = conversion(obj) if condition(obj): yield obj elif obj is None: return elif isinstance(obj, (list, tuple)): for o in obj: for var in _iter(o): yield var elif isinstance(obj, dict): # We only accept primitive key types, so we needn't inspect them for o in obj.values(): for var in _iter(o): yield var elif allow_unknown: yield obj else: raise ValueError("Auto nesting doesn't know how to process " "an input object of type " + torch.typename(obj) + (". Accepted types: " + condition_msg + ", or lists/tuples of them" if condition_msg else "")) return _iter def _unflatten(input, proto): # unflatten a list or tuple input into a nested list/tuple structure # specified by proto def unflatten_helper(input, proto): res: List[Optional[torch.Tensor]] = [] if hasattr(proto, "_jit_wrap"): return proto._jit_wrap(input) if not isinstance(proto, (list, tuple)): return input[0], input[1:] for e in proto: if e is None: res.append(e) else: res_e, input = unflatten_helper(input, e) res.append(res_e) return type(proto)(res), input return unflatten_helper(input, proto)[0] _iter_jit_values = _iter_filter(lambda o: o is None or isinstance(o, torch._C.Value), condition_msg="jit's Values or None") _iter_tensors = _iter_filter(lambda x: isinstance(x, torch.Tensor), condition_msg="Tensors", conversion=_jit_unwrap_structured) _iter_tensors_permissive = _iter_filter(lambda x: isinstance(x, torch.Tensor), allow_unknown=True, condition_msg="Tensors (permissive)") _iter_None_tensors = _iter_filter(lambda o: o is None or isinstance(o, torch.Tensor), condition_msg="Tensors or None") _map_tensor_data = _nested_map(lambda x: isinstance(x, torch.Tensor), lambda o: o.data, condition_msg="Tensors") class NestedIOFunction(Function): # The 'type: ignore' statements are needed here because these functions are declared as '@staticmethod' in the # superclass (Function) but are instance methods here, which mypy reports as incompatible. def _do_forward(self, *input): self._nested_input = input flat_input = tuple(_iter_tensors(input)) flat_output = super(NestedIOFunction, self)._do_forward(*flat_input) nested_output = self._nested_output nested_tensors = _unflatten(flat_output, self._nested_output) return nested_tensors def _do_backward(self, gradients, retain_variables): self.retain_variables = retain_variables result = super(NestedIOFunction, self)._do_backward(gradients, retain_variables) if not retain_variables: del self._nested_output del self._to_save_nested return result def backward(self, *gradients: Any) -> Any: # type: ignore[override] nested_gradients = _unflatten(gradients, self._nested_output) result = self.backward_extended(*nested_gradients) # type: ignore[func-returns-value] return tuple(_iter_None_tensors(result)) __call__ = _do_forward def forward(self, *args: Any) -> Any: # type: ignore[override] nested_tensors = _map_tensor_data(self._nested_input) result = self.forward_extended(*nested_tensors) # type: ignore[func-returns-value] del self._nested_input self._nested_output = result return tuple(_iter_tensors(result)) def save_for_backward(self, *args: Any) -> None: self.to_save = tuple(_iter_tensors(args)) self._to_save_nested = args @property def saved_tensors(self): flat_tensors = super(NestedIOFunction, self).saved_tensors return _unflatten(flat_tensors, self._to_save_nested) def mark_dirty(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None: self.dirty_tensors = tuple(_iter_tensors((args, kwargs))) def mark_non_differentiable(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None: self.non_differentiable = tuple(_iter_tensors((args, kwargs))) def forward_extended(self, *input: Any) -> None: raise NotImplementedError def backward_extended(self, *grad_output: Any) -> None: raise NotImplementedError

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