[Retiarii] Base execution engine, codegen and trainer (#3059)

nni/retiarii/__init__.py

+from .execution import *
 from .graph import *
 from .mutator import *
 from .operation import *

nni/retiarii/codegen/__init__.py

+from .pytorch import model_to_pytorch_script

nni/retiarii/codegen/pytorch.py

+from typing import *
+
+from ..graph import IllegalGraphError, Edge, Graph, Node, Model
+from ..operation import Operation, Cell
+
+
+def model_to_pytorch_script(model: Model) -> str:
+    graphs = [graph_to_pytorch_model(name, cell) for name, cell in model.graphs.items()]
+    return _PyTorchScriptTemplate.format('\n\n'.join(graphs)).strip()
+
+
+def _sorted_incoming_edges(node: Node) -> List[Edge]:
+    edges = [edge for edge in node.graph.edges if edge.tail is node]
+    if not edges:
+        return []
+    if all(edge.tail_slot is None for edge in edges):
+        return edges
+    if all(isinstance(edge.tail_slot, int) for edge in edges):
+        edges = sorted(edges, key=(lambda edge: edge.tail_slot))
+        if [edge.tail_slot for edge in edges] == list(range(len(edges))):
+            return edges
+    raise IllegalGraphError(node.graph, 'Node {} has bad inputs'.format(node.name))
+
+
+def _format_inputs(node: Node) -> str:
+    edges = _sorted_incoming_edges(node)
+    inputs = []
+    for edge in edges:
+        if edge.head.name == '_inputs':
+            assert isinstance(edge.head_slot, int)
+            if node.graph.input_names is not None:
+                # when input has names, e.g., forward(self, tensor1, tensor2, another_one)
+                inputs.append(node.graph.input_names[edge.head_slot])
+            else:
+                # when input has no name, e.g., forward(*_inputs)
+                inputs.append('_inputs[{}]'.format(edge.head_slot))
+        else:
+            if edge.head_slot is None:
+                # when the input comes from a single-output operator
+                inputs.append('{}'.format(edge.head.name))
+            else:
+                # when the input comes from a multi-output operator: needs to know which one it comes from
+                inputs.append('{}[{}]'.format(edge.head.name, edge.head_slot))
+    return ', '.join(inputs)
+
+
+def graph_to_pytorch_model(graph_name: str, graph: Graph) -> str:
+    nodes = graph.nodes  # FIXME: topological sort is needed here
+
+    # handle module node and function node differently
+    # only need to generate code for module here
+    node_codes = []
+    for node in nodes:
+        if node.operation:
+            node_codes.append(node.operation.to_init_code(node.name))
+
+    if graph.input_names is None:
+        input_code = '*_inputs'
+    else:
+        input_code = ', '.join(graph.input_names)
+
+    edge_codes = []
+
+    for node in nodes:
+        if node.operation:
+            inputs = _format_inputs(node)
+            edge_codes.append(node.operation.to_forward_code(node.name, node.name, inputs))
+
+    output_code = _format_inputs(graph.output_node)
+    if not output_code:
+        output_code = 'None'
+
+    linebreak = '\n        '
+    return _PyTorchModelTemplate.format(
+        graph_name=('Graph' if graph_name == '_graph' else graph_name),
+        inputs=input_code,
+        outputs=output_code,
+        nodes=linebreak.join(node_codes),
+        edges=linebreak.join(edge_codes)
+    )
+
+
+# TODO: handle imports
+
+_PyTorchScriptTemplate = '''
+import torch
+import torch.nn as nn
+import torch.nn.functional as F
+import torch.optim as optim
+
+{}
+'''
+
+_PyTorchModelTemplate = '''
+class {graph_name}(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__()
+        {nodes}
+
+    def forward(self, {inputs}):
+        {edges}
+        return {outputs}
+'''

nni/retiarii/codegen/tensorflow.py

+# pylint: skip-file
+
+"""
+FIXME
+This file is inherited from last version.
+
+I expect it can work with a few modifications to incorporate with the latest API, but it hasn't
+been tested and I'm not sure.
+"""
+
+from ..graph_v2 import IllegalGraphError, Cell, Edge, Graph, Node
+from ..operations_tf import Operation
+from ..type_utils import *
+
+
+def graph_to_tensorflow_script(graph: Graph) -> str:
+    graphs = [graph_to_tensorflow_model(name, cell) for name, cell in graph.cell_templates.items()]
+    return _TensorFlowScriptTemplate.format('\n\n'.join(graphs)).strip()
+
+
+def _sort_incoming_edges(node: Node) -> List[Edge]:
+    edges = [edge for edge in node.graph.edges if edge.tail is node]
+    if not edges:
+        return []
+    if all(edge.tail_idx is None for edge in edges):
+        return edges
+    if all(isinstance(edge.tail_idx, int) for edge in edges):
+        edges = sorted(edges, key=(lambda edge: edge.tail_idx))
+        if [edge.tail_idx for edge in edges] == list(range(len(edges))):
+            return edges
+    raise IllegalGraphError(node.graph, 'Node {} has bad inputs'.format(node.name))
+
+def _format_inputs(node: Node) -> str:
+    edges = _sort_incoming_edges(node)
+    inputs = []
+    for edge in edges:
+        if edge.head.name == '_inputs':
+            assert isinstance(edge.head_idx, int)
+            if node.graph.input_names is not None:
+                inputs.append(node.graph.input_names[edge.head_idx])
+            else:
+                inputs.append('_inputs[{}]'.format(edge.head_idx))
+        else:
+            if edge.head_idx is None:
+                inputs.append('{}'.format(edge.head.name))
+            else:
+                inputs.append('{}[{}]'.format(edge.head.name, edge.head_idx))
+    return ', '.join(inputs)
+
+
+def graph_to_tensorflow_model(graph_name: str, graph: Graph) -> str:
+    nodes = graph.topo_sort()
+
+    # handle module node and function node differently
+    # only need to generate code for module here
+    node_codes = []
+    for node in nodes:
+        if isinstance(node, Cell):
+            node_codes.append('self.{} = {}()'.format(node.name, node.template_name))
+        else:
+            node_codes.append('self.{} = {}'.format(node.name, cast(Operation, node.operation).to_tensorflow_init()))
+
+    edge_codes = []
+
+    for node in nodes:
+        inputs = _format_inputs(node)
+        edge_codes.append('{} = self.{}({})'.format(node.name, node.name, inputs))
+
+    output_code = _format_inputs(graph.output_node)
+    if not output_code:
+        output_code = 'None'
+
+    if graph.input_names is None:
+        input_code = '*_inputs'
+    else:
+        input_code = ', '.join(graph.input_names)
+
+    linebreak = '\n        '
+    return _TensorFlowModelTemplate.format(
+        graph_name=('Graph' if graph_name == '_graph' else graph_name),
+        inputs=input_code,
+        outputs=output_code,
+        nodes=linebreak.join(node_codes),
+        edges=linebreak.join(edge_codes)
+    )
+
+
+_TensorFlowScriptTemplate = '''
+import tensorflow as tf
+import tensorflow.keras as K
+
+import sdk.custom_ops_tf as CUSTOM
+
+{}
+'''
+
+_TensorFlowModelTemplate = '''
+class {graph_name}(K.Model):
+    def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__()
+        {nodes}
+
+    def call(self, {inputs}):
+        {edges}
+        return {outputs}
+'''
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nni/retiarii/execution/__init__.py

+from .api import *

nni/retiarii/execution/api.py

+import time
+from typing import *
+
+from ..graph import Model, ModelStatus
+from .base import BaseExecutionEngine
+from .interface import *
+from .listener import DefaultListener
+
+_execution_engine = None
+_default_listener = None
+
+__all__ = ['get_execution_engine', 'get_and_register_default_listener',
+           'submit_models', 'wait_models', 'query_available_resources']
+
+
+def get_execution_engine() -> BaseExecutionEngine:
+    """
+    Currently we assume the default execution engine is BaseExecutionEngine.
+    """
+    global _execution_engine
+    if _execution_engine is None:
+        _execution_engine = BaseExecutionEngine()
+    return _execution_engine
+
+
+def get_and_register_default_listener(engine: AbstractExecutionEngine) -> DefaultListener:
+    global _default_listener
+    if _default_listener is None:
+        _default_listener = DefaultListener()
+        engine.register_graph_listener(_default_listener)
+    return _default_listener
+
+
+def submit_models(*models: Model) -> None:
+    engine = get_execution_engine()
+    get_and_register_default_listener(engine)
+    engine.submit_models(*models)
+
+
+def wait_models(*models: Model) -> None:
+    get_and_register_default_listener(get_execution_engine())
+    while True:
+        time.sleep(1)
+        left_models = [g for g in models if not g.status in (ModelStatus.Trained, ModelStatus.Failed)]
+        if not left_models:
+            break
+
+
+def query_available_resources() -> List[WorkerInfo]:
+    listener = get_and_register_default_listener(get_execution_engine())
+    return listener.resources

nni/retiarii/execution/base.py

+from typing import *
+
+from .interface import AbstractExecutionEngine, AbstractGraphListener, WorkerInfo
+from .. import codegen, utils
+from ..graph import Model, ModelStatus, MetricData
+from ..integration import send_trial, receive_trial_parameters, get_advisor
+
+
+class BaseGraphData:
+    def __init__(self, model_script: str, training_module: str, training_kwargs: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
+        self.model_script = model_script
+        self.training_module = training_module
+        self.training_kwargs = training_kwargs
+
+    def dump(self) -> dict:
+        return {
+            'model_script': self.model_script,
+            'training_module': self.training_module,
+            'training_kwargs': self.training_kwargs
+        }
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def load(data):
+        return BaseGraphData(data['model_script'], data['training_module'], data['training_kwargs'])
+
+
+class BaseExecutionEngine(AbstractExecutionEngine):
+    """
+    The execution engine with no optimization at all.
+    Resource management is yet to be implemented.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        """
+        Upon initialization, advisor callbacks need to be registered.
+        Advisor will call the callbacks when the corresponding event has been triggered.
+        Base execution engine will get those callbacks and broadcast them to graph listener.
+        """
+        self._listeners: List[AbstractGraphListener] = []
+
+        # register advisor callbacks
+        advisor = get_advisor()
+        advisor.send_trial_callback = self._send_trial_callback
+        advisor.request_trial_jobs_callback = self._request_trial_jobs_callback
+        advisor.trial_end_callback = self._trial_end_callback
+        advisor.intermediate_metric_callback = self._intermediate_metric_callback
+        advisor.final_metric_callback = self._final_metric_callback
+
+        self._running_models: Dict[int, Model] = dict()
+
+    def submit_models(self, *models: Model) -> None:
+        for model in models:
+            data = BaseGraphData(codegen.model_to_pytorch_script(model),
+                                 model.training_config.module, model.training_config.kwargs)
+            self._running_models[send_trial(data.dump())] = model
+
+    def register_graph_listener(self, listener: AbstractGraphListener) -> None:
+        self._listeners.append(listener)
+
+    def _send_trial_callback(self, paramater: dict) -> None:
+        for listener in self._listeners:
+            listener.on_resource_used(0)  # FIXME: find the real resource id
+
+    def _request_trial_jobs_callback(self, num_trials: int) -> None:
+        for listener in self._listeners:
+            listener.on_resource_available([0] * num_trials)  # FIXME: find the real resource id
+
+    def _trial_end_callback(self, trial_id: int, success: bool) -> None:
+        model = self._running_models[trial_id]
+        if success:
+            model.status = ModelStatus.Trained
+        else:
+            model.status = ModelStatus.Failed
+        for listener in self._listeners:
+            listener.on_training_end(model, success)
+
+    def _intermediate_metric_callback(self, trial_id: int, metrics: MetricData) -> None:
+        model = self._running_models[trial_id]
+        model.intermediate_metrics.append(metrics)
+        for listener in self._listeners:
+            listener.on_intermediate_metric(model, metrics)
+
+    def _final_metric_callback(self, trial_id: int, metrics: MetricData) -> None:
+        model = self._running_models[trial_id]
+        model.metric = metrics
+        for listener in self._listeners:
+            listener.on_metric(model, metrics)
+
+    def query_available_resource(self) -> List[WorkerInfo]:
+        raise NotImplementedError  # move the method from listener to here?
+
+    @classmethod
+    def trial_execute_graph(cls) -> None:
+        """
+        Initialize the model, hand it over to trainer.
+        """
+        graph_data = BaseGraphData.load(receive_trial_parameters())
+        with open('_generated_model.py', 'w') as f:
+            f.write(graph_data.model_script)
+        trainer_cls = utils.import_(graph_data.training_module)
+        model_cls = utils.import_('_generated_model._model')
+        trainer_instance = trainer_cls(model=model_cls(), **graph_data.training_kwargs)
+        trainer_instance.fit()

nni/retiarii/execution/interface.py

+from abc import *
+from typing import *
+
+from ..graph import Model, MetricData
+
+__all__ = [
+    'GraphData', 'WorkerInfo',
+    'AbstractGraphListener', 'AbstractExecutionEngine'
+]
+
+
+GraphData = NewType('GraphData', Any)
+"""
+A _serializable_ internal data type defined by execution engine.
+
+Execution engine will submit this kind of data through NNI to worker machine, and train it there.
+
+A `GraphData` object describes a (merged) executable graph.
+
+This is trial's "hyper-parameter" in NNI's term and will be transfered in JSON format.
+
+See `AbstractExecutionEngine` for details.
+"""
+
+
+WorkerInfo = NewType('WorkerInfo', Any)
+"""
+To be designed.  Discussion needed.
+
+This describes the properties of a worker machine. (e.g. memory size)
+"""
+
+
+class AbstractGraphListener(ABC):
+    """
+    Abstract listener interface to receive graph events.
+
+    Use `AbstractExecutionEngine.register_graph_listener()` to activate a listener.
+    """
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def on_metric(self, model: Model, metric: MetricData) -> None:
+        """
+        Reports the final metric of a graph.
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def on_intermediate_metric(self, model: Model, metric: MetricData) -> None:
+        """
+        Reports the latest intermediate metric of a trainning graph.
+        """
+        pass
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def on_training_end(self, model: Model, success: bool) -> None:
+        """
+        Reports either a graph is fully trained or the training process has failed.
+        """
+        pass
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def on_resource_available(self, resources: List[WorkerInfo]) -> None:
+        """
+        Reports when a worker becomes idle.
+        """
+        pass
+
+
+class AbstractExecutionEngine(ABC):
+    """
+    The abstract interface of execution engine.
+
+    Most of these APIs are used by strategy, except `trial_execute_graph`, which is invoked by framework in trial.
+    Strategy will get the singleton execution engine object through a global API,
+    and use it in either sync or async manner.
+
+    Execution engine is responsible for submitting (maybe-optimized) models to NNI,
+    and assigning their metrics to the `Model` object after training.
+    Execution engine is also responsible to launch the graph in trial process,
+    because it's the only one who understands graph data, or "hyper-parameter" in NNI's term.
+
+    Execution engine will leverage NNI Advisor APIs, which are yet open for discussion.
+
+    In synchronized use case, the strategy will have a loop to call `submit_models` and `wait_models` repeatly,
+    and will receive metrics from `Model` attributes.
+    Execution engine could assume that strategy will only submit graph when there are availabe resources (for now).
+
+    In asynchronized use case, the strategy will register a listener to receive events,
+    while still using `submit_models` to train.
+
+    There will be a `BaseExecutionEngine` subclass.
+    Inner-graph optimizing is supposed to derive `BaseExecutionEngine`,
+    while overrides `submit_models` and `trial_execute_graph`.
+    cross-graph optimizing is supposed to derive `AbstractExectutionEngine` directly,
+    because in this case APIs like `wait_graph` and `listener.on_training_end` will have unique logic.
+
+    There might be some util functions benefit all optimizing methods,
+    but non-mandatory utils should not be covered in abstract interface.
+    """
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def submit_models(self, *models: Model) -> None:
+        """
+        Submit models to NNI.
+
+        This method is supposed to call something like `nni.Advisor.create_trial_job(graph_data)`.
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def query_available_resource(self) -> List[WorkerInfo]:
+        """
+        Returns information of all idle workers.
+        If no details are available, this may returns a list of "empty" objects, reporting the number of idle workers.
+
+        Could be left unimplemented for first iteration.
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def register_graph_listener(self, listener: AbstractGraphListener) -> None:
+        """
+        Register a listener to receive graph events.
+
+        Could be left unimplemented for first iteration.
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    @abstractclassmethod
+    def trial_execute_graph(cls) -> MetricData:
+        """
+        Train graph and returns its metrics, in a separate trial process.
+
+        Each call to `nni.Advisor.create_trial_job(graph_data)` will eventually invoke this method.
+
+        Because this method will be invoked in trial process on training platform,
+        it has different context from other methods and has no access to global variable or `self`.
+        However util APIs like `.utils.experiment_config()` should still be available.
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError

nni/retiarii/execution/listener.py

+from typing import *
+
+from ..graph import *
+from .interface import *
+
+
+class DefaultListener(AbstractGraphListener):
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.resources: List[WorkerInfo] = []
+
+    def on_metric(self, model: Model, metric: MetricData) -> None:
+        model.metric = metric
+            
+    def on_intermediate_metric(self, model: Model, metric: MetricData) -> None:
+        model.intermediate_metrics.append(metric)
+
+    def on_training_end(self, model: Model, success: bool) -> None:
+        if success:
+            model.status = ModelStatus.Trained
+        else:
+            model.status = ModelStatus.Failed
+
+    def on_resource_available(self, resources: List[WorkerInfo]) -> None:
+        self.resources += resources
+
+    def on_resource_used(self, resources: List[WorkerInfo]) -> None:
+        self.resources = [r for r in self.resources if r not in resources]

nni/retiarii/integration.py

+import logging
+import threading
+from typing import *
+
+import json_tricks
+import nni
+from nni.runtime.msg_dispatcher_base import MsgDispatcherBase
+from nni.runtime.protocol import send, CommandType
+from nni.utils import MetricType
+
+from . import utils
+from .graph import MetricData
+
+
+_logger = logging.getLogger('nni.msg_dispatcher_base')
+
+
+class RetiariiAdvisor(MsgDispatcherBase):
+    """
+    The class is to connect Retiarii components to NNI backend.
+
+    It will function as the main thread when running a Retiarii experiment through NNI.
+    Strategy will be launched as its thread, who will call APIs in execution engine. Execution
+    engine will then find the advisor singleton and send payloads to advisor.
+
+    When metrics are sent back, advisor will first receive the payloads, who will call the callback
+    function (that is a member function in graph listener).
+
+    The conversion advisor provides are minimum. It is only a send/receive module, and execution engine
+    needs to handle all the rest.
+
+    FIXME
+        How does advisor exit when strategy exists?
+
+    Attributes
+    ----------
+    send_trial_callback
+
+    request_trial_jobs_callback
+
+    trial_end_callback
+
+    intermediate_metric_callback
+
+    final_metric_callback
+    """
+    def __init__(self, strategy: Union[str, Callable]):
+        super(RetiariiAdvisor, self).__init__()
+        register_advisor(self)  # register the current advisor as the "global only" advisor
+
+        self.send_trial_callback: Callable[[dict], None] = None
+        self.request_trial_jobs_callback: Callable[[int], None] = None
+        self.trial_end_callback: Callable[[int, bool], None] = None
+        self.intermediate_metric_callback: Callable[[int, MetricData], None] = None
+        self.final_metric_callback: Callable[[int, MetricData], None] = None
+
+        self.strategy = utils.import_(strategy) if isinstance(strategy, str) else strategy
+        self.parameters_count = 0
+        threading.Thread(target=self.strategy).start()
+
+    def handle_initialize(self, data):
+        pass
+
+    def send_trial(self, parameters):
+        """
+        Send parameters to NNI.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        parameters : Any
+            Any payload.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        int
+            Parameter ID that is assigned to this parameter,
+            which will be used for identification in future.
+        """
+        self.parameters_count += 1
+        new_trial = {
+            'parameter_id': self.parameters_count,
+            'parameters': parameters,
+            'parameter_source': 'algorithm'
+        }
+        _logger.info('New trial sent: {}'.format(new_trial))
+        send(CommandType.NewTrialJob, json_tricks.dumps(new_trial))
+        if self.send_trial_callback is not None:
+            self.send_trial_callback(parameters)  # pylint: disable=not-callable
+        return self.parameters_count
+
+    def handle_request_trial_jobs(self, num_trials):
+        _logger.info('Request trial jobs: {}'.format(num_trials))
+        if self.request_trial_jobs_callback is not None:
+            self.request_trial_jobs_callback(num_trials)  # pylint: disable=not-callable
+
+    def handle_update_search_space(self, data):
+        pass
+
+    def handle_trial_end(self, data):
+        _logger.info('Trial end: {}'.format(data))  # do nothing
+        self.trial_end_callback(json_tricks.loads(data['hyper_params'])['parameter_id'],  # pylint: disable=not-callable
+                                data['event'] == 'SUCCEEDED')
+
+    def handle_report_metric_data(self, data):
+        _logger.info('Metric reported: {}'.format(data))
+        if data['type'] == MetricType.REQUEST_PARAMETER:
+            raise ValueError('Request parameter not supported')
+        elif data['type'] == MetricType.PERIODICAL:
+            self.intermediate_metric_callback(data['parameter_id'],  # pylint: disable=not-callable
+                                              self._process_value(data['value']))
+        elif data['type'] == MetricType.FINAL:
+            self.final_metric_callback(data['parameter_id'],  # pylint: disable=not-callable
+                                       self._process_value(data['value']))
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _process_value(value) -> Any:  # hopefully a float
+        if isinstance(value, dict):
+            return value['default']
+        return value
+
+
+_advisor: RetiariiAdvisor = None
+
+
+def get_advisor() -> RetiariiAdvisor:
+    global _advisor
+    assert _advisor is not None
+    return _advisor
+
+
+def register_advisor(advisor: RetiariiAdvisor):
+    global _advisor
+    assert _advisor is None
+    _advisor = advisor
+
+
+def send_trial(parameters: dict) -> int:
+    """
+    Send a new trial. Executed on tuner end.
+    Return a ID that is the unique identifier for this trial.
+    """
+    return get_advisor().send_trial(parameters)
+
+
+def receive_trial_parameters() -> dict:
+    """
+    Received a new trial. Executed on trial end.
+    """
+    params = nni.get_next_parameter()
+    return params

nni/retiarii/operation.py

@@ -49,10 +49,10 @@ class Operation:
         else:
             if debug_configs.framework.lower() in ('torch', 'pytorch'):
                 from .operation_def import torch_op_def  # pylint: disable=unused-import
-                cls = PyTorchOperation._find_subclass(type)
+                cls = PyTorchOperation._find_subclass(type_name)
             elif debug_configs.framework.lower() in ('tf', 'tensorflow'):
                 from .operation_def import tf_op_def  # pylint: disable=unused-import
-                cls = TensorFlowOperation._find_subclass(type)
+                cls = TensorFlowOperation._find_subclass(type_name)
             else:
                 raise ValueError(f'Unsupported framework: {debug_configs.framework}')
             return cls(type_name, parameters, _internal=True)

nni/retiarii/trainer/__init__.py

+from .interface import BaseTrainer
+from .pytorch import PyTorchImageClassificationTrainer

nni/retiarii/trainer/interface.py

+import abc
+
+
+class BaseTrainer(abc.ABC):
+    """
+    In this version, we plan to write our own trainers instead of using PyTorch-lightning, to
+    ease the burden to integrate our optmization with PyTorch-lightning, a large part of which is
+    opaque to us.
+
+    We will try to align with PyTorch-lightning name conversions so that we can easily migrate to
+    PyTorch-lightning in the future.
+
+    Currently, our trainer = LightningModule + LightningTrainer. We might want to separate these two things
+    in future.
+
+    Trainer has a ``fit`` function with no return value. Intermediate results and final results should be
+    directly sent via ``nni.report_intermediate_result()`` and ``nni.report_final_result()`` functions.
+    """
+
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def fit(self) -> None:
+        pass

nni/retiarii/trainer/pytorch.py

+import abc
+from typing import *
+
+import numpy as np
+import torch
+import torch.nn as nn
+from torch.utils.data import DataLoader
+from torchvision import datasets, transforms
+
+import nni
+
+from .interface import BaseTrainer
+
+
+def get_default_transform(dataset: str) -> Any:
+    """
+    To get a default transformation of image for a specific dataset.
+    This is needed because transform objects can not be directly passed as arguments.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    dataset : str
+        Dataset class name.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    transform object
+    """
+    if dataset == 'MNIST':
+        return transforms.Compose([
+            transforms.ToTensor(),
+            transforms.Normalize((0.1307,), (0.3081,))
+        ])
+    # unsupported dataset, return None
+    return None
+
+
+class PyTorchImageClassificationTrainer(BaseTrainer):
+    """
+    Image classification trainer for PyTorch.
+
+    A model, along with corresponding dataset, optimizer config is used to initialize the trainer.
+    The trainer will run for a fixed number of epochs (by default 10), and report the final result.
+
+    TODO
+    Support scheduler, validate every n epochs, train/valid dataset
+
+    Limitation induced by NNI: kwargs must be serializable to put into a JSON packed in parameters.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, model,
+                 dataset_cls='MNIST', dataset_kwargs=None, dataloader_kwargs=None,
+                 optimizer_cls='SGD', optimizer_kwargs=None, trainer_kwargs=None):
+        """Initialization of image classification trainer.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        model : nn.Module
+            Model to train.
+        dataset_cls : str, optional
+            Dataset class name that is available in ``torchvision.datasets``, by default 'MNIST'
+        dataset_kwargs : dict, optional
+            Keyword arguments passed to initialization of dataset class, by default None
+        dataset_kwargs : dict, optional
+            Keyword arguments passed to ``torch.utils.data.DataLoader``, by default None
+        optimizer_cls : str, optional
+            Optimizer class name that is available in ``torch.optim``, by default 'SGD'
+        optimizer_kwargs : dict, optional
+            Keyword arguments passed to initialization of optimizer class, by default None
+        trainer_kwargs: dict, optional
+            Keyword arguments passed to trainer. Will be passed to Trainer class in future. Currently,
+            only the key ``max_epochs`` is useful.
+        """
+        self._use_cuda = torch.cuda.is_available()
+        self.model = model
+        if self._use_cuda:
+            self.model.cuda()
+        self._loss_fn = nn.CrossEntropyLoss()
+        self._dataset = getattr(datasets, dataset_cls)(transform=get_default_transform(dataset_cls),
+                                                       **(dataset_kwargs or {}))
+        self._optimizer = getattr(torch.optim, optimizer_cls)(model.parameters(), **(optimizer_kwargs or {}))
+        self._trainer_kwargs = trainer_kwargs or {'max_epochs': 10}
+
+        # TODO: we will need at least two (maybe three) data loaders in future.
+        self._dataloader = DataLoader(self._dataset, **(dataloader_kwargs or {}))
+
+    def _accuracy(self, input, target):
+        _, predict = torch.max(input.data, 1)
+        correct = predict.eq(target.data).cpu().sum().item()
+        return correct / input.size(0)
+
+    def training_step(self, batch: Tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor], batch_idx: int) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        x, y = batch
+        if self._use_cuda:
+            x, y = x.cuda(), y.cuda()
+        y_hat = self.model(x)
+        loss = self._loss_fn(y_hat, y)
+        return loss
+
+    def validation_step(self, batch: Tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor], batch_idx: int) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        x, y = batch
+        if self._use_cuda:
+            x, y = x.cuda(), y.cuda()
+        y_hat = self.model(x)
+        acc = self._accuracy(y_hat, y)
+        return {'val_acc': acc}
+
+    def validation_epoch_end(self, outputs: List[Dict[str, Any]]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        # We might need dict metrics in future?
+        avg_acc = np.mean([x['val_acc'] for x in outputs]).item()
+        nni.report_intermediate_result(avg_acc)
+        return {'val_acc': avg_acc}
+
+    def _validate(self):
+        validation_outputs = []
+        for i, batch in enumerate(self._dataloader):
+            validation_outputs.append(self.validation_step(batch, i))
+        return self.validation_epoch_end(validation_outputs)
+
+    def _train(self):
+        for i, batch in enumerate(self._dataloader):
+            self.training_step(batch, i)
+
+    def fit(self) -> None:
+        for _ in range(self._trainer_kwargs['max_epochs']):
+            self._train()
+        nni.report_final_result(self._validate()['val_acc'])  # assuming val_acc here

nni/retiarii/trial_entry.py

+"""
+Entrypoint for trials.
+
+Assuming execution engine is BaseExecutionEngine.
+"""
+
+from .execution.base import BaseExecutionEngine
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    BaseExecutionEngine.trial_execute_graph()

nni/retiarii/utils.py

+def import_(target: str, allow_none: bool = False) -> 'Any':
+    if target is None:
+        return None
+    path, identifier = target.rsplit('.', 1)
+    module = __import__(path, globals(), locals(), [identifier])
+    return getattr(module, identifier)

test/.gitignore

@@ -2,4 +2,8 @@ __pycache__
 
 tuner_search_space.json
 tuner_result.txt
-assessor_result.txt
+assessor_result.txt
\ No newline at end of file
+
+_generated_model.py
+data
+generated

test/ut/retiarii/advisor_entry.py

+import os
+import sys
+
+from nni.retiarii.integration import RetiariiAdvisor

test/ut/retiarii/debug_mnist_pytorch.py

+import torch
+import torch.nn as nn
+import torch.nn.functional as F
+import torch.optim as optim
+
+
+class _model(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.stem = stem()
+        
+        self.fc1 = nn.Linear(1024, 256)
+        self.fc2 = nn.Linear(256, 10)
+        
+
+    def forward(self, image):
+        stem = self.stem(image)
+        flatten = stem.view(stem.size(0), -1)
+        fc1 = self.fc1(flatten)
+        fc2 = self.fc2(fc1)
+        softmax = F.softmax(fc2, -1)
+        return softmax
+
+
+
+class stem(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.conv1 = nn.Conv2d(out_channels=32, in_channels=1, kernel_size=5)
+        self.pool1 = nn.MaxPool2d(kernel_size=2)
+        self.conv2 = nn.Conv2d(out_channels=64, in_channels=32, kernel_size=5)
+        self.pool2 = nn.MaxPool2d(kernel_size=2)
+
+    def forward(self, *_inputs):
+        conv1 = self.conv1(_inputs[0])
+        pool1 = self.pool1(conv1)
+        conv2 = self.conv2(pool1)
+        pool2 = self.pool2(conv2)
+        return pool2