Merge pull request #1513 from slayton58/amp_fp16_einsum

Force einsum to run in fp16

examples/run_squad.py

@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ def train(args, train_dataset, model, tokenizer):
             model.train()
             batch = tuple(t.to(args.device) for t in batch)
             inputs = {'input_ids':       batch[0],
-                      'attention_mask':  batch[1], 
-                      'start_positions': batch[3], 
+                      'attention_mask':  batch[1],
+                      'start_positions': batch[3],
                       'end_positions':   batch[4]}
             if args.model_type != 'distilbert':
                 inputs['token_type_ids'] = None if args.model_type == 'xlm' else batch[2]
@@ -481,6 +481,16 @@ def main():
 
     logger.info("Training/evaluation parameters %s", args)
 
+    # Before we do anything with models, we want to ensure that we get fp16 execution of torch.einsum if args.fp16 is set.
+    # Otherwise it'll default to "promote" mode, and we'll get fp32 operations. Note that running `--fp16_opt_level="O2"` will
+    # remove the need for this code, but it is still valid.
+    if args.fp16:
+        try:
+            import apex
+            apex.amp.register_half_function(torch, 'einsum')
+        except ImportError:
+            raise ImportError("Please install apex from https://www.github.com/nvidia/apex to use fp16 training.")
+
     # Training
     if args.do_train:
         train_dataset = load_and_cache_examples(args, tokenizer, evaluate=False, output_examples=False)