_device.py

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"""Flags for managing compute devices. Currently only contains TPU flags."""

from __future__ import absolute_import
from __future__ import division
from __future__ import print_function

from absl import flags
import tensorflow as tf

from official.utils.flags._conventions import help_wrap


def require_cloud_storage(flag_names):
  """Register a validator to check directory flags.
  Args:
    flag_names: An iterable of strings containing the names of flags to be
      checked.
  """
  msg = "TPU requires GCS path for {}".format(", ".join(flag_names))
  @flags.multi_flags_validator(["tpu"] + flag_names, message=msg)
  def _path_check(flag_values):  # pylint: disable=missing-docstring
    if flag_values["tpu"] is None:
      return True

    valid_flags = True
    for key in flag_names:
      if not flag_values[key].startswith("gs://"):
        tf.logging.error("{} must be a GCS path.".format(key))
        valid_flags = False

    return valid_flags


def define_device(tpu=True):
  """Register device specific flags.
  Args:
    tpu: Create flags to specify TPU operation.
  Returns:
    A list of flags for core.py to marks as key flags.
  """

  key_flags = []

  if tpu:
    flags.DEFINE_string(
        name="tpu", default=None,
        help=help_wrap(
            "The Cloud TPU to use for training. This should be either the name "
            "used when creating the Cloud TPU, or a "
            "grpc://ip.address.of.tpu:8470 url. Passing `local` will use the"
            "CPU of the local instance instead. (Good for debugging.)"))
    key_flags.append("tpu")

    flags.DEFINE_string(
        name="tpu_zone", default=None,
        help=help_wrap(
            "[Optional] GCE zone where the Cloud TPU is located in. If not "
            "specified, we will attempt to automatically detect the GCE "
            "project from metadata."))

    flags.DEFINE_string(
        name="tpu_gcp_project", default=None,
        help=help_wrap(
            "[Optional] Project name for the Cloud TPU-enabled project. If not "
            "specified, we will attempt to automatically detect the GCE "
            "project from metadata."))

    flags.DEFINE_integer(name="num_tpu_shards", default=8,
                         help=help_wrap("Number of shards (TPU chips)."))

  return key_flags