performance.py

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"""Functions and classes related to training performance."""

from absl import logging
import tensorflow as tf


def configure_optimizer(optimizer,
                        use_float16=False,
                        use_graph_rewrite=False,
                        loss_scale='dynamic',
                        use_experimental_api=False):
  """Configures optimizer object with performance options."""
  if use_experimental_api:
    logging.warning('Passing use_experimental_api=True is deprecated. The '
                    'argument will be removed in the future.')
  if use_float16:
    # TODO(b/171936854): Move all methods to non-experimental api.
    if use_experimental_api:
      # Wraps optimizer with a LossScaleOptimizer. This is done automatically
      # in compile() with the "mixed_float16" policy, but since we do not call
      # compile(), we must wrap the optimizer manually.
      optimizer = (
          tf.keras.mixed_precision.experimental.LossScaleOptimizer(
              optimizer, loss_scale=loss_scale))
    elif loss_scale == 'dynamic':
      optimizer = tf.keras.mixed_precision.LossScaleOptimizer(optimizer)
    else:
      # loss_scale is a number. We interpret that as a fixed loss scale.
      optimizer = tf.keras.mixed_precision.LossScaleOptimizer(
          optimizer, dynamic=False, initial_scale=loss_scale)
  if use_graph_rewrite:
    # Note: the model dtype must be 'float32', which will ensure
    # tf.keras.mixed_precision and enable_mixed_precision_graph_rewrite do not
    # double up.
    optimizer = (
        tf.compat.v1.mixed_precision.enable_mixed_precision_graph_rewrite(
            optimizer))
  return optimizer


def set_mixed_precision_policy(dtype, loss_scale=None,
                               use_experimental_api=False):
  """Sets mix precision policy."""
  if use_experimental_api:
    logging.warning('Passing use_experimental_api=True is deprecated. The '
                    'argument will be removed in the future.')
  assert use_experimental_api or loss_scale is None, (
      'loss_scale cannot be specified if use_experimental_api is False. If the '
      'non-experimental API is used, specify the loss scaling configuration '
      'when creating the LossScaleOptimizer instead.'
  )
  if dtype == tf.float16:
    # TODO(b/171936854): Move all methods to non-experimental api.
    if use_experimental_api:
      policy = tf.keras.mixed_precision.experimental.Policy(
          'mixed_float16', loss_scale=loss_scale)
      tf.keras.mixed_precision.experimental.set_policy(policy)
    else:
      tf.keras.mixed_precision.set_global_policy('mixed_float16')
  elif dtype == tf.bfloat16:
    if use_experimental_api:
      tf.keras.mixed_precision.experimental.set_policy('mixed_bfloat16')
    else:
      tf.keras.mixed_precision.set_global_policy('mixed_bfloat16')
  elif dtype == tf.float32:
    if use_experimental_api:
      tf.keras.mixed_precision.experimental.set_policy('float32')
    else:
      tf.keras.mixed_precision.set_global_policy('float32')
  else:
    raise ValueError('Unexpected dtype: %s' % dtype)