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* Implemented batchnorm-backward Blockwise and Multiblock kernels

* Add batchnorm-backward device op

* Add batchnorm-backward host-reference op

* Add batchnorm-backward example

* Parameters renaming in batchnorm backward kernels and device op

* Change in the example to loose the threshold for ScaleDiff checking

* Add comments to explain the implementation of batchnorm-backward

* Parameters renaming again in batchnorm backward kernels

* Improve the expression calculation for performance

* Add batchnorm backward to README

* Add comments to explain inv-variance in batchnorm forward and backward

* Renaming the batchnorm forward training and inferring examples

* Add/update the comments for batchnorm-backward kernels

* Renaming again

* Add block_sync_lds between two consecutive blockwise reductions

* Move common expression 1/N out of the static_for loops

* Add dy_elementwise_op

* Renaming in backward example again

* Add checking for reduceDims in reference_batchnorm_backward

* Update to comments and codes format

* Rename in the comments

* Remove common expression out of the loop in reference_batchnorm_backward_nhwc_c

* Add block_sync_lds() between blockwise reduction again

* Fix comments again

* Remove int8 from batchnorm-forward instances since it is not needed for forward training and could fail test

* Update to device_batchnorm_forward base class to include all template parameters for problem description

* Add batchnorm forward instances and external api

* Add batchnorm forward profiler module which uses the external api

* Add some comments in batchnorm_forward example to explain the dimensions in lengths[]

* Replace the reference_batchnorm_forward_nhwc_c by generic reference_batchnorm_forward

* Improvement to the batchnorm infer base API

* Add batchnorm forward client example which shows using the batchnorm forward external API

* Add test for batchnorm forward

* Tuning the batchnorm profiler initialized values and error threshold

* Add support for bhalf_t in instances/external api/tests

* Add support for int8_t in instances/external api/tests

* Add support for double in instances/external api/tests

* Let ScaleDataType and BiasDataType be same as XDataType and YDataType when creating instances

* Checking before running best instance in batchnorm_fwd_nhwc client example

* Add checking for YElementwiseOp in batchnorm_forward external API

* Add more types in batchnorm forward profiler

* Add more test lengths
Co-authored-by: rocking5566 <ChunYu.Lai@amd.com>

* Rangify STL algorithms

This commit adapts rangified std::copy(), std::fill() & std::transform()

* Rangify check_err()

By rangifying check_err(), we can not only compare values between
std::vector<>s, but also compare any ranges which have same value
type.

* Allow constructing Tensor<> like a HostTensorDescriptor

* Simplify Tensor<> object construction logics

* Remove more unnecessary 'HostTensorDescriptor' objects

* Re-format example code

* Re-write more HostTensorDescriptor ctor call

* Update to the batchnorm-forward API and base class

* Fix leeked header including in gridwise_set_buffer_value.hpp

* Add kernels and device file for batchnorm-forward welford supporting both blockwise and multi-block reduction

* Update to the batchnorm-forward example to use the new batchnorm-forward device interface

* Change the batchnorm-forward reference to use sequential welford method

* Change to assign the workspace into four buffers in the host layer

* Use GetReduceCountPerThread functor to replace the initial count for Blockwise and Multiblock welford

* Tiny correction and remove un-used file under example/34_batchnorm

* Renaming in the kernel arguments

* Explicitly use ck::math::sqrt in batchnorm-forward kernels

* Add some comments to some kernels

* Tiny fix

* Generalize the data types in reference_batchnorm_forward_nhwc_c

* Use ck::ignore to mark un-used parameters

* Move GetReduceCountPerThread functor codes from kernel to device

* Remove some un-used codes in device_batchnorm_forward_impl.hpp

* Tiny fix in batchnorm_forward example

* Move GetReduceCountPerThread() to welford_helper.hpp

* Use seperate data type for Scale and Bias

* Renaming in device Op

* Tiny fix in forward example

* Updata to batchnorm-infer (type spliting, renaming)

* Add time and bandwidth measurement to the batchnorm-forward example

* Add support of elementwise operation for batchnorm forward output

* Reduce object copying by passing object as reference type

* Tiny change for performance

* Updates for performance again

* Some Renamings

* Add GetActualVariance template parameter for ThreadwiseWelfordMerge

* Tiny update in reference batchnorm forward nhwc/c

* Move batchnorm multiblock kernel files to grid/batchnorm_multiblock sub-directory

* Fuse mean and bias in the normalization calculation
Co-authored-by: root <root@dc-smc-18.amd.com>
Co-authored-by: rocking5566 <ChunYu.Lai@amd.com>

* Move kernel implementation files under impl directory.

* Update examples paths.

* Update device kernel impl include paths.

* Update tensor operation instances include paths.

* Update profiler and tests include paths.

* Clang-format

* Update include paths for batched gemm reduce

* Refactor UnitTest ConvNDBwdWeight.

* Refactor fwd and bwd data convND UT.

* Fix used test macro.

* Fix include path.

* Fix include paths.

* Fix include paths in profiler and tests.

* Fix include paths.
Co-authored-by: Adam Osewski <aosewski@amd.com>

* Implement multiple-reduction in one kernel (kernels, device ops, examples)

* Add generic elementwise kernel and device interface

* Add generator for normal-distributed data initialization

* Add host refer implementation of batchnorm-forward and batchnorm-infer

* Add examples for implementing batchnorm-forward and batchnorm-infer using generic kernels

* Remove un-needed including in batchnorm example

* Renaming generic_elementwise to elementiwise in kernel and device classes/functions

* Change in gemm_layernorm examples to use DeviceElementwise instead of Device5AryElementwise

* Change in exampe 19_binary_elementwise to use DeviceElementwise instead of DeviceBinaryElementwise

* Change in device_cgemm_4gemm_xdl_cshuffle.hpp to use kernel_elementwise instead of kernel_binary_elementwise

* Add DeviceElementwiseBase and use it in device_normalize_instance.cpp

* Removing and renaming files

* Update to synchronize gemm_layernorm client example to the generic element-wise device op API

* Update to synchronize with the latest headers directory and HostTensorDescriptor interface renaming

* Merge two static member functions in device_elementwise.hpp

* Remove unary_elementwise_1d kernel and device