tfutil.py

# Copyright (c) 2018, NVIDIA CORPORATION. All rights reserved.
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import os
import sys
import inspect
import importlib
import imp
import numpy as np
from collections import OrderedDict
import tensorflow as tf
from tensorflow.python.ops import nccl_ops


#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Convenience.

def run(*args, **kwargs): # Run the specified ops in the default session.
    return tf.get_default_session().run(*args, **kwargs)

def is_tf_expression(x):
    return isinstance(x, tf.Tensor) or isinstance(x, tf.Variable) or isinstance(x, tf.Operation)

def shape_to_list(shape):
    return [dim.value for dim in shape]

def flatten(x):
    with tf.name_scope('Flatten'):
        return tf.reshape(x, [-1])

def log2(x):
    with tf.name_scope('Log2'):
        return tf.log(x) * np.float32(1.0 / np.log(2.0))

def exp2(x):
    with tf.name_scope('Exp2'):
        return tf.exp(x * np.float32(np.log(2.0)))

def lerp(a, b, t):
    with tf.name_scope('Lerp'):
        return a + (b - a) * t

def lerp_clip(a, b, t):
    with tf.name_scope('LerpClip'):
        return a + (b - a) * tf.clip_by_value(t, 0.0, 1.0)

def absolute_name_scope(scope): # Forcefully enter the specified name scope, ignoring any surrounding scopes.
    return tf.name_scope(scope + '/')

#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Initialize TensorFlow graph and session using good default settings.

def init_tf(config_dict=dict()):
    if tf.get_default_session() is None:
        tf.set_random_seed(np.random.randint(1 << 31))
        create_session(config_dict, force_as_default=True)

#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Create tf.Session based on config dict of the form
# {'gpu_options.allow_growth': True}

def create_session(config_dict=dict(), force_as_default=False):
    config = tf.ConfigProto()
    for key, value in config_dict.items():
        fields = key.split('.')
        obj = config
        for field in fields[:-1]:
            obj = getattr(obj, field)
        setattr(obj, fields[-1], value)
    session = tf.Session(config=config)
    if force_as_default:
        session._default_session = session.as_default()
        session._default_session.enforce_nesting = False
        session._default_session.__enter__()
    return session

#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Initialize all tf.Variables that have not already been initialized.
# Equivalent to the following, but more efficient and does not bloat the tf graph:
#   tf.variables_initializer(tf.report_unitialized_variables()).run()

def init_uninited_vars(vars=None):
    if vars is None: vars = tf.global_variables()
    test_vars = []; test_ops = []
    with tf.control_dependencies(None): # ignore surrounding control_dependencies
        for var in vars:
            assert is_tf_expression(var)
            try:
                tf.get_default_graph().get_tensor_by_name(var.name.replace(':0', '/IsVariableInitialized:0'))
            except KeyError:
                # Op does not exist => variable may be uninitialized.
                test_vars.append(var)
                with absolute_name_scope(var.name.split(':')[0]):
                    test_ops.append(tf.is_variable_initialized(var))
    init_vars = [var for var, inited in zip(test_vars, run(test_ops)) if not inited]
    run([var.initializer for var in init_vars])

#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Set the values of given tf.Variables.
# Equivalent to the following, but more efficient and does not bloat the tf graph:
#   tfutil.run([tf.assign(var, value) for var, value in var_to_value_dict.items()]

def set_vars(var_to_value_dict):
    ops = []
    feed_dict = {}
    for var, value in var_to_value_dict.items():
        assert is_tf_expression(var)
        try:
            setter = tf.get_default_graph().get_tensor_by_name(var.name.replace(':0', '/setter:0')) # look for existing op
        except KeyError:
            with absolute_name_scope(var.name.split(':')[0]):
                with tf.control_dependencies(None): # ignore surrounding control_dependencies
                    setter = tf.assign(var, tf.placeholder(var.dtype, var.shape, 'new_value'), name='setter') # create new setter
        ops.append(setter)
        feed_dict[setter.op.inputs[1]] = value
    run(ops, feed_dict)

#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Autosummary creates an identity op that internally keeps track of the input
# values and automatically shows up in TensorBoard. The reported value
# represents an average over input components. The average is accumulated
# constantly over time and flushed when save_summaries() is called.
#
# Notes:
# - The output tensor must be used as an input for something else in the
#   graph. Otherwise, the autosummary op will not get executed, and the average
#   value will not get accumulated.
# - It is perfectly fine to include autosummaries with the same name in
#   several places throughout the graph, even if they are executed concurrently.
# - It is ok to also pass in a python scalar or numpy array. In this case, it
#   is added to the average immediately.

_autosummary_vars = OrderedDict() # name => [var, ...]
_autosummary_immediate = OrderedDict() # name => update_op, update_value
_autosummary_finalized = False

def autosummary(name, value):
    id = name.replace('/', '_')
    if is_tf_expression(value):
        with tf.name_scope('summary_' + id), tf.device(value.device):
            update_op = _create_autosummary_var(name, value)
            with tf.control_dependencies([update_op]):
                return tf.identity(value)
    else: # python scalar or numpy array
        if name not in _autosummary_immediate:
            with absolute_name_scope('Autosummary/' + id), tf.device(None), tf.control_dependencies(None):
                update_value = tf.placeholder(tf.float32)
                update_op = _create_autosummary_var(name, update_value)
                _autosummary_immediate[name] = update_op, update_value
        update_op, update_value = _autosummary_immediate[name]
        run(update_op, {update_value: np.float32(value)})
        return value

# Create the necessary ops to include autosummaries in TensorBoard report.
# Note: This should be done only once per graph.
def finalize_autosummaries():
    global _autosummary_finalized
    if _autosummary_finalized:
        return
    _autosummary_finalized = True
    init_uninited_vars([var for vars in _autosummary_vars.values() for var in vars])
    with tf.device(None), tf.control_dependencies(None):
        for name, vars in _autosummary_vars.items():
            id = name.replace('/', '_')
            with absolute_name_scope('Autosummary/' + id):
                sum = tf.add_n(vars)
                avg = sum[0] / sum[1]
                with tf.control_dependencies([avg]): # read before resetting
                    reset_ops = [tf.assign(var, tf.zeros(2)) for var in vars]
                    with tf.name_scope(None), tf.control_dependencies(reset_ops): # reset before reporting
                        tf.summary.scalar(name, avg)

# Internal helper for creating autosummary accumulators.
def _create_autosummary_var(name, value_expr):
    assert not _autosummary_finalized
    v = tf.cast(value_expr, tf.float32)
    if v.shape.ndims is 0:
        v = [v, np.float32(1.0)]
    elif v.shape.ndims is 1:
        v = [tf.reduce_sum(v), tf.cast(tf.shape(v)[0], tf.float32)]
    else:
        v = [tf.reduce_sum(v), tf.reduce_prod(tf.cast(tf.shape(v), tf.float32))]
    v = tf.cond(tf.is_finite(v[0]), lambda: tf.stack(v), lambda: tf.zeros(2))
    with tf.control_dependencies(None):
        var = tf.Variable(tf.zeros(2)) # [numerator, denominator]
    update_op = tf.cond(tf.is_variable_initialized(var), lambda: tf.assign_add(var, v), lambda: tf.assign(var, v))
    if name in _autosummary_vars:
        _autosummary_vars[name].append(var)
    else:
        _autosummary_vars[name] = [var]
    return update_op

#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Call filewriter.add_summary() with all summaries in the default graph,
# automatically finalizing and merging them on the first call.

_summary_merge_op = None

def save_summaries(filewriter, global_step=None):
    global _summary_merge_op
    if _summary_merge_op is None:
        finalize_autosummaries()
        with tf.device(None), tf.control_dependencies(None):
            _summary_merge_op = tf.summary.merge_all()
    filewriter.add_summary(_summary_merge_op.eval(), global_step)

#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Utilities for importing modules and objects by name.

def import_module(module_or_obj_name):
    parts = module_or_obj_name.split('.')
    parts[0] = {'np': 'numpy', 'tf': 'tensorflow'}.get(parts[0], parts[0])
    for i in range(len(parts), 0, -1):
        try:
            module = importlib.import_module('.'.join(parts[:i]))
            relative_obj_name = '.'.join(parts[i:])
            return module, relative_obj_name
        except ImportError:
            pass
    raise ImportError(module_or_obj_name)

def find_obj_in_module(module, relative_obj_name):
    obj = module
    for part in relative_obj_name.split('.'):
        obj = getattr(obj, part)
    return obj

def import_obj(obj_name):
    module, relative_obj_name = import_module(obj_name)
    return find_obj_in_module(module, relative_obj_name)

def call_func_by_name(*args, func=None, **kwargs):
    assert func is not None
    return import_obj(func)(*args, **kwargs)

#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Wrapper for tf.train.Optimizer that automatically takes care of:
# - Gradient averaging for multi-GPU training.
# - Dynamic loss scaling and typecasts for FP16 training.
# - Ignoring corrupted gradients that contain NaNs/Infs.
# - Reporting statistics.
# - Well-chosen default settings.

class Optimizer:
    def __init__(
        self,
        name                = 'Train',
        tf_optimizer        = 'tf.train.AdamOptimizer',
        learning_rate       = 0.005,
        use_loss_scaling    = False,
        loss_scaling_init   = 64.0,
        loss_scaling_inc    = 0.0005,
        loss_scaling_dec    = 1.0,
        **kwargs):

        # Init fields.
        self.name               = name
        self.learning_rate      = tf.convert_to_tensor(learning_rate)
        self.id                 = self.name.replace('/', '.')
        self.scope              = tf.get_default_graph().unique_name(self.id)
        self.optimizer_class    = import_obj(tf_optimizer)
        self.optimizer_kwargs   = dict(kwargs)
        self.use_loss_scaling   = use_loss_scaling
        self.loss_scaling_init  = loss_scaling_init
        self.loss_scaling_inc   = loss_scaling_inc
        self.loss_scaling_dec   = loss_scaling_dec
        self._grad_shapes       = None          # [shape, ...]
        self._dev_opt           = OrderedDict() # device => optimizer
        self._dev_grads         = OrderedDict() # device => [[(grad, var), ...], ...]
        self._dev_ls_var        = OrderedDict() # device => variable (log2 of loss scaling factor)
        self._updates_applied   = False

    # Register the gradients of the given loss function with respect to the given variables.
    # Intended to be called once per GPU.
    def register_gradients(self, loss, vars):
        assert not self._updates_applied

        # Validate arguments.
        if isinstance(vars, dict):
            vars = list(vars.values()) # allow passing in Network.trainables as vars
        assert isinstance(vars, list) and len(vars) >= 1
        assert all(is_tf_expression(expr) for expr in vars + [loss])
        if self._grad_shapes is None:
            self._grad_shapes = [shape_to_list(var.shape) for var in vars]
        assert len(vars) == len(self._grad_shapes)
        assert all(shape_to_list(var.shape) == var_shape for var, var_shape in zip(vars, self._grad_shapes))
        dev = loss.device
        assert all(var.device == dev for var in vars)

        # Register device and compute gradients.
        with tf.name_scope(self.id + '_grad'), tf.device(dev):
            if dev not in self._dev_opt:
                opt_name = self.scope.replace('/', '_') + '_opt%d' % len(self._dev_opt)
                self._dev_opt[dev] = self.optimizer_class(name=opt_name, learning_rate=self.learning_rate, **self.optimizer_kwargs)
                self._dev_grads[dev] = []
            loss = self.apply_loss_scaling(tf.cast(loss, tf.float32))
            grads = self._dev_opt[dev].compute_gradients(loss, vars, gate_gradients=tf.train.Optimizer.GATE_NONE) # disable gating to reduce memory usage
            grads = [(g, v) if g is not None else (tf.zeros_like(v), v) for g, v in grads] # replace disconnected gradients with zeros
            self._dev_grads[dev].append(grads)

    # Construct training op to update the registered variables based on their gradients.
    def apply_updates(self):
        assert not self._updates_applied
        self._updates_applied = True
        devices = list(self._dev_grads.keys())
        total_grads = sum(len(grads) for grads in self._dev_grads.values())
        print('Total grads: ' +str(total_grads))
        assert len(devices) >= 1 and total_grads >= 1
        ops = []
        with absolute_name_scope(self.scope):

            # Cast gradients to FP32 and calculate partial sum within each device.
            dev_grads = OrderedDict() # device => [(grad, var), ...]
            for dev_idx, dev in enumerate(devices):
                with tf.name_scope('ProcessGrads%d' % dev_idx), tf.device(dev):
                    sums = []
                    for gv in zip(*self._dev_grads[dev]):
                        assert all(v is gv[0][1] for g, v in gv)
                        g = [tf.cast(g, tf.float32) for g, v in gv]
                        g = g[0] if len(g) == 1 else tf.add_n(g)
                        sums.append((g, gv[0][1]))
                    dev_grads[dev] = sums

            # Sum gradients across devices.
            if len(devices) > 1:
                with tf.name_scope('SumAcrossGPUs'), tf.device(None):
                    for var_idx, grad_shape in enumerate(self._grad_shapes):
                        g = [dev_grads[dev][var_idx][0] for dev in devices]
                        if np.prod(grad_shape): # nccl does not support zero-sized tensors
                            g = nccl_ops.all_sum(g)
                        for dev, gg in zip(devices, g):
                            dev_grads[dev][var_idx] = (gg, dev_grads[dev][var_idx][1])

            # Apply updates separately on each device.
            for dev_idx, (dev, grads) in enumerate(dev_grads.items()):
                with tf.name_scope('ApplyGrads%d' % dev_idx), tf.device(dev):

                    # Scale gradients as needed.
                    if self.use_loss_scaling or total_grads > 1:
                        with tf.name_scope('Scale'):
                            coef = tf.constant(np.float32(1.0 / total_grads), name='coef')
                            coef = self.undo_loss_scaling(coef)
                            grads = [(g * coef, v) for g, v in grads]

                    # Check for overflows.
                    with tf.name_scope('CheckOverflow'):
                        grad_ok = tf.reduce_all(tf.stack([tf.reduce_all(tf.is_finite(g)) for g, v in grads]))

                    # Update weights and adjust loss scaling.
                    with tf.name_scope('UpdateWeights'):
                        opt = self._dev_opt[dev]
                        ls_var = self.get_loss_scaling_var(dev)
                        if not self.use_loss_scaling:
                            ops.append(tf.cond(grad_ok, lambda: opt.apply_gradients(grads), tf.no_op))
                        else:
                            ops.append(tf.cond(grad_ok,
                                lambda: tf.group(tf.assign_add(ls_var, self.loss_scaling_inc), opt.apply_gradients(grads)),
                                lambda: tf.group(tf.assign_sub(ls_var, self.loss_scaling_dec))))

                    # Report statistics on the last device.
                    if dev == devices[-1]:
                        with tf.name_scope('Statistics'):
                            ops.append(autosummary(self.id + '/learning_rate', self.learning_rate))
                            ops.append(autosummary(self.id + '/overflow_frequency', tf.where(grad_ok, 0, 1)))
                            if self.use_loss_scaling:
                                ops.append(autosummary(self.id + '/loss_scaling_log2', ls_var))

            # Initialize variables and group everything into a single op.
            self.reset_optimizer_state()
            init_uninited_vars(list(self._dev_ls_var.values()))
            return tf.group(*ops, name='TrainingOp')

    # Reset internal state of the underlying optimizer.
    def reset_optimizer_state(self):
        run([var.initializer for opt in self._dev_opt.values() for var in opt.variables()])

    # Get or create variable representing log2 of the current dynamic loss scaling factor.
    def get_loss_scaling_var(self, device):
        if not self.use_loss_scaling:
            return None
        if device not in self._dev_ls_var:
            with absolute_name_scope(self.scope + '/LossScalingVars'), tf.control_dependencies(None):
                self._dev_ls_var[device] = tf.Variable(np.float32(self.loss_scaling_init), name='loss_scaling_var')
        return self._dev_ls_var[device]

    # Apply dynamic loss scaling for the given expression.
    def apply_loss_scaling(self, value):
        assert is_tf_expression(value)
        if not self.use_loss_scaling:
            return value
        return value * exp2(self.get_loss_scaling_var(value.device))

    # Undo the effect of dynamic loss scaling for the given expression.
    def undo_loss_scaling(self, value):
        assert is_tf_expression(value)
        if not self.use_loss_scaling:
            return value
        return value * exp2(-self.get_loss_scaling_var(value.device))

#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Generic network abstraction.
#
# Acts as a convenience wrapper for a parameterized network construction
# function, providing several utility methods and convenient access to
# the inputs/outputs/weights.
#
# Network objects can be safely pickled and unpickled for long-term
# archival purposes. The pickling works reliably as long as the underlying
# network construction function is defined in a standalone Python module
# that has no side effects or application-specific imports.

network_import_handlers = []    # Custom import handlers for dealing with legacy data in pickle import.
_network_import_modules = []    # Temporary modules create during pickle import.

class Network:
    def __init__(self,
        name=None,          # Network name. Used to select TensorFlow name and variable scopes.
        func=None,          # Fully qualified name of the underlying network construction function.
        **static_kwargs):   # Keyword arguments to be passed in to the network construction function.

        self._init_fields()
        self.name = name
        self.static_kwargs = dict(static_kwargs)

        # Init build func.
        module, self._build_func_name = import_module(func)
        self._build_module_src = inspect.getsource(module)
        self._build_func = find_obj_in_module(module, self._build_func_name)

        # Init graph.
        self._init_graph()
        self.reset_vars()

    def _init_fields(self):
        self.name               = None          # User-specified name, defaults to build func name if None.
        self.scope              = None          # Unique TF graph scope, derived from the user-specified name.
        self.static_kwargs      = dict()        # Arguments passed to the user-supplied build func.
        self.num_inputs         = 0             # Number of input tensors.
        self.num_outputs        = 0             # Number of output tensors.
        self.input_shapes       = [[]]          # Input tensor shapes (NC or NCHW), including minibatch dimension.
        self.output_shapes      = [[]]          # Output tensor shapes (NC or NCHW), including minibatch dimension.
        self.input_shape        = []            # Short-hand for input_shapes[0].
        self.output_shape       = []            # Short-hand for output_shapes[0].
        self.input_templates    = []            # Input placeholders in the template graph.
        self.output_templates   = []            # Output tensors in the template graph.
        self.input_names        = []            # Name string for each input.
        self.output_names       = []            # Name string for each output.
        self.vars               = OrderedDict() # All variables (localname => var).
        self.trainables         = OrderedDict() # Trainable variables (localname => var).
        self._build_func        = None          # User-supplied build function that constructs the network.
        self._build_func_name   = None          # Name of the build function.
        self._build_module_src  = None          # Full source code of the module containing the build function.
        self._run_cache         = dict()        # Cached graph data for Network.run().
        
    def _init_graph(self):
        # Collect inputs.
        self.input_names = []
        for param in inspect.signature(self._build_func).parameters.values():
            if param.kind == param.POSITIONAL_OR_KEYWORD and param.default is param.empty:
                self.input_names.append(param.name)
        self.num_inputs = len(self.input_names)
        assert self.num_inputs >= 1

        # Choose name and scope.
        if self.name is None:
            self.name = self._build_func_name
        self.scope = tf.get_default_graph().unique_name(self.name.replace('/', '_'), mark_as_used=False)
        
        # Build template graph.
        with tf.variable_scope(self.scope, reuse=tf.AUTO_REUSE):
            assert tf.get_variable_scope().name == self.scope
            with absolute_name_scope(self.scope): # ignore surrounding name_scope
                with tf.control_dependencies(None): # ignore surrounding control_dependencies
                    self.input_templates = [tf.placeholder(tf.float32, name=name) for name in self.input_names]
                    out_expr = self._build_func(*self.input_templates, is_template_graph=True, **self.static_kwargs)
            
        # Collect outputs.
        assert is_tf_expression(out_expr) or isinstance(out_expr, tuple)
        self.output_templates = [out_expr] if is_tf_expression(out_expr) else list(out_expr)
        self.output_names = [t.name.split('/')[-1].split(':')[0] for t in self.output_templates]
        self.num_outputs = len(self.output_templates)
        assert self.num_outputs >= 1
        
        # Populate remaining fields.
        self.input_shapes   = [shape_to_list(t.shape) for t in self.input_templates]
        self.output_shapes  = [shape_to_list(t.shape) for t in self.output_templates]
        self.input_shape    = self.input_shapes[0]
        self.output_shape   = self.output_shapes[0]
        self.vars           = OrderedDict([(self.get_var_localname(var), var) for var in tf.global_variables(self.scope + '/')])
        self.trainables     = OrderedDict([(self.get_var_localname(var), var) for var in tf.trainable_variables(self.scope + '/')])

    # Run initializers for all variables defined by this network.
    def reset_vars(self):
        run([var.initializer for var in self.vars.values()])

    # Run initializers for all trainable variables defined by this network.
    def reset_trainables(self):
        run([var.initializer for var in self.trainables.values()])

    # Get TensorFlow expression(s) for the output(s) of this network, given the inputs.
    def get_output_for(self, *in_expr, return_as_list=False, **dynamic_kwargs):
#        assert len(in_expr) == self.num_inputs
        all_kwargs = dict(self.static_kwargs)
        all_kwargs.update(dynamic_kwargs)
        with tf.variable_scope(self.scope, reuse=True):
            assert tf.get_variable_scope().name == self.scope
            named_inputs = [tf.identity(expr, name=name) for expr, name in zip(in_expr, self.input_names)]
            out_expr = self._build_func(*named_inputs, **all_kwargs)
        assert is_tf_expression(out_expr) or isinstance(out_expr, tuple)
        if return_as_list:
            out_expr = [out_expr] if is_tf_expression(out_expr) else list(out_expr)
        return out_expr

    # Get the local name of a given variable, excluding any surrounding name scopes.
    def get_var_localname(self, var_or_globalname):
        assert is_tf_expression(var_or_globalname) or isinstance(var_or_globalname, str)
        globalname = var_or_globalname if isinstance(var_or_globalname, str) else var_or_globalname.name
        assert globalname.startswith(self.scope + '/')
        localname = globalname[len(self.scope) + 1:]
        localname = localname.split(':')[0]
        return localname

    # Find variable by local or global name.
    def find_var(self, var_or_localname):
        assert is_tf_expression(var_or_localname) or isinstance(var_or_localname, str)
        return self.vars[var_or_localname] if isinstance(var_or_localname, str) else var_or_localname

    # Get the value of a given variable as NumPy array.
    # Note: This method is very inefficient -- prefer to use tfutil.run(list_of_vars) whenever possible.
    def get_var(self, var_or_localname):
        return self.find_var(var_or_localname).eval()
        
    # Set the value of a given variable based on the given NumPy array.
    # Note: This method is very inefficient -- prefer to use tfutil.set_vars() whenever possible.
    def set_var(self, var_or_localname, new_value):
        return set_vars({self.find_var(var_or_localname): new_value})

    # Pickle export.
    def __getstate__(self):
        return {
            'version':          2,
            'name':             self.name,
            'static_kwargs':    self.static_kwargs,
            'build_module_src': self._build_module_src,
            'build_func_name':  self._build_func_name,
            'variables':        list(zip(self.vars.keys(), run(list(self.vars.values()))))}

    # Pickle import.
    def __setstate__(self, state):
        self._init_fields()

        # Execute custom import handlers.
        for handler in network_import_handlers:
            state = handler(state)

        # Set basic fields.
        assert state['version'] == 2
        self.name = state['name']
        self.static_kwargs = state['static_kwargs']
        self._build_module_src = state['build_module_src']
        self._build_func_name = state['build_func_name']
        
        # Parse imported module.
        module = imp.new_module('_tfutil_network_import_module_%d' % len(_network_import_modules))
        exec(self._build_module_src, module.__dict__)
        self._build_func = find_obj_in_module(module, self._build_func_name)
        _network_import_modules.append(module) # avoid gc
        
        # Init graph.
        self._init_graph()
        self.reset_vars()
        set_vars({self.find_var(name): value for name, value in state['variables']})

    # Create a clone of this network with its own copy of the variables.
    def clone(self, name=None):
        net = object.__new__(Network)
        net._init_fields()
        net.name = name if name is not None else self.name
        net.static_kwargs = dict(self.static_kwargs)
        net._build_module_src = self._build_module_src
        net._build_func_name = self._build_func_name
        net._build_func = self._build_func
        net._init_graph()
        net.copy_vars_from(self)
        return net

    # Copy the values of all variables from the given network.
    def copy_vars_from(self, src_net):
        assert isinstance(src_net, Network)
        name_to_value = run({name: src_net.find_var(name) for name in self.vars.keys()})
        set_vars({self.find_var(name): value for name, value in name_to_value.items()})

    # Copy the values of all trainable variables from the given network.
    def copy_trainables_from(self, src_net):
        assert isinstance(src_net, Network)
        name_to_value = run({name: src_net.find_var(name) for name in self.trainables.keys()})
        set_vars({self.find_var(name): value for name, value in name_to_value.items()})

    # Create new network with the given parameters, and copy all variables from this network.
    def convert(self, name=None, func=None, **static_kwargs):
        net = Network(name, func, **static_kwargs)
        net.copy_vars_from(self)
        return net

    # Construct a TensorFlow op that updates the variables of this network
    # to be slightly closer to those of the given network.
    def setup_as_moving_average_of(self, src_net, beta=0.99, beta_nontrainable=0.0):
        assert isinstance(src_net, Network)
        with absolute_name_scope(self.scope):
            with tf.name_scope('MovingAvg'):
                ops = []
                for name, var in self.vars.items():
                    if name in src_net.vars:
                        cur_beta = beta if name in self.trainables else beta_nontrainable
                        new_value = lerp(src_net.vars[name], var, cur_beta)
                        ops.append(var.assign(new_value))
                return tf.group(*ops)

    # Run this network for the given NumPy array(s), and return the output(s) as NumPy array(s).
    def run(self, *in_arrays,
        return_as_list  = False,    # True = return a list of NumPy arrays, False = return a single NumPy array, or a tuple if there are multiple outputs.
        print_progress  = True,    # Print progress to the console? Useful for very large input arrays.
        minibatch_size  = None,     # Maximum minibatch size to use, None = disable batching.
        num_gpus        = 1,        # Number of GPUs to use.
        out_mul         = 1.0,      # Multiplicative constant to apply to the output(s).
        out_add         = 0.0,      # Additive constant to apply to the output(s).
        out_shrink      = 1,        # Shrink the spatial dimensions of the output(s) by the given factor.
        out_dtype       = None,     # Convert the output to the specified data type.
        **dynamic_kwargs):          # Additional keyword arguments to pass into the network construction function.

  #      assert len(in_arrays) == self.num_inputs
        num_items = in_arrays[0].shape[0]
        if minibatch_size is None:
            minibatch_size = num_items
        key = str([list(sorted(dynamic_kwargs.items())), num_gpus, out_mul, out_add, out_shrink, out_dtype])

        # Build graph.
        if key not in self._run_cache:
            with absolute_name_scope(self.scope + '/Run'), tf.control_dependencies(None):
                in_split = list(zip(*[tf.split(x, num_gpus) for x in self.input_templates]))
                out_split = []
                for gpu in range(num_gpus):
                    with tf.device('/gpu:%d' % gpu):
                        out_expr = self.get_output_for(*in_split[gpu], return_as_list=True, **dynamic_kwargs)
                        if out_mul != 1.0:
                            out_expr = [x * out_mul for x in out_expr]
                        if out_add != 0.0:
                            out_expr = [x + out_add for x in out_expr]
                        if out_shrink > 1:
                            ksize = [1, 1, out_shrink, out_shrink]
                            out_expr = [tf.nn.avg_pool(x, ksize=ksize, strides=ksize, padding='VALID', data_format='NCHW') for x in out_expr]
                        if out_dtype is not None:
                            if tf.as_dtype(out_dtype).is_integer:
                                out_expr = [tf.round(x) for x in out_expr]
                            out_expr = [tf.saturate_cast(x, out_dtype) for x in out_expr]
                        out_split.append(out_expr)
                self._run_cache[key] = [tf.concat(outputs, axis=0) for outputs in zip(*out_split)]

        # Run minibatches.
        out_expr = self._run_cache[key]
        out_arrays = [np.empty([num_items] + shape_to_list(expr.shape)[1:], expr.dtype.name) for expr in out_expr]
        for mb_begin in range(0, num_items, minibatch_size):
            if print_progress:
                print('\r%d / %d' % (mb_begin, num_items), end='')
            mb_end = min(mb_begin + minibatch_size, num_items)
            mb_in = [src[mb_begin : mb_end] for src in in_arrays]
            mb_out = tf.get_default_session().run(out_expr, dict(zip(self.input_templates, mb_in)))
            for dst, src in zip(out_arrays, mb_out):
                dst[mb_begin : mb_end] = src

        # Done.
        if print_progress:
            print('\r%d / %d' % (num_items, num_items))
        if not return_as_list:
            out_arrays = out_arrays[0] if len(out_arrays) == 1 else tuple(out_arrays)
        return out_arrays

    # Returns a list of (name, output_expr, trainable_vars) tuples corresponding to
    # individual layers of the network. Mainly intended to be used for reporting.
    def list_layers(self):
        patterns_to_ignore = ['/Setter', '/new_value', '/Shape', '/strided_slice', '/Cast', '/concat']
        all_ops = tf.get_default_graph().get_operations()
        all_ops = [op for op in all_ops if not any(p in op.name for p in patterns_to_ignore)]
        layers = []

        def recurse(scope, parent_ops, level):
            prefix = scope + '/'
            ops = [op for op in parent_ops if op.name == scope or op.name.startswith(prefix)]

            # Does not contain leaf nodes => expand immediate children.
            if level == 0 or all('/' in op.name[len(prefix):] for op in ops):
                visited = set()
                for op in ops:
                    suffix = op.name[len(prefix):]
                    if '/' in suffix:
                        suffix = suffix[:suffix.index('/')]
                    if suffix not in visited:
                        recurse(prefix + suffix, ops, level + 1)
                        visited.add(suffix)

            # Otherwise => interpret as a layer.
            else:
                layer_name = scope[len(self.scope)+1:]
                layer_output = ops[-1].outputs[0]
                layer_trainables = [op.outputs[0] for op in ops if op.type.startswith('Variable') and self.get_var_localname(op.name) in self.trainables]
                layers.append((layer_name, layer_output, layer_trainables))

        recurse(self.scope, all_ops, 0)
        return layers

    # Print a summary table of the network structure.
    def print_layers(self, title=None, hide_layers_with_no_params=False):
        if title is None: title = self.name
        print()
        print('%-28s%-12s%-24s%-24s' % (title, 'Params', 'OutputShape', 'WeightShape'))
        print('%-28s%-12s%-24s%-24s' % (('---',) * 4))

        total_params = 0
        for layer_name, layer_output, layer_trainables in self.list_layers():
            weights = [var for var in layer_trainables if var.name.endswith('/weight:0')]
            num_params = sum(np.prod(shape_to_list(var.shape)) for var in layer_trainables)
            total_params += num_params
            if hide_layers_with_no_params and num_params == 0:
                continue

            print('%-28s%-12s%-24s%-24s' % (
                layer_name,
                num_params if num_params else '-',
                layer_output.shape,
                weights[0].shape if len(weights) == 1 else '-'))

        print('%-28s%-12s%-24s%-24s' % (('---',) * 4))
        print('%-28s%-12s%-24s%-24s' % ('Total', total_params, '', ''))
        print()

    # Construct summary ops to include histograms of all trainable parameters in TensorBoard.
    def setup_weight_histograms(self, title=None):
        if title is None: title = self.name
        with tf.name_scope(None), tf.device(None), tf.control_dependencies(None):
            for localname, var in self.trainables.items():
                if '/' in localname:
                    p = localname.split('/')
                    name = title + '_' + p[-1] + '/' + '_'.join(p[:-1])
                else:
                    name = title + '_toplevel/' + localname
                tf.summary.histogram(name, var)

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