r"""
Pruning methods
"""
from abc import abstractmethod
import numbers
import torch
# For Python 2 and 3 support
try:
from abc import ABC
from collections.abc import Iterable
except ImportError:
from abc import ABCMeta
ABC = ABCMeta('ABC', (), {})
from collections import Iterable
[docs]class BasePruningMethod(ABC):
r"""Abstract base class for creation of new pruning techniques.
Provides a skeleton for customization requiring the overriding of methods
such as :meth:`compute_mask` and :meth:`apply`.
"""
def __init__(self):
pass
def __call__(self, module, inputs):
r"""Multiplies the mask (stored in ``module[name + '_mask']``)
into the original tensor (stored in ``module[name + '_orig']``)
and stores the result into ``module[name]`` by using
:meth:`apply_mask`.
Args:
module (nn.Module): module containing the tensor to prune
inputs: not used.
"""
setattr(module, self._tensor_name, self.apply_mask(module))
[docs] @abstractmethod
def compute_mask(self, t, default_mask):
r"""Computes and returns a mask for the input tensor ``t``.
Starting from a base ``default_mask`` (which should be a mask of ones
if the tensor has not been pruned yet), generate a random mask to
apply on top of the ``default_mask`` according to the specific pruning
method recipe.
Args:
t (torch.Tensor): tensor representing the parameter to prune
default_mask (torch.Tensor): Base mask from previous pruning
iterations, that need to be respected after the new mask is
applied. Same dims as ``t``.
Returns:
mask (torch.Tensor): mask to apply to ``t``, of same dims as ``t``
"""
pass
[docs] def apply_mask(self, module):
r"""Simply handles the multiplication between the parameter being
pruned and the generated mask.
Fetches the mask and the original tensor from the module
and returns the pruned version of the tensor.
Args:
module (nn.Module): module containing the tensor to prune
Returns:
pruned_tensor (torch.Tensor): pruned version of the input tensor
"""
# to carry out the multiplication, the mask needs to have been computed,
# so the pruning method must know what tensor it's operating on
assert (
self._tensor_name is not None
), "Module {} has to be pruned".format(
module
) # this gets set in apply()
mask = getattr(module, self._tensor_name + "_mask")
orig = getattr(module, self._tensor_name + "_orig")
pruned_tensor = mask.to(dtype=orig.dtype) * orig
return pruned_tensor
[docs] @classmethod
def apply(cls, module, name, *args, **kwargs):
r"""Adds the forward pre-hook that enables pruning on the fly and
the reparametrization of a tensor in terms of the original tensor
and the pruning mask.
Args:
module (nn.Module): module containing the tensor to prune
name (str): parameter name within ``module`` on which pruning
will act.
args: arguments passed on to a subclass of
:class:`BasePruningMethod`
kwargs: keyword arguments passed on to a subclass of a
:class:`BasePruningMethod`
"""
def _get_composite_method(cls, module, name, *args, **kwargs):
# Check if a pruning method has already been applied to
# `module[name]`. If so, store that in `old_method`.
old_method = None
found = 0
# there should technically be only 1 hook with hook.name == name
# assert this using `found`
hooks_to_remove = []
for k, hook in module._forward_pre_hooks.items():
# if it exists, take existing thing, remove hook, then
# go through normal thing
if (
isinstance(hook, BasePruningMethod)
and hook._tensor_name == name
):
old_method = hook
hooks_to_remove.append(k)
found += 1
assert (
found <= 1
), "Avoid adding multiple pruning hooks to the\
same tensor {} of module {}. Use a PruningContainer.".format(
name, module
)
for k in hooks_to_remove:
del module._forward_pre_hooks[k]
# Apply the new pruning method, either from scratch or on top of
# the previous one.
method = cls(*args, **kwargs) # new pruning
# Have the pruning method remember what tensor it's been applied to
method._tensor_name = name
# combine `methods` with `old_method`, if `old_method` exists
if old_method is not None: # meaning that there was a hook
# if the hook is already a pruning container, just add the
# new pruning method to the container
if isinstance(old_method, PruningContainer):
old_method.add_pruning_method(method)
method = old_method # rename old_method --> method
# if the hook is simply a single pruning method, create a
# container, add the old pruning method and the new one
elif isinstance(old_method, BasePruningMethod):
container = PruningContainer(old_method)
# Have the pruning method remember the name of its tensor
# setattr(container, '_tensor_name', name)
container.add_pruning_method(method)
method = container # rename container --> method
return method
method = _get_composite_method(cls, module, name, *args, **kwargs)
# at this point we have no forward_pre_hooks but we could have an
# active reparametrization of the tensor if another pruning method
# had been applied (in which case `method` would be a PruningContainer
# and not a simple pruning method).
# Pruning is to be applied to the module's tensor named `name`,
# starting from the state it is found in prior to this iteration of
# pruning
orig = getattr(module, name)
# If this is the first time pruning is applied, take care of moving
# the original tensor to a new parameter called name + '_orig' and
# and deleting the original parameter
if not isinstance(method, PruningContainer):
# copy `module[name]` to `module[name + '_orig']`
module.register_parameter(name + "_orig", orig)
# temporarily delete `module[name]`
del module._parameters[name]
default_mask = torch.ones_like(orig) # temp
# If this is not the first time pruning is applied, all of the above
# has been done before in a previous pruning iteration, so we're good
# to go
else:
default_mask = getattr(module, name + "_mask").detach().clone(memory_format=torch.contiguous_format)
# Use try/except because if anything goes wrong with the mask
# computation etc., you'd want to roll back.
try:
# get the final mask, computed according to the specific method
mask = method.compute_mask(orig, default_mask=default_mask)
# reparametrize by saving mask to `module[name + '_mask']`...
module.register_buffer(name + "_mask", mask)
# ... and the new pruned tensor to `module[name]`
setattr(module, name, method.apply_mask(module))
# associate the pruning method to the module via a hook to
# compute the function before every forward() (compile by run)
module.register_forward_pre_hook(method)
except Exception as e:
if not isinstance(method, PruningContainer):
orig = getattr(module, name + "_orig")
module.register_parameter(name, orig)
del module._parameters[name + "_orig"]
raise e
return method
[docs] def prune(self, t, default_mask=None):
r"""Computes and returns a pruned version of input tensor ``t``
according to the pruning rule specified in :meth:`compute_mask`.
Args:
t (torch.Tensor): tensor to prune (of same dimensions as
``default_mask``).
default_mask (torch.Tensor, optional): mask from previous pruning
iteration, if any. To be considered when determining what
portion of the tensor that pruning should act on. If None,
default to a mask of ones.
Returns:
pruned version of tensor ``t``.
"""
if default_mask is None:
default_mask = torch.ones_like(t)
return t * self.compute_mask(t, default_mask=default_mask)
[docs] def remove(self, module):
r"""Removes the pruning reparameterization from a module. The pruned
parameter named ``name`` remains permanently pruned, and the parameter
named ``name+'_orig'`` is removed from the parameter list. Similarly,
the buffer named ``name+'_mask'`` is removed from the buffers.
Note:
Pruning itself is NOT undone or reversed!
"""
# before removing pruning from a tensor, it has to have been applied
assert (
self._tensor_name is not None
), "Module {} has to be pruned\
before pruning can be removed".format(
module
) # this gets set in apply()
# to update module[name] to latest trained weights
weight = self.apply_mask(module) # masked weights
# delete and reset
delattr(module, self._tensor_name)
orig = module._parameters[self._tensor_name + "_orig"]
orig.data = weight.data
del module._parameters[self._tensor_name + "_orig"]
del module._buffers[self._tensor_name + "_mask"]
setattr(module, self._tensor_name, orig)
[docs]class PruningContainer(BasePruningMethod):
"""Container holding a sequence of pruning methods for iterative pruning.
Keeps track of the order in which pruning methods are applied and handles
combining successive pruning calls.
Accepts as argument an instance of a BasePruningMethod or an iterable of
them.
"""
def __init__(self, *args):
self._pruning_methods = tuple()
if not isinstance(args, Iterable): # only 1 item
self._tensor_name = args._tensor_name
self.add_pruning_method(args)
elif len(args) == 1: # only 1 item in a tuple
self._tensor_name = args[0]._tensor_name
self.add_pruning_method(args[0])
else: # manual construction from list or other iterable (or no args)
for method in args:
self.add_pruning_method(method)
[docs] def add_pruning_method(self, method):
r"""Adds a child pruning ``method`` to the container.
Args:
method (subclass of BasePruningMethod): child pruning method
to be added to the container.
"""
# check that we're adding a pruning method to the container
if not isinstance(method, BasePruningMethod) and method is not None:
raise TypeError(
"{} is not a BasePruningMethod subclass".format(type(method))
)
elif self._tensor_name != method._tensor_name:
raise ValueError(
"Can only add pruning methods acting on "
"the parameter named '{}' to PruningContainer {}.".format(
self._tensor_name, self
)
+ " Found '{}'".format(method._tensor_name)
)
# if all checks passed, add to _pruning_methods tuple
self._pruning_methods += (method,)
def __len__(self):
return len(self._pruning_methods)
def __iter__(self):
return iter(self._pruning_methods)
def __getitem__(self, idx):
return self._pruning_methods[idx]
[docs] def compute_mask(self, t, default_mask):
r"""Applies the latest ``method`` by computing the new partial masks
and returning its combination with the ``default_mask``.
The new partial mask should be computed on the entries or channels
that were not zeroed out by the ``default_mask``.
Which portions of the tensor ``t`` the new mask will be calculated from
depends on the ``PRUNING_TYPE`` (handled by the type handler):
* for 'unstructured', the mask will be computed from the raveled
list of nonmasked entries;
* for 'structured', the mask will be computed from the nonmasked
channels in the tensor;
* for 'global', the mask will be computed across all entries.
Args:
t (torch.Tensor): tensor representing the parameter to prune
(of same dimensions as ``default_mask``).
default_mask (torch.Tensor): mask from previous pruning iteration.
Returns:
mask (torch.Tensor): new mask that combines the effects
of the ``default_mask`` and the new mask from the current
pruning ``method`` (of same dimensions as ``default_mask`` and
``t``).
"""
def _combine_masks(method, t, mask):
r"""
Args:
method (a BasePruningMethod subclass): pruning method
currently being applied.
t (torch.Tensor): tensor representing the parameter to prune
(of same dimensions as mask).
mask (torch.Tensor): mask from previous pruning iteration
Returns:
new_mask (torch.Tensor): new mask that combines the effects
of the old mask and the new mask from the current
pruning method (of same dimensions as mask and t).
"""
new_mask = mask # start off from existing mask
new_mask = new_mask.to(dtype=t.dtype)
# compute a slice of t onto which the new pruning method will operate
if method.PRUNING_TYPE == "unstructured":
# prune entries of t where the mask is 1
slc = mask == 1
# for struct pruning, exclude channels that have already been
# entirely pruned
elif method.PRUNING_TYPE == "structured":
if not hasattr(method, "dim"):
raise AttributeError(
"Pruning methods of PRUNING_TYPE "
'"structured" need to have the attribute `dim` defined.'
)
# find the channels to keep by removing the ones that have been
# zeroed out already (i.e. where sum(entries) == 0)
n_dims = t.dim() # "is this a 2D tensor? 3D? ..."
dim = method.dim
# convert negative indexing
if dim < 0:
dim = n_dims + dim
# if dim is still negative after subtracting it from n_dims
if dim < 0:
raise IndexError(
'Index is out of bounds for tensor with dimensions {}'
.format(n_dims)
)
# find channels along dim = dim that aren't already tots 0ed out
keep_channel = (
mask.sum(dim=[d for d in range(n_dims) if d != dim]) != 0
)
# create slice to identify what to prune
slc = [slice(None)] * n_dims
slc[dim] = keep_channel
elif method.PRUNING_TYPE == "global":
n_dims = len(t.shape) # "is this a 2D tensor? 3D? ..."
slc = [slice(None)] * n_dims
else:
raise ValueError(
"Unrecognized PRUNING_TYPE {}".format(method.PRUNING_TYPE)
)
# compute the new mask on the unpruned slice of the tensor t
partial_mask = method.compute_mask(t[slc], default_mask=mask[slc])
new_mask[slc] = partial_mask.to(dtype=new_mask.dtype)
return new_mask
method = self._pruning_methods[-1]
mask = _combine_masks(method, t, default_mask)
return mask
[docs]class Identity(BasePruningMethod):
r"""Utility pruning method that does not prune any units but generates the
pruning parametrization with a mask of ones.
"""
PRUNING_TYPE = "unstructured"
def compute_mask(self, t, default_mask):
mask = default_mask
return mask
[docs] @classmethod
def apply(cls, module, name):
r"""Adds the forward pre-hook that enables pruning on the fly and
the reparametrization of a tensor in terms of the original tensor
and the pruning mask.
Args:
module (nn.Module): module containing the tensor to prune
name (str): parameter name within ``module`` on which pruning
will act.
"""
return super(Identity, cls).apply(module, name)
[docs]class RandomUnstructured(BasePruningMethod):
r"""Prune (currently unpruned) units in a tensor at random.
Args:
name (str): parameter name within ``module`` on which pruning
will act.
amount (int or float): quantity of parameters to prune.
If ``float``, should be between 0.0 and 1.0 and represent the
fraction of parameters to prune. If ``int``, it represents the
absolute number of parameters to prune.
"""
PRUNING_TYPE = "unstructured"
def __init__(self, amount):
# Check range of validity of pruning amount
_validate_pruning_amount_init(amount)
self.amount = amount
def compute_mask(self, t, default_mask):
# Check that the amount of units to prune is not > than the number of
# parameters in t
tensor_size = t.nelement()
# Compute number of units to prune: amount if int,
# else amount * tensor_size
nparams_toprune = _compute_nparams_toprune(self.amount, tensor_size)
# This should raise an error if the number of units to prune is larger
# than the number of units in the tensor
_validate_pruning_amount(nparams_toprune, tensor_size)
mask = default_mask.clone(memory_format=torch.contiguous_format)
if nparams_toprune != 0: # k=0 not supported by torch.kthvalue
prob = torch.rand_like(t)
topk = torch.topk(prob.view(-1), k=nparams_toprune)
mask.view(-1)[topk.indices] = 0
return mask
[docs] @classmethod
def apply(cls, module, name, amount):
r"""Adds the forward pre-hook that enables pruning on the fly and
the reparametrization of a tensor in terms of the original tensor
and the pruning mask.
Args:
module (nn.Module): module containing the tensor to prune
name (str): parameter name within ``module`` on which pruning
will act.
amount (int or float): quantity of parameters to prune.
If ``float``, should be between 0.0 and 1.0 and represent the
fraction of parameters to prune. If ``int``, it represents the
absolute number of parameters to prune.
"""
return super(RandomUnstructured, cls).apply(
module, name, amount=amount
)
[docs]class L1Unstructured(BasePruningMethod):
r"""Prune (currently unpruned) units in a tensor by zeroing out the ones
with the lowest L1-norm.
Args:
amount (int or float): quantity of parameters to prune.
If ``float``, should be between 0.0 and 1.0 and represent the
fraction of parameters to prune. If ``int``, it represents the
absolute number of parameters to prune.
"""
PRUNING_TYPE = "unstructured"
def __init__(self, amount):
# Check range of validity of pruning amount
_validate_pruning_amount_init(amount)
self.amount = amount
def compute_mask(self, t, default_mask):
# Check that the amount of units to prune is not > than the number of
# parameters in t
tensor_size = t.nelement()
# Compute number of units to prune: amount if int,
# else amount * tensor_size
nparams_toprune = _compute_nparams_toprune(self.amount, tensor_size)
# This should raise an error if the number of units to prune is larger
# than the number of units in the tensor
_validate_pruning_amount(nparams_toprune, tensor_size)
mask = default_mask.clone(memory_format=torch.contiguous_format)
if nparams_toprune != 0: # k=0 not supported by torch.kthvalue
# largest=True --> top k; largest=False --> bottom k
# Prune the smallest k
topk = torch.topk(
torch.abs(t).view(-1), k=nparams_toprune, largest=False
)
# topk will have .indices and .values
mask.view(-1)[topk.indices] = 0
return mask
[docs] @classmethod
def apply(cls, module, name, amount):
r"""Adds the forward pre-hook that enables pruning on the fly and
the reparametrization of a tensor in terms of the original tensor
and the pruning mask.
Args:
module (nn.Module): module containing the tensor to prune
name (str): parameter name within ``module`` on which pruning
will act.
amount (int or float): quantity of parameters to prune.
If ``float``, should be between 0.0 and 1.0 and represent the
fraction of parameters to prune. If ``int``, it represents the
absolute number of parameters to prune.
"""
return super(L1Unstructured, cls).apply(module, name, amount=amount)
[docs]class RandomStructured(BasePruningMethod):
r"""Prune entire (currently unpruned) channels in a tensor at random.
Args:
amount (int or float): quantity of parameters to prune.
If ``float``, should be between 0.0 and 1.0 and represent the
fraction of parameters to prune. If ``int``, it represents the
absolute number of parameters to prune.
dim (int, optional): index of the dim along which we define
channels to prune. Default: -1.
"""
PRUNING_TYPE = "structured"
def __init__(self, amount, dim=-1):
# Check range of validity of amount
_validate_pruning_amount_init(amount)
self.amount = amount
self.dim = dim
[docs] def compute_mask(self, t, default_mask):
r"""Computes and returns a mask for the input tensor ``t``.
Starting from a base ``default_mask`` (which should be a mask of ones
if the tensor has not been pruned yet), generate a random mask to
apply on top of the ``default_mask`` by randomly zeroing out channels
along the specified dim of the tensor.
Args:
t (torch.Tensor): tensor representing the parameter to prune
default_mask (torch.Tensor): Base mask from previous pruning
iterations, that need to be respected after the new mask is
applied. Same dims as ``t``.
Returns:
mask (torch.Tensor): mask to apply to ``t``, of same dims as ``t``
Raises:
IndexError: if ``self.dim >= len(t.shape)``
"""
# Check that tensor has structure (i.e. more than 1 dimension) such
# that the concept of "channels" makes sense
_validate_structured_pruning(t)
# Check that self.dim is a valid dim to index t, else raise IndexError
_validate_pruning_dim(t, self.dim)
# Check that the amount of channels to prune is not > than the number of
# channels in t along the dim to prune
tensor_size = t.shape[self.dim]
# Compute number of units to prune: amount if int,
# else amount * tensor_size
nparams_toprune = _compute_nparams_toprune(self.amount, tensor_size)
nparams_tokeep = tensor_size - nparams_toprune
# This should raise an error if the number of units to prune is larger
# than the number of units in the tensor
_validate_pruning_amount(nparams_toprune, tensor_size)
# Compute binary mask by initializing it to all 0s and then filling in
# 1s wherever topk.indices indicates, along self.dim.
# mask has the same shape as tensor t
def make_mask(t, dim, nchannels, nchannels_toprune):
# generate a random number in [0, 1] to associate to each channel
prob = torch.rand(nchannels)
# generate mask for each channel by 0ing out the channels that
# got assigned the k = nchannels_toprune lowest values in prob
threshold = torch.kthvalue(prob, k=nchannels_toprune).values
channel_mask = prob > threshold
mask = torch.zeros_like(t)
slc = [slice(None)] * len(t.shape)
slc[dim] = channel_mask
mask[slc] = 1
return mask
if nparams_toprune == 0: # k=0 not supported by torch.kthvalue
mask = default_mask
else:
# apply the new structured mask on top of prior (potentially
# unstructured) mask
mask = make_mask(t, self.dim, tensor_size, nparams_toprune)
mask *= default_mask.to(dtype=mask.dtype)
return mask
[docs] @classmethod
def apply(cls, module, name, amount, dim=-1):
r"""Adds the forward pre-hook that enables pruning on the fly and
the reparametrization of a tensor in terms of the original tensor
and the pruning mask.
Args:
module (nn.Module): module containing the tensor to prune
name (str): parameter name within ``module`` on which pruning
will act.
amount (int or float): quantity of parameters to prune.
If ``float``, should be between 0.0 and 1.0 and represent the
fraction of parameters to prune. If ``int``, it represents the
absolute number of parameters to prune.
dim (int, optional): index of the dim along which we define
channels to prune. Default: -1.
"""
return super(RandomStructured, cls).apply(
module, name, amount=amount, dim=dim
)
[docs]class LnStructured(BasePruningMethod):
r"""Prune entire (currently unpruned) channels in a tensor based on their
Ln-norm.
Args:
amount (int or float): quantity of channels to prune.
If ``float``, should be between 0.0 and 1.0 and represent the
fraction of parameters to prune. If ``int``, it represents the
absolute number of parameters to prune.
n (int, float, inf, -inf, 'fro', 'nuc'): See documentation of valid
entries for argument ``p`` in :func:`torch.norm`.
dim (int, optional): index of the dim along which we define
channels to prune. Default: -1.
"""
PRUNING_TYPE = "structured"
def __init__(self, amount, n, dim=-1):
# Check range of validity of amount
_validate_pruning_amount_init(amount)
self.amount = amount
self.n = n
self.dim = dim
[docs] def compute_mask(self, t, default_mask):
r"""Computes and returns a mask for the input tensor ``t``.
Starting from a base ``default_mask`` (which should be a mask of ones
if the tensor has not been pruned yet), generate a mask to apply on
top of the ``default_mask`` by zeroing out the channels along the
specified dim with the lowest Ln-norm.
Args:
t (torch.Tensor): tensor representing the parameter to prune
default_mask (torch.Tensor): Base mask from previous pruning
iterations, that need to be respected after the new mask is
applied. Same dims as ``t``.
Returns:
mask (torch.Tensor): mask to apply to ``t``, of same dims as ``t``
Raises:
IndexError: if ``self.dim >= len(t.shape)``
"""
# Check that tensor has structure (i.e. more than 1 dimension) such
# that the concept of "channels" makes sense
_validate_structured_pruning(t)
# Check that self.dim is a valid dim to index t, else raise IndexError
_validate_pruning_dim(t, self.dim)
# Check that the amount of channels to prune is not > than the number of
# channels in t along the dim to prune
tensor_size = t.shape[self.dim]
# Compute number of units to prune: amount if int,
# else amount * tensor_size
nparams_toprune = _compute_nparams_toprune(self.amount, tensor_size)
nparams_tokeep = tensor_size - nparams_toprune
# This should raise an error if the number of units to prune is larger
# than the number of units in the tensor
_validate_pruning_amount(nparams_toprune, tensor_size)
# Structured pruning prunes entire channels so we need to know the
# L_n norm along each channel to then find the topk based on this
# metric
norm = _compute_norm(t, self.n, self.dim)
# largest=True --> top k; largest=False --> bottom k
# Keep the largest k channels along dim=self.dim
topk = torch.topk(
norm,
k=nparams_tokeep,
largest=True,
)
# topk will have .indices and .values
# Compute binary mask by initializing it to all 0s and then filling in
# 1s wherever topk.indices indicates, along self.dim.
# mask has the same shape as tensor t
def make_mask(t, dim, indices):
# init mask to 0
mask = torch.zeros_like(t)
# e.g.: slc = [None, None, None], if len(t.shape) = 3
slc = [slice(None)] * len(t.shape)
# replace a None at position=dim with indices
# e.g.: slc = [None, None, [0, 2, 3]] if dim=2 & indices=[0,2,3]
slc[dim] = indices
# use slc to slice mask and replace all its entries with 1s
# e.g.: mask[:, :, [0, 2, 3]] = 1
mask[slc] = 1
return mask
if nparams_toprune == 0: # k=0 not supported by torch.kthvalue
mask = default_mask
else:
mask = make_mask(t, self.dim, topk.indices)
mask *= default_mask.to(dtype=mask.dtype)
return mask
[docs] @classmethod
def apply(cls, module, name, amount, n, dim):
r"""Adds the forward pre-hook that enables pruning on the fly and
the reparametrization of a tensor in terms of the original tensor
and the pruning mask.
Args:
module (nn.Module): module containing the tensor to prune
name (str): parameter name within ``module`` on which pruning
will act.
amount (int or float): quantity of parameters to prune.
If ``float``, should be between 0.0 and 1.0 and represent the
fraction of parameters to prune. If ``int``, it represents the
absolute number of parameters to prune.
n (int, float, inf, -inf, 'fro', 'nuc'): See documentation of valid
entries for argument ``p`` in :func:`torch.norm`.
dim (int): index of the dim along which we define channels to
prune.
"""
return super(LnStructured, cls).apply(
module, name, amount=amount, n=n, dim=dim
)
[docs]class CustomFromMask(BasePruningMethod):
PRUNING_TYPE = "global"
def __init__(self, mask):
self.mask = mask
def compute_mask(self, t, default_mask):
assert default_mask.shape == self.mask.shape
mask = default_mask * self.mask.to(dtype=default_mask.dtype)
return mask
[docs] @classmethod
def apply(cls, module, name, mask):
r"""Adds the forward pre-hook that enables pruning on the fly and
the reparametrization of a tensor in terms of the original tensor
and the pruning mask.
Args:
module (nn.Module): module containing the tensor to prune
name (str): parameter name within ``module`` on which pruning
will act.
"""
return super(CustomFromMask, cls).apply(
module, name, mask
)
def identity(module, name):
r"""Applies pruning reparametrization to the tensor corresponding to the
parameter called ``name`` in ``module`` without actually pruning any
units. Modifies module in place (and also return the modified module)
by:
1) adding a named buffer called ``name+'_mask'`` corresponding to the
binary mask applied to the parameter ``name`` by the pruning method.
2) replacing the parameter ``name`` by its pruned version, while the
original (unpruned) parameter is stored in a new parameter named
``name+'_orig'``.
Note:
The mask is a tensor of ones.
Args:
module (nn.Module): module containing the tensor to prune.
name (str): parameter name within ``module`` on which pruning
will act.
Returns:
module (nn.Module): modified (i.e. pruned) version of the input module
Examples:
>>> m = prune.identity(nn.Linear(2, 3), 'bias')
>>> print(m.bias_mask)
tensor([1., 1., 1.])
"""
Identity.apply(module, name)
return module
def random_unstructured(module, name, amount):
r"""Prunes tensor corresponding to parameter called ``name`` in ``module``
by removing the specified ``amount`` of (currently unpruned) units
selected at random.
Modifies module in place (and also return the modified module) by:
1) adding a named buffer called ``name+'_mask'`` corresponding to the
binary mask applied to the parameter `name` by the pruning method.
2) replacing the parameter ``name`` by its pruned version, while the
original (unpruned) parameter is stored in a new parameter named
``name+'_orig'``.
Args:
module (nn.Module): module containing the tensor to prune
name (str): parameter name within ``module`` on which pruning
will act.
amount (int or float): quantity of parameters to prune.
If ``float``, should be between 0.0 and 1.0 and represent the
fraction of parameters to prune. If ``int``, it represents the
absolute number of parameters to prune.
Returns:
module (nn.Module): modified (i.e. pruned) version of the input module
Examples:
>>> m = prune.random_unstructured(nn.Linear(2, 3), 'weight', amount=1)
>>> torch.sum(m.weight_mask == 0)
tensor(1)
"""
RandomUnstructured.apply(module, name, amount)
return module
def l1_unstructured(module, name, amount):
r"""Prunes tensor corresponding to parameter called ``name`` in ``module``
by removing the specified `amount` of (currently unpruned) units with the
lowest L1-norm.
Modifies module in place (and also return the modified module)
by:
1) adding a named buffer called ``name+'_mask'`` corresponding to the
binary mask applied to the parameter ``name`` by the pruning method.
2) replacing the parameter ``name`` by its pruned version, while the
original (unpruned) parameter is stored in a new parameter named
``name+'_orig'``.
Args:
module (nn.Module): module containing the tensor to prune
name (str): parameter name within ``module`` on which pruning
will act.
amount (int or float): quantity of parameters to prune.
If ``float``, should be between 0.0 and 1.0 and represent the
fraction of parameters to prune. If ``int``, it represents the
absolute number of parameters to prune.
Returns:
module (nn.Module): modified (i.e. pruned) version of the input module
Examples:
>>> m = prune.l1_unstructured(nn.Linear(2, 3), 'weight', amount=0.2)
>>> m.state_dict().keys()
odict_keys(['bias', 'weight_orig', 'weight_mask'])
"""
L1Unstructured.apply(module, name, amount)
return module
def random_structured(module, name, amount, dim):
r"""Prunes tensor corresponding to parameter called ``name`` in ``module``
by removing the specified ``amount`` of (currently unpruned) channels
along the specified ``dim`` selected at random.
Modifies module in place (and also return the modified module)
by:
1) adding a named buffer called ``name+'_mask'`` corresponding to the
binary mask applied to the parameter ``name`` by the pruning method.
2) replacing the parameter ``name`` by its pruned version, while the
original (unpruned) parameter is stored in a new parameter named
``name+'_orig'``.
Args:
module (nn.Module): module containing the tensor to prune
name (str): parameter name within ``module`` on which pruning
will act.
amount (int or float): quantity of parameters to prune.
If ``float``, should be between 0.0 and 1.0 and represent the
fraction of parameters to prune. If ``int``, it represents the
absolute number of parameters to prune.
dim (int): index of the dim along which we define channels to prune.
Returns:
module (nn.Module): modified (i.e. pruned) version of the input module
Examples:
>>> m = prune.random_structured(
nn.Linear(5, 3), 'weight', amount=3, dim=1
)
>>> columns_pruned = int(sum(torch.sum(m.weight, dim=0) == 0))
>>> print(columns_pruned)
3
"""
RandomStructured.apply(module, name, amount, dim)
return module
def ln_structured(module, name, amount, n, dim):
r"""Prunes tensor corresponding to parameter called ``name`` in ``module``
by removing the specified ``amount`` of (currently unpruned) channels
along the specified ``dim`` with the lowest L``n``-norm.
Modifies module in place (and also return the modified module)
by:
1) adding a named buffer called ``name+'_mask'`` corresponding to the
binary mask applied to the parameter ``name`` by the pruning method.
2) replacing the parameter ``name`` by its pruned version, while the
original (unpruned) parameter is stored in a new parameter named
``name+'_orig'``.
Args:
module (nn.Module): module containing the tensor to prune
name (str): parameter name within ``module`` on which pruning
will act.
amount (int or float): quantity of parameters to prune.
If ``float``, should be between 0.0 and 1.0 and represent the
fraction of parameters to prune. If ``int``, it represents the
absolute number of parameters to prune.
n (int, float, inf, -inf, 'fro', 'nuc'): See documentation of valid
entries for argument ``p`` in :func:`torch.norm`.
dim (int): index of the dim along which we define channels to prune.
Returns:
module (nn.Module): modified (i.e. pruned) version of the input module
Examples:
>>> m = prune.ln_structured(
nn.Conv2d(5, 3, 2), 'weight', amount=0.3, dim=1, n=float('-inf')
)
"""
LnStructured.apply(module, name, amount, n, dim)
return module
[docs]def global_unstructured(parameters, pruning_method, **kwargs):
r"""
Globally prunes tensors corresponding to all parameters in ``parameters``
by applying the specified ``pruning_method``.
Modifies modules in place by:
1) adding a named buffer called ``name+'_mask'`` corresponding to the
binary mask applied to the parameter ``name`` by the pruning method.
2) replacing the parameter ``name`` by its pruned version, while the
original (unpruned) parameter is stored in a new parameter named
``name+'_orig'``.
Args:
parameters (Iterable of (module, name) tuples): parameters of
the model to prune in a global fashion, i.e. by aggregating all
weights prior to deciding which ones to prune. module must be of
type :class:`nn.Module`, and name must be a string.
pruning_method (function): a valid pruning function from this module,
or a custom one implemented by the user that satisfies the
implementation guidelines and has ``PRUNING_TYPE='unstructured'``.
kwargs: other keyword arguments such as:
amount (int or float): quantity of parameters to prune across the
specified parameters.
If ``float``, should be between 0.0 and 1.0 and represent the
fraction of parameters to prune. If ``int``, it represents the
absolute number of parameters to prune.
Raises:
TypeError: if ``PRUNING_TYPE != 'unstructured'``
Note:
Since global structured pruning doesn't make much sense unless the
norm is normalized by the size of the parameter, we now limit the
scope of global pruning to unstructured methods.
Examples:
>>> net = nn.Sequential(OrderedDict([
('first', nn.Linear(10, 4)),
('second', nn.Linear(4, 1)),
]))
>>> parameters_to_prune = (
(net.first, 'weight'),
(net.second, 'weight'),
)
>>> prune.global_unstructured(
parameters_to_prune,
pruning_method=prune.L1Unstructured,
amount=10,
)
>>> print(sum(torch.nn.utils.parameters_to_vector(net.buffers()) == 0))
tensor(10, dtype=torch.uint8)
"""
# ensure parameters is a list or generator of tuples
assert isinstance(parameters, Iterable)
# flatten parameter values to consider them all at once in global pruning
t = torch.nn.utils.parameters_to_vector([getattr(*p) for p in parameters])
# similarly, flatten the masks (if they exist), or use a flattened vector
# of 1s of the same dimensions as t
default_mask = torch.nn.utils.parameters_to_vector(
[
getattr(
module, name + "_mask", torch.ones_like(getattr(module, name))
)
for (module, name) in parameters
]
)
# use the canonical pruning methods to compute the new mask, even if the
# parameter is now a flattened out version of `parameters`
container = PruningContainer()
container._tensor_name = "temp" # to make it match that of `method`
method = pruning_method(**kwargs)
method._tensor_name = "temp" # to make it match that of `container`
if method.PRUNING_TYPE != "unstructured":
raise TypeError(
'Only "unstructured" PRUNING_TYPE supported for '
"the `pruning_method`. Found method {} of type {}".format(
pruning_method, method.PRUNING_TYPE
)
)
container.add_pruning_method(method)
# use the `compute_mask` method from `PruningContainer` to combine the
# mask computed by the new method with the pre-existing mask
final_mask = container.compute_mask(t, default_mask)
# Pointer for slicing the mask to match the shape of each parameter
pointer = 0
for module, name in parameters:
param = getattr(module, name)
# The length of the parameter
num_param = param.numel()
# Slice the mask, reshape it
param_mask = final_mask[pointer : pointer + num_param].view_as(param)
# Assign the correct pre-computed mask to each parameter and add it
# to the forward_pre_hooks like any other pruning method
custom_from_mask(module, name, param_mask)
# Increment the pointer to continue slicing the final_mask
pointer += num_param
[docs]def custom_from_mask(module, name, mask):
r"""Prunes tensor corresponding to parameter called ``name`` in ``module``
by applying the pre-computed mask in ``mask``.
Modifies module in place (and also return the modified module)
by:
1) adding a named buffer called ``name+'_mask'`` corresponding to the
binary mask applied to the parameter ``name`` by the pruning method.
2) replacing the parameter ``name`` by its pruned version, while the
original (unpruned) parameter is stored in a new parameter named
``name+'_orig'``.
Args:
module (nn.Module): module containing the tensor to prune
name (str): parameter name within ``module`` on which pruning
will act.
mask (Tensor): binary mask to be applied to the parameter.
Returns:
module (nn.Module): modified (i.e. pruned) version of the input module
Examples:
>>> m = prune.custom_from_mask(
nn.Linear(5, 3), name='bias', mask=torch.Tensor([0, 1, 0])
)
>>> print(m.bias_mask)
tensor([0., 1., 0.])
"""
CustomFromMask.apply(module, name, mask)
return module
def remove(module, name):
r"""Removes the pruning reparameterization from a module and the
pruning method from the forward hook. The pruned
parameter named ``name`` remains permanently pruned, and the parameter
named ``name+'_orig'`` is removed from the parameter list. Similarly,
the buffer named ``name+'_mask'`` is removed from the buffers.
Note:
Pruning itself is NOT undone or reversed!
Args:
module (nn.Module): module containing the tensor to prune
name (str): parameter name within ``module`` on which pruning
will act.
Examples:
>>> m = random_unstructured(nn.Linear(5, 7), name='weight', amount=0.2)
>>> m = remove(m, name='weight')
"""
for k, hook in module._forward_pre_hooks.items():
if isinstance(hook, BasePruningMethod) and hook._tensor_name == name:
hook.remove(module)
del module._forward_pre_hooks[k]
return module
raise ValueError(
"Parameter '{}' of module {} has to be pruned "
"before pruning can be removed".format(name, module)
)
def is_pruned(module):
r"""Check whether ``module`` is pruned by looking for
``forward_pre_hooks`` in its modules that inherit from the
:class:`BasePruningMethod`.
Args:
module (nn.Module): object that is either pruned or unpruned
Returns:
binary answer to whether ``module`` is pruned.
Examples:
>>> m = nn.Linear(5, 7)
>>> print(prune.is_pruned(m))
False
>>> prune.random_unstructured(m, name='weight', amount=0.2)
>>> print(prune.is_pruned(m))
True
"""
for _, submodule in module.named_modules():
for _, hook in submodule._forward_pre_hooks.items():
if isinstance(hook, BasePruningMethod):
return True
return False
def _validate_pruning_amount_init(amount):
r"""Validation helper to check the range of amount at init.
Args:
amount (int or float): quantity of parameters to prune.
If float, should be between 0.0 and 1.0 and represent the
fraction of parameters to prune. If int, it represents the
absolute number of parameters to prune.
Raises:
ValueError: if amount is a float not in [0, 1], or if it's a negative
integer.
TypeError: if amount is neither a float nor an integer.
Note:
This does not take into account the number of parameters in the
tensor to be pruned, which is known only at prune.
"""
if not isinstance(amount, numbers.Real):
raise TypeError(
"Invalid type for amount: {}. Must be int or float."
"".format(amount)
)
if (isinstance(amount, numbers.Integral) and amount < 0) or (
not isinstance(amount, numbers.Integral) # so it's a float
and (amount > 1.0 or amount < 0.0)
):
raise ValueError(
"amount={} should either be a float in the "
"range [0, 1] or a non-negative integer"
"".format(amount)
)
def _validate_pruning_amount(amount, tensor_size):
r"""Validation helper to check that the amount of parameters to prune
is meaningful wrt to the size of the data (`tensor_size`).
Args:
amount (int or float): quantity of parameters to prune.
If float, should be between 0.0 and 1.0 and represent the
fraction of parameters to prune. If int, it represents the
absolute number of parameters to prune.
tensor_size (int): absolute number of parameters in the tensor
to prune.
"""
# TODO: consider removing this check and allowing users to specify
# a number of units to prune that is greater than the number of units
# left to prune. In this case, the tensor will just be fully pruned.
if isinstance(amount, numbers.Integral) and amount > tensor_size:
raise ValueError(
"amount={} should be smaller than the number of "
"parameters to prune={}".format(amount, tensor_size)
)
def _validate_structured_pruning(t):
r"""Validation helper to check that the tensor to be pruned is multi-
dimensional, such that the concept of "channels" is well-defined.
Args:
t (torch.Tensor): tensor representing the parameter to prune
Raises:
ValueError: if the tensor `t` is not at least 2D.
"""
shape = t.shape
if len(shape) <= 1:
raise ValueError(
"Structured pruning can only be applied to "
"multidimensional tensors. Found tensor of shape "
"{} with {} dims".format(shape, len(shape))
)
def _compute_nparams_toprune(amount, tensor_size):
r"""Since amount can be expressed either in absolute value or as a
percentage of the number of units/channels in a tensor, this utility
function converts the percentage to absolute value to standardize
the handling of pruning.
Args:
amount (int or float): quantity of parameters to prune.
If float, should be between 0.0 and 1.0 and represent the
fraction of parameters to prune. If int, it represents the
absolute number of parameters to prune.
tensor_size (int): absolute number of parameters in the tensor
to prune.
Returns:
int: the number of units to prune in the tensor
"""
# incorrect type already checked in _validate_pruning_amount_init
if isinstance(amount, numbers.Integral):
return amount
else:
return int(round(amount * tensor_size)) # int needed for Python 2
def _validate_pruning_dim(t, dim):
r"""
Args:
t (torch.Tensor): tensor representing the parameter to prune
dim (int): index of the dim along which we define channels to prune
"""
if dim >= t.dim():
raise IndexError(
"Invalid index {} for tensor of size {}".format(dim, t.shape)
)
def _compute_norm(t, n, dim):
r"""Compute the L_n-norm across all entries in tensor `t` along all dimension
except for the one identified by dim.
Example: if `t` is of shape, say, 3x2x4 and dim=2 (the last dim),
then norm will have Size [4], and each entry will represent the
`L_n`-norm computed using the 3x2=6 entries for each of the 4 channels.
Args:
t (torch.Tensor): tensor representing the parameter to prune
n (int, float, inf, -inf, 'fro', 'nuc'): See documentation of valid
entries for argument p in torch.norm
dim (int): dim identifying the channels to prune
Returns:
norm (torch.Tensor): L_n norm computed across all dimensions except
for `dim`. By construction, `norm.shape = t.shape[-1]`.
"""
# dims = all axes, except for the one identified by `dim`
dims = list(range(t.dim()))
# convert negative indexing
if dim < 0:
dim = dims[dim]
dims.remove(dim)
norm = torch.norm(t, p=n, dim=dims)
return norm
