Merge 008f25430b into b5bf4dce98

train.py

@@ -250,6 +250,8 @@ parser.add_argument('--model-ema-decay', type=float, default=0.9998,
 # Misc
 parser.add_argument('--seed', type=int, default=42, metavar='S',
                     help='random seed (default: 42)')
+parser.add_argument('--deterministic', action='store_true', default=False,
+                    help="Whether to use deterministic algorithms (may slightly decrease run time performance)")
 parser.add_argument('--log-interval', type=int, default=50, metavar='N',
                     help='how many batches to wait before logging training status')
 parser.add_argument('--recovery-interval', type=int, default=0, metavar='N',
@@ -353,6 +355,8 @@ def main():
                         "Install NVIDA apex or upgrade to PyTorch 1.6")
 
     random_seed(args.seed, args.rank)
+    # NOTE we want to make sure deterministic is set after random_seed
+    torch.backends.cudnn.deterministic = args.deterministic
 
     model = create_model(
         args.model,