Scheduler update, add v2 factory method, support scheduling on updates instead of just epochs. Add LR to summary csv. Add lr_base scaling calculations to train script. Fix #1168

timm/optim/optim_factory.py

@@ -193,7 +193,8 @@ def create_optimizer_v2(
         filter_bias_and_bn: bool = True,
         layer_decay: Optional[float] = None,
         param_group_fn: Optional[Callable] = None,
-        **kwargs):
+        **kwargs,
+):
     """ Create an optimizer.
 
     TODO currently the model is passed in and all parameters are selected for optimization.

timm/scheduler/__init__.py

@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ from .poly_lr import PolyLRScheduler
 from .step_lr import StepLRScheduler
 from .tanh_lr import TanhLRScheduler
 
-from .scheduler_factory import create_scheduler
+from .scheduler_factory import create_scheduler, create_scheduler_v2, scheduler_kwargs

timm/scheduler/cosine_lr.py

@@ -26,33 +26,42 @@ class CosineLRScheduler(Scheduler):
     k-decay option based on `k-decay: A New Method For Learning Rate Schedule` - https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.05909
     """
 
-    def __init__(self,
-                 optimizer: torch.optim.Optimizer,
-                 t_initial: int,
-                 lr_min: float = 0.,
-                 cycle_mul: float = 1.,
-                 cycle_decay: float = 1.,
-                 cycle_limit: int = 1,
-                 warmup_t=0,
-                 warmup_lr_init=0,
-                 warmup_prefix=False,
-                 t_in_epochs=True,
-                 noise_range_t=None,
-                 noise_pct=0.67,
-                 noise_std=1.0,
-                 noise_seed=42,
-                 k_decay=1.0,
-                 initialize=True) -> None:
+    def __init__(
+            self,
+            optimizer: torch.optim.Optimizer,
+            t_initial: int,
+            lr_min: float = 0.,
+            cycle_mul: float = 1.,
+            cycle_decay: float = 1.,
+            cycle_limit: int = 1,
+            warmup_t=0,
+            warmup_lr_init=0,
+            warmup_prefix=False,
+            t_in_epochs=True,
+            noise_range_t=None,
+            noise_pct=0.67,
+            noise_std=1.0,
+            noise_seed=42,
+            k_decay=1.0,
+            initialize=True,
+    ) -> None:
         super().__init__(
-            optimizer, param_group_field="lr",
-            noise_range_t=noise_range_t, noise_pct=noise_pct, noise_std=noise_std, noise_seed=noise_seed,
-            initialize=initialize)
+            optimizer,
+            param_group_field="lr",
+            t_in_epochs=t_in_epochs,
+            noise_range_t=noise_range_t,
+            noise_pct=noise_pct,
+            noise_std=noise_std,
+            noise_seed=noise_seed,
+            initialize=initialize,
+        )
 
         assert t_initial > 0
         assert lr_min >= 0
         if t_initial == 1 and cycle_mul == 1 and cycle_decay == 1:
-            _logger.warning("Cosine annealing scheduler will have no effect on the learning "
-                           "rate since t_initial = t_mul = eta_mul = 1.")
+            _logger.warning(
+                "Cosine annealing scheduler will have no effect on the learning "
+                "rate since t_initial = t_mul = eta_mul = 1.")
         self.t_initial = t_initial
         self.lr_min = lr_min
         self.cycle_mul = cycle_mul
@@ -61,7 +70,6 @@ class CosineLRScheduler(Scheduler):
         self.warmup_t = warmup_t
         self.warmup_lr_init = warmup_lr_init
         self.warmup_prefix = warmup_prefix
-        self.t_in_epochs = t_in_epochs
         self.k_decay = k_decay
         if self.warmup_t:
             self.warmup_steps = [(v - warmup_lr_init) / self.warmup_t for v in self.base_values]
@@ -99,18 +107,6 @@ class CosineLRScheduler(Scheduler):
 
         return lrs
 
-    def get_epoch_values(self, epoch: int):
-        if self.t_in_epochs:
-            return self._get_lr(epoch)
-        else:
-            return None
-
-    def get_update_values(self, num_updates: int):
-        if not self.t_in_epochs:
-            return self._get_lr(num_updates)
-        else:
-            return None
-
     def get_cycle_length(self, cycles=0):
         cycles = max(1, cycles or self.cycle_limit)
         if self.cycle_mul == 1.0:

timm/scheduler/multistep_lr.py

@@ -11,29 +11,37 @@ class MultiStepLRScheduler(Scheduler):
     """
     """
 
-    def __init__(self,
-                 optimizer: torch.optim.Optimizer,
-                 decay_t: List[int],
-                 decay_rate: float = 1.,
-                 warmup_t=0,
-                 warmup_lr_init=0,
-                 t_in_epochs=True,
-                 noise_range_t=None,
-                 noise_pct=0.67,
-                 noise_std=1.0,
-                 noise_seed=42,
-                 initialize=True,
-                 ) -> None:
+    def __init__(
+            self,
+            optimizer: torch.optim.Optimizer,
+            decay_t: List[int],
+            decay_rate: float = 1.,
+            warmup_t=0,
+            warmup_lr_init=0,
+            warmup_prefix=True,
+            t_in_epochs=True,
+            noise_range_t=None,
+            noise_pct=0.67,
+            noise_std=1.0,
+            noise_seed=42,
+            initialize=True,
+    ) -> None:
         super().__init__(
-            optimizer, param_group_field="lr",
-            noise_range_t=noise_range_t, noise_pct=noise_pct, noise_std=noise_std, noise_seed=noise_seed,
-            initialize=initialize)
+            optimizer,
+            param_group_field="lr",
+            t_in_epochs=t_in_epochs,
+            noise_range_t=noise_range_t,
+            noise_pct=noise_pct,
+            noise_std=noise_std,
+            noise_seed=noise_seed,
+            initialize=initialize,
+        )
 
         self.decay_t = decay_t
         self.decay_rate = decay_rate
         self.warmup_t = warmup_t
         self.warmup_lr_init = warmup_lr_init
-        self.t_in_epochs = t_in_epochs
+        self.warmup_prefix = warmup_prefix
         if self.warmup_t:
             self.warmup_steps = [(v - warmup_lr_init) / self.warmup_t for v in self.base_values]
             super().update_groups(self.warmup_lr_init)
@@ -43,23 +51,13 @@ class MultiStepLRScheduler(Scheduler):
     def get_curr_decay_steps(self, t):
         # find where in the array t goes,
         # assumes self.decay_t is sorted
-        return bisect.bisect_right(self.decay_t, t+1)
+        return bisect.bisect_right(self.decay_t, t + 1)
 
     def _get_lr(self, t):
         if t < self.warmup_t:
             lrs = [self.warmup_lr_init + t * s for s in self.warmup_steps]
         else:
+            if self.warmup_prefix:
+                t = t - self.warmup_t
             lrs = [v * (self.decay_rate ** self.get_curr_decay_steps(t)) for v in self.base_values]
         return lrs
-
-    def get_epoch_values(self, epoch: int):
-        if self.t_in_epochs:
-            return self._get_lr(epoch)
-        else:
-            return None
-
-    def get_update_values(self, num_updates: int):
-        if not self.t_in_epochs:
-            return self._get_lr(num_updates)
-        else:
-            return None

timm/scheduler/plateau_lr.py

@@ -12,24 +12,25 @@ from .scheduler import Scheduler
 class PlateauLRScheduler(Scheduler):
     """Decay the LR by a factor every time the validation loss plateaus."""
 
-    def __init__(self,
-                 optimizer,
-                 decay_rate=0.1,
-                 patience_t=10,
-                 verbose=True,
-                 threshold=1e-4,
-                 cooldown_t=0,
-                 warmup_t=0,
-                 warmup_lr_init=0,
-                 lr_min=0,
-                 mode='max',
-                 noise_range_t=None,
-                 noise_type='normal',
-                 noise_pct=0.67,
-                 noise_std=1.0,
-                 noise_seed=None,
-                 initialize=True,
-                 ):
+    def __init__(
+            self,
+            optimizer,
+            decay_rate=0.1,
+            patience_t=10,
+            verbose=True,
+            threshold=1e-4,
+            cooldown_t=0,
+            warmup_t=0,
+            warmup_lr_init=0,
+            lr_min=0,
+            mode='max',
+            noise_range_t=None,
+            noise_type='normal',
+            noise_pct=0.67,
+            noise_std=1.0,
+            noise_seed=None,
+            initialize=True,
+    ):
         super().__init__(
             optimizer,
             'lr',
@@ -89,6 +90,9 @@ class PlateauLRScheduler(Scheduler):
             if self._is_apply_noise(epoch):
                 self._apply_noise(epoch)
 
+    def step_update(self, num_updates: int, metric: float = None):
+        return None
+
     def _apply_noise(self, epoch):
         noise = self._calculate_noise(epoch)
 
@@ -101,3 +105,6 @@ class PlateauLRScheduler(Scheduler):
             new_lr = old_lr + old_lr * noise
             param_group['lr'] = new_lr
         self.restore_lr = restore_lr
+
+    def _get_lr(self, t: int) -> float:
+        assert False, 'should not be called as step is overridden'

timm/scheduler/poly_lr.py

@@ -21,28 +21,36 @@ class PolyLRScheduler(Scheduler):
     k-decay option based on `k-decay: A New Method For Learning Rate Schedule` - https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.05909
     """
 
-    def __init__(self,
-                 optimizer: torch.optim.Optimizer,
-                 t_initial: int,
-                 power: float = 0.5,
-                 lr_min: float = 0.,
-                 cycle_mul: float = 1.,
-                 cycle_decay: float = 1.,
-                 cycle_limit: int = 1,
-                 warmup_t=0,
-                 warmup_lr_init=0,
-                 warmup_prefix=False,
-                 t_in_epochs=True,
-                 noise_range_t=None,
-                 noise_pct=0.67,
-                 noise_std=1.0,
-                 noise_seed=42,
-                 k_decay=1.0,
-                 initialize=True) -> None:
+    def __init__(
+            self,
+            optimizer: torch.optim.Optimizer,
+            t_initial: int,
+            power: float = 0.5,
+            lr_min: float = 0.,
+            cycle_mul: float = 1.,
+            cycle_decay: float = 1.,
+            cycle_limit: int = 1,
+            warmup_t=0,
+            warmup_lr_init=0,
+            warmup_prefix=False,
+            t_in_epochs=True,
+            noise_range_t=None,
+            noise_pct=0.67,
+            noise_std=1.0,
+            noise_seed=42,
+            k_decay=1.0,
+            initialize=True,
+    ) -> None:
         super().__init__(
-            optimizer, param_group_field="lr",
-            noise_range_t=noise_range_t, noise_pct=noise_pct, noise_std=noise_std, noise_seed=noise_seed,
-            initialize=initialize)
+            optimizer,
+            param_group_field="lr",
+            t_in_epochs=t_in_epochs,
+            noise_range_t=noise_range_t,
+            noise_pct=noise_pct,
+            noise_std=noise_std,
+            noise_seed=noise_seed,
+            initialize=initialize
+        )
 
         assert t_initial > 0
         assert lr_min >= 0
@@ -58,7 +66,6 @@ class PolyLRScheduler(Scheduler):
         self.warmup_t = warmup_t
         self.warmup_lr_init = warmup_lr_init
         self.warmup_prefix = warmup_prefix
-        self.t_in_epochs = t_in_epochs
         self.k_decay = k_decay
         if self.warmup_t:
             self.warmup_steps = [(v - warmup_lr_init) / self.warmup_t for v in self.base_values]
@@ -96,18 +103,6 @@ class PolyLRScheduler(Scheduler):
 
         return lrs
 
-    def get_epoch_values(self, epoch: int):
-        if self.t_in_epochs:
-            return self._get_lr(epoch)
-        else:
-            return None
-
-    def get_update_values(self, num_updates: int):
-        if not self.t_in_epochs:
-            return self._get_lr(num_updates)
-        else:
-            return None
-
     def get_cycle_length(self, cycles=0):
         cycles = max(1, cycles or self.cycle_limit)
         if self.cycle_mul == 1.0:

timm/scheduler/scheduler.py

@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
-from typing import Dict, Any
+import abc
+from abc import ABC
+from typing import Any, Dict, Optional
 
 import torch
 
 
-class Scheduler:
+class Scheduler(ABC):
     """ Parameter Scheduler Base Class
     A scheduler base class that can be used to schedule any optimizer parameter groups.
 
@@ -22,15 +24,18 @@ class Scheduler:
      * https://github.com/allenai/allennlp/tree/master/allennlp/training/learning_rate_schedulers
     """
 
-    def __init__(self,
-                 optimizer: torch.optim.Optimizer,
-                 param_group_field: str,
-                 noise_range_t=None,
-                 noise_type='normal',
-                 noise_pct=0.67,
-                 noise_std=1.0,
-                 noise_seed=None,
-                 initialize: bool = True) -> None:
+    def __init__(
+            self,
+            optimizer: torch.optim.Optimizer,
+            param_group_field: str,
+            t_in_epochs: bool = True,
+            noise_range_t=None,
+            noise_type='normal',
+            noise_pct=0.67,
+            noise_std=1.0,
+            noise_seed=None,
+            initialize: bool = True,
+    ) -> None:
         self.optimizer = optimizer
         self.param_group_field = param_group_field
         self._initial_param_group_field = f"initial_{param_group_field}"
@@ -45,6 +50,7 @@ class Scheduler:
                     raise KeyError(f"{self._initial_param_group_field} missing from param_groups[{i}]")
         self.base_values = [group[self._initial_param_group_field] for group in self.optimizer.param_groups]
         self.metric = None  # any point to having this for all?
+        self.t_in_epochs = t_in_epochs
         self.noise_range_t = noise_range_t
         self.noise_pct = noise_pct
         self.noise_type = noise_type
@@ -58,22 +64,26 @@ class Scheduler:
     def load_state_dict(self, state_dict: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
         self.__dict__.update(state_dict)
 
-    def get_epoch_values(self, epoch: int):
-        return None
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def _get_lr(self, t: int) -> float:
+        pass
 
-    def get_update_values(self, num_updates: int):
-        return None
+    def _get_values(self, t: int, on_epoch: bool = True) -> Optional[float]:
+        proceed = (on_epoch and self.t_in_epochs) or (not on_epoch and not self.t_in_epochs)
+        if not proceed:
+            return None
+        return self._get_lr(t)
 
     def step(self, epoch: int, metric: float = None) -> None:
         self.metric = metric
-        values = self.get_epoch_values(epoch)
+        values = self._get_values(epoch, on_epoch=True)
         if values is not None:
             values = self._add_noise(values, epoch)
             self.update_groups(values)
 
     def step_update(self, num_updates: int, metric: float = None):
         self.metric = metric
-        values = self.get_update_values(num_updates)
+        values = self._get_values(num_updates, on_epoch=False)
         if values is not None:
             values = self._add_noise(values, num_updates)
             self.update_groups(values)

timm/scheduler/scheduler_factory.py

@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 """ Scheduler Factory
 Hacked together by / Copyright 2021 Ross Wightman
 """
+from typing import List, Union
+
+from torch.optim import Optimizer
+
 from .cosine_lr import CosineLRScheduler
 from .multistep_lr import MultiStepLRScheduler
 from .plateau_lr import PlateauLRScheduler
@@ -9,99 +13,191 @@ from .step_lr import StepLRScheduler
 from .tanh_lr import TanhLRScheduler
 
 
-def create_scheduler(args, optimizer):
-    num_epochs = args.epochs
+def scheduler_kwargs(cfg):
+    """ cfg/argparse to kwargs helper
+    Convert scheduler args in argparse args or cfg (.dot) like object to keyword args.
+    """
+    eval_metric = getattr(cfg, 'eval_metric', 'top1')
+    plateau_mode = 'min' if 'loss' in eval_metric else 'max'
+    kwargs = dict(
+        sched=cfg.sched,
+        num_epochs=getattr(cfg, 'epochs', 100),
+        decay_epochs=getattr(cfg, 'decay_epochs', 30),
+        decay_milestones=getattr(cfg, 'decay_milestones', [30, 60]),
+        warmup_epochs=getattr(cfg, 'warmup_epochs', 5),
+        cooldown_epochs=getattr(cfg, 'cooldown_epochs', 0),
+        patience_epochs=getattr(cfg, 'patience_epochs', 10),
+        decay_rate=getattr(cfg, 'decay_rate', 0.1),
+        min_lr=getattr(cfg, 'min_lr', 0.),
+        warmup_lr=getattr(cfg, 'warmup_lr', 1e-5),
+        warmup_prefix=getattr(cfg, 'warmup_prefix', False),
+        noise=getattr(cfg, 'lr_noise', None),
+        noise_pct=getattr(cfg, 'lr_noise_pct', 0.67),
+        noise_std=getattr(cfg, 'lr_noise_std', 1.),
+        noise_seed=getattr(cfg, 'seed', 42),
+        cycle_mul=getattr(cfg, 'lr_cycle_mul', 1.),
+        cycle_decay=getattr(cfg, 'lr_cycle_decay', 0.1),
+        cycle_limit=getattr(cfg, 'lr_cycle_limit', 1),
+        k_decay=getattr(cfg, 'lr_k_decay', 1.0),
+        plateau_mode=plateau_mode,
+        step_on_epochs=not getattr(cfg, 'sched_on_updates', False),
+    )
+    return kwargs
+
+
+def create_scheduler(
+        args,
+        optimizer: Optimizer,
+        updates_per_epoch: int = 0,
+):
+    return create_scheduler_v2(
+        optimizer=optimizer,
+        **scheduler_kwargs(args),
+        updates_per_epoch=updates_per_epoch,
+    )
+
+
+def create_scheduler_v2(
+        optimizer: Optimizer,
+        sched: str = 'cosine',
+        num_epochs: int = 300,
+        decay_epochs: int = 90,
+        decay_milestones: List[int] = (90, 180, 270),
+        cooldown_epochs: int = 0,
+        patience_epochs: int = 10,
+        decay_rate: float = 0.1,
+        min_lr: float = 0,
+        warmup_lr: float = 1e-5,
+        warmup_epochs: int = 0,
+        warmup_prefix: bool = False,
+        noise: Union[float, List[float]] = None,
+        noise_pct: float = 0.67,
+        noise_std: float = 1.,
+        noise_seed: int = 42,
+        cycle_mul: float = 1.,
+        cycle_decay: float = 0.1,
+        cycle_limit: int = 1,
+        k_decay: float = 1.0,
+        plateau_mode: str = 'max',
+        step_on_epochs: bool = True,
+        updates_per_epoch: int = 0,
+):
+    t_initial = num_epochs
+    warmup_t = warmup_epochs
+    decay_t = decay_epochs
+    cooldown_t = cooldown_epochs
+
+    if not step_on_epochs:
+        assert updates_per_epoch > 0, 'updates_per_epoch must be set to number of dataloader batches'
+        t_initial = t_initial * updates_per_epoch
+        warmup_t = warmup_t * updates_per_epoch
+        decay_t = decay_t * updates_per_epoch
+        decay_milestones = [d * updates_per_epoch for d in decay_milestones]
+        cooldown_t = cooldown_t * updates_per_epoch
+
+    # warmup args
+    warmup_args = dict(
+        warmup_lr_init=warmup_lr,
+        warmup_t=warmup_t,
+        warmup_prefix=warmup_prefix,
+    )
 
-    if getattr(args, 'lr_noise', None) is not None:
-        lr_noise = getattr(args, 'lr_noise')
-        if isinstance(lr_noise, (list, tuple)):
-            noise_range = [n * num_epochs for n in lr_noise]
+    # setup noise args for supporting schedulers
+    if noise is not None:
+        if isinstance(noise, (list, tuple)):
+            noise_range = [n * t_initial for n in noise]
             if len(noise_range) == 1:
                 noise_range = noise_range[0]
         else:
-            noise_range = lr_noise * num_epochs
+            noise_range = noise * t_initial
     else:
         noise_range = None
     noise_args = dict(
         noise_range_t=noise_range,
-        noise_pct=getattr(args, 'lr_noise_pct', 0.67),
-        noise_std=getattr(args, 'lr_noise_std', 1.),
-        noise_seed=getattr(args, 'seed', 42),
+        noise_pct=noise_pct,
+        noise_std=noise_std,
+        noise_seed=noise_seed,
     )
+
+    # setup cycle args for supporting schedulers
     cycle_args = dict(
-        cycle_mul=getattr(args, 'lr_cycle_mul', 1.),
-        cycle_decay=getattr(args, 'lr_cycle_decay', 0.1),
-        cycle_limit=getattr(args, 'lr_cycle_limit', 1),
+        cycle_mul=cycle_mul,
+        cycle_decay=cycle_decay,
+        cycle_limit=cycle_limit,
     )
 
     lr_scheduler = None
-    if args.sched == 'cosine':
+    if sched == 'cosine':
         lr_scheduler = CosineLRScheduler(
             optimizer,
-            t_initial=num_epochs,
-            lr_min=args.min_lr,
-            warmup_lr_init=args.warmup_lr,
-            warmup_t=args.warmup_epochs,
-            k_decay=getattr(args, 'lr_k_decay', 1.0),
+            t_initial=t_initial,
+            lr_min=min_lr,
+            t_in_epochs=step_on_epochs,
             **cycle_args,
+            **warmup_args,
             **noise_args,
+            k_decay=k_decay,
         )
-        num_epochs = lr_scheduler.get_cycle_length() + args.cooldown_epochs
-    elif args.sched == 'tanh':
+    elif sched == 'tanh':
         lr_scheduler = TanhLRScheduler(
             optimizer,
-            t_initial=num_epochs,
-            lr_min=args.min_lr,
-            warmup_lr_init=args.warmup_lr,
-            warmup_t=args.warmup_epochs,
-            t_in_epochs=True,
+            t_initial=t_initial,
+            lr_min=min_lr,
+            t_in_epochs=step_on_epochs,
             **cycle_args,
+            **warmup_args,
             **noise_args,
         )
-        num_epochs = lr_scheduler.get_cycle_length() + args.cooldown_epochs
-    elif args.sched == 'step':
+    elif sched == 'step':
         lr_scheduler = StepLRScheduler(
             optimizer,
-            decay_t=args.decay_epochs,
-            decay_rate=args.decay_rate,
-            warmup_lr_init=args.warmup_lr,
-            warmup_t=args.warmup_epochs,
+            decay_t=decay_t,
+            decay_rate=decay_rate,
+            t_in_epochs=step_on_epochs,
+            **warmup_args,
             **noise_args,
         )
-    elif args.sched == 'multistep':
+    elif sched == 'multistep':
         lr_scheduler = MultiStepLRScheduler(
             optimizer,
-            decay_t=args.decay_milestones,
-            decay_rate=args.decay_rate,
-            warmup_lr_init=args.warmup_lr,
-            warmup_t=args.warmup_epochs,
+            decay_t=decay_milestones,
+            decay_rate=decay_rate,
+            t_in_epochs=step_on_epochs,
+            **warmup_args,
             **noise_args,
         )
-    elif args.sched == 'plateau':
-        mode = 'min' if 'loss' in getattr(args, 'eval_metric', '') else 'max'
+    elif sched == 'plateau':
+        assert step_on_epochs, 'Plateau LR only supports step per epoch.'
+        warmup_args.pop('warmup_prefix', False)
         lr_scheduler = PlateauLRScheduler(
             optimizer,
-            decay_rate=args.decay_rate,
-            patience_t=args.patience_epochs,
-            lr_min=args.min_lr,
-            mode=mode,
-            warmup_lr_init=args.warmup_lr,
-            warmup_t=args.warmup_epochs,
+            decay_rate=decay_rate,
+            patience_t=patience_epochs,
             cooldown_t=0,
+            **warmup_args,
+            lr_min=min_lr,
+            mode=plateau_mode,
             **noise_args,
         )
-    elif args.sched == 'poly':
+    elif sched == 'poly':
         lr_scheduler = PolyLRScheduler(
             optimizer,
-            power=args.decay_rate,  # overloading 'decay_rate' as polynomial power
-            t_initial=num_epochs,
-            lr_min=args.min_lr,
-            warmup_lr_init=args.warmup_lr,
-            warmup_t=args.warmup_epochs,
-            k_decay=getattr(args, 'lr_k_decay', 1.0),
+            power=decay_rate,  # overloading 'decay_rate' as polynomial power
+            t_initial=t_initial,
+            lr_min=min_lr,
+            t_in_epochs=step_on_epochs,
+            k_decay=k_decay,
             **cycle_args,
+            **warmup_args,
             **noise_args,
         )
-        num_epochs = lr_scheduler.get_cycle_length() + args.cooldown_epochs
+
+    if hasattr(lr_scheduler, 'get_cycle_length'):
+        # for cycle based schedulers (cosine, tanh, poly) recalculate total epochs w/ cycles & cooldown
+        t_with_cycles_and_cooldown = lr_scheduler.get_cycle_length() + cooldown_t
+        if step_on_epochs:
+            num_epochs = t_with_cycles_and_cooldown
+        else:
+            num_epochs = t_with_cycles_and_cooldown // updates_per_epoch
 
     return lr_scheduler, num_epochs

timm/scheduler/step_lr.py

@@ -14,29 +14,37 @@ class StepLRScheduler(Scheduler):
     """
     """
 
-    def __init__(self,
-                 optimizer: torch.optim.Optimizer,
-                 decay_t: float,
-                 decay_rate: float = 1.,
-                 warmup_t=0,
-                 warmup_lr_init=0,
-                 t_in_epochs=True,
-                 noise_range_t=None,
-                 noise_pct=0.67,
-                 noise_std=1.0,
-                 noise_seed=42,
-                 initialize=True,
-                 ) -> None:
+    def __init__(
+            self,
+            optimizer: torch.optim.Optimizer,
+            decay_t: float,
+            decay_rate: float = 1.,
+            warmup_t=0,
+            warmup_lr_init=0,
+            warmup_prefix=True,
+            t_in_epochs=True,
+            noise_range_t=None,
+            noise_pct=0.67,
+            noise_std=1.0,
+            noise_seed=42,
+            initialize=True,
+    ) -> None:
         super().__init__(
-            optimizer, param_group_field="lr",
-            noise_range_t=noise_range_t, noise_pct=noise_pct, noise_std=noise_std, noise_seed=noise_seed,
-            initialize=initialize)
+            optimizer,
+            param_group_field="lr",
+            t_in_epochs=t_in_epochs,
+            noise_range_t=noise_range_t,
+            noise_pct=noise_pct,
+            noise_std=noise_std,
+            noise_seed=noise_seed,
+            initialize=initialize,
+        )
 
         self.decay_t = decay_t
         self.decay_rate = decay_rate
         self.warmup_t = warmup_t
         self.warmup_lr_init = warmup_lr_init
-        self.t_in_epochs = t_in_epochs
+        self.warmup_prefix = warmup_prefix
         if self.warmup_t:
             self.warmup_steps = [(v - warmup_lr_init) / self.warmup_t for v in self.base_values]
             super().update_groups(self.warmup_lr_init)
@@ -47,17 +55,7 @@ class StepLRScheduler(Scheduler):
         if t < self.warmup_t:
             lrs = [self.warmup_lr_init + t * s for s in self.warmup_steps]
         else:
+            if self.warmup_prefix:
+                t = t - self.warmup_t
             lrs = [v * (self.decay_rate ** (t // self.decay_t)) for v in self.base_values]
         return lrs
-
-    def get_epoch_values(self, epoch: int):
-        if self.t_in_epochs:
-            return self._get_lr(epoch)
-        else:
-            return None
-
-    def get_update_values(self, num_updates: int):
-        if not self.t_in_epochs:
-            return self._get_lr(num_updates)
-        else:
-            return None

timm/scheduler/tanh_lr.py

@@ -21,28 +21,36 @@ class TanhLRScheduler(Scheduler):
     This is described in the paper https://arxiv.org/abs/1806.01593
     """
 
-    def __init__(self,
-                 optimizer: torch.optim.Optimizer,
-                 t_initial: int,
-                 lb: float = -7.,
-                 ub: float = 3.,
-                 lr_min: float = 0.,
-                 cycle_mul: float = 1.,
-                 cycle_decay: float = 1.,
-                 cycle_limit: int = 1,
-                 warmup_t=0,
-                 warmup_lr_init=0,
-                 warmup_prefix=False,
-                 t_in_epochs=True,
-                 noise_range_t=None,
-                 noise_pct=0.67,
-                 noise_std=1.0,
-                 noise_seed=42,
-                 initialize=True) -> None:
+    def __init__(
+            self,
+            optimizer: torch.optim.Optimizer,
+            t_initial: int,
+            lb: float = -7.,
+            ub: float = 3.,
+            lr_min: float = 0.,
+            cycle_mul: float = 1.,
+            cycle_decay: float = 1.,
+            cycle_limit: int = 1,
+            warmup_t=0,
+            warmup_lr_init=0,
+            warmup_prefix=False,
+            t_in_epochs=True,
+            noise_range_t=None,
+            noise_pct=0.67,
+            noise_std=1.0,
+            noise_seed=42,
+            initialize=True,
+    ) -> None:
         super().__init__(
-            optimizer, param_group_field="lr",
-            noise_range_t=noise_range_t, noise_pct=noise_pct, noise_std=noise_std, noise_seed=noise_seed,
-            initialize=initialize)
+            optimizer,
+            param_group_field="lr",
+            t_in_epochs=t_in_epochs,
+            noise_range_t=noise_range_t,
+            noise_pct=noise_pct,
+            noise_std=noise_std,
+            noise_seed=noise_seed,
+            initialize=initialize,
+        )
 
         assert t_initial > 0
         assert lr_min >= 0
@@ -60,7 +68,6 @@ class TanhLRScheduler(Scheduler):
         self.warmup_t = warmup_t
         self.warmup_lr_init = warmup_lr_init
         self.warmup_prefix = warmup_prefix
-        self.t_in_epochs = t_in_epochs
         if self.warmup_t:
             t_v = self.base_values if self.warmup_prefix else self._get_lr(self.warmup_t)
             self.warmup_steps = [(v - warmup_lr_init) / self.warmup_t for v in t_v]
@@ -97,18 +104,6 @@ class TanhLRScheduler(Scheduler):
                 lrs = [self.lr_min for _ in self.base_values]
         return lrs
 
-    def get_epoch_values(self, epoch: int):
-        if self.t_in_epochs:
-            return self._get_lr(epoch)
-        else:
-            return None
-
-    def get_update_values(self, num_updates: int):
-        if not self.t_in_epochs:
-            return self._get_lr(num_updates)
-        else:
-            return None
-
     def get_cycle_length(self, cycles=0):
         cycles = max(1, cycles or self.cycle_limit)
         if self.cycle_mul == 1.0:

timm/utils/summary.py

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     pass
 
+
 def get_outdir(path, *paths, inc=False):
     outdir = os.path.join(path, *paths)
     if not os.path.exists(outdir):
@@ -26,10 +27,20 @@ def get_outdir(path, *paths, inc=False):
     return outdir
 
 
-def update_summary(epoch, train_metrics, eval_metrics, filename, write_header=False, log_wandb=False):
+def update_summary(
+        epoch,
+        train_metrics,
+        eval_metrics,
+        filename,
+        lr=None,
+        write_header=False,
+        log_wandb=False,
+):
     rowd = OrderedDict(epoch=epoch)
     rowd.update([('train_' + k, v) for k, v in train_metrics.items()])
     rowd.update([('eval_' + k, v) for k, v in eval_metrics.items()])
+    if lr is not None:
+        rowd['lr'] = lr
     if log_wandb:
         wandb.log(rowd)
     with open(filename, mode='a') as cf:

train.py

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ from timm.loss import JsdCrossEntropy, SoftTargetCrossEntropy, BinaryCrossEntrop
 from timm.models import create_model, safe_model_name, resume_checkpoint, load_checkpoint, \
     convert_splitbn_model, convert_sync_batchnorm, model_parameters, set_fast_norm
 from timm.optim import create_optimizer_v2, optimizer_kwargs
-from timm.scheduler import create_scheduler
+from timm.scheduler import create_scheduler_v2, scheduler_kwargs
 from timm.utils import ApexScaler, NativeScaler
 
 try:
@@ -163,10 +163,18 @@ group.add_argument('--layer-decay', type=float, default=None,
 
 # Learning rate schedule parameters
 group = parser.add_argument_group('Learning rate schedule parameters')
-group.add_argument('--sched', default='cosine', type=str, metavar='SCHEDULER',
+group.add_argument('--sched', type=str, default='cosine', metavar='SCHEDULER',
                     help='LR scheduler (default: "step"')
-group.add_argument('--lr', type=float, default=0.05, metavar='LR',
-                    help='learning rate (default: 0.05)')
+group.add_argument('--sched-on-updates', action='store_true', default=False,
+                    help='Apply LR scheduler step on update instead of epoch end.')
+group.add_argument('--lr', type=float, default=None, metavar='LR',
+                    help='learning rate, overrides lr-base if set (default: None)')
+group.add_argument('--lr-base', type=float, default=0.1, metavar='LR',
+                    help='base learning rate: lr = lr_base * global_batch_size / base_size')
+group.add_argument('--lr-base-size', type=int, default=256, metavar='DIV',
+                    help='base learning rate batch size (divisor, default: 256).')
+group.add_argument('--lr-base-scale', type=str, default='', metavar='SCALE',
+                    help='base learning rate vs batch_size scaling ("linear", "sqrt", based on opt if empty)')
 group.add_argument('--lr-noise', type=float, nargs='+', default=None, metavar='pct, pct',
                     help='learning rate noise on/off epoch percentages')
 group.add_argument('--lr-noise-pct', type=float, default=0.67, metavar='PERCENT',
@@ -181,23 +189,25 @@ group.add_argument('--lr-cycle-limit', type=int, default=1, metavar='N',
                     help='learning rate cycle limit, cycles enabled if > 1')
 group.add_argument('--lr-k-decay', type=float, default=1.0,
                     help='learning rate k-decay for cosine/poly (default: 1.0)')
-group.add_argument('--warmup-lr', type=float, default=0.0001, metavar='LR',
-                    help='warmup learning rate (default: 0.0001)')
-group.add_argument('--min-lr', type=float, default=1e-6, metavar='LR',
-                    help='lower lr bound for cyclic schedulers that hit 0 (1e-5)')
+group.add_argument('--warmup-lr', type=float, default=1e-5, metavar='LR',
+                    help='warmup learning rate (default: 1e-5)')
+group.add_argument('--min-lr', type=float, default=0, metavar='LR',
+                    help='lower lr bound for cyclic schedulers that hit 0 (default: 0)')
 group.add_argument('--epochs', type=int, default=300, metavar='N',
                     help='number of epochs to train (default: 300)')
 group.add_argument('--epoch-repeats', type=float, default=0., metavar='N',
                     help='epoch repeat multiplier (number of times to repeat dataset epoch per train epoch).')
 group.add_argument('--start-epoch', default=None, type=int, metavar='N',
                     help='manual epoch number (useful on restarts)')
-group.add_argument('--decay-milestones', default=[30, 60], type=int, nargs='+', metavar="MILESTONES",
+group.add_argument('--decay-milestones', default=[90, 180, 270], type=int, nargs='+', metavar="MILESTONES",
                     help='list of decay epoch indices for multistep lr. must be increasing')
-group.add_argument('--decay-epochs', type=float, default=100, metavar='N',
+group.add_argument('--decay-epochs', type=float, default=90, metavar='N',
                     help='epoch interval to decay LR')
-group.add_argument('--warmup-epochs', type=int, default=3, metavar='N',
+group.add_argument('--warmup-epochs', type=int, default=5, metavar='N',
                     help='epochs to warmup LR, if scheduler supports')
-group.add_argument('--cooldown-epochs', type=int, default=10, metavar='N',
+group.add_argument('--warmup-prefix', action='store_true', default=False,
+                    help='Exclude warmup period from decay schedule.'),
+group.add_argument('--cooldown-epochs', type=int, default=0, metavar='N',
                     help='epochs to cooldown LR at min_lr, after cyclic schedule ends')
 group.add_argument('--patience-epochs', type=int, default=10, metavar='N',
                     help='patience epochs for Plateau LR scheduler (default: 10')
@@ -469,6 +479,20 @@ def main():
         assert has_functorch, "functorch is needed for --aot-autograd"
         model = memory_efficient_fusion(model)
 
+    if args.lr is None:
+        global_batch_size = args.batch_size * args.world_size
+        batch_ratio = global_batch_size / args.lr_base_size
+        if not args.lr_base_scale:
+            on = args.opt.lower()
+            args.base_scale = 'sqrt' if any([o in on for o in ('ada', 'lamb')]) else 'linear'
+        if args.lr_base_scale == 'sqrt':
+            batch_ratio = batch_ratio ** 0.5
+        args.lr = args.lr_base * batch_ratio
+        if utils.is_primary(args):
+            _logger.info(
+                f'Learning rate ({args.lr}) calculated from base learning rate ({args.lr_base}) '
+                f'and global batch size ({global_batch_size}) with {args.lr_base_scale} scaling.')
+
     optimizer = create_optimizer_v2(model, **optimizer_kwargs(cfg=args))
 
     # setup automatic mixed-precision (AMP) loss scaling and op casting
@@ -523,20 +547,6 @@ def main():
             model = NativeDDP(model, device_ids=[device], broadcast_buffers=not args.no_ddp_bb)
         # NOTE: EMA model does not need to be wrapped by DDP
 
-    # setup learning rate schedule and starting epoch
-    lr_scheduler, num_epochs = create_scheduler(args, optimizer)
-    start_epoch = 0
-    if args.start_epoch is not None:
-        # a specified start_epoch will always override the resume epoch
-        start_epoch = args.start_epoch
-    elif resume_epoch is not None:
-        start_epoch = resume_epoch
-    if lr_scheduler is not None and start_epoch > 0:
-        lr_scheduler.step(start_epoch)
-
-    if utils.is_primary(args):
-        _logger.info('Scheduled epochs: {}'.format(num_epochs))
-
     # create the train and eval datasets
     dataset_train = create_dataset(
         args.dataset,
@@ -691,6 +701,29 @@ def main():
         with open(os.path.join(output_dir, 'args.yaml'), 'w') as f:
             f.write(args_text)
 
+    # setup learning rate schedule and starting epoch
+    updates_per_epoch = len(loader_train)
+    lr_scheduler, num_epochs = create_scheduler_v2(
+        optimizer,
+        **scheduler_kwargs(args),
+        updates_per_epoch=updates_per_epoch,
+    )
+    start_epoch = 0
+    if args.start_epoch is not None:
+        # a specified start_epoch will always override the resume epoch
+        start_epoch = args.start_epoch
+    elif resume_epoch is not None:
+        start_epoch = resume_epoch
+    if lr_scheduler is not None and start_epoch > 0:
+        if args.step_on_updates:
+            lr_scheduler.step_update(start_epoch * updates_per_epoch)
+        else:
+            lr_scheduler.step(start_epoch)
+
+    if utils.is_primary(args):
+        _logger.info(
+            f'Scheduled epochs: {num_epochs}. LR stepped per {"epoch" if lr_scheduler.t_in_epochs else "update"}.')
+
     try:
         for epoch in range(start_epoch, num_epochs):
             if hasattr(dataset_train, 'set_epoch'):
@@ -741,16 +774,14 @@ def main():
                 )
                 eval_metrics = ema_eval_metrics
 
-            if lr_scheduler is not None:
-                # step LR for next epoch
-                lr_scheduler.step(epoch + 1, eval_metrics[eval_metric])
-
             if output_dir is not None:
+                lrs = [param_group['lr'] for param_group in optimizer.param_groups]
                 utils.update_summary(
                     epoch,
                     train_metrics,
                     eval_metrics,
-                    os.path.join(output_dir, 'summary.csv'),
+                    filename=os.path.join(output_dir, 'summary.csv'),
+                    lr=sum(lrs) / len(lrs),
                     write_header=best_metric is None,
                     log_wandb=args.log_wandb and has_wandb,
                 )
@@ -760,8 +791,13 @@ def main():
                 save_metric = eval_metrics[eval_metric]
                 best_metric, best_epoch = saver.save_checkpoint(epoch, metric=save_metric)
 
+            if lr_scheduler is not None:
+                # step LR for next epoch
+                lr_scheduler.step(epoch + 1, eval_metrics[eval_metric])
+
     except KeyboardInterrupt:
         pass
+
     if best_metric is not None:
         _logger.info('*** Best metric: {0} (epoch {1})'.format(best_metric, best_epoch))
 
@@ -796,8 +832,9 @@ def train_one_epoch(
     model.train()
 
     end = time.time()
-    last_idx = len(loader) - 1
-    num_updates = epoch * len(loader)
+    num_batches_per_epoch = len(loader)
+    last_idx = num_batches_per_epoch - 1
+    num_updates = epoch * num_batches_per_epoch
     for batch_idx, (input, target) in enumerate(loader):
         last_batch = batch_idx == last_idx
         data_time_m.update(time.time() - end)