""" Batch size decay and retry helpers. Copyright 2022 Ross Wightman """ import math def decay_batch_step(batch_size, num_intra_steps=2, no_odd=False): """ power of two batch-size decay with intra steps Decay by stepping between powers of 2: * determine power-of-2 floor of current batch size (base batch size) * divide above value by num_intra_steps to determine step size * floor batch_size to nearest multiple of step_size (from base batch size) Examples: num_steps == 4 --> 64, 56, 48, 40, 32, 28, 24, 20, 16, 14, 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 num_steps (no_odd=True) == 4 --> 64, 56, 48, 40, 32, 28, 24, 20, 16, 14, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 num_steps == 2 --> 64, 48, 32, 24, 16, 12, 8, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 num_steps == 1 --> 64, 32, 16, 8, 4, 2, 1 """ if batch_size <= 1: # return 0 for stopping value so easy to use in loop return 0 base_batch_size = int(2 ** (math.log(batch_size - 1) // math.log(2))) step_size = max(base_batch_size // num_intra_steps, 1) batch_size = base_batch_size + ((batch_size - base_batch_size - 1) // step_size) * step_size if no_odd and batch_size % 2: batch_size -= 1 return batch_size def check_batch_size_retry(error_str): """ check failure error string for conditions where batch decay retry should not be attempted """ error_str = error_str.lower() if 'required rank' in error_str: # Errors involving phrase 'required rank' typically happen when a conv is used that's # not compatible with channels_last memory format. return False if 'illegal' in error_str: # 'Illegal memory access' errors in CUDA typically leave process in unusable state return False return True