提交 21ae3bd0 authored 作者: slefrancois's avatar slefrancois

Changed using_gpu example to use x.transfer(None)

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...@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ about how to carry out those computations. One of the ways we take ...@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ about how to carry out those computations. One of the ways we take
advantage of this flexibility is in carrying out calculations on a advantage of this flexibility is in carrying out calculations on a
graphics card. graphics card.
There are two ways currently to use a gpu, on that should support any OpenCL There are two ways currently to use a gpu, one that should support any OpenCL
device as well as NVIDIA cards (:ref:`gpuarray`), and the old backend which device as well as NVIDIA cards (:ref:`gpuarray`), and the old backend that
only supports NVIDIA cards (:ref:`cuda`). only supports NVIDIA cards (:ref:`cuda`).
.. _gpuarray: .. _gpuarray:
...@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ the GPU object directly. The following code is modified to do just that. ...@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ the GPU object directly. The following code is modified to do just that.
.. testcode:: .. testcode::
from theano import function, config, shared, tensor, gpuarray from theano import function, config, shared, tensor
import numpy import numpy
import time import time
...@@ -126,7 +126,8 @@ the GPU object directly. The following code is modified to do just that. ...@@ -126,7 +126,8 @@ the GPU object directly. The following code is modified to do just that.
rng = numpy.random.RandomState(22) rng = numpy.random.RandomState(22)
x = shared(numpy.asarray(rng.rand(vlen), config.floatX)) x = shared(numpy.asarray(rng.rand(vlen), config.floatX))
f = function([], gpuarray.basic_ops.GpuFromHost(None)(tensor.exp(x))) gx = x.transfer(None) # Transfer variable to GPU
f = function([], tensor.exp(gx))
print(f.maker.fgraph.toposort()) print(f.maker.fgraph.toposort())
t0 = time.time() t0 = time.time()
for i in range(iters): for i in range(iters):
...@@ -141,11 +142,9 @@ the GPU object directly. The following code is modified to do just that. ...@@ -141,11 +142,9 @@ the GPU object directly. The following code is modified to do just that.
else: else:
print('Used the gpu') print('Used the gpu')
Here the :func:`theano.gpuarray.basic_ops.GpuFromHost(None)` call Here ``gx = x.transfer(None)`` means "copy variable x to the GPU", with
means "copy input to the GPU", with ``None`` the default GPU context when not ``None`` the default GPU context when not explicitly given. For information
explicitly given. However during the optimization phase, on how to set GPU contexts, see :ref:`tut_using_multi_gpu`.
since the result will already be on the gpu, it will be removed. It is
used here to tell theano that we want the result on the GPU.
The output is The output is
...@@ -251,6 +250,8 @@ Tips for Improving Performance on GPU ...@@ -251,6 +250,8 @@ Tips for Improving Performance on GPU
raising an error or `pdb` for putting a breakpoint in the computational raising an error or `pdb` for putting a breakpoint in the computational
graph if there is a CPU Op. graph if there is a CPU Op.
.. _gpu_async:
GPU Async Capabilities GPU Async Capabilities
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
......
...@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ single name and a single device. ...@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ single name and a single device.
It is often the case that multi-gpu operation requires or assumes It is often the case that multi-gpu operation requires or assumes
that all the GPUs involved are equivalent. This is not the case that all the GPUs involved are equivalent. This is not the case
for this implementation. Since the user has the task of for this implementation. Since the user has the task of
distrubuting the jobs across the different device a model can be distributing the jobs across the different device a model can be
built on the assumption that one of the GPU is slower or has built on the assumption that one of the GPU is slower or has
smaller memory. smaller memory.
...@@ -140,5 +140,5 @@ is a example. ...@@ -140,5 +140,5 @@ is a example.
cv = gv.transfer('cpu') cv = gv.transfer('cpu')
Of course you can mix transfers and operations in any order you Of course you can mix transfers and operations in any order you
choose. However you should try to minimize transfer operations choose. However you should try to minimize transfer operations
because they will introduce overhead any may reduce performance. because they will introduce overhead that may reduce performance.
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