Remove reuse_logits_for_grads option for RNNTL

test/torchaudio_unittest/rnnt/autograd_impl.py

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def test_RNNTLoss_gradcheck(self, data_func):
             data["logit_lengths"],
             data["target_lengths"],
         )
-        loss = RNNTLoss(blank=data["blank"], reuse_logits_for_grads=False)
+        loss = RNNTLoss(blank=data["blank"])
 
         self.assert_grad(loss, inputs, enable_all_grad=False)
 
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ def test_rnnt_loss_gradcheck(self, data_func):
             data["blank"],                  # blank
             -1,                             # clamp
             True,                           # fused_log_softmax
-            False,                          # reuse_logits_for_grads
         )
 
         self.assert_grad(rnnt_loss, inputs, enable_all_grad=False)

test/torchaudio_unittest/rnnt/rnnt_loss_impl.py

@@ -17,14 +17,10 @@ def _test_costs_and_gradients(
         self, data, ref_costs, ref_gradients, atol=1e-6, rtol=1e-2
     ):
         logits_shape = data["logits"].shape
-        for reuse_logits_for_grads in [False, True]:
-            with self.subTest(reuse_logits_for_grads=reuse_logits_for_grads):
-                costs, gradients = compute_with_pytorch_transducer(
-                    data=data, reuse_logits_for_grads=reuse_logits_for_grads
-                )
-                self.assertEqual(costs, ref_costs, atol=atol, rtol=rtol)
-                self.assertEqual(logits_shape, gradients.shape)
-                self.assertEqual(gradients, ref_gradients, atol=atol, rtol=rtol)
+        costs, gradients = compute_with_pytorch_transducer(data=data)
+        self.assertEqual(costs, ref_costs, atol=atol, rtol=rtol)
+        self.assertEqual(logits_shape, gradients.shape)
+        self.assertEqual(gradients, ref_gradients, atol=atol, rtol=rtol)
 
     def test_basic_backward(self):
         rnnt_loss = RNNTLoss()

test/torchaudio_unittest/rnnt/utils.py

@@ -23,11 +23,10 @@ def compute_with_numpy_transducer(data):
     return costs, gradients
 
 
-def compute_with_pytorch_transducer(data, reuse_logits_for_grads=False):
+def compute_with_pytorch_transducer(data):
     costs = RNNTLoss(
         blank=data["blank"],
         fused_log_softmax=data.get("fused_log_softmax", True),
-        reuse_logits_for_grads=reuse_logits_for_grads,
         reduction="none",
     )(
         logits=data["logits"],

torchaudio/csrc/rnnt/autograd.cpp

@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ class RNNTLossFunction : public torch::autograd::Function<RNNTLossFunction> {
       const torch::Tensor& target_lengths,
       int64_t blank,
       double clamp,
-      bool fused_log_softmax = true,
-      bool reuse_logits_for_grads = true) {
+      bool fused_log_softmax = true) {
     torch::Tensor undef;
     auto result = rnnt_loss(
         logits,
@@ -24,8 +23,7 @@ class RNNTLossFunction : public torch::autograd::Function<RNNTLossFunction> {
         target_lengths,
         blank,
         clamp,
-        fused_log_softmax,
-        reuse_logits_for_grads);
+        fused_log_softmax);
     auto costs = std::get<0>(result);
     auto grads = std::get<1>(result).value_or(undef);
     ctx->save_for_backward({grads});
@@ -51,8 +49,7 @@ std::tuple<torch::Tensor, c10::optional<torch::Tensor>> rnnt_loss_autograd(
     const torch::Tensor& target_lengths,
     int64_t blank,
     double clamp,
-    bool fused_log_softmax = true,
-    bool reuse_logits_for_grads = true) {
+    bool fused_log_softmax = true) {
   at::AutoDispatchBelowADInplaceOrView guard;
   auto results = RNNTLossFunction::apply(
       logits,
@@ -61,8 +58,7 @@ std::tuple<torch::Tensor, c10::optional<torch::Tensor>> rnnt_loss_autograd(
       target_lengths,
       blank,
       clamp,
-      fused_log_softmax,
-      reuse_logits_for_grads);
+      fused_log_softmax);
   return std::make_tuple(results[0], results[1]);
 }
 

torchaudio/csrc/rnnt/compute.cpp

@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ std::tuple<torch::Tensor, c10::optional<torch::Tensor>> rnnt_loss(
     const torch::Tensor& target_lengths,
     int64_t blank,
     double clamp,
-    bool fused_log_softmax = true,
-    bool reuse_logits_for_grads = true) {
+    bool fused_log_softmax = true) {
   static auto op = torch::Dispatcher::singleton()
                        .findSchemaOrThrow("torchaudio::rnnt_loss", "")
                        .typed<decltype(rnnt_loss)>();
@@ -20,8 +19,7 @@ std::tuple<torch::Tensor, c10::optional<torch::Tensor>> rnnt_loss(
       target_lengths,
       blank,
       clamp,
-      fused_log_softmax,
-      reuse_logits_for_grads);
+      fused_log_softmax);
 }
 
 TORCH_LIBRARY_FRAGMENT(torchaudio, m) {
@@ -32,6 +30,5 @@ TORCH_LIBRARY_FRAGMENT(torchaudio, m) {
       "Tensor target_lengths,"
       "int blank,"
       "float clamp,"
-      "bool fused_log_softmax=True,"
-      "bool reuse_logits_for_grads=True) -> (Tensor, Tensor?)");
+      "bool fused_log_softmax=True) -> (Tensor, Tensor?)");
 }

torchaudio/csrc/rnnt/compute.h

@@ -9,5 +9,4 @@ std::tuple<torch::Tensor, c10::optional<torch::Tensor>> rnnt_loss(
     const torch::Tensor& target_lengths,
     int64_t blank,
     double clamp,
-    bool fused_log_softmax,
-    bool reuse_logits_for_grads);
+    bool fused_log_softmax);

torchaudio/csrc/rnnt/cpu/compute.cpp

@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ std::tuple<torch::Tensor, c10::optional<torch::Tensor>> compute(
     const torch::Tensor& target_lengths,
     int64_t blank,
     double clamp,
-    bool fused_log_softmax = true,
-    bool reuse_logits_for_grads = true) {
+    bool fused_log_softmax = true) {
   TORCH_CHECK(
       logits.device().type() == targets.device().type(),
       "logits and targets must be on the same device");
@@ -92,11 +91,7 @@ std::tuple<torch::Tensor, c10::optional<torch::Tensor>> compute(
       torch::TensorOptions().device(logits.device()).dtype(logits.dtype()));
   c10::optional<torch::Tensor> gradients = c10::nullopt;
   if (logits.requires_grad()) {
-    if (reuse_logits_for_grads) {
-      gradients = logits;
-    } else {
-      gradients = torch::zeros_like(logits);
-    }
+    gradients = torch::zeros_like(logits);
   }
 
   torch::Tensor int_workspace = torch::empty(

torchaudio/csrc/rnnt/gpu/compute.cu

@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ std::tuple<torch::Tensor, c10::optional<torch::Tensor>> compute(
     const torch::Tensor& target_lengths,
     int64_t blank,
     double clamp,
-    bool fused_log_softmax = true,
-    bool reuse_logits_for_grads = true) {
+    bool fused_log_softmax = true) {
   TORCH_CHECK(
       logits.device().type() == targets.device().type(),
       "logits and targets must be on the same device");
@@ -95,11 +94,7 @@ std::tuple<torch::Tensor, c10::optional<torch::Tensor>> compute(
       torch::TensorOptions().device(logits.device()).dtype(logits.dtype()));
   c10::optional<torch::Tensor> gradients = c10::nullopt;
   if (logits.requires_grad()) {
-    if (reuse_logits_for_grads) {
-      gradients = logits;
-    } else {
-      gradients = torch::zeros_like(logits);
-    }
+    gradients = torch::zeros_like(logits);
   }
 
   torch::Tensor int_workspace = torch::empty(

torchaudio/prototype/rnnt_loss.py

@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ def rnnt_loss(
     blank: int = -1,
     clamp: float = -1,
     fused_log_softmax: bool = True,
-    reuse_logits_for_grads: bool = True,
     reduction: str = "mean",
 ):
     """Compute the RNN Transducer loss from *Sequence Transduction with Recurrent Neural Networks*
@@ -33,7 +32,6 @@ def rnnt_loss(
         blank (int, opt): blank label (Default: ``-1``)
         clamp (float): clamp for gradients (Default: ``-1``)
         fused_log_softmax (bool): set to False if calling log_softmax outside loss (Default: ``True``)
-        reuse_logits_for_grads (bool): whether to save memory by reusing logits memory for grads (Default: ``True``)
         reduction (string, optional): Specifies the reduction to apply to the output:
             ``'none'`` | ``'mean'`` | ``'sum'``. (Default: ``'mean'``)
 
@@ -46,9 +44,6 @@ def rnnt_loss(
 
     if not fused_log_softmax:
         logits = torch.nn.functional.log_softmax(logits, dim=-1)
-        reuse_logits_for_grads = (
-            False  # softmax needs the original logits value
-        )
 
     if blank < 0:  # reinterpret blank index if blank < 0.
         blank = logits.shape[-1] + blank
@@ -60,8 +55,8 @@ def rnnt_loss(
         target_lengths=target_lengths,
         blank=blank,
         clamp=clamp,
-        fused_log_softmax=fused_log_softmax,
-        reuse_logits_for_grads=reuse_logits_for_grads,)
+        fused_log_softmax=fused_log_softmax
+    )
 
     if reduction == 'mean':
         return costs.mean()
@@ -83,7 +78,6 @@ class RNNTLoss(torch.nn.Module):
         blank (int, opt): blank label (Default: ``-1``)
         clamp (float): clamp for gradients (Default: ``-1``)
         fused_log_softmax (bool): set to False if calling log_softmax outside loss (Default: ``True``)
-        reuse_logits_for_grads (bool): whether to save memory by reusing logits memory for grads (Default: ``True``)
         reduction (string, optional): Specifies the reduction to apply to the output:
             ``'none'`` | ``'mean'`` | ``'sum'``. (Default: ``'mean'``)
     """
@@ -93,14 +87,12 @@ def __init__(
         blank: int = -1,
         clamp: float = -1.,
         fused_log_softmax: bool = True,
-        reuse_logits_for_grads: bool = True,
         reduction: str = "mean",
     ):
         super().__init__()
         self.blank = blank
         self.clamp = clamp
         self.fused_log_softmax = fused_log_softmax
-        self.reuse_logits_for_grads = reuse_logits_for_grads
         self.reduction = reduction
 
     def forward(
@@ -129,6 +121,5 @@ def forward(
             self.blank,
             self.clamp,
             self.fused_log_softmax,
-            self.reuse_logits_for_grads,
             self.reduction
         )