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#!/usr/bin/python3
# Halide tutorial lesson 5
# This lesson demonstrates how to manipulate the order in which you
# evaluate pixels in a hl.Func, including vectorization,
# parallelization, unrolling, and tiling.
# This lesson can be built by invoking the command:
# make test_tutorial_lesson_05_scheduling_1
# in a shell with the current directory at python_bindings/
import halide as hl
def main():
# We're going to define and schedule our gradient function in
# several different ways, and see what order pixels are computed
# in.
x, y = hl.Var("x"), hl.Var("y")
# First we observe the default ordering.
if True:
gradient = hl.Func("gradient")
gradient[x, y] = x + y
gradient.trace_stores()
# By default we walk along the rows and then down the
# columns. This means x varies quickly, and y varies
# slowly. x is the column and y is the row, so this is a
# row-major traversal.
print("Evaluating gradient row-major")
gradient.realize([4, 4])
# The equivalent C is:
print("Equivalent C:")
for yy in range(4):
for xx in range(4):
print(f"Evaluating at x = {xx}, y = {yy}: {xx + yy}")
print("\n")
# Tracing is one useful way to understand what a schedule is
# doing. You can also ask Halide to print out pseudocode
# showing what loops Halide is generating:
print("Pseudo-code for the schedule:")
gradient.print_loop_nest()
print()
# Because we're using the default ordering, it should print:
# compute gradient:
# for y:
# for x:
# gradient(...) = ...
# Reorder variables.
if True:
gradient = hl.Func("gradient_col_major")
gradient[x, y] = x + y
gradient.trace_stores()
# If we reorder x and y, we can walk down the columns
# instead. The reorder call takes the arguments of the func,
# and sets a new nesting order for the for loops that are
# generated. The arguments are specified from the innermost
# loop out, so the following call puts y in the inner loop:
gradient.reorder(y, x)
# This means y (the row) will vary quickly, and x (the
# column) will vary slowly, so this is a column-major
# traversal.
print("Evaluating gradient column-major")
gradient.realize([4, 4])
print("Equivalent C:")
for xx in range(4):
for yy in range(4):
print(f"Evaluating at x = {xx}, y = {yy}: {xx + yy}")
print()
# If we print pseudo-code for this schedule, we'll see that
# the loop over y is now inside the loop over x.
print("Pseudo-code for the schedule:")
gradient.print_loop_nest()
print()
# Split a variable into two.
if True:
gradient = hl.Func("gradient_split")
gradient[x, y] = x + y
gradient.trace_stores()
# The most powerful primitive scheduling operation you can do
# to a var is to split it into inner and outer sub-variables:
x_outer, x_inner = hl.Var("x_outer"), hl.Var("x_inner")
gradient.split(x, x_outer, x_inner, 2)
# This breaks the loop over x into two nested loops: an outer
# one over x_outer, and an inner one over x_inner. The last
# argument to split was the "split factor". The inner loop
# runs from zero to the split factor. The outer loop runs
# from zero to the extent required of x (4 in this case)
# divided by the split factor. Within the loops, the old
# variable is defined to be outer * factor + inner. If the
# old loop started at a value other than zero, then that is
# also added within the loops.
print("Evaluating gradient with x split into x_outer and x_inner ")
gradient.realize([4, 4])
print("Equivalent C:")
for yy in range(4):
for x_outer in range(2):
for x_inner in range(2):
xx = x_outer * 2 + x_inner
print(f"Evaluating at x = {xx}, y = {yy}: {xx + yy}")
print()
print("Pseudo-code for the schedule:")
gradient.print_loop_nest()
print()
# Note that the order of evaluation of pixels didn't actually
# change! Splitting by itself does nothing, but it does open
# up all of the scheduling possibilities that we will explore
# below.
# Fuse two variables into one.
if True:
gradient = hl.Func("gradient_fused")
gradient[x, y] = x + y
# The opposite of splitting is 'fusing'. Fusing two variables
# merges the two loops into a single for loop over the
# product of the extents. Fusing is less important than
# splitting, but it also sees use (as we'll see later in this
# lesson). Like splitting, fusing by itself doesn't change
# the order of evaluation.
fused = hl.Var("fused")
gradient.fuse(x, y, fused)
print("Evaluating gradient with x and y fused")
gradient.realize([4, 4])
print("Equivalent C:")
for fused in range(4 * 4):
yy = fused / 4
xx = fused % 4
print(f"Evaluating at x = {xx}, y = {yy}: {xx + yy}")
print()
print("Pseudo-code for the schedule:")
gradient.print_loop_nest()
print()
# Evaluating in tiles.
if True:
gradient = hl.Func("gradient_tiled")
gradient[x, y] = x + y
gradient.trace_stores()
# Now that we can both split and reorder, we can do tiled
# evaluation. Let's split both x and y by a factor of two,
# and then reorder the vars to express a tiled traversal.
#
# A tiled traversal splits the domain into small rectangular
# tiles, and outermost iterates over the tiles, and within
# that iterates over the points within each tile. It can be
# good for performance if neighboring pixels use overlapping
# input data, for example in a blur. We can express a tiled
# traversal like so:
x_outer, x_inner, y_outer, y_inner = hl.Var(), hl.Var(), hl.Var(), hl.Var()
gradient.split(x, x_outer, x_inner, 2)
gradient.split(y, y_outer, y_inner, 2)
gradient.reorder(x_inner, y_inner, x_outer, y_outer)
# This pattern is common enough that there's a shorthand for it:
# gradient.tile(x, y, x_outer, y_outer, x_inner, y_inner, 2, 2)
print("Evaluating gradient in 2x2 tiles")
gradient.realize([4, 4])
print("Equivalent C:")
for y_outer in range(2):
for x_outer in range(2):
for y_inner in range(2):
for x_inner in range(2):
xx = x_outer * 2 + x_inner
yy = y_outer * 2 + y_inner
print(f"Evaluating at x = {xx}, y = {yy}: {xx + yy}")
print()
print("Pseudo-code for the schedule:")
gradient.print_loop_nest()
print()
# Evaluating in vectors.
if True:
gradient = hl.Func("gradient_in_vectors")
gradient[x, y] = x + y
gradient.trace_stores()
# The nice thing about splitting is that it guarantees the
# inner variable runs from zero to the split factor. Most of
# the time the split-factor will be a compile-time constant,
# so we can replace the loop over the inner variable with a
# single vectorized computation. This time we'll split by a
# factor of four, because on X86 we can use SSE to compute in
# 4-wide vectors.
x_outer, x_inner = hl.Var("x_outer"), hl.Var("x_inner")
gradient.split(x, x_outer, x_inner, 4)
gradient.vectorize(x_inner)
# Splitting and then vectorizing the inner variable is common
# enough that there's a short-hand for it. We could have also
# said:
#
# gradient.vectorize(x, 4)
#
# which is equivalent to:
#
# gradient.split(x, x, x_inner, 4)
# gradient.vectorize(x_inner)
#
# Note that in this case we reused the name 'x' as the new
# outer variable. Later scheduling calls that refer to x
# will refer to this new outer variable named x.
# This time we'll evaluate over an 8x4 box, so that we have
# more than one vector of work per scanline.
print("Evaluating gradient with x_inner vectorized ")
gradient.realize([8, 4])
print("Equivalent C:")
for yy in range(4):
for x_outer in range(2):
# The loop over x_inner has gone away, and has been
# replaced by a vectorized version of the
# expression. On x86 processors, Halide generates SSE
# for all of this.
x_vec = [
x_outer * 4 + 0,
x_outer * 4 + 1,
x_outer * 4 + 2,
x_outer * 4 + 3,
]
val = [
x_vec[0] + yy,
x_vec[1] + yy,
x_vec[2] + yy,
x_vec[3] + yy,
]
print(
f"Evaluating at <{x_vec[0]}, {x_vec[1]}, {x_vec[2]}, {x_vec[3]}>, <{yy}, {yy}, {yy}, {yy}>: "
f"<{val[0]}, {val[1]}, {val[2]}, {val[3]}>"
)
print()
print("Pseudo-code for the schedule:")
gradient.print_loop_nest()
print()
# Unrolling a loop.
if True:
gradient = hl.Func("gradient_in_vectors")
gradient[x, y] = x + y
gradient.trace_stores()
# If multiple pixels share overlapping data, it can make
# sense to unroll a computation so that shared values are
# only computed or loaded once. We do this similarly to how
# we expressed vectorizing. We split a dimension and then
# fully unroll the loop of the inner variable. Unrolling
# doesn't change the order in which things are evaluated.
x_outer, x_inner = hl.Var("x_outer"), hl.Var("x_inner")
gradient.split(x, x_outer, x_inner, 2)
gradient.unroll(x_inner)
# The shorthand for this is:
# gradient.unroll(x, 2)
print("Evaluating gradient unrolled by a factor of two")
result = gradient.realize([4, 4])
print("Equivalent C:")
for yy in range(4):
for x_outer in range(2):
# Instead of a for loop over x_inner, we get two
# copies of the innermost statement.
if True:
x_inner = 0
xx = x_outer * 2 + x_inner
print(f"Evaluating at x = {xx}, y = {yy}: {xx + yy}")
if True:
x_inner = 1
xx = x_outer * 2 + x_inner
print(f"Evaluating at x = {xx}, y = {yy}: {xx + yy}")
print()
print("Pseudo-code for the schedule:")
gradient.print_loop_nest()
print()
# Splitting by factors that don't divide the extent.
if True:
gradient = hl.Func("gradient_split_5x4")
gradient[x, y] = x + y
gradient.trace_stores()
# Splitting guarantees that the inner loop runs from zero to
# the split factor, which is important for the uses we saw
# above. So what happens when the total extent we wish to
# evaluate x over isn't a multiple of the split factor? We'll
# split by a factor of two again, but now we'll evaluate
# gradient over a 5x4 box instead of the 4x4 box we've been
# using.
x_outer, x_inner = hl.Var("x_outer"), hl.Var("x_inner")
gradient.split(x, x_outer, x_inner, 2)
print("Evaluating gradient over a 5x4 box with x split by two ")
gradient.realize([5, 4])
print("Equivalent C:")
for yy in range(4):
for x_outer in range(3): # Now runs from 0 to 3
for x_inner in range(2):
xx = x_outer * 2
# Before we add x_inner, make sure we don't
# evaluate points outside of the 5x4 box. We'll
# hl.clamp x to be at most 3 (5 minus the split
# factor).
if xx > 3:
xx = 3
xx += x_inner
print(f"Evaluating at x = {xx}, y = {yy}: {xx + yy}")
print()
print("Pseudo-code for the schedule:")
gradient.print_loop_nest()
print()
# If you read the output, you'll see that some coordinates
# were evaluated more than once! That's generally OK, because
# pure Halide functions have no side-effects, so it's safe to
# evaluate the same point multiple times. If you're calling
# out to C functions like we are, it's your responsibility to
# make sure you can handle the same point being evaluated
# multiple times.
# The general rule is: If we require x from x_min to x_min + x_extent, and
# we split by a factor 'factor', then:
#
# x_outer runs from 0 to (x_extent + factor - 1)/factor
# x_inner runs from 0 to factor
# x = hl.min(x_outer * factor, x_extent - factor) + x_inner + x_min
#
# In our example, x_min was 0, x_extent was 5, and factor was 2.
# However, if you write a Halide function with an update
# definition (see lesson 9), then it is not safe to evaluate
# the same point multiple times, so we won't apply this
# trick. Instead the range of values computed will be rounded
# up to the next multiple of the split factor.
# Fusing, tiling, and parallelizing.
if True:
# We saw in the previous lesson that we can parallelize
# across a variable. Here we combine it with fusing and
# tiling to express a useful pattern - processing tiles in
# parallel.
# This is where fusing shines. Fusing helps when you want to
# parallelize across multiple dimensions without introducing
# nested parallelism. Nested parallelism (parallel for loops
# within parallel for loops) is supported by Halide, but
# often gives poor performance compared to fusing the
# parallel variables into a single parallel for loop.
gradient = hl.Func("gradient_fused_tiles")
gradient[x, y] = x + y
gradient.trace_stores()
# First we'll tile, then we'll fuse the tile indices and
# parallelize across the combination.
x_outer, y_outer = hl.Var("x_outer"), hl.Var("y_outer")
x_inner, y_inner = hl.Var("x_inner"), hl.Var("y_inner")
tile_index = hl.Var("tile_index")
gradient.tile(x, y, x_outer, y_outer, x_inner, y_inner, 2, 2)
gradient.fuse(x_outer, y_outer, tile_index)
gradient.parallel(tile_index)
# The scheduling calls all return a reference to the hl.Func, so
# you can also chain them together into a single statement to
# make things slightly clearer:
#
# gradient
# .tile(x, y, x_outer, y_outer, x_inner, y_inner, 2, 2)
# .fuse(x_outer, y_outer, tile_index)
# .parallel(tile_index)
print("Evaluating gradient tiles in parallel")
gradient.realize([4, 4])
# The tiles should occur in arbitrary order, but within each
# tile the pixels will be traversed in row-major order.
print("Equivalent (serial) C:")
# This outermost loop should be a parallel for loop, but that's hard in
# C.
for tile_index in range(4):
y_outer = tile_index / 2
x_outer = tile_index % 2
for y_inner in range(2):
for x_inner in range(2):
yy = y_outer * 2 + y_inner
xx = x_outer * 2 + x_inner
print(f"Evaluating at x = {xx}, y = {yy}: {xx + yy}")
print()
print("Pseudo-code for the schedule:")
gradient.print_loop_nest()
print()
# Putting it all together.
if True:
# Are you ready? We're going to use all of the features above now.
gradient_fast = hl.Func("gradient_fast")
gradient_fast[x, y] = x + y
# We'll process 256x256 tiles in parallel.
x_outer, y_outer = hl.Var("x_outer"), hl.Var("y_outer")
x_inner, y_inner = hl.Var("x_inner"), hl.Var("y_inner")
tile_index = hl.Var("tile_index")
(
gradient_fast.tile(x, y, x_outer, y_outer, x_inner, y_inner, 256, 256) #
.fuse(x_outer, y_outer, tile_index)
.parallel(tile_index)
)
# We'll compute two scanlines at once while we walk across
# each tile. We'll also vectorize in x. The easiest way to
# express this is to recursively tile again within each tile
# into 4x2 subtiles, then vectorize the subtiles across x and
# unroll them across y:
x_inner_outer, y_inner_outer = hl.vars("x_inner_outer y_inner_outer")
x_vectors, y_pairs = hl.vars("x_vectors y_pairs")
(
gradient_fast.tile(
x_inner, y_inner, x_inner_outer, y_inner_outer, x_vectors, y_pairs, 4, 2
) #
.vectorize(x_vectors)
.unroll(y_pairs)
)
# Note that we didn't do any explicit splitting or
# reordering. Those are the most important primitive
# operations, but mostly they are buried underneath tiling,
# vectorizing, or unrolling calls.
# Now let's evaluate this over a range which is not a
# multiple of the tile size.
# If you like you can turn on tracing, but it's going to
# produce a lot of prints. Instead we'll compute the answer
# both in C and Halide and see if the answers match.
result = gradient_fast.realize([800, 600])
print("Checking Halide result against equivalent C...")
for tile_index in range(4 * 3):
y_outer = tile_index // 4
x_outer = tile_index % 4
for y_inner_outer in range(256 // 2):
for x_inner_outer in range(256 // 4):
# We're vectorized across x
xx = min(x_outer * 256, 800 - 256) + x_inner_outer * 4
x_vec = [xx + 0, xx + 1, xx + 2, xx + 3]
# And we unrolled across y
y_base = min(y_outer * 256, 600 - 256) + y_inner_outer * 2
if True:
# y_pairs = 0
yy = y_base + 0
y_vec = [yy, yy, yy, yy]
val = [
x_vec[0] + y_vec[0],
x_vec[1] + y_vec[1],
x_vec[2] + y_vec[2],
x_vec[3] + y_vec[3],
]
# Check the result.
for i in range(4):
assert result[x_vec[i], y_vec[i]] == val[i], (
f"There was an error at {x_vec[i]} {y_vec[i]}!"
)
if True:
# y_pairs = 1
yy = y_base + 1
y_vec = [yy, yy, yy, yy]
val = [
x_vec[0] + y_vec[0],
x_vec[1] + y_vec[1],
x_vec[2] + y_vec[2],
x_vec[3] + y_vec[3],
]
# Check the result.
for i in range(4):
assert result[x_vec[i], y_vec[i]] == val[i], (
f"There was an error at {x_vec[i]} {y_vec[i]}!"
)
print()
print("Pseudo-code for the schedule:")
gradient_fast.print_loop_nest()
print()
# Note that in the Halide version, the algorithm is specified
# once at the top, separately from the optimizations, and there
# aren't that many lines of code total. Compare this to the C
# version. There's more code (and it isn't even parallelized or
# vectorized properly). More annoyingly, the statement of the
# algorithm (the result is x plus y) is buried in multiple places
# within the mess. This C code is hard to write, hard to read,
# hard to debug, and hard to optimize further. This is why Halide
# exists.
print("Success!")
return 0
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
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