Add TFE_Py_TensorShapeSlice function

TFE_Py_TensorShapeSlice takes a list of EagerTensors and returns a list
of their i'th dimensions. This utility is fairly niche but it is simple
and reduces SPINN training time by over 12%.

PiperOrigin-RevId: 174065044

tensorflow/python/eager/pywrap_tensor.cc

@@ -657,3 +657,71 @@ PyObject* TFE_Py_InitEagerTensor(PyObject* base_class) {
   EagerTensorType->tp_dictoffset = 0;
   return reinterpret_cast<PyObject*>(EagerTensorType);
 }
+
+PyObject* TFE_Py_TensorShapeSlice(PyObject* tensor_list, int slice_dim) {
+  if (!PyList_Check(tensor_list)) {
+    PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
+                    tensorflow::strings::StrCat(
+                        "tensor_list argument must be a list. Got \"",
+                        Py_TYPE(tensor_list)->tp_name, "\"")
+                        .c_str());
+    return nullptr;
+  }
+  if (slice_dim < 0) {
+    PyErr_SetString(
+        PyExc_ValueError,
+        tensorflow::strings::StrCat("Slice dimension must be non-negative. "
+                                    "Got ",
+                                    slice_dim)
+            .c_str());
+    return nullptr;
+  }
+
+  Py_ssize_t num_tensors = PyList_Size(tensor_list);
+  int64_t num_tensors_int = static_cast<int64_t>(num_tensors);
+  auto tensor = tensorflow::make_safe(TF_AllocateTensor(
+      TF_INT32, &num_tensors_int, /*num_dims=*/1, /*len=*/4 * num_tensors_int));
+  int32_t* data = reinterpret_cast<int32_t*>(TF_TensorData(tensor.get()));
+  for (Py_ssize_t i = 0; i < num_tensors; ++i) {
+    PyObject* tensor_obj = PyList_GET_ITEM(tensor_list, i);
+    if (!EagerTensor_CheckExact(tensor_obj)) {
+      PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
+                      tensorflow::strings::StrCat(
+                          "Expected a list of EagerTensors but "
+                          "element ",
+                          i, " has type \"", Py_TYPE(tensor_obj)->tp_name, "\"")
+                          .c_str());
+      return nullptr;
+    }
+
+    EagerTensor* t = reinterpret_cast<EagerTensor*>(tensor_obj);
+    TFE_TensorHandle* handle = t->handle;
+    if (slice_dim >= TFE_TensorHandleNumDims(handle)) {
+      PyErr_SetString(PyExc_IndexError,
+                      tensorflow::strings::StrCat(
+                          "Slice dimension (", slice_dim,
+                          ") must be smaller than rank of all "
+                          "tensors, but tensor at index ",
+                          i, " has rank ", TFE_TensorHandleNumDims(handle))
+                          .c_str());
+      return nullptr;
+    }
+    int64_t dim = TFE_TensorHandleDim(handle, slice_dim);
+    data[i] = dim;
+  }
+
+  auto status = tensorflow::make_safe(TF_NewStatus());
+  TFE_TensorHandle* handle = TFE_NewTensorHandle(tensor.get(), status.get());
+  if (TF_GetCode(status.get()) != TF_OK) {
+    PyErr_SetString(
+        PyExc_RuntimeError,
+        tensorflow::strings::StrCat("Failed to construct new tensor handle: ",
+                                    TF_Message(status.get()))
+            .c_str());
+    return nullptr;
+  }
+  // handle now owns the tensor. Release it from the smart pointer.
+  tensor.release();
+
+  return EagerTensorFromHandle(handle);
+}

tensorflow/python/eager/pywrap_tfe.h

@@ -105,4 +105,16 @@ void TFE_Py_TapeRecordOperation(PyObject* tape, PyObject* op_type,
                                 PyObject* backward_function);
 PyObject* TFE_Py_TapeExport(PyObject* tape);
 
+// Returns an EagerTensor of dimension [len(`tensor_list`)] containing
+// the `slice_dim`'th dimension of each tensor in `tensor_list`. In other words,
+// TFE_Py_TensorShapeSlice takes a slice of dimensions of tensors in
+// `tensor_list`. For example, if `tensor_list` contains tensors of with shapes
+// [1, 2, 3], [4, 5], [6, 7, 8, 9], TFE_Py_TensorShapeSlice called with
+// `slice_dim` equal to 1 will return [2, 5, 7].
+// On error, returns nullptr and sets python exception.
+// REQUIRES: `tensor_list` is a python list of EagerTensors
+// REQUIRES: `slice_dim` is non-negative and smaller than the rank of all
+//   tensors in `tensor_list`.
+PyObject* TFE_Py_TensorShapeSlice(PyObject* tensor_list, int slice_dim);
+
 #endif  // TENSORFLOW_PYTHON_EAGER_PYWRAP_TFE_H_

tensorflow/python/eager/tensor_test.py

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import copy
 
 import numpy as np
 
+from tensorflow.python import pywrap_tensorflow
 from tensorflow.python.eager import context
 from tensorflow.python.eager import core
 from tensorflow.python.eager import test
@@ -216,5 +217,93 @@ class TFETensorTest(test_util.TensorFlowTestCase):
         _create_tensor("test string")
 
 
+class TFETensorUtilTest(test_util.TensorFlowTestCase):
+
+  def testListOfThree(self):
+    t1 = _create_tensor([[1, 2], [3, 4], [5, 6]], dtype=dtypes.int32)
+    t2 = _create_tensor([[1, 2, 5], [3, 4, 5]], dtype=dtypes.int32)
+    t3 = _create_tensor([[1], [3], [5], [6]], dtype=dtypes.int32)
+
+    r = pywrap_tensorflow.TFE_Py_TensorShapeSlice([t1, t2, t3], 0)
+    self.assertAllEqual(np.array([3, 2, 4]), r.numpy())
+
+    r = pywrap_tensorflow.TFE_Py_TensorShapeSlice([t1, t2, t3], 1)
+    self.assertAllEqual(np.array([2, 3, 1]), r.numpy())
+
+  def testEmptyTensorList(self):
+    a = pywrap_tensorflow.TFE_Py_TensorShapeSlice([], 0)
+    self.assertTrue(isinstance(a, ops.EagerTensor))
+    self.assertEqual(0, a.numpy().size)
+
+  def testTensorListContainsNonTensors(self):
+    t1 = _create_tensor([1, 2], dtype=dtypes.int32)
+
+    with self.assertRaisesRegexp(
+        TypeError,
+        r"Expected a list of EagerTensors but element 1 has type \"str\""):
+      pywrap_tensorflow.TFE_Py_TensorShapeSlice([t1, "abc"], 0)
+
+    with self.assertRaisesRegexp(
+        TypeError,
+        r"Expected a list of EagerTensors but element 0 has type \"int\""):
+      pywrap_tensorflow.TFE_Py_TensorShapeSlice([2, t1], 0)
+
+  def testTensorListNotList(self):
+    t1 = _create_tensor([1, 2], dtype=dtypes.int32)
+
+    with self.assertRaisesRegexp(
+        TypeError,
+        r"tensor_list argument must be a list. Got \"EagerTensor\""):
+      pywrap_tensorflow.TFE_Py_TensorShapeSlice(t1, -2)
+
+    with self.assertRaisesRegexp(
+        TypeError,
+        r"tensor_list argument must be a list. Got \"tuple\""):
+      pywrap_tensorflow.TFE_Py_TensorShapeSlice((t1,), -2)
+
+  def testNegativeSliceDim(self):
+    t1 = _create_tensor([1, 2], dtype=dtypes.int32)
+
+    with self.assertRaisesRegexp(
+        ValueError,
+        r"Slice dimension must be non-negative. Got -2"):
+      pywrap_tensorflow.TFE_Py_TensorShapeSlice([t1], -2)
+
+  def testSliceDimOutOfRange(self):
+    t1 = _create_tensor([[1, 2], [3, 4], [5, 6]], dtype=dtypes.int32)
+    t2 = _create_tensor([1, 2], dtype=dtypes.int32)
+    t3 = _create_tensor(2, dtype=dtypes.int32)
+
+    with self.assertRaisesRegexp(
+        IndexError,
+        r"Slice dimension \(2\) must be smaller than rank of all tensors, "
+        "but tensor at index 0 has rank 2"):
+      pywrap_tensorflow.TFE_Py_TensorShapeSlice([t1], 2)
+
+    with self.assertRaisesRegexp(
+        IndexError,
+        r"Slice dimension \(1\) must be smaller than rank of all tensors, "
+        "but tensor at index 0 has rank 1"):
+      pywrap_tensorflow.TFE_Py_TensorShapeSlice([t2], 1)
+
+    with self.assertRaisesRegexp(
+        IndexError,
+        r"Slice dimension \(1\) must be smaller than rank of all tensors, "
+        "but tensor at index 1 has rank 1"):
+      pywrap_tensorflow.TFE_Py_TensorShapeSlice([t1, t2], 1)
+
+    with self.assertRaisesRegexp(
+        IndexError,
+        r"Slice dimension \(0\) must be smaller than rank of all tensors, "
+        "but tensor at index 0 has rank 0"):
+      pywrap_tensorflow.TFE_Py_TensorShapeSlice([t3], 0)
+
+    with self.assertRaisesRegexp(
+        IndexError,
+        r"Slice dimension \(0\) must be smaller than rank of all tensors, "
+        "but tensor at index 2 has rank 0"):
+      pywrap_tensorflow.TFE_Py_TensorShapeSlice([t2, t1, t3], 0)
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
   test.main()

tensorflow/python/ops/array_grad.py

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ from __future__ import print_function
 
 from math import ceil
 
+from tensorflow.python import pywrap_tensorflow
 from tensorflow.python.eager import context
 from tensorflow.python.framework import constant_op
 from tensorflow.python.framework import ops
@@ -102,12 +103,23 @@ def _ConcatGradHelper(op, grad, start_value_index, end_value_index, dim_index):
 
   concat_dim = op.inputs[dim_index]
   input_values = op.inputs[start_value_index:end_value_index]
+
+  out_grads = []
+  if isinstance(grad, ops.Tensor):
+    if context.in_eager_mode():
+      # Using mod here for convenience since concat_dim is already verified
+      # in concat implementation to be within the allowed [-rank, rank) range.
+      non_neg_concat_dim = (
+          concat_dim._numpy().item(0) % input_values[0]._rank())  # pylint: disable=protected-access
+      # All inputs are guaranteed to be EagerTensors in eager mode
+      sizes = pywrap_tensorflow.TFE_Py_TensorShapeSlice(input_values,
+                                                        non_neg_concat_dim)
+      out_grads = array_ops.split(grad, sizes, non_neg_concat_dim)
+    else:
       # Using mod here for convenience since concat_dim is already verified
       # in concat implementation to be within the allowed [-rank, rank) range.
       non_neg_concat_dim = concat_dim % array_ops.rank(input_values[0])
 
-  out_grads = []
-  if isinstance(grad, ops.Tensor):
       # Get the inputs' tensor shapes
       sizes = _ExtractInputShapes(input_values)
       # The magic number of 16 was found through benchmarking a range of sizes
@@ -128,6 +140,9 @@ def _ConcatGradHelper(op, grad, start_value_index, end_value_index, dim_index):
           out_grads.append(array_ops.slice(grad, begin, size))
       # pylint: enable=protected-access
   elif isinstance(grad, ops.IndexedSlices):
+    # Using mod here for convenience since concat_dim is already verified
+    # in concat implementation to be within the allowed [-rank, rank) range.
+    non_neg_concat_dim = concat_dim % array_ops.rank(input_values[0])
     concat_dim_static = tensor_util.constant_value(concat_dim)
     if concat_dim_static is None:
       raise ValueError("Can only compute IndexedSlices gradient with "

tensorflow/python/pywrap_tfe.i

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 %rename("%s") TFE_ContextOptionsSetConfig;
 %rename("%s") TFE_ContextOptionsSetDevicePlacementPolicy;
 %rename("%s") TFE_DeleteContextOptions;
+%rename("%s") TFE_Py_TensorShapeSlice;
 
 %{
 #include "tensorflow/python/eager/pywrap_tfe.h"