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1# Copyright 2019 The TensorFlow Authors. All Rights Reserved.
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14# ==============================================================================
15"""Utilities that help manage directory path in distributed settings.
16
17In multi-worker training, the need to write a file to distributed file
18location often requires only one copy done by one worker despite many workers
19that are involved in training. The option to only perform saving by chief is
20not feasible for a couple of reasons: 1) Chief and workers may each contain
21a client that runs the same piece of code and it's preferred not to make
22any distinction between the code run by chief and other workers, and 2)
23saving of model or model's related information may require SyncOnRead
24variables to be read, which needs the cooperation of all workers to perform
25all-reduce.
26
27This set of utility is used so that only one copy is written to the needed
28directory, by supplying a temporary write directory path for workers that don't
29need to save, and removing the temporary directory once file writing is done.
30
31Example usage:
32```
33# Before using a directory to write file to.
34self.log_write_dir = write_dirpath(self.log_dir, get_distribution_strategy())
35# Now `self.log_write_dir` can be safely used to write file to.
36
37...
38
39# After the file is written to the directory.
40remove_temp_dirpath(self.log_dir, get_distribution_strategy())
41
42```
43
44Experimental. API is subject to change.
45"""
46
47from __future__ import absolute_import
48from __future__ import division
49from __future__ import print_function
50
51import os
52from tensorflow.python.distribute import distribution_strategy_context
53from tensorflow.python.lib.io import file_io
54
55
56def _get_base_dirpath(strategy):
57  task_id = strategy.extended._task_id  # pylint: disable=protected-access
58  return 'workertemp_' + str(task_id)
59
60
61def _is_temp_dir(dirpath, strategy):
62  return dirpath.endswith(_get_base_dirpath(strategy))
63
64
65def _get_temp_dir(dirpath, strategy):
66  if _is_temp_dir(dirpath, strategy):
67    temp_dir = dirpath
68  else:
69    temp_dir = os.path.join(dirpath, _get_base_dirpath(strategy))
70  file_io.recursive_create_dir_v2(temp_dir)
71  return temp_dir
72
73
74def write_dirpath(dirpath, strategy):
75  """Returns the writing dir that should be used to save file distributedly.
76
77  `dirpath` would be created if it doesn't exist.
78
79  Args:
80    dirpath: Original dirpath that would be used without distribution.
81    strategy: The tf.distribute strategy object currently used.
82
83  Returns:
84    The writing dir path that should be used to save with distribution.
85  """
86  if strategy is None:
87    # Infer strategy from `distribution_strategy_context` if not given.
88    strategy = distribution_strategy_context.get_strategy()
89  if strategy is None:
90    # If strategy is still not available, this is not in distributed training.
91    # Fallback to original dirpath.
92    return dirpath
93  if not strategy.extended._in_multi_worker_mode():  # pylint: disable=protected-access
94    return dirpath
95  if strategy.extended.should_checkpoint:
96    return dirpath
97  # If this worker is not chief and hence should not save file, save it to a
98  # temporary directory to be removed later.
99  return _get_temp_dir(dirpath, strategy)
100
101
102def remove_temp_dirpath(dirpath, strategy):
103  """Removes the temp path after writing is finished.
104
105  Args:
106    dirpath: Original dirpath that would be used without distribution.
107    strategy: The tf.distribute strategy object currently used.
108  """
109  if strategy is None:
110    # Infer strategy from `distribution_strategy_context` if not given.
111    strategy = distribution_strategy_context.get_strategy()
112  if strategy is None:
113    # If strategy is still not available, this is not in distributed training.
114    # Fallback to no-op.
115    return
116  # TODO(anjalisridhar): Consider removing the check for multi worker mode since
117  # it is redundant when used with the should_checkpoint property.
118  if (strategy.extended._in_multi_worker_mode() and  # pylint: disable=protected-access
119      not strategy.extended.should_checkpoint):
120    # If this worker is not chief and hence should not save file, remove
121    # the temporary directory.
122    file_io.delete_recursively(_get_temp_dir(dirpath, strategy))
123
124
125def write_filepath(filepath, strategy):
126  """Returns the writing file path to be used to save file distributedly.
127
128  Directory to contain `filepath` would be created if it doesn't exist.
129
130  Args:
131    filepath: Original filepath that would be used without distribution.
132    strategy: The tf.distribute strategy object currently used.
133
134  Returns:
135    The writing filepath that should be used to save file with distribution.
136  """
137  dirpath = os.path.dirname(filepath)
138  base = os.path.basename(filepath)
139  return os.path.join(write_dirpath(dirpath, strategy), base)
140
141
142def remove_temp_dir_with_filepath(filepath, strategy):
143  """Removes the temp path for file after writing is finished.
144
145  Args:
146    filepath: Original filepath that would be used without distribution.
147    strategy: The tf.distribute strategy object currently used.
148  """
149  remove_temp_dirpath(os.path.dirname(filepath), strategy)
150