@tensorflow/tfjs-core/src/backends/backend.ts

Hardware-accelerated JavaScript library for machine intelligence

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import {Backend, DataId} from '../tensor';
import {BackendValues, DataType} from '../types';

export const EPSILON_FLOAT32 = 1e-7;
export const EPSILON_FLOAT16 = 1e-4;

// Required information for all backends.
export interface BackendTimingInfo {
  kernelMs: number|{error: string};
  getExtraProfileInfo?(): string;  // a field for additional timing information
                                   // e.g. packing / unpacking for WebGL backend
}

export interface TensorStorage {
  read(dataId: DataId): Promise<BackendValues>;
  readSync(dataId: DataId): BackendValues;
  disposeData(dataId: DataId, force?: boolean): boolean;
  write(values: BackendValues, shape: number[], dtype: DataType): DataId;
  move(
      dataId: DataId, values: BackendValues, shape: number[], dtype: DataType,
      refCount: number): void;
  memory(): {unreliable: boolean;};  // Backend-specific information.
  /** Returns number of data ids currently in the storage. */
  numDataIds(): number;
  refCount(dataId: DataId): number;
}

/** Convenient class for storing tensor-related data. */
export class DataStorage<T> {
  private data = new WeakMap<DataId, T>();
  private dataIdsCount = 0;

  constructor(private backend: KernelBackend, private dataMover: DataMover) {}

  get(dataId: DataId) {
    if (!this.data.has(dataId)) {
      this.dataMover.moveData(this.backend, dataId);
    }
    return this.data.get(dataId);
  }

  set(dataId: DataId, value: T): void {
    this.dataIdsCount++;
    this.data.set(dataId, value);
  }

  has(dataId: DataId): boolean {
    return this.data.has(dataId);
  }

  delete(dataId: DataId): boolean {
    this.dataIdsCount--;
    return this.data.delete(dataId);
  }

  numDataIds(): number {
    return this.dataIdsCount;
  }
}

export interface DataMover {
  /**
   * To be called by backends whenever they see a dataId that they don't own.
   * Upon calling this method, the mover will fetch the tensor from another
   * backend and register it with the current active backend.
   */
  moveData(backend: KernelBackend, dataId: DataId): void;
}

export interface BackendTimer {
  // check if backend timer is available
  timerAvailable(): boolean;
  time(f: () => void): Promise<BackendTimingInfo>;
}

/**
 * The interface that defines the kernels that should be implemented when
 * adding a new backend. New backends don't need to implement every one of the
 * methods, this can be done gradually (throw an error for unimplemented
 * methods).
 */
export class KernelBackend implements TensorStorage, Backend, BackendTimer {
  refCount(dataId: DataId): number {
    return notYetImplemented('refCount');
  }
  incRef(dataId: DataId): void {
    return notYetImplemented('incRef');
  }
  timerAvailable(): boolean {
    return true;
  }
  time(f: () => void): Promise<BackendTimingInfo> {
    return notYetImplemented('time');
  }
  read(dataId: object): Promise<BackendValues> {
    return notYetImplemented('read');
  }
  readSync(dataId: object): BackendValues {
    return notYetImplemented('readSync');
  }
  numDataIds(): number {
    return notYetImplemented('numDataIds');
  }
  disposeData(dataId: object, force?: boolean): boolean {
    return notYetImplemented('disposeData');
  }
  write(values: BackendValues, shape: number[], dtype: DataType): DataId {
    return notYetImplemented('write');
  }
  move(
      dataId: DataId, values: BackendValues, shape: number[], dtype: DataType,
      refCount: number): void {
    return notYetImplemented('move');
  }
  memory(): {unreliable: boolean; reasons?: string[]} {
    return notYetImplemented('memory');
  }
  /** Returns the highest precision for floats in bits (e.g. 16 or 32) */
  floatPrecision(): 16|32 {
    return notYetImplemented('floatPrecision');
  }
  /** Returns the smallest representable number.  */
  epsilon(): number {
    return this.floatPrecision() === 32 ? EPSILON_FLOAT32 : EPSILON_FLOAT16;
  }
  dispose(): void {
    return notYetImplemented('dispose');
  }
}

function notYetImplemented(kernelName: string): never {
  throw new Error(
      `'${kernelName}' not yet implemented or not found in the registry. ` +
      `This kernel may not be supported by the tfjs backend you have chosen`);
}