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| Quantization |
| ============ |
| |
| Introduction to Quantization |
| ---------------------------- |
| |
| Quantization refers to techniques for performing computations and storing |
| tensors at lower bitwidths than floating point precision. A quantized model |
| executes some or all of the operations on tensors with integers rather than |
| floating point values. This allows for a more compact model representation and |
| the use of high performance vectorized operations on many hardware platforms. |
| PyTorch supports INT8 quantization compared to typical FP32 models allowing for |
| a 4x reduction in the model size and a 4x reduction in memory bandwidth |
| requirements. Hardware support for INT8 computations is typically 2 to 4 |
| times faster compared to FP32 compute. Quantization is primarily a technique to |
| speed up inference and only the forward pass is supported for quantized |
| operators. |
| |
| PyTorch supports multiple approaches to quantizing a deep learning model. In |
| most cases the model is trained in FP32 and then the model is converted to |
| INT8. In addition, PyTorch also supports quantization aware training, which |
| models quantization errors in both the forward and backward passes using |
| fake-quantization modules. Note that the entire computation is carried out in |
| floating point. At the end of quantization aware training, PyTorch provides |
| conversion functions to convert the trained model into lower precision. |
| |
| At lower level, PyTorch provides a way to represent quantized tensors and |
| perform operations with them. They can be used to directly construct models |
| that perform all or part of the computation in lower precision. Higher-level |
| APIs are provided that incorporate typical workflows of converting FP32 model |
| to lower precision with minimal accuracy loss. |
| |
| Today, PyTorch supports the following backends for running quantized operators efficiently: |
| |
| * x86 CPUs with AVX2 support or higher (without AVX2 some operations have |
| inefficient implementations) |
| * ARM CPUs (typically found in mobile/embedded devices) |
| |
| The corresponding implementation is chosen automatically based on the PyTorch build mode. |
| |
| .. note:: |
| |
| PyTorch 1.3 doesn't provide quantized operator implementations on CUDA yet - |
| this is direction of future work. Move the model to CPU in order to test the |
| quantized functionality. |
| |
| Quantization-aware training (through :class:`~torch.quantization.FakeQuantize`) |
| supports both CPU and CUDA. |
| |
| |
| .. note:: |
| |
| When preparing a quantized model, it is necessary to ensure that qconfig |
| and the engine used for quantized computations match the backend on which |
| the model will be executed. Quantization currently supports two backends: |
| fbgemm (for use on x86, `<https://github.com/pytorch/FBGEMM>`_) and qnnpack |
| (for use on the ARM QNNPACK library `<https://github.com/pytorch/QNNPACK>`_). |
| For example, if you are interested in quantizing a model to run on ARM, it |
| is recommended to set the qconfig by calling: |
| |
| ``qconfig = torch.quantization.get_default_qconfig('qnnpack')`` |
| |
| for post training quantization and |
| |
| ``qconfig = torch.quantization.get_default_qat_qconfig('qnnpack')`` |
| |
| for quantization aware training. |
| |
| In addition, the torch.backends.quantized.engine parameter should be set to |
| match the backend. For using qnnpack for inference, the backend is set to |
| qnnpack as follows |
| |
| ``torch.backends.quantized.engine = 'qnnpack'`` |
| |
| Quantized Tensors |
| --------------------------------------- |
| |
| PyTorch supports both per tensor and per channel asymmetric linear |
| quantization. Per tensor means that all the values within the tensor are |
| scaled the same way. Per channel means that for each dimension, typically |
| the channel dimension of a tensor, the values |
| in the tensor are scaled and offset by a different value (effectively |
| the scale and offset become vectors). This allows for lesser error in converting tensors |
| to quantized values. |
| |
| The mapping is performed by converting the floating point tensors using |
| |
| .. image:: math-quantizer-equation.png |
| :width: 40% |
| |
| Note that, we ensure that zero in floating point is represented with no error |
| after quantization, thereby ensuring that operations like padding do not cause |
| additional quantization error. |
| |
| In order to do quantization in PyTorch, we need to be able to represent |
| quantized data in Tensors. A Quantized Tensor allows for storing |
| quantized data (represented as int8/uint8/int32) along with quantization |
| parameters like scale and zero\_point. Quantized Tensors allow for many |
| useful operations making quantized arithmetic easy, in addition to |
| allowing for serialization of data in a quantized format. |
| |
| Operation coverage |
| ------------------ |
| |
| Quantized Tensors support a limited subset of data manipulation methods of the |
| regular full-precision tensor. (see list below) |
| |
| For NN operators included in PyTorch, we restrict support to: |
| |
| 1. 8 bit weights (data\_type = qint8) |
| 2. 8 bit activations (data\_type = quint8) |
| |
| Note that operator implementations currently only |
| support per channel quantization for weights of the **conv** and **linear** |
| operators. Furthermore the minimum and the maximum of the input data is |
| mapped linearly to the minimum and the maximum of the quantized data |
| type such that zero is represented with no quantization error. |
| |
| Additional data types and quantization schemes can be implemented through |
| the `custom operator mechanism <https://pytorch.org/tutorials/advanced/torch_script_custom_ops.html>`_. |
| |
| Many operations for quantized tensors are available under the same API as full |
| float version in ``torch`` or ``torch.nn``. Quantized version of NN modules that |
| perform re-quantization are available in ``torch.nn.quantized``. Those |
| operations explicitly take output quantization parameters (scale and zero\_point) in |
| the operation signature. |
| |
| In addition, we also support fused versions corresponding to common fusion |
| patterns that impact quantization at: `torch.nn.intrinsic.quantized`. |
| |
| For quantization aware training, we support modules prepared for quantization |
| aware training at `torch.nn.qat` and `torch.nn.intrinsic.qat` |
| |
| Current quantized operation list is sufficient to cover typical CNN and RNN |
| models: |
| |
| |
| Quantized ``torch.Tensor`` operations |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| |
| Operations that are available from the ``torch`` namespace or as methods on |
| Tensor for quantized tensors: |
| |
| * :func:`~torch.quantize_per_tensor` - Convert float tensor to quantized tensor |
| with per-tensor scale and zero point |
| * :func:`~torch.quantize_per_channel` - Convert float tensor to quantized |
| tensor with per-channel scale and zero point |
| * View-based operations like :meth:`~torch.Tensor.view`, |
| :meth:`~torch.Tensor.as_strided`, :meth:`~torch.Tensor.expand`, |
| :meth:`~torch.Tensor.flatten`, :meth:`~torch.Tensor.select`, python-style |
| indexing, etc - work as on regular tensor (if quantization is not |
| per-channel) |
| * Comparators |
| * :meth:`~torch.Tensor.ne` — Not equal |
| * :meth:`~torch.Tensor.eq` — Equal |
| * :meth:`~torch.Tensor.ge` — Greater or equal |
| * :meth:`~torch.Tensor.le` — Less or equal |
| * :meth:`~torch.Tensor.gt` — Greater |
| * :meth:`~torch.Tensor.lt` — Less |
| * :meth:`~torch.Tensor.copy_` — Copies src to self in-place |
| * :meth:`~torch.Tensor.clone` — Returns a deep copy of the passed-in tensor |
| * :meth:`~torch.Tensor.dequantize` — Convert quantized tensor to float tensor |
| * :meth:`~torch.Tensor.equal` — Compares two tensors, returns true if |
| quantization parameters and all integer elements are the same |
| * :meth:`~torch.Tensor.int_repr` — Prints the underlying integer representation |
| of the quantized tensor |
| * :meth:`~torch.Tensor.max` — Returns the maximum value of the tensor (reduction only) |
| * :meth:`~torch.Tensor.mean` — Mean function. Supported variants: reduction, dim, out |
| * :meth:`~torch.Tensor.min` — Returns the minimum value of the tensor (reduction only) |
| * :meth:`~torch.Tensor.q_scale` — Returns the scale of the per-tensor quantized tensor |
| * :meth:`~torch.Tensor.q_zero_point` — Returns the zero_point of the per-tensor |
| quantized zero point |
| * :meth:`~torch.Tensor.q_per_channel_scales` — Returns the scales of the |
| per-channel quantized tensor |
| * :meth:`~torch.Tensor.q_per_channel_zero_points` — Returns the zero points of |
| the per-channel quantized tensor |
| * :meth:`~torch.Tensor.q_per_channel_axis` — Returns the channel axis of the |
| per-channel quantized tensor |
| * :meth:`~torch.Tensor.resize_` — In-place resize |
| * :meth:`~torch.Tensor.sort` — Sorts the tensor |
| * :meth:`~torch.Tensor.topk` — Returns k largest values of a tensor |
| |
| ``torch.nn.functional`` |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| |
| Basic activations are supported. |
| |
| * :meth:`~torch.nn.functional.relu` — Rectified linear unit (copy) |
| * :meth:`~torch.nn.functional.relu_` — Rectified linear unit (inplace) |
| * :meth:`~torch.nn.functional.max_pool2d` - Maximum pooling |
| * :meth:`~torch.nn.functional.adaptive_avg_pool2d` - Adaptive average pooling |
| * :meth:`~torch.nn.functional.avg_pool2d` - Average pooling |
| * :meth:`~torch.nn.functional.interpolate` - Interpolation |
| * :meth:`~torch.nn.functional.hardswish` - Hard Swish |
| * :meth:`~torch.nn.functional.upsample` - Upsampling |
| * :meth:`~torch.nn.functional.upsample_bilinear` - Bilinear Upsampling |
| * :meth:`~torch.nn.functional.upsample_nearest` - Upsampling Nearest |
| |
| ``torch.nn.intrinsic`` |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| |
| Fused modules are provided for common patterns in CNNs. Combining several |
| operations together (like convolution and relu) allows for better quantization |
| accuracy |
| |
| * ``torch.nn.intrinsic`` — float versions of the modules, can be swapped with |
| quantized version 1 to 1: |
| |
| * :class:`~torch.nn.intrinsic.ConvBn2d` — Conv2d + BatchNorm |
| * :class:`~torch.nn.intrinsic.ConvBnReLU2d` — Conv2d + BatchNorm + ReLU |
| * :class:`~torch.nn.intrinsic.ConvReLU1d` — Conv1d + ReLU |
| * :class:`~torch.nn.intrinsic.ConvReLU2d` — Conv2d + ReLU |
| * :class:`~torch.nn.intrinsic.ConvReLU3d` — Conv3d + ReLU |
| * :class:`~torch.nn.intrinsic.LinearReLU` — Linear + ReLU |
| |
| * ``torch.nn.intrinsic.qat`` — versions of layers for quantization-aware training: |
| * :class:`~torch.nn.intrinsic.qat.ConvBn2d` — Conv2d + BatchNorm |
| * :class:`~torch.nn.intrinsic.qat.ConvBnReLU2d` — Conv2d + BatchNorm + ReLU |
| * :class:`~torch.nn.intrinsic.qat.ConvReLU2d` — Conv2d + ReLU |
| * :class:`~torch.nn.intrinsic.qat.LinearReLU` — Linear + ReLU |
| |
| * ``torch.nn.intrinsic.quantized`` — quantized version of fused layers for |
| inference (no BatchNorm variants as it's usually folded into convolution for |
| inference): |
| * :class:`~torch.nn.intrinsic.quantized.LinearReLU` — Linear + ReLU |
| * :class:`~torch.nn.intrinsic.quantized.ConvReLU1d` — 1D Convolution + ReLU |
| * :class:`~torch.nn.intrinsic.quantized.ConvReLU2d` — 2D Convolution + ReLU |
| * :class:`~torch.nn.intrinsic.quantized.ConvReLU3d` — 3D Convolution + ReLU |
| |
| ``torch.nn.qat`` |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| |
| Layers for the quantization-aware training |
| |
| * :class:`~torch.nn.qat.Linear` — Linear (fully-connected) layer |
| * :class:`~torch.nn.qat.Conv2d` — 2D convolution |
| |
| ``torch.quantization`` |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| |
| * Functions for quantization: |
| |
| * :func:`~torch.quantization.add_observer_` — Adds observer for the leaf |
| modules (if quantization configuration is provided) |
| * :func:`~torch.quantization.add_quant_dequant`— Wraps the leaf child module using :class:`~torch.quantization.QuantWrapper` |
| * :func:`~torch.quantization.convert` — Converts float module with |
| observers into its quantized counterpart. Must have quantization |
| configuration |
| * :func:`~torch.quantization.get_observer_dict` — Traverses the module |
| children and collects all observers into a ``dict`` |
| * :func:`~torch.quantization.prepare` — Prepares a copy of a model for |
| quantization |
| * :func:`~torch.quantization.prepare_qat` — Prepares a copy of a model for |
| quantization aware training |
| * :func:`~torch.quantization.propagate_qconfig_` — Propagates quantization |
| configurations through the module hierarchy and assign them to each leaf |
| module |
| * :func:`~torch.quantization.quantize` — Converts a float module to quantized version |
| * :func:`~torch.quantization.quantize_dynamic` — Converts a float module to |
| dynamically quantized version |
| * :func:`~torch.quantization.quantize_qat` — Converts a float module to |
| quantized version used in quantization aware training |
| * :func:`~torch.quantization.swap_module` — Swaps the module with its |
| quantized counterpart (if quantizable and if it has an observer) |
| |
| * :func:`~torch.quantization.default_eval_fn` — Default evaluation function |
| used by the :func:`torch.quantization.quantize` |
| * :func:`~torch.quantization.fuse_modules` |
| * :class:`~torch.quantization.FakeQuantize` — Module for simulating the |
| quantization/dequantization at training time |
| * Default Observers. The rest of observers are available from |
| ``torch.quantization.observer``: |
| * :attr:`~torch.quantization.default_observer` — Same as ``MinMaxObserver.with_args(reduce_range=True)`` |
| * :attr:`~torch.quantization.default_weight_observer` — Same as ``MinMaxObserver.with_args(dtype=torch.qint8, qscheme=torch.per_tensor_symmetric)`` |
| * :class:`~torch.quantization.Observer` — Abstract base class for observers |
| |
| * Quantization configurations |
| * :class:`~torch.quantization.QConfig` — Quantization configuration class |
| * :attr:`~torch.quantization.default_qconfig` — Same as |
| ``QConfig(activation=default_observer, weight=default_weight_observer)`` |
| (See :class:`~torch.quantization.qconfig.QConfig`) |
| * :attr:`~torch.quantization.default_qat_qconfig` — Same as |
| ``QConfig(activation=default_fake_quant, |
| weight=default_weight_fake_quant)`` (See |
| :class:`~torch.quantization.qconfig.QConfig`) |
| * :attr:`~torch.quantization.default_dynamic_qconfig` — Same as |
| ``QConfigDynamic(weight=default_weight_observer)`` (See |
| :class:`~torch.quantization.qconfig.QConfigDynamic`) |
| * :attr:`~torch.quantization.float16_dynamic_qconfig` — Same as |
| ``QConfigDynamic(weight=NoopObserver.with_args(dtype=torch.float16))`` |
| (See :class:`~torch.quantization.qconfig.QConfigDynamic`) |
| |
| * Stubs |
| * :class:`~torch.quantization.DeQuantStub` - placeholder module for |
| dequantize() operation in float-valued models |
| * :class:`~torch.quantization.QuantStub` - placeholder module for |
| quantize() operation in float-valued models |
| * :class:`~torch.quantization.QuantWrapper` — wraps the module to be |
| quantized. Inserts the :class:`~torch.quantization.QuantStub` and |
| * :class:`~torch.quantization.DeQuantStub` |
| |
| Observers for computing the quantization parameters |
| |
| * :class:`~torch.quantization.MinMaxObserver` — Derives the quantization |
| parameters from the running minimum and maximum of the observed tensor inputs |
| (per tensor variant) |
| * :class:`~torch.quantization.MovingAverageMinMaxObserver` — Derives the |
| quantization parameters from the running averages of the minimums and |
| maximums of the observed tensor inputs (per tensor variant) |
| * :class:`~torch.quantization.PerChannelMinMaxObserver` — Derives the |
| quantization parameters from the running minimum and maximum of the observed |
| tensor inputs (per channel variant) |
| * :class:`~torch.quantization.MovingAveragePerChannelMinMaxObserver` — Derives |
| the quantization parameters from the running averages of the minimums and |
| maximums of the observed tensor inputs (per channel variant) |
| * :class:`~torch.quantization.HistogramObserver` — Derives the quantization |
| parameters by creating a histogram of running minimums and maximums. |
| * Observers that do not compute the quantization parameters: |
| * :class:`~torch.quantization.RecordingObserver` — Records all incoming |
| tensors. Used for debugging only. |
| * :class:`~torch.quantization.NoopObserver` — Pass-through observer. Used |
| for situation when there are no quantization parameters (i.e. |
| quantization to ``float16``) |
| |
| ``torch.nn.quantized`` |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| |
| Quantized version of standard NN layers. |
| |
| * :class:`~torch.nn.quantized.Quantize` — Quantization layer, used to |
| automatically replace :class:`~torch.quantization.QuantStub` |
| * :class:`~torch.nn.quantized.DeQuantize` — Dequantization layer, used to |
| replace :class:`~torch.quantization.DeQuantStub` |
| * :class:`~torch.nn.quantized.FloatFunctional` — Wrapper class to make |
| stateless float operations stateful so that they can be replaced with |
| quantized versions |
| * :class:`~torch.nn.quantized.QFunctional` — Wrapper class for quantized |
| versions of stateless operations like ``torch.add`` |
| * :class:`~torch.nn.quantized.Conv2d` — 2D convolution |
| * :class:`~torch.nn.quantized.Conv3d` — 3D convolution |
| * :class:`~torch.nn.quantized.Linear` — Linear (fully-connected) layer |
| * :class:`~torch.nn.MaxPool2d` — 2D max pooling |
| * :class:`~torch.nn.quantized.ReLU` — Rectified linear unit |
| * :class:`~torch.nn.quantized.ReLU6` — Rectified linear unit with cut-off at |
| quantized representation of 6 |
| |
| ``torch.nn.quantized.dynamic`` |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| |
| Layers used in dynamically quantized models (i.e. quantized only on weights) |
| |
| * :class:`~torch.nn.quantized.dynamic.Linear` — Linear (fully-connected) layer |
| * :class:`~torch.nn.quantized.dynamic.LSTM` — Long-Short Term Memory RNN module |
| |
| ``torch.nn.quantized.functional`` |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| |
| Functional versions of quantized NN layers (many of them accept explicit |
| quantization output parameters) |
| |
| * :func:`~torch.nn.quantized.functional.adaptive_avg_pool2d` — 2D adaptive average pooling |
| * :func:`~torch.nn.quantized.functional.avg_pool2d` — 2D average pooling |
| * :func:`~torch.nn.quantized.functional.conv2d` — 2D convolution |
| * :func:`~torch.nn.quantized.functional.conv3d` — 3D convolution |
| * :func:`~torch.nn.quantized.functional.interpolate` — Down-/up- sampler |
| * :func:`~torch.nn.quantized.functional.linear` — Linear (fully-connected) op |
| * :func:`~torch.nn.quantized.functional.max_pool2d` — 2D max pooling |
| * :func:`~torch.nn.quantized.functional.relu` — Rectified linear unit |
| * :func:`~torch.nn.quantized.functional.hardswish` — Hard Swish |
| * :func:`~torch.nn.quantized.functional.upsample` — Upsampler. Will be |
| deprecated in favor of :func:`~torch.nn.quantized.functional.interpolate` |
| * :func:`~torch.nn.quantized.functional.upsample_bilinear` — Bilenear |
| upsampler. Will be deprecated in favor of |
| * :func:`~torch.nn.quantized.functional.interpolate` |
| * :func:`~torch.nn.quantized.functional.upsample_nearest` — Nearest neighbor |
| upsampler. Will be deprecated in favor of |
| * :func:`~torch.nn.quantized.functional.interpolate` |
| |
| Quantized dtypes and quantization schemes |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| |
| * :attr:`torch.qscheme` — Type to describe the quantization scheme of a tensor. |
| Supported types: |
| |
| * :attr:`torch.per_tensor_affine` — per tensor, asymmetric |
| * :attr:`torch.per_channel_affine` — per channel, asymmetric |
| * :attr:`torch.per_tensor_symmetric` — per tensor, symmetric |
| * :attr:`torch.per_channel_symmetric` — per tensor, symmetric |
| |
| * ``torch.dtype`` — Type to describe the data. Supported types: |
| |
| * :attr:`torch.quint8` — 8-bit unsigned integer |
| * :attr:`torch.qint8` — 8-bit signed integer |
| * :attr:`torch.qint32` — 32-bit signed integer |
| |
| |
| |
| Quantization Workflows |
| ---------------------- |
| |
| PyTorch provides three approaches to quantize models. |
| |
| .. _quantization tutorials: |
| https://pytorch.org/tutorials/#quantization-experimental |
| |
| 1. Post Training Dynamic Quantization: This is the simplest to apply form of |
| quantization where the weights are quantized ahead of time but the |
| activations are dynamically quantized during inference. This is used |
| for situations where the model execution time is dominated by loading |
| weights from memory rather than computing the matrix multiplications. |
| This is true for for LSTM and Transformer type models with small |
| batch size. Applying dynamic quantization to a whole model can be |
| done with a single call to :func:`torch.quantization.quantize_dynamic()`. |
| See the `quantization tutorials`_ |
| 2. Post Training Static Quantization: This is the most commonly used form of |
| quantization where the weights are quantized ahead of time and the |
| scale factor and bias for the activation tensors is pre-computed |
| based on observing the behavior of the model during a calibration |
| process. Post Training Quantization is typically when both memory bandwidth |
| and compute savings are important with CNNs being a typical use case. |
| The general process for doing post training quantization is: |
| |
| |
| |
| 1. Prepare the model: |
| |
| a. Specify where the activations are quantized and dequantized explicitly |
| by adding QuantStub and DeQuantStub modules. |
| b. Ensure that modules are not reused. |
| c. Convert any operations that require requantization into modules |
| |
| 2. Fuse operations like conv + relu or conv+batchnorm + relu together to |
| improve both model accuracy and performance. |
| |
| 3. Specify the configuration of the quantization methods \'97 such as |
| selecting symmetric or asymmetric quantization and MinMax or |
| L2Norm calibration techniques. |
| 4. Use the :func:`torch.quantization.prepare` to insert modules |
| that will observe activation tensors during calibration |
| 5. Calibrate the model by running inference against a calibration |
| dataset |
| 6. Finally, convert the model itself with the |
| torch.quantization.convert() method. This does several things: it |
| quantizes the weights, computes and stores the scale and bias |
| value to be used each activation tensor, and replaces key |
| operators quantized implementations. |
| |
| See the `quantization tutorials`_ |
| |
| |
| 3. Quantization Aware Training: In the rare cases where post training |
| quantization does not provide adequate accuracy training can be done |
| with simulated quantization using the |
| :class:`torch.quantization.FakeQuantize`. Computations will take place in |
| FP32 but with values clamped and rounded to simulate the effects of INT8 |
| quantization. The sequence of steps is very similar. |
| |
| |
| 1. Steps (1) and (2) are identical. |
| |
| 3. Specify the configuration of the fake quantization methods \'97 such as |
| selecting symmetric or asymmetric quantization and MinMax or Moving Average |
| or L2Norm calibration techniques. |
| 4. Use the :func:`torch.quantization.prepare_qat` to insert modules |
| that will simulate quantization during training. |
| 5. Train or fine tune the model. |
| 6. Identical to step (6) for post training quantization |
| |
| See the `quantization tutorials`_ |
| |
| |
| While default implementations of observers to select the scale factor and bias |
| based on observed tensor data are provided, developers can provide their own |
| quantization functions. Quantization can be applied selectively to different |
| parts of the model or configured differently for different parts of the model. |
| |
| We also provide support for per channel quantization for **conv2d()**, |
| **conv3d()** and **linear()** |
| |
| Quantization workflows work by adding (e.g. adding observers as |
| ``.observer`` submodule) or replacing (e.g. converting ``nn.Conv2d`` to |
| ``nn.quantized.Conv2d``) submodules in the model's module hierarchy. It |
| means that the model stays a regular ``nn.Module``-based instance throughout the |
| process and thus can work with the rest of PyTorch APIs. |
| |
| |
| Model Preparation for Quantization |
| ---------------------------------- |
| |
| It is necessary to currently make some modifications to the model definition |
| prior to quantization. This is because currently quantization works on a module |
| by module basis. Specifically, for all quantization techniques, the user needs to: |
| |
| 1. Convert any operations that require output requantization (and thus have |
| additional parameters) from functionals to module form. |
| 2. Specify which parts of the model need to be quantized either by assigning |
| ```.qconfig`` attributes on submodules or by specifying ``qconfig_dict`` |
| |
| For static quantization techniques which quantize activations, the user needs |
| to do the following in addition: |
| |
| 1. Specify where activations are quantized and de-quantized. This is done using |
| :class:`~torch.quantization.QuantStub` and |
| :class:`~torch.quantization.DeQuantStub` modules. |
| 2. Use :class:`torch.nn.quantized.FloatFunctional` to wrap tensor operations |
| that require special handling for quantization into modules. Examples |
| are operations like ``add`` and ``cat`` which require special handling to |
| determine output quantization parameters. |
| 3. Fuse modules: combine operations/modules into a single module to obtain |
| higher accuracy and performance. This is done using the |
| :func:`torch.quantization.fuse_modules` API, which takes in lists of modules |
| to be fused. We currently support the following fusions: |
| [Conv, Relu], [Conv, BatchNorm], [Conv, BatchNorm, Relu], [Linear, Relu] |
| |
| |
| torch.quantization |
| --------------------------- |
| .. automodule:: torch.quantization |
| |
| This module implements the functions you call |
| directly to convert your model from FP32 to quantized form. For |
| example the :func:`~torch.quantization.prepare` is used in post training |
| quantization to prepares your model for the calibration step and |
| :func:`~torch.quantization.convert` actually converts the weights to int8 and |
| replaces the operations with their quantized counterparts. There are |
| other helper functions for things like quantizing the input to your |
| model and performing critical fusions like conv+relu. |
| |
| Top-level quantization APIs |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| .. autofunction:: quantize |
| .. autofunction:: quantize_dynamic |
| .. autofunction:: quantize_qat |
| .. autofunction:: prepare |
| .. autofunction:: prepare_qat |
| .. autofunction:: convert |
| .. autoclass:: QConfig |
| .. autoclass:: QConfigDynamic |
| |
| .. FIXME: The following doesn't display correctly. |
| .. autoattribute:: default_qconfig |
| |
| Preparing model for quantization |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| .. autofunction:: fuse_modules |
| .. autoclass:: QuantStub |
| .. autoclass:: DeQuantStub |
| .. autoclass:: QuantWrapper |
| .. autofunction:: add_quant_dequant |
| |
| Utility functions |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| .. autofunction:: add_observer_ |
| .. autofunction:: swap_module |
| .. autofunction:: propagate_qconfig_ |
| .. autofunction:: default_eval_fn |
| |
| Observers |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| .. autoclass:: ObserverBase |
| :members: |
| .. autoclass:: MinMaxObserver |
| .. autoclass:: MovingAverageMinMaxObserver |
| .. autoclass:: PerChannelMinMaxObserver |
| .. autoclass:: MovingAveragePerChannelMinMaxObserver |
| .. autoclass:: HistogramObserver |
| .. autoclass:: FakeQuantize |
| .. autoclass:: NoopObserver |
| |
| Debugging utilities |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| .. autofunction:: get_observer_dict |
| .. autoclass:: RecordingObserver |
| |
| torch.nn.intrinsic |
| -------------------------------- |
| |
| This module implements the combined (fused) modules conv + relu which can be |
| then quantized. |
| |
| .. automodule:: torch.nn.intrinsic |
| |
| ConvBn2d |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| .. autoclass:: ConvBn2d |
| :members: |
| |
| ConvBnReLU2d |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| .. autoclass:: ConvBnReLU2d |
| :members: |
| |
| ConvReLU1d |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| .. autoclass:: ConvReLU1d |
| :members: |
| |
| ConvReLU2d |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| .. autoclass:: ConvReLU2d |
| :members: |
| |
| ConvReLU3d |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| .. autoclass:: ConvReLU3d |
| :members: |
| |
| LinearReLU |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| .. autoclass:: LinearReLU |
| :members: |
| |
| torch.nn.instrinsic.qat |
| -------------------------------- |
| |
| This module implements the versions of those fused operations needed for |
| quantization aware training. |
| |
| .. automodule:: torch.nn.intrinsic.qat |
| |
| ConvBn2d |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| .. autoclass:: ConvBn2d |
| :members: |
| |
| ConvBnReLU2d |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| .. autoclass:: ConvBnReLU2d |
| :members: |
| |
| ConvReLU2d |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| .. autoclass:: ConvReLU2d |
| :members: |
| |
| LinearReLU |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| .. autoclass:: LinearReLU |
| :members: |
| |
| torch.nn.intrinsic.quantized |
| -------------------------------------- |
| |
| This module implements the quantized implementations of fused operations like conv + relu. |
| |
| .. automodule:: torch.nn.intrinsic.quantized |
| |
| ConvReLU2d |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| .. autoclass:: ConvReLU2d |
| :members: |
| |
| ConvReLU3d |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| .. autoclass:: ConvReLU3d |
| :members: |
| |
| LinearReLU |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| .. autoclass:: LinearReLU |
| :members: |
| |
| torch.nn.qat |
| --------------------------- |
| |
| This module implements versions of the key nn modules **Conv2d()** and |
| **Linear()** which run in FP32 but with rounding applied to simulate the effect |
| of INT8 quantization. |
| |
| .. automodule:: torch.nn.qat |
| |
| Conv2d |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| .. autoclass:: Conv2d |
| :members: |
| |
| Linear |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| .. autoclass:: Linear |
| :members: |
| |
| |
| torch.nn.quantized |
| ---------------------------- |
| |
| This module implements the quantized versions of the nn layers such as |
| ~`torch.nn.Conv2d` and `torch.nn.ReLU`. |
| |
| Functional interface |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| .. automodule:: torch.nn.quantized.functional |
| |
| .. autofunction:: relu |
| .. autofunction:: linear |
| .. autofunction:: conv2d |
| .. autofunction:: conv3d |
| .. autofunction:: max_pool2d |
| .. autofunction:: adaptive_avg_pool2d |
| .. autofunction:: avg_pool2d |
| .. autofunction:: interpolate |
| .. autofunction:: hardswish |
| .. autofunction:: upsample |
| .. autofunction:: upsample_bilinear |
| .. autofunction:: upsample_nearest |
| |
| |
| .. automodule:: torch.nn.quantized |
| |
| ReLU |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| .. autoclass:: ReLU |
| :members: |
| |
| ReLU6 |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| .. autoclass:: ReLU6 |
| :members: |
| |
| Conv2d |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| .. autoclass:: Conv2d |
| :members: |
| |
| Conv3d |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| .. autoclass:: Conv3d |
| :members: |
| |
| FloatFunctional |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| .. autoclass:: FloatFunctional |
| :members: |
| |
| QFunctional |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| .. autoclass:: QFunctional |
| :members: |
| |
| Quantize |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| .. autoclass:: Quantize |
| :members: |
| |
| DeQuantize |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| .. autoclass:: DeQuantize |
| :members: |
| |
| Linear |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| .. autoclass:: Linear |
| :members: |
| |
| torch.nn.quantized.dynamic |
| ---------------------------- |
| |
| .. automodule:: torch.nn.quantized.dynamic |
| |
| Linear |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| .. autoclass:: Linear |
| :members: |
| |
| LSTM |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| .. autoclass:: LSTM |
| :members: |