Merge pull request BVLC#6123 from IlyaOvodov/master

"weights" added to solver parameters, "snapshot_prefix" field default initialization

src/caffe/proto/caffe.proto

@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ message NetParameter {
 // NOTE
 // Update the next available ID when you add a new SolverParameter field.
 //
-// SolverParameter next available ID: 42 (last added: layer_wise_reduce)
+// SolverParameter next available ID: 43 (last added: weights)
 message SolverParameter {
   //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   // Specifying the train and test networks
@@ -186,7 +186,11 @@ message SolverParameter {
   optional float clip_gradients = 35 [default = -1];
 
   optional int32 snapshot = 14 [default = 0]; // The snapshot interval
-  optional string snapshot_prefix = 15; // The prefix for the snapshot.
+  // The prefix for the snapshot.
+  // If not set then is replaced by prototxt file path without extention.
+  // If is set to directory then is augmented by prototxt file name
+  // without extention.
+  optional string snapshot_prefix = 15;
   // whether to snapshot diff in the results or not. Snapshotting diff will help
   // debugging but the final protocol buffer size will be much larger.
   optional bool snapshot_diff = 16 [default = false];
@@ -241,6 +245,16 @@ message SolverParameter {
 
   // Overlap compute and communication for data parallel training
   optional bool layer_wise_reduce = 41 [default = true];
+
+  // Path to caffemodel file(s) with pretrained weights to initialize finetuning.
+  // Tha same as command line --weights parameter for caffe train command.
+  // If command line --weights parameter if specified, it has higher priority
+  // and owerwrites this one(s).
+  // If --snapshot command line parameter is specified, this one(s) are ignored.
+  // If several model files are expected, they can be listed in a one 
+  // weights parameter separated by ',' (like in a command string) or
+  // in repeated weights parameters separately.
+  repeated string weights = 42;
 }
 
 // A message that stores the solver snapshots

src/caffe/solver.cpp

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
+#include "boost/algorithm/string.hpp"
 #include "caffe/solver.hpp"
 #include "caffe/util/format.hpp"
 #include "caffe/util/hdf5.hpp"
@@ -59,6 +60,20 @@ void Solver<Dtype>::Init(const SolverParameter& param) {
   current_step_ = 0;
 }
 
+// Load weights from the caffemodel(s) specified in "weights" solver parameter
+// into the train and test nets.
+template <typename Dtype>
+void LoadNetWeights(shared_ptr<Net<Dtype> > net,
+    const std::string& model_list) {
+  std::vector<std::string> model_names;
+  boost::split(model_names, model_list, boost::is_any_of(","));
+  for (int i = 0; i < model_names.size(); ++i) {
+    boost::trim(model_names[i]);
+    LOG(INFO) << "Finetuning from " << model_names[i];
+    net->CopyTrainedLayersFrom(model_names[i]);
+  }
+}
+
 template <typename Dtype>
 void Solver<Dtype>::InitTrainNet() {
   const int num_train_nets = param_.has_net() + param_.has_net_param() +
@@ -98,6 +113,9 @@ void Solver<Dtype>::InitTrainNet() {
   net_state.MergeFrom(param_.train_state());
   net_param.mutable_state()->CopyFrom(net_state);
   net_.reset(new Net<Dtype>(net_param));
+  for (int w_idx = 0; w_idx < param_.weights_size(); ++w_idx) {
+    LoadNetWeights(net_, param_.weights(w_idx));
+  }
 }
 
 template <typename Dtype>
@@ -173,6 +191,9 @@ void Solver<Dtype>::InitTestNets() {
         << "Creating test net (#" << i << ") specified by " << sources[i];
     test_nets_[i].reset(new Net<Dtype>(net_params[i]));
     test_nets_[i]->set_debug_info(param_.debug_info());
+    for (int w_idx = 0; w_idx < param_.weights_size(); ++w_idx) {
+      LoadNetWeights(test_nets_[i], param_.weights(w_idx));
+    }
   }
 }
 

src/caffe/test/test_upgrade_proto.cpp

@@ -2952,6 +2952,8 @@ TEST_F(SolverTypeUpgradeTest, TestSimple) {
   for (int i = 0; i < 6; ++i) {
     const string& input_proto =
         "net: 'examples/mnist/lenet_train_test.prototxt' "
+        "weights: 'examples/mnist/lenet_train_test1.caffemodel' "
+        "weights: 'examples/mnist/lenet_train_test2.caffemodel' "
         "test_iter: 100 "
         "test_interval: 500 "
         "base_lr: 0.01 "
@@ -2968,6 +2970,8 @@ TEST_F(SolverTypeUpgradeTest, TestSimple) {
         "solver_type: " + std::string(old_type_vec[i]) + " ";
     const string& expected_output_proto =
         "net: 'examples/mnist/lenet_train_test.prototxt' "
+        "weights: 'examples/mnist/lenet_train_test1.caffemodel' "
+        "weights: 'examples/mnist/lenet_train_test2.caffemodel' "
         "test_iter: 100 "
         "test_interval: 500 "
         "base_lr: 0.01 "

src/caffe/util/upgrade_proto.cpp

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 #include <google/protobuf/io/zero_copy_stream_impl.h>
 #include <google/protobuf/text_format.h>
 
+#include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
+
 #include <map>
 #include <string>
 
@@ -1095,12 +1097,31 @@ bool UpgradeSolverAsNeeded(const string& param_file, SolverParameter* param) {
   return success;
 }
 
+// Replaces snapshot_prefix of SolverParameter if it is not specified
+// or is set to directory
+void UpgradeSnapshotPrefixProperty(const string& param_file,
+                                   SolverParameter* param) {
+  using boost::filesystem::path;
+  using boost::filesystem::is_directory;
+  if (!param->has_snapshot_prefix()) {
+    param->set_snapshot_prefix(path(param_file).replace_extension().string());
+    LOG(INFO) << "snapshot_prefix was not specified and is set to "
+                + param->snapshot_prefix();
+  } else if (is_directory(param->snapshot_prefix())) {
+    param->set_snapshot_prefix((path(param->snapshot_prefix()) /
+                               path(param_file).stem()).string());
+    LOG(INFO) << "snapshot_prefix was a directory and is replaced to "
+                + param->snapshot_prefix();
+  }
+}
+
 // Read parameters from a file into a SolverParameter proto message.
 void ReadSolverParamsFromTextFileOrDie(const string& param_file,
                                        SolverParameter* param) {
   CHECK(ReadProtoFromTextFile(param_file, param))
       << "Failed to parse SolverParameter file: " << param_file;
   UpgradeSolverAsNeeded(param_file, param);
+  UpgradeSnapshotPrefixProperty(param_file, param);
 }
 
 }  // namespace caffe

tools/caffe.cpp

@@ -146,20 +146,6 @@ int device_query() {
 }
 RegisterBrewFunction(device_query);
 
-// Load the weights from the specified caffemodel(s) into the train and
-// test nets.
-void CopyLayers(caffe::Solver<float>* solver, const std::string& model_list) {
-  std::vector<std::string> model_names;
-  boost::split(model_names, model_list, boost::is_any_of(",") );
-  for (int i = 0; i < model_names.size(); ++i) {
-    LOG(INFO) << "Finetuning from " << model_names[i];
-    solver->net()->CopyTrainedLayersFrom(model_names[i]);
-    for (int j = 0; j < solver->test_nets().size(); ++j) {
-      solver->test_nets()[j]->CopyTrainedLayersFrom(model_names[i]);
-    }
-  }
-}
-
 // Translate the signal effect the user specified on the command-line to the
 // corresponding enumeration.
 caffe::SolverAction::Enum GetRequestedAction(
@@ -233,6 +219,13 @@ int train() {
         GetRequestedAction(FLAGS_sigint_effect),
         GetRequestedAction(FLAGS_sighup_effect));
 
+  if (FLAGS_snapshot.size()) {
+    solver_param.clear_weights();
+  } else if (FLAGS_weights.size()) {
+    solver_param.clear_weights();
+    solver_param.add_weights(FLAGS_weights);
+  }
+
   shared_ptr<caffe::Solver<float> >
       solver(caffe::SolverRegistry<float>::CreateSolver(solver_param));
 
@@ -241,8 +234,6 @@ int train() {
   if (FLAGS_snapshot.size()) {
     LOG(INFO) << "Resuming from " << FLAGS_snapshot;
     solver->Restore(FLAGS_snapshot.c_str());
-  } else if (FLAGS_weights.size()) {
-    CopyLayers(solver.get(), FLAGS_weights);
   }
 
   LOG(INFO) << "Starting Optimization";