test_subnetwork_deep_stack

#993

tests/test_TFNetworkLayer.py

@@ -6024,6 +6024,92 @@ def test_subnetwork_unused_output():
     network.construct_from_dict(net_dict)
 
 
+def test_subnetwork_deep_stack():
+  # https://github.com/rwth-i6/returnn/issues/993
+  if not util.PY3:
+    raise unittest.SkipTest("test case needs python 3")  # __qualname__, __func__, etc
+  with make_scope() as session:
+    import better_exchook
+    import traceback
+    import types
+    import collections
+
+    max_depth = 5
+
+    def _find_net_construct_from_dict_in_stack(stack):
+      found_last = None
+      for i, frame in enumerate(stack):
+        assert isinstance(frame, types.FrameType)
+        func = better_exchook.get_func_from_code_object(frame.f_code)
+        if func == TFNetwork.construct_from_dict:
+          found_last = i
+      if found_last is not None:
+        return found_last
+      raise Exception("construct_from_dict not found in stack")
+
+    def _extract_stack():
+      stack = [frame for frame, _ in traceback.walk_stack(None)]
+      stack = stack[:_find_net_construct_from_dict_in_stack(stack) + 1]
+      return stack
+
+    def _top_eval(source, **_):
+      print("Top eval func stack:")
+      stack = _extract_stack()
+      # LayerBase.transform_config_dict would only increase if this is not flat net construction,
+      # see https://github.com/rwth-i6/returnn/issues/992.
+      # For reference, output without fixes: https://gist.github.com/albertz/a1a20710e4d08292e35ba6910ca132e8
+      func_counter = collections.Counter()
+      for frame in stack:
+        assert isinstance(frame, types.FrameType)
+        func = better_exchook.get_func_from_code_object(frame.f_code)
+        if not func:
+          print("  Warning: unexpected code object: %s" % frame.f_code.co_name)
+          continue
+        func_counter[func] += 1
+        print(" ", func.__qualname__)
+      print("Stack depth:", len(stack))
+      print("Num functions:", len(func_counter))
+      for func, count in func_counter.most_common(10):
+        print("Most common func %s: count %i" % (func.__qualname__, count))
+      """
+      For reference, without flat construction (#992), before the fix of #993, I get:
+        Most common func Subnetwork.get_sub_layer_func.<locals>.wrapped_get_layer: count 30
+        Most common func Subnetwork.get_layer_func.<locals>.wrapped_get_layer: count 30
+        Most common func TFNetwork.construct_layer: count 12
+        Most common func TFNetwork.construct_layer.<locals>.get_layer: count 11
+        Most common func TFNetwork.add_layer: count 6
+        Most common func LayerBase.transform_config_dict.<locals>.<listcomp>: count 6
+        Most common func LayerBase.transform_config_dict: count 6
+        Most common func CopyLayer.transform_config_dict: count 6
+        Most common func Subnetwork.construct_layer: count 5
+        Most common func SubnetworkLayer.transform_config_dict: count 5
+      """
+      print("Num TFNetwork.construct_layer:", func_counter[TFNetwork.construct_layer])
+      print("Num LayerBase.transform_config_dict:", func_counter[LayerBase.transform_config_dict.__func__])
+      # Before the fix, the stack depth was 125; with the improved variant (even not flat) it is 65.
+      # We don't check for the exact number to allow for some variation of future changes.
+      # However, we want to avoid that it becomes too deep in any case.
+      assert len(stack) <= 70
+      return source(0)
+
+    def _create_subnet_layer_dict(depth):
+      if depth >= max_depth:
+        return {"class": "eval", "from": "base:" * depth + "data", "eval": _top_eval}
+      return {
+        'class': 'subnetwork',
+        'from': [],
+        'subnetwork': {
+          'sub%i' % depth: _create_subnet_layer_dict(depth + 1),
+          'output': {'class': 'copy', 'from': 'sub%i' % depth}}}
+
+    net_dict = {
+      'sub': _create_subnet_layer_dict(0),
+      'output': {'class': 'copy', 'from': 'sub'}}
+    config = Config({"extern_data": {"data": {"dim": 3}}})
+    network = TFNetwork(config=config)
+    network.construct_from_dict(net_dict)
+
+
 def test_extra_search():
   class Callbacks:
     history = []