Support FP16 training (#520)

* add fp16 support

* fpn donot need bn normalize

* refactor wrapped bn

* fix bug of retinanet

* add fp16 ssd300 voc, cascade r50, cascade mask r50

* fix bug in cascade rcnn testing

* add support to fix bn training

* add fix bn cfg

* delete fixbn cfg, mv fixbn fp16 to a new branch

* fix cascade mask fp16 bug in test

* fix bug in cascade mask rcnn fp16 test

* add more fp16 cfgs

* add fp16 fast-r50 and faster-dconv-r50

* add fp16 test, minor fix

* clean code

* fix config work_dir name

* add patch func, refactor code

* fix format

* clean code

* move convert rois to single_level_extractor

* fix bug for cascade mask, the seg mask is ndarray

* refactor code, add two decorator force_fp32 and auto_fp16

* add fp16_enable attribute

* add more comment, fix format and test assertion

* fix pep8 format error

* format commont and api

* rename distribute to distributed, fix dict copy

* rename function name

* move function, add comment

* remove unused parameter

* mv decorators into decorators.py, hook related functions to hook

* add auto_fp16 to forward of semantic head

* add auto_fp16 to all heads and fpn

* add docstrings and minor bug fix

* simple refactoring

* bug fix for patching forward method

* roi extractor in fp32 mode

* fix flake8 error

* fix ci error

* add fp16 support to ga head

* remove parallel test assert

* minor fix

* add comment in build_optimizer

* fix typo in comment

* fix typo enable --> enabling

* udpate README

README.md

@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ Other features
 - [x] Soft-NMS
 - [x] Generalized Attention
 - [x] GCNet
-- [ ] Mixed Precision (FP16) Training (coming soon)
+- [x] Mixed Precision (FP16) Training
 
 
 ## Installation

configs/fp16/faster_rcnn_r50_fpn_fp16_1x.py

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+# fp16 settings
+fp16 = dict(loss_scale=512.)
+
+# model settings
+model = dict(
+    type='FasterRCNN',
+    pretrained='modelzoo://resnet50',
+    backbone=dict(
+        type='ResNet',
+        depth=50,
+        num_stages=4,
+        out_indices=(0, 1, 2, 3),
+        frozen_stages=1,
+        style='pytorch'),
+    neck=dict(
+        type='FPN',
+        in_channels=[256, 512, 1024, 2048],
+        out_channels=256,
+        num_outs=5),
+    rpn_head=dict(
+        type='RPNHead',
+        in_channels=256,
+        feat_channels=256,
+        anchor_scales=[8],
+        anchor_ratios=[0.5, 1.0, 2.0],
+        anchor_strides=[4, 8, 16, 32, 64],
+        target_means=[.0, .0, .0, .0],
+        target_stds=[1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0],
+        loss_cls=dict(
+            type='CrossEntropyLoss', use_sigmoid=True, loss_weight=1.0),
+        loss_bbox=dict(type='SmoothL1Loss', beta=1.0 / 9.0, loss_weight=1.0)),
+    bbox_roi_extractor=dict(
+        type='SingleRoIExtractor',
+        roi_layer=dict(type='RoIAlign', out_size=7, sample_num=2),
+        out_channels=256,
+        featmap_strides=[4, 8, 16, 32]),
+    bbox_head=dict(
+        type='SharedFCBBoxHead',
+        num_fcs=2,
+        in_channels=256,
+        fc_out_channels=1024,
+        roi_feat_size=7,
+        num_classes=81,
+        target_means=[0., 0., 0., 0.],
+        target_stds=[0.1, 0.1, 0.2, 0.2],
+        reg_class_agnostic=False,
+        loss_cls=dict(
+            type='CrossEntropyLoss', use_sigmoid=False, loss_weight=1.0),
+        loss_bbox=dict(type='SmoothL1Loss', beta=1.0, loss_weight=1.0)))
+# model training and testing settings
+train_cfg = dict(
+    rpn=dict(
+        assigner=dict(
+            type='MaxIoUAssigner',
+            pos_iou_thr=0.7,
+            neg_iou_thr=0.3,
+            min_pos_iou=0.3,
+            ignore_iof_thr=-1),
+        sampler=dict(
+            type='RandomSampler',
+            num=256,
+            pos_fraction=0.5,
+            neg_pos_ub=-1,
+            add_gt_as_proposals=False),
+        allowed_border=0,
+        pos_weight=-1,
+        debug=False),
+    rpn_proposal=dict(
+        nms_across_levels=False,
+        nms_pre=2000,
+        nms_post=2000,
+        max_num=2000,
+        nms_thr=0.7,
+        min_bbox_size=0),
+    rcnn=dict(
+        assigner=dict(
+            type='MaxIoUAssigner',
+            pos_iou_thr=0.5,
+            neg_iou_thr=0.5,
+            min_pos_iou=0.5,
+            ignore_iof_thr=-1),
+        sampler=dict(
+            type='RandomSampler',
+            num=512,
+            pos_fraction=0.25,
+            neg_pos_ub=-1,
+            add_gt_as_proposals=True),
+        pos_weight=-1,
+        debug=False))
+test_cfg = dict(
+    rpn=dict(
+        nms_across_levels=False,
+        nms_pre=1000,
+        nms_post=1000,
+        max_num=1000,
+        nms_thr=0.7,
+        min_bbox_size=0),
+    rcnn=dict(
+        score_thr=0.05, nms=dict(type='nms', iou_thr=0.5), max_per_img=100)
+    # soft-nms is also supported for rcnn testing
+    # e.g., nms=dict(type='soft_nms', iou_thr=0.5, min_score=0.05)
+)
+# dataset settings
+dataset_type = 'CocoDataset'
+data_root = 'data/coco/'
+img_norm_cfg = dict(
+    mean=[123.675, 116.28, 103.53], std=[58.395, 57.12, 57.375], to_rgb=True)
+data = dict(
+    imgs_per_gpu=2,
+    workers_per_gpu=2,
+    train=dict(
+        type=dataset_type,
+        ann_file=data_root + 'annotations/instances_train2017.json',
+        img_prefix=data_root + 'train2017/',
+        img_scale=(1333, 800),
+        img_norm_cfg=img_norm_cfg,
+        size_divisor=32,
+        flip_ratio=0.5,
+        with_mask=False,
+        with_crowd=True,
+        with_label=True),
+    val=dict(
+        type=dataset_type,
+        ann_file=data_root + 'annotations/instances_val2017.json',
+        img_prefix=data_root + 'val2017/',
+        img_scale=(1333, 800),
+        img_norm_cfg=img_norm_cfg,
+        size_divisor=32,
+        flip_ratio=0,
+        with_mask=False,
+        with_crowd=True,
+        with_label=True),
+    test=dict(
+        type=dataset_type,
+        ann_file=data_root + 'annotations/instances_val2017.json',
+        img_prefix=data_root + 'val2017/',
+        img_scale=(1333, 800),
+        img_norm_cfg=img_norm_cfg,
+        size_divisor=32,
+        flip_ratio=0,
+        with_mask=False,
+        with_label=False,
+        test_mode=True))
+# optimizer
+optimizer = dict(type='SGD', lr=0.02, momentum=0.9, weight_decay=0.0001)
+optimizer_config = dict(grad_clip=dict(max_norm=35, norm_type=2))
+# learning policy
+lr_config = dict(
+    policy='step',
+    warmup='linear',
+    warmup_iters=500,
+    warmup_ratio=1.0 / 3,
+    step=[8, 11])
+checkpoint_config = dict(interval=1)
+# yapf:disable
+log_config = dict(
+    interval=50,
+    hooks=[
+        dict(type='TextLoggerHook'),
+        # dict(type='TensorboardLoggerHook')
+    ])
+# yapf:enable
+# runtime settings
+total_epochs = 12
+dist_params = dict(backend='nccl')
+log_level = 'INFO'
+work_dir = './work_dirs/faster_rcnn_r50_fpn_fp16_1x'
+load_from = None
+resume_from = None
+workflow = [('train', 1)]

configs/fp16/mask_rcnn_r50_fpn_fp16_1x.py

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+# fp16 settings
+fp16 = dict(loss_scale=512.)
+
+# model settings
+model = dict(
+    type='MaskRCNN',
+    pretrained='modelzoo://resnet50',
+    backbone=dict(
+        type='ResNet',
+        depth=50,
+        num_stages=4,
+        out_indices=(0, 1, 2, 3),
+        frozen_stages=1,
+        style='pytorch'),
+    neck=dict(
+        type='FPN',
+        in_channels=[256, 512, 1024, 2048],
+        out_channels=256,
+        num_outs=5),
+    rpn_head=dict(
+        type='RPNHead',
+        in_channels=256,
+        feat_channels=256,
+        anchor_scales=[8],
+        anchor_ratios=[0.5, 1.0, 2.0],
+        anchor_strides=[4, 8, 16, 32, 64],
+        target_means=[.0, .0, .0, .0],
+        target_stds=[1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0],
+        loss_cls=dict(
+            type='CrossEntropyLoss', use_sigmoid=True, loss_weight=1.0),
+        loss_bbox=dict(type='SmoothL1Loss', beta=1.0 / 9.0, loss_weight=1.0)),
+    bbox_roi_extractor=dict(
+        type='SingleRoIExtractor',
+        roi_layer=dict(type='RoIAlign', out_size=7, sample_num=2),
+        out_channels=256,
+        featmap_strides=[4, 8, 16, 32]),
+    bbox_head=dict(
+        type='SharedFCBBoxHead',
+        num_fcs=2,
+        in_channels=256,
+        fc_out_channels=1024,
+        roi_feat_size=7,
+        num_classes=81,
+        target_means=[0., 0., 0., 0.],
+        target_stds=[0.1, 0.1, 0.2, 0.2],
+        reg_class_agnostic=False,
+        loss_cls=dict(
+            type='CrossEntropyLoss', use_sigmoid=False, loss_weight=1.0),
+        loss_bbox=dict(type='SmoothL1Loss', beta=1.0, loss_weight=1.0)),
+    mask_roi_extractor=dict(
+        type='SingleRoIExtractor',
+        roi_layer=dict(type='RoIAlign', out_size=14, sample_num=2),
+        out_channels=256,
+        featmap_strides=[4, 8, 16, 32]),
+    mask_head=dict(
+        type='FCNMaskHead',
+        num_convs=4,
+        in_channels=256,
+        conv_out_channels=256,
+        num_classes=81,
+        loss_mask=dict(
+            type='CrossEntropyLoss', use_mask=True, loss_weight=1.0)))
+# model training and testing settings
+train_cfg = dict(
+    rpn=dict(
+        assigner=dict(
+            type='MaxIoUAssigner',
+            pos_iou_thr=0.7,
+            neg_iou_thr=0.3,
+            min_pos_iou=0.3,
+            ignore_iof_thr=-1),
+        sampler=dict(
+            type='RandomSampler',
+            num=256,
+            pos_fraction=0.5,
+            neg_pos_ub=-1,
+            add_gt_as_proposals=False),
+        allowed_border=0,
+        pos_weight=-1,
+        debug=False),
+    rpn_proposal=dict(
+        nms_across_levels=False,
+        nms_pre=2000,
+        nms_post=2000,
+        max_num=2000,
+        nms_thr=0.7,
+        min_bbox_size=0),
+    rcnn=dict(
+        assigner=dict(
+            type='MaxIoUAssigner',
+            pos_iou_thr=0.5,
+            neg_iou_thr=0.5,
+            min_pos_iou=0.5,
+            ignore_iof_thr=-1),
+        sampler=dict(
+            type='RandomSampler',
+            num=512,
+            pos_fraction=0.25,
+            neg_pos_ub=-1,
+            add_gt_as_proposals=True),
+        mask_size=28,
+        pos_weight=-1,
+        debug=False))
+test_cfg = dict(
+    rpn=dict(
+        nms_across_levels=False,
+        nms_pre=1000,
+        nms_post=1000,
+        max_num=1000,
+        nms_thr=0.7,
+        min_bbox_size=0),
+    rcnn=dict(
+        score_thr=0.05,
+        nms=dict(type='nms', iou_thr=0.5),
+        max_per_img=100,
+        mask_thr_binary=0.5))
+# dataset settings
+dataset_type = 'CocoDataset'
+data_root = 'data/coco/'
+img_norm_cfg = dict(
+    mean=[123.675, 116.28, 103.53], std=[58.395, 57.12, 57.375], to_rgb=True)
+data = dict(
+    imgs_per_gpu=2,
+    workers_per_gpu=2,
+    train=dict(
+        type=dataset_type,
+        ann_file=data_root + 'annotations/instances_train2017.json',
+        img_prefix=data_root + 'train2017/',
+        img_scale=(1333, 800),
+        img_norm_cfg=img_norm_cfg,
+        size_divisor=32,
+        flip_ratio=0.5,
+        with_mask=True,
+        with_crowd=True,
+        with_label=True),
+    val=dict(
+        type=dataset_type,
+        ann_file=data_root + 'annotations/instances_val2017.json',
+        img_prefix=data_root + 'val2017/',
+        img_scale=(1333, 800),
+        img_norm_cfg=img_norm_cfg,
+        size_divisor=32,
+        flip_ratio=0,
+        with_mask=True,
+        with_crowd=True,
+        with_label=True),
+    test=dict(
+        type=dataset_type,
+        ann_file=data_root + 'annotations/instances_val2017.json',
+        img_prefix=data_root + 'val2017/',
+        img_scale=(1333, 800),
+        img_norm_cfg=img_norm_cfg,
+        size_divisor=32,
+        flip_ratio=0,
+        with_mask=False,
+        with_label=False,
+        test_mode=True))
+# optimizer
+optimizer = dict(type='SGD', lr=0.02, momentum=0.9, weight_decay=0.0001)
+optimizer_config = dict(grad_clip=dict(max_norm=35, norm_type=2))
+# learning policy
+lr_config = dict(
+    policy='step',
+    warmup='linear',
+    warmup_iters=500,
+    warmup_ratio=1.0 / 3,
+    step=[8, 11])
+checkpoint_config = dict(interval=1)
+# yapf:disable
+log_config = dict(
+    interval=50,
+    hooks=[
+        dict(type='TextLoggerHook'),
+        # dict(type='TensorboardLoggerHook')
+    ])
+# yapf:enable
+evaluation = dict(interval=1)
+# runtime settings
+total_epochs = 12
+dist_params = dict(backend='nccl')
+log_level = 'INFO'
+work_dir = './work_dirs/mask_rcnn_r50_fpn_fp16_1x'
+load_from = None
+resume_from = None
+workflow = [('train', 1)]