def train():
"""Train CIFAR-10 for a number of steps."""
with tf.Graph().as_default(), tf.device('/cpu:0'):
# Create a variable to count the number of train() calls. This equals the
# number of batches processed * FLAGS.num_gpus.
global_step = tf.get_variable(
'global_step', [],
initializer=tf.constant_initializer(0), trainable=False)
# Calculate the learning rate schedule.
num_batches_per_epoch = (cifar10.NUM_EXAMPLES_PER_EPOCH_FOR_TRAIN /
FLAGS.batch_size / FLAGS.num_gpus)
decay_steps = int(num_batches_per_epoch * cifar10.NUM_EPOCHS_PER_DECAY)
# Decay the learning rate exponentially based on the number of steps.
lr = tf.train.exponential_decay(cifar10.INITIAL_LEARNING_RATE,
global_step,
decay_steps,
cifar10.LEARNING_RATE_DECAY_FACTOR,
staircase=True)
# Create an optimizer that performs gradient descent.
opt = tf.train.GradientDescentOptimizer(lr)
# Get images and labels for CIFAR-10.
images, labels = cifar10.distorted_inputs()
batch_queue = tf.contrib.slim.prefetch_queue.prefetch_queue(
[images, labels], capacity=2 * FLAGS.num_gpus)
# Calculate the gradients for each model tower.
tower_grads = []
with tf.variable_scope(tf.get_variable_scope()):
for i in xrange(FLAGS.num_gpus):
with tf.device('/gpu:%d' % i):
with tf.name_scope('%s_%d' % (cifar10.TOWER_NAME, i)) as scope:
# Dequeues one batch for the GPU
image_batch, label_batch = batch_queue.dequeue()
# Calculate the loss for one tower of the CIFAR model. This function
# constructs the entire CIFAR model but shares the variables across
# all towers.
loss = tower_loss(scope, image_batch, label_batch)
# Reuse variables for the next tower.
tf.get_variable_scope().reuse_variables()
# Retain the summaries from the final tower.
summaries = tf.get_collection(tf.GraphKeys.SUMMARIES, scope)
# Calculate the gradients for the batch of data on this CIFAR tower.
grads = opt.compute_gradients(loss)
# Keep track of the gradients across all towers.
tower_grads.append(grads)
# We must calculate the mean of each gradient. Note that this is the
# synchronization point across all towers.
grads = average_gradients(tower_grads)
# Add a summary to track the learning rate.
summaries.append(tf.summary.scalar('learning_rate', lr))
# Add histograms for gradients.
for grad, var in grads:
if grad is not None:
summaries.append(tf.summary.histogram(var.op.name + '/gradients', grad))
# Apply the gradients to adjust the shared variables.
apply_gradient_op = opt.apply_gradients(grads, global_step=global_step)
