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using chainercv and chainermn together

#!/usr/bin/env python
from __future__ import print_function

import argparse

import chainer
import chainer.functions as F
import chainer.links as L
from chainer import training
from chainer.training import extensions

import chainermn
import chainercv as cv


class MLP(chainer.Chain):

    def __init__(self, n_units, n_out):
        super(MLP, self).__init__(
            # the size of the inputs to each layer will be inferred
            l1=L.Linear(784, n_units),  # n_in -> n_units
            l2=L.Linear(n_units, n_units),  # n_units -> n_units
            l3=L.Linear(n_units, n_out),  # n_units -> n_out
        )

    def __call__(self, x):
        h1 = F.relu(self.l1(x))
        h2 = F.relu(self.l2(h1))
        return self.l3(h2)


def main():
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='ChainerMN example: MNIST')
    parser.add_argument('--batchsize', '-b', type=int, default=100,
                        help='Number of images in each mini-batch')
    parser.add_argument('--communicator', type=str,
                        default='hierarchical', help='Type of communicator')
    parser.add_argument('--epoch', '-e', type=int, default=20,
                        help='Number of sweeps over the dataset to train')
    parser.add_argument('--gpu', '-g', action='store_true',
                        help='Use GPU')
    parser.add_argument('--out', '-o', default='result',
                        help='Directory to output the result')
    parser.add_argument('--resume', '-r', default='',
                        help='Resume the training from snapshot')
    parser.add_argument('--unit', '-u', type=int, default=1000,
                        help='Number of units')
    args = parser.parse_args()

    # Prepare ChainerMN communicator.

    if args.gpu:
        if args.communicator == 'naive':
            print("Error: 'naive' communicator does not support GPU.\n")
            exit(-1)
        print('Using {} communicator'.format(args.communicator))
        comm = chainermn.create_communicator(args.communicator)
        device = comm.intra_rank
    else:
        if args.communicator != 'naive':
            print('Warning: using naive communicator '
                  'because only naive supports CPU-only execution')
        comm = chainermn.create_communicator('naive')
        device = -1

    if comm.mpi_comm.rank == 0:
        print('GPU: {}'.format(device))
        print('# unit: {}'.format(args.unit))
        print('# Minibatch-size: {}'.format(args.batchsize))
        print('# epoch: {}'.format(args.epoch))

    model = L.Classifier(MLP(args.unit, 10))
    if device >= 0:
        chainer.cuda.get_device(device).use()
        model.to_gpu()

    # Create a multi node optimizer from a standard Chainer optimizer.
    optimizer = chainermn.create_multi_node_optimizer(
        chainer.optimizers.Adam(), comm)
    optimizer.setup(model)

    # Split and distribute the dataset. Only worker 0 loads the whole dataset.
    # Datasets of worker 0 are evenly split and distributed to all workers.
    if comm.rank == 0:
        def transform_train(in_data):
            img, label = in_data
            img = cv.transforms.random_rotate(img)
            return img, label

        train, test = chainer.datasets.get_mnist()
        train = cv.datasets.TransformDataset(train, transform_train)
    else:
        train, test = None, None
    train = chainermn.scatter_dataset(train, comm)
    test = chainermn.scatter_dataset(test, comm)

    train_iter = chainer.iterators.SerialIterator(train, args.batchsize)
    test_iter = chainer.iterators.SerialIterator(test, args.batchsize,
                                                 repeat=False, shuffle=False)

    updater = training.StandardUpdater(train_iter, optimizer, device=device)
    trainer = training.Trainer(updater, (args.epoch, 'epoch'), out=args.out)

    # Create a multi node evaluator from a standard Chainer evaluator.
    evaluator = extensions.Evaluator(test_iter, model, device=device)
    evaluator = chainermn.create_multi_node_evaluator(evaluator, comm)
    trainer.extend(evaluator)

    # Some display and output extensions are necessary only for one worker.
    # (Otherwise, there would just be repeated outputs.)
    if comm.rank == 0:
        trainer.extend(extensions.dump_graph('main/loss'))
        trainer.extend(extensions.LogReport())
        trainer.extend(extensions.PrintReport(
            ['epoch', 'main/loss', 'validation/main/loss',
             'main/accuracy', 'validation/main/accuracy', 'elapsed_time']))
        trainer.extend(extensions.ProgressBar())

    if args.resume:
        chainer.serializers.load_npz(args.resume, trainer)

    trainer.run()


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()