Async Processor

Cargo.toml

@@ -154,8 +154,8 @@ ahash = { version = "0.8.11", default-features = false }
 portable-atomic-util = { version = "0.2.2", features = ["alloc"] }
 
 ### For the main burn branch. ###
-cubecl = { git = "https://github.com/tracel-ai/cubecl", default-features = false, rev = "a1471a7ffa089ee2878bb8c140d09f66a2b2b664" }
-cubecl-common = { git = "https://github.com/tracel-ai/cubecl", default-features = false, rev = "a1471a7ffa089ee2878bb8c140d09f66a2b2b664" }
+cubecl = { git = "https://github.com/tracel-ai/cubecl", default-features = false, rev = "99df09381aac4e2cd1354a744ec99bbd364bc9ea" }
+cubecl-common = { git = "https://github.com/tracel-ai/cubecl", default-features = false, rev = "99df09381aac4e2cd1354a744ec99bbd364bc9ea" }
 ### For local development. ###
 # cubecl = { path = "../cubecl/crates/cubecl", default-features = false }
 # cubecl-common = { path = "../cubecl/crates/cubecl-common", default-features = false }

crates/burn-train/Cargo.toml

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ ratatui = { workspace = true, optional = true, features = ["all-widgets", "cross
 # Utilities
 derive-new = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["std", "derive"] }
+async-channel = { workspace = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 burn-ndarray = { path = "../burn-ndarray", version = "0.16.0" }

crates/burn-train/src/checkpoint/strategy/metric.rs

@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@ mod tests {
         },
         TestBackend,
     };
-    use std::rc::Rc;
 
     use super::*;
+    use std::sync::Arc;
 
     #[test]
     fn always_keep_the_best_epoch() {
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ mod tests {
         store.register_logger_train(InMemoryMetricLogger::default());
         // Register the loss metric.
         metrics.register_train_metric_numeric(LossMetric::<TestBackend>::new());
-        let store = Rc::new(EventStoreClient::new(store));
+        let store = Arc::new(EventStoreClient::new(store));
         let mut processor = MinimalEventProcessor::new(metrics, store.clone());
 
         // Two points for the first epoch. Mean 0.75

crates/burn-train/src/learner/base.rs

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ use burn_core::module::Module;
 use burn_core::optim::Optimizer;
 use burn_core::tensor::backend::Backend;
 use burn_core::tensor::Device;
-use std::rc::Rc;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@ pub struct Learner<LC: LearnerComponents> {
     pub(crate) interrupter: TrainingInterrupter,
     pub(crate) early_stopping: Option<Box<dyn EarlyStoppingStrategy>>,
     pub(crate) event_processor: LC::EventProcessor,
-    pub(crate) event_store: Rc<EventStoreClient>,
+    pub(crate) event_store: Arc<EventStoreClient>,
     pub(crate) summary: Option<LearnerSummaryConfig>,
 }
 

crates/burn-train/src/learner/builder.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use std::collections::HashSet;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
-use std::rc::Rc;
+use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use super::Learner;
 use crate::checkpoint::{
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use crate::components::LearnerComponentsMarker;
 use crate::learner::base::TrainingInterrupter;
 use crate::learner::EarlyStoppingStrategy;
 use crate::logger::{FileMetricLogger, MetricLogger};
-use crate::metric::processor::{FullEventProcessor, Metrics};
+use crate::metric::processor::{AsyncProcessor, FullEventProcessor, Metrics};
 use crate::metric::store::{Aggregate, Direction, EventStoreClient, LogEventStore, Split};
 use crate::metric::{Adaptor, LossMetric, Metric};
 use crate::renderer::{default_renderer, MetricsRenderer};
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ where
             AsyncCheckpointer<M::Record, B>,
             AsyncCheckpointer<O::Record, B>,
             AsyncCheckpointer<S::Record<B>, B>,
-            FullEventProcessor<T, V>,
+            AsyncProcessor<FullEventProcessor<T, V>>,
             Box<dyn CheckpointingStrategy>,
         >,
     >
@@ -327,8 +327,12 @@ where
                 .register_logger_valid(FileMetricLogger::new(self.directory.join("valid")));
         }
 
-        let event_store = Rc::new(EventStoreClient::new(self.event_store));
-        let event_processor = FullEventProcessor::new(self.metrics, renderer, event_store.clone());
+        let event_store = Arc::new(EventStoreClient::new(self.event_store));
+        let event_processor = AsyncProcessor::new(FullEventProcessor::new(
+            self.metrics,
+            renderer,
+            event_store.clone(),
+        ));
 
         let checkpointer = self.checkpointers.map(|(model, optim, scheduler)| {
             LearnerCheckpointer::new(model, optim, scheduler, self.checkpointer_strategy)

crates/burn-train/src/learner/early_stopping.rs

@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ impl MetricEarlyStoppingStrategy {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-    use std::rc::Rc;
+    use std::sync::Arc;
 
     use crate::{
         logger::InMemoryMetricLogger,
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ mod tests {
         store.register_logger_train(InMemoryMetricLogger::default());
         metrics.register_train_metric_numeric(LossMetric::<TestBackend>::new());
 
-        let store = Rc::new(EventStoreClient::new(store));
+        let store = Arc::new(EventStoreClient::new(store));
         let mut processor = MinimalEventProcessor::new(metrics, store.clone());
 
         let mut epoch = 1;

crates/burn-train/src/metric/iteration.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+use super::state::FormatOptions;
+use super::state::NumericMetricState;
+use super::MetricEntry;
+use super::MetricMetadata;
+use crate::metric::{Metric, Numeric};
+
+/// The loss metric.
+#[derive(Default)]
+pub struct IterationSpeedMetric {
+    state: NumericMetricState,
+    instant: Option<std::time::Instant>,
+}
+
+impl IterationSpeedMetric {
+    /// Create the metric.
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        Self::default()
+    }
+}
+
+impl Metric for IterationSpeedMetric {
+    const NAME: &'static str = "Iteration Speed";
+
+    type Input = ();
+
+    fn update(&mut self, _: &Self::Input, metadata: &MetricMetadata) -> MetricEntry {
+        let raw = match self.instant {
+            Some(val) => metadata.iteration as f64 / val.elapsed().as_secs_f64(),
+            None => {
+                self.instant = Some(std::time::Instant::now());
+                0.0
+            }
+        };
+
+        self.state.update(
+            raw,
+            1,
+            FormatOptions::new(Self::NAME).unit("iter/sec").precision(2),
+        )
+    }
+
+    fn clear(&mut self) {
+        self.instant = None;
+    }
+}
+
+impl Numeric for IterationSpeedMetric {
+    fn value(&self) -> f64 {
+        self.state.value()
+    }
+}

crates/burn-train/src/metric/mod.rs

@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ mod loss;
 #[cfg(feature = "metrics")]
 mod memory_use;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "metrics")]
+mod iteration;
 #[cfg(feature = "metrics")]
 mod top_k_acc;
 
@@ -29,6 +31,8 @@ pub use cpu_use::*;
 #[cfg(feature = "metrics")]
 pub use cuda::*;
 pub use hamming::*;
+#[cfg(feature = "metrics")]
+pub use iteration::*;
 pub use learning_rate::*;
 pub use loss::*;
 #[cfg(feature = "metrics")]

crates/burn-train/src/metric/processor/async_wrapper.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+use super::{Event, EventProcessor};
+use async_channel::{Receiver, Sender};
+
+pub struct AsyncProcessor<P: EventProcessor> {
+    sender: Sender<Message<P>>,
+}
+
+struct Worker<P: EventProcessor> {
+    processor: P,
+    rec: Receiver<Message<P>>,
+}
+
+impl<P: EventProcessor + 'static> Worker<P> {
+    pub fn start(processor: P, rec: Receiver<Message<P>>) {
+        let mut worker = Self { processor, rec };
+
+        std::thread::spawn(move || {
+            while let Ok(msg) = worker.rec.recv_blocking() {
+                match msg {
+                    Message::Train(event) => worker.processor.process_train(event),
+                    Message::Valid(event) => worker.processor.process_valid(event),
+                }
+            }
+        });
+    }
+}
+
+impl<P: EventProcessor + 'static> AsyncProcessor<P> {
+    pub fn new(processor: P) -> Self {
+        let (sender, rec) = async_channel::bounded(1);
+
+        Worker::start(processor, rec);
+
+        Self { sender }
+    }
+}
+
+enum Message<P: EventProcessor> {
+    Train(Event<P::ItemTrain>),
+    Valid(Event<P::ItemValid>),
+}
+
+impl<P: EventProcessor> EventProcessor for AsyncProcessor<P> {
+    type ItemTrain = P::ItemTrain;
+    type ItemValid = P::ItemValid;
+
+    fn process_train(&mut self, event: Event<Self::ItemTrain>) {
+        self.sender.send_blocking(Message::Train(event)).unwrap();
+    }
+
+    fn process_valid(&mut self, event: Event<Self::ItemValid>) {
+        self.sender.send_blocking(Message::Valid(event)).unwrap();
+    }
+}

crates/burn-train/src/metric/processor/base.rs

@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ pub enum Event<T> {
 }
 
 /// Process events happening during training and validation.
-pub trait EventProcessor {
+pub trait EventProcessor: Send {
     /// The training item.
-    type ItemTrain;
+    type ItemTrain: Send;
     /// The validation item.
-    type ItemValid;
+    type ItemValid: Send;
 
     /// Collect a training event.
     fn process_train(&mut self, event: Event<Self::ItemTrain>);