Override the default cudnn heuristics. (#957)

2 files changed, 33 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/candle-core/src/conv.rs b/candle-core/src/conv.rs
index 1f3ef582..f92c05b2 100644
--- a/candle-core/src/conv.rs
+++ b/candle-core/src/conv.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,20 @@ impl ParamsConv1D {
     }
 }
 
+#[allow(unused)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]
+pub enum CudnnFwdAlgo {
+    ImplicitGemm,
+    ImplicitPrecompGemm,
+    Gemm,
+    Direct,
+    Fft,
+    FftTiling,
+    Winograd,
+    WinogradNonFused,
+    Count,
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct ParamsConv2D {
     pub(crate) b_size: usize,
@@ -37,6 +51,7 @@ pub struct ParamsConv2D {
     pub(crate) padding: usize,
     pub(crate) stride: usize,
     pub(crate) dilation: usize,
+    pub(crate) cudnn_fwd_algo: Option<CudnnFwdAlgo>,
 }
 
 impl ParamsConv2D {
@@ -188,6 +203,7 @@ impl Tensor {
             padding,
             stride,
             dilation,
+            cudnn_fwd_algo: None,
         };
         if groups == 1 {
             self.conv2d_single_group(kernel, &params)
diff --git a/candle-core/src/cudnn.rs b/candle-core/src/cudnn.rs
index dd466ba2..0c149cd0 100644
--- a/candle-core/src/cudnn.rs
+++ b/candle-core/src/cudnn.rs
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ pub(crate) fn launch_conv2d<
     params: &crate::conv::ParamsConv2D,
     dev: &crate::cuda_backend::CudaDevice,
 ) -> crate::Result<()> {
+    use crate::conv::CudnnFwdAlgo as CandleAlgo;
+    use cudarc::cudnn::sys::cudnnConvolutionFwdAlgo_t as A;
+
     let device_id = dev.id();
     let cudnn = CUDNN.with(|cudnn| {
         if let Some(cudnn) = cudnn.borrow().get(&device_id) {
@@ -90,7 +93,20 @@ pub(crate) fn launch_conv2d<
         w: &w,
         y: &y,
     };
-    let alg = conv2d.pick_algorithm()?;
+    let alg = match params.cudnn_fwd_algo {
+        None => conv2d.pick_algorithm()?,
+        Some(CandleAlgo::ImplicitGemm) => A::CUDNN_CONVOLUTION_FWD_ALGO_IMPLICIT_GEMM,
+        Some(CandleAlgo::ImplicitPrecompGemm) => {
+            A::CUDNN_CONVOLUTION_FWD_ALGO_IMPLICIT_PRECOMP_GEMM
+        }
+        Some(CandleAlgo::Gemm) => A::CUDNN_CONVOLUTION_FWD_ALGO_GEMM,
+        Some(CandleAlgo::Direct) => A::CUDNN_CONVOLUTION_FWD_ALGO_DIRECT,
+        Some(CandleAlgo::Fft) => A::CUDNN_CONVOLUTION_FWD_ALGO_FFT,
+        Some(CandleAlgo::FftTiling) => A::CUDNN_CONVOLUTION_FWD_ALGO_FFT_TILING,
+        Some(CandleAlgo::Winograd) => A::CUDNN_CONVOLUTION_FWD_ALGO_WINOGRAD,
+        Some(CandleAlgo::WinogradNonFused) => A::CUDNN_CONVOLUTION_FWD_ALGO_WINOGRAD_NONFUSED,
+        Some(CandleAlgo::Count) => A::CUDNN_CONVOLUTION_FWD_ALGO_COUNT,
+    };
     let workspace_size = conv2d.get_workspace_size(alg)?;
     let mut workspace = dev.cuda_device().alloc_zeros::<u8>(workspace_size)?;
     unsafe {