Expose a interface to create all variables and enable the test of not creating variables every time.

paddle/fluid/framework/executor.cc

@@ -93,6 +93,43 @@ static void CheckTensorNANOrInf(const std::string& name,
                  "Tensor %s contains NAN", name);
 }
 
+void Executor::CreateVariables(const ProgramDesc& pdesc, Scope* scope,
+                               int block_id) {
+  auto& global_block = pdesc.Block(block_id);
+
+  const Scope* ancestor_scope = scope;
+  while (ancestor_scope->parent()) {
+    ancestor_scope = ancestor_scope->parent();
+  }
+
+  if (ancestor_scope != scope) {
+    for (auto& var : global_block.AllVars()) {
+      if (var->Name() == framework::kEmptyVarName) {
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      if (var->Persistable()) {
+        auto* ptr = const_cast<Scope*>(ancestor_scope)->Var(var->Name());
+        InitializeVariable(ptr, var->GetType());
+        VLOG(3) << "Create Variable " << var->Name()
+                << " global, which pointer is " << ptr;
+      } else {
+        auto* ptr = scope->Var(var->Name());
+        InitializeVariable(ptr, var->GetType());
+        VLOG(3) << "Create Variable " << var->Name()
+                << " locally, which pointer is " << ptr;
+      }
+    }
+  } else {
+    for (auto& var : global_block.AllVars()) {
+      auto* ptr = scope->Var(var->Name());
+      InitializeVariable(ptr, var->GetType());
+      VLOG(3) << "Create variable " << var->Name() << ", which pointer is "
+              << ptr;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 void Executor::Run(const ProgramDesc& pdesc, Scope* scope, int block_id,
                    bool create_local_scope, bool create_vars) {
   platform::RecordBlock b(block_id);
@@ -184,8 +221,8 @@ static bool has_fetch_operators(
 void Executor::Run(const ProgramDesc& program, Scope* scope,
                    std::map<std::string, const LoDTensor*>& feed_targets,
                    std::map<std::string, LoDTensor*>& fetch_targets,
-                   const std::string& feed_holder_name,
-                   const std::string& fetch_holder_name, bool create_vars) {
+                   bool create_vars, const std::string& feed_holder_name,
+                   const std::string& fetch_holder_name) {
   platform::RecordBlock b(kProgramId);
   bool has_feed_ops =
       has_feed_operators(program.Block(0), feed_targets, feed_holder_name);
@@ -296,38 +333,13 @@ std::vector<std::shared_ptr<ExecutorPrepareContext>> Executor::Prepare(
 
 void Executor::RunPreparedContext(ExecutorPrepareContext* ctx, Scope* scope,
                                   bool create_local_scope, bool create_vars) {
-  auto& block = ctx->prog_.Block(ctx->block_id_);
-
   Scope* local_scope = scope;
   if (create_vars) {
     if (create_local_scope) {
       local_scope = &scope->NewScope();
-      for (auto& var : block.AllVars()) {
-        if (var->Name() == framework::kEmptyVarName) {
-          continue;
-        }
-
-        if (var->Persistable()) {
-          auto* ptr = scope->Var(var->Name());
-          InitializeVariable(ptr, var->GetType());
-          VLOG(3) << "Create Variable " << var->Name()
-                  << " global, which pointer is " << ptr;
-        } else {
-          auto* ptr = local_scope->Var(var->Name());
-          InitializeVariable(ptr, var->GetType());
-          VLOG(3) << "Create Variable " << var->Name()
-                  << " locally, which pointer is " << ptr;
-        }
-      }
-    } else {
-      for (auto& var : block.AllVars()) {
-        auto* ptr = local_scope->Var(var->Name());
-        InitializeVariable(ptr, var->GetType());
-        VLOG(3) << "Create variable " << var->Name() << ", which pointer is "
-                << ptr;
-      }
-    }  // if (create_local_scope)
-  }    // if (create_vars)
+    }
+    CreateVariables(ctx->prog_, local_scope, ctx->block_id_);
+  }
 
   for (auto& op : ctx->ops_) {
     VLOG(3) << place_ << " " << op->DebugStringEx(local_scope);

paddle/fluid/framework/executor.h

@@ -54,16 +54,18 @@ class Executor {
   void Run(const ProgramDesc& program, Scope* scope,
            std::map<std::string, const LoDTensor*>& feed_targets,
            std::map<std::string, LoDTensor*>& fetch_targets,
+           bool create_vars = true,
            const std::string& feed_holder_name = "feed",
-           const std::string& fetch_holder_name = "fetch",
-           bool create_vars = true);
+           const std::string& fetch_holder_name = "fetch");
 
   static std::unique_ptr<ExecutorPrepareContext> Prepare(
       const ProgramDesc& program, int block_id);
 
   static std::vector<std::shared_ptr<ExecutorPrepareContext>> Prepare(
       const ProgramDesc& program, const std::vector<int>& block_ids);
 
+  void CreateVariables(const ProgramDesc& pdesc, Scope* scope, int block_id);
+
   void RunPreparedContext(ExecutorPrepareContext* ctx, Scope* scope,
                           bool create_local_scope = true,
                           bool create_vars = true);

paddle/fluid/framework/scope.h

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class Scope {
   /// nullptr if cannot find.
   Variable* FindVar(const std::string& name) const;
 
-  const Scope& parent() const { return *parent_; }
+  const Scope* parent() const { return parent_; }
 
   /// Find the scope or an ancestor scope that contains the given variable.
   const Scope* FindScope(const Variable* var) const;

paddle/fluid/inference/tests/book/test_inference_image_classification.cc

@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ TEST(inference, image_classification) {
 
   // Run inference on CPU
   LOG(INFO) << "--- CPU Runs: ---";
-  TestInference<paddle::platform::CPUPlace>(dirname, cpu_feeds, cpu_fetchs1,
-                                            FLAGS_repeat);
+  TestInference<paddle::platform::CPUPlace, false>(dirname, cpu_feeds,
+                                                   cpu_fetchs1, FLAGS_repeat);
   LOG(INFO) << output1.dims();
 
 #ifdef PADDLE_WITH_CUDA
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ TEST(inference, image_classification) {
 
   // Run inference on CUDA GPU
   LOG(INFO) << "--- GPU Runs: ---";
-  TestInference<paddle::platform::CUDAPlace>(dirname, cpu_feeds, cpu_fetchs2,
-                                             FLAGS_repeat);
+  TestInference<paddle::platform::CUDAPlace, false>(dirname, cpu_feeds,
+                                                    cpu_fetchs2, FLAGS_repeat);
   LOG(INFO) << output2.dims();
 
   CheckError<float>(output1, output2);

paddle/fluid/inference/tests/test_helper.h

@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ void CheckError(const paddle::framework::LoDTensor& output1,
   EXPECT_EQ(count, 0U) << "There are " << count << " different elements.";
 }
 
-template <typename Place>
+template <typename Place, bool CreateVars = true>
 void TestInference(const std::string& dirname,
                    const std::vector<paddle::framework::LoDTensor*>& cpu_feeds,
                    const std::vector<paddle::framework::LoDTensor*>& cpu_fetchs,
@@ -166,8 +166,16 @@ void TestInference(const std::string& dirname,
 
   // 6. Run the inference program
   {
+    if (!CreateVars) {
+      // If users don't want to create and destroy variables every time they
+      // run, they need to set `create_vars` to false and manually call
+      // `CreateVariables` before running.
+      executor.CreateVariables(*inference_program, scope, 0);
+    }
+
     // Ignore the profiling results of the first run
-    executor.Run(*inference_program, scope, feed_targets, fetch_targets);
+    executor.Run(*inference_program, scope, feed_targets, fetch_targets,
+                 CreateVars);
 
     // Enable the profiler
     paddle::platform::EnableProfiler(state);
@@ -178,7 +186,8 @@ void TestInference(const std::string& dirname,
           "run_inference",
           paddle::platform::DeviceContextPool::Instance().Get(place));
 
-      executor.Run(*inference_program, scope, feed_targets, fetch_targets);
+      executor.Run(*inference_program, scope, feed_targets, fetch_targets,
+                   CreateVars);
     }
 
     // Disable the profiler and print the timing information

paddle/fluid/operators/go_op.cc

@@ -56,11 +56,11 @@ class GoOp : public framework::OperatorBase {
 
     // TODO(varunarora): Consider moving this root scope lookup to scope.h.
     const framework::Scope *root_scope = &scope;
-    const framework::Scope *parent_scope = &(root_scope->parent());
+    const framework::Scope *parent_scope = root_scope->parent();
 
     while (parent_scope != nullptr) {
       root_scope = parent_scope;
-      parent_scope = &(parent_scope->parent());
+      parent_scope = parent_scope->parent();
     }
 
     framework::BlockDesc *block = Attr<framework::BlockDesc *>(kBlock);