Commit e3d29280 by Marcus Shawcroft Committed by Tianqi Chen

[DOC] minor gramatical improvements to tensor_expr_get_started (#3330)

parent 30f757ed
......@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Get Started with Tensor Expression
==================================
**Author**: `Tianqi Chen <https://tqchen.github.io>`_
This is an introduction tutorial to Tensor expression language in TVM.
This is an introductory tutorial to the Tensor expression language in TVM.
TVM uses a domain specific tensor expression for efficient kernel construction.
In this tutorial, we will demonstrate the basic workflow to use
......@@ -48,15 +48,16 @@ tgt="cuda"
# ------------------------
# As a first step, we need to describe our computation.
# TVM adopts tensor semantics, with each intermediate result
# represented as multi-dimensional array. The user need to describe
# the computation rule that generate the tensors.
# represented as a multi-dimensional array. The user needs to describe
# the computation rule that generates the tensors.
#
# We first define a symbolic variable n to represent the shape.
# We then define two placeholder Tensors, A and B, with given shape (n,)
#
# We then describe the result tensor C, with a compute operation.
# The compute function takes the shape of the tensor, as well as a lambda function
# that describes the computation rule for each position of the tensor.
# We then describe the result tensor C, with a compute operation. The
# compute function takes the shape of the tensor, as well as a lambda
# function that describes the computation rule for each position of
# the tensor.
#
# No computation happens during this phase, as we are only declaring how
# the computation should be done.
......@@ -70,9 +71,10 @@ print(type(C))
######################################################################
# Schedule the Computation
# ------------------------
# While the above lines describes the computation rule, we can compute
# C in many ways since the axis of C can be computed in data parallel manner.
# TVM asks user to provide a description of computation called schedule.
# While the above lines describe the computation rule, we can compute
# C in many ways since the axis of C can be computed in a data
# parallel manner. TVM asks the user to provide a description of the
# computation called a schedule.
#
# A schedule is a set of transformation of computation that transforms
# the loop of computations in the program.
......@@ -120,33 +122,33 @@ if tgt == "cuda" or tgt.startswith('opencl'):
# -----------
# After we have finished specifying the schedule, we can compile it
# into a TVM function. By default TVM compiles into a type-erased
# function that can be directly called from python side.
# function that can be directly called from the python side.
#
# In the following line, we use tvm.build to create a function.
# The build function takes the schedule, the desired signature of the
# function(including the inputs and outputs) as well as target language
# function (including the inputs and outputs) as well as target language
# we want to compile to.
#
# The result of compilation fadd is a GPU device function(if GPU is involved)
# that can as well as a host wrapper that calls into the GPU function.
# fadd is the generated host wrapper function, it contains reference
# to the generated device function internally.
# The result of compilation fadd is a GPU device function (if GPU is
# involved) as well as a host wrapper that calls into the GPU
# function. fadd is the generated host wrapper function, it contains
# a reference to the generated device function internally.
#
fadd = tvm.build(s, [A, B, C], tgt, target_host=tgt_host, name="myadd")
######################################################################
# Run the Function
# ----------------
# The compiled function TVM function is designed to be a concise C API
# that can be invoked from any languages.
# The compiled TVM function is exposes a concise C API
# that can be invoked from any language.
#
# We provide an minimum array API in python to aid quick testing and prototyping.
# The array API is based on `DLPack <https://github.com/dmlc/dlpack>`_ standard.
# We provide a minimal array API in python to aid quick testing and prototyping.
# The array API is based on the `DLPack <https://github.com/dmlc/dlpack>`_ standard.
#
# - We first create a GPU context.
# - Then tvm.nd.array copies the data to GPU.
# - Then tvm.nd.array copies the data to the GPU.
# - fadd runs the actual computation.
# - asnumpy() copies the GPU array back to CPU and we can use this to verify correctness
# - asnumpy() copies the GPU array back to the CPU and we can use this to verify correctness
#
ctx = tvm.context(tgt, 0)
......@@ -176,14 +178,14 @@ else:
######################################################################
# .. note:: Code Specialization
#
# As you may noticed, during the declaration, A, B and C both
# takes the same shape argument n. TVM will take advantage of this
# to pass only single shape argument to the kernel, as you will find in
# As you may have noticed, the declarations of A, B and C all
# take the same shape argument, n. TVM will take advantage of this
# to pass only a single shape argument to the kernel, as you will find in
# the printed device code. This is one form of specialization.
#
# On the host side, TVM will automatically generate check code
# that checks the constraints in the parameters. So if you pass
# arrays with different shapes into the fadd, an error will be raised.
# arrays with different shapes into fadd, an error will be raised.
#
# We can do more specializations. For example, we can write
# :code:`n = tvm.convert(1024)` instead of :code:`n = tvm.var("n")`,
......@@ -195,13 +197,13 @@ else:
# Save Compiled Module
# --------------------
# Besides runtime compilation, we can save the compiled modules into
# file and load them back later. This is called ahead of time compilation.
# a file and load them back later. This is called ahead of time compilation.
#
# The following code first does the following step:
# The following code first performs the following steps:
#
# - It saves the compiled host module into an object file.
# - Then it saves the device module into a ptx file.
# - cc.create_shared calls a env compiler(gcc) to create a shared library
# - cc.create_shared calls a compiler (gcc) to create a shared library
#
from tvm.contrib import cc
from tvm.contrib import util
......@@ -218,9 +220,9 @@ print(temp.listdir())
######################################################################
# .. note:: Module Storage Format
#
# The CPU(host) module is directly saved as a shared library(so).
# There can be multiple customized format on the device code.
# In our example, device code is stored in ptx, as well as a meta
# The CPU (host) module is directly saved as a shared library (.so).
# There can be multiple customized formats of the device code.
# In our example, the device code is stored in ptx, as well as a meta
# data json file. They can be loaded and linked separately via import.
#
......@@ -228,8 +230,8 @@ print(temp.listdir())
# Load Compiled Module
# --------------------
# We can load the compiled module from the file system and run the code.
# The following code load the host and device module separately and
# re-link them together. We can verify that the newly loaded function works.
# The following code loads the host and device module separately and
# re-links them together. We can verify that the newly loaded function works.
#
fadd1 = tvm.module.load(temp.relpath("myadd.so"))
if tgt == "cuda":
......@@ -261,11 +263,11 @@ tvm.testing.assert_allclose(c.asnumpy(), a.asnumpy() + b.asnumpy())
# .. note:: Runtime API and Thread-Safety
#
# The compiled modules of TVM do not depend on the TVM compiler.
# Instead, it only depends on a minimum runtime library.
# TVM runtime library wraps the device drivers and provides
# thread-safe and device agnostic call into the compiled functions.
# Instead, they only depend on a minimum runtime library.
# The TVM runtime library wraps the device drivers and provides
# thread-safe and device agnostic calls into the compiled functions.
#
# This means you can call the compiled TVM function from any thread,
# This means that you can call the compiled TVM functions from any thread,
# on any GPUs.
#
......@@ -275,7 +277,7 @@ tvm.testing.assert_allclose(c.asnumpy(), a.asnumpy() + b.asnumpy())
# TVM provides code generation features into multiple backends,
# we can also generate OpenCL code or LLVM code that runs on CPU backends.
#
# The following codeblocks generate opencl code, creates array on opencl
# The following code blocks generate OpenCL code, creates array on an OpenCL
# device, and verifies the correctness of the code.
#
if tgt.startswith('opencl'):
......@@ -296,12 +298,12 @@ if tgt.startswith('opencl'):
# This tutorial provides a walk through of TVM workflow using
# a vector add example. The general workflow is
#
# - Describe your computation via series of operations.
# - Describe your computation via a series of operations.
# - Describe how we want to compute use schedule primitives.
# - Compile to the target function we want.
# - Optionally, save the function to be loaded later.
#
# You are more than welcomed to checkout other examples and
# tutorials to learn more about the supported operations, schedule primitives
# You are more than welcome to checkout other examples and
# tutorials to learn more about the supported operations, scheduling primitives
# and other features in TVM.
#
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