tf.train.SessionManager

class tf.train.SessionManager

See the guide: Training > Distributed execution

Training helper that restores from checkpoint and creates session.

This class is a small wrapper that takes care of session creation and checkpoint recovery. It also provides functions that to facilitate coordination among multiple training threads or processes.

• Checkpointing trained variables as the training progresses.
• Initializing variables on startup, restoring them from the most recent checkpoint after a crash, or wait for checkpoints to become available.

Usage:

with tf.Graph().as_default():
   ...add operations to the graph...
  # Create a SessionManager that will checkpoint the model in '/tmp/mydir'.
  sm = SessionManager()
  sess = sm.prepare_session(master, init_op, saver, checkpoint_dir)
  # Use the session to train the graph.
  while True:
    sess.run(<my_train_op>)

prepare_session() initializes or restores a model. It requires init_op and saver as an argument.

A second process could wait for the model to be ready by doing the following:

with tf.Graph().as_default():
   ...add operations to the graph...
  # Create a SessionManager that will wait for the model to become ready.
  sm = SessionManager()
  sess = sm.wait_for_session(master)
  # Use the session to train the graph.
  while True:
    sess.run(<my_train_op>)

wait_for_session() waits for a model to be initialized by other processes.

Methods

__init__(local_init_op=None, ready_op=None, ready_for_local_init_op=None, graph=None, recovery_wait_secs=30)

Creates a SessionManager.

The local_init_op is an Operation that is run always after a new session was created. If None, this step is skipped.

The ready_op is an Operation used to check if the model is ready. The model is considered ready if that operation returns an empty 1D string tensor. If the operation returns a non empty 1D string tensor, the elements are concatenated and used to indicate to the user why the model is not ready.

The ready_for_local_init_op is an Operation used to check if the model is ready to run local_init_op. The model is considered ready if that operation returns an empty 1D string tensor. If the operation returns a non empty 1D string tensor, the elements are concatenated and used to indicate to the user why the model is not ready.

If ready_op is None, the model is not checked for readiness.

recovery_wait_secs is the number of seconds between checks that the model is ready. It is used by processes to wait for a model to be initialized or restored. Defaults to 30 seconds.

Args:

• local_init_op: An Operation run immediately after session creation. Usually used to initialize tables and local variables.
• ready_op: An Operation to check if the model is initialized.
• ready_for_local_init_op: An Operation to check if the model is ready to run local_init_op.
• graph: The Graph that the model will use.
• recovery_wait_secs: Seconds between checks for the model to be ready.

Raises:

• ValueError: If ready_for_local_init_op is not None but local_init_op is None

prepare_session(master, init_op=None, saver=None, checkpoint_dir=None, checkpoint_filename_with_path=None, wait_for_checkpoint=False, max_wait_secs=7200, config=None, init_feed_dict=None, init_fn=None)

Creates a Session. Makes sure the model is ready to be used.

Creates a Session on 'master'. If a saver object is passed in, and checkpoint_dir points to a directory containing valid checkpoint files, then it will try to recover the model from checkpoint. If no checkpoint files are available, and wait_for_checkpoint is True, then the process would check every recovery_wait_secs, up to max_wait_secs, for recovery to succeed.

If the model cannot be recovered successfully then it is initialized by either running the provided init_op, or calling the provided init_fn. The local_init_op is also run after init_op and init_fn, regardless of whether the model was recovered successfully, but only if ready_for_local_init_op passes.

It is an error if the model cannot be recovered and no init_op or init_fn or local_init_op are passed.

Args:

• master: String representation of the TensorFlow master to use.
• init_op: Optional Operation used to initialize the model.
• saver: A Saver object used to restore a model.
• checkpoint_dir: Path to the checkpoint files. The latest checkpoint in the dir will be used to restore.
• checkpoint_filename_with_path: Full file name path to the checkpoint file.
• wait_for_checkpoint: Whether to wait for checkpoint to become available.
• max_wait_secs: Maximum time to wait for checkpoints to become available.
• config: Optional ConfigProto proto used to configure the session.
• init_feed_dict: Optional dictionary that maps Tensor objects to feed values. This feed dictionary is passed to the session run() call when running the init op.
• init_fn: Optional callable used to initialize the model. Called after the optional init_op is called. The callable must accept one argument, the session being initialized.

Returns:

A Session object that can be used to drive the model.

Raises:

• RuntimeError: If the model cannot be initialized or recovered.

Raises:

• ValueError: If both checkpoint_dir and checkpoint_filename_with_path are set.

recover_session(master, saver=None, checkpoint_dir=None, checkpoint_filename_with_path=None, wait_for_checkpoint=False, max_wait_secs=7200, config=None)

Creates a Session, recovering if possible.

Creates a new session on 'master'. If the session is not initialized and can be recovered from a checkpoint, recover it.

Args:

• master: String representation of the TensorFlow master to use.
• saver: A Saver object used to restore a model.
• checkpoint_dir: Path to the checkpoint files. The latest checkpoint in the dir will be used to restore.
• checkpoint_filename_with_path: Full file name path to the checkpoint file.
• wait_for_checkpoint: Whether to wait for checkpoint to become available.
• max_wait_secs: Maximum time to wait for checkpoints to become available.
• config: Optional ConfigProto proto used to configure the session.

Returns:

A pair (sess, initialized) where 'initialized' is True if the session could be recovered and initialized, False otherwise.

Raises:

• ValueError: If both checkpoint_dir and checkpoint_filename_with_path are set.

wait_for_session(master, config=None, max_wait_secs=float('Inf'))

Creates a new Session and waits for model to be ready.

Creates a new Session on 'master'. Waits for the model to be initialized or recovered from a checkpoint. It's expected that another thread or process will make the model ready, and that this is intended to be used by threads/processes that participate in a distributed training configuration where a different thread/process is responsible for initializing or recovering the model being trained.

NB: The amount of time this method waits for the session is bounded by max_wait_secs. By default, this function will wait indefinitely.

Args:

• master: String representation of the TensorFlow master to use.
• config: Optional ConfigProto proto used to configure the session.
• max_wait_secs: Maximum time to wait for the session to become available.

Returns:

A Session. May be None if the operation exceeds the timeout specified by config.operation_timeout_in_ms.

Raises:

tf.DeadlineExceededError: if the session is not available after max_wait_secs.

Defined in tensorflow/python/training/session_manager.py.