hooks

Classes

CheckpointHooks	Hooks to be used with Checkpointing.
DataHooks	Hooks to be used with LightningDataModule.
ModelHooks	Hooks to be used in LightningModule.

Various hooks to be used in the Lightning code.

class pytorch_lightning.core.hooks.CheckpointHooks

Bases: object

Hooks to be used with Checkpointing.

on_load_checkpoint(checkpoint)

Called by Lightning to restore your model. If you saved something with on_save_checkpoint() this is your chance to restore this.

Parameters

checkpoint (Dict[str, Any]) – Loaded checkpoint

Example

def on_load_checkpoint(self, checkpoint):
    # 99% of the time you don't need to implement this method
    self.something_cool_i_want_to_save = checkpoint['something_cool_i_want_to_save']

Note

Lightning auto-restores global step, epoch, and train state including amp scaling. There is no need for you to restore anything regarding training.

Return type

None

on_save_checkpoint(checkpoint)

Called by Lightning when saving a checkpoint to give you a chance to store anything else you might want to save.

Parameters

checkpoint (Dict[str, Any]) – Checkpoint to be saved

Example

def on_save_checkpoint(self, checkpoint):
    # 99% of use cases you don't need to implement this method
    checkpoint['something_cool_i_want_to_save'] = my_cool_pickable_object

Note

Lightning saves all aspects of training (epoch, global step, etc…) including amp scaling. There is no need for you to store anything about training.

Return type

None

class pytorch_lightning.core.hooks.DataHooks

Bases: object

Hooks to be used with LightningDataModule.

prepare_data()

Use this to download and prepare data.

Warning

DO NOT set state to the model (use setup instead) since this is NOT called on every GPU in DDP/TPU

Example:

def prepare_data(self):
    # good
    download_data()
    tokenize()
    etc()

    # bad
    self.split = data_split
    self.some_state = some_other_state()

In DDP prepare_data can be called in two ways (using Trainer(prepare_data_per_node)):

1. Once per node. This is the default and is only called on LOCAL_RANK=0.

2. Once in total. Only called on GLOBAL_RANK=0.

Example:

# DEFAULT
# called once per node on LOCAL_RANK=0 of that node
Trainer(prepare_data_per_node=True)

# call on GLOBAL_RANK=0 (great for shared file systems)
Trainer(prepare_data_per_node=False)

This is called before requesting the dataloaders:

model.prepare_data()
    if ddp/tpu: init()
model.setup(stage)
model.train_dataloader()
model.val_dataloader()
model.test_dataloader()

Return type

None

test_dataloader()

Implement one or multiple PyTorch DataLoaders for testing.

The dataloader you return will not be called every epoch unless you set reload_dataloaders_every_epoch to True.

For data processing use the following pattern:

• download in prepare_data()

• process and split in setup()

However, the above are only necessary for distributed processing.

Warning

do not assign state in prepare_data

• fit()

• …

• prepare_data()

• setup()

• train_dataloader()

• val_dataloader()

• test_dataloader()

Note

Lightning adds the correct sampler for distributed and arbitrary hardware. There is no need to set it yourself.

Return type

Union[DataLoader, List[DataLoader]]

Returns

Single or multiple PyTorch DataLoaders.

Example

def test_dataloader(self):
    transform = transforms.Compose([transforms.ToTensor(),
                                    transforms.Normalize((0.5,), (1.0,))])
    dataset = MNIST(root='/path/to/mnist/', train=False, transform=transform,
                    download=True)
    loader = torch.utils.data.DataLoader(
        dataset=dataset,
        batch_size=self.batch_size,
        shuffle=False
    )

    return loader

# can also return multiple dataloaders
def test_dataloader(self):
    return [loader_a, loader_b, ..., loader_n]

Note

If you don’t need a test dataset and a test_step(), you don’t need to implement this method.

Note

In the case where you return multiple test dataloaders, the test_step() will have an argument dataloader_idx which matches the order here.

train_dataloader()

Implement a PyTorch DataLoader for training.

Return type

DataLoader

Returns

Single PyTorch DataLoader.

The dataloader you return will not be called every epoch unless you set reload_dataloaders_every_epoch to True.

For data processing use the following pattern:

• download in prepare_data()

• process and split in setup()

However, the above are only necessary for distributed processing.

Warning

do not assign state in prepare_data

• fit()

• …

• prepare_data()

• setup()

• train_dataloader()

Note

Lightning adds the correct sampler for distributed and arbitrary hardware. There is no need to set it yourself.

Example

def train_dataloader(self):
    transform = transforms.Compose([transforms.ToTensor(),
                                    transforms.Normalize((0.5,), (1.0,))])
    dataset = MNIST(root='/path/to/mnist/', train=True, transform=transform,
                    download=True)
    loader = torch.utils.data.DataLoader(
        dataset=dataset,
        batch_size=self.batch_size,
        shuffle=True
    )
    return loader

transfer_batch_to_device(batch, device)

Override this hook if your DataLoader returns tensors wrapped in a custom data structure.

The data types listed below (and any arbitrary nesting of them) are supported out of the box:

• torch.Tensor or anything that implements .to(…)

• list

• dict

• tuple

• torchtext.data.batch.Batch

For anything else, you need to define how the data is moved to the target device (CPU, GPU, TPU, …).

Example:

def transfer_batch_to_device(self, batch, device)
    if isinstance(batch, CustomBatch):
        # move all tensors in your custom data structure to the device
        batch.samples = batch.samples.to(device)
        batch.targets = batch.targets.to(device)
    else:
        batch = super().transfer_batch_to_device(data, device)
    return batch

Parameters

• batch (Any) – A batch of data that needs to be transferred to a new device.

• device (device) – The target device as defined in PyTorch.

Return type

Any

Returns

A reference to the data on the new device.

Note

This hook should only transfer the data and not modify it, nor should it move the data to any other device than the one passed in as argument (unless you know what you are doing).

Note

This hook only runs on single GPU training (no data-parallel). If you need multi-GPU support for your custom batch objects, you need to define your custom DistributedDataParallel or LightningDistributedDataParallel and override configure_ddp().

See also

• move_data_to_device()

• apply_to_collection()

val_dataloader()

Implement one or multiple PyTorch DataLoaders for validation.

The dataloader you return will not be called every epoch unless you set reload_dataloaders_every_epoch to True.

It’s recommended that all data downloads and preparation happen in prepare_data().

• fit()

• …

• prepare_data()

• train_dataloader()

• val_dataloader()

• test_dataloader()

Note

Lightning adds the correct sampler for distributed and arbitrary hardware There is no need to set it yourself.

Return type

Union[DataLoader, List[DataLoader]]

Returns

Single or multiple PyTorch DataLoaders.

Examples

def val_dataloader(self):
    transform = transforms.Compose([transforms.ToTensor(),
                                    transforms.Normalize((0.5,), (1.0,))])
    dataset = MNIST(root='/path/to/mnist/', train=False,
                    transform=transform, download=True)
    loader = torch.utils.data.DataLoader(
        dataset=dataset,
        batch_size=self.batch_size,
        shuffle=False
    )

    return loader

# can also return multiple dataloaders
def val_dataloader(self):
    return [loader_a, loader_b, ..., loader_n]

Note

If you don’t need a validation dataset and a validation_step(), you don’t need to implement this method.

Note

In the case where you return multiple validation dataloaders, the validation_step() will have an argument dataloader_idx which matches the order here.

class pytorch_lightning.core.hooks.ModelHooks

Bases: object

Hooks to be used in LightningModule.

on_after_backward()

Called in the training loop after loss.backward() and before optimizers do anything. This is the ideal place to inspect or log gradient information.

Example:

def on_after_backward(self):
    # example to inspect gradient information in tensorboard
    if self.trainer.global_step % 25 == 0:  # don't make the tf file huge
        params = self.state_dict()
        for k, v in params.items():
            grads = v
            name = k
            self.logger.experiment.add_histogram(tag=name, values=grads,
                                                 global_step=self.trainer.global_step)

Return type

None

on_before_zero_grad(optimizer)

Called after optimizer.step() and before optimizer.zero_grad().

Called in the training loop after taking an optimizer step and before zeroing grads. Good place to inspect weight information with weights updated.

This is where it is called:

for optimizer in optimizers:
    optimizer.step()
    model.on_before_zero_grad(optimizer) # < ---- called here
    optimizer.zero_grad()

Parameters

optimizer (Optimizer) – The optimizer for which grads should be zeroed.

Return type

None

on_epoch_end()

Called in the training loop at the very end of the epoch.

Return type

None

on_epoch_start()

Called in the training loop at the very beginning of the epoch.

Return type

None

on_fit_end()

Called at the very end of fit. If on DDP it is called on every process

on_fit_start()

Called at the very beginning of fit. If on DDP it is called on every process

on_pretrain_routine_end()

Called at the end of the pretrain routine (between fit and train start).

• fit

• pretrain_routine start

• pretrain_routine end

• training_start

Return type

None

on_pretrain_routine_start()

Called at the beginning of the pretrain routine (between fit and train start).

• fit

• pretrain_routine start

• pretrain_routine end

• training_start

Return type

None

on_test_batch_end(outputs, batch, batch_idx, dataloader_idx)

Called in the test loop after the batch.

Parameters

• outputs (Any) – The outputs of test_step_end(test_step(x))

• batch (Any) – The batched data as it is returned by the test DataLoader.

• batch_idx (int) – the index of the batch

• dataloader_idx (int) – the index of the dataloader

Return type

None

on_test_batch_start(batch, batch_idx, dataloader_idx)

Called in the test loop before anything happens for that batch.

Parameters

• batch (Any) – The batched data as it is returned by the test DataLoader.

• batch_idx (int) – the index of the batch

• dataloader_idx (int) – the index of the dataloader

Return type

None

on_test_epoch_end()

Called in the test loop at the very end of the epoch.

Return type

None

on_test_epoch_start()

Called in the test loop at the very beginning of the epoch.

Return type

None

on_test_model_eval()

Sets the model to eval during the test loop

Return type

None

on_test_model_train()

Sets the model to train during the test loop

Return type

None

on_train_batch_end(outputs, batch, batch_idx, dataloader_idx)

Called in the training loop after the batch.

Parameters

• outputs (Any) – The outputs of training_step_end(training_step(x))

• batch (Any) – The batched data as it is returned by the training DataLoader.

• batch_idx (int) – the index of the batch

• dataloader_idx (int) – the index of the dataloader

Return type

None

on_train_batch_start(batch, batch_idx, dataloader_idx)

Called in the training loop before anything happens for that batch.

If you return -1 here, you will skip training for the rest of the current epoch.

Parameters

• batch (Any) – The batched data as it is returned by the training DataLoader.

• batch_idx (int) – the index of the batch

• dataloader_idx (int) – the index of the dataloader

Return type

None

on_train_end()

Called at the end of training before logger experiment is closed.

Return type

None

on_train_epoch_end(outputs)

Called in the training loop at the very end of the epoch.

Return type

None

on_train_epoch_start()

Called in the training loop at the very beginning of the epoch.

Return type

None

on_train_start()

Called at the beginning of training before sanity check.

Return type

None

on_validation_batch_end(outputs, batch, batch_idx, dataloader_idx)

Called in the validation loop after the batch.

Parameters

• outputs (Any) – The outputs of validation_step_end(validation_step(x))

• batch (Any) – The batched data as it is returned by the validation DataLoader.

• batch_idx (int) – the index of the batch

• dataloader_idx (int) – the index of the dataloader

Return type

None

on_validation_batch_start(batch, batch_idx, dataloader_idx)

Called in the validation loop before anything happens for that batch.

Parameters

• batch (Any) – The batched data as it is returned by the validation DataLoader.

• batch_idx (int) – the index of the batch

• dataloader_idx (int) – the index of the dataloader

Return type

None

on_validation_epoch_end()

Called in the validation loop at the very end of the epoch.

Return type

None

on_validation_epoch_start()

Called in the validation loop at the very beginning of the epoch.

Return type

None

on_validation_model_eval()

Sets the model to eval during the val loop

Return type

None

on_validation_model_train()

Sets the model to train during the val loop

Return type

None

setup(stage)

Called at the beginning of fit and test. This is a good hook when you need to build models dynamically or adjust something about them. This hook is called on every process when using DDP.

Parameters

stage (str) – either ‘fit’ or ‘test’

Example:

class LitModel(...):
    def __init__(self):
        self.l1 = None

    def prepare_data(self):
        download_data()
        tokenize()

        # don't do this
        self.something = else

    def setup(stage):
        data = Load_data(...)
        self.l1 = nn.Linear(28, data.num_classes)

teardown(stage)

Called at the end of fit and test.

Parameters

stage (str) – either ‘fit’ or ‘test’