Add HalfToFloat + FloatToHalf operators to PyTorch (#45092)
Summary:
Pull Request resolved: https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/pull/45092
Adding two operators
1. at::float_to_half -> Converts FP32 tensor to FP16 tensor
2. at::half_to_float -> Converts FP16 tensor to FP32 tensor.
These operators internally use the kernel provided by FBGeMM. Both C2 and PT will use the same FBGeMM kernel underneath.
Test Plan:
buck test //caffe2/test:torch -- .*test_half_tensor.*
Run benchmark locally using
```
buck run //caffe2/benchmarks/operator_benchmark/pt:tensor_to_test
```
AI Bench results are pending. I expect that not to finish as we have large queue with jobs pending for 2+ days.
Benchmark for 512x512 tensor with FbGeMM implementation
```
# ----------------------------------------
# PyTorch/Caffe2 Operator Micro-benchmarks
# ----------------------------------------
# Tag : short
# Benchmarking PyTorch: FloatToHalfTensorConversionBenchmark
# Mode: Eager
# Name: FloatToHalfTensorConversionBenchmark_M512_N512_cpu
# Input: M: 512, N: 512, device: cpu
Forward Execution Time (us) : 1246.332
# Benchmarking PyTorch: HalfToFloatTensorConversionBenchmark
# Mode: Eager
# Name: HalfToFloatTensorConversionBenchmark_M512_N512_cpu
# Input: M: 512, N: 512, device: cpu
Forward Execution Time (us) : 1734.304
```
Benchmark for 512x512 tensor trunk with no FbGeMM integration.
```
# ----------------------------------------
# PyTorch/Caffe2 Operator Micro-benchmarks
# ----------------------------------------
# Tag : short
# Benchmarking PyTorch: FloatToHalfTensorConversionBenchmark
# Mode: Eager
# Name: FloatToHalfTensorConversionBenchmark_M512_N512_cpu
# Input: M: 512, N: 512, device: cpu
Forward Execution Time (us) : 169045.724
# Benchmarking PyTorch: HalfToFloatTensorConversionBenchmark
# Mode: Eager
# Name: HalfToFloatTensorConversionBenchmark_M512_N512_cpu
# Input: M: 512, N: 512, device: cpu
Forward Execution Time (us) : 152382.494
```
Reviewed By: ngimel
Differential Revision: D23824869
fbshipit-source-id: ef044459b6c8c6e5ddded72080204c6a0ab4582c
Author
Radhakrishnan Venkataramani