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ultralytics.engine.trainer.BaseTrainer

BaseTrainer.

A base class for creating trainers.

Attributes:

Name Type Description
args SimpleNamespace

Configuration for the trainer.

validator BaseValidator

Validator instance.

model Module

Model instance.

callbacks defaultdict

Dictionary of callbacks.

save_dir Path

Directory to save results.

wdir Path

Directory to save weights.

last Path

Path to the last checkpoint.

best Path

Path to the best checkpoint.

save_period int

Save checkpoint every x epochs (disabled if < 1).

batch_size int

Batch size for training.

epochs int

Number of epochs to train for.

start_epoch int

Starting epoch for training.

device device

Device to use for training.

amp bool

Flag to enable AMP (Automatic Mixed Precision).

scaler GradScaler

Gradient scaler for AMP.

data str

Path to data.

trainset Dataset

Training dataset.

testset Dataset

Testing dataset.

ema Module

EMA (Exponential Moving Average) of the model.

resume bool

Resume training from a checkpoint.

lf Module

Loss function.

scheduler _LRScheduler

Learning rate scheduler.

best_fitness float

The best fitness value achieved.

fitness float

Current fitness value.

loss float

Current loss value.

tloss float

Total loss value.

loss_names list

List of loss names.

csv Path

Path to results CSV file.

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class BaseTrainer:
    """
    BaseTrainer.

    A base class for creating trainers.

    Attributes:
        args (SimpleNamespace): Configuration for the trainer.
        validator (BaseValidator): Validator instance.
        model (nn.Module): Model instance.
        callbacks (defaultdict): Dictionary of callbacks.
        save_dir (Path): Directory to save results.
        wdir (Path): Directory to save weights.
        last (Path): Path to the last checkpoint.
        best (Path): Path to the best checkpoint.
        save_period (int): Save checkpoint every x epochs (disabled if < 1).
        batch_size (int): Batch size for training.
        epochs (int): Number of epochs to train for.
        start_epoch (int): Starting epoch for training.
        device (torch.device): Device to use for training.
        amp (bool): Flag to enable AMP (Automatic Mixed Precision).
        scaler (amp.GradScaler): Gradient scaler for AMP.
        data (str): Path to data.
        trainset (torch.utils.data.Dataset): Training dataset.
        testset (torch.utils.data.Dataset): Testing dataset.
        ema (nn.Module): EMA (Exponential Moving Average) of the model.
        resume (bool): Resume training from a checkpoint.
        lf (nn.Module): Loss function.
        scheduler (torch.optim.lr_scheduler._LRScheduler): Learning rate scheduler.
        best_fitness (float): The best fitness value achieved.
        fitness (float): Current fitness value.
        loss (float): Current loss value.
        tloss (float): Total loss value.
        loss_names (list): List of loss names.
        csv (Path): Path to results CSV file.
    """

    def __init__(self, cfg=DEFAULT_CFG, overrides=None, _callbacks=None):
        """
        Initializes the BaseTrainer class.

        Args:
            cfg (str, optional): Path to a configuration file. Defaults to DEFAULT_CFG.
            overrides (dict, optional): Configuration overrides. Defaults to None.
        """
        self.args = get_cfg(cfg, overrides)
        self.check_resume(overrides)
        self.device = select_device(self.args.device, self.args.batch)
        self.validator = None
        self.metrics = None
        self.plots = {}
        init_seeds(self.args.seed + 1 + RANK, deterministic=self.args.deterministic)

        # Dirs
        self.save_dir = get_save_dir(self.args)
        self.args.name = self.save_dir.name  # update name for loggers
        self.wdir = self.save_dir / "weights"  # weights dir
        if RANK in {-1, 0}:
            self.wdir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)  # make dir
            self.args.save_dir = str(self.save_dir)
            yaml_save(self.save_dir / "args.yaml", vars(self.args))  # save run args
        self.last, self.best = self.wdir / "last.pt", self.wdir / "best.pt"  # checkpoint paths
        self.save_period = self.args.save_period

        self.batch_size = self.args.batch
        self.epochs = self.args.epochs
        self.start_epoch = 0
        if RANK == -1:
            print_args(vars(self.args))

        # Device
        if self.device.type in {"cpu", "mps"}:
            self.args.workers = 0  # faster CPU training as time dominated by inference, not dataloading

        # Model and Dataset
        self.model = check_model_file_from_stem(self.args.model)  # add suffix, i.e. yolov8n -> yolov8n.pt
        self.trainset, self.testset = self.get_dataset()
        self.ema = None

        # Optimization utils init
        self.lf = None
        self.scheduler = None

        # Epoch level metrics
        self.best_fitness = None
        self.fitness = None
        self.loss = None
        self.tloss = None
        self.loss_names = ["Loss"]
        self.csv = self.save_dir / "results.csv"
        self.plot_idx = [0, 1, 2]

        # Callbacks
        self.callbacks = _callbacks or callbacks.get_default_callbacks()
        if RANK in {-1, 0}:
            callbacks.add_integration_callbacks(self)

    def add_callback(self, event: str, callback):
        """Appends the given callback."""
        self.callbacks[event].append(callback)

    def set_callback(self, event: str, callback):
        """Overrides the existing callbacks with the given callback."""
        self.callbacks[event] = [callback]

    def run_callbacks(self, event: str):
        """Run all existing callbacks associated with a particular event."""
        for callback in self.callbacks.get(event, []):
            callback(self)

    def train(self):
        """Allow device='', device=None on Multi-GPU systems to default to device=0."""
        if isinstance(self.args.device, str) and len(self.args.device):  # i.e. device='0' or device='0,1,2,3'
            world_size = len(self.args.device.split(","))
        elif isinstance(self.args.device, (tuple, list)):  # i.e. device=[0, 1, 2, 3] (multi-GPU from CLI is list)
            world_size = len(self.args.device)
        elif torch.cuda.is_available():  # i.e. device=None or device='' or device=number
            world_size = 1  # default to device 0
        else:  # i.e. device='cpu' or 'mps'
            world_size = 0

        # Run subprocess if DDP training, else train normally
        if world_size > 1 and "LOCAL_RANK" not in os.environ:
            # Argument checks
            if self.args.rect:
                LOGGER.warning("WARNING ⚠️ 'rect=True' is incompatible with Multi-GPU training, setting 'rect=False'")
                self.args.rect = False
            if self.args.batch == -1:
                LOGGER.warning(
                    "WARNING ⚠️ 'batch=-1' for AutoBatch is incompatible with Multi-GPU training, setting "
                    "default 'batch=16'"
                )
                self.args.batch = 16

            # Command
            cmd, file = generate_ddp_command(world_size, self)
            try:
                LOGGER.info(f'{colorstr("DDP:")} debug command {" ".join(cmd)}')
                subprocess.run(cmd, check=True)
            except Exception as e:
                raise e
            finally:
                ddp_cleanup(self, str(file))

        else:
            self._do_train(world_size)

    def _setup_scheduler(self):
        """Initialize training learning rate scheduler."""
        if self.args.cos_lr:
            self.lf = one_cycle(1, self.args.lrf, self.epochs)  # cosine 1->hyp['lrf']
        else:
            self.lf = lambda x: max(1 - x / self.epochs, 0) * (1.0 - self.args.lrf) + self.args.lrf  # linear
        self.scheduler = optim.lr_scheduler.LambdaLR(self.optimizer, lr_lambda=self.lf)

    def _setup_ddp(self, world_size):
        """Initializes and sets the DistributedDataParallel parameters for training."""
        torch.cuda.set_device(RANK)
        self.device = torch.device("cuda", RANK)
        # LOGGER.info(f'DDP info: RANK {RANK}, WORLD_SIZE {world_size}, DEVICE {self.device}')
        os.environ["TORCH_NCCL_BLOCKING_WAIT"] = "1"  # set to enforce timeout
        dist.init_process_group(
            backend="nccl" if dist.is_nccl_available() else "gloo",
            timeout=timedelta(seconds=10800),  # 3 hours
            rank=RANK,
            world_size=world_size,
        )

    def _setup_train(self, world_size):
        """Builds dataloaders and optimizer on correct rank process."""

        # Model
        self.run_callbacks("on_pretrain_routine_start")
        ckpt = self.setup_model()
        self.model = self.model.to(self.device)
        self.set_model_attributes()

        # Freeze layers
        freeze_list = (
            self.args.freeze
            if isinstance(self.args.freeze, list)
            else range(self.args.freeze)
            if isinstance(self.args.freeze, int)
            else []
        )
        always_freeze_names = [".dfl"]  # always freeze these layers
        freeze_layer_names = [f"model.{x}." for x in freeze_list] + always_freeze_names
        for k, v in self.model.named_parameters():
            # v.register_hook(lambda x: torch.nan_to_num(x))  # NaN to 0 (commented for erratic training results)
            if any(x in k for x in freeze_layer_names):
                LOGGER.info(f"Freezing layer '{k}'")
                v.requires_grad = False
            elif not v.requires_grad and v.dtype.is_floating_point:  # only floating point Tensor can require gradients
                LOGGER.info(
                    f"WARNING ⚠️ setting 'requires_grad=True' for frozen layer '{k}'. "
                    "See ultralytics.engine.trainer for customization of frozen layers."
                )
                v.requires_grad = True

        # Check AMP
        self.amp = torch.tensor(self.args.amp).to(self.device)  # True or False
        if self.amp and RANK in {-1, 0}:  # Single-GPU and DDP
            callbacks_backup = callbacks.default_callbacks.copy()  # backup callbacks as check_amp() resets them
            self.amp = torch.tensor(check_amp(self.model), device=self.device)
            callbacks.default_callbacks = callbacks_backup  # restore callbacks
        if RANK > -1 and world_size > 1:  # DDP
            dist.broadcast(self.amp, src=0)  # broadcast the tensor from rank 0 to all other ranks (returns None)
        self.amp = bool(self.amp)  # as boolean
        self.scaler = torch.cuda.amp.GradScaler(enabled=self.amp)
        if world_size > 1:
            self.model = nn.parallel.DistributedDataParallel(self.model, device_ids=[RANK])

        # Check imgsz
        gs = max(int(self.model.stride.max() if hasattr(self.model, "stride") else 32), 32)  # grid size (max stride)
        self.args.imgsz = check_imgsz(self.args.imgsz, stride=gs, floor=gs, max_dim=1)
        self.stride = gs  # for multiscale training

        # Batch size
        if self.batch_size == -1 and RANK == -1:  # single-GPU only, estimate best batch size
            self.args.batch = self.batch_size = check_train_batch_size(self.model, self.args.imgsz, self.amp)

        # Dataloaders
        batch_size = self.batch_size // max(world_size, 1)
        self.train_loader = self.get_dataloader(self.trainset, batch_size=batch_size, rank=RANK, mode="train")
        if RANK in {-1, 0}:
            # Note: When training DOTA dataset, double batch size could get OOM on images with >2000 objects.
            self.test_loader = self.get_dataloader(
                self.testset, batch_size=batch_size if self.args.task == "obb" else batch_size * 2, rank=-1, mode="val"
            )
            self.validator = self.get_validator()
            metric_keys = self.validator.metrics.keys + self.label_loss_items(prefix="val")
            self.metrics = dict(zip(metric_keys, [0] * len(metric_keys)))
            self.ema = ModelEMA(self.model)
            if self.args.plots:
                self.plot_training_labels()

        # Optimizer
        self.accumulate = max(round(self.args.nbs / self.batch_size), 1)  # accumulate loss before optimizing
        weight_decay = self.args.weight_decay * self.batch_size * self.accumulate / self.args.nbs  # scale weight_decay
        iterations = math.ceil(len(self.train_loader.dataset) / max(self.batch_size, self.args.nbs)) * self.epochs
        self.optimizer = self.build_optimizer(
            model=self.model,
            name=self.args.optimizer,
            lr=self.args.lr0,
            momentum=self.args.momentum,
            decay=weight_decay,
            iterations=iterations,
        )
        # Scheduler
        self._setup_scheduler()
        self.stopper, self.stop = EarlyStopping(patience=self.args.patience), False
        self.resume_training(ckpt)
        self.scheduler.last_epoch = self.start_epoch - 1  # do not move
        self.run_callbacks("on_pretrain_routine_end")

    def _do_train(self, world_size=1):
        """Train completed, evaluate and plot if specified by arguments."""
        if world_size > 1:
            self._setup_ddp(world_size)
        self._setup_train(world_size)

        nb = len(self.train_loader)  # number of batches
        nw = max(round(self.args.warmup_epochs * nb), 100) if self.args.warmup_epochs > 0 else -1  # warmup iterations
        last_opt_step = -1
        self.epoch_time = None
        self.epoch_time_start = time.time()
        self.train_time_start = time.time()
        self.run_callbacks("on_train_start")
        LOGGER.info(
            f'Image sizes {self.args.imgsz} train, {self.args.imgsz} val\n'
            f'Using {self.train_loader.num_workers * (world_size or 1)} dataloader workers\n'
            f"Logging results to {colorstr('bold', self.save_dir)}\n"
            f'Starting training for ' + (f"{self.args.time} hours..." if self.args.time else f"{self.epochs} epochs...")
        )
        if self.args.close_mosaic:
            base_idx = (self.epochs - self.args.close_mosaic) * nb
            self.plot_idx.extend([base_idx, base_idx + 1, base_idx + 2])
        epoch = self.start_epoch
        while True:
            self.epoch = epoch
            self.run_callbacks("on_train_epoch_start")
            with warnings.catch_warnings():
                warnings.simplefilter("ignore")  # suppress 'Detected lr_scheduler.step() before optimizer.step()'
                self.scheduler.step()

            self.model.train()
            if RANK != -1:
                self.train_loader.sampler.set_epoch(epoch)
            pbar = enumerate(self.train_loader)
            # Update dataloader attributes (optional)
            if epoch == (self.epochs - self.args.close_mosaic):
                self._close_dataloader_mosaic()
                self.train_loader.reset()

            if RANK in {-1, 0}:
                LOGGER.info(self.progress_string())
                pbar = TQDM(enumerate(self.train_loader), total=nb)
            self.tloss = None
            self.optimizer.zero_grad()
            for i, batch in pbar:
                self.run_callbacks("on_train_batch_start")
                # Warmup
                ni = i + nb * epoch
                if ni <= nw:
                    xi = [0, nw]  # x interp
                    self.accumulate = max(1, int(np.interp(ni, xi, [1, self.args.nbs / self.batch_size]).round()))
                    for j, x in enumerate(self.optimizer.param_groups):
                        # Bias lr falls from 0.1 to lr0, all other lrs rise from 0.0 to lr0
                        x["lr"] = np.interp(
                            ni, xi, [self.args.warmup_bias_lr if j == 0 else 0.0, x["initial_lr"] * self.lf(epoch)]
                        )
                        if "momentum" in x:
                            x["momentum"] = np.interp(ni, xi, [self.args.warmup_momentum, self.args.momentum])

                # Forward
                with torch.cuda.amp.autocast(self.amp):
                    batch = self.preprocess_batch(batch)
                    self.loss, self.loss_items = self.model(batch)
                    if RANK != -1:
                        self.loss *= world_size
                    self.tloss = (
                        (self.tloss * i + self.loss_items) / (i + 1) if self.tloss is not None else self.loss_items
                    )

                # Backward
                self.scaler.scale(self.loss).backward()

                # Optimize - https://pytorch.org/docs/master/notes/amp_examples.html
                if ni - last_opt_step >= self.accumulate:
                    self.optimizer_step()
                    last_opt_step = ni

                    # Timed stopping
                    if self.args.time:
                        self.stop = (time.time() - self.train_time_start) > (self.args.time * 3600)
                        if RANK != -1:  # if DDP training
                            broadcast_list = [self.stop if RANK == 0 else None]
                            dist.broadcast_object_list(broadcast_list, 0)  # broadcast 'stop' to all ranks
                            self.stop = broadcast_list[0]
                        if self.stop:  # training time exceeded
                            break

                # Log
                mem = f"{torch.cuda.memory_reserved() / 1E9 if torch.cuda.is_available() else 0:.3g}G"  # (GB)
                loss_len = self.tloss.shape[0] if len(self.tloss.shape) else 1
                losses = self.tloss if loss_len > 1 else torch.unsqueeze(self.tloss, 0)
                if RANK in {-1, 0}:
                    pbar.set_description(
                        ("%11s" * 2 + "%11.4g" * (2 + loss_len))
                        % (f"{epoch + 1}/{self.epochs}", mem, *losses, batch["cls"].shape[0], batch["img"].shape[-1])
                    )
                    self.run_callbacks("on_batch_end")
                    if self.args.plots and ni in self.plot_idx:
                        self.plot_training_samples(batch, ni)

                self.run_callbacks("on_train_batch_end")

            self.lr = {f"lr/pg{ir}": x["lr"] for ir, x in enumerate(self.optimizer.param_groups)}  # for loggers
            self.run_callbacks("on_train_epoch_end")
            if RANK in {-1, 0}:
                final_epoch = epoch + 1 >= self.epochs
                self.ema.update_attr(self.model, include=["yaml", "nc", "args", "names", "stride", "class_weights"])

                # Validation
                if self.args.val or final_epoch or self.stopper.possible_stop or self.stop:
                    self.metrics, self.fitness = self.validate()
                self.save_metrics(metrics={**self.label_loss_items(self.tloss), **self.metrics, **self.lr})
                self.stop |= self.stopper(epoch + 1, self.fitness) or final_epoch
                if self.args.time:
                    self.stop |= (time.time() - self.train_time_start) > (self.args.time * 3600)

                # Save model
                if self.args.save or final_epoch:
                    self.save_model()
                    self.run_callbacks("on_model_save")

            # Scheduler
            t = time.time()
            self.epoch_time = t - self.epoch_time_start
            self.epoch_time_start = t
            if self.args.time:
                mean_epoch_time = (t - self.train_time_start) / (epoch - self.start_epoch + 1)
                self.epochs = self.args.epochs = math.ceil(self.args.time * 3600 / mean_epoch_time)
                self._setup_scheduler()
                self.scheduler.last_epoch = self.epoch  # do not move
                self.stop |= epoch >= self.epochs  # stop if exceeded epochs
            self.run_callbacks("on_fit_epoch_end")
            gc.collect()
            torch.cuda.empty_cache()  # clear GPU memory at end of epoch, may help reduce CUDA out of memory errors

            # Early Stopping
            if RANK != -1:  # if DDP training
                broadcast_list = [self.stop if RANK == 0 else None]
                dist.broadcast_object_list(broadcast_list, 0)  # broadcast 'stop' to all ranks
                self.stop = broadcast_list[0]
            if self.stop:
                break  # must break all DDP ranks
            epoch += 1

        if RANK in {-1, 0}:
            # Do final val with best.pt
            LOGGER.info(
                f"\n{epoch - self.start_epoch + 1} epochs completed in "
                f"{(time.time() - self.train_time_start) / 3600:.3f} hours."
            )
            self.final_eval()
            if self.args.plots:
                self.plot_metrics()
            self.run_callbacks("on_train_end")
        gc.collect()
        torch.cuda.empty_cache()
        self.run_callbacks("teardown")

    def save_model(self):
        """Save model training checkpoints with additional metadata."""
        import io

        import pandas as pd  # scope for faster 'import ultralytics'

        # Serialize ckpt to a byte buffer once (faster than repeated torch.save() calls)
        buffer = io.BytesIO()
        torch.save(
            {
                "epoch": self.epoch,
                "best_fitness": self.best_fitness,
                "model": None,  # resume and final checkpoints derive from EMA
                "ema": deepcopy(self.ema.ema).half(),
                "updates": self.ema.updates,
                "optimizer": convert_optimizer_state_dict_to_fp16(deepcopy(self.optimizer.state_dict())),
                "train_args": vars(self.args),  # save as dict
                "train_metrics": {**self.metrics, **{"fitness": self.fitness}},
                "train_results": {k.strip(): v for k, v in pd.read_csv(self.csv).to_dict(orient="list").items()},
                "date": datetime.now().isoformat(),
                "version": __version__,
                "license": "AGPL-3.0 (https://ultralytics.com/license)",
                "docs": "https://docs.ultralytics.com",
            },
            buffer,
        )
        serialized_ckpt = buffer.getvalue()  # get the serialized content to save

        # Save checkpoints
        self.last.write_bytes(serialized_ckpt)  # save last.pt
        if self.best_fitness == self.fitness:
            self.best.write_bytes(serialized_ckpt)  # save best.pt
        if (self.save_period > 0) and (self.epoch > 0) and (self.epoch % self.save_period == 0):
            (self.wdir / f"epoch{self.epoch}.pt").write_bytes(serialized_ckpt)  # save epoch, i.e. 'epoch3.pt'

    def get_dataset(self):
        """
        Get train, val path from data dict if it exists.

        Returns None if data format is not recognized.
        """
        try:
            if self.args.task == "classify":
                data = check_cls_dataset(self.args.data)
            elif self.args.data.split(".")[-1] in {"yaml", "yml"} or self.args.task in {
                "detect",
                "segment",
                "pose",
                "obb",
            }:
                data = check_det_dataset(self.args.data)
                if "yaml_file" in data:
                    self.args.data = data["yaml_file"]  # for validating 'yolo train data=url.zip' usage
        except Exception as e:
            raise RuntimeError(emojis(f"Dataset '{clean_url(self.args.data)}' error ❌ {e}")) from e
        self.data = data
        return data["train"], data.get("val") or data.get("test")

    def setup_model(self):
        """Load/create/download model for any task."""
        if isinstance(self.model, torch.nn.Module):  # if model is loaded beforehand. No setup needed
            return

        model, weights = self.model, None
        ckpt = None
        if str(model).endswith(".pt"):
            weights, ckpt = attempt_load_one_weight(model)
            cfg = weights.yaml
        else:
            cfg = model
        self.model = self.get_model(cfg=cfg, weights=weights, verbose=RANK == -1)  # calls Model(cfg, weights)
        return ckpt

    def optimizer_step(self):
        """Perform a single step of the training optimizer with gradient clipping and EMA update."""
        self.scaler.unscale_(self.optimizer)  # unscale gradients
        torch.nn.utils.clip_grad_norm_(self.model.parameters(), max_norm=10.0)  # clip gradients
        self.scaler.step(self.optimizer)
        self.scaler.update()
        self.optimizer.zero_grad()
        if self.ema:
            self.ema.update(self.model)

    def preprocess_batch(self, batch):
        """Allows custom preprocessing model inputs and ground truths depending on task type."""
        return batch

    def validate(self):
        """
        Runs validation on test set using self.validator.

        The returned dict is expected to contain "fitness" key.
        """
        metrics = self.validator(self)
        fitness = metrics.pop("fitness", -self.loss.detach().cpu().numpy())  # use loss as fitness measure if not found
        if not self.best_fitness or self.best_fitness < fitness:
            self.best_fitness = fitness
        return metrics, fitness

    def get_model(self, cfg=None, weights=None, verbose=True):
        """Get model and raise NotImplementedError for loading cfg files."""
        raise NotImplementedError("This task trainer doesn't support loading cfg files")

    def get_validator(self):
        """Returns a NotImplementedError when the get_validator function is called."""
        raise NotImplementedError("get_validator function not implemented in trainer")

    def get_dataloader(self, dataset_path, batch_size=16, rank=0, mode="train"):
        """Returns dataloader derived from torch.data.Dataloader."""
        raise NotImplementedError("get_dataloader function not implemented in trainer")

    def build_dataset(self, img_path, mode="train", batch=None):
        """Build dataset."""
        raise NotImplementedError("build_dataset function not implemented in trainer")

    def label_loss_items(self, loss_items=None, prefix="train"):
        """
        Returns a loss dict with labelled training loss items tensor.

        Note:
            This is not needed for classification but necessary for segmentation & detection
        """
        return {"loss": loss_items} if loss_items is not None else ["loss"]

    def set_model_attributes(self):
        """To set or update model parameters before training."""
        self.model.names = self.data["names"]

    def build_targets(self, preds, targets):
        """Builds target tensors for training YOLO model."""
        pass

    def progress_string(self):
        """Returns a string describing training progress."""
        return ""

    # TODO: may need to put these following functions into callback
    def plot_training_samples(self, batch, ni):
        """Plots training samples during YOLO training."""
        pass

    def plot_training_labels(self):
        """Plots training labels for YOLO model."""
        pass

    def save_metrics(self, metrics):
        """Saves training metrics to a CSV file."""
        keys, vals = list(metrics.keys()), list(metrics.values())
        n = len(metrics) + 1  # number of cols
        s = "" if self.csv.exists() else (("%23s," * n % tuple(["epoch"] + keys)).rstrip(",") + "\n")  # header
        with open(self.csv, "a") as f:
            f.write(s + ("%23.5g," * n % tuple([self.epoch + 1] + vals)).rstrip(",") + "\n")

    def plot_metrics(self):
        """Plot and display metrics visually."""
        pass

    def on_plot(self, name, data=None):
        """Registers plots (e.g. to be consumed in callbacks)"""
        path = Path(name)
        self.plots[path] = {"data": data, "timestamp": time.time()}

    def final_eval(self):
        """Performs final evaluation and validation for object detection YOLO model."""
        for f in self.last, self.best:
            if f.exists():
                strip_optimizer(f)  # strip optimizers
                if f is self.best:
                    LOGGER.info(f"\nValidating {f}...")
                    self.validator.args.plots = self.args.plots
                    self.metrics = self.validator(model=f)
                    self.metrics.pop("fitness", None)
                    self.run_callbacks("on_fit_epoch_end")

    def check_resume(self, overrides):
        """Check if resume checkpoint exists and update arguments accordingly."""
        resume = self.args.resume
        if resume:
            try:
                exists = isinstance(resume, (str, Path)) and Path(resume).exists()
                last = Path(check_file(resume) if exists else get_latest_run())

                # Check that resume data YAML exists, otherwise strip to force re-download of dataset
                ckpt_args = attempt_load_weights(last).args
                if not Path(ckpt_args["data"]).exists():
                    ckpt_args["data"] = self.args.data

                resume = True
                self.args = get_cfg(ckpt_args)
                self.args.model = self.args.resume = str(last)  # reinstate model
                for k in "imgsz", "batch", "device":  # allow arg updates to reduce memory or update device on resume
                    if k in overrides:
                        setattr(self.args, k, overrides[k])

            except Exception as e:
                raise FileNotFoundError(
                    "Resume checkpoint not found. Please pass a valid checkpoint to resume from, "
                    "i.e. 'yolo train resume model=path/to/last.pt'"
                ) from e
        self.resume = resume

    def resume_training(self, ckpt):
        """Resume YOLO training from given epoch and best fitness."""
        if ckpt is None or not self.resume:
            return
        best_fitness = 0.0
        start_epoch = ckpt.get("epoch", -1) + 1
        if ckpt.get("optimizer", None) is not None:
            self.optimizer.load_state_dict(ckpt["optimizer"])  # optimizer
            best_fitness = ckpt["best_fitness"]
        if self.ema and ckpt.get("ema"):
            self.ema.ema.load_state_dict(ckpt["ema"].float().state_dict())  # EMA
            self.ema.updates = ckpt["updates"]
        assert start_epoch > 0, (
            f"{self.args.model} training to {self.epochs} epochs is finished, nothing to resume.\n"
            f"Start a new training without resuming, i.e. 'yolo train model={self.args.model}'"
        )
        LOGGER.info(f"Resuming training {self.args.model} from epoch {start_epoch + 1} to {self.epochs} total epochs")
        if self.epochs < start_epoch:
            LOGGER.info(
                f"{self.model} has been trained for {ckpt['epoch']} epochs. Fine-tuning for {self.epochs} more epochs."
            )
            self.epochs += ckpt["epoch"]  # finetune additional epochs
        self.best_fitness = best_fitness
        self.start_epoch = start_epoch
        if start_epoch > (self.epochs - self.args.close_mosaic):
            self._close_dataloader_mosaic()

    def _close_dataloader_mosaic(self):
        """Update dataloaders to stop using mosaic augmentation."""
        if hasattr(self.train_loader.dataset, "mosaic"):
            self.train_loader.dataset.mosaic = False
        if hasattr(self.train_loader.dataset, "close_mosaic"):
            LOGGER.info("Closing dataloader mosaic")
            self.train_loader.dataset.close_mosaic(hyp=self.args)

    def build_optimizer(self, model, name="auto", lr=0.001, momentum=0.9, decay=1e-5, iterations=1e5):
        """
        Constructs an optimizer for the given model, based on the specified optimizer name, learning rate, momentum,
        weight decay, and number of iterations.

        Args:
            model (torch.nn.Module): The model for which to build an optimizer.
            name (str, optional): The name of the optimizer to use. If 'auto', the optimizer is selected
                based on the number of iterations. Default: 'auto'.
            lr (float, optional): The learning rate for the optimizer. Default: 0.001.
            momentum (float, optional): The momentum factor for the optimizer. Default: 0.9.
            decay (float, optional): The weight decay for the optimizer. Default: 1e-5.
            iterations (float, optional): The number of iterations, which determines the optimizer if
                name is 'auto'. Default: 1e5.

        Returns:
            (torch.optim.Optimizer): The constructed optimizer.
        """

        g = [], [], []  # optimizer parameter groups
        bn = tuple(v for k, v in nn.__dict__.items() if "Norm" in k)  # normalization layers, i.e. BatchNorm2d()
        if name == "auto":
            LOGGER.info(
                f"{colorstr('optimizer:')} 'optimizer=auto' found, "
                f"ignoring 'lr0={self.args.lr0}' and 'momentum={self.args.momentum}' and "
                f"determining best 'optimizer', 'lr0' and 'momentum' automatically... "
            )
            nc = getattr(model, "nc", 10)  # number of classes
            lr_fit = round(0.002 * 5 / (4 + nc), 6)  # lr0 fit equation to 6 decimal places
            name, lr, momentum = ("SGD", 0.01, 0.9) if iterations > 10000 else ("AdamW", lr_fit, 0.9)
            self.args.warmup_bias_lr = 0.0  # no higher than 0.01 for Adam

        for module_name, module in model.named_modules():
            for param_name, param in module.named_parameters(recurse=False):
                fullname = f"{module_name}.{param_name}" if module_name else param_name
                if "bias" in fullname:  # bias (no decay)
                    g[2].append(param)
                elif isinstance(module, bn):  # weight (no decay)
                    g[1].append(param)
                else:  # weight (with decay)
                    g[0].append(param)

        if name in {"Adam", "Adamax", "AdamW", "NAdam", "RAdam"}:
            optimizer = getattr(optim, name, optim.Adam)(g[2], lr=lr, betas=(momentum, 0.999), weight_decay=0.0)
        elif name == "RMSProp":
            optimizer = optim.RMSprop(g[2], lr=lr, momentum=momentum)
        elif name == "SGD":
            optimizer = optim.SGD(g[2], lr=lr, momentum=momentum, nesterov=True)
        else:
            raise NotImplementedError(
                f"Optimizer '{name}' not found in list of available optimizers "
                f"[Adam, AdamW, NAdam, RAdam, RMSProp, SGD, auto]."
                "To request support for addition optimizers please visit https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics."
            )

        optimizer.add_param_group({"params": g[0], "weight_decay": decay})  # add g0 with weight_decay
        optimizer.add_param_group({"params": g[1], "weight_decay": 0.0})  # add g1 (BatchNorm2d weights)
        LOGGER.info(
            f"{colorstr('optimizer:')} {type(optimizer).__name__}(lr={lr}, momentum={momentum}) with parameter groups "
            f'{len(g[1])} weight(decay=0.0), {len(g[0])} weight(decay={decay}), {len(g[2])} bias(decay=0.0)'
        )
        return optimizer

__init__(cfg=DEFAULT_CFG, overrides=None, _callbacks=None)

Initializes the BaseTrainer class.

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
cfg str

Path to a configuration file. Defaults to DEFAULT_CFG.

DEFAULT_CFG
overrides dict

Configuration overrides. Defaults to None.

None
Source code in ultralytics/engine/trainer.py
def __init__(self, cfg=DEFAULT_CFG, overrides=None, _callbacks=None):
    """
    Initializes the BaseTrainer class.

    Args:
        cfg (str, optional): Path to a configuration file. Defaults to DEFAULT_CFG.
        overrides (dict, optional): Configuration overrides. Defaults to None.
    """
    self.args = get_cfg(cfg, overrides)
    self.check_resume(overrides)
    self.device = select_device(self.args.device, self.args.batch)
    self.validator = None
    self.metrics = None
    self.plots = {}
    init_seeds(self.args.seed + 1 + RANK, deterministic=self.args.deterministic)

    # Dirs
    self.save_dir = get_save_dir(self.args)
    self.args.name = self.save_dir.name  # update name for loggers
    self.wdir = self.save_dir / "weights"  # weights dir
    if RANK in {-1, 0}:
        self.wdir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)  # make dir
        self.args.save_dir = str(self.save_dir)
        yaml_save(self.save_dir / "args.yaml", vars(self.args))  # save run args
    self.last, self.best = self.wdir / "last.pt", self.wdir / "best.pt"  # checkpoint paths
    self.save_period = self.args.save_period

    self.batch_size = self.args.batch
    self.epochs = self.args.epochs
    self.start_epoch = 0
    if RANK == -1:
        print_args(vars(self.args))

    # Device
    if self.device.type in {"cpu", "mps"}:
        self.args.workers = 0  # faster CPU training as time dominated by inference, not dataloading

    # Model and Dataset
    self.model = check_model_file_from_stem(self.args.model)  # add suffix, i.e. yolov8n -> yolov8n.pt
    self.trainset, self.testset = self.get_dataset()
    self.ema = None

    # Optimization utils init
    self.lf = None
    self.scheduler = None

    # Epoch level metrics
    self.best_fitness = None
    self.fitness = None
    self.loss = None
    self.tloss = None
    self.loss_names = ["Loss"]
    self.csv = self.save_dir / "results.csv"
    self.plot_idx = [0, 1, 2]

    # Callbacks
    self.callbacks = _callbacks or callbacks.get_default_callbacks()
    if RANK in {-1, 0}:
        callbacks.add_integration_callbacks(self)

add_callback(event, callback)

Appends the given callback.

Source code in ultralytics/engine/trainer.py
def add_callback(self, event: str, callback):
    """Appends the given callback."""
    self.callbacks[event].append(callback)

build_dataset(img_path, mode='train', batch=None)

Build dataset.

Source code in ultralytics/engine/trainer.py
def build_dataset(self, img_path, mode="train", batch=None):
    """Build dataset."""
    raise NotImplementedError("build_dataset function not implemented in trainer")

build_optimizer(model, name='auto', lr=0.001, momentum=0.9, decay=1e-05, iterations=100000.0)

Constructs an optimizer for the given model, based on the specified optimizer name, learning rate, momentum, weight decay, and number of iterations.

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
model Module

The model for which to build an optimizer.

required
name str

The name of the optimizer to use. If 'auto', the optimizer is selected based on the number of iterations. Default: 'auto'.

'auto'
lr float

The learning rate for the optimizer. Default: 0.001.

0.001
momentum float

The momentum factor for the optimizer. Default: 0.9.

0.9
decay float

The weight decay for the optimizer. Default: 1e-5.

1e-05
iterations float

The number of iterations, which determines the optimizer if name is 'auto'. Default: 1e5.

100000.0

Returns:

Type Description
Optimizer

The constructed optimizer.

Source code in ultralytics/engine/trainer.py
def build_optimizer(self, model, name="auto", lr=0.001, momentum=0.9, decay=1e-5, iterations=1e5):
    """
    Constructs an optimizer for the given model, based on the specified optimizer name, learning rate, momentum,
    weight decay, and number of iterations.

    Args:
        model (torch.nn.Module): The model for which to build an optimizer.
        name (str, optional): The name of the optimizer to use. If 'auto', the optimizer is selected
            based on the number of iterations. Default: 'auto'.
        lr (float, optional): The learning rate for the optimizer. Default: 0.001.
        momentum (float, optional): The momentum factor for the optimizer. Default: 0.9.
        decay (float, optional): The weight decay for the optimizer. Default: 1e-5.
        iterations (float, optional): The number of iterations, which determines the optimizer if
            name is 'auto'. Default: 1e5.

    Returns:
        (torch.optim.Optimizer): The constructed optimizer.
    """

    g = [], [], []  # optimizer parameter groups
    bn = tuple(v for k, v in nn.__dict__.items() if "Norm" in k)  # normalization layers, i.e. BatchNorm2d()
    if name == "auto":
        LOGGER.info(
            f"{colorstr('optimizer:')} 'optimizer=auto' found, "
            f"ignoring 'lr0={self.args.lr0}' and 'momentum={self.args.momentum}' and "
            f"determining best 'optimizer', 'lr0' and 'momentum' automatically... "
        )
        nc = getattr(model, "nc", 10)  # number of classes
        lr_fit = round(0.002 * 5 / (4 + nc), 6)  # lr0 fit equation to 6 decimal places
        name, lr, momentum = ("SGD", 0.01, 0.9) if iterations > 10000 else ("AdamW", lr_fit, 0.9)
        self.args.warmup_bias_lr = 0.0  # no higher than 0.01 for Adam

    for module_name, module in model.named_modules():
        for param_name, param in module.named_parameters(recurse=False):
            fullname = f"{module_name}.{param_name}" if module_name else param_name
            if "bias" in fullname:  # bias (no decay)
                g[2].append(param)
            elif isinstance(module, bn):  # weight (no decay)
                g[1].append(param)
            else:  # weight (with decay)
                g[0].append(param)

    if name in {"Adam", "Adamax", "AdamW", "NAdam", "RAdam"}:
        optimizer = getattr(optim, name, optim.Adam)(g[2], lr=lr, betas=(momentum, 0.999), weight_decay=0.0)
    elif name == "RMSProp":
        optimizer = optim.RMSprop(g[2], lr=lr, momentum=momentum)
    elif name == "SGD":
        optimizer = optim.SGD(g[2], lr=lr, momentum=momentum, nesterov=True)
    else:
        raise NotImplementedError(
            f"Optimizer '{name}' not found in list of available optimizers "
            f"[Adam, AdamW, NAdam, RAdam, RMSProp, SGD, auto]."
            "To request support for addition optimizers please visit https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics."
        )

    optimizer.add_param_group({"params": g[0], "weight_decay": decay})  # add g0 with weight_decay
    optimizer.add_param_group({"params": g[1], "weight_decay": 0.0})  # add g1 (BatchNorm2d weights)
    LOGGER.info(
        f"{colorstr('optimizer:')} {type(optimizer).__name__}(lr={lr}, momentum={momentum}) with parameter groups "
        f'{len(g[1])} weight(decay=0.0), {len(g[0])} weight(decay={decay}), {len(g[2])} bias(decay=0.0)'
    )
    return optimizer

build_targets(preds, targets)

Builds target tensors for training YOLO model.

Source code in ultralytics/engine/trainer.py
def build_targets(self, preds, targets):
    """Builds target tensors for training YOLO model."""
    pass

check_resume(overrides)

Check if resume checkpoint exists and update arguments accordingly.

Source code in ultralytics/engine/trainer.py
def check_resume(self, overrides):
    """Check if resume checkpoint exists and update arguments accordingly."""
    resume = self.args.resume
    if resume:
        try:
            exists = isinstance(resume, (str, Path)) and Path(resume).exists()
            last = Path(check_file(resume) if exists else get_latest_run())

            # Check that resume data YAML exists, otherwise strip to force re-download of dataset
            ckpt_args = attempt_load_weights(last).args
            if not Path(ckpt_args["data"]).exists():
                ckpt_args["data"] = self.args.data

            resume = True
            self.args = get_cfg(ckpt_args)
            self.args.model = self.args.resume = str(last)  # reinstate model
            for k in "imgsz", "batch", "device":  # allow arg updates to reduce memory or update device on resume
                if k in overrides:
                    setattr(self.args, k, overrides[k])

        except Exception as e:
            raise FileNotFoundError(
                "Resume checkpoint not found. Please pass a valid checkpoint to resume from, "
                "i.e. 'yolo train resume model=path/to/last.pt'"
            ) from e
    self.resume = resume

final_eval()

Performs final evaluation and validation for object detection YOLO model.

Source code in ultralytics/engine/trainer.py
def final_eval(self):
    """Performs final evaluation and validation for object detection YOLO model."""
    for f in self.last, self.best:
        if f.exists():
            strip_optimizer(f)  # strip optimizers
            if f is self.best:
                LOGGER.info(f"\nValidating {f}...")
                self.validator.args.plots = self.args.plots
                self.metrics = self.validator(model=f)
                self.metrics.pop("fitness", None)
                self.run_callbacks("on_fit_epoch_end")

get_dataloader(dataset_path, batch_size=16, rank=0, mode='train')

Returns dataloader derived from torch.data.Dataloader.

Source code in ultralytics/engine/trainer.py
def get_dataloader(self, dataset_path, batch_size=16, rank=0, mode="train"):
    """Returns dataloader derived from torch.data.Dataloader."""
    raise NotImplementedError("get_dataloader function not implemented in trainer")

get_dataset()

Get train, val path from data dict if it exists.

Returns None if data format is not recognized.

Source code in ultralytics/engine/trainer.py
def get_dataset(self):
    """
    Get train, val path from data dict if it exists.

    Returns None if data format is not recognized.
    """
    try:
        if self.args.task == "classify":
            data = check_cls_dataset(self.args.data)
        elif self.args.data.split(".")[-1] in {"yaml", "yml"} or self.args.task in {
            "detect",
            "segment",
            "pose",
            "obb",
        }:
            data = check_det_dataset(self.args.data)
            if "yaml_file" in data:
                self.args.data = data["yaml_file"]  # for validating 'yolo train data=url.zip' usage
    except Exception as e:
        raise RuntimeError(emojis(f"Dataset '{clean_url(self.args.data)}' error ❌ {e}")) from e
    self.data = data
    return data["train"], data.get("val") or data.get("test")

get_model(cfg=None, weights=None, verbose=True)

Get model and raise NotImplementedError for loading cfg files.

Source code in ultralytics/engine/trainer.py
def get_model(self, cfg=None, weights=None, verbose=True):
    """Get model and raise NotImplementedError for loading cfg files."""
    raise NotImplementedError("This task trainer doesn't support loading cfg files")

get_validator()

Returns a NotImplementedError when the get_validator function is called.

Source code in ultralytics/engine/trainer.py
def get_validator(self):
    """Returns a NotImplementedError when the get_validator function is called."""
    raise NotImplementedError("get_validator function not implemented in trainer")

label_loss_items(loss_items=None, prefix='train')

Returns a loss dict with labelled training loss items tensor.

Note

This is not needed for classification but necessary for segmentation & detection

Source code in ultralytics/engine/trainer.py
def label_loss_items(self, loss_items=None, prefix="train"):
    """
    Returns a loss dict with labelled training loss items tensor.

    Note:
        This is not needed for classification but necessary for segmentation & detection
    """
    return {"loss": loss_items} if loss_items is not None else ["loss"]

on_plot(name, data=None)

Registers plots (e.g. to be consumed in callbacks)

Source code in ultralytics/engine/trainer.py
def on_plot(self, name, data=None):
    """Registers plots (e.g. to be consumed in callbacks)"""
    path = Path(name)
    self.plots[path] = {"data": data, "timestamp": time.time()}

optimizer_step()

Perform a single step of the training optimizer with gradient clipping and EMA update.

Source code in ultralytics/engine/trainer.py
def optimizer_step(self):
    """Perform a single step of the training optimizer with gradient clipping and EMA update."""
    self.scaler.unscale_(self.optimizer)  # unscale gradients
    torch.nn.utils.clip_grad_norm_(self.model.parameters(), max_norm=10.0)  # clip gradients
    self.scaler.step(self.optimizer)
    self.scaler.update()
    self.optimizer.zero_grad()
    if self.ema:
        self.ema.update(self.model)

plot_metrics()

Plot and display metrics visually.

Source code in ultralytics/engine/trainer.py
def plot_metrics(self):
    """Plot and display metrics visually."""
    pass

plot_training_labels()

Plots training labels for YOLO model.

Source code in ultralytics/engine/trainer.py
def plot_training_labels(self):
    """Plots training labels for YOLO model."""
    pass

plot_training_samples(batch, ni)

Plots training samples during YOLO training.

Source code in ultralytics/engine/trainer.py
def plot_training_samples(self, batch, ni):
    """Plots training samples during YOLO training."""
    pass

preprocess_batch(batch)

Allows custom preprocessing model inputs and ground truths depending on task type.

Source code in ultralytics/engine/trainer.py
def preprocess_batch(self, batch):
    """Allows custom preprocessing model inputs and ground truths depending on task type."""
    return batch

progress_string()

Returns a string describing training progress.

Source code in ultralytics/engine/trainer.py
def progress_string(self):
    """Returns a string describing training progress."""
    return ""

resume_training(ckpt)

Resume YOLO training from given epoch and best fitness.

Source code in ultralytics/engine/trainer.py
def resume_training(self, ckpt):
    """Resume YOLO training from given epoch and best fitness."""
    if ckpt is None or not self.resume:
        return
    best_fitness = 0.0
    start_epoch = ckpt.get("epoch", -1) + 1
    if ckpt.get("optimizer", None) is not None:
        self.optimizer.load_state_dict(ckpt["optimizer"])  # optimizer
        best_fitness = ckpt["best_fitness"]
    if self.ema and ckpt.get("ema"):
        self.ema.ema.load_state_dict(ckpt["ema"].float().state_dict())  # EMA
        self.ema.updates = ckpt["updates"]
    assert start_epoch > 0, (
        f"{self.args.model} training to {self.epochs} epochs is finished, nothing to resume.\n"
        f"Start a new training without resuming, i.e. 'yolo train model={self.args.model}'"
    )
    LOGGER.info(f"Resuming training {self.args.model} from epoch {start_epoch + 1} to {self.epochs} total epochs")
    if self.epochs < start_epoch:
        LOGGER.info(
            f"{self.model} has been trained for {ckpt['epoch']} epochs. Fine-tuning for {self.epochs} more epochs."
        )
        self.epochs += ckpt["epoch"]  # finetune additional epochs
    self.best_fitness = best_fitness
    self.start_epoch = start_epoch
    if start_epoch > (self.epochs - self.args.close_mosaic):
        self._close_dataloader_mosaic()

run_callbacks(event)

Run all existing callbacks associated with a particular event.

Source code in ultralytics/engine/trainer.py
def run_callbacks(self, event: str):
    """Run all existing callbacks associated with a particular event."""
    for callback in self.callbacks.get(event, []):
        callback(self)

save_metrics(metrics)

Saves training metrics to a CSV file.

Source code in ultralytics/engine/trainer.py
def save_metrics(self, metrics):
    """Saves training metrics to a CSV file."""
    keys, vals = list(metrics.keys()), list(metrics.values())
    n = len(metrics) + 1  # number of cols
    s = "" if self.csv.exists() else (("%23s," * n % tuple(["epoch"] + keys)).rstrip(",") + "\n")  # header
    with open(self.csv, "a") as f:
        f.write(s + ("%23.5g," * n % tuple([self.epoch + 1] + vals)).rstrip(",") + "\n")

save_model()

Save model training checkpoints with additional metadata.

Source code in ultralytics/engine/trainer.py
def save_model(self):
    """Save model training checkpoints with additional metadata."""
    import io

    import pandas as pd  # scope for faster 'import ultralytics'

    # Serialize ckpt to a byte buffer once (faster than repeated torch.save() calls)
    buffer = io.BytesIO()
    torch.save(
        {
            "epoch": self.epoch,
            "best_fitness": self.best_fitness,
            "model": None,  # resume and final checkpoints derive from EMA
            "ema": deepcopy(self.ema.ema).half(),
            "updates": self.ema.updates,
            "optimizer": convert_optimizer_state_dict_to_fp16(deepcopy(self.optimizer.state_dict())),
            "train_args": vars(self.args),  # save as dict
            "train_metrics": {**self.metrics, **{"fitness": self.fitness}},
            "train_results": {k.strip(): v for k, v in pd.read_csv(self.csv).to_dict(orient="list").items()},
            "date": datetime.now().isoformat(),
            "version": __version__,
            "license": "AGPL-3.0 (https://ultralytics.com/license)",
            "docs": "https://docs.ultralytics.com",
        },
        buffer,
    )
    serialized_ckpt = buffer.getvalue()  # get the serialized content to save

    # Save checkpoints
    self.last.write_bytes(serialized_ckpt)  # save last.pt
    if self.best_fitness == self.fitness:
        self.best.write_bytes(serialized_ckpt)  # save best.pt
    if (self.save_period > 0) and (self.epoch > 0) and (self.epoch % self.save_period == 0):
        (self.wdir / f"epoch{self.epoch}.pt").write_bytes(serialized_ckpt)  # save epoch, i.e. 'epoch3.pt'

set_callback(event, callback)

Overrides the existing callbacks with the given callback.

Source code in ultralytics/engine/trainer.py
def set_callback(self, event: str, callback):
    """Overrides the existing callbacks with the given callback."""
    self.callbacks[event] = [callback]

set_model_attributes()

To set or update model parameters before training.

Source code in ultralytics/engine/trainer.py
def set_model_attributes(self):
    """To set or update model parameters before training."""
    self.model.names = self.data["names"]

setup_model()

Load/create/download model for any task.

Source code in ultralytics/engine/trainer.py
def setup_model(self):
    """Load/create/download model for any task."""
    if isinstance(self.model, torch.nn.Module):  # if model is loaded beforehand. No setup needed
        return

    model, weights = self.model, None
    ckpt = None
    if str(model).endswith(".pt"):
        weights, ckpt = attempt_load_one_weight(model)
        cfg = weights.yaml
    else:
        cfg = model
    self.model = self.get_model(cfg=cfg, weights=weights, verbose=RANK == -1)  # calls Model(cfg, weights)
    return ckpt

train()

Allow device='', device=None on Multi-GPU systems to default to device=0.

Source code in ultralytics/engine/trainer.py
def train(self):
    """Allow device='', device=None on Multi-GPU systems to default to device=0."""
    if isinstance(self.args.device, str) and len(self.args.device):  # i.e. device='0' or device='0,1,2,3'
        world_size = len(self.args.device.split(","))
    elif isinstance(self.args.device, (tuple, list)):  # i.e. device=[0, 1, 2, 3] (multi-GPU from CLI is list)
        world_size = len(self.args.device)
    elif torch.cuda.is_available():  # i.e. device=None or device='' or device=number
        world_size = 1  # default to device 0
    else:  # i.e. device='cpu' or 'mps'
        world_size = 0

    # Run subprocess if DDP training, else train normally
    if world_size > 1 and "LOCAL_RANK" not in os.environ:
        # Argument checks
        if self.args.rect:
            LOGGER.warning("WARNING ⚠️ 'rect=True' is incompatible with Multi-GPU training, setting 'rect=False'")
            self.args.rect = False
        if self.args.batch == -1:
            LOGGER.warning(
                "WARNING ⚠️ 'batch=-1' for AutoBatch is incompatible with Multi-GPU training, setting "
                "default 'batch=16'"
            )
            self.args.batch = 16

        # Command
        cmd, file = generate_ddp_command(world_size, self)
        try:
            LOGGER.info(f'{colorstr("DDP:")} debug command {" ".join(cmd)}')
            subprocess.run(cmd, check=True)
        except Exception as e:
            raise e
        finally:
            ddp_cleanup(self, str(file))

    else:
        self._do_train(world_size)

validate()

Runs validation on test set using self.validator.

The returned dict is expected to contain "fitness" key.

Source code in ultralytics/engine/trainer.py
def validate(self):
    """
    Runs validation on test set using self.validator.

    The returned dict is expected to contain "fitness" key.
    """
    metrics = self.validator(self)
    fitness = metrics.pop("fitness", -self.loss.detach().cpu().numpy())  # use loss as fitness measure if not found
    if not self.best_fitness or self.best_fitness < fitness:
        self.best_fitness = fitness
    return metrics, fitness





Created 2023-11-12, Updated 2023-11-25
Authors: glenn-jocher (3)