Currently, I am struggling to grasp a specific section of the code within the ResNet architecture. You can find the complete code on this link: https://github.com/yunjey/pytorch-tutorial/blob/master/tutorials/02-intermediate/deep_residual_network/main-gpu.py. Please note that my Python knowledge is limited.
# Residual Block
class ResidualBlock(nn.Module):
def __init__(self, in_channels, out_channels, stride=1, downsample=None):
super(ResidualBlock, self).__init__()
self.conv1 = conv3x3(in_channels, out_channels, stride)
self.bn1 = nn.BatchNorm2d(out_channels)
self.relu = nn.ReLU(inplace=True)
self.conv2 = conv3x3(out_channels, out_channels)
self.bn2 = nn.BatchNorm2d(out_channels)
self.downsample = downsample
def forward(self, x):
residual = x
out = self.conv1(x)
out = self.bn1(out)
out = self.relu(out)
out = self.conv2(out)
out = self.bn2(out)
if self.downsample:
residual = self.downsample(x)
out += residual
out = self.relu(out)
return out
# ResNet Module
class ResNet(nn.Module):
def __init__(self, block, layers, num_classes=10):
super(ResNet, self).__init__()
self.in_channels = 16
self.conv = conv3x3(3, 16)
self.bn = nn.BatchNorm2d(16)
self.relu = nn.ReLU(inplace=True)
self.layer1 = self.make_layer(block, 16, layers[0])
self.layer2 = self.make_layer(block, 32, layers[0], 2)
self.layer3 = self.make_layer(block, 64, layers[1], 2)
self.avg_pool = nn.AvgPool2d(8)
self.fc = nn.Linear(64, num_classes)
def make_layer(self, block, out_channels, blocks, stride=1):
downsample = None
if (stride != 1) or (self.in_channels != out_channels):
downsample = nn.Sequential(
conv3x3(self.in_channels, out_channels, stride=stride),
nn.BatchNorm2d(out_channels))
layers = []
layers.append(block(self.in_channels, out_channels, stride, downsample))
self.in_channels = out_channels
for i in range(1, blocks):
layers.append(block(out_channels, out_channels))
return nn.Sequential(*layers)
def forward(self, x):
out = self.conv(x)
out = self.bn(out)
out = self.relu(out)
out = self.layer1(out)
out = self.layer2(out)
out = self.layer3(out)
out = self.avg_pool(out)
out = out.view(out.size(0), -1)
out = self.fc(out)
return out
resnet = ResNet(ResidualBlock, [3, 3, 3])
The main issue I'm encountering is why 'block' must be passed each time? Specifically in the function:
def make_layer(self, block, out_channels, blocks, stride=1):
Instead of passing 'block', why can't we instantiate 'ResidualBlock' and append it to layers like so?
block = ResidualBlock(self.in_channels, out_channels, stride, downsample)
layers.append(block)