Add float16 support for cast op

paddle/fluid/operators/cast_op.cc

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ limitations under the License. */
 
 #include "paddle/fluid/operators/cast_op.h"
 #include "paddle/fluid/framework/op_registry.h"
+#include "paddle/fluid/platform/float16.h"
 
 namespace paddle {
 namespace operators {
@@ -88,4 +89,5 @@ REGISTER_OP_CPU_KERNEL(cast, ops::CastOpKernel<CPU, float>,
                        ops::CastOpKernel<CPU, double>,
                        ops::CastOpKernel<CPU, int>,
                        ops::CastOpKernel<CPU, int64_t>,
-                       ops::CastOpKernel<CPU, bool>);
+                       ops::CastOpKernel<CPU, bool>,
+                       ops::CastOpKernel<CPU, paddle::platform::float16>);

paddle/fluid/operators/cast_op.cu

@@ -13,11 +13,13 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License. */
 
 #include "paddle/fluid/operators/cast_op.h"
+#include "paddle/fluid/platform/float16.h"
 
 template <typename T>
 using CastOpKernel =
     paddle::operators::CastOpKernel<paddle::platform::CUDADeviceContext, T>;
 
 REGISTER_OP_CUDA_KERNEL(cast, CastOpKernel<float>, CastOpKernel<double>,
                         CastOpKernel<int>, CastOpKernel<int64_t>,
-                        CastOpKernel<bool>);
+                        CastOpKernel<bool>,
+                        CastOpKernel<paddle::platform::float16>);

python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_cast_op.py

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 import paddle.fluid.core as core
 
 
-class TestCastOp(op_test.OpTest):
+class TestCastOp1(op_test.OpTest):
     def setUp(self):
         ipt = np.random.random(size=[10, 10])
         self.inputs = {'X': ipt.astype('float32')}
@@ -36,5 +36,36 @@ def test_grad(self):
         self.check_grad(['X'], ['Out'])
 
 
+class TestCastOp2(op_test.OpTest):
+    def setUp(self):
+        ipt = np.random.random(size=[10, 10])
+        # numpy float16 is binded to fluid float16 via uint16
+        self.inputs = {'X': ipt.astype('float16').view(np.uint16)}
+        self.outputs = {'Out': ipt.astype('float32')}
+        self.attrs = {
+            'in_dtype': int(core.VarDesc.VarType.FP16),
+            'out_dtype': int(core.VarDesc.VarType.FP32)
+        }
+        self.op_type = 'cast'
+
+    def test_check_output(self):
+        self.check_output(atol=1e-3)
+
+
+class TestCastOp3(op_test.OpTest):
+    def setUp(self):
+        ipt = np.random.random(size=[10, 10])
+        self.inputs = {'X': ipt.astype('float32')}
+        self.outputs = {'Out': ipt.astype('float16')}
+        self.attrs = {
+            'in_dtype': int(core.VarDesc.VarType.FP32),
+            'out_dtype': int(core.VarDesc.VarType.FP16)
+        }
+        self.op_type = 'cast'
+
+    def test_check_output(self):
+        self.check_output(atol=1e-3)
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()