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+import time
+import copy
+from pathlib import Path
+from math import ceil
+from functools import partial, wraps
+from collections.abc import Iterable
+
+import torch
+from torch import nn
+from torch.optim import Adam
+from torch.cuda.amp import autocast, GradScaler
+
+from imagen_pytorch.imagen_pytorch import Imagen
+
+import numpy as np
+
+# helper functions
+
+def exists(val):
+    return val is not None
+
+def default(val, d):
+    return val if exists(val) else d
+
+def cast_tuple(val, length = 1):
+    return val if isinstance(val, tuple) else ((val,) * length)
+
+def pick_and_pop(keys, d):
+    values = list(map(lambda key: d.pop(key), keys))
+    return dict(zip(keys, values))
+
+def group_dict_by_key(cond, d):
+    return_val = [dict(),dict()]
+    for key in d.keys():
+        match = bool(cond(key))
+        ind = int(not match)
+        return_val[ind][key] = d[key]
+    return (*return_val,)
+
+def string_begins_with(prefix, str):
+    return str.startswith(prefix)
+
+def group_by_key_prefix(prefix, d):
+    return group_dict_by_key(partial(string_begins_with, prefix), d)
+
+def groupby_prefix_and_trim(prefix, d):
+    kwargs_with_prefix, kwargs = group_dict_by_key(partial(string_begins_with, prefix), d)
+    kwargs_without_prefix = dict(map(lambda x: (x[0][len(prefix):], x[1]), tuple(kwargs_with_prefix.items())))
+    return kwargs_without_prefix, kwargs
+
+def num_to_groups(num, divisor):
+    groups = num // divisor
+    remainder = num % divisor
+    arr = [divisor] * groups
+    if remainder > 0:
+        arr.append(remainder)
+    return arr
+
+def get_pkg_version():
+    from pkg_resources import get_distribution
+    return get_distribution('dalle2_pytorch').version
+
+# decorators
+
+def cast_torch_tensor(fn):
+    @wraps(fn)
+    def inner(model, *args, **kwargs):
+        device = kwargs.pop('_device', next(model.parameters()).device)
+        cast_device = kwargs.pop('_cast_device', True)
+
+        kwargs_keys = kwargs.keys()
+        all_args = (*args, *kwargs.values())
+        split_kwargs_index = len(all_args) - len(kwargs_keys)
+        all_args = tuple(map(lambda t: torch.from_numpy(t) if exists(t) and isinstance(t, np.ndarray) else t, all_args))
+
+        if cast_device:
+            all_args = tuple(map(lambda t: t.to(device) if exists(t) and isinstance(t, torch.Tensor) else t, all_args))
+
+        args, kwargs_values = all_args[:split_kwargs_index], all_args[split_kwargs_index:]
+        kwargs = dict(tuple(zip(kwargs_keys, kwargs_values)))
+
+        out = fn(model, *args, **kwargs)
+        return out
+    return inner
+
+# gradient accumulation functions
+
+def split_iterable(it, split_size):
+    accum = []
+    for ind in range(ceil(len(it) / split_size)):
+        start_index = ind * split_size
+        accum.append(it[start_index: (start_index + split_size)])
+    return accum
+
+def split(t, split_size = None):
+    if not exists(split_size):
+        return t
+
+    if isinstance(t, torch.Tensor):
+        return t.split(split_size, dim = 0)
+
+    if isinstance(t, Iterable):
+        return split_iterable(t, split_size)
+
+    return TypeError
+
+def find_first(cond, arr):
+    for el in arr:
+        if cond(el):
+            return el
+    return None
+
+def split_args_and_kwargs(*args, split_size = None, **kwargs):
+    all_args = (*args, *kwargs.values())
+    len_all_args = len(all_args)
+    first_tensor = find_first(lambda t: isinstance(t, torch.Tensor), all_args)
+    assert exists(first_tensor)
+
+    batch_size = len(first_tensor)
+    split_size = default(split_size, batch_size)
+    num_chunks = ceil(batch_size / split_size)
+
+    dict_len = len(kwargs)
+    dict_keys = kwargs.keys()
+    split_kwargs_index = len_all_args - dict_len
+
+    split_all_args = [split(arg, split_size = split_size) if exists(arg) and isinstance(arg, (torch.Tensor, Iterable)) else ((arg,) * num_chunks) for arg in all_args]
+    chunk_sizes = tuple(map(len, split_all_args[0]))
+
+    for (chunk_size, *chunked_all_args) in tuple(zip(chunk_sizes, *split_all_args)):
+        chunked_args, chunked_kwargs_values = chunked_all_args[:split_kwargs_index], chunked_all_args[split_kwargs_index:]
+        chunked_kwargs = dict(tuple(zip(dict_keys, chunked_kwargs_values)))
+        chunk_size_frac = chunk_size / batch_size
+        yield chunk_size_frac, (chunked_args, chunked_kwargs)
+
+# exponential moving average wrapper
+
+class EMA(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        model,
+        beta = 0.9999,
+        update_after_step = 1000,
+        update_every = 10,
+    ):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.beta = beta
+        self.online_model = model
+        self.ema_model = copy.deepcopy(model)
+
+        self.update_every = update_every
+        self.update_after_step = update_after_step  // update_every # only start EMA after this step number, starting at 0
+
+        self.register_buffer('initted', torch.Tensor([False]))
+        self.register_buffer('step', torch.tensor([0]))
+
+    def restore_ema_model_device(self):
+        device = self.initted.device
+        self.ema_model.to(device)
+
+    def copy_params_from_model_to_ema(self):
+        self.ema_model.state_dict(self.online_model.state_dict())
+
+    def update(self):
+        self.step += 1
+
+        if (self.step % self.update_every) != 0:
+            return
+
+        if self.step <= self.update_after_step:
+            self.copy_params_from_model_to_ema()
+            return
+
+        if not self.initted:
+            self.copy_params_from_model_to_ema()
+            self.initted.data.copy_(torch.Tensor([True]))
+
+        self.update_moving_average(self.ema_model, self.online_model)
+
+    def update_moving_average(self, ma_model, current_model):
+        def calculate_ema(beta, old, new):
+            if not exists(old):
+                return new
+            return old * beta + (1 - beta) * new
+
+        for current_params, ma_params in zip(current_model.parameters(), ma_model.parameters()):
+            old_weight, up_weight = ma_params.data, current_params.data
+            ma_params.data = calculate_ema(self.beta, old_weight, up_weight)
+
+        for current_buffer, ma_buffer in zip(current_model.buffers(), ma_model.buffers()):
+            new_buffer_value = calculate_ema(self.beta, ma_buffer, current_buffer)
+            ma_buffer.copy_(new_buffer_value)
+
+    def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self.ema_model(*args, **kwargs)
+
+# imagen trainer
+
+def imagen_sample_in_chunks(fn):
+    @wraps(fn)
+    def inner(self, *args, max_batch_size = None, **kwargs):
+        if not exists(max_batch_size):
+            return fn(self, *args, **kwargs)
+
+        if self.imagen.unconditional:
+            batch_size = kwargs.get('batch_size')
+            batch_sizes = num_to_groups(batch_size, max_batch_size)
+            outputs = [fn(self, *args, **{**kwargs, 'batch_size': sub_batch_size}) for sub_batch_size in batch_sizes]
+        else:
+            outputs = [fn(self, *chunked_args, **chunked_kwargs) for _, (chunked_args, chunked_kwargs) in split_args_and_kwargs(*args, split_size = max_batch_size, **kwargs)]
+
+        return torch.cat(outputs, dim = 0)
+    return inner
+
+class ImagenTrainer(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        imagen,
+        use_ema = True,
+        lr = 1e-4,
+        wd = 1e-2,
+        eps = 1e-8,
+        max_grad_norm = 0.5,
+        amp = False,
+        group_wd_params = True,
+        **kwargs
+    ):
+        super().__init__()
+        assert isinstance(imagen, Imagen)
+        ema_kwargs, kwargs = groupby_prefix_and_trim('ema_', kwargs)
+
+        self.imagen = imagen
+        self.num_unets = len(self.imagen.unets)
+
+        self.use_ema = use_ema
+        self.ema_unets = nn.ModuleList([])
+
+        self.amp = amp
+
+        # be able to finely customize learning rate, weight decay
+        # per unet
+
+        lr, wd, eps = map(partial(cast_tuple, length = self.num_unets), (lr, wd, eps))
+
+        for ind, (unet, unet_lr, unet_wd, unet_eps) in enumerate(zip(self.imagen.unets, lr, wd, eps)):
+            optimizer = Adam(
+                unet.parameters(),
+                lr = unet_lr,
+                eps = unet_eps,
+                **kwargs
+            )
+
+            setattr(self, f'optim{ind}', optimizer) # cannot use pytorch ModuleList for some reason with optimizers
+
+            if self.use_ema:
+                self.ema_unets.append(EMA(unet, **ema_kwargs))
+
+            scaler = GradScaler(enabled = amp)
+            setattr(self, f'scaler{ind}', scaler)
+
+        # gradient clipping if needed
+
+        self.max_grad_norm = max_grad_norm
+
+        self.register_buffer('step', torch.tensor([0.]))
+
+    def save(self, path, overwrite = True, **kwargs):
+        path = Path(path)
+        assert not (path.exists() and not overwrite)
+        path.parent.mkdir(parents = True, exist_ok = True)
+
+        save_obj = dict(
+            model = self.imagen.state_dict(),
+            version = get_pkg_version(),
+            step = self.step.item(),
+            **kwargs
+        )
+
+        for ind in range(0, self.num_unets):
+            scaler_key = f'scaler{ind}'
+            optimizer_key = f'scaler{ind}'
+            scaler = getattr(self, scaler_key)
+            optimizer = getattr(self, optimizer_key)
+            save_obj = {**save_obj, scaler_key: scaler.state_dict(), optimizer_key: optimizer.state_dict()}
+
+        if self.use_ema:
+            save_obj = {**save_obj, 'ema': self.ema_unets.state_dict()}
+
+        torch.save(save_obj, str(path))
+
+    def load(self, path, only_model = False, strict = True):
+        path = Path(path)
+        assert path.exists()
+
+        loaded_obj = torch.load(str(path))
+
+        if get_pkg_version() != loaded_obj['version']:
+            print(f'loading saved imagen at version {loaded_obj["version"]}, but current package version is {get_pkg_version()}')
+
+        self.imagen.load_state_dict(loaded_obj['model'], strict = strict)
+        self.step.copy_(torch.ones_like(self.step) * loaded_obj['step'])
+
+        if only_model:
+            return loaded_obj
+
+        for ind in range(0, self.num_unets):
+            scaler_key = f'scaler{ind}'
+            optimizer_key = f'scaler{ind}'
+            scaler = getattr(self, scaler_key)
+            optimizer = getattr(self, optimizer_key)
+
+            scaler.load_state_dict(loaded_obj[scaler_key])
+            optimizer.load_state_dict(loaded_obj[optimizer_key])
+
+        if self.use_ema:
+            assert 'ema' in loaded_obj
+            self.ema_unets.load_state_dict(loaded_obj['ema'], strict = strict)
+
+        return loaded_obj
+
+    @property
+    def unets(self):
+        return nn.ModuleList([ema.ema_model for ema in self.ema_unets])
+
+    def scale(self, loss, *, unet_number):
+        assert 1 <= unet_number <= self.num_unets
+        index = unet_number - 1
+        scaler = getattr(self, f'scaler{index}')
+        return scaler.scale(loss)
+
+    def update(self, unet_number = None):
+        if self.num_unets == 1:
+            unet_number = default(unet_number, 1)
+
+        assert exists(unet_number) and 1 <= unet_number <= self.num_unets
+        index = unet_number - 1
+        unet = self.imagen.unets[index]
+
+        optimizer = getattr(self, f'optim{index}')
+        scaler = getattr(self, f'scaler{index}')
+
+        if exists(self.max_grad_norm):
+            scaler.unscale_(optimizer)
+            nn.utils.clip_grad_norm_(unet.parameters(), self.max_grad_norm)
+
+        scaler.step(optimizer)
+        scaler.update()
+        optimizer.zero_grad()
+
+        if self.use_ema:
+            ema_unet = self.ema_unets[index]
+            ema_unet.update()
+
+        self.step += 1
+
+    @torch.no_grad()
+    @cast_torch_tensor
+    @imagen_sample_in_chunks
+    def sample(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        if kwargs.pop('use_non_ema', False) or not self.use_ema:
+            return self.imagen.sample(*args, **kwargs)
+
+        trainable_unets = self.imagen.unets
+        self.imagen.unets = self.unets                  # swap in exponential moving averaged unets for sampling
+
+        output = self.imagen.sample(*args, **kwargs)
+
+        self.imagen.unets = trainable_unets             # restore original training unets
+
+        # cast the ema_model unets back to original device
+        for ema in self.ema_unets:
+            ema.restore_ema_model_device()
+
+        return output
+
+    @cast_torch_tensor
+    def forward(
+        self,
+        *args,
+        unet_number = None,
+        max_batch_size = None,
+        **kwargs
+    ):
+        if self.num_unets == 1:
+            unet_number = default(unet_number, 1)
+
+        total_loss = 0.
+
+        for chunk_size_frac, (chunked_args, chunked_kwargs) in split_args_and_kwargs(*args, split_size = max_batch_size, **kwargs):
+            with autocast(enabled = self.amp):
+                loss = self.imagen(*chunked_args, unet_number = unet_number, **chunked_kwargs)
+                loss = loss * chunk_size_frac
+
+            total_loss += loss.item()
+
+            if self.training:
+                self.scale(loss, unet_number = unet_number).backward()
+
+        return total_loss