Backend Shape and Datatype Access API

include/triton/core/tritonbackend.h

@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ struct TRITONBACKEND_Batcher;
 ///   }
 ///
 #define TRITONBACKEND_API_VERSION_MAJOR 1
-#define TRITONBACKEND_API_VERSION_MINOR 15
+#define TRITONBACKEND_API_VERSION_MINOR 16
 
 /// Get the TRITONBACKEND API version supported by Triton. This value
 /// can be compared against the TRITONBACKEND_API_VERSION_MAJOR and
@@ -1569,6 +1569,44 @@ TRITONBACKEND_ISPEC TRITONSERVER_Error* TRITONBACKEND_ModelBatchInitialize(
 TRITONBACKEND_ISPEC TRITONSERVER_Error* TRITONBACKEND_ModelBatchFinalize(
     void* userp);
 
+/// Get all information about an output tensor by its name. The caller does
+/// not own any of the referenced return values and must not modify or delete
+/// them. The lifetime of all returned values extends until 'response' is
+/// deleted.
+///
+/// \param response The response object.
+/// \param name The name of the output.
+/// \param datatype Returns the type of the output.
+/// \param shape Returns the shape of the output.
+/// \param dim_count Returns the number of dimensions of the returned
+/// shape.
+/// \return a TRITONSERVER_Error indicating success or failure.
+TRITONBACKEND_ISPEC TRITONSERVER_Error*
+TRITONBACKEND_InferenceResponseOutputByName(
+    TRITONBACKEND_Response* response, const char* name,
+    TRITONSERVER_DataType* datatype, const int64_t** shape,
+    uint64_t* dim_count);
+
+/// Get all information about an output tensor by its index. The caller does
+/// not own any of the referenced return values and must not modify or delete
+/// them. The lifetime of all returned values extends until 'response' is
+/// deleted.
+///
+/// \param response The response object.
+/// \param index The index of the output tensor, must be 0 <= index <
+/// count, where 'count' is the value returned by
+/// TRITONSERVER_InferenceResponseOutputCount.
+/// \param name Returns the name of the output.
+/// \param datatype Returns the type of the output.
+/// \param shape Returns the shape of the output.
+/// \param dim_count Returns the number of dimensions of the returned
+/// shape.
+/// \return a TRITONSERVER_Error indicating success or failure.
+TRITONSERVER_DECLSPEC TRITONSERVER_Error* TRITONBACKEND_InferenceResponseOutput(
+    TRITONBACKEND_Response* response, const uint32_t index, const char** name,
+    TRITONSERVER_DataType* datatype, const int64_t** shape,
+    uint64_t* dim_count);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif

src/backend_model.cc

@@ -1750,6 +1750,60 @@ TRITONBACKEND_BackendAttributeSetParallelModelInstanceLoading(
   return nullptr;
 }
 
+TRITONAPI_DECLSPEC TRITONSERVER_Error*
+TRITONBACKEND_InferenceResponseOutputByName(
+    TRITONBACKEND_Response* response, const char* name,
+    TRITONSERVER_DataType* datatype, const int64_t** shape, uint64_t* dim_count)
+{
+  InferenceResponse* tr = reinterpret_cast<InferenceResponse*>(response);
+
+  const auto& outputs = tr->Outputs();
+  uint32_t output_count = outputs.size();
+  std::string output_name = std::string(name);
+
+  for (uint32_t idx = 0; idx < output_count; ++idx) {
+    if (outputs[idx].Name() == output_name) {
+      *datatype = DataTypeToTriton(outputs[idx].DType());
+      const std::vector<int64_t>& oshape = outputs[idx].Shape();
+      *shape = &oshape[0];
+      *dim_count = oshape.size();
+      return nullptr;  // success
+    }
+  }
+  return TRITONSERVER_ErrorNew(
+      TRITONSERVER_ERROR_NOT_FOUND,
+      ("Output name " + output_name + "not found.").c_str());
+}
+
+TRITONAPI_DECLSPEC TRITONSERVER_Error*
+TRITONBACKEND_InferenceResponseOutput(
+    TRITONBACKEND_Response* response, const uint32_t index, const char** name,
+    TRITONSERVER_DataType* datatype, const int64_t** shape, uint64_t* dim_count)
+{
+  InferenceResponse* tr = reinterpret_cast<InferenceResponse*>(response);
+
+  const auto& outputs = tr->Outputs();
+  if (index >= outputs.size()) {
+    return TRITONSERVER_ErrorNew(
+        TRITONSERVER_ERROR_INVALID_ARG,
+        ("out of bounds index " + std::to_string(index) +
+         std::string(": response has ") + std::to_string(outputs.size()) +
+         " outputs")
+            .c_str());
+  }
+
+  const InferenceResponse::Output& output = outputs[index];
+
+  *name = output.Name().c_str();
+  *datatype = DataTypeToTriton(output.DType());
+
+  const std::vector<int64_t>& oshape = output.Shape();
+  *shape = &oshape[0];
+  *dim_count = oshape.size();
+
+  return nullptr;  // success
+}
+
 }  // extern C
 
 }}  // namespace triton::core

src/test/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -534,3 +534,43 @@ install(
   TARGETS register_api_test
   RUNTIME DESTINATION bin
 )
+
+#
+# Backend Output Detail Unittest
+#
+add_executable(
+  backend_output_detail_test
+  backend_output_detail_test.cc
+)
+
+set_target_properties(
+  backend_output_detail_test
+  PROPERTIES
+    SKIP_BUILD_RPATH TRUE
+    BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_RPATH TRUE
+    INSTALL_RPATH_USE_LINK_PATH FALSE
+    INSTALL_RPATH ""
+)
+
+target_include_directories(
+  backend_output_detail_test
+  PRIVATE
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/..
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../include
+    ${GTEST_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+)
+
+target_link_libraries(
+  backend_output_detail_test
+  PRIVATE
+    triton-common-error   # from repo-common
+    triton-common-logging # from repo-common
+    triton-core
+    GTest::gtest
+    GTest::gtest_main
+)
+
+install(
+  TARGETS backend_output_detail_test
+  RUNTIME DESTINATION bin
+)