Expand categorical node. (#6028)

Co-authored-by: Philip Hyunsu Cho <[email protected]>

Author: trivialfis

R-package/tests/testthat/test_basic.R

@@ -245,11 +245,12 @@ test_that("training continuation works", {
     expect_equal(bst$raw, bst2$raw)
   expect_equal(dim(bst2$evaluation_log), c(2, 2))
   # test continuing from a model in file
-  xgb.save(bst1, "xgboost.model")
-  bst2 <- xgb.train(param, dtrain, nrounds = 2, watchlist, verbose = 0, xgb_model = "xgboost.model")
+  xgb.save(bst1, "xgboost.json")
+  bst2 <- xgb.train(param, dtrain, nrounds = 2, watchlist, verbose = 0, xgb_model = "xgboost.json")
   if (!windows_flag && !solaris_flag)
     expect_equal(bst$raw, bst2$raw)
   expect_equal(dim(bst2$evaluation_log), c(2, 2))
+  file.remove("xgboost.json")
 })
 
 test_that("model serialization works", {

R-package/tests/testthat/test_callbacks.R

@@ -173,16 +173,16 @@ test_that("cb.reset.parameters works as expected", {
 })
 
 test_that("cb.save.model works as expected", {
-  files <- c('xgboost_01.model', 'xgboost_02.model', 'xgboost.model')
+  files <- c('xgboost_01.json', 'xgboost_02.json', 'xgboost.json')
   for (f in files) if (file.exists(f)) file.remove(f)
 
   bst <- xgb.train(param, dtrain, nrounds = 2, watchlist, eta = 1, verbose = 0,
-                   save_period = 1, save_name = "xgboost_%02d.model")
-  expect_true(file.exists('xgboost_01.model'))
-  expect_true(file.exists('xgboost_02.model'))
-  b1 <- xgb.load('xgboost_01.model')
+                   save_period = 1, save_name = "xgboost_%02d.json")
+  expect_true(file.exists('xgboost_01.json'))
+  expect_true(file.exists('xgboost_02.json'))
+  b1 <- xgb.load('xgboost_01.json')
   expect_equal(xgb.ntree(b1), 1)
-  b2 <- xgb.load('xgboost_02.model')
+  b2 <- xgb.load('xgboost_02.json')
   expect_equal(xgb.ntree(b2), 2)
 
   xgb.config(b2) <- xgb.config(bst)
@@ -191,9 +191,9 @@ test_that("cb.save.model works as expected", {
 
   # save_period = 0 saves the last iteration's model
   bst <- xgb.train(param, dtrain, nrounds = 2, watchlist, eta = 1, verbose = 0,
-                   save_period = 0)
-  expect_true(file.exists('xgboost.model'))
-  b2 <- xgb.load('xgboost.model')
+                   save_period = 0, save_name = 'xgboost.json')
+  expect_true(file.exists('xgboost.json'))
+  b2 <- xgb.load('xgboost.json')
   xgb.config(b2) <- xgb.config(bst)
   expect_equal(bst$raw, b2$raw)
 

include/xgboost/base.h

@@ -109,7 +109,8 @@ using bst_int = int32_t;    // NOLINT
 using bst_ulong = uint64_t;  // NOLINT
 /*! \brief float type, used for storing statistics */
 using bst_float = float;  // NOLINT
-
+/*! \brief Categorical value type. */
+using bst_cat_t = int32_t;  // NOLINT
 /*! \brief Type for data column (feature) index. */
 using bst_feature_t = uint32_t;  // NOLINT
 /*! \brief Type for data row index.

include/xgboost/data.h

@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ enum class DataType : uint8_t {
 };
 
 enum class FeatureType : uint8_t {
-  kNumerical
+  kNumerical,
+  kCategorical
 };
 
 /*!
@@ -309,12 +310,6 @@ class SparsePage {
     }
   }
 
-  /*!
-   * \brief Push row block into the page.
-   * \param batch the row batch.
-   */
-  void Push(const dmlc::RowBlock<uint32_t>& batch);
-
   /**
    * \brief Pushes external data batch onto this page
    *

include/xgboost/span.h

@@ -101,6 +101,18 @@ namespace common {
   } while (0);
 #endif  // __CUDA_ARCH__
 
+#if defined(__CUDA_ARCH__)
+#define SPAN_LT(lhs, rhs)                                                      \
+  if (!((lhs) < (rhs))) {                                                      \
+    printf("%lu < %lu failed\n", static_cast<size_t>(lhs),                     \
+           static_cast<size_t>(rhs));                                          \
+    asm("trap;");                                                              \
+  }
+#else
+#define SPAN_LT(lhs, rhs)                       \
+  SPAN_CHECK((lhs) < (rhs))
+#endif  // defined(__CUDA_ARCH__)
+
 namespace detail {
 /*!
  * By default, XGBoost uses uint32_t for indexing data. int64_t covers all
@@ -515,7 +527,7 @@ class Span {
   }
 
   XGBOOST_DEVICE reference operator[](index_type _idx) const {
-    SPAN_CHECK(_idx < size());
+    SPAN_LT(_idx, size());
     return data()[_idx];
   }
 
@@ -575,7 +587,6 @@ class Span {
            detail::ExtentValue<Extent, Offset, Count>::value> {
     SPAN_CHECK((Count == dynamic_extent) ?
                (Offset <= size()) : (Offset + Count <= size()));
-
     return {data() + Offset, Count == dynamic_extent ? size() - Offset : Count};
   }
 

include/xgboost/tree_model.h

@@ -318,6 +318,8 @@ class RegTree : public Model {
     param.num_deleted = 0;
     nodes_.resize(param.num_nodes);
     stats_.resize(param.num_nodes);
+    split_types_.resize(param.num_nodes, FeatureType::kNumerical);
+    split_categories_segments_.resize(param.num_nodes);
     for (int i = 0; i < param.num_nodes; i ++) {
       nodes_[i].SetLeaf(0.0f);
       nodes_[i].SetParent(kInvalidNodeId);
@@ -412,30 +414,33 @@ class RegTree : public Model {
    * \param leaf_right_child  The right child index of leaf, by default kInvalidNodeId,
    *                          some updaters use the right child index of leaf as a marker
    */
-  void ExpandNode(int nid, unsigned split_index, bst_float split_value,
+  void ExpandNode(bst_node_t nid, unsigned split_index, bst_float split_value,
                   bool default_left, bst_float base_weight,
                   bst_float left_leaf_weight, bst_float right_leaf_weight,
                   bst_float loss_change, float sum_hess, float left_sum,
                   float right_sum,
-                  bst_node_t leaf_right_child = kInvalidNodeId) {
-    int pleft = this->AllocNode();
-    int pright = this->AllocNode();
-    auto &node = nodes_[nid];
-    CHECK(node.IsLeaf());
-    node.SetLeftChild(pleft);
-    node.SetRightChild(pright);
-    nodes_[node.LeftChild()].SetParent(nid, true);
-    nodes_[node.RightChild()].SetParent(nid, false);
-    node.SetSplit(split_index, split_value,
-                  default_left);
-
-    nodes_[pleft].SetLeaf(left_leaf_weight, leaf_right_child);
-    nodes_[pright].SetLeaf(right_leaf_weight, leaf_right_child);
-
-    this->Stat(nid)    = {loss_change, sum_hess, base_weight};
-    this->Stat(pleft)  = {0.0f, left_sum, left_leaf_weight};
-    this->Stat(pright) = {0.0f, right_sum, right_leaf_weight};
-  }
+                  bst_node_t leaf_right_child = kInvalidNodeId);
+
+  /**
+   * \brief Expands a leaf node with categories
+   *
+   * \param nid               The node index to expand.
+   * \param split_index       Feature index of the split.
+   * \param split_cat         The bitset containing categories
+   * \param default_left      True to default left.
+   * \param base_weight       The base weight, before learning rate.
+   * \param left_leaf_weight  The left leaf weight for prediction, modified by learning rate.
+   * \param right_leaf_weight The right leaf weight for prediction, modified by learning rate.
+   * \param loss_change       The loss change.
+   * \param sum_hess          The sum hess.
+   * \param left_sum          The sum hess of left leaf.
+   * \param right_sum         The sum hess of right leaf.
+   */
+  void ExpandCategorical(bst_node_t nid, unsigned split_index,
+                         common::Span<uint32_t> split_cat, bool default_left,
+                         bst_float base_weight, bst_float left_leaf_weight,
+                         bst_float right_leaf_weight, bst_float loss_change,
+                         float sum_hess, float left_sum, float right_sum);
 
   /*!
    * \brief get current depth
@@ -588,6 +593,28 @@ class RegTree : public Model {
    * \brief calculate the mean value for each node, required for feature contributions
    */
   void FillNodeMeanValues();
+  /*!
+   * \brief Get split type for a node.
+   * \param nidx Index of node.
+   * \return The type of this split.  For leaf node it's always kNumerical.
+   */
+  FeatureType NodeSplitType(bst_node_t nidx) const {
+    return split_types_.at(nidx);
+  }
+  /*!
+   * \brief Get split types for all nodes.
+   */
+  std::vector<FeatureType> const &GetSplitTypes() const { return split_types_; }
+  common::Span<uint32_t const> GetSplitCategories() const { return split_categories_; }
+  auto const& GetSplitCategoriesPtr() const { return split_categories_segments_; }
+
+  // The fields of split_categories_segments_[i] are set such that
+  // the range split_categories_[beg:(beg+size)] stores the bitset for
+  // the matching categories for the i-th node.
+  struct Segment {
+    size_t beg {0};
+    size_t size {0};
+  };
 
  private:
   // vector of nodes
@@ -597,9 +624,16 @@ class RegTree : public Model {
   // stats of nodes
   std::vector<RTreeNodeStat> stats_;
   std::vector<bst_float> node_mean_values_;
+  std::vector<FeatureType> split_types_;
+
+  // Categories for each internal node.
+  std::vector<uint32_t> split_categories_;
+  // Ptr to split categories of each node.
+  std::vector<Segment> split_categories_segments_;
+
   // allocate a new node,
   // !!!!!! NOTE: may cause BUG here, nodes.resize
-  int AllocNode() {
+  bst_node_t AllocNode() {
     if (param.num_deleted != 0) {
       int nid = deleted_nodes_.back();
       deleted_nodes_.pop_back();
@@ -612,6 +646,8 @@ class RegTree : public Model {
         << "number of nodes in the tree exceed 2^31";
     nodes_.resize(param.num_nodes);
     stats_.resize(param.num_nodes);
+    split_types_.resize(param.num_nodes, FeatureType::kNumerical);
+    split_categories_segments_.resize(param.num_nodes);
     return nd;
   }
   // delete a tree node, keep the parent field to allow trace back

src/common/bitfield.h

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #if defined(__CUDACC__)
 #include <thrust/copy.h>
 #include <thrust/device_ptr.h>
+#include "device_helpers.cuh"
 #endif  // defined(__CUDACC__)
 
 #include "xgboost/span.h"
@@ -54,23 +55,24 @@ __forceinline__ __device__ BitFieldAtomicType AtomicAnd(BitFieldAtomicType* addr
  *
  * \tparam Direction Whether the bits start from left or from right.
  */
-template <typename VT, typename Direction>
+template <typename VT, typename Direction, bool IsConst = false>
 struct BitFieldContainer {
-  using value_type = VT;  // NOLINT
+  using value_type = std::conditional_t<IsConst, VT const, VT>;  // NOLINT
   using pointer = value_type*;  // NOLINT
 
   static value_type constexpr kValueSize = sizeof(value_type) * 8;
   static value_type constexpr kOne = 1;  // force correct type.
 
   struct Pos {
-    value_type int_pos {0};
-    value_type bit_pos {0};
+    std::remove_const_t<value_type> int_pos {0};
+    std::remove_const_t<value_type> bit_pos {0};
   };
 
  private:
   common::Span<value_type> bits_;
   static_assert(!std::is_signed<VT>::value, "Must use unsiged type as underlying storage.");
 
+ public:
   XGBOOST_DEVICE static Pos ToBitPos(value_type pos) {
     Pos pos_v;
     if (pos == 0) {
@@ -92,7 +94,7 @@ struct BitFieldContainer {
   /*\brief Compute the size of needed memory allocation.  The returned value is in terms
    *       of number of elements with `BitFieldContainer::value_type'.
    */
-  static size_t ComputeStorageSize(size_t size) {
+  XGBOOST_DEVICE static size_t ComputeStorageSize(size_t size) {
     return common::DivRoundUp(size, kValueSize);
   }
 #if defined(__CUDA_ARCH__)
@@ -134,19 +136,19 @@ struct BitFieldContainer {
 #endif  // defined(__CUDA_ARCH__)
 
 #if defined(__CUDA_ARCH__)
-  __device__ void Set(value_type pos) {
+  __device__ auto Set(value_type pos) {
     Pos pos_v = Direction::Shift(ToBitPos(pos));
     value_type& value = bits_[pos_v.int_pos];
     value_type set_bit = kOne << pos_v.bit_pos;
-    static_assert(sizeof(BitFieldAtomicType) == sizeof(value_type), "");
-    AtomicOr(reinterpret_cast<BitFieldAtomicType*>(&value), set_bit);
+    using Type = typename dh::detail::AtomicDispatcher<sizeof(value_type)>::Type;
+    atomicOr(reinterpret_cast<Type *>(&value), set_bit);
   }
   __device__ void Clear(value_type pos) {
     Pos pos_v = Direction::Shift(ToBitPos(pos));
     value_type& value = bits_[pos_v.int_pos];
     value_type clear_bit = ~(kOne << pos_v.bit_pos);
-    static_assert(sizeof(BitFieldAtomicType) == sizeof(value_type), "");
-    AtomicAnd(reinterpret_cast<BitFieldAtomicType*>(&value), clear_bit);
+    using Type = typename dh::detail::AtomicDispatcher<sizeof(value_type)>::Type;
+    atomicAnd(reinterpret_cast<Type *>(&value), clear_bit);
   }
 #else
   void Set(value_type pos) {
@@ -165,6 +167,7 @@ struct BitFieldContainer {
 
   XGBOOST_DEVICE bool Check(Pos pos_v) const {
     pos_v = Direction::Shift(pos_v);
+    SPAN_LT(pos_v.int_pos, bits_.size());
     value_type const value = bits_[pos_v.int_pos];
     value_type const test_bit = kOne << pos_v.bit_pos;
     value_type result = test_bit & value;
@@ -179,20 +182,21 @@ struct BitFieldContainer {
 
   XGBOOST_DEVICE pointer Data() const { return bits_.data(); }
 
-  friend std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, BitFieldContainer<VT, Direction> field) {
+  inline friend std::ostream &
+  operator<<(std::ostream &os, BitFieldContainer<VT, Direction, IsConst> field) {
     os << "Bits " << "storage size: " << field.bits_.size() << "\n";
     for (typename common::Span<value_type>::index_type i = 0; i < field.bits_.size(); ++i) {
-      std::bitset<BitFieldContainer<VT, Direction>::kValueSize> bset(field.bits_[i]);
+      std::bitset<BitFieldContainer<VT, Direction, IsConst>::kValueSize> bset(field.bits_[i]);
       os << bset << "\n";
     }
     return os;
   }
 };
 
 // Bits start from left most bits (most significant bit).
-template <typename VT>
-struct LBitsPolicy : public BitFieldContainer<VT, LBitsPolicy<VT>> {
-  using Container = BitFieldContainer<VT, LBitsPolicy<VT>>;
+template <typename VT, bool IsConst = false>
+struct LBitsPolicy : public BitFieldContainer<VT, LBitsPolicy<VT, IsConst>, IsConst> {
+  using Container = BitFieldContainer<VT, LBitsPolicy<VT, IsConst>, IsConst>;
   using Pos = typename Container::Pos;
   using value_type = typename Container::value_type;  // NOLINT
 
@@ -215,38 +219,13 @@ struct RBitsPolicy : public BitFieldContainer<VT, RBitsPolicy<VT>> {
   }
 };
 
-// Format: <Direction>BitField<size of underlying type in bits>, underlying type must be unsigned.
+// Format: <Const><Direction>BitField<size of underlying type in bits>, underlying type
+// must be unsigned.
 using LBitField64 = BitFieldContainer<uint64_t, LBitsPolicy<uint64_t>>;
 using RBitField8 = BitFieldContainer<uint8_t, RBitsPolicy<unsigned char>>;
 
-#if defined(__CUDACC__)
-
-template <typename V, typename D>
-inline void PrintDeviceBits(std::string name, BitFieldContainer<V, D> field) {
-  std::cout << "Bits: " << name << std::endl;
-  std::vector<typename BitFieldContainer<V, D>::value_type> h_field_bits(field.bits_.size());
-  thrust::copy(thrust::device_ptr<typename BitFieldContainer<V, D>::value_type>(field.bits_.data()),
-               thrust::device_ptr<typename BitFieldContainer<V, D>::value_type>(
-                   field.bits_.data() + field.bits_.size()),
-               h_field_bits.data());
-  BitFieldContainer<V, D> h_field;
-  h_field.bits_ = {h_field_bits.data(), h_field_bits.data() + h_field_bits.size()};
-  std::cout << h_field;
-}
-
-inline void PrintDeviceStorage(std::string name, common::Span<int32_t> list) {
-  std::cout << name << std::endl;
-  std::vector<int32_t> h_list(list.size());
-  thrust::copy(thrust::device_ptr<int32_t>(list.data()),
-               thrust::device_ptr<int32_t>(list.data() + list.size()),
-               h_list.data());
-  for (auto v : h_list) {
-    std::cout << v << ", ";
-  }
-  std::cout << std::endl;
-}
-
-#endif  // defined(__CUDACC__)
+using LBitField32 = BitFieldContainer<uint32_t, LBitsPolicy<uint32_t>>;
+using CLBitField32 = BitFieldContainer<uint32_t, LBitsPolicy<uint32_t, true>, true>;
 }       // namespace xgboost
 
 #endif  // XGBOOST_COMMON_BITFIELD_H_