Fixed a bug relating to constraints checking, and added and updated t…

…ests to detect this in the future

kernel_tuner/runners/simulation.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-""" The simulation runner for sequentially tuning the parameter space based on cached data """
+"""The simulation runner for sequentially tuning the parameter space based on cached data."""
 import logging
 from collections import namedtuple
 from time import perf_counter
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 
 class SimulationDevice(_SimulationDevice):
-    """ Simulated device used by simulation runner """
+    """Simulated device used by simulation runner."""
 
     @property
     def name(self):
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ def get_environment(self):
 
 
 class SimulationRunner(Runner):
-    """ SimulationRunner is used for tuning with a single process/thread """
+    """SimulationRunner is used for tuning with a single process/thread."""
 
     def __init__(self, kernel_source, kernel_options, device_options, iterations, observers):
-        """ Instantiate the SimulationRunner
+        """Instantiate the SimulationRunner.
 
         :param kernel_source: The kernel source
         :type kernel_source: kernel_tuner.core.KernelSource
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ def __init__(self, kernel_source, kernel_options, device_options, iterations, ob
             each kernel instance.
         :type iterations: int
         """
-
         self.quiet = device_options.quiet
         self.dev = SimulationDevice(1024, dict(device_name="Simulation"), self.quiet)
 
@@ -66,7 +65,7 @@ def get_environment(self, tuning_options):
         return env
 
     def run(self, parameter_space, tuning_options):
-        """ Iterate through the entire parameter space using a single Python process
+        """Iterate through the entire parameter space using a single Python process.
 
         :param parameter_space: The parameter space as an iterable.
         :type parameter_space: iterable
@@ -78,7 +77,6 @@ def run(self, parameter_space, tuning_options):
         :returns: A list of dictionaries for executed kernel configurations and their
             execution times.
         :rtype: dict()
-
         """
         logging.debug('simulation runner started for ' + self.kernel_options.kernel_name)
 

kernel_tuner/util.py

@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ def check_block_size_params_names_list(block_size_names, tune_params):
             )
 
 
-def check_restrictions(restrictions, params: dict, verbose: bool):
+def check_restrictions(restrictions, params: dict, verbose: bool) -> bool:
     """Check whether a specific instance meets the search space restrictions."""
     valid = True
     if callable(restrictions):
@@ -263,14 +263,19 @@ def check_restrictions(restrictions, params: dict, verbose: bool):
                     if not restrict(params.values()):
                         valid = False
                         break
+                    continue
                 # if it's a string, fill in the parameters and evaluate
-                elif isinstance(restrict, str) and not eval(replace_param_occurrences(restrict, params)):
-                    valid = False
-                    break
+                elif isinstance(restrict, str):
+                    if not eval(replace_param_occurrences(restrict, params)):
+                        valid = False
+                        break
+                    continue
                 # if it's a function, call it
-                elif callable(restrict) and not restrict(params):
-                    valid = False
-                    break
+                elif callable(restrict):
+                    if not restrict(**params):
+                        valid = False
+                        break
+                    continue
                 # if it's a tuple, use only the parameters in the second argument to call the restriction
                 elif (isinstance(restrict, tuple) and len(restrict) == 2
                     and callable(restrict[0]) and isinstance(restrict[1], (list, tuple))):
@@ -282,6 +287,7 @@ def check_restrictions(restrictions, params: dict, verbose: bool):
                     if not restrict(**selected_params):
                         valid = False
                         break
+                    continue
                 # otherwise, raise an error
                 else:
                     raise ValueError(f"Unkown restriction type {type(restrict)} ({restrict})")

test/test_searchspace.py

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     from unittest.mock import patch
 
 import numpy as np
-from constraint import ExactSumConstraint, FunctionConstraint
+from constraint import ExactSumConstraint
 
 from kernel_tuner.interface import Options
 from kernel_tuner.searchspace import Searchspace
@@ -37,13 +37,13 @@
 
 # each GPU must have at least one layer and the sum of all layers must not exceed the total number of layers
 
-
 def _min_func(gpu1, gpu2, gpu3, gpu4):
     return min([gpu1, gpu2, gpu3, gpu4]) >= 1
 
 
-# test three different types of restrictions: python-constraint, a function and a string
-restrict = [ExactSumConstraint(num_layers), FunctionConstraint(_min_func)]
+# test two different types of restrictions: a constraint and a callable
+assert callable(_min_func)
+restrict = [ExactSumConstraint(num_layers), _min_func]
 
 # create the searchspace object
 searchspace = Searchspace(tune_params, restrict, max_threads)
@@ -79,6 +79,17 @@ def test_internal_representation():
     for index, dict_config in enumerate(searchspace.get_list_dict().keys()):
         assert dict_config == searchspace.list[index]
 
+def test_check_restrictions():
+    """Test whether the outcome of restrictions is as expected when using check_restrictions."""
+    from kernel_tuner.util import check_restrictions
+
+    param_config_false = {'x': 1, 'y': 4, 'z': "string_1" }
+    param_config_true = {'x': 3, 'y': 4, 'z': "string_1" }
+
+    assert check_restrictions(simple_searchspace.restrictions, param_config_false, verbose=False) is False
+    assert check_restrictions(simple_searchspace.restrictions, param_config_true, verbose=False) is True
+
+
 def test_against_bruteforce():
     """Tests the default Searchspace framework against bruteforcing the searchspace."""
     compare_two_searchspace_objects(simple_searchspace, simple_searchspace_bruteforce)

test/test_util_functions.py

@@ -226,8 +226,6 @@ def test_replace_param_occurrences():
 
 def test_check_restrictions():
     params = {"a": 7, "b": 4, "c": 3}
-    print(params.values())
-    print(params.keys())
     restrictions = [
         ["a==b+c"],
         ["a==b+c", "b==b", "a-b==c"],
@@ -238,7 +236,6 @@ def test_check_restrictions():
     # test the call returns expected
     for r, e in zip(restrictions, expected):
         answer = check_restrictions(r, dict(zip(params.keys(), params.values())), False)
-        print(answer)
         assert answer == e