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[GitHub] [incubator-tvm] comaniac commented on a change in pull request #6537: [tvmc] Introduce 'tune' subcommand (part 3/4)

comaniac commented on a change in pull request #6537:
URL: https://github.com/apache/incubator-tvm/pull/6537#discussion_r493803255



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File path: python/tvm/driver/tvmc/autotuner.py
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+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+"""
+Provides support to auto-tuning networks using AutoTVM.
+"""
+import os.path
+import logging
+import time
+
+from tvm import autotvm
+from tvm import relay
+from tvm.autotvm.tuner import GATuner
+from tvm.autotvm.tuner import GridSearchTuner
+from tvm.autotvm.tuner import RandomTuner
+from tvm.autotvm.tuner import XGBTuner
+
+from . import common, frontends
+from .common import TVMCException
+from .main import register_parser
+
+
+@register_parser
+def add_tune_parser(subparsers):
+    """ Include parser for 'tune' subcommand """
+
+    parser = subparsers.add_parser("tune", help="auto-tune a model")
+    parser.set_defaults(func=drive_tune)
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--early-stopping",
+        type=int,
+        help="minimum number of trials before early stopping",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--hostname", help="hostname or IP address of the host machine")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--min-repeat-ms",
+        default=1000,

Review comment:
       The current suggested numbers would be 0 for x86 and 1000 for other targets. We might need to reflect the best practice.

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+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+"""
+Provides support to auto-tuning networks using AutoTVM.
+"""
+import os.path
+import logging
+import time
+
+from tvm import autotvm
+from tvm import relay
+from tvm.autotvm.tuner import GATuner
+from tvm.autotvm.tuner import GridSearchTuner
+from tvm.autotvm.tuner import RandomTuner
+from tvm.autotvm.tuner import XGBTuner
+
+from . import common, frontends
+from .common import TVMCException
+from .main import register_parser
+
+
+@register_parser
+def add_tune_parser(subparsers):
+    """ Include parser for 'tune' subcommand """
+
+    parser = subparsers.add_parser("tune", help="auto-tune a model")
+    parser.set_defaults(func=drive_tune)
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--early-stopping",
+        type=int,
+        help="minimum number of trials before early stopping",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--hostname", help="hostname or IP address of the host machine")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--min-repeat-ms",
+        default=1000,
+        type=int,
+        help="minimum time to run each trial (in milliseconds)",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--model-format",
+        choices=frontends.get_frontend_names(),
+        help="specify input model format",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--number",
+        default=10,
+        type=int,
+        help="number of runs a single repeat is made of. "
+        "The final number of tuning executions is: "
+        "(1 + number * repeat)",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-o",
+        "--output",
+        required=True,
+        help="output file to store the tuning records for the tuning process",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--parallel",
+        default=4,
+        type=int,
+        help="the maximum number of parallel devices to use when tuning",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--port", default=9090, type=int, help="the port to connect to")

Review comment:
       Would be better to put it along with the hostname.

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+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+"""
+Provides support to auto-tuning networks using AutoTVM.
+"""
+import os.path
+import logging
+import time
+
+from tvm import autotvm
+from tvm import relay
+from tvm.autotvm.tuner import GATuner
+from tvm.autotvm.tuner import GridSearchTuner
+from tvm.autotvm.tuner import RandomTuner
+from tvm.autotvm.tuner import XGBTuner
+
+from . import common, frontends
+from .common import TVMCException
+from .main import register_parser
+
+
+@register_parser
+def add_tune_parser(subparsers):
+    """ Include parser for 'tune' subcommand """
+
+    parser = subparsers.add_parser("tune", help="auto-tune a model")
+    parser.set_defaults(func=drive_tune)
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--early-stopping",
+        type=int,
+        help="minimum number of trials before early stopping",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--hostname", help="hostname or IP address of the host machine")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--min-repeat-ms",
+        default=1000,
+        type=int,
+        help="minimum time to run each trial (in milliseconds)",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--model-format",
+        choices=frontends.get_frontend_names(),
+        help="specify input model format",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--number",
+        default=10,
+        type=int,
+        help="number of runs a single repeat is made of. "
+        "The final number of tuning executions is: "
+        "(1 + number * repeat)",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-o",
+        "--output",
+        required=True,
+        help="output file to store the tuning records for the tuning process",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--parallel",
+        default=4,
+        type=int,
+        help="the maximum number of parallel devices to use when tuning",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--port", default=9090, type=int, help="the port to connect to")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--repeat",
+        type=int,
+        default=1,
+        help="how many times to repeat each measurement",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--target",
+        help="compilation target as plain string, inline JSON or path to a JSON file",
+        required=True,
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--timeout", default=10, help="time in seconds before timing out a config")
+    parser.add_argument("--tracker-key", help="the tracker key of the target device")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--trials",
+        type=int,
+        default=1000,
+        help="the maximum number of tuning trials to perform",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--tuner",
+        choices=["ga", "gridsearch", "random", "xgb", "xgb_knob", "xgb-rank"],
+        default="xgb",
+        help="type of tuner to use",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--tuning-records",
+        metavar="PATH",
+        help="path to an auto-tuning log file by AutoTVM.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--desired-layout",
+        choices=["NCHW", "NHWC"],
+        default=None,
+        help="change the data layout of the whole graph",
+    )
+    # TODO (@leandron) This is a path to a physical file, but
+    #     can be improved in future to add integration with a modelzoo
+    #     or URL, for example.
+    parser.add_argument("FILE", help="path to the input model file")
+
+
+def drive_tune(args):
+    """Invoke auto-tuning with command line arguments
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    args: argparse.Namespace
+        Arguments from command line parser.
+
+    Returns
+    --------
+    int
+        Zero if successfully completed
+

Review comment:
       remove this line.

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+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+"""
+Provides support to auto-tuning networks using AutoTVM.
+"""
+import os.path
+import logging
+import time
+
+from tvm import autotvm
+from tvm import relay
+from tvm.autotvm.tuner import GATuner
+from tvm.autotvm.tuner import GridSearchTuner
+from tvm.autotvm.tuner import RandomTuner
+from tvm.autotvm.tuner import XGBTuner
+
+from . import common, frontends
+from .common import TVMCException
+from .main import register_parser
+
+
+@register_parser
+def add_tune_parser(subparsers):
+    """ Include parser for 'tune' subcommand """
+
+    parser = subparsers.add_parser("tune", help="auto-tune a model")
+    parser.set_defaults(func=drive_tune)
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--early-stopping",
+        type=int,
+        help="minimum number of trials before early stopping",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--hostname", help="hostname or IP address of the host machine")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--min-repeat-ms",
+        default=1000,
+        type=int,
+        help="minimum time to run each trial (in milliseconds)",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--model-format",
+        choices=frontends.get_frontend_names(),
+        help="specify input model format",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--number",
+        default=10,
+        type=int,
+        help="number of runs a single repeat is made of. "
+        "The final number of tuning executions is: "
+        "(1 + number * repeat)",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-o",
+        "--output",
+        required=True,
+        help="output file to store the tuning records for the tuning process",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--parallel",
+        default=4,
+        type=int,
+        help="the maximum number of parallel devices to use when tuning",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--port", default=9090, type=int, help="the port to connect to")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--repeat",
+        type=int,
+        default=1,
+        help="how many times to repeat each measurement",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--target",
+        help="compilation target as plain string, inline JSON or path to a JSON file",
+        required=True,
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--timeout", default=10, help="time in seconds before timing out a config")
+    parser.add_argument("--tracker-key", help="the tracker key of the target device")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--trials",
+        type=int,
+        default=1000,
+        help="the maximum number of tuning trials to perform",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--tuner",
+        choices=["ga", "gridsearch", "random", "xgb", "xgb_knob", "xgb-rank"],
+        default="xgb",
+        help="type of tuner to use",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--tuning-records",
+        metavar="PATH",
+        help="path to an auto-tuning log file by AutoTVM.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--desired-layout",
+        choices=["NCHW", "NHWC"],
+        default=None,
+        help="change the data layout of the whole graph",
+    )
+    # TODO (@leandron) This is a path to a physical file, but
+    #     can be improved in future to add integration with a modelzoo
+    #     or URL, for example.
+    parser.add_argument("FILE", help="path to the input model file")
+
+
+def drive_tune(args):
+    """Invoke auto-tuning with command line arguments
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    args: argparse.Namespace
+        Arguments from command line parser.
+
+    Returns
+    --------
+    int
+        Zero if successfully completed
+
+    """
+
+    target = common.target_from_cli(args.target)
+    mod, params = frontends.load_model(args.FILE, args.model_format)
+
+    tasks = get_tuning_tasks(
+        mod=mod,
+        params=params,
+        target=target,
+        alter_layout=args.desired_layout,
+    )
+
+    if args.hostname:
+        logging.info("starting remote tuning:")
+        logging.info(" hostname: %s", args.hostname)
+        logging.info(" port    : %s", args.port)
+        if not args.tracker_key:
+            raise common.TVMCException(
+                "need to provide tracker key (--tracker-key) for remote tuning"
+            )
+
+        runner = autotvm.RPCRunner(
+            key=args.tracker_key,
+            host=args.hostname,
+            port=args.port,
+            number=args.number,
+            repeat=args.repeat,
+            n_parallel=args.parallel,
+            timeout=args.timeout,
+            min_repeat_ms=args.min_repeat_ms,
+        )
+    else:
+        logging.info("starting localhost tuning")
+        runner = autotvm.LocalRunner(
+            number=args.number,
+            repeat=args.repeat,
+            timeout=args.timeout,
+            min_repeat_ms=args.min_repeat_ms,
+        )
+
+    tuning_option = {
+        "tuner": args.tuner,
+        "trials": args.trials,
+        "early_stopping": args.early_stopping,
+        "measure_option": autotvm.measure_option(
+            builder=autotvm.LocalBuilder(build_func="default"), runner=runner
+        ),
+        "tuning_records": args.tuning_records,
+    }
+    logging.debug(" tuning options: %s", tuning_option)
+
+    tune_tasks(tasks, args.output, **tuning_option)
+    return 0

Review comment:
       Looks like 0 is the only possible return value, since other cases will directly raise exceptions. If so, it seems not necessary to have a return value.

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+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+"""
+Provides support to auto-tuning networks using AutoTVM.
+"""
+import os.path
+import logging
+import time
+
+from tvm import autotvm
+from tvm import relay
+from tvm.autotvm.tuner import GATuner
+from tvm.autotvm.tuner import GridSearchTuner
+from tvm.autotvm.tuner import RandomTuner
+from tvm.autotvm.tuner import XGBTuner
+
+from . import common, frontends
+from .common import TVMCException
+from .main import register_parser
+
+
+@register_parser
+def add_tune_parser(subparsers):
+    """ Include parser for 'tune' subcommand """
+
+    parser = subparsers.add_parser("tune", help="auto-tune a model")
+    parser.set_defaults(func=drive_tune)
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--early-stopping",
+        type=int,
+        help="minimum number of trials before early stopping",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--hostname", help="hostname or IP address of the host machine")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--min-repeat-ms",
+        default=1000,
+        type=int,
+        help="minimum time to run each trial (in milliseconds)",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--model-format",
+        choices=frontends.get_frontend_names(),
+        help="specify input model format",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--number",
+        default=10,
+        type=int,
+        help="number of runs a single repeat is made of. "
+        "The final number of tuning executions is: "
+        "(1 + number * repeat)",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-o",
+        "--output",
+        required=True,
+        help="output file to store the tuning records for the tuning process",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--parallel",
+        default=4,
+        type=int,
+        help="the maximum number of parallel devices to use when tuning",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--port", default=9090, type=int, help="the port to connect to")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--repeat",
+        type=int,
+        default=1,
+        help="how many times to repeat each measurement",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--target",
+        help="compilation target as plain string, inline JSON or path to a JSON file",
+        required=True,
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--timeout", default=10, help="time in seconds before timing out a config")
+    parser.add_argument("--tracker-key", help="the tracker key of the target device")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--trials",
+        type=int,
+        default=1000,
+        help="the maximum number of tuning trials to perform",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--tuner",
+        choices=["ga", "gridsearch", "random", "xgb", "xgb_knob", "xgb-rank"],
+        default="xgb",
+        help="type of tuner to use",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--tuning-records",
+        metavar="PATH",
+        help="path to an auto-tuning log file by AutoTVM.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--desired-layout",
+        choices=["NCHW", "NHWC"],
+        default=None,
+        help="change the data layout of the whole graph",
+    )
+    # TODO (@leandron) This is a path to a physical file, but
+    #     can be improved in future to add integration with a modelzoo
+    #     or URL, for example.
+    parser.add_argument("FILE", help="path to the input model file")
+
+
+def drive_tune(args):
+    """Invoke auto-tuning with command line arguments
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    args: argparse.Namespace
+        Arguments from command line parser.
+
+    Returns
+    --------
+    int
+        Zero if successfully completed
+
+    """
+
+    target = common.target_from_cli(args.target)
+    mod, params = frontends.load_model(args.FILE, args.model_format)
+
+    tasks = get_tuning_tasks(
+        mod=mod,
+        params=params,
+        target=target,
+        alter_layout=args.desired_layout,
+    )
+
+    if args.hostname:
+        logging.info("starting remote tuning:")
+        logging.info(" hostname: %s", args.hostname)
+        logging.info(" port    : %s", args.port)
+        if not args.tracker_key:
+            raise common.TVMCException(
+                "need to provide tracker key (--tracker-key) for remote tuning"
+            )
+
+        runner = autotvm.RPCRunner(
+            key=args.tracker_key,
+            host=args.hostname,
+            port=args.port,
+            number=args.number,
+            repeat=args.repeat,
+            n_parallel=args.parallel,
+            timeout=args.timeout,
+            min_repeat_ms=args.min_repeat_ms,
+        )
+    else:
+        logging.info("starting localhost tuning")
+        runner = autotvm.LocalRunner(
+            number=args.number,
+            repeat=args.repeat,
+            timeout=args.timeout,
+            min_repeat_ms=args.min_repeat_ms,
+        )
+
+    tuning_option = {
+        "tuner": args.tuner,
+        "trials": args.trials,
+        "early_stopping": args.early_stopping,
+        "measure_option": autotvm.measure_option(
+            builder=autotvm.LocalBuilder(build_func="default"), runner=runner
+        ),
+        "tuning_records": args.tuning_records,
+    }
+    logging.debug(" tuning options: %s", tuning_option)
+
+    tune_tasks(tasks, args.output, **tuning_option)
+    return 0
+
+
+def get_tuning_tasks(mod, params, target, target_host=None, alter_layout=None):
+    """Get the tuning tasks for a given relay module.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    mod : tvm.relay.Module
+        The relay module from which to extract tuning tasks.
+    params : dict
+        The params for the relay module.
+    target : tvm.target.Target
+        The compilation target.
+    target_host : str, optional
+        The compilation target for the host.
+    alter_layout : str, optional
+        The layout to convert the graph to. Note, the convert layout
+        pass doesn't currently guarantee the whole of the graph will
+        be converted to the chosen layout.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    tasks : list of autotvm.Tasks
+        list of tasks to be tuned
+
+    """
+    if not target_host:
+        target_host = target
+
+    if alter_layout:
+        mod = common.convert_graph_layout(mod, alter_layout)
+
+    tasks = autotvm.task.extract_from_program(
+        mod["main"],
+        target=target,
+        target_host=target_host,
+        params=params,
+        ops=(relay.op.get("nn.conv2d"),),
+    )
+
+    return tasks
+
+
+def tune_tasks(
+    tasks,
+    log_file,
+    measure_option,
+    tuner,
+    trials,
+    early_stopping=None,
+    tuning_records=None,
+):
+    """Tune a list of tasks and output the history to a log file.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    tasks : list
+        A list of autotvm.Tasks to tune.
+    log_file : str
+        A file to output the tuning history, in JSON.
+    measure_option : autotvm.measure_option
+        Options to build and run a tuning task.
+    tuner : str
+        Which tuner to use.
+    trials : int
+        The maximum number of tuning trials to perform.
+    early_stopping : int, optional
+        The minimum number of tuning trials to perform.
+        This will be equal to 'trials' if not specified.
+    tuning_records: str, optional
+        Path to the file produced by the tuning, to be used during
+        tuning.
+
+    """
+    if not tasks:
+        logging.warning("there were no tasks found to be tuned")
+        return
+
+    if not early_stopping:
+        early_stopping = trials
+
+    for i, tsk in enumerate(tasks):
+        prefix = "[Task %2d/%2d] " % (i + 1, len(tasks))
+
+        # Create a tuner
+        if tuner in ("xgb", "xgb-rank"):
+            tuner_obj = XGBTuner(tsk, loss_type="rank")
+        elif tuner == "xgb_knob":
+            tuner_obj = XGBTuner(tsk, loss_type="rank", feature_type="knob")
+        elif tuner == "ga":
+            tuner_obj = GATuner(tsk, pop_size=50)
+        elif tuner == "random":
+            tuner_obj = RandomTuner(tsk)
+        elif tuner == "gridsearch":
+            tuner_obj = GridSearchTuner(tsk)
+        else:
+            raise TVMCException("invalid tuner: %s " % tuner)
+
+        # If transfer learning is being used, load the existing results
+        if tuning_records and os.path.exists(tuning_records):
+            logging.warning("loading tuning records from %s", tuning_records)
+            start_time = time.time()
+            tuner_obj.load_history(autotvm.record.load_from_file(tuning_records))
+            logging.info("loaded history in %s", str(time.time() - start_time))

Review comment:
       ```suggestion
               logging.info("loaded history in %.2f sec(s)", time.time() - start_time)
   ```

##########
File path: python/tvm/driver/tvmc/autotuner.py
##########
@@ -0,0 +1,301 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+"""
+Provides support to auto-tuning networks using AutoTVM.
+"""
+import os.path
+import logging
+import time
+
+from tvm import autotvm
+from tvm import relay
+from tvm.autotvm.tuner import GATuner
+from tvm.autotvm.tuner import GridSearchTuner
+from tvm.autotvm.tuner import RandomTuner
+from tvm.autotvm.tuner import XGBTuner
+
+from . import common, frontends
+from .common import TVMCException
+from .main import register_parser
+
+
+@register_parser
+def add_tune_parser(subparsers):
+    """ Include parser for 'tune' subcommand """
+
+    parser = subparsers.add_parser("tune", help="auto-tune a model")
+    parser.set_defaults(func=drive_tune)
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--early-stopping",
+        type=int,
+        help="minimum number of trials before early stopping",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--hostname", help="hostname or IP address of the host machine")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--min-repeat-ms",
+        default=1000,
+        type=int,
+        help="minimum time to run each trial (in milliseconds)",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--model-format",
+        choices=frontends.get_frontend_names(),
+        help="specify input model format",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--number",
+        default=10,
+        type=int,
+        help="number of runs a single repeat is made of. "
+        "The final number of tuning executions is: "
+        "(1 + number * repeat)",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-o",
+        "--output",
+        required=True,
+        help="output file to store the tuning records for the tuning process",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--parallel",
+        default=4,
+        type=int,
+        help="the maximum number of parallel devices to use when tuning",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--port", default=9090, type=int, help="the port to connect to")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--repeat",
+        type=int,
+        default=1,
+        help="how many times to repeat each measurement",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--target",
+        help="compilation target as plain string, inline JSON or path to a JSON file",
+        required=True,
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--timeout", default=10, help="time in seconds before timing out a config")

Review comment:
       Build timeout, measurement timeout, or both?

##########
File path: python/tvm/driver/tvmc/autotuner.py
##########
@@ -0,0 +1,301 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+"""
+Provides support to auto-tuning networks using AutoTVM.
+"""
+import os.path
+import logging
+import time
+
+from tvm import autotvm
+from tvm import relay
+from tvm.autotvm.tuner import GATuner
+from tvm.autotvm.tuner import GridSearchTuner
+from tvm.autotvm.tuner import RandomTuner
+from tvm.autotvm.tuner import XGBTuner
+
+from . import common, frontends
+from .common import TVMCException
+from .main import register_parser
+
+
+@register_parser
+def add_tune_parser(subparsers):
+    """ Include parser for 'tune' subcommand """
+
+    parser = subparsers.add_parser("tune", help="auto-tune a model")
+    parser.set_defaults(func=drive_tune)
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--early-stopping",
+        type=int,
+        help="minimum number of trials before early stopping",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--hostname", help="hostname or IP address of the host machine")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--min-repeat-ms",
+        default=1000,
+        type=int,
+        help="minimum time to run each trial (in milliseconds)",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--model-format",
+        choices=frontends.get_frontend_names(),
+        help="specify input model format",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--number",
+        default=10,
+        type=int,
+        help="number of runs a single repeat is made of. "
+        "The final number of tuning executions is: "
+        "(1 + number * repeat)",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-o",
+        "--output",
+        required=True,
+        help="output file to store the tuning records for the tuning process",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--parallel",
+        default=4,
+        type=int,
+        help="the maximum number of parallel devices to use when tuning",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--port", default=9090, type=int, help="the port to connect to")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--repeat",
+        type=int,
+        default=1,
+        help="how many times to repeat each measurement",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--target",
+        help="compilation target as plain string, inline JSON or path to a JSON file",
+        required=True,
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--timeout", default=10, help="time in seconds before timing out a config")
+    parser.add_argument("--tracker-key", help="the tracker key of the target device")

Review comment:
       Put this along with hostname and port. We can even consider creating an argument group for them.

##########
File path: python/tvm/driver/tvmc/autotuner.py
##########
@@ -0,0 +1,301 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+"""
+Provides support to auto-tuning networks using AutoTVM.
+"""
+import os.path
+import logging
+import time
+
+from tvm import autotvm
+from tvm import relay
+from tvm.autotvm.tuner import GATuner
+from tvm.autotvm.tuner import GridSearchTuner
+from tvm.autotvm.tuner import RandomTuner
+from tvm.autotvm.tuner import XGBTuner
+
+from . import common, frontends
+from .common import TVMCException
+from .main import register_parser
+
+
+@register_parser
+def add_tune_parser(subparsers):
+    """ Include parser for 'tune' subcommand """
+
+    parser = subparsers.add_parser("tune", help="auto-tune a model")
+    parser.set_defaults(func=drive_tune)
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--early-stopping",
+        type=int,
+        help="minimum number of trials before early stopping",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--hostname", help="hostname or IP address of the host machine")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--min-repeat-ms",
+        default=1000,
+        type=int,
+        help="minimum time to run each trial (in milliseconds)",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--model-format",
+        choices=frontends.get_frontend_names(),
+        help="specify input model format",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--number",
+        default=10,
+        type=int,
+        help="number of runs a single repeat is made of. "
+        "The final number of tuning executions is: "
+        "(1 + number * repeat)",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-o",
+        "--output",
+        required=True,
+        help="output file to store the tuning records for the tuning process",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--parallel",
+        default=4,
+        type=int,
+        help="the maximum number of parallel devices to use when tuning",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--port", default=9090, type=int, help="the port to connect to")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--repeat",
+        type=int,
+        default=1,
+        help="how many times to repeat each measurement",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--target",
+        help="compilation target as plain string, inline JSON or path to a JSON file",
+        required=True,
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--timeout", default=10, help="time in seconds before timing out a config")
+    parser.add_argument("--tracker-key", help="the tracker key of the target device")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--trials",
+        type=int,
+        default=1000,
+        help="the maximum number of tuning trials to perform",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--tuner",
+        choices=["ga", "gridsearch", "random", "xgb", "xgb_knob", "xgb-rank"],
+        default="xgb",
+        help="type of tuner to use",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--tuning-records",
+        metavar="PATH",
+        help="path to an auto-tuning log file by AutoTVM.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--desired-layout",
+        choices=["NCHW", "NHWC"],
+        default=None,
+        help="change the data layout of the whole graph",
+    )
+    # TODO (@leandron) This is a path to a physical file, but
+    #     can be improved in future to add integration with a modelzoo
+    #     or URL, for example.
+    parser.add_argument("FILE", help="path to the input model file")
+
+
+def drive_tune(args):
+    """Invoke auto-tuning with command line arguments
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    args: argparse.Namespace
+        Arguments from command line parser.
+
+    Returns
+    --------
+    int
+        Zero if successfully completed

Review comment:
       Explicitly say this is the error code.

##########
File path: python/tvm/driver/tvmc/common.py
##########
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@
 """
 Common utility functions shared by TVMC modules.
 """
+import logging

Review comment:
       Use the standard logging, such as `logger = logging.getLogger("TVMC")`.

##########
File path: python/tvm/driver/tvmc/autotuner.py
##########
@@ -0,0 +1,301 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+"""
+Provides support to auto-tuning networks using AutoTVM.
+"""
+import os.path
+import logging
+import time
+
+from tvm import autotvm
+from tvm import relay
+from tvm.autotvm.tuner import GATuner
+from tvm.autotvm.tuner import GridSearchTuner
+from tvm.autotvm.tuner import RandomTuner
+from tvm.autotvm.tuner import XGBTuner
+
+from . import common, frontends
+from .common import TVMCException
+from .main import register_parser
+
+
+@register_parser
+def add_tune_parser(subparsers):
+    """ Include parser for 'tune' subcommand """
+
+    parser = subparsers.add_parser("tune", help="auto-tune a model")
+    parser.set_defaults(func=drive_tune)
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--early-stopping",
+        type=int,
+        help="minimum number of trials before early stopping",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--hostname", help="hostname or IP address of the host machine")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--min-repeat-ms",
+        default=1000,
+        type=int,
+        help="minimum time to run each trial (in milliseconds)",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--model-format",
+        choices=frontends.get_frontend_names(),
+        help="specify input model format",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--number",
+        default=10,
+        type=int,
+        help="number of runs a single repeat is made of. "
+        "The final number of tuning executions is: "
+        "(1 + number * repeat)",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-o",
+        "--output",
+        required=True,
+        help="output file to store the tuning records for the tuning process",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--parallel",
+        default=4,
+        type=int,
+        help="the maximum number of parallel devices to use when tuning",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--port", default=9090, type=int, help="the port to connect to")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--repeat",
+        type=int,
+        default=1,
+        help="how many times to repeat each measurement",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--target",
+        help="compilation target as plain string, inline JSON or path to a JSON file",
+        required=True,
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--timeout", default=10, help="time in seconds before timing out a config")
+    parser.add_argument("--tracker-key", help="the tracker key of the target device")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--trials",
+        type=int,
+        default=1000,
+        help="the maximum number of tuning trials to perform",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--tuner",
+        choices=["ga", "gridsearch", "random", "xgb", "xgb_knob", "xgb-rank"],
+        default="xgb",
+        help="type of tuner to use",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--tuning-records",
+        metavar="PATH",
+        help="path to an auto-tuning log file by AutoTVM.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--desired-layout",
+        choices=["NCHW", "NHWC"],
+        default=None,
+        help="change the data layout of the whole graph",
+    )
+    # TODO (@leandron) This is a path to a physical file, but
+    #     can be improved in future to add integration with a modelzoo
+    #     or URL, for example.
+    parser.add_argument("FILE", help="path to the input model file")
+
+
+def drive_tune(args):
+    """Invoke auto-tuning with command line arguments
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    args: argparse.Namespace
+        Arguments from command line parser.
+
+    Returns
+    --------
+    int
+        Zero if successfully completed
+
+    """
+
+    target = common.target_from_cli(args.target)
+    mod, params = frontends.load_model(args.FILE, args.model_format)
+
+    tasks = get_tuning_tasks(
+        mod=mod,
+        params=params,
+        target=target,
+        alter_layout=args.desired_layout,
+    )
+
+    if args.hostname:

Review comment:
       We may need to figure out a better way to let user indicate whether to use RPC runner. Maybe we can use a single argument like
   ```
   --rpc-runner=0.0.0.0:9099-rasp4b
   ```
   @FrozenGene do you have an idea?

##########
File path: python/tvm/driver/tvmc/autotuner.py
##########
@@ -0,0 +1,301 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+"""
+Provides support to auto-tuning networks using AutoTVM.
+"""
+import os.path
+import logging
+import time
+
+from tvm import autotvm
+from tvm import relay
+from tvm.autotvm.tuner import GATuner
+from tvm.autotvm.tuner import GridSearchTuner
+from tvm.autotvm.tuner import RandomTuner
+from tvm.autotvm.tuner import XGBTuner
+
+from . import common, frontends
+from .common import TVMCException
+from .main import register_parser
+
+
+@register_parser
+def add_tune_parser(subparsers):
+    """ Include parser for 'tune' subcommand """
+
+    parser = subparsers.add_parser("tune", help="auto-tune a model")
+    parser.set_defaults(func=drive_tune)
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--early-stopping",
+        type=int,
+        help="minimum number of trials before early stopping",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--hostname", help="hostname or IP address of the host machine")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--min-repeat-ms",
+        default=1000,
+        type=int,
+        help="minimum time to run each trial (in milliseconds)",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--model-format",
+        choices=frontends.get_frontend_names(),
+        help="specify input model format",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--number",
+        default=10,
+        type=int,
+        help="number of runs a single repeat is made of. "
+        "The final number of tuning executions is: "
+        "(1 + number * repeat)",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-o",
+        "--output",
+        required=True,
+        help="output file to store the tuning records for the tuning process",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--parallel",
+        default=4,
+        type=int,
+        help="the maximum number of parallel devices to use when tuning",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--port", default=9090, type=int, help="the port to connect to")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--repeat",
+        type=int,
+        default=1,
+        help="how many times to repeat each measurement",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--target",
+        help="compilation target as plain string, inline JSON or path to a JSON file",
+        required=True,
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--timeout", default=10, help="time in seconds before timing out a config")
+    parser.add_argument("--tracker-key", help="the tracker key of the target device")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--trials",
+        type=int,
+        default=1000,
+        help="the maximum number of tuning trials to perform",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--tuner",
+        choices=["ga", "gridsearch", "random", "xgb", "xgb_knob", "xgb-rank"],
+        default="xgb",
+        help="type of tuner to use",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--tuning-records",
+        metavar="PATH",
+        help="path to an auto-tuning log file by AutoTVM.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--desired-layout",
+        choices=["NCHW", "NHWC"],
+        default=None,
+        help="change the data layout of the whole graph",
+    )
+    # TODO (@leandron) This is a path to a physical file, but
+    #     can be improved in future to add integration with a modelzoo
+    #     or URL, for example.
+    parser.add_argument("FILE", help="path to the input model file")
+
+
+def drive_tune(args):
+    """Invoke auto-tuning with command line arguments
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    args: argparse.Namespace
+        Arguments from command line parser.
+
+    Returns
+    --------
+    int
+        Zero if successfully completed
+
+    """
+
+    target = common.target_from_cli(args.target)
+    mod, params = frontends.load_model(args.FILE, args.model_format)
+
+    tasks = get_tuning_tasks(
+        mod=mod,
+        params=params,
+        target=target,
+        alter_layout=args.desired_layout,
+    )
+
+    if args.hostname:
+        logging.info("starting remote tuning:")
+        logging.info(" hostname: %s", args.hostname)
+        logging.info(" port    : %s", args.port)
+        if not args.tracker_key:
+            raise common.TVMCException(
+                "need to provide tracker key (--tracker-key) for remote tuning"
+            )
+
+        runner = autotvm.RPCRunner(
+            key=args.tracker_key,
+            host=args.hostname,
+            port=args.port,
+            number=args.number,
+            repeat=args.repeat,
+            n_parallel=args.parallel,
+            timeout=args.timeout,
+            min_repeat_ms=args.min_repeat_ms,
+        )
+    else:
+        logging.info("starting localhost tuning")
+        runner = autotvm.LocalRunner(
+            number=args.number,
+            repeat=args.repeat,
+            timeout=args.timeout,
+            min_repeat_ms=args.min_repeat_ms,
+        )
+
+    tuning_option = {
+        "tuner": args.tuner,
+        "trials": args.trials,
+        "early_stopping": args.early_stopping,
+        "measure_option": autotvm.measure_option(
+            builder=autotvm.LocalBuilder(build_func="default"), runner=runner
+        ),
+        "tuning_records": args.tuning_records,
+    }
+    logging.debug(" tuning options: %s", tuning_option)
+
+    tune_tasks(tasks, args.output, **tuning_option)
+    return 0
+
+
+def get_tuning_tasks(mod, params, target, target_host=None, alter_layout=None):
+    """Get the tuning tasks for a given relay module.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    mod : tvm.relay.Module
+        The relay module from which to extract tuning tasks.
+    params : dict
+        The params for the relay module.
+    target : tvm.target.Target
+        The compilation target.
+    target_host : str, optional
+        The compilation target for the host.
+    alter_layout : str, optional
+        The layout to convert the graph to. Note, the convert layout
+        pass doesn't currently guarantee the whole of the graph will
+        be converted to the chosen layout.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    tasks : list of autotvm.Tasks
+        list of tasks to be tuned
+
+    """
+    if not target_host:
+        target_host = target

Review comment:
       Is this correct? What if `target` is `cuda`?

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File path: python/tvm/driver/tvmc/autotuner.py
##########
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+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+"""
+Provides support to auto-tuning networks using AutoTVM.
+"""
+import os.path
+import logging
+import time
+
+from tvm import autotvm
+from tvm import relay
+from tvm.autotvm.tuner import GATuner
+from tvm.autotvm.tuner import GridSearchTuner
+from tvm.autotvm.tuner import RandomTuner
+from tvm.autotvm.tuner import XGBTuner
+
+from . import common, frontends
+from .common import TVMCException
+from .main import register_parser
+
+
+@register_parser
+def add_tune_parser(subparsers):
+    """ Include parser for 'tune' subcommand """
+
+    parser = subparsers.add_parser("tune", help="auto-tune a model")
+    parser.set_defaults(func=drive_tune)
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--early-stopping",
+        type=int,
+        help="minimum number of trials before early stopping",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--hostname", help="hostname or IP address of the host machine")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--min-repeat-ms",
+        default=1000,
+        type=int,
+        help="minimum time to run each trial (in milliseconds)",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--model-format",
+        choices=frontends.get_frontend_names(),
+        help="specify input model format",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--number",
+        default=10,
+        type=int,
+        help="number of runs a single repeat is made of. "
+        "The final number of tuning executions is: "
+        "(1 + number * repeat)",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-o",
+        "--output",
+        required=True,
+        help="output file to store the tuning records for the tuning process",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--parallel",
+        default=4,
+        type=int,
+        help="the maximum number of parallel devices to use when tuning",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--port", default=9090, type=int, help="the port to connect to")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--repeat",
+        type=int,
+        default=1,
+        help="how many times to repeat each measurement",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--target",
+        help="compilation target as plain string, inline JSON or path to a JSON file",
+        required=True,
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--timeout", default=10, help="time in seconds before timing out a config")
+    parser.add_argument("--tracker-key", help="the tracker key of the target device")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--trials",
+        type=int,
+        default=1000,
+        help="the maximum number of tuning trials to perform",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--tuner",
+        choices=["ga", "gridsearch", "random", "xgb", "xgb_knob", "xgb-rank"],
+        default="xgb",
+        help="type of tuner to use",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--tuning-records",
+        metavar="PATH",
+        help="path to an auto-tuning log file by AutoTVM.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--desired-layout",
+        choices=["NCHW", "NHWC"],
+        default=None,
+        help="change the data layout of the whole graph",
+    )
+    # TODO (@leandron) This is a path to a physical file, but
+    #     can be improved in future to add integration with a modelzoo
+    #     or URL, for example.
+    parser.add_argument("FILE", help="path to the input model file")
+
+
+def drive_tune(args):
+    """Invoke auto-tuning with command line arguments
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    args: argparse.Namespace
+        Arguments from command line parser.
+
+    Returns
+    --------
+    int
+        Zero if successfully completed
+
+    """
+
+    target = common.target_from_cli(args.target)
+    mod, params = frontends.load_model(args.FILE, args.model_format)
+
+    tasks = get_tuning_tasks(
+        mod=mod,
+        params=params,
+        target=target,
+        alter_layout=args.desired_layout,
+    )
+
+    if args.hostname:
+        logging.info("starting remote tuning:")
+        logging.info(" hostname: %s", args.hostname)
+        logging.info(" port    : %s", args.port)
+        if not args.tracker_key:
+            raise common.TVMCException(
+                "need to provide tracker key (--tracker-key) for remote tuning"
+            )
+
+        runner = autotvm.RPCRunner(
+            key=args.tracker_key,
+            host=args.hostname,
+            port=args.port,
+            number=args.number,
+            repeat=args.repeat,
+            n_parallel=args.parallel,
+            timeout=args.timeout,
+            min_repeat_ms=args.min_repeat_ms,
+        )
+    else:
+        logging.info("starting localhost tuning")
+        runner = autotvm.LocalRunner(
+            number=args.number,
+            repeat=args.repeat,
+            timeout=args.timeout,
+            min_repeat_ms=args.min_repeat_ms,
+        )
+
+    tuning_option = {
+        "tuner": args.tuner,
+        "trials": args.trials,
+        "early_stopping": args.early_stopping,
+        "measure_option": autotvm.measure_option(
+            builder=autotvm.LocalBuilder(build_func="default"), runner=runner
+        ),
+        "tuning_records": args.tuning_records,
+    }
+    logging.debug(" tuning options: %s", tuning_option)
+
+    tune_tasks(tasks, args.output, **tuning_option)
+    return 0
+
+
+def get_tuning_tasks(mod, params, target, target_host=None, alter_layout=None):
+    """Get the tuning tasks for a given relay module.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    mod : tvm.relay.Module
+        The relay module from which to extract tuning tasks.
+    params : dict
+        The params for the relay module.
+    target : tvm.target.Target
+        The compilation target.
+    target_host : str, optional
+        The compilation target for the host.
+    alter_layout : str, optional
+        The layout to convert the graph to. Note, the convert layout
+        pass doesn't currently guarantee the whole of the graph will
+        be converted to the chosen layout.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    tasks : list of autotvm.Tasks
+        list of tasks to be tuned
+
+    """
+    if not target_host:
+        target_host = target
+
+    if alter_layout:
+        mod = common.convert_graph_layout(mod, alter_layout)
+
+    tasks = autotvm.task.extract_from_program(
+        mod["main"],
+        target=target,
+        target_host=target_host,
+        params=params,
+        ops=(relay.op.get("nn.conv2d"),),

Review comment:
       Why only extracting conv2d tasks?

##########
File path: python/tvm/driver/tvmc/autotuner.py
##########
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+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+"""
+Provides support to auto-tuning networks using AutoTVM.
+"""
+import os.path
+import logging
+import time
+
+from tvm import autotvm
+from tvm import relay
+from tvm.autotvm.tuner import GATuner
+from tvm.autotvm.tuner import GridSearchTuner
+from tvm.autotvm.tuner import RandomTuner
+from tvm.autotvm.tuner import XGBTuner
+
+from . import common, frontends
+from .common import TVMCException
+from .main import register_parser
+
+
+@register_parser
+def add_tune_parser(subparsers):
+    """ Include parser for 'tune' subcommand """
+
+    parser = subparsers.add_parser("tune", help="auto-tune a model")
+    parser.set_defaults(func=drive_tune)
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--early-stopping",
+        type=int,
+        help="minimum number of trials before early stopping",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--hostname", help="hostname or IP address of the host machine")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--min-repeat-ms",
+        default=1000,
+        type=int,
+        help="minimum time to run each trial (in milliseconds)",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--model-format",
+        choices=frontends.get_frontend_names(),
+        help="specify input model format",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--number",
+        default=10,
+        type=int,
+        help="number of runs a single repeat is made of. "
+        "The final number of tuning executions is: "
+        "(1 + number * repeat)",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-o",
+        "--output",
+        required=True,
+        help="output file to store the tuning records for the tuning process",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--parallel",
+        default=4,
+        type=int,
+        help="the maximum number of parallel devices to use when tuning",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--port", default=9090, type=int, help="the port to connect to")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--repeat",
+        type=int,
+        default=1,
+        help="how many times to repeat each measurement",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--target",
+        help="compilation target as plain string, inline JSON or path to a JSON file",
+        required=True,
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--timeout", default=10, help="time in seconds before timing out a config")
+    parser.add_argument("--tracker-key", help="the tracker key of the target device")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--trials",
+        type=int,
+        default=1000,
+        help="the maximum number of tuning trials to perform",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--tuner",
+        choices=["ga", "gridsearch", "random", "xgb", "xgb_knob", "xgb-rank"],
+        default="xgb",
+        help="type of tuner to use",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--tuning-records",
+        metavar="PATH",
+        help="path to an auto-tuning log file by AutoTVM.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--desired-layout",
+        choices=["NCHW", "NHWC"],
+        default=None,
+        help="change the data layout of the whole graph",
+    )
+    # TODO (@leandron) This is a path to a physical file, but
+    #     can be improved in future to add integration with a modelzoo
+    #     or URL, for example.
+    parser.add_argument("FILE", help="path to the input model file")
+
+
+def drive_tune(args):
+    """Invoke auto-tuning with command line arguments
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    args: argparse.Namespace
+        Arguments from command line parser.
+
+    Returns
+    --------
+    int
+        Zero if successfully completed
+
+    """
+
+    target = common.target_from_cli(args.target)
+    mod, params = frontends.load_model(args.FILE, args.model_format)
+
+    tasks = get_tuning_tasks(
+        mod=mod,
+        params=params,
+        target=target,
+        alter_layout=args.desired_layout,
+    )
+
+    if args.hostname:
+        logging.info("starting remote tuning:")
+        logging.info(" hostname: %s", args.hostname)
+        logging.info(" port    : %s", args.port)
+        if not args.tracker_key:
+            raise common.TVMCException(
+                "need to provide tracker key (--tracker-key) for remote tuning"
+            )
+
+        runner = autotvm.RPCRunner(
+            key=args.tracker_key,
+            host=args.hostname,
+            port=args.port,
+            number=args.number,
+            repeat=args.repeat,
+            n_parallel=args.parallel,
+            timeout=args.timeout,
+            min_repeat_ms=args.min_repeat_ms,
+        )
+    else:
+        logging.info("starting localhost tuning")
+        runner = autotvm.LocalRunner(
+            number=args.number,
+            repeat=args.repeat,
+            timeout=args.timeout,
+            min_repeat_ms=args.min_repeat_ms,
+        )
+
+    tuning_option = {
+        "tuner": args.tuner,
+        "trials": args.trials,
+        "early_stopping": args.early_stopping,
+        "measure_option": autotvm.measure_option(
+            builder=autotvm.LocalBuilder(build_func="default"), runner=runner
+        ),
+        "tuning_records": args.tuning_records,
+    }
+    logging.debug(" tuning options: %s", tuning_option)
+
+    tune_tasks(tasks, args.output, **tuning_option)
+    return 0
+
+
+def get_tuning_tasks(mod, params, target, target_host=None, alter_layout=None):
+    """Get the tuning tasks for a given relay module.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    mod : tvm.relay.Module
+        The relay module from which to extract tuning tasks.
+    params : dict
+        The params for the relay module.
+    target : tvm.target.Target
+        The compilation target.
+    target_host : str, optional
+        The compilation target for the host.
+    alter_layout : str, optional
+        The layout to convert the graph to. Note, the convert layout
+        pass doesn't currently guarantee the whole of the graph will
+        be converted to the chosen layout.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    tasks : list of autotvm.Tasks
+        list of tasks to be tuned
+

Review comment:
       remove this line.

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File path: python/tvm/driver/tvmc/autotuner.py
##########
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+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+"""
+Provides support to auto-tuning networks using AutoTVM.
+"""
+import os.path
+import logging
+import time
+
+from tvm import autotvm
+from tvm import relay
+from tvm.autotvm.tuner import GATuner
+from tvm.autotvm.tuner import GridSearchTuner
+from tvm.autotvm.tuner import RandomTuner
+from tvm.autotvm.tuner import XGBTuner
+
+from . import common, frontends
+from .common import TVMCException
+from .main import register_parser
+
+
+@register_parser
+def add_tune_parser(subparsers):
+    """ Include parser for 'tune' subcommand """
+
+    parser = subparsers.add_parser("tune", help="auto-tune a model")
+    parser.set_defaults(func=drive_tune)
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--early-stopping",
+        type=int,
+        help="minimum number of trials before early stopping",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--hostname", help="hostname or IP address of the host machine")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--min-repeat-ms",
+        default=1000,
+        type=int,
+        help="minimum time to run each trial (in milliseconds)",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--model-format",
+        choices=frontends.get_frontend_names(),
+        help="specify input model format",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--number",
+        default=10,
+        type=int,
+        help="number of runs a single repeat is made of. "
+        "The final number of tuning executions is: "
+        "(1 + number * repeat)",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-o",
+        "--output",
+        required=True,
+        help="output file to store the tuning records for the tuning process",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--parallel",
+        default=4,
+        type=int,
+        help="the maximum number of parallel devices to use when tuning",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--port", default=9090, type=int, help="the port to connect to")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--repeat",
+        type=int,
+        default=1,
+        help="how many times to repeat each measurement",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--target",
+        help="compilation target as plain string, inline JSON or path to a JSON file",
+        required=True,
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--timeout", default=10, help="time in seconds before timing out a config")
+    parser.add_argument("--tracker-key", help="the tracker key of the target device")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--trials",
+        type=int,
+        default=1000,
+        help="the maximum number of tuning trials to perform",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--tuner",
+        choices=["ga", "gridsearch", "random", "xgb", "xgb_knob", "xgb-rank"],
+        default="xgb",
+        help="type of tuner to use",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--tuning-records",
+        metavar="PATH",
+        help="path to an auto-tuning log file by AutoTVM.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--desired-layout",
+        choices=["NCHW", "NHWC"],
+        default=None,
+        help="change the data layout of the whole graph",
+    )
+    # TODO (@leandron) This is a path to a physical file, but
+    #     can be improved in future to add integration with a modelzoo
+    #     or URL, for example.
+    parser.add_argument("FILE", help="path to the input model file")
+
+
+def drive_tune(args):
+    """Invoke auto-tuning with command line arguments
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    args: argparse.Namespace
+        Arguments from command line parser.
+
+    Returns
+    --------
+    int
+        Zero if successfully completed
+
+    """
+
+    target = common.target_from_cli(args.target)
+    mod, params = frontends.load_model(args.FILE, args.model_format)
+
+    tasks = get_tuning_tasks(
+        mod=mod,
+        params=params,
+        target=target,
+        alter_layout=args.desired_layout,
+    )
+
+    if args.hostname:
+        logging.info("starting remote tuning:")
+        logging.info(" hostname: %s", args.hostname)
+        logging.info(" port    : %s", args.port)
+        if not args.tracker_key:
+            raise common.TVMCException(
+                "need to provide tracker key (--tracker-key) for remote tuning"
+            )
+
+        runner = autotvm.RPCRunner(
+            key=args.tracker_key,
+            host=args.hostname,
+            port=args.port,
+            number=args.number,
+            repeat=args.repeat,
+            n_parallel=args.parallel,
+            timeout=args.timeout,
+            min_repeat_ms=args.min_repeat_ms,
+        )
+    else:
+        logging.info("starting localhost tuning")
+        runner = autotvm.LocalRunner(
+            number=args.number,
+            repeat=args.repeat,
+            timeout=args.timeout,
+            min_repeat_ms=args.min_repeat_ms,
+        )
+
+    tuning_option = {
+        "tuner": args.tuner,
+        "trials": args.trials,
+        "early_stopping": args.early_stopping,
+        "measure_option": autotvm.measure_option(
+            builder=autotvm.LocalBuilder(build_func="default"), runner=runner
+        ),
+        "tuning_records": args.tuning_records,
+    }
+    logging.debug(" tuning options: %s", tuning_option)
+
+    tune_tasks(tasks, args.output, **tuning_option)
+    return 0
+
+
+def get_tuning_tasks(mod, params, target, target_host=None, alter_layout=None):
+    """Get the tuning tasks for a given relay module.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    mod : tvm.relay.Module
+        The relay module from which to extract tuning tasks.
+    params : dict
+        The params for the relay module.
+    target : tvm.target.Target
+        The compilation target.
+    target_host : str, optional
+        The compilation target for the host.
+    alter_layout : str, optional
+        The layout to convert the graph to. Note, the convert layout
+        pass doesn't currently guarantee the whole of the graph will
+        be converted to the chosen layout.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    tasks : list of autotvm.Tasks
+        list of tasks to be tuned
+
+    """
+    if not target_host:
+        target_host = target
+
+    if alter_layout:
+        mod = common.convert_graph_layout(mod, alter_layout)
+
+    tasks = autotvm.task.extract_from_program(
+        mod["main"],
+        target=target,
+        target_host=target_host,
+        params=params,
+        ops=(relay.op.get("nn.conv2d"),),
+    )
+
+    return tasks
+
+
+def tune_tasks(
+    tasks,
+    log_file,
+    measure_option,
+    tuner,
+    trials,
+    early_stopping=None,
+    tuning_records=None,
+):
+    """Tune a list of tasks and output the history to a log file.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    tasks : list
+        A list of autotvm.Tasks to tune.
+    log_file : str
+        A file to output the tuning history, in JSON.
+    measure_option : autotvm.measure_option
+        Options to build and run a tuning task.
+    tuner : str
+        Which tuner to use.
+    trials : int
+        The maximum number of tuning trials to perform.
+    early_stopping : int, optional
+        The minimum number of tuning trials to perform.
+        This will be equal to 'trials' if not specified.
+    tuning_records: str, optional
+        Path to the file produced by the tuning, to be used during
+        tuning.
+
+    """
+    if not tasks:
+        logging.warning("there were no tasks found to be tuned")
+        return
+
+    if not early_stopping:
+        early_stopping = trials
+
+    for i, tsk in enumerate(tasks):
+        prefix = "[Task %2d/%2d] " % (i + 1, len(tasks))
+
+        # Create a tuner
+        if tuner in ("xgb", "xgb-rank"):
+            tuner_obj = XGBTuner(tsk, loss_type="rank")
+        elif tuner == "xgb_knob":
+            tuner_obj = XGBTuner(tsk, loss_type="rank", feature_type="knob")
+        elif tuner == "ga":
+            tuner_obj = GATuner(tsk, pop_size=50)
+        elif tuner == "random":
+            tuner_obj = RandomTuner(tsk)
+        elif tuner == "gridsearch":
+            tuner_obj = GridSearchTuner(tsk)
+        else:
+            raise TVMCException("invalid tuner: %s " % tuner)
+
+        # If transfer learning is being used, load the existing results
+        if tuning_records and os.path.exists(tuning_records):
+            logging.warning("loading tuning records from %s", tuning_records)

Review comment:
       `info` should be a proper logging level here.




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