Burn Import

burn-import is a crate designed to simplify the process of importing models trained in other machine learning frameworks into the Burn framework. This tool generates a Rust source file that aligns the imported model with Burn's model and converts tensor data into a format compatible with Burn.

Currently, burn-import supports importing ONNX models with a limited set of operators, as it is still under development.

ONNX Operators

List taken from here

Usage

Importing ONNX models

To import ONNX models, follow these steps:

  1. Add the following code to your build.rs file:

    rust use burn_import::onnx::ModelGen; fn main() { // Generate the model code and state file from the ONNX file. ModelGen::new() .input("src/model/mnist.onnx") // Path to the ONNX model .out_dir("model/") // Directory for the generated Rust source file (under target/) .run_from_script(); }

  2. Add the following code to the mod.rs file under src/model:

    rust pub mod mnist { include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/model/mnist.rs")); }

  3. Use the imported model in your code as shown below:

    ```rust mod model;

    use burn::tensor; use burn_ndarray::NdArrayBackend; use model::mnist::Model;

    fn main() {

    // Create a new model let model: Model> = Model::new();

    // Create a new input tensor (all zeros for demonstration purposes) let input = tensor::Tensor::, 4>::zeros([1, 1, 28, 28]);

    // Run the model let output = model.forward(input);

    // Print the output println!("{:?}", output); } ```

A working example can be found in the examples/onnx-inference directory.

Adding new operators

To add support for new operators to burn-import, follow these steps:

  1. Optimize the ONNX model using onnxoptimizer. This will remove unnecessary operators and constants, making the model easier to understand.
  2. Use the Netron app to visualize the ONNX model.
  3. Generate artifact files for the ONNX model (my-model.onnx) and its components: cargo r -- ./my-model.onnx ./
  4. Implement the missing operators when you encounter an error stating that the operator is not supported. Ideally, the my-model.graph.txt file is generated before the error occurs, providing information about the ONNX model.
  5. The newly generated my-model.graph.txt file contains IR information about the model, while the my-model.rs file contains an actual Burn model in Rust code. The my-model.json file contains the model data.

  6. The srs/onnx directory contains the following ONNX modules (continued):

  7. Add unit tests for the new operator in the burn-import/tests/onnx_tests.rs file. Add the ONNX file and expected output to the tests/data directory. Ensure the ONNX file is small, as large files can increase repository size and make it difficult to maintain and clone. Refer to existing unit tests for examples.

Resources

  1. PyTorch to ONNX
  2. ONNX to Pytorch
  3. ONNX Intro
  4. ONNX Operators
  5. ONNX Protos
  6. ONNX Optimizer
  7. Netron