tf.data.Dataset: The `batch_size` argument must not be specified for the given input type

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I'm using Talos and Google colab TPU to run hyperparameter tuning of a Keras model. Note that I'm using Tensorflow 1.15.0 and Keras 2.2.4-tf.

import os
import tensorflow as tf
import talos as ta
from tensorflow.keras.models import Sequential
from tensorflow.keras.layers import Dense
from tensorflow.keras.optimizers import Adam
from sklearn.model_selection import train_test_split

def iris_model(x_train, y_train, x_val, y_val, params):

    # Specify a distributed strategy to use TPU
    resolver = tf.contrib.cluster_resolver.TPUClusterResolver(tpu='grpc://' + os.environ['COLAB_TPU_ADDR'])
    tf.contrib.distribute.initialize_tpu_system(resolver)
    strategy = tf.contrib.distribute.TPUStrategy(resolver)

    # Use the strategy to create and compile a Keras model
    with strategy.scope():
      model = Sequential()
      model.add(Dense(32, input_shape=(4,), activation=tf.nn.relu, name="relu"))
      model.add(Dense(3, activation=tf.nn.softmax, name="softmax"))
      model.compile(optimizer=Adam(learning_rate=0.1), loss=params['losses'])

    # Convert data type to use TPU
    x_train = x_train.astype('float32')
    x_val = x_val.astype('float32')

    dataset = tf.data.Dataset.from_tensor_slices((x_train, y_train))
    dataset = dataset.cache()
    dataset = dataset.shuffle(1000, reshuffle_each_iteration=True).repeat()
    dataset = dataset.batch(params['batch_size'], drop_remainder=True)

    # Fit the Keras model on the dataset
    out = model.fit(dataset, batch_size=params['batch_size'], epochs=params['epochs'], validation_data=[x_val, y_val], verbose=0, steps_per_epoch=2)

    return out, model

# Load dataset
X, y = ta.templates.datasets.iris()

# Train and test set
x_train, x_val, y_train, y_val = train_test_split(X, y, test_size=0.30, shuffle=False)

# Create a hyperparameter distributions 
p = {'losses': ['logcosh'], 'batch_size': [128, 256, 384, 512, 1024], 'epochs': [10, 20]}

# Use Talos to scan the best hyperparameters of the Keras model
scan_object = ta.Scan(x_train, y_train, params=p, model=iris_model, experiment_name='test', x_val=x_val, y_val=y_val, fraction_limit=0.1)

After converting the train set to a Dataset using tf.data.Dataset, I get the following error when fitting the model with out = model.fit:

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
ValueError                                Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-3-c812209b95d0> in <module>()
      8 
      9 # Use Talos to scan the best hyperparameters of the Keras model
---> 10 scan_object = ta.Scan(x_train, y_train, params=p, model=iris_model, experiment_name='test', x_val=x_val, y_val=y_val, fraction_limit=0.1)

8 frames
/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/tensorflow_core/python/keras/engine/training.py in _validate_or_infer_batch_size(self, batch_size, steps, x)
   1813             'The `batch_size` argument must not be specified for the given '
   1814             'input type. Received input: {}, batch_size: {}'.format(
-> 1815                 x, batch_size))
   1816       return
   1817 

ValueError: The `batch_size` argument must not be specified for the given input type. Received input: <DatasetV1Adapter shapes: ((512, 4), (512, 3)), types: (tf.float32, tf.float32)>, batch_size: 512

Then, if I follow those instructions and don't set the batch-size argument to model.fit. I get another error in:

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
TypeError                                 Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-3-c812209b95d0> in <module>()
      8 
      9 # Use Talos to scan the best hyperparameters of the Keras model
---> 10 scan_object = ta.Scan(x_train, y_train, params=p, model=iris_model, experiment_name='test', x_val=x_val, y_val=y_val, fraction_limit=0.1)

8 frames
/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/tensorflow_core/python/keras/engine/training.py in _distribution_standardize_user_data(self, x, y, sample_weight, class_weight, batch_size, validation_split, shuffle, epochs, allow_partial_batch)
   2307             strategy) and not drop_remainder:
   2308           dataset_size = first_x_value.shape[0]
-> 2309           if dataset_size % batch_size == 0:
   2310             drop_remainder = True
   2311 

TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for %: 'int' and 'NoneType'
1 Answers

There seems to be an issue on keras distributed code.

If you take a look at

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
TypeError                                 Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-3-c812209b95d0> in <module>()
      8 
      9 # Use Talos to scan the best hyperparameters of the Keras model
---> 10 scan_object = ta.Scan(x_train, y_train, params=p, model=iris_model, experiment_name='test', x_val=x_val, y_val=y_val, fraction_limit=0.1)

8 frames
/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/tensorflow_core/python/keras/engine/training.py in _distribution_standardize_user_data(self, x, y, sample_weight, class_weight, batch_size, validation_split, shuffle, epochs, allow_partial_batch)
   2307             strategy) and not drop_remainder:
   2308           dataset_size = first_x_value.shape[0]
-> 2309           if dataset_size % batch_size == 0:
   2310             drop_remainder = True
   2311 

TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for %: 'int' and 'NoneType'

you can see that the error is thrown at operation "dataset_size % batch_size" and it states "unsupported operand type(s) for %: 'int' and 'NoneType'". This means that at that point the batch_size variable should have already been inferred from the Dataset object but it is still 'None'

If you take a look at the source code (you can access it from collab by clicking on the path), you will see that in the fit function

  def fit(self,
          model,
          x=None,
          y=None,
          batch_size=None,
          epochs=1,
          verbose=1,
          callbacks=None,
          validation_split=0.,
          validation_data=None,
          shuffle=True,
          class_weight=None,
          sample_weight=None,
          initial_epoch=0,
          steps_per_epoch=None,
          validation_steps=None,
          validation_freq=1,
          **kwargs):
    """Fit loop for Distribution Strategies."""
    dist_utils.validate_callbacks(input_callbacks=callbacks,
                                  optimizer=model.optimizer)
    dist_utils.validate_inputs(x, y)

    batch_size, steps_per_epoch = dist_utils.process_batch_and_step_size(
        model._distribution_strategy,
        x,
        batch_size,
        steps_per_epoch,
        ModeKeys.TRAIN,
        validation_split=validation_split)
    batch_size = model._validate_or_infer_batch_size(
        batch_size, steps_per_epoch, x)
    dataset = model._distribution_standardize_user_data(

there is a step

batch_size = model._validate_or_infer_batch_size(
            batch_size, steps_per_epoch, x)

in which the batch_size should change from 'None' (default value when not specified) to the one inferred from the Dataset object (but it doesn't, I checked by printing the variable). I think this might be related to the fact that your batch_size is in fact a list of batch_sizes. If you change the source code (you can directly edit it from collab and then click on restart runtime in order to try) to this:

batch_size, steps_per_epoch = dist_utils.process_batch_and_step_size(
    model._distribution_strategy,
    x,
    batch_size,
    steps_per_epoch,
    ModeKeys.TRAIN,
    validation_split=validation_split)
batch_size = model._validate_or_infer_batch_size(
    batch_size, steps_per_epoch, x)
batch_size = 128
dataset = model._distribution_standardize_user_data(

(see that I manually inserted the batch_size in the source code after the point at which it should have been inferred) the program runs with no error.

Maybe the fact of trying different batch_sizes for hyparameter tunning is a feature that is just not feasible with this current versions. I tried tf 2.1 and did not work either.

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