ffi.lua

require 'cutorch'
local ffi = require 'ffi'

ffi.cdef[[


typedef enum {
        CUDNN_MAJOR  =    5,
        CUDNN_MINOR  =    0,
        CUDNN_PATCHLEVEL  = 4,
        CUDNN_VERSION  =  (CUDNN_MAJOR * 1000 + CUDNN_MINOR * 100 + CUDNN_PATCHLEVEL)
} cudnnVerFakeEnum;

struct cudnnContext;
typedef struct cudnnContext *cudnnHandle_t;

size_t             cudnnGetVersion(void);

/*
 * CUDNN return codes
 */
typedef enum
{
    CUDNN_STATUS_SUCCESS          = 0,
    CUDNN_STATUS_NOT_INITIALIZED  = 1,
    CUDNN_STATUS_ALLOC_FAILED     = 2,
    CUDNN_STATUS_BAD_PARAM        = 3,
    CUDNN_STATUS_INTERNAL_ERROR   = 4,
    CUDNN_STATUS_INVALID_VALUE    = 5,
    CUDNN_STATUS_ARCH_MISMATCH    = 6,
    CUDNN_STATUS_MAPPING_ERROR    = 7,
    CUDNN_STATUS_EXECUTION_FAILED = 8,
    CUDNN_STATUS_NOT_SUPPORTED    = 9,
    CUDNN_STATUS_LICENSE_ERROR    = 10
} cudnnStatus_t;

/* human-readable error messages*/
const char *              cudnnGetErrorString(cudnnStatus_t status);

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnCreate        (cudnnHandle_t *handle);
cudnnStatus_t             cudnnDestroy       (cudnnHandle_t handle);
cudnnStatus_t             cudnnSetStream     (cudnnHandle_t handle, cudaStream_t streamId);
cudnnStatus_t             cudnnGetStream     (cudnnHandle_t handle, cudaStream_t *streamId);


/* Data structures to represent Image/Filter and the Neural Network Layer */
typedef struct cudnnTensorStruct*          cudnnTensorDescriptor_t;
typedef struct cudnnConvolutionStruct*     cudnnConvolutionDescriptor_t;
typedef struct cudnnPoolingStruct*         cudnnPoolingDescriptor_t;
typedef struct cudnnFilterStruct*          cudnnFilterDescriptor_t;
typedef struct cudnnLRNStruct*             cudnnLRNDescriptor_t;
typedef struct cudnnActivationStruct*      cudnnActivationDescriptor_t;
typedef struct cudnnSpatialTransformerStruct* cudnnSpatialTransformerDescriptor_t;
typedef struct cudnnOpTensorStruct*        cudnnOpTensorDescriptor_t;
/*
* CUDNN data type
*/
typedef enum
{
    CUDNN_DATA_FLOAT  = 0,
    CUDNN_DATA_DOUBLE = 1,
    CUDNN_DATA_HALF   = 2,
} cudnnDataType_t;

/*
 * CUDNN propagate Nan
 */
typedef enum{
    CUDNN_NOT_PROPAGATE_NAN  = 0,
    CUDNN_PROPAGATE_NAN      = 1,
} cudnnNanPropagation_t;

/* Maximum supported number of tensor dimensions */
typedef enum { CUDNN_DIM_MAX  = 8 }  cudnnDimMaxFakeEnum;

/* Create an instance of a generic Tensor descriptor */
cudnnStatus_t             cudnnCreateTensorDescriptor(
                                cudnnTensorDescriptor_t            *tensorDesc );

typedef enum
{
    CUDNN_TENSOR_NCHW = 0,   /* row major (wStride = 1, hStride = w) */
    CUDNN_TENSOR_NHWC = 1    /* feature maps interleaved ( cStride = 1 )*/
} cudnnTensorFormat_t;

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnSetTensor4dDescriptor(
                                cudnnTensorDescriptor_t             tensorDesc,
                                cudnnTensorFormat_t                 format,
                                cudnnDataType_t                     dataType, /* image data type*/
                                int                                 n,        /* number of inputs (batch size)*/
                                int                                 c,        /* number of input feature maps*/
                                int                                 h,        /* height of input section*/
                                int                                 w );       /* width of input section*/


cudnnStatus_t             cudnnSetTensor4dDescriptorEx(
                                cudnnTensorDescriptor_t             tensorDesc,
                                cudnnDataType_t                     dataType, /* image data type*/
                                int                                 n,        /* number of inputs (batch size)*/
                                int                                 c,        /* number of input feature maps*/
                                int                                 h,        /* height of input section*/
                                int                                 w,        /* width of input section*/
                                int                                 nStride,
                                int                                 cStride,
                                int                                 hStride,
                                int                                 wStride );

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnGetTensor4dDescriptor(
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       tensorDesc,
                                cudnnDataType_t                    *dataType, /* image data type*/
                                int                                *n,        /* number of inputs (batch size)*/
                                int                                *c,        /* number of input feature maps*/
                                int                                *h,        /* height of input section*/
                                int                                *w,        /* width of input section*/
                                int                                *nStride,
                                int                                *cStride,
                                int                                *hStride,
                                int                                *wStride );

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnSetTensorNdDescriptor(
                                cudnnTensorDescriptor_t             tensorDesc,
                                cudnnDataType_t                     dataType,
                                int                                 nbDims,
                                const int                           dimA[],
                                const int                           strideA[] );

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnGetTensorNdDescriptor(
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       tensorDesc,
                                int                                 nbDimsRequested,
                                cudnnDataType_t                    *dataType,
                                int                                *nbDims,
                                int                                 dimA[],
                                int                                 strideA[] );

/* PixelOffset( n, c, h, w ) = n *input_stride + c * feature_stride + h * h_stride + w * w_stride

   1)Example of all images in row major order one batch of features after the other (with an optional padding on row)
   input_stride :  c x h x h_stride
   feature_stride : h x h_stride
   h_stride  :  >= w  ( h_stride = w if no padding)
   w_stride  : 1


   2)Example of all images in row major with features maps interleaved
   input_stride :  c x h x h_stride
   feature_stride : 1
   h_stride  :  w x c
   w_stride  : c

   3)Example of all images in column major order one batch of features after the other (with optional padding on column)
   input_stride :  c x w x w_stride
   feature_stride : w x w_stride
   h_stride  :  1
   w_stride  :  >= h

*/

/* Destroy an instance of Tensor4d descriptor */
cudnnStatus_t             cudnnDestroyTensorDescriptor(
                                cudnnTensorDescriptor_t             tensorDesc );


/* Tensor layout conversion helper (y = alpha * x + beta * y) */
cudnnStatus_t             cudnnTransformTensor(
                                cudnnHandle_t                       handle,
                                const void                         *alpha,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       xDesc,
                                const void                         *x,
                                const void                         *beta,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       yDesc,
                                void                               *y );


/* Tensor Bias addition : C = alpha * A + beta * C  */
cudnnStatus_t             cudnnAddTensor(
                                cudnnHandle_t                       handle,
                                const void                         *alpha,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       aDesc,
                                const void                         *A,
                                const void                         *beta,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       cDesc,
                                void                               *C );

/*
* CUDNN OpTensor op type
*/
typedef enum
{
    CUDNN_OP_TENSOR_ADD = 0,
    CUDNN_OP_TENSOR_MUL = 1,
    CUDNN_OP_TENSOR_MIN = 2,
    CUDNN_OP_TENSOR_MAX = 3,
} cudnnOpTensorOp_t;

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnCreateOpTensorDescriptor(
                                cudnnOpTensorDescriptor_t          *opTensorDesc );

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnSetOpTensorDescriptor(
                                cudnnOpTensorDescriptor_t           opTensorDesc,
                                cudnnOpTensorOp_t                   opTensorOp,
                                cudnnDataType_t                     opTensorCompType,
                                cudnnNanPropagation_t               opTensorNanOpt );

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnGetOpTensorDescriptor(
                                const cudnnOpTensorDescriptor_t     opTensorDesc,
                                cudnnOpTensorOp_t                  *opTensorOp,
                                cudnnDataType_t                    *opTensorCompType,
                                cudnnNanPropagation_t              *opTensorNanOpt );

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnDestroyOpTensorDescriptor(
                                cudnnOpTensorDescriptor_t           opTensorDesc );

/* Tensor Bias operation : C = op( alpha1 * A, alpha2 * B ) + beta * C */
cudnnStatus_t             cudnnOpTensor(
                                cudnnHandle_t                       handle,
                                const cudnnOpTensorDescriptor_t     opTensorDesc,
                                const void                         *alpha1,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       aDesc,
                                const void                         *A,
                                const void                         *alpha2,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       bDesc,
                                const void                         *B,
                                const void                         *beta,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       cDesc,
                                void                               *C );

/* Set all values of a tensor to a given value : y[i] = value[0] */
cudnnStatus_t             cudnnSetTensor(
                                cudnnHandle_t                       handle,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       yDesc,
                                void                               *y,
                                const void                         *valuePtr );

/* Scale all values of a tensor by a given factor : y[i] = alpha * y[i] */
cudnnStatus_t             cudnnScaleTensor(
                                cudnnHandle_t                       handle,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       yDesc,
                                void                               *y,
                                const void                         *alpha );

/*
 *  convolution mode
 */
typedef enum
{
    CUDNN_CONVOLUTION       = 0,
    CUDNN_CROSS_CORRELATION = 1
} cudnnConvolutionMode_t;


/* Create an instance of FilterStruct */
cudnnStatus_t             cudnnCreateFilterDescriptor(
                                cudnnFilterDescriptor_t            *filterDesc );


cudnnStatus_t             cudnnSetFilter4dDescriptor(
                                cudnnFilterDescriptor_t             filterDesc,
                                cudnnDataType_t                     dataType, /* image data type*/
                                cudnnTensorFormat_t                 format,
                                int                                 k,        /* number of output feature maps*/
                                int                                 c,        /* number of input feature maps*/
                                int                                 h,        /* height of each input filter*/
                                int                                 w );      /* width of  each input filter*/


cudnnStatus_t             cudnnGetFilter4dDescriptor(
                                const cudnnFilterDescriptor_t       filterDesc,
                                cudnnDataType_t                    *dataType, /* image data type*/
                                cudnnTensorFormat_t                *format,
                                int                                *k,        /* number of output feature maps*/
                                int                                *c,        /* number of input feature maps*/
                                int                                *h,        /* height of each input filter*/
                                int                                *w );      /* width of  each input filter*/


cudnnStatus_t             cudnnSetFilterNdDescriptor(
                                cudnnFilterDescriptor_t             filterDesc,
                                cudnnDataType_t                     dataType, /* image data type*/
                                cudnnTensorFormat_t                 format,
                                int                                 nbDims,
                                const int                           filterDimA[] );

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnGetFilterNdDescriptor(
                                const cudnnFilterDescriptor_t       filterDesc,
                                int                                 nbDimsRequested,
                                cudnnDataType_t                    *dataType, /* image data type*/
                                cudnnTensorFormat_t                *format,
                                int                                *nbDims,
                                int                                 filterDimA[] );


cudnnStatus_t             cudnnDestroyFilterDescriptor(
                                cudnnFilterDescriptor_t             filterDesc );

/* Create an instance of convolution descriptor */
cudnnStatus_t             cudnnCreateConvolutionDescriptor(
                                cudnnConvolutionDescriptor_t       *convDesc );

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnSetConvolution2dDescriptor(
                                cudnnConvolutionDescriptor_t        convDesc,
                                int                                 pad_h,    /* zero-padding height*/
                                int                                 pad_w,    /* zero-padding width*/
                                int                                 u,        /* vertical filter stride*/
                                int                                 v,        /* horizontal filter stride*/
                                int                                 upscalex, /* upscale the input in x-direction*/
                                int                                 upscaley, /* upscale the input in y-direction*/
                                cudnnConvolutionMode_t              mode );

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnSetConvolution2dDescriptor_v5( cudnnConvolutionDescriptor_t convDesc,
                                                             int pad_h,    /* zero-padding height*/
                                                             int pad_w,    /* zero-padding width*/
                                                             int u,   /* vertical filter stride*/
                                                             int v,   /* horizontal filter stride*/
                                                             int upscalex, /* upscale the input in x-direction*/
                                                             int upscaley, /* upscale the input in y-direction*/
                                                             cudnnConvolutionMode_t mode,
                                                             cudnnDataType_t dataType
                                                           );

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnGetConvolution2dDescriptor(
                                const cudnnConvolutionDescriptor_t  convDesc,
                                int                                *pad_h,    /* zero-padding height*/
                                int                                *pad_w,    /* zero-padding width*/
                                int                                *u,        /* vertical filter stride*/
                                int                                *v,        /* horizontal filter stride*/
                                int                                *upscalex, /* upscale the input in x-direction*/
                                int                                *upscaley, /* upscale the input in y-direction*/
                                cudnnConvolutionMode_t             *mode );

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnGetConvolution2dDescriptor_v5(  const cudnnConvolutionDescriptor_t convDesc,
                                                            int* pad_h,    /* zero-padding height*/
                                                            int* pad_w,    /* zero-padding width*/
                                                            int* u,        /* vertical filter stride*/
                                                            int* v,        /* horizontal filter stride*/
                                                            int* upscalex, /* upscale the input in x-direction*/
                                                            int* upscaley, /* upscale the input in y-direction*/
                                                            cudnnConvolutionMode_t* mode,
                                                            cudnnDataType_t *dataType
                                                         );

/* Helper function to return the dimensions of the output tensor given a convolution descriptor */
cudnnStatus_t             cudnnGetConvolution2dForwardOutputDim(
                                const cudnnConvolutionDescriptor_t  convDesc,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       inputTensorDesc,
                                const cudnnFilterDescriptor_t       filterDesc,
                                int                                *n,
                                int                                *c,
                                int                                *h,
                                int                                *w );


cudnnStatus_t             cudnnSetConvolutionNdDescriptor(
                                cudnnConvolutionDescriptor_t        convDesc,
                                int                                 arrayLength,             /* nbDims-2 size */
                                const int                           padA[],
                                const int                           filterStrideA[],
                                const int                           upscaleA[],
                                cudnnConvolutionMode_t              mode,
                                cudnnDataType_t                     dataType );  /* convolution data type*/

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnGetConvolutionNdDescriptor(
                                const cudnnConvolutionDescriptor_t  convDesc,
                                int                                 arrayLengthRequested,
                                int                                *arrayLength,
                                int                                 padA[],
                                int                                 strideA[],
                                int                                 upscaleA[],
                                cudnnConvolutionMode_t             *mode,
                                cudnnDataType_t                    *dataType );   /* convolution data type*/


/* Helper function to return the dimensions of the output tensor given a convolution descriptor */
cudnnStatus_t             cudnnGetConvolutionNdForwardOutputDim(
                                const cudnnConvolutionDescriptor_t  convDesc,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       inputTensorDesc,
                                const cudnnFilterDescriptor_t       filterDesc,
                                int                                 nbDims,
                                int                                 tensorOuputDimA[] );

/* Destroy an instance of convolution descriptor */
cudnnStatus_t             cudnnDestroyConvolutionDescriptor(
                                cudnnConvolutionDescriptor_t        convDesc );


/* helper function to provide the convolution algo that fit best the requirement */
typedef enum
{
    CUDNN_CONVOLUTION_FWD_NO_WORKSPACE            = 0,
    CUDNN_CONVOLUTION_FWD_PREFER_FASTEST          = 1,
    CUDNN_CONVOLUTION_FWD_SPECIFY_WORKSPACE_LIMIT = 2,
} cudnnConvolutionFwdPreference_t;


typedef enum
{
    CUDNN_CONVOLUTION_FWD_ALGO_IMPLICIT_GEMM         = 0,
    CUDNN_CONVOLUTION_FWD_ALGO_IMPLICIT_PRECOMP_GEMM = 1,
    CUDNN_CONVOLUTION_FWD_ALGO_GEMM                  = 2,
    CUDNN_CONVOLUTION_FWD_ALGO_DIRECT                = 3,
    CUDNN_CONVOLUTION_FWD_ALGO_FFT                   = 4,
    CUDNN_CONVOLUTION_FWD_ALGO_FFT_TILING            = 5,
    CUDNN_CONVOLUTION_FWD_ALGO_WINOGRAD              = 6,
    CUDNN_CONVOLUTION_FWD_ALGO_WINOGRAD_NONFUSED     = 7
} cudnnConvolutionFwdAlgo_t;

typedef struct {
    cudnnConvolutionFwdAlgo_t   algo;
    cudnnStatus_t               status;
    float                       time;
    size_t                      memory;
} cudnnConvolutionFwdAlgoPerf_t;

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnFindConvolutionForwardAlgorithm(
                                cudnnHandle_t                       handle,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       xDesc,
                                const cudnnFilterDescriptor_t       wDesc,
                                const cudnnConvolutionDescriptor_t  convDesc,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       yDesc,
                                const int                           requestedAlgoCount,
                                int                                *returnedAlgoCount,
                                cudnnConvolutionFwdAlgoPerf_t      *perfResults );

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnFindConvolutionForwardAlgorithmEx(
                                cudnnHandle_t                       handle,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       xDesc,
                                const void                         *x,
                                const cudnnFilterDescriptor_t       wDesc,
                                const void                         *w,
                                const cudnnConvolutionDescriptor_t  convDesc,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       yDesc,
                                void                               *y,
                                const int                           requestedAlgoCount,
                                int                                *returnedAlgoCount,
                                cudnnConvolutionFwdAlgoPerf_t      *perfResults,
                                void                               *workSpace,
                                size_t                              workSpaceSizeInBytes );


cudnnStatus_t             cudnnGetConvolutionForwardAlgorithm(
                                cudnnHandle_t                       handle,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       xDesc,
                                const cudnnFilterDescriptor_t       wDesc,
                                const cudnnConvolutionDescriptor_t  convDesc,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       yDesc,
                                cudnnConvolutionFwdPreference_t     preference,
                                size_t                              memoryLimitInBytes,
                                cudnnConvolutionFwdAlgo_t          *algo );

/*
 *  convolution algorithm (which requires potentially some workspace)
 */

 /* Helper function to return the minimum size of the workspace to be passed to the convolution given an algo*/
cudnnStatus_t             cudnnGetConvolutionForwardWorkspaceSize(
                                cudnnHandle_t                       handle,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       xDesc,
                                const cudnnFilterDescriptor_t       wDesc,
                                const cudnnConvolutionDescriptor_t  convDesc,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       yDesc,
                                cudnnConvolutionFwdAlgo_t           algo,
                                size_t                             *sizeInBytes );


/* Convolution functions: All of the form "output = alpha * Op(inputs) + beta * output" */

/* Function to perform the forward pass for batch convolution */
cudnnStatus_t             cudnnConvolutionForward(
                                cudnnHandle_t                       handle,
                                const void                         *alpha,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       xDesc,
                                const void                         *x,
                                const cudnnFilterDescriptor_t       wDesc,
                                const void                         *w,
                                const cudnnConvolutionDescriptor_t  convDesc,
                                cudnnConvolutionFwdAlgo_t           algo,
                                void                               *workSpace,
                                size_t                              workSpaceSizeInBytes,
                                const void                         *beta,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       yDesc,
                                void                               *y );

/* Function to compute the bias gradient for batch convolution */
cudnnStatus_t             cudnnConvolutionBackwardBias(
                                cudnnHandle_t                       handle,
                                const void                         *alpha,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       dyDesc,
                                const void                         *dy,
                                const void                         *beta,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       dbDesc,
                                void                               *db );


/* helper function to provide the convolution algo that fit best the requirement */
typedef enum
{
    CUDNN_CONVOLUTION_BWD_FILTER_NO_WORKSPACE            = 0,
    CUDNN_CONVOLUTION_BWD_FILTER_PREFER_FASTEST          = 1,
    CUDNN_CONVOLUTION_BWD_FILTER_SPECIFY_WORKSPACE_LIMIT = 2,
} cudnnConvolutionBwdFilterPreference_t;

typedef enum
{
    CUDNN_CONVOLUTION_BWD_FILTER_ALGO_0         = 0,  /* non-deterministic*/
    CUDNN_CONVOLUTION_BWD_FILTER_ALGO_1         = 1,
    CUDNN_CONVOLUTION_BWD_FILTER_ALGO_FFT       = 2,
    CUDNN_CONVOLUTION_BWD_FILTER_ALGO_3         = 3,  /* non-deterministic, algo0 with workspace*/
    /* CUDNN_CONVOLUTION_BWD_FILTER_ALGO_WINOGRAD  = 4, not implemented */
    CUDNN_CONVOLUTION_BWD_FILTER_ALGO_WINOGRAD_NONFUSED = 5
} cudnnConvolutionBwdFilterAlgo_t;


typedef struct {
    cudnnConvolutionBwdFilterAlgo_t algo;
    cudnnStatus_t status;
    float time;
    size_t memory;
} cudnnConvolutionBwdFilterAlgoPerf_t;

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnFindConvolutionBackwardFilterAlgorithm(
                                cudnnHandle_t                       handle,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       xDesc,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       dyDesc,
                                const cudnnConvolutionDescriptor_t  convDesc,
                                const cudnnFilterDescriptor_t       dwDesc,
                                const int                           requestedAlgoCount,
                                int                                 *returnedAlgoCount,
                                cudnnConvolutionBwdFilterAlgoPerf_t *perfResults );

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnFindConvolutionBackwardFilterAlgorithmEx(
                                cudnnHandle_t                        handle,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t        xDesc,
                                const void                          *x,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t        dyDesc,
                                const void                          *y,
                                const cudnnConvolutionDescriptor_t   convDesc,
                                const cudnnFilterDescriptor_t        dwDesc,
                                void                                *dw,
                                const int                            requestedAlgoCount,
                                int                                 *returnedAlgoCount,
                                cudnnConvolutionBwdFilterAlgoPerf_t *perfResults,
                                void                                *workSpace,
                                size_t                               workSpaceSizeInBytes );

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnGetConvolutionBackwardFilterAlgorithm(
                                cudnnHandle_t                         handle,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t         xDesc,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t         dyDesc,
                                const cudnnConvolutionDescriptor_t    convDesc,
                                const cudnnFilterDescriptor_t         dwDesc,
                                cudnnConvolutionBwdFilterPreference_t preference,
                                size_t                                memoryLimitInBytes,
                                cudnnConvolutionBwdFilterAlgo_t      *algo );

/*
 *  convolution algorithm (which requires potentially some workspace)
 */

 /* Helper function to return the minimum size of the workspace to be passed to the convolution given an algo*/
cudnnStatus_t             cudnnGetConvolutionBackwardFilterWorkspaceSize(
                                cudnnHandle_t                       handle,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       xDesc,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       dyDesc,
                                const cudnnConvolutionDescriptor_t  convDesc,
                                const cudnnFilterDescriptor_t       gradDesc,
                                cudnnConvolutionBwdFilterAlgo_t     algo,
                                size_t                             *sizeInBytes );

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnConvolutionBackwardFilter(
                                cudnnHandle_t                       handle,
                                const void                         *alpha,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       xDesc,
                                const void                         *x,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       dyDesc,
                                const void                         *dy,
                                const cudnnConvolutionDescriptor_t  convDesc,
                                cudnnConvolutionBwdFilterAlgo_t     algo,
                                void                               *workSpace,
                                size_t                              workSpaceSizeInBytes,
                                const void                         *beta,
                                const cudnnFilterDescriptor_t       dwDesc,
                                void                               *dw );

/*********************************************************/
/* helper function to provide the convolution algo that fit best the requirement */
typedef enum
{
    CUDNN_CONVOLUTION_BWD_DATA_NO_WORKSPACE             = 0,
    CUDNN_CONVOLUTION_BWD_DATA_PREFER_FASTEST           = 1,
    CUDNN_CONVOLUTION_BWD_DATA_SPECIFY_WORKSPACE_LIMIT  = 2,
} cudnnConvolutionBwdDataPreference_t;

typedef enum
{
    CUDNN_CONVOLUTION_BWD_DATA_ALGO_0          = 0, /* non-deterministic*/
    CUDNN_CONVOLUTION_BWD_DATA_ALGO_1          = 1,
    CUDNN_CONVOLUTION_BWD_DATA_ALGO_FFT        = 2,
    CUDNN_CONVOLUTION_BWD_DATA_ALGO_FFT_TILING = 3,
    CUDNN_CONVOLUTION_BWD_DATA_ALGO_WINOGRAD   = 4,
    CUDNN_CONVOLUTION_BWD_DATA_ALGO_WINOGRAD_NONFUSED = 5
} cudnnConvolutionBwdDataAlgo_t;

typedef struct {
    cudnnConvolutionBwdDataAlgo_t   algo;
    cudnnStatus_t                   status;
    float                           time;
    size_t                          memory;
} cudnnConvolutionBwdDataAlgoPerf_t;


cudnnStatus_t             cudnnFindConvolutionBackwardDataAlgorithm(
                                cudnnHandle_t                       handle,
                                const cudnnFilterDescriptor_t       wDesc,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       dyDesc,
                                const cudnnConvolutionDescriptor_t  convDesc,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       dxDesc,
                                const int                           requestedAlgoCount,
                                int                                *returnedAlgoCount,
                                cudnnConvolutionBwdDataAlgoPerf_t  *perfResults );

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnFindConvolutionBackwardDataAlgorithmEx(
                                cudnnHandle_t                       handle,
                                const cudnnFilterDescriptor_t       wDesc,
                                const void                         *w,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       dyDesc,
                                const void                         *dy,
                                const cudnnConvolutionDescriptor_t  convDesc,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       dxDesc,
                                void                               *dx,
                                const int                           requestedAlgoCount,
                                int                                *returnedAlgoCount,
                                cudnnConvolutionBwdDataAlgoPerf_t  *perfResults,
                                void                               *workSpace,
                                size_t                              workSpaceSizeInBytes );

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnGetConvolutionBackwardDataAlgorithm(
                                cudnnHandle_t                       handle,
                                const cudnnFilterDescriptor_t       wDesc,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       dyDesc,
                                const cudnnConvolutionDescriptor_t  convDesc,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       dxDesc,
                                cudnnConvolutionBwdDataPreference_t preference,
                                size_t                              memoryLimitInBytes,
                                cudnnConvolutionBwdDataAlgo_t      *algo );

 /* Helper function to return the minimum size of the workspace to be passed to the convolution given an algo*/
cudnnStatus_t             cudnnGetConvolutionBackwardDataWorkspaceSize(
                                cudnnHandle_t                       handle,
                                const cudnnFilterDescriptor_t       wDesc,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       dyDesc,
                                const cudnnConvolutionDescriptor_t  convDesc,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       dxDesc,
                                cudnnConvolutionBwdDataAlgo_t       algo,
                                size_t                             *sizeInBytes );


cudnnStatus_t             cudnnConvolutionBackwardData(
                                cudnnHandle_t                       handle,
                                const void                         *alpha,
                                const cudnnFilterDescriptor_t       wDesc,
                                const void                         *w,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       dyDesc,
                                const void                         *dy,
                                const cudnnConvolutionDescriptor_t  convDesc,
                                cudnnConvolutionBwdDataAlgo_t       algo,
                                void                               *workSpace,
                                size_t                              workSpaceSizeInBytes,
                                const void                         *beta,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       dxDesc,
                                void                               *dx );


cudnnStatus_t             cudnnIm2Col(
                                cudnnHandle_t                       handle,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       xDesc,
                                const void                         *x,
                                const cudnnFilterDescriptor_t       wDesc,
                                const cudnnConvolutionDescriptor_t  convDesc,
                                void                               *colBuffer );


/*
 *  softmax algorithm
 */
typedef enum
{
    CUDNN_SOFTMAX_FAST     = 0,         /* straightforward implementation */
    CUDNN_SOFTMAX_ACCURATE = 1,         /* subtract max from every point to avoid overflow */
    CUDNN_SOFTMAX_LOG      = 2
} cudnnSoftmaxAlgorithm_t;

typedef enum
{
    CUDNN_SOFTMAX_MODE_INSTANCE = 0,   /* compute the softmax over all C, H, W for each N */
    CUDNN_SOFTMAX_MODE_CHANNEL = 1     /* compute the softmax over all C for each H, W, N */
} cudnnSoftmaxMode_t;

/* Softmax functions: All of the form "output = alpha * Op(inputs) + beta * output" */

/* Function to perform forward softmax */
cudnnStatus_t             cudnnSoftmaxForward(
                                cudnnHandle_t                       handle,
                                cudnnSoftmaxAlgorithm_t             algo,
                                cudnnSoftmaxMode_t                  mode,
                                const void                         *alpha,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       xDesc,
                                const void                         *x,
                                const void                         *beta,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       yDesc,
                                void                               *y );

/* Function to perform backward softmax */
cudnnStatus_t             cudnnSoftmaxBackward(
                                cudnnHandle_t                       handle,
                                cudnnSoftmaxAlgorithm_t             algo,
                                cudnnSoftmaxMode_t                  mode,
                                const void                         *alpha,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       yDesc,
                                const void                         *y,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       dyDesc,
                                const void                         *dy,
                                const void                         *beta,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       dxDesc,
                                void                               *dx );

/*
 *  pooling mode
 */
typedef enum
{
    CUDNN_POOLING_MAX     = 0,
    CUDNN_POOLING_AVERAGE_COUNT_INCLUDE_PADDING = 1, /* count for average includes padded values*/
    CUDNN_POOLING_AVERAGE_COUNT_EXCLUDE_PADDING = 2, /* count for average does not include padded values*/
    CUDNN_POOLING_AVERAGE = CUDNN_POOLING_AVERAGE_COUNT_INCLUDE_PADDING // for backward compatibility
} cudnnPoolingMode_t;

/* Create an instance of pooling descriptor */
cudnnStatus_t             cudnnCreatePoolingDescriptor(
                                cudnnPoolingDescriptor_t           *poolingDesc );

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnSetPooling2dDescriptor(
                                cudnnPoolingDescriptor_t            poolingDesc,
                                cudnnPoolingMode_t                  mode,
                                cudnnNanPropagation_t               maxpoolingNanOpt,
                                int                                 windowHeight,
                                int                                 windowWidth,
                                int                                 verticalPadding,
                                int                                 horizontalPadding,
                                int                                 verticalStride,
                                int                                 horizontalStride );

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnGetPooling2dDescriptor(
                                const cudnnPoolingDescriptor_t      poolingDesc,
                                cudnnPoolingMode_t                 *mode,
                                cudnnNanPropagation_t              *maxpoolingNanOpt,
                                int                                *windowHeight,
                                int                                *windowWidth,
                                int                                *verticalPadding,
                                int                                *horizontalPadding,
                                int                                *verticalStride,
                                int                                *horizontalStride );

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnSetPoolingNdDescriptor(
                                cudnnPoolingDescriptor_t            poolingDesc,
                                const cudnnPoolingMode_t            mode,
                                const cudnnNanPropagation_t         maxpoolingNanOpt,
                                int                                 nbDims,
                                const int                           windowDimA[],
                                const int                           paddingA[],
                                const int                           strideA[] );

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnGetPoolingNdDescriptor(
                                const cudnnPoolingDescriptor_t      poolingDesc,
                                int                                 nbDimsRequested,
                                cudnnPoolingMode_t                 *mode,
                                cudnnNanPropagation_t              *maxpoolingNanOpt,
                                int                                *nbDims,
                                int                                 windowDimA[],
                                int                                 paddingA[],
                                int                                 strideA[] );

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnGetPoolingNdForwardOutputDim(
                                const cudnnPoolingDescriptor_t      poolingDesc,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       inputTensorDesc,
                                int                                 nbDims,
                                int                                 outputTensorDimA[] );

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnGetPooling2dForwardOutputDim(
                                const cudnnPoolingDescriptor_t      poolingDesc,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       inputTensorDesc,
                                int                                *n,
                                int                                *c,
                                int                                *h,
                                int                                *w );


/* Destroy an instance of pooling descriptor */
cudnnStatus_t             cudnnDestroyPoolingDescriptor(
                                cudnnPoolingDescriptor_t            poolingDesc );

/* Pooling functions: All of the form "output = alpha * Op(inputs) + beta * output" */

/* Function to perform forward pooling */
cudnnStatus_t             cudnnPoolingForward(
                                cudnnHandle_t                       handle,
                                const cudnnPoolingDescriptor_t      poolingDesc,
                                const void                         *alpha,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       xDesc,
                                const void                         *x,
                                const void                         *beta,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       yDesc,
                                void                               *y );

/* Function to perform backward pooling */
cudnnStatus_t             cudnnPoolingBackward(
                                cudnnHandle_t                       handle,
                                const cudnnPoolingDescriptor_t      poolingDesc,
                                const void                          *alpha,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       yDesc,
                                const void                         *y,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       dyDesc,
                                const void                         *dy,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       xDesc,
                                const void                         *x,
                                const void                         *beta,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       dxDesc,
                                void                               *dx );

/*
 * activation mode
 */
typedef enum
{
    CUDNN_ACTIVATION_SIGMOID      = 0,
    CUDNN_ACTIVATION_RELU         = 1,
    CUDNN_ACTIVATION_TANH         = 2,
    CUDNN_ACTIVATION_CLIPPED_RELU = 3
} cudnnActivationMode_t;

/* Activation functions: All of the form "output = alpha * Op(inputs) + beta * output" */
cudnnStatus_t             cudnnCreateActivationDescriptor(
                                cudnnActivationDescriptor_t        *activationDesc);

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnSetActivationDescriptor(
                                cudnnActivationDescriptor_t         activationDesc,
                                cudnnActivationMode_t               mode,
                                cudnnNanPropagation_t               reluNanOpt,
                                double                              reluCeiling );

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnGetActivationDescriptor(
                                const cudnnActivationDescriptor_t   activationDesc,
                                cudnnActivationMode_t              *mode,
                                cudnnNanPropagation_t              *reluNanOpt,
                                double*                             reluCeiling );

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnDestroyActivationDescriptor(
                                cudnnActivationDescriptor_t activationDesc);

/* Function to perform forward activation  */
cudnnStatus_t             cudnnActivationForward(
                                cudnnHandle_t                       handle,
                                cudnnActivationDescriptor_t         activationDesc,
                                const void                         *alpha,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       xDesc,
                                const void                         *x,
                                const void                         *beta,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       yDesc,
                                void                               *y );

/* Function to perform backward activation  */
cudnnStatus_t             cudnnActivationBackward(
                                cudnnHandle_t                       handle,
                                cudnnActivationDescriptor_t         activationDesc,
                                const void                         *alpha,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       yDesc,
                                const void                         *y,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       dyDesc,
                                const void                         *dy,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       xDesc,
                                const void                         *x,
                                const void                         *beta,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       dxDesc,
                                void                               *dx );

/*
* Create an instance of LRN (Local Response Normalization) descriptor
* Uses lrnN=5, lrnAlpha=1e-4, lrnBeta=0.75, lrnK=2.0 as defaults from Krizhevsky'12 ImageNet paper
*/
cudnnStatus_t             cudnnCreateLRNDescriptor(
                                cudnnLRNDescriptor_t               *normDesc );

typedef enum { CUDNN_LRN_MIN_N     = 1,        /*  minimum allowed lrnN */
               CUDNN_LRN_MAX_N     = 16 }      /*  maximum allowed lrnN */
  LRN_MinMaxFakeEnum;

/* static const float CUDNN_LRN_MIN_K  =   1e-5; */ /* minimum allowed lrnK*/
/* static const float CUDNN_LRN_MIN_BETA = 0.01; */   /* minimum allowed lrnBeta*/

/* LRN layer mode */
typedef enum
{
    CUDNN_LRN_CROSS_CHANNEL_DIM1 = 0,/* Normalize across tensor's dimA[1] dimension*/
} cudnnLRNMode_t;

/*
* Uses a window [center-lookBehind, center+lookAhead], where
* lookBehind = floor( (lrnN-1)/2 ), lookAhead = lrnN-lookBehind-1.
* Values of double parameters cast to tensor data type.
*/
cudnnStatus_t             cudnnSetLRNDescriptor(
                                cudnnLRNDescriptor_t                normDesc,
                                unsigned                            lrnN,
                                double                              lrnAlpha,
                                double                              lrnBeta,
                                double                              lrnK );
/*
* Retrieve the settings currently stored in an LRN layer descriptor
* Any of the provided pointers can be NULL (no corresponding value will be returned)
*/
cudnnStatus_t             cudnnGetLRNDescriptor(
                                cudnnLRNDescriptor_t                normDesc,
                                unsigned*                           lrnN,
                                double*                             lrnAlpha,
                                double*                             lrnBeta,
                                double*                             lrnK );

/* Destroy an instance of LRN descriptor */
cudnnStatus_t             cudnnDestroyLRNDescriptor( cudnnLRNDescriptor_t lrnDesc );

/* LRN functions: output = alpha * normalize(x) + beta * old_y */

/* LRN cross-channel forward computation. Double parameters cast to tensor data type */
cudnnStatus_t             cudnnLRNCrossChannelForward(
                                cudnnHandle_t                       handle,
                                cudnnLRNDescriptor_t                normDesc,
                                cudnnLRNMode_t                      lrnMode,
                                const void*                         alpha,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       xDesc,
                                const void                         *x,
                                const void                         *beta,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       yDesc,
                                void                               *y );

/* LRN cross-channel backward computation. Double parameters cast to tensor data type */
cudnnStatus_t             cudnnLRNCrossChannelBackward(
                                cudnnHandle_t                       handle,
                                cudnnLRNDescriptor_t                normDesc,
                                cudnnLRNMode_t                      lrnMode,
                                const void*                         alpha,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       yDesc,
                                const void                         *y,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       dyDesc,
                                const void                         *dy,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       xDesc,
                                const void                         *x,
                                const void                         *beta,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       dxDesc,
                                void                               *dx);

typedef enum
{
    CUDNN_DIVNORM_PRECOMPUTED_MEANS = 0,
} cudnnDivNormMode_t;

/* LCN/divisive normalization functions: y = alpha * normalize(x) + beta * y */
cudnnStatus_t             cudnnDivisiveNormalizationForward(
                                cudnnHandle_t                       handle,
                                cudnnLRNDescriptor_t                normDesc,
                                cudnnDivNormMode_t                  mode,
                                const void                         *alpha,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       xDesc, /* same desc for means, temp, temp2*/
                                const void                         *x,
                                const void                         *means, /* if NULL, means are assumed to be zero*/
                                void                               *temp,
                                void                               *temp2,
                                const void                         *beta,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       yDesc,
                                void                               *y );

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnDivisiveNormalizationBackward(
                                cudnnHandle_t                       handle,
                                cudnnLRNDescriptor_t                normDesc,
                                cudnnDivNormMode_t                  mode,
                                const void                         *alpha,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       xDesc, /* same desc for x, means, dy, temp, temp2*/
                                const void                         *x,
                                const void                         *means, /* if NULL, means are assumed to be zero*/
                                const void                         *dy,
                                void                               *temp,
                                void                               *temp2,
                                const void                         *beta,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       dXdMeansDesc, /* same desc for dx, dMeans*/
                                void                               *dx, /* output x differential*/
                                void                               *dMeans ); /* output means differential, can be NULL*/

typedef enum
{
    /* bnScale, bnBias tensor dims are 1xCxHxWx.. (one value per CHW...-slice, normalized over N slice)*/
    CUDNN_BATCHNORM_PER_ACTIVATION = 0,

    /*bnScale, bnBias tensor dims are 1xCx1x1 (one value per C-dim normalized over Nx1xHxW subtensors)*/
    CUDNN_BATCHNORM_SPATIAL        = 1,
} cudnnBatchNormMode_t;

/* static const float CUDNN_BN_MIN_EPSILON = 1e-5; */ /* Minimum epsilon allowed to be used in the Batch Normalization formula*/

/*
* Derives a tensor descriptor from layer data descriptor for BatchNormalization
* scale, invVariance, bnBias, bnScale tensors. Use this tensor desc for
* bnScaleBiasMeanVarDesc and bnScaleBiasDiffDesc in Batch Normalization forward and backward functions.
*/
cudnnStatus_t             cudnnDeriveBNTensorDescriptor(
                                cudnnTensorDescriptor_t             derivedBnDesc,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       xDesc,
                                cudnnBatchNormMode_t                mode );

/* Computes y = BN(x). Also accumulates moving averages of mean and inverse variances */
cudnnStatus_t             cudnnBatchNormalizationForwardTraining(
                                cudnnHandle_t                       handle,
                                cudnnBatchNormMode_t                mode,

                                const void                         *alpha, /* alpha[0] = result blend factor*/
                                const void                         *beta,  /* beta[0] = dest layer blend factor*/

                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       xDesc,
                                const void                         *x,     /* NxCxHxW*/
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       yDesc,
                                void                               *y,     /* NxCxHxW*/

                                /* Shared desc for the next 6 tensors in the argument list.
                                   Data type to be set as follows:
                                   type = (typeOf(x) == double) ? double : float
                                   Dimensions for this descriptor depend on normalization mode
                                   - Spatial Normalization : tensors are expected to have dims 1xCx1x1
                                    (normalization is performed across NxHxW)
                                   - Per-Activation Normalization : tensors are expected to have dims of 1xCxHxW
                                    (normalization is performed across N) */
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       bnScaleBiasMeanVarDesc,

                                /* 'Gamma' and 'Beta' respectively in Ioffe and Szegedy's paper's notation*/
                                const void                         *bnScale,
                                const void                         *bnBias,

                                /* MUST use factor=1 in the very first call of a complete training cycle.
                                   Use a factor=1/(1+n) at N-th call to the function to get
                                   Cumulative Moving Average (CMA) behavior
                                   CMA[n] = (x[1]+...+x[n])/n
                                   Since CMA[n+1] = (n*CMA[n]+x[n+1])/(n+1) =
                                   ((n+1)*CMA[n]-CMA[n])/(n+1) + x[n+1]/(n+1) =
                                   CMA[n]*(1-1/(n+1)) + x[n+1]*1/(n+1) */
                                double                              exponentialAverageFactor,

                                /* Used in Training phase only.
                                   runningMean = newMean*factor + runningMean*(1-factor) */
                                void                               *resultRunningMean,
                                /* Output in training mode, input in inference. Is the moving average
                                   of  variance[x] (factor is applied in the same way as for runningMean) */
                                void                               *resultRunningVariance,

                                /* Has to be >= CUDNN_BN_MIN_EPSILON. Should be the same in forward and backward functions. */
                                double                              epsilon,

                                /* Optionally save intermediate results from the forward pass here
                                   - can be reused to speed up backward pass. NULL if unused */
                                void                               *resultSaveMean,
                                void                               *resultSaveInvVariance );

/*
* Performs Batch Normalization during Inference:
* y[i] = bnScale[k]*(x[i]-estimatedMean[k])/sqrt(epsilon+estimatedVariance[k]) + bnBias[k]
* with bnScale, bnBias, runningMean, runningInvVariance tensors indexed
* according to spatial or per-activation mode. Refer to cudnnBatchNormalizationForwardTraining
* above for notes on function arguments.
*/
cudnnStatus_t             cudnnBatchNormalizationForwardInference(
                                cudnnHandle_t                       handle,
                                cudnnBatchNormMode_t                mode,
                                const void                         *alpha, /* alpha[0] = result blend factor*/
                                const void                         *beta,  /* beta[0] = dest layer blend factor*/
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       xDesc,
                                const void                         *x,     /* NxCxHxW*/
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       yDesc,
                                void                               *y,     /* NxCxHxW*/
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       bnScaleBiasMeanVarDesc,
                                const void                         *bnScale,
                                const void                         *bnBias,
                                const void                         *estimatedMean,
                                const void                         *estimatedVariance,
                                double                              epsilon );

/* Performs backward pass of Batch Normalization layer. Returns x gradient,
* bnScale gradient and bnBias gradient */
cudnnStatus_t             cudnnBatchNormalizationBackward(
                                cudnnHandle_t                       handle,
                                cudnnBatchNormMode_t                mode,
                                const void                         *alphaDataDiff,
                                const void                         *betaDataDiff,
                                const void                         *alphaParamDiff,
                                const void                         *betaParamDiff,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       xDesc, /* same desc for x, dx, dy*/
                                const void                         *x,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       dyDesc,
                                const void                         *dy,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       dxDesc,
                                void                               *dx,
                                /* Shared tensor desc for the 4 tensors below */
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       dBnScaleBiasDesc,
                                const void                         *bnScale, /* bnBias doesn't affect backpropagation*/
                                /* scale and bias diff are not backpropagated below this layer */
                                void                               *dBnScaleResult,
                                void                               *dBnBiasResult,
                                /* Same epsilon as forward pass */
                                double                              epsilon,

                                /* Optionally cached intermediate results from
                                   forward pass */
                                const void                         *savedMean,
                                const void                         *savedInvVariance );


/* APIs for spatial transformer network*/
typedef enum {
    CUDNN_SAMPLER_BILINEAR=0,
} cudnnSamplerType_t;

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnCreateSpatialTransformerDescriptor(

                               cudnnSpatialTransformerDescriptor_t        *stDesc);

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnSetSpatialTransformerNdDescriptor(
                                cudnnSpatialTransformerDescriptor_t         stDesc,
                                cudnnSamplerType_t                          samplerType,
                                cudnnDataType_t                             dataType,
                                const int                                   nbDims,
                                const int                                   dimA[]);

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnDestroySpatialTransformerDescriptor(
                                 cudnnSpatialTransformerDescriptor_t        stDesc);

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnSpatialTfGridGeneratorForward(
                                 cudnnHandle_t                              handle,
                                 const cudnnSpatialTransformerDescriptor_t  stDesc,
                                 const void                                *theta,
                                 void                                      *grid);

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnSpatialTfGridGeneratorBackward(
                                 cudnnHandle_t                              handle,
                                 const cudnnSpatialTransformerDescriptor_t  stDesc,
                                 const void                                *dgrid,
                                 void                                      *dtheta);

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnSpatialTfSamplerForward(
                                 cudnnHandle_t                              handle,
                                 cudnnSpatialTransformerDescriptor_t        stDesc,
                                 const void                                *alpha,
                                 const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t              xDesc,
                                 const void                                *x,
                                 const void                                *grid,
                                 const void                                *beta,
                                 cudnnTensorDescriptor_t                    yDesc,
                                 void                                      *y);

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnSpatialTfSamplerBackward(
                                 cudnnHandle_t                              handle,
                                 cudnnSpatialTransformerDescriptor_t        stDesc,
                                 const void                                *alpha,
                                 const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t              xDesc,
                                 const void                                *x,
                                 const void                                *beta,
                                 const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t              dxDesc,
                                 void                                      *dx,
                                 const void                                *alphaDgrid,
                                 const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t              dyDesc,
                                 const void                                *dy,
                                 const void                                *grid,
                                 const void                                *betaDgrid,
                                 void                                      *dgrid);

typedef struct cudnnDropoutStruct * cudnnDropoutDescriptor_t;

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnCreateDropoutDescriptor(cudnnDropoutDescriptor_t * dropoutDesc);

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnDestroyDropoutDescriptor(cudnnDropoutDescriptor_t dropoutDesc);

/*helper function to determine size of the states to be passed to cudnnSetDropoutDescriptor */
cudnnStatus_t             cudnnDropoutGetStatesSize(cudnnHandle_t handle, size_t * sizeInBytes);

/*helper function to determine size of the reserve space to be passed to dropout forward/backward calls */
cudnnStatus_t             cudnnDropoutGetReserveSpaceSize(cudnnTensorDescriptor_t xdesc, size_t * sizeInBytes);

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnSetDropoutDescriptor(cudnnDropoutDescriptor_t dropoutDesc,
                                                    cudnnHandle_t handle,
                                                    float dropout,
                                                    void * states,
                                                    size_t stateSizeInBytes,
                                                    unsigned long long seed);

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnDropoutForward(cudnnHandle_t handle,
                                                      const cudnnDropoutDescriptor_t dropoutDesc,
                                                      const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t xdesc,
                                                      const void * x,
                                                      const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t ydesc,
                                                      void * y,
                                                      void * reserveSpace,
                                                      size_t reserveSpaceSizeInBytes);

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnDropoutBackward(cudnnHandle_t handle,
                                               const cudnnDropoutDescriptor_t dropoutDesc,
                                               const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t dydesc,
                                               const void * dy,
                                               const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t dxdesc,
                                               void * dx,
                                               void * reserveSpace,
                                               size_t reserveSpaceSizeInBytes);

/* RNN API */
typedef enum
  {
    CUDNN_RNN_RELU = 0, /* Stock RNN with ReLu activation*/
    CUDNN_RNN_TANH = 1, /* Stock RNN with tanh activation*/
    CUDNN_LSTM = 2,     /* LSTM with no peephole connections*/
    CUDNN_GRU = 3       /* Using h' = tanh(r * Uh(t-1) + Wx) and h = (1 - z) * h' + z * h(t-1);*/
  } cudnnRNNMode_t;

typedef enum
  {
   CUDNN_UNIDIRECTIONAL = 0,
   CUDNN_BIDIRECTIONAL = 1      /* Using output concatination at each step. Do we also want to support output sum?*/
  } cudnnDirectionMode_t;

typedef enum
  {
   CUDNN_LINEAR_INPUT = 0,
   CUDNN_SKIP_INPUT = 1
  } cudnnRNNInputMode_t;


struct cudnnRNNStruct;
typedef struct cudnnRNNStruct*        cudnnRNNDescriptor_t;

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnCreateRNNDescriptor(cudnnRNNDescriptor_t * rnnDesc);
cudnnStatus_t             cudnnDestroyRNNDescriptor(cudnnRNNDescriptor_t rnnDesc);

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnSetRNNDescriptor(cudnnRNNDescriptor_t rnnDesc,
                                                int hiddenSize,
                                                int numLayers,
                                                cudnnDropoutDescriptor_t dropoutDesc,
                                                cudnnRNNInputMode_t inputMode,
                                                cudnnDirectionMode_t direction,
                                                cudnnRNNMode_t mode,
                                                cudnnDataType_t dataType);


// dataType in the RNN descriptor is used to determine math precision
// dataType in weight descriptors and input descriptors is used to describe storage

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnGetRNNWorkspaceSize( cudnnHandle_t              handle,
                                                    const cudnnRNNDescriptor_t rnnDesc,
                                                    const int seqLength,
                                                    const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t    *xDesc,
                                                    size_t                     *sizeInBytes
                                                    );

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnGetRNNTrainingReserveSize( cudnnHandle_t              handle,
                                                          const cudnnRNNDescriptor_t rnnDesc,
                                                          const int seqLength,
                                                          const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t    *xDesc,
                                                          size_t                     *sizeInBytes
                                                    );


cudnnStatus_t             cudnnGetRNNParamsSize( cudnnHandle_t              handle,
                                                 const cudnnRNNDescriptor_t rnnDesc,
                                                 const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t    xDesc,
                                                 size_t                     *sizeInBytes,
                                                 cudnnDataType_t dataType
                                                    );

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnGetRNNLinLayerMatrixParams( cudnnHandle_t              handle,
                             const cudnnRNNDescriptor_t rnnDesc,
                             const int layer,
                             const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t xDesc,
                             const cudnnFilterDescriptor_t wDesc,
                             const void * w,
                             const int linLayerID,
                             cudnnFilterDescriptor_t linLayerMatDesc,
                             void ** linLayerMat
                             );

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnGetRNNLinLayerBiasParams( cudnnHandle_t              handle,
                             const cudnnRNNDescriptor_t rnnDesc,
                             const int layer,
                             const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t xDesc,
                             const cudnnFilterDescriptor_t wDesc,
                             const void * w,
                             const int linLayerID,
                             cudnnFilterDescriptor_t linLayerBiasDesc,
                             void ** linLayerBias
                             );


cudnnStatus_t             cudnnRNNForwardInference( cudnnHandle_t handle,
                                                    const cudnnRNNDescriptor_t rnnDesc,
                                                    const int seqLength,
                                                    const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t * xDesc,
                                                    const void * x,
                                                    const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t hxDesc,
                                                    const void * hx,
                                                    const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t cxDesc,
                                                    const void * cx,
                                                    const cudnnFilterDescriptor_t wDesc,
                                                    const void * w,
                                                    const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t *yDesc,
                                                    void * y,
                                                    const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t hyDesc,
                                                    void * hy,
                                                    const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t cyDesc,
                                                    void * cy,
                                                    void * workspace,
                                                    size_t workSpaceSizeInBytes);



cudnnStatus_t             cudnnRNNForwardTraining( cudnnHandle_t handle,
                                                   const cudnnRNNDescriptor_t rnnDesc,
                                                   const int seqLength,
                                                   const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t *xDesc,
                                                   const void * x,
                                                   const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t hxDesc,
                                                   const void * hx,
                                                   const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t cxDesc,
                                                   const void * cx,
                                                   const cudnnFilterDescriptor_t wDesc,
                                                   const void * w,
                                                   const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t *yDesc,
                                                   void * y,
                                                   const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t hyDesc,
                                                   void * hy,
                                                   const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t cyDesc,
                                                   void * cy,
                                                   void * workspace,
                                                   size_t workSpaceSizeInBytes,
                                                   void * reserveSpace,
                                                   size_t reserveSpaceSizeInBytes);

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnRNNBackwardData( cudnnHandle_t handle,
                                                const cudnnRNNDescriptor_t rnnDesc,
                                                const int seqLength,
                                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t * yDesc,
                                                const void * y,
                                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t * dyDesc,
                                                const void * dy,
                                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t dhyDesc,
                                                const void * dhy,
                                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t dcyDesc,
                                                const void * dcy,
                                                const cudnnFilterDescriptor_t wDesc,
                                                const void * w,
                                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t hxDesc,
                                                const void * hx,
                                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t cxDesc,
                                                const void * cx,
                                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t * dxDesc,
                                                void * dx,
                                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t dhxDesc,
                                                void * dhx,
                                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t dcxDesc,
                                                void * dcx,
                                                void * workspace,
                                                size_t workSpaceSizeInBytes,
                                                const void * reserveSpace,
                                                size_t reserveSpaceSizeInBytes );


cudnnStatus_t             cudnnRNNBackwardWeights( cudnnHandle_t handle,
                                                   const cudnnRNNDescriptor_t rnnDesc,
                                                   const int seqLength,
                                                   const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t * xDesc,
                                                   const void * x,
                                                   const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t hxDesc,
                                                   const void * hx,
                                                   const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t * yDesc,
                                                   const void * y,
                                                   const void * workspace,
                                                   size_t workSpaceSizeInBytes,
                                                   const cudnnFilterDescriptor_t dwDesc,
                                                   void * dw,
                                                   const void * reserveSpace,
                                                   size_t reserveSpaceSizeInBytes );





/* DEPRECATED routines to be removed next release :
   User should use the non-suffixed version (which has the API and functionality of _v4 version)
   Routines with _v3 suffix has the functionality of the non-suffixed routines in the CUDNN V4
 */

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnSetFilter4dDescriptor_v3(
                                cudnnFilterDescriptor_t             filterDesc,
                                cudnnDataType_t                     dataType, /* image data type*/
                                int                                 k,        /* number of output feature maps*/
                                int                                 c,        /* number of input feature maps*/
                                int                                 h,        /* height of each input filter*/
                                int                                 w );      /* width of  each input filter*/

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnSetFilter4dDescriptor_v4(
                                cudnnFilterDescriptor_t             filterDesc,
                                cudnnDataType_t                     dataType, /* image data type*/
                                cudnnTensorFormat_t                 format,
                                int                                 k,        /* number of output feature maps*/
                                int                                 c,        /* number of input feature maps*/
                                int                                 h,        /* height of each input filter*/
                                int                                 w );      /* width of  each input filter*/

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnGetFilter4dDescriptor_v3(
                                const cudnnFilterDescriptor_t       filterDesc,
                                cudnnDataType_t                    *dataType, /* image data type*/
                                int                                *k,        /* number of output feature maps*/
                                int                                *c,        /* number of input feature maps*/
                                int                                *h,        /* height of each input filter*/
                                int                                *w );      /* width of  each input filter*/

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnGetFilter4dDescriptor_v4(
                                const cudnnFilterDescriptor_t       filterDesc,
                                cudnnDataType_t                    *dataType, /* image data type*/
                                cudnnTensorFormat_t                *format,
                                int                                *k,        /* number of output feature maps*/
                                int                                *c,        /* number of input feature maps*/
                                int                                *h,        /* height of each input filter*/
                                int                                *w );      /* width of  each input filter      */

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnSetFilterNdDescriptor_v3(
                                cudnnFilterDescriptor_t             filterDesc,
                                cudnnDataType_t                     dataType, /* image data type*/
                                int                                 nbDims,
                                const int                           filterDimA[] );


cudnnStatus_t             cudnnSetFilterNdDescriptor_v4(
                                cudnnFilterDescriptor_t             filterDesc,
                                cudnnDataType_t                     dataType, /* image data type*/
                                cudnnTensorFormat_t                 format,
                                int                                 nbDims,
                                const int                           filterDimA[] );

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnGetFilterNdDescriptor_v3(
                                const cudnnFilterDescriptor_t       filterDesc,
                                int                                 nbDimsRequested,
                                cudnnDataType_t                    *dataType, /* image data type*/
                                int                                *nbDims,
                                int                                 filterDimA[] );

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnGetFilterNdDescriptor_v4(
                                const cudnnFilterDescriptor_t       filterDesc,
                                int                                 nbDimsRequested,
                                cudnnDataType_t                    *dataType, /* image data type*/
                                cudnnTensorFormat_t                *format,
                                int                                *nbDims,
                                int                                 filterDimA[] );

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnSetPooling2dDescriptor_v3(
                                cudnnPoolingDescriptor_t            poolingDesc,
                                cudnnPoolingMode_t                  mode,
                                int                                 windowHeight,
                                int                                 windowWidth,
                                int                                 verticalPadding,
                                int                                 horizontalPadding,
                                int                                 verticalStride,
                                int                                 horizontalStride );

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnSetPooling2dDescriptor_v4(
                                cudnnPoolingDescriptor_t            poolingDesc,
                                cudnnPoolingMode_t                  mode,
                                cudnnNanPropagation_t               maxpoolingNanOpt,
                                int                                 windowHeight,
                                int                                 windowWidth,
                                int                                 verticalPadding,
                                int                                 horizontalPadding,
                                int                                 verticalStride,
                                int                                 horizontalStride );
cudnnStatus_t             cudnnGetPooling2dDescriptor_v3(
                                const cudnnPoolingDescriptor_t      poolingDesc,
                                cudnnPoolingMode_t                 *mode,
                                int                                *windowHeight,
                                int                                *windowWidth,
                                int                                *verticalPadding,
                                int                                *horizontalPadding,
                                int                                *verticalStride,
                                int                                *horizontalStride );

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnGetPooling2dDescriptor_v4(
                                const cudnnPoolingDescriptor_t      poolingDesc,
                                cudnnPoolingMode_t                 *mode,
                                cudnnNanPropagation_t              *maxpoolingNanOpt,
                                int                                *windowHeight,
                                int                                *windowWidth,
                                int                                *verticalPadding,
                                int                                *horizontalPadding,
                                int                                *verticalStride,
                                int                                *horizontalStride );

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnSetPoolingNdDescriptor_v3(
                                cudnnPoolingDescriptor_t            poolingDesc,
                                const cudnnPoolingMode_t            mode,
                                int                                 nbDims,
                                const int                           windowDimA[],
                                const int                           paddingA[],
                                const int                           strideA[] );

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnSetPoolingNdDescriptor_v4(
                                cudnnPoolingDescriptor_t            poolingDesc,
                                const cudnnPoolingMode_t            mode,
                                const cudnnNanPropagation_t         maxpoolingNanOpt,
                                int                                 nbDims,
                                const int                           windowDimA[],
                                const int                           paddingA[],
                                const int                           strideA[] );

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnGetPoolingNdDescriptor_v3(
                                const cudnnPoolingDescriptor_t      poolingDesc,
                                const int                           nbDimsRequested,
                                cudnnPoolingMode_t                 *mode,
                                int                                *nbDims,
                                int                                 windowDimA[],
                                int                                 paddingA[],
                                int                                 strideA[] );

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnGetPoolingNdDescriptor_v4(
                                const cudnnPoolingDescriptor_t      poolingDesc,
                                int                                 nbDimsRequested,
                                cudnnPoolingMode_t                 *mode,
                                cudnnNanPropagation_t              *maxpoolingNanOpt,
                                int                                *nbDims,
                                int                                 windowDimA[],
                                int                                 paddingA[],
                                int                                 strideA[] );

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnActivationForward_v3(
                                cudnnHandle_t                       handle,
                                cudnnActivationMode_t               mode,
                                const void                         *alpha,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       xDesc,
                                const void                         *x,
                                const void                         *beta,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       yDesc,
                                void                               *y );

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnActivationForward_v4(
                                cudnnHandle_t                       handle,
                                cudnnActivationDescriptor_t         activationDesc,
                                const void                         *alpha,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       xDesc,
                                const void                         *x,
                                const void                         *beta,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       yDesc,
                                void                               *y );

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnActivationBackward_v3(
                                cudnnHandle_t                       handle,
                                cudnnActivationMode_t               mode,
                                const void                         *alpha,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       yDesc,
                                const void                         *y,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       dyDesc,
                                const void                         *dy,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       xDesc,
                                const void                         *x,
                                const void                         *beta,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       dxDesc,
                                void                               *dx );

cudnnStatus_t             cudnnActivationBackward_v4(
                                cudnnHandle_t                       handle,
                                cudnnActivationDescriptor_t         activationDesc,
                                const void                         *alpha,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       yDesc,
                                const void                         *y,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       dyDesc,
                                const void                         *dy,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       xDesc,
                                const void                         *x,
                                const void                         *beta,
                                const cudnnTensorDescriptor_t       dxDesc,
                                void                               *dx );

]]

local CUDNN_PATH = os.getenv('CUDNN_PATH')
if CUDNN_PATH then
    print('Found Environment variable CUDNN_PATH = ' .. CUDNN_PATH)
    cudnn.C = ffi.load(CUDNN_PATH)
else

    local libnames = {'libcudnn.so.5', 'libcudnn.5.dylib', 'cudnn64_5.dll'}
    local ok = false
    for i=1,#libnames do
        ok = pcall(function () cudnn.C = ffi.load(libnames[i]) end)
        if ok then break; end
    end

    if not ok then
        error([['libcudnn (R5) not found in library path.
Please install CuDNN from https://developer.nvidia.com/cuDNN
Then make sure files named as libcudnn.so.5 or libcudnn.5.dylib are placed in
your library load path (for example /usr/local/lib , or manually add a path to LD_LIBRARY_PATH)

Alternatively, set the path to libcudnn.so.5 or libcudnn.5.dylib
to the environment variable CUDNN_PATH and rerun torch.
For example: export CUDNN_PATH = "/usr/local/cuda/lib64/libcudnn.so.5"
]])
    end
end

-- check cuDNN version
cudnn.version = tonumber(cudnn.C.cudnnGetVersion())
if cudnn.version < 5005 or cudnn.version >= 6000 then
   error('These bindings are for CUDNN 5.x (5005 <= cudnn.version > 6000) , '
        .. 'while the loaded CuDNN is version: ' .. cudnn.version
           .. '  \nAre you using an older or newer version of CuDNN?')
end

-- check GPU driver version
local props = cutorch.getDeviceProperties(cutorch.getDevice())
if cutorch.driverVersion and -- for backward compatiblity
     not(cutorch.driverVersion >= 7050 -- desktop GPUs
       or (props.major == 5 and props.minor == 3 and cutorch.driverVersion >= 7000) ) -- Tegra X1
then
  error('Insufficient GPU driver version.')
end