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Installing GNNUnlock on Caviness

The GNNUnlock Python code (available on GitHub) makes use of the GraphSaint Python code (available on GitHub) which makes use of TensorFlow and its underlying dependencies (like numpy, scipy). GNNUnlock is pure Python code (with two Perl helpers) but GraphSAINT includes compiled components. The recipe is thus:

  1. Create a Python virtual environment with the required TensorFlow dependencies
  2. Compile the GraphSAINT binary components in the virtual environment
  3. Optionally compile the GraphSAINT C++ training program
  4. Create a VALET package definition to manage the GNNUnlock virtual environment(s)

In the resulting virtual environment the following tasks can be performed:

Create the virtual environment

The GNNUnlock C++ program is best-compiled using Intel compilers and the MKL library. Intel oneAPI includes conda for virtual environment tasks so it will be used for the creation of the virtual environment, etc.

In this recipe a versioned software directory hierarchy will be created for GNNUnlock in the user's home directory. This procedure can be modified to install to an alternative location by altering the value assigned to the GNNUNLOCK_PREFIX environment variable. Since GNNUnlock has no releases, branches, or tags present in GitHub, the date of download is adopted as the version.

[frey@login01.caviness ~]$ GNNUNLOCK_PREFIX=~/sw/gnnunlock
[frey@login01.caviness ~]$ GNNUNLOCK_VERSION=2024.07.01
[frey@login01.caviness ~]$ vpkg_require intel-oneapi/2024
[frey@login01.caviness ~]$ rm -rf ~/.conda/cache
[frey@login01.caviness ~]$ conda create --prefix "${GNNUNLOCK_PREFIX}/${GNNUNLOCK_VERSION}" \
    --override-channels --channel intel --channel anaconda \
    python'>=3.6.8' \
    tensorflow'=1.15.2' \
    cython'>=0.29.2' \
    numpy'>=1.14.3' \
    scipy'>=1.1.0' \
    scikit-learn'>=0.19.1' \
    pyyaml'>=3.12'
[frey@login01.caviness ~]$ conda activate "${GNNUNLOCK_PREFIX}/${GNNUNLOCK_VERSION}"

The conda cache is removed to prevent existing downloaded packages from interfering with what's available online and to keep the user's home directory from growing too large. Restricting the virtualenv creation to only the intel and anaconda channels keeps the package-solving easier and biases toward consuming Intel-based packages that are likely very well-optimized for Caviness' hardware.

Clone the source code

The source repositories for both GNNUnlock and GraphSAINT will be cloned into the virtualenv directory itself, starting with GNNUnlock:

[frey@login01.caviness ~]$ cd "${GNNUNLOCK_PREFIX}/${GNNUNLOCK_VERSION}"
[frey@login01.caviness 2024.07.01]$ git clone https://github.com/DfX-NYUAD/GNNUnlock.git
[frey@login01.caviness 2024.07.01]$ cd GNNUnlock

The examples presented in the GNNUnlock documentation assume that GraphSAINT has been cloned as a sub-directory of the GNNUnlock directory:

[frey@login01.caviness GNNUnlock]$ git clone https://github.com/GraphSAINT/GraphSAINT.git
[frey@login01.caviness GNNUnlock]$ pushd GraphSAINT
[frey@login01.caviness GraphSAINT]$

At this point the GraphSAINT repository is the current working directory.

Build GraphSAINT binary components

GraphSAINT includes several binary (cython) components that must be compiled in the current virtualenv. The GraphSAINT (and GNNUnlock) documentation provide the necessary command:

[frey@login01.caviness GraphSAINT]$ python graphsaint/setup.py build_ext --inplace

The binary components are installed in the graphsaint directory itself, where the Python code expects to find them.

Build the C++ training program

The ipdps19_cpp sub-directory contains the source code for the C++ training program. There are two make files:

Since we wish to use Intel oneAPI compilers and MKL, the makefile will be used in slightly altered form. A patch file is supplied for this purpose – download makefile.oneapi.patch and copy it to the ${GNNUNLOCK_PREFIX}/${GNNUNLOCK_VERSION}/GNNUnlock/GraphSAINT directory created in this recipe:

--- A/makefile	2024-07-01 10:09:30.696062752 -0400
+++ B/makefile	2024-07-01 10:12:32.685255418 -0400
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-CC=icc
+CC=icpx
 IDIR=./include
 ODIR=./obj
-LIBS=-L${MKLROOT}/lib/intel64 -lmkl_intel_lp64 -lmkl_intel_thread -lmkl_core -liomp5 
-CFLAGS=-I${IDIR} -I${MKLROOT}/include -fopenmp -pthread -Wall -O3 --std=c++11
+LIBS=
+CFLAGS=-I${IDIR} -qmkl=parallel -qopenmp -pthread -Wall -O3 --std=c++11
 
 _DEPS=global.h optm.h		# global dependencies
 DEPS=$(patsubst %,$(IDIR)/%,$(_DEPS))

The patch gets applied in the source directory:

[frey@login01.caviness GraphSAINT]$ pushd ipdps19_cpp
[frey@login01.caviness ipdps19_cpp]$ patch -p1 < ../makefile.oneapi.patch
[frey@login01.caviness ipdps19_cpp]$ make
[frey@login01.caviness ipdps19_cpp]$ install train "${GNNUNLOCK_PREFIX}/${GNNUNLOCK_VERSION}/bin/ipdps19-train"

The compiled program is installed in the bin directory for the virtualenv as ipdps19-train; when the virtualenv is activated, the program can be executed with the bare command ipdps19-train.

Note the value of two environment variables used in this recipe before exiting and proceeding to the next section:

[frey@login01.caviness ipdps19_cpp]$ echo $GNNUNLOCK_PREFIX
/home/1001/sw/gnnunlock
 
[frey@login01.caviness ipdps19_cpp]$ echo $GNNUNLOCK_VERSION
2024.07.01

VALET package definition

Before going any further, a VALET package definition file should be created to facilitate the use of GNNUnlock in the future. Since this recipe has created the virtualenv in the user's home directory, it makes sense to create the VALET package definition file therein, as well. For other installation locations (like workgroup storage) an alternative location may be appropriate for the package definition file.

Recall that intel-oneapi/2024 was added to the environment at the beginning of this recipe: that is the sole dependency associated with this GNNUnlock version. The VALET package definition file created at ~/.valet/gnnunlock.vpkg_yaml would look like this (with the appropriate value of $GNNUNLOCK_PREFIX substituted for «GNNUNLOCK_PREFIX», etc.):

gnnunlock.vpkg_yaml
gnnunlock:
    prefix: «GNNUNLOCK_PREFIX»
    description: "Graph Neural Networks-based Oracle-less Unlocking Scheme for Provably Secure Logic Locking"
    url: "https://github.com/DfX-NYUAD/GNNUnlock"
    
    versions:
        "«GNNUNLOCK_VERSION»":
            description: sources cloned from github 2024 July 01
            dependencies:
                - intel-oneapi/2024
            actions:
                - action: source
                  script:
                      sh: intel-python.sh
                - variable: GNNUNLOCK_DIR
                  value: ${VALET_PATH_PREFIX}/GNNUnlock
                - variable: GRAPHSAINT_DIR
                  value: ${VALET_PATH_PREFIX}/GNNUnlock/GraphSAINT

The package can be added to the environment of a new login shell:

[frey@login00.caviness ~]$ vpkg_require gnnunlock/2024.07.01
Adding dependency `binutils/2.35` to your environment
Adding dependency `gcc/12.1.0` to your environment
Adding dependency `intel-oneapi/2024.0.1.46` to your environment
Adding package `gnnunlock/2024.07.01` to your environment

The C++ training program is available as expected where it was installed:

[frey@login00.caviness ~]$ which ipdps19-train 
~/sw/gnnunlock/2024.07.01/bin/ipdps19-train

The GNNUnlock and GraphSAINT repositories are easily referenced using the GNNUNLOCK_DIR and GRAPHSAINT_DIR variables set by the VALET package definition:

[frey@login00.caviness ~]$ cd $GRAPHSAINT_DIR
[frey@login00.caviness GraphSAINT]$ pwd
/home/1001/sw/gnnunlock/2024.07.01/GNNUnlock/GraphSAINT
 
[frey@login00.caviness ~]$ cd $GNNUNLOCK_DIR
[frey@login00.caviness GNNUNLOCK_DIR]$ pwd
/home/1001/sw/gnnunlock/2024.07.01/GNNUnlock

At this point the shell is in the appropriate working directory for the GNNUnlock example.

Examples

The use of a login node in this recipe is purely for illustrative purposes. Computational work should be performed on a compute node and not on a login node.

TensorFlow and Python

The GNNUnlock repository includes example circuit data that must be transformed to a graph format before GNNUnlock can be executed. The directions in the GNNUnlock documentation can be followed:

[frey@login01.caviness GNNUnlock]$ mkdir -p Netlist_to_graph/Graphs_datasets/anti_sat_iscas_c7552
[frey@login01.caviness GNNUnlock]$ pushd Netlist_to_graph/Graphs_datasets/anti_sat_iscas_c7552/
[frey@login01.caviness anti_sat_iscas_c7552]$ cp ../../Parsers/graph_parser.py .
[frey@login01.caviness anti_sat_iscas_c7552]$ perl ../../Parsers/AntiSAT_bench_to_graph.pl -i ../../Circuits_datasets/ANTI_SAT_DATASET_c7552 > log.txt
Can't locate /Users/guest1/Desktop/GNNUnlock_Master/Netlist_to_graph/Parsers/theCircuit.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/local/lib64/perl5 /usr/local/share/perl5 /usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/lib64/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 .) at ../../Parsers/AntiSAT_bench_to_graph.pl line 6.

The documentation did state that line 6 of that Perl script must be modified, but rather than changing it to the absolute path at which theCircuit.pm exists, a relative path and symbolic link will be leveraged. First, edit ../../Parsers/AntiSAT_bench_to_graph.pl and change line 6 to read:

require "./theCircuit.pm";

This instructs Perl to read the module file theCircuit.pm from the current working directory; a symbolic link in that working directory completes the fixup:

[frey@login00.caviness anti_sat_iscas_c7552]$ ln -s ../../Parsers/theCircuit.pm .
[frey@login01.caviness anti_sat_iscas_c7552]$ perl ../../Parsers/AntiSAT_bench_to_graph.pl -i ../../Circuits_datasets/ANTI_SAT_DATASET_c7552 > log.txt
                      AntiSAT_bench_to_graph.pl
                 Version 1.7  Released on 2021/02/09
                    Lilas Alrahis <lma387@nyu.edu>
                        NYUAD, Abu Dhabi, UAE
 
           'perl AntiSAT_bench_to_graph.pl -help' for help
 
 
Program completed in 443 sec without error.

The same "trick" with a relative path and symbolic link can be used in the SFLL_Verilog_to_graph.pl Perl script. Finally, the Python graph parser is run on the data in the working directory:

[frey@login01.caviness anti_sat_iscas_c7552]$ python graph_parser.py

At long last, the GraphSAINT program can be used to train with the graph data.

All execution of GraphSAINT code (in both the GraphSAINT and GNNUnlock documentation) must be made from the GraphSAINT repository directory.

[frey@login00.caviness anti_sat_iscas_c7552]$ cd $GRAPHSAINT_DIR
[frey@login00.caviness GraphSAINT]$ python -m graphsaint.tensorflow_version.train \
    --data_prefix ../Netlist_to_graph/Graphs_datasets/anti_sat_iscas_c7552 \
    --train_config ../DATE21.yml

Circa 40 iterations into the training, the program was actively-occupying around 3.5 GiB of memory and utilizing all 36 cores in the node:

  PID USER      PR  NI    VIRT    RES    SHR S  %CPU %MEM     TIME+ COMMAND                                            
 2893 frey      20   0 30.941g 3.479g  93744 S  3599  1.4  26:03.21 train.py

Memory usage appears to continually increase as training proceeds, so users are encouraged to benchmark and properly-budget memory requests for GNNUnlock jobs.

C++ train

The C++ training program was tested with Reddit data available in the Google drive referenced by the documentation. The reddit directory is downloaded as a ZIP archive and should be copied into a directory named data_cpp on Caviness – in this recipe the ZIP file was uploaded to the user's home directory:

[frey@login00.caviness ~]$ mkdir ~/sw/gnnunlock/data_cpp
[frey@login00.caviness ~]$ mv ~/reddit-20240701T143527Z-001.zip ~/sw/gnnunlock/data_cpp
[frey@login00.caviness ~]$ cd ~/sw/gnnunlock/data_cpp
[frey@login00.caviness data_cpp]$ unzip reddit-20240701T143527Z-001.zip
[frey@login00.caviness data_cpp]$ ls -l reddit
total 1236252
-rw-r--r-- 1 frey everyone   92855352 Jan 20  2020 adj_full_indices.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 frey everyone     931864 Jan 20  2020 adj_full_indptr.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 frey everyone   43012952 Jan 20  2020 adj_train_indices.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 frey everyone     931864 Jan 20  2020 adj_train_indptr.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 frey everyone         44 Jan 20  2020 dims.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 frey everyone 1121959440 Jan 20  2020 feats_norm_col.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 frey everyone   76412520 Jan 20  2020 labels_col.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 frey everyone     221336 Jan 20  2020 node_test.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 frey everyone     615728 Jan 20  2020 node_train.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 frey everyone      94796 Jan 20  2020 node_val.bin

Training must be effected from the data_cpp directory. In this example, just 5 iterations will be executed on 4 threads:

[frey@login00.caviness ~]$ vpkg_require gnnunlock/2024.07.01
Adding dependency `binutils/2.35` to your environment
Adding dependency `gcc/12.1.0` to your environment
Adding dependency `intel-oneapi/2024.0.1.46` to your environment
Adding package `gnnunlock/2024.07.01` to your environment
 
[frey@login00.caviness data_cpp]$ ipdps19-train reddit 5 4 softmax
OMP: Info #277: omp_set_nested routine deprecated, please use omp_set_max_active_levels instead.
============
ITERATION 0
============
Sampling 4 subgraphs.
Thread 0 doubling from 207000 to 414000.
Thread 3 doubling from 207000 to 414000.
Thread 1 doubling from 207000 to 414000.
Thread 2 doubling from 207000 to 414000.
thread 0 finish in 113ms while pre use 4ms and post use 91ms.
thread 2 finish in 155ms while pre use 6ms and post use 118ms.
thread 1 finish in 159ms while pre use 7ms and post use 122ms.
thread 3 finish in 159ms while pre use 6ms and post use 123ms.
Sampling: total time 0.16187406s.
Training itr 0 f1_mic: 0.034096, f1_mac: 0.019856
============
ITERATION 1
============
Training itr 1 f1_mic: 0.206164, f1_mac: 0.050644
============
ITERATION 2
============
Training itr 2 f1_mic: 0.233685, f1_mac: 0.061633
============
ITERATION 3
============
Training itr 3 f1_mic: 0.253775, f1_mac: 0.060568
============
ITERATION 4
============
Sampling 4 subgraphs.
Thread 3 doubling from 207000 to 414000.
Thread 1 doubling from 207000 to 414000.
Thread 0 doubling from 207000 to 414000.
Thread 2 doubling from 207000 to 414000.
thread 2 finish in 109ms while pre use 1ms and post use 89ms.
thread 3 finish in 110ms while pre use 2ms and post use 92ms.
thread 1 finish in 111ms while pre use 2ms and post use 92ms.
thread 0 finish in 111ms while pre use 3ms and post use 92ms.
Sampling: total time 0.11241198s.
Training itr 4 f1_mic: 0.297525, f1_mac: 0.080492
--------------------
DENSE time: 0.451507
SPARSE time: 0.226233
RELU time: 0.037294
NORM time: 0.069778
LOOKUP time: 0.096633
BIAS time: 0.006502
MASK time: 0.002519
REDUCE time: 0.004366
SIGMOID time: 0.000000
SOFTMAX time: 0.000000
--------------------
Testing f1_mic: 0.365237, f1_mac: 0.107992

The OMP warning indicates that the C++ code uses an OpenMP API that was part of an older OpenMP standard; the function in question still works as expected, but is likely to be removed in future releases of OpenMP. The developer is basically being warned to update his/her source code.