gpt-5.5-priority · original · l123_single_gpt
correct 33_BatchNorm.py
model
gpt-5.5-priority
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1 / 1
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1
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0
wall clock
—
truncated
no
backend
cuda fp32
variant
original
runtime
5.82 μs
ref runtime
8.97 μs
speedup
1.54x
started
2026-05-05T00:14:13Z
timingkernelbench.timing
kernel runtime
5.82 μs
ref runtime
8.97 μs
speedup
1.54x
kernel mean / median / std
5.82 / — / 0.25 μs
ref mean / median / std
8.97 / — / 0.76 μs
numerical precisioneval_kernel_against_ref
max abs error
3.22e-06
mean abs error
1.01e-06
max rel error
838188.69
mean rel error
0.01
gpu memoryextended_metrics.measure_memory
kernel peak
8225.13 MB
ref peak
8225.01 MB
kernel / ref
1.00x
kernel launches / fusiontorch.profiler
kernel launches
5
ref launches
11
fusion ratio (ref / kernel)
2.20x
total cuda time
102 μs
energyNVML (pynvml)
kernel mJ / run
1691.04
ref mJ / run
1692.08
ratio (ref / kernel)
1.00x
avg power
301.94 W
ref avg power
194.81 W
SOL (speed-of-light)nsight_hardware_counters
SOL score (0–1)
1.000
dram util %
100.0%
compute util %
17.1%
bottleneck
memory-bound
dominant pipe
FP32
arithmetic intensity
—
ridge point
20.00
roofline / occupancynsight_hardware_counters
dram bandwidth
4647.88 GB/s
dram util %
100.0%
fp32 tflops
—
fp32 util %
—
fp16 tflops
—
occupancy %
205.9%
bottleneck
memory-bound
dominant pipe %
17.1%
arithmetic intensity
—
ridge point
20.00
L1 hit %
—
L2 hit %
235.1%
ld sectors / req
16.21
st sectors / req
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regs / thread
102
smem / block
4608 B
block size
896
peak bw
3350.00 GB/s
peak fp32 tflops
67.00
peak fp16 tflops
1979.00
warp stalls (top 5)nsight
long_scoreboard
15900.0%
short_scoreboard
269.4%
mio_throttle
2.2%
reference PyTorch source (the prompt the agent sees)
import torch
import torch.nn as nn

class Model(nn.Module):
    """
    Simple model that performs Batch Normalization.
    """
    def __init__(self, num_features: int):
        """
        Initializes the BatchNorm layer.

        Args:
            num_features (int): Number of features in the input tensor.
        """
        super(Model, self).__init__()
        self.bn = nn.BatchNorm2d(num_features=num_features)

    def forward(self, x: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
        """
        Applies Batch Normalization to the input tensor.

        Args:
            x (torch.Tensor): Input tensor of shape (batch_size, num_features, *).

        Returns:
            torch.Tensor: Output tensor with Batch Normalization applied, same shape as input.
        """
        return self.bn(x)

batch_size = 64
features = 64
dim1 = 512
dim2 = 512

def get_inputs():
    x = torch.rand(batch_size, features, dim1, dim2)
    return [x]

def get_init_inputs():
    return [features]
turn 0 · FINAL · 1 tool call(s) · 73.8s turn · 73.8s LLM · 12,851 chars (click to expand)
turn 073.8s turn · 73.8s LLM · 0.0s tools · FINAL
reasoning
**Analyzing PyTorch BatchNorm** I’m thinking about how to handle gradients in my setup, aiming to focus on forward passes without backward gradients. BatchNorm in PyTorch has biased training variance, which impacts normalization. I see that cuDNN may have different behaviors, leading to minor output variations. I’m considering the balance between efficiency and error tolerance, especially in large tensor reductions. Overall, I'm estimating performance for my implementation, suspecting it should run efficiently on A100 within a reasonable timeframe. **Exploring PyTorch and cuDNN Integration** I’m considering the timeline for PyTorch and cuDNN's BatchNorm, estimating around 10ms. I need to think about output memory allocation, which might be around 4GB. As I dive into the C++ source, I realize I can include CUDA code through specific declarations. I’m weighing whether I should define functions like `bn_forward` in the C++ or CUDA source and how that impacts bindings. It looks like I might need to organize my declarations carefully to ensure everything compiles correctly. The whole process feels quite intricate! **Considering Tensor Size and Indexing** I’m working on ensuring that load_inline names are unique to avoid any conflicts. Since I’m dealing with giant tensors where the total number of elements exceeds the int32 limit, I’ll need to switch to using int64_t for my loops. Looking at hardware, it seems that using int64 types is essential. Also, I’m noting that the grid-stride index should be int64 too. It’s all about properly managing larger tensors and maintaining efficiency! **Evaluating reduction performance** I’m considering the performance of reduction methods. Each block is reading 65,536 contiguous units with 256 threads, each handling 256 loads, which seems good. I'm thinking using partial sums could optimize this process. It leads me to believe block-level reduction might help enhance efficiency. There’s a lot to unpack here, but I’m curious about how these performance metrics translate into real-world improvements. Let’s keep refining this concept!
call → submit_kernel
callsubmit_kernel { "kernel_code": "import torch\nimport torch.nn as nn\nfrom torch.utils.cpp_extension import load_inline\n\n_cpp_src = r\"\"\"\n#include <torch/extension.h>\n\ntorch::Tensor bn_forward(torch::Tensor x,\n torch::Tensor weight,\n torch::Tensor bias,\n torch::Tensor running_mean,\n torch::Tensor running_var,\n bool training);\n\"\"\"\n\n_cuda_src = r\"\"\"\n#include <torch/extension.h>\n#include <ATen/cuda/CUDAContext.h>\n#include <cuda.h>\n#include <cuda_runtime.h>\n\n#ifndef __CUDACC_RTC__\n#include <cstdio>\n#endif\n\nstatic __device__ __forceinline__ void warp_reduce_pair(float &a, float &b) {\n #pragma unroll\n for (int offset = 16; offset > 0; offset >>= 1) {\n a += __shfl_down_sync(0xffffffff, a, offset);\n b += __shfl_down_sync(0xffffffff, b, offset);\n }\n}\n\n__global__ void reduce_bn_kernel(const float* __restrict__ x,\n float* __restrict__ partial,\n long long N, int C, long long HW,\n int chunks_per_n, long long chunk_size,\n int chunks_per_c) {\n int bid = blockIdx.x;\n int c = bid / chunks_per_c;\n int k = bid - c * chunks_per_c;\n long long n = k / chunks_per_n;\n int seg = k - (int)(n * chunks_per_n);\n long long start = (long long)seg * chunk_size;\n long long len = chunk_size;\n if (start + len > HW) len = HW - start;\n const float* ptr = x + ((n * C + c) * HW + start);\n\n float sum = 0.0f;\n float sum2 = 0.0f;\n for (long long i = threadIdx.x; i < len; i += blockDim.x) {\n float v = ptr[i];\n sum += v;\n sum2 = fmaf(v, v, sum2);\n }\n\n warp_reduce_pair(sum, sum2);\n\n __shared__ float smem_sum[32];\n __shared__ float smem_sum2[32];\n int lane = threadIdx.x & 31;\n int warp = threadIdx.x >> 5;\n if (lane == 0) {\n smem_sum[warp] = sum;\n smem_sum2[warp] = sum2;\n }\n __syncthreads();\n\n if (warp == 0) {\n sum = (lane < (blockDim.x >> 5)) ? smem_sum[lane] : 0.0f;\n sum2 = (lane < (blockDim.x >> 5)) ? smem_sum2[lane] : 0.0f;\n warp_reduce_pair(sum, sum2);\n if (lane == 0) {\n long long out = ((long long)c * chunks_per_c + k) * 2LL;\n partial[out] = sum;\n partial[out + 1] = sum2;\n }\n }\n}\n\n__global__ void finalize_bn_kernel(const float* __restrict__ partial,\n float* __restrict__ stats,\n float* __restrict__ running_mean,\n float* __restrict__ running_var,\n int C, int chunks_per_c, long long M,\n float eps, float momentum) {\n int c = blockIdx.x;\n float sum = 0.0f;\n float sum2 = 0.0f;\n for (int k = threadIdx.x; k < chunks_per_c; k += blockDim.x) {\n long long idx = ((long long)c * chunks_per_c + k) * 2LL;\n sum += partial[idx];\n sum2 += partial[idx + 1];\n }\n\n warp_reduce_pair(sum, sum2);\n\n __shared__ float smem_sum[32];\n __shared__ float smem_sum2[32];\n int lane = threadIdx.x & 31;\n int warp = threadIdx.x >> 5;\n if (lane == 0) {\n smem_sum[warp] = sum;\n smem_sum2[warp] = sum2;\n }\n __syncthreads();\n\n if (warp == 0) {\n sum = (lane < (blockDim.x >> 5)) ? smem_sum[lane] : 0.0f;\n sum2 = (lane < (blockDim.x >> 5)) ? smem_sum2[lane] : 0.0f;\n warp_reduce_pair(sum, sum2);\n if (lane == 0) {\n float invM = 1.0f / (float)M;\n float mean = sum * invM;\n float var = sum2 * invM - mean * mean;\n var = fmaxf(var, 0.0f);\n float invstd = rsqrtf(var + eps);\n stats[2 * c] = mean;\n stats[2 * c + 1] = invstd;\n\n float old_m = running_mean[c];\n float old_v = running_var[c];\n float unbiased = var * ((float)M / (float)(M - 1));\n running_mean[c] = old_m * (1.0f - momentum) + mean * momentum;\n running_var[c] = old_v * (1.0f - momentum) + unbiased * momentum;\n }\n }\n}\n\n__global__ void norm_train_kernel(const float* __restrict__ x,\n const float* __restrict__ weight,\n const float* __restrict__ bias,\n const float* __restrict__ stats,\n float* __restrict__ y,\n long long N, int C, long long HW) {\n int bc = blockIdx.x;\n int c = bc % C;\n long long n = bc / C;\n long long base = (n * C + c) * HW;\n float mean = stats[2 * c];\n float invstd = stats[2 * c + 1];\n float gamma = weight[c];\n float beta = bias[c];\n float scale = gamma * invstd;\n float shift = beta - mean * scale;\n for (long long s = threadIdx.x; s < HW; s += blockDim.x) {\n y[base + s] = fmaf(x[base + s], scale, shift);\n }\n}\n\n__global__ void norm_eval_kernel(const float* __restrict__ x,\n const float* __restrict__ weight,\n const float* __restrict__ bias,\n const float* __restrict__ running_mean,\n const float* __restrict__ running_var,\n float* __restrict__ y,\n long long N, int C, long long HW, float eps) {\n int bc = blockIdx.x;\n int c = bc % C;\n long long n = bc / C;\n long long base = (n * C + c) * HW;\n float invstd = rsqrtf(running_var[c] + eps);\n float scale = weight[c] * invstd;\n float shift = bias[c] - running_mean[c] * scale;\n for (long long s = threadIdx.x; s < HW; s += blockDim.x) {\n y[base + s] = fmaf(x[base + s], scale, shift);\n }\n}\n\ntorch::Tensor bn_forward(torch::Tensor x,\n torch::Tensor weight,\n torch::Tensor bias,\n torch::Tensor running_mean,\n torch::Tensor running_var,\n bool training) {\n TORCH_CHECK(x.is_cuda(), \"x must be CUDA\");\n TORCH_CHECK(x.scalar_type() == at::kFloat, \"only float32 supported\");\n TORCH_CHECK(x.dim() == 4, \"expected NCHW tensor\");\n TORCH_CHECK(x.is_contiguous(), \"x must be contiguous\");\n\n const long long N = x.size(0);\n const int C = (int)x.size(1);\n const long long H = x.size(2);\n const long long W = x.size(3);\n const long long HW = H * W;\n auto y = torch::empty_like(x);\n\n const int threads = 256;\n const float eps = 1.0e-5f;\n cudaStream_t stream = at::cuda::getCurrentCUDAStream();\n\n if (!training) {\n dim3 grid((unsigned int)(N * C));\n norm_eval_kernel<<<grid, threads, 0, stream>>>(\n x.data_ptr<float>(), weight.data_ptr<float>(), bias.data_ptr<float>(),\n running_mean.data_ptr<float>(), running_var.data_ptr<float>(),\n y.data_ptr<float>(), N, C, HW, eps);\n return y;\n }\n\n // 64k spatial elements per partial block. For the benchmark shape this is\n // exactly four chunks per image/channel, giving 16k independent reductions.\n const long long chunk_size = 65536LL;\n const int chunks_per_n = (int)((HW + chunk_size - 1) / chunk_size);\n const int chunks_per_c = (int)(N * (long long)chunks_per_n);\n\n auto partial = torch::empty({C, chunks_per_c, 2}, x.options());\n auto stats = torch::empty({C, 2}, x.options());\n\n dim3 red_grid((unsigned int)(C * chunks_per_c));\n reduce_bn_kernel<<<red_grid, threads, 0, stream>>>(\n x.data_ptr<float>(), partial.data_ptr<float>(), N, C, HW,\n chunks_per_n, chunk_size, chunks_per_c);\n\n finalize_bn_kernel<<<C, threads, 0, stream>>>(\n partial.data_ptr<float>(), stats.data_ptr<float>(),\n running_mean.data_ptr<float>(), running_var.data_ptr<float>(),\n C, chunks_per_c, N * HW, eps, 0.1f);\n\n dim3 norm_grid((unsigned int)(N * C));\n norm_train_kernel<<<norm_grid, threads, 0, stream>>>(\n x.data_ptr<float>(), weight.data_ptr<float>(), bias.data_ptr<float>(),\n stats.data_ptr<float>(), y.data_ptr<float>(), N, C, HW);\n\n return y;\n}\n\"\"\"\n\n_bn_ext = load_inline(\n name=\"bn2d_forward_ext_v1\",\n cpp_sources=_cpp_src,\n cuda_sources=_cuda_src,\n functions=[\"bn_forward\"],\n extra_cflags=[\"-O3\"],\n extra_cuda_cflags=[\"-O3\"],\n verbose=False,\n)\n\nclass ModelNew(nn.Module):\n def __init__(self, num_features: int):\n super(ModelNew, self).__init__()\n self.bn = nn.BatchNorm2d(num_features=num_features)\n\n def forward(self, x: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:\n if self.bn.training:\n # Match BatchNorm2d's bookkeeping for the default track_running_stats=True.\n self.bn.num_batches_tracked.add_(1)\n return _bn_ext.bn_forward(x, self.bn.weight, self.bn.bias,\n self.bn.running_mean, self.bn.running_var,\n bool(self.bn.training))\n" }
result ← submit_kernel (ok)
oksubmit_kernel submit_kernel PASSED: (5 / 5) correctness trials all passed. Kernel runtime: 5.82 μs Runtime stats: mean=5.82μs median=?μs std=0.25μs Numerical precision: max_abs_err=3.22e-06 mean_abs_err=1.01e-06 max_rel_err=8.38e+05 Memory: 8225.13 MB peak (ref: 8225.01 MB, ratio: 1.0x) Kernel launches: 5 (ref: 11, fusion ratio: 2.2) Energy: 1691.04 mJ/run (ref: 1692.08 mJ, ratio: 1.0006x) SOL score: 1.0
final submitted kernel (251 lines, 9,033 chars) — full source, untruncated
import torch
import torch.nn as nn
from torch.utils.cpp_extension import load_inline

_cpp_src = r"""
#include <torch/extension.h>

torch::Tensor bn_forward(torch::Tensor x,
                         torch::Tensor weight,
                         torch::Tensor bias,
                         torch::Tensor running_mean,
                         torch::Tensor running_var,
                         bool training);
"""

_cuda_src = r"""
#include <torch/extension.h>
#include <ATen/cuda/CUDAContext.h>
#include <cuda.h>
#include <cuda_runtime.h>

#ifndef __CUDACC_RTC__
#include <cstdio>
#endif

static __device__ __forceinline__ void warp_reduce_pair(float &a, float &b) {
    #pragma unroll
    for (int offset = 16; offset > 0; offset >>= 1) {
        a += __shfl_down_sync(0xffffffff, a, offset);
        b += __shfl_down_sync(0xffffffff, b, offset);
    }
}

__global__ void reduce_bn_kernel(const float* __restrict__ x,
                                 float* __restrict__ partial,
                                 long long N, int C, long long HW,
                                 int chunks_per_n, long long chunk_size,
                                 int chunks_per_c) {
    int bid = blockIdx.x;
    int c = bid / chunks_per_c;
    int k = bid - c * chunks_per_c;
    long long n = k / chunks_per_n;
    int seg = k - (int)(n * chunks_per_n);
    long long start = (long long)seg * chunk_size;
    long long len = chunk_size;
    if (start + len > HW) len = HW - start;
    const float* ptr = x + ((n * C + c) * HW + start);

    float sum = 0.0f;
    float sum2 = 0.0f;
    for (long long i = threadIdx.x; i < len; i += blockDim.x) {
        float v = ptr[i];
        sum += v;
        sum2 = fmaf(v, v, sum2);
    }

    warp_reduce_pair(sum, sum2);

    __shared__ float smem_sum[32];
    __shared__ float smem_sum2[32];
    int lane = threadIdx.x & 31;
    int warp = threadIdx.x >> 5;
    if (lane == 0) {
        smem_sum[warp] = sum;
        smem_sum2[warp] = sum2;
    }
    __syncthreads();

    if (warp == 0) {
        sum = (lane < (blockDim.x >> 5)) ? smem_sum[lane] : 0.0f;
        sum2 = (lane < (blockDim.x >> 5)) ? smem_sum2[lane] : 0.0f;
        warp_reduce_pair(sum, sum2);
        if (lane == 0) {
            long long out = ((long long)c * chunks_per_c + k) * 2LL;
            partial[out] = sum;
            partial[out + 1] = sum2;
        }
    }
}

__global__ void finalize_bn_kernel(const float* __restrict__ partial,
                                   float* __restrict__ stats,
                                   float* __restrict__ running_mean,
                                   float* __restrict__ running_var,
                                   int C, int chunks_per_c, long long M,
                                   float eps, float momentum) {
    int c = blockIdx.x;
    float sum = 0.0f;
    float sum2 = 0.0f;
    for (int k = threadIdx.x; k < chunks_per_c; k += blockDim.x) {
        long long idx = ((long long)c * chunks_per_c + k) * 2LL;
        sum += partial[idx];
        sum2 += partial[idx + 1];
    }

    warp_reduce_pair(sum, sum2);

    __shared__ float smem_sum[32];
    __shared__ float smem_sum2[32];
    int lane = threadIdx.x & 31;
    int warp = threadIdx.x >> 5;
    if (lane == 0) {
        smem_sum[warp] = sum;
        smem_sum2[warp] = sum2;
    }
    __syncthreads();

    if (warp == 0) {
        sum = (lane < (blockDim.x >> 5)) ? smem_sum[lane] : 0.0f;
        sum2 = (lane < (blockDim.x >> 5)) ? smem_sum2[lane] : 0.0f;
        warp_reduce_pair(sum, sum2);
        if (lane == 0) {
            float invM = 1.0f / (float)M;
            float mean = sum * invM;
            float var = sum2 * invM - mean * mean;
            var = fmaxf(var, 0.0f);
            float invstd = rsqrtf(var + eps);
            stats[2 * c] = mean;
            stats[2 * c + 1] = invstd;

            float old_m = running_mean[c];
            float old_v = running_var[c];
            float unbiased = var * ((float)M / (float)(M - 1));
            running_mean[c] = old_m * (1.0f - momentum) + mean * momentum;
            running_var[c] = old_v * (1.0f - momentum) + unbiased * momentum;
        }
    }
}

__global__ void norm_train_kernel(const float* __restrict__ x,
                                  const float* __restrict__ weight,
                                  const float* __restrict__ bias,
                                  const float* __restrict__ stats,
                                  float* __restrict__ y,
                                  long long N, int C, long long HW) {
    int bc = blockIdx.x;
    int c = bc % C;
    long long n = bc / C;
    long long base = (n * C + c) * HW;
    float mean = stats[2 * c];
    float invstd = stats[2 * c + 1];
    float gamma = weight[c];
    float beta = bias[c];
    float scale = gamma * invstd;
    float shift = beta - mean * scale;
    for (long long s = threadIdx.x; s < HW; s += blockDim.x) {
        y[base + s] = fmaf(x[base + s], scale, shift);
    }
}

__global__ void norm_eval_kernel(const float* __restrict__ x,
                                 const float* __restrict__ weight,
                                 const float* __restrict__ bias,
                                 const float* __restrict__ running_mean,
                                 const float* __restrict__ running_var,
                                 float* __restrict__ y,
                                 long long N, int C, long long HW, float eps) {
    int bc = blockIdx.x;
    int c = bc % C;
    long long n = bc / C;
    long long base = (n * C + c) * HW;
    float invstd = rsqrtf(running_var[c] + eps);
    float scale = weight[c] * invstd;
    float shift = bias[c] - running_mean[c] * scale;
    for (long long s = threadIdx.x; s < HW; s += blockDim.x) {
        y[base + s] = fmaf(x[base + s], scale, shift);
    }
}

torch::Tensor bn_forward(torch::Tensor x,
                         torch::Tensor weight,
                         torch::Tensor bias,
                         torch::Tensor running_mean,
                         torch::Tensor running_var,
                         bool training) {
    TORCH_CHECK(x.is_cuda(), "x must be CUDA");
    TORCH_CHECK(x.scalar_type() == at::kFloat, "only float32 supported");
    TORCH_CHECK(x.dim() == 4, "expected NCHW tensor");
    TORCH_CHECK(x.is_contiguous(), "x must be contiguous");

    const long long N = x.size(0);
    const int C = (int)x.size(1);
    const long long H = x.size(2);
    const long long W = x.size(3);
    const long long HW = H * W;
    auto y = torch::empty_like(x);

    const int threads = 256;
    const float eps = 1.0e-5f;
    cudaStream_t stream = at::cuda::getCurrentCUDAStream();

    if (!training) {
        dim3 grid((unsigned int)(N * C));
        norm_eval_kernel<<<grid, threads, 0, stream>>>(
            x.data_ptr<float>(), weight.data_ptr<float>(), bias.data_ptr<float>(),
            running_mean.data_ptr<float>(), running_var.data_ptr<float>(),
            y.data_ptr<float>(), N, C, HW, eps);
        return y;
    }

    // 64k spatial elements per partial block.  For the benchmark shape this is
    // exactly four chunks per image/channel, giving 16k independent reductions.
    const long long chunk_size = 65536LL;
    const int chunks_per_n = (int)((HW + chunk_size - 1) / chunk_size);
    const int chunks_per_c = (int)(N * (long long)chunks_per_n);

    auto partial = torch::empty({C, chunks_per_c, 2}, x.options());
    auto stats = torch::empty({C, 2}, x.options());

    dim3 red_grid((unsigned int)(C * chunks_per_c));
    reduce_bn_kernel<<<red_grid, threads, 0, stream>>>(
        x.data_ptr<float>(), partial.data_ptr<float>(), N, C, HW,
        chunks_per_n, chunk_size, chunks_per_c);

    finalize_bn_kernel<<<C, threads, 0, stream>>>(
        partial.data_ptr<float>(), stats.data_ptr<float>(),
        running_mean.data_ptr<float>(), running_var.data_ptr<float>(),
        C, chunks_per_c, N * HW, eps, 0.1f);

    dim3 norm_grid((unsigned int)(N * C));
    norm_train_kernel<<<norm_grid, threads, 0, stream>>>(
        x.data_ptr<float>(), weight.data_ptr<float>(), bias.data_ptr<float>(),
        stats.data_ptr<float>(), y.data_ptr<float>(), N, C, HW);

    return y;
}
"""

_bn_ext = load_inline(
    name="bn2d_forward_ext_v1",
    cpp_sources=_cpp_src,
    cuda_sources=_cuda_src,
    functions=["bn_forward"],
    extra_cflags=["-O3"],
    extra_cuda_cflags=["-O3"],
    verbose=False,
)

class ModelNew(nn.Module):
    def __init__(self, num_features: int):
        super(ModelNew, self).__init__()
        self.bn = nn.BatchNorm2d(num_features=num_features)

    def forward(self, x: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
        if self.bn.training:
            # Match BatchNorm2d's bookkeeping for the default track_running_stats=True.
            self.bn.num_batches_tracked.add_(1)
        return _bn_ext.bn_forward(x, self.bn.weight, self.bn.bias,
                                  self.bn.running_mean, self.bn.running_var,
                                  bool(self.bn.training))