Add dilation support to convnext, allows output_stride=8 and 16 use. Fix #1341

Author: rwightman

timm/models/convnext.py

@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ def __init__(
             dim,
             dim_out=None,
             stride=1,
+            dilation=1,
             mlp_ratio=4,
             conv_mlp=False,
             conv_bias=True,
@@ -124,7 +125,8 @@ def __init__(
         mlp_layer = ConvMlp if conv_mlp else Mlp
         self.use_conv_mlp = conv_mlp
 
-        self.conv_dw = create_conv2d(dim, dim_out, kernel_size=7, stride=stride, depthwise=True, bias=conv_bias)
+        self.conv_dw = create_conv2d(
+            dim, dim_out, kernel_size=7, stride=stride, dilation=dilation, depthwise=True, bias=conv_bias)
         self.norm = norm_layer(dim_out)
         self.mlp = mlp_layer(dim_out, int(mlp_ratio * dim_out), act_layer=act_layer)
         self.gamma = nn.Parameter(ls_init_value * torch.ones(dim_out)) if ls_init_value > 0 else None
@@ -156,6 +158,7 @@ def __init__(
             out_chs,
             stride=2,
             depth=2,
+            dilation=(1, 1),
             drop_path_rates=None,
             ls_init_value=1.0,
             conv_mlp=False,
@@ -166,10 +169,14 @@ def __init__(
         super().__init__()
         self.grad_checkpointing = False
 
-        if in_chs != out_chs or stride > 1:
+        if in_chs != out_chs or stride > 1 or dilation[0] != dilation[1]:
+            ds_ks = 2 if stride > 1 or dilation[0] != dilation[1] else 1
+            pad = 'same' if dilation[1] > 1 else 0  # same padding needed if dilation used
             self.downsample = nn.Sequential(
                 norm_layer(in_chs),
-                nn.Conv2d(in_chs, out_chs, kernel_size=stride, stride=stride, bias=conv_bias),
+                create_conv2d(
+                    in_chs, out_chs, kernel_size=ds_ks, stride=stride,
+                    dilation=dilation[0], padding=pad, bias=conv_bias),
             )
             in_chs = out_chs
         else:
@@ -181,6 +188,7 @@ def __init__(
             stage_blocks.append(ConvNeXtBlock(
                 dim=in_chs,
                 dim_out=out_chs,
+                dilation=dilation[1],
                 drop_path=drop_path_rates[i],
                 ls_init_value=ls_init_value,
                 conv_mlp=conv_mlp,
@@ -235,7 +243,7 @@ def __init__(
             drop_path_rate=0.,
     ):
         super().__init__()
-        assert output_stride == 32
+        assert output_stride in (8, 16, 32)
         if norm_layer is None:
             norm_layer = partial(LayerNorm2d, eps=1e-6)
             norm_layer_cl = norm_layer if conv_mlp else partial(nn.LayerNorm, eps=1e-6)
@@ -263,22 +271,27 @@ def __init__(
                     padding=stem_kernel_size // 2, bias=conv_bias),
                 norm_layer(dims[0]),
             )
-        prev_chs = dims[0]
-        curr_stride = stem_stride
 
         self.stages = nn.Sequential()
         dp_rates = [x.tolist() for x in torch.linspace(0, drop_path_rate, sum(depths)).split(depths)]
         stages = []
+        prev_chs = dims[0]
+        curr_stride = stem_stride
+        dilation = 1
         # 4 feature resolution stages, each consisting of multiple residual blocks
         for i in range(4):
             stride = 2 if curr_stride == 2 or i > 0 else 1
-            # FIXME support dilation / output_stride
+            if curr_stride >= output_stride and stride > 1:
+                dilation *= stride
+                stride = 1
             curr_stride *= stride
+            first_dilation = 1 if dilation in (1, 2) else 2
             out_chs = dims[i]
             stages.append(ConvNeXtStage(
                 prev_chs,
                 out_chs,
                 stride=stride,
+                dilation=(first_dilation, dilation),
                 depth=depths[i],
                 drop_path_rates=dp_rates[i],
                 ls_init_value=ls_init_value,