Got this error:
internals>", line 200, in argmax
File "/home/19mkn1/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/numpy/core/fromnumeric.py", line 1242, in argmax
return _wrapfunc(a, 'argmax', axis=axis, out=out, **kwds)
File "/home/19mkn1/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/numpy/core/fromnumeric.py", line 54, in _wrapfunc
return _wrapit(obj, method, *args, **kwds)
File "/home/19mkn1/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/numpy/core/fromnumeric.py", line 43, in _wrapit
result = getattr(asarray(obj), method)(*args, **kwds)
File "/home/19mkn1/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/torch/_tensor.py", line 678, in array
return self.numpy()
TypeError: can't convert cuda:0 device type tensor to numpy. Use Tensor.cpu() to copy the tensor to host memory first.
srun: error: aurora: task 0: Exited with exit code 1
This error occurs in a Python script that is attempting to convert a PyTorch tensor to a NumPy array. However, the tensor is located on a CUDA device (i.e., GPU) rather than on the CPU. PyTorch doesn't support directly converting CUDA tensors to NumPy arrays because NumPy operates on CPU memory.
The error message specifically suggests using Tensor.cpu()
to copy the tensor to host memory first, before converting it to a NumPy array. Here's how you can fix it:
import torch
# Assuming 'cuda_tensor' is your PyTorch tensor on the CUDA device
cuda_tensor = torch.tensor([1, 2, 3]).cuda()
# Move the tensor to CPU
cpu_tensor = cuda_tensor.cpu()
# Now you can convert it to a NumPy array
numpy_array = cpu_tensor.numpy()
By first moving the tensor to the CPU using cpu()
, you can then safely convert it to a NumPy array.