Intel® oneAPI Deep Neural Network Developer Guide and Reference
Softmax
Overview
A primitive to perform softmax. More…
// structs
struct dnnl::softmax_backward;
struct dnnl::softmax_forward;
// global functions
dnnl_status_t DNNL_API dnnl_softmax_forward_primitive_desc_create(
    dnnl_primitive_desc_t* primitive_desc,
    dnnl_engine_t engine,
    dnnl_prop_kind_t prop_kind,
    dnnl_alg_kind_t alg_kind,
    const_dnnl_memory_desc_t src_desc,
    const_dnnl_memory_desc_t dst_desc,
    int softmax_axis,
    const_dnnl_primitive_attr_t attr
    );
dnnl_status_t DNNL_API dnnl_softmax_backward_primitive_desc_create(
    dnnl_primitive_desc_t* primitive_desc,
    dnnl_engine_t engine,
    dnnl_alg_kind_t alg_kind,
    const_dnnl_memory_desc_t diff_src_desc,
    const_dnnl_memory_desc_t diff_dst_desc,
    const_dnnl_memory_desc_t dst_desc,
    int softmax_axis,
    const_dnnl_primitive_desc_t hint_fwd_pd,
    const_dnnl_primitive_attr_t attr
    ); 
  Detailed Documentation
A primitive to perform softmax.
See also:
Softmax in developer guide
Global Functions
dnnl_status_t DNNL_API dnnl_softmax_forward_primitive_desc_create(
    dnnl_primitive_desc_t* primitive_desc,
    dnnl_engine_t engine,
    dnnl_prop_kind_t prop_kind,
    dnnl_alg_kind_t alg_kind,
    const_dnnl_memory_desc_t src_desc,
    const_dnnl_memory_desc_t dst_desc,
    int softmax_axis,
    const_dnnl_primitive_attr_t attr
    ) 
   Creates a primitive descriptor for a softmax forward propagation primitive.
Parameters:
primitive_desc  |  
        Output primitive descriptor.  |  
       
engine  |  
        Engine to use.  |  
       
prop_kind  |  
        Propagation kind. Possible values are dnnl_forward_training and dnnl_forward_inference.  |  
       
alg_kind  |  
        Softmax algorithm kind: either dnnl_softmax_accurate, or dnnl_softmax_log.  |  
       
src_desc  |  
        Source memory descriptor.  |  
       
dst_desc  |  
        Destination memory descriptor.  |  
       
softmax_axis  |  
        Axis over which softmax is computed.  |  
       
attr  |  
        Primitive attributes (can be NULL).  |  
       
Returns:
dnnl_success on success and a status describing the error otherwise.
dnnl_status_t DNNL_API dnnl_softmax_backward_primitive_desc_create(
    dnnl_primitive_desc_t* primitive_desc,
    dnnl_engine_t engine,
    dnnl_alg_kind_t alg_kind,
    const_dnnl_memory_desc_t diff_src_desc,
    const_dnnl_memory_desc_t diff_dst_desc,
    const_dnnl_memory_desc_t dst_desc,
    int softmax_axis,
    const_dnnl_primitive_desc_t hint_fwd_pd,
    const_dnnl_primitive_attr_t attr
    ) 
   Creates a primitive descriptor for a softmax backward propagation primitive.
Parameters:
primitive_desc  |  
        Output primitive descriptor.  |  
       
engine  |  
        Engine to use.  |  
       
alg_kind  |  
        Softmax algorithm kind: either dnnl_softmax_accurate, or dnnl_softmax_log.  |  
       
diff_src_desc  |  
        Diff source memory descriptor.  |  
       
diff_dst_desc  |  
        Diff destination memory descriptor.  |  
       
dst_desc  |  
        Destination memory descriptor.  |  
       
softmax_axis  |  
        Axis over which softmax is computed.  |  
       
hint_fwd_pd  |  
        Primitive descriptor for a respective forward propagation primitive.  |  
       
attr  |  
        Primitive attributes (can be NULL).  |  
       
Returns:
dnnl_success on success and a status describing the error otherwise.