RunAsync C/CXX API

include/onnxruntime/core/session/onnxruntime_c_api.h

@@ -696,6 +696,8 @@ typedef void (*OrtCustomJoinThreadFn)(OrtCustomThreadHandle ort_custom_thread_ha
 
 typedef OrtStatus*(ORT_API_CALL* RegisterCustomOpsFn)(OrtSessionOptions* options, const OrtApiBase* api);
 
+typedef void (*RunAsyncCallbackFn)(OrtValue**, size_t, OrtStatusPtr);
+
 /** \brief The C API
  *
  * All C API functions are defined inside this structure as pointers to functions.
@@ -4316,6 +4318,25 @@ struct OrtApi {
    */
   ORT_API2_STATUS(CreateAndRegisterAllocatorV2, _Inout_ OrtEnv* env, _In_ const char* provider_type, _In_ const OrtMemoryInfo* mem_info, _In_ const OrtArenaCfg* arena_cfg,
                   _In_reads_(num_keys) const char* const* provider_options_keys, _In_reads_(num_keys) const char* const* provider_options_values, _In_ size_t num_keys);
+
+  /** \brief Run the model asynchronously in an ::OrtSession
+   *
+   * Will return immediately. Model runs in a separate thread. Callback will be invoked on completion.
+   *
+   * \param[in] session
+   * \param[in] run_options If nullptr, will use a default ::OrtRunOptions
+   * \param[in] input_names Array of null terminated UTF8 encoded strings of the input names
+   * \param[in] inputs Array of ::OrtValue%s of the input values
+   * \param[in] input_len Number of elements in the input_names and inputs arrays
+   * \param[in] output_names Array of null terminated UTF8 encoded strings of the output names
+   * \param[in] output_names_len Number of elements in the output_names and outputs array
+   * \param[in] run_async_callback Callback function on model run completion
+   */
+  ORT_API2_STATUS(RunAsync, _Inout_ OrtSession* session, _In_opt_ const OrtRunOptions* run_options,
+                  _In_reads_(input_len) const char* const* input_names,
+                  _In_reads_(input_len) const OrtValue* const* inputs, size_t input_len,
+                  _In_reads_(output_names_len) const char* const* output_names, size_t output_names_len,
+                  _In_ RunAsyncCallbackFn run_async_callback);
 };
 
 /*

include/onnxruntime/core/session/onnxruntime_cxx_api.h

@@ -781,6 +781,13 @@ struct SessionImpl : ConstSessionImpl<T> {
 
   void Run(const RunOptions& run_options, const IoBinding&);  ///< Wraps OrtApi::RunWithBinding
 
+  /** \brief Run the model in a separate thread.
+   * Callback will be invoked on run completion, with output values as arguments,
+   * on error, status could be used to see detail.
+   */
+  void RunAsync(const RunOptions& run_options, const char* const* input_names, const Value* input_values, size_t input_count,
+                const char* const* output_names, size_t output_count, RunAsyncCallbackFn callback);
+
   /** \brief End profiling and return a copy of the profiling file name.
    *
    * \param allocator to allocate memory for the copy of the string returned

include/onnxruntime/core/session/onnxruntime_cxx_inline.h

@@ -915,6 +915,13 @@ inline std::vector<Value> SessionImpl<T>::Run(const RunOptions& run_options, con
   return output_values;
 }
 
+template <typename T>
+inline void SessionImpl<T>::RunAsync(const RunOptions& run_options, const char* const* input_names, const Value* input_values, size_t input_count,
+                                     const char* const* output_names, size_t output_count, RunAsyncCallbackFn callback) {
+  auto ort_input_values = reinterpret_cast<const OrtValue* const*>(input_values);
+  ThrowOnError(GetApi().RunAsync(this->p_, run_options, input_names, ort_input_values, input_count, output_names, output_count, callback));
+}
+
 template <typename T>
 inline void SessionImpl<T>::Run(const RunOptions& run_options, const char* const* input_names, const Value* input_values, size_t input_count,
                                 const char* const* output_names, Value* output_values, size_t output_count) {

onnxruntime/core/session/inference_session.cc

@@ -2299,6 +2299,113 @@ Status InferenceSession::Run(const RunOptions& run_options,
   return retval;
 }
 
+Status InferenceSession::Run(const OrtRunOptions* run_options,
+                             const char* const* input_names,
+                             const OrtValue* const* input, size_t input_len,
+                             const char* const* output_names, size_t output_names_len,
+                             OrtValue** output) {
+
+  InlinedVector<std::string> feed_names;
+  feed_names.reserve(input_len);
+  InlinedVector<OrtValue> feeds;
+  feeds.reserve(input_len);
+
+  for (size_t i = 0; i != input_len; ++i) {
+    if (input_names[i] == nullptr || input_names[i][0] == '\0') {
+      return ORT_MAKE_STATUS(ONNXRUNTIME, INVALID_ARGUMENT, "input name cannot be empty");
+    }
+
+    if (!input[i]) {
+      return ORT_MAKE_STATUS(ONNXRUNTIME, INVALID_ARGUMENT, MakeString("NULL input supplied for input ", input_names[i]).c_str());
+    }
+
+    feed_names.emplace_back(input_names[i]);
+    feeds.emplace_back(*input[i]);
+  }
+
+  // Create output feed
+  InlinedVector<std::string> output_name_vec;
+  output_name_vec.reserve(output_names_len);
+  for (size_t i = 0; i != output_names_len; ++i) {
+    if (output_names[i] == nullptr || output_names[i][0] == '\0') {
+      return ORT_MAKE_STATUS(ONNXRUNTIME, INVALID_ARGUMENT, "output name cannot be empty");
+    }
+    output_name_vec.emplace_back(output_names[i]);
+  }
+
+  std::vector<OrtValue> fetches;
+  fetches.reserve(output_names_len);
+  for (size_t i = 0; i != output_names_len; ++i) {
+    if (output[i] != nullptr) {
+      fetches.emplace_back(*output[i]);
+    } else {
+      fetches.emplace_back();
+    }
+  }
+
+  Status status;
+  if (run_options == nullptr) {
+    OrtRunOptions op;
+    status = Run(op, feed_names, feeds, output_name_vec, &fetches, nullptr);
+  } else {
+    status = Run(*run_options, feed_names, feeds, output_name_vec, &fetches, nullptr);
+  }
+
+  if (!status.IsOK())
+    return status;
+
+  // We do it in two loops to make sure copy __ctors does not throw
+  InlinedVector<std::unique_ptr<OrtValue>> output_unique_ptrs;
+  output_unique_ptrs.reserve(output_names_len);
+  for (size_t i = 0; i != output_names_len; ++i) {
+    if (output[i] == nullptr) {
+      output_unique_ptrs.emplace_back(std::make_unique<OrtValue>(fetches[i]));
+    } else {
+      output_unique_ptrs.emplace_back();
+    }
+  }
+
+  ORT_ENFORCE(output_unique_ptrs.size() == output_names_len);
+
+  for (size_t i = 0; i != output_names_len; ++i) {
+    if (output[i] == nullptr) {
+      ORT_ENFORCE(output_unique_ptrs[i] != nullptr);
+      output[i] = output_unique_ptrs[i].release();
+    }
+  }
+  return Status::OK();
+}
+
+Status InferenceSession::RunAsync(const OrtRunOptions* run_options, const char* const* input_names,
+                                  const OrtValue* const* input, size_t input_len,
+                                  const char* const* output_name, size_t output_names_len,
+                                  RunAsyncCallbackFn callback) {
+  InferenceSession* sess = this;
+  std::function<void()> run_fn = [=]() {
+    ORT_TRY {
+      using OrtValuePtr = OrtValue*;
+      std::unique_ptr<OrtValuePtr[]> outputs = std::make_unique<OrtValuePtr[]>(output_names_len);
+      memset(outputs.get(), 0x0, sizeof(OrtValuePtr) * output_names_len);
+      auto status = sess->Run(run_options, input_names, input, input_len, output_name, output_names_len, outputs.get());
+      if (status.IsOK()) {
+        callback(outputs.get(), output_names_len, {});
+      } else {
+        callback({}, 0, ToOrtStatus(status));
+      }
+    }
+    ORT_CATCH(const std::exception& e) {
+      std::string what = "unknown";
+      ORT_HANDLE_EXCEPTION([&]() { what = e.what(); });
+      callback({}, 0, ToOrtStatus(ORT_MAKE_STATUS(ONNXRUNTIME, RUNTIME_EXCEPTION, what.c_str())));
+    }
+    ORT_CATCH(...) {
+      callback({}, 0, ToOrtStatus(ORT_MAKE_STATUS(ONNXRUNTIME, RUNTIME_EXCEPTION)));
+    }
+  };
+  concurrency::ThreadPool::Schedule(thread_pool_.get(), run_fn);
+  return Status::OK();
+}
+
 common::Status InferenceSession::Run(const NameMLValMap& feeds, gsl::span<const std::string> output_names,
                                      std::vector<OrtValue>* p_fetches) {
   return Run(RunOptions(), feeds, output_names, p_fetches);

onnxruntime/core/session/inference_session.h

@@ -305,6 +305,16 @@ class InferenceSession {
                                    std::vector<OrtValue>* p_fetches,
                                    const std::vector<OrtDevice>* p_fetches_device_info = nullptr);
 
+  [[nodiscard]] common::Status Run(const OrtRunOptions* run_options, const char* const* input_names,
+                                   const OrtValue* const* input, size_t input_len,
+                                   const char* const* output_names, size_t output_names_len,
+                                   OrtValue** output);
+
+  [[nodiscard]] common::Status RunAsync(const OrtRunOptions* run_options, const char* const* input_names,
+                                        const OrtValue* const* input, size_t input_len,
+                                        const char* const* output_names, size_t output_names_len,
+                                        RunAsyncCallbackFn callback);
+
   /**
    * Run a pre-loaded and pre-intialized model.
    * Multiple threads are allowed to run this function; hence its thread-safe.

onnxruntime/core/session/onnxruntime_c_api.cc

@@ -817,81 +817,32 @@ ORT_API_STATUS_IMPL(OrtApis::CreateSessionFromArray, _In_ const OrtEnv* env, _In
 ORT_API_STATUS_IMPL(OrtApis::Run, _Inout_ OrtSession* sess, _In_opt_ const OrtRunOptions* run_options,
                     _In_reads_(input_len) const char* const* input_names,
                     _In_reads_(input_len) const OrtValue* const* input, size_t input_len,
-                    _In_reads_(output_names_len) const char* const* output_names1, size_t output_names_len,
+                    _In_reads_(output_names_len) const char* const* output_names, size_t output_names_len,
                     _Inout_updates_all_(output_names_len) OrtValue** output) {
   API_IMPL_BEGIN
   auto session = reinterpret_cast<::onnxruntime::InferenceSession*>(sess);
-
-  InlinedVector<std::string> feed_names;
-  feed_names.reserve(input_len);
-  InlinedVector<OrtValue> feeds;
-  feeds.reserve(input_len);
-
-  for (size_t i = 0; i != input_len; ++i) {
-    if (input_names[i] == nullptr || input_names[i][0] == '\0') {
-      return OrtApis::CreateStatus(ORT_INVALID_ARGUMENT, "input name cannot be empty");
-    }
-
-    if (!input[i]) {
-      return OrtApis::CreateStatus(ORT_INVALID_ARGUMENT,
-                                   MakeString("NULL input supplied for input ", input_names[i]).c_str());
-    }
-
-    feed_names.emplace_back(input_names[i]);
-    feeds.emplace_back(*input[i]);
-  }
-
-  // Create output feed
-  InlinedVector<std::string> output_names;
-  output_names.reserve(output_names_len);
-  for (size_t i = 0; i != output_names_len; ++i) {
-    if (output_names1[i] == nullptr || output_names1[i][0] == '\0') {
-      return OrtApis::CreateStatus(ORT_INVALID_ARGUMENT, "output name cannot be empty");
-    }
-    output_names.emplace_back(output_names1[i]);
-  }
-
-  std::vector<OrtValue> fetches;
-  fetches.reserve(output_names_len);
-  for (size_t i = 0; i != output_names_len; ++i) {
-    if (output[i] != nullptr) {
-      fetches.emplace_back(*output[i]);
-    } else {
-      fetches.emplace_back();
-    }
-  }
-
-  Status status;
-  if (run_options == nullptr) {
-    OrtRunOptions op;
-    status = session->Run(op, feed_names, feeds, output_names, &fetches, nullptr);
+  auto status = session->Run(run_options, input_names, input, input_len, output_names, output_names_len, output);
+  if (status.IsOK()) {
+    return nullptr;
   } else {
-    status = session->Run(*run_options, feed_names, feeds, output_names, &fetches, nullptr);
-  }
-
-  if (!status.IsOK())
     return ToOrtStatus(status);
-
-  // We do it in two loops to make sure copy __ctors does not throw
-  InlinedVector<std::unique_ptr<OrtValue>> output_unique_ptrs;
-  output_unique_ptrs.reserve(output_names_len);
-  for (size_t i = 0; i != output_names_len; ++i) {
-    if (output[i] == nullptr) {
-      output_unique_ptrs.emplace_back(std::make_unique<OrtValue>(fetches[i]));
-    } else {
-      output_unique_ptrs.emplace_back();
-    }
   }
+  API_IMPL_END
+}
 
-  assert(output_unique_ptrs.size() == output_names_len);
-
-  for (size_t i = 0; i != output_names_len; ++i) {
-    if (output[i] == nullptr) {
-      assert(output_unique_ptrs[i] != nullptr);
-      output[i] = output_unique_ptrs[i].release();
-    }
+ORT_API_STATUS_IMPL(OrtApis::RunAsync, _Inout_ OrtSession* sess, _In_opt_ const OrtRunOptions* run_options,
+                    _In_reads_(input_len) const char* const* input_names,
+                    _In_reads_(input_len) const OrtValue* const* input, size_t input_len,
+                    _In_reads_(output_names_len) const char* const* output_names, size_t output_names_len,
+                    _In_ RunAsyncCallbackFn run_async_callback) {
+  API_IMPL_BEGIN
+  auto session = reinterpret_cast<::onnxruntime::InferenceSession*>(sess);
+  auto status = session->RunAsync(run_options, input_names, input, input_len, output_names, output_names_len, run_async_callback);
+  if (status.IsOK()) {
+    return nullptr;
+  } else {
+    return ToOrtStatus(status);
   }
-  return nullptr;
   API_IMPL_END
 }
 
@@ -2735,6 +2686,8 @@ static constexpr OrtApi ort_api_1_to_16 = {
     &OrtApis::GetROCMProviderOptionsAsString,
     &OrtApis::ReleaseROCMProviderOptions,
     &OrtApis::CreateAndRegisterAllocatorV2,
+
+    &OrtApis::RunAsync,
 };
 
 // OrtApiBase can never change as there is no way to know what version of OrtApiBase is returned by OrtGetApiBase.

onnxruntime/core/session/ort_apis.h

@@ -478,4 +478,10 @@ ORT_API(void, ReleaseROCMProviderOptions, _Frees_ptr_opt_ OrtROCMProviderOptions
 
 ORT_API_STATUS_IMPL(CreateAndRegisterAllocatorV2, _Inout_ OrtEnv* env, _In_ const char* provider_type, _In_ const OrtMemoryInfo* mem_info, _In_ const OrtArenaCfg* arena_cfg,
                     _In_reads_(num_keys) const char* const* provider_options_keys, _In_reads_(num_keys) const char* const* provider_options_values, _In_ size_t num_keys);
+
+ORT_API_STATUS_IMPL(RunAsync, _Inout_ OrtSession* sess, _In_opt_ const OrtRunOptions* run_options,
+                    _In_reads_(input_len) const char* const* input_names,
+                    _In_reads_(input_len) const OrtValue* const* input, size_t input_len,
+                    _In_reads_(output_names_len) const char* const* output_names, size_t output_names_len,
+                    _In_ RunAsyncCallbackFn run_async_callback);
 }  // namespace OrtApis

onnxruntime/test/shared_lib/test_inference.cc

@@ -3140,8 +3140,8 @@ TEST(MultiKernelSingleSchemaTest, valid) {
       Ort::Value::CreateTensor<float>(memory_info, x_value, 10, x_dim, 1),
   };
 
-  Ort::RunOptions run_optoins;
-  auto output_tensors = session.Run(run_optoins, input_names, input_tensors, 1, output_names, 2);
+  Ort::RunOptions run_options;
+  auto output_tensors = session.Run(run_options, input_names, input_tensors, 1, output_names, 2);
   ASSERT_TRUE(*output_tensors[1].GetTensorData<int32_t>() == 72);
 }
 
@@ -3219,3 +3219,43 @@ TEST(MultiKernelSingleSchemaTest, DuplicateKernel) {
 }
 
 #endif
+
+const static std::thread::id caller_tid = std::this_thread::get_id();
+static std::atomic_bool atomic_wait{false};
+
+void RunAsyncCallBack(OrtValue** outputs, size_t num_outputs, OrtStatusPtr status) {
+  auto callee_tid = std::this_thread::get_id();
+  EXPECT_EQ(status, nullptr);
+  EXPECT_EQ(num_outputs, 1);
+  EXPECT_NE(caller_tid, callee_tid);
+  Ort::Value output_value(outputs[0]);
+  EXPECT_EQ(output_value.At<float>({1, 0}), 9.f);
+  atomic_wait.store(true);
+}
+
+TEST(CApiTest, RunAsync) {
+  Ort::SessionOptions session_options;
+  session_options.SetIntraOpNumThreads(2);
+  Ort::Session session(*ort_env, MODEL_URI, session_options);
+
+  const char* input_names[] = {"X"};
+  float x_value[] = {1.0f, 2.0f, 3.0f, 4.0f, 5.0f, 6.0f};
+  int64_t x_dim[] = {3, 2};
+
+  auto memory_info = Ort::MemoryInfo::CreateCpu(OrtArenaAllocator, OrtMemTypeDefault);
+
+  Ort::Value input_tensors[1] = {
+      Ort::Value::CreateTensor<float>(memory_info, x_value, 6, x_dim, 2),
+  };
+
+  const char* output_names[] = {"Y"};
+
+  Ort::RunOptions run_options;
+  EXPECT_NO_THROW(session.RunAsync(run_options, input_names, input_tensors, 1, output_names, 1, RunAsyncCallBack));
+
+  while (!atomic_wait.load()) {
+    std::this_thread::yield();
+  }
+
+  EXPECT_EQ(atomic_wait.load(), true);
+}