Caffe: Installation errors with CUDNN v5

Created on 9 Apr 2016 · 23Comments · Source: BVLC/caffe

I have cuda v7.5 and cudnn v5 installed and upon having pre-installed the necessary dependencies through apt-get and pip, I proceeded to make all in my caffe master directory with my makefile config having USE_CUDNN := 1 set, which led to the following error. Can anybody tell me where am I going wrong?
Thanks in advance!

neilpaul77@NeilRig77:~/Documents/Git/caffe$ make all
CXX src/caffe/util/im2col.cpp
In file included from ./include/caffe/util/device_alternate.hpp:40:0,
                 from ./include/caffe/common.hpp:19,
                 from ./include/caffe/util/math_functions.hpp:9,
                 from src/caffe/util/im2col.cpp:4:
./include/caffe/util/cudnn.hpp: In function ‘void caffe::cudnn::createPoolingDesc(cudnnPoolingStruct**, caffe::PoolingParameter_PoolMethod, cudnnPoolingMode_t*, int, int, int, int, int, int)’:
./include/caffe/util/cudnn.hpp:127:41: error: too few arguments to function ‘cudnnStatus_t cudnnSetPooling2dDescriptor(cudnnPoolingDescriptor_t, cudnnPoolingMode_t, cudnnNanPropagation_t, int, int, int, int, int, int)’
         pad_h, pad_w, stride_h, stride_w));
                                         ^
./include/caffe/util/cudnn.hpp:15:28: note: in definition of macro ‘CUDNN_CHECK’
     cudnnStatus_t status = condition; \
                            ^
In file included from ./include/caffe/util/cudnn.hpp:5:0,
                 from ./include/caffe/util/device_alternate.hpp:40,
                 from ./include/caffe/common.hpp:19,
                 from ./include/caffe/util/math_functions.hpp:9,
                 from src/caffe/util/im2col.cpp:4:
/usr/local/cuda/include/cudnn.h:799:27: note: declared here
 cudnnStatus_t CUDNNWINAPI cudnnSetPooling2dDescriptor(
                           ^
Makefile:572: recipe for target '.build_release/src/caffe/util/im2col.o' failed
make: *** [.build_release/src/caffe/util/im2col.o] Error 1

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iNeil77

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@atticcas you will need this PR: #3919

flx42 on 14 Apr 2016

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I'm pretty sure that cuDNN v5 isn't supported yet. ~~I think caffe is still on v3.~~ cuDNN v4 is the current supported version.

See https://github.com/BVLC/caffe/pull/3919

seanbell on 10 Apr 2016

@iNeil77
cuDNN V4/V5 is supported (unofficially though) on https://github.com/BVLC/caffe/tree/opencl
Otherwise as @seanbell pointed out, you have to go to V3 or wait for #3919 to be merged (or make a fork and merge that PR in yourself).

naibaf7 on 10 Apr 2016

cuDNN v4 works fine with the master branch, since December. I don't know why people keep saying it doesn't :)
It's just that there is no cuDNN BN layer, but you will benefit from all the performance improvements from v4.

flx42 on 10 Apr 2016

iNeil77 did you manage to fix this in the end? If so how as I have the exact same problem? (I have tried version 3,4 and 5

samchorlton on 11 Apr 2016

@samchorlton No I needed it setup quickly, so I just proceeded to install with v3

iNeil77 on 11 Apr 2016

@samchorlton @iNeil77 again, v4 works fine too. If that's not the case you have a problem with your setup.

flx42 on 11 Apr 2016

Didnt try v4, just stuck to what everyone says works

iNeil77 on 11 Apr 2016

To reiterate, cuDNN v4 works perfectly fine as of #3439 in Dec. 2015 as @flx42 noted.

shelhamer on 12 Apr 2016

Since I am using bleeding edge Theano, they force me to upgrade to v5, any way to make caffe to work with v5?

atticcas on 14 Apr 2016

@atticcas you will need this PR: #3919

flx42 on 14 Apr 2016

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MANY THANKS!
wonder why this hasn't been pulled to master yet.
Lets see what happens after I pull those three commits.

atticcas on 14 Apr 2016

I met the same error

RuiLiu1217 on 26 Apr 2016

I also met this same error. What should I do? eventually, I have to re-install ubuntu14.04 and start at the beginning?? :(

youngwanLEE on 2 May 2016

it now support cudnnv4 not v5

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wrote:

I also this same error. What should I do? eventually, I have to re-install
ubuntu14.04 and start at the beginning?? :(

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RuiLiu1217 on 2 May 2016

use cudnn v4

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I also this same error. What should I do? eventually, I have to re-install
ubuntu14.04 and start at the beginning?? :(

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RuiLiu1217 on 2 May 2016

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just using V4 worked for me