Pysyft: Add "force_delete()" method to Object Pointers (including TensorPointer)

[iamtrask]

In some environments the garbage collector doesn't actually collect your objects, even when you call "del my_obj". This can be annoying when trying to tell a remote worker to delete an object. Thus, it would be very nice to have a couple of overrides, one on the object itself... which should work something like this.

Let's say I have a pointer

x_ptr = th.tensor([1,2,3,4,5]).send(bob)

I want to be able to force Bob to delete it by going.

x_ptr.force_delete()

This will require adding a new function to https://github.com/OpenMined/PySyft/blob/dev/syft/frameworks/torch/pointers/object_pointer.py and to native.py.

It would also be nice to have the same function on the worker, so we could altenratively do.

bob.force_delete(x_ptr)

or equivalently

bob.force_delete(x_ptr.id)

[shashigharti]

I would like to take this issue

[gmuraru]

Is the issue and the description still up to date?

[Av01]

If this issue has not been assigned to anyone, can I work on it?

[agarwalmanvi]

Is this still open?

[sachin-101]

@iamtrask I would like to take up this issue.

[sachin-101]

I went through the code and found a method similar to the one mentioned by you.
https://github.com/OpenMined/PySyft/blob/0561a5d21c1787afeeb9753a0487f0c91d38a07d/syft/generic/object_storage.py#L93
I also noticed that this issue occurs while working in jupyter notebook. So, if you need any more functionalities to be implemented, let me know.

[iamtrask]

Anyone can work on this issue. @sachin-101 it looks like no-one has begun work. Feel free to jump in.

In the future it's better to simply say "I'm working on it" and then immediately create a 'work in progress" PR so we can see your current status. This also allows people to collaborate with you.

[iamtrask]

That method is similar but it's on the worker. We need am method on a
PointerTensor :)

On Sat, Mar 14, 2020 at 12:13 PM Sachin Kumar [e-mail]
wrote:

I went through the code and found a method similar to the one mentioned by
you.
Link:
https://github.com/OpenMined/PySyft/blob/0561a5d21c1787afeeb9753a0487f0c91d38a07d/syft/generic/object_storage.py#L93
I also noticed that this issue occurs while working in jupyter notebook.
So, if you need any more functionalities to be implemented, let me know.

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[Kritikalcoder]

I'm working on it

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