Accept other gradient types for split entry. (#5467)

src/tree/param.h

@@ -286,19 +286,6 @@ XGBOOST_DEVICE inline T CalcGain(const TrainingParams &p, StatT stat) {
   return CalcGain(p, stat.GetGrad(), stat.GetHess());
 }
 
-// calculate cost of loss function with four statistics
-template <typename TrainingParams, typename T>
-XGBOOST_DEVICE inline T CalcGain(const TrainingParams &p, T sum_grad, T sum_hess,
-                                 T test_grad, T test_hess) {
-  T w = CalcWeight(sum_grad, sum_hess);
-  T ret = CalcGainGivenWeight(p, test_grad, test_hess);
-  if (p.reg_alpha == 0.0f) {
-    return ret;
-  } else {
-    return ret + p.reg_alpha * std::abs(w);
-  }
-}
-
 // calculate weight given the statistics
 template <typename TrainingParams, typename T>
 XGBOOST_DEVICE inline T CalcWeight(const TrainingParams &p, T sum_grad,
@@ -340,6 +327,11 @@ struct XGBOOST_ALIGNAS(16) GradStats {
   XGBOOST_DEVICE double GetGrad() const { return sum_grad; }
   XGBOOST_DEVICE double GetHess() const { return sum_hess; }
 
+  friend std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, GradStats s) {
+    os << s.GetGrad() << "/" << s.GetHess();
+    return os;
+  }
+
   XGBOOST_DEVICE GradStats() : sum_grad{0}, sum_hess{0} {
     static_assert(sizeof(GradStats) == 16,
                   "Size of GradStats is not 16 bytes.");
@@ -383,28 +375,42 @@ struct XGBOOST_ALIGNAS(16) GradStats {
  * \brief statistics that is helpful to store
  *   and represent a split solution for the tree
  */
-struct SplitEntry {
+template<typename GradientT>
+struct SplitEntryContainer {
   /*! \brief loss change after split this node */
   bst_float loss_chg {0.0f};
   /*! \brief split index */
-  unsigned sindex{0};
+  bst_feature_t sindex{0};
   bst_float split_value{0.0f};
-  GradStats left_sum;
-  GradStats right_sum;
 
-  /*! \brief constructor */
+  GradientT left_sum;
-  SplitEntry()  = default;
+  GradientT right_sum;
+
+  SplitEntryContainer() = default;
+
+  friend std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, SplitEntryContainer const& s) {
+    os << "loss_chg: " << s.loss_chg << ", "
+       << "split index: " << s.SplitIndex() << ", "
+       << "split value: " << s.split_value << ", "
+       << "left_sum: " << s.left_sum << ", "
+       << "right_sum: " << s.right_sum;
+    return os;
+  }
+  /*!\return feature index to split on */
+  bst_feature_t SplitIndex() const { return sindex & ((1U << 31) - 1U); }
+  /*!\return whether missing value goes to left branch */
+  bool DefaultLeft() const { return (sindex >> 31) != 0; }
   /*!
-   * \brief decides whether we can replace current entry with the given
+   * \brief decides whether we can replace current entry with the given statistics
-   * statistics
+   *
-   *   This function gives better priority to lower index when loss_chg ==
+   *   This function gives better priority to lower index when loss_chg == new_loss_chg.
-   * new_loss_chg.
    *   Not the best way, but helps to give consistent result during multi-thread
-   * execution.
+   *   execution.
+   *
    * \param new_loss_chg the loss reduction get through the split
    * \param split_index the feature index where the split is on
    */
-  inline bool NeedReplace(bst_float new_loss_chg, unsigned split_index) const {
+  bool NeedReplace(bst_float new_loss_chg, unsigned split_index) const {
     if (this->SplitIndex() <= split_index) {
       return new_loss_chg > this->loss_chg;
     } else {
@@ -416,7 +422,7 @@ struct SplitEntry {
    * \param e candidate split solution
    * \return whether the proposed split is better and can replace current split
    */
-  inline bool Update(const SplitEntry &e) {
+  inline bool Update(const SplitEntryContainer &e) {
     if (this->NeedReplace(e.loss_chg, e.SplitIndex())) {
       this->loss_chg = e.loss_chg;
       this->sindex = e.sindex;
@@ -436,9 +442,10 @@ struct SplitEntry {
    * \param default_left whether the missing value goes to left
    * \return whether the proposed split is better and can replace current split
    */
-  inline bool Update(bst_float new_loss_chg, unsigned split_index,
+  bool Update(bst_float new_loss_chg, unsigned split_index,
-                     bst_float new_split_value, bool default_left,
+              bst_float new_split_value, bool default_left,
-                     const GradStats &left_sum, const GradStats &right_sum) {
+              const GradientT &left_sum,
+              const GradientT &right_sum) {
     if (this->NeedReplace(new_loss_chg, split_index)) {
       this->loss_chg = new_loss_chg;
       if (default_left) {
@@ -453,17 +460,16 @@ struct SplitEntry {
       return false;
     }
   }
+
   /*! \brief same as update, used by AllReduce*/
-  inline static void Reduce(SplitEntry &dst, // NOLINT(*)
+  inline static void Reduce(SplitEntryContainer &dst,         // NOLINT(*)
-                            const SplitEntry &src) { // NOLINT(*)
+                            const SplitEntryContainer &src) { // NOLINT(*)
     dst.Update(src);
   }
-  /*!\return feature index to split on */
-  inline unsigned SplitIndex() const { return sindex & ((1U << 31) - 1U); }
-  /*!\return whether missing value goes to left branch */
-  inline bool DefaultLeft() const { return (sindex >> 31) != 0; }
 };
 
+using SplitEntry = SplitEntryContainer<GradStats>;
+
 }  // namespace tree
 }  // namespace xgboost