While I a am training the CNN Network, Getting ModuleAttributeError: 'MaxPool2d' object has no attribute 'view'

num: <pre><code class="lang-auto">  # no. of conv: 6 
  # no. of fc: 3
  # Kernel size (conv): 3x3 
  # Stride (cov): 1x1
  # Stride (maaxPool) = 2x2
  # Dilation: 1x1 (default)
  # padding = 1
  # Dropout in FC: 10% 

import numpy as np
import torch
import torchvision
import torchvision.datasets as datasets
import torchvision.transforms as transforms
import torch.nn as nn
import torch.nn.functional as F
import torch.autograd as autograd

from torch.autograd import Variable

device = torch.device("cuda:0" if torch.cuda.is_available() else "cpu")
print(device)

class CNN2(nn.Module):
  def __init__(self):
    super(CNN2, self).__init__()
    # TODO: define your CNN
    # Convolution Layers
    self.conv1 = nn.Conv2d(3, 32, 3, padding=1)
    self.conv2 = nn.Conv2d(32, 64, 3, padding=1)
    self.conv3 = nn.Conv2d(64, 128, 3, padding=1)
    self.conv4 = nn.Conv2d(128, 128, 3, padding=1)
    self.conv5 = nn.Conv2d(128, 256, 3, padding=1)
    self.conv6 = nn.Conv2d(256, 256, 3, padding=1)

    # FC Layers
    self.fc1 = nn.Linear(4096, 1024)
    self.fc2 = nn.Linear(1024, 512)
    self.fc3 = nn.Linear(512, 10)

    # Sub Sampling (Max pooling)
    #self.maxpool2d1 = nn.MaxPool2d(kernel_size=2, stride=2)
    #self.maxpool2d2 = nn.MaxPool2d(kernel_size=2, stride=2)
    #self.maxpool2d3 = nn.MaxPool2d(kernel_size=2, stride=2)
    
    # Dropout: 10% 
    self.drouput1 = nn.Dropout2d(p=0.1)
    self.drouput2 = nn.Dropout(p=0.1)
    self.drouput3 = nn.Dropout(p=0.1)

    # Activation Function 
    self.relu = nn.ReLU()
    
  def forward(self, y):
    # TODO: define your forward function

    # 1st conv
    y = self.conv1
    # Batch Normalization over 4D input
    y = nn.BatchNorm2d(32)
    y = self.relu

    # 2nd conv
    y = self.conv2
    y = self.relu
    # Max pooling over a (2, 2) window with stride = 2 on 2nd conv layer
    y = nn.MaxPool2d(kernel_size=2, stride=2)

    # 3rd conv
    y = self.conv3
    y = nn.BatchNorm2d(128)
    y = self.relu

    # 4th conv
    y = self.conv4
    y = self.relu
    y = nn.MaxPool2d(kernel_size=2, stride=2)
    y = self.drouput1
    
    # 5th conv
    y = self.conv5
    y = nn.BatchNorm2d(256)
    y = self.relu

    # 6th conv
    y = self.conv6
    y = self.relu
    y = nn.MaxPool2d(kernel_size=2, stride=2)

    # flatten
    y = y.view(-1, self.num_flat_features(y))
    #y = y.view(y.size(0), -1)
    #y = torch.flatten(y, start_dim = 1)

    # fc layers
    y = self.drouput2
    y = self.fc1
    y = self.relu

    y = self.fc2
    y = self.relu
    
    y = self.drouput3
    y = self.fc3
    return y

  def num_flat_features(self, y):
      size = y.size()[1:]  # all dimensions except the batch dimension
      num_features = 1
      for s in size:
          num_features *= s
      return num_features


cnn2 = CNN2()
print(cnn2)

params2 = list(cnn2.parameters())
print(len(params2))
print(params2[0].size()) 
print(params2[1].size())  
print(params2[2].size()) 
print(params2[3].size())  
print(params2[4].size()) 
print(params2[5].size())
print(params2[6].size()) 
print(params2[7].size())
print(params2[8].size()) 
print(params2[9].size()) 
print(params2[10].size())
print(params2[11].size()) 
print(params2[12].size())
print(params2[13].size()) 
print(params2[14].size()) 
print(params2[15].size()) 
print(params2[16].size())
print(params2[17].size())

cnn2 = CNN2().to(device)  # operate on GPU

print(cnn2)

## Define the Loss function Optimizer

import torch.optim as optim

# TODO: you can change loss function and optimizer

criterion2 = nn.CrossEntropyLoss()

optimizer2 = optim.SGD(cnn2.parameters(), lr=0.001, momentum=0.9)

## Train the Network

n_epoch2 = 5

for epoch2 in range(n_epoch2):  # loop over the dataset multiple times

  running_loss2 = 0.0

  for i, data in enumerate(cifar_trainloader, 0):

    # TODO: write training code

    # get the inputs 

    inputs, labels = data

    inputs = inputs.to(device)

    labels = labels.to(device)

    # wrap them in Variable

    inputs, labels = Variable(inputs), Variable(labels)

              

    # zero the parameter gradients

    optimizer.zero_grad()

    # forward + backward + optimize

    output2 = cnn2(inputs)

    loss2 = criterion2(output2, labels)

    loss2.backward()

    optimizer2.step()

    

    # print statistics

    running_loss2 += loss2.item()

    if i % 2000 == 1999:    # print every 2000 mini-batches

        print('[%d, %5d] loss2: %.3f' %(epoch2 + 1, i + 1, running_loss2 / 2000))

        running_loss2 = 0.0

print('Finished Training the CNN2 Model')


---------------------------------------------------------------------------
ModuleAttributeError                      Traceback (most recent call last)
&lt;ipython-input-108-58a5de353b76&gt; in &lt;module&gt;()
     20 
     21     # forward + backward + optimize
---&gt; 22     output2 = cnn2(inputs)
     23     loss2 = criterion2(output2, labels)
     24     loss2.backward()

2 frames
/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/torch/nn/modules/module.py in __getattr__(self, name)
    770                 return modules[name]
    771         raise ModuleAttributeError("'{}' object has no attribute '{}'".format(
--&gt; 772             type(self).__name__, name))
    773 
    774     def __setattr__(self, name: str, value: Union[Tensor, 'Module']) -&gt; None:

ModuleAttributeError: 'MaxPool2d' object has no attribute 'view' ```</code></pre>

num: <p>Sharing any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated.</p>

Nikronic: <p>Hi,</p>
<p>In your <code>forward</code> method, you are not calling any of objects you have instantiated in <code>__init__</code> method.<br>
In Python, first you initilize a class and make an object, then use it:</p>
<pre><code class="lang-auto">self.conv1 = nn.Conv2d(#args)  # just init, now need to call it

# in forward
y = self.conv1(#some_input)
</code></pre>
<p>In none of your calls in <code>forward</code> you have specified input.</p>
<p>Look at the way you have initialized <code>criterion2</code> and used it by passing inputs. You need to do the same thing for all layers in <code>forward</code> method.</p>
<p>I think before doing that, you need to read about basic PyTorch from available tutorials. It will help you to get started with it.</p>
<p>Bests</p>

num: <p>Thanks for the response. It helps. Sorry for the late reply.</p>