def create_surrogate_run_config(hp):
  """Create a run config.

  Args:
    hp: model hyperparameters
  Returns:
    a run config
  """
  save_ckpt_steps = max(FLAGS.iterations_per_loop, FLAGS.local_eval_frequency)
  save_ckpt_secs = FLAGS.save_checkpoints_secs or None
  if save_ckpt_secs:
    save_ckpt_steps = None
  assert FLAGS.surrogate_output_dir
  # the various custom getters we have written do not play well together yet.
  # TODO(noam): ask rsepassi for help here.
  daisy_chain_variables = (
      hp.daisy_chain_variables and hp.activation_dtype == "float32" and
      hp.weight_dtype == "float32")
  return trainer_lib.create_run_config(
      model_name=FLAGS.model,
      model_dir=os.path.expanduser(FLAGS.surrogate_output_dir),
      master=FLAGS.master,
      iterations_per_loop=FLAGS.iterations_per_loop,
      num_shards=FLAGS.tpu_num_shards,
      log_device_placement=FLAGS.log_device_placement,
      save_checkpoints_steps=save_ckpt_steps,
      save_checkpoints_secs=save_ckpt_secs,
      keep_checkpoint_max=FLAGS.keep_checkpoint_max,
      keep_checkpoint_every_n_hours=FLAGS.keep_checkpoint_every_n_hours,
      num_gpus=FLAGS.worker_gpu,
      gpu_order=FLAGS.gpu_order,
      num_async_replicas=FLAGS.worker_replicas,
      gpu_mem_fraction=FLAGS.worker_gpu_memory_fraction,
      enable_graph_rewriter=FLAGS.enable_graph_rewriter,
      use_tpu=FLAGS.use_tpu,
      schedule=FLAGS.schedule,
      no_data_parallelism=hp.no_data_parallelism,
      daisy_chain_variables=daisy_chain_variables,
      ps_replicas=FLAGS.ps_replicas,
      ps_job=FLAGS.ps_job,
      ps_gpu=FLAGS.ps_gpu,
      sync=FLAGS.sync,
      worker_id=FLAGS.worker_id,
      worker_job=FLAGS.worker_job,
      random_seed=FLAGS.random_seed,
      tpu_infeed_sleep_secs=FLAGS.tpu_infeed_sleep_secs,
      inter_op_parallelism_threads=FLAGS.inter_op_parallelism_threads,
      log_step_count_steps=FLAGS.log_step_count_steps,
      intra_op_parallelism_threads=FLAGS.intra_op_parallelism_threads)