Error when converting PyTorch model to TorchScript
I'm trying to follow the PyTorch guide to load models in C++.

The following sample code works:

import torch
import torchvision

# An instance of your model.
model = torchvision.models.resnet18()

# An example input you would normally provide to your model's forward() method.
example = torch.rand(1, 3, 224, 224)

# Use torch.jit.trace to generate a torch.jit.ScriptModule via tracing.
traced_script_module = torch.jit.trace(model, example)


However, when trying other networks, such as squeezenet (or alexnet), my code fails:

sq = torchvision.models.squeezenet1_0(pretrained=True)
traced_script_module = torch.jit.trace(sq, example) 

&gt;&gt; traced_script_module = torch.jit.trace(sq, example)                                      
/home/fabio/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/torch/jit/__init__.py:642: TracerWarning: Output nr 1. of the traced function does not match the corresponding output of the Python function.
 Detailed error:
Not within tolerance rtol=1e-05 atol=1e-05 at input[0, 785] (3.1476082801818848 vs. 3.945478677749634) and 999 other locations (100.00%)
  _check_trace([example_inputs], func, executor_options, module, check_tolerance, _force_outplace)


I just figured out that models loaded from torchvision.models are in train mode by default. AlexNet and SqueezeNet both have Dropout layers, making the inference nondeterministic if in train mode. Simply changing to eval mode fixed the issue:

sq = torchvision.models.squeezenet1_0(pretrained=True)
sq.eval()
traced_script_module = torch.jit.trace(sq, example) 

