ONNX Expand extended support (#10833)

src/core/tests/models/onnx/expand_failsafe_node.prototxt

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+ir_version: 8
+producer_name: "nGraph ONNX Importer"
+graph {
+  node {
+    input: "data"
+    input: "shape"
+    output: "expanded"
+    op_type: "Expand"
+  }
+  name: "test_graph"
+  initializer {
+    dims: 0
+    data_type: 7
+    name: "shape"
+    raw_data: ""
+  }
+  input {
+    name: "data"
+    type {
+      tensor_type {
+        elem_type: 1
+        shape {
+          dim {
+            dim_value: 2
+          }
+          dim {
+            dim_value: 2
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  output {
+    name: "expanded"
+    type {
+      tensor_type {
+        elem_type: 1
+        shape {
+          dim {
+            dim_value: 2
+          }
+          dim {
+            dim_value: 2
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+opset_import {
+  version: 13
+}

src/core/tests/onnx/onnx_import.in.cpp

@@ -4736,3 +4736,15 @@ NGRAPH_TEST(${BACKEND_NAME}, onnx_model_unsqueeze_ai_onnx_domain_opset13) {
     test_case.add_expected_output(expected_output);
     test_case.run();
 }
+
+NGRAPH_TEST(${BACKEND_NAME}, onnx_model_expand_failsafe_node) {
+    const auto function =
+        onnx_import::import_onnx_model(file_util::path_join(SERIALIZED_ZOO, "onnx/expand_failsafe_node.onnx"));
+
+    auto test_case = test::TestCase(function, s_device);
+    const auto input_data = std::vector<float>{1.0f, 2.0f, 3.0f, 4.0f};
+    test_case.add_input<float>(input_data);
+    // the target shape is an empty constant so the Expand operation should not modify the input shape
+    test_case.add_expected_output<float>(input_data);
+    test_case.run();
+}

src/frontends/onnx/frontend/src/core/graph.cpp

@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ Graph::Graph(const std::shared_ptr<ONNX_NAMESPACE::ModelProto>& model_proto,
                 // invalid external data makes initializers creation impossible
                 throw;
             } catch (const ngraph::ngraph_error&) {
-                ng_constant = default_opset::Constant::create(tensor.get_ng_type(), Shape{}, {0});
+                ng_constant = ngraph::onnx_import::common::make_failsafe_constant(tensor.get_ng_type());
             }
 
             initializers.emplace(initializer_tensor.name(), tensor);

src/frontends/onnx/frontend/src/op/constant.cpp

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ inline std::shared_ptr<default_opset::Constant> make_ng_constant_impl(const elem
     try {
         constant = std::make_shared<default_opset::Constant>(type, tensor.get_shape(), tensor.get_data<T>());
     } catch (const ngraph::ngraph_error&) {
-        constant = std::make_shared<default_opset::Constant>(type, Shape{}, 0);
+        constant = common::make_failsafe_constant(type);
     }
 
     return constant;

src/frontends/onnx/frontend/src/op/expand.cpp

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "ngraph/op/broadcast.hpp"
 #include "ngraph/op/constant.hpp"
 #include "ngraph/op/multiply.hpp"
+#include "utils/common.hpp"
 
 namespace ngraph {
 namespace onnx_import {
@@ -19,7 +20,17 @@ OutputVector expand(const Node& node) {
     const Output<ngraph::Node> data{node.get_ng_inputs().at(0)};
     const Output<ngraph::Node> shape{node.get_ng_inputs().at(1)};
 
+    if (common::is_failsafe_node(shape.get_node_shared_ptr())) {
+        // in case the "shape" input is connected to a failsafe node created in place of an invalid initializer
+        // the target shape should be ignored and this Expand operation should not modify its input tensor
+        // the Broadcast created below should be eliminated later on by an appropriate optimization pass
+        const auto identity_broadcast = default_opset::Constant::create(element::i64, Shape{1}, {1});
+        return {std::make_shared<default_opset::Broadcast>(data,
+                                                           identity_broadcast,
+                                                           ngraph::op::BroadcastType::BIDIRECTIONAL)};
+    } else {
         return {std::make_shared<default_opset::Broadcast>(data, shape, ngraph::op::BroadcastType::BIDIRECTIONAL)};
+    }
 }
 
 }  // namespace set_1

src/frontends/onnx/frontend/src/utils/common.cpp

@@ -115,6 +115,20 @@ template OutputVector handle_opset6_binary_op<default_opset::Divide>(const Node&
 template OutputVector handle_opset6_binary_op<default_opset::Multiply>(const Node& node);
 template OutputVector handle_opset6_binary_op<default_opset::Subtract>(const Node& node);
 
+const std::string FAILSAFE_NODE = "ONNX_FAILSAFE_NODE";
+
+std::shared_ptr<default_opset::Constant> make_failsafe_constant(const ngraph::element::Type& dtype) {
+    const auto failsafe_constant = default_opset::Constant::create(dtype, Shape{}, {0});
+    auto& rt_info = failsafe_constant->get_rt_info();
+    rt_info[FAILSAFE_NODE] = "";
+    return failsafe_constant;
+}
+
+bool is_failsafe_node(const std::shared_ptr<ov::Node>& node) {
+    const auto& rt_info = node->get_rt_info();
+    return rt_info.find(FAILSAFE_NODE) != rt_info.end();
+}
+
 }  // namespace  common
 }  // namespace onnx_import
 }  // namespace ngraph

src/frontends/onnx/frontend/src/utils/common.hpp

@@ -132,6 +132,16 @@ std::unique_ptr<T> make_unique(Args&&... args) {
 /// \return     OutputVector with binary op
 template <typename T>
 OutputVector handle_opset6_binary_op(const Node& node);
+
+/// \brief  Creates a "dummy" constant to be used in place of an invalid initializer
+///         encountered in the original model.
+/// \return A scalar constant containing a single value of zero
+///         marked as "failsafe" in the runtime info object
+std::shared_ptr<default_opset::Constant> make_failsafe_constant(const ngraph::element::Type& dtype);
+
+/// \brief Checks the node's runtime info object and returns true if this node represents
+///        a dummy failsafe node created instead of an incorrect node found in the original model
+bool is_failsafe_node(const std::shared_ptr<ov::Node>& node);
 }  // namespace  common
 }  // namespace onnx_import
 }  // namespace ngraph