COMPMID-3694 COMPMID-3695 COMPMID-3458: Softmax Axis

* Properly support "axis" in CL and NEON (and GC) SoftmaxLayer and
LogSoftmaxLayer in accord with mainstream frameworks. Axis now defines
the dimension on which softmax is performed, and supports the range
[-rank, rank)

* Extend validation tests to include valid and invalid axes

* Remove unnecessary LogSoftmaxLayer fixture, as it is only a
specialisation of the SoftmaxLayer fixture

* Change the validation fill value range from [-1000, 1000] to [-10,
10], as the former often results in sparse outputs with a single one and
zeros elsewhere

Change-Id: I8a0040453182b04ed88260de3ba434e98258d863
Signed-off-by: Manuel Bottini <manuel.bottini@arm.com>
Reviewed-on: https://review.mlplatform.org/c/ml/ComputeLibrary/+/3830
Tested-by: Arm Jenkins <bsgcomp@arm.com>
Comments-Addressed: Arm Jenkins <bsgcomp@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Michele Di Giorgio <michele.digiorgio@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Gian Marco Iodice <gianmarco.iodice@arm.com>

10 files changed, 103 insertions, 207 deletions

diff --git a/tests/validation/CL/LogSoftmaxLayer.cpp b/tests/validation/CL/LogSoftmaxLayer.cpp
index 15466affc4..8fdc745d13 100644
--- a/tests/validation/CL/LogSoftmaxLayer.cpp
+++ b/tests/validation/CL/LogSoftmaxLayer.cpp
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ TEST_SUITE(FP16)
 FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunSmall, CLLogSoftmaxLayerFixture<half>, framework::DatasetMode::ALL, combine(combine(combine(datasets::SoftmaxLayerSmallShapes(),
                                                                                                                       framework::dataset::make("DataType", DataType::F16)),
                                                                                                               framework::dataset::make("Beta", { 1.0f, 2.0f })),
-                                                                                                      framework::dataset::make("Axis", { 0 })))
+                                                                                                      framework::dataset::make("Axis", { 0, -1 })))
 {
     // Validate output
     validate(CLAccessor(_target), _reference, tolerance_f16);
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunLarge, CLLogSoftmaxLayerFixture<half>, framework::Data
 FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(Run4D, CLLogSoftmaxLayerFixture<half>, framework::DatasetMode::NIGHTLY, combine(combine(combine(datasets::SoftmaxLayer4DShapes(),
                                                                                                                        framework::dataset::make("DataType", DataType::F16)),
                                                                                                                framework::dataset::make("Beta", { 1.0f, 2.0f })),
-                                                                                                       framework::dataset::make("Axis", { 0 })))
+                                                                                                       framework::dataset::make("Axis", { 0, -3, 2 })))
 {
     // Validate output
     validate(CLAccessor(_target), _reference, tolerance_f16);
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ TEST_SUITE(FP32)
 FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunSmall, CLLogSoftmaxLayerFixture<float>, framework::DatasetMode::ALL, combine(combine(combine(datasets::SoftmaxLayerSmallShapes(),
                                                                                                                        framework::dataset::make("DataType", DataType::F32)),
                                                                                                                framework::dataset::make("Beta", { 1.0f, 2.0f })),
-                                                                                                       framework::dataset::make("Axis", { 0 })))
+                                                                                                       framework::dataset::make("Axis", { 0, 1 })))
 {
     // Validate output
     validate(CLAccessor(_target), _reference, tolerance_f32);
@@ -99,10 +99,10 @@ FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunLarge, CLLogSoftmaxLayerFixture<float>, framework::Dat
     // Validate output
     validate(CLAccessor(_target), _reference, tolerance_f32);
 }
-FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(Run4D, CLLogSoftmaxLayerFixture<float>, framework::DatasetMode::NIGHTLY, combine(combine(combine(datasets::SoftmaxLayer4DShapes(),
-                                                                                                                        framework::dataset::make("DataType", DataType::F32)),
-                                                                                                                framework::dataset::make("Beta", { 1.0f, 2.0f })),
-                                                                                                        framework::dataset::make("Axis", { 0 })))
+FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(Run4D, CLLogSoftmaxLayerFixture<float>, framework::DatasetMode::ALL, combine(combine(combine(datasets::SoftmaxLayer4DShapes(),
+                                                                                                                    framework::dataset::make("DataType", DataType::F32)),
+                                                                                                            framework::dataset::make("Beta", { 1.0f, 2.0f })),
+                                                                                                    framework::dataset::make("Axis", { 0, -4, 3 })))
 {
     // Validate output
     validate(CLAccessor(_target), _reference, tolerance_f32);
diff --git a/tests/validation/CL/SoftmaxLayer.cpp b/tests/validation/CL/SoftmaxLayer.cpp
index 90c3058c5d..0e4952b02a 100644
--- a/tests/validation/CL/SoftmaxLayer.cpp
+++ b/tests/validation/CL/SoftmaxLayer.cpp
@@ -129,9 +129,9 @@ DATA_TEST_CASE(Validate, framework::DatasetMode::ALL, zip(zip(zip(zip(
                                                                   QuantizationInfo(1.f/256, 0)),
                                                        TensorInfo(TensorShape(32U, 13U), 1, DataType::QASYMM8_SIGNED,
                                                                   QuantizationInfo(1.f/256, -128)),
-                                                       TensorInfo(TensorShape(32U, 13U), 1, DataType::QASYMM8_SIGNED, // Invalid axis high
+                                                       TensorInfo(TensorShape(32U, 13U), 1, DataType::QASYMM8_SIGNED,
                                                                   QuantizationInfo(1.f/256, -128)),
-                                                       TensorInfo(TensorShape(32U, 13U), 1, DataType::QASYMM8_SIGNED, // Invalid axis low
+                                                       TensorInfo(TensorShape(32U, 13U), 1, DataType::QASYMM8_SIGNED,
                                                                   QuantizationInfo(1.f/256, -128)),
                                                      })),
                framework::dataset::make("beta", { 1.0,
@@ -151,11 +151,11 @@ DATA_TEST_CASE(Validate, framework::DatasetMode::ALL, zip(zip(zip(zip(
                                                   0,
                                                   0,
                                                   0,
+                                                  1,
                                                   0,
-                                                  0,
-                                                  0,
-                                                  2,
                                                   -1,
+                                                  2,
+                                                  -3,
                                                 })),
                framework::dataset::make("Expected", { false, false, false, false, false, true, true, true, false, false })),
                input_info, output_info, beta, axis, expected)
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ TEST_SUITE(FP16)
 FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunSmall, CLSoftmaxLayerFixture<half>, framework::DatasetMode::ALL, combine(combine(combine(datasets::SoftmaxLayerSmallShapes(),
                                                                                                                    framework::dataset::make("DataType", DataType::F16)),
                                                                                                            framework::dataset::make("Beta", { 1.0f, 2.0f })),
-                                                                                                   framework::dataset::make("Axis", { 0 })))
+                                                                                                   framework::dataset::make("Axis", { 0, -1 })))
 {
     // Validate output
     validate(CLAccessor(_target), _reference, tolerance_f16);
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunLarge, CLSoftmaxLayerFixture<half>, framework::Dataset
 FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(Run4D, CLSoftmaxLayerFixture<half>, framework::DatasetMode::NIGHTLY, combine(combine(combine(datasets::SoftmaxLayer4DShapes(),
                                                                                                                     framework::dataset::make("DataType", DataType::F16)),
                                                                                                             framework::dataset::make("Beta", { 1.0f, 2.0f })),
-                                                                                                    framework::dataset::make("Axis", { 0 })))
+                                                                                                    framework::dataset::make("Axis", { 0, -1, 2 })))
 {
     // Validate output
     validate(CLAccessor(_target), _reference, tolerance_f16);
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ TEST_SUITE(FP32)
 FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunSmall, CLSoftmaxLayerFixture<float>, framework::DatasetMode::ALL, combine(combine(combine(datasets::SoftmaxLayerSmallShapes(),
                                                                                                                     framework::dataset::make("DataType", DataType::F32)),
                                                                                                             framework::dataset::make("Beta", { 1.0f, 2.0f })),
-                                                                                                    framework::dataset::make("Axis", { 0 })))
+                                                                                                    framework::dataset::make("Axis", { 0, 1 })))
 {
     // Validate output
     validate(CLAccessor(_target), _reference, tolerance_f32);
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunLarge, CLSoftmaxLayerFixture<float>, framework::Datase
 FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(Run4D, CLSoftmaxLayerFixture<float>, framework::DatasetMode::NIGHTLY, combine(combine(combine(datasets::SoftmaxLayer4DShapes(),
                                                                                                                      framework::dataset::make("DataType", DataType::F32)),
                                                                                                              framework::dataset::make("Beta", { 1.0f, 2.0f })),
-                                                                                                     framework::dataset::make("Axis", { 0 })))
+                                                                                                     framework::dataset::make("Axis", { 0, -2, 3 })))
 {
     // Validate output
     validate(CLAccessor(_target), _reference, tolerance_f32);
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunSmall, CLSoftmaxLayerQuantizedFixture<uint8_t>, framew
                                                                                                                        framework::dataset::make("DataType", DataType::QASYMM8)),
                                                                                                                        combine(framework::dataset::make("QuantizationInfo", { QuantizationInfo(0.5f, -10) }),
                                                                                                                                framework::dataset::make("Beta", { 1.0f, 2.f }))),
-                                                                                                               framework::dataset::make("Axis", { 0 })))
+                                                                                                               framework::dataset::make("Axis", { 0, 1 })))
 {
     // Validate output
     validate(CLAccessor(_target), _reference, tolerance_qasymm8);
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(Run4D, CLSoftmaxLayerQuantizedFixture<uint8_t>, framework
                                                                                                                         framework::dataset::make("DataType", DataType::QASYMM8)),
                                                                                                                         combine(framework::dataset::make("QuantizationInfo", { QuantizationInfo(0.5f, -10) }),
                                                                                                                                 framework::dataset::make("Beta", { 1.0f, 2.0f }))),
-                                                                                                                framework::dataset::make("Axis", { 0 })))
+                                                                                                                framework::dataset::make("Axis", { 0, -4, 1 })))
 {
     // Validate output
     validate(CLAccessor(_target), _reference, tolerance_qasymm8);
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunSmall, CLSoftmaxLayerQuantizedFixture<int8_t>, framewo
                                                                                                                       framework::dataset::make("DataType", DataType::QASYMM8_SIGNED)),
                                                                                                                       combine(framework::dataset::make("QuantizationInfo", { QuantizationInfo(0.5f, -10) }),
                                                                                                                               framework::dataset::make("Beta", { 1.0f, 2.f }))),
-                                                                                                              framework::dataset::make("Axis", { 0 })))
+                                                                                                              framework::dataset::make("Axis", { 0, 1 })))
 {
     // Validate output
     validate(CLAccessor(_target), _reference, tolerance_qasymm8_signed);
diff --git a/tests/validation/GLES_COMPUTE/SoftmaxLayer.cpp b/tests/validation/GLES_COMPUTE/SoftmaxLayer.cpp
index af92cff813..2a8a33eaf7 100644
--- a/tests/validation/GLES_COMPUTE/SoftmaxLayer.cpp
+++ b/tests/validation/GLES_COMPUTE/SoftmaxLayer.cpp
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ TEST_SUITE(FP16)
 FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunSmall, GCSoftmaxLayerFixture<half_float::half>, framework::DatasetMode::PRECOMMIT, combine(combine(combine(datasets::SoftmaxLayerSmallShapes(),
                                                                                                                      framework::dataset::make("DataType", DataType::F16)),
                                                                                                                      framework::dataset::make("Beta", 1.0f)),
-                                                                                                                     framework::dataset::make("ReduceEndAxis", 0)))
+                                                                                                                     framework::dataset::make("Axis", 0)))
 {
     // Validate output
     validate(GCAccessor(_target), _reference, tolerance_f16);
@@ -97,18 +97,18 @@ FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunSmall, GCSoftmaxLayerFixture<half_float::half>, framew
 FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunLarge, GCSoftmaxLayerFixture<half_float::half>, framework::DatasetMode::NIGHTLY, combine(combine(combine(datasets::SoftmaxLayerLargeShapes(),
                                                                                                                    framework::dataset::make("DataType", DataType::F16)),
                                                                                                                    framework::dataset::make("Beta", 1.0f)),
-                                                                                                                   framework::dataset::make("ReduceEndAxis", 0)))
+                                                                                                                   framework::dataset::make("Axis", 0)))
 {
     // Validate output
     validate(GCAccessor(_target), _reference, tolerance_f16);
 }
-TEST_SUITE_END()
+TEST_SUITE_END() // FP16
 
 TEST_SUITE(FP32)
 FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunSmall, GCSoftmaxLayerFixture<float>, framework::DatasetMode::PRECOMMIT, combine(combine(combine(datasets::SoftmaxLayerSmallShapes(),
                                                                                                                   framework::dataset::make("DataType", DataType::F32)),
                                                                                                                   framework::dataset::make("Beta", 1.0f)),
-                                                                                                          framework::dataset::make("ReduceEndAxis", 0)))
+                                                                                                          framework::dataset::make("Axis", 0)))
 {
     // Validate output
     validate(GCAccessor(_target), _reference, tolerance_f32);
@@ -116,16 +116,16 @@ FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunSmall, GCSoftmaxLayerFixture<float>, framework::Datase
 FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunLarge, GCSoftmaxLayerFixture<float>, framework::DatasetMode::NIGHTLY, combine(combine(combine(datasets::SoftmaxLayerLargeShapes(),
                                                                                                                         framework::dataset::make("DataType", DataType::F32)),
                                                                                                                 framework::dataset::make("Beta", 1.0f)),
-                                                                                                        framework::dataset::make("ReduceEndAxis", 0)))
+                                                                                                        framework::dataset::make("Axis", 0)))
 {
     // Validate output
     validate(GCAccessor(_target), _reference, tolerance_f32);
 }
-TEST_SUITE_END()
-TEST_SUITE_END()
+TEST_SUITE_END() // FP32
+TEST_SUITE_END() // Float
 
-TEST_SUITE_END()
-TEST_SUITE_END()
+TEST_SUITE_END() // SoftmaxLayer
+TEST_SUITE_END() // GC
 } // namespace validation
 } // namespace test
 } // namespace arm_compute
diff --git a/tests/validation/NEON/LogSoftmaxLayer.cpp b/tests/validation/NEON/LogSoftmaxLayer.cpp
index 3f85e3f7a2..a7ab033359 100644
--- a/tests/validation/NEON/LogSoftmaxLayer.cpp
+++ b/tests/validation/NEON/LogSoftmaxLayer.cpp
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ TEST_SUITE(FP16)
 FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunSmall, NELogSoftmaxLayerFixture<half>, framework::DatasetMode::PRECOMMIT, combine(combine(combine(datasets::Small4DShapes(),
                                                                                                                     framework::dataset::make("DataType", DataType::F16)),
                                                                                                                     framework::dataset::make("Beta", { 1.0f, 2.0f })),
-                                                                                                            framework::dataset::make("Axis", { 0 })))
+                                                                                                            framework::dataset::make("Axis", { 0, -1 })))
 {
     // Validate output
     validate(Accessor(_target), _reference, tolerance_f16);
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunSmall, NELogSoftmaxLayerFixture<half>, framework::Data
 FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunSmall4D, NELogSoftmaxLayerFixture<half>, framework::DatasetMode::PRECOMMIT, combine(combine(combine(datasets::Small4DShapes(),
                                                                                                                       framework::dataset::make("DataType", DataType::F16)),
                                                                                                                       framework::dataset::make("Beta", { 1.0f, 2.0f })),
-                                                                                                              framework::dataset::make("Axis", { 0 })))
+                                                                                                              framework::dataset::make("Axis", { 0, -3, 2 })))
 {
     // Validate output
     validate(Accessor(_target), _reference, tolerance_f16);
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ TEST_SUITE(FP32)
 FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunSmall2D, NELogSoftmaxLayerFixture<float>, framework::DatasetMode::PRECOMMIT, combine(combine(combine(datasets::SoftmaxLayerSmallShapes(),
                                                                                                                        framework::dataset::make("DataType", DataType::F32)),
                                                                                                                        framework::dataset::make("Beta", { 1.0f, 2.0f })),
-                                                                                                               framework::dataset::make("Axis", { 0 })))
+                                                                                                               framework::dataset::make("Axis", { 0, 1 })))
 {
     // Validate output
     validate(Accessor(_target), _reference, tolerance_f32);
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunSmall2D, NELogSoftmaxLayerFixture<float>, framework::D
 FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunSmall4D, NELogSoftmaxLayerFixture<float>, framework::DatasetMode::PRECOMMIT, combine(combine(combine(datasets::Small4DShapes(),
                                                                                                                        framework::dataset::make("DataType", DataType::F32)),
                                                                                                                        framework::dataset::make("Beta", { 1.0f, 2.0f })),
-                                                                                                               framework::dataset::make("Axis", { 0 })))
+                                                                                                               framework::dataset::make("Axis", { 0, 2, -1 })))
 {
     // Validate output
     validate(Accessor(_target), _reference, tolerance_f32);
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunSmall2D, NELogSoftmaxLayerQuantizedFixture<uint8_t>, f
                                                                                                                     framework::dataset::make("DataType", DataType::QASYMM8)),
                                                                                                                     combine(framework::dataset::make("QuantizationInfo", { QuantizationInfo(0.5f, -10) }),
                                                                                                                             framework::dataset::make("Beta", { 1.0f, 2.f }))),
-                                                                                                                    framework::dataset::make("Axis", { 0 })))
+                                                                                                                    framework::dataset::make("Axis", { 0, 1 })))
 {
     // Validate output
     validate(Accessor(_target), _reference, tolerance_qasymm8);
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunSmall4D, NELogSoftmaxLayerQuantizedFixture<uint8_t>, f
                                                                                                                     framework::dataset::make("DataType", DataType::QASYMM8)),
                                                                                                                     combine(framework::dataset::make("QuantizationInfo", { QuantizationInfo(0.5f, -10) }),
                                                                                                                             framework::dataset::make("Beta", { 1.0f, 2.f }))),
-                                                                                                                    framework::dataset::make("Axis", { 0 })))
+                                                                                                                    framework::dataset::make("Axis", { 0, -1, 1 })))
 {
     // Validate output
     validate(Accessor(_target), _reference, tolerance_qasymm8);
diff --git a/tests/validation/NEON/SoftmaxLayer.cpp b/tests/validation/NEON/SoftmaxLayer.cpp
index 70203d9ce9..2a9e30604e 100644
--- a/tests/validation/NEON/SoftmaxLayer.cpp
+++ b/tests/validation/NEON/SoftmaxLayer.cpp
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ DATA_TEST_CASE(Validate, framework::DatasetMode::ALL, zip(zip(zip(zip(
                                                        TensorInfo(TensorShape(32U, 13U), 1, DataType::F32),
                                                        TensorInfo(TensorShape(32U, 13U), 1, DataType::QASYMM8,
                                                                   QuantizationInfo(1.f/256, 12)),
+                                                       TensorInfo(TensorShape(32U, 13U), 1, DataType::F32),
                                                        TensorInfo(TensorShape(32U, 13U), 1, DataType::QASYMM8,  //Invalid axis high
                                                                   QuantizationInfo(1.f/256, 12)),
                                                        TensorInfo(TensorShape(32U, 13U), 1, DataType::QASYMM8,  //Invalid axis low
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ DATA_TEST_CASE(Validate, framework::DatasetMode::ALL, zip(zip(zip(zip(
                                                        TensorInfo(TensorShape(32U, 13U), 1, DataType::F32),
                                                        TensorInfo(TensorShape(32U, 13U), 1, DataType::QASYMM8,
                                                                   QuantizationInfo(1.f/256, 0)),
+                                                       TensorInfo(TensorShape(32U, 13U), 1, DataType::F32),
                                                        TensorInfo(TensorShape(32U, 13U), 1, DataType::QASYMM8,
                                                                   QuantizationInfo(1.f/256, 0)),
                                                        TensorInfo(TensorShape(32U, 13U), 1, DataType::QASYMM8,
@@ -95,18 +97,20 @@ DATA_TEST_CASE(Validate, framework::DatasetMode::ALL, zip(zip(zip(zip(
                                                   1.0,
                                                   2.0,
                                                   1.0,
+                                                  1.0,
                                                   2.0,
                                                   1.0,
                                                 })),
                framework::dataset::make("axis", { 0,
                                                   0,
                                                   0,
+                                                  1,
                                                   0,
-                                                  0,
+                                                  -1,
                                                   2,
                                                   -3,
                                                 })),
-               framework::dataset::make("Expected", { false, false, false, true, true, false, false })),
+               framework::dataset::make("Expected", { false, false, false, true, true, true, false, false })),
                input_info, output_info, beta, axis, expected)
 {
     ARM_COMPUTE_EXPECT(bool(NESoftmaxLayer::validate(&input_info.clone()->set_is_resizable(false), &output_info.clone()->set_is_resizable(false), beta, axis)) == expected, framework::LogLevel::ERRORS);
@@ -123,7 +127,7 @@ TEST_SUITE(FP16)
 FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunSmall, NESoftmaxLayerFixture<half>, framework::DatasetMode::PRECOMMIT, combine(combine(combine(datasets::Small4DShapes(),
                                                                                                                  framework::dataset::make("DataType", DataType::F16)),
                                                                                                                  framework::dataset::make("Beta", { 1.0f, 2.0f })),
-                                                                                                         framework::dataset::make("Axis", { 0 })))
+                                                                                                         framework::dataset::make("Axis", { 0, 1 })))
 {
     // Validate output
     validate(Accessor(_target), _reference, tolerance_f16);
@@ -131,7 +135,7 @@ FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunSmall, NESoftmaxLayerFixture<half>, framework::Dataset
 FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunSmall4D, NESoftmaxLayerFixture<half>, framework::DatasetMode::PRECOMMIT, combine(combine(combine(datasets::Small4DShapes(),
                                                                                                                    framework::dataset::make("DataType", DataType::F16)),
                                                                                                                    framework::dataset::make("Beta", { 1.0f, 2.0f })),
-                                                                                                           framework::dataset::make("Axis", { 0 })))
+                                                                                                           framework::dataset::make("Axis", { 0, 2, -1 })))
 {
     // Validate output
     validate(Accessor(_target), _reference, tolerance_f16);
@@ -151,7 +155,7 @@ TEST_SUITE(FP32)
 FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunSmall2D, NESoftmaxLayerFixture<float>, framework::DatasetMode::PRECOMMIT, combine(combine(combine(datasets::SoftmaxLayerSmallShapes(),
                                                                                                                     framework::dataset::make("DataType", DataType::F32)),
                                                                                                                     framework::dataset::make("Beta", { 1.0f, 2.0f })),
-                                                                                                            framework::dataset::make("Axis", { 0 })))
+                                                                                                            framework::dataset::make("Axis", { 0, -1 })))
 {
     // Validate output
     validate(Accessor(_target), _reference, tolerance_f32);
@@ -159,7 +163,7 @@ FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunSmall2D, NESoftmaxLayerFixture<float>, framework::Data
 FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunSmall4D, NESoftmaxLayerFixture<float>, framework::DatasetMode::PRECOMMIT, combine(combine(combine(datasets::Small4DShapes(),
                                                                                                                     framework::dataset::make("DataType", DataType::F32)),
                                                                                                                     framework::dataset::make("Beta", { 1.0f, 2.0f })),
-                                                                                                            framework::dataset::make("Axis", { 0 })))
+                                                                                                            framework::dataset::make("Axis", { 0, -2, 3 })))
 {
     // Validate output
     validate(Accessor(_target), _reference, tolerance_f32);
@@ -184,7 +188,7 @@ FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunSmall2D, NESoftmaxLayerQuantizedFixture<uint8_t>, fram
                                                                                                                  framework::dataset::make("DataType", DataType::QASYMM8)),
                                                                                                                  combine(framework::dataset::make("QuantizationInfo", { QuantizationInfo(0.5f, -10) }),
                                                                                                                          framework::dataset::make("Beta", { 1.0f, 2.f }))),
-                                                                                                                 framework::dataset::make("Axis", { 0 })))
+                                                                                                                 framework::dataset::make("Axis", { 0, -1 })))
 {
     // Validate output
     validate(Accessor(_target), _reference, tolerance_qasymm8);
@@ -193,7 +197,7 @@ FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunSmall4D, NESoftmaxLayerQuantizedFixture<uint8_t>, fram
                                                                                                                  framework::dataset::make("DataType", DataType::QASYMM8)),
                                                                                                                  combine(framework::dataset::make("QuantizationInfo", { QuantizationInfo(0.5f, -10) }),
                                                                                                                          framework::dataset::make("Beta", { 1.0f, 2.f }))),
-                                                                                                                 framework::dataset::make("Axis", { 0 })))
+                                                                                                                 framework::dataset::make("Axis", { 0, 1, -2 })))
 {
     // Validate output
     validate(Accessor(_target), _reference, tolerance_qasymm8);
@@ -214,7 +218,7 @@ FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunSmall2D, NESoftmaxLayerQuantizedFixture<int8_t>, frame
                                                                                                                         framework::dataset::make("DataType", DataType::QASYMM8_SIGNED)),
                                                                                                                         combine(framework::dataset::make("QuantizationInfo", { QuantizationInfo(0.5f, -10) }),
                                                                                                                                 framework::dataset::make("Beta", { 1.0f, 2.f }))),
-                                                                                                                framework::dataset::make("Axis", { 0 })))
+                                                                                                                framework::dataset::make("Axis", { 0, -1 })))
 {
     // Validate output
     validate(Accessor(_target), _reference, tolerance_qasymm8_signed);
@@ -223,7 +227,7 @@ FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunSmall4D, NESoftmaxLayerQuantizedFixture<int8_t>, frame
                                                                                                                         framework::dataset::make("DataType", DataType::QASYMM8_SIGNED)),
                                                                                                                         combine(framework::dataset::make("QuantizationInfo", { QuantizationInfo(0.5f, -10) }),
                                                                                                                                 framework::dataset::make("Beta", { 1.0f, 2.f }))),
-                                                                                                                framework::dataset::make("Axis", { 0 })))
+                                                                                                                framework::dataset::make("Axis", { 0, 1, -1 })))
 {
     // Validate output
     validate(Accessor(_target), _reference, tolerance_qasymm8_signed);
diff --git a/tests/validation/fixtures/SoftmaxLayerFixture.h b/tests/validation/fixtures/SoftmaxLayerFixture.h
index 29a3ed2cd0..30356d648d 100644
--- a/tests/validation/fixtures/SoftmaxLayerFixture.h
+++ b/tests/validation/fixtures/SoftmaxLayerFixture.h
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 #include "tests/IAccessor.h"
 #include "tests/framework/Asserts.h"
 #include "tests/framework/Fixture.h"
-#include "tests/validation/reference/LogSoftmaxLayer.h"
 #include "tests/validation/reference/SoftmaxLayer.h"
 
 #include <random>
@@ -52,8 +51,8 @@ public:
     {
         _quantization_info = quantization_info;
 
-        _target    = compute_target(shape, data_type, quantization_info, beta, axis);
         _reference = compute_reference(shape, data_type, quantization_info, beta, axis);
+        _target    = compute_target(shape, data_type, quantization_info, beta, axis);
     }
 
 protected:
@@ -62,7 +61,7 @@ protected:
     {
         if(!is_data_type_quantized(tensor.data_type()))
         {
-            std::uniform_real_distribution<> distribution(-1000.f, 1000.f);
+            std::uniform_real_distribution<> distribution(-10.f, 10.f);
             library->fill(tensor, distribution, 0);
         }
         else // data type is quantized_asymmetric (signed or unsigned)
@@ -111,14 +110,7 @@ protected:
         // Fill reference
         fill(src);
 
-        if(IS_LOG)
-        {
-            return reference::log_softmax_layer<T>(src, beta, axis);
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            return reference::softmax_layer<T>(src, beta, axis);
-        }
+        return reference::softmax_layer<T>(src, beta, axis, IS_LOG);
     }
 
     TensorType       _target{};
@@ -155,6 +147,7 @@ public:
                                                                                                   axis);
     }
 };
+
 } // namespace validation
 } // namespace test
 } // namespace arm_compute
diff --git a/tests/validation/reference/LogSoftmaxLayer.cpp b/tests/validation/reference/LogSoftmaxLayer.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 8d3b8f7579..0000000000
--- a/tests/validation/reference/LogSoftmaxLayer.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2019-2020 Arm Limited.
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
- *
- * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
- * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to
- * deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the
- * rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or
- * sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
- * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
- *
- * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
- * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
- *
- * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
- * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
- * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
- * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
- * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
- * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
- * SOFTWARE.
- */
-#include "LogSoftmaxLayer.h"
-#include "SoftmaxLayer.h"
-
-#include "arm_compute/core/Types.h"
-
-namespace arm_compute
-{
-namespace test
-{
-namespace validation
-{
-namespace reference
-{
-template <typename T, typename std::enable_if<is_floating_point<T>::value, int>::type>
-SimpleTensor<T> log_softmax_layer(const SimpleTensor<T> &src, float beta, int32_t reduce_end_axis)
-{
-    return softmax_layer_generic<T>(src, beta, reduce_end_axis, true);
-}
-
-template < typename T, typename std::enable_if < std::is_same<T, uint8_t>::value || std::is_same<T, int8_t>::value, int >::type >
-SimpleTensor<T> log_softmax_layer(const SimpleTensor<T> &src, float beta, int32_t reduce_end_axis)
-{
-    const QuantizationInfo output_quantization_info = arm_compute::get_softmax_output_quantization_info(src.data_type(), true);
-
-    SimpleTensor<float> src_tmp = convert_from_asymmetric(src);
-    SimpleTensor<float> dst_tmp = log_softmax_layer<float>(src_tmp, beta, reduce_end_axis);
-    SimpleTensor<T>     dst     = convert_to_asymmetric<T>(dst_tmp, output_quantization_info);
-    return dst;
-}
-
-template SimpleTensor<float> log_softmax_layer(const SimpleTensor<float> &src, float beta, int32_t reduce_end_axis);
-template SimpleTensor<half> log_softmax_layer(const SimpleTensor<half> &src, float beta, int32_t reduce_end_axis);
-template SimpleTensor<uint8_t> log_softmax_layer(const SimpleTensor<uint8_t> &src, float beta, int32_t reduce_end_axis);
-template SimpleTensor<int8_t> log_softmax_layer(const SimpleTensor<int8_t> &src, float beta, int32_t reduce_end_axis);
-} // namespace reference
-} // namespace validation
-} // namespace test
-} // namespace arm_compute
diff --git a/tests/validation/reference/LogSoftmaxLayer.h b/tests/validation/reference/LogSoftmaxLayer.h
deleted file mode 100644
index db945074a2..0000000000
--- a/tests/validation/reference/LogSoftmaxLayer.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2019-2020 Arm Limited.
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
- *
- * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
- * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to
- * deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the
- * rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or
- * sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
- * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
- *
- * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
- * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
- *
- * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
- * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
- * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
- * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
- * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
- * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
- * SOFTWARE.
- */
-#ifndef ARM_COMPUTE_TEST_LOG_SOFTMAX_LAYER_H
-#define ARM_COMPUTE_TEST_LOG_SOFTMAX_LAYER_H
-
-#include "tests/SimpleTensor.h"
-#include "tests/validation/Helpers.h"
-
-namespace arm_compute
-{
-namespace test
-{
-namespace validation
-{
-namespace reference
-{
-template <typename T, typename std::enable_if<is_floating_point<T>::value, int>::type = 0>
-SimpleTensor<T> log_softmax_layer(const SimpleTensor<T> &src, float beta, int32_t reduce_end_axis = 0);
-
-template < typename T, typename std::enable_if < std::is_same<T, uint8_t>::value || std::is_same<T, int8_t>::value, int >::type = 0 >
-SimpleTensor<T> log_softmax_layer(const SimpleTensor<T> &src, float beta, int32_t reduce_end_axis = 0);
-} // namespace reference
-} // namespace validation
-} // namespace test
-} // namespace arm_compute
-#endif /* ARM_COMPUTE_TEST_SOFTMAX_LAYER_H */
diff --git a/tests/validation/reference/SoftmaxLayer.cpp b/tests/validation/reference/SoftmaxLayer.cpp
index 00206766f8..3fbac32a9b 100644
--- a/tests/validation/reference/SoftmaxLayer.cpp
+++ b/tests/validation/reference/SoftmaxLayer.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 #include "arm_compute/core/Helpers.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/Types.h"
+#include "utils/TypePrinter.h"
 
 namespace arm_compute
 {
@@ -35,39 +36,43 @@ namespace validation
 namespace reference
 {
 template <typename T, typename std::enable_if<is_floating_point<T>::value, int>::type>
-SimpleTensor<T> softmax_layer_generic(const SimpleTensor<T> &src, float beta, int32_t reduce_end_axis, bool is_log)
+SimpleTensor<T> softmax_layer_generic(const SimpleTensor<T> &src, float beta, int32_t axis, bool is_log)
 {
     // Create reference
     SimpleTensor<T> dst{ src.shape(), src.data_type(), 1 };
 
-    // Convert reduce-before axis (inclusive) to first n axes to reduce
-    const size_t first_n_reduce_axes = dim_index_2_num_dims(reduce_end_axis, static_cast<int32_t>(src.shape().num_dimensions()));
+    const int32_t n_dims = static_cast<int32_t>(src.shape().num_dimensions());
+    ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON(axis < -n_dims || axis >= n_dims);
 
-    // Compute reference. Lower dims are the collapsing of the first axis
-    // dimensions (i.e., the flattened dimension of each batch). The upper dims are
-    // instead the batches we want to normalize
+    const unsigned int actual_axis = static_cast<unsigned int>(wrap_around(axis, n_dims));
+    Window             window;
+    window.use_tensor_dimensions(src.shape());
+    const unsigned int axis_dimension = src.shape()[actual_axis];
+    window.set(actual_axis, Window::Dimension(0, 1, 1));
 
-    const int lower_dims = src.shape().total_size_lower(first_n_reduce_axes);
-
-    const int upper_dims = src.shape().total_size_upper(first_n_reduce_axes);
-
-#if defined(_OPENMP)
-    #pragma omp parallel for
-#endif /* _OPENMP */
-    for(int r = 0; r < upper_dims; ++r)
+    execute_window_loop(window, [&](const Coordinates & id)
     {
-        const T *src_row_ptr = src.data() + r * lower_dims;
-        T       *dst_row_ptr = dst.data() + r * lower_dims;
-
-        // Find max
-        const T max = *std::max_element(src_row_ptr, src_row_ptr + lower_dims);
+        // Find max along axis
+        Coordinates offset(id);
+        offset.set(actual_axis, 0);
+        T max = *reinterpret_cast<const T *>(src(offset));
+        for(unsigned int axis_id = 1; axis_id < axis_dimension; ++axis_id)
+        {
+            offset.set(actual_axis, axis_id);
+            const T val = *reinterpret_cast<const T *>(src(offset));
+            if(val > max)
+            {
+                max = val;
+            }
+        }
 
         // Regularize
         T sum(0.f);
-        std::transform(src_row_ptr, src_row_ptr + lower_dims, dst_row_ptr, [&sum, max, beta, is_log](T val)
+        for(unsigned int axis_id = 0; axis_id < axis_dimension; ++axis_id)
         {
-            T res{ (val - max) *beta };
-
+            offset.set(actual_axis, axis_id);
+            const T val = *reinterpret_cast<const T *>(src(offset));
+            T       res{ (val - max) *beta };
             if(is_log)
             {
                 sum += std::exp(res);
@@ -77,50 +82,52 @@ SimpleTensor<T> softmax_layer_generic(const SimpleTensor<T> &src, float beta, in
                 res = std::exp(res);
                 sum += res;
             }
-            return res;
-        });
+            *reinterpret_cast<T *>(dst(offset)) = res;
+        }
 
         // Normalize
-        std::transform(dst_row_ptr, dst_row_ptr + lower_dims, dst_row_ptr, [sum, is_log](T val)
+        for(unsigned int axis_id = 0; axis_id < axis_dimension; ++axis_id)
         {
+            offset.set(actual_axis, axis_id);
+            const T val = *reinterpret_cast<const T *>(dst(offset));
             if(is_log)
             {
-                return val - static_cast<T>(std::log(sum));
+                *reinterpret_cast<T *>(dst(offset)) = val - static_cast<T>(std::log(sum));
             }
             else
             {
-                return val / sum;
+                *reinterpret_cast<T *>(dst(offset)) = val / sum;
             }
-        });
-    }
-
+        }
+    });
     return dst;
 }
 
-template SimpleTensor<float> softmax_layer_generic(const SimpleTensor<float> &src, float beta, int32_t reduce_end_axis, bool is_log);
-template SimpleTensor<half> softmax_layer_generic(const SimpleTensor<half> &src, float beta, int32_t reduce_end_axis, bool is_log);
+template SimpleTensor<float> softmax_layer_generic(const SimpleTensor<float> &src, float beta, int32_t axis, bool is_log);
+template SimpleTensor<half> softmax_layer_generic(const SimpleTensor<half> &src, float beta, int32_t axis, bool is_log);
 
 template <typename T, typename std::enable_if<is_floating_point<T>::value, int>::type>
-SimpleTensor<T> softmax_layer(const SimpleTensor<T> &src, float beta, int32_t reduce_end_axis)
+SimpleTensor<T> softmax_layer(const SimpleTensor<T> &src, float beta, int32_t axis, bool is_log)
 {
-    return softmax_layer_generic<T>(src, beta, reduce_end_axis, false);
+    return softmax_layer_generic<T>(src, beta, axis, is_log);
 }
 
 template < typename T, typename std::enable_if < std::is_same<T, uint8_t>::value || std::is_same<T, int8_t>::value, int >::type >
-SimpleTensor<T> softmax_layer(const SimpleTensor<T> &src, float beta, int32_t reduce_end_axis)
+SimpleTensor<T> softmax_layer(const SimpleTensor<T> &src, float beta, int32_t axis, bool is_log)
 {
-    const QuantizationInfo output_quantization_info = arm_compute::get_softmax_output_quantization_info(src.data_type(), false);
+    const QuantizationInfo output_quantization_info = arm_compute::get_softmax_output_quantization_info(src.data_type(), is_log);
 
     SimpleTensor<float> src_tmp = convert_from_asymmetric(src);
-    SimpleTensor<float> dst_tmp = softmax_layer<float>(src_tmp, beta, reduce_end_axis);
+    SimpleTensor<float> dst_tmp = softmax_layer<float>(src_tmp, beta, axis, is_log);
     SimpleTensor<T>     dst     = convert_to_asymmetric<T>(dst_tmp, output_quantization_info);
     return dst;
 }
 
-template SimpleTensor<float> softmax_layer(const SimpleTensor<float> &src, float beta, int32_t reduce_end_axis);
-template SimpleTensor<half> softmax_layer(const SimpleTensor<half> &src, float beta, int32_t reduce_end_axis);
-template SimpleTensor<uint8_t> softmax_layer(const SimpleTensor<uint8_t> &src, float beta, int32_t reduce_end_axis);
-template SimpleTensor<int8_t> softmax_layer(const SimpleTensor<int8_t> &src, float beta, int32_t reduce_end_axis);
+template SimpleTensor<float> softmax_layer(const SimpleTensor<float> &src, float beta, int32_t axis, bool is_log);
+template SimpleTensor<half> softmax_layer(const SimpleTensor<half> &src, float beta, int32_t axis, bool is_log);
+template SimpleTensor<uint8_t> softmax_layer(const SimpleTensor<uint8_t> &src, float beta, int32_t axis, bool is_log);
+template SimpleTensor<int8_t> softmax_layer(const SimpleTensor<int8_t> &src, float beta, int32_t axis, bool is_log);
+
 } // namespace reference
 } // namespace validation
 } // namespace test
diff --git a/tests/validation/reference/SoftmaxLayer.h b/tests/validation/reference/SoftmaxLayer.h
index 2af0b6d36a..3362f195c9 100644
--- a/tests/validation/reference/SoftmaxLayer.h
+++ b/tests/validation/reference/SoftmaxLayer.h
@@ -36,13 +36,13 @@ namespace validation
 namespace reference
 {
 template <typename T, typename std::enable_if<is_floating_point<T>::value, int>::type = 0>
-SimpleTensor<T> softmax_layer_generic(const SimpleTensor<T> &src, float beta, int32_t reduce_end_axis, bool is_log = false);
+SimpleTensor<T> softmax_layer_generic(const SimpleTensor<T> &src, float beta, int32_t axis, bool is_log = false);
 
 template <typename T, typename std::enable_if<is_floating_point<T>::value, int>::type = 0>
-SimpleTensor<T> softmax_layer(const SimpleTensor<T> &src, float beta, int32_t reduce_end_axis = 0);
+SimpleTensor<T> softmax_layer(const SimpleTensor<T> &src, float beta, int32_t axis = 0, bool is_log = false);
 
 template < typename T, typename std::enable_if < std::is_same<T, uint8_t>::value || std::is_same<T, int8_t>::value, int >::type = 0 >
-SimpleTensor<T> softmax_layer(const SimpleTensor<T> &src, float beta, int32_t reduce_end_axis = 0);
+SimpleTensor<T> softmax_layer(const SimpleTensor<T> &src, float beta, int32_t axis = 0, bool is_log = false);
 } // namespace reference
 } // namespace validation
 } // namespace test