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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 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 "arm_compute/core/Types.h"
+#include "arm_compute/runtime/GLES_COMPUTE/GCTensor.h"
+#include "arm_compute/runtime/GLES_COMPUTE/GCTensorAllocator.h"
+#include "arm_compute/runtime/GLES_COMPUTE/functions/GCSoftmaxLayer.h"
+#include "tests/GLES_COMPUTE/GCAccessor.h"
+#include "tests/PaddingCalculator.h"
+#include "tests/datasets/ShapeDatasets.h"
+#include "tests/framework/Asserts.h"
+#include "tests/framework/Macros.h"
+#include "tests/framework/datasets/Datasets.h"
+#include "tests/validation/Validation.h"
+#include "tests/validation/fixtures/SoftmaxLayerFixture.h"
+
+namespace arm_compute
+{
+namespace test
+{
+namespace validation
+{
+namespace
+{
+/** Tolerance for float operations */
+RelativeTolerance<half>  tolerance_f16(half(0.2));
+RelativeTolerance<float> tolerance_f32(0.001f);
+
+/** CNN data types */
+const auto CNNDataTypes = framework::dataset::make("DataType",
+{
+    DataType::F16,
+    DataType::F32,
+});
+} // namespace
+
+TEST_SUITE(GC)
+TEST_SUITE(SoftmaxLayer)
+
+DATA_TEST_CASE(Configuration, framework::DatasetMode::ALL, combine(concat(datasets::SmallShapes(), datasets::LargeShapes()), CNNDataTypes), shape, data_type)
+{
+    // Set fixed point position data type allowed
+    const int fixed_point_position = is_data_type_fixed_point(data_type) ? 3 : 0;
+
+    // Create tensors
+    GCTensor src = create_tensor<GCTensor>(shape, data_type, 1, fixed_point_position);
+    GCTensor dst = create_tensor<GCTensor>(shape, data_type, 1, fixed_point_position);
+
+    ARM_COMPUTE_EXPECT(src.info()->is_resizable(), framework::LogLevel::ERRORS);
+    ARM_COMPUTE_EXPECT(dst.info()->is_resizable(), framework::LogLevel::ERRORS);
+
+    // Create and configure function
+    GCSoftmaxLayer smx_layer;
+    smx_layer.configure(&src, &dst);
+
+    // Validate valid region
+    const ValidRegion valid_region = shape_to_valid_region(shape);
+    validate(src.info()->valid_region(), valid_region);
+    validate(dst.info()->valid_region(), valid_region);
+
+    // Validate padding
+    const PaddingSize padding = PaddingCalculator(shape.x(), 4).required_padding();
+    validate(src.info()->padding(), padding);
+    validate(dst.info()->padding(), padding);
+}
+
+template <typename T>
+using GCSoftmaxLayerFixture = SoftmaxValidationFixture<GCTensor, GCAccessor, GCSoftmaxLayer, T>;
+
+TEST_SUITE(Float)
+TEST_SUITE(FP16)
+FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunSmall, GCSoftmaxLayerFixture<half_float::half>, framework::DatasetMode::PRECOMMIT, combine(datasets::SmallShapes(), framework::dataset::make("DataType", DataType::F16)))
+{
+    // Validate output
+    validate(GCAccessor(_target), _reference, tolerance_f16);
+}
+FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunLarge, GCSoftmaxLayerFixture<half_float::half>, framework::DatasetMode::NIGHTLY, combine(datasets::LargeShapes(), framework::dataset::make("DataType", DataType::F16)))
+{
+    // Validate output
+    validate(GCAccessor(_target), _reference, tolerance_f16);
+}
+TEST_SUITE_END()
+
+TEST_SUITE(FP32)
+FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunSmall, GCSoftmaxLayerFixture<float>, framework::DatasetMode::PRECOMMIT, combine(datasets::SmallShapes(), framework::dataset::make("DataType", DataType::F32)))
+{
+    // Validate output
+    validate(GCAccessor(_target), _reference, tolerance_f32);
+}
+FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunLarge, GCSoftmaxLayerFixture<float>, framework::DatasetMode::NIGHTLY, combine(datasets::LargeShapes(), framework::dataset::make("DataType", DataType::F32)))
+{
+    // Validate output
+    validate(GCAccessor(_target), _reference, tolerance_f32);
+}
+TEST_SUITE_END()
+TEST_SUITE_END()
+
+TEST_SUITE_END()
+TEST_SUITE_END()
+} // namespace validation
+} // namespace test
+} // namespace arm_compute