[MLIR][LLVM] Import dereferenceable metadata from LLVM IR (llvm#130974)

Add support for importing `dereferenceable` and `dereferenceable_or_null` metadata into LLVM dialect. Add a new attribute which models these two metadata nodes and a new OpInterface.

Author: mihailo-stojanovic

mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/LLVMIR/LLVMAttrDefs.td

@@ -1267,4 +1267,28 @@ def WorkgroupAttributionAttr
   let assemblyFormat = "`<` $num_elements `,` $element_type `>`";
 }
 
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+// DereferenceableAttr
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+def LLVM_DereferenceableAttr : LLVM_Attr<"Dereferenceable", "dereferenceable"> {
+  let summary = "LLVM dereferenceable attribute";
+  let description = [{
+    Defines `dereferenceable` or `dereferenceable_or_null` metadata that can
+    be set via the `DereferenceableOpInterface` on an `inttoptr` operation or
+    on a `load` operation which loads a pointer. The attribute is used to
+    denote that the result of these operations is dereferenceable up to a
+    certain number of bytes, represented by `$bytes`. The optional `$mayBeNull`
+    parameter is set to true if the attribute defines `dereferenceable_or_null`
+    metadata.
+
+    See the following links for more details:
+    https://llvm.org/docs/LangRef.html#dereferenceable-metadata
+    https://llvm.org/docs/LangRef.html#dereferenceable-or-null-metadata
+  }];
+  let parameters = (ins "uint64_t":$bytes,
+                        DefaultValuedParameter<"bool", "false">:$mayBeNull);
+  let assemblyFormat = "`<` struct(params) `>`";
+}
+
 #endif // LLVMIR_ATTRDEFS

mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/LLVMIR/LLVMInterfaces.h

@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ LogicalResult verifyAccessGroupOpInterface(Operation *op);
 /// the alias analysis interface.
 LogicalResult verifyAliasAnalysisOpInterface(Operation *op);
 
+/// Verifies that the operation implementing the dereferenceable interface has
+/// exactly one result of LLVM pointer type.
+LogicalResult verifyDereferenceableOpInterface(Operation *op);
+
 } // namespace detail
 } // namespace LLVM
 } // namespace mlir

mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/LLVMIR/LLVMInterfaces.td

@@ -330,6 +330,43 @@ def AliasAnalysisOpInterface : OpInterface<"AliasAnalysisOpInterface"> {
   ];
 }
 
+def DereferenceableOpInterface : OpInterface<"DereferenceableOpInterface"> {
+  let description = [{
+    An interface for memory operations that can carry dereferenceable metadata.
+    It provides setters and getters for the operation's dereferenceable
+    attributes. The default implementations of the interface methods expect
+    the operation to have an attribute of type DereferenceableAttr.
+  }];
+
+  let cppNamespace = "::mlir::LLVM";
+  let verify = [{ return detail::verifyDereferenceableOpInterface($_op); }];
+
+  let methods = [
+    InterfaceMethod<
+      /*desc=*/        "Returns the dereferenceable attribute or nullptr",
+      /*returnType=*/  "::mlir::LLVM::DereferenceableAttr",
+      /*methodName=*/  "getDereferenceableOrNull",
+      /*args=*/        (ins),
+      /*methodBody=*/  [{}],
+      /*defaultImpl=*/ [{
+        auto op = cast<ConcreteOp>(this->getOperation());
+        return op.getDereferenceableAttr();
+      }]
+      >,
+    InterfaceMethod<
+      /*desc=*/        "Sets the dereferenceable attribute",
+      /*returnType=*/  "void",
+      /*methodName=*/  "setDereferenceable",
+      /*args=*/        (ins "::mlir::LLVM::DereferenceableAttr":$attr),
+      /*methodBody=*/  [{}],
+      /*defaultImpl=*/ [{
+        auto op = cast<ConcreteOp>(this->getOperation());
+        op.setDereferenceableAttr(attr);
+      }]
+      >
+  ];
+}
+
 def FPExceptionBehaviorOpInterface : OpInterface<"FPExceptionBehaviorOpInterface"> {
   let description = [{
     An interface for operations receiving an exception behavior attribute

mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/LLVMIR/LLVMOps.td

@@ -364,7 +364,8 @@ def LLVM_LoadOp : LLVM_MemAccessOpBase<"load",
     [DeclareOpInterfaceMethods<DestructurableAccessorOpInterface>,
      DeclareOpInterfaceMethods<MemoryEffectsOpInterface>,
      DeclareOpInterfaceMethods<PromotableMemOpInterface>,
-     DeclareOpInterfaceMethods<SafeMemorySlotAccessOpInterface>]> {
+     DeclareOpInterfaceMethods<SafeMemorySlotAccessOpInterface>,
+     DeclareOpInterfaceMethods<DereferenceableOpInterface>]> {
   dag args = (ins LLVM_AnyPointer:$addr,
               OptionalAttr<I64Attr>:$alignment,
               UnitAttr:$volatile_,
@@ -373,7 +374,8 @@ def LLVM_LoadOp : LLVM_MemAccessOpBase<"load",
               UnitAttr:$invariantGroup,
               DefaultValuedAttr<
                 AtomicOrdering, "AtomicOrdering::not_atomic">:$ordering,
-              OptionalAttr<StrAttr>:$syncscope);
+              OptionalAttr<StrAttr>:$syncscope,
+              OptionalAttr<LLVM_DereferenceableAttr>:$dereferenceable);
   // Append the aliasing related attributes defined in LLVM_MemAccessOpBase.
   let arguments = !con(args, aliasAttrs);
   let results = (outs LLVM_LoadableType:$res);
@@ -407,6 +409,7 @@ def LLVM_LoadOp : LLVM_MemAccessOpBase<"load",
     (`atomic` (`syncscope` `(` $syncscope^ `)`)? $ordering^)?
     (`invariant` $invariant^)?
     (`invariant_group` $invariantGroup^)?
+    (`dereferenceable` `` $dereferenceable^)?
     attr-dict `:` qualified(type($addr)) `->` type($res)
   }];
   string llvmBuilder = [{
@@ -416,6 +419,8 @@ def LLVM_LoadOp : LLVM_MemAccessOpBase<"load",
       llvm::MDNode *metadata = llvm::MDNode::get(inst->getContext(), std::nullopt);
       inst->setMetadata(llvm::LLVMContext::MD_invariant_load, metadata);
     }
+    if ($dereferenceable)
+      moduleTranslation.setDereferenceableMetadata(op, inst);
   }] # setOrderingCode
      # setSyncScopeCode
      # setAlignmentCode
@@ -571,6 +576,29 @@ class LLVM_CastOpWithOverflowFlag<string mnemonic, string instName, Type type,
   }];
 }
 
+class LLVM_DereferenceableCastOp<string mnemonic, string instName, Type type,
+                  Type resultType, list<Trait> traits = []> :
+    LLVM_Op<mnemonic, !listconcat([Pure], [DeclareOpInterfaceMethods<DereferenceableOpInterface>], traits)> {
+  let arguments = (ins type:$arg, OptionalAttr<LLVM_DereferenceableAttr>:$dereferenceable);
+  let results = (outs resultType:$res);
+  let builders = [LLVM_OneResultOpBuilder];
+  let assemblyFormat = "$arg (`dereferenceable` `` $dereferenceable^)? attr-dict `:` type($arg) `to` type($res)";
+  string llvmInstName = instName;
+  string llvmBuilder = [{
+    auto *val = builder.Create}] # instName # [{($arg, $_resultType);
+    $res = val;
+    if ($dereferenceable) {
+      llvm::Instruction *inst = dyn_cast<llvm::Instruction>(val);
+      moduleTranslation.setDereferenceableMetadata(op, inst);
+    }
+  }];
+  string mlirBuilder = [{
+    auto op = $_builder.create<$_qualCppClassName>(
+      $_location, $_resultType, $arg);
+    $res = op;
+  }];
+}
+
 def LLVM_BitcastOp : LLVM_CastOp<"bitcast", "BitCast", LLVM_AnyNonAggregate,
     LLVM_AnyNonAggregate, [DeclareOpInterfaceMethods<PromotableOpInterface>]> {
   let hasFolder = 1;
@@ -583,7 +611,7 @@ def LLVM_AddrSpaceCastOp : LLVM_CastOp<"addrspacecast", "AddrSpaceCast",
      DeclareOpInterfaceMethods<ViewLikeOpInterface>]> {
   let hasFolder = 1;
 }
-def LLVM_IntToPtrOp : LLVM_CastOp<"inttoptr", "IntToPtr",
+def LLVM_IntToPtrOp : LLVM_DereferenceableCastOp<"inttoptr", "IntToPtr",
                                   LLVM_ScalarOrVectorOf<AnySignlessInteger>,
                                   LLVM_ScalarOrVectorOf<LLVM_AnyPointer>>;
 def LLVM_PtrToIntOp : LLVM_CastOp<"ptrtoint", "PtrToInt",

mlir/include/mlir/Target/LLVMIR/ModuleImport.h

@@ -248,6 +248,13 @@ class ModuleImport {
   LoopAnnotationAttr translateLoopAnnotationAttr(const llvm::MDNode *node,
                                                  Location loc) const;
 
+  /// Returns the dereferenceable attribute that corresponds to the given LLVM
+  /// dereferenceable or dereferenceable_or_null metadata `node`. `kindID`
+  /// specifies the kind of the metadata node (dereferenceable or
+  /// dereferenceable_or_null).
+  FailureOr<DereferenceableAttr>
+  translateDereferenceableAttr(const llvm::MDNode *node, unsigned kindID);
+
   /// Returns the alias scope attributes that map to the alias scope nodes
   /// starting from the metadata `node`. Returns failure, if any of the
   /// attributes cannot be found.

mlir/include/mlir/Target/LLVMIR/ModuleTranslation.h

@@ -161,6 +161,11 @@ class ModuleTranslation {
   /// Sets LLVM TBAA metadata for memory operations that have TBAA attributes.
   void setTBAAMetadata(AliasAnalysisOpInterface op, llvm::Instruction *inst);
 
+  /// Sets LLVM dereferenceable metadata for operations that have
+  /// dereferenceable attributes.
+  void setDereferenceableMetadata(DereferenceableOpInterface op,
+                                  llvm::Instruction *inst);
+
   /// Sets LLVM profiling metadata for operations that have branch weights.
   void setBranchWeightsMetadata(BranchWeightOpInterface op);
 

mlir/lib/Dialect/LLVMIR/IR/LLVMDialect.cpp

@@ -940,6 +940,7 @@ void LoadOp::build(OpBuilder &builder, OperationState &state, Type type,
         alignment ? builder.getI64IntegerAttr(alignment) : nullptr, isVolatile,
         isNonTemporal, isInvariant, isInvariantGroup, ordering,
         syncscope.empty() ? nullptr : builder.getStringAttr(syncscope),
+        /*dereferenceable=*/nullptr,
         /*access_groups=*/nullptr,
         /*alias_scopes=*/nullptr, /*noalias_scopes=*/nullptr,
         /*tbaa=*/nullptr);

mlir/lib/Dialect/LLVMIR/IR/LLVMInterfaces.cpp

@@ -62,6 +62,23 @@ mlir::LLVM::detail::verifyAliasAnalysisOpInterface(Operation *op) {
   return isArrayOf<TBAATagAttr>(op, tags);
 }
 
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+// DereferenceableOpInterface
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+LogicalResult
+mlir::LLVM::detail::verifyDereferenceableOpInterface(Operation *op) {
+  auto iface = cast<DereferenceableOpInterface>(op);
+
+  if (auto derefAttr = iface.getDereferenceableOrNull())
+    if (op->getNumResults() != 1 ||
+        !mlir::isa<LLVMPointerType>(op->getResult(0).getType()))
+      return op->emitOpError(
+          "expected op to return a single LLVM pointer type");
+
+  return success();
+}
+
 SmallVector<Value> mlir::LLVM::AtomicCmpXchgOp::getAccessedOperands() {
   return {getPtr()};
 }

mlir/lib/Target/LLVMIR/Dialect/LLVMIR/LLVMIRToLLVMTranslation.cpp

@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ static ArrayRef<unsigned> getSupportedMetadataImpl(llvm::LLVMContext &context) {
       llvm::LLVMContext::MD_loop,
       llvm::LLVMContext::MD_noalias,
       llvm::LLVMContext::MD_alias_scope,
+      llvm::LLVMContext::MD_dereferenceable,
+      llvm::LLVMContext::MD_dereferenceable_or_null,
       context.getMDKindID(vecTypeHintMDName),
       context.getMDKindID(workGroupSizeHintMDName),
       context.getMDKindID(reqdWorkGroupSizeMDName),
@@ -188,6 +190,25 @@ static LogicalResult setAccessGroupsAttr(const llvm::MDNode *node,
   return success();
 }
 
+/// Converts the given dereferenceable metadata node to a dereferenceable
+/// attribute, and attaches it to the imported operation if the translation
+/// succeeds. Returns failure if the LLVM IR metadata node is ill-formed.
+static LogicalResult setDereferenceableAttr(const llvm::MDNode *node,
+                                            unsigned kindID, Operation *op,
+                                            LLVM::ModuleImport &moduleImport) {
+  auto dereferenceable =
+      moduleImport.translateDereferenceableAttr(node, kindID);
+  if (failed(dereferenceable))
+    return failure();
+
+  auto iface = dyn_cast<DereferenceableOpInterface>(op);
+  if (!iface)
+    return failure();
+
+  iface.setDereferenceable(*dereferenceable);
+  return success();
+}
+
 /// Converts the given loop metadata node to an MLIR loop annotation attribute
 /// and attaches it to the imported operation if the translation succeeds.
 /// Returns failure otherwise.
@@ -401,6 +422,13 @@ class LLVMDialectLLVMIRImportInterface : public LLVMImportDialectInterface {
       return setAliasScopesAttr(node, op, moduleImport);
     if (kind == llvm::LLVMContext::MD_noalias)
       return setNoaliasScopesAttr(node, op, moduleImport);
+    if (kind == llvm::LLVMContext::MD_dereferenceable)
+      return setDereferenceableAttr(node, llvm::LLVMContext::MD_dereferenceable,
+                                    op, moduleImport);
+    if (kind == llvm::LLVMContext::MD_dereferenceable_or_null)
+      return setDereferenceableAttr(
+          node, llvm::LLVMContext::MD_dereferenceable_or_null, op,
+          moduleImport);
 
     llvm::LLVMContext &context = node->getContext();
     if (kind == context.getMDKindID(vecTypeHintMDName))

mlir/lib/Target/LLVMIR/ModuleImport.cpp

@@ -2527,6 +2527,31 @@ ModuleImport::translateLoopAnnotationAttr(const llvm::MDNode *node,
   return loopAnnotationImporter->translateLoopAnnotation(node, loc);
 }
 
+FailureOr<DereferenceableAttr>
+ModuleImport::translateDereferenceableAttr(const llvm::MDNode *node,
+                                           unsigned kindID) {
+  Location loc = mlirModule.getLoc();
+
+  // The only operand should be a constant integer representing the number of
+  // dereferenceable bytes.
+  if (node->getNumOperands() != 1)
+    return emitError(loc) << "dereferenceable metadata must have one operand: "
+                          << diagMD(node, llvmModule.get());
+
+  auto *numBytesMD = dyn_cast<llvm::ConstantAsMetadata>(node->getOperand(0));
+  auto *numBytesCst = dyn_cast<llvm::ConstantInt>(numBytesMD->getValue());
+  if (!numBytesCst || !numBytesCst->getValue().isNonNegative())
+    return emitError(loc) << "dereferenceable metadata operand must be a "
+                             "non-negative constant integer: "
+                          << diagMD(node, llvmModule.get());
+
+  bool mayBeNull = kindID == llvm::LLVMContext::MD_dereferenceable_or_null;
+  auto derefAttr = builder.getAttr<DereferenceableAttr>(
+      numBytesCst->getZExtValue(), mayBeNull);
+
+  return derefAttr;
+}
+
 OwningOpRef<ModuleOp>
 mlir::translateLLVMIRToModule(std::unique_ptr<llvm::Module> llvmModule,
                               MLIRContext *context, bool emitExpensiveWarnings,