[flang-dev] [Flang-dev] Flang Technical Call : Summary of presentation on OpenMP for Flang

Prashanth N R via flang-dev flang-dev at lists.llvm.org
Tue Sep 3 23:08:15 PDT 2019


Where can we more details of FIR (or a dialect of MLIR)?

thanks,
-Prashanth

On Wed, Sep 4, 2019 at 3:33 AM Kiran Chandramohan <
Kiran.Chandramohan at arm.com> wrote:

>
> A walkthrough for the collapse clause on an OpenMP loop construct is given
> below. This is an example where the transformation (collapse) is performed
> in the MLIR layer itself.
>
> 1)Fortran OpenMP code with collapse
> !$omp parallel do private(j) collapse(2)
> do i=lb1,ub1
>   do j=lb2,ub2
>     ...
>     ...
>   end do
> end do
>
> 2) The Fortran source with OpenMP will be converted to an AST by the F18
> parser. Parse tree not shown here to keep it short.
>
> 3)
> 3.a)The Parse tree will be lowered to a mix of FIR and OpenMP
> dialects. There are omp.parallel and omp.do operations in the OpenMP
> dialect which represents parallel and OpenMP loop constructs. The omp.do
> operation has an attribute "collapse" which specifies the number of loops
> to be collapsed.
> omp.parallel {
>   omp.do {collapse = 2} %i = %lb1 to %ub1 : !fir.integer {
>     fir.do %j = %lb2 to %ub2 : !fir.integer {
>     ...
>     }
>   }
> }
>
> 3.b) A transformation pass in MLIR will perform the collapsing. The
> collapse operation will cause the omp.do loop to be coalesced with the loop
> immediately following it. Note : There exists loop coalescing passes in
> MLIR transformation passes. We should try to make use of it.
> omp.parallel {
>   %ub3 =
>   omp.do %i = 0 to %ub3 : !fir.integer {
>     ...
>   }
> }
>
> 4) Next conversion will be to a mix of LLVM and OpenMP dialect.
> omp.parallel {
>   %ub3 =
>   omp.do %i = 0 to %ub3 : !llvm.integer {
>     ...
>   }
> }
>
> 5) Finally, LLVM IR will be generated for this code. The translation
> to LLVM IR can make use of the OpenMP IRBuilder. LLVM IR not shown here
> to keep it short.
>
> Thanks,
> Kiran
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Kiran Chandramohan <Kiran.Chandramohan at arm.com>
> *Sent:* 21 August 2019 13:15:04
> *To:* Eric Schweitz (PGI) <eric.schweitz at pgroup.com>;
> flang-dev at lists.flang-compiler.org <flang-dev at lists.flang-compiler.org>;
> flang-dev at lists.llvm.org <flang-dev at lists.llvm.org>
> *Cc:* nd <nd at arm.com>
> *Subject:* Re: Flang Technical Call : Summary of presentation on OpenMP
> for Flang
>
>
> Thanks, Eric for the clarification.
>
> Also, sharing this write up of the flow through the compiler for
> an OpenMP construct. The first one (Proposed Plan) is as per the
> presentation. The second one (Modified Plan) incorporates Eric's feedback
> to lower the F18 AST to a mix of OpenMP and FIR dialect.
>
>
> *I Proposed plan*
> 1) Example OpenMP code
> <Fortran code>
> !$omp parallel
> c = a + b
> !$omp end parallel
> <More Fortran code>
>
> 2) Parse tree (Copied relevant section from -fdebug-dump-parse-tree)
> <Fortran parse tree> | | ExecutionPartConstruct -> ExecutableConstruct ->
> OpenMPConstruct -> OpenMPBlockConstruct
> | | | OmpBlockDirective -> Directive = Parallel
> | | | OmpClauseList ->
> | | | Block
> | | | | ExecutionPartConstruct -> ExecutableConstruct -> ActionStmt ->
> AssignmentStmt
> | | | | | Variable -> Designator -> DataRef -> Name = 'c'
> | | | | | Expr -> Add
> | | | | | | Expr -> Designator -> DataRef -> Name = 'a'
> | | | | | | Expr -> Designator -> DataRef -> Name = 'b'
> | | | OmpEndBlockDirective -> OmpBlockDirective -> Directive = Parallel
> <More Fortran parse tree>
>
> 3) The first lowering will be to FIR dialect and the dialect has a
> pass-through operation for OpenMP. This operation has a nested region which
> contains the region of code influenced by the OpenMP directive. The
> contained region will have other FIR (or standard dialect) operations.
> Mlir.region(…) {
> %1 = fir.x(…)   …
> %20 = fir.omp attribute:parallel {
>         %1 = addf %2, %3 : f32
>         }
>  %21 = <more fir>
>> }
>
> 4) The next lowering will be to OpenMP and LLVM dialect. The OpenMP
> dialect has an operation called parallel with a nested region of code.
> The nested region will have llvm dialect operations.
> Mlir.region(…) {
> %1 = llvm.xyz(...)   …
> %20 = omp.parallel {
>         %1 = llvm.fadd %2, %3 : !llvm.float
>         }
>  %21 = <more llvm dialect>
>> }
>
> 5) The next conversion will be to LLVM IR. Here the OpenMP dialect will be
> lowered using the OpenMP IRBuilder and the translation library of the LLVM
> dialect. The IR Builder will see that there is a region under the OpenMP
> construct omp.parallel. It will collect all the basic blocks inside that
> region and then generate outlined code using those basic blocks. Suitable
> calls will be inserted to the OpenMP API.
>
> define @outlined_parallel_fn(...)
> {
>   ....
>   %1 = fadd float %2, %3
>   ...
> }
>   define @xyz(…)
> {
>   %1 = alloca float
>   ....
>   call kmpc_fork_call(...,outlined_parallel_fn,...)
> }
>
> *II Modified plan*
>
> The differences are only in steps 3 and 4. Other steps remain the same.
>
> 3) The first lowering will be to a mix of FIR dialect and OpenMP dialect.
> The OpenMP dialect has an operation called parallel with a nested region of
> code. The nested region will have FIR (and standard dialect) operations.
> Mlir.region(…) {
> %1 = fir.x(…)   …
> %20 = omp.parallel {
>         %1 = addf %2, %3 : f32
>         }
>  %21 = <more fir>
>> }
>
> 4) The next lowering will be to OpenMP and LLVM dialect
> Mlir.region(…) {
> %1 = llvm.xyz(...)   …
> %20 = omp.parallel {
>         %1 = llvm.fadd %2, %3 : !llvm.float
>         }
>  %21 = <more llvm dialect>
>> }
>
> Thanks,
> Kiran
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Eric Schweitz (PGI) <eric.schweitz at pgroup.com>
> *Sent:* 19 August 2019 17:35:04
> *To:* Kiran Chandramohan <Kiran.Chandramohan at arm.com>;
> flang-dev at lists.flang-compiler.org <flang-dev at lists.flang-compiler.org>
> *Subject:* RE: Flang Technical Call : Summary of presentation on OpenMP
> for Flang
>
>
> Re: And would like the FIR to have nothing to do with OpenMP.
>
>
>
> This seems stronger than what I meant, so I’ll clarify a bit.
>
>
>
> FIR should have no dependence on OpenMP, since it is possible to write
> (vanilla) Fortran programs without OpenMP.  However FIR clearly must also
> co-exist with an OpenMP dialect.  Stated another way, we don’t want a
> circular dependence between “vanilla Fortran” and OpenMP.  Since OpenMP is
> a directive-based meta-language that impacts the code gen of a program
> (whether it is Fortran or some other language), it seems quite natural and
> necessary that OpenMP be able to operate upon the substrate language
>  (whether that substrate is FIR or LLVM IR or something else). Fortunately,
> MLIR allows one to mix dialects, and thus each dialect can focus on the
> problems it’s trying to solve.
>
>
>
> --
>
> Eric
>
>
>
> *From:* flang-dev <flang-dev-bounces at lists.flang-compiler.org> *On Behalf
> Of *Kiran Chandramohan
> *Sent:* Friday, August 16, 2019 9:13 AM
> *To:* flang-dev at lists.flang-compiler.org
> *Subject:* [Flang-dev] Flang Technical Call : Summary of presentation on
> OpenMP for Flang
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
> This mail is a summary of the presentation that I gave on 31st August
> about supporting OpenMP in Flang (F18). Link to presentation:
> https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Q2Y2fIavewq9oxRDruWoi8TaItlq1g9l
>
> The mail follows the contents of the presentation and should be read in
> conjunction with the slides. It also includes feedback provided during and
> outside the presentation. It would be great to receive further feedback.
>
>
>
> This presentation discusses the design of how OpenMP can be represented in
> the IR and how it can be translated to LLVM IR. The design is intended to
> be modular so that other frontends (C/C++) can reuse it in the future. The
> design should also enable reuse of OpenMP code from Clang (LLVM IR
> generation, Outlining etc). It should also be acceptable to Flang, MLIR,
> Clang communities. And most importantly should allow for any OpenMP
> optimisation desired.
>
>
>
> The designs presented uses the following two components.
>
> a) MLIR [3]: Necessary since MLIR has already been chosen as the framework
> for building the Fortran IR (FIR) for Flang.
>
> b) OpenMP IRBuilder [2]: For sharing of OpenMP code with Clang.
>
>
>
> The current sequential code flow in Flang (Slide 5) can be summarised as
> follows,
>
> [Fortran code] -> Parser -> [AST] -> Lowering -> [FIR MLIR] -> Conversion
> -> [LLVM MLIR] -> Translation -> [LLVM IR]
>
>
>
> Four design plans are presented. These plans add OpenMP support to the
> sequential code flow. All the plans assume that FIR is augmented with a
> pass-through operation which represents OpenMP constructs.
>
> Plan 1 (Slide 6)
>
> The first plan extends LLVM MLIR with OpenMP operations. The pass-through
> OpenMP operation in FIR is converted to the OpenMP operation in LLVM MLIR.
> The OpenMP operation in LLVM MLIR can be converted to LLVM IR during
> translation. The translation process can call the OpenMP IR Builder to
> generated the LLVM IR code.
>
> Pros: Easy to implement, Can reuse Clang OpenMP code.
>
> Cons: Not acceptable to MLIR community [1]. By design LLVM MLIR should be
> similar to LLVM IR (OpenMP is a form of parallelism. Has concepts of nested
> regions etc which do not map directly to LLVM IR and hence to LLVM MLIR).
>
>
>
> Plan 2 (Slide 7)
>
> In the second plan, LLVM MLIR is not extended. Here the pass-through
> OpenMP operation in FIR has to be converted to existing LLVM MLIR. This
> would involve outlining, privatisation etc during the conversion of FIR to
> LLVM MLIR.
>
> Pros: Easy to implement.
>
> Cons: Cannot be shared with other users (C/C++) and non-LLVM targets
> (accelerators). Cannot re-use Clang OpenMP code.
>
>
>
> Plan 3 (Slide 8)
>
> The third plan defines a separate MLIR dialect for OpenMP. The
> pass-through OpenMP operation in FIR can be converted to Operations in the
> OpenMP MLIR dialect. OpenMP specific optimisations can be performed in this
> dialect. This dialect will be lowered to the LLVM dialect and outlining etc
> will happen at this time.
>
> Pros: MLIR dialect can be used by other users. Acceptable to MLIR
> community [1].
>
> Cons: Cannot reuse code from Clang for OpenMP
>
>
>
> Plan 4: The proposed design (Slide 9)
>
> The proposed design also involves creating an OpenMP dialect in MLIR. The
> difference lies in the fact that the OpenMP dialect has some ties to the
> LLVM dialect like sharing the types and using the translation library of
> the LLVM dialect. The Fortran IR (FIR) will be lowered to a mix of OpenMP
> and LLVM dialect. The translation library of LLVM dialect will be extended
> to create a new translation library which can then lower the mix to LLVM
> IR. The new translation library can make use of the LLVM IRBuilder.
>
> Pros: Other users (C/C++) can use it. Can reuse Clang OpenMP
> code. Acceptable to MLIR community [1].
>
> Cons: Has some ties to the LLVM dialect.
>
>
>
> OpenMP dialect
>
> The proposed plan involves writing an MLIR dialect for OpenMP. An MLIR
> dialect has types and operations. Types will be based on the LLVM dialect.
> Operations will be a mix of fine and coarse-grained. e.g. Coarse:
> omp.parallel, omp.target, Fine: omp.flush. The detailed design of the
> dialect is TBD and will be based on what should be optimized. The OpenMP
> dialect creation in the proposed plan is from FIR, this would require
> pass-through OpenMP operations in FIR. Another approach would be to lower
> F18 AST with OpenMP directly to a mix of OpenMP and FIR dialects. This
> would require that FIR co-exist with the OpenMP dialect.
>
>
> Next Steps
>
> -> Address feedback provided after the presentation. And reach an
> agreement on a plan
> -> Design a minimum viable MLIR dialect and get community acceptance.
> -> Help with progressing the OpenMP IRBuilder.
> -> Implement the accepted plan. Implementation would follow a vertical
> plan (going construct by construct).
>
> -> Represent construct in OpenMP MLIR
>
> -> Refactor the code for the construct in OpenMP IRBuilder
>
> -> Set up the translation library for OpenMP in MLIR to call the IRBuilder
>
> -> Set up the transformation from the frontend to OpenMP MLIR for this
> construct
>
>
>
> Feedback (during the call):
>
> -> Johaness agrees with this proposed plan (Plan 4) and does not see the
> ties to LLVM as being a disadvantage.
>
> -> Hal Finkel informs that the OpenMP IRBuilder proposal does not have any
> opposition in the Clang community and hence that probably is not a major
> risk.
>
> Feedback (other):
>
> -> Eric Schweitz: "I like the idea of adding OpenMP as its own dialect.  I
> think the design should allow this dialect to coexist with FIR and other
> dialects.  The dialect should be informed by the specific optimizations you
> plan to perform on the OpenMP semantic level, of course." Would prefer to
> lower F18 AST to a mix of OpenMP and FIR dialects. And would like the FIR
> to have nothing to do with OpenMP.
>
> -> Steve Scalpone: "I think the design needs to be vetted against some of
> the scenarios that’ll be encountered when generating executable OpenMP
> code.  I have no reason to doubt what you’ve proposed will work but I do
> think it is important to consider how certain scenarios will be implemented.
>
> Some topics to consider:
>
> - How to implement loop collapse?
>
> - How to implement loop distribution?
>
> - How to implement simd?
>
> - Is an outliner needed?  In MLIR, before, after?  Model to reference
> shared variables?
>
> - How will target offload be implemented?
>
> - Where will the OpenMP runtime API be exposed?"
>
> References
>
> 1. OpenMP MLIR dialect discussion.
>
> https://groups.google.com/a/tensorflow.org/forum/#!topic/mlir/4Aj_eawdHiw
> 2. Johaness’ OpenMP IRBuilder proposal.
>
>
> http://lists.flang-compiler.org/pipermail/flang-dev_lists.flang-compiler.org/2019-May/000197.html
> 3. MLIR
>
> https://github.com/tensorflow/mlir
>
> Thanks,
> Kiran
>
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