[llvm] [mlir] [MLIR] Add initial convert-memref-to-emitc pass (PR #85389)

[Matthias Gehre via llvm-commits]

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+//===- MemRefToEmitC.cpp - MemRef to EmitC conversion ---------------------===//
+//
+// Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+//
+// This file implements patterns to convert memref ops into emitc ops.
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#include "mlir/Conversion/MemRefToEmitC/MemRefToEmitC.h"
+
+#include "mlir/Dialect/EmitC/IR/EmitC.h"
+#include "mlir/Dialect/MemRef/IR/MemRef.h"
+#include "mlir/IR/Builders.h"
+#include "mlir/IR/PatternMatch.h"
+#include "mlir/Transforms/DialectConversion.h"
+
+using namespace mlir;
+
+namespace {
+struct ConvertAlloca final : public OpConversionPattern<memref::AllocaOp> {
+  using OpConversionPattern::OpConversionPattern;
+
+  LogicalResult
+  matchAndRewrite(memref::AllocaOp op, OpAdaptor operands,
+                  ConversionPatternRewriter &rewriter) const override {
+
+    if (!op.getType().hasStaticShape()) {
+      return rewriter.notifyMatchFailure(
+          op.getLoc(), "cannot transform alloca with dynamic shape");
+    }
+
+    if (op.getAlignment().value_or(1) > 1) {
+      // TODO: Allow alignment if it is not more than the natural alignment
+      // of the C array.
+      return rewriter.notifyMatchFailure(
+          op.getLoc(), "cannot transform alloca with alignment requirement");
+    }
+
+    auto resultTy = getTypeConverter()->convertType(op.getType());
+    auto noInit = emitc::OpaqueAttr::get(getContext(), "");
+    rewriter.replaceOpWithNewOp<emitc::VariableOp>(op, resultTy, noInit);
+    return success();
+  }
+};
+
+struct ConvertLoad final : public OpConversionPattern<memref::LoadOp> {
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mgehre-amd wrote:

Re-reading @simon-camp's initially message, I see now how `variable+subscript+assign` would be a good workaround until we have something for lvalues. I will try to go with that approach.

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/85389