[Mlir-commits] [mlir] [mlir][nvvm]Add support for grid_constant attribute on LLVM function arguments (PR #78228)

[Rishi Surendran]

rishisurendran wrote:

> > > Thanks for the contribution. I am not clear how it is used `grid_constant` annotation? Is there PR in LLVM?
> > 
> > 
> > There are no changes in LLVM. I have updated the description. The generated metadata will be handled by libNVVM.
> 
> Thanks for the explanation. It is useful to have this is supported by libNVVM, and frankly I am okay with this PR. But it would be nice to agree the attribute with open-source llvm folks.

We're currently focusing on adding support for MLIR to cover the NVVM IR specification, of course LLVM support should also be added. We haven’t settled on a roadmap for this on our side just yet though, maybe others will pick this up in the meantime.

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/78228