[Mlir-commits] [mlir] [mlir] Init the `TransformsInterfaces` for configuring transformations (PR #99566)

[Mehdi Amini]

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+//===- TransformsInterfaces.td - Transforms interfaces -----*- tablegen -*-===//
+//
+// 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
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+//
+// Defines interfaces for managing transformations, including populating
+// pattern rewrites.
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#ifndef MLIR_INTERFACES_TRANSFORMSINTERFACES_TD
+#define MLIR_INTERFACES_TRANSFORMSINTERFACES_TD
+
+include "mlir/IR/OpBase.td"
+
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+// Conversion patterns attribute interface
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+def ConversionPatternsAttrInterface :
+    AttrInterface<"ConversionPatternsAttrInterface"> {
+  let description = [{
+    This interfaces allows using attributes to configure the dialect conversion
+    infrastructure, this includes:
+     - The conversion target.
+     - The type converter.
+     - The pattern set.
+    
+    The conversion target and type converter are passed through the
+    `ConversionPatternAttrOptions` class. Passing them through this class
+    and by reference allows sub-classing the base option class, allowing
+    specializations like `LLVMConversionPatternAttrOptions` for converting to
+    LLVM.
+  }];
+  let cppNamespace = "::mlir";
+  let methods = [
+    InterfaceMethod<
+      /*desc=*/[{
+        Populate the dialect conversion target, type converter and pattern set.
+      }],
+      /*retTy=*/"void",
+      /*methodName=*/"populateConversionPatterns",
+      /*args=*/(ins "::mlir::ConversionPatternAttrOptions&":$options,
+                    "::mlir::RewritePatternSet&":$patternSet)>
+  ];
+}
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joker-eph wrote:

I don't understand what this interface provides? 
"conversion" is very context dependent: for example a math operation can have different conversion for going to LLVM, to SPIRV, or to TensorFlow for example. 

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/99566