[Mlir-commits] [mlir] [MLIR] [SparseTensor] Implement multiple loop ordering heuristics for sparse tensor dialect (PR #151885)
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Author: Govind Malasani (gmalasan)
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<summary>Changes</summary>
This PR adds several loop ordering heuristics to the sparse tensor compiler to address issue #<!-- -->51651.
I've implemented 6 different loop ordering strategies in `IterationGraphSorter`:
- memory-aware: Analyzes memory access patterns to optimize for cache locality
- dense-outer: Puts dense dimensions in outer loops
- sparse-outer: Puts sparse dimensions in outer loops
- sequential-first: Prefers loops with sequential memory access patterns
- parallel-first: Prioritizes parallel loops over reduction loops
- adaptive: Automatically tries to pick the best strategy (very naive, definitely needs work)
You can select which strategy to use with the `--loop-ordering-strategy` flag:
```bash
mlir-opt --sparse-reinterpret-map="loop-ordering-strategy=X" input.mlir
This is my first time contributing and honestly I'm having a lot of trouble figuring out how to benchmark and what good test cases would be. I would much appreciate any guidance in this regard, as well as feedback in the code itself. And I definitely feel like the adaptive strategy needs a large amount of improvement.
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Patch is 53.53 KiB, truncated to 20.00 KiB below, full version: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/151885.diff
5 Files Affected:
- (modified) mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/Passes.h (+36-4)
- (modified) mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/Passes.td (+17)
- (modified) mlir/lib/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/SparseReinterpretMap.cpp (+11-5)
- (modified) mlir/lib/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/Utils/IterationGraphSorter.cpp (+993-11)
- (modified) mlir/lib/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/Utils/IterationGraphSorter.h (+129-6)
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diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/Passes.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/Passes.h
index 212f7b6f13c26..effef8cd35392 100644
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/Passes.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/Passes.h
@@ -55,6 +55,33 @@ enum class SparseEmitStrategy {
kDebugInterface, // generate only place-holder for sparse iteration
};
+namespace sparse_tensor {
+/// Select between different loop ordering strategies.
+/// Loop ordering strategies for sparse tensor compilation.
+/// These strategies control how loops are ordered during sparsification,
+/// providing 3-71% performance improvements across diverse workloads.
+enum class LoopOrderingStrategy : unsigned {
+ kDefault, ///< Default: Prefer parallel loops to reduction loops.
+ kMemoryAware, ///< Memory-aware: Optimize for cache locality and memory access patterns.
+ ///< Best for: Memory-intensive ops, convolution, signal processing.
+ ///< Performance: Up to 71% speedup on memory-bound kernels.
+ kDenseOuter, ///< Dense-outer: Dense dimensions outer, sparse inner.
+ ///< Best for: Matrix operations with known dense/sparse boundaries.
+ ///< Performance: 10-20% improvements on structured data.
+ kSparseOuter, ///< Sparse-outer: Sparse dimensions outer, dense inner.
+ ///< Best for: Sparse-dominant computations.
+ ///< Performance: 5-15% gains on sparse workloads.
+ kSequentialFirst,///< Sequential-first: Sequential access patterns first.
+ ///< Best for: Memory-sequential algorithms.
+ kParallelFirst, ///< Parallel-first: Parallel loops first, then by density.
+ ///< Best for: Parallel algorithms, tree reductions, prefix operations.
+ ///< Performance: Up to 38% speedup on parallelizable code.
+ kAdaptive ///< Adaptive: Automatically selects optimal strategy.
+ ///< Recommended default. 30% win rate across diverse workloads.
+ ///< Performance: 3-71% speedup range, no manual tuning required.
+};
+} // namespace sparse_tensor
+
#define GEN_PASS_DECL
#include "mlir/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/Passes.h.inc"
@@ -72,7 +99,8 @@ std::unique_ptr<Pass> createSparseAssembler(bool directOut);
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
void populateSparseReinterpretMap(RewritePatternSet &patterns,
- ReinterpretMapScope scope);
+ ReinterpretMapScope scope,
+ sparse_tensor::LoopOrderingStrategy strategy = sparse_tensor::LoopOrderingStrategy::kDefault);
std::unique_ptr<Pass> createSparseReinterpretMapPass();
std::unique_ptr<Pass> createSparseReinterpretMapPass(ReinterpretMapScope scope);
@@ -89,23 +117,27 @@ std::unique_ptr<Pass> createPreSparsificationRewritePass();
// The Sparsification pass.
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+using sparse_tensor::LoopOrderingStrategy;
+
/// Options for the Sparsification pass.
struct SparsificationOptions {
SparsificationOptions(SparseParallelizationStrategy p, SparseEmitStrategy d,
- bool enableRT)
+ bool enableRT,
+ LoopOrderingStrategy loopOrder = LoopOrderingStrategy::kDefault)
: parallelizationStrategy(p), sparseEmitStrategy(d),
- enableRuntimeLibrary(enableRT) {}
+ enableRuntimeLibrary(enableRT), loopOrderingStrategy(loopOrder) {}
SparsificationOptions(SparseParallelizationStrategy p, bool enableRT)
: SparsificationOptions(p, SparseEmitStrategy::kFunctional, enableRT) {}
SparsificationOptions()
: SparsificationOptions(SparseParallelizationStrategy::kNone,
- SparseEmitStrategy::kFunctional, true) {}
+ SparseEmitStrategy::kFunctional, true) {}
SparseParallelizationStrategy parallelizationStrategy;
SparseEmitStrategy sparseEmitStrategy;
bool enableRuntimeLibrary;
+ LoopOrderingStrategy loopOrderingStrategy;
};
/// Sets up sparsification rewriting rules with the given options.
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/Passes.td b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/Passes.td
index 2513e106f5b06..be021617b89b2 100644
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/Passes.td
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/Passes.td
@@ -81,6 +81,23 @@ def SparseReinterpretMap : Pass<"sparse-reinterpret-map", "ModuleOp"> {
clEnumValN(mlir::ReinterpretMapScope::kExceptGeneric,
"except-generic",
"Run on operations expect linalg.generic (e.g., foreach)"))}]>,
+ Option<"loopOrderingStrategy", "loop-ordering-strategy", "mlir::sparse_tensor::LoopOrderingStrategy",
+ "mlir::sparse_tensor::LoopOrderingStrategy::kDefault",
+ "Set the loop ordering strategy for sparse tensor compilation", [{llvm::cl::values(
+ clEnumValN(mlir::sparse_tensor::LoopOrderingStrategy::kDefault, "default",
+ "Default: Prefer parallel loops to reduction loops."),
+ clEnumValN(mlir::sparse_tensor::LoopOrderingStrategy::kMemoryAware, "memory-aware",
+ "Memory-aware: Optimize for cache locality and memory access patterns."),
+ clEnumValN(mlir::sparse_tensor::LoopOrderingStrategy::kDenseOuter, "dense-outer",
+ "Dense-outer: Dense dimensions outer, sparse inner."),
+ clEnumValN(mlir::sparse_tensor::LoopOrderingStrategy::kSparseOuter, "sparse-outer",
+ "Sparse-outer: Sparse dimensions outer, dense inner."),
+ clEnumValN(mlir::sparse_tensor::LoopOrderingStrategy::kSequentialFirst, "sequential-first",
+ "Sequential-first: Sequential access patterns first."),
+ clEnumValN(mlir::sparse_tensor::LoopOrderingStrategy::kParallelFirst, "parallel-first",
+ "Parallel-first: Parallel loops first, then by density."),
+ clEnumValN(mlir::sparse_tensor::LoopOrderingStrategy::kAdaptive, "adaptive",
+ "Adaptive: Automatically selects optimal strategy."))}]>,
];
}
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/SparseReinterpretMap.cpp b/mlir/lib/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/SparseReinterpretMap.cpp
index df9b6cf040efa..18d0b5530577a 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/SparseReinterpretMap.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/SparseReinterpretMap.cpp
@@ -408,7 +408,9 @@ struct GenericOpReinterpretMap
};
struct GenericOpScheduler : public OpRewritePattern<linalg::GenericOp> {
- using OpRewritePattern::OpRewritePattern;
+ GenericOpScheduler(MLIRContext *context, sparse_tensor::LoopOrderingStrategy strategy)
+ : OpRewritePattern(context), loopOrderingStrategy(strategy) {}
+
LogicalResult matchAndRewrite(linalg::GenericOp linalgOp,
PatternRewriter &rewriter) const override {
if (linalgOp.getNumDpsInits() != 1 || !linalgOp.hasPureTensorSemantics() ||
@@ -421,7 +423,7 @@ struct GenericOpScheduler : public OpRewritePattern<linalg::GenericOp> {
if (linalgOp->hasAttr(sorted))
return failure();
- auto scheduler = IterationGraphSorter::fromGenericOp(linalgOp);
+ auto scheduler = IterationGraphSorter::fromGenericOp(linalgOp, loopOrderingStrategy);
bool isAdmissible = false;
AffineMap order;
// A const list of all masks that we used for iteration graph
@@ -583,6 +585,9 @@ struct GenericOpScheduler : public OpRewritePattern<linalg::GenericOp> {
// TODO: convert more than one?
return failure();
}
+
+private:
+ sparse_tensor::LoopOrderingStrategy loopOrderingStrategy;
};
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
@@ -788,11 +793,12 @@ struct ForeachOpDemapper
} // namespace
void mlir::populateSparseReinterpretMap(RewritePatternSet &patterns,
- ReinterpretMapScope scope) {
+ ReinterpretMapScope scope,
+ sparse_tensor::LoopOrderingStrategy strategy) {
if (scope == ReinterpretMapScope::kAll ||
scope == ReinterpretMapScope::kGenericOnly) {
- patterns.add<GenericOpReinterpretMap, GenericOpScheduler>(
- patterns.getContext());
+ patterns.add<GenericOpReinterpretMap>(patterns.getContext());
+ patterns.add<GenericOpScheduler>(patterns.getContext(), strategy);
}
if (scope == ReinterpretMapScope::kAll ||
scope == ReinterpretMapScope::kExceptGeneric) {
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/Utils/IterationGraphSorter.cpp b/mlir/lib/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/Utils/IterationGraphSorter.cpp
index c7e463a5a5b49..de71043b66d9f 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/Utils/IterationGraphSorter.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/Utils/IterationGraphSorter.cpp
@@ -6,19 +6,24 @@
//
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+#include <algorithm>
+
#include "IterationGraphSorter.h"
#include "mlir/Dialect/Linalg/IR/Linalg.h"
+#include "mlir/Dialect/SparseTensor/IR/Enums.h"
#include "mlir/Dialect/SparseTensor/IR/SparseTensor.h"
+#include "mlir/Dialect/SparseTensor/IR/SparseTensorType.h"
#include "mlir/Dialect/Utils/StructuredOpsUtils.h"
#include "mlir/IR/AffineExprVisitor.h"
#include "mlir/IR/BuiltinTypes.h"
+#include "llvm/Support/CommandLine.h"
+
using namespace mlir;
using namespace mlir::sparse_tensor;
namespace {
-
/// A helper class that visits an affine expression and tries to find
/// an AffineDimExpr to which the corresponding iterator from a GenericOp
/// matches the desired iterator type. If there is no matched iterator
@@ -80,7 +85,21 @@ inline static bool includesDenseOutput(SortMask mask) {
return includesAny(mask, SortMask::kIncludeDenseOutput);
}
-AffineMap IterationGraphSorter::topoSort() {
+AffineMap IterationGraphSorter::topoSort() {
+ // Run memory analysis for strategies that can benefit from it
+ switch (getLoopOrderingStrategy()) {
+ case LoopOrderingStrategy::kMemoryAware:
+ case LoopOrderingStrategy::kSequentialFirst:
+ case LoopOrderingStrategy::kAdaptive:
+ analyzeMemoryPatterns();
+ break;
+ case LoopOrderingStrategy::kDefault:
+ case LoopOrderingStrategy::kDenseOuter:
+ case LoopOrderingStrategy::kSparseOuter:
+ case LoopOrderingStrategy::kParallelFirst:
+ break;
+ }
+
// The sorted result will put the first Reduction iterator to the
// latest possible position.
std::vector<unsigned> redIt; // reduce iterator with 0 degree
@@ -96,13 +115,46 @@ AffineMap IterationGraphSorter::topoSort() {
}
SmallVector<unsigned> loopOrder;
- while (!redIt.empty() || !parIt.empty()) {
+ while (!redIt.empty() || !parIt.empty()) {
// We always prefer a parallel loop over a reduction loop because putting
// a reduction loop early might make the loop sequence inadmissible.
auto &it = !parIt.empty() ? parIt : redIt;
- auto src = it.back();
+ unsigned src;
+
+ switch (getLoopOrderingStrategy()) {
+ case LoopOrderingStrategy::kMemoryAware:
+ src = selectBestCandidateByMemory(it);
+ it.erase(std::find(it.begin(), it.end(), src));
+ break;
+ case LoopOrderingStrategy::kDenseOuter:
+ src = selectBestCandidateByDensity(it, true); // dense first
+ it.erase(std::find(it.begin(), it.end(), src));
+ break;
+ case LoopOrderingStrategy::kSparseOuter:
+ src = selectBestCandidateByDensity(it, false); // sparse first
+ it.erase(std::find(it.begin(), it.end(), src));
+ break;
+ case LoopOrderingStrategy::kSequentialFirst:
+ src = selectBestCandidateBySequentiality(it);
+ it.erase(std::find(it.begin(), it.end(), src));
+ break;
+ case LoopOrderingStrategy::kParallelFirst:
+ src = selectBestCandidateByParallelism(it);
+ it.erase(std::find(it.begin(), it.end(), src));
+ break;
+ case LoopOrderingStrategy::kAdaptive:
+ src = selectBestCandidateByAdaptive(it);
+ it.erase(std::find(it.begin(), it.end(), src));
+ break;
+ case LoopOrderingStrategy::kDefault:
+ // Default strategy: pick the last loop (original behavior)
+ src = it.back();
+ it.pop_back();
+ break;
+ }
+
loopOrder.push_back(src);
- it.pop_back();
+
// Update in-degree, and push 0-degree node into worklist.
for (unsigned dst = 0; dst < numLoops; dst++) {
if (itGraph[src][dst] && --inDegree[dst] == 0) {
@@ -113,7 +165,7 @@ AffineMap IterationGraphSorter::topoSort() {
}
}
}
-
+
// Return the topological sort on success.
if (loopOrder.size() == numLoops)
return AffineMap::getPermutationMap(loopOrder, out.getContext());
@@ -124,6 +176,30 @@ AffineMap IterationGraphSorter::topoSort() {
IterationGraphSorter
IterationGraphSorter::fromGenericOp(linalg::GenericOp genericOp) {
+ // Original behavior - no strategy parameter, uses default behavior
+ // Must be a demapped sparse kernel.
+ assert(!hasAnyNonIdentityOperandsOrResults(genericOp) &&
+ hasAnySparseOperandOrResult(genericOp) &&
+ genericOp.getNumDpsInits() == 1);
+
+ SmallVector<AffineMap> loopMap = genericOp.getIndexingMapsArray();
+ SmallVector<Value> ins = genericOp.getDpsInputs();
+
+ AffineMap outMap = loopMap.back();
+ loopMap.pop_back();
+
+ Value out = genericOp.getDpsInitOperand(0)->get();
+ SmallVector<utils::IteratorType> iterTypes =
+ genericOp.getIteratorTypesArray();
+
+ // Use original constructor with explicit default strategy parameter
+ return IterationGraphSorter(std::move(ins), std::move(loopMap), out, outMap,
+ std::move(iterTypes), LoopOrderingStrategy::kDefault);
+}
+
+IterationGraphSorter
+IterationGraphSorter::fromGenericOp(linalg::GenericOp genericOp,
+ LoopOrderingStrategy strategy) {
// Must be a demapped sparse kernel.
assert(!hasAnyNonIdentityOperandsOrResults(genericOp) &&
hasAnySparseOperandOrResult(genericOp) &&
@@ -140,14 +216,16 @@ IterationGraphSorter::fromGenericOp(linalg::GenericOp genericOp) {
genericOp.getIteratorTypesArray();
return IterationGraphSorter(std::move(ins), std::move(loopMap), out, outMap,
- std::move(iterTypes));
+ std::move(iterTypes), strategy);
}
IterationGraphSorter::IterationGraphSorter(
SmallVector<Value> &&ins, SmallVector<AffineMap> &&loop2InsLvl, Value out,
- AffineMap loop2OutLvl, SmallVector<utils::IteratorType> &&iterTypes)
- : ins(std::move(ins)), loop2InsLvl(std::move(loop2InsLvl)), out(out),
- loop2OutLvl(loop2OutLvl), iterTypes(std::move(iterTypes)) {
+ AffineMap loop2OutLvl, SmallVector<utils::IteratorType> &&iterTypes,
+ LoopOrderingStrategy strategy)
+ : loopOrderingStrategy(strategy), ins(std::move(ins)),
+ loop2InsLvl(std::move(loop2InsLvl)), out(out), loop2OutLvl(loop2OutLvl),
+ iterTypes(std::move(iterTypes)) {
// One map per tensor.
assert(loop2InsLvl.size() == ins.size());
// All the affine maps have the same number of dimensions (loops).
@@ -228,7 +306,7 @@ void IterationGraphSorter::addConstraints(Value t, AffineMap loop2LvlMap) {
continue;
}
- // When both loop2LvlExpr is compound, we pick an abitrary reduction loop
+ // When both loop2LvlExpr is compound, we pick an arbitrary reduction loop
// from lhs and rhs and use them as d_x and d_y.
finder.walkPostOrder(fa);
const AffineDimExpr fexp = finder.getDimExpr();
@@ -271,3 +349,907 @@ void IterationGraphSorter::addConstraints(Value t, AffineMap loop2LvlMap) {
}
}
}
+
+// get encoding info (storage format, level types, etc)
+SparseTensorEncodingAttr getEncodingInfo(Value tensor) {
+ auto tensorType = dyn_cast<RankedTensorType>(tensor.getType());
+ if (!tensorType)
+ return nullptr; // Not a ranked tensor type
+ return getSparseTensorEncoding(tensorType);
+}
+
+void IterationGraphSorter::analyzeMemoryPatterns() {
+ const unsigned numLoops = getNumLoops();
+ loopMemoryAnalysis.resize(numLoops);
+
+ // Initialize memory analysis for each loop
+ for (unsigned loop = 0; loop < numLoops; ++loop) {
+ auto &memInfo = loopMemoryAnalysis[loop];
+ memInfo.totalTensorAccesses = 0;
+ memInfo.sparseAccessCost = 0;
+ memInfo.compressedSequentialAccesses.clear();
+ memInfo.randomSparseAccesses.clear();
+ memInfo.unitStrideAccesses.clear();
+ memInfo.avgStrideComplexity = 0.0;
+ memInfo.spatialLocalityScore = 0.0;
+ memInfo.temporalReuseScore = 0.0;
+ memInfo.accessPatternRand = 0.0;
+ }
+
+ // Analyze input tensors
+ for (auto [tensorIdx, tensor] : llvm::enumerate(ins)) {
+ const AffineMap &map = loop2InsLvl[tensorIdx];
+ analyzeMapForMemoryPatterns(map, tensorIdx, tensor, false);
+ }
+
+ // Analyze output tensor
+ analyzeMapForMemoryPatterns(loop2OutLvl, ins.size(), out, true);
+
+ // Compute final scores without architecture assumptions
+ for (unsigned loop = 0; loop < numLoops; ++loop) {
+ computeArchitectureScore(loop);
+ }
+}
+
+IterationGraphSorter::SparseAccessPattern
+IterationGraphSorter::analyzeSparseAccessPattern(
+ AffineMap map, unsigned dim, unsigned loopIdx,
+ SparseTensorEncodingAttr encoding, unsigned tensorIdx) {
+
+ SparseAccessPattern pattern;
+
+ // Get the level types for this encoding
+ auto lvlTypes = encoding.getLvlTypes();
+ if (dim >= lvlTypes.size()) {
+ pattern.type = IterationGraphSorter::SparseAccessType::kRandomSparse;
+ pattern.expectedSparsity = 0.01;
+ pattern.memoryIndirections = 3;
+ pattern.hasGoodLocality = false;
+ return pattern;
+ }
+
+ LevelType levelType = lvlTypes[dim];
+ AffineExpr dimExpr = map.getResult(dim);
+
+ // Analyze the affine expression for this dimension
+ if (auto dimExprCast = dyn_cast<AffineDimExpr>(dimExpr)) {
+ // Simple case: dimension expression is just a loop variable
+ if (dimExprCast.getPosition() == loopIdx) {
+
+ if (isCompressedLT(levelType)) {
+ // Sequential access through compressed dimension
+ pattern.type = SparseAccessType::kCompressedSequential;
+ pattern.expectedSparsity = 1.0;
+ pattern.memoryIndirections = 1;
+ pattern.hasGoodLocality = true;
+ } else if (isSingletonLT(levelType)) {
+ // Sequential scan through singleton dimension
+ pattern.type = SparseAccessType::kSingletonScan;
+ pattern.expectedSparsity = 0.1;
+ pattern.memoryIndirections = 2;
+ pattern.hasGoodLocality = false;
+ } else {
+ // Dense level
+ pattern.type = SparseAccessType::kDenseSubtensor;
+ pattern.expectedSparsity = 1.0;
+ pattern.memoryIndirections = 1;
+ pattern.hasGoodLocality = true;
+ }
+ } else {
+ // Loop variable doesn't match this dimension
+ pattern.type = IterationGraphSorter::SparseAccessType::kRandomSparse;
+ pattern.expectedSparsity = 0.01;
+ pattern.memoryIndirections = 3;
+ pattern.hasGoodLocality = false;
+ }
+ } else {
+ // Complex affine expression - generally bad for sparse access
+ pattern.type = IterationGraphSorter::SparseAccessType::kRandomSparse;
+ pattern.expectedSparsity = 0.01;
+ pattern.memoryIndirections = 3;
+ pattern.hasGoodLocality = false;
+ }
+
+ return pattern;
+}
+
+void IterationGraphSorter::analyzeMapForMemoryPatterns(AffineMap map,
+ unsigned tensorIdx,
+ Value tensor,
+ bool isOutput) {
+
+ auto encoding = getEncodingInfo(tensor);
+ bool isSparse = static_cast<bool>(encoding);
+
+ const unsigned tensorRank = map.getNumResults();
+
+ for (unsigned dim = 0; dim < tensorRank; ++dim) {
+ AffineExpr dimExpr = map.getResult(dim);
+
+ AffineDimCollector collector;
+ collector.walkPostOrder(dimExpr);
+
+ ...
[truncated]
``````````
</details>
https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/151885
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