[Mlir-commits] [mlir] [MLIR][SparseTensor] Loop ordering strategy infrastructure (flag) (PR #154656)

Govind Malasani llvmlistbot at llvm.org
Sat Aug 30 12:08:50 PDT 2025


https://github.com/gmalasan updated https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/154656

>From b9ae6210b4a6a5617e923df9c1bcee1f4e19c2c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: gmalasan <145235389+gmalasan at users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2025 18:07:07 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] [MLIR][SparseTensor] Loop ordering strategy
 infrastructure (flag)

---
 .../mlir/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/Passes.h  | 14 +++++++++++++-
 .../mlir/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/Passes.td |  5 +++++
 .../Transforms/SparseReinterpretMap.cpp            |  5 ++++-
 .../SparseTensor/Transforms/SparseTensorPasses.cpp | 12 +++++++++++-
 4 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/Passes.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/Passes.h
index 212f7b6f13c26..24f30353e58b5 100644
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/Passes.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/Passes.h
@@ -55,6 +55,15 @@ enum class SparseEmitStrategy {
   kDebugInterface, // generate only place-holder for sparse iteration
 };
 
+namespace sparse_tensor {
+
+/// Selects between different loop ordering strategies for sparse tensor 
+enum class LoopOrderingStrategy : unsigned {
+  kDefault, ///< Default strategy (current behavior)
+};
+
+} // namespace sparse_tensor
+
 #define GEN_PASS_DECL
 #include "mlir/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/Passes.h.inc"
 
@@ -72,10 +81,13 @@ 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);
+std::unique_ptr<Pass> createSparseReinterpretMapPass(ReinterpretMapScope scope, 
+                                                     sparse_tensor::LoopOrderingStrategy strategy);
 
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 // The PreSparsificationRewriting pass.
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/Passes.td b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/Passes.td
index 2513e106f5b06..1b0c7f7583827 100644
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/Passes.td
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/Passes.td
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ 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 dialect", [{llvm::cl::values(
+         clEnumValN(mlir::sparse_tensor::LoopOrderingStrategy::kDefault, "default",
+                    "Default strategy (current behavior)"))}]>,
   ];
 }
 
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/SparseReinterpretMap.cpp b/mlir/lib/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/SparseReinterpretMap.cpp
index df9b6cf040efa..06c58d2b13cf2 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/SparseReinterpretMap.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/SparseReinterpretMap.cpp
@@ -788,7 +788,10 @@ struct ForeachOpDemapper
 } // namespace
 
 void mlir::populateSparseReinterpretMap(RewritePatternSet &patterns,
-                                        ReinterpretMapScope scope) {
+                                        ReinterpretMapScope scope,
+                                        sparse_tensor::LoopOrderingStrategy strategy) {
+  (void)strategy; // Suppress unused parameter warning
+  
   if (scope == ReinterpretMapScope::kAll ||
       scope == ReinterpretMapScope::kGenericOnly) {
     patterns.add<GenericOpReinterpretMap, GenericOpScheduler>(
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/SparseTensorPasses.cpp b/mlir/lib/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/SparseTensorPasses.cpp
index 153b9b170e5d3..aa31927e0602c 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/SparseTensorPasses.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/SparseTensorPasses.cpp
@@ -67,12 +67,13 @@ struct SparseReinterpretMap
   SparseReinterpretMap(const SparseReinterpretMap &pass) = default;
   SparseReinterpretMap(const SparseReinterpretMapOptions &options) {
     scope = options.scope;
+    loopOrderingStrategy = options.loopOrderingStrategy;
   }
 
   void runOnOperation() override {
     auto *ctx = &getContext();
     RewritePatternSet patterns(ctx);
-    populateSparseReinterpretMap(patterns, scope);
+    populateSparseReinterpretMap(patterns, scope, loopOrderingStrategy);
     (void)applyPatternsGreedily(getOperation(), std::move(patterns));
   }
 };
@@ -438,6 +439,15 @@ mlir::createSparseReinterpretMapPass(ReinterpretMapScope scope) {
   return std::make_unique<SparseReinterpretMap>(options);
 }
 
+std::unique_ptr<Pass>
+mlir::createSparseReinterpretMapPass(ReinterpretMapScope scope, 
+                                     sparse_tensor::LoopOrderingStrategy strategy) {
+  SparseReinterpretMapOptions options;
+  options.scope = scope;
+  options.loopOrderingStrategy = strategy;
+  return std::make_unique<SparseReinterpretMap>(options);
+}
+
 std::unique_ptr<Pass> mlir::createPreSparsificationRewritePass() {
   return std::make_unique<PreSparsificationRewritePass>();
 }

>From 97cec4ebc9aab512fde4c3515225f2bab65aa3bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: gmalasan <145235389+gmalasan at users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2025 18:36:51 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] [MLIR][SparseTensor] Fixed up the rest of the boilerplate
 code, strategy fully available in the topoSort method in IterationGraphSorter

---
 .../Transforms/SparseReinterpretMap.cpp       | 16 +++++++++------
 .../Transforms/Utils/IterationGraphSorter.cpp | 20 ++++++++++++++-----
 .../Transforms/Utils/IterationGraphSorter.h   | 12 ++++++++---
 3 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/SparseReinterpretMap.cpp b/mlir/lib/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/SparseReinterpretMap.cpp
index 06c58d2b13cf2..bf3b02829175f 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<linalg::GenericOp>(context), strategy(strategy) {}
+  
   LogicalResult matchAndRewrite(linalg::GenericOp linalgOp,
                                 PatternRewriter &rewriter) const override {
     if (linalgOp.getNumDpsInits() != 1 || !linalgOp.hasPureTensorSemantics() ||
@@ -421,7 +423,8 @@ struct GenericOpScheduler : public OpRewritePattern<linalg::GenericOp> {
     if (linalgOp->hasAttr(sorted))
       return failure();
 
-    auto scheduler = IterationGraphSorter::fromGenericOp(linalgOp);
+    // Pass strategy to IterationGraphSorter
+    auto scheduler = IterationGraphSorter::fromGenericOp(linalgOp, strategy);
     bool isAdmissible = false;
     AffineMap order;
     // A const list of all masks that we used for iteration graph
@@ -583,6 +586,9 @@ struct GenericOpScheduler : public OpRewritePattern<linalg::GenericOp> {
     // TODO: convert more than one?
     return failure();
   }
+
+private:
+  sparse_tensor::LoopOrderingStrategy strategy;
 };
 
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
@@ -790,12 +796,10 @@ struct ForeachOpDemapper
 void mlir::populateSparseReinterpretMap(RewritePatternSet &patterns,
                                         ReinterpretMapScope scope,
                                         sparse_tensor::LoopOrderingStrategy strategy) {
-  (void)strategy; // Suppress unused parameter warning
-  
   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..6cebb4bcdc3c3 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/Utils/IterationGraphSorter.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/Utils/IterationGraphSorter.cpp
@@ -100,7 +100,15 @@ AffineMap IterationGraphSorter::topoSort() {
     // 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();
+    
+    // Select loop based on strategy
+    unsigned src;
+    switch (strategy) {
+    case sparse_tensor::LoopOrderingStrategy::kDefault:
+      src = it.back();
+      break;
+    }
+    
     loopOrder.push_back(src);
     it.pop_back();
     // Update in-degree, and push 0-degree node into worklist.
@@ -123,7 +131,8 @@ AffineMap IterationGraphSorter::topoSort() {
 }
 
 IterationGraphSorter
-IterationGraphSorter::fromGenericOp(linalg::GenericOp genericOp) {
+IterationGraphSorter::fromGenericOp(linalg::GenericOp genericOp, 
+                                   sparse_tensor::LoopOrderingStrategy strategy) {
   // Must be a demapped sparse kernel.
   assert(!hasAnyNonIdentityOperandsOrResults(genericOp) &&
          hasAnySparseOperandOrResult(genericOp) &&
@@ -140,14 +149,15 @@ 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)
+    AffineMap loop2OutLvl, SmallVector<utils::IteratorType> &&iterTypes,
+    sparse_tensor::LoopOrderingStrategy strategy)
     : ins(std::move(ins)), loop2InsLvl(std::move(loop2InsLvl)), out(out),
-      loop2OutLvl(loop2OutLvl), iterTypes(std::move(iterTypes)) {
+      loop2OutLvl(loop2OutLvl), iterTypes(std::move(iterTypes)), strategy(strategy) {
   // One map per tensor.
   assert(loop2InsLvl.size() == ins.size());
   // All the affine maps have the same number of dimensions (loops).
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/Utils/IterationGraphSorter.h b/mlir/lib/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/Utils/IterationGraphSorter.h
index a6abe9eb76c47..a4902d31e0077 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/Utils/IterationGraphSorter.h
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/Utils/IterationGraphSorter.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #define MLIR_DIALECT_SPARSETENSOR_TRANSFORMS_UTILS_ITERATIONGRAPHSORTER_H_
 
 #include "mlir/IR/AffineMap.h"
+#include "mlir/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/Passes.h"
 
 namespace mlir {
 
@@ -42,8 +43,9 @@ enum class SortMask : unsigned {
 class IterationGraphSorter {
 public:
   /// Factory method that construct an iteration graph sorter
-  /// for the given linalg.generic operation.
-  static IterationGraphSorter fromGenericOp(linalg::GenericOp genericOp);
+  /// for the given linalg.generic operation with a specific strategy.
+  static IterationGraphSorter fromGenericOp(linalg::GenericOp genericOp,
+                                           sparse_tensor::LoopOrderingStrategy strategy);
 
   /// Returns a permutation that represents the scheduled loop order.
   /// Note that the returned AffineMap could be null if the kernel
@@ -58,7 +60,8 @@ class IterationGraphSorter {
   IterationGraphSorter(SmallVector<Value> &&ins,
                        SmallVector<AffineMap> &&loop2InsLvl, Value out,
                        AffineMap loop2OutLvl,
-                       SmallVector<utils::IteratorType> &&iterTypes);
+                       SmallVector<utils::IteratorType> &&iterTypes,
+                       sparse_tensor::LoopOrderingStrategy strategy = sparse_tensor::LoopOrderingStrategy::kDefault);
 
   // Adds all the constraints in the given loop to level map.
   void addConstraints(Value t, AffineMap loop2LvlMap);
@@ -84,6 +87,9 @@ class IterationGraphSorter {
 
   // InDegree used for topo sort.
   std::vector<unsigned> inDegree;
+
+  // Loop ordering strategy.
+  sparse_tensor::LoopOrderingStrategy strategy;
 };
 
 } // namespace sparse_tensor

>From 3f3661ae20542c2107ea23991e0728474106f574 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: gmalasan <145235389+gmalasan at users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2025 16:22:54 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] [MLIR][SparseTensor] Fixed PR feedback about style

---
 mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/Passes.h    | 4 ++--
 mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/Passes.td   | 4 ++--
 .../Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/SparseReinterpretMap.cpp  | 2 +-
 .../SparseTensor/Transforms/Utils/IterationGraphSorter.cpp    | 2 +-
 .../SparseTensor/Transforms/Utils/IterationGraphSorter.h      | 2 +-
 5 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/Passes.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/Passes.h
index 24f30353e58b5..93ff5ce606423 100644
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/Passes.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/Passes.h
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ enum class SparseEmitStrategy {
 
 namespace sparse_tensor {
 
-/// Selects between different loop ordering strategies for sparse tensor 
+/// Defines a strategy for loop ordering during sparse code generation.
 enum class LoopOrderingStrategy : unsigned {
-  kDefault, ///< Default strategy (current behavior)
+  kDefault, ///< Default strategy (selects loops from back of available candidates).
 };
 
 } // namespace sparse_tensor
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/Passes.td b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/Passes.td
index 1b0c7f7583827..91bc4ae8a6bd2 100644
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/Passes.td
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/Passes.td
@@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ def SparseReinterpretMap : Pass<"sparse-reinterpret-map", "ModuleOp"> {
                     "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 dialect", [{llvm::cl::values(
+       "Set the loop ordering strategy for sparse code generation", [{llvm::cl::values(
          clEnumValN(mlir::sparse_tensor::LoopOrderingStrategy::kDefault, "default",
-                    "Default strategy (current behavior)"))}]>,
+                    "Default strategy (selects loops from back of available candidates)"))}]>,
   ];
 }
 
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/SparseReinterpretMap.cpp b/mlir/lib/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/SparseReinterpretMap.cpp
index bf3b02829175f..5822d0a24bbf1 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/SparseReinterpretMap.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/SparseReinterpretMap.cpp
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ struct GenericOpScheduler : public OpRewritePattern<linalg::GenericOp> {
     if (linalgOp->hasAttr(sorted))
       return failure();
 
-    // Pass strategy to IterationGraphSorter
+    // Pass strategy to IterationGraphSorter.
     auto scheduler = IterationGraphSorter::fromGenericOp(linalgOp, strategy);
     bool isAdmissible = false;
     AffineMap order;
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/Utils/IterationGraphSorter.cpp b/mlir/lib/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/Utils/IterationGraphSorter.cpp
index 6cebb4bcdc3c3..29596e5febe1a 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/Utils/IterationGraphSorter.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/Utils/IterationGraphSorter.cpp
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ AffineMap IterationGraphSorter::topoSort() {
     // a reduction loop early might make the loop sequence inadmissible.
     auto &it = !parIt.empty() ? parIt : redIt;
     
-    // Select loop based on strategy
+    // Select loop based on strategy.
     unsigned src;
     switch (strategy) {
     case sparse_tensor::LoopOrderingStrategy::kDefault:
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/Utils/IterationGraphSorter.h b/mlir/lib/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/Utils/IterationGraphSorter.h
index a4902d31e0077..22c186d563c4a 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/Utils/IterationGraphSorter.h
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/SparseTensor/Transforms/Utils/IterationGraphSorter.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ enum class SortMask : unsigned {
 class IterationGraphSorter {
 public:
   /// Factory method that construct an iteration graph sorter
-  /// for the given linalg.generic operation with a specific strategy.
+  /// for the given linalg.generic operation with a specific loop ordering strategy.
   static IterationGraphSorter fromGenericOp(linalg::GenericOp genericOp,
                                            sparse_tensor::LoopOrderingStrategy strategy);
 



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