[Mlir-commits] [mlir] [MLIR][ExecutionEngine] Enable PIC option (PR #170995)

Tianqi Chen llvmlistbot at llvm.org
Sun Dec 7 06:57:58 PST 2025


https://github.com/tqchen updated https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/170995

>From b7cb15feab961ac912e99fab5981972857265284 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tqchen <tianqi.tchen at gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2025 16:22:53 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] [MLIR][ExecutionEngine] Enable PIC option

This PR enables the MLIR execution engine to dump object file as PIC code
which is needed when the object file is bundled into a dynamic shared library.
---
 mlir/include/mlir-c/ExecutionEngine.h              |  2 +-
 mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/ExecutionEngineModule.cpp | 10 +++++-----
 mlir/lib/CAPI/ExecutionEngine/ExecutionEngine.cpp  |  8 ++++++--
 mlir/test/CAPI/execution_engine.c                  |  4 ++--
 mlir/test/CAPI/global_constructors.c               |  2 +-
 mlir/test/python/execution_engine.py               |  1 +
 6 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir-c/ExecutionEngine.h b/mlir/include/mlir-c/ExecutionEngine.h
index 1a58d68533f24..348a1642ee6a0 100644
--- a/mlir/include/mlir-c/ExecutionEngine.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir-c/ExecutionEngine.h
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ DEFINE_C_API_STRUCT(MlirExecutionEngine, void);
 /// TODO: figure out other options.
 MLIR_CAPI_EXPORTED MlirExecutionEngine mlirExecutionEngineCreate(
     MlirModule op, int optLevel, int numPaths,
-    const MlirStringRef *sharedLibPaths, bool enableObjectDump);
+    const MlirStringRef *sharedLibPaths, bool enableObjectDump, bool enablePIC);
 
 /// Initialize the ExecutionEngine. Global constructors specified by
 /// `llvm.mlir.global_ctors` will be run. One common scenario is that kernel
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/ExecutionEngineModule.cpp b/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/ExecutionEngineModule.cpp
index 8bb493ed7240c..be0785b126eaa 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/ExecutionEngineModule.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/ExecutionEngineModule.cpp
@@ -75,13 +75,13 @@ NB_MODULE(_mlirExecutionEngine, m) {
           "__init__",
           [](PyExecutionEngine &self, MlirModule module, int optLevel,
              const std::vector<std::string> &sharedLibPaths,
-             bool enableObjectDump) {
+             bool enableObjectDump, bool enablePIC) {
             llvm::SmallVector<MlirStringRef, 4> libPaths;
             for (const std::string &path : sharedLibPaths)
               libPaths.push_back({path.c_str(), path.length()});
-            MlirExecutionEngine executionEngine =
-                mlirExecutionEngineCreate(module, optLevel, libPaths.size(),
-                                          libPaths.data(), enableObjectDump);
+            MlirExecutionEngine executionEngine = mlirExecutionEngineCreate(
+                module, optLevel, libPaths.size(), libPaths.data(),
+                enableObjectDump, enablePIC);
             if (mlirExecutionEngineIsNull(executionEngine))
               throw std::runtime_error(
                   "Failure while creating the ExecutionEngine.");
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ NB_MODULE(_mlirExecutionEngine, m) {
           },
           nb::arg("module"), nb::arg("opt_level") = 2,
           nb::arg("shared_libs") = nb::list(),
-          nb::arg("enable_object_dump") = true,
+          nb::arg("enable_object_dump") = true, nb::arg("enable_pic") = false,
           "Create a new ExecutionEngine instance for the given Module. The "
           "module must contain only dialects that can be translated to LLVM. "
           "Perform transformations and code generation at the optimization "
diff --git a/mlir/lib/CAPI/ExecutionEngine/ExecutionEngine.cpp b/mlir/lib/CAPI/ExecutionEngine/ExecutionEngine.cpp
index 6c97499b28fd9..c3cb5e14f6160 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/CAPI/ExecutionEngine/ExecutionEngine.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/CAPI/ExecutionEngine/ExecutionEngine.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ using namespace mlir;
 extern "C" MlirExecutionEngine
 mlirExecutionEngineCreate(MlirModule op, int optLevel, int numPaths,
                           const MlirStringRef *sharedLibPaths,
-                          bool enableObjectDump) {
+                          bool enableObjectDump, bool enablePIC) {
   static bool initOnce = [] {
     llvm::InitializeNativeTarget();
     llvm::InitializeNativeTargetAsmParser(); // needed for inline_asm
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ mlirExecutionEngineCreate(MlirModule op, int optLevel, int numPaths,
     consumeError(tmBuilderOrError.takeError());
     return MlirExecutionEngine{nullptr};
   }
+  if (enablePIC) {
+    tmBuilderOrError->setRelocationModel(llvm::Reloc::PIC_);
+  }
   auto tmOrError = tmBuilderOrError->createTargetMachine();
   if (!tmOrError) {
     llvm::errs() << "Failed to create a TargetMachine for the host because: \n";
@@ -63,7 +66,8 @@ mlirExecutionEngineCreate(MlirModule op, int optLevel, int numPaths,
   jitOptions.jitCodeGenOptLevel = static_cast<llvm::CodeGenOptLevel>(optLevel);
   jitOptions.sharedLibPaths = libPaths;
   jitOptions.enableObjectDump = enableObjectDump;
-  auto jitOrError = ExecutionEngine::create(unwrap(op), jitOptions);
+  auto jitOrError = ExecutionEngine::create(unwrap(op), jitOptions,
+                                            std::move(tmOrError.get()));
   if (!jitOrError) {
     llvm::errs() << "Failed to create an ExecutionEngine because: \n";
     consumeError(jitOrError.takeError());
diff --git a/mlir/test/CAPI/execution_engine.c b/mlir/test/CAPI/execution_engine.c
index 4751288c3ee4b..4df232f3caab3 100644
--- a/mlir/test/CAPI/execution_engine.c
+++ b/mlir/test/CAPI/execution_engine.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ void testSimpleExecution(void) {
   mlirRegisterAllLLVMTranslations(ctx);
   MlirExecutionEngine jit = mlirExecutionEngineCreate(
       module, /*optLevel=*/2, /*numPaths=*/0, /*sharedLibPaths=*/NULL,
-      /*enableObjectDump=*/false);
+      /*enableObjectDump=*/false, /*enablePIC=*/false);
   if (mlirExecutionEngineIsNull(jit)) {
     fprintf(stderr, "Execution engine creation failed");
     exit(2);
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ void testOmpCreation(void) {
   // against the OpenMP library.
   MlirExecutionEngine jit = mlirExecutionEngineCreate(
       module, /*optLevel=*/2, /*numPaths=*/0, /*sharedLibPaths=*/NULL,
-      /*enableObjectDump=*/false);
+      /*enableObjectDump=*/false, /*enablePIC=*/false);
   if (mlirExecutionEngineIsNull(jit)) {
     fprintf(stderr, "Engine creation failed with OpenMP");
     exit(2);
diff --git a/mlir/test/CAPI/global_constructors.c b/mlir/test/CAPI/global_constructors.c
index bd2fe1416f0df..9aacaf2c513f3 100644
--- a/mlir/test/CAPI/global_constructors.c
+++ b/mlir/test/CAPI/global_constructors.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ void testGlobalCtorJitCallback(void) {
   // Create execution engine with initialization disabled
   MlirExecutionEngine jit = mlirExecutionEngineCreate(
       module, /*optLevel=*/2, /*numPaths=*/0, /*sharedLibPaths=*/NULL,
-      /*enableObjectDump=*/false);
+      /*enableObjectDump=*/false, /*enablePIC=*/false);
 
   if (mlirExecutionEngineIsNull(jit)) {
     fprintf(stderr, "Execution engine creation failed");
diff --git a/mlir/test/python/execution_engine.py b/mlir/test/python/execution_engine.py
index 005813d1788f5..b11340f2c19ce 100644
--- a/mlir/test/python/execution_engine.py
+++ b/mlir/test/python/execution_engine.py
@@ -807,6 +807,7 @@ def testDumpToObjectFile():
                 # because RTDyldObjectLinkingLayer::emit will try to resolve symbols before dumping
                 # (see the jitLinkForORC call at the bottom there).
                 shared_libs=[MLIR_C_RUNNER_UTILS],
+                enable_pic=True,
             )
 
             # CHECK: Object file exists: True

>From 6c4987357dd9e1ea704feb4f04df21b27a8df789 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tianqi Chen <tqchen at users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2025 07:55:33 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Update mlir/lib/CAPI/ExecutionEngine/ExecutionEngine.cpp

Co-authored-by: Mehdi Amini <joker.eph at gmail.com>
---
 mlir/lib/CAPI/ExecutionEngine/ExecutionEngine.cpp | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mlir/lib/CAPI/ExecutionEngine/ExecutionEngine.cpp b/mlir/lib/CAPI/ExecutionEngine/ExecutionEngine.cpp
index c3cb5e14f6160..81d86ad29af13 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/CAPI/ExecutionEngine/ExecutionEngine.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/CAPI/ExecutionEngine/ExecutionEngine.cpp
@@ -43,9 +43,8 @@ mlirExecutionEngineCreate(MlirModule op, int optLevel, int numPaths,
     consumeError(tmBuilderOrError.takeError());
     return MlirExecutionEngine{nullptr};
   }
-  if (enablePIC) {
+  if (enablePIC)
     tmBuilderOrError->setRelocationModel(llvm::Reloc::PIC_);
-  }
   auto tmOrError = tmBuilderOrError->createTargetMachine();
   if (!tmOrError) {
     llvm::errs() << "Failed to create a TargetMachine for the host because: \n";

>From a2529738a2e9c9a68e1a136e59a84981802b3f9a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tqchen <tianqi.tchen at gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2025 09:57:47 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Add docs per suggestion

---
 mlir/include/mlir-c/ExecutionEngine.h | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir-c/ExecutionEngine.h b/mlir/include/mlir-c/ExecutionEngine.h
index 348a1642ee6a0..6e951c31f32ff 100644
--- a/mlir/include/mlir-c/ExecutionEngine.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir-c/ExecutionEngine.h
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ DEFINE_C_API_STRUCT(MlirExecutionEngine, void);
 /// generation. The number and array of paths corresponding to shared libraries
 /// that will be loaded are specified via `numPaths` and `sharedLibPaths`
 /// respectively.
+/// The `enablePIC` arguments controls the relocation model, when true the generated
+/// code is emitted as "position independent", making it possible to save it and reload it
+/// as a shared object in another process.
 /// TODO: figure out other options.
 MLIR_CAPI_EXPORTED MlirExecutionEngine mlirExecutionEngineCreate(
     MlirModule op, int optLevel, int numPaths,



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