[Mlir-commits] [mlir] [mlir][vector] Add documentation note on adding new ops (PR #144308)

[Andrzej Warzyński]

https://github.com/banach-space created https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/144308

This adds a note requesting that additions of new ops to the Vector
dialect go through an RFC process. The goal is to clarify expectations
for contributors.

Note: this documents an existing (though previously unwritten) convention. See, e.g.:
* https://discourse.llvm.org/t/rfc-adding-vector-to-elements-op-to-the-vector-dialect
* https://discourse.llvm.org/t/rfc-improving-gather-codegen-for-vector-dialect


>From 0014ffdb1b5fb74d978d07906aeda684f44200ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrzej Warzynski <andrzej.warzynski at arm.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2025 08:25:22 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [mlir][vector] Add documentation note on adding new ops

This adds a note requesting that additions of new ops to the Vector
dialect go through an RFC process. The goal is to clarify expectations
for contributors.

Note: this documents an existing (though previously unwritten) convention. See, e.g.:
* https://discourse.llvm.org/t/rfc-adding-vector-to-elements-op-to-the-vector-dialect
* https://discourse.llvm.org/t/rfc-improving-gather-codegen-for-vector-dialect
---
 mlir/docs/Dialects/Vector.md | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mlir/docs/Dialects/Vector.md b/mlir/docs/Dialects/Vector.md
index ade0068c56fb6..ebeb0a2de0ff1 100644
--- a/mlir/docs/Dialects/Vector.md
+++ b/mlir/docs/Dialects/Vector.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # 'vector' Dialect
 
+**Please post an RFC on the [forum](https://llvm.discourse.group/c/mlir/31)
+before adding  any operation in this dialect.**
+
 [TOC]
 
 MLIR supports multi-dimensional `vector` types and custom operations on those