[Mlir-commits] [mlir] [MLIR][Python] Fix typeid support for DynamicType and DynamicAttr (PR #183076)

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https://github.com/PragmaTwice updated https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/183076

>From 66ac17fbc7b4db1e6f1ea61129c7c5ae059560a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: PragmaTwice <twice at apache.org>
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 23:10:31 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] [MLIR][Python] Fix typeid support for DynamicType and
 DynamicAttr

---
 mlir/include/mlir-c/ExtensibleDialect.h       | 14 ++--
 .../mlir/Bindings/Python/IRAttributes.h       |  2 -
 mlir/include/mlir/Bindings/Python/IRTypes.h   |  2 -
 mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRAttributes.cpp     | 68 ++++++++++++-------
 mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRTypes.cpp          | 63 ++++++++++-------
 mlir/lib/CAPI/IR/ExtensibleDialect.cpp        | 10 +++
 mlir/python/mlir/dialects/ext.py              |  4 ++
 mlir/test/python/dialects/ext.py              |  3 +
 8 files changed, 107 insertions(+), 59 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir-c/ExtensibleDialect.h b/mlir/include/mlir-c/ExtensibleDialect.h
index d6aa8181c024c..fee26772e1560 100644
--- a/mlir/include/mlir-c/ExtensibleDialect.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir-c/ExtensibleDialect.h
@@ -87,9 +87,6 @@ mlirExtensibleDialectLookupTypeDefinition(MlirDialect dialect,
 /// Check if the given type is a dynamic type.
 MLIR_CAPI_EXPORTED bool mlirTypeIsADynamicType(MlirType type);
 
-/// Get the type ID of a dynamic type.
-MLIR_CAPI_EXPORTED MlirTypeID mlirDynamicTypeGetTypeID(void);
-
 /// Get a dynamic type by instantiating the given type definition with the
 /// provided attributes.
 MLIR_CAPI_EXPORTED MlirType mlirDynamicTypeGet(
@@ -106,6 +103,10 @@ MLIR_CAPI_EXPORTED MlirAttribute mlirDynamicTypeGetParam(MlirType type,
 MLIR_CAPI_EXPORTED MlirDynamicTypeDefinition
 mlirDynamicTypeGetTypeDef(MlirType type);
 
+/// Get the type ID of a dynamic type definition.
+MLIR_CAPI_EXPORTED MlirTypeID
+mlirDynamicTypeDefinitionGetTypeID(MlirDynamicTypeDefinition typeDef);
+
 /// Get the name of the given dynamic type definition.
 MLIR_CAPI_EXPORTED MlirStringRef
 mlirDynamicTypeDefinitionGetName(MlirDynamicTypeDefinition typeDef);
@@ -123,9 +124,6 @@ mlirExtensibleDialectLookupAttrDefinition(MlirDialect dialect,
 /// Check if the given attribute is a dynamic attribute.
 MLIR_CAPI_EXPORTED bool mlirAttributeIsADynamicAttr(MlirAttribute attr);
 
-/// Get the type ID of a dynamic attribute.
-MLIR_CAPI_EXPORTED MlirTypeID mlirDynamicAttrGetTypeID(void);
-
 /// Get a dynamic attribute by instantiating the given attribute definition with
 /// the provided attributes.
 MLIR_CAPI_EXPORTED MlirAttribute mlirDynamicAttrGet(
@@ -142,6 +140,10 @@ MLIR_CAPI_EXPORTED MlirAttribute mlirDynamicAttrGetParam(MlirAttribute attr,
 MLIR_CAPI_EXPORTED MlirDynamicAttrDefinition
 mlirDynamicAttrGetAttrDef(MlirAttribute attr);
 
+/// Get the type ID of a dynamic attribute definition.
+MLIR_CAPI_EXPORTED MlirTypeID
+mlirDynamicAttrDefinitionGetTypeID(MlirDynamicAttrDefinition attrDef);
+
 /// Get the name of the given dynamic attribute definition.
 MLIR_CAPI_EXPORTED MlirStringRef
 mlirDynamicAttrDefinitionGetName(MlirDynamicAttrDefinition attrDef);
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Bindings/Python/IRAttributes.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Bindings/Python/IRAttributes.h
index 2f1e4a2ad99d0..173674e0091d2 100644
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Bindings/Python/IRAttributes.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Bindings/Python/IRAttributes.h
@@ -594,8 +594,6 @@ class MLIR_PYTHON_API_EXPORTED PyDynamicAttribute
   static constexpr IsAFunctionTy isaFunction = mlirAttributeIsADynamicAttr;
   static constexpr const char *pyClassName = "DynamicAttr";
   using PyConcreteAttribute::PyConcreteAttribute;
-  static constexpr GetTypeIDFunctionTy getTypeIdFunction =
-      mlirDynamicAttrGetTypeID;
 
   static void bindDerived(ClassTy &c);
 };
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Bindings/Python/IRTypes.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Bindings/Python/IRTypes.h
index b29483ef78e5d..8e81ee9805200 100644
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Bindings/Python/IRTypes.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Bindings/Python/IRTypes.h
@@ -450,8 +450,6 @@ class MLIR_PYTHON_API_EXPORTED PyDynamicType
     : public PyConcreteType<PyDynamicType> {
 public:
   static constexpr IsAFunctionTy isaFunction = mlirTypeIsADynamicType;
-  static constexpr GetTypeIDFunctionTy getTypeIdFunction =
-      mlirDynamicTypeGetTypeID;
   static constexpr const char *pyClassName = "DynamicType";
   using PyConcreteType::PyConcreteType;
 
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRAttributes.cpp b/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRAttributes.cpp
index 370b9d8d6e062..da4291613d9d1 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRAttributes.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRAttributes.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 #include "mlir-c/BuiltinAttributes.h"
 #include "mlir-c/BuiltinTypes.h"
+#include "mlir-c/ExtensibleDialect.h"
 #include "mlir/Bindings/Python/IRAttributes.h"
 #include "mlir/Bindings/Python/IRCore.h"
 #include "mlir/Bindings/Python/Nanobind.h"
@@ -1374,41 +1375,47 @@ void PyStringAttribute::bindDerived(ClassTy &c) {
       "Returns the value of the string attribute as `bytes`");
 }
 
+static MlirDynamicAttrDefinition
+getDynamicAttrDef(const std::string &fullAttrName,
+                  DefaultingPyMlirContext context) {
+  size_t dotPos = fullAttrName.find('.');
+  if (dotPos == std::string::npos) {
+    throw nb::value_error("Expected full attribute name to be in the format "
+                          "'<dialectName>.<attributeName>'.");
+  }
+
+  std::string dialectName = fullAttrName.substr(0, dotPos);
+  std::string attrName = fullAttrName.substr(dotPos + 1);
+  PyDialects dialects(context->getRef());
+  MlirDialect dialect = dialects.getDialectForKey(dialectName, false);
+  if (!mlirDialectIsAExtensibleDialect(dialect))
+    throw nb::value_error(
+        ("Dialect '" + dialectName + "' is not an extensible dialect.")
+            .c_str());
+
+  MlirDynamicAttrDefinition attrDef = mlirExtensibleDialectLookupAttrDefinition(
+      dialect, toMlirStringRef(attrName));
+  if (attrDef.ptr == nullptr) {
+    throw nb::value_error(("Dialect '" + dialectName +
+                           "' does not contain an attribute named '" +
+                           attrName + "'.")
+                              .c_str());
+  }
+  return attrDef;
+}
+
 void PyDynamicAttribute::bindDerived(ClassTy &c) {
   c.def_static(
       "get",
       [](const std::string &fullAttrName, const std::vector<PyAttribute> &attrs,
          DefaultingPyMlirContext context) {
-        size_t dotPos = fullAttrName.find('.');
-        if (dotPos == std::string::npos) {
-          throw nb::value_error(
-              "Expected full attribute name to be in the format "
-              "'<dialectName>.<attributeName>'.");
-        }
-
-        std::string dialectName = fullAttrName.substr(0, dotPos);
-        std::string attrName = fullAttrName.substr(dotPos + 1);
-        PyDialects dialects(context->getRef());
-        MlirDialect dialect = dialects.getDialectForKey(dialectName, false);
-        if (!mlirDialectIsAExtensibleDialect(dialect))
-          throw nb::value_error(
-              ("Dialect '" + dialectName + "' is not an extensible dialect.")
-                  .c_str());
-
-        MlirDynamicAttrDefinition attrDef =
-            mlirExtensibleDialectLookupAttrDefinition(
-                dialect, toMlirStringRef(attrName));
-        if (attrDef.ptr == nullptr) {
-          throw nb::value_error(("Dialect '" + dialectName +
-                                 "' does not contain an attribute named '" +
-                                 attrName + "'.")
-                                    .c_str());
-        }
-
         std::vector<MlirAttribute> mlirAttrs;
         mlirAttrs.reserve(attrs.size());
         for (const auto &attr : attrs)
           mlirAttrs.push_back(attr.get());
+
+        MlirDynamicAttrDefinition attrDef =
+            getDynamicAttrDef(fullAttrName, context);
         MlirAttribute attr =
             mlirDynamicAttrGet(attrDef, mlirAttrs.data(), mlirAttrs.size());
         return PyDynamicAttribute(context->getRef(), attr);
@@ -1436,6 +1443,15 @@ void PyDynamicAttribute::bindDerived(ClassTy &c) {
     return std::string(dialectNamespace.data, dialectNamespace.length) + "." +
            std::string(name.data, name.length);
   });
+  c.def_static(
+      "get_typeid",
+      [](const std::string &fullAttrName, DefaultingPyMlirContext context) {
+        MlirDynamicAttrDefinition attrDef =
+            getDynamicAttrDef(fullAttrName, context);
+        return PyTypeID(mlirDynamicAttrDefinitionGetTypeID(attrDef));
+      },
+      nb::arg("full_attr_name"), nb::arg("context") = nb::none(),
+      "Returns the TypeID for the given dynamic attribute name.");
 }
 
 void populateIRAttributes(nb::module_ &m) {
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRTypes.cpp b/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRTypes.cpp
index aa448fa44d9bf..e416436276904 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRTypes.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRTypes.cpp
@@ -842,35 +842,43 @@ void PyOpaqueType::bindDerived(ClassTy &c) {
       "Returns the data for the Opaque type as a string.");
 }
 
+static MlirDynamicTypeDefinition
+getDynamicTypeDef(const std::string &fullTypeName,
+                  DefaultingPyMlirContext context) {
+  size_t dotPos = fullTypeName.find('.');
+  if (dotPos == std::string::npos) {
+    throw nb::value_error("Expected full type name to be in the format "
+                          "'<dialectName>.<typeName>'.");
+  }
+
+  std::string dialectName = fullTypeName.substr(0, dotPos);
+  std::string typeName = fullTypeName.substr(dotPos + 1);
+  PyDialects dialects(context->getRef());
+  MlirDialect dialect = dialects.getDialectForKey(dialectName, false);
+  if (!mlirDialectIsAExtensibleDialect(dialect))
+    throw nb::value_error(
+        ("Dialect '" + dialectName + "' is not an extensible dialect.")
+            .c_str());
+
+  MlirDynamicTypeDefinition typeDef = mlirExtensibleDialectLookupTypeDefinition(
+      dialect, toMlirStringRef(typeName));
+  if (typeDef.ptr == nullptr) {
+    throw nb::value_error(("Dialect '" + dialectName +
+                           "' does not contain a type named '" + typeName +
+                           "'.")
+                              .c_str());
+  }
+
+  return typeDef;
+}
+
 void PyDynamicType::bindDerived(ClassTy &c) {
   c.def_static(
       "get",
       [](const std::string &fullTypeName, const std::vector<PyAttribute> &attrs,
          DefaultingPyMlirContext context) {
-        size_t dotPos = fullTypeName.find('.');
-        if (dotPos == std::string::npos) {
-          throw nb::value_error("Expected full type name to be in the format "
-                                "'<dialectName>.<typeName>'.");
-        }
-
-        std::string dialectName = fullTypeName.substr(0, dotPos);
-        std::string typeName = fullTypeName.substr(dotPos + 1);
-        PyDialects dialects(context->getRef());
-        MlirDialect dialect = dialects.getDialectForKey(dialectName, false);
-        if (!mlirDialectIsAExtensibleDialect(dialect))
-          throw nb::value_error(
-              ("Dialect '" + dialectName + "' is not an extensible dialect.")
-                  .c_str());
-
         MlirDynamicTypeDefinition typeDef =
-            mlirExtensibleDialectLookupTypeDefinition(
-                dialect, toMlirStringRef(typeName));
-        if (typeDef.ptr == nullptr) {
-          throw nb::value_error(("Dialect '" + dialectName +
-                                 "' does not contain a type named '" +
-                                 typeName + "'.")
-                                    .c_str());
-        }
+            getDynamicTypeDef(fullTypeName, context);
 
         std::vector<MlirAttribute> mlirAttrs;
         mlirAttrs.reserve(attrs.size());
@@ -902,6 +910,15 @@ void PyDynamicType::bindDerived(ClassTy &c) {
     return std::string(dialectNamespace.data, dialectNamespace.length) + "." +
            std::string(name.data, name.length);
   });
+  c.def_static(
+      "get_typeid",
+      [](const std::string &fullTypeName, DefaultingPyMlirContext context) {
+        MlirDynamicTypeDefinition typeDef =
+            getDynamicTypeDef(fullTypeName, context);
+        return PyTypeID(mlirDynamicTypeDefinitionGetTypeID(typeDef));
+      },
+      nb::arg("full_type_name"), nb::arg("context") = nb::none(),
+      "Returns the TypeID for the given dynamic type name.");
 }
 
 void populateIRTypes(nb::module_ &m) {
diff --git a/mlir/lib/CAPI/IR/ExtensibleDialect.cpp b/mlir/lib/CAPI/IR/ExtensibleDialect.cpp
index 51cec5f95a201..60a7f7d9064eb 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/CAPI/IR/ExtensibleDialect.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/CAPI/IR/ExtensibleDialect.cpp
@@ -129,6 +129,11 @@ MlirDynamicTypeDefinition mlirDynamicTypeGetTypeDef(MlirType type) {
   return wrap(llvm::cast<mlir::DynamicType>(unwrap(type)).getTypeDef());
 }
 
+MlirTypeID
+mlirDynamicTypeDefinitionGetTypeID(MlirDynamicTypeDefinition typeDef) {
+  return wrap(unwrap(typeDef)->getTypeID());
+}
+
 MlirStringRef
 mlirDynamicTypeDefinitionGetName(MlirDynamicTypeDefinition typeDef) {
   return wrap(unwrap(typeDef)->getName());
@@ -176,6 +181,11 @@ MlirDynamicAttrDefinition mlirDynamicAttrGetAttrDef(MlirAttribute attr) {
   return wrap(llvm::cast<mlir::DynamicAttr>(unwrap(attr)).getAttrDef());
 }
 
+MlirTypeID
+mlirDynamicAttrDefinitionGetTypeID(MlirDynamicAttrDefinition attrDef) {
+  return wrap(unwrap(attrDef)->getTypeID());
+}
+
 MlirStringRef
 mlirDynamicAttrDefinitionGetName(MlirDynamicAttrDefinition attrDef) {
   return wrap(unwrap(attrDef)->getName());
diff --git a/mlir/python/mlir/dialects/ext.py b/mlir/python/mlir/dialects/ext.py
index 077480ea437ea..69645bc49d58d 100644
--- a/mlir/python/mlir/dialects/ext.py
+++ b/mlir/python/mlir/dialects/ext.py
@@ -678,3 +678,7 @@ def load(cls, register=True, reload=False) -> None:
             register_dialect_operation = register_operation(cls)
             for op in cls.operations:
                 register_dialect_operation(op)
+
+            for type_ in cls.types:
+                typeid = ir.DynamicType.get_typeid(type_.type_name)
+                _cext.register_type_caster(typeid)(type_)
diff --git a/mlir/test/python/dialects/ext.py b/mlir/test/python/dialects/ext.py
index fdd2a8a7cdb5b..f9252bad37a39 100644
--- a/mlir/test/python/dialects/ext.py
+++ b/mlir/test/python/dialects/ext.py
@@ -581,6 +581,9 @@ class MakeArray3Op(TestType.Operation, name="make_array3"):
         # CHECK: 6 : i32
         print(a6.length)
 
+        # CHECK: <locals>.Array
+        print(type(Type(a4).maybe_downcast()))
+
         module = Module.create()
         with InsertionPoint(module.body):
             MakeArrayOp(a4)

>From 5215e7130c38c9a29d866238e81d65908d8f3412 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: PragmaTwice <twice at apache.org>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 21:16:42 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] rename to lookup_typeid

---
 mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRAttributes.cpp | 4 ++--
 mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRTypes.cpp      | 4 ++--
 mlir/python/mlir/dialects/ext.py          | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRAttributes.cpp b/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRAttributes.cpp
index da4291613d9d1..45bd74163288d 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRAttributes.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRAttributes.cpp
@@ -1444,14 +1444,14 @@ void PyDynamicAttribute::bindDerived(ClassTy &c) {
            std::string(name.data, name.length);
   });
   c.def_static(
-      "get_typeid",
+      "lookup_typeid",
       [](const std::string &fullAttrName, DefaultingPyMlirContext context) {
         MlirDynamicAttrDefinition attrDef =
             getDynamicAttrDef(fullAttrName, context);
         return PyTypeID(mlirDynamicAttrDefinitionGetTypeID(attrDef));
       },
       nb::arg("full_attr_name"), nb::arg("context") = nb::none(),
-      "Returns the TypeID for the given dynamic attribute name.");
+      "Look up the TypeID for the given dynamic attribute name.");
 }
 
 void populateIRAttributes(nb::module_ &m) {
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRTypes.cpp b/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRTypes.cpp
index e416436276904..e04ff99b6c5fc 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRTypes.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRTypes.cpp
@@ -911,14 +911,14 @@ void PyDynamicType::bindDerived(ClassTy &c) {
            std::string(name.data, name.length);
   });
   c.def_static(
-      "get_typeid",
+      "lookup_typeid",
       [](const std::string &fullTypeName, DefaultingPyMlirContext context) {
         MlirDynamicTypeDefinition typeDef =
             getDynamicTypeDef(fullTypeName, context);
         return PyTypeID(mlirDynamicTypeDefinitionGetTypeID(typeDef));
       },
       nb::arg("full_type_name"), nb::arg("context") = nb::none(),
-      "Returns the TypeID for the given dynamic type name.");
+      "Look up the TypeID for the given dynamic type name.");
 }
 
 void populateIRTypes(nb::module_ &m) {
diff --git a/mlir/python/mlir/dialects/ext.py b/mlir/python/mlir/dialects/ext.py
index 69645bc49d58d..39aacf32dabb9 100644
--- a/mlir/python/mlir/dialects/ext.py
+++ b/mlir/python/mlir/dialects/ext.py
@@ -680,5 +680,5 @@ def load(cls, register=True, reload=False) -> None:
                 register_dialect_operation(op)
 
             for type_ in cls.types:
-                typeid = ir.DynamicType.get_typeid(type_.type_name)
+                typeid = ir.DynamicType.lookup_typeid(type_.type_name)
                 _cext.register_type_caster(typeid)(type_)



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