[Mlir-commits] [mlir] [mlir][Python] downcast ir.Value to BlockArgument or OpResult (PR #175264)

Maksim Levental llvmlistbot at llvm.org
Fri Jan 9 17:05:01 PST 2026


https://github.com/makslevental updated https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/175264

>From a895c2e4ce49a0c1732329283161cd1dc2f54b8b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: makslevental <maksim.levental at gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2026 15:02:44 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] [mlir][Python] downcast ir.Value to BlockArgument or OpResult

---
 mlir/include/mlir/Bindings/Python/IRCore.h    | 13 +++--
 .../mlir/Bindings/Python/NanobindUtils.h      |  2 +-
 mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRAffine.cpp         |  2 +-
 mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRCore.cpp           | 52 ++++++++++---------
 4 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Bindings/Python/IRCore.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Bindings/Python/IRCore.h
index 330318683c15e..bfc35ca5b9d50 100644
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Bindings/Python/IRCore.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Bindings/Python/IRCore.h
@@ -36,20 +36,21 @@
 namespace mlir {
 namespace python {
 namespace MLIR_BINDINGS_PYTHON_DOMAIN {
-
+class DefaultingPyLocation;
+class DefaultingPyMlirContext;
 class PyBlock;
+class PyBlockArgument;
 class PyDiagnostic;
 class PyDiagnosticHandler;
 class PyInsertionPoint;
 class PyLocation;
-class DefaultingPyLocation;
 class PyMlirContext;
-class DefaultingPyMlirContext;
 class PyModule;
+class PyOpResult;
 class PyOperation;
 class PyOperationBase;
-class PyType;
 class PySymbolTable;
+class PyType;
 class PyValue;
 
 /// Wrapper for the global LLVM debugging flag.
@@ -1188,7 +1189,9 @@ class MLIR_PYTHON_API_EXPORTED PyValue {
   /// Gets a capsule wrapping the void* within the MlirValue.
   nanobind::object getCapsule();
 
-  nanobind::typed<nanobind::object, PyValue> maybeDownCast();
+  nanobind::typed<nanobind::object,
+                  std::variant<PyBlockArgument, PyOpResult, PyValue>>
+  maybeDownCast();
 
   /// Creates a PyValue from the MlirValue wrapped by a capsule. Ownership of
   /// the underlying MlirValue is still tied to the owning operation.
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Bindings/Python/NanobindUtils.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Bindings/Python/NanobindUtils.h
index aea195fecae82..215daf245b902 100644
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Bindings/Python/NanobindUtils.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Bindings/Python/NanobindUtils.h
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ class Sliceable {
   /// Returns the element at the given slice index. Supports negative indices
   /// by taking elements in inverse order. Returns a nullptr object if out
   /// of bounds.
-  nanobind::object getItem(intptr_t index) {
+  nanobind::typed<nanobind::object, ElementTy> getItem(intptr_t index) {
     // Negative indices mean we count from the end.
     index = wrapIndex(index);
     if (index < 0) {
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRAffine.cpp b/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRAffine.cpp
index 3c2da03181e6a..2e760e6e6f830 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRAffine.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRAffine.cpp
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ void populateIRAffine(nb::module_ &m) {
              return PyAffineExpr(self.getContext(),
                                  mlirAffineExprCompose(self, other));
            })
-      .def("maybe_downcast", &PyAffineExpr::maybeDownCast)
+      .def(MLIR_PYTHON_MAYBE_DOWNCAST_ATTR, &PyAffineExpr::maybeDownCast)
       .def(
           "shift_dims",
           [](PyAffineExpr &self, uint32_t numDims, uint32_t shift,
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRCore.cpp b/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRCore.cpp
index 19db41fae4fe2..38cbb33821fe7 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRCore.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRCore.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include "mlir/Bindings/Python/Nanobind.h"
 #include "mlir/Bindings/Python/NanobindAdaptors.h"
 #include "nanobind/nanobind.h"
+#include "nanobind/stl/variant.h"
 #include "nanobind/typing.h"
 #include "llvm/ADT/ArrayRef.h"
 #include "llvm/ADT/SmallVector.h"
@@ -2003,7 +2004,22 @@ nb::object PyValue::getCapsule() {
   return nb::steal<nb::object>(mlirPythonValueToCapsule(get()));
 }
 
-nb::typed<nb::object, PyValue> PyValue::maybeDownCast() {
+static PyOperationRef getValueOwnerRef(MlirValue value) {
+  MlirOperation owner;
+  if (mlirValueIsAOpResult(value))
+    owner = mlirOpResultGetOwner(value);
+  else if (mlirValueIsABlockArgument(value))
+    owner = mlirBlockGetParentOperation(mlirBlockArgumentGetOwner(value));
+  else
+    assert(false && "Value must be an block arg or op result.");
+  if (mlirOperationIsNull(owner))
+    throw nb::python_error();
+  MlirContext ctx = mlirOperationGetContext(owner);
+  return PyOperation::forOperation(PyMlirContext::forContext(ctx), owner);
+}
+
+nb::typed<nb::object, std::variant<PyBlockArgument, PyOpResult, PyValue>>
+PyValue::maybeDownCast() {
   MlirType type = mlirValueGetType(get());
   MlirTypeID mlirTypeID = mlirTypeGetTypeID(type);
   assert(!mlirTypeIDIsNull(mlirTypeID) &&
@@ -2013,8 +2029,13 @@ nb::typed<nb::object, PyValue> PyValue::maybeDownCast() {
   // nb::rv_policy::move means use std::move to move the return value
   // contents into a new instance that will be owned by Python.
   nb::object thisObj = nb::cast(this, nb::rv_policy::move);
-  if (!valueCaster)
-    return thisObj;
+  if (!valueCaster) {
+    PyOperationRef ownerRef = getValueOwnerRef(value);
+    if (mlirValueIsAOpResult(value))
+      return nb::cast(PyOpResult(ownerRef, value));
+    if (mlirValueIsABlockArgument(value))
+      return nb::cast(PyBlockArgument(ownerRef, value));
+  }
   return valueCaster.value()(thisObj);
 }
 
@@ -2022,16 +2043,7 @@ PyValue PyValue::createFromCapsule(nb::object capsule) {
   MlirValue value = mlirPythonCapsuleToValue(capsule.ptr());
   if (mlirValueIsNull(value))
     throw nb::python_error();
-  MlirOperation owner;
-  if (mlirValueIsAOpResult(value))
-    owner = mlirOpResultGetOwner(value);
-  if (mlirValueIsABlockArgument(value))
-    owner = mlirBlockGetParentOperation(mlirBlockArgumentGetOwner(value));
-  if (mlirOperationIsNull(owner))
-    throw nb::python_error();
-  MlirContext ctx = mlirOperationGetContext(owner);
-  PyOperationRef ownerRef =
-      PyOperation::forOperation(PyMlirContext::forContext(ctx), owner);
+  PyOperationRef ownerRef = getValueOwnerRef(value);
   return PyValue(ownerRef, value);
 }
 
@@ -2279,15 +2291,7 @@ intptr_t PyOpOperandList::getRawNumElements() {
 
 PyValue PyOpOperandList::getRawElement(intptr_t pos) {
   MlirValue operand = mlirOperationGetOperand(operation->get(), pos);
-  MlirOperation owner;
-  if (mlirValueIsAOpResult(operand))
-    owner = mlirOpResultGetOwner(operand);
-  else if (mlirValueIsABlockArgument(operand))
-    owner = mlirBlockGetParentOperation(mlirBlockArgumentGetOwner(operand));
-  else
-    assert(false && "Value must be an block arg or op result.");
-  PyOperationRef pyOwner =
-      PyOperation::forOperation(operation->getContext(), owner);
+  PyOperationRef pyOwner = getValueOwnerRef(operand);
   return PyValue(pyOwner, operand);
 }
 
@@ -4679,9 +4683,7 @@ void populateIRCore(nb::module_ &m) {
           "with_"_a, "exceptions"_a, kValueReplaceAllUsesExceptDocstring)
       .def(
           MLIR_PYTHON_MAYBE_DOWNCAST_ATTR,
-          [](PyValue &self) -> nb::typed<nb::object, PyValue> {
-            return self.maybeDownCast();
-          },
+          [](PyValue &self) { return self.maybeDownCast(); },
           "Downcasts the `Value` to a more specific kind if possible.")
       .def_prop_ro(
           "location",



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