[Mlir-commits] [mlir] [MLIR][Python] Add type filter to walk() binding and add get_ops_of_type() utility (PR #186131)

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https://github.com/RattataKing updated https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/186131

>From 881d72a4e64b62d61075fe713b4262f7f98cc770 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Amily Wu <amilywu2 at amd.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 14:18:03 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 01/10] Add walk_of_type() and test

---
 mlir/include/mlir/Bindings/Python/IRCore.h |  6 +++
 mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRCore.cpp        | 33 +++++++++++++-
 mlir/test/python/ir/operation.py           | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 89 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Bindings/Python/IRCore.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Bindings/Python/IRCore.h
index bd2d49acbf681..1569a870e3996 100644
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Bindings/Python/IRCore.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Bindings/Python/IRCore.h
@@ -599,6 +599,12 @@ class MLIR_PYTHON_API_EXPORTED PyOperationBase {
   void walk(std::function<PyWalkResult(MlirOperation)> callback,
             PyWalkOrder walkOrder);
 
+  // Wrap the walk method with a type filter. Works same as op.walk([](OpClass
+  // op) { ... } );
+  void walkOfType(nanobind::object opClass,
+                  std::function<PyWalkResult(MlirOperation)> callback,
+                  PyWalkOrder walkOrder);
+
   /// Moves the operation before or after the other operation.
   void moveAfter(PyOperationBase &other);
   void moveBefore(PyOperationBase &other);
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRCore.cpp b/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRCore.cpp
index b8637c57a3f48..2c5634b239b77 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRCore.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRCore.cpp
@@ -1145,6 +1145,20 @@ void PyOperationBase::walk(std::function<PyWalkResult(MlirOperation)> callback,
   }
 }
 
+void PyOperationBase::walkOfType(
+    nb::object opClass, std::function<PyWalkResult(MlirOperation)> callback,
+    PyWalkOrder walkOrder) {
+
+  auto filtered = [&](MlirOperation mlirOp) -> PyWalkResult {
+    nb::object opview = nb::cast(mlirOp).attr("opview");
+    if (nb::isinstance(opview, opClass)) {
+      return callback(mlirOp);
+    };
+    return PyWalkResult::Advance;
+  };
+  walk(filtered, walkOrder);
+}
+
 nb::object PyOperationBase::getAsm(bool binary,
                                    std::optional<int64_t> largeElementsLimit,
                                    std::optional<int64_t> largeResourceLimit,
@@ -2707,7 +2721,7 @@ MlirLocation tracebackToLocation(MlirContext ctx) {
     if (!PyGlobals::get().getTracebackLoc().isUserTracebackFilename(fileName))
       continue;
 
-    // co_qualname and PyCode_Addr2Location added in py3.11
+      // co_qualname and PyCode_Addr2Location added in py3.11
 #if PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x030B00F0
     std::string name =
         nb::cast<std::string>(nb::borrow<nb::str>(code->co_name));
@@ -3868,7 +3882,22 @@ void populateIRCore(nb::module_ &m) {
 
              Args:
                callback: A callable that takes an Operation and returns a WalkResult.
-               walk_order: The order of traversal (PRE_ORDER or POST_ORDER).)");
+               walk_order: The order of traversal (PRE_ORDER or POST_ORDER).)")
+      .def("walk_of_type", &PyOperationBase::walkOfType, "op_class"_a,
+           "callback"_a, "walk_order"_a = PyWalkOrder::PostOrder,
+           // clang-format off
+     nb::sig("def walk_of_type(self, op_class: type[OpView], callback: Callable[[Operation], WalkResult], walk_order: WalkOrder) -> None"),
+           // clang-format on
+           R"(
+              Walks the operation tree, invoking the callback only on operations of the specified type.
+
+              Args:
+                op_class: The operation type to match.
+                callback: A callable that takes an Operation and returns a WalkResult.
+                walk_order: The traversal order (PRE_ORDER or POST_ORDER).
+
+              For example, op.walk_of_type(arith.AddIOp, callback) walks the operation tree
+              and invokes callback only on arith.AddIOp operations.)");
 
   nb::class_<PyOperation, PyOperationBase>(m, "Operation")
       .def_static(
diff --git a/mlir/test/python/ir/operation.py b/mlir/test/python/ir/operation.py
index 865dd226cbe2a..f3cd729ece9a8 100644
--- a/mlir/test/python/ir/operation.py
+++ b/mlir/test/python/ir/operation.py
@@ -1323,6 +1323,58 @@ def callback(op):
         module.operation.walk(callback)
     except RuntimeError:
         print("Exception raised")
+        
+# CHECK-LABEL: TEST: testOpWalkOfType
+ at run
+def testOpWalkOfType():
+    with Context(), Location.unknown():
+        module = Module.parse("""
+            module {
+                func.func @f() { return }
+                func.func @g() { return }
+                arith.constant dense<0> : tensor<i32>
+            }
+        """)
+
+    # Callback: only visits ops of the requested type.
+    # CHECK: only FuncOp visited: True
+    only_funcs = True
+    def check_type(op):
+        nonlocal only_funcs
+        if not isinstance(op.opview, func.FuncOp):
+            only_funcs = False
+        return WalkResult.ADVANCE
+    module.operation.walk_of_type(func.FuncOp, check_type)
+    print(f"only FuncOp visited: {only_funcs}")
+
+    # Callback: interrupt after first match.
+    # CHECK: interrupted after: 1
+    seen = []
+    def stop_after_first(op):
+        seen.append(op.opview)
+        return WalkResult.INTERRUPT
+    module.operation.walk_of_type(func.FuncOp, stop_after_first)
+    print(f"interrupted after: {len(seen)}")
+
+    # Callback: no match, callback never called.
+    # CHECK: never called: True
+    called = False
+    def should_not_run(op):
+        nonlocal called
+        called = True
+        return WalkResult.ADVANCE
+    module.operation.walk_of_type(scf.ForOp, should_not_run)
+    print(f"never called: {not called}")
+
+    # Callback: collect all matching ops.
+    # CHECK: collected func.FuncOp: ['"f"', '"g"']
+    collected = []
+    def collect(op):
+        collected.append(op.opview)
+        return WalkResult.ADVANCE
+    module.operation.walk_of_type(func.FuncOp, collect)
+    assert all(isinstance(r, func.FuncOp) for r in collected)
+    print(f"collected func.FuncOp: {[str(r.name) for r in collected]}")
 
 
 # CHECK-LABEL: TEST: testOpReplaceUsesWith

>From 51e64162fdcd1869d2d369ea36fc24db18ea0d05 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Amily Wu <amilywu2 at amd.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 14:22:38 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 02/10] Add get_ops_of_type() and test

---
 mlir/python/mlir/ir.py           | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 mlir/test/python/ir/operation.py | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 49 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mlir/python/mlir/ir.py b/mlir/python/mlir/ir.py
index d86298a72c6f2..a495a4db77861 100644
--- a/mlir/python/mlir/ir.py
+++ b/mlir/python/mlir/ir.py
@@ -45,6 +45,26 @@ def get_parent_of_type(op: OpView | Operation, op_class: type[OpView]) -> OpView
     return None
 
 
+def get_ops_of_type(root: OpView | Operation | Module, op_class: type[OpView]) -> list[OpView]:
+    """Return all operations of the given type in the operation tree.
+
+
+    Args:
+      root: The operation or module to start traversing from.
+      op_class: The OpView subclass to visit for (e.g. func.FuncOp).
+
+    Returns:
+      A list of operations of the given type.
+    """
+    op = root.operation if isinstance(root, Module) else root
+    ops = []
+    def collect_ops(op: Operation):
+        ops.append(op.opview)
+        return WalkResult.ADVANCE
+    op.walk_of_type(op_class, collect_ops)
+    return ops
+
+
 @contextmanager
 def loc_tracebacks(*, max_depth: int | None = None) -> Generator[None]:
     """Enables automatic traceback-based locations for MLIR operations.
diff --git a/mlir/test/python/ir/operation.py b/mlir/test/python/ir/operation.py
index f3cd729ece9a8..f184ec2a3984c 100644
--- a/mlir/test/python/ir/operation.py
+++ b/mlir/test/python/ir/operation.py
@@ -1489,3 +1489,32 @@ def testGetParentOfType():
             assert False, "expected TypeError"
         except TypeError:
             pass
+
+
+# CHECK-LABEL: TEST: test_get_ops_of_type
+ at run
+def test_get_ops_of_type():
+    with Context(), Location.unknown():
+        module = Module.parse("""
+            module {
+                func.func @f() { return }
+                func.func @g() { return }
+            }
+        """)
+
+        # CHECK: get_ops_of_type func.func count: 2
+        results = get_ops_of_type(module, func.FuncOp)
+        print(f"get_ops_of_type func.func count: {len(results)}")
+        assert len(results) == 2
+        assert all(isinstance(r, func.FuncOp) for r in results)
+
+        # CHECK: get_ops_of_type scf.for count: 0
+        results = get_ops_of_type(module, scf.ForOp)
+        print(f"get_ops_of_type scf.for count: {len(results)}")
+        assert len(results) == 0
+
+        # Accepts OpView as root.
+        func_op = get_ops_of_type(module, func.FuncOp)[0]
+        results = get_ops_of_type(func_op, func.ReturnOp)
+        assert len(results) == 1
+        assert isinstance(results[0], func.ReturnOp)

>From 36e089fbc02e13935fe7d010ba7983f3b6424f94 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Amily Wu <amilywu2 at amd.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 14:28:39 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 03/10] Fix comments

---
 mlir/include/mlir/Bindings/Python/IRCore.h | 3 +--
 mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRCore.cpp        | 2 +-
 mlir/python/mlir/ir.py                     | 1 -
 3 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Bindings/Python/IRCore.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Bindings/Python/IRCore.h
index 1569a870e3996..836dedcff0ade 100644
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Bindings/Python/IRCore.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Bindings/Python/IRCore.h
@@ -599,8 +599,7 @@ class MLIR_PYTHON_API_EXPORTED PyOperationBase {
   void walk(std::function<PyWalkResult(MlirOperation)> callback,
             PyWalkOrder walkOrder);
 
-  // Wrap the walk method with a type filter. Works same as op.walk([](OpClass
-  // op) { ... } );
+  // Wrap the walk method with a type filter.
   void walkOfType(nanobind::object opClass,
                   std::function<PyWalkResult(MlirOperation)> callback,
                   PyWalkOrder walkOrder);
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRCore.cpp b/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRCore.cpp
index 2c5634b239b77..ac3dc00c008a0 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRCore.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRCore.cpp
@@ -2721,7 +2721,7 @@ MlirLocation tracebackToLocation(MlirContext ctx) {
     if (!PyGlobals::get().getTracebackLoc().isUserTracebackFilename(fileName))
       continue;
 
-      // co_qualname and PyCode_Addr2Location added in py3.11
+    // co_qualname and PyCode_Addr2Location added in py3.11
 #if PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x030B00F0
     std::string name =
         nb::cast<std::string>(nb::borrow<nb::str>(code->co_name));
diff --git a/mlir/python/mlir/ir.py b/mlir/python/mlir/ir.py
index a495a4db77861..023808b34fbb7 100644
--- a/mlir/python/mlir/ir.py
+++ b/mlir/python/mlir/ir.py
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ def get_parent_of_type(op: OpView | Operation, op_class: type[OpView]) -> OpView
 def get_ops_of_type(root: OpView | Operation | Module, op_class: type[OpView]) -> list[OpView]:
     """Return all operations of the given type in the operation tree.
 
-
     Args:
       root: The operation or module to start traversing from.
       op_class: The OpView subclass to visit for (e.g. func.FuncOp).

>From 4ec803dc8f4870fd57a695cb6d85ee0fbacdce95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Amily Wu <amilywu2 at amd.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 14:53:33 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 04/10] Fix format

---
 mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRCore.cpp | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRCore.cpp b/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRCore.cpp
index ac3dc00c008a0..2c5634b239b77 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRCore.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRCore.cpp
@@ -2721,7 +2721,7 @@ MlirLocation tracebackToLocation(MlirContext ctx) {
     if (!PyGlobals::get().getTracebackLoc().isUserTracebackFilename(fileName))
       continue;
 
-    // co_qualname and PyCode_Addr2Location added in py3.11
+      // co_qualname and PyCode_Addr2Location added in py3.11
 #if PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x030B00F0
     std::string name =
         nb::cast<std::string>(nb::borrow<nb::str>(code->co_name));

>From ae9205f1fa163f6a4902dbb05fb683805dfd8670 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Amily Wu <amilywu2 at amd.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 15:00:36 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 05/10] Fix format

---
 mlir/python/mlir/ir.py           |  6 +++++-
 mlir/test/python/ir/operation.py | 11 ++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mlir/python/mlir/ir.py b/mlir/python/mlir/ir.py
index 023808b34fbb7..b148c5fd28aed 100644
--- a/mlir/python/mlir/ir.py
+++ b/mlir/python/mlir/ir.py
@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ def get_parent_of_type(op: OpView | Operation, op_class: type[OpView]) -> OpView
     return None
 
 
-def get_ops_of_type(root: OpView | Operation | Module, op_class: type[OpView]) -> list[OpView]:
+def get_ops_of_type(
+    root: OpView | Operation | Module, op_class: type[OpView]
+) -> list[OpView]:
     """Return all operations of the given type in the operation tree.
 
     Args:
@@ -57,9 +59,11 @@ def get_ops_of_type(root: OpView | Operation | Module, op_class: type[OpView]) -
     """
     op = root.operation if isinstance(root, Module) else root
     ops = []
+
     def collect_ops(op: Operation):
         ops.append(op.opview)
         return WalkResult.ADVANCE
+
     op.walk_of_type(op_class, collect_ops)
     return ops
 
diff --git a/mlir/test/python/ir/operation.py b/mlir/test/python/ir/operation.py
index f184ec2a3984c..d579badc3e8dd 100644
--- a/mlir/test/python/ir/operation.py
+++ b/mlir/test/python/ir/operation.py
@@ -1323,7 +1323,8 @@ def callback(op):
         module.operation.walk(callback)
     except RuntimeError:
         print("Exception raised")
-        
+
+
 # CHECK-LABEL: TEST: testOpWalkOfType
 @run
 def testOpWalkOfType():
@@ -1339,39 +1340,47 @@ def testOpWalkOfType():
     # Callback: only visits ops of the requested type.
     # CHECK: only FuncOp visited: True
     only_funcs = True
+
     def check_type(op):
         nonlocal only_funcs
         if not isinstance(op.opview, func.FuncOp):
             only_funcs = False
         return WalkResult.ADVANCE
+
     module.operation.walk_of_type(func.FuncOp, check_type)
     print(f"only FuncOp visited: {only_funcs}")
 
     # Callback: interrupt after first match.
     # CHECK: interrupted after: 1
     seen = []
+
     def stop_after_first(op):
         seen.append(op.opview)
         return WalkResult.INTERRUPT
+
     module.operation.walk_of_type(func.FuncOp, stop_after_first)
     print(f"interrupted after: {len(seen)}")
 
     # Callback: no match, callback never called.
     # CHECK: never called: True
     called = False
+
     def should_not_run(op):
         nonlocal called
         called = True
         return WalkResult.ADVANCE
+
     module.operation.walk_of_type(scf.ForOp, should_not_run)
     print(f"never called: {not called}")
 
     # Callback: collect all matching ops.
     # CHECK: collected func.FuncOp: ['"f"', '"g"']
     collected = []
+
     def collect(op):
         collected.append(op.opview)
         return WalkResult.ADVANCE
+
     module.operation.walk_of_type(func.FuncOp, collect)
     assert all(isinstance(r, func.FuncOp) for r in collected)
     print(f"collected func.FuncOp: {[str(r.name) for r in collected]}")

>From b9acc03375664b01d94e3ddd4ef3f2b3c876bc74 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Amily Wu <amilywu2 at amd.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 15:16:49 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 06/10] Fix format

---
 mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRCore.cpp | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRCore.cpp b/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRCore.cpp
index 2c5634b239b77..ac3dc00c008a0 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRCore.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRCore.cpp
@@ -2721,7 +2721,7 @@ MlirLocation tracebackToLocation(MlirContext ctx) {
     if (!PyGlobals::get().getTracebackLoc().isUserTracebackFilename(fileName))
       continue;
 
-      // co_qualname and PyCode_Addr2Location added in py3.11
+    // co_qualname and PyCode_Addr2Location added in py3.11
 #if PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x030B00F0
     std::string name =
         nb::cast<std::string>(nb::borrow<nb::str>(code->co_name));

>From b7bb2cc125c4fc0453f41acf6cd0329b0bf3eb70 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Amily Wu <amilywu2 at amd.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 15:29:45 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 07/10] Embed walkOfType into walk

---
 mlir/include/mlir/Bindings/Python/IRCore.h |  5 --
 mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRCore.cpp        | 65 ++++++++++------------
 mlir/python/mlir/ir.py                     |  2 +-
 mlir/test/python/ir/operation.py           | 65 +---------------------
 4 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 105 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Bindings/Python/IRCore.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Bindings/Python/IRCore.h
index 836dedcff0ade..bd2d49acbf681 100644
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Bindings/Python/IRCore.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Bindings/Python/IRCore.h
@@ -599,11 +599,6 @@ class MLIR_PYTHON_API_EXPORTED PyOperationBase {
   void walk(std::function<PyWalkResult(MlirOperation)> callback,
             PyWalkOrder walkOrder);
 
-  // Wrap the walk method with a type filter.
-  void walkOfType(nanobind::object opClass,
-                  std::function<PyWalkResult(MlirOperation)> callback,
-                  PyWalkOrder walkOrder);
-
   /// Moves the operation before or after the other operation.
   void moveAfter(PyOperationBase &other);
   void moveBefore(PyOperationBase &other);
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRCore.cpp b/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRCore.cpp
index ac3dc00c008a0..21e6c41ae6e56 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRCore.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRCore.cpp
@@ -1145,20 +1145,6 @@ void PyOperationBase::walk(std::function<PyWalkResult(MlirOperation)> callback,
   }
 }
 
-void PyOperationBase::walkOfType(
-    nb::object opClass, std::function<PyWalkResult(MlirOperation)> callback,
-    PyWalkOrder walkOrder) {
-
-  auto filtered = [&](MlirOperation mlirOp) -> PyWalkResult {
-    nb::object opview = nb::cast(mlirOp).attr("opview");
-    if (nb::isinstance(opview, opClass)) {
-      return callback(mlirOp);
-    };
-    return PyWalkResult::Advance;
-  };
-  walk(filtered, walkOrder);
-}
-
 nb::object PyOperationBase::getAsm(bool binary,
                                    std::optional<int64_t> largeElementsLimit,
                                    std::optional<int64_t> largeResourceLimit,
@@ -3872,32 +3858,39 @@ void populateIRCore(nb::module_ &m) {
 
             Note:
               After erasing, any Python references to the operation become invalid.)")
-      .def("walk", &PyOperationBase::walk, "callback"_a,
-           "walk_order"_a = PyWalkOrder::PostOrder,
-           // clang-format off
-          nb::sig("def walk(self, callback: Callable[[Operation], WalkResult], walk_order: WalkOrder) -> None"),
-           // clang-format on
-           R"(
+      .def(
+          "walk",
+          [](PyOperationBase &self,
+             std::function<PyWalkResult(MlirOperation)> callback,
+             std::optional<nb::object> opClass, PyWalkOrder walkOrder) {
+            if (opClass) {
+              self.walk(
+                  [&](MlirOperation mlirOp) -> PyWalkResult {
+                    nb::object opview = nb::cast(mlirOp).attr("opview");
+                    if (nb::isinstance(opview, *opClass))
+                      return callback(mlirOp);
+                    return PyWalkResult::Advance;
+                  },
+                  walkOrder);
+            } else {
+              self.walk(callback, walkOrder);
+            }
+          },
+          "callback"_a, "op_class"_a = nb::none(),
+          "walk_order"_a = PyWalkOrder::PostOrder,
+          // clang-format off
+           nb::sig("def walk(self, callback: Callable[[Operation], WalkResult], op_class: type[OpView] | None = None, walk_order: WalkOrder = WalkOrder.POST_ORDER) -> None"),
+          // clang-format on
+          R"(
              Walks the operation tree with a callback function.
 
+             If op_class is provided, the callback is only invoked on operations
+             of that type; all other operations are skipped silently.
+
              Args:
                callback: A callable that takes an Operation and returns a WalkResult.
-               walk_order: The order of traversal (PRE_ORDER or POST_ORDER).)")
-      .def("walk_of_type", &PyOperationBase::walkOfType, "op_class"_a,
-           "callback"_a, "walk_order"_a = PyWalkOrder::PostOrder,
-           // clang-format off
-     nb::sig("def walk_of_type(self, op_class: type[OpView], callback: Callable[[Operation], WalkResult], walk_order: WalkOrder) -> None"),
-           // clang-format on
-           R"(
-              Walks the operation tree, invoking the callback only on operations of the specified type.
-
-              Args:
-                op_class: The operation type to match.
-                callback: A callable that takes an Operation and returns a WalkResult.
-                walk_order: The traversal order (PRE_ORDER or POST_ORDER).
-
-              For example, op.walk_of_type(arith.AddIOp, callback) walks the operation tree
-              and invokes callback only on arith.AddIOp operations.)");
+               op_class: If provided, only operations of this type are passed to the callback.
+               walk_order: The order of traversal (PRE_ORDER or POST_ORDER).)");
 
   nb::class_<PyOperation, PyOperationBase>(m, "Operation")
       .def_static(
diff --git a/mlir/python/mlir/ir.py b/mlir/python/mlir/ir.py
index b148c5fd28aed..7d8bd0ae7cfef 100644
--- a/mlir/python/mlir/ir.py
+++ b/mlir/python/mlir/ir.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ def collect_ops(op: Operation):
         ops.append(op.opview)
         return WalkResult.ADVANCE
 
-    op.walk_of_type(op_class, collect_ops)
+    op.walk(collect_ops, op_class=op_class)
     return ops
 
 
diff --git a/mlir/test/python/ir/operation.py b/mlir/test/python/ir/operation.py
index d579badc3e8dd..911a3bef3cc39 100644
--- a/mlir/test/python/ir/operation.py
+++ b/mlir/test/python/ir/operation.py
@@ -1284,7 +1284,7 @@ def callback(op):
     # CHECK-NEXT:  func.fun
     # CHECK-NEXT:  func.return
     print("Pre-order")
-    module.operation.walk(callback, WalkOrder.PRE_ORDER)
+    module.operation.walk(callback, walk_order=WalkOrder.PRE_ORDER)
 
     # Test interrput.
     # CHECK-NEXT:  Interrupt post-order
@@ -1306,7 +1306,7 @@ def callback(op):
         print(op.name)
         return WalkResult.SKIP
 
-    module.operation.walk(callback, WalkOrder.PRE_ORDER)
+    module.operation.walk(callback, walk_order=WalkOrder.PRE_ORDER)
 
     # Test exception.
     # CHECK: Exception
@@ -1325,67 +1325,6 @@ def callback(op):
         print("Exception raised")
 
 
-# CHECK-LABEL: TEST: testOpWalkOfType
- at run
-def testOpWalkOfType():
-    with Context(), Location.unknown():
-        module = Module.parse("""
-            module {
-                func.func @f() { return }
-                func.func @g() { return }
-                arith.constant dense<0> : tensor<i32>
-            }
-        """)
-
-    # Callback: only visits ops of the requested type.
-    # CHECK: only FuncOp visited: True
-    only_funcs = True
-
-    def check_type(op):
-        nonlocal only_funcs
-        if not isinstance(op.opview, func.FuncOp):
-            only_funcs = False
-        return WalkResult.ADVANCE
-
-    module.operation.walk_of_type(func.FuncOp, check_type)
-    print(f"only FuncOp visited: {only_funcs}")
-
-    # Callback: interrupt after first match.
-    # CHECK: interrupted after: 1
-    seen = []
-
-    def stop_after_first(op):
-        seen.append(op.opview)
-        return WalkResult.INTERRUPT
-
-    module.operation.walk_of_type(func.FuncOp, stop_after_first)
-    print(f"interrupted after: {len(seen)}")
-
-    # Callback: no match, callback never called.
-    # CHECK: never called: True
-    called = False
-
-    def should_not_run(op):
-        nonlocal called
-        called = True
-        return WalkResult.ADVANCE
-
-    module.operation.walk_of_type(scf.ForOp, should_not_run)
-    print(f"never called: {not called}")
-
-    # Callback: collect all matching ops.
-    # CHECK: collected func.FuncOp: ['"f"', '"g"']
-    collected = []
-
-    def collect(op):
-        collected.append(op.opview)
-        return WalkResult.ADVANCE
-
-    module.operation.walk_of_type(func.FuncOp, collect)
-    assert all(isinstance(r, func.FuncOp) for r in collected)
-    print(f"collected func.FuncOp: {[str(r.name) for r in collected]}")
-
-
 # CHECK-LABEL: TEST: testOpReplaceUsesWith
 @run
 def testOpReplaceUsesWith():

>From 4b18b54b8c3ab176775a8a38db8164b927df70f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Amily Wu <amilywu2 at amd.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 15:33:47 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 08/10] Merge test

---
 mlir/test/python/ir/operation.py | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 56 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mlir/test/python/ir/operation.py b/mlir/test/python/ir/operation.py
index 911a3bef3cc39..bc883643d53fc 100644
--- a/mlir/test/python/ir/operation.py
+++ b/mlir/test/python/ir/operation.py
@@ -1324,6 +1324,62 @@ def callback(op):
     except RuntimeError:
         print("Exception raised")
 
+    # Test op_class filter: only visits ops of the requested type.
+    module = Module.parse(
+        """
+        module {
+            func.func @f() { return }
+            func.func @g() { return }
+            arith.constant dense<0> : tensor<i32>
+        }
+    """,
+        ctx,
+    )
+
+    # CHECK-NEXT: only FuncOp visited: True
+    only_funcs = True
+
+    def check_type(op):
+        nonlocal only_funcs
+        if not isinstance(op.opview, func.FuncOp):
+            only_funcs = False
+        return WalkResult.ADVANCE
+
+    module.operation.walk(check_type, op_class=func.FuncOp)
+    print(f"only FuncOp visited: {only_funcs}")
+
+    # CHECK-NEXT: interrupted after: 1
+    seen = []
+
+    def stop_after_first(op):
+        seen.append(op.opview)
+        return WalkResult.INTERRUPT
+
+    module.operation.walk(stop_after_first, op_class=func.FuncOp)
+    print(f"interrupted after: {len(seen)}")
+
+    # CHECK-NEXT: never called: True
+    called = False
+
+    def should_not_run(op):
+        nonlocal called
+        called = True
+        return WalkResult.ADVANCE
+
+    module.operation.walk(should_not_run, op_class=scf.ForOp)
+    print(f"never called: {not called}")
+
+    # CHECK-NEXT: collected func.FuncOp: ['"f"', '"g"']
+    collected = []
+
+    def collect(op):
+        collected.append(op.opview)
+        return WalkResult.ADVANCE
+
+    module.operation.walk(collect, op_class=func.FuncOp)
+    assert all(isinstance(r, func.FuncOp) for r in collected)
+    print(f"collected func.FuncOp: {[str(r.name) for r in collected]}")
+
 
 # CHECK-LABEL: TEST: testOpReplaceUsesWith
 @run

>From a06ba1ce175f3fb4b7a725571a775689bc902c38 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Amily Wu <amilywu2 at amd.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 15:46:28 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 09/10] Fix format

---
 mlir/test/python/ir/operation.py | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mlir/test/python/ir/operation.py b/mlir/test/python/ir/operation.py
index bc883643d53fc..46850ab960be5 100644
--- a/mlir/test/python/ir/operation.py
+++ b/mlir/test/python/ir/operation.py
@@ -1499,12 +1499,14 @@ def testGetParentOfType():
 @run
 def test_get_ops_of_type():
     with Context(), Location.unknown():
-        module = Module.parse("""
+        module = Module.parse(
+            """
             module {
                 func.func @f() { return }
                 func.func @g() { return }
             }
-        """)
+        """
+        )
 
         # CHECK: get_ops_of_type func.func count: 2
         results = get_ops_of_type(module, func.FuncOp)

>From b0059e85ab5b7997b928891cd6758ee698f8be4a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Amily Wu <amilywu2 at amd.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 17:06:00 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 10/10] Update get opview

---
 mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRCore.cpp | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRCore.cpp b/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRCore.cpp
index 21e6c41ae6e56..6fca7c6fb18b6 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRCore.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Bindings/Python/IRCore.cpp
@@ -3866,7 +3866,9 @@ void populateIRCore(nb::module_ &m) {
             if (opClass) {
               self.walk(
                   [&](MlirOperation mlirOp) -> PyWalkResult {
-                    nb::object opview = nb::cast(mlirOp).attr("opview");
+                     nb::object opview = PyOperation::forOperation(
+                         self.getOperation().getContext(), mlirOp)
+                         ->createOpView();
                     if (nb::isinstance(opview, *opClass))
                       return callback(mlirOp);
                     return PyWalkResult::Advance;



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