diff --git a/mlir/docs/Dialects/GPU.md b/mlir/docs/Dialects/GPU.md --- a/mlir/docs/Dialects/GPU.md +++ b/mlir/docs/Dialects/GPU.md @@ -36,6 +36,103 @@ complex lifetime analysis following the principles of MLIR that promote structure and representing analysis results in the IR. +## GPU Compilation +### Deprecation notice +The `--gpu-to-(cubin|hsaco)` passes will be deprecated in a future release. + +### Compilation overview +The compilation process in the GPU dialect has two main stages: GPU module +serialization and offloading operations translation. Together these stages can +produce GPU binaries and the necessary code to execute them. + +An example of how the compilation instructions look is: + +``` +mlir-opt example.mlir -o example-nvvm.mlir \ + --nvvm-attach-target='chip=sm_90 O=3' \# Attach an NVVM target. + --convert-gpu-to-nvvm \# Convert GPU to NVVM. + --gpu-to-llvm \# Convert GPU to LLVM. + --gpu-module-to-binary # Serialize GPU modules to binaries. +mlir-translate example-nvvm.mlir \ + --mlir-to-llvmir \# Obtain the translated LLVM IR. + -o example.ll +``` + +### Module serialization +Attributes implementing the GPU Target Attribute Interface handle the +serialization process and are called Target attributes. These attributes can be +attached to GPU Modules indicating the serialization scheme to compile the +module into a binary string. + +The `gpu-module-to-binary` pass searches for all nested GPU modules and +serializes the module using the target attributes attached to the module, +producing a binary with an object for every target. + +Example: +``` +// Input: +gpu.module @kernels [#nvvm.target, #nvvm.target] { + ... +} +// mlir-opt --gpu-module-to-binary: +gpu.binary @kernels [ + #gpu.object<#nvvm.target, "sm_90 cubin">, + #gpu.object<#nvvm.target, "sm_60 cubin"> +] +``` + +### Offloading LLVM translation +Attributes implementing the GPU Offloading LLVM Translation Attribute Interface +handle the translation of GPU binaries and kernel launches into LLVM +instructions and are called Offloading attributes. These attributes are +attached to GPU binary operations. + +During the LLVM translation process, GPU binaries get translated using the +scheme provided by the Offloading attribute, translating the GPU binary into +LLVM instructions. Meanwhile, Kernel launches are translated by searching the +appropriate binary and invoking the procedure provided by the Offloading +attribute in the binary for translating kernel launches into LLVM instructions. + +Example: +``` +// Input: +// Binary with multiple objects but selecting the second one for embedding. +gpu.binary @binary <#gpu.select_object<#rocdl.target>> [ + #gpu.object<#nvvm.target, "NVPTX">, + #gpu.object<#rocdl.target, "AMDGPU"> + ] +llvm.func @foo() { + ... + // Launching a kernel inside the binary. + gpu.launch_func @binary::@func blocks in (%0, %0, %0) + threads in (%0, %0, %0) : i64 + dynamic_shared_memory_size %2 + args(%1 : i32, %1 : i32) + ... +} +// mlir-translate --mlir-to-llvmir: +@binary_bin_cst = internal constant [6 x i8] c"AMDGPU", align 8 +@binary_func_kernel_name = private unnamed_addr constant [7 x i8] c"func\00", align 1 +... +define void @foo() { + ... + %module = call ptr @mgpuModuleLoad(ptr @binary_bin_cst) + %kernel = call ptr @mgpuModuleGetFunction(ptr %module, ptr @binary_func_kernel_name) + call void @mgpuLaunchKernel(ptr %kernel, ...) ; Launch the kernel + ... + call void @mgpuModuleUnload(ptr %module) + ... +} +... +``` + +### The binary operation +From a semantic point of view, GPU binaries allow the implementation of many +concepts, from simple object files to fat binaries. By default, the binary +operation uses the `#gpu.select_object` offloading attribute; this attribute +embeds a single object in the binary as a global string, see the attribute docs +for more information. + ## Operations [include "Dialects/GPUOps.md"]