Reworking task API to provide iree_task_executors_create_from_flags. (#11614)

This allows for multiple executors to be created from flags that can
then be passed into the local-task creation routines. Topology queries
are slightly extended to allow for specifying which node the physical
cores are selected from when initializing with that mode but otherwise
the programmatic control by users not using flags remains the same.

The new `--task_topology_nodes=` flag can be used to control which NUMA
nodes get executors. By default (or if `current` is specified) the node
is inherited from the calling thread but `all` can be specified to
create one executor per NUMA node. In addition a comma-separated list of
node IDs can be passed to subset the nodes (`0,1,4`). The inheritance is
kind of sketchy as the node is queried at driver creation time (usually
just during startup) but should play well with numactl launches of the
process.

NOTE: because the `--task_topology_group_count` flag does no thread
affinity placement it is not directly useful with multiple NUMA nodes as
each worker may run on any processor. Always use
`--task_topology_max_group_count` instead. I've made this an error for
now but in the future we may want to allow some mixed modes.

To make debugging the topology detection easier the
`--dump_task_topologies` flag now prints all configured topologies to
stdout. Example output:
https://gist.github.com/benvanik/35611e9a343b9f0093187e83cfe6db67

Some TODOs were added for where future work is required around binding
host allocations to NUMA nodes.

This is inspired by the work of @aviator19941 in #11371 but switched
around to create the multiple executors based on the flags, use the
existing `iree_thread_affinity_t` to hold the node identifier, and make
it possible for programmatic control over the topology node pinning.
That PR had a way to filter the nodes a particular device would use
based on URI parameters that is not yet in here as we'd need to rework
the executor ownership rules on drivers.
Closes #11371.
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README.md

IREE: Intermediate Representation Execution Environment

IREE (Intermediate Representation Execution Environment, pronounced as “eerie”) is an MLIR-based end-to-end compiler and runtime that lowers Machine Learning (ML) models to a unified IR that scales up to meet the needs of the datacenter and down to satisfy the constraints and special considerations of mobile and edge deployments.

See our website for project details, user guides, and instructions on building from source.

CI Status

Project Status

IREE is still in its early phase. We have settled down on the overarching infrastructure and are actively improving various software components as well as project logistics. It is still quite far from ready for everyday use and is made available without any support at the moment. With that said, we welcome any kind of feedback on any communication channels!

Communication Channels

Related Project Channels

  • MLIR topic within LLVM Discourse: IREE is enabled by and heavily relies on MLIR. IREE sometimes is referred to in certain MLIR discussions. Useful if you are also interested in MLIR evolution.

Architecture Overview

IREE Architecture IREE Architecture

See our website for more information.

Presentations and Talks

  • 2021-06-09: IREE Runtime Design Tech Talk (recording and slides)
  • 2020-08-20: IREE CodeGen: MLIR Open Design Meeting Presentation (recording and slides)
  • 2020-03-18: Interactive HAL IR Walkthrough (recording)
  • 2020-01-31: End-to-end MLIR Workflow in IREE: MLIR Open Design Meeting Presentation (recording and slides)

License

IREE is licensed under the terms of the Apache 2.0 License with LLVM Exceptions. See LICENSE for more information.