2 Commits

Author SHA1 Message Date
River Riddle
1b97cdf885 [mlir][IR][NFC] Move context/location parameters of builtin Type::get methods to the start of the parameter list
This better matches the rest of the infrastructure, is much simpler, and makes it easier to move these types to being declaratively specified.

Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D93432
2020-12-17 13:01:36 -08:00
Eugene Zhulenev
a86a9b5ef7 [mlir] Automatic reference counting for Async values + runtime support for ref counted objects
Depends On D89963

**Automatic reference counting algorithm outline:**

1. `ReturnLike` operations forward the reference counted values without
    modifying the reference count.
2. Use liveness analysis to find blocks in the CFG where the lifetime of
   reference counted values ends, and insert `drop_ref` operations after
   the last use of the value.
3. Insert `add_ref` before the `async.execute` operation capturing the
   value, and pairing `drop_ref` before the async body region terminator,
   to release the captured reference counted value when execution
   completes.
4. If the reference counted value is passed only to some of the block
   successors, insert `drop_ref` operations in the beginning of the blocks
   that do not have reference coutned value uses.

Reviewed By: silvas

Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D90716
2020-11-20 03:08:44 -08:00