Add spirv::GlobalVariableOp that allows module level definition of variables
FuncOps in MLIR use explicit capture. So global variables defined in module scope need to have a symbol name and this should be used to refer to the variable within the function. This deviates from SPIR-V spec, which assigns an SSA value to variables at all scopes that can be used to refer to the variable, which requires SPIR-V functions to allow implicit capture. To handle this add a new op, spirv::GlobalVariableOp that can be used to define module scope variables. Since instructions need an SSA value, an new spirv::AddressOfOp is added to convert a symbol reference to an SSA value for use with other instructions. This also means the spirv::EntryPointOp instruction needs to change to allow initializers to be specified using symbol reference instead of SSA value The current spirv::VariableOp which returns an SSA value (as defined by SPIR-V spec) can still be used to define function-scope variables. PiperOrigin-RevId: 263951109
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