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Commit ffdbeccc authored by Matthias Springer's avatar Matthias Springer
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[mlir][bufferization] Add bufferization.alloc_tensor op

This change adds a new op `alloc_tensor` to the bufferization dialect. During bufferization, this op is always lowered to a buffer allocation (unless it is "eliminated" by a pre-processing pass). It is useful to have such an op in tensor land, because it allows users to model tensor SSA use-def chains (which drive bufferization decisions) and because tensor SSA use-def chains can be analyzed by One-Shot Bufferize, while memref values cannot.

This change also replaces all uses of linalg.init_tensor in bufferization-related code with bufferization.alloc_tensor.

linalg.init_tensor and bufferization.alloc_tensor are similar, but the purpose of the former one is just to carry a shape. It does not indicate a memory allocation.

linalg.init_tensor is not suitable for modelling SSA use-def chains for bufferization purposes, because linalg.init_tensor is marked as not having side effects (in contrast to alloc_tensor). As such, it is legal to move linalg.init_tensor ops around/CSE them/etc. This is not desirable for alloc_tensor; it represents an explicit buffer allocation while still in tensor land and such allocations should not suddenly disappear or get moved around when running the canonicalizer/CSE/etc.

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Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D126003
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