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River Riddle 72d5afa4ac [mlir] Add a new debug action framework.
This revision adds the infrastructure for `Debug Actions`. This is a DEBUG only
API that allows for external entities to control various aspects of compiler
execution. This is conceptually similar to something like DebugCounters in LLVM, but at a lower level. This framework doesn't make any assumptions about how the higher level driver is controlling the execution, it merely provides a framework for connecting the two together. This means that on top of DebugCounter functionality, we could also provide more interesting drivers such as interactive execution. A high level overview of the workflow surrounding debug actions is
shown below:

*   Compiler developer defines an `action` that is taken by the a pass,
    transformation, utility that they are developing.
*   Depending on the needs, the developer dispatches various queries, pertaining
    to this action, to an `action manager` that will provide an answer as to
    what behavior the action should do.
*   An external entity registers an `action handler` with the action manager,
    and provides the logic to resolve queries on actions.

The exact definition of an `external entity` is left opaque, to allow for more
interesting handlers.

This framework was proposed here: https://llvm.discourse.group/t/rfc-debug-actions-in-mlir-debug-counters-for-the-modern-world

Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D84986
2021-02-23 00:52:17 -08:00