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1 //===- PassCrashRecovery.cpp - Pass Crash Recovery Implementation ---------===//
2 //
3 // Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
4 // See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
5 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
6 //
7 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
8 
9 #include "PassDetail.h"
10 #include "mlir/IR/Diagnostics.h"
11 #include "mlir/IR/Dialect.h"
12 #include "mlir/IR/SymbolTable.h"
13 #include "mlir/IR/Verifier.h"
14 #include "mlir/Parser/Parser.h"
15 #include "mlir/Pass/Pass.h"
17 #include "llvm/ADT/STLExtras.h"
18 #include "llvm/ADT/ScopeExit.h"
19 #include "llvm/ADT/SetVector.h"
20 #include "llvm/Support/CommandLine.h"
21 #include "llvm/Support/CrashRecoveryContext.h"
22 #include "llvm/Support/ManagedStatic.h"
23 #include "llvm/Support/Mutex.h"
24 #include "llvm/Support/Signals.h"
25 #include "llvm/Support/Threading.h"
26 #include "llvm/Support/ToolOutputFile.h"
27 
28 using namespace mlir;
29 using namespace mlir::detail;
30 
31 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
32 // RecoveryReproducerContext
33 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
34 
35 namespace mlir {
36 namespace detail {
37 /// This class contains all of the context for generating a recovery reproducer.
38 /// Each recovery context is registered globally to allow for generating
39 /// reproducers when a signal is raised, such as a segfault.
41  RecoveryReproducerContext(std::string passPipelineStr, Operation *op,
42  ReproducerStreamFactory &streamFactory,
43  bool verifyPasses);
45 
46  /// Generate a reproducer with the current context.
47  void generate(std::string &description);
48 
49  /// Disable this reproducer context. This prevents the context from generating
50  /// a reproducer in the result of a crash.
51  void disable();
52 
53  /// Enable a previously disabled reproducer context.
54  void enable();
55 
56 private:
57  /// This function is invoked in the event of a crash.
58  static void crashHandler(void *);
59 
60  /// Register a signal handler to run in the event of a crash.
61  static void registerSignalHandler();
62 
63  /// The textual description of the currently executing pipeline.
64  std::string pipelineElements;
65 
66  /// The MLIR operation representing the IR before the crash.
67  Operation *preCrashOperation;
68 
69  /// The factory for the reproducer output stream to use when generating the
70  /// reproducer.
71  ReproducerStreamFactory &streamFactory;
72 
73  /// Various pass manager and context flags.
74  bool disableThreads;
75  bool verifyPasses;
76 
77  /// The current set of active reproducer contexts. This is used in the event
78  /// of a crash. This is not thread_local as the pass manager may produce any
79  /// number of child threads. This uses a set to allow for multiple MLIR pass
80  /// managers to be running at the same time.
81  static llvm::ManagedStatic<llvm::sys::SmartMutex<true>> reproducerMutex;
82  static llvm::ManagedStatic<
83  llvm::SmallSetVector<RecoveryReproducerContext *, 1>>
84  reproducerSet;
85 };
86 } // namespace detail
87 } // namespace mlir
88 
89 llvm::ManagedStatic<llvm::sys::SmartMutex<true>>
90  RecoveryReproducerContext::reproducerMutex;
91 llvm::ManagedStatic<llvm::SmallSetVector<RecoveryReproducerContext *, 1>>
92  RecoveryReproducerContext::reproducerSet;
93 
95  std::string passPipelineStr, Operation *op,
96  ReproducerStreamFactory &streamFactory, bool verifyPasses)
97  : pipelineElements(std::move(passPipelineStr)),
98  preCrashOperation(op->clone()), streamFactory(streamFactory),
99  disableThreads(!op->getContext()->isMultithreadingEnabled()),
100  verifyPasses(verifyPasses) {
101  enable();
102 }
103 
105  // Erase the cloned preCrash IR that we cached.
106  preCrashOperation->erase();
107  disable();
108 }
109 
110 static void appendReproducer(std::string &description, Operation *op,
111  const ReproducerStreamFactory &factory,
112  const std::string &pipelineElements,
113  bool disableThreads, bool verifyPasses) {
114  llvm::raw_string_ostream descOS(description);
115 
116  // Try to create a new output stream for this crash reproducer.
117  std::string error;
118  std::unique_ptr<ReproducerStream> stream = factory(error);
119  if (!stream) {
120  descOS << "failed to create output stream: " << error;
121  return;
122  }
123  descOS << "reproducer generated at `" << stream->description() << "`";
124 
125  std::string pipeline =
126  (op->getName().getStringRef() + "(" + pipelineElements + ")").str();
127  AsmState state(op);
128  state.attachResourcePrinter(
129  "mlir_reproducer", [&](Operation *op, AsmResourceBuilder &builder) {
130  builder.buildString("pipeline", pipeline);
131  builder.buildBool("disable_threading", disableThreads);
132  builder.buildBool("verify_each", verifyPasses);
133  });
134 
135  // Output the .mlir module.
136  op->print(stream->os(), state);
137 }
138 
139 void RecoveryReproducerContext::generate(std::string &description) {
140  appendReproducer(description, preCrashOperation, streamFactory,
141  pipelineElements, disableThreads, verifyPasses);
142 }
143 
145  llvm::sys::SmartScopedLock<true> lock(*reproducerMutex);
146  reproducerSet->remove(this);
147  if (reproducerSet->empty())
148  llvm::CrashRecoveryContext::Disable();
149 }
150 
152  llvm::sys::SmartScopedLock<true> lock(*reproducerMutex);
153  if (reproducerSet->empty())
154  llvm::CrashRecoveryContext::Enable();
155  registerSignalHandler();
156  reproducerSet->insert(this);
157 }
158 
159 void RecoveryReproducerContext::crashHandler(void *) {
160  // Walk the current stack of contexts and generate a reproducer for each one.
161  // We can't know for certain which one was the cause, so we need to generate
162  // a reproducer for all of them.
163  for (RecoveryReproducerContext *context : *reproducerSet) {
164  std::string description;
165  context->generate(description);
166 
167  // Emit an error using information only available within the context.
168  emitError(context->preCrashOperation->getLoc())
169  << "A signal was caught while processing the MLIR module:"
170  << description << "; marking pass as failed";
171  }
172 }
173 
174 void RecoveryReproducerContext::registerSignalHandler() {
175  // Ensure that the handler is only registered once.
176  static bool registered =
177  (llvm::sys::AddSignalHandler(crashHandler, nullptr), false);
178  (void)registered;
179 }
180 
181 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
182 // PassCrashReproducerGenerator
183 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
184 
188 
189  /// The factory to use when generating a crash reproducer.
191 
192  /// Flag indicating if reproducer generation should be localized to the
193  /// failing pass.
194  bool localReproducer = false;
195 
196  /// A record of all of the currently active reproducer contexts.
198 
199  /// The set of all currently running passes. Note: This is not populated when
200  /// `localReproducer` is true, as each pass will get its own recovery context.
202 
203  /// Various pass manager flags that get emitted when generating a reproducer.
204  bool pmFlagVerifyPasses = false;
205 };
206 
208  ReproducerStreamFactory &streamFactory, bool localReproducer)
209  : impl(std::make_unique<Impl>(streamFactory, localReproducer)) {}
211 
214  bool pmFlagVerifyPasses) {
215  assert((!impl->localReproducer ||
216  !op->getContext()->isMultithreadingEnabled()) &&
217  "expected multi-threading to be disabled when generating a local "
218  "reproducer");
219 
220  llvm::CrashRecoveryContext::Enable();
221  impl->pmFlagVerifyPasses = pmFlagVerifyPasses;
222 
223  // If we aren't generating a local reproducer, prepare a reproducer for the
224  // given top-level operation.
225  if (!impl->localReproducer)
226  prepareReproducerFor(passes, op);
227 }
228 
229 static void
231  std::pair<Pass *, Operation *> passOpPair) {
232  os << "`" << passOpPair.first->getName() << "` on "
233  << "'" << passOpPair.second->getName() << "' operation";
234  if (SymbolOpInterface symbol = dyn_cast<SymbolOpInterface>(passOpPair.second))
235  os << ": @" << symbol.getName();
236 }
237 
239  LogicalResult executionResult) {
240  // Don't generate a reproducer if we have no active contexts.
241  if (impl->activeContexts.empty())
242  return;
243 
244  // If the pass manager execution succeeded, we don't generate any reproducers.
245  if (succeeded(executionResult))
246  return impl->activeContexts.clear();
247 
249  << "Failures have been detected while "
250  "processing an MLIR pass pipeline";
251 
252  // If we are generating a global reproducer, we include all of the running
253  // passes in the error message for the only active context.
254  if (!impl->localReproducer) {
255  assert(impl->activeContexts.size() == 1 && "expected one active context");
256 
257  // Generate the reproducer.
258  std::string description;
259  impl->activeContexts.front()->generate(description);
260 
261  // Emit an error to the user.
262  Diagnostic &note = diag.attachNote() << "Pipeline failed while executing [";
263  llvm::interleaveComma(impl->runningPasses, note,
264  [&](const std::pair<Pass *, Operation *> &value) {
265  formatPassOpReproducerMessage(note, value);
266  });
267  note << "]: " << description;
268  impl->runningPasses.clear();
269  impl->activeContexts.clear();
270  return;
271  }
272 
273  // If we were generating a local reproducer, we generate a reproducer for the
274  // most recently executing pass using the matching entry from `runningPasses`
275  // to generate a localized diagnostic message.
276  assert(impl->activeContexts.size() == impl->runningPasses.size() &&
277  "expected running passes to match active contexts");
278 
279  // Generate the reproducer.
280  RecoveryReproducerContext &reproducerContext = *impl->activeContexts.back();
281  std::string description;
282  reproducerContext.generate(description);
283 
284  // Emit an error to the user.
285  Diagnostic &note = diag.attachNote() << "Pipeline failed while executing ";
286  formatPassOpReproducerMessage(note, impl->runningPasses.back());
287  note << ": " << description;
288 
289  impl->activeContexts.clear();
290  impl->runningPasses.clear();
291 }
292 
294  Operation *op) {
295  // If not tracking local reproducers, we simply remember that this pass is
296  // running.
297  impl->runningPasses.insert(std::make_pair(pass, op));
298  if (!impl->localReproducer)
299  return;
300 
301  // Disable the current pass recovery context, if there is one. This may happen
302  // in the case of dynamic pass pipelines.
303  if (!impl->activeContexts.empty())
304  impl->activeContexts.back()->disable();
305 
306  // Collect all of the parent scopes of this operation.
308  while (Operation *parentOp = op->getParentOp()) {
309  scopes.push_back(op->getName());
310  op = parentOp;
311  }
312 
313  // Emit a pass pipeline string for the current pass running on the current
314  // operation type.
315  std::string passStr;
316  llvm::raw_string_ostream passOS(passStr);
317  for (OperationName scope : llvm::reverse(scopes))
318  passOS << scope << "(";
319  pass->printAsTextualPipeline(passOS);
320  for (unsigned i = 0, e = scopes.size(); i < e; ++i)
321  passOS << ")";
322 
323  impl->activeContexts.push_back(std::make_unique<RecoveryReproducerContext>(
324  passStr, op, impl->streamFactory, impl->pmFlagVerifyPasses));
325 }
328  std::string passStr;
329  llvm::raw_string_ostream passOS(passStr);
330  llvm::interleaveComma(
331  passes, passOS, [&](Pass &pass) { pass.printAsTextualPipeline(passOS); });
332 
333  impl->activeContexts.push_back(std::make_unique<RecoveryReproducerContext>(
334  passStr, op, impl->streamFactory, impl->pmFlagVerifyPasses));
335 }
336 
338  Operation *op) {
339  // We only pop the active context if we are tracking local reproducers.
340  impl->runningPasses.remove(std::make_pair(pass, op));
341  if (impl->localReproducer) {
342  impl->activeContexts.pop_back();
343 
344  // Re-enable the previous pass recovery context, if there was one. This may
345  // happen in the case of dynamic pass pipelines.
346  if (!impl->activeContexts.empty())
347  impl->activeContexts.back()->enable();
348  }
349 }
350 
351 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
352 // CrashReproducerInstrumentation
353 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
354 
355 namespace {
356 struct CrashReproducerInstrumentation : public PassInstrumentation {
357  CrashReproducerInstrumentation(PassCrashReproducerGenerator &generator)
358  : generator(generator) {}
359  ~CrashReproducerInstrumentation() override = default;
360 
361  void runBeforePass(Pass *pass, Operation *op) override {
362  if (!isa<OpToOpPassAdaptor>(pass))
363  generator.prepareReproducerFor(pass, op);
364  }
365 
366  void runAfterPass(Pass *pass, Operation *op) override {
367  if (!isa<OpToOpPassAdaptor>(pass))
368  generator.removeLastReproducerFor(pass, op);
369  }
370 
371  void runAfterPassFailed(Pass *pass, Operation *op) override {
372  // Only generate one reproducer per crash reproducer instrumentation.
373  if (alreadyFailed)
374  return;
375 
376  alreadyFailed = true;
377  generator.finalize(op, /*executionResult=*/failure());
378  }
379 
380 private:
381  /// The generator used to create crash reproducers.
383  bool alreadyFailed = false;
384 };
385 } // namespace
386 
387 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
388 // FileReproducerStream
389 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
390 
391 namespace {
392 /// This class represents a default instance of mlir::ReproducerStream
393 /// that is backed by a file.
394 struct FileReproducerStream : public mlir::ReproducerStream {
395  FileReproducerStream(std::unique_ptr<llvm::ToolOutputFile> outputFile)
396  : outputFile(std::move(outputFile)) {}
397  ~FileReproducerStream() override { outputFile->keep(); }
398 
399  /// Returns a description of the reproducer stream.
400  StringRef description() override { return outputFile->getFilename(); }
401 
402  /// Returns the stream on which to output the reproducer.
403  raw_ostream &os() override { return outputFile->os(); }
404 
405 private:
406  /// ToolOutputFile corresponding to opened `filename`.
407  std::unique_ptr<llvm::ToolOutputFile> outputFile = nullptr;
408 };
409 } // namespace
410 
411 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
412 // PassManager
413 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
414 
415 LogicalResult PassManager::runWithCrashRecovery(Operation *op,
416  AnalysisManager am) {
417  crashReproGenerator->initialize(getPasses(), op, verifyPasses);
418 
419  // Safely invoke the passes within a recovery context.
420  LogicalResult passManagerResult = failure();
421  llvm::CrashRecoveryContext recoveryContext;
422  recoveryContext.RunSafelyOnThread(
423  [&] { passManagerResult = runPasses(op, am); });
424  crashReproGenerator->finalize(op, passManagerResult);
425  return passManagerResult;
426 }
427 
429 makeReproducerStreamFactory(StringRef outputFile) {
430  // Capture the filename by value in case outputFile is out of scope when
431  // invoked.
432  std::string filename = outputFile.str();
433  return [filename](std::string &error) -> std::unique_ptr<ReproducerStream> {
434  std::unique_ptr<llvm::ToolOutputFile> outputFile =
435  mlir::openOutputFile(filename, &error);
436  if (!outputFile) {
437  error = "Failed to create reproducer stream: " + error;
438  return nullptr;
439  }
440  return std::make_unique<FileReproducerStream>(std::move(outputFile));
441  };
442 }
443 
445  raw_ostream &os, StringRef anchorName,
447 
449  StringRef anchorName,
451  Operation *op, StringRef outputFile, bool disableThreads,
452  bool verifyPasses) {
453 
454  std::string description;
455  std::string pipelineStr;
456  llvm::raw_string_ostream passOS(pipelineStr);
457  ::printAsTextualPipeline(passOS, anchorName, passes);
458  appendReproducer(description, op, makeReproducerStreamFactory(outputFile),
459  pipelineStr, disableThreads, verifyPasses);
460  return description;
461 }
462 
464  bool genLocalReproducer) {
465  enableCrashReproducerGeneration(makeReproducerStreamFactory(outputFile),
466  genLocalReproducer);
467 }
468 
470  ReproducerStreamFactory factory, bool genLocalReproducer) {
471  assert(!crashReproGenerator &&
472  "crash reproducer has already been initialized");
473  if (genLocalReproducer && getContext()->isMultithreadingEnabled())
474  llvm::report_fatal_error(
475  "Local crash reproduction can't be setup on a "
476  "pass-manager without disabling multi-threading first.");
477 
478  crashReproGenerator = std::make_unique<PassCrashReproducerGenerator>(
479  factory, genLocalReproducer);
480  addInstrumentation(
481  std::make_unique<CrashReproducerInstrumentation>(*crashReproGenerator));
482 }
483 
484 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
485 // Asm Resource
486 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
487 
489  auto parseFn = [this](AsmParsedResourceEntry &entry) -> LogicalResult {
490  if (entry.getKey() == "pipeline") {
491  FailureOr<std::string> value = entry.parseAsString();
492  if (succeeded(value))
493  this->pipeline = std::move(*value);
494  return value;
495  }
496  if (entry.getKey() == "disable_threading") {
497  FailureOr<bool> value = entry.parseAsBool();
498  if (succeeded(value))
499  this->disableThreading = *value;
500  return value;
501  }
502  if (entry.getKey() == "verify_each") {
503  FailureOr<bool> value = entry.parseAsBool();
504  if (succeeded(value))
505  this->verifyEach = *value;
506  return value;
507  }
508  return entry.emitError() << "unknown 'mlir_reproducer' resource key '"
509  << entry.getKey() << "'";
510  };
511  config.attachResourceParser("mlir_reproducer", parseFn);
512 }
513 
514 LogicalResult PassReproducerOptions::apply(PassManager &pm) const {
515  if (pipeline.has_value()) {
516  FailureOr<OpPassManager> reproPm = parsePassPipeline(*pipeline);
517  if (failed(reproPm))
518  return failure();
519  static_cast<OpPassManager &>(pm) = std::move(*reproPm);
520  }
521 
522  if (disableThreading.has_value())
523  pm.getContext()->disableMultithreading(*disableThreading);
524 
525  if (verifyEach.has_value())
526  pm.enableVerifier(*verifyEach);
527 
528  return success();
529 }
static MLIRContext * getContext(OpFoldResult val)
static const mlir::GenInfo * generator
static std::string diag(const llvm::Value &value)
static void appendReproducer(std::string &description, Operation *op, const ReproducerStreamFactory &factory, const std::string &pipelineElements, bool disableThreads, bool verifyPasses)
static void formatPassOpReproducerMessage(Diagnostic &os, std::pair< Pass *, Operation * > passOpPair)
static ReproducerStreamFactory makeReproducerStreamFactory(StringRef outputFile)
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Set the flag specifying if multi-threading is disabled by the context.
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Return true if multi-threading is enabled by the context.
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Enable support for the pass manager to generate a reproducer on the event of a crash or a pass failur...
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Runs the verifier after each individual pass.
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The abstract base pass class.
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Prints out the pass in the textual representation of pipelines.
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Initialize the generator in preparation for reproducer generation.
void removeLastReproducerFor(Pass *pass, Operation *op)
Remove the last recorded reproducer anchored at the given pass and operation.
void finalize(Operation *rootOp, LogicalResult executionResult)
Finalize the current run of the generator, generating any necessary reproducers if the provided execu...
void prepareReproducerFor(Pass *pass, Operation *op)
Prepare a new reproducer for the given pass, operating on op.
PassCrashReproducerGenerator(ReproducerStreamFactory &streamFactory, bool localReproducer)
AttrTypeReplacer.
Include the generated interface declarations.
const FrozenRewritePatternSet GreedyRewriteConfig config
std::unique_ptr< llvm::ToolOutputFile > openOutputFile(llvm::StringRef outputFilename, std::string *errorMessage=nullptr)
Open the file specified by its name for writing.
std::string makeReproducer(StringRef anchorName, const llvm::iterator_range< OpPassManager::pass_iterator > &passes, Operation *op, StringRef outputFile, bool disableThreads=false, bool verifyPasses=false)
InFlightDiagnostic emitError(Location loc)
Utility method to emit an error message using this location.
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Parse the textual representation of a pass pipeline, adding the result to 'pm' on success.
bool pmFlagVerifyPasses
Various pass manager flags that get emitted when generating a reproducer.
ReproducerStreamFactory streamFactory
The factory to use when generating a crash reproducer.
SetVector< std::pair< Pass *, Operation * > > runningPasses
The set of all currently running passes.
bool localReproducer
Flag indicating if reproducer generation should be localized to the failing pass.
Impl(ReproducerStreamFactory &streamFactory, bool localReproducer)
SmallVector< std::unique_ptr< RecoveryReproducerContext > > activeContexts
A record of all of the currently active reproducer contexts.
void attachResourceParser(ParserConfig &config)
Attach an assembly resource parser to 'config' that collects the MLIR reproducer configuration into t...
LogicalResult apply(PassManager &pm) const
Apply the reproducer options to 'pm' and its context.
Streams on which to output crash reproducer.
Definition: PassManager.h:210
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void disable()
Disable this reproducer context.
RecoveryReproducerContext(std::string passPipelineStr, Operation *op, ReproducerStreamFactory &streamFactory, bool verifyPasses)
void generate(std::string &description)
Generate a reproducer with the current context.
void enable()
Enable a previously disabled reproducer context.