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syntax = "proto3";

package xla;

import "tensorflow/compiler/xla/service/hlo.proto";
import "tensorflow/compiler/xla/xla_data.proto";

// Options for the HLO insert-reduce-precision-operations pass.
message HloReducePrecisionOptions {
  // Where and when the reduce-precision operations will be added.
  enum Location {
    // Add reduce-precision operations to the inputs of selected instructions.
    // This is done before any optimization occurs.
    OP_INPUTS = 0;
    // Add reduce-precision operations to the outputs of selected instructions.
    // This is done before any optimization occurs.
    OP_OUTPUTS = 1;
    // After operation-fusion occurs, add reduce-precision operations to the
    // outputs of any selected instructions that have not been fused into
    // fusion instructions.
    UNFUSED_OP_OUTPUTS = 2;
    // After operation-fusion occurs, add reduce-precision operations to the
    // outputs of any fusion instructions that contain operations matching the
    // selection criteria.
    FUSION_INPUTS_BY_CONTENT = 3;
    // After operation-fusion occurs, add reduce-precision operations to the
    // outputs of any fusion instructions that contain operations matching the
    // selection criteria.
    FUSION_OUTPUTS_BY_CONTENT = 4;
  }
  Location location = 1;

  // Exponent and mantissa bit counts for the reduced precision.
  uint32 exponent_bits = 2;
  uint32 mantissa_bits = 3;

  // Operations matching these opcodes should be suffixed with reduce-precision
  // operations.
  repeated uint32 opcodes_to_suffix = 4;

  // Operations with names containing these substrings should be suffixed with
  // reduce-precision operations.
  repeated string opname_substrings_to_suffix = 5;
}

// Debugging options for XLA. These options may change at any time - there are
// no guarantees about backward or forward compatibility for these fields.
message DebugOptions {
  // Show addresses of HLO ops in graph dump.
  bool xla_hlo_graph_addresses = 2;

  // Instrument the computation to collect per-HLO cycle counts.
  bool xla_hlo_profile = 9;

  // List of HLO passes to disable. These names must exactly match the pass
  // names as specified by the HloPassInterface::name() method.
  repeated string xla_disable_hlo_passes = 30;

  // Disables all HLO passes.  Notes that some passes are necessary for
  // correctness and the invariants that must be satisfied by "fully optimized"
  // HLO are different for different devices and may change over time.  The only
  // "guarantee", such as it is, is that if you compile XLA and dump the
  // optimized HLO for some graph, you should be able to run it again on the
  // same device with the same build of XLA.
  bool xla_disable_all_hlo_passes = 104;

  // Numerical optimization level for the XLA compiler backend; the specific
  // interpretation of this value is left to the backends.
  int32 xla_backend_optimization_level = 31;

  // Embed the compiler IR as a string in the executable.
  bool xla_embed_ir_in_executable = 33;

  // Eliminate implicit broadcasts when lowering user computations to HLO
  // instructions; use explicit broadcast instead.
  bool xla_eliminate_hlo_implicit_broadcast = 35;

  // When generating calls to Eigen in the CPU backend, use multi-threaded Eigen
  // mode.
  bool xla_cpu_multi_thread_eigen = 60;

  // Path to directory with cuda/ptx tools and libraries.
  string xla_gpu_cuda_data_dir = 61;

  // Enable flush-to-zero semantics in the GPU backend.
  bool xla_gpu_ftz = 62;

  // Disable multi-streaming in the GPU backend.
  bool xla_gpu_disable_multi_streaming = 63;

  // If true, in LLVM-based backends, emit !alias.scope metadata in
  // generated IR.
  bool xla_llvm_enable_alias_scope_metadata = 70;

  // If true, in LLVM-based backends, emit !noalias metadata in the
  // generated IR.
  bool xla_llvm_enable_noalias_metadata = 71;

  // If true, in LLVM-based backends, emit !invariant.load metadata in
  // the generated IR.
  bool xla_llvm_enable_invariant_load_metadata = 72;

  // If true, a set of expensive LLVM optimization passes will not be run.
  bool xla_llvm_disable_expensive_passes = 73;

  // Options for inserting reduce-precision operations for numerical
  // experimentation.  This is a repeated field, as we may want to have
  // multiple passes with different parameters.
  repeated HloReducePrecisionOptions hlo_reduce_precision_options = 80;

  // This is used by ClientLibraryTestBase::ComputeAndCompare*. If true, the
  // computation will run n! times with all permunations of layouts for the
  // output shape in rank n. For example, with a 3D shape, all permutations of
  // the set {0, 1, 2} are tried.
  bool xla_test_all_output_layouts = 90;

  // This is used by ClientLibraryTestBase::ComputeAndCompare*. If true, the
  // computation will run for all permunations of layouts of all input
  // arguments. For example, with 2 input arguments in 2D and 4D shapes, the
  // computation will run 2! * 4! times.
  bool xla_test_all_input_layouts = 91;

  // Assign colors based on sharding information when generating the Graphviz
  // HLO graph.
  bool xla_hlo_graph_sharding_color = 92;

  reserved 93;  // Was xla_hlo_tfgraph_device_scopes

  // If true, the GPU backend is free to use cudnn for HLO batch normalization
  // ops.
  bool xla_gpu_use_cudnn_batchnorm = 94;

  // Generate calls to MKL-DNN in the CPU backend.
  bool xla_cpu_use_mkl_dnn = 97;

  // Maximum kernel unroll factor for the GPU backend.
  int32 xla_gpu_max_kernel_unroll_factor = 98;

  // When true, "unsafe" mathematical optimizations are enabled. These
  // transformations include but are not limited to:
  //
  //  - Reducing the precision of operations (e.g. using an approximate sin
  //    function, or transforming x/y into x * (1/y)).
  //  - Assuming that operations never produce or consume NaN or +/- Inf (this
  //    behavior can be adjusted using xla_cpu_fast_math_allow_{nans|infs}).
  //  - Assuming that +0 and -0 are indistinguishable.
  bool xla_cpu_enable_fast_math = 99;

  // When xla_cpu_enable_fast_math is true then this controls whether we allow
  // operations to produce NaNs.  Ignored when xla_cpu_enable_fast_math is
  // false.
  bool xla_cpu_fast_math_honor_nans = 120;

  // When xla_cpu_enable_fast_math is true then this controls whether we allow
  // operations to produce infinites.  Ignored when xla_cpu_enable_fast_math is
  // false.
  bool xla_cpu_fast_math_honor_infs = 121;

  // When true we lower the Minimum and Maximum hlos in the GPU backend such
  // that Min(NotNaN, NaN) = Min(NaN, NotNaN) = NotNaN.  In other words, if flag
  // this is true we don't propagate NaNs through Min and Max.
  bool xla_gpu_enable_fast_min_max = 100;

  // Crashes the program when any kind of verification fails, instead of just
  // logging the failures. One example is cross checking of convolution results
  // among different algorithms.
  bool xla_gpu_crash_on_verification_failures = 101;

  // Force the host platform to pretend that there are these many host
  // "devices".  All these devices are backed by the same threadpool.  Defaults
  // to 1.
  //
  // Setting this to anything other than 1 can increase overhead from context
  // switching but we let the user override this behavior to help run tests on
  // the host that run models in parallel across multiple devices.
  int32 xla_force_host_platform_device_count = 102;

  // If set to true XLA:GPU invokes `ptxas` with -O0 (default is -O3).
  bool xla_gpu_disable_ptxas_optimizations = 103;

  // Enable fast math with eigen in the HLO evaluator.
  bool xla_hlo_evaluator_use_fast_path = 106;

  // Temporary option to allow support for both the R1 and the scalar index
  // versions of DynamicSlice and DynamicUpdateSlice. Only used for testing.
  bool xla_allow_scalar_index_dynamic_ops = 107;

  enum StepMarkerLocation {
    // Generate step mark at each iteration of top level while loop, which
    // is assumed to be a training loop. This is the default.
    STEP_MARK_AT_ENTRY = 0;
    // Generate step mark at program entry. This handles the case where each
    // step are done by one or multiple programs execution. Only the first
    // program will be tagged for generating step mark at program entry.
    STEP_MARK_AT_TOP_LEVEL_WHILE_LOOP = 1;
    // No step mark.
    STEP_MARK_NONE = 2;
  }
  // Option to emit a target-specific marker to indicate the start of a training
  // step. The location of the marker (if any) is determined by the option
  // value.
  StepMarkerLocation xla_step_marker_location = 108;

  //
  // BEGIN flags controlling dumping HLO modules for debugging.
  //
  // When dumping is enabled, HLO modules dumped at the very beginning and end
  // of compilation, and optionally also during the pass pipeline.
  //
  // In general, if you set one of these flags, we will try to infer reasonable
  // defaults for the others.  For example:
  //
  //  * Setting --xla_dump_to=/tmp/foo without specifying a format
  //    with --xla_dump_hlo_as_* will turn on --xla_dump_hlo_as_text.
  //
  //  * Setting --xla_dump_hlo_as_text without specifying --xla_dump_to will
  //    dump to stdout.
  //

  // Directory to dump into.
  string xla_dump_to = 109;

  // If specified, will only dump modules which match this regexp.
  string xla_dump_hlo_module_re = 110;

  // If this flag is specified, will also HLO before and after passes that match
  // this regular expression.  Set to .* to dump before/after all passes.
  string xla_dump_hlo_pass_re = 111;

  // Specifies the format that HLO is dumped in.  Multiple of these may be
  // specified.
  bool xla_dump_hlo_as_text = 112;
  bool xla_dump_hlo_as_proto = 113;
  bool xla_dump_hlo_as_dot = 114;
  bool xla_dump_hlo_as_url = 115;

  // Dump HLO graphs as an HTML (DOT -> SVG inlined in HTML)
  bool xla_dump_hlo_as_html = 116;

  // If true, every time an HLO module is run, we will dump an HloSnapshot
  // (essentially, a serialized module plus its inputs) to the --xla_dump_to
  // directory.
  bool xla_dump_hlo_snapshots = 118;

  //
  // END flags controlling dumping HLO modules.
  //

  // Next id: 121

  // Extra options to pass to the compilation backend (e.g. LLVM); specific
  // interpretation of these values is left to the backend.
  map<string, string> xla_backend_extra_options = 500;

  reserved 117;  // was xla_dump_to
  reserved 5;    // Was xla_hlo_dump_as_graphdef
}

// These settings control how XLA compiles and/or runs code.  Not all settings
// will have an effect on every platform.
//
// When adding new fields, keep in mind that boolean fields default to false.
message ExecutionOptions {
  // This optional field's layout is used as a hint when storing the output of
  // this computation.  Subsequent transfers of this output array to the client
  // may be faster when using this layout.
  //
  // We use a Shape here to accommodate computations that return a tuple.
  ShapeProto shape_with_output_layout = 2;

  // Used to seed random-number generators used in this computation.  If this is
  // 0, we generate a seed ourselves.
  //
  // TODO(b/32083678): Changing the seed unnecessarily forces a recompilation.
  uint64 seed = 3;

  DebugOptions debug_options = 4;

  // This optional field specifies a particular set of devices to run the
  // computation on. The computation will be partitioned across these devices.
  // If not provided, the default device will be chosen.
  repeated DeviceHandle device_handles = 5;

  // Number of replicas of the computation to run. If zero, uses the default
  // number of replicas for the XLA service.
  int32 num_replicas = 6;

  // This optional field specifies the device assignment if known at compile
  // time.
  DeviceAssignmentProto device_assignment = 7;
}

message GetDeviceHandlesRequest {
  int64 device_count = 1;
}

message GetDeviceHandlesResponse {
  repeated DeviceHandle device_handles = 1;
}

message TransferToClientRequest {
  GlobalDataHandle data = 1;

  // This optional field directs the service to return the literal in this
  // layout. A shape is used to hold the layout to accommodate tuples.
  ShapeProto shape_with_layout = 2;
}

message TransferToClientResponse {
  LiteralProto literal = 1;
}

message TransferToServerRequest {
  LiteralProto literal = 1;
  DeviceHandle device_handle = 2;
}

message TransferToServerResponse {
  GlobalDataHandle data = 1;
}

message TransferToInfeedRequest {
  LiteralProto literal = 1;
  int64 replica_id = 2;
  DeviceHandle device_handle = 3;
}

message TransferToInfeedResponse {}

message TransferFromOutfeedRequest {
  // This optional field directs the service to return the literal in this
  // layout. A shape is used to hold the layout to accommodate tuples.
  ShapeProto shape_with_layout = 1;

  int64 replica_id = 2;
  DeviceHandle device_handle = 3;
}

message TransferFromOutfeedResponse {
  LiteralProto literal = 1;
}

message ResetDeviceRequest {
  DeviceHandle device_handle = 1;
}

message ResetDeviceResponse {}

message ComputationGraphStatsRequest {
  HloModuleProto computation = 1;
  DebugOptions debug_options = 2;
}

message ComputationStatsResponse {
  ComputationStats stats = 1;
}

message CreateChannelHandleRequest {
  ChannelHandle.ChannelType channel_type = 1;
}

message CreateChannelHandleResponse {
  ChannelHandle channel = 1;
}

message UnregisterRequest {
  repeated GlobalDataHandle data = 1;
}

message UnregisterResponse {}

message CompileRequest {
  // The graph to be compiled.
  HloModuleProto computation = 1;

  // Options that affect how XLA compiles code to service this request.
  ExecutionOptions execution_options = 2;

  // The layouts of the input arguments. If not set, the default layout will be
  // used. Although the real arguments are not needed in compilation, the
  // layouts of the arguments can affect the compilation.
  repeated ShapeProto input_shape_with_layout = 3;
}

message CompileResponse {
  // The handle to the executable.
  ExecutionHandle handle = 1;
}

message ExecuteRequest {
  ExecutionHandle handle = 1;

  // The shape and layout of the arguments must be the same as the those of the
  // executable's parameters.
  repeated GlobalDataHandle arguments = 2;
}

// TODO(b/118493728): Remove this and ExecuteGraphParallelRequest and replace
// the uses with calls to Compile and Execute.
message ExecuteGraphRequest {
  HloModuleProto computation = 1;
  repeated GlobalDataHandle arguments = 2;

  // Options that affect how XLA compiles and runs code to service this request.
  ExecutionOptions execution_options = 3;
}

message ExecuteGraphParallelRequest {
  repeated ExecuteGraphRequest requests = 1;
}

message ExecuteResponse {
  GlobalDataHandle output = 1;
  ExecutionProfile profile = 2;
}

message ExecuteParallelResponse {
  repeated ExecuteResponse responses = 1;
}

message WaitForExecutionRequest {
  ExecutionHandle execution = 1;
}

message WaitForExecutionResponse {
  GlobalDataHandle output = 1;
  ExecutionProfile profile = 2;
}

message ComputeConstantGraphRequest {
  HloModuleProto computation = 1;
  LayoutProto output_layout = 2;
}

message ComputeConstantResponse {
  // A LiteralProto is returned directly for this request.
  LiteralProto literal = 1;
}

message DeconstructTupleRequest {
  GlobalDataHandle tuple_handle = 2;
}

message DeconstructTupleResponse {
  repeated GlobalDataHandle element_handles = 1;
}

message LoadDataRequest {
  // Describes the path of the ColumnIO tablet to load.
  string columnio_tablet_path = 1;

  // Describes the field to load within the ColumnIO tablet.
  string columnio_field = 2;

  // Individual element shape, excluding rows.
  ShapeProto element_shape = 3;

  // Warning: ColumnIO does not support random-access, so use offset with
  // caution in performance-critical scenarios.
  int64 offset = 4;

  // Maximum number of elements (with shape element_shape) to load.
  int64 limit = 5;

  // If more than one item is requested (via limit > 1), then this request
  // attribute zips together the produced vectors.
  bool zip = 6;
}

message LoadDataResponse {
  GlobalDataHandle data = 1;
  ShapeProto data_shape = 2;
  int64 available_rows = 3;
  int64 rows_loaded = 4;
  int64 nanoseconds = 5;
}

message GetShapeRequest {
  GlobalDataHandle data = 1;
}

message GetShapeResponse {
  ShapeProto shape = 1;
}

message UnpackRequest {
  GlobalDataHandle data = 1;
}

message UnpackResponse {
  repeated GlobalDataHandle tied_data = 1;
}