[Enhancement] Refactor inflight computing to support dynamic pipeline extents (#1399)

* [Build] Update CMake configuration for tilelang_cython_wrapper installation

- Adjusted output directories for the tilelang_cython_wrapper to ensure that development builds place the extension in build/lib.
- Updated installation paths to place the extension in tilelang/lib within the wheel, improving organization and avoiding potential conflicts with other modules.
- Modified the internal library path exposure in env.py to prevent shadowing of common module names, enhancing compatibility and usability in user projects.

* [Build] Standardize output directories for tilelang libraries

- Set output directories for both tilelang and tilelang_module libraries to "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lib" for consistency in development builds.
- This change enhances organization and ensures that all build artifacts are located in a unified directory structure.

* [Refactor] Update TVM subproject and enhance pipeline loop handling

- Updated the TVM subproject to commit 90581fe9e5287bbcf1844ad14255a1e1e8cdf7f0.
- Added new fields to `PipelineAnnotation` and `RewrittenBlockInfo` structures to track original statement indices and improve async state management.
- Refactored `EmitImpl` and `PopulateWaitCounts` methods to enhance clarity and functionality, including better handling of commit groups and wait counts.
- Simplified access index calculations and strengthened analyzer constraints for loop bounds.

* [Cleanup] Remove license block and unused includes from inject_pipeline.cc

- Eliminated the Apache license block from the top of the file to streamline the code.
- Removed unused include directives for memory and stringstream to enhance code clarity and reduce unnecessary dependencies.

* [Refactor] Enhance transformation pipeline and test execution

- Added an additional Simplify transformation in the InjectSoftwarePipeline to improve optimization.
- Updated the test file to call `test_trival_pipeline()` directly, commenting out the previous main execution for better test isolation.

tvm @ 90581fe9

-Subproject commit 3a32b763e9d8393b14e4d0f824b2846f70041bc1
+Subproject commit 90581fe9e5287bbcf1844ad14255a1e1e8cdf7f0

src/transform/inject_pipeline.cc

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-
 /*!
  * \file inject_software_pipeline.cc
  * \brief Transform annotated loops into pipelined one that parallelize
@@ -79,6 +60,8 @@ struct PipelineAnnotation {
   int stage;
   int order;
   bool async;
+  // Index of the statement in the original loop body order (SeqStmt order)
+  int original_idx = -1;
 };
 
 using PipelineInfo = std::unordered_map<Block, PipelineAnnotation,
@@ -304,15 +287,17 @@ public:
     }
 
     // Step 2: Emit the pipeline prologue, body and epilogue.
-    Stmt prologue = EmitImpl(pipeline_loop_->min,
-                             pipeline_loop_->min + max_stage_, true, true);
-    Stmt body =
-        EmitImpl(pipeline_loop_->min + max_stage_,
-                 pipeline_loop_->min + pipeline_loop_->extent, false, false);
-    Stmt epilogue = EmitImpl(
-        pipeline_loop_->min + pipeline_loop_->extent,
-        pipeline_loop_->min + pipeline_loop_->extent + max_stage_, true, true);
-
+    Stmt prologue =
+        EmitImpl(pipeline_loop_->min, pipeline_loop_->min + max_stage_, true,
+                 true, false);
+    Stmt body = EmitImpl(pipeline_loop_->min + max_stage_,
+                         pipeline_loop_->min + pipeline_loop_->extent, false,
+                         false, false);
+
+    Stmt epilogue =
+        EmitImpl(pipeline_loop_->min + pipeline_loop_->extent,
+                 pipeline_loop_->min + pipeline_loop_->extent + max_stage_,
+                 true, true, true);
     SeqStmt stmt = SeqStmt({prologue, body, epilogue});
 
     // Step 3: Make a new block that contains new buffer allocations after
@@ -515,12 +500,16 @@ private:
     // A symbolic expression representing the index the latest async operation
     // associated with this stage has written into, at the "current" iteration.
     Optional<PrimExpr> producer_head;
+    // the commit block's predicate
+    PrimExpr commit_predicate{nullptr};
   };
 
   /*! Structure holding intermediate information for pipeline loop rewriting. */
   struct RewrittenBlockInfo {
     int stage;
     int order;
+    PrimExpr start;
+    PrimExpr end;
     PrimExpr predicate;
     Block block;
     PrimExpr access_index;
@@ -528,56 +517,103 @@ private:
   };
 
   void PopulateWaitCounts(const std::vector<RewrittenBlockInfo> &new_blocks,
-                          std::map<int, AsyncStateLocal> *async_states_local) {
+                          std::map<int, AsyncStateLocal> *async_states_local,
+                          bool is_epilogue = false) {
+    // Precompute which orders are present in this emit, and their access_index
+    std::unordered_map<int, PrimExpr> order_to_access_index;
+    std::unordered_set<int> present_orders;
+    for (const auto &nb : new_blocks) {
+      order_to_access_index[nb.order] = nb.access_index;
+      present_orders.insert(nb.order);
+    }
     for (size_t i = 0; i < new_blocks.size(); ++i) {
+      // 1. Find the unique async producer stage
       int producer_stage_idx = -1;
-      for (auto read_region : new_blocks[i].block->reads) {
+      for (const auto &read_region : new_blocks[i].block->reads) {
         for (const auto &[stage, state] : async_states) {
           if (stage <= new_blocks[i].stage &&
               state.writes(read_region->buffer)) {
-            // Found an earlier stage where read_region->buffer was
-            // asynchronously written
+            // Currently only a single async stage dependency is supported
             ICHECK(producer_stage_idx == -1 || producer_stage_idx == stage)
                 << "A dependency on multiple async stages is not supported";
             producer_stage_idx = stage;
           }
         }
       }
-      if (producer_stage_idx == -1)
+      if (producer_stage_idx == -1) {
+        // This block does not depend on any async producer
         continue;
+      }
       const auto &state = async_states[producer_stage_idx];
+
       auto &dep_local_state = (*async_states_local)[producer_stage_idx];
-      PrimExpr in_flight_cnt = 0;
-      for (const auto &group : state.commit_groups) {
-        PrimExpr consumer_head = new_blocks[i].access_index;
-        PrimExpr producer_head;
-        if (dep_local_state.producer_head.defined()) {
-          producer_head = dep_local_state.producer_head.value();
-          // if the group is after the wait point, minus by 1
-          if (group.front() > new_blocks[i].order)
-            producer_head -= 1;
-        } else {
-          producer_head = state.producer_head;
-        }
-        in_flight_cnt += producer_head - consumer_head;
-      }
 
-      // We can relax the in-flight-count by the number of independent commit.
+      // 2. Use buffer_to_commit_group_ to find all actually dependent commit
+      // groups
       std::unordered_set<int> dependent_groups;
       for (const auto &read_region : new_blocks[i].block->reads) {
-        if (state.buffer_to_commit_group_.count(read_region->buffer.get()))
-          dependent_groups.insert(
-              state.buffer_to_commit_group_.at(read_region->buffer.get()));
+        auto it = state.buffer_to_commit_group_.find(read_region->buffer.get());
+        if (it != state.buffer_to_commit_group_.end()) {
+          dependent_groups.insert(it->second);
+        }
       }
-      for (int i = int(state.commit_groups.size()) - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
-        if (dependent_groups.count(i) == 0)
-          in_flight_cnt += 1;
-        else
-          break; // stop relaxing
+
+      // If there is no dependent commit group, no wait needs to be inserted
+      if (dependent_groups.empty()) {
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      // 3. Compute wait = max_g max(0, t_consumer - committed_before[g])
+      PrimExpr t_consumer = new_blocks[i].access_index;
+      PrimExpr wait_expr = make_zero(t_consumer.dtype());
+
+      PrimExpr current_head = dep_local_state.producer_head.defined()
+                                  ? dep_local_state.producer_head.value()
+                                  : state.producer_head;
+      int consumer_order = new_blocks[i].order;
+
+      for (int g : dependent_groups) {
+        const auto &group = state.commit_groups[g];
+        if (group.empty())
+          continue;
+        int commit_order = group.back();
+        bool commit_present = present_orders.count(commit_order) > 0;
+
+        PrimExpr committed_before;
+        if (commit_present && commit_order <= consumer_order) {
+          // Commit point is in this iteration and earlier than the current
+          // consumer; this iteration's head is visible
+          auto commit_predicate = dep_local_state.commit_predicate;
+          if (analyzer_.CanProve(!commit_predicate,
+                                 arith::ProofStrength::kSymbolicBound)) {
+            // it means the commit block is not executed in this iteration
+            committed_before = new_blocks[i].start - 1;
+          } else if (is_epilogue) {
+            committed_before = new_blocks[i].start - 1;
+          } else {
+            committed_before = order_to_access_index.at(commit_order);
+          }
+        } else {
+          // Commit point is later than the current consumer or not in this
+          // iteration; only the previous iteration's head is visible
+          if (dep_local_state.producer_head.defined()) {
+            auto commit_predicate = dep_local_state.commit_predicate;
+            if (analyzer_.CanProve(!commit_predicate,
+                                   arith::ProofStrength::kSymbolicBound)) {
+              committed_before = new_blocks[i].start - 1;
+            } else if (is_epilogue) {
+              committed_before = new_blocks[i].start - 1;
+            } else {
+              committed_before = current_head - 1;
+            }
+          }
+        }
+
+        wait_expr = analyzer_.Simplify(committed_before - t_consumer);
       }
-      in_flight_cnt = analyzer_.Simplify(in_flight_cnt);
-      dep_local_state.pending_waits.push_back(
-          {static_cast<int>(i), in_flight_cnt});
+
+      wait_expr = analyzer_.Simplify(wait_expr);
+      dep_local_state.pending_waits.push_back({static_cast<int>(i), wait_expr});
     }
   }
 
@@ -630,7 +666,7 @@ private:
    * \return The result loop.
    */
   Stmt EmitImpl(const PrimExpr &start, const PrimExpr &end, bool unroll_loop,
-                bool need_bound_check) {
+                bool need_bound_check, bool is_epilogue = false) {
     PrimExpr new_loop_var;
     PrimExpr extent = end - start;
     auto make_nop = []() {
@@ -642,7 +678,20 @@ private:
       new_loop_var = start; // use constants as the loop var for unit loops
     } else {
       new_loop_var = pipeline_loop_->loop_var.copy_with_suffix("");
-      analyzer_.Bind(Downcast<Var>(new_loop_var), Range(start, end));
+      // Bind the iteration domain [start, end) to strengthen analyzer facts.
+      analyzer_.Bind(Downcast<Var>(new_loop_var),
+                     Range::FromMinExtent(start, end - start));
+    }
+    // Keep the bound constraints active for all analysis below.
+    // Only meaningful when the loop var is symbolic (non-unit loop).
+    std::unique_ptr<With<arith::ConstraintContext>> ctx_lb_guard;
+    std::unique_ptr<With<arith::ConstraintContext>> ctx_ub_guard;
+    if (!is_unit_loop) {
+      Var loop_iter = Downcast<Var>(new_loop_var);
+      ctx_lb_guard.reset(
+          new With<arith::ConstraintContext>(&analyzer_, loop_iter >= start));
+      ctx_ub_guard.reset(
+          new With<arith::ConstraintContext>(&analyzer_, loop_iter < end));
     }
 
     std::vector<RewrittenBlockInfo> new_blocks;
@@ -653,15 +702,14 @@ private:
     for (const Block &block : ordered_stmts_) {
       int stage = pipeline_info_.at(block).stage;
       int order = pipeline_info_.at(block).order;
+
       PrimExpr inbound = Bool(true);
       PrimExpr skewed_loop_var = new_loop_var - stage;
       if (need_bound_check)
-        inbound =
-            analyzer_.Simplify(pipeline_loop_->min <= skewed_loop_var) &&
-            (skewed_loop_var < pipeline_loop_->min + pipeline_loop_->extent);
-      if (analyzer_.CanProve(!inbound)) {
-        continue;
-      }
+        inbound = And(
+            pipeline_loop_->min <= skewed_loop_var,
+            (skewed_loop_var < pipeline_loop_->min + pipeline_loop_->extent));
+
       Block new_block = Downcast<Block>(
           PipelineBodyRewriter(buffer_data_to_buffer_, buffer_remap_,
                                pipeline_loop_, max_stage_ != 1)(block));
@@ -674,6 +722,8 @@ private:
       PrimExpr normalized_access_index =
           is_unit_loop ? skewed_loop_var : skewed_loop_var + delta;
 
+      normalized_access_index = analyzer_.Simplify(normalized_access_index);
+
       // Adjust the block predicate and the body according to the final loop
       // bound
       //  [pipeline_loop_->min, extent).
@@ -701,17 +751,18 @@ private:
       if (pipeline_info_[block].async) {
         auto &local_state = async_states_local[stage];
         local_state.producer_head = normalized_access_index;
+        local_state.commit_predicate = inbound;
         BlockNode *n = new_block.CopyOnWrite();
         n->body = AttrStmt(make_zero(DataType::Int(32)), tir::attr::async_scope,
                            1, n->body);
       }
 
-      new_blocks.push_back({stage, order, inbound, new_block,
+      new_blocks.push_back({stage, order, start, end, inbound, new_block,
                             normalized_access_index,
                             pipeline_info_[block].async});
     }
 
-    PopulateWaitCounts(new_blocks, &async_states_local);
+    PopulateWaitCounts(new_blocks, &async_states_local, is_epilogue);
 
     auto stmts = CompletePipelineLoopStatements(new_blocks, async_states_local);
 
@@ -1008,7 +1059,8 @@ private:
           pipeline_async_stages.find(stage) != pipeline_async_stages.end();
       PipelineAnnotation stage_order{
           stage,
-          /*order=*/static_cast<int>(pipeline_orders[i]->value), is_async};
+          /*order=*/static_cast<int>(pipeline_orders[i]->value), is_async,
+          /*original_idx=*/static_cast<int>(i)};
       pipeline_info.emplace(original_order[i], stage_order);
     }
 

testing/python/transform/test_tilelang_transform_Inject_software_pipeline.py

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ def _check(original, transformed):
     mod = tl.transform.InjectSoftwarePipeline()(mod)
     mod = tl.transform.Simplify()(mod)
     mod = tl.transform.LowerOpaqueBlock()(mod)
+    mod = tl.transform.Simplify()(mod)
     tvm.ir.assert_structural_equal(mod["main"], transformed.with_attr("global_symbol", "main"),
                                    True)
 

tilelang/engine/phase.py

@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ def OptimizeForTarget(mod: IRModule, target: Target) -> IRModule:
             mod = tilelang.transform.InjectFenceProxy()(mod)
 
     mod = tilelang.transform.LowerOpaqueBlock()(mod)
+    mod = tilelang.transform.Simplify()(mod)
     mod = tir.transform.NarrowDataType(32)(mod)
     mod = tilelang.transform.FlattenBuffer()(mod)
     # ConfigIndexBitwidth must be applied after FlattenBuffer