[tvmc] Introduce 'run' subcommand (part 4/4) (apache#6578)

* [tvmc] Introduce 'run' subcommand (part 4/4)

 * Add 'tvmc run' subcommand to execute compiled modules
 * Include options to locally or remotelly using RPC
 * Include support to cpu and gpu devices


Co-authored-by: Marcus Shawcroft <marcus.shawcroft@arm.com>
Co-authored-by: Matthew Barrett <matthew.barrett@arm.com>

* adjust based on code review comments

* make test fixture to safely skip environments without tflite

* make --help option more clear

* improve error message to show expected inputs

* code-review adjusts

* update doc-string to default zeros->random

Co-authored-by: Marcus Shawcroft <marcus.shawcroft@arm.com>
Co-authored-by: Matthew Barrett <matthew.barrett@arm.com>

python/tvm/driver/tvmc/__init__.py

@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@
 
 from . import autotuner
 from . import compiler
+from . import runner

python/tvm/driver/tvmc/common.py

@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 import logging
 import os.path
 
+from urllib.parse import urlparse
+
 import tvm
 
 from tvm import relay
@@ -102,3 +104,36 @@ def target_from_cli(target):
     logger.debug("creating target from input: %s", target)
 
     return tvm.target.Target(target)
+
+
+def tracker_host_port_from_cli(rpc_tracker_str):
+    """Extract hostname and (optional) port from strings
+    like "1.2.3.4:9090" or "4.3.2.1".
+
+    Used as a helper function to cover --rpc-tracker
+    command line argument, in different subcommands.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    rpc_tracker_str : str
+        hostname (or IP address) and port of the RPC tracker,
+        in the format 'hostname[:port]'.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    rpc_hostname : str or None
+        hostname or IP address, extracted from input.
+    rpc_port : int or None
+        port number extracted from input (9090 default).
+    """
+
+    rpc_hostname = rpc_port = None
+
+    if rpc_tracker_str:
+        parsed_url = urlparse("//%s" % rpc_tracker_str)
+        rpc_hostname = parsed_url.hostname
+        rpc_port = parsed_url.port or 9090
+        logger.info("RPC tracker hostname: %s", rpc_hostname)
+        logger.info("RPC tracker port: %s", rpc_port)
+
+    return rpc_hostname, rpc_port

python/tvm/driver/tvmc/compiler.py

@@ -190,8 +190,6 @@ def compile_model(
     target_host = target_host or ""
 
     if tuning_records and os.path.exists(tuning_records):
-        # TODO (@leandron) a new PR will introduce the 'tune' subcommand
-        #      the is used to generate the tuning records file
         logger.debug("tuning records file provided: %s", tuning_records)
         with autotvm.apply_history_best(tuning_records):
             with tvm.transform.PassContext(opt_level=3):
@@ -212,6 +210,8 @@ def compile_model(
         source = str(mod) if source_type == "relay" else lib.get_source(source_type)
         dumps[source_type] = source
 
+    # TODO we need to update this return to use the updated graph module APIs
+    #      as these getter functions will be deprecated in the next release (@leandron)
     return graph_module.get_json(), graph_module.get_lib(), graph_module.get_params(), dumps