[tvmc] Add a --config option to tvmc compile (#8253)

* Allow to send some configurations to the PassContext via command line

 * Add various validations to the new option with appropriate error messages

 * Add unit testing

python/tvm/driver/tvmc/common.py

@@ -415,3 +415,103 @@ def parse_shape_string(inputs_string):
         shape_dict[name] = shape
 
     return shape_dict
+
+
+def get_pass_config_value(name, value, config_type):
+    """Get a PassContext configuration value, based on its config data type.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    name: str
+        config identifier name.
+    value: str
+        value assigned to the config, provided via command line.
+    config_type: str
+        data type defined to the config, as string.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    parsed_value: bool, int or str
+        a representation of the input value, converted to the type
+        specified by config_type.
+    """
+
+    if config_type == "IntImm":
+        # "Bool" configurations in the PassContext are recognized as
+        # IntImm, so deal with this case here
+        mapping_values = {
+            "false": False,
+            "true": True,
+        }
+
+        if value.isdigit():
+            parsed_value = int(value)
+        else:
+            # if not an int, accept only values on the mapping table, case insensitive
+            parsed_value = mapping_values.get(value.lower(), None)
+
+        if parsed_value is None:
+            raise TVMCException(f"Invalid value '{value}' for configuration '{name}'. ")
+
+    if config_type == "runtime.String":
+        parsed_value = value
+
+    return parsed_value
+
+
+def parse_configs(input_configs):
+    """Parse configuration values set via command line.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    input_configs: list of str
+        list of configurations provided via command line.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    pass_context_configs: dict
+        a dict containing key-value configs to be used in the PassContext.
+    """
+    if not input_configs:
+        return {}
+
+    all_configs = tvm.ir.transform.PassContext.list_configs()
+    supported_config_types = ("IntImm", "runtime.String")
+    supported_configs = [
+        name for name in all_configs.keys() if all_configs[name]["type"] in supported_config_types
+    ]
+
+    pass_context_configs = {}
+
+    for config in input_configs:
+        if not config:
+            raise TVMCException(
+                f"Invalid format for configuration '{config}', use <config>=<value>"
+            )
+
+        # Each config is expected to be provided as "name=value"
+        try:
+            name, value = config.split("=")
+            name = name.strip()
+            value = value.strip()
+        except ValueError:
+            raise TVMCException(
+                f"Invalid format for configuration '{config}', use <config>=<value>"
+            )
+
+        if name not in all_configs:
+            raise TVMCException(
+                f"Configuration '{name}' is not defined in TVM. "
+                f"These are the existing configurations: {', '.join(all_configs)}"
+            )
+
+        if name not in supported_configs:
+            raise TVMCException(
+                f"Configuration '{name}' uses a data type not supported by TVMC. "
+                f"The following configurations are supported: {', '.join(supported_configs)}"
+            )
+
+        parsed_value = get_pass_config_value(name, value, all_configs[name]["type"])
+        pass_context_configs[name] = parsed_value
+
+    return pass_context_configs

python/tvm/driver/tvmc/compiler.py

@@ -83,6 +83,14 @@ def add_compile_parser(subparsers):
         help="output format. Use 'so' for shared object or 'mlf' for Model Library Format "
         "(only for µTVM targets). Defaults to 'so'.",
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--pass-config",
+        action="append",
+        metavar=("name=value"),
+        help="configurations to be used at compile time. This option can be provided multiple "
+        "times, each one to set one configuration value, "
+        "e.g. '--pass-config relay.backend.use_auto_scheduler=0'.",
+    )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--target",
         help="compilation targets as comma separated string, inline JSON or path to a JSON file.",
@@ -145,6 +153,7 @@ def drive_compile(args):
         target_host=None,
         desired_layout=args.desired_layout,
         disabled_pass=args.disabled_pass,
+        pass_context_configs=args.pass_config,
     )
 
     return 0
@@ -162,6 +171,7 @@ def compile_model(
     target_host: Optional[str] = None,
     desired_layout: Optional[str] = None,
     disabled_pass: Optional[str] = None,
+    pass_context_configs: Optional[str] = None,
 ):
     """Compile a model from a supported framework into a TVM module.
 
@@ -202,6 +212,9 @@ def compile_model(
     disabled_pass: str, optional
         Comma-separated list of passes which needs to be disabled
         during compilation
+    pass_context_configs: str, optional
+        String containing a set of configurations to be passed to the
+        PassContext.
 
 
     Returns
@@ -212,7 +225,7 @@ def compile_model(
     """
     mod, params = tvmc_model.mod, tvmc_model.params
 
-    config = {}
+    config = common.parse_configs(pass_context_configs)
 
     if desired_layout:
         mod = common.convert_graph_layout(mod, desired_layout)

tests/python/driver/tvmc/test_tvmc_common.py

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import pytest
 
 import tvm
+from tvm.contrib.target.vitis_ai import vitis_ai_available
 from tvm.driver import tvmc
 
 from tvm.driver.tvmc.common import TVMCException
@@ -306,3 +307,53 @@ def test_parse_quotes_and_separators_on_options():
 
     assert len(targets_double_quote) == 1
     assert "+v1.0x,+value" == targets_double_quote[0]["opts"]["option1"]
+
+
+def test_config_invalid_format():
+    with pytest.raises(TVMCException):
+        _ = tvmc.common.parse_configs(["relay.backend.use_auto_scheduler.missing.value"])
+
+
+def test_config_missing_from_tvm():
+    with pytest.raises(TVMCException):
+        _ = tvmc.common.parse_configs(["relay.backend.use_auto_scheduler.missing.value=1234"])
+
+
+def test_config_unsupported_tvmc_config():
+    with pytest.raises(TVMCException):
+        _ = tvmc.common.parse_configs(["tir.LoopPartition=value"])
+
+
+def test_config_empty():
+    with pytest.raises(TVMCException):
+        _ = tvmc.common.parse_configs([""])
+
+
+def test_config_valid_config_bool():
+    configs = tvmc.common.parse_configs(["relay.backend.use_auto_scheduler=true"])
+
+    assert len(configs) == 1
+    assert "relay.backend.use_auto_scheduler" in configs.keys()
+    assert configs["relay.backend.use_auto_scheduler"] == True
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(
+    not vitis_ai_available(),
+    reason="--target vitis-ai is not available. TVM built with 'USE_VITIS_AI OFF'",
+)
+def test_config_valid_multiple_configs():
+    configs = tvmc.common.parse_configs(
+        [
+            "relay.backend.use_auto_scheduler=false",
+            "tir.detect_global_barrier=10",
+            "relay.ext.vitis_ai.options.build_dir=mystring",
+        ]
+    )
+
+    assert len(configs) == 3
+    assert "relay.backend.use_auto_scheduler" in configs.keys()
+    assert configs["relay.backend.use_auto_scheduler"] == False
+    assert "tir.detect_global_barrier" in configs.keys()
+    assert configs["tir.detect_global_barrier"] == 10
+    assert "relay.ext.vitis_ai.options.build_dir" in configs.keys()
+    assert configs["relay.ext.vitis_ai.options.build_dir"] == "mystring"