KhronosGroup / KhronosGroup/SPIRV-Tools
Add a custom hook/extension mechanism for user defined passes
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- C++
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Description
We've had requests from some ISVs to enable a way to hook new passes for validation and optimization without having to fork the codebase or add patches to the main codebase. Having a way to do this would allow some ISVs to more frequently update their versions of spirv-tools, by not requiring patch modifications, and instead making it more "plug'n'play". This is not a small effort, but recording it here to track its viability, and to focus discussion.
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Research direction
The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by reviewing how SPIR-V Tools currently represents validation and optimization passes, then assess the proposed extension mechanism with the ongoing discussion; done means a concrete, agreed design for user-defined passes and its viability.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- compilers
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100