[RUNTIME] Refactor object python FFI to new protocol.

This is a pre-req to bring the Node system under object protocol.
Most of the code reflects the current code in the Node system.

- Use new instead of init so subclass can define their own constructors
- Allow register via name, besides type idnex
- Introduce necessary runtime C API functions
- Refactored Tensor and Datatype to directly use constructor.

include/tvm/runtime/c_runtime_api.h

@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ typedef enum {
   kStr = 11U,
   kBytes = 12U,
   kNDArrayContainer = 13U,
-  kObjectCell = 14U,
+  kObjectHandle = 14U,
   // Extension codes for other frameworks to integrate TVM PackedFunc.
   // To make sure each framework's id do not conflict, use first and
   // last sections to mark ranges.
@@ -549,13 +549,31 @@ TVM_DLL int TVMStreamStreamSynchronize(int device_type,
                                        TVMStreamHandle dst);
 
 /*!
- * \brief Get the tag from an object.
+ * \brief Get the type_index from an object.
  *
  * \param obj The object handle.
- * \param tag The tag of object.
+ * \param out_tindex the output type index.
  * \return 0 when success, -1 when failure happens
  */
-TVM_DLL int TVMGetObjectTag(TVMObjectHandle obj, int* tag);
+TVM_DLL int TVMObjectGetTypeIndex(TVMObjectHandle obj, unsigned* out_tindex);
+
+/*!
+ * \brief Convert type key to type index.
+ * \param type_key The key of the type.
+ * \param out_tindex the corresponding type index.
+ * \return 0 when success, -1 when failure happens
+ */
+TVM_DLL int TVMObjectTypeKey2Index(const char* type_key, unsigned* out_tindex);
+
+/*!
+ * \brief Free the object.
+ *
+ * \param obj The object handle.
+ * \note Internally we decrease the reference counter of the object.
+ *       The object will be freed when every reference to the object are removed.
+ * \return 0 when success, -1 when failure happens
+ */
+TVM_DLL int TVMObjectFree(TVMObjectHandle obj);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }  // TVM_EXTERN_C

include/tvm/runtime/object.h

@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ class Object {
   template<typename>
   friend class ObjectPtr;
   friend class TVMRetValue;
+  friend class TVMObjectCAPI;
 };
 
 /*!

include/tvm/runtime/packed_func.h

@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ class TVMPODValue_ {
   }
   operator ObjectRef() const {
     if (type_code_ == kNull) return ObjectRef(ObjectPtr<Object>(nullptr));
-    TVM_CHECK_TYPE_CODE(type_code_, kObjectCell);
+    TVM_CHECK_TYPE_CODE(type_code_, kObjectHandle);
     return ObjectRef(ObjectPtr<Object>(static_cast<Object*>(value_.v_handle)));
   }
   operator TVMContext() const {
@@ -761,7 +761,7 @@ class TVMRetValue : public TVMPODValue_ {
   }
   TVMRetValue& operator=(ObjectRef other) {
     this->Clear();
-    type_code_ = kObjectCell;
+    type_code_ = kObjectHandle;
     // move the handle out
     value_.v_handle = other.data_.data_;
     other.data_.data_ = nullptr;
@@ -862,7 +862,7 @@ class TVMRetValue : public TVMPODValue_ {
             kNodeHandle, *other.template ptr<NodePtr<Node> >());
         break;
       }
-      case kObjectCell: {
+      case kObjectHandle: {
         *this = other.operator ObjectRef();
         break;
       }
@@ -913,7 +913,7 @@ class TVMRetValue : public TVMPODValue_ {
         static_cast<NDArray::Container*>(value_.v_handle)->DecRef();
         break;
       }
-      case kObjectCell: {
+      case kObjectHandle: {
         static_cast<Object*>(value_.v_handle)->DecRef();
         break;
       }
@@ -946,7 +946,7 @@ inline const char* TypeCode2Str(int type_code) {
     case kFuncHandle: return "FunctionHandle";
     case kModuleHandle: return "ModuleHandle";
     case kNDArrayContainer: return "NDArrayContainer";
-    case kObjectCell: return "ObjectCell";
+    case kObjectHandle: return "ObjectCell";
     default: LOG(FATAL) << "unknown type_code="
                         << static_cast<int>(type_code); return "";
   }
@@ -1164,7 +1164,7 @@ class TVMArgsSetter {
   }
   void operator()(size_t i, const ObjectRef& value) const {  // NOLINT(*)
     values_[i].v_handle = value.data_.data_;
-    type_codes_[i] = kObjectCell;
+    type_codes_[i] = kObjectHandle;
   }
   void operator()(size_t i, const TVMRetValue& value) const {  // NOLINT(*)
     if (value.type_code() == kStr) {

python/tvm/_ffi/_ctypes/function.py

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 from .types import TVMPackedCFunc, TVMCFuncFinalizer
 from .types import RETURN_SWITCH, C_TO_PY_ARG_SWITCH, _wrap_arg_func, _ctx_to_int64
 from .node import NodeBase
+from . import object as _object
 from . import node as _node
 
 FunctionHandle = ctypes.c_void_p
@@ -165,7 +166,7 @@ def _make_tvm_args(args, temp_args):
             temp_args.append(arg)
         elif isinstance(arg, _CLASS_OBJECT):
             values[i].v_handle = arg.handle
-            type_codes[i] = TypeCode.OBJECT_CELL
+            type_codes[i] = TypeCode.OBJECT_HANDLE
         else:
             raise TypeError("Don't know how to handle type %s" % type(arg))
     return values, type_codes, num_args
@@ -225,7 +226,7 @@ def __init_handle_by_constructor__(fconstructor, args):
         raise get_last_ffi_error()
     _ = temp_args
     _ = args
-    assert ret_tcode.value == TypeCode.NODE_HANDLE
+    assert ret_tcode.value in (TypeCode.NODE_HANDLE, TypeCode.OBJECT_HANDLE)
     handle = ret_val.v_handle
     return handle
 
@@ -247,6 +248,7 @@ def _handle_return_func(x):
 
 # setup return handle for function type
 _node.__init_by_constructor__ = __init_handle_by_constructor__
+_object.__init_by_constructor__ = __init_handle_by_constructor__
 RETURN_SWITCH[TypeCode.FUNC_HANDLE] = _handle_return_func
 RETURN_SWITCH[TypeCode.MODULE_HANDLE] = _return_module
 RETURN_SWITCH[TypeCode.NDARRAY_CONTAINER] = lambda x: _make_array(x.v_handle, False, True)

python/tvm/_ffi/_ctypes/object.py

@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+# pylint: disable=invalid-name
+"""Runtime Object api"""
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+import ctypes
+from ..base import _LIB, check_call
+from .types import TypeCode, RETURN_SWITCH, C_TO_PY_ARG_SWITCH, _wrap_arg_func
+
+
+ObjectHandle = ctypes.c_void_p
+__init_by_constructor__ = None
+
+"""Maps object type to its constructor"""
+OBJECT_TYPE = {}
+
+def _register_object(index, cls):
+    """register object class"""
+    OBJECT_TYPE[index] = cls
+
+
+def _return_object(x):
+    handle = x.v_handle
+    if not isinstance(handle, ObjectHandle):
+        handle = ObjectHandle(handle)
+    tindex = ctypes.c_uint()
+    check_call(_LIB.TVMObjectGetTypeIndex(handle, ctypes.byref(tindex)))
+    cls = OBJECT_TYPE.get(tindex.value, ObjectBase)
+    # Avoid calling __init__ of cls, instead directly call __new__
+    # This allows child class to implement their own __init__
+    obj = cls.__new__(cls)
+    obj.handle = handle
+    return obj
+
+RETURN_SWITCH[TypeCode.OBJECT_HANDLE] = _return_object
+C_TO_PY_ARG_SWITCH[TypeCode.OBJECT_HANDLE] = _wrap_arg_func(
+    _return_object, TypeCode.OBJECT_HANDLE)
+
+
+class ObjectBase(object):
+    """Base object for all object types"""
+    __slots__ = ["handle"]
+
+    def __del__(self):
+        if _LIB is not None:
+            check_call(_LIB.TVMObjectFree(self.handle))
+
+    def __init_handle_by_constructor__(self, fconstructor, *args):
+        """Initialize the handle by calling constructor function.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        fconstructor : Function
+            Constructor function.
+
+        args: list of objects
+            The arguments to the constructor
+
+        Note
+        ----
+        We have a special calling convention to call constructor functions.
+        So the return handle is directly set into the Node object
+        instead of creating a new Node.
+        """
+        # assign handle first to avoid error raising
+        self.handle = None
+        handle = __init_by_constructor__(fconstructor, args)
+        if not isinstance(handle, ObjectHandle):
+            handle = ObjectHandle(handle)
+        self.handle = handle

python/tvm/_ffi/_cython/base.pxi

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ cdef enum TVMTypeCode:
     kStr = 11
     kBytes = 12
     kNDArrayContainer = 13
-    kObjectCell = 14
+    kObjectHandle = 14
     kExtBegin = 15
 
 cdef extern from "tvm/runtime/c_runtime_api.h":
@@ -130,7 +130,9 @@ cdef extern from "tvm/runtime/c_runtime_api.h":
     int TVMArrayToDLPack(DLTensorHandle arr_from,
                          DLManagedTensor** out)
     void TVMDLManagedTensorCallDeleter(DLManagedTensor* dltensor)
-    int TVMGetObjectTag(ObjectHandle obj, int* tag)
+    int TVMObjectFree(ObjectHandle obj)
+    int TVMObjectGetTypeIndex(ObjectHandle obj, unsigned* out_index)
+
 
 cdef extern from "tvm/c_dsl_api.h":
     int TVMNodeFree(NodeHandle handle)

python/tvm/_ffi/_cython/core.pyx

@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
 # under the License.
 
 include "./base.pxi"
+include "./object.pxi"
 include "./node.pxi"
 include "./function.pxi"
 include "./ndarray.pxi"
-include "./vmobj.pxi"
+

python/tvm/_ffi/_cython/function.pxi

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ cdef int tvm_callback(TVMValue* args,
         if (tcode == kNodeHandle or
             tcode == kFuncHandle or
             tcode == kModuleHandle or
-            tcode == kObjectCell or
+            tcode == kObjectHandle or
             tcode > kExtBegin):
             CALL(TVMCbArgToReturn(&value, tcode))
 
@@ -155,12 +155,12 @@ cdef inline int make_arg(object arg,
         value[0].v_handle = (<NodeBase>arg).chandle
         tcode[0] = kNodeHandle
         temp_args.append(arg)
+    elif isinstance(arg, _CLASS_OBJECT):
+        value[0].v_handle = (<ObjectBase>arg).chandle
+        tcode[0] = kObjectHandle
     elif isinstance(arg, _CLASS_MODULE):
         value[0].v_handle = c_handle(arg.handle)
         tcode[0] = kModuleHandle
-    elif isinstance(arg, _CLASS_OBJECT):
-        value[0].v_handle = c_handle(arg.handle)
-        tcode[0] = kObjectCell
     elif isinstance(arg, FunctionBase):
         value[0].v_handle = (<FunctionBase>arg).chandle
         tcode[0] = kFuncHandle
@@ -190,6 +190,8 @@ cdef inline object make_ret(TVMValue value, int tcode):
     """convert result to return value."""
     if tcode == kNodeHandle:
         return make_ret_node(value.v_handle)
+    elif tcode == kObjectHandle:
+        return make_ret_object(value.v_handle)
     elif tcode == kNull:
         return None
     elif tcode == kInt:
@@ -212,8 +214,6 @@ cdef inline object make_ret(TVMValue value, int tcode):
         fobj = _CLASS_FUNCTION(None, False)
         (<FunctionBase>fobj).chandle = value.v_handle
         return fobj
-    elif tcode == kObjectCell:
-        return make_ret_object(value.v_handle)
     elif tcode in _TVM_EXT_RET:
         return _TVM_EXT_RET[tcode](ctypes_handle(value.v_handle))