Merge pull request #25042 from dfm:ffi-example-input-output-alias

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jax-ml · Jan 7, 2025 · f1777d5 · f1777d5
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diff --git a/examples/ffi/src/jax_ffi_example/cpu_examples.cc b/examples/ffi/src/jax_ffi_example/cpu_examples.cc
@@ -103,6 +103,33 @@ XLA_FFI_DEFINE_HANDLER_SYMBOL(
     Counter, CounterImpl,
     ffi::Ffi::Bind().Attr<int64_t>("index").Ret<ffi::BufferR0<ffi::S32>>());
 
+// --------
+// Aliasing
+// --------
+//
+// This example demonstrates how input-output aliasing works. The handler
+// doesn't do anything except to check that the input and output pointers
+// address the same data.
+
+ffi::Error AliasingImpl(ffi::AnyBuffer input,
+                        ffi::Result<ffi::AnyBuffer> output) {
+  if (input.element_type() != output->element_type() ||
+      input.element_count() != output->element_count()) {
+    return ffi::Error::InvalidArgument(
+        "The input and output data types and sizes must match.");
+  }
+  if (input.untyped_data() != output->untyped_data()) {
+    return ffi::Error::InvalidArgument(
+        "When aliased, the input and output buffers should point to the same "
+        "data.");
+  }
+  return ffi::Error::Success();
+}
+
+XLA_FFI_DEFINE_HANDLER_SYMBOL(
+    Aliasing, AliasingImpl,
+    ffi::Ffi::Bind().Arg<ffi::AnyBuffer>().Ret<ffi::AnyBuffer>());
+
 // Boilerplate for exposing handlers to Python
 NB_MODULE(_cpu_examples, m) {
   m.def("registrations", []() {
@@ -111,9 +138,8 @@ NB_MODULE(_cpu_examples, m) {
         nb::capsule(reinterpret_cast<void *>(ArrayAttr));
     registrations["dictionary_attr"] =
         nb::capsule(reinterpret_cast<void *>(DictionaryAttr));
-
     registrations["counter"] = nb::capsule(reinterpret_cast<void *>(Counter));
-
+    registrations["aliasing"] = nb::capsule(reinterpret_cast<void *>(Aliasing));
     return registrations;
   });
 }
diff --git a/examples/ffi/src/jax_ffi_example/cpu_examples.py b/examples/ffi/src/jax_ffi_example/cpu_examples.py
@@ -39,3 +39,9 @@ def dictionary_attr(**kwargs):
 def counter(index):
   return jax.ffi.ffi_call(
     "counter", jax.ShapeDtypeStruct((), jax.numpy.int32))(index=int(index))
+
+
+def aliasing(x):
+  return jax.ffi.ffi_call(
+      "aliasing", jax.ShapeDtypeStruct(x.shape, x.dtype),
+      input_output_aliases={0: 0})(x)
diff --git a/examples/ffi/tests/cpu_examples_test.py b/examples/ffi/tests/cpu_examples_test.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-from absl.testing import absltest
+from absl.testing import absltest, parameterized
 
 import jax
 import jax.numpy as jnp
@@ -91,5 +91,16 @@ def counter_fun(x):
     self.assertEqual(counter_fun(0)[1], 3)
 
 
+class AliasingTests(jtu.JaxTestCase):
+  def setUp(self):
+    super().setUp()
+    if not jtu.test_device_matches(["cpu"]):
+      self.skipTest("Unsupported platform")
+
+  @parameterized.parameters((jnp.linspace(0, 0.5, 10),), (jnp.int32(6),))
+  def test_basic(self, x):
+    self.assertAllClose(cpu_examples.aliasing(x), x)
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
   absltest.main(testLoader=jtu.JaxTestLoader())