areusch commented on a change in pull request #7785:
URL: https://github.com/apache/tvm/pull/7785#discussion_r611884529



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+// LINT_C_FILE
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+#include <assert.h>
+#include <inttypes.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <tvm/runtime/c_backend_api.h>
+#include <tvm/runtime/crt/error_codes.h>
+#include <tvm/runtime/crt/logging.h>
+#include <tvm/runtime/crt/platform.h>
+
+#include "crt_config.h"
+
+void* TVMBackendAllocWorkspace(int device_type, int device_id, uint64_t 
nbytes, int dtype_code_hint,

Review comment:
       okay so--sorry, my previous comment was a bit ambiguous. my previous 
comment is what I want to do in the long-term; for the purposes of this PR, is 
it possible to avoid introducing `aot_backend_api.c`, particularly since it 
isn't any different now from `crt_backend_api.c`?
   
   to follow-on to my comment and discussion: I don't disagree that we should 
consider a less memory-intensive lookup mechanism (and thereby changing the 
implementation of `TVMBackendRegisterSystemLibSymbol` for `runtime.SystemLib`. 
That brings up the conversation about the firmware-facing API--one I do think 
we should have--but there are a couple of different things at play there and I 
think it's something we should tackle separately from this PR.
   
   i'd propose in this PR that we should just focus on the TIR top-level 
function + test strategy and test coverage for that. That does spill over into 
the runtime a bit--e.g. invoking said top-level function is obviously part of 
the test strategy. However, I think we should implement something here that 
suffices to test the AOT as used in the C runtime, and then move on to a 
conversation about what to do with the `crt/runtime` directory and the 
firmware-facing API in general. that's the basis on which I'm suggesting to 
keep with just `crt_backend_api.c` for this PR.




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