Always build the CPU variant of controller_wrappers such that CUDA bu…

…ild can still run on CPU

qiskit_aer/backends/controller_wrappers.py

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import importlib
+
+_loaded_backend_module = None
+
+
+def try_import_backend(backend_module_suffix):
+    module_name = f".controller_wrappers_{backend_module_suffix}"
+    try:
+        return importlib.import_module(module_name)
+    except ImportError:
+        return None
+
+
+BACKENDS = ["cuda", "rocm", "cpu"]
+
+for backend_suffix in BACKENDS:
+    _loaded_backend_module = try_import_backend(backend_suffix)
+    if _loaded_backend_module:
+        break
+
+if _loaded_backend_module is None:
+    raise ImportError("No backend found for qiskit-aer.")
+
+
+def __getattr__(name):
+    return getattr(_loaded_backend_module, name)

qiskit_aer/backends/wrappers/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -20,13 +20,37 @@ if(CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR STREQUAL "x86_64" OR CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR
     endif()
 endif()
 
-set(AER_SIMULATOR_SOURCES "bindings.cc" "${SIMD_SOURCE_FILE}")
-basic_pybind11_add_module(controller_wrappers "${AER_SIMULATOR_SOURCES}")
+macro(configure_target target_name)
+  target_include_directories(${target_name} PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+                                            PRIVATE ${AER_SIMULATOR_CPP_SRC_DIR}
+                                            PRIVATE ${AER_SIMULATOR_CPP_EXTERNAL_LIBS})
+  target_link_libraries(${target_name} ${AER_LIBRARIES})
+  target_compile_definitions(${target_name} PRIVATE ${AER_COMPILER_DEFINITIONS})
+  install(TARGETS ${target_name} LIBRARY DESTINATION qiskit_aer/backends)
+endmacro()
 
+# Build the CPU backend
+set(BACKEND_MODULE_NAME "controller_wrappers_cpu")
+configure_file(bindings.cc.in bindings_cpu.cc)
+basic_pybind11_add_module(controller_wrappers_cpu bindings_cpu.cc "${SIMD_SOURCE_FILE}")
+
+if(DEFINED SIMD_SOURCE_FILE)
+  string(REPLACE ";" " " SIMD_FLAGS "${SIMD_FLAGS_LIST}")
+  set_source_files_properties(${SIMD_SOURCE_FILE} PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "${SIMD_FLAGS}")
+endif()
+
+set_target_properties(controller_wrappers_cpu PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "${AER_COMPILER_FLAGS}")
+configure_target(controller_wrappers_cpu)
+
+# Build the CUDA backend
 if(AER_THRUST_BACKEND STREQUAL "CUDA")
+    set(BACKEND_MODULE_NAME "controller_wrappers_cuda")
+    configure_file(bindings.cc.in bindings_cuda.cc)
+    basic_pybind11_add_module(controller_wrappers_cuda bindings_cuda.cc "${SIMD_SOURCE_FILE}")
+
     include(nvcc_add_compiler_options)
-    set_source_files_properties(bindings.cc PROPERTIES LANGUAGE CUDA)
-    set_source_files_properties(bindings.cc PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "${CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS}")
+    set_source_files_properties(bindings_cuda.cc PROPERTIES LANGUAGE CUDA)
+    set_source_files_properties(bindings_cuda.cc PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "${CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS}")
 
     if(DEFINED SIMD_SOURCE_FILE)
        set_source_files_properties(${SIMD_SOURCE_FILE} PROPERTIES LANGUAGE CUDA)
@@ -36,34 +60,29 @@ if(AER_THRUST_BACKEND STREQUAL "CUDA")
 
     string(STRIP ${AER_COMPILER_FLAGS} AER_COMPILER_FLAGS_STRIPPED)
     nvcc_add_compiler_options(${AER_COMPILER_FLAGS_STRIPPED} AER_COMPILER_FLAGS_OUT)
-    set_target_properties(controller_wrappers PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "${AER_COMPILER_FLAGS_OUT}")
+    set_target_properties(controller_wrappers_cuda PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "${AER_COMPILER_FLAGS_OUT}")
     enable_language(CUDA)
+    configure_target(controller_wrappers_cuda)
+# Build the ROCm backend
 elseif(AER_THRUST_BACKEND STREQUAL "ROCM")
+    set(BACKEND_MODULE_NAME "controller_wrappers_rocm")
+    configure_file(bindings.cc.in bindings_rocm.cc)
+    basic_pybind11_add_module(controller_wrappers_rocm bindings_rocm.cc "${SIMD_SOURCE_FILE}")
 
     if(NOT DEFINED SIMD_SOURCE_FILE)
       message(FATAL_ERROR "ROCm supported target machines are expected to be SIMD-enabled.") 
     endif()
 
     set_source_files_properties(
-      bindings.cc 
+      bindings_rocm.cc
       ${SIMD_SOURCE_FILE} 
       PROPERTIES LANGUAGE CXX)
 
-    target_compile_options(controller_wrappers PRIVATE ${ROCM_EXTRA_FLAGS} ${SIMD_FLAGS_LIST})
-    target_compile_definitions(controller_wrappers PRIVATE ${ROCM_EXTRA_DEFS} ${AER_COMPILER_DEFINITIONS})
-    set_target_properties(controller_wrappers PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "${AER_COMPILER_FLAGS}")
-else()
-    if(DEFINED SIMD_SOURCE_FILE)
-       string(REPLACE ";" " " SIMD_FLAGS "${SIMD_FLAGS_LIST}")
-       set_source_files_properties(${SIMD_SOURCE_FILE} PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "${SIMD_FLAGS}")
-    endif()
-    set_target_properties(controller_wrappers PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "${AER_COMPILER_FLAGS}")
+    target_compile_options(controller_wrappers_rocm PRIVATE ${ROCM_EXTRA_FLAGS} ${SIMD_FLAGS_LIST})
+    target_compile_definitions(controller_wrappers_rocm PRIVATE ${ROCM_EXTRA_DEFS} ${AER_COMPILER_DEFINITIONS})
+    set_target_properties(controller_wrappers_rocm PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "${AER_COMPILER_FLAGS}")
+    configure_target(controller_wrappers_rocm)
 endif()
-target_include_directories(controller_wrappers PRIVATE ${AER_SIMULATOR_CPP_SRC_DIR}
-                                               PRIVATE ${AER_SIMULATOR_CPP_EXTERNAL_LIBS})
-target_link_libraries(controller_wrappers ${AER_LIBRARIES})
-target_compile_definitions(controller_wrappers PRIVATE ${AER_COMPILER_DEFINITIONS})
-install(TARGETS controller_wrappers LIBRARY DESTINATION qiskit_aer/backends)
 
 # Install redistributable dependencies
 install(FILES ${BACKEND_REDIST_DEPS} DESTINATION qiskit_aer/backends)

qiskit_aer/backends/wrappers/bindings.cc → qiskit_aer/backends/wrappers/bindings.cc.in

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ DISABLE_WARNING_POP
 
 using namespace AER;
 
-PYBIND11_MODULE(controller_wrappers, m) {
+PYBIND11_MODULE(@BACKEND_MODULE_NAME@, m) {
 
 #ifdef AER_MPI
   int prov;