Rename CMake target executorch to executorch_prim_ops

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
 # All rights reserved.
 # Copyright 2024-2026 Arm Limited and/or its affiliates.
@@ -546,21 +546,19 @@
 endif()
 
 #
-# executorch: Primary runtime library with primitive operators.
+# executorch_prim_ops: Registers primitive operators (aten::copy, aten::view,
+# prim_ops) on top of executorch_core. Does not contain portable kernels,
+# full operators, or any backends.
 #
-# Provides the Program and Method interfaces, along with primitive operators.
-# Does not contain portable kernels or other full operators. Does not contain
-# any backends.
-#
-add_library(executorch ${_executorch__srcs})
-target_link_libraries(executorch PRIVATE executorch_core)
-target_include_directories(executorch PUBLIC ${_common_include_directories})
-target_compile_definitions(executorch PUBLIC C10_USING_CUSTOM_GENERATED_MACROS)
+add_library(executorch_prim_ops ${_executorch__srcs})
+target_link_libraries(executorch_prim_ops PRIVATE executorch_core)
+target_include_directories(executorch_prim_ops PUBLIC ${_common_include_directories})
+target_compile_definitions(executorch_prim_ops PUBLIC C10_USING_CUSTOM_GENERATED_MACROS)
 if(NOT EXECUTORCH_ENABLE_LOGGING)
-  target_compile_definitions(executorch PUBLIC ET_LOG_ENABLED=0)
+  target_compile_definitions(executorch_prim_ops PUBLIC ET_LOG_ENABLED=0)
 endif()
-target_compile_options(executorch PUBLIC ${_common_compile_options})
-executorch_target_link_options_shared_lib(executorch)
+target_compile_options(executorch_prim_ops PUBLIC ${_common_compile_options})
+executorch_target_link_options_shared_lib(executorch_prim_ops)
 
 #
 # portable_ops_lib: A library to register core ATen ops using portable kernels,
@@ -594,7 +592,7 @@
 
 add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/configurations)
 
-# Install `executorch` library as well as `executorch-config.cmake` under
+# Install `executorch_prim_ops` library as well as `executorch-config.cmake` under
 # ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/
 install(
   DIRECTORY runtime/core/
@@ -650,7 +648,7 @@
   PATTERN "*.h"
 )
 install(
-  TARGETS executorch executorch_core
+  TARGETS executorch_prim_ops executorch_core
   EXPORT ExecuTorchTargets
   INCLUDES
   DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}
@@ -952,7 +950,7 @@
       bundled_program
       etdump
       flatccrt
-      executorch
+      executorch_prim_ops
       extension_data_loader
       util
       torch
@@ -1051,7 +1049,7 @@
   target_compile_definitions(util PUBLIC C10_USING_CUSTOM_GENERATED_MACROS)
 
   target_compile_options(util PUBLIC ${_pybind_compile_options})
-  target_link_libraries(util PRIVATE torch c10 executorch extension_tensor)
+  target_link_libraries(util PRIVATE torch c10 executorch_prim_ops extension_tensor)
 
   # pybind portable_lib
   pybind11_add_module(portable_lib SHARED extension/pybindings/pybindings.cpp)
@@ -1098,7 +1096,7 @@
   )
   target_include_directories(data_loader PRIVATE ${_common_include_directories})
   target_compile_options(data_loader PUBLIC ${_pybind_compile_options})
-  target_link_libraries(data_loader PRIVATE executorch)
+  target_link_libraries(data_loader PRIVATE executorch_prim_ops)
   install(TARGETS data_loader
           LIBRARY DESTINATION executorch/extension/pybindings
   )
@@ -1277,7 +1275,7 @@
 
 if(EXECUTORCH_BUILD_EXECUTOR_RUNNER)
   # Baseline libraries that executor_runner will link against.
-  set(_executor_runner_libs executorch extension_evalue_util
+  set(_executor_runner_libs executorch_prim_ops extension_evalue_util
                             extension_runner_util gflags executorch_backends
   )
 

backends/cadence/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
 # All rights reserved.
 #
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@
   # Find prebuilt libraries. executorch package should contain portable_ops_lib,
   # etdump, bundled_program.
   find_package(executorch CONFIG REQUIRED)
-  executorch_target_link_options_shared_lib(executorch)
+  executorch_target_link_options_shared_lib(executorch_prim_ops)
   executorch_target_link_options_shared_lib(portable_ops_lib)
 
   target_include_directories(
-    executorch INTERFACE ${_common_include_directories}
+    executorch_prim_ops INTERFACE ${_common_include_directories}
   )
 
   find_package(
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
     cadence_runner
     ${EXECUTORCH_ROOT}/examples/devtools/example_runner/example_runner.cpp
   )
-  target_compile_options(executorch INTERFACE -DET_EVENT_TRACER_ENABLED)
+  target_compile_options(executorch_prim_ops INTERFACE -DET_EVENT_TRACER_ENABLED)
 
   target_include_directories(
     etdump INTERFACE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../../devtools/include
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 
   target_link_libraries(
     cadence_runner
-    executorch
+    executorch_prim_ops
     gflags
     etdump
     extension_data_loader

backends/cadence/fusion_g3/operators/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ set(_aten_ops__srcs
     "${EXECUTORCH_ROOT}/kernels/portable/cpu/pattern/unary_ufunc_realhbbf16_to_floathbf16.cpp"
 )
 add_library(aten_ops_cadence ${_aten_ops__srcs})
-target_link_libraries(aten_ops_cadence PUBLIC executorch)
+target_link_libraries(aten_ops_cadence PUBLIC executorch_prim_ops)
 target_link_libraries(aten_ops_cadence PRIVATE xa_nnlib)
 
 # Let files say "include <executorch/path/to/header.h>".

backends/cadence/generic/operators/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ set(_aten_ops__srcs
     "${EXECUTORCH_ROOT}/kernels/portable/cpu/util/select_copy_util.cpp"
 )
 add_library(aten_ops_cadence ${_aten_ops__srcs})
-target_link_libraries(aten_ops_cadence PUBLIC executorch)
+target_link_libraries(aten_ops_cadence PUBLIC executorch_prim_ops)
 target_link_libraries(aten_ops_cadence PRIVATE cadence_kernels)
 
 # Let files say "include <executorch/path/to/header.h>".
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ target_include_directories(
                     ${_common_include_directories}
 )
 
-target_link_libraries(custom_ops PUBLIC executorch)
+target_link_libraries(custom_ops PUBLIC executorch_prim_ops)
 target_link_libraries(custom_ops PRIVATE cadence_kernels)
 
 # Generate C++ bindings to register kernels into both PyTorch (for AOT) and

backends/cadence/hifi/operators/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ set(_aten_ops__srcs
     "${EXECUTORCH_ROOT}/kernels/portable/cpu/util/delinearize_index.cpp"
 )
 add_library(aten_ops_cadence ${_aten_ops__srcs})
-target_link_libraries(aten_ops_cadence PUBLIC executorch)
+target_link_libraries(aten_ops_cadence PUBLIC executorch_prim_ops)
 target_link_libraries(aten_ops_cadence PRIVATE cadence_kernels)
 
 # Let files say "include <executorch/path/to/header.h>".
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ target_include_directories(
                     ${_common_include_directories}
 )
 
-target_link_libraries(custom_ops PUBLIC executorch)
+target_link_libraries(custom_ops PUBLIC executorch_prim_ops)
 target_link_libraries(custom_ops PRIVATE cadence_kernels)
 
 # Generate C++ bindings to register kernels into both PyTorch (for AOT) and

backends/cadence/vision/operators/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ set(_aten_ops__srcs
     "${EXECUTORCH_ROOT}/kernels/portable/cpu/util/select_copy_util.cpp"
 )
 add_library(aten_ops_cadence ${_aten_ops__srcs})
-target_link_libraries(aten_ops_cadence PUBLIC executorch)
+target_link_libraries(aten_ops_cadence PUBLIC executorch_prim_ops)
 target_link_libraries(aten_ops_cadence PRIVATE cadence_kernels)
 
 # Let files say "include <executorch/path/to/header.h>".
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ target_include_directories(
                     ${_common_include_directories}
 )
 
-target_link_libraries(custom_ops PUBLIC executorch)
+target_link_libraries(custom_ops PUBLIC executorch_prim_ops)
 target_link_libraries(custom_ops PRIVATE cadence_kernels)
 
 # Generate C++ bindings to register kernels into both PyTorch (for AOT) and

backends/cortex_m/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
 # All rights reserved.
 # Copyright 2025-2026 Arm Limited and/or its affiliates.
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
 target_link_libraries(
   cortex_m_kernels
   PRIVATE cmsis-nn
-  PRIVATE executorch
+  PRIVATE executorch_prim_ops
   PRIVATE kernels_util_all_deps
 )
 
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
 
 # cortex_m_ops_lib: Register Cortex-M ops kernels into Executorch runtime
 gen_operators_lib(
-  LIB_NAME "cortex_m_ops_lib" KERNEL_LIBS cortex_m_kernels DEPS executorch
+  LIB_NAME "cortex_m_ops_lib" KERNEL_LIBS cortex_m_kernels DEPS executorch_prim_ops
 )
 
 install(

backends/mlx/test/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ if(EXECUTORCH_MLX_ENABLE_SANITIZERS)
 endif()
 
 target_link_libraries(
-  op_test_runner PRIVATE extension_module extension_tensor executorch
+  op_test_runner PRIVATE extension_module extension_tensor executorch_prim_ops
                          mlxdelegate
 )
 

backends/qualcomm/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR} MATCHES "x86_64")
             qnn_schema
             qnn_manager
             qnn_executorch_header
-            executorch
+            executorch_prim_ops
             extension_tensor
             qnn_backend_options
             wrappers

backends/samsung/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ if(${ANDROID})
     PRIVATE enn_logging
             enn_backend
             gflags
-            executorch
+            executorch_prim_ops
             extension_data_loader
             portable_ops_lib
             android

devtools/bundled_program/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ add_library(
   bundled_program ${_schema_outputs}
                   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/bundled_program.cpp
 )
-target_link_libraries(bundled_program PUBLIC executorch)
+target_link_libraries(bundled_program PUBLIC executorch_prim_ops)
 target_include_directories(
   bundled_program
   PUBLIC

devtools/etdump/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ add_library(
 target_link_libraries(
   etdump
   PUBLIC flatccrt
-  PRIVATE executorch
+  PRIVATE executorch_prim_ops
 )
 target_include_directories(
   etdump

examples/apple/mps/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #
 #  Copyright (c) 2023 Apple Inc. All rights reserved.
 #  Provided subject to the LICENSE file in the top level directory.
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@
 # Find prebuilt libraries. executorch package should contain portable_ops_lib,
 # etdump, bundled_program.
 find_package(executorch CONFIG REQUIRED)
-target_include_directories(executorch INTERFACE ${_common_include_directories})
-target_compile_options(executorch INTERFACE ${_common_compile_options})
+target_include_directories(executorch_prim_ops INTERFACE ${_common_include_directories})
+target_compile_options(executorch_prim_ops INTERFACE ${_common_compile_options})
 
 find_package(
   gflags REQUIRED PATHS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../../../third-party
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
   )
   gen_operators_lib(
     LIB_NAME "mps_portable_ops_lib" KERNEL_LIBS portable_kernels DEPS
-    executorch
+    executorch_prim_ops
   )
 
   set(mps_executor_runner_libs
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
   target_link_libraries(
     mps_executor_runner
     bundled_program
-    executorch
+    executorch_prim_ops
     extension_evalue_util
     extension_runner_util
     gflags

examples/arm/executor_runner/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ list(
   arm_executor_runner_link
   extension_runner_util
   ethosu_target_init
-  executorch
+  executorch_prim_ops
   quantized_ops_lib
   cortex_m_ops_lib
   executorch_delegate_ethos_u
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ if(NOT ("${EXECUTORCH_SELECT_OPS_LIST}" STREQUAL ""
     KERNEL_LIBS
     portable_kernels
     DEPS
-    executorch
+    executorch_prim_ops
     DTYPE_SELECTIVE_BUILD
     "${EXECUTORCH_ENABLE_DTYPE_SELECTIVE_BUILD}"
   )

examples/arm/image_classification_example_ethos_u/runtime/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ target_sources(
 
 target_link_libraries(
   img_class_example
-  PUBLIC executorch
+  PUBLIC executorch_prim_ops
          ethosu_target_init
          extension_runner_util
          quantized_ops_lib

examples/cadence/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ target_link_options(
 )
 target_link_libraries(
   cadence_executorch_example dsp_mu_polling_libs cadence_ops_lib
-  extension_runner_util executorch
+  extension_runner_util executorch_prim_ops
 )
 
 add_custom_command(

examples/devtools/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
 # All rights reserved.
 # Copyright 2025 Arm Limited and/or its affiliates.
@@ -39,18 +39,18 @@
 # Find prebuilt libraries. executorch package should contain portable_ops_lib,
 # etdump, bundled_program.
 find_package(executorch CONFIG REQUIRED)
-executorch_target_link_options_shared_lib(executorch)
+executorch_target_link_options_shared_lib(executorch_prim_ops)
 executorch_target_link_options_shared_lib(portable_ops_lib)
 
-target_include_directories(executorch INTERFACE ${_common_include_directories})
+target_include_directories(executorch_prim_ops INTERFACE ${_common_include_directories})
 
 find_package(
   gflags REQUIRED PATHS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../../third-party
 )
 
 add_executable(example_runner example_runner/example_runner.cpp)
 target_compile_options(
-  executorch INTERFACE -DET_EVENT_TRACER_ENABLED -DET_BUNDLE_IO_ENABLED
+  executorch_prim_ops INTERFACE -DET_EVENT_TRACER_ENABLED -DET_BUNDLE_IO_ENABLED
 )
 
 target_include_directories(
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 )
 target_link_libraries(
   example_runner
-  executorch
+  executorch_prim_ops
   gflags
   etdump
   extension_data_loader

examples/llm_manual/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ add_subdirectory(
 add_executable(nanogpt_runner main.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(
   nanogpt_runner
-  PRIVATE executorch
+  PRIVATE executorch_prim_ops
           extension_module_static # Provides the Module class
           extension_tensor # Provides the TensorPtr class
           optimized_native_cpu_ops_lib # Provides baseline cross-platform

examples/mediatek/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ executorch_load_build_variables()
 # Find prebuilt libraries. executorch package should contain portable_ops_lib,
 # etdump, bundled_program.
 find_package(executorch CONFIG REQUIRED)
-target_compile_options(executorch INTERFACE -DET_EVENT_TRACER_ENABLED)
+target_compile_options(executorch_prim_ops INTERFACE -DET_EVENT_TRACER_ENABLED)
 find_package(gflags REQUIRED)
 
 link_directories(${EXECUTORCH_ROOT}/cmake-android-out/lib)
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ if(${ANDROID})
   target_link_libraries(
     mtk_executor_runner
     ${_executor_runner_libs}
-    executorch
+    executorch_prim_ops
     neuron_backend
     executorch_core
     extension_evalue_util
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ if(${ANDROID})
 
   target_link_libraries(
     mtk_oss_executor_runner ${_executor_runner_libs} extension_module
-    executorch neuron_backend gflags
+    executorch_prim_ops neuron_backend gflags
   )
   target_compile_options(
     mtk_oss_executor_runner PUBLIC ${_common_compile_options}

examples/models/dinov2/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@ find_package(gflags REQUIRED)
 # Find executorch libraries
 list(APPEND CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../../..)
 find_package(executorch CONFIG REQUIRED FIND_ROOT_PATH_BOTH)
-get_target_property(_executorch_imported executorch IMPORTED)
+get_target_property(_executorch_imported executorch_prim_ops IMPORTED)
 if(NOT _executorch_imported)
-  executorch_target_link_options_shared_lib(executorch)
+  executorch_target_link_options_shared_lib(executorch_prim_ops)
 endif()
 
-set(link_libraries executorch gflags)
+set(link_libraries executorch_prim_ops gflags)
 
 # Common ops
 if(TARGET optimized_native_cpu_ops_lib)