Add Metal DLPack zero-copy sharing#3531
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This draft adds zero-copy Metal DLPack sharing for MLX arrays and PyTorch MPS tensors.
This PR depends on #3495 and requires nanobind support.
The main changes are:
byte_offset.mx.from_dlpack(..., copy=...)controls for Metal DLPack inputs.mx.array(...)zero-copy for Metal DLPack inputs unless an explicit different dtype is requested.The shared lifetime is tied to the exported or imported buffer. Synchronization remains explicit: PyTorch writes require
torch.mps.synchronize()before MLX reads, and MLX writes requiremx.eval(...)before PyTorch reads.For MLX arrays exported to PyTorch, later MLX updates may rebind the MLX array to a new buffer while the PyTorch tensor continues to reference the exported buffer.
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