[js/web] rewrite backend resolve to allow multiple EPs (#19735)

### Description

This PR rewrite the backend resolve logic to support specifying multiple
EPs.

#### Backend

The first version of ONNX Runtime Web actually carried some existing
code from [ONNX.js](https://github.com/microsoft/onnxjs), which includes
the "backend" concept. The original "backend" in ONNX.js is designed in
a way assuming there is only one backend from user's backend hint list
will be used. For example, in ONNX.js, if user specify a backend hint as
`['webgl', 'wasm']`, ONNX.js will first try to use WebGL backend - if it
loads successfully (the browser supports webgl), then "webgl" backend
will be used and "wasm" will be ignored; otherwise, "webgl" will be
ignored and try to load "wasm" backend.

In short: only one backend will be used when initializing a session.

#### Execution Provider

Execution Provider, or EP, in ONNX Runtime is a different concept. One
of the differences is that users are allow to specify multiple EPs, and
if one does not support a particular kernel, it can fallback to other
EP. This is a very common case when using a GPU EP in ONNX Runtime.

#### Current Status: Backend v.s. EP

Because of the history reasons mentioned above, the current status is
quite confusing. There are **real backend**s, which means it's different
implementation in code; and there are **backend hint**s, which are used
as string names for backend hint; and there are **EP**s of the ONNX
Runtime concepts.

currently there are only 2 **backend**s in our code base: The "onnxjs
backend", and the "wasm backend". The "onnxjs backend" currently only
powers backend hint "webgl", which go into the old onnx.js code path.
All other backend hints including "wasm", "cpu"(alias to wasm), "webgpu"
and "webnn" are all powered by "wasm backend".

And because ORT Web treat "backend" as an internal concept and want to
align with ONNX Runtime, so those names of backend hints are becoming EP
names.

The following table shows today's status:

| Execution Provider Name (public) / Backend Hint (internal) | Backend |
EP in ORT
| -------- | ------- | ------- |
| "wasm"/"cpu" | WasmBackend | CPU EP
| "webgl" | OnnxjsBackend | \* technically not an EP
| "webgpu" | WasmBackend | JSEP
| "webnn" | WasmBackend | WebNN EP

#### Problem

While the API allows to specify multiple EPs, the backend resolving only
allows one backend. This causes issues when user specify multiple EP
names in session options, the backend resolve behavior and EP
registration behavior is inconsistent. Specifically, in this issue:
#15796 (comment):

EP list `['webgpu', 'wasm']` on a browser without WebGPU support
resolves to 'wasm' backend, but the full EP list is passed in session
options, so JSEP is still enabled, causing the runtime error.


#### Solution

Since we still need WebGL backend, we cannot totally remove the backend
register/resolve system. In this PR I made the following changes:
- initialize every backend from the EP list, instead of only do that for
the first successful one.
- for the first resolved backend, filter all EP using the exact same
backend. Remove all EPs not using this backend from session options
- for every explicitly specified EP, if it's removed, show a warning
message in console

Author: fs-eire

js/common/lib/backend-impl.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // Licensed under the MIT License.
 
 import {Backend} from './backend.js';
+import {InferenceSession} from './inference-session.js';
 
 interface BackendInfo {
   backend: Backend;
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ interface BackendInfo {
   initPromise?: Promise<void>;
   initialized?: boolean;
   aborted?: boolean;
+  error?: string;
 }
 
 const backends: Map<string, BackendInfo> = new Map();
@@ -60,43 +62,100 @@ export const registerBackend = (name: string, backend: Backend, priority: number
 };
 
 /**
- * Resolve backend by specified hints.
+ * Try to resolve and initialize a backend.
  *
- * @param backendHints - a list of execution provider names to lookup. If omitted use registered backends as list.
- * @returns a promise that resolves to the backend.
+ * @param backendName - the name of the backend.
+ * @returns the backend instance if resolved and initialized successfully, or an error message if failed.
+ */
+const tryResolveAndInitializeBackend = async(backendName: string): Promise<Backend|string> => {
+  const backendInfo = backends.get(backendName);
+  if (!backendInfo) {
+    return 'backend not found.';
+  }
+
+  if (backendInfo.initialized) {
+    return backendInfo.backend;
+  } else if (backendInfo.aborted) {
+    return backendInfo.error!;
+  } else {
+    const isInitializing = !!backendInfo.initPromise;
+    try {
+      if (!isInitializing) {
+        backendInfo.initPromise = backendInfo.backend.init(backendName);
+      }
+      await backendInfo.initPromise;
+      backendInfo.initialized = true;
+      return backendInfo.backend;
+    } catch (e) {
+      if (!isInitializing) {
+        backendInfo.error = `${e}`;
+        backendInfo.aborted = true;
+      }
+      return backendInfo.error!;
+    } finally {
+      delete backendInfo.initPromise;
+    }
+  }
+};
+
+/**
+ * Resolve execution providers from the specific session options.
+ *
+ * @param options - the session options object.
+ * @returns a promise that resolves to a tuple of an initialized backend instance and a session options object with
+ * filtered EP list.
  *
  * @ignore
  */
-export const resolveBackend = async(backendHints: readonly string[]): Promise<Backend> => {
-  const backendNames = backendHints.length === 0 ? backendsSortedByPriority : backendHints;
-  const errors = [];
-  for (const backendName of backendNames) {
-    const backendInfo = backends.get(backendName);
-    if (backendInfo) {
-      if (backendInfo.initialized) {
-        return backendInfo.backend;
-      } else if (backendInfo.aborted) {
-        continue;  // current backend is unavailable; try next
-      }
+export const resolveBackendAndExecutionProviders = async(options: InferenceSession.SessionOptions):
+    Promise<[backend: Backend, options: InferenceSession.SessionOptions]> => {
+      // extract backend hints from session options
+      const eps = options.executionProviders || [];
+      const backendHints = eps.map(i => typeof i === 'string' ? i : i.name);
+      const backendNames = backendHints.length === 0 ? backendsSortedByPriority : backendHints;
 
-      const isInitializing = !!backendInfo.initPromise;
-      try {
-        if (!isInitializing) {
-          backendInfo.initPromise = backendInfo.backend.init(backendName);
+      // try to resolve and initialize all requested backends
+      let backend: Backend|undefined;
+      const errors = [];
+      const availableBackendNames = new Set<string>();
+      for (const backendName of backendNames) {
+        const resolveResult = await tryResolveAndInitializeBackend(backendName);
+        if (typeof resolveResult === 'string') {
+          errors.push({name: backendName, err: resolveResult});
+        } else {
+          if (!backend) {
+            backend = resolveResult;
+          }
+          if (backend === resolveResult) {
+            availableBackendNames.add(backendName);
+          }
         }
-        await backendInfo.initPromise;
-        backendInfo.initialized = true;
-        return backendInfo.backend;
-      } catch (e) {
-        if (!isInitializing) {
-          errors.push({name: backendName, err: e});
+      }
+
+      // if no backend is available, throw error.
+      if (!backend) {
+        throw new Error(`no available backend found. ERR: ${errors.map(e => `[${e.name}] ${e.err}`).join(', ')}`);
+      }
+
+      // for each explicitly requested backend, if it's not available, output warning message.
+      for (const {name, err} of errors) {
+        if (backendHints.includes(name)) {
+          // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+          console.warn(`removing requested execution provider "${
+              name}" from session options because it is not available: ${err}`);
         }
-        backendInfo.aborted = true;
-      } finally {
-        delete backendInfo.initPromise;
       }
-    }
-  }
 
-  throw new Error(`no available backend found. ERR: ${errors.map(e => `[${e.name}] ${e.err}`).join(', ')}`);
-};
+      const filteredEps = eps.filter(i => availableBackendNames.has(typeof i === 'string' ? i : i.name));
+
+      return [
+        backend, new Proxy(options, {
+          get: (target, prop) => {
+            if (prop === 'executionProviders') {
+              return filteredEps;
+            }
+            return Reflect.get(target, prop);
+          }
+        })
+      ];
+    };

js/common/lib/inference-session-impl.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
 // Licensed under the MIT License.
 
-import {resolveBackend} from './backend-impl.js';
+import {resolveBackendAndExecutionProviders} from './backend-impl.js';
 import {InferenceSessionHandler} from './backend.js';
 import {InferenceSession as InferenceSessionInterface} from './inference-session.js';
 import {OnnxValue} from './onnx-value.js';
@@ -195,11 +195,9 @@ export class InferenceSession implements InferenceSessionInterface {
       throw new TypeError('Unexpected argument[0]: must be \'path\' or \'buffer\'.');
     }
 
-    // get backend hints
-    const eps = options.executionProviders || [];
-    const backendHints = eps.map(i => typeof i === 'string' ? i : i.name);
-    const backend = await resolveBackend(backendHints);
-    const handler = await backend.createInferenceSessionHandler(filePathOrUint8Array, options);
+    // resolve backend, update session options with validated EPs, and create session handler
+    const [backend, optionsWithValidatedEPs] = await resolveBackendAndExecutionProviders(options);
+    const handler = await backend.createInferenceSessionHandler(filePathOrUint8Array, optionsWithValidatedEPs);
     TRACE_FUNC_END();
     return new InferenceSession(handler);
   }

js/common/lib/training-session-impl.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
 // Licensed under the MIT License.
 
-import {resolveBackend} from './backend-impl.js';
+import {resolveBackendAndExecutionProviders} from './backend-impl.js';
 import {SessionHandler, TrainingSessionHandler} from './backend.js';
 import {InferenceSession as InferenceSession} from './inference-session.js';
 import {OnnxValue} from './onnx-value.js';
@@ -55,13 +55,12 @@ export class TrainingSession implements TrainingSessionInterface {
     const optimizerModel: string|Uint8Array = trainingOptions.optimizerModel || '';
     const options: SessionOptions = sessionOptions || {};
 
-    // get backend hints
-    const eps = options.executionProviders || [];
-    const backendHints = eps.map(i => typeof i === 'string' ? i : i.name);
-    const backend = await resolveBackend(backendHints);
+    // resolve backend, update session options with validated EPs, and create session handler
+    const [backend, optionsWithValidatedEPs] = await resolveBackendAndExecutionProviders(options);
     if (backend.createTrainingSessionHandler) {
       const handler = await backend.createTrainingSessionHandler(
-          trainingOptions.checkpointState, trainingOptions.trainModel, evalModel, optimizerModel, options);
+          trainingOptions.checkpointState, trainingOptions.trainModel, evalModel, optimizerModel,
+          optionsWithValidatedEPs);
       return new TrainingSession(handler, !!trainingOptions.optimizerModel, !!trainingOptions.evalModel);
     } else {
       throw new Error(noBackendErrMsg);