From cd0f35fe6773e8e3286d961a7b9b4be3c6cfe7e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wilson Snyder <wsnyder@wsnyder.org>
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2025 20:30:27 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix recursive module assertion, broken recent lib commit
 (#5891 partial fix)

---
 src/V3LinkCells.cpp | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/V3LinkCells.cpp b/src/V3LinkCells.cpp
index 87934aa34..0c2bb15b4 100644
--- a/src/V3LinkCells.cpp
+++ b/src/V3LinkCells.cpp
@@ -621,7 +621,9 @@ class LinkCellsVisitor final : public VNVisitor {
             if (libFoundp && libFoundp == nodep) {
                 // Ok
             } else if (libFoundp && !globalFoundp) {
-                nodep->v3fatalSrc("Module should be found globally if inserted in lib");
+                // Clones are locally made and don't need to user-resolve globally
+                UASSERT_OBJ(nodep->recursiveClone(), nodep,
+                            "Module should be found globally if inserted in lib");
             } else if (libFoundp) {
                 if (!(libFoundp->fileline()->warnIsOff(V3ErrorCode::MODDUP)
                       || nodep->fileline()->warnIsOff(V3ErrorCode::MODDUP)