This is mostly a refactoring, but also enables handling some more
UNOPTFLAT, when the variable is only partially assigned in the cycle.
Previously the way partial assignments to variables were handled were
through the DfgVerexVar types themselves, which kept track of all
drivers. This has been replaced by DfgVertexSplice (which always drives
a DfgVeretexVar), and all DfgVertexVar now only have a single source,
either a DfgVertexSplice, if partially assigned, or an arbitrary
DfgVertex when updated as a whole.
Added a second algorithm to break cycles in DFG by identifying which
bits of a circular variable are actually independent of the variable,
then reuse the existing (but extended) driver tracing algorithm to
eliminate them.
This can fix up things like: `assign gray = binary ^ (gray >> 1)`
Added an algorithm that can break some combinational cycles in DFG, by
attempting to trace driver logic until we escape the cycle. This can
eliminate a decent portion of UNOPTFLAT warnings. E.g. due to this code:
```systemverilog
assign a[0] = .....;
assign a[1] = ~a[0];
```
The manual for the BLKANDNBLK warning describes that it is safe to
disable that error if the updated ranges are non-overlapping. This
however was not true (see the added t_nba_mixed_update* tests).
In this patch we change V3Delayed to use a new ShadowVarMasked
scheme for variables that have mixed blocking and non-blocking
updates (or the FlagUnique scheme for unpacked variables), which
is in fact safe to use when the updated parts are non-overlapping.
Furthermore, mixed assignments are safe as far as scheduling is
concerned if either:
- They are to independent parts (bits/members/etc) (with this patch)
- Or if the blocking assignment is in clocked (or suspendable) logic.
The risk in scheduling is a race between the Post scheduled NBA
commit, and blocking assignments in combinational logic, which might
order incorrectly.
The second point highlights that we can handle stuff like this safely,
which is sometimes used in testbenches:
```systemverilog
always @(posedge clk) begin
if ($time == 0) a = 0;
end
always @(posedge clk) begin
if ($time > 0) a <= 2;
end
````
The only dangerous case is:
```systemverilog
always @(posedge clk) foo[idx] <= val;
assign foo[0] = bar;
```
Whit this patch, this will still resolve fine at run-time if 'idx' is
never zero, but might resolve incorrectly if 'idx' is zero.
With the above in mind, the BLKANDNBLK warning is now only issued if:
- We can't prove that the assignments are to non-overlapping bits
- And the blocking assignment is in combinational logic
These are the cases that genuinely require user attention to resolve.
With this patch, there are no more BLKANDNBLK warnings in the RTLMeter
designs.
Fixes#6122.
These passes blow up the Ast size on some designs, so delaying running V3Const
until after the whole pass can notably increase peak memory usage. In this
patch we apply V3Const per CFunc within these passes, which saves on memory.
Added -fno-const-eager to disable the intra-pass V3Const application, for
debugging.
Artur Bieniek
Wilson Snyder
Geza Lore
Ryszard Rozak
Yilou Wang
Petr Nohavica
Artur Bieniek
Igor Zaworski
Bartłomiej Chmiel
Todd Strader
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Kamil Rakoczy