mask-risc: a borrowing Scratch — PR4's substrate step, landing first - #1230
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Shipped in #1226 and wrong in the same way the board entry was: the doc said the differential suite runs "on whichever backend the test binary is built for … NEON, WASM and scalar are unexercised", which reads as a coverage gap in THIS crate. It is not a property this crate has. A3 says the crate contains no `cfg(target_feature)`, no ISA cost model, no fallback chain, and `the_crate_names_no_isa` enforces it — so executor-vs-oracle equality cannot vary by backend. ndarray IS the SIMD polyfill; which realization a facade word lowers to is its question and its parity tests answer it. Running this suite under NEON would test ndarray through a proxy, not test this crate. The neighbouring "five compile-time realizations" line is left alone: it describes ndarray, where it is true. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01X6y3drwKSE2zSgoexheLFX
PR4's substrate step, landing first per the missing-capability STOP rule: a
consumer needing a capability the substrate lacks does not hand-roll it one
layer up.
`Scratch` moves from `Vec<Box<[u64]>>` to ONE flat region — `slots * words`
of arena, then the read-before-write bitmap — held either owned or borrowed
(`Store`). `Scratch::over(buf, words, slots)` and `over_for_program` carve it
out of a caller's buffer and allocate nothing; `scratch_words_for` is the
public sizing function, so the caller and the layout can never disagree.
Why a caller-owned buffer rather than a cache: `execute` requires
`scratch.words == words_for(n_rows)` EXACTLY, so a cache keyed by size
allocates the first time each distinct row count is seen, making allocation a
function of the population's HISTORY. One growing buffer makes it a function
of the MAXIMUM instead — a smaller program carves a strict prefix. Relaxing
the exact-size check would have been the other route and is not safe:
`clear_tail` clears only the tail WORD while the facade's `mask_not` zeroes
every word past it, and the two agree only on an exactly-sized slot. Slots
are carved exact here for that reason.
The flat arena also retires the take/restore dance. Disjointness is now
`split_at_mut` through a `Slots` view — every slot except the one being
written — so the borrow checker proves what rested on a convention: that
every `take` was paired, and that no arm read the slot it had taken. The
`debug_assert` that guarded it survives as a hole check with a message that
says why.
New error: `ScratchBufferTooSmall { need_words, have_words }`, distinct from
`ScratchTooSmall`, which counts SLOTS. A buffer can be long enough in words
for the wrong slot count or hold enough slots at the wrong width; one number
for both would report a figure the caller cannot size from.
Five falsifiers: borrowed matches owned across seven row counts AND never
touches a word past its layout (excess poisoned with u64::MAX, the value most
likely to corrupt a mask if it leaked); a one-word-short buffer is refused
with both numbers, with the exact length accepted as the silent half; one
buffer grown once serves every smaller shape descending — the property a
size-keyed cache fails; an overflowing layout has no size rather than a
wrapped one; and `tests/borrowed_alloc.rs` measures ZERO bytes across ten row
counts including n = 999, absent from the warm-up, with every result checked
against the owned arena so a path that allocates nothing by computing nothing
cannot pass.
47 tests green, clippy -D warnings clean, fmt clean. Disable runs next.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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A disable run removing `region.fill(0)` failed NO test, which is the kind of pass that means the guard is unfalsified rather than that it is safe. Checking why: every other fixture declares exactly the slots its ops write, so the arena is fully overwritten before anything reads it and the fill genuinely is inert there. It is not inert in general. A program may OVER-declare — `validate` rejects only under-declaring — and `slot()` is then a public read of a slot no op touched. An owned arena returns zeros; a borrowed one without the fill returns whatever the caller's buffer held. Owned and borrowed have to be interchangeable, or swapping one for the other changes a consumer's answers. Pinned with a fixture that over-declares five slots against three writes and compares slot(3) and slot(4) across both arenas, with the buffer pre-poisoned to u64::MAX so the borrowed side has something visibly wrong to return. 48 tests green, clippy -D warnings clean. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01X6y3drwKSE2zSgoexheLFX
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe execution scratch storage now supports owned or caller-borrowed flat arenas. Checked sizing and buffer errors cover capacity and overflow cases. Execution uses split arena views, and tests verify correctness, reuse, initialization, and zero allocations. ChangesBorrowed scratch execution
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Caller->>Scratch: create borrowed scratch arena
Caller->>execute: execute program with scratch
execute->>Scratch: obtain split slot and bitmap views
Scratch-->>execute: provide arena views
execute-->>Caller: return terminal result
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| #[cfg(test)] | ||
| mod borrowed_scratch_tests { | ||
| use super::*; | ||
| use crate::ir::{LaneRef, MaskOp, Operand, Planes, Pred, Program, Terminal}; | ||
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| /// A three-op program that touches three slots, every aliasing shape | ||
| /// exercised by the differential suite already — this only needs the | ||
| /// arena to be non-trivial. | ||
| fn fixture(n: usize) -> (Vec<u64>, Vec<i32>, Program) { | ||
| let mut seed = 0x5EEDu64; | ||
| let mut lcg = || { | ||
| seed = seed | ||
| .wrapping_mul(6364136223846793005) | ||
| .wrapping_add(1442695040888963407); | ||
| seed >> 11 | ||
| }; | ||
| let mut mask: Vec<u64> = (0..words_for(n)).map(|_| lcg() & lcg()).collect(); | ||
| if !n.is_multiple_of(64) && !mask.is_empty() { | ||
| let last = mask.len() - 1; | ||
| mask[last] &= (1u64 << (n % 64)) - 1; | ||
| } | ||
| let lane: Vec<i32> = (0..n).map(|_| (lcg() % 2000) as i32 - 1000).collect(); | ||
| let p = Program::new( | ||
| vec![ | ||
| MaskOp::Pred { | ||
| pred: Pred::GtI32 { lane: 0, t: 100 }, | ||
| under: None, | ||
| dst: 0, | ||
| }, | ||
| MaskOp::Pred { | ||
| pred: Pred::LtI32 { lane: 0, t: 800 }, | ||
| under: Some(Operand::Scratch(0)), | ||
| dst: 1, | ||
| }, | ||
| MaskOp::Ternlog { | ||
| imm: 0xE8, | ||
| a: Operand::Plane(0), | ||
| b: Operand::Scratch(0), | ||
| c: Operand::Scratch(1), | ||
| dst: 2, | ||
| }, | ||
| ], | ||
| Terminal::Count { | ||
| mask: Operand::Scratch(2), | ||
| }, | ||
| ); | ||
| (mask, lane, p) | ||
| } | ||
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| fn run_owned(n: usize) -> (Value, Vec<Vec<u64>>) { | ||
| let (mask, lane, p) = fixture(n); | ||
| let masks: [&[u64]; 1] = [&mask]; | ||
| let lanes = [LaneRef::I32(&lane)]; | ||
| let planes = Planes { | ||
| n_rows: n, | ||
| masks: &masks, | ||
| lanes: &lanes, | ||
| }; | ||
| let mut s = Scratch::for_program(&p, n).expect("addressable"); | ||
| let v = execute(&p, &planes, &mut s, None).expect("runs"); | ||
| let slots = (0..s.slots()) | ||
| .map(|i| s.slot(i as u16).unwrap().to_vec()) | ||
| .collect(); | ||
| (v, slots) | ||
| } | ||
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| /// FAILS IF: the borrowed arena computes anything different from the owned | ||
| /// one, OR `Scratch::over` reads or writes a single word past the layout it | ||
| /// was asked for — the poison is `u64::MAX`, the value most likely to | ||
| /// corrupt a mask if it leaked into one. | ||
| #[test] | ||
| fn a_borrowed_arena_matches_an_owned_one_and_never_touches_the_excess() { | ||
| for n in [0usize, 1, 63, 64, 65, 999, 4097] { | ||
| let (mask, lane, p) = fixture(n); | ||
| let masks: [&[u64]; 1] = [&mask]; | ||
| let lanes = [LaneRef::I32(&lane)]; | ||
| let planes = Planes { | ||
| n_rows: n, | ||
| masks: &masks, | ||
| lanes: &lanes, | ||
| }; | ||
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| let need = scratch_words_for(words_for(n), p.scratch_slots as usize).unwrap(); | ||
| // twice the room, every excess word poisoned | ||
| let mut buf = vec![u64::MAX; need * 2 + 16]; | ||
| let excess_start = need; | ||
| let mut s = Scratch::over(&mut buf, words_for(n), p.scratch_slots as usize) | ||
| .expect("buffer is long enough"); | ||
| let got = execute(&p, &planes, &mut s, None).expect("runs"); | ||
| let got_slots: Vec<Vec<u64>> = (0..s.slots()) | ||
| .map(|i| s.slot(i as u16).unwrap().to_vec()) | ||
| .collect(); | ||
| drop(s); | ||
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| let (want, want_slots) = run_owned(n); | ||
| assert_eq!(got, want, "n={n}: borrowed result differs from owned"); | ||
| assert_eq!(got_slots, want_slots, "n={n}: borrowed slots differ"); | ||
| assert!( | ||
| buf[excess_start..].iter().all(|&w| w == u64::MAX), | ||
| "n={n}: Scratch::over touched {} words past its layout", | ||
| buf[excess_start..] | ||
| .iter() | ||
| .filter(|&&w| w != u64::MAX) | ||
| .count() | ||
| ); | ||
| } | ||
| } | ||
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| /// FAILS IF: a slot the program never writes reads back as whatever the | ||
| /// caller's buffer happened to hold, instead of as zero. | ||
| /// | ||
| /// This is the one thing `Scratch::over`'s zero-fill actually buys, and | ||
| /// nothing else in the suite could see it: every other fixture declares | ||
| /// exactly the slots its ops write, so the arena is fully overwritten | ||
| /// before anything reads it and the fill is inert. A program may | ||
| /// OVER-declare — `validate` rejects only under-declaring — and then | ||
| /// `slot()` is a public read of a slot no op touched. Owned and borrowed | ||
| /// must be interchangeable there too, or a consumer that swaps one for | ||
| /// the other gets different answers out of the same program. | ||
| /// | ||
| /// Found by a disable run: removing the fill failed no test at all. | ||
| #[test] | ||
| fn a_slot_the_program_never_writes_reads_as_zero_from_either_arena() { | ||
| let n = 200usize; | ||
| let (mask, lane, mut p) = fixture(n); | ||
| // Over-declare: the ops touch slots 0..=2, the program claims five. | ||
| assert_eq!(p.scratch_slots, 3, "fixture writes exactly three slots"); | ||
| p.scratch_slots = 5; | ||
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| let masks: [&[u64]; 1] = [&mask]; | ||
| let lanes = [LaneRef::I32(&lane)]; | ||
| let planes = Planes { | ||
| n_rows: n, | ||
| masks: &masks, | ||
| lanes: &lanes, | ||
| }; | ||
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| let mut owned = Scratch::for_program(&p, n).expect("addressable"); | ||
| execute(&p, &planes, &mut owned, None).expect("runs"); | ||
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| let need = scratch_words_for(words_for(n), 5).unwrap(); | ||
| let mut buf = vec![u64::MAX; need]; | ||
| let mut borrowed = Scratch::over(&mut buf, words_for(n), 5).expect("fits"); | ||
| execute(&p, &planes, &mut borrowed, None).expect("runs"); | ||
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| for i in 3..5u16 { | ||
| let o = owned.slot(i).expect("declared"); | ||
| let b = borrowed.slot(i).expect("declared"); | ||
| assert!( | ||
| o.iter().all(|&w| w == 0), | ||
| "slot {i} of an OWNED arena must be zero" | ||
| ); | ||
| assert_eq!( | ||
| o, b, | ||
| "slot {i}: owned and borrowed disagree on an unwritten slot" | ||
| ); | ||
| } | ||
| } | ||
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| /// FAILS IF: a short buffer is carved anyway — which would hand `execute` an | ||
| /// arena whose last slot overlaps the read-before-write bitmap. | ||
| #[test] | ||
| fn a_buffer_one_word_short_is_refused_and_says_both_numbers() { | ||
| let need = scratch_words_for(4, 3).unwrap(); | ||
| assert_eq!(need, 3 * 4 + 1, "layout is slots*words then the bitmap"); | ||
| let mut buf = vec![0u64; need - 1]; | ||
| assert_eq!( | ||
| Scratch::over(&mut buf, 4, 3).err(), | ||
| Some(ExecError::ScratchBufferTooSmall { | ||
| need_words: need, | ||
| have_words: need - 1, | ||
| }) | ||
| ); | ||
| // can-it-stay-silent: exactly enough is accepted | ||
| let mut exact = vec![0u64; need]; | ||
| assert!(Scratch::over(&mut exact, 4, 3).is_ok()); | ||
| } | ||
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| /// FAILS IF: one buffer cannot serve a SMALLER shape after a larger one — | ||
| /// the property that makes allocation a function of the maximum rather than | ||
| /// of the population's history, which is the entire reason this constructor | ||
| /// exists. A cache keyed by exact size passes every same-size test and | ||
| /// fails this one. | ||
| #[test] | ||
| fn one_buffer_grown_once_serves_every_smaller_shape() { | ||
| let big = 4097usize; | ||
| let (_, _, p_big) = fixture(big); | ||
| let cap = scratch_words_for(words_for(big), p_big.scratch_slots as usize).unwrap(); | ||
| let mut buf = vec![0u64; cap]; | ||
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| // descending, so every call after the first carves a strict prefix | ||
| for n in [4097usize, 999, 65, 64, 1, 0] { | ||
| let (mask, lane, p) = fixture(n); | ||
| let masks: [&[u64]; 1] = [&mask]; | ||
| let lanes = [LaneRef::I32(&lane)]; | ||
| let planes = Planes { | ||
| n_rows: n, | ||
| masks: &masks, | ||
| lanes: &lanes, | ||
| }; | ||
| let mut s = Scratch::over_for_program(&mut buf, &p, n).expect("prefix fits"); | ||
| let got = execute(&p, &planes, &mut s, None).expect("runs"); | ||
| drop(s); | ||
| let (want, _) = run_owned(n); | ||
| assert_eq!(got, want, "n={n} against a buffer sized for {big}"); | ||
| } | ||
| } | ||
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| /// FAILS IF: `scratch_words_for` wraps instead of reporting that no buffer | ||
| /// can be long enough. A wrapped product would make `over` accept a tiny | ||
| /// buffer for an enormous layout. | ||
| #[test] | ||
| fn an_overflowing_layout_has_no_size_rather_than_a_wrapped_one() { | ||
| assert_eq!(scratch_words_for(usize::MAX, 2), None); | ||
| assert_eq!(scratch_words_for(2, usize::MAX), None); | ||
| // and the constructor surfaces it as a buffer that cannot suffice | ||
| let mut buf = [0u64; 8]; | ||
| assert!(matches!( | ||
| Scratch::over(&mut buf, usize::MAX, 2), | ||
| Err(ExecError::ScratchBufferTooSmall { .. }) | ||
| )); | ||
| } | ||
| } | ||
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| #[cfg(test)] | ||
| mod tests { | ||
| use super::*; |
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PR4 (lgj-abi consuming this evaluator in place of its own allocating
plan_evalloop) is blocked on a capability this crate does not have. Per the missing-capability STOP rule, that capability lands here first, on its own, with its own falsifiers — the consumer does not hand-roll it one layer up.What was blocking
executerequiresscratch.words == words_for(n_rows)exactly. So a consumer caching aScratchper size allocates the first time it sees each distinct row count, which makes allocation a function of the population's history — the precise property PR4's allocation gate is supposed to deny. A gate that warms up over a fixed sweep and then measures the same sweep is green while the property is false.Relaxing the exact-size check was the other route and is not safe:
clear_tailclears only the tail WORD while the facade'smask_notzeroes every word past it, and the two agree only on an exactly-sized slot. An oversized slot reopens the tail law.What this does
Scratchmoves fromVec<Box<[u64]>>to ONE flat region —slots * wordsof arena, then the read-before-write bitmap — held either owned or borrowed.Scratch::over(buf, words, slots)andover_for_programcarve it out of a caller's buffer and allocate nothing.scratch_words_foris the public sizing function, so the caller and the layout cannot disagree.One growing buffer makes allocation a function of the maximum instead of the history: a smaller program carves a strict prefix of the same buffer.
The flat arena also retires the
take/restoredance. Disjointness is nowsplit_at_mutthrough aSlotsview — every slot except the one being written — so the borrow checker proves what previously rested on a convention: that everytakewas paired with exactly onerestore, and that no arm read the slot it had taken.New error
ScratchBufferTooSmall { need_words, have_words }, distinct fromScratchTooSmall, which counts SLOTS. A buffer can be long enough in words for the wrong slot count, or hold enough slots at the wrong width; one number for both reports a figure the caller cannot size from.Falsifiers, all five disable-verified
overrequires exact lengthoverrequires exact lengthsplit_at_muttests/borrowed_alloc.rsmeasures zero bytes across ten row counts includingn = 999, which is absent from the warm-up — the arm a size-keyed cache would allocate for on first sight. Every result is checked against the owned arena, so a path that allocates nothing by computing nothing cannot pass, and the counter is proven live at the end.A sixth disable found a real gap
Removing
over'sregion.fill(0)failed no test at all — the kind of pass that means a guard is unfalsified, not that it is safe. Checking why: every other fixture declares exactly the slots its ops write, so the arena is fully overwritten before anything reads it and the fill genuinely is inert there.It is not inert in general. A program may over-declare —
validaterejects only under-declaring — andslot()is then a public read of a slot no op touched. An owned arena returns zeros; a borrowed one without the fill returns whatever the caller's buffer held. Owned and borrowed must be interchangeable, or swapping one for the other changes a consumer's answers. Now pinned by a fixture that over-declares five slots against three writes, with the buffer pre-poisoned tou64::MAX, and that test is the only one the re-run reddens.Also here: a doc correction, operator-caught
lib.rsshipped in #1226 saying the differential suite runs "on whichever backend the test binary is built for … NEON, WASM and scalar are unexercised", framing per-backend coverage as a gap in this crate. It is not a property this crate has: A3 forbidscfg(target_feature)andthe_crate_names_no_isaenforces it, so executor-vs-oracle equality is backend-independent by construction. ndarray IS the SIMD polyfill — which realization a facade word lowers to is its question, answered by its own parity tests. Running this suite under NEON would test ndarray through a proxy.The board-side instance of the same error, and the "T0 owns backend realization" confabulation that produced it, are corrected in #1229.
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