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Use when building or debugging a compiler backend, codegen, or assembler and you need to prove the generated machine code is correct by executing it on a real CPU or a fast emulator, not just inspecting the output
Use when building or debugging a compiler backend, codegen, or assembler and you need to prove the generated machine code is correct by executing it on a real CPU or a fast emulator, not just inspecting the output
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A codegen backend is correct when the code it emits computes the right answer on a real machine. Reading the assembly proves nothing; a plausible-looking instruction sequence with a wrong ABI detail or a clobbered callee-saved register passes every eyeball review and fails on hardware.
Core principle: Execution-validate. Compile a known program, run the output on a real CPU or a fast emulator, and assert the observed result. If you didn't run it, you don't know it works.
known program (expected result known)
-> codegen -> machine code
-> run on real CPU / fast emulator
-> assert observed result == expected
Execution validation reliably catches the codegen bugs that look fine on paper:
select/conditional-move lowering that picks the wrong operand.These are exactly the bugs that turn into silicon respins or weeks of "intermittent" debugging if they escape. A handful of executed tests finds them in seconds.
Order tests so each new one depends only on capabilities already validated:
When a higher test fails and the lower ones pass, the bug is in the new capability. That ordering is the debugger.
| Smell | Do instead |
|---|---|
| "The disassembly looks correct" | Execute it and assert the result |
| Test asserts "no crash" | Assert the actual computed value |
| Slow full-system sim per test | Fast target emulator, run every build |
| One big program as the only test | Capability-ordered tests, smallest first |
| Skipping ABI/spill tests | Those are exactly where the bugs hide |
river-emulator. That harness caught real codegen bugs (select lowering, critical-edge splitting, return-address save) that passed inspection.vulcan-target/<arch>; validation is a first-class part of bring-up, not an afterthought.differential-verification.name: codegen-validation description: Use when building or debugging a compiler backend, codegen, or assembler and you need to prove the generated machine code is correct by executing it on a real CPU or a fast emulator, not just inspecting the output
--- name: codegen-validation description: Use when building or debugging a compiler backend, codegen, or assembler and you need to prove the generated machine code is correct by executing it on a real CPU or a fast emulator, not just inspecting the output --- # Codegen Validation ## Overview A codegen backend is correct when the code it emits computes the right answer on a real machine. Reading the assembly proves nothing; a plausible-looking instruction sequence with a wrong ABI detail or a clobbered callee-saved register passes every eyeball review and fails on hardware. **Core principle:** Execution-validate. Compile a known program, run the output on a real CPU or a fast emulator, and assert the observed result. If you didn't run it, you don't know it works. ## When to Use - Bringing up a new codegen target or instruction selection - Implementing calling conventions, stack frames, register spilling, relocations - Debugging "the assembly looks right but the answer is wrong" - Adding an optimization pass and needing to prove it preserves behavior ## The Validation Loop ``` known program (expected result known) -> codegen -> machine code -> run on real CPU / fast emulator -> assert observed result == expected ``` - **Pick programs with known answers.** Start tiny: return a constant, add two args, a call to a leaf function, a loop that sums. Each isolates one capability (literals, ABI, calls, control flow). - **Run on something real and fast.** A native emulator for your target CPU closes the loop in milliseconds, so it can run on every build. The point is real execution semantics, not a model of what you think the instruction does. - **Assert the observed value**, not "it didn't crash." Read the result register or memory and compare to the expected answer. ## This Catches Bugs Review Misses Execution validation reliably catches the codegen bugs that look fine on paper: - A `select`/conditional-move lowering that picks the wrong operand. - Critical-edge splitting that drops or duplicates a value. - A prologue/epilogue that fails to save/restore a callee-saved register (return-address corruption shows up only when something actually calls). - ABI mistakes: argument in the wrong register, stack misaligned, return value in the wrong place. - Relocations that resolve to the wrong address. These are exactly the bugs that turn into silicon respins or weeks of "intermittent" debugging if they escape. A handful of executed tests finds them in seconds. ## Build It Up By Capability Order tests so each new one depends only on capabilities already validated: 1. Return a constant (codegen + run harness works at all). 2. Arithmetic on arguments (ABI in, result out). 3. Stack frame (alloca, alignment, prologue/epilogue). 4. Calls (the full ABI, callee-saved save/restore, return address). 5. Control flow (branches, loops, phi/select). 6. Spilling (more live values than registers). When a higher test fails and the lower ones pass, the bug is in the new capability. That ordering is the debugger. ## Red Flags | Smell | Do instead | |-------|------------| | "The disassembly looks correct" | Execute it and assert the result | | Test asserts "no crash" | Assert the actual computed value | | Slow full-system sim per test | Fast target emulator, run every build | | One big program as the only test | Capability-ordered tests, smallest first | | Skipping ABI/spill tests | Those are exactly where the bugs hide | ## Midstall House Style - Vulcan is the reference: a reusable codegen system whose RISC-V output is execution-validated on Midstall's River CPU via a fast `river-emulator`. That harness caught real codegen bugs (select lowering, critical-edge splitting, return-address save) that passed inspection. - Targets nest under `vulcan-target/<arch>`; validation is a first-class part of bring-up, not an afterthought. - Write docs and comments in ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English. No em dashes, no emoji. The compare-against-truth loop is the same shape as `differential-verification`.
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License: Apache-2.0
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Trust
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