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<subtitle>Making it easier to work with shaders</subtitle>
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<title>Disable Link-Time-Optimization by default (#7345)</title>
<updated>2025-06-06T17:48:06+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jay Kwak</name>
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<published>2025-06-06T17:48:06+00:00</published>
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* Disable Link-Time-Optimization by default

LTO was requested for the release package a while ago.
When we added it, LTO was enabled by default although it was needed only for
the release packages.

Later we found that the Release build cannot be incrementally recompiled
when LTO is enabled. It sometimes works fine, but it required full recompilation
when it doesn't work. We added a new CMake option, `SLANG_ENABLE_RELEASE_LTO`,
to disable it for developers. But many Slang developers don't know the
option exists.

I was going to update the document, CONTRIBUTING.md, but I thought it
will be better to change the default behavior.

* Fix a compiler warning treated as an error on linux

A padding variable was uninitialized, which is fine, but the compiler
was complaining about it.

* Fix other gcc error for uninitialized variable

* Fix more compile warning treated as error

* Fix compiler warning from gcc 11

It appears that this is a valid warning that the `delete this` is done
on an offset 8 when the class uses multiple inheritance.

The compiler warning is following:
```
In file included from /home/runner/work/slang/slang/source/core/slang-memory-file-system.h:5,
                 from /home/runner/work/slang/slang/tools/slang-unit-test/unit-test-module-ptr.cpp:3:
In destructor ‘virtual Slang::ComBaseObject::~ComBaseObject()’,
    inlined from ‘uint32_t Slang::ComBaseObject::_releaseImpl()’ at /home/runner/work/slang/slang/source/core/slang-com-object.h:49:16,
    inlined from ‘virtual uint32_t Slang::MemoryFileSystem::release()’ at /home/runner/work/slang/slang/source/core/slang-memory-file-system.h:34:5:
/home/runner/work/slang/slang/source/core/slang-com-object.h:33:31: error: ‘void operator delete(void*, std::size_t)’ called on pointer ‘&lt;unknown&gt;’ with nonzero offset 8 [-Werror=free-nonheap-object]
   33 |     virtual ~ComBaseObject() {}
      |                               ^
In destructor ‘virtual Slang::ComBaseObject::~ComBaseObject()’,
    inlined from ‘uint32_t Slang::ComBaseObject::_releaseImpl()’ at /home/runner/work/slang/slang/source/core/slang-com-object.h:49:16,
    inlined from ‘virtual uint32_t Slang::MemoryFileSystem::release()’ at /home/runner/work/slang/slang/source/core/slang-memory-file-system.h:34:5,
    inlined from ‘Slang::ComPtr&lt;T&gt;::~ComPtr() [with T = ISlangMutableFileSystem]’ at /home/runner/work/slang/slang/include/slang-com-ptr.h:113:34,
    inlined from ‘void _modulePtr_impl(UnitTestContext*)’ at /home/runner/work/slang/slang/tools/slang-unit-test/unit-test-module-ptr.cpp:92:1:
/home/runner/work/slang/slang/source/core/slang-com-object.h:33:31: error: ‘void operator delete(void*, std::size_t)’ called on pointer ‘&lt;unknown&gt;’ with nonzero offset 8 [-Werror=free-nonheap-object]
   33 |     virtual ~ComBaseObject() {}
      |                               ^
/home/runner/work/slang/slang/tools/slang-unit-test/unit-test-module-ptr.cpp: In function ‘void _modulePtr_impl(UnitTestContext*)’:
/home/runner/work/slang/slang/tools/slang-unit-test/unit-test-module-ptr.cpp:36:69: note: returned from ‘void* operator new(std::size_t)’
   36 |         ComPtr&lt;ISlangMutableFileSystem&gt;(new Slang::MemoryFileSystem());
      |                                                                     ^
```

The problem is on the fact that `ComBaseObject` is not the first in the
multiple inheritance:
```
class MemoryFileSystem : public ISlangMutableFileSystem, public ComBaseObject
{
public:
    // ISlangUnknown
    SLANG_COM_BASE_IUNKNOWN_ALL
```

It should be:
```
class MemoryFileSystem : public ComBaseObject, public ISlangMutableFileSystem
```

The chain of ComObject release is little complicated and it is easy to
make a mistake. Here is summary with details,

1. `release()` is declared as a pure-virtual in ISlangUnknown, which is
one of the base classes of `ISlangMutableFileSystem`.
```
    struct ISlangUnknown
    {
        virtual SLANG_NO_THROW uint32_t SLANG_MCALL release() = 0;
```

2. `release()` is implemented with the macro
   `SLANG_COM_BASE_IUNKNOWN_RELEASE`.
```
    SLANG_NO_THROW uint32_t SLANG_MCALL release() SLANG_OVERRIDE \
    {                                                            \
        return _releaseImpl();                                   \
    }

inline uint32_t ComBaseObject::_releaseImpl()
{
    // Check there is a ref count to avoid underflow
    SLANG_ASSERT(m_refCount != 0);
    const uint32_t count = --m_refCount;
    if (count == 0)
    {
        delete this;
    }
    return count;
}
```

3. The instance of `MemoryFileSystem` is handled by ComPtr. And
   `ComPtr::~ComPtr()` calls the `release()`.
```
    ComPtr&lt;ISlangMutableFileSystem&gt; memoryFileSystem =
        ComPtr&lt;ISlangMutableFileSystem&gt;(new Slang::MemoryFileSystem());

    SLANG_FORCE_INLINE ~ComPtr()
    {
        if (m_ptr)
            ((Ptr)m_ptr)-&gt;release();
    }
```

4. When `delete this` is called, because ComBaseObject is not the first
   in the multiple inheritance, `this` is 8 byte off from the actual
   instance address.

A fix for this is to change the order of the inheritance and make
ComBaseObject to be the first in the order.</content>
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<title>format</title>
<updated>2024-10-29T06:49:26+00:00</updated>
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<name>Ellie Hermaszewska</name>
<email>ellieh@nvidia.com</email>
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<published>2024-10-29T06:49:26+00:00</published>
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* format

* Minor test fixes

* enable checking cpp format in ci</content>
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<title>preparation for clang format (#5422)</title>
<updated>2024-10-29T05:59:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ellie Hermaszewska</name>
<email>ellieh@nvidia.com</email>
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<published>2024-10-29T05:59:28+00:00</published>
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* Clang-format excludes

* Add .clang-format

* Don't clang-format in external

* Missing includes and forward declarations

* Replace wonky include-once macro name

* neaten include naming

* Add clang-format to formatting script

* Add xargs and diff to required binaries

* add clang-format to ci formatting check

* Add max version check to formatting script

* temporarily disable checking formatting for cpp files</content>
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<title>Fix prelude generation by using relative paths for including `slang.h` (#4973)</title>
<updated>2024-08-30T23:58:07+00:00</updated>
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<name>Sai Praveen Bangaru</name>
<email>31557731+saipraveenb25@users.noreply.github.com</email>
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<published>2024-08-30T23:58:07+00:00</published>
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* Change `slang.h` path in `slang-common.h` to allow `slang-embed` to resolve correctly.

* Change `slang.h` path in all slang/core files

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Co-authored-by: Yong He &lt;yonghe@outlook.com&gt;</content>
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<title>Move the file public header files to `include` dir (#4636)</title>
<updated>2024-07-17T17:53:19+00:00</updated>
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<name>kaizhangNV</name>
<email>149626564+kaizhangNV@users.noreply.github.com</email>
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<published>2024-07-17T17:53:19+00:00</published>
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* Move the file public header files to `include` dir

Close the issue (#4635).

Move the following headers files to a `include` dir
located at root dir of slang repo:

 slang-com-helper.h -&gt; include/slang-com-helper.h
 slang-com-ptr.h -&gt; include/slang-com-ptr.h
 slang-gfx.h -&gt; include/slang-gfx.h
 slang.h -&gt; include/slang.h

Change cmake/SlangTarget.cmake to add include path to
every target, and change the source file to use
"#include &lt;slang.h&gt;" to include the public headers.

The source code update is by the script like follow:

```
fileNames_slang=$(grep -r "\".*slang\.h\"" source/ -l)

for fileName in "${fileNames_slang[@]}"
do
    echo "$fileName"
    sed -i "s/\".*slang\.h\"/\"slang\.h\"/" $fileName
done
```

* Fix the test issues

* Fix cpu test issues by adding include seach path

* Update cmake to not add include path for every target

Also change "#include &lt;slang.h&gt;" to "include "slang.h" " to
make the coding style consistent with other slang code.

* Change public include to private include for unit-test and slang-glslang</content>
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<title>Fix warnings for gcc 12.3 (#3286)</title>
<updated>2023-10-25T19:22:01+00:00</updated>
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<name>Ellie Hermaszewska</name>
<email>ellieh@nvidia.com</email>
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<published>2023-10-25T19:22:01+00:00</published>
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* Silence a few gcc out of bounds warnings

* Search upwards from executable for prelude directory instead of assuming depth

* comment wording

* Check return values of read and write

* Correct path to vulkan headers in gfx

* Correct diagnostic on missing file in slang-embed

* Do not use absolute path to libraries in test-context.cpp

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Co-authored-by: Yong He &lt;yonghe@outlook.com&gt;</content>
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<entry>
<title>Small improvements around StringBlob (#2924)</title>
<updated>2023-06-09T16:38:24+00:00</updated>
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<name>jsmall-nvidia</name>
<email>jsmall@nvidia.com</email>
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<published>2023-06-09T16:38:24+00:00</published>
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* #include an absolute path didn't work - because paths were taken to always be relative.

* Small fixes and improvements around reflection tool.

* Make PrettyWriter printing a class.

* Sundary improvements around StringBlob.</content>
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<title>Improvements around StringBlob (#2921)</title>
<updated>2023-06-08T21:26:33+00:00</updated>
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<name>jsmall-nvidia</name>
<email>jsmall@nvidia.com</email>
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<published>2023-06-08T21:26:33+00:00</published>
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* #include an absolute path didn't work - because paths were taken to always be relative.

* Small fixes and improvements around reflection tool.

* Make PrettyWriter printing a class.

* Improvements around handling StringBlob and storing stdlib source in ISlangBlob.

* Fix some issues with comments around StringBlob.

* Default initialize StringBlob fields.</content>
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<title>Add SLANG_IID_PPV_ARGS (#2784)</title>
<updated>2023-04-07T17:11:27+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ellie Hermaszewska</name>
<email>ellieh@nvidia.com</email>
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<published>2023-04-07T17:11:27+00:00</published>
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* Add SLANG_IID_PPV_ARGS

To mirror IID_PPV_ARGS from the COM Coding Practices: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/LearnWin32/com-coding-practices#the-iid_ppv_args-macro

* Make getTypeGuid constexpr

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Co-authored-by: Yong He &lt;yonghe@outlook.com&gt;</content>
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<title>Remove artifact from SourceFile (#2384)</title>
<updated>2022-09-01T19:38:17+00:00</updated>
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<name>jsmall-nvidia</name>
<email>jsmall@nvidia.com</email>
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* #include an absolute path didn't work - because paths were taken to always be relative.

* Make DownstreamCompileOptions use POD types.

* CharSliceAllocator -&gt; SliceAllocator
Added SliceConverter
CharSliceCaster -&gt; SliceCaster

* First attempt at zero terminating around blobs.

* Fix clang warning.

* Add SlangTerminatedChars
Make Blob implementations support it.
Make most blobs 'terminated'.

* Fix bug setting up sourceFiles for CommandLineDownstreamCompiler.

* Traffic in TerminatedCharSlice for sourceFiles.
Use ArtifactDesc to generate temporary file names for source.

* Fix typo in testing for shared library/C++.

* Working with source being passed as artifacts to DownstreamCompiler.

* Use artifacts in SourceManager/SourceFile.

* Support infering extension from the original file extension.

* * Infer extension if can't determine from the artifact type
* Split IOSFile/IExtFile representations
* Move responsibility for creating OS file to the handler.

* Disable the check memory path.

* Remove artifact from SourceFile.
Lazily generate SourceFile from artifacts as needed.

* Fix some small bugs.

* Remove maybeAddArtifact.

* Load artifacts if repro capture is enabled.

* Remove adding by string, because doing so means source will be allocated twice or there is a potential race around ref counting to the contained String.

* Add built in source as a blob.

* Fix warning.

* Make StringBlob own the contents if moved.
Fix some compilation issues.

* Share StringBlob uniqueness code.

* Do move unique on Ctor.

* Change MoveUnique to not have any values.

* MoveUnique can more sensibly be a struct.

Co-authored-by: Yong He &lt;yonghe@outlook.com&gt;</content>
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