Allow generic type deduction from ParameterBlock arguments. (#4766)

* Allow generic type deduction from ParameterBlock arguments.

* Fix test.

* Update expected failure list.

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Co-authored-by: Yong He <yhe@nvidia.com>

4 files changed, 42 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/source/slang/slang-check-constraint.cpp b/source/slang/slang-check-constraint.cpp
index 23f7354d9..1195ed1f9 100644
--- a/source/slang/slang-check-constraint.cpp
+++ b/source/slang/slang-check-constraint.cpp
@@ -949,6 +949,11 @@ namespace Slang
                     QualType(sndVectorType->getElementType(), snd.isLeftValue));
             }
         }
+
+        if (auto fstUniformParamGroupType = as<UniformParameterGroupType>(fst))
+            return TryUnifyTypes(constraints, QualType(fstUniformParamGroupType->getElementType(), fst.isLeftValue), snd);
+        if (auto sndUniformParamGroupType = as<UniformParameterGroupType>(snd))
+            return TryUnifyTypes(constraints, fst, QualType(sndUniformParamGroupType->getElementType(), snd.isLeftValue));
         return false;
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/expected-failure-github.txt b/tests/expected-failure-github.txt
index f157d2b9a..524930f62 100644
--- a/tests/expected-failure-github.txt
+++ b/tests/expected-failure-github.txt
@@ -5,5 +5,3 @@ tests/language-feature/saturated-cooperation/fuse-product.slang (vk)
 tests/language-feature/saturated-cooperation/fuse.slang (vk)
 tests/bugs/byte-address-buffer-interlocked-add-f32.slang (vk)
 tests/serialization/obfuscated-serialized-module-test.slang.2 syn (mtl)
-tests/render/cross-compile-entry-point.slang.2 syn (mtl)
-tests/bindings/nested-parameter-block-2.slang.3 syn (mtl)
diff --git a/tests/language-feature/generics/parameter-block-unify.slang b/tests/language-feature/generics/parameter-block-unify.slang
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b549f555b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/language-feature/generics/parameter-block-unify.slang
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+//TEST(compute):COMPARE_COMPUTE_EX(filecheck-buffer=CHECK):-slang -compute -shaderobj -output-using-type
+//TEST(compute, vulkan):COMPARE_COMPUTE_EX(filecheck-buffer=CHECK):-vk -compute -shaderobj -output-using-type
+//TEST(compute, vulkan):COMPARE_COMPUTE_EX(filecheck-buffer=CHECK):-mtl -compute -shaderobj -output-using-type -render-features argument-buffer-tier-2
+
+struct TestStruct<Format:__BuiltinIntegerType, let count : int>
+{
+    Format f;
+};
+
+Format testFunction<Format : __BuiltinIntegerType, let count : int>(TestStruct<Format, count> data)
+{
+    return data.f + __int_cast<Format>(count);
+}
+
+//TEST_INPUT: set testBlock = new TestStruct<int, 12>{1}
+ParameterBlock<TestStruct<int, 12>> testBlock;
+
+//TEST_INPUT: set testBlock2 = new TestStruct<int, 12>{2}
+ConstantBuffer<TestStruct<int, 2>> testBlock2;
+
+//TEST_INPUT: set outputBuffer = out ubuffer(data=[0 0 0 0], stride=4)
+RWStructuredBuffer<int> outputBuffer;
+
+[numthreads(1, 1, 1)]
+void computeMain(uint3 dispatchThreadID : SV_DispatchThreadID)
+{
+    // CHECK: 13
+    outputBuffer[0] = testFunction(testBlock);
+    // CHECK: 13
+    outputBuffer[1] = testFunction<int, 12>(testBlock);
+    // CHECK: 4
+    outputBuffer[2] = testFunction(testBlock2);
+}
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diff --git a/tools/render-test/shader-input-layout.cpp b/tools/render-test/shader-input-layout.cpp
index 3012d45a4..ac99d5cd8 100644
--- a/tools/render-test/shader-input-layout.cpp
+++ b/tools/render-test/shader-input-layout.cpp
@@ -462,7 +462,10 @@ namespace renderer_test
                 sb << typeName << "<";
                 for (;;)
                 {
-                    sb << parseTypeName(parser);
+                    if (parser.LookAhead(Misc::TokenType::IntLiteral))
+                        sb << parser.ReadInt();
+                    else
+                        sb << parseTypeName(parser);
                     if (!parser.AdvanceIf(","))
                         break;
                     sb << ",";