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authorHarsh Aggarwal (NVIDIA) <haaggarwal@nvidia.com>2025-09-18 21:16:44 +0530
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2025-09-18 15:46:44 +0000
commit54faa55c0bd4c4beede7337a76ed3a56d1eb4f15 (patch)
tree352d7e67fbc63801c7aa3e7942f875850a34eac4 /source/slang/slang-ir.cpp
parent206f6cf5657177dfec9113d1f1b88b685eb2b75a (diff)
Fix CUDA global variable initialization with constructor calls (#8340)
Fix CUDA global variable initialization with constructor calls Resolves CUDA compilation failure where global variables with struct constructor initialization generated illegal `__device__` variable runtime initialization. **Problem:** ```cuda // Generated invalid CUDA code: __device__ static const Stuff_0 gStuff_0 = Stuff_x24init_0(args...); // Error: "dynamic initialization is not supported for a __device__ variable" Root Cause Discovered: Through extensive debugging, found that moveGlobalVarInitializationToEntryPoints pass only handled kIROp_GlobalVar instructions, but global constants with constructor calls appeared as kIROp_Call instructions at module scope. Solution: 1. IR Pipeline Fix: Extended moveGlobalVarInitializationToEntryPoints to detect and transform module-level constructor calls into proper global variables with entry-point initialization 2. Field Access Fix: Enhanced kIROp_FieldExtract logic to emit correct -> syntax for pointer types and address-of operations 3. Constructor Emission: Added CUDA-specific handling for constructor calls Architecture: - Transforms let %gStuff = call %Constructor(...) into kernel context initialization - Moves runtime initialization from global scope to entry-point execution - Follows CUDA best practices for global state management Files: - source/slang/slang-ir-explicit-global-init.cpp: Extended IR transformation pass - source/slang/slang-emit-c-like.cpp: Enhanced field access and foldable value logic - source/slang/slang-emit-cuda.cpp: Added CUDA-specific field extraction handling Result: // Now generates proper CUDA code: struct KernelContext_0 { Stuff_0 gStuff_1; }; // Runtime initialization in entry point: kernelContext_1.gStuff_1 = constructor_call(); Fixes: tests/compute/type-legalize-global-with-init.slang
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