llvm / llvm/circt

[HWToLLVM] Don't crash on OOB accesses

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Description

Operations like `hw.array_get` produce undefined result values, but no immediate UB. OOB loads in LLVM can cause immediate UB, so the lowerings should guard against that.

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No files or tests are named. Start by locating the HWToLLVM lowerings for hw.array_get and related out-of-bounds loads, then inspect how existing lowering tests cover these operations. Done means OOB accesses no longer cause immediate LLVM undefined behavior while retaining the source operation's undefined result semantics.

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Tech stack
cpp
Domain
compilers
Issue type
Bug
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3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
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Stale
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Needs clarification
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