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verific: Fixes incorrect aldff inference in verific importer #4182

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The following SV module at HEAD imported with verific,

    module my_module(
      input logic [4:0] a,
      input logic clk,
      input logic enable,
      output logic [4:0] z
    );

    reg [4:0] pipeline_register;
    always @(posedge clk) begin
      pipeline_register <= enable ? a : pipeline_register;
    end
    assign z = pipeline_register;

    endmodule : my_module

results in the following output verilog

/* Generated by 0.36 */

(* top =  1  *)
(* hdlname = "my_module" *)
(* src = "/tmp/temp_directory_zTwd0l/my_input.v:2.12-2.21" *)
module my_module(clk, enable, a, z);
  wire [4:0] _0_;
  (* src = "/tmp/temp_directory_zTwd0l/my_input.v:3.25-3.26" *)
  input [4:0] a;
  wire [4:0] a;
  (* src = "/tmp/temp_directory_zTwd0l/my_input.v:4.19-4.22" *)
  input clk;
  wire clk;
  (* src = "/tmp/temp_directory_zTwd0l/my_input.v:5.19-5.25" *)
  input enable;
  wire enable;
  (* src = "/tmp/temp_directory_zTwd0l/my_input.v:6.26-6.27" *)
  output [4:0] z;
  wire [4:0] z;
  (* src = "/tmp/temp_directory_zTwd0l/my_input.v:10.12-12.8" *)
  \$aldff  #(
    .ALOAD_POLARITY(32'd1),
    .CLK_POLARITY(32'd1),
    .WIDTH(32'd5)
  ) _1_ (
    .AD(5'hxx),
    .ALOAD(1'h0),
    .CLK(clk),
    .D(_0_),
    .Q(z)
  );
  (* src = "/tmp/temp_directory_zTwd0l/my_input.v:11.28-11.58" *)
  \$mux  #(
    .WIDTH(32'd5)
  ) _2_ (
    .A(z),
    .B(a),
    .S(enable),
    .Y(_0_)
  );
endmodule

Yosys is incorrectly infering aldffs due to an incorrect conversion of logical 1 and 0 SigBits.

My PR unifies the conversion of Verific::Net objects into SigBits using Yosys' internal representation of special signals like 0,1,x,z. After my PR these signals are correctly converted into DFFs.

The following SV module at HEAD imported with verific,

```systemverilog
    module my_module(
      input logic [4:0] a,
      input logic clk,
      input logic enable,
      output logic [4:0] z
    );

    reg [4:0] pipeline_register;
    always @(posedge clk) begin
      pipeline_register <= enable ? a : pipeline_register;
    end
    assign z = pipeline_register;

    endmodule : my_module

```

results in the following output verilog

```systemverilog
/* Generated by 0.36 */

(* top =  1  *)
(* hdlname = "my_module" *)
(* src = "/tmp/temp_directory_zTwd0l/my_input.v:2.12-2.21" *)
module my_module(clk, enable, a, z);
  wire [4:0] _0_;
  (* src = "/tmp/temp_directory_zTwd0l/my_input.v:3.25-3.26" *)
  input [4:0] a;
  wire [4:0] a;
  (* src = "/tmp/temp_directory_zTwd0l/my_input.v:4.19-4.22" *)
  input clk;
  wire clk;
  (* src = "/tmp/temp_directory_zTwd0l/my_input.v:5.19-5.25" *)
  input enable;
  wire enable;
  (* src = "/tmp/temp_directory_zTwd0l/my_input.v:6.26-6.27" *)
  output [4:0] z;
  wire [4:0] z;
  (* src = "/tmp/temp_directory_zTwd0l/my_input.v:10.12-12.8" *)
  \$aldff  #(
    .ALOAD_POLARITY(32'd1),
    .CLK_POLARITY(32'd1),
    .WIDTH(32'd5)
  ) _1_ (
    .AD(5'hxx),
    .ALOAD(1'h0),
    .CLK(clk),
    .D(_0_),
    .Q(z)
  );
  (* src = "/tmp/temp_directory_zTwd0l/my_input.v:11.28-11.58" *)
  \$mux  #(
    .WIDTH(32'd5)
  ) _2_ (
    .A(z),
    .B(a),
    .S(enable),
    .Y(_0_)
  );
endmodule
```

Yosys is incorrectly infering aldffs due to an incorrect conversion
of logical 1 and 0 SigBits.

My PR unifies the conversion of Verific::Net objects into SigBits using
Yosys' internal representation of special signals like 0,1,x,z. After
my PR these signals are correctly converted into DFFs.

Signed-off-by: Ethan Mahintorabi <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Ethan Mahintorabi <[email protected]>
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mmicko commented Feb 5, 2024

Thanks. Just to point that current inference is not invalid, it produces a correct $aldff cell that can be optimized later with opt pass (mainly opt_dff but also some wire optimization is needed as well). If you run opt pass after import, you will get same $dffe with current code and your changes as well.
Anyway this is improvement since it is able to do some optimization earlier in the process.

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Is this ready to be merged?

@mmicko mmicko merged commit 5d3e4c5 into YosysHQ:master Feb 6, 2024
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mmicko commented Feb 6, 2024

@QuantamHD Yesterday, during the review process, there was outage of canonical (ubuntu) services so CI was failing, that is where delay comes from.

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Ah, cool. Just wanted to make sure there wasn't any feedback that needed to be addressed. Thanks!

@QuantamHD QuantamHD deleted the fix_aldff branch February 6, 2024 07:25
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