Move vertex shader out paramters to return type for Metal

source/slang/slang-ir-legalize-varying-params.cpp

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 #include "slang-ir-clone.h"
 #include "slang-ir-insts.h"
+#include "slang-ir-lower-out-parameters.h"
 #include "slang-ir-util.h"
 #include "slang-parameter-binding.h"
 
@@ -3925,11 +3926,36 @@ class LegalizeWGSLEntryPointContext : public LegalizeShaderEntryPointContext
     const UnownedStringSlice userSemanticName = toSlice("user_semantic");
 };
 
+void legalizeVertexShaderOutputParamsForMetal(DiagnosticSink* sink, EntryPointInfo& entryPoint)
+{
+    const auto oldFunc = entryPoint.entryPointFunc;
+    entryPoint.entryPointFunc = lowerOutParameters(oldFunc, sink);
+
+    // Since this will no longer be the entry point function, remove those decorations
+    List<IRDecoration*> ds;
+    for (auto decor : oldFunc->getDecorations())
+    {
+        if (as<IRKeepAliveDecoration>(decor) || as<IREntryPointDecoration>(decor))
+        {
+            ds.add(decor);
+        }
+    }
+
+    for (auto decor : ds)
+    {
+        decor->removeFromParent();
+    }
+}
+
 void legalizeEntryPointVaryingParamsForMetal(
     IRModule* module,
     DiagnosticSink* sink,
     List<EntryPointInfo>& entryPoints)
 {
+    for (auto& e : entryPoints)
+    {
+        legalizeVertexShaderOutputParamsForMetal(sink, e);
+    }
     LegalizeMetalEntryPointContext context(module, sink);
     context.legalizeEntryPoints(entryPoints);
 }

source/slang/slang-ir-lower-out-parameters.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,193 @@
+#include "slang-ir-lower-out-parameters.h"
+
+#include "slang-ir-clone.h"
+#include "slang-ir-inline.h"
+#include "slang-ir-insts.h"
+#include "slang-ir-util.h"
+#include "slang-ir.h"
+
+namespace Slang
+{
+IRFunc* lowerOutParameters(IRFunc* func, DiagnosticSink*)
+{
+    IRBuilder builder(func->getModule());
+    IRCloneEnv cloneEnv;
+
+    // Collect types for the new function
+    List<IRType*> returnTypes;
+    List<IRType*> paramTypes;
+
+    struct VarInfo
+    {
+        IRVar* var;
+        IRParam* origParam;
+        bool isInOut;
+    };
+    List<VarInfo> outVars;
+
+    // If original function returns non-void, add it to tuple types
+    if (!as<IRVoidType>(func->getResultType()))
+        returnTypes.add(func->getResultType());
+
+    // Process parameters
+    for (auto param : func->getParams())
+    {
+        if (auto outType = as<IROutTypeBase>(param->getDataType()))
+        {
+            returnTypes.add(outType->getValueType());
+
+            if (outType->getOp() == kIROp_InOutType)
+            {
+                paramTypes.add(outType->getValueType());
+            }
+
+            outVars.add(VarInfo{nullptr, param, outType->getOp() == kIROp_InOutType});
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            paramTypes.add(param->getDataType());
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Create new function
+    auto newFunc = builder.createFunc();
+
+    // Copy all decorations except name hint
+    for (auto decor : func->getDecorations())
+    {
+        cloneDecoration(&cloneEnv, decor, newFunc, builder.getModule());
+    }
+
+    // Determine result type
+    IRType* resultType;
+    if (returnTypes.getCount() > 1)
+    {
+        resultType = builder.getTupleType(returnTypes);
+    }
+    else if (returnTypes.getCount() == 1)
+    {
+        resultType = returnTypes[0];
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        resultType = builder.getVoidType();
+    }
+
+    auto funcType = builder.getFuncType(paramTypes, resultType);
+    newFunc->setFullType(funcType);
+
+    auto firstBlock = builder.createBlock();
+    newFunc->addBlock(firstBlock);
+    builder.setInsertInto(firstBlock);
+
+    // Create parameters and track them
+    List<IRParam*> newParams;
+    for (auto param : func->getParams())
+    {
+        if (auto outType = as<IROutTypeBase>(param->getDataType()))
+        {
+            if (outType->getOp() == kIROp_InOutType)
+            {
+                auto newParam = builder.emitParam(outType->getValueType());
+                if (auto nameHint = param->findDecoration<IRNameHintDecoration>())
+                    builder.addNameHintDecoration(newParam, nameHint->getName());
+                newParams.add(newParam);
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            auto newParam = builder.emitParam(param->getDataType());
+            if (auto nameHint = param->findDecoration<IRNameHintDecoration>())
+                builder.addNameHintDecoration(newParam, nameHint->getName());
+            newParams.add(newParam);
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Create vars for out/inout parameters
+    for (auto& varInfo : outVars)
+    {
+        auto outType = as<IROutTypeBase>(varInfo.origParam->getDataType());
+        varInfo.var = builder.emitVar(outType->getValueType());
+
+        if (varInfo.isInOut)
+        {
+            for (auto newParam : newParams)
+            {
+                if (auto nameHint = varInfo.origParam->findDecoration<IRNameHintDecoration>())
+                {
+                    if (auto newNameHint = newParam->findDecoration<IRNameHintDecoration>())
+                    {
+                        if (nameHint->getName() == newNameHint->getName())
+                        {
+                            builder.emitStore(varInfo.var, newParam);
+                            break;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Build call to original function
+    List<IRInst*> args;
+    int newParamIndex = 0;
+    int outVarIndex = 0;
+
+    for (auto param : func->getParams())
+    {
+        if (as<IROutTypeBase>(param->getDataType()))
+        {
+            args.add(outVars[outVarIndex++].var);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            args.add(newParams[newParamIndex++]);
+        }
+    }
+
+    IRCall* callResult = builder.emitCallInst(func->getResultType(), func, args);
+
+    // If original function has only one use, inline it
+    int useCount = 0;
+    for (auto use = func->firstUse; use; use = use->nextUse)
+    {
+        useCount++;
+    }
+    if (useCount == 1)
+    {
+        inlineCall(callResult);
+    }
+
+    // Construct return tuple
+    List<IRInst*> tupleValues;
+
+    if (!as<IRVoidType>(func->getResultType()))
+    {
+        tupleValues.add(callResult);
+    }
+
+    for (auto& varInfo : outVars)
+    {
+        tupleValues.add(builder.emitLoad(varInfo.var));
+    }
+
+    IRInst* returnValue;
+    if (tupleValues.getCount() > 1)
+    {
+        returnValue = builder.emitMakeTuple(tupleValues);
+    }
+    else if (tupleValues.getCount() == 1)
+    {
+        returnValue = tupleValues[0];
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        returnValue = nullptr;
+    }
+
+    builder.emitReturn(returnValue);
+
+    return newFunc;
+}
+
+} // namespace Slang

source/slang/slang-ir-lower-out-parameters.h

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "slang-ir.h"
+
+namespace Slang
+{
+struct IRModule;
+class DiagnosticSink;
+
+IRFunc* lowerOutParameters(IRFunc* func, DiagnosticSink* sink);
+
+} // namespace Slang

source/slang/slang-ir.cpp

@@ -3970,7 +3970,10 @@ static TypeCastStyle _getTypeStyleId(IRType* type)
     {
         return _getTypeStyleId(matrixType->getElementType());
     }
+    // Try to simplify style if we can, otherwise just handle it unsimplified
     auto style = getTypeStyle(type->getOp());
+    if (style == kIROp_Invalid)
+        style = type->getOp();
     switch (style)
     {
     case kIROp_IntType:

tests/metal/simple-vertex-position.slang

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+//TEST:SIMPLE(filecheck=METAL): -target metal -stage vertex -entry vertexMain
+//TEST:SIMPLE(filecheck=METALLIB): -target metallib -stage vertex -entry vertexMain
+//TEST:SIMPLE(filecheck=WGSL): -target wgsl -stage vertex -entry vertexMain
+//TEST:SIMPLE(filecheck=WGSLSPIRV): -target wgsl-spirv-asm -stage vertex -entry vertexMain
+
+//METAL: position
+//METALLIB: @vertexMain
+
+//WGSL: @builtin(position)
+//WGSLSPIRV: %vertexMain = OpFunction
+
+// Vertex Shader which writes to position
+void vertexMain(out float4 position : SV_Position)
+{
+    position = float4(0.6, 0.1, 0.6, 0.33);
+}