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The plan states v2.4.2's gate as prose: "hash-checkpoint agrees with full
capture". Checkpoints are an APPROXIMATION of "where do these two runs first
differ", traded for four orders of magnitude of disk, and the entire scheme is
worthless if the approximation can disagree with the answer. So the answer is
now computed directly by first_full_capture_difference, and the contract the
approximation must honour is localisation_is_consistent -- a function, not a
sentence in a plan document.
The contract is narrow deliberately, because a looser reading of it is
satisfiable by a broken implementation:
identical streams -> must report Identical. Anything else is a FALSE
POSITIVE, and a gate that cries wolf gets
switched off.
a real difference at k -> must NOT report Identical. That FALSE NEGATIVE
is the failure that matters: it passes a wrong
DUT.
... reported as Diverged -> the named window must CONTAIN k.
a real difference at k -> Inconclusive is an honest "I could not answer".
identical streams -> Inconclusive is not.
The third line is the one worth the effort, and it is the one a weaker gate
omits. A divergence report naming the wrong window sends a full-capture re-run
somewhere nothing is wrong, spends the debugging budget, and comes back "no
problem here" -- which reads as evidence the DUT is fine.
The sweep drives 331 cases: every run length around the interval boundary
(1, 2, 4095, 4096, 4097, 8192, 8193, 10000, 12288), a corruption at every
position for short runs and a randomised sweep for long ones, and a different
observable field perturbed each time so it is not silently exercising one field
forever. The PRNG is eight lines rather than a dependency: this crate emits the
goldens an external implementation is verified against and its lockfile is now
committed, so each dependency added here is one more thing that can move
underneath a provenance artifact.
IT FOUND A REAL DEFECT ON ITS FIRST RUN, AT len = 1
A divergence at cycle ZERO was reported in a window that did not contain it.
Divergence::after_cycle was a u64 in which 0 meant both "no prior checkpoint"
and "cycle zero" -- a sentinel colliding with a legitimate value. So the first
window read as (0, 0], which is empty, and a full-capture re-run of it would
have found nothing. "Nothing found" reads as evidence the DUT is fine.
Fixed by removing the collision rather than special-casing it: after_cycle is
Option<u64>, None meaning the first window, whose span begins wherever the run
began. Divergence::contains is offered so call sites do not reimplement a
boundary that is half-open at one end and open-ended at the other -- the same
reasoning that put is_single_scanline in rustynes-probe's divergence module.
window_len returns Option<u64> for the same honesty: for the first window the
span starts where the run started, and a checkpoint stream carries no evidence
that it started at cycle 0. The answer is "unknown", not an assumed
through_cycle + 1. checkpoint_diff prints that case open-ended:
DIVERGED at checkpoint 0
window to re-run with full capture: cycles from the start of the run
through 4103 inclusive
rather than "(0, 4103]", which would have excluded cycle 0.
Note this defect was NOT reachable through the CLI's normal use before the
sweep existed -- every hand-written test put its corruption in a later window,
because that is what a person picks. len = 1 is the case a hand-written test
set omits, and it is the only one that exposes the collision.
Both halves are demonstrated to fail. A one-character mutation to
Divergence::contains (`<=` to `<`) reddens two tests, not one.
One local #[allow] added with its reason: clippy::match_same_arms wants the two
`false` arms of the gate predicate merged. They stay apart because they name
two DIFFERENT failure modes and the comments on them are the point of the
function -- merging deletes exactly the distinction the predicate exists to
draw.
Gates. The emulation core is untouched; no file under
crates/rustynes-{cpu,ppu,apu,mappers,core} changes, so AccuracyCoin 141/141 and
nestest 0-diff hold by construction.
fmt (workspace and the excluded crate), clippy on both, rustdoc -D warnings
on both, markdownlint on both changed documents.
126 workspace suites / 2223 passed / 0 failed
4 excluded-crate suites / 39 passed / 0 failed (was 35)
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe change adds full-capture validation for checkpoint localization. It represents first-window divergences with ChangesCheckpoint localization
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~30 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The PR adds executable checkpoint localization and fixes the cycle-zero boundary defect, but malformed checkpoint streams can still produce invalid window arithmetic and direct debugging to the wrong range. This correctness issue, plus minor release-note and comment inconsistencies, should be fixed before merge. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant CheckpointComparison
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CheckpointComparison->>FullCaptureDifference: Find first differing cycle
CheckpointComparison->>LocalisationValidation: Compare checkpoint result with full-capture difference
LocalisationValidation-->>CheckpointComparison: Return consistency result
CheckpointComparison->>checkpoint_diff: Provide divergence window metadata
checkpoint_diff-->>CheckpointComparison: Format bounded or open-ended window
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In `@CHANGELOG.md`:
- Around line 107-121: Move the cycle-zero defect narrative from the Added
section to the Fixed section, and add a Changed entry documenting the public
signature updates to Divergence::after_cycle (u64 to Option<u64>) and
Divergence::window_len (u64 to Option<u64>).
In `@crates/rustynes-cosim/src/checkpoint.rs`:
- Around line 391-404: Make window_len return a total result by using checked
subtraction when calculating the span from after_cycle to through_cycle, and
update from_bytes to reject checkpoint records with non-monotonic through_cycle
values before constructing a Divergence. In
crates/rustynes-cosim/src/checkpoint.rs lines 391-404, change the window_len
arithmetic and validation path; crates/rustynes-cosim/src/bin/checkpoint_diff.rs
lines 58-66 requires no direct change because it is covered by the root fix.
- Around line 522-531: Swap the inline failure-mode comments in the match
handling Comparison and first_difference: label (Comparison::Identical { .. },
Some(_)) as the false negative where a real difference is reported as agreement,
and label (Comparison::Diverged(_) | Comparison::Inconclusive { .. }, None) as
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| - **A divergence at cycle zero was reported in a window that did not contain | ||
| it**, found by that sweep at `len = 1` — the degenerate case a hand-written | ||
| test set omits. `Divergence::after_cycle` was a `u64` in which `0` meant both | ||
| "no prior checkpoint" and "cycle zero", so the first window read as `(0, 0]`, | ||
| which is empty. A full-capture re-run of it would have found nothing, and | ||
| "nothing found" reads as evidence the DUT is fine. | ||
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| `after_cycle` is now `Option<u64>`, which removes the sentinel collision | ||
| rather than special-casing it, and `Divergence::contains` is offered so call | ||
| sites do not reimplement a boundary that is half-open at one end and | ||
| open-ended at the other. `window_len` returns `Option<u64>`: for the first | ||
| window the span begins wherever the run began, and a checkpoint stream carries | ||
| no evidence that it began at cycle 0 — so the honest answer is "unknown", not | ||
| an assumed `through_cycle + 1`. `checkpoint_diff` prints that window | ||
| open-ended rather than as `(0, N]`. |
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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Move the cycle-zero defect entry to ### Fixed, and record the breaking signature change.
This entry describes a defect and its repair, but it sits under ### Added (heading at Line 17; ### Fixed starts at Line 123). It also changes two public signatures: Divergence::after_cycle from u64 to Option<u64>, and Divergence::window_len from u64 to Option<u64>. External callers need that under a Changed heading, not inside an Added narrative.
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In `@CHANGELOG.md` around lines 107 - 121, Move the cycle-zero defect narrative
from the Added section to the Fixed section, and add a Changed entry documenting
the public signature updates to Divergence::after_cycle (u64 to Option<u64>) and
Divergence::window_len (u64 to Option<u64>).
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| /// Cycles in the window a full-capture re-run must cover, or `None` for the | ||
| /// first window, whose start is wherever the run began rather than a cycle | ||
| /// this comparison observed. | ||
| /// | ||
| /// `None` rather than an assumed `through_cycle + 1`: that answer is only | ||
| /// right if the run started at cycle 0, and a checkpoint stream carries no | ||
| /// evidence that it did. | ||
| #[must_use] | ||
| pub const fn window_len(&self) -> u64 { | ||
| self.through_cycle - self.after_cycle | ||
| pub const fn window_len(&self) -> Option<u64> { | ||
| match self.after_cycle { | ||
| None => None, | ||
| Some(after) => Some(self.through_cycle - after), | ||
| } | ||
| } |
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Unvalidated checkpoint streams reach unguarded window arithmetic. from_bytes checks only that the input length is a multiple of 16, so a corrupted .ckpt.bin can yield a Divergence with after_cycle > through_cycle. window_len then underflows, and contains reports a window that holds no cycle.
crates/rustynes-cosim/src/checkpoint.rs#L391-L404: replaceself.through_cycle - afterwithself.through_cycle.checked_sub(after), and reject non-monotonicthrough_cyclevalues infrom_bytesso the malformed stream never becomes aDivergence.crates/rustynes-cosim/src/bin/checkpoint_diff.rs#L58-L66: no change needed at this call site oncewindow_lenis total; it is the reachable entry point because both streams come from operator-supplied paths.
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In `@crates/rustynes-cosim/src/checkpoint.rs` around lines 391 - 404, Make
window_len return a total result by using checked subtraction when calculating
the span from after_cycle to through_cycle, and update from_bytes to reject
checkpoint records with non-monotonic through_cycle values before constructing a
Divergence. In crates/rustynes-cosim/src/checkpoint.rs lines 391-404, change the
window_len arithmetic and validation path;
crates/rustynes-cosim/src/bin/checkpoint_diff.rs lines 58-66 requires no direct
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| match (comparison, first_difference) { | ||
| (Comparison::Identical { .. }, None) => true, | ||
| // A false positive: the streams agree and the gate says otherwise. | ||
| (Comparison::Identical { .. }, Some(_)) => false, | ||
| // The failure that matters: a real difference reported as agreement. | ||
| (Comparison::Diverged(_) | Comparison::Inconclusive { .. }, None) => false, | ||
| (Comparison::Diverged(d), Some(k)) => d.contains(k), | ||
| // Honest refusal on a real difference. | ||
| (Comparison::Inconclusive { .. }, Some(_)) => true, | ||
| } |
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The two failure-mode comments are swapped.
(Identical, Some(_)) reports agreement for a real difference. That is the false negative, and it passes a wrong DUT. (Diverged | Inconclusive, None) reports a problem for identical streams. That is the false positive. The doc block at Lines 502-504 and the assertions at Lines 1086-1091 already use the correct labels, so the inline comments contradict both. The clippy::match_same_arms allow is justified by these comments naming distinct failure modes, so the labels must be right.
Proposed fix: swap the arm labels
match (comparison, first_difference) {
(Comparison::Identical { .. }, None) => true,
- // A false positive: the streams agree and the gate says otherwise.
+ // The failure that matters: a real difference reported as agreement.
(Comparison::Identical { .. }, Some(_)) => false,
- // The failure that matters: a real difference reported as agreement.
+ // A false positive: the streams agree and the gate says otherwise.
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| match (comparison, first_difference) { | |
| (Comparison::Identical { .. }, None) => true, | |
| // A false positive: the streams agree and the gate says otherwise. | |
| (Comparison::Identical { .. }, Some(_)) => false, | |
| // The failure that matters: a real difference reported as agreement. | |
| (Comparison::Diverged(_) | Comparison::Inconclusive { .. }, None) => false, | |
| (Comparison::Diverged(d), Some(k)) => d.contains(k), | |
| // Honest refusal on a real difference. | |
| (Comparison::Inconclusive { .. }, Some(_)) => true, | |
| } | |
| match (comparison, first_difference) { | |
| (Comparison::Identical { .. }, None) => true, | |
| // The failure that matters: a real difference reported as agreement. | |
| (Comparison::Identical { .. }, Some(_)) => false, | |
| // A false positive: the streams agree and the gate says otherwise. | |
| (Comparison::Diverged(_) | Comparison::Inconclusive { .. }, None) => false, | |
| (Comparison::Diverged(d), Some(k)) => d.contains(k), | |
| // Honest refusal on a real difference. | |
| (Comparison::Inconclusive { .. }, Some(_)) => true, | |
| } |
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In `@crates/rustynes-cosim/src/checkpoint.rs` around lines 522 - 531, Swap the
inline failure-mode comments in the match handling Comparison and
first_difference: label (Comparison::Identical { .. }, Some(_)) as the false
negative where a real difference is reported as agreement, and label
(Comparison::Diverged(_) | Comparison::Inconclusive { .. }, None) as the false
positive where identical streams are reported as problematic. Leave the match
behavior unchanged.
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The plan states v2.4.2's gate as prose: "hash-checkpoint agrees with full capture". This makes it executable — and it found a real defect on its first run.
Checkpoints are an approximation of "where do these two runs first differ", traded for four orders of magnitude of disk. The scheme is worthless if the approximation can disagree with the answer, so
first_full_capture_differencecomputes the answer directly andlocalisation_is_consistentstates the contract as a function rather than a sentence in a plan.The contract, narrow on purpose
Identical— anything else is a false positive, and a gate that cries wolf gets switched offkIdentical— that false negative passes a wrong DUTk, reportedDivergedkkInconclusiveis an honest refusalInconclusiveis not acceptableRow three is the one a weaker gate omits, and it is the one worth the effort: a divergence report naming the wrong window sends a full-capture re-run somewhere nothing is wrong, spends the debugging budget, and comes back "no problem here" — which reads as evidence the DUT is fine.
331 cases: every run length around the interval boundary (1, 2, 4095, 4096, 4097, 8192, 8193, 10 000, 12 288), a corruption at every position for short runs and a randomised sweep for long ones, with a different observable field perturbed each time so it is not silently exercising one field forever. The PRNG is eight lines rather than a dependency — this crate emits the goldens an external implementation is verified against and its lockfile is now committed, so each dependency here is one more thing that can move underneath a provenance artifact.
It found a defect at
len = 1A divergence at cycle zero was reported in a window that did not contain it.
Divergence::after_cyclewas au64in which0meant both "no prior checkpoint" and "cycle zero" — a sentinel colliding with a legitimate value. The first window read as(0, 0], which is empty. A full-capture re-run of it would have found nothing, and "nothing found" reads as evidence the DUT is fine.Fixed by removing the collision rather than special-casing it.
after_cycleisOption<u64>;Divergence::containsis offered so call sites do not reimplement a boundary half-open at one end and open-ended at the other (same reasoning asis_single_scanlineinrustynes-probe); andwindow_lenreturnsOption<u64>, because for the first window the span begins where the run began and a checkpoint stream carries no evidence that it began at cycle 0. The honest answer is "unknown", not an assumedthrough_cycle + 1.rather than
(0, 4103], which would have excluded cycle 0.This was not reachable before the sweep existed. Every hand-written test put its corruption in a later window, because that is what a person picks.
len = 1is the case a hand-written set omits, and the only one that exposes the collision.Both halves are demonstrated to fail: a one-character mutation to
contains(<=→<) reddens two tests.Gates
Core untouched — no file under
crates/rustynes-{cpu,ppu,apu,mappers,core}changes — so AccuracyCoin 141/141 and nestest 0-diff hold by construction.fmt (workspace and the excluded crate) · clippy on both · rustdoc
-D warningson both · markdownlint.126 workspace suites / 2223 passed / 0 failed, plus 4 excluded-crate suites / 39 passed (was 35).
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