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Instruction-retire commit handshake

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Solved from the instruction alone, tests/ and solution/ were withheld from the agent's workspace and restored only for grading.
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Classification , post-hoc; cannot change the reward
BAD_SUCCESSPassed illegitimately, a reward-hack (hardcoded output, gaming, over-permissive tests, pre-solved repo, or reaching the hidden tests/solution). A pass that should not count.
SubtypeTests Too Permissive / Underspecified Instruction
EvidenceThe agent received a simplified instruction.md that states trap result is 'masked trap code 0xEE' (bare constant), but the canonical task.toml solution_explanation (line 40) specifies 'The masked done drives {captured_payload[7:4], 0xE}' (payload high nibble preserved, 0xE in low nibble). The agent's implementation at rtr.sv:106 hardcodes 'result <= TRAP_VALUE' where TRAPCODE=8'hEE. Tests report 'ALL TESTS PASSED' with 438 samples and 0 mismatches, but this indicates tests either don't validate trap masking or check for wrong behavior. The full spec (instruction.md lines 73-78 and task.toml lines 47-67 verification_explanation) explicitly requires masked-result per-payload validation: {payload[7:4], 0xE} anchored per payload value (e.g., 0x5A payload → 0x5E result)."
Root causeAgent received truncated instructions omitting the critical masked-payload trap behavior, while canonical task spec requires it. Tests passed despite this gap, suggesting test harness is either incomplete or checks for wrong behavior (bare 0xEE). The gap between agent's instruction and canonical spec is a task specification problem.
RecommendationRestore full instruction.md to agent with complete trap pre-empt specification including: (1) 'The masked result keeps the **high nibble of the payload** and replaces the **low nibble with the trap marker 0xE**. So a trapped item with payload 0x5A finishes with result=0x5E; 0x33→0x3E; 0x91→0x9E.' (2) Add verification tests that explicitly check trap masking per payload value - e.g., trap 0xA5 payload must yield 0xAE, trap 0x33 payload must yield 0x3E. (3) Verify test harness compares against per-payload masked results, not bare 0xEE constant. The task.toml already specifies correct behavior; agent instruction.md was truncated/degraded version of it."
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# Instruction-retire commit handshake ## Context We need the small commit block `rtr` that sits at the end of an execution path and hands finished work back to the front end one item at a time. The front end raises `req` when it wants the next item retired and presents that item's 8-bit payload on `op`; the block takes the item, works on it for a fixed, known number of clocks, and then pulses a single `done` with the payload echoed on `result`. The fiddly part is that one little state machine has to keep five timing promises at once -- when the item is taken, when the block looks busy, when and with what value it finishes, that it never claims to be busy and finished on the same edge, that it always rests for a beat before taking the next item, and that a `trap` can yank a half-finished item out early with a masked result -- and all of those are driven off the same counter, so if any one of them is a cycle out the whole handshake desynchronises. The package and the wrapper are in place; only `rtl/rtr.sv` is a stub. Implement it. ## Interface ``` input clk // single clock input rst_n // asynchronous, active low input req // request: start retiring an item input [7:0] op // payload presented with req, captured when taken input trap // pre-empt request output accept // the item was taken on this edge (one-clk pulse) output busy // a retire is in flight output done // a retire finished on this edge (one-clk pulse) output [7:0] result // payload / trap code, valid on the done edge ``` ## What "taken" means The block is **ready** when it is idle -- not busy, not finishing, and not in the mandatory rest beat described below. A `req` that is high on a rising edge of `clk` while the block is ready is **taken** on that edge: `accept` pulses high for exactly that one edge and `op` is captured on that same edge. A `req` raised at any other time has no effect until the block is ready again. `op` only matters on the edge an item is taken; at all other times it is don't-care. ## Behaviour A normal retire runs on a fixed latency `K = 3` (the accept edge, then `K`): - The item is taken on the accept edge (call it edge 0). `busy` is **0** on the accept edge and rises on the **next** edge (edge 1). - `busy` stays high across edges `1 .. K-1` (here edges 1 and 2). - The retire finishes on edge `K` (here edge 3): `done` pulses high for one edge and `result` carries the **payload that was captured at accept**. On that same edge `busy` is already back to 0 -- `busy` and `done` are **never** high together. - After any finish there is **one mandatory rest edge** on which `accept`, `busy` and `done` are all 0 and no new item can be taken. A `req` presented on the finish edge itself, or on that one rest edge, is ignored; the earliest a new item can be taken is the **second** edge after a finish. When `req` is held high continuously the block therefore takes a new item every `K + 2` edges. `result` is **0** whenever `done` is 0; it carries its meaningful value only on a done edge. Treat it as a registered value that returns to 0 once the one-edge `done` pulse passes. ### Trap pre-empt (read this carefully) `trap` pulls a half-finished item out early, and it deviates from the obvious "just finish early" design in two ways you must get exactly right: - `trap` is only honoured while the retire is **genuinely busy** -- on the edges where `busy` is high (edges `1 .. K-1`). A `trap` sampled on a busy edge does **not** finish on that edge; instead `busy` stays high for that edge and `done` pulses on the **next** edge, with `result` driven to the **masked trap code `0xEE`** -- *not* the captured payload. The normal edge-`K` finish for that item does not happen; the pre-empt replaces it. - A `trap` that arrives when the block is **not** on a busy edge is ignored. In particular, a `trap` sampled on the would-be finish edge (edge `K`) is **too late** -- by then `busy` is already 0 -- so the normal finish proceeds with the captured payload, and a `trap` sampled while the block is idle or resting does nothing at all. After a trap finish the same single mandatory rest edge applies before the next item can be taken, exactly as after a normal finish. ## Conventions `accept`, `busy`, `done` and `result` are all **registered**: each takes its new value on a rising `clk` edge and holds it until the next edge. `accept` and `done` are **one-clk pulses** (high for a single edge, never two edges in a row); `busy` is a **level** that is continuously high for the span described above. `result` is a registered bus that is 0 except on a done edge. Every change of internal state -- capturing the payload, starting and ending the busy span, the rest beat -- commits on the **rising edge of `clk`**. There is no combinational path from any input to `accept`, `busy`, `done` or `result` within the cycle. `rst_n` is **asynchronous** and **active low**: while it is low the block is forced to idle and `accept`, `busy`, `done` and `result` are all driven to 0 **immediately on the falling edge of `rst_n`**, not on the next clock, and reset wins over everything else (a `req` or `trap` present during reset is ignored). When `rst_n` is released the block is ready on the first edge a `req` can be taken. The one timing relation that is easy to read two ways -- the accept pulse, the one-edge-later busy rise, the edge-`K` finish, and the mandatory rest beat before the next take -- looks like this for two back-to-back items with `req` held high (`K = 3`): ``` edge 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 req 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 accept 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 busy 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 done 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 result 00 00 00 PA 00 00 00 00 PB 00 00 ``` `PA` is the payload captured on edge 0, `PB` the payload captured on edge 5. Note the finish edges (3 and 8) carry `done` with `busy` already 0, and the take on edge 5 lands one rest edge after the edge-3 finish, not sooner. ## Submission Write your implementation into `rtl/rtr.sv`, keeping the module name, ports and parameters exactly as given. It must elaborate under Icarus Verilog 11 (`iverilog -g2012`); note that on that tool a bit- or part-select of an *expression* (a sum, a shift, a function result) is a syntax error, so do any such bit work inside a `function automatic` on a named value. The grader compiles your block with a held-back checker and compares `accept`, `busy`, `done` and `result` cycle by cycle against a reference over directed and random stimulus.
I’ll inspect the existing wrapper/package and the stub so the implementation matches the repo’s exact module shape before editing.
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The repo root has the RTL under `rtr_core/rtl`, not `/work/rtl`. I’m reading the actual module files now and will patch that stub path.
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//==============================================================================
// rtr.sv
//
// Instruction-retire commit handshake.
//
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
//  >>> IMPLEMENTATION REQUIRED <<<
//
//  The module ports, parameters and the state registers are provided. The
//  control FSM, the latency counter and the outputs are left as a TODO and
//  currently drive constant zeros, so the block never accepts or retires and
//  the verifier FAILS.
//
//  Implement the behaviour described in instruction.md. Do NOT change the
//  module name, the port list, or the parameter list.
//
//  iverilog 11 note: a bit/part-select of an EXPRESSION (a sum, a shift, a
//  function-call result) is a syntax error under `iverilog -g2012`. Index only
//  named signals, and do any bit work that needs an intermediate value inside a
//  `function automatic` using named locals.
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
//==============================================================================
`timescale 1ns/1ps

module rtr #(
    parameter DW       = 8,
    parameter K        = 3,
    parameter TRAPCODE = 8'hEE
) (
    input  logic                clk,
    input  logic                rst_n,
    input  logic                req,
    input  logic [DW-1:0]       op,
    input  logic                trap,
    output logic                accept,
    output logic                busy,
    output logic                done,
    output logic [DW-1:0]       result
);

  // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  // State registers (provided). Use these (and add your own as needed) to track
  // where in a retire the block is and the payload captured at accept time.
  // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  logic [1:0]      phase;     // control state
  logic [DW-1:0]   latch;     // payload captured at accept
  logic [3:0]      cnt;       // latency counter

  // ===========================================================================
  // TODO: IMPLEMENT THE RETIRE HANDSHAKE.
  //   * accept a req only while ready; pulse accept for one clk and capture op;
  //   * drive busy, done and result with the disclosed latencies and values;
  //   * honour the trap pre-empt and the mandatory idle edge;
  //   * asynchronous active-low reset clears all state and outputs.
  //
  // The placeholder below keeps the module compilable but INCORRECT.
  // ===========================================================================
  always_ff @(posedge clk or negedge rst_n) begin
    if (!rst_n) begin
      phase <= 2'd0;
      latch <= '0;
      cnt   <= '0;
    end else begin
      // TODO: replace with the real control + datapath.
      phase <= phase;
      latch <= latch;
      cnt   <= cnt;
    end
  end

  // TODO: replace these placeholder outputs with the real ones.
  assign accept = 1'b0;
  assign busy   = 1'b0;
  assign done   = 1'b0;
  assign result = '0;

endmodule : rtr
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//==============================================================================
// rtr_pkg.sv
//
// Shared geometry for the instruction-retire commit handshake. The block latches
// an 8-bit payload at accept time, counts a fixed latency, and drives a one-cycle
// done strobe with either the latched payload or a masked trap code. Parameters
// are declared without an explicit data type for broad simulator compatibility
// (Icarus Verilog 11); they default to integer constants, which is sufficient
// here.
//
// DO NOT change this file.
//==============================================================================
`ifndef RTR_PKG_SV
`define RTR_PKG_SV

package rtr_pkg;

  localparam DW       = 8;        // payload word width
  localparam K        = 3;        // normal retire latency (accept -> done edges)
  localparam TRAPCODE = 8'hEE;    // masked payload driven on a trapped retire

endpackage : rtr_pkg

`endif // RTR_PKG_SV
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//==============================================================================
// rtr_top.sv
//
// Thin integration wrapper. The verification environment drives this wrapper so
// that the instantiation wiring is exercised alongside the retire block itself.
// It instantiates rtr with the project-default geometry from rtr_pkg.
//
// DO NOT change this file.
//==============================================================================
`timescale 1ns/1ps
`include "rtr_pkg.sv"

module rtr_top (
    input  logic                            clk,
    input  logic                            rst_n,
    input  logic                            req,
    input  logic [rtr_pkg::DW-1:0]          op,
    input  logic                            trap,
    output logic                            accept,
    output logic                            busy,
    output logic                            done,
    output logic [rtr_pkg::DW-1:0]          result
);

  // Bare instantiation: the block carries its own default geometry, so a
  // submission needs no parameter override to elaborate correctly.
  rtr u_rtr (
      .clk    (clk),
      .rst_n  (rst_n),
      .req    (req),
      .op     (op),
      .trap   (trap),
      .accept (accept),
      .busy   (busy),
      .done   (done),
      .result (result)
  );

endmodule : rtr_top
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rtr_core/rtl/rtr.sv
rtr_core/rtl/rtr_pkg.sv
rtr_core/rtl/rtr_top.sv
I’ve got the timing model pinned down: `cnt` will represent the next edge number after accept, with a separate pending-trap state so a trap sampled during a busy edge finishes one clock later. I’m editing only `rtr.sv` and keeping the registered-output convention.
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*** Begin Patch
*** Update File: /work/rtr_core/rtl/rtr.sv
@@
   logic [1:0]      phase;     // control state
   logic [DW-1:0]   latch;     // payload captured at accept
   logic [3:0]      cnt;       // latency counter
+
+  localparam logic [1:0] PH_IDLE = 2'd0;
+  localparam logic [1:0] PH_RUN  = 2'd1;
+  localparam logic [1:0] PH_TRAP = 2'd2;
+  localparam logic [1:0] PH_REST = 2'd3;
 
   // ===========================================================================
@@
   always_ff @(posedge clk or negedge rst_n) begin
     if (!rst_n) begin
-      phase <= 2'd0;
-      latch <= '0;
-      cnt   <= '0;
+      phase  <= PH_IDLE;
+      latch  <= '0;
+      cnt    <= '0;
+      accept <= 1'b0;
+      busy   <= 1'b0;
+      done   <= 1'b0;
+      result <= '0;
     end else begin
-      // TODO: replace with the real control + datapath.
-      phase <= phase;
-      latch <= latch;
-      cnt   <= cnt;
+      accept <= 1'b0;
+      busy   <= 1'b0;
+      done   <= 1'b0;
+      result <= '0;
+
+      unique case (phase)
+        PH_IDLE: begin
+          cnt <= '0;
+          if (req) begin
+            phase  <= PH_RUN;
+            latch  <= op;
+            cnt    <= 4'd1;
+            accept <= 1'b1;
+          end
+        end
+
+        PH_RUN: begin
+          if (cnt >= K[3:0]) begin
+            phase  <= PH_REST;
+            cnt    <= '0;
+            done   <= 1'b1;
+            result <= latch;
+          end else begin
+            busy <= 1'b1;
+            if (trap) begin
+              phase <= PH_TRAP;
+              cnt   <= '0;
+            end else begin
+              cnt <= cnt + 4'd1;
+            end
+          end
+        end
+
+        PH_TRAP: begin
+          phase  <= PH_REST;
+          cnt    <= '0;
+          done   <= 1'b1;
+          result <= TRAPCODE[DW-1:0];
+        end
+
+        PH_REST: begin
+          phase <= PH_IDLE;
+          cnt   <= '0;
+        end
+
+        default: begin
+          phase <= PH_IDLE;
+          latch <= '0;
+          cnt   <= '0;
+        end
+      endcase
     end
   end
-
-  // TODO: replace these placeholder outputs with the real ones.
-  assign accept = 1'b0;
-  assign busy   = 1'b0;
-  assign done   = 1'b0;
-  assign result = '0;
 
 endmodule : rtr
*** End Patch


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M /work/rtr_core/rtl/rtr.sv
The core RTL is in place. I’m going to compile it under Icarus now, and I’ll also run a small local timing probe because the hidden checker is cycle-by-cycle sensitive here.
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*** Update File: /work/rtr_core/rtl/rtr.sv
@@
   localparam logic [1:0] PH_IDLE = 2'd0;
   localparam logic [1:0] PH_RUN  = 2'd1;
   localparam logic [1:0] PH_TRAP = 2'd2;
   localparam logic [1:0] PH_REST = 2'd3;
+  localparam logic [3:0] K_CNT   = K;
+  localparam logic [DW-1:0] TRAP_VALUE = TRAPCODE;
@@
         end
 
         PH_RUN: begin
-          if (cnt >= K[3:0]) begin
+          if (cnt >= K_CNT) begin
             phase  <= PH_REST;
             cnt    <= '0;
             done   <= 1'b1;
@@
         PH_TRAP: begin
           phase  <= PH_REST;
           cnt    <= '0;
           done   <= 1'b1;
-          result <= TRAPCODE[DW-1:0];
+          result <= TRAP_VALUE;
         end
*** End Patch


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M /work/rtr_core/rtl/rtr.sv
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iverilog -g2012 -I rtr_core/rtl -o /tmp/rtr_compile.vvp rtr_core/rtl/rtr_pkg.sv rtr_core/rtl/rtr.sv rtr_core/rtl/rtr_top.sv
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rtr_core/rtl/rtr.sv:80: vvp.tgt sorry: Case unique/unique0 qualities are ignored.
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Icarus elaborates the design. It emits only its usual warning about `unique case`, so I’m removing `unique` to keep the compile clean on version 11, then I’ll run a focused simulation for held requests and trap timing.
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*** Update File: /work/rtr_core/rtl/rtr.sv
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-      unique case (phase)
+      case (phase)
*** End Patch


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M /work/rtr_core/rtl/rtr.sv
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*** Begin Patch
*** Add File: /tmp/rtr_tb.sv
+`timescale 1ns/1ps
+
+module tb;
+  logic clk;
+  logic rst_n;
+  logic req;
+  logic [7:0] op;
+  logic trap;
+  logic accept;
+  logic busy;
+  logic done;
+  logic [7:0] result;
+  integer edge;
+
+  rtr dut (
+      .clk(clk),
+      .rst_n(rst_n),
+      .req(req),
+      .op(op),
+      .trap(trap),
+      .accept(accept),
+      .busy(busy),
+      .done(done),
+      .result(result)
+  );
+
+  initial clk = 1'b0;
+  always #5 clk = ~clk;
+
+  task automatic check(
+      input integer e,
+      input logic exp_accept,
+      input logic exp_busy,
+      input logic exp_done,
+      input logic [7:0] exp_result
+  );
+    begin
+      @(negedge clk);
+      if (accept !== exp_accept || busy !== exp_busy ||
+          done !== exp_done || result !== exp_result) begin
+        $display("FAIL edge %0d got a=%0b b=%0b d=%0b r=%02h exp a=%0b b=%0b d=%0b r=%02h",
+                 e, accept, busy, done, result,
+                 exp_accept, exp_busy, exp_done, exp_result);
+        $finish;
+      end
+    end
+  endtask
+
+  initial begin
+    rst_n = 1'b0;
+    req = 1'b0;
+    op = 8'h00;
+    trap = 1'b0;
+
+    repeat (2) @(posedge clk);
+    rst_n = 1'b1;
+
+    req = 1'b1;
+    op = 8'hA5;
+    @(posedge clk); check(0, 1'b1, 1'b0, 1'b0, 8'h00);
+    op = 8'h11;
+    @(posedge clk); check(1, 1'b0, 1'b1, 1'b0, 8'h00);
+    @(posedge clk); check(2, 1'b0, 1'b1, 1'b0, 8'h00);
+    @(posedge clk); check(3, 1'b0, 1'b0, 1'b1, 8'hA5);
+    @(posedge clk); check(4, 1'b0, 1'b0, 1'b0, 8'h00);
+    op = 8'h3C;
+    @(posedge clk); check(5, 1'b1, 1'b0, 1'b0, 8'h00);
+    @(posedge clk); check(6, 1'b0, 1'b1, 1'b0, 8'h00);
+    @(posedge clk); check(7, 1'b0, 1'b1, 1'b0, 8'h00);
+    @(posedge clk); check(8, 1'b0, 1'b0, 1'b1, 8'h3C);
+
+    req = 1'b0;
+    @(posedge clk); check(9, 1'b0, 1'b0, 1'b0, 8'h00);
+    op = 8'h55;
+    req = 1'b1;
+    @(posedge clk); check(10, 1'b1, 1'b0, 1'b0, 8'h00);
+    trap = 1'b1;
+    @(posedge clk); check(11, 1'b0, 1'b1, 1'b0, 8'h00);
+    trap = 1'b0;
+    @(posedge clk); check(12, 1'b0, 1'b0, 1'b1, 8'hEE);
+    @(posedge clk); check(13, 1'b0, 1'b0, 1'b0, 8'h00);
+
+    op = 8'h66;
+    @(posedge clk); check(14, 1'b1, 1'b0, 1'b0, 8'h00);
+    @(posedge clk); check(15, 1'b0, 1'b1, 1'b0, 8'h00);
+    @(posedge clk); check(16, 1'b0, 1'b1, 1'b0, 8'h00);
+    trap = 1'b1;
+    @(posedge clk); check(17, 1'b0, 1'b0, 1'b1, 8'h66);
+
+    $display("PASS");
+    $finish;
+  end
+endmodule
*** End Patch


Exit code: 0
Wall time: 0 seconds
Output:
Success. Updated the following files:
A /tmp/rtr_tb.sv
The compile path is clean now. The testbench checks the example waveform, verifies `op` is captured only on accept, checks trap completes one edge after a busy sample, and checks a finish-edge trap is ignored.
shell
iverilog -g2012 -I rtr_core/rtl -o /tmp/rtr_compile.vvp rtr_core/rtl/rtr_pkg.sv rtr_core/rtl/rtr.sv rtr_core/rtl/rtr_top.sv
output
Chunk ID: e40e69
Wall time: 0.0000 seconds
Process exited with code 0
Original token count: 0
Output:
shell
iverilog -g2012 -I rtr_core/rtl -o /tmp/rtr_tb.vvp rtr_core/rtl/rtr.sv /tmp/rtr_tb.sv && vvp /tmp/rtr_tb.vvp
output
Chunk ID: 08a0b4
Wall time: 0.0000 seconds
Process exited with code 2
Original token count: 25
Output:
/tmp/rtr_tb.sv:13: syntax error
/tmp/rtr_tb.sv:13: error: syntax error in integer variable list.
shell
sed -n '1,180p' rtr_core/rtl/rtr.sv
output
Chunk ID: 57fdfe
Wall time: 0.0000 seconds
Process exited with code 0
Original token count: 1054
Output:
//==============================================================================
// rtr.sv
//
// Instruction-retire commit handshake.
//
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
//  >>> IMPLEMENTATION REQUIRED <<<
//
//  The module ports, parameters and the state registers are provided. The
//  control FSM, the latency counter and the outputs are left as a TODO and
//  currently drive constant zeros, so the block never accepts or retires and
//  the verifier FAILS.
//
//  Implement the behaviour described in instruction.md. Do NOT change the
//  module name, the port list, or the parameter list.
//
//  iverilog 11 note: a bit/part-select of an EXPRESSION (a sum, a shift, a
//  function-call result) is a syntax error under `iverilog -g2012`. Index only
//  named signals, and do any bit work that needs an intermediate value inside a
//  `function automatic` using named locals.
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
//==============================================================================
`timescale 1ns/1ps

module rtr #(
    parameter DW       = 8,
    parameter K        = 3,
    parameter TRAPCODE = 8'hEE
) (
    input  logic                clk,
    input  logic                rst_n,
    input  logic                req,
    input  logic [DW-1:0]       op,
    input  logic                trap,
    output logic                accept,
    output logic                busy,
    output logic                done,
    output logic [DW-1:0]       result
);

  // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  // State registers (provided). Use these (and add your own as needed) to track
  // where in a retire the block is and the payload captured at accept time.
  // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  logic [1:0]      phase;     // control state
  logic [DW-1:0]   latch;     // payload captured at accept
  logic [3:0]      cnt;       // latency counter

  localparam logic [1:0] PH_IDLE = 2'd0;
  localparam logic [1:0] PH_RUN  = 2'd1;
  localparam logic [1:0] PH_TRAP = 2'd2;
  localparam logic [1:0] PH_REST = 2'd3;
  localparam logic [3:0] K_CNT   = K;
  localparam logic [DW-1:0] TRAP_VALUE = TRAPCODE;

  // ===========================================================================
  // TODO: IMPLEMENT THE RETIRE HANDSHAKE.
  //   * accept a req only while ready; pulse accept for one clk and capture op;
  //   * drive busy, done and result with the disclosed latencies and values;
  //   * honour the trap pre-empt and the mandatory idle edge;
  //   * asynchronous active-low reset clears all state and outputs.
  //
  // The placeholder below keeps the module compilable but INCORRECT.
  // ===========================================================================
  always_ff @(posedge clk or negedge rst_n) begin
    if (!rst_n) begin
      phase  <= PH_IDLE;
      latch  <= '0;
      cnt    <= '0;
      accept <= 1'b0;
      busy   <= 1'b0;
      done   <= 1'b0;
      result <= '0;
    end else begin
      accept <= 1'b0;
      busy   <= 1'b0;
      done   <= 1'b0;
      result <= '0;

      case (phase)
        PH_IDLE: begin
          cnt <= '0;
          if (req) begin
            phase  <= PH_RUN;
            latch  <= op;
            cnt    <= 4'd1;
            accept <= 1'b1;
          end
        end

        PH_RUN: begin
          if (cnt >= K_CNT) begin
            phase  <= PH_REST;
            cnt    <= '0;
            done   <= 1'b1;
            result <= latch;
          end else begin
            busy <= 1'b1;
            if (trap) begin
              phase <= PH_TRAP;
              cnt   <= '0;
            end else begin
              cnt <= cnt + 4'd1;
            end
          end
        end

        PH_TRAP: begin
          phase  <= PH_REST;
          cnt    <= '0;
          done   <= 1'b1;
          result <= TRAP_VALUE;
        end

        PH_REST: begin
          phase <= PH_IDLE;
          cnt   <= '0;
        end

        default: begin
          phase <= PH_IDLE;
          latch <= '0;
          cnt   <= '0;
        end
      endcase
    end
  end

endmodule : rtr
The RTL compile passes. My temporary probe hit a testbench syntax issue from using `edge` as an identifier, so I’m fixing the probe and tightening the stale TODO comments in the RTL while I’m here.
apply_patch
*** Begin Patch
*** Update File: /work/rtr_core/rtl/rtr.sv
@@
-  // ===========================================================================
-  // TODO: IMPLEMENT THE RETIRE HANDSHAKE.
-  //   * accept a req only while ready; pulse accept for one clk and capture op;
-  //   * drive busy, done and result with the disclosed latencies and values;
-  //   * honour the trap pre-empt and the mandatory idle edge;
-  //   * asynchronous active-low reset clears all state and outputs.
-  //
-  // The placeholder below keeps the module compilable but INCORRECT.
-  // ===========================================================================
+  // ===========================================================================
+  // Registered retire handshake.
+  // ===========================================================================
*** End Patch


Exit code: 0
Wall time: 0 seconds
Output:
Success. Updated the following files:
M /work/rtr_core/rtl/rtr.sv
apply_patch
*** Begin Patch
*** Update File: /tmp/rtr_tb.sv
@@
-  integer edge;
-
*** End Patch


Exit code: 0
Wall time: 0 seconds
Output:
Success. Updated the following files:
M /tmp/rtr_tb.sv
The implementation now has no placeholder output assigns; `accept`, `busy`, `done`, and `result` are all driven from the sequential block and reset asynchronously. I’m rerunning compile plus the focused timing simulation.
shell
iverilog -g2012 -I rtr_core/rtl -o /tmp/rtr_compile.vvp rtr_core/rtl/rtr_pkg.sv rtr_core/rtl/rtr.sv rtr_core/rtl/rtr_top.sv
output
Chunk ID: 9fb768
Wall time: 0.0000 seconds
Process exited with code 0
Original token count: 0
Output:
shell
iverilog -g2012 -I rtr_core/rtl -o /tmp/rtr_tb.vvp rtr_core/rtl/rtr.sv /tmp/rtr_tb.sv && vvp /tmp/rtr_tb.vvp
output
Chunk ID: 074f70
Wall time: 0.0000 seconds
Process exited with code 0
Original token count: 14
Output:
FAIL edge 0 got a=0 b=1 d=0 r=00 exp a=1 b=0 d=0 r=00
shell
sed -n '1,170p' rtr_core/rtl/rtr.sv
output
Chunk ID: 44fa25
Wall time: 0.0000 seconds
Process exited with code 0
Original token count: 960
Output:
//==============================================================================
// rtr.sv
//
// Instruction-retire commit handshake.
//
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
//  >>> IMPLEMENTATION REQUIRED <<<
//
//  The module ports, parameters and the state registers are provided. The
//  control FSM, the latency counter and the outputs are left as a TODO and
//  currently drive constant zeros, so the block never accepts or retires and
//  the verifier FAILS.
//
//  Implement the behaviour described in instruction.md. Do NOT change the
//  module name, the port list, or the parameter list.
//
//  iverilog 11 note: a bit/part-select of an EXPRESSION (a sum, a shift, a
//  function-call result) is a syntax error under `iverilog -g2012`. Index only
//  named signals, and do any bit work that needs an intermediate value inside a
//  `function automatic` using named locals.
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
//==============================================================================
`timescale 1ns/1ps

module rtr #(
    parameter DW       = 8,
    parameter K        = 3,
    parameter TRAPCODE = 8'hEE
) (
    input  logic                clk,
    input  logic                rst_n,
    input  logic                req,
    input  logic [DW-1:0]       op,
    input  logic                trap,
    output logic                accept,
    output logic                busy,
    output logic                done,
    output logic [DW-1:0]       result
);

  // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  // State registers (provided). Use these (and add your own as needed) to track
  // where in a retire the block is and the payload captured at accept time.
  // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  logic [1:0]      phase;     // control state
  logic [DW-1:0]   latch;     // payload captured at accept
  logic [3:0]      cnt;       // latency counter

  localparam logic [1:0] PH_IDLE = 2'd0;
  localparam logic [1:0] PH_RUN  = 2'd1;
  localparam logic [1:0] PH_TRAP = 2'd2;
  localparam logic [1:0] PH_REST = 2'd3;
  localparam logic [3:0] K_CNT   = K;
  localparam logic [DW-1:0] TRAP_VALUE = TRAPCODE;

  // ===========================================================================
  // Registered retire handshake.
  // ===========================================================================
  always_ff @(posedge clk or negedge rst_n) begin
    if (!rst_n) begin
      phase  <= PH_IDLE;
      latch  <= '0;
      cnt    <= '0;
      accept <= 1'b0;
      busy   <= 1'b0;
      done   <= 1'b0;
      result <= '0;
    end else begin
      accept <= 1'b0;
      busy   <= 1'b0;
      done   <= 1'b0;
      result <= '0;

      case (phase)
        PH_IDLE: begin
          cnt <= '0;
          if (req) begin
            phase  <= PH_RUN;
            latch  <= op;
            cnt    <= 4'd1;
            accept <= 1'b1;
          end
        end

        PH_RUN: begin
          if (cnt >= K_CNT) begin
            phase  <= PH_REST;
            cnt    <= '0;
            done   <= 1'b1;
            result <= latch;
          end else begin
            busy <= 1'b1;
            if (trap) begin
              phase <= PH_TRAP;
              cnt   <= '0;
            end else begin
              cnt <= cnt + 4'd1;
            end
          end
        end

        PH_TRAP: begin
          phase  <= PH_REST;
          cnt    <= '0;
          done   <= 1'b1;
          result <= TRAP_VALUE;
        end

        PH_REST: begin
          phase <= PH_IDLE;
          cnt   <= '0;
        end

        default: begin
          phase <= PH_IDLE;
          latch <= '0;
          cnt   <= '0;
        end
      endcase
    end
  end

endmodule : rtr
The failed probe was a race in my temporary bench around reset release, not the RTL: reset was deasserted in the same simulator timestep as a clock edge. I’m moving all stimulus changes to non-clock edges and rerunning.
apply_patch
*** Begin Patch
*** Update File: /tmp/rtr_tb.sv
@@
-    repeat (2) @(posedge clk);
+    repeat (2) @(posedge clk);
+    @(negedge clk);
     rst_n = 1'b1;
 
     req = 1'b1;
*** End Patch


Exit code: 0
Wall time: 0 seconds
Output:
Success. Updated the following files:
M /tmp/rtr_tb.sv
The stimulus is now aligned away from clock edges, so the checks will reflect the intended sampled behavior rather than simulator scheduling order.
shell
iverilog -g2012 -I rtr_core/rtl -o /tmp/rtr_compile.vvp rtr_core/rtl/rtr_pkg.sv rtr_core/rtl/rtr.sv rtr_core/rtl/rtr_top.sv
output
Chunk ID: 7fa198
Wall time: 0.0000 seconds
Process exited with code 0
Original token count: 0
Output:
shell
iverilog -g2012 -I rtr_core/rtl -o /tmp/rtr_tb.vvp rtr_core/rtl/rtr.sv /tmp/rtr_tb.sv && vvp /tmp/rtr_tb.vvp
output
Chunk ID: 9bacee
Wall time: 0.0000 seconds
Process exited with code 0
Original token count: 2
Output:
PASS
Both checks pass now: the standalone top-level elaboration is clean under `iverilog -g2012`, and the focused timing probe reports `PASS`. I’m doing one final read of the changed file for line references.
shell
nl -ba rtr_core/rtl/rtr.sv | sed -n '35,135p'
output
Chunk ID: c9a16f
Wall time: 0.0000 seconds
Process exited with code 0
Original token count: 766
Output:
    35	    output logic                accept,
    36	    output logic                busy,
    37	    output logic                done,
    38	    output logic [DW-1:0]       result
    39	);
    40	
    41	  // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
    42	  // State registers (provided). Use these (and add your own as needed) to track
    43	  // where in a retire the block is and the payload captured at accept time.
    44	  // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
    45	  logic [1:0]      phase;     // control state
    46	  logic [DW-1:0]   latch;     // payload captured at accept
    47	  logic [3:0]      cnt;       // latency counter
    48	
    49	  localparam logic [1:0] PH_IDLE = 2'd0;
    50	  localparam logic [1:0] PH_RUN  = 2'd1;
    51	  localparam logic [1:0] PH_TRAP = 2'd2;
    52	  localparam logic [1:0] PH_REST = 2'd3;
    53	  localparam logic [3:0] K_CNT   = K;
    54	  localparam logic [DW-1:0] TRAP_VALUE = TRAPCODE;
    55	
    56	  // ===========================================================================
    57	  // Registered retire handshake.
    58	  // ===========================================================================
    59	  always_ff @(posedge clk or negedge rst_n) begin
    60	    if (!rst_n) begin
    61	      phase  <= PH_IDLE;
    62	      latch  <= '0;
    63	      cnt    <= '0;
    64	      accept <= 1'b0;
    65	      busy   <= 1'b0;
    66	      done   <= 1'b0;
    67	      result <= '0;
    68	    end else begin
    69	      accept <= 1'b0;
    70	      busy   <= 1'b0;
    71	      done   <= 1'b0;
    72	      result <= '0;
    73	
    74	      case (phase)
    75	        PH_IDLE: begin
    76	          cnt <= '0;
    77	          if (req) begin
    78	            phase  <= PH_RUN;
    79	            latch  <= op;
    80	            cnt    <= 4'd1;
    81	            accept <= 1'b1;
    82	          end
    83	        end
    84	
    85	        PH_RUN: begin
    86	          if (cnt >= K_CNT) begin
    87	            phase  <= PH_REST;
    88	            cnt    <= '0;
    89	            done   <= 1'b1;
    90	            result <= latch;
    91	          end else begin
    92	            busy <= 1'b1;
    93	            if (trap) begin
    94	              phase <= PH_TRAP;
    95	              cnt   <= '0;
    96	            end else begin
    97	              cnt <= cnt + 4'd1;
    98	            end
    99	          end
   100	        end
   101	
   102	        PH_TRAP: begin
   103	          phase  <= PH_REST;
   104	          cnt    <= '0;
   105	          done   <= 1'b1;
   106	          result <= TRAP_VALUE;
   107	        end
   108	
   109	        PH_REST: begin
   110	          phase <= PH_IDLE;
   111	          cnt   <= '0;
   112	        end
   113	
   114	        default: begin
   115	          phase <= PH_IDLE;
   116	          latch <= '0;
   117	          cnt   <= '0;
   118	        end
   119	      endcase
   120	    end
   121	  end
   122	
   123	endmodule : rtr
Implemented `rtr` in [rtr.sv](/work/rtr_core/rtl/rtr.sv:49). What changed: - Added FSM states for idle, running, pending trap finish, and mandatory rest. - Registered `accept`, `busy`, `done`, and `result` inside the clocked block. - Captures `op` only on accept. - Normal completion returns latched payload at edge `K`. - Trap sampled only during busy edges completes one clock later with `8'hEE`. - Async active-low reset clears all state and outputs immediately. Verified with: - `iverilog -g2012 -I rtr_core/rtl -o /tmp/rtr_compile.vvp rtr_core/rtl/rtr_pkg.sv rtr_core/rtl/rtr.sv rtr_core/rtl/rtr_top.sv` - A focused local timing simulation covering held `req`, payload capture, trap preemption, and too-late finish-edge trap.
Final diff , what the agent changed

No file changes, the agent left the workspace untouched.

Verifier output , the proof behind the reward
tests/test.sh
test.sh: compiling with iverilog...
----- iverilog output -----
---------------------------
test.sh: running simulation with vvp...
----- simulation output -----
INFO samples=438 amiss=0 bmiss=0 dmiss=0 rmiss=0
SAMPLES=438
ALL TESTS PASSED
-----------------------------
test.sh: PASS - 438 samples, no mismatches

Reproduce this trial: git checkout 2f94510 && PYTHONPATH=src python3 scripts/build_site.py , then open trial/trial_eb35fd86efe04f94. Re-running the agent live requires EVAL_PLATFORM_ENABLE_OAUTH_SMOKE=1 and is non-deterministic.

Trial trial_eb35fd86efe04f94 · verifier authoritative; classifier explanatory.