// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause // Copyright (c) 2026, The OpenROAD Authors #include "db_sta/dbNetwork.hh" #include "est/EstimateParasitics.h" #include "gtest/gtest.h" #include "odb/db.h" #include "rsz/Resizer.hh" #include "sta/Liberty.hh" #include "sta/MinMax.hh" #include "sta/Mode.hh" #include "sta/Network.hh" #include "sta/NetworkClass.hh" #include "sta/Parasitics.hh" #include "sta/Scene.hh" #include "sta/SdcClass.hh" #include "sta/Search.hh" #include "sta/Transition.hh" #include "sta/Units.hh" #include "tst/IntegratedFixture.h" namespace est { class TestEstimateParasitics : public tst::IntegratedFixture { protected: TestEstimateParasitics() : tst::IntegratedFixture(tst::IntegratedFixture::Technology::kNangate45, "_main/src/est/test/") { } sta::Pin* findTopPin(const char* port_name) const { sta::Instance* top_inst = db_network_->topInstance(); sta::Cell* top_cell = db_network_->cell(top_inst); if (top_cell == nullptr) { ADD_FAILURE() << "missing top cell"; return nullptr; } sta::Port* port = db_network_->findPort(top_cell, port_name); if (port == nullptr) { ADD_FAILURE() << "missing top port " << port_name; return nullptr; } sta::Pin* pin = db_network_->findPin(top_inst, port); if (pin == nullptr) { ADD_FAILURE() << "missing top pin " << port_name; return nullptr; } return pin; } sta::Net* flatNet(sta::Pin* pin) const { odb::dbNet* db_net = nullptr; if (db_network_->isTopLevelPort(pin)) { db_net = db_network_->flatNet(db_network_->term(pin)); } else { db_net = db_network_->flatNet(pin); } if (db_net == nullptr) { ADD_FAILURE() << "missing flat net for " << db_network_->pathName(pin); return nullptr; } sta::Net* net = db_network_->dbToSta(db_net); if (net == nullptr) { ADD_FAILURE() << "missing sta net for " << db_net->getName(); return nullptr; } return net; } void makeClock(const char* clock_name, sta::Pin* pin) const { sta::PinSet pins(db_network_); pins.insert(pin); const double period = sta_->units()->timeUnit()->userToSta(1.0); sta::FloatSeq waveform; waveform.push_back(0.0); waveform.push_back(period / 2.0); sta_->makeClock( clock_name, pins, false, period, waveform, "", sta_->cmdMode()); } void resizeDff(const char* inst_name) { odb::dbInst* db_inst = block_->findInst(inst_name); ASSERT_NE(db_inst, nullptr) << "missing instance " << inst_name; sta::Instance* inst = db_network_->dbToSta(db_inst); ASSERT_NE(inst, nullptr) << "missing sta instance " << inst_name; sta::LibertyCell* dff_x2 = sta_->network()->findLibertyCell("DFF_X2"); ASSERT_NE(dff_x2, nullptr); ASSERT_TRUE(resizer_.replaceCell(inst, dff_x2)); } // Give every instance and top port a legal location so that // estimateWireParasitics() can build Steiner trees (it skips unplaced nets). void placeDesign() { odb::dbTechLayer* layer = block_->getTech()->findRoutingLayer(1); ASSERT_NE(layer, nullptr); int x = 100; for (odb::dbInst* inst : block_->getInsts()) { inst->setLocation(x, x); inst->setPlacementStatus(odb::dbPlacementStatus::PLACED); x += 100; } int y = 50; for (odb::dbBTerm* bterm : block_->getBTerms()) { odb::dbBPin* bpin = odb::dbBPin::create(bterm); odb::dbBox::create(bpin, layer, y, y, y + 10, y + 10); bpin->setPlacementStatus(odb::dbPlacementStatus::PLACED); y += 100; } } // True if the net's driver has a reduced (pi-Elmore) parasitic, i.e. wire // parasitics were actually estimated for it. bool hasPi(sta::Net* net) const { sta::PinSet* drivers = db_network_->drivers(net); if (drivers == nullptr || drivers->empty()) { return false; } const sta::Pin* drvr = *drivers->begin(); sta::Parasitics* par = sta_->scenes().front()->parasitics(sta::MinMax::max()); return par->findPiElmore(drvr, sta::RiseFall::rise(), sta::MinMax::max()) != nullptr; } }; // Verifies that a net whose driver pin is held at a logic constant is skipped // by updateParasitics(): its wire parasitics are not re-estimated, while an // ordinary net in the same invalidation set is. A pin that is constant in every // mode carries no parasitic-dependent timing. TEST_F(TestEstimateParasitics, ConstantNetSkipsParasiticEstimation) { readVerilogAndSetup("TestEstimateParasitics.v"); placeDesign(); ep_.estimateWireParasitics(); // Hold the top data port at a constant in the only mode. sta::Pin* d_pin = findTopPin("d"); ASSERT_NE(d_pin, nullptr); sta_->setCaseAnalysis(d_pin, sta::LogicValue::zero, sta_->cmdMode()); ASSERT_TRUE(sta_->isConstant(d_pin, sta_->cmdMode())); sta::Net* d_net = flatNet(d_pin); sta::Net* q0_net = flatNet(findTopPin("q0")); ASSERT_NE(d_net, nullptr); ASSERT_NE(q0_net, nullptr); // Start from a clean slate so re-estimation is observable per net. sta_->scenes().front()->parasitics(sta::MinMax::max())->deleteParasitics(); ASSERT_FALSE(hasPi(d_net)); ASSERT_FALSE(hasPi(q0_net)); ep_.setParasiticsSrc(ParasiticsSrc::kPlacement); ep_.setIncrementalParasiticsEnabled(true); ep_.parasiticsInvalid(d_net); ep_.parasiticsInvalid(q0_net); ep_.updateParasitics(); // The ordinary net is re-estimated; the constant net is skipped. EXPECT_TRUE(hasPi(q0_net)); EXPECT_FALSE(hasPi(d_net)); ep_.setIncrementalParasiticsEnabled(false); } // Verifies that a net whose driver pin has a set_disable_timing constraint is // skipped by updateParasitics(): its wire parasitics are not re-estimated, // while an ordinary net in the same invalidation set is. TEST_F(TestEstimateParasitics, DisabledConstraintNetSkipsParasiticEstimation) { readVerilogAndSetup("TestEstimateParasitics.v"); placeDesign(); ep_.estimateWireParasitics(); // Disable timing on the top data port so its net is a skip candidate. sta::Pin* d_pin = findTopPin("d"); ASSERT_NE(d_pin, nullptr); sta_->disable(d_pin, sta_->cmdSdc()); sta::Net* d_net = flatNet(d_pin); sta::Net* q0_net = flatNet(findTopPin("q0")); ASSERT_NE(d_net, nullptr); ASSERT_NE(q0_net, nullptr); // Start from a clean slate so re-estimation is observable per net. sta_->scenes().front()->parasitics(sta::MinMax::max())->deleteParasitics(); ASSERT_FALSE(hasPi(d_net)); ASSERT_FALSE(hasPi(q0_net)); ep_.setParasiticsSrc(ParasiticsSrc::kPlacement); ep_.setIncrementalParasiticsEnabled(true); ep_.parasiticsInvalid(d_net); ep_.parasiticsInvalid(q0_net); ep_.updateParasitics(); // The ordinary net is re-estimated; the disabled net is skipped. EXPECT_TRUE(hasPi(q0_net)); EXPECT_FALSE(hasPi(d_net)); ep_.setIncrementalParasiticsEnabled(false); } // Verifies that skippability is combined per mode: a pin that is timing // irrelevant in every mode is skipped even when the reason differs across // modes. Here d is constant in function mode and disabled in test mode; it is // irrelevant in both, so its net must be skipped. A per-reason (all_constant || // all_disabled) check would wrongly re-estimate it. TEST_F(TestEstimateParasitics, MixedConstantDisabledNetSkipsParasiticEstimation) { readVerilogAndSetup("TestEstimateParasitics.v", false); // Two modes: d is constant only in function mode, disabled only in test mode. sta_->setCmdMode("function"); sta::Mode* function_mode = sta_->cmdMode(); sta_->setCmdMode("test"); sta::Mode* test_mode = sta_->cmdMode(); // Build the graph before adding constraints: disable() invalidates delays // through the delay calculator, which requires an existing graph. sta_->ensureGraph(); sta_->ensureLevelized(); resizer_.initBlock(); placeDesign(); sta::Pin* d_pin = findTopPin("d"); ASSERT_NE(d_pin, nullptr); sta_->setCaseAnalysis(d_pin, sta::LogicValue::zero, function_mode); sta_->disable(d_pin, test_mode->sdc()); ep_.estimateWireParasitics(); ASSERT_TRUE(sta_->isConstant(d_pin, function_mode)); ASSERT_FALSE(sta_->isConstant(d_pin, test_mode)); sta::Net* d_net = flatNet(d_pin); sta::Net* q0_net = flatNet(findTopPin("q0")); ASSERT_NE(d_net, nullptr); ASSERT_NE(q0_net, nullptr); // Start from a clean slate so re-estimation is observable per net. sta_->scenes().front()->parasitics(sta::MinMax::max())->deleteParasitics(); ASSERT_FALSE(hasPi(d_net)); ASSERT_FALSE(hasPi(q0_net)); ep_.setParasiticsSrc(ParasiticsSrc::kPlacement); ep_.setIncrementalParasiticsEnabled(true); ep_.parasiticsInvalid(d_net); ep_.parasiticsInvalid(q0_net); ep_.updateParasitics(); // The ordinary net is re-estimated; the mixed-reason net is skipped. EXPECT_TRUE(hasPi(q0_net)); EXPECT_FALSE(hasPi(d_net)); ep_.setIncrementalParasiticsEnabled(false); } // Verifies that an ideal clock net can be present in the incremental // parasitic invalidation set without forcing STA delay invalidation. // // DFF resizing may mark the clock net parasitics invalid. For an ideal clock, // those parasitics do not contribute to clock arrival/slew, so updateParasitics // should skip both RC re-estimation and delaysInvalidFromFanin() for that net. TEST_F(TestEstimateParasitics, IdealClockNetSkipsStaInvalidation) { // Build a small clocked design and seed valid timing/parasitic state. readVerilogAndSetup("TestEstimateParasitics.v"); sta_->updateTiming(true); // Use the default ideal clock from IntegratedFixture::initStaDefaultSdc(). sta::Pin* clk_pin = findTopPin("clk"); ASSERT_NE(clk_pin, nullptr); sta::Net* clk_net = flatNet(clk_pin); ASSERT_NE(clk_net, nullptr); // Model the ECO source: resizing a DFF is the class of netlist edit that can // make the clock net appear in the parasitic invalidation set. resizeDff("reg0"); // Clear any ordinary resize-related STA invalidation so the assertions below // measure only updateParasitics() side effects. sta_->updateTiming(true); ASSERT_TRUE(sta_->search()->arrivalsValid()); // Seed the exact condition under test: an ideal clock net is pending in // EstimateParasitics' incremental invalidation set. ep_.setParasiticsSrc(ParasiticsSrc::kPlacement); ep_.setIncrementalParasiticsEnabled(true); ep_.parasiticsInvalid(clk_net); ASSERT_TRUE(ep_.hasParasiticsInvalid()); ep_.updateParasitics(); // A regression calls sta_->delaysInvalidFromFanin(clk_net), which invalidates // the top clock port and every ideal CK load vertex. EXPECT_TRUE(sta_->search()->arrivalsValid()); ep_.setIncrementalParasiticsEnabled(false); } // Verifies multi-mode ideal-clock classification for scan clocks. // // The original implementation rejected a pin if isIdealClock(pin, mode) was // false in any mode. That is wrong for scan clocks that are only created in a // test mode: the scan pin is not a clock in function mode, so that mode must be // ignored. The fixed logic first checks isClock(pin, mode), then requires ideal // status only in modes where the pin is actually a clock. TEST_F(TestEstimateParasitics, ScanClockIdealOnlyInTestMode) { // Do not create the default SDC. This test constructs function/test modes // explicitly so scan_clk is intentionally absent from function mode. readVerilogAndSetup("TestEstimateParasitics.v", false); // Create two modes, but create scan_clk only in test mode. sta_->setCmdMode("function"); sta::Mode* function_mode = sta_->cmdMode(); sta_->setCmdMode("test"); sta::Mode* test_mode = sta_->cmdMode(); sta::Pin* scan_clk_pin = findTopPin("scan_clk"); ASSERT_NE(scan_clk_pin, nullptr); makeClock("scan_clk", scan_clk_pin); // This is the exact multi-mode condition being guarded: // scan_clk is not a function-mode clock, but it is an ideal test-mode clock. ASSERT_FALSE(sta_->isClock(scan_clk_pin, function_mode)); ASSERT_TRUE(sta_->isClock(scan_clk_pin, test_mode)); ASSERT_TRUE(sta_->isIdealClock(scan_clk_pin, test_mode)); // Build timing/parasitics after the mode-specific clock setup is complete. sta_->ensureGraph(); sta_->ensureLevelized(); resizer_.initBlock(); ep_.estimateWireParasitics(); sta_->updateTiming(true); sta::Net* scan_clk_net = flatNet(scan_clk_pin); ASSERT_NE(scan_clk_net, nullptr); // Isolate the invalidation caused by updateParasitics(). ASSERT_TRUE(sta_->search()->arrivalsValid()); // Seed the scan clock net as invalid. A buggy all-modes ideal-clock check // treats this net as non-ideal because function mode has no scan clock. ep_.setParasiticsSrc(ParasiticsSrc::kPlacement); ep_.setIncrementalParasiticsEnabled(true); ep_.parasiticsInvalid(scan_clk_net); ASSERT_TRUE(ep_.hasParasiticsInvalid()); ep_.updateParasitics(); // If non-clock modes are not ignored, updateParasitics() invalidates the // scan clock port and scan_reg/CK through delaysInvalidFromFanin(). EXPECT_TRUE(sta_->search()->arrivalsValid()); ep_.setIncrementalParasiticsEnabled(false); } // Verifies that wire RC values are stored per chip: chip-specific values take // precedence over the defaults, and chips without an entry use the defaults. TEST_F(TestEstimateParasitics, WireRcPerTech) { readVerilogAndSetup("TestEstimateParasitics.v"); sta::Scene* scene = sta_->scenes().front(); odb::dbChip* chip1 = db_->getChip(); ASSERT_NE(chip1, nullptr); // A null tech sets the default values used by techs without an entry. ep_.initChip(chip1); ep_.setHWireSignalRC(nullptr, scene, 1.0e3, 1.0e-10); ep_.setVWireSignalRC(nullptr, scene, 2.0e3, 2.0e-10); ep_.setHWireClkRC(nullptr, scene, 5.0e3, 5.0e-10); ep_.setVWireClkRC(nullptr, scene, 5.0e3, 5.0e-10); EXPECT_DOUBLE_EQ(ep_.wireSignalHResistance(scene), 1.0e3); EXPECT_DOUBLE_EQ(ep_.wireSignalVCapacitance(scene), 2.0e-10); // A second technology with tech-specific values, used by a second chip. loadTechAndLib( "tech2", "lib2", getFilePath("_main/test/Nangate45/Nangate45.lef")); odb::dbTech* tech2 = db_->findTech("tech2"); ASSERT_NE(tech2, nullptr); odb::dbChip* chip2 = odb::dbChip::create( db_.get(), tech2, "chip2", odb::dbChip::ChipType::DIE); ASSERT_NE(chip2, nullptr); odb::dbBlock::create(chip2, "chip2_block"); ep_.setHWireSignalRC(tech2, scene, 3.0e3, 3.0e-10); ep_.setVWireSignalRC(tech2, scene, 4.0e3, 4.0e-10); // The tech-specific values do not leak into the default-valued tech. EXPECT_DOUBLE_EQ(ep_.wireSignalHResistance(scene), 1.0e3); // Rebinding to the second chip resolves tech2's signal values; its unset // clock values fall back to the defaults independently. ep_.initChip(chip2); EXPECT_DOUBLE_EQ(ep_.wireSignalHResistance(scene), 3.0e3); EXPECT_DOUBLE_EQ(ep_.wireSignalVCapacitance(scene), 4.0e-10); EXPECT_DOUBLE_EQ(ep_.wireClkHResistance(scene), 5.0e3); // Rebinding back to a chip whose tech has no entry falls back to defaults. ep_.initChip(chip1); EXPECT_DOUBLE_EQ(ep_.wireSignalHResistance(scene), 1.0e3); EXPECT_DOUBLE_EQ(ep_.wireSignalVResistance(scene), 2.0e3); } } // namespace est