Checkout update: shader-slang/slang issue #10807: Crash / ICE when emitting code for interface types without -conformance flags

closedbug Issue #10807 opened on 2026-04
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Checkout update: shader-slang/slang issue #10807: Crash / ICE when emitting code for interface types without -conformance flags

This note maps the reported failure in shader-slang/slang to the patch series tested for shader-slang__slang-10807.

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shader-slang/slang Crash / ICE when emitting code for interface types without -conformance flags

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Crash / ICE when emitting code for interface types without -conformance flags
## Issue Description

When compiling code that uses `StructuredBuffer<IInterface>` without providing `-conformance` flags to `slangc`, the compiler crashes (SIGSEGV) or hits an internal compiler error (E99999) during code emission. The compiler should instead emit a clean diagnostic such as E50100 ("no type conformances found").

This is a robustness issue: providing `-conformance` flags makes the code compile successfully. The crash only occurs when conformances are omitted.

## Reproducer Code

```hlsl
interface IFoo
{
    float getValue();
}

struct Impl : IFoo
{
    float v;
    float getValue() { return v; }
}

StructuredBuffer<IFoo> inputBuffer;
RWStructuredBuffer<float> outputBuffer;

[numthreads(1, 1, 1)]
void computeMain()
{
    outputBuffer[0] = inputBuffer[0].getValue();
}
```

**Commands (both crash):**
```bash
slangc test.slang -target spirv -entry computeMain -stage compute -emit-spirv-directly
slangc test.slang -target hlsl -entry computeMain -stage compute
```

**With `-conformance`, both succeed:**
```bash
slangc test.slang -target spirv -entry computeMain -stage compute -emit-spirv-directly -conformance "Impl:IFoo=0"
slangc test.slang -target hlsl -entry computeMain -stage compute -conformance "Impl:IFoo=0"
```

## Expected Behavior

The compiler should produce a clean diagnostic (e.g., E50100 "no type conformances found") and exit gracefully.

## Actual Behavior

**SPIRV target** - ICE with unhandled `lookupWitness`:
```
error[E99999]: Slang compilation aborted due to an exception of N5Slang13InternalErrorE unimplemented: Unhandled local inst in spirv-emit:
let  %1 : %2 = lookupWitness(%3, %IFoox5FgetValue)
```

**HLSL target** - ICE with unexpected IR opcode:
```
internal error[E99999]: unimplemented feature in Slang compiler: unexpected IR opcode during code emit
```

A variant with multiple conformances (`[anyValueSize(8)]`, two struct implementations) causes a **segfault** (signal 11) with no diagnostic output on the SPIRV target.

## Affected Tests

The following existing tests in the repo crash when compiled directly with `slangc` without conformances (i.e., ou

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