v0.2.0-pattern-library

Release Notes

v0.2.0-pattern-library

This release marks the completion of the initial Phase 3 pattern library for SASS King. The project now has 29 reusable SM120 / SM120a SASS pattern pages, an updated evidence trail, and a clearer path into Phase 4 production-kernel audits.

It does not ship a standalone disassembler, assembler, Ghidra plugin, or audit CLI.

Highlights

• Added the formal Phase 3 pattern library under patterns/.
• Added 29 reusable audit signatures for tensor-core compute, matrix memory, control flow, register/dataflow behavior, arithmetic lowering, scheduling, and warp collectives.
• Expanded knowledge/FINDINGS.md with the Phase 3 pattern evidence and closeout.
• Updated denvdis integration notes after the SM120 cross-validation pass.
• Added documentation indexes for docs/ and knowledge/encoding/.
• Added production/README.md as the Phase 4 production-audit entry point.
• Updated the root README to explain the current repository structure and Phase 4 next step.

Scope

Included in the v0.2 boundary:

• controlled CUDA kernel corpus through chapters 01-25;
• reorganized corpus/ layout with section indexes;
• project-wide knowledge/FINDINGS.md with navigation index and claim discipline;
• initial Phase 3 pattern library with 29 reusable audit signatures under patterns/;
• SM120 / SM120a instruction glossary;
• pilot encoding pages for LDSM, STSM, QMMA, and partial control-code modeling;
• denvdis integration notes and representative cross-validation results;
• contribution rules for evidence tagging and dump metadata;
• Phase 4 audit entry point under production/.

Not included yet:

• standalone SASS disassembler;
• standalone SASS assembler;
• Ghidra plugin;
• one-command audit CLI;
• completed cross-architecture replay;
• production-library audit suite.

Reproducible today

The executable part of v0.2 remains the controlled CUDA corpus. A reader can compile a kernel, dump NVIDIA SASS with cuobjdump, and compare the result with the chapter conclusion.

Example:

cd corpus/basics/01_vector_add
nvcc -arch=sm_120 kernel1.cu -o vector_add
cuobjdump --dump-sass vector_add > sm_120.sass

Main artifacts

Artifact	Purpose
README.md	Project overview, roadmap, and related work.
docs/README.md	Documentation index.
docs/START_HERE.md	Minimal onboarding path.
docs/PROJECT_STRUCTURE.md	Repository navigation model and content ownership rules.
corpus/README.md	Corpus section map and reproduction model.
knowledge/FINDINGS.md	Primary source of truth for observations, hypotheses, resolutions, and gaps.
knowledge/SASS_INSTRUCTIONS_SM120.md	Evidence-backed instruction-family inventory.
knowledge/encoding/README.md	Index for reusable instruction-family notes.
knowledge/DENVDIS_INTEGRATION.md	denvdis validation status and policy.
patterns/README.md	Phase 3 pattern index for audit-facing SASS signatures.
production/README.md	Phase 4 entry point for upcoming manual production audits.