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Work from the 2026-10-10 session prompt (workstreams A–D), plus a build-CPU guard and an unsafe inventory.

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  • cpu_guard (src/cpu_guard.rs). A pre-main CPUID/XCR0 check for builds that use AVX or later. It runs before main and exits with 132 and a message naming the missing CPU features. It does not use is_x86_feature_detected!, because that macro returns true for any feature enabled at compile time. Pre-AVX hosts are out of scope by decision: the guard itself is VEX-encoded.
  • A: Rust 1.99.0. Updated the toolchain, CI, Dockerfiles and docs. The rust-version floor stays 1.98.1 (checked clean on 1.98.1). Fixed the lints that are new in 1.99.
  • Unsafe inventory in .claude/knowledge/unsafe-inventory/: 1,301 sites, each with a verdict and a workaround. Four out-of-bounds paths reachable from safe code are confirmed but not fixed here.
  • B: I8x16 / U8x16 on every arm. I8x16 gains zero/add/sub/min/max, and a full U8x16 type is added. add/sub wrap on overflow, as on NEON. A cross-arm parity check, codes 0xF00–0xF32, was disable-verified.
  • C: NEON cmp_gt. Documented as a lane-vs-lane compare outside the masking-ops family (G7) and noted in masking-ops-state.md. Its transmute is replaced by vst1q.
  • D: SAFETY comments. Comments claiming an AVX2 or x86-64-v3 baseline now say AVX2 is the caller's obligation. This includes I8x32::saturating_abs, whose comment claimed a target_feature annotation that does not exist.

Gates (debug 0, tier pinned by config)

  • lib tests: 2507 pass on v3, 2558 on v4.
  • doctests: 684 + 4 pass.
  • masking parity passes on native-v4, native-v3, wasm, wasm-scalar, neon-qemu and nightly.
  • codegen-witness passes for avx512 and avx2.

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  • A patch that makes saturating_abs safe through an SSSE3 path is waiting for operator approval. sentinel-qa's verdict is CONDITIONAL: it wants an exhaustive 256-value test and a CI line for a baseline build.

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  • New Features
    • Added 16-lane signed and unsigned byte-vector operations across SIMD backends, including wrapping arithmetic and lane-wise min/max.
    • Added a CPU compatibility check that reports when the processor lacks features required by the build.
  • Documentation
    • Updated the documented stable Rust version to 1.99.0 while retaining a 1.98.1 minimum.
    • Expanded guidance on SIMD safety, CPU feature requirements, and supported parity checks.
  • Tests
    • Extended SIMD parity coverage for byte-vector operations.

…SIGILL

The default build is target-cpu=native, so a binary built on one machine and
run on another with fewer ISA extensions dies on its first such instruction
with no explanation. cpu_guard compares the compiled target features with
CPUID/XCR0 from a pre-main hook and exits 132 naming the missing features.
Nothing changes at build time; cross-building any tier still works.

std's is_x86_feature_detected! short-circuits to true for compiled-in
features, so the guard reads CPUID directly. Verified under qemu: a v4 build
on Haswell/Skylake-Server/Icelake-Server prints the message; a v3 build on
Haswell runs normally; a v3 build on a pre-AVX CPU is documented as not
covered (the guard itself is VEX-encoded).

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Channel moves in rust-toolchain.toml, the CI clippy/format/feature jobs and
both Dockerfiles. rust-version and the CI MSRV rows stay at 1.98.1 because no
1.99-only API is used, so the floor keeps being tested.

The 1.99 delta was confined to test code: missing `# Safety` docs on four mock
cblas exports, three manual_contains, and a `use std::f64;` that made
`f64::NAN` resolve to the newly deprecated module constant. The cpu_guard
probe example moves to as_chunks/+=.

Gates on 1.99.0: clippy -D warnings v3/v4 all targets; lib tests v3 2507 and
v4 2558 passed; doctests; masking parity native (v3 and host), wasm,
wasm-scalar, neon-qemu, nightly; codegen witness avx512/avx2; 1.98.1 floor
check. Two crates (blas-tests, cesium) fail clippy identically on 1.98.1 and
are untouched.

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.claude/knowledge/unsafe-inventory/ lists every code-level unsafe in src/
(903 fork-added, 398 inherited from upstream ndarray) with its kind, a verdict
(IRREDUCIBLE, NEEDS-TF, CONSOLIDATE, SAFE-API, UNSAFE-FN-API, SAFE-CRATE,
REMOVABLE), the concrete workaround, SAFETY-comment status and soundness flags.

The safe_intrinsic_probe re-run on 1.99.0 matches 1.98.1: value intrinsics need
unsafe outside a #[target_feature] fn on x86_64 and aarch64, even at baseline,
so 212 blocks first judged removable cannot lose their unsafe on this
toolchain. Four out-of-bounds paths reachable from safe code were confirmed at
source and are listed first; none is fixed in this commit.

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…ave*)

Bit positions were cross-checked against llvm/lib/TargetParser/Host.cpp and
all match. Two gating differences are fixed to match LLVM, which is what
target-cpu=native consults: Darwin saves AVX-512 state lazily, so XCR0 cannot
be trusted there and AVX-512 Macs would have been refused; xsave* features
require OS AVX state. Pre-AVX CPUs are documented as out of scope by decision.

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sentinel-qa now starts from the inventory and carries the measured facts that
decide verdicts: value intrinsics need a #[target_feature] caller on x86_64 and
aarch64 (wasm32 excepted), is_*_feature_detected! short-circuits for
compiled-in features, debug_assert! is not a bounds check. amx-savant drops the
stale 1.94 environment claim and records the verified 1.99 u128 xmm_reg asm
operand and the AMX gating gaps the inventory found.

Inventory: nightly rows are unsafe by design and exempt from the SAFETY rule;
MKL/OpenBLAS rows are tagged lab-only. Vec::into_parts is recorded as a
candidate once the floor moves to 1.99.

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I8x16 gains zero/add/sub/min/max on the AVX-512 polyfill, scalar and nightly
arms, and U8x16 (NEON's surface) lands on AVX-512 polyfill, scalar, wasm and
nightly, exported with u8x16 from every simd.rs block. add/sub wrap on every
arm, as NEON's vaddq_s8 does. A new parity group checks all ten methods
against a scalar reference on edge lanes and wrap-around, and passes on
native v3/v4, wasm, wasm-scalar, neon-qemu and nightly.

The register-level cmp_gt is documented as not the G7 gap (it exists on every
arm at native widths and is what the constant predicates use), and NEON's
cmp_gt transmutes become stores into a local array with SAFETY comments.

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The default build is target-cpu=native and simd_avx2/simd_avx512 compile for
every x86_64 build, so "AVX2 baseline", "the workspace pins x86-64-v3" and
"AVX2 is a compile-time property" were no longer true. Thirty-odd comments in
simd_avx2.rs, I8x16::saturating_abs (SSSE3 is not in the x86_64 baseline),
the AVX2-arm selection note in simd.rs and Fingerprint::as_u8x64's docs now
state the real precondition: the feature must be present at run time, and
that is the caller's obligation. Comment-only; no code changes.

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It claimed a target_feature(enable = "avx2") annotation on the calling path,
which does not exist; simd_avx512.rs compiles for every x86_64 build. Found by
sentinel-qa while reviewing the held saturating_abs SSSE3 proposal.
Comment-only.

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This change adds a CPU/build-feature guard, extends signed and unsigned byte-vector SIMD operations across backends, and adds byte-vector parity checks. It also updates the stable toolchain pin to Rust 1.99.0 while retaining the Rust 1.98.1 floor, and revises related safety records and project guidance.

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CPU Feature Guard

Layer / File(s) Summary
Feature detection and mismatch API
src/cpu_guard.rs, src/lib.rs, .claude/blackboard.md
Adds an API that compares compiled-in x86_64 features with runtime CPU and OS support. Non-x86_64 targets report no missing features.
Startup hook and probe
src/cpu_guard.rs, Cargo.toml, examples/cpu_guard_probe.rs, .claude/blackboard.md
Adds a pre-main hook that reports mismatches and exits with status 132 on listed platforms. Adds a std-gated example and tests.

Byte-Vector SIMD Parity

Layer / File(s) Summary
Signed byte-vector operations
src/simd_avx512.rs, src/simd_scalar.rs, src/simd_nightly/w1a_types.rs, src/simd_neon.rs, src/simd_wasm.rs, src/simd_avx2.rs
Adds I8x16 zero, wrapping arithmetic, and signed min/max operations to the applicable backends. NEON comparison code stores results into lane arrays. AVX2 and related safety comments describe runtime feature requirements.
Unsigned byte-vector type and exports
src/simd_avx512.rs, src/simd_scalar.rs, src/simd_nightly/*, src/simd_wasm.rs, src/simd_neon.rs, src/simd.rs
Adds U8x16 operations and aliases across backends, then re-exports the type through the SIMD facade.
Parity checks
crates/simd-masking-parity/src/lib.rs, .claude/blackboard.md, .claude/knowledge/masking-ops-state.md
Adds a fifteenth parity group for signed and unsigned byte vectors, including arithmetic, min/max, loads and stores, zero, splat, and overflow checks.

Toolchain and Safety Records

Layer / File(s) Summary
Rust toolchain pin and project requirements
rust-toolchain.toml, .github/workflows/ci.yaml, Dockerfile*, README*, CLAUDE.md, tools/safe_intrinsic_probe/Cargo.toml
Updates toolchain pins and stable-version documentation to Rust 1.99.0. The stated Rust version floor remains 1.98.1.
Unsafe inventory and agent guidance
.claude/knowledge/unsafe-inventory/README.md, .claude/agents/*, .claude/blackboard.md
Adds unsafe inventory findings and updates agent guidance on intrinsic safety, runtime feature checks, AMX gating gaps, and test instructions.
Supporting documentation and test updates
src/hpc/fingerprint.rs, crates/blas-mock-tests/*, tests/numeric.rs, .claude/knowledge/vertical-simd-consumer-contract.md
Updates target documentation, BLAS mock safety comments, a stride assertion, and the Rust intrinsic probe record.

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  CpuGuard-->>Startup: Report mismatch and exit with status 132
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Codex review on #348: sse4a, tbm, kl, widekl, sha512, sm3, sm4, avxifma,
avxvnniint8, avxneconvert and avxvnniint16 were missing, so a native build
using one of them could still SIGILL on an older CPU without the diagnostic.
Bit positions and OS-state gating copied from LLVM Host.cpp. A new test pins
the feature list rustc 1.99 reports across all x86_64 CPU models.

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rustc -V prints the commit date (2026-09-28); 1.99.0 was released on
2026-10-01. Also add the blank line Markdown needs before the gates table.
Both from CodeRabbit's review on #348.

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Operator, 2026-10-10: a SIGILL guard for CPUs older than 15 years may be
added later; postponed. The doc comment no longer calls it out of scope, and
the blackboard records the open design question (the guard must not be
VEX-encoded itself).

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crate::simd selects its AVX2 realization whenever AVX-512 is absent and calls
AVX2 intrinsics without a runtime check, so a build compiled without avx2 still
SIGILLs on an AVX-only CPU (codex review on #348). Operator decision: check it
once at startup, never per call, so dispatch stays compile-time.

Measured with a baseline build of cpu_guard_probe under qemu: Nehalem,
SandyBridge and IvyBridge exit 132 with the message; Haswell and max run.

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