Warn on potential data races

dace/config_schema.yml

@@ -919,6 +919,13 @@ required:
                 description: >
                     Check for undefined symbols in memlets during SDFG validation.
 
+            check_race_conditions:
+                type: bool
+                default: false
+                title: Check race conditions
+                description: >
+                    Check for potential race conditions during validation.
+
     #############################################
     # Features for unit testing
 

dace/sdfg/validation.py

@@ -1,17 +1,22 @@
-# Copyright 2019-2021 ETH Zurich and the DaCe authors. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright 2019-2024 ETH Zurich and the DaCe authors. All rights reserved.
 """ Exception classes and methods for validation of SDFGs. """
+
 import copy
-from dace.dtypes import DebugInfo
 import os
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Dict, List, Set
 import warnings
+from collections import defaultdict
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Dict, List, Set
+
+import networkx as nx
+
 from dace import dtypes, subsets, symbolic
+from dace.dtypes import DebugInfo
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     import dace
+    from dace.memlet import Memlet
     from dace.sdfg import SDFG
     from dace.sdfg import graph as gr
-    from dace.memlet import Memlet
     from dace.sdfg.state import ControlFlowRegion
 
 ###########################################
@@ -34,8 +39,8 @@ def validate_control_flow_region(sdfg: 'SDFG',
                                  symbols: dict,
                                  references: Set[int] = None,
                                  **context: bool):
-    from dace.sdfg.state import SDFGState, ControlFlowRegion, ConditionalBlock
     from dace.sdfg.scope import is_in_scope
+    from dace.sdfg.state import ConditionalBlock, ControlFlowRegion, SDFGState
 
     if len(region.source_nodes()) > 1 and region.start_block is None:
         raise InvalidSDFGError("Starting block undefined", sdfg, None)
@@ -200,7 +205,7 @@ def validate_sdfg(sdfg: 'dace.sdfg.SDFG', references: Set[int] = None, **context
     # Avoid import loop
     from dace import data as dt
     from dace.codegen.targets import fpga
-    from dace.sdfg.scope import is_devicelevel_gpu, is_devicelevel_fpga
+    from dace.sdfg.scope import is_devicelevel_fpga, is_devicelevel_gpu
 
     references = references or set()
 
@@ -383,7 +388,8 @@ def validate_state(state: 'dace.sdfg.SDFGState',
     from dace.sdfg import SDFG
     from dace.sdfg import nodes as nd
     from dace.sdfg import utils as sdutil
-    from dace.sdfg.scope import scope_contains_scope, is_devicelevel_gpu, is_devicelevel_fpga
+    from dace.sdfg.scope import (is_devicelevel_fpga, is_devicelevel_gpu,
+                                 scope_contains_scope)
 
     sdfg = sdfg or state.parent
     state_id = state_id if state_id is not None else state.parent_graph.node_id(state)
@@ -839,6 +845,37 @@ def validate_state(state: 'dace.sdfg.SDFGState',
                     continue
                 raise error
 
+    if Config.get_bool('experimental.check_race_conditions'):
+        node_labels = []
+        write_accesses = defaultdict(list)
+        read_accesses = defaultdict(list)
+        for node in state.data_nodes():
+            node_labels.append(node.label)
+            write_accesses[node.label].extend(
+                [{'subset': e.data.dst_subset, 'node': node, 'wcr': e.data.wcr} for e in state.in_edges(node)])
+            read_accesses[node.label].extend(
+                [{'subset': e.data.src_subset, 'node': node} for e in state.out_edges(node)])
+
+        for node_label in node_labels:
+            writes = write_accesses[node_label]
+            reads = read_accesses[node_label]
+            # Check write-write data races.
+            for i in range(len(writes)):
+                for j in range(i+1, len(writes)):
+                    same_or_unreachable_nodes = (writes[i]['node'] == writes[j]['node'] or
+                                                 not nx.has_path(state.nx, writes[i]['node'], writes[j]['node']))
+                    no_wcr = writes[i]['wcr'] is None and writes[j]['wcr'] is None
+                    if same_or_unreachable_nodes and no_wcr:
+                        subsets_intersect = subsets.intersects(writes[i]['subset'], writes[j]['subset'])
+                        if subsets_intersect:
+                            warnings.warn(f'Memlet range overlap while writing to "{node}" in state "{state.label}"')
+            # Check read-write data races.
+            for write in writes:
+                for read in reads:
+                    if (not nx.has_path(state.nx, read['node'], write['node']) and
+                        subsets.intersects(write['subset'], read['subset'])):
+                        warnings.warn(f'Memlet range overlap while writing to "{node}" in state "{state.label}"')
+
     ########################################