fix: decode databus return values

compiler/noirc_evaluator/src/ssa/acir_gen/mod.rs

@@ -450,7 +450,12 @@ impl<'a> Context<'a> {
         warnings.extend(self.acir_context.warnings.clone());
 
         // Add the warnings from the alter Ssa passes
-        Ok(self.acir_context.finish(input_witness, return_witnesses, warnings))
+        Ok(self.acir_context.finish(
+            input_witness,
+            // Don't embed databus return witnesses into the circuit.
+            if self.data_bus.return_data.is_some() { Vec::new() } else { return_witnesses },
+            warnings,
+        ))
     }
 
     fn initialize_databus(

tooling/noir_js/scripts/compile_test_programs.sh

@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ nargo --program-dir ./test/noir_compiled_examples/assert_lt compile --force
 nargo --program-dir ./test/noir_compiled_examples/assert_msg_runtime compile --force
 nargo --program-dir ./test/noir_compiled_examples/fold_fibonacci compile --force
 nargo --program-dir ./test/noir_compiled_examples/assert_raw_payload compile --force
+nargo --program-dir ./test/noir_compiled_examples/databus compile --force

tooling/noir_js/test/node/execute.test.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import assert_lt_json from '../noir_compiled_examples/assert_lt/target/assert_lt
 import assert_msg_json from '../noir_compiled_examples/assert_msg_runtime/target/assert_msg_runtime.json' assert { type: 'json' };
 import fold_fibonacci_json from '../noir_compiled_examples/fold_fibonacci/target/fold_fibonacci.json' assert { type: 'json' };
 import assert_raw_payload_json from '../noir_compiled_examples/assert_raw_payload/target/assert_raw_payload.json' assert { type: 'json' };
+import databus_json from '../noir_compiled_examples/databus/target/databus.json' assert { type: 'json' };
 
 import { Noir, ErrorWithPayload } from '@noir-lang/noir_js';
 import { CompiledCircuit } from '@noir-lang/types';
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ import { expect } from 'chai';
 const assert_lt_program = assert_lt_json as CompiledCircuit;
 const assert_msg_runtime = assert_msg_json as CompiledCircuit;
 const fold_fibonacci_program = fold_fibonacci_json as CompiledCircuit;
+const databus_program = databus_json as CompiledCircuit;
 
 it('executes a single-ACIR program correctly', async () => {
   const inputs = {
@@ -86,46 +88,15 @@ it('successfully executes a program with multiple acir circuits', async () => {
   const inputs = {
     x: '10',
   };
-  try {
-    await new Noir(fold_fibonacci_program).execute(inputs);
-  } catch (error) {
-    const knownError = error as Error;
-    expect(knownError.message).to.equal('Circuit execution failed: Error: Cannot satisfy constraint');
-  }
-});
-
-it('successfully executes a program with multiple acir circuits', async () => {
-  const inputs = {
-    x: '10',
-  };
-  try {
-    await new Noir(fold_fibonacci_program).execute(inputs);
-  } catch (error) {
-    const knownError = error as Error;
-    expect(knownError.message).to.equal('Circuit execution failed: Error: Cannot satisfy constraint');
-  }
-});
-
-it('successfully executes a program with multiple acir circuits', async () => {
-  const inputs = {
-    x: '10',
-  };
-  try {
-    await new Noir(fold_fibonacci_program).execute(inputs);
-  } catch (error) {
-    const knownError = error as Error;
-    expect(knownError.message).to.equal('Circuit execution failed: Error: Cannot satisfy constraint');
-  }
+  expect(() => new Noir(fold_fibonacci_program).execute(inputs)).to.not.throw();
 });
 
-it('successfully executes a program with multiple acir circuits', async () => {
+it('successfully decodes the return values from a program using the databus', async () => {
   const inputs = {
-    x: '10',
+    x: '3',
+    y: '4',
+    z: [1, 2, 3, 4],
   };
-  try {
-    await new Noir(fold_fibonacci_program).execute(inputs);
-  } catch (error) {
-    const knownError = error as Error;
-    expect(knownError.message).to.equal('Circuit execution failed: Error: Cannot satisfy constraint');
-  }
+  const { returnValue } = await new Noir(databus_program).execute(inputs);
+  expect(returnValue).to.be.eq('0x09');
 });

tooling/noir_js/test/noir_compiled_examples/databus/Nargo.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[package]
+name = "databus"
+type = "bin"
+authors = [""]
+[dependencies]

tooling/noir_js/test/noir_compiled_examples/databus/src/main.nr

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+fn main(mut x: u32, y: call_data(0) u32, z: call_data(0) [u32; 4]) -> return_data u32 {
+    let a = z[x];
+    unsafe {
+        a + foo(y)
+    }
+}
+
+// Use an unconstrained function to force the compiler to avoid inlining
+unconstrained fn foo(x: u32) -> u32 {
+    x + 1
+}
+

tooling/noirc_abi/src/lib.rs

@@ -197,7 +197,12 @@ impl Abi {
 
     /// Returns whether any values are needed to be made public for verification.
     pub fn has_public_inputs(&self) -> bool {
-        self.return_type.is_some() || self.parameters.iter().any(|param| param.is_public())
+        let has_public_args = self.parameters.iter().any(|param| param.is_public());
+        let has_public_return = self
+            .return_type
+            .as_ref()
+            .map_or(false, |typ| matches!(typ.visibility, AbiVisibility::Public));
+        has_public_args || has_public_return
     }
 
     /// Returns `true` if the ABI contains no parameters or return value.
@@ -346,15 +351,7 @@ impl Abi {
                         .copied()
                 })
             {
-                // We do not return value for the data bus.
-                if return_type.visibility == AbiVisibility::DataBus {
-                    None
-                } else {
-                    Some(decode_value(
-                        &mut return_witness_values.into_iter(),
-                        &return_type.abi_type,
-                    )?)
-                }
+                Some(decode_value(&mut return_witness_values.into_iter(), &return_type.abi_type)?)
             } else {
                 // Unlike for the circuit inputs, we tolerate not being able to find the witness values for the return value.
                 // This is because the user may be decoding a partial witness map for which is hasn't been calculated yet.