Merge pull request #526 from AztecProtocol/merge-train/barretenberg

feat: merge-train/barretenberg

Author: iakovenkos

.vscode/launch.json

@@ -113,6 +113,22 @@
       "initCommands": [
         "command script import ${workspaceFolder}/barretenberg/cpp/scripts/lldb_format.py"
       ],
+    },
+    {
+      // Debug bb write_vk for a protocol kernel circuit.
+      // Select a circuit by editing the artifact in the "Extract protocol circuit bytecode" task.
+      // If writing the vk of the hiding kernel, change the circuit kind to "hiding".
+      "name": "Debug BB write_vk kernel",
+      "type": "lldb",
+      "request": "launch",
+      "program": "${workspaceFolder}/barretenberg/cpp/build-debug/bin/bb",
+      "args": ["write_vk", "--scheme", "chonk", "--circuit_kind", "kernel", "-b", "./target/bytecode.bin", "-o", "./target/vk_output", "-v"],
+      "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/noir-projects/noir-protocol-circuits",
+      "preLaunchTask": "Extract protocol circuit bytecode",
+      "postDebugTask": "Cleanup protocol circuit bytecode",
+      "initCommands": [
+        "command script import ${workspaceFolder}/barretenberg/cpp/scripts/lldb_format.py"
+      ],
     }
   ]
 }

.vscode/tasks.json

@@ -24,6 +24,29 @@
         "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/noir-projects/noir-contracts"
       },
       "problemMatcher": []
+    },
+    {
+      // Extract bytecode from a protocol circuit artifact for `bb write_vk`.
+      // Change the artifact to any protocol circuit, e.g. private_kernel_init_2.json,
+      // private_kernel_inner.json, private_kernel_inner_3.json (see target/ for the full list).
+      // Bytecode is kept gzipped; bb handles decompression.
+      "label": "Extract protocol circuit bytecode",
+      "type": "shell",
+      "command": "jq -r '.bytecode' ./target/private_kernel_init_3.json | base64 -d > ./target/bytecode.bin",
+      "options": {
+        "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/noir-projects/noir-protocol-circuits"
+      },
+      "problemMatcher": []
+    },
+    {
+      "label": "Cleanup protocol circuit bytecode",
+      "type": "shell",
+      "command": "rm",
+      "args": ["-f", "./target/bytecode.bin"],
+      "options": {
+        "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/noir-projects/noir-protocol-circuits"
+      },
+      "problemMatcher": []
     }
   ]
 }