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therock-pr-quality

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TheRock build-repo supplements to the ROCm PR quality base skill. Use for TheRock PR author, review, or pre-merge gating where the change touches the superbuild, submodules/patches, artifact descriptors, or reusable CI workflows. Adds and tightens base rules; never relaxes a base MUST.

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TheRock PR Quality (overlay)

Dependency (mandatory — do this first)

Read and apply the rocm-pr-quality base skill before anything below. It lives in this same repo at skills/rocm-pr-quality/ (SKILL.md + reference.md). The supplements here only ADD rules or TIGHTEN thresholds; they never relax a base MUST-rule. On any conflict, the base MUST-rule wins.

This overlay is for the build-repo concerns that the library overlays (e.g. hipblaslt-pr-quality) do not cover: the superbuild itself, submodules and patches, artifact descriptors, and the reusable CI workflows that every downstream build depends on.

Scope

Apply this overlay (in addition to the base) when a PR touches any of:

  • The superbuild / build system: root CMakeLists.txt, cmake/, THEROCK_ENABLE_* options, component CMakeLists.txt under math-libs/, ml-libs/, comm-libs/, compiler/, etc.
  • Submodules and patches: .gitmodules (root and nested), third-party/, patch sets applied to subprojects.
  • Artifact descriptors: artifact-*.toml, BUILD_TOPOLOGY.toml, and the artifact fetch/install tooling (build_tools/**, install_rocm_from_artifacts.py).
  • Reusable CI: .github/workflows/** (especially reusable workflow_call workflows and their callers) and build_tools/github_actions/**.

Changes outside these areas follow the base bar only.

Canonical TheRock references

Consult and cite these when reviewing build-repo PRs:

  • Build system overview: docs/development/build_system.md.
  • Style guides: docs/development/style_guides/ — python, cmake, bash, github_actions.
  • Formatting: .pre-commit-config.yaml (run pre-commit run --all-files).

Cite the specific guide section for a style finding.

PR-policy gate

The source of truth for TheRock's contributing policies is the repo's CONTRIBUTING.md — follow it first. In practice those policies are enforced by an automated gate (therock_pr_bot), which is the hoop every PR must actually clear before it can be reviewed. Treat that gate as authoritative: conform the PR to it before author or pre-merge sign-off, it overrides this skill's waivers and self-evident exemptions, and the skill never works around it. This overlay only points at the gate; it does not restate the gate's rules, so if the gate is later corrected to match CONTRIBUTING.md, the overlay needs no change.

When you advise the author to do something solely to clear the gate that is not stated in CONTRIBUTING.md, say so explicitly — name it as a gate requirement, not a guide requirement — so the author knows where it came from (for example: "the bot requires a resolving ISSUE ID / JIRA ID line even though the contributing guide doesn't, so add one"). skills/therock_pr_bot/FAQ.md explains how to clear a specific failure.

Supplements

Adds — change classes (bind to TheRock paths)

On top of the base classes, tag TheRock PRs with:

  • submodule-bump — advancing a submodule pointer (and/or its patch set).
  • superbuild-cmake — changes to superbuild options / component wiring.
  • artifact-descriptor — changes to artifact-*.toml / BUILD_TOPOLOGY.toml.
  • reusable-ci — changes to a reusable workflow or its callers.
  • dependency-add — adding a new third-party dependency or subproject.

Adds — submodules & patches review checks

  • A submodule pointer bump is a real change: the PR must say what moved and why (the target commit/range and its purpose), and link the upstream PR/commit. An unexplained pointer move is an M5 gap.
  • Pointer bumps and patch-set edits must be intentional and isolated — flag an incidental pointer move bundled into an unrelated PR (the "undeclared submodule drift" smell).
  • Patches under a subproject must still apply cleanly against the new pointer; a patch that no longer applies (or is now upstreamed and redundant) is BLOCKING.
  • New/changed patches need a one-line rationale and, where it exists, a link to the upstreaming effort so the patch can later be dropped.

Adds — superbuild vs sub-project CMake

  • Distinguish superbuild-level changes (root CMakeLists.txt, cmake/, THEROCK_ENABLE_*) from sub-project CMake; a change in the wrong layer is a maintainability finding.
  • A new THEROCK_ENABLE_* (or similar) option needs a sane default, a help string, and a note on how it interacts with existing components. See docs/development/build_system.md and the CMake style guide for conventions.
  • Enabling a component by default (or changing a default) is a behavior change → treat as the base heuristic/default-selection class (safe default + flag/tracker).

Adds — artifact descriptor checks

  • No duplicate component ownership: a given component/file should be claimed by exactly one artifact-*.toml. Flag two descriptors claiming the same thing.
  • TOML components must match what the build actually provides — the components listed line up with the therock_provide_artifact() (or equivalent) calls that produce them.
  • Stale-descriptor-after-split: when a component is split/moved, the old descriptor must be updated, not left pointing at the pre-split layout.
  • BUILD_TOPOLOGY.toml stays consistent with the descriptors and component graph (no orphaned or dangling entries).
  • Changes to artifact fetch/install flags (install_rocm_from_artifacts.py and friends) keep the documented flags and defaults in sync.

Adds — reusable CI workflow wiring

  • When a reusable (workflow_call) workflow's interface changes, all callers are updated in the same PR; a caller left on the old interface is BLOCKING.
  • Reusable-workflow inputs are read via inputs.*, not github.event.inputs.* (that only exists for workflow_dispatch); flag the mismatch.
  • runs-on for self-hosted/specialized runners is pinned to the intended label set, not a generic default that will mis-route the job.
  • Multi-checkout wiring (TheRock + a submodule/sibling repo) is correct: paths, fetch depth, and submodule flags are set for what the job actually needs.
  • No complex inline bash embedded in YAML — non-trivial logic belongs in a script under build_tools/ (per the GitHub Actions style guide), where it is testable and lintable.
  • Any script a workflow calls has its runtime dependencies declared/available on the runner.

Adds — dependency / subproject additions

A dependency-add PR must state: the build-time and binary-size impact (with a before/after metric where feasible), the license and its compatibility, and the maintenance owner. A new dependency with none of these is IMPORTANT at minimum, BLOCKING if it lands on a default/shipping path.

Tightens — stale-base on high-coupling build files

Make the base pre-merge stale-base check concrete for TheRock. High-coupling files: root CMakeLists.txt, cmake/**, .gitmodules, artifact-*.toml, BUILD_TOPOLOGY.toml, and reusable workflows under .github/workflows/. Overlap with the base branch on any of these since the PR diverged → mandatory rebase + re-run (base default is strong-recommend), because these break combinations that neither PR's own CI can see.

What the overlay cannot do

Drop the regression/test obligations (M1/M2), allow disabling tests to green CI (M3), or skip work tracking/linking (M4/M5). Those are base MUSTs; this overlay can only make them stricter or bind them to TheRock build paths.