Fix BoringUtils.bore for internal boring

This fixes a bug where internal boring using BoringUtils.bore would
fail because it was using instanceName which cannot be called before
the module closes. Previously, this meant that BoringUtils.bore would
work for boring instances (which are closed in a parent), but not for
boring signals in the current, unclosed module.

Signed-off-by: Schuyler Eldridge <schuyler.eldridge@ibm.com>

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/main/scala/chisel3/util/experimental/BoringUtils.scala b/src/main/scala/chisel3/util/experimental/BoringUtils.scala
index da5b3fd0..36b3fb88 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/chisel3/util/experimental/BoringUtils.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/chisel3/util/experimental/BoringUtils.scala
@@ -181,8 +181,14 @@ object BoringUtils {
     * component
     */
   def bore(source: Data, sinks: Seq[Data]): String = {
-    lazy val genName = addSource(source, source.instanceName, true, true)
+    val boringName = try {
+      source.instanceName
+    } catch {
+      case _: Exception => "bore"
+    }
+    val genName = addSource(source, boringName, true, true)
     sinks.map(addSink(_, genName, true, true))
     genName
   }
+
 }