C Specification

The VkGraphicsPipelineShaderGroupsCreateInfoNV structure is defined as:

// Provided by VK_NV_device_generated_commands
typedef struct VkGraphicsPipelineShaderGroupsCreateInfoNV {
    VkStructureType                             sType;
    const void*                                 pNext;
    uint32_t                                    groupCount;
    const VkGraphicsShaderGroupCreateInfoNV*    pGroups;
    uint32_t                                    pipelineCount;
    const VkPipeline*                           pPipelines;
} VkGraphicsPipelineShaderGroupsCreateInfoNV;

Members

  • sType is the type of this structure.

  • pNext is NULL or a pointer to a structure extending this structure.

  • groupCount is the number of elements in the pGroups array.

  • pGroups is a pointer to an array of VkGraphicsShaderGroupCreateInfoNV structures specifying which state of the original VkGraphicsPipelineCreateInfo each shader group overrides.

  • pipelineCount is the number of elements in the pPipelines array.

  • pPipelines is a pointer to an array of graphics VkPipeline structures which are referenced within the created pipeline, including all their shader groups.

Description

When referencing shader groups by index, groups defined in the referenced pipelines are treated as if they were defined as additional entries in pGroups. They are appended in the order they appear in the pPipelines array and in the pGroups array when those pipelines were defined.

The application must maintain the lifetime of all such referenced pipelines based on the pipelines that make use of them.

Valid Usage

  • VUID-VkGraphicsPipelineShaderGroupsCreateInfoNV-groupCount-02879
    groupCount must be at least 1 and as maximum VkPhysicalDeviceDeviceGeneratedCommandsPropertiesNV::maxGraphicsShaderGroupCount

  • VUID-VkGraphicsPipelineShaderGroupsCreateInfoNV-groupCount-02880
    The sum of groupCount including those groups added from referenced pPipelines must also be as maximum VkPhysicalDeviceDeviceGeneratedCommandsPropertiesNV::maxGraphicsShaderGroupCount

  • VUID-VkGraphicsPipelineShaderGroupsCreateInfoNV-pGroups-02881
    The state of the first element of pGroups must match its equivalent within the parent’s VkGraphicsPipelineCreateInfo

  • VUID-VkGraphicsPipelineShaderGroupsCreateInfoNV-pGroups-02882
    Each element of pGroups must in combination with the rest of the pipeline state yield a valid state configuration

  • VUID-VkGraphicsPipelineShaderGroupsCreateInfoNV-pGroups-02884
    All elements of pGroups must use the same shader stage combinations unless any mesh shader stage is used, then either combination of task and mesh or just mesh shader is valid

  • VUID-VkGraphicsPipelineShaderGroupsCreateInfoNV-pGroups-02885
    Mesh and regular primitive shading stages cannot be mixed across pGroups

  • VUID-VkGraphicsPipelineShaderGroupsCreateInfoNV-pPipelines-02886
    Each element of pPipelines must have been created with identical state to the pipeline currently created except the state that can be overridden by VkGraphicsShaderGroupCreateInfoNV

  • VUID-VkGraphicsPipelineShaderGroupsCreateInfoNV-deviceGeneratedCommands-02887
    The deviceGeneratedCommands feature must be enabled

Valid Usage (Implicit)

  • VUID-VkGraphicsPipelineShaderGroupsCreateInfoNV-sType-sType
    sType must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_GRAPHICS_PIPELINE_SHADER_GROUPS_CREATE_INFO_NV

  • VUID-VkGraphicsPipelineShaderGroupsCreateInfoNV-pGroups-parameter
    If groupCount is not 0, pGroups must be a valid pointer to an array of groupCount valid VkGraphicsShaderGroupCreateInfoNV structures

  • VUID-VkGraphicsPipelineShaderGroupsCreateInfoNV-pPipelines-parameter
    If pipelineCount is not 0, pPipelines must be a valid pointer to an array of pipelineCount valid VkPipeline handles

See Also

VK_NV_device_generated_commands, VkGraphicsShaderGroupCreateInfoNV, VkPipeline, VkStructureType

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification

This page is extracted from the Vulkan Specification. Fixes and changes should be made to the Specification, not directly.

Copyright

Copyright 2014-2023 The Khronos Group Inc.

SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0