C Specification

The VkRayTracingShaderGroupCreateInfoKHR structure is defined as:

// Provided by VK_KHR_ray_tracing_pipeline
typedef struct VkRayTracingShaderGroupCreateInfoKHR {
    VkStructureType                   sType;
    const void*                       pNext;
    VkRayTracingShaderGroupTypeKHR    type;
    uint32_t                          generalShader;
    uint32_t                          closestHitShader;
    uint32_t                          anyHitShader;
    uint32_t                          intersectionShader;
    const void*                       pShaderGroupCaptureReplayHandle;
} VkRayTracingShaderGroupCreateInfoKHR;

Members

  • sType is the type of this structure.

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

  • type is the type of hit group specified in this structure.

  • generalShader is the index of the ray generation, miss, or callable shader from VkRayTracingPipelineCreateInfoKHR::pStages in the group if the shader group has type of VK_RAY_TRACING_SHADER_GROUP_TYPE_GENERAL_KHR, and VK_SHADER_UNUSED_KHR otherwise.

  • closestHitShader is the optional index of the closest hit shader from VkRayTracingPipelineCreateInfoKHR::pStages in the group if the shader group has type of VK_RAY_TRACING_SHADER_GROUP_TYPE_TRIANGLES_HIT_GROUP_KHR or VK_RAY_TRACING_SHADER_GROUP_TYPE_PROCEDURAL_HIT_GROUP_KHR, and VK_SHADER_UNUSED_KHR otherwise.

  • anyHitShader is the optional index of the any-hit shader from VkRayTracingPipelineCreateInfoKHR::pStages in the group if the shader group has type of VK_RAY_TRACING_SHADER_GROUP_TYPE_TRIANGLES_HIT_GROUP_KHR or VK_RAY_TRACING_SHADER_GROUP_TYPE_PROCEDURAL_HIT_GROUP_KHR, and VK_SHADER_UNUSED_KHR otherwise.

  • intersectionShader is the index of the intersection shader from VkRayTracingPipelineCreateInfoKHR::pStages in the group if the shader group has type of VK_RAY_TRACING_SHADER_GROUP_TYPE_PROCEDURAL_HIT_GROUP_KHR, and VK_SHADER_UNUSED_KHR otherwise.

  • pShaderGroupCaptureReplayHandle is NULL or a pointer to replay information for this shader group queried from vkGetRayTracingCaptureReplayShaderGroupHandlesKHR, as described in Ray Tracing Capture Replay. Ignored if VkPhysicalDeviceRayTracingPipelineFeaturesKHR::rayTracingPipelineShaderGroupHandleCaptureReplay is VK_FALSE.

Description

If the pipeline is created with VK_PIPELINE_CREATE_LIBRARY_BIT_KHR and the pipelineLibraryGroupHandles feature is enabled, pShaderGroupCaptureReplayHandle is inherited by all pipelines which link against this pipeline and remains bitwise identical for any pipeline which references this pipeline library.

Valid Usage

  • VUID-VkRayTracingShaderGroupCreateInfoKHR-type-03474
    If type is VK_RAY_TRACING_SHADER_GROUP_TYPE_GENERAL_KHR then generalShader must be a valid index into VkRayTracingPipelineCreateInfoKHR::pStages referring to a shader of VK_SHADER_STAGE_RAYGEN_BIT_KHR, VK_SHADER_STAGE_MISS_BIT_KHR, or VK_SHADER_STAGE_CALLABLE_BIT_KHR

  • VUID-VkRayTracingShaderGroupCreateInfoKHR-type-03475
    If type is VK_RAY_TRACING_SHADER_GROUP_TYPE_GENERAL_KHR then closestHitShader, anyHitShader, and intersectionShader must be VK_SHADER_UNUSED_KHR

  • VUID-VkRayTracingShaderGroupCreateInfoKHR-type-03476
    If type is VK_RAY_TRACING_SHADER_GROUP_TYPE_PROCEDURAL_HIT_GROUP_KHR then intersectionShader must be a valid index into VkRayTracingPipelineCreateInfoKHR::pStages referring to a shader of VK_SHADER_STAGE_INTERSECTION_BIT_KHR

  • VUID-VkRayTracingShaderGroupCreateInfoKHR-type-03477
    If type is VK_RAY_TRACING_SHADER_GROUP_TYPE_TRIANGLES_HIT_GROUP_KHR then intersectionShader must be VK_SHADER_UNUSED_KHR

  • VUID-VkRayTracingShaderGroupCreateInfoKHR-closestHitShader-03478
    closestHitShader must be either VK_SHADER_UNUSED_KHR or a valid index into VkRayTracingPipelineCreateInfoKHR::pStages referring to a shader of VK_SHADER_STAGE_CLOSEST_HIT_BIT_KHR

  • VUID-VkRayTracingShaderGroupCreateInfoKHR-anyHitShader-03479
    anyHitShader must be either VK_SHADER_UNUSED_KHR or a valid index into VkRayTracingPipelineCreateInfoKHR::pStages referring to a shader of VK_SHADER_STAGE_ANY_HIT_BIT_KHR

  • VUID-VkRayTracingShaderGroupCreateInfoKHR-rayTracingPipelineShaderGroupHandleCaptureReplayMixed-03603
    If VkPhysicalDeviceRayTracingPipelineFeaturesKHR::rayTracingPipelineShaderGroupHandleCaptureReplayMixed is VK_FALSE then pShaderGroupCaptureReplayHandle must not be provided if it has not been provided on a previous call to ray tracing pipeline creation

  • VUID-VkRayTracingShaderGroupCreateInfoKHR-rayTracingPipelineShaderGroupHandleCaptureReplayMixed-03604
    If VkPhysicalDeviceRayTracingPipelineFeaturesKHR::rayTracingPipelineShaderGroupHandleCaptureReplayMixed is VK_FALSE then the caller must guarantee that no ray tracing pipeline creation commands with pShaderGroupCaptureReplayHandle provided execute simultaneously with ray tracing pipeline creation commands without pShaderGroupCaptureReplayHandle provided

Valid Usage (Implicit)

  • VUID-VkRayTracingShaderGroupCreateInfoKHR-sType-sType
    sType must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_RAY_TRACING_SHADER_GROUP_CREATE_INFO_KHR

  • VUID-VkRayTracingShaderGroupCreateInfoKHR-pNext-pNext
    pNext must be NULL

  • VUID-VkRayTracingShaderGroupCreateInfoKHR-type-parameter
    type must be a valid VkRayTracingShaderGroupTypeKHR value

See Also

VK_KHR_ray_tracing_pipeline, VkRayTracingPipelineCreateInfoKHR, VkRayTracingShaderGroupTypeKHR, 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

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