C Specification

Bits which can be set by commands and structures, specifying one or more shader stages, are:

// Provided by VK_VERSION_1_0
typedef enum VkShaderStageFlagBits {
    VK_SHADER_STAGE_VERTEX_BIT = 0x00000001,
    VK_SHADER_STAGE_TESSELLATION_CONTROL_BIT = 0x00000002,
    VK_SHADER_STAGE_TESSELLATION_EVALUATION_BIT = 0x00000004,
    VK_SHADER_STAGE_GEOMETRY_BIT = 0x00000008,
    VK_SHADER_STAGE_FRAGMENT_BIT = 0x00000010,
    VK_SHADER_STAGE_COMPUTE_BIT = 0x00000020,
    VK_SHADER_STAGE_ALL_GRAPHICS = 0x0000001F,
    VK_SHADER_STAGE_ALL = 0x7FFFFFFF,
  // Provided by VK_KHR_ray_tracing_pipeline
    VK_SHADER_STAGE_RAYGEN_BIT_KHR = 0x00000100,
  // Provided by VK_KHR_ray_tracing_pipeline
    VK_SHADER_STAGE_ANY_HIT_BIT_KHR = 0x00000200,
  // Provided by VK_KHR_ray_tracing_pipeline
    VK_SHADER_STAGE_CLOSEST_HIT_BIT_KHR = 0x00000400,
  // Provided by VK_KHR_ray_tracing_pipeline
    VK_SHADER_STAGE_MISS_BIT_KHR = 0x00000800,
  // Provided by VK_KHR_ray_tracing_pipeline
    VK_SHADER_STAGE_INTERSECTION_BIT_KHR = 0x00001000,
  // Provided by VK_KHR_ray_tracing_pipeline
    VK_SHADER_STAGE_CALLABLE_BIT_KHR = 0x00002000,
  // Provided by VK_EXT_mesh_shader
    VK_SHADER_STAGE_TASK_BIT_EXT = 0x00000040,
  // Provided by VK_EXT_mesh_shader
    VK_SHADER_STAGE_MESH_BIT_EXT = 0x00000080,
  // Provided by VK_HUAWEI_subpass_shading
    VK_SHADER_STAGE_SUBPASS_SHADING_BIT_HUAWEI = 0x00004000,
  // Provided by VK_HUAWEI_cluster_culling_shader
    VK_SHADER_STAGE_CLUSTER_CULLING_BIT_HUAWEI = 0x00080000,
  // Provided by VK_NV_ray_tracing
    VK_SHADER_STAGE_RAYGEN_BIT_NV = VK_SHADER_STAGE_RAYGEN_BIT_KHR,
  // Provided by VK_NV_ray_tracing
    VK_SHADER_STAGE_ANY_HIT_BIT_NV = VK_SHADER_STAGE_ANY_HIT_BIT_KHR,
  // Provided by VK_NV_ray_tracing
    VK_SHADER_STAGE_CLOSEST_HIT_BIT_NV = VK_SHADER_STAGE_CLOSEST_HIT_BIT_KHR,
  // Provided by VK_NV_ray_tracing
    VK_SHADER_STAGE_MISS_BIT_NV = VK_SHADER_STAGE_MISS_BIT_KHR,
  // Provided by VK_NV_ray_tracing
    VK_SHADER_STAGE_INTERSECTION_BIT_NV = VK_SHADER_STAGE_INTERSECTION_BIT_KHR,
  // Provided by VK_NV_ray_tracing
    VK_SHADER_STAGE_CALLABLE_BIT_NV = VK_SHADER_STAGE_CALLABLE_BIT_KHR,
  // Provided by VK_NV_mesh_shader
    VK_SHADER_STAGE_TASK_BIT_NV = VK_SHADER_STAGE_TASK_BIT_EXT,
  // Provided by VK_NV_mesh_shader
    VK_SHADER_STAGE_MESH_BIT_NV = VK_SHADER_STAGE_MESH_BIT_EXT,
} VkShaderStageFlagBits;

Description

  • VK_SHADER_STAGE_VERTEX_BIT specifies the vertex stage.

  • VK_SHADER_STAGE_TESSELLATION_CONTROL_BIT specifies the tessellation control stage.

  • VK_SHADER_STAGE_TESSELLATION_EVALUATION_BIT specifies the tessellation evaluation stage.

  • VK_SHADER_STAGE_GEOMETRY_BIT specifies the geometry stage.

  • VK_SHADER_STAGE_FRAGMENT_BIT specifies the fragment stage.

  • VK_SHADER_STAGE_COMPUTE_BIT specifies the compute stage.

  • VK_SHADER_STAGE_ALL_GRAPHICS is a combination of bits used as shorthand to specify all graphics stages defined above (excluding the compute stage).

  • VK_SHADER_STAGE_ALL is a combination of bits used as shorthand to specify all shader stages supported by the device, including all additional stages which are introduced by extensions.

  • VK_SHADER_STAGE_TASK_BIT_EXT specifies the task stage.

  • VK_SHADER_STAGE_MESH_BIT_EXT specifies the mesh stage.

  • VK_SHADER_STAGE_CLUSTER_CULLING_BIT_HUAWEI specifies the cluster culling stage.

  • VK_SHADER_STAGE_RAYGEN_BIT_KHR specifies the ray generation stage.

  • VK_SHADER_STAGE_ANY_HIT_BIT_KHR specifies the any-hit stage.

  • VK_SHADER_STAGE_CLOSEST_HIT_BIT_KHR specifies the closest hit stage.

  • VK_SHADER_STAGE_MISS_BIT_KHR specifies the miss stage.

  • VK_SHADER_STAGE_INTERSECTION_BIT_KHR specifies the intersection stage.

  • VK_SHADER_STAGE_CALLABLE_BIT_KHR specifies the callable stage.

Note

VK_SHADER_STAGE_ALL_GRAPHICS only includes the original five graphics stages included in Vulkan 1.0, and not any stages added by extensions. Thus, it may not have the desired effect in all cases.

See Also

VK_VERSION_1_0, VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo, VkShaderCreateInfoEXT, VkShaderStageFlags, vkCmdBindShadersEXT, vkGetShaderInfoAMD

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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