C Specification

The VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo structure is defined as:

// Provided by VK_VERSION_1_0
typedef struct VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo {
    VkStructureType                     sType;
    const void*                         pNext;
    VkPipelineShaderStageCreateFlags    flags;
    VkShaderStageFlagBits               stage;
    VkShaderModule                      module;
    const char*                         pName;
    const VkSpecializationInfo*         pSpecializationInfo;
} VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo;

Members

  • sType is the type of this structure.

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

  • flags is a bitmask of VkPipelineShaderStageCreateFlagBits specifying how the pipeline shader stage will be generated.

  • stage is a VkShaderStageFlagBits value specifying a single pipeline stage.

  • module is a VkShaderModule object containing the shader for this stage.

  • pName is a pointer to a null-terminated UTF-8 string specifying the entry point name of the shader for this stage.

  • pSpecializationInfo is a pointer to a VkSpecializationInfo structure, as described in Specialization Constants, or NULL.

Description

Valid Usage

  • VUID-VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo-stage-00704
    If the geometry shaders feature is not enabled, stage must not be VK_SHADER_STAGE_GEOMETRY_BIT

  • VUID-VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo-stage-00705
    If the tessellation shaders feature is not enabled, stage must not be VK_SHADER_STAGE_TESSELLATION_CONTROL_BIT or VK_SHADER_STAGE_TESSELLATION_EVALUATION_BIT

  • VUID-VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo-stage-02091
    If the mesh shader feature is not enabled, stage must not be VK_SHADER_STAGE_MESH_BIT_NV

  • VUID-VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo-stage-02092
    If the task shader feature is not enabled, stage must not be VK_SHADER_STAGE_TASK_BIT_NV

  • VUID-VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo-stage-00706
    stage must not be VK_SHADER_STAGE_ALL_GRAPHICS, or VK_SHADER_STAGE_ALL

  • VUID-VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo-pName-00707
    pName must be the name of an OpEntryPoint in module with an execution model that matches stage

  • VUID-VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo-maxClipDistances-00708
    If the identified entry point includes any variable in its interface that is declared with the ClipDistance BuiltIn decoration, that variable must not have an array size greater than VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::maxClipDistances

  • VUID-VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo-maxCullDistances-00709
    If the identified entry point includes any variable in its interface that is declared with the CullDistance BuiltIn decoration, that variable must not have an array size greater than VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::maxCullDistances

  • VUID-VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo-maxCombinedClipAndCullDistances-00710
    If the identified entry point includes any variables in its interface that are declared with the ClipDistance or CullDistance BuiltIn decoration, those variables must not have array sizes which sum to more than VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::maxCombinedClipAndCullDistances

  • VUID-VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo-maxSampleMaskWords-00711
    If the identified entry point includes any variable in its interface that is declared with the SampleMask BuiltIn decoration, that variable must not have an array size greater than VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::maxSampleMaskWords

  • VUID-VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo-stage-00712
    If stage is VK_SHADER_STAGE_VERTEX_BIT, the identified entry point must not include any input variable in its interface that is decorated with CullDistance

  • VUID-VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo-stage-00713
    If stage is VK_SHADER_STAGE_TESSELLATION_CONTROL_BIT or VK_SHADER_STAGE_TESSELLATION_EVALUATION_BIT, and the identified entry point has an OpExecutionMode instruction that specifies a patch size with OutputVertices, the patch size must be greater than 0 and less than or equal to VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::maxTessellationPatchSize

  • VUID-VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo-stage-00714
    If stage is VK_SHADER_STAGE_GEOMETRY_BIT, the identified entry point must have an OpExecutionMode instruction that specifies a maximum output vertex count that is greater than 0 and less than or equal to VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::maxGeometryOutputVertices

  • VUID-VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo-stage-00715
    If stage is VK_SHADER_STAGE_GEOMETRY_BIT, the identified entry point must have an OpExecutionMode instruction that specifies an invocation count that is greater than 0 and less than or equal to VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::maxGeometryShaderInvocations

  • VUID-VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo-stage-02596
    If stage is a vertex processing stage, and the identified entry point writes to Layer for any primitive, it must write the same value to Layer for all vertices of a given primitive

  • VUID-VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo-stage-02597
    If stage is a vertex processing stage, and the identified entry point writes to ViewportIndex for any primitive, it must write the same value to ViewportIndex for all vertices of a given primitive

  • VUID-VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo-stage-00718
    If stage is VK_SHADER_STAGE_FRAGMENT_BIT, the identified entry point must not include any output variables in its interface decorated with CullDistance

  • VUID-VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo-stage-00719
    If stage is VK_SHADER_STAGE_FRAGMENT_BIT, and the identified entry point writes to FragDepth in any execution path, it must write to FragDepth in all execution paths

  • VUID-VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo-stage-01511
    If stage is VK_SHADER_STAGE_FRAGMENT_BIT, and the identified entry point writes to FragStencilRefEXT in any execution path, it must write to FragStencilRefEXT in all execution paths

  • VUID-VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo-stage-02093
    If stage is VK_SHADER_STAGE_MESH_BIT_NV, the identified entry point must have an OpExecutionMode instruction that specifies a maximum output vertex count, OutputVertices, that is greater than 0 and less than or equal to VkPhysicalDeviceMeshShaderPropertiesNV::maxMeshOutputVertices

  • VUID-VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo-stage-02094
    If stage is VK_SHADER_STAGE_MESH_BIT_NV, the identified entry point must have an OpExecutionMode instruction that specifies a maximum output primitive count, OutputPrimitivesNV, that is greater than 0 and less than or equal to VkPhysicalDeviceMeshShaderPropertiesNV::maxMeshOutputPrimitives

  • VUID-VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo-flags-02784
    If flags has the VK_PIPELINE_SHADER_STAGE_CREATE_ALLOW_VARYING_SUBGROUP_SIZE_BIT_EXT flag set, the subgroupSizeControl feature must be enabled

  • VUID-VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo-flags-02785
    If flags has the VK_PIPELINE_SHADER_STAGE_CREATE_REQUIRE_FULL_SUBGROUPS_BIT_EXT flag set, the computeFullSubgroups feature must be enabled

  • VUID-VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo-pNext-02754
    If a VkPipelineShaderStageRequiredSubgroupSizeCreateInfoEXT structure is included in the pNext chain, flags must not have the VK_PIPELINE_SHADER_STAGE_CREATE_ALLOW_VARYING_SUBGROUP_SIZE_BIT_EXT flag set

  • VUID-VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo-pNext-02755
    If a VkPipelineShaderStageRequiredSubgroupSizeCreateInfoEXT structure is included in the pNext chain, the subgroupSizeControl feature must be enabled, and stage must be a valid bit specified in requiredSubgroupSizeStages

  • VUID-VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo-pNext-02756
    If a VkPipelineShaderStageRequiredSubgroupSizeCreateInfoEXT structure is included in the pNext chain and stage is VK_SHADER_STAGE_COMPUTE_BIT, the local workgroup size of the shader must be less than or equal to the product of VkPipelineShaderStageRequiredSubgroupSizeCreateInfoEXT::requiredSubgroupSize and maxComputeWorkgroupSubgroups

  • VUID-VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo-pNext-02757
    If a VkPipelineShaderStageRequiredSubgroupSizeCreateInfoEXT structure is included in the pNext chain, and flags has the VK_PIPELINE_SHADER_STAGE_CREATE_REQUIRE_FULL_SUBGROUPS_BIT_EXT flag set, the local workgroup size in the X dimension of the pipeline must be a multiple of VkPipelineShaderStageRequiredSubgroupSizeCreateInfoEXT::requiredSubgroupSize

  • VUID-VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo-flags-02758
    If flags has both the VK_PIPELINE_SHADER_STAGE_CREATE_REQUIRE_FULL_SUBGROUPS_BIT_EXT and VK_PIPELINE_SHADER_STAGE_CREATE_ALLOW_VARYING_SUBGROUP_SIZE_BIT_EXT flags set, the local workgroup size in the X dimension of the pipeline must be a multiple of maxSubgroupSize

  • VUID-VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo-flags-02759
    If flags has the VK_PIPELINE_SHADER_STAGE_CREATE_REQUIRE_FULL_SUBGROUPS_BIT_EXT flag set and flags does not have the VK_PIPELINE_SHADER_STAGE_CREATE_ALLOW_VARYING_SUBGROUP_SIZE_BIT_EXT flag set and no VkPipelineShaderStageRequiredSubgroupSizeCreateInfoEXT structure is included in the pNext chain, the local workgroup size in the X dimension of the pipeline must be a multiple of subgroupSize

  • VUID-VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo-module-04145
    The SPIR-V code that was used to create module must be valid as described by the Khronos SPIR-V Specification after applying the specializations provided in pSpecializationInfo, if any, and then converting all specialization constants into fixed constants.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

  • VUID-VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo-sType-sType
    sType must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PIPELINE_SHADER_STAGE_CREATE_INFO

  • VUID-VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo-pNext-pNext
    pNext must be NULL or a pointer to a valid instance of VkPipelineShaderStageRequiredSubgroupSizeCreateInfoEXT

  • VUID-VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo-sType-unique
    The sType value of each struct in the pNext chain must be unique

  • VUID-VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo-flags-parameter
    flags must be a valid combination of VkPipelineShaderStageCreateFlagBits values

  • VUID-VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo-stage-parameter
    stage must be a valid VkShaderStageFlagBits value

  • VUID-VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo-module-parameter
    module must be a valid VkShaderModule handle

  • VUID-VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo-pName-parameter
    pName must be a null-terminated UTF-8 string

  • VUID-VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo-pSpecializationInfo-parameter
    If pSpecializationInfo is not NULL, pSpecializationInfo must be a valid pointer to a valid VkSpecializationInfo structure

See Also

VkComputePipelineCreateInfo, VkGraphicsPipelineCreateInfo, VkGraphicsShaderGroupCreateInfoNV, VkPipelineShaderStageCreateFlags, VkRayTracingPipelineCreateInfoKHR, VkRayTracingPipelineCreateInfoNV, VkShaderModule, VkShaderStageFlagBits, VkSpecializationInfo, 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 2014-2021 The Khronos Group Inc.

SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0