VK_EXT_validation_features

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Last Modified Date

2018-11-14

IP Status

No known IP claims.

Contributors

• Karl Schultz, LunarG
• Dave Houlton, LunarG
• Mark Lobodzinski, LunarG
• Camden Stocker, LunarG
• Tony Barbour, LunarG
• John Zulauf, LunarG

Description

This extension provides the VkValidationFeaturesEXT struct that can be included in the pNext chain of the VkInstanceCreateInfo structure passed as the pCreateInfo parameter of vkCreateInstance. The structure contains an array of VkValidationFeatureEnableEXT enum values that enable specific validation features that are disabled by default. The structure also contains an array of VkValidationFeatureDisableEXT enum values that disable specific validation layer features that are enabled by default.

Deprecation by VK_EXT_layer_settings

Functionality in this extension is subsumed into the VK_EXT_layer_settings extension.

New Structures

• Extending VkInstanceCreateInfo, VkShaderModuleCreateInfo, VkShaderCreateInfoEXT:
  • VkValidationFeaturesEXT

New Enums

• VkValidationFeatureDisableEXT
• VkValidationFeatureEnableEXT

New Enum Constants

• VK_EXT_VALIDATION_FEATURES_EXTENSION_NAME
• VK_EXT_VALIDATION_FEATURES_SPEC_VERSION
• Extending VkStructureType:
  • VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_VALIDATION_FEATURES_EXT

Version History

• Revision 1, 2018-11-14 (Karl Schultz)
  • Initial revision
• Revision 2, 2019-08-06 (Mark Lobodzinski)
  • Add Best Practices enable
• Revision 3, 2020-03-04 (Tony Barbour)
  • Add Debug Printf enable
• Revision 4, 2020-07-29 (John Zulauf)
  • Add Synchronization Validation enable
• Revision 5, 2021-05-18 (Tony Barbour)
  • Add Shader Validation Cache disable
• Revision 6, 2023-09-25 (Christophe Riccio)
  • Marked as deprecated by VK_EXT_layer_settings