VK_EXT_validation_flags

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Last Modified Date

2019-08-19

IP Status

No known IP claims.

Contributors

• Tobin Ehlis, Google
• Courtney Goeltzenleuchter, Google

Description

This extension provides the VkValidationFlagsEXT 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 VkValidationCheckEXT values that will be disabled by the validation layers.

Deprecation by VK_EXT_layer_settings

Functionality in this extension is subsumed into the VK_EXT_layer_settings extension.

New Structures

• Extending VkInstanceCreateInfo:
  • VkValidationFlagsEXT

New Enums

• VkValidationCheckEXT

New Enum Constants

• VK_EXT_VALIDATION_FLAGS_EXTENSION_NAME
• VK_EXT_VALIDATION_FLAGS_SPEC_VERSION
• Extending VkStructureType:
  • VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_VALIDATION_FLAGS_EXT

Version History

• Revision 3, 2023-09-25 (Christophe Riccio)
  • Marked as deprecated by VK_EXT_layer_settings
• Revision 2, 2019-08-19 (Mark Lobodzinski)
  • Marked as deprecated by VK_EXT_validation_features
• Revision 1, 2016-08-26 (Courtney Goeltzenleuchter)
  • Initial draft