VK_KHR_present_mode_fifo_latest_ready

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Last Modified Date

2025-03-18

IP Status

No known IP claims.

Contributors

• James Jones, NVIDIA
• Lionel Duc, NVIDIA
• Lina Versace, Google

Description

This extension is based on VK_EXT_present_mode_fifo_latest_ready and provides equivalent functionality.

This extension adds a new present mode, VK_PRESENT_MODE_FIFO_LATEST_READY_KHR.

This tear-free present mode behaves much like VK_PRESENT_MODE_FIFO_KHR, except that each vertical blanking period dequeues consecutive present requests until the latest ready is found to update the current image.

While this seems similar in concept to VK_PRESENT_MODE_MAILBOX_KHR, the fundamental difference is that the processing of the present requests is done during vblank. From the application perspective, this means for example, that in a flip-based model, a single vblank may cause multiple swapchain images to be released at once, while VK_PRESENT_MODE_MAILBOX_KHR may continuously be releasing images as new requests become ready.

This additional present mode is useful when using a time-based present API.

New Structures

• Extending VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures2, VkDeviceCreateInfo:
  • VkPhysicalDevicePresentModeFifoLatestReadyFeaturesKHR

New Enum Constants

• VK_KHR_PRESENT_MODE_FIFO_LATEST_READY_EXTENSION_NAME
• VK_KHR_PRESENT_MODE_FIFO_LATEST_READY_SPEC_VERSION
• Extending VkPresentModeKHR:
  • VK_PRESENT_MODE_FIFO_LATEST_READY_KHR
• Extending VkStructureType:
  • VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_PRESENT_MODE_FIFO_LATEST_READY_FEATURES_KHR

Version History

• Revision 1, 2025-03-18 (Lina Versace)
  • Internal revisions