VkGraphicsPipelineShaderGroupsCreateInfoNV

The VkGraphicsPipelineShaderGroupsCreateInfoNV structure is defined as:

typedef struct VkGraphicsPipelineShaderGroupsCreateInfoNV {
    VkStructureType sType;
    const void* pNext;
    uint32_t groupCount;
    const VkGraphicsShaderGroupCreateInfoNV* pGroups;
    uint32_t pipelineCount;
    const VkPipeline* pPipelines;
} VkGraphicsPipelineShaderGroupsCreateInfoNV;

• sType is a VkStructureType value identifying this structure.
• pNext is NULL or a pointer to a structure extending this structure.
• groupCount is the number of elements in the pGroups array.
• pGroups is a pointer to an array of VkGraphicsShaderGroupCreateInfoNV structures specifying which state of the original VkGraphicsPipelineCreateInfo each shader group overrides.
• pipelineCount is the number of elements in the pPipelines array.
• pPipelines is a pointer to an array of graphics VkPipeline structures which are referenced within the created pipeline, including all their shader groups.

When referencing shader groups by index, groups defined in the referenced pipelines are treated as if they were defined as additional entries in pGroups. They are appended in the order they appear in the pPipelines array and in the pGroups array when those pipelines were defined.

The application must maintain the lifetime of all such referenced pipelines based on the pipelines that make use of them.