VkPhysicalDeviceWorkgroupMemoryExplicitLayoutFeaturesKHR

The VkPhysicalDeviceWorkgroupMemoryExplicitLayoutFeaturesKHR structure is defined as:

typedef struct VkPhysicalDeviceWorkgroupMemoryExplicitLayoutFeaturesKHR {
    VkStructureType sType;
    void* pNext;
    VkBool32 workgroupMemoryExplicitLayout;
    VkBool32 workgroupMemoryExplicitLayoutScalarBlockLayout;
    VkBool32 workgroupMemoryExplicitLayout8BitAccess;
    VkBool32 workgroupMemoryExplicitLayout16BitAccess;
} VkPhysicalDeviceWorkgroupMemoryExplicitLayoutFeaturesKHR;

This structure describes the following features:

• sType is a VkStructureType value identifying this structure.
• pNext is NULL or a pointer to a structure extending this structure.
• workgroupMemoryExplicitLayout indicates whether the implementation supports the SPIR-V WorkgroupMemoryExplicitLayoutKHR capability.
• workgroupMemoryExplicitLayoutScalarBlockLayout indicates whether the implementation supports scalar alignment for laying out Workgroup Blocks.
• workgroupMemoryExplicitLayout8BitAccess indicates whether objects in the Workgroup storage class with the Block decoration can have 8-bit integer members. If this feature is not enabled, 8-bit integer members must not be used in such objects. This also indicates whether shader modules can declare the WorkgroupMemoryExplicitLayout8BitAccessKHR capability.
• workgroupMemoryExplicitLayout16BitAccess indicates whether objects in the Workgroup storage class with the Block decoration can have 16-bit integer and 16-bit floating-point members. If this feature is not enabled, 16-bit integer or 16-bit floating-point members must not be used in such objects. This also indicates whether shader modules can declare the WorkgroupMemoryExplicitLayout16BitAccessKHR capability.

If the VkPhysicalDeviceWorkgroupMemoryExplicitLayoutFeaturesKHR structure is included in the pNext chain of the VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures2 structure passed to vkGetPhysicalDeviceFeatures2, it is filled in to indicate whether each corresponding feature is supported. VkPhysicalDeviceWorkgroupMemoryExplicitLayoutFeaturesKHR can also be used in the pNext chain of VkDeviceCreateInfo to selectively enable these features.