VK_EXT_validation_cache(3)

# VK_EXT_validation_cache(3) Manual Page

## Name

VK_EXT_validation_cache - device extension

## Registered Extension Number

161

## Revision

1

## Ratification Status

Ratified

## Extension and Version Dependencies

None

## Contact

- Cort Stratton [GitHub]cdwfs

## Other Extension Metadata

Last Modified Date

  2017-08-29

IP Status

  No known IP claims.

Contributors

  - Cort Stratton, Google

  - Chris Forbes, Google

## Description

This extension provides a mechanism for caching the results of potentially expensive internal validation operations across multiple runs of a Vulkan application. At the core is the VkValidationCacheEXT object type, which is managed similarly to the existing VkPipelineCache.

The new structure VkShaderModuleValidationCacheCreateInfoEXT can be included in the `pNext` chain at vkCreateShaderModule time. It contains a VkValidationCacheEXT to use when validating the VkShaderModule.

## New Object Types

- VkValidationCacheEXT

## New Commands

- vkCreateValidationCacheEXT

- vkDestroyValidationCacheEXT

- vkGetValidationCacheDataEXT

- vkMergeValidationCachesEXT

## New Structures

- VkValidationCacheCreateInfoEXT

- Extending VkShaderModuleCreateInfo, VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo:

  - VkShaderModuleValidationCacheCreateInfoEXT

## New Enums

- VkValidationCacheHeaderVersionEXT

## New Bitmasks

- VkValidationCacheCreateFlagsEXT

## New Enum Constants

- `VK_EXT_VALIDATION_CACHE_EXTENSION_NAME`

- `VK_EXT_VALIDATION_CACHE_SPEC_VERSION`

- Extending VkObjectType:

  - VK_OBJECT_TYPE_VALIDATION_CACHE_EXT

- Extending VkStructureType:

  - VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_SHADER_MODULE_VALIDATION_CACHE_CREATE_INFO_EXT

  - VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_VALIDATION_CACHE_CREATE_INFO_EXT

## Version History

- Revision 1, 2017-08-29 (Cort Stratton)

  - Initial draft

## See Also

No cross-references are available

## Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification.

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## Copyright

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