VkPhysicalDeviceWorkgroupMemoryExplicitLayoutFeaturesKHR(3)

# VkPhysicalDeviceWorkgroupMemoryExplicitLayoutFeaturesKHR(3) Manual Page

## Name

VkPhysicalDeviceWorkgroupMemoryExplicitLayoutFeaturesKHR - Structure describing the workgroup storage explicit layout features that can be supported by an implementation

## C Specification

The `VkPhysicalDeviceWorkgroupMemoryExplicitLayoutFeaturesKHR` structure is defined as:

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

## Members

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.

## Description

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. If the application wishes to use a VkDevice with any features described by `VkPhysicalDeviceWorkgroupMemoryExplicitLayoutFeaturesKHR`, it must add an instance of the structure, with the desired feature members set to VK_TRUE, to the `pNext` chain of VkDeviceCreateInfo when creating the VkDevice.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- VUID-VkPhysicalDeviceWorkgroupMemoryExplicitLayoutFeaturesKHR-sType-sType
  `sType` must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_WORKGROUP_MEMORY_EXPLICIT_LAYOUT_FEATURES_KHR

Structure Chaining

Extends the structures

  - VkDeviceCreateInfo

  - VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures2

## See Also

VK_KHR_workgroup_memory_explicit_layout, VkBool32, VkStructureType

## Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification.

This page is extracted from the Vulkan Specification. Fixes and changes should be made to the Specification, not directly.

## Copyright

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