Name KHR_vulkan_glsl Name Strings GL_KHR_vulkan_glsl Contact John Kessenich (johnkessenich 'at' google.com), Google Contributors Jeff Bolz, NVIDIA Kerch Holt, NVIDIA Kenneth Benzie, Codeplay Neil Henning, Codeplay Neil Hickey, ARM Daniel Koch, NVIDIA Timothy Lottes, Epic Games David Neto, Google Notice Copyright (c) 2015 The Khronos Group Inc. Copyright terms at http://www.khronos.org/registry/speccopyright.html Status Approved by Vulkan working group 03-Dec-2015. Ratified by the Khronos Board of Promoters 15-Jan-2016. Version Last Modified Date: 12-Apr-2016 Revision: 30 Number TBD. Dependencies This extension can be applied to OpenGL GLSL versions 1.40 (#version 140) and higher. This extension can be applied to OpenGL ES ESSL versions 3.10 (#version 310) and higher. All these versions map GLSL/ESSL semantics to the same SPIR-V 1.0 semantics (approximating the most recent versions of GLSL/ESSL). Overview This is version 100 of the GL_KHR_vulkan_glsl extension. This extension modifies GLSL to be used as a high-level language for the Vulkan API. GLSL is compiled down to SPIR-V, which the Vulkan API consumes. The following features are removed: * default uniforms (uniform variables not inside a uniform block), except for opaque types * atomic-counter bindings: atomic counters form a one-dimensional space * subroutines * shared and packed block layouts * the already deprecated texturing functions (e.g., texture2D()) * compatibility-mode-only features * DepthRangeParameters * gl_VertexID and gl_InstanceID The following features are added: * push-constant buffers * shader-combining of separate textures and samplers * descriptor sets * specialization constants * gl_VertexIndex and gl_InstanceIndex * subpass inputs The following features are changed: * gl_FragColor will no longer indicate an implicit broadcast * arrays of opaque uniforms take only one binding number for the entire object, not one per array element * the default origin is origin_upper_left instead of origin_lower_left Each of these is discussed in more detail below. Enabling These Features ----------------------- This extension is not enabled with a #extension as other extensions are. It is also not enabled through use of a profile or #version. The intended level of GLSL/ESSL features, independent from Vulkan-specific usage, comes from the traditional use of #version, profile, and #extension. Instead, use of this extension is an effect of using a GLSL front-end in a mode that has it generate SPIR-V for Vulkan. Such tool use is outside the scope of using the Vulkan API and outside the definition of GLSL and this extension. See the documentation of the compiler to see how to request generation of SPIR-V for Vulkan. When a front-end is used to accept this extension, it must error check and reject shaders not adhering to this specification, and accept those that do. Implementation-dependent maximums and capabilities are supplied to, or part of, the front-end, so it can do error checking against them. A shader can query the level of Vulkan support available, using the predefined #define VULKAN 100 This allows shader code to say, for example, #ifdef VULKAN layout(set = 1, binding = 0) uniform sampler s; layout(set = 1, binding = 1) uniform texture2D t; #if VULKAN > 100 ... #endif #else layout(binding = 0) uniform sampler2D ts; #endif Push Constants -------------- Push constants reside in a uniform block declared using the new layout-qualifier-id "push_constant" applied to a uniform-block declaration. The API writes a set of constants to a push-constant buffer, and the shader reads them from a push_constant block: layout(push_constant) uniform BlockName { int member1; float member2; ... } InstanceName; ... = InstanceName.member2; // read a push constant The memory accounting used for the push_constant uniform block is different than for other uniform blocks: There is a separate small pool of memory it must fit within. By default, a push_constant buffer follows the std430 packing rules. Combining separate samplers and textures ---------------------------------------- A sampler, declared with the keyword 'sampler', contains just filtering information, containing neither a texture nor an image: uniform sampler s; // a handle to filtering information A texture, declared with keywords like 'texture2D', contains just image information, not filtering information: uniform texture2D t; // a handle to a texture (an image in SPIR-V) Constructors can then be used to combine a sampler and a texture at the point of making a texture lookup call: texture2D(sampler2D(t, s), ...); Note, layout() information is omitted above for clarity of this feature. Descriptor Sets --------------- Bound objects can further declare which Vulkan descriptor set they belong to, using 'set': layout(set = N, ...) ... // declared object belongs to descriptor set N For example, two combined texture/sampler objects can be declared in two different descriptor sets as follows layout(set = 0, binding = 0) uniform sampler2D ts3; layout(set = 1, binding = 0) uniform sampler2D ts4; See the API documentation for more detail on the operation model of descriptor sets. Specialization Constants ------------------------ SPIR-V specialization constants, which can be set later by the client API, can be declared using "layout(constant_id=...)". For example, to make a specialization constant with a default value of 12: layout(constant_id = 17) const int arraySize = 12; Above, "17" is the ID by which the API or other tools can later refer to this specific specialization constant. The API or an intermediate tool can then change its value to another constant integer before it is fully lowered to executable code. If it is never changed before final lowering, it will retain the value of 12. Specialization constants have const semantics, except they don't fold. Hence, an array can be declared with 'arraySize' from above: vec4 data[arraySize]; // legal, even though arraySize might change Specialization constants can be in expressions: vec4 data2[arraySize + 2]; This will make data2 be sized by 2 more than whatever constant value 'arraySize' has when it is time to lower the shader to executable code. An expression formed with specialization constants also behaves in the shader like a specialization constant, not a like a constant. arraySize + 2 // a specialization constant (with no constant_id) Such expressions can be used in the same places as a constant. The constant_id can only be applied to a scalar *int*, a scalar *float* or a scalar *bool*. Only basic operators and constructors can be applied to a specialization constant and still result in a specialization constant: layout(constant_id = 17) const int arraySize = 12; sin(float(arraySize)); // result is not a specialization constant While SPIR-V specialization constants are only for scalars, a vector can be made by operations on scalars: layout(constant_id = 18) const int scX = 1; layout(constant_id = 19) const int scZ = 1; const vec3 scVec = vec3(scX, 1, scZ); // partially specialized vector A built-in variable can have a 'constant_id' attached to it: layout(constant_id = 18) gl_MaxImageUnits; This makes it behave as a specialization constant. It is not a full redeclaration; all other characteristics are left intact from the original built-in declaration. The built-in vector gl_WorkGroupSize can be specialized using special layout local_size_{xyz}_id's applied to the "in" qualifier. For example: layout(local_size_x_id = 18, local_size_z_id = 19) in; This leaves gl_WorkGroupSize.y as a non-specialization constant, with gl_WorkGroupSize being a partially specialized vector. Its x and z components can be later specialized using the ID's 18 and 19. gl_VertexIndex and gl_InstanceIndex ----------------------------------- Adds two new built-in variables, gl_VertexIndex and gl_InstanceIndex to replace the existing built-in variables gl_VertexID and gl_InstanceID. In the situations where the indexing is relative to some base offset, these built-in variables are defined, for Vulkan, to take on values as follows: gl_VertexIndex base, base+1, base+2, ... gl_InstanceIndex base, base+1, base+2, ... Where it depends on the situation what the base actually is. Subpass Inputs -------------- Within a rendering pass, a subpass can write results to an output target that can then be read by the next subpass as an input subpass. The "Subpass Input" feature regards the ability to read an output target. Subpasses are read through a new set of types, available only to fragment shaders: subpassInput subpassInputMS isubpassInput isubpassInputMS usubpassInput usubpassInputMS Unlike sampler and image objects, subpass inputs are implicitly addressed by the fragment's (x, y, layer) coordinate. A subpass input is selected by using a new layout qualifier identifier 'input_attachment_index'. For example: layout(input_attachment_index = i, ...) uniform subpassInput t; An input_attachment_index of i selects the ith entry in the input pass list. (See API specification for more information.) These objects support reading the subpass input through the following functions: gvec4 subpassLoad(gsubpassInput subpass); gvec4 subpassLoad(gsubpassInputMS subpass, int sample); gl_FragColor ------------ The fragment-stage built-in gl_FragColor, which implies a broadcast to all outputs, is not present in SPIR-V. Shaders where writing to gl_FragColor is allowed can still write to it, but it only means to write to an output: - of the same type as gl_FragColor - decorated with location 0 - not decorated as a built-in variable. There is no implicit broadcast. Mapping to SPIR-V ----------------- For informational purposes (non-specification), the following is an expected way for an implementation to map GLSL constructs to SPIR-V constructs: Mapping of storage classes: uniform sampler2D...; -> UniformConstant uniform blockN { ... } ...; -> Uniform, with Block decoration in / out variable -> Input/Output, possibly with block (below) in / out block... -> Input/Output, with Block decoration buffer blockN { ... } ...; -> Uniform, with BufferBlock decoration ... uniform atomic_uint ... -> AtomicCounter shared -> Workgroup -> Private Mapping of input/output blocks or variables is the same for all versions of GLSL or ESSL. To the extent variables or members are available in a version, its location is as follows: These are mapped to SPIR-V individual variables, with similarly spelled built-in decorations (except as noted): Any stage: in gl_NumWorkGroups in gl_WorkGroupSize in gl_WorkGroupID in gl_LocalInvocationID in gl_GlobalInvocationID in gl_LocalInvocationIndex in gl_VertexIndex in gl_InstanceIndex in gl_InvocationID in gl_PatchVerticesIn (PatchVertices) in gl_PrimitiveIDIn (PrimitiveID) in/out gl_PrimitiveID (in/out based only on storage qualifier) in gl_TessCoord in/out gl_Layer in/out gl_ViewportIndex patch in/out gl_TessLevelOuter (uses Patch decoration) patch in/out gl_TessLevelInner (uses Patch decoration) Fragment stage only: in gl_FragCoord in gl_FrontFacing in gl_ClipDistance in gl_CullDistance in gl_PointCoord in gl_SampleID in gl_SamplePosition in gl_HelperInvocation out gl_FragDepth in gl_SampleMaskIn (SampleMask) out gl_SampleMask (in/out based only on storage qualifier) These are mapped to SPIR-V blocks, as implied by the pseudo code, with the members decorated with similarly spelled built-in decorations: Non-fragment stage: in/out gl_PerVertex { gl_Position gl_PointSize gl_ClipDistance gl_CullDistance } (name of block is for debug only) There is at most one input and one output block per stage in SPIR-V. Mapping of precision qualifiers: lowp -> RelaxedPrecision, on variable and operation mediump -> RelaxedPrecision, on variable and operation highp -> 32-bit, same as int or float portability tool/mode -> OpQuantizeToF16 Mapping of precise: precise -> NoContraction Mapping of images subpassInput -> OpTypeImage with 'Dim' of SubpassData subpassLoad() -> OpImageRead imageLoad() -> OpImageRead imageStore() -> OpImageWrite texelFetch() -> OpImageFetch imageAtomicXXX(params, data) -> %ptr = OpImageTexelPointer params OpAtomicXXX %ptr, data XXXQueryXXX(combined) -> %image = OpImage combined OpXXXQueryXXX %image Mapping of layouts std140/std430 -> explicit offsets/strides on struct shared/packed -> not allowed -> not shared, but std140 or std430 max_vertices -> OutputVertices Mapping of other instructions % -> OpUMod/OpSMod mod() -> OpFMod NA -> OpSRem/OpFRem atomicExchange() -> OpAtomicExchange imageAtomicExchange() -> OpAtomicExchange atomicCompSwap() -> OpAtomicCompareExchange imageAtomicCompSwap() -> OpAtomicCompareExchange NA -> OpAtomicCompareExchangeWeak Changes to Chapter 1 of the OpenGL Shading Language Specification Change the last paragraph of "1.3 Overview": "The OpenGL Graphics System Specification will specify the OpenGL entry points used to manipulate and communicate with GLSL programs and GLSL shaders." Add a paragraph: "The Vulkan API will specify the Vulkan entry points used to manipulate SPIR-V shaders. Independent offline tool chains will compile GLSL down to the SPIR-V intermediate language. Vulkan use is not enabled with a #extension, #version, or a profile. Instead, use of GLSL for Vulkan is determined by offline tool-chain use. See the documentation of such tools to see how to request generation of SPIR-V for Vulkan." "GLSL -> SPIR-V compilers must be directed as to what SPIR-V *Capabilities* are legal at run-time and give errors for GLSL feature use outside those capabilities. This is also true for implementation-dependent limits that can be error checked by the front-end against constants present in the GLSL source: the front-end can be informed of such limits, and report errors when they are exceeded." Changes to Chapter 2 of the OpenGL Shading Language Specification Change the name from "2 Overview of OpenGL Shading" to "2 Overview of OpenGL and Vulkan Shading" Remove the word "OpenGL" from three introductory paragraphs. Changes to Chapter 3 of the OpenGL Shading Language Specification Add a new paragraph at the end of section "3.3 Preprocessor": "When shaders are compiled for Vulkan, the following predefined macro is available: #define VULKAN 100 Add the following keywords to section 3.6 Keywords: texture1D texture2D texture3D textureCube texture2DRect texture1DArray texture2DArray textureBuffer texture2DMS texture2DMSArray textureCubeArray itexture1D itexture2D itexture3D itextureCube itexture2DRect itexture1DArray itexture2DArray itextureBuffer itexture2DMS itexture2DMSArray itextureCubeArray utexture1D utexture2D utexture3D utextureCube utexture2DRect utexture1DArray utexture2DArray utextureBuffer utexture2DMS utexture2DMSArray utextureCubeArray sampler samplerShadow subpassInput isubpassInput usubpassInput subpassInputMS isubpassInputMS usubpassInputMS Changes to Chapter 4 of the OpenGL Shading Language Specification Add into the tables in section 4.1, interleaved with the existing types, using the existing descriptions (when not supplied below): Floating-Point Opaque Types texture1D texture2D texture3D textureCube texture2DRect texture1DArray texture2DArray textureBuffer texture2DMS texture2DMSArray textureCubeArray subpassInput | a handle for accessing a floating-point | subpass input subpassInputMS | a handle for accessing a multi-sampled | floating-point subpass input Signed Integer Opaque Types itexture1D itexture2D itexture3D itextureCube itexture2DRect itexture1DArray itexture2DArray itextureBuffer itexture2DMS itexture2DMSArray itextureCubeArray isubpassInput | a handle for accessing an integer subpass input isubpassInputMS | a handle for accessing a multi-sampled integer | subpass input Unsigned Integer Opaque Types utexture1D utexture2D utexture3D utextureCube utexture2DRect utexture1DArray utexture2DArray utextureBuffer utexture2DMS utexture2DMSArray utextureCubeArray usubpassInput | a handle for accessing an unsigned integer | subpass input usubpassInputMS | a handle for accessing a multi-sampled unsigned | integer subpass input Add a new category in this section "Sampler Opaque Types sampler | a handle for accessing state describing how to | sample a texture (without comparison)" --------------------------------------------------------------------- samplerShadow | a handle for accessing state describing how to | sample a depth texture with comparison" Remove "structure member selection" from 4.1.7 and instead add a sentence "Opaque types cannot be declared or nested in a structure (struct)." Add a subsection to 4.1.7 Opaque Types: "4.1.7.x Texture, *sampler*, and *samplerShadow* Types "Texture (e.g., *texture2D*), *sampler*, and *samplerShadow* types are opaque types, declared and behaving as described above for opaque types. When aggregated into arrays within a shader, these types can only be indexed with a dynamically uniform expression, or texture lookup will result in undefined values. Texture variables are handles to one-, two-, and three-dimensional textures, cube maps, etc., as enumerated in the basic types tables. There are distinct texture types for each texture target, and for each of float, integer, and unsigned integer data types. Textures can be combined with a variable of type *sampler* or *samplerShadow* to create a sampler type (e.g., sampler2D, or sampler2DShadow). This is done with a constructor, e.g., sampler2D(texture2D, sampler) or sampler2DShadow(texture2D, samplerShadow), and is described in more detail in section 5.4 "Constructors"." "4.1.7.x Subpass Inputs "Subpass input types (e.g., subpassInput) are opaque types, declared and behaving as described above for opaque types. When aggregated into arrays within a shader, they can only be indexed with a dynamically uniform integral expression, otherwise results are undefined. "Subpass input types are handles to two-dimensional single sampled or multi-sampled images, with distinct types for each of float, integer, and unsigned integer data types. "Subpass input types are only available in fragment shaders. It is a compile-time error to use them in any other stage." Change section 4.3.3 Constant Expressions: Add a new very first sentence to this section: "SPIR-V specialization constants are expressed in GLSL as const, with a layout qualifier identifier of constant_id, as described in section 4.4.x Specialization-Constant Qualifier." Add to this sentence: "A constant expression is one of... * a variable declared with the const qualifier and an initializer, where the initializer is a constant expression" To make it say: "A constant expression is one of... * a variable declared with the const qualifier and an initializer, where the initializer is a constant expression; this includes both const declared with a specialization-constant layout qualifier, e.g., 'layout(constant_id = ...)' and those declared without a specialization-constant layout qualifier" Add to "including getting an element of a constant array," that "an array access with a specialization constant as an index does not result in a constant expression" Add to this sentence: "A constant expression is one of... * the value returned by a built-in function..." To make it say: "A constant expression is one of... * for non-specialization-constants only: the value returned by a built-in function... (when any function is called with an argument that is a specialization constant, the result is not a constant expression)" Rewrite the last half of the last paragraph to be its own paragraph saying: "Non-specialization constant expressions may be evaluated by the compiler's host platform, and are therefore not required ... [rest of paragraph stays the same]" Add a paragraph "Specialization constant expressions are never evaluated by the front-end, but instead retain the operations needed to evaluate them later on the host." Add to the table in section 4.4 Layout Qualifiers: | Individual Variable | Block | Allowed Interface ------------------------------------------------------------------------ constant_id = | scalar only | | const ------------------------------------------------------------------------ push_constant | | X | uniform ------------------------------------------------------------------------ set = | opaque only | X | uniform ------------------------------------------------------------------------ input_attachment_index | subpass types only | | uniform (The other columns remain blank.) Also add to this table: | Qualifier Only | Allowed Interface ------------------------------------------------------- local_size_x_id = | X | in local_size_y_id = | X | in local_size_z_id = | X | in (The other columns remain blank.) Expand this sentence in section 4.4.1 Input Layout Qualifiers: "Where integral-constant-expression is defined in section 4.3.3 Constant Expressions as 'integral constant expression'" To include the following: ", with it being a compile-time error for integer-constant-expression to be a specialization constant: The constant used to set a layout identifier X in layout(layout-qualifier-name = X) must evaluate to a front-end constant containing no specialization constants." Change the rules about locations and inputs for doubles, by removing "If a vertex shader input is any scalar or vector type, it will consume a single location. If a non-vertex shader input is a scalar or vector type other than dvec3 or dvec4..." Replacing the above with "If an input is a scalar or vector type other than dvec3 or dvec4..." (Making all stages have the same rule that dvec3 takes two locations...) Change section 4.4.1.3 "Fragment Shader Inputs" from "By default, gl_FragCoord assumes a lower-left origin for window coordinates ... For example, the (x, y) location (0.5, 0.5) is returned for the lowerleft-most pixel in a window. The origin can be changed by redeclaring gl_FragCoord with the origin_upper_left identifier." To "The gl_FragCoord built-in variable assumes an upper-left origin for window coordinates ... For example, the (x, y) location (0.5, 0.5) is returned for the upper-left-most pixel in a window. The origin can be explicitly set by redeclaring gl_FragCoord with the origin_upper_left identifier. It is a compile-time error to change it to origin_lower_left." Add to the end of section 4.4.3 Uniform Variable Layout Qualifiers: "The /push_constant/ identifier is used to declare an entire block, and represents a set of "push constants", as defined by the API. It is a compile-time error to apply this to anything other than a uniform block declaration. The values in the block will be initialized through the API, as per the Vulkan API specification. A block declared with layout(push_constant) must have an /instance-name/ supplied, or a compile-time error results. There can be only one push_constant block per stage, or a compile-time or link-time error will result. A push-constant array can only be indexed with dynamically uniform indexes. Uniform blocks declared with push_constant use different resources than those without; and are accounted for separately. See the API specification for more detail." After the paragraphs about binding ("The binding identifier..."), add "The /set/ identifier specifies the descriptor set this object belongs to. It is a compile-time error to apply /set/ to a standalone qualifier or to a member of a block. It is a compile-time error to apply /set/ to a block qualified as a push_constant. By default, any non-push_constant uniform or shader storage block declared without a /set/ identifier is assigned to descriptor set 0. Similarly, any sampler, texture, or subpass input type declared as a uniform, but without a /set/ identifier is also assigned to descriptor set 0. "If applied to an object declared as an array, all elements of the array belong to the specified /set/. "It is a compile-time error for either the /set/ or /binding/ value to exceed a front-end-configuration supplied maximum value." Change section 4.4.6 Opaque-Uniform Layout Qualifiers: Change "If the binding identifier is used with an array, the first element of the array takes the specified unit and each subsequent element takes the next consecutive unit." To "If the binding identifier is used with an array, the entire array takes just the provided binding number. The next consecutive binding number is available for a different object." Add a new subsection at the end of section 4.4: "4.4.x Specialization-Constant Qualifier "Specialization constants are declared using "layout(constant_id=...)". For example: layout(constant_id = 17) const int arraySize = 12; "The above makes a specialization constant with a default value of 12. 17 is the ID by which the API or other tools can later refer to this specific specialization constant. If it is never changed before final lowering, it will retain the value of 12. It is a compile-time error to use the constant_id qualifier on anything but a scalar bool, int, uint, float, or double. "Built-in constants can be declared to be specialization constants. For example, layout(constant_id = 31) gl_MaxClipDistances; // add specialization id "The declaration uses just the name of the previously declared built-in variable, with a constant_id layout declaration. It is a compile-time error to do this after the constant has been used: Constants are strictly either non-specialization constants or specialization constants, not both. "The built-in constant vector gl_WorkGroupSize can be specialized using the local_size_{xyz}_id qualifiers, to individually give the components an id. For example: layout(local_size_x_id = 18, local_size_z_id = 19) in; "This leaves gl_WorkGroupSize.y as a non-specialization constant, with gl_WorkGroupSize being a partially specialized vector. Its x and z components can be later specialized using the ids 18 and 19. These ids are declared independently from declaring the work-group size: layout(local_size_x = 32, local_size_y = 32) in; // size is (32,32,1) layout(local_size_x_id = 18) in; // constant_id for x layout(local_size_z_id = 19) in; // constant_id for z "Existing rules for declaring local_size_x, local_size_y, and local_size_z are not changed by this extension. For the local-size ids, it is a compile-time error to provide different id values for the same local-size id, or to provide them after any use. Otherwise, order, placement, number of statements, and replication do not cause errors. "Two arrays sized with specialization constants are the same type only if sized with the same symbol, involving no operations. layout(constant_id = 51) const int aSize = 20; const int pad = 2; const int total = aSize + pad; // specialization constant int a[total], b[total]; // a and b have the same type int c[22]; // different type than a or b int d[aSize + pad]; // different type than a, b, or c int e[aSize + 2]; // different type than a, b, c, or d "Types containing arrays sized with a specialization constant cannot be compared, assigned as aggregates, declared with an initializer, or used as an initializer. They can, however, be passed as arguments to functions having formal parameters of the same type. "Arrays inside a block may be sized with a specialization constant, but the block will have a static layout. Changing the specialized size will not re-layout the block. In the absence of explicit offsets, the layout will be based on the default size of the array." Add a new subsection at the end of section 4.4: "4.4.y Subpass Qualifier "Subpasses are declared with the basic 'subpassInput' types. However, they must have the layout qualifier "input_attachment_index" declared with them, or a compile-time error results. For example: layout(input_attachment_index = 2, ...) uniform subpassInput t; This selects which subpass input is being read from. The value assigned to 'input_attachment_index', say i (input_attachment_index = i), selects that entry (ith entry) in the input list for the pass. See the API documentation for more detail about passes and the input list. "If an array of size N is declared, it consume N consecutive input_attachment_index values, starting with the one provided. "It is a compile-time or link-time error to have different variables declared with the same input_attachment_index. This includes any overlap in the implicit input_attachment_index consumed by array declarations. "It is a compile-time error if the value assigned to an input_attachment_index is greater than or equal to gl_MaxInputAttachments." Remove all mention of the 'shared' and 'packed' layout qualifiers. Change section 4.4.5 Uniform and Shader Storage Block Layout Qualifiers "The initial state of compilation is as if the following were declared: layout(std140, column_major) uniform; // without push_constant layout(std430, column_major) buffer; "However, when push_constant is declared, the default layout of the buffer will be std430. There is no method to globally set this default." Changes to Chapter 5 of the OpenGL Shading Language Specification Add a new subsection at the end of section 5.4 "Constructors": "5.4.x Sampler Constructors "Sampler types, like *sampler2D* can be declared with an initializer that is a constructor of the same type, and consuming a texture and a sampler. For example: layout(...) uniform sampler s; // handle to filtering information layout(...) uniform texture2D t; // handle to a texture in vec2 tCoord; ... texture2D(sampler2D(t, s), tCoord); The result of a sampler constructor cannot be assigned to a variable: ... sampler2D sConstruct = sampler2D(t, s); // ERROR Sampler constructors can only be consumed by a function parameter. Sampler constructors of arrays are illegal: layout(...) uniform texture2D tArray[6]; ... ... sampler2D[](tArray, s) ... // ERROR Formally: * every sampler type can be used as a constructor * the type of the constructor must match the type of the variable being declared * the constructor's first argument must be a texture type * the constructor's second argument must be a scalar of type *sampler* or *samplerShadow* * the dimensionality (1D, 2D, 3D, Cube, Rect, Buffer, MS, and Array) of the texture type must match that of the constructed sampler type (that is, the suffixes of the type of the first argument and the type of the constructor will be spelled the same way) * the presence or absence of depth comparison (Shadow) must match between the constructed sampler type and the type of the second argument * there is no control flow construct (e.g., "?:") that consumes any sampler type Change section 5.9 Expressions Add under "The sequence (,) operator..." "Texture and sampler types cannot be used with the sequence (,) operator." Change under "The ternary selection operator (?:)..." "The second and third expressions can be any type, as long their types match." To "The second and third expressions can be any type, as long their types match, except for texture and sampler types, which result in a compile-time error." Add a section at the end of section 5 "5.x Specialization Constant Operations" Only some operations discussed in this section may be applied to a specialization constant and still yield a result that is as specialization constant. The operations allowed are listed below. When a specialization constant is operated on with one of these operators and with another constant or specialization constant, the result is implicitly a specialization constant. - int(), uint(), and bool() constructors for type conversions from any of the following types to any of the following types: * int * uint * bool - vector versions of the above conversion constructors - allowed implicit conversions of the above - swizzles (e.g., foo.yx) - The following when applied to integer or unsigned integer types: * unary negative ( - ) * binary operations ( + , - , * , / , % ) * shift ( <<, >> ) * bitwise operations ( & , | , ^ ) - The following when applied to integer or unsigned integer scalar types: * comparison ( == , != , > , >= , < , <= ) - The following when applied to the Boolean scalar type: * not ( ! ) * logical operations ( && , || , ^^ ) * comparison ( == , != ) Changes to Chapter 7 of the OpenGL Shading Language Specification Changes to section 7.1 Built-In Language Variables Replace gl_VertexID and gl_InstanceID, for non-ES with: "in int gl_VertexIndex;" "in int gl_InstanceIndex;" For ES, add: "in highp int gl_VertexIndex;" "in highp int gl_InstanceIndex;" The following definition for gl_VertexIndex should replace the definition for gl_VertexID: "The variable gl_VertexIndex is a vertex language input variable that holds an integer index for the vertex, [See issue 7 regarding which name goes with which semantics] relative to a base. While the variable gl_VertexIndex is always present, its value is not always defined. See XXX in the API specification." The following definition for gl_InstanceIndex should replace the definition for gl_InstanceID: "The variable gl_InstanceIndex is a vertex language input variable that holds the instance number of the current primitive in an instanced draw call, relative to a base. If the current primitive does not come from an instanced draw call, the value of gl_InstanceIndex is zero." [See issue 7 regarding which name goes with which semantics] Changes to section 7.3 Built-In Constants Add "const int gl_MaxInputAttachments = 1;" Changes to Chapter 8 of the OpenGL Shading Language Specification Add a section "8.X Subpass Functions "Subpass functions are only available in a fragment shader. "Subpass inputs are read through the built-in functions below. The gvec... and gsubpass... are matched, where they must both be the same floating point, integer, or unsigned integer variants. Add a table with these two entries (in the same cell): "gvec4 subpassLoad(gsubpassInput subpass) gvec4 subpassLoad(gsubpassInputMS subpass, int sample)" With the description: "Read from a subpass input, from the implicit location (x, y, layer) of the current fragment coordinate." Changes to the grammar Arrays can no longer require the size to be a compile-time folded constant expression. Change | LEFT_BRACKET constant_expression RIGHT_BRACKET to | LEFT_BRACKET conditional_expression RIGHT_BRACKET and change | array_specifier LEFT_BRACKET constant_expression RIGHT_BRACKET to | array_specifier LEFT_BRACKET conditional_expression RIGHT_BRACKET Issues 1. Can we have specialization sizes in an array in a block? That prevents putting known offsets on subsequent members. RESOLUTION: Yes, but it does not affect offsets. 2. Can a specialization-sized array be passed by value? RESOLUTION: Yes, if they are sized with the same specialization constant. 3. Can a texture array be variably indexed? Dynamically uniform? Resolution (bug 14683): Dynamically uniform indexing. 4. Are arrays of a descriptor set all under the same set number, or does, say, an array of size 4 use up 4 descriptor sets? RESOLUTION: There is no array of descriptor sets. Arrays of resources are in a single descriptor set and consume a single binding number. 5. Which descriptor set arrays can be variably or non-uniformly indexed? RESOLUTION: There is no array of descriptor sets. 6. Do we want an alternate way of doing composite member specialization constants? For example, layout(constant_id = 18) gl_WorkGroupSize.y; Or layout(constant_id = 18, local_size_y = 16) in; Or layout(constant_id = 18) wgy = 16; const ivec3 gl_WorkGroupSize = ivec3(1, wgy, 1); RESOLUTION: No. Use local_size_x_id etc. for workgroup size, and defer any more generalized way of doing this for composites. 7. What names do we really want to use for gl_VertexIndex base, base+1, base+2, ... gl_InstanceIndex base, base+1, base+2, ... RESOLUTION: Use the names above. Note that gl_VertexIndex is equivalent to OpenGL's gl_VertexID in that it includes the value of the baseVertex parameter. gl_InstanceIndex is NOT equivalent to OpenGL's gl_InstanceID because gl_InstanceID does NOT include the baseInstance parameter. 8. What should "input subpasses" really be called? RESOLVED: subpassInput. 9. The spec currently does not restrict where sampler constructors can go, but should it? E.g., can the user write a shader like the following: uniform texture2D t[MAX_TEXTURES]; uniform sampler s[2]; uniform int textureCount; uniform int sampleCount; uniform bool samplerCond; float ShadowLookup(bool pcf, vec2 tcBase[MAX_TEXTURES]) { float result = 0; for (int textureIndex = 0; textureIndex < textureCount; ++textureIndex) { for (int sampleIndex = 0; sampleIndex < sampleCount; ++sampleIndex) { vec2 tc = tcBase[textureIndex] + offsets[sampleIndex]; if (samplerCond) result += texture(sampler2D(t[textureIndex], s[0]), tc).r; else result += texture(sampler2D(t[textureIndex], s[1]), tc).r; } Or, like this? uniform texture2D t[MAX_TEXTURES]; uniform sampler s[2]; uniform int textureCount; uniform int sampleCount; uniform bool samplerCond; sampler2D combined0[MAX_TEXTURES] = sampler2D(t, s[0]); sampler2D combined1[MAX_TEXTURES] = sampler2D(t, s[1]); float ShadowLookup(bool pcf, vec2 tcBase[MAX_TEXTURES]) { for (int textureIndex = 0; textureIndex < textureCount; ++textureIndex) { for (int sampleIndex = 0; sampleIndex < sampleCount; ++sampleIndex) { vec2 tc = tcBase[textureIndex] + offsets[sampleIndex]; if (samplerCond) result += texture(combined0[textureIndex], tc).r; else result += texture(combined1[textureIndex], tc).r; } ... RESOLUTION (bug 14683): Only constructed at the point of use, where passed as an argument to a function parameter. Revision History Rev. Date Author Changes ---- ----------- ------- -------------------------------------------- 30 12-Apr-2016 JohnK Restrict spec-const operations to non-float 29 5-Apr-2016 JohnK Clarify disallowance of spec-const arrays in initializers 28 7-Mar-2016 JohnK Make push_constants not have sets 27 28-Feb-2016 JohnK Make the default by origin_upper_left 26 17-Feb-2016 JohnK Expand specialized array semantics 25 10-Feb-2016 JohnK Incorporate resolutions from the face to face 24 28-Jan-2016 JohnK Update the resolutions from the face to face 23 6-Jan-2016 Piers Remove support for gl_VertexID and gl_InstanceID since they aren't supported by Vulkan. 22 29-Dec-2015 JohnK support old versions and add semantic mapping 21 09-Dec-2015 JohnK change spelling *subpass* -> *subpassInput* and include this and other texture/sample types in the descriptor-set-0 default scheme 20 01-Dec-2015 JohnK push_constant default to std430, opaque types can only aggregate as arrays 19 25-Nov-2015 JohnK Move "Shadow" from texture types to samplerShadow 18 23-Nov-2015 JohnK Bug 15206 - Indexing of push constant arrays 17 18-Nov-2015 JohnK Bug 15066: std140/std43 defaults 16 18-Nov-2015 JohnK Bug 15173: subpass inputs as arrays 15 07-Nov-2015 JohnK Bug 14683: new rules for separate texture/sampler 14 07-Nov-2015 JohnK Add specialization operators, local_size_*_id rules, and input dvec3/dvec4 always use two locations 13 29-Oct-2015 JohnK Rules for input att. numbers, constant_id, and no subpassLoadMS() 12 29-Oct-2015 JohnK Explain how gl_FragColor is handled 11 9-Oct-2015 JohnK Add issue: where can sampler constructors be 10 7-Sep-2015 JohnK Add first draft specification language 9 5-Sep-2015 JohnK - make specialization id's scalar only, and add local_size_x_id... for component-level workgroup size setting - address several review comments 8 2-Sep-2015 JohnK switch to using the *target* style of target types (bug 14304) 7 15-Aug-2015 JohnK add overview for input targets 6 12-Aug-2015 JohnK document gl_VertexIndex and gl_InstanceIndex 5 16-Jul-2015 JohnK push_constant is a layout qualifier VULKAN is the only versioning macro constantID -> constant_id 4 12-Jul-2015 JohnK Rewrite for clarity, with proper overview, and prepare to add full semantics 3 14-May-2015 JohnK Minor changes from meeting discussion 2 26-Apr-2015 JohnK Add controlling features/capabilities 1 26-Mar-2015 JohnK Initial revision