Package org.lwjgl.vulkan

Class KHRPushDescriptor

  • public class KHRPushDescriptor
extends java.lang.Object
    This extension allows descriptors to be written into the command buffer, while the implementation is responsible for managing their memory. Push descriptors may enable easier porting from older APIs and in some cases can be more efficient than writing descriptors into descriptor sets.
    Examples

    None.

    Name String
    VK_KHR_push_descriptor
    Extension Type
    Device extension
    Registered Extension Number
    81
    Revision
    2
    Extension and Version Dependencies
    Contact
    Last Modified Date
    2017-09-12
    IP Status
    No known IP claims.
    Contributors
    • Jeff Bolz, NVIDIA
    • Michael Worcester, Imagination Technologies

    • Field Detail

      • VK_KHR_PUSH_DESCRIPTOR_SPEC_VERSION

        public static final int VK_KHR_PUSH_DESCRIPTOR_SPEC_VERSION
        The extension specification version.
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      • VK_KHR_PUSH_DESCRIPTOR_EXTENSION_NAME

        public static final java.lang.String VK_KHR_PUSH_DESCRIPTOR_EXTENSION_NAME
        The extension name.
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      • VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_PUSH_DESCRIPTOR_PROPERTIES_KHR

        public static final int VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_PUSH_DESCRIPTOR_PROPERTIES_KHR
        Extends VkStructureType.
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      • VK_DESCRIPTOR_SET_LAYOUT_CREATE_PUSH_DESCRIPTOR_BIT_KHR

        public static final int VK_DESCRIPTOR_SET_LAYOUT_CREATE_PUSH_DESCRIPTOR_BIT_KHR
        Extends VkDescriptorSetLayoutCreateFlagBits.
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      • VK_DESCRIPTOR_UPDATE_TEMPLATE_TYPE_PUSH_DESCRIPTORS_KHR

        public static final int VK_DESCRIPTOR_UPDATE_TEMPLATE_TYPE_PUSH_DESCRIPTORS_KHR
        Extends VkDescriptorUpdateTemplateType.
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    • Method Detail

      • nvkCmdPushDescriptorSetKHR

        public static void nvkCmdPushDescriptorSetKHR​(VkCommandBuffer commandBuffer,
                                              int pipelineBindPoint,
                                              long layout,
                                              int set,
                                              int descriptorWriteCount,
                                              long pDescriptorWrites)
        Unsafe version of: CmdPushDescriptorSetKHR
        Parameters:
        descriptorWriteCount - the number of elements in the pDescriptorWrites array.

      • vkCmdPushDescriptorSetKHR

        public static void vkCmdPushDescriptorSetKHR​(VkCommandBuffer commandBuffer,
                                             int pipelineBindPoint,
                                             long layout,
                                             int set,
                                             VkWriteDescriptorSet.Buffer pDescriptorWrites)
        Pushes descriptor updates into a command buffer.
        C Specification

        In addition to allocating descriptor sets and binding them to a command buffer, an application can record descriptor updates into the command buffer.

        To push descriptor updates into a command buffer, call:

        
 void vkCmdPushDescriptorSetKHR(
     VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
     VkPipelineBindPoint                         pipelineBindPoint,
     VkPipelineLayout                            layout,
     uint32_t                                    set,
     uint32_t                                    descriptorWriteCount,
     const VkWriteDescriptorSet*                 pDescriptorWrites);
        Description

        Push descriptors are a small bank of descriptors whose storage is internally managed by the command buffer rather than being written into a descriptor set and later bound to a command buffer. Push descriptors allow for incremental updates of descriptors without managing the lifetime of descriptor sets.

        When a command buffer begins recording, all push descriptors have undefined contents. Push descriptors can be updated incrementally and cause shaders to use the updated descriptors for subsequent rendering commands (either compute or graphics, according to the pipelineBindPoint) until the descriptor is overwritten, or else until the set is disturbed as described in Pipeline Layout Compatibility. When the set is disturbed or push descriptors with a different descriptor set layout are set, all push descriptors become invalid.

        Valid descriptors must be pushed for all bindings that any shaders in a pipeline access, at the time that a draw or dispatch command is recorded to execute using that pipeline. This includes immutable sampler descriptors, which must be pushed before they are accessed by a pipeline. However, if none of the shaders in a pipeline statically use certain bindings in the push descriptor set, then those descriptors need not be valid.

        Push descriptors do not use dynamic offsets. Instead, the corresponding non-dynamic descriptor types can be used and the offset member of VkDescriptorBufferInfo can be changed each time the descriptor is written.

        Each element of pDescriptorWrites is interpreted as in VkWriteDescriptorSet, except the dstSet member is ignored.

        To push an immutable sampler, use a VkWriteDescriptorSet with dstBinding and dstArrayElement selecting the immutable sampler's binding. If the descriptor type is DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_SAMPLER, the pImageInfo parameter is ignored and the immutable sampler is taken from the push descriptor set layout in the pipeline layout. If the descriptor type is DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_COMBINED_IMAGE_SAMPLER, the sampler member of the pImageInfo parameter is ignored and the immutable sampler is taken from the push descriptor set layout in the pipeline layout.

        Valid Usage
        Valid Usage (Implicit)
        • commandBuffer must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle
        • pipelineBindPoint must be a valid VkPipelineBindPoint value
        • layout must be a valid VkPipelineLayout handle
        • pDescriptorWrites must be a valid pointer to an array of descriptorWriteCount valid VkWriteDescriptorSet structures
        • commandBuffer must be in the recording state
        • The VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support graphics, or compute operations
        • descriptorWriteCount must be greater than 0
        • Both of commandBuffer, and layout must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from the same VkDevice
        Host Synchronization
        • Host access to commandBuffer must be externally synchronized
        • Host access to the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must be externally synchronized
        Command Properties
        Command Buffer LevelsRender Pass ScopeSupported Queue TypesPipeline Type
        Primary SecondaryBothGraphics Compute
        See Also

        VkWriteDescriptorSet

        Parameters:
        commandBuffer - the command buffer that the descriptors will be recorded in.
        pipelineBindPoint - a VkPipelineBindPoint indicating whether the descriptors will be used by graphics pipelines or compute pipelines. There is a separate set of push descriptor bindings for each of graphics and compute, so binding one does not disturb the other.
        layout - a VkPipelineLayout object used to program the bindings.
        set - the set number of the descriptor set in the pipeline layout that will be updated.
        pDescriptorWrites - a pointer to an array of VkWriteDescriptorSet structures describing the descriptors to be updated.

      • vkCmdPushDescriptorSetWithTemplateKHR

        public static void vkCmdPushDescriptorSetWithTemplateKHR​(VkCommandBuffer commandBuffer,
                                                         long descriptorUpdateTemplate,
                                                         long layout,
                                                         int set,
                                                         long pData)
        Pushes descriptor updates into a command buffer using a descriptor update template.
        C Specification

        It is also possible to use a descriptor update template to specify the push descriptors to update. To do so, call:

        
 void vkCmdPushDescriptorSetWithTemplateKHR(
     VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
     VkDescriptorUpdateTemplate                  descriptorUpdateTemplate,
     VkPipelineLayout                            layout,
     uint32_t                                    set,
     const void*                                 pData);
        Valid Usage
        • The pipelineBindPoint specified during the creation of the descriptor update template must be supported by the commandBuffer’s parent VkCommandPool’s queue family
        • pData must be a valid pointer to a memory that contains one or more valid instances of VkDescriptorImageInfo, VkDescriptorBufferInfo, or VkBufferView in a layout defined by descriptorUpdateTemplate when it was created with CreateDescriptorUpdateTemplateKHR
        Valid Usage (Implicit)
        • commandBuffer must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle
        • descriptorUpdateTemplate must be a valid VkDescriptorUpdateTemplate handle
        • layout must be a valid VkPipelineLayout handle
        • commandBuffer must be in the recording state
        • The VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support graphics, or compute operations
        • Each of commandBuffer, descriptorUpdateTemplate, and layout must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from the same VkDevice
        Host Synchronization
        • Host access to commandBuffer must be externally synchronized
        • Host access to the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must be externally synchronized
        Command Properties
        Command Buffer LevelsRender Pass ScopeSupported Queue TypesPipeline Type
        Primary SecondaryBothGraphics Compute
         
        
 struct AppBufferView {
     VkBufferView bufferView;
     uint32_t     applicationRelatedInformation;
 };
 
 struct AppDataStructure
 {
     VkDescriptorImageInfo  imageInfo;          // a single image info
     // ... some more application related data
 };
 
 const VkDescriptorUpdateTemplateEntry descriptorUpdateTemplateEntries[] =
 {
     // binding to a single image descriptor
     {
         0,                                           // binding
         0,                                           // dstArrayElement
         1,                                           // descriptorCount
         VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_COMBINED_IMAGE_SAMPLER,   // descriptorType
         offsetof(AppDataStructure, imageInfo),       // offset
         0                                            // stride is not required if descriptorCount is 1.
     }
 
 };
 
 // create a descriptor update template for descriptor set updates
 const VkDescriptorUpdateTemplateCreateInfo createInfo =
 {
     VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DESCRIPTOR_UPDATE_TEMPLATE_CREATE_INFO,  // sType
     NULL,                                                          // pNext
     0,                                                             // flags
     1,                                                             // descriptorUpdateEntryCount
     descriptorUpdateTemplateEntries,                               // pDescriptorUpdateEntries
     VK_DESCRIPTOR_UPDATE_TEMPLATE_TYPE_PUSH_DESCRIPTORS_KHR,       // templateType
     0,                                                             // descriptorSetLayout, ignored by given templateType
     VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS,                               // pipelineBindPoint
     myPipelineLayout,                                              // pipelineLayout
     0,                                                             // set
 };
 
 VkDescriptorUpdateTemplate myDescriptorUpdateTemplate;
 myResult = vkCreateDescriptorUpdateTemplate(
     myDevice,
     &createInfo,
     NULL,
     &myDescriptorUpdateTemplate);
 }
 
 AppDataStructure appData;
 // fill appData here or cache it in your engine
 vkCmdPushDescriptorSetWithTemplateKHR(myCmdBuffer, myDescriptorUpdateTemplate, myPipelineLayout, 0,&appData);
        Parameters:
        commandBuffer - the command buffer that the descriptors will be recorded in.
        descriptorUpdateTemplate - A descriptor update template which defines how to interpret the descriptor information in pData.
        layout - a VkPipelineLayout object used to program the bindings. It must be compatible with the layout used to create the descriptorUpdateTemplate handle.
        set - the set number of the descriptor set in the pipeline layout that will be updated. This must be the same number used to create the descriptorUpdateTemplate handle.
        pData - Points to memory which contains the descriptors for the templated update.