VkSubpassShadingPipelineCreateInfoHUAWEI(3)

# VkSubpassShadingPipelineCreateInfoHUAWEI(3) Manual Page

## Name

VkSubpassShadingPipelineCreateInfoHUAWEI - Structure specifying parameters of a newly created subpass shading pipeline

## C Specification

A subpass shading pipeline is a compute pipeline which must be called only in a subpass of a render pass with work dimensions specified by render area size. The subpass shading pipeline shader is a compute shader allowed to access input attachments specified in the calling subpass. To create a subpass shading pipeline, call vkCreateComputePipelines with VkSubpassShadingPipelineCreateInfoHUAWEI in the `pNext` chain of VkComputePipelineCreateInfo.

The `VkSubpassShadingPipelineCreateInfoHUAWEI` structure is defined as:

    // Provided by VK_HUAWEI_subpass_shading
    typedef struct VkSubpassShadingPipelineCreateInfoHUAWEI {
        VkStructureType    sType;
        void*              pNext;
        VkRenderPass       renderPass;
        uint32_t           subpass;
    } VkSubpassShadingPipelineCreateInfoHUAWEI;

## Members

- `sType` is a VkStructureType value identifying this structure.

- `pNext` is `NULL` or a pointer to a structure extending this structure.

- `renderPass` is a handle to a render pass object describing the environment in which the pipeline will be used. The pipeline must only be used with a render pass instance compatible with the one provided. See Render Pass Compatibility for more information. The implementation must not access this object outside of the duration of the command this structure is passed to.

- `subpass` is the index of the subpass in the render pass where this pipeline will be used.

## Description

Valid Usage

- VUID-VkSubpassShadingPipelineCreateInfoHUAWEI-subpass-04946
  `subpass` must be created with VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_SUBPASS_SHADING_HUAWEI bind point

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- VUID-VkSubpassShadingPipelineCreateInfoHUAWEI-sType-sType
  `sType` must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_SUBPASS_SHADING_PIPELINE_CREATE_INFO_HUAWEI

- VUID-VkSubpassShadingPipelineCreateInfoHUAWEI-renderPass-parameter
  `renderPass` must be a valid VkRenderPass handle

Structure Chaining

Extends the structure

  - VkComputePipelineCreateInfo

## See Also

VK_HUAWEI_subpass_shading, VkRenderPass, 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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