VK_EXT_validation_features(3)

# VK_EXT_validation_features(3) Manual Page

## Name

VK_EXT_validation_features - instance extension

## Registered Extension Number

248

## Revision

6

## Ratification Status

Ratified

## Extension and Version Dependencies

None

## Deprecation State

- Deprecated by VK_EXT_layer_settings extension

## Special Use

- Debugging tools

## Contact

- Karl Schultz [GitHub]karl-lunarg

## Other Extension Metadata

Last Modified Date

  2018-11-14

IP Status

  No known IP claims.

Contributors

  - Karl Schultz, LunarG

  - Dave Houlton, LunarG

  - Mark Lobodzinski, LunarG

  - Camden Stocker, LunarG

  - Tony Barbour, LunarG

  - John Zulauf, LunarG

## Description

This extension provides the VkValidationFeaturesEXT structure that can be included in the `pNext` chain of the VkInstanceCreateInfo structure passed as the `pCreateInfo` parameter of vkCreateInstance. The structure contains an array of VkValidationFeatureEnableEXT enum values that enable specific validation features that are disabled by default. The structure also contains an array of VkValidationFeatureDisableEXT enum values that disable specific validation layer features that are enabled by default.

## Deprecation by `VK_EXT_layer_settings`

Functionality in this extension is subsumed into the `VK_EXT_layer_settings` extension.

## New Structures

- Extending VkInstanceCreateInfo, VkShaderModuleCreateInfo, VkShaderCreateInfoEXT, VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo, VkGraphicsPipelineCreateInfo, VkComputePipelineCreateInfo, VkRayTracingPipelineCreateInfoKHR:

  - VkValidationFeaturesEXT

## New Enums

- VkValidationFeatureDisableEXT

- VkValidationFeatureEnableEXT

## New Enum Constants

- `VK_EXT_VALIDATION_FEATURES_EXTENSION_NAME`

- `VK_EXT_VALIDATION_FEATURES_SPEC_VERSION`

- Extending VkStructureType:

  - VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_VALIDATION_FEATURES_EXT

## Version History

- Revision 1, 2018-11-14 (Karl Schultz)

  - Initial revision

- Revision 2, 2019-08-06 (Mark Lobodzinski)

  - Add Best Practices enable

- Revision 3, 2020-03-04 (Tony Barbour)

  - Add Debug Printf enable

- Revision 4, 2020-07-29 (John Zulauf)

  - Add Synchronization Validation enable

- Revision 5, 2021-05-18 (Tony Barbour)

  - Add Shader Validation Cache disable

- Revision 6, 2023-09-25 (Christophe Riccio)

  - Marked as deprecated by VK_EXT_layer_settings

## 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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