VK_EXT_load_store_op_none(3)

# VK_EXT_load_store_op_none(3) Manual Page

## Name

VK_EXT_load_store_op_none - device extension

## Registered Extension Number

401

## Revision

1

## Ratification Status

Ratified

## Extension and Version Dependencies

None

## Deprecation State

- Promoted to VK_KHR_load_store_op_none extension

  - Which in turn was promoted to Vulkan 1.4

## Contact

- Shahbaz Youssefi [GitHub]syoussefi

## Other Extension Metadata

Last Modified Date

  2021-06-06

Contributors

  - Shahbaz Youssefi, Google

  - Bill Licea-Kane, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

  - Tobias Hector, AMD

## Description

This extension incorporates VK_ATTACHMENT_STORE_OP_NONE_EXT from `VK_QCOM_render_pass_store_ops`, enabling applications to avoid unnecessary synchronization when an attachment is not written during a render pass.

Additionally, VK_ATTACHMENT_LOAD_OP_NONE_EXT is introduced to avoid unnecessary synchronization when an attachment is not used during a render pass at all. In combination with VK_ATTACHMENT_STORE_OP_NONE_EXT, this is useful as an alternative to preserve attachments in applications that cannot decide if an attachment will be used in a render pass until after the necessary pipelines have been created.

## Promotion to `VK_KHR_load_store_op_none`

All functionality in this extension is included in `VK_KHR_load_store_op_none`, with the suffix changed to KHR. The original enum names are still available as aliases of the KHR functionality.

## New Enum Constants

- `VK_EXT_LOAD_STORE_OP_NONE_EXTENSION_NAME`

- `VK_EXT_LOAD_STORE_OP_NONE_SPEC_VERSION`

- Extending VkAttachmentLoadOp:

  - VK_ATTACHMENT_LOAD_OP_NONE_EXT

- Extending VkAttachmentStoreOp:

  - VK_ATTACHMENT_STORE_OP_NONE_EXT

Note | While VK_ATTACHMENT_STORE_OP_NONE is part of Vulkan 1.3, this extension was not promoted to core either in whole or in part. This functionality was promoted from `VK_KHR_dynamic_rendering`.

## Version History

- Revision 1, 2021-06-06 (Shahbaz Youssefi)

  - Initial revision, based on VK_QCOM_render_pass_store_ops.

  - Added VK_ATTACHMENT_LOAD_OP_NONE_EXT.

## 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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