VkPipelineShaderStageModuleIdentifierCreateInfoEXT(3)

# VkPipelineShaderStageModuleIdentifierCreateInfoEXT(3) Manual Page

## Name

VkPipelineShaderStageModuleIdentifierCreateInfoEXT - Structure specifying an identifier for a shader module

## C Specification

An identifier can be provided instead of shader code in an attempt to compile pipelines without providing complete SPIR-V to the implementation.

The `VkPipelineShaderStageModuleIdentifierCreateInfoEXT` structure is defined as:

    // Provided by VK_EXT_shader_module_identifier
    typedef struct VkPipelineShaderStageModuleIdentifierCreateInfoEXT {
        VkStructureType    sType;
        const void*        pNext;
        uint32_t           identifierSize;
        const uint8_t*     pIdentifier;
    } VkPipelineShaderStageModuleIdentifierCreateInfoEXT;

## Members

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

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

- `identifierSize` is the size, in bytes, of the buffer pointed to by `pIdentifier`.

- `pIdentifier` is a pointer to a buffer of opaque data specifying an identifier.

## Description

Any identifier can be used. If the pipeline being created with identifier requires compilation to complete the pipeline creation call, pipeline compilation must fail as defined by VK_PIPELINE_CREATE_FAIL_ON_PIPELINE_COMPILE_REQUIRED_BIT.

`pIdentifier` and `identifierSize` can be obtained from an VkShaderModuleIdentifierEXT queried earlier.

Valid Usage

- VUID-VkPipelineShaderStageModuleIdentifierCreateInfoEXT-pNext-06850
  If this structure is included in a `pNext` chain and `identifierSize` is not equal to 0, the `shaderModuleIdentifier` feature must be enabled

- VUID-VkPipelineShaderStageModuleIdentifierCreateInfoEXT-pNext-06851
  If this structure is included in a `pNext` chain of VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo and `identifierSize` is not equal to 0, the pipeline must be created with the VK_PIPELINE_CREATE_FAIL_ON_PIPELINE_COMPILE_REQUIRED_BIT flag set

- VUID-VkPipelineShaderStageModuleIdentifierCreateInfoEXT-identifierSize-06852
  `identifierSize` must be less-or-equal to VK_MAX_SHADER_MODULE_IDENTIFIER_SIZE_EXT

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- VUID-VkPipelineShaderStageModuleIdentifierCreateInfoEXT-sType-sType
  `sType` must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PIPELINE_SHADER_STAGE_MODULE_IDENTIFIER_CREATE_INFO_EXT

- VUID-VkPipelineShaderStageModuleIdentifierCreateInfoEXT-pIdentifier-parameter
  If `identifierSize` is not `0`, `pIdentifier` must be a valid pointer to an array of `identifierSize` `uint8_t` values

Structure Chaining

Extends the structure

  - VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo

## See Also

VK_EXT_shader_module_identifier, 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

Copyright 2014-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.

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