Name

VK_EXT_primitives_generated_query - device extension

VK_EXT_primitives_generated_query

Name String

VK_EXT_primitives_generated_query

Extension Type

Device extension

Registered Extension Number

383

Revision

1

Ratification Status

Not ratified

Extension and Version Dependencies

VK_EXT_transform_feedback

Special Use

• OpenGL / ES support

Contact

• Shahbaz Youssefi @syoussefi%0A*Here describe the issue or question you have about the VK_EXT_primitives_generated_query extension*

Extension Proposal

VK_EXT_primitives_generated_query

Other Extension Metadata

Last Modified Date

2022-01-24

Contributors

• Shahbaz Youssefi, Google
• Piers Daniell, NVIDIA
• Faith Ekstrand, Collabora
• Jan-Harald Fredriksen, Arm

Description

This extension adds support for a new query type to match OpenGL’s GL_PRIMITIVES_GENERATED to support layering.

New Structures

• Extending PhysicalDeviceFeatures2, DeviceCreateInfo:

  • PhysicalDevicePrimitivesGeneratedQueryFeaturesEXT

New Enum Constants

• EXT_PRIMITIVES_GENERATED_QUERY_EXTENSION_NAME

• EXT_PRIMITIVES_GENERATED_QUERY_SPEC_VERSION

• Extending QueryType:

  • QUERY_TYPE_PRIMITIVES_GENERATED_EXT

• Extending StructureType:

  • STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_PRIMITIVES_GENERATED_QUERY_FEATURES_EXT

Issues

1) Can the query from VK_EXT_transform_feedback be used instead?

RESOLVED: No. While the query from VK_EXT_transform_feedback can produce the same results as in this extension, it is only available while transform feedback is active. The OpenGL GL_PRIMITIVES_GENERATED query is independent from transform feedback. Emulation through artificial transform feedback is unnecessarily inefficient.

2) Can QUERY_PIPELINE_STATISTIC_CLIPPING_INVOCATIONS_BIT be used instead?

RESOLVED: It could, but we prefer the extension for simplicity. Vulkan requires that only one query be active at a time. If both the GL_PRIMITIVES_GENERATED and the GL_CLIPPING_INPUT_PRIMITIVES_ARB queries need to be simultaneously enabled, emulation of both through QUERY_PIPELINE_STATISTIC_CLIPPING_INVOCATIONS_BIT is inconvenient.

3) On some hardware, this query cannot be implemented if PipelineRasterizationStateCreateInfo::rasterizerDiscardEnable is enabled. How will this be handled?

RESOLVED: A feature flag is exposed by this extension for this. On said hardware, the GL implementation disables rasterizer-discard and achieves the same effect through other means. It will not be able to do the same in Vulkan due to lack of state information. A feature flag is exposed by this extension so the OpenGL implementation on top of Vulkan would be able to implement a similar workaround.

4) On some hardware, this query cannot be implemented for non-zero query indices. How will this be handled?

RESOLVED: A feature flag is exposed by this extension for this. If this feature is not present, the query from VK_EXT_transform_feedback can be used to the same effect.

5) How is the interaction of this extension with transformFeedbackRasterizationStreamSelect handled?

RESOLVED: Disallowed for non-zero streams. In OpenGL, the rasterization stream is always stream zero.

Version History

• Revision 1, 2021-06-23 (Shahbaz Youssefi)

  • Internal revisions

See Also

PhysicalDevicePrimitivesGeneratedQueryFeaturesEXT

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification

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