VkPipelineExecutablePropertiesKHR(3)

# VkPipelineExecutablePropertiesKHR(3) Manual Page

## Name

VkPipelineExecutablePropertiesKHR - Structure describing a pipeline executable

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## C Specification

The `VkPipelineExecutablePropertiesKHR` structure is defined as:

    // Provided by VK_KHR_pipeline_executable_properties
    typedef struct VkPipelineExecutablePropertiesKHR {
        VkStructureType       sType;
        void*                 pNext;
        VkShaderStageFlags    stages;
        char                  name[VK_MAX_DESCRIPTION_SIZE];
        char                  description[VK_MAX_DESCRIPTION_SIZE];
        uint32_t              subgroupSize;
    } VkPipelineExecutablePropertiesKHR;

## Members

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

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

- `stages` is a bitmask of zero or more VkShaderStageFlagBits indicating which shader stages (if any) were principally used as inputs to compile this pipeline executable.

- `name` is an array of `VK_MAX_DESCRIPTION_SIZE` `char` containing a null-terminated UTF-8 string which is a short human readable name for this pipeline executable.

- `description` is an array of `VK_MAX_DESCRIPTION_SIZE` `char` containing a null-terminated UTF-8 string which is a human readable description for this pipeline executable.

- `subgroupSize` is the subgroup size with which this pipeline executable is dispatched.

## Description

Not all implementations have a 1:1 mapping between shader stages and pipeline executables and some implementations may reduce a given shader stage to fixed function hardware programming such that no pipeline executable is available. No guarantees are provided about the mapping between shader stages and pipeline executables and `stages` should be considered a best effort hint. Because the application cannot rely on the `stages` field to provide an exact description, `name` and `description` provide a human readable name and description which more accurately describes the given pipeline executable.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- VUID-VkPipelineExecutablePropertiesKHR-sType-sType
  `sType` must be `VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PIPELINE_EXECUTABLE_PROPERTIES_KHR`

- VUID-VkPipelineExecutablePropertiesKHR-pNext-pNext
  `pNext` must be `NULL`

## See Also

VK_KHR_pipeline_executable_properties, VkShaderStageFlags, VkStructureType, vkGetPipelineExecutablePropertiesKHR

## 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 2014-2025 The Khronos Group Inc.

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