VkFragmentShadingRateAttachmentInfoKHR(3)

# VkFragmentShadingRateAttachmentInfoKHR(3) Manual Page

## Name

VkFragmentShadingRateAttachmentInfoKHR - Structure specifying a fragment shading rate attachment for a subpass

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## C Specification

The `VkFragmentShadingRateAttachmentInfoKHR` structure is defined as:

Warning | This functionality is deprecated by Vulkan Version 1.4. See Deprecated Functionality for more information.

    // Provided by VK_KHR_fragment_shading_rate
    typedef struct VkFragmentShadingRateAttachmentInfoKHR {
        VkStructureType                  sType;
        const void*                      pNext;
        const VkAttachmentReference2*    pFragmentShadingRateAttachment;
        VkExtent2D                       shadingRateAttachmentTexelSize;
    } VkFragmentShadingRateAttachmentInfoKHR;

## Members

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

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

- `pFragmentShadingRateAttachment` is `NULL` or a pointer to a VkAttachmentReference2 structure defining the fragment shading rate attachment for this subpass.

- `shadingRateAttachmentTexelSize` specifies the size of the portion of the framebuffer corresponding to each texel in `pFragmentShadingRateAttachment`.

## Description

If no shading rate attachment is specified, or if this structure is not specified, the implementation behaves as if a valid shading rate attachment was specified with all texels specifying a single pixel per fragment.

Valid Usage

- VUID-VkFragmentShadingRateAttachmentInfoKHR-pFragmentShadingRateAttachment-04524
  If `pFragmentShadingRateAttachment` is not `NULL` and its `attachment` member is not `VK_ATTACHMENT_UNUSED`, its `layout` member must be equal to `VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_GENERAL` or `VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_FRAGMENT_SHADING_RATE_ATTACHMENT_OPTIMAL_KHR`

- VUID-VkFragmentShadingRateAttachmentInfoKHR-pFragmentShadingRateAttachment-04525
  If `pFragmentShadingRateAttachment` is not `NULL` and its `attachment` member is not `VK_ATTACHMENT_UNUSED`, `shadingRateAttachmentTexelSize.width` must be a power of two value

- VUID-VkFragmentShadingRateAttachmentInfoKHR-pFragmentShadingRateAttachment-04526
  If `pFragmentShadingRateAttachment` is not `NULL` and its `attachment` member is not `VK_ATTACHMENT_UNUSED`, `shadingRateAttachmentTexelSize.width` must be less than or equal to `maxFragmentShadingRateAttachmentTexelSize.width`

- VUID-VkFragmentShadingRateAttachmentInfoKHR-pFragmentShadingRateAttachment-04527
  If `pFragmentShadingRateAttachment` is not `NULL` and its `attachment` member is not `VK_ATTACHMENT_UNUSED`, `shadingRateAttachmentTexelSize.width` must be greater than or equal to `minFragmentShadingRateAttachmentTexelSize.width`

- VUID-VkFragmentShadingRateAttachmentInfoKHR-pFragmentShadingRateAttachment-04528
  If `pFragmentShadingRateAttachment` is not `NULL` and its `attachment` member is not `VK_ATTACHMENT_UNUSED`, `shadingRateAttachmentTexelSize.height` must be a power of two value

- VUID-VkFragmentShadingRateAttachmentInfoKHR-pFragmentShadingRateAttachment-04529
  If `pFragmentShadingRateAttachment` is not `NULL` and its `attachment` member is not `VK_ATTACHMENT_UNUSED`, `shadingRateAttachmentTexelSize.height` must be less than or equal to `maxFragmentShadingRateAttachmentTexelSize.height`

- VUID-VkFragmentShadingRateAttachmentInfoKHR-pFragmentShadingRateAttachment-04530
  If `pFragmentShadingRateAttachment` is not `NULL` and its `attachment` member is not `VK_ATTACHMENT_UNUSED`, `shadingRateAttachmentTexelSize.height` must be greater than or equal to `minFragmentShadingRateAttachmentTexelSize.height`

- VUID-VkFragmentShadingRateAttachmentInfoKHR-pFragmentShadingRateAttachment-04531
  If `pFragmentShadingRateAttachment` is not `NULL` and its `attachment` member is not `VK_ATTACHMENT_UNUSED`, the quotient of `shadingRateAttachmentTexelSize.width` and `shadingRateAttachmentTexelSize.height` must be less than or equal to `maxFragmentShadingRateAttachmentTexelSizeAspectRatio`

- VUID-VkFragmentShadingRateAttachmentInfoKHR-pFragmentShadingRateAttachment-04532
  If `pFragmentShadingRateAttachment` is not `NULL` and its `attachment` member is not `VK_ATTACHMENT_UNUSED`, the quotient of `shadingRateAttachmentTexelSize.height` and `shadingRateAttachmentTexelSize.width` must be less than or equal to `maxFragmentShadingRateAttachmentTexelSizeAspectRatio`

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- VUID-VkFragmentShadingRateAttachmentInfoKHR-sType-sType
  `sType` must be `VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_FRAGMENT_SHADING_RATE_ATTACHMENT_INFO_KHR`

- VUID-VkFragmentShadingRateAttachmentInfoKHR-pFragmentShadingRateAttachment-parameter
  If `pFragmentShadingRateAttachment` is not `NULL`, `pFragmentShadingRateAttachment` must be a valid pointer to a valid VkAttachmentReference2 structure

## See Also

VK_KHR_fragment_shading_rate, VkAttachmentReference2, VkExtent2D, 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

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