SubgroupLocalInvocationId(3)

# SubgroupLocalInvocationId(3) Manual Page

## Name

SubgroupLocalInvocationId - ID of the invocation within a subgroup

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## Description

`SubgroupLocalInvocationId`

  Decorating a variable with the `SubgroupLocalInvocationId` builtin decoration will make that variable contain the index of the invocation within the subgroup. This variable is in range [0,`SubgroupSize`-1].

  If `VK_PIPELINE_SHADER_STAGE_CREATE_REQUIRE_FULL_SUBGROUPS_BIT` is specified, or if `module` declares SPIR-V version 1.6 or higher, and the local workgroup size in the X dimension of the `stage` is a multiple of `SubgroupSize`, full subgroups are enabled for that pipeline stage. When full subgroups are enabled, subgroups must be launched with all invocations active, i.e., there is an active invocation with `SubgroupLocalInvocationId` for each value in range [0,`SubgroupSize`-1].

Note | There is no direct relationship between `SubgroupLocalInvocationId` and `LocalInvocationId` or `LocalInvocationIndex`. If the pipeline or shader object was created with full subgroups applications can compute their own local invocation index to serve the same purpose: index = `SubgroupLocalInvocationId` + `SubgroupId` × `SubgroupSize` If full subgroups are not enabled, some subgroups may be dispatched with inactive invocations that do not correspond to a local workgroup invocation, making the value of index unreliable.

Note | `VK_PIPELINE_SHADER_STAGE_CREATE_REQUIRE_FULL_SUBGROUPS_BIT` and `VK_SHADER_CREATE_REQUIRE_FULL_SUBGROUPS_BIT_EXT` are effectively deprecated when compiling SPIR-V 1.6 shaders, as this behavior is the default for Vulkan with SPIR-V 1.6. This is more aligned with developer expectations, and avoids applications unexpectedly breaking in the future.

Valid Usage

- VUID-SubgroupLocalInvocationId-SubgroupLocalInvocationId-04380
  The variable decorated with `SubgroupLocalInvocationId` must be declared using the `Input` `Storage` `Class`

- VUID-SubgroupLocalInvocationId-SubgroupLocalInvocationId-04381
  The variable decorated with `SubgroupLocalInvocationId` must be declared as a scalar 32-bit integer value

## See Also

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## 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.

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