VkPipelineDepthStencilStateCreateFlagBits(3)

# VkPipelineDepthStencilStateCreateFlagBits(3) Manual Page

## Name

VkPipelineDepthStencilStateCreateFlagBits - Bitmask specifying additional depth/stencil state information.

## C Specification

Bits which can be set in the VkPipelineDepthStencilStateCreateInfo::`flags` parameter are:

    // Provided by VK_VERSION_1_0, VK_EXT_rasterization_order_attachment_access
    typedef enum VkPipelineDepthStencilStateCreateFlagBits {
      // Provided by VK_EXT_rasterization_order_attachment_access
        VK_PIPELINE_DEPTH_STENCIL_STATE_CREATE_RASTERIZATION_ORDER_ATTACHMENT_DEPTH_ACCESS_BIT_EXT = 0x00000001,
      // Provided by VK_EXT_rasterization_order_attachment_access
        VK_PIPELINE_DEPTH_STENCIL_STATE_CREATE_RASTERIZATION_ORDER_ATTACHMENT_STENCIL_ACCESS_BIT_EXT = 0x00000002,
      // Provided by VK_ARM_rasterization_order_attachment_access
        VK_PIPELINE_DEPTH_STENCIL_STATE_CREATE_RASTERIZATION_ORDER_ATTACHMENT_DEPTH_ACCESS_BIT_ARM = VK_PIPELINE_DEPTH_STENCIL_STATE_CREATE_RASTERIZATION_ORDER_ATTACHMENT_DEPTH_ACCESS_BIT_EXT,
      // Provided by VK_ARM_rasterization_order_attachment_access
        VK_PIPELINE_DEPTH_STENCIL_STATE_CREATE_RASTERIZATION_ORDER_ATTACHMENT_STENCIL_ACCESS_BIT_ARM = VK_PIPELINE_DEPTH_STENCIL_STATE_CREATE_RASTERIZATION_ORDER_ATTACHMENT_STENCIL_ACCESS_BIT_EXT,
    } VkPipelineDepthStencilStateCreateFlagBits;

## Description

- VK_PIPELINE_DEPTH_STENCIL_STATE_CREATE_RASTERIZATION_ORDER_ATTACHMENT_DEPTH_ACCESS_BIT_EXT specifies that access to the depth aspects of depth/stencil and input attachments will have implicit framebuffer-local memory dependencies.

- VK_PIPELINE_DEPTH_STENCIL_STATE_CREATE_RASTERIZATION_ORDER_ATTACHMENT_STENCIL_ACCESS_BIT_EXT specifies that access to the stencil aspects of depth/stencil and input attachments will have implicit framebuffer-local memory dependencies.

When VK_PIPELINE_DEPTH_STENCIL_STATE_CREATE_RASTERIZATION_ORDER_ATTACHMENT_DEPTH_ACCESS_BIT_EXT is included in a pipeline, it forms a framebuffer-local memory dependency for each fragment generated by draw commands for that pipeline with the following scopes:

- The first synchronization scope includes VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_FRAGMENT_SHADER_BIT and VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_LATE_FRAGMENT_TESTS_BIT pipeline stages executed by all previous fragments (as defined by primitive order) in the corresponding framebuffer regions including those generated by the same draw command.

- The second synchronization scope includes VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_FRAGMENT_SHADER_BIT stage executed by the generated fragment.

- The first access scope includes all writes to the depth aspect of depth/stencil attachments.

- The second access scope includes all reads from the depth aspect of input attachments.

When VK_PIPELINE_DEPTH_STENCIL_STATE_CREATE_RASTERIZATION_ORDER_ATTACHMENT_STENCIL_ACCESS_BIT_EXT is included in a pipeline, it forms a framebuffer-local memory dependency for each fragment generated by draw commands for that pipeline with the following scopes:

- The first synchronization scope includes VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_FRAGMENT_SHADER_BIT VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_LATE_FRAGMENT_TESTS_BIT pipeline stages executed by all previous fragments (as defined by primitive order) in the corresponding framebuffer regions including those generated by the same draw command.

- The second synchronization scope includes VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_FRAGMENT_SHADER_BIT and VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_LATE_FRAGMENT_TESTS_BIT pipeline stages executed by the generated fragment.

- The first access scope includes all writes to the stencil aspect of depth/stencil attachments.

- The second access scope includes all reads from the stencil aspect of input attachments.

## See Also

VK_EXT_rasterization_order_attachment_access, VK_VERSION_1_0, VkPipelineDepthStencilStateCreateFlags

## 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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