# Vulkan® 1.4.304 - A Specification (with all registered extensions)

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## 31. Dispatching Commands

The dispatching commands described in this chapter provoke work in a compute pipeline. Dispatching commands are recorded into a command buffer and when executed by a queue, will produce work which executes according to the bound compute pipeline. A compute pipeline must be bound to a command buffer before any dispatching commands are recorded in that command buffer.

To record a dispatch, call:

    // Provided by VK_VERSION_1_0
    void vkCmdDispatch(
        VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
        uint32_t                                    groupCountX,
        uint32_t                                    groupCountY,
        uint32_t                                    groupCountZ);

- `commandBuffer` is the command buffer into which the command will be recorded.

- `groupCountX` is the number of local workgroups to dispatch in the X dimension.

- `groupCountY` is the number of local workgroups to dispatch in the Y dimension.

- `groupCountZ` is the number of local workgroups to dispatch in the Z dimension.

When the command is executed, a global workgroup consisting of `groupCountX` × `groupCountY` × `groupCountZ` local workgroups is assembled.

Valid Usage

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-magFilter-04553
  If a VkSampler created with `magFilter` or `minFilter` equal to `VK_FILTER_LINEAR`, `reductionMode` equal to `VK_SAMPLER_REDUCTION_MODE_WEIGHTED_AVERAGE`, and `compareEnable` equal to `VK_FALSE` is used to sample a VkImageView as a result of this command, then the image view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_FILTER_LINEAR_BIT`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-magFilter-09598
  If a VkSampler created with `magFilter` or `minFilter` equal to `VK_FILTER_LINEAR` and `reductionMode` equal to either `VK_SAMPLER_REDUCTION_MODE_MIN` or `VK_SAMPLER_REDUCTION_MODE_MAX` is used to sample a VkImageView as a result of this command, then the image view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_FILTER_MINMAX_BIT`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-mipmapMode-04770
  If a VkSampler created with `mipmapMode` equal to `VK_SAMPLER_MIPMAP_MODE_LINEAR`, `reductionMode` equal to `VK_SAMPLER_REDUCTION_MODE_WEIGHTED_AVERAGE`, and `compareEnable` equal to `VK_FALSE` is used to sample a VkImageView as a result of this command, then the image view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_FILTER_LINEAR_BIT`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-mipmapMode-09599
  If a VkSampler created with `mipmapMode` equal to `VK_SAMPLER_MIPMAP_MODE_LINEAR` and `reductionMode` equal to either `VK_SAMPLER_REDUCTION_MODE_MIN` or `VK_SAMPLER_REDUCTION_MODE_MAX` is used to sample a VkImageView as a result of this command, then the image view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_FILTER_MINMAX_BIT`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-unnormalizedCoordinates-09635
  If a VkSampler created with `unnormalizedCoordinates` equal to `VK_TRUE` is used to sample a VkImageView as a result of this command, then the image view’s `levelCount` and `layerCount` must be 1

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-None-08609
  If a VkSampler created with `unnormalizedCoordinates` equal to `VK_TRUE` is used to sample a VkImageView as a result of this command, then the image view’s `viewType` must be `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_1D` or `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_2D`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-None-08610
  If a VkSampler created with `unnormalizedCoordinates` equal to `VK_TRUE` is used to sample a VkImageView as a result of this command, then the sampler must not be used with any of the SPIR-V `OpImageSample*` or `OpImageSparseSample*` instructions with `ImplicitLod`, `Dref` or `Proj` in their name

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-None-08611
  If a VkSampler created with `unnormalizedCoordinates` equal to `VK_TRUE` is used to sample a VkImageView as a result of this command, then the sampler must not be used with any of the SPIR-V `OpImageSample*` or `OpImageSparseSample*` instructions that includes a LOD bias or any offset values

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-None-06479
  If a VkImageView is sampled with depth comparison, the image view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_2_SAMPLED_IMAGE_DEPTH_COMPARISON_BIT`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-None-02691
  If a VkImageView is accessed using atomic operations as a result of this command, then the image view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_IMAGE_ATOMIC_BIT`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-None-07888
  If a `VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER` descriptor is accessed using atomic operations as a result of this command, then the storage texel buffer’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER_ATOMIC_BIT`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-None-02692
  If a VkImageView is sampled with `VK_FILTER_CUBIC_EXT` as a result of this command, then the image view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_FILTER_CUBIC_BIT_EXT`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-None-02693
  If the VK_EXT_filter_cubic extension is not enabled and any VkImageView is sampled with `VK_FILTER_CUBIC_EXT` as a result of this command, it must not have a VkImageViewType of `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_3D`, `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_CUBE`, or `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_CUBE_ARRAY`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-filterCubic-02694
  Any VkImageView being sampled with `VK_FILTER_CUBIC_EXT` as a result of this command must have a VkImageViewType and format that supports cubic filtering, as specified by VkFilterCubicImageViewImageFormatPropertiesEXT::`filterCubic` returned by vkGetPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties2

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-filterCubicMinmax-02695
  Any VkImageView being sampled with `VK_FILTER_CUBIC_EXT` with a reduction mode of either `VK_SAMPLER_REDUCTION_MODE_MIN` or `VK_SAMPLER_REDUCTION_MODE_MAX` as a result of this command must have a VkImageViewType and format that supports cubic filtering together with minmax filtering, as specified by VkFilterCubicImageViewImageFormatPropertiesEXT::`filterCubicMinmax` returned by vkGetPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties2

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-cubicRangeClamp-09212
  If the `cubicRangeClamp` feature is not enabled, then any VkImageView being sampled with `VK_FILTER_CUBIC_EXT` as a result of this command must not have a VkSamplerReductionModeCreateInfo::`reductionMode` equal to `VK_SAMPLER_REDUCTION_MODE_WEIGHTED_AVERAGE_RANGECLAMP_QCOM`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-reductionMode-09213
  Any VkImageView being sampled with a VkSamplerReductionModeCreateInfo::`reductionMode` equal to `VK_SAMPLER_REDUCTION_MODE_WEIGHTED_AVERAGE_RANGECLAMP_QCOM` as a result of this command must sample with `VK_FILTER_CUBIC_EXT`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-selectableCubicWeights-09214
  If the `selectableCubicWeights` feature is not enabled, then any VkImageView being sampled with `VK_FILTER_CUBIC_EXT` as a result of this command must have VkSamplerCubicWeightsCreateInfoQCOM::`cubicWeights` equal to `VK_CUBIC_FILTER_WEIGHTS_CATMULL_ROM_QCOM`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-flags-02696
  Any VkImage created with a VkImageCreateInfo::`flags` containing `VK_IMAGE_CREATE_CORNER_SAMPLED_BIT_NV` sampled as a result of this command must only be sampled using a VkSamplerAddressMode of `VK_SAMPLER_ADDRESS_MODE_CLAMP_TO_EDGE`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-OpTypeImage-07027
  For any VkImageView being written as a storage image where the image format field of the `OpTypeImage` is `Unknown`, the view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_2_STORAGE_WRITE_WITHOUT_FORMAT_BIT`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-OpTypeImage-07028
  For any VkImageView being read as a storage image where the image format field of the `OpTypeImage` is `Unknown`, the view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_2_STORAGE_READ_WITHOUT_FORMAT_BIT`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-OpTypeImage-07029
  For any VkBufferView being written as a storage texel buffer where the image format field of the `OpTypeImage` is `Unknown`, the view’s buffer features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_2_STORAGE_WRITE_WITHOUT_FORMAT_BIT`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-OpTypeImage-07030
  Any VkBufferView being read as a storage texel buffer where the image format field of the `OpTypeImage` is `Unknown` then the view’s buffer features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_2_STORAGE_READ_WITHOUT_FORMAT_BIT`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-None-08600
  For each set n that is statically used by a bound shader, a descriptor set must have been bound to n at the same pipeline bind point, with a VkPipelineLayout that is compatible for set n, with the VkPipelineLayout used to create the current VkPipeline or the VkDescriptorSetLayout array used to create the current VkShaderEXT , as described in Pipeline Layout Compatibility

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-None-08601
  For each push constant that is statically used by a bound shader, a push constant value must have been set for the same pipeline bind point, with a VkPipelineLayout that is compatible for push constants, with the VkPipelineLayout used to create the current VkPipeline or the VkDescriptorSetLayout array used to create the current VkShaderEXT , as described in Pipeline Layout Compatibility

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-None-10068
  For each array of resources that is used by a bound shader, the indices used to access members of the array must be less than the descriptor count for the identified binding in the descriptor sets used by this command

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-maintenance4-08602
  If the `maintenance4` feature is not enabled, then for each push constant that is statically used by a bound shader, a push constant value must have been set for the same pipeline bind point, with a VkPipelineLayout that is compatible for push constants, with the VkPipelineLayout used to create the current VkPipeline or the VkDescriptorSetLayout and VkPushConstantRange arrays used to create the current VkShaderEXT , as described in Pipeline Layout Compatibility

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-None-08114
  Descriptors in each bound descriptor set, specified via vkCmdBindDescriptorSets, must be valid as described by descriptor validity if they are statically used by the VkPipeline bound to the pipeline bind point used by this command and the bound VkPipeline was not created with `VK_PIPELINE_CREATE_DESCRIPTOR_BUFFER_BIT_EXT`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-None-08115
  If the descriptors used by the VkPipeline bound to the pipeline bind point were specified via vkCmdBindDescriptorSets, the bound VkPipeline must have been created without `VK_PIPELINE_CREATE_DESCRIPTOR_BUFFER_BIT_EXT`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-None-08116
  Descriptors in bound descriptor buffers, specified via vkCmdSetDescriptorBufferOffsetsEXT, must be valid if they are dynamically used by the VkPipeline bound to the pipeline bind point used by this command and the bound VkPipeline was created with `VK_PIPELINE_CREATE_DESCRIPTOR_BUFFER_BIT_EXT`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-None-08604
  Descriptors in bound descriptor buffers, specified via vkCmdSetDescriptorBufferOffsetsEXT, must be valid if they are dynamically used by any VkShaderEXT bound to a stage corresponding to the pipeline bind point used by this command

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-None-08117
  If the descriptors used by the VkPipeline bound to the pipeline bind point were specified via vkCmdSetDescriptorBufferOffsetsEXT, the bound VkPipeline must have been created with `VK_PIPELINE_CREATE_DESCRIPTOR_BUFFER_BIT_EXT`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-None-08119
  If a descriptor is dynamically used with a VkPipeline created with `VK_PIPELINE_CREATE_DESCRIPTOR_BUFFER_BIT_EXT`, the descriptor memory must be resident

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-None-08605
  If a descriptor is dynamically used with a VkShaderEXT created with a `VkDescriptorSetLayout` that was created with `VK_DESCRIPTOR_SET_LAYOUT_CREATE_DESCRIPTOR_BUFFER_BIT_EXT`, the descriptor memory must be resident

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-None-08606
  If the `shaderObject` feature is not enabled, a valid pipeline must be bound to the pipeline bind point used by this command

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-None-08608
  If a pipeline is bound to the pipeline bind point used by this command, there must not have been any calls to dynamic state setting commands for any state specified statically in the VkPipeline object bound to the pipeline bind point used by this command, since that pipeline was bound

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-None-08607
  If the `shaderObject` feature is enabled, either a valid pipeline must be bound to the pipeline bind point used by this command, or a valid combination of valid and VK_NULL_HANDLE shader objects must be bound to every supported shader stage corresponding to the pipeline bind point used by this command

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-uniformBuffers-06935
  If any stage of the VkPipeline object bound to the pipeline bind point used by this command accesses a uniform buffer, and that stage was created without enabling either `VK_PIPELINE_ROBUSTNESS_BUFFER_BEHAVIOR_ROBUST_BUFFER_ACCESS` or `VK_PIPELINE_ROBUSTNESS_BUFFER_BEHAVIOR_ROBUST_BUFFER_ACCESS_2` for `uniformBuffers`, and the `robustBufferAccess` feature is not enabled, that stage must not access values outside of the range of the buffer as specified in the descriptor set bound to the same pipeline bind point

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-None-08612
  If the `robustBufferAccess` feature is not enabled, and any VkShaderEXT bound to a stage corresponding to the pipeline bind point used by this command accesses a uniform buffer, it must not access values outside of the range of the buffer as specified in the descriptor set bound to the same pipeline bind point

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-storageBuffers-06936
  If any stage of the VkPipeline object bound to the pipeline bind point used by this command accesses a storage buffer, and that stage was created without enabling either `VK_PIPELINE_ROBUSTNESS_BUFFER_BEHAVIOR_ROBUST_BUFFER_ACCESS` or `VK_PIPELINE_ROBUSTNESS_BUFFER_BEHAVIOR_ROBUST_BUFFER_ACCESS_2` for `storageBuffers`, and the `robustBufferAccess` feature is not enabled, that stage must not access values outside of the range of the buffer as specified in the descriptor set bound to the same pipeline bind point

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-None-08613
  If the `robustBufferAccess` feature is not enabled, and any VkShaderEXT bound to a stage corresponding to the pipeline bind point used by this command accesses a storage buffer, it must not access values outside of the range of the buffer as specified in the descriptor set bound to the same pipeline bind point

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-commandBuffer-02707
  If `commandBuffer` is an unprotected command buffer and `protectedNoFault` is not supported, any resource accessed by bound shaders must not be a protected resource

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-None-06550
  If a bound shader accesses a VkSampler or VkImageView object that enables sampler Y′CBCR conversion, that object must only be used with `OpImageSample*` or `OpImageSparseSample*` instructions

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-ConstOffset-06551
  If a bound shader accesses a VkSampler or VkImageView object that enables sampler Y′CBCR conversion, that object must not use the `ConstOffset` and `Offset` operands

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-viewType-07752
  If a VkImageView is accessed as a result of this command, then the image view’s `viewType` must match the `Dim` operand of the `OpTypeImage` as described in Compatibility Between SPIR-V Image Dimensions and Vulkan ImageView Types

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-format-07753
  If a VkImageView is accessed as a result of this command, then the numeric type of the image view’s `format` and the `Sampled` `Type` operand of the `OpTypeImage` must match

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-OpImageWrite-08795
  If a VkImageView created with a format other than `VK_FORMAT_A8_UNORM` is accessed using `OpImageWrite` as a result of this command, then the `Type` of the `Texel` operand of that instruction must have at least as many components as the image view’s format

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-OpImageWrite-08796
  If a VkImageView created with the format `VK_FORMAT_A8_UNORM` is accessed using `OpImageWrite` as a result of this command, then the `Type` of the `Texel` operand of that instruction must have four components

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-OpImageWrite-04469
  If a VkBufferView is accessed using `OpImageWrite` as a result of this command, then the `Type` of the `Texel` operand of that instruction must have at least as many components as the buffer view’s format

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-SampledType-04470
  If a VkImageView with a VkFormat that has a 64-bit component width is accessed as a result of this command, the `SampledType` of the `OpTypeImage` operand of that instruction must have a `Width` of 64

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-SampledType-04471
  If a VkImageView with a VkFormat that has a component width less than 64-bit is accessed as a result of this command, the `SampledType` of the `OpTypeImage` operand of that instruction must have a `Width` of 32

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-SampledType-04472
  If a VkBufferView with a VkFormat that has a 64-bit component width is accessed as a result of this command, the `SampledType` of the `OpTypeImage` operand of that instruction must have a `Width` of 64

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-SampledType-04473
  If a VkBufferView with a VkFormat that has a component width less than 64-bit is accessed as a result of this command, the `SampledType` of the `OpTypeImage` operand of that instruction must have a `Width` of 32

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-sparseImageInt64Atomics-04474
  If the `sparseImageInt64Atomics` feature is not enabled, VkImage objects created with the `VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_RESIDENCY_BIT` flag must not be accessed by atomic instructions through an `OpTypeImage` with a `SampledType` with a `Width` of 64 by this command

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-sparseImageInt64Atomics-04475
  If the `sparseImageInt64Atomics` feature is not enabled, VkBuffer objects created with the `VK_BUFFER_CREATE_SPARSE_RESIDENCY_BIT` flag must not be accessed by atomic instructions through an `OpTypeImage` with a `SampledType` with a `Width` of 64 by this command

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-OpImageWeightedSampleQCOM-06971
  If `OpImageWeightedSampleQCOM` is used to sample a VkImageView as a result of this command, then the image view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_2_WEIGHT_SAMPLED_IMAGE_BIT_QCOM`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-OpImageWeightedSampleQCOM-06972
  If `OpImageWeightedSampleQCOM` uses a VkImageView as a sample weight image as a result of this command, then the image view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_2_WEIGHT_IMAGE_BIT_QCOM`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-OpImageBoxFilterQCOM-06973
  If `OpImageBoxFilterQCOM` is used to sample a VkImageView as a result of this command, then the image view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_2_BOX_FILTER_SAMPLED_BIT_QCOM`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-OpImageBlockMatchSSDQCOM-06974
  If `OpImageBlockMatchSSDQCOM` is used to read from an VkImageView as a result of this command, then the image view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_2_BLOCK_MATCHING_BIT_QCOM`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-OpImageBlockMatchSADQCOM-06975
  If `OpImageBlockMatchSADQCOM` is used to read from an VkImageView as a result of this command, then the image view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_2_BLOCK_MATCHING_BIT_QCOM`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-OpImageBlockMatchSADQCOM-06976
  If `OpImageBlockMatchSADQCOM` or OpImageBlockMatchSSDQCOM is used to read from a reference image as result of this command, then the specified reference coordinates must not fail integer texel coordinate validation

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-OpImageWeightedSampleQCOM-06977
  If `OpImageWeightedSampleQCOM`, `OpImageBoxFilterQCOM`, `OpImageBlockMatchWindowSSDQCOM`, `OpImageBlockMatchWindowSADQCOM`, `OpImageBlockMatchGatherSSDQCOM`, `OpImageBlockMatchGatherSADQCOM`, `OpImageBlockMatchSSDQCOM`, or `OpImageBlockMatchSADQCOM` uses a VkSampler as a result of this command, then the sampler must have been created with `VK_SAMPLER_CREATE_IMAGE_PROCESSING_BIT_QCOM`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-OpImageWeightedSampleQCOM-06978
  If any command other than `OpImageWeightedSampleQCOM`, `OpImageBoxFilterQCOM`, `OpImageBlockMatchWindowSSDQCOM`, `OpImageBlockMatchWindowSADQCOM`, `OpImageBlockMatchGatherSSDQCOM`, `OpImageBlockMatchGatherSADQCOM`, `OpImageBlockMatchSSDQCOM`, or `OpImageBlockMatchSADQCOM` uses a VkSampler as a result of this command, then the sampler must not have been created with `VK_SAMPLER_CREATE_IMAGE_PROCESSING_BIT_QCOM`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-OpImageBlockMatchWindow-09215
  If a `OpImageBlockMatchWindow*QCOM` or `OpImageBlockMatchGather*QCOM` instruction is used to read from an VkImageView as a result of this command, then the image view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_2_BLOCK_MATCHING_BIT_QCOM`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-OpImageBlockMatchWindow-09216
  If a `OpImageBlockMatchWindow*QCOM` or `OpImageBlockMatchGather*QCOM` instruction is used to read from an VkImageView as a result of this command, then the image view’s format must be a single-component format

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-OpImageBlockMatchWindow-09217
  If a `OpImageBlockMatchWindow*QCOM` or `OpImageBlockMatchGather*QCOM` read from a reference image as result of this command, then the specified reference coordinates must not fail integer texel coordinate validation

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-None-07288
  Any shader invocation executed by this command must terminate

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-None-09600
  If a descriptor with type equal to any of `VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_SAMPLE_WEIGHT_IMAGE_QCOM`, `VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_BLOCK_MATCH_IMAGE_QCOM`, `VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_SAMPLED_IMAGE`, `VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_IMAGE`, or `VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_INPUT_ATTACHMENT` is accessed as a result of this command, the image subresource identified by that descriptor must be in the image layout identified when the descriptor was written

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-commandBuffer-02712
  If `commandBuffer` is a protected command buffer and `protectedNoFault` is not supported, any resource written to by the `VkPipeline` object bound to the pipeline bind point used by this command must not be an unprotected resource

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-commandBuffer-02713
  If `commandBuffer` is a protected command buffer and `protectedNoFault` is not supported, pipeline stages other than the framebuffer-space and compute stages in the `VkPipeline` object bound to the pipeline bind point used by this command must not write to any resource

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-commandBuffer-04617
  If any of the shader stages of the `VkPipeline` bound to the pipeline bind point used by this command uses the `RayQueryKHR` capability, then `commandBuffer` must not be a protected command buffer

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-groupCountX-00386
  `groupCountX` must be less than or equal to `VkPhysicalDeviceLimits`::`maxComputeWorkGroupCount`[0]

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-groupCountY-00387
  `groupCountY` must be less than or equal to `VkPhysicalDeviceLimits`::`maxComputeWorkGroupCount`[1]

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-groupCountZ-00388
  `groupCountZ` must be less than or equal to `VkPhysicalDeviceLimits`::`maxComputeWorkGroupCount`[2]

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-commandBuffer-parameter
  `commandBuffer` must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-commandBuffer-recording
  `commandBuffer` must be in the recording state

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-commandBuffer-cmdpool
  The `VkCommandPool` that `commandBuffer` was allocated from must support compute operations

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-renderpass
  This command must only be called outside of a render pass instance

- VUID-vkCmdDispatch-videocoding
  This command must only be called outside of a video coding scope

Host Synchronization

- Host access to `commandBuffer` must be externally synchronized

- Host access to the `VkCommandPool` that `commandBuffer` was allocated from must be externally synchronized

Command Properties

Command Buffer Levels | Render Pass Scope | Video Coding Scope | Supported Queue Types | Command Type
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Primary Secondary | Outside | Outside | Compute | Action

To record an indirect dispatching command, call:

    // Provided by VK_VERSION_1_0
    void vkCmdDispatchIndirect(
        VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
        VkBuffer                                    buffer,
        VkDeviceSize                                offset);

- `commandBuffer` is the command buffer into which the command will be recorded.

- `buffer` is the buffer containing dispatch parameters.

- `offset` is the byte offset into `buffer` where parameters begin.

`vkCmdDispatchIndirect` behaves similarly to vkCmdDispatch except that the parameters are read by the device from a buffer during execution. The parameters of the dispatch are encoded in a VkDispatchIndirectCommand structure taken from `buffer` starting at `offset`.

Valid Usage

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-magFilter-04553
  If a VkSampler created with `magFilter` or `minFilter` equal to `VK_FILTER_LINEAR`, `reductionMode` equal to `VK_SAMPLER_REDUCTION_MODE_WEIGHTED_AVERAGE`, and `compareEnable` equal to `VK_FALSE` is used to sample a VkImageView as a result of this command, then the image view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_FILTER_LINEAR_BIT`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-magFilter-09598
  If a VkSampler created with `magFilter` or `minFilter` equal to `VK_FILTER_LINEAR` and `reductionMode` equal to either `VK_SAMPLER_REDUCTION_MODE_MIN` or `VK_SAMPLER_REDUCTION_MODE_MAX` is used to sample a VkImageView as a result of this command, then the image view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_FILTER_MINMAX_BIT`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-mipmapMode-04770
  If a VkSampler created with `mipmapMode` equal to `VK_SAMPLER_MIPMAP_MODE_LINEAR`, `reductionMode` equal to `VK_SAMPLER_REDUCTION_MODE_WEIGHTED_AVERAGE`, and `compareEnable` equal to `VK_FALSE` is used to sample a VkImageView as a result of this command, then the image view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_FILTER_LINEAR_BIT`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-mipmapMode-09599
  If a VkSampler created with `mipmapMode` equal to `VK_SAMPLER_MIPMAP_MODE_LINEAR` and `reductionMode` equal to either `VK_SAMPLER_REDUCTION_MODE_MIN` or `VK_SAMPLER_REDUCTION_MODE_MAX` is used to sample a VkImageView as a result of this command, then the image view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_FILTER_MINMAX_BIT`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-unnormalizedCoordinates-09635
  If a VkSampler created with `unnormalizedCoordinates` equal to `VK_TRUE` is used to sample a VkImageView as a result of this command, then the image view’s `levelCount` and `layerCount` must be 1

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-None-08609
  If a VkSampler created with `unnormalizedCoordinates` equal to `VK_TRUE` is used to sample a VkImageView as a result of this command, then the image view’s `viewType` must be `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_1D` or `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_2D`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-None-08610
  If a VkSampler created with `unnormalizedCoordinates` equal to `VK_TRUE` is used to sample a VkImageView as a result of this command, then the sampler must not be used with any of the SPIR-V `OpImageSample*` or `OpImageSparseSample*` instructions with `ImplicitLod`, `Dref` or `Proj` in their name

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-None-08611
  If a VkSampler created with `unnormalizedCoordinates` equal to `VK_TRUE` is used to sample a VkImageView as a result of this command, then the sampler must not be used with any of the SPIR-V `OpImageSample*` or `OpImageSparseSample*` instructions that includes a LOD bias or any offset values

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-None-06479
  If a VkImageView is sampled with depth comparison, the image view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_2_SAMPLED_IMAGE_DEPTH_COMPARISON_BIT`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-None-02691
  If a VkImageView is accessed using atomic operations as a result of this command, then the image view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_IMAGE_ATOMIC_BIT`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-None-07888
  If a `VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER` descriptor is accessed using atomic operations as a result of this command, then the storage texel buffer’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER_ATOMIC_BIT`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-None-02692
  If a VkImageView is sampled with `VK_FILTER_CUBIC_EXT` as a result of this command, then the image view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_FILTER_CUBIC_BIT_EXT`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-None-02693
  If the VK_EXT_filter_cubic extension is not enabled and any VkImageView is sampled with `VK_FILTER_CUBIC_EXT` as a result of this command, it must not have a VkImageViewType of `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_3D`, `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_CUBE`, or `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_CUBE_ARRAY`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-filterCubic-02694
  Any VkImageView being sampled with `VK_FILTER_CUBIC_EXT` as a result of this command must have a VkImageViewType and format that supports cubic filtering, as specified by VkFilterCubicImageViewImageFormatPropertiesEXT::`filterCubic` returned by vkGetPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties2

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-filterCubicMinmax-02695
  Any VkImageView being sampled with `VK_FILTER_CUBIC_EXT` with a reduction mode of either `VK_SAMPLER_REDUCTION_MODE_MIN` or `VK_SAMPLER_REDUCTION_MODE_MAX` as a result of this command must have a VkImageViewType and format that supports cubic filtering together with minmax filtering, as specified by VkFilterCubicImageViewImageFormatPropertiesEXT::`filterCubicMinmax` returned by vkGetPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties2

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-cubicRangeClamp-09212
  If the `cubicRangeClamp` feature is not enabled, then any VkImageView being sampled with `VK_FILTER_CUBIC_EXT` as a result of this command must not have a VkSamplerReductionModeCreateInfo::`reductionMode` equal to `VK_SAMPLER_REDUCTION_MODE_WEIGHTED_AVERAGE_RANGECLAMP_QCOM`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-reductionMode-09213
  Any VkImageView being sampled with a VkSamplerReductionModeCreateInfo::`reductionMode` equal to `VK_SAMPLER_REDUCTION_MODE_WEIGHTED_AVERAGE_RANGECLAMP_QCOM` as a result of this command must sample with `VK_FILTER_CUBIC_EXT`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-selectableCubicWeights-09214
  If the `selectableCubicWeights` feature is not enabled, then any VkImageView being sampled with `VK_FILTER_CUBIC_EXT` as a result of this command must have VkSamplerCubicWeightsCreateInfoQCOM::`cubicWeights` equal to `VK_CUBIC_FILTER_WEIGHTS_CATMULL_ROM_QCOM`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-flags-02696
  Any VkImage created with a VkImageCreateInfo::`flags` containing `VK_IMAGE_CREATE_CORNER_SAMPLED_BIT_NV` sampled as a result of this command must only be sampled using a VkSamplerAddressMode of `VK_SAMPLER_ADDRESS_MODE_CLAMP_TO_EDGE`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-OpTypeImage-07027
  For any VkImageView being written as a storage image where the image format field of the `OpTypeImage` is `Unknown`, the view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_2_STORAGE_WRITE_WITHOUT_FORMAT_BIT`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-OpTypeImage-07028
  For any VkImageView being read as a storage image where the image format field of the `OpTypeImage` is `Unknown`, the view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_2_STORAGE_READ_WITHOUT_FORMAT_BIT`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-OpTypeImage-07029
  For any VkBufferView being written as a storage texel buffer where the image format field of the `OpTypeImage` is `Unknown`, the view’s buffer features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_2_STORAGE_WRITE_WITHOUT_FORMAT_BIT`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-OpTypeImage-07030
  Any VkBufferView being read as a storage texel buffer where the image format field of the `OpTypeImage` is `Unknown` then the view’s buffer features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_2_STORAGE_READ_WITHOUT_FORMAT_BIT`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-None-08600
  For each set n that is statically used by a bound shader, a descriptor set must have been bound to n at the same pipeline bind point, with a VkPipelineLayout that is compatible for set n, with the VkPipelineLayout used to create the current VkPipeline or the VkDescriptorSetLayout array used to create the current VkShaderEXT , as described in Pipeline Layout Compatibility

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-None-08601
  For each push constant that is statically used by a bound shader, a push constant value must have been set for the same pipeline bind point, with a VkPipelineLayout that is compatible for push constants, with the VkPipelineLayout used to create the current VkPipeline or the VkDescriptorSetLayout array used to create the current VkShaderEXT , as described in Pipeline Layout Compatibility

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-None-10068
  For each array of resources that is used by a bound shader, the indices used to access members of the array must be less than the descriptor count for the identified binding in the descriptor sets used by this command

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-maintenance4-08602
  If the `maintenance4` feature is not enabled, then for each push constant that is statically used by a bound shader, a push constant value must have been set for the same pipeline bind point, with a VkPipelineLayout that is compatible for push constants, with the VkPipelineLayout used to create the current VkPipeline or the VkDescriptorSetLayout and VkPushConstantRange arrays used to create the current VkShaderEXT , as described in Pipeline Layout Compatibility

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-None-08114
  Descriptors in each bound descriptor set, specified via vkCmdBindDescriptorSets, must be valid as described by descriptor validity if they are statically used by the VkPipeline bound to the pipeline bind point used by this command and the bound VkPipeline was not created with `VK_PIPELINE_CREATE_DESCRIPTOR_BUFFER_BIT_EXT`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-None-08115
  If the descriptors used by the VkPipeline bound to the pipeline bind point were specified via vkCmdBindDescriptorSets, the bound VkPipeline must have been created without `VK_PIPELINE_CREATE_DESCRIPTOR_BUFFER_BIT_EXT`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-None-08116
  Descriptors in bound descriptor buffers, specified via vkCmdSetDescriptorBufferOffsetsEXT, must be valid if they are dynamically used by the VkPipeline bound to the pipeline bind point used by this command and the bound VkPipeline was created with `VK_PIPELINE_CREATE_DESCRIPTOR_BUFFER_BIT_EXT`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-None-08604
  Descriptors in bound descriptor buffers, specified via vkCmdSetDescriptorBufferOffsetsEXT, must be valid if they are dynamically used by any VkShaderEXT bound to a stage corresponding to the pipeline bind point used by this command

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-None-08117
  If the descriptors used by the VkPipeline bound to the pipeline bind point were specified via vkCmdSetDescriptorBufferOffsetsEXT, the bound VkPipeline must have been created with `VK_PIPELINE_CREATE_DESCRIPTOR_BUFFER_BIT_EXT`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-None-08119
  If a descriptor is dynamically used with a VkPipeline created with `VK_PIPELINE_CREATE_DESCRIPTOR_BUFFER_BIT_EXT`, the descriptor memory must be resident

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-None-08605
  If a descriptor is dynamically used with a VkShaderEXT created with a `VkDescriptorSetLayout` that was created with `VK_DESCRIPTOR_SET_LAYOUT_CREATE_DESCRIPTOR_BUFFER_BIT_EXT`, the descriptor memory must be resident

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-None-08606
  If the `shaderObject` feature is not enabled, a valid pipeline must be bound to the pipeline bind point used by this command

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-None-08608
  If a pipeline is bound to the pipeline bind point used by this command, there must not have been any calls to dynamic state setting commands for any state specified statically in the VkPipeline object bound to the pipeline bind point used by this command, since that pipeline was bound

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-None-08607
  If the `shaderObject` feature is enabled, either a valid pipeline must be bound to the pipeline bind point used by this command, or a valid combination of valid and VK_NULL_HANDLE shader objects must be bound to every supported shader stage corresponding to the pipeline bind point used by this command

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-uniformBuffers-06935
  If any stage of the VkPipeline object bound to the pipeline bind point used by this command accesses a uniform buffer, and that stage was created without enabling either `VK_PIPELINE_ROBUSTNESS_BUFFER_BEHAVIOR_ROBUST_BUFFER_ACCESS` or `VK_PIPELINE_ROBUSTNESS_BUFFER_BEHAVIOR_ROBUST_BUFFER_ACCESS_2` for `uniformBuffers`, and the `robustBufferAccess` feature is not enabled, that stage must not access values outside of the range of the buffer as specified in the descriptor set bound to the same pipeline bind point

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-None-08612
  If the `robustBufferAccess` feature is not enabled, and any VkShaderEXT bound to a stage corresponding to the pipeline bind point used by this command accesses a uniform buffer, it must not access values outside of the range of the buffer as specified in the descriptor set bound to the same pipeline bind point

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-storageBuffers-06936
  If any stage of the VkPipeline object bound to the pipeline bind point used by this command accesses a storage buffer, and that stage was created without enabling either `VK_PIPELINE_ROBUSTNESS_BUFFER_BEHAVIOR_ROBUST_BUFFER_ACCESS` or `VK_PIPELINE_ROBUSTNESS_BUFFER_BEHAVIOR_ROBUST_BUFFER_ACCESS_2` for `storageBuffers`, and the `robustBufferAccess` feature is not enabled, that stage must not access values outside of the range of the buffer as specified in the descriptor set bound to the same pipeline bind point

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-None-08613
  If the `robustBufferAccess` feature is not enabled, and any VkShaderEXT bound to a stage corresponding to the pipeline bind point used by this command accesses a storage buffer, it must not access values outside of the range of the buffer as specified in the descriptor set bound to the same pipeline bind point

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-commandBuffer-02707
  If `commandBuffer` is an unprotected command buffer and `protectedNoFault` is not supported, any resource accessed by bound shaders must not be a protected resource

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-None-06550
  If a bound shader accesses a VkSampler or VkImageView object that enables sampler Y′CBCR conversion, that object must only be used with `OpImageSample*` or `OpImageSparseSample*` instructions

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-ConstOffset-06551
  If a bound shader accesses a VkSampler or VkImageView object that enables sampler Y′CBCR conversion, that object must not use the `ConstOffset` and `Offset` operands

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-viewType-07752
  If a VkImageView is accessed as a result of this command, then the image view’s `viewType` must match the `Dim` operand of the `OpTypeImage` as described in Compatibility Between SPIR-V Image Dimensions and Vulkan ImageView Types

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-format-07753
  If a VkImageView is accessed as a result of this command, then the numeric type of the image view’s `format` and the `Sampled` `Type` operand of the `OpTypeImage` must match

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-OpImageWrite-08795
  If a VkImageView created with a format other than `VK_FORMAT_A8_UNORM` is accessed using `OpImageWrite` as a result of this command, then the `Type` of the `Texel` operand of that instruction must have at least as many components as the image view’s format

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-OpImageWrite-08796
  If a VkImageView created with the format `VK_FORMAT_A8_UNORM` is accessed using `OpImageWrite` as a result of this command, then the `Type` of the `Texel` operand of that instruction must have four components

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-OpImageWrite-04469
  If a VkBufferView is accessed using `OpImageWrite` as a result of this command, then the `Type` of the `Texel` operand of that instruction must have at least as many components as the buffer view’s format

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-SampledType-04470
  If a VkImageView with a VkFormat that has a 64-bit component width is accessed as a result of this command, the `SampledType` of the `OpTypeImage` operand of that instruction must have a `Width` of 64

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-SampledType-04471
  If a VkImageView with a VkFormat that has a component width less than 64-bit is accessed as a result of this command, the `SampledType` of the `OpTypeImage` operand of that instruction must have a `Width` of 32

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-SampledType-04472
  If a VkBufferView with a VkFormat that has a 64-bit component width is accessed as a result of this command, the `SampledType` of the `OpTypeImage` operand of that instruction must have a `Width` of 64

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-SampledType-04473
  If a VkBufferView with a VkFormat that has a component width less than 64-bit is accessed as a result of this command, the `SampledType` of the `OpTypeImage` operand of that instruction must have a `Width` of 32

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-sparseImageInt64Atomics-04474
  If the `sparseImageInt64Atomics` feature is not enabled, VkImage objects created with the `VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_RESIDENCY_BIT` flag must not be accessed by atomic instructions through an `OpTypeImage` with a `SampledType` with a `Width` of 64 by this command

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-sparseImageInt64Atomics-04475
  If the `sparseImageInt64Atomics` feature is not enabled, VkBuffer objects created with the `VK_BUFFER_CREATE_SPARSE_RESIDENCY_BIT` flag must not be accessed by atomic instructions through an `OpTypeImage` with a `SampledType` with a `Width` of 64 by this command

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-OpImageWeightedSampleQCOM-06971
  If `OpImageWeightedSampleQCOM` is used to sample a VkImageView as a result of this command, then the image view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_2_WEIGHT_SAMPLED_IMAGE_BIT_QCOM`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-OpImageWeightedSampleQCOM-06972
  If `OpImageWeightedSampleQCOM` uses a VkImageView as a sample weight image as a result of this command, then the image view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_2_WEIGHT_IMAGE_BIT_QCOM`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-OpImageBoxFilterQCOM-06973
  If `OpImageBoxFilterQCOM` is used to sample a VkImageView as a result of this command, then the image view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_2_BOX_FILTER_SAMPLED_BIT_QCOM`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-OpImageBlockMatchSSDQCOM-06974
  If `OpImageBlockMatchSSDQCOM` is used to read from an VkImageView as a result of this command, then the image view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_2_BLOCK_MATCHING_BIT_QCOM`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-OpImageBlockMatchSADQCOM-06975
  If `OpImageBlockMatchSADQCOM` is used to read from an VkImageView as a result of this command, then the image view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_2_BLOCK_MATCHING_BIT_QCOM`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-OpImageBlockMatchSADQCOM-06976
  If `OpImageBlockMatchSADQCOM` or OpImageBlockMatchSSDQCOM is used to read from a reference image as result of this command, then the specified reference coordinates must not fail integer texel coordinate validation

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-OpImageWeightedSampleQCOM-06977
  If `OpImageWeightedSampleQCOM`, `OpImageBoxFilterQCOM`, `OpImageBlockMatchWindowSSDQCOM`, `OpImageBlockMatchWindowSADQCOM`, `OpImageBlockMatchGatherSSDQCOM`, `OpImageBlockMatchGatherSADQCOM`, `OpImageBlockMatchSSDQCOM`, or `OpImageBlockMatchSADQCOM` uses a VkSampler as a result of this command, then the sampler must have been created with `VK_SAMPLER_CREATE_IMAGE_PROCESSING_BIT_QCOM`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-OpImageWeightedSampleQCOM-06978
  If any command other than `OpImageWeightedSampleQCOM`, `OpImageBoxFilterQCOM`, `OpImageBlockMatchWindowSSDQCOM`, `OpImageBlockMatchWindowSADQCOM`, `OpImageBlockMatchGatherSSDQCOM`, `OpImageBlockMatchGatherSADQCOM`, `OpImageBlockMatchSSDQCOM`, or `OpImageBlockMatchSADQCOM` uses a VkSampler as a result of this command, then the sampler must not have been created with `VK_SAMPLER_CREATE_IMAGE_PROCESSING_BIT_QCOM`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-OpImageBlockMatchWindow-09215
  If a `OpImageBlockMatchWindow*QCOM` or `OpImageBlockMatchGather*QCOM` instruction is used to read from an VkImageView as a result of this command, then the image view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_2_BLOCK_MATCHING_BIT_QCOM`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-OpImageBlockMatchWindow-09216
  If a `OpImageBlockMatchWindow*QCOM` or `OpImageBlockMatchGather*QCOM` instruction is used to read from an VkImageView as a result of this command, then the image view’s format must be a single-component format

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-OpImageBlockMatchWindow-09217
  If a `OpImageBlockMatchWindow*QCOM` or `OpImageBlockMatchGather*QCOM` read from a reference image as result of this command, then the specified reference coordinates must not fail integer texel coordinate validation

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-None-07288
  Any shader invocation executed by this command must terminate

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-None-09600
  If a descriptor with type equal to any of `VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_SAMPLE_WEIGHT_IMAGE_QCOM`, `VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_BLOCK_MATCH_IMAGE_QCOM`, `VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_SAMPLED_IMAGE`, `VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_IMAGE`, or `VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_INPUT_ATTACHMENT` is accessed as a result of this command, the image subresource identified by that descriptor must be in the image layout identified when the descriptor was written

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-buffer-02708
  If `buffer` is non-sparse then it must be bound completely and contiguously to a single `VkDeviceMemory` object

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-buffer-02709
  `buffer` must have been created with the `VK_BUFFER_USAGE_INDIRECT_BUFFER_BIT` bit set

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-offset-02710
  `offset` must be a multiple of `4`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-commandBuffer-02711
  `commandBuffer` must not be a protected command buffer

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-offset-00407
  The sum of `offset` and the size of `VkDispatchIndirectCommand` must be less than or equal to the size of `buffer`

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-commandBuffer-parameter
  `commandBuffer` must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-buffer-parameter
  `buffer` must be a valid VkBuffer handle

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-commandBuffer-recording
  `commandBuffer` must be in the recording state

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-commandBuffer-cmdpool
  The `VkCommandPool` that `commandBuffer` was allocated from must support compute operations

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-renderpass
  This command must only be called outside of a render pass instance

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-videocoding
  This command must only be called outside of a video coding scope

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchIndirect-commonparent
  Both of `buffer`, and `commandBuffer` must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from the same VkDevice

Host Synchronization

- Host access to `commandBuffer` must be externally synchronized

- Host access to the `VkCommandPool` that `commandBuffer` was allocated from must be externally synchronized

Command Properties

Command Buffer Levels | Render Pass Scope | Video Coding Scope | Supported Queue Types | Command Type
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Primary Secondary | Outside | Outside | Compute | Action

The `VkDispatchIndirectCommand` structure is defined as:

    // Provided by VK_VERSION_1_0
    typedef struct VkDispatchIndirectCommand {
        uint32_t    x;
        uint32_t    y;
        uint32_t    z;
    } VkDispatchIndirectCommand;

- `x` is the number of local workgroups to dispatch in the X dimension.

- `y` is the number of local workgroups to dispatch in the Y dimension.

- `z` is the number of local workgroups to dispatch in the Z dimension.

The members of `VkDispatchIndirectCommand` have the same meaning as the corresponding parameters of vkCmdDispatch.

Valid Usage

- VUID-VkDispatchIndirectCommand-x-00417
  `x` must be less than or equal to `VkPhysicalDeviceLimits`::`maxComputeWorkGroupCount`[0]

- VUID-VkDispatchIndirectCommand-y-00418
  `y` must be less than or equal to `VkPhysicalDeviceLimits`::`maxComputeWorkGroupCount`[1]

- VUID-VkDispatchIndirectCommand-z-00419
  `z` must be less than or equal to `VkPhysicalDeviceLimits`::`maxComputeWorkGroupCount`[2]

To record a dispatch using non-zero base values for the components of `WorkgroupId`, call:

    // Provided by VK_VERSION_1_1
    void vkCmdDispatchBase(
        VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
        uint32_t                                    baseGroupX,
        uint32_t                                    baseGroupY,
        uint32_t                                    baseGroupZ,
        uint32_t                                    groupCountX,
        uint32_t                                    groupCountY,
        uint32_t                                    groupCountZ);

or the equivalent command

    // Provided by VK_KHR_device_group
    void vkCmdDispatchBaseKHR(
        VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
        uint32_t                                    baseGroupX,
        uint32_t                                    baseGroupY,
        uint32_t                                    baseGroupZ,
        uint32_t                                    groupCountX,
        uint32_t                                    groupCountY,
        uint32_t                                    groupCountZ);

- `commandBuffer` is the command buffer into which the command will be recorded.

- `baseGroupX` is the start value for the X component of `WorkgroupId`.

- `baseGroupY` is the start value for the Y component of `WorkgroupId`.

- `baseGroupZ` is the start value for the Z component of `WorkgroupId`.

- `groupCountX` is the number of local workgroups to dispatch in the X dimension.

- `groupCountY` is the number of local workgroups to dispatch in the Y dimension.

- `groupCountZ` is the number of local workgroups to dispatch in the Z dimension.

When the command is executed, a global workgroup consisting of `groupCountX` × `groupCountY` × `groupCountZ` local workgroups is assembled, with `WorkgroupId` values ranging from [`baseGroup*`, `baseGroup*` + `groupCount*`) in each component. vkCmdDispatch is equivalent to `vkCmdDispatchBase(0,0,0,groupCountX,groupCountY,groupCountZ)`.

Valid Usage

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-magFilter-04553
  If a VkSampler created with `magFilter` or `minFilter` equal to `VK_FILTER_LINEAR`, `reductionMode` equal to `VK_SAMPLER_REDUCTION_MODE_WEIGHTED_AVERAGE`, and `compareEnable` equal to `VK_FALSE` is used to sample a VkImageView as a result of this command, then the image view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_FILTER_LINEAR_BIT`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-magFilter-09598
  If a VkSampler created with `magFilter` or `minFilter` equal to `VK_FILTER_LINEAR` and `reductionMode` equal to either `VK_SAMPLER_REDUCTION_MODE_MIN` or `VK_SAMPLER_REDUCTION_MODE_MAX` is used to sample a VkImageView as a result of this command, then the image view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_FILTER_MINMAX_BIT`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-mipmapMode-04770
  If a VkSampler created with `mipmapMode` equal to `VK_SAMPLER_MIPMAP_MODE_LINEAR`, `reductionMode` equal to `VK_SAMPLER_REDUCTION_MODE_WEIGHTED_AVERAGE`, and `compareEnable` equal to `VK_FALSE` is used to sample a VkImageView as a result of this command, then the image view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_FILTER_LINEAR_BIT`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-mipmapMode-09599
  If a VkSampler created with `mipmapMode` equal to `VK_SAMPLER_MIPMAP_MODE_LINEAR` and `reductionMode` equal to either `VK_SAMPLER_REDUCTION_MODE_MIN` or `VK_SAMPLER_REDUCTION_MODE_MAX` is used to sample a VkImageView as a result of this command, then the image view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_FILTER_MINMAX_BIT`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-unnormalizedCoordinates-09635
  If a VkSampler created with `unnormalizedCoordinates` equal to `VK_TRUE` is used to sample a VkImageView as a result of this command, then the image view’s `levelCount` and `layerCount` must be 1

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-None-08609
  If a VkSampler created with `unnormalizedCoordinates` equal to `VK_TRUE` is used to sample a VkImageView as a result of this command, then the image view’s `viewType` must be `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_1D` or `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_2D`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-None-08610
  If a VkSampler created with `unnormalizedCoordinates` equal to `VK_TRUE` is used to sample a VkImageView as a result of this command, then the sampler must not be used with any of the SPIR-V `OpImageSample*` or `OpImageSparseSample*` instructions with `ImplicitLod`, `Dref` or `Proj` in their name

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-None-08611
  If a VkSampler created with `unnormalizedCoordinates` equal to `VK_TRUE` is used to sample a VkImageView as a result of this command, then the sampler must not be used with any of the SPIR-V `OpImageSample*` or `OpImageSparseSample*` instructions that includes a LOD bias or any offset values

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-None-06479
  If a VkImageView is sampled with depth comparison, the image view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_2_SAMPLED_IMAGE_DEPTH_COMPARISON_BIT`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-None-02691
  If a VkImageView is accessed using atomic operations as a result of this command, then the image view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_IMAGE_ATOMIC_BIT`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-None-07888
  If a `VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER` descriptor is accessed using atomic operations as a result of this command, then the storage texel buffer’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER_ATOMIC_BIT`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-None-02692
  If a VkImageView is sampled with `VK_FILTER_CUBIC_EXT` as a result of this command, then the image view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_FILTER_CUBIC_BIT_EXT`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-None-02693
  If the VK_EXT_filter_cubic extension is not enabled and any VkImageView is sampled with `VK_FILTER_CUBIC_EXT` as a result of this command, it must not have a VkImageViewType of `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_3D`, `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_CUBE`, or `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_CUBE_ARRAY`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-filterCubic-02694
  Any VkImageView being sampled with `VK_FILTER_CUBIC_EXT` as a result of this command must have a VkImageViewType and format that supports cubic filtering, as specified by VkFilterCubicImageViewImageFormatPropertiesEXT::`filterCubic` returned by vkGetPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties2

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-filterCubicMinmax-02695
  Any VkImageView being sampled with `VK_FILTER_CUBIC_EXT` with a reduction mode of either `VK_SAMPLER_REDUCTION_MODE_MIN` or `VK_SAMPLER_REDUCTION_MODE_MAX` as a result of this command must have a VkImageViewType and format that supports cubic filtering together with minmax filtering, as specified by VkFilterCubicImageViewImageFormatPropertiesEXT::`filterCubicMinmax` returned by vkGetPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties2

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-cubicRangeClamp-09212
  If the `cubicRangeClamp` feature is not enabled, then any VkImageView being sampled with `VK_FILTER_CUBIC_EXT` as a result of this command must not have a VkSamplerReductionModeCreateInfo::`reductionMode` equal to `VK_SAMPLER_REDUCTION_MODE_WEIGHTED_AVERAGE_RANGECLAMP_QCOM`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-reductionMode-09213
  Any VkImageView being sampled with a VkSamplerReductionModeCreateInfo::`reductionMode` equal to `VK_SAMPLER_REDUCTION_MODE_WEIGHTED_AVERAGE_RANGECLAMP_QCOM` as a result of this command must sample with `VK_FILTER_CUBIC_EXT`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-selectableCubicWeights-09214
  If the `selectableCubicWeights` feature is not enabled, then any VkImageView being sampled with `VK_FILTER_CUBIC_EXT` as a result of this command must have VkSamplerCubicWeightsCreateInfoQCOM::`cubicWeights` equal to `VK_CUBIC_FILTER_WEIGHTS_CATMULL_ROM_QCOM`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-flags-02696
  Any VkImage created with a VkImageCreateInfo::`flags` containing `VK_IMAGE_CREATE_CORNER_SAMPLED_BIT_NV` sampled as a result of this command must only be sampled using a VkSamplerAddressMode of `VK_SAMPLER_ADDRESS_MODE_CLAMP_TO_EDGE`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-OpTypeImage-07027
  For any VkImageView being written as a storage image where the image format field of the `OpTypeImage` is `Unknown`, the view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_2_STORAGE_WRITE_WITHOUT_FORMAT_BIT`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-OpTypeImage-07028
  For any VkImageView being read as a storage image where the image format field of the `OpTypeImage` is `Unknown`, the view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_2_STORAGE_READ_WITHOUT_FORMAT_BIT`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-OpTypeImage-07029
  For any VkBufferView being written as a storage texel buffer where the image format field of the `OpTypeImage` is `Unknown`, the view’s buffer features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_2_STORAGE_WRITE_WITHOUT_FORMAT_BIT`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-OpTypeImage-07030
  Any VkBufferView being read as a storage texel buffer where the image format field of the `OpTypeImage` is `Unknown` then the view’s buffer features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_2_STORAGE_READ_WITHOUT_FORMAT_BIT`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-None-08600
  For each set n that is statically used by a bound shader, a descriptor set must have been bound to n at the same pipeline bind point, with a VkPipelineLayout that is compatible for set n, with the VkPipelineLayout used to create the current VkPipeline or the VkDescriptorSetLayout array used to create the current VkShaderEXT , as described in Pipeline Layout Compatibility

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-None-08601
  For each push constant that is statically used by a bound shader, a push constant value must have been set for the same pipeline bind point, with a VkPipelineLayout that is compatible for push constants, with the VkPipelineLayout used to create the current VkPipeline or the VkDescriptorSetLayout array used to create the current VkShaderEXT , as described in Pipeline Layout Compatibility

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-None-10068
  For each array of resources that is used by a bound shader, the indices used to access members of the array must be less than the descriptor count for the identified binding in the descriptor sets used by this command

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-maintenance4-08602
  If the `maintenance4` feature is not enabled, then for each push constant that is statically used by a bound shader, a push constant value must have been set for the same pipeline bind point, with a VkPipelineLayout that is compatible for push constants, with the VkPipelineLayout used to create the current VkPipeline or the VkDescriptorSetLayout and VkPushConstantRange arrays used to create the current VkShaderEXT , as described in Pipeline Layout Compatibility

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-None-08114
  Descriptors in each bound descriptor set, specified via vkCmdBindDescriptorSets, must be valid as described by descriptor validity if they are statically used by the VkPipeline bound to the pipeline bind point used by this command and the bound VkPipeline was not created with `VK_PIPELINE_CREATE_DESCRIPTOR_BUFFER_BIT_EXT`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-None-08115
  If the descriptors used by the VkPipeline bound to the pipeline bind point were specified via vkCmdBindDescriptorSets, the bound VkPipeline must have been created without `VK_PIPELINE_CREATE_DESCRIPTOR_BUFFER_BIT_EXT`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-None-08116
  Descriptors in bound descriptor buffers, specified via vkCmdSetDescriptorBufferOffsetsEXT, must be valid if they are dynamically used by the VkPipeline bound to the pipeline bind point used by this command and the bound VkPipeline was created with `VK_PIPELINE_CREATE_DESCRIPTOR_BUFFER_BIT_EXT`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-None-08604
  Descriptors in bound descriptor buffers, specified via vkCmdSetDescriptorBufferOffsetsEXT, must be valid if they are dynamically used by any VkShaderEXT bound to a stage corresponding to the pipeline bind point used by this command

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-None-08117
  If the descriptors used by the VkPipeline bound to the pipeline bind point were specified via vkCmdSetDescriptorBufferOffsetsEXT, the bound VkPipeline must have been created with `VK_PIPELINE_CREATE_DESCRIPTOR_BUFFER_BIT_EXT`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-None-08119
  If a descriptor is dynamically used with a VkPipeline created with `VK_PIPELINE_CREATE_DESCRIPTOR_BUFFER_BIT_EXT`, the descriptor memory must be resident

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-None-08605
  If a descriptor is dynamically used with a VkShaderEXT created with a `VkDescriptorSetLayout` that was created with `VK_DESCRIPTOR_SET_LAYOUT_CREATE_DESCRIPTOR_BUFFER_BIT_EXT`, the descriptor memory must be resident

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-None-08606
  If the `shaderObject` feature is not enabled, a valid pipeline must be bound to the pipeline bind point used by this command

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-None-08608
  If a pipeline is bound to the pipeline bind point used by this command, there must not have been any calls to dynamic state setting commands for any state specified statically in the VkPipeline object bound to the pipeline bind point used by this command, since that pipeline was bound

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-None-08607
  If the `shaderObject` feature is enabled, either a valid pipeline must be bound to the pipeline bind point used by this command, or a valid combination of valid and VK_NULL_HANDLE shader objects must be bound to every supported shader stage corresponding to the pipeline bind point used by this command

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-uniformBuffers-06935
  If any stage of the VkPipeline object bound to the pipeline bind point used by this command accesses a uniform buffer, and that stage was created without enabling either `VK_PIPELINE_ROBUSTNESS_BUFFER_BEHAVIOR_ROBUST_BUFFER_ACCESS` or `VK_PIPELINE_ROBUSTNESS_BUFFER_BEHAVIOR_ROBUST_BUFFER_ACCESS_2` for `uniformBuffers`, and the `robustBufferAccess` feature is not enabled, that stage must not access values outside of the range of the buffer as specified in the descriptor set bound to the same pipeline bind point

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-None-08612
  If the `robustBufferAccess` feature is not enabled, and any VkShaderEXT bound to a stage corresponding to the pipeline bind point used by this command accesses a uniform buffer, it must not access values outside of the range of the buffer as specified in the descriptor set bound to the same pipeline bind point

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-storageBuffers-06936
  If any stage of the VkPipeline object bound to the pipeline bind point used by this command accesses a storage buffer, and that stage was created without enabling either `VK_PIPELINE_ROBUSTNESS_BUFFER_BEHAVIOR_ROBUST_BUFFER_ACCESS` or `VK_PIPELINE_ROBUSTNESS_BUFFER_BEHAVIOR_ROBUST_BUFFER_ACCESS_2` for `storageBuffers`, and the `robustBufferAccess` feature is not enabled, that stage must not access values outside of the range of the buffer as specified in the descriptor set bound to the same pipeline bind point

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-None-08613
  If the `robustBufferAccess` feature is not enabled, and any VkShaderEXT bound to a stage corresponding to the pipeline bind point used by this command accesses a storage buffer, it must not access values outside of the range of the buffer as specified in the descriptor set bound to the same pipeline bind point

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-commandBuffer-02707
  If `commandBuffer` is an unprotected command buffer and `protectedNoFault` is not supported, any resource accessed by bound shaders must not be a protected resource

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-None-06550
  If a bound shader accesses a VkSampler or VkImageView object that enables sampler Y′CBCR conversion, that object must only be used with `OpImageSample*` or `OpImageSparseSample*` instructions

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-ConstOffset-06551
  If a bound shader accesses a VkSampler or VkImageView object that enables sampler Y′CBCR conversion, that object must not use the `ConstOffset` and `Offset` operands

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-viewType-07752
  If a VkImageView is accessed as a result of this command, then the image view’s `viewType` must match the `Dim` operand of the `OpTypeImage` as described in Compatibility Between SPIR-V Image Dimensions and Vulkan ImageView Types

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-format-07753
  If a VkImageView is accessed as a result of this command, then the numeric type of the image view’s `format` and the `Sampled` `Type` operand of the `OpTypeImage` must match

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-OpImageWrite-08795
  If a VkImageView created with a format other than `VK_FORMAT_A8_UNORM` is accessed using `OpImageWrite` as a result of this command, then the `Type` of the `Texel` operand of that instruction must have at least as many components as the image view’s format

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-OpImageWrite-08796
  If a VkImageView created with the format `VK_FORMAT_A8_UNORM` is accessed using `OpImageWrite` as a result of this command, then the `Type` of the `Texel` operand of that instruction must have four components

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-OpImageWrite-04469
  If a VkBufferView is accessed using `OpImageWrite` as a result of this command, then the `Type` of the `Texel` operand of that instruction must have at least as many components as the buffer view’s format

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-SampledType-04470
  If a VkImageView with a VkFormat that has a 64-bit component width is accessed as a result of this command, the `SampledType` of the `OpTypeImage` operand of that instruction must have a `Width` of 64

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-SampledType-04471
  If a VkImageView with a VkFormat that has a component width less than 64-bit is accessed as a result of this command, the `SampledType` of the `OpTypeImage` operand of that instruction must have a `Width` of 32

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-SampledType-04472
  If a VkBufferView with a VkFormat that has a 64-bit component width is accessed as a result of this command, the `SampledType` of the `OpTypeImage` operand of that instruction must have a `Width` of 64

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-SampledType-04473
  If a VkBufferView with a VkFormat that has a component width less than 64-bit is accessed as a result of this command, the `SampledType` of the `OpTypeImage` operand of that instruction must have a `Width` of 32

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-sparseImageInt64Atomics-04474
  If the `sparseImageInt64Atomics` feature is not enabled, VkImage objects created with the `VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_RESIDENCY_BIT` flag must not be accessed by atomic instructions through an `OpTypeImage` with a `SampledType` with a `Width` of 64 by this command

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-sparseImageInt64Atomics-04475
  If the `sparseImageInt64Atomics` feature is not enabled, VkBuffer objects created with the `VK_BUFFER_CREATE_SPARSE_RESIDENCY_BIT` flag must not be accessed by atomic instructions through an `OpTypeImage` with a `SampledType` with a `Width` of 64 by this command

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-OpImageWeightedSampleQCOM-06971
  If `OpImageWeightedSampleQCOM` is used to sample a VkImageView as a result of this command, then the image view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_2_WEIGHT_SAMPLED_IMAGE_BIT_QCOM`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-OpImageWeightedSampleQCOM-06972
  If `OpImageWeightedSampleQCOM` uses a VkImageView as a sample weight image as a result of this command, then the image view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_2_WEIGHT_IMAGE_BIT_QCOM`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-OpImageBoxFilterQCOM-06973
  If `OpImageBoxFilterQCOM` is used to sample a VkImageView as a result of this command, then the image view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_2_BOX_FILTER_SAMPLED_BIT_QCOM`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-OpImageBlockMatchSSDQCOM-06974
  If `OpImageBlockMatchSSDQCOM` is used to read from an VkImageView as a result of this command, then the image view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_2_BLOCK_MATCHING_BIT_QCOM`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-OpImageBlockMatchSADQCOM-06975
  If `OpImageBlockMatchSADQCOM` is used to read from an VkImageView as a result of this command, then the image view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_2_BLOCK_MATCHING_BIT_QCOM`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-OpImageBlockMatchSADQCOM-06976
  If `OpImageBlockMatchSADQCOM` or OpImageBlockMatchSSDQCOM is used to read from a reference image as result of this command, then the specified reference coordinates must not fail integer texel coordinate validation

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-OpImageWeightedSampleQCOM-06977
  If `OpImageWeightedSampleQCOM`, `OpImageBoxFilterQCOM`, `OpImageBlockMatchWindowSSDQCOM`, `OpImageBlockMatchWindowSADQCOM`, `OpImageBlockMatchGatherSSDQCOM`, `OpImageBlockMatchGatherSADQCOM`, `OpImageBlockMatchSSDQCOM`, or `OpImageBlockMatchSADQCOM` uses a VkSampler as a result of this command, then the sampler must have been created with `VK_SAMPLER_CREATE_IMAGE_PROCESSING_BIT_QCOM`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-OpImageWeightedSampleQCOM-06978
  If any command other than `OpImageWeightedSampleQCOM`, `OpImageBoxFilterQCOM`, `OpImageBlockMatchWindowSSDQCOM`, `OpImageBlockMatchWindowSADQCOM`, `OpImageBlockMatchGatherSSDQCOM`, `OpImageBlockMatchGatherSADQCOM`, `OpImageBlockMatchSSDQCOM`, or `OpImageBlockMatchSADQCOM` uses a VkSampler as a result of this command, then the sampler must not have been created with `VK_SAMPLER_CREATE_IMAGE_PROCESSING_BIT_QCOM`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-OpImageBlockMatchWindow-09215
  If a `OpImageBlockMatchWindow*QCOM` or `OpImageBlockMatchGather*QCOM` instruction is used to read from an VkImageView as a result of this command, then the image view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_2_BLOCK_MATCHING_BIT_QCOM`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-OpImageBlockMatchWindow-09216
  If a `OpImageBlockMatchWindow*QCOM` or `OpImageBlockMatchGather*QCOM` instruction is used to read from an VkImageView as a result of this command, then the image view’s format must be a single-component format

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-OpImageBlockMatchWindow-09217
  If a `OpImageBlockMatchWindow*QCOM` or `OpImageBlockMatchGather*QCOM` read from a reference image as result of this command, then the specified reference coordinates must not fail integer texel coordinate validation

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-None-07288
  Any shader invocation executed by this command must terminate

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-None-09600
  If a descriptor with type equal to any of `VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_SAMPLE_WEIGHT_IMAGE_QCOM`, `VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_BLOCK_MATCH_IMAGE_QCOM`, `VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_SAMPLED_IMAGE`, `VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_IMAGE`, or `VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_INPUT_ATTACHMENT` is accessed as a result of this command, the image subresource identified by that descriptor must be in the image layout identified when the descriptor was written

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-commandBuffer-02712
  If `commandBuffer` is a protected command buffer and `protectedNoFault` is not supported, any resource written to by the `VkPipeline` object bound to the pipeline bind point used by this command must not be an unprotected resource

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-commandBuffer-02713
  If `commandBuffer` is a protected command buffer and `protectedNoFault` is not supported, pipeline stages other than the framebuffer-space and compute stages in the `VkPipeline` object bound to the pipeline bind point used by this command must not write to any resource

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-commandBuffer-04617
  If any of the shader stages of the `VkPipeline` bound to the pipeline bind point used by this command uses the `RayQueryKHR` capability, then `commandBuffer` must not be a protected command buffer

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-baseGroupX-00421
  `baseGroupX` must be less than `VkPhysicalDeviceLimits`::`maxComputeWorkGroupCount`[0]

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-baseGroupX-00422
  `baseGroupY` must be less than `VkPhysicalDeviceLimits`::`maxComputeWorkGroupCount`[1]

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-baseGroupZ-00423
  `baseGroupZ` must be less than `VkPhysicalDeviceLimits`::`maxComputeWorkGroupCount`[2]

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-groupCountX-00424
  `groupCountX` must be less than or equal to `VkPhysicalDeviceLimits`::`maxComputeWorkGroupCount`[0] minus `baseGroupX`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-groupCountY-00425
  `groupCountY` must be less than or equal to `VkPhysicalDeviceLimits`::`maxComputeWorkGroupCount`[1] minus `baseGroupY`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-groupCountZ-00426
  `groupCountZ` must be less than or equal to `VkPhysicalDeviceLimits`::`maxComputeWorkGroupCount`[2] minus `baseGroupZ`

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-baseGroupX-00427
  If any of `baseGroupX`, `baseGroupY`, or `baseGroupZ` are not zero, then the bound compute pipeline must have been created with the `VK_PIPELINE_CREATE_DISPATCH_BASE` flag or the bound compute shader object must have been created with the `VK_SHADER_CREATE_DISPATCH_BASE_BIT_EXT` flag

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-commandBuffer-parameter
  `commandBuffer` must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-commandBuffer-recording
  `commandBuffer` must be in the recording state

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-commandBuffer-cmdpool
  The `VkCommandPool` that `commandBuffer` was allocated from must support compute operations

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-renderpass
  This command must only be called outside of a render pass instance

- VUID-vkCmdDispatchBase-videocoding
  This command must only be called outside of a video coding scope

Host Synchronization

- Host access to `commandBuffer` must be externally synchronized

- Host access to the `VkCommandPool` that `commandBuffer` was allocated from must be externally synchronized

Command Properties

Command Buffer Levels | Render Pass Scope | Video Coding Scope | Supported Queue Types | Command Type
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Primary Secondary | Outside | Outside | Compute | Action

A subpass shading dispatches a compute pipeline work with the work dimension of render area of the calling subpass and work groups are partitioned by specified work group size. Subpass operations like `subpassLoad` are allowed to be used.

To record a subpass shading, call:

    // Provided by VK_HUAWEI_subpass_shading
    void vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI(
        VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer);

- `commandBuffer` is the command buffer into which the command will be recorded.

When the command is executed, a global workgroup consisting of ceil (render area size / local workgroup size) local workgroups is assembled.

Valid Usage

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-magFilter-04553
  If a VkSampler created with `magFilter` or `minFilter` equal to `VK_FILTER_LINEAR`, `reductionMode` equal to `VK_SAMPLER_REDUCTION_MODE_WEIGHTED_AVERAGE`, and `compareEnable` equal to `VK_FALSE` is used to sample a VkImageView as a result of this command, then the image view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_FILTER_LINEAR_BIT`

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-magFilter-09598
  If a VkSampler created with `magFilter` or `minFilter` equal to `VK_FILTER_LINEAR` and `reductionMode` equal to either `VK_SAMPLER_REDUCTION_MODE_MIN` or `VK_SAMPLER_REDUCTION_MODE_MAX` is used to sample a VkImageView as a result of this command, then the image view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_FILTER_MINMAX_BIT`

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-mipmapMode-04770
  If a VkSampler created with `mipmapMode` equal to `VK_SAMPLER_MIPMAP_MODE_LINEAR`, `reductionMode` equal to `VK_SAMPLER_REDUCTION_MODE_WEIGHTED_AVERAGE`, and `compareEnable` equal to `VK_FALSE` is used to sample a VkImageView as a result of this command, then the image view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_FILTER_LINEAR_BIT`

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-mipmapMode-09599
  If a VkSampler created with `mipmapMode` equal to `VK_SAMPLER_MIPMAP_MODE_LINEAR` and `reductionMode` equal to either `VK_SAMPLER_REDUCTION_MODE_MIN` or `VK_SAMPLER_REDUCTION_MODE_MAX` is used to sample a VkImageView as a result of this command, then the image view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_FILTER_MINMAX_BIT`

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-unnormalizedCoordinates-09635
  If a VkSampler created with `unnormalizedCoordinates` equal to `VK_TRUE` is used to sample a VkImageView as a result of this command, then the image view’s `levelCount` and `layerCount` must be 1

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-None-08609
  If a VkSampler created with `unnormalizedCoordinates` equal to `VK_TRUE` is used to sample a VkImageView as a result of this command, then the image view’s `viewType` must be `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_1D` or `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_2D`

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-None-08610
  If a VkSampler created with `unnormalizedCoordinates` equal to `VK_TRUE` is used to sample a VkImageView as a result of this command, then the sampler must not be used with any of the SPIR-V `OpImageSample*` or `OpImageSparseSample*` instructions with `ImplicitLod`, `Dref` or `Proj` in their name

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-None-08611
  If a VkSampler created with `unnormalizedCoordinates` equal to `VK_TRUE` is used to sample a VkImageView as a result of this command, then the sampler must not be used with any of the SPIR-V `OpImageSample*` or `OpImageSparseSample*` instructions that includes a LOD bias or any offset values

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-None-06479
  If a VkImageView is sampled with depth comparison, the image view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_2_SAMPLED_IMAGE_DEPTH_COMPARISON_BIT`

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-None-02691
  If a VkImageView is accessed using atomic operations as a result of this command, then the image view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_IMAGE_ATOMIC_BIT`

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-None-07888
  If a `VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER` descriptor is accessed using atomic operations as a result of this command, then the storage texel buffer’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER_ATOMIC_BIT`

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-None-02692
  If a VkImageView is sampled with `VK_FILTER_CUBIC_EXT` as a result of this command, then the image view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_FILTER_CUBIC_BIT_EXT`

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-None-02693
  If the VK_EXT_filter_cubic extension is not enabled and any VkImageView is sampled with `VK_FILTER_CUBIC_EXT` as a result of this command, it must not have a VkImageViewType of `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_3D`, `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_CUBE`, or `VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_CUBE_ARRAY`

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-filterCubic-02694
  Any VkImageView being sampled with `VK_FILTER_CUBIC_EXT` as a result of this command must have a VkImageViewType and format that supports cubic filtering, as specified by VkFilterCubicImageViewImageFormatPropertiesEXT::`filterCubic` returned by vkGetPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties2

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-filterCubicMinmax-02695
  Any VkImageView being sampled with `VK_FILTER_CUBIC_EXT` with a reduction mode of either `VK_SAMPLER_REDUCTION_MODE_MIN` or `VK_SAMPLER_REDUCTION_MODE_MAX` as a result of this command must have a VkImageViewType and format that supports cubic filtering together with minmax filtering, as specified by VkFilterCubicImageViewImageFormatPropertiesEXT::`filterCubicMinmax` returned by vkGetPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties2

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-cubicRangeClamp-09212
  If the `cubicRangeClamp` feature is not enabled, then any VkImageView being sampled with `VK_FILTER_CUBIC_EXT` as a result of this command must not have a VkSamplerReductionModeCreateInfo::`reductionMode` equal to `VK_SAMPLER_REDUCTION_MODE_WEIGHTED_AVERAGE_RANGECLAMP_QCOM`

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-reductionMode-09213
  Any VkImageView being sampled with a VkSamplerReductionModeCreateInfo::`reductionMode` equal to `VK_SAMPLER_REDUCTION_MODE_WEIGHTED_AVERAGE_RANGECLAMP_QCOM` as a result of this command must sample with `VK_FILTER_CUBIC_EXT`

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-selectableCubicWeights-09214
  If the `selectableCubicWeights` feature is not enabled, then any VkImageView being sampled with `VK_FILTER_CUBIC_EXT` as a result of this command must have VkSamplerCubicWeightsCreateInfoQCOM::`cubicWeights` equal to `VK_CUBIC_FILTER_WEIGHTS_CATMULL_ROM_QCOM`

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-flags-02696
  Any VkImage created with a VkImageCreateInfo::`flags` containing `VK_IMAGE_CREATE_CORNER_SAMPLED_BIT_NV` sampled as a result of this command must only be sampled using a VkSamplerAddressMode of `VK_SAMPLER_ADDRESS_MODE_CLAMP_TO_EDGE`

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-OpTypeImage-07027
  For any VkImageView being written as a storage image where the image format field of the `OpTypeImage` is `Unknown`, the view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_2_STORAGE_WRITE_WITHOUT_FORMAT_BIT`

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-OpTypeImage-07028
  For any VkImageView being read as a storage image where the image format field of the `OpTypeImage` is `Unknown`, the view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_2_STORAGE_READ_WITHOUT_FORMAT_BIT`

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-OpTypeImage-07029
  For any VkBufferView being written as a storage texel buffer where the image format field of the `OpTypeImage` is `Unknown`, the view’s buffer features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_2_STORAGE_WRITE_WITHOUT_FORMAT_BIT`

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-OpTypeImage-07030
  Any VkBufferView being read as a storage texel buffer where the image format field of the `OpTypeImage` is `Unknown` then the view’s buffer features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_2_STORAGE_READ_WITHOUT_FORMAT_BIT`

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-None-08600
  For each set n that is statically used by a bound shader, a descriptor set must have been bound to n at the same pipeline bind point, with a VkPipelineLayout that is compatible for set n, with the VkPipelineLayout used to create the current VkPipeline or the VkDescriptorSetLayout array used to create the current VkShaderEXT , as described in Pipeline Layout Compatibility

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-None-08601
  For each push constant that is statically used by a bound shader, a push constant value must have been set for the same pipeline bind point, with a VkPipelineLayout that is compatible for push constants, with the VkPipelineLayout used to create the current VkPipeline or the VkDescriptorSetLayout array used to create the current VkShaderEXT , as described in Pipeline Layout Compatibility

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-None-10068
  For each array of resources that is used by a bound shader, the indices used to access members of the array must be less than the descriptor count for the identified binding in the descriptor sets used by this command

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-maintenance4-08602
  If the `maintenance4` feature is not enabled, then for each push constant that is statically used by a bound shader, a push constant value must have been set for the same pipeline bind point, with a VkPipelineLayout that is compatible for push constants, with the VkPipelineLayout used to create the current VkPipeline or the VkDescriptorSetLayout and VkPushConstantRange arrays used to create the current VkShaderEXT , as described in Pipeline Layout Compatibility

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-None-08114
  Descriptors in each bound descriptor set, specified via vkCmdBindDescriptorSets, must be valid as described by descriptor validity if they are statically used by the VkPipeline bound to the pipeline bind point used by this command and the bound VkPipeline was not created with `VK_PIPELINE_CREATE_DESCRIPTOR_BUFFER_BIT_EXT`

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-None-08115
  If the descriptors used by the VkPipeline bound to the pipeline bind point were specified via vkCmdBindDescriptorSets, the bound VkPipeline must have been created without `VK_PIPELINE_CREATE_DESCRIPTOR_BUFFER_BIT_EXT`

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-None-08116
  Descriptors in bound descriptor buffers, specified via vkCmdSetDescriptorBufferOffsetsEXT, must be valid if they are dynamically used by the VkPipeline bound to the pipeline bind point used by this command and the bound VkPipeline was created with `VK_PIPELINE_CREATE_DESCRIPTOR_BUFFER_BIT_EXT`

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-None-08604
  Descriptors in bound descriptor buffers, specified via vkCmdSetDescriptorBufferOffsetsEXT, must be valid if they are dynamically used by any VkShaderEXT bound to a stage corresponding to the pipeline bind point used by this command

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-None-08117
  If the descriptors used by the VkPipeline bound to the pipeline bind point were specified via vkCmdSetDescriptorBufferOffsetsEXT, the bound VkPipeline must have been created with `VK_PIPELINE_CREATE_DESCRIPTOR_BUFFER_BIT_EXT`

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-None-08119
  If a descriptor is dynamically used with a VkPipeline created with `VK_PIPELINE_CREATE_DESCRIPTOR_BUFFER_BIT_EXT`, the descriptor memory must be resident

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-None-08605
  If a descriptor is dynamically used with a VkShaderEXT created with a `VkDescriptorSetLayout` that was created with `VK_DESCRIPTOR_SET_LAYOUT_CREATE_DESCRIPTOR_BUFFER_BIT_EXT`, the descriptor memory must be resident

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-None-08606
  If the `shaderObject` feature is not enabled, a valid pipeline must be bound to the pipeline bind point used by this command

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-None-08608
  If a pipeline is bound to the pipeline bind point used by this command, there must not have been any calls to dynamic state setting commands for any state specified statically in the VkPipeline object bound to the pipeline bind point used by this command, since that pipeline was bound

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-None-08607
  If the `shaderObject` feature is enabled, either a valid pipeline must be bound to the pipeline bind point used by this command, or a valid combination of valid and VK_NULL_HANDLE shader objects must be bound to every supported shader stage corresponding to the pipeline bind point used by this command

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-uniformBuffers-06935
  If any stage of the VkPipeline object bound to the pipeline bind point used by this command accesses a uniform buffer, and that stage was created without enabling either `VK_PIPELINE_ROBUSTNESS_BUFFER_BEHAVIOR_ROBUST_BUFFER_ACCESS` or `VK_PIPELINE_ROBUSTNESS_BUFFER_BEHAVIOR_ROBUST_BUFFER_ACCESS_2` for `uniformBuffers`, and the `robustBufferAccess` feature is not enabled, that stage must not access values outside of the range of the buffer as specified in the descriptor set bound to the same pipeline bind point

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-None-08612
  If the `robustBufferAccess` feature is not enabled, and any VkShaderEXT bound to a stage corresponding to the pipeline bind point used by this command accesses a uniform buffer, it must not access values outside of the range of the buffer as specified in the descriptor set bound to the same pipeline bind point

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-storageBuffers-06936
  If any stage of the VkPipeline object bound to the pipeline bind point used by this command accesses a storage buffer, and that stage was created without enabling either `VK_PIPELINE_ROBUSTNESS_BUFFER_BEHAVIOR_ROBUST_BUFFER_ACCESS` or `VK_PIPELINE_ROBUSTNESS_BUFFER_BEHAVIOR_ROBUST_BUFFER_ACCESS_2` for `storageBuffers`, and the `robustBufferAccess` feature is not enabled, that stage must not access values outside of the range of the buffer as specified in the descriptor set bound to the same pipeline bind point

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-None-08613
  If the `robustBufferAccess` feature is not enabled, and any VkShaderEXT bound to a stage corresponding to the pipeline bind point used by this command accesses a storage buffer, it must not access values outside of the range of the buffer as specified in the descriptor set bound to the same pipeline bind point

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-commandBuffer-02707
  If `commandBuffer` is an unprotected command buffer and `protectedNoFault` is not supported, any resource accessed by bound shaders must not be a protected resource

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-None-06550
  If a bound shader accesses a VkSampler or VkImageView object that enables sampler Y′CBCR conversion, that object must only be used with `OpImageSample*` or `OpImageSparseSample*` instructions

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-ConstOffset-06551
  If a bound shader accesses a VkSampler or VkImageView object that enables sampler Y′CBCR conversion, that object must not use the `ConstOffset` and `Offset` operands

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-viewType-07752
  If a VkImageView is accessed as a result of this command, then the image view’s `viewType` must match the `Dim` operand of the `OpTypeImage` as described in Compatibility Between SPIR-V Image Dimensions and Vulkan ImageView Types

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-format-07753
  If a VkImageView is accessed as a result of this command, then the numeric type of the image view’s `format` and the `Sampled` `Type` operand of the `OpTypeImage` must match

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-OpImageWrite-08795
  If a VkImageView created with a format other than `VK_FORMAT_A8_UNORM` is accessed using `OpImageWrite` as a result of this command, then the `Type` of the `Texel` operand of that instruction must have at least as many components as the image view’s format

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-OpImageWrite-08796
  If a VkImageView created with the format `VK_FORMAT_A8_UNORM` is accessed using `OpImageWrite` as a result of this command, then the `Type` of the `Texel` operand of that instruction must have four components

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-OpImageWrite-04469
  If a VkBufferView is accessed using `OpImageWrite` as a result of this command, then the `Type` of the `Texel` operand of that instruction must have at least as many components as the buffer view’s format

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-SampledType-04470
  If a VkImageView with a VkFormat that has a 64-bit component width is accessed as a result of this command, the `SampledType` of the `OpTypeImage` operand of that instruction must have a `Width` of 64

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-SampledType-04471
  If a VkImageView with a VkFormat that has a component width less than 64-bit is accessed as a result of this command, the `SampledType` of the `OpTypeImage` operand of that instruction must have a `Width` of 32

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-SampledType-04472
  If a VkBufferView with a VkFormat that has a 64-bit component width is accessed as a result of this command, the `SampledType` of the `OpTypeImage` operand of that instruction must have a `Width` of 64

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-SampledType-04473
  If a VkBufferView with a VkFormat that has a component width less than 64-bit is accessed as a result of this command, the `SampledType` of the `OpTypeImage` operand of that instruction must have a `Width` of 32

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-sparseImageInt64Atomics-04474
  If the `sparseImageInt64Atomics` feature is not enabled, VkImage objects created with the `VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_RESIDENCY_BIT` flag must not be accessed by atomic instructions through an `OpTypeImage` with a `SampledType` with a `Width` of 64 by this command

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-sparseImageInt64Atomics-04475
  If the `sparseImageInt64Atomics` feature is not enabled, VkBuffer objects created with the `VK_BUFFER_CREATE_SPARSE_RESIDENCY_BIT` flag must not be accessed by atomic instructions through an `OpTypeImage` with a `SampledType` with a `Width` of 64 by this command

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-OpImageWeightedSampleQCOM-06971
  If `OpImageWeightedSampleQCOM` is used to sample a VkImageView as a result of this command, then the image view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_2_WEIGHT_SAMPLED_IMAGE_BIT_QCOM`

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-OpImageWeightedSampleQCOM-06972
  If `OpImageWeightedSampleQCOM` uses a VkImageView as a sample weight image as a result of this command, then the image view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_2_WEIGHT_IMAGE_BIT_QCOM`

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-OpImageBoxFilterQCOM-06973
  If `OpImageBoxFilterQCOM` is used to sample a VkImageView as a result of this command, then the image view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_2_BOX_FILTER_SAMPLED_BIT_QCOM`

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-OpImageBlockMatchSSDQCOM-06974
  If `OpImageBlockMatchSSDQCOM` is used to read from an VkImageView as a result of this command, then the image view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_2_BLOCK_MATCHING_BIT_QCOM`

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-OpImageBlockMatchSADQCOM-06975
  If `OpImageBlockMatchSADQCOM` is used to read from an VkImageView as a result of this command, then the image view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_2_BLOCK_MATCHING_BIT_QCOM`

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-OpImageBlockMatchSADQCOM-06976
  If `OpImageBlockMatchSADQCOM` or OpImageBlockMatchSSDQCOM is used to read from a reference image as result of this command, then the specified reference coordinates must not fail integer texel coordinate validation

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-OpImageWeightedSampleQCOM-06977
  If `OpImageWeightedSampleQCOM`, `OpImageBoxFilterQCOM`, `OpImageBlockMatchWindowSSDQCOM`, `OpImageBlockMatchWindowSADQCOM`, `OpImageBlockMatchGatherSSDQCOM`, `OpImageBlockMatchGatherSADQCOM`, `OpImageBlockMatchSSDQCOM`, or `OpImageBlockMatchSADQCOM` uses a VkSampler as a result of this command, then the sampler must have been created with `VK_SAMPLER_CREATE_IMAGE_PROCESSING_BIT_QCOM`

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-OpImageWeightedSampleQCOM-06978
  If any command other than `OpImageWeightedSampleQCOM`, `OpImageBoxFilterQCOM`, `OpImageBlockMatchWindowSSDQCOM`, `OpImageBlockMatchWindowSADQCOM`, `OpImageBlockMatchGatherSSDQCOM`, `OpImageBlockMatchGatherSADQCOM`, `OpImageBlockMatchSSDQCOM`, or `OpImageBlockMatchSADQCOM` uses a VkSampler as a result of this command, then the sampler must not have been created with `VK_SAMPLER_CREATE_IMAGE_PROCESSING_BIT_QCOM`

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-OpImageBlockMatchWindow-09215
  If a `OpImageBlockMatchWindow*QCOM` or `OpImageBlockMatchGather*QCOM` instruction is used to read from an VkImageView as a result of this command, then the image view’s format features must contain `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_2_BLOCK_MATCHING_BIT_QCOM`

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-OpImageBlockMatchWindow-09216
  If a `OpImageBlockMatchWindow*QCOM` or `OpImageBlockMatchGather*QCOM` instruction is used to read from an VkImageView as a result of this command, then the image view’s format must be a single-component format

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-OpImageBlockMatchWindow-09217
  If a `OpImageBlockMatchWindow*QCOM` or `OpImageBlockMatchGather*QCOM` read from a reference image as result of this command, then the specified reference coordinates must not fail integer texel coordinate validation

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-None-07288
  Any shader invocation executed by this command must terminate

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-None-09600
  If a descriptor with type equal to any of `VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_SAMPLE_WEIGHT_IMAGE_QCOM`, `VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_BLOCK_MATCH_IMAGE_QCOM`, `VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_SAMPLED_IMAGE`, `VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_IMAGE`, or `VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_INPUT_ATTACHMENT` is accessed as a result of this command, the image subresource identified by that descriptor must be in the image layout identified when the descriptor was written

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-None-04931
  This command must be called in a subpass with bind point `VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_SUBPASS_SHADING_HUAWEI`. No draw commands can be called in the same subpass. Only one vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI command can be called in a subpass

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-commandBuffer-parameter
  `commandBuffer` must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-commandBuffer-recording
  `commandBuffer` must be in the recording state

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-commandBuffer-cmdpool
  The `VkCommandPool` that `commandBuffer` was allocated from must support graphics operations

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-renderpass
  This command must only be called inside of a render pass instance

- VUID-vkCmdSubpassShadingHUAWEI-videocoding
  This command must only be called outside of a video coding scope

Host Synchronization

- Host access to `commandBuffer` must be externally synchronized

- Host access to the `VkCommandPool` that `commandBuffer` was allocated from must be externally synchronized

Command Properties

Command Buffer Levels | Render Pass Scope | Video Coding Scope | Supported Queue Types | Command Type
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Primary Secondary | Inside | Outside | Graphics | Action

### 31.1. Dispatch Command for CUDA PTX Kernels

Compute kernels can be provided in SPIR-V or PTX code. When using PTX kernels the dispatch mechanism is different than with regular compute pipelines.

The way to create a PTX assembly file is beyond the scope of this documentation. For mode information, please refer to the CUDA toolkit documentation at https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/.

Prior to using this command, you must initialize a CUDA module, and create a function handle that will serve as the entry point of the kernel to dispatch. See CUDA Modules.

The dispatching of a CUDA kernel is recorded into a command buffer, and when executed by a queue submit, will produce work which executes according to the bound compute pipeline.

To record a CUDA kernel launch, call:

    // Provided by VK_NV_cuda_kernel_launch
    void vkCmdCudaLaunchKernelNV(
        VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
        const VkCudaLaunchInfoNV*                   pLaunchInfo);

- `commandBuffer` is the command buffer into which the command will be recorded.

- `pLaunchInfo` is a pointer to a VkCudaLaunchInfoNV structure in which the grid (similar to workgroup) dimension, function handle and related arguments are defined.

When the command is executed, a global workgroup consisting of `gridDimX` × `gridDimY` × `gridDimZ` local workgroups is assembled.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- VUID-vkCmdCudaLaunchKernelNV-commandBuffer-parameter
  `commandBuffer` must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle

- VUID-vkCmdCudaLaunchKernelNV-pLaunchInfo-parameter
  `pLaunchInfo` must be a valid pointer to a valid VkCudaLaunchInfoNV structure

- VUID-vkCmdCudaLaunchKernelNV-commandBuffer-recording
  `commandBuffer` must be in the recording state

- VUID-vkCmdCudaLaunchKernelNV-commandBuffer-cmdpool
  The `VkCommandPool` that `commandBuffer` was allocated from must support graphics, or compute operations

- VUID-vkCmdCudaLaunchKernelNV-videocoding
  This command must only be called outside of a video coding scope

Host Synchronization

- Host access to the `VkCommandPool` that `commandBuffer` was allocated from must be externally synchronized

Command Properties

Command Buffer Levels | Render Pass Scope | Video Coding Scope | Supported Queue Types | Command Type
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Primary Secondary | Both | Outside | Graphics Compute | Action

#### 31.1.1. Passing Dispatch Parameters and Arguments

The `VkCudaLaunchInfoNV` structure is very close to the parameters of the CUDA-Driver function cuLaunchKernel documented in section 6.19 Execution Control of CUDA Driver API.

The structure is defined as:

    // Provided by VK_NV_cuda_kernel_launch
    typedef struct VkCudaLaunchInfoNV {
        VkStructureType        sType;
        const void*            pNext;
        VkCudaFunctionNV       function;
        uint32_t               gridDimX;
        uint32_t               gridDimY;
        uint32_t               gridDimZ;
        uint32_t               blockDimX;
        uint32_t               blockDimY;
        uint32_t               blockDimZ;
        uint32_t               sharedMemBytes;
        size_t                 paramCount;
        const void* const *    pParams;
        size_t                 extraCount;
        const void* const *    pExtras;
    } VkCudaLaunchInfoNV;

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

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

- `function` is the CUDA-Driver handle to the function being launched.

- `gridDimX` is the number of local workgroups to dispatch in the X dimension. It must be less than or equal to `VkPhysicalDeviceLimits`::`maxComputeWorkGroupCount`[0]

- `gridDimY` is the number of local workgroups to dispatch in the Y dimension. It must be less than or equal to `VkPhysicalDeviceLimits`::`maxComputeWorkGroupCount`[1]

- `gridDimZ` is the number of local workgroups to dispatch in the Z dimension. It must be less than or equal to `VkPhysicalDeviceLimits`::`maxComputeWorkGroupCount`[2]

- `blockDimX` is block size in the X dimension.

- `blockDimY` is block size in the Y dimension.

- `blockDimZ` is block size in the Z dimension.

- `sharedMemBytes` is the dynamic shared-memory size per thread block in bytes.

- `paramCount` is the length of the `pParams` table.

- `pParams` is a pointer to an array of `paramCount` pointers, corresponding to the arguments of `function`.

- `extraCount` is reserved for future use.

- `pExtras` is reserved for future use.

Kernel parameters of `function` are specified via `pParams`, very much the same way as described in cuLaunchKernel

If `function` has N parameters, then `pParams` must be an array of N pointers and `paramCount` must be N. Each of `kernelParams`[0] through `kernelParams`[N-1] must point to a region of memory from which the actual kernel parameter will be copied. The number of kernel parameters and their offsets and sizes are not specified here as that information is stored in the VkCudaFunctionNV object.

The application-owned memory pointed to by `pParams` and `kernelParams`[0] through `kernelParams`[N-1] are consumed immediately, and may be altered or freed after vkCmdCudaLaunchKernelNV has returned.

Valid Usage

- VUID-VkCudaLaunchInfoNV-gridDimX-09406
  `gridDimX` must be less than or equal to `VkPhysicalDeviceLimits`::`maxComputeWorkGroupCount`[0]

- VUID-VkCudaLaunchInfoNV-gridDimY-09407
  `gridDimY` must be less than or equal to `VkPhysicalDeviceLimits`::`maxComputeWorkGroupCount`[1]

- VUID-VkCudaLaunchInfoNV-gridDimZ-09408
  `gridDimZ` must be less than or equal to `VkPhysicalDeviceLimits`::`maxComputeWorkGroupCount`[2]

- VUID-VkCudaLaunchInfoNV-paramCount-09409
  `paramCount` must be the total amount of parameters listed in the `pParams` table

- VUID-VkCudaLaunchInfoNV-pParams-09410
  `pParams` must be a pointer to a table of `paramCount` parameters, corresponding to the arguments of `function`

- VUID-VkCudaLaunchInfoNV-extraCount-09411
  `extraCount` must be 0

- VUID-VkCudaLaunchInfoNV-pExtras-09412
  `pExtras` must be NULL

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- VUID-VkCudaLaunchInfoNV-sType-sType
  `sType` must be `VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_CUDA_LAUNCH_INFO_NV`

- VUID-VkCudaLaunchInfoNV-pNext-pNext
  `pNext` must be `NULL`

- VUID-VkCudaLaunchInfoNV-function-parameter
  `function` must be a valid VkCudaFunctionNV handle

#### 31.1.2. Resource Sharing from Vulkan to the CUDA Kernel

Given that one key limitation of this extension is that Vulkan cannot access, nor bind any global resource of CUDA modules, the only way to exchange data with the kernel must be to pass resources via the arguments of the function.

You can use VK_KHR_buffer_device_address to write/read to/from a VkBuffer object. VK_KHR_buffer_device_address allows you to get the device address of the buffer to pass it as an argument into `pParams`. Application-side pointer arithmetic on the device address is legal, but will not be bounds-checked on the device.

The corresponding argument of the CUDA function should be declared as a pointer of the same type as the referenced buffer. CUDA code may simply read or write to this buffer in the typical C way.

You may also use VK_NVX_image_view_handle as another convenient way to read/write from/to a VkImage.

The corresponding argument of the CUDA function must be typed as `cudaSurfaceObject_t`.

- You may read from it by using CUDA surface-read functions such as `surf3Dread`, `surf2Dread`, and `surf1Dread`

- You may write to it by using CUDA surface-write functions such as `surf3Dwrite`, `surf2Dwrite`, and `surf1Dwrite`

Please refer to CUDA surface object documentation for more details

On Vulkan side, here is an example on how to setup VkImageViewHandleInfoNVX to query the handle for `cudaSurfaceObject_t`:

    VkImageViewHandleInfoNVX imageViewHandleInfo = {VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_IMAGE_VIEW_HANDLE_INFO_NVX};
    imageViewHandleInfo.sampler = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
    imageViewHandleInfo.descriptorType = VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_IMAGE;
    imageViewHandleInfo.imageView = imageViewIn; // the VkImageView we want to access
    uint32_t myViewHandleIn = vkGetImageViewHandleNVX(m_device, &imageViewHandleInfo);
    imageViewHandleInfo.imageView = imageViewOut; // the VkImageView we want to access
    uint32_t myViewHandleOut = vkGetImageViewHandleNVX(m_device, &imageViewHandleInfo);

Here is an example of how to declare parameters for `pParams`

    VkCudaLaunchInfoNV launchInfo = { VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_CUDA_LAUNCH_INFO_NV };

    int block_size = 8;
    float dt = 1.0f / 60.0f;

    const void* params[] =
    {
      &dt,
      &uint32_t myViewHandleIn,
      &uint32_t myViewHandleOut
    };

    launchInfo.function = cudaFunction; // CUDA function previously created
    launchInfo.gridDimX = (volumeTexDimensionNonBoundary / block_size);
    launchInfo.gridDimY = (volumeTexDimensionNonBoundary / block_size);
    launchInfo.gridDimZ = (volumeTexDimensionNonBoundary / block_size);
    launchInfo.blockDimX = block_size;
    launchInfo.blockDimY = block_size;
    launchInfo.blockDimZ = block_size;
    launchInfo.sharedMemBytes = 0;
    launchInfo.paramCount = 3;
    launchInfo.pParams = &params[0];
    launchInfo.extraCount = 0;
    launchInfo.pExtras = nullptr;

    vkCmdCudaLaunchKernelNV(commandBuffer, &launchInfo);

In the CUDA kernel source code, here is an example on how arguments match `pParams` and how we can use Surface object:

    extern "C"  __global__ void cudaFunction(
      float dt,
      cudaSurfaceObject_t volumeTexIn,
      cudaSurfaceObject_t volumeTexOut
      )
    {
      int i = 1 + blockIdx.x * blockDim.x + threadIdx.x;
      int j = 1 + blockIdx.y * blockDim.y + threadIdx.y;
      int k = 1 + blockIdx.z * blockDim.z + threadIdx.z;

      float val;
      surf3Dread(&val, volumeTexIn, i * sizeof(float), j, k);
      ...
      float result = ...;
      // write result
      surf3Dwrite(result, volumeTexOut, i * sizeof(float), j, k);
    }