slang.git/tools/render-test/shader-input-layout.cpp, branch master

Rewriting the lower-buffer-element-type pass to avoid unnecessary packing/unpacking. (#8526)

2025-09-30T00:45:08+00:00

Part of the effort to improve the performance of generated SPIRV code. The existing lower-buffer-element-type pass works by loading the entire buffer element content from memory, and translate it to logical type stored in a local variable at the earliest reference of a buffer handle. This means that is can generate inefficient code that reads more than necessary. Consider this example: ``` struct BigStruct { bool values[1024]; } ConstantBuffer cb; void test(BigStruct v) { if (v.values[0]) { printf("ok"); } } [numthreads(1,1,1)] void computeMain() { test(cb); } ``` In IR, the `computeMain` function before lower-buffer-element-type pass is something like following: ``` func test: %v = param : BigStruct %barr = fieldExtract(%v, "values") %element = elementExtract(%barr, 0) ... // uses %element func computeMain: %v = load(cb) call %test %v ``` The existing lower-buffer-element-type pass will rewrite the bool array in `BigStruct` into `int` array so it is legal in SPIRV. However, it does so by inserting the translation on the first `load` of the constant buffer: ``` struct BigStruct_std430 { int values[1024]; } var cb : ConstantBuffer; func computeMain: %tmpVar : var call %unpackStorage(%tmpVar, cb) %v : BigStruct = load %tmpVar call %test %v ``` This means that the entire array will be loaded and translated to int, before calling `test`, which only uses one element. It turns out that the downstream compiler isn't always able to optimize out this inefficient translation/copy. This PR completely rewrites the way buffer-element-type lowering is handled to avoid producing this inefficient code. It works in two parts: first we turn on the `transformParamsToConstRef` pass for SPIRV target as well, so we will translate the `test` function to take the `v` parameter as `constref`. The second part is a redesigned buffer-element-type pass that defers the storage-type to logical-type translation until a value is actually used by a `load` instruction. In this example, after `transformParamsToConstRef`, the IR is: ``` func test: %v = param : ConstRef %barr = fieldAddr(%v, "values") %elementPtr = elementAddr(%barr, 0) %element = load(%elementPtr) ... // uses %element func computeMain: call %test %cb ``` The new `buffer-element-type-lowering` pass will take this IR, and insert translation at latest possible time across the entire call graph, and translate the IR into: ``` func test: %v = param : ConstRef %barr = fieldAddr(%v, "values") %elementPtr : ptr = elementAddr(%barr, 0) %element_int = load(%elementPtr) %element = cast(%element_int) : %bool ... // uses %element func computeMain: call %test %cb ``` In this new IR, there is no longer a load and conversion of the entire array. See new comment in `slang-ir-lower-buffer-element-type.cpp` for more details of how the pass works. This PR also address many other issues surfaced by turning on `transformParamsToConstRef` pass on SPIRV backend. --------- Co-authored-by: slangbot <186143334+slangbot@users.noreply.github.com>

Fix additional VVL violations (#7377)

2025-06-18T17:38:31+00:00

* fix: add sampleCount and mipMaps to st2DMS_f32v4 Fix VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-samples-02257: The Vulkan spec states: If an OpTypeImage has an MS operand 1, its bound image must not have been created with VkImageCreateInfo::samples as VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT * Fix VUID-VkShaderModuleCreateInfo-pCode-08740 Rename VK_KHR_COMPUTE_SHADER_DERIVATIVES_EXTENSION_NAME to VK_NV_COMPUTE_SHADER_DERIVATIVES_EXTENSION_NAME * fix: add sampleCount and mipMaps to st2DMS_f32v4 Fix VUID-VkImageCreateInfo-samples-02257: The Vulkan spec states: If an OpTypeImage has an MS operand 1, its bound image must not have been created with VkImageCreateInfo::samples as VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT * Fix VUID-VkShaderModuleCreateInfo-pCode-08740 Rename VK_KHR_COMPUTE_SHADER_DERIVATIVES_EXTENSION_NAME to VK_NV_COMPUTE_SHADER_DERIVATIVES_EXTENSION_NAME * Fix VUID-vkCmdDispatch-None-06479 Use correct format for combined depth texture. * Fix VUID-vkCmdDispatch-format-07753 by setting format Parse filtering mode for sampler because the RGBA8* formats do not support linear filtering * Create MS texture type for sample count > 1 * Use different texture formats for depth compare and gather ops * Use clearTexture for init the data for MS textures

update slang-rhi (#6587)

2025-04-24T08:23:06+00:00

* update slang-rhi submodule * slang-rhi API changes * disable agility sdk * fix texture creation * update formats in tests * Extent3D rename * use 1 mip level for 1D textures for Metal * fix texture upload * update to latest slang-rhi * update slang-rhi * format code * update slang-rhi * do not run texture-intrinsics test on metal * update slang-rhi * deal with failing tests * fix more tests * update slang-rhi --------- Co-authored-by: slangbot <186143334+slangbot@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Simon Kallweit

Move switch statement bodies to their own lines (#5493)

2024-11-05T17:47:26+00:00

* Move switch statement bodies to their own lines * format --------- Co-authored-by: Yong He

format

2024-10-29T06:49:26+00:00

* format * Minor test fixes * enable checking cpp format in ci

preparation for clang format (#5422)

2024-10-29T05:59:28+00:00

* Clang-format excludes * Add .clang-format * Don't clang-format in external * Missing includes and forward declarations * Replace wonky include-once macro name * neaten include naming * Add clang-format to formatting script * Add xargs and diff to required binaries * add clang-format to ci formatting check * Add max version check to formatting script * temporarily disable checking formatting for cpp files

update slang-rhi (#5258)

2024-10-17T21:59:10+00:00

* update slang-rhi * update render-test to use new slang-rhi apis --------- Co-authored-by: Yong He

refactor render test to use latest slang-rhi (#5119)

2024-09-19T15:16:48+00:00

* refactor render test to use latest slang-rhi * update slang-rhi * update slang-rhi * update slang-rhi * update slang-rhi

Draft: integrate slang-rhi (#4970)

2024-08-30T16:50:19+00:00

* add slang-rhi submodule * refactor render-test to use slang-rhi and remove OpenGL support * remove -vk -glsl tests * remove gl test * disable failing test * allow recursive submodules in github actions * update slang-rhi * update slang-rhi --------- Co-authored-by: Yong He

Allow generic type deduction from ParameterBlock arguments. (#4766)

2024-08-01T00:35:08+00:00

* Allow generic type deduction from ParameterBlock arguments. * Fix test. * Update expected failure list. --------- Co-authored-by: Yong He