What is the syntax for 'pixel_interlock_ordered' in GLSL? - opengl

I'm trying out the ARB_fragment_shader_interlock extension in OpenGL 4.5 and am failing to get the shader to compile when trying to use pixel_interlock_ordered.
#version 430
#extension GL_ARB_shading_language_420pack : require
#extension GL_ARB_shader_image_load_store : require
#extension GL_ARB_fragment_shader_interlock : require
layout(location = 0, rg8, pixel_interlock_ordered) uniform image2D image1;
void main()
{
beginInvocationInterlockARB();
ivec2 coords = ivec2(gl_FragCoord.xy);
vec4 pixel = imageLoad(image1, coords);
pixel.g = pixel.g + 0.01;
if (pixel.g > 0.5)
pixel.r = pixel.r + 0.01;
else
pixel.r = pixel.r + 0.02;
imageStore(image1, coords, pixel);
endInvocationInterlockARB();
}
The following shader fails compilation with:
0(6) : error C7600: no value specified for layout qualifier 'pixel_interlock_ordered'
Which is the same error you would get for any random name instead of pixel_interlock_ordered. I guess the syntax is different somehow, but the spec (https://www.khronos.org/registry/OpenGL/extensions/ARB/ARB_fragment_shader_interlock.txt) refer to it as a "layout qualifier".
Googling "pixel_interlock_ordered" comes up short with just links to the official specs, so I can't find an example. What is the correct syntax?

Layout qualifiers in GLSL are a bit weird. They usually apply to declarations, but some of them effectively apply to the shader as a whole. Such qualifiers are basically shader-specific options you set from within the shader.
The interlock qualifiers are those kinds of qualifiers. You're not saying that this variable will be accessed via interlocking, because that's not what interlocking means. It means that the execution of the interlock-bound code will have a certain property, relative to executing interlock-bound code on other invocations of the same shader. The qualifier specifies the details of the execution restriction.
Qualifiers that apply to the shader as a whole are grammatically specified as qualifiers on in or out (most such qualifiers use in, but a few use out):
layout(pixel_interlock_ordered) in;

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when do i need GL_EXT_nonuniform_qualifier?

I want to compile the following code into SPIR-V
#version 450 core
#define BATCH_ID (PushConstants.Indices.x >> 16)
#define MATERIAL_ID (PushConstants.Indices.x & 0xFFFF)
layout (push_constant) uniform constants {
ivec2 Indices;
} PushConstants;
layout (constant_id = 1) const int MATERIAL_SIZE = 32;
in Vertex_Fragment {
layout(location = 0) vec4 VertexColor;
layout(location = 1) vec2 TexCoord;
} inData;
struct ParameterFrequence_3 {
int ColorMap;
};
layout (set = 3, binding = 0, std140) uniform ParameterFrequence_3 {
ParameterFrequence_3[MATERIAL_SIZE] data;
} Frequence_3;
layout (location = 0) out vec4 out_Color;
layout (set = 2, binding = 0) uniform sampler2D[] Sampler2DResources;
void main(void) {
vec4 color = vec4(1.0);
color *= texture(Sampler2DResources[Frequence_3.data[MATERIAL_ID].ColorMap], inData.TexCoord);
color *= inData.VertexColor;
out_Color = color;
}
(The code is generated by a program I am developing which is why the code might look a little strange, but it should make the problem clear)
When trying to do so, I am told
error: 'variable index' : required extension not requested: GL_EXT_nonuniform_qualifier
(for the third last line where the texture lookup also happens)
After I followed a lot of discussion around how dynamically uniform is specified and that the shading language spec basically says the scope is specified by the API while neither OpenGL nor Vulkan really do so (maybe that changed), I am confused why i get that error.
Initially I wanted to use instanced vertex attributes for the indices, those however are not dynamically uniform which is what I thought the PushConstants would be.
So when PushConstants are constant during the draw call (which is the max scope for dynamically uniform requirement), how can the above shader end up in any dynamically non-uniform state?
Edit: Does it have to do with the fact that the buffer backing the storage for the "ColorMap" could be aliased by another buffer via which the content might be modified during the invocation? Or is there a way to tell the compiler this is a "restricted" storage so it knows it is constant?
Thanks
It is 3 am in the morning over here, I should just go to sleep.
Chances anyone end up having the same problem are small, but I'd still rather answer it myself than delete it:
I simply had to add a SpecializationConstant to set the size of the sampler2D array, now it works without requiring any extension.
Good night

Dynamic indexing into uniform array of sampler2D doesn't work

I need to index into array of 2 uniform sampler2D. The index is dynamic per frame.That's,I have a dynamic uniform buffer which provides that index to a fragment shader. I use Vulkan API 1.2. In device feature listing I have:
shaderSampledImageArrayDynamicIndexing = 1
I am not sure 100% but It looks like this feature is core in 1.2.Nevertheless I did try to enable it during device creation like this:
VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures features = {};
features.shaderSampledImageArrayDynamicIndexing = VK_TRUE;
Then plugging into device creation:
VkDeviceCreateInfo deviceCreateInfo = {};
deviceCreateInfo.sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DEVICE_CREATE_INFO;
deviceCreateInfo.pQueueCreateInfos = queueCreateInfos;
deviceCreateInfo.queueCreateInfoCount = 1;
deviceCreateInfo.pEnabledFeatures = &features ;
deviceCreateInfo.enabledExtensionCount = NUM_DEVICE_EXTENSIONS;
deviceCreateInfo.ppEnabledExtensionNames = deviceExtensionNames;
In the shader it looks like this:
layout(std140,set=0,binding=1)uniform Material
{
vec4 fparams0;
vec4 fparams1;
uvec4 iparams; //.z - array texture idx
uvec4 iparams1;
}material;
layout (set=1,binding = 0)uniform sampler2D u_ColorMaps[2];
layout (location = 0)in vec2 texCoord;
layout(location = 0) out vec4 outColor;
void main()
{
outColor = texture(u_ColorMaps[material.iparams.z],texCoord);
}
What I get is a combination of image pixels with some weird color. If I change to fixed indices - it works correctly. material.iparams.z param has been verified,it provides correct index number every frame (0 or 1). No idea what else is missing.Validation layers say nothing.
Mys setup: Windows, RTX3000 ,NVIDIA beta driver 443.41 (Vulkan 1.2)
Update:
I also found that dynamically indexed sampler return a value in Red channel (r)
which is close to one and zeros in GB. I don't set red color anyway,also the textures I fetch don't contain red. Here are two sreenshot, the upper is correct result which I get when indexing with constant value. Second is what happens when I index with dynamic uint which comes from dynamic UBO:
Correct
Wrong
The problem was due to usage of Y′CBCR samplers. It appears that Vulkan disallows indexing dynamically into array of such uniforms.
Here is what Vulkan specs says:
If the combined image sampler enables sampler Y′CBCR conversion or
samples a subsampled image, it must be indexed only by constant
integral expressions when aggregated into arrays in shader code,
irrespective of the shaderSampledImageArrayDynamicIndexing feature.
So,the solution for me was to provide two separately bound samplers and use dynamic indices with if()..else condition to decide which sampler to use. Push constants would also work,but in this case I have to re-record command buffers all the time. Hopefully this info will be helpful to other people working with video formats in Vulkan API.

QGLShaderProgram::setAttributeArray(0, ...) VERSUS QGLShaderProgram::setAttributeArray("position", ...)

I have a vertex shader:
#version 430
in vec4 position;
void main(void)
{
//gl_Position = position; => works in ALL cases
gl_Position = vec4(0,0,0,1);
}
if I do:
m_program.setAttributeArray(0, m_vertices.constData());
m_program.enableAttributeArray(0);
everything works fine. However, if I do:
m_program.setAttributeArray("position", m_vertices.constData());
m_program.enableAttributeArray("position");
NOTE: m_program.attributeLocation("position"); returns -1.
then, I get an empty window.
Qt help pages state:
void QGLShaderProgram::setAttributeArray(int location, const QVector3D
* values, int stride = 0)
Sets an array of 3D vertex values on the attribute at location in this shader program. The stride indicates the
number of bytes between vertices. A default stride value of zero
indicates that the vertices are densely packed in values.
The array will become active when enableAttributeArray() is called on
the location. Otherwise the value specified with setAttributeValue()
for location will be used.
and
void QGLShaderProgram::setAttributeArray(const char * name, const
QVector3D * values, int stride = 0)
This is an overloaded function.
Sets an array of 3D vertex values on the attribute called name in this
shader program. The stride indicates the number of bytes between
vertices. A default stride value of zero indicates that the vertices
are densely packed in values.
The array will become active when enableAttributeArray() is called on
name. Otherwise the value specified with setAttributeValue() for name
will be used.
So why is it working when using the "int version" and not when using the "const char * version"?
It returns -1 because you commented out the only line in your shader that actually uses position.
This is not an error, it is a consequence of a misunderstanding how attribute locations are assigned. Uniforms and attributes are only assigned locations after all shader stages are compiled and linked. If a uniform or attribute is not used in an active code path it will not be assigned a location. Even if you use the variable to do something like this:
#version 130
in vec4 dead_pos; // Location: N/A
in vec4 live_pos; // Location: Probably 0
void main (void)
{
vec4 not_used = dead_pos; // Not used for vertex shader output, so this is dead.
gl_Position = live_pos;
}
It actually goes even farther than this. If something is output from a vertex shader but not used in a geometry, tessellation or fragment shader, then its code path is considered inactive.
Vertex attribute location 0 is implicitly vertex position, by the way. It is the only vertex attribute that the GLSL spec. allows to alias to a fixed-function pointer function (e.g. glVertexPointer (...) == glVertexAttribPointer (0, ...))

Which combination for uvec2 fragment shader output

I’ve been trying to output into GL_COLOR_ATTACHMENT1 unsigned values R and G. The texture is set with these format / internal format / type :
GL_RG / GL_RG8UI / GL_UNSIGNED_INT
I also tried with GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, it results the same issue: incomplete framebuffer.
I output in fragment shader that way:
layout (location = 0) vec3 nofrag;
layout (location = 1) uvec2 matfrag;
Any idea? I thought GL_UNSIGNED_INT_8_8_8_8 would have been better: well it’s definitely not…
Solved! Thank you, glYoda! Here’s the solution:
GL_RG_INTEGER / GL_RG8UI / GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE
I think GL_UNSIGNED_INT is nice too, but since GL*8*UINT, BYTE is far away better.

GLSL tessellation control shader unknown qualifiers

when i load my tessellation control shader it ouputs:
0(7) : error C3008: unknown layout specifier 'vertices'
0(15) : error C7565: assignment to varying in gl_TessLevelOuterIn
0(16) : error C7565: assignment to varying in gl_TessLevelOuterIn
my shader looks like this
#version 400
layout(vertices = 2) out;
void main( )
{
gl_out[ gl_InvocationID ].gl_Position = gl_in[ gl_InvocationID ].gl_Position;
gl_TessLevelOuter[0] = float( 1 );
gl_TessLevelOuter[1] = float( 5 );
}
what i am doing wrong here?
the qualifier 'vertices' should be visible with #version 400 ?
the specs say:
Layout Qualifiers
layout(layout-qualifiers) in/out/uniform
Output Layout Qualifiers
For tessellation control shaders:
vertices = integer-constant
also my tessellation evaluation shader says:
0(5) : error C3008: unknown layout specifier 'equal_spacing'
0(5) : error C3008: unknown layout specifier 'isolines'
do i missing something?
regards,
peter