C Specification

Bits which can be set in a VkPipelineStageFlags mask, specifying stages of execution, are:

// Provided by VK_VERSION_1_0
typedef enum VkPipelineStageFlagBits {
    VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_TOP_OF_PIPE_BIT = 0x00000001,
    VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_DRAW_INDIRECT_BIT = 0x00000002,
    VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_VERTEX_INPUT_BIT = 0x00000004,
    VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_VERTEX_SHADER_BIT = 0x00000008,
    VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_TESSELLATION_CONTROL_SHADER_BIT = 0x00000010,
    VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_TESSELLATION_EVALUATION_SHADER_BIT = 0x00000020,
    VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_GEOMETRY_SHADER_BIT = 0x00000040,
    VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_FRAGMENT_SHADER_BIT = 0x00000080,
    VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_EARLY_FRAGMENT_TESTS_BIT = 0x00000100,
    VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_LATE_FRAGMENT_TESTS_BIT = 0x00000200,
    VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_OUTPUT_BIT = 0x00000400,
    VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_COMPUTE_SHADER_BIT = 0x00000800,
    VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_TRANSFER_BIT = 0x00001000,
    VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_BOTTOM_OF_PIPE_BIT = 0x00002000,
    VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_HOST_BIT = 0x00004000,
    VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_ALL_GRAPHICS_BIT = 0x00008000,
    VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_ALL_COMMANDS_BIT = 0x00010000,
  // Provided by VK_VERSION_1_3
    VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_NONE = 0,
  // Provided by VK_EXT_transform_feedback
    VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_TRANSFORM_FEEDBACK_BIT_EXT = 0x01000000,
  // Provided by VK_EXT_conditional_rendering
    VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_CONDITIONAL_RENDERING_BIT_EXT = 0x00040000,
  // Provided by VK_KHR_acceleration_structure
    VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_BUILD_BIT_KHR = 0x02000000,
  // Provided by VK_KHR_ray_tracing_pipeline
    VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_RAY_TRACING_SHADER_BIT_KHR = 0x00200000,
  // Provided by VK_EXT_fragment_density_map
    VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_FRAGMENT_DENSITY_PROCESS_BIT_EXT = 0x00800000,
  // Provided by VK_KHR_fragment_shading_rate
    VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_FRAGMENT_SHADING_RATE_ATTACHMENT_BIT_KHR = 0x00400000,
  // Provided by VK_EXT_mesh_shader
    VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_TASK_SHADER_BIT_EXT = 0x00080000,
  // Provided by VK_EXT_mesh_shader
    VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_MESH_SHADER_BIT_EXT = 0x00100000,
  // Provided by VK_EXT_device_generated_commands
    VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_COMMAND_PREPROCESS_BIT_EXT = 0x00020000,
  // Provided by VK_NV_shading_rate_image
    VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_SHADING_RATE_IMAGE_BIT_NV = VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_FRAGMENT_SHADING_RATE_ATTACHMENT_BIT_KHR,
  // Provided by VK_NV_ray_tracing
    VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_RAY_TRACING_SHADER_BIT_NV = VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_RAY_TRACING_SHADER_BIT_KHR,
  // Provided by VK_NV_ray_tracing
    VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_BUILD_BIT_NV = VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_BUILD_BIT_KHR,
  // Provided by VK_NV_mesh_shader
    VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_TASK_SHADER_BIT_NV = VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_TASK_SHADER_BIT_EXT,
  // Provided by VK_NV_mesh_shader
    VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_MESH_SHADER_BIT_NV = VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_MESH_SHADER_BIT_EXT,
  // Provided by VK_NV_device_generated_commands
    VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_COMMAND_PREPROCESS_BIT_NV = VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_COMMAND_PREPROCESS_BIT_EXT,
  // Provided by VK_KHR_synchronization2
    VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_NONE_KHR = VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_NONE,
} VkPipelineStageFlagBits;

Description

These values all have the same meaning as the equivalently named values for VkPipelineStageFlags2.

See Also

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification.

This page is extracted from the Vulkan Specification. Fixes and changes should be made to the Specification, not directly.

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