Package org.lwjgl.opengl

Class ARBComputeVariableGroupSize

java.lang.Object

org.lwjgl.opengl.ARBComputeVariableGroupSize

public class ARBComputeVariableGroupSize
extends java.lang.Object

Native bindings to the ARB_compute_variable_group_size extension.

This extension allows applications to write generic compute shaders that operate on work groups with arbitrary dimensions. Instead of specifying a fixed work group size in the compute shader, an application can use a compute shader using the local_size_variable layout qualifer to indicate a variable work group size. When using such compute shaders, the new command DispatchComputeGroupSizeARB should be used to specify both a work group size and work group count.

In this extension, compute shaders with fixed group sizes must be dispatched by DispatchCompute and DispatchComputeIndirect. Compute shaders with variable group sizes must be dispatched via DispatchComputeGroupSizeARB. No support is provided in this extension for indirect dispatch of compute shaders with a variable group size.

Requires OpenGL 4.3 or ARB_compute_shader.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static int	GL_MAX_COMPUTE_FIXED_GROUP_INVOCATIONS_ARB Accepted by the pname parameter of GetIntegerv, GetBooleanv, GetFloatv, GetDoublev and GetInteger64v.
static int	GL_MAX_COMPUTE_FIXED_GROUP_SIZE_ARB Accepted by the pname parameter of GetIntegeri_v, GetBooleani_v, GetFloati_v, GetDoublei_v and GetInteger64i_v.
static int	GL_MAX_COMPUTE_VARIABLE_GROUP_INVOCATIONS_ARB Accepted by the pname parameter of GetIntegerv, GetBooleanv, GetFloatv, GetDoublev and GetInteger64v.
static int	GL_MAX_COMPUTE_VARIABLE_GROUP_SIZE_ARB Accepted by the pname parameter of GetIntegeri_v, GetBooleani_v, GetFloati_v, GetDoublei_v and GetInteger64i_v.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static void	glDispatchComputeGroupSizeARB(int num_groups_x, int num_groups_y, int num_groups_z, int group_size_x, int group_size_y, int group_size_z) Launches one or more compute work groups, with arbitrary dimensions.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

GL_MAX_COMPUTE_VARIABLE_GROUP_INVOCATIONS_ARB, GL_MAX_COMPUTE_FIXED_GROUP_INVOCATIONS_ARB

Accepted by the pname parameter of GetIntegerv, GetBooleanv, GetFloatv, GetDoublev and GetInteger64v.

GL_MAX_COMPUTE_VARIABLE_GROUP_SIZE_ARB, GL_MAX_COMPUTE_FIXED_GROUP_SIZE_ARB

Accepted by the pname parameter of GetIntegeri_v, GetBooleani_v, GetFloati_v, GetDoublei_v and GetInteger64i_v.

Method Detail

glDispatchComputeGroupSizeARB

public static void glDispatchComputeGroupSizeARB(int num_groups_x,
                                                 int num_groups_y,
                                                 int num_groups_z,
                                                 int group_size_x,
                                                 int group_size_y,
                                                 int group_size_z)

Launches one or more compute work groups, with arbitrary dimensions.

An INVALID_OPERATION error is generated by DispatchComputeGroupSizeARB if the active program for the compute shader stage has a fixed work group size.

An INVALID_VALUE error is generated by DispatchComputeGroupSizeARB if any of group_size_x, group_size_y, or group_size_z is less than or equal to zero or greater than the maximum local work group size for compute shaders with variable group size (MAX_COMPUTE_VARIABLE_GROUP_SIZE_ARB) in the corresponding dimension.

An INVALID_VALUE error is generated by DispatchComputeGroupSizeARB if the product of group_size_x, group_size_y, and group_size_z exceeds the implementation-dependent maximum local work group invocation count for compute shaders with variable group size (MAX_COMPUTE_VARIABLE_GROUP_INVOCATIONS_ARB).

Parameters:

num_groups_x - the number of work groups to be launched in the X dimension

num_groups_y - the number of work groups to be launched in the Y dimension

num_groups_z - the number of work groups to be launched in the Z dimension

group_size_x - the group size in the X dimension

group_size_y - the group size in the Y dimension

group_size_z - the group size in the Z dimension