VK_EXT_validation_flags(3)

# VK_EXT_validation_flags(3) Manual Page

## Name

VK_EXT_validation_flags - instance extension

## Registered Extension Number

62

## Revision

3

## Ratification Status

Not ratified

## Extension and Version Dependencies

None

## Deprecation State

- Deprecated by VK_EXT_layer_settings extension

## Special Use

- Debugging tools

## Contact

- Tobin Ehlis [GitHub]tobine

## Other Extension Metadata

Last Modified Date

  2019-08-19

IP Status

  No known IP claims.

Contributors

  - Tobin Ehlis, Google

  - Courtney Goeltzenleuchter, Google

## Description

This extension provides the VkValidationFlagsEXT structure that can be included in the `pNext` chain of the VkInstanceCreateInfo structure passed as the `pCreateInfo` parameter of vkCreateInstance. The structure contains an array of VkValidationCheckEXT values that will be disabled by the validation layers.

## Deprecation by `VK_EXT_layer_settings`

Functionality in this extension is subsumed into the `VK_EXT_layer_settings` extension.

## New Structures

- Extending VkInstanceCreateInfo:

  - VkValidationFlagsEXT

## New Enums

- VkValidationCheckEXT

## New Enum Constants

- `VK_EXT_VALIDATION_FLAGS_EXTENSION_NAME`

- `VK_EXT_VALIDATION_FLAGS_SPEC_VERSION`

- Extending VkStructureType:

  - VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_VALIDATION_FLAGS_EXT

## Version History

- Revision 3, 2023-09-25 (Christophe Riccio)

  - Marked as deprecated by VK_EXT_layer_settings

- Revision 2, 2019-08-19 (Mark Lobodzinski)

  - Marked as deprecated by VK_EXT_validation_features

- Revision 1, 2016-08-26 (Courtney Goeltzenleuchter)

  - Initial draft

## See Also

No cross-references are available

## Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification.

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## Copyright

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