VkShaderModuleCreateInfo(3)

# VkShaderModuleCreateInfo(3) Manual Page

## Name

VkShaderModuleCreateInfo - Structure specifying parameters of a newly created shader module

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## C Specification

The `VkShaderModuleCreateInfo` structure is defined as:

    // Provided by VK_VERSION_1_0
    typedef struct VkShaderModuleCreateInfo {
        VkStructureType              sType;
        const void*                  pNext;
        VkShaderModuleCreateFlags    flags;
        size_t                       codeSize;
        const uint32_t*              pCode;
    } VkShaderModuleCreateInfo;

## Members

- `sType` is a VkStructureType value identifying this structure.

- `pNext` is `NULL` or a pointer to a structure extending this structure.

- `flags` is reserved for future use.

- `codeSize` is the size, in bytes, of the code pointed to by `pCode`.

- `pCode` is a pointer to code that is used to create the shader module. The type and format of the code is determined from the content of the memory addressed by `pCode`.

## Description

Valid Usage

- VUID-VkShaderModuleCreateInfo-codeSize-08735
  If pCode is a pointer to SPIR-V code, `codeSize` must be a multiple of 4

- VUID-VkShaderModuleCreateInfo-pCode-08736
  If pCode is a pointer to SPIR-V code, `pCode` must point to valid SPIR-V code, formatted and packed as described by the Khronos SPIR-V Specification

- VUID-VkShaderModuleCreateInfo-pCode-08737
  If pCode is a pointer to SPIR-V code, `pCode` must adhere to the validation rules described by the Validation Rules within a Module section of the SPIR-V Environment appendix

- VUID-VkShaderModuleCreateInfo-pCode-08738
  If pCode is a pointer to SPIR-V code, `pCode` must declare the `Shader` capability for SPIR-V code

- VUID-VkShaderModuleCreateInfo-pCode-08739
  If pCode is a pointer to SPIR-V code, `pCode` must not declare any capability that is not supported by the API, as described by the Capabilities section of the SPIR-V Environment appendix

- VUID-VkShaderModuleCreateInfo-pCode-08740
  If pCode is a pointer to SPIR-V code, and `pCode` declares any of the capabilities listed in the SPIR-V Environment appendix, one of the corresponding requirements must be satisfied

- VUID-VkShaderModuleCreateInfo-pCode-08741
  If pCode is a pointer to SPIR-V code, `pCode` must not declare any SPIR-V extension that is not supported by the API, as described by the Extension section of the SPIR-V Environment appendix

- VUID-VkShaderModuleCreateInfo-pCode-08742
  If pCode is a pointer to SPIR-V code, and `pCode` declares any of the SPIR-V extensions listed in the SPIR-V Environment appendix, one of the corresponding requirements must be satisfied

- VUID-VkShaderModuleCreateInfo-pCode-07912
  If the VK_NV_glsl_shader extension is not enabled, `pCode` must be a pointer to SPIR-V code

- VUID-VkShaderModuleCreateInfo-pCode-01379
  If `pCode` is a pointer to GLSL code, it must be valid GLSL code written to the `GL_KHR_vulkan_glsl` GLSL extension specification

- VUID-VkShaderModuleCreateInfo-codeSize-01085
  `codeSize` must be greater than 0

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- VUID-VkShaderModuleCreateInfo-sType-sType
  `sType` must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_SHADER_MODULE_CREATE_INFO

- VUID-VkShaderModuleCreateInfo-flags-zerobitmask
  `flags` must be `0`

- VUID-VkShaderModuleCreateInfo-pCode-parameter
  `pCode` must be a valid pointer to an array of 4 codeSize​ `uint32_t` values

Structure Chaining

Extends the structures

  - VkDataGraphPipelineCreateInfoARM

  - VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo

## See Also

VK_VERSION_1_0, VkShaderModuleCreateFlags, VkStructureType, vkCreateShaderModule, vkGetShaderModuleCreateInfoIdentifierEXT

## 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.

## Copyright

Copyright 2014-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.

SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0