VK_EXT_validation_flags(3)

# VK_EXT_validation_flags(3) Manual Page

## Name

VK_EXT_validation_flags - instance extension

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## Registered Extension Number

62

## Revision

2

## Extension and Version Dependencies

- Requires Vulkan 1.0

## Deprecation state

- Deprecated by `VK_EXT_validation_features` extension == Special Use

- Debugging tools

### 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 struct 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_validation_features`

Functionality in this extension is subsumed into the `VK_EXT_validation_features` 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 2, 2019-08-19 (Mark Lobodzinski)

  - Marked as deprecated

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

  - Initial draft

## See Also

VkValidationCheckEXT, VkValidationFlagsEXT

## Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification

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## Copyright

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