vulkan: Request an 1.3 instance if supported

This affects the users of the QVulkanInstance creation helper, which are
Qt Quick and the backingstore compositor for texture-based widgets.

Change-Id: I6c3eccfade3cf9be7811dda66aca9d63ece4534c
Reviewed-by: Andy Nichols <andy.nichols@qt.io>
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Laszlo Agocs 2022-08-02 13:20:16 +02:00
parent 5c0ce1b14c
commit 0fb4b49d1d

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@ -36,23 +36,25 @@ QVulkanInstance *QVulkanDefaultInstance::instance()
s_vulkanInstance = new QVulkanInstance;
// With a Vulkan implementation >= 1.1 we can check what
// vkEnumerateInstanceVersion() says and request 1.2 or 1.1 based on the
// result. To prevent future surprises, be conservative and ignore any > 1.2
// vkEnumerateInstanceVersion() says and request 1.3/1.2/1.1 based on the
// result. To prevent future surprises, be conservative and ignore any > 1.3
// versions for now. For 1.0 implementations nothing will be requested, the
// default 0 in VkApplicationInfo means 1.0.
//
// Vulkan 1.0 is actually sufficient for 99% of Qt Quick (3D)'s
// functionality. In addition, Vulkan implementations tend to enable 1.1 and 1.2
// functionality. In addition, Vulkan implementations tend to enable 1.1+
// functionality regardless of the VkInstance API request. However, the
// validation layer seems to take this fairly seriously, so we should be
// prepared for using 1.1 and 1.2 features in a fully correct manner. This also
// helps custom Vulkan code in applications, which is not under out control; it
// is ideal if Vulkan 1.1 and 1.2 are usable without requiring such applications
// to create their own QVulkanInstance just to be able to make an appropriate
// setApiVersion() call on it.
// prepared for using 1.1+ features in a fully correct manner. This also
// helps custom Vulkan code in applications, which is not under out
// control; it is ideal if Vulkan 1.1+ versions are usable without
// requiring such applications to create their own QVulkanInstance just to
// be able to make an appropriate setApiVersion() call on it.
const QVersionNumber supportedVersion = s_vulkanInstance->supportedApiVersion();
if (supportedVersion >= QVersionNumber(1, 2))
if (supportedVersion >= QVersionNumber(1, 3))
s_vulkanInstance->setApiVersion(QVersionNumber(1, 3));
else if (supportedVersion >= QVersionNumber(1, 2))
s_vulkanInstance->setApiVersion(QVersionNumber(1, 2));
else if (supportedVersion >= QVersionNumber(1, 1))
s_vulkanInstance->setApiVersion(QVersionNumber(1, 2));