Version: 1.5
Date: 8/18/14
Expose hardware support for UAV Typed Load on additional formats.
Currently, there are many formats that support UAV Typed Store operations on FL11+, but only 3 that support UAV Typed Load. We will expose hardware support for performing loads on additional formats. This will require a new pfnCheckFormatSupport support bit.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| UAV | Unordered Access View |
WDDM 2.0+, D3D FL11.0+ is required to support this feature.
Support for this new format feature will fit into the existing format support structures, data, and logic.
We need to support both an individual feature cap, as well as per-format UAV Typed Load support (i.e. CheckFeatureSupport and CheckFormatSupport). CheckFeatureSupport cap added mostly because runtime CreateShader validation requires some sort of Shader Feature cap, so why not expose this via the API. While per-format CheckFormatSupport is definitely required.
ID3D11DeviceCheckFeatureSupport API will be used to determine support. This will be implemented much like the design of Buffer Map Default, so the implementation of that and CheckFeatureSupport() for D3D11_FEATURE_D3D11_OPTIONS1 can be referenced.
This feature support information should be grouped with the other features being added to the runtimes (e.g. ASTC Profile) into something like D3D11_FEATURE_D3D11_OPTIONS2.
Only FL11.1+ WDDM 2.0+ drivers will have the ability to return support, and must return support via a new Shader Feature cap. Drivers that don’t meet the FL and WDDM requirement will default to no support.
The relevant new D3D11_FEATURE:
D3D11_FEATURE_D3D11_OPTIONS2 = ( D3D11_FEATURE_MARKER_SUPPORT + 1)
Associated Structure and Capability member:
typedef struct D3D11_FEATURE_DATA_D3D11_OPTIONS2 {
// other caps...
BOOL TypedUAVLoadAdditionalFormats;
} D3D11_FEATURE_DATA_D3D11_OPTIONS2;
This BOOL will only be set when the driver specifies support via the D3D11DDI_SHADER_CAPS, much like shader double support is set currently. To be more specific, TypedUAVLoadAdditionalFormats defaults to FALSE, and is only set to TRUE when:
The ID3D11Device::CheckFeatureSupport API reports UAV Typed Load support per format via the D3D11_FEATURE_FORMAT_SUPPORT2 query: UAV Typed Load is supported if the D3D11_FORMAT_SUPPORT2_UAV_TYPED_LOAD bit is set.
Currently, this bit is only set when CD3D11FormatHelper::UAVTypedLoadSupport returns D3D11R_REQ. This method returns D3D11R_REQ when the Device Feature Level is 11.0 or newer and the format is one of the following: DXGI_FORMAT_R32_UINT, DXGI_FORMAT_R32_SINT, DXGI_FORMAT_R32_FLOAT. We will add the ability for UAVTypedLoadSupport to return D3D11R_OPT, and in that case, query the driver for support.
First, UAVTypedLoadSupport will need to return D3D11R_OPT when:
Then in CDevice::CheckFormatSupportImpl2, we will add a check for UAVTypedLoadSupport == D3D11R_OPT, exactly like the UAVTypedStoreSupport optional check. If the load support is marked as optional, then we will query the driver for support. This code will be structured like the CheckFormatSupportImpl’s optional code (i.e. check for any optional, query DDI once, then check each individually).
After talking with stakeholders, we have decided to not report Typed UAV Load support for Video formats. This is for two reasons: the precedent that video formats like _AYUV did not report Typed UAV Load support even when R32_UINT was supported, and that there is work by Scott MacDonald to deprecate video formats in the DXGI_FORMAT enum and express that idea in a new way.
Once caveat to the driver query logic specified are the video formats: we will not query the driver directly for these. Support for these will be determined by support for their associated 3D-pipeline types. We will calculate support for the following formats in a separate utility function that doesn’t query the driver directly, but queries CheckFormatSupportImpl2 to determine UAV Typed Load support for each video format’s associated 3D formats (note that all associated 3D formats must be supported for this function to return support for a video format):
None.
This feature doesn’t require a new Format Requirements Table since old drivers will never be able to report UAV Typed Load support via pfnCheckFormatSupport. However, because other new rendering features (e.g. ASTC) require a new table, we will add one as well as a new eExtendedFormatFeatures enum, which will be used by this feature to restrict calling pfnCheckFormatSupport for UAV Typed Loads on older drivers.
Draw/Dispatch-time validation in CContext::ValidateDraw/ValidateDispatch handles this seamlessly using SUAVDeclEntry in CContext::ValidateShaderBindings.
Create*Shader() validation will mimic SHADER_FEATURE_DOUBLES/m_bDoublePrecisionFloatShaderOpsSupported validation. A new Shader Feature flag must be added to the SShaderFeatureInfo FeatureFlags in order for runtime to properly validate. If that new Shader Feature flag is set, then the driver must have set support for D3D11DDICAPS_SHADER_TYPED_UAV_LOAD_ADDITIONAL_FORMATS.
Draw/Dispatch-time validation in CCommandList12::ValidateDraw/ValidateDispatch will need to support UAV Typed Load validation in CCommandList12::ValidateShaderBindings the same way that D3D11 does. Currently, this logic does not exist in D3D12. TODO: determine who is adding all the same validation to D3D12.
Create*Shader() validation will be very similar D3D11’s.
Support for this feature must be in D3D11 and D3D12.
Compiler issues the following warning:
error X3676: typed UAV loads are only allowed for single-component 32-bit element types
This will need to be modified to support the full range of Typed UAV Load format components.
We must disable the validation in the HLSL compiler, and at Shader Create time the runtime will validate the driver supports Typed UAV Load on non-“single-component 32-bit element types.” This requires a new Shader Feature flag in SShaderFeatureInfo FeatureFlags, this is typically performed as part of the HLSL compiler work, see SHADER_FEATURE_TILED_RESOURCES as an example.
Typed UAV Load will be supported by D3D11 and D3D12, therefore D3D11 DDI may use types prefixed with D3D12 to reduce duplication.
D3D Feature Level 11.1+ hardware and WDDM 2.0+ UMD is required.
A new cap for this feature will be added to the existing shader caps query for the GetCaps DDI:
D3D12DDICAPS_SHADER_TYPED_UAV_LOAD_ADDITIONAL_FORMATS
Setting this flag means that the driver/hardware supports additional formats (as specified in CheckFormatSupport) for Typed UAV Loads.
A new CheckFormatSupport bit will be added to support this feature:
D3D12DDI_FORMAT_SUPPORT_UAV_READS
This should be returned by the driver when it supports UAV Typed Loads on the format specified.
The following formats are the only formats allowed to report support (the ones that are marked as required or optional for Typed UAV in the Excel format requirements tables), all others should never set the _UAV_READS bit:
DXGI_FORMAT_R32G32B32A32_FLOAT
DXGI_FORMAT_R32G32B32A32_UINT
DXGI_FORMAT_R32G32B32A32_SINT
DXGI_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_FLOAT
DXGI_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_UNORM
DXGI_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_UINT
DXGI_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_SNORM
DXGI_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_SINT
DXGI_FORMAT_R32G32_FLOAT
DXGI_FORMAT_R32G32_UINT
DXGI_FORMAT_R32G32_SINT
DXGI_FORMAT_R10G10B10A2_UNORM
DXGI_FORMAT_R10G10B10A2_UINT
DXGI_FORMAT_R11G11B10_FLOAT
DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM
DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UINT
DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_SNORM
DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_SINT
DXGI_FORMAT_R16G16_FLOAT
DXGI_FORMAT_R16G16_UNORM
DXGI_FORMAT_R16G16_UINT
DXGI_FORMAT_R16G16_SNORM
DXGI_FORMAT_R16G16_SINT
DXGI_FORMAT_R32_FLOAT (already required)
DXGI_FORMAT_R32_UINT (already required)
DXGI_FORMAT_R32_SINT (already required)
DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8_UNORM
DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8_UINT
DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8_SNORM
DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8_SINT
DXGI_FORMAT_R16_FLOAT
DXGI_FORMAT_R16_UNORM
DXGI_FORMAT_R16_UINT
DXGI_FORMAT_R16_SNORM
DXGI_FORMAT_R16_SINT
DXGI_FORMAT_R8_UNORM
DXGI_FORMAT_R8_UINT
DXGI_FORMAT_R8_SNORM
DXGI_FORMAT_R8_SINT
DXGI_FORMAT_A8_UNORM
DXGI_FORMAT_B5G6R5_UNORM
DXGI_FORMAT_B5G5R5A1_UNORM
DXGI_FORMAT_B4G4R4A4_UNORM
Note that (as specified above) there is an all-or-nothing subset of formats where if one reports Typed UAV load support, then all must report support. Typed UAV load support for the all-or-nothing subset is required before any other new Typed UAV load formats can report support.
Also note that formats that report _UAV_READS support must also report _UAV_WRITES support.
Functional unit tests will be designed to verify all runtime validation and expected DDI calling behavior. These will need to fully cover the feature surface area because there will be no D3DTest-provided functional testing. D3D11 API should be used and run on D3D11on12 to test D3D12 functionality, but D3D12 tests for failures will need to be written as well. These tests will be integrated into CIS automatically based on their directory location.
The D3D Proxy Driver will be used as the underlying driver for unit testing. It will only mock support this feature since the driver conformance testing will cover the actual shader execution behavior. We only need to verify caps reporting and create (vs/gs/ps/etc.) shader validation.
Ref will not be updated to support this feature.
New HCK test will be implemented to validate driver and hardware conformance.
The functional unit tests will be written in TAEF. Because negatives must be tested, we need D3D11 and D3D12 API tests. We must also ensure D3D11on12 works for positives. D3DDriver will be used for D3D11 DDI call verification, DDIFilter and WARP will be used for D3D12 and D3D11on12.
Functional unit tests will cover CheckFeatureSupport (incl. format support), CreateShader, and Draw/Dispatch-time validation:
CheckFeatureSupport testing will:
Check positives (and ensure symmetric support) by querying feature cap and all new UAV Typed Load formats to verify expected UAV Typed Load support (and UAV Typed Store), as well as expected pfnGetCaps and pfnCheckFormatSupport DDI calls.
Check negatives caused by lack of feature level and/or WDDM version requirements and verify pfnCheckFormatSupport DDI is not called.
Check negatives caused by lack of driver support and verify pfnCheckFormatSupport DDI is not called.
Check negatives caused by lack of symmetric support. This can only be accomplished by returning UAV Typed Load support but not UAV Typed Store support from the pfnCheckFormatSupport DDI for UAV Typed Store optional formats: DXGI_FORMAT_B5G6R5_UNORM, DXGI_FORMAT_B5G5R5A1_UNORM and DXGI_FORMAT_B4G4R4A4_UNORM.
CreateShader testing will attempt to create each shader type and:
Check positives on a driver that supports the feature.
Check negatives caused by lack of feature level and/or WDDM version requirements and verify getsize and create DDIs are not called.
Check negatives caused by lack of driver support and verify getsize and create DDIs are not called.
Draw/Dispatch-time testing will cycle all DXGI_FORMAT values and verify expected success and expected failure (debug layer error). A “IA + VS + No PS + Writes to Depth/Stencil Enabled” minimal pipeline configuration will be used (as specified in section 4.1.3 of the D3D Functional Spec), where the VS calls ld_uav_typed on a UAV that will have a rotating format.
The TAEF unit test to unblock IHV development will cycle through all DXGI_FORMAT values in the all-or-nothing subset. For a given format, it will bind a source UAV to slot 0 and a destination UAV in slot 1, and copy between them in a shader. A “IA + VS + No PS + Writes to Depth/Stencil Enabled” minimal pipeline configuration will be used (as specified in section 4.1.3 of the D3D Functional Spec), where the VS uses ld_uav_typed to read the data from the source UAV. It must run via D3D11 and D3D11on12 to cover both D3D11 and D3D12.
Test cases for the following behavior will be implemented:
New TAEF Test: If any format in the all-or-nothing subset is supported, then all formats in the all-or-nothing subset are supported.
New TAEF Test: All-or-nothing subset is supported before any other new format supports UAV Typed Load.
Existing WGF Test: WGF11Compute’s CUAVTypedTest and CUAVTypedPixelShaderTest will be modified to add support for all new UAV Typed Load formats.
All HCK Tests will cover D3D12 via D3D11on12.
Promoting consistency of features across hardware is a high priority for Direct3D. By enforcing an all-or-nothing subset for new hardware, as well as enforcing full symmetric support in the future, we can guarantee that API users will be able to write code with this new feature that will run on a wide set of hardware, instead of worrying about the specific support offered by each hardware vendor.
Not all of the 2015 hardware supports all of these formats.