// Copyright 2018-2023 The Khronos Group Inc.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0

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=== Other Extension Metadata

*Last Modified Date*::
    2018-11-14
*IP Status*::
    No known IP claims.
*Contributors*::
  - Karl Schultz, LunarG
  - Dave Houlton, LunarG
  - Mark Lobodzinski, LunarG
  - Camden Stocker, LunarG
  - Tony Barbour, LunarG
  - John Zulauf, LunarG

=== Description

This extension provides the slink:VkValidationFeaturesEXT struct that can be
included in the pname:pNext chain of the slink:VkInstanceCreateInfo
structure passed as the pname:pCreateInfo parameter of
flink:vkCreateInstance.
The structure contains an array of elink:VkValidationFeatureEnableEXT enum
values that enable specific validation features that are disabled by
default.
The structure also contains an array of elink:VkValidationFeatureDisableEXT
enum values that disable specific validation layer features that are enabled
by default.

[NOTE]
.Note
====
The `apiext:VK_EXT_validation_features` extension subsumes all the
functionality provided in the `apiext:VK_EXT_validation_flags` extension.
====

include::{generated}/interfaces/VK_EXT_validation_features.adoc[]

=== Version History

  * Revision 1, 2018-11-14 (Karl Schultz)
  ** Initial revision
  * Revision 2, 2019-08-06 (Mark Lobodzinski)
  ** Add Best Practices enable
  * Revision 3, 2020-03-04 (Tony Barbour)
  ** Add Debug Printf enable
  * Revision 4, 2020-07-29 (John Zulauf)
  ** Add Synchronization Validation enable
  * Revision 5, 2021-05-18 (Tony Barbour)
  ** Add Shader Validation Cache disable