validation layer:
{
"key": "debug_action",
"label": "Debug Action",
"description": "Specifies what action is to be taken when a layer reports information",
"platforms": [ "WINDOWS", "LINUX", "MACOS", "ANDROID" ],
"type": "FLAGS",
"flags": [
{
"key": "VK_DBG_LAYER_ACTION_LOG_MSG",
"label": "Log Message",
"description": "Log a txt message to stdout or to a log filename.",
"settings": [
{
"key": "log_filename",
"label": "Log Filename",
"description": "Specifies the output filename",
"type": "SAVE_FILE",
"default": "stdout",
"dependence": {
"mode": "ALL",
"settings": [
{ "key": "debug_action", "value": [ "VK_DBG_LAYER_ACTION_LOG_MSG" ] }
]
}
}
]
},
{
"key": "VK_DBG_LAYER_ACTION_CALLBACK",
"label": "Callback",
"description": "Call user defined callback function(s) that have been registered via the VK_EXT_debug_report extension. Since application must register callback, this is a NOOP for the settings file.",
"view": "HIDDEN"
},
{
"key": "VK_DBG_LAYER_ACTION_DEBUG_OUTPUT",
"label": "Debug Output",
"description": "Log a txt message using the Windows OutputDebugString function.",
"platforms": [ "WINDOWS" ]
},
{
"key": "VK_DBG_LAYER_ACTION_BREAK",
"label": "Break",
"description": "Trigger a breakpoint if a debugger is in use."
}
],
"default": [
"VK_DBG_LAYER_ACTION_LOG_MSG"
]
},
{
"key": "report_flags",
"label": "Message Severity",
"description": "Comma-delineated list of options specifying the types of messages to be reported",
"platforms": [ "WINDOWS", "LINUX", "MACOS", "ANDROID" ],
"type": "FLAGS",
"flags": [
{
"key": "info",
"label": "Info",
"description": "Report informational messages.",
"messages": [
{
"key": "printf_enable_msg2",
"title": "Warning: Debug Printf without info level message severity flag",
"version": 1,
"description": "Disabling info level message severity is disabled, but Debug Printf output is directed to the debug callback, so printf message won't be shown.",
"informative": "Adding 'info' level to 'Message Severity'",
"severity": "INFORMATION",
"conditions": [
{ "setting": { "key": "printf_enable", "value": true }},
{ "setting": { "key": "printf_to_stdout", "value": false }},
{ "setting": { "key": "report_flags", "value": ["info"]}, "operator": "NOT" }
],
"actions": {
"default": "BUTTON0",
"BUTTON0": {
"type": "OK",
"changes": [
{ "setting": {"key": "report_flags", "value": ["info"]}, "operator": "APPEND" }
]
}
}
}
]
},
{
"key": "warn",
"label": "Warning",
"description": "Report warnings from using the API in a manner which may lead to undefined behavior or to warn the user of common trouble spots. A warning does NOT necessarily signify illegal application behavior."
},
{
"key": "perf",
"label": "Performance",
"description": "Report usage of the API that may cause suboptimal performance."
},
{
"key": "error",
"label": "Error",
"description": "Report errors in API usage."
},
{
"key": "debug",
"label": "Debug",
"description": "For layer development. Report messages for debugging layer behavior.",
"view": "ADVANCED"
}
],
"default": [
"error"
]
},
profiles layer:
{
"key": "debug_actions",
"label": "Debug Actions",
"description": "This indicates what action is to be taken when a layer wants to report information",
"status": "STABLE",
"type": "FLAGS",
"platforms": [ "WINDOWS", "LINUX", "MACOS" ],
"flags": [
{
"key": "DEBUG_ACTION_STDOUT_BIT",
"label": "Log to stdout",
"description": "Log messages using the stdout."
},
{
"key": "DEBUG_ACTION_OUTPUT_BIT",
"label": "Log to OutputDebugString",
"description": "Log messages using the Windows OutputDebugString for Vulkan Studio output display.",
"platforms": [ "WINDOWS" ]
},
{
"key": "DEBUG_ACTION_FILE_BIT",
"label": "Log to File",
"description": "Log messages to a file.",
"settings": [
{
"key": "debug_filename",
"label": "Log Filename",
"description": "Specifies the output filename",
"type": "SAVE_FILE",
"default": "profiles_layer_log.txt",
"dependence": {
"mode": "ANY",
"settings": [
{
"key": "debug_actions",
"value": [ "DEBUG_ACTION_FILE_BIT" ]
},
{
"key": "debug_actions",
"value": [ "DEBUG_ACTION_FILE_BIT", "DEBUG_ACTION_STDOUT_BIT" ]
},
{
"key": "debug_actions",
"value": [ "DEBUG_ACTION_FILE_BIT", "DEBUG_ACTION_OUTPUT_BIT" ]
},
{
"key": "debug_actions",
"value": [ "DEBUG_ACTION_FILE_BIT", "DEBUG_ACTION_BREAKPOINT_BIT" ]
},
{
"key": "debug_actions",
"value": [ "DEBUG_ACTION_FILE_BIT", "DEBUG_ACTION_STDOUT_BIT", "DEBUG_ACTION_OUTPUT_BIT" ]
},
{
"key": "debug_actions",
"value": [ "DEBUG_ACTION_FILE_BIT", "DEBUG_ACTION_STDOUT_BIT", "DEBUG_ACTION_BREAKPOINT_BIT" ]
},
{
"key": "debug_actions",
"value": [ "DEBUG_ACTION_FILE_BIT", "DEBUG_ACTION_OUTPUT_BIT", "DEBUG_ACTION_BREAKPOINT_BIT" ]
},
{
"key": "debug_actions",
"value": [ "DEBUG_ACTION_FILE_BIT", "DEBUG_ACTION_STDOUT_BIT", "DEBUG_ACTION_OUTPUT_BIT", "DEBUG_ACTION_BREAKPOINT_BIT" ]
}
]
}
},
{
"key": "debug_file_clear",
"label": "Clear Log at Launch",
"description": "Discard the content of the log file between each layer run",
"type": "BOOL",
"default": true,
"dependence": {
"mode": "ANY",
"settings": [
{
"key": "debug_actions",
"value": [ "DEBUG_ACTION_FILE_BIT" ]
},
{
"key": "debug_actions",
"value": [ "DEBUG_ACTION_FILE_BIT", "DEBUG_ACTION_STDOUT_BIT" ]
},
{
"key": "debug_actions",
"value": [ "DEBUG_ACTION_FILE_BIT", "DEBUG_ACTION_OUTPUT_BIT" ]
},
{
"key": "debug_actions",
"value": [ "DEBUG_ACTION_FILE_BIT", "DEBUG_ACTION_BREAKPOINT_BIT" ]
},
{
"key": "debug_actions",
"value": [ "DEBUG_ACTION_FILE_BIT", "DEBUG_ACTION_STDOUT_BIT", "DEBUG_ACTION_OUTPUT_BIT" ]
},
{
"key": "debug_actions",
"value": [ "DEBUG_ACTION_FILE_BIT", "DEBUG_ACTION_STDOUT_BIT", "DEBUG_ACTION_BREAKPOINT_BIT" ]
},
{
"key": "debug_actions",
"value": [ "DEBUG_ACTION_FILE_BIT", "DEBUG_ACTION_OUTPUT_BIT", "DEBUG_ACTION_BREAKPOINT_BIT" ]
},
{
"key": "debug_actions",
"value": [ "DEBUG_ACTION_FILE_BIT", "DEBUG_ACTION_STDOUT_BIT", "DEBUG_ACTION_OUTPUT_BIT", "DEBUG_ACTION_BREAKPOINT_BIT" ]
}
]
}
}
],
"platforms": [ "WINDOWS", "LINUX", "MACOS" ],
"expanded": true
},
{
"key": "DEBUG_ACTION_BREAKPOINT_BIT",
"label": "Break",
"description": "Trigger a breakpoint if a debugger is in use."
}
],
"default": [ "DEBUG_ACTION_STDOUT_BIT" ]
},
{
"key": "debug_fail_on_error",
"label": "Fail on Error",
"description": "If the device doesn't support the capabilities of the selected Profile, the layer fail to load. When enabled, vkEnumeratePhysicalDevices will fail when the selected Profile is not supported.",
"status": "STABLE",
"type": "BOOL",
"platforms": [ "WINDOWS", "LINUX", "MACOS" ],
"default": false
},
{
"key": "debug_reports",
"label": "Message Types",
"description": "This is a comma-delineated list of options telling the layer what types of messages it should report back",
"status": "STABLE",
"type": "FLAGS",
"platforms": [ "WINDOWS", "LINUX", "MACOS" ],
"flags": [
{
"key": "DEBUG_REPORT_NOTIFICATION_BIT",
"label": "Notification",
"description": "Report notifications."
},
{
"key": "DEBUG_REPORT_WARNING_BIT",
"label": "Warning",
"description": "Report warnings from using the API in a manner which may lead to undefined behavior or to warn the user of common trouble spots. A warning does NOT necessarily signify illegal application behavior."
},
{
"key": "DEBUG_REPORT_ERROR_BIT",
"label": "Error",
"description": "Report errors in API usage."
},
{
"key": "DEBUG_REPORT_DEBUG_BIT",
"label": "Debug",
"description": "Report debug information for the Profiles Layer development.",
"view": "ADVANCED"
}
],
"default": [
"DEBUG_REPORT_NOTIFICATION_BIT",
"DEBUG_REPORT_WARNING_BIT",
"DEBUG_REPORT_ERROR_BIT"
]
}
GFXReconstruct layer:
{
"key": "log_level",
"env": "GFXRECON_LOG_LEVEL",
"label": "Level",
"description": "Specify the minimum severity level of messages to log. Options are: debug, info, warning, error, and fatal. The specified level and all higher levels will be enabled for logging. For example, choosing the warning level will also enable the error and fatal levels.",
"type": "ENUM",
"flags": [
{
"key": "debug",
"label": "debug, info, warning, error, fatal",
"description": ""
},
{
"key": "info",
"label": "info, warning, error, fatal",
"description": ""
},
{
"key": "warning",
"label": "warning, error, fatal",
"description": ""
},
{
"key": "error",
"label": "error, fatal",
"description": ""
},
{
"key": "fatal",
"label": "fatal",
"description": ""
}
],
"default": "info"
},
{
"key": "log_output_to_console",
"env": "GFXRECON_LOG_OUTPUT_TO_CONSOLE",
"label": "Log Output to Console / stdout",
"description": "Log messages will be written to stdout.",
"type": "BOOL",
"default": true
},
{
"key": "log_break_on_error",
"env": "GFXRECON_LOG_BREAK_ON_ERROR",
"label": "Trigger Debug Break on Error",
"description": "Trigger a debug break when logging an error.",
"type": "BOOL",
"default": false
},
{
"key": "log_output_to_os_debug_string",
"env": "GFXRECON_LOG_OUTPUT_TO_OS_DEBUG_STRING",
"label": "Log Output to Debug Console",
"description": "Windows only option. Log messages will be written to the Debug Console with OutputDebugStringA",
"platforms": [ "WINDOWS" ],
"type": "BOOL",
"default": false
},
{
"key": "log_file",
"env": "GFXRECON_LOG_FILE",
"label": "Log File",
"description": "When set, log messages will be written to a file at the specified path. Default is: Empty string (file logging disabled).",
"type": "SAVE_FILE",
"filter": "*.txt",
"default": "",
"settings": [
{
"key": "log_file_flush_after_write",
"env": "GFXRECON_LOG_FILE_FLUSH_AFTER_WRITE",
"label": "Log File Flush After Write",
"description": "Flush the log file to disk after each write when true.",
"type": "BOOL",
"default": false
},
{
"key": "log_file_keep_open",
"env": "GFXRECON_LOG_FILE_KEEP_OPEN",
"label": "Log File Keep Open",
"description": "Keep the log file open between log messages when true, or close and reopen the log file for each message when false.",
"type": "BOOL",
"default": true
},
{
"key": "log_file_create_new",
"env": "GFXRECON_LOG_FILE_CREATE_NEW",
"label": "Log File Overwrite",
"description": "Specifies that log file initialization should overwrite an existing file when true, or append to an existing file when false.",
"type": "BOOL",
"default": true
}
]
}
crash diagnostic layer
{
"key": "message_severity",
"label": "Message Severity",
"description": "Comma-delineated list of options specifying the types of log messages to be reported",
"type": "FLAGS",
"flags": [
{
"key": "error",
"label": "Error",
"description": "Report errors such as device lost or setup problems in the layer."
},
{
"key": "warn",
"label": "Warning",
"description": "Report non-fatal problems that may interfere with operation of the layer"
},
{
"key": "info",
"label": "Info",
"description": "Report informational messages."
},
{
"key": "verbose",
"label": "Verbose",
"description": "For layer development. Report messages for debugging layer behavior.",
"view": "ADVANCED"
}
],
"default": [
"error"
],
"platforms": [
"WINDOWS",
"LINUX",
"MACOS",
"ANDROID"
]
},
{
"key": "log_file",
"env": "CDL_LOG_FILE",
"label": "Log file name",
"description": "none = no logging, stderr or stdout = to the console, otherwise an absolute or relative path",
"type": "STRING",
"default": "stderr",
"platforms": [
"WINDOWS",
"LINUX",
"MACOS"
]
},
api_dump layer:
{
"key": "file",
"label": "Output to File",
"description": "Setting this to true indicates that output should be written to file instead of stdout",
"type": "BOOL",
"default": false,
"settings": [
{
"key": "log_filename",
"env": "VK_APIDUMP_LOG_FILENAME",
"label": "Log Filename",
"description": "Specifies the file to dump to when output files are enabled",
"type": "SAVE_FILE",
"filter": "*.txt,*.html,*.json",
"default": "stdout",
"dependence": {
"mode": "ALL",
"settings": [
{
"key": "file",
"value": true
}
]
}
}
]
},
validation layer:
profiles layer:
GFXReconstruct layer:
crash diagnostic layer
api_dump layer: