[clang] [Doc][HLSL] Add documentation for root signature. (PR #83933)
Damyan Pepper via cfe-commits
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Mon Mar 4 17:18:53 PST 2024
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+====================
+HLSL Root Signatures
+====================
+
+.. contents::
+ :local:
+
+Usage
+=====
+
+In HLSL, the `root signature
+<https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/direct3d12/root-signatures>`_
+defines what types of resources are bound to the graphics pipeline.
+
+A root signature can be specified in HLSL as a `string
+<https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/direct3d12/specifying-root-signatures-in-hlsl#an-example-hlsl-root-signature>`_.
+The string contains a collection of comma-separated clauses that describe root
+signature constituent components.
+
+There are two mechanisms to compile an HLSL root signature. First, it is
+possible to attach a root signature string to a particular shader via the
+RootSignature attribute (in the following example, using the MyRS1 entry
+point):
+
+.. code-block:: c++
+
+ [RootSignature(MyRS1)]
+ float4 main(float4 coord : COORD) : SV_Target
+ {
+ …
+ }
+
+The compiler will create and verify the root signature blob for the shader and
+embed it alongside the shader byte code into the shader blob.
+
+The other mechanism is to create a standalone root signature blob, perhaps to
+reuse it with a large set of shaders, saving space. The name of the define
+string is specified via the usual -E argument. For example:
+
+.. code-block:: c++
+ dxc.exe -T rootsig_1_1 MyRS1.hlsl -E MyRS1 -Fo MyRS1.fxo
+
+Note that the root signature string define can also be passed on the command
+line, e.g, -D MyRS1=”…”.
+
+Root Signature Grammar
+======================
+
+.. code-block:: c++
+
+ RootSignature : (RootElement(,RootElement)?)?
+
+ RootElement : RootFlags | RootConstants | RootCBV | RootSRV | RootUAV | DescriptorTable | StaticSampler
+
+ RootFlags : 'RootFlags' '(' (RootFlag(|RootFlag)?)? ')'
+
+ RootFlag : 'ALLOW_INPUT_ASSEMBLER_INPUT_LAYOUT' | 'DENY_VERTEX_SHADER_ROOT_ACCESS'
+
+ RootConstants : 'RootConstants' '(' 'num32BitConstants' '=' NUMBER ',' bReg (',' 'space' '=' NUMBER)? (',' 'visibility' '=' SHADER_VISIBILITY)? ')'
+
+ RootCBV : 'CBV' '(' bReg (',' 'space' '=' NUMBER)? (',' 'visibility' '=' SHADER_VISIBILITY)? (',' 'flags' '=' DATA_FLAGS)? ')'
+
+ RootSRV : 'SRV' '(' tReg (',' 'space' '=' NUMBER)? (',' 'visibility' '=' SHADER_VISIBILITY)? (',' 'flags' '=' DATA_FLAGS)? ')'
+
+ RootUAV : 'UAV' '(' uReg (',' 'space' '=' NUMBER)? (',' 'visibility' '=' SHADER_VISIBILITY)? (',' 'flags' '=' DATA_FLAGS)? ')'
+
+ DescriptorTable : 'DescriptorTable' '(' (DTClause(|DTClause)?)? (',' 'visibility' '=' SHADER_VISIBILITY)? ')'
+
+ DTClause : CBV | SRV | UAV | Sampler
+
+ CBV : 'CBV' '(' bReg (',' 'numDescriptors' '=' NUMBER)? (',' 'space' '=' NUMBER)? (',' 'offset' '=' DESCRIPTOR_RANGE_OFFSET)? (',' 'flags' '=' DATA_FLAGS)? ')'
+
+ SRV : 'SRV' '(' tReg (',' 'numDescriptors' '=' NUMBER)? (',' 'space' '=' NUMBER)? (',' 'offset' '=' DESCRIPTOR_RANGE_OFFSET)? (',' 'flags' '=' DATA_FLAGS)? ')'
+
+ UAV : 'UAV' '(' uReg (',' 'numDescriptors' '=' NUMBER)? (',' 'space' '=' NUMBER)? (',' 'offset' '=' DESCRIPTOR_RANGE_OFFSET)? (',' 'flags' '=' DATA_FLAGS)? ')'
+
+ Sampler : 'Sampler' '(' sReg (',' 'numDescriptors' '=' NUMBER)? (',' 'space' '=' NUMBER)? (',' 'offset' '=' DESCRIPTOR_RANGE_OFFSET)? (',' 'flags' '=' NUMBER)? ')'
+
+
+ SHADER_VISIBILITY : 'SHADER_VISIBILITY_ALL' | 'SHADER_VISIBILITY_VERTEX' | 'SHADER_VISIBILITY_HULL' | 'SHADER_VISIBILITY_DOMAIN' | 'SHADER_VISIBILITY_GEOMETRY' | 'SHADER_VISIBILITY_PIXEL' | 'SHADER_VISIBILITY_AMPLIFICATION' | 'SHADER_VISIBILITY_MESH'
+
+ DATA_FLAGS : 'DATA_STATIC_WHILE_SET_AT_EXECUTE' | 'DATA_VOLATILE'
+
+ DESCRIPTOR_RANGE_OFFSET : 'DESCRIPTOR_RANGE_OFFSET_APPEND' | NUMBER
+
+ StaticSampler : 'StaticSampler' '(' sReg (',' 'filter' '=' FILTER)? (',' 'addressU' '=' TEXTURE_ADDRESS)? (',' 'addressV' '=' TEXTURE_ADDRESS)? (',' 'addressW' '=' TEXTURE_ADDRESS)? (',' 'mipLODBias' '=' NUMBER)? (',' 'maxAnisotropy' '=' NUMBER)? (',' 'comparisonFunc' '=' COMPARISON_FUNC)? (',' 'borderColor' '=' STATIC_BORDER_COLOR)? (',' 'minLOD' '=' NUMBER)? (',' 'maxLOD' '=' NUMBER)? (',' 'space' '=' NUMBER)? (',' 'visibility' '=' SHADER_VISIBILITY)? ')'
+
+ bReg : 'b' NUMBER
+
+ tReg : 't' NUMBER
+
+ uReg : 'u' NUMBER
+
+ sReg : 's' NUMBER
+
+ FILTER : 'FILTER_MIN_MAG_MIP_POINT' | 'FILTER_MIN_MAG_POINT_MIP_LINEAR' | 'FILTER_MIN_POINT_MAG_LINEAR_MIP_POINT' | 'FILTER_MIN_POINT_MAG_MIP_LINEAR' | 'FILTER_MIN_LINEAR_MAG_MIP_POINT' | 'FILTER_MIN_LINEAR_MAG_POINT_MIP_LINEAR' | 'FILTER_MIN_MAG_LINEAR_MIP_POINT' | 'FILTER_MIN_MAG_MIP_LINEAR' | 'FILTER_ANISOTROPIC' | 'FILTER_COMPARISON_MIN_MAG_MIP_POINT' | 'FILTER_COMPARISON_MIN_MAG_POINT_MIP_LINEAR' | 'FILTER_COMPARISON_MIN_POINT_MAG_LINEAR_MIP_POINT' | 'FILTER_COMPARISON_MIN_POINT_MAG_MIP_LINEAR' | 'FILTER_COMPARISON_MIN_LINEAR_MAG_MIP_POINT' | 'FILTER_COMPARISON_MIN_LINEAR_MAG_POINT_MIP_LINEAR' | 'FILTER_COMPARISON_MIN_MAG_LINEAR_MIP_POINT' | 'FILTER_COMPARISON_MIN_MAG_MIP_LINEAR' | 'FILTER_COMPARISON_ANISOTROPIC' | 'FILTER_MINIMUM_MIN_MAG_MIP_POINT' | 'FILTER_MINIMUM_MIN_MAG_POINT_MIP_LINEAR' | 'FILTER_MINIMUM_MIN_POINT_MAG_LINEAR_MIP_POINT' | 'FILTER_MINIMUM_MIN_POINT_MAG_MIP_LINEAR' | 'FILTER_MINIMUM_MIN_LINEAR_MAG_MIP_POINT' | 'FILTER_MINIMUM_MIN_LINEAR_MAG_POINT_MIP_LINEAR' | 'FILTER_MINIMUM_MIN_MAG_LINEAR_MIP_POINT' | 'FILTER_MINIMUM_MIN_MAG_MIP_LINEAR' | 'FILTER_MINIMUM_ANISOTROPIC' | 'FILTER_MAXIMUM_MIN_MAG_MIP_POINT' | 'FILTER_MAXIMUM_MIN_MAG_POINT_MIP_LINEAR' | 'FILTER_MAXIMUM_MIN_POINT_MAG_LINEAR_MIP_POINT' | 'FILTER_MAXIMUM_MIN_POINT_MAG_MIP_LINEAR' | 'FILTER_MAXIMUM_MIN_LINEAR_MAG_MIP_POINT' | 'FILTER_MAXIMUM_MIN_LINEAR_MAG_POINT_MIP_LINEAR' | 'FILTER_MAXIMUM_MIN_MAG_LINEAR_MIP_POINT' | 'FILTER_MAXIMUM_MIN_MAG_MIP_LINEAR' | 'FILTER_MAXIMUM_ANISOTROPIC'
+
+ TEXTURE_ADDRESS : 'TEXTURE_ADDRESS_WRAP' | 'TEXTURE_ADDRESS_MIRROR' | 'TEXTURE_ADDRESS_CLAMP' | 'TEXTURE_ADDRESS_BORDER' | 'TEXTURE_ADDRESS_MIRROR_ONCE'
+
+ COMPARISON_FUNC : 'COMPARISON_NEVER' | 'COMPARISON_LESS' | 'COMPARISON_EQUAL' | 'COMPARISON_LESS_EQUAL' | 'COMPARISON_GREATER' | 'COMPARISON_NOT_EQUAL' | 'COMPARISON_GREATER_EQUAL' | 'COMPARISON_ALWAYS'
+
+ STATIC_BORDER_COLOR : 'STATIC_BORDER_COLOR_TRANSPARENT_BLACK' | 'STATIC_BORDER_COLOR_OPAQUE_BLACK' | 'STATIC_BORDER_COLOR_OPAQUE_WHITE'
+
+
+Serialized format
+======================
+The root signature string is parsed and serialized into a binary format. The
+binary format is a sequence of bytes that can be used to create a root signature
+object in the Direct3D 12 API. The binary format is defined by the
+`D3D12_ROOT_SIGNATURE_DESC (for rootsig_1_0)
+<https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/d3d12/ns-d3d12-d3d12_root_signature_desc>`_
+or `D3D12_ROOT_SIGNATURE_DESC1 (for rootsig_1_1)
+<https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/d3d12/ns-d3d12-d3d12_root_signature_desc1>`_
+structure in the Direct3D 12 API.
+
+
+
+Implementation Details
+======================
+
+The root signature string will be parsed in the HLSL frontend.
+The parsing
+will happened when build HLSLRootSignatureAttr or when build standalone root
+signature blob.
+
+The root signature parsing will generate a VersionedRootSignatureDesc object
+that represents the root signature string.
+VersionedRootSignatureDesc is a struct that contains a RootSignatureVersion
+and a RootSignatureDesc.
+
+.. code-block:: c++
+ struct DescriptorRange {
+ DescriptorRangeType RangeType;
+ uint32_t NumDescriptors = 1;
+ uint32_t BaseShaderRegister;
+ uint32_t RegisterSpace = 0;
+ DescriptorRangeFlags Flags = DescriptorRangeFlags::None;
+ uint32_t OffsetInDescriptorsFromTableStart = DescriptorRangeOffsetAppend;
+ };
+
+ struct RootDescriptorTable {
+ std::vector<DescriptorRange> DescriptorRanges;
+ };
+ struct RootConstants {
+ uint32_t ShaderRegister;
+ uint32_t RegisterSpace = 0;
+ uint32_t Num32BitValues;
+ };
+
+ struct RootDescriptor {
+ uint32_t ShaderRegister;
+ uint32_t RegisterSpace = 0;
+ RootDescriptorFlags Flags = RootDescriptorFlags::None;
+ };
+ struct RootParameter {
+ RootParameterType ParameterType;
+ std::variant<RootDescriptorTable, RootConstants, RootDescriptor>
+ Parameter;
+ ShaderVisibility ShaderVisibility = ShaderVisibility::All;
+ };
+
+ struct StaticSamplerDesc {
+ Filter Filter = Filter::ANISOTROPIC;
+ TextureAddressMode AddressU = TextureAddressMode::Wrap;
+ TextureAddressMode AddressV = TextureAddressMode::Wrap;
+ TextureAddressMode AddressW = TextureAddressMode::Wrap;
+ float MipLODBias = 0.f;
+ uint32_t MaxAnisotropy = 16;
+ ComparisonFunc ComparisonFunc = ComparisonFunc::LessEqual;
+ StaticBorderColor BorderColor = StaticBorderColor::OpaqueWhite;
+ float MinLOD = 0.f;
+ float MaxLOD = MaxLOD;
+ uint32_t ShaderRegister;
+ uint32_t RegisterSpace = 0;
+ ShaderVisibility ShaderVisibility = ShaderVisibility::All;
+ };
+
+ struct RootSignatureDesc {
+ std::vector<RootParameter> Parameters;
+ std::vector<StaticSamplerDesc> StaticSamplers;
+ RootSignatureFlags Flags;
+ };
+
+ struct VersionedRootSignatureDesc {
+ RootSignatureVersion Version;
+ RootSignatureDesc Desc;
+ };
+
+Things like DescriptorRangeType and RootDescriptorFlags will be enums.
+
+After parsing, the VersionedRootSignatureDesc will be translated into a
+constant global variable in the clang AST and save to the
+HLSLRootSignatureAttr.
+
+For case compile to a standalone root signature blob, the global variable will
+be saved in the ASTContext.
+
+The global variable in AST will have a struct type that represents the root signature
+layout and a initializer that contains the values like space and
+numDescriptors of the root signature.
+
+In clang code generation, the global variable in AST will be translated into a global
+variable with cosntant initializer in LLVM IR.
+
+CGHLSLRuntime will generate metadata to link the global variable as root
+signature for given entry function or just nullptr for the standalone root
+signature blob case.
+
+In LLVM DirectX backend, the global variable will be serialized and save into the root
+signature part of dx container when emit DXIL.
----------------
damyanp wrote:
Does clang actually use the root signature for anything?
https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/83933
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