Re: Shader security model discussions: breaking it down?

> On 30 Aug 2017, at 6:37 am, Dean Jackson <dino@apple.com> wrote:
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>> On 25 Aug 2017, at 6:47 am, Kai Ninomiya <kainino@google.com <mailto:kainino@google.com>> wrote:
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>> A few more things relevant to both forks of this thread. Corentin pointed me to a few things:
>> * This is the extension for variable pointers that John talked about at the meeting:
>> https://www.khronos.org/registry/spir-v/extensions/KHR/SPV_KHR_variable_pointers.html <https://www.khronos.org/registry/spir-v/extensions/KHR/SPV_KHR_variable_pointers.html>
> "Status: Not Complete, do not ship."
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> Does any existing Vulkan driver support this incomplete extension?

My follow-up question is, are there workloads that require the variable pointer extension?

Since the extension exists (even if incomplete and/or unimplemented), the answer is yes. What are they?

Dean