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Execution dependency chain with TOP_OF_PIPE/BOTTOM_OF_PIPE/NONE
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Description
As it turns out from https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Docs/issues/755#issuecomment-1411760828, `VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_TOP_OF_PIPE_BIT` and `VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_BOTTOM_OF_PIPE_BIT` can form execution dependency chains with each other and other pipeline stages.
Consider the following example:
```
barrierA.dstStageMask = BOTTOM_OF_PIPE = NONE
barrierB.srcStageMask = BOTTOM_OF_PIPE = ALL_COMMANDS
```
Barriers `barrierA` and `barrierB` do form an execution dependency chain.
This is unexpected at least, since (1) no commands are executing these pipeline stages and (2) it is not spelled out in the specification.
The introduction of `VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_NONE` made this even more confusing, since like in the above example, it **can** form an execution dependency chain as well, despite its name, it is **not** _none_ at all.
To avoid confusions, these semantics should be explicitly spelled out in the specification.
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