microsoft / microsoft/DirectXShaderCompiler
[SPIRV] OpAccessChain storage class mismatch when accessing resource member in struct array
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Description
When compiling HLSL that creates an array of structs with resource members and accesses them via constant indexing, DXC's SPIRV backend generates invalid SPIR-V:
fatal error: generated SPIR-V is invalid: The result pointer storage class and base pointer storage class in OpAccessChain do not match. %13 = OpAccessChain %_ptr_Uniform_uint %gBuf %uint_0 %uint_0
Repro:
RWByteAddressBuffer gBuf : register(u0);
struct BufStruct { RWByteAddressBuffer buf; };
[numthreads(1,1,1)]
void main() {
BufStruct s[2];
s[0].buf = gBuf;
s[0].buf.Store(0, 42);
}
Command:
dxc.exe -spirv -fspv-target-env=vulkan1.3 -T cs_6_0 -Fo out.spv repro.hlsl
https://godbolt.org/z/cqj4j1zzb
DXC DXIL compiles and runs this correctly. DXC version: main (built from source).
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Research direction
Start by running the provided HLSL reproducer with dxc.exe using the shown SPIR-V command, then trace the SPIR-V backend handling of OpAccessChain for resource members in struct arrays. Done means the reproducer compiles without the storage-class validation error and the generated SPIR-V is valid.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
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- cpp
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- compilers
- Issue type
- Bug
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