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[naga] Translate bools in the workgroup address space to u32s #6570

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teoxoy opened this issue Nov 20, 2024 · 0 comments
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[naga] Translate bools in the workgroup address space to u32s #6570

teoxoy opened this issue Nov 20, 2024 · 0 comments
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teoxoy commented Nov 20, 2024

Many GPUs cannot implement single-byte writes without introducing potential data races.
By specifying that a bool value occupies 4 bytes with 4 byte alignment,
implementations can support adjacent boolean values in memory without introducing data races.

from gpuweb/gpuweb#4974
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