Name

    OES_geometry_shader

Name String

    GL_OES_geometry_shader
    GL_OES_geometry_point_size

Contact

    Jon Leech (oddhack 'at' sonic.net)
    Daniel Koch, NVIDIA (dkoch 'at' nvidia.com)

Contributors

    Daniel Koch, NVIDIA (dkoch 'at' nvidia.com)
    Pat Brown, NVIDIA (pbrown 'at' nvidia.com)
    Slawomir Grajewski, Intel
    Dominik Witczak, Mobica
    Jesse Hall, Google
    Maurice Ribble, Qualcomm
    Bill Licea-Kane, Qualcomm
    Graham Connor, Imagination
    Ben Bowman, Imagination
    Jonathan Putsman, Imagination
    Contributors to ARB_geometry_shader4

Notice

    Copyright (c) 2008-2016 The Khronos Group Inc. Copyright terms at
        http://www.khronos.org/registry/speccopyright.html

    Portions Copyright (c) 2013-2014 NVIDIA Corporation.

Status

    Approved by the OpenGL ES Working Group
    Ratified by the Khronos Board of Promoters on November 7, 2014

Version

    Last Modified Date: May 31, 2016
    Revision: 4

Number

    OpenGL ES Extension #210

Dependencies

    OpenGL ES 3.1 and OpenGL ES Shading Language 3.10 are required.

    This specification is written against the OpenGL ES 3.1 (March 17, 2014)
    and OpenGL ES 3.10 Shading Language (March 17, 2014) Specifications.

    OES_shader_io_blocks or EXT_shader_io_blocks is required.

    OES_sample_variables trivially affects the definition of this extension.

    OES_texture_storage_multisample_2d_array affects the definition of this
    extension.

    OES_shader_multisample_interpolation trivially affects the definition of
    this extension.

    OES_texture_buffer and EXT_texture_buffer trivially affect the definition
    of this extension.

Overview

    OES_geometry_shader defines a new shader type available to be run on the
    GPU, called a geometry shader. Geometry shaders are run after vertices are
    transformed, but prior to color clamping, flatshading and clipping.

    A geometry shader begins with a single primitive (point, line,
    triangle). It can read the attributes of any of the vertices in the
    primitive and use them to generate new primitives. A geometry shader has a
    fixed output primitive type (point, line strip, or triangle strip) and
    emits vertices to define a new primitive. A geometry shader can emit
    multiple disconnected primitives. The primitives emitted by the geometry
    shader are clipped and then processed like an equivalent primitive
    specified by the application.

    Furthermore, OES_geometry_shader provides four additional primitive
    types: lines with adjacency, line strips with adjacency, separate
    triangles with adjacency, and triangle strips with adjacency.  Some of the
    vertices specified in these new primitive types are not part of the
    ordinary primitives, instead they represent neighboring vertices that are
    adjacent to the two line segment end points (lines/strips) or the three
    triangle edges (triangles/tstrips). These vertices can be accessed by
    geometry shaders and used to match up the vertices emitted by the geometry
    shader with those of neighboring primitives.

    Since geometry shaders expect a specific input primitive type, an error
    will occur if the application presents primitives of a different type.
    For example, if a geometry shader expects points, an error will occur at
    drawing time if a primitive mode of TRIANGLES is specified.

    This extension also adds the notion of layered framebuffer attachments
    and framebuffers that can be used in conjunction with geometry shaders
    to allow programs to direct primitives to a face of a cube map or layer
    of a three-dimensional texture or two-dimensional array texture. The
    layer used for rendering can be selected by the geometry shader at run
    time. The framebuffer layer count present in GL 4.x and removed from
    ES 3.1 is restored.

    Not all geometry shader implementations have the ability to write the
    point size from a geometry shader. Thus a second extension string and
    shading language enable are provided for implementations which do
    support geometry shader point size.

    This extension relies on the OES_shader_io_blocks extension to provide
    the required functionality for declaring input and output blocks and
    interfacing between shaders.

New Procedures and Functions

    void FramebufferTextureOES(enum target, enum attachment,
                               uint texture, int level);

New Tokens

    Accepted by the <type> parameter of CreateShader and
    CreateShaderProgramv, by the <pname> parameter of
    GetProgramPipelineiv and returned in the <params> parameter of
    GetShaderiv when <pname> is SHADER_TYPE:

        GEOMETRY_SHADER_OES                             0x8DD9

    Accepted by the <stages> parameter of UseProgramStages:

        GEOMETRY_SHADER_BIT_OES                         0x00000004

    Accepted by the <pname> parameter of GetProgramiv:

        GEOMETRY_LINKED_VERTICES_OUT_OES                0x8916
        GEOMETRY_LINKED_INPUT_TYPE_OES                  0x8917
        GEOMETRY_LINKED_OUTPUT_TYPE_OES                 0x8918
        GEOMETRY_SHADER_INVOCATIONS_OES                 0x887F

    Accepted by the <pname> parameter of GetBooleanv, GetIntegerv,
    GetFloatv, and GetInteger64v:

        LAYER_PROVOKING_VERTEX_OES                      0x825E
        MAX_GEOMETRY_UNIFORM_COMPONENTS_OES             0x8DDF
        MAX_GEOMETRY_UNIFORM_BLOCKS_OES                 0x8A2C
        MAX_COMBINED_GEOMETRY_UNIFORM_COMPONENTS_OES    0x8A32
        MAX_GEOMETRY_INPUT_COMPONENTS_OES               0x9123
        MAX_GEOMETRY_OUTPUT_COMPONENTS_OES              0x9124
        MAX_GEOMETRY_OUTPUT_VERTICES_OES                0x8DE0
        MAX_GEOMETRY_TOTAL_OUTPUT_COMPONENTS_OES        0x8DE1
        MAX_GEOMETRY_SHADER_INVOCATIONS_OES             0x8E5A
        MAX_GEOMETRY_TEXTURE_IMAGE_UNITS_OES            0x8C29
        MAX_GEOMETRY_ATOMIC_COUNTER_BUFFERS_OES         0x92CF
        MAX_GEOMETRY_ATOMIC_COUNTERS_OES                0x92D5
        MAX_GEOMETRY_IMAGE_UNIFORMS_OES                 0x90CD
        MAX_GEOMETRY_SHADER_STORAGE_BLOCKS_OES          0x90D7

    Returned in the <data> parameter from a Get query with a <pname> of
    LAYER_PROVOKING_VERTEX_OES:

        FIRST_VERTEX_CONVENTION_OES                     0x8E4D
        LAST_VERTEX_CONVENTION_OES                      0x8E4E
        UNDEFINED_VERTEX_OES                            0x8260

    Accepted by the <target> parameter of BeginQuery, EndQuery,
    GetQueryiv, and GetQueryObjectuiv:

        PRIMITIVES_GENERATED_OES                        0x8C87

    Accepted by the <mode> parameter of DrawArrays, DrawElements,
    and other commands which draw primitives:

        LINES_ADJACENCY_OES                             0xA
        LINE_STRIP_ADJACENCY_OES                        0xB
        TRIANGLES_ADJACENCY_OES                         0xC
        TRIANGLE_STRIP_ADJACENCY_OES                    0xD

    Accepted by the <pname> parameter of FramebufferParameteri,
    and GetFramebufferParameteriv:

        FRAMEBUFFER_DEFAULT_LAYERS_OES                  0x9312

    Accepted by the <pname> parameter of GetIntegerv, GetBooleanv,
    GetInteger64v, and GetFloatv:

        MAX_FRAMEBUFFER_LAYERS_OES                      0x9317

    Returned by CheckFramebufferStatus:

        FRAMEBUFFER_INCOMPLETE_LAYER_TARGETS_OES        0x8DA8

    Accepted by the <pname> parameter of
    GetFramebufferAttachmentParameteriv:

        FRAMEBUFFER_ATTACHMENT_LAYERED_OES              0x8DA7

    Accepted by the <props> parameter of
    GetProgramResourceiv:

        REFERENCED_BY_GEOMETRY_SHADER_OES               0x9309

Additions to the OpenGL ES 3.1 Specification

    Modify chapter 3 "Dataflow Model"

    Change the second paragraph, on p. 28:

    ... In the next stage vertices may be transformed, followed by assembly
    into geometric primitives. Geometry shaders may then optionally generate
    multiple new primitives from single input primitives. Optionally, the
    results ...


    Modify figure 3.1 "Block diagram of the OpenGL ES pipeline" to insert a
    new box "Geometry Shader" following "Vertex Shader" and preceding
    "Rasterization". Connect the Geometry Shader box to Transform Feedback
    and Rasterization boxes, and remove the connection from Vertex Shader to
    Transform Feedback. Extend the arrows from the boxes "Image Load/Store"
    .. "Uniform Block" to the right of "Vertex Shader" to connect to the new
    "Geometry Shader" box.


    Modify section 4.2, "Query Objects and Asynchronous Queries" on p. 36
    to add to the bullet list of supported query types

    * Primitive queries with a target of PRIMITIVES_GENERATED_OES (see
      section 12.2) return information on the number of primitives processed
      by the GL.


    Replace the two paragraphs of chapter 7, "Programs and Shaders"
    on p. 64 starting "Shader stages including ..." with:

    Shader stages including vertex, geometry, fragment, and compute shaders
    can be created, compiled, and linked into program objects.

    Vertex shaders describe the operations that occur on vertex attributes.
    Geometry shaders affect the processing of primitives assembled from
    vertices (see section 11.1gs). Fragment shaders affect the processing of
    fragments during rasterization (see chapter 14). A single program
    object can contain all of these shaders, or any subset thereof.

    Compute shaders ...


    Add to table 7.1 "CreateShader <type> values" on p. 65:

        <type>                  Shader Stage
        -------------------     ---------------
        GEOMETRY_SHADER_OES     Geometry shader


    Change bullet list describing reasons for link failure below the
    LinkProgram command on p. 70:

    ... Linking can fail for a variety of reasons as specified in the OpenGL
    ES Shading Language Specification, as well as any of the following
    reasons:

    * One or more of the shader objects attached to <program> are not
      compiled successfully.
    * More active uniform or active sampler variables are used in <program>
      than allowed (see sections 7.6 and 7.9).
    * The shaders do not use the same shader language version.
    * <program> contains objects to form a geometry shader (see section
      11.1gs), and
      - <program> is not separable and contains no objects to form a
        vertex shader; or
      - the input primitive type, output primitive type, or maximum output
        vertex count is not specified in the compiled geometry shader
        object.
    * <program> contains objects to form a compute shader (see section 17)
      and
      - <program> also contains objects to form any other type of shader.

    If LinkProgram failed, ...


    Modify section 7.3, "Program Objects":

    Add to the second paragraph after UseProgram on p. 71:

    The executable code ... the results of vertex and/or fragment processing
    will be undefined. However, this is not an error. If there is no active
    program for the geometry shader stage, that stage is ignored. If there
    is no active program for the compute shader stage ...


    Modify section 7.3.1, "Program Interfaces":

    Modify table 7.2 "GetProgramResourceiv properties and supported
    interfaces" on p. 81 to add "REFERENCED_BY_GEOMETRY_SHADER_OES" to the
    "Property" cell already containing REFERENCED_BY_<stage>_SHADER for
    VERTEX, FRAGMENT, and COMPUTE stages, with the same supported
    interfaces.


    Add geometry shaders to the paragraph describing the REFERENCED_BY
    properties, on p. 83:

    For the properties REFERENCED_BY_VERTEX_SHADER,
    REFERENCED_BY_GEOMETRY_SHADER_OES, REFERENCED_BY_FRAGMENT_SHADER, and
    REFERENCED_BY_COMPUTE_SHADER, a single integer is written to <params>,
    identifying whether the active resource is referenced by the vertex,
    geometry, fragment, or compute shaders, respectively, in the program
    object. ...


    Modify section 7.4, "Program Pipeline Objects" in the first paragraph
    paragraph after UseProgramStages on p. 89:

    ... These stages may include vertex, geometry, fragment, or compute,
    indicated respectively by VERTEX_SHADER_BIT, GEOMETRY_SHADER_BIT_OES,
    FRAGMENT_SHADER_BIT, or COMPUTE_SHADER_BIT. ...


    Modify section 7.4.1, "Shader Interface Matching" on p. 91, changing
    the second paragraph and adding a new paragraph:

    Variables and block members declared as structures ... in the OpenGL ES
    Shading Language Specification.

    Geometry shader per-vertex input variables and blocks are required to be
    declared as arrays, with each element representing input or output
    values for a single vertex of a multi-vertex primitive. For the purposes
    of interface matching, such variables and blocks are treated as though
    they were not declared as arrays.

    For program objects containing multiple shaders...


    Modify section 7.4.2 "Program Pipeline Object State" on p. 92,
    replacing the first bullet point:

    * Unsigned integers are required to hold the names of the active program
      and each of the current vertex, geometry, fragment, and compute stage
      programs. Each integer is initially zero.


    Modify section 7.6, "Uniform Variables"

    Add to table 7.4 "Query targets for default uniform block storage ..."
    on p. 96:

    Shader Stage                    <pname> for querying default uniform block
                                    storage, in components
    ----------------------------    -------------------------------------------
    Geometry (see sec. 11.1gs.3)    MAX_GEOMETRY_UNIFORM_COMPONENTS_OES


    Add to table 7.5 "Query targets for combined uniform block storage ..."
    on p. 97:


    Shader Stage                    <pname> for querying combined uniform block
                                    storage, in components
    ----------------------------    --------------------------------------------
    Geometry                        MAX_COMBINED_GEOMETRY_UNIFORM_COMPONENTS_OES


    Modify section 7.6.2, "Uniform Blocks" on p. 104, changing the second
    paragraph of the section:

    There is a set of implementation-dependent maximums for the number of
    active uniform blocks used by each shader. If the number of uniform
    blocks used by any shader in the program exceeds its corresponding
    limit, the program will fail to link. The limits for vertex, geometry,
    fragment, and compute shaders can be obtained by calling GetIntegerv
    with <pname> values of MAX_VERTEX_UNIFORM_BLOCKS,
    MAX_GEOMETRY_UNIFORM_BLOCKS_OES, MAX_FRAGMENT_UNIFORM_BLOCKS, and
    MAX_COMPUTE_UNIFORM_BLOCKS, respectively.


    Modify section 7.7, "Atomic Counter Buffers" on p. 108, changing the
    second paragraph of the section:

    There is a set of implementation-dependent maximums for the number of
    active atomic counter buffers referenced by each shader. If the number
    of atomic counter buffers referenced by any shader in the program
    exceeds its corresponding limit, the program will fail to link. The
    limits for vertex, geometry, fragment, and compute shaders can be
    obtained by calling GetIntegerv with <pname> values of
    MAX_VERTEX_ATOMIC_COUNTER_BUFFERS,
    MAX_GEOMETRY_ATOMIC_COUNTER_BUFFERS_OES,
    MAX_FRAGMENT_ATOMIC_COUNTER_BUFFERS, or
    MAX_COMPUTE_ATOMIC_COUNTER_BUFFERS, respectively.


    Modify section 7.8, "Shader Buffer Variables and Shader Storage Blocks"
    on p. 110, changing the fourth paragraph:

    If the number of active shader storage blocks referenced by the shaders
    in a program exceeds implementation-dependent limits, the program will
    fail to link. The limits for vertex, geometry, fragment, and compute
    shaders can be obtained by calling GetIntegerv with pname values of
    MAX_VERTEX_SHADER_STORAGE_BLOCKS,
    MAX_GEOMETRY_SHADER_STORAGE_BLOCKS_OES,
    MAX_FRAGMENT_SHADER_STORAGE_BLOCKS, and
    MAX_COMPUTE_SHADER_STORAGE_BLOCKS, respectively. Additionally, a ...


    Modify section 7.11.1 "Shader Memory Access Ordering" on p. 113 to add
    to the list of ordering rules:

    * The relative order of invocations of different shader types is largely
      undefined. However, when executing a shader whose inputs are generated
      from a previous programmable stage, the shader invocations from the
      previous stage are guaranteed to have executed far enough to generate
      final values for all next-stage inputs. That implies shader completion
      for all stages except geometry; geometry shaders are guaranteed only
      to have executed far enough to emit all needed vertices.


    Modify section 7.12, "Shader, Program, and Program Pipeline Queries"
    to add to the list of valid <pname>s for GetProgramiv on p. 121:

    If <pname> is GEOMETRY_LINKED_VERTICES_OUT_OES, the maximum number of
    vertices the geometry shader will output is returned.

    If <pname> is GEOMETRY_LINKED_INPUT_TYPE_OES, the geometry shader input
    type, which must be one of POINTS, LINES, LINES_ADJACENCY_OES, TRIANGLES
    or TRIANGLES_ADJACENCY_OES, is returned.

    If <pname> is GEOMETRY_LINKED_OUTPUT_TYPE_OES, the current geometry shader
    output type, which must be one of POINTS, LINE_STRIP or TRIANGLE_STRIP,
    is returned.

    If <pname> is GEOMETRY_SHADER_INVOCATIONS_OES, the number of geometry
    shader invocations per primitive will be returned.


    Add to the Errors for GetProgramiv on p. 121:

    An INVALID_OPERATION error is generated if
    GEOMETRY_LINKED_VERTICES_OUT_OES, GEOMETRY_LINKED_INPUT_TYPE_OES,
    GEOMETRY_LINKED_OUTPUT_TYPE_OES, or GEOMETRY_SHADER_INVOCATIONS_OES are
    queried for a program which has not been linked successfully, or which
    does not contain objects to form a geometry shader,


    Modify section 7.13 "Required State" to change the last two paragraphs
    of the section on p. 127:

    This list of program object state is not complete. Tables 20.20-20.28
    describe additional program object state specific to program binaries,
    geometry shaders, and uniform blocks.

    Table 20.29 describes state related to vertex and geometry shaders that
    is not program object state.


    Modify section 9.2, "Binding and Managing Framebuffer Objects" to add to
    the list of bullet points for BindFramebuffer on p. 205:

    * If the number of layers of each attachment are not all identical,
      rendering will be limited to the smallest number of layers of any
      attachment. If there are no attachments, the number of layers will be
      taken from the framebuffer object's default layer count.


    Modify section 9.2.1, "Framebuffer Object Parameters" to replace the
    second and third paragraphs of the section, adding default and maximum
    layer counts to FramebufferParameteri, on p. 206 and p. 207:

    When a framebuffer has one or more attachments, the width, height, layer
    count (section 9.7gs), sample count, and sample location pattern of the
    framebuffer are derived from the properties of the framebuffer
    attachments. When the framebuffer has no attachments, these properties
    are taken from framebuffer parameters. When <pname> is
    FRAMEBUFFER_DEFAULT_WIDTH, FRAMEBUFFER_DEFAULT_HEIGHT,
    FRAMEBUFFER_DEFAULT_LAYERS_OES, FRAMEBUFFER_DEFAULT_SAMPLES, or
    FRAMEBUFFER_DEFAULT_FIXED_SAMPLE_LOCATIONS, the value in <param>
    specifies the width, height, layer count, sample count, or sample
    location pattern, respectively, used when the framebuffer has no
    attachments.

    When a framebuffer has no attachments, it is considered layered (section
    9.7gs) if and only if the value of FRAMEBUFFER_DEFAULT_LAYERS_OES is
    non-zero. It is considered to have sample buffers ...


    Modify the error for invalid parameter values on p. 207 to add
    layer counts:

    An INVALID_VALUE error is generated if <pname> is
    FRAMEBUFFER_DEFAULT_WIDTH, FRAMEBUFFER_DEFAULT_HEIGHT,
    FRAMEBUFFER_DEFAULT_LAYERS_OES, or FRAMEBUFFER_DEFAULT_SAMPLES, and
    <param> is either negative or greater than the value of the
    corresponding implementation-dependent limits MAX_FRAMEBUFFER_WIDTH,
    MAX_FRAMEBUFFER_HEIGHT, MAX_FRAMEBUFFER_LAYERS_OES, or
    MAX_FRAMEBUFFER_SAMPLES, respectively.


    Replace the bullet list in section 9.2.2, "Attaching Images to
    Framebuffer Objects" on p. 208:

    There are several types of framebuffer-attachable images:

    * The image of a renderbuffer object, which is always two-dimensional.
    * A single level of a two-dimensional or two-dimensional multisample
      texture.
    * A single face of a cube map texture level, which is treated as a
      two-dimensional image.
    * A single layer of a two-dimensional array texture, two-dimensional
      multidimensional array texture, or three-dimensional texture, which is
      treated as a two-dimensional image.

    Additionally, an entire level of a three-dimensional, cube map,
    two-dimensional array, or two-dimensional multisample array texture can
    be attached to an attachment point. Such attachments are treated as an
    array of two-dimensional images, arranged in layers, and the
    corresponding attachment point is considered to be <layered> (also see
    section 9.7gs)


    Modify section 9.2.3, "Framebuffer Object Queries"

    In the description of GetFramebufferAttachmentParameteriv for texture
    attachments, replace the bullet point for
    FRAMEBUFFER_ATTACHMENT_TEXTURE_LAYER on p. 210:

    * If <pname> is FRAMEBUFFER_ATTACHMENT_LAYERED_OES then <params> will
      contain TRUE if an entire level of a three-dimensional, cube map,
      two-dimensional array, or two-dimensional multisample array texture is
      attached. Otherwise, <params> will contain FALSE.
    * If pname is FRAMEBUFFER_ATTACHMENT_TEXTURE_LAYER; the value of
      FRAMEBUFFER_ATTACHMENT_OBJECT_NAME is the name of a three-dimensional,
      or a two-dimensional array texture; and the value of
      FRAMEBUFFER_ATTACHMENT_LAYERED_OES is FALSE, then <params> will
      contain the value of the texture layer which contains the attached
      image.


    Modify section 9.2.8, "Attaching Texture Images to a Framebuffer" on
    p. 217:

    The GL supports copying the rendered contents of the framebuffer into
    the images of a texture object through the use of the routines
    CopyTexImage* and CopyTexSubImage*. Additionally, the GL supports
    rendering directly into the images of a texture object.

    To render directly into a texture image, a specified level of a texture
    object can be attached as one of the logical buffers of the currently
    bound framebuffer object by calling

      void FramebufferTextureOES(enum target, enum attachment,
                                 uint texture, int level);

    <target> must be DRAW_FRAMEBUFFER, READ_FRAMEBUFFER, or FRAMEBUFFER.
    FRAMEBUFFER is equivalent to DRAW_FRAMEBUFFER. <attachment> must be one
    of the attachment points of the framebuffer listed in table 9.1.

    If <texture> is non-zero, the specified mipmap <level> of the texture
    object named <texture> is attached to the framebuffer attachment point
    named by <attachment>.

    If <texture> is the name of a three-dimensional texture, cube map
    texture, two-dimensional array, or two-dimensional multisample array
    texture, the texture level attached to the framebuffer attachment point
    is an array of images, and the framebuffer attachment is considered
    <layered>.

    Errors

    An INVALID_ENUM error is generated if <target> is not DRAW_FRAMEBUFFER,
    READ_FRAMEBUFFER, or FRAMEBUFFER.

    An INVALID_ENUM error is generated if <attachment> is not one of the
    attachments in table 9.1.

    An INVALID_OPERATION error is generated if zero is bound to <target>.

    An INVALID_VALUE error is generated if <texture> is not the name of a
    texture object, or if <level> is not a supported texture level for
    <texture>.

    An INVALID_OPERATION error is generated if <texture> is the name of a
    buffer texture.


    Additionally, a specified image from a texture object can be attached as
    one of the logical buffers of a currently bound framebuffer object by
    calling

      void FramebufferTexture2D

    ...

    The command

      void FramebufferTextureLayer(enum target, enum attachment,
                                   uint texture, int level, int layer);

    operates similarly to FramebufferTexture2D, except that it attaches a
    single layer of a three-dimensional, two-dimensional array, or
    two-dimensional multisample array texture level.

    <target> and <attachment> are specified with the same values, and have
    the same meanings as the corresponding arguments of
    FramebufferTexture2D.

    <level> specifies the mipmap level of the texture image to be attached
    to the framebuffer.

    If <texture> is a three-dimensional texture, then <level> must be
    greater than or equal to zero and less than or equal to log2 of the
    value of MAX_3D_TEXTURE_SIZE. If <texture> is a two-dimensional array
    texture, then <level> must be greater than or equal to zero and no
    larger than log2 of the value of MAX_TEXTURE_SIZE. If <texture> is a
    two-dimensional multisample array texture, then <level> must be zero.

    <layer> specifies the layer of a two-dimensional image within <texture>.

    Unlike FramebufferTexture2D, no <textarget> parameter is accepted.

    If <texture> is non-zero and the command does not result in an error,
    the framebuffer attachment state corresponding to <attachment> is
    updated as in the other FramebufferTexture commands, except that the
    value of FRAMEBUFFER_ATTACHMENT_TEXTURE_LAYER is set to <layer>.

    Errors

    An INVALID_ENUM error is generated if <target> is not DRAW_FRAMEBUFFER,
    READ_FRAMEBUFFER, or FRAMEBUFFER.

    An INVALID_ENUM error is generated if <attachment> is not one of the
    attachments in table 9.1.

    An INVALID_VALUE error is generated if texture is non-zero and <level>
    is not a supported texture level for <texture>, as described above.

    An INVALID_VALUE error is generated if <texture> is non-zero and <layer>
    is larger than the value of MAX_3D_TEXTURE_SIZE minus one (for
    three-dimensional textures), or larger than the value of
    MAX_ARRAY_TEXTURE_LAYERS minus one (for array textures).

    An INVALID_VALUE error is generated if <texture> is non-zero and <layer>
    is negative.

    An INVALID_OPERATION error is generated if <texture> is non-zero and is
    not the name of a three dimensional, two-dimensional multisample array,
    or two-dimensional array texture.


    Modify section 9.2.8.1, "Effects of Attaching a Texture Image" to add
    to the list of bullet points on p. 220:

    * If FramebufferTextureOES is called and <texture> is the name of a
      three-dimensional, cube map, two-dimensional multisample array, or
      two-dimensional array texture, the value of
      FRAMEBUFFER_ATTACHMENT_LAYERED_OES is set to TRUE; otherwise it is set
      to FALSE.


    Modify section 9.4.1, "Framebuffer Completeness" to replace the bullet
    point starting "If <image> is a three-dimensional texture" on p. 223:

    * If <image> is a three-dimensional texture or a two-dimensional array
      texture and the attachment is not layered, the selected layer is less
      than the depth or layer count, respectively, of the texture.

    * If <image> is a three-dimensional texture or a two-dimensional array
      texture and the attachment is layered, the depth or layer count,
      respectively, of the texture is less than or equal to the value of
      MAX_FRAMEBUFFER_LAYERS_OES.


    Modify section 9.4.2 "Whole Framebuffer Completeness" to add to the list
    of bullet points on p. 224:

    * If any framebuffer attachment is layered, all populated attachments
      must be layered. Additionally, all populated color attachments must be
      from textures of the same target (i.e., three-dimensional, cube map,
      two-dimensional array, or two-dimensional multisample array textures).

      { FRAMEBUFFER_INCOMPLETE_LAYER_TARGETS_OES }


    Add new section 9.7gs on p. 229, following existing section 9.7
    "Conversion to RGBA Values":

    Section 9.7gs Layered Framebuffers

    A framebuffer is considered to be layered if it is complete and all of
    its populated attachments are layered. When rendering to a layered
    framebuffer, each fragment generated by the GL is assigned a layer
    number. The layer number for a fragment is zero if

      * geometry shaders are disabled, or

      * the current geometry shader does not statically assign a value to
        the built-in output variable "gl_Layer".

    Otherwise, the layer for each point, line, or triangle emitted by the
    geometry shader is taken from the "gl_Layer" output of one of the
    vertices of the primitive. The vertex used is implementation-dependent
    and may be queried as described in section 11.1gs.4.
    To get defined results, all vertices of each primitive emitted should
    set the same value for "gl_Layer". Since the "EndPrimitive" built-in
    function starts a new output primitive, defined results can be achieved
    if "EndPrimitive" is called between two vertices emitted with different
    layer numbers. A layer number written by a geometry shader has no effect
    if the framebuffer is not layered.

    When fragments are written to a layered framebuffer, the fragment's
    layer number selects a single image from the array of images at each
    attachment point to use for the stencil test (see section 4.1.4), depth
    buffer test (see section 4.1.5), and for blending and color buffer
    writes (see section 4.1.7). If the fragment's layer number is negative,
    or greater than or equal to the minimum number of layers of any
    attachment, the effects of the fragment on the framebuffer contents are
    undefined.

    When the Clear or ClearBuffer* commands are used to clear a layered
    framebuffer attachment, all layers of the attachment are cleared.

    When commands such as ReadPixels read from a layered framebuffer, the
    image at layer zero of the selected attachment is always used to obtain
    pixel values.

    When cube map texture levels are attached to a layered framebuffer, there
    are six layers attached, numbered zero through five.  Each layer number is
    mapped to a cube map face, as indicated in table 8.25.


    Modify section 10.1, "Primitive Types" to add new figure 10.X1 and new
    sections 10.1.7la, 10.1.7lsa, 10.1.7ta, and 10.1.7tsa following section
    10.1.7, "Separate Triangles", on p. 234:


    Section 10.1.7la Lines with Adjacency

    Add figure 10.X1:

        1 - - - 2----->3 - - - 4     1 - - - 2--->3--->4--->5 - - - 6

        5 - - - 6----->7 - - - 8

               (a)                             (b)

      Figure 10.X1 (a) Lines with adjacency, (b) Line strip with adjacency.
      The vertices connected with solid lines belong to the main primitives;
      the vertices connected by dashed lines are the adjacent vertices that
      may be used in a geometry shader.

    Lines with adjacency are specified with <mode> LINES_ADJACENCY_OES, and
    are independent line segments where each endpoint has a corresponding
    "adjacent" vertex that can be accessed by a geometry shader (see section
    11.1gs). If a geometry shader is not active, the "adjacent" vertices are
    ignored.

    A line segment is drawn from the 4i + 2nd vertex to the 4i + 3rd vertex
    for each i = 0, 1, ... , n-1, where there are 4n+k vertices passed. k is
    either 0, 1, 2, or 3; if k is not zero, the final k vertices are
    ignored. For line segment i, the 4i + 1st and 4i + 4th vertices are
    considered adjacent to the 4i + 2nd and 4i + 3rd vertices, respectively.
    See Figure 10.X1.


    Section 10.1.7lsa Line Strips with Adjacency

    Line strips with adjacency are specified with <mode>
    LINE_STRIP_ADJACENCY_OES and are similar to line strips, except that
    each line segment has a pair of adjacent vertices that can be accessed
    by a geometry shader. If a geometry shader is not active, the "adjacent"
    vertices are ignored.

    A line segment is drawn from the i + 2nd vertex to the i + 3rd vertex
    for each i = 0, 1, ..., n-1, where there are n+3 vertices passed. If
    there are fewer than four vertices, all vertices are ignored. For line
    segment i, the i + 1st and i + 4th vertex are considered adjacent to the
    i + 2nd and i + 3rd vertices, respectively. See Figure 10.X1.


    Section 10.1.7ta Triangles with Adjacency

    Add new figure 10.X2:

                   2 - - - 3 - - - 4     8 - - - 9 - - - 10
                           ^\                    ^\
                     \     | \     |       \     | \     |
                           |  \                  |  \
                       \   |   \   |         \   |   \   |
                           |    \                |    \
                         \ |     \ |           \ |     \ |
                           |      v              |      v
                           1<------5             7<------11

                             \     |               \     |

                               \   |                 \   |

                                 \ |                   \ |

                                   6                     12

      Figure 10.X2 Triangles with adjacency.  The vertices connected with solid
      lines belong to the main primitive; the vertices connected by dashed
      lines are the adjacent vertices that may be used in a geometry shader.


    Triangles with adjacency are specified with <mode> TRIANGLES_ADJACENCY_OES,
    and are similar to separate triangles except that
    each triangle edge has an adjacent vertex that can be accessed by a
    geometry shader.  If a geometry shader is not active, the
    "adjacent" vertices are ignored.

    The 6i + 1st, 6i + 3rd, and 6i + 5th vertices (in that order) determine a
    triangle for each i = 0, 1, ..., n-1, where there are 6n+k vertices
    passed. k is either 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5; if k is
    non-zero, the final k vertices are ignored.  For triangle i, the i + 2nd,
    i + 4th, and i + 6th vertices are considered adjacent to edges from the i
    + 1st to the i + 3rd, from the i + 3rd to the i + 5th, and from the i +
    5th to the i + 1st vertices, respectively.  See Figure 10.X2.


    Section 10.1.7 tsa Triangle Strips with Adjacency

    Add figure 10.X3:

                                  6                     6

                                  | \                   | \

                                  |   \                 |   \

                                  |     \               |     \

      2 - - - 3- - - >6   2 - - - 3------>7     2 - - - 3------>7- - - 10
              ^\                  ^^      |             ^^      ^^      |
        \     | \     |     \     | \     | \     \     | \     | \
              |  \                |  \    |             |  \    |  \    |
          \   |   \   |       \   |   \   |   \     \   |   \   |   \
              |    \              |    \  |             |    \  |    \  |
            \ |     \ |         \ |     \ |     \     \ |     \ |     \
              |      v            |      vv             |      vv      v|
              1<------5           1<------5 - - - 8     1<------5<------9

                \     |             \     |               \     | \     |

                  \   |               \   |                 \   |   \   |

                    \ |                 \ |                   \ |     \ |

                      4                   4                     4       8


                                   6       10

                                   | \     | \

                                   |   \   |   \

                                   |     \ |     \
                           2 - - - 3------>7------>11
                                   ^^      ^^      |
                             \     | \     | \     | \
                                   |  \    |  \    |
                               \   |   \   |   \   |   \
                                   |    \  |    \  |
                                 \ |     \ |     \ |     \
                                   |      vv      vv
                                   1<------5<------9 - - - 12

                                     \     | \     |

                                       \   |   \   |

                                         \ |     \ |

                                           4       8

      Figure 10.X3 Triangle strips with adjacency.  The vertices connected with
      solid lines belong to the main primitives; the vertices connected by
      dashed lines are the adjacent vertices that may be used in a geometry
      shader.

    Triangle strips with adjacency are specified with <mode>
    TRIANGLE_STRIP_ADJACENCY_OES and are similar to triangle strips except that
    each line triangle edge has an adjacent vertex that can be accessed by a
    geometry shader (see section 11.1gs). If a geometry shader is not
    active, the "adjacent" vertices are ignored.

    In triangle strips with adjacency, n triangles are drawn where there are
    2 * (n+2) + k vertices passed.  k is either 0 or 1; if k is 1, the
    final vertex is ignored.  If there are fewer than 6 vertices,
    the entire primitive is ignored.  Table 10.X1 describes
    the vertices and order used to draw each triangle, and which vertices are
    considered adjacent to each edge of the triangle.  See Figure 10.X3.


    Add table 10.X1:

                                 primitive          adjacent
                                 vertices           vertices
      primitive               1st   2nd   3rd     1/2  2/3  3/1
      ---------------        ----  ----  ----    ---- ---- ----
      only (i==0, n==1)        1     3     5       2    6    4
      first (i==0)             1     3     5       2    7    4
      middle (i odd)         2i+3  2i+1  2i+5    2i-1 2i+4 2i+7
      middle (i even)        2i+1  2i+3  2i+5    2i-1 2i+7 2i+4
      last (i==n-1, i odd)   2i+3  2i+1  2i+5    2i-1 2i+4 2i+6
      last (i==n-1, i even)  2i+1  2i+3  2i+5    2i-1 2i+6 2i+4

      Table 10.X1:  Triangles generated by triangle strips with adjacency.
      Each triangle is drawn using the vertices in the "1st", "2nd", and "3rd"
      columns under "primitive vertices", in that order.  The vertices in the
      "1/2", "2/3", and "3/1" columns under "adjacent vertices" are considered
      adjacent to the edges from the first to the second, from the second to
      the third, and from the third to the first vertex of the triangle,
      respectively.  The six rows correspond to the six cases:  the first and
      only triangle (i=0, n=1), the first triangle of several (i=0, n>0),
      "odd" middle triangles (i=1,3,5...), "even" middle triangles
      (i=2,4,6,...), and special cases for the last triangle,
      when i is either even or odd.  For the purposes of this
      table, the first vertex passed is numbered "1" and the
      first triangle is numbered "0".


    Modify section 10.5, "Drawing Commands using Vertex Arrays"

    On p. 250 in the errors section for the DrawArraysIndirect command,
    and on p. 254 in the errors section for the DrawElementsIndirect command,
    delete the errors which state:

    "An INVALID_OPERATION error is generated if transform feedback is
    active and not paused."

    (thus allowing transform feedback to work with indirect draw commands).


    Modify section 11.1.2.1, "Output Variables" on p. 262, starting with the
    second paragraph of the section:

    The OpenGL ES Shading Language specification also defines a
    set of built-in outputs that vertex shaders can write to (see
    section 7.1 ("Built-In Language Variables") of the OpenGL ES Shading
    Language Specification). These output variables
    are used to communicate values to the next active stage in the
    vertex processing pipeline; either the geometry shader, or the
    fixed-function vertex processing stages leading to rasterization.

    If the output variables are passed directly to the vertex processing
    stages leading to rasterization, the values of all outputs are expected
    to be interpolated across the primitive being rendered, unless
    flatshaded. Otherwise the values of all outputs are collected by the
    primitive assembly stage and passed on to the subsequent pipeline stage
    once enough data for one primitive has been collected.

    The number of components (individual scalar numeric values) of output
    variables that can be written by the vertex shader, whether or not a
    geometry shader is active, is given by the value of the
    implementation-dependent constant MAX_VERTEX_OUTPUT_COMPONENTS.
    For the purposes of counting input and output components
    consumed by a shader, variables declared as vectors, matrices, and
    arrays will all consume multiple components.

    When a program is linked...

    Additionally, when linking a program containing only a vertex and
    fragment shader, there is a limit on the total number of components...

    Each program object can specify a set of output variables from one
    shader to be recorded in transform feedback mode (see section 12.1).
    The variables that can be recorded are those emitted by the first active
    shader, in order, from the following list:

    * geometry shader
    * vertex shader

    The set of variables to record is specified with the command

    void TransformFeedbackVaryings ...


    Modify starting with the list of TransformFeedbackVaryings link failures
    on p. 263:

    ... A program will fail to link if:

    * the <count> specified by TransformFeedbackVaryings is non-zero, but
      the program object has no vertex or geometry shader;
    * any variable name specified in the <varyings> array is not declared as
      a built-in or user-defined output variable in the shader stage whose
      outputs can be recorded;
    * any two entries in the <varyings> array specify the same output
      variable;
    * the total number of components to capture in any output in <varyings>
      is greater than the value of
      MAX_TRANSFORM_FEEDBACK_SEPARATE_COMPONENTS and the buffer mode is
      SEPARATE_ATTRIBS; or
    * the total number of components to capture is greater than the value of
      MAX_TRANSFORM_FEEDBACK_INTERLEAVED_COMPONENTS and the buffer mode is
      INTERLEAVED_ATTRIBS.

    When a program is linked ...


    Modify section 11.1.3 "Shader Execution"

    Change the first paragraph of the section on p. 264:

    If there is an active program object present for the vertex or geometry
    shader stages, the executable code for those active programs is used to
    process incoming vertex values. The following sequence of operations is
    performed:

    * Vertices are processed by the vertex shader (see section 11.1) and
      assembled into primitives as described in sections 10.1 through 10.3.
    * If the current program contains a geometry shader, each individual
      primitive is processed by the geometry shader (see section 11.1gs).
      Otherwise, primitives are passed through unmodified. If active, the
      geometry shader consumes its input primitive. However, each geometry
      shader invocation may emit new vertices, which are arranged into
      primitives and passed to subsequent pipeline stages.

    Following shader execution, the fixed-function operations described in
    chapter 12 are applied.

    Special considerations for ...


    Rename section 11.1.3.1 "Shader Texturing" to "Shader Only Texturing"
    on p. 264.


    Modify the bullet list in section 11.1.3.5 "Texture Access" on p. 266 to
    add a limit for geometry shaders:

    * MAX_GEOMETRY_TEXTURE_IMAGE_UNITS_OES (for geometry shaders)


    Modify the bullet list in section 11.1.3.6 "Atomic Counter Access" on p.
    268 to add a limit for geometry shaders:

    * MAX_GEOMETRY_ATOMIC_COUNTERS_OES (for geometry shaders)


    Modify the bullet list in section 11.1.3.7 "Image Access" on p. 268 to
    add a limit for geometry shaders:

    * MAX_GEOMETRY_IMAGE_UNIFORMS_OES (for geometry shaders)


    Modify the bullet list in section 11.1.3.8 "Shader Storage Buffer
    Access" on p. 268 to add a limit for geometry shaders:

    * MAX_GEOMETRY_SHADER_STORAGE_BLOCKS_OES (for geometry shaders)


    Modify section 11.1.3.11 "Validation" to add to the list of validation
    errors on p. 270:

    * One program object is active for at least two shader stages and a
      second program is active for a shader stage between two stages for
      which the first program was active.

    * There is an active program for the geometry stage with corresponding
      executable shader, but there is no active program with an executable
      vertex shader.


    Add new section 11.1gs, "Geometry Shaders" on p. 272, following
    section 11.1, "Vertex Shaders"

    Section 11.1.gs Geometry Shaders

    After vertices are processed, they are arranged into primitives, as
    described in section 10.1 (Primitive Types). This section describes
    <geometry shaders>, an additional pipeline stage defining operations to
    further process those primitives. Geometry shaders are defined by source
    code in the OpenGL ES Shading Language, in the same manner as vertex
    shaders. They operate on a single primitive at a time and emit one or
    more output primitives, all of the same type, which are then processed
    like an equivalent GL primitive specified by the application. The
    original primitive is discarded after geometry shader execution. The
    inputs available to a geometry shader are the transformed attributes of
    all the vertices that belong to the primitive. Additional <adjacency
    primitives> are available which also make the transformed attributes of
    neighboring vertices available to the shader. The results of the shader
    are a new set of transformed vertices, arranged into primitives by the
    shader.

    The geometry shader pipeline stage is inserted after primitive assembly,
    prior to transform feedback (see section 12.1), as discussed in section
    11.1.3.

    Geometry shaders are created as described in section 7.1 using a <type>
    of GEOMETRY_SHADER_OES. They are attached to and used in program objects
    as described in section 7.3. When the program object currently in use
    includes a geometry shader, its geometry shader is considered active,
    and is used to process primitives. If the program object has no geometry
    shader, this stage is bypassed.

    A non-separable program object or program pipeline object that includes
    a geometry shader must also include a vertex shader.

    Errors

    An INVALID_OPERATION error is generated by any command that transfers
    vertices to the GL if the current program state has a geometry shader
    but no vertex shader.


    Section 11.1gs.1, Geometry Shader Input Primitives

    A geometry shader can operate on one of five input primitive types.
    Depending on the input primitive type, one to six input vertices are
    available when the shader is executed. Each input primitive type
    supports a subset of the primitives provided by the GL.

    An INVALID_OPERATION error is generated by any command that transfers
    vertices to the GL if a geometry shader is active and the primitive
    <mode> parameter is incompatible with the input primitive type of the
    geometry shader of the active geometry program object, as discussed
    below.

    A geometry shader that accesses more input vertices than are available
    for a given input primitive type can be successfully compiled, because
    the input primitive type is not part of the shader object. However, a
    program object containing a shader object that accesses more input
    vertices than are available for the input primitive type of the program
    object will not link.

    The input primitive type is specified in the geometry shader source code
    using an input layout qualifier, as described in the OpenGL ES Shading
    Language Specification. A program will fail to link if the input
    primitive type is not specified by the geometry shader object attached
    to the program. The input primitive type may be queried by calling
    GetProgramiv with the symbolic constant GEOMETRY_LINKED_INPUT_TYPE_OES.
    The supported types and the corresponding OpenGL ES Shading Language
    input layout qualifier keywords are:

    Points (points)

    Geometry shaders that operate on points are valid only for the POINTS
    primitive type. There is only a single vertex available for each
    geometry shader invocation.

    Lines (lines)

    Geometry shaders that operate on line segments are valid only for the
    LINES, LINE_STRIP, and LINE_LOOP primitive types. There are two vertices
    available for each geometry shader invocation. The first vertex refers
    to the vertex at the beginning of the line segment and the second vertex
    refers to the vertex at the end of the line segment. See also section
    11.1gs.4.

    Lines with Adjacency (lines_adjacency)

    Geometry shaders that operate on line segments with adjacent vertices
    are valid only for the LINES_ADJACENCY_OES and LINE_STRIP_ADJACENCY_OES
    primitive types. There are four vertices available for each program
    invocation. The second vertex refers to attributes of the vertex at the
    beginning of the line segment and the third vertex refers to the vertex
    at the end of the line segment. The first and fourth vertices refer to
    the vertices adjacent to the beginning and end of the line segment,
    respectively.

    Triangles (triangles)

    Geometry shaders that operate on triangles are valid for the TRIANGLES,
    TRIANGLE_STRIP and TRIANGLE_FAN primitive types. There are three
    vertices available for each program invocation. The first, second and
    third vertices refer to attributes of the first, second and third vertex
    of the triangle, respectively.

    Triangles with Adjacency (triangles_adjacency)

    Geometry shaders that operate on triangles with adjacent vertices are
    valid for the TRIANGLES_ADJACENCY_OES and TRIANGLE_STRIP_ADJACENCY_OES
    primitive types. There are six vertices available for each program
    invocation. The first, third and fifth vertices refer to attributes of
    the first, second and third vertex of the triangle, respectively. The
    second, fourth and sixth vertices refer to attributes of the vertices
    adjacent to the edges from the first to the second vertex, from the
    second to the third vertex, and from the third to the first vertex,
    respectively.


    Section 11.1gs.2, Geometry Shader Output Primitives

    A geometry shader can generate primitives of one of three types. The
    supported output primitive types are points (POINTS), line strips
    (LINE_STRIP), and triangle strips (TRIANGLE_STRIP). The vertices output
    by the geometry shader are assembled into points, lines, or triangles
    based on the output primitive type in the manner described in section
    10.5. The resulting primitives are then further processed as described
    in section 11.1gs.4. If the number of vertices emitted by the geometry
    shader is not sufficient to produce a single primitive, nothing is
    drawn. The number of vertices output by the geometry shader is limited
    to a maximum count specified in the shader.

    The output primitive type and maximum output vertex count are specified
    in the geometry shader source code using an output layout qualifier, as
    described in section 4.4.2.gs ("Geometry Outputs") of the OpenGL ES
    Shading Language Specification. A program will fail to link if either
    the output primitive type or maximum output vertex count are not
    specified by the geometry shader object attached to the program. The
    output primitive type and maximum output vertex count of a linked
    program may be queried by calling GetProgramiv with the symbolic
    constants GEOMETRY_LINKED_OUTPUT_TYPE_OES and
    GEOMETRY_LINKED_VERTICES_OUT_OES, respectively.


    Section 11.1gs.3 Geometry Shader Variables

    Geometry shaders can access uniforms belonging to the current program
    object. Limits on uniform storage and methods for manipulating uniforms
    are described in section 7.6.

    Geometry shaders also have access to samplers to perform texturing
    operations, as described in section 7.9.

    Geometry shaders can access the transformed attributes of all vertices
    for their input primitive type using input variables. A vertex shader
    writing to output variables generates the values of these input
    variables. Values for any inputs that are not written by a vertex shader
    are undefined. Additionally, a geometry shader has access to a built-in
    variable that holds the ID of the current primitive. This ID is
    generated by the primitive assembly stage that sits in between the
    vertex and geometry shader.

    Additionally, geometry shaders can write to one or more output variables
    for each vertex they output. These values are optionally flatshaded
    (using the OpenGL ES Shading Language varying qualifier "flat") and
    clipped, then the clipped values interpolated across the primitive (if
    not flatshaded). The results of these interpolations are available to
    the fragment shader.


    Section 11.1gs.4, Geometry Shader Execution Environment

    If there is an active program for the geometry stage, the executable
    version of the program's geometry shader is used to process primitives
    resulting from the primitive assembly stage.

    There are several special considerations for geometry shader execution
    described in the following sections.


    Section 11.1gs.4.1 Texture Access

    Section 11.1.3.1 describes texture lookup functionality accessible to a
    vertex shader. The texel fetch and texture size query functionality
    described there also applies to geometry shaders.


    Section 11.1gs.4.2 Instanced Geometry Shaders

    For each input primitive received by the geometry shader pipeline stage,
    the geometry shader may be run once or multiple times. The number of
    times a geometry shader should be executed for each input primitive may
    be specified using a layout qualifier in a geometry shader of a linked
    program. If the invocation count is not specified in any layout
    qualifier, the invocation count will be one.

    Each separate geometry shader invocation is assigned a unique invocation
    number. For a geometry shader with <N> invocations, each input primitive
    spawns <N> invocations, numbered 0 through <N>-1. The built-in uniform
    gl_InvocationID may be used by a geometry shader invocation to determine
    its invocation number.

    When executing instanced geometry shaders, the output primitives
    generated from each input primitive are passed to subsequent pipeline
    stages using the shader invocation number to order the output. The first
    primitives received by the subsequent pipeline stages are those emitted
    by the shader invocation numbered zero, followed by those from the
    shader invocation numbered one, and so forth. Additionally, all output
    primitives generated from a given input primitive are passed to
    subsequent pipeline stages before any output primitives generated from
    subsequent input primitives.


    Section 11.1gs.4.3 Geometry Shader Inputs

    Section 7.1 ("Built-In Language Variables") of the OpenGL ES Shading
    Language Specification describes the built-in variable array gl_in[]
    available as input to a geometry shader. gl_in[] receives values from
    the equivalent built-in output variables written by the vertex shader.
    Each array element of gl_in[] is a structure holding values for a
    specific vertex of the input primitive. The length of gl_in[] is
    determined by the geometry shader input type (see section 11.1gs.1). The
    members of each element of the gl_in[] array are:

      [[ If OES_geometry_point_size is supported: ]]
    * structure member gl_PointSize holds the per-vertex point size written
      by the previous shader to its built-in output variable gl_PointSize.
      If the previous shader does not write gl_PointSize, the value of
      gl_PointSize is undefined.

    * structure member gl_Position holds the per-vertex position, as written
      by the previous shader to its built-in output variable gl_Position.
      Note that writing to gl_Position from either the vertex or geometry
      shader is optional (also see section 7.1 ("Built-In Language
      Variables") of the OpenGL ES Shading Language Specification)

    Geometry shaders also have available the built-in input variable
    gl_PrimitiveIDIn, which is not an array and has no vertex shader
    equivalent. It is filled with the number of primitives processed by the
    drawing command which generated the input vertices. The first primitive
    generated by a drawing command is numbered zero, and the primitive ID
    counter is incremented after every individual point, line, or triangle
    primitive is processed. For triangles drawn in point or line mode, the
    primitive ID counter is incremented only once, even though multiple
    points or lines may eventually be drawn. The counter is reset to zero
    between each instance drawn. Restarting a primitive topology using the
    primitive restart index has no effect on the primitive ID counter.

    Similarly to the built-in inputs, each user-defined input has a value
    for each vertex and thus needs needs to be declared as arrays or inside
    input blocks declared as arrays. Declaring an array size is optional. If
    no size is specified, it will be inferred by the linker from the input
    primitive type. If a size is specified, it must match the number of
    vertices for the input primitive type; otherwise a link error will
    occur. The OpenGL ES Shading Language doesn't support multi-dimensional
    arrays as shader inputs or outputs; therefore, user-defined geometry
    shader inputs corresponding to vertex shader outputs declared as arrays
    must be declared as array members of an input block that is itself
    declared as an array. See section 4.3.6 ("Output Variables") of the
    OpenGL ES Shading Language Specification for more information.

    Similarly to the limit on vertex shader output components (see section
    11.1.2.1), there is a limit on the number of components of input
    variables that can be read by the geometry shader, given by the value of
    the implementation-dependent constant MAX_GEOMETRY_INPUT_COMPONENTS_OES.

    When a program is linked, all components of any input read by a geometry
    shader will count against this limit. A program whose geometry shader
    exceeds this limit may fail to link, unless device-dependent
    optimizations are able to make the program fit within available hardware
    resources.

    Component counting rules for different variable types and variable
    declarations are the same as for MAX_VERTEX_OUTPUT_COMPONENTS (see
    section 11.1.2.1).


    Section 11.1gs.4.4 Geometry Shader Outputs

    A geometry shader is limited in the number of vertices it may emit per
    invocation. The maximum number of vertices a geometry shader can
    possibly emit is specified in the geometry shader source and may be
    queried after linking by calling GetProgramiv with the symbolic constant
    GEOMETRY_LINKED_VERTICES_OUT_OES. If a single invocation of a geometry
    shader emits more vertices than this value, the emitted vertices may
    have no effect.

    There are two implementation-dependent limits on the value of
    GEOMETRY_LINKED_VERTICES_OUT_OES; it may not exceed the value of
    MAX_GEOMETRY_OUTPUT_VERTICES_OES, and the product of the total number of
    vertices and the sum of all components of all active output variables
    may not exceed the value of MAX_GEOMETRY_TOTAL_OUTPUT_COMPONENTS_OES.
    LinkProgram will fail if it determines that the total component limit
    would be violated.

    A geometry shader can write to built-in as well as user-defined output
    variables. These values are expected to be interpolated across the
    primitive it outputs, unless they are specified to be flatshaded. To
    enable seamlessly inserting or removing a geometry shader from a program
    object, the rules, names and types of the built-in and user-defined
    output variables are the same as for the vertex shader. Refer to section
    11.1.2.1, and to sections 4.3.6 ("Output Variables") and 7.1 ("Built-In
    Language Variables") of the the OpenGL ES Shading Language Specification
    for more detail.

    After a geometry shader emits a vertex, all output variables are
    undefined, as described in section 8.12gs ("Geometry Shader Functions")
    of the OpenGL Shading Language Specification.

    The built-in output gl_Position is intended to hold the homogeneous
    vertex position. Writing gl_Position is optional.

      [[ If OES_geometry_point_size is supported: ]]
    The built-in output gl_PointSize, if written, holds the size of the
    point to be rasterized, measured in pixels.

    The built-in output gl_PrimitiveID holds the primitive ID counter read
    by the fragment shader, replacing the value of gl_PrimitiveID generated
    by drawing commands when no geometry shader is active. The geometry
    shader must write to gl_PrimitiveID for the provoking vertex (see
    section 12.3) of a primitive being generated, or the primitive ID
    counter read by the fragment shader for that primitive is undefined.

    The built-in output gl_Layer is used in layered rendering, and discussed
    further in the next section.

    Similarly to the limit on vertex shader output components (see section
    11.1.2.1), there is a limit on the number of components of output
    variables that can be written by the geometry shader, given by the value
    of the implementation-dependent constant
    MAX_GEOMETRY_OUTPUT_COMPONENTS_OES.

    When a program is linked, all components of any output variable written
    by a geometry shader will count against this limit. A program whose
    geometry shader exceeds this limit may fail to link, unless
    device-dependent optimizations are able to make the program fit within
    available hardware resources.

    Component counting rules for different variable types and variable
    declarations are the same as for MAX_VERTEX_OUTPUT_COMPONENTS. (see
    section 11.1.2.1).


    Section 11.1gs.4.5 Layer Selection

    Geometry shaders can be used to render to one of several different
    layers of cube map textures, three-dimensional textures, or
    two-dimensional texture arrays. This functionality allows an application
    to bind an entire complex texture to a framebuffer object, and render
    primitives to arbitrary layers computed at run time. For example, this
    mechanism can be used to project and render a scene onto all six faces
    of a cube map texture in one pass. The layer to render to is specified
    by writing to the built-in output variable "gl_Layer". Layered rendering
    requires the use of framebuffer objects (see section 9.7gs).

    The specific vertex of a primitive that is used to select the rendering
    layer is implementation-dependent and thus portable applications will
    assign the same layer for all vertices in a primitive. The vertex
    convention followed for "gl_Layer" may be determined by calling
    GetIntegerv with the symbolic constant LAYER_PROVOKING_VERTEX_OES. If
    the value returned is FIRST_VERTEX_CONVENTION_OES, selection is always
    taken from the first vertex of a primitive. If the value returned is
    LAST_VERTEX_CONVENTION_OES, the selection is always taken from the last
    vertex of a primitive. If the value returned is UNDEFINED_VERTEX_OES,
    the selection is not guaranteed to be taken from any specific vertex in
    the primitive. The vertex considered the provoking vertex for particular
    primitive types is given in table 12.2.


    Section 11.1gs.4.6 Primitive Type Mismatches and Drawing Commands

    An INVALID_OPERATION error is generated by any command that transfers
    vertices to the GL, and no fragments will be rendered, if a mismatch
    exists between the type of primitive being drawn and the input primitive
    type of a geometry shader. A mismatch exists under any of the following
    conditions:

      * the input primitive type of the current geometry shader is
        POINTS and <mode> is not POINTS,

      * the input primitive type of the current geometry shader is
        LINES and <mode> is not LINES, LINE_STRIP, or LINE_LOOP,

      * the input primitive type of the current geometry shader is
        TRIANGLES and <mode> is not TRIANGLES, TRIANGLE_STRIP or
        TRIANGLE_FAN,

      * the input primitive type of the current geometry shader is
        LINES_ADJACENCY_OES and <mode> is not LINES_ADJACENCY_OES or
        LINE_STRIP_ADJACENCY_OES, or

      * the input primitive type of the current geometry shader is
        TRIANGLES_ADJACENCY_OES and <mode> is not
        TRIANGLES_ADJACENCY_OES or TRIANGLE_STRIP_ADJACENCY_OES.


    Modify section 12.1, "Transform Feedback"

    Replace the second paragraph of the section on p. 274:

    The data captured in transform feedback mode depends on the active
    programs on each of the shader stages. If a program is active for the
    geometry shader stage, transform feedback captures the vertices of each
    primitive emitted by the geometry shader. Otherwise, transform feedback
    captures each primitive processed by the vertex shader.


    Modify the second paragraph following ResumeTransformFeedback on p. 277

    When transform feedback is active and not paused, all geometric
    primitives generated must be compatible with the value of
    <primitiveMode> passed to BeginTransformFeedback. If a geometry shader
    is active, the type of primitive emitted by that shader is used instead
    of the <mode> parameter passed to drawing commands for the purposes of
    this error check. Any primitive type may be used while transform
    feedback is paused.

    Add table 12.1gs:

    Transform Feedback  Allowed render primitive
    <primitiveMode>     <modes>
    -------------------+----------------------------------------
    POINTS             | POINTS
    LINES              | LINES, LINE_LOOP, LINE_STRIP
    TRIANGLES          | TRIANGLES, TRIANGLE_STRIP, TRIANGLE_FAN
    ------------------------------------------------------------
    Table 12.1gs: Legal combinations of the transform feedback
    primitive mode, as passed to BeginTransformFeedback, and the
    current primitive mode.


    In the Errors section, replace "An INVALID_OPERATION error is generate
    by DrawArrays and DrawArraysInstanced if <mode> is not identical to
    <primitiveMode>" with:

    An INVALID_OPERATION error is generated by any command that transfers
    vertices to the GL if <mode> is not one of the allowed modes in table
    12.1gs.

    and delete the error condition which states:

    An INVALID_OPERATION error is generated by any drawing commands other
    than DrawArrays and DrawArraysInstanced while transform feedback is
    active and not paused, regardless of mode.

    Modify the last sentence of the second paragraph on p. 278:

    When writing output variables that are arrays ... The value for any
    output variable specified to be streamed to a buffer object but not
    actually written by a vertex or geometry shader is undefined. The
    results of appending an output variable to a transform feedback buffer
    are undefined if any component of that variable would be written at an
    offset not aligned to the size of the component.


    Modify the sixth paragraph on p. 278:

    In INTERLEAVED_ATTRIBS mode, the values of one or more output variables
    written by a vertex or geometry shader are written, interleaved, ...


    Modify the eighth paragraph on p. 278, describing errors on buffer
    overflow:


    The error INVALID_OPERATION ... as set by BindBufferRange. No vertices
    of that primitive are recorded in any buffer object, and the counter
    corresponding to the asynchronous query target
    TRANSFORM_FEEDBACK_PRIMITIVES_WRITTEN (see section 12.2) is not
    incremented.


    Modify the second paragraph on p. 280:

    When BeginTransformFeedback is called with an active program object
    containing a vertex or geometry shader, the set of output variables
    captured ...


    Replace section 12.2, "Primitive Queries" on p. 281:

    Primitive queries use query objects to track the number of primitives
    that are generated by the GL and the number of primitives that are
    written to buffer objects in transform feedback mode.

    When BeginQuery is called with a target of PRIMITIVES_GENERATED_OES, the
    primitives generated count maintained by the GL is set to zero. When a
    generated primitive query is active, the primitives-generated count is
    incremented every time an emitted primitive reaches the transform
    feedback stage (see section 12.1), whether or not transform feedback is
    active. This counter counts the number of primitives emitted by a
    geometry shader, if active, possibly further tessellated into separate
    primitives during the transform feedback stage, if active.

    When BeginQuery is called with a target of
    TRANSFORM_FEEDBACK_PRIMITIVES_WRITTEN, the transform feedback primitives
    written count maintained by the GL is set to zero. When the transform
    feedback primitive written query is active, the transform feedback
    primitives written count is incremented every time the vertices of a
    primitive are recorded into a buffer object. If transform feedback is
    not active or if a primitive to be recorded does not fit in a buffer
    object, this counter is not incremented.

    These two types of queries can be used together to determine if all
    primitives have been written to the bound feedback buffer; if both
    queries are run simultaneously and the query results are equal, all
    primitives have been written to the buffer. If the number of primitives
    written is less than the number of primitives generated, the buffer
    overflowed.


    Modify section 12.5 "Coordinate Transformations" on p. 283:

    <Clip coordinates> for a vertex result from shader execution, which
    yields ...


    Modify section 13.3, "Points"

    Replace the second paragraph starting "The point size..." on p. 290:

    The point size is determined by the last active stage before the
    rasterizer:

    * the geometry shader, if active; or
    * the vertex shader, otherwise.

    If the last active stage is not a vertex shader and does not statically
    assign a value to gl_PointSize, the point size is 1.0. Otherwise, the
    point size is taken from the shader built-in gl_PointSize written by
    that stage.
        [[ Note that it is impossible to assign a value to gl_PointSize if
           OES_geometry_point_size is not supported and enabled in the
           geometry shader stage. ]]

    If the last active stage is a vertex shader, the point size is taken
    from the shader built-in gl_PointSize written by the vertex shader.

    In all cases, the point size is clamped to the implementation-dependent
    point size range. If the value written to gl_PointSize is less than or
    equal to zero, or if no value is written to gl_PointSize (except as
    noted above) the point size is undefined. The supported range ...


    Modify section 14.2.2, "Shader Inputs"

    Add a new paragraph following the paragraph starting "The built-in
    variable gl_FrontFacing" on p. 305:

    If a geometry shader is active, the built-in variable gl_PrimitiveID
    contains the ID value emitted by the geometry shader for the provoking
    vertex. If no geometry shader is active, gl_PrimitiveID contains the
    number of primitives processed by the rasterizer since the last drawing
    command was called. The first primitive generated by a drawing command
    is numbered zero, and the primitive ID counter is incremented after
    every individual point, line, or polygon primitive is processed.
    The counter is reset to zero between each instance drawn.

    Restarting a primitive using the primitive restart index (see section
    10.3.4) has no effect on the primitive ID counter.

    gl_PrimitiveID is only defined under the same conditions that
    gl_VertexID is defined, as described under "Shader Inputs" in section
    11.1.3.9.

    Similarly to the limit on geometry shader output components (see section
    11.1gs.4), there is a limit on the number of components of built-in and
    user-defined input variables that can be read by the fragment shader,
    given by the value of the implementation-dependent constant
    MAX_FRAGMENT_INPUT_COMPONENTS.

    When a program is linked ...


    Modify section 16.2.1, "Blitting Pixel Rectangles" to add following the
    paragraph starting "When values are written to the draw buffers" on p.
    337:

    If the read framebuffer is layered (see section 9.7gs), pixel values are
    read from layer zero. If the draw framebuffer is layered, pixel values
    are written to layer zero. If both read and draw framebuffers are
    layered, the blit operation is still performed only on layer zero.


    Modify the first sentence of chapter 17, "Compute Shaders" on p. 340:

    In addition to graphics-oriented shading operations such as vertex,
    geometry, and fragment shading, generic computation ...


Dependencies on OES_sample_variables

    If OES_sample_variables is not supported, references to
    the extension edits should be ignored.

Dependencies on OES_texture_storage_multisample_2d_array

    If OES_texture_storage_multisample_2d_array is not supported, references
    to two-dimensional multisample array textures should be ignored.

Dependencies on OES_shader_multisample_interpolation

    If OES_shader_multisample_interpolation is not supported, references
    to "sample in", "sample out" and the extension should be ignored.

Dependencies on OES_texture_buffer and EXT_texture_buffer

    If OES_texture_buffer or EXT_texture_buffer is not supported, references
    to buffer textures should be removed.

Dependencies on OES_shader_io_blocks

    If OES_shader_io_blocks is not supported, replace all references to
    it with references to EXT_shader_io_blocks instead.

New State

    Add to table 20.14, "Framebuffer (state per framebuffer object)":
                                                                    Initial
    Get Value                      Type  Get Command                Value   Description               Sec.
    ------------------------------ ----  -------------------------  ------- ------------------------  -----
    FRAMEBUFFER_DEFAULT_LAYERS_OES  Z+   GetFramebufferParameteriv    0     default layer count of    9.2.1
                                                                            framebuffer w/o
                                                                            attachments

    Add to table 20.15, "Framebuffer (state per attachment point)":

                                                                                         Initial
    Get Value                                Type    Get Command                         Value   Description            Sec.
    ---------------------------------------- ----    ----------------------------------- ------- ---------------------- -------
    FRAMEBUFFER_ATTACHMENT_LAYERED_OES       B       GetFramebufferAttachmentParameteriv FALSE   Framebuffer attachment 9.2.8.1
                                                                                                 is layered

    Modify description of SHADER_TYPE in table 20.18, "Shader Object State":

                                            Initial
    Get Value           Type    Get Command Value   Description                   Sec.
    -----------         ----    ----------- ------- ----------------------------- ----
    SHADER_TYPE         E       GetShaderiv -       Type of shader (shader stage) 7.1

    Add to table 20.19, "Program Pipeline Object State":

                                                   Initial
    Get Value           Type  Get Command          Value   Description               Sec.
    ------------------  ----  -------------------- ------- ------------------------  ----
    GEOMETRY_SHADER_OES Z+    GetProgramPipelineiv 0       Name of current geometry  7.4
                                                           shader program object


    Add to table 20.22, "Program Object State (cont.)":

                                                          Initial
    Get Value                        Type   Get Command   Value          Description               Sec.
    -------------------------        ----  ------------   -------------- ------------------------  --------
    GEOMETRY_LINKED_VERTICES_OUT_OES Z+    GetProgramiv   0              Max.# of output vertices  11.1gs.4
    GEOMETRY_LINKED_INPUT_TYPE_OES   E     GetProgramiv   TRIANGLES      Primitive input type      11.1gs.1
    GEOMETRY_LINKED_OUTPUT_TYPE_OES  E     GetProgramiv   TRIANGLE_STRIP Primitive output type     11.1gs.2
    GEOMETRY_SHADER_INVOCATIONS_OES  Z+    GetProgramiv   1              # of times a geom. shader 7.12
                                                                         should be executed for
                                                                         each input primitive

    Add to table 20.28, "Program Object Resource State (cont.)":

                                                                 Initial
    Get Value                         Type  Get Command          Value   Description             Sec.
    --------------------------------- ----  -------------------- ------- ----------------------- -----
    REFERENCED_BY_GEOMETRY_SHADER_OES Z+    GetProgramResourceiv    -    active resource used by 7.3.1
                                                                         geometry shader


    Rename table 20.29, "Vertex Shader State (not part of program objects)"
    to "Vertex and Geometry Shader State (not part of program objects)".


New Implementation Dependent State

    Add to table 20.40, "Implementation-Dependent Values (cont.)":

    Get Value                      Type  Get Command    Minimum Value  Description                Sec.
    --------------------------     ----  -----------    -------------  -------------------------- --------
    MAX_FRAMEBUFFER_LAYERS_OES     Z+    GetIntegerv    256            maximum layer count for    9.2.1
                                                                       layered framebuffer object
    LAYER_PROVOKING_VERTEX_OES     E     GetIntegerv    -- (*)         vertex convention followed 11.1gs.4
                                                                       by the gl_Layer GLSL
                                                                       variable

    Add new footnote:
      (*) Note: Valid values are FIRST_VERTEX_CONVENTION_OES,
      LAST_VERTEX_CONVENTION_OES, and UNDEFINED_VERTEX_OES.


    Add new table 20.43gs "Implementation Dependent Geometry Shader Limits"
    following table 20.43 "Implementation Dependent Vertex Shader Limits":

                                                               Min.
    Get Value                                Type Get Command  Value Description             Sec.
    ---------------------------------------- ---- -----------  ----- ----------------------- --------
    MAX_GEOMETRY_UNIFORM_COMPONENTS_OES      Z+   GetIntegerv  1024  Number of comp. for     11.1gs.3
                                                                     geom. shader uniform
                                                                     variables
    MAX_GEOMETRY_UNIFORM_BLOCKS_OES          Z+   GetIntegerv  12    Max number of geom.     7.6.2
                                                                     uniform buffers per
                                                                     program
    MAX_GEOMETRY_INPUT_COMPONENTS_OES        Z+   GetIntegerv  64    Max number of comp.     11.1gs.4
                                                                     of inputs read by a
                                                                     geom. shader
    MAX_GEOMETRY_OUTPUT_COMPONENTS_OES       Z+   GetIntegerv  64    Max number of comp.     11.1gs.4
                                                                     of outputs written
                                                                     by a geom. shader
    MAX_GEOMETRY_OUTPUT_VERTICES_OES         Z+   GetIntegerv  256   Max number of vertices  11.1gs.4
                                                                     that any geom. shader
                                                                     can emit
    MAX_GEOMETRY_TOTAL_OUTPUT_COMPONENTS_OES Z+   GetIntegerv  1024  Max number of total     11.1gs.4
                                                                     comp. (all vertices) of
                                                                     active outputs that a
                                                                     geom. shader can emit
    MAX_GEOMETRY_TEXTURE_IMAGE_UNITS_OES     Z+   GetIntegerv  16    Number of texture       11.1.3.5
                                                                     image units accessible
                                                                     by a geom. shader
    MAX_GEOMETRY_ATOMIC_COUNTER_BUFFERS_OES  Z+   GetIntegerv  0     Number of atom. counter 7.7
                                                                     buffers accessed
                                                                     by a geom. shader
    MAX_GEOMETRY_ATOMIC_COUNTERS_OES         Z+   GetIntegerv  0     Number of atomic        11.1.3.6
                                                                     counters accessed by a
                                                                     geom. shader
    MAX_GEOMETRY_SHADER_STORAGE_BLOCKS_OES   Z+   GetIntegerv  0     Num. of shader storage  7.8
                                                                     blocks accessed by a
                                                                     geom. shader
    MAX_GEOMETRY_SHADER_INVOCATIONS_OES      Z+   GetIntegerv  32    Max supported geom.     11.1gs.4
                                                                     shader invocation count


    Add to table 20.46 "Implementation Dependent Aggregate Shader Limits"
    ([fn] is a dagger mark referring to existing text in the table caption):

                                                                   Minimum
    Get Value                                    Type  Get Command Value    Description               Sec.
    -------------------------------------------- ----  ----------- -------- ------------------------- --------
    MAX_GEOMETRY_IMAGE_UNIFORMS_OES              Z+    GetIntegerv 0        Number of image variables 11.1.3.7
                                                                            in geometry shaders
    MAX_COMBINED_GEOMETRY_UNIFORM_COMPONENTS_OES Z+    GetIntegerv [fn]     No. of words for geom.    7.6.2
                                                                            shader uniform vars. in
                                                                            all uniform blocks
                                                                            (including default)

    Modify existing entries in table 20.46:

                                                                   Minimum
    Get Value                                    Type  Get Command Value    Description               Sec.
    -------------------------------------------- ----  ----------- -------- ------------------------- --------
    MAX_UNIFORM_BUFFER_BINDINGS                  Z+    GetIntegerv 48       Max no. of uniform buf.   7.6.2
                                                                            binding points
    MAX_COMBINED_UNIFORM_BLOCKS                  Z+    GetIntegerv 36       Max. no. of uniform       7.6.2
                                                                            buffers per program
    MAX_COMBINED_TEXTURE_IMAGE_UNITS             Z+    GetIntegerv 64       Total no. of tex. units   11.1.3.5
                                                                            accessible by the GL

Additions to the OpenGL ES Shading Language 3.10 Specification

    Including the following line in a shader can be used to control the
    language features described in this extension:

      #extension GL_OES_geometry_shader : <behavior>
      #extension GL_OES_geometry_point_size : <behaviour>

    where <behavior> is as specified in section 3.4.

    A new preprocessor #define is added to the OpenGL ES Shading Language:

      #define GL_OES_geometry_shader 1
      #define GL_OES_geometry_point_size 1

    If the OES_geometry_shader extension is enabled, the
    OES_shader_io_blocks extension is also implicitly enabled.


    Change the introduction to Chapter 2 "Overview of OpenGL ES Shading" as
    follows:

    The OpenGL ES Shading Language is actually several closely related
    languages. These languages are used to create shaders for each of the
    programmable processors contained in the OpenGL ES processing pipeline.
    Currently, these processors are the compute, vertex, geometry, and
    fragment processors.

    Unless otherwise noted in this Specification, a language feature applies
    to all languages, and common usage will refer to these languages as a
    single language. The specific languages will be referred to by the name
    of the processor they target: compute, vertex, geometry, or fragment.


    Add new subsection 2.gs preceding subsection 2.2 "Fragment Processor":

    Section 2.gs, Geometry Processor

    The <geometry processor> is a programmable unit that operates on data
    for incoming vertices for a primitive assembled after vertex processing
    and outputs a sequence of vertices forming output primitives.
    Compilation units written in the OpenGL ES Shading Language to run on
    this processor are called <geometry shaders>. When a geometry shader is
    compiled and linked, it results in a <geometry shader executable> that
    runs on the geometry processor.

    A single invocation of the geometry shader executable on the geometry
    processor will operate on a declared input primitive with a fixed number
    of vertices. This single invocation can emit a variable number of
    vertices that are assembled into primitives of a declared output
    primitive type and passed to subsequent pipeline stages.


    Modify section 4.3.4 "Input Variables", adding following the paragraph
    starting "It is expected that ... columns in the matrix" on p. 40:

    Geometry shader input variables get the per-vertex values written out by
    output variables of the same names in the previous active (vertex)
    shader stage. For these inputs, "centroid in", "sample in", and
    interpolation qualifiers are allowed, but are equivalent to "in". Since
    geometry shaders operate on a set of vertices, each input variable or
    input block (see section 4.3.9 "Interface Blocks") needs to be declared
    as an array. For example,

       in float foo[];    // geometry shader input for vertex "out float foo"

    Each element of such an array corresponds to one vertex of the primitive
    being processed. Each array can optionally have a size declared. The
    array size will be set by (or if provided must be consistent with) the
    input layout declaration(s) establishing the type of input primitive, as
    described later in section 4.4.1 "Input Layout Qualifiers".

    Some inputs and outputs are <arrayed>, meaning that for an interface
    between two shader stages either the input or output declaration
    requires an extra level of array indexing for the declarations to match.
    For example, with the interface between a vertex shader and a geometry
    shader, vertex shader output variables and geometry shader input
    variables of the same name must match in type and qualification (other
    than precision and "out" matching to "in"), except that the geometry
    shader will have one more array dimension than the vertex shader, to
    allow for vertex indexing. If such an arrayed interface variable is not
    declared with the necessary additional input or output array dimension,
    a link-time error will result.

    For non-arrayed interfaces (meaning array dimensionally stays the same
    between stages), it is a link-time error if the input variable is not
    declared with the same type, including array dimensionality, and
    qualification (other than precision and "out" matching to "in") as the
    matching output variable.

    Fragment shader inputs get per-fragment values...


    Modify section 4.3.6 "Output Variables" starting with the third
    paragraph of the section, as modified by
    OES_shader_multisample_interpolation, on p. 42:

    Vertex and geometry output variables output per-vertex data and are
    declared using the "out", "centroid out", or "sample out" storage
    qualifiers. ...

    Individual vertex and geometry outputs are declared as in the following
    examples: ...

        ...
        flat out vec3 myColor;
        sample out vec4 perSampleColor;

    These can also appear in interface blocks, as described in section 4.3.9
    "Interface Blocks". Interface blocks allow simpler addition of arrays to
    the interface from vertex to geometry shader. They also allow a fragment
    shader to have the same input interface as a geometry shader for a given
    vertex shader.

    Fragment outputs output per-fragment data ...


    Modify section 4.3.9 "Interface Blocks" as modified by
    OES_shader_io_blocks, to add following the paragraph starting "When
    using OpenGL ES API entry points to identify the name":

    Geometry shader input blocks must be declared as arrays and follow the
    array declaration and linking rules for all geometry shader inputs. All
    other input and output block arrays must specify an array size.


    Modify section 4.4.1 "Input Layout Qualifiers" as modified
    by OES_shader_io_blocks:

    Insert a new section 4.4.1.gs, before section 4.4.1.fs:

    Section 4.4.1.gs, Geometry Shader Inputs

    Additional layout qualifier identifiers for geometry shader inputs
    include primitive identifiers and an invocation count identifier:

      <layout-qualifier-id>
        points
        lines
        lines_adjacency
        triangles
        triangles_adjacency
        invocations = integer-constant

    The identifiers points, lines, lines_adjacency, triangles, and
    triangles_adjacency are used to specify the type of input primitive
    accepted by the geometry shader, and only one of these is accepted. The
    geometry shader object in a program must declare this input primitive
    layout, and all geometry shader input layout declarations in a program
    must declare the same layout.

    The identifier invocations is used to specify the number of times the
    geometry shader executable is invoked for each input primitive received.
    Invocation count declarations are optional. If no invocation count is
    declared in any geometry shader in a program, the geometry shader will
    be run once for each input primitive. If an invocation count is
    declared, all such declarations must specify the same count. If a shader
    specifies an invocation count greater than the implementation-dependent
    maximum, it will fail to compile.

    For example,

      layout(triangles, invocations = 6) in;

    will establish that all inputs to the geometry shader are triangles and
    that the geometry shader executable is run six times for each triangle
    processed.

    All geometry shader input unsized array declarations will be sized by an
    earlier input primitive layout qualifier, when present, as per the
    following table.

        Layout                Size of Input Arrays
        -------------------   --------------------
        points                        1
        lines                         2
        lines_adjacency               4
        triangles                     3
        triangles_adjacency           6

    The intrinsically declared input array gl_in[] will also be sized by any
    input primitive-layout declaration. Hence, the expression

      gl_in.length()

    will return the value from the table above.

    For inputs declared without an array size, including intrinsically
    declared inputs (i.e., gl_in), a layout must be declared before any use
    of the method length or other any array use that requires the array size
    to be known.

    It is a compile-time error if a layout declaration's array size (from
    table above) does not match all the explicit array sizes specified in
    declarations of an input variables in the same shader. The following
    includes examples of compile-time errors:

      // code sequence within one shader...
      in vec4 Color1[];      // legal, size still unknown
      in vec4 Color2[2];     // legal, size is 2
      in vec4 Color3[3];     // illegal, input sizes are inconsistent
      layout(lines) in;      // legal for Color2, input size is 2, matching Color2
      in vec4 Color4[3];     // illegal, contradicts layout of lines
      layout(lines) in;      // legal, matches other layout() declaration
      layout(triangles) in;  // illegal, does not match earlier layout() declaration

    It is a link-time error if not all provided sizes (sized input arrays
    and layout size) match in the geometry shader of a program.


    Add new section 4.4.2.gs before section 4.4.2.fs, as added by
    OES_shader_io_blocks:


    Section 4.4.2.gs Geometry Outputs

    Geometry shaders can have two additional types of output layout
    identifiers: an output primitive type and a maximum output vertex count.
    The primitive type and vertex count identifiers are allowed only on the
    interface qualifier out, not on an output block, block member, or
    variable declaration.

    The layout qualifier identifiers for geometry shader outputs are

      layout-qualifier-id
          points
          line_strip
          triangle_strip
          max_vertices = integer-constant

    The primitive type identifiers points, line_strip, and triangle_strip
    are used to specify the type of output primitive produced by the
    geometry shader, and only one of these is accepted. The geometry shader
    object in a program must declare an output primitive type, and all
    geometry shader output primitive type declarations in a program must
    declare the same primitive type.

    The vertex count identifier max_vertices is used to specify the maximum
    number of vertices the shader will ever emit in a single invocation. The
    geometry shader object in a program must declare a maximum output vertex
    count, and all geometry shader output vertex count declarations in a
    program must declare the same count.

    In this example,

      layout(triangle_strip, max_vertices = 60) out;  // order does not matter
      layout(max_vertices = 60) out;      // redeclaration okay
      layout(triangle_strip) out;         // redeclaration okay
      layout(points) out;                 // error, contradicts triangle_strip
      layout(max_vertices = 30) out;      // error, contradicts 60

    all outputs from the geometry shader are triangles and at most 60
    vertices will be emitted by the shader. It is an error for the maximum
    number of vertices to be greater than gl_MaxGeometryOutputVertices.

    All geometry shader output layout declarations in a program must declare
    the same layout and same value for max_vertices. If geometry shaders are
    in a program, there must be at least one geometry output layout
    declaration somewhere in that program.


    Modify section 4.7.4, "Default Precision Qualifiers":

    Modify the third paragraph on p. 64:

    "All languages except for the fragment language have the following
    predeclared globally scoped default precision statements: ..."


    Add new section 7.1.1gs following section 7.1.1 "Vertex Shader Special
    Variables":

    Section 7.1.1gs, Geometry Shader Special Variables

    In the geometry language, the built-in variables are intrinsically
    declared as:

        [[ If OES_geometry_point_size is supported and enabled: ]]
      in gl_PerVertex {
          highp vec4 gl_Position;
          highp float gl_PointSize;
      } gl_in[];

        [[ Otherwise: ]]
      in gl_PerVertex {
          highp vec4 gl_Position;
      } gl_in[];

      in highp int gl_PrimitiveIDIn;
      in highp int gl_InvocationID;

        [[ If OES_geometry_point_size is supported and enabled: ]]
      out gl_PerVertex {
          highp vec4 gl_Position;
          highp float gl_PointSize;
      };

        [[ Otherwise: ]]
      out gl_PerVertex {
          highp vec4 gl_Position;
      };

      out highp int gl_PrimitiveID;
      out highp int gl_Layer;


    Section 7.1.1gs.1, Geometry Shader Input Variables

    gl_Position contains the output written in the previous shader stage to
    gl_Position.

      [[ If OES_geometry_point_size is supported: ]]
    gl_PointSize contains the output written in the previous shader stage to
    gl_PointSize.

    gl_PrimitiveIDIn contains the number of primitives processed by the
    shader since the current set of rendering primitives was started.

    gl_InvocationID contains the invocation number assigned to the geometry
    shader invocation. It is assigned integer values in the range [0, N-1],
    where N is the number of geometry shader invocations per primitive.


    Section 7.1.1gs.2, Geometry Shader Output Variables

    gl_Position is used in the same fashion as the corresponding output
    variable in the vertex shader. Its value is undefined after geometry
    processing if the shader calls EmitVertex() without having written
    gl_Position since the last EmitVertex(), or does not write it at all.

      [[ If OES_geometry_point_size is supported: ]]
    gl_PointSize is used in the same fashion as the corresponding output
    variable in the vertex shader.

    gl_PrimitiveID is filled with a single integer that serves as a
    primitive identifier to the fragment shader. This is then available to
    fragment shaders, which will select the written primitive ID from the
    provoking vertex of the primitive being shaded. If a fragment shader
    using gl_PrimitiveID is active and a geometry shader is also active, the
    geometry shader must write to gl_PrimitiveID or the fragment shader
    input gl_PrimitiveID is undefined. See section 11.1gs.4 "Geometry Shader
    Outputs" of the OpenGL ES Specification for more information.

    gl_Layer is used to select a specific layer (or face and layer of a cube
    map) of a multi-layer framebuffer attachment. The actual layer used will
    come from one of the vertices in the primitive being shaded. Which
    vertex the layer comes from is determined as discussed in section
    11.1gs.4 of the OpenGL ES Specification but may be undefined, so it is
    best to write the same layer value for all vertices of a primitive. If a
    shader statically assigns a value to gl_Layer, layered rendering mode is
    enabled. See section 11.1gs.4 "Geometry Shader Outputs"and section 9.7gs
    "Layered Framebuffers" of the OpenGL ES Specification for more
    information. If a shader statically assigns a value to gl_Layer, and
    there is an execution path through the shader that does not set
    gl_Layer, then the value of gl_Layer is undefined for executions of the
    shader that take that path.


    Modify section 7.1.2 "Fragment Shader Special Variables", as modified by
    OES_sample_variables:

    Add to the list of built-in variables:

      in highp int gl_PrimitiveID;
      in highp int gl_Layer;

    Add descriptions of these variables:

    The input variable gl_PrimitiveID is filled with the value written to
    the gl_PrimitiveID geometry shader output, if a geometry shader is
    present. Otherwise, it is filled with the number of primitives processed
    by the shader since the current set of rendering primitives was started.

    The input variable gl_Layer is filled with the value written to the
    gl_Layer geometry shader output, if a geometry shader is present. If the
    geometry stage does not dynamically assign a value to gl_Layer, the
    value of gl_Layer in the fragment stage will be undefined. If the
    geometry stage makes no static assignment to gl_Layer, the input value
    in the fragment stage will be zero. Otherwise, the fragment stage will
    read the same value written by the geometry stage, even if that value is
    out of range. If a fragment shader contains a static access to gl_Layer,
    it will count against the implementation defined limit for the maximum
    number of inputs to the fragment stage.

    Modify the description of gl_FrontFacing:

    The input variable gl_FrontFacing is true if the fragment belongs to a
    front-facing primitive. One use of this is to emulate two-sided lighting
    by selecting one of two colors calculated by a vertex or geometry
    shader.


    Add to Section 7.2 "Built-In Constants", matching the
    corresponding API implementation-dependent limits:

      const mediump int gl_MaxGeometryInputComponents = 64;
      const mediump int gl_MaxGeometryOutputComponents = 128;
      const mediump int gl_MaxGeometryImageUniforms = 0;
      const mediump int gl_MaxGeometryTextureImageUnits = 16;
      const mediump int gl_MaxGeometryOutputVertices = 256;
      const mediump int gl_MaxGeometryTotalOutputComponents = 1024;
      const mediump int gl_MaxGeometryUniformComponents = 1024;
      const mediump int gl_MaxGeometryAtomicCounters = 0;
      const mediump int gl_MaxGeometryAtomicCounterBuffers = 0;

    Modify gl_MaxCombinedTextureImageUnits to match the API:

      const mediump int gl_MaxCombinedTextureImageUnits = 64;


    Add new section 8.12gs preceding section 8.13 "Fragment Processing
    Functions":

    Section 8.12gs, Geometry Shader Functions

    These functions are only available in geometry shaders. They are
    described in more depth following the table.

        Syntax              Description
        ------------------- -----------------------------------------------
        void EmitVertex()   Emits the current values of output variables to
                            the current output primitive. On return from
                            this call, the values of output variables are
                            undefined.
        void EndPrimitive() Completes the current output primitive and
                            starts a new one. No vertex is emitted.

    The function EmitVertex() specifies that a vertex is completed. A vertex
    is added to the current output primitive using the current values of all
    built-in and user-defined output variables. The values of all output
    variables are undefined after a call to EmitVertex(). If a geometry
    shader invocation has emitted more vertices than permitted by the output
    layout qualifier max_vertices, the results of calling EmitVertex() are
    undefined.

    The function EndPrimitive() specifies that the current output primitive
    is completed and a new output primitive (of the same type) will be
    started by any subsequent EmitVertex(). This function does not emit a
    vertex. If the output layout is declared to be "points", calling
    EndPrimitive() is optional.

    A geometry shader starts with an output primitive containing no
    vertices. When a geometry shader terminates, the current output
    primitive is automatically completed. It is not necessary to call
    EndPrimitive() if the geometry shader writes only a single primitive.


    Modify section 8.16, "Shader Memory Control Functions" to change the
    paragraph starting "When these functions return..." on p. 139:

    When these functions return ... the execution of the original shader
    invocation (e.g., fragment shader invocations for a primitive resulting
    from a particular vertex or geometry shader invocation).

Issues

    Note: These issues apply specifically to the definition of the
    OES_geometry_shader specification, which is based on the OpenGL
    extension ARB_geometry_shader4 as updated in OpenGL 4.x. Resolved issues
    from ARB_geometry_shader4 have been removed, but remain largely
    applicable to this extension. ARB_geometry_shader4 can be found in the
    OpenGL Registry.

    (1) What functionality was removed from ARB_geometry_shader4 / GL 4.4?

      - Interactions with features not supported by the underlying
        ES 3.1 API and Shading Language, including:
          * one-dimensional, rectangular, and cube map array textures (cube
            map array textures are restored in OES_texture_cube_map_array).
          * vertex program point size mode
          * viewport arrays and other support for multiple viewports
          * multiple vertex streams (these require ARB_transform_feedback3)
          * gl_ClipDistance shader inputs and outputs.
          * CopyPixels and Bitmap
          * fixed-functionality vertex and fragment shader stages
          * "component" layout
          * Implicit references to glPolygonMode
          * References allowing or assuming more than one shader object per
            pipeline stage.
      - FramebufferTexture3D (use FramebufferTextureLayer instead).
      - gl_MaxGeometryVaryingComponents
      - gl_VerticesIn
      - FramebufferTextureFaceARB (also removed from GL core)
      - The FRAMEBUFFER_INCOMPLETE_LAYER_COUNT_OES completeness condition,
        also removed from desktop GL.
      - Description of limitations of GeForce series 8 chips.
      - GLSL two-dimensional arrays (already supported by GLSL-ES 3.10 in a
        more general fashion). Note that while multi-dimensional arrays are
        supported, they are explicitly not supported as shader inputs and
        outputs, and that decision is respected here.
      - multiple compilation units of the same shader type.

    (2) What functionality was changed and added relative to
        ARB_geometry_shader4 and GL 4.4?

      - OES_geometry_shader closely matches OpenGL 4.4 geometry shader
        language, rather than ARB_geometry_shader language.
      - In particular, input and output interface blocks were added from GL
        4.4 / GLSL 4.40, via the required OES_shader_io_blocks extension.
      - Interactions were added with OpenGL ES 3.1 functionality including
        separate shader objects, shader atomic counters, shader storage
        buffer objects, and shader image load/store.
      - Geometry instancing was added from ARB_gpu_shader5.
      - FRAMEBUFFER_DEFAULT_LAYERS_OES and MAX_FRAMEBUFFER_LAYERS_OES state
        and related spec language from ARB_framebuffer_no_attachments (it
        was removed from OpenGL ES 3.1).
      - PRIMITIVES_GENERATED_OES query from OpenGL 3.0, to count primitives
        due to geometry amplification by geometry shaders.
      - LAYER_PROVOKING_VERTEX_OES query from ARB_provoking_vertex /
        ARB_viewport_array (but did not add ProvokingVertex control, just
        this query).
      - Specify undefined behavior when appending outputs to XFB buffers if
        any component would be written at a misaligned offset, from
        ARB_enhanced_layouts. Bug 11191 is tracking this into ES 3.1, as
        it's not specific to geometry shaders.
      - Writing point size from geometry shaders is optional functionality.
        If it's not supported or written, the point size of 1.0 is used.
      - Added precision qualifiers to builtins.
      - Clarification from Bug 11508.
      - Added program interface query properties relevant to geometry
        shaders.

    (3) Should GetActiveUniformBlockiv support queries for uniform blocks
        and atomic counter buffers referenced by geometry shaders?

    RESOLVED: No. Use the new generic program interface query supported by
    OpenGL ES 3.1, following the behavior of features added to 3.1 such as
    compute shaders, which also dropped these legacy tokens / queries.

    (4) How are aggregate shader limits computed?

    RESOLVED: Following the GL 4.4 model, but we restrict uniform
    buffer bindings to 12/stage instead of 14, this results in

        MAX_UNIFORM_BUFFER_BINDINGS = 48
            This is 12 bindings/stage * 4 shader stages, allowing a static
            partitioning of the bindings even though at most 5 stages can
            appear in a program object).
        MAX_COMBINED_UNIFORM_BLOCKS = 36
            This is 12 blocks/stage * 3 stages, since compute shaders can't
            be mixed with other stages.
        MAX_COMBINED_TEXTURE_IMAGE_UNITS = 64
            This is 16 textures/stage * 4 stages.

    Khronos internal bugs 5870, 8891, and 9424 cover the ARB's thinking on
    these limits for GL 4.0 and beyond.

    (5) Are arrays supported as shader inputs and outputs?

    RESOLVED: No. In several places in the tessellation and geometry API
    language based on GL 4.4, it says that "the OpenGL ES Shading Language
    doesn't support multi-dimensional arrays" and restricts declarations of
    inputs and outputs which are array members to blocks themselves declared
    as arrays.

    Strictly speaking this is no longer true. GLSL-ES 3.10 supports
    multi-dimensional arrays, but arrays of
    arrays are not allowed as shader inputs or outputs.

    Given this constraint, and since the same constraint is in OpenGL 4.4,
    I've resolved this by continuing to limit array inputs and outputs
    in this fashion, and change the language to "...doesn't support
    multi-dimensional arrays as shader inputs or outputs".

    (6) What component counting rules are used for inputs and outputs?

    RESOLVED: In several places I've inserted language from OpenGL 4.4 to
    the effect of

       "Component counting rules for different variable types and variable
        declarations are the same as for MAX_VERTEX_OUTPUT_COMPONENTS (see
        section 11.1.2.1)."

    I think this is essentially cleaning up an oversight in the earlier ARB
    extension language but it is a bit orthogonal to the extension
    functionality and I'm bringing it up in case this is a potential issue.

    (7) What component counting rules are used for the default
    uniform block?

    RESOLVED: In several places I've inserted language from OpenGL 4.2 to
    the effect of

       "A uniform matrix in the default uniform block with single-precision
        components will consume no more than 4 x min(r,c) uniform
        components."

    This is based on bug 5432 and is language that was later expanded in
    OpenGL 4.4 and refactored into the generic "Uniform Variables" section,
    which is something we should consider in the EXT extensions as well to
    avoid duplication. I believe it is what we want but am noting it for the
    same reason as the language in issue (7). I'm hoping to be able to
    include this refactored language into the OpenGL ES 3.1 Specification,
    so we can refer to it more easily here. Tracking bug 11192 has been
    opened for this and this language was approved there.

    (8) What should the minimum value of MAX_GEOMETRY_UNIFORM_COMPONENTS_OES
    be?

    RESOLVED: GL 4.4 has 512, but we use 1024 to match the ES vertex
    shader limit.

    (9) What should the minimum value of MAX_GEOMETRY_OUTPUT_COMPONENTS_OES
    be?

    RESOLVED: This was reduced to 64 in revision 3, from an initial value of
    128 (matching GL 4.4), to match the limits on vertex shader outputs and
    fragment shader inputs (Bug 12823).

    (10) What naming and token values should we use for
    GEOMETRY_VERTICES_OUT_OES, GEOMETRY_INPUT_TYPE_OES, and
    GEOMETRY_OUTPUT_TYPE_OES?

    DISCUSSION: In EXT_geometry_shader4 and ARB_geometry_shader4, the
    vertice and input and output type are specified by a program parameter
    state. OpenGL 3.2 requires this to be provided in the shader text and
    provided a query for these values after linking. Since this was a
    functionality change the similarly named enumerants were given different
    values. Thus we have the following token names and enumerants in GL:

    (from EXT_geometry_shader4)
        GEOMETRY_VERTICES_OUT_EXT        0x8DDA
        GEOMETRY_INPUT_TYPE_EXT          0x8DDB
        GEOMETRY_OUTPUT_TYPE_EXT         0x8DDC

    (from ARB_geometry_shader4)
        GEOMETRY_VERTICES_OUT_ARB        0x8DDA
        GEOMETRY_INPUT_TYPE_ARB          0x8DDB
        GEOMETRY_OUTPUT_TYPE_ARB         0x8DDC

    (from OpenGL 3.2)
        GEOMETRY_VERTICES_OUT            0x8916
        GEOMETRY_INPUT_TYPE              0x8917
        GEOMETRY_OUTPUT_TYPE             0x8918

    Now for this extensions we are providing the GL 3.2-type functionality
    and thus we should use the token *values* from GL core.  However,
    it is expected that this extension will ship as an EXT, so we would
    end up with:
        GEOMETRY_VERTICES_OUT_EXT        0x8916
        GEOMETRY_INPUT_TYPE_EXT          0x8917
        GEOMETRY_OUTPUT_TYPE_EXT         0x8918
    which gives us the same token names as the EXT_geometry_shader4 but
    the same token values as OpenGL 3.2. This would potentially be
    quite confusing if headers are mix and matched.

    OPTIONS: If this extension ships as an EXT,
    a) invent a new suffix. Ideally we'd have a different EXT-like suffix
    to disambiguate between GL and ES multivendor extensions.  However this
    has not happened yet.
    b) we use a _VENDOR suffix for these 3 enumerants to disambiguate them
    c) change the tokens to GEOMETRY_LINKED_*_EXT, with the expectation that
    we'd rename them back if this becomes core functionality.

    RESOLVED.  Pick c). We will include the "_LINKED" term in the tokens
    to indicate that they represent the values generated at link time. At
    such a time as this becomes core functionality in ES, they should
    be renamed back to be the same as the GL tokens (possibly with an
    alias for compatibility with this extension).

    (11) How should we handle the enablement of input/output blocks in
    non-geometry stages?

    RESOLVED: Early drafts of this extension added a number
    of capabilities that were not specific to geometry shaders, namely:
     * allowed the declaration and use of input and output blocks
     * moved the built-in "per-vertex" in/out variables into the
       built-in gl_PerVertex block
     * allowed the redeclaration of the gl_PerVertex block.

    In OpenGL these capabilities are provided by the GLSL 1.50 version.
    Furthermore, when separable programs are in use, OpenGL *requires*
    that the gl_PerVertex block be declared in any shader which uses any of
    its members (including vertex and fragment shaders).

    Since this capability is being added as an extension to OpenGL ES 3.1
    we don't have a core shading language version to hang this feature
    off of and thus we need an extension to enable this.

    Using the earlier drafts, we would have needed to use the
    OES_geometry_shader #extension in vertex or fragment shaders to enable
    this functionality. Since this was rather unintuitive and this
    functionality does have utility on it's own, we opted instead to pull
    this out to a separate extension that is a required dependency
    (OES_shader_io_blocks).

    The geometry (and tessellation) extensions will automatically imply
    that the OES_shader_io_blocks functionality is enabled, since it is
    impossible to use them in a useful manner without accessing
    gl_PerVertex input/output blocks.

    (12) Due to HW limitations, some vendors may not be able
    to support writing gl_PointSize from geometry shaders, how should we
    accomodate this?

    RESOLVED: There are two extensions described in this document. The
    base extension does not support writing to gl_PointSize from geometry
    shaders and the gl_PerVertex block does not include gl_PointSize.
    Additionally there is a layered extension which provides the ability
    to write to gl_PointSize from geometry shaders.  When this extension
    is enabled, the gl_PerVertex block does include gl_PointSize and it
    can be written from geometry shaders as normal.

    If the point-size extension is not supported, all points written
    from a geometry shader will have size of one. If the point-size
    extension is supported but not enabled, or if it's enabled but
    gl_PointSize is not written, it as if a point size of one was written.
    Otherwise, if you statically assign gl_PointSize in the last stage
    before the rasterizer, the (potentially clamped) value written will
    determine the size of the point for rasterization.

    (13) Does this extension change how transform feedback operates
    compared to unextended OpenGL ES 3.0 or 3.1?

    RESOLVED: Yes. Because dynamic geometry amplification in a geometry
    shader can make it difficult if not impossible to predict the amount
    of geometry that may be generated in advance of executing the shader,
    the draw-time error for transform feedback buffer overflow conditions
    is removed and replaced with the GL behavior (primitives are not written
    and the corresponding counter is not updated). Since we no longer
    require being able to predict how much geometry will be generated, we
    also lift the restriction that only DrawArray* commands are supported
    and also support the DrawElements* commands for transform feedback.
    We also allow Draw*Indirect to be used with transform feedback.

    (14) Should GetShaderPrecisionFormat support the new GEOMETRY_SHADER_OES
    stage?

    RESOLVED: No. Following the precedence of OpenGL ES 3.1 which did not
    extend this query to COMPUTE_SHADERS due to the following reason:
    GetShaderPrecisionFormat is listed in ES 3.0 appendix F.1 Legacy Features
    whose use is not recommended.  Adding new capabilities to a feature that
    is effectively deprecated seems silly (Bug 11464).

Revision History

    Rev.    Date   Author    Changes
    ----  -------- --------- -------------------------------------------------
     4    05/31/16 Jon Leech Note that primitive ID counters are reset to zero
                             after each instance drawn (Bug 14024).
     3    07/23/15 Jon Leech Reduce minimum value of
                             MAX_GEOMETRY_OUTPUT_COMPONENTS_OES to 64 (Bug
                             12823).
     2    10/08/14 Olson     change max_vertices identifier to integer-constant
                             to match other ES layout-qualifier-ids
                             (Bug 12878)
     1    06/18/14 dkoch     Initial OES version based on EXT.
                             No functional changes.