Hello Gerrit and Carsten,
I really would like to see support for unifirm blocks (UBO) in OpenSG.
After thinking a little and learning the OpenGL part of UBO I came to
the conclusion that a first step could be much simpler if OpenSG would
only handle the buffer and the application would handle the buffer
layout and content.
To be more explicit about what I have in mind...
1. General
==========
The shader defines a std140 block. The individual member names don't
matter at all. The block member types are used according to the std140
specification by the host application to define and fill a memory buffer
which is handed to OpenSG. The shader uniform block name is used to
determine the required memory buffer space. Additionally, the binding
point must be specified.
I would not go for automatic binding ("layout(std140,binding=2)")
because that would require at least some OpenGL 4.x driver. This may
optionally be provided.
2. Details
==========
i) class UniformBufferObjectChunk:
----------------------------------
This class should abstract the memory block (buffer) and must know the
binding point (bind_pnt) and the update hint (hint) for the buffer. It
is a state chunk and should bind the buffer to the GL_UNIFORM_BUFFER
target at activation time. It is independent of any shader program.
a) initialization time
glGenBuffers(1, &_ubo_id);
glBindBuffer(GL_UNIFORM_BUFFER, _ubo_id);
glBufferData(GL_UNIFORM_BUFFER, buffer.size(), &buffer[0], hint);
glBindBufferBase(GL_UNIFORM_BUFFER, bind_pnt, _ubo_id);
glBindBuffer(GL_UNIFORM_BUFFER, 0);
The buffer is provided from outside. The binding point must according to
the hardware caps be valid. The hint come from the following set
{GL_STATIC_DRAW, GL_DYNAMIC_DRAW,...).
b) update time
glBindBuffer(GL_UNIFORM_BUFFER, _ubo_id);
GLubyte* pBuffer = static_cast<GLubyte*>(
glMapBuffer(GL_UNIFORM_BUFFER, GL_WRITE_ONLY));
// overwrite pBuffer by buffer content with memcpy...
glUnmapBuffer(GL_UNIFORM_BUFFER);
glBindBuffer(GL_UNIFORM_BUFFER, 0);
d) deinitialization
glDeleteBuffers(1, &_ubo_id);
ii) class UniformBlocks:
------------------------
The responsibility of this class is to bind the shader uniform blocks to
the binding points (bind_pnt). It should have a map of block names to
UniformBufferObjectChunk objects providing the appropriate binding
points. An instance of this class can be added to a ShaderProgramChunk
object. On usage of such a program the uniform block binding must be
established:
GLuint index = glGetUniformBlockIndex(
_shader.GetProgram(), block_name);
glUniformBlockBinding(_shader.GetProgram(), index, bind_pnt);
iii) the host application:
--------------------------
The host application can easily setup the memory buffer according to
std140 with the help of the following helper function:
static int align_offset(int base_alignment, int base_offset)
{
if (base_offset == 0) return 0;
int n = 1;
while (n * base_alignment < base_offset) ++n;
return n * base_alignment;
}
At the end (*) you can find some examples for usage...
iv) implementation
------------------
Ok, at this point I need help because I'm still not familiar enough with
the OpenSG nuts and bolts to implement this idea properly.
Could you please review this proposal and check if it
a) is sound and feasible
b) has limitations
c) is desirable
And if so, I would appreciate some mentoring for implementing this in
OpenSG.
Best,
Johannes
(*) Examples for std140 buffer setup with helper function
=========================================================
For instance the std140 specification provides an example which can be
described as follows:
int ao = 0; // aligned offset
int bo = 0; // base offset
// // Examples
//
// The following example illustrates the rules specified by the "std140"
// layout.
//
// layout(std140) uniform Example {
//
// // Base types below consume 4 basic machine units
// //
// // base base align
// // rule align off. off. bytes used
// // ---- ------ ---- ---- -----------------------
// float a; // 1 4 0 0 0..3
ao = align_offset( 4, bo);
// fill buffer at position ao with content of a
bo = ao + sizeof(float);
// vec2 b; // 2 8 4 8 8..15
ao = align_offset( 8, bo); // fill buffer at...
bo = ao + sizeof(glm::vec2);
// vec3 c; // 3 16 16 16 16..27
ao = align_offset( 16, bo); // fill buffer at...
bo = ao + sizeof(glm::vec3);
// struct { // 9 16 28 32 (align begin)
ao = align_offset( 16, bo);
bo = ao;
// int d; // 1 4 32 32 32..35
ao = align_offset( 4, bo); // fill buffer at...
bo = ao + sizeof(int);
// bvec2 e; // 2 8 36 40 40..47
ao = align_offset( 8, bo); // fill buffer at...
bo = ao + 2 * sizeof(float);
// } f; // 9 16 48 48 (pad end)
ao = align_offset( 16, bo);
bo = ao;
// float g; // 1 4 48 48 48..51
ao = align_offset( 4, bo); // fill buffer at...
bo = ao + sizeof(float);
// float h[2]; // 4 16 52 64 64..67 (h[0])
ao = align_offset( 16, bo); // fill buffer at...
bo = ao + sizeof(float);
// // 16 68 80 80..83 (h[1])
ao = align_offset( 16, bo); // fill buffer at...
bo = ao + sizeof(float);
// // 4 16 84 96 (pad end of h)
ao = align_offset( 16, bo);
bo = ao;
// mat2x3 i; // 5/4 16 96 96 96..107 (i, column 0)
ao = align_offset( 16, bo); // fill buffer at...
bo = ao + sizeof(glm::vec3);
// // 16 108 112 112..123 (i, column 1)
ao = align_offset( 16, bo); // fill buffer at...
bo = ao + sizeof(glm::vec3);
// // 5/4 16 124 128 (pad end of i)
ao = align_offset( 16, bo);
bo = ao;
// struct { // 10 16 128 128 (align begin)
ao = align_offset( 16, bo);
bo = ao;
// uvec3 j; // 3 16 128 128 128..139 (o[0].j)
ao = align_offset( 16, bo); // fill buffer at...
bo = ao + sizeof(glm::uvec3);
// vec2 k; // 2 8 140 144 144..151 (o[0].k)
ao = align_offset( 8, bo); // fill buffer at...
bo = ao + sizeof(glm::vec2);
// float l[2]; // 4 16 152 160 160..163 (o[0].l[0])
ao = align_offset( 16, bo); // fill buffer at...
bo = ao + sizeof(float);
// // 16 164 176 176..179 (o[0].l[1])
ao = align_offset( 16, bo); // fill buffer at...
bo = ao + sizeof(float);
// // 4 16 180 192 (pad end of o[0].l)
ao = align_offset( 16, bo);
bo = ao;
// vec2 m; // 2 8 192 192 192..199 (o[0].m)
ao = align_offset( 8, bo); // fill buffer at...
bo = ao + sizeof(glm::vec2);
// mat3 n[2]; // 6/4 16 200 208 208..219 (o[0].n[0],
column 0)
ao = align_offset( 16, bo); // fill buffer at...
bo = ao + sizeof(glm::vec3);
// // 16 220 224 224..235 (o[0].n[0],
column 1)
ao = align_offset( 16, bo); // fill buffer at...
bo = ao + sizeof(glm::vec3);
// // 16 236 240 240..251 (o[0].n[0],
column 2)
ao = align_offset( 16, bo); // fill buffer at...
bo = ao + sizeof(glm::vec3);
// // 16 252 256 256..267 (o[0].n[1],
column 0)
ao = align_offset( 16, bo); // fill buffer at...
bo = ao + sizeof(glm::vec3);
// // 16 268 272 272..283 (o[0].n[1],
column 1)
ao = align_offset( 16, bo); // fill buffer at...
bo = ao + sizeof(glm::vec3);
// // 16 284 288 288..299 (o[0].n[1],
column 2)
ao = align_offset( 16, bo); // fill buffer at...
bo = ao + sizeof(glm::vec3);
// // 6/4 16 300 304 (pad end of o[0].n)
ao = align_offset( 16, bo);
bo = ao;
// // 9 16 304 304 (pad end of o[0])
ao = align_offset( 16, bo);
bo = ao;
// // 3 16 304 304 304..315 (o[1].j)
ao = align_offset( 16, bo); // fill buffer at...
bo = ao + sizeof(glm::uvec3);
// // 2 8 316 320 320..327 (o[1].k)
ao = align_offset( 8, bo); // fill buffer at...
bo = ao + sizeof(glm::vec2);
// // 4 16 328 336 336..339 (o[1].l[0])
ao = align_offset( 16, bo); // fill buffer at...
bo = ao + sizeof(float);
// // 16 340 352 352..355 (o[1].l[1])
ao = align_offset( 16, bo); // fill buffer at...
bo = ao + sizeof(float);
// // 4 16 356 368 (pad end of o[1].l)
ao = align_offset( 16, bo);
bo = ao;
// // 2 8 368 368 368..375 (o[1].m)
ao = align_offset( 8, bo); // fill buffer at...
bo = ao + sizeof(glm::vec2);
// // 6/4 16 376 384 384..395 (o[1].n[0],
column 0)
ao = align_offset( 16, bo); // fill buffer at...
bo = ao + sizeof(glm::vec3);
// // 16 396 400 400..411 (o[1].n[0],
column 1)
ao = align_offset( 16, bo); // fill buffer at...
bo = ao + sizeof(glm::vec3);
// // 16 412 416 416..427 (o[1].n[0],
column 2)
ao = align_offset( 16, bo); // fill buffer at...
bo = ao + sizeof(glm::vec3);
// // 16 428 432 432..443 (o[1].n[1],
column 0)
ao = align_offset( 16, bo); // fill buffer at...
bo = ao + sizeof(glm::vec3);
// // 16 444 448 448..459 (o[1].n[1],
column 1)
ao = align_offset( 16, bo); // fill buffer at...
bo = ao + sizeof(glm::vec3);
// // 16 460 464 464..475 (o[1].n[1],
column 2)
ao = align_offset( 16, bo); // fill buffer at...
bo = ao + sizeof(glm::vec3);
// // 6/4 16 476 480 (pad end of o[1].n)
ao = align_offset( 16, bo);
bo = ao;
// // 9 16 480 480 (pad end of o[1])
ao = align_offset( 16, bo);
bo = ao;
// } o[2];
// };
And a more explicit example
a) shader
layout (std140) uniform TransformBlock
{
float scale;
vec3 translation;
float rotation[3];
mat4 projection_matrix;
} transform;
b) C++:
struct TransformBlock
{
TransformBlock()
: scale(7.f)
, translation(0.f, 0.3f, 12.6f)
, projection_matrix(glm::mat4(1))
{
rotation[0] = 4.f;
rotation[0] = 3.2f;
rotation[0] = 0.5f;
for (int i = 0; i < 4; ++i)
for (int j = 0; j < 4; ++j)
projection_matrix[i][j] = static_cast<float>(4*i + j);
}
float scale;
glm::vec3 translation;
float rotation[3];
glm::mat4 projection_matrix;
} _dummy_transform;
std::vector<unsigned char> buffer(size);
int ao = 0; // aligned offset
int bo = 0; // base offset
// handle TransformBlock.scale -> float
// rule 1 => base alignment = 4
ao = align_offset( 4, bo);
*(reinterpret_cast<float*>(&buffer[0] + ao)) = _dummy_transform.scale;
bo = ao + sizeof(float);
// handle TransformBlock.translation -> vec3
// rule 3 => base alignment = 4*4 = 16
ao = align_offset(16, bo);
memcpy(&buffer[0] + ao, glm::value_ptr(_dummy_transform.translation),
sizeof(glm::vec3));
bo = ao + sizeof(glm::vec3);
// handle TransformBlock.rotation -> float[3]
// rule 4 => base alignment = 4*4 = 16
for (int i = 0; i < 3; ++i) {
ao = align_offset(16, bo);
*reinterpret_cast<float*>(&buffer[0] + ao) =
_dummy_transform.rotation[i];
bo = ao + sizeof(float);
}
ao = align_offset( 16, bo); bo = ao;
// handle TransformBlock.projection_matrix -> mat4 -> column-major
// rule 5 => base alignment = 4*4 = 16
for (int i = 0; i < 4; ++i) {
ao = align_offset(16, bo);
const glm::vec4& column = _dummy_transform.projection_matrix[i];
memcpy(&buffer[0] + ao, glm::value_ptr(column), sizeof(glm::vec4));
bo = ao + sizeof(float);
}
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