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Problem

ShouldReinterpret() sends colour <-> depth-stencil aliases through ReinterpretImage on devices without VK_EXT_shader_stencil_export (NVIDIA), and D32_FLOAT_S8_UINT aliases on every device. That path copies through a staging buffer with two invalid commands:

• VkBufferImageCopy regions with aspectMask = DEPTH | STENCIL. A region may name only one aspect (VUID-VkBufferImageCopy-aspectMask-09103).
• vkCmdCopyBufferToImage(..., VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_GENERAL, ...) right after the barrier moved the destination to TRANSFER_DST_OPTIMAL (VUID-vkCmdCopyBufferToImage-dstImageLayout-00180).

In Star Fox (0400E88025B1A000) the device is lost about 20 ms after these copies, 60-90 s into gameplay. Upstream Djihads80/Eglantine#556 lists the same point as a known SIGFPE in RADV under ReinterpretImage.

Fix

• Copy only the depth aspect of a combined depth-stencil image.
• Pass VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_TRANSFER_DST_OPTIMAL to CopyBufferToImage, matching the barrier. The barriers keep both aspects, so the layout transitions stay valid.

Testing

RTX 5080, Windows 11, local MSVC Release build with the release workflow's Windows flags, Vulkan validation layer on.

	Unpatched (build-70)	Patched
Star Fox	Device loss 60-90 s into gameplay, 5/5 runs (drivers 616.64 and 621.14)	30 min session (training + first mission), no device loss
VUID-VkBufferImageCopy-aspectMask-09103	4	0
VUID-vkCmdCopyBufferToImage-dstImageLayout-00180	4	0

• Build check: compiles with the Windows release flags (MSVC, Qt 6.8.3).
• Gameplay check: Star Fox only, one NVIDIA GPU. Other games, AMD and the RADV path from nx2:vi2: EDEN_NX2_FRAMES_AHEAD=2 runs one more frame ahead (Ocarina ~5% in Kokiri village) #556 were not tested.

Known limitation

Stencil is not carried through this reinterpret. A complete fix would pack depth-stencil with a shader; this change only makes the copies valid.

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• Bug Fixes
  • Improved depth-stencil image reinterpretation to avoid invalid copy operations and ensure the destination uses the correct transfer layout.

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Walkthrough

ReinterpretImage now uses depth-only aspect masks for combined depth-stencil copy regions while retaining the original masks for image barriers. The destination buffer-to-image copy uses VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_TRANSFER_DST_OPTIMAL.

Changes: Vulkan texture copy corrections

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Copy-region masks and destination layout src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_texture_cache.cpp	ReinterpretImage derives separate copy masks for source and destination regions. Combined depth-stencil masks become depth-only; other masks remain unchanged. The destination buffer-to-image copy uses VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_TRANSFER_DST_OPTIMAL.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Possibly related issues

• Issue 85 in zortos293/Lichii reports a Star Fox crash on Windows 11 with an NVIDIA RTX 50-series GPU. The PR summary connects the device-loss failure on that platform and GPU class to invalid Vulkan depth-stencil copies.

Suggested reviewers: camillelavey

Merge Risk: Low · up to feb14

This change removes the invalid depth-stencil copy regions that triggered Vulkan validation errors and device loss in the reported Star Fox session. Aliased depth-stencil and colour surfaces can still show incorrect depth or stencil data because the guest texel stride is not packed and stencil is not carried through this path. Those gaps already existed and are documented by the author. It is mergeable, with follow-up work for shader-based packing.

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Actionable comments posted: 1

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src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_texture_cache.cpp-1597-1598: 1

1597-1598: Major · Data Integrity & Integration · Heavy lift

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Preserve stencil during reinterpretation.

When a color alias is copied to a depth-stencil image, this selection leaves the destination stencil unchanged. In the reverse direction, the color image does not receive the source stencil. SynchronizeAliases then treats the destination as current (texture_cache.h, Lines 3422–3434), so later stencil tests or color reads can use incorrect data. Copy both aspects separately and pack or unpack the guest format. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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- Line 1611: Update the depth-plane handling around MakeBufferImageCopy so
D32_FLOAT_S8_UINT aliased as R32G32_UINT uses the eight-byte guest texel stride
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of its eight-byte texel when copying to the color image, and unpack from that
position when copying back, preserving the other plane data.

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Pack the D32 depth plane into eight-byte texels.

For a D32_FLOAT_S8_UINT alias of R32G32_UINT, the depth-only copy writes four bytes per pixel, but the color copy reads eight. The color image receives misaligned depth values and stale buffer data. The reverse copy also reads consecutive four-byte values instead of one depth value per eight-byte texel. Pack and unpack the depth plane using the guest texel stride. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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Review comment at @src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_texture_cache.cpp at line
1611:
Update the depth-plane handling around MakeBufferImageCopy so D32_FLOAT_S8_UINT
aliased as R32G32_UINT uses the eight-byte guest texel stride in both copy
directions. Pack each four-byte depth value into the depth position of its
eight-byte texel when copying to the color image, and unpack from that position
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