[vlc-commits] [Git][videolan/vlc][master] qt: enable debug layer when probing rhi d3d11 backend in debug builds

[Steve Lhomme (@robUx4)]

Steve Lhomme pushed to branch master at VideoLAN / VLC


Commits:
9e84abbd by Fatih Uzunoglu at 2026-05-22T05:58:37+00:00
qt: enable debug layer when probing rhi d3d11 backend in debug builds

DirectX tells that enabling debug layer provides
more information if something goes wrong, which is
the point of probing.

Note that this is only used during probing, not when
`QQuickWindow` creates a rhi instance for itself.

- - - - -


1 changed file:

- modules/gui/qt/qt.cpp


Changes:

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modules/gui/qt/qt.cpp
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@@ -981,6 +981,9 @@ static void *Thread( void *obj )
 
         {
             QRhiD3D11InitParams params;
+#ifndef NDEBUG
+            params.enableDebugLayer = true;
+#endif
             if (QRhi::probe(QRhi::D3D11, &params))
             {
                 return {QSGRendererInterface::Direct3D11, false};
@@ -1008,6 +1011,9 @@ static void *Thread( void *obj )
             // to see if DirectX Warp would be functional. This is essentially the same
             // as what `::probe()` does, at least for DirectX:
             QRhiD3D11InitParams params;
+#ifndef NDEBUG
+            params.enableDebugLayer = true;
+#endif
             QRhi *rhi = QRhi::create(QRhi::D3D11, &params, QRhi::PreferSoftwareRenderer);
             if (rhi)
             {



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