* variable has been used. For example, it is an error to redeclare a
* variable as invariant after it has been used.
*
- * This is only maintained in the ast_to_hir.cpp path, not in
- * Mesa's fixed function or ARB program paths.
+ * This is maintained in the ast_to_hir.cpp path and during linking,
+ * but not in Mesa's fixed function or ARB program paths.
*/
unsigned used:1;
* write to any of the pre-defined outputs (e.g. if the vertex shader
* does not write to gl_Position, etc), which is allowed and results in
* undefined behavior.
+ *
+ * From Section 4.3.4 (Inputs) of the GLSL 1.50 spec:
+ *
+ * "Only the input variables that are actually read need to be written
+ * by the previous stage; it is allowed to have superfluous
+ * declarations of input variables."
*/
if (producer_def == NULL &&
- !is_builtin_gl_in_block(var, consumer->Stage)) {
+ !is_builtin_gl_in_block(var, consumer->Stage) && var->data.used) {
linker_error(prog, "Input block `%s' is not an output of "
"the previous stage\n", var->get_interface_type()->name);
return;