compiler: Add a note about how num_ssbos works in the program info.

These numbers are always confusing, and it's particularly so for this
field where it has a different meaning in different info structs.

Reviewed-by: Marek Olšák <marek.olsak@amd.com>
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/merge_requests/3240>

diff --git a/src/compiler/shader_info.h b/src/compiler/shader_info.h
index 7c12dadd1cecc2af02dded304f5ee5d5e472c908..136e71ce23428b265bfd07ed3ad50deb7ec2c749 100644 (file)
--- a/src/compiler/shader_info.h
+++ b/src/compiler/shader_info.h
@@ -104,7 +104,11 @@ typedef struct shader_info {
    uint8_t num_ubos;
    /* Number of atomic buffers used by this shader */
    uint8_t num_abos;
-   /* Number of shader storage buffers used by this shader */
+   /* Number of shader storage buffers (max .driver_location + 1) used by this
+    * shader.  In the case of nir_lower_atomics_to_ssbo being used, this will
+    * be the number of actual SSBOs in gl_program->info, and the lowered SSBOs
+    * and atomic counters in nir_shader->info.
+    */
    uint8_t num_ssbos;
    /* Number of images used by this shader */
    uint8_t num_images;