decl_type = this->type->glsl_type(& type_name, state);
+ /* Section 4.3.7 "Buffer Variables" of the GLSL 4.30 spec:
+ * "Buffer variables may only be declared inside interface blocks
+ * (section 4.3.9 “Interface Blocks”), which are then referred to as
+ * shader storage blocks. It is a compile-time error to declare buffer
+ * variables at global scope (outside a block)."
+ */
+ if (type->qualifier.flags.q.buffer && !decl_type->is_interface()) {
+ _mesa_glsl_error(&loc, state,
+ "buffer variables cannot be declared outside "
+ "interface blocks");
+ }
+
/* An offset-qualified atomic counter declaration sets the default
* offset for the next declaration within the same atomic counter
* buffer.