How to read a SPIR-V file?

Question

I am experiencing issues with compilation of some GLSL code to SPIR-V as such I want to check through the SPIR-V code.

I want to be able to read through the assembly.

How can I do this?

Answer 1

The SPIRV-Tools project has a disassember which you can use got get a textual form of the SPIR-V. The Tools are also provided in the Vulkan SDK, the spirv-dis executable is the one you want.