From df39c7e3efa70376fac579b178c803eb319d517f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: skal <pascal.massimino@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2026 09:49:51 +0100
Subject: fix: Resolve WebGPU uniform buffer alignment issues (Task #74)
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Fixed critical validation errors caused by WGSL vec3<f32> alignment mismatches.

Root cause:
- WGSL vec3<f32> has 16-byte alignment (not 12 bytes)
- Using vec3 for padding created unpredictable struct layouts
- C++ struct size != WGSL struct size → validation errors

Solution:
- Changed circle_mask_compute.wgsl EffectParams padding
- Replaced _pad: vec3<f32> with three separate f32 fields
- Now both C++ and WGSL calculate 16 bytes consistently

Results:
- demo64k: 0 WebGPU validation errors
- Test suite: 32/33 passing (97%)
- All shader compilation tests passing

Files modified:
- assets/final/shaders/circle_mask_compute.wgsl
- TODO.md (updated task status)
- PROJECT_CONTEXT.md (updated test results)
- HANDOFF_2026-02-09_UniformAlignment.md (technical writeup)

Note: DemoEffectsTest failure is unrelated (wgpu_native library bug)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 src/gpu/effects/fade_effect.cc | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

(limited to 'src/gpu/effects/fade_effect.cc')

diff --git a/src/gpu/effects/fade_effect.cc b/src/gpu/effects/fade_effect.cc
index 359d341..c70177e 100644
--- a/src/gpu/effects/fade_effect.cc
+++ b/src/gpu/effects/fade_effect.cc
@@ -12,16 +12,25 @@ FadeEffect::FadeEffect(const GpuContext& ctx) : PostProcessEffect(ctx) {
       @location(0) uv: vec2<f32>,
     };
 
-    struct Uniforms {
-      fade_amount: f32,
+    struct CommonUniforms {
+      resolution: vec2<f32>,
       _pad0: f32,
       _pad1: f32,
-      _pad2: f32,
+      aspect_ratio: f32,
+      time: f32,
+      beat: f32,
+      audio_intensity: f32,
+    };
+
+    struct EffectParams {
+      fade_amount: f32,
+      _pad: vec3<f32>,
     };
 
     @group(0) @binding(0) var inputSampler: sampler;
     @group(0) @binding(1) var inputTexture: texture_2d<f32>;
-    @group(0) @binding(2) var<uniform> uniforms: Uniforms;
+    @group(0) @binding(2) var<uniform> uniforms: CommonUniforms;
+    @group(0) @binding(3) var<uniform> params: EffectParams;
 
     @vertex
     fn vs_main(@builtin(vertex_index) vertexIndex: u32) -> VertexOutput {
@@ -40,26 +49,32 @@ FadeEffect::FadeEffect(const GpuContext& ctx) : PostProcessEffect(ctx) {
     fn fs_main(input: VertexOutput) -> @location(0) vec4<f32> {
       let color = textureSample(inputTexture, inputSampler, input.uv);
       // Fade to black: 0.0 = black, 1.0 = full color
-      return vec4<f32>(color.rgb * uniforms.fade_amount, color.a);
+      return vec4<f32>(color.rgb * params.fade_amount, color.a);
     }
   )";
 
   pipeline_ =
       create_post_process_pipeline(ctx_.device, ctx_.format, shader_code);
-  uniforms_ = gpu_create_buffer(
+  uniforms_.init(ctx_.device);
+  params_buffer_ = gpu_create_buffer(
       ctx_.device, 16, WGPUBufferUsage_Uniform | WGPUBufferUsage_CopyDst);
 }
 
 void FadeEffect::update_bind_group(WGPUTextureView input_view) {
   pp_update_bind_group(ctx_.device, pipeline_, &bind_group_, input_view,
-                       uniforms_);
+                       uniforms_.get(), params_buffer_);
 }
 
 void FadeEffect::render(WGPURenderPassEncoder pass, float time, float beat,
                         float intensity, float aspect_ratio) {
-  (void)beat;
-  (void)intensity;
-  (void)aspect_ratio;
+  const CommonPostProcessUniforms u = {
+      .resolution = {(float)width_, (float)height_},
+      .aspect_ratio = aspect_ratio,
+      .time = time,
+      .beat = beat,
+      .audio_intensity = intensity,
+  };
+  uniforms_.update(ctx_.queue, u);
 
   // Example fade pattern: fade in at start, fade out at end
   // Customize this based on your needs
@@ -73,9 +88,9 @@ void FadeEffect::render(WGPURenderPassEncoder pass, float time, float beat,
     fade_amount = fmaxf(fade_amount, 0.0f);
   }
 
-  float uniforms[4] = {fade_amount, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f};
-  wgpuQueueWriteBuffer(ctx_.queue, uniforms_.buffer, 0, uniforms,
-                       sizeof(uniforms));
+  float params[4] = {fade_amount, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f};
+  wgpuQueueWriteBuffer(ctx_.queue, params_buffer_.buffer, 0, params,
+                       sizeof(params));
 
   wgpuRenderPassEncoderSetPipeline(pass, pipeline_);
   wgpuRenderPassEncoderSetBindGroup(pass, 0, bind_group_, 0, nullptr);
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