GPUComputePassEncoder: dispatchWorkgroupsIndirect() method

dispatchWorkgroupsIndirect(indirectBuffer, indirectOffset)

// Set global buffer size
const BUFFER_SIZE = 1000;

// Compute shader; note workgroup size of 64
const shader = `
@group(0) @binding(0)
var<storage, read_write> output: array<f32>;

@compute @workgroup_size(64)

...

`;

// …

// Create GPUCommandEncoder to encode commands to issue to the GPU
const commandEncoder = device.createCommandEncoder();

// Initiate compute pass
const passEncoder = commandEncoder.beginComputePass();

// Issue commands
passEncoder.setPipeline(computePipeline);
passEncoder.setBindGroup(0, bindGroup);

const uint32 = new Uint32Array(3);
// Note workgroupCountX is set based on the global buffer size and the shader workgroup count.
uint32[0] = Math.ceil(BUFFER_SIZE / 64);
uint32[1] = 1;
uint32[2] = 1;

const workgroupDimensions = device.createBuffer({
  size: 12,
  usage: GPUBufferUsage.COPY_DST | GPUBufferUsage.INDIRECT,
});
device.queue.writeBuffer(workgroupDimensions, 0, uint32, 0, uint32.length);

passEncoder.dispatchWorkgroupsIndirect(workgroupDimensions, 0);

// End the render pass
passEncoder.end();

// Copy output buffer to staging buffer
commandEncoder.copyBufferToBuffer(
  output,
  0, // Source offset
  stagingBuffer,
  0, // Destination offset
  BUFFER_SIZE,
);

// End frame by passing array of command buffers to command queue for execution
device.queue.submit([commandEncoder.finish()]);

// …