3 files changed, 40 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_rasterizer.cpp b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_rasterizer.cpp
index 2ebf34fc4..538cf73a6 100644
--- a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_rasterizer.cpp
+++ b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_rasterizer.cpp
@@ -836,6 +836,10 @@ void RasterizerVulkan::SetupVertexArrays(FixedPipelineState::VertexInput& vertex
 
         ASSERT(end >= start);
         const std::size_t size{end - start};
+        if (size == 0) {
+            buffer_bindings.AddVertexBinding(DefaultBuffer(), 0);
+            continue;
+        }
         const auto [buffer, offset] = buffer_cache.UploadMemory(start, size);
         buffer_bindings.AddVertexBinding(buffer, offset);
     }
@@ -990,8 +994,7 @@ void RasterizerVulkan::SetupConstBuffer(const ConstBufferEntry& entry,
                                         const Tegra::Engines::ConstBufferInfo& buffer) {
     if (!buffer.enabled) {
         // Set values to zero to unbind buffers
-        update_descriptor_queue.AddBuffer(buffer_cache.GetEmptyBuffer(sizeof(float)), 0,
-                                          sizeof(float));
+        update_descriptor_queue.AddBuffer(DefaultBuffer(), 0, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE);
         return;
     }
 
@@ -1014,7 +1017,9 @@ void RasterizerVulkan::SetupGlobalBuffer(const GlobalBufferEntry& entry, GPUVAdd
     if (size == 0) {
         // Sometimes global memory pointers don't have a proper size. Upload a dummy entry
         // because Vulkan doesn't like empty buffers.
-        constexpr std::size_t dummy_size = 4;
+        // Note: Do *not* use DefaultBuffer() here, storage buffers can be written breaking the
+        // default buffer.
+        static constexpr std::size_t dummy_size = 4;
         const auto buffer = buffer_cache.GetEmptyBuffer(dummy_size);
         update_descriptor_queue.AddBuffer(buffer, 0, dummy_size);
         return;
@@ -1226,4 +1231,29 @@ RenderPassParams RasterizerVulkan::GetRenderPassParams(Texceptions texceptions)
     return renderpass_params;
 }
 
+VkBuffer RasterizerVulkan::DefaultBuffer() {
+    if (default_buffer) {
+        return *default_buffer;
+    }
+
+    VkBufferCreateInfo ci;
+    ci.sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_BUFFER_CREATE_INFO;
+    ci.pNext = nullptr;
+    ci.flags = 0;
+    ci.size = DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE;
+    ci.usage = VK_BUFFER_USAGE_TRANSFER_DST_BIT | VK_BUFFER_USAGE_VERTEX_BUFFER_BIT |
+               VK_BUFFER_USAGE_UNIFORM_BUFFER_BIT;
+    ci.sharingMode = VK_SHARING_MODE_EXCLUSIVE;
+    ci.queueFamilyIndexCount = 0;
+    ci.pQueueFamilyIndices = nullptr;
+    default_buffer = device.GetLogical().CreateBuffer(ci);
+    default_buffer_commit = memory_manager.Commit(default_buffer, false);
+
+    scheduler.RequestOutsideRenderPassOperationContext();
+    scheduler.Record([buffer = *default_buffer](vk::CommandBuffer cmdbuf) {
+        cmdbuf.FillBuffer(buffer, 0, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE, 0);
+    });
+    return *default_buffer;
+}
+
 } // namespace Vulkan
diff --git a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_rasterizer.h b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_rasterizer.h
index d9108f862..eafc7bace 100644
--- a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_rasterizer.h
+++ b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_rasterizer.h
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ private:
     using Texceptions = std::bitset<Maxwell::NumRenderTargets + 1>;
 
     static constexpr std::size_t ZETA_TEXCEPTION_INDEX = 8;
+    static constexpr VkDeviceSize DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE = 4 * sizeof(float);
 
     void FlushWork();
 
@@ -240,6 +241,8 @@ private:
 
     RenderPassParams GetRenderPassParams(Texceptions texceptions) const;
 
+    VkBuffer DefaultBuffer();
+
     Core::System& system;
     Core::Frontend::EmuWindow& render_window;
     VKScreenInfo& screen_info;
@@ -263,6 +266,9 @@ private:
     VKSamplerCache sampler_cache;
     VKQueryCache query_cache;
 
+    vk::Buffer default_buffer;
+    VKMemoryCommit default_buffer_commit;
+
     std::array<View, Maxwell::NumRenderTargets> color_attachments;
     View zeta_attachment;
 
diff --git a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_staging_buffer_pool.cpp b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_staging_buffer_pool.cpp
index 94d954d7a..c76ab5c2d 100644
--- a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_staging_buffer_pool.cpp
+++ b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_staging_buffer_pool.cpp
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ VKBuffer& VKStagingBufferPool::CreateStagingBuffer(std::size_t size, bool host_v
     ci.size = 1ULL << log2;
     ci.usage = VK_BUFFER_USAGE_TRANSFER_SRC_BIT | VK_BUFFER_USAGE_TRANSFER_DST_BIT |
                VK_BUFFER_USAGE_UNIFORM_BUFFER_BIT | VK_BUFFER_USAGE_STORAGE_BUFFER_BIT |
-               VK_BUFFER_USAGE_INDEX_BUFFER_BIT;
+               VK_BUFFER_USAGE_INDEX_BUFFER_BIT | VK_BUFFER_USAGE_VERTEX_BUFFER_BIT;
     ci.sharingMode = VK_SHARING_MODE_EXCLUSIVE;
     ci.queueFamilyIndexCount = 0;
     ci.pQueueFamilyIndices = nullptr;