Flat shading a vertex output attribute means to assign all vertices of the primitive the same value for that output. The output values assigned are those of the provoking vertex of the primitive. Flat shading is applied to those vertex attributes that match fragment input attributes which are decorated as Flat.
If neither geometry nor tessellation shading is active, the provoking vertex is determined by the primitive topology defined by primTopology used to execute the drawing command.
If geometry shading is active, the provoking vertex is determined by the primitive topology defined by the OutputPoints, OutputLineStrips, or OutputTriangleStrips execution mode.
If tessellation shading is active but geometry shading is not, the provoking vertex may be any of the vertices in each primitive.
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