DeviceBase: Make object creation use ResultOrError<Ref<T>>

This is in preparation for a change that will change all the
CreateFooInternal to be CreateFoo so they can be called in a
reentrant manner without special refcounting.

This also standardizes all the backends (except OpenGL and Null)
to use Object::Create that returns a Ref<T> or ResultOrError<Ref<T>>,
something we wanted to do for a long time.

Bug: dawn:723

Change-Id: I9e0baced333ffeb0affbc6a276c9bd9de082263a
Reviewed-on: https://dawn-review.googlesource.com/c/dawn/+/46440
Reviewed-by: Austin Eng <enga@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Stephen White <senorblanco@chromium.org>
Commit-Queue: Corentin Wallez <cwallez@chromium.org>
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README.md

Dawn, a WebGPU implementation

Dawn is an open-source and cross-platform implementation of the work-in-progress WebGPU standard. More precisely it implements webgpu.h that is a one-to-one mapping with the WebGPU IDL. Dawn is meant to be integrated as part of a larger system and is the underlying implementation of WebGPU in Chromium.

Dawn provides several WebGPU building blocks:

  • WebGPU C/C++ headers that applications and other building blocks use.
    • The webgpu.h version that Dawn implements.
    • A C++ wrapper for the webgpu.h.
  • A “native” implementation of WebGPU using platforms' GPU APIs:
    • D3D12 on Windows 10
    • Metal on macOS and iOS
    • Vulkan on Windows, Linux, ChromeOS, Android and Fuchsia
    • OpenGL as best effort where available
  • A client-server implementation of WebGPU for applications that are in a sandbox without access to native drivers

Helpful links:

Documentation table of content

Developer documentation:

User documentation: (TODO, figure out what overlaps with the webgpu.h docs)

Status

(TODO)

License

Apache 2.0 Public License, please see LICENSE.

Disclaimer

This is not an officially supported Google product.