easiest solution there was just to remove the unclonable objects from ShaderKernels

src/vkprocessor.rs

@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ unsafe impl SpecializationConstants for SimpleSpecializationConstants {
 
 
 pub struct VkProcessor<'a> {
-    pub shader_kernels: Option<Arc<ShaderKernels<'a>>>,
+    pub shader_kernels: Option<ShaderKernels>,
     pub compute_kernel: Option<ComputeKernel>,
     pub vertex_shader_path: PathBuf,
     pub fragment_shader_path: PathBuf,
@@ -185,17 +185,17 @@ impl<'a> VkProcessor<'a> {
     }
 
     pub fn compile_shaders(&mut self, filename: String, surface: &'a Arc<Surface<Window>>) {
-        self.shader_kernels = Some(Arc::new(
+        self.shader_kernels = Some(
             ShaderKernels::new(filename.clone(),
                                surface, self.queue.clone(),
                                self.physical,
                                self.device.clone())
-        ));
+        );
     }
 
     // On resizes we have to recreate the swapchain
     pub fn recreate_swapchain(&mut self, surface: &'a Arc<Surface<Window>>) {
-        //self.shader_kernels.unwrap().recreate_swapchain(surface);
+        self.shader_kernels = Some(self.shader_kernels.take().unwrap().recreate_swapchain(surface));
     }
 
     pub fn load_buffers(&mut self, image_filename: String)

src/vkprocessor/shader_kernels.rs

@@ -50,14 +50,15 @@ struct EntryPoint<'a> {
 #[derive(Default, Debug, Clone)]
 struct tVertex { position: [f32; 2] }
 
-pub struct ShaderKernels<'a> {
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct ShaderKernels {
     pub swapchain : Arc<Swapchain<Window>>,
     pub swapchain_images: Vec<Arc<SwapchainImage<Window>>>, // Surface which is drawn to
-    pub physical: PhysicalDevice<'a>,
+    //pub physical: PhysicalDevice<'a>,
 
  //   shader: CompiledShaders,
 
-    options: CompileOptions<'a>,
+    //options: CompileOptions<'a>,
 
     pub render_pass: Arc<RenderPassAbstract + Send + Sync>,
     pub graphics_pipeline: Option<Arc<GraphicsPipelineAbstract + Sync + Send>>,
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ window_size_dependent_setup(&self.images.clone().unwrap().clone(),
    self.render_pass.clone().unwrap().clone(),
    &mut self.dynamic_state);
 */
-impl<'a> ShaderKernels<'a> {
+impl ShaderKernels {
 
     fn get_path(filename: String) -> (PathBuf, PathBuf) {
 
@@ -108,12 +109,12 @@ impl<'a> ShaderKernels<'a> {
     }
 
     // On resizes we have to recreate the swapchain
-    pub fn recreate_swapchain(&mut self, surface: &'a Arc<Surface<Window>>) {
+    pub fn recreate_swapchain(mut self, surface: &Arc<Surface<Window>>) -> Self {
         let dimensions = if let Some(dimensions) = surface.window().get_inner_size() {
             let dimensions: (u32, u32) = dimensions.to_physical(surface.window().get_hidpi_factor()).into();
             [dimensions.0, dimensions.1]
         } else {
-            return;
+            return self;
         };
 
         let (new_swapchain, new_images) = match self.swapchain.clone().recreate_with_dimension(dimensions) {
@@ -126,13 +127,14 @@ impl<'a> ShaderKernels<'a> {
 
         self.swapchain = new_swapchain;
         self.swapchain_images = new_images;
+        self
     }
 
     pub fn new(filename: String,
-               surface: &'a Arc<Surface<Window>>,
+               surface: &Arc<Surface<Window>>,
                queue: Arc<Queue>,
-               physical: PhysicalDevice<'a>,
+               physical: PhysicalDevice,
-               device: Arc<Device>) -> ShaderKernels<'a> {
+               device: Arc<Device>) -> ShaderKernels {
 
         let (mut swapchain, images) = {
             let capabilities = surface.capabilities(physical).unwrap();
@@ -241,9 +243,8 @@ impl<'a> ShaderKernels<'a> {
         ShaderKernels {
             swapchain: swapchain,
             swapchain_images: images,
-            physical: physical,
+            //physical: physical,
-
+            //options: CompileOptions::new().ok_or(CompileError::CreateCompiler).unwrap(),
-            options: CompileOptions::new().ok_or(CompileError::CreateCompiler).unwrap(),
 
             graphics_pipeline: Some(Arc::new(GraphicsPipeline::start()
                 // We need to indicate the layout of the vertices.