vkCreateInstance doesn't check unsupported layer names with 367.57

Graphics / Linux Linux
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My test code that incorrectly creates an instance with 367.57 driver

TEST_F(Instance, CreateWithUnsupportedLayer) {
        test::AppInfo app;
        app.fuse();
        test::CreateInfo info(app);
        info.appendLayer("Unsupported layer name");
        ASSERT_EQ(VK_ERROR_LAYER_NOT_PRESENT,
                vkCreateInstance(info, nullptr, &instance_));
        EXPECT_EQ(nullptr, instance_);
}

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/xhtml/vkspec.html#vkCreateInstance
“If a specified layer cannot be found, no VkInstance will be created and the function will return VK_ERROR_LAYER_NOT_PRESENT.”

The crash cannot happen when using linux loader between application and driver. But I’m checking my test code also directly against drivers which exposes some hidden issues.