Vulkan API Reference

Vulkan Commands

vkAllocateCommandBuffers(3)

Name

vkAllocateCommandBuffers - Allocate command buffers from an existing command pool

C Specification

To allocate command buffers, call:

VkResult vkAllocateCommandBuffers(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    const VkCommandBufferAllocateInfo*          pAllocateInfo,
    VkCommandBuffer*                            pCommandBuffers);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that owns the command pool.
• pAllocateInfo is a pointer to an instance of the VkCommandBufferAllocateInfo structure describing parameters of the allocation.
• pCommandBuffers is a pointer to an array of VkCommandBuffer handles in which the resulting command buffer objects are returned. The array must be at least the length specified by the commandBufferCount member of pAllocateInfo. Each allocated command buffer begins in the initial state.

Description

When command buffers are first allocated, they are in the initial state.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• pAllocateInfo must be a pointer to a valid VkCommandBufferAllocateInfo structure
• pCommandBuffers must be a pointer to an array of pAllocateInfo::commandBufferCount VkCommandBuffer handles

Host Synchronization

• Host access to pAllocateInfo::commandPool must be externally synchronized

Return Codes

Success

• VK_SUCCESS

Failure

• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY

See Also

VkCommandBuffer, VkCommandBufferAllocateInfo, VkDevice

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkAllocateCommandBuffers

vkAllocateDescriptorSets(3)

Name

vkAllocateDescriptorSets - Allocate one or more descriptor sets

C Specification

To allocate descriptor sets from a descriptor pool, call:

VkResult vkAllocateDescriptorSets(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    const VkDescriptorSetAllocateInfo*          pAllocateInfo,
    VkDescriptorSet*                            pDescriptorSets);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that owns the descriptor pool.
• pAllocateInfo is a pointer to an instance of the VkDescriptorSetAllocateInfo structure describing parameters of the allocation.
• pDescriptorSets is a pointer to an array of VkDescriptorSet handles in which the resulting descriptor set objects are returned. The array must be at least the length specified by the descriptorSetCount member of pAllocateInfo.

Description

The allocated descriptor sets are returned in pDescriptorSets.

When a descriptor set is allocated, the initial state is largely uninitialized and all descriptors are undefined. However, the descriptor set can be bound in a command buffer without causing errors or exceptions. All entries that are statically used by a pipeline in a drawing or dispatching command must have been populated before the descriptor set is bound for use by that command. Entries that are not statically used by a pipeline can have uninitialized descriptors or descriptors of resources that have been destroyed, and executing a draw or dispatch with such a descriptor set bound does not cause undefined behavior. This means applications need not populate unused entries with dummy descriptors.

If an allocation fails due to fragmentation, an indeterminate error is returned with an unspecified error code. Any returned error other than VK_ERROR_FRAGMENTED_POOL does not imply its usual meaning: applications should assume that the allocation failed due to fragmentation, and create a new descriptor pool.

Note

Applications should check for a negative return value when allocating new descriptor sets, assume that any error effectively means VK_ERROR_FRAGMENTED_POOL, and try to create a new descriptor pool. If VK_ERROR_FRAGMENTED_POOL is the actual return value, it adds certainty to that decision.

The reason for this is that VK_ERROR_FRAGMENTED_POOL was only added in a later revision of the 1.0 specification, and so drivers may return other errors if they were written against earlier revisions. To ensure full compatibility with earlier patch revisions, these other errors are allowed.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• pAllocateInfo must be a pointer to a valid VkDescriptorSetAllocateInfo structure
• pDescriptorSets must be a pointer to an array of pAllocateInfo::descriptorSetCount VkDescriptorSet handles

Host Synchronization

• Host access to pAllocateInfo::descriptorPool must be externally synchronized

Return Codes

Success

• VK_SUCCESS

Failure

• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_FRAGMENTED_POOL

See Also

VkDescriptorSet, VkDescriptorSetAllocateInfo, VkDevice

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkAllocateDescriptorSets

vkAllocateMemory(3)

Name

vkAllocateMemory - Allocate GPU memory

C Specification

To allocate memory objects, call:

VkResult vkAllocateMemory(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    const VkMemoryAllocateInfo*                 pAllocateInfo,
    const VkAllocationCallbacks*                pAllocator,
    VkDeviceMemory*                             pMemory);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that owns the memory.
• pAllocateInfo is a pointer to an instance of the VkMemoryAllocateInfo structure describing parameters of the allocation. A successful returned allocation must use the requested parameters — no substitution is permitted by the implementation.
• pAllocator controls host memory allocation as described in the Memory Allocation chapter.
• pMemory is a pointer to a VkDeviceMemory handle in which information about the allocated memory is returned.

Description

Allocations returned by vkAllocateMemory are guaranteed to meet any alignment requirement by the implementation. For example, if an implementation requires 128 byte alignment for images and 64 byte alignment for buffers, the device memory returned through this mechanism would be 128-byte aligned. This ensures that applications can correctly suballocate objects of different types (with potentially different alignment requirements) in the same memory object.

When memory is allocated, its contents are undefined.

There is an implementation-dependent maximum number of memory allocations which can be simultaneously created on a device. This is specified by the maxMemoryAllocationCount member of the VkPhysicalDeviceLimits structure. If maxMemoryAllocationCount is exceeded, vkAllocateMemory will return VK_ERROR_TOO_MANY_OBJECTS.

Note

Some platforms may have a limit on the maximum size of a single allocation. For example, certain systems may fail to create allocations with a size greater than or equal to 4GB. Such a limit is implementation-dependent, and if such a failure occurs then the error VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY should be returned.

Valid Usage

• The number of currently valid memory objects, allocated from device, must be less than VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::maxMemoryAllocationCount

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• pAllocateInfo must be a pointer to a valid VkMemoryAllocateInfo structure
• If pAllocator is not NULL, pAllocator must be a pointer to a valid VkAllocationCallbacks structure
• pMemory must be a pointer to a VkDeviceMemory handle

Return Codes

Success

• VK_SUCCESS

Failure

• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_TOO_MANY_OBJECTS

See Also

VkAllocationCallbacks, VkDevice, VkDeviceMemory, VkMemoryAllocateInfo

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkAllocateMemory

vkBeginCommandBuffer(3)

Name

vkBeginCommandBuffer - Start recording a command buffer

C Specification

To begin recording a command buffer, call:

VkResult vkBeginCommandBuffer(
    VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
    const VkCommandBufferBeginInfo*             pBeginInfo);

Parameters

• commandBuffer is the handle of the command buffer which is to be put in the recording state.
• pBeginInfo is an instance of the VkCommandBufferBeginInfo structure, which defines additional information about how the command buffer begins recording.

Description

Valid Usage

• commandBuffer must not be in the recording or pending state.
• If commandBuffer was allocated from a VkCommandPool which did not have the VK_COMMAND_POOL_CREATE_RESET_COMMAND_BUFFER_BIT flag set, commandBuffer must be in the initial state.
• If commandBuffer is a secondary command buffer, the pInheritanceInfo member of pBeginInfo must be a valid VkCommandBufferInheritanceInfo structure
• If commandBuffer is a secondary command buffer and either the occlusionQueryEnable member of the pInheritanceInfo member of pBeginInfo is VK_FALSE, or the precise occlusion queries feature is not enabled, the queryFlags member of the pInheritanceInfo member pBeginInfo must not contain VK_QUERY_CONTROL_PRECISE_BIT

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• commandBuffer must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle
• pBeginInfo must be a pointer to a valid VkCommandBufferBeginInfo structure

Host Synchronization

• Host access to commandBuffer must be externally synchronized
• Host access to the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must be externally synchronized

Return Codes

Success

• VK_SUCCESS

Failure

• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY

See Also

VkCommandBuffer, VkCommandBufferBeginInfo

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkBeginCommandBuffer

vkBindBufferMemory(3)

Name

vkBindBufferMemory - Bind device memory to a buffer object

C Specification

To attach memory to a buffer object, call:

VkResult vkBindBufferMemory(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    VkBuffer                                    buffer,
    VkDeviceMemory                              memory,
    VkDeviceSize                                memoryOffset);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that owns the buffer and memory.
• buffer is the buffer to be attached to memory.
• memory is a VkDeviceMemory object describing the device memory to attach.
• memoryOffset is the start offset of the region of memory which is to be bound to the buffer. The number of bytes returned in the VkMemoryRequirements::size member in memory, starting from memoryOffset bytes, will be bound to the specified buffer.

Description

Valid Usage

• buffer must not already be backed by a memory object
• buffer must not have been created with any sparse memory binding flags
• memoryOffset must be less than the size of memory
• If buffer was created with the VK_BUFFER_USAGE_UNIFORM_TEXEL_BUFFER_BIT or VK_BUFFER_USAGE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER_BIT, memoryOffset must be a multiple of VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::minTexelBufferOffsetAlignment
• If buffer was created with the VK_BUFFER_USAGE_UNIFORM_BUFFER_BIT, memoryOffset must be a multiple of VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::minUniformBufferOffsetAlignment
• If buffer was created with the VK_BUFFER_USAGE_STORAGE_BUFFER_BIT, memoryOffset must be a multiple of VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::minStorageBufferOffsetAlignment
• memory must have been allocated using one of the memory types allowed in the memoryTypeBits member of the VkMemoryRequirements structure returned from a call to vkGetBufferMemoryRequirements with buffer
• memoryOffset must be an integer multiple of the alignment member of the VkMemoryRequirements structure returned from a call to vkGetBufferMemoryRequirements with buffer
• The size member of the VkMemoryRequirements structure returned from a call to vkGetBufferMemoryRequirements with buffer must be less than or equal to the size of memory minus memoryOffset

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• buffer must be a valid VkBuffer handle
• memory must be a valid VkDeviceMemory handle
• buffer must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from device
• memory must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from device

Host Synchronization

• Host access to buffer must be externally synchronized

Return Codes

Success

• VK_SUCCESS

Failure

• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY

See Also

VkBuffer, VkDevice, VkDeviceMemory, VkDeviceSize

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkBindBufferMemory

vkBindImageMemory(3)

Name

vkBindImageMemory - Bind device memory to an image object

C Specification

To attach memory to an image object, call:

VkResult vkBindImageMemory(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    VkImage                                     image,
    VkDeviceMemory                              memory,
    VkDeviceSize                                memoryOffset);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that owns the image and memory.
• image is the image.
• memory is the VkDeviceMemory object describing the device memory to attach.
• memoryOffset is the start offset of the region of memory which is to be bound to the image. The number of bytes returned in the VkMemoryRequirements::size member in memory, starting from memoryOffset bytes, will be bound to the specified image.

Description

Valid Usage

• image must not already be backed by a memory object
• image must not have been created with any sparse memory binding flags
• memoryOffset must be less than the size of memory
• memory must have been allocated using one of the memory types allowed in the memoryTypeBits member of the VkMemoryRequirements structure returned from a call to vkGetImageMemoryRequirements with image
• memoryOffset must be an integer multiple of the alignment member of the VkMemoryRequirements structure returned from a call to vkGetImageMemoryRequirements with image
• The size member of the VkMemoryRequirements structure returned from a call to vkGetImageMemoryRequirements with image must be less than or equal to the size of memory minus memoryOffset

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• image must be a valid VkImage handle
• memory must be a valid VkDeviceMemory handle
• image must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from device
• memory must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from device

Host Synchronization

• Host access to image must be externally synchronized

Return Codes

Success

• VK_SUCCESS

Failure

• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY

See Also

VkDevice, VkDeviceMemory, VkDeviceSize, VkImage

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkBindImageMemory

vkCmdBeginQuery(3)

Name

vkCmdBeginQuery - Begin a query

C Specification

To begin a query, call:

void vkCmdBeginQuery(
    VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
    VkQueryPool                                 queryPool,
    uint32_t                                    query,
    VkQueryControlFlags                         flags);

Parameters

• commandBuffer is the command buffer into which this command will be recorded.
• queryPool is the query pool that will manage the results of the query.
• query is the query index within the query pool that will contain the results.
• flags is a bitmask of VkQueryControlFlagBits specifying constraints on the types of queries that can be performed.

Description

If the queryType of the pool is VK_QUERY_TYPE_OCCLUSION and flags contains VK_QUERY_CONTROL_PRECISE_BIT, an implementation must return a result that matches the actual number of samples passed. This is described in more detail in Occlusion Queries.

After beginning a query, that query is considered active within the command buffer it was called in until that same query is ended. Queries active in a primary command buffer when secondary command buffers are executed are considered active for those secondary command buffers.

Valid Usage

• The query identified by queryPool and query must currently not be active
• The query identified by queryPool and query must be unavailable
• If the precise occlusion queries feature is not enabled, or the queryType used to create queryPool was not VK_QUERY_TYPE_OCCLUSION, flags must not contain VK_QUERY_CONTROL_PRECISE_BIT
• queryPool must have been created with a queryType that differs from that of any other queries that have been made active, and are currently still active within commandBuffer
• query must be less than the number of queries in queryPool
• If the queryType used to create queryPool was VK_QUERY_TYPE_OCCLUSION, the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support graphics operations
• If the queryType used to create queryPool was VK_QUERY_TYPE_PIPELINE_STATISTICS and any of the pipelineStatistics indicate graphics operations, the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support graphics operations
• If the queryType used to create queryPool was VK_QUERY_TYPE_PIPELINE_STATISTICS and any of the pipelineStatistics indicate compute operations, the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support compute operations

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• commandBuffer must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle
• queryPool must be a valid VkQueryPool handle
• flags must be a valid combination of VkQueryControlFlagBits values
• commandBuffer must be in the recording state
• The VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support graphics, or compute operations
• Both of commandBuffer, and queryPool must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from the same VkDevice

Host Synchronization

• Host access to commandBuffer must be externally synchronized
• Host access to the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must be externally synchronized

Command Properties

Command Buffer Levels	Render Pass Scope	Supported Queue Types	Pipeline Type
Primary Secondary	Both	Graphics compute

See Also

VkCommandBuffer, VkQueryControlFlags, VkQueryPool

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCmdBeginQuery

vkCmdBeginRenderPass(3)

Name

vkCmdBeginRenderPass - Begin a new render pass

C Specification

To begin a render pass instance, call:

void vkCmdBeginRenderPass(
    VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
    const VkRenderPassBeginInfo*                pRenderPassBegin,
    VkSubpassContents                           contents);

Parameters

• commandBuffer is the command buffer in which to record the command.
• pRenderPassBegin is a pointer to a VkRenderPassBeginInfo structure (defined below) which indicates the render pass to begin an instance of, and the framebuffer the instance uses.
• contents is a VkSubpassContents value specifying how the commands in the first subpass will be provided.

Description

After beginning a render pass instance, the command buffer is ready to record the commands for the first subpass of that render pass.

Valid Usage

• If any of the initialLayout or finalLayout member of the VkAttachmentDescription structures or the layout member of the VkAttachmentReference structures specified when creating the render pass specified in the renderPass member of pRenderPassBegin is VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_OPTIMAL then the corresponding attachment image subresource of the framebuffer specified in the framebuffer member of pRenderPassBegin must have been created with VK_IMAGE_USAGE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BIT set
• If any of the initialLayout or finalLayout member of the VkAttachmentDescription structures or the layout member of the VkAttachmentReference structures specified when creating the render pass specified in the renderPass member of pRenderPassBegin is VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_OPTIMAL or VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_DEPTH_STENCIL_READ_ONLY_OPTIMAL then the corresponding attachment image subresource of the framebuffer specified in the framebuffer member of pRenderPassBegin must have been created with VK_IMAGE_USAGE_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_BIT set
• If any of the initialLayout or finalLayout member of the VkAttachmentDescription structures or the layout member of the VkAttachmentReference structures specified when creating the render pass specified in the renderPass member of pRenderPassBegin is VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_SHADER_READ_ONLY_OPTIMAL then the corresponding attachment image subresource of the framebuffer specified in the framebuffer member of pRenderPassBegin must have been created with VK_IMAGE_USAGE_SAMPLED_BIT or VK_IMAGE_USAGE_INPUT_ATTACHMENT_BIT set
• If any of the initialLayout or finalLayout member of the VkAttachmentDescription structures or the layout member of the VkAttachmentReference structures specified when creating the render pass specified in the renderPass member of pRenderPassBegin is VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_TRANSFER_SRC_OPTIMAL then the corresponding attachment image subresource of the framebuffer specified in the framebuffer member of pRenderPassBegin must have been created with VK_IMAGE_USAGE_TRANSFER_SRC_BIT set
• If any of the initialLayout or finalLayout member of the VkAttachmentDescription structures or the layout member of the VkAttachmentReference structures specified when creating the render pass specified in the renderPass member of pRenderPassBegin is VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_TRANSFER_DST_OPTIMAL then the corresponding attachment image subresource of the framebuffer specified in the framebuffer member of pRenderPassBegin must have been created with VK_IMAGE_USAGE_TRANSFER_DST_BIT set
• If any of the initialLayout members of the VkAttachmentDescription structures specified when creating the render pass specified in the renderPass member of pRenderPassBegin is not VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_UNDEFINED, then each such initialLayout must be equal to the current layout of the corresponding attachment image subresource of the framebuffer specified in the framebuffer member of pRenderPassBegin
• The srcStageMask and dstStageMask members of any element of the pDependencies member of VkRenderPassCreateInfo used to create renderpass must be supported by the capabilities of the queue family identified by the queueFamilyIndex member of the VkCommandPoolCreateInfo used to create the command pool which commandBuffer was allocated from.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• commandBuffer must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle
• pRenderPassBegin must be a pointer to a valid VkRenderPassBeginInfo structure
• contents must be a valid VkSubpassContents value
• commandBuffer must be in the recording state
• The VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support graphics operations
• This command must only be called outside of a render pass instance
• commandBuffer must be a primary VkCommandBuffer

Host Synchronization

• Host access to commandBuffer must be externally synchronized
• Host access to the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must be externally synchronized

Command Properties

Command Buffer Levels	Render Pass Scope	Supported Queue Types	Pipeline Type
Primary	Outside	Graphics	Graphics

See Also

VkCommandBuffer, VkRenderPassBeginInfo, VkSubpassContents

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCmdBeginRenderPass

vkCmdBindDescriptorSets(3)

Name

vkCmdBindDescriptorSets - Binds descriptor sets to a command buffer

C Specification

To bind one or more descriptor sets to a command buffer, call:

void vkCmdBindDescriptorSets(
    VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
    VkPipelineBindPoint                         pipelineBindPoint,
    VkPipelineLayout                            layout,
    uint32_t                                    firstSet,
    uint32_t                                    descriptorSetCount,
    const VkDescriptorSet*                      pDescriptorSets,
    uint32_t                                    dynamicOffsetCount,
    const uint32_t*                             pDynamicOffsets);

Parameters

• commandBuffer is the command buffer that the descriptor sets will be bound to.
• pipelineBindPoint is a VkPipelineBindPoint indicating whether the descriptors will be used by graphics pipelines or compute pipelines. There is a separate set of bind points for each of graphics and compute, so binding one does not disturb the other.
• layout is a VkPipelineLayout object used to program the bindings.
• firstSet is the set number of the first descriptor set to be bound.
• descriptorSetCount is the number of elements in the pDescriptorSets array.
• pDescriptorSets is an array of handles to VkDescriptorSet objects describing the descriptor sets to write to.
• dynamicOffsetCount is the number of dynamic offsets in the pDynamicOffsets array.
• pDynamicOffsets is a pointer to an array of uint32_t values specifying dynamic offsets.

Description

vkCmdBindDescriptorSets causes the sets numbered [firstSet.. firstSet+descriptorSetCount-1] to use the bindings stored in pDescriptorSets[0..descriptorSetCount-1] for subsequent rendering commands (either compute or graphics, according to the pipelineBindPoint). Any bindings that were previously applied via these sets are no longer valid.

Once bound, a descriptor set affects rendering of subsequent graphics or compute commands in the command buffer until a different set is bound to the same set number, or else until the set is disturbed as described in Pipeline Layout Compatibility.

A compatible descriptor set must be bound for all set numbers that any shaders in a pipeline access, at the time that a draw or dispatch command is recorded to execute using that pipeline. However, if none of the shaders in a pipeline statically use any bindings with a particular set number, then no descriptor set need be bound for that set number, even if the pipeline layout includes a non-trivial descriptor set layout for that set number.

If any of the sets being bound include dynamic uniform or storage buffers, then pDynamicOffsets includes one element for each array element in each dynamic descriptor type binding in each set. Values are taken from pDynamicOffsets in an order such that all entries for set N come before set N+1; within a set, entries are ordered by the binding numbers in the descriptor set layouts; and within a binding array, elements are in order. dynamicOffsetCount must equal the total number of dynamic descriptors in the sets being bound.

The effective offset used for dynamic uniform and storage buffer bindings is the sum of the relative offset taken from pDynamicOffsets, and the base address of the buffer plus base offset in the descriptor set. The length of the dynamic uniform and storage buffer bindings is the buffer range as specified in the descriptor set.

Each of the pDescriptorSets must be compatible with the pipeline layout specified by layout. The layout used to program the bindings must also be compatible with the pipeline used in subsequent graphics or compute commands, as defined in the Pipeline Layout Compatibility section.

The descriptor set contents bound by a call to vkCmdBindDescriptorSets may be consumed during host execution of the command, or during shader execution of the resulting draws, or any time in between. Thus, the contents must not be altered (overwritten by an update command, or freed) between when the command is recorded and when the command completes executing on the queue. The contents of pDynamicOffsets are consumed immediately during execution of vkCmdBindDescriptorSets. Once all pending uses have completed, it is legal to update and reuse a descriptor set.

Valid Usage

• Any given element of pDescriptorSets must have been allocated with a VkDescriptorSetLayout that matches (is the same as, or identically defined as) the VkDescriptorSetLayout at set n in layout, where n is the sum of firstSet and the index into pDescriptorSets
• dynamicOffsetCount must be equal to the total number of dynamic descriptors in pDescriptorSets
• The sum of firstSet and descriptorSetCount must be less than or equal to VkPipelineLayoutCreateInfo::setLayoutCount provided when layout was created
• pipelineBindPoint must be supported by the commandBuffer’s parent VkCommandPool’s queue family
• Any given element of pDynamicOffsets must satisfy the required alignment for the corresponding descriptor binding’s descriptor type

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• commandBuffer must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle
• pipelineBindPoint must be a valid VkPipelineBindPoint value
• layout must be a valid VkPipelineLayout handle
• pDescriptorSets must be a pointer to an array of descriptorSetCount valid VkDescriptorSet handles
• If dynamicOffsetCount is not 0, pDynamicOffsets must be a pointer to an array of dynamicOffsetCount uint32_t values
• commandBuffer must be in the recording state
• The VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support graphics, or compute operations
• descriptorSetCount must be greater than 0
• Each of commandBuffer, layout, and the elements of pDescriptorSets must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from the same VkDevice

Host Synchronization

• Host access to commandBuffer must be externally synchronized
• Host access to the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must be externally synchronized

Command Properties

Command Buffer Levels	Render Pass Scope	Supported Queue Types	Pipeline Type
Primary Secondary	Both	Graphics compute

See Also

VkCommandBuffer, VkDescriptorSet, VkPipelineBindPoint, VkPipelineLayout

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCmdBindDescriptorSets

vkCmdBindIndexBuffer(3)

Name

vkCmdBindIndexBuffer - Bind an index buffer to a command buffer

C Specification

To bind an index buffer to a command buffer, call:

void vkCmdBindIndexBuffer(
    VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
    VkBuffer                                    buffer,
    VkDeviceSize                                offset,
    VkIndexType                                 indexType);

Parameters

• commandBuffer is the command buffer into which the command is recorded.
• buffer is the buffer being bound.
• offset is the starting offset in bytes within buffer used in index buffer address calculations.
• indexType is a VkIndexType value specifying whether indices are treated as 16 bits or 32 bits.

Description

Valid Usage

• offset must be less than the size of buffer
• The sum of offset and the address of the range of VkDeviceMemory object that is backing buffer, must be a multiple of the type indicated by indexType
• buffer must have been created with the VK_BUFFER_USAGE_INDEX_BUFFER_BIT flag
• If buffer is non-sparse then it must be bound completely and contiguously to a single VkDeviceMemory object

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• commandBuffer must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle
• buffer must be a valid VkBuffer handle
• indexType must be a valid VkIndexType value
• commandBuffer must be in the recording state
• The VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support graphics operations
• Both of buffer, and commandBuffer must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from the same VkDevice

Host Synchronization

• Host access to commandBuffer must be externally synchronized
• Host access to the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must be externally synchronized

Command Properties

Command Buffer Levels	Render Pass Scope	Supported Queue Types	Pipeline Type
Primary Secondary	Both	Graphics

See Also

VkBuffer, VkCommandBuffer, VkDeviceSize, VkIndexType

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCmdBindIndexBuffer

vkCmdBindPipeline(3)

Name

vkCmdBindPipeline - Bind a pipeline object to a command buffer

C Specification

Once a pipeline has been created, it can be bound to the command buffer using the command:

void vkCmdBindPipeline(
    VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
    VkPipelineBindPoint                         pipelineBindPoint,
    VkPipeline                                  pipeline);

Parameters

• commandBuffer is the command buffer that the pipeline will be bound to.
• pipelineBindPoint is a VkPipelineBindPoint value specifying whether to bind to the compute or graphics bind point. Binding one does not disturb the other.
• pipeline is the pipeline to be bound.

Description

Once bound, a pipeline binding affects subsequent graphics or compute commands in the command buffer until a different pipeline is bound to the bind point. The pipeline bound to VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_COMPUTE controls the behavior of vkCmdDispatch and vkCmdDispatchIndirect. The pipeline bound to VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS controls the behavior of vkCmdDraw, vkCmdDrawIndexed, vkCmdDrawIndirect, and vkCmdDrawIndexedIndirect. No other commands are affected by the pipeline state.

Valid Usage

• If pipelineBindPoint is VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_COMPUTE, the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support compute operations
• If pipelineBindPoint is VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS, the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support graphics operations
• If pipelineBindPoint is VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_COMPUTE, pipeline must be a compute pipeline
• If pipelineBindPoint is VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS, pipeline must be a graphics pipeline
• If the variable multisample rate feature is not supported, pipeline is a graphics pipeline, the current subpass has no attachments, and this is not the first call to this function with a graphics pipeline after transitioning to the current subpass, then the sample count specified by this pipeline must match that set in the previous pipeline

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• commandBuffer must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle
• pipelineBindPoint must be a valid VkPipelineBindPoint value
• pipeline must be a valid VkPipeline handle
• commandBuffer must be in the recording state
• The VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support graphics, or compute operations
• Both of commandBuffer, and pipeline must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from the same VkDevice

Host Synchronization

• Host access to commandBuffer must be externally synchronized
• Host access to the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must be externally synchronized

Command Properties

Command Buffer Levels	Render Pass Scope	Supported Queue Types	Pipeline Type
Primary Secondary	Both	Graphics compute

See Also

VkCommandBuffer, VkPipeline, VkPipelineBindPoint

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCmdBindPipeline

vkCmdBindVertexBuffers(3)

Name

vkCmdBindVertexBuffers - Bind vertex buffers to a command buffer

C Specification

To bind vertex buffers to a command buffer for use in subsequent draw commands, call:

void vkCmdBindVertexBuffers(
    VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
    uint32_t                                    firstBinding,
    uint32_t                                    bindingCount,
    const VkBuffer*                             pBuffers,
    const VkDeviceSize*                         pOffsets);

Parameters

• commandBuffer is the command buffer into which the command is recorded.
• firstBinding is the index of the first vertex input binding whose state is updated by the command.
• bindingCount is the number of vertex input bindings whose state is updated by the command.
• pBuffers is a pointer to an array of buffer handles.
• pOffsets is a pointer to an array of buffer offsets.

Description

The values taken from elements i of pBuffers and pOffsets replace the current state for the vertex input binding firstBinding + i, for i in [0, bindingCount). The vertex input binding is updated to start at the offset indicated by pOffsets[i] from the start of the buffer pBuffers[i]. All vertex input attributes that use each of these bindings will use these updated addresses in their address calculations for subsequent draw commands.

Valid Usage

• firstBinding must be less than VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::maxVertexInputBindings
• The sum of firstBinding and bindingCount must be less than or equal to VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::maxVertexInputBindings
• All elements of pOffsets must be less than the size of the corresponding element in pBuffers
• All elements of pBuffers must have been created with the VK_BUFFER_USAGE_VERTEX_BUFFER_BIT flag
• Each element of pBuffers that is non-sparse must be bound completely and contiguously to a single VkDeviceMemory object

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• commandBuffer must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle
• pBuffers must be a pointer to an array of bindingCount valid VkBuffer handles
• pOffsets must be a pointer to an array of bindingCount VkDeviceSize values
• commandBuffer must be in the recording state
• The VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support graphics operations
• bindingCount must be greater than 0
• Both of commandBuffer, and the elements of pBuffers must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from the same VkDevice

Host Synchronization

• Host access to commandBuffer must be externally synchronized
• Host access to the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must be externally synchronized

Command Properties

Command Buffer Levels	Render Pass Scope	Supported Queue Types	Pipeline Type
Primary Secondary	Both	Graphics

See Also

VkBuffer, VkCommandBuffer, VkDeviceSize

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCmdBindVertexBuffers

vkCmdBlitImage(3)

Name

vkCmdBlitImage - Copy regions of an image, potentially performing format conversion,

C Specification

To copy regions of a source image into a destination image, potentially performing format conversion, arbitrary scaling, and filtering, call:

void vkCmdBlitImage(
    VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
    VkImage                                     srcImage,
    VkImageLayout                               srcImageLayout,
    VkImage                                     dstImage,
    VkImageLayout                               dstImageLayout,
    uint32_t                                    regionCount,
    const VkImageBlit*                          pRegions,
    VkFilter                                    filter);

Parameters

• commandBuffer is the command buffer into which the command will be recorded.
• srcImage is the source image.
• srcImageLayout is the layout of the source image subresources for the blit.
• dstImage is the destination image.
• dstImageLayout is the layout of the destination image subresources for the blit.
• regionCount is the number of regions to blit.
• pRegions is a pointer to an array of VkImageBlit structures specifying the regions to blit.
• filter is a VkFilter specifying the filter to apply if the blits require scaling.

Description

vkCmdBlitImage must not be used for multisampled source or destination images. Use vkCmdResolveImage for this purpose.

As the sizes of the source and destination extents can differ in any dimension, texels in the source extent are scaled and filtered to the destination extent. Scaling occurs via the following operations:

• For each destination texel, the integer coordinate of that texel is converted to an unnormalized texture coordinate, using the effective inverse of the equations described in unnormalized to integer conversion:

  u_base = i + ½

  v_base = j + ½

  w_base = k + ½

• These base coordinates are then offset by the first destination offset:

  u_offset = u_base - x_dst0

  v_offset = v_base - y_dst0

  w_offset = w_base - z_dst0

  a_offset = a - baseArrayCount_dst

• The scale is determined from the source and destination regions, and applied to the offset coordinates:

  scale_u = (x_src1 - x_src0) / (x_dst1 - x_dst0)

  scale_v = (y_src1 - y_src0) / (y_dst1 - y_dst0)

  scale_w = (z_src1 - z_src0) / (z_dst1 - z_dst0)

  u_scaled = u_offset * scale_u

  v_scaled = v_offset * scale_v

  w_scaled = w_offset * scale_w

• Finally the source offset is added to the scaled coordinates, to determine the final unnormalized coordinates used to sample from srcImage:
  

  u = u_scaled + x_src0

  v = v_scaled + y_src0

  w = w_scaled + z_src0

  q = mipLevel

  a = a_offset + baseArrayCount_src

These coordinates are used to sample from the source image, as described in Image Operations chapter, with the filter mode equal to that of filter, a mipmap mode of VK_SAMPLER_MIPMAP_MODE_NEAREST and an address mode of VK_SAMPLER_ADDRESS_MODE_CLAMP_TO_EDGE. Implementations must clamp at the edge of the source image, and may additionally clamp to the edge of the source region.

Note

Due to allowable rounding errors in the generation of the source texture coordinates, it is not always possible to guarantee exactly which source texels will be sampled for a given blit. As rounding errors are implementation dependent, the exact results of a blitting operation are also implementation dependent.

Blits are done layer by layer starting with the baseArrayLayer member of srcSubresource for the source and dstSubresource for the destination. layerCount layers are blitted to the destination image.

3D textures are blitted slice by slice. Slices in the source region bounded by srcOffsets[0].z and srcOffsets[1].z are copied to slices in the destination region bounded by dstOffsets[0].z and dstOffsets[1].z. For each destination slice, a source z coordinate is linearly interpolated between srcOffsets[0].z and srcOffsets[1].z. If the filter parameter is VK_FILTER_LINEAR then the value sampled from the source image is taken by doing linear filtering using the interpolated z coordinate. If filter parameter is VK_FILTER_NEAREST then value sampled from the source image is taken from the single nearest slice (with undefined rounding mode).

The following filtering and conversion rules apply:

• Integer formats can only be converted to other integer formats with the same signedness.
• No format conversion is supported between depth/stencil images. The formats must match.
• Format conversions on unorm, snorm, unscaled and packed float formats of the copied aspect of the image are performed by first converting the pixels to float values.
• For sRGB source formats, nonlinear RGB values are converted to linear representation prior to filtering.
• After filtering, the float values are first clamped and then cast to the destination image format. In case of sRGB destination format, linear RGB values are converted to nonlinear representation before writing the pixel to the image.

Signed and unsigned integers are converted by first clamping to the representable range of the destination format, then casting the value.

Valid Usage

• The source region specified by a given element of pRegions must be a region that is contained within srcImage
• The destination region specified by a given element of pRegions must be a region that is contained within dstImage
• The union of all destination regions, specified by the elements of pRegions, must not overlap in memory with any texel that may be sampled during the blit operation
• srcImage must use a format that supports VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_BLIT_SRC_BIT, which is indicated by VkFormatProperties::linearTilingFeatures (for linearly tiled images) or VkFormatProperties::optimalTilingFeatures (for optimally tiled images) - as returned by vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties
• srcImage must have been created with VK_IMAGE_USAGE_TRANSFER_SRC_BIT usage flag
• If srcImage is non-sparse then it must be bound completely and contiguously to a single VkDeviceMemory object
• srcImageLayout must specify the layout of the image subresources of srcImage specified in pRegions at the time this command is executed on a VkDevice
• srcImageLayout must be VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_TRANSFER_SRC_OPTIMAL or VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_GENERAL
• dstImage must use a format that supports VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_BLIT_DST_BIT, which is indicated by VkFormatProperties::linearTilingFeatures (for linearly tiled images) or VkFormatProperties::optimalTilingFeatures (for optimally tiled images) - as returned by vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties
• dstImage must have been created with VK_IMAGE_USAGE_TRANSFER_DST_BIT usage flag
• If dstImage is non-sparse then it must be bound completely and contiguously to a single VkDeviceMemory object
• dstImageLayout must specify the layout of the image subresources of dstImage specified in pRegions at the time this command is executed on a VkDevice
• dstImageLayout must be VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_TRANSFER_DST_OPTIMAL or VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_GENERAL
• The sample count of srcImage and dstImage must both be equal to VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT
• If either of srcImage or dstImage was created with a signed integer VkFormat, the other must also have been created with a signed integer VkFormat
• If either of srcImage or dstImage was created with an unsigned integer VkFormat, the other must also have been created with an unsigned integer VkFormat
• If either of srcImage or dstImage was created with a depth/stencil format, the other must have exactly the same format
• If srcImage was created with a depth/stencil format, filter must be VK_FILTER_NEAREST
• srcImage must have been created with a samples value of VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT
• dstImage must have been created with a samples value of VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT
• If filter is VK_FILTER_LINEAR, srcImage must be of a format which supports linear filtering, as specified by the VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_FILTER_LINEAR_BIT flag in VkFormatProperties::linearTilingFeatures (for a linear image) or VkFormatProperties::optimalTilingFeatures(for an optimally tiled image) returned by vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• commandBuffer must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle
• srcImage must be a valid VkImage handle
• srcImageLayout must be a valid VkImageLayout value
• dstImage must be a valid VkImage handle
• dstImageLayout must be a valid VkImageLayout value
• pRegions must be a pointer to an array of regionCount valid VkImageBlit structures
• filter must be a valid VkFilter value
• commandBuffer must be in the recording state
• The VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support graphics operations
• This command must only be called outside of a render pass instance
• regionCount must be greater than 0
• Each of commandBuffer, dstImage, and srcImage must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from the same VkDevice

Host Synchronization

• Host access to commandBuffer must be externally synchronized
• Host access to the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must be externally synchronized

Command Properties

Command Buffer Levels	Render Pass Scope	Supported Queue Types	Pipeline Type
Primary Secondary	Outside	Graphics	Transfer

See Also

VkCommandBuffer, VkFilter, VkImage, VkImageBlit, VkImageLayout

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCmdBlitImage

vkCmdClearAttachments(3)

Name

vkCmdClearAttachments - Clear regions within currently bound framebuffer attachments

C Specification

To clear one or more regions of color and depth/stencil attachments inside a render pass instance, call:

void vkCmdClearAttachments(
    VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
    uint32_t                                    attachmentCount,
    const VkClearAttachment*                    pAttachments,
    uint32_t                                    rectCount,
    const VkClearRect*                          pRects);

Parameters

• commandBuffer is the command buffer into which the command will be recorded.
• attachmentCount is the number of entries in the pAttachments array.
• pAttachments is a pointer to an array of VkClearAttachment structures defining the attachments to clear and the clear values to use.
• rectCount is the number of entries in the pRects array.
• pRects points to an array of VkClearRect structures defining regions within each selected attachment to clear.

Description

vkCmdClearAttachments can clear multiple regions of each attachment used in the current subpass of a render pass instance. This command must be called only inside a render pass instance, and implicitly selects the images to clear based on the current framebuffer attachments and the command parameters.

Valid Usage

• If the aspectMask member of any given element of pAttachments contains VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_COLOR_BIT, the colorAttachment member of those elements must refer to a valid color attachment in the current subpass
• The rectangular region specified by a given element of pRects must be contained within the render area of the current render pass instance
• The layers specified by a given element of pRects must be contained within every attachment that pAttachments refers to

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• commandBuffer must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle
• pAttachments must be a pointer to an array of attachmentCount valid VkClearAttachment structures
• pRects must be a pointer to an array of rectCount VkClearRect structures
• commandBuffer must be in the recording state
• The VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support graphics operations
• This command must only be called inside of a render pass instance
• attachmentCount must be greater than 0
• rectCount must be greater than 0

Host Synchronization

• Host access to commandBuffer must be externally synchronized
• Host access to the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must be externally synchronized

Command Properties

Command Buffer Levels	Render Pass Scope	Supported Queue Types	Pipeline Type
Primary Secondary	Inside	Graphics	Graphics

See Also

VkClearAttachment, VkClearRect, VkCommandBuffer

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCmdClearAttachments

vkCmdClearColorImage(3)

Name

vkCmdClearColorImage - Clear regions of a color image

C Specification

To clear one or more subranges of a color image, call:

void vkCmdClearColorImage(
    VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
    VkImage                                     image,
    VkImageLayout                               imageLayout,
    const VkClearColorValue*                    pColor,
    uint32_t                                    rangeCount,
    const VkImageSubresourceRange*              pRanges);

Parameters

• commandBuffer is the command buffer into which the command will be recorded.
• image is the image to be cleared.
• imageLayout specifies the current layout of the image subresource ranges to be cleared, and must be VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_GENERAL or VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_TRANSFER_DST_OPTIMAL.
• pColor is a pointer to a VkClearColorValue structure that contains the values the image subresource ranges will be cleared to (see html/vkspec.html#clears-values below).
• rangeCount is the number of image subresource range structures in pRanges.
• pRanges points to an array of VkImageSubresourceRange structures that describe a range of mipmap levels, array layers, and aspects to be cleared, as described in Image Views. The aspectMask of all image subresource ranges must only include VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_COLOR_BIT.

Description

Each specified range in pRanges is cleared to the value specified by pColor.

Valid Usage

• image must have been created with VK_IMAGE_USAGE_TRANSFER_DST_BIT usage flag
• If image is non-sparse then it must be bound completely and contiguously to a single VkDeviceMemory object
• imageLayout must specify the layout of the image subresource ranges of image specified in pRanges at the time this command is executed on a VkDevice
• imageLayout must be VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_TRANSFER_DST_OPTIMAL or VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_GENERAL
• The VkImageSubresourceRange::baseMipLevel members of the elements of the pRanges array must each be less than the mipLevels specified in VkImageCreateInfo when image was created
• If the VkImageSubresourceRange::levelCount member of any element of the pRanges array is not VK_REMAINING_MIP_LEVELS, it must be non-zero and VkImageSubresourceRange::baseMipLevel + VkImageSubresourceRange::levelCount for that element of the pRanges array must be less than or equal to the mipLevels specified in VkImageCreateInfo when image was created
• The VkImageSubresourceRange::baseArrayLayer members of the elements of the pRanges array must each be less than the arrayLayers specified in VkImageCreateInfo when image was created
• If the VkImageSubresourceRange::layerCount member of any element of the pRanges array is not VK_REMAINING_ARRAY_LAYERS, it must be non-zero and VkImageSubresourceRange::baseArrayLayer + VkImageSubresourceRange::layerCount for that element of the pRanges array must be less than or equal to the arrayLayers specified in VkImageCreateInfo when image was created
• image must not have a compressed or depth/stencil format

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• commandBuffer must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle
• image must be a valid VkImage handle
• imageLayout must be a valid VkImageLayout value
• pColor must be a pointer to a valid VkClearColorValue union
• pRanges must be a pointer to an array of rangeCount valid VkImageSubresourceRange structures
• commandBuffer must be in the recording state
• The VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support graphics, or compute operations
• This command must only be called outside of a render pass instance
• rangeCount must be greater than 0
• Both of commandBuffer, and image must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from the same VkDevice

Host Synchronization

• Host access to commandBuffer must be externally synchronized
• Host access to the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must be externally synchronized

Command Properties

Command Buffer Levels	Render Pass Scope	Supported Queue Types	Pipeline Type
Primary Secondary	Outside	Graphics compute	Transfer

See Also

VkClearColorValue, VkCommandBuffer, VkImage, VkImageLayout, VkImageSubresourceRange

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCmdClearColorImage

vkCmdClearDepthStencilImage(3)

Name

vkCmdClearDepthStencilImage - Fill regions of a combined depth/stencil image

C Specification

To clear one or more subranges of a depth/stencil image, call:

void vkCmdClearDepthStencilImage(
    VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
    VkImage                                     image,
    VkImageLayout                               imageLayout,
    const VkClearDepthStencilValue*             pDepthStencil,
    uint32_t                                    rangeCount,
    const VkImageSubresourceRange*              pRanges);

Parameters

• commandBuffer is the command buffer into which the command will be recorded.
• image is the image to be cleared.
• imageLayout specifies the current layout of the image subresource ranges to be cleared, and must be VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_GENERAL or VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_TRANSFER_DST_OPTIMAL.
• pDepthStencil is a pointer to a VkClearDepthStencilValue structure that contains the values the depth and stencil image subresource ranges will be cleared to (see html/vkspec.html#clears-values below).
• rangeCount is the number of image subresource range structures in pRanges.
• pRanges points to an array of VkImageSubresourceRange structures that describe a range of mipmap levels, array layers, and aspects to be cleared, as described in Image Views. The aspectMask of each image subresource range in pRanges can include VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_DEPTH_BIT if the image format has a depth component, and VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_STENCIL_BIT if the image format has a stencil component. pDepthStencil is a pointer to a VkClearDepthStencilValue structure that contains the values the image subresource ranges will be cleared to (see html/vkspec.html#clears-values below).

Description

Valid Usage

• image must have been created with VK_IMAGE_USAGE_TRANSFER_DST_BIT usage flag
• If image is non-sparse then it must be bound completely and contiguously to a single VkDeviceMemory object
• imageLayout must specify the layout of the image subresource ranges of image specified in pRanges at the time this command is executed on a VkDevice
• imageLayout must be either of VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_TRANSFER_DST_OPTIMAL or VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_GENERAL
• The VkImageSubresourceRange::baseMipLevel members of the elements of the pRanges array must each be less than the mipLevels specified in VkImageCreateInfo when image was created
• If the VkImageSubresourceRange::levelCount member of any element of the pRanges array is not VK_REMAINING_MIP_LEVELS, it must be non-zero and VkImageSubresourceRange::baseMipLevel + VkImageSubresourceRange::levelCount for that element of the pRanges array must be less than or equal to the mipLevels specified in VkImageCreateInfo when image was created
• The VkImageSubresourceRange::baseArrayLayer members of the elements of the pRanges array must each be less than the arrayLayers specified in VkImageCreateInfo when image was created
• If the VkImageSubresourceRange::layerCount member of any element of the pRanges array is not VK_REMAINING_ARRAY_LAYERS, it must be non-zero and VkImageSubresourceRange::baseArrayLayer + VkImageSubresourceRange::layerCount for that element of the pRanges array must be less than or equal to the arrayLayers specified in VkImageCreateInfo when image was created
• image must have a depth/stencil format

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• commandBuffer must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle
• image must be a valid VkImage handle
• imageLayout must be a valid VkImageLayout value
• pDepthStencil must be a pointer to a valid VkClearDepthStencilValue structure
• pRanges must be a pointer to an array of rangeCount valid VkImageSubresourceRange structures
• commandBuffer must be in the recording state
• The VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support graphics operations
• This command must only be called outside of a render pass instance
• rangeCount must be greater than 0
• Both of commandBuffer, and image must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from the same VkDevice

Host Synchronization

• Host access to commandBuffer must be externally synchronized
• Host access to the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must be externally synchronized

Command Properties

Command Buffer Levels	Render Pass Scope	Supported Queue Types	Pipeline Type
Primary Secondary	Outside	Graphics	Transfer

See Also

VkClearDepthStencilValue, VkCommandBuffer, VkImage, VkImageLayout, VkImageSubresourceRange

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCmdClearDepthStencilImage

vkCmdCopyBuffer(3)

Name

vkCmdCopyBuffer - Copy data between buffer regions

C Specification

To copy data between buffer objects, call:

void vkCmdCopyBuffer(
    VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
    VkBuffer                                    srcBuffer,
    VkBuffer                                    dstBuffer,
    uint32_t                                    regionCount,
    const VkBufferCopy*                         pRegions);

Parameters

• commandBuffer is the command buffer into which the command will be recorded.
• srcBuffer is the source buffer.
• dstBuffer is the destination buffer.
• regionCount is the number of regions to copy.
• pRegions is a pointer to an array of VkBufferCopy structures specifying the regions to copy.

Description

Each region in pRegions is copied from the source buffer to the same region of the destination buffer. srcBuffer and dstBuffer can be the same buffer or alias the same memory, but the result is undefined if the copy regions overlap in memory.

Valid Usage

• The size member of a given element of pRegions must be greater than 0
• The srcOffset member of a given element of pRegions must be less than the size of srcBuffer
• The dstOffset member of a given element of pRegions must be less than the size of dstBuffer
• The size member of a given element of pRegions must be less than or equal to the size of srcBuffer minus srcOffset
• The size member of a given element of pRegions must be less than or equal to the size of dstBuffer minus dstOffset
• The union of the source regions, and the union of the destination regions, specified by the elements of pRegions, must not overlap in memory
• srcBuffer must have been created with VK_BUFFER_USAGE_TRANSFER_SRC_BIT usage flag
• If srcBuffer is non-sparse then it must be bound completely and contiguously to a single VkDeviceMemory object
• dstBuffer must have been created with VK_BUFFER_USAGE_TRANSFER_DST_BIT usage flag
• If dstBuffer is non-sparse then it must be bound completely and contiguously to a single VkDeviceMemory object

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• commandBuffer must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle
• srcBuffer must be a valid VkBuffer handle
• dstBuffer must be a valid VkBuffer handle
• pRegions must be a pointer to an array of regionCount VkBufferCopy structures
• commandBuffer must be in the recording state
• The VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support transfer, graphics, or compute operations
• This command must only be called outside of a render pass instance
• regionCount must be greater than 0
• Each of commandBuffer, dstBuffer, and srcBuffer must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from the same VkDevice

Host Synchronization

• Host access to commandBuffer must be externally synchronized
• Host access to the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must be externally synchronized

Command Properties

Command Buffer Levels	Render Pass Scope	Supported Queue Types	Pipeline Type
Primary Secondary	Outside	Transfer graphics compute	Transfer

See Also

VkBuffer, VkBufferCopy, VkCommandBuffer

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCmdCopyBuffer

vkCmdCopyBufferToImage(3)

Name

vkCmdCopyBufferToImage - Copy data from a buffer into an image

C Specification

To copy data from a buffer object to an image object, call:

void vkCmdCopyBufferToImage(
    VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
    VkBuffer                                    srcBuffer,
    VkImage                                     dstImage,
    VkImageLayout                               dstImageLayout,
    uint32_t                                    regionCount,
    const VkBufferImageCopy*                    pRegions);

Parameters

• commandBuffer is the command buffer into which the command will be recorded.
• srcBuffer is the source buffer.
• dstImage is the destination image.
• dstImageLayout is the layout of the destination image subresources for the copy.
• regionCount is the number of regions to copy.
• pRegions is a pointer to an array of VkBufferImageCopy structures specifying the regions to copy.

Description

Each region in pRegions is copied from the specified region of the source buffer to the specified region of the destination image.

Valid Usage

• The buffer region specified by a given element of pRegions must be a region that is contained within srcBuffer
• The image region specified by a given element of pRegions must be a region that is contained within dstImage
• The union of all source regions, and the union of all destination regions, specified by the elements of pRegions, must not overlap in memory
• srcBuffer must have been created with VK_BUFFER_USAGE_TRANSFER_SRC_BIT usage flag
• If srcBuffer is non-sparse then it must be bound completely and contiguously to a single VkDeviceMemory object
• dstImage must have been created with VK_IMAGE_USAGE_TRANSFER_DST_BIT usage flag
• If dstImage is non-sparse then it must be bound completely and contiguously to a single VkDeviceMemory object
• dstImage must have a sample count equal to VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT
• dstImageLayout must specify the layout of the image subresources of dstImage specified in pRegions at the time this command is executed on a VkDevice
• dstImageLayout must be VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_TRANSFER_DST_OPTIMAL or VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_GENERAL

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• commandBuffer must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle
• srcBuffer must be a valid VkBuffer handle
• dstImage must be a valid VkImage handle
• dstImageLayout must be a valid VkImageLayout value
• pRegions must be a pointer to an array of regionCount valid VkBufferImageCopy structures
• commandBuffer must be in the recording state
• The VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support transfer, graphics, or compute operations
• This command must only be called outside of a render pass instance
• regionCount must be greater than 0
• Each of commandBuffer, dstImage, and srcBuffer must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from the same VkDevice

Host Synchronization

• Host access to commandBuffer must be externally synchronized
• Host access to the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must be externally synchronized

Command Properties

Command Buffer Levels	Render Pass Scope	Supported Queue Types	Pipeline Type
Primary Secondary	Outside	Transfer graphics compute	Transfer

See Also

VkBuffer, VkBufferImageCopy, VkCommandBuffer, VkImage, VkImageLayout

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCmdCopyBufferToImage

vkCmdCopyImage(3)

Name

vkCmdCopyImage - Copy data between images

C Specification

To copy data between image objects, call:

void vkCmdCopyImage(
    VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
    VkImage                                     srcImage,
    VkImageLayout                               srcImageLayout,
    VkImage                                     dstImage,
    VkImageLayout                               dstImageLayout,
    uint32_t                                    regionCount,
    const VkImageCopy*                          pRegions);

Parameters

• commandBuffer is the command buffer into which the command will be recorded.
• srcImage is the source image.
• srcImageLayout is the current layout of the source image subresource.
• dstImage is the destination image.
• dstImageLayout is the current layout of the destination image subresource.
• regionCount is the number of regions to copy.
• pRegions is a pointer to an array of VkImageCopy structures specifying the regions to copy.

Description

Each region in pRegions is copied from the source image to the same region of the destination image. srcImage and dstImage can be the same image or alias the same memory.

The formats of srcImage and dstImage must be compatible. Formats are considered compatible if their element size is the same between both formats. For example, VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM is compatible with VK_FORMAT_R32_UINT because both texels are 4 bytes in size. Depth/stencil formats must match exactly.

vkCmdCopyImage allows copying between size-compatible compressed and uncompressed internal formats. Formats are size-compatible if the element size of the uncompressed format is equal to the element size (compressed texel block size) of the compressed format. Such a copy does not perform on-the-fly compression or decompression. When copying from an uncompressed format to a compressed format, each texel of uncompressed data of the source image is copied as a raw value to the corresponding compressed texel block of the destination image. When copying from a compressed format to an uncompressed format, each compressed texel block of the source image is copied as a raw value to the corresponding texel of uncompressed data in the destination image. Thus, for example, it is legal to copy between a 128-bit uncompressed format and a compressed format which has a 128-bit sized compressed texel block representing 4×4 texels (using 8 bits per texel), or between a 64-bit uncompressed format and a compressed format which has a 64-bit sized compressed texel block representing 4×4 texels (using 4 bits per texel).

When copying between compressed and uncompressed formats the extent members represent the texel dimensions of the source image and not the destination. When copying from a compressed image to an uncompressed image the image texel dimensions written to the uncompressed image will be source extent divided by the compressed texel block dimensions. When copying from an uncompressed image to a compressed image the image texel dimensions written to the compressed image will be the source extent multiplied by the compressed texel block dimensions. In both cases the number of bytes read and the number of bytes written will be identical.

Copying to or from block-compressed images is typically done in multiples of the compressed texel block size. For this reason the extent must be a multiple of the compressed texel block dimension. There is one exception to this rule which is required to handle compressed images created with dimensions that are not a multiple of the compressed texel block dimensions: if the srcImage is compressed, then:

• If extent.width is not a multiple of the compressed texel block width, then (extent.width + srcOffset.x) must equal the image subresource width.
• If extent.height is not a multiple of the compressed texel block height, then (extent.height + srcOffset.y) must equal the image subresource height.
• If extent.depth is not a multiple of the compressed texel block depth, then (extent.depth + srcOffset.z) must equal the image subresource depth.

Similarly, if the dstImage is compressed, then:

• If extent.width is not a multiple of the compressed texel block width, then (extent.width + dstOffset.x) must equal the image subresource width.
• If extent.height is not a multiple of the compressed texel block height, then (extent.height + dstOffset.y) must equal the image subresource height.
• If extent.depth is not a multiple of the compressed texel block depth, then (extent.depth + dstOffset.z) must equal the image subresource depth.

This allows the last compressed texel block of the image in each non-multiple dimension to be included as a source or destination of the copy.

vkCmdCopyImage can be used to copy image data between multisample images, but both images must have the same number of samples.

Valid Usage

• The source region specified by a given element of pRegions must be a region that is contained within srcImage
• The destination region specified by a given element of pRegions must be a region that is contained within dstImage
• The union of all source regions, and the union of all destination regions, specified by the elements of pRegions, must not overlap in memory
• srcImage must have been created with VK_IMAGE_USAGE_TRANSFER_SRC_BIT usage flag
• If srcImage is non-sparse then it must be bound completely and contiguously to a single VkDeviceMemory object
• srcImageLayout must specify the layout of the image subresources of srcImage specified in pRegions at the time this command is executed on a VkDevice
• srcImageLayout must be VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_TRANSFER_SRC_OPTIMAL or VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_GENERAL
• dstImage must have been created with VK_IMAGE_USAGE_TRANSFER_DST_BIT usage flag
• If dstImage is non-sparse then it must be bound completely and contiguously to a single VkDeviceMemory object
• dstImageLayout must specify the layout of the image subresources of dstImage specified in pRegions at the time this command is executed on a VkDevice
• dstImageLayout must be VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_TRANSFER_DST_OPTIMAL or VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_GENERAL
• The VkFormat of each of srcImage and dstImage must be compatible, as defined below
• The sample count of srcImage and dstImage must match

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• commandBuffer must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle
• srcImage must be a valid VkImage handle
• srcImageLayout must be a valid VkImageLayout value
• dstImage must be a valid VkImage handle
• dstImageLayout must be a valid VkImageLayout value
• pRegions must be a pointer to an array of regionCount valid VkImageCopy structures
• commandBuffer must be in the recording state
• The VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support transfer, graphics, or compute operations
• This command must only be called outside of a render pass instance
• regionCount must be greater than 0
• Each of commandBuffer, dstImage, and srcImage must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from the same VkDevice

Host Synchronization

• Host access to commandBuffer must be externally synchronized
• Host access to the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must be externally synchronized

Command Properties

Command Buffer Levels	Render Pass Scope	Supported Queue Types	Pipeline Type
Primary Secondary	Outside	Transfer graphics compute	Transfer

See Also

VkCommandBuffer, VkImage, VkImageCopy, VkImageLayout

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCmdCopyImage

vkCmdCopyImageToBuffer(3)

Name

vkCmdCopyImageToBuffer - Copy image data into a buffer

C Specification

To copy data from an image object to a buffer object, call:

void vkCmdCopyImageToBuffer(
    VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
    VkImage                                     srcImage,
    VkImageLayout                               srcImageLayout,
    VkBuffer                                    dstBuffer,
    uint32_t                                    regionCount,
    const VkBufferImageCopy*                    pRegions);

Parameters

• commandBuffer is the command buffer into which the command will be recorded.
• srcImage is the source image.
• srcImageLayout is the layout of the source image subresources for the copy.
• dstBuffer is the destination buffer.
• regionCount is the number of regions to copy.
• pRegions is a pointer to an array of VkBufferImageCopy structures specifying the regions to copy.

Description

Each region in pRegions is copied from the specified region of the source image to the specified region of the destination buffer.

Valid Usage

• The image region specified by a given element of pRegions must be a region that is contained within srcImage
• The buffer region specified by a given element of pRegions must be a region that is contained within dstBuffer
• The union of all source regions, and the union of all destination regions, specified by the elements of pRegions, must not overlap in memory
• srcImage must have been created with VK_IMAGE_USAGE_TRANSFER_SRC_BIT usage flag
• If srcImage is non-sparse then it must be bound completely and contiguously to a single VkDeviceMemory object
• srcImage must have a sample count equal to VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT
• srcImageLayout must specify the layout of the image subresources of srcImage specified in pRegions at the time this command is executed on a VkDevice
• srcImageLayout must be VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_TRANSFER_SRC_OPTIMAL or VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_GENERAL
• dstBuffer must have been created with VK_BUFFER_USAGE_TRANSFER_DST_BIT usage flag
• If dstBuffer is non-sparse then it must be bound completely and contiguously to a single VkDeviceMemory object

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• commandBuffer must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle
• srcImage must be a valid VkImage handle
• srcImageLayout must be a valid VkImageLayout value
• dstBuffer must be a valid VkBuffer handle
• pRegions must be a pointer to an array of regionCount valid VkBufferImageCopy structures
• commandBuffer must be in the recording state
• The VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support transfer, graphics, or compute operations
• This command must only be called outside of a render pass instance
• regionCount must be greater than 0
• Each of commandBuffer, dstBuffer, and srcImage must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from the same VkDevice

Host Synchronization

• Host access to commandBuffer must be externally synchronized
• Host access to the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must be externally synchronized

Command Properties

Command Buffer Levels	Render Pass Scope	Supported Queue Types	Pipeline Type
Primary Secondary	Outside	Transfer graphics compute	Transfer

See Also

VkBuffer, VkBufferImageCopy, VkCommandBuffer, VkImage, VkImageLayout

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCmdCopyImageToBuffer

vkCmdCopyQueryPoolResults(3)

Name

vkCmdCopyQueryPoolResults - Copy the results of queries in a query pool to a buffer object

C Specification

To copy query statuses and numerical results directly to buffer memory, call:

void vkCmdCopyQueryPoolResults(
    VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
    VkQueryPool                                 queryPool,
    uint32_t                                    firstQuery,
    uint32_t                                    queryCount,
    VkBuffer                                    dstBuffer,
    VkDeviceSize                                dstOffset,
    VkDeviceSize                                stride,
    VkQueryResultFlags                          flags);

Parameters

• commandBuffer is the command buffer into which this command will be recorded.
• queryPool is the query pool managing the queries containing the desired results.
• firstQuery is the initial query index.
• queryCount is the number of queries. firstQuery and queryCount together define a range of queries.
• dstBuffer is a VkBuffer object that will receive the results of the copy command.
• dstOffset is an offset into dstBuffer.
• stride is the stride in bytes between results for individual queries within dstBuffer. The required size of the backing memory for dstBuffer is determined as described above for vkGetQueryPoolResults.
• flags is a bitmask of VkQueryResultFlagBits specifying how and when results are returned.

Description

vkCmdCopyQueryPoolResults is guaranteed to see the effect of previous uses of vkCmdResetQueryPool in the same queue, without any additional synchronization. Thus, the results will always reflect the most recent use of the query.

flags has the same possible values described above for the flags parameter of vkGetQueryPoolResults, but the different style of execution causes some subtle behavioral differences. Because vkCmdCopyQueryPoolResults executes in order with respect to other query commands, there is less ambiguity about which use of a query is being requested.

If no bits are set in flags, results for all requested queries in the available state are written as 32-bit unsigned integer values, and nothing is written for queries in the unavailable state.

If VK_QUERY_RESULT_64_BIT is set, the results are written as an array of 64-bit unsigned integer values as described for vkGetQueryPoolResults.

If VK_QUERY_RESULT_WAIT_BIT is set, the implementation will wait for each query’s status to be in the available state before retrieving the numerical results for that query. This is guaranteed to reflect the most recent use of the query on the same queue, assuming that the query is not being simultaneously used by other queues. If the query does not become available in a finite amount of time (e.g. due to not issuing a query since the last reset), a VK_ERROR_DEVICE_LOST error may occur.

Similarly, if VK_QUERY_RESULT_WITH_AVAILABILITY_BIT is set and VK_QUERY_RESULT_WAIT_BIT is not set, the availability is guaranteed to reflect the most recent use of the query on the same queue, assuming that the query is not being simultaneously used by other queues. As with vkGetQueryPoolResults, implementations must guarantee that if they return a non-zero availability value, then the numerical results are valid.

If VK_QUERY_RESULT_PARTIAL_BIT is set, VK_QUERY_RESULT_WAIT_BIT is not set, and the query’s status is unavailable, an intermediate result value between zero and the final result value is written for that query.

VK_QUERY_RESULT_PARTIAL_BIT must not be used if the pool’s queryType is VK_QUERY_TYPE_TIMESTAMP.

vkCmdCopyQueryPoolResults is considered to be a transfer operation, and its writes to buffer memory must be synchronized using VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_TRANSFER_BIT and VK_ACCESS_TRANSFER_WRITE_BIT before using the results.

Valid Usage

• dstOffset must be less than the size of dstBuffer
• firstQuery must be less than the number of queries in queryPool
• The sum of firstQuery and queryCount must be less than or equal to the number of queries in queryPool
• If VK_QUERY_RESULT_64_BIT is not set in flags then dstOffset and stride must be multiples of 4
• If VK_QUERY_RESULT_64_BIT is set in flags then dstOffset and stride must be multiples of 8
• dstBuffer must have enough storage, from dstOffset, to contain the result of each query, as described here
• dstBuffer must have been created with VK_BUFFER_USAGE_TRANSFER_DST_BIT usage flag
• If dstBuffer is non-sparse then it must be bound completely and contiguously to a single VkDeviceMemory object
• If the queryType used to create queryPool was VK_QUERY_TYPE_TIMESTAMP, flags must not contain VK_QUERY_RESULT_PARTIAL_BIT

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• commandBuffer must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle
• queryPool must be a valid VkQueryPool handle
• dstBuffer must be a valid VkBuffer handle
• flags must be a valid combination of VkQueryResultFlagBits values
• commandBuffer must be in the recording state
• The VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support graphics, or compute operations
• This command must only be called outside of a render pass instance
• Each of commandBuffer, dstBuffer, and queryPool must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from the same VkDevice

Host Synchronization

• Host access to commandBuffer must be externally synchronized
• Host access to the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must be externally synchronized

Command Properties

Command Buffer Levels	Render Pass Scope	Supported Queue Types	Pipeline Type
Primary Secondary	Outside	Graphics compute	Transfer

See Also

VkBuffer, VkCommandBuffer, VkDeviceSize, VkQueryPool, VkQueryResultFlags

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCmdCopyQueryPoolResults

vkCmdDispatch(3)

Name

vkCmdDispatch - Dispatch compute work items

C Specification

To record a dispatch, call:

void vkCmdDispatch(
    VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
    uint32_t                                    groupCountX,
    uint32_t                                    groupCountY,
    uint32_t                                    groupCountZ);

Parameters

• commandBuffer is the command buffer into which the command will be recorded.
• groupCountX is the number of local workgroups to dispatch in the X dimension.
• groupCountY is the number of local workgroups to dispatch in the Y dimension.
• groupCountZ is the number of local workgroups to dispatch in the Z dimension.

Description

When the command is executed, a global workgroup consisting of groupCountX × groupCountY × groupCountZ local workgroups is assembled.

Valid Usage

• groupCountX must be less than or equal to VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::maxComputeWorkGroupCount[0]
• groupCountY must be less than or equal to VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::maxComputeWorkGroupCount[1]
• groupCountZ must be less than or equal to VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::maxComputeWorkGroupCount[2]
• For each set n that is statically used by the VkPipeline currently bound to VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_COMPUTE, a descriptor set must have been bound to n at VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_COMPUTE, with a VkPipelineLayout that is compatible for set n, with the VkPipelineLayout used to create the current VkPipeline, as described in html/vkspec.html#descriptorsets-compatibility
• Descriptors in each bound descriptor set, specified via vkCmdBindDescriptorSets, must be valid if they are statically used by the currently bound VkPipeline object, specified via vkCmdBindPipeline
• A valid compute pipeline must be bound to the current command buffer with VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_COMPUTE
• For each push constant that is statically used by the VkPipeline currently bound to VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_COMPUTE, a push constant value must have been set for VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_COMPUTE, with a VkPipelineLayout that is compatible for push constants with the one used to create the current VkPipeline, as described in html/vkspec.html#descriptorsets-compatibility
• If any VkSampler object that is accessed from a shader by the VkPipeline currently bound to VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_COMPUTE uses unnormalized coordinates, it must not be used to sample from any VkImage with a VkImageView of the type VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_3D, VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_CUBE, VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_1D_ARRAY, VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_2D_ARRAY or VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_CUBE_ARRAY, in any shader stage
• If any VkSampler object that is accessed from a shader by the VkPipeline currently bound to VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_COMPUTE uses unnormalized coordinates, it must not be used with any of the SPIR-V OpImageSample* or OpImageSparseSample* instructions with ImplicitLod, Dref or Proj in their name, in any shader stage
• If any VkSampler object that is accessed from a shader by the VkPipeline currently bound to VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_COMPUTE uses unnormalized coordinates, it must not be used with any of the SPIR-V OpImageSample* or OpImageSparseSample* instructions that includes a LOD bias or any offset values, in any shader stage
• If the robust buffer access feature is not enabled, and any shader stage in the VkPipeline object currently bound to VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_COMPUTE accesses a uniform buffer, it must not access values outside of the range of that buffer specified in the currently bound descriptor set
• If the robust buffer access feature is not enabled, and any shader stage in the VkPipeline object currently bound to VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_COMPUTE accesses a storage buffer, it must not access values outside of the range of that buffer specified in the currently bound descriptor set
• Any VkImageView being sampled with VK_FILTER_LINEAR as a result of this command must be of a format which supports linear filtering, as specified by the VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_FILTER_LINEAR_BIT flag in VkFormatProperties::linearTilingFeatures (for a linear image) or VkFormatProperties::optimalTilingFeatures(for an optimally tiled image) returned by vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• commandBuffer must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle
• commandBuffer must be in the recording state
• The VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support compute operations
• This command must only be called outside of a render pass instance

Host Synchronization

• Host access to commandBuffer must be externally synchronized
• Host access to the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must be externally synchronized

Command Properties

Command Buffer Levels	Render Pass Scope	Supported Queue Types	Pipeline Type
Primary Secondary	Outside	Compute	Compute

See Also

VkCommandBuffer

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCmdDispatch

vkCmdDispatchIndirect(3)

Name

vkCmdDispatchIndirect - Dispatch compute work items using indirect parameters

C Specification

To record an indirect command dispatch, call:

void vkCmdDispatchIndirect(
    VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
    VkBuffer                                    buffer,
    VkDeviceSize                                offset);

Parameters

• commandBuffer is the command buffer into which the command will be recorded.
• buffer is the buffer containing dispatch parameters.
• offset is the byte offset into buffer where parameters begin.

Description

vkCmdDispatchIndirect behaves similarly to vkCmdDispatch except that the parameters are read by the device from a buffer during execution. The parameters of the dispatch are encoded in a VkDispatchIndirectCommand structure taken from buffer starting at offset.

Valid Usage

• If buffer is non-sparse then it must be bound completely and contiguously to a single VkDeviceMemory object
• For each set n that is statically used by the VkPipeline currently bound to VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_COMPUTE, a descriptor set must have been bound to n at VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_COMPUTE, with a VkPipelineLayout that is compatible for set n, with the VkPipelineLayout used to create the current VkPipeline, as described in html/vkspec.html#descriptorsets-compatibility
• Descriptors in each bound descriptor set, specified via vkCmdBindDescriptorSets, must be valid if they are statically used by the currently bound VkPipeline object, specified via vkCmdBindPipeline
• A valid compute pipeline must be bound to the current command buffer with VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_COMPUTE
• buffer must have been created with the VK_BUFFER_USAGE_INDIRECT_BUFFER_BIT bit set
• offset must be a multiple of 4
• The sum of offset and the size of VkDispatchIndirectCommand must be less than or equal to the size of buffer
• For each push constant that is statically used by the VkPipeline currently bound to VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_COMPUTE, a push constant value must have been set for VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_COMPUTE, with a VkPipelineLayout that is compatible for push constants with the one used to create the current VkPipeline, as described in html/vkspec.html#descriptorsets-compatibility
• If any VkSampler object that is accessed from a shader by the VkPipeline currently bound to VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_COMPUTE uses unnormalized coordinates, it must not be used to sample from any VkImage with a VkImageView of the type VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_3D, VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_CUBE, VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_1D_ARRAY, VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_2D_ARRAY or VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_CUBE_ARRAY, in any shader stage
• If any VkSampler object that is accessed from a shader by the VkPipeline currently bound to VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_COMPUTE uses unnormalized coordinates, it must not be used with any of the SPIR-V OpImageSample* or OpImageSparseSample* instructions with ImplicitLod, Dref or Proj in their name, in any shader stage
• If any VkSampler object that is accessed from a shader by the VkPipeline currently bound to VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_COMPUTE uses unnormalized coordinates, it must not be used with any of the SPIR-V OpImageSample* or OpImageSparseSample* instructions that includes a LOD bias or any offset values, in any shader stage
• If the robust buffer access feature is not enabled, and any shader stage in the VkPipeline object currently bound to VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_COMPUTE accesses a uniform buffer, it must not access values outside of the range of that buffer specified in the currently bound descriptor set
• If the robust buffer access feature is not enabled, and any shader stage in the VkPipeline object currently bound to VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_COMPUTE accesses a storage buffer, it must not access values outside of the range of that buffer specified in the currently bound descriptor set
• Any VkImageView being sampled with VK_FILTER_LINEAR as a result of this command must be of a format which supports linear filtering, as specified by the VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_FILTER_LINEAR_BIT flag in VkFormatProperties::linearTilingFeatures (for a linear image) or VkFormatProperties::optimalTilingFeatures(for an optimally tiled image) returned by vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• commandBuffer must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle
• buffer must be a valid VkBuffer handle
• commandBuffer must be in the recording state
• The VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support compute operations
• This command must only be called outside of a render pass instance
• Both of buffer, and commandBuffer must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from the same VkDevice

Host Synchronization

• Host access to commandBuffer must be externally synchronized
• Host access to the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must be externally synchronized

Command Properties

Command Buffer Levels	Render Pass Scope	Supported Queue Types	Pipeline Type
Primary Secondary	Outside	Compute	Compute

See Also

VkBuffer, VkCommandBuffer, VkDeviceSize

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCmdDispatchIndirect

vkCmdDraw(3)

Name

vkCmdDraw - Draw primitives

C Specification

To record a non-indexed draw, call:

void vkCmdDraw(
    VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
    uint32_t                                    vertexCount,
    uint32_t                                    instanceCount,
    uint32_t                                    firstVertex,
    uint32_t                                    firstInstance);

Parameters

• commandBuffer is the command buffer into which the command is recorded.
• vertexCount is the number of vertices to draw.
• instanceCount is the number of instances to draw.
• firstVertex is the index of the first vertex to draw.
• firstInstance is the instance ID of the first instance to draw.

Description

When the command is executed, primitives are assembled using the current primitive topology and vertexCount consecutive vertex indices with the first vertexIndex value equal to firstVertex. The primitives are drawn instanceCount times with instanceIndex starting with firstInstance and increasing sequentially for each instance. The assembled primitives execute the currently bound graphics pipeline.

Valid Usage

• The current render pass must be compatible with the renderPass member of the VkGraphicsPipelineCreateInfo structure specified when creating the VkPipeline currently bound to VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS.
• The subpass index of the current render pass must be equal to the subpass member of the VkGraphicsPipelineCreateInfo structure specified when creating the VkPipeline currently bound to VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS.
• For each set n that is statically used by the VkPipeline currently bound to VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS, a descriptor set must have been bound to n at VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS, with a VkPipelineLayout that is compatible for set n, with the VkPipelineLayout used to create the current VkPipeline, as described in html/vkspec.html#descriptorsets-compatibility
• For each push constant that is statically used by the VkPipeline currently bound to VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS, a push constant value must have been set for VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS, with a VkPipelineLayout that is compatible for push constants, with the VkPipelineLayout used to create the current VkPipeline, as described in html/vkspec.html#descriptorsets-compatibility
• Descriptors in each bound descriptor set, specified via vkCmdBindDescriptorSets, must be valid if they are statically used by the currently bound VkPipeline object, specified via vkCmdBindPipeline
• All vertex input bindings accessed via vertex input variables declared in the vertex shader entry point’s interface must have valid buffers bound
• For a given vertex buffer binding, any attribute data fetched must be entirely contained within the corresponding vertex buffer binding, as described in html/vkspec.html#fxvertex-input
• A valid graphics pipeline must be bound to the current command buffer with VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS
• If the VkPipeline object currently bound to VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS requires any dynamic state, that state must have been set on the current command buffer
• Every input attachment used by the current subpass must be bound to the pipeline via a descriptor set
• If any VkSampler object that is accessed from a shader by the VkPipeline currently bound to VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS uses unnormalized coordinates, it must not be used to sample from any VkImage with a VkImageView of the type VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_3D, VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_CUBE, VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_1D_ARRAY, VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_2D_ARRAY or VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_CUBE_ARRAY, in any shader stage
• If any VkSampler object that is accessed from a shader by the VkPipeline currently bound to VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS uses unnormalized coordinates, it must not be used with any of the SPIR-V OpImageSample* or OpImageSparseSample* instructions with ImplicitLod, Dref or Proj in their name, in any shader stage
• If any VkSampler object that is accessed from a shader by the VkPipeline currently bound to VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS uses unnormalized coordinates, it must not be used with any of the SPIR-V OpImageSample* or OpImageSparseSample* instructions that includes a LOD bias or any offset values, in any shader stage
• If the robust buffer access feature is not enabled, and any shader stage in the VkPipeline object currently bound to VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS accesses a uniform buffer, it must not access values outside of the range of that buffer specified in the currently bound descriptor set
• If the robust buffer access feature is not enabled, and any shader stage in the VkPipeline object currently bound to VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS accesses a storage buffer, it must not access values outside of the range of that buffer specified in the currently bound descriptor set
• Any VkImageView being sampled with VK_FILTER_LINEAR as a result of this command must be of a format which supports linear filtering, as specified by the VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_FILTER_LINEAR_BIT flag in VkFormatProperties::linearTilingFeatures (for a linear image) or VkFormatProperties::optimalTilingFeatures(for an optimally tiled image) returned by vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties
• Image subresources used as attachments in the current render pass must not be accessed in any way other than as an attachment by this command.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• commandBuffer must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle
• commandBuffer must be in the recording state
• The VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support graphics operations
• This command must only be called inside of a render pass instance

Host Synchronization

• Host access to commandBuffer must be externally synchronized
• Host access to the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must be externally synchronized

Command Properties

Command Buffer Levels	Render Pass Scope	Supported Queue Types	Pipeline Type
Primary Secondary	Inside	Graphics	Graphics

See Also

VkCommandBuffer

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCmdDraw

vkCmdDrawIndexed(3)

Name

vkCmdDrawIndexed - Issue an indexed draw into a command buffer

C Specification

To record an indexed draw, call:

void vkCmdDrawIndexed(
    VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
    uint32_t                                    indexCount,
    uint32_t                                    instanceCount,
    uint32_t                                    firstIndex,
    int32_t                                     vertexOffset,
    uint32_t                                    firstInstance);

Parameters

• commandBuffer is the command buffer into which the command is recorded.
• indexCount is the number of vertices to draw.
• instanceCount is the number of instances to draw.
• firstIndex is the base index within the index buffer.
• vertexOffset is the value added to the vertex index before indexing into the vertex buffer.
• firstInstance is the instance ID of the first instance to draw.

Description

When the command is executed, primitives are assembled using the current primitive topology and indexCount vertices whose indices are retrieved from the index buffer. The index buffer is treated as an array of tightly packed unsigned integers of size defined by the vkCmdBindIndexBuffer::indexType parameter with which the buffer was bound.

The first vertex index is at an offset of firstIndex * indexSize + offset within the currently bound index buffer, where offset is the offset specified by vkCmdBindIndexBuffer and indexSize is the byte size of the type specified by indexType. Subsequent index values are retrieved from consecutive locations in the index buffer. Indices are first compared to the primitive restart value, then zero extended to 32 bits (if the indexType is VK_INDEX_TYPE_UINT16) and have vertexOffset added to them, before being supplied as the vertexIndex value.

The primitives are drawn instanceCount times with instanceIndex starting with firstInstance and increasing sequentially for each instance. The assembled primitives execute the currently bound graphics pipeline.

Valid Usage

• The current render pass must be compatible with the renderPass member of the VkGraphicsPipelineCreateInfo structure specified when creating the VkPipeline currently bound to VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS.
• The subpass index of the current render pass must be equal to the subpass member of the VkGraphicsPipelineCreateInfo structure specified when creating the VkPipeline currently bound to VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS.
• For each set n that is statically used by the VkPipeline currently bound to VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS, a descriptor set must have been bound to n at VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS, with a VkPipelineLayout that is compatible for set n, with the VkPipelineLayout used to create the current VkPipeline, as described in html/vkspec.html#descriptorsets-compatibility
• For each push constant that is statically used by the VkPipeline currently bound to VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS, a push constant value must have been set for VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS, with a VkPipelineLayout that is compatible for push constants, with the VkPipelineLayout used to create the current VkPipeline, as described in html/vkspec.html#descriptorsets-compatibility
• Descriptors in each bound descriptor set, specified via vkCmdBindDescriptorSets, must be valid if they are statically used by the currently bound VkPipeline object, specified via vkCmdBindPipeline
• All vertex input bindings accessed via vertex input variables declared in the vertex shader entry point’s interface must have valid buffers bound
• For a given vertex buffer binding, any attribute data fetched must be entirely contained within the corresponding vertex buffer binding, as described in html/vkspec.html#fxvertex-input
• A valid graphics pipeline must be bound to the current command buffer with VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS
• If the VkPipeline object currently bound to VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS requires any dynamic state, that state must have been set on the current command buffer
• (indexSize * (firstIndex + indexCount) + offset) must be less than or equal to the size of the currently bound index buffer, with indexSize being based on the type specified by indexType, where the index buffer, indexType, and offset are specified via vkCmdBindIndexBuffer
• Every input attachment used by the current subpass must be bound to the pipeline via a descriptor set
• If any VkSampler object that is accessed from a shader by the VkPipeline currently bound to VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS uses unnormalized coordinates, it must not be used to sample from any VkImage with a VkImageView of the type VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_3D, VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_CUBE, VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_1D_ARRAY, VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_2D_ARRAY or VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_CUBE_ARRAY, in any shader stage
• If any VkSampler object that is accessed from a shader by the VkPipeline currently bound to VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS uses unnormalized coordinates, it must not be used with any of the SPIR-V OpImageSample* or OpImageSparseSample* instructions with ImplicitLod, Dref or Proj in their name, in any shader stage
• If any VkSampler object that is accessed from a shader by the VkPipeline currently bound to VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS uses unnormalized coordinates, it must not be used with any of the SPIR-V OpImageSample* or OpImageSparseSample* instructions that includes a LOD bias or any offset values, in any shader stage
• If the robust buffer access feature is not enabled, and any shader stage in the VkPipeline object currently bound to VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS accesses a uniform buffer, it must not access values outside of the range of that buffer specified in the currently bound descriptor set
• If the robust buffer access feature is not enabled, and any shader stage in the VkPipeline object currently bound to VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS accesses a storage buffer, it must not access values outside of the range of that buffer specified in the currently bound descriptor set
• Any VkImageView being sampled with VK_FILTER_LINEAR as a result of this command must be of a format which supports linear filtering, as specified by the VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_FILTER_LINEAR_BIT flag in VkFormatProperties::linearTilingFeatures (for a linear image) or VkFormatProperties::optimalTilingFeatures(for an optimally tiled image) returned by vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties
• Image subresources used as attachments in the current render pass must not be accessed in any way other than as an attachment by this command.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• commandBuffer must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle
• commandBuffer must be in the recording state
• The VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support graphics operations
• This command must only be called inside of a render pass instance

Host Synchronization

• Host access to commandBuffer must be externally synchronized
• Host access to the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must be externally synchronized

Command Properties

Command Buffer Levels	Render Pass Scope	Supported Queue Types	Pipeline Type
Primary Secondary	Inside	Graphics	Graphics

See Also

VkCommandBuffer

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCmdDrawIndexed

vkCmdDrawIndexedIndirect(3)

Name

vkCmdDrawIndexedIndirect - Perform an indexed indirect draw

C Specification

To record an indexed indirect draw, call:

void vkCmdDrawIndexedIndirect(
    VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
    VkBuffer                                    buffer,
    VkDeviceSize                                offset,
    uint32_t                                    drawCount,
    uint32_t                                    stride);

Parameters

• commandBuffer is the command buffer into which the command is recorded.
• buffer is the buffer containing draw parameters.
• offset is the byte offset into buffer where parameters begin.
• drawCount is the number of draws to execute, and can be zero.
• stride is the byte stride between successive sets of draw parameters.

Description

vkCmdDrawIndexedIndirect behaves similarly to vkCmdDrawIndexed except that the parameters are read by the device from a buffer during execution. drawCount draws are executed by the command, with parameters taken from buffer starting at offset and increasing by stride bytes for each successive draw. The parameters of each draw are encoded in an array of VkDrawIndexedIndirectCommand structures. If drawCount is less than or equal to one, stride is ignored.

Valid Usage

• If buffer is non-sparse then it must be bound completely and contiguously to a single VkDeviceMemory object
• offset must be a multiple of 4
• If drawCount is greater than 1, stride must be a multiple of 4 and must be greater than or equal to sizeof(VkDrawIndexedIndirectCommand)
• If the multi-draw indirect feature is not enabled, drawCount must be 0 or 1
• If the drawIndirectFirstInstance feature is not enabled, all the firstInstance members of the VkDrawIndexedIndirectCommand structures accessed by this command must be 0
• The current render pass must be compatible with the renderPass member of the VkGraphicsPipelineCreateInfo structure specified when creating the VkPipeline currently bound to VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS.
• The subpass index of the current render pass must be equal to the subpass member of the VkGraphicsPipelineCreateInfo structure specified when creating the VkPipeline currently bound to VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS.
• For each set n that is statically used by the VkPipeline currently bound to VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS, a descriptor set must have been bound to n at VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS, with a VkPipelineLayout that is compatible for set n, with the VkPipelineLayout used to create the current VkPipeline, as described in html/vkspec.html#descriptorsets-compatibility
• For each push constant that is statically used by the VkPipeline currently bound to VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS, a push constant value must have been set for VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS, with a VkPipelineLayout that is compatible for push constants, with the VkPipelineLayout used to create the current VkPipeline, as described in html/vkspec.html#descriptorsets-compatibility
• Descriptors in each bound descriptor set, specified via vkCmdBindDescriptorSets, must be valid if they are statically used by the currently bound VkPipeline object, specified via vkCmdBindPipeline
• All vertex input bindings accessed via vertex input variables declared in the vertex shader entry point’s interface must have valid buffers bound
• A valid graphics pipeline must be bound to the current command buffer with VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS
• If the VkPipeline object currently bound to VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS requires any dynamic state, that state must have been set on the current command buffer
• If drawCount is equal to 1, (offset + sizeof(VkDrawIndexedIndirectCommand)) must be less than or equal to the size of buffer
• If drawCount is greater than 1, (stride × (drawCount - 1) + offset + sizeof(VkDrawIndexedIndirectCommand)) must be less than or equal to the size of buffer
• drawCount must be less than or equal to VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::maxDrawIndirectCount
• Every input attachment used by the current subpass must be bound to the pipeline via a descriptor set
• If any VkSampler object that is accessed from a shader by the VkPipeline currently bound to VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS uses unnormalized coordinates, it must not be used to sample from any VkImage with a VkImageView of the type VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_3D, VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_CUBE, VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_1D_ARRAY, VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_2D_ARRAY or VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_CUBE_ARRAY, in any shader stage
• If any VkSampler object that is accessed from a shader by the VkPipeline currently bound to VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS uses unnormalized coordinates, it must not be used with any of the SPIR-V OpImageSample* or OpImageSparseSample* instructions with ImplicitLod, Dref or Proj in their name, in any shader stage
• If any VkSampler object that is accessed from a shader by the VkPipeline currently bound to VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS uses unnormalized coordinates, it must not be used with any of the SPIR-V OpImageSample* or OpImageSparseSample* instructions that includes a LOD bias or any offset values, in any shader stage
• If the robust buffer access feature is not enabled, and any shader stage in the VkPipeline object currently bound to VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS accesses a uniform buffer, it must not access values outside of the range of that buffer specified in the currently bound descriptor set
• If the robust buffer access feature is not enabled, and any shader stage in the VkPipeline object currently bound to VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS accesses a storage buffer, it must not access values outside of the range of that buffer specified in the currently bound descriptor set
• Any VkImageView being sampled with VK_FILTER_LINEAR as a result of this command must be of a format which supports linear filtering, as specified by the VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_FILTER_LINEAR_BIT flag in VkFormatProperties::linearTilingFeatures (for a linear image) or VkFormatProperties::optimalTilingFeatures(for an optimally tiled image) returned by vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties
• Image subresources used as attachments in the current render pass must not be accessed in any way other than as an attachment by this command.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• commandBuffer must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle
• buffer must be a valid VkBuffer handle
• commandBuffer must be in the recording state
• The VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support graphics operations
• This command must only be called inside of a render pass instance
• Both of buffer, and commandBuffer must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from the same VkDevice

Host Synchronization

• Host access to commandBuffer must be externally synchronized
• Host access to the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must be externally synchronized

Command Properties

Command Buffer Levels	Render Pass Scope	Supported Queue Types	Pipeline Type
Primary Secondary	Inside	Graphics	Graphics

See Also

VkBuffer, VkCommandBuffer, VkDeviceSize

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCmdDrawIndexedIndirect

vkCmdDrawIndirect(3)

Name

vkCmdDrawIndirect - Issue an indirect draw into a command buffer

C Specification

To record a non-indexed indirect draw, call:

void vkCmdDrawIndirect(
    VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
    VkBuffer                                    buffer,
    VkDeviceSize                                offset,
    uint32_t                                    drawCount,
    uint32_t                                    stride);

Parameters

• commandBuffer is the command buffer into which the command is recorded.
• buffer is the buffer containing draw parameters.
• offset is the byte offset into buffer where parameters begin.
• drawCount is the number of draws to execute, and can be zero.
• stride is the byte stride between successive sets of draw parameters.

Description

vkCmdDrawIndirect behaves similarly to vkCmdDraw except that the parameters are read by the device from a buffer during execution. drawCount draws are executed by the command, with parameters taken from buffer starting at offset and increasing by stride bytes for each successive draw. The parameters of each draw are encoded in an array of VkDrawIndirectCommand structures. If drawCount is less than or equal to one, stride is ignored.

Valid Usage

• If buffer is non-sparse then it must be bound completely and contiguously to a single VkDeviceMemory object
• offset must be a multiple of 4
• If drawCount is greater than 1, stride must be a multiple of 4 and must be greater than or equal to sizeof(VkDrawIndirectCommand)
• If the multi-draw indirect feature is not enabled, drawCount must be 0 or 1
• If the drawIndirectFirstInstance feature is not enabled, all the firstInstance members of the VkDrawIndirectCommand structures accessed by this command must be 0
• The current render pass must be compatible with the renderPass member of the VkGraphicsPipelineCreateInfo structure specified when creating the VkPipeline currently bound to VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS.
• The subpass index of the current render pass must be equal to the subpass member of the VkGraphicsPipelineCreateInfo structure specified when creating the VkPipeline currently bound to VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS.
• For each set n that is statically used by the VkPipeline currently bound to VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS, a descriptor set must have been bound to n at VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS, with a VkPipelineLayout that is compatible for set n, with the VkPipelineLayout used to create the current VkPipeline, as described in html/vkspec.html#descriptorsets-compatibility
• For each push constant that is statically used by the VkPipeline currently bound to VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS, a push constant value must have been set for VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS, with a VkPipelineLayout that is compatible for push constants, with the VkPipelineLayout used to create the current VkPipeline, as described in html/vkspec.html#descriptorsets-compatibility
• Descriptors in each bound descriptor set, specified via vkCmdBindDescriptorSets, must be valid if they are statically used by the currently bound VkPipeline object, specified via vkCmdBindPipeline
• All vertex input bindings accessed via vertex input variables declared in the vertex shader entry point’s interface must have valid buffers bound
• A valid graphics pipeline must be bound to the current command buffer with VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS
• If the VkPipeline object currently bound to VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS requires any dynamic state, that state must have been set on the current command buffer
• If drawCount is equal to 1, (offset + sizeof(VkDrawIndirectCommand)) must be less than or equal to the size of buffer
• If drawCount is greater than 1, (stride × (drawCount - 1) + offset + sizeof(VkDrawIndirectCommand)) must be less than or equal to the size of buffer
• drawCount must be less than or equal to VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::maxDrawIndirectCount
• Every input attachment used by the current subpass must be bound to the pipeline via a descriptor set
• If any VkSampler object that is accessed from a shader by the VkPipeline currently bound to VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS uses unnormalized coordinates, it must not be used to sample from any VkImage with a VkImageView of the type VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_3D, VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_CUBE, VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_1D_ARRAY, VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_2D_ARRAY or VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_CUBE_ARRAY, in any shader stage
• If any VkSampler object that is accessed from a shader by the VkPipeline currently bound to VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS uses unnormalized coordinates, it must not be used with any of the SPIR-V OpImageSample* or OpImageSparseSample* instructions with ImplicitLod, Dref or Proj in their name, in any shader stage
• If any VkSampler object that is accessed from a shader by the VkPipeline currently bound to VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS uses unnormalized coordinates, it must not be used with any of the SPIR-V OpImageSample* or OpImageSparseSample* instructions that includes a LOD bias or any offset values, in any shader stage
• If the robust buffer access feature is not enabled, and any shader stage in the VkPipeline object currently bound to VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS accesses a uniform buffer, it must not access values outside of the range of that buffer specified in the currently bound descriptor set
• If the robust buffer access feature is not enabled, and any shader stage in the VkPipeline object currently bound to VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS accesses a storage buffer, it must not access values outside of the range of that buffer specified in the currently bound descriptor set
• Any VkImageView being sampled with VK_FILTER_LINEAR as a result of this command must be of a format which supports linear filtering, as specified by the VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_FILTER_LINEAR_BIT flag in VkFormatProperties::linearTilingFeatures (for a linear image) or VkFormatProperties::optimalTilingFeatures(for an optimally tiled image) returned by vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties
• Image subresources used as attachments in the current render pass must not be accessed in any way other than as an attachment by this command.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• commandBuffer must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle
• buffer must be a valid VkBuffer handle
• commandBuffer must be in the recording state
• The VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support graphics operations
• This command must only be called inside of a render pass instance
• Both of buffer, and commandBuffer must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from the same VkDevice

Host Synchronization

• Host access to commandBuffer must be externally synchronized
• Host access to the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must be externally synchronized

Command Properties

Command Buffer Levels	Render Pass Scope	Supported Queue Types	Pipeline Type
Primary Secondary	Inside	Graphics	Graphics

See Also

VkBuffer, VkCommandBuffer, VkDeviceSize

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCmdDrawIndirect

vkCmdEndQuery(3)

Name

vkCmdEndQuery - Ends a query

C Specification

To end a query after the set of desired draw or dispatch commands is executed, call:

void vkCmdEndQuery(
    VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
    VkQueryPool                                 queryPool,
    uint32_t                                    query);

Parameters

• commandBuffer is the command buffer into which this command will be recorded.
• queryPool is the query pool that is managing the results of the query.
• query is the query index within the query pool where the result is stored.

Description

As queries operate asynchronously, ending a query does not immediately set the query’s status to available. A query is considered finished when the final results of the query are ready to be retrieved by vkGetQueryPoolResults and vkCmdCopyQueryPoolResults, and this is when the query’s status is set to available.

Once a query is ended the query must finish in finite time, unless the state of the query is changed using other commands, e.g. by issuing a reset of the query.

Valid Usage

• The query identified by queryPool and query must currently be active
• query must be less than the number of queries in queryPool

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• commandBuffer must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle
• queryPool must be a valid VkQueryPool handle
• commandBuffer must be in the recording state
• The VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support graphics, or compute operations
• Both of commandBuffer, and queryPool must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from the same VkDevice

Host Synchronization

• Host access to commandBuffer must be externally synchronized
• Host access to the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must be externally synchronized

Command Properties

Command Buffer Levels	Render Pass Scope	Supported Queue Types	Pipeline Type
Primary Secondary	Both	Graphics compute

See Also

VkCommandBuffer, VkQueryPool

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCmdEndQuery

vkCmdEndRenderPass(3)

Name

vkCmdEndRenderPass - End the current render pass

C Specification

To record a command to end a render pass instance after recording the commands for the last subpass, call:

void vkCmdEndRenderPass(
    VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer);

Parameters

• commandBuffer is the command buffer in which to end the current render pass instance.

Description

Ending a render pass instance performs any multisample resolve operations on the final subpass.

Valid Usage

• The current subpass index must be equal to the number of subpasses in the render pass minus one

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• commandBuffer must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle
• commandBuffer must be in the recording state
• The VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support graphics operations
• This command must only be called inside of a render pass instance
• commandBuffer must be a primary VkCommandBuffer

Host Synchronization

• Host access to commandBuffer must be externally synchronized
• Host access to the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must be externally synchronized

Command Properties

Command Buffer Levels	Render Pass Scope	Supported Queue Types	Pipeline Type
Primary	Inside	Graphics	Graphics

See Also

VkCommandBuffer

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCmdEndRenderPass

vkCmdExecuteCommands(3)

Name

vkCmdExecuteCommands - Execute a secondary command buffer from a primary command buffer

C Specification

A secondary command buffer must not be directly submitted to a queue. Instead, secondary command buffers are recorded to execute as part of a primary command buffer with the command:

void vkCmdExecuteCommands(
    VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
    uint32_t                                    commandBufferCount,
    const VkCommandBuffer*                      pCommandBuffers);

Parameters

• commandBuffer is a handle to a primary command buffer that the secondary command buffers are executed in.
• commandBufferCount is the length of the pCommandBuffers array.
• pCommandBuffers is an array of secondary command buffer handles, which are recorded to execute in the primary command buffer in the order they are listed in the array.

Description

If any element of pCommandBuffers was not recorded with the VK_COMMAND_BUFFER_USAGE_SIMULTANEOUS_USE_BIT flag, and it was recorded into any other primary command buffer which is currently in the executable or recording state, that primary command buffer becomes invalid.

Valid Usage

• commandBuffer must have been allocated with a level of VK_COMMAND_BUFFER_LEVEL_PRIMARY
• Any given element of pCommandBuffers must have been allocated with a level of VK_COMMAND_BUFFER_LEVEL_SECONDARY
• Any given element of pCommandBuffers must be in the pending or executable state.
• If any element of pCommandBuffers was not recorded with the VK_COMMAND_BUFFER_USAGE_SIMULTANEOUS_USE_BIT flag, and it was recorded into any other primary command buffer, that primary command buffer must not be in the pending state
• If any given element of pCommandBuffers was not recorded with the VK_COMMAND_BUFFER_USAGE_SIMULTANEOUS_USE_BIT flag, it must not be in the pending state.
• If any given element of pCommandBuffers was not recorded with the VK_COMMAND_BUFFER_USAGE_SIMULTANEOUS_USE_BIT flag, it must not have already been recorded to commandBuffer.
• If any given element of pCommandBuffers was not recorded with the VK_COMMAND_BUFFER_USAGE_SIMULTANEOUS_USE_BIT flag, it must not appear more than once in pCommandBuffers.
• Any given element of pCommandBuffers must have been allocated from a VkCommandPool that was created for the same queue family as the VkCommandPool from which commandBuffer was allocated
• If vkCmdExecuteCommands is being called within a render pass instance, that render pass instance must have been begun with the contents parameter of vkCmdBeginRenderPass set to VK_SUBPASS_CONTENTS_SECONDARY_COMMAND_BUFFERS
• If vkCmdExecuteCommands is being called within a render pass instance, any given element of pCommandBuffers must have been recorded with the VK_COMMAND_BUFFER_USAGE_RENDER_PASS_CONTINUE_BIT
• If vkCmdExecuteCommands is being called within a render pass instance, any given element of pCommandBuffers must have been recorded with VkCommandBufferInheritanceInfo::subpass set to the index of the subpass which the given command buffer will be executed in
• If vkCmdExecuteCommands is being called within a render pass instance, the render passes specified in the pname::pBeginInfo::pInheritanceInfo::renderPass members of the vkBeginCommandBuffer commands used to begin recording each element of pCommandBuffers must be compatible with the current render pass.
• If vkCmdExecuteCommands is being called within a render pass instance, and any given element of pCommandBuffers was recorded with VkCommandBufferInheritanceInfo::framebuffer not equal to VK_NULL_HANDLE, that VkFramebuffer must match the VkFramebuffer used in the current render pass instance
• If vkCmdExecuteCommands is not being called within a render pass instance, any given element of pCommandBuffers must not have been recorded with the VK_COMMAND_BUFFER_USAGE_RENDER_PASS_CONTINUE_BIT
• If the inherited queries feature is not enabled, commandBuffer must not have any queries active
• If commandBuffer has a VK_QUERY_TYPE_OCCLUSION query active, then each element of pCommandBuffers must have been recorded with VkCommandBufferInheritanceInfo::occlusionQueryEnable set to VK_TRUE
• If commandBuffer has a VK_QUERY_TYPE_OCCLUSION query active, then each element of pCommandBuffers must have been recorded with VkCommandBufferInheritanceInfo::queryFlags having all bits set that are set for the query
• If commandBuffer has a VK_QUERY_TYPE_PIPELINE_STATISTICS query active, then each element of pCommandBuffers must have been recorded with VkCommandBufferInheritanceInfo::pipelineStatistics having all bits set that are set in the VkQueryPool the query uses
• Any given element of pCommandBuffers must not begin any query types that are active in commandBuffer

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• commandBuffer must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle
• pCommandBuffers must be a pointer to an array of commandBufferCount valid VkCommandBuffer handles
• commandBuffer must be in the recording state
• The VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support transfer, graphics, or compute operations
• commandBuffer must be a primary VkCommandBuffer
• commandBufferCount must be greater than 0
• Both of commandBuffer, and the elements of pCommandBuffers must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from the same VkDevice

Host Synchronization

• Host access to commandBuffer must be externally synchronized
• Host access to the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must be externally synchronized

Command Properties

Command Buffer Levels	Render Pass Scope	Supported Queue Types	Pipeline Type
Primary	Both	Transfer graphics compute

See Also

VkCommandBuffer

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCmdExecuteCommands

vkCmdFillBuffer(3)

Name

vkCmdFillBuffer - Fill a region of a buffer with a fixed value

C Specification

To clear buffer data, call:

void vkCmdFillBuffer(
    VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
    VkBuffer                                    dstBuffer,
    VkDeviceSize                                dstOffset,
    VkDeviceSize                                size,
    uint32_t                                    data);

Parameters

• commandBuffer is the command buffer into which the command will be recorded.
• dstBuffer is the buffer to be filled.
• dstOffset is the byte offset into the buffer at which to start filling, and must be a multiple of 4.
• size is the number of bytes to fill, and must be either a multiple of 4, or VK_WHOLE_SIZE to fill the range from offset to the end of the buffer. If VK_WHOLE_SIZE is used and the remaining size of the buffer is not a multiple of 4, then the nearest smaller multiple is used.
• data is the 4-byte word written repeatedly to the buffer to fill size bytes of data. The data word is written to memory according to the host endianness.

Description

vkCmdFillBuffer is treated as “transfer” operation for the purposes of synchronization barriers. The VK_BUFFER_USAGE_TRANSFER_DST_BIT must be specified in usage of VkBufferCreateInfo in order for the buffer to be compatible with vkCmdFillBuffer.

Valid Usage

• dstOffset must be less than the size of dstBuffer
• dstOffset must be a multiple of 4
• If size is not equal to VK_WHOLE_SIZE, size must be greater than 0
• If size is not equal to VK_WHOLE_SIZE, size must be less than or equal to the size of dstBuffer minus dstOffset
• If size is not equal to VK_WHOLE_SIZE, size must be a multiple of 4
• dstBuffer must have been created with VK_BUFFER_USAGE_TRANSFER_DST_BIT usage flag
• The VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support graphics or compute operations
• If dstBuffer is non-sparse then it must be bound completely and contiguously to a single VkDeviceMemory object

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• commandBuffer must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle
• dstBuffer must be a valid VkBuffer handle
• commandBuffer must be in the recording state
• The VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support graphics or compute operations
• This command must only be called outside of a render pass instance
• Both of commandBuffer, and dstBuffer must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from the same VkDevice

Host Synchronization

• Host access to commandBuffer must be externally synchronized
• Host access to the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must be externally synchronized

Command Properties

Command Buffer Levels	Render Pass Scope	Supported Queue Types	Pipeline Type
Primary Secondary	Outside	Graphics Compute	Transfer

See Also

VkBuffer, VkCommandBuffer, VkDeviceSize

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCmdFillBuffer

vkCmdNextSubpass(3)

Name

vkCmdNextSubpass - Transition to the next subpass of a render pass

C Specification

To transition to the next subpass in the render pass instance after recording the commands for a subpass, call:

void vkCmdNextSubpass(
    VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
    VkSubpassContents                           contents);

Parameters

• commandBuffer is the command buffer in which to record the command.
• contents specifies how the commands in the next subpass will be provided, in the same fashion as the corresponding parameter of vkCmdBeginRenderPass.

Description

The subpass index for a render pass begins at zero when vkCmdBeginRenderPass is recorded, and increments each time vkCmdNextSubpass is recorded.

Moving to the next subpass automatically performs any multisample resolve operations in the subpass being ended. End-of-subpass multisample resolves are treated as color attachment writes for the purposes of synchronization. That is, they are considered to execute in the VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_OUTPUT_BIT pipeline stage and their writes are synchronized with VK_ACCESS_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_WRITE_BIT. Synchronization between rendering within a subpass and any resolve operations at the end of the subpass occurs automatically, without need for explicit dependencies or pipeline barriers. However, if the resolve attachment is also used in a different subpass, an explicit dependency is needed.

After transitioning to the next subpass, the application can record the commands for that subpass.

Valid Usage

• The current subpass index must be less than the number of subpasses in the render pass minus one

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• commandBuffer must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle
• contents must be a valid VkSubpassContents value
• commandBuffer must be in the recording state
• The VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support graphics operations
• This command must only be called inside of a render pass instance
• commandBuffer must be a primary VkCommandBuffer

Host Synchronization

• Host access to commandBuffer must be externally synchronized
• Host access to the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must be externally synchronized

Command Properties

Command Buffer Levels	Render Pass Scope	Supported Queue Types	Pipeline Type
Primary	Inside	Graphics	Graphics

See Also

VkCommandBuffer, VkSubpassContents

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCmdNextSubpass

vkCmdPipelineBarrier(3)

Name

vkCmdPipelineBarrier - Insert a memory dependency

C Specification

To record a pipeline barrier, call:

void vkCmdPipelineBarrier(
    VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
    VkPipelineStageFlags                        srcStageMask,
    VkPipelineStageFlags                        dstStageMask,
    VkDependencyFlags                           dependencyFlags,
    uint32_t                                    memoryBarrierCount,
    const VkMemoryBarrier*                      pMemoryBarriers,
    uint32_t                                    bufferMemoryBarrierCount,
    const VkBufferMemoryBarrier*                pBufferMemoryBarriers,
    uint32_t                                    imageMemoryBarrierCount,
    const VkImageMemoryBarrier*                 pImageMemoryBarriers);

Parameters

• commandBuffer is the command buffer into which the command is recorded.
• srcStageMask is a bitmask of VkPipelineStageFlagBits specifying the source stage mask.
• dstStageMask is a bitmask of VkPipelineStageFlagBits specifying the destination stage mask.
• dependencyFlags is a bitmask of VkDependencyFlagBits specifying how execution and memory dependencies are formed.
• memoryBarrierCount is the length of the pMemoryBarriers array.
• pMemoryBarriers is a pointer to an array of VkMemoryBarrier structures.
• bufferMemoryBarrierCount is the length of the pBufferMemoryBarriers array.
• pBufferMemoryBarriers is a pointer to an array of VkBufferMemoryBarrier structures.
• imageMemoryBarrierCount is the length of the pImageMemoryBarriers array.
• pImageMemoryBarriers is a pointer to an array of VkImageMemoryBarrier structures.

Description

When vkCmdPipelineBarrier is submitted to a queue, it defines a memory dependency between commands that were submitted before it, and those submitted after it.

If vkCmdPipelineBarrier was recorded outside a render pass instance, the first synchronization scope includes every command submitted to the same queue before it, including those in the same command buffer and batch. If vkCmdPipelineBarrier was recorded inside a render pass instance, the first synchronization scope includes only commands submitted before it within the same subpass. In either case, the first synchronization scope is limited to operations on the pipeline stages determined by the source stage mask specified by srcStageMask.

If vkCmdPipelineBarrier was recorded outside a render pass instance, the second synchronization scope includes every command submitted to the same queue after it, including those in the same command buffer and batch. If vkCmdPipelineBarrier was recorded inside a render pass instance, the second synchronization scope includes only commands submitted after it within the same subpass. In either case, the second synchronization scope is limited to operations on the pipeline stages determined by the destination stage mask specified by dstStageMask.

The first access scope is limited to access in the pipeline stages determined by the source stage mask specified by srcStageMask. Within that, the first access scope only includes the first access scopes defined by elements of the pMemoryBarriers, pBufferMemoryBarriers and pImageMemoryBarriers arrays, which each define a set of memory barriers. If no memory barriers are specified, then the first access scope includes no accesses.

The second access scope is limited to access in the pipeline stages determined by the destination stage mask specified by dstStageMask. Within that, the second access scope only includes the second access scopes defined by elements of the pMemoryBarriers, pBufferMemoryBarriers and pImageMemoryBarriers arrays, which each define a set of memory barriers. If no memory barriers are specified, then the second access scope includes no accesses.

If dependencyFlags includes VK_DEPENDENCY_BY_REGION_BIT, then any dependency between framebuffer-space pipeline stages is framebuffer-local - otherwise it is framebuffer-global.

Valid Usage

• If the geometry shaders feature is not enabled, srcStageMask must not contain VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_GEOMETRY_SHADER_BIT
• If the geometry shaders feature is not enabled, dstStageMask must not contain VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_GEOMETRY_SHADER_BIT
• If the tessellation shaders feature is not enabled, srcStageMask must not contain VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_TESSELLATION_CONTROL_SHADER_BIT or VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_TESSELLATION_EVALUATION_SHADER_BIT
• If the tessellation shaders feature is not enabled, dstStageMask must not contain VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_TESSELLATION_CONTROL_SHADER_BIT or VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_TESSELLATION_EVALUATION_SHADER_BIT
• If vkCmdPipelineBarrier is called within a render pass instance, the render pass must have been created with a VkSubpassDependency instance in pDependencies that expresses a dependency from the current subpass to itself.
• If vkCmdPipelineBarrier is called within a render pass instance, srcStageMask must contain a subset of the bit values in the srcStageMask member of that instance of VkSubpassDependency
• If vkCmdPipelineBarrier is called within a render pass instance, dstStageMask must contain a subset of the bit values in the dstStageMask member of that instance of VkSubpassDependency
• If vkCmdPipelineBarrier is called within a render pass instance, the srcAccessMask of any element of pMemoryBarriers or pImageMemoryBarriers must contain a subset of the bit values the srcAccessMask member of that instance of VkSubpassDependency
• If vkCmdPipelineBarrier is called within a render pass instance, the dstAccessMask of any element of pMemoryBarriers or pImageMemoryBarriers must contain a subset of the bit values the dstAccessMask member of that instance of VkSubpassDependency
• If vkCmdPipelineBarrier is called within a render pass instance, dependencyFlags must be equal to the dependencyFlags member of that instance of VkSubpassDependency
• If vkCmdPipelineBarrier is called within a render pass instance, bufferMemoryBarrierCount must be 0
• If vkCmdPipelineBarrier is called within a render pass instance, the image member of any element of pImageMemoryBarriers must be equal to one of the elements of pAttachments that the current framebuffer was created with, that is also referred to by one of the elements of the pColorAttachments, pResolveAttachments or pDepthStencilAttachment members of the VkSubpassDescription instance that the current subpass was created with
• If vkCmdPipelineBarrier is called within a render pass instance, the oldLayout and newLayout members of any element of pImageMemoryBarriers must be equal to the layout member of an element of the pColorAttachments, pResolveAttachments or pDepthStencilAttachment members of the VkSubpassDescription instance that the current subpass was created with, that refers to the same image
• If vkCmdPipelineBarrier is called within a render pass instance, the oldLayout and newLayout members of an element of pImageMemoryBarriers must be equal
• If vkCmdPipelineBarrier is called within a render pass instance, the srcQueueFamilyIndex and dstQueueFamilyIndex members of any element of pImageMemoryBarriers must be VK_QUEUE_FAMILY_IGNORED
• Any pipeline stage included in srcStageMask or dstStageMask must be supported by the capabilities of the queue family specified by the queueFamilyIndex member of the VkCommandPoolCreateInfo structure that was used to create the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from, as specified in the table of supported pipeline stages.
• Any given element of pMemoryBarriers, pBufferMemoryBarriers or pImageMemoryBarriers must not have any access flag included in its srcAccessMask member if that bit is not supported by any of the pipeline stages in srcStageMask, as specified in the table of supported access types.
• Any given element of pMemoryBarriers, pBufferMemoryBarriers or pImageMemoryBarriers must not have any access flag included in its dstAccessMask member if that bit is not supported by any of the pipeline stages in dstStageMask, as specified in the table of supported access types.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• commandBuffer must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle
• srcStageMask must be a valid combination of VkPipelineStageFlagBits values
• srcStageMask must not be 0
• dstStageMask must be a valid combination of VkPipelineStageFlagBits values
• dstStageMask must not be 0
• dependencyFlags must be a valid combination of VkDependencyFlagBits values
• If memoryBarrierCount is not 0, pMemoryBarriers must be a pointer to an array of memoryBarrierCount valid VkMemoryBarrier structures
• If bufferMemoryBarrierCount is not 0, pBufferMemoryBarriers must be a pointer to an array of bufferMemoryBarrierCount valid VkBufferMemoryBarrier structures
• If imageMemoryBarrierCount is not 0, pImageMemoryBarriers must be a pointer to an array of imageMemoryBarrierCount valid VkImageMemoryBarrier structures
• commandBuffer must be in the recording state
• The VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support transfer, graphics, or compute operations

Host Synchronization

• Host access to commandBuffer must be externally synchronized
• Host access to the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must be externally synchronized

Command Properties

Command Buffer Levels	Render Pass Scope	Supported Queue Types	Pipeline Type
Primary Secondary	Both	Transfer graphics compute

See Also

VkBufferMemoryBarrier, VkCommandBuffer, VkDependencyFlags, VkImageMemoryBarrier, VkMemoryBarrier, VkPipelineStageFlags

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCmdPipelineBarrier

vkCmdPushConstants(3)

Name

vkCmdPushConstants - Update the values of push constants

C Specification

To update push constants, call:

void vkCmdPushConstants(
    VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
    VkPipelineLayout                            layout,
    VkShaderStageFlags                          stageFlags,
    uint32_t                                    offset,
    uint32_t                                    size,
    const void*                                 pValues);

Parameters

• commandBuffer is the command buffer in which the push constant update will be recorded.
• layout is the pipeline layout used to program the push constant updates.
• stageFlags is a bitmask of VkShaderStageFlagBits specifying the shader stages that will use the push constants in the updated range.
• offset is the start offset of the push constant range to update, in units of bytes.
• size is the size of the push constant range to update, in units of bytes.
• pValues is an array of size bytes containing the new push constant values.

Description

Valid Usage

• stageFlags must match exactly the shader stages used in layout for the range specified by offset and size
• offset must be a multiple of 4
• size must be a multiple of 4
• offset must be less than VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::maxPushConstantsSize
• size must be less than or equal to VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::maxPushConstantsSize minus offset

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• commandBuffer must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle
• layout must be a valid VkPipelineLayout handle
• stageFlags must be a valid combination of VkShaderStageFlagBits values
• stageFlags must not be 0
• pValues must be a pointer to an array of size bytes
• commandBuffer must be in the recording state
• The VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support graphics, or compute operations
• size must be greater than 0
• Both of commandBuffer, and layout must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from the same VkDevice

Host Synchronization

• Host access to commandBuffer must be externally synchronized
• Host access to the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must be externally synchronized

Command Properties

Command Buffer Levels	Render Pass Scope	Supported Queue Types	Pipeline Type
Primary Secondary	Both	Graphics compute

See Also

VkCommandBuffer, VkPipelineLayout, VkShaderStageFlags

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCmdPushConstants

vkCmdResetEvent(3)

Name

vkCmdResetEvent - Reset an event object to non-signaled state

C Specification

To set the state of an event to unsignaled from a device, call:

void vkCmdResetEvent(
    VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
    VkEvent                                     event,
    VkPipelineStageFlags                        stageMask);

Parameters

• commandBuffer is the command buffer into which the command is recorded.
• event is the event that will be unsignaled.
• stageMask is a bitmask of VkPipelineStageFlagBits specifying the source stage mask used to determine when the event is unsignaled.

Description

When vkCmdResetEvent is submitted to a queue, it defines an execution dependency on commands that were submitted before it, and defines an event unsignal operation which resets the event to the unsignaled state.

The first synchronization scope includes every command previously submitted to the same queue, including those in the same command buffer and batch. The synchronization scope is limited to operations on the pipeline stages determined by the source stage mask specified by stageMask.

The second synchronization scope includes only the event unsignal operation.

If event is already in the unsignaled state when vkCmdResetEvent is executed on the device, then vkCmdResetEvent has no effect, no event unsignal operation occurs, and no execution dependency is generated.

Valid Usage

• stageMask must not include VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_HOST_BIT
• If the geometry shaders feature is not enabled, stageMask must not contain VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_GEOMETRY_SHADER_BIT
• If the tessellation shaders feature is not enabled, stageMask must not contain VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_TESSELLATION_CONTROL_SHADER_BIT or VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_TESSELLATION_EVALUATION_SHADER_BIT
• When this command executes, event must not be waited on by a vkCmdWaitEvents command that is currently executing

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• commandBuffer must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle
• event must be a valid VkEvent handle
• stageMask must be a valid combination of VkPipelineStageFlagBits values
• stageMask must not be 0
• commandBuffer must be in the recording state
• The VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support graphics, or compute operations
• This command must only be called outside of a render pass instance
• Both of commandBuffer, and event must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from the same VkDevice

Host Synchronization

• Host access to commandBuffer must be externally synchronized
• Host access to the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must be externally synchronized

Command Properties

Command Buffer Levels	Render Pass Scope	Supported Queue Types	Pipeline Type
Primary Secondary	Outside	Graphics compute

See Also

VkCommandBuffer, VkEvent, VkPipelineStageFlags

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCmdResetEvent

vkCmdResetQueryPool(3)

Name

vkCmdResetQueryPool - Reset queries in a query pool

C Specification

To reset a range of queries in a query pool, call:

void vkCmdResetQueryPool(
    VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
    VkQueryPool                                 queryPool,
    uint32_t                                    firstQuery,
    uint32_t                                    queryCount);

Parameters

• commandBuffer is the command buffer into which this command will be recorded.
• queryPool is the handle of the query pool managing the queries being reset.
• firstQuery is the initial query index to reset.
• queryCount is the number of queries to reset.

Description

When executed on a queue, this command sets the status of query indices [firstQuery, firstQuery + queryCount - 1] to unavailable.

Valid Usage

• firstQuery must be less than the number of queries in queryPool
• The sum of firstQuery and queryCount must be less than or equal to the number of queries in queryPool

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• commandBuffer must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle
• queryPool must be a valid VkQueryPool handle
• commandBuffer must be in the recording state
• The VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support graphics, or compute operations
• This command must only be called outside of a render pass instance
• Both of commandBuffer, and queryPool must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from the same VkDevice

Host Synchronization

• Host access to commandBuffer must be externally synchronized
• Host access to the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must be externally synchronized

Command Properties

Command Buffer Levels	Render Pass Scope	Supported Queue Types	Pipeline Type
Primary Secondary	Outside	Graphics compute

See Also

VkCommandBuffer, VkQueryPool

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCmdResetQueryPool

vkCmdResolveImage(3)

Name

vkCmdResolveImage - Resolve regions of an image

C Specification

To resolve a multisample image to a non-multisample image, call:

void vkCmdResolveImage(
    VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
    VkImage                                     srcImage,
    VkImageLayout                               srcImageLayout,
    VkImage                                     dstImage,
    VkImageLayout                               dstImageLayout,
    uint32_t                                    regionCount,
    const VkImageResolve*                       pRegions);

Parameters

• commandBuffer is the command buffer into which the command will be recorded.
• srcImage is the source image.
• srcImageLayout is the layout of the source image subresources for the resolve.
• dstImage is the destination image.
• dstImageLayout is the layout of the destination image subresources for the resolve.
• regionCount is the number of regions to resolve.
• pRegions is a pointer to an array of VkImageResolve structures specifying the regions to resolve.

Description

During the resolve the samples corresponding to each pixel location in the source are converted to a single sample before being written to the destination. If the source formats are floating-point or normalized types, the sample values for each pixel are resolved in an implementation-dependent manner. If the source formats are integer types, a single sample’s value is selected for each pixel.

srcOffset and dstOffset select the initial x, y, and z offsets in texels of the sub-regions of the source and destination image data. extent is the size in texels of the source image to resolve in width, height and depth.

Resolves are done layer by layer starting with baseArrayLayer member of srcSubresource for the source and dstSubresource for the destination. layerCount layers are resolved to the destination image.

Valid Usage

• The source region specified by a given element of pRegions must be a region that is contained within srcImage
• The destination region specified by a given element of pRegions must be a region that is contained within dstImage
• The union of all source regions, and the union of all destination regions, specified by the elements of pRegions, must not overlap in memory
• If srcImage is non-sparse then it must be bound completely and contiguously to a single VkDeviceMemory object
• srcImage must have a sample count equal to any valid sample count value other than VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT
• If dstImage is non-sparse then it must be bound completely and contiguously to a single VkDeviceMemory object
• dstImage must have a sample count equal to VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT
• srcImageLayout must specify the layout of the image subresources of srcImage specified in pRegions at the time this command is executed on a VkDevice
• srcImageLayout must be VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_TRANSFER_SRC_OPTIMAL or VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_GENERAL
• dstImageLayout must specify the layout of the image subresources of dstImage specified in pRegions at the time this command is executed on a VkDevice
• dstImageLayout must be VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_TRANSFER_DST_OPTIMAL or VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_GENERAL
• If dstImage was created with tiling equal to VK_IMAGE_TILING_LINEAR, dstImage must have been created with a format that supports being a color attachment, as specified by the VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BIT flag in VkFormatProperties::linearTilingFeatures returned by vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties
• If dstImage was created with tiling equal to VK_IMAGE_TILING_OPTIMAL, dstImage must have been created with a format that supports being a color attachment, as specified by the VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BIT flag in VkFormatProperties::optimalTilingFeatures returned by vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties
• srcImage and dstImage must have been created with the same image format

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• commandBuffer must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle
• srcImage must be a valid VkImage handle
• srcImageLayout must be a valid VkImageLayout value
• dstImage must be a valid VkImage handle
• dstImageLayout must be a valid VkImageLayout value
• pRegions must be a pointer to an array of regionCount valid VkImageResolve structures
• commandBuffer must be in the recording state
• The VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support graphics operations
• This command must only be called outside of a render pass instance
• regionCount must be greater than 0
• Each of commandBuffer, dstImage, and srcImage must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from the same VkDevice

Host Synchronization

• Host access to commandBuffer must be externally synchronized
• Host access to the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must be externally synchronized

Command Properties

Command Buffer Levels	Render Pass Scope	Supported Queue Types	Pipeline Type
Primary Secondary	Outside	Graphics	Transfer

See Also

VkCommandBuffer, VkImage, VkImageLayout, VkImageResolve

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCmdResolveImage

vkCmdSetBlendConstants(3)

Name

vkCmdSetBlendConstants - Set the values of blend constants

C Specification

Otherwise, to dynamically set and change the blend constant, call:

void vkCmdSetBlendConstants(
    VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
    const float                                 blendConstants[4]);

Parameters

• commandBuffer is the command buffer into which the command will be recorded.
• blendConstants is an array of four values specifying the R, G, B, and A components of the blend constant color used in blending, depending on the blend factor.

Description

Valid Usage

• The currently bound graphics pipeline must have been created with the VK_DYNAMIC_STATE_BLEND_CONSTANTS dynamic state enabled

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• commandBuffer must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle
• commandBuffer must be in the recording state
• The VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support graphics operations

Host Synchronization

• Host access to commandBuffer must be externally synchronized
• Host access to the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must be externally synchronized

Command Properties

Command Buffer Levels	Render Pass Scope	Supported Queue Types	Pipeline Type
Primary Secondary	Both	Graphics

See Also

VkCommandBuffer

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCmdSetBlendConstants

vkCmdSetDepthBias(3)

Name

vkCmdSetDepthBias - Set the depth bias dynamic state

C Specification

The depth values of all fragments generated by the rasterization of a polygon can be offset by a single value that is computed for that polygon. This behavior is controlled by the depthBiasEnable, depthBiasConstantFactor, depthBiasClamp, and depthBiasSlopeFactor members of VkPipelineRasterizationStateCreateInfo, or by the corresponding parameters to the vkCmdSetDepthBias command if depth bias state is dynamic.

void vkCmdSetDepthBias(
    VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
    float                                       depthBiasConstantFactor,
    float                                       depthBiasClamp,
    float                                       depthBiasSlopeFactor);

Parameters

• commandBuffer is the command buffer into which the command will be recorded.
• depthBiasConstantFactor is a scalar factor controlling the constant depth value added to each fragment.
• depthBiasClamp is the maximum (or minimum) depth bias of a fragment.
• depthBiasSlopeFactor is a scalar factor applied to a fragment’s slope in depth bias calculations.

Description

If depthBiasEnable is VK_FALSE, no depth bias is applied and the fragment’s depth values are unchanged.

depthBiasSlopeFactor scales the maximum depth slope of the polygon, and depthBiasConstantFactor scales an implementation-dependent constant that relates to the usable resolution of the depth buffer. The resulting values are summed to produce the depth bias value which is then clamped to a minimum or maximum value specified by depthBiasClamp. depthBiasSlopeFactor, depthBiasConstantFactor, and depthBiasClamp can each be positive, negative, or zero.

The maximum depth slope m of a triangle is

where (x_f, y_f, z_f) is a point on the triangle. m may be approximated as

The minimum resolvable difference r is an implementation-dependent parameter that depends on the depth buffer representation. It is the smallest difference in framebuffer coordinate z values that is guaranteed to remain distinct throughout polygon rasterization and in the depth buffer. All pairs of fragments generated by the rasterization of two polygons with otherwise identical vertices, but z_f values that differ by $r$, will have distinct depth values.

For fixed-point depth buffer representations, r is constant throughout the range of the entire depth buffer. For floating-point depth buffers, there is no single minimum resolvable difference. In this case, the minimum resolvable difference for a given polygon is dependent on the maximum exponent, e, in the range of z values spanned by the primitive. If n is the number of bits in the floating-point mantissa, the minimum resolvable difference, r, for the given primitive is defined as

If no depth buffer is present, r is undefined.

The bias value o for a polygon is

m is computed as described above. If the depth buffer uses a fixed-point representation, m is a function of depth values in the range [0,1], and o is applied to depth values in the same range.

For fixed-point depth buffers, fragment depth values are always limited to the range [0,1] by clamping after depth bias addition is performed. Fragment depth values are clamped even when the depth buffer uses a floating-point representation.

Valid Usage

• The currently bound graphics pipeline must have been created with the VK_DYNAMIC_STATE_DEPTH_BIAS dynamic state enabled
• If the depth bias clamping feature is not enabled, depthBiasClamp must be 0.0

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• commandBuffer must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle
• commandBuffer must be in the recording state
• The VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support graphics operations

Host Synchronization

• Host access to commandBuffer must be externally synchronized
• Host access to the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must be externally synchronized

Command Properties

Command Buffer Levels	Render Pass Scope	Supported Queue Types	Pipeline Type
Primary Secondary	Both	Graphics

See Also

VkCommandBuffer

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCmdSetDepthBias

vkCmdSetDepthBounds(3)

Name

vkCmdSetDepthBounds - Set the depth bounds test values for a command buffer

C Specification

The depth bounds test conditionally disables coverage of a sample based on the outcome of a comparison between the value z_a in the depth attachment at location (x_f,y_f) (for the appropriate sample) and a range of values. The test is enabled or disabled by the depthBoundsTestEnable member of VkPipelineDepthStencilStateCreateInfo: If the pipeline state object is created without the VK_DYNAMIC_STATE_DEPTH_BOUNDS dynamic state enabled then the range of values used in the depth bounds test are defined by the minDepthBounds and maxDepthBounds members of the VkPipelineDepthStencilStateCreateInfo structure. Otherwise, to dynamically set the depth bounds range values call:

void vkCmdSetDepthBounds(
    VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
    float                                       minDepthBounds,
    float                                       maxDepthBounds);

Parameters

• commandBuffer is the command buffer into which the command will be recorded.
• minDepthBounds is the lower bound of the range of depth values used in the depth bounds test.
• maxDepthBounds is the upper bound of the range.

Description

Valid Usage

• The currently bound graphics pipeline must have been created with the VK_DYNAMIC_STATE_DEPTH_BOUNDS dynamic state enabled
• minDepthBounds must be between 0.0 and 1.0, inclusive
• maxDepthBounds must be between 0.0 and 1.0, inclusive

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• commandBuffer must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle
• commandBuffer must be in the recording state
• The VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support graphics operations

Host Synchronization

• Host access to commandBuffer must be externally synchronized
• Host access to the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must be externally synchronized

Command Properties

Command Buffer Levels	Render Pass Scope	Supported Queue Types	Pipeline Type
Primary Secondary	Both	Graphics

See Also

VkCommandBuffer

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCmdSetDepthBounds

vkCmdSetEvent(3)

Name

vkCmdSetEvent - Set an event object to signaled state

C Specification

To set the state of an event to signaled from a device, call:

void vkCmdSetEvent(
    VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
    VkEvent                                     event,
    VkPipelineStageFlags                        stageMask);

Parameters

• commandBuffer is the command buffer into which the command is recorded.
• event is the event that will be signaled.
• stageMask specifies the source stage mask used to determine when the event is signaled.

Description

When vkCmdSetEvent is submitted to a queue, it defines an execution dependency on commands that were submitted before it, and defines an event signal operation which sets the event to the signaled state.

The first synchronization scope includes every command previously submitted to the same queue, including those in the same command buffer and batch. The synchronization scope is limited to operations on the pipeline stages determined by the source stage mask specified by stageMask.

The second synchronization scope includes only the event signal operation.

If event is already in the signaled state when vkCmdSetEvent is executed on the device, then vkCmdSetEvent has no effect, no event signal operation occurs, and no execution dependency is generated.

Valid Usage

• stageMask must not include VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_HOST_BIT
• If the geometry shaders feature is not enabled, stageMask must not contain VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_GEOMETRY_SHADER_BIT
• If the tessellation shaders feature is not enabled, stageMask must not contain VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_TESSELLATION_CONTROL_SHADER_BIT or VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_TESSELLATION_EVALUATION_SHADER_BIT

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• commandBuffer must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle
• event must be a valid VkEvent handle
• stageMask must be a valid combination of VkPipelineStageFlagBits values
• stageMask must not be 0
• commandBuffer must be in the recording state
• The VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support graphics, or compute operations
• This command must only be called outside of a render pass instance
• Both of commandBuffer, and event must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from the same VkDevice

Host Synchronization

• Host access to commandBuffer must be externally synchronized
• Host access to the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must be externally synchronized

Command Properties

Command Buffer Levels	Render Pass Scope	Supported Queue Types	Pipeline Type
Primary Secondary	Outside	Graphics compute

See Also

VkCommandBuffer, VkEvent, VkPipelineStageFlags

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCmdSetEvent

vkCmdSetLineWidth(3)

Name

vkCmdSetLineWidth - Set the dynamic line width state

C Specification

The line width is specified by the VkPipelineRasterizationStateCreateInfo::lineWidth property of the currently active pipeline, if the pipeline was not created with VK_DYNAMIC_STATE_LINE_WIDTH enabled.

Otherwise, the line width is set by calling vkCmdSetLineWidth:

void vkCmdSetLineWidth(
    VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
    float                                       lineWidth);

Parameters

• commandBuffer is the command buffer into which the command will be recorded.
• lineWidth is the width of rasterized line segments.

Description

Valid Usage

• The currently bound graphics pipeline must have been created with the VK_DYNAMIC_STATE_LINE_WIDTH dynamic state enabled
• If the wide lines feature is not enabled, lineWidth must be 1.0

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• commandBuffer must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle
• commandBuffer must be in the recording state
• The VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support graphics operations

Host Synchronization

• Host access to commandBuffer must be externally synchronized
• Host access to the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must be externally synchronized

Command Properties

Command Buffer Levels	Render Pass Scope	Supported Queue Types	Pipeline Type
Primary Secondary	Both	Graphics

See Also

VkCommandBuffer

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCmdSetLineWidth

vkCmdSetScissor(3)

Name

vkCmdSetScissor - Set the dynamic scissor rectangles on a command buffer

C Specification

The scissor test determines if a fragment’s framebuffer coordinates (x_f,y_f) lie within the scissor rectangle corresponding to the viewport index (see Controlling the Viewport) used by the primitive that generated the fragment. If the pipeline state object is created without VK_DYNAMIC_STATE_SCISSOR enabled then the scissor rectangles are set by the VkPipelineViewportStateCreateInfo state of the pipeline state object. Otherwise, to dynamically set the scissor rectangles call:

void vkCmdSetScissor(
    VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
    uint32_t                                    firstScissor,
    uint32_t                                    scissorCount,
    const VkRect2D*                             pScissors);

Parameters

• commandBuffer is the command buffer into which the command will be recorded.
• firstScissor is the index of the first scissor whose state is updated by the command.
• scissorCount is the number of scissors whose rectangles are updated by the command.
• pScissors is a pointer to an array of VkRect2D structures defining scissor rectangles.

Description

The scissor rectangles taken from element i of pScissors replace the current state for the scissor index firstScissor + i, for i in [0, scissorCount).

Each scissor rectangle is described by a VkRect2D structure, with the offset.x and offset.y values determining the upper left corner of the scissor rectangle, and the extent.width and extent.height values determining the size in pixels.

Valid Usage

• The currently bound graphics pipeline must have been created with the VK_DYNAMIC_STATE_SCISSOR dynamic state enabled
• firstScissor must be less than VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::maxViewports
• The sum of firstScissor and scissorCount must be between 1 and VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::maxViewports, inclusive
• If the multiple viewports feature is not enabled, firstScissor must be 0
• If the multiple viewports feature is not enabled, scissorCount must be 1
• The x and y members of offset must be greater than or equal to 0
• Evaluation of (offset.x + extent.width) must not cause a signed integer addition overflow
• Evaluation of (offset.y + extent.height) must not cause a signed integer addition overflow

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• commandBuffer must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle
• pScissors must be a pointer to an array of scissorCount VkRect2D structures
• commandBuffer must be in the recording state
• The VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support graphics operations
• scissorCount must be greater than 0

Host Synchronization

• Host access to commandBuffer must be externally synchronized
• Host access to the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must be externally synchronized

Command Properties

Command Buffer Levels	Render Pass Scope	Supported Queue Types	Pipeline Type
Primary Secondary	Both	Graphics

See Also

VkCommandBuffer, VkRect2D

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCmdSetScissor

vkCmdSetStencilCompareMask(3)

Name

vkCmdSetStencilCompareMask - Set the stencil compare mask dynamic state

C Specification

If the pipeline state object is created with the VK_DYNAMIC_STATE_STENCIL_COMPARE_MASK dynamic state enabled, then to dynamically set the stencil compare mask call:

void vkCmdSetStencilCompareMask(
    VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
    VkStencilFaceFlags                          faceMask,
    uint32_t                                    compareMask);

Parameters

• commandBuffer is the command buffer into which the command will be recorded.
• faceMask is a bitmask of VkStencilFaceFlagBits specifying the set of stencil state for which to update the compare mask.
• compareMask is the new value to use as the stencil compare mask.

Description

Valid Usage

• The currently bound graphics pipeline must have been created with the VK_DYNAMIC_STATE_STENCIL_COMPARE_MASK dynamic state enabled

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• commandBuffer must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle
• faceMask must be a valid combination of VkStencilFaceFlagBits values
• faceMask must not be 0
• commandBuffer must be in the recording state
• The VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support graphics operations

Host Synchronization

• Host access to commandBuffer must be externally synchronized
• Host access to the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must be externally synchronized

Command Properties

Command Buffer Levels	Render Pass Scope	Supported Queue Types	Pipeline Type
Primary Secondary	Both	Graphics

See Also

VkCommandBuffer, VkStencilFaceFlags

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCmdSetStencilCompareMask

vkCmdSetStencilReference(3)

Name

vkCmdSetStencilReference - Set the stencil reference dynamic state

C Specification

If the pipeline state object is created with the VK_DYNAMIC_STATE_STENCIL_REFERENCE dynamic state enabled, then to dynamically set the stencil reference value call:

void vkCmdSetStencilReference(
    VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
    VkStencilFaceFlags                          faceMask,
    uint32_t                                    reference);

Parameters

• commandBuffer is the command buffer into which the command will be recorded.
• faceMask is a bitmask of VkStencilFaceFlagBits specifying the set of stencil state for which to update the reference value, as described above for vkCmdSetStencilCompareMask.
• reference is the new value to use as the stencil reference value.

Description

Valid Usage

• The currently bound graphics pipeline must have been created with the VK_DYNAMIC_STATE_STENCIL_REFERENCE dynamic state enabled

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• commandBuffer must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle
• faceMask must be a valid combination of VkStencilFaceFlagBits values
• faceMask must not be 0
• commandBuffer must be in the recording state
• The VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support graphics operations

Host Synchronization

• Host access to commandBuffer must be externally synchronized
• Host access to the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must be externally synchronized

Command Properties

Command Buffer Levels	Render Pass Scope	Supported Queue Types	Pipeline Type
Primary Secondary	Both	Graphics

See Also

VkCommandBuffer, VkStencilFaceFlags

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCmdSetStencilReference

vkCmdSetStencilWriteMask(3)

Name

vkCmdSetStencilWriteMask - Set the stencil write mask dynamic state

C Specification

If the pipeline state object is created with the VK_DYNAMIC_STATE_STENCIL_WRITE_MASK dynamic state enabled, then to dynamically set the stencil write mask call:

void vkCmdSetStencilWriteMask(
    VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
    VkStencilFaceFlags                          faceMask,
    uint32_t                                    writeMask);

Parameters

• commandBuffer is the command buffer into which the command will be recorded.
• faceMask is a bitmask of VkStencilFaceFlagBits specifying the set of stencil state for which to update the write mask, as described above for vkCmdSetStencilCompareMask.
• writeMask is the new value to use as the stencil write mask.

Description

Valid Usage

• The currently bound graphics pipeline must have been created with the VK_DYNAMIC_STATE_STENCIL_WRITE_MASK dynamic state enabled

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• commandBuffer must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle
• faceMask must be a valid combination of VkStencilFaceFlagBits values
• faceMask must not be 0
• commandBuffer must be in the recording state
• The VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support graphics operations

Host Synchronization

• Host access to commandBuffer must be externally synchronized
• Host access to the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must be externally synchronized

Command Properties

Command Buffer Levels	Render Pass Scope	Supported Queue Types	Pipeline Type
Primary Secondary	Both	Graphics

See Also

VkCommandBuffer, VkStencilFaceFlags

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCmdSetStencilWriteMask

vkCmdSetViewport(3)

Name

vkCmdSetViewport - Set the viewport on a command buffer

C Specification

If the bound pipeline state object was not created with the VK_DYNAMIC_STATE_VIEWPORT dynamic state enabled, viewport transformation parameters are specified using the pViewports member of VkPipelineViewportStateCreateInfo in the pipeline state object. If the pipeline state object was created with the VK_DYNAMIC_STATE_VIEWPORT dynamic state enabled, the viewport transformation parameters are dynamically set and changed with the command:

void vkCmdSetViewport(
    VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
    uint32_t                                    firstViewport,
    uint32_t                                    viewportCount,
    const VkViewport*                           pViewports);

Parameters

• commandBuffer is the command buffer into which the command will be recorded.
• firstViewport is the index of the first viewport whose parameters are updated by the command.
• viewportCount is the number of viewports whose parameters are updated by the command.
• pViewports is a pointer to an array of VkViewport structures specifying viewport parameters.

Description

The viewport parameters taken from element i of pViewports replace the current state for the viewport index firstViewport + i, for i in [0, viewportCount).

Valid Usage

• The currently bound graphics pipeline must have been created with the VK_DYNAMIC_STATE_VIEWPORT dynamic state enabled
• firstViewport must be less than VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::maxViewports
• The sum of firstViewport and viewportCount must be between 1 and VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::maxViewports, inclusive
• If the multiple viewports feature is not enabled, firstViewport must be 0
• If the multiple viewports feature is not enabled, viewportCount must be 1
• pViewports must be a pointer to an array of viewportCount valid VkViewport structures

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• commandBuffer must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle
• commandBuffer must be in the recording state
• The VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support graphics operations
• viewportCount must be greater than 0

Host Synchronization

• Host access to commandBuffer must be externally synchronized
• Host access to the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must be externally synchronized

Command Properties

Command Buffer Levels	Render Pass Scope	Supported Queue Types	Pipeline Type
Primary Secondary	Both	Graphics

See Also

VkCommandBuffer, VkViewport

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCmdSetViewport

vkCmdUpdateBuffer(3)

Name

vkCmdUpdateBuffer - Update a buffer’s contents from host memory

C Specification

To update buffer data inline in a command buffer, call:

void vkCmdUpdateBuffer(
    VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
    VkBuffer                                    dstBuffer,
    VkDeviceSize                                dstOffset,
    VkDeviceSize                                dataSize,
    const void*                                 pData);

Parameters

• commandBuffer is the command buffer into which the command will be recorded.
• dstBuffer is a handle to the buffer to be updated.
• dstOffset is the byte offset into the buffer to start updating, and must be a multiple of 4.
• dataSize is the number of bytes to update, and must be a multiple of 4.
• pData is a pointer to the source data for the buffer update, and must be at least dataSize bytes in size.

Description

dataSize must be less than or equal to 65536 bytes. For larger updates, applications can use buffer to buffer copies.

The source data is copied from the user pointer to the command buffer when the command is called.

vkCmdUpdateBuffer is only allowed outside of a render pass. This command is treated as “transfer” operation, for the purposes of synchronization barriers. The VK_BUFFER_USAGE_TRANSFER_DST_BIT must be specified in usage of VkBufferCreateInfo in order for the buffer to be compatible with vkCmdUpdateBuffer.

Valid Usage

• dstOffset must be less than the size of dstBuffer
• dataSize must be less than or equal to the size of dstBuffer minus dstOffset
• dstBuffer must have been created with VK_BUFFER_USAGE_TRANSFER_DST_BIT usage flag
• If dstBuffer is non-sparse then it must be bound completely and contiguously to a single VkDeviceMemory object
• dstOffset must be a multiple of 4
• dataSize must be less than or equal to 65536
• dataSize must be a multiple of 4

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• commandBuffer must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle
• dstBuffer must be a valid VkBuffer handle
• pData must be a pointer to an array of dataSize bytes
• commandBuffer must be in the recording state
• The VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support transfer, graphics, or compute operations
• This command must only be called outside of a render pass instance
• dataSize must be greater than 0
• Both of commandBuffer, and dstBuffer must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from the same VkDevice

Host Synchronization

• Host access to commandBuffer must be externally synchronized
• Host access to the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must be externally synchronized

Command Properties

Command Buffer Levels	Render Pass Scope	Supported Queue Types	Pipeline Type
Primary Secondary	Outside	Transfer graphics compute	Transfer

See Also

VkBuffer, VkCommandBuffer, VkDeviceSize

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCmdUpdateBuffer

vkCmdWaitEvents(3)

Name

vkCmdWaitEvents - Wait for one or more events and insert a set of memory

C Specification

To wait for one or more events to enter the signaled state on a device, call:

void vkCmdWaitEvents(
    VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
    uint32_t                                    eventCount,
    const VkEvent*                              pEvents,
    VkPipelineStageFlags                        srcStageMask,
    VkPipelineStageFlags                        dstStageMask,
    uint32_t                                    memoryBarrierCount,
    const VkMemoryBarrier*                      pMemoryBarriers,
    uint32_t                                    bufferMemoryBarrierCount,
    const VkBufferMemoryBarrier*                pBufferMemoryBarriers,
    uint32_t                                    imageMemoryBarrierCount,
    const VkImageMemoryBarrier*                 pImageMemoryBarriers);

Parameters

• commandBuffer is the command buffer into which the command is recorded.
• eventCount is the length of the pEvents array.
• pEvents is an array of event object handles to wait on.
• srcStageMask is a bitmask of VkPipelineStageFlagBits specifying the source stage mask.
• dstStageMask is a bitmask of VkPipelineStageFlagBits specifying the destination stage mask.
• memoryBarrierCount is the length of the pMemoryBarriers array.
• pMemoryBarriers is a pointer to an array of VkMemoryBarrier structures.
• bufferMemoryBarrierCount is the length of the pBufferMemoryBarriers array.
• pBufferMemoryBarriers is a pointer to an array of VkBufferMemoryBarrier structures.
• imageMemoryBarrierCount is the length of the pImageMemoryBarriers array.
• pImageMemoryBarriers is a pointer to an array of VkImageMemoryBarrier structures.

Description

When vkCmdWaitEvents is submitted to a queue, it defines a memory dependency between prior event signal operations, and subsequent commands.

The first synchronization scope only includes event signal operations that operate on members of pEvents, and the operations that happened-before the event signal operations. Event signal operations performed by vkCmdSetEvent that were previously submitted to the same queue are included in the first synchronization scope, if the logically latest pipeline stage in their stageMask parameter is logically earlier than or equal to the logically latest pipeline stage in srcStageMask. Event signal operations performed by vkSetEvent are only included in the first synchronization scope if VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_HOST_BIT is included in srcStageMask.

The second synchronization scope includes commands subsequently submitted to the same queue, including those in the same command buffer and batch. The second synchronization scope is limited to operations on the pipeline stages determined by the destination stage mask specified by dstStageMask.

The first access scope is limited to access in the pipeline stages determined by the source stage mask specified by srcStageMask. Within that, the first access scope only includes the first access scopes defined by elements of the pMemoryBarriers, pBufferMemoryBarriers and pImageMemoryBarriers arrays, which each define a set of memory barriers. If no memory barriers are specified, then the first access scope includes no accesses.

The second access scope is limited to access in the pipeline stages determined by the destination stage mask specified by dstStageMask. Within that, the second access scope only includes the second access scopes defined by elements of the pMemoryBarriers, pBufferMemoryBarriers and pImageMemoryBarriers arrays, which each define a set of memory barriers. If no memory barriers are specified, then the second access scope includes no accesses.

Note

vkCmdWaitEvents is used with vkCmdSetEvent to define a memory dependency between two sets of action commands, roughly in the same way as pipeline barriers, but split into two commands such that work between the two may execute unhindered.

Note

Applications should be careful to avoid race conditions when using events. There is no direct ordering guarantee between a vkCmdResetEvent command and a vkCmdWaitEvents command submitted after it, so some other execution dependency must be included between these commands (e.g. a semaphore).

Valid Usage

• srcStageMask must be the bitwise OR of the stageMask parameter used in previous calls to vkCmdSetEvent with any of the members of pEvents and VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_HOST_BIT if any of the members of pEvents was set using vkSetEvent
• If the geometry shaders feature is not enabled, srcStageMask must not contain VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_GEOMETRY_SHADER_BIT
• If the geometry shaders feature is not enabled, dstStageMask must not contain VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_GEOMETRY_SHADER_BIT
• If the tessellation shaders feature is not enabled, srcStageMask must not contain VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_TESSELLATION_CONTROL_SHADER_BIT or VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_TESSELLATION_EVALUATION_SHADER_BIT
• If the tessellation shaders feature is not enabled, dstStageMask must not contain VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_TESSELLATION_CONTROL_SHADER_BIT or VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_TESSELLATION_EVALUATION_SHADER_BIT
• If pEvents includes one or more events that will be signaled by vkSetEvent after commandBuffer has been submitted to a queue, then vkCmdWaitEvents must not be called inside a render pass instance
• Any pipeline stage included in srcStageMask or dstStageMask must be supported by the capabilities of the queue family specified by the queueFamilyIndex member of the VkCommandPoolCreateInfo structure that was used to create the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from, as specified in the table of supported pipeline stages.
• Any given element of pMemoryBarriers, pBufferMemoryBarriers or pImageMemoryBarriers must not have any access flag included in its srcAccessMask member if that bit is not supported by any of the pipeline stages in srcStageMask, as specified in the table of supported access types.
• Any given element of pMemoryBarriers, pBufferMemoryBarriers or pImageMemoryBarriers must not have any access flag included in its dstAccessMask member if that bit is not supported by any of the pipeline stages in dstStageMask, as specified in the table of supported access types.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• commandBuffer must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle
• pEvents must be a pointer to an array of eventCount valid VkEvent handles
• srcStageMask must be a valid combination of VkPipelineStageFlagBits values
• srcStageMask must not be 0
• dstStageMask must be a valid combination of VkPipelineStageFlagBits values
• dstStageMask must not be 0
• If memoryBarrierCount is not 0, pMemoryBarriers must be a pointer to an array of memoryBarrierCount valid VkMemoryBarrier structures
• If bufferMemoryBarrierCount is not 0, pBufferMemoryBarriers must be a pointer to an array of bufferMemoryBarrierCount valid VkBufferMemoryBarrier structures
• If imageMemoryBarrierCount is not 0, pImageMemoryBarriers must be a pointer to an array of imageMemoryBarrierCount valid VkImageMemoryBarrier structures
• commandBuffer must be in the recording state
• The VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support graphics, or compute operations
• eventCount must be greater than 0
• Both of commandBuffer, and the elements of pEvents must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from the same VkDevice

Host Synchronization

• Host access to commandBuffer must be externally synchronized
• Host access to the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must be externally synchronized

Command Properties

Command Buffer Levels	Render Pass Scope	Supported Queue Types	Pipeline Type
Primary Secondary	Both	Graphics compute

See Also

VkBufferMemoryBarrier, VkCommandBuffer, VkEvent, VkImageMemoryBarrier, VkMemoryBarrier, VkPipelineStageFlags

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCmdWaitEvents

vkCmdWriteTimestamp(3)

Name

vkCmdWriteTimestamp - Write a device timestamp into a query object

C Specification

To request a timestamp, call:

void vkCmdWriteTimestamp(
    VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
    VkPipelineStageFlagBits                     pipelineStage,
    VkQueryPool                                 queryPool,
    uint32_t                                    query);

Parameters

• commandBuffer is the command buffer into which the command will be recorded.
• pipelineStage is one of the VkPipelineStageFlagBits, specifying a stage of the pipeline.
• queryPool is the query pool that will manage the timestamp.
• query is the query within the query pool that will contain the timestamp.

Description

vkCmdWriteTimestamp latches the value of the timer when all previous commands have completed executing as far as the specified pipeline stage, and writes the timestamp value to memory. When the timestamp value is written, the availability status of the query is set to available.

Note

If an implementation is unable to detect completion and latch the timer at any specific stage of the pipeline, it may instead do so at any logically later stage.

vkCmdCopyQueryPoolResults can then be called to copy the timestamp value from the query pool into buffer memory, with ordering and synchronization behavior equivalent to how other queries operate. Timestamp values can also be retrieved from the query pool using vkGetQueryPoolResults. As with other queries, the query must be reset using vkCmdResetQueryPool before requesting the timestamp value be written to it.

While vkCmdWriteTimestamp can be called inside or outside of a render pass instance, vkCmdCopyQueryPoolResults must only be called outside of a render pass instance.

Valid Usage

• queryPool must have been created with a queryType of VK_QUERY_TYPE_TIMESTAMP
• The query identified by queryPool and query must be unavailable
• The command pool’s queue family must support a non-zero timestampValidBits

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• commandBuffer must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle
• pipelineStage must be a valid VkPipelineStageFlagBits value
• queryPool must be a valid VkQueryPool handle
• commandBuffer must be in the recording state
• The VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must support graphics, or compute operations
• Both of commandBuffer, and queryPool must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from the same VkDevice

Host Synchronization

• Host access to commandBuffer must be externally synchronized
• Host access to the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must be externally synchronized

Command Properties

Command Buffer Levels	Render Pass Scope	Supported Queue Types	Pipeline Type
Primary Secondary	Both	Graphics compute	Transfer

See Also

VkCommandBuffer, VkPipelineStageFlagBits, VkQueryPool

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCmdWriteTimestamp

vkCreateBuffer(3)

Name

vkCreateBuffer - Create a new buffer object

C Specification

To create buffers, call:

VkResult vkCreateBuffer(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    const VkBufferCreateInfo*                   pCreateInfo,
    const VkAllocationCallbacks*                pAllocator,
    VkBuffer*                                   pBuffer);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that creates the buffer object.
• pCreateInfo is a pointer to an instance of the VkBufferCreateInfo structure containing parameters affecting creation of the buffer.
• pAllocator controls host memory allocation as described in the Memory Allocation chapter.
• pBuffer points to a VkBuffer handle in which the resulting buffer object is returned.

Description

Valid Usage

• If the flags member of pCreateInfo includes VK_BUFFER_CREATE_SPARSE_BINDING_BIT, creating this VkBuffer must not cause the total required sparse memory for all currently valid sparse resources on the device to exceed VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::sparseAddressSpaceSize

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• pCreateInfo must be a pointer to a valid VkBufferCreateInfo structure
• If pAllocator is not NULL, pAllocator must be a pointer to a valid VkAllocationCallbacks structure
• pBuffer must be a pointer to a VkBuffer handle

Return Codes

Success

• VK_SUCCESS

Failure

• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY

See Also

VkAllocationCallbacks, VkBuffer, VkBufferCreateInfo, VkDevice

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCreateBuffer

vkCreateBufferView(3)

Name

vkCreateBufferView - Create a new buffer view object

C Specification

To create a buffer view, call:

VkResult vkCreateBufferView(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    const VkBufferViewCreateInfo*               pCreateInfo,
    const VkAllocationCallbacks*                pAllocator,
    VkBufferView*                               pView);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that creates the buffer view.
• pCreateInfo is a pointer to an instance of the VkBufferViewCreateInfo structure containing parameters to be used to create the buffer.
• pAllocator controls host memory allocation as described in the Memory Allocation chapter.
• pView points to a VkBufferView handle in which the resulting buffer view object is returned.

Description

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• pCreateInfo must be a pointer to a valid VkBufferViewCreateInfo structure
• If pAllocator is not NULL, pAllocator must be a pointer to a valid VkAllocationCallbacks structure
• pView must be a pointer to a VkBufferView handle

Return Codes

Success

• VK_SUCCESS

Failure

• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY

See Also

VkAllocationCallbacks, VkBufferView, VkBufferViewCreateInfo, VkDevice

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCreateBufferView

vkCreateCommandPool(3)

Name

vkCreateCommandPool - Create a new command pool object

C Specification

To create a command pool, call:

VkResult vkCreateCommandPool(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    const VkCommandPoolCreateInfo*              pCreateInfo,
    const VkAllocationCallbacks*                pAllocator,
    VkCommandPool*                              pCommandPool);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that creates the command pool.
• pCreateInfo contains information used to create the command pool.
• pAllocator controls host memory allocation as described in the Memory Allocation chapter.
• pCommandPool points to a VkCommandPool handle in which the created pool is returned.

Description

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• pCreateInfo must be a pointer to a valid VkCommandPoolCreateInfo structure
• If pAllocator is not NULL, pAllocator must be a pointer to a valid VkAllocationCallbacks structure
• pCommandPool must be a pointer to a VkCommandPool handle

Return Codes

Success

• VK_SUCCESS

Failure

• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY

See Also

VkAllocationCallbacks, VkCommandPool, VkCommandPoolCreateInfo, VkDevice

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCreateCommandPool

vkCreateComputePipelines(3)

Name

vkCreateComputePipelines - Creates a new compute pipeline object

C Specification

To create compute pipelines, call:

VkResult vkCreateComputePipelines(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    VkPipelineCache                             pipelineCache,
    uint32_t                                    createInfoCount,
    const VkComputePipelineCreateInfo*          pCreateInfos,
    const VkAllocationCallbacks*                pAllocator,
    VkPipeline*                                 pPipelines);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that creates the compute pipelines.
• pipelineCache is either VK_NULL_HANDLE, indicating that pipeline caching is disabled; or the handle of a valid pipeline cache object, in which case use of that cache is enabled for the duration of the command.
• createInfoCount is the length of the pCreateInfos and pPipelines arrays.
• pCreateInfos is an array of VkComputePipelineCreateInfo structures.
• pAllocator controls host memory allocation as described in the Memory Allocation chapter.
• pPipelines is a pointer to an array in which the resulting compute pipeline objects are returned.

Description

Valid Usage

• If the flags member of any given element of pCreateInfos contains the VK_PIPELINE_CREATE_DERIVATIVE_BIT flag, and the basePipelineIndex member of that same element is not -1, basePipelineIndex must be less than the index into pCreateInfos that corresponds to that element
• If the flags member of any given element of pCreateInfos contains the VK_PIPELINE_CREATE_DERIVATIVE_BIT flag, the base pipeline must have been created with the VK_PIPELINE_CREATE_ALLOW_DERIVATIVES_BIT flag set

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• If pipelineCache is not VK_NULL_HANDLE, pipelineCache must be a valid VkPipelineCache handle
• pCreateInfos must be a pointer to an array of createInfoCount valid VkComputePipelineCreateInfo structures
• If pAllocator is not NULL, pAllocator must be a pointer to a valid VkAllocationCallbacks structure
• pPipelines must be a pointer to an array of createInfoCount VkPipeline handles
• createInfoCount must be greater than 0
• If pipelineCache is a valid handle, it must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from device

Return Codes

Success

• VK_SUCCESS

Failure

• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY

See Also

VkAllocationCallbacks, VkComputePipelineCreateInfo, VkDevice, VkPipeline, VkPipelineCache

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCreateComputePipelines

vkCreateDescriptorPool(3)

Name

vkCreateDescriptorPool - Creates a descriptor pool object

C Specification

To create a descriptor pool object, call:

VkResult vkCreateDescriptorPool(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    const VkDescriptorPoolCreateInfo*           pCreateInfo,
    const VkAllocationCallbacks*                pAllocator,
    VkDescriptorPool*                           pDescriptorPool);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that creates the descriptor pool.
• pCreateInfo is a pointer to an instance of the VkDescriptorPoolCreateInfo structure specifying the state of the descriptor pool object.
• pAllocator controls host memory allocation as described in the Memory Allocation chapter.
• pDescriptorPool points to a VkDescriptorPool handle in which the resulting descriptor pool object is returned.

Description

pAllocator controls host memory allocation as described in the Memory Allocation chapter.

The created descriptor pool is returned in pDescriptorPool.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• pCreateInfo must be a pointer to a valid VkDescriptorPoolCreateInfo structure
• If pAllocator is not NULL, pAllocator must be a pointer to a valid VkAllocationCallbacks structure
• pDescriptorPool must be a pointer to a VkDescriptorPool handle

Return Codes

Success

• VK_SUCCESS

Failure

• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY

See Also

VkAllocationCallbacks, VkDescriptorPool, VkDescriptorPoolCreateInfo, VkDevice

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCreateDescriptorPool

vkCreateDescriptorSetLayout(3)

Name

vkCreateDescriptorSetLayout - Create a new descriptor set layout

C Specification

To create descriptor set layout objects, call:

VkResult vkCreateDescriptorSetLayout(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    const VkDescriptorSetLayoutCreateInfo*      pCreateInfo,
    const VkAllocationCallbacks*                pAllocator,
    VkDescriptorSetLayout*                      pSetLayout);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that creates the descriptor set layout.
• pCreateInfo is a pointer to an instance of the VkDescriptorSetLayoutCreateInfo structure specifying the state of the descriptor set layout object.
• pAllocator controls host memory allocation as described in the Memory Allocation chapter.
• pSetLayout points to a VkDescriptorSetLayout handle in which the resulting descriptor set layout object is returned.

Description

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• pCreateInfo must be a pointer to a valid VkDescriptorSetLayoutCreateInfo structure
• If pAllocator is not NULL, pAllocator must be a pointer to a valid VkAllocationCallbacks structure
• pSetLayout must be a pointer to a VkDescriptorSetLayout handle

Return Codes

Success

• VK_SUCCESS

Failure

• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY

See Also

VkAllocationCallbacks, VkDescriptorSetLayout, VkDescriptorSetLayoutCreateInfo, VkDevice

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCreateDescriptorSetLayout

vkCreateDevice(3)

Name

vkCreateDevice - Create a new device instance

C Specification

A logical device is created as a connection to a physical device. To create a logical device, call:

VkResult vkCreateDevice(
    VkPhysicalDevice                            physicalDevice,
    const VkDeviceCreateInfo*                   pCreateInfo,
    const VkAllocationCallbacks*                pAllocator,
    VkDevice*                                   pDevice);

Parameters

• physicalDevice must be one of the device handles returned from a call to vkEnumeratePhysicalDevices (see Physical Device Enumeration).
• pCreateInfo is a pointer to a VkDeviceCreateInfo structure containing information about how to create the device.
• pAllocator controls host memory allocation as described in the Memory Allocation chapter.
• pDevice points to a handle in which the created VkDevice is returned.

Description

vkCreateDevice verifies that extensions and features requested in the ppEnabledExtensionNames and pEnabledFeatures members of pCreateInfo, respectively, are supported by the implementation. If any requested extension is not supported, vkCreateDevice must return VK_ERROR_EXTENSION_NOT_PRESENT. If any requested feature is not supported, vkCreateDevice must return VK_ERROR_FEATURE_NOT_PRESENT. Support for extensions can be checked before creating a device by querying vkEnumerateDeviceExtensionProperties. Support for features can similarly be checked by querying vkGetPhysicalDeviceFeatures.

After verifying and enabling the extensions the VkDevice object is created and returned to the application. If a requested extension is only supported by a layer, both the layer and the extension need to be specified at vkCreateInstance time for the creation to succeed.

Multiple logical devices can be created from the same physical device. Logical device creation may fail due to lack of device-specific resources (in addition to the other errors). If that occurs, vkCreateDevice will return VK_ERROR_TOO_MANY_OBJECTS.

Valid Usage

• All required extensions for each extension in the VkDeviceCreateInfo::ppEnabledExtensionNames list must also be present in that list.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• physicalDevice must be a valid VkPhysicalDevice handle
• pCreateInfo must be a pointer to a valid VkDeviceCreateInfo structure
• If pAllocator is not NULL, pAllocator must be a pointer to a valid VkAllocationCallbacks structure
• pDevice must be a pointer to a VkDevice handle

Return Codes

Success

• VK_SUCCESS

Failure

• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_INITIALIZATION_FAILED
• VK_ERROR_EXTENSION_NOT_PRESENT
• VK_ERROR_FEATURE_NOT_PRESENT
• VK_ERROR_TOO_MANY_OBJECTS
• VK_ERROR_DEVICE_LOST

See Also

VkAllocationCallbacks, VkDevice, VkDeviceCreateInfo, VkPhysicalDevice

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCreateDevice

vkCreateEvent(3)

Name

vkCreateEvent - Create a new event object

C Specification

To create an event, call:

VkResult vkCreateEvent(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    const VkEventCreateInfo*                    pCreateInfo,
    const VkAllocationCallbacks*                pAllocator,
    VkEvent*                                    pEvent);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that creates the event.
• pCreateInfo is a pointer to an instance of the VkEventCreateInfo structure which contains information about how the event is to be created.
• pAllocator controls host memory allocation as described in the Memory Allocation chapter.
• pEvent points to a handle in which the resulting event object is returned.

Description

When created, the event object is in the unsignaled state.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• pCreateInfo must be a pointer to a valid VkEventCreateInfo structure
• If pAllocator is not NULL, pAllocator must be a pointer to a valid VkAllocationCallbacks structure
• pEvent must be a pointer to a VkEvent handle

Return Codes

Success

• VK_SUCCESS

Failure

• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY

See Also

VkAllocationCallbacks, VkDevice, VkEvent, VkEventCreateInfo

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCreateEvent

vkCreateFence(3)

Name

vkCreateFence - Create a new fence object

C Specification

To create a fence, call:

VkResult vkCreateFence(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    const VkFenceCreateInfo*                    pCreateInfo,
    const VkAllocationCallbacks*                pAllocator,
    VkFence*                                    pFence);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that creates the fence.
• pCreateInfo is a pointer to an instance of the VkFenceCreateInfo structure which contains information about how the fence is to be created.
• pAllocator controls host memory allocation as described in the Memory Allocation chapter.
• pFence points to a handle in which the resulting fence object is returned.

Description

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• pCreateInfo must be a pointer to a valid VkFenceCreateInfo structure
• If pAllocator is not NULL, pAllocator must be a pointer to a valid VkAllocationCallbacks structure
• pFence must be a pointer to a VkFence handle

Return Codes

Success

• VK_SUCCESS

Failure

• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY

See Also

VkAllocationCallbacks, VkDevice, VkFence, VkFenceCreateInfo

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCreateFence

vkCreateFramebuffer(3)

Name

vkCreateFramebuffer - Create a new framebuffer object

C Specification

To create a framebuffer, call:

VkResult vkCreateFramebuffer(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    const VkFramebufferCreateInfo*              pCreateInfo,
    const VkAllocationCallbacks*                pAllocator,
    VkFramebuffer*                              pFramebuffer);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that creates the framebuffer.
• pCreateInfo points to a VkFramebufferCreateInfo structure which describes additional information about framebuffer creation.
• pAllocator controls host memory allocation as described in the Memory Allocation chapter.
• pFramebuffer points to a VkFramebuffer handle in which the resulting framebuffer object is returned.

Description

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• pCreateInfo must be a pointer to a valid VkFramebufferCreateInfo structure
• If pAllocator is not NULL, pAllocator must be a pointer to a valid VkAllocationCallbacks structure
• pFramebuffer must be a pointer to a VkFramebuffer handle

Return Codes

Success

• VK_SUCCESS

Failure

• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY

See Also

VkAllocationCallbacks, VkDevice, VkFramebuffer, VkFramebufferCreateInfo

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCreateFramebuffer

vkCreateGraphicsPipelines(3)

Name

vkCreateGraphicsPipelines - Create graphics pipelines

C Specification

To create graphics pipelines, call:

VkResult vkCreateGraphicsPipelines(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    VkPipelineCache                             pipelineCache,
    uint32_t                                    createInfoCount,
    const VkGraphicsPipelineCreateInfo*         pCreateInfos,
    const VkAllocationCallbacks*                pAllocator,
    VkPipeline*                                 pPipelines);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that creates the graphics pipelines.
• pipelineCache is either VK_NULL_HANDLE, indicating that pipeline caching is disabled; or the handle of a valid pipeline cache object, in which case use of that cache is enabled for the duration of the command.
• createInfoCount is the length of the pCreateInfos and pPipelines arrays.
• pCreateInfos is an array of VkGraphicsPipelineCreateInfo structures.
• pAllocator controls host memory allocation as described in the Memory Allocation chapter.
• pPipelines is a pointer to an array in which the resulting graphics pipeline objects are returned.

Description

The VkGraphicsPipelineCreateInfo structure includes an array of shader create info structures containing all the desired active shader stages, as well as creation info to define all relevant fixed-function stages, and a pipeline layout.

Valid Usage

• If the flags member of any given element of pCreateInfos contains the VK_PIPELINE_CREATE_DERIVATIVE_BIT flag, and the basePipelineIndex member of that same element is not -1, basePipelineIndex must be less than the index into pCreateInfos that corresponds to that element
• If the flags member of any given element of pCreateInfos contains the VK_PIPELINE_CREATE_DERIVATIVE_BIT flag, the base pipeline must have been created with the VK_PIPELINE_CREATE_ALLOW_DERIVATIVES_BIT flag set

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• If pipelineCache is not VK_NULL_HANDLE, pipelineCache must be a valid VkPipelineCache handle
• pCreateInfos must be a pointer to an array of createInfoCount valid VkGraphicsPipelineCreateInfo structures
• If pAllocator is not NULL, pAllocator must be a pointer to a valid VkAllocationCallbacks structure
• pPipelines must be a pointer to an array of createInfoCount VkPipeline handles
• createInfoCount must be greater than 0
• If pipelineCache is a valid handle, it must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from device

Return Codes

Success

• VK_SUCCESS

Failure

• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY

See Also

VkAllocationCallbacks, VkDevice, VkGraphicsPipelineCreateInfo, VkPipeline, VkPipelineCache

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCreateGraphicsPipelines

vkCreateImage(3)

Name

vkCreateImage - Create a new image object

C Specification

To create images, call:

VkResult vkCreateImage(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    const VkImageCreateInfo*                    pCreateInfo,
    const VkAllocationCallbacks*                pAllocator,
    VkImage*                                    pImage);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that creates the image.
• pCreateInfo is a pointer to an instance of the VkImageCreateInfo structure containing parameters to be used to create the image.
• pAllocator controls host memory allocation as described in the Memory Allocation chapter.
• pImage points to a VkImage handle in which the resulting image object is returned.

Description

Valid Usage

• If the flags member of pCreateInfo includes VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_BINDING_BIT, creating this VkImage must not cause the total required sparse memory for all currently valid sparse resources on the device to exceed VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::sparseAddressSpaceSize

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• pCreateInfo must be a pointer to a valid VkImageCreateInfo structure
• If pAllocator is not NULL, pAllocator must be a pointer to a valid VkAllocationCallbacks structure
• pImage must be a pointer to a VkImage handle

Return Codes

Success

• VK_SUCCESS

Failure

• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY

See Also

VkAllocationCallbacks, VkDevice, VkImage, VkImageCreateInfo

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCreateImage

vkCreateImageView(3)

Name

vkCreateImageView - Create an image view from an existing image

C Specification

To create an image view, call:

VkResult vkCreateImageView(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    const VkImageViewCreateInfo*                pCreateInfo,
    const VkAllocationCallbacks*                pAllocator,
    VkImageView*                                pView);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that creates the image view.
• pCreateInfo is a pointer to an instance of the VkImageViewCreateInfo structure containing parameters to be used to create the image view.
• pAllocator controls host memory allocation as described in the Memory Allocation chapter.
• pView points to a VkImageView handle in which the resulting image view object is returned.

Description

Some of the image creation parameters are inherited by the view. The remaining parameters are contained in the pCreateInfo.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• pCreateInfo must be a pointer to a valid VkImageViewCreateInfo structure
• If pAllocator is not NULL, pAllocator must be a pointer to a valid VkAllocationCallbacks structure
• pView must be a pointer to a VkImageView handle

Return Codes

Success

• VK_SUCCESS

Failure

• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY

See Also

VkAllocationCallbacks, VkDevice, VkImageView, VkImageViewCreateInfo

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCreateImageView

vkCreateInstance(3)

Name

vkCreateInstance - Create a new Vulkan instance

C Specification

To create an instance object, call:

VkResult vkCreateInstance(
    const VkInstanceCreateInfo*                 pCreateInfo,
    const VkAllocationCallbacks*                pAllocator,
    VkInstance*                                 pInstance);

Parameters

• pCreateInfo points to an instance of VkInstanceCreateInfo controlling creation of the instance.
• pAllocator controls host memory allocation as described in the Memory Allocation chapter.
• pInstance points a VkInstance handle in which the resulting instance is returned.

Description

vkCreateInstance verifies that the requested layers exist. If not, vkCreateInstance will return VK_ERROR_LAYER_NOT_PRESENT. Next vkCreateInstance verifies that the requested extensions are supported (e.g. in the implementation or in any enabled instance layer) and if any requested extension is not supported, vkCreateInstance must return VK_ERROR_EXTENSION_NOT_PRESENT. After verifying and enabling the instance layers and extensions the VkInstance object is created and returned to the application. If a requested extension is only supported by a layer, both the layer and the extension need to be specified at vkCreateInstance time for the creation to succeed.

Valid Usage

• All required extensions for each extension in the VkInstanceCreateInfo::ppEnabledExtensionNames list must also be present in that list.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• pCreateInfo must be a pointer to a valid VkInstanceCreateInfo structure
• If pAllocator is not NULL, pAllocator must be a pointer to a valid VkAllocationCallbacks structure
• pInstance must be a pointer to a VkInstance handle

Return Codes

Success

• VK_SUCCESS

Failure

• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_INITIALIZATION_FAILED
• VK_ERROR_LAYER_NOT_PRESENT
• VK_ERROR_EXTENSION_NOT_PRESENT
• VK_ERROR_INCOMPATIBLE_DRIVER

See Also

VkAllocationCallbacks, VkInstance, VkInstanceCreateInfo

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCreateInstance

vkCreatePipelineCache(3)

Name

vkCreatePipelineCache - Creates a new pipeline cache

C Specification

To create pipeline cache objects, call:

VkResult vkCreatePipelineCache(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    const VkPipelineCacheCreateInfo*            pCreateInfo,
    const VkAllocationCallbacks*                pAllocator,
    VkPipelineCache*                            pPipelineCache);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that creates the pipeline cache object.
• pCreateInfo is a pointer to a VkPipelineCacheCreateInfo structure that contains the initial parameters for the pipeline cache object.
• pAllocator controls host memory allocation as described in the Memory Allocation chapter.
• pPipelineCache is a pointer to a VkPipelineCache handle in which the resulting pipeline cache object is returned.

Description

Note

Applications can track and manage the total host memory size of a pipeline cache object using the pAllocator. Applications can limit the amount of data retrieved from a pipeline cache object in vkGetPipelineCacheData. Implementations should not internally limit the total number of entries added to a pipeline cache object or the total host memory consumed.

Once created, a pipeline cache can be passed to the vkCreateGraphicsPipelines and vkCreateComputePipelines commands. If the pipeline cache passed into these commands is not VK_NULL_HANDLE, the implementation will query it for possible reuse opportunities and update it with new content. The use of the pipeline cache object in these commands is internally synchronized, and the same pipeline cache object can be used in multiple threads simultaneously.

Note

Implementations should make every effort to limit any critical sections to the actual accesses to the cache, which is expected to be significantly shorter than the duration of the vkCreateGraphicsPipelines and vkCreateComputePipelines commands.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• pCreateInfo must be a pointer to a valid VkPipelineCacheCreateInfo structure
• If pAllocator is not NULL, pAllocator must be a pointer to a valid VkAllocationCallbacks structure
• pPipelineCache must be a pointer to a VkPipelineCache handle

Return Codes

Success

• VK_SUCCESS

Failure

• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY

See Also

VkAllocationCallbacks, VkDevice, VkPipelineCache, VkPipelineCacheCreateInfo

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCreatePipelineCache

vkCreatePipelineLayout(3)

Name

vkCreatePipelineLayout - Creates a new pipeline layout object

C Specification

To create a pipeline layout, call:

VkResult vkCreatePipelineLayout(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    const VkPipelineLayoutCreateInfo*           pCreateInfo,
    const VkAllocationCallbacks*                pAllocator,
    VkPipelineLayout*                           pPipelineLayout);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that creates the pipeline layout.
• pCreateInfo is a pointer to an instance of the VkPipelineLayoutCreateInfo structure specifying the state of the pipeline layout object.
• pAllocator controls host memory allocation as described in the Memory Allocation chapter.
• pPipelineLayout points to a VkPipelineLayout handle in which the resulting pipeline layout object is returned.

Description

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• pCreateInfo must be a pointer to a valid VkPipelineLayoutCreateInfo structure
• If pAllocator is not NULL, pAllocator must be a pointer to a valid VkAllocationCallbacks structure
• pPipelineLayout must be a pointer to a VkPipelineLayout handle

Return Codes

Success

• VK_SUCCESS

Failure

• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY

See Also

VkAllocationCallbacks, VkDevice, VkPipelineLayout, VkPipelineLayoutCreateInfo

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCreatePipelineLayout

vkCreateQueryPool(3)

Name

vkCreateQueryPool - Create a new query pool object

C Specification

To create a query pool, call:

VkResult vkCreateQueryPool(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    const VkQueryPoolCreateInfo*                pCreateInfo,
    const VkAllocationCallbacks*                pAllocator,
    VkQueryPool*                                pQueryPool);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that creates the query pool.
• pCreateInfo is a pointer to an instance of the VkQueryPoolCreateInfo structure containing the number and type of queries to be managed by the pool.
• pAllocator controls host memory allocation as described in the Memory Allocation chapter.
• pQueryPool is a pointer to a VkQueryPool handle in which the resulting query pool object is returned.

Description

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• pCreateInfo must be a pointer to a valid VkQueryPoolCreateInfo structure
• If pAllocator is not NULL, pAllocator must be a pointer to a valid VkAllocationCallbacks structure
• pQueryPool must be a pointer to a VkQueryPool handle

Return Codes

Success

• VK_SUCCESS

Failure

• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY

See Also

VkAllocationCallbacks, VkDevice, VkQueryPool, VkQueryPoolCreateInfo

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCreateQueryPool

vkCreateRenderPass(3)

Name

vkCreateRenderPass - Create a new render pass object

C Specification

To create a render pass, call:

VkResult vkCreateRenderPass(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    const VkRenderPassCreateInfo*               pCreateInfo,
    const VkAllocationCallbacks*                pAllocator,
    VkRenderPass*                               pRenderPass);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that creates the render pass.
• pCreateInfo is a pointer to an instance of the VkRenderPassCreateInfo structure that describes the parameters of the render pass.
• pAllocator controls host memory allocation as described in the Memory Allocation chapter.
• pRenderPass points to a VkRenderPass handle in which the resulting render pass object is returned.

Description

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• pCreateInfo must be a pointer to a valid VkRenderPassCreateInfo structure
• If pAllocator is not NULL, pAllocator must be a pointer to a valid VkAllocationCallbacks structure
• pRenderPass must be a pointer to a VkRenderPass handle

Return Codes

Success

• VK_SUCCESS

Failure

• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY

See Also

VkAllocationCallbacks, VkDevice, VkRenderPass, VkRenderPassCreateInfo

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCreateRenderPass

vkCreateSampler(3)

Name

vkCreateSampler - Create a new sampler object

C Specification

To create a sampler object, call:

VkResult vkCreateSampler(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    const VkSamplerCreateInfo*                  pCreateInfo,
    const VkAllocationCallbacks*                pAllocator,
    VkSampler*                                  pSampler);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that creates the sampler.
• pCreateInfo is a pointer to an instance of the VkSamplerCreateInfo structure specifying the state of the sampler object.
• pAllocator controls host memory allocation as described in the Memory Allocation chapter.
• pSampler points to a VkSampler handle in which the resulting sampler object is returned.

Description

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• pCreateInfo must be a pointer to a valid VkSamplerCreateInfo structure
• If pAllocator is not NULL, pAllocator must be a pointer to a valid VkAllocationCallbacks structure
• pSampler must be a pointer to a VkSampler handle

Return Codes

Success

• VK_SUCCESS

Failure

• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_TOO_MANY_OBJECTS

See Also

VkAllocationCallbacks, VkDevice, VkSampler, VkSamplerCreateInfo

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCreateSampler

vkCreateSemaphore(3)

Name

vkCreateSemaphore - Create a new queue semaphore object

C Specification

To create a semaphore, call:

VkResult vkCreateSemaphore(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    const VkSemaphoreCreateInfo*                pCreateInfo,
    const VkAllocationCallbacks*                pAllocator,
    VkSemaphore*                                pSemaphore);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that creates the semaphore.
• pCreateInfo is a pointer to an instance of the VkSemaphoreCreateInfo structure which contains information about how the semaphore is to be created.
• pAllocator controls host memory allocation as described in the Memory Allocation chapter.
• pSemaphore points to a handle in which the resulting semaphore object is returned.

Description

When created, the semaphore is in the unsignaled state.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• pCreateInfo must be a pointer to a valid VkSemaphoreCreateInfo structure
• If pAllocator is not NULL, pAllocator must be a pointer to a valid VkAllocationCallbacks structure
• pSemaphore must be a pointer to a VkSemaphore handle

Return Codes

Success

• VK_SUCCESS

Failure

• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY

See Also

VkAllocationCallbacks, VkDevice, VkSemaphore, VkSemaphoreCreateInfo

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCreateSemaphore

vkCreateShaderModule(3)

Name

vkCreateShaderModule - Creates a new shader module object

C Specification

To create a shader module, call:

VkResult vkCreateShaderModule(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    const VkShaderModuleCreateInfo*             pCreateInfo,
    const VkAllocationCallbacks*                pAllocator,
    VkShaderModule*                             pShaderModule);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that creates the shader module.
• pCreateInfo parameter is a pointer to an instance of the VkShaderModuleCreateInfo structure.
• pAllocator controls host memory allocation as described in the Memory Allocation chapter.
• pShaderModule points to a VkShaderModule handle in which the resulting shader module object is returned.

Description

Once a shader module has been created, any entry points it contains can be used in pipeline shader stages as described in Compute Pipelines and Graphics Pipelines.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• pCreateInfo must be a pointer to a valid VkShaderModuleCreateInfo structure
• If pAllocator is not NULL, pAllocator must be a pointer to a valid VkAllocationCallbacks structure
• pShaderModule must be a pointer to a VkShaderModule handle

Return Codes

Success

• VK_SUCCESS

Failure

• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY

See Also

VkAllocationCallbacks, VkDevice, VkShaderModule, VkShaderModuleCreateInfo

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkCreateShaderModule

vkDestroyBuffer(3)

Name

vkDestroyBuffer - Destroy a buffer object

C Specification

To destroy a buffer, call:

void vkDestroyBuffer(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    VkBuffer                                    buffer,
    const VkAllocationCallbacks*                pAllocator);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that destroys the buffer.
• buffer is the buffer to destroy.
• pAllocator controls host memory allocation as described in the Memory Allocation chapter.

Description

Valid Usage

• All submitted commands that refer to buffer, either directly or via a VkBufferView, must have completed execution
• If VkAllocationCallbacks were provided when buffer was created, a compatible set of callbacks must be provided here
• If no VkAllocationCallbacks were provided when buffer was created, pAllocator must be NULL

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• If buffer is not VK_NULL_HANDLE, buffer must be a valid VkBuffer handle
• If pAllocator is not NULL, pAllocator must be a pointer to a valid VkAllocationCallbacks structure
• If buffer is a valid handle, it must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from device

Host Synchronization

• Host access to buffer must be externally synchronized

See Also

VkAllocationCallbacks, VkBuffer, VkDevice

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkDestroyBuffer

vkDestroyBufferView(3)

Name

vkDestroyBufferView - Destroy a buffer view object

C Specification

To destroy a buffer view, call:

void vkDestroyBufferView(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    VkBufferView                                bufferView,
    const VkAllocationCallbacks*                pAllocator);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that destroys the buffer view.
• bufferView is the buffer view to destroy.
• pAllocator controls host memory allocation as described in the Memory Allocation chapter.

Description

Valid Usage

• All submitted commands that refer to bufferView must have completed execution
• If VkAllocationCallbacks were provided when bufferView was created, a compatible set of callbacks must be provided here
• If no VkAllocationCallbacks were provided when bufferView was created, pAllocator must be NULL

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• If bufferView is not VK_NULL_HANDLE, bufferView must be a valid VkBufferView handle
• If pAllocator is not NULL, pAllocator must be a pointer to a valid VkAllocationCallbacks structure
• If bufferView is a valid handle, it must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from device

Host Synchronization

• Host access to bufferView must be externally synchronized

See Also

VkAllocationCallbacks, VkBufferView, VkDevice

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkDestroyBufferView

vkDestroyCommandPool(3)

Name

vkDestroyCommandPool - Destroy a command pool object

C Specification

To destroy a command pool, call:

void vkDestroyCommandPool(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    VkCommandPool                               commandPool,
    const VkAllocationCallbacks*                pAllocator);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that destroys the command pool.
• commandPool is the handle of the command pool to destroy.
• pAllocator controls host memory allocation as described in the Memory Allocation chapter.

Description

When a pool is destroyed, all command buffers allocated from the pool are freed.

Any primary command buffer allocated from another VkCommandPool that is in the recording or executable state and has a secondary command buffer allocated from commandPool recorded into it, becomes invalid.

Valid Usage

• All VkCommandBuffer objects allocated from commandPool must not be in the pending state.
• If VkAllocationCallbacks were provided when commandPool was created, a compatible set of callbacks must be provided here
• If no VkAllocationCallbacks were provided when commandPool was created, pAllocator must be NULL

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• If commandPool is not VK_NULL_HANDLE, commandPool must be a valid VkCommandPool handle
• If pAllocator is not NULL, pAllocator must be a pointer to a valid VkAllocationCallbacks structure
• If commandPool is a valid handle, it must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from device

Host Synchronization

• Host access to commandPool must be externally synchronized

See Also

VkAllocationCallbacks, VkCommandPool, VkDevice

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkDestroyCommandPool

vkDestroyDescriptorPool(3)

Name

vkDestroyDescriptorPool - Destroy a descriptor pool object

C Specification

To destroy a descriptor pool, call:

void vkDestroyDescriptorPool(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    VkDescriptorPool                            descriptorPool,
    const VkAllocationCallbacks*                pAllocator);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that destroys the descriptor pool.
• descriptorPool is the descriptor pool to destroy.
• pAllocator controls host memory allocation as described in the Memory Allocation chapter.

Description

When a pool is destroyed, all descriptor sets allocated from the pool are implicitly freed and become invalid. Descriptor sets allocated from a given pool do not need to be freed before destroying that descriptor pool.

Valid Usage

• All submitted commands that refer to descriptorPool (via any allocated descriptor sets) must have completed execution
• If VkAllocationCallbacks were provided when descriptorPool was created, a compatible set of callbacks must be provided here
• If no VkAllocationCallbacks were provided when descriptorPool was created, pAllocator must be NULL

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• If descriptorPool is not VK_NULL_HANDLE, descriptorPool must be a valid VkDescriptorPool handle
• If pAllocator is not NULL, pAllocator must be a pointer to a valid VkAllocationCallbacks structure
• If descriptorPool is a valid handle, it must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from device

Host Synchronization

• Host access to descriptorPool must be externally synchronized

See Also

VkAllocationCallbacks, VkDescriptorPool, VkDevice

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkDestroyDescriptorPool

vkDestroyDescriptorSetLayout(3)

Name

vkDestroyDescriptorSetLayout - Destroy a descriptor set layout object

C Specification

To destroy a descriptor set layout, call:

void vkDestroyDescriptorSetLayout(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    VkDescriptorSetLayout                       descriptorSetLayout,
    const VkAllocationCallbacks*                pAllocator);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that destroys the descriptor set layout.
• descriptorSetLayout is the descriptor set layout to destroy.
• pAllocator controls host memory allocation as described in the Memory Allocation chapter.

Description

Valid Usage

• If VkAllocationCallbacks were provided when descriptorSetLayout was created, a compatible set of callbacks must be provided here
• If no VkAllocationCallbacks were provided when descriptorSetLayout was created, pAllocator must be NULL

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• If descriptorSetLayout is not VK_NULL_HANDLE, descriptorSetLayout must be a valid VkDescriptorSetLayout handle
• If pAllocator is not NULL, pAllocator must be a pointer to a valid VkAllocationCallbacks structure
• If descriptorSetLayout is a valid handle, it must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from device

Host Synchronization

• Host access to descriptorSetLayout must be externally synchronized

See Also

VkAllocationCallbacks, VkDescriptorSetLayout, VkDevice

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkDestroyDescriptorSetLayout

vkDestroyDevice(3)

Name

vkDestroyDevice - Destroy a logical device

C Specification

To destroy a device, call:

void vkDestroyDevice(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    const VkAllocationCallbacks*                pAllocator);

Parameters

• device is the logical device to destroy.
• pAllocator controls host memory allocation as described in the Memory Allocation chapter.

Description

To ensure that no work is active on the device, vkDeviceWaitIdle can be used to gate the destruction of the device. Prior to destroying a device, an application is responsible for destroying/freeing any Vulkan objects that were created using that device as the first parameter of the corresponding vkCreate* or vkAllocate* command.

Note

The lifetime of each of these objects is bound by the lifetime of the VkDevice object. Therefore, to avoid resource leaks, it is critical that an application explicitly free all of these resources prior to calling vkDestroyDevice.

Valid Usage

• All child objects created on device must have been destroyed prior to destroying device
• If VkAllocationCallbacks were provided when device was created, a compatible set of callbacks must be provided here
• If no VkAllocationCallbacks were provided when device was created, pAllocator must be NULL

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• If device is not NULL, device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• If pAllocator is not NULL, pAllocator must be a pointer to a valid VkAllocationCallbacks structure

Host Synchronization

• Host access to device must be externally synchronized

See Also

VkAllocationCallbacks, VkDevice

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkDestroyDevice

vkDestroyEvent(3)

Name

vkDestroyEvent - Destroy an event object

C Specification

To destroy an event, call:

void vkDestroyEvent(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    VkEvent                                     event,
    const VkAllocationCallbacks*                pAllocator);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that destroys the event.
• event is the handle of the event to destroy.
• pAllocator controls host memory allocation as described in the Memory Allocation chapter.

Description

Valid Usage

• All submitted commands that refer to event must have completed execution
• If VkAllocationCallbacks were provided when event was created, a compatible set of callbacks must be provided here
• If no VkAllocationCallbacks were provided when event was created, pAllocator must be NULL

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• If event is not VK_NULL_HANDLE, event must be a valid VkEvent handle
• If pAllocator is not NULL, pAllocator must be a pointer to a valid VkAllocationCallbacks structure
• If event is a valid handle, it must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from device

Host Synchronization

• Host access to event must be externally synchronized

See Also

VkAllocationCallbacks, VkDevice, VkEvent

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkDestroyEvent

vkDestroyFence(3)

Name

vkDestroyFence - Destroy a fence object

C Specification

To destroy a fence, call:

void vkDestroyFence(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    VkFence                                     fence,
    const VkAllocationCallbacks*                pAllocator);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that destroys the fence.
• fence is the handle of the fence to destroy.
• pAllocator controls host memory allocation as described in the Memory Allocation chapter.

Description

Valid Usage

• All queue submission commands that refer to fence must have completed execution
• If VkAllocationCallbacks were provided when fence was created, a compatible set of callbacks must be provided here
• If no VkAllocationCallbacks were provided when fence was created, pAllocator must be NULL

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• If fence is not VK_NULL_HANDLE, fence must be a valid VkFence handle
• If pAllocator is not NULL, pAllocator must be a pointer to a valid VkAllocationCallbacks structure
• If fence is a valid handle, it must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from device

Host Synchronization

• Host access to fence must be externally synchronized

See Also

VkAllocationCallbacks, VkDevice, VkFence

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkDestroyFence

vkDestroyFramebuffer(3)

Name

vkDestroyFramebuffer - Destroy a framebuffer object

C Specification

To destroy a framebuffer, call:

void vkDestroyFramebuffer(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    VkFramebuffer                               framebuffer,
    const VkAllocationCallbacks*                pAllocator);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that destroys the framebuffer.
• framebuffer is the handle of the framebuffer to destroy.
• pAllocator controls host memory allocation as described in the Memory Allocation chapter.

Description

Valid Usage

• All submitted commands that refer to framebuffer must have completed execution
• If VkAllocationCallbacks were provided when framebuffer was created, a compatible set of callbacks must be provided here
• If no VkAllocationCallbacks were provided when framebuffer was created, pAllocator must be NULL

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• If framebuffer is not VK_NULL_HANDLE, framebuffer must be a valid VkFramebuffer handle
• If pAllocator is not NULL, pAllocator must be a pointer to a valid VkAllocationCallbacks structure
• If framebuffer is a valid handle, it must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from device

Host Synchronization

• Host access to framebuffer must be externally synchronized

See Also

VkAllocationCallbacks, VkDevice, VkFramebuffer

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkDestroyFramebuffer

vkDestroyImage(3)

Name

vkDestroyImage - Destroy an image object

C Specification

To destroy an image, call:

void vkDestroyImage(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    VkImage                                     image,
    const VkAllocationCallbacks*                pAllocator);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that destroys the image.
• image is the image to destroy.
• pAllocator controls host memory allocation as described in the Memory Allocation chapter.

Description

Valid Usage

• All submitted commands that refer to image, either directly or via a VkImageView, must have completed execution
• If VkAllocationCallbacks were provided when image was created, a compatible set of callbacks must be provided here
• If no VkAllocationCallbacks were provided when image was created, pAllocator must be NULL

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• If image is not VK_NULL_HANDLE, image must be a valid VkImage handle
• If pAllocator is not NULL, pAllocator must be a pointer to a valid VkAllocationCallbacks structure
• If image is a valid handle, it must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from device

Host Synchronization

• Host access to image must be externally synchronized

See Also

VkAllocationCallbacks, VkDevice, VkImage

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkDestroyImage

vkDestroyImageView(3)

Name

vkDestroyImageView - Destroy an image view object

C Specification

To destroy an image view, call:

void vkDestroyImageView(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    VkImageView                                 imageView,
    const VkAllocationCallbacks*                pAllocator);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that destroys the image view.
• imageView is the image view to destroy.
• pAllocator controls host memory allocation as described in the Memory Allocation chapter.

Description

Valid Usage

• All submitted commands that refer to imageView must have completed execution
• If VkAllocationCallbacks were provided when imageView was created, a compatible set of callbacks must be provided here
• If no VkAllocationCallbacks were provided when imageView was created, pAllocator must be NULL

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• If imageView is not VK_NULL_HANDLE, imageView must be a valid VkImageView handle
• If pAllocator is not NULL, pAllocator must be a pointer to a valid VkAllocationCallbacks structure
• If imageView is a valid handle, it must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from device

Host Synchronization

• Host access to imageView must be externally synchronized

See Also

VkAllocationCallbacks, VkDevice, VkImageView

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkDestroyImageView

vkDestroyInstance(3)

Name

vkDestroyInstance - Destroy an instance of Vulkan

C Specification

To destroy an instance, call:

void vkDestroyInstance(
    VkInstance                                  instance,
    const VkAllocationCallbacks*                pAllocator);

Parameters

• instance is the handle of the instance to destroy.
• pAllocator controls host memory allocation as described in the Memory Allocation chapter.

Description

Valid Usage

• All child objects created using instance must have been destroyed prior to destroying instance
• If VkAllocationCallbacks were provided when instance was created, a compatible set of callbacks must be provided here
• If no VkAllocationCallbacks were provided when instance was created, pAllocator must be NULL

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• If instance is not NULL, instance must be a valid VkInstance handle
• If pAllocator is not NULL, pAllocator must be a pointer to a valid VkAllocationCallbacks structure

Host Synchronization

• Host access to instance must be externally synchronized

See Also

VkAllocationCallbacks, VkInstance

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkDestroyInstance

vkDestroyPipeline(3)

Name

vkDestroyPipeline - Destroy a pipeline object

C Specification

To destroy a graphics or compute pipeline, call:

void vkDestroyPipeline(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    VkPipeline                                  pipeline,
    const VkAllocationCallbacks*                pAllocator);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that destroys the pipeline.
• pipeline is the handle of the pipeline to destroy.
• pAllocator controls host memory allocation as described in the Memory Allocation chapter.

Description

Valid Usage

• All submitted commands that refer to pipeline must have completed execution
• If VkAllocationCallbacks were provided when pipeline was created, a compatible set of callbacks must be provided here
• If no VkAllocationCallbacks were provided when pipeline was created, pAllocator must be NULL

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• If pipeline is not VK_NULL_HANDLE, pipeline must be a valid VkPipeline handle
• If pAllocator is not NULL, pAllocator must be a pointer to a valid VkAllocationCallbacks structure
• If pipeline is a valid handle, it must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from device

Host Synchronization

• Host access to pipeline must be externally synchronized

See Also

VkAllocationCallbacks, VkDevice, VkPipeline

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkDestroyPipeline

vkDestroyPipelineCache(3)

Name

vkDestroyPipelineCache - Destroy a pipeline cache object

C Specification

To destroy a pipeline cache, call:

void vkDestroyPipelineCache(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    VkPipelineCache                             pipelineCache,
    const VkAllocationCallbacks*                pAllocator);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that destroys the pipeline cache object.
• pipelineCache is the handle of the pipeline cache to destroy.
• pAllocator controls host memory allocation as described in the Memory Allocation chapter.

Description

Valid Usage

• If VkAllocationCallbacks were provided when pipelineCache was created, a compatible set of callbacks must be provided here
• If no VkAllocationCallbacks were provided when pipelineCache was created, pAllocator must be NULL

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• If pipelineCache is not VK_NULL_HANDLE, pipelineCache must be a valid VkPipelineCache handle
• If pAllocator is not NULL, pAllocator must be a pointer to a valid VkAllocationCallbacks structure
• If pipelineCache is a valid handle, it must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from device

Host Synchronization

• Host access to pipelineCache must be externally synchronized

See Also

VkAllocationCallbacks, VkDevice, VkPipelineCache

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkDestroyPipelineCache

vkDestroyPipelineLayout(3)

Name

vkDestroyPipelineLayout - Destroy a pipeline layout object

C Specification

To destroy a pipeline layout, call:

void vkDestroyPipelineLayout(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    VkPipelineLayout                            pipelineLayout,
    const VkAllocationCallbacks*                pAllocator);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that destroys the pipeline layout.
• pipelineLayout is the pipeline layout to destroy.
• pAllocator controls host memory allocation as described in the Memory Allocation chapter.

Description

Valid Usage

• If VkAllocationCallbacks were provided when pipelineLayout was created, a compatible set of callbacks must be provided here
• If no VkAllocationCallbacks were provided when pipelineLayout was created, pAllocator must be NULL

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• If pipelineLayout is not VK_NULL_HANDLE, pipelineLayout must be a valid VkPipelineLayout handle
• If pAllocator is not NULL, pAllocator must be a pointer to a valid VkAllocationCallbacks structure
• If pipelineLayout is a valid handle, it must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from device

Host Synchronization

• Host access to pipelineLayout must be externally synchronized

See Also

VkAllocationCallbacks, VkDevice, VkPipelineLayout

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkDestroyPipelineLayout

vkDestroyQueryPool(3)

Name

vkDestroyQueryPool - Destroy a query pool object

C Specification

To destroy a query pool, call:

void vkDestroyQueryPool(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    VkQueryPool                                 queryPool,
    const VkAllocationCallbacks*                pAllocator);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that destroys the query pool.
• queryPool is the query pool to destroy.
• pAllocator controls host memory allocation as described in the Memory Allocation chapter.

Description

Valid Usage

• All submitted commands that refer to queryPool must have completed execution
• If VkAllocationCallbacks were provided when queryPool was created, a compatible set of callbacks must be provided here
• If no VkAllocationCallbacks were provided when queryPool was created, pAllocator must be NULL

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• If queryPool is not VK_NULL_HANDLE, queryPool must be a valid VkQueryPool handle
• If pAllocator is not NULL, pAllocator must be a pointer to a valid VkAllocationCallbacks structure
• If queryPool is a valid handle, it must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from device

Host Synchronization

• Host access to queryPool must be externally synchronized

See Also

VkAllocationCallbacks, VkDevice, VkQueryPool

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkDestroyQueryPool

vkDestroyRenderPass(3)

Name

vkDestroyRenderPass - Destroy a render pass object

C Specification

To destroy a render pass, call:

void vkDestroyRenderPass(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    VkRenderPass                                renderPass,
    const VkAllocationCallbacks*                pAllocator);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that destroys the render pass.
• renderPass is the handle of the render pass to destroy.
• pAllocator controls host memory allocation as described in the Memory Allocation chapter.

Description

Valid Usage

• All submitted commands that refer to renderPass must have completed execution
• If VkAllocationCallbacks were provided when renderPass was created, a compatible set of callbacks must be provided here
• If no VkAllocationCallbacks were provided when renderPass was created, pAllocator must be NULL

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• If renderPass is not VK_NULL_HANDLE, renderPass must be a valid VkRenderPass handle
• If pAllocator is not NULL, pAllocator must be a pointer to a valid VkAllocationCallbacks structure
• If renderPass is a valid handle, it must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from device

Host Synchronization

• Host access to renderPass must be externally synchronized

See Also

VkAllocationCallbacks, VkDevice, VkRenderPass

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkDestroyRenderPass

vkDestroySampler(3)

Name

vkDestroySampler - Destroy a sampler object

C Specification

To destroy a sampler, call:

void vkDestroySampler(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    VkSampler                                   sampler,
    const VkAllocationCallbacks*                pAllocator);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that destroys the sampler.
• sampler is the sampler to destroy.
• pAllocator controls host memory allocation as described in the Memory Allocation chapter.

Description

Valid Usage

• All submitted commands that refer to sampler must have completed execution
• If VkAllocationCallbacks were provided when sampler was created, a compatible set of callbacks must be provided here
• If no VkAllocationCallbacks were provided when sampler was created, pAllocator must be NULL

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• If sampler is not VK_NULL_HANDLE, sampler must be a valid VkSampler handle
• If pAllocator is not NULL, pAllocator must be a pointer to a valid VkAllocationCallbacks structure
• If sampler is a valid handle, it must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from device

Host Synchronization

• Host access to sampler must be externally synchronized

See Also

VkAllocationCallbacks, VkDevice, VkSampler

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkDestroySampler

vkDestroySemaphore(3)

Name

vkDestroySemaphore - Destroy a semaphore object

C Specification

To destroy a semaphore, call:

void vkDestroySemaphore(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    VkSemaphore                                 semaphore,
    const VkAllocationCallbacks*                pAllocator);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that destroys the semaphore.
• semaphore is the handle of the semaphore to destroy.
• pAllocator controls host memory allocation as described in the Memory Allocation chapter.

Description

Valid Usage

• All submitted batches that refer to semaphore must have completed execution
• If VkAllocationCallbacks were provided when semaphore was created, a compatible set of callbacks must be provided here
• If no VkAllocationCallbacks were provided when semaphore was created, pAllocator must be NULL

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• If semaphore is not VK_NULL_HANDLE, semaphore must be a valid VkSemaphore handle
• If pAllocator is not NULL, pAllocator must be a pointer to a valid VkAllocationCallbacks structure
• If semaphore is a valid handle, it must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from device

Host Synchronization

• Host access to semaphore must be externally synchronized

See Also

VkAllocationCallbacks, VkDevice, VkSemaphore

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkDestroySemaphore

vkDestroyShaderModule(3)

Name

vkDestroyShaderModule - Destroy a shader module module

C Specification

To destroy a shader module, call:

void vkDestroyShaderModule(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    VkShaderModule                              shaderModule,
    const VkAllocationCallbacks*                pAllocator);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that destroys the shader module.
• shaderModule is the handle of the shader module to destroy.
• pAllocator controls host memory allocation as described in the Memory Allocation chapter.

Description

A shader module can be destroyed while pipelines created using its shaders are still in use.

Valid Usage

• If VkAllocationCallbacks were provided when shaderModule was created, a compatible set of callbacks must be provided here
• If no VkAllocationCallbacks were provided when shaderModule was created, pAllocator must be NULL

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• If shaderModule is not VK_NULL_HANDLE, shaderModule must be a valid VkShaderModule handle
• If pAllocator is not NULL, pAllocator must be a pointer to a valid VkAllocationCallbacks structure
• If shaderModule is a valid handle, it must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from device

Host Synchronization

• Host access to shaderModule must be externally synchronized

See Also

VkAllocationCallbacks, VkDevice, VkShaderModule

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkDestroyShaderModule

vkDeviceWaitIdle(3)

Name

vkDeviceWaitIdle - Wait for a device to become idle

C Specification

To wait on the host for the completion of outstanding queue operations for all queues on a given logical device, call:

VkResult vkDeviceWaitIdle(
    VkDevice                                    device);

Parameters

• device is the logical device to idle.

Description

vkDeviceWaitIdle is equivalent to calling vkQueueWaitIdle for all queues owned by device.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle

Host Synchronization

• Host access to all VkQueue objects created from device must be externally synchronized

Return Codes

Success

• VK_SUCCESS

Failure

• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_DEVICE_LOST

See Also

VkDevice

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkDeviceWaitIdle

vkEndCommandBuffer(3)

Name

vkEndCommandBuffer - Finish recording a command buffer

C Specification

To complete recording of a command buffer, call:

VkResult vkEndCommandBuffer(
    VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer);

Parameters

• commandBuffer is the command buffer to complete recording.

Description

If there was an error during recording, the application will be notified by an unsuccessful return code returned by vkEndCommandBuffer. If the application wishes to further use the command buffer, the command buffer must be reset. The command buffer must have been in the recording state, and is moved to the executable state.

Valid Usage

• commandBuffer must be in the recording state.
• If commandBuffer is a primary command buffer, there must not be an active render pass instance
• All queries made active during the recording of commandBuffer must have been made inactive

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• commandBuffer must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle

Host Synchronization

• Host access to commandBuffer must be externally synchronized
• Host access to the VkCommandPool that commandBuffer was allocated from must be externally synchronized

Return Codes

Success

• VK_SUCCESS

Failure

• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY

See Also

VkCommandBuffer

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkEndCommandBuffer

vkEnumerateDeviceExtensionProperties(3)

Name

vkEnumerateDeviceExtensionProperties - Returns properties of available physical device extensions

C Specification

To query the extensions available to a given physical device, call:

VkResult vkEnumerateDeviceExtensionProperties(
    VkPhysicalDevice                            physicalDevice,
    const char*                                 pLayerName,
    uint32_t*                                   pPropertyCount,
    VkExtensionProperties*                      pProperties);

Parameters

• physicalDevice is the physical device that will be queried.
• pLayerName is either NULL or a pointer to a null-terminated UTF-8 string naming the layer to retrieve extensions from.
• pPropertyCount is a pointer to an integer related to the number of extension properties available or queried, and is treated in the same fashion as the vkEnumerateInstanceExtensionProperties::pPropertyCount parameter.
• pProperties is either NULL or a pointer to an array of VkExtensionProperties structures.

Description

When pLayerName parameter is NULL, only extensions provided by the Vulkan implementation or by implicitly enabled layers are returned. When pLayerName is the name of a layer, the device extensions provided by that layer are returned.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• physicalDevice must be a valid VkPhysicalDevice handle
• If pLayerName is not NULL, pLayerName must be a null-terminated UTF-8 string
• pPropertyCount must be a pointer to a uint32_t value
• If the value referenced by pPropertyCount is not 0, and pProperties is not NULL, pProperties must be a pointer to an array of pPropertyCount VkExtensionProperties structures

Return Codes

Success

• VK_SUCCESS
• VK_INCOMPLETE

Failure

• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_LAYER_NOT_PRESENT

See Also

VkExtensionProperties, VkPhysicalDevice

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkEnumerateDeviceExtensionProperties

vkEnumerateDeviceLayerProperties(3)

Name

vkEnumerateDeviceLayerProperties - Returns properties of available physical device layers

C Specification

To enumerate device layers, call:

VkResult vkEnumerateDeviceLayerProperties(
    VkPhysicalDevice                            physicalDevice,
    uint32_t*                                   pPropertyCount,
    VkLayerProperties*                          pProperties);

Parameters

• pPropertyCount is a pointer to an integer related to the number of layer properties available or queried.
• pProperties is either NULL or a pointer to an array of VkLayerProperties structures.

Description

If pProperties is NULL, then the number of layer properties available is returned in pPropertyCount. Otherwise, pPropertyCount must point to a variable set by the user to the number of elements in the pProperties array, and on return the variable is overwritten with the number of structures actually written to pProperties. If pPropertyCount is less than the number of layer properties available, at most pPropertyCount structures will be written. If pPropertyCount is smaller than the number of layers available, VK_INCOMPLETE will be returned instead of VK_SUCCESS, to indicate that not all the available layer properties were returned.

The list of layers enumerated by vkEnumerateDeviceLayerProperties must be exactly the sequence of layers enabled for the instance. The members of VkLayerProperties for each enumerated layer must be the same as the properties when the layer was enumerated by vkEnumerateInstanceLayerProperties.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• physicalDevice must be a valid VkPhysicalDevice handle
• pPropertyCount must be a pointer to a uint32_t value
• If the value referenced by pPropertyCount is not 0, and pProperties is not NULL, pProperties must be a pointer to an array of pPropertyCount VkLayerProperties structures

Return Codes

Success

• VK_SUCCESS
• VK_INCOMPLETE

Failure

• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY

See Also

VkLayerProperties, VkPhysicalDevice

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkEnumerateDeviceLayerProperties

vkEnumerateInstanceExtensionProperties(3)

Name

vkEnumerateInstanceExtensionProperties - Returns up to requested number of global extension properties

C Specification

To query the available instance extensions, call:

VkResult vkEnumerateInstanceExtensionProperties(
    const char*                                 pLayerName,
    uint32_t*                                   pPropertyCount,
    VkExtensionProperties*                      pProperties);

Parameters

• pLayerName is either NULL or a pointer to a null-terminated UTF-8 string naming the layer to retrieve extensions from.
• pPropertyCount is a pointer to an integer related to the number of extension properties available or queried, as described below.
• pProperties is either NULL or a pointer to an array of VkExtensionProperties structures.

Description

When pLayerName parameter is NULL, only extensions provided by the Vulkan implementation or by implicitly enabled layers are returned. When pLayerName is the name of a layer, the instance extensions provided by that layer are returned.

If pProperties is NULL, then the number of extensions properties available is returned in pPropertyCount. Otherwise, pPropertyCount must point to a variable set by the user to the number of elements in the pProperties array, and on return the variable is overwritten with the number of structures actually written to pProperties. If pPropertyCount is less than the number of extension properties available, at most pPropertyCount structures will be written. If pPropertyCount is smaller than the number of extensions available, VK_INCOMPLETE will be returned instead of VK_SUCCESS, to indicate that not all the available properties were returned.

Because the list of available layers may change externally between calls to vkEnumerateInstanceExtensionProperties, two calls may retrieve different results if a pLayerName is available in one call but not in another. The extensions supported by a layer may also change between two calls, e.g. if the layer implementation is replaced by a different version between those calls.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• If pLayerName is not NULL, pLayerName must be a null-terminated UTF-8 string
• pPropertyCount must be a pointer to a uint32_t value
• If the value referenced by pPropertyCount is not 0, and pProperties is not NULL, pProperties must be a pointer to an array of pPropertyCount VkExtensionProperties structures

Return Codes

Success

• VK_SUCCESS
• VK_INCOMPLETE

Failure

• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_LAYER_NOT_PRESENT

See Also

VkExtensionProperties

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkEnumerateInstanceExtensionProperties

vkEnumerateInstanceLayerProperties(3)

Name

vkEnumerateInstanceLayerProperties - Returns up to requested number of global layer properties

C Specification

To query the available layers, call:

VkResult vkEnumerateInstanceLayerProperties(
    uint32_t*                                   pPropertyCount,
    VkLayerProperties*                          pProperties);

Parameters

• pPropertyCount is a pointer to an integer related to the number of layer properties available or queried, as described below.
• pProperties is either NULL or a pointer to an array of VkLayerProperties structures.

Description

If pProperties is NULL, then the number of layer properties available is returned in pPropertyCount. Otherwise, pPropertyCount must point to a variable set by the user to the number of elements in the pProperties array, and on return the variable is overwritten with the number of structures actually written to pProperties. If pPropertyCount is less than the number of layer properties available, at most pPropertyCount structures will be written. If pPropertyCount is smaller than the number of layers available, VK_INCOMPLETE will be returned instead of VK_SUCCESS, to indicate that not all the available layer properties were returned.

The list of available layers may change at any time due to actions outside of the Vulkan implementation, so two calls to vkEnumerateInstanceLayerProperties with the same parameters may return different results, or retrieve different pPropertyCount values or pProperties contents. Once an instance has been created, the layers enabled for that instance will continue to be enabled and valid for the lifetime of that instance, even if some of them become unavailable for future instances.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• pPropertyCount must be a pointer to a uint32_t value
• If the value referenced by pPropertyCount is not 0, and pProperties is not NULL, pProperties must be a pointer to an array of pPropertyCount VkLayerProperties structures

Return Codes

Success

• VK_SUCCESS
• VK_INCOMPLETE

Failure

• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY

See Also

VkLayerProperties

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkEnumerateInstanceLayerProperties

vkEnumeratePhysicalDevices(3)

Name

vkEnumeratePhysicalDevices - Enumerates the physical devices accessible to a Vulkan instance

C Specification

To retrieve a list of physical device objects representing the physical devices installed in the system, call:

VkResult vkEnumeratePhysicalDevices(
    VkInstance                                  instance,
    uint32_t*                                   pPhysicalDeviceCount,
    VkPhysicalDevice*                           pPhysicalDevices);

Parameters

• instance is a handle to a Vulkan instance previously created with vkCreateInstance.
• pPhysicalDeviceCount is a pointer to an integer related to the number of physical devices available or queried, as described below.
• pPhysicalDevices is either NULL or a pointer to an array of VkPhysicalDevice handles.

Description

If pPhysicalDevices is NULL, then the number of physical devices available is returned in pPhysicalDeviceCount. Otherwise, pPhysicalDeviceCount must point to a variable set by the user to the number of elements in the pPhysicalDevices array, and on return the variable is overwritten with the number of handles actually written to pPhysicalDevices. If pPhysicalDeviceCount is less than the number of physical devices available, at most pPhysicalDeviceCount structures will be written. If pPhysicalDeviceCount is smaller than the number of physical devices available, VK_INCOMPLETE will be returned instead of VK_SUCCESS, to indicate that not all the available physical devices were returned.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• instance must be a valid VkInstance handle
• pPhysicalDeviceCount must be a pointer to a uint32_t value
• If the value referenced by pPhysicalDeviceCount is not 0, and pPhysicalDevices is not NULL, pPhysicalDevices must be a pointer to an array of pPhysicalDeviceCount VkPhysicalDevice handles

Return Codes

Success

• VK_SUCCESS
• VK_INCOMPLETE

Failure

• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_INITIALIZATION_FAILED

See Also

VkInstance, VkPhysicalDevice

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkEnumeratePhysicalDevices

vkFlushMappedMemoryRanges(3)

Name

vkFlushMappedMemoryRanges - Flush mapped memory ranges

C Specification

To flush ranges of non-coherent memory from the host caches, call:

VkResult vkFlushMappedMemoryRanges(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    uint32_t                                    memoryRangeCount,
    const VkMappedMemoryRange*                  pMemoryRanges);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that owns the memory ranges.
• memoryRangeCount is the length of the pMemoryRanges array.
• pMemoryRanges is a pointer to an array of VkMappedMemoryRange structures describing the memory ranges to flush.

Description

vkFlushMappedMemoryRanges guarantees that host writes to the memory ranges described by pMemoryRanges can be made available to device access, via availability operations from the VK_ACCESS_HOST_WRITE_BIT access type.

Unmapping non-coherent memory does not implicitly flush the mapped memory, and host writes that have not been flushed may not ever be visible to the device. However, implementations must ensure that writes that have not been flushed do not become visible to any other memory.

Note

The above guarantee avoids a potential memory corruption in scenarios where host writes to a mapped memory object have not been flushed before the memory is unmapped (or freed), and the virtual address range is subsequently reused for a different mapping (or memory allocation).

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• pMemoryRanges must be a pointer to an array of memoryRangeCount valid VkMappedMemoryRange structures
• memoryRangeCount must be greater than 0

Return Codes

Success

• VK_SUCCESS

Failure

• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY

See Also

VkDevice, VkMappedMemoryRange

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkFlushMappedMemoryRanges

vkFreeCommandBuffers(3)

Name

vkFreeCommandBuffers - Free command buffers

C Specification

To free command buffers, call:

void vkFreeCommandBuffers(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    VkCommandPool                               commandPool,
    uint32_t                                    commandBufferCount,
    const VkCommandBuffer*                      pCommandBuffers);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that owns the command pool.
• commandPool is the command pool from which the command buffers were allocated.
• commandBufferCount is the length of the pCommandBuffers array.
• pCommandBuffers is an array of handles of command buffers to free.

Description

Any primary command buffer that is in the recording or executable state and has any element of pCommandBuffers recorded into it, becomes invalid.

Valid Usage

• All elements of pCommandBuffers must not be in the pending state
• pCommandBuffers must be a pointer to an array of commandBufferCount VkCommandBuffer handles, each element of which must either be a valid handle or NULL

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• commandPool must be a valid VkCommandPool handle
• commandBufferCount must be greater than 0
• commandPool must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from device
• Each element of pCommandBuffers that is a valid handle must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from commandPool

Host Synchronization

• Host access to commandPool must be externally synchronized
• Host access to each member of pCommandBuffers must be externally synchronized

See Also

VkCommandBuffer, VkCommandPool, VkDevice

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkFreeCommandBuffers

vkFreeDescriptorSets(3)

Name

vkFreeDescriptorSets - Free one or more descriptor sets

C Specification

To free allocated descriptor sets, call:

VkResult vkFreeDescriptorSets(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    VkDescriptorPool                            descriptorPool,
    uint32_t                                    descriptorSetCount,
    const VkDescriptorSet*                      pDescriptorSets);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that owns the descriptor pool.
• descriptorPool is the descriptor pool from which the descriptor sets were allocated.
• descriptorSetCount is the number of elements in the pDescriptorSets array.
• pDescriptorSets is an array of handles to VkDescriptorSet objects.

Description

After a successful call to vkFreeDescriptorSets, all descriptor sets in pDescriptorSets are invalid.

Valid Usage

• All submitted commands that refer to any element of pDescriptorSets must have completed execution
• pDescriptorSets must be a pointer to an array of descriptorSetCount VkDescriptorSet handles, each element of which must either be a valid handle or VK_NULL_HANDLE
• Each valid handle in pDescriptorSets must have been allocated from descriptorPool
• descriptorPool must have been created with the VK_DESCRIPTOR_POOL_CREATE_FREE_DESCRIPTOR_SET_BIT flag

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• descriptorPool must be a valid VkDescriptorPool handle
• descriptorSetCount must be greater than 0
• descriptorPool must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from device
• Each element of pDescriptorSets that is a valid handle must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from descriptorPool

Host Synchronization

• Host access to descriptorPool must be externally synchronized
• Host access to each member of pDescriptorSets must be externally synchronized

Return Codes

Success

• VK_SUCCESS

Failure

• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY

See Also

VkDescriptorPool, VkDescriptorSet, VkDevice

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkFreeDescriptorSets

vkFreeMemory(3)

Name

vkFreeMemory - Free GPU memory

C Specification

To free a memory object, call:

void vkFreeMemory(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    VkDeviceMemory                              memory,
    const VkAllocationCallbacks*                pAllocator);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that owns the memory.
• memory is the VkDeviceMemory object to be freed.
• pAllocator controls host memory allocation as described in the Memory Allocation chapter.

Description

Before freeing a memory object, an application must ensure the memory object is no longer in use by the device—​for example by command buffers queued for execution. The memory can remain bound to images or buffers at the time the memory object is freed, but any further use of them (on host or device) for anything other than destroying those objects will result in undefined behavior. If there are still any bound images or buffers, the memory may not be immediately released by the implementation, but must be released by the time all bound images and buffers have been destroyed. Once memory is released, it is returned to the heap from which it was allocated.

How memory objects are bound to Images and Buffers is described in detail in the Resource Memory Association section.

If a memory object is mapped at the time it is freed, it is implicitly unmapped.

Note

As described below, host writes are not implicitly flushed when the memory object is unmapped, but the implementation must guarantee that writes that have not been flushed do not affect any other memory.

Valid Usage

• All submitted commands that refer to memory (via images or buffers) must have completed execution

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• If memory is not VK_NULL_HANDLE, memory must be a valid VkDeviceMemory handle
• If pAllocator is not NULL, pAllocator must be a pointer to a valid VkAllocationCallbacks structure
• If memory is a valid handle, it must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from device

Host Synchronization

• Host access to memory must be externally synchronized

See Also

VkAllocationCallbacks, VkDevice, VkDeviceMemory

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkFreeMemory

vkGetBufferMemoryRequirements(3)

Name

vkGetBufferMemoryRequirements - Returns the memory requirements for specified Vulkan object

C Specification

To determine the memory requirements for a buffer resource, call:

void vkGetBufferMemoryRequirements(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    VkBuffer                                    buffer,
    VkMemoryRequirements*                       pMemoryRequirements);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that owns the buffer.
• buffer is the buffer to query.
• pMemoryRequirements points to an instance of the VkMemoryRequirements structure in which the memory requirements of the buffer object are returned.

Description

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• buffer must be a valid VkBuffer handle
• pMemoryRequirements must be a pointer to a VkMemoryRequirements structure
• buffer must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from device

See Also

VkBuffer, VkDevice, VkMemoryRequirements

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkGetBufferMemoryRequirements

vkGetDeviceMemoryCommitment(3)

Name

vkGetDeviceMemoryCommitment - Query the current commitment for a VkDeviceMemory

C Specification

To determine the amount of lazily-allocated memory that is currently committed for a memory object, call:

void vkGetDeviceMemoryCommitment(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    VkDeviceMemory                              memory,
    VkDeviceSize*                               pCommittedMemoryInBytes);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that owns the memory.
• memory is the memory object being queried.
• pCommittedMemoryInBytes is a pointer to a VkDeviceSize value in which the number of bytes currently committed is returned, on success.

Description

The implementation may update the commitment at any time, and the value returned by this query may be out of date.

The implementation guarantees to allocate any committed memory from the heapIndex indicated by the memory type that the memory object was created with.

Valid Usage

• memory must have been created with a memory type that reports VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_LAZILY_ALLOCATED_BIT

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• memory must be a valid VkDeviceMemory handle
• pCommittedMemoryInBytes must be a pointer to a VkDeviceSize value
• memory must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from device

See Also

VkDevice, VkDeviceMemory, VkDeviceSize

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkGetDeviceMemoryCommitment

vkGetDeviceProcAddr(3)

Name

vkGetDeviceProcAddr - Return a function pointer for a command

C Specification

In order to support systems with multiple Vulkan implementations comprising heterogeneous collections of hardware and software, the function pointers returned by vkGetInstanceProcAddr may point to dispatch code, which calls a different real implementation for different VkDevice objects (and objects created from them). The overhead of this internal dispatch can be avoided by obtaining device-specific function pointers for any commands that use a device or device-child object as their dispatchable object. Such function pointers can be obtained with the command:

PFN_vkVoidFunction vkGetDeviceProcAddr(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    const char*                                 pName);

Parameters

The table below defines the various use cases for vkGetDeviceProcAddr and expected return value for each case.

Description

The returned function pointer is of type PFN_vkVoidFunction, and must be cast to the type of the command being queried.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• pName must be a null-terminated UTF-8 string

See Also

PFN_vkVoidFunction, VkDevice

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkGetDeviceProcAddr

vkGetDeviceQueue(3)

Name

vkGetDeviceQueue - Get a queue handle from a device

C Specification

To retrieve a handle to a VkQueue object, call:

void vkGetDeviceQueue(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    uint32_t                                    queueFamilyIndex,
    uint32_t                                    queueIndex,
    VkQueue*                                    pQueue);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that owns the queue.
• queueFamilyIndex is the index of the queue family to which the queue belongs.
• queueIndex is the index within this queue family of the queue to retrieve.
• pQueue is a pointer to a VkQueue object that will be filled with the handle for the requested queue.

Description

Valid Usage

• queueFamilyIndex must be one of the queue family indices specified when device was created, via the VkDeviceQueueCreateInfo structure
• queueIndex must be less than the number of queues created for the specified queue family index when device was created, via the queueCount member of the VkDeviceQueueCreateInfo structure

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• pQueue must be a pointer to a VkQueue handle

See Also

VkDevice, VkQueue

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkGetDeviceQueue

vkGetEventStatus(3)

Name

vkGetEventStatus - Retrieve the status of an event object

C Specification

To query the state of an event from the host, call:

VkResult vkGetEventStatus(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    VkEvent                                     event);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that owns the event.
• event is the handle of the event to query.

Description

Upon success, vkGetEventStatus returns the state of the event object with the following return codes:

If a vkCmdSetEvent or vkCmdResetEvent command is in a command buffer that is in the pending state, then the value returned by this command may immediately be out of date.

The state of an event can be updated by the host. The state of the event is immediately changed, and subsequent calls to vkGetEventStatus will return the new state. If an event is already in the requested state, then updating it to the same state has no effect.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• event must be a valid VkEvent handle
• event must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from device

Return Codes

Success

• VK_EVENT_SET
• VK_EVENT_RESET

Failure

• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_DEVICE_LOST

See Also

VkDevice, VkEvent

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkGetEventStatus

vkGetFenceStatus(3)

Name

vkGetFenceStatus - Return the status of a fence

C Specification

To query the status of a fence from the host, call:

VkResult vkGetFenceStatus(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    VkFence                                     fence);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that owns the fence.
• fence is the handle of the fence to query.

Description

Upon success, vkGetFenceStatus returns the status of the fence object, with the following return codes:

If a queue submission command is pending execution, then the value returned by this command may immediately be out of date.

If the device has been lost (see Lost Device), vkGetFenceStatus may return any of the above status codes. If the device has been lost and vkGetFenceStatus is called repeatedly, it will eventually return either VK_SUCCESS or VK_DEVICE_LOST.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• fence must be a valid VkFence handle
• fence must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from device

Return Codes

Success

• VK_SUCCESS
• VK_NOT_READY

Failure

• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_DEVICE_LOST

See Also

VkDevice, VkFence

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkGetFenceStatus

vkGetImageMemoryRequirements(3)

Name

vkGetImageMemoryRequirements - Returns the memory requirements for specified Vulkan object

C Specification

To determine the memory requirements for an image resource, call:

void vkGetImageMemoryRequirements(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    VkImage                                     image,
    VkMemoryRequirements*                       pMemoryRequirements);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that owns the image.
• image is the image to query.
• pMemoryRequirements points to an instance of the VkMemoryRequirements structure in which the memory requirements of the image object are returned.

Description

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• image must be a valid VkImage handle
• pMemoryRequirements must be a pointer to a VkMemoryRequirements structure
• image must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from device

See Also

VkDevice, VkImage, VkMemoryRequirements

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkGetImageMemoryRequirements

vkGetImageSparseMemoryRequirements(3)

Name

vkGetImageSparseMemoryRequirements - Query the memory requirements for a sparse image

C Specification

To query sparse memory requirements for an image, call:

void vkGetImageSparseMemoryRequirements(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    VkImage                                     image,
    uint32_t*                                   pSparseMemoryRequirementCount,
    VkSparseImageMemoryRequirements*            pSparseMemoryRequirements);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that owns the image.
• image is the VkImage object to get the memory requirements for.
• pSparseMemoryRequirementCount is a pointer to an integer related to the number of sparse memory requirements available or queried, as described below.
• pSparseMemoryRequirements is either NULL or a pointer to an array of VkSparseImageMemoryRequirements structures.

Description

If pSparseMemoryRequirements is NULL, then the number of sparse memory requirements available is returned in pSparseMemoryRequirementCount. Otherwise, pSparseMemoryRequirementCount must point to a variable set by the user to the number of elements in the pSparseMemoryRequirements array, and on return the variable is overwritten with the number of structures actually written to pSparseMemoryRequirements. If pSparseMemoryRequirementCount is less than the number of sparse memory requirements available, at most pSparseMemoryRequirementCount structures will be written.

If the image was not created with VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_RESIDENCY_BIT then pSparseMemoryRequirementCount will be set to zero and pSparseMemoryRequirements will not be written to.

Note

It is legal for an implementation to report a larger value in VkMemoryRequirements::size than would be obtained by adding together memory sizes for all VkSparseImageMemoryRequirements returned by vkGetImageSparseMemoryRequirements. This may occur when the hardware requires unused padding in the address range describing the resource.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• image must be a valid VkImage handle
• pSparseMemoryRequirementCount must be a pointer to a uint32_t value
• If the value referenced by pSparseMemoryRequirementCount is not 0, and pSparseMemoryRequirements is not NULL, pSparseMemoryRequirements must be a pointer to an array of pSparseMemoryRequirementCount VkSparseImageMemoryRequirements structures
• image must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from device

See Also

VkDevice, VkImage, VkSparseImageMemoryRequirements

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkGetImageSparseMemoryRequirements

vkGetImageSubresourceLayout(3)

Name

vkGetImageSubresourceLayout - Retrieve information about an image subresource

C Specification

To query the host access layout of an image subresource, for an image created with linear tiling, call:

void vkGetImageSubresourceLayout(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    VkImage                                     image,
    const VkImageSubresource*                   pSubresource,
    VkSubresourceLayout*                        pLayout);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that owns the image.
• image is the image whose layout is being queried.
• pSubresource is a pointer to a VkImageSubresource structure selecting a specific image for the image subresource.
• pLayout points to a VkSubresourceLayout structure in which the layout is returned.

Description

vkGetImageSubresourceLayout is invariant for the lifetime of a single image.

Valid Usage

• image must have been created with tiling equal to VK_IMAGE_TILING_LINEAR
• The aspectMask member of pSubresource must only have a single bit set

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• image must be a valid VkImage handle
• pSubresource must be a pointer to a valid VkImageSubresource structure
• pLayout must be a pointer to a VkSubresourceLayout structure
• image must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from device

See Also

VkDevice, VkImage, VkImageSubresource, VkSubresourceLayout

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkGetImageSubresourceLayout

vkGetInstanceProcAddr(3)

Name

vkGetInstanceProcAddr - Return a function pointer for a command

C Specification

Vulkan commands are not necessarily exposed statically on a platform. Function pointers for all Vulkan commands can be obtained with the command:

PFN_vkVoidFunction vkGetInstanceProcAddr(
    VkInstance                                  instance,
    const char*                                 pName);

Parameters

• instance is the instance that the function pointer will be compatible with, or NULL for commands not dependent on any instance.
• pName is the name of the command to obtain.

Description

vkGetInstanceProcAddr itself is obtained in a platform- and loader- specific manner. Typically, the loader library will export this command as a function symbol, so applications can link against the loader library, or load it dynamically and look up the symbol using platform-specific APIs. Loaders are encouraged to export function symbols for all other core Vulkan commands as well; if this is done, then applications that use only the core Vulkan commands have no need to use vkGetInstanceProcAddr.

The table below defines the various use cases for vkGetInstanceProcAddr and expected return value ("fp" is function pointer) for each case.

The returned function pointer is of type PFN_vkVoidFunction, and must be cast to the type of the command being queried.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• If instance is not NULL, instance must be a valid VkInstance handle
• pName must be a null-terminated UTF-8 string

See Also

PFN_vkVoidFunction, VkInstance

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkGetInstanceProcAddr

vkGetPhysicalDeviceFeatures(3)

Name

vkGetPhysicalDeviceFeatures - Reports capabilities of a physical device

C Specification

To query supported features, call:

void vkGetPhysicalDeviceFeatures(
    VkPhysicalDevice                            physicalDevice,
    VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures*                   pFeatures);

Parameters

• physicalDevice is the physical device from which to query the supported features.
• pFeatures is a pointer to a VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures structure in which the physical device features are returned. For each feature, a value of VK_TRUE indicates that the feature is supported on this physical device, and VK_FALSE indicates that the feature is not supported.

Description

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• physicalDevice must be a valid VkPhysicalDevice handle
• pFeatures must be a pointer to a VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures structure

See Also

VkPhysicalDevice, VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkGetPhysicalDeviceFeatures

vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties(3)

Name

vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties - Lists physical device’s format capabilities

C Specification

To query supported format features which are properties of the physical device, call:

void vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties(
    VkPhysicalDevice                            physicalDevice,
    VkFormat                                    format,
    VkFormatProperties*                         pFormatProperties);

Parameters

• physicalDevice is the physical device from which to query the format properties.
• format is the format whose properties are queried.
• pFormatProperties is a pointer to a VkFormatProperties structure in which physical device properties for format are returned.

Description

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• physicalDevice must be a valid VkPhysicalDevice handle
• format must be a valid VkFormat value
• pFormatProperties must be a pointer to a VkFormatProperties structure

See Also

VkFormat, VkFormatProperties, VkPhysicalDevice

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties

vkGetPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties(3)

Name

vkGetPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties - Lists physical device’s image format capabilities

C Specification

To query additional capabilities specific to image types, call:

VkResult vkGetPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties(
    VkPhysicalDevice                            physicalDevice,
    VkFormat                                    format,
    VkImageType                                 type,
    VkImageTiling                               tiling,
    VkImageUsageFlags                           usage,
    VkImageCreateFlags                          flags,
    VkImageFormatProperties*                    pImageFormatProperties);

Parameters

• physicalDevice is the physical device from which to query the image capabilities.
• format is a VkFormat value specifying the image format, corresponding to VkImageCreateInfo::format.
• type is a VkImageType value specifying the image type, corresponding to VkImageCreateInfo::imageType.
• tiling is a VkImageTiling value specifying the image tiling, corresponding to VkImageCreateInfo::tiling.
• usage is a bitmask of VkImageUsageFlagBits specifying the intended usage of the image, corresponding to VkImageCreateInfo::usage.
• flags is a bitmask of VkImageCreateFlagBits specifying additional parameters of the image, corresponding to VkImageCreateInfo::flags.
• pImageFormatProperties points to an instance of the VkImageFormatProperties structure in which capabilities are returned.

Description

The format, type, tiling, usage, and flags parameters correspond to parameters that would be consumed by vkCreateImage (as members of VkImageCreateInfo).

If format is not a supported image format, or if the combination of format, type, tiling, usage, and flags is not supported for images, then vkGetPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties returns VK_ERROR_FORMAT_NOT_SUPPORTED.

The limitations on an image format that are reported by vkGetPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties have the following property: if usage1 and usage2 of type VkImageUsageFlags are such that the bits set in usage1 are a subset of the bits set in usage2, and flags1 and flags2 of type VkImageCreateFlags are such that the bits set in flags1 are a subset of the bits set in flags2, then the limitations for usage1 and flags1 must be no more strict than the limitations for usage2 and flags2, for all values of format, type, and tiling.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• physicalDevice must be a valid VkPhysicalDevice handle
• format must be a valid VkFormat value
• type must be a valid VkImageType value
• tiling must be a valid VkImageTiling value
• usage must be a valid combination of VkImageUsageFlagBits values
• usage must not be 0
• flags must be a valid combination of VkImageCreateFlagBits values
• pImageFormatProperties must be a pointer to a VkImageFormatProperties structure

Return Codes

Success

• VK_SUCCESS

Failure

• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_FORMAT_NOT_SUPPORTED

See Also

VkFormat, VkImageCreateFlags, VkImageFormatProperties, VkImageTiling, VkImageType, VkImageUsageFlags, VkPhysicalDevice

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkGetPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties

vkGetPhysicalDeviceMemoryProperties(3)

Name

vkGetPhysicalDeviceMemoryProperties - Reports memory information for the specified physical device

C Specification

To query memory properties, call:

void vkGetPhysicalDeviceMemoryProperties(
    VkPhysicalDevice                            physicalDevice,
    VkPhysicalDeviceMemoryProperties*           pMemoryProperties);

Parameters

• physicalDevice is the handle to the device to query.
• pMemoryProperties points to an instance of VkPhysicalDeviceMemoryProperties structure in which the properties are returned.

Description

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• physicalDevice must be a valid VkPhysicalDevice handle
• pMemoryProperties must be a pointer to a VkPhysicalDeviceMemoryProperties structure

See Also

VkPhysicalDevice, VkPhysicalDeviceMemoryProperties

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkGetPhysicalDeviceMemoryProperties

vkGetPhysicalDeviceProperties(3)

Name

vkGetPhysicalDeviceProperties - Returns properties of a physical device

C Specification

To query general properties of physical devices once enumerated, call:

void vkGetPhysicalDeviceProperties(
    VkPhysicalDevice                            physicalDevice,
    VkPhysicalDeviceProperties*                 pProperties);

Parameters

• physicalDevice is the handle to the physical device whose properties will be queried.
• pProperties points to an instance of the VkPhysicalDeviceProperties structure, that will be filled with returned information.

Description

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• physicalDevice must be a valid VkPhysicalDevice handle
• pProperties must be a pointer to a VkPhysicalDeviceProperties structure

See Also

VkPhysicalDevice, VkPhysicalDeviceProperties

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkGetPhysicalDeviceProperties

vkGetPhysicalDeviceQueueFamilyProperties(3)

Name

vkGetPhysicalDeviceQueueFamilyProperties - Reports properties of the queues of the specified physical device

C Specification

To query properties of queues available on a physical device, call:

void vkGetPhysicalDeviceQueueFamilyProperties(
    VkPhysicalDevice                            physicalDevice,
    uint32_t*                                   pQueueFamilyPropertyCount,
    VkQueueFamilyProperties*                    pQueueFamilyProperties);

Parameters

• physicalDevice is the handle to the physical device whose properties will be queried.
• pQueueFamilyPropertyCount is a pointer to an integer related to the number of queue families available or queried, as described below.
• pQueueFamilyProperties is either NULL or a pointer to an array of VkQueueFamilyProperties structures.

Description

If pQueueFamilyProperties is NULL, then the number of queue families available is returned in pQueueFamilyPropertyCount. Otherwise, pQueueFamilyPropertyCount must point to a variable set by the user to the number of elements in the pQueueFamilyProperties array, and on return the variable is overwritten with the number of structures actually written to pQueueFamilyProperties. If pQueueFamilyPropertyCount is less than the number of queue families available, at most pQueueFamilyPropertyCount structures will be written.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• physicalDevice must be a valid VkPhysicalDevice handle
• pQueueFamilyPropertyCount must be a pointer to a uint32_t value
• If the value referenced by pQueueFamilyPropertyCount is not 0, and pQueueFamilyProperties is not NULL, pQueueFamilyProperties must be a pointer to an array of pQueueFamilyPropertyCount VkQueueFamilyProperties structures

See Also

VkPhysicalDevice, VkQueueFamilyProperties

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkGetPhysicalDeviceQueueFamilyProperties

vkGetPhysicalDeviceSparseImageFormatProperties(3)

Name

vkGetPhysicalDeviceSparseImageFormatProperties - Retrieve properties of an image format applied to sparse images

C Specification

vkGetPhysicalDeviceSparseImageFormatProperties returns an array of VkSparseImageFormatProperties. Each element will describe properties for one set of image aspects that are bound simultaneously in the image. This is usually one element for each aspect in the image, but for interleaved depth/stencil images there is only one element describing the combined aspects.

void vkGetPhysicalDeviceSparseImageFormatProperties(
    VkPhysicalDevice                            physicalDevice,
    VkFormat                                    format,
    VkImageType                                 type,
    VkSampleCountFlagBits                       samples,
    VkImageUsageFlags                           usage,
    VkImageTiling                               tiling,
    uint32_t*                                   pPropertyCount,
    VkSparseImageFormatProperties*              pProperties);

Parameters

• physicalDevice is the physical device from which to query the sparse image capabilities.
• format is the image format.
• type is the dimensionality of image.
• samples is the number of samples per pixel as defined in VkSampleCountFlagBits.
• usage is a bitmask describing the intended usage of the image.
• tiling is the tiling arrangement of the data elements in memory.
• pPropertyCount is a pointer to an integer related to the number of sparse format properties available or queried, as described below.
• pProperties is either NULL or a pointer to an array of VkSparseImageFormatProperties structures.

Description

If pProperties is NULL, then the number of sparse format properties available is returned in pPropertyCount. Otherwise, pPropertyCount must point to a variable set by the user to the number of elements in the pProperties array, and on return the variable is overwritten with the number of structures actually written to pProperties. If pPropertyCount is less than the number of sparse format properties available, at most pPropertyCount structures will be written.

If VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_RESIDENCY_BIT is not supported for the given arguments, pPropertyCount will be set to zero upon return, and no data will be written to pProperties.

Multiple aspects are returned for depth/stencil images that are implemented as separate planes by the implementation. The depth and stencil data planes each have unique VkSparseImageFormatProperties data.

Depth/stencil images with depth and stencil data interleaved into a single plane will return a single VkSparseImageFormatProperties structure with the aspectMask set to VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_DEPTH_BIT | VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_STENCIL_BIT.

Valid Usage

• samples must be a bit value that is set in VkImageFormatProperties::sampleCounts returned by vkGetPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties with format, type, tiling, and usage equal to those in this command and flags equal to the value that is set in VkImageCreateInfo::flags when the image is created

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• physicalDevice must be a valid VkPhysicalDevice handle
• format must be a valid VkFormat value
• type must be a valid VkImageType value
• samples must be a valid VkSampleCountFlagBits value
• usage must be a valid combination of VkImageUsageFlagBits values
• usage must not be 0
• tiling must be a valid VkImageTiling value
• pPropertyCount must be a pointer to a uint32_t value
• If the value referenced by pPropertyCount is not 0, and pProperties is not NULL, pProperties must be a pointer to an array of pPropertyCount VkSparseImageFormatProperties structures

See Also

VkFormat, VkImageTiling, VkImageType, VkImageUsageFlags, VkPhysicalDevice, VkSampleCountFlagBits, VkSparseImageFormatProperties

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkGetPhysicalDeviceSparseImageFormatProperties

vkGetPipelineCacheData(3)

Name

vkGetPipelineCacheData - Get the data store from a pipeline cache

C Specification

Data can be retrieved from a pipeline cache object using the command:

VkResult vkGetPipelineCacheData(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    VkPipelineCache                             pipelineCache,
    size_t*                                     pDataSize,
    void*                                       pData);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that owns the pipeline cache.
• pipelineCache is the pipeline cache to retrieve data from.
• pDataSize is a pointer to a value related to the amount of data in the pipeline cache, as described below.
• pData is either NULL or a pointer to a buffer.

Description

If pData is NULL, then the maximum size of the data that can be retrieved from the pipeline cache, in bytes, is returned in pDataSize. Otherwise, pDataSize must point to a variable set by the user to the size of the buffer, in bytes, pointed to by pData, and on return the variable is overwritten with the amount of data actually written to pData.

If pDataSize is less than the maximum size that can be retrieved by the pipeline cache, at most pDataSize bytes will be written to pData, and vkGetPipelineCacheData will return VK_INCOMPLETE. Any data written to pData is valid and can be provided as the pInitialData member of the VkPipelineCacheCreateInfo structure passed to vkCreatePipelineCache.

Two calls to vkGetPipelineCacheData with the same parameters must retrieve the same data unless a command that modifies the contents of the cache is called between them.

Applications can store the data retrieved from the pipeline cache, and use these data, possibly in a future run of the application, to populate new pipeline cache objects. The results of pipeline compiles, however, may depend on the vendor ID, device ID, driver version, and other details of the device. To enable applications to detect when previously retrieved data is incompatible with the device, the initial bytes written to pData must be a header consisting of the following members:

The first four bytes encode the length of the entire pipeline header, in bytes. This value includes all fields in the header including the pipeline cache version field and the size of the length field.

The next four bytes encode the pipeline cache version, as described for VkPipelineCacheHeaderVersion. A consumer of the pipeline cache should use the cache version to interpret the remainder of the cache header.

If pDataSize is less than what is necessary to store this header, nothing will be written to pData and zero will be written to pDataSize.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• pipelineCache must be a valid VkPipelineCache handle
• pDataSize must be a pointer to a size_t value
• If the value referenced by pDataSize is not 0, and pData is not NULL, pData must be a pointer to an array of pDataSize bytes
• pipelineCache must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from device

Return Codes

Success

• VK_SUCCESS
• VK_INCOMPLETE

Failure

• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY

See Also

VkDevice, VkPipelineCache

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkGetPipelineCacheData

vkGetQueryPoolResults(3)

Name

vkGetQueryPoolResults - Copy results of queries in a query pool to a host memory region

C Specification

To retrieve status and results for a set of queries, call:

VkResult vkGetQueryPoolResults(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    VkQueryPool                                 queryPool,
    uint32_t                                    firstQuery,
    uint32_t                                    queryCount,
    size_t                                      dataSize,
    void*                                       pData,
    VkDeviceSize                                stride,
    VkQueryResultFlags                          flags);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that owns the query pool.
• queryPool is the query pool managing the queries containing the desired results.
• firstQuery is the initial query index.
• queryCount is the number of queries. firstQuery and queryCount together define a range of queries. For pipeline statistics queries, each query index in the pool contains one integer value for each bit that is enabled in VkQueryPoolCreateInfo::pipelineStatistics when the pool is created.
• dataSize is the size in bytes of the buffer pointed to by pData.
• pData is a pointer to a user-allocated buffer where the results will be written
• stride is the stride in bytes between results for individual queries within pData.
• flags is a bitmask of VkQueryResultFlagBits specifying how and when results are returned.

Description

If no bits are set in flags, and all requested queries are in the available state, results are written as an array of 32-bit unsigned integer values. The behavior when not all queries are available, is described below.

If VK_QUERY_RESULT_64_BIT is not set and the result overflows a 32-bit value, the value may either wrap or saturate. Similarly, if VK_QUERY_RESULT_64_BIT is set and the result overflows a 64-bit value, the value may either wrap or saturate.

If VK_QUERY_RESULT_WAIT_BIT is set, Vulkan will wait for each query to be in the available state before retrieving the numerical results for that query. In this case, vkGetQueryPoolResults is guaranteed to succeed and return VK_SUCCESS if the queries become available in a finite time (i.e. if they have been issued and not reset). If queries will never finish (e.g. due to being reset but not issued), then vkGetQueryPoolResults may not return in finite time.

If VK_QUERY_RESULT_WAIT_BIT and VK_QUERY_RESULT_PARTIAL_BIT are both not set then no result values are written to pData for queries that are in the unavailable state at the time of the call, and vkGetQueryPoolResults returns VK_NOT_READY. However, availability state is still written to pData for those queries if VK_QUERY_RESULT_WITH_AVAILABILITY_BIT is set.

Note

Applications must take care to ensure that use of the VK_QUERY_RESULT_WAIT_BIT bit has the desired effect.

For example, if a query has been used previously and a command buffer records the commands vkCmdResetQueryPool, vkCmdBeginQuery, and vkCmdEndQuery for that query, then the query will remain in the available state until the vkCmdResetQueryPool command executes on a queue. Applications can use fences or events to ensure that a query has already been reset before checking for its results or availability status. Otherwise, a stale value could be returned from a previous use of the query.

The above also applies when VK_QUERY_RESULT_WAIT_BIT is used in combination with VK_QUERY_RESULT_WITH_AVAILABILITY_BIT. In this case, the returned availability status may reflect the result of a previous use of the query unless the vkCmdResetQueryPool command has been executed since the last use of the query.

Note

Applications can double-buffer query pool usage, with a pool per frame, and reset queries at the end of the frame in which they are read.

If VK_QUERY_RESULT_PARTIAL_BIT is set, VK_QUERY_RESULT_WAIT_BIT is not set, and the query’s status is unavailable, an intermediate result value between zero and the final result value is written to pData for that query.

VK_QUERY_RESULT_PARTIAL_BIT must not be used if the pool’s queryType is VK_QUERY_TYPE_TIMESTAMP.

If VK_QUERY_RESULT_WITH_AVAILABILITY_BIT is set, the final integer value written for each query is non-zero if the query’s status was available or zero if the status was unavailable. When VK_QUERY_RESULT_WITH_AVAILABILITY_BIT is used, implementations must guarantee that if they return a non-zero availability value then the numerical results must be valid, assuming the results are not reset by a subsequent command.

Note

Satisfying this guarantee may require careful ordering by the application, e.g. to read the availability status before reading the results.

Valid Usage

• firstQuery must be less than the number of queries in queryPool
• If VK_QUERY_RESULT_64_BIT is not set in flags then pData and stride must be multiples of 4
• If VK_QUERY_RESULT_64_BIT is set in flags then pData and stride must be multiples of 8
• The sum of firstQuery and queryCount must be less than or equal to the number of queries in queryPool
• dataSize must be large enough to contain the result of each query, as described here
• If the queryType used to create queryPool was VK_QUERY_TYPE_TIMESTAMP, flags must not contain VK_QUERY_RESULT_PARTIAL_BIT

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• queryPool must be a valid VkQueryPool handle
• pData must be a pointer to an array of dataSize bytes
• flags must be a valid combination of VkQueryResultFlagBits values
• dataSize must be greater than 0
• queryPool must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from device

Return Codes

Success

• VK_SUCCESS
• VK_NOT_READY

Failure

• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_DEVICE_LOST

See Also

VkDevice, VkDeviceSize, VkQueryPool, VkQueryResultFlags

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkGetQueryPoolResults

vkGetRenderAreaGranularity(3)

Name

vkGetRenderAreaGranularity - Returns the granularity for optimal render area

C Specification

To query the render area granularity, call:

void vkGetRenderAreaGranularity(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    VkRenderPass                                renderPass,
    VkExtent2D*                                 pGranularity);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that owns the render pass.
• renderPass is a handle to a render pass.
• pGranularity points to a VkExtent2D structure in which the granularity is returned.

Description

The conditions leading to an optimal renderArea are:

• the offset.x member in renderArea is a multiple of the width member of the returned VkExtent2D (the horizontal granularity).
• the offset.y member in renderArea is a multiple of the height of the returned VkExtent2D (the vertical granularity).
• either the offset.width member in renderArea is a multiple of the horizontal granularity or offset.x+offset.width is equal to the width of the framebuffer in the VkRenderPassBeginInfo.
• either the offset.height member in renderArea is a multiple of the vertical granularity or offset.y+offset.height is equal to the height of the framebuffer in the VkRenderPassBeginInfo.

Subpass dependencies are not affected by the render area, and apply to the entire image subresources attached to the framebuffer as specified in the description of automatic layout transitions. Similarly, pipeline barriers are valid even if their effect extends outside the render area.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• renderPass must be a valid VkRenderPass handle
• pGranularity must be a pointer to a VkExtent2D structure
• renderPass must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from device

See Also

VkDevice, VkExtent2D, VkRenderPass

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkGetRenderAreaGranularity

vkInvalidateMappedMemoryRanges(3)

Name

vkInvalidateMappedMemoryRanges - Invalidate ranges of mapped memory objects

C Specification

To invalidate ranges of non-coherent memory from the host caches, call:

VkResult vkInvalidateMappedMemoryRanges(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    uint32_t                                    memoryRangeCount,
    const VkMappedMemoryRange*                  pMemoryRanges);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that owns the memory ranges.
• memoryRangeCount is the length of the pMemoryRanges array.
• pMemoryRanges is a pointer to an array of VkMappedMemoryRange structures describing the memory ranges to invalidate.

Description

vkInvalidateMappedMemoryRanges guarantees that device writes to the memory ranges described by pMemoryRanges, which have been made visible to the VK_ACCESS_HOST_WRITE_BIT and VK_ACCESS_HOST_READ_BIT access types, are made visible to the host. If a range of non-coherent memory is written by the host and then invalidated without first being flushed, its contents are undefined.

Note

Mapping non-coherent memory does not implicitly invalidate the mapped memory, and device writes that have not been invalidated must be made visible before the host reads or overwrites them.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• pMemoryRanges must be a pointer to an array of memoryRangeCount valid VkMappedMemoryRange structures
• memoryRangeCount must be greater than 0

Return Codes

Success

• VK_SUCCESS

Failure

• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY

See Also

VkDevice, VkMappedMemoryRange

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkInvalidateMappedMemoryRanges

vkMapMemory(3)

Name

vkMapMemory - Map a memory object into application address space

C Specification

To retrieve a host virtual address pointer to a region of a mappable memory object, call:

VkResult vkMapMemory(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    VkDeviceMemory                              memory,
    VkDeviceSize                                offset,
    VkDeviceSize                                size,
    VkMemoryMapFlags                            flags,
    void**                                      ppData);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that owns the memory.
• memory is the VkDeviceMemory object to be mapped.
• offset is a zero-based byte offset from the beginning of the memory object.
• size is the size of the memory range to map, or VK_WHOLE_SIZE to map from offset to the end of the allocation.
• flags is reserved for future use.
• ppData points to a pointer in which is returned a host-accessible pointer to the beginning of the mapped range. This pointer minus offset must be aligned to at least VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::minMemoryMapAlignment.

Description

It is an application error to call vkMapMemory on a memory object that is already mapped.

Note

vkMapMemory will fail if the implementation is unable to allocate an appropriately sized contiguous virtual address range, e.g. due to virtual address space fragmentation or platform limits. In such cases, vkMapMemory must return VK_ERROR_MEMORY_MAP_FAILED. The application can improve the likelihood of success by reducing the size of the mapped range and/or removing unneeded mappings using VkUnmapMemory.

vkMapMemory does not check whether the device memory is currently in use before returning the host-accessible pointer. The application must guarantee that any previously submitted command that writes to this range has completed before the host reads from or writes to that range, and that any previously submitted command that reads from that range has completed before the host writes to that region (see here for details on fulfilling such a guarantee). If the device memory was allocated without the VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_HOST_COHERENT_BIT set, these guarantees must be made for an extended range: the application must round down the start of the range to the nearest multiple of VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::nonCoherentAtomSize, and round the end of the range up to the nearest multiple of VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::nonCoherentAtomSize.

While a range of device memory is mapped for host access, the application is responsible for synchronizing both device and host access to that memory range.

Note

It is important for the application developer to become meticulously familiar with all of the mechanisms described in the chapter on Synchronization and Cache Control as they are crucial to maintaining memory access ordering.

Valid Usage

• memory must not currently be mapped
• offset must be less than the size of memory
• If size is not equal to VK_WHOLE_SIZE, size must be greater than 0
• If size is not equal to VK_WHOLE_SIZE, size must be less than or equal to the size of the memory minus offset
• memory must have been created with a memory type that reports VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_HOST_VISIBLE_BIT

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• memory must be a valid VkDeviceMemory handle
• flags must be 0
• ppData must be a pointer to a pointer
• memory must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from device

Host Synchronization

• Host access to memory must be externally synchronized

Return Codes

Success

• VK_SUCCESS

Failure

• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_MEMORY_MAP_FAILED

See Also

VkDevice, VkDeviceMemory, VkDeviceSize, VkMemoryMapFlags

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkMapMemory

vkMergePipelineCaches(3)

Name

vkMergePipelineCaches - Combine the data stores of pipeline caches

C Specification

Pipeline cache objects can be merged using the command:

VkResult vkMergePipelineCaches(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    VkPipelineCache                             dstCache,
    uint32_t                                    srcCacheCount,
    const VkPipelineCache*                      pSrcCaches);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that owns the pipeline cache objects.
• dstCache is the handle of the pipeline cache to merge results into.
• srcCacheCount is the length of the pSrcCaches array.
• pSrcCaches is an array of pipeline cache handles, which will be merged into dstCache. The previous contents of dstCache are included after the merge.

Description

Note

The details of the merge operation are implementation dependent, but implementations should merge the contents of the specified pipelines and prune duplicate entries.

Valid Usage

• dstCache must not appear in the list of source caches

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• dstCache must be a valid VkPipelineCache handle
• pSrcCaches must be a pointer to an array of srcCacheCount valid VkPipelineCache handles
• srcCacheCount must be greater than 0
• dstCache must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from device
• Each element of pSrcCaches must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from device

Host Synchronization

• Host access to dstCache must be externally synchronized

Return Codes

Success

• VK_SUCCESS

Failure

• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY

See Also

VkDevice, VkPipelineCache

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkMergePipelineCaches

vkQueueBindSparse(3)

Name

vkQueueBindSparse - Bind device memory to a sparse resource object

C Specification

To submit sparse binding operations to a queue, call:

VkResult vkQueueBindSparse(
    VkQueue                                     queue,
    uint32_t                                    bindInfoCount,
    const VkBindSparseInfo*                     pBindInfo,
    VkFence                                     fence);

Parameters

• queue is the queue that the sparse binding operations will be submitted to.
• bindInfoCount is the number of elements in the pBindInfo array.
• pBindInfo is an array of VkBindSparseInfo structures, each specifying a sparse binding submission batch.
• fence is an optional handle to a fence to be signaled. If fence is not VK_NULL_HANDLE, it defines a fence signal operation.

Description

vkQueueBindSparse is a queue submission command, with each batch defined by an element of pBindInfo as an instance of the VkBindSparseInfo structure. Batches begin execution in the order they appear in pBindInfo, but may complete out of order.

Within a batch, a given range of a resource must not be bound more than once. Across batches, if a range is to be bound to one allocation and offset and then to another allocation and offset, then the application must guarantee (usually using semaphores) that the binding operations are executed in the correct order, as well as to order binding operations against the execution of command buffer submissions.

As no operation to vkQueueBindSparse causes any pipeline stage to access memory, synchronization primitives used in this command effectively only define execution dependencies.

Additional information about fence and semaphore operation is described in the synchronization chapter.

Valid Usage

• If fence is not VK_NULL_HANDLE, fence must be unsignaled
• If fence is not VK_NULL_HANDLE, fence must not be associated with any other queue command that has not yet completed execution on that queue
• Any given element of the pSignalSemaphores member of any element of pBindInfo must be unsignaled when the semaphore signal operation it defines is executed on the device
• When a semaphore unsignal operation defined by any element of the pWaitSemaphores member of any element of pBindInfo executes on queue, no other queue must be waiting on the same semaphore.
• All elements of the pWaitSemaphores member of all elements of pBindInfo must be semaphores that are signaled, or have semaphore signal operations previously submitted for execution.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• queue must be a valid VkQueue handle
• If bindInfoCount is not 0, pBindInfo must be a pointer to an array of bindInfoCount valid VkBindSparseInfo structures
• If fence is not VK_NULL_HANDLE, fence must be a valid VkFence handle
• The queue must support sparse binding operations
• Both of fence, and queue that are valid handles must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from the same VkDevice

Host Synchronization

• Host access to queue must be externally synchronized
• Host access to pBindInfo[].pWaitSemaphores[] must be externally synchronized
• Host access to pBindInfo[].pSignalSemaphores[] must be externally synchronized
• Host access to pBindInfo[].pBufferBinds[].buffer must be externally synchronized
• Host access to pBindInfo[].pImageOpaqueBinds[].image must be externally synchronized
• Host access to pBindInfo[].pImageBinds[].image must be externally synchronized
• Host access to fence must be externally synchronized

Command Properties

Command Buffer Levels	Render Pass Scope	Supported Queue Types	Pipeline Type
-	-	SPARSE_BINDING	-

Return Codes

Success

• VK_SUCCESS

Failure

• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_DEVICE_LOST

See Also

VkBindSparseInfo, VkFence, VkQueue

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkQueueBindSparse

vkQueueSubmit(3)

Name

vkQueueSubmit - Submits a sequence of semaphores or command buffers to a queue

C Specification

To submit command buffers to a queue, call:

VkResult vkQueueSubmit(
    VkQueue                                     queue,
    uint32_t                                    submitCount,
    const VkSubmitInfo*                         pSubmits,
    VkFence                                     fence);

Parameters

• queue is the queue that the command buffers will be submitted to.
• submitCount is the number of elements in the pSubmits array.
• pSubmits is a pointer to an array of VkSubmitInfo structures, each specifying a command buffer submission batch.
• fence is an optional handle to a fence to be signaled. If fence is not VK_NULL_HANDLE, it defines a fence signal operation.

Description

Note

Submission can be a high overhead operation, and applications should attempt to batch work together into as few calls to vkQueueSubmit as possible.

vkQueueSubmit is a queue submission command, with each batch defined by an element of pSubmits as an instance of the VkSubmitInfo structure. Batches begin execution in the order they appear in pSubmits, but may complete out of order.

Fence and semaphore operations submitted with vkQueueSubmit have additional ordering constraints compared to other submission commands, with dependencies involving previous and subsequent queue operations. Information about these additional constraints can be found in the semaphore and fence sections of the synchronization chapter.

Details on the interaction of pWaitDstStageMask with synchronization are described in the semaphore wait operation section of the synchronization chapter.

The order that batches appear in pSubmits is used to determine submission order, and thus all the implicit ordering guarantees that respect it. Other than these implicit ordering guarantees and any explicit synchronization primitives, these batches may overlap or otherwise execute out of order.

If any command buffer submitted to this queue is in the executable state, it is moved to the pending state. Once execution of all submissions of a command buffer complete, it moves from the pending state, back to the executable state. If a command buffer was recorded with the VK_COMMAND_BUFFER_USAGE_ONE_TIME_SUBMIT_BIT flag, it instead moves back to the invalid state.

If vkQueueSubmit fails, it may return VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY or VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY. If it does, the implementation must ensure that the state and contents of any resources or synchronization primitives referenced by the submitted command buffers and any semaphores referenced by pSubmits is unaffected by the call or its failure. If vkQueueSubmit fails in such a way that the implementation can not make that guarantee, the implementation must return VK_ERROR_DEVICE_LOST. See Lost Device.

Valid Usage

• If fence is not VK_NULL_HANDLE, fence must be unsignaled
• If fence is not VK_NULL_HANDLE, fence must not be associated with any other queue command that has not yet completed execution on that queue
• Any calls to vkCmdSetEvent, vkCmdResetEvent or vkCmdWaitEvents that have been recorded into any of the command buffer elements of the pCommandBuffers member of any element of pSubmits, must not reference any VkEvent that is referenced by any of those commands in a command buffer that has been submitted to another queue and is still in the pending state.
• Any stage flag included in any element of the pWaitDstStageMask member of any element of pSubmits must be a pipeline stage supported by one of the capabilities of queue, as specified in the table of supported pipeline stages.
• Any given element of the pSignalSemaphores member of any element of pSubmits must be unsignaled when the semaphore signal operation it defines is executed on the device
• When a semaphore unsignal operation defined by any element of the pWaitSemaphores member of any element of pSubmits executes on queue, no other queue must be waiting on the same semaphore.
• All elements of the pWaitSemaphores member of all elements of pSubmits must be semaphores that are signaled, or have semaphore signal operations previously submitted for execution.
• Any given element of the pCommandBuffers member of any element of pSubmits must be in the pending or executable state.
• If any given element of the pCommandBuffers member of any element of pSubmits was not recorded with the VK_COMMAND_BUFFER_USAGE_SIMULTANEOUS_USE_BIT, it must not be in the pending state.
• Any secondary command buffers recorded into any given element of the pCommandBuffers member of any element of pSubmits must be in the pending or executable state.
• If any secondary command buffers recorded into any given element of the pCommandBuffers member of any element of pSubmits was not recorded with the VK_COMMAND_BUFFER_USAGE_SIMULTANEOUS_USE_BIT, it must not be in the pending state.
• Any given element of the pCommandBuffers member of any element of pSubmits must have been allocated from a VkCommandPool that was created for the same queue family queue belongs to.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• queue must be a valid VkQueue handle
• If submitCount is not 0, pSubmits must be a pointer to an array of submitCount valid VkSubmitInfo structures
• If fence is not VK_NULL_HANDLE, fence must be a valid VkFence handle
• Both of fence, and queue that are valid handles must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from the same VkDevice

Host Synchronization

• Host access to queue must be externally synchronized
• Host access to pSubmits[].pWaitSemaphores[] must be externally synchronized
• Host access to pSubmits[].pSignalSemaphores[] must be externally synchronized
• Host access to fence must be externally synchronized

Command Properties

Command Buffer Levels	Render Pass Scope	Supported Queue Types	Pipeline Type
-	-	Any	-

Return Codes

Success

• VK_SUCCESS

Failure

• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_DEVICE_LOST

See Also

VkFence, VkQueue, VkSubmitInfo

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkQueueSubmit

vkQueueWaitIdle(3)

Name

vkQueueWaitIdle - Wait for a queue to become idle

C Specification

To wait on the host for the completion of outstanding queue operations for a given queue, call:

VkResult vkQueueWaitIdle(
    VkQueue                                     queue);

Parameters

• queue is the queue on which to wait.

Description

vkQueueWaitIdle is equivalent to submitting a fence to a queue and waiting with an infinite timeout for that fence to signal.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• queue must be a valid VkQueue handle

Command Properties

Command Buffer Levels	Render Pass Scope	Supported Queue Types	Pipeline Type
-	-	Any	-

Return Codes

Success

• VK_SUCCESS

Failure

• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_DEVICE_LOST

See Also

VkQueue

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkQueueWaitIdle

vkResetCommandBuffer(3)

Name

vkResetCommandBuffer - Reset a command buffer to the initial state

C Specification

To reset command buffers, call:

VkResult vkResetCommandBuffer(
    VkCommandBuffer                             commandBuffer,
    VkCommandBufferResetFlags                   flags);

Parameters

• commandBuffer is the command buffer to reset. The command buffer can be in any state other than pending, and is moved into the initial state.
• flags is a bitmask of VkCommandBufferResetFlagBits controlling the reset operation.

Description

Any primary command buffer that is in the recording or executable state and has commandBuffer recorded into it, becomes invalid.

Valid Usage

• commandBuffer must not be in the pending state
• commandBuffer must have been allocated from a pool that was created with the VK_COMMAND_POOL_CREATE_RESET_COMMAND_BUFFER_BIT

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• commandBuffer must be a valid VkCommandBuffer handle
• flags must be a valid combination of VkCommandBufferResetFlagBits values

Host Synchronization

• Host access to commandBuffer must be externally synchronized

Return Codes

Success

• VK_SUCCESS

Failure

• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY

See Also

VkCommandBuffer, VkCommandBufferResetFlags

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkResetCommandBuffer

vkResetCommandPool(3)

Name

vkResetCommandPool - Reset a command pool

C Specification

To reset a command pool, call:

VkResult vkResetCommandPool(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    VkCommandPool                               commandPool,
    VkCommandPoolResetFlags                     flags);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that owns the command pool.
• commandPool is the command pool to reset.
• flags is a bitmask of VkCommandPoolResetFlagBits controlling the reset operation.

Description

Resetting a command pool recycles all of the resources from all of the command buffers allocated from the command pool back to the command pool. All command buffers that have been allocated from the command pool are put in the initial state.

Any primary command buffer allocated from another VkCommandPool that is in the recording or executable state and has a secondary command buffer allocated from commandPool recorded into it, becomes invalid.

Valid Usage

• All VkCommandBuffer objects allocated from commandPool must not be in the pending state

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• commandPool must be a valid VkCommandPool handle
• flags must be a valid combination of VkCommandPoolResetFlagBits values
• commandPool must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from device

Host Synchronization

• Host access to commandPool must be externally synchronized

Return Codes

Success

• VK_SUCCESS

Failure

• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY

See Also

VkCommandPool, VkCommandPoolResetFlags, VkDevice

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkResetCommandPool

vkResetDescriptorPool(3)

Name

vkResetDescriptorPool - Resets a descriptor pool object

C Specification

To return all descriptor sets allocated from a given pool to the pool, rather than freeing individual descriptor sets, call:

VkResult vkResetDescriptorPool(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    VkDescriptorPool                            descriptorPool,
    VkDescriptorPoolResetFlags                  flags);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that owns the descriptor pool.
• descriptorPool is the descriptor pool to be reset.
• flags is reserved for future use.

Description

Resetting a descriptor pool recycles all of the resources from all of the descriptor sets allocated from the descriptor pool back to the descriptor pool, and the descriptor sets are implicitly freed.

Valid Usage

• All uses of descriptorPool (via any allocated descriptor sets) must have completed execution

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• descriptorPool must be a valid VkDescriptorPool handle
• flags must be 0
• descriptorPool must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from device

Host Synchronization

• Host access to descriptorPool must be externally synchronized
• Host access to any VkDescriptorSet objects allocated from descriptorPool must be externally synchronized

Return Codes

Success

• VK_SUCCESS

Failure

• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY

See Also

VkDescriptorPool, VkDescriptorPoolResetFlags, VkDevice

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkResetDescriptorPool

vkResetEvent(3)

Name

vkResetEvent - Reset an event to non-signaled state

C Specification

To set the state of an event to unsignaled from the host, call:

VkResult vkResetEvent(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    VkEvent                                     event);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that owns the event.
• event is the event to reset.

Description

When vkResetEvent is executed on the host, it defines an event unsignal operation which resets the event to the unsignaled state.

If event is already in the unsignaled state when vkResetEvent is executed, then vkResetEvent has no effect, and no event unsignal operation occurs.

Valid Usage

• event must not be waited on by a vkCmdWaitEvents command that is currently executing

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• event must be a valid VkEvent handle
• event must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from device

Host Synchronization

• Host access to event must be externally synchronized

Return Codes

Success

• VK_SUCCESS

Failure

• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY

See Also

VkDevice, VkEvent

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkResetEvent

vkResetFences(3)

Name

vkResetFences - Resets one or more fence objects

C Specification

To set the state of fences to unsignaled from the host, call:

VkResult vkResetFences(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    uint32_t                                    fenceCount,
    const VkFence*                              pFences);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that owns the fences.
• fenceCount is the number of fences to reset.
• pFences is a pointer to an array of fence handles to reset.

Description

When vkResetFences is executed on the host, it defines a fence unsignal operation for each fence, which resets the fence to the unsignaled state.

If any member of pFences is already in the unsignaled state when vkResetFences is executed, then vkResetFences has no effect on that fence.

Valid Usage

• Any given element of pFences must not currently be associated with any queue command that has not yet completed execution on that queue

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• pFences must be a pointer to an array of fenceCount valid VkFence handles
• fenceCount must be greater than 0
• Each element of pFences must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from device

Host Synchronization

• Host access to each member of pFences must be externally synchronized

Return Codes

Success

• VK_SUCCESS

Failure

• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY

See Also

VkDevice, VkFence

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkResetFences

vkSetEvent(3)

Name

vkSetEvent - Set an event to signaled state

C Specification

To set the state of an event to signaled from the host, call:

VkResult vkSetEvent(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    VkEvent                                     event);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that owns the event.
• event is the event to set.

Description

When vkSetEvent is executed on the host, it defines an event signal operation which sets the event to the signaled state.

If event is already in the signaled state when vkSetEvent is executed, then vkSetEvent has no effect, and no event signal operation occurs.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• event must be a valid VkEvent handle
• event must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from device

Host Synchronization

• Host access to event must be externally synchronized

Return Codes

Success

• VK_SUCCESS

Failure

• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY

See Also

VkDevice, VkEvent

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkSetEvent

vkUnmapMemory(3)

Name

vkUnmapMemory - Unmap a previously mapped memory object

C Specification

To unmap a memory object once host access to it is no longer needed by the application, call:

void vkUnmapMemory(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    VkDeviceMemory                              memory);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that owns the memory.
• memory is the memory object to be unmapped.

Description

Valid Usage

• memory must currently be mapped

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• memory must be a valid VkDeviceMemory handle
• memory must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from device

Host Synchronization

• Host access to memory must be externally synchronized

See Also

VkDevice, VkDeviceMemory

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkUnmapMemory

vkUpdateDescriptorSets(3)

Name

vkUpdateDescriptorSets - Update the contents of a descriptor set object

C Specification

Once allocated, descriptor sets can be updated with a combination of write and copy operations. To update descriptor sets, call:

void vkUpdateDescriptorSets(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    uint32_t                                    descriptorWriteCount,
    const VkWriteDescriptorSet*                 pDescriptorWrites,
    uint32_t                                    descriptorCopyCount,
    const VkCopyDescriptorSet*                  pDescriptorCopies);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that updates the descriptor sets.
• descriptorWriteCount is the number of elements in the pDescriptorWrites array.
• pDescriptorWrites is a pointer to an array of VkWriteDescriptorSet structures describing the descriptor sets to write to.
• descriptorCopyCount is the number of elements in the pDescriptorCopies array.
• pDescriptorCopies is a pointer to an array of VkCopyDescriptorSet structures describing the descriptor sets to copy between.

Description

The operations described by pDescriptorWrites are performed first, followed by the operations described by pDescriptorCopies. Within each array, the operations are performed in the order they appear in the array.

Each element in the pDescriptorWrites array describes an operation updating the descriptor set using descriptors for resources specified in the structure.

Each element in the pDescriptorCopies array is a VkCopyDescriptorSet structure describing an operation copying descriptors between sets.

If the dstSet member of any given element of pDescriptorWrites or pDescriptorCopies is bound, accessed, or modified by any command that was recorded to a command buffer which is currently in the recording or executable state, that command buffer becomes invalid.

Valid Usage

• The dstSet member of any given element of pDescriptorWrites or pDescriptorCopies must not be used by any command that was recorded to a command buffer which is in the pending state.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• If descriptorWriteCount is not 0, pDescriptorWrites must be a pointer to an array of descriptorWriteCount valid VkWriteDescriptorSet structures
• If descriptorCopyCount is not 0, pDescriptorCopies must be a pointer to an array of descriptorCopyCount valid VkCopyDescriptorSet structures

Host Synchronization

• Host access to pDescriptorWrites[].dstSet must be externally synchronized
• Host access to pDescriptorCopies[].dstSet must be externally synchronized

See Also

VkCopyDescriptorSet, VkDevice, VkWriteDescriptorSet

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkUpdateDescriptorSets

vkWaitForFences(3)

Name

vkWaitForFences - Wait for one or more fences to become signaled

C Specification

To wait for one or more fences to enter the signaled state on the host, call:

VkResult vkWaitForFences(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    uint32_t                                    fenceCount,
    const VkFence*                              pFences,
    VkBool32                                    waitAll,
    uint64_t                                    timeout);

Parameters

• device is the logical device that owns the fences.
• fenceCount is the number of fences to wait on.
• pFences is a pointer to an array of fenceCount fence handles.
• waitAll is the condition that must be satisfied to successfully unblock the wait. If waitAll is VK_TRUE, then the condition is that all fences in pFences are signaled. Otherwise, the condition is that at least one fence in pFences is signaled.
• timeout is the timeout period in units of nanoseconds. timeout is adjusted to the closest value allowed by the implementation-dependent timeout accuracy, which may be substantially longer than one nanosecond, and may be longer than the requested period.

Description

If the condition is satisfied when vkWaitForFences is called, then vkWaitForFences returns immediately. If the condition is not satisfied at the time vkWaitForFences is called, then vkWaitForFences will block and wait up to timeout nanoseconds for the condition to become satisfied.

If timeout is zero, then vkWaitForFences does not wait, but simply returns the current state of the fences. VK_TIMEOUT will be returned in this case if the condition is not satisfied, even though no actual wait was performed.

If the specified timeout period expires before the condition is satisfied, vkWaitForFences returns VK_TIMEOUT. If the condition is satisfied before timeout nanoseconds has expired, vkWaitForFences returns VK_SUCCESS.

If device loss occurs (see Lost Device) before the timeout has expired, vkWaitForFences must return in finite time with either VK_SUCCESS or VK_DEVICE_LOST.

Note

While we guarantee that vkWaitForFences must return in finite time, no guarantees are made that it returns immediately upon device loss. However, the client can reasonably expect that the delay will be on the order of seconds and that calling vkWaitForFences will not result in a permanently (or seemingly permanently) dead process.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• device must be a valid VkDevice handle
• pFences must be a pointer to an array of fenceCount valid VkFence handles
• fenceCount must be greater than 0
• Each element of pFences must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from device

Return Codes

Success

• VK_SUCCESS
• VK_TIMEOUT

Failure

• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY
• VK_ERROR_DEVICE_LOST

See Also

VkBool32, VkDevice, VkFence

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#vkWaitForFences

Object Handles

VkBuffer(3)

Name

VkBuffer - Opaque handle to a buffer object

C Specification

Buffers represent linear arrays of data which are used for various purposes by binding them to a graphics or compute pipeline via descriptor sets or via certain commands, or by directly specifying them as parameters to certain commands.

Buffers are represented by VkBuffer handles:

VK_DEFINE_NON_DISPATCHABLE_HANDLE(VkBuffer)

See Also

VkBufferMemoryBarrier, VkBufferViewCreateInfo, VkDescriptorBufferInfo, VkSparseBufferMemoryBindInfo, vkBindBufferMemory, vkCmdBindIndexBuffer, vkCmdBindVertexBuffers, vkCmdCopyBuffer, vkCmdCopyBufferToImage, vkCmdCopyImageToBuffer, vkCmdCopyQueryPoolResults, vkCmdDispatchIndirect, vkCmdDrawIndexedIndirect, vkCmdDrawIndirect, vkCmdFillBuffer, vkCmdUpdateBuffer, vkCreateBuffer, vkDestroyBuffer, vkGetBufferMemoryRequirements

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkBuffer

VkBufferView(3)

Name

VkBufferView - Opaque handle to a buffer view object

C Specification

A buffer view represents a contiguous range of a buffer and a specific format to be used to interpret the data. Buffer views are used to enable shaders to access buffer contents interpreted as formatted data. In order to create a valid buffer view, the buffer must have been created with at least one of the following usage flags:

• VK_BUFFER_USAGE_UNIFORM_TEXEL_BUFFER_BIT
• VK_BUFFER_USAGE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER_BIT

Buffer views are represented by VkBufferView handles:

VK_DEFINE_NON_DISPATCHABLE_HANDLE(VkBufferView)

See Also

VkWriteDescriptorSet, vkCreateBufferView, vkDestroyBufferView

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkBufferView

VkCommandBuffer(3)

Name

VkCommandBuffer - Opaque handle to a command buffer object

C Specification

Command buffers are objects used to record commands which can be subsequently submitted to a device queue for execution. There are two levels of command buffers - primary command buffers, which can execute secondary command buffers, and which are submitted to queues, and secondary command buffers, which can be executed by primary command buffers, and which are not directly submitted to queues.

Command buffers are represented by VkCommandBuffer handles:

VK_DEFINE_HANDLE(VkCommandBuffer)

See Also

VkSubmitInfo, vkAllocateCommandBuffers, vkBeginCommandBuffer, vkCmdBeginQuery, vkCmdBeginRenderPass, vkCmdBindDescriptorSets, vkCmdBindIndexBuffer, vkCmdBindPipeline, vkCmdBindVertexBuffers, vkCmdBlitImage, vkCmdClearAttachments, vkCmdClearColorImage, vkCmdClearDepthStencilImage, vkCmdCopyBuffer, vkCmdCopyBufferToImage, vkCmdCopyImage, vkCmdCopyImageToBuffer, vkCmdCopyQueryPoolResults, vkCmdDispatch, vkCmdDispatchIndirect, vkCmdDraw, vkCmdDrawIndexed, vkCmdDrawIndexedIndirect, vkCmdDrawIndirect, vkCmdEndQuery, vkCmdEndRenderPass, vkCmdExecuteCommands, vkCmdFillBuffer, vkCmdNextSubpass, vkCmdPipelineBarrier, vkCmdPushConstants, vkCmdResetEvent, vkCmdResetQueryPool, vkCmdResolveImage, vkCmdSetBlendConstants, vkCmdSetDepthBias, vkCmdSetDepthBounds, vkCmdSetEvent, vkCmdSetLineWidth, vkCmdSetScissor, vkCmdSetStencilCompareMask, vkCmdSetStencilReference, vkCmdSetStencilWriteMask, vkCmdSetViewport, vkCmdUpdateBuffer, vkCmdWaitEvents, vkCmdWriteTimestamp, vkEndCommandBuffer, vkFreeCommandBuffers, vkResetCommandBuffer

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkCommandBuffer

VkCommandPool(3)

Name

VkCommandPool - Opaque handle to a command pool object

C Specification

Command pools are opaque objects that command buffer memory is allocated from, and which allow the implementation to amortize the cost of resource creation across multiple command buffers. Command pools are externally synchronized, meaning that a command pool must not be used concurrently in multiple threads. That includes use via recording commands on any command buffers allocated from the pool, as well as operations that allocate, free, and reset command buffers or the pool itself.

Command pools are represented by VkCommandPool handles:

VK_DEFINE_NON_DISPATCHABLE_HANDLE(VkCommandPool)

See Also

VkCommandBufferAllocateInfo, vkCreateCommandPool, vkDestroyCommandPool, vkFreeCommandBuffers, vkResetCommandPool

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkCommandPool

VkDescriptorPool(3)

Name

VkDescriptorPool - Opaque handle to a descriptor pool object

C Specification

A descriptor pool maintains a pool of descriptors, from which descriptor sets are allocated. Descriptor pools are externally synchronized, meaning that the application must not allocate and/or free descriptor sets from the same pool in multiple threads simultaneously.

Descriptor pools are represented by VkDescriptorPool handles:

VK_DEFINE_NON_DISPATCHABLE_HANDLE(VkDescriptorPool)

See Also

VkDescriptorSetAllocateInfo, vkCreateDescriptorPool, vkDestroyDescriptorPool, vkFreeDescriptorSets, vkResetDescriptorPool

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkDescriptorPool

VkDescriptorSet(3)

Name

VkDescriptorSet - Opaque handle to a descriptor set object

C Specification

Descriptor sets are allocated from descriptor pool objects, and are represented by VkDescriptorSet handles:

VK_DEFINE_NON_DISPATCHABLE_HANDLE(VkDescriptorSet)

See Also

VkCopyDescriptorSet, VkWriteDescriptorSet, vkAllocateDescriptorSets, vkCmdBindDescriptorSets, vkFreeDescriptorSets

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkDescriptorSet

VkDescriptorSetLayout(3)

Name

VkDescriptorSetLayout - Opaque handle to a descriptor set layout object

C Specification

A descriptor set layout object is defined by an array of zero or more descriptor bindings. Each individual descriptor binding is specified by a descriptor type, a count (array size) of the number of descriptors in the binding, a set of shader stages that can access the binding, and (if using immutable samplers) an array of sampler descriptors.

Descriptor set layout objects are represented by VkDescriptorSetLayout handles:

VK_DEFINE_NON_DISPATCHABLE_HANDLE(VkDescriptorSetLayout)

See Also

VkDescriptorSetAllocateInfo, VkPipelineLayoutCreateInfo, vkCreateDescriptorSetLayout, vkDestroyDescriptorSetLayout

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkDescriptorSetLayout

VkDevice(3)

Name

VkDevice - Opaque handle to a device object

C Specification

Logical devices are represented by VkDevice handles:

VK_DEFINE_HANDLE(VkDevice)

See Also

vkAllocateCommandBuffers, vkAllocateDescriptorSets, vkAllocateMemory, vkBindBufferMemory, vkBindImageMemory, vkCreateBuffer, vkCreateBufferView, vkCreateCommandPool, vkCreateComputePipelines, vkCreateDescriptorPool, vkCreateDescriptorSetLayout, vkCreateDevice, vkCreateEvent, vkCreateFence, vkCreateFramebuffer, vkCreateGraphicsPipelines, vkCreateImage, vkCreateImageView, vkCreatePipelineCache, vkCreatePipelineLayout, vkCreateQueryPool, vkCreateRenderPass, vkCreateSampler, vkCreateSemaphore, vkCreateShaderModule, vkDestroyBuffer, vkDestroyBufferView, vkDestroyCommandPool, vkDestroyDescriptorPool, vkDestroyDescriptorSetLayout, vkDestroyDevice, vkDestroyEvent, vkDestroyFence, vkDestroyFramebuffer, vkDestroyImage, vkDestroyImageView, vkDestroyPipeline, vkDestroyPipelineCache, vkDestroyPipelineLayout, vkDestroyQueryPool, vkDestroyRenderPass, vkDestroySampler, vkDestroySemaphore, vkDestroyShaderModule, vkDeviceWaitIdle, vkFlushMappedMemoryRanges, vkFreeCommandBuffers, vkFreeDescriptorSets, vkFreeMemory, vkGetBufferMemoryRequirements, vkGetDeviceMemoryCommitment, vkGetDeviceProcAddr, vkGetDeviceQueue, vkGetEventStatus, vkGetFenceStatus, vkGetImageMemoryRequirements, vkGetImageSparseMemoryRequirements, vkGetImageSubresourceLayout, vkGetPipelineCacheData, vkGetQueryPoolResults, vkGetRenderAreaGranularity, vkInvalidateMappedMemoryRanges, vkMapMemory, vkMergePipelineCaches, vkResetCommandPool, vkResetDescriptorPool, vkResetEvent, vkResetFences, vkSetEvent, vkUnmapMemory, vkUpdateDescriptorSets, vkWaitForFences

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkDevice

VkDeviceMemory(3)

Name

VkDeviceMemory - Opaque handle to a device memory object

C Specification

A Vulkan device operates on data in device memory via memory objects that are represented in the API by a VkDeviceMemory handle.

Memory objects are represented by VkDeviceMemory handles:

VK_DEFINE_NON_DISPATCHABLE_HANDLE(VkDeviceMemory)

See Also

VkMappedMemoryRange, VkSparseImageMemoryBind, VkSparseMemoryBind, vkAllocateMemory, vkBindBufferMemory, vkBindImageMemory, vkFreeMemory, vkGetDeviceMemoryCommitment, vkMapMemory, vkUnmapMemory

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkDeviceMemory

VkEvent(3)

Name

VkEvent - Opaque handle to a event object

C Specification

Events are a synchronization primitive that can be used to insert a fine-grained dependency between commands submitted to the same queue, or between the host and a queue. Events have two states - signaled and unsignaled. An application can signal an event, or unsignal it, on either the host or the device. A device can wait for an event to become signaled before executing further operations. No command exists to wait for an event to become signaled on the host, but the current state of an event can be queried.

Events are represented by VkEvent handles:

VK_DEFINE_NON_DISPATCHABLE_HANDLE(VkEvent)

See Also

vkCmdResetEvent, vkCmdSetEvent, vkCmdWaitEvents, vkCreateEvent, vkDestroyEvent, vkGetEventStatus, vkResetEvent, vkSetEvent

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkEvent

VkFence(3)

Name

VkFence - Opaque handle to a fence object

C Specification

Fences are a synchronization primitive that can be used to insert a dependency from a queue to the host. Fences have two states - signaled and unsignaled. A fence can be signaled as part of the execution of a queue submission command. Fences can be unsignaled on the host with vkResetFences. Fences can be waited on by the host with the vkWaitForFences command, and the current state can be queried with vkGetFenceStatus.

Fences are represented by VkFence handles:

VK_DEFINE_NON_DISPATCHABLE_HANDLE(VkFence)

See Also

vkCreateFence, vkDestroyFence, vkGetFenceStatus, vkQueueBindSparse, vkQueueSubmit, vkResetFences, vkWaitForFences

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkFence

VkFramebuffer(3)

Name

VkFramebuffer - Opaque handle to a framebuffer object

C Specification

Render passes operate in conjunction with framebuffers. Framebuffers represent a collection of specific memory attachments that a render pass instance uses.

Framebuffers are represented by VkFramebuffer handles:

VK_DEFINE_NON_DISPATCHABLE_HANDLE(VkFramebuffer)

See Also

VkCommandBufferInheritanceInfo, VkRenderPassBeginInfo, vkCreateFramebuffer, vkDestroyFramebuffer

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkFramebuffer

VkImage(3)

Name

VkImage - Opaque handle to a image object

C Specification

Images represent multidimensional - up to 3 - arrays of data which can be used for various purposes (e.g. attachments, textures), by binding them to a graphics or compute pipeline via descriptor sets, or by directly specifying them as parameters to certain commands.

Images are represented by VkImage handles:

VK_DEFINE_NON_DISPATCHABLE_HANDLE(VkImage)

See Also

VkImageMemoryBarrier, VkImageViewCreateInfo, VkSparseImageMemoryBindInfo, VkSparseImageOpaqueMemoryBindInfo, vkBindImageMemory, vkCmdBlitImage, vkCmdClearColorImage, vkCmdClearDepthStencilImage, vkCmdCopyBufferToImage, vkCmdCopyImage, vkCmdCopyImageToBuffer, vkCmdResolveImage, vkCreateImage, vkDestroyImage, vkGetImageMemoryRequirements, vkGetImageSparseMemoryRequirements, vkGetImageSubresourceLayout

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkImage

VkImageView(3)

Name

VkImageView - Opaque handle to a image view object

C Specification

Image objects are not directly accessed by pipeline shaders for reading or writing image data. Instead, image views representing contiguous ranges of the image subresources and containing additional metadata are used for that purpose. Views must be created on images of compatible types, and must represent a valid subset of image subresources.

Image views are represented by VkImageView handles:

VK_DEFINE_NON_DISPATCHABLE_HANDLE(VkImageView)

See Also

VkDescriptorImageInfo, VkFramebufferCreateInfo, vkCreateImageView, vkDestroyImageView

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkImageView

VkInstance(3)

Name

VkInstance - Opaque handle to a instance object

C Specification

There is no global state in Vulkan and all per-application state is stored in a VkInstance object. Creating a VkInstance object initializes the Vulkan library and allows the application to pass information about itself to the implementation.

Instances are represented by VkInstance handles:

VK_DEFINE_HANDLE(VkInstance)

See Also

vkCreateInstance, vkDestroyInstance, vkEnumeratePhysicalDevices, vkGetInstanceProcAddr

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkInstance

VkPhysicalDevice(3)

Name

VkPhysicalDevice - Opaque handle to a physical device object

C Specification

Vulkan separates the concept of physical and logical devices. A physical device usually represents a single device in a system (perhaps made up of several individual hardware devices working together), of which there are a finite number. A logical device represents an application’s view of the device.

Physical devices are represented by VkPhysicalDevice handles:

VK_DEFINE_HANDLE(VkPhysicalDevice)

See Also

vkCreateDevice, vkEnumerateDeviceExtensionProperties, vkEnumerateDeviceLayerProperties, vkEnumeratePhysicalDevices, vkGetPhysicalDeviceFeatures, vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties, vkGetPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties, vkGetPhysicalDeviceMemoryProperties, vkGetPhysicalDeviceProperties, vkGetPhysicalDeviceQueueFamilyProperties, vkGetPhysicalDeviceSparseImageFormatProperties

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkPhysicalDevice

VkPipeline(3)

Name

VkPipeline - Opaque handle to a pipeline object

C Specification

Compute and graphics pipelines are each represented by VkPipeline handles:

VK_DEFINE_NON_DISPATCHABLE_HANDLE(VkPipeline)

See Also

VkComputePipelineCreateInfo, VkGraphicsPipelineCreateInfo, vkCmdBindPipeline, vkCreateComputePipelines, vkCreateGraphicsPipelines, vkDestroyPipeline

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkPipeline

VkPipelineCache(3)

Name

VkPipelineCache - Opaque handle to a pipeline cache object

C Specification

Pipeline cache objects allow the result of pipeline construction to be reused between pipelines and between runs of an application. Reuse between pipelines is achieved by passing the same pipeline cache object when creating multiple related pipelines. Reuse across runs of an application is achieved by retrieving pipeline cache contents in one run of an application, saving the contents, and using them to preinitialize a pipeline cache on a subsequent run. The contents of the pipeline cache objects are managed by the implementation. Applications can manage the host memory consumed by a pipeline cache object and control the amount of data retrieved from a pipeline cache object.

Pipeline cache objects are represented by VkPipelineCache handles:

VK_DEFINE_NON_DISPATCHABLE_HANDLE(VkPipelineCache)

See Also

vkCreateComputePipelines, vkCreateGraphicsPipelines, vkCreatePipelineCache, vkDestroyPipelineCache, vkGetPipelineCacheData, vkMergePipelineCaches

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkPipelineCache

VkPipelineLayout(3)

Name

VkPipelineLayout - Opaque handle to a pipeline layout object

C Specification

Access to descriptor sets from a pipeline is accomplished through a pipeline layout. Zero or more descriptor set layouts and zero or more push constant ranges are combined to form a pipeline layout object which describes the complete set of resources that can be accessed by a pipeline. The pipeline layout represents a sequence of descriptor sets with each having a specific layout. This sequence of layouts is used to determine the interface between shader stages and shader resources. Each pipeline is created using a pipeline layout.

Pipeline layout objects are represented by VkPipelineLayout handles:

VK_DEFINE_NON_DISPATCHABLE_HANDLE(VkPipelineLayout)

See Also

VkComputePipelineCreateInfo, VkGraphicsPipelineCreateInfo, vkCmdBindDescriptorSets, vkCmdPushConstants, vkCreatePipelineLayout, vkDestroyPipelineLayout

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkPipelineLayout

VkQueryPool(3)

Name

VkQueryPool - Opaque handle to a query pool object

C Specification

Queries are managed using query pool objects. Each query pool is a collection of a specific number of queries of a particular type.

Query pools are represented by VkQueryPool handles:

VK_DEFINE_NON_DISPATCHABLE_HANDLE(VkQueryPool)

See Also

vkCmdBeginQuery, vkCmdCopyQueryPoolResults, vkCmdEndQuery, vkCmdResetQueryPool, vkCmdWriteTimestamp, vkCreateQueryPool, vkDestroyQueryPool, vkGetQueryPoolResults

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkQueryPool

VkQueue(3)

Name

VkQueue - Opaque handle to a queue object

C Specification

Creating a logical device also creates the queues associated with that device. The queues to create are described by a set of VkDeviceQueueCreateInfo structures that are passed to vkCreateDevice in pQueueCreateInfos.

Queues are represented by VkQueue handles:

VK_DEFINE_HANDLE(VkQueue)

See Also

vkGetDeviceQueue, vkQueueBindSparse, vkQueueSubmit, vkQueueWaitIdle

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkQueue

VkRenderPass(3)

Name

VkRenderPass - Opaque handle to a render pass object

C Specification

A render pass represents a collection of attachments, subpasses, and dependencies between the subpasses, and describes how the attachments are used over the course of the subpasses. The use of a render pass in a command buffer is a render pass instance.

Render passes are represented by VkRenderPass handles:

VK_DEFINE_NON_DISPATCHABLE_HANDLE(VkRenderPass)

See Also

VkCommandBufferInheritanceInfo, VkFramebufferCreateInfo, VkGraphicsPipelineCreateInfo, VkRenderPassBeginInfo, vkCreateRenderPass, vkDestroyRenderPass, vkGetRenderAreaGranularity

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkRenderPass

VkSampler(3)

Name

VkSampler - Opaque handle to a sampler object

C Specification

VkSampler objects represent the state of an image sampler which is used by the implementation to read image data and apply filtering and other transformations for the shader.

Samplers are represented by VkSampler handles:

VK_DEFINE_NON_DISPATCHABLE_HANDLE(VkSampler)

See Also

VkDescriptorImageInfo, VkDescriptorSetLayoutBinding, vkCreateSampler, vkDestroySampler

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkSampler

VkSemaphore(3)

Name

VkSemaphore - Opaque handle to a semaphore object

C Specification

Semaphores are a synchronization primitive that can be used to insert a dependency between batches submitted to queues. Semaphores have two states - signaled and unsignaled. The state of a semaphore can be signaled after execution of a batch of commands is completed. A batch can wait for a semaphore to become signaled before it begins execution, and the semaphore is also unsignaled before the batch begins execution.

Semaphores are represented by VkSemaphore handles:

VK_DEFINE_NON_DISPATCHABLE_HANDLE(VkSemaphore)

See Also

VkBindSparseInfo, VkSubmitInfo, vkCreateSemaphore, vkDestroySemaphore

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkSemaphore

VkShaderModule(3)

Name

VkShaderModule - Opaque handle to a shader module object

C Specification

Shader modules contain shader code and one or more entry points. Shaders are selected from a shader module by specifying an entry point as part of pipeline creation. The stages of a pipeline can use shaders that come from different modules. The shader code defining a shader module must be in the SPIR-V format, as described by the Vulkan Environment for SPIR-V appendix.

Shader modules are represented by VkShaderModule handles:

VK_DEFINE_NON_DISPATCHABLE_HANDLE(VkShaderModule)

See Also

VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo, vkCreateShaderModule, vkDestroyShaderModule

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkShaderModule

Structures

VkAllocationCallbacks(3)

Name

VkAllocationCallbacks - Structure containing callback function pointers for memory allocation

C Specification

Allocators are provided by the application as a pointer to a VkAllocationCallbacks structure:

typedef struct VkAllocationCallbacks {
    void*                                   pUserData;
    PFN_vkAllocationFunction                pfnAllocation;
    PFN_vkReallocationFunction              pfnReallocation;
    PFN_vkFreeFunction                      pfnFree;
    PFN_vkInternalAllocationNotification    pfnInternalAllocation;
    PFN_vkInternalFreeNotification          pfnInternalFree;
} VkAllocationCallbacks;

Members

• pUserData is a value to be interpreted by the implementation of the callbacks. When any of the callbacks in VkAllocationCallbacks are called, the Vulkan implementation will pass this value as the first parameter to the callback. This value can vary each time an allocator is passed into a command, even when the same object takes an allocator in multiple commands.
• pfnAllocation is a pointer to an application-defined memory allocation function of type PFN_vkAllocationFunction.
• pfnReallocation is a pointer to an application-defined memory reallocation function of type PFN_vkReallocationFunction.
• pfnFree is a pointer to an application-defined memory free function of type PFN_vkFreeFunction.
• pfnInternalAllocation is a pointer to an application-defined function that is called by the implementation when the implementation makes internal allocations, and it is of type PFN_vkInternalAllocationNotification.
• pfnInternalFree is a pointer to an application-defined function that is called by the implementation when the implementation frees internal allocations, and it is of type PFN_vkInternalFreeNotification.

Description

Valid Usage

• pfnAllocation must be a pointer to a valid user-defined PFN_vkAllocationFunction
• pfnReallocation must be a pointer to a valid user-defined PFN_vkReallocationFunction
• pfnFree must be a pointer to a valid user-defined PFN_vkFreeFunction
• If either of pfnInternalAllocation or pfnInternalFree is not NULL, both must be valid callbacks

See Also

PFN_vkAllocationFunction, PFN_vkFreeFunction, PFN_vkInternalAllocationNotification, PFN_vkInternalFreeNotification, PFN_vkReallocationFunction, vkAllocateMemory, vkCreateBuffer, vkCreateBufferView, vkCreateCommandPool, vkCreateComputePipelines, vkCreateDescriptorPool, vkCreateDescriptorSetLayout, vkCreateDevice, vkCreateEvent, vkCreateFence, vkCreateFramebuffer, vkCreateGraphicsPipelines, vkCreateImage, vkCreateImageView, vkCreateInstance, vkCreatePipelineCache, vkCreatePipelineLayout, vkCreateQueryPool, vkCreateRenderPass, vkCreateSampler, vkCreateSemaphore, vkCreateShaderModule, vkDestroyBuffer, vkDestroyBufferView, vkDestroyCommandPool, vkDestroyDescriptorPool, vkDestroyDescriptorSetLayout, vkDestroyDevice, vkDestroyEvent, vkDestroyFence, vkDestroyFramebuffer, vkDestroyImage, vkDestroyImageView, vkDestroyInstance, vkDestroyPipeline, vkDestroyPipelineCache, vkDestroyPipelineLayout, vkDestroyQueryPool, vkDestroyRenderPass, vkDestroySampler, vkDestroySemaphore, vkDestroyShaderModule, vkFreeMemory

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkAllocationCallbacks

VkApplicationInfo(3)

Name

VkApplicationInfo - Structure specifying application info

C Specification

The VkApplicationInfo structure is defined as:

typedef struct VkApplicationInfo {
    VkStructureType    sType;
    const void*        pNext;
    const char*        pApplicationName;
    uint32_t           applicationVersion;
    const char*        pEngineName;
    uint32_t           engineVersion;
    uint32_t           apiVersion;
} VkApplicationInfo;

Members

• sType is the type of this structure.
• pNext is NULL or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.
• pApplicationName is NULL or is a pointer to a null-terminated UTF-8 string containing the name of the application.
• applicationVersion is an unsigned integer variable containing the developer-supplied version number of the application.
• pEngineName is NULL or is a pointer to a null-terminated UTF-8 string containing the name of the engine (if any) used to create the application.
• engineVersion is an unsigned integer variable containing the developer-supplied version number of the engine used to create the application.
• apiVersion is the version of the Vulkan API against which the application expects to run, encoded as described in the API Version Numbers and Semantics section. If apiVersion is 0 the implementation must ignore it, otherwise if the implementation does not support the requested apiVersion, or an effective substitute for apiVersion, it must return VK_ERROR_INCOMPATIBLE_DRIVER. The patch version number specified in apiVersion is ignored when creating an instance object. Only the major and minor versions of the instance must match those requested in apiVersion.

Description

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• sType must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_APPLICATION_INFO
• pNext must be NULL
• If pApplicationName is not NULL, pApplicationName must be a null-terminated UTF-8 string
• If pEngineName is not NULL, pEngineName must be a null-terminated UTF-8 string

See Also

VkInstanceCreateInfo, VkStructureType

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkApplicationInfo

VkAttachmentDescription(3)

Name

VkAttachmentDescription - Structure specifying an attachment description

C Specification

The VkAttachmentDescription structure is defined as:

typedef struct VkAttachmentDescription {
    VkAttachmentDescriptionFlags    flags;
    VkFormat                        format;
    VkSampleCountFlagBits           samples;
    VkAttachmentLoadOp              loadOp;
    VkAttachmentStoreOp             storeOp;
    VkAttachmentLoadOp              stencilLoadOp;
    VkAttachmentStoreOp             stencilStoreOp;
    VkImageLayout                   initialLayout;
    VkImageLayout                   finalLayout;
} VkAttachmentDescription;

Members

• flags is a bitmask of VkAttachmentDescriptionFlagBits specifying additional properties of the attachment.
• format is a VkFormat value specifying the format of the image that will be used for the attachment.
• samples is the number of samples of the image as defined in VkSampleCountFlagBits.
• loadOp is a VkAttachmentLoadOp value specifying how the contents of color and depth components of the attachment are treated at the beginning of the subpass where it is first used.
• storeOp is a VkAttachmentStoreOp value specifying how the contents of color and depth components of the attachment are treated at the end of the subpass where it is last used.
• stencilLoadOp is a VkAttachmentLoadOp value specifying how the contents of stencil components of the attachment are treated at the beginning of the subpass where it is first used.
• stencilStoreOp is a VkAttachmentStoreOp value specifying how the contents of stencil components of the attachment are treated at the end of the last subpass where it is used.
• initialLayout is the layout the attachment image subresource will be in when a render pass instance begins.
• finalLayout is the layout the attachment image subresource will be transitioned to when a render pass instance ends. During a render pass instance, an attachment can use a different layout in each subpass, if desired.

Description

If the attachment uses a color format, then loadOp and storeOp are used, and stencilLoadOp and stencilStoreOp are ignored. If the format has depth and/or stencil components, loadOp and storeOp apply only to the depth data, while stencilLoadOp and stencilStoreOp define how the stencil data is handled. loadOp and stencilLoadOp define the load operations that execute as part of the first subpass that uses the attachment. storeOp and stencilStoreOp define the store operations that execute as part of the last subpass that uses the attachment.

The load operation for each sample in an attachment happens-before any recorded command which accesses the sample in the first subpass where the attachment is used. Load operations for attachments with a depth/stencil format execute in the VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_EARLY_FRAGMENT_TESTS_BIT pipeline stage. Load operations for attachments with a color format execute in the VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_OUTPUT_BIT pipeline stage.

The store operation for each sample in an attachment happens-after any recorded command which accesses the sample in the last subpass where the attachment is used. Store operations for attachments with a depth/stencil format execute in the VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_LATE_FRAGMENT_TESTS_BIT pipeline stage. Store operations for attachments with a color format execute in the VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_OUTPUT_BIT pipeline stage.

If an attachment is not used by any subpass, then loadOp, storeOp, stencilStoreOp, and stencilLoadOp are ignored, and the attachment’s memory contents will not be modified by execution of a render pass instance.

During a render pass instance, input/color attachments with color formats that have a component size of 8, 16, or 32 bits must be represented in the attachment’s format throughout the instance. Attachments with other floating- or fixed-point color formats, or with depth components may be represented in a format with a precision higher than the attachment format, but must be represented with the same range. When such a component is loaded via the loadOp, it will be converted into an implementation-dependent format used by the render pass. Such components must be converted from the render pass format, to the format of the attachment, before they are resolved or stored at the end of a render pass instance via storeOp. Conversions occur as described in Numeric Representation and Computation and Fixed-Point Data Conversions.

If flags includes VK_ATTACHMENT_DESCRIPTION_MAY_ALIAS_BIT, then the attachment is treated as if it shares physical memory with another attachment in the same render pass. This information limits the ability of the implementation to reorder certain operations (like layout transitions and the loadOp) such that it is not improperly reordered against other uses of the same physical memory via a different attachment. This is described in more detail below.

Valid Usage

• finalLayout must not be VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_UNDEFINED or VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_PREINITIALIZED

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• flags must be a valid combination of VkAttachmentDescriptionFlagBits values
• format must be a valid VkFormat value
• samples must be a valid VkSampleCountFlagBits value
• loadOp must be a valid VkAttachmentLoadOp value
• storeOp must be a valid VkAttachmentStoreOp value
• stencilLoadOp must be a valid VkAttachmentLoadOp value
• stencilStoreOp must be a valid VkAttachmentStoreOp value
• initialLayout must be a valid VkImageLayout value
• finalLayout must be a valid VkImageLayout value

See Also

VkAttachmentDescriptionFlags, VkAttachmentLoadOp, VkAttachmentStoreOp, VkFormat, VkImageLayout, VkRenderPassCreateInfo, VkSampleCountFlagBits

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkAttachmentDescription

VkAttachmentReference(3)

Name

VkAttachmentReference - Structure specifying an attachment reference

C Specification

The VkAttachmentReference structure is defined as:

typedef struct VkAttachmentReference {
    uint32_t         attachment;
    VkImageLayout    layout;
} VkAttachmentReference;

Members

• attachment is the index of the attachment of the render pass, and corresponds to the index of the corresponding element in the pAttachments array of the VkRenderPassCreateInfo structure. If any color or depth/stencil attachments are VK_ATTACHMENT_UNUSED, then no writes occur for those attachments.
• layout is a VkImageLayout value specifying the layout the attachment uses during the subpass.

Description

Valid Usage

• layout must not be VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_UNDEFINED or VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_PREINITIALIZED

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• layout must be a valid VkImageLayout value

See Also

VkImageLayout, VkSubpassDescription

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkAttachmentReference

VkBindSparseInfo(3)

Name

VkBindSparseInfo - Structure specifying a sparse binding operation

C Specification

The VkBindSparseInfo structure is defined as:

typedef struct VkBindSparseInfo {
    VkStructureType                             sType;
    const void*                                 pNext;
    uint32_t                                    waitSemaphoreCount;
    const VkSemaphore*                          pWaitSemaphores;
    uint32_t                                    bufferBindCount;
    const VkSparseBufferMemoryBindInfo*         pBufferBinds;
    uint32_t                                    imageOpaqueBindCount;
    const VkSparseImageOpaqueMemoryBindInfo*    pImageOpaqueBinds;
    uint32_t                                    imageBindCount;
    const VkSparseImageMemoryBindInfo*          pImageBinds;
    uint32_t                                    signalSemaphoreCount;
    const VkSemaphore*                          pSignalSemaphores;
} VkBindSparseInfo;

Members

• sType is the type of this structure.
• pNext is NULL or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.
• waitSemaphoreCount is the number of semaphores upon which to wait before executing the sparse binding operations for the batch.
• pWaitSemaphores is a pointer to an array of semaphores upon which to wait on before the sparse binding operations for this batch begin execution. If semaphores to wait on are provided, they define a semaphore wait operation.
• bufferBindCount is the number of sparse buffer bindings to perform in the batch.
• pBufferBinds is a pointer to an array of VkSparseBufferMemoryBindInfo structures.
• imageOpaqueBindCount is the number of opaque sparse image bindings to perform.
• pImageOpaqueBinds is a pointer to an array of VkSparseImageOpaqueMemoryBindInfo structures, indicating opaque sparse image bindings to perform.
• imageBindCount is the number of sparse image bindings to perform.
• pImageBinds is a pointer to an array of VkSparseImageMemoryBindInfo structures, indicating sparse image bindings to perform.
• signalSemaphoreCount is the number of semaphores to be signaled once the sparse binding operations specified by the structure have completed execution.
• pSignalSemaphores is a pointer to an array of semaphores which will be signaled when the sparse binding operations for this batch have completed execution. If semaphores to be signaled are provided, they define a semaphore signal operation.

Description

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• sType must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_BIND_SPARSE_INFO
• pNext must be NULL
• If waitSemaphoreCount is not 0, pWaitSemaphores must be a pointer to an array of waitSemaphoreCount valid VkSemaphore handles
• If bufferBindCount is not 0, pBufferBinds must be a pointer to an array of bufferBindCount valid VkSparseBufferMemoryBindInfo structures
• If imageOpaqueBindCount is not 0, pImageOpaqueBinds must be a pointer to an array of imageOpaqueBindCount valid VkSparseImageOpaqueMemoryBindInfo structures
• If imageBindCount is not 0, pImageBinds must be a pointer to an array of imageBindCount valid VkSparseImageMemoryBindInfo structures
• If signalSemaphoreCount is not 0, pSignalSemaphores must be a pointer to an array of signalSemaphoreCount valid VkSemaphore handles
• Both of the elements of pSignalSemaphores, and the elements of pWaitSemaphores that are valid handles must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from the same VkDevice

See Also

VkSemaphore, VkSparseBufferMemoryBindInfo, VkSparseImageMemoryBindInfo, VkSparseImageOpaqueMemoryBindInfo, VkStructureType, vkQueueBindSparse

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkBindSparseInfo

VkBufferCopy(3)

Name

VkBufferCopy - Structure specifying a buffer copy operation

C Specification

The VkBufferCopy structure is defined as:

typedef struct VkBufferCopy {
    VkDeviceSize    srcOffset;
    VkDeviceSize    dstOffset;
    VkDeviceSize    size;
} VkBufferCopy;

Members

• srcOffset is the starting offset in bytes from the start of srcBuffer.
• dstOffset is the starting offset in bytes from the start of dstBuffer.
• size is the number of bytes to copy.

See Also

VkDeviceSize, vkCmdCopyBuffer

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkBufferCopy

VkBufferCreateInfo(3)

Name

VkBufferCreateInfo - Structure specifying the parameters of a newly created buffer object

C Specification

The VkBufferCreateInfo structure is defined as:

typedef struct VkBufferCreateInfo {
    VkStructureType        sType;
    const void*            pNext;
    VkBufferCreateFlags    flags;
    VkDeviceSize           size;
    VkBufferUsageFlags     usage;
    VkSharingMode          sharingMode;
    uint32_t               queueFamilyIndexCount;
    const uint32_t*        pQueueFamilyIndices;
} VkBufferCreateInfo;

Members

• sType is the type of this structure.
• pNext is NULL or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.
• flags is a bitmask of VkBufferCreateFlagBits specifying additional parameters of the buffer.
• size is the size in bytes of the buffer to be created.
• usage is a bitmask of VkBufferUsageFlagBits specifying allowed usages of the buffer.
• sharingMode is a VkSharingMode value specifying the sharing mode of the buffer when it will be accessed by multiple queue families.
• queueFamilyIndexCount is the number of entries in the pQueueFamilyIndices array.
• pQueueFamilyIndices is a list of queue families that will access this buffer (ignored if sharingMode is not VK_SHARING_MODE_CONCURRENT).

Description

Valid Usage

• size must be greater than 0
• If sharingMode is VK_SHARING_MODE_CONCURRENT, pQueueFamilyIndices must be a pointer to an array of queueFamilyIndexCount uint32_t values
• If sharingMode is VK_SHARING_MODE_CONCURRENT, queueFamilyIndexCount must be greater than 1
• If sharingMode is VK_SHARING_MODE_CONCURRENT, each element of pQueueFamilyIndices must be unique and must be less than pQueueFamilyPropertyCount returned by vkGetPhysicalDeviceQueueFamilyProperties for the physicalDevice that was used to create device
• If the sparse bindings feature is not enabled, flags must not contain VK_BUFFER_CREATE_SPARSE_BINDING_BIT
• If the sparse buffer residency feature is not enabled, flags must not contain VK_BUFFER_CREATE_SPARSE_RESIDENCY_BIT
• If the sparse aliased residency feature is not enabled, flags must not contain VK_BUFFER_CREATE_SPARSE_ALIASED_BIT
• If flags contains VK_BUFFER_CREATE_SPARSE_RESIDENCY_BIT or VK_BUFFER_CREATE_SPARSE_ALIASED_BIT, it must also contain VK_BUFFER_CREATE_SPARSE_BINDING_BIT

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• sType must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_BUFFER_CREATE_INFO
• pNext must be NULL
• flags must be a valid combination of VkBufferCreateFlagBits values
• usage must be a valid combination of VkBufferUsageFlagBits values
• usage must not be 0
• sharingMode must be a valid VkSharingMode value

See Also

VkBufferCreateFlags, VkBufferUsageFlags, VkDeviceSize, VkSharingMode, VkStructureType, vkCreateBuffer

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkBufferCreateInfo

VkBufferImageCopy(3)

Name

VkBufferImageCopy - Structure specifying a buffer image copy operation

C Specification

For both vkCmdCopyBufferToImage and vkCmdCopyImageToBuffer, each element of pRegions is a structure defined as:

typedef struct VkBufferImageCopy {
    VkDeviceSize                bufferOffset;
    uint32_t                    bufferRowLength;
    uint32_t                    bufferImageHeight;
    VkImageSubresourceLayers    imageSubresource;
    VkOffset3D                  imageOffset;
    VkExtent3D                  imageExtent;
} VkBufferImageCopy;

Members

• bufferOffset is the offset in bytes from the start of the buffer object where the image data is copied from or to.
• bufferRowLength and bufferImageHeight specify the data in buffer memory as a subregion of a larger two- or three-dimensional image, and control the addressing calculations of data in buffer memory. If either of these values is zero, that aspect of the buffer memory is considered to be tightly packed according to the imageExtent.
• imageSubresource is a VkImageSubresourceLayers used to specify the specific image subresources of the image used for the source or destination image data.
• imageOffset selects the initial x, y, z offsets in texels of the sub-region of the source or destination image data.
• imageExtent is the size in texels of the image to copy in width, height and depth.

Description

When copying to or from a depth or stencil aspect, the data in buffer memory uses a layout that is a (mostly) tightly packed representation of the depth or stencil data. Specifically:

• data copied to or from the stencil aspect of any depth/stencil format is tightly packed with one VK_FORMAT_S8_UINT value per texel.
• data copied to or from the depth aspect of a VK_FORMAT_D16_UNORM or VK_FORMAT_D16_UNORM_S8_UINT format is tightly packed with one VK_FORMAT_D16_UNORM value per texel.
• data copied to or from the depth aspect of a VK_FORMAT_D32_SFLOAT or VK_FORMAT_D32_SFLOAT_S8_UINT format is tightly packed with one VK_FORMAT_D32_SFLOAT value per texel.
• data copied to or from the depth aspect of a VK_FORMAT_X8_D24_UNORM_PACK32 or VK_FORMAT_D24_UNORM_S8_UINT format is packed with one 32-bit word per texel with the D24 value in the LSBs of the word, and undefined values in the eight MSBs.

Note

To copy both the depth and stencil aspects of a depth/stencil format, two entries in pRegions can be used, where one specifies the depth aspect in imageSubresource, and the other specifies the stencil aspect.

Because depth or stencil aspect buffer to image copies may require format conversions on some implementations, they are not supported on queues that do not support graphics. When copying to a depth aspect, the data in buffer memory must be in the the range [0,1] or undefined results occur.

Copies are done layer by layer starting with image layer baseArrayLayer member of imageSubresource. layerCount layers are copied from the source image or to the destination image.

Valid Usage

• If the the calling command’s VkImage parameter’s format is not a depth/stencil format, then bufferOffset must be a multiple of the format’s element size
• bufferOffset must be a multiple of 4
• bufferRowLength must be 0, or greater than or equal to the width member of imageExtent
• bufferImageHeight must be 0, or greater than or equal to the height member of imageExtent
• imageOffset.x and (imageExtent.width + imageOffset.x) must both be greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to the image subresource width
• imageOffset.y and (imageExtent.height + imageOffset.y) must both be greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to the image subresource height
• If the calling command’s srcImage (vkCmdCopyImageToBuffer) or dstImage (vkCmdCopyBufferToImage) is of type VK_IMAGE_TYPE_1D, then imageOffset.y must be 0 and imageExtent.height must be 1.
• imageOffset.z and (imageExtent.depth + imageOffset.z) must both be greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to the image subresource depth
• If the calling command’s srcImage (vkCmdCopyImageToBuffer) or dstImage (vkCmdCopyBufferToImage) is of type VK_IMAGE_TYPE_1D or VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D, then imageOffset.z must be 0 and imageExtent.depth must be 1.
• If the calling command’s VkImage parameter is a compressed format image, bufferRowLength must be a multiple of the compressed texel block width
• If the calling command’s VkImage parameter is a compressed format image, bufferImageHeight must be a multiple of the compressed texel block height
• If the calling command’s VkImage parameter is a compressed format image, all members of imageOffset must be a multiple of the corresponding dimensions of the compressed texel block
• If the calling command’s VkImage parameter is a compressed format image, bufferOffset must be a multiple of the compressed texel block size in bytes
• If the calling command’s VkImage parameter is a compressed format image, imageExtent.width must be a multiple of the compressed texel block width or (imageExtent.width + imageOffset.x) must equal the image subresource width
• If the calling command’s VkImage parameter is a compressed format image, imageExtent.height must be a multiple of the compressed texel block height or (imageExtent.height + imageOffset.y) must equal the image subresource height
• If the calling command’s VkImage parameter is a compressed format image, imageExtent.depth must be a multiple of the compressed texel block depth or (imageExtent.depth + imageOffset.z) must equal the image subresource depth
• bufferOffset, bufferRowLength, bufferImageHeight and all members of imageOffset and imageExtent must respect the image transfer granularity requirements of the queue family that it will be submitted against, as described in Physical Device Enumeration
• The aspectMask member of imageSubresource must specify aspects present in the calling command’s VkImage parameter
• The aspectMask member of imageSubresource must only have a single bit set
• If the calling command’s VkImage parameter is of VkImageType VK_IMAGE_TYPE_3D, the baseArrayLayer and layerCount members of imageSubresource must be 0 and 1, respectively
• When copying to the depth aspect of an image subresource, the data in the source buffer must be in the range [0,1]

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• imageSubresource must be a valid VkImageSubresourceLayers structure

See Also

VkDeviceSize, VkExtent3D, VkImageSubresourceLayers, VkOffset3D, vkCmdCopyBufferToImage, vkCmdCopyImageToBuffer

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkBufferImageCopy

VkBufferMemoryBarrier(3)

Name

VkBufferMemoryBarrier - Structure specifying a buffer memory barrier

C Specification

The VkBufferMemoryBarrier structure is defined as:

typedef struct VkBufferMemoryBarrier {
    VkStructureType    sType;
    const void*        pNext;
    VkAccessFlags      srcAccessMask;
    VkAccessFlags      dstAccessMask;
    uint32_t           srcQueueFamilyIndex;
    uint32_t           dstQueueFamilyIndex;
    VkBuffer           buffer;
    VkDeviceSize       offset;
    VkDeviceSize       size;
} VkBufferMemoryBarrier;

Members

• sType is the type of this structure.
• pNext is NULL or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.
• srcAccessMask is a bitmask of VkAccessFlagBits specifying a source access mask.
• dstAccessMask is a bitmask of VkAccessFlagBits specifying a destination access mask.
• srcQueueFamilyIndex is the source queue family for a queue family ownership transfer.
• dstQueueFamilyIndex is the destination queue family for a queue family ownership transfer.
• buffer is a handle to the buffer whose backing memory is affected by the barrier.
• offset is an offset in bytes into the backing memory for buffer; this is relative to the base offset as bound to the buffer (see vkBindBufferMemory).
• size is a size in bytes of the affected area of backing memory for buffer, or VK_WHOLE_SIZE to use the range from offset to the end of the buffer.

Description

The first access scope is limited to access to memory through the specified buffer range, via access types in the source access mask specified by srcAccessMask. If srcAccessMask includes VK_ACCESS_HOST_WRITE_BIT, memory writes performed by that access type are also made visible, as that access type is not performed through a resource.

The second access scope is limited to access to memory through the specified buffer range, via access types in the destination access mask. specified by dstAccessMask. If dstAccessMask includes VK_ACCESS_HOST_WRITE_BIT or VK_ACCESS_HOST_READ_BIT, available memory writes are also made visible to accesses of those types, as those access types are not performed through a resource.

If srcQueueFamilyIndex is not equal to dstQueueFamilyIndex, and srcQueueFamilyIndex is equal to the current queue family, then the memory barrier defines a queue family release operation for the specified buffer range, and the second access scope includes no access, as if dstAccessMask was 0.

If dstQueueFamilyIndex is not equal to srcQueueFamilyIndex, and dstQueueFamilyIndex is equal to the current queue family, then the memory barrier defines a queue family acquire operation for the specified buffer range, and the first access scope includes no access, as if srcAccessMask was 0.

Valid Usage

• offset must be less than the size of buffer
• If size is not equal to VK_WHOLE_SIZE, size must be greater than 0
• If size is not equal to VK_WHOLE_SIZE, size must be less than or equal to than the size of buffer minus offset
• If buffer was created with a sharing mode of VK_SHARING_MODE_CONCURRENT, srcQueueFamilyIndex and dstQueueFamilyIndex must both be VK_QUEUE_FAMILY_IGNORED
• If buffer was created with a sharing mode of VK_SHARING_MODE_EXCLUSIVE, srcQueueFamilyIndex and dstQueueFamilyIndex must either both be VK_QUEUE_FAMILY_IGNORED, or both be a valid queue family (see html/vkspec.html#devsandqueues-queueprops)
• If buffer was created with a sharing mode of VK_SHARING_MODE_EXCLUSIVE, and srcQueueFamilyIndex and dstQueueFamilyIndex are not VK_QUEUE_FAMILY_IGNORED, at least one of them must be the same as the family of the queue that will execute this barrier

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• sType must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_BUFFER_MEMORY_BARRIER
• pNext must be NULL
• srcAccessMask must be a valid combination of VkAccessFlagBits values
• dstAccessMask must be a valid combination of VkAccessFlagBits values
• buffer must be a valid VkBuffer handle

See Also

VkAccessFlags, VkBuffer, VkDeviceSize, VkStructureType, vkCmdPipelineBarrier, vkCmdWaitEvents

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkBufferMemoryBarrier

VkBufferViewCreateInfo(3)

Name

VkBufferViewCreateInfo - Structure specifying parameters of a newly created buffer view

C Specification

The VkBufferViewCreateInfo structure is defined as:

typedef struct VkBufferViewCreateInfo {
    VkStructureType            sType;
    const void*                pNext;
    VkBufferViewCreateFlags    flags;
    VkBuffer                   buffer;
    VkFormat                   format;
    VkDeviceSize               offset;
    VkDeviceSize               range;
} VkBufferViewCreateInfo;

Members

• sType is the type of this structure.
• pNext is NULL or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.
• flags is reserved for future use.
• buffer is a VkBuffer on which the view will be created.
• format is a VkFormat describing the format of the data elements in the buffer.
• offset is an offset in bytes from the base address of the buffer. Accesses to the buffer view from shaders use addressing that is relative to this starting offset.
• range is a size in bytes of the buffer view. If range is equal to VK_WHOLE_SIZE, the range from offset to the end of the buffer is used. If VK_WHOLE_SIZE is used and the remaining size of the buffer is not a multiple of the element size of format, then the nearest smaller multiple is used.

Description

Valid Usage

• offset must be less than the size of buffer
• offset must be a multiple of VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::minTexelBufferOffsetAlignment
• If range is not equal to VK_WHOLE_SIZE, range must be greater than 0
• If range is not equal to VK_WHOLE_SIZE, range must be a multiple of the element size of format
• If range is not equal to VK_WHOLE_SIZE, range divided by the element size of format must be less than or equal to VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::maxTexelBufferElements
• If range is not equal to VK_WHOLE_SIZE, the sum of offset and range must be less than or equal to the size of buffer
• buffer must have been created with a usage value containing at least one of VK_BUFFER_USAGE_UNIFORM_TEXEL_BUFFER_BIT or VK_BUFFER_USAGE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER_BIT
• If buffer was created with usage containing VK_BUFFER_USAGE_UNIFORM_TEXEL_BUFFER_BIT, format must be supported for uniform texel buffers, as specified by the VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_UNIFORM_TEXEL_BUFFER_BIT flag in VkFormatProperties::bufferFeatures returned by vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties
• If buffer was created with usage containing VK_BUFFER_USAGE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER_BIT, format must be supported for storage texel buffers, as specified by the VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER_BIT flag in VkFormatProperties::bufferFeatures returned by vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties
• If buffer is non-sparse then it must be bound completely and contiguously to a single VkDeviceMemory object

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• sType must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_BUFFER_VIEW_CREATE_INFO
• pNext must be NULL
• flags must be 0
• buffer must be a valid VkBuffer handle
• format must be a valid VkFormat value

See Also

VkBuffer, VkBufferViewCreateFlags, VkDeviceSize, VkFormat, VkStructureType, vkCreateBufferView

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkBufferViewCreateInfo

VkClearAttachment(3)

Name

VkClearAttachment - Structure specifying a clear attachment

C Specification

The VkClearAttachment structure is defined as:

typedef struct VkClearAttachment {
    VkImageAspectFlags    aspectMask;
    uint32_t              colorAttachment;
    VkClearValue          clearValue;
} VkClearAttachment;

Members

• aspectMask is a mask selecting the color, depth and/or stencil aspects of the attachment to be cleared. aspectMask can include VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_COLOR_BIT for color attachments, VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_DEPTH_BIT for depth/stencil attachments with a depth component, and VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_STENCIL_BIT for depth/stencil attachments with a stencil component. If the subpass’s depth/stencil attachment is VK_ATTACHMENT_UNUSED, then the clear has no effect.
• colorAttachment is only meaningful if VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_COLOR_BIT is set in aspectMask, in which case it is an index to the pColorAttachments array in the VkSubpassDescription structure of the current subpass which selects the color attachment to clear. If colorAttachment is VK_ATTACHMENT_UNUSED then the clear has no effect.
• clearValue is the color or depth/stencil value to clear the attachment to, as described in Clear Values below.

Description

No memory barriers are needed between vkCmdClearAttachments and preceding or subsequent draw or attachment clear commands in the same subpass.

The vkCmdClearAttachments command is not affected by the bound pipeline state.

Attachments can also be cleared at the beginning of a render pass instance by setting loadOp (or stencilLoadOp) of VkAttachmentDescription to VK_ATTACHMENT_LOAD_OP_CLEAR, as described for vkCreateRenderPass.

Valid Usage

• If aspectMask includes VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_COLOR_BIT, it must not include VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_DEPTH_BIT or VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_STENCIL_BIT
• aspectMask must not include VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_METADATA_BIT
• clearValue must be a valid VkClearValue union

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• aspectMask must be a valid combination of VkImageAspectFlagBits values
• aspectMask must not be 0

See Also

VkClearValue, VkImageAspectFlags, vkCmdClearAttachments

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkClearAttachment

VkClearColorValue(3)

Name

VkClearColorValue - Structure specifying a clear color value

C Specification

The VkClearColorValue structure is defined as:

typedef union VkClearColorValue {
    float       float32[4];
    int32_t     int32[4];
    uint32_t    uint32[4];
} VkClearColorValue;

Members

• float32 are the color clear values when the format of the image or attachment is one of the formats in the Interpretation of Numeric Format table other than signed integer (SINT) or unsigned integer (UINT). Floating point values are automatically converted to the format of the image, with the clear value being treated as linear if the image is sRGB.
• int32 are the color clear values when the format of the image or attachment is signed integer (SINT). Signed integer values are converted to the format of the image by casting to the smaller type (with negative 32-bit values mapping to negative values in the smaller type). If the integer clear value is not representable in the target type (e.g. would overflow in conversion to that type), the clear value is undefined.
• uint32 are the color clear values when the format of the image or attachment is unsigned integer (UINT). Unsigned integer values are converted to the format of the image by casting to the integer type with fewer bits.

Description

The four array elements of the clear color map to R, G, B, and A components of image formats, in order.

If the image has more than one sample, the same value is written to all samples for any pixels being cleared.

See Also

VkClearValue, vkCmdClearColorImage

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkClearColorValue

VkClearDepthStencilValue(3)

Name

VkClearDepthStencilValue - Structure specifying a clear depth stencil value

C Specification

The VkClearDepthStencilValue structure is defined as:

typedef struct VkClearDepthStencilValue {
    float       depth;
    uint32_t    stencil;
} VkClearDepthStencilValue;

Members

• depth is the clear value for the depth aspect of the depth/stencil attachment. It is a floating-point value which is automatically converted to the attachment’s format.
• stencil is the clear value for the stencil aspect of the depth/stencil attachment. It is a 32-bit integer value which is converted to the attachment’s format by taking the appropriate number of LSBs.

Description

Valid Usage

• depth must be between 0.0 and 1.0, inclusive

See Also

VkClearValue, vkCmdClearDepthStencilImage

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkClearDepthStencilValue

VkClearRect(3)

Name

VkClearRect - Structure specifying a clear rectangle

C Specification

The VkClearRect structure is defined as:

typedef struct VkClearRect {
    VkRect2D    rect;
    uint32_t    baseArrayLayer;
    uint32_t    layerCount;
} VkClearRect;

Members

• rect is the two-dimensional region to be cleared.
• baseArrayLayer is the first layer to be cleared.
• layerCount is the number of layers to clear.

Description

The layers [baseArrayLayer, baseArrayLayer + layerCount) counting from the base layer of the attachment image view are cleared.

See Also

VkRect2D, vkCmdClearAttachments

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkClearRect

VkClearValue(3)

Name

VkClearValue - Structure specifying a clear value

C Specification

The VkClearValue union is defined as:

typedef union VkClearValue {
    VkClearColorValue           color;
    VkClearDepthStencilValue    depthStencil;
} VkClearValue;

Members

• color specifies the color image clear values to use when clearing a color image or attachment.
• depthStencil specifies the depth and stencil clear values to use when clearing a depth/stencil image or attachment.

Description

This union is used where part of the API requires either color or depth/stencil clear values, depending on the attachment, and defines the initial clear values in the VkRenderPassBeginInfo structure.

Valid Usage

• depthStencil must be a valid VkClearDepthStencilValue structure

See Also

VkClearAttachment, VkClearColorValue, VkClearDepthStencilValue, VkRenderPassBeginInfo

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkClearValue

VkCommandBufferAllocateInfo(3)

Name

VkCommandBufferAllocateInfo - Structure specifying the allocation parameters for command buffer object

C Specification

The VkCommandBufferAllocateInfo structure is defined as:

typedef struct VkCommandBufferAllocateInfo {
    VkStructureType         sType;
    const void*             pNext;
    VkCommandPool           commandPool;
    VkCommandBufferLevel    level;
    uint32_t                commandBufferCount;
} VkCommandBufferAllocateInfo;

Members

• sType is the type of this structure.
• pNext is NULL or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.
• commandPool is the command pool from which the command buffers are allocated.
• level is an VkCommandBufferLevel value specifying the command buffer level.
• commandBufferCount is the number of command buffers to allocate from the pool.

Description

Valid Usage

• commandBufferCount must be greater than 0

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• sType must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_COMMAND_BUFFER_ALLOCATE_INFO
• pNext must be NULL
• commandPool must be a valid VkCommandPool handle
• level must be a valid VkCommandBufferLevel value

See Also

VkCommandBufferLevel, VkCommandPool, VkStructureType, vkAllocateCommandBuffers

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkCommandBufferAllocateInfo

VkCommandBufferBeginInfo(3)

Name

VkCommandBufferBeginInfo - Structure specifying a command buffer begin operation

C Specification

The VkCommandBufferBeginInfo structure is defined as:

typedef struct VkCommandBufferBeginInfo {
    VkStructureType                          sType;
    const void*                              pNext;
    VkCommandBufferUsageFlags                flags;
    const VkCommandBufferInheritanceInfo*    pInheritanceInfo;
} VkCommandBufferBeginInfo;

Members

• sType is the type of this structure.
• pNext is NULL or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.
• flags is a bitmask of VkCommandBufferUsageFlagBits specifying usage behavior for the command buffer.
• pInheritanceInfo is a pointer to a VkCommandBufferInheritanceInfo structure, which is used if commandBuffer is a secondary command buffer. If this is a primary command buffer, then this value is ignored.

Description

Valid Usage

• If flags contains VK_COMMAND_BUFFER_USAGE_RENDER_PASS_CONTINUE_BIT, the renderPass member of pInheritanceInfo must be a valid VkRenderPass
• If flags contains VK_COMMAND_BUFFER_USAGE_RENDER_PASS_CONTINUE_BIT, the subpass member of pInheritanceInfo must be a valid subpass index within the renderPass member of pInheritanceInfo
• If flags contains VK_COMMAND_BUFFER_USAGE_RENDER_PASS_CONTINUE_BIT, the framebuffer member of pInheritanceInfo must be either VK_NULL_HANDLE, or a valid VkFramebuffer that is compatible with the renderPass member of pInheritanceInfo

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• sType must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_COMMAND_BUFFER_BEGIN_INFO
• pNext must be NULL
• flags must be a valid combination of VkCommandBufferUsageFlagBits values

See Also

VkCommandBufferInheritanceInfo, VkCommandBufferUsageFlags, VkStructureType, vkBeginCommandBuffer

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkCommandBufferBeginInfo

VkCommandBufferInheritanceInfo(3)

Name

VkCommandBufferInheritanceInfo - Structure specifying command buffer inheritance info

C Specification

If the command buffer is a secondary command buffer, then the VkCommandBufferInheritanceInfo structure defines any state that will be inherited from the primary command buffer:

typedef struct VkCommandBufferInheritanceInfo {
    VkStructureType                  sType;
    const void*                      pNext;
    VkRenderPass                     renderPass;
    uint32_t                         subpass;
    VkFramebuffer                    framebuffer;
    VkBool32                         occlusionQueryEnable;
    VkQueryControlFlags              queryFlags;
    VkQueryPipelineStatisticFlags    pipelineStatistics;
} VkCommandBufferInheritanceInfo;

Members

• sType is the type of this structure.
• pNext is NULL or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.
• renderPass is a VkRenderPass object defining which render passes the VkCommandBuffer will be compatible with and can be executed within. If the VkCommandBuffer will not be executed within a render pass instance, renderPass is ignored.
• subpass is the index of the subpass within the render pass instance that the VkCommandBuffer will be executed within. If the VkCommandBuffer will not be executed within a render pass instance, subpass is ignored.

• framebuffer optionally refers to the VkFramebuffer object that the VkCommandBuffer will be rendering to if it is executed within a render pass instance. It can be VK_NULL_HANDLE if the framebuffer is not known, or if the VkCommandBuffer will not be executed within a render pass instance.

  Note

  Specifying the exact framebuffer that the secondary command buffer will be executed with may result in better performance at command buffer execution time.

• occlusionQueryEnable indicates whether the command buffer can be executed while an occlusion query is active in the primary command buffer. If this is VK_TRUE, then this command buffer can be executed whether the primary command buffer has an occlusion query active or not. If this is VK_FALSE, then the primary command buffer must not have an occlusion query active.
• queryFlags indicates the query flags that can be used by an active occlusion query in the primary command buffer when this secondary command buffer is executed. If this value includes the VK_QUERY_CONTROL_PRECISE_BIT bit, then the active query can return boolean results or actual sample counts. If this bit is not set, then the active query must not use the VK_QUERY_CONTROL_PRECISE_BIT bit.
• pipelineStatistics is a bitmask of VkQueryPipelineStatisticFlagBits specifying the set of pipeline statistics that can be counted by an active query in the primary command buffer when this secondary command buffer is executed. If this value includes a given bit, then this command buffer can be executed whether the primary command buffer has a pipeline statistics query active that includes this bit or not. If this value excludes a given bit, then the active pipeline statistics query must not be from a query pool that counts that statistic.

Description

Valid Usage

• If the inherited queries feature is not enabled, occlusionQueryEnable must be VK_FALSE
• If the inherited queries feature is enabled, queryFlags must be a valid combination of VkQueryControlFlagBits values
• If the pipeline statistics queries feature is not enabled, pipelineStatistics must be 0

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• sType must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_COMMAND_BUFFER_INHERITANCE_INFO
• pNext must be NULL
• Both of framebuffer, and renderPass that are valid handles must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from the same VkDevice

See Also

VkBool32, VkCommandBufferBeginInfo, VkFramebuffer, VkQueryControlFlags, VkQueryPipelineStatisticFlags, VkRenderPass, VkStructureType

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkCommandBufferInheritanceInfo

VkCommandPoolCreateInfo(3)

Name

VkCommandPoolCreateInfo - Structure specifying parameters of a newly created command pool

C Specification

The VkCommandPoolCreateInfo structure is defined as:

typedef struct VkCommandPoolCreateInfo {
    VkStructureType             sType;
    const void*                 pNext;
    VkCommandPoolCreateFlags    flags;
    uint32_t                    queueFamilyIndex;
} VkCommandPoolCreateInfo;

Members

• sType is the type of this structure.
• pNext is NULL or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.
• flags is a bitmask of VkCommandPoolCreateFlagBits indicating usage behavior for the pool and command buffers allocated from it.
• queueFamilyIndex designates a queue family as described in section Queue Family Properties. All command buffers allocated from this command pool must be submitted on queues from the same queue family.

Description

Valid Usage

• queueFamilyIndex must be the index of a queue family available in the calling command’s device parameter

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• sType must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_COMMAND_POOL_CREATE_INFO
• pNext must be NULL
• flags must be a valid combination of VkCommandPoolCreateFlagBits values

See Also

VkCommandPoolCreateFlags, VkStructureType, vkCreateCommandPool

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkCommandPoolCreateInfo

VkComponentMapping(3)

Name

VkComponentMapping - Structure specifying a color component mapping

C Specification

The VkComponentMapping structure is defined as:

typedef struct VkComponentMapping {
    VkComponentSwizzle    r;
    VkComponentSwizzle    g;
    VkComponentSwizzle    b;
    VkComponentSwizzle    a;
} VkComponentMapping;

Members

• r is a VkComponentSwizzle specifying the component value placed in the R component of the output vector.
• g is a VkComponentSwizzle specifying the component value placed in the G component of the output vector.
• b is a VkComponentSwizzle specifying the component value placed in the B component of the output vector.
• A is a VkComponentSwizzle specifying the component value placed in the A component of the output vector.

Description

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• r must be a valid VkComponentSwizzle value
• g must be a valid VkComponentSwizzle value
• b must be a valid VkComponentSwizzle value
• a must be a valid VkComponentSwizzle value

See Also

VkComponentSwizzle, VkImageViewCreateInfo

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkComponentMapping

VkComputePipelineCreateInfo(3)

Name

VkComputePipelineCreateInfo - Structure specifying parameters of a newly created compute pipeline

C Specification

The VkComputePipelineCreateInfo structure is defined as:

typedef struct VkComputePipelineCreateInfo {
    VkStructureType                    sType;
    const void*                        pNext;
    VkPipelineCreateFlags              flags;
    VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo    stage;
    VkPipelineLayout                   layout;
    VkPipeline                         basePipelineHandle;
    int32_t                            basePipelineIndex;
} VkComputePipelineCreateInfo;

Members

• sType is the type of this structure.
• pNext is NULL or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.
• flags is a bitmask of VkPipelineCreateFlagBits specifying how the pipeline will be generated.
• stage is a VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo describing the compute shader.
• layout is the description of binding locations used by both the pipeline and descriptor sets used with the pipeline.
• basePipelineHandle is a pipeline to derive from
• basePipelineIndex is an index into the pCreateInfos parameter to use as a pipeline to derive from

Description

The parameters basePipelineHandle and basePipelineIndex are described in more detail in Pipeline Derivatives.

stage points to a structure of type VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo.

Valid Usage

• If flags contains the VK_PIPELINE_CREATE_DERIVATIVE_BIT flag, and basePipelineIndex is -1, basePipelineHandle must be a valid handle to a compute VkPipeline
• If flags contains the VK_PIPELINE_CREATE_DERIVATIVE_BIT flag, and basePipelineHandle is VK_NULL_HANDLE, basePipelineIndex must be a valid index into the calling command’s pCreateInfos parameter
• If flags contains the VK_PIPELINE_CREATE_DERIVATIVE_BIT flag, and basePipelineIndex is not -1, basePipelineHandle must be VK_NULL_HANDLE
• If flags contains the VK_PIPELINE_CREATE_DERIVATIVE_BIT flag, and basePipelineHandle is not VK_NULL_HANDLE, basePipelineIndex must be -1
• The stage member of stage must be VK_SHADER_STAGE_COMPUTE_BIT
• The shader code for the entry point identified by stage and the rest of the state identified by this structure must adhere to the pipeline linking rules described in the Shader Interfaces chapter
• layout must be consistent with the layout of the compute shader specified in stage

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• sType must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_COMPUTE_PIPELINE_CREATE_INFO
• pNext must be NULL
• flags must be a valid combination of VkPipelineCreateFlagBits values
• stage must be a valid VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo structure
• layout must be a valid VkPipelineLayout handle
• Both of basePipelineHandle, and layout that are valid handles must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from the same VkDevice

See Also

VkPipeline, VkPipelineCreateFlags, VkPipelineLayout, VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo, VkStructureType, vkCreateComputePipelines

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkComputePipelineCreateInfo

VkCopyDescriptorSet(3)

Name

VkCopyDescriptorSet - Structure specifying a copy descriptor set operation

C Specification

The VkCopyDescriptorSet structure is defined as:

typedef struct VkCopyDescriptorSet {
    VkStructureType    sType;
    const void*        pNext;
    VkDescriptorSet    srcSet;
    uint32_t           srcBinding;
    uint32_t           srcArrayElement;
    VkDescriptorSet    dstSet;
    uint32_t           dstBinding;
    uint32_t           dstArrayElement;
    uint32_t           descriptorCount;
} VkCopyDescriptorSet;

Members

• sType is the type of this structure.
• pNext is NULL or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.
• srcSet, srcBinding, and srcArrayElement are the source set, binding, and array element, respectively.
• dstSet, dstBinding, and dstArrayElement are the destination set, binding, and array element, respectively.
• descriptorCount is the number of descriptors to copy from the source to destination. If descriptorCount is greater than the number of remaining array elements in the source or destination binding, those affect consecutive bindings in a manner similar to VkWriteDescriptorSet above.

Description

Valid Usage

• srcBinding must be a valid binding within srcSet
• The sum of srcArrayElement and descriptorCount must be less than or equal to the number of array elements in the descriptor set binding specified by srcBinding, and all applicable consecutive bindings, as described by html/vkspec.html#descriptorsets-updates-consecutive
• dstBinding must be a valid binding within dstSet
• The sum of dstArrayElement and descriptorCount must be less than or equal to the number of array elements in the descriptor set binding specified by dstBinding, and all applicable consecutive bindings, as described by html/vkspec.html#descriptorsets-updates-consecutive
• If srcSet is equal to dstSet, then the source and destination ranges of descriptors must not overlap, where the ranges may include array elements from consecutive bindings as described by html/vkspec.html#descriptorsets-updates-consecutive

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• sType must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_COPY_DESCRIPTOR_SET
• pNext must be NULL
• srcSet must be a valid VkDescriptorSet handle
• dstSet must be a valid VkDescriptorSet handle
• Both of dstSet, and srcSet must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from the same VkDevice

See Also

VkDescriptorSet, VkStructureType, vkUpdateDescriptorSets

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkCopyDescriptorSet

VkDescriptorBufferInfo(3)

Name

VkDescriptorBufferInfo - Structure specifying descriptor buffer info

C Specification

The VkDescriptorBufferInfo structure is defined as:

typedef struct VkDescriptorBufferInfo {
    VkBuffer        buffer;
    VkDeviceSize    offset;
    VkDeviceSize    range;
} VkDescriptorBufferInfo;

Members

• buffer is the buffer resource.
• offset is the offset in bytes from the start of buffer. Access to buffer memory via this descriptor uses addressing that is relative to this starting offset.
• range is the size in bytes that is used for this descriptor update, or VK_WHOLE_SIZE to use the range from offset to the end of the buffer.

Description

Note

When setting range to VK_WHOLE_SIZE, the effective range must not be larger than the maximum range for the descriptor type (maxUniformBufferRange or maxStorageBufferRange). This means that VK_WHOLE_SIZE is not typically useful in the common case where uniform buffer descriptors are suballocated from a buffer that is much larger than maxUniformBufferRange.

For VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_BUFFER_DYNAMIC and VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_BUFFER_DYNAMIC descriptor types, offset is the base offset from which the dynamic offset is applied and range is the static size used for all dynamic offsets.

Valid Usage

• offset must be less than the size of buffer
• If range is not equal to VK_WHOLE_SIZE, range must be greater than 0
• If range is not equal to VK_WHOLE_SIZE, range must be less than or equal to the size of buffer minus offset

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• buffer must be a valid VkBuffer handle

See Also

VkBuffer, VkDeviceSize, VkWriteDescriptorSet

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkDescriptorBufferInfo

VkDescriptorImageInfo(3)

Name

VkDescriptorImageInfo - Structure specifying descriptor image info

C Specification

The VkDescriptorImageInfo structure is defined as:

typedef struct VkDescriptorImageInfo {
    VkSampler        sampler;
    VkImageView      imageView;
    VkImageLayout    imageLayout;
} VkDescriptorImageInfo;

Members

• sampler is a sampler handle, and is used in descriptor updates for types VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_SAMPLER and VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_COMBINED_IMAGE_SAMPLER if the binding being updated does not use immutable samplers.
• imageView is an image view handle, and is used in descriptor updates for types VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_SAMPLED_IMAGE, VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_IMAGE, VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_COMBINED_IMAGE_SAMPLER, and VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_INPUT_ATTACHMENT.
• imageLayout is the layout that the image subresources accessible from imageView will be in at the time this descriptor is accessed. imageLayout is used in descriptor updates for types VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_SAMPLED_IMAGE, VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_IMAGE, VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_COMBINED_IMAGE_SAMPLER, and VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_INPUT_ATTACHMENT.

Description

Members of VkDescriptorImageInfo that are not used in an update (as described above) are ignored.

Valid Usage

• imageLayout must match the actual VkImageLayout of each subresource accessible from imageView at the time this descriptor is accessed

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• Both of imageView, and sampler that are valid handles must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from the same VkDevice

See Also

VkImageLayout, VkImageView, VkSampler, VkWriteDescriptorSet

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkDescriptorImageInfo

VkDescriptorPoolCreateInfo(3)

Name

VkDescriptorPoolCreateInfo - Structure specifying parameters of a newly created descriptor pool

C Specification

Additional information about the pool is passed in an instance of the VkDescriptorPoolCreateInfo structure:

typedef struct VkDescriptorPoolCreateInfo {
    VkStructureType                sType;
    const void*                    pNext;
    VkDescriptorPoolCreateFlags    flags;
    uint32_t                       maxSets;
    uint32_t                       poolSizeCount;
    const VkDescriptorPoolSize*    pPoolSizes;
} VkDescriptorPoolCreateInfo;

Members

• sType is the type of this structure.
• pNext is NULL or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.
• flags is a bitmask of VkDescriptorPoolCreateFlagBits specifying certain supported operations on the pool.
• maxSets is the maximum number of descriptor sets that can be allocated from the pool.
• poolSizeCount is the number of elements in pPoolSizes.
• pPoolSizes is a pointer to an array of VkDescriptorPoolSize structures, each containing a descriptor type and number of descriptors of that type to be allocated in the pool.

Description

If multiple VkDescriptorPoolSize structures appear in the pPoolSizes array then the pool will be created with enough storage for the total number of descriptors of each type.

Fragmentation of a descriptor pool is possible and may lead to descriptor set allocation failures. A failure due to fragmentation is defined as failing a descriptor set allocation despite the sum of all outstanding descriptor set allocations from the pool plus the requested allocation requiring no more than the total number of descriptors requested at pool creation. Implementations provide certain guarantees of when fragmentation must not cause allocation failure, as described below.

If a descriptor pool has not had any descriptor sets freed since it was created or most recently reset then fragmentation must not cause an allocation failure (note that this is always the case for a pool created without the VK_DESCRIPTOR_POOL_CREATE_FREE_DESCRIPTOR_SET_BIT bit set). Additionally, if all sets allocated from the pool since it was created or most recently reset use the same number of descriptors (of each type) and the requested allocation also uses that same number of descriptors (of each type), then fragmentation must not cause an allocation failure.

If an allocation failure occurs due to fragmentation, an application can create an additional descriptor pool to perform further descriptor set allocations.

Valid Usage

• maxSets must be greater than 0

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• sType must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DESCRIPTOR_POOL_CREATE_INFO
• pNext must be NULL
• flags must be a valid combination of VkDescriptorPoolCreateFlagBits values
• pPoolSizes must be a pointer to an array of poolSizeCount valid VkDescriptorPoolSize structures
• poolSizeCount must be greater than 0

See Also

VkDescriptorPoolCreateFlags, VkDescriptorPoolSize, VkStructureType, vkCreateDescriptorPool

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkDescriptorPoolCreateInfo

VkDescriptorPoolSize(3)

Name

VkDescriptorPoolSize - Structure specifying descriptor pool size

C Specification

The VkDescriptorPoolSize structure is defined as:

typedef struct VkDescriptorPoolSize {
    VkDescriptorType    type;
    uint32_t            descriptorCount;
} VkDescriptorPoolSize;

Members

• type is the type of descriptor.
• descriptorCount is the number of descriptors of that type to allocate.

Description

Valid Usage

• descriptorCount must be greater than 0

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• type must be a valid VkDescriptorType value

See Also

VkDescriptorPoolCreateInfo, VkDescriptorType

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkDescriptorPoolSize

VkDescriptorSetAllocateInfo(3)

Name

VkDescriptorSetAllocateInfo - Structure specifying the allocation parameters for descriptor sets

C Specification

The VkDescriptorSetAllocateInfo structure is defined as:

typedef struct VkDescriptorSetAllocateInfo {
    VkStructureType                 sType;
    const void*                     pNext;
    VkDescriptorPool                descriptorPool;
    uint32_t                        descriptorSetCount;
    const VkDescriptorSetLayout*    pSetLayouts;
} VkDescriptorSetAllocateInfo;

Members

• sType is the type of this structure.
• pNext is NULL or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.
• descriptorPool is the pool which the sets will be allocated from.
• descriptorSetCount determines the number of descriptor sets to be allocated from the pool.
• pSetLayouts is an array of descriptor set layouts, with each member specifying how the corresponding descriptor set is allocated.

Description

Valid Usage

• descriptorSetCount must not be greater than the number of sets that are currently available for allocation in descriptorPool
• descriptorPool must have enough free descriptor capacity remaining to allocate the descriptor sets of the specified layouts

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• sType must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DESCRIPTOR_SET_ALLOCATE_INFO
• pNext must be NULL
• descriptorPool must be a valid VkDescriptorPool handle
• pSetLayouts must be a pointer to an array of descriptorSetCount valid VkDescriptorSetLayout handles
• descriptorSetCount must be greater than 0
• Both of descriptorPool, and the elements of pSetLayouts must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from the same VkDevice

See Also

VkDescriptorPool, VkDescriptorSetLayout, VkStructureType, vkAllocateDescriptorSets

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkDescriptorSetAllocateInfo

VkDescriptorSetLayoutBinding(3)

Name

VkDescriptorSetLayoutBinding - Structure specifying a descriptor set layout binding

C Specification

The VkDescriptorSetLayoutBinding structure is defined as:

typedef struct VkDescriptorSetLayoutBinding {
    uint32_t              binding;
    VkDescriptorType      descriptorType;
    uint32_t              descriptorCount;
    VkShaderStageFlags    stageFlags;
    const VkSampler*      pImmutableSamplers;
} VkDescriptorSetLayoutBinding;

Members

• binding is the binding number of this entry and corresponds to a resource of the same binding number in the shader stages.
• descriptorType is a VkDescriptorType specifying which type of resource descriptors are used for this binding.
• descriptorCount is the number of descriptors contained in the binding, accessed in a shader as an array. If descriptorCount is zero this binding entry is reserved and the resource must not be accessed from any stage via this binding within any pipeline using the set layout.

• stageFlags member is a bitmask of VkShaderStageFlagBits specifying which pipeline shader stages can access a resource for this binding. VK_SHADER_STAGE_ALL is a shorthand specifying that all defined shader stages, including any additional stages defined by extensions, can access the resource.

  If a shader stage is not included in stageFlags, then a resource must not be accessed from that stage via this binding within any pipeline using the set layout. Other than input attachments which are limited to the fragment shader, there are no limitations on what combinations of stages can be used by a descriptor binding, and in particular a binding can be used by both graphics stages and the compute stage.

Description

• pImmutableSamplers affects initialization of samplers. If descriptorType specifies a VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_SAMPLER or VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_COMBINED_IMAGE_SAMPLER type descriptor, then pImmutableSamplers can be used to initialize a set of immutable samplers. Immutable samplers are permanently bound into the set layout; later binding a sampler into an immutable sampler slot in a descriptor set is not allowed. If pImmutableSamplers is not NULL, then it is considered to be a pointer to an array of sampler handles that will be consumed by the set layout and used for the corresponding binding. If pImmutableSamplers is NULL, then the sampler slots are dynamic and sampler handles must be bound into descriptor sets using this layout. If descriptorType is not one of these descriptor types, then pImmutableSamplers is ignored.

The above layout definition allows the descriptor bindings to be specified sparsely such that not all binding numbers between 0 and the maximum binding number need to be specified in the pBindings array. Bindings that are not specified have a descriptorCount and stageFlags of zero, and the descriptorType is treated as undefined. However, all binding numbers between 0 and the maximum binding number in the VkDescriptorSetLayoutCreateInfo::pBindings array may consume memory in the descriptor set layout even if not all descriptor bindings are used, though it should not consume additional memory from the descriptor pool.

Note

The maximum binding number specified should be as compact as possible to avoid wasted memory.

Valid Usage

• If descriptorType is VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_SAMPLER or VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_COMBINED_IMAGE_SAMPLER, and descriptorCount is not 0 and pImmutableSamplers is not NULL, pImmutableSamplers must be a pointer to an array of descriptorCount valid VkSampler handles
• If descriptorCount is not 0, stageFlags must be a valid combination of VkShaderStageFlagBits values
• If descriptorType is VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_INPUT_ATTACHMENT and descriptorCount is not 0, then stageFlags must be 0 or VK_SHADER_STAGE_FRAGMENT_BIT

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• descriptorType must be a valid VkDescriptorType value

See Also

VkDescriptorSetLayoutCreateInfo, VkDescriptorType, VkSampler, VkShaderStageFlags

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkDescriptorSetLayoutBinding

VkDescriptorSetLayoutCreateInfo(3)

Name

VkDescriptorSetLayoutCreateInfo - Structure specifying parameters of a newly created descriptor set layout

C Specification

Information about the descriptor set layout is passed in an instance of the VkDescriptorSetLayoutCreateInfo structure:

typedef struct VkDescriptorSetLayoutCreateInfo {
    VkStructureType                        sType;
    const void*                            pNext;
    VkDescriptorSetLayoutCreateFlags       flags;
    uint32_t                               bindingCount;
    const VkDescriptorSetLayoutBinding*    pBindings;
} VkDescriptorSetLayoutCreateInfo;

Members

• sType is the type of this structure.
• pNext is NULL or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.
• flags is a bitmask specifying options for descriptor set layout creation.
• bindingCount is the number of elements in pBindings.
• pBindings is a pointer to an array of VkDescriptorSetLayoutBinding structures.

Description

Valid Usage

• The VkDescriptorSetLayoutBinding::binding members of the elements of the pBindings array must each have different values.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• sType must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DESCRIPTOR_SET_LAYOUT_CREATE_INFO
• pNext must be NULL
• flags must be a valid combination of VkDescriptorSetLayoutCreateFlagBits values
• If bindingCount is not 0, pBindings must be a pointer to an array of bindingCount valid VkDescriptorSetLayoutBinding structures

See Also

VkDescriptorSetLayoutBinding, VkDescriptorSetLayoutCreateFlags, VkStructureType, vkCreateDescriptorSetLayout

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkDescriptorSetLayoutCreateInfo

VkDeviceCreateInfo(3)

Name

VkDeviceCreateInfo - Structure specifying parameters of a newly created device

C Specification

The VkDeviceCreateInfo structure is defined as:

typedef struct VkDeviceCreateInfo {
    VkStructureType                    sType;
    const void*                        pNext;
    VkDeviceCreateFlags                flags;
    uint32_t                           queueCreateInfoCount;
    const VkDeviceQueueCreateInfo*     pQueueCreateInfos;
    uint32_t                           enabledLayerCount;
    const char* const*                 ppEnabledLayerNames;
    uint32_t                           enabledExtensionCount;
    const char* const*                 ppEnabledExtensionNames;
    const VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures*    pEnabledFeatures;
} VkDeviceCreateInfo;

Members

• sType is the type of this structure.
• pNext is NULL or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.
• flags is reserved for future use.
• queueCreateInfoCount is the unsigned integer size of the pQueueCreateInfos array. Refer to the Queue Creation section below for further details.
• pQueueCreateInfos is a pointer to an array of VkDeviceQueueCreateInfo structures describing the queues that are requested to be created along with the logical device. Refer to the Queue Creation section below for further details.
• enabledLayerCount is deprecated and ignored.
• ppEnabledLayerNames is deprecated and ignored. See Device Layer Deprecation.
• enabledExtensionCount is the number of device extensions to enable.
• ppEnabledExtensionNames is a pointer to an array of enabledExtensionCount null-terminated UTF-8 strings containing the names of extensions to enable for the created device. See the Extensions section for further details.
• pEnabledFeatures is NULL or a pointer to a VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures structure that contains boolean indicators of all the features to be enabled. Refer to the Features section for further details.

Description

Valid Usage

• The queueFamilyIndex member of any given element of pQueueCreateInfos must be unique within pQueueCreateInfos

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• sType must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DEVICE_CREATE_INFO
• pNext must be NULL
• flags must be 0
• pQueueCreateInfos must be a pointer to an array of queueCreateInfoCount valid VkDeviceQueueCreateInfo structures
• If enabledLayerCount is not 0, ppEnabledLayerNames must be a pointer to an array of enabledLayerCount null-terminated UTF-8 strings
• If enabledExtensionCount is not 0, ppEnabledExtensionNames must be a pointer to an array of enabledExtensionCount null-terminated UTF-8 strings
• If pEnabledFeatures is not NULL, pEnabledFeatures must be a pointer to a valid VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures structure
• queueCreateInfoCount must be greater than 0

See Also

VkDeviceCreateFlags, VkDeviceQueueCreateInfo, VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures, VkStructureType, vkCreateDevice

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkDeviceCreateInfo

VkDeviceQueueCreateInfo(3)

Name

VkDeviceQueueCreateInfo - Structure specifying parameters of a newly created device queue

C Specification

The VkDeviceQueueCreateInfo structure is defined as:

typedef struct VkDeviceQueueCreateInfo {
    VkStructureType             sType;
    const void*                 pNext;
    VkDeviceQueueCreateFlags    flags;
    uint32_t                    queueFamilyIndex;
    uint32_t                    queueCount;
    const float*                pQueuePriorities;
} VkDeviceQueueCreateInfo;

Members

• sType is the type of this structure.
• pNext is NULL or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.
• flags is reserved for future use.
• queueFamilyIndex is an unsigned integer indicating the index of the queue family to create on this device. This index corresponds to the index of an element of the pQueueFamilyProperties array that was returned by vkGetPhysicalDeviceQueueFamilyProperties.
• queueCount is an unsigned integer specifying the number of queues to create in the queue family indicated by queueFamilyIndex.
• pQueuePriorities is an array of queueCount normalized floating point values, specifying priorities of work that will be submitted to each created queue. See Queue Priority for more information.

Description

Valid Usage

• queueFamilyIndex must be less than pQueueFamilyPropertyCount returned by vkGetPhysicalDeviceQueueFamilyProperties
• queueCount must be less than or equal to the queueCount member of the VkQueueFamilyProperties structure, as returned by vkGetPhysicalDeviceQueueFamilyProperties in the pQueueFamilyProperties[queueFamilyIndex]
• Each element of pQueuePriorities must be between 0.0 and 1.0 inclusive

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• sType must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DEVICE_QUEUE_CREATE_INFO
• pNext must be NULL
• flags must be 0
• pQueuePriorities must be a pointer to an array of queueCount float values
• queueCount must be greater than 0

See Also

VkDeviceCreateInfo, VkDeviceQueueCreateFlags, VkStructureType

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkDeviceQueueCreateInfo

VkDispatchIndirectCommand(3)

Name

VkDispatchIndirectCommand - Structure specifying a dispatch indirect command

C Specification

The VkDispatchIndirectCommand structure is defined as:

typedef struct VkDispatchIndirectCommand {
    uint32_t    x;
    uint32_t    y;
    uint32_t    z;
} VkDispatchIndirectCommand;

Members

• x is the number of local workgroups to dispatch in the X dimension.
• y is the number of local workgroups to dispatch in the Y dimension.
• z is the number of local workgroups to dispatch in the Z dimension.

Description

The members of VkDispatchIndirectCommand have the same meaning as the corresponding parameters of vkCmdDispatch.

Valid Usage

• x must be less than or equal to VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::maxComputeWorkGroupCount[0]
• y must be less than or equal to VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::maxComputeWorkGroupCount[1]
• z must be less than or equal to VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::maxComputeWorkGroupCount[2]

See Also

vkCmdDispatchIndirect

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkDispatchIndirectCommand

VkDrawIndexedIndirectCommand(3)

Name

VkDrawIndexedIndirectCommand - Structure specifying a draw indexed indirect command

C Specification

The VkDrawIndexedIndirectCommand structure is defined as:

typedef struct VkDrawIndexedIndirectCommand {
    uint32_t    indexCount;
    uint32_t    instanceCount;
    uint32_t    firstIndex;
    int32_t     vertexOffset;
    uint32_t    firstInstance;
} VkDrawIndexedIndirectCommand;

Members

• indexCount is the number of vertices to draw.
• instanceCount is the number of instances to draw.
• firstIndex is the base index within the index buffer.
• vertexOffset is the value added to the vertex index before indexing into the vertex buffer.
• firstInstance is the instance ID of the first instance to draw.

Description

The members of VkDrawIndexedIndirectCommand have the same meaning as the similarly named parameters of vkCmdDrawIndexed.

Valid Usage

• For a given vertex buffer binding, any attribute data fetched must be entirely contained within the corresponding vertex buffer binding, as described in html/vkspec.html#fxvertex-input
• (indexSize * (firstIndex + indexCount) + offset) must be less than or equal to the size of the currently bound index buffer, with indexSize being based on the type specified by indexType, where the index buffer, indexType, and offset are specified via vkCmdBindIndexBuffer
• If the drawIndirectFirstInstance feature is not enabled, firstInstance must be 0

See Also

vkCmdDrawIndexedIndirect

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkDrawIndexedIndirectCommand

VkDrawIndirectCommand(3)

Name

VkDrawIndirectCommand - Structure specifying a draw indirect command

C Specification

The VkDrawIndirectCommand structure is defined as:

typedef struct VkDrawIndirectCommand {
    uint32_t    vertexCount;
    uint32_t    instanceCount;
    uint32_t    firstVertex;
    uint32_t    firstInstance;
} VkDrawIndirectCommand;

Members

• vertexCount is the number of vertices to draw.
• instanceCount is the number of instances to draw.
• firstVertex is the index of the first vertex to draw.
• firstInstance is the instance ID of the first instance to draw.

Description

The members of VkDrawIndirectCommand have the same meaning as the similarly named parameters of vkCmdDraw.

Valid Usage

• For a given vertex buffer binding, any attribute data fetched must be entirely contained within the corresponding vertex buffer binding, as described in html/vkspec.html#fxvertex-input
• If the drawIndirectFirstInstance feature is not enabled, firstInstance must be 0

See Also

vkCmdDrawIndirect

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkDrawIndirectCommand

VkEventCreateInfo(3)

Name

VkEventCreateInfo - Structure specifying parameters of a newly created event

C Specification

The VkEventCreateInfo structure is defined as:

typedef struct VkEventCreateInfo {
    VkStructureType       sType;
    const void*           pNext;
    VkEventCreateFlags    flags;
} VkEventCreateInfo;

Members

• sType is the type of this structure.
• pNext is NULL or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.
• flags is reserved for future use.

Description

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• sType must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_EVENT_CREATE_INFO
• pNext must be NULL
• flags must be 0

See Also

VkEventCreateFlags, VkStructureType, vkCreateEvent

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkEventCreateInfo

VkExtensionProperties(3)

Name

VkExtensionProperties - Structure specifying a extension properties

C Specification

The VkExtensionProperties structure is defined as:

typedef struct VkExtensionProperties {
    char        extensionName[VK_MAX_EXTENSION_NAME_SIZE];
    uint32_t    specVersion;
} VkExtensionProperties;

Members

• extensionName is a null-terminated string specifying the name of the extension.
• specVersion is the version of this extension. It is an integer, incremented with backward compatible changes.

See Also

vkEnumerateDeviceExtensionProperties, vkEnumerateInstanceExtensionProperties

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkExtensionProperties

VkExtent2D(3)

Name

VkExtent2D - Structure specifying a two-dimensional extent

C Specification

A two-dimensional extent is defined by the structure:

typedef struct VkExtent2D {
    uint32_t    width;
    uint32_t    height;
} VkExtent2D;

Members

• width is the width of the extent.
• height is the height of the extent.

See Also

VkRect2D, vkGetRenderAreaGranularity

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkExtent2D

VkExtent3D(3)

Name

VkExtent3D - Structure specifying a three-dimensional extent

C Specification

A three-dimensional extent is defined by the structure:

typedef struct VkExtent3D {
    uint32_t    width;
    uint32_t    height;
    uint32_t    depth;
} VkExtent3D;

Members

• width is the width of the extent.
• height is the height of the extent.
• depth is the depth of the extent.

See Also

VkBufferImageCopy, VkImageCopy, VkImageCreateInfo, VkImageFormatProperties, VkImageResolve, VkQueueFamilyProperties, VkSparseImageFormatProperties, VkSparseImageMemoryBind

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkExtent3D

VkFenceCreateInfo(3)

Name

VkFenceCreateInfo - Structure specifying parameters of a newly created fence

C Specification

The VkFenceCreateInfo structure is defined as:

typedef struct VkFenceCreateInfo {
    VkStructureType       sType;
    const void*           pNext;
    VkFenceCreateFlags    flags;
} VkFenceCreateInfo;

Members

• sType is the type of this structure.
• pNext is NULL or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.
• flags is a bitmask of VkFenceCreateFlagBits specifying the initial state and behavior of the fence.

Description

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• sType must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_FENCE_CREATE_INFO
• pNext must be NULL
• flags must be a valid combination of VkFenceCreateFlagBits values

See Also

VkFenceCreateFlags, VkStructureType, vkCreateFence

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkFenceCreateInfo

VkFormatProperties(3)

Name

VkFormatProperties - Structure specifying image format properties

C Specification

The VkFormatProperties structure is defined as:

typedef struct VkFormatProperties {
    VkFormatFeatureFlags    linearTilingFeatures;
    VkFormatFeatureFlags    optimalTilingFeatures;
    VkFormatFeatureFlags    bufferFeatures;
} VkFormatProperties;

Members

• linearTilingFeatures is a bitmask of VkFormatFeatureFlagBits specifying features supported by images created with a tiling parameter of VK_IMAGE_TILING_LINEAR.
• optimalTilingFeatures is a bitmask of VkFormatFeatureFlagBits specifying features supported by images created with a tiling parameter of VK_IMAGE_TILING_OPTIMAL.
• bufferFeatures is a bitmask of VkFormatFeatureFlagBits specifying features supported by buffers.

Description

Note

If no format feature flags are supported, then the only possible use would be image transfers - which alone are not useful. As such, if no format feature flags are supported, the format itself is not supported, and images of that format cannot be created.

If format is a block-compression format, then buffers must not support any features for the format.

See Also

VkFormatFeatureFlags, vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkFormatProperties

VkFramebufferCreateInfo(3)

Name

VkFramebufferCreateInfo - Structure specifying parameters of a newly created framebuffer

C Specification

The VkFramebufferCreateInfo structure is defined as:

typedef struct VkFramebufferCreateInfo {
    VkStructureType             sType;
    const void*                 pNext;
    VkFramebufferCreateFlags    flags;
    VkRenderPass                renderPass;
    uint32_t                    attachmentCount;
    const VkImageView*          pAttachments;
    uint32_t                    width;
    uint32_t                    height;
    uint32_t                    layers;
} VkFramebufferCreateInfo;

Members

• sType is the type of this structure.
• pNext is NULL or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.
• flags is reserved for future use.
• renderPass is a render pass that defines what render passes the framebuffer will be compatible with. See Render Pass Compatibility for details.
• attachmentCount is the number of attachments.
• pAttachments is an array of VkImageView handles, each of which will be used as the corresponding attachment in a render pass instance.
• width, height and layers define the dimensions of the framebuffer.

Description

Image subresources used as attachments must not be accessed in any other way for the duration of a render pass instance.

Note

This restriction means that the render pass has full knowledge of all uses of all of the attachments, so that the implementation is able to make correct decisions about when and how to perform layout transitions, when to overlap execution of subpasses, etc.

It is legal for a subpass to use no color or depth/stencil attachments, and rather use shader side effects such as image stores and atomics to produce an output. In this case, the subpass continues to use the width, height, and layers of the framebuffer to define the dimensions of the rendering area, and the rasterizationSamples from each pipeline’s VkPipelineMultisampleStateCreateInfo to define the number of samples used in rasterization; however, if VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures::variableMultisampleRate is VK_FALSE, then all pipelines to be bound with a given zero-attachment subpass must have the same value for VkPipelineMultisampleStateCreateInfo::rasterizationSamples.

Valid Usage

• attachmentCount must be equal to the attachment count specified in renderPass
• Any given element of pAttachments that is used as a color attachment or resolve attachment by renderPass must have been created with a usage value including VK_IMAGE_USAGE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BIT
• Any given element of pAttachments that is used as a depth/stencil attachment by renderPass must have been created with a usage value including VK_IMAGE_USAGE_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_BIT
• Any given element of pAttachments that is used as an input attachment by renderPass must have been created with a usage value including VK_IMAGE_USAGE_INPUT_ATTACHMENT_BIT
• Any given element of pAttachments must have been created with an VkFormat value that matches the VkFormat specified by the corresponding VkAttachmentDescription in renderPass
• Any given element of pAttachments must have been created with a samples value that matches the samples value specified by the corresponding VkAttachmentDescription in renderPass
• Any given element of pAttachments must have dimensions at least as large as the corresponding framebuffer dimension
• Any given element of pAttachments must only specify a single mip level
• Any given element of pAttachments must have been created with the identity swizzle
• width must be greater than 0.
• width must be less than or equal to VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::maxFramebufferWidth
• height must be greater than 0.
• height must be less than or equal to VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::maxFramebufferHeight
• layers must be greater than 0.
• layers must be less than or equal to VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::maxFramebufferLayers

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• sType must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_FRAMEBUFFER_CREATE_INFO
• pNext must be NULL
• flags must be 0
• renderPass must be a valid VkRenderPass handle
• If attachmentCount is not 0, pAttachments must be a pointer to an array of attachmentCount valid VkImageView handles
• Both of renderPass, and the elements of pAttachments that are valid handles must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from the same VkDevice

See Also

VkFramebufferCreateFlags, VkImageView, VkRenderPass, VkStructureType, vkCreateFramebuffer

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkFramebufferCreateInfo

VkGraphicsPipelineCreateInfo(3)

Name

VkGraphicsPipelineCreateInfo - Structure specifying parameters of a newly created graphics pipeline

C Specification

The VkGraphicsPipelineCreateInfo structure is defined as:

typedef struct VkGraphicsPipelineCreateInfo {
    VkStructureType                                  sType;
    const void*                                      pNext;
    VkPipelineCreateFlags                            flags;
    uint32_t                                         stageCount;
    const VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo*           pStages;
    const VkPipelineVertexInputStateCreateInfo*      pVertexInputState;
    const VkPipelineInputAssemblyStateCreateInfo*    pInputAssemblyState;
    const VkPipelineTessellationStateCreateInfo*     pTessellationState;
    const VkPipelineViewportStateCreateInfo*         pViewportState;
    const VkPipelineRasterizationStateCreateInfo*    pRasterizationState;
    const VkPipelineMultisampleStateCreateInfo*      pMultisampleState;
    const VkPipelineDepthStencilStateCreateInfo*     pDepthStencilState;
    const VkPipelineColorBlendStateCreateInfo*       pColorBlendState;
    const VkPipelineDynamicStateCreateInfo*          pDynamicState;
    VkPipelineLayout                                 layout;
    VkRenderPass                                     renderPass;
    uint32_t                                         subpass;
    VkPipeline                                       basePipelineHandle;
    int32_t                                          basePipelineIndex;
} VkGraphicsPipelineCreateInfo;

Members

• sType is the type of this structure.
• pNext is NULL or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.
• flags is a bitmask of VkPipelineCreateFlagBits specifying how the pipeline will be generated.
• stageCount is the number of entries in the pStages array.
• pStages is an array of size stageCount structures of type VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo describing the set of the shader stages to be included in the graphics pipeline.
• pVertexInputState is a pointer to an instance of the VkPipelineVertexInputStateCreateInfo structure.
• pInputAssemblyState is a pointer to an instance of the VkPipelineInputAssemblyStateCreateInfo structure which determines input assembly behavior, as described in Drawing Commands.
• pTessellationState is a pointer to an instance of the VkPipelineTessellationStateCreateInfo structure, and is ignored if the pipeline does not include a tessellation control shader stage and tessellation evaluation shader stage.
• pViewportState is a pointer to an instance of the VkPipelineViewportStateCreateInfo structure, and is ignored if the pipeline has rasterization disabled.
• pRasterizationState is a pointer to an instance of the VkPipelineRasterizationStateCreateInfo structure.
• pMultisampleState is a pointer to an instance of the VkPipelineMultisampleStateCreateInfo, and is ignored if the pipeline has rasterization disabled.
• pDepthStencilState is a pointer to an instance of the VkPipelineDepthStencilStateCreateInfo structure, and is ignored if the pipeline has rasterization disabled or if the subpass of the render pass the pipeline is created against does not use a depth/stencil attachment.
• pColorBlendState is a pointer to an instance of the VkPipelineColorBlendStateCreateInfo structure, and is ignored if the pipeline has rasterization disabled or if the subpass of the render pass the pipeline is created against does not use any color attachments.
• pDynamicState is a pointer to VkPipelineDynamicStateCreateInfo and is used to indicate which properties of the pipeline state object are dynamic and can be changed independently of the pipeline state. This can be NULL, which means no state in the pipeline is considered dynamic.
• layout is the description of binding locations used by both the pipeline and descriptor sets used with the pipeline.
• renderPass is a handle to a render pass object describing the environment in which the pipeline will be used; the pipeline must only be used with an instance of any render pass compatible with the one provided. See Render Pass Compatibility for more information.
• subpass is the index of the subpass in the render pass where this pipeline will be used.
• basePipelineHandle is a pipeline to derive from.
• basePipelineIndex is an index into the pCreateInfos parameter to use as a pipeline to derive from.

Description

The parameters basePipelineHandle and basePipelineIndex are described in more detail in Pipeline Derivatives.

pStages points to an array of VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo structures, which were previously described in Compute Pipelines.

pDynamicState points to a structure of type VkPipelineDynamicStateCreateInfo.

Valid Usage

• If flags contains the VK_PIPELINE_CREATE_DERIVATIVE_BIT flag, and basePipelineIndex is -1, basePipelineHandle must be a valid handle to a graphics VkPipeline
• If flags contains the VK_PIPELINE_CREATE_DERIVATIVE_BIT flag, and basePipelineHandle is VK_NULL_HANDLE, basePipelineIndex must be a valid index into the calling command’s pCreateInfos parameter
• If flags contains the VK_PIPELINE_CREATE_DERIVATIVE_BIT flag, and basePipelineIndex is not -1, basePipelineHandle must be VK_NULL_HANDLE
• If flags contains the VK_PIPELINE_CREATE_DERIVATIVE_BIT flag, and basePipelineHandle is not VK_NULL_HANDLE, basePipelineIndex must be -1
• The stage member of each element of pStages must be unique
• The stage member of one element of pStages must be VK_SHADER_STAGE_VERTEX_BIT
• The stage member of any given element of pStages must not be VK_SHADER_STAGE_COMPUTE_BIT
• If pStages includes a tessellation control shader stage, it must include a tessellation evaluation shader stage
• If pStages includes a tessellation evaluation shader stage, it must include a tessellation control shader stage
• If pStages includes a tessellation control shader stage and a tessellation evaluation shader stage, pTessellationState must be a pointer to a valid VkPipelineTessellationStateCreateInfo structure
• If pStages includes tessellation shader stages, the shader code of at least one stage must contain an OpExecutionMode instruction that specifies the type of subdivision in the pipeline
• If pStages includes tessellation shader stages, and the shader code of both stages contain an OpExecutionMode instruction that specifies the type of subdivision in the pipeline, they must both specify the same subdivision mode
• If pStages includes tessellation shader stages, the shader code of at least one stage must contain an OpExecutionMode instruction that specifies the output patch size in the pipeline
• If pStages includes tessellation shader stages, and the shader code of both contain an OpExecutionMode instruction that specifies the out patch size in the pipeline, they must both specify the same patch size
• If pStages includes tessellation shader stages, the topology member of pInputAssembly must be VK_PRIMITIVE_TOPOLOGY_PATCH_LIST
• If the topology member of pInputAssembly is VK_PRIMITIVE_TOPOLOGY_PATCH_LIST, pStages must include tessellation shader stages
• If pStages includes a geometry shader stage, and does not include any tessellation shader stages, its shader code must contain an OpExecutionMode instruction that specifies an input primitive type that is compatible with the primitive topology specified in pInputAssembly
• If pStages includes a geometry shader stage, and also includes tessellation shader stages, its shader code must contain an OpExecutionMode instruction that specifies an input primitive type that is compatible with the primitive topology that is output by the tessellation stages
• If pStages includes a fragment shader stage and a geometry shader stage, and the fragment shader code reads from an input variable that is decorated with PrimitiveID, then the geometry shader code must write to a matching output variable, decorated with PrimitiveID, in all execution paths
• If pStages includes a fragment shader stage, its shader code must not read from any input attachment that is defined as VK_ATTACHMENT_UNUSED in subpass
• The shader code for the entry points identified by pStages, and the rest of the state identified by this structure must adhere to the pipeline linking rules described in the Shader Interfaces chapter
• If rasterization is not disabled and subpass uses a depth/stencil attachment in renderpass that has a layout of VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_DEPTH_STENCIL_READ_ONLY_OPTIMAL in the VkAttachmentReference defined by subpass, the depthWriteEnable member of pDepthStencilState must be VK_FALSE
• If rasterization is not disabled and subpass uses a depth/stencil attachment in renderpass that has a layout of VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_DEPTH_STENCIL_READ_ONLY_OPTIMAL in the VkAttachmentReference defined by subpass, the failOp, passOp and depthFailOp members of each of the front and back members of pDepthStencilState must be VK_STENCIL_OP_KEEP
• If rasterization is not disabled and the subpass uses color attachments, then for each color attachment in the subpass the blendEnable member of the corresponding element of the pAttachment member of pColorBlendState must be VK_FALSE if the format of the attachment does not support color blend operations, as specified by the VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BLEND_BIT flag in VkFormatProperties::linearTilingFeatures or VkFormatProperties::optimalTilingFeatures returned by vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties
• If rasterization is not disabled and the subpass uses color attachments, the attachmentCount member of pColorBlendState must be equal to the colorAttachmentCount used to create subpass
• If no element of the pDynamicStates member of pDynamicState is VK_DYNAMIC_STATE_VIEWPORT, the pViewports member of pViewportState must be a pointer to an array of pViewportState::viewportCount VkViewport structures
• If no element of the pDynamicStates member of pDynamicState is VK_DYNAMIC_STATE_SCISSOR, the pScissors member of pViewportState must be a pointer to an array of pViewportState::scissorCount VkRect2D structures
• If the wide lines feature is not enabled, and no element of the pDynamicStates member of pDynamicState is VK_DYNAMIC_STATE_LINE_WIDTH, the lineWidth member of pRasterizationState must be 1.0
• If the rasterizerDiscardEnable member of pRasterizationState is VK_FALSE, pViewportState must be a pointer to a valid VkPipelineViewportStateCreateInfo structure
• If the rasterizerDiscardEnable member of pRasterizationState is VK_FALSE, pMultisampleState must be a pointer to a valid VkPipelineMultisampleStateCreateInfo structure
• If the rasterizerDiscardEnable member of pRasterizationState is VK_FALSE, and subpass uses a depth/stencil attachment, pDepthStencilState must be a pointer to a valid VkPipelineDepthStencilStateCreateInfo structure
• If the rasterizerDiscardEnable member of pRasterizationState is VK_FALSE, and subpass uses color attachments, pColorBlendState must be a pointer to a valid VkPipelineColorBlendStateCreateInfo structure
• If the depth bias clamping feature is not enabled, no element of the pDynamicStates member of pDynamicState is VK_DYNAMIC_STATE_DEPTH_BIAS, and the depthBiasEnable member of pDepthStencil is VK_TRUE, the depthBiasClamp member of pDepthStencil must be 0.0
• If no element of the pDynamicStates member of pDynamicState is VK_DYNAMIC_STATE_DEPTH_BOUNDS, and the depthBoundsTestEnable member of pDepthStencil is VK_TRUE, the minDepthBounds and maxDepthBounds members of pDepthStencil must be between 0.0 and 1.0, inclusive
• layout must be consistent with all shaders specified in pStages
• If subpass uses color and/or depth/stencil attachments, then the rasterizationSamples member of pMultisampleState must be the same as the sample count for those subpass attachments
• If subpass does not use any color and/or depth/stencil attachments, then the rasterizationSamples member of pMultisampleState must follow the rules for a zero-attachment subpass
• subpass must be a valid subpass within renderpass

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• sType must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_GRAPHICS_PIPELINE_CREATE_INFO
• pNext must be NULL
• flags must be a valid combination of VkPipelineCreateFlagBits values
• pStages must be a pointer to an array of stageCount valid VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo structures
• pVertexInputState must be a pointer to a valid VkPipelineVertexInputStateCreateInfo structure
• pInputAssemblyState must be a pointer to a valid VkPipelineInputAssemblyStateCreateInfo structure
• pRasterizationState must be a pointer to a valid VkPipelineRasterizationStateCreateInfo structure
• If pDynamicState is not NULL, pDynamicState must be a pointer to a valid VkPipelineDynamicStateCreateInfo structure
• layout must be a valid VkPipelineLayout handle
• renderPass must be a valid VkRenderPass handle
• stageCount must be greater than 0
• Each of basePipelineHandle, layout, and renderPass that are valid handles must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from the same VkDevice

See Also

VkPipeline, VkPipelineColorBlendStateCreateInfo, VkPipelineCreateFlags, VkPipelineDepthStencilStateCreateInfo, VkPipelineDynamicStateCreateInfo, VkPipelineInputAssemblyStateCreateInfo, VkPipelineLayout, VkPipelineMultisampleStateCreateInfo, VkPipelineRasterizationStateCreateInfo, VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo, VkPipelineTessellationStateCreateInfo, VkPipelineVertexInputStateCreateInfo, VkPipelineViewportStateCreateInfo, VkRenderPass, VkStructureType, vkCreateGraphicsPipelines

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkGraphicsPipelineCreateInfo

VkImageBlit(3)

Name

VkImageBlit - Structure specifying an image blit operation

C Specification

The VkImageBlit structure is defined as:

typedef struct VkImageBlit {
    VkImageSubresourceLayers    srcSubresource;
    VkOffset3D                  srcOffsets[2];
    VkImageSubresourceLayers    dstSubresource;
    VkOffset3D                  dstOffsets[2];
} VkImageBlit;

Members

• srcSubresource is the subresource to blit from.
• srcOffsets is an array of two VkOffset3D structures specifying the bounds of the source region within srcSubresource.
• dstSubresource is the subresource to blit into.
• dstOffsets is an array of two VkOffset3D structures specifying the bounds of the destination region within dstSubresource.

Description

For each element of the pRegions array, a blit operation is performed the specified source and destination regions.

Valid Usage

• The aspectMask member of srcSubresource and dstSubresource must match
• The layerCount member of srcSubresource and dstSubresource must match
• If either of the calling command’s srcImage or dstImage parameters are of VkImageType VK_IMAGE_TYPE_3D, the baseArrayLayer and layerCount members of both srcSubresource and dstSubresource must be 0 and 1, respectively
• The aspectMask member of srcSubresource must specify aspects present in the calling command’s srcImage
• The aspectMask member of dstSubresource must specify aspects present in the calling command’s dstImage
• srcOffset[0].x and srcOffset[1].x must both be greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to the source image subresource width
• srcOffset[0].y and srcOffset[1].y must both be greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to the source image subresource height
• If the calling command’s srcImage is of type VK_IMAGE_TYPE_1D, then srcOffset[0].y must be 0 and srcOffset[1].y must be 1.
• srcOffset[0].z and srcOffset[1].z must both be greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to the source image subresource depth
• If the calling command’s srcImage is of type VK_IMAGE_TYPE_1D or VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D, then srcOffset[0].z must be 0 and srcOffset[1].z must be 1.
• dstOffset[0].x and dstOffset[1].x must both be greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to the destination image subresource width
• dstOffset[0].y and dstOffset[1].y must both be greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to the destination image subresource height
• If the calling command’s dstImage is of type VK_IMAGE_TYPE_1D, then dstOffset[0].y must be 0 and dstOffset[1].y must be 1.
• dstOffset[0].z and dstOffset[1].z must both be greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to the destination image subresource depth
• If the calling command’s dstImage is of type VK_IMAGE_TYPE_1D or VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D, then dstOffset[0].z must be 0 and dstOffset[1].z must be 1.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• srcSubresource must be a valid VkImageSubresourceLayers structure
• dstSubresource must be a valid VkImageSubresourceLayers structure

See Also

VkImageSubresourceLayers, VkOffset3D, vkCmdBlitImage

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkImageBlit

VkImageCopy(3)

Name

VkImageCopy - Structure specifying an image copy operation

C Specification

The VkImageCopy structure is defined as:

typedef struct VkImageCopy {
    VkImageSubresourceLayers    srcSubresource;
    VkOffset3D                  srcOffset;
    VkImageSubresourceLayers    dstSubresource;
    VkOffset3D                  dstOffset;
    VkExtent3D                  extent;
} VkImageCopy;

Members

• srcSubresource and dstSubresource are VkImageSubresourceLayers structures specifying the image subresources of the images used for the source and destination image data, respectively.
• srcOffset and dstOffset select the initial x, y, and z offsets in texels of the sub-regions of the source and destination image data.
• extent is the size in texels of the source image to copy in width, height and depth.

Description

Copies are done layer by layer starting with baseArrayLayer member of srcSubresource for the source and dstSubresource for the destination. layerCount layers are copied to the destination image.

Valid Usage

• The aspectMask member of srcSubresource and dstSubresource must match
• The layerCount member of srcSubresource and dstSubresource must match
• If either of the calling command’s srcImage or dstImage parameters are of VkImageType VK_IMAGE_TYPE_3D, the baseArrayLayer and layerCount members of both srcSubresource and dstSubresource must be 0 and 1, respectively
• The aspectMask member of srcSubresource must specify aspects present in the calling command’s srcImage
• The aspectMask member of dstSubresource must specify aspects present in the calling command’s dstImage
• srcOffset.x and (extent.width + srcOffset.x) must both be greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to the source image subresource width
• srcOffset.y and (extent.height + srcOffset.y) must both be greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to the source image subresource height
• If the calling command’s srcImage is of type VK_IMAGE_TYPE_1D, then srcOffset.y must be 0 and extent.height must be 1.
• srcOffset.z and (extent.depth + srcOffset.z) must both be greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to the source image subresource depth
• If the calling command’s srcImage is of type VK_IMAGE_TYPE_1D or VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D, then srcOffset.z must be 0 and extent.depth must be 1.
• srcSubresource.baseArrayLayer must be less than and (srcSubresource.layerCount + srcSubresource.baseArrayLayer) must be less than or equal to the number of layers in the source image
• dstOffset.x and (extent.width + dstOffset.x) must both be greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to the destination image subresource width
• dstOffset.y and (extent.height + dstOffset.y) must both be greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to the destination image subresource height
• If the calling command’s dstImage is of type VK_IMAGE_TYPE_1D, then dstOffset.y must be 0 and extent.height must be 1.
• dstOffset.z and (extent.depth + dstOffset.z) must both be greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to the destination image subresource depth
• If the calling command’s dstImage is of type VK_IMAGE_TYPE_1D or VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D, then dstOffset.z must be 0 and extent.depth must be 1.
• dstSubresource.baseArrayLayer must be less than and (dstSubresource.layerCount + dstSubresource.baseArrayLayer) must be less than or equal to the number of layers in the destination image
• If the calling command’s srcImage is a compressed format image, all members of srcOffset must be a multiple of the corresponding dimensions of the compressed texel block
• If the calling command’s srcImage is a compressed format image, extent.width must be a multiple of the compressed texel block width or (extent.width + srcOffset.x) must equal the source image subresource width
• If the calling command’s srcImage is a compressed format image, extent.height must be a multiple of the compressed texel block height or (extent.height + srcOffset.y) must equal the source image subresource height
• If the calling command’s srcImage is a compressed format image, extent.depth must be a multiple of the compressed texel block depth or (extent.depth + srcOffset.z) must equal the source image subresource depth
• If the calling command’s dstImage is a compressed format image, all members of dstOffset must be a multiple of the corresponding dimensions of the compressed texel block
• If the calling command’s dstImage is a compressed format image, extent.width must be a multiple of the compressed texel block width or (extent.width + dstOffset.x) must equal the destination image subresource width
• If the calling command’s dstImage is a compressed format image, extent.height must be a multiple of the compressed texel block height or (extent.height + dstOffset.y) must equal the destination image subresource height
• If the calling command’s dstImage is a compressed format image, extent.depth must be a multiple of the compressed texel block depth or (extent.depth + dstOffset.z) must equal the destination image subresource depth
• srcOffset, dstOffset, and extent must respect the image transfer granularity requirements of the queue family that it will be submitted against, as described in Physical Device Enumeration

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• srcSubresource must be a valid VkImageSubresourceLayers structure
• dstSubresource must be a valid VkImageSubresourceLayers structure

See Also

VkExtent3D, VkImageSubresourceLayers, VkOffset3D, vkCmdCopyImage

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkImageCopy

VkImageCreateInfo(3)

Name

VkImageCreateInfo - Structure specifying the parameters of a newly created image object

C Specification

The VkImageCreateInfo structure is defined as:

typedef struct VkImageCreateInfo {
    VkStructureType          sType;
    const void*              pNext;
    VkImageCreateFlags       flags;
    VkImageType              imageType;
    VkFormat                 format;
    VkExtent3D               extent;
    uint32_t                 mipLevels;
    uint32_t                 arrayLayers;
    VkSampleCountFlagBits    samples;
    VkImageTiling            tiling;
    VkImageUsageFlags        usage;
    VkSharingMode            sharingMode;
    uint32_t                 queueFamilyIndexCount;
    const uint32_t*          pQueueFamilyIndices;
    VkImageLayout            initialLayout;
} VkImageCreateInfo;

Members

• sType is the type of this structure.
• pNext is NULL or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.
• flags is a bitmask of VkImageCreateFlagBits describing additional parameters of the image.
• imageType is a VkImageType value specifying the basic dimensionality of the image. Layers in array textures do not count as a dimension for the purposes of the image type.
• format is a VkFormat describing the format and type of the data elements that will be contained in the image.
• extent is a VkExtent3D describing the number of data elements in each dimension of the base level.
• mipLevels describes the number of levels of detail available for minified sampling of the image.
• arrayLayers is the number of layers in the image.
• samples is the number of sub-data element samples in the image as defined in VkSampleCountFlagBits. See Multisampling.
• tiling is a VkImageTiling value specifying the tiling arrangement of the data elements in memory.
• usage is a bitmask of VkImageUsageFlagBits describing the intended usage of the image.
• sharingMode is a VkSharingMode value specifying the sharing mode of the image when it will be accessed by multiple queue families.
• queueFamilyIndexCount is the number of entries in the pQueueFamilyIndices array.
• pQueueFamilyIndices is a list of queue families that will access this image (ignored if sharingMode is not VK_SHARING_MODE_CONCURRENT).
• initialLayout is a VkImageLayout value specifying the initial VkImageLayout of all image subresources of the image. See Image Layouts.

Description

Images created with tiling equal to VK_IMAGE_TILING_LINEAR have further restrictions on their limits and capabilities compared to images created with tiling equal to VK_IMAGE_TILING_OPTIMAL. Creation of images with tiling VK_IMAGE_TILING_LINEAR may not be supported unless other parameters meet all of the constraints:

• imageType is VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D
• format is not a depth/stencil format
• mipLevels is 1
• arrayLayers is 1
• samples is VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT
• usage only includes VK_IMAGE_USAGE_TRANSFER_SRC_BIT and/or VK_IMAGE_USAGE_TRANSFER_DST_BIT

Implementations may support additional limits and capabilities beyond those listed above.

To query an implementation’s specific capabilities for a given combination of format, imageType, tiling, usage, and flags, call vkGetPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties. The return value indicates whether that combination of image settings is supported. On success, the VkImageFormatProperties output parameter indicates the set of valid samples bits and the limits for extent, mipLevels, and arrayLayers.

To determine the set of valid usage bits for a given format, call vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties.

Valid Usage

• The combination of format, imageType, tiling, usage, and flags must be supported, as indicated by a VK_SUCCESS return value from vkGetPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties invoked with the same values passed to the corresponding parameters.
• If sharingMode is VK_SHARING_MODE_CONCURRENT, pQueueFamilyIndices must be a pointer to an array of queueFamilyIndexCount uint32_t values
• If sharingMode is VK_SHARING_MODE_CONCURRENT, queueFamilyIndexCount must be greater than 1
• If sharingMode is VK_SHARING_MODE_CONCURRENT, each element of pQueueFamilyIndices must be unique and must be less than pQueueFamilyPropertyCount returned by vkGetPhysicalDeviceQueueFamilyProperties for the physicalDevice that was used to create device
• format must not be VK_FORMAT_UNDEFINED
• extent::width must be greater than 0.
• extent::height must be greater than 0.
• extent::depth must be greater than 0.
• mipLevels must be greater than 0
• arrayLayers must be greater than 0
• If flags contains VK_IMAGE_CREATE_CUBE_COMPATIBLE_BIT, imageType must be VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D
• If imageType is VK_IMAGE_TYPE_1D, extent.width must be less than or equal to VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::maxImageDimension1D, or VkImageFormatProperties::maxExtent.width (as returned by vkGetPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties with format, imageType, tiling, usage, and flags equal to those in this structure) - whichever is higher
• If imageType is VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D and flags does not contain VK_IMAGE_CREATE_CUBE_COMPATIBLE_BIT, extent.width and extent.height must be less than or equal to VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::maxImageDimension2D, or VkImageFormatProperties::maxExtent.width/height (as returned by vkGetPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties with format, imageType, tiling, usage, and flags equal to those in this structure) - whichever is higher
• If imageType is VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D and flags contains VK_IMAGE_CREATE_CUBE_COMPATIBLE_BIT, extent.width and extent.height must be less than or equal to VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::maxImageDimensionCube, or VkImageFormatProperties::maxExtent.width/height (as returned by vkGetPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties with format, imageType, tiling, usage, and flags equal to those in this structure) - whichever is higher
• If imageType is VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D and flags contains VK_IMAGE_CREATE_CUBE_COMPATIBLE_BIT, extent.width and extent.height must be equal and arrayLayers must be greater than or equal to 6
• If imageType is VK_IMAGE_TYPE_3D, extent.width, extent.height and extent.depth must be less than or equal to VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::maxImageDimension3D, or VkImageFormatProperties::maxExtent.width/height/depth (as returned by vkGetPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties with format, imageType, tiling, usage, and flags equal to those in this structure) - whichever is higher
• If imageType is VK_IMAGE_TYPE_1D, both extent.height and extent.depth must be 1
• If imageType is VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D, extent.depth must be 1
• mipLevels must be less than or equal to ⌊log₂(max(extent.width, extent.height, extent.depth))⌋ + 1.
• If any of extent.width, extent.height, or extent.depth are greater than the equivalently named members of VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::maxImageDimension3D, mipLevels must be less than or equal to VkImageFormatProperties::maxMipLevels (as returned by vkGetPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties with format, imageType, tiling, usage, and flags equal to those in this structure)
• arrayLayers must be less than or equal to VkImageFormatProperties::maxArrayLayers (as returned by vkGetPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties with format, imageType, tiling, usage, and flags equal to those in this structure)
• If imageType is VK_IMAGE_TYPE_3D, arrayLayers must be 1.
• If samples is not VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT, imageType must be VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D, flags must not contain VK_IMAGE_CREATE_CUBE_COMPATIBLE_BIT, tiling must be VK_IMAGE_TILING_OPTIMAL, and mipLevels must be equal to 1
• If usage includes VK_IMAGE_USAGE_TRANSIENT_ATTACHMENT_BIT, then bits other than VK_IMAGE_USAGE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BIT, VK_IMAGE_USAGE_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_BIT, and VK_IMAGE_USAGE_INPUT_ATTACHMENT_BIT must not be set
• If usage includes VK_IMAGE_USAGE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BIT, VK_IMAGE_USAGE_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_BIT, VK_IMAGE_USAGE_TRANSIENT_ATTACHMENT_BIT, or VK_IMAGE_USAGE_INPUT_ATTACHMENT_BIT, extent.width must be less than or equal to VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::maxFramebufferWidth
• If usage includes VK_IMAGE_USAGE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BIT, VK_IMAGE_USAGE_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_BIT, VK_IMAGE_USAGE_TRANSIENT_ATTACHMENT_BIT, or VK_IMAGE_USAGE_INPUT_ATTACHMENT_BIT, extent.height must be less than or equal to VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::maxFramebufferHeight
• If usage includes VK_IMAGE_USAGE_TRANSIENT_ATTACHMENT_BIT, usage must also contain at least one of VK_IMAGE_USAGE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BIT, VK_IMAGE_USAGE_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_BIT, or VK_IMAGE_USAGE_INPUT_ATTACHMENT_BIT.
• samples must be a bit value that is set in VkImageFormatProperties::sampleCounts returned by vkGetPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties with format, imageType, tiling, usage, and flags equal to those in this structure
• If the multisampled storage images feature is not enabled, and usage contains VK_IMAGE_USAGE_STORAGE_BIT, samples must be VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT
• If the sparse bindings feature is not enabled, flags must not contain VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_BINDING_BIT
• If imageType is VK_IMAGE_TYPE_1D, flags must not contain VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_RESIDENCY_BIT
• If the sparse residency for 2D images feature is not enabled, and imageType is VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D, flags must not contain VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_RESIDENCY_BIT
• If the sparse residency for 3D images feature is not enabled, and imageType is VK_IMAGE_TYPE_3D, flags must not contain VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_RESIDENCY_BIT
• If the sparse residency for images with 2 samples feature is not enabled, imageType is VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D, and samples is VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_2_BIT, flags must not contain VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_RESIDENCY_BIT
• If the sparse residency for images with 4 samples feature is not enabled, imageType is VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D, and samples is VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_4_BIT, flags must not contain VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_RESIDENCY_BIT
• If the sparse residency for images with 8 samples feature is not enabled, imageType is VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D, and samples is VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_8_BIT, flags must not contain VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_RESIDENCY_BIT
• If the sparse residency for images with 16 samples feature is not enabled, imageType is VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D, and samples is VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_16_BIT, flags must not contain VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_RESIDENCY_BIT
• If tiling is VK_IMAGE_TILING_LINEAR, format must be a format that has at least one supported feature bit present in the value of VkFormatProperties::linearTilingFeatures returned by vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties with the same value of format
• If tiling is VK_IMAGE_TILING_LINEAR, and VkFormatProperties::linearTilingFeatures (as returned by vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties with the same value of format) does not include VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_BIT, usage must not contain VK_IMAGE_USAGE_SAMPLED_BIT
• If tiling is VK_IMAGE_TILING_LINEAR, and VkFormatProperties::linearTilingFeatures (as returned by vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties with the same value of format) does not include VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_IMAGE_BIT, usage must not contain VK_IMAGE_USAGE_STORAGE_BIT
• If tiling is VK_IMAGE_TILING_LINEAR, and VkFormatProperties::linearTilingFeatures (as returned by vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties with the same value of format) does not include VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BIT, usage must not contain VK_IMAGE_USAGE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BIT
• If tiling is VK_IMAGE_TILING_LINEAR, and VkFormatProperties::linearTilingFeatures (as returned by vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties with the same value of format) does not include VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_BIT, usage must not contain VK_IMAGE_USAGE_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_BIT
• If tiling is VK_IMAGE_TILING_OPTIMAL, format must be a format that has at least one supported feature bit present in the value of VkFormatProperties::optimalTilingFeatures returned by vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties with the same value of format
• If tiling is VK_IMAGE_TILING_OPTIMAL, and VkFormatProperties::optimalTilingFeatures (as returned by vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties with the same value of format) does not include VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_BIT, usage must not contain VK_IMAGE_USAGE_SAMPLED_BIT
• If tiling is VK_IMAGE_TILING_OPTIMAL, and VkFormatProperties::optimalTilingFeatures (as returned by vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties with the same value of format) does not include VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_IMAGE_BIT, usage must not contain VK_IMAGE_USAGE_STORAGE_BIT
• If tiling is VK_IMAGE_TILING_OPTIMAL, and VkFormatProperties::optimalTilingFeatures (as returned by vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties with the same value of format) does not include VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BIT, usage must not contain VK_IMAGE_USAGE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BIT
• If tiling is VK_IMAGE_TILING_OPTIMAL, and VkFormatProperties::optimalTilingFeatures (as returned by vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties with the same value of format) does not include VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_BIT, usage must not contain VK_IMAGE_USAGE_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_BIT
• If flags contains VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_RESIDENCY_BIT or VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_ALIASED_BIT, it must also contain VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_BINDING_BIT
• initialLayout must be VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_UNDEFINED or VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_PREINITIALIZED.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• sType must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_IMAGE_CREATE_INFO
• pNext must be NULL
• flags must be a valid combination of VkImageCreateFlagBits values
• imageType must be a valid VkImageType value
• format must be a valid VkFormat value
• samples must be a valid VkSampleCountFlagBits value
• tiling must be a valid VkImageTiling value
• usage must be a valid combination of VkImageUsageFlagBits values
• usage must not be 0
• sharingMode must be a valid VkSharingMode value
• initialLayout must be a valid VkImageLayout value

See Also

VkExtent3D, VkFormat, VkImageCreateFlags, VkImageLayout, VkImageTiling, VkImageType, VkImageUsageFlags, VkSampleCountFlagBits, VkSharingMode, VkStructureType, vkCreateImage

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkImageCreateInfo

VkImageFormatProperties(3)

Name

VkImageFormatProperties - Structure specifying a image format properties

C Specification

The VkImageFormatProperties structure is defined as:

typedef struct VkImageFormatProperties {
    VkExtent3D            maxExtent;
    uint32_t              maxMipLevels;
    uint32_t              maxArrayLayers;
    VkSampleCountFlags    sampleCounts;
    VkDeviceSize          maxResourceSize;
} VkImageFormatProperties;

Members

• maxExtent are the maximum image dimensions. See the Allowed Extent Values section below for how these values are constrained by type.
• maxMipLevels is the maximum number of mipmap levels. maxMipLevels must either be equal to 1 (valid only if tiling is VK_IMAGE_TILING_LINEAR) or be equal to ⌈log₂(max(width, height, depth))⌉ + 1. width, height, and depth are taken from the corresponding members of maxExtent.
• maxArrayLayers is the maximum number of array layers. maxArrayLayers must either be equal to 1 or be greater than or equal to the maxImageArrayLayers member of VkPhysicalDeviceLimits. A value of 1 is valid only if tiling is VK_IMAGE_TILING_LINEAR or if type is VK_IMAGE_TYPE_3D.
• sampleCounts is a bitmask of VkSampleCountFlagBits specifying all the supported sample counts for this image as described below.
• maxResourceSize is an upper bound on the total image size in bytes, inclusive of all image subresources. Implementations may have an address space limit on total size of a resource, which is advertised by this property. maxResourceSize must be at least 2³¹.

Description

Note

There is no mechanism to query the size of an image before creating it, to compare that size against maxResourceSize. If an application attempts to create an image that exceeds this limit, the creation will fail or the image will be invalid. While the advertised limit must be at least 2³¹, it may not be possible to create an image that approaches that size, particularly for VK_IMAGE_TYPE_1D.

If the combination of parameters to vkGetPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties is not supported by the implementation for use in vkCreateImage, then all members of VkImageFormatProperties will be filled with zero.

See Also

VkDeviceSize, VkExtent3D, VkSampleCountFlags, vkGetPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkImageFormatProperties

VkImageMemoryBarrier(3)

Name

VkImageMemoryBarrier - Structure specifying the parameters of an image memory barrier

C Specification

The VkImageMemoryBarrier structure is defined as:

typedef struct VkImageMemoryBarrier {
    VkStructureType            sType;
    const void*                pNext;
    VkAccessFlags              srcAccessMask;
    VkAccessFlags              dstAccessMask;
    VkImageLayout              oldLayout;
    VkImageLayout              newLayout;
    uint32_t                   srcQueueFamilyIndex;
    uint32_t                   dstQueueFamilyIndex;
    VkImage                    image;
    VkImageSubresourceRange    subresourceRange;
} VkImageMemoryBarrier;

Members

• sType is the type of this structure.
• pNext is NULL or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.
• srcAccessMask is a bitmask of VkAccessFlagBits specifying a source access mask.
• dstAccessMask is a bitmask of VkAccessFlagBits specifying a destination access mask.
• oldLayout is the old layout in an image layout transition.
• newLayout is the new layout in an image layout transition.
• srcQueueFamilyIndex is the source queue family for a queue family ownership transfer.
• dstQueueFamilyIndex is the destination queue family for a queue family ownership transfer.
• image is a handle to the image affected by this barrier.
• subresourceRange describes the image subresource range within image that is affected by this barrier.

Description

The first access scope is limited to access to memory through the specified image subresource range, via access types in the source access mask specified by srcAccessMask. If srcAccessMask includes VK_ACCESS_HOST_WRITE_BIT, memory writes performed by that access type are also made visible, as that access type is not performed through a resource.

The second access scope is limited to access to memory through the specified image subresource range, via access types in the destination access mask specified by dstAccessMask. If dstAccessMask includes VK_ACCESS_HOST_WRITE_BIT or VK_ACCESS_HOST_READ_BIT, available memory writes are also made visible to accesses of those types, as those access types are not performed through a resource.

If srcQueueFamilyIndex is not equal to dstQueueFamilyIndex, and srcQueueFamilyIndex is equal to the current queue family, then the memory barrier defines a queue family release operation for the specified image subresource range, and the second access scope includes no access, as if dstAccessMask was 0.

If dstQueueFamilyIndex is not equal to srcQueueFamilyIndex, and dstQueueFamilyIndex is equal to the current queue family, then the memory barrier defines a queue family acquire operation for the specified image subresource range, and the first access scope includes no access, as if srcAccessMask was 0.

If oldLayout is not equal to newLayout, then the memory barrier defines an image layout transition for the specified image subresource range.

Layout transitions that are performed via image memory barriers execute in their entirety in submission order, relative to other image layout transitions submitted to the same queue, including those performed by render passes. In effect there is an implicit execution dependency from each such layout transition to all layout transitions previously submitted to the same queue.

Valid Usage

• oldLayout must be VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_UNDEFINED or the current layout of the image subresources affected by the barrier
• newLayout must not be VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_UNDEFINED or VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_PREINITIALIZED
• If image was created with a sharing mode of VK_SHARING_MODE_CONCURRENT, srcQueueFamilyIndex and dstQueueFamilyIndex must both be VK_QUEUE_FAMILY_IGNORED
• If image was created with a sharing mode of VK_SHARING_MODE_EXCLUSIVE, srcQueueFamilyIndex and dstQueueFamilyIndex must either both be VK_QUEUE_FAMILY_IGNORED, or both be a valid queue family (see html/vkspec.html#devsandqueues-queueprops).
• If image was created with a sharing mode of VK_SHARING_MODE_EXCLUSIVE, and srcQueueFamilyIndex and dstQueueFamilyIndex are not VK_QUEUE_FAMILY_IGNORED, at least one of them must be the same as the family of the queue that will execute this barrier
• subresourceRange::baseMipLevel must be less than the mipLevels specified in VkImageCreateInfo when image was created
• If subresourceRange::levelCount is not VK_REMAINING_MIP_LEVELS, subresourceRange::levelCount must be non-zero and subresourceRange::baseMipLevel + subresourceRange::levelCount must be less than or equal to the mipLevels specified in VkImageCreateInfo when image was created
• subresourceRange::baseArrayLayer must be less than the arrayLayers specified in VkImageCreateInfo when image was created
• If subresourceRange::layerCount is not VK_REMAINING_ARRAY_LAYERS, subresourceRange::layerCount must be non-zero and subresourceRange::baseArrayLayer + subresourceRange::layerCount must be less than or equal to the arrayLayers specified in VkImageCreateInfo when image was created
• If image has a depth/stencil format with both depth and stencil components, then aspectMask member of subresourceRange must include both VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_DEPTH_BIT and VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_STENCIL_BIT
• If either oldLayout or newLayout is VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_OPTIMAL then image must have been created with VK_IMAGE_USAGE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BIT set
• If either oldLayout or newLayout is VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_OPTIMAL then image must have been created with VK_IMAGE_USAGE_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_BIT set
• If either oldLayout or newLayout is VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_DEPTH_STENCIL_READ_ONLY_OPTIMAL then image must have been created with VK_IMAGE_USAGE_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_BIT set
• If either oldLayout or newLayout is VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_SHADER_READ_ONLY_OPTIMAL then image must have been created with VK_IMAGE_USAGE_SAMPLED_BIT or VK_IMAGE_USAGE_INPUT_ATTACHMENT_BIT set
• If either oldLayout or newLayout is VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_TRANSFER_SRC_OPTIMAL then image must have been created with VK_IMAGE_USAGE_TRANSFER_SRC_BIT set
• If either oldLayout or newLayout is VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_TRANSFER_DST_OPTIMAL then image must have been created with VK_IMAGE_USAGE_TRANSFER_DST_BIT set

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• sType must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_IMAGE_MEMORY_BARRIER
• pNext must be NULL
• srcAccessMask must be a valid combination of VkAccessFlagBits values
• dstAccessMask must be a valid combination of VkAccessFlagBits values
• oldLayout must be a valid VkImageLayout value
• newLayout must be a valid VkImageLayout value
• image must be a valid VkImage handle
• subresourceRange must be a valid VkImageSubresourceRange structure

See Also

VkAccessFlags, VkImage, VkImageLayout, VkImageSubresourceRange, VkStructureType, vkCmdPipelineBarrier, vkCmdWaitEvents

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkImageMemoryBarrier

VkImageResolve(3)

Name

VkImageResolve - Structure specifying an image resolve operation

C Specification

The VkImageResolve structure is defined as:

typedef struct VkImageResolve {
    VkImageSubresourceLayers    srcSubresource;
    VkOffset3D                  srcOffset;
    VkImageSubresourceLayers    dstSubresource;
    VkOffset3D                  dstOffset;
    VkExtent3D                  extent;
} VkImageResolve;

Members

• srcSubresource and dstSubresource are VkImageSubresourceLayers structures specifying the image subresources of the images used for the source and destination image data, respectively. Resolve of depth/stencil images is not supported.
• srcOffset and dstOffset select the initial x, y, and z offsets in texels of the sub-regions of the source and destination image data.
• extent is the size in texels of the source image to resolve in width, height and depth.

Description

Valid Usage

• The aspectMask member of srcSubresource and dstSubresource must only contain VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_COLOR_BIT
• The layerCount member of srcSubresource and dstSubresource must match
• If either of the calling command’s srcImage or dstImage parameters are of VkImageType VK_IMAGE_TYPE_3D, the baseArrayLayer and layerCount members of both srcSubresource and dstSubresource must be 0 and 1, respectively
• srcOffset.x and (extent.width + srcOffset.x) must both be greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to the source image subresource width
• srcOffset.y and (extent.height + srcOffset.y) must both be greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to the source image subresource height
• If the calling command’s srcImage is of type VK_IMAGE_TYPE_1D, then srcOffset.y must be 0 and extent.height must be 1.
• srcOffset.z and (extent.depth + srcOffset.z) must both be greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to the source image subresource depth
• If the calling command’s srcImage is of type VK_IMAGE_TYPE_1D or VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D, then srcOffset.z must be 0 and extent.depth must be 1.
• dstOffset.x and (extent.width + dstOffset.x) must both be greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to the destination image subresource width
• dstOffset.y and (extent.height + dstOffset.y) must both be greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to the destination image subresource height
• If the calling command’s dstImage is of type VK_IMAGE_TYPE_1D, then dstOffset.y must be 0 and extent.height must be 1.
• dstOffset.z and (extent.depth + dstOffset.z) must both be greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to the destination image subresource depth
• If the calling command’s dstImage is of type VK_IMAGE_TYPE_1D or VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D, then dstOffset.z must be 0 and extent.depth must be 1.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• srcSubresource must be a valid VkImageSubresourceLayers structure
• dstSubresource must be a valid VkImageSubresourceLayers structure

See Also

VkExtent3D, VkImageSubresourceLayers, VkOffset3D, vkCmdResolveImage

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkImageResolve

VkImageSubresource(3)

Name

VkImageSubresource - Structure specifying a image subresource

C Specification

The VkImageSubresource structure is defined as:

typedef struct VkImageSubresource {
    VkImageAspectFlags    aspectMask;
    uint32_t              mipLevel;
    uint32_t              arrayLayer;
} VkImageSubresource;

Members

• aspectMask is a VkImageAspectFlags selecting the image aspect.
• mipLevel selects the mipmap level.
• arrayLayer selects the array layer.

Description

Valid Usage

• mipLevel must be less than the mipLevels specified in VkImageCreateInfo when the image was created
• arrayLayer must be less than the arrayLayers specified in VkImageCreateInfo when the image was created

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• aspectMask must be a valid combination of VkImageAspectFlagBits values
• aspectMask must not be 0

See Also

VkImageAspectFlags, VkSparseImageMemoryBind, vkGetImageSubresourceLayout

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkImageSubresource

VkImageSubresourceLayers(3)

Name

VkImageSubresourceLayers - Structure specifying a image subresource layers

C Specification

The VkImageSubresourceLayers structure is defined as:

typedef struct VkImageSubresourceLayers {
    VkImageAspectFlags    aspectMask;
    uint32_t              mipLevel;
    uint32_t              baseArrayLayer;
    uint32_t              layerCount;
} VkImageSubresourceLayers;

Members

• aspectMask is a combination of VkImageAspectFlagBits, selecting the color, depth and/or stencil aspects to be copied.
• mipLevel is the mipmap level to copy from.
• baseArrayLayer and layerCount are the starting layer and number of layers to copy.

Description

Valid Usage

• If aspectMask contains VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_COLOR_BIT, it must not contain either of VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_DEPTH_BIT or VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_STENCIL_BIT
• aspectMask must not contain VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_METADATA_BIT
• mipLevel must be less than the mipLevels specified in VkImageCreateInfo when the image was created
• (baseArrayLayer + layerCount) must be less than or equal to the arrayLayers specified in VkImageCreateInfo when the image was created

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• aspectMask must be a valid combination of VkImageAspectFlagBits values
• aspectMask must not be 0

See Also

VkBufferImageCopy, VkImageAspectFlags, VkImageBlit, VkImageCopy, VkImageResolve

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkImageSubresourceLayers

VkImageSubresourceRange(3)

Name

VkImageSubresourceRange - Structure specifying a image subresource range

C Specification

The VkImageSubresourceRange structure is defined as:

typedef struct VkImageSubresourceRange {
    VkImageAspectFlags    aspectMask;
    uint32_t              baseMipLevel;
    uint32_t              levelCount;
    uint32_t              baseArrayLayer;
    uint32_t              layerCount;
} VkImageSubresourceRange;

Members

• aspectMask is a bitmask of VkImageAspectFlagBits specifying which aspect(s) of the image are included in the view.
• baseMipLevel is the first mipmap level accessible to the view.
• levelCount is the number of mipmap levels (starting from baseMipLevel) accessible to the view.
• baseArrayLayer is the first array layer accessible to the view.
• layerCount is the number of array layers (starting from baseArrayLayer) accessible to the view.

Description

The number of mipmap levels and array layers must be a subset of the image subresources in the image. If an application wants to use all mip levels or layers in an image after the baseMipLevel or baseArrayLayer, it can set levelCount and layerCount to the special values VK_REMAINING_MIP_LEVELS and VK_REMAINING_ARRAY_LAYERS without knowing the exact number of mip levels or layers.

For cube and cube array image views, the layers of the image view starting at baseArrayLayer correspond to faces in the order +X, -X, +Y, -Y, +Z, -Z. For cube arrays, each set of six sequential layers is a single cube, so the number of cube maps in a cube map array view is layerCount / 6, and image array layer (baseArrayLayer + i) is face index (i mod 6) of cube i / 6. If the number of layers in the view, whether set explicitly in layerCount or implied by VK_REMAINING_ARRAY_LAYERS, is not a multiple of 6, behavior when indexing the last cube is undefined.

aspectMask must be only VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_COLOR_BIT, VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_DEPTH_BIT or VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_STENCIL_BIT if format is a color, depth-only or stencil-only format, respectively. If using a depth/stencil format with both depth and stencil components, aspectMask must include at least one of VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_DEPTH_BIT and VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_STENCIL_BIT, and can include both.

When using an imageView of a depth/stencil image to populate a descriptor set (e.g. for sampling in the shader, or for use as an input attachment), the aspectMask must only include one bit and selects whether the imageView is used for depth reads (i.e. using a floating-point sampler or input attachment in the shader) or stencil reads (i.e. using an unsigned integer sampler or input attachment in the shader). When an imageView of a depth/stencil image is used as a depth/stencil framebuffer attachment, the aspectMask is ignored and both depth and stencil image subresources are used.

The components member is of type VkComponentMapping, and describes a remapping from components of the image to components of the vector returned by shader image instructions. This remapping must be identity for storage image descriptors, input attachment descriptors, and framebuffer attachments.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

• aspectMask must be a valid combination of VkImageAspectFlagBits values
• aspectMask must not be 0

See Also

VkImageAspectFlags, VkImageMemoryBarrier, VkImageViewCreateInfo, vkCmdClearColorImage, vkCmdClearDepthStencilImage

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/html/vkspec.html#VkImageSubresourceRange

VkImageViewCreateInfo(3)

Name

VkImageViewCreateInfo - Structure specifying parameters of a newly created image view

C Specification

The VkImageViewCreateInfo structure is defined as:

typedef struct VkImageViewCreateInfo {
    VkStructureType            sType;
    const void*                pNext;
    VkImageViewCreateFlags     flags;
    VkImage                    image;
    VkImageViewType            viewType;
    VkFormat                   format;
    VkComponentMapping         components;
    VkImageSubresourceRange    subresourceRange;
} VkImageViewCreateInfo;

Members

• sType is the type of this structure.
• pNext is NULL or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.
• flags is reserved for future use.
• image is a VkImage on which the view will be created.
• viewType is an VkImageViewType value specifying the type of the image view.
• format is a VkFormat describing the format and type used to interpret data elements in the image.
• components is a VkComponentMapping specifies a remapping of color components (or of depth or stencil components after they have been converted into color components).
• subresourceRange is a VkImageSubresourceRange selecting the set of m