C Specification

Bits which can be set in the srcAccessMask and dstAccessMask members of VkMemoryBarrier2KHR, VkImageMemoryBarrier2KHR, and VkBufferMemoryBarrier2KHR, specifying access behavior, are:

// Flag bits for VkAccessFlagBits2
typedef VkFlags64 VkAccessFlagBits2;
static const VkAccessFlagBits2 VK_ACCESS_2_NONE = 0ULL;
static const VkAccessFlagBits2 VK_ACCESS_2_INDIRECT_COMMAND_READ_BIT = 0x00000001ULL;
static const VkAccessFlagBits2 VK_ACCESS_2_INDEX_READ_BIT = 0x00000002ULL;
static const VkAccessFlagBits2 VK_ACCESS_2_VERTEX_ATTRIBUTE_READ_BIT = 0x00000004ULL;
static const VkAccessFlagBits2 VK_ACCESS_2_UNIFORM_READ_BIT = 0x00000008ULL;
static const VkAccessFlagBits2 VK_ACCESS_2_INPUT_ATTACHMENT_READ_BIT = 0x00000010ULL;
static const VkAccessFlagBits2 VK_ACCESS_2_SHADER_READ_BIT = 0x00000020ULL;
static const VkAccessFlagBits2 VK_ACCESS_2_SHADER_WRITE_BIT = 0x00000040ULL;
static const VkAccessFlagBits2 VK_ACCESS_2_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_READ_BIT = 0x00000080ULL;
static const VkAccessFlagBits2 VK_ACCESS_2_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_WRITE_BIT = 0x00000100ULL;
static const VkAccessFlagBits2 VK_ACCESS_2_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_READ_BIT = 0x00000200ULL;
static const VkAccessFlagBits2 VK_ACCESS_2_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_WRITE_BIT = 0x00000400ULL;
static const VkAccessFlagBits2 VK_ACCESS_2_TRANSFER_READ_BIT = 0x00000800ULL;
static const VkAccessFlagBits2 VK_ACCESS_2_TRANSFER_WRITE_BIT = 0x00001000ULL;
static const VkAccessFlagBits2 VK_ACCESS_2_HOST_READ_BIT = 0x00002000ULL;
static const VkAccessFlagBits2 VK_ACCESS_2_HOST_WRITE_BIT = 0x00004000ULL;
static const VkAccessFlagBits2 VK_ACCESS_2_MEMORY_READ_BIT = 0x00008000ULL;
static const VkAccessFlagBits2 VK_ACCESS_2_MEMORY_WRITE_BIT = 0x00010000ULL;
static const VkAccessFlagBits2 VK_ACCESS_2_SHADER_SAMPLED_READ_BIT = 0x100000000ULL;
static const VkAccessFlagBits2 VK_ACCESS_2_SHADER_STORAGE_READ_BIT = 0x200000000ULL;
static const VkAccessFlagBits2 VK_ACCESS_2_SHADER_STORAGE_WRITE_BIT = 0x400000000ULL;
// Provided by VK_KHR_synchronization2
static const VkAccessFlagBits2 VK_ACCESS_2_NONE_KHR = 0ULL;
// Provided by VK_KHR_synchronization2
static const VkAccessFlagBits2 VK_ACCESS_2_INDIRECT_COMMAND_READ_BIT_KHR = 0x00000001ULL;
// Provided by VK_KHR_synchronization2
static const VkAccessFlagBits2 VK_ACCESS_2_INDEX_READ_BIT_KHR = 0x00000002ULL;
// Provided by VK_KHR_synchronization2
static const VkAccessFlagBits2 VK_ACCESS_2_VERTEX_ATTRIBUTE_READ_BIT_KHR = 0x00000004ULL;
// Provided by VK_KHR_synchronization2
static const VkAccessFlagBits2 VK_ACCESS_2_UNIFORM_READ_BIT_KHR = 0x00000008ULL;
// Provided by VK_KHR_synchronization2
static const VkAccessFlagBits2 VK_ACCESS_2_INPUT_ATTACHMENT_READ_BIT_KHR = 0x00000010ULL;
// Provided by VK_KHR_synchronization2
static const VkAccessFlagBits2 VK_ACCESS_2_SHADER_READ_BIT_KHR = 0x00000020ULL;
// Provided by VK_KHR_synchronization2
static const VkAccessFlagBits2 VK_ACCESS_2_SHADER_WRITE_BIT_KHR = 0x00000040ULL;
// Provided by VK_KHR_synchronization2
static const VkAccessFlagBits2 VK_ACCESS_2_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_READ_BIT_KHR = 0x00000080ULL;
// Provided by VK_KHR_synchronization2
static const VkAccessFlagBits2 VK_ACCESS_2_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_WRITE_BIT_KHR = 0x00000100ULL;
// Provided by VK_KHR_synchronization2
static const VkAccessFlagBits2 VK_ACCESS_2_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_READ_BIT_KHR = 0x00000200ULL;
// Provided by VK_KHR_synchronization2
static const VkAccessFlagBits2 VK_ACCESS_2_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_WRITE_BIT_KHR = 0x00000400ULL;
// Provided by VK_KHR_synchronization2
static const VkAccessFlagBits2 VK_ACCESS_2_TRANSFER_READ_BIT_KHR = 0x00000800ULL;
// Provided by VK_KHR_synchronization2
static const VkAccessFlagBits2 VK_ACCESS_2_TRANSFER_WRITE_BIT_KHR = 0x00001000ULL;
// Provided by VK_KHR_synchronization2
static const VkAccessFlagBits2 VK_ACCESS_2_HOST_READ_BIT_KHR = 0x00002000ULL;
// Provided by VK_KHR_synchronization2
static const VkAccessFlagBits2 VK_ACCESS_2_HOST_WRITE_BIT_KHR = 0x00004000ULL;
// Provided by VK_KHR_synchronization2
static const VkAccessFlagBits2 VK_ACCESS_2_MEMORY_READ_BIT_KHR = 0x00008000ULL;
// Provided by VK_KHR_synchronization2
static const VkAccessFlagBits2 VK_ACCESS_2_MEMORY_WRITE_BIT_KHR = 0x00010000ULL;
// Provided by VK_KHR_synchronization2
static const VkAccessFlagBits2 VK_ACCESS_2_SHADER_SAMPLED_READ_BIT_KHR = 0x100000000ULL;
// Provided by VK_KHR_synchronization2
static const VkAccessFlagBits2 VK_ACCESS_2_SHADER_STORAGE_READ_BIT_KHR = 0x200000000ULL;
// Provided by VK_KHR_synchronization2
static const VkAccessFlagBits2 VK_ACCESS_2_SHADER_STORAGE_WRITE_BIT_KHR = 0x400000000ULL;
// Provided by VK_KHR_synchronization2 with VK_EXT_transform_feedback
static const VkAccessFlagBits2 VK_ACCESS_2_TRANSFORM_FEEDBACK_WRITE_BIT_EXT = 0x02000000ULL;
// Provided by VK_KHR_synchronization2 with VK_EXT_transform_feedback
static const VkAccessFlagBits2 VK_ACCESS_2_TRANSFORM_FEEDBACK_COUNTER_READ_BIT_EXT = 0x04000000ULL;
// Provided by VK_KHR_synchronization2 with VK_EXT_transform_feedback
static const VkAccessFlagBits2 VK_ACCESS_2_TRANSFORM_FEEDBACK_COUNTER_WRITE_BIT_EXT = 0x08000000ULL;
// Provided by VK_KHR_synchronization2 with VK_EXT_conditional_rendering
static const VkAccessFlagBits2 VK_ACCESS_2_CONDITIONAL_RENDERING_READ_BIT_EXT = 0x00100000ULL;
// Provided by VK_KHR_synchronization2 with VK_NV_device_generated_commands
static const VkAccessFlagBits2 VK_ACCESS_2_COMMAND_PREPROCESS_READ_BIT_NV = 0x00020000ULL;
// Provided by VK_KHR_synchronization2 with VK_NV_device_generated_commands
static const VkAccessFlagBits2 VK_ACCESS_2_COMMAND_PREPROCESS_WRITE_BIT_NV = 0x00040000ULL;
// Provided by VK_KHR_synchronization2 with VK_EXT_device_generated_commands
static const VkAccessFlagBits2 VK_ACCESS_2_COMMAND_PREPROCESS_READ_BIT_EXT = 0x00020000ULL;
// Provided by VK_KHR_synchronization2 with VK_EXT_device_generated_commands
static const VkAccessFlagBits2 VK_ACCESS_2_COMMAND_PREPROCESS_WRITE_BIT_EXT = 0x00040000ULL;
// Provided by VK_KHR_fragment_shading_rate with VK_KHR_synchronization2
static const VkAccessFlagBits2 VK_ACCESS_2_FRAGMENT_SHADING_RATE_ATTACHMENT_READ_BIT_KHR = 0x00800000ULL;
// Provided by VK_KHR_synchronization2 with VK_NV_shading_rate_image
static const VkAccessFlagBits2 VK_ACCESS_2_SHADING_RATE_IMAGE_READ_BIT_NV = 0x00800000ULL;
// Provided by VK_KHR_acceleration_structure with VK_KHR_synchronization2
static const VkAccessFlagBits2 VK_ACCESS_2_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_READ_BIT_KHR = 0x00200000ULL;
// Provided by VK_KHR_acceleration_structure with VK_KHR_synchronization2
static const VkAccessFlagBits2 VK_ACCESS_2_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_WRITE_BIT_KHR = 0x00400000ULL;
// Provided by VK_KHR_synchronization2 with VK_NV_ray_tracing
static const VkAccessFlagBits2 VK_ACCESS_2_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_READ_BIT_NV = 0x00200000ULL;
// Provided by VK_KHR_synchronization2 with VK_NV_ray_tracing
static const VkAccessFlagBits2 VK_ACCESS_2_ACCELERATION_STRUCTURE_WRITE_BIT_NV = 0x00400000ULL;
// Provided by VK_KHR_synchronization2 with VK_EXT_fragment_density_map
static const VkAccessFlagBits2 VK_ACCESS_2_FRAGMENT_DENSITY_MAP_READ_BIT_EXT = 0x01000000ULL;
// Provided by VK_KHR_synchronization2 with VK_EXT_blend_operation_advanced
static const VkAccessFlagBits2 VK_ACCESS_2_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_READ_NONCOHERENT_BIT_EXT = 0x00080000ULL;
// Provided by VK_KHR_synchronization2
// Equivalent to VkAccessFlagBits2
typedef VkAccessFlagBits2 VkAccessFlagBits2KHR;

Description

Note

In situations where an application wishes to select all access types for a given set of pipeline stages, VK_ACCESS_2_MEMORY_READ_BIT or VK_ACCESS_2_MEMORY_WRITE_BIT can be used. This is particularly useful when specifying stages that only have a single access type.

Note

The VkAccessFlags2 bitmask goes beyond the 31 individual bit flags allowable within a C99 enum, which is how VkAccessFlagBits is defined. The first 31 values are common to both, and are interchangeable.

See Also

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification.

This page is extracted from the Vulkan Specification. Fixes and changes should be made to the Specification, not directly.

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